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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-30
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-30

! THE SEA ROUTE TO SAN FRANCISCO
Connecting IstEmus for all West Coast Port, Of
Mexico. Central and South America -
Steamers sail from pier foot West 2Ih ST n Y
FINANCE. March 60 noon AILIANCA April 10 noon
For rates apply Companys Office. 20 broadway
JOHN MUIR. Traffic MANAGE
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cooks TOURS TO EUROPE.

~ Arrangements suited to all. Best accommodations
Select parties leave MAY :. -. June q. IL. 10 26
Progra mnes and particulars free application
THOS. COOK & son. 261 and 225 Broadway
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TG1[E G1OT[gl GASTlGTO
Al ST GEORGE, STATEN ISLAND. is pronounced
pa IONS 10 emineny satisfactory In respect to tsbi
service loca ton Elegantly furnished FIRST
class in all respects. A number OF new private bsu'
have been added Only thirty minutes from the Battery
Easier reached than princpa New-forN
hotels Open all the year Address for rates. etc,
GEORGE II. AVERY, Manager
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old DOMINION LINE.

" DAILY SERVICE.
For Old Point Comfort Norfolk. Newport New. pe..r.
burg; Portsmy1th Pnner's Point. Richmond virginia
from Pier % North River. Sailing every week dsy as
oept Saturday. at p NJ and Saturday at 4 p " "a
w. l.. GCILLAUDEu. Vice-Pres and Traffic Mgr
The herald., 1897-09-23

A symptom of severe cases is homoglo-
bin in the urine, coloring it red
1t behooves us to exercise care in i'm
porting cattle from Texas and the ad-
jacent states. The lesser evil of the
presence of the pestiferous ticks is
enough to enforce caution. The greater
evil of Texas fever urges even more em-
phatically that such cattle be kept from
our herds and pasture fields. Now
that we know the cause and method of
introduction of Texas fever care alone
Is requisite to keep 1t from our herds
The herald., 1897-09-23
Marriage Licenses

The following licenses were issued
yesterday in the office of the county
clerk:
Carl Martin Heintz, a native Of Den
mark. aged 40 years, and a resident Of
Los Angeles. and Maude H. Grier, ma
tive of New Jersey, aged 26 years, and
resident of Pasadena.
Elmer Nelson, native of California,
aged 26 years, and Lottie Bowers, also
a native of California, aged Is years,
both residents Of Los Angeles.
Andrew Robertson, native of Scot
land, aged so years, and Myrtle Glass.
native of Illinois, aged 25 years, both
residents of Los Angeles.
Clarence c. Dodge, native of Iowa,
aged 28 years, and a resident of Los
Angeles, and Helen M. Forbes, native
Of Iowa also, aged % years, and resi-
dent Of Pasadena.
Lewis c. Anderson, native of Ken,
lucky, aged 81 years, and Lucretia F.
Long, native of Illinois, aged 38 years,
both residents of Alhambra.
Duncan F. Mackenzie, native Of
Cana6,a, aged 40 years, and Edith NJ
Badgley, a native also of Canada. aged
22 years, both residents Of Los Angeles.
Thomas j. Donaldson, a native of
Tennessee, aged 25 years, and Rena
Hanscom, native of Illinois, aged rs
years, both residents of Los Angeles.
Louie Pendleton, native OF Califor-
mia, aged 20 years, and Stella Kendall,
a native Of Kansas, aged IS years, both
residents of Azusa.
George Henry Varian. native Of
New York, aged SO years, and resident
of Los Angeles, and Emma ]. Vawter,
a native of Washington, aged "a years,
and a resident of San Jacinto.
James l.. Walsh, native of Califor-
mia. aged 21 years, and Blanche Cunning
ham. a native also of California, aged Is
wears, both residents of Los Angeles.
William A. Pitcher, native of Cali
fornia, aged 81 years, and resident Of
Los Angeles, and Mary E. O'Callaghan.
a native of California, aged 35 years,
and resident of San Francisco.
The herald., 1897-09-23
will interest every family in Los Angeles

