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The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08
MAY COST
A CAPITOL
Infamous Sling of Certain
Journals at Honest
Legislators.
LESSON OF THE PAST
FORGOTTEN.
An Editorial Says the Entire
Body of Lawmakers Should
Be Indicted.
sCURRILOUS COMMENT THAT
RESULT SERIOUSLY.
Already a Bill Is Being Drafted for
the Removal of the Capital
to Oak an5.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Feb. MEM
bers of the Senate and Assembly are in
dignant over the following editorial, which
appeared this morning in the Sunday
Leader of this city:
The Sacramento Grand Jury very wisely re-
fused to have any ything to do with the Legis-
lative scandal. If they should investigate
that body they would have to indict the entire
outfit. Our County Prison is not big enough,
and then 12O members and 200 attaches
would eat Us out of house and home. Let the
Legislature wash its own dirty linen.
They say that it is bad enough for legis-
lators to be obliged to drink the muddy
waters of the Sacramento River impreg-
mated with the bacilli of burglary and
bigamy from the State prison at Folsom,
without being called felons by one OF the
two rosettes Zone daily, the other weekly
which ornament the coat lapel of Sacra-
mento journalism. If the Leader had a
representative On the floor of the Senate
and Ass emily he would be ignominiously
expelled.
Senator Morehouse said to-day that he
was not aware that he and his fellow Sc n
ators had done anything to merit the
ahuss- ~siSs tire s.Srr srgsvls s3spss i.s aps
on them for having braved the dangers
of malaria and typhoid to come here and
live during the two most disagreeable
months in the year.
Indignation was so high that certain
Legislators are now at work drafting a bill
10 remove the State capital to Oakland.
They consider that they have been scurri-
lously treated here by the existance of
public sentiment which tolerates such un-
founded editorials.
Several Senators delare that it is time to
make law Furnishing such malicious and
unfounded libels and felonies. They say
that the publication was inspired by the
fact that the manager of the paper, Major
John n. LarKin, held an eight dollar a
day job during the last session. that he
applied for similar job at the beginning
of the present session and failed to get it.
The major is now persona non grata and
will not be allowed upon the floor of the
Senate hereafter.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08
4 SOLID FRInND OF CUBS.
Senator Elect Mason of Nlinois Emphat-
icnIy Declares RimxeU.

Senator Elect Mason of Illinois Emphat-
icnuy Declares RimseIf.
CHICAGO. ILL, Feb. 7.-Senator-elect
William E. Mason was given a reception
last night by the Menoken Club, of which
he is member. In the course of a
speech he said:
II have disagreed with people some
times, but what l am going to say now is
question OF patriotism, not politics. |
was in the Supreme Court on Monday
wher The Attorney General sought to ad-
vance the interests of the Cubans who
wanted 10 get out of their own country.
And if get into any trouble it will be on
on this score.
"Have you read how the Spaniards are
killing women and children? Do YOU
know how boys are shot every day7 TheS
is no precedent for it in international law.
The strongest nation makes it. tell you
l am sick and tired OF men and women
and children being murdered at our door
step and turning back and saying, we
are not our brothers. Keepers l say we
are our brothers keepers. And whether
l am blamed or praised l shall never be
silent Intil the belligerency of Cuba is
recognized"
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08

to his life His royal relatives are dis
tressed, however, by the possibility OF body
and mind being weakened if these attacks
do not lessen in frequency, and are under
stood to concur i'll ureing the Gar to give
up most of Is imperial duties TO the pro-
iected new Council oi State. His medical
attendants have prescribed strict regime
designed to strengthen especially the
nervous system. He has abandoned
smoking and only takes very limited
quantity of wine. Apart from his epilep-
tic condition his health is good.
There is better news about the condi.
ton of the CZarowitch, the Cars younger
brother the Grand Duke Michael, who
though always in delicate health, is
becoming stronger.
The consumptlve tendency IN the Rus
sian imperial house has its parallel IN the
Austrian. The political consequences
arising from the suicide of Crown Prince
Rudolph and the illness of the present
heir presumptlve, the Archduke Franz
Ferdinand, have been long under consii-
Grafton by Emperor FAM josef
1t is whispered in court and high
political quarters that the Emperor has
Ni0 -AAH4@teAS anu PoI4IICd!
leaders, both Hungarian and Austrian, to
ascertain what support they would give
to his granddaughter, the Archduchess
Elizabeth, and that he has found ready
support from Hungary, Bat little or none
in Austria. The Emperor. who has
reached his sixty-seventh year, has by nc
means abandoned his design to set aside
The Salic law in Austria. Meanwhile the
health of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
is, according to newspaper reports, greatly
improved, but the story which :he Arch
dukes supporters in Vienna have caused
to be circulate that his diseased lungs
are healing and that he was able to go
mountaineering recently in Persia is con-
sldered doubtful. He looked doomed
about six months ago. emaciated and sub
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08

