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senote Confirmations.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE Senate to-
day confirmed these nominations: Horace
N. Allen, of Ohio, minister resident and
consul general to Corea; VIM. L. Merry, of
California to be minister to Nicaragua,
Costa Rica and Salvador; Myron H. Nc
Cord, Governor of Arizona: Isaac Lambert
attorney of the United States. district of
Kansas; Alva H. Eastman, receiver of pub
Vic moneys at st. Cloud, Mimi. Cyrus Le-
land, jr., pension agent at Topeka, Kan.
To be consuls of the United States-C. w,
Erdman, Of Kentucky, at Furth Germany;
John c. Covert, of Ohio at Lyons, France
Samuel E. Magill. of Illinois, at Tampico,
Mexico; VIM. K. Anderson, of Michigan, at
Hanover, Germany; Daniel T. Phillips, Of
Illinois, at Cardiff, Wales; Adam Lieber-
knect, of Illinois, at Zurich, Switzerland;
James NJ. Shepard, of Michigan, at Hamil-
at Tunstall, England; r. 4. BTodowski, of
Illinois, at Bresau, Germany; VIM. L. Sew
ell. of Ohio, at Toronto. Ontario.
o. +. Liggett receiver of public moneys
at Lamar Col; c. S. McNichols. of Illinois,
Indian agent, Colorado River Agency Ari-
zona r. II. Jenness, receiver public
ceiVer of public moneys at Missoula, Mont.
To be commissioners TO examine and
classify lands within the land granv and in
demuity land grant limits of the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company in the Bozeman
land district, in Montana-Joseph G.. Aud
of Gendive, Mont. James A. Johnson, of
Bozeman. Mont; Watson Boyle, of Wash
ington, ID. G.
To be commissioners to examine and
classify lands within the land grant and in
demnity land grant limits of the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company in the Missoula
land district, of Montana[E.dwin S. Hath
away of Missoula, Mont; w V. TompkinS
of Prescott A. T.; r. T. Rombauer, Of
Princeton, Mont.
Fred D. Huestes, collector of customs for
na fztp ri of sound
ostmasters-Indiana: w. A. Stevens, at
Columbus and j. f. Shryer, at Bloomfield
illinois, u. R. Fish, at LawrenceVille; e
w. OsgoOd, at Winnetka.
To be civil engineer in the naVy-F. T.
Chambers, of Kentucky. Also, some army
and navy nominations.
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PoNvderIy Receives His Reward, Being
Mnde Commissioner General.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE President
to-day sent to the Senate the following
nominations:
Treasury-Terence " Powderly, of Penn
sylvania, to be commissioner general of i'm
migration.
10 be collectors of internal revenue
Frederick f. Coyne of Illinois, for the
First district of Illinois; David a. Num-, of
Tennessee, for the Fifth district of Tennes-
see.
Postmasters-M. A. ellison, Harvey. III.
Samuel S Dingce, Wilmette, ILL.,; Huitt H.
Nutter Martinsville, Ind.
Interior-G w. Heist, register of the land
office at Sidney, Neb.
Justice-C S. Johnson, of Alaska, to be
United States district judge for the district
of Alaska.
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TWO BROWNS MISSING.
Disappear from a Lake Steamer as If
by Magic.

CHICAGO, July 1L-De Witt T. Brown
and John Brown, the youngest sons of
Mrs. Annie Brown, of Chicago, We're kid
naped Friday morning and have disap-
peared as If they had dropped overheard
from the steamer on which their mother
last saw them. The mother left Milwau-
kee Thursday night with her boys. A
woman who had become slightly acquaint-
ed with Mrs. Brown in Milwaukee came
down with them on the boat. on Friday
morning after the boat had tied in its
dock Mrs. Brown Went 10 call her sons. but
their stateroom was empty. The woman
was gone. and Mrs Brown came TO the con-
cluson that the stranger had stolen her
children and had slipped ashore in the
darkness when the boat first touched the
dock The woman had said that she had
been an actress.
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GenernI Nofea.

