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The herald., 1897-07-02
THE EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGN
The Advance on Abdul Hamid to Be
Resumed

NEW YORK, July IA dispatch to
the Herald from Cairo, via Paris says:
The advance toward Abul Hamid will
be resumed very shortly. The intelli-
gence department staff will start for the
front as soon as their head, Col. Wingate
Bey, returns to Cairo.
Several disastrous fires have brought
desolaton and ruin in Tntah, some SUBJ
urban districts, of late, and the number
of people rendered homeless by the fires
at Aboo Tor and Nit Hobeish is $500 and
91S respectively, while the identified
bodies of the unfortunate victims
amount to 72 and 10 respectively. The
spread of the fire at Tintah was most
capricious, some houses being left in
tact, while buildings all around them
were burned. In one instance the fire
leaped distance of eighty yards, an in
tervening house of somewhat more sub
stantial build than the others being left
untouched. The loss is estimated so far
at 100000, not penny of which was COW
cred by insurance.
The herald., 1897-07-02
GAN EDUCATED PIG"

"Annie Laurie" the we'll known
contributor to the columns of
the San Francisco Examiner
called the other day in Washington
City upon the great Mr.. Hanna, the
present incandescent light of the Re-
publican party-for the purpose of inter-
viewing that statesman. She was in
great luck, for he actually shook hands
with her and made an appointment for
the interview for the following day, but
being overwhelmed with cares of state,
he. failed to meet her at the time and
place appointed for the interview. Now
there is where the renowned Republican
senator and president maker made a
mistake; in fact, put his foot in it"
BY his ungallant faithlessness he lost a
good chance of saying something for
that unknown quantity, the Mckinley
policy, and in defense of plutocracy and
its congeries of trusts and syndicates,
and at the same time he brought upon
himself the odium Of gratuitously in
sulting a lady-and lady jourpalist at
that. Now mark the sequence!
Sweet is revenge, especially to women"
Sings the poet, and Annie Laurie" had
her revenge. Listen to the dulcet notes
in which, in last Sundays Examiner,
she describes the illustrious Ohio sena-
tor as he appeared while making the ap-
pointment for the interview which he de-
liberately failed to keep. She says by
way of preface:
1 thought that Senator Hanna might
be glad of an opportunity to explain
few little things like the suicides and
the failures and the strikes which have
come with his prosperity"
Then she philosophically reminds us
of the similitude or likeness of certain
men to certain animals, and how she
discovered in the Ohio senator decid
edly porcine tendency of face and fig
ure. She says:
Hanna belongs to the genus pig. He
looks exactly like a clean, we'll
groomed, well-fed, cunning-eyed edu-
Gated pig dressed in gray clothes. His
little shining eyes twinkled at me just
as an educated pigs eyes twinkle
when he is going to spell D o G or
perform other of his tricks"
Unlucky Hanna! A few artistically de-
scriptive words like these from the pencil
of bright woman will accomplish more
in giving the American people faithful
picture Of the porcine senator from Ohio
than the substance of thousand polit-
ical illustrated lampoons. IAN edu-
coted pig!" sitting in the senate of the
United States, whose walls once echoed
to learned and patriotic craftsmanship,
wit, eloquence and poesy, in the
days before senatorships were knocked
down to the highest bidder and ere the
golden calf became the god of a great
political party. Think of it! The most
conspicuous Republican of the United
States IAN educated pig!"
The herald., 1897-07-02
MRS. BEECHER'S ESTATE
Not Sufficient for the Support of Her
Daughters

HARTFORD, Conn, July 1.-The
meagerness of the estate left by Harriet
Beecher Stowe is soon to be made ap-
parent. Her twin daughters, who made
a home for her on Forest street in this
city SO many years, are in danger of be-
ing deprived of the old home, now his
toric. When Mrs. Stowe made her will
some years ago she thought she would
leave property enough to provide amply
for her daughters and also for her son.
By a codicil she bequeated her Forest
street house to her daughters but failed
to put her signature to that portion of
her will. When the estate came to be
settled it was found that there was not
enough in the daughters share to sup
port them comfortably or enable them
to keep the old home for many years.
1t is now learned that their brother has
notified them that he is about to sell the
house. 1t has been suggested that the
money which was to be raised for a
statue of Mrs Stowe be devoted to the
purchase of the. house for the daughters.
The herald., 1897-07-02
Won't Pay Insurance

