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Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1896-09-09
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otbfsaat !. 6ersenee, piiIa,o bjlo
nkslsdajtoi pfoblAieni ,kssdi
RepublikAn6 nebraaati, sastoupeni
houyenci, pfihlaiuIf - \ shaadam,
prohlAienyn plalformt, rlillit
nkfodnf konvenot ' NJ. f,ouisa, ku
plstform6 a,rsny, s,efki messy fp
a. syou minulost = nemusi upoaittti
cd tkdntho dlAnku syfch dAyn}ch
sAssd.
lIlaynf q ttohto rAkiadnich sasad
jest ochrann6 clio, klerda pe6ujo
kaidy amcricky rAlom zaberpetuje
nejys,ai mfrn dobra ameriok6 priui;
reciprocita, k,orAi, vyhledAyaiic ave
toyo trhy pro nase pteby tednf pro-
dukty, nikdy nevada 40 mrdy ami
isdineho dno, nAleiejici amerioktmu
dtlniku; plnocenny dollar, TAX dobry
iako ylada noposkvrndny, jako jcif
prapor; dollar, ktery jest dobr5m
nejen donna, nSbrz dobrym ysade,
knmkoliv obchod sAha; -- TAX do.
brym rukou farmera a d6lnika,
iako rukou kapitalisty, tovarnika
neb korporace.
Zahrani6nf politika, kterAz cti
americky prapor a zjednava mu hctu
"a hranicemi; kteraz podmihuje sym.
patie americkeho lidu zapase utla.
tovanSch sousedt syobodu a samo.
sprawl q kteraz odmitA tresce ia.
kekoliv zasahanf vojenskych mocl
stareho sveta ma dzemf kterekoliv
americk6 republiky.
DomAcf politika, kteraz uznava IA
spravedlivo, ably vyslouzilchm unio-
nistick6 armady dostalo se hojneho
urnani q kdekoliv mozno, pfednosti
pfi obecnem zam6stnanf; kteraz ne.
dopoustf, ably kterykoliv unionisticky
vojfn, jeho vdova neb sirotek, byli
zhaveni pense pravideln6 povolene,
bes pfedchAzejfcfho uv6domenf a
yysetfenf, tax ddkladneho nestran-
neho, jako onoho, ma jehoz zaklade
byla pense p6vodn6 povolena, kteraz
pecuje dostatecnS ptfjem ku krytf
bazneho vydanf a udrzenf obecneho
uveru; kteraz nepfipoustf zadnou
vymluvu pro rozmnozenf narodniho
dluhu v dobach mfru peel vede o
obnovenf naseho obchodnfho lodstva.
RepublikAn6 Nebrasce co nej.
srdecn6ii schvaluif navrzenf sveho
prvniho vyvoIence, VIM. Mckinley.
ho Ohio "a presidenta Garrett A.
Hobarta New Jersey "a namestka
q zayazujf Sc Jim svojf nadsenou a
neroxdilnou podporou.
Oni schvalujf statni zakony ma
lezitym obmezenfm pro bezpeonost
ochranu lidu, die niehz by vespolDe
pojistovacf spolecnosti mohly bSt
zsklAdany. Zakon, opravhujfci po-
hotel6ho k pine nahradd sSody, ne
mel by byti odvolan ami zmirnan
jakymkoliv spasobem, jfmz by zma.
fena byla spravedlnost jeho ustano'
vent.
St&tnf skolnf fondy m6ly by bSti
do poslednfho dolaru ulozeny CEN
nych listinach, pfedepsanSch dstavou
pfednost mela by Sc dati statnim
okr. dpisdm.
Oni schvalujf usnesenf kongresu,
ktersm povoleny byly prostfedky k
zffzenf vladnf vSstavky transmits
sissippske vsstave r. 1898 a prohla.
iujf se pro stedry pffsp6vek ze stat
nj nokladny X podpofe uceld vista.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1896-09-09

Tajemniotyo zahrani6nieh zaIezi-
toatf dostalo zprhvu cd konsula
Mutha v Magdeburku ohlcdn6 move
ho zhkona cukerniho, yydaneho '
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1896-09-09

Cyklon v st. Louisu "a %
csnth. Ctete onlaika ns jinem
miste. A
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1896-09-09
Rolnfci pozor.

