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The herald., 1897-04-10
Used to Influence Kansas
Legislators
MOST MEASURES CONSIDERED
SEEM TO HAVE had SOLID
BACKING
Speaker Street Tells How He Resisted
the Wiles Of the Tempter, After
Due Reflection
Associated Press Special wire.

ASSOClalcQ EIcsS opcCidi w AASs
TOPEKA, Kas., April 9-Speaker
Street of the Kansas legislature pro-
duced a sensation today when he testi-
fed in the bribery investigation. He
said:
Harry Wilson, who 1 was told was
the agent for the American Book COM
pany, said he would pay me $1,000 in cash
ifIwould apply the two-thirds rule nec-
essary in advancing bills against the
school book bill and $2500 IL the bill was
defeated. He placed 500 in my lap. !
told him did not care for the money az
that time and would take the matter un-
der advisement Later in reply to let
ters from him, wrote on one of them
which returned. that I could be Of no
service to him."
Senator Titus swore that Senator Lew
elling took him to a room in the National
hotel and said "there was something in
It" for both of them If they could get a
substitute adopted for the original text
book bill.
Representative Dingus swore that
Representative Doyle had offered him
$3.50 IL he would cease his fight for the
text book bill.
DR.. Frank II. Smith. representative
from Sherman county, demanded right
to testify. He said that statements made
Yesterday by Representative Clark OF
Thomas county that he (Smith) had Of
fered Clark $3.50 to oppose the Hackney
amendment to the railroad bill was ut
terly false. The only conversation he
remembered having with Clark was
when Clark had told him that he needed
$500.
Did he get the money!" Smith was
asked.
'I don't know. I have heard that he
did"
Continuing, Smith said: "Mr. Clark
probably could enlighten the committee
in regard to his vote on the oleomar-
garine bill"
Miss Nellie Bennett, clerk OF the house
committee on engrossed bills (Smith's
committee), testified to a conversation
In the committee room between Clark
and Smith. Clark said there ought to
be Something" in that railroad bill; that
he needed 5000 or $500, and asked Dr.
Smith II he thought there was anything
in 1t.
After Clark had left the room Smith
said to witness that Clark was one of
the men Brown OF Pratt was counting
on as for sale.
Senator Jumper testified to an at
tempt by one Tucher to bribe him to vote
against the stockyards bill. Tucher
was arrested when the scandal first
came up.
Jumper later said that Horace Jen-
ness of Topeka had also approached him.
Speaker w. d. Street again testified,
saying he wished to say something in
explana tion. His testimony was not in
answer to questions and took the form
of defense of his action as speaker of
the house.
Senator Fairchild was recalled at his
request and pursued the same line Of
defense to such an extent that Crimes
the Republican member of the commit
tee, asked that the testimony of these
two be expunged from the records. His
request was refused.
The list of witnesses having run out,
the committee adjourned until tomor-
row, but as the other witnesses cannot
get here before Monday, little Is expected
tomorrow,
The herald., 1897-04-10
DROPPED TWENTY FEET
Two Men Are Injured by Falling
Scaffold

While at work running cement rolierI
yesterday afternoon near the Whittier
& Fuller establishment, John Steiner. of
Carson and Vernon stRets, and Peter
Carr of 1430 San Fernando street. wers
precipitated to the ground, distance
of twenty feet, caused by the scaffold
they were working on giving way. They.
were removed to the receiving hospital.
where Police Surgeon Hagan attended
to their injuries. Steiner sustained q
fracture Of one of the bones in his right
leg, besides receiving internal injuries.
Carr's feet were badly bruised. The.un-
fortunate men were later removed to
their homes. M
The herald., 1897-04-10
sTocKYARDs BURNED
Two Horses Perish in Fire in East
Los Angeles

