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The herald., 1897-11-13
An Engineering Feat

The remarkable feat Of replacing an
iron bridge span 242 feet long, rs feet
wide and 30 feet deep with one of the
same dimensions of steel, was accom-
plished in. Philadelphia on Sunday in
two minutes and thirty seconds. In this
short space of time nearly 100 tons Of
iron and steel We're moved twenty-five
feet without slip or a hitch Of any
kind. This great engineering feat was
executed on the bridge that bears the
tracks of the New York division Of the
Pennsylvania system, the most active
line operated by that company.-Ex.
The herald., 1897-11-13
At Amagansett

Summer Boarder-Why 1t is you prefer
to harpoon only the most vicious whales?
Old Whaler-Wa-al, yer sees"backbone"
is what we're after.
The herald., 1897-11-13

over the tumbler ana shake well. Pour
into tall, slender glass and crate little
nutmeg on top. This gives quite the
finest drink in the list.
In experimenting with home drinks
1t is well to try them in the morning on
the family before placing them In the
evening as treats before guests.
1 learned my drink mixing trade of q
bartender who was engaged by the
YoYung Women's Christian association
of distant town to teach q class of
young women how to make good family
drinks. ADELE BARRY.
The herald., 1897-11-13

stocks from Santa Ana As
the Oakland Stock 37 and this the buy today
The herald., 1897-11-13
A Contrary Woman

"Hello, old fellow. I'm glad to hear
that your wife is well. Didn't the doc
tors tell her she couldn't recover?"
eyes, and if they'd told her that she
must get we'll she would have fooled
them just as badly. I saved her by
telling them her disposition" Detroit
Free Press.
The herald., 1897-11-13
Improbable

Hall-What are you doing now?
Gallon, I'm making house-to- house
canvass to ascertain why people don't
want to buy a new patent clothes
wringer.-Chicago News.
The herald., 1897-11-13
Mems Pants and
OyerCOatS

Extra Heavy Chevot Overcoas of handsome dark brown
81: $s ;i:' '' = long $240
It's worth the money to keep from catching cold.
Mems Black German Patent Beaver Overcoats, n - an
well made, we'll finished, and we'll worth SO AA XII
of any mans money. l have marked these to oVOoOV
:;is s:;E SOILS
say ior ony........... .....'....'
Imported $765
l am going to close these at....................
Mems AlLwoo Pants handsome plaid and check cheviots
cassmeres English worsteds and Hokinums
prices that know saving from eighty cents to
dollar and eighty-fve cents pair on.
g. and $500 Mems Pants for only Il
rs S. Mems Pants only
$3.50 and 0O Mems Pants for only 50 &
81 25 and 81 so Mems Pants only
s. 20 and s. 90 Mems Pants, for only g 4
The times., 1897-10-28
\ Quarrel in the Oven.

Oh, the gingerbread boy and the piecrust
girl,
They had quarrel one day;
Together they sat On The oven shelf,
The piecrust Try and the ginger bread eli.
And the quarrel commenced this way:
Said the gingerbread boy to the piecrust
girl:
''I'n wager my new brown hat
That Fmffatter THAN You aud much more
tannea,ae
Though you're filled with pride till You
Cannot stand,
But what as the good of that?''
Then the riecrust girl turned her little
nose up
In a most provoking way.
On, maybe you're hIown, but you're poor
as csIn he
You dc not know lard from a Found green
peat
Is there aught that You do know, pray?''
On, the gingerbread boy, he laughed loudly
with scorn,
As he looked at the flaky pieerust.
''Just wSseh how l rise in the worldn''
cried he.
just see how I'm bound to grow Aght,''
cried she,
"wnle you stay the color of rust
So the gingerbread hoy aud the piecrust
girl
They each Of them swelled with pride,
Till noise was heard in a room withoGs,
A cry OF delight, then a very glad shout.
And the oven was opened wide.
Tiien the gingerbread boy and the piecrust
girl
Could have screamed Il and wept with pain,
For y-ehsekedlass and q small, bright
eyed lad
Took a bite of eacl. yes, this tales very
sad
So they'll now never quarrel again
Truth
The times., 1897-10-28
IMPRISONED IN THE ICE.
Grave Danger Which Threatens
Most OF the Whaling Fleet.

