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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-07-24

Hon. A. G. Dayton has recommends
ed Mr.. Alex Clohan for postmaster.
1t is not likely that change will oc-
cur before the expiration of Mr. Boy
er's term, which is about the first of
next March
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-07-24

1t is safe to say that Mr.. J. r.
Grove, editor of the Harpers Ferry
Sentinel, will soon be P. M. of the
historic city. The Herald congratu-
lates Mr.. Grove.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-07-24
State Board of Dental Examin-


A meeting of the State Board of Den
tai Examiners will be held at the office
of DIR. Chas. III. Bartlett, Petersburg,
w. Va, on Wednesday, August Il,
for the purpose of examining all persons
wishing to engage in the practice of
dentistry in this State.
JAMES II. STATHERS,
Secretary pro tenn,
Sistersylle. w. Va.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-07-24
Magazines,
Newspapers,
| Law Books,
| Sheet Music,
Bibles, Hymnals,
Worlds Fair Pictures
In fact anything you have in the book or news
paper line will be bound in a neat
tasty manner at short notice.

We invite you call office in Bonde Building s. E. Cor
Queen S 1artin Sts., and inspect work.
The herald., 1897-08-13

ie an induction. coil containing seven
miles of wire, through which the cur
rent of electricity is conducted. The
current is taken from the Los Angeles
Electric Railway company's wires, and
by means of this coil is raised from a
potency of 500 volts to over $500, 900 volts
by the time it enters the Crooke's tube.
Members of the party placed their
hands in front of the intense light and
the rest could see plainly through the
flesh and distinguish the shadow of the
bones Experiments With the entire
body exposed to the light met with the
same success and the vertebrae and
other bones We're distinctly outlined.
DR.. Yoakum took a piece of quartz
and placed it upon plate holder max
ing a negative of it. This was taken into
a dark room and when developed the
cystas of free gold were plainly visible.
A penknife was placed under thick
piece of quartz and when the light was
turned on it could very easily be out
lined through the substance. Altogether
the experiments proved highly success
ful
The herald., 1897-08-13
THIRD DoWNEY BURGLAR
1t Is Thought That the Right Man
Has Been Arrested

The two burglars who broke into the
tewelry store at Downey on Monday
night and were captured by officer Ran
colph were arraigned in the police court
yesterday and their examination was set
for today.
Officer Vignes yesterday arrested a
man on suspicion who is thought to be
the third member of the gang of burglars
He was found on Los Angeles street and
gave his name as ]. E. Dolan. On be-
ing searched a new bulldog revolver and
a razor were found on his person. AS
both pistol and razor were among the
,artcles stolen from the store it is be-
Heved that Dolan is the right man. Off
Ger Randolph was not able to identify
the man positively as the one who ran
away when he arrested the other two.
He appears to be about the same size as
tn other man, but wears different hat
and coat. The prisoner explains his pos
session of the property by claiming that
he had just bought it from a second
hand store. He will be held un til further
Investigations are made.
The herald., 1897-08-13

tions, and only long and habitual, as
well as intelligent. rehearsing, can hope
TO meet and overcome them.
The singers were all in their best
voice, and the few stray notes that were
heard of Mr.. Owens voice alone in a
moments lull of the chorus promised
better things for tonights concert, when
he has solos to do. No little credit is
due to Miss Mary l.. O'Donoghue for her
indefatigable energy at the piano, where
her capable work has ably supplement
ed that of Mr.. Cornell as conductor OF
both chorus and orchestra.
In the second part the orchestra made
brave effort with the glorious Egmort
overture, the wonderfully beautiful An
dante from the First Symphony, and the
Turkish March (from the Ruins OF
Athens'o. Mrs. T. E. Rowan. jr., sang
In Questa Tomba" so charmingly that
recall was demanded. and she accorded
with charming little ballad. Mr.. Cor
nell was the other soloist, and AIDE
laide" was rendered in his best manner.
This evening Macfarren's May Day"
and mixed second half of songs from
the old German and Italian, composers,
and the Bridal Chorus" from "Lohen-
grim" and Mozart's Turkish March"
by the orchestra.
The herald., 1897-08-13
A SCHOOL, ON FIRE
Early Morning Blaze at Pico and
Main Streets