thanks to the press of Los Angeles for
their whole-souled support of the pro-
ject from it's incipiency to it's compile
tior- Their invaluabN, aid, rendered so
lavishly previous to Admission day and
curing the celebration by their especial
ly detailed and very excellent corre-
spondents, has not only stimulated an
interest in the celebration of this day,
so important to and beloved by all true
Californians, but has undoubtedly ben
Gifted enormously the order of which we
are proud to be members, and which has
a distinguishing tenet, Loyalty to our
country, our state and our flag. We APP
preciate the fact that much benefit will
arise from the prominence given the
day and the order by the press, and feel
that in them our state and the Native
Sons have earnest and able champions.
Signed: THE N. S. G. w." of Los An
geles, by the committee.
D. w. EDELMAN, Chairman.
E. A. MESERVE.
A. RAMISH.
w. H. Variel now has in preparation
scrap book containing the published
programs, the badges, the press notices
and all the various matters connected
with the celebration. When completed
the book will be sent to San Francisco
and be placed among the archives of the
order.
The herald., 1897-09-23

question or part of question and you
will be given all or part of this credit as
the answer warrants. In the questions
of COST time, numbers, expense, loca-
tion, ETC., ETC., a perfect answer is not
expected. Do the best you can, give
some answer so as to show your idea of
that subject, and answer all questions
as fully as the time will permit.
No memoranda or artificial aids will
be used ir any way, and there must be
no communication between members.
The list of questions and the credits
given for the correct answer Of each are
as follows:
l. Name the location and apparatus OF
each engine house-100.
2. Give (a) the total annual expense OF
the fire department-50 (b) the cost Of
first class steam fire engire-25; (c) the
cost of first class chemical engine-25.
5. State (a) wherein the steam fire ap-
paratus excels the chemical apparatus
so; (b) wherein the chemical apparatus
excels--50
4. Give (a) the total number of fire
alarm boxes-25; (b) in detail the meth
cd of giving and taking an alarm-75
5. Give (a) the stable rules for feeding
horses-20; (b) the house rules for meals
Of f1remen-20.
6. State in order of time every act that
each member Of chemical company
should perform from the first alarm un-
til the apparatus leaves the house-100
7. In what way and for what reasons
do avoidable delays most frequently oc-
cur in getting stream on the fire-100.
g. The water supply and the apparatus
being ample, on what does success most
depend in fighting fire?-100.
9. Name the location of as many fire
hydrants as possible-1Oo
10. Name (a) the district of engine
company No. S-25; (b the number OF
each alarm box in the district of engine
company No. 8-75.
II. Give in detail the duties of a per-
manent fireman exclusive of those du"
ties common to all firemen--100.
II. What is CAP the average time be-
tween an alarm and leaving the house
20; (b) between arrival at the fire and
first stream ?-20; (c) between firing and
maximum stream allowed and state
this maximum ?-40.
13. Give (a) the grades Of service from
number and salary in each grade-40.
IA. In the chemical (a) what chemicals
are used?-25; (b) how are they used?-
35; (c) why does the stream extinguish
fire 40.
Is. Give (a) amount, size and kind of
hose for a steam fire engine-30; (b)
same for chemical engine-3O; (c) at
what pressure new hose is tested-20.
16. State (a) number Of members in
the city council-15; (b) term of office
Is; (c) how selected-15 (d) by what au-
thority the council acts-30.
II. State Gay number Of members Of
the board of fire commissioners-15; (b,
how these members are selected-25.
The examination closed promptly al
4 o'clock and the papers were turned
over to Commissioner Wells. OF course
the result could not be at once an
nuonced as the examination of the pa
pers will consume several days.
The herald., 1897-09-23
THE EXAMINATION
Firemen Struggle With Knotty Cues
tions for Three Hours

