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The state herald., 1897-12-31
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Topeka, Kns.. Dee. 25.-rhc enforce.
mcnt Of the prohlbitory law II made
much more difficult by decision rcn.
dcrcd by the Kansas Court OF Appeals
yesterday IN the ease OF the state
against Edward Tlmon.
Timon was convicted In the lower
court on four counts. charging him with
violation OF the law In selling liquor
without n permit. Tlmon operated u
drinking club. and conicndcd thnt the
prosecution should have been ON the
section relating Ia the maintenance or
club rooms. rhlH contention was sus.
iaIncd by The Court OF Appeals, which
~ practically decision that n person
who " running n club cannot be con.
ylctcd FOR the sale of liquor.
The state herald., 1897-12-31
rre.,d.n, Of til. Union Pacific.

New York. Dee. 2o.-it II Officially
announced that Horace q. Burt. third
vice president Of The Chicago n North
western Hallway Company, has been
selected for the presidency Of the Union
Pncliic Railway Company.
Mr., Burt's election ms president IL cS.
pcctcd To carry Into effect the policy
determined upon by the Rcorgnniln-
lion committee when II wns supposed
that Mr.. Clark would he able 10 con.
tlnuc In the management of the prop.
clty. hut which is impossible owing Ia
Mr., Clnrk's III health.
The bonrd of directors ls 10 include
Wlnslow :. Pierce, chnlrmnn; james
stillmGn. Marvin iiughiti. Roswell Nh.
Ter, T., T.. Hartman. Louis Fitzgerald
Henry u. Hyde. John W. Donnc. Otto
H. Kahn. +, jefferson Coolidge. Jr.,
George j. Gould. oliver Amrs. George
q. Cannon and jacob II. Schlin. on
yer W. Mink ls to br vlcc president. In
charge Of the New York office
The state herald., 1897-12-31
OVER TWELVE MILLIONS.
Value OF Goid nuiiios si tn. Denver Mint
Daring 1897,

Denver. Dee. 25.-rhe receipts OF
gold n, he Denver branch min, on
Thursday brought The total for the
year up TO Si2,000.Oo0. which has been
steadily predicted by the officials Of IN,
mint since the first Of July. At the
close OF business on Wednesday the ~.
ccipts for the year amounted TO SILL
oG3, ,iD5.Gi. When the books were
closed for the day Mt noon Thursday
the estimated value Of the days dcpos.
Its was $4,000. making the total re-
cclpia FOR the yonr MP Ia date ST., ,O.lO..
aoo.Gi. The books Of the mint will
close FOR the year on Tuesday next nj
noon. md from Information In posses.
sion OF the officials II N believed TINT
the receipts OF the next three business
days VIII amount 10 nearly 500. 600,
making the total Tor the year nearly
Sl2.25OOoO. The director OF the mint
has requested the local officers TO for.
wnrd nn estimate ~ the gold production
OF the state IN advance OF the compiln-
tion OF the csnct figures. The mint ~
IN receipt Of Information from tho .ry.
crnl districts of the state which lend 10
the belief thnt the iotnl production will
not be less thnn SCI 100000 This II
regarded nH n conH.fvntiy. cstimnir.
and unless something occurs io change
this estimate between now aud the next
week, these VIII be- The figures reported.
II In the opinion NJ many Of the lending
miners mud smrltcfa lhni when the full
returns are received the production
viii be found 10 be- very ncnr $4,000.
900.
The state herald., 1897-12-31
Chlc.xn cnlI.rnm I,urn.a.

