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The state herald., 1897-10-15

II is estimated that in one city, Chi
cago. the coin-in-the-slot machines are
devouring more than two million dol
lars year. There are two kinds OF the
machines; Those that have slot for
petty gambling operations. and those
that are supposed always to give some
thing In return for the slot investment.
Those who put money in the gambling
slot take their chances of getting some
thing out. and the makers and buyers
OF the machines take care that these
chances are none too good. Those who
drop coins in os,ensibly vending slots
are not gamblers, but they are fire.
quently dupcs: the contriyance swai-
lows the coin. yields nothing worth
having. and seems to ask. What are
you going to do about it," There is
practically no choice between them.
and both classes Of slot machines
should be avoided by all save million
aires, and outlawed by the state.
The state herald., 1897-10-15
rrlnrinrnrrr In anld.

San Francisco, Oct 0.--Adviccs from
Nicaragua ainlr that the republic Is On.
drnyorlng to establish n gold standard,
,nking ns n hnNs, for temporary circu,
lnilon. the gold coin of the United
Sln,ra. "a h. replaced ns designs and
the yellow metal can bc obtained for
the national issue. For ilir purpose OF
importing gold. the government has de.
creed The exclusion for The time being,
OF all foreign silver coin. ANA NIL that
exists In the country viii hc called IN
10y the treasury for exploration. or II
may br exported by the holders there.
of. II they ~ elect After three MONTH,
nny foreign rolnH IN the country VIII
hive only n merchandise ynl,ic.
The state herald., 1897-10-15
oovERNMEn WILL APPEAL.
W"iEhty Considerations Involved In the Ex.
net Hour of the New Tarin.


Chicago. Oct, D.-Thc Posts Wash.
lneton special snys:
The Treasury Department win Immc.
dlntcly appeal To the United States
courts for n judicial Interpretation OF
tile question Of when the Dinglry tnriff
tool, effect. The department. acting on
tie opinion OF the attorney general.
ruled that NIL goods taken out of bond
or entered amy lime Saturday. July 2tih
were subject 10 The new duties. The
Bonrd Of General Appraisers. however,
IN nm opinion by General Appraiser
Snmcrvill". took the opposite side by
holding TINT the net was not effective
until ! y. ~. that day.
Should the opinion Of the general M.
prnlscrs be upheld. The treasury will
bc compelled 10 refund The excess OF
duties upon NIL goods entered before
the hour mentioned. by upholdlng ihu
opinion The courts WIN also compel thu
government to refund The seven nnd
onC'hnlf cents rohntc on each berr
sinmp sold on that dny. if the law did
not go Into effect ns 10 customs dniy
until Saturday II follows TINT the rcvc
nuc clauses did not become opcrn,iy,
until The snmc hour.
The decision Of Judge SomcrvIllr. II
upheld. will cost the government n
least 100000.
The state herald., 1897-10-15
i'nst Nin,i ship. To u, i,u,,t,

Philadelphia. oct. D,--WlihIn few
days n contract viii be awarded 10 Del.
nwnre river shlpbuildcrs for the con.
n'riictlon OF two. and possibly -four. NJ
the ilccicst conHilng steamships ilylng
the American ilng. The ships win b.
built 10 the order OF bidders for the
United stnica mail contract between
New York, Havana. Mexico, nnd mn OK.
pendliurc OF Si.2pD,OOO win bc In.
yolved. Each ship viii bc nj least
1000 tons rcg'slor nnd nbru' forly.tIrit
feet BENIN. twculy.ono nnd onhlinlf
feet deep mud from $40 to 400 feet long.
The state herald., 1897-10-15
Chllhno, ,.n.. rrnnmny.

Tncomn, wash. Oct. ii.-G"orgc II.
Dodwrll of the Two Pacific, ,Aslniic
steamship lines nnd Hugh \, Wallace.
vice president Of the Washington aud
Alnskn Steamship Company. have or,
gnnized the chllkoot i.nilroni nni
Transport Company, and to-day the
contract was ici "a the Trenton Iron
works for seventeen miles of Inch wire
rnble for the lrnmwny, which N 10 br
IN operation by jnnunry iAi, con.
Hirnction hns been bog,in on the rail.
ronj. which win br eight miles long
nnd win connect with the ncrlnl trans.
port Of eight mud hnlf miles IN length.
The line starts NJ Dycn and runs to
The state herald., 1897-10-15
JAMES RICE is STILL IN JAIL.
He Has Becn Held to isail on tho Charges
of Embczzlemcnt.