At 3:15 this morning the Santa Fe stock
yards at the corner of North Hayes street
and the Southern California railway
were discovered ON fire and still alarm
was turned in by officer Romans of the
East Side police force. The barn. sheds,
office and corrals of the company were
totally consumed, together with two
horses, which were in the stable, and
which could not be rescued owing to the
fierceness of the flames.
The origin of the fire Is unknown but
is attributed to trampA who are in the
habit of sleeping in the shed. The loss
will be in the neighborhood of $1,000.
The herald., 1897-04-10
cocoanut Crackers for the Crowd

About o'clock yesterday afternoon,
as q Pasadena expressman was nearing
Main street, on First. two large boxes
Of cocoanut crackers dropped on his
wagon. smashing the light boxes and
scattering the toothsoms contents along
the street car tracks for some distance.
Lively work was nsoemary In scooping
up the crackers before the street car
came along. and there were many a.
sigtantn from the usual crowd oe by
atAndezA Whe eampled 10 oalroo quite
The herald., 1897-04-10
Medicos Meeting

The nrst local meeting Of the Los An
seles chapter Of the Phi Rho Sigma, the
national medical fraternity. was held
last night at the parlors Of the Hotel
Westminster. Initiation ceremonies
were the order Of the evening. several Of
the most prominent physicians Of the
city entering the society. DR.. Ainsworth
was detained and could not attend, but
Drs. Bridges, Hamilton, Fleming. Van
Dyke and Barlow passed through the
mysteriee of the preliminarias to enter
Ing tho fraternity.
After the meeting vac concluded Z
The herald., 1897-04-10
Barn and Contents Destroyed

At 5:45 last evening a large barn con-
tanning hay and belonging to the Walsh
estate, located on San Julian street, be-
tween Eighth and Ninth, was totally
destroyed by fire, together with its con-
tents. The alarm was turned in from
box No. 76 and the Hill street department
was soon on hand, but too late to do any
good. The origin of the fire is unknown.
Loss about $1250; fully insured.
The herald., 1897-04-10
At the Hotels

VAN NUYS.-John A. Prinsen, Chicago;
D. M. Bell. Philadelphia; G. L. Lambert.
Philadelphia; Jas. O'Brien, San Francisco;
bell, Washington. d. c.; Geo. j. Brien, Chi
cago; J. M. White and wife, Waukeohu
Wis; Miss E. Nauscawen, Waukeohu,
Wis; c. H. Holt, San FT1ncisc6; S. II.
Westfall, Redlands; Geo. II. Bailey and
wife, San Francisco; Walter Young, San
Francisco; J. r. McNab. Riverside; j. d.
Mcmillan. Minneapolis; Mr.. and Mrs. Sgd
ney Smith, San Francisco; Mrs. George +.
Hunt Portland. Ore; Mrs. Edwin Bolles.
New York.
The herald., 1897-04-10

banquet was served, DR.. Johnson acting
as toastmacter. Those who sat down al
table, besides those initiated, were:
Messrs Steen, Lothrop, Stearns. Carter,
Chichester, vinyard, Mayne. Stafford.
Hoyt, Wheat, Drs. Johnson, Fellows,
Witherbee and Janss. Speeches were in
dulged In and the gathering broke up at
at late hour,
The herald., 1897-04-10

ton, in slightly rolling country. and no
doubt will shortly become great pro-
ducing district The discovery and the
fact that the oil is Of such a high grade
is causing great excitement throughout
the surrounding country.
The herald., 1897-04-10
A new system of packing butter, which

A new system of packing butter which
does away with cold chambers, is being
tried in Australia. The butter is packed
In cubical boxes made of glass, the
Joints being covered with adhesive.
grease-proof paper. The boxes vary in
size. holding from one pound to 200
pounds. When box is filled 1t is COW
cred with quarter Of an inch of plas-
ter of paris. and this with prepared pa
per or canvas.
The herald., 1897-04-10

NADEAU.-H. L. Harris. Jos. Landen.
L. H. Lord. H. w. Vermillion, Gersor Gold
smith, San Francisco; s. H. Hamilton.
Fresno; Henry e. Morrison, San Jose; Mr..
and Mrs. w. s. RUSSELL San Diego; e. c.
Worth. Whittier; James H. Montgomery,
Louis; s. e. Titus Pomona; Frank, New
York; D. S. Unruh Puente; S. F. Zombro,
San Bernardino; Waldo NJ York, Los An
geles.
The herald., 1897-04-10