Chicago. Dec. 2I.-rhe fire which last
evening destroyed the Coliseum nj
slSiy.ihlrd and Stony Island avenue
claimed only one victim. lie wns y.
II. Johnson. whose chnrrcd rcmnlns
were recovered from the rulL today,
Johnson was fireman employed about
the building. lie hnd evidently rc.
mhlned NJ his post until the last mo.
mcnt Then he rushed towards nm
exit. within few feet OF the door
nn Immense piece OF glass fell from
The roof pinloDlng him 10 the earth
while the flames slowly smothcrcd
him.
shortly after the fire Colonel John T
Dickinson, president OF the Coliseum
company, was seen. IIo snld:
THE building II total los. and
there is little prospect Of nny niicmpt
~ rebuilding win be made. There wns
sl2oWD Insurance an the building,
which II lust sufficient 10 cover Tho
bonds. The Coliseum company was
stocked for SiOO,O0o paid M nnd bond.
rd FOR 100000, The building had
proved u success IN every way. The
expectations of the promoters had been
fully realized, even surpassed.
The state herald., 1897-12-31

Four German warships recently land
ed force OF sixteen hundred men at
Kiao Chau. an important port In the
southern part OF the Chinese province
OF Shantung. The German admiral
gave the Chinese troops three hours in
which to eyacuate the forts. and after
they had done so hoisted the German
flag. The ostensible provocation for
this proceeding was the recent murder
OF two German missionaries In that
province; but Germany is generally
credited with purpose to retain the
port thus forclbly acquired as base
for her navy and merchant vessels in
the Pacific.
The state herald., 1897-12-31
RUSSIA GRABS AGAIN.
Has Occupied Valuable Port In Northern
China.

China.
st. Petersburg, Dec. 2S.-The Rus
SLAMS have occupied Kin Chau, north
OF Port Arthur.
San Francisco. Dec. 2S.-Ell L. Shcp-
pard. who has recently returned from
China. where he held an official posi-
tion. commenting upon the reported oc-
cupation of Kin Chau by Russia, said
to-day:
Kin Chau is an important walled
city mot mn open porn nj the head of
the Gulf OF Lau Tung. and 1t com
mands the mouth Of the rive Ialoo.
where the great naval battle between
the Japanese and Chinese was fought,
and the other important rivers which
tlow into the gulf.
~, Is about cqul-distant between the
mouth of the Yaloo river and the ter
minus of the great wall OF China. II
commands The railway system recently
constructed from Tlen Tsin To The cap.
iial OF Manchuria and the Gulf OF Lau
Tung, and possesses n Significance
which will cause Consideration among
the diplomats In the old world. lis
situation Is such that lis possession
practically places Russia In n position
to defy the world"
The state herald., 1897-12-31
Mother and Daughter Harmed.

riitsburg. Dee 2s.-Durlng n fire nt
New Haven, n suburb Of this city, In
the residence Of Mrs. Mary Ann brow.
dy, this evening, Miss Nancy Browdy.
ngcd ~, wns burned 10 death, aud the
mother. nRod ~, WIS No badly burned
TINT she cannot survive the night. Miss
l,rowdy, who cnmc here about month
ngo from Butte, Montnnn. to visit her
mother, lost her life In trying to snvc
some personal property from the build.
ing. SHE went to the upper floor nficr
the flames Ind nIndc good hcndwny on
the structure ma wna suffocntod,
When the house Ind been Quilted. ihr
body Of Miss i,rowdy WIS seen hang.
Ing over n jolri, nnl IN the presence "
about 200 people who had gathered nt
the scene was literally burned tO n
crisp. The mother threw herself into
the burning building twice In mn IN.
dcnvor to save her daughter. but onch
time was dragged hnck hy friends not.
however, until Hhr was 80 badly
burned TINT ;hc pliysclnna say alc
rnnnot recover,
The state herald., 1897-12-31

The insurance press is beginning
gently to hint that the big life COM
panies, instead of advancing premium
rates to policy-holders because of the
reduced earning power OF their invest
ments. should cut agents commissions
and quit carrying the first years busi-
ness of new risks at the expense of the
old. A good suggestion. II the cost
OF insurance were not too high there
would not be such extravagances in
management as has been proved
against some of the companies.
The state herald., 1897-12-31

The same amount of energy and
ability necessary to win and hold a
considerable office will bring in far
more financial returns in almost any
legitimate business or profession. 1t
is difiicult, however to realize this un-
til the office seeker is completely into
politics, and then he is fit for little
else. There is many a chronic office
seeker who wishes he had never con-
scented to become candidate the first
time just as sincerely as the drunkard
regrets his first drink.
The state herald., 1897-12-31
An Epidemic Of sal.ide.