BY CUBANS
Daring Raid on a Stone
Fort Just Outside of
Guanabacoa.
SPANIARDS TAKEN BY
SURPRISE.
Slaughtered by Insurgents as
They Run Down Into
the Streets.
FULLY HALF OF THE GARRISON
ARE KILLED.
By Their Daring Tsctcs the Patriots
Cause the Minions of Weyler
Great Const IN atioA

NEW YORK, Feb. S.-A World special
from Key West says: All Havana is gasp
ing over the audaCiiy OF the insurgents,
who destroyed stone fort right under
Major Fondeviela's nose, just outside OF
Guiana bacoa, Saturday night.
The building, a big three-story mansion.
strong and well made, was the advanced
picket post and had garrison of 100 men.
There also were kept supplies for the out
lying detachments, ammunition, etc.
AT midnight force OF 200 Cubans came
up secretly aad captured and bound the
outside sentinels before any alarm could
be given. Admission IVES obtained by
giving the name of the officer of the
guard but a sentinel, as the Cubans
poured in, fired his rife, killing Lieuten-
ant de Rosna.
As the garrison fled into the street the
fire of the Cubans was terribly effective,
while iE the confusion the Spsniards'
shots did little execution. Fully half of
the garrison were killed, the others es-
Gaping from the windows
The Cubans looted the building The
wooden portion was set on fire and a
dynamite cartridge tore down the stone
walls.
A cavalry detachment came from Guam
abacoa and :or ha!f an hour the two forces
engages at short range, the Cubans being
protected from the chareess sef the t~osTsr1
eeed wire stretched across The street.
The Cubans then made a sortie, driving
back the Spaniards. and then retreated,
firing as they left. 1t is supposed that
Hernandez was in command.
Thirty wounded soldiers were brought
to Havana, and it is reported that twenty
four were buried at Guanabacoa. The
Cuban loss is not known, as they took
their dead and wounded with them.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08
DE LONE DIscUssEs REFORMS.
Mother Spo4n HopId WeIco,se ReF Rebel
Children With Open Ay.s.s.


Mother Spain HouId WeIco,ne ReF Rebel
Children With Open Ag.sss.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Fep. THE
Spanish Legation has received with the
full abstract of the new reforms for the
islands of Cuba ana Porto Rico the pre-
amble of Senior Canovas announcing tho
terms of the new decree. This pream bic
expresses the kindliest feelings toward
the Cuban people and declares that their
mother Spain is disposed. as she always
has been, to open her arms to them and
TO extend amnesty for past offenses and
that the application of the reforms only
depends upon the insurgents. Minister
Dupuy de LONE discussed the scope of the
reforms Today with a representative of
the United Associated Presses, and said.
among other things:
THE electoral reforms were not referred
to at length in the decree of the Ministry
for the reasons stated IN the preamb bic of
Senior Canovas-that they will require the
action of the Cortes. am inform ed, how
ever that the Government conte m plates
extending greatly the basis of the suffrage,
but they desire to do it in such a way as
to prevent undue influence being acquired
Dy lne AllteEaIe portlOh ol the populatlOn.
Any educational qualification which may
be suggested by the Cubans and which
seem reasonable and proper will undoubt-
ediy be adopted by the Cortes.
at is the purpose OF the Government"
said Senior Dupuy de LONE, ito show the
greatest generosity toward the insurgents
who lay down their arms. The reforms
cannot well be put into full effect until the
sovereignty of Spain is Acknowledged in
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08
SECRETARY SEARLES AT CANTON
Mystery of the H,sr of the Missing SUGAR
Witness to the Home of
Hckinley.