San Fraucisco, Oct, 27.-The offices of
the various whaling concerns iii this city
were crow lee this morning with tie wives.
other relatives and friends of the men
who are reported shut up by ice IN the
Arctic, gear Point Barrow. Whalers W no
arrived yesterday reported that the big
,sest part of the whaling fleet, with ever
/ 900 s4uis aboard. had been caught in
the ice and hat wholesale disaster was
threatened. Fourteen steamers. barks and
schooners are in the pack and only few
have over two months supplies on board.
Experienced whalers who were seen
here this n,oruiDg admitted that the plight
OF the SHIPS WIS precarious, but mol hope
less Their snowledge OF the ice move
Hents around Point Barrow leads them
10 believe that the fleet will get ous
IL the wind Suits. They say they have
seen youpg ice move off, leaving clear
water, late as the middle OF october.
The worst feature of The case is the short
age OF provisions The relief station at Point
Barrow has been bandOned by the Govern
ment and no relief can be obtained from th'
small trading post which still remains
there. The course of the Government in
abandoning :he relief station at Point Barrow
is severely condemned, as is the action Of
the cutie. Fear IN Leaving the Arctic before
the end of the season. Had she remained
there fnsteadof carrying missionaries around
she might have rendered valuable aid just
now.
Among the vessels in the pack are the
steamers Orico, BelVidere and Rosario and
the steam tender Jennie They may he
crushed in he ice should they remain there
any length OF time. ana then the men MAY
meet the fate which befcll the crew of the
steam whaler Nayalch, which was recently
crushed in an ice pack. Members OF this
crew fell in their tracks from the cold and
exhaustion While making for open water
with the ships boats aud had To be atan-
doned TO their fate by their comrades, who
were powerleSs TO aid or save them.
The times., 1897-10-28
WOODWARD
and dIOTHROP
10th, 18th and F SITS. n. w.
Our Elegant
Department of
Outer Garments
For Women. Girls,
Boys aud Children.

Great, progressive strides for.
ward have been made in this de-
partment. 1t now occupies the
third floor, extending north and
south 40 feet and east and west
200 feet, giving US the largest,
best lighted and most couveu-
lent department for the display
of made-up Outer Garments in
the country. A series of new
hitting rooms has been added and
so planned as to afford the de-
sired sec usion while trying on a
garment. This arrangement OF
kindred goods on one floor and
The other facilities aud conveu-
fences will be appreciated. With
the many betterments a new inn
petus has come to the depart
meut-new ideas, new energy,
better service, and more than
ever we shall try to make and
keep this department of Ready
to-Wear Outer Garments second
to none in the country. The
stock IS IN the best possible con-
ditou, everything is new and
fresh, the brightest aud best
ideas and the latest novelties are
here and our prices are extremely
moderate.
The times., 1897-10-28
NOW AN AFFAIR OF STATE.
The Darmstadt Incident A ssumlni
broader Significance.

The Darmstadt Incident A sSumlng
Broader Significance.
l5erlin, Oct. 27 Prince nohenlohe, the
inaperial chancellor, returned to Berlin 10
day from Baden, where he was cIoseted
for several hours with the Grand Duke
q Baden, discussing the incident Of the
Cars refusal to receive the Grand Duke
and Buchesse OF Baden, at Darmstilit, last
Saturday.
Several Of tie Berlin newspapers, in their
comments on the affair, make attacks upon
the HeSsc grand ducaI family, OF which
the CLarind is a member, aud give promi.
nenee 10 the story Of the pro jected mar.
Iiagc o. the Czarina 10 prince of Baden.
before her hetrothaI to the Grand Duke
Nicholas, now the Gar OF Russia. These
uttersnceS have had the effect to further
envenom the court and people OF Carls
ruhe over the Darmsfadt affair
story has been published By a Rhenisn
newspaper that a train had been put In
readiness and was waiting with i steam
ing engine attached to take the Czar from
Darmstadt u CarIsruhe, with All speed.
to meet the Grand Duke Of Baden, but
the order for It's departure was counter
manded BY the Grand Duke Of Hesse. This
story is declared at Darmstadt, however,
TO be absolutely false.
The times., 1897-10-28
The Greater 80 York Mr.terr.

