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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1897-08-04
CANE AWAY
EMPTY HANDED
Dir. Grant Leaves Washington
Without His Appointment.

Washington, July 31.-Con.
siderable speculation and argu-
ment is INDUCED in by the Tex
ans of all parties at Washing
ton as to why DR.. Grant, who
was slated for the marshalship
of the Eastern District, was no.
appointed prior 10 adjournment
of congress or before the Presi-
dent went off for 4 month";
summer vacation. DR.. Grant
while here made no secret of
announcing that he would soon
have his appointment and 60
home, hat it seems be went
home empty handed.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1897-08-04

A PROCESS whereby silver
may be transmitted into gold is
claimed TO have been discover
ed BY Dir. Stephen H. Emmens,
who is an eminent scientist and
inventor OF the Emmehsite
which is used in the United
States army and navy. DIR. En-
mems has sold several bars oil
the product, which he calls ar
gentaurum, to the United States
assay office, where it success
fully stood the test for gold
The inventor claims to have
made the gold from Mexican
silver dollars.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1897-08-04
FLOODS IN sILEsIA.
Worst Known in a Century
Hundreds of Lives Lost.

Berlin, July 5I.-The devas-
tation caused by the floods in
Silesia is widespread. Moth
ing like it has occurred in that
district for a century. The
loss has already reached mil
lions Of marks and it is est
mated that hundreds have per
ished by drowning in Silesia
and Bohemia.
At -oebtan the town hall,
recently built, and two other
large structures have collapsed.
The rivers are still rising.
At Isohl people are leaving
their houses. 1t is feared that
the great Elizabeth bridge will
be swept away. A large bridge
at Lauffen was torn down by
the foods..z
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1897-08-04
SENATOR MILLS
OIL LANDS.
Owns 1900 Acres in the Richesl
Portion of The New Texas
District.

Corsicana, Tex, July 81
Two more oil wells were com
pieted today, and are develop.
ing a heavy flow of crude petro-
lean, aggregatfng for the two
wells about 15e barrels per
day. There are now thirteen
flowing wells in the old dis
tricf. whose output approxima-
ties 600 barrels, and a dozen
more wells are under contract.
The oil is almost the same as
the Pennsylvania product, and
the success of the new wells in
dicates that the supply is pre-
manent.
The wells, with Two excep-
tons, are inside the corporate
limits, and two large companies
are engaged in Developing the
fields one having 10000 and
the other about 10000 acres
of land under lease for the pur-
pose. Senator R. @ Mills owns
1000 acres in what is pronounc-
ed to be the richest portion of
the oil territory.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1897-08-04
ARIZONA ONYX DEPOSITS.
Preparations for Their Develop.
ment Upon an Extensive
Scale.
Scale.

Phoenix, Ariz July 81
Preparations are being made
for the development on a large
scale Of the onlx deposits al
Mayer, this territory. The
property was sold few months
ago to a party of Eastern cap
italists, among them Congress
man Fowler, of New Jersey
for $4,000. Six new quarries,
in addition TO several now in
operation, will be opened as
soon as the outfit for mining
can be made ready, and the
force of men will be correspond
ingly increased. Eighty tons
of machinery are now on the
ground, including two double
lever channeling machines.
The company has a contact
to furnish 100 tons of onyx to
Eastern parties and this ship
ment will be made as soon as
possible. The onyx deposit is
26O acres in extent, lying in
circular from, and in continuous
strata and including an infinite
variety of coloripgs.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1897-08-04
LOYAL TO HER
CONVICT LOVER

Lincoln, Neb. July 81
Miss Lou A. Hirsch, Superin-
tendendent of Schools in Da-
kota County, is in the city
seeking the release of William
A. Rean1 to whom she is be
thothed. Ream is serving a
six-year term in the peniten-
tiary for cattle stealing, and
Miss Hirsch has been his ar
dent supporter since his arrest,
furnishing him money for his
defense. An appeal to The
Supreme Court for a new trial
has been made at her behes;
and pending action the lady
seeks his release on a bond
which has not yet approved.
Miss EIirsch is prominent as
an educator in Nebraska.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1897-08-04

THE republicans did not once
spring the "infant industries"
chesh1f; as an excuse for the
enactfIent Of The DingIey law.
It is just simply a straight out
tariff for the trusts. 1t is not a
"ProtectiVe" tariff. nor even a
feveh1te tariff, since it will no,
produce sufficient revenue. 1t is
a special privilege tariff, max
ing it the special privilege oil
the trusts to gouge the people
for the purpose of stuffing their
already pfethoTic purses-a
tariff to make bilIionaires out
of millionaiFes.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1897-08-04
TRUST TARIFF
ATROCITY.

