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AFTER PULLMAN's CORPSE.

Chicago, Oct. 21.-Ferdinand Gustav
Behring is locked up at the Cottage
Grove avenue police station. Upon
hearing of the death Of Geo. NJ. Pull
man he came to Chicago and called at
the residence Of the Pullman residence.
He said he was a near relative of the
dead millionaire and asked to be allow
ed to see the remains. He was refused
and became so demonstrative that the
butler elected him.
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Price $500 q Year
THE JURY DISCHARGED.
After Being Locked Thirty-eight Hours
Stood Nine for Conviction,
Three for Acquittal.

Three for Acquittal.
Chicago, ILL.,, Oct. 21.-11:30 a. m.-
Judge Tuthill reached the court room
announced soon after ten o'clock and
admitted the public. Judge Tuthill
sent for States Attorney Deneen. and
after brief consultation sent his private
secretary in quest Of ex-Judge Vincent,
and Attorney Phelan, who were watt
ing in the corridor outside the Judges
court. 1t is announced by States At
torney Deneen that Judge Tuthill had
decided to send for foreman Heckhold,
of the jury, and inquire IL there was
any possibility of verdict being reach
ed today. The court was called to or
der at 10:45 a. M, and the Jury, hag-
gard looking, minus their collars and
ties, filed in. The jury stood nine for
conviction and three for acquittal.
They have been dead locked for thirty
eight hours. Judge Tuthill discharg-
ed the jury.
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PRESS-CLUB BOXING.

st. Louis, Oct. 21.-An eight-round
contest between Peter Maher, and Bob
Armstrong is being arranged by the
st. Louis Press Club, through Parson
Davies. Armstrong has accepted and
If Maher agrees to the proposition, will
go into training at once. The contest
will be pulled off November II in this
city, if ultimately arranged.
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TEN MILE AMATEUR TIME.

Chicago, Oct. 21.-A. ]. Daughty, of
the Englewood wheelmen, created a
new amateur ten-mile record, at Gar
field park. His time was 21:4S 3-5, the
former mark, which was held by Fred
Nelson, being 22:0O y. He was paced
by triplets and quads. The trial was
made under l.. A. w. sanction.
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H. NJ. HANNA VERY ILL.

Cleveland, o., Oct. 21.-H. NJ. Hanna,
president of the Globe Ship Building
company and widely known on the
great lakes, lies critically i'll at his
home, resulting from an operation for
appendicitis. Mr.. Hanna is associat-
ed with his brother Mark A. Hanna in
nearly all his enterprises except that
of the firm of H. NJ. Hanna & Co.
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THE MARKETS.

st. Louis, Oct. 21.-Cattle: Receipts
1900; market steady to strong. Texans
and Indain Territory steers s2S59$425.
Cows and heifers $2.OO@s3.0.
Sheep: Receipts 1000; market strong.
Chicago, Oct. 21.-Cattle: Receipts
$4,000 including 1000 Texas. Market
quiet but steady. Texans s2.359$3.90
Sheep: Receipts 5000; market
steady.
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FOURTH CONVICTION.

Hannibal, Mo-, Oct 21.-Mrs. Vir-
ginia B. Todd, who has had three trials
on the charge of numbering her daugh-
ter, Hettie Bethel, aged IL years, June
18th, 1895, was convicted on fourth trial
today at New London. The jury gave
her twenty-five years imprisonment
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DESERVES THE MOOSE.

New Madrid, Mo-. Oct. 21.-Geo. Was
terman, aged 50, shot his young step
daughter last night and then blew his
own brains out. He had been suspect
ed OF criminal intimacy with his step
daughter for some time and that is
supposed to have been the cause of
the tragedy as the girl would have
soon become a mother.
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DENVER RENTS A LIGHT PLANT.

Denver, Col, Oct. 21.-The stockhold
ers Of the Denver Consolidated Gas
company have ratified the action of
the board of directors, accepting the
city's proposition to lease the plant at
six per cent, on an appraised valuation
for eight years.
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NATIONAL coNvENTIoN.

st. Louis, Oct. 21.-H. W. Steinbliss,
secretary of the Building Trades coun-
Gil of st. Louis, has issued call for a
general convention of councils of the
country to be held in this city on De-
cember 20.
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AHUMADA GOES EAST.