Nenf snad knihy, kter6z by Sc
nabodilycb pffpadech onemocneni
konf, skotu, dobytka skopoveho i
vepfoveho, drhbeze atd. TAX vydatn6
ponau6enf 6erpati dalo jako ze
''ZIate knihy pro farmera"
Y knize teto naleznete mimo re-
ceptti k l6deni rozlicnych nemocf 10
bytka, pes6e'nycb ponauGeni potfeb
nSch knzde domacnosti, kdez
mnoLdy vcasnym zakrocenim ztra;a
mnoha dolarA sc odvratf Kniha Ia.
kovA nale1ati by Sc mela kazde
deske domdcnosti, ably vzdy a kaz-
dem pffpadu byla po ruce. "Zlatd
kniha pro tarmera" Jest peknG
dprayy, platen6 vazbe o 345 str. a
cena JEFF Jest velmi nepatrna, stojf
pouze sl.o0.-Zasylejte objednavky
3 pfilo2en5m obnosem ma
HosPoDAR OMAHA, NEB.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1896-09-09

Pfedpls,iteldm dAshme ,yto a
premio a 10 rdarma, bud odbtrato.
lom dosayadnfm, ktefi posad pied
plaeeno nemtI DO noytho roku
pffittho 50 pFedplati. sneb
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1896-09-09

V oddtleni pro nitrog yeefin ' al
void Calitofnis Pow Ter Go Pho
Ia. Gal, yybuchla tfasksyiha tor.
bila s,agepi, v iehot troskheh sabito
byio t'ihsna q dtyfi btIosi. Ntko
lis dtlnikh bylo porantuo. Colf al
yod ob.ahosaI asi 80 osamtIych eta
veni, ktcrk SO po vybuobn v,hala 4
byla ohnlm rni6ena. Spole6nosi
pA6f ii skodu na ego, 900
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1896-09-09
fInske uhli do Amerlky

AmeriokA lod Colorado, ktera
tFiceti dneoh pf.byla DO San Fran
ciska, pfiyezla rhzu6 akAzky suroye.
ho a spraooyan6t uhli Tonkipska
v Cine. Zhsylka Ia ur6sna je jiste
frm6, ktera sIibuje, he bude proda
vati 6Insk6 uhli na tichomofskem
pobfelf za ceny mnohem levn6jsf,
neili se prodava walesske uhli steine
jakkosti. Odborni znalci prohlhsili
tonkin-ka uhelna loziska "a nevy6er.
patelna. Cinsk6 uhlf bude ma trhu
alespon TAX dloubo, pokud pyn6jsf
cenf sazbs potrva. Tonkinske dolly
ma rukou fraeoouzskS kapital.
Pravi se, ze uhlf tam6jai je nejlepsf
jakkosti a vyrovna se nejlepsimu
pennsylvansk6mu, nebo walesskemu.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1896-09-09
NOyym Odb6ratellim

Tdmto poskytujeme svlAatnf W
hody sics:
~ iedon dollar rasylati budeme
dvoIttdnt pokrok IApadu al do
novdho rokn a zaaleme X tomn po
dobixnu Mekinleyho zdarma.
Adresujte dopisy a zasSlky jed
noduse ma
Pokrok Zapadu,
Omaha, Neb
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-28
NEVADA FEDERAL
OFFICIALS nSEEN. !"
Assessments Levied for the
Democratic Campaign
Exchequer.
CIVIL SERVICE TITHEs.
Offce-Holders Both Great and
Small Asked to Subscribe
Their Mites.
RECEIPTS FOR ALL DONATIONS.
Agent Anderson and His Tax Lists
Abroad in the Silver
Country.
RECEIPTS FOR ALL DONATIONS