Washington. Dee. 2I.-Tbc recent
irngic dcnih ~ Mia Leila Herbert. tho
ihuRh.rr NJ the cN.Hccfcinry OF tho
navy II given M the reason Tor The sui.
eide which occurred today Of Miss An.
hio Nlrnlnln Wells. mn accomplished
Young society woman and daughter of
Mr. Lewis a. Wells. n well known at.
inincy. The Young womnn shot her.
fnlf through HE honri with her broth.
err revolver nj The residence of hpr
father 1911 y street Northwest
The state herald., 1897-12-31

The Belgian government, observing
that advertisements are being placed
on rocks and other public places, has
notified the municipalities that ",ne
nuisance must stop" Belgium is n
thrifty land. More thrifty still is
Switzerland. Yet when the st. Goth
ard rocks were covered with advertise
ments the government ordered them
cleared of, saying. we would as soon
have them on the white cross of our
flag But here, in the United States
just look at some of the rocks up the
Hudson!
The state herald., 1897-12-31

A sickening feature of the African
land-grabbing is the canting hypocrisy
which attempts to base the title to
stolen territory on treaties" with the
various negro potentates in the dis
trict Such title is about as valid as
the title to a travellers watch obtained
by the persuasion OF revolver on
lonely road. but 1t is urged by Great
Britain with that Pecksniiiian regard
for the sanctlty of treaties which has
marked the foreign policy of that ma
tion ever since these treaties began TO
establish her colonial aggressions.
The state herald., 1897-12-31
u. Maitland ISrr.cy out.

New York. Dec. - II, Maitland Kcr.
scy. who FOR the Inst I'VE years hns
represented the Whit" Stnr steamship
line In this city. hnH. according 10 re-.
port to-day, nctunlly severed his con.
noctlon with TINT company, lie snllcd
for Europe on saturday, one dny after
the arrival IN this city from London OF
j. Truce irnny. son Of Mr.. ismny OF
the ilrm Of ismny \ Co. general agents
Of the line, YOUNG Mr. lsmny was the
predecessor of kcrHry In the New York
office, Just why i<rrcy IN out " not
known. Prior To sailing h. declined to
discuss the matter. nnd Mr lsmny snid
lir would have nothing to Hny untll 10.
morrow.
The state herald., 1897-12-31
pENMARk,s ISLANDS.
Renewal Of Negotiations to nuy Them by
TINS NonnIry.

Chicago. Dee. 2s.-A special TO the
Times. Herald from Washington says:
senator Lodge II preparing n bin
fnvorlng the purchase of the three
islands Of st. Thomas. 81 crolS aud
~. John. owned 10y Denmark, Ia the
West Indies.
The Senate pnNscd resolution n
year ngo asking the State Department
dlll FOR sale. ~ whnl price they were
held mud whether nny other country
was nftcr them. Denmark hns replied
Tint she II stlll willing to sell, nnd that
two European governments nrc now
negotiating for their purchase. These
nrc supposed TO bu Great Britain mud
Germany,
The United slntcs has been discuss.
The state herald., 1897-12-31

Two obscure lobbyists have been
indicted at Jefferson City. Mo. for ply
Ing their vocation around the state
house during the meetings OF the last
general assembly. Tho latencss OF the
hour and other circumstances combine
to make the indictment OF these men
nm absurdlty, The responsibility. ns
far ns II can be traced. rests upon
those constituencies which sent repre-.
Bcntatlycs TO Jefferson City to make ap.
pointmonts with lobbyists Bribery ls
nm ofIcnsc OF delibcration and the guilt
Is divided between him who gives and
him who receives.
The state herald., 1897-12-31
STARVATION IN CUBA.
Americans Asked 10 Contribute Money and
Clothing.

