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The herald., 1897-01-31
HARDLY A QUORUM PRESENT
When the State Assembly Roll
Is Called
THE TENNESSEE EXPOSITION
Must Worry Along Without a California
Appropriation
Adverse Report-The Usual Flood
of New Bills
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SACRAMENTO, Jan. 30.-There was
little more than quorum in the assem-
bly, this morning when Speaker Coombs
raped for order.
The bill providing for the sale of street
railroad and other franchises in munic-
ipalities was a special order for this
morning, but on motion of Dibble it
was made a special order for Monday
morning. Dibble, the author of the bill,
is waiting for amendments to it by
| Mayor Phelan of San Francisco.
The committee on contested elections
reported in favor of dismissing the Ben
nett-Toland contest and that Toland
retain his seat The report was adopted.
The ways and means committee re
ported in favor of the following bills:
To authorize the state fish commission
ers to purchase or construct a gasoline
launch; to provide for the appointment
by the supreme court of five commits
sioners and secretary therefor; MAX
ing appropriations for the claims of
Britton and Ray.
The bill appropriating money for an
exhibit at the Tennessee exposition was
returned with the recommendation that
the author be allowed to withdraw the
same. Mr.. Valentine, author of the
II.
The committee on Federal relations
reported adversely on their resolution
relating to the free coinage of silver.
Anderson of Solano presented a pro-
test from the citizens of Benica against
the passage of any measure providing
for the crushing of rock at Folsom.
A resolution instructing the controller
to issue warrant to Sergeant alarms
Banks for $129.63 for expenses was re-
ferred to the ways and means commit
tee.
The following bills were introduced:
Amending section 1877 of the Political
Code providing for the salaries of the
judges of the superior courts of a num-
Der of counties, including San Fran
cisco, intended to affect only Del Norte
county; to pay claim of James V. Hicks;
to establish board of examiners for the
California State Therapeutic society and
college; amending the Civil Code relat-
ing to the measure of indemnity in a
fire insurance policy; to provide that
county and municipal treasurers may
deposit county and municipal funds in
their charge in savings or commercial
banks.
On motion OF North of Alameda the
second reading file was taken up. Re
cess was postponed for an hour to finish
the reading of the file.
Adjourned till Monday
The herald., 1897-01-31
Los ANGELES MORNING. JANUARY 81, 1897.

to the routine duties of the position. per-
formed a large amount Of work. which
saved the city thousands Of dollars. Mr..
Strange drew all of the plans for new
schoolhouses and superintended their
construction. and besides prepared the
plans for the new city prison. conceded
to be the most complete and best equip
ped structure of the kind on the coast.
Mr. Strange, during his two years Ct
service, has been universally accommo-
dating and obliging. and he retires to
private life with the best wishes of all
with whom he has been brought in con-
tact
The herald., 1897-01-31
ZANJA COMMITTEE

The zanja committee met yesterday
and adopted the following recommenda-
tions for submission to the council Mon
day:
Recommend that Petition No. 72, from
j. Roberts. asking that the zanja run
ming through his lot on First street be
piped, be denied
In the matter Of the report of the
water overseer in reference to the Ma
tional Ice company constructing water
box and fiume in the river bed for the
purpose of conveying water to the foot
OF Turner street for their use, we rec
ommend they be allowed to do SO until
such time that in the judgment of the
water overseer it interferes with the sup
ply for the zanja system.
The herald., 1897-01-31
COULD NOT HOLD HIM.
Nobody Had Complained About Young
Dan Haskell

The young fellow, known sometimes
as Dan Haskell, and at other times as
Sullivan, who was captured at the Chi
cago house Thursday night by COM
pany of detectives along with Bud Low
ett, the escaped inmate of lone, was in
the police court yesterday.
Though the constables had arrested
the boy on the supposition that he was
wanted for grand larceny, it developed
yesterday that there was no complaint
against him, and in consequence he was
set free.
The herald., 1897-01-31
AFTER INFORMATION

Mayor Snyder yesterday received a
letter from A. Il. Douglass, of the
Lowell observatory, City of Mexico,
asking for information concerning "a
curious. irregular light streak in the sky.
some 15 degrees long," observed near
Flagstaff, Arizona, on the evening of
election day, November 3. 1896. The
phenomenon was also observed at the
Needles. The enquirer thinks that in
formation on the subject would be of
great Importance to scientists. and
therefore would like to secure all avail
able data. The letter has been turned
over to the weather bureau.
The herald., 1897-01-31
Unemployed Continue to Crowd
the City Hall
ONLY A SLIGHT FALLING OFF
What the Manager Of the Free Labor
Bureau Says
Weekly Report OF the City Clerk-The
Retirement Of Building Superin-
tendent Strange.