The government could very greatly aid
in disseminating valuable information
II the postoffioe department were in
structcd to add to the stamp-cancelling
machine mortises for the insertion Of a
short forecast of the weather. az, for in
stance. LOS Angeles. Cal. April 9. 1897.
Tomorrow, clear; warm; light Winds
The herald., 1897-04-10
Two Sailors Drowned

KEY WEST. Fla. April 9.-While low
ering q boat today from the United
States cruiser Marblehead. the davits
broke and three sailors were thrown into
the sea. Two of them were drowned.
The herald., 1897-04-10
The olive has been graft

The olive has been grated on juniper.
a peach on a myrtle, pears on oaks, ap-
pies on plums. mulberries on figs. rose
peaches on mulberry trees. and red and
white grapes. with peaches and apricots.
on the same stem, according to an uni
IDENTIFIED article floating around in ex-
changes. Some of these we have not
tried. Some seem not In accordance with
accepted rules on grating.
The herald., 1897-04-10
A Flood Result

LEAvENWORTH. Kan. April o.
Louis Mayo. one of the Oldest implement
and seed dealers in the state, made an
assignment today.
The herald., 1897-04-10

RAMONA.-Sidney Byron and wife, Col
orado Springs; Geo. Moonley. Kansas City;
Mrs. ]. ]. Barnes, New York; Mr. Gustave
Ferand. New York; Mrs. Fulton G. Ferand
Redlands: p L. Tyor. Los Angeles; ]. w.
Harvey. Monrovia; Mrs. L. Marshall, In
dio,
The herald., 1897-04-10

The RIO Qrande western has placed
IT. order Tor 40 cars With tho Ohio Falls
Car Manufacturing company.
The herald., 1897-04-10

Peter Ferguson. . large cattle owner
and rancher from ukish. il at the Ma
deau
The herald., 1897-04-10

wESTMINSTER.- Henry Fisher, Red
Davis and wife, Needles; G. S. Fahne-
stock. San Diego: Prof. c. M. Gayley,
Beryley. N. T.; J. L. McCammon and wife,
New York; James McFadden. Santa Ana
The herald., 1897-04-10

freely while helping the unfortunate ex-
pressnian to save the bulk of them In
jumbled condition.
The herald., 1897-04-10
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES
Statement of the Finances Of the Or
ganization

The officers of the associated charities
invite public attention to the following
statement of its secretary, feeling that
the simple fact of its crippled condition
and its inability to meet the demand
made upon it every hour in the day. will
be as potent an appeal to the humane
and benevolent as could come to them in
any other shape. 1t needs no comment
or apology. Those who can contribute
to this noble work should do it now.
At the suggestion of the finance COM
mittee the secretary gives the following
statement Of receipts and disbursements
since the annual report OF the society,
made November /, 1896:
RECEIPTS GIN CAsH.)
Donations by individuals. high
school. societies and churches $6f0.1
Membership dues................ $500
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $685.. IA
DISBURSEMENTS (IN CAsH.)
Gi0thing Gf ssss,,1s Wood ana cos;s 4ss s.
Telephone, expressage, trans
portation ..................... 63.47
Furniture ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $50
Lodging and meals at Sc each. 155.45
Rent and sick services. .......... 5000
Food to amilies................. 800. 76$65S. "a
Balance ........................ $3.50
Donations. groceries, wood
ETC.. ESTIMATED value). ........ 5000
Total ....................... $126. 80
The most Of which has already been
given out. leaving but q very little II,
store. It Is nearly four years since the
society was organized. and at no time in
Its history have there been such distress
ing cases as In the last few months. and
SO little means to render aid. Where in
vestigation showed applicants to be
needy and worthy. aid was always given
II possible, but often worthy cases were
refused for lack OF funds.
, 1897-11-13