SAN FRANCISCO, July Judge
Hebbard yesterday commenced the trial
Of the suit of Alice Knarston, widow
and Viola Knarston, daughter of the
late John H. Knarston, who was killed
at Oakland, December last to recover
$4,000 from the Connecticut Life Insur-
ance Co. Knarston carried $4,000 policy
in the company, but it has'not been paid
Knarston did not pay all the premiums
in cash, but instead gave his notes. The
company claims that it is not liable, as
the notes were accepted with the ex-
press understanding that should Knars
ton die before they were redeemed the
policy would be considered null and void
The attorneys for the widow contend
that the acceptance by the company of
these notes was equivalent to paying
the premiums.
The herald., 1897-07-02
The Kaiser's Cabinet

BERLIN, July 1.-The German Cabi-
net crisis has made further progress. DR..
Buchenberger, Minister of Finance in
the Grand Duchy of Baden, has declined
to accept the Secretaryship of the i'm
perial treasury vacated by Count Posa-
dowskiWehner, probably fearing the
fate of Baron Marschall Won Beber-
stein. 1t is expected that Freiherr Bad
niger, President of Dusseldorf, will sue
ceed Count Posadowski-We Dr.
MIGUEL will retain the Prussian port
folio of finance, and as the senior men,
Der of the Cabinet, will assume the Office
Of Vice President of the Prussian Min
istry. This, it is believed, completes the
changes for the present.
The herald., 1897-07-02
WHERE ARE WE ATp

A sugge stion comes from the City of
Mexico that furnishes food for reflection.
Based upon what is believed in official
circles there to have been an attempt
upon the part of Japan, under cover of
treaty concessions, to colonize and ul-
timately to conquer the western states
of Mexico the opinion prevails at the
Mexican capital that Japan is now en-
gagged in the actual prosecution of like
policy in Hawaii.
The terms of the proposed treaty with
Mexico, which the Japanese commits
sioner had prepared, were SO extravagant
that the suspicion of President Diaz was
aroused, and the project of japanese
colonization in Mexico was accordingly
abandoned, but not, however, until there
was planted in the mind of the astute
Mexican statesman the settled convic-
ton that the Japanese would bear
admonished by the head of our sister
republic that we are losing time.
There is something more than mere
sound in this advice. The colonizat tion
of Hawaii has been going on steadily
ever since Japan made the discovery
that she is capable of successfully pros
ecuting a foreign war. Her victorious
armies had no sooner returned with the
captured navy and treasury of China
than her industrious horde began to di-
rect one of it's streams toward Hawaii.
More than 60, 900 of her busy workers are
now established there. There is no
manner of doubt but that Japan is ready
and anxious to annex these islands.
This desire may or may not be politic,
but howsoever that may be there is still
one other important fact that is made
conspicuous, and this latter fact is that
Japan does know what she wants
If this much could be said of ourselves it
would add greatly to our prestige abroad
and to our self-respect at home. The
possession of the Hawaiian islands by
the United States either is, or is not, a
necessity to our safety and welfare.
This is a broad proposition, yet, strange
to say, we have not enough practical
discernment at the helm of our public
affairs to decide it. AnGl yet we must
decide this question, or have it decided
for US in manner that will not be quite
flattering to our national dignity. The
arbiter may be Japan, or perhaps Eng
land, or possibly Russia. The time p
that will depend upon circumstances.
But if we are incapable of exercising
the masculine vigor that we ought, as
people, to have inherited in this mat
ter of territorial acquisition; or If the
possession Of these islands would be a
national detriment, as some have con-
tepded--in either case it would seem
only just to ourselves that we quietly
retire and take down the. scarecrow of
hands OFF, that we have diploma tically
stuck UP at Honolulu. Unless we do
this some impatient admiral of some
foreign fleet may be provoked into de-
livering broadside into it's natomy, to
find that 1t is only stuffed figure, after
all. In brief. our policy in this matter
The herald., 1897-07-02

is vacillating and undtgnified, and If
persisted in cannot possibly fail to land
US upon one or the other of the two horns
of dilemma-a naval duel or a wretche
surrender at no distant day. The an
nexation of the island republic, or dig
nified disclaimer, can avert these alter
become ridiculous and impotent. We
ought to be able to determine what
course is the right one, and then go
ahead.
The herald., 1897-07-02
The Hastings Estate

