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Took Their Advice.

New York sun: When Rear Admiral
Sicard, WAC took command OF the North
Atl2at.c squadron the other day was Il
ca-)ta.n he was stationed for time on
the OLD receiving snip Vermont IN the
brooklyn navy yard. To ann Lieutenant
Hanson h Tyler. now retired. was or
dered TO report for du,. on the Vermont.
I-'ier was big. round. good-natured
Nermonter. with long. nasal down-east
drs.-.-. ana all the navy had aicEnamed
MN Horse IL happened this time that
Horse reported -FOUR days late. and
Captain Sicard was annoyed. The captain
Was not martinez. bur he was Il believer
in strict discipline and in the fullest per-
iormance of duty. when he was IN COM
mand of vessel ii was always snipshape.
:. zen he was III command OF a navy
lard Things moved OH dS IL was intended
they should move. So when Tyler came
aboard the Vermont. Captain o-czrd was
d.s-leased because Of his hardness.
Good morning, captain Sicard."
drawled Tyler. y am ordered 10 the YER
mont, and l am here to report 10 you Tor
dut.
GOOD morning. Mr. Tyler" answered.
CaDIa-n Sicard. VIII you have the
goodness 10 explain by you are four
days late?'
Certainly. captain said Tyler, with
just the suspicion of a grin and an extra
attenuation IN Ills draUL You see, my
orders were report aboard the YER
r-oHr at Boston. / went TO Boston and
found that the Vermont WAS at Brooklyn.
l did,.'t know whether 10 brmg Loston
down TO the Vermont or the Vermont up
10 Boston. Mhile | was deDaJllle tl-e.
matter ! got a telegram from the depart
ment Che pulled il out and showed it to
captain Sicaro) that said. For Boston in
you~ orders. read Brooklyn, so l came
down to New ork yesterday u never
been in Brooklyn. so 1 asked a man now
10 get TO the Brooklyn navy yard and ne
SID I'd better take a ferry, 80 / took
Jerry, and when l got oil asked man
how to get, 10 the Brooklyn navy yard
and he said. Take n ferry. l asked him
what that place was. ana he SAID Staten
Island SO | took a ferry, and when it
storped II was III a place a man said was
Communicative | asked him how 10 get
TO the Brooklyn navy yard. and he said
Take = ferry. l thought Ii wasn't
good place for me to be around loose in
at night so | got hotel and went to
bed, and this morning I hired boy for
5Oc to pilot me 10 the Brooklyn navy
yard: and. by the way, captain, have you
got that sum in your clothes?
And they say Horse Tyler got Off
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kind of a gamble. At best New York
politics are as tickle as the month of
April, and with the Introduction of
numerous unknown quantities like
Brooklyn, Staten Island and a section
of Queens county, each with its full
quota of internecine strifes. the prob
lem promises to remain as transparent
IS mud UP 10 the day after election.
The number of knives which the
little party leaders are ready to flash
upon their New York friends is simply
astounding. Brooklyn has already
gravely asked that a Brooklyn man be
nominated for mayor. saying that the
party which heads its ticket with a
gentleman living in that suburb Will
receive. SO strong is the local pride of
its citizens, he solid city vote. ire
spective of previous party utilization
Even Long Island City. in the person
of Patrick Jerome Gleason, has asked
for the Democratic nomination. al
though many New Workers couldn't 10
cate Long Island City on the map.
Every tiny hamlet in the 317.7
square miles of the big city has become
politically crazed by the glamor of the
rich prizes and is demanding a share
of the prospective pap u times greater
than its political Importance warrants.
These are only few Of the preliminary
tangles which must be Strengthened
out before any of the three principal
combatanTs can give a guess as 10
how they stand.
Statistics do not help to clear the
atmosphere. because of the general &c
centricity of New York politics. 1t
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Numerous Democrats also belong TO
the Citizens Union, and they are
unitedly for any man who Will rid the
city OF the despotism of the machines.
Plat has informed the Citizens
Unicn frankly that if it persists in
nominating a separate ticket it will
divide the voting strength OF the Re
publicans and insure the success of
Tammany han. Undeterred by this,
the Citizens Union is going ahead with
more energy than either CT the two ma
chimes have as yet displayed. Some
say they will have shot their bolt be-
fore the real race begins. This comes.
however. from the professional poll
ticisn, who resents the invasion of his
hunting ground.
