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The herald., 1897-11-06
ALASKAN GOVERNMENT
NOT so STABLE AS IT OUGHT
TO BE
Expeditions Organizing to Make the
Trip in the Spring-Miners at
st. Michaels

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 5.-Car
held a conference today with a number
of members of the board of trade and
chamber of commerce, with view OF
enlisting their aid in securing for Alaska
a more stable form of government than
it now possesses. Mr.. Kohler's object is
to obtain the assistance of the various
commercial organizations on the Pa
cific coast in the movement to ask con-
gress to provide a system of home rule
for Alaska. He is confident that united
action will secure the desired result.
Twenty-Five intending Alaska gold
hunters have organized as a co-opera-
tive company to build schooner sew
enty-five feet long for the accOmmoda-
ton of twenty-five persons and 100 tons
of supplies. besides deck load of lum-
ber, sufficient to build a hotel when
Dawson City is reached. The prospect
ors will take supplies sufficient to last
eighteen months. Some of the voy-
ayers will engage in trading in Alaska,
others will manage the Dawson hotel,
and the remainder will engage in min
ing, the earnings of each going into a
common fund.
THE PORTLAND APPEAL
WASHINGTON. Nov. 5.-The appeal
of President Mason of Portland, Ore,
chamber of commerce to Secretary Alger
for help in getting supplies to the starv-
ing miners in the Klondike region has
been received at the War Department.
but in the absence of Secretary Alger,
who Is expected to return to Washington
tomorrow, no action will be taken upon
it by the officials of the department.
MINERS IN LUCK
SANTA CRUZ, Nov. 5.-A letter has
been received from w. M. Coffee and
party, who left San Francisco for the
Klondike in steam schooner. The gold
seekers are in camp at st. Michaels for
the winter and have found good pros
poets on the Kooskuir river, some miles
from the camp.
The herald., 1897-11-06
YELLOW FEVER
Not Improved but the Situation Is no
Worse

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 5.-The rec
ord Of yellow fever cases and deaths is
disappointing. The death rate is higher
than it has been for several days and
the number of new cases is not as small
as the board Of health officials predicted
it would be. The situation, while it has
not improved any, is not considered
worse. The warm weather which was
experienced today, 80 in the shade, has
not helped the patients along any. The
record todey was 81 new cases and ten
deaths.
MOBILE, Ala.-There were eleven
new cases of yellow fever here today
and three deaths
MONTGOMERY-W. H. Cope died
here today of yellow fever. There were
two new. cases. Selma reports clean
bill of health. x
METAPHYSICAL noon today the board
OF health reported no new casen Of rel
low fever and no deaths. 8
The herald., 1897-11-06
The Miller Estate

STOCKTON, CAL, Nov. 5.-The case
of Edward P. Miller against Leroy At
wood was heard today before Judge
Budd. The will of E. P. Miller, ST., was
filed for probate some time ago. 1t be-
queaths large amount of property to
the plaintiff in the case and then pro-
vides that the executor shall take half
of the bequest in cash and deposit it in
the local banks to draw interest. The
court is asked to declare this portion
of the will which establishes the trust as
illegal and void. The effect would be to
give the son the entire property at once.
The case was taken under advisement,
The herald., 1897-11-06
INVALID RETURNS
May Change the Election Results in
I. Maryland

PRINCESS ANNE. Nd. Nov. g.
There Is serious legal controversy
among the supervisors Of election Of
Somerset county over the vote cast on
Tuesday,tJ. S. Stanford, the Democratic
member, having refused to sign the GER
tificates. of election because of certain
Irregularities in the tally sheets and bal
lots in that the judges of election in sew
eral instances failed to sign the former
and that at least 500 of the latter were
counted in spite Of the fact that they
were not indorsed with the initials of
one Of the judges as required by law.
The question is likely to be taken into
court where an attempt may be made to
throw out the unmarked ballots and re-
verse the result Of the late election. in
which event the four assemblymen and
one senator from Somerset may go into
the Democratic instead of the Repub-
lican column.
The herald., 1897-11-06
INDEX
TO THE TELEGRAPH NEWS

