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New-York tribune., 1896-01-02
DEL, LACkAWANNA AND WESTERN Il. Il.
stations IN New iOrL. foot OF barclay ana
ChristOphrr streets.
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io6 Broadway brooklyn. Time tables giving frl !nfor
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check baggage from hotel residence TO destination
ptERrlsEMENTs AND SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR
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and. twelfth and one hundred md thirteenth sss
At the HARLEM OFFICES $50 Fast One. hundred and an!
ct and $40 West One hundred forty NTH st. up to
y. m. at regular ONCE rates
New-York tribune., 1896-01-02
New 1)ubIitations.

Nflo fluctuations.
DAVID A. WELLS.
HERBERT SPENCER.
DAVID STARR JORDAN.
CHARLES A. Young
r. MITCHELL PT.JDDEN. ". D.
II. CARRINGToH BOLTON
JAMES StLIY
AND HENRI MOissAN.
Hare articles IN
APPLETON'S
POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY
FOR JANUARY.
Their subjec,s are: RECENT TAX EXPERIENCES
OF THE GOVERNMENT: EVOLUTION OF THE
ARCHITECT; SCIENTIFIC TEMPERANCE: HELIUM.
ITS IDENTIFICATION AND PROPERTIES: NEW
Ot-TI OOKS IN MEDICINE: ORIGIN OF THE SMITH
eoNIAN illustrated; TIE CIiILD AS ARTIST; THE
ELECTRIC FURNACE.
Other writer's treat o;: The Botanical Gardens in Java
oljusrated,: Rccoections Of Huxley Geological Work
OF the Air: sLg2.siiblty. Automatsm. and Kindred
Phenomena TIE Fifth Prison Congress- ana foih sides
OF Profit Sharing.
NEW-YOEK: D. APPLETON CO
90 cents number: $500 year.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-02

The Poquod Theeimen OF Brookyn. credited
with the first century for the New Yea-. The
start was made az Jamaica shortly after midnight.
The run vas 10 Patchogue and return
New-York tribune., 1896-01-02

Two new cycling papers vii! appear this week 70
solicit public favor and patronage. One will be Is
sued at Chicago and the other at Cleveland.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-02
WEST SHORER

1.uns ea,e N'St id - a'a-.on y \, AS ioIlo"s anu
l. ln.utrs "aiIi'r 4tNn foot OF Franklin -.
....;O A. Vi. iik l0cd to Bunah
1850 \. VI ILls local 70 Atany for 'askN Mountains
l'all,r to Albany sundays MY.
D;IJ VI. Daily ur Ainr, tuca syracuse. Rpchester.
Iulalo.. %asaia falS Io'edo. Cleveland ana tnicas
;:, \ VI. laily. except Sunuah. = 'atskil Noun
t,ins. PATTI. Lakes Mohonk and Mlnnewaskt A.
hanN. '',lDH'.. Lake Ni"uts" Ia. lpg ear
700 d. ". laill. opt slrCay. iar Albany.
O:uO q. ". I.y Log Albany. Montreal u,a syracuse
Rochester Iu'.aio Niagara taiis. Ioionto pctioit.
cleveland. Cni,usu and -. Louis
:V T.. ". .,al -. .undaS. FOR Newhusg. Albany
Sarat ana Montreal. Pallor car to Kingston
A. ii. Daily except sunday. for lica. syracuse.
Rochester l,.i,al,.
S:I5 y. ". Daily flr Albany rtica Syracuse Roc ester
l.ui.i. Na.h.t Falls Toronto. Detroit Cleveland In,
Gag" l.uu.s.
Foi tickets tables. psr.or and sls.pngcar
hpi.y Offices BroDhA n ana New YORK. and
stations line tablss at pr.ncpal hotels For other
Information address q. r. LAMBERT.
Gen. Passenger Agent. Nanierbit-ave.. New-Yorn.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-02

