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The state herald., 1897-11-26
n,r i.umb~r Man Fails.

Oshkosh. Wis, Nov. Is.-IIcnry Shcr.
ry. one Of the greatest lumber opera.
tors nnd manufacturers Wisconsin
ever knew. man who had interests IN
nearly every northern county. hns
given up the fight against business
mlsforiuncs aud the shrlnkagc OF ns.
sets and credit, due To hard times. and
assigned all his vast properties for III,
benefit of his creditors. The assign.
meni was In process NIL day.
Mr.. Sherry estimates his debts nnl
those OF associate companies Mt some
thing clos" 10 xi.n00.H0. and hope,
That his assets. II Judiclously handled,
VIII bc enough 10 pny dollar for dollar
The state herald., 1897-11-26
THE CENTRAL PACIFIC ROAD.
The Government IL Making Preparations
to Foreclose on tho Road II Necessary.

to Foreclo~c on the Road II Necessary.
Washington. Nov. 2O.--The govern
ment Ia actively engaged In the prep
aration OF Its case against the Central
Pacific Railway In anticipation Of the
confpany's default In Its payments due
January /. 1893. What action, In case
OF default, has not vet been decided
upon and the only present purpose of
the government In looking UP the law
In the case and preparing n statement
or Its financial transactions with the
company Ia 10 Ike In readiness to inS,i-
tute proceedings should such COURSE
he decided upon. A representative of
the banking firm OF Speyer & Co., of
New York. has recently been in CON
sultation with the president and the at
tOrney general in regard 20 Central Pa
cific matters, but the nature OF the con-
ference Is not known. The following
is said to be an approximately correct
statement of the governments account
with the company, should settlement
be made on January LIST, on the same
basis as that with the Union Pacific
Bonds maturing January /. 1898,
SlO'61i,120: bonds redeemed by the
government, $6.074.OOO: Interest due
January l, 1898. S594,333: bonds ma
turing January /. 1909, $9,197, 600. 10
tai debt, T1.119.613.
The credits are iis follows: BY
transportation, SS,0J7 500: by cash re-
paid, SE5S,2S3: by unpaid Judgments
and claims against the United States,
S2,4I3.3O6; by cash in sinking fund.
$I,OO3,5D. Total credits. $1s.102.O17.
Net amount of debt. S52,92O,116. 1t
seems likely that should the govern
nent decide to proceed against the
Central Pacific in foreclosure this
roads Indebtedness to the government.
II is said, will amount TO about S52,-
32l, $50 on January /, 1893.
The state herald., 1897-11-26
LoNpoN's GREAT FIRE.
Lo..e. Cut Down Only two Firsmsn Hurt


London, Nov. 2l.-A number of fire
engines are still playing upon the
smOulderiDC ruins which mark the
scene of the great cOniiagratiOn. Walls
are falling every now and then.
In spite OF the magnitude Of the dis
aster, only two firemen were slightly
injured during the work Of eytinguish
ing the fiames
About 300 firms are seeking for new
offices. The estimates of the amount of
damage done range from $1O.OOO,OO0
to StiO,OO,O0O. but according to the best
opinion, the loss Is about $1O,OOO,OOO.
The official report says the cause of
the fire js unknown.
The insurance agents take an Opii-
mlstic view of their losses, their csti-
mates ranging from $1,5OO,OOO to ST.
CUO,OOO. 1t is n fact that dozens of the
burned out firms were not Insured in
some cases because they were cOnsld-
cred to be undesirable customers, and
as the locality has long been coisd-
cred dangerous by insurance colnpan-
les. The latter assert TINT the scnsa-
tional rumors regarding the losses
have been promoted on the stock cx-
NhHhSt III oiuet " ihhuth'C StOtkSs
All the historic treasures of Cripple
Gate church were removed. including
the records of Oliver CrOmwell's mar
riage. MiltOn's burial and the deaths Of
the plague In 1865.
Every avenue lending to tile scene of
the fire was blocked by police. The rca-
son why the fire assumed such gignn.
tic dimensions was, first. because of
the highly innammablc character of
the contents of dry goods and tobac-
conist warehouses where II Originnted;
second. because of the extreme Diff
Guilty of handling II effectively, owing
TO the exceptional narrOwness OF the
surrounding streets. Few of these
streets permit two vehicles to pass
abreast. and the fire brigade had there
fore great difficulty in manipulating
the engines and getting them into DO
sition. The delay thus caused gave the
fire tremendous hcadway.
The state herald., 1897-11-26
Railroad Economy.