The Greater New York Mystery.
Some MY steries always remain such
The Political mystery in New York VIII
be solved next Tuesday night. Il is a
simple one, consisting Of the question
whether the honest, non-partisan voters
u rhe metropolis are To have man :or
mayor who represents good government
and the exercise Of the monster com
mnity's pawer and patronage for the
benentof the people, or whether the Tani-
many candidate of the McKinley-Croker-
Platt oofrhint is to faSten the ills OF cor
ruptGa ana public plunder upon the city
for the next feur years.
Otherwise the situation has cleared up
wonderfully. After struggling for d few
days to make it appear that the Federal
Administration was not interfering, through
tlie Platt machine TO aid Croker, evidence
Of the fact became 50 strong that tile
mask was thrown aside, and row the ma
UonaI ofcicc-holders openly are urging al.
herents Of tie Easy Boss to cast their
voues for Van Wyck, in the hope of elect
ing him ana thereby killing off any chance
there might be that Seth Low would he
come q dangerous aspirant for tie Re
publican Presidential nomination before the
next national convention of the party.
Public sentiment in New York is out
ragged ny the unconceaIed effort now be-
ins made hy tie Administration to bolster
up the falling political fortunes Of one
whom Gelry George boldly denounces as
plain thief aHd blackmauer" As one
of tie results, there is a wholesale bolt
Of former machine Republicans to Low.
Added 10 this movement, the German ele-
TaeGt mas declared against bossism and
III favor u the Citizens Union candidate.
Platt'> and Crokcr'e business men arc melt
ins away in tie same direction like sugar
under stream Of water.
In the face Of the dangers to the dig
nifty and prosperity OF the municipality
which the Combination OF Mr.. Mckinley
y XVI 1lDhtL filt Ildlt NdiiieS Will H.
partisan politics have been forgotten, and
the only issue left is one of decency rs
against criminaIity. The exchanges, the
wholesale districts and the business in
tcrests generally Of Manhattan Island and
Brooklyn practically are solid fo, Seth
Low. Given fair count, and it would
seem probable today that Low VIII be
elected by at least a fair plurality. it
cannot be said that it would be safe di-
recuy 10 predict such result. A large
corruption fund and State and Federal
patronage and placemen are arrayed in
support Of Croker. Everything that trick
cry chicanery, bribery can do and all other
illeaitinate means and methods in use By
the machines viii be resorted TO in order
10 compass the defeat of the people. But
Il the respectabiIity and manhood Of New
York can Ice consolidated, even approx
mately, against the bosses, the victory for
good go~erhiuent win be won, and Seth
Low VIII be the first mayor of Greater
New York
The times., 1897-10-28
Peculiar Suicides.

grewsome interest attaches to the
causes for committing Suicide. and that is
probably the reason why III dispatches
from the vario1s corners of our country
curious reasons are often alleged for this
act We see headlines stating that some
body has committed suicide because his
mother would not let him go To the circus.
or because his wife had persisted in eating
onions, or because she was obliged to go
to school another year, or was scolded by
her stepmotler. or something like that:
The times., 1897-10-28
MAGowAN,s USD1GNrFIED EXIT.
Put Out of His House Clad OaIy in
His Night Robes.