CHICAGO, ILL, Feb S.-A special to
the Tribune from Canton, Ohio. says:
John E. Searles. secretary of the sugar
trust, not only paid visit to President
elect Mckinley last Friday. and tried
to keep his visit secret, but he met
Chairman Hanna at the Valley Railway
station here and took him away to some
UNKNOWN place for an hours conference
Mr.. Searles' visit is causing more COM
ment here the moe its mystery becomes
known.
The fact that he was under contempt at
Albany, N. Y, for not appearing at the
Lexow Committee investigation of the
sugar trust on that day has caused all
sorts of speculation here over the subject
OF his visit.
SearIes reached here from the East on a
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08
CdBINET CHANGES LIK ELY.
Great Dissottsf faction at Madrid OUe
the N~U R-forn Scheme

Great Diss otfs ia ction at Madrid Deer
the N~U Rrform Scheme.
MADRID, SPAIN. Feb. There is much
dissatisfaction expressed here over what
are alleged to be the excessive concessions
to the Cubans in the scheme of reforms
and it is thought that Cabinet changes
are likely to result. 1t is reported to-day
that Marquis Pidal or General Martinez
Campos will shortly replace Senior del
Castillo, the Prime Minister. The latter,
should he resign, would place himself at
the disposal of the crown, which would
probably advise him to support Marquis
Pidal.
In an interview to-day Prime Minister
Canovas del Castillo declared that the
Government would legally execute the re-
forms in Cuba and would not wait for the
complete pacification OF the stand. IT
Ee';f : ~ ~ ~ r = sfft "a ssIta .ssts
confined 70 the eastern provinces.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08
Death of q Cos unannte.

CHICAGO, ILL, Feb. ALBERT Bel
lings, founder of the Peoples Gaslight
and Coke Company in this citv, died to-
night at his old homestead on West Lake
street. leaving an estate of about 10,000,-
ooo Mr.. Billings was more than 81 years
of age and died of heart failure.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08
Pnafi.hes, nt lfarnna.

HAVANA, CuBA, Feb. 7.--The authori-
ties here have at last given their consent
to the publication of the scheme OF Cuban
reforms issued last week by the Cabinet at
Madrid. The Lucha and the Diario de la
Marina to-day -ued extras containing the
reforms. but neither of these papers made
any editorial comm II can be stated,
however, that loyal Spaniards are pleased
with the scheme
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08
NEW TO-DAY.
The Indian nedi.

. The Indian medf.
cine man cures by
charms and incan-
tations. He fright
ems away the " evil
spirit :" who causes
the sickness. He
does all sorts of
things that civilized
people would cali
idiotic and barbaric.
but the civilized
folks are not so very
much ahead after
all. They do Just
as foolish things as
does the medicine
man. They go along
care1esslv and al
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08
PLEADS For HAWAilANS.
Colonel Palmer Says The Natives win
Never Consent to the Scheme of
Annexation.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. Colo
mel Julius Palmer, private secretary of
ex-Queen Liliuokalani, has sent COM
munication to the Washington Times in
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08
Mrs. Beeohsr's Comdsts on.

STANFORD. CONN, Feb. There is
no material change in the condition of
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher tonight.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08

low the little sickness to grow into the
big sickness They allow constipation to
grow into indigestion, heartburn, dizzi-
ness, headache, insomnia, and hundred
other distressing conditions. They do
this frequently because they do not know
the cause of their trouble. 1t is pretty
safe rule to look for the source of e-Ioths
of human sickness in this one simple and
appallingly prevalent trouble. Another
foolish thing that smart people do is to
take some alleged remedy for constllpa-
ton and keep on taking it, day after day,
month after month and year after year
Perhaps it is better to take the medicine
than not to take it at all, but of course II
they stop taking it, their trouble Will
couae back This last statement IS true
of ~Fery other medicine prepared for this
purpose except DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pei
lets. One Pellet " is gentle laxative,
and two mild catharic. They are gentle
and efficient in their action, permanent
in their results You don't become a
slave to their use, as with other pills. -
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08

The Peoples Common Sense
Medical Adviser, in plain En-
glish. or Medicine Simplified by
R.V. Pierce NJ. D.. Chief Consult
ing Physician 10 the Invalids' Ho-
tel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo,
N. Y, 1905 pages, illustrated.
6so.ooo copies sold at $3.50. Now
sent, papcr-bound, ABSOLUTELY
FREE on receipt of Al one-cert
stamps to pay for mailing on!y.
Address the Author. ~ above.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08
C)nsump'ive Tendency n III Russian
Imperial House Has a Parallel
in Austria.