Annual report Of the business of the
United States pension Office.
Cuban insurgents scorn the Spanish
offer of autonomy and will fight to the
death.
The cook of the ship Olive Pecker
tells his story of meeting and murder
at sea.
The vote Of Ohio still in dispute
and the matter will be taken to the
courts for decision.
The death of Traffic Manager Smurr
calls forth resolutions of respect and
regret from Southern Pacific directors.
The life of President Moraes of
Brazil attempted by an assassin; the
minister of war interferes and is
killed.
W. T. Lee arrested at Stockton
charged with deserting his family
and making love to numerous other
women.
vatican officials searching the
papal archives for the report of Pom
thus PLATE concerning the crucifixion
Of Christ.
Warden Edgar fined for failing to
return Murderer Ebanks to San Diego;
the criminal sentenced to be hanged
before the appeal to the federal court
can be decided.
Canada's premier and his minister
Of marine will go to Washington to
confer on the seal question; intima-
ton given that favorable action on
pelagic sealing depends on the adop-
ton of commercial reciprocity toward
Canada.
The herald., 1897-11-06
A Frozen Lunatic

OROvILLE. CAL, Nov. Son Summit
mountain this morning nude man was
found posing as statue. looking down
into the great valley. He was half fro
zen, and was brought to Jail here. He
gave his name as James Gibson. He has
been wandering about the ravines cry
ing out that he has never killed any one.
The herald., 1897-11-06
Prohibition Defeated

ATLANTA, Ca, Nov. 5.-The Georgia
senate today defeated a measure, which
If passed. would have had the effect of
making Georgia prohibition state. The
bill has been pending in the legislature
since last year and has been exhaustive
ly argued. The vote on the bill was 1S
to %. It is understood that the majority
against the passage of the bill would
have been proportionately much greater
in the house if the measure had ever
reached that body.
The herald., 1897-11-06

up the theory that the attempt on the
presidents life grew out of the pro-
posed arbitration treaty with France on
the Amapa question. This treaty the
president vigorously upheld, despite the
tremendous opposition in congress and
among the people.
The herald., 1897-11-06
Nebraska Returns

LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 5.-Returns
from 70 counties give Sullivan (Fusion-
ist). for Supreme Court Judge. s5.s07: !:
Post (Republican)s 74.os2 Estimates
based on last years vote in the remain
ing counties would make sullivan's plu-'
rality IN the state 1855.
The herald., 1897-11-06

congress upon currency bill is rendered
impracticable by the lack Of a majority
in the senate. In the absence, therefore,
Of the prospect Of a practical result It
would be waste Of time for me to dis
cuds what policy might or should be
pursued on the currency question"
The herald., 1897-11-06
Currency Refd,n

WASHINGTON, Nov. \5. - Senator
Pratt Of Connecticut. in rply to cues
tions today, expressed hidself az fol-
lows concerning the outl4k for cur
rency legislation ct the coming sesslon
Of congress: "Enective leasiation 81
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the contrary, was to conceal the fact
that he was powerless to give any such
assurance.
Il am now the advocate of interven-
tion because am satisfied that it is the
only remaining means by which peace
in Cuba can possibly be secured"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-07

