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And Receives a Mortal Bullet Wound
in the Abdomen.
Richard Pastini, Head of the Family
Poisoned by Eating Mushrooms,
Tries to Commit Suicide-TwO of
His Children Already Dead, and
Another Not Expected to Recover.

WINNEMUCCA (Nev), Feb. Ut.
A. Burns, saloonkeeper of Paradise,
forty three miles north of here, was shot
and fatally wounded last night by VIII
Mulfller, a half-breed Indian.
About week ago Burns wife left him
on account of ill-treatment, and took
her two children to the home of her
brother, about three miles from Para
disc. Burns vowed he would take his
children away from his wife, and last
night went to MoreyS house for that
purpose. Muffler was the only man
about the premises. Burns started to
carry one child away, but Mrs. Burns
managed to get it away from him. This
angered Burns, and he attempted to re-
new the attack, but the inmates locked
the doors of the house upon him. Burns
broke into the house through a window,
but hardly gained entrance when Muf-
fer picked up a rife and shot him. The
bullet entered Burns abdomen passing
through the body.
Burns has an unsavory reputation
generally.
Muffler was arrested, but will prob
ably be discharged.
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OREGON LEGISLATURE.
The Hope of Organization is Very
Slender.

SALEM, Few. 21.-Both the Senate and
House met to-day, and as there was not
a quorum in either house an adjourn
ment was taken until tomorrow.
The organization Of the Legislature
depends wholly upon the possibility Of
forty members of the House coming in
and taking their seats. There are now
in regular attendance only thirty MEM
bers. Governor Lord has indicated that
he will not call special session, and it
is the hope at present that the demand
for legislation and the need of the cleo
ton of a United States Senator will
force the members to come in.
If the House can muster a quorum
there will be no difficulty in securing one
in the Senate. In view of the bitter feel
ing that exists between the different
factions. the hope that there will be an
organization is a very slender one.
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SUIT FOR SALARY.
A Case Which is of Interest to Ap-
pointees of Supervisors.

SANTA CRUZ, Feb. 27.-To-day As
sstant District Attorney b. X. Knight
petitioned the Superior Court for a
writ of mandate compelling Auditor
Martin to give him warrant for one
months salary, amounting to $1OO. AT
the last meeting of the Supervisors a
protest was made against issuing the
warrant, on the ground that the Su-
pervisors had no authority to make the
appointment. The outcome of the case
will be watched with interest, as the
Supervisors have appointed Assistant
District Attorneys in other counties
under the same Act by which Knight
was appointed.
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THE BUILDING COLLAPSED.
Five Floors Crush Down in a Heap
Into the Cellar Below.

CINCINNATI, Feb. 27.-To-night
five floors of the Shinkle, Wilson &
Kreis Company's wholesale grocery
crashed down in a heap into the cel-
lar, under load of nearly one thou
sand barrels of sugar. Michael
Schwabach. the watchman, was
crushed to death, and VIM. III. Gersts, a
clerk, and Michael Coleman, dray-
man, were slightly injured.
The building, No. East Front street
is five stories high, 80 feet wide and so
feet deep. Twenty-Five feet of the
five floors next to Front street remain
standing. 1t was near the elevator
in the rear of the building that the
floors were loaded The property loss,
according to Mr.. Shinkle's estimate,
will not exceed $4,000. The lower
floor of the building is twenty inches
under water.
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CINCINNATI FLOOD.
By rlonday the Submerged Districts
Will be Above Water.

CINCINNATI, Feb. 21.-At 10 o'clock
tonight the river registered fifty-nine
feet, ten inches, and was falling two
inches an hour. Between here and
Louisville it is either falling slowly, or
stationary. Navigation is resuming
at all points, and by tomorrow night
steamers will be able to pass under all
the bridges. On Monday morning, at
the expected rate of subsistence, all
submerged houses in this vicinity will
be above water. Private aid to suf-
ferers in the submerged districts was
more abundant to-day than heretofore.
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Venezuelan Commission Report.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-The Ven
ezuelan Boundary Commission to-day
submitted it's report to the President,
and terminated the work which has
engaged the attention of its members
for many months. No direct state
ment as to it's nature is obtainable, but
it is believed that it does not attempt
to state the location of the true divis-
ional line beween Venezuela and Brit
ish Guiana. 1t has not yet been de-
cided whether or not the report will be
made public.
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INSANE WITH GRIEF.
Richard Pastini Tries to End His Ex-
iStenCe.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 27.-Richard
Pastini, the head of the family that
was poisoned by eating mushrooms,
has become insane through grief, and
has to be watched to prevent him
from killing himself. He tried to
shoot himself to-day. but the pistol was
taken from him.
Pastini, his wife and one child will
recover, but the eldest son, Atillo, will
surely die. Two of the children died
yesterday. The mushrooms that
proved to be such deadly poison have
been recognized by botanists as a
deadly member Of the aminata species,
known as the spring mushroom.
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Papago Indians Arming.