There was the usual crowd Of men
about the city hall yesterday trying to
get work in the street department or
some other branch of the city govern
ment, though the number was not SO
great as 1t has been for some days past.
The various city officials say that the
applicants outnumber the places at least
fifty TO one, and that the mere intimation
that O. few men are to be provided with
even temporary employment has the
effect of largely increasing the swarm of
applicants
A Herald reporter yesterday called at
the Free Labor bureau to ascertain the
status of affairs at that place. Mr. Carr,
theh superintendent, was not in, but his
assistant cheerfully furnished such In
formation, as was In his power. This gen
tleman said that while there is undoubt
edly large number of men out of work,
he thought that the estimates were en-
tirely too high, and that IL they were cut
in two they would be nearer the mark.
He said that there had been no increase
in the number of applicants at the bu-
reau since the election, but on the con-
trary, IL there had been any change a.
all, there had been falling off. This,
however, he attributed to the fact that
many men had transferred their head
quarters from the bureau TO the city
hall in the hope of catching on" to some-
thing to do in the street or park depart
ment, and as soon as all Of these places
are filled, he thought that the men who
were unsuccessful would return to the
bureau
The superintendent said that what was
even worse than the number of men out
of work were the small wages offered for
help, which were the lowest that he had
ever known. He instanced one case
where a rancher had called at the bureau
and left an order for a farm hand, Offer
ing only SIS per month, the man to room
and board himself. Another case was
also given where dairyman had left
an order for man to drive milk wagon
and also to milk cows, the pay for which
was SIS per month, the dairyman pre-
sumably boarding the man and fur
nishing lodgings. At this rate of COM
pensation, man of family was virtu-
ally as bad off as without anything to
do. as after paying his Individual ex-
penses, there was nothing left over. The
superintendent took a rather hopeful
view of the situation and thought there
would be a marked improvement in the
near future.
AT the private employment agencies
It was stated that there was no change
to speak of. There were, of course.
plenty of men for every place to be filed,
but the conditions were substantially
the same as those which have prevailed
for some months.
The herald., 1897-01-31

Of this county when the souvenirs weN
delivered. All contracts were assigned
to the II. S. Crocker company, San Fran
cisco, who did the typographical work
The souvenirs are now being delivered,
but in some instances Signatures attach
ed to contracts are denied by those pur.
porting to have signe0 them. They say
that their names have been forged. The
total amount of such fictitious contracts
is not known but is supposed to be sew
eral thOleandI SoI1ars
The herald., 1897-01-31
DR.. Shores the Peoples Specialist

Dr. Shores today recognized alike by the medical profession and the
people as one of the most advanced specialists of this
OF catarrh and chronic disease graduate Of oldest
lege, his years of experience linked with his special training
deep researches into the of Nature for the
men diseases OF the respiratory tract have placed him
his noble profession the true healing
minded kindly and benevolent has been called the peoples
cause for small fee he acompises after
peners have failed Dr. Shores recent wonderful invention
thoroughly scientific, but wha instrument apply
his soothing oils and healing balms directly
aed spots in the head throat bronchial tubes and the
lungs reaching the most minute air ce and bringing healing
stimulating vegetable medicines
famed Membranes thus aiding nature accomplish per-
manent cure Come and try this wonderful the new in
strumen and be convinced of its efficacy Why experiment.
Why pay big fees to other doctors when DR.. Shores
will cure you for $5 per month"; medicines Free
The herald., 1897-01-31
A SENSIBLE SULTAN

NEW YORK, Jan. 3O-A dispatch
to the Herald from Vienna stys: The
Turkish government of the sultan's ad-
hesion to the international plague con-
ference at Venice ,and also of the sui
tan's peremptory forbiddance of the
pilgrimage to Mecca because of the
prevalence of the pest. The sultan's
notification has made an excellent i'm
preston.
The herald., 1897-01-31
UNDELIVERED TELEGRAMS,

The following kilograms remain un-
called-for at the Office of the Western
Union: Hon. W. E.. Hall, Miss L. C..
Crook, Hank Griffin, John P. Weiser,
Stella Larson ard VIM. B. Mershon.
The herald., 1897-01-31
TURNED OVER HIS OFFICE.