Both of the machines are hard in
pursuit of the indeDndent voter. for
without his aid neither is strong
enough to win the fight. The indie
pendent voter is an increasing article
in New York. and the Citizens move
ment has a first mortgage on him. as
it is strictly non-partisan and appeals
directly to the principles which force
him to avoid the machines. That the
Independent voter is not strong enough
to beat both machines has been shown
in past struggles, but the new condi-
tons injected this year may produce
change.
There will be about 200 votes cast
for and against the mayor of the en-
larged city, out of population OF s.
800. COO. or almost oDe-twentieth OF the
total vote Of the nation.
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: $75, 100000 IN PATRONAGE.

New York. June 1.-The hottest mu-
nicipal election fight that the country
has ever seen has already begun. al
though the votes that will settle the
matter will not be cast until next No
vember. The fact that preliminary
training has started at this date indi-
Gates the heights of ferocity the struS-
gle will reach when the full venom of
the campaign is le. loose
1t is the colossal richness Of the
prize at stake that dazzles the brain of
The political leaders. The mayor OF
the Greater New York will have the
handling of almost as much pap as the
president Of the United States, and the
party that controls the MAYOR Will
revel in a bewildering array of soft
snaps. 1t will cost $4,000 a year 10
run the enlarged city, and the nlayor
will be elected fer four years. To do
the work will require an army of at
least $4,000 employees. The local ma
chine that gets control of the snap Will
WELD tremendous power in the state,
and, in the next general election, in
the nation.
The two regular machines are train
ing for the fight of their lives. and to
down the machines a third party has
sprung up, TO save the city, if possible,
from the mereiless looting that it is
bound to suffer should either machine
conquer. Thus it is a three-cornered
fight. with Thomas Collier Platt. the
Republican boss. at one angle, Will
lam F. Sheehan, the Tammany CHIEF
tain. at the second, and Robert Fulton
Cutting, chairman of the Citizens
union, at the third
To predict the winner is the rarest
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closing a consultation with the aicalde,
and at sight Of him her calmnesS, was
not restored. The fathers confidence
in his daughters discretion had never
been Jared in their 90 years of COM
panionship. hence he felt safe in leav-
ing the two together. in response TO a
nod from her OF what passed IN the
brief ten minutes Manuel never had
clear remeTn brance, but he walked
down the street in a confused state OF
mind. one idea overshadowing the rest.
that % gratitude at having escaped
with his life.
To leave San Marco and, worse yet,
Anita. was evidently the proper step.
He resolved 10 begin packing at once,
when he was handed a letter from the
aIcalde which asked him to come 10
the palacio at his earliest convenience.
\ dozen ideas filed his mind as he
presented himself to The judge and said
he had found it convenient to answer
his honor's summons at once. The
Judge smiled benignantly and wound
up a series of neat compliments by
handing over 20 him the defense of d
woman who had poisoned her lover
and whose trial was set for the next
day. Then the truth dawned upon him
that he had been commissioned to de-
fend a case which admitted of no de-
Tense solely TO make his present un-
pleasant position less bearable. His
curiosity had taken him 10 the pre-
liminary examination and he saw no
point upon which to hang even extern
uation of the crime. he interviewed
the woman in the Jail, but could get
no help from her She was not guilty.
though she could offer nothing in sup
port of the fact. She loved her hus-
band; he was her husband though no
priest had joined them: then why
should she wish him harm? she had
nothing more to live for and would
gladly join her husband.
The trial next day was torture for
Manuel. He tried TO get the woman to
plead guilty. but she refused. The
public prosecutor brought out the
stories of the several witnesses con-
cisely and she was sentenced to suf-
fer the death penalty. She had pur-
chased a packet of strychnine from
the druggist. who had put il up in a
red paper tied with blue string. Only
small part of the amount sold by the
druggist had been used. The remainder
had disappeared. The woman made no
denial of any part of the story and
heard her sentence with inattentive
ears. The only clew to fight on that
Manuel could grasp was the one thin
wisp OF fact that the package contain
ing the poison could not be found. He
set to work on this. and on the eve of
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only needs glance at the figures of
ia elections - SHOW their uaresiab bill
ny as prophets. in 1892 the districts
comprised in. the enlarged New York
gave Cleveland 292. 323 yeses and Har-
rison lSl.O Democratic majority of
ll,3z0. IN the guternator.al contest
OF 1894 Brooklyn and New York gave
Hi l9s.O44 votes, and Morton 21l. lS6.