If the people are patient
under such a law they have
parted with their sense and
parted with their spirit.-Bos-
ton Herald (Ind.)
The St. Louis platform com
initted the republican party
to reciprocity no less. than to
protection. In sacrificing re-
ciprocity on the altar of high
protection the Mckinley adj
ministration has proved false
to one ofits campaign pledges.
Chicago Record. {Ind.)
The tariff which takes effect
to-day is the most extreme
ever enacted in this country.
It's rates rise higher in ad va
loren equivalent than even
the necessities of war dictated
a generation ago, and the
sweep of its dutiable provis-
ions has not been equaled
before or since the war. Hun
dreds of articles have duties
attached them rising from 50
to 100 per cent, and cases are
not uncommon where duties
rise above Ioe and even zoo
per cent.-Springfeld Repub-
lie (Rep}
The republican party has en-
acted the most oppressive tar
if in our history-a tariff that
has no possible chance of re-
naming long in force, but
which will enrich its beneficial
ries while it lasts. The Ding
ley law means a democratic
president in 1901 as certainly
as the Mckinley meant a
democratic president in 1898
and the Cleveland financial pol
icy meant a republican presi-
dent in 1897, but the trusts
will have a Klondike at home
for the rest of the present cen
tury. = New York Journal
DEM
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1897-08-04

SoaEE tall<aiive Spanish "di-
pioaatist" has Informed an As
sociated Press correspondent
that Spain can only keep up the
ear N Cuba so long as her
funds last, ana That the tirae
when they will fail is almost in
sight, declaring further that the
only way TO prevent a revoin-
ssoa in Spain, which must fol-
low the loss of Caba, would be
TO declare war against the Unit
ed States. These statements, in
substance have been made
many tiuses Before, hut this is
the first time fhey have been
aftnbuied 10 a s'dipiomatist.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1897-08-04
WROTE HIS FUNERAL
SERVICE IN VERSE

Anderson, Ind, July 81
At the funeral of Charles Smith,
a country boy, today, funeral
service written by himself for
the occasion, was read. 1t was
in verse, and proved to be one
of the most impressive services
OF the kind ever witnessed in
this county.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1897-08-04
TASTED FORTY DAYS.

Middlesboro, KY, July 81
For forty days Lena Collins
worth, woman living in Clai-
borne County, Tenn, has fast
e1. She is starving herself to
death under a VOW. Forty days
ago she quarreled With her hus-
baud. They separated, and she
made a vow that che would fast
until he came back to her.
Forty days haze passed, aud
nothing has passed her lips out
water. She is now only a skele-
ton, and can not last much
longer,
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1897-08-04
wEYLER TO GRANT
AMNESTY

Madrid. July sf.-captain
General Neyler has telegraph
ed The government from Havana
that he has decided to grant
amnesty 10 1000 exiles, inelud-
ing DIR. Moatalvo. and denies
dispatches claiming that the
Cubans are nsihg artillery OH
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1897-08-04

SENATOR Mills has emphati
cally declared that be will be
in tue senatorial race next year,
in fact, is running now. He will
lsoon have the other candidates
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1897-08-04

The world owes a living to
every man who works hard
enough to gel 1t.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1897-08-04

It is estimated that greater
quantities of gold and silver
have been sunk in the sea than
are now in circulation on earth.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1897-08-04

The Grum6sser-I wish sum
ner was ovesi.
Friend4Whs
The grsfagblpr-0h, SOS I
ffrslss wish ~inaer vas over =
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1897-08-04

Why should we fear a war
with the Japs? Have We not
the Governors Guards
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1897-08-04
THERE is something eneo1r-

THERE is something eneo1r-
PIE apsi..as followed
Projectors of that>Air
railroad TO Brownsville.
INSTEAD of doing a whole Let of
preliminary talking, they are
@ofking steadily away on the
Survey, without a word as to
bonuses. They seem to mean
business.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1897-08-04

