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Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-06-04
EARrHouAKE SHOCKS.
Seismic Disturbances Cause Some Coz
sternation but No Damage.

Seismic Disturbances Cause Some Con-
sternation but No Damage.
Washington, June IA distinct but
slight earthquake was experienced yes
terday afternoon throughout the south
Atlantic and middle southern states. 1t
is stated at the weather bureau that the
direction of the wave was from south
to north, but reports received from va
rious sections are conflicting. In some
localities it is stated the course of the
disturbance was in an easterly to west
erly direction, but the records of the
instruments here are probably correct.
The shock occurred, as nearly as has
been estimated, at o'clock.
In some localities the time is given
as 1:58 and in others as late as 2:10, and
it's duration was less than a minute. As
far as can be learned, Savannah was
the farthest point south at which the
tremor was felt, while the northern
boundary of the wave was middle
Maryland. West 1t was felt as far as
Knoxville. The disturbance seems to
have been most severe in the Appala-
chan mountain region.
In several places there was much con-
sternation, and people were almost PAN
ic stricken, but there was no apprecia-
bic damage at any place.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-06-04
Lafaretts,a Tomb Decorated.

Paris, May 31.-Embassador Porter,
former Vice President Stevenson, SEN
ator Wolcott, General Paine, retiring
Consul General Morss, Mr.. Henry vi
gnaud, Mr. Theodore Stanton, honorary
secretary of the American University
Dinner club. with a number OF mem
bers Of the club and Of embassy and
consulate officials went to the tomb of
Lafayette and placed there a magnifi-
cent wreath and other floral decora-
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-06-04
COntraot For Niagara bridge.

Niagara Falls. May 28.-Bids for the
construction OF a new steel arch bridge
have been opened by the officers of the
new Suspension Bridge company at a
meeting held at the Canadian end Of
the bridge. The contract will probably
be awarded in a few days. The speci-
fications call for the completion of the
bridge by April ], 1898. The arches will
be on the parabolic principle, and 1t is
expected it VIII be one Of the greatest
engineering feats OF the world
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-06-04

jury, was in effect decided by the court,
a verdict Of acquittal being ordered on
the ground that Mr.. Havemeyer had
properly answered the questions of the
senate committee to the best of his
knowledge.
In the case against Mr.. Searles the
judge held that the questions asked by
the senate committee were not perth
nent, and so directed the jury to find
which they promptly did, returning a
verdict Of not guilty.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-06-04

Milwaukee, May s1.-Many points In
Michigan and Wisconsin experienced
the novelty Il Memorial day snow
storms yesterday. At Monominco,
Mich, 1t showed at frequent intervals
all day. sometimes quite hard. At Bay
field, Wis, sufficient snow fell to cover
the ground, and the thermometer drop
ped to 80. At Oshkosh. Wis. snow fell,
and the thermometer registered the low
est In many years at this season.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-06-04

Lookport. N. Y, May 2S.-"Guilty as
charged in the indictment" is the ver-
dict of the jury in the case of the people
against William D. Davis, ex-alderman
and ex-chairman of the aldermanic
committee on streets Of this city. Davis
was charged with receiving a bribe in
the shape OF a percentage on the prices
Of bricks sold to the city by the Canton
State Brick Exchange through a Local
company. the total amount alleged to
have been paid to Davis being about
81 900.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-06-04

Boston. June 2.-When the safe in the
furniture store Of C. II. Robinson &
Co. was opened. It was found that the
money drawer had been tampered with
and over 81 900 taken. Nothing else
In the store was disturbed. 1t Is
thought the safe was opened by some
one who knew the combination. The
pollse are making an investigation.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-06-04

Berlin, May a.-From a Russian
source comes news Of a conspiracy
against King George OF Greece far more
deeply rooted than was supposed. There
is indubitable evidence that Premier
Ralli and his colleagues in the cabinet
are gravely implicated In plot to over
throw the dynasty.
The Kolnische zeltung says that
Greece viii be compelled to pay a large
indemnity. to reduce her army to 10000
men and to give up her fleet.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-06-04

Hartford, June Am interesting we'd
ding took place at the residence of Mr..
and Mrs. %. ]. Hoadley. the bride being
the mother Of Mrs. Hoadley and widow
of Mr.. A. A. Lufkin of Walnut Hill. Me.
She Is u years of age. The bridegroom
Is T. d. Lufltin Of Sacramento. brother
of the deceased husband. The BRIDE
groom is 40 years Of age.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-06-04
Trouble Among tn Kings Daughters.