OF EInDcSxlemcnt.
Boston, Mass. Oct 9.--Jamcs Rice Of
Denver, who was arrested at the
Adams house last night us fugitive
from Justice, being accused of larceny
in New York, was arralgned before
Judge Adams In the lower municipal
court this morning and pleaded not
guilty.
Attorney II. Calender appeared as
his counsel and asked that the defend
ant bc allowed TO go OH his own recog-
niZnncc inasmuch as the Indictment IN
New York was not found against him
until yesterday, he could not be n fugi-
tive from justice. He had been staying
at the Adams house for several days
with his wife, was registered under his
own name, and was not trying to flee
or escape the notice of the police or
any one else. Counsel Calender also
called attention to the defendants con
dition. He was i'll with neuralgia and
nervous trouble, and the results of fur
thcr detention might prove serious, he
said.
Judge Adams said that lie must fol-
low the usual course In such cases and
held the defendant in $1,000, his ,ase
being continued until October 18Th.
Counsel Calender stated that his
client has friends in Providence and
In New York, and will probably be
able to get bail.
Rice is white-haircd and whitc-mous-
iached and wears genial smile and
good clothes. The warrant arrived
from New York this morning. The com
plaint had been sworn out by Albert
Howe, supervisor of the Insurance As
sociation, which accuses Rice OF having
cmbczzled its funds. Up TO midnight
the Colorado man had not succeeded in
obtaining bail and was greatly disap'
pointed.
The state herald., 1897-10-15
Victor Miner. Union.

Victor. Colo. Oct. G.--Last evening
the Miners Union Of this city appoint
ed committee to supervise and carry
On the work of building their proposed
hall and opera house building. Its
members are John Caldcrwood chair
man: Il. +. Callahan. secretary: John
Horgan, treasurer; Charles Madden
and Henry King.
4 meeting Of the committee was held
IN Judge CaldcrwOod's office last night
aud the following resolutions adoptel:
Resolved. That the building com.
mit'ec commence grading at once on
the lots nj the corner OF Second street
and Victor avenue. for the purpose Of
erecting n good. substantial building
thereon at cost not 10 exceed 5000;
that sealed bids for the erection Of
such a building hc received at the of.
iicc OF the chairman untll October
i:iih."
The committee then adjourned until
saturday evening next
The state herald., 1897-10-15
NuLouIs Freezing nm.

Port Townsend. WASH, Oct. Ga
private letter received from 81. MI
chnol's via the cutter Perry from Dutch
liarbor explains the sensational story
published some time ago about mn
Alaska treasure ship requiring pro,cc-
lion by revenue cutters against the
possibility Of plrHtlcnl attack. II ls
not TO guard against pirates that the
vessels are needed. Ever since the
movement toward Klondykc began
steamers from the sens have been
dumping nll sorts aud conditions OF
men at ST. Michncls. The gathering
has been getting worse from month 10
month and nS n result the Rush and
Corwin are now NJ St Mlchacl's ready
to land men NJ "A momcnt'e notice and
put n stop 10 any trouble which might,
considering the fiorccncSs Of the min.
crS, quickly spread into riot. The
cutters viii remain nt 81. MIrhncl'a
until all possibility OF trouble has
pnssod,
The state herald., 1897-10-15
DIFFERENCE OF MANY MILLIONS
The Accounts of brooklyn Are Found to
Be in Very Had shape,


New York, Oct. S.-Comptrollcr
Fitch's expert accountants, who have
been at work investigating the rec
Ords and accounts in Brooklyn pre-
parsitory TO consolidation, have found
discrepancies in accounts amounting
to S5,01O,GOO.
lands, Flatbush. New Lots, New
Utrecht and Grivcscnd. which the off
cials of these towns claim were turned
over to the comptroller and corpora
ton counsel OF Brooklyn when they
were merged into Brooklyn. cannot be
found. and their absence ntCrfcreS
with n proper investigation. There
are disa grecmcnrs between the books
OF tae comptroller of Brooklyn and
those of the registrar OF arrears. In
the department of arrears there Is the
utmost confusion in the records. The
lcdgers are some 2J3 In number. con
tainlng over 100000 accounts, are not
In balance, and apparently have never
been balanced. and while on January
l, 1897. the balance to the debt Of the
registrar of arrears on the books of
the comptroller was SS,Il5,12S. the
balance carried by the registrar of az
rcars. as representing taxes and as
sessmcnts in arrears. was S3,I1i.S2G.
and while the general ledger shows
that arrears of taxes prior to 1893
have been ovcrpaid SlI,253, the ward
lcdgcrs disclose many items of unpaid
taxes.
Officials Of Brooklyn deny that there
is. or has been, any malfcaSincc, and
allcgc that the discrepancies reported
by Comptroller Fitch's experts are due
in large part to the defective system
OF bookkeeping followed in the towns
which were recently annexed to Brook
lyn.
The state herald., 1897-10-15