Building Superintendent Strange yes
terday closed up'h his business at the city
han and turned over the affairs of his
office to his successor, Mr.. Stratton, who
will enter on the discharge of his duties
Monday morning. In the retirement of
Mr.. Strange it is generally conceded
that the city has lost one of its most eff
ficient and competent attaches. Being
an accomplished architect, Mr.. Strange,
during his term of office, has, in addition
The herald., 1897-01-31
BUILDING PERMITS.

The following permits were issued by
the building superintendent yesterday:
To T. E. Albright for dwelling on
Fourth and Soto streets, to cost $3.50.
To F. Monroe for frame dwelling OH
Tenth street, near San Pedro street, to
cost 1915.
Total for north of January 1888 per-
mits. to cost $127,S15, compared with 100
permits, to cost $239,4S1
The herald., 1897-01-31
ES KEEPS HIS PROnISE AND EXTENDS THE TIME LII

Owing the large crowds closing
ment Dr. Shores compelled
tension benefit the sick
ton for healing the Sick Don't off until
the month Now get
absolutely
mind
Come and be convinced without paving
The herald., 1897-01-31
A GUARANTEE

The DR.. A. j. SHORES COMPANY is
incorporated and is composed of business
men of Los Angeles. No figureheads in
this company. As to the honesty and re-
liability of the DR.. A. J. SHORES Co,
it might be we'll to mention its directors:
DR.. A. j. SHORES, President; GEN. C.
c. ALLEN, Vice-president; MER CHANTS
NATINAL BANK, Treas. Z; WALTER ROSE,
Director; HON. VIM. BOSBYSHELL,
Director; M. M. OGDEN, Director.
The herald., 1897-01-31

]. F. Mcclure of New York, publisher
OF McClure's Magazine, is a guest at the
Hollenbeck.
The herald., 1897-01-31
A WHISPERED FRAUD.

SANTA CRUZ, Jan. 30.-Recently So
licitors obtained contracts to pay GER
tain amounts for an illustrated souvenir
The herald., 1897-01-31

CITY CLERKS REPORT
The city clerk yesterday filed his
weekly report for submission to the
council Monday, as follows:
The herald., 1897-01-31
DOCTOR SHORES FREE TREATMENT

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CURING DEAFNESS

The Marves of Improved
Daily
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-07-23
Preparing for the Fall Fair.

The Board of Managers of the
Oxford Agricultural Society came
to town Monday and met at the
residence of Secretary Thomas and
made some arrangements for the
Fall Fair, September %, % and "a
Following is the speed schedule
adopted
September 23-Tri-county3 -year-
old colt race, mixed, purse $50; )
minute class, purse 800; 2.27 class,
mixed, purse S175.
September 24-2.50 class, purse
500; 2.37 class, mixed, purse $3.50
2.23 class, mixed, purse $3.50.
A number of alterations were
made to the fall catalogue which
will be issued by the society.-Ox-
ford Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-07-23
Orphans Court.

The Orphans Court was in ses
sion on Tuesday and Wednesday
last week. Sundry claims against
deceased estates were examined anG
passed.
Bonds Approved.-Bond of L.
M. Haines, guardian of Catharine
Baker; bond of Theo. j. Abrams
gdn. of John B. Haley; bond OF
Thos. G. Lewis, gdn. of John r. and
Eva o. Lewis; bond of Henrietta
G. Price, exrX. of Teresa C. Price
bond of VIM. S. Evans, admr. C. t.
a., of Emma j. Gregg.
Accounts Passed.-First and final
account of William B. Smith, admr.
of Margaret B. Smith, and distri-
button struck on same; first and
final account of William G. Mercy
admr. of Francis e. Bradbury, and
distribution struck on same; first
account Of Ella j. McFeeters, gdn.
OF Charles S. Cooper; first account
of Thomas G. Lewis, gdn. of John
r. and Eva o. Levi first and final
account of VIM. S. Evans, eXr. of
Catharine Hamilton, and distribu-
ton struck on same; first and final
account of John Banks, admr. of
Agnes VanBuskirk, and distribu-
ton struck on same; first and final
account of Wesley Cummings admr.
of Mary Cummings and distribu-
ton struck on same.
The Court was in special session
Tuesday, July Goth. The account
of Manly Drennen and John NJ.
Tucker, admrs. ofThomas Drennen,
was passed and distribution struck
on same. Sundry orders were
passed in other cases.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-07-23
An Attempt at Incendiarism.