TUCSON, Feb. 27.-Papago Indians
from San Xavier Mission have been
buying guns and ammunition for two
days. The United States Marshal in
Vestigated the reason and found that
Indians from near the border arrived at
the mission and told of the fight at
El Plomo several days ago, also that
the Mexicans We're preparing to cross
the line and take the Papagoes stock,
ont
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intercollegiate Athletic Association.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2T.-The annual
meeting OF the Intercollegiate Athletic
Association was held at the Fifth-ave-
nue. Hotel to-day, and was in every
way harmonious. 1t was voted to ad-
nit to membership the Leland Stanford
Jr. University of California, Boston
College, Pennsylvania State College
and Haverford College. Several amend
ments to the constitution We're adopted.
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REFORM SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.
The Proposition to Locate 1t at Santa
Clara fleets With Opposition.

SAN JOSE, Feb. 27.-The proposition
TO locate the Reform School for Girls
at the old Home for the Feeble-M Minded
of Santa Clara is meeting with severe
opposition. Santa Clarans are greatly
agitated over the matter to-day. The
majority seem to favor the proposition,
but a minority, led by some large prop
erfy owners, are greatly against it.
San Jose Grange expressed the opinion
to-day that it would not be best Cor the
morals of the community to have the
Reform School there.
The idea is to get the old Keeley In
stitute building, in the hills near Los
Gatos, but this does not seem to have
assumed any definite shs1e.
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Bellows MurdererS Held.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 27.-The pre-
liminary examination of Manuel
Brown, William Warner and William
Gillian, charged with the murder of
James Bellew on January 23d, was con-
cluded to-day before Justice Owens, the
accused being held to answer before the
Superior Court without bail. Gillian is
charged with being accessory after the
fact in Withholding from the police the
knowledge he had of the murder as
confessed to him by Brown and War
ner
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LOS ANGELES UNEMPLOYED.
Measures to be Taken to Relieve the
Sufferers.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 27.-The unem-
ployed, 400 strong, assembled at the
Plaza this morning and listened to a
message from Mayor Snyder which
outlined the steps that had been taken
for their relief. 1t has been arranged
to call a mass meeting of citizens at as
early a date as possible for the pur-
pose of discussing the unemployed
question and arranging a practical
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TERRIBLE ARRAY AT A DANCE
Ten People Killed and Fifteen Seri-
OuSly Wounded.

VICTORIA (Mex), Feb. PA dis
patch from Tancol says a terrible af-
fray took place at a dance in which
ten persons were killed and fifteen Sc
riously wounded. A young man in
suited a young woman. This led to
general fight in which knives and pis-
tells were freely used.
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Suicide at Stockton.

STOCKTON, Feb. 27.-The dead body
of Gene Veranasque was found this
afternoon in his little house at the out
skirts of the city. A gun by his side
told the story of suicide, but there was
nothing to indicate the possible cause,
save that he had led a lonely and
moody life for some time, and was not
in the best of health. He owend his
small place and made living peddling
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No Place for Laboring Men.

SAN JOSE, Feb. 27.-William Po-
laski, a young man who has just re-
turned from Randsburg, says the sto-
ries of rich mines there are greatly ex-
aggerated, and that hundreds of idle
men are there, with no place to sleep
and little to eat. He warns laboring
men not to go there.
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BUFFERS ATTORNEYS.
They VIII Fare Badly, So Far as Fees
for Services Are Concerned.

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 27.-The at
torneys who have endeavored to pre-
vent the extradition of murderer But
Ter will fare badly so far as fees for
their services are concerned. When
three young attorneys undertook But
ler's defense, one of their number
Attorney Pidwell secured a bin of sale
from Butler for all his clothing and
personal effects in the custody of the
United States Marshal. Pidwell sued
the Marshal for these articles, but the
action was ordered dismissed in the
Justices Court to-day.
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The State Treasurer an EmbeZZIer.