About 2:S0 this morning fire was dis
covered in the roof of the Eaton school,
situated at 1856 West Pico street, near
Main. An alarm was turned in anC' the
department responded and succeeded
n saving the structure, although the
roof and upper story were badly Gam
aged.
The school occupied a two-story ara
attic building, valued, at about $4,000. AZ
present the summer vacation is on, and
there were but half dozen private pu-
pills in the building, which was in charge
of man named Brown. No one seemed
to know how the fire originated but
from its location ii was presumably due
to a defective hue. The inmates were
hurrieGly reused when the flames were
discovered ard safely escaped, although
leaving their hand luggage behind.
The building is owned by B. F. Ball of
Pasadena, and was damaged to the eX
tent of probably $500, which loss is said
to be partially covered by insurance.
The herald., 1897-08-13
KLONDYKE GOLD
Herald Subscribers Now Have
Chance to Acquire Some

Not everybody can go to the Klondyko
ard take out gold in chunks, but some
one can, without the arduous labor ard
hazardous trip acquire a small portion
of genuine red nuggets from the froze'l
northland, if they only guess we'll and
wisely The Herald has secured from ] ].
Clements, the Angelero recently re-
turned from the gold fields, seven and d
half ounces of nuggets, which it pro-
poses to give absolutely free to its sub
scribers.
In the window of the counting room at
222 West Third street can be seen a
small glass jar containing five ounces of
gold, which will on December 1st be
given to the subscriber guessing the
nearest correctly to the number of pat
ticles contained in the jar. In phial
is also contained two and a half ounces
of the same precious metal, which is to
be awarded to advertisers in the cassi
fed. columns. Each person insertir:.
an ad, to the extent of Is cents will be
entitled to a guess, and both the lucky
persons will be decided on the same day.
While five ounces of gold doesn't make
a very big showing, it is worth at assay
value just SIS per ounce, so that the
lucky guesser will be the richer by $50 in
one case and $45 in the other. Just at
present Kloudyke gold commands
premium, as there are so many who DE-
sire nugget as memento or souvenir.
Each guess as deposited will be record
ed and the time of filing noted A care
full inspection of the bottles and the
relative size of the particles of gold
ought to give one an approximate idea
of the number of pieces contained. Some
one will, at any rate, have Klondyke
nuggets to use as Christmas presents
The herald., 1897-08-13
Notice-School Bond Election

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN TO THE
qualified electors of Vernon School Dis
trict of the County of Los Angeles, State
of California, that in accordance with the
provisions of the Political Code of the
State of California, as set forth in Article
XXI, Title Ill, Part III. thereof, and
amendments thereto, an election will be
held on the 4th day of September, 1891 at
the School House in said district, between
the hours of p. m. and p m. during
which period the polls shall remain open)
at which time the question of issuing
and selling bonds of said district to the
amount of three thousand dollars, for the
purpose of raising money for building
school house, paying for school site and
improving the same will be voted upon.
The said bonds hereunder to be issued
and sold to be of the denomination of six
hundred dollars each. and to bear interest
at the rate of six per cent per annum,
and to be numbered from one TO five con-
secutively, as follows, to-wit:
Bond No. l, six hundred dollars, to run
one year.
Bond No. q six hundred dollars, to run
two years.
Bond No. 8, six hundred dollars, to run
three years.
Bond No. A, six hundred dollars, to run
four years.
Bond No. 5, six hundred dollars to run
five years.
That John A. Brewer as INSPECTOR. and
Arthur Yarnell and J. J. Moore as judges
three competent persons and qualified
electors of said school district, will act as
the inspector and judges of said election
and conduct the same.
In witness whereof. we have hereunto set
our hands this 18th day of August, 1897
/. E. WRIGHT.
j. H. BROWN,
c. l.. COOPER
Trustees of Vernon School District Los
Angeles County. California.
aug 13-20-27 sept 8
The herald., 1897-08-13
Notice Of Sale of Real Estate
IN PURSUANCE OF TWO 1NTEp1o