The Baltimore and Ohio South West
ern Railway has been experimenting
with electric motors on turntables.
Turning locomotives at divisional
points and terminals is a service Of
much annoyance and no little expense
to railroad companies. It generally
takes four men to turn a locomotive,
and while they are doing SO their reg
ular work is abandoned.
Experiments were made with an
electric motor on the 60-foot turn
table at Chillicothe with such success
that the Park Street turn-table in
Cincinnati was similarly equipped. The
result has been rather astonishing In
the matter OF expense. The current
was purchased from the power plant,
and 1t cost on an average OF less than
one-half cent for each time the table
was turned. When this same table was
operated by hand 1t cost II cents for
each engine. Tho yearly saving IL
about $709.
The state herald., 1897-11-26
A GREAT FIRE AT MELBOURNE.
Did Five Million Dollars Damage In a Very
Short Space of Time.

Melbourne, Nov. 22.-A great fire
broke out here at o'clock this morn
ing and in n very short space OF time
did enormous damage. II started mt
the warehouse of Craig Williamson. in
Elizabeth street, in tho very heart of
the city. \ strong wind was blowing
and the fierccly famed flames rapidly
engulfed building after building. De-
spite the desperate efforts OF the fire.
men. the entire blocks bounded by
Elizabeth. Flinders and Swanston
streets and Flinders Lane. with the eN-
ception of two buildings on the Swans
ton street front. We're destroyed within
three hours.
The burned section included many Of
the largest business houses In Mel
bourne. The buildings We're completely
gutted as most Of them contained soft
goods. the flames progressing with n
rapidity which deficd M checking. and
in the furious wind ashes and burning
debris were carried into the suburbs a
distance OF two miles.
II Is estimated that the loss Will
reach fl.OO0.OO0 tS5.O00.OOO while the
trade in soft goods has received Sc
rlous setback. Hundreds of employees
of all sorts have been thrown out OF
employment.
The state herald., 1897-11-26
AN ERA OF INDUSTRIAL WAR.
coon, Guiochow.kt. of Au.trin, Calls on all
Europe To Unite Against America.


Vienna. Nov. 2i.-count Gulochow.
rki. the Ausiro. Hungarian minister Of
foreign niInirs. In his annual address
yesterday before the Austrian and
Hungarian delegations. when making
mn appeal 10 MI Europe 10 tnkc nd.
vantage Of the present crn and pence
mud 10 Join closely for the vigorous ,lc.
Tense OF conditions common to Euro.
pe1n countries, ns against the
"crushIng competition of transatlantic
nniIonH." snid:
IA turning point Inns been reached In
European development which calls for
The unrcnlitlng attention Of govern.
incnlr. The prrnt problevis of material
welfare. which become more pressing
every yrnr. nrr no longer mniier for
the future. hut require 10 br taken IN
hand Instantly. The drstei,ciivc compc-
ililon which trnn5occnnlc countries
nrc carrying on IN rnri NJ present and
which is IN pnrt To bc expected IN the
lniinc,linic future. requires prompt and
thorough, counicrncilng measures II
the vital interests of tho people of En-.
rope nrc moi 10 bc rrnvcly compro.
missed.
1--WE must fight shoulder 10 shoulder
npnlnsi n common danger mud arm
ourselves for the struggle with MI the
iecnns nj Our disposal. just M the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
were absorbed by religious wars. Just
ns the eighteenth, century was marked
iy the triumph of liberal idenA. nnd
lust M the nineteenth Inns been notable
GVr The appearance Of rrpnt questions
The state herald., 1897-11-26