his y tGGt EpIts-
Trenton. y. J., Oct. 2T.-Ex- Mayor
Frank A Mcgowan is out or his house at
last. His exit from his S2O0 900 mansion
was both dramatic and mdienified. The
ex-mayor mad not arisen when four con
stables from the sheriff. office rang the
bell OF his house, and armed with the writ
OF assistance, from the court OF chancery,
proceeded u eject the inmates Of the house.
Mr.. Mcgowan refused to get out of bed and
the cOnstatles had TO use force to get INN
down stairs. He still declined 70 leave the
house and more force had to be used to get
him out
The portly FOR IN OF the ex-Iuayor was ella d
only in his night robes and as he reached
thed0or Of the mansion econstab bIeS handed
him his wardrobe, whic3 hey had found in
his bedroom. With these On his arm Mr.
Magowan walked down u his harm in broad
daylight and performed his morning toilet
in stall formerly occupied by a high priced
road horse.
Meanw hile Mrs. Barnes Mcgowan had
left the house by another door and while
her husband was on the way to the barn she
walked Hnacconpanied down Monmouth
street. Mcgowan remained in the barn FOR
about an tour, ana then vent to consult his
counsel.
The personal effects OF Mr. Mcgowan and
Mrs Barnes-MagowaB which were not
replevined are now in the grounds sur
rounding the maHsion where they were re
moved by order Of the sheriff
Mr.. Mcgowan $ counsel have prepared
the papers in $50 GOO suit for damages,
which Mr.. Magowan's lawyers say viii be
instituted against the sheriff this afternoon.
The times., 1897-10-28
HARD OK FA1TH cURIsrs.
baltimore Judge Decides That They
Do No Auparent Service.


Baltimore, Oct. 27. udge Wright
decided today that faith cure edoctors do no
apparent service and for thatrea son are not
entitled TO remuneration.
The case was that OF II, Archer Doty and
Pearl b. Doty against Charles r. Winters,
restaurant Keeper. More than year
ago Winters, While i'll with pneumonia, was
sent TO hospital and with the aid Of three
doctors and three or four nurses was en-
abledto pull through.
mat was his version of the case. His wife
was anxious ana allowed the Botys' to
treat him- Mrs. Pearl Doty, told on the
stand today the manner Of their proceeding
Winters, she said, had gotten unhealthy
notions in his head and it was necessary for
themtor emoy e these emotions audpHt healthy
ones in their place 'tThe pneumonia was
Just in his mind and they simply removed
it
The doclcrSand the nurses did not count,
iIfactthev wgi y lIindrance After Winters
had been cursd lfe Dotys sent hiEl a bill
tor $50 for eiessenroval OF unhealthy no
tons, Wintefs Thought this a joke and paid
no attention5to'lthe matter The Dotys
brought suit and a magistrate gave judg
neni in their ffsvoT Winters appealed.
Judge Wright tctlay remarked that the
DotYs might hayc Zone all that they aaid
They might have lfnoved the un healthyno.
lions from the lead OF Mr, Winters aud
thus cured him ofsbneunsonia, but IL semeed
20 him that the cure in question had been
brought about BY tie doctors aad purses
al the hospital He could not see that
The Botys had rendered Winters a service
and he SAID he would have to reverse the
decision Gf the lower court.
The times., 1897-10-28

the money that is spent by the government
every two r.ontiis in the Cuban war, and il
Spain mad an imposing navy the United
States would never dare to oppose her
II is satisfactory to see naval activity
somewhere The Spanish fleet in American
waters win receive six importan. acces-
stems anuary l. TIE American fleet i.
Tie same waters may or may not continue
todo the dirty workof Spain after tha thine
But even if 1T should not Marshal Rlanca
oughtuo be pretty " ealrixed for Raya lpow wer,.
And. speaking OF naval power, cry goes
up from tie American citizens in Havana
and its j6ils, asking for naval protection
Foolish cry! The Administration is not
engagedin the business Sofrescning 4 meriean
prisoners, or at furnishing protection to our
citizens in Cuba. People who expect hene-
fifsofthat kind ought to have kno yyn better
in advance and Ia ken out Ger na ii or English
papers.
Yet few Of our warSlips in Havana
harbor would be an excellent thing in case
the Spanish volunteers should happen to
take notion to turn their Weyler demon
Strationo;l Friday ar Saturday intoa general
massacre or Americans. All accounts cen
cur in representing tie danger of such an
occurrence. But then what are these pes
dferoas Americans doing down there, any
way? Why did not they stay home andvote
the Croker Plat' ticket next Tuesday. ia
the first instance?
The times., 1897-10-28
sna -. N..xal Movements.