ing almost at glance the chief Incl.
dents of battle as they occurred before
him on the confused, smoke swept field,
and he could picture with vivid truth
fulness the little incidents Of the camp,
the march and the charge. All through
Virginia and Tennessee he followed the
main body of the Confederate forces, not
neglecting to keep an eye on the shift
ing seat of Confederate government.
His letters We're signed "Personne,
nom de plume which became as famil
lar to every southern reader as the
name of Jackson or Lee.
After the war Mr.. de FCutaine went
north and for long term Cf years was
connected with the New y TX Herald
in various responsible positions, Il warm
friendship having existed hutW cen him.
self and Mr.. James Gordon Bennett. In
later years Mr.. de FOntaiue contributed
to the magazines and wrote articles for
the American Press Association.
During this active journalistic career
he found time TO publish "a History Of
Abolition From 1887 to 1861, ;" MAR.
ginalia; or, Gleanings From an, Army
Notebook, "a History of Yachting In
the Old World and the New" "The
Burning of Columbia, " "The Story of
the Great Eastern" "a Cyclopedia Of
the Best Thoughts of Charles Dickens"
(600 pages and now in its ninth edi-
tion), "Birds of Feather or, The Life
and Doings Of Lord Dupdreary, "a
Popular History of America" and a sys-
tenn Of condensed longhand" whereby
with but little study one is enabled to
greatly increase the rapidity of his hand
writing. As a shorthand writer Mr. de
Fontaine is said to have been ono Of the
oldest and fastest in the United States
two of his important works as a mere
lad being the official reports of the trial
of Professor Webster for the murder Of
DR.. Parkman in Boston many years ago
and of General Dan Sickles for killing
Barton Key in Washington before the
war.
Mr.. de Fontaine came of an old and
celebrated French family. Two Of his
uncles were distinguished professors,
and his father, the Chevalier de Fon-
taine, was one Of the loyal members of
the court of Louis X who accompanied
the unfortunate French king into exile
when he was compelled to flee from
Paris in 1880. The Chevalier de Fon-
taine came to America and married in
1889. Two years later his son was born.
In the course of long obituary arti-
Gle the Columbia Is o. State says
''He was most lovable man, a man
with soft, engaging manners, courtly
gentleman of the old school, a man
that no city could afford to lose. He
was cultured and possessed of talents OF
a rare quality. AS writer and a con-
versationalist Mr.. de Fontaine displayed
powers that never failed to fascinate
those who were thrown in contact with
him. His judgment was unerring. His
character was noble, and patriotism
was part of his very soul. I"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-07
A HOME FOR HOBOES.
THE PRACTICAL PHILANTHROPY OF
"GLAD HAND TOM"

He II Friend TO All Weary Wanderers
and Is Ever Ready to Aid Them--A Re-
tired Railroad Engineer History of His
Unique Enterprise.
In Trenton there is probably the only
tramps hotel to be found anywhere In the
sountry There, without money and with.
out credit, the weary knight Of the road
can always find food and shelter, not TO
speak Of oompanionship and spiritual con-
ISOLATION. It is no mere shanty either, this
tramps' hotel but q substantial brick
building of four stories, we'll heated, we'll
warmed and with modern oonvenienoes.
The proprietor of this institution is
known to the people of the New Jersey
capital as Thomas A. Terradell but to
the great army of hoboes who drift up and
down the Union he goes by the name of
"Glad Hand Tom" The great majority
know him personally, and those who do
not know him by reputation. There is
good reason that they should. For the
best part of 90 years Mr.. Terradell gave
much Of his attention to cultivating
tramps. For ten years he was an engineer
| on the Pennsylvania railroad. He began
on gravel train, but worked his way up
| until he became one of the most trusted
engineers on the road and was given
charge of tho big iron monsters that pull
the fast expresses.
| Early In his career as q railroad man
Mr.. Terradell began to take an interest
in tramps. Thousands of times he has
pulled half frozen and starving wretch
from of the trucks and made him get up
into the cab where he thawed him out
and fed him from his own dinner pail. 1t
was this habit that gained him tho sobri-
quet Of "Glad Hand Tom," and the prac-
tice got him into the custom of eating
first two meals and then only ono meal
a day. Mr.. Terradell had way, too, of
talking to the tramps that won their con-
fldence, and the ragged creature who had
been warmed and fed in his cab generally
left 1t after having told the story of his
downfall and promising to try to lead a
moro decent life.
Mr.. Terradell has some original theories
about tramps. He does not share the pop
ular impression that they follow the life
of wanderer because they like 1t. He
actually declares that most tramps will
work and behave themselves II they have O
fair show and are encouraged a little.
CAN these poor fellows need to make
men of them" he says, sis for us to OK
tend the right hand of fellowship to them
They want to be made to feel that they are
living in the same world that we arc in
that they are not outcasts. We can set
majority right If we only got down off oul
high horses md give them u hearty shakt
of the hand.
1t was to put this theory into practic,
with better c.Tcct that several years ag,
Mr.. Terradell gave up his engine, and TAX
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-07

