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The record-union., 1898-05-06
PoMOLoGICAL SOCIETY.
Semi-Annua1 Meeting Held at
Orange.

ORANGE, May 5.-The thirtyfourth
semi annual meeting of the Pomologl-
cal Society of Southern California was
called to order by President Abbott
Kinney this morning. The hall was
neatly decorated.
The programme opened by an invoca-
ton b.. Rev S. S. Fisk The address
of welcome was delivered by Hiram
Hamilton, during which he called TO
mind many notable incidents connected
with the history of the society, which
was founded in Los Angeles on April t,
1885. President Kinney made d very
appropriate response.
The appointed committees are:
Resolutions-Hiram Hamilton, S. K.
Hemphill S. Armor.
Nominations-A. D. Bishop, D. Edison
Smith, James Boyd. DR.. w. B. Wall
and C. H. A Goodwin.
Auditing Committed. Edison Smith,
c. p. Taft. James Fullerton.
AT both morning and afternoon ses-
sions the cause of puffy oranges was
discussed, but nobody was able to give
a remedy or cause.
D. Edison Smith of Santa Ana read an
able paper on waste in the orchard, and
how TO overcome it.
C. p. Taft of Orange, who has made a
speciality of the loquet, placed on exhi-
bition a display of this fruit, and read
an interesting paper upon New Varie
ties OF Fruit"
Fred Rafferty, of Santa Ana read an
interesting paper on Flora Culture"
A. D. Bishop said that it was the duty
of every horticulturist to grow green
manure
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SHE WOULDAND SHE WOULDN'T
The One Thing That Kept Her From
Going as a War Nurse.

''Well. if you go, I'm going as a nurse,
and thatsi all there is about it,! she
said to him the other night, when he
threw it out pretty strongly that he'd
probably be fighting for his country in
Cuba in about a fortnight.
oh he replied, that's out of the
question, you know. You'd get the
fever"
Don't care"
And even If you didn't die. you'd be
the color OF an upripe orange Off the
rest of your life"
Don't mind that
Then you might get beri-beri. Peo-
pie that live after having beri-beri are
holy frights for the remainder of their
days"
"All right IT,
And you'd, never get the smell of
carbolic acid out of your nostrils."
Very we1L If you go, I'm going,
too" ~ 80
',Of course. you'd have to have that
fine lot of hair of yours cut off, to pre-
vent infection"
'.Eh-don't mind that, either"
And you'd have to wear rubber
gloves that'd make your hands look
biggern hams"
That's immaterial'
'.Fellows that have been down there
and know. tell me that the Cuban hos
pitfalls are simply alive with rats ana
Goodness gracious! George, must
Won o?''-Washington Star.
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Agreed With the Court.

Here is a little bit of pleasantly re-
ported from a New York court. The
lawyer in the case said that the re-
porter asked no fee.
Isn't that a bad precedent" asked
Justice Dickey.
We'll, 1 merely mention it," replied
the lawyer.
1T leaves more money for you, eh?''
THE receiver ought to get S1OO, /
think" the lawyer said.
And how about yourself?"
About $780, replied the counsel.
IF / should say $500, now" said
Justice Dickey.
II think So" replied the counsel. ST
agree with the court
N'Well,''' said Justice Dickey, S
pleasant to find counsel agreeing with
the court once in a while
Wonder how the parties to the suit
enjoyed it?
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S. p. VS.. Railroad Commissioners.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 5.-Judge
Heacock to-day began taking testimony
in the case of the Southern Pacific
Company VS.. the Railroad Commission
ers of the State of California. The only
witness examined was George T. Klink
Auditor of the Disbursement Depart
ment of the railroad company. He told
about the amounts of different mort
cages upon the road, and stated his
willingness to furnish the complete de-
tails next Monday, to which time the
hearing was adjourned
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1t was remembered that Casimir
Perier had resigned the presidency of
Dreyfus trial. on the ground that he
could not endure the combination of
moral responsibility and of powerless-
ness. The tale told by lie Rappel'' was
that NJ De Munster, the German Min
ister had called upon the President
and said that he was instructed by his
sovereign to give assurance that Drey-
fus, had not, either in France or in
Belgium, nearly or distantly, been in
relation with the secret service of the
German Government The Embassa-
dor further suggested that one must
be bien naif to believe that a diplomat
could have thrown into a wastepaper
basket so important document. Fur
ther, it was said that the Emperor of
Germany had addressed an autograph
letter to the President of France, say
ing: Il give you my word of honor as
man that Captain Dreyfus has never
betrayed France to the German Gov
ernment; and, if need should be, l will
give you my word as Emperor, with all
the consequences thereof Finally,
Casimir Perier was declared to have
said of the story-"It is not precisely
so,'' thereby confirming the substance
by contradicting only the detail Now
If the President did, in fact, receive
these communications, he could do alb
solutely nothing except refer them to
his ministers; and when the ministers
refused to act on them he was in a
false and humiliating position, out of
which he might naturally get by pre-
cisely that act of resignation which had
seemed so singular. Probabilities seem
to favor the truth of this story; and if
1t was false, there could be no objection
TO contradicting it. In the Zola case
CaSimir Perier was on the witness
stand, but gave out nothing of interest.
He said that it was his duty not to tell
the whole truth.-John T. Morse, Jr, in
the Atlantic
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William Thackeray Commits Sui
eide at San Francisco.
Was Assistant Librarian Of the Odd Eel.
lows Library.
Crazed With Dependency Over the
Death of His Wife, Frank L.
Smith, a Carpenter, Shoots Him
self, Dying Instantly.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 5.-William
Thackeray, the Assistant Librarian and
Secretary of the Odd Fellows Library,
committed suicide this morning by
inhaling gas as his residence, 40 Ellis
street
Thackeray, who was about 62 years
of age. was born in England and came
to this State when a young man.
For over thirty years he has been an
Odd Fellow and was held in the high
/ est esteem by the members of the or
| der.
| Indication point to deliberate self
destruction by Thackeray, owing to
dependency caused by financial trou-
! bles
For eight years Thackeray held an
official position with the Odd Fellows
! and when. some weeks ago, the order
decided to sell its library, he became
very depressed, as it meant the loss or
his position Some time ago he rented
the house at 740 Ellis street and fitted
| it up as a lodging house. His wife is
partially demented and the services OF
housekeeper were secured.
| For the past few days Thackeray was
considerably worried because he was
!
upon the furniture of the house.
Mrs. Ralston, the housekeeper was
sent by ThackQray to see the 'rco from
whom the goods had pvcn obtained
and she was told that unless payment
was made to-day the goods would be
removed.
When Mrs. Ralston returned home
she found that Thackeray was out, and
she waited till l o'clock this morning,
when he returned.
She informed him of the proposed ac-
ton of the furniture firm and he told
! her he could not possibly make the
! payments.
The unfortunate man retired to his
| room and, after undressing, went to an
! adjoining hall room, closed the doors
and windows and removed the tips
from the gas jets, then turning on the
deadly vaoor.
At o'clock this morning, when Mrs.
| RalSton arose, she detected the Odor of
gas and, tracing it to the hall bedroom
| found Thackeray dead upon the floor.
The unfortunate man left widow
and two married daughters. one of
whom is married to Bob Mitchell. the
comedian, now playing at the Tivoli.
| ANOTHER SUICIDE.
| SAN FRANCISCO May 5.-CraZed
with dependency