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The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-09

The new minister from Bolivia. the first, by the way, ever accredited by that country to this, in speaking of the resources of Bolivia, said that there was more gold there than there is in Klondyke and that one ,iid not have 10 freeze or starve to death to get it. There is not stream in Bolivia where gold cannot be washed out. All that is needed, he says, is capital and modern machinery. There is a great deal of truth in this, but up to tt,e present time lew Americans have found it profitable to put very much capital in South American enterprises, owing to the un- stability of the governments.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-09
Krueger at Chnrch-

Hard by the presidents mansion al Pretoria stands the austere little church where MT. Krueger is wont tc pray on Sundays. No member of the congregation is more regular than he and at times he leads the service him. self, and will even preach when in the mood. Dom Paul himself draws large audiences, but when not actively en- gagged in the conduct of the service ba usually sits beneath the pulpit being it is said, somewhat deaf at times Inn ing prayer all the men stand up.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-09

A German publication revives the idea of restoring Metz to France. This was advocated by Bismarck in 1871. but the advice of Won Moltke prevailed, he holding that it was necessary for military reasons. The newspaper says that the presence of Germans in Metz is constant menace to the French. who will never forget their thirst for revenge so long as the Germans retain the city. It thinks that the Germans should take this first step toward recon- ciliation.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-09
HOW CHEWING GUM IS MADE.
Processes Through Which It Passes
 from the rec 10 the Co,-',r,er-

Processes Through Which Tt Passes
 from the Tree 10 the Consumer.
 Four million pounds of gum chicIe, the product of the Mexican -hbota tree, entered the United States during 1895. This entire product, valued al nearly $1,5OO,OO0, became ths basis of chew ing gum. A walk through a leading chewing gun factory Is Interesting.
 Here over 1,O00.0o9, 600 pieces of gum are annually produced and shipped to every portion of the world. Three hun dred employes are engaged fu the man. ufacture of the gum, the first step of which is the importation of ne raw chicle, which Is gathered by the peons in Mexico and exported in bales con- taining about 15G pounds each.
 The gum is taken from the bales and chopped into small pieces. These are freed from tree bark and chips by steaming and picking. Then it is ground in mills making 3,4O0 reyolu- tions minute.
 The ground gum is subject to a con- ti"n""s heat Of 140 degrees Fahrenheit
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-09
GoLDHUNTERS OF DESERT HEAT AMI

writer claim attention with this one:
 Quite an odd md vvas happened upon
 one day las week by Jack Lopez, who Is spending he sumner at Sw8rthmore.
 Pa. The house which has been taken
 by the fanlily is used in the winter as a boarding school for girls. but was originally a private L0use. While talk ing a look over tLe place, Lopez found in the cellar ar old well that was boarded over and had a trapdoor with an old-fashie1ed paddock. Thinkinc the place might be utilized as A cold storage, he tried to raise the trap. that had eviderdy not been touched for years. Nc before breaking the lock was he able to get f open and then he found the well too deep 10 see he hot. tom. With the aid of a roue. and lan- tern he discovered that there zvas soma thing movLng lu the water, and after keeping verE quiet llr a moment saw what looked like fish sgimninp near the surface. As an experiment. he dc cided to do some angling. and soon had a piece of str.o- FilE bent pin and a 1 worm down the we'll. Iu ten minutes he had caught tWeuty-o-e fish and then decided to go out of the dark cellar and examine his catch. They proved to ba fish or the trout variety, but the oldest part Of it was that au were eyeless and snow White. How they came there and what Kept them alive is 8 mystery that none of the residents seem able to solve, but the fish are plentiful and arc good eating so Mir. Lopez Is satfsfed- Philadelphia Record.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-09

A woman of Chicago has taken a very good way to put down the practice of scOrching, so common with a certain class of wheelmen. She was run down by one of these fellows, and alleges that she sustained severe bodily injuries. Instead of having him arrested and fined $5, she has brought suit against him for $10,O00 damages.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-09

After the cOntumely of years has been heaped upon the women of Chi cagO because of the supposed abnormal size of their feet revenge has come in the statement by St. Louis physician that the greater portion of the women in that city are in danger of death from lOckjaw by reason of tight shoes. As they say in the play, 'It is for Chicago to laughn
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-09

