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The herald., 1897-06-23
IN THE PUBLIC EYE

Sir David Hunter Blair is the only
Scotch baronet who is also monk,
The czar of Russia is said to be very
superstitious and has great confidence
in relics
DR.. James Martineau is the dean CT
authors for the Victorian jubilee. He Is
92, and published his first book in 1887.
Henry w. Lucy, besides having had
one of the most interesting careers in
journalism, is the quickest writer on the
British press. He dictates all his work
to a shorthand clerk, and he is declared
to make the largest income earned by
journalism.
Chief Justice Fuller said in his ad-
dress at the centennial celebration ir
Augusta, Me-: "The past teaches us that
our fathers knew not only how to COM
mand but how to obey, and that true
freedom flourishes best when self-re-
strained"
Colonel J. Payson Bradley, the newly
elected commander of the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery company of Boston
is a great grandson of a revolutionary
soldier, and claims'as maternal ances-
tor Colonel Frye, who commanded reg
iment at Bunker Hill.
Count Nicholas Esterhazy left will
making his cousin, Count Moriz Ester
hazy, the heir of his vast estate. He left
a large sum also for various charitable
purposes. All his employees and servants
who had been in his service ten years o,
more were pensioned.
North Carolina has tobacco farmer
who is Miss Sue NJ. Conner, very pretty
young lady, who lives near Madison
She does all the work of the farm herself
and recently took her crop of tobacco 10
Winston. 1t was sold and brought the
young lady a good, round price. She
raised the crop herself, went to market
with it and looked after the sales
Ernest Hooley, the London million
aire, has many hobbies; perhaps the
chief of them is farming. He is the big
gest sheep breeder in England, though
not perhaps in the United Kingdom. He
is fond of buying royal stock, and some
of his most successful purchases havs
consisted Of Shrophire ewes bred at San
dringham palace, the home of the prince
of Wales.
The herald., 1897-06-23
OFFICE OF THE HERALD.
Los Angeles. June 20, 1897.