Hamilton, Ont. June 2-At a meet
ing of the Canadian branch Of the
Kings Daughters It was decided to sew
er connection with the international as
sociation, whose headquarters are in
New York. A new organization called
the Independent order Of King Daugh-
ters was at once formed
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-06-04

Boston May Ex-Governor Wolcott
signed the resolve providing for II statue
in memory Of the late General N. p.
Banks to be erected on the grounds
surrounding the statehouse.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-06-04

Meriden, Conn. June About 80
Italians working for Molloy g. Co. on
the dam at the new city reservoir
struck. and work has stopped. 1t is a
question Of wages.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-06-04

Havana. June 2.-Fire has destroyed
a large part Of the market at Cardenas
including the stores The loss Is esti
mated at $50 OO0
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-06-04

st. Louis, June 1.--Divine Healer
Schrader has been stoned out of Clay
ton, a suburb Of this city, by a crowd
Of men and boys.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-06-04

The shock threw some Of the passen-
gers into the air, and they landed on
the rails and In the cutters which run
on either side of the track. Others
went down under the coach, which was
pushed along the rails by the train for
some distance. Those who were killed
and those most badly injured were
caught under the coach and crushed.
The engineer had shut Off the steam
and had set his brakes down hard be-
fore the collision came.
The train crew and the passengers OF
the train, as soon as the train was stop
ped, began the work of taking out the
dead and injured from the wreck of the
coach. OF the "a persons who had been
on the coach not one escaped injury of
some kind.
Coroner Coombs OF Inwood took
charge of the bodies Of the killed and
removed them to a morgue. A jury
was at once impaneled and viewed the
bodies and the scene Of the accident,
preparatory to the inquest A full in
vestigation into the accident win be
made.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-06-04
Wanted-An Idea $ss !E':: Fl ! !

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tVrite J0HN WEDDERBURN 4 CO., Patent AttoI-
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The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-11
In Lenbach's Studio.

For years he worked in an unpretentious
back building on the site where he has
now erected the magnificent house of which
bis brother, well known in his special
branch, was architect. The studio Is divid-
ed into three spacious rooms and occupies
thewhole of the second story. The ceilings
are richly decorated with medallions and
bas-reliefs in dark woods picked out with
gold. The walls, also dark in tone, are
hung with valuable tapestries and copies
of we'll known pictures made during his
wanderjahre, with here and there an au-
thenticated work of an old master. An
unceasing and discriminating collector,
Lenbach has filed his house and studio
with objects of aesthetic and historic in
terest. There are marble statues and
friezes Of ancient Greece and Rome, busts
and bas-reliefs dating from the renais-
sance, crucifixes and reliqunries breathing
the mystical afflatus Of the middle ages,
priceless and historic brocades, rugs and
hangiDgs from the east-everything from
the beautiful shell grotto adjoining the
studio, with its elaborate mosaics, to a
rare bit of brocade from some suppressed
monastery, giving evidence of the uncrring
taste Of the master. The whole building Is
illuminated by a complete system of elec-
trio lights, enabling him to paint, rs he
often does until far into the night. He Is
In consequence lato riser, breakfasting at
10, and rarely going to his work before IL
O'Clock. -" Lenbach, the Painter Of Bis
marck, by Edith Coues, in Century.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-11
CONGRESS REPORTERS.
Merit, Not Favoritism, Governs the Ap-
pointment of These Experts.

