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The herald., 1897-09-05

The report that lightning rod swim
dler had been lynched in Minnesota was
untrue, but the Minnesotans are not
Dragging much about their self-denial
The herald., 1897-09-05
Los ANGELES DAILY HERALD
SWORN STATEMENT CIRCULATION

State Of California. County Of Los Ange-
les.-ss.
L. NJ. Holt. superintendent Of circulation
Of the Los Angeles Daily Herald. being
flrst duly sworn, deposes and says: That
for the Ave months from February l. 1897,
to June 30, 1897 Qnclusive). the total cirou-
lation Of the said Daily Herald was 1,2so, ,6S5
copies, being an average daily circulation
Of s6O4.
That the weekday circulation during the
above time was 1,O71,567 being daily aver.
age Of $500 copies
That the Sunday circulation during the
above time was 2ls,O5s being an average foa
each Sunday Of 1O;431.
Superintendent Of Circulation.
subscribed and sworn to before me this
1eth day Of July. 1897.
FRANK ]. COOPER,
Notary Public in and for the County Of Los
Angeles, State Of California.
The herald., 1897-09-05

The life savers at Rockaway Beach
rescued a man Weighing 300 pounds the
other day, after hard struggle. They
ought to be credited with saving two
men.
The herald., 1897-09-05
THE HERHLD'S MUSE
The Hired Man


Tho hired man sat in the big arm chair,
Meath the shade Of the walnut tree;
He looked around with satisfied air,
And he says to himself, says he:
1.-THE world wags well with me-"
The folks had all gone of to town,
And left him alone in his glee,
For he staid at home to hold the place
down.
And he says to himself, says he:
This kind of work suits me-"
The sun 1t was bright and the day 1t was
warm,
And he thought how different 'twould be
If the folks were at home and he was at
work,
And he says to himself, says he:
I'm in luck, I am, by gee!"
C.E. B.
1hov hro
The herald., 1897-09-05
For "cruiseo Read "Junketo

The officers of the North Atlantic
squadron are being wined and dined at
Bar Harbor In much the same manner as
The herald., 1897-09-05

The Dingley law Is not doing a thins
to the treasury deficiency except te
make it larger, and that's no joke, either
The herald., 1897-09-05

II anyone wants any good hunting.
just send him after those Arkansas
moonShiners.
The herald., 1897-09-05
red barn. crooked lane and cross roads
plan Of distance and location ought to
have been done away with long ago.

The Standard Oil company now con-
trolls the gas supply OF almost every
large city in the country. 1t has engi-
neered the deal for the purpose of &C.
curing a market for II. 900. 900 barrels Of
naptha every year. This naptha Is of
the peculiar kind too explosive for gen.
eral use vet availa BILE in the manufacture
OF a certain kind of water gas. The oil
company will simply sell the naptha to
Its gas companies, and will make good
profit both ways. There Is not a gas
company in New York that dares buy
naptha except from the Standard Oil
company. Thus product, most of which
would otherwise be wasted, now brings
in $16,o00.0O0 a year, of which 20 per
centum, at the lowest estimate, is profit.
The stock Of the Standard Oil company
has advanced nearly 100 per centum in
one year. and the profits connected with
the manipulation of the securities
amounted to $4,000 900. That is what a
perfect monopoly in oil means. Is it n
good thing for the country?
The formidable array Of protests filed
at the city hall yesterday against the
proposed resewering Of Spring street
deserves the careful consideration of
the authorities. The repairing of the
street pavement is imperative, but 1t is
a different matter tearing up the street
and keeping it impossible for months,
to the serious detriment of business.
unless there is to be most thorough
overhauling and a permanent improve
ment, which apparently are not con-
templated at present. To increase the
diameter Of the sewer only two inches,
as proposed, does not seem to warrant
any such tremendous expense.
The tennis champion ship of the United
States will remain here. Wrenn. the
American, defeating Eaves, the English
crack, in splendidly contested final
match. The English tennis experts who
have been playing in this country dur
ing the past few weeks were fine play
ers. and their presence has added great
ly to the interest of the matches of the
season. Let US have more such inter-
national contests.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-19
News NUGGETS.
Brought BY the Wires from North. eas'
South and West.