2 Republican majority OF 1912. In
1896 the combined Greater New York
districts gave BRYAN 225.613 votes and
Mckinley 2S3,119, Republican majority
OF 81 500
Prior to 1894 Greater New York was
counted UPON as Democratic by at
least $4,000. This was when Tam
many han was at the zenith of its
power Now, as has been said, il is
a tremendous gamble to say what il is.
Ordinarily it would elect a Democratic
mayor. but it is the purpose of the
Republican managers to force national
issues into the local campaign and. il
possible, drive Tammany into repeat
ing is stand in favor Of free silver
I mis-, it is argued, will force "a split in
the ranks.
In this the Republicans will be aided
by the Democrats who place the cur
rellcy question above the issue of mu-
nicipal domination. Cooler heads are
striving to avoid the national issues
and steer the rarty toward a ticket
that Will not be offensive to either of
the wings.
The rock which threatens to wreck
the hopes of the Platt machine is the
Citizens Union, composed in the main
of wealthy Republicans who regard
Plat ard Tammany as equal evils.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-06
GHOST IN A Time.
Weird Short That Comes From
Tombstone Arizona.

A wierd ghost story comes from the
old Broncho mine. three miles south
east of here. says Tombstone. Ariz-,
correspondent. Many citizens. entirely
truthful and reliable. relate wonderful
tales of the strange sights and sounds
that occur nightly in the old mine, and
these have been repeated with such
insistance and with such circumspec-
ton of detail. that at last people have
ceased to scott and sneer and an in
vestigating party is being made up of
volunteers to &C down into the mine
and pass night at the bottom of the
shaft.
According TO the stories told by eye
witnesses. TWO hours after sunset. with
clock like regularity. a tall. white. or
luminous wraithlike form stalks about
among the diggings, passes through the
old adobe shanty near the mouth of the
main shaft Many of the mountaineers
and plainsmen of the neighborhOOd are
without superstition on the subject,
and these have tried to catch the spec
ter. They have shot at it time and
again. and often from very close range.
They have tried to corner IL and sense
the substance by material touch, but
always the specter has vanished at the
critical moment, only to reappear at a
little distance. At midnight it ceases
its meanderings on the upper levels and
goes below and 10 work For hours the
wrath has been heard at work in the
deserted drifts. now pounding drills.
now saving timbers, now blasting, now
working along as industriously as
though silver had never deprecated
The Iabors are so unceasing that half
the population have heard them and
really believe that the weird sounds
and signs are genuine.
The Broncho mine has a bloody his
tory that. well entities it 10 its gnostly
tenant. In the early days it was one
of the richest mines of the Tombstone
district. Discussions over the division
of its profits arose among its owners.
and occasionally. as these quarrels rip
ened, a man or two were missing.
Shooting affairs were numerous at the
mine At one time in the early SOS
five men were found at the BrOncho
with their toes pointing heavenward.
Later on the mine became an ideal rem
devious for the freeboOters and stage
robbers, and once a gang of these, who
had robbed a Wells Fargo bullion wag-
on, fought over a division of the spOils
and killed each other TO the last man.
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A DESIGNING DIlLCINEA

Manuel Terreno sat in his Office. over
looking the plaza. in an unamiable
frame of mind. His cigarette burned
slowly toward the lnclcsing fingers as
he thought bitterly of the little sign on
the door. with "licenciado" following
his name. He had come to San Marco
six months before. hopeful and with a
little money His three remaining dol
lars ratified duly against each other.
emphasizing mis- lack of clients.