Merit, Not Favoritism, Governs the Ap-
pointment of These Experts.
The seven house reporters hold their
places for life. The positions they occupy
are in the gift of the speaker, under whose
direct authority they are, but they cannot
be removed except for cause. None Of them
has ever been dismissed up to date. A
vacancy in the corps made by death or
resignation is filled by the speaker. Merit
and not favortism governs these appoint
ments, for only u first class expert can do
the work. The pay, though good, Is not
so high as that OF many court stenogra-
piers, whose labor is not so arduous or so
difficult. 1t was In 1862 that the first ap-
pointments of stenographers by the house
were made, two men being employed to
do committee work. 1t ought to be men
toned, by the way that one copy of The
Congressional Record is carefully corrected
Dy the reporters each day and filed away
as official, in case any disputed point shall
come up at future time requiring refer
ence to exact authority
The shorthand business over in the SEN
ate wing of the capitol Is managed on n
plan wholly different All of it is given
out by contract TO two men named Shuey
and Murphy, at $50, 900 year. Murphy
is younger brother of the famous Dennis
Murphy, who served as an employee of the
upper house from the age of II until his
death at 81 years of age He had the en-
tire contract for stenographic work, and
employed four assistants, not counting
amanuenses. Shuey and the younger Muir
ply now employ three assistants, with sew
eral amanuenses in addition. Three men
do the reporting on the floor Of the senate,
each taking an hour at a time in turn
There are no official reporters for commit
tees, the work being doSs by outsiders
hired for the purpose TSre is compare
lively little reporting to be done for the
senate committees, because all bills for
raising revenue originate in the house of
representatives. In the senate the report
ers always do their work at table in front
of the presiding officers deck. 1t would
shook the dignity Of that august body II
in the sacred precincts of the chamber
shorthand man should approach senator,
notebook In hand, to take down his utter
ances at close quarters. Rene Baohe In
Boston Transcript.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-11
There Is No MikaslO.

Mr.. W. 5. Gilbert was no doubt pri-
marily responsible for the belief which Is
everywhere prevalent that the emperor of
Japan Is always called the mikado by his
people.
Ask nine men out of ten what is the
official title Of the ruler of tho islands of
the chrysanthemum, and they will prob
ably think they are being made fun Of.
Assure them that the question is asked
In all sober seriousness. and they will give
that Of the title Of MIR. Gilbert's imperial
opera.
For all this the. nine men out Of ten
would be wrong. His majesty is known
as tenno hei-ka, which means "his i'm
perial majesty" Thus the people of ia
pan address their sovereign exactly as do
the subjects Of the imperious kaiser.
Mikado used at one time to be the title,
for 1t IL the oldest form Of address In use.
II has, however, fallen into allegiance for
several generations --Pearson's Weekly.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-11
Glad to Get Rid OF Them.

Some years ago regiment of volunteers
was encamped on the outskirts Of coun-
try town. Among those whose curiosity
led them to the encampment were three
hardy laborers.
As the three were strolling round the
camp they came across large tent, over
which was written the following notice,
"Dinncrs-as much as you like for a shil-
ling" Being hungry, the three went in
to dine
They began their meal, and after Ave
other parties had come in, dined and gone
again they were still busy eating. Present
ly n young man, evidently one Of tho ut
tendants, came up, and tapping one of
them lightly on tho shoulder said In low
voice:
Here, you chaps, my governor sent me
10 say that IL you like to go now he won't
charge you anything for what you have al
ready eaten. "-Pearson's Weekly.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-11

Since the middSe of the fifteenth century
the city of Prague has possessed remark
able clock, the machinery Of which Is most
complicated. The dial, which Is between
and . feet across, has a number Of hands,
which mark not only the minutes and the
hours, but also the days, months, years
and centuries. OF this clock poet tells
us:
At the left Of the dial skeleton stands
And aloft hangs q musical bell In the tower,
Which he rings by . rope that he holds In his
hands.
In his punctual function Of striking the hour.
But the funniest sight Of the numerous sights
Which the clock has 20 show 20 the people he.
low
Is the holy apostles, in tunics and tights,
VINO revolve In a ring or proceed In row.
New York Times.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-11

A foreigner Of German extraction who
had been In this country only few
months and could speak but little English
entered one of the big State street stoses
the other day, inquired for the manager,
said that he was dead broke and wanted a
chance TO 60 on the road as salesman for
the nrm.
Have ron ever had any experiencef'
"Oxperiences'
"Yes. What have you ever soldf"
Ny overooat Chicago Times Herald.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-11

He--I wonder what the meaning OF that
picture H. The youth and the maid are
In q tender attitude.
She-Ob, don't you sect He has just
asked her 10 marry him. and she Is aocept-
Ing him.
He-Ah, how appropriate the titlel
Sbe-I don't see it.
He-why, that card at the bottom says
"Sold. "-Strand Magazine.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-11
THE LITTLE oNea

All hidden lie the future ways
Their little feet shall fare.
But holy thoughts within us stir
And rise on lips OF PRAYER
To us beneath the MONDAY heat,
Dpst stained and travel worn,
How beautiful their robes OF white.
The fresh-iess Of their morni
Within US wakes the childlike heart,
Back rolls the tide OF years.
The silert wells of memory start
And flow in happy tears.
Oh. little ones. we cannot know
The power with which yo plead.
Nor why. rs on tn. ough life We 60.
The little child doth lead.
Unity
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-11
Getting Pernonal.