I'll" pol'cE of delay, in connection with
fire aDi'r,e-t..Hg e isis in our relations with
Spain, ,iih appears agreeable to the Ad
,'4tHlsra.iol- Malgn Influences similar
- II nct Identical with, those that irnpel
"rr Government 90 turn valuable public az
Sets over to epntributory financial interests,
are eveT AT work TO prevent any action op-
posed 10 tie wishes OF the spanish-C Cuban
bond and Sugar Trust combination. So
we delay ana do nothing. trusting that
something or other may turn up to help Mr..
Mckinley IN 'pscirying the Congress-
andtaklngno note u thelees shore uponwhich
we are drifting.
spain a'so delays, and schemes for stir
moredelay. But she doesnot waste the time
thas gained. Spain is working with the
energyOf despair TO puthe navy upon a foot
ing superior to ours. and when thathas been
domestic President wfHhave the satisfac ctioa
Of witnessing some fresh evidences OF the
ingraiitude Of his old friend and Cles-eIand's
ally TIE Madrid TmparciaI of Tnesday
said Five large cruisers could he built " -ith
The times., 1897-10-28
WANT MORE PATRONAGE.
North Carolina Negro Politicians TO
Hold an Indignation Meeting.


Hold an Indignation Meeting.
Raleig;, y. C, Oct. The professional
negro politicians Of this State are seized
uled 10 hold an Indignation meeting in this
city in a few days. They will notify
the waIfeS that the ueer0es are not get
ting their Portion Of Federal and State
patronage. This a rather unlocked for
proceeding, when one takes into eonSid-
Grafton the very many negroes whom 8ir.
Mckinley Las made postmasters, port col
lectors and tie liberal supply OF offices
which the State fuSionistS have given the
colored brethren, even making them Schc,c.
committeeman OF white public schools in
some coInties.
a few days ago number OF young
raen or the State, representing twenty-five
or thirty counties, who had decided 10 cast
their lot wifi the Republican party Oh
account OF the money issue, came 70
Raleigh for the purpose OF organizing a
white young mems Republican club. They
did not want negroes a 5 members. but the
negroes got Ecld of tue scheme and a
dozen OF TWO of their professional poll
ticians appeared ard demand ed representa-
ton. The result was the organization OF
young mems Republican club composed
almost entirely Of negroes and white pro
feSsiOnals," tC the number OF two dozen
or so. each one or whom is a candidate
for some Federal office. The Original tors
Of the pl2n retired.
The times., 1897-10-28
THE skookuM GrIcH srRIKE.
Said to BE Richer Than the FL
Dorado Creek.

