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shire. She was the first woman to ap-
| ply for that honor, ard the most rooted
opposition appeared against her. Final
| ly the matter was taken before CHIEF
Justice Doe, and, to the amazement of
the legal fraternity. not to mie'rtion their
horror. the justice decided that there
was 10 legal reason why the lady should
not be admitted to practice. She pos
sessed the requisite knowledge, was GER
tainly of unblemisheG character, in
both respects being superior to quite a
number OF the men who opposed her. so
much for her legal experience
She practically made her entry into
politics in 1870 when she asked that her
name be enrolled among the voters OF
| the state and tried to cast ballot al the
| polls. She went on the stump in 1888 for
| Harrison In the west and wrote political
articles during the campaign of 1892. or
| ganlz!ng a woman's Republican club a.
Marshaltown, Pa. During that year
| also she took the stump again at Pea
| body. Mass.
| In appearance Mrs. Kicker Is tall, what
the New England vernacular calls
| spare and slightly inclined to the mas
culine in her makeup. Her features are
strong and marked. She has long.
straight nose. Her hair, cut short, curls
tight to her head While she barely
looks so. the ungallant truth ig that she
Is nearer 60. Her favorite gown is close
| fitting and Of dark material adorned
with large flowers and trimmed with
lace. She speaks very, quietly and with
| few gestures. Mrs. Kicker has two op-
| ponents for the post for which she has
applied. They are both New Hamp-
| shire mer--John G. Crawford Of Man
chester, and John Abbott OF Keene.
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political ability There are many wom-
en- who can ul.s.SCy tediy fill such po
yition as, that for which have applied,
but they simply have not asked for 1t.
of course know that the position Is
much sought for by men for there Is
a chance for making money there. Be.
sides, the salary is $4,000, though the
German ministry pays S17500. / think
that my record would surely entitle me
TO recognition, for I have done hard
work for the Republican party In this
and in the preceding campaigns.
'MARILLA NJ. KICKER"
Mrs. Ricker's career has been a bril-
liant one. She was born in Durham. N.
H., in 1S40. being the daughter Of Jona-
than b. and Hannah Young. After
graduating from the public schools and
New London academy she taught school
for awhile, and then came the time no
dear to the heart OF all young women
whether or no they will confess 1.-THE
days of courtship and marriage. The
fortunate man in this instance was John
Kicker who most people thought had
foresworn the joys of the nuptial state
But. as is often the case. what 'tkey
said' was without foundation, and pres
entity Miss Young became Mrs. Picker
The years went or and neither Mr. nor
Mrs. Kicker regretted the day that
made their lives one. Then sorrow came.
Mr.. Kicker died. This was twenty
seven years ago. and although Mrs
Kicker ha7 time and again had oppor-
tunity to try married life again and ur-
der othssr auspices. the memory OF her
first love has been so strong Within her
that all ether has been shut away
Since her husbands death Mrs Kicker
has studied law faithfully ard to ex-
cellent purpose. Her preceptors were
Washington attorneys of high reputa-
tion. She is permitted to practice be-
fore the supreme court of the District of
Columbia, and when she gained admis-
sion she stood first OF the class of nire-
teen who competed for the honor. Her
classmates were all men. Later she was
appointed United States commissioner
and examiner In chancery by the su-
preme court of the district.
Ir, 1890 Mrs. Kicker made application
for admission to the bar of New Hamp-
The herald., 1897-03-19
A MAIN STREET SKIN GAME
Where II Costs Ten Cents to Go in and
Two Dollars to Get Out
Fake Female Fortune Teller Arrested for
Petty Larceny-fiow the 0ulIlbIe
Sucker 10 Skinned