Some one pried open a shutter in
the rear of the apartments occupied
by DR.. Gillespie, Oxford, last Sun
day morning y little after midnight,
poured coal oil on the carpet, and
set fire to the same, but for some
reason the attempt to burn the place
down failed, as the fire only con-
sumed the carpet and burned
through the floor.
Had it gained any Roadway, the
entire block might have been swept
away, as the fire engine was under
going repairs, and would have been
useless. What the object of the
attempted incendiary was is not
known, but the superstition is that
the robbery of Rudolph's Bazal
was the aim.-EX.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-07-23
Miss Alice Hartenstine is visiting

Miss Alice Hartenstine is visiting
friends in Chester, Pa.
Miss Florence Kellow, of Camden
is visiting'Miss Jessie Pogue.
Miss Anna Lovett, of Norristown
is the guest of Miss Mary Worth
ington.
Lawrence Martin and Horace
Duyckincky will start from Rising
Sun next Monday for a bicycle trip
to New York.
Misses Violette and Halle Haines
left Rising Sun last Friday morn
ing for a European trip, Mr.. and
Mrs. Haines accompanying them to
New York where they took the
steamer "Pennsylvania" that eve
ming. The Misses Haines will be
accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs. Mil
Ter and daughter of New York and
will remain abroad until October.
Watson Keilholtz, five year old
son of Chas. M. Keilholtz, while
playing with a hay cutter on Fri
day caught the two front fingers of
his left hand in the cOgs and had
them badly smashed. DIR. G. d.
Turner dressed the wounds. The
injury will not prove serious one.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-07-23
County Commissioners.

The County Commissioners were
in session last week. Various bills
were examined, passed and ordered
to be paid.
DIR. Howard Bratton, Secretary
of the County Board of Health, ap
peared before the Board in refer
ence to the sanitary condition OF
the town of Elkton.
A petition was presented by
Reuben Haines, Esq, for a new
road in the Fifth district, leading
from Elkton to Turkey Point.
Held over for consideration.
Edward Taylor, of Elkton, was
appointed a Trustee of the Poor and
Insane, to fill the unexpired term
of the late John w. Harriott.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-07-23
School Commissioners.

The Board was in session on Mon
day, July 10Th, The accounts of
the following schools were exam
ined and approved: High School,
S521 is; No. 1, District 6, Miss NJ.
V. Thompson, $SS. 40; No. 2, Dis
trict 7, 7. w. Currier, $153.26.
Mr.. Kirk was directed to have
repairs made upon Rising Sun
school house, not to exceed 5000,
and Mr.. Ash to have certain re-
pairs to colored school at Cecilton,
and Mr.. Blake to No. IL, Dist. 5,
Oak Grove.
Sundry bills to the amount OF
$945.9S were ordered paid.
The following teachers resigned:
Florence A. Clark, No 2, Third dis
trict; Elsie Strahorn, assistant, No.
5, Fourth; Lizzie Paul, No. 6,
Ninth; Powell T. Johns, No. 8,
First.
The following appointments were
confirmed: Jennie r. Anderson,
No. 10, Fifth district; A. NJ. Now
land, No. 1, Ninth; II. M. Gatchell,
No. Z, Fourth; M. E. Brumfeld,
No. II, Sixth; Lizzie Paul, No. 4,
Third; Carrie Nesbitt, No. 2,
Eighth; John L. Crothers, No. 3,
Eighth; Margery Rutter, No. 3,
Fifth; Lidie Stuart, assistant, No.
l, Eighth; Bessie Gallaher, assist
ant, No. 5, Fourth; Mary e. Draper,
colored, for one year only, No. L.
Third.
Trustees having failed to quail
ify, the Board appointed Miss Lily
Finley to No. 1, Fifth district, and
Miss Mary Scott to No. 10, Third
district.
The Board ordered school to be
opened at Conowingo, in the Bell
building, rent to be $40 per annum.
Trustees, w. w. Michigan, w. G.
Gillespie, Z. B. Mcdowell.
The following parties having
failed to return county books, col.
ored school No. 1, First district
the States Attorney was requested
to take action against them: Ida
Scott, Mary Williams, Annie
White. Della Miller, Louis Coates
Hennie Fields, John Reed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-07-23
Stone Sidewalks.