Washington. Dec. 20-rhc most pro-
found distress prevails among many
thousands OF people In Cuba. Stnrvn-
tlOn not only lmpends, hut Il AN actual
fact The President has been Inform
ed Of the facts from sources who's"
credIbllliy cannot he doubted. He
has gone 10 the length OF his consti.
tu,ional power In calling the state Of
affairs to the attention Of the Am"rl-
can people. The State Department has
used NIL Of lis authority TO mitigate
the conditions there. aud the letter to
the public sent out by Secretary Shcr.
man the day before Christmas pointed
ont the way 10 further alleviate the
miserable condition OF the conccntrn-
dos. To-day the sum Of 5000 was
received by Assistant Secretary Day
from certain chnrltnbly disposed per-
SONS. whose names nrc not disclosed,
and this sum win be rcnlt,cd by telc-
graph early tomorrow 10 Consul Gen.
ctni Lee for disbursement among the
more pressing eases. II Is hoped 10y
the Department Of State that the
American people win come TO the ~.
lief. and promptly. 10y subscriptions Of
money, clothing nnd supplies OF rnrl-
ous kinds. Tho newspapers nrc cN.
pccicd 10 lend generous aid In carry.
Ing forward this movement.
The machinery for distribution has
been provided 10y the State Department
nnd Consul General Lee Inns under.
taken. with the aid Of the American
consular officers In cuba, To give per,
Eonnl attention 10 the nllrylniion oi
distress by the distribution Of III,
gifts OF the American people.
The state herald., 1897-12-31
sl00 To Any Man.
WILL PAY 800 ron ANY CASE
or weakness In Men rh-y rr-st ssa
rait To Cure. .Hsf

An Omaha Company places Tor tho first
time before tho public a Miair.i. rnEar-
NEST for the cure Of Lost Vitality Nervous
aud sasunl Weakness, md Restoration OF
Life Force In old aud young men. No
wofnsout French remedy contains no
Phosphorus or other harmful drugs, II Ia
n WONDERFUL THrltNrsr-magicn In It's
-ffertH-po.itiyr In it, cure, All readers,
who are suffering from weakness that
blishts their life, causing that mental and
physical suffering peculiar 10 Lost Man.
hood, should writ. 10 the STATE MEDICAL
COMPANY, No, sllD iiangc Block, Omaha,
Seb, and they will send you absolutely
FREE, n valuable paper on these Diseases,
aud positive proofs OF their truly M,aicAL
TnritArNr ThousaniA VI men. who have
lost NIL hops " a cure, are being restored
by them 20 n perfect condition.
This MAUInAi TREATMENT may ia taken
at home under their directions OF they win
pay railroad far. and hotel bills TO ell who
prefer 10 go 10 there for treatment, " they
fnll 90 cure 1hey are reffrcfly raliahlri
have no Free Prescriptions, Free Cure,
irea Sample, or &, y - fake They have
sla00l0 capital hnd guarantee to cure
every cnse the, trent or refund every inl.
lar! or their charges may hn deposited In
n bank 10 hc paid 10 them when n cure il
effected Write them today %
The state herald., 1897-12-31

If the word of prominent Swedish
official" is true, Emperor William
takes to himself the proud credit of
having crushed Greece, and now, by
way of keeping his hand in, is think
ing seriously of crushing Norway. 1t
is marvellous thing that. under the
enormous weight at Berlin, this long
suffering old planet doesn't bulge out
at all its weak spots and crack all
along its sea lines.
The state herald., 1897-12-31
PIaniy Of i,ond IN Dsn son.