The Zuni Indians have concluded not
10 torture witches hereafter. Here Is
reform in an unexpected quarter, and
1t is the more surprising btcluse Spain
seeks TO torture in Spain, Cuba and
the Philippines, while the sultan both
torturcs and assassinates. Presently,
with the progress of the Zuni Indians
before them, the Christian govern
ments of Europe may pluck up cour-
age and conscientiousness sufficiently
to protect the men and women who be-
long to their own church.
The state herald., 1897-11-26
indian a,r,. Arr..,.d,

Carlisle. Pa. Nov. 49, Fannie Eagle.
horn nnd Eliza l'lnndrr. lndlnn girls.
were arrested to-day ou complaint ~
Superintendent Pratt " the Indian
school. on the chnrgc Of nrrou.
a mysterious ilro broke ont IN the
girls quarters of the school on S,in,ln,
afternoon, hut was rxilngiiIphrd be.
fore mucl, damage Ind been done. II
was nfierwnrd learned that the two
girls. who were pupils. bnd started the
fire with the Intention NJ burning down
the school hwcBusr they had beet, ~.
fused permission To 20 home.
The state herald., 1897-11-26
rrn rrollrr Car. Nc, Head mn.

baltimore. Md. Nov. ?2.-I,ccaurc
Theodore II. Mcrrick. n moiormnn IN
the employ OF III. Baltimore n North.
"rn railway. ,lisolcycd orders, officers
of III. roud sny. there was frlgbtful
hcnd'"nd collision this morning on the
line. IN which Mcrrlc. was almost In.
Hinn,ly killed and WilIinm T.. iIorner,
motornnn on the cnr. which WIS going
In the opposite direction. received In.
Iurirr from which hc died nbout hnif
nm hour later.
The two conductors nnd the four ms.
scnscrr who were on bath rnrs were
nll mere or less injur.a. although the
injuries OF neither ~ them ARE sun.
posed to he dangerous.
The state herald., 1897-11-26
method.

To the Editor:-The affairs Of Cuba
have reached crisis. Spain tries by
perfdious diplomacy to win where hei
sword has failed The offer of au.
ton0my is a device to change the pa.
irloiic sentiment of America. and &c
beiiay Cuba by false promises. In
this way she triumphed twenty yeari
ago. This time she must fail. Au.
tonomy is another term for imposi.
tion and fraud. The Cuban League ol
the United States has long since ex.
posed and condemned this hypocrisy
Since then more Interested forces have
supplemented this opinion. The states.
men Of Cuba repudiate it. The com.
maldcrs In the field say "lndepend,
cncc or Death" The late American
minister to Spain proclaims II to bl
an impracticable sham. More than al
this. in the city OF New York recent,
meeting OF Cubans. who together
represented more than one-half th'
property values of the entire island
merchants, bankers and planters II
exile. who today bear the burdens o
the war by their contributions to IL
treasury. In very decided language de
clared that no offer from Spain viii
be considered short OF absolute indie
pcndence. All that remains is that W,
shauld now move steadily onward 4
the assured victory which this leagu
has heretofore pledged. Our duty q
to influence the representatives II
congress TO grant belligerent rights
The senate has already done so. BE
fore the New Year is ushercd In ma!
the lower house respond. Then log
itally follows independence. The pres
ldcnt must not falter now, and II 4
the duty OF this league to see to |
that he shall not. VIII you give thl
the publicity OF your journeiY-Ethai
Allen. President of the Cuban l,eagu
OF the United States.
The state herald., 1897-11-26
Ma, I,lee.aa. unn.,.n,lnurlr.

LOpdop. Nov. .,2.-'i'lic itoine core
-pobdcDi of The Dnlly News says
~ mn able 10 assert on tho beat M,
ihofliy Tint the powers ARE discussing
the ndvlnnbllity Of n nnvni dcinonsirn,
tIon In the Dnr,innncllcs or n blockade
of Cons,nntlnopic " the Sultan does
not Yield 10 the dcmnnds of the pow.
crs with respect 10 nuionoiny for IN,
island of Crete. nnd especially IN III,
matter of withdrawing the Turkish
trnnna
The state herald., 1897-11-26
Railway Station. In Germnuy.