The news was received today Of the ac-
ceptance by E. H. Rollins and Son OF Bos-
ton of the issuance of $270000 four per cent
refunding bonds sold to them by the city
at q premium of $14S2 The delay in the ac-
ceptance of these bonds by the purchasers
has been the cause Of not a little ureasi-
ness at this end of the line, as 1t was
known that the legal advisers of the east
ern buyers, Messrs. Story & Thorndyke
and Judge Dillon. who are the admitted ex-
perts on municipal bond issues and whose
Judgment is always accepted by purchasers
as final, were making an exhaustive ex
animation Of sundry knotty points Of law.
which had to be solved to their satisfaction
before they would advise their clients to
complete this transaction.
The recent decision Of the Supreme Court
Of California in the matter Of the San Luis
Obispo bonds, which decision affects all
tissues made or contemplated under the
act Of 1893 was felt as severe blow to the
prosperity Of the State for the time being,
and although the refunders are issued
under the authority Of another act, 1t was
feared that another technicality might be
taken advantage Of to cause the rejection
Of the bonds placed under the recent sale.
The point which appeared to be doubt
full one was whether the issue Of refunding
bonds running for longer time than the
term for which the indebtedness was
originally authorized would not be in fact
the creation Of an entirely new indebted
ness. The new bonds are forty-year
serials. payable in from one to forty years.
and, from one point of view, payment of
the original debt in full is thus postponed
for sixty years from the date Of its original
creation. This point has happily been dis
posed of, but 1t Is understood that under
the advice Of Judge Dillon the purchasers
will insist that the redemption Of the old
bonds must be made simultaneously with
the payment for the new issue.
In other words they intend, in order to
save any possible future complication, to
see themselves that the money is applied
directly for the purposes for which 1t was
voted by the people. There will thus be no
chance given for making any Of those
"transfers" or "loans" from one fund to
another; a kind Of dnanciering for which
former councils have shown much par
tiality.
The coinage value Of the silver prod
uct of the United States for the calendar
year of 1896, according to returns compiled
by Mint Director Preston, was SIG, ,06s, ,2ae. an
increase of over $4,oOO,OO0 as compared with
1895 The bulk Of the silver is the product
of Colorado, Montana and Utah, though
eighteen states and Territories are credited
in the total. The leading producers are as
follows. compared with the previous year:
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DedlerS reported trade as quiet IN the
produce line yesterday. Fruits are com
ing in freely and prices are gradually
lowering as varieties become more plenti.
full. Cherries are getting higher, as the,
grow scarcer, and the season on that fruit
is about ended. Butter remains steady a
quotations; coast creamery is bringing al
the top but 40 cents per full roll; loca
brands are held at cents higher while
dairy varieties average about 171s cents pei
pound. Poultry is dull and featureless
under light demand. Potatoes are weak
and unchanged.
EGGS-Fancy ranch. 1917; fair to good
12 cents.
BUTTER-Fancy local creamery, per q
ID. square, 45; fancy coast creamery
per 2-lb. equare. 40; dairy. 1%-ib rolls, 3O0
321a; fancy 2-lb. square, 35@371s; tub, fan.
cy, II.
CHEESE-Local factory. large size, 91a@
10; do Young America, 10h@11; do 3-lb
hand, 11h@12; G2c extra per lb. when casei
for shipmenD; northern full cream, So
Sh.
POULTRY-Hens, 425@4.5O per dozen
young roosters, 450@5.0O; broilers, 2.5O0
800; old roosters. 3.5Odl4O0; ducks, S.O0a3. rs
turkeys, live. 14@15; dressed, 17@1S: pigeons
per dozen, 75@1 90; squads. 1.25Ql1. .5G
GREEN FRUITS-Y. N. P. apples. 1.75@
200 per box; Strawberries, common, sal
fancy, SOLO; bananas, bunch, 200@2. so
crates extra; cherries, Tartarian per box
5O@55; choice, 4O945 Royal Anne 6OG7O
loquats, 2GD4 blackberries, per box 31h04
gooseberries, per h., Sk@4; apricots, pei
crate, 55@60; currants, per crate 35@5O
raspberries, per box, 12; peaches, 20-lb
boxes, 5O@60; watermelons, 2OOa3.5O pei
dozen; pineapples, per dozen, 2.50l3.5 so
black figs, per box. 50ta75
CITRUS FRUITS-Oranges. st. Mich
aels, 2.5093.0O; Mediterranean sweets. 2.2
Q2.5O; Malta Bloods, 2.5092.75 seedlings
1.50d2.0O; lemons, fancy, Eureka, 15O Eu
reka and Lisbon, 1.5O; uncured, 6O075
lines. per 100 5OI60.
VEGETABLES-Beets per 100 lbs, 70
cabbage, per 100 lbs. 60G65: chiles, dry, pei
string. 5OQ60 Mexican, per lb., 10@11; green
per lb, 12; garlic, S@S1a new onions
75QS5; beans, string, h., 3; cucumbers
dozen, 20; lettuce, dozen, 15@2O; greer
peas, per h. 4@6; turnips, 100 lbs, 75QS5
artichokes, 25q3O per dozen: rhubarb, 75@
S. per box; asparagus, 5@7 per lb.; parsnips
per 100, 75@S5; green onions, dozen, 25G30
leeks, per dozen. Is: parsley, per dozen, Is
radishes. per dozen, 20; summer squash
per lb., a; egg plant, per lb.. 16: greer
corn, sack, 110; tomatoes, per box 9O6I1 90
POTATOES-Per 100 lbs, New potatoes
4Oa65; Early Rose, 75@sO; sweet, per lb.
21a@3.
DRIED FRUITs-Apples. sun-dried
sacks, per lb., 4@5; boxes. 5G514; evapo
rated. fancy. 71A@S1a; apricots. fancy, liz
choice. 10; peaches, fancy, unpeeled. 71a@
Sh; pears, fancy, evaporated, l@9S plums
pitted, choice. 7@9: prunes. choice, boxed
~; sacks 6; dates. 61z@7; figs, California
white, per lb., ~; California black, per lb
6; Canifornia fancy. per h.. S@s1z; imported
Smyrna, 12Ql6.
RAISINS-Fancy clusters. 20-lb. boxes
LIS; 4-crown LII clusters, 1901 co.
3-crown LII. per ~box. 1.2511s5; g.
@1.15: ordinary. loose, per box, 5O075; q
crown. loose. in sacks, per lb., ~: 8
crown, loose. in sacks. per tb.. 63z@5<; 1
crown. fancy bleached, per III. 70; sultana
The herald., 1897-06-23
The Big Man AWAY