Registration has closed in Yale Univer-
sity for the year, and the official mem
berShip figures, as compared with last
year, are as follows: Membership for 1897
2546: in 1896, 2516.
Henry Clay Johnson, colOred, was
hanged at st Louis, Thursday. for the
murder of William Amend, newsboy,
whom he shot on the night of August
1, 1896.
The jury in the case of VIM. e. Sidney,
who has been on trial at Bridgeport. CT,
the past week, charged with the murder
of Edward Long at Greenwich. en- the
night of June 6, returned verdict of not
guilty. Thursday afternoon. The jury
was in session less than two hours.
Bishop Anser of Berlin, vicar of the
German Catholic missions in China. has
received a dispatch from South Shin Tung
saying that the murders of the Rhenish
missionaries. Mes and Hennle. were COM
mitted in the village of Chang Kio Chu-
ang. The Christians defended themselves,
wounding some of their asSatlants. Moth
ing was done by the mandarins to dis
cover the murderers.
It is officially reported that the forces
under Col. Esteban, recently had an
engagement with a Cuban insurgent
force under the leadership Of Val
at Mogote, in the province or Pinar del
Rio, with the result that the insurgents
were put to fight, leaving 81 of their
number dead on the field. Among the
slain were the leader Torriente and the
insurgent prefecto Of Galaf, Monteo de
Ocea. The Spanish force captured a
quantity of arms and ammunition and
also destroyed the insurgent camp.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-19
MARKET REPORTS.
NEW YORK MARKET.
The Features Of the Days Dealings In All
the Leading Stocks.

New York, Nov. 1S.-The volume OF
transactions on the Stock Exchange
today, was even smaller and change:
in prices even less than yesterday
Prices of securities have apparently
come to a condition Of equilibrium and
speculation is, for the time being
dead.
Sugar displayed some speculative
strength on account of buying attri-
bulted to Washington account and Con.
solidated Gas flushed up and down
jumping at one time points and re-
acting 1k. The Coalers were weak
Although the speculative buying was
so restricted there continued to be evil
dent some good buying of the very high
grade bonds whose security is Of the
best though with low rate Of inter
est. London has been a buyer in this
market of lowpriced speculative Sc
curities during the last few weeks. as i!
was, today.
Foreign capitalists seem to have
quite a large interest in the Union Pa
cific reorganization syndicate and pay
mants from abroad in proportion are
due in this market. The continued
maintenance of the rate Of exchange
above the gold import point under
these circumstances is not easy to UNI
derstand, but sales for foreign ac-
count of high grade investment bonds
would aid in explaining it.
The imminence of the first payment
Of nearly s13,O00,O00 by the Union Pa
cific committee to the government has
made no impression whatever on the
local market. The days returns OF
railroad earnings all continued mark
eddy favorable. notably in the case OF
Northwestern and far Western railroads
and of the soft coal roads. With the
sales of Sugar deducted the total sales
Of all stocks for the day would barely
reach 100, 600 shares.
Bonds were more active in proper
ton than stocks and improvement was
shown in the high grade issues. Total
sales, $1,2O0,O0O. United States SIS reg
isterei decline H bid.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-19

-. New York, Nov. 49,
FLOUR-Receipts, 1926 bbls.; sales, 350(
pkgs.; quiet but held higher.
WHEAT-Receipts, $3.50; sales LOO 000
Opened easier under big Northwest re-
ceipts but rallied very sharply on active
covering. May, sSN@94h; December, 967A
@97. ~
falo. 'Hs
CORN-Receipts, 1S,75O; sales. TO- 900;
opened quiet and advanced with wheat
May, 35G35K: December, 80 1-16@32ls.
OATS-Receipts. $4,000; sales, none; dull
but steady; track white 27@31H.
BEEF-Quict.
PORK-Quiet. NJ
LARD-Steady; prime Western steam.
s455 nominal
BUTTER-Receipts, 223S pkgs.; steady;
state dairy, 12T20: state creamery, HOP;
Western creamery. 1903; Elgins. Is; fac
cHEESE-Heceipts, sl41 pkgs.; quiet;
large white September. S1k; small white
September, 81: large cofored September.
81s; part skins. 5A@61a; small colored Sep
Der, Sss@8A; light Skins. Cal.
EGGS-Receipts, 660l pkgs.; steady;
state and Pennsylvania, 2On25; West
ern. %.
SUGAR--Firrn. ,%
PITROLEUM-Quiet.
{ COFFEE-Weak; Nc. e s6M. -
SPIRITS TURPENTINE-Firm 32H321..
ENTHUSIASTICALLY
RICE-Quiet.
RICE-Quiet.
FREIGHTSLQuiet
ROSIN-Steady.
TALLOW-Quiet.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-19