Up in St. Paul the other night young woman hastily left a spiritualistic seance because when she jabbed hat pin into the leg of a spirit" she dis tinctly heard a ghostly swear-wOrd enunciated with great fervency. Well, there are some things that no self-re- specting ghost will tolerate.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-09

Vanity Fair of London sweetly re- marks that 'the American eagle is a noisy, Dragging, wOuld-be bullying bird; the Americans themselves are of stupid mind, and the Yankee reminds us of a toy terrier snapping at ourselves In the person of mastlff." Oh, dear, dear! Really, this is too bad. What a change from 1776 and 1872!
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-09

A cablegram announces that the Prussian under secretary for foreign affairs has been compelled to take a long vacation in order to regain his health. Probably the hot weather had something to do with his retirement; his name is Baron von Rotenham.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-09

The Cleveland Leader reports that "a West Side woman wants 5000 for sev- eral kisses" Before closing such deal we should insist on having a positive understanding as to how many ''seV erar' are in Cleveland.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-09

The Review of Reviavs Tho close or the century will have wit messed the beginning of a profound change in the industrial conditions of China and the adjacent parts of the Orient. Besides the great trunk rail- roads that the Russians are to build in the north of China, and the Chinese
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-09

Another important gold discovery was made in New Orleans. A saloon keeper discovered that he had paid ST. 900 for two "gold bricks" worth about ' cents a pound.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-09
Tiny Oxen Found in Asia

In Ceylon and neighboring countries on the mainland of Asia there is 9 race of diminutive oxen which nevar grow to more than two and A baIf feet in height. Nevertheless. they are strong, swift and very enduring.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-09

Those who are in a position to speak with authority concerning Alaskan af- fairs say that it would be folly for a poor man to start for the Klondyke now without a few thousand dollars.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-09
A Dickens NIemanto

Charles Dickens Guild of Litera t,,ro and Art" started enthusiastically in 1851 to assist and provide for authors and artists in difficulties, has just been put an end to by private act of ParIi- ment Whatever property Is left is transferred to the Royal Literary Ennd
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-09

Since the Alaska gold craze began the snake and fish liar has had no earthly chance to show what he can do in the line of picturesque preVarica- ton.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-09

There are no courts in the Klondyke region, but perhaps they arc not neces- sary where everyone observes the gold en rule.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-09
Scorched After His Train,

Only desperate necessity could urge a wheelman to take such chances as were faced one day last week by Jo- seph B. Everett. of Brick Church. N. J.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-09

A fashion paper anxiously inquires: "Will the pneumatic corset stay" Probably not; it didn't come to stay but to float.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-09
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY

If Kentucky has begun 10 g1ve Iyncn- ing bees Ion general principles" she should reform her principles.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-09
Fish Story Without a Peer.

As the fish stories of inc amateurs begin to drift in and ren6er the joy of living at least a doubtfu. quantity, a
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-09

There never was a woman who could talk fast gracefully.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-09

People make themselves very miser. ahle by telling jokes" on each other.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-03
DEBs,s soC14n1s1Ic SCHEME.
Missionaries Start Out from Beaver In q Vel
low Van to sow the seeds or Revelation.