"Shyboy, what made you change your
boarding houses"
why, my landlady gave mo mustache
cup with Love the Giver' on It. t"--Detroit
Free Press.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-11

The Venus flytrap IL indicative of dan
ger. There is no question that this SYM
Dol was originated by the habits of the
flower, it being deadly trap for small In
sects.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-11

One squire acre will require i52 pounds
of barbed wire for fencing In three lines.
The herald., 1897-11-14
KAFFIR BOYS DARING FEAT
Kills Venomous Black Snake With a
Stick for Small Reward

A road party comprising the usual
gang of from fifty to sixty kaflirs, with
a white man as superintendent, was EN-.
ployed on the construction of a road in
the Tugela valley, Natal about thirty or
more years ago. In the course of Their
work they came to a huge stone which it
was necessary to remove, but beneath it
was the home of a huge black mamha,
well known to the neighboring inhabi-
tants as being old, and therefore very
venomous. The mamba is the most
deadly of the south African snakes, and
the superintendent anticipated some
trouble over that rock. He offered
bribe for the snakes skin, and the gang
vowed" and sat down to "bema gwi"
(take snuff. But slim youth sauntered
forward, and, amid the jeers and profess
tations Of the rest, declared himself
equal to the task. He took from his neck
what looked like bit of shriveled stick,
chewed it, swallowed some of it spat out
the rest on his hands, and proceeded to
rub his glistening brown body and limbs
The herald., 1897-11-14

road was only wide huff fer one team.
So l give the mares little extry pull
an spoke to 'em quiet, an v orta seen
them wheels spin. Doc he was s'prised,
an he outs with his whip an lays it on
good. The turn in tn road was roundin'
fer g. little piece, an then turned sharp.
We KEEP againin' on 'em, an come to
the beginnin' o. the turn. 1 gin the
mares their heads an let 'em fy-fairly
arunnin' away, an TIL buggy runnn' on
two wheels. By golly, l was scarf.
Lucy l says, we're agoin to tip /
was asettin' on tn up side, an thet girl,
asmilin' as cool as yeh please, she clumb
right over in my lap an put er arms
'roun' my neck, an hung on fer dear life.
VIII, s'r, eff that gal hadn't adone what
she did we'd agone plumb over sure,
right in front of Docs team-we was
apast him b that time. Took bout two
miles fore l got them mares slowed
down. Lucy says, 'thet's tn las time
I'll ever run my team to git by another
feller! oh, no, it aint't,' she says
Yes 'tis,' 1 says; an it was, too.
She was gritty, Lucy was" said I'm
Gle Aaron. as we rose to go in to supper.
"a mighty pretty girl she was, too
gently and with a little sigh. 1 Won
dered what Aunt Rebekah would think
of that sigh-fifty years ago. too.
BEN DAVIS PIPPIN.
Ramona, Cal.
The herald., 1897-11-14