FL Paso, Tex, Oct. 21.-Miguel Ahu-
mazda, governor of the state of Chi
huahua, Mex, has started for New
York, accompanied by. his wife, son
and daughter. Mrs. Ahumada goes for
Medical treatment.
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COTTON MARKET

New York, Oct. 21.-Cotton spot is
quiet and unchanged, middling uplands
is S-16 and middling gulf is 7-16c.
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THE WEATHER.

Washington, D. c., Oct. 21.-Weather
for Western Texas: Fair to-
night and Friday with variable winds.
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ing to stay. The vanguard of the in
vading army has been reported near
Santa Clara City.
The herald., 1897-07-14
WHEAT AND SILVER

It ID q little bit singular that Mr..
Bryan has not remarked the fact in any
of his wayworn speeches that wheat
is worth s1.22 while bar silver stands
at go cents.-Times.
It is also singular that the Times
should compare the price Of wheat by
the hundred pounds with the price Of sill
yer, when the real standard Is the
bushel. When wheat is worth $1.22 a
bushel and silver remains at go cents 1t
will be a good time to challenge the at
tention Of Mr.. Bryan.
Bar silver Is worth only 60 cents, but
the despised 50-cent dollar will buy 100
cents worth Of whatever there is to sell.
The farmer however, is obliged to raise
twice as many bushels of wheat in order
to get the dollar, as he did before silver
was demonetized. The gold yard stick
has grown longer; that is to say, gold
has SO appreciated in value that it will
buy twice as much as it would twenty
five years ago. The wheat yard stick
has grown shorter; that Is. 1t takes twice
as much wheat to get dollar as it did
quarter Of century ago. These things
have been said before, but the truth will
always bear repeating.
The herald., 1897-07-14
Arizona and Los Angeles

Los Angeles is the natural supply de-
pot for Arizona. There is no good reason
why our merchants, our mining men,
our builders, our every commedcial in
terest should not find it's most advan-
tageous supply depot in Los Angeles,
and this result can be brought about
with cooperation between the business
interests of the territory and the great
commercial center of Southern Califor-
MIA. The first step ought to be taken
by Los Angeles securing the very best
traffic rates from Los Angeles to every
point in Arizona, especially to those
points tributary to the two trunk lines
passing through the territory. The
business, like the population of Arizona,
is increasing very rapidly. The western
and eastern cities are controlling much
Of this business and are struggling to
monopolize the same. Every interest
instinct, as we'll as the physical condi-
tions Of Arizona and California are so
similar that the natural course of trade
of Arizona should be with California.
Let something be done to bring about a
cooperation of commercial interest be-
tween California and Arizona. Both
people will be greatly benefited thereby,
but Los Angeles must lead off, as her
commercial interests will be by far the
greatest benenciaries.-Tucson Star.
The herald., 1897-07-14
THE HARBoR STATUS

The San Pedro harbor matter will not
down and the sooner the administration
recognizes the fact and proceeds, to carry
out the plain provisions and intentions
of Congress. the better it will be for all
concerned.
Last Monday Senator White intro
duced a resolution in the senate direct
ing the secretary of war to proceed with
the construction of the San Pedro break
water. Gin accordance with existing
law" The senatA does not ask to have
either congress or the administration go
behind the returns The law asi stands
is plain enough and good enough for any
conscientious and unbiased official.
To proceed with the construction of the
breakwater. as reported by the Walker
board, whose decision was made final,
was the plain duty of the secretary of
war, who, for extraneous reasons, has
ging in other matters. Senator White
has given notice that he will insist upon
the consideration of his resolution before
the adjournment of the present session,
and neither Secretary Alger nor con-
gress will be able to relieve themselves
of their legitimate responsibility in the
| matter.
Nor has the senior California senator
been idle. Mr. Perkins called upon the
secretary of war Monday and told him
plainly that his harbor policy, if per-
sisted in. would lead to party disas-
ter;" that the secretary had no right to
encroach upon the provisions made by
congress, which is coordinate branch
| Of the government. 1t is reported that
Mr.. Alger, after complaining that
| threats had been made against him,
| finally argreed to advertise for bids if
congress adjourned without taking ac-
| ton.
| Several months ago the Herald ad-
vanced the theory that the action of Sec
retary Alger in delaying work on the
harbor was due to the pressure brought
to bear by c. P. Huntington, to whom
| the Republican party and administra-
ton is under heavy obliga tions; in short,
that politics and political debt-paying
was at the bottom of the whole business
of procrastination.
| The idea was ridiculed and condemned
| by the apologists for the administra tion
Yet the Herald's assertions have been
proved true by the Republicans them
selves. The abandonment of the policy
of delay is being urged by Senator Per-
kins and others purely upon grounds of
political expediency.
| The people of Southern California
want the matter settled regardless of
politics. They simply want their rights
under the law. A harbor is needed at
San Pedro. Congress has recognized the
need and has appropriated the money
necessary for the construction of the
harbor. We want it built. That is all
there is to it.
The herald., 1897-07-14
Where Pontiac Was Buried

