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he COVETED A BAY MARE
+" Shorty" WiIberson, a Negro, 10 Jail
..,.. for Horse Stealing
Rode Stolen Animal to San Fernando,
oto Where He Was Captured-An
Ungrateful Fellow.

Because Of a fonda,ss for horsefesh
and too great an affinity for other peo-
ple's animals, Jack Wilberson, a coal
black negro, is now behind the bars Of
the city Jail with charge Of grand lar
ceny, or to be plain, horse stealing,
against him. Wilberson was captured
yesterday afternoon in San Fernando
by Constable Lopez on description tel
ephoned from this city, and when ar
rested was astride of the stolen animal
Down on Ninth street near the Ter
minal railroad tracks, in the river bot
tom, in little cottage live Mr.. and Mrs
jackson. colored. With them for some
time Wilberson has been stopping. Mrs.
Mary jackson had a bay mare which
had been picked up an estray, duly ad-
vertised and no owner appearing, claim
ed as her property. This mare Wilber-
son coveted, and on one occasion pro-
posed to SELL claiming that Mrs. jack
son was not the lawful owner OF the
beast
Wilberson lived by his wits and on
the bounty of the Jacksons, for he Is
said not to have done stroke OF work
for months. But he had friends in Ba-
kersfield, and as his welcome was rapid
ly wearing ragged at the edges in the
jackson household, he concluded that
a change of air and scene would be ben
eficial. Some time during Tuesday even
ing the bay mare which had been picket
ed out near the shanty was discovered
missing, and a further search revealed
the fact that Wilberson had also taken
his departure, as what few belongings
he POSSESSED were gone.
AS neither their guest nor the horse
had shown up yesterday morning, Mrs.
Jackson came to police headquarters
and reported her loss. giving her sus-
picions regarding Wilberson. Detect
ives Auble and Hawley were detailed
on the case, and,rlghtly judging that the
fugitive would head Bakersfield way,
kept the telephone wires hot sending
messages to outlying towns.
Sure enough, Wilberson rode into San
Fernando astride his borrowed nag,
and was promptly pulled off and arrest
ed. Constable Lopez landed him in the
city Jail last evening, where the pris-
oner gave the name of Dick Williams.
The prisoner is q short, chunky negro,
and is known among his associates as
Shorty" There is a clear case against
him, and 1t seems certain that he is due
for a term in the penitentiary, all for a
ride to San Fernando and back. The
horse will be ridden back to the city by
Constable Lopez's son.
The herald., 1896-10-15
POLITICAL NOTES.
Items of Interest Appertaining to the
Campaign Here and Elsewhere.

Thomas V. Gator will be at the WIG
wan Saturday evening to talk To tbe
people on the issues. Everybody shou,d
hear him as he is an excellent pubJic
speaker. Di7l
Ralph Dominguez is making Bryan
silver campaign in the county, speaking
in both English and Spanish.
A. r. Sprague the fusion nominee for
the assembly in the SEVENTEEN DISTRICT
IS one of the ablest stump speakers in
Southern California. 49,
To educate seems to be the mission of
the Populists They gladly accent that
work and its responsibility. and in the
fulfillment of that function thew also
gladly seek and accept the asxstance
and support of all in accord with their
aims and purposes. The meeting at The
Wigwam tonight will be a co-operative
effort all along the line, Mrs. A. r. An
drews being in the chair and Will n
Gould and Rev r. M. Webster CHIEF ana
only speakers. Come and hear the sew
eral sides as they may be presented and
also the Salyer quintette in their inirn-
liable songs. We say nit" and "Blow
Republicans, Blow" .'i
Hon. John w. Mitchell left for tho
north on the 8 o'clock train last night IN
continue his eech-making Campaign
for Bryan and silver. He speaks at Mo-
desto on the 18th inst, Merced 18th. and
MADEIRA the 18th. He will return home
Sunday and rest until the Gath, when he
speaks with Governor Budd at Oakland
and continues the campaign in the large
cities OF the north. An effort ID being
The herald., 1896-10-15
DROPPED DEAD IN A STORE.
Sudden Demise of Rev. j. M. Crawford
From Heart Disease.