WASHINGTON, July 17-Secretary Alger
has gone to Spirit Lake Ia, to attend a
soldiers reunion, after which he will go
to Chicago to participate in the Logan day
ceremonies.
Authority has been granted for the or
ganization of the Seguin National Bank of
Seguin, Tex. Capital $4,000
To-days statement of the condition of the
treasury shows: Available cash balance
S231. .5S6 247; gold reserve. Slfl 81. .6l6.
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MOWEAQUA. III. July l7.-This city was
visited by an immense throng OF miners
from Pana last night. who persuaded all
the men in the shaft here to cease work. AS
a result, when the whistle sounded to-day
not a man responded.
A dispatch from Glen Carbon, ILL.,, says:
The miners here have quit work and joined
the marching strikers from StauntOn and
Mount Olive and Will arrive here t0-mor-
row. The combined forces are now making
preparations 10 march to Collinsyilia
Caseyville, Beieyilie, Troy and other places
in the BelieNilie district.
A dispatch from Danviile, H. says: 'Arha
miners had a monster parade here to-dah
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HUNTINGTON. w va, July 17.-This
afternoon upwards of five thousand men
employed in the lower coal fields on the
Norfolk & Western road threw down their
picks and swore fealty 10 the cause Of
their Pennsylvania and Ohio brethren. The
strike in that section to-day included the
following mines: Elk Horn, Thaeker. Mari-
time. Logan. Peespint Shamokin and
Southern. The agitators who have been in
that vicinity for a week past viii depart
tonight Tor the great Flat Top field. sixty
miles further up the Norfolk x Western,
where about seven ihOusand men are en-
ployed They speak encouragingly of their
work in West Virginia, and assert that
before Monday noon every miner in the
Flat Ton field viii be out. The Indications
are that their claims are well founded, and
IN addition the miners at Dingess, further
down the line which resumed work only a
few days ago will also have 10 suspend,
as dissatisfaction has developed among the
miners employed there. Several hundred
more men went out on the Kanawha to-
day and the next big break is expected in
the NeW-riVer fields
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WASHINGTON, July 17.-It will be good
news for the people who have been lucky
enough to secure consular appointments as
well as those who rest in confident ex-
pectation of favors of that kind in the near
future to know that the President has
finally determined to restore the fees that
were cut off by the last administration The
order will be promulgated in q few daYs
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Three Cinnamon shut out.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE attorney
general has given opinion to the secre-
tary of the treasury in which he holds that
Chinese person who leaves this country
under permit must return within two years
allowed by law without reference to the
cause of his delay. The case in point was
that. of three Chinese detained at Victoria
3. c., by quarantine officers so that they
could not reach this country until three
days after the time limit had expired.
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COL0RED TROOPS FASTlDIoUS.
Company from Chicago Demands
Pullman Chair Cars.

SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,, July 17.-Considera-
bic excitement was occasioned at the Chi
cogo a. Alton depot to-day by the colored
troops, NintL Battalion, Illinois National
Guard Chicago, refusing TO ride on their
return trip In old coaches provided by the
Chicago x Alton road. claiming they were
condemned, and demanded Pullman chair
cars. Violence was narrowly averted by
the conductor giving the signal to go The
troops boarded the train as II pulled out
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Dinner to Minister woodford.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE President
gave a dinner tonight to Minister Stewart
l.. Woodford Among those present were
the President and Mrs. Mckinley, Minister
and Mrs. Woodford Vice President and
Mrs. Hobart, Attorney General Mckenna
Secretary and Mrs. Sherman, Mr. Porter
secretary to the President, and Mrs Por-
ter, Judge Day, Senator and Mrs. Davis
Representative and Mrs. Hit and Miss
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NOT MURDER TO KILL,
Providing You sIay the Man Who
Ruins Your Home I'm Kentucky.

LEXINGTON. KY, July 17-City Judge
Gray Falconer acquitted Jacob 5. Harris
for killing his wife's lover. Thomas II. Mer-
ritt. here last Friday night, holding that
the action of the man who avenges the de-
struction Of his blasted married life and his
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WASHINGTON, July 17.-Governor
Drake, of Iowa. with his staff and a num-
Der of distinguished citizens of his State
will be at Newport. r. l., to present the
battle ship Iowa d silver service as the
gift of the citizens of the State. Chief
Clerk Michael of the Department of State
who is an old navy veteran, has been in
vited to deliver an address in behalf Of
IoWa's REPRESENTATION in the navy.
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The Big Meeting a Failure.