Or. Prices Cream Baking PowEee
Awarded rnld Medal Nlidvinfer Fair SAP Francisco
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-08-12
THE NICARAGUA CANAL
PRESIDENT Is Determined That This
Country Shall Build 1t,

Washington, Aug. 6. NO matter
what the attitude of the Greater Repub-
lie OF Central America may he, it is the
intention of the administration to rec
ommend governmental control OF the
Nicaragua canal when congress assem-
bles next December. This was made
plain at conference at the state depart-
ment participated in by Assistant Sec
retaries Adee and Cridler, Senator Nor
gan, former Senator Miller and Mr..
Merry, the recently appointed minister
to Nicaragua, Salvador and Costa Rica,
regarding the complications which have
grown out of the refusal of the govern
ments OF Nicaragua and Salvador to re-
ceive Mr.. Merry.
1t is practically decided that Mr..
Merry shall 60 to Costa Rica, and that
the headquarters of the legation shall
be transferred to that country from
Nicaragua. No steps will be taken to
make the transfer, however, until the
governments of Nicaragua and Salvador
have again been heard from.
1iiO COMMUNICATION DelleVeS LDefe Is
no necessity of entering even into new
convention with Nicaragua with view
to securing authority for the construc-
tion of waterway. The programme
which will follow will be based on the
provisions of the convention now in
force, as we'll as the concession which
was granted to an American company
by the Nicaraguan government for the
construction of the canal. This conces-
sion will not expire for three years.
Acting in accordance with instruc-
tion of the state department, Minister
Baker is watching every move of the
opponents of the canal in Nicaragua
and reporting to the state department,
so that in case of necessity prompt ac-
tion may be taken by the authorities.
The Walker commission, which has
been holding meetings at the state de.
partment, will make preliminary re.
port to congress at the beginning of the
session, setting forth its estimate
Should this report show that the cost
will not be greater than 500, 900, ,00(
the president will probably have some
thing to say il his first annual message
in regard to the advisability of the pas
sage of bill by congress guaranteeing
the construction of the canal under
governmental control.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-08-12
A PECULIAR COMPLICATION.
Two Commissioners Appointed for the
St. Michaels Office.

Washington, Aug. "a peculiar
complication has grown out of the fill
ing of the posts of United States COM
missioners for the district of Alaska,
and two men now hold commissions
for the same Office at st. Michaels.
The last sundry civil bill created four
commissionerships for Alaska, to be
located at Circle City, Dyea, Unga and
St. Michaels. There We're already four
commissioners there, with offices at
Sitka, Juneau, Wrangel, Kodiak and
Unalaska.
William J. Jones, a lawyer of Port
Townsend, was appointed to the st.
Michaels commissionership. The de-
partment heard he had withdrawn, and
then chose l.. B. Shepard, of Nebraska,
for the place. Meantime, Jones' bond
and oath of office were received, al
though he was supposed to have with
drawn, but the second appointee's
commission had then been forwarded.
Both men hold commissions and the
department is at sea as to how to
straighten out the tangle.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-08-12
Canada Enforces Labor Law.

Toronto, Ontario. Aug. 9.-Canads
has begun to take means to enforce tne
alien labor law against Americans.
Commissioner McCreary is here on
business in connection with work on the
Crows Nest Pass railway through the
Rocky mountains, and he informed the
Canadian Pacific railway authorities
that any American laborers engaged for
that work would be deported to their
own country again. McCreary has in
structions from the Canadian govern
lent to strictly enforce the new law
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-08-12
EASY ROAD TO CLONDYKE.
A Salem Man Claims One Could BE
0nickly Opened.

New York, Aug. 5.--A special to the
Herald from Washington says: There
is short and easy route to the rich
gold fields of the Clondyke, according
to communication to the interior de-
partment, from ]. NJ. o. Lewis, a civil
engineer, of Salem, Or, who says he
can open up at small expense route
from south of the Copper river by
which the Clondyke may be reached
by a journey of not much more than
800 miles from the coast.
The route which he proposes will
start in from the mouth of Cop
per river near the 20-mile glacier, about
20 miles east OF the entrance to Prince
Williamsound. He says Copper river
is navigable for small steamers for
many miles beyond the mouth of its
principal eastern tributary, called on
the latest maps the Chillina river,
which is itself navigable for a consider
able distance.
From the head of navigation on the
Chillina, Mr.. Lewis says either high
road or a railroad could be constructed
without great difficulty or heavy grade
through what the natives call Low
pass" probably Scolai pass. From
this pass, the road would follow the
valley of White river to the point where
it empties into the Youkon on the edge
of the Clondyke gold fields.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-08-12
SECRETARY WILSON'S TRIP
The Cabinet Oficial viii BE in the
Northwest Soon.