IN PURSUANCE OF TWO INTERLOC-
utory DEGREES of the Superior Court of
Los Angeles county, State of California,
made respectively on May 21st 1897 and
July 10Th, 1897, in the case of John M. Grif-
nth and Abbot Kinney plaintiffs. VS.. Gus
tavus Beecher, administrator, etc., ct al,
detendants, No. 25,62S of actions of said
Court IN Partition. The undersigned, Ed
ward X. Blades, as sole referee in said
action, will at the Broadway entrance of
the Court House of said Los Angeles coun-
ty at noon on the 18th day of August, 1897
sell at public auction to the highest bidder
Tor cash, the lands and premises in said in
terloeutory DEGREES, described and being
described as follows, to-wit:
Being part of the Ella Hills tract as per
map OF said tract, recorded in book IA t
pages and 4, miscellaneous records of Los
Angeles county, California and described
as follows, to-wit: Lots Nos @ II, 49, IA, is
3; lot NO. 10, In block C.: lots Nos 8. 9. II, -,
l3, IA. II, 10, 20 and 21, in block D: lots 10
IL, both inclusive in block E; lots to 70
Doth inclusive in block H; lots g. 4 and <
in block /; lots Nos. 1, 2, 49, H. 25 and 26'
IN block K; lots Nos. !, and 8. in block i.
lots NOS. to a both inclusive. in block M
lot NO. ., in block p; lot No. 6, in block s;
lots Nos. g. 6. s. 16 to "a both inci,,si,e Tuh
2S and 20, in block U. Together with ali tbe
appurtenances thereunto belonging or in
anywise appertaining.
EDWARD K. BLADES.
Dated July goth, 1897. e''
The above sale is postponed to the 21st
day of August, 1897, at IL O. clock m.
EDWARD K. BLADES.
. % .eo- Sole Referee.
august - 1881. 1920
The herald., 1897-08-13
MUSIC FESTIVAL
Last Nights Program Given up to
Beethoven

An audience which was almost a.
large as that of the previous evening
assembled in the tent at Ocean park last
night for the Beethoven program of tho
music festival.
The choral fantasie, one of the great
composers masterpieces, made up the
first half of the program, and Mr.. and
Mrs Modini-Wood, Mrs. T. E.. Rowan
jr., ard Adams owen sang the tenor
soprano, contralto and basso parts, re.
spectively. The orchestra was augment
ed, and both that and the chorus worked
conscientiously in the interpret tation of a
composition before which many older or
ganizations have stood in reverent awe
for Beethoven's music, is full OF exac-
The herald., 1897-08-13
A Dislocated Shoulder

At Z O'Clock yesterday morning Percy
Wilkinson young man IS years of age
was thrown from a wagon a the corner
of Alameda and First streets, disloca ting
his shoulder. He was brought to the re-
ceiving hospital, where DR.. Hagadorn
put the shoulder in place. The accident
resulted from the horse which Wilkinson
was riding shying at a passing loco
motive.
The herald., 1897-08-13
PERSONAL

Mrs. Charles Benedict, Miss Emily
Hansen and Miss Lena Lee, will leave
for Catalina Saturday.
Tax Collector Gish has returned from
an enjoyable outing a Catalina. Mrs
Gish and other members of the family
will remain at the island until next
week.
j. w. Roberts, who has been in Los
Angeles for a few days inspecting the
work of reconstruction, etc, a. the post
office, left Wednesday for the north
after having reported favorably upon
what had been done.
The herald., 1897-08-13
TWO BAD CHARACTERS
Leave for the North in Charge o.
Deputy Sheriffs

Deputy Sheriff Doland of Lancaster
left last night for San Quentin with
Col" Tupper, who will have to serve a
term in the states prison for assisting
in plan which was concocted to pass
a gun to the notorious train robber, Kid
Thompson. Deputy Mcclure left on the
same train with George Williams, the
highwayman arrested a few nights ago
by Detectives Auble and Bradish. Will
Jams pleaded guilty yesterday and got a
sentence of twenty years in the Folsom
prison
The herald., 1897-08-13
Kept a Vicious Dog

A. Simpson, who works in a carriage
and blacksmith shop at 231 San Pedro
street, was arrested yesterday after
noon on warrant charging misdemean-
or. Simpson lives at 2141 Legrand street
and is the man who owns the vicious
dog which bit the little Coffman bow
Wednesday, while the lad was delivering
fruit in the neighborhood. The dog was
chained al the time, but broke loose from
his moorings. The case will come up for
trial today.
The herald., 1897-08-13
X-RAY EXPERIMENTS
Bones and Gold Plainly Seen Through
Flesh and Rock

A party of gentlemen assembled in
DR.. F. A. Yoakum's office in the Brad
bury block, Wednesday afternoon to
witness some X-ray experiments which
were made with new Horoscope that
has recently arrived from the east The
apparatus is very powerful one. There
The herald., 1897-08-13

The mothers meeting Of Central w.
C. T. U. will be held this afternoon at
half-past two in Temperance temple.
Mrs. j. A. B. Wilson will speak on THE
Ideal Home and Mothers Influence"
The herald., 1897-08-13