FAIRMONT, w. Va, July Ito the
close observer of the mining situation in
this region a peculiar state of affairs is
presented. Operators who were elated a
few days ago are now worried over the in
crease of freight of 45 cents a ton. All the
operators are on the qui yive lest the men
be influenced to come out by the agitators
Senator Camden, who, three days ago,
thought it very unlikely that the men would
join the strikers, said to-day that he was
prepared for anything. The mass meeting
so largely advertised for this evening was
complete failure, as none of the speakers
were present although kilograms of re-
gret We're read w. d. Mahon, the street.
car agitator, of Detroit, addressed the two
hundred men present. He announced that
a meeting would be held at Willow Tree
schoolhouse, near Monongah, tomorrow
afternoon at clock but it will be hard
for the men to get there, as there will be
no trains. AT least thirty men have decided
to walk the six miles, as they are greatly
Interested. Eugene V. Debs will be here
Monday and Will address the miners at the
courthouse.
To-day seventeen miners at Monongah
were discharged for attending Thursday
nights meeting. These men are using
every means in their power TO induce the
other miners to strike. The company
Claims II VIII DrlnB tfeSpaSS suits, and w.
h. Meredith the leading lawyer Of the Sec
ond congressional district, together with
s. N. Arnett and j. p. Kirby have been re-
tanned as counsel If all reports are true.
Tonight Mahon said the organizers had
hopes and he predicts that not a man in
the Fairmont region win be working when
next Thursdays sun rises a miner from
Hutchinson said the 240 men there were
only waiting Tor an invitation to come out.
The Baltimore x Ohio has broker all
records in the matter of moving coal. Pas
senger trains were sidetracked to-day to
allow coal trains to proceed west. Every
thing is quiet on the Parkersburg branch
of the Baltimore a. Ohio, and all mines are
running full blast but one.
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Military OmciaIChanees.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE following
assignments to regiments of officers re-
Gently promoted have been made:
First lieutenant j. p Haines, Battery II,
First Artillery; additional second Heuten-
ants. +. M. Kessler. Light Battery f, Third
Artillery; Colonel William H. Powell to the
Ninth Infantry; Lieutenant Colonel q. T.
Bennett, to the Eleventh Infantry; Major
s. z. Jocelyn, to the Nineteenth Infantry:
Captain c. II. Bonesteel, Company b.,
Twenty-hrst Infantry; First Lieutenant r.
L. Butts Company b, Twenty-first IN
fantry. Captain W. II. G. Bowen has been
detailed to duty with the National Guard
of Alabama from July II to Aug. 3. Second
Lieutenant w. =. Ladue, Corps Of Engin-
eers, has been ordered from Willets Point.
N Y. to Cincinnati for duty under Major
Heuer. Captain Willis Which, Company
X, and Captain G. Fl. Bonesteel, Company
B. both of the Twenty-first Infantry have
exchanged companies. Surgeon r. r..
Brown has been ordered before a retiring
board. Assistant Surgeon L. r. keefer has
been ordered from Washington Barracks.
District of Columbia, 10 Fort Sam Houston
Texas. relieving Assistant Surgeon A. n
Stark. who comes 70 Washington Barracks.
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dishonored children by striking down the
destroyer, after all must be determined al
the bar of human nature and human ma
tuTe Will excuse the one who so avenges.
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Mass Meetings To-day In Different
Fields May Result I'm Bring
ing Out 10000 More.
PROGRESS OF ARBITRATION
BIG OPERATORS SIGNING AGREE
MENT WITH LITTLE FAITH.
No One Seems to Express Any COnfi-
dence in De ADMINISTRATION
irE Ethe Indiana Field.