In April, 1863. Pontiac went to st.
Louis. One day he arrayed himself In
the uniform Of a French officer, given
to him years before by the Marquis of
Montcalm. After visiting his old friends
he repaired to the village of Cahokia
across the Mississippi, where he Joined
in feast given by the Illinois. In the
early morning he left the town for the
forest singing as he went. An English
trader, Wilkinson by name, thinking to
rid. his country of dangerous enemy,
promised an Illinois Indian a barrel of
rum to murder the famous chief. This
treachery on the part of one of their
number cost the Illinois dear for Pom
tiacs friends did not cease in their ven
geance until they had practically wiped
out the Illinois nation. The body of
the chief was buried with military hon
ors near the fort at st. Louis. Neither
mound nor tablet" says Parkman,
marked the burial place of Pontiac.
For mausoleum city has risen above
the forest hero, and the race whom he
hated with such burning rancor trampla
with unceasing footsteps over his for.
gotten grave."-Harper's Magazine.
The herald., 1897-07-14
ALaER HALF INSTRUCTED

"A special dispatch from Washing
ton correspondent announces that Sen
ator Whites resolution instructinE Sec
retary Alger to proceed to advertise for
bids for the San Pedro harbor improve
ment was adopted yesterday by the SEN
ate. There was practically no opposition,
Senator Frye not being present. So far
90 good.
Now the rub will come in getting a
similar resolution even introduced in
the house OF representatives. Gear Reed,
who is most reliable patron of monop-
oily interests, will simply say: Thumbs
down." and there you arey Unless the
resolution passes both branches Of con-
gress It will have no force. Reed Is q
stumbling block who can't be sur
mounted, and in his present position OF
absolute dictator he is too big to cir
cumvent.
It was humiliating spectacle for every
lover of his country when the fact re-
Gently became apparent that a regularly
adopted law Of congress could be set
aside by a member Of the PRESIDENT Is
cabinet. If anything could be more
humiNating than that it is the spectacle
Of one man grown so powerful and arro-
CANT that he can absolutely block legis-
lation and prevent congress from vim
dicating it's authority when thus assailed.
Mr.. Bryan uttered words Of truth when
he said that the barefooted and bare
headed anarchist Is not the one who
threatens our political institutions. The
dangerous anarchist is the representa-
tive of monopolistic aggression who
stands in high places.
The herald., 1897-07-14
1T MAY BE DESTINY

William Of Germany Is just now in a
position that will enable him to sympa-
thlze with the mariner Of fable, who bore
the "Old Man Of the Mountain" for
many weary years upon his back. In
deed, the sultan would seem to have had
that ancient allegory in his minds eve
when he solicited and obtained the CO.
operation of the kaiser in his war with
Greece, for he was in no actual need of
the emperor's assistance. At all events.
he was figuratively strapped upon the
imperial shoulders of William at the
opening Of the campaign and was thus
borne on to victory. And now the Ger
man seeks to unload himself of the
Turk, but the latter refuses to get off
His armies are still in Thessaly, con-
trary to the terms of the peace settle
ment arrived at by the unanimous
agreement Of the powers. To the ad-
monition of Austria that the powers
will insist upon the strict observance
Of the terms of peace as outlined in the
joint note he has chosen to remain in
different, and when this was supple
mented by the recent curt advice from
the czar, suggesting the propriety of his
homeward march, he sent most ingen-
uous note to William, begging to be
permitted to hold the conquered terri
tory. He is still in Thessaly, and II
now remains for the concert to decids
as to the particular manner in which he
shall be driven out.
All this time the Christian world is
busy in the work of analyzlng and COM
pairing prophecy and prognostic of the
end Of the Mohammedan power. These
researches in their transcendent march
into the-timeless future slpgur only dis
The herald., 1897-07-14
CLoUDING THE SITUATION