be forgiven for telling with pride; l
am the father of the first two white boys
to be born in the Klondike gold distrc-.
] went to Alaska with my wife and two
little ones and returned with the add-
tion of two to my family, both children
having been Klondike babies.
When I struck the Yukon with my
wife and children three years ago, I
made for Glacier creek on British terri
tory I and partner had a claim which
didn't pay particularly well, and in or
der to add to the earnings l took a posi-
ton as clerk to the North American
Transportation and Trading company.
This was my employment when on June
2Sth George Carmack, one of the miners
who had been grubbng along like the
rest of us, took two Indians and struck
up country in search of better paying
dirt He found it. George thought he
was in unheard of luck when he turned
over dirt worth $l.50 pan. What We're
his feelings when he located a claim
where the dirt was worth SIG to the PAM
George kept on climbing until he struck
gold in such quantities that he got $1200
worth in two weeks, the dirt having all
been carried down a bank fifteen feet
high by one of the Indians. Pretty soon
rumors of George Carmack's luck
reached us and the stampede in the di-
rection of what is now Dawson City be-
gan.
I was then, with my family, at Fort
Cudahy, my wife and Mrs. Constantine
the wife the captain of the Canadian
police garrison, and Mrs. Strikland, the
wife of the inspector, being the only
white women there. My partner and l
struck for the new-found fields and To-
Gated claims. Now mark the peculiar
fate that forced riches upon the new
corners, the greenhornS and the ten
derfeet who flocked to the klondike at
the first news of the strike, and left the
experienced old hands to founder along
In spot where only ordinary returns
could be had from the miners toll
When we old hands followed George
Carmack's trail and reached the spot
where he had located we all jumped to
the conclusion that he had hit the hub of
the yellow wheel and we clustered
around him, naming the spot Bonanza
creek and holding on jealousy to our
claims, totally unaware of the fact that
short distance away there was tract
of soil so laden with gold that in COM
parison to it our Bonanza mine was a
The herald., 1897-11-14

some one to give them a fight. The
miners know that behind the handful
of police. under Captain Constantine,
there is the whole military strength OF
the Dominion, and they are not foolish
enough to attempt any opposition to the
carrying out of the law.
During this time my wife and family
of four children had been at Fort Cud-
ahy, about forty miles away, where |
had a log house comfortably fitted up.
1t would have been pleasant enough,
and l should probably have stayed there
this winter but starvation seemed to
face everyone. l had to buy condensed
milk for my two Yukon babies 1t cost
me 81 a can and we used two cans day.
Flour cost 81 pound. Moose hams We're
from $40 to $50 apiece, and bacon cost
from 81 to $1.50 per pound. 1t was ruin
out, so my wife and l decided to pack
our belongings and come on to New
York for the winter
Since reaching New York / have been
bonn barded with questions from friends
and relatives who are anxious to try
their luck in Alaska. So much nom
sense has been written about the klon-
dixie and so many erroneous ideas are
abroad, that intend to start an infor-
nation bureau to prevent the mining
district being overrun next spring by
people who have no business to go there
l have my plans laid for returning to
the country in the summer and, to-
gether with few others, 7 am going to
prospect on the American side of the
gold country. We are building a boat
of our own in Seattle and will have
everything in shape by the spring. We
call ourselves the Yukon Gold Dredging
company, and hope we shall have luck
enough to justify the name.
CHARLES F. ENGEI..
The herald., 1897-11-14

NEW YORK, Nov. S.-(Speeial Corre-
spondence to The Herald) Having
been in the Yukon during the years pre-
ceding the recent rich strikes, and, with
my wife and family, having participated
in all the stirring scenes of the excite
ment attending the extensive gold dis
coveries, feel that of all men I am best
fitted to give advice to those who intend
to join the throngs that will head for the
Klondike in the spring.
My first advice to the majority of those
who are preparing to seek gold in Alas
ka is precisely the same as Punch S
famous advice to those about to marry
don't. To begin with generalities that
are facts, it is certain that, for every
dollars worth of gold taken from Alas
kan mines a dollar is spent. Some one
must lose. A few are lucky and come
out rich. 1t is a lottery, in which, be-
sides the element of luck the ability of
the gold seeker to work hard is the win
ming factor. There will be awful hard
ship among the people of Dawson City
and every town in the gold district. !
came east because life with my family in
such a starvation center became un-
bearable. And I had money and owned
a paying claim. What, then, can be-
come of the poor wretches who have
been drawn to the loadstone rock by the
magnetic influence of the yellow metal
and find themselves in a region where
the thermometer registers so degrees be-
low Zero without food, adequate cloth
ing or money. When the SHOWS of win
ter melt in the Yukon bleaching bones
will tell the story of how their dream of
wealth ended.
There is no escape from Yukon until
spring comes, and there is no admit
tance. The ice king has placed an I'M
passable barrier around the gold d.
trict. Letters just received by me from
the west state that all the boats are
frozen in at various points along the
Yukon river and will not be released
until spring.
To tell of all my interesting personal
experiences in Yukon from the time
when l landed in the Alaskan territory
three years ago, until brought my wife
and family to New York and surprised
the people in the assay office on Wall
street by walking in on them with sam.
pies of Klondike gold would require a
great deal more space than that allot-
ted me. There is one thing that may