WHEELING, w. Va, July 17.-While the
strikers have suffered severe disappoint-
ments to-day, the day as a whole has been
in their favor. -Four thousand fewer men
are working tonight than last night the
gains having been made in the Norfolk s.
Western. The disappointments were at
Fairmont and Kanawha on the Norfolk &
Western. AT Thacker, Elkhorn, Logan and
Shamokin fields about seven thousand men
have closed, making net addition of four
thousand strikers. The Flat Top and Poca-
hontas fields are working, but the organ
izers have moved on them and big meet
ings will be held tomorrow. The strikers
will also take the field and if need be force
will be used. In Kanawha two more mines
are out than yesterday, but the suspension
is not SO complete as was hoped for. The
organizers held meeting at Coalburg, but
got only sixty men to attend OF these
nine voted IN favor of a strike At Wini-
frede the organizers and their allies found
one hundred guards armed with Winches-
ters on the company's property inside of
which line are located the companys
mines and the homes of miners. They did
no business The Kanawha operators adj
vanced wages half a cent per bushel to-day
This may induce some to go to work On
the West Virginia Central and in New
River no efforts have been made. They
ship East. The threat of the management
of the Wheeling & Lake Erie mines in the
eastern Ohio district to start nonunion is
likely to cause an outbreak if they find men
to go to work. Shipments are enormous
from the West Virginia field. Thirteen
double headers passed through here to-day,
and coal was king. Passenger trains were
side-tracked two hours to let them pass.
dispatch from Charleston, w. Va,
says: The agitators of the strike in the
Kanawha valley received a setback to-day
They visited two places Monarch and
Cedar Grove, to organize the miners but
failed to do anything at either place. The
operators at some of the mines offered a
further increase of q. quarter OF a cent per
bushel, making three-quarters of cent ad-
vance in all, or about 21 cents ton.
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Tel. 1453. New 1876 II. WASH. ST.
Mail and telephone orders promptly filled.
Money refunded, IT goods not represented.
Street cars stop in front Of MONARCH
The herald., 1897-05-22
TO CELEBRATE FOURTH
MEETING LAST NIGHT TO ELECT
COMMITTEES
The Silver Goats outnumber the Re
publican Sheep and Bag All
the Gene

Judge Morrison's court room was filled
to overfiowing last evening with patriotic
citizens who assembled in response to a
call from the Fourth of July committee.
The object Of the meeting was the elec-
tion Of committee to make arrangements
for the celebration Of the coming national
holiday.
H. J.. Shoulders called the meeting tc
order, stating that they all knew why 1t
had been called. The next business In
order was the election of chairman,
whereupon c. E. Fleming nominated w.
H. Griffin and W. r. Burke nominated
H. p. Anderson. The latter received sev-
eral warm seconds. and then discussion
ensued over the method Of conducting the
election.
| 1t was finally decided that the Griffin
men should pass to the north side of the
room and the Anderson men to the south
1t was soon apparent that the silver Re-
| publicans and Democratic goats on the
left so largely outnumbered the Repub-
| lican sheep on the right that the candidate
OF the latter would stand no show what
ever.
On motion Mr.. Anderson's election was
declared unanimous, which announcement
was greeted with loud applause as the
chairman walked forward to take his
seat
George D. Pessell was elected secretary
and H. Siegel treasurer, by acclamation
| Telfair Creighton announced that the
next thing in order would be the election
of committees on press. finance, decora-
tions. etc., comprising twenty-seven men,
bers in all, and moved that the meeting
proceed to said election.
| Mr.. Siegel. speaking from experience
gained in serving on Fourth Of July com.
mittees in past years. discouraged large
| committees. The smaller the number the
stronger and more eficient the working
force would be. in his judgment. and pro.
posed the election of an executive COM
mittee composed Of ten members.
Mr.. Hutchison thought an even number
might result In tie vote. and proposed 9
committee Of nine. Mr.. Mead moved tt
make the temporary officers permanent
with power to select an executive com.
mittee of nine additional members.
This was discussed at some length pre-
and con. but the motion prevailed. after
which an adjournment was taken.
The herald., 1897-05-22
THE NEW
LIBRARIAN
Mrs. Wadleigh Chosen for
the Position
THE BOARD MET YESTERDAY
BOOK SHELVES TO BE THROWN
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Prospective Improvements in the
General Library Room and
Fiction Department

The board of directors of the public
library met in special session yesterday
afternoon at 4:30, President Dockweiler
in the chair, and all the members pres
ent.
1t has been recognized for some time
that change in the librarian was nee
essary for the best interests of the
library, and it had been expected that
the incumbent, Mrs. Fowler, would
hand in her resignation to the board.
1t was intimated to her some weeks ago
that the board wished to secure some
person possessing technical experience
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0 put the members Of the board on rec