For three hours yesterday ten ladder
men and hosemen attached to the No. 8
engine company worried, toiled and
wrestled with list of questions that had
beer prepared for them to answer by
the board of fire commissioners. The
occasion. was the first written examina-
tion that has been held in the fire de-
partment to practically test the fitness
of the applicants for promotion for the
position to which they aspire The men
who entered the examination have serv-
ed their apprenticeship as callmen ard
for some months have been on the pay
rolls of the department at salaries of
$50 per months each. The purpose of
the examination was to determine who
of them were best fitted for promotion
to the position of regular firemen, the
pay of which is $40 per month. The idea
of having the matter decided by writ.
ten examination in which all should
have equal chances originated with
Commissioner Wells, and, was approved
by the board
The questions were prepared the day
before, although it had been announced
several days ago that the examination
was to be held. Only the laddermen and
hosemen of that company were included
in the examination, but if the expert
ment is success, all future promotions
in the department will be through SINH
lar examinations. Those who entered
the examination yesterday we're E. r..
Dorm, S. Quirolo. Harry Meath, Joen
Noonan, A. Valencia, E. L. Barker, c.
G. Miller, c. Groetzenger, Walter Jean
and Melvin Young. The examination
was to have been held during the morn
ing, but as the men were engaged in
other duties it was postponed until /
o'clock in the afternoon. Commissioner
Wells and Chief Moore were in charge
OF it. The terms were first explained to
the men and the lists of questions wG&a :
then handed to them and they went to
work.
Each man was also furnished with a
copy Of the instructions which were as
follows:
You will draw an envelope containing
q slip of paper on which has been writ
ten rMmber. Sign this number to each
sheet of your examination papers and
sign nothing else. Write your name on
the slip you draw, return 1t to the en-
velope, seal the envelope and retain it
until called for by the examiners. This
the examiners will not know the auth
org of the papers on which they pass.
Three hours will be allowed for tSe
examination. which will be written in
ink throughout. You can answer the
questions in any order you prefer. BY
writing the number of the question and
the accompanying letter, II any, you
need not write the question itself. Thus.
you can simply write before your an
swer 3-(a) or 17-(d), and proceed to give
the answer. Finish all parts of any
question on which you commence before
taking up any other question.
The maxim credit Is marked after each
The herald., 1897-09-23
BOTH AT ONCE
Fire and School Bonds to
Be Voted For
EXAMINATION OF FIREMEN
PROTEST AGAINST RESURFAC-
ING SPRING STREET
Over Six Thousand Out Of Total of
Ten Thousand Feet Frontage
Represented

When the election to ascertain the
ing school bonds to the amount of $685.
900, which was recently ordered by the
city council, is held, it is probable that
the proposition to issue $15O,000 worth of
bords for fire department improvements
will also get voted upon. At the regular
meeting of the board of fire commission
ers yesterday morning Chief Moore pre-
sented as part Of his weekly report the
recommendation that the matter be re-
ferred to the council. In his report the
chief said: "At the meeting of the board
held May.26, 1897, a report was adopted
and sent to the council asking that an
election be held to provide bonds for fire
department purposes to the amount of
$150,000. The report was referred to the
finance committee awaiting the result
of the suit involving the payment of mu-
nicipal bonds in lawful money. The
question is now settled to the salts
faction of the council" The commits
sioners were asked to request that the
proposed election be ordered, and as a
matter of economy it was suggested that
the two matters be placed before the peo-
pie at one election, The matter was dis
cussed at length by the board and the
clerk was instructed to notify the coun-
Gil that the board concurred in the rec
ommendation of the chief If the bond
proposition carries at the polls the
money secured from the sale of the bonds
6a ohoc rf
engine house sites and the erection and
equipment of new houses.
A second recommendation made by the
chief was one which would seem unnec-
essary at first reading, but upon it de
pends to great extent the safety OF
property. In brief this recommendation
was to turn in an alarm of fire in case
a blaze was discovered. Chief Moore
stated that many persons on discov-
ching fire tried to extinguish 1t at once.
and it was only after the fire was beyond
their control that they summoned the
department. He said it was better to
first sound the alarm and then fight
the fire until the department arrived.
Several serious fires have recently oc-
Cured in which the loss would have been
nominal had the department been sum-
moned promptly. The report was con-
Cured in.
The report OF City Electrician Francis
for the week ending September 18th was
approved and placed on file.
A petition was received from James
Carlisle & Sons requesting permission to
erect and operate with steam power a
wood working plant on Short street at
Santa Fe avenue. The application was
referred to Chief Moore with power to
act. The permission will doubtless be
granted, as the chief has already inves-
tigated the matter and is favorably dis
posed toward it.
Similar action was taken with refer
The herald., 1897-09-23
STREET-SWEEPING
Merchants and Manufacturers Will
Petition the Council Monday