The number OF children employed In
various industries when the census Of
1870 was taken was 1919 per cent. OF
the whole number. At the cen5us OF
1880 the percentage had risen to 1882
Now the Department Of Labor calls
attention to the fact that the percent
age of working children shown by the
census of 1890 was only S.57-a re-
m:nder of the growth of that wise pub
lie sentiment which nolds :hat the
schoolhouso. not the factory, has the
first claim on our boys and girls.
The state herald., 1897-10-15
wcylcr Going Home.

Madrid Oct. lO.-Capt Gen. Blanco
will sail for Cuba on the 18th. and
Capt Gen. Wcyler will return to Spain
Immediately, Gen. Castellanos assum-
Ing the direction OF affairs In the island
until Blanco's arrival. The Marquis
de Ahumuda, who WAS Capt. Gen.
Weylcr's second in command, has re-
signed.
At the meeting OF the cabinet ycSter-
day II was decided to send reinforce
mcnts to the Philippine Islands. Mar
shal Primo Rivera. who succeeded
Gen. Rlanco ns governor general OF the
Philippines. will be recalled immcdI-
ately.
The state herald., 1897-10-15
MANY CASES IN NEW ORLEANS.
There Are Now .s6 Under Treatment Five
1,,s y !, y T. 10th. .,,. ,i,.,. =.

VIEW OlltuuS, WI. ~ uc lcbcT BIZ
uation here grew no better to-day.
Early in the evening there was n prom
isc that yesterdays record would be
cquallcd II it was not exceeded. New
cases appeared in various portions OF
the city, many of them, however. be-
ing reported in houses where there
was already infection. There We're
several deaths and in one instance the
fatality occurred not long after the re-
port of the case was brought to the at
tcntion Of the board. Three persons
were reported sick In one family this
morning. During the day one OF them
died. The second death among the
cases in Algicrs was reported to-day.
Two Of the deaths to-day We're In Car
roll,on. which, relative TO population,
has furnished more fatal eases than
any locality In the city.
Official report of the board of health:
Cases to-day. 81: deaths to-day, q; to-
tai cases 10 date. 571I; total deaths TO
date, 81: total casts absolutely rccov-
cred, 30; total cases under treatment,
21G.
The state herald., 1897-10-15
rhn Conprr..lnnnIi.lnrnr,.

Washington. u. G.. oct. s.-Thc
transfer OF the congressional library
from the capitol to the new library
building has been completed The II.
btHry has been closed since the first
OF August aud II Is claimed TINT the
removal nnd the Incidental dlsplncc.
ineit nni packing Of books papers
'tc., ~ the quickest ever mndc IN SO
extensive u library Many NJ the
books hnvc been put IN place. and II
~ expected that the new library will
very aoon bc opened 10 tho public.
The state herald., 1897-10-15
The Philadelphia Ledger says: "Bo.

ING bu-
livia is the latest Of South American
countries TO hold out inducements 20
Immigrants. with special reference TO
those from ;he United States 1t seems
10 offer great opportunities for men OF
ability and enterprise. and. as the coun-
try is large and It's development still In
its Infancy. there Is room for perhaps
the whole Of the surplus population
which finds L so difficult to make a liv-
ing In thln country. But the United
States is In no hurry TO get rid OF this
class OF It's population. The young and
active men. who are usually the ones
10 omlgrg,e. are the very ones who are
most needed at home, while the vicious
and idle, who could be well spared, are
IN no mind to 20 whore they must work
for living. stlll. II men must wander,
II IL better for them TO 30 to mild
climate like that Of Bolivia than to
brave tho rigors nf the Arctic region
In nearch ns gold.
The state herald., 1897-10-15
MONEY ORDER OFFICES.
The Number VIII BE Vastly Increased Very
Sf,au.

Washington, Oct. S.-Thc postoffice
department has adopted a policy Of
general extension of the money order
system. First Assistant Postmaster
General Heath believes that any post
office wanting money order facilities
should be given them. Complaints
have been constantly filed by business
houses that their correspondents at vii
lagos are unable to send money orders
because their postotliccs have no such
facilities.
During the Harrison administration
1t Is stated at the department there
was IL large extension of money order
offices. about 10000 having been cstab-
lishcd. During the last four years the
number was increased by only 1000.
OH the theory. 1t is said. that there
were too many postofiiccs. The total
number of money order offices now In
operation il about 22,00O. and the num-
ber probably will he increased to 3d.
600 before the mex, fiscal year.
The state herald., 1897-10-15
Mckinley .. Gaming.