" put Liz llSlHOcIS VI the OOdIu OIl IcCe
ord. She admitted that she had no in
tention of giving up voluntarily good
job remunerating her to the extent Of
$125 month, whereupon Director Rog-
ers presented a resolution that the Of
fee of librarian be declared vacant.
stating that the incumbent was not suf-
ficientiy acquainted with library meth
DDS nor familiar with general literature
to administer the office properly, and
that her discipline Of the employees was
not satisfactory. Director Burbank
seconded the resolution, and every di-
rector voted for its adoption.
Mr.. Rogers then eaid that he was ex-
ceedingly sorry to be obliged to take
such severe attitude, but saw no other
way out of the dilemma. He moved
that Mrs. Fowler be requested, if 1t was
her pleasure, to serve until the 18th Of
June. which was carried.
The next business in order was the
election of librarian to fill the va
cancy. The secretary, E. K. Foster, read
in detail all the applications received
since the board was elected. Each one
was considered carefully before pro-
ceeding to take action, and 1t was the
united decision that the selection
should be governed solely and absolute
ly by literary qualification and expert
ence in library methods
After lengthy consideration, on motion
of Mr.. Garland. the name Of Mrs. Har-
riet c. Wadleigh was put in nomination,
seconded by Mr.. Foster, and upon roll
call the vote for her was unanimous
Mrs. Wadleigh was formerly head as-
sstant to DR.. William Rice of the
Sprin gfield, Mass, public library, one Of
the largest libraries in the country. She
has haG wide experience in cataloguing
and all departments of library work.
She was highly recommended for the
position by DR.. Rice, Arthur N. Brown,
librarian of the United States Naval
academy, and others. Since her resi-
dence in Los Angeles Mrs. Wadleigh
has been preceptress at the Whittier
State school, secretary of the Friday
Morning club, and is now on the staff of
the Evening Express
1t is reasonably certain that Miss Celia
Gleason, the senior member of the force,
will be given place as second assistant
to the librarian.
The board of directors intend making
some radical changes in the manage
HloIl VI luc lIDId d dH early Qdtc.
The fiction department will be re-
moved to the present reference room and
the books taken out by finding lists on
the old plan. The counters in the gen.
eral library room will be removed, turn
stiles placed al the doors and the book
shelves thrown open to the public.
By allowing persons to examine the
subject matter of books and to make
their own selections, the board hopes
to encourage the cultivation Of higher
literary taste and to discourage the
reading of so much fiction, especially by
young people
In correspondence with leading libra
rians Of the country, seeking advice in
the selection of librarian, the board
also endeavored to ascertain the best
methods of library management and II
was found that the large Libraries arere-
turning to the old-fashioned plan, as de-
scribed. Other changes will be made al
it seems expedient
The herald., 1897-05-22
Again the Riparian Owners

fl. M. Ames, on behalf of himself and
other riparian owners" has addressed
another lengthy communication to the
city council. charging that the water
overseer is taking all the surplus water
in the river after the city is supplied
and selling the same to Cinnamon below
and outside the city limits. Ames, in his
communication, claims that this is done
under sham and a pretense that he is
selling them only the usa of a ditch at
S. per day, for which they would not
pay farthing if the city did not fill ii
With water, and the real owners of
the surplus water are entirely deprived
OF it, unless they go to. the city and
buy what belongs to them of right, and
to which the city has not even the
shadow of a claim. Mr.. Ames asks the
privilege of hearing before the coun-
ell to state his grievances at length.
The herald., 1897-05-22
The Building Committee

The building committee of the city
council met yesterday and adopted the
following recommendations, to be sub
lnitted to the council Monday:
In the matter of the communication
from the board of directors of the public
library, asking to be authorized to erect
a suitable sign or notice for the library,
recommend the same be granted. said
sign to be erected under the supervision
of the street superintendent, and the
expense, if any, to be paid from the libra
ry fund
Recommend that petition from the
board of directors of the public library
in regard to changing the location of
lights in the library reading rooms be
granted, and the change be made at the
expense of the library fund.
The herald., 1897-05-22
Building Permits

The following permits were issued by
the superintendent of buildings yester-
day:
John Lang, three-story brick ware
house, Mott alley, $4,000.
Osslna Low, two-story frame dwell
ing, Flower street, south of Thirty
sixth. $1,000.
]. w. Cahill, five-room cottage, south
east corner of Tenth and Claiming
streets, $500.
G. Sormano, repairs in rear of winery,
No. 457 Macy street, 5000.
r. S. Peasley, frame cottage, Thirty
first street, between Orchard and Ver-
mont avenues, $780,
Mrs. c. Hall, additions and repairs,
southwest corner of Central avenue and
Neila street, $3.50.
Charley Foock, two-story brick ad-
dition, China alley, $780,