out ;" DebNeF IN y nSI-
low Van TO sow the seeds or Revelation.
DENVER, June Colorado emissaries Of Eu.
gene Debs's new scheme for revolution leave Den
yer tomorrow in a yellow van. on each side Of
which are painted the words Cooperative Com.
monwcnith Van" The missionaries who go
with tho van arc James Hogan, Nice-Prcsident
of the American Railway Union. who was Debs's
right.hand man in the Chicago strike and
who served three months in the Wood
stock jail with his chief for contempt
OF court; y. l.. Griest, a local revolutionary So
cinlist. who believes that the present social sys-
ten should be abolished at any hazard; and Will
liam Holmes, who was prominent in the revo-
lutionary propaganda which preceded the Hay
market riots in Chicago. They will preach radi.
cal revolutionary socialism in every important
town in the State and prepare the way for the
Inauguration of Debs's Cooperative Common
wealth.
every State in the West TO SOW the seeds OF
revolution. lie is fired with the ambition to
shall attract the attention OF the world, peace
fully u possible: but he does not shrink from
the thought Of war. " L. Griest. one of the
missionaries. said last night:
This move Is in line with the scheme proposed
by Dcbs at the convention Of the A. X. l.. in
Chicago, June 8. The name A. H., [. will BE-
dropped. trades union principles will be aban-
doned. and a radical re yolutionary Socialist plat
form will be- adopted: The organization will b,
delegates will be Dir. Rainstord. pastor OF 81.
Georges Episcopal Church. New York city: Bish-
OPP Potter OF New York: Edward Bellamy. author
OF Looking backward; Henry ID; Lloyd; author
Of Wealth vs.. commonwealth. Com Harvey.
publisher OF the !Neir Time: Prof. Parsons OF
Boston University, the writer on mutualism.
and many others prominent in the new move
ment."
A Pacific coast State is said to be the ultimate
OF the Socialist Labor party, will help defray tho
expense Of the van. An abundance OF revolu-
free distribution. The van is arranged
so that the three men can sleep in
II IL necessary. The end cato OF the van will let
down level with the bed and be held In place by
chains. atfording "A platform 3x4 feet. where the
inen can stand and address an audience. There
will also be n writing desk. cooking utensils, and
other conveniences In the van.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-03
ROBBED As MAYOR PEENE WAS.
Alderman southwick OF SonLers Gets Back
His Pin nud PummcIs the Thief.

EoNKERs. ". ", June 2.-Alderalan John II.
SoIthwick was robbed at New London. Conn.
last Monday night. He was alighting from one
OF the New England trains at the New London
pier. and was about to board a boat for New York
when his attention was called to a man who was
acting as though suffering intense pain. The
fellow was inquiring OF a train man how to get to
New York. There was "A large crowd behind Mr..
S%outhwick, and he was unable TO pass either one
way or the other. AS the man stood directly in
front OF him. Upon being requested to move on
the man said he had left his coat in the car, and
went back hurriedly to look for it.. The Alder
man felt some one Jostle him from the rear, and
he at once thought OF Mayor Pcene's experience
at Springfield. Mass, about two weeks ago.
when he was robbed OF 81 900 in similar circum-
stances.
Looking for his diamond stud. which is valued
at 500. Mr.. SOuthwiCk found that IL was miss.
ing. He was convinced that the man who acted
rs IL he, were in pain was a dccoy. and he de-
n coat on his arm walking. hurriedly through
the crowd. The man headed for the freight
office and the Alderman followed him. SO sure
was he Of his man that when he overlook him
he grabbed him by the throat and demanded bis
stud. The man turned pale.
IAN right answere the thief. lifting the
coat from his arm and exposing the stud IN, his
hand. Here II Ia. but let me 20. will you Z
Il guess not!' exclaimed the Alderman, and
at once set to work and gave the fellow a sound
thrashing. The Alderman, who is an athlete.
the midnight boat was approaching, and Mr..
Southwick. having an engagement, in New FORK
in the morning. was compelled to leave without
making u charge against the fellow.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-03
WAS nm. HottMAx MURDERED,
ne LisAt Vet Upen the ssse,,sE SuJsssry In
Hpn Hrnnetsro.