BERLIN, GERMANY. Feb. The pecu-
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-17

81. Prices c@asss Liking Powder
HseSs3ss Faix EiiStest Aware.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-17

1st. 800 acres of land, two musi
from city hall of Brownsville e, sill J.
ated on Resaca la Guerra, and
horseshoe afiiuent of such resaca
nn mail road, suitable for fruit or
chards, 80 acres now in irrigation
with pecan, walnut, chestnuts
plum, peach. pear, apricot, cherry
Japanese persimmon, fig grape and
ribbon cane. Can be sub-divided
into 5 or 10 acre lois, giving each
ABUNDANT water supply, there being
depth of 8 to Is feet of water all
seasons of the year. Price so to
$50 per acre. according to location.
Will sell in a body at special rates.
I'd. 30 pieces adjoining, one of
300 and the other of 100 acres, stu
ated on Resaca Rancho Viejo, FIVE
miles from city hall on mail road.
Both pieces almost surrounded by
water of 10 TO Is feet In depth. 40
acres under irrigation. i MS land
is equal to if not superior to the
Mississippi bottom lands, and can
be made a paying investment for a
fruit orchard or truck gardening.
Gan be sub-divided into 5 to 10
acre lots Price SO to $50 per
acre; whole tract on special terms.
Sd. 100 acre tract two miles
from the city of brownsville. on
resaca, with good water supply.
Ebony, Mesquite, Ash, blackberry
and other timberS. AIluvial soil.
10 one who desires to sub divide In
small tracts, this is a paying in
yestment. Sold In bulk only. Price
so per acre.
4th. $4,000 acres IN one body,
having a frontage of about six
miles on the Rio Grande Railroad
pm the south, and the Arroyo Col
orado on the north. Well timber
ed along the streams and lakes; ba-
lance prairie. Includes within It's
limits the famous battle fields of
PaIo Alto and Resaca de la Palma.
Arabic and pasture. Price So, per
acre.
9Th. A tract adjoining No. 4,
which together with that tract will
include 100000 acres in one body
very desirable. Special terms to
colonizist.
9Th. 10000 acre tract about
! three miles, from the Arroyo Post
Office. This land is well timhered
and watered. soil alluvlal, adapted
to fruits, cotton, corn, cane, etc
Special terms to any one buying
tract, obligating to COLOMBO
7th. 1900 acre tract, fronting or
the Rio Grande. about twenty miles
from Brownsville and 8 miles frou
Santa Maria. 500 aeoes under cnlti-
walton on low lsuds on river front
al good arabic land. Price So PEI
acre.
| 8'h. Us ceres. triangular form
fronting Oh Rio Crande, Is mile,
above Brownsville good land. Wei
waiered. Price So 600
9th. Numerous tracts of pastur,
lands from 1000 to 5000 acres eaci
in different parts of The county.
10th. This is very dtsirabI,
place for a small fruit or truok farm
coEtainiug lOS acres, with a rev
brick dwelling Of 6 rooms, frame sta
bile snd other oHt'Eouses, and lsrg'
underground cisteIn: thrte miles from
Brownsville on Resaca de ia Palm,
on the county road.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-17
COME SOUTH.
West Point Forum.

west Point Forum.
UnquestionabIy the south is
the attractive section of the
United States for the poor
man. The man now living on
a rented farm in the overcrowd
ed portions of the north has
great difficulty in getting a
''tarm of his own. while if he
came south it is within the pow
er of almost every one to Sc
cure a place and be in a posi-
ton to build up and enjoy a
home, leaving something for
his children to inherit.
Come south at any time of
the year. One don't have to
wait until springtime for things
to thaw out. Come any month
you choose-come in the sum-
mer or winter. Come and To-
cate where you can work every
day in the year and won't have
to @hustIe" hard for six months.
You won't have to depend up
on as few crops as you do in
the north. The south is going
to be built on its merits, and
we solicit the homeseeker to
take advantage of the great
possibilities which exist in the
south.
The securities offered from
and in the south now enjoy ia
vor in the eyes of the investor
OF the north. The indicator
points to the list of investment
securities of the south general
ly as desirable, and we have
every reason to believe they
will continue to grow into pop
ularity.
The reasons for their being
desirable are manifest:
I. Considering the earning
powers Of the basis of southern
securities, values are low, not
inflated as in other sections.
?. The progress OF develop
ment in all branches IS assured,
hence prices will not fuctuate,
but an increase is inevitable.
;. The channel for live in
vestments has been in other
directions. The investors at
tentioa has not been directed
TO the south until recently
hence making it practically a
new field.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-17

If an express train moving
at the rate of s. miles an hour
were TO stop suddenly it would
gs-e the passengers a shock
equal TO that of falling from a
height of 81 feet.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-17
THE SHOW HASN'T
OPENED YET.