On Main street, in the Mcdonald
block, between First and Court streets,
there is a fake show running of which
frequent complaints have been made to
the police, but not until yesterday were
the officers able to make case against
the proprietors which would justif an
arrest. About o'clock in the Afternoon,
upon complaint of Tim Currell, a We
man who gave her name aus Mrs. NJ
Edwards. was taken into custody by
Deputy Constables Muguemi and Quinn
and escorted to the police court on a
warrant alleging petty larceny.
1t appears that the show proper COR
sists of lot of birds, monkeys, etc., to
which an admittance fee of 10 cents IS
charged. Once inside the visitor IS
accosted by a capper and gradually led
to a corner of the room where behind a
screen sits the woman. She poses as a
fortune teller. ard, impelled by Curl
osity the victim enters, accompanied at
the same time by one or more cappers.
The newcomers are invited to seats, and
the woman proceeds to reel off rigma-
role In the usual fashion, pretending TO
read their palms.
This done, and the sucker about ready
to depart, demand Is maze IOr " Zee
for telling the fortune. The victim may
demur, but the cappers with ostentation
dig UP 81 apiece, remarking that they
think the price cheap. Should the vic
tim refuse to pungle he is threatened
and bulldozed until he either delivers
what Is demanded or empties his pockets
If he has not the requisite sum. One
case was reported to the police few
days ago where the victim was actu-
ally held while one of the fakirs went
through his clothes and took the 81 by
force AS the sucker would not swear
to complaint and refused to prosecute
on account of the publicity he would
acquire. nothing could be done.
Curell, the complainant, said that he
was inveigled into the den and forced to
give up 75 cents before ne could get out.
The same old game was worked on him,
and he paid only under protest. When
the officers stepped behind the screen &c
make the arrest they found the woman,
a capper, and a gray haired victim who
had purse in his hand, just in the act
of digging up. The farmer was put onto
the game, dropped his purse in his
pocket, and left the scene in a hurry
Mrs. Edwards was taken into the po-
lice court where she deposited a $50
bill to insure her appearance today to
answer for arrafgnment on a charge %
petty larceny for the theft of Curell's
six bits. And the show closed up for
the dav
The herald., 1897-03-19
GERMAN NAVAL ESTIMATES
Furnish Basis for Debate 10 the Reich.
stag Session
A Vast Navy nay Be Necessary. but the
Indications Do Not Promise lis
Immediate Creation

BERLIN, March 1e.-The debate in
the reichstag on the naval estimates
began today. DR.. Lieber, Clerical, chair
man of the committee, during speech
which lasted several hours. explained
the course pursued by the COMMITTEES.
Prince Hohenlohe, imperial chancellor.
declared that the necessity Germany
would have for fleet was generally
recognized, adding that display Of
power was = first condition for the de-
velopment of trade, and was necessary
TO make sure that no one would find
it an easy task to disturb the country's
development
The growth Of other fleets" he said,
"is additional ground to build ships.
The fleet does rot reach modern requires
ments, and the quicker we reach our
goal the greater weight we shall b.
able to place in this country for preserv-
ing peace" q
The minister Of foreign affairs. Baron
Marschal Won B.eberstein. urged the
necessity Of a strong fleet Of cruisers,
and in this sense Germany must pursue
a wideawake policy. I'VE took part in
the action of other powers in preserving
order. maintaining the peace OF Europe.
but where shall we find additional cruis-
ers to send there If the situation does
not improve shortly?"
The secretary Of the navy sasd: Even
in home waters. Germany needs largs
fleet of ironclsd- cruisers and torpedo
boats, al made Of good material; eth
erwise she can effect nothing"
Count Won Cardorff, Conservative.
urged that the demand of the navy be
Immediately granted and he sa1d that
France was makiEg for both army and
navy many big improvements.
Herr Mueller, Centrist, recalled the
opinion of Prince Bismarck, that Ger
many must rely on her land forces. This
Center party, he said. had voted all that
was necessary ard halt In the building
of ships must be made somewhere. A
it was, a loan OF $1,000. coo marks wap
necessary for the navy.
Herr Werner, anti-Semite, admitted
the demands OF the navy were Justified.
but ne urged a slower pace. fhe anti
Semiter we're willing to vote for the
cruisers when the time came.
The discussion wassthen adjourned.
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That Will Increase the Fair
Fame of Two Cities
EARNEST WORK CONNIE need
A Number Of Important Committees
Appointed
One Thousand Dollars Wanted for the Pre-
iImlnsry Survey snd Plans -commlt-
tees to Visit Pasadena To-Day