Captain F. F. Phillips, the erstwhile
insurance man of Portland and Bangor.
who was well known in nearly every
large Maine town, now resident of
Washington. is pressing his suit for d.
vorce in the district court at Washing
ton, d. c. The original petition was filed.
May % last. charging Mrs. Phillips. who
was a Miss Lima A. Eaton of Hermon.
Me-, with deserti0n on Dec. 81. 1894. Cap
tain Phillips is himself Maine man and
a graduate of Maine State College. They
were married in Hermon, Me-. Sept. %,
1879 Mrs. Phillips has made no answer
to his charge Of desertion. but she has
engaged two lawyers, who will fight the
case when 1t comes up for trial. which is
likely to be within month or so. One
of her attorneys is Mr.. Henry p. Blair, a
son of ex-senator Blair of New Hamp-
shire. They say that Capt. Phillips will
never get a divorce from the district
courts, although on what grounds they
intend to prevent him they do not indi-
cate. 1t may be that Mrs. Phillips will
in due season file a cross bill and attempt
to secure divorce herself.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-19
swANIox, JAMESON Z co. CREDITORS
Vote Not 10 Close Up Firm Affairs and Choose
Another Committee.

Bath, Me-, Nov. 1S.-The adjourned
meeting of the creditors of Swanton,
Jameson & Co. was held in Cotillion
hall, this forenoon. About 40 creditors
were present several among them be-
ing from out of town.
The committee, appointed at the last
meeting to take the various matters
not settled under consideration, ad-
vised that the assignee be given au-
thority to close up the affairs of the
company by selling the property both
real and personal in such manner as
they deemed expedient.
The report of this committee, COM
posed of T. w. Hyde. C. w. Larrabee
and c. V. Minot, was not accepted.
A proposition was made by J. w.
Wakefield for the members of the firm
of Swanton, Jameson & Co. that they
might be given permission by the
creditors to continue the business, and
make payments from time to time of a
later.
There was quite difference of opin-
ion. as to the advisability of such a
course. The impression seemed to be
prevalent at the meeting that the per-
centage to be offered by the old firm
would be in the neighborhood of 40
per cent. Some of the biggest credi-
tors believed that a larger percentage
could be realized.
A committee consisting of c. ".
Minott, D. T. Percy and James s.
r oh hot
centage might be realized by COM
promise Of by the best disposition pcs
sible of the property.
The meeting was adjourned subject
to the call of the assignees.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-19

MUST 60 BACK 10 CANADA |.


J r. f1sl g.t 1s+4 - i5
Biddeford. Me-, Nov 1.-TWO Cana
dian officers. J. B. Blanchette Of St.
Liboire. Que, crown prosecutor. and
Napoleon Lambert, Montreal detec-
tive, arrived here. this forenoon, and
will take steps at once toward the re-
moval to Canada of J. B. Gillemet. the
young man who has confessed that he
murdered his uncle, ]. B. Laplante, at
st. Liboire, Que, October 80 The pris-
oner has expressed his Willingness to
go to Canada with the officers without
the formality OF extradition papers,
but the attorney engaged by the young
mans parents to defend him, has de-
cided to require an extradition process
and Gillemett will probably be taken
to Portland for hearing before United
States Commissioner William H. Brad
ley.
In conversation, shortly after his ar
rival, Detective Lambert said he plac I'D
no credit in the confessinon of GULL
met, so far as it implicated Mrs. La
plante, the wife OF the murdered man,
as accessory. The Canadian officers
were shown the $50 which Guillmet.
shortly before his arrest, had placed in
the keeping Of a Biddeford friend. 1t
consisted of five bank notes of $40 each,
on an eastern township bank, Sher-
brooke. A peculiar shaped hole in one
of the bills may help toward the identi
fication
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-19
Murder ON the Increase I'm New York
State Statistics Prove This.
The superintendent of state prison