SAN FRANCISCO, July 1.-The Hast
ings will contest is at an end and the af-
fairs of the eminent jurist will not be
aired in public. Miss Viola Keller, or
Miss Viola Hastings, as she styles her.
self, has waived her claim to share
of the 100000 estate left by the late
Judge. and In lieu thereof has accepted
modest sum-
The suit was dismissed by consent, as
the court record of June shows. The
terms of the compromise are not stated,
butsit is generally understood that the
sum was between $10,O 900 and $12, ,OO0 The
case was dismissed on the day set for the
commencement of the trial
The herald., 1897-07-02
The War Is Ended

NEW YORK, July From cable
gram received in this city from Nine.
Nordica it Is evident that the opera
niger and Jean de Reszke have kissed
and made up and they have settled
their personal affairs. The cablegram is
as follows:
London, July 1.
Having had an interview with M.
Jean de Reszke, it proved that . had
been misinformed and misled when be-
lieved him the cause of my absence from
the opera last season. Now wish to
state that I am thoroughly convinced
and happy to say that it was not Jean
de Reszke. My impulse in declaring this
publicly is my sense of right and justice
TO my fellowartist.
(Signed) LILLIAN NORQICA."
The herald., 1897-07-02
THE SPELL OF SILENCE

I have no skill to sing you
The songs my heart makes for you. =
have no gift to bring you.
No gems TO deck your way,
/ breathe no sweet spells o'er you,
No joy bells can 1 ring you,
In silence I adore you
And bless you every day.
/ have no skill to show 1t,
This rose my heart wears for you,
had the soil to grow it,
The wit to let it grow.
In silence I adore you,
All, if you could but know It;
throw my flower before you,
And you will never know!
Pail Mall Gazette
The herald., 1897-07-02
A Wallpaper Trust

NIAGARA FALLS, N. ", July l.
The American Association of Wall Pa
per Manufacturers has been organized
in this city, with the following officers:
President. C. w. Page, Rochester; Re-
cording Secretary, D. f. Cowles, Glow
ersville; commissioner, c. H. Creig,
New York.
A Board of Directors was elected, con-
sisting of "a members, and on which are
prominent wall paper dealers from
treal, Cleveland, Washington and other
Louisville, Baltimore, Toronto, Mon
cities. The new association starts out
with 40 members, and will meet here
again in June next
The herald., 1897-07-02
Earthquake Results

CHICO, July 1.-Investigation has
shown that the recent earthquake,
which swept away portion of Sawmill
Peak, opened chasm on the south side
of the mountain 80 feet deep and 300 feet
square.
The mountain is of volcanic formation
and for years it had been expected that
it would go to pieces.
The herald., 1897-07-02
JAPs PROTEST
Mining Cooks Insist on Their Treaty
Rights

WASHINGTON, July 1.-The Secre-
tary of State has written letter to the
Governor of California asking him to
cause an investigation of the circum-
stances under which two Japanese stu
dents were driven away from the new
town, of Johannesburg in that State. This
action was taken because the Japanese
Minister here made complaint that the
men employed as cooks came into con-
flict with the local labor movement, be-
ing prevented from following their busi-
ness and deprivedIof the privileges guar
anteed by treaties between the Union
The herald., 1897-07-02
Woodruff deposited the leaden box with
copy of the Grafton and other souvenirs
and the stone was laid by the Hon.
Brigham Young.
An All-Embracing Law

BUTTE, Mont, July 1.-The law pro-
hibiting gambling in Montana went into
effect today and was universally observ-
ed. AL games were shut down at IL
o'clock last night, and nickel-in-the-s slot
machines were stored away. The law
even prohibits shaking dice for drinks,
and, according to the attorney-generals
construction, makes playing cards for
prizfs in social gatherings unlawful.
The herald., 1897-07-02
A Mormon Monument

SALT LAKE, Utah, July 1.-The cor
ner stone OF the proposed monument in
honor of Brigham Young and the pion-
eers. to be erected at the intersection of
Main and South Temple street. was laid
thia afternoon with appropriate cere-
monies. The oration> was by F. D. Rich
ards, with remarks by Governor Welis
ana Mayor Glendenping. President
The herald., 1897-07-02
EARLY GRAPES

An impression prevails that the choice
white grapes now in the market. ahead
OF the usual season, are shipped in from
Arizona. This is an error. A note
from Mr.. Harry F. McCullum informs
The Herald that these early grapes,
mostly OF the Golden Chassilas variety,
came from Palm Springs. on the edge Of
,the Colorado desert, ~ California.
The herald., 1897-07-02
THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND

The organs Of the single gold stand
ard fail lamentably in analyzing tbs
motives and the conditions that impel
belief in bimetallism and the free coin
age of silver. The Chicago Times-He
aid, short time ago, bewailed the de
generacy" of California in that so large
a proportion of its people believe in free
silver. 1t could not understand now such
"heresy'' could obtain a foothold in
the largest gold producing state Of the
union.
The same thickness Of comprehension
was manifested some time ago by the
Minneapolis Journal. which, when a
South Dakota state convention passed
free silver resolutions, said it was the
large production of silver in that state
that gave birth to the free silver senti-
ment there. AS a matter of fact, South
Dakota produces nearly ten times as
much gold as silver.
Colorado, too, which ranks next to
California as gold producing state, is
leader in the ranks Of himetallism, and
it's people have never swerved from the
free coinage path, even in these times
of greatly increasing gold production.
In neither California norlColorado, and
of course in no other state in the union
is the gold production the leading in
dusItry of the state. In both the COM
monwealths specifically named, the ag-
tn I'll
branches, is of much larger proportions
than the gold mining industry. And it
is the agriculturists more than any other
class that have suffered from the curse
of the single gold standard, through the
depreciation in both their holdings and
their products. They know that gold
alone cannot supply sufficient volume
of money to serve as a competent basis
for the worlds financial and commercial
transactions.
The next thing the goldbug will say
| is that the silver producing states want
free coinage because they produce sill
yer. The element of self-interest enters
into the practical application of all the
WorldS economies. The people OF the
silver producing states have given more
attention to the study of the free coin
age question because it directly con-
oerned them. Now, however, it has be-
come question Of principle. They be-
| lieve in the free coinage of silver be-
cause it is right and because it is the
only remedy for the ills that have come
upon us. So with the free silver advo-
Gates of California. They do not be-
lieve in free coinage because the state
is great producer of silver, but be-
cause its adoption is essential to the
prosperity and well being of the nation
1t Is insulting to the intelligence of our
people to assume that they should not
believe in silver simply because they
produce gold.
The herald., 1897-07-02

Black grapes Of various kinds will soon
come in from the same locality. These
are several weeks ahead Of the general
Southern California crop, and they
ought to net the producers handsome
profit.
The herald., 1897-07-02
Five Good Indians

BRAINERD, Mimi, July 1-Five In
diars, including Chief Wee Sug, are dead
at Malones Point on Mile Lacs Lake,
as the result of drinking pain-killer, hair
oil and other preparations containing al
cohol. Several others are expected to
die
The herald., 1897-07-02

The funny paragraphers have missed
an opportunity in not letting their wit
loose on the fact that the special envoy
to the jubilee from Morocco has returned
home insane
The herald., 1897-07-02

The scandalmonger has been enjoying
himself in these parts for the past few
days, and the worst of it is that he has
always been assured of an interested
audience,
The herald., 1897-07-02

1t took a couple of newspaper reporters
the other day, and yet the police will
continue to be reticent with news of
crime
The herald., 1897-07-02
A Singer Dead

CHICAGO July miss Maria Straub,
we'll known as a composer of church
and Sunday school hymns, is dead. Miss
Straub was the author Of nearly 200
hymns, all of which have been set to
music by American composers.
The herald., 1897-07-02

Mr.. Durrant will continue to be a
charge upon the state at all events until
after the meeting of the s.lpreme court
which will not take place till October
1oAb
The herald., 1897-07-02

| An unprecedented incident is reported
from Chico in the shape of California
sunstroke. 1t will probably be discov-
cred that the victim had eaten some
thing that disagreed with him.
The herald., 1897-07-02
Gallot,s Sentence

NEW ORLEANS. July 1.--Louis Gal
lot, the convicted bank wrecker was to-
day sentenced to eight years in the
penitentiary at hard labor. He will ap-
peal.
The herald., 1897-07-02

Orientals, however, have great regard
for this virtue. which is as rare with
them as are diamonds with the ordinary
European.
The herald., 1897-07-02

1t is said that the reason the British
ambassador at Constantinople is so
disliked by the sultan and his court is
that he is too great stickler for truth.
The herald., 1897-07-02

and Japan. If the facts show this conf
plant to be we'll founded, the next step
probably will be a demand by the Jap
anese government for indemnity ana
protection of the men in their rights.
The herald., 1897-07-02