The alcalde, influenced at first by a
letter commencing Manuel TO his favor
able notice. had thrown some business
in his way; an invitation to dinner had
followed Fortune seemed about to
smile, when the inevitable woman put
In an appearance. Julia. the alcalde's
daughter. saw fit to approve of Man
uers personal appearance, and made up
her mind. with that CELEBRITY and
thoroughness which so years of maiden
hood give, that only in him were united
those qualities necessary to make her
happy for life. 1t soon became a9nar-
ent 10 him, and later to others. that he
had but TO say the word in order TO
obtain a wife whose full tale OF years
was carefully concealed by 4 def use
of powder and good judgment in plac-
ing the lights, but who possessed q rev.
producing hacienda in her own
name. Again. what more delightedly
easy way of building UP a legal prac-
tice than 10 become son-in-law. TO the
chief judge of the district?
At this stage the matter might have
been accommodated. Unfortunately a
second woman must needs indorse
Julia's good taste i'll her approval of
Manuel by falling in love with him
openly and with violence This in it
self was not necessarily a complica-
ton. The Dalpable error in the affair
was that Manuel reciprocated her pas
sion, nor was he less open in acknowl-
edging in words what she confessed by
her bushes. Now. Anita's father was
administrator of Julias hacienda. To
prefer TO the owner of the place the
daughter Of one whom she chose TO
servant was certainly turn
ing the knife in the wound. Hesitation
was no part of Julia's character so she
rode out and interviewed
with terrifying force the trembling
Anita. but gained only an avowal of
to the doubly blessed Man
uel.
Returning. she found Manuel just
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-06
Two Bicycle Novelties.

A folding bicycle is the latest inven-
tion. Ii is a machine so constructed
that it can ne carried by man. When
man cannot be carried by the machine
1t is the work of an instant to fold the
bicycle by means of pressing bolts for
ward and into recesses in locking
tube. and then laying the rear wheel
around against the front The folding
hscvcle is especially valuable where one
wishes 10 make excursions on boats or
cars. CT for these fortunate people who
go off on yachting tours this summer,
and want to have their wheels along in
order to explore any island of the deep
at which they may touch. The wheel
has as much strength as the ordinary
bicycle. and weighs only % pounds
A novel bicycle skirt protector
is in shape of spread eagle.
II not only keeps the mud
from being thrown by the rear
wheel on the rider. but prevents the
skirts from being blown about by the
wind or caught in the chain or wheel
The eagle. which by the way is rather
picturesque and an ornament than
otherwise. bends over. with his head
pointing rearward and his wings eX-
tending Outwardly on each side 1t IS
rigidly mounted on the frame, and the
Wings are provided with springs TO
keen them distended. while allowing
them TO fold inwardly should the BIZ
cycle fall on its side. The legs of the
bird may be thrown down TO serve as
a brake. or as supports when the rider
dismountS-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-06
ONE WHITE BUFFALO.
Was Seen by Indians and Hunters,
But Never Caught

Forest and Stream: During the sum-
mer of 1910 bands of Indians returning
from hunt far out on the plains brought
in stories of having seen at different
times and in different places. and always
II the center of a large nerd. White
buffalo. They had used their best horses
in the effort 10 Overtake it. to no purpose,
ne-e- being able to get anywhere near
the animal. At first did not pay much
attention 10 these stories. but still 1t kept
cropping up from different camps and at
last in the fall of 1873, l myself had q
c1arce to verify the truth of the report
l had been sent on duty north along the
Red Deer river and was camped near a
la-go band of Blackfeet. who were hunt
ing south of that river The buffalo had
1,fo-ed north in vast numbers. and the
prairie was black with them
i had gone out one morning with party
of Blackfeet to see one of their hunts. and
also to try and kill for myself NV horse
wr-S = good one, and much faStel' = nan
any belonging to the Indian hunters.
had got detached from the party. becom-
ing tired of the slaughter. ana must nave
been at least 30 miles from camp, when
made for = small clumD OF timber not
far off. intending to build a fire and roast
a portion of some buffalo meat / mad on
the saddle with me. As | approached the
wood q band OF aoouS lUo stliil ma Du ltt
cut of the brush and me- on to the
south and yes. most certainly. IN the
middle of them was a white ouf1alo- Al
though they were quarter OF Il mile
- was there as large as life. and quite
wh:te. and running like deer. There
US no time TO much more than take in
the scene. but l gathered up the reins
and was after him. determined TO bag
that buffalo or kill my horse
On, wha a race it was. mile after mile.