From the Omaha World-Heraid.
Cities that gave Mckinley a
plurality are now electing Dem
ecratic officials with a unanimi
~ that pertends considerable
dissatisfaction with the show so
literally advertised by the ad
vance agent
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-17

Last week Hiram Payne "a
farmer living near Victoria,
T-na.s killed a bald Gayle meas
airing eight ieet from tip to tip
The bird had been carrying off
and aevonring his hogs.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-17

A clergyman, upon introduc
ing some hymn books to his
flock instructed his clerk to
give out the notice just before
one of the collections. The
clerk forgot and instead read
out: Cali who have children
that they wish christened let
me known after the services. !"
The clergyman was very deaf,
and added blandly: And |
should like to add for the be
neht of those who have none,
that they may be obtained at
the vestry any day between 3
and a. the ordinary little ones
at 25c and the special ones
with red backs, 35c--Ex.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-17

The city council of Wabash,
Ind, has directed the health
officer to prepare an ordinance
prohibiting splitting in public
places
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-17

The production of amber in
Germany last year was about
40 tons, or nearly 100 tons
more than in the previous
year
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-17

A Kansas burglar was
frightened out of a house by
a baby, which awoke and cried
Papa
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-17
sALUTING ACAT.
From Harper's Round Table.

From Harper's Round Table.
There is at least one place
in the world where the cat was
until recently held in high hon
or, and received the attention
due to one of so high a station
in life. That place is India,
where in a fortress the sentries
invariably used to present arms
to every cat that appeared on
the scene.
The custom is accounted for
by this singular anecdote, which
comes from what appears to
be good authority.
Some fifty years ago it hap
pened that a very high English
official died in an Indian for
tress, at a place that is one OF
the centers of Brahminic re
Iieion, and at the moment
when the news of his death
met the Sepoy guard at the
main gate a black cat rushed
out of it.
The superstitious guard
presented arms to the cat as a
salute to the dying spirit OF
the powerful Englishman, and
the coincidence took such a
firm hold upon the locality that
up to a few years ago neither
exhortation nor orders could
prevent a Hindoo sentry at
that gate from presenting arms
to any cat that passed out at
night.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-17
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SHOULD BE EXPUNGED.

From the Chicago Ti1nes-IIerald-
The ho,nicidal lover is a mon
strosity who has no earthly ex
eusee for existence, and who
should be wiped out as quickly
and as ef1ectually as possible.
The new woman should learn
bow to shoot
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-17

Mrs. Swan of Scranton, the
only woman in Pennsylvania
who has ever served as a
member of a poor board, has
resigned from the local board.
She was known as the best
man on the board"
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-05
a GRAND CONCERT.

The Stone Printing and Manufacturing
Company Band, with eighteen pieces,
will give concert at Crystal Spring Park
Monday ut 1900 o'clock. Following is
the programme in Iul:
March, "The Warnock,n Casey.
Overture, "Incantazione," Snyder.
Waltz, ''Hearrsease," White
March, "Col. Quay" Losey.
Selection from Bohemian Girl"
Balfe
schottishe, "Aunt Cloc's Birthday"
Voelker.
Andante and waltz, 'Nameless, Hill.
Song and Dance, ''The Lovers" Sny.
der.
March, "The Emperor" Hail.
This ban" occupies unique position
in the musical world, composed, as it il,
entirely of printers, all. with one excep-
ton, employees of the Stone Printing and
Manufacturing Company. There IS. per-
haps, no other print ting house in the
country, certainly not in the South that
can boast of first. class musical organ
ization, and Opposite Hotel Roanoke
has just reason to be proud oil his excel.
lent band. If the music rendered on the
first appearance of the band few week $
ago is to be taken ms criterion, the con
cert tomorrow will be Il success.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-05
GRAND EXCURSION.

To Richmond and Norfolk, on Thursday
morning, September 8. Round trip to
Richmond, $2.25; round trip to Norfolk,
SO. Two days and two NIGHTS in either
Richmond or Norfolk. The train leaves
Roanoke ut II a. M, arriving at Rich.
mond. Thursday aJ 6 p. m. Arriving ct
Norfolk. Thursday ut 10:40 p. m. Re-
turning, the train will leave Richmond
on Saturday night at 10 o'cluck. Leave
Norfolk on Saturday night at 10 O'Clock.
Tickets on sale at Union depot.