Our Getty fathers" have deliv-
cred flag stone along Main street
from Center Square corner on south
side to Walnut street, which will
replace the board walk. The flag
ging an South Queen street to the
depot has proven such an improve
ment on boards that everybody is
in favor of the stone walk. The
stone flags cost about twice as much
as plank, but they last so to 100
years, while the wooden side walk
lasts about five years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-07-23

Hon. c. B. Bush, president of the Gil
mer County wv. Va. Court says that he
has had three cases of hux in his family,
during the past summer, which he cured
in less than week with Chamberlain S
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
Mr. Bush also states, that in some in
stances there were twenty hemorrhages a
fayetteville, w. Va. Pathfndey. This
remedy has been used in nine epidemics
of flux and one of cholera, with perfect
success. 1t can always be depended upon
for bowel complaint, even in its most
severe forms. Every family should keep
it at hand. The IS and so cents bottles
for sale by Eli 7. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-07-23

concluded to throw their votes to
the best men on the two tickets for
the legislature. If that practice is
pursued they can elect a Prohibit
ton legislature every time by hold
ing and using with relentless force
the balance of power vote on legis-
lative tickets, and in no other way
can they elect a Prohibition legis-
lature. Their party vote is strong
enough now to elect a Prohibition
Legislature in the State, and there
is little doubt that by using such
tactics the vote against rum candi
dates would soon be doubled.
After the routine business of the
convention was concluded, George
Fl. Niver of Albany, N. Y, made Il
speech, some Of the strong points of
which are reported in the Perry
vile Record. On the 'overpro-
duction" sophistry, which is stock
argument of the goldbug to account
for hard times, Mr.. Niver said that
the question of over supply was not
properly solved by the amount of
demand but in reality by the
amount of need. 1t is the needs of
the human race that really measure
the quantity of supplies wanted
and not the demand as measured
by ability to buy. He quoted Car
roll D. Wright, commissioner of
labor, to sustain his point. The
last statistics published by Mr..
Wright show that there are three
million of families in this country
actually in need of the necessaries
of life and by allowing five mem
bers to each family there are fifteen
million consumers, or about 20 per |
cent of our total population without
the wherewithall to purchase what !
they need. No, it is not over
production but under consumption
that causes the general stagnation
of business today. 1t is the sheer
est nonsense to make such claim
when our people haven't half what
they want to eat.
This is an absolute fact and log
ical conclusion, and the Peoples
party was the first to bring it for
ward to combat the goldbug decep-
ton of over-supply.
He then referred to the saloons
relation to the hard times, stating
that statistics show that over one
billion two hundred and eighty
million of dollars are spent annually
in the drink curse, and called at
tention to the immense demand for
all sorts of production that wonld
at once spring up if this amount
could be saved and turned into the
legitimate channels of trade.
This has long been a stock argu-
ment with Prohibition speakers and
writer's, but it is not economically |
true. By far the larger part of this
vast sum for liquor is spent by per-
sons who do not stint themselves
in the necessaries of life and would
not purchase and consume cents
worth more of the staple products
than they now do if there was no
rum in existence. The amount
spent for liquor does not curtail the
quantity of money in circulation
and therefore cannot possibly affect
the general level Of prices. The
rumsellers spend the money and it
is kept in circulation, The COM
paratively small number, measured
by the entire mass of. people, that
are underfed on account of what
they spend for liquor, if what they
spend for liquor were spent for bread,
would not produce any preoeptible
change in the general level of
prices.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-07-23

July IS, 1896, our store, four dwelling
houses and three barns were washed away
by flood. Soon after the community
was visited by an epidemic of bloody flux.
In a short time we sold ten dozen of
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhea Remedy and in every case where it
was used the results were all that could
be desired; in fact our physicians ADMITTED
that it would do more toward bringing
about cure of fiux than they could do. "
BUSH & KNIsLEY, Auburn, w. Va,
Oct. s, 1896. For sale by Eli T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-07-23
L. A. W. Meet, PhiIadeIphia-HaIf
Rates via Pennsylvania r. r.

For the annual meet of the League of
American Wheelmen at Philadelphia,
August to 7, the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company will sell special tickets from all
points on its system to Philadelphia and
return at rate of a single fare for the
round trip. No rate less than twenty-five
cents. Tickets will be sold and will be
good going on August 3 and 4, and good
to return until August 9, 1897, inclusive.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-07-23

McClure's Magazine for August
will be special Midsummer fiction
number, with a complete novelette,
Ga story of England and India) by
Rudyard Kipling, chapters of a
novel by Robert Louis Stevenson,
and short stories by A. Conan
Doyle, Robert Barr, John Kendrick
Bangs, and others. 1t will be
richly illustrated, the frontispiece
being from a drawing made ex-
pressly for the magazine by BOutet
de Monvel, the distinguished
French illustrator.