LINCOLN (Neb.), Feb. 27.-Attorney-
General Smythe to-day swore out
warrant before Judge Cochrane for the
arrest of exState Treasurer j. S. Hart
ley, charging him with embeZzlement of
State money on fourteen counts. The
sums aggregate S1,255, ,625. Hartley
gave himself up and was released on
$50 600 bail
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FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.
Two Men fleet With Death at New
Bedford, Mass.

NEW BEDFORD (Mass), Feb. 81
The boiler at the Acushnet Mills ex-
ploded to-day, wrecking a part of the
plant. A section of the boiler crashed
through the roof of the police station,
a block away. After the firemen got
the fire under control a search among
the ruins of the boiler house disclosed
the body of Manuel Mendoza, a fire.
man. Another employe of the mill, Ar
thur Ashin. was burned to death. Half
a dozen others were injured.
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81 little Mouse" Located.

SAN DIEGO, Feb. "a letter was
received here to-day which says: Lit
tle Mouse" who murdered James l..
Stearns and Mum Davis on the Col
orada desert January 18th, has been
located with band of Piute Indians at
the agency in Nevada. The Piute
chief refuses to give him up ofiicer
Harris. who is at the head of the pur-
suing party, wires that demand Ior
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Safe-Crackers at Portland.

PORTLAND, (Or), Feb. 21.-The
third successful attempt at safe crack
ing in this city within three days was
made at an early hour this morning.
The office of the Portland Soap and
Chemical Company was entered by
burglars, who drilled a hole into the
combination of the safe and blew it
open. They secured less than $50.
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official inquiry shows that no blame
attaches to the officials of the prison,
to the other prisoners or to the author
tiles at Guanabacoa for the death of
DR.. Ruiz. The telegram adds that both
the Spanish and the American physi-
clans have officially certified that Ru-
iz's death was due to congestion of the
brain, and that there was no indica-
ton of a blow or Entertainment
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RIUZ' DEATH.
Spanish Officials Claim II Was From
Congestion of the Brain.

NEW YORK, Feb. ga dispatch to
the World from Madrid says: Span
ish Foreign Minister, the Duke of Tet-
uan, has cabled to the Spanish Lega-
ton at Washington the contents of
telegram from Acting Captain-General
Ahumada at Havana, stating that an
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plan for the relief of the destitutio1
now prevalent in the city.
A petition signed by several hundred
business men was to-day presented to
the Merchants and Manufacturers AS
sociation, asking that body to prepare
an ordinance submitting to the people
the question Of the issuance of bonds
to the amount of $150,00O, to be ex-
pended in improvement of the city
marks
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Sudden Death at Santa Cruz.

SANTA CRUZ, Feb. 27-Captain
George H. Sager fell out of a buggy
from an attack of heart disease this
morning. He died shortly after being
carried into a nearby house. In re-
cent years he was in the employ of
the L. A. Him Company.
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Killed by a Snowslide.

SALT LAKE, Feb. PA special to
the Tribune" from Marysvale, Utah,
says Charles Willing and Carl Peterson
were found dead to-day in Deer Trail
Gulch. They had been killed by q
snowslide, which swept away their
cabin. The men went into the gulch
about ten days ago.
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O'Donnell Awarded the Fight.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2T.-Twenty-five
hundred people gathered at the Polo
Athletic Club tonight saw very
warm contest between Billy O'Donnell
Of St Paul and Jack Delaney of this
city O'Donnell had the call nearly all
the bout and in the nineteenth
the referee stopped the fight and
awarded him the contest.
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DIR. SteinitZ Improving.

NEW YORK, Feb. 27.-The New
York "Staats Zeitung' has received
dispatch from it's Berlin correspondent
stating that change for the better has
taken place in the condition of Dr.
Steinitz and that his full restoration to
health may be looked for.
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Fatal Railway Accident.

MARSHALL (Mo.), Feb. "a fast
freight train on the Chicago and Alton
road was wrecked just east of this
place at o'clock tonight. Engineer
C. c. Ehrit was crushed to death un-
der his cab. Charles Rymal, the head
brakeman, died before the debris could
be cut above him. -
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FROZEN TO DEATH.
Fate of Two Men on the Plains of
Wyoming.