A. meeting of the special committee,
named by the Merchants and Manufac-
turers association and endorsed by the
chamber of commerce, to take In hand
the matter of the proposed boulevard
between Los Angeles and Pasadena, was
held yesterday.
All the members Of the committee.
with the exception of ]. 8. Slauson, were
present as follows: Charles Silent, o.
T. Johnson, w. A. Spalding, Fl. Jevne,
r. j. Waters, Charles Formsn. N. B.
Blackstone, l.. e. Mosher. Kaspare
Cohn, w. LIE Moyne Wills
Judge Charles Silent was elected
chairman and VIM. H. Knight secretary.
subscription of 800 from Messrs.
Hawley. King & Co. was recorded.
The proceedings Of the committee were
from the first marked by enthusiasm,
and the members at once decided to take
hold of the work In earnest.
A committee of engineers, consisting
of Fred Eaton, H. Hawgood, g. Purcell,
City Engineer Dockweiler, County Sur
veyor II. T. Wright and the city engineer
of Pasadena, was invited to make full
investigation of the various routes, and
to recommend the most feasible plan for
the construction Of grand boulevard.
The sense of the committee was evil
IDENTIFY that no old road should be util-
lied, but that the boulevard should take
the form of a grand enterprise, worthy
in every way of the fair fame of the two
cities. It is proposed that the boule-
ward shall be 150 feet wide, with drive
ways, bicycle paths, and possibly CEN
trail avenue for street car lines II even
tually deemed desirable. The routes are
suggested. among them one out on the
Arroyo Seco, another as an extension or
Downey avenue oveld the old adobe
road, and third over the ridge between
the two.
A law committee consisting OF BeE
Goodrich, Esq; Judges Hutton and
M. Stephens, with City Attorney w. e..
Dunn and City Attorney Arthur of Pasa-
dena, was appointed to investigate IL.
after the preliminary surveys have been
made and the route determined, 1t would
be feasible for the city and county gov
ernments to be called upon to levy a
special tax for the boulevard construc-
ton.
General Charles Forman, w. ]. Wa
ters and w. A. Spalding were named as
committee on subscriptions to raise a
sum of $1,000 for the preliminary work.
and it is believed that such an amount
will readily be subscribed.
Special invitations will be sent to the
Los Angeles Athletic club, the bicycle
clubs, the liverymen and all interested
in the subject of good roads, asking
them for their hearty cooperation.
A committee consisting of o. T. john
son. r. J. Waters, General Charles For
man, Judge Silent and Secretary KnigM
was appointed to meet the citizens OF
Pasadena and urge the cooperation Of
similar boulevard committee there.
These gentlemen will visit Pasadena
this morning for that purnose s..
The herald., 1897-03-19
RELIGIOUS NOTES

The vote on Methodist union In AUS
tralia shows 10000 in favor, $500 opposed,
and 5000 not voting or their votes not
vet reported.
The expenses Of the vatican would be
covered IL every Catholic in the world
would contribute three-Quarters of Il
cent year.
Some idea OF missionary's isolation
may be gained from the fact that Dr.
Atwood, in Shansi, China, had not seen
European face in fifteen years, except
ing those of his fellow missionaries
Nevada for many years has had but
one Baptist church This Is at Reno,
and now second has been established
at Wadsworth, thirty-five miles distant.
with membership of sixteen and four
awaiting baptism.
Dr. Samuel McComb of Belfast, Ire
land, has accepted a call to the Rutgers
Riverside Presbyterian church of New
York DR.. McComb. who has made q
splendid reputation abroad and has
preached to several New York congrega-
tions. will recsive $4,000 year. He Ia
about S5 years old.
Recent statistics show that the church
members In the United States embrace
little more than one-third of the en-
tire population. The total number OF
church commandments is 25,424, 1888, a gair
Of 74S,333 during the year 1896. The two
churches that gained most In numbers
last year were the Catholic and Metho-
dist.
In 1870 the laws of Japan forbade =
missionary to ask any native to accept
Christianity. and the penalty for any
native who professed the name Of Christ
was death But now the church of
Japan Is soon to begin missionary work
in Formosa. Three thousand dollars are
to be raised from the Japanese churches
to inaugurate and push forward this
The herald., 1897-03-19

A FEMININE AMBASSADOR
Marilla M. Kicker, Who Has
Petitioned the President
WRITES OF HER AMBITION
To Be Appointed Uncle Sans, Minister TO
U. S. Of Colombia
WRITES OF HER AMBITION
This Interesting Woman Tells Of the Reasons
Why ffer Sex Should Represent
This Country Abroad

Especial Correspondence 10 The Herald }
WASHINGTON. March Eff Presi-
dent Mckinley favors my appointment,
and the senate concurs, shall be the
first woman ambassarodr.'
This is what Marilla Marks Kicker the
we'll known woman lawyer of Washing
ton and of Dover, N. H., says She is a
candidate for the Office OF envoy extra
ordinary and minister plenipotentlary 20
the United States Of Colombia the post
tion which is now filled by Luther Nc
Kinney, of Manchester N H. Mrs.
Rioker's petition or application has been
placed in the hands Of President McKin-
ley. Her reasons and her beliefs are Of
unusual interest, because of the unique
position she has assumed. This is what
she writes
ITO the Editor:
ut does not seem to me remarkable
request to be appointed envoy extraor-
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Ths White Iiouse scr.pbo boo,ss