The Riverside Waee.men wore equally successful
In the run TO Yonkers. Goodman and Barbcau, OF
that club. arrived at Yonkers at l2:i5 a m. Thomas
Ward. Of the same club, was the next racer to az
rive. Tho riders spen: the greater part OF the day
at Yonk RS all at TarrytOWn, and returned 10 the
CITY as their farcies dictated.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-02

&1o.A. EAM3y3G-AMERlgAa
eD&3fyy LINE
TWIN SCREW EMPRESS LINE FROM NEW -IONE
o Plymouth London. Chcrhours Paris and Hamburg
Columbia N-h y. Hrmafck. k.A Apr. .. II .. ~.
Normannia Mc.i. 2G u IN. 4. victoria. AR - m
l. Cabin. SEQ and upward. ~. cabin. sh ant 10 -
pas-.ng.fs Fi.iNp TIL to LONDON H's
hours, anI from CiITRnOuRG . PARIS tC. ho1rs' n)
special train FREE OF CHARGE
NAMRl re -AMEElCAN lINE 81 Br-aiNay. ~ "
New-York tribune., 1896-01-02

The New Years runs OF .ocal cyclists were nu-
merouS Yesterday. The one which started from
Fifty-n'nth-st and the boulevard and the one from
Observation-Disclosures shortly after midnight
well patronzeh. and attracted many onook
The first 20 Nonkcrs ard the other 10
Tarrytown. The Riverside and Harlem Wheelmen
racing teams the honors in each race. for the
runs were litle than road races. Roadhouses
the end Of the routes Offered bottles of wine to
the first riders reach their places in the New
Year. ErZ and Brown Of tho Riverside Wheelmen.
the prizes in the run TO Tarrytown. They rode
a tandem, and arrived at Tarrytown at LIZ a. m.
Brown jumped off and secured the bottle of wine at
Frankn's and ErtZ rode the tandem alone 10 tha
Mott House ard captured the other bottle. Thomas
Mallon. of the Harlem Whe9lmen. arrived at 1:2o.
He claimed that he would have firished hrst. hut
that he took the wrong street. which cost him Tho
prize. +. +. Smith finished third, followed closely
by +. O. Olmstead and j. Stanley Brooks all OF the
Harlem Whenmen. There were several pacemakers
and many stra cgers. wheels. along the route.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-02
Entels.
|BW c. X / N G MA mi H@7T EL,

FIFTH AVENUE AND eOTH STREET. N. Y
ON the European ,lan exciusvely Located In the mos,
eristocratc fashonabe convenient
the shopping and districts All modern
improvements Including sanitary plumbing cleo
tric lights Cuisine and restaurant service of superior
excellence
CHARLES l.. WETHERBEE. Proprietor.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-02
CT \AI,I) I.I\;
WHITE STAR LINE

Iirl,nanic Jan $ 10 I,fiiannlc Feb 3. 10 a
Majestic IJ 10 a. Majestic ...F"b L. 10 n
Jan. -. J" H. M .;"rn"ic r. J., 10 a. IN
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No COTTON CARRIED Ei pass fNpitE STENMEEH.
pier a. Nlrth EN.r. oIc. - iiuadvay. V =.
II. MAITLAND KELSEY AEen;.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-02
GENEEALE Transnilantiuue.

~ FRENCH LINE TO IIANIF. FRANCE.
NORMA NDIE. l~lun,l Sat. Jan T. q
LA GAScOGNI. Haudoon. Sat. Jan. II. n
IA BI.ETAGNE. sat. Jan iS.
bsf' smoking attached Special
Train IIavre- ars vice Nersa). Seats. sitO
A. FORGET. General Agent. No. 3 Bowling Green.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-02
0cnrIlero.