In striking contrast with the excess
sive pcnuriousness obtaining in other
departments of prussian state railway
management is the lavish expenditure
for new stations in Prussian cities, as
well as in those of the German states.
Thus the new union station In Frank
fort-on-the-Nfain has cost matter OF
3J.d0O.OO0 marks ,al,out SS.GOO,OOO). the
one in Cologne 24.DO0OO. in Hanover
20!O00.U0. in Mayence 1S.O0O.O00. In
Dusseldorf 1GW0!OOO. In Munich 49,
OOO.OOO. while the new Dresden station
"A gigantic and very handsome strnct-
ure-will swallow up matter of 49,
0O0.OOO (about S13.IJ0,OOW. 1t probably
will be the most expensive in the world
when finished.
The state herald., 1897-11-26
rhr Mhi,. ~. ,,,,..,.

W fnso. Texas. Nov. 2O.-'ro.dny IN.
contract FOR the construction uf the NJ
fnso a Northeastern road wrr. award
ei 10 GEORGE X. Good n Company oi
Lockhnrcn. Pennsylvania. Thia ron,I
opens ~ To VI fnso the rich gold. sii
vet and conl fields OF the White Oaks
country and one OF the finest ngrirnl
i,rnl nDd stock countries IN the West
Vast quantities OF material FOR the new
road ARE arriving. uDd the contractor,
win has,iu ihrnwiu~ dtri Mou,ta,
The state herald., 1897-11-26
The siberian ,ta,,w.,

vlciorln. u. e.. Nov. Engineers
who lmvr been engaged IN the cpn.
sif'irIon Of the trims Siberian railway
nt1d,ed hsl highi ob the Empress of
chhn. They say the "trip ran now bc
nndc ftom Vlndivo-iock Ia ~. Peters.
burg IN ten or twelve days. Tho rad
!. conplea~l viii, the exception Of n
sbcit section niung thu Amoor river
and around Lake Balkan
The state herald., 1897-11-26

Planning to help poor family, who
lived on broken victuals gathered from
door to door, good woman gave the
mother a days work and paid her a
dollar, Two or three days later, says
the New Unity. the woman called to
express her gratitude. The children
had always wanted to go to the mat
inee, and the dollar had taken them
all! Sometimes the destruction Of
the poor is their poverty" Again, as
In this case, 1t is their idiocy.
The state herald., 1897-11-26

The director OF public works In tho
Pennsylvania city OF Allegheny has hi,
upon q plan for getting rid OF the MI.
moroul and puRnaoious English spar.
rows. lie will turn loose u lot Of Ger
man s,arllnEs. which are natural cnc-
miles Of the pparrowH, This may
shortly create demand for some
fcalhcrcd eaemy Of the startling.
The state herald., 1897-11-26
,.,. Defeat. ,.r,.,,,.,.

New Haven. Conn. Nov. 2i.-ynlc u.
Princeton a. The score tells briefly the
story of the greatest athletic football
game ever acon. The victory for The
blue was nA fair ~ II wna complete,
nnd n- brilliant M II was surprising.
Except IN Kicking. ynie's sinjwnrt
men otiipinycd the Tigers In every de-.
pnrtmcnt of the pnmc. Little nnIrd ~
Princeton out.puntcd Mci,rldc In nj.
most every exchange OF kicks. hut IN
IN other respect dld the Irracyt,,ru
demonstrate n superiority.
There were is.WN spectators
The state herald., 1897-11-26
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Detroit. Mich, Nov, ~. Emma Gold.
man. the anarchist leader lrciurrd last
night IN III" Peoples Tabernacle Won.
prcpntionnlb nnd proclaimed her inn.
tcliit her disbelief IN laws and her
OPPOSITION to the custom Of mairimony.
r'c. Miss Goldman wnH invited to nd.
dress the congregation by the pastor.
itcy, ". X. Mc''ownn. despite consider.
able opposition. To-day n majority Of
The state herald., 1897-11-26