For lubricating oils, Garlock packing in
jectors etc., see Machinery and Electrical
company 351-S53 North Main street.
The herald., 1897-08-13

him to keep him in jail the rest of his
life.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-05

ers both for the protection of British com
MERGE and lines of communication, in case
of war, and to act as the eyes or scouts of
the navy in other respects. We have no
such cruisers said Mr.. Dixie, "as, fer ex-
ample, the second Esmeralda, which be-
longs to Chile, or even as some of the new
cruisers of the United States. We are
proud to think that the Esmeralda is Brit
ish-built; but the Brooklyn, the Columbia,
and the other new cruisers CT the United
States are specimens of what can be built
on the western side of the Atlantic" The
compliment to our fast armored cruisers is
frank and merited, for no doubt they stand
at the head in their class. In all other re-
spects the British navy greatly outclasses
ours, or any other navy in the world. and,
as the recent statement in the House of
Commons shows, this defect is about to be
remedied. OF course, it will be done very
effectually, though it will be hard to i'm
prove on the fast armored cruisers recently
added to our navy, either in speed, arma-
ment or fighting qualities. That is the only
respect in which the British navy is weak.
1t has armored cruisers enough, but none
nearly as fast as the New York, twenty-one
knots an hour, or the Brooklyn, twenty
knots. But, Notwithstanding these and 9TH
er recent additions to our navy, we stand
only sixth in naval strength, as indicated
by the number of war ships. At the begin
ming of this year England had built and
building 235 battle ships and armored cruis-
ers: France, 10; Russia, Sc; Italy, Sc; Ger
many. &c, and the United States 81. Each
one of these countries outclassed us also
in torpedo boats and torpedo-boat destroy
ers. Japan outclasses us in the number Of
her unarmored ships and torpedo boats, but
she has only twenty-eight armored ships
against our fifty-four. Japan, however, is
strengthening her navy faster than the
United States is. In fact, every nation in
the world is strengthening it's navy, and if
the United States wishes to maintain it's
rank among the powers it will have to do
more in that direction hereafter than it has
done heretofore.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-05

fessors in the State University were teach
ing Northern economic ideas. A resolution
OF inquiry was referred to the regents of
the university. who showed that the
charges were false and the matter was
dropped. In Kansas the Populists reduced
the salaries of the professors in the State
University, among whom is the scientific
who discovered a method of destroying
chinch bugs by poisoning a few and letting
them loose in fields where they had APP
peared. In the Agricultural College all the
professors were discharged because they re-
fused to drop the teaching of agriculture
and devote themselves to preaching silver
The places of the professors have
been filled by incompetents.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-05
For Shipment to China.
Washington Post.

w OA l. W.
THE Chinese are the most fastidious
people on earth about their dress goods,
said Mr.. James e. Johnson, a wealthy cot
ton grower, who has extensive interests
in the vicinity of Raleigh, n. c., last night
at the Shoreham. Il was coming through
Norfolk last week and ON one of the
wharves saw about three hundred bales OF
cotton drilling, awaiting shipment to emma:
My attention was called to It because or
the neatness of packing and the evident
care with which the stuff was being ham
died. only expert shutters being employed
to move it. This is due to the fact that
the Chinese will not receive a bale OF 1t
that is not in perfect condition. II the COW
ering is soiled or cut the bale IS rejected
and held subject to the order of the shipper.
knowing this popularity, of the Seles-
tials. the cotton is beautifully packed. No
other merchandise shipped from the United
States equals it in packing or In the care
with which it is handled. The bales are
wrapped in paper and then clean, closely
woven burlap cloth is seWed over TINS COW
ering and tied with a number of clean cords.
All of this is done in the neatest and most
secure style. There is no chance for the
drilling inside to receive the slightest injury
from stain, abrasion or cut, because the
wrapper is so clean and whole. While In
transit this cotton must be Kept in a clean
place and must not come in contact with
spoil the outside wrapper. The Chinese
know that If the bale is clean and whoie
outside II must also be so within. While
the bales are at the wharf in Norfolk they
are slowed away from other fre1ght ana
the floor is covered with saWdust. Snip
ping Dresden ware is nothing compared
with cotton for China"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-05

There was a misunderstanding between
officials of the Treasury Department and
Judge Tracewell regarding his appointment
as controller of the treasury. When the
judge read of his appointment in the news-
papers he decided to accept the position,
but instead of rushing on to Washington
he calmly waited for official notification of
his appointment. His commission was made
out and the Treasury Department calmly
awaited his appearance. Finally Judge
TraceWel wired a friend in Washington to
ascertain when he might expect official
notification of his appointment. This
brought about an explanation, and yester-
day he left for Washington. The office of
controller has been vacant since July /,
and the government is ahead one months
salary.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-05
NAVAL STRENGTH.