School Aecnues.
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A MERICAN AND FOREIGN TEACHERS AGENCY
n supplies Professors Teachers. Tutors Governesses
&C 10 Colleges Families Apply
Mrs M J. YOING-FULTON - Union Square
T. IsK TEACHERS AGENCIES. New-York. Boston
i Chicago Los Angeles &C. H. F. Crocker w. D. Kerr
y V Huyssoon W O. Pratt. y Y. Managers 10 5th-avs
New-York tribune., 1896-01-02

Among Of the members OF tho club many
OF whom Were present yesterday. are the following:
Mrs. Howard -. :ean. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bar
clay, Miss Barclay, Mrs. T.. W. Buckley, Mrs j. y.
Blake. Miss B,nedict. Miss Mary d. Brewster. Mr..
W. L. Bull. Mss Cora Barnes. Earnest Carter. X.
G. Cooke. Miss Chalmers. f. n. Dickerson. Miss
Delano. Mrs. A. w. Durkee. Mrs. S; X. de Forest,
j. l.. de Peyster. Mrs A. Duane. Mrs. r. Duval.
Mrs. Charles Davis. Miss Virginia T. Fuller. Miss
c. NJ Fairchild. Mrs. =. V. Greene. Miss Alice
Gillett Mr.. and Mrs 7. Il. Griffin. Miss G. Ogden
Jones Mrs Robert Ieffery. tr Mrs. II. :. Kingsley.
Mrs. l.. /. kellogg. Miss Marie v. Iathrop. Mr.
Brander Matthews Rigey Nicholas. Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Olyphant and Mrs. s. S. Peters
New-York tribune., 1896-01-02
MISCELLANEOUS STOCKS.

1894 Actual sales. 1898. SHARES
f,,.pn. I.,w rim GINS Loss sod.
Phoenix weekly herald., 1896-05-14
THE BATH.
1t Was Once Used In Italy for Capita
Punishment.

1t Was Once Used In Italy for Capital
Punishment.
The punishment of the bagno (bath)
one of the most cleverly cruel infiic-
tions ever devised by an official of the
torture chamber, was administered in
Italy, probably in Venice, where the
water of the lagoons played so prom
ipent a part in its penal system.
The prisoner was placed in a vat, the
sides of which were slightly in excess
of the average height of a man. In
order to hold in check the rising tide
of a supply of water, which ran into the
vat in a constant stream, the criminal
was furnished with a scoop with which
to bale out the water as fast as ii
came in.
The respite from death by imme.
sion thus obtained was more or less
prolonged, according TO the powers Oh
endurance possessed by the victim.
But, imagine the moral torture, the ex-
hausting and even hideously grotesqus
efforts, the incessant and pitiless toll
by night and day, to ssave off the
dread moment fast approaching, when.
overcome by sleep and fatigue, he was
unable to struggle any longer against
his fafai
Phoenix weekly herald., 1896-05-14
: VERY SHOCKING FISH.
Inhabit the Mediterranean and Possess
Peculiar Attributes.

fecullaT
Many people know of the electric eel
of South America, but there are com
paratively few +kbo have heard of the
torpedo or electric ray of the Mediter-
ranean sea. This curious fish, accord
ing to the New York Journal. is about
the size and shape of a large frying
pan, with a short and exceedingly
broad handle. 1t is fiat and swims
horizontally in the water.
The torpedo, which is found practic-
ally in the Bay of Biscay and the shores
of the Mediterranean sea, is SO called
because of its habit of giving electric
shocks. Such shocks are feeble, as a
rule, not greater than those from small
electric battery. If the fish is enraged
however, it is capable of giving a much
more powerful shock. 1t uses this Gu
rious weapon TO stun the small fishes
and animals on which it preys, thus
making the victim insensible previous
to devouring it. 1t is a very sluggish
fish and will lay for hours buried in the
sand few feet from the shore in shall
low water. Electricity is much talked
of as medical agent nowadays, and
for such uses is spoken of as new dis
covery, but in the days of Caesar this
natural electricity was much used for
the same purpose and physicians of
the time applied it to the leg or arm of
a person suffering from rheumatism,
govt or nervous diseases, the patient
keeping his hand or foot on the fish
as long as it was possible to bear the
shocks This was said to have been an
excellent remedy
Phoenix weekly herald., 1896-05-14
EQUINE PATHFINDER.
Remarkable Instinct of Some Ouadrupeds
IS 10 the NsY Home.