San Francisco, juno 2.-Mystery still sur
rounds the death of Mr.. Isaac HOFFMAN. the
wholesale merchant who was found dying In his
Office last evening from three bullet wounds In
the head, and who expired an hour later with
out rcgaining Consciousness. Chief Of Police
Ices, rs far as his investigation has gone, de-
clares that II is n case Of suicide, but he refuses
to make public certain documents and evidence
on which he bases his opinion. The friends OF
the dead man all regard 1t rs murder. though
they are unable to give any clue to the identity
Of the assassin.
The last man known to have been with Mr..
Hoffman was MI. Theodore A. Figel, his conf
dental bookkecper. Figel says he took tho
books with him to his home last night in San
Rafael in order to balance them, but he returned
to tho store soon after he had left 10 get n bottle
Of ink. MI, Hoffman was still there and seemed
to be in his usual spirits. II could not have
been more than fifteen minutes after Flgel says
he left when the shooting occurred.
The wounds in the head were made at close
the victim TO have held a pistol in s,ch . way as
to have inflicted them himself. Bloody finger.
ns,ks m 1T3Snf ba the bts ssnp %nSe pf Sy Mr. nofHh Hoffman, ss
himself II he had attempted TO summon assist
ance.
The chief grounds for the suicide theory. arc
the business and domestic troubles OF Mr.. Hoff-
man. In settling the estate OF y. o. Alexander.
the widow Of sharp practice. Ills wife sided with
her mother, and this caused a domestic estrangc.
ment that has never been healed. A note for
$4,000 to the Alexander estate was nearly
due, and Mr.. Hoffman 1t Is alleged. was un-
able to meet 1t. That he was, pressed for
on his body was found a note from his wife. de-
manding $50. and complaining that her allow.
ance OF $40 n month for dress and personal ex.
penses was not paid promptly. The drayman OF
tho firm declares that he loaned Mr.. Hoffman
$50 only u half hour before he was found dying.
Bookkccper Figel is detained by the police
pending Investigation.
Later developments add strength TO the the
DRY that Mr.. Hoffman was murdered. Figel ad-
mitted tonight that the pistol with which Hoff.
man was killed was once owned by him. He
says he sold the wear pom to Hoffman three weeks
ago. Mr.. Meyerstein. brother-in-law OF Hof.
mans partner, says that Hoffman was preparing
to have Bookkeeper Figcls books examined by
an expert, and that Figcl knew IL.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-03
OBITUARY.

Gen. Daniel Rugglcs died in fredericksburg.
Va. on Tuesday. He was born at Barre. Mass,
in 1910. On July !. 1929, he entered West
Point. and on Jan. 30. 1888 graduated as Brevct
Second Liutenant. and was assigned TO the Fifth
Regiment United States Infantry. At the
breaking out OF the Seminole war in Florida,
1896, he was assigned for duty and served with
a asSe ja he was lI gT9n Fiss, 70 Lieutenant sSSend Lleg He sT.o
was promoted Major for gallant conduct
at Churubusco. breyeted Lieutenant Colonel
the Fortress of Chepultepcc and participated
IN the battle which resulted in the capture OF
cast his lot with the Southern Contcderacy 70
signing the commission. with the United States
army on May. :. 1861, He then received a com;
mission as Brigadicr-Gencral in the provisional
army OF virginia. The same day Stonewall Jack.
son was commissioned by Gov. Lctcher. On
omnan OF the border districts Of Virginia.
but shortly aftcrward was transferred and com.
nrmy. S@d Bfi aisG pFo%otaS S ed H. aiornGsnsr
He fought in the battles of Santa Rosa Island at
Pensacola. commanded a division at shiloh,
and Cool Water; was with the expedition 10
!okalonn. and participated in the battle Of A..
two children. was a Miss Ricbardetta Hoor Of
King George county VA, and a niece OF George
ginia Bill Of Rights.
Caleb A. Crockett died at his home, So Park
place. Newark. yesterday, He WAS stricken
In 1896. His father was Col. John X. Crockett,
n pioneer in the leather industry in ScwArk;
Caleb a. Crockett became n broker in Wall
street. lie retired q few years ago. He leaves
Il widow, but no children.
Oliver II. Greene died yesterday in sharon.
Mass, aged 81 years. He went to Boston twenty
years ago, and had been prominent in the. real
estate business. He was State Treasurer Of me
A.P, A., and had held many town and county
political offices.
Miss Chloe Moody died in Knoxville, Tenn,
yesterday, aged ~. She was an aunt OF h,ln'
gelist Dwight l.. Moody. She was born in Mas
sachGsetts.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-03
NEW HrMN-SINGING RECORD.
Adjuiant LudEnte or the salvation Army Sing
SO songs In IS Minutea-