While talking to friend in the cloth
ing store of Mullen, Bluett & Co.,
little after noon yesterday. Rev. James
M. Crawford, Presbyterian divine
from Ventura, suddenly dropped to the
floor with cry, and within fifteen min
utes had expired from heart trouble.
Rev. Crawford came to this city a
few days ago to attend the sessions of
the presbytery now being held in I'm
manuel church. He was stopping with
his friend Dr. Hawk on Grand avenue,
and seemed in his usual health. At the
supper table on Tuesday he remarked
on the excellent health he was enjoy
ing, yet said that he was convinced that
he should die suddenly, as he had had
several attacks of heart trouble.
He was at the time of the attack in
the store talking to DIR. Hawks son,
when without premonitory symptom
he gasped for breath and sunk to the
floor in dying condition. The remains
were removed to the undertaking par
lors Of Kregelo & Bresee, where Cor
oner Campbell held an inquest at 5
o'clock. A verdict Of death from heart
disease was returned by the jury.
Rev. Crawford was about 62 years of
age, and formerly resided in Indianapo-
lis, Ind, where he has wide circle of
friends. The remains will be embalmed
and shipped to his home in the Ojai val
ley for burial.
The herald., 1896-10-15
GERMANS OUT IN FORCE
One of the Most Enthusiastic Meetings
of the Campaign

One of the largest political meetings
of the campaign was held last night at
the Wigwam under the auspices of the
German Bryan Silver club. Fully 5000
people participated. The Union Vet
erans' Bryan Silver club marched into
the Wigwam, led by it's drum corps and
with flags flying. The veterans. as guests
Of the German Bryan Silver club, were
given seats in front.
Professor A. Wilhartitz, the chairman
of the club made we'll received open
ing address,
After that Mr.. Louis Herzog and Pro-
fessor Wilhartitz played an excellent
duet on the plano.
The first speaker of the evening, Mr..
Harry L. Martin, was introduced to the
audience and kept it thoroughly inter-
ested for fifteen minutes with a schol-
arly address on the silver question.
Mrs. e. Oder de Nicolas then sang a
solo with great verve and feeling, for
which she was accorded splendid ova-
tion by the entire audience. She had to
sing two encores before the people were
satisfied.
The audience by this time was thor
oughly worked up and followed every
hit made by the next speaker, General
Johnstone Jones, with fervid applause.
General Jones made most stirring and
happy address.
DR.. Joseph Kurtz, the speaker follow
ing. brought down the house by his in
imitable remarks. There was seldom a
speaker more in accord with his audi
ence than the doctor. His political shots
struck in every case.
The last speaker of the evening was
Earl A. Rogers, who proved to be a
sumner. He raked over the Hannaites
in fashion peculiarly his own and
had the audience fairly roaring several
times.
After he had finished the people who
saw Henry T. Hazard on the stage called
for him. Mr.. Hazard was introduced
by the chairman, and said that he felt
very thankful for the honor done him,
but that his position as a candidate
forbade him to speak politically. He
was given three hearty cheers
A great many ladies were present who
seemed to enjoy the speaking as much
as the men. The mention of Bryan
aroused unbounded enthusiasm when
ever one of the speakers referred to him,
The herald., 1896-10-15