VIRGINIA CITY, New, June 27.-J. w.
Anderson, about 55 years old, sleek, we'll
fed and with bunch OF iron-gray whiskers
on his chin, blew into Nevada lately On a
peculiar mission. He is pleasing and
suave, and carried letters of introduction
not to the vulgar public, but to Federal
office-holders great and small. He has
them on list, with their names, ad-
dresses at what particular stall OF the
public crib they feed and what the oats are
worth.
Anderson halls from Sprague. Wash,
and his credentials are signed by Chauncey
F. Black, president of the National Asso-
citation of Democratic Clubs, Charles j.
Faulkner, chairman of the Democratic
Congressional Committee, and Lawrence
Gardner, secretary. Anderson is one OF
three agents alleged to have been author
lied to assess Federal office-holders to
raise funds for the Democratic campaign
of 1896. He was evidently picked out of
horde on account Of his peculiar fitness
for the work.
He is an adept at the business, and has
methods TO suit all occasions. He could
draw tears from a Sphinx. or cause ''de
push" to cnuckle.
Anderson's assessments are rated at $25
on $3.50 per annum situations; $50 on
$1,000 postmasters, soon to be in the civil
service; $75 on $1,000 appointments; $125
on $500; $500 on $4,000. He approaches
the guileiess with austerity, winds up by
asking how many dollars worth they
love Democracy and their official necks,
and leaves after giving printed receipt
s,, ipty onk ha
center of the parchment beams likeness
of the father of his country.
Anderson carries numberless stub-books,
showing that he has been remarkably sue
cess:ul. He has traversed Montana and
Idaho, is now doing" Nevada, and in
tends to touch the Californians next.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-28
WAS KNOWN IN SEATTLE
Albert Peck a Divorced Husband
of Murdered Mrs. Cora
Borden.
She Was Granted a Separation Be.
cause Their Temper aments
Were AntagoniStic.

SEATTLE, WASH, June 27.-Mrs. Cora
Borden. murdered on Tuesday morning
in San Francisco by George Stutz, had a
divorced husband, Albert f. Peck, resid-
ing in this city. He is treasurer for the
Washington Shoe Manufacturing Com
pany. The divorce was obtained in San
Francisco over two years ago by Mrs.
Peck, but upon what grounds Peck says
he does not know, as he made no defense.
temper, as their differences were never of
a more serious nature.
He met the late Mrs. Borden through
the fundamentally of his sister, who was
her bosom friend at New Bedford, Mass,
where they were married in 1888.
The couple at once removed to sSan
Francisco, which city had been Peck s
home for many years, and remained there
until their separation.
Cora NJ. Lewis was Mrs. Borden's maiden
name. She was born at Plymouth, Mass,
and was the daughter of Benjamin Lewis,
blacksmith. Her near relatives are all
dead. In the early eighties she married
Arthur Borden, who was lost by the
wrecking of a small steamer near Nan
tucket in 1887.
Borden. Mr.. Peck says, was a cousin of
Lizzie Borden, who was defendant IN the
famous Borden murder trial at Fall River,
Mass, several years ago, Lizzie being ac
cused OF the murder of her father and
mother, but acquitted. Mrs. Borden
played for two weeks in this city with the
Pyke Opera Company, and while here met
and conversed with Peck. who is now mar
ried again.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-28
MISSING FROM PORTL 4ND.

ReGl Estate agent JetUett Said TO III tre
DefrGuded Several BGnks.
PORTLAND, Or, June 27.-The We'll
come this evening says that Clarence F.
Jewett, for several years in the real estate
business here, has absconded after de-
frauding several banks out of $4,000 His
victims are very reticent about the affair
and positively refuse to give any definite
information. District Attorney Hume is
interesting himself in the case and is
making strong efforts to apprehend Jewett,
with no present indications of success.
1t is said that Jewett defrauded indivi-
duals also. but in NEST cases the sums
were small, and those who lost by their
dealings with him will not go to any ex-
pense to bring him back. But the banks
are determined that he shall not escape
and will spare no expense in bringing him
10 justice.
Jewett is nephew of the founder of the
Forearm Arms Manufacturing Company
in Springfield. Mass. This uncle is multi
millionaire, and tonight it is said that the
alleged absconder has gone East to obtain
funds to square himself here. His family
is yet in the city.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-28
SUED BY SPOKANE CITY.
Action Against Corporation in Which
Prominent Men Are Named as
Defendants.