SALT LAKE Otah). Feb. 27-A
special to the "Trioune" from Rawlins,
wy, says:
A searching party which started from
here yesterday to look for Thomas
Hogg and Eissell, half-breed, who
have been missing since Saturday last,
returned this afternoon, having found
the men fourteen miles from this city.
They were lying side by side, where
they had both frozen to death
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A Burglar Shot.

OAKLAND, Feb. 27.-Elmer Lattrow
was shot early this morning by officer
Henderson. He was burglarizing the
Metropole Hotel at 3 a. m. The wound
is not fatal. The officer happened to
be in the hotel when the burglar was
discovered. Latfrow says he is a
paperhanger out of work.
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A Protest From Arizona.

PHOENIX, (Ariz), Feb. 21.-The
Legislature to-day voted favorably on
measure to be telegraphed to Pres
ident Cleveland asking his veto of a
bill passed by both Houses of Con-
Aress permitting the funding of $780,
900 fraudulent railway bonds
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Costly Blaze at Middle Branch, O.

CANTON, Feb. 27.-The immense
plant of the Middle Branch of the
Portland and Diamond Cement Com
pany, at Middlebranch, burned this
morning. The loss is 100000, partially
insured
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Held for Murder Without Bail.

SALT LAKE, Feb. 27.-John Rice,
Alvin Mitchell and Mrs. Harriet Beut-
Ter are held without bail on the charge
of numbering Fred Beutler. the old man
who was killed here on Thursday night.
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SanguiIly Arrives at Key West.

KEY WEST (F'la.), Feb. 27.-General
Julio Sanguilly arrived here from Ha-
vana tonight. He was most enthusi-
astically received by his countrymen in
this city.
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Gallagher Defeats MaggiolIi.

PITTSBURG, Feb. 27.-Gallagher de-
feated Maggiolli tonight in the bill
lard tournament. The score was 400
to go.
The state herald., 1897-08-06
STORAGE BATTERIES.
Their Sale Has become u Regular business
In the East.


For some time electricity has been
selling In cans like milk In the streets
of New York. There Is one company
which makes specially of furnishing
storage batteries to hotels, small fac
tories, mercantile houses and other es-
adjustments where little power is
needed, and not enough to Justify the
investment of money in plant. No
these storage batteries are delivered
every morning. Some of them are as
small as cigar box, others are as
large us the cylinder of soda-water
fountain.
This method of securing power is so
popular and economical that it will not
be long before electricity delivery
wagons willbeas common In the streets
as the milk wagons are now. One
company at present has eighteen wag-
ons on the street. They load every
morning at the factory and start out
on their various routes. As the driver
hauls up at the door of customer
he rings the bell and leaves the box
on the steps or In the area, where he
finds an empty jar, of which the CON
tents were used the day before. In
some of the hotels the lighting appa-
ratus is supplied by this method, but
1t is not so economical as a connection
with the regular wires. Some dress
makers have small storage batteries
attached to their sewing machines, and
buy one-tenth or one-fiftecnth of
horse power a day. Surgeons and 9th
er professional men find various uses
for storage batteries in their oilicesp par
ticularly those who give the electricity
treatment for rheumatism and other
diseases. The company | speak of has
six wagons engaged in supplying pro
fessional men principally
doctors and dentists.
The dentists use the portable bat
teries with small motors to run ma
chimes for cleaning the teeth and for
drilling holes in the molars of their pa
tients. Surgeons often carry about in
their eases small lights charged from
portable batteries. These lights are
useful in examining the throats of
their patients. Orders for vest pocket
batteries are frequently received from
vaudeville performers and actors In
comic operas, who use them for spec
tacular effects. They make Christmas
trees sparkle and monographs talk,
and automatic pianos play. They illu-
inmate the tables at dinner parties and
decorations of balls and weddings.
There were ninety storage batteries
used at the wedding reception of Miss
Vanderbilt TO the Duke of Marlbor-
Ough. and at the French mask ball last
winter the pocket batteries were so
common that they attracted little at
tentiOn. In the summer one of the
greatest markets for canned electricity
is in supplying launches on the rivers
and lakes surrounding New York.
Some country residences. have n stor-
age battery shipped down TO them ev
cry day from the city. and an even
more extensive trade in small bat
tcries is from the bicycle riders, who
find them more convenient than oil to
light their lamps. on the boulevards
in New York and Brooklyn and other
highways much patronized by bicycle
riders there are shops where storage
batteries may be renewed In case they
give out.-Cbicago Record.
The state herald., 1897-08-06
Another Charming Act.