made to have Mr.. Mitchell deliver his
able and scholarly address on silver to a
Los Angeles audience at the Wigwam
some time during next week.
Hon. Charles Addison Boutelle. M. c.
from the Fourth congressional district
of Maine and an eloquent talker, will ad-
dress the people of Los Angeles at Haz-
ards pavilion on Saturday evening, the
18th inst. under the auspices Of the Bus
iness Mems Sound Money league.
All members Of the Woman's Bryan
Silver club please bring greens and f1ow-
ers not later than 1 o'clock to the wig
wan for decorating for the union meet
ing Saturday night.
The Socialist Labor party will hold
their city convention on Sunday, Octo-
ber rs.
The ladies will hold forth in the Wig
wan this evening, and silver will be the
theme. The Wigwam will be finely dec
GRATED with green's and flowers. An in
teresting session is anticipated.
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laration of c. M. Jay that he accepted
the chair for Bryan and free silver first,
last and all the time.
A. r. Sprague, candidate for assem-
blyman in the Seventieth district, made
a ringing speech.
Mr.. VIII d. Gould followed with a
clear, concise explanation of United
States money from colonial times, when
the thirteen colonies declared their in
dependence of England, retaining only
the English language and English COM
mon law, but not the English money
system. They established a unit of
their own, and for a unit took, not the
English pound shilling or penny, not
the gold dollar, but the American sill
yer dollar of free and unlimited coinage,
unhampered by any restrictions what
ever. And it held it's own, and more
than its own, up to 1873, when, worth a
dollar and three cents in gold, 1t was
murdered in the house of those it had
befriended; for we are the greatest sill
yer producing nation on earth. 1t was
reduced to a commodity and stricken
from the money metals, of which it
has been the most popularity used in ev-
cry mart in the world since the dawn Of
human civilization.
Mr.. Goulds effort was peculiarly
brilliant, powerful and convincing. He
speaks at the wigwam tonight, and
1000 Of The Herald's readers will there
hear his pungent arguments from his
own lips better than the types may tell
them.
Mr.. Gould ended with a call for cheers
for Bryan and free silver, and the
ready response almost blew out the fire
in the mountains.
The Eagle Rock Glee club, composed
Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. o. Parker, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. E. Meyers, Messrs, J. and 9.
Briefly and L. r. Meyers, furnished
good music, and half hundred voters
enrolled their names as new members.
These meetings will continue. The Re
publicans tried to hold a meeting at the
school house the same evening, but
gave it up early. contingent attending
the Bryan meeting instead.
A woman's suffrage meeting will he
held at GarvanZa tomorrow. Thursdav
evening. which promises to be lively. tt
is said that it will not prove the usual
One-Sided affair
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Ninth ward, walter L. webb, F. L. Bin

IOru, II, M. NOtIiun .
The ticket was ordered to the hands Of
the printer at once. 1t contains besides
the names OF candidates for the various
offices, as stated above, names of three
or more league members from each pre-
cinct for delegates to the convention to
be held October Goth. The postal bal :
lots will be ready for distribution by the
end of the week, and a copy will be
mailed to each member of the league or
ward club member next Monday.
These must be marked and returned by
mail not later than October 23d.
Several candidates filed their petit
tions too late, hence did not get on
the league ticket. Blanks will be left
on the ballots where names of candi-
dates may be written, provided there
are no printed names that meet the
appreciation of the voter
The central committee at its meeting
last evening received report from the
committee on charter revision, which
was accepted. The chair was authorized
to appoint committee of five to sub
init the proposed new charter to the
present city council, with a view to
having it published and submitted to
the voters Of the city. The instrument
proposed contemplates some radical
changes in the municipal government.
The herald., 1896-10-15

diers, who stopped to look at 1t for the
first twenty-four hours. But alas! al
though the moral billposter is still
there 1t now attracts scarcely any at
tention, while the newspaper kiosks
have their usual crowds of morbid peo-
pie looking at the illustrations.
One fault was that the Life of st.
Genevieve was printed in a dull monot-
onous yellow color, not bright enough
to attract the eye, SO that it would not
arrest the passer-by unless he knew it
beforehand. To have copied the Golors
of the original painting would have
made the experiment enormously ex-
pensive. AS it Is, the society has spent
$1,000 on this first picture and is now
trying to sell copies of 1t in order to get
back the money. If it succeeds in this
1t will try a second. The prospects of
second are extremely doubtful-Pa-
ris Gable to the Chicago Times-Herald.
The herald., 1896-10-15
MORAL POSTERS FOR PARIS