The absence of the editor from this
city for the next three months will rem
der it necessary to reduce the size of this
paper during that period to eight pages.
There will be no change in the COM
mercial section, but the other sections
will be cut down to about two pages.
This change is unavoidable under the
circumstances. The larger size will be
resumed on the editors return.-Rio de
Janiero News.
The herald., 1897-06-23
CHICAGO MARKET
Yesterday's Transactions on the Board
Of Trade

Of Trade
CHICAGO, June 22.-Wheat opened weak
and dull. There were no English cables and
those from the continent had nothing in
them to stir the blood of the traders. There
was short selling by traders. who have
ben apprehensive of the result OF yester-
days ballotting on the proposed amend
ment to the rules, and. light as 1t was, it
served to depress prices for time. The
weather in the south was rather wet for
the harvest and the possible effect on July
wheat of delay in the cutting Of the new
crop began to impress spectators, who
were soon bidding boldly for next months
delivery. July, which closed yesterday
at 67B@6S, opened today at 67a4@677s, and
in less than an hour it had advanced to
69h. 1t became known during the ad-
vance that one house which has been long
for considerable time, had transferred
a line of about 1000, 900 bushels of July to a
firm which is known as an active cash
handler This, at first, was looked upon
as substantially cash business, and scared
the shorts into activity. 1t was after
wards given out that the transaction was
merely In the way of evening up and the
excitement died down as quickly as it had
risen the price sinking to 6S on the realiz-
ing which set in. Chicago receipts were 6
cars, and 900 bushels were withdrawn
ceived 1893 cars, against $50 the correspond
ing day of the year before. Exports from
the Atlantic seaboard were small, the
wheat and flour together amounting only
to 100000 bushels. Bradstreets did not re-
ceive any figures on the change in Euro
pean and on passage stocks, so the worlds
visible supply was not forthcoming, but
the domestic stocks eact of the Rockies
were given at a decrease of 2,S16,O0O BUSH
els After the decline to 6S cents, shorts
covered and rally to 6S1a cents occurred,
where 1t sold at the close Corn was easy
at the opening with wheat and the show
ers, and the market ruled firm for greater
part of the session. Oats were steady with
in Nc. range. Provisions were strong,
helped at the opening by higher prices for
hogs and latterly by an all-round demand
with small offerings. A good advance was
shown for a time, but before the close
sales had caused the market to react
The leading futures closed as follows:
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self from responsibility. The house be-
comes no part of the realty under such
circumstances; 1t Is regarded as personal
property while resting there. Fresno Loan
and Savings bank. appellant; Hustled. re-
spondent.
+ + +
The st. Louis Age of Steel says: THE
makers of iron and steel are indulging In
che belief that the worst is over and that
they can now see better business and bet
ter prices in the dim distance. At the
same time work in locomotive works. car
shops, axle and wheel works is backward
Plate and structural material lead the
way and steel rails again bring up the
rear. though rail mills are all busy on old
ORDERS"
= = \
1t is as much the duty Of foot passengers
attempting to cross a street or road to
look out for passing vehicles as 1t is the
duty of drivers to see that they do not
run over foot passengers. Neither foot
men nor teams have any right of way SUI
perior to the other. For inevitable acci-
dent occurring when one Is engaged in a
lawful business and in the exercise Of due
care, damages may not be recovered
Niosi. appellant; Empire Steam Laundry
respondent.
The herald., 1897-06-23
Available Grain