It would be very amusing If 1t were
less expensive to notice the efforts that
are made from time to time, by the pur-
veyors of our supposed prosperity, to
divert the public gaze from the monde
script policy of the present economic
regime. Two hundred thousand laborers
in the mines and factories of the middle
and western states have gone upon a
strike in the hope of securing such terms
from the corporations by which they have
been employed as will enable them to
earn the bare necessaries of life. Beyond
giving a brief statement of the fact that
the strike has taken place-a circum-
stance that could not be concealed-the
dispatches are strangely reticent con-
cerning the prospects of the strikers or
the details of their grievances. This is
part of the program. And while press
censorship is thus practically effected
In the interest of McKinleyism, we are
apprised of the nice things that Senator
Hanna says in the course of an inter
view" concerning all that must be done
u IelleNc uue StdTNluS HllHeTS, anu we
are told of the firm stand" that Secre-
tary John Sherman has intimated
against trust domination. Thus diverted
sensible men are supposed to turn their
gaze from cold facts in order to enter
tain the dissimulation of men like these.
We are told what Hanna has said and
what Sherman has said, but the things
that Hanna has done and the things that
Mr.. Sherman has done have chiefly con-
trfbuted to the economic ruin that they
now seek to conceal Hanna has figured
as the ghoul that has fattened at every
carnival of starvation among the labor
ers OF the middle states for decade, and
John Sherman's epitaph will be written
30 as to immortalize the man that sur
reptitiously demonetized silver in 1878
By their works ye shall know them
Our purveyors are just now engaged
IN giving a somewhat similar entertain
ment in the direction OF our national
finances In this department the con-
fusion is daily becoming worse and
more confounded. The president has a
uasssage cut and dried by which congress-
n
The herald., 1897-07-14
Don't Like the Law

1t Is by no means a wise provision
when the legislature changed the law
and made the county tax collector the
license collector. Formerly 1t was the
custom of the board of supervisors 10
select some person and pay him a COM
mission for the licenses collected, and a
comparison shows that the county
would be ahead If that system was still
In vogue. Instead, the tax collector gets
nothing additional for making the COL
lections and can therefore not be ex
pected to make much outlay in doing so
The county gets what liquor dealers
outside Of the cities care to pay, an4but
little more.-San Bernardino Sun.
The herald., 1897-07-14
Los ANGELES HERALD. WEDNESDAY MORNING JULY A. 1897

aster for the unfortunate Ham1d. They
do not even give bim sufficient time
within which to put his house in order
before the calamity foretold just 2520
years ago will descend upon his house
and race, In A. D. 1898. There is some
thing very curious in the deductions Of
Professor ]. B. Dimbleby, premier
chronologist Of the British Chronological
and Astronomical association. upon this
subject. Prof. Dimbleby is a coolheaded
scientist and has been the first man Of
any age to grasp and prove the chro-
nology of the past ages This he accom-
pIished by the discovery Of the yard
stick by which the ancients. including
the Hebrew prophets measured time. By
adjusting this standard to the solar
cycle, to the lunar cycle, the metonic
cycle, the eclipse cycle and to the an
cient Hebrew cycle (every one Of which
are infallible astronomical periods that
canneither gain nor lose second Of time
in thousands Of years) he finds that the
standard fits and explains every one Of
them, and gives a most startling preci-
sion to the dates Of prophecy besides.
This rule is the ''time" Of the prophets.
or a period Of 800 years. As an instance
Prof. Dimbleby shows that when Daniel
mentions the whole period of his sue
cessive beasts as "time, times and
half a time" he means $50. a "time,"
plus twice 800, or 720, times" plus 1So,
or half "time," making in all 1860
years. Taking, then, the sum Of the Pc
riods Of dominion over Palestine Of
Daniels "beasts," as obtained from Sec
ular history, he finds that 1t Is exactly
1860 years, dating from the captivity,
thus: Babylon, 90 years; Medo-Persian.
200 years; Grecian. 304 years. and Ro-
man. 666 years; total, 1850. Again he
finds by the same rule that the domin-
ion which succeeded Rome in A. D. 63S,
to "tread down" the city according to
prophecy. for the like period will termi-
nate at the expiration of another 1860
years. Now this power was the Saracen.
under the flag of Mahomet, which en-
tered Jerusalem in A. D. 6SS. Its period
Of 1860 years will expire in the middle Of
A. D. 1898.
Dimbleby. having proved the integ-
rity of every dateand time mentioned by
Daniel by lupations, cycles and eclipses,
now awaits the end Of the Turk with
confidence. and among the educated
classes who have grasped the method OF
his calculations he has made host Of
earnest and enthusiastic investigators
So it would seem that it is not alone the
powers that are preparing grave for
the hopes Of Abdul Hamid, but that
destiny which as been slowly moving
down the centuries fixed his span Of
life in the remote past and - even now
entering at the gate. II the fate OF the
sultan rests In the hands Of this visitor
from eld even the friendship Of William
would be sorry refuge.
The herald., 1897-07-14
Jesse Grants Explorers