Remarkable Instinct of Some Quadrupeds
IS to the Way Home.
Horses and mules are known by all
who have much experience with them
as famous pathfnders.
A good story of this power in the
horse tribe is told of q mule by John L.
Campbell, of Rockland, Ind. In the
early days of prospecting in Oregon a
marty was in the field, and had covered
very circuitous course, which they de-
pended on civil engineer to enable
them to retract, should they see any
objects worthy of revisit. Having de-
cided to return to the home camp by the
must direct route. the engineer, after
calculating ATTITUDES and departures,
pointed out what he believed to be the
correct direction along which they must
proceed to reach the desired point
When night overlook them they found
that they were not at the home camp,
as they expected to be, though the Ell
gineer assured them that they were not
far away from the desired point, al
though he was quite unable to say III
which direction it was best TO turn
At this stage of their wanderings the
driver of the team turned one OF the
mules loose, and at once, much to the
discontinue of the engineer and the
amusement of the rest of the party, il
set off in a direction that brought then,
to the home camp Now, this mule
had never before been allowed.to wan
der in this locality, for fear that it
would stray and become lost, nor had
it ever before been over the route by
which they had reached the pointwherc
the engineer was at fault TWAS after
dark; there was no one at the camp TO
make any noise that its sharp ears
might detect, and the way was entirely
unknown to it. How had it at once
taken the route that would lead to
camp?
a case allied to this happened to me
in the Blue mountains of Jamaica,
where a pony that had never before
been in the parish. where l was lost
in a tropical storm, took me back to the
point from which we had started in tie
morning, and that by much nearer
route, entirely new to both of US. While
l was aware by the growth of the trees
that we were headed in the right gen
eral direction, it was at any time inn
possible for me to see more than 100
yards ahead. At the time that l left
the main trail and got on what after
ward proved to he a much shorter cut,
it was impossible for me TO see any
thing in the binding fury of the cloud
burst. How the pony found its way
with so much satisfaction to itself
it never for an instant appeared to fa!-
ter on its course-I was unable to de-
termine. 1t was more than once. NY
experience after that, when we hat
any difference of opinion as TO the ram
flied ways in those jamaica hills. that
the pony's Judgment WAS the best to de
pend upon, TO find the place where i
last had its fodder, although it was ut
times annoying when that place was
not where | wanted to go.-Popular
Science News
Phoenix weekly herald., 1896-05-14
MCKINLEY ENDORSED.
California Republicans Meet at
Sacramento.
sPRECKLES WINS.
The Convention Endorses Mckinley
and Protection and Free
Silver.

SAoRAMENro, May 6.-The R spublioar
state convention convened at 1919
O'Clock The temporary officers were
made permanent. The Spreckles dele
gates were seated. The opposing dele
CATION attempted SO make epee ches bu
we're shut out. They declared thai
she convention was an A. P. A. Coun-
Gil and Iefs the hall. The platform de
clsres for free silver at 16 to 1, endorse
Mckinley snd protection; tevors womsu
suffrage; demands batter immigration
laws; better high ways and asks foi
recognition of the mining industry.
The platform ipstruc5s the deiee etei
to vote and use their best endeavors t.
secure the nomination of Mckinley.
The platform was adopted with ar
amendment commerdiug the Congress
men for opposition to the Pacific Rail
ways funding bill scheme. The follow
ing were nominated for delegates al
large: U. 8. Grant Jr, Of San Diego;
A. Sheldon, Los Angeles; J. NJ. Glesves.
Shasta; John D. Spreckles, San F an
cisco; j. A. Louttit, Stockton; GeorR'
A Koight Irving M Scott, San Fran
cisco; D. e. Knight, MarysvIlle. Th-
convention then adj .urned until tw
O'Clock when balloting will commerce.
Phoenix weekly herald., 1896-05-14
The MARINE BAND.
Formerly Made More Noise Than Music
The Hoom-Pah Horn.