SPOKANE, WASH, June 27.-The city
of Spokane to-day began suit against the
Northwest Milling and Power Company,
together with long list Of other defend
ants, to recover $So, 900 which it alleges is
due from the company. The suit promises
to be a sensational one. 1t involves a
number of prominent men and ex-city
officials.
J. H. Eardly, former City Treasurer,
deposited city money to the extent of $685.
600 in the Bank of Spokane Falls. The
bank failed. An Eastern bank held $65, 900
of stock in the Spokane Water Power
Company as collateral for $35, 900 due it by
the Bank of Spokane Falls. In order to
save the $35, 900 which the Treasurer lost
by the failure he advanced the other
amount to the Eastern bank and secured
stock.
Afterward the Spokane Water Power
Company sold all its property to the
Northwest Milling and Power Com
pany and, it is claimed, without consent
of the city interest.
The property was then mortgaged by the
Mortgage Company CT Amsterdam for
100000. Solomon Oppenheimer, who was
the promoter, ran the company in debt
and left the country. The mortgage COM
pany then commenced foreclosure pro-
ceedings, and the city now comes in to
claim its interest and set the original sales
end mortgage aside.
The attorneys for the city say that prom
lnent officials are involved and that the
transactions were fraudulent.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-28
Heavy Majority in Favor of the
Scheme After Four Years
of Contention.
vICToRs WILDLY JUBILANT.
Value of Vast Tracts to Be Enhanced
a Hundred.Fold by Liberal
Irrigation.

SAN DIEGO, CAL, June 27.-This city
was tonight in the possession of a howl
ing mob, and cheers for E. S. Babcock and
John D. SpreckeIs rent the air for hours.
The election held to-day resulted in e
crushing defeat of siIurians and the tri-
umph of progressive men, who are build
ing up this country.
San Diego voted by large majority
over the necessary two-thirds-a stupen-
dous handicap-to build new water sys-
tenn at cost of 81, 500, 600, giving the city
1000 inches Of water from the mountains
and new distributing system. The
voting of bonds in this amount means the
construction of g system in addition to
that of the city, but auxiliary to it, for the
irrigation of 5000 acres of land in the
country adjacent to the city-the finest
lemon land in the United States, and
which will Jump in value from 81 per acre
in its present sagebrush state to 500 per
acre with water. The total cost of the
system, including the city's share, is esti-
mated at $3, ,000, 900 and over 1000 inches of
water will be developed. The city gets
the sole ownership of the magnificent
Morena dam, the finest IN Southern Cali
fornia, the conduit to the city ana the
distributing system in the city.
E. S. Babcock, the founder of Coronado
and partner of John D. Spreckels and A.
B. Spreckels, is the moving spirit of this
great enterprise. The populace has go n
wild and bonfres, bombs and brass bands
held forth on the plaza both last night
and tonight.
At the Hotel del Coronado, which
Babcock built, the employees met him and
carried him on their shoulders, while fire
works and music drew the whole popula-
ton of the beach to the spot. The citi-
zens generally regard this as the turning
point in San Diego's career and are simply
beside themselves. The fight lasted four
years and was bitterly fought by the San
Diego Flume Company, owner of the
water system now supplying the city. All
sorts of corruption was alleged on the part
Of the fume company and money was
spent like water. The city now cuts loose
from a monopoly and gains a water sys-
tenn of its own from fountain-head to
kitchen faucet.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-28
Duration of victoria's Reign.

The statement made in our columns the
other day that the Victorian reign will "in
a month or so" have lasted longer than
that of any other English sovereign is, a
correspondent points out, not quite ac-
curate. George III ascended the throne
October %, 1850, and died January 80, 1920,
his reign having lasted fiftv-nine years
and ninety-six days. The Queens reign
began on June 20. 1887, and will reach the
equal period of fiftv-nine years and
ninety-six days on Thursday. Septem-
Der "a. The 25th will therefore (for
perhaps preferably Saturday, the 26th) be
the appropriate day for celebrating, as we
hope to do, reign which will then have
exceeded all others in duration, as it has
already done in glory and importance.
This calculation is correct if we take all
years as equal. If we reckon the mum Der
of days the term would be reached two
days earlier, since the extra Goth of Febru-
ary only occurred thirteen times in the
reign of George III, he having commenced
it after that dale in 1760, and died before
it In 1920, while he missed one of the series
owing to the occurrence of the century
year 1900. In the present reign the extra
day has occurred fifteen times.-West-
minister Gazette.
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ID
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-28
PoRr1AND MURDERERs FATE.

