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The herald., 1897-12-04

to her bosom, it being apparent that she
was conscious Of the fact and appre-
ciated the flower. Soon after this about
noon she quieted down into a rest that
seemed to be almost a natural sleep.
Mrs. A. ]. Duncan, of Cleveland, who
was summoned from Chicago, where she
had been visiting, was the last Of the
four living children to arrive, and she
came too late to be recognized by hel
mother. She made no effort on enter
ing the room to gain recognition, be-
cause it was realized that the effort
would not succeed and that it would
only disturb the patient. From this
time on the gradual sinking Of Mother
Mckinley continued.
How long her constitution will with
stand the assault of the disease no one
can tell, but it seems that it cannot be
much longer. The president has scarce.
ly been out of the house since his ar.
rival this morning and spent most of tn,
day in his mothers room..
Only when he felt the need of littl,
fresh air and exercise did he and hi
brother Abner leave the house for {
short walk along the street at the sid
Of the house. There have been many
callers at the home today, aged lady
friends of Mother Mckinley beins
numerous among those who called tt
offer sympathy. Inquiries by telegraph
were numerous and messengers wer,
running to and from the house all day
If radical change shall occur in the
patients condition the doctor thinks il
will come well into the morning.
NIGHT BULLETINS
MIDNIGHT-Showed no materia
change in the condition Of Mrs. McKin
ley or the course Of the disease. 1t IL
surely wearing her out and she shows
greater weakness every hour. The pres
ident is still in her room, but will retire
to secure some rest at o'clock if there
is no material change at that time.
At 1850 a. M. Mrs. Mckinley is still
living, but growing steadily weaker.
CANTON, Dec. 4, 2:30 a .m.-Mothei
Mckinley still alive; no perceptible
change,
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opening of congress at the regular time.
He has arranged to leave Canton at 2:05
o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the spe-
cial car provided for him, attached to
the regular Pennsylvania train which
reaches Washington Sunday morning.
Assistant Secretary of State Day expects
TO return to Canton early next week. He
will leave Washington as soon as pos
sible after attending the functions Of
the opening Of congress.
Today was one Of great suspense in the
Mckinley home. The nearness of the
messenger} of death was realized every
moment of the day and that there could
be no other than a fatal ending to the
illness with which Mother Mckinley
was stricken on Thursday morning. The
attending physician could give them no
hope Of different result, and to the
remarkable constitution of the woman
who has reached the ripe old age Of
nearly So years without illness of any
consequence, he attributes the fact that
the -Rame OF life was not extinguished
earlier. The family surrounded the
bedside all day. watching 'intently for
any rally from the comatose condition in
which the patient has been since the
beginning of the illness, and at short in
tervals the doctor called. But the word
from the sick room was almost without
variation, family and doctor announc-
ing from time to time increasing weak
ness and sinking away. Only twice was
this report varied by the announcement
Of evidence of partial consciousness The
first was when Mr.. Mckinley reached
the sick room. His sister Helen an
nounced his arrival, saying, Mother,
mere Is William. If you recognize him
hold out your hand"
The enfeebled patient seemed to un-
derstand and to make an effort to ex-
tend her hand, which was Immediately
grasped by the devoted son. He though.
he felt responsive Tightening of her
hand about his own as he did so, but the
recognition was so slight as to be almost
imperceptible. 1t was some time later
that a second slight rally seemed to oc-
cur. A bunch of beautiful flowers was
sent from the conservatory Of the White
House, and when they were taken into
the room she noticed their arrival and
seemed to make an effort to reach for
one. The president quickly selected a
beautiful white lily and handed it to her.
She took 1t in her hand and carried 1t
The herald., 1897-12-04
A SHARP TRICK
A Virginia Murderer Escapes From
His Prison

RIPLEY, Va, Dec. S.-John Morgan,
sentenced to be hanged Dec. 18th, played
sharp trick on the jailor here last night,
whereby he walked out Of jail and took
to the woods, where bloodhounds are on
his trail. A short time ago he sold
confession for $25. With the money he
bought new suit of clothes to wear
on the gallows. Last night he made
dummy of his old suit and put it to bed
in his cell. Downing his new suit, he
climbed on top of the cell and lay there
until it was locked for the night. Then
he escaped and was not missed until
this morning. A reward Of $500 is offered
for his arrest His crime, the murder of
Mrs. Green, her son and daughter, was
committed just month ago near Grass
Lick, this county.
The herald., 1897-12-04
CROOKED D1sT11L1Na
Is Not Confined to Mountaineers of
Kentucky ft.


SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3.-Special
Government Agent Thomas has just re-
turned from an inspection of the dis
tilleries in the country south of this city.
Since his return hints of scandal in
connection with the distillery business
have been heard and it is reported that
Internal Revenue Collector Lynch has
sent particulars of the unearthing of
gigantic revenue frauds to Washington
The story Is that several large distil-
leries, some of which are in Santa Clara
county, have been defrauding the gov
ernment for period ranging from two
to four years by manufacturing great
er quantity Of spirits than they paid
taxes on. Evidence has been secured
establishing the fact that the distillers
bribed government officers to urdcresti-
mate the quantity Of spirits and the ca
pacity of the plant.
The peculations are said to amount to
a large sum in the aggregate. and pro-
ceedings against the guilty parties will
be instituted Immediately. It is expected
that arrests will ,be made as soon as all
the evidence shall have hceli arranged
and that the United States grand Jury
will be asked to take hand in the affair
The herald., 1897-12-04
The Goddard Case

KANSAS CITY, NO., Dec. 3.-The de-
fense in the DR.. Goddard murder trial
this morning placed on the stand bank
clerk who swore that the alleged forged
checks, the production Of which yester-
day caused a sensation, had evidently
been forged by the murdered man, Jack
son, the handwriting on them being iden-
tical with Jackson's penmanship, famil-
lar to the witness. The checks were
made in favor of Goddard and signed
Mrs. L. Jackson
The herald., 1897-12-04
Tribesnen Killed

SIMLA, Dec. Sin the last fighting
many Of the tribesmen were killed and
the bodies Of thirty of the dead were
left behind them. or the British force,
Major Van Sittart and two men were
wounded and two privates were killed.
1t transpires that the maharajah, Sir
Pra Tabee Singh, was hot in the hand
during the "sniving' or night firing at
the enemy at the headquarters camp on
Monday night. He said nothing about
1t until questioned respecting the
bandage about his hand. The incident
is said to be typical Of the spirit of the
Indian princes.
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Mornings Bulletins

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r Mornings Bulletins
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observations readings
= slightly below those of the service.
LATER2:15
which light
thermometer is rising The believed slight
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SAN BERNARDINO Dec 3The advertised cold
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business before
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The herald., 1897-12-04
REAL WINTER WEATHER
MAKES ITS APPEARANCE IN THE
EAST
The Mississippi Valley Treated to a
Heavy Snowstorm-It's Cold
in Minnesota

OMAHA, Dec. 3.-Snow has fallen in
hours. At Omaha the fall amounts to
about inches. 1t is light and dry and
while 1t flies easily on the wind the
drifts 1t makes are not formidable OBJ
state the fall was much heavier. One
point, Partington, reports 16 inches with
snow still falling at o'clock tonight. Re-
ports from Western Iowa and South
Dakota are to the effect that the snow
Is general throughout those sections. AS
yet no damage is reported. Tonight the
wind Is rising and by morning the snow
will likely be badly drifted. The storm
has already stopped the gathering of
corn. with fully fifth of Nebraska's big
crop yet in the field. Railroads have
suffered some Inconvenience all day, the
movement of trains being greatly ham,
pered. The Iowa lines have had the
worst Of 1t, trains from Chicago aver
aging more than one hour late. The
Burlington's fast mail was an hour and
a half late this afternoon.
IN IOWA
DEs MONIES, Ia. Dec. 3-It has been
showing here for 26 hours without inter-
ruption. The fall has been between 6
and inches. If the wind increases in
severity railroad men fear that all the
roads centering here will be blocked.
There are no present indications of
cessation of the storm.
SIOUX CITY-A foot Of snow fell here
tonight. It has fallen heavily all over
South Dakota also.
MINNESOTA
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Dec. 3.-Miles City,
Mont. was the coldest center at o'clock
this morning. the official register being
30 below at that hour. At Havre it had
been "a below but was only 2S below ut
Z am At Bismarck it was 1S degrees
below, at Huron IA. Moorhead and Rapid
City IL. Winnipeg and Port Arthur G.
while at Duluth 1t was above At st.
Paul It was above. Snow was generally
reported throughout South Dakota last
night, but 1t ceased today.
KANSAS
TOPEKA, Kan, Dec. 3.-The first gem
cral snow of the season fell in Kansas
last night, extending over the entire
state. Reports from various points
show the fall averages from three to six
inches. The storm extended as far west
as Denver.
The Santa F'e officials say that four
inches fell along their line in New
Mexico.
Sergeant Jennings OF the local gov
ethmeft weather bureau says the center
of the storm Is at Havre, Mont, where
the thermometer registered 40 degrees
below zero.
MISSOURI
eED ALA, Mo-, Dec Sit began rain
!hg here ct noon today following the first
aeayy snow of the season. The indica-
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INDEX
TO THE TELEGRAPH NEWS