Rcdalln. Mo-. oct. 10-coi. Henry y.
Shelton Of lIughcsvlllc. i'cttls county.
v In receipt of letter from President
Mckinley IN which he consents 10
visit fr,iia county some time next
month. the oSnct date to br fixed later.
Col. Shelton IL nj The hcnd OF the su.
gnr making Industry. which X TO be-
formally lnlugurntcd In central Mls-
soull on the occp1lon OF the l'rcsIdtsit'a
visit
The state herald., 1897-10-15

Great Britain has splendid navy,
but it is worth while to note that Its
3o-knot torpedo boat destroyers fall far
below their trial speed in actual ser
vice: 2S, 81 and &c knots was all three
of them could make when tried after
being put into commission recently.
This is not the case with Uncle Sans
boats, and the difference may mean
more than simply appears upon the
surface,
The state herald., 1897-10-15

Cooperation has been making Erca,
gains In England. The number OF pro-
ductiyr societies mas increased from
127 in 1895 TO lj2 at the end OF 1896.
The cooperative Aocieties having sue
cccdcd 10 well IN business arc about TO
turn their attention TO recreation and
provide permanent play grounds for
tho membern OF the aocletleA.
The state herald., 1897-10-15

Crater lake, ana will be broad gauge.
The tramway has capacity of 12O
tons Of freight daily. and as the line
will bo completed by January, there
Will be no danger Of II famine Mt Daw-
son this winter. The saving in time
TO the Klcndike will he about thirty
days,
The state herald., 1897-10-15

The announcement that the consular
positions to be distributed by the fed
eral administration are already filled
is calculated to reduce the volume OF
patriotism felt by number of eiti-
zens.
The state herald., 1897-10-15

The European alliance against anar-
ohis,s. ~ perfected. Mt an earlier day.
might have saycd tho lives OF carnot
and canoynH, Yet II does not follow
that It Ia always useless TO lock the
stable door after horse has been stolen.
Sometimes the thief comes back after
the buggy and harners.
The state herald., 1897-10-15

A thrill OF horror must MI every fc.
male heart over the reflection that
.hcrc were no mirrors thrown In n, the
creation OF the world. and poor Eve
went to her grave In ignorance OF wha,
abe looked like.
The state herald., 1897-10-15

A Boston man who has started for
the Klondlke has included in his out
fit a copy of Ella Wheeler Wilcox's
poems. He evidently understands the
climatic conditions at his destination.
The state herald., 1897-10-15

New Orleans relies upon The advent
Of frost to check the yellow fever. and
yet the fever is raging in Nlondike
with the mercury below zero.
The state herald., 1897-10-15

Count Iolu,ol says the British and
tho Zulus are the two most brutal races
oil earth. As an advocate OF universal
peace the Count IL ready to fight FOR the
SAufc,
The state herald., 1897-10-15

These new craft are to be built under
special inspection. so nS to comply
with the regulations of the United
States government as laid down for
auxiliary cruisers.
The state herald., 1897-10-15
s,cc, Rail. for Wagon Roud..

In accordance with the desire Of the sec-
retary OF agriculture to promote moro cx-
tended experiments In the use OF steel track.
ways on wagon roads, the Office OF road In
quiry has made arrangements With the Cam
bria iron works of Johnstown. Pennsylvania,
for rolling special rails for this purpose.
this arrangement TO go into effect AS soon ~
definite orders from responsible parties
amounting to one mile Of track are received.
The directors ~ road inquiry and the engi-
n,.rs of the Iron company. after much dis
cnssion, hnv. agreed upon a plan Of track
which promises 10 meet all requirements.
II uses no wool IN construction, and no
cross lies for support, but consists Of n
simple inverted trough or channel II steel
for each wheel with = slightly raised bead
on the inside to guide the wheels each
channel resting In a bed OF gravel and the
two iici together occasionally TO prevent
spreading.
Special devices for rcmountins are pro.
vldcd at each Joint. The bearings or tread
for wheels Is eight Inches Wide. the thick
n.ss about seven. .sixtccnths of mn Inch. the
weight OF the structure IL about i0o tons
per mile of slnsl. track road. and II Will be
furnished In small sections Mt the rntc OF
s3..rD per mile.
The hrst order for track has been given
by the New York slate agricultural expert
mcnt station.
The state herald., 1897-10-15