A rather amusing effort to stem the
tide of immoral publications and adver-
tisements is being made by a league
called the Union for Moral Action, whose
president is M. Paul Desiardins. The
scheme is to oppose the highly colored
pictures of scantily clad damsels which
(adorn the walls and fences of Paris
by other pictures of moral and chaste
subjects, copies of the works of famous
painters. So they placarded, on board
fence in front of a house on the Boule-
ward des Capucines that is being re-
paired a series Of drawings represent
ing the life of Saint Genevieve, copied
from the famous paintings of Puvis de
Chavannes in the Pantheon, with which
every visitor to Paris is familiar. Cha
vannes himself came down to superin-
tend the posting of the posters on the
fence, and all the newspapers gave the
affair excellent notices.
1t was a novelty decidedly Parisian
and tickled the fancy of the boulevar-
The herald., 1896-10-15
THE BANK TUNNEL CASE
A Promise of Startling Disclosures t.
Be Made Before Long

OF late the police detectives have been
busily engaged in some mysterious
work. the nature of which they abso-
lutely refuse to divulge. 1t has leaked
out however, that they are engaged in
ferreting out additional evidence in the
bank tunnel case. Two men, Jones and
Mccarthy. are now in the county Jail
awaiting trial for completely in the at
tempt to rob the vaults of the First Ma
tional bank
Whether or not Jones has made an
additional confession duplicating other
parties is not known, but is proba-
bility. Chief Glass was asked in regard
to the matter yesterday, and while re-
fusing to make any definite statement,
said that the department was not idle
and that he looked for startling dis
closures before long. 1t will be remem-
bered that in his confession Jones said
there were several parties in the job
who furnished the funds and remained
in the background. and these are the
men now being looked up. The de-
tectives evidently hope to have some
new evidence to offer when Mccarthy
and Jones are put on trial.
The herald., 1896-10-15
DEPEw's WEDDING SCRAP BOOK

Chauncey NJ Depew has scrap book
that has merit which all books COM
posed upon the regulation plan, with
author, editor and publisher, have not.
1t sticks closely to its subjtct. DR.. De-
pew himself is the subject, and New
York's champion after dinner speaker
must enjoy hugely the various disserta-
tions to which he is treated. The doc
tors book of clippings is made up of
separate large MANILA leaves, perforat-
ed at the back, where they are fastened
together. They are kept pasted up to
date by the colored man in his office at
the Grand Central station. The recent
clippings are of a personal nature and
are headed: May, Become Mrs. Depew,"
and in other ways having a suggestion
of coming events. The scrap book is
small thing to mention in connection
with the columns that have been writ
ten about DR.. Depew A library would
hardly contain them all.-New York
Times
The herald., 1896-10-15
SAYS JULIUS WAS NOT THERE

Editor Herald: In this morning s
Herald appears an item stating that ]
II. Martin Republican nominee for
mayor) paid visit to the Southern Pa
ciflc shops yesterday, and as a conse-
quence number of notices were posted
around the different departments call
ing for the formation of sound money
club. Mr.. Editor, I desire to say that
Mr.. Martin paid no visit to the Southern
Pacific shops on the day mentioned.
nor did he know anything of the inten
tion of the employees to organize said
club. which was accomplished by the
employees Of the Southern Pacific COM
pany who believe in the gold standard
without interference or dictation frnr,
either official or politician. Yours very
truly, 7. j. M'GONIGLE,
Secretary River Station souna Money
Club.
Los Angeles. Oct. a. 1Sq6
The herald., 1896-10-15
SILVER MEETING AT GARvANzA
Speeches by A. r. Sprague and Ho,
VIII D. Gould.