Yale and Harvard debate Hawaiian
annexation; Yale in opposition wins.
Gov. Griggs of New Jersey selected
to succeed McKenna as attorney gen.
eral.
smugglers arrested at New York
and 81, 900, 900 worth Of diamonds
seized.
Real winter begins in the Mississip-
pi valley with heavy snow and low
temperature.
Speaker Reed arrives at Washing
ton; list of contests filed with the clerk
of the house.
An answer filed in the famous case
lagainst the Omaha Livestock exchange
under the antitrust law.
Novelist Zola promises to devote
his life to the Liberation of Captain
Dreyfus from undeserved exile.
Steamer Corona arrives from
skagway and Dyea; Prospectors still
getting through over the pass.
The Austrian government taking
summary measures to suppress riot
ing; a priest and the hangman kept
ready for instant service.
Martin Thorn sentenced to die by
electricity for the murder Of Gulden-
suppe; Mrs. Mack will be allowed to
plead guilty Of manslaughter.
Commander Pillsbury Of the
Vesuvius denies the report Of filibust-
ering expeditions to Cuba; Blanco in
forms the home government that he
needs no more troops.
Mother Mckinley still alive but
very near to death; whatever the re-
suit of her illness may be the president
will be in attendance at Washington
on the opening Of congress on Mon
day.
The herald., 1897-12-04
Furnished Poor Water

STEVENS POINT, Wis, Dec. Sin
the circuit court today Mrs. julia l..
Green secured verdict Of $4,000 damages
in a suit against the Ashland Water
company. the grounds OF recovery be-
ing the negligence Of the company r.
furnishing impure and unwholesqme
water. containing typhoid fever Gert19.
to the plaintiffs husband, from t49
|enects OF which he died. The case W11t
|be appealed
The herald., 1897-12-04
Holiday Rates

CHICAGO, Dec. 3.--The western roads
have agreed upon rates for the holidays.
They will be one and one-third fare
where the rate is cents per mile and
where it is over 8 three cents per mile
the rates will be one and a NTH. The
tickets will have final return limit 81
January 4th. 4.
The herald., 1897-12-04
Engineers' Session

NEW YORK, Dec. s.-The convention
Of the American Society Of Mechanical
Engineers was concluded today. Papers
were read by Charles 7. Main, Boston:
H. M. Morris, Cincinnati; G. w. Bissell.
Ames, Ia. and Ge0s>W. Dickie. San
Francisco.
The herald., 1897-12-04
Hanna's Condition

CLEVELAND, O., Dec. S.-Senator
Hanna continues to improve but says
that he does not know when he will be
able to be out
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tons are that Central Missouri is to re-
ceive the first duwnpour Of rain in three
months. 1t will do immense good.
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Mother Mckinley II unconscious and
the attending physician can give the
family no orhope that she will ever return
to 6onsciorsne1S. Tlk3 6fAsident can Do
absolutely nothing for her by remaining
here. In View Of these facts the presi-
dent feels thak Il - his duty to returpl
to WaShtnetoh ~ - not to delay the |
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eED ALA. Mo-, Dec. SIT began rain
lhg here ct noon today following the flrst
6eavy snow q the season. The indica-
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lust; the Misses COOKE and CLIN ron. World Famous
ring and Graceful Aerialst: THE TOBfNs, Refined
sky ana Lonny; Olga Regina Countess Hatzfel 1t
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The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-07-31