NEW YORK, June 22.-Special cable and
telegraphic dispatches to Bradstreets
covering the important ports OF accumula-
tion indicate the following changes in
available supplies Of grain last Saturday
as compared with the preceding Saturday:
Wheat, United States and Canada, east
of the Rockies. decrease. 2,S61, 600 bushels.
Corn, United States and Canada, east Of
the Rockies. increase. $4,000 bushels.
oats, United States and CanaGa, east of the
Rockies, decrease, 797, 900 bushels.
The herald., 1897-06-23
Receipts. Shipments.
Chicago Live Stock

CHICAGO, June 22.-Cattle-An unusual
ly large number sold at 4.95G5.05, one lot
bringing 5.10G05.25; no beef steers went be-
low $780, Choice heifers 350M410 Hogs
Sales were largely at 3.3Od4OO. the poorest
heavy packing lots selling at 3.1O. while
prime light and prime mixed hogs brought
3.45. Pigs sold at 2.25@3.40. Sheep-Infer-
ior to choice sheep were wanted at 325@
3.75. prime f1ocks being largely nominal at
3.S06400 Sales were largely at 3.4O63 rs.
Receipts-Cattle, $500; hogs, 1000; sheep,
10000
The herald., 1897-06-23
Treasury Statement

WASHINGTON, June 22.-Today's state
ment Of the condition of the treasury
shows: Available cash balance, 1898, ,413, POS
gold reserve, $144,302 POS.
The herald., 1897-06-23
Dried Fruit Prices

NEW YORK, June 22.-California dried
fruits firm; evaporated apples, prime wire
tray, AZ; wood dried, prime 41aG545s; choice
Az; fancy g. Prunes 3@7. Apricots-Royal
s@11; Moorpark y. Peaches, unpeeled, GO
s; peeled, 11Q14.
The herald., 1897-06-23
Silver Bullion

NEW YORK, June 22.-Bar silver, 6oA
Mexican dollars, 473s
SAN FRANCISCO, June 22-Bar silver
60%; Mexican dollars. 49Q49la.
LONDON, June 22.-Bar silver. 27 9-1ed.
The herald., 1897-06-23

@4.S71s for demand and at 4.SsM94. .se1z for
sixty days; posted rates. 4.S61zGl4.S71A and
4.SSQ4. SS1a silver certificates. 6OA@61.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 22.-Drafts,
sight, 17h; telegraphic 20.
LONDON, June 22.-Consols. 112%.
The herald., 1897-06-23
Money Quotations

& NEW YORK, June 22.-Money on cali
easy at 1QlA per cent; last loan, 15< closed
ct l0lH per cent; prime mercantile paper.
s@4 per cent: sterling exchange firtn, Will,
actual business In bankers' bills at 4.S75a
The herald., 1897-06-23
MI AIN STREET SAVINGS BANK.

Junction of Main, Spring and Templs stss
(Temple Block), Los Angeles.
Capital paid Observation-Disclosures. 800 ooA
Officers and directors: T. L. Duque.
President; 1. N. Van Nuys, Vice-Presidentj
Kaspare Rohn, H. W. O'Meiveny, j. B.
tankershim, o. T. johnson. Abe Haas. w.
G. Kerckhoff.
Money loaned on real estate.
Five per cent interest paid on term deposits
The herald., 1897-06-23
Boston Quotations

BOSTON. June 22-Atchison, 12h; Bel
Telephone. 2S0; Burlington, S2as; Mexican
~; San Diego, 9.
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Mining Stocks

SAN FRANCISCO, June 22-The official
closing quotations for mining stocks today
were as follows:
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N OS ANGELES SAVINGS BANK.
230 N. Main st.