The meeting of the Union Free Silver
club of Garvanza Tuesday night was
without parallel in the history of that
little burg. Its size and enthusiasm left
no question as to the prevailing senti-
ment among the farmers, ranchers and
residents of that region.
Ihe meeting was opened by Hon. Jack
Rivers. Charles M. Jay was made
chairman and w. S. Abbot secretary
A. o. Parker, A. A. Phillips, E. ID
Goode and G. e. Harmon were appoinr.
ed committee for securing Speakers.
The committee on decoration appointed
was M. Eliz. Abbot, A. NJ, Mrs. j. Riy-
ers, Miss Alma Suttle, Mrs. Cutsinger
and Mrs. ]. d. Drake.
Universal applause endorsed the dec
The herald., 1896-10-15
SILVER MEETINGS TODAY

The following silver meetings will be
held today:
Wright.
Del Sur-A. r. Sprague.
Lordsburg-F. G. Cattern.
san Fernando-General J. r. Berry
and jeff Chandler, Jr
Whittier-C. A. Barlow and ]. r.
Rush. ~
The Palms-A G.. IIinckley and Fra
Schneider.
Pomona-Mr. Stradley from the state
committee. S'e''o
Chino-S. A. w. Carver.
Los Angeles (Wigwam)-R. M. Web
ster and w. D. Gould.
The herald., 1896-10-15
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Some Other Opinions
Chicago to Salem
Boyhood Friends
An Ovation at Salem
Mr.. Bryan's Speech at CenralIa
Impressions of a Newspaper Man
Bryan's Salem Speech
On the Way to Kansas City
Meeting MIR. Bland
The Journey to Lincoln
Entering Nebraska
The Candidate and His Family
A Character Sketch
Arthur Sewall, of Maine
The Ballots for Vice-President
R. P. Bland on Free Silver
Senator Daniel on Open Mints
Mr.. Morgan's Silver Policy
Senator Cockrell on BimetaIlIsm
Senator G. G. Vest on the Pollt-
ical Situation
Tue Silver Theory Explained
New York Chamber Of Com
merce Circular
The Silver Policy in the United
States
The Battle of the Standards
A Letter from Senator Teller, Of
Colorado
Relation of a President to His
Party
Mr.. Bryan interviewed
Judge Gaynor on the Platform
In Reference to Bonds
Democratic Ratification, Omaha
Prediction Of Senator Jones, Of
Nevada
Statement of Silver Republicans
Platform Of National Silver Party
Prophecy of William p. St. John
Chairman St. Johns Address
Appeal of National Silver Party
Peoples Party Convention
General Weaver's Nomination
of Bryan
The Nominating Ballot
Mr.. Bryan's Statement Concern.
ing the Nomination
Mr.. Watson's Statement
No Real Confusion
Platform of the Popullsts
Mr.. Bryan's Speech of Accept
ance at New York
Mr.. Sewell's Speech Of Accept
anee at New York
The herald., 1896-10-15

Dedication
To the Reader
The Leader and his Public Career
The Crime of Being a Young Man
Youth no Bar to Public Service
Americas Debt to Young Men
The Story of Mr.. Bryan's Aspi.
rations
His First Law Case
His Entrance Into Politics
His First Speech In Congress
His Reelection to Congress
Chairman of the Ways and
Means
The Great Tariff Speech
Mr.. Bryan Becomes Editor
Mr.. Bryan and Class Legislation
! he Secret of His Oratory
The Great Convention
The Nomination
The Nomination Seconded
Nomination Day in Detail
The Session Begins
First Ballot Called
Second Roll Call Ordered
Third Ballot Ordered
Fourth Ballot Ordered
Mr.. Bland's Withdrawal
Iowa for Bryan
Nomination observation-disclosures
How the Nominee Received the
News
Mr.. Bryan's Statement
Money the Great Issue
Official Record of the First Ballot
Official Record of the Second
Ballot
Official Record of the Third Ballot
Official Record Of the Fourth
Official Record of the Fifth Ballot
The Platform
Platform Votes in Detail
Bryan's Great Speech
Some Comments on the Speech
His Enemies
New York Stock Exchange Dem
onstration
Rea2ing the Whirlwind
The Truth About Chicago
Opinion of Labor Leaders
Congratulations
Opinions of Eminent Men
An American Bimetallic Union
Speech of Mr.. Bashnor
Mr.. Bryan's Congressional Asso.
CiateS
The herald., 1896-10-15