Will the Constitutional conven-
ton do anything with the bucket
shops? Well, that depends on
whether it is the politicians or the
people who send the delegates.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-07-31

during many years, and has evOl-
we'd such successful plan OF OPP
Grafton, that when it comes to cot
ton culture we believe that what
he says is SO. Certainly the cot
ton planters OF Louisiana will have
their paths in the future made
much smoother ii they would fol-
low the suggestions OF Captain
Mcleod in the direction OF the pro-
duction OF home supplies, leaving
the cotton crop free Of the enor-
nous supply debts that ordinary
attach to it.
The first paper in the afternoon
was by Prof. r. L. HES. OF the
Normal School, at Natchitoches,
whose subject was THE Union OF
Farmers and Teachers Institu-
| tes.' Prof. Hines took up the re-
lation that naturally subsisted be-
| tween our young people and ag-
ricultural and farm life that sur
| rounds them, and advocated the
agriculture a prominent place, and
thus gradually instill into the
minds Of the pupils many of the
elementary laws OF agriculture,
the study OF which, while excel
lent mental discipline, may also
prepare them for agricultural stud
les OF higher order, and anyway
enable students more readily and
more intelligently to engage in
any agricultural vocation.
Mr.. w. S. May, OF Ruston, the
well known dairyman. whose pro-
ducts are SO highly appreciated
that the demand for them exceeds
his capacity to supply, read a pa
per on EARN Dairying in North
louisiana" Mr.. May admits that
farm dairying is no child's play;
that it requires untiring efforts
that the work is never done, but
always continues. He holds how
ever, that there is no other way in
which man or woman can so
readily make living, and a good
living at that, if they are willing
to make the sacrifices Necessary to
the careful conduct of the dairying
business.
Mr.. John Dymond then followed
with a paper on the Progress of
the Sugar Cane Industry in Louis
lana, in which he reviewed its pro-
gress during the hundred years of
its existence, its very rapid pro-
gress during recent years, the dis
position now prevailing to centra-
lie the manufacture and to
change plantation culture of oane
into farm culture, at the same time
- H. L
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-07-31
The South Arkansas Il Louisiana
Railway Company.

To The Progress.
| want the use of some of your
paper to say something about the
South Arkansas & Louisiana Rail-
way Company, in whose interest
DR.. Brown and Capt. Henderson
were in Shreveport last week. l
think it would be a good invest
ment for our city, and l would
like to present some of it's features,
and tell the public something of the
men who conducting it through
paper that reaches the reading
people. There is no question but
that the people read everything
in The Progress, and hence
know this article will be read, if
you will allow it space.
This railroad is completed from
ElDorado, Ark, to junction City,
Junction City, Ia.-Ark., } is To-
Gated on the line of Louisiana and
Arkansas and is the Junction of
Union county, Arkansas and I'm
ion and Claiborne parishes. La.,)
with branch partially completed
to Magnolia, Ark. This road
passes through Union county
Arkansas and reaches the parishes
of Union and Claiborne at juno
ton City. The extension to
Shreveport, if made, would pass
through the richest and best hill
country in the State, besides the
alluvial lands of tn G Ouachita and
Dorcheat valleys. The timber
along the proposed line is practi-
cally inexhaus tible, and when the
pine is exhausted the hardwood
supply will last for years, furnish
ing employ ment to thousands of
men and teams.
The gentlemen who visited this
place last week in the interest of
this enterprise are men of high
social and financial standing, and
can command all the capital re-
CURED for any enterprise tho may
project.
DR.. j. w. Brown, is president of
South Arkansas and Louisiana
railroad; president of the Ouacbi-
ia Valley Bank, at Camden; pres
ident of the Camden Lumber Co..
one the largest plants in South
Arkansas, employing about 300
hands; president of the CONNER
cial League at Camden, and a
cultured, Christian gentlem an.
whose moral and commercial re-
cord is above reproach.
Capt. c. G. Henderson, the SUI
perintendent of the road, is a gen.
tleman of sound business judp-
ment,-largely interested in manu-
featuring enterprises in Arkansas.
He is an enthusiastic believer in
the future development of this sec
ton and his opinion as regards
enterprises in the South will COM
mand capital in the money centers
of the world.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-07-31
Farmers at the Louisiana Chautauqua