"You didn't stay long out In the countryy''
mo. our dog enjoyed q 80 much that We
had to come home" "Nour dog enjoyed ~
rhlckens the ir.i dhy we were there"
The state herald., 1897-10-15

Glow elderly Miss Mings is getting to bet
81 don't know still has the toothache."
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-01

Now that public executions are so
largely thing of the past it would be
in order to push the proprieties anoth-
er notch, and prevent any detailed re-
port of the execution. The maudlin
curiosity that revels in the minute de-
scription of what the murderer to be
hung wore and eat and what he said
and sung, and how he kicked or hung
limp, is not healthy kind and should
be discouraged. 1t is enough to know
that he died under the hand of the
sheriff according to law. There is no
more need of such description than
there is of a bull fight with all of its
bloody details, or of any other brutal
and inhuman affair. Civilization is
not promoted that way.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-01

That bright genius who is credited
with cornering the onion market in
Kansas City has not yet sent in his
returns as to the outcome. Bermuda
might see that corner and knock a
slice out of it if there was enough in
the deal to make it worth while to
send a ship load of the Odorous veg
etables through the mouth of the
Mississippi and through the connect
ing waters to the capital of the Kaw.
A corner on onions is like the offence
of Hamlet.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-01

Russia's concern for the peace of
Europe increases or lessons according
as Russia controls the policy of the
Powers or is checkmated in the at
tempt. Russia is largely responsible
for the trouble now existing, for Tur-
key would not have made so fragrant
a breach upon the harmony of the
situation had she not been assured of
Russia's unqualified support in her ag-
gressions Russia is the bear of North
ern Europe, and she is after tropical
bees and honey.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-01

There is visible improvement in
the speed that the later gunboats and
torpedOes and warships attain upon
their trials. All that the shipbuilders
of this country" need is an inducement
and they will build a ship that will
run around any foreign craft that is
afiOat. Speed and quick firing guns
with explosives of great penetrating
power, are more needed than floating
casemated forts, too unwieldly to ma
neuver quickly in the face of the en-
envy. United States inventive genius
can be depended upon for these results
with absolute certainty.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-01

The Kentucky. Democracy find out
TO their chagrin and sorrow that the
Star Eyed Goddess of reform has not
abandoned her seat as censor of Dem
ocratic morals in that state. Waiter
son is the sharpest critic in the western
field. and no man knows the weakness
of the odorous Democracy better than
he does himself. He punctures a
Democratic bladder with the same
recklessness that scorcher punctures
tire. but, the sage of Kentucky is
not riding.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-01

The cyclone celler stands a good
chance of coming into popularity
again in Kansas and Nebraska and in
the Territory. The last storms have
shown that the Populists have not
driven the scourge to the wall in the
effort to rival it in destructiyeness,
and there are tokens of increased ac-
tivity in the future that are not to be
overlooked with impunity O..
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-01
TERRIBLE WAR
On High Prices!
FOR 1 CENT THIS WEEK ONLY.

FOR CENT THIS WEEK ONLY.
Neckties, collars, belts. .........1 lie
Tablets, composition and memo. books
...... ......... ....... lie
Graters, patty pan, biscuit cutter. lie
Soap, thimbles, dOz buttons. ... lie
/ yard wide ribbon or lace. .... 1c
Police whistle, 6O-inch tape measure. 1c
200 pins, 40 hair pins, % needles. lie
? tea spoons 1 table spoon. .,,... lie
lead pencils, II slate pencils. $50. lie
2 doz. hooks and eyes, u doz. whale
Done ..........'.. .........1 c
States, 2 pencil sharpeners, hardwood
ruler .............. ...........1 c
Fans, combs, Jap. parasols, Is sheets
paper ........s ...... lie
5 sheets tissue paper, 10 sheets shelf
and 1000 other articles.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-01

A new biographical dictionary that
will contain the names of every nOta-
BILE American is under complication
and names are. being sought, Such a
book would fill the shelves Of the AS
tor library. 1t would have to contain
the names of all the male inhabitants
over three years and as many of the
women as could sign the directory.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-01

Mr.. Mckinley is not going to waste
any time over monetary affairs until
the tariff bill is fairly out of the way.
He knows what the Republican par
ty was elected for and what its plat
form demands and this is just what
he is going to see done, and done in
the order Of its importance. Revenue
provided first in connection with the
protection of all our industries, and
then such monetary legislation and
agreement with other commercial ma
tons as will put all financial matters
on their feet, strong as the conscience
of the nation as TO paying debts.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-01
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