Five hundred men and women paid 10 cents
each last night at the Salvation Army barracks
In West Fourteenth street to hear Adjutant
Joseph c. Ludgate break the Army record for
continuous singing. The Adjutant sang fifty
nine hymns in tifty-eight minutes without stop
ping. Adjutant Ludgate has been singing in
the Army fifteen years, but he never before at.
tanned this remarkable record. his best previous
performance being ffty-six in one hour. The
u resonant, baritone voice. His wife sat beside
him on the platform. The affair was called a
Singing Battle" and it was called at 500
o'clock. Programmes were sold at two cents
each before the show opened.
Ludgatc announced that there would be no
stopping after he once got started. and he kept
his word. He seized his concertina and began
rolled ont swiftly. one after another. The Sal
vationists clapped their hands, waived handker-
chiefs, and some Of the women beat tambourinee.
Little girls Joined with smaller tambourincs.
The brass band didn't get any chance 10 whoop
things up.
Adjutant Ludgatc WAS scheduled for fifty
one hymns in an hour. but hc was away ahead
Then he peeled of his coat and threw In a mum
Der OF hymns not In the contract. Some of these
were set TO popular airs and some others went
with a really stirring swing.
When Ludgate reached the DoNology. after
singing eight extra hymns, he was still 2a
minutes ahead Of schedule time. At the finish
the Adjutant's arms wcrc tired working the
sonorous as when he began.
Bless the Lord, I've broken the record" he
shouted, as the soldiers crowded up TO con-
graduate him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-03
FRANKS OF A MAD SERVANT.
MARY 0'Mara SGT the House ON Fire and Threw
the Cat Cat OF the window.

A servant, who Is believed to have become
suddenly insane, caused great excitement
among the tenants of the big fiat house at 7G6
Columbus avenue yesterday. Her name is
Mary o'Mara., She WAS employed in tho family
OF John, Grabau. who Lives on the nth
floor. shortly after ! O'Clock yesterday after.
noon Mr.. Grabau lay down on "A lounge
IN one of the front rooms, He was smoking y
cigarette. The servant. who had had several
FITS of insanity during the night, slipped into
the room and struck him in the face. knocking
the lighted cigarette out OF his mouth. He
jumped up to seize the woman, so that she
couldn't strike him n second blow. and the
lighted cigarette set the lounge atirc.
The flames spread to the lace curtains of tho
front window, A policeman SAN them and
called out the flrCmcn. Just about the time the
trcmcn reached the house two men living in the
Nat threw the burning lounge into the street,
causing the crowd on the sidewalk to scatter.
The hremen eNtinguished the remainder OF
the fire, and then an attempt was made to get
the servant to go to u hospital. She wouldn't
go. Finally she became calincr and was locked
In a bedroom.
At 10 O'Clock last night Mr.. Grabau released
her. She picked up a little black cat and threw
II out OF the front window. Then she caught up
six-year-old Edith Grahau and tried TO throw
the child out, too. An ambulance was sum.
moned and the woman was taken to Bellevue
Hospital
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-03
DOGS ATTACK 4 BURGLAR.
Had They Not Been Called or by NeiGhbors
they Would Have ENDED His Career.

NORRIsTowN, Pa, June "A burglar who last
night entered the residence Of Edward Kalas, at
PottstownL Landing. near here. narrowly escaped
being torn to pieces by a pair OF mastiffs. When
Mr.. Kalas retired for the night he left a lamp
burning in his bedroom. Shortly after midnight
he awoke to find the room in darkness. Sup
posing that it had been extinguished by the cur
rent of air that swept through an open window,
he arose 10 light the lamp and place it out OF the
reach of the breeze. As he walked across the
room in the scmi-darkness, he was felled to the
floor by a blow on the head. Almost before he
could recover his scattered senses a mar
the ground.
b ythis time Mr.. kalas realized that his assail.
ant was n burglar, and, shouting TO his faithful
dog, the animal was soon In hot pursuit Of the
Iobbcr. The barking OF Mr.. Kalas's dog at
tracted n neighbours dog to the scene, and before
the thief had gone far both bounced upon him
and bore him to the ground. His shrieks OF
agony and the snarlinR of the dogs. which
seemed intent on tearing their victim limb from
limb. had the effect of bringing several nearby
residents to the scene. The arrivals. fearful lest
them off. when. to their dismay, the thief leaped
to his feet and, taking to the field, was soon lost
In the darkness.
When II was learned that the fellow had at
tempted to rob Mr.. Kalas and had murderously
assaulted him. all hands regretted that the dogs
were not permitted to dispose OF the case. The
robber got no booty, but the blood. stained
ground where the dogs chewed him indicates
that he will require the services of a surgeon.