Chicago, Aug. 6.-Within a short
time Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
will make report on the condition of
the Western states as regards the cul-
ture of beets for sugar. The cabinet
official is in this city on his way to the
West. He will visit Utah, Montana,
Oregon, Washington, Idaho and num-
ber of other Western states with the
idea of investigating the conditions for
growing sugar beets.
During the past month he has sent
the seed of the sugar beet to $4,000
farmers. The majority of them are
now growing the vegetable. The val
leys of the West are well adapted to
raising them, and it is his opinion that
this industry will deal severe blow to
the sugar trust
He has received number of letters
from those interested in cornering
sugar. asking him what he would do in
the matter of sugar beets. He said:
81 failed to reply to any of them.
After tour which will last month,
believe / will be able to make a report
of the condition of the West for the
culture of the saccharine bulbs. 1t
costs but an average OF $l2 an acre to
water a number of the valleys in the
West have seen, and have figured
that the farmers can make a handsome
profit.
"As for the Clondyke gold fields, my
department has sent number of ex-
perts to make report on their condi-
tion. The experts were instructed to
look after the agricultural interests of
the United States in the new colorado. "
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-08-12

AOstln has new Touring mill.
Inc State Bar Association will hold
next annual meeting in Spokane.
More than 81, 900 was paid the gill
f0efs in Blaine for one nights catch.
The annual report of the auditor of
,ams county shows that the county
ply owes IS, 900.
John W. Troy, the alleged defaulting
lul'Or OF Clallam county, has been
tKen back to Port Angeles. tbs prob
,le mat his case will be settled out
court.
ihe telephone line to Goldendale
u soon be completed. The poles are
e'' and the wire in place as far as
%ans' %l The line will cross the river
"inans' place, being stretched be-
'''n 'helr big stationary fishwheels.
II Is reported that the General Elec-
company, OF Portland, has had a
ney OF the Klickitat falls made re-
tu.ly for the purpose of furnishing
vV"iCity for The Dalles and Golden
anu 10 build an electric line from
F!le to Goldendale.
" many men are leaving Skagit
|Sua.y that there is fear of Gripping
'n'ngle industry in this county, as
Ino manufacturers say they can't get
H. .vusn men to keep the mills in opera
Es,. su, Even the farmers come to Mount
A SOn % daily looking for help to work
the hay fields.
The walla walla Statesman savs
i, I' ", Snen the petition of the CONNER
oiuo OF that place to the war de-
|en, e". =, u, 10 have two troops of cavalry
Fo,, W Walla to replace those sent to
|on. iellowstone was referred to the
\ harding n officer of the department
se columbia, that official made a
ok XaO'e report upon the petition.
fn, p. Espey and her daughter, Clara,
F,lkaS lkS'klofd, Spokane county, who
Nav val al the way from Spokane to
Va 70 vrk city, returned a few days
tau,S. 'neir home. Both mother and
Ins ".er o report having had a good
t.vs, ~ anu anu declare that their health was
'siucoSe SSe'.er' y. although the long journey
Aatin" mem in flesh. Their object in
4 msl tne trip was for the purpose
so,tsa maSlng enough money to lift a
b dsns ase from their farm. They were
,tba, alu 10 at the various museums and
.Aen =. p,aces, where salaries were paid
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-08-12
Fishing Season to Close.

Astoria, Or, Aug. 9.-The fishing
season closes Tuesday 1t is utterly
impossible as yet to make an estimate
of the pack, but it will probably be in
the neighborhood of 500, 900 cases. 1t
is known that the fishermen's union
cannery packed 10000 cases. OF the
other packers, some have made the
usual packs, while others have fallen
below last years output. The fisher
men on the upper river have done com
paratively nothing, the catches being
very light. An up-river fisherman says
the men have barely made expenses.
On the lower river the men have done
better, and all cleaned up good wages.
The high men on the lower river have
19 tons to their credit, valued at about
$1,000. The seiners have made light
catches, but the traps have done very
we'll. Fish are plentiful in the river
at present.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-08-12
THE SWAUK DISTRICT.
G. B. Henton Reaches Seattle With
$1,000 in Gold Nuggets.