J.E. Platter, Pres; H.W. Hellman, v-Pres.s
w. M. Caswell Cashier.
Directors-I. w. Hellman, ]. e. Platter
II. W. Hellman. I. w. Hellman. jr.. w.
M. Caswell.
Interest paid on deposits. Money to loan
on frst-class real estate.
The herald., 1897-06-23

Wall paper. late styles. low prices, al:
A. A. Eckstromsa 324 South Spring street
Mechanics tools. F1yrey's. 15o North
Spring street.
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Bond List

NEW YORK, June 22.-The following
were the closing quotations on bonds today:
u s As reg. .124% c P lists of '95.. .1O4
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Petroleum
Local Quotations

NEW YORK, June 22-Petroleum dull
Pennsylvania crude, So bid.
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September .........................1 .17M@

steady; No. spring wheat 69A@
7Ola; No. q spring wheat, 671s: No. .
red, 7S1aG761s; No. 2 corn. 24a4@24%; No. 2
oats. IS; No. white, 211k@23 fob: No. 8
white 20a4@221s fob; No. rye, "a; No. .
barley. nominal; No. 8. 80 fob; No. 4, q
as; No. flaxseed. 75%@761a: prime tim
thy seed 2.55; mess pork, per bbl., z 74O67. So:
lard per 100 lbs, 3.7Od3.75; short ribs sides.
loose, 4.25@4.5O dry salted shoulders, boxed,
1905; short clear sides, boxed, 4ssG4s4 !;
whisky. distillers' finished goods, per gall,
The herald., 1897-06-23
Closing Stocks

NEW YORK. June 22.-The following
are the closing stock quotations.:
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DIR. WONG HIM
S3l South Hope st. Los Angeles,
Cal.

MR. WONG HIM is a
Wgraduate OF the Royal
College of Physicians,
located at Canton, China.
Also Honorary Member
of Faculty Of said Insti-
tute. DR.. Wong Him
belongs to q family OF
physicians, he being the
sixth in the line of
descent.
Hundreds af people can
personally recommend
him. Herbs exclusively
used.
Cured OF Stomach and
Kidney troubles by DIR.
Wong Him ofsSl S. Hope
st. Los Angeles Calf.
The herald., 1897-06-23

Io the PubicIIt gives me great pleasure to say
s tnat Dr. wong hims treatment in my case has
rcnbed et,t with the kidney and stomach troubles.
tried various remedies from o,her physicians,
reatment has removed all tendency ofthese troub-
les and seems to be permanent in It's results like
DR.. Wong Hims Ideas OF Herb treatment clean.
ing and renovating the system before building it
up again. l am certainly pleased to say that he
has done great deal Of good to u'o and that
have found him to be well edur ssed man. un-
assuming and kind. commanding the respect Of
all good people Very respectfully.
MISS STELLA HUNTER
Los Angeles. CAL, April 3O 1897. 6:) Bellevue Ave
The herald., 1897-06-23

the crop is fair. Wheat cutting has begun;
the crop promises moderately of good quail
ity.
Capistrano-The lowest temperature was
"a degrees; lowest, 60 degrees.
The herald., 1897-06-23

The offices of the Mining and Scientific
Press have been removed from 220 to $3.50
Market street, San Francisco, CAL, the
finest business location In that city. The
PRESS maintains it's position as the leading
authority for the west on the subjects Of
which 1t treats and is steadily growing in
popularity.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-06-11
Valuable Advice From the Bench

A country justice had been elected
but a few days, when a young lawyer
rushed in and demanded a capias, says
the Chicago Times-Herald. Now, that
justice did not know a capias from a
police cell, but he disliked to admit his
ignorance. So he said:
Now, see here. my friend. You are
a young lawyer, and, l fear, lack eX-
perience. / would advise you not to be
too hasty. Don't be in a hurry. Wait
t~wenty-four hours, and then, if you
think best, come to me and I will give
you a capias."
The young lawyer agreed and went
away. The justice spent the remainder
of the day getting acquainted with the
writ called capias. When the limb of
the law appeared the next morning,
the court felt himself qualified to issue
capiaseS by the bushel.
Before he could speak the young law
yer said:
MI. Justice, you We're right; / was
too hasty. l have that mater fixed UP
all right and do not need a capias. j
have come to thank you for the good
advice, and also ave brought you the
81 fee you would have received for the
capias, as 1 don't want you to lose by
your good deed"
He went away believing the justice tC
be a paragon of good sense and legal
lore.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-06-11
PRAISE OF DOCTORS.
DR. TALMAGE PAYS A HIGH TRIBUTE
TO THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.