f orneriy Made More Noise Than Music
The Hoom-Pah Horn.
1.-The Marine band, now the pride of
the nations capital said an old mu-
stefan to the Star writer, "had but few
brass instruments except bugles when
it was organized. Indeed, there were
but few brass instruments in use in
those days, for comets, alto horns ana
tubas are comparatively new re-
member to have seen the Marine band
marching through the streets OF this
city, led by SIX violinistss with two or
tzke violas . fiddle in size between
the ordinary violin and the vi0spno
Nearly all the other instruments
reed, fiageolets and clarionets, wit
occasional French horn. The hi
traction of the band for street parads0
was a chime OF bells, which were carried
on big stick above the players head.
He shook them as the band marched
along, and made great deal of noise
if not music. Cymbals, drums, bass
and snares, were more in evidence as
features than they are now The Ma
rine band had the honor and credit of
inyenting what was called the hoom-
pah horn 1t was a horn of immense
size 1t was not intended so much for
musical purposes as it was to carry
off plumber. Whenever the band Off
ciated at receptions, banquets and the
like the bandsmen packed it full of
good things for the children at home"
Phoenix weekly herald., 1896-05-14
SPLENIC FEVER.
California Cattle Afflicted With
the Disease.
WILL ERADICATE IT.
The State Health Board VIII Take
the Matter up and
Inspect.

SACRAMENTO, May S.-Governor Bud6
is in receipt of the report from the
United States Department of Agricul.
ture showing that splepic fever does
exist among California cattle. Contrary
TO the opinion Of the Attorney General
that the health board cannot use the
funds for suppression of other than
human diseases Governor Budd will
instruct the hsslth board to go 90 q
sour Of inspection, and will employ a
veterinary from the State University to
accompany them. The Agricultural
Department. will send a government
inspector to go along. District attorneys
will 5e Instructed to comply with the
law of 1898, regarding diseased cattle,
and an ective compliance will ba made
to eradicate the disease.
Phoenix weekly herald., 1896-05-14
The ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
1t Has Undergone More Changes Than
ANY Other.

1t Has Undergone More Changes Than
Amy Other.
English has changed more than any
other language. regarded merely as a
Teutonic language. II is farthest re
moved from the parent stock 1t is
descended from the Saxon, which is the
parent of Low German and Dutch, and
as it were the grandparent of Eng
lish. But besides the Teutonic part
which is the ground work of the Ian
guage, it has suffered all the effects of
d lengthy Roman occupation This
has had a great influence on the Ian
guage and has introduced many words
into it. 1t must be remembered also
that French was for long period the
official language of the country This
had an even greater effect on the
tongue. Finally it has not entirely
lost all traces of the early Celtic occu-
patton. This combination has pro
duced the most varied, rich and flexible
language that exists.
Greek has changed least. Anyone
who wishes to satisfy himself of the
truth of this statement need only take
down four authors, like Herodotus,
Plutarch, Anna Commend and Trikupi.
He will find, if he can translate one
that he can translate the others; and
this though they wrote respectively
$50 years before Christ, and 20, LILO,
and 1850 years after.
Phoenix weekly herald., 1896-05-14
BACK TO TaG CHURCHES.
The Question of Women Delegates
Referred.