Few cities can boast OF hrst-ciass 500 .
dny hotel The American House, Denver,
Colo. has elevator, electric lights. steam heat.
artcsian water and lee. and is modern in every
respect The table and service is second TO
none, and the rate is strictly esoo per day.
1t has been leased by Mr.. Jos. Henshaw.
Mr.. e. 4. Myers will he associated with Mr..
Hcnshaw in the management The reputation
the American House has always had will he
maintained. When you visit Denver Try It,
The state herald., 1897-11-26

4 woman recently recovered three
thourand dollars damages from CEN.
eicry company In New York for being
poisoned with poison Ivy growing In
the grounds. Thus civil Law upholda
that Of the social and intellectual life.
that We are responsible not only Tor
the products which We cultivate. put
for those which We fail 10 root out.
The state herald., 1897-11-26

Progress toward reform in weights
and measures by the two great nations
OF the world continues. In the United
States a general law providing for the
use of the French metric system
throughout the country was near en-
actment by the last congress, and the
English parliament has. only few
weeks ago, passed an act legalizing the
system in Great Britain. a step toward
its early exclusive adoption. The
congress Of the United States has nev-
er exercised the power granted it in
the constitution by establishing def.
mite system Of weights and measures
for the whole country, and all stand
ards in customary use are legal only
by authority of state legislation.
The state herald., 1897-11-26

II is announced that the special
United States commissioner TO the
Paris exhibition OF 1900 has secured
onc-qunrtcr more space than was orig.
hally allotted to this republic. 1t Is
now in order for the United States 20
See that the country is not represented
there by space only.
The state herald., 1897-11-26
Beauty /. Hood Deep.

Clean blood means clean skin. No
beauty withoutit Cascnrets, Candy Cathsr-
tie cleans your blood and keeps IL clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving ell i'm
puritics from the body. Begin to-day TO
Danish pimplcs. boils, blotches, ,blnckhes
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascnrets, beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 1Oc, 2Jc, 50c.
The state herald., 1897-11-26

Characteristic modcs,y induced st,
Louis man to order banjo music at his
funeral. II he had lived In Chicago
h. would have ordered the services OF
n brass band and the ,rumpctlng OF u
few rlephnntH,
The state herald., 1897-11-26

The price Of hnr silver In London
opened yesterday at - 2kd nnd nd.
vnnced 10 - 3i.d on rumors of silver
trust being formed In New York. The
rumors We're afterwards coniradictcd
aud the price declined To - as,d.
The state herald., 1897-11-26

while Mr. Langtry dies OF insanity
Mrn. l.anEtry wins two hundred thou
tand dollars with racing. horse
Somebody has said something regard.
ing the pace that Kills, We believe.
The state herald., 1897-11-26

DR.. swallow Of Harrisburg was the
prohibition candidate for state trean.
urer Of Pennsylvania, but We must re.
member that one swallow does not
make hummer
The state herald., 1897-11-26

the deacons and many members OF tile
church declare the proceedings to have
been outrageous and wholly without
excuse They call upon Pastor Meow
an to resign, otherwise they say they
will quit the church.
The state herald., 1897-11-26

There are two remarkable state
mcnts. One is that heat is warm, and
the other that the New York Sun is a
Republican paper
The state herald., 1897-11-26

Professor q. u. Darwin Of Cambridge. En-.
gland. sou Of Charles Darwin, Il to deliver
th. l.owell lecture In lIoston. beginning On
Tide. -
The state herald., 1897-11-26

An assassin made an attempt upon
the life of the President of Mexico. He
was arrested and held in confinement
BY the connivanoe of the chief of po-
lice, a mob gained possession of his
person and put him to death. Their
act of violence was intended as an act
of devotion TO. and affection for, wise
and good ruler. To the president him
self the form of the compliment robbed
II of its value. Its lawlessness de-
fcated his purpose to give the criminal
fair trial. He held those who took
the mans life in a vulgar fury to be
guilty of murder, Accordingly he
caused the arrest of the CHIEF of police
who, after confessing his ali, com.
mitted suicide in prison. Other per-
sons in authority. who had approved
or failed to resist the attack upon the
assassin. were promptly deposed from
Office; and twenty-one participants In
the actual killing OF the man were ar
rested and held for trial. This is the
way President Diaz danb& with Iynchers
and their nbetfer5It is a good way,
!. empnann s srs,,a fact that mob ven.
,st.cs in tbe may seem an act OF
,.,,aa IA 4 Abstract. really defeats
oGu mpcrils society by i,s
The state herald., 1897-11-26
THE STATE HERALD.
III. PAINTER, owner and PubnsAs..
HoLYoKE, . COLORADO.