meeting at Ruston. Major J. G.
Lee, commissioner OF agriculture,
had arranged the whole matter as
a Farmers Institute meeting, and
there was quite large attendance
of the local farmers as we'll as
quite number from the more dis
tant points. Col. a. T. Prescott
president of the Ruston Industrial
College. delivered an excellent adj
dress, taking for his subject the
Importance OF elementary agricul-
ture in our rural schools. The
gist of the argument was that in
stead Of the present plans for the
primary education for pupils, the
accidental study OF agriculture
should be made the basis or the
ground floor on which all educa-
ton should be built up. Why not
teach the child that tall oaks from
acorns grow as well as to teach
him to initiate the good little boy
who dies so very young? Plant
life, animal life, all the many in
cidents of agriculture. are very in
tercsting to the youthful mind.
Why not give children a more
comprehensive grasp of this whole
subject matter by methodically
teaching it in our schools.
Col. Prescott was followed by
Mr.. w. L. Foster, OF Shreveport,
in an essay on Improving Swine,
Their Value and Necessity in the
South. During recent years Mr..
Foster has taken such a high po-
sition as breeder of Thoroughbred
swine, and his reputation is SO
high and he is so well known, all
combined, led to very great inter-
est in his paper. With much
learning and in excellent style,
Mr.. Foster established the value
of i'm proved swine to our South
ern farmers. proving that as pro-
ducers of meat they were the
most economical. The wonderful
resources of the South in the way
Of pasture land and a supply of
grass practically throughout the
whole year gives US greater ad-
vantage in swine prt duction than
possessed by any other section OF
the Union. This source of wealth
has not yet been much availed of
IN the Southern States, but inter-
est in it is constantly increasing
and in the future will doubtless
show our Gulf States rapidly ad-
yancing in their relation to the
other States in swine production.
Capt II. w. Mcleod, the well
known cotton planter of Caldwell
parish, then followed with an es-
saw on the Trr1a Policy of the on.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-07-31

aggregating perhaps million dol
lars in value, and thus saving to
the farmers this outlay, besides
them the consciousness OF being
able to produce this staple within
their own farm limits
Prof. w. w. Clendenin, geolog-
ist OF the State Experiment. Station
then followed with a most inter-
esting paper on the soils of Lou
isiana. Prof. Clendenin has been
engaged in a geological survey Of
many OF the parishes of Louisia-
ma during the last two years. and
he gave an immense amount of
extremely interesting agricultural
data. A notable feature of Prof.
Clendenin's paper was his explain
alton of the so-called ant hills of
Southwest Louisiana. There are
little elevations OF 20 or 80 feet in
diameter and but a foot or so in
height, with a depressed centre,
that are seen by the thousands
from the railway car windows in
southwest Louisiana. In his re-
cent researches Prof. Clendenin
has found these all over north
Louisiana, even in the low spots
in the hill country. In the parish
of Caddo the mounds are larger
than elsewhere, being in some cas-
es three or four feet in height and
Of greater diameter team further
south. In all these mounds the
soil is different from the prevail
ing surface soil, giving evidence
of having been brought up from
below, which led in the beginning
to the ant-hill hypothesis. Prof.
Clendenin believes that these
IN hounds have been erected by the
effervescing, or fermentation Of the
masses below aided by gypsum
and sulphur, which are found to
prevail extensively throughout the
whole region.
DR.. w. G. Stubbs was in attend
ance at the meeting and had ex-
pected to have spoken, but the in
cidental discussion of the vari ous
papers that were read so prolong-
ing the meeting that Commission
er Lee and DR.. Stubs were both
were compelled to leave before the
close OF the meeting, in order to
meet their next engagement at
Farmerville, in Union parish.
The whole day was quite an en-
joyable one, all present expressed
themselves as highly pleased with
the results OF the meeting.-South-
prD Farmer
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-06
CAN WE TAX THEM'
Appellate Court Decision That May
Affect Abilene.

The northern division Of the appel
late court handed down a decision
Saturday in an occupation tax case
that may be of much interest to this
city. The case was that of the city
of Leavenworth VS.. S. R. Smith, agent
of the Pacific Express Co., at that
place. About IS months ago Agent
Smith was arrested for refusing to
pay an express company license of
$75 and was fined in the police court.
Judge Myers of the district court up
held the fine and the case was appeal
ed to the supreme court and by it
transferred to the appellate court,
where it was reversed. The effect
Of the decision there will be to pre-
vent the city from collecting license
or occupation tax from the three ex-
press companies and will apply to
other cities OF the state where similar
ordinances have been passed. In this
city there is no tax on express COM
panies but there is on insurance COM
panies and it remains to be seen il the
decision applies also to that class of
business.