Victoria, u. g., Dee. 2b.=A. y, Quln.
Ian, who arrived hnfe this afternoon on
the steamer city Of Seattle. brings late
news from nnwnon lie s1yH there In
enough food In Dawson lo Inst the o.
600 men now there nll winter, those
without food, 1000 IN number, having
gone TO Fort Yukon, Two hun lrcd win
come out over the trails
The state herald., 1897-12-31

A theatrical manager would not
presume to put upon the stage sec
ond time an actor who insulted an au-
dience once with profanity. A baseball
manager owes his supporters just the
same freedom from dirty talk and
quarrelings. The committee which 10
now considering this question should
not try osolve this question by i'm
posing fines. There is but one way,
and that is to provide for n blacklist.
The state herald., 1897-12-31

A new feature of Society journal
Ism" in Kansas is the publication,
along with n list of wedding presents,
OF list of the young men who have
been refused by the bride. This Is
probably done on the theory that in
such affairs a list of the saved as well
as of the fatalities is legitimate news.
The state herald., 1897-12-31
A si,e. ofars.,i,,a,

London. bee ~. A dispatch 10 the
pnlly Mail snyH the Washington exec.
iiilvp has mndc uvcriurcs to Dcnmnrl,
of the sale Of n marrow Int carefully
defined stretch OF lnnd In northwest.
crn Grecnlnnd. and where tho Amer.
lcnns lnirn1 to establish nnynl and
Cuuling HtniiunH.
The state herald., 1897-12-31

one OF the greatest benefits Of civil
service reform IL It's oircct In putting
a stop to the clamor for Office. and
every position placed upon tho classl-
fed list IN one temptation removed
from hundreds Of persons who think a
government ofllce. no matter what the
work or Halary, ls the one thing above
all othcra 10 be desired,
The state herald., 1897-12-31

MIR Biting blizzard has returned
from his summer homo at the north
polo ana ls now travelling through Tie
West In the interest Of the coal deal
ers.
The state herald., 1897-12-31

w. N. u,-ptNvER,-- NO. i,-isps,
When Answering Advertisements kiadiy
Nrriion This rapet
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-25
Judge Took Advantage Of
His Position on the
Bench.
The People Of San Jose Realize That the
Gang Of Boodlers Was Desperately
Determined to Break Down
Its Sworn Foe.

that they were becoming bolder in the
belief that they could never be called to
account. declined to answer on the
ground of my constitutional rights as a
citizen and not on the ground, as the
Judge tried to induce me to say, that |
would lncriminate myself.
/ also declined because had grave
doubts as to the jurisdiction of the court
in the matter. The Judge acknowledged
in open court that he had no legal evil
dence against me, yet he, the presiding
Judge of the Superior Court of Santa
Clara County, assuming that was
morally guilty, proceeded to abuse me in
language most foul, lily becoming a man
in his official position.
The minority report which handed in
will bear me out in my statement that
was to be sacrificed for daring to expose
the wholesale frauds being perpetrated
year after year. This assertion can be
easily verified by examining the reports
of the expert who worked on the Jus
tees books. The reports are public
documents and can be seen by any citizen
VINO cares to look them up.
The weak attempt made by the Board
| of Supervisors to pull the wool over the
peoples eyes in commencing civil suit
against the Justices to recover the moneys
the latter had illegally taken by filling
and swearing to a false claim was done
only for the purpose of leading the people
to believe that it was simply a question
for court to decide whether the JUS
tees were entitled to the fees or not.
The fact is that there is no question about
this matter at all, as an examination of
the fee bill will show.
The Hon. w. @. Lorigan, Judge of the
Superior Court of Santa Clara County
and aspirant for the Supreme Bench,
sought to destroy my reputation in open
court by villifying me-by calling me
perjurer, scoundrel and cur-when was
at his mercy and poWerIess to defend N.Y.
self. mention this that people NAV
know who is the cur. AS for ''perjurer"
and "scoundrel," | will have occasion to
speak of that later on.
When Judge Lorigan found he could
not intimdate me, as he expected, his
malicious passion broke loose, his cloak
of hypooricy fell from him, the mask was
torn from DR.. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde ap-
peared.
submit this to the people and leave it
to every decent, sef-respecting citizen to
Judge who is the scoundrel and cur. And
promise that the future will disclose who
has been right and who wrong in this
controversy. /. w. CARROLL.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-25