At the White House everything is now
being made ready for the change Of
administration. All the papers and doc
uments belonging to the Cleveland
regime are being carefully boxed and
taken away. so that the fling cases will
be empty for the incoming administra-
tlon. Among the things which every
president carries away from the White
House with him Is set of scrapbooks
containing the clippings, editorial and
news items concerning the adnlnistra-
tion. during its history. The work OF
selecting these clippings is the greater
part Of the duty of one clerk at $4,000 a
year. The books in which they are
pasted are the finest made and cost the
the White House is authority for the
statement that upon just one occasion
In this administration has Mr.. Cleveland
asked to see any OF these books. and yet
the scrapbook institution has come down
from early times. and no reformer Will
ever be 50 iconoclastic as to change the
custom.
For the historical student. however.
the present system Is Of little use. A
substantial file OF q few great newspa-
pers, of two or three weekly critical re-
views and scrapbook made up Of the
summary Of the important events and
personal items. would be an incalcula-
bly, greater advantage than the present
Omnibus" scrapbook system. Another
element which detracts from the histor-
ical value Of such collection Is the
natural wish Of the clerk making It to
preserve only those clippings compIi-
book service 1T the White House is ol
interest only as typical OF hundreds ol
tasks mafntained III Washington. They
owe their origin to the good old days
Of the spoils eystem, when the discovery
Of something which would effoyd a.
The herald., 1897-03-19
TIE Long Suffering Of American,

The chief difficulty with Americans is
that they are almost fatally good ma
tured. Their good nature goes beyond
the point at which 1t ceases to be a vir-
tue. If we had a streak of ugliness In
our disposition we should not be I'M
posed on as at present. We add our
selves to the mass of people in the cable
car as rev sardine jammed into the
tin. and. although few expletives rat
tie round in the air. we always end with
a laugh. We hang on to the greasy strap.
are knocked off our feet while going
round the curves or are thrown into the
lap of some fellow passenger, and are apt
to regard the whole thing as a joke
New York Herald.
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TWIN 0UNB01Ts LAUNCHED
Just Enough Mishaps to Take the Affair B
citing

Just enough mnueps 10 I1eko tne Auatr Hx-
citing
SAN FRANCISCO. March 1S.-The
launching of the twin gunboats Marietta
and Wheeling at the Union Iron works
was witnessed by several thousand peo-
pie. There was no hitch in the arrange
ments until after the vessels had slid
Off the ways. The Wheeling did not gain
so much momentum as the Marietta
and charged the latter in the basin, ca
reening her over to a seemingly danger
Gus Segree. The Wheeling tilted to such
an extent that those on board her
rushed to her high side panic stricken.
There was no real danger, however. and
the Wheeling righted beautifully as
soon as the Marietta drifted apart from
her.
On the Wheeling were Hon. ]. r. Butts
mayor of Wheeling. w. Va, representa-
tives of the Union Iron works. a party
of Wheeling citizens and ladies, and
Miss Lucy Brown, who had been dele
gated to christen the ship.
On the Marietta were the Marietta (O.)
party, represented by Mrs. H. G. Cliff
ord More OF this state. formerly of the
Ohio city after which the trim fighter
Is named.
At given signal the workmen sta
toned under the ways struck away,the
blocks. and the wine bottles, released
from the swings over the bows by fair
hands. crashed on the iron plates.
The gunboats that were launched to-
gether belong to group Of six author
lied by the act making appropriation
for the naval service for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1895.
The six gunboats are designated as
light draught composite gunboats Of
1000 tons displacement.
The herald., 1897-03-19
MstuskIwlz Has q Hearing

A meeting of the police commission
was held in the office of the chief Of po-
lice yesterday morning at 10 o'clock to
consider the case of Patrolman VIM.
Matuskiwiz. against whom charges
have been preferred by his wife for al
legged non-support. Commissioners Nc
Lain, Preuss and Forman were present,
the mayor and Mr.. Wyman failing to
show up. A number of witnesses were
heard on both sides but no conclusion
was arrived at, 1t being decided to fur
ther discuss the subject at full meet
ing of the board.
The herald., 1897-03-19
FIFTY Ouails in FIFTY DAYS