The superint endent OF state prisons has
compiled statistics showing that the num-
Der of EXECUTORS in the state of New
York has greatly increased since the cleo
trocution law took effect in 1890. Since
that time 40 executions have taken place.
while from the creation of the state un-
til 1890 There were but $50 hangings. This
IS an increase Of more than 200 per cent
in a year. Per ccrstra, however. since the
discovery of Hostetter'S Stomach Bitters
there mas been an immense decrease in
the number of dyspeptics whose stomac chs
have been set right and made to act like
clock work by that useful remedy. It
PROMOTES secretion of the gastric juices.
anrl hepets a wholesome appetite for the
fonrd which it enables the stomach to d.
east Ma,arfal fever constipation, liver
con,p.air,., kidney and bladder trouDle,
nervousness ard rheumatism are prevent
ed ara remedied by this popular medicf-
RAJ a,aer,t. Taken before retiring 1t pro-
motsss sound refreshing sleep
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-19
Daily xen4ehtf Sp,.1,sal.
surrERlAe.
Decision In Favor Of the Portland Beei
Company.

Company.
The following rescript has been re-
ceived from the law court:
Kennebec, So.
State of Maine vs.. H. b. Peters. Re-
script by Savage J. One Mclaughlin
at Augusta wrote the company Of
which the respondent was general
manager at Portland, asking for QUO
tations of prices Of butterine, also how
soon it could be shipped upon receipt
of order. The respondent answered,
giving quotations. and saying, IF we
receive your order at once. same will
be shipped in car from Chicago, Thurs
day. arriving here Portland) a week
from Monday" Thereupon, McLaugh-
lin at Augusta, gave the following or
der: You may ship me via American
Express c. o. D. as soon as possible
$40 pound tubs butterine Lincoln Flats
colored) same as have been using at
IA cents" The respondent did not an
swer, but filled the order by delivering
the butterine in question to the Ameri-
can Express Company at Portland, to
be sent to Mclaughlin c. o. D. The
American Express Company delivered
the butterine to Mclaughlin at Au-
gusta.
The State claimed that the respond
dents reply to McLaughlin's letter of
inquiry was an offer to sell butterine.
and that McLaughlin's order was an
acceptance Of the offer and having
been written and mailed at Augusta,
the sale was made at Augusta. But
the court holds that respondents letter
was not an offer to sell, but that Nc
Laughlins order was an offer to buy
and that it was accepted and the sale
completed at Portland by the delivery
of the butterine to the American Ex-
| press Company as directed. And this
result follows. although the butterine
was ordered to be sent and was sent
&C. o. d." and although the seller as
soon as the butterine was delivered to
the consignee. attempted to attach it
to secure a prior debt.
There is no evidence of a sale of the
| butterine at Augusta hence an indic.-
ment for the illegal sale of it cannot
! be sustained in Kennebec county, and
the jury should have been so in
structed.
| Exceptions sustained.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-19

Joseph Pulftzer's New York physi-
clan arrived at Chatwold, Editor Puiit-
zers Bar Harbor residence Friday,
having been summoned in haste. MIR.
Pulitzer Is reported as seriously Ill.
Soon after the New York election, in
which he displayed great interest. lie
was Frustrated. and has been since
confined to his bed by what the physl-
clans term nervous collapse. The seri-
GUS illness of his daughter, Lucille, mas
affected him very much. This young
lady is still critically i'll with typhoid
fever, and is not yet considered out OF
danger. Mr.. Pulitzer's continued III
ness has created some disquietude in
the minds of his family, and Mrs.
Pulitzer has summoned her brother
Mr.. Davis, by telegraph.-Bangor
Special to the Boston Herald.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-19
Turkeys Conciliatory Tone Toward austria.

Constantinople. Nov. 1s.-The Turkish
note to Austria is concilatory and lays
stress upon the friendly relations exist
ing between the Sultan of Turkey and
Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria. 1t
is not said that the arrears due the
Oriental Railroad Company amount to
e32O,OOO instead of 925O,000
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-19
STATE NEWS
ksnnsbsc.
Fast yASSALBORO.

EAST VASSALBORO.
The members of the East Vassalboro
band would like the privilege of adding
something to the statement made in
your paper that their entertainments
was fairly successful. The entertain
ment was a decided success in every
particular The hall was crowded ana
the drama was pronounced by all VINO
attended to be the best ever seen in
the place Prof. r. B. Hall rendered
a cornet solo, and it is needless to say
that he was repeatedly encored.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-19
Chicago Live Stock xark.t.