ionist, be wanted her to find out the
strength and position Of the, Confederate
forces and send the information back to
him by the same messenger who brought
her the note.
81 was greatly alarmed" says Miss
Bonsal in relating the story. 81 went at
once to my mother and talked it over with
her We were almost oYerpowered by the
thought of the risk we would run If l COM
piled. But we loved our country, and we
concluded to risk our lives If need be. 1t
so chanced that had the very information
which General Sheridan asked for. A few
evenings before that we had entertained a
convalescent Confederate officer who board
cd with neighbor. had asked questions
about his forces, and he had answered
them, but at the time did not dream of
making use of the information. So wrote
the note to General Sheridan, and three
days later the battle was fought
The results of Miss Bonsal's note are
told In history. As soon as Sheridan was
satisfied that he knew his ground thor
oughly, he swept down on Early's forces
like whirlwind, drove him through Win
chester and followed him up the valley un-
til the Confederate forces had been scat
tered all along the sides of the Blue Ridge
mountains Miss Bonsal and her mother
took refuge In the cellar Of their home
while the battle ragged Two days after
he fight Little Phil" himself called upon
OF and personally thanked her for the in
rpatiop
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-07

arctic exploration, and his plan has at
last been indorsed by the German geog.
raphers' convention, which has decided
to fit out an expedition.
Two ships will be sent out, and the
plan is to have one remain at suitable
point to be selected for wintering sta
tion, while the other sails southwark
into the unknown seas in search Of the
pole Of the southern hemisphere. The
expedition will remain away for three
years, and during that time it is expect
ed that many scientific problems con-
cernipg geography, meteorology, zool.
etc., will be solved.
Besides Neumayer's expedition at
least three other excursions will be
made into the antarctics in the near fu.
ture. Nansen, the successful arctic ex-
plorer, who has so recently returned
from his perilous drift. will now devote
his energies, it is said, to making dis
coveries around the south pole. Borch-
grevink, the Norwegian explorer who
penetrated as far south while but sailor
| before the mast as did Sir James Ross
with the Erebus and Terror, will head
we'll equipped antarctic expedition
which will sail as soon as, if not before,
that one which is being fitted out fol
Neumayer.
Besides these purely scientific parties
a British company has been formed
which will send out steamers for the
purpose of bringing back some Of the
rich stores Of guano which both Ros:
and Borchgrevink reported to have seer
on Possession island, one Of the mos
southerly points of land yet reached il
the antarctic regions. There is novelty
about explorations in these latitude'
which will attract the attention of thC
world to these varied efforts, and new
of the success or failure of the severa
enterprises will be awaited with inter
| est,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-07
FALL OF FIT. SUMTER.
'. @. DE FoNTAlNE SENT THE FIRST
NEWS TO THE NORTH.

fbe Recent Death Of the Most Famous OF
Southern War Correspondents Recalls
Some of His Notable Achievements--His
Active Literary Life.
Very few Of the men who told the
itory of the war while the incidents
we're still hot, who wrote Of battles
while the thunder Of the cannon yet
rang in their ears, are left. OF the 90
or more war correspondents whose names
were household words in northern homes
80 years ago only handful remain.
The men who told the story of the strug-
gle through the southern newspapers
were of course fewer in number. OF the
latter the most prominent in his par
ticular field passed away the other day
in his South Carolina home, This was
Felix G. de Fontaine.
Mr.. dc Fontaine made his debut as
war correspondent at period when this
country was passing through the most
dramatic crisis in its history. The south,
infiamed to the highest pitch, had struck
the fatal blow. Fort Sumter had been
fred on and had fallen. The north was
in utter ignorance of the fact that the
conflict had actually begun. General
Beauregard, who had command of the
Confederate forces, had seized the tele.
graph offices in and around Charleston,
and not a word had been sent out. Mr..
de Fontaine, then journalist in
Charleston, went to General Beauregard,
with whom he was on terms of friend.
ship, and obtained permission to send
out an account of the bambardment. II
was his account, printed in the New
York Herald, which shook the country
from center to circumference.
Soon after this Mr.. de Fontaine took
the field as the regularly commissioned
war correspondent of the Charleston
Courier. In concise, vividly written ar.
ticles, which, although hastily construct.
ed under all sorts of unusual conditions,
were examples Of marked literary abil'
ity, he told the southern wives, mothers,
daughters and sweethearts how Jared il
at the front with their husbands fathers
brothers and lovers who wore the gray.
He had the wonderful faculty Of grasp
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-07