Dawson City, n. w. T., Sept. I, via
Seattle, WASH, Get. 27.-Another strike
mas been made. In the last twenty-four
hours nearly 400 bench claims have been
staked out on a side hill III SkooRum
Guleh. In half day last Friday, foot
below the surface, two men with rocker
picked ont 1856 in gold. Two nuggets,
valued at $47 and SO, respectively,
were found, and hundreds Of others worth
from So to SO were taken out of the
SIDE hills. Thousands OF people in the
lSat year have walked over the ground
ana no one suspected its richness Yes
terday and today bowlders were turned
over and there, lying exposed to the
1ght OF day, We're nuggets scattered in
the gravel. The moss is about twelve
inches thick, and beneath it two men, yes
terday, picked up over $500 in coarse
gold The opinion Is general that beds OF
qnartz r1cn with gold lie concealed just
below the surface.
From surface indications it would. seen.
that the claims are destined TO produce Tar
more wealth thai! the mines OF Eldorado CT
BONANZA creeks. Hundreds OF ounces of gold
are being taken out with the rocker and
eradle anG thC miners are wildly excited
The entire mountain Is staked and people
are leaving Dawson City by scores, notwith
standing that violent snow storms prevail
For miles aroInd the new discoveries there
are hundleds Of camps and many OF the
miners who are taxing nuggets off the
ground are guarding the claims " 18th guns to
prevent thieves from stealing the gold
some are thawing away lew inches OF
snow and a foot OF Two OF moss and eX posing
on the surface OF tie ground nuggets vary
ing from 81 to Sic. Many instances are
noted where claims have yielded $lO5
10 500 daE Dozens fmen are picking
the goldoff tie ground like so much gravel
The times., 1897-10-28

Atvt yesterday thc country was c0aETatu-
laung itself that Mr. Mckinley had shaken
hirlscif lcase from. the corrupt influences
that surround tim and had ordered stopped
the foreclosure sale OF the Union Pacific
Railway. Today it appears that once more
ne hds been Influenced against MS better
judgment and individual honesty Of inten-
non AMI las gone over, horse. foot, and
drueoous- TO the e1emr. It is at once
- di-appnintrlent and . startling surprise,
In the name Of everything thst is WORTH
that Is lust, that is outside of the peniten
Diary, what can it mcane
Instead OF protecting the interests Of the
MASON i.y postpoHing the sale as a whole.
the sale of the main line is TO 20 on and
the Reorganization committee" namely,
Schiff. p. Morgan, and Huntington, are
TO get IL, rs agreed upon between Cleveland
aud themselves. Theywin bid the amount
Of the Government claim upon that part
OF the system. Then, ny agreement, -
the sale OF the Kansas Pacific division w!n
be postponed until december ), 1897. il
might as a-eH be postponed to December
., 1897, Tie claim OF the Government
against tlsc Kansas Pacific is 81 ,0OO 900
1t simply is Botorious that Mr. Mckinley
could oanpeI the purchasers OF the main
Hne to take tits piece Of road as W ell aud
pay Of the public lien in full. That he
does not insist upon 1t Is d matter Of grave
consideration. The syndicate do not
want it and II they are not forced to take
IT with the other, that $4,000, eco VIII
be lost Why?
The Kansas Pacific division is a link
between thr ILain line and what is called
the Denver extension. The latter Is now
ln the hands Of the Reorganization com
mttee.' on the Kansas Pacific there Is
a first mortgage lien or 5000, 600 ahead
OF the Government clajiI.- Irthe syndicate
were Il be compelled to take this division,
along srifh the main line il would have
to make an investment Of about $4,000
coo. IL oan construct a parallel line for
less than half the money. If it can grab
the valuable part Of the property, ana
leave the Kansas Pacific on the hands Of
tie peOp.e, that construction VIII lie ar
ranged fyr. unless the iobbers are able 10
take It ia, later, ON their own terms Dis
connected from the main line, the Kansas
PaoIsic VIII not bring the S6 600 900
first mortgage hen, and the $4,000, 600
principal and interest now due to the
Government viii be lost eternany.
That Is the analysis OF one OF the greatest
lnd most yfIafnousoutrages ever attempted
upon the Treasury Of a nation. We
suH have some hope that MT. Mckinley
VIII not Iend his high station, and his
character and reputation as an honest
dtizen, 10 the wiekedness.
II, in spite Of this rather weak hope.
.e SHAH persist in doing so, we shall not
g as dcwuhearted as one might suppose.
he sum Of $4,000 900 is a large one;
pul possibly the exposure or Republican
-iativrai nlaladnlinist ration, which the sell
"ut to G.e syndicate would uncover. for
-he in>trc,ion cf the American people.
aad uhe inevitable consequences IF that
exposur %. slit be worth the money.