SAN JOSE, Nov. 24.-ln compliance
with urgent requests from my friends and
the public, wish to make a statement
and reply to the slander and abuse heaped
upon me while acting as a grand juror by
Superior Judge w. @. Lorgan of Santa
Clara County, who in his judicial capacity
took cowardly advantage of my defense
less position and used language befitting
street hoodlum.
To this would not reply at the time,
as was warned by my friends not to
make any move, and thus give the gang"
the chance it was looking for but did not
get. will not lower myself to answer in
the same strain, but will try to make a
fair statement, borne out by the facts,
which can be verified by any one desirous
OF investig ating the same, as they are a
matter of notoriety and can be found in
the public records.
determined to refrain from answering
the abuse of Judge w. @. Lorigan until
had been discharged from the Grand Jury.
which | knew would be in a few days.
did not want to take advantage of my
official position as a grand juror to score
the Judge, which had legal right to do
and would haze done if he had not SLAM
dered me th> way he did.
When the Grand Jury appeared in
Judge Lorigan's court and the Judge be-
gan his inquiry, it was a noticeable fact
that ! was the last one to be examined.
The ''gang" expected something different
from what | gave them. refused to
answer on the ground, as stated, that
was credibly informed there was to be
determined effort to cnch me at any cost,
on account of the active part | took in
performing my sworn duty as a grand
juror and making diigent inquiry into
any facts brought to my notice in regard
to public affairs.
found, after removing many obstacles
placed in my way, that gang of politi-
cal booisuckers was Systematically de-
frauding the county in large sums. These
men had fed so long at the public crib
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-25
NICARAGUA CANAL SURVEY,
Rear-kdmirai Walker and the Gov-
ernment Commission Ready
to Work.

NEW YORR, Nov. 24-Wi,h every
thing in readiness, The United States
cruiser Newport, Captain B. F. Tilley in
command, is lying off drydock at the
Brooklyn hayward, awaiting orders to
sail with the members of the Nicaraguan
Canal Commission recently appointed by
Congress Rear-Admiral John G.
Walker, U. S. N. as president; Colonel
Peter C. Haines, corps of engineers, U. S.
A., and Professor Lewis NJ. Haupt, civil
engineer.
With them will go about fifty surveyors,
engineers and other employees as members
of the expedition. The commission will
re port on the feasibility of the proposed
canal, its pro ba bic cost and cost of M aim
tena1ce and the most desirable route.
The vessel will proceed direct to Grey
own, whence Rear Ad miral Walker will
go to Manarua and pay his respects to
President Zelaya. The expedition will
remain until March next.
Independent of the canal com mission
work, a general survey will be made OF
ihe harbor at Greytown and another of
the San Juan River.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-25
WERE COOKED
AND DEVOURED
BY THE SERIS
Bodies of Captain Porter and His Com
panion Undoubtedly Served as Food
for the Cannibals of Tiburon
Island.

any Question. The Mexicans all affirm
Vigorously that the Serls are cannibals
The officer in command of the expedi-
ton had not made his fficial report when
lett, but inquired among the soldiers
and some OF them told me they believed
Porter and Johnson had been eaten after
being cooked il the fire they found on the
island.
This was big fire, built not far from the
wreck of the junk World. The camp there
had been large one and the Indians were
seen dancing there. From all the slgrs t
was believed the Indians had gone ack
from there nto the mountains, where nc
body knows the country AMI where pursu-
ers are very likely to he ambuscated and
killed. | do not believe the troops made
any march into the interior although they
claimed they did. The Mexicans are not
anxious TO punish the Seis, and unless
the American Government lakes action
nothing will be done and the Indians will
simply lie in wait for new victims"