This Book contains 400 pages substantially bound paper
and is printed in Clear bold type compiled by c. M
STEVENS, author of "Free Silver" and "The Democratic
Handbook" In this valuable work Mr. Stevens has been ably
assisted by the following weA nown statesmen and writers:
Hon. Horace Boics,
Hon. Richard p Bland
Hon. G. @! Vest
Senator j. W. Daniel
Senator j. T. Morgan
Senator r. Nj. CoCkreH
And many others, including of the leading editors Of the
country
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-03-26
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SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.
Boat building paten is number over

Boat building paten is number over
1,216.
A fossil dragon fly 81 inches long,
armed with big jaws and teeth, has
been found in the coal measures OF
Allier, France.
The Chicago board of health is warn
ing the people to boil their water be-
fore drinking, as their is great deal
of typhoid fever in the city.
There are six tunnels in the world
which have length exceeding 2l,O0o
feet-St Gothard, Mont Gents, Hoosac,
Severn, Nochistongs and Suits.
A French inventor has devised an
electrical microphone which, placed
over baby's cradle at night, will ring
a distant bell and wake the nurse ii 1t
cries.
Experiments are being made in Or
lando, Fla, in raising canaigre,
plant whose root is rich in tannic acid
and will be useful as tanbark grows
more scarce.
Salmon spawn from California, in
troduced into French rivers, have
proved great success. French fish
ermen are now taking salmon two or
three feet long.
Governor Budd of California is an
invent,r m, wAl Us IL sta.esmnn. He
is ut wJrk upon scheme by which he
expects to get 12.horse power out OF a
gas engine weighing l, 800.
A new railroad headlight is called
the strabismic, or cross-eyed. Two
lamps are used, set at all angle toward
each other, SO that on curves either
the one or other will always light the
track ahead.
Professor Theophilus Robarts, OF
Perry county, Ind, processes to have
discovered method of trlsecting the
angle in simple plane geometry, and
saws that he will soon make the dem
onstration public.
A singular phenomenon appeared
last winter on the frozen surface of
Lake Neuchatel, in Switzerland. Pro-
fessor Dufour, or Morges, describes
this as consisting in the formation
cones of ice more than six feet high,
each with crater large enough to
hold man. No explanation is Of
fered. !.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-03-26
Grants Friendship For Mexico.

General Grants strong convictions
about Mexico were germinated from
the impressions made upon him, when
as young officer, he served in this
republic, says John Russell Young.
One of his most intimate personal
friends during his administration at
Washington, was the Mexican minis
ter there, Mr.. Manuel Romero.
Grants whole aim in latter life
seemed to be to compensate Mexico
for the great wrong, which in his opin-
ion, she had suffered at the hands OF
the United States, when a great and
strong nation made cruel war upon
nation far weaker than herself. And
it was ever Grants endeavor both as
general of the forces and president of
the republic, to make all possible
atonement. He afterwardf called il
''the most unholy war of modern
times. - a-s
President Diaz was to him an ideal
man. Often have heard Grant talk
of him. On one occasion of his re-
turning to Washington he told me
one day that he regarded Diaz as one
sof the most distinguished and able
leaders in the world.
: Grant was not man given to en-
husiasm. He was a quiet and unos-
entatious individual ''In my jour.
icy around the world ! have" he
aid, ''met many, indeed nearly all
4 he rulers of the great countries ol
. ie earth. Yet,'I must confess that
!, eneral Diaz and the Mikado of Japan
I've interested me the most of ALL"