The expedition sent from San Fran
cisco by Mr.. Jesse Grant and his asso-
ciates to explore the islands in the Gulf
of California has arrived at Tiburon is
land. This is one of the largest islands
in the Gulf of California, and is occu-
pied by the Seri Indians. The expedi-
ton will make an effort to thoroughly
explore the island, as it is said to have
rich gold deposits and is known to have
extensive beds Of guano. Under the
terms of the concession granted to Mr.
Grant and his associates, they will be
entitled to the profits of all the discov-
cries they make on the islands Of the
Gulf of California.
The herald., 1897-07-14
IN THE PUBLIC EYE

United States Senator George Frisbie
Hoar of Massachusetts, and Senator JUL
las c. Burrows of Michigan are studying
modern Greek with a Turkish tutor in
Washington.
w. H. D. Haggard, the consul general
for Great Britain in Tunis, whose wife
is an American lady and who is brother
of Rider Haggard, the author, has been
appointed British minister at Caracas,
Venezuela,
Urbino, his birthplace, will raise a
monument to Raphael in August. At the
same time there will be opened an in
ternational exhibition of copies of his
works OF all kinds, in oil. water color,
pastel and line, as well as photographs.
The herald., 1897-07-14
CALIFORNIA OPINION
Cheap Excursion Rates

When the railroad company was first
asked to make a cheap rate for Chris
tlan Endeavor excursionists, the off1c-
ers of the association estimated the
travel of 5000 passengers, but the rail-
road officials discounted this and said
2500 would come. After long fight the
cheap rates were secured, and 5000
persons took advantage of them-just
ten times the number figured on by the
railroad. We put these facts on record.
and desire to emphasize them, for the
purpose of showing that there are oc-
casions when railroad men, instead of
being wiser than the rest of US regard
ing transportation questions. look to
be trifle more foolish.-Oakland En-
Quirer.
The herald., 1897-07-14

Will be requested to appoint another
monetary commission. But congress is
coy, turns aside and giggles; and Hike
all the bucolic lovers of whom there is
any record Mckinley stands with his
love message burning between his fingers
while the persistent giggle covers him
with confusion. At this juncture the
journalistic mountebank Of the Tribune
has viewed with plying glances the deep
despair Of the man that sent him to pose
at the London jubilee. in order to con-
tribute to the relief Of the situation, by
a sample Of the stock diversion, he
caused a dispatch to be cooked up in
London a few days ago, which was
promptly wired to the Tribune, in which
it Is declared that the missionary mon
etary commission has scored a great
success inasmuch as somebody in Paris
has said that high official in Paris
thinks that the American financial mis-
sionaries that were sent to convert
Europe will have the cooperation OF
somebody who can speak the French
language when 1t shall be necessary to
convert Great Britain, and that Lord
So-and-so will stand in with Earl Thing
em-bob to extend sympathy to the cause
Of the american financial missionaries
at the proper time.
And this is the sort of trash and hum
bug that is served up by the purveyors
OF the national prosperity in order to d.
vert the public attention from the most
unpromdsing introduction that has
heralded the career OF any admins ira
tion for a hundred years.
The herald., 1897-07-14
He Wanted a Discount

When I was out west" says a busi-
ness men, "a young man registered at
the hotel and proceeded to make things
lively The first night he played poker
with the landlord and cleaned him out:
the next night came home drunk and
whipped the cabman; the third night he
went up and down the halls singing at
the top of his voice and daring the cham
bermaids to come out and embrace him.
In the morning they asked for the key
Of his room and gave him his bill. He
looked it over and then said, with sur
prised pathos: Don't you ever make any
discount to ministers?' Hardware.