work with the Salvationists, he was made
to suffer all sorts of persecution by his
family. His wife was taken away by her
parents, and his own father tried to have
him sent to jail But he persisted, and
for eight years labored among the high
caste natives. He made poor success, how
ever, and after a season of fasting and
praying in the jungle no determined to
try his luck among the low caste Hindoos.
His new venture was n signal success,
and he made thousands of converts. Most
of them were made on what the major
calls "soul booming marches" A boom
march is something several degrees more
lively than any method of soul saving
which the Salvationists have yet intro
duced into the country, and from the ma
jor's description must be quite an excit-
ing affair.
"a large party of from 40 TO 100 cadets
Is organized" he says. "They live in
rough huts and camp in the open. With
drums beating, horns blowing and flags
flying they attack village after village,
summoning all to surrender in the name
of King Jesus. Sometimes whole village
comes over, and, kneeling down, prays for
pardon and forgiveness and at the same
time gives up demon worship and idolatry.
Quarters are secured in the village, officers
left in charge Of the new converts, and the
march rolls on. On one occasion we start.
ed boom march, and in less than three
weeks we had 1000 soldiers. l have
marched more than 1000 miles In India
walking every step of the way"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-07
HENRY G. TURNER.

Confederate forces, serving as private
and officer all through the struggle,
gaining the rank of captain. He was
once taken prisoner, and was wounded
by bullet at Gettysburg,
When he returned to private life, he
studied law and was admitted to the
bar in 1865. Soon after this he became
active in politics, and in 1879 he served
as presidential eleotor. Two years later
he was elected representative from
Brooks county to the state legislature
and served for three terms. In 1880 he
was elected a member Of the Forty-sev.
enth congress and has served continu-
ously ever since. He was somewhat
prominent during the regular session of
the Fifty fourth congress as friend of
the administration, and it is probable
that had Mr.. Cleveland been renomi-
mated last spring Mr.. Turner would
have had the second place on the ticket
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-07
HELPED PHIL SHERIDAN
Miss Bonsal Gave Him Valuable Informa-
ton at WinChester.

Miss BonsaI Gave Him Valuable Informa-
tion at Winchester.
woman who helped to make Phil
Sheridan brigadier general is now one of
the clerks in the treasury department at
Washington, position which she has held
for many years. Her name is Miss Rebec-
ca Bonsal, and she carries as memento
of certain eventful incident in her life a
handsome watch which was giyon her by
General Sheridan.
In September Of 1864 Miss Bonsal was
teaching a little school in the village Of
Winchester, Va. On the morning of the
10th she was surprised and alarmed to
find strange negro ut her sohoolroom
door. After looking around in cautious
manner and seeing that no one was near he
took from his mouth a small ball of tin
foil, which he handed to the schoolmis-
tress, with the information that in 1t was
note from General Sheridan, who was at
that time in command of the Army of the
Shenandoah Unrolling the ball, Miss
Bonsal found the note, in which Sheridan
stated that, knowing she was loyal Un-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-07
LEADS THE MINORITY.
Congressman Turner Succeeds to the Late
Speaker Crisp's Position.


Henry G.. Turner of the Eleventh
Georgia district has succeeded to the
leadership of the minority in the ma
tional house of representatives, taking
the place left vacant by the death Of
the late Speaker Crisp. 1t does not nee
essarily follow that Mr.. Turner will
be the leader of the minority in the next
house, as that honorary Office is decided
by a vote of the Democratic caucus, the
member then named for speaker being
by common consent regarded as the
party leader.
Mr.. Turner was born in Franklin
county, N. c., about 81 years ago. He
attended the University of Virginia,
but owing to the death of his father
was compelled to leave before complet-
ing the course. In 1858 he removed to
Georgia and began teaching school.
When the war broke out, he joined the
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-07
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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-07
AFTER THE SOUTH POLE.
Various Expeditions Organizing TO Pene
trate the Southern Seas.

If all the projects of the polar explor.
ers are carried out, there will be dearth
of adventurous spirits in the arctic re-
gions next summer, but in the vicinity
of the south pole there will be goodly
eompany. The latest expedition to be
announced as about to sail for the ant
arctic regions is one headed by Counselor
Neumayer of Hamburg, high official
Of the German admiral. For 40 years
he has advocated the importance of ant