and although all the band, with the ex-
cept:or of about a dozen. had split off
and gone in different directions. the white
animal with his body guard of about a
dozen. kept at about the same distance
ahead l could catch a glimpse of him
no- and then. and there was no doubt
Re was snow white. Get within s.-ot I
could not for many miles. At last they
BEGAN 20 tire. and although my n--se
was tired also. ] had good hopes of COM
ing up and getting & shot. Alas for such
a chance. OF a sudden my horse iurched
forward on his nose. sending me over his
head onto the prairie. and. turning a
somersault himself, missing me by only
a fe.s feet He had put his foot into d
badger hole and brought my hopes OF d
W.ste robe to a sudden end
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FOUR LEGS AND THREE WINGS.
Remarkable Brahna Chick Born at
Modesto.

Modesto (Cal) News: We were
shown today by Mrs. I. c. Grimes a
little chick which is a remarkable Gu
riosity 1t was Matched only yesterday
and is bright and chirps like all little
chickens. but it has four weli-developed
legs and three wings. 1t is of the
Rrahma species and came from shell
that WAS considerably larger than the
ordinary egg and was almost round.
IL is of very pretty varied color, the
predominating colors being yellow and
brown Mrs. Grimes will try to raise
the freak and hopes to succeed. All
who saw it say that it is ahead of any
freak that they have ever seen. Only
two of the legs are used by the little
chick in walking. the others being held
up under its body, bat the four are of
the same size.
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that the farmer has been robbed all these
years by the tariff? Is that the senator
argument
Mr. Chandler-When did the senator
first think that the American tariff sys-
TEN was robbery of the farmer?
Mr. Cannon-Just SO soon as the senator
gave sufficient attention TO the subject
to understand the truth of it. advocated
Republican tariffs rs earnestly and as
faithfully in ny humble way as the-sen-
ator from New Hampshire. and / believed
exactly what / taught. L believe in n
protective tariff system in the United
States today, because l think that any
nation which VIII rot guard its Own
must perish: and / believe the world is
engaged at this time in fight the result
OF which win be the survival CT the un-
httest If America does not protect her
self; but l am not disposed. any longer 10
advocate a system by which one portion
o. the population is taxed for the benefit
of another portion of the population.
think that it is unfair TO cherish only
one class. and that the class which has
already the most power of self-pro1ection
go across the plains of Kansas. as / have
gone. and across the plains of Nebraska.
If he will see the people there who toll
from early morn till dewy eve seeking
their struggles. if he viii see farms
abandoned because men cannot pay the
mortgages thereon. l believe in him sufli-
and say that this bill is ROBBERY or
THE AMERICAN FARMER.
Mr.. Chamberlain. President. l sympa-
thize with the class to whom the seaa-
tor has referred. have always believed
that a properly adjusted tariff would help
them instead OF harming them; but l did
not Know until today that the senate
who has advocated the tariff all this time
thought all the while that it was rob-
berry of his people
Mr.. Cannon-Why. Mr. President. the
senator from New HAMPSHIRE is scarcely
fair. ! have stated that l am in fa--or
of a protective tariff system | stated
that in the guiielessness OF my SOUL being
a Republican. | went out and advoceted
the Republican idea of a protective tariff
/ never was brought quite so close to re-
sponsibility concerning il before as / am
today. Heretofore / nave discussed il on
the stump. advocated it in general terms:
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but as soon as I am confronted with re-
sponsibility which obliges me 10 look
more closely into its application to all the
people, am simply discharging my duty
Wnen seek to amend this measure so
that II shall be honest to al
The senator ought to know if the agri-
cultural classes OF the United States do
not thrive in good contentment there is
no sett- TO the republic. There was an
other nation in its day as mighty as
this republic. the greatest upon which
the sun then snone. and its people en-
gagged in agriculture sunk lower and
lower. until the freebooter who was OBJ
iiSed to borrow money had to give a
mortgage not only upon his land but
upon ms crops. and upon himself and his
wife and his children. and the unborn
child IN its mothers womb. in order to
satisfy the uSureT When that time came
the Roman eagles We're enclouded IN the
darkness of the middle ages. and unless
We shall do something to arrest this rob
bery-i say it deliberately Mr.. President
the robbery OF this bill for collective
tarih-we. too. Will have our bitter les
son.