The dahlia, named after the famous
Swedish botanist Dahl, appeared early
in this century, and was as popular in
the flower garden as were the camellias
and fuchsias in the greenhouse, and still
holds it's own. This plant, which is a
native Of Mexico, was practically intro
duced into England by Lady Holland
in 1904, as it had Eeen lost since its
first appearance some 10 years previous
ly, when Lady Butte imported it from
Spain. During the first 40 years Of its
popularity double dahlias were all the
fashion, and since then the single varie-
ties have had their day, while at the
present time the new cactus kinds hold
the foremost pl..ce. A florist, writing
about 1880, compared the fashion for
dahlias, which was then at its height,
to the tulip mania two centuries earlier,
and, although the comparison is hardly
correct, it SHOWS the dahlia craze must
have been very marked to have eve
suggested it. -Lonsrian's Magazine.
, 1897-11-13
FORGIVENESS.


( sat in the evening cool
OF the heat baked city street
Musing and watching a little pair
Who played on the walk at my feet
A boy, the elder, of strong, rough mold:
His sister, a blossom sweet.
When, just in the midst of their play.
Came an angry cry and a blow
That bruised the cheek Of the little maid
And caused bright tears to flow
And brought from my lips quick, sharp reproof
On the lad who had acted so.
And he stood by, sullen and hard,
While the maid soon dried her tear.
he looked Mt her with nm angry eye.
She timidly drew near.
Don't be cross. Johnnyi" IA little sob).
LET me fordive 90, dear!'
And the cloud is passed and gone,
And again in their play they meet,
And the strong. rough boy wears a kinder mien
And brighter the maiden sweet,
While n whisper has come from the heart Of
God
To a mana man on the street.
English Illustrated Magazine.
, 1897-11-13
A Tale of the Sea.

Two American captains were recently
relating their experiences on different
voyages. One of them told the follow
ing story: about | p. III. Oh March 2
my ship was proceeding under full sail
when u cloud about the size of a mans
hand was observed Oh the horizon. 1t
came on, and as it neared the ship we
discovered that it was composed of To-
Gusts. They settled on the sails, and you
couldn't see q bit of canvas for them.
When they flew away. there was not a
stitch of canvas left on the yards. "
"Ah." said the other captain, II can
quite believe that, for ut about $3.50
p. IN. on March 2 my vessel was pro-
ceeding under full sail when we OBJ
served a small cloud on the horizon.
AS it approached the ship we discovered
that it was u cloud of locusts, and US
they passed our vessel we saw that
every man Jack of them had a pair Of
No. l canvas trousers Oh. Brazil Nut.
, 1897-11-13
THE OLD OFFICE DEVIL.
He Tells How He Evoluted Into . Coun-
try Editor.