The street sweeping committee of the
Merchants and Manufacturers associa
tion held an informal meeting at head
quarters yesterday afternoon. No def
mite plan of action has yet been decided
upon. but today Secretary Zeehandelaa
will address letter to the city council
concerning the subject and on Monday
the committee will appear in person be-
fore that body and ask permission to
carry it's plans into effect. NJ E. Black
stone has declined to serve on this COM
mittee. Max Meyberg being appointed
in his place.
The Los Angeles members of the boue-
ward committee will meet at the asso-
citation headquarters in the Wilcox
building, Friday, at 2 o'clock.
The herald., 1897-09-23

ence to the application of the Union Oil
company for permission to operate a
small pump and engine and boiler al
Buer.a Vista street and the Southern
Pacific crossing for the purpose of pump
ing oil for few days only.
George o. Vail and F. NJ. Fernandez
filed applications for appointment to the
position of callmen, which were placed
on file.
Bailey & Schmitz Bros requested per-
mission to store oil in tanks under the
sidewalk a 1858 Alameda street. for COM
mercal use. The matter was referred
to the chief With power to act.
Ar invitation was extended the mem
bers of the board to attend the written
examination Of hosemen and ladderme IN
at the No. s engine house for the pur-
pose of ascertainng their fitness fo.
promotion. The invitation was accepted
and later in the day the members went
to that company's quarters and saw
how the examination was progressing
The herald., 1897-09-23

growing from crevice The tree is
slowly threading the huge parts of the
boulder as it increases in size.
The following is from the London
(Eng) Fruit Grower. 1t is another Of
the many indications that the merits
of the California fruit are becoming
known far from home: THE Califor-
MIA pear is grand fruit and deserves TO
make grand prices. Shippers of such
fruits deserve to receive paying prices
for good fruit is what we want, anGl
what the California shipper sends us.
Possibly we may suggest some steps
necessary to improve prices for these
fruits"
The Pomona Farmers club had very
interesting session at their last meeting
They met on the beautiful lawn of MI
Fred Smith. The leading subject was
cooperation, which was very ably
advocated by Prof. Molyneaux. Many
others spoke in the same tenor. Major
Robinson said before the exchange
started they could get no offer for their
oranges. Ever Stree they have re-
ceived 81 and upwards. Mr. Fred Smith
could not get an offer of 25 cents the year
that he has received annually $1,000 for
the fruit of GAO trees.
The growth force OF trees is something
astonishing. Roots have been known
to overthrow store walls by their con-
tinuous growth. In rock woods one
may frequently see trees growing in the
clefts of rocks and, although the cleft
may have been but a few inches wide
when the tree started into life, so great
has been it's growth force, that
in maturity, the rock has been
pushed apart as widely as the
width of the trunk itself. Trees
have been known to mislead surveyors
Everyone knows that a tree trunk once
formed never grows longer, and yet
survey marks made on trees have been
known to be considerably higher when
the trees grew older than when first
made. In these instances the trees
have been growing on flat rocks, and by
the increased thickness of the roots
these huge trunks have been lifted by
the pressure of the roots upon the rocks
-Meehan's Monthly.
The herald., 1897-09-23
Prompt Reform Of Bodily Evils

The prompt reform of those bodily evils,
enfeebled digestion, incomplete assimila-
tion inactivity of the liver, kidneys and
bladder, as we'll as of the nervous symp-
toms which these ailments are specially
prone to beget is always accomplished by
the use of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, a
medicine accredited by physicians, pro-
nounced pure by analysis, and eminently
wholesome and agreeable. Surely such a
restorative is preferable to unpalatable and
indigestible mineral drugs and INSANE
toned nostrums. The nation at large as
suredy thinks so, judging by the unprece-
dented demand for the article from Maine
to the Pacific, demand now supplemented
by immense orders for 1t received from
tropical America. Mexico. the British and
Spanish colonial possessions. and else
where. Both at home and abroad 1t is
recongnized as standard remedy and pre-
ventive, the decisiveness of its effects rec
ommending it everywhere.
The herald., 1897-09-23
SOME RESOLUTIONS
The Native Sons Express Their Graf
itude to the Press