Mrs. Peel says s1c has experienced no
finished eating her fiftieth quail Tues
day morning, having eaten one each day
for the last fifty days, and only termi-
mated the experiment now because of the
bird law, which prevents her from pro-
curing them.
Mrs. Mollie Peel of Macgregor, Tex.
distaste or unpleasant results; on the
contrary she has cultivated a taste for
quail and regrets that she cannot con-
tinue longer
Mrs. Peel is 81 years old, height feet
inches, weight IT'S pounds. She was
raised In Illinois. She has been in Texas
seven years. She has superintended
the culinary departments Of hotels and
eating houses almost continuously for
nine years.-Chicago Chronicle.
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be up and around the saloons of the
steamer La Normandie. where they
have been to recuperate. Captain Ber-
ri is at the Hotel Martin. Both engin-
eers are very reticent In talking about
1t was not true that the occupants of the
frail bark had been without food. They
still had plenty of food. when they were
picked up by the Hilda Both admitted
however that they suffered torments
from lack OF water.
Engineer Staub stated that there was
no unseemly haste in taking to the boats.
The women and children were first sent
overheard and the passengers followed
Then the officers and crew took what
places remained. Through his physician
Captain Berri said: "The supply of food
on the small boat was exhausted the
first day and then began the awful
struggle in which thirty-one OF the
thirty-five persons In the boat per-
ished. Mrs. Tegage and her four chill
dren were first to succumb. The water
gave out and only few biscuits re-
NAMED The men were choked in swal-
lowing the dry stuff. and In desperation
they drank salt water.
Those who commenced to drink the
brine could not sleep and In a few days
they became maniacs and died in con-
vulsions. Others who resisted the temp
tation to drink salt water could not re-
sist the privations and died Of hunger.
Those who remained had not
strength enough to move. and when the
boat was picked up there were four Of
the dead with the living. / did every
thing 1 could to induce the unfortunate
people to keep from drinking salt wa
ter and to set themselves to fight death
but what said had little effect.
"The Villa de Bresl, of the French line
of steamers, which leaves for the West
India ports tomorrow. VIII sail over the
route taken by the st. Nazairre and will
keep a sharp lookout for the missing
boats"
There have been many shipwrecks
near where the st. Nazairre went down.
1t il but few years since the Spanish
steamer viscaya was sunk Off Hatteras
by the schooner Cornelius Hargraves.
resulting in the drowning OF sixty-nine
persons. The Evening Star foundered
there in 1866 and 254 were drowned. the
sloop Of war cambridge in a cyclone in
1868 went down off the tempestuous
spot and a colored cook who was
picked up a day or two after on a bit
of wreckage, told of the loss of every
one of his shipmates.
The Central American, bound to this
city from Aspinwall was wrecked off
the cape on September 21. 1857 and 450
persons perished total of $1,000. 900 In
gold belonging to returning miners GO
ing down with the vessel.
There have been many expeditions to
find the money Captain Fouch, one Of
the officials of the French line, said to-
day that IL either Of the other boats
lived through the storm 1t probably at
this time would be near Chesapeake
bay.
The st. Nazairre was valued at $780,
900. Her cargo was valued at $4,000.
and she carried $25.O0o in gold. Agent
Forget said he did not know whether
the cargo was insured or not.
SIGNS OF DISASTER
BREST. March 1s.-Wreckage marked
utrecht" has been washed up along the
coast for several days past. 1t is thought
to have come from the Dutch vessel
Utrecht, which 1t is believed has foun-
dered
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Pain roueh.d ofi the El.rtrIsliy

There was brilliant and tnexpoo(|
electrical display between To All ~
street. The rubber coating on tue <Rtf|
of the Mount Morris Electric LiEht ~
pany's wires which are struna uo&@
meath the Ninth avenue Elevated G(
road structure on that block had
rubbed of in some way. &. q, ~
While 1t was showerinH hcoyi)J
streams from the metal Ptruct tQrS An
made connection With the N:lr1
the escaping electricity mada ~
esting and brilliant sight
James p. Farrelly feaflou
one might be hurt, warned peQ
away from the dan8erou4 p0I4
notified the Mount Wot<>1 t0>
about the illuminatlou.-2@eU @eU
World. 3 & 2 ' 3 s Il
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The Scramble Of the Hungry

The old story is being repeated in
Washington. The new president Is over
whelmed with flood of office seekers,
processing confidence in the welfare of
the country under his guidance, but try
ing to make him understand that but for
the special efforts of persons who for
the moment have his ear another man
might have filled the presidential posi-
ton and the country would have been
the loser.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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putx ii the DECENT Presa

If American journalism would not fn-
vite the general contempt of an intelli-
gent public 1t must hurriedly come to
the front and purge itself of the defama-
tory and obscene freaks which claim
today to represent the progressive jour
nalism of the age. Such journalism
must be overthrown whenever public
attention is quickened to recognize the
incalculable decentralization that must
follow the wide circulation OF sensa-
tional newspapers. with the flavor OF the
brothel on every page.-Philadelph
Times.