A cablegram published in the Journal a
few days ago stated that in the British
House of Commons the first lord of the
Admiralty had announced a supplementary
naval estimate of 9500.0 600. or $500, 900,
which he said was necessitated by rapid
additions to foreign navies. He said it was
proposed to utilize the amount mentioned
in the immediate commencement of the
construction of four additional very fast
armored cruisers of II, $50 tons each, capa-
BILE of the double duty of taking part in ac-
ton with battle ships and protecting the
lines of communication The recent inn
pressive display of British naval strength
in the Queens jubilee review of Spithead
left the impression on the lay mind that
the British navy did not need any strength
ening. In the aggregate, and for general
fighting purposes, ii is beyond comparison
the most powerful navy in the world, but
naval experts seem to think 1t needs
strengthening in respect of fast armored
cruisers. Sir Charles Dixie. NJ. p. in a re-
cent magazine article admitted that the
navy was defective in fast armored cruis-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-05

Tuesday. A Sunday school symposium was
hold in the tabernacle and hfteen-minute
speeches were given by L. L. Carpenter. F..
3. Scoield, Mrs. j. c. Black. DR.. II J: Hal,
%. A. Cole, b. l.. Allen, NJ. w. Harkins, s
Nj. Conner. At 4 o'clock a workers con-
ference was conducted by 7. J. Legg.
In the evening the play. Growing the
Prince was given by members of the Or
der of Princely knights. The weather was
fine and the performers were we'll trained
in their parts. Their work was skilltul and
was much commended. This closes the
Sunday school convention. To-day is But
Ter College day, and Professor Willett.
Prof. Jacob d. Forrest. w. j. Vigus. DR..
Edward S. Ames and r. Z. Shepherd will
make the addresses. In the evening there
will be sunset boatrides on the lake and
St~ereopticon views in the tabernacle.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-05
The Only Republican.
Detroit Free Press.

Arkansas marks were all over this dele
gate. who sat in the same chair In the
Cadillac the better part of three days last
week, while the Republicans were here. lie
wore a hat with a top fashioned like a nay
cock and a brim as fiat as q pancake and
broad enough to shade lis feet If the sun
stood high enough.
a man beside him.
yep"
MOT many Republicans down your way
I'm the only one in our town"
rs that so?"
"Yes-sir-eei Voted the ticket straight
nigh onto fifty year"
is that possible?"
"Yep! Coin to be postmaster now. I've
been Republican committee, challenger
hui ~thing-ever since Hank Dewitt died.
Hank used to run things when he wuz
alive. Amt nobody else to make postmas-
ter, you see. Guess I'll git it,"
That's good. How much is there in it!"
''rwo hundred dollars, b'gosh!'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-05

represent the total area of the State,
2~5,5Sl,S76 acres, though there is not an acre
of land in the State subject to entry. OF
lands surveyed and subject to entry Florida
has 1886 acres. Alabama 6O1,813 acres,
Louisiana S52,623. Michigan 527.137 and Wis
consin 544,6S9. 1t is also a mistake to say
that the other public lands are in the
Western States and Territories" for Arkan-
sas has ~4,122,023 acres surveyed and sub
ject to entry. Mississippi has 529,31S acres
and Missouri 617. 245.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-05

1t is said that there are no remaining
public lands in any of the States of New
England, in New York, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, Delaware, Maryland. Virginia, West
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina.
Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky or Texas.
There are 25.000.00 acres of public land in
Ohio. 100000 in Florida, 81. 600 in Ala
bama, 100000 in Louisiana, 5000 COO in
Michigan and "a, 000,0 coo in Wisconsin. The
other public lands are in the Western
States and Territories.-New York Tribune.
This contains some errors that might
prove very misleading TO persons looking
for new homes. The statement regarding
public lands in the States of Ohio, Florida.
Alabama, Louisiana, Michigan and Wiscon-
sin is altogether erroneous. The figures
given represent approximately, though not
accurately, the number OF acres of public
lands surveyed in each of the States NAMED
up TO June 30. 1896. In the case of Ohio they