The general Admission day committee
of the Native Sor.s of the Golden West
held its final meeting Tuesday, finishing
up the business of the celebration. A
committee consisting of Adolph Ra-
mish, DR.. D. w. Edelman and Edwin. A.
Meserve was appointed to draw UP res
olutions commemorative of the orders
appreciation Of the newspapers work,
and these gentlemen prepared the fol-
lowing:
We, the Native Sons OF the Golden
West of Los Angeles. recognising the
important assistance rendered by the
journals Of this city to our order in the
celebration Of Admission day, 1897, here
by express our sincere and hearty
The herald., 1897-09-23
Building Up Disreputable Party

In Georgia the most important federal
officer is a negro, and he has great
amount of patronage. In Kentucky the
United States marshal has appointed
negro deputies. In. New, Orleans aanegro
has been made naval officer against the
protest of white Democrats and Repub-
licans alike. Evidently Mr. Hanna and
Mr. Mckinley have despaired of build
ing up reputable Republican party In
the south. All they desire is an army
of mercenaries which will promptly obey
the orders issued by Mark Hanna
Louisville Post.
The herald., 1897-09-23
N otes

The Pomona Times has this to say of
the late Covina Farmers institute:
The meetings of the institute were
largely attended. great interest was
shown in the papers read and the dis
cussons incident thereto. Visitors
speak highly of the hospitality Of Co
vina's citizens and OF the excellence of
the entire program of the convention.
The late President Clark, then presi-
dent of the Massachusetts Agricultural
college, once harnesse6 squash, so
that by its growth several tons weight
was lifted. We know Of "a large gran
ite boulder near Lansing. Michigan,
which Is bearing cherry tree that is
The herald., 1897-09-23

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All prices Of wall paper greatly reduced.
A. A. Eckstrom. a2A South Spring street.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-21
RELIEF BY BOYCOTT.
Austrians Compel the MOnOpO-
lies to Lower Prices.

Vienna, Austria, Oct. 21.-A new de-
parture from the usual method ofincreas-
ing strikes is in progress in all parts of
the Austria Hungarian empire. This time
it is not the laboring classes trying to OBJ
tain higher wages or other advantages,
but it is the people striking against, or
rather boycotting, the monopolies, and as
it seems with the best results for the peo-
pie.
Within the last three months the in
habitants of some thirty provincial towns
have insisted that the gas companies in
their localities should reduce the price of
gas, and on the refusal of the companies
to do so, had the meters removed from
their houses, and commenced burning
American petroleum. The gas works of
the twin cities of Krems-Stein on the
Danube have not furnished gas to any of
the inhabitants for over four months, and
a similar state of affairs prevails in other
towns. Many companies have already
succumbed and agreed to lower their
prices demanded by the people. AS
American petroleum is really much
cheaper than gas, there can be no doubt
whatever that all the companies will soon
be force to follow suit.
This kind of boycotting is by no means
pracuced against the gas companies only,
but also against a large number of brew
cries and distiIleries whose beer or
liquor is not attatnable at as low a price
or in as good quality as the consumers
think it ought to be. a large number of
breweries in Bohemia have been unable
to sell a single barrel of their product for
many weeks, and no caterer or bother
dares to patronze them, for if they do
they will not have a customer left.
In the provinces of Styria and Salisbury
the saloons have been obliged to import
their beer and the largest part of their
liquors from Lower Austria, and in locali-
ties where this was not done with prompt
ness the people have abstained altogether
from drinking beer or liquor and have re-
sorted to wine, which can be obtained
just as cheap and in very fair quality al
most anywhere in Austria.
The boycott is by no means reduced to
gas, beer and liquor, as sugar refineries,
mustard factories and many other food
producing or manufacturing enterprises
are involved. AS far as can be ascer-
tanned the demands of the people appear
fully justified, and the unanimous pro-
ceedfngs against exorbitant charges and
poor quality have been beneficial.