Mr.. Mckinley during the late cam
Opening the mills" Eighty thousand
men lost their jobs yesterday by the
closing of the Union mills at Pittsburg.
The herald., 1897-07-02

There certainly seems to be some other
means by which the board of education
could exercise economy than by looping
off the teachers salaries. Five hundred
dollars is large allowance for one
mans trip to Milwaukee.
The herald., 1897-07-02
Cuba demands the active assistanc,

Cuba demands the active assistance of
our government infinitely more than
Hawaii. The one is suffering from op-
preston and brutality; the other is not
disturbed by foreign tyranny. In the
one there is misery, destruction of prop
erty and commerce: in the other there
is reasonable happiness, property is safe
and commerce is carried on without in
reference from bayonets.
The herald., 1897-07-02

Why won't Speaker Reed permit the
house to act on pension bills?- This
party processes to be the special friend
of the old soldiers, and there are large
numbers who deserve and are applicants
for pensions whose cases do not come
within the provisions of the general pen
sion laws Are the claims of the pa-
triots to be ignored to enable the junta
to carry out party program?
The herald., 1897-07-02

The naval powers of the world rank a
follows: Great Britain first, France
second, Russia third, the United States
fourth, Japan fifth, Germany sixth, and
Italy seventh. The navy of Great
Britain equals that Of France and Rus
sia. Her policy is to have a navy equal
or superior to that of any other two
European nations, that she may be able
to- meet any probable combination
against her, and particularly that of
France and Russia. She regards any
other combination as improbable. Japan
is contesting the fourth place with the
United States, and unless we are liberal
and energetic this country will fall back
to the fifth position as naval power.
The herald., 1897-07-02

The Labor World which has added to
itself the title of The Silver Champion,
today publishes a forty-page edition in
honor of Mr.. Bryan's visit to this city
next week. 1t is a most creditable pro-
duction and full of matter of interest to
the friends of free silver. AS compen-
dium of the leading Democrats, Popu-
lists and Silver Republicans, it will
prove a valuable document, publishing,
as it does, about one hundred portraits
and brief biographies.
The Newtown bee., 1897-05-28
SOUTH BRITAIN.
CHURCH AND PERSONAL CE


 South Britain musical talent will give orchestra in attendance. There will also be outside talent, to assist. It will be one of the best concerts ever given in South Britain. All remember the date, June 4. Come one, come all, and enjoy one of the best entertainments of the season. It is for the benefit of the Con- gregational church.
 Theodore Bronson of Watertown has visited at A. N. Bronson's the past week. Miss Brislain of Woodbury was at Mrs Jennie Pierce's, few days last week.
 Ezra Pierce has another new horse.
 Miss Kate Hurley of this place attend ed the concert at Cestello's hall, May 19. Charles Hinman, son of Elliot Hinman of Grassy Hill, came very near getting severely hurt, last Saturday. He went to get on the wagon, slipped and fell. His steers started and the wheels went over him.
 Mrs Hollister Sage is visiting at Pur- dy's, N. Y.
 Misses Dora and Nettie Pierce spent Saturday in Waterbury.
 c. A. Willard was at A. N. Bronson's, Tuesday, and helped him raise the frame for 8 wood house.
 MT and Mrs A. N. Bronson were in Long Hill, one day last week.
 About 12 went from Pierce Hollow to take in the Buffalo Bill show at Water bury, last week.
 The ladies of the Methodist church held their sociable at F. H. Gray's, last week. There was large number out, and fine time was the verdict of all.
The Newtown bee., 1897-05-28
PRETTY coco FOR HAwLEYv1lLE.

The reputation that A. G. Baker of Hawleyvllle has been steadily acquiring for good taste in the selection of his stock of furniture is bringing to his door GUS tom from all parts of the state. Unique and artistic design seem to gravitate tow ards Hawleyville just as soon as they ap. pear on the market. A gentleman of taste and culture who travels great deal just told the writer that he did not know where he could place his finger on city stock of furniture that looked as bright and clean and fresh and desirable every way as the stock he saw at Haw- leyville. Week before last MT Baker sold to an American resident of Berlin, Ger many, who was visiting In this country, bill of over $600, and the goods have just been boxed and shipped to that coun. try. This gentleman was advised to go to Hawleyville and lookI before purchas. ing, and as result gave Mr Baker his order.