CLEVELAND, May, Bishop Foss,
Presided at the Methodist conference
today. DR.. W N Kynest, chairman OF
the committee on eligibility presented
a report. The committee sgreed, that
she eligibility of women to vote in this
convention is conssibutio and that
the general conference has the power
TO interpret the constitu ton. The
committee recommends the mod ification
OF the constitution changing the quali-
6cations of deisgs tes to the general
conference by using the words lay dele
gate instead of iaymsn thereby making
the admission OF womsn legal; thai the
proposed amendment be referred to the
annual conferences OF the following year
and twc-thirds vote OF the general
conference and three fourths vote of
the annual conferences be required to
By vote of 425 to 90 the conference
adopted the report and referred the
women question back to the churches
to be voted on again.
CLEVELAND, May s. Bishop Hurst
presided in the Methodist conference
this morning. Morris Sharp, of Ohio,
presented q resolution to excuse women
delegates who relinquish their seats
and providing thst their expenses
should be paid to the date of their
withdrawal. The resolution called in
their male reserves. Dr.. Medley, OF
Philadelphia presented substitute il
which the women we're invited tn re-
main as hooored guests OF the confer
ence and their expenses ordered paid.
DIR. Crapsson asked for a ruling as to
present status of the woman in the con-
ference. Bishop Hurst decided that
was matter of Interpretation for the
body and ruled that Dr.. Nsely had the
floor. just after Dr.. Nesly began
vaais appealed from the decision OF tie
chair on DR.. CFanston's point and III
the midst of il tense excitement O vote
on the appeal was taken. The ruling of
Bishop Hurst WIS sustained by vote
of 223 TO 204. Or. Nesley and Mr.Sharp
both withdrew their papers and toe
most violent strugg lie of the first week
OF the conference was over.
j. NJ King, of New York, presentsda
resolution directed against the usa of
federal money by the Roman Catholic
Church and ia reading was frequently
interrup pied with applause. Il WAS un-
snimous!y adopted without discussion.
Phoenix weekly herald., 1896-05-14
LION FARMING.
Little Cubs Given to a Dog for Foster
Mother.

Little Cubs Given to a Dog for a Foster
Mother.
The greater part OF the lions exhib-
tied to the public have, according to
showmeu, been born and reared in trav-
cling menageries or caravans. Nova
DAYS the breeding, training and rear-
ing of wild beasts constitute a regular
business, and is carried on systemat-
ically.
As soon as q honess has litter of
cubs they are taken away from her
and given to a collie, Newfoundland or
other canine foster-mother. As rule,
a woman looks after both nurse and
cubs, the task usually falling to the
lot of the mistress of the caravan.
When born the lions are like young
cats. The little family is usually ac-
commodated in n corner of the caravan,
or in the trainers private apartment.
In their infancy the young lions are
treated just like kittens.
When they are able to walk they
have the run of the place, play about,
and seem to look for and enjoy the
caresses that are bestowed upon them.
They recognize for a long time the au-
thority, so to speak, of the foster
mother, and are obedient to her wishes,
even after they have considerably out
grown her in size.
Phoenix weekly herald., 1896-05-14
HOLMES HANGED.
The Arch Murderer Pays the
Penalty Of His Crimes.
WAS COOL AND COLLECTED.
From the GaIIOws He Proclaimed
His Innocence of the Grimes
Charged.

PHILADELPHIA, May III. 81. Holmes
was hanged at MoyAmensing prison this
morning. The drop fell at 1912, and 6
half nour later be was pronounced
dead. His neck was broken by the fall
Even on the scsffold he Was probably
the coolest person in the solemn Assem-
osge. In.a few we'll chosen words he
proclaimed his innocence OF any MUIR
der, including that for which be was
convicted and hcGged. He declared
the only wrong doing 10 taking human
life for which he could be held respon-
sbe consisted in the death of two
women, who died as a result CT orimin al
operations by his hands. Hs did not
name these victims.
Phoenix weekly herald., 1896-05-14
African Tree Crabs.

In Africa there exists a tree-crab
which has trick of crawling up a
cocoanut tree, biting off half a dozen
punches and then creeping down again
backwards. The theory is that the nuts
are shattered by the fall and the crab
thus enjoys hearty meal Now the
natives try to stop these depredations,
which often ruin the cocoanut crops,
and take advantage of the fact that
the lower portion of the crab is soft
and sensitive. When they are heard i'll
the tree the native climbs half way up
the tree and drives in circle of pixies
made out of thorns. The consequence
is when the crab comes down he en-
counters the thorns, and, supposing
that he has reached the ground, he lets
go, and is so crippled by the fall that he
is easily dispatched and eaten in his
turn