A correspondent who was Interested
In the hnecdote related under the title,
"a Charming Act" on page 40 OF the
Companion for March %. 1897. sends
us an account OF an incident which is
worthy to go on record with the other.
From 1889 TO 1898" the correspondent
writes. Il was postmaster at Hunting
ton. West Virginia. A day or two be-
fore tho Christmas OF 1889 stranger
appeared at the postoiilcc and asked II
we had any letters or packages which
could not be forwarded for lack OF prop
or postage. Many | answered.
Bring them all out. and let us send
them on their way. said he, at the same
time taking bank note from his pock-
ct. The accumulntlons held for post
age were produced. were properly
stamped. and were sent TO the cancel
Ing table. the stranger paying for the
necessary stamps. Now nald he. I
viii leave two dollars more In your
hands to be expended for stamps. In
case other matter should be deposited
during tho holidays with insufficient
postage. You can Keep record OF tho
amount. and we will settle when call
again WIN you leave your Nance
asked oh. that's not necessary; I'm
only drummer he answered, This
act he repeated every year Mt tho be-
ginning Of the season until 1898. when,
being unable to reach Huntington be-
fore the holidays. he enclosed Ave dol
lars In letter TO tho postmaster. nRh-
Ing that II be expended, II necessary.
In the same way. Tho letter was signed
'Thc Crank Drummer Aficr hin Hcc-
ond visit he Was traced to hotel. and
his name learned from the register. I
rlyc II to you privately, but II Ia per-
haps not best TO reveal IT, Whether
he has continued his crank practice I
do not know"
The state herald., 1897-08-06
A Railway Hospital Car.

Consul Morris writes from Client that the
latest novelty In Belgium railroad matters
is the hospital car. In the event Of u Sc
rious railroad accident, the ear may be run
to the spot. where the wounded may be
picked up and carried to the nearest large
city for treatment. instead OF being left to
while awaiting surgical attendance. II also
enables the railway companies, at certain
seasons or upon special occasions, to trans
sorts. The Interior Is divided Into mnin
compartment n corridor on one side. and
two small rooms at the end. The largest
compartment is the hospital proper: II con
talns twentyfour isolated beds on steel
tubes hung upon powerful springs. Each
patient lies In front of two little windows.
which may lie closed or opened at will Each
bed is provided with little movable table
and cord serves to hold all the various
small objects which the patient may need.
The corridor on the outside Of the hospital
chamber leads TO the linen closet and the
doctors apartment. In the latter is a large
cupboard. The upper portion Is used foE
drugs; the lower part Is divided Into two
smaller compartments-one serving as a case
for surgical Instruments, the other as a re-
ceptacle for the doctors folding bed.
The hospital compartment Is carpeted with
llnolcum to deadcn the sound Of walking.
Trap doors In the 1oor when opened. dis.
close an Ice chest. n compartment for disin-
fectlon OF sOilci linen, and n provision eel.
lar IL necessary, portion of the hospital
chamber may he transformed Into an opeGnt
Ing room for urgent cases.
The state herald., 1897-08-06
wAsuING A FINE ARr.

"Ever since spinning was type Of
womanly industry from age to age, 1t has
been expected that beautiful apparel should
clothe women. From the classic robes Of
Aspasia to the rich dresses of Elizabeth,
and thence to the wedding gown Of Pur-
itan Priscilla we see the attractiveness of
dress" But at this time only has 1t be-
come possible for all women to be berom
ingly attired at n small cost, the supply of
beautiful inexpensive dress fabrics now to
be had making 1t an easy matter. Yet
there are women who insist that the ex
pense of having summer gowns laundered
is greater than the original cost and that
in the end light woolens or summer silks
are more economical. This is a mistaken
idea, rs washing pretty belongings is fine
art, which is very easy to learn Any girl
no matter how delicately reared can wash
her own summer gown. A bright day,
plenty OF water, and little pure soap are
the necessary aids in the work, To do it,
fill n tub two-thirds full Of warm water,
dissolve fourth of n cake of Ivory Soap,
(Which will not fade the most delicate
colors), add it to the water, wash the gar
mcnts carefully through it, rinse first in
clear water, then in blue water, wiring
dip in thin starch, hand on the line in the
shade. When dry, sprintle, and iron on
wrong side. Esza X, Parker.