He Takes the Case of King Asa, Who Had
= Gout, and Shows Why the Doctors
Gould Not Cure Him-Pie'y and Medical
Skill.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-06-11

There 10 more Of truth than poetry
in the following from the Germantown
(Pa-) independent Gazette, as many
newspaper men can testify TO:
The more a newspaper man exerts
his ability TO please h public, the
more good he does for h town. the
more Charitable he becomes. he more
he is criticised. says an exchange. Yea,
verify, the man who can run a news
paper without being criticised. censur-
ed and threatened has never been
found. He Is a barren Ideally. beau
riful to think about, but incapable of
taking on mortality. and aSssciatfng
with vulgar humanity. It is imposs-
bic for a newspaper man 20 please ev-
erybody as IL Is for everybody to please
him. and n sooner he makes up his
mind TO this stubborn fact the better
for everybody concerned. II ne works
for the public good. he receives private
censure; IL he compliments merit. he IS
censured by jealous dement's: IL he ap-
proves morality. he Is cursed by i'm
mortality; If he tries to be fair. he Is
condemned by the unfair; IL he makes
a mistake. few are found to over
look il. or apologize for him No mat
ter how innocent his purpose, how
studied his writings. he is picked to
pieces. misrepresented. maiigEed. ridi-
cuIeN. ana Sriupfn ever ucicifutu- ne
works hard for bread and butter. while
other men wax rich around him. He
writes up a yard-long marriage notice
to the queens taste for nothing. and is
threatened with a libel suit or a duel
if he records a drunken spree OF the
bridegroom six months afterwards.
Yes, it is impossible for a newspaper
man TO please everybody. AS we'll at
tempt TO chain a cyclone or lasso tho
furious lightning.
In short il isn't in the wood.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-06-11
INVENTIONS.

One of the most wonderful of recent
inventions is a roller bearing for car
wheels which does away with the use of
lubricants. There will be no more hot
boxes. One heel has had a test of
1905 900 miles in the west without the
application of oil.
Someone suggests that the invention
of the new Geographic instrument cap-
able of transmitting 5000 words per
minute is designed to meet the long
felt want in reporting chess tournament
and whist club meetings.-Houston
Post.
Spring billiard cue are soon to be
placed on the market, each cue being
fitted with a spring-actuated sliding
carriage which can be drawn toward
the player to give the spring proper
tension for any force desired to impart
to the ball.
To prevent the sparks from locomo-
ives from setting fires a new device is
formed of an inverted cone placed over
the smokestack. ending in a bent tube,
into which an exhaust steam pipe pro-
jects to put out the sparks as they en-
ter the tube.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-06-11
Contract for Shot and Shells Awarded.

Washington, June 9.-The war de-
partment has awarded to the Tredegar
iron works, of Richmond, and the Rome
locomotive works, of Rome, n. Y, the
contracts for supplying the army with
1900 heavy shot and shell for siege
and seacoast guns, at the figures and
under the conditions set out in their
bids
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-06-11
THE SCOTTISH CHEF
S1.OO A YEAR.

Is published at Maxtan, ". G.. the rail
road centre of Robson county, which is
the largest county in the state, ana has
the largest capitalization Of any aErlcul-
tural county-over $50 per capita. The
SCOTTISH CHIEF publishes a wide
range OF local news, besides state and
national notes of interest. and pay c+-
pecial attention to items and uof,- 81 IT,
terest TO people Of Scottish descent 4
ADVERTISING NEbli u.
The Job Work Department turns g.t
neat Job Work at competitive price.
Persons looking for aluable farm lands
In this fertile section should write the
editor. j. KIRKLAND HILL.
my % Naxton. y. &.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-06-11

The Tredegar Company, Of Richmond,
Va. are the lowest bidders of l ,904 sea-
coast defense shells.