He Tells How He Evoluted Into . Coun.
try Editor.
The old time devil was keen to learn.
He had gall. He wasn't afraid to asI;
the milliners for advertising or print.
ing. He dreamed of owning Il paper OF
his own. He experimental in a thou
sand ways. He lived in the office al.
most, being there early and late. He
made a battery and copper plated types
before the first type founder thought OF
doing it. He did stereotyping in Il rude
way, making Il matrix from plotting
paper. Desiring to do his work better,
he tried to buy proper materials for
stercOtyping, but he was blutfed so easily
by the prices or talk given him by the
dealers that for many years he supposed
he was the victim of some UNANIMOUSLY
jealous trusts.
A tramp printer from Chicago made
him believe that gasoline could be
made. The Chicago man pointed to Il
big can of the fluid and insisted that he
had made it. Gasoline was high priced
then. The devil sold the gasoline the
printer said he had uade to a rival
office. and the two divided the money.
MAKE some more said the devil
'Therc is a demand for it" The Chi.
cago printer left that night. and the
editor made the devil pay for the gaso-
line.
The editor can recall his last visit
from the tramp printer he Learned the
trade with, the one who made gaso-
linn Hn cnr,n info tho sspl,nDf' aud -,,,,
denied work by the foreman. He saw at
a glance that the old days and loose
ways were gone. Neatly dressed, we'll
kept young men and women were at
work in an office as clean as a parlor.
Whose runnin this sheet now" he
inquired.
Jack Hill, " was the reply.
II know him." he said laconically.
II taught him his biz"
And then they saw him drift into the
sanctum and heard him say: Hello,
Jack! You're doin well. l want some
thin to eat and drink"
"Gasoline' got what he asked for,
just rs all tourists do who apply. The
mex morning he called on his editor
friend again, and when he found him
discussing prohibition with two or three
ministers and Il or two of the elders
of the town he lurched right into the
editorial den and joined i'll the talk tc
help tue editor along. He was very
drunk. He cried and said that naturally
he was Il prohibitionist, but he really
longed to die and go to heaven, only he
had become ''such n id skeptic he
didn't believe there was such a place
Their he Went to sleep. The preachers
looked at him i'll pity. The editor spoke
kindly of him as u comrade who had
seen better days. AS the editor talked
"Gasoline' awoke and said:
Jack, if you don't gimme a quarter
to buy Il drink with I'll sit here and
boiler"
And ''holler" he did.
He '~'hollered" until the ministers
left.
This may or may not account for the
fact that prohibition has prohibited i'll
Editor Jack Hills town since the last
visit of his Chicago printer friend
Chicago Times Herald.
, 1897-11-13
fHe CHARM,

Slight is the thing it needs to wake
The embers that have slumbered lons
Within the poets heart and make
Them burn again with song.
A rose, . star, a voice, n glance,
Echo or glimpse-it is the same:
Some mystery of time cr rhspee
ii d the hidden Game,
Embcrs of song and songs desire,
flushed in the singers hear, they lie
And softly kindlc into fire
If but a dream go by.
ana none MAJ say, since zone can know
Whence comes the vivifying spark
That sends II ,ransiiory glow
OF song across the dark.
1t Is a secret such
As com, : unto the spray when spring
Wnkens the blossoms with IA touch
h bids the poet sing.
Frank Demps,er Sherman in New York Com
mefcial.
, 1897-11-13

Stagnation is more dangerous than
revolution, but sudden change means a
house on sand. Action and reaction is
the miserable seesaw of our child world,
II these extreme men had their way, the
END Of the century would be plunged in
blood, a universal French revolution.
What we have to bear in mind is that,
ever in a republic, there must be q
guiding hand men Of education. u.
perience, weight and wisdom must con.
tinue TO come forward. They who will
not be ruled by the rudder will in the
end he ruled by the rock.-Tennyson.
, 1897-11-13

The through car service to Denver.
Kansas City. Omaha, Chicago, st. Louis
and other eastern cities. via the UNION
Pacific and connections, 10 u~nexcelled
by any other line.
The equipment consists Of Pullman
and Tourist 6lseper. Chair Cars. Din
ing Cars, Buffet. Library and smokins
CaFA
For tickets, time tables and or In
tKmatjoo call o.
q CLARK. Agent.
WaAar431Sf 61616 : Sf0oDA
, 1897-11-13

Tho Republican has received The m
est catalogue Of society address cards
ever published and invites those desir-
.ng anything In that line to call and
4axmine 1t before ordering. Every So
ciety 10 represented In the list and many
line designs for ball programme are
.oown. This catalogue IL from the Gel
sDratsd house Of Milton H Smith, Of
Rochester, N. Y. A new process called
srk-tone lends Q beautiful finish to the
wort q thbo 1us4ly colehfato1 oooosn.
4 Aaily DaDsr fus . ssats psr neofA
peotty 49, p
, 1897-11-13

Liquefied air can now be ordered by
the dozen bottles i'll Munich, but just
what il can he used for in . general
way is in doubt 1t is SO cold that it
blisters the skin at q touch. but its ex-
cess of oxygen is a valuable feature. At
fO- it.
, 1897-11-13
Her Advantage.

"Your daughter has an angelic dispo-
siticn."
Eyes; we always let her have her
own way about everything. "-Chicago
Record.
, 1897-11-13

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