Seattle, Aug. &c. B. Henton ar
rived in this city tonight with over
200 worth of gold nuggests, the re-
suit of ten days. work on Williams
creek placer claim on the Swauk dis
trict, Kittitas county. One nugget was
worth $3.50, another $12O; others $50
and $50 and down to very small pieces
He has been working the claims since
January, and since that time has taken
out So, 900. The Swauk placers are old
and well known, but have been worked
only in a crude way. One man who
owns claim there has been working 1t
quietly for six years, during which time
he has made about $50, 900. Mr.. Hem
ton sunk shaft 103 feet to bedrock
before he made his find. He says the
Clondyke has no attractions for him.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-08-12
SEVEN WIVES CLAIM HIM.
Polygamous Bookkeeper in a Chi.
cagO Jail.

'NNNpNi III AZ nj
cagO Jail.
Chicago, Aug. "a warrant charg-
ing bigamy has been served on David
Ellsworth Bates in his cell at the police
station. 1t was sworn out by James l..
Mccarthy, who said he was the father
of Mrs. Bates No. 3. The police saw
Mr.. Bates married at least seven women.
all of whom are living, and only one of
them divorced. This makes the lean
and sallow-faced little bookkeeper a
polygamist extraordinary.
The following women have so far filed
with the police their claims to Bates as
husband:
Mrs. Bates, formerly Miss Julia Nc
Carthy, married in Chicago three years
ago, recognized by the prisoner as his
true wife, and dwelling at $40 West
Sixty-first street.
Mrs. Bates, formerly Miss Nettie
Swain, married February 20, 1897, in
Chicago, and residing at 64O2 Bishop
street.
Mrs. Bates, formerly Miss Anna E.
Herbert, Planwell, Mich, sister of
his brothers. wife, married September
IL, 1889, and now in Michigan.
Mrs. Bates, formerly Miss Nellie
Howard, of Kalamazoo, Mich, married
in 1885, and divorced two years later.
Mrs. Bates, formerly Miss Ida Cader-
wood, of Galena, H., who dwelt at 54Ol
Dearborn street, where she gave birth
to baby. Her home is not known to
the police.
Mrs. Bates, whose identity is a my
stery, but known to have dwelt at
Forty-third and Wallace streets, where
child was born.
A Wisconsin sheriff says Bates is
really Austin o. Croven, who is under
indictment at Waupauca, Wis, for the
abduction of pretty 15-year-old Olive
Vosburg some months ago. Her photo
graph was found in his coat. 1t is sug-
gested by the police that this girl may
have been his wife.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-08-12
JOINING THE STRIKERS.
DeArmitt's Men Are Slowly Coming Into
Line With Strikers.


Pittsburg, Aug. 5.-The strikers will
continue to gain accessions to their
number from the New York & Cleve-
land Company's men. Sandy creek
and Turtle creek mines are idle, and
the Plum creek men are slowly but
surely coming into line with the men
encamped in the vicinity. Today
nearly half OF the diggers at this strong
hold of the company failed to go to
work, and a number of those who did
not go into the pit have promised to
quit as soon as they clean up the coal
now in their rooms. At Camp Deter
mination it was reported that every
miner of the New York & Cleveland
Company who had gone to work was in
sympathy with the movement, and
only their signatures to contrac t
prevented them from staying out.
There are close upon 1900 strikers
in camp at Turtle creek. $50 at Plum
creek, and 800 at Sandy creek. If this
number is not sufficient to deter the
DeArmitt men from working all these
camps will he largely increased before
the end of the week.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-08-12
FIVE HUNDRED KILLED.
Awful Loss of Life by the Outbreak of
Volcano.

Chicago, Aug. 5.-A Chronicle spe-
cial says: Five hundred reported killed
up to July is the record of the terri
BILE outbreak of the volcano of Mayor,
on the island of Luzon, one OF the
Philippine group On the night of
June 26 the volcano began throwing
up ashes and lava in immense quanti-
ties, and flames were thrown upward
considerably over 100 feet. The next
day 56 bodies were recovered at con-
siderable distance, and the recent dis
patches to Hong Kong up to July
state that not less than 500 were known
to be killed.