George ". Barter Sentenced for the Kill
ing of HIS Wife.
PORTLAND, Or, June 27.-George w.
Baxter, the wife murderer who was con-
victed of manslaughter, was to-day sem
fenced by Judge Stephens to fifteen years
of penal servitude and to pay $500 fine.
Baxter takes his sentence quite philo-
sophically. He had stated beforehand
that he did not think Judge Stephens
would give him more tnan ten years. The
courtroom was crowded with people,
many of whom thought the defendant
should have been convicted OF murder in
the first degree and sentenced to the gal
lows. 1t is said that Baxter has friends
who will try and effect his pardon in few
years.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-28
PoRr1AAD,s RA1IFICATIoN.
Oregon Republicans Indorse the Action
Taken at st. Losiis.

Oregon Republicans Indorse the Action
Taken at st. Losiis.
PORTLAND. Or, June PA great Re-
publican ratification meeting was held in
Marquam Grand Theater tonight. Hun
dreds were turned away from the doors
and could not get in. General George H.
Williams presided.
Prominent men from all over the State
were present. The four Oregon electors
made brief addresses. They were John f.
Caples, E. L. Smith, T. [. Geer and S. NJ.
Yoran. Speeches were made by the dele
gates TO the st. Louis convention and the
announcement that Oregons represe n ia
tives stand for mckinley and sound
money" was the signal for a great out
burst. Other speakers of the evening were
ex-senator Dolph, Congressman-elect
Thomas II. Tongue of Hillsboro and
Charles W. Fulton of Astoria.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-28
Tmprtsoned for Insanity.

SAN JOSE, CAL, June 81. = H. w.
Mitchell, who claims to be an old news
paper man, is being held at the County
Jail pending an examination as to his
sanity. Mitchell is a niddle-aged man,
and claims to have come from Stockton,
where, he says, he was employed on the
Mail. About 9 o'clock last night he en-
tered the Jail Office, and after raising dis
turbance was elected. He then crawled
into doghouse to spend the night. and
when ordered to vacate refused to do So.
Mitchell says he was confined in Stockton
ASYLUM in 1894.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-28
Spokan. SiIrerite, Msef.

SPOKANE, WASH, June 81. - The
Friends of Silver, local organization
composed of people from all parties, lately
augmented by number of bolting Repub-
licans, met this evening and elected At
torney-General w. G. Jones, Judge R. B.
Blake and Hon. S. s. Bailey delegates to
the State Silver Convention. A resolution
expressing approval and profound graft
tude to II. NJ. Teller for his action at St.
Louis was received with round of ap-
plause. A number of speeches were made,
Teller's name being always received with
great applause.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-28
Threatened Wtth Foreclosure.

SAN JOSE, CAL, June 27.-The canvass
of the city male Wednesday in an effort
to raise about $4,000 needed to Hquidate
the Indebtedness of the Young Mems
Christian Association resulted in collec-
tions amounting to only $2510. This
makes nearly $11. 900 that has been raised
to meet an $4,000 Indebtedness. There is
foreclosure suit now pending against the
associations lot and building on Second
street. A committee will be appointed to
see the wealthy class of the city and try to
raise the sum needed.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-28
SANTA ROSA ELECTION RoW.
Testers induce Honan to Insist Upo,.
TOting.

Testers Induce Homan to Insist Upon
TOting.
SANTA ROSA, CAL, June 27.-Mrs.
Williams of this city created great deal
OF excitement and no end of merriment
by attempting to vote at the election of
School Trustees to-day. Cherishing
strong political convictions, Mrs. Will
liams was anxious to cast her first ballot,
having been led by party of wags to be-
lieve that she was entitled to that privi-
lege. Upon being refused permission to
deposit her ballot, the lady returned to
those who had first urged her to
make the attempt and was told by
them that her ballot had been rejected
on account of her known sympathy for
the American Protective Association.
She was told by the would-be funny men
to try again aud if refused to make a
grand uproar. These instructions were
carried ont to the letter, and it was with
great difficulty that the woman was in
duced to desist and go to her home.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-28
SANTA RoSA's AGED sUIroR.
SeUenty-t,Co Year Old Josiah Ptatt
HotsEe bed a Girl of Fourteen.