Chicago. Nov. Is.
HOGS-Estimated receipts. today, 80. 900;
left over. 1000; Slow steady to shade
lower: light, $3.30@3. 52la: mixed. $3.50
3.45; heavy. s.. 2O13. 5211s: rough, $3.2Oa33O.
+, CATTLE-Receipts. 1900, including 1000
rangesr; steady to 10c. lower: beeves. $3.50
Q5.25; cows and heifers. S1.75I4.40; Texas
steers. $2.S0G3.90; Western. $3.3514. Is;
SHEEP-Receipts. $1,000; weak to 1Oc
lower. t.+
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-19
New York cesien MARKET.

~ @ ~ 80 New York, Nov. Is.
Cotton futures closed steady; sales. u.s.
eco bales. January. SIT; February. 5Sl:
March. 1885, April, SCI; May. 500: June.
500; July. sos; August. 6.ts; September,
COS: October. 6.04; November. 5.T1; De-
cember, 5.7l. 'zt so
Cotton spot closed steady; middling up
lands, 81; do. gulf. 6h: sales, 400 bales.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-19

Zina B.. Pennelq of Whbtneyville, met
with unusual good luck last week. He
caught an otter and lost his dog remarks
one of our exchanges. Indeed he is to be
congratulated unless it was the dog that
caught the otter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-19

At an auction in this county the
other day the auctioneer SOLD wlid-
eyed crinkly- horned ram with pro-
nounce6 outs about him for ~ cents.
"No IFS or ands about the SALE. sald
tho auctioneer. There were butts,
However for in leading him away the
ram turned on the auetloheei ana
knocked him into a tieup ai11 oul'e
of coma at the same Lewiston
Journal
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-19

Boston. Nov. IS.
FLOUR-Firm: spring patents, 5000
$50; clear and straights ,4$.1505.25; winter
patents. s5.10@5.75; clears and straights,
"a. 35M5.25.
CORN MEAL-Per bag, 72@74: per bbl..
81. coolies.
CORN-Firm; steamer yellow. 81.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-19

Fall River. Mass. Nov. Is.
The print cloth market continues dull
and lifeless at 5-16c. for regulars.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-19

Serious troubles come from the neglect
of a cough. DR.. Woods Norway Pine
Syrup Is perfect cure for coughs and
colds of all sorts.
mon we1 fri&wky
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-19


CORN-No. November, 261a; December
261a; May, 2ss4@297s.
OATS-No. December, %; May. 222s
PORk-Mess. December, $7.37; January
$3.50.
LARD-Per 100 fbs., December, salty
January. s4.3214.
SHORT RIBS-December. $4.25; Janu.
airy. A.2719.
Cash quotations were as follows:
FLOUR-Quiet.
WHEAT-No. spring. SS@S9; No. 2 do
Sii92: No. 2 red, 95G91.
CORN-No. 2, Of.
OATS-No. 2. 2219G23; No. white. fob.
2i!sM24A: No. white fob, 231ad24.
RYE-No. 2. AN.
RARLEY-No. 2. fob. 25la143
FLAXSEED-No. l, S1.0615 al 1917.
TIMOTHY SEED-Prime, S2.65.
PORk-Mess. S7.35; short ribs sides, s4.2O
@4.S0; dry sailed shoulders, 4AG5; short
clear sides. 41adi45s.
LARD-s4. 22laG425.
SUGAR-Unchanged.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-19

Chicago, Nov. is.
The leading futures closed as follows:
WHEAT--0. 2. November. new, 94A
December, IS; May, 90h.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-19

New York, Nov. H.
Atchison ....................... 1871
do. preferred ................... n
Central Pacific ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. liz
Chesapeake & Ohio . q
Chicago & Alton ....................... 1853
do. preferred Observation-Disclosures.
Chicago. Burlington & Quincy ...... "a
Delaware & Hudson ...........s... 1924
Delaware & Lackawanna 1H
Denver & Rio Grapde ............... 1OA
Erie .......................... 14s
do preferred .................... 351s
Illinois Central 100
Lake Erie & Western ............... 15A
Lake Shore ............... 1853
Louisville & Nashville ............... 54%
Manhattan IL" ....................... 9k
Mexican Central ...........,......