Seth Low has long believed that Of
flee has been seeking him with an
anxiety that amounts to severe pain.
The state herald., 1897-11-26

To Introduce our magazine. II will he
sent free three months 10 nli who send
slx cents tn pay for registering name.
Home n Garden, ~. Paul, MInn.
The state herald., 1897-11-26

GLOW fortunate that Rose has only ons
brother'ln-iaw to manage her money nf-
fairs ''Whyf" III she had two she would
probably land N the poorhotsc''
The state herald., 1897-11-26

"Twlkxers L. going TO marry q glri named
Susan smith" 'fhni soi She must he
either beautiful or wealthy"
The state herald., 1897-11-26
To rho.. ThlnLlnr OF waiting Den

..My wife has n mania for bargains
'.Yes." But when she asks me for dollar
she won't take ~ cents"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-03
Let Us All Talk English.

In the Boston Globe Mr. William Henry
Thorne writes pungently and is fearless in
his opinions. All will agree with him that
children born of foreign parents in Amer
lea must be brought up as Americans:
French Canadians, Germans, Italians
and what not living in this country
should not forget that English is the Ian
guago of the country and is bound to be
so, and as they all make efforts to learn
enough English to conduct their various
business avocations in English so should
they studiously make efforts to understand
their religion in English. Further, while
the senior pastor in all cases included in
the foregoing class should be as indicated,
1t seems to me that the bishop of every
mixed parish is bound TO consider also the
fact that the children born to these foreign
parents in America are Americans-not
Germans or Frenchmen or what not-and
that these children will by force of I'M
yielding circumstances, be obliged to make
the English language their own language
from the cradle to the grave. Therefore
the assistant pastor I'm all such cases
should be an English speaking pastor, ca
pable of iDstructing and bound to instruct
the youth of each congregation i'm cate
chism and In all the rites of the church in
the English language. And where there
can be but one priest he should speak the
foreign language to the aged foreigners
and the English to the young
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-03
Schoolroom Ventilation.

After man years Of the most careful ex-
permcnting IL has been found that i'm the
rooms of our large schoolhouses, which
are. or should DO Lighted mainly from one
side, the most thorough aeration with tho
least liability to injurious drafts is oh
tanned by introducing the fresh, warm air
above the heads of the occupants of the
room on the side opposite the windows
letting 1t spread along the ceiling to the
window side of the room, and there, cooled
by contact with the glass, descend to the
floor and pass at the lower level to the
outlet, in the same wall as the inlet, but
In or near the floor. There Is no doubt
that the warm breath OF the people in the
room to certain extent rises and mingles
with the fresh air flowing across the cell
ing; but Notwithstanding this, the atmo.
sphere of the room, as shown by the un-
answerable testimony of analyses made at
different times of the air In the various
corners, Is more uniformly pure under this
system than under any other american
ArChitect
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-03
An Epistolary Objection.

The prcliainaries Of the great prize
fight were all arranged when the repre-
sentative of one of the principals raised a
protest, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Il want to ask, he said, eff IL is true
that the opposite side insists upon the use
of the fashionably new red writing paper
I'm this contest9i'
or mans manager
"Then," said the first speaker, II feel
obliged TO declare all the negotiations off.
My principal is n gentleman of refined and
aesthetic tastes, and from his elevated
point Of view red writing paper Is quite
too suggestive of freshly shed gore. I'm
derstand me. We don't object To red ham
died pens or even to red ink, but we do
draw the line at red paper. ="