SeUenty-tsCo Year Old Josiah Ptatt
HOtIe Bed Girl of Fourteen.
SANTA ROSA, CAL, June 27.-Josiah
Paxton Piatt, aged 72. applied for a mar
riage license to-day, to wed Mary Burns,
aged IA. The would-be bridegroom was
informed by County Clerk Fulton that the
girl was too young and that he could not
issue the license. The undaunted Mr..
Piatt said he would remedy that all right,
and the girls mother soon appeared be-
fore the clerk to give her consent. The
clerk thereupon produced the statutes and
read little cold law on the subject of
matrimony, from which the fatherly look
ing Piatt learned that he had yet year to
wait before he could wed Mary according
to law.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-28
a CYCLISTS FATAL FALL.

While Making n Tour of Merico He Goes
Over a Cliff.
GUADALAJARA, Mex, June I'D. c.
Edwards, an American who had been
making bicycle tour through Mexico and
left here few days ago to cross the Sierre
Madre on his way to ManzaniJlo, was ac-
cidentally killed by falling over a cliff
eighty miles distant from here. His
mangled body ard broken bicycle were
found at the foot of the cliff.
The mountain trail at that point is very
narrow and dangerous, and it is supposed
that Edwards was carrying his wheel,
when his foot slipped and he was dashed
over the precipice. His place of residence
in the United States is not known here.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-28
ImpaIed on a Pttchfork.

SAN JOSE, CAL, June 27.-John john
son, laborer on Charles Wade's ranch,
near Santa Clara. while stacking hay with
a derrick last evening was struck in the
right side by prong of fork, inficting
q wound several inches deep. 1t is feared
that his lungs have been penetrated. The
chances for Johnson's recovery are doubt
F,,1
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-28
Choaen Frienda Picnic.

SAN JOSE, CAL, June 27.-Garden City
Council No. SO, Order of Chosen Friends,
celebrated the seventeenth anniversary of
the order to-day with picnic and dance
at Agricultural Park. c. NJ. Arnold. past
supreme councillor of San Francisco Coun-
Gil, delivered an address. TIE proceeds of
the picnic win be given to the members of
the Order OF Chosen Friends who were in
iured during the late st. Louis disaster.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-28
M. 4rton sentenced.

PARIS, FRANCE, June 27.-M. Arton,
who was prominently identified with the
Panama Canal scandal, has been sen-
fenced to six years imprisonment at hard
labor for his completely in the fraudulent
transactions that led TO the scandal and to
pay back the money he embezzled from
the company.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-28
Foresters EEect Omcers.

SAN JOSE. CAL, June 27.-Court San
Jose, American Foresters, has elected the
following officers: Chief ranger, f. L.
Haskell; sub-ranger, J. NJ. Ross; record
ing secretary, J. NJ. Reid; senior wood
ward, G. F. Mendler; junior woodward, HI.
G. Mesa; senior beadle, d. A. Amador;
Junior beadle, Joseph Bliss.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-28

ter and the Rev. DR.. J. Wesley Brown, the
rector of the church, to Spencer Churchill, the
Duke of Marlborough. she is a member of the
family, and as were the members of her fathers
family. The original me mbers of the Vanber-
biit family were converted to the Moravian
church. This depart tment has not been able
to ascertain to what church the Duke of Marl-
borough belongs
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-28
DIR. S,cift lHonored.

SAN JOSE, CAL, June 27.-The court
medal of the Astronomical Society has
been awarded to DR.. Lewis Swift of the
Lowe Observatory, for his discovery of an
unexpected comet on April IS, 1896.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-28

appears. Fra Diavolo was the sobriquet of
Michele Pezza, a Calabrian goatherd. born in
Itri in 1850. He became suceessively IL stock
ing-weaver, soldier, monk with the name of
Fra Angelol, but he turned a renegade and
afterw ard was the leader of band of atrocious
robbers. In 1899 he was made a colonel in the
Neapolitan army and fought against the
French. In 1906 he was captured by the
French and hanged as robber, notwithstsnd-
ing his pardon by the King of Naples and his
commission!
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-28

Blacks was destroyed by fire this morn
ing at 4:30 o'clock. A valuable stallion
perished. The barn contained 100 tons OF
new hay and a lot of harness and farming
utensils. The loss is $500.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-28

VOTERS. R., City. This department can
not state how many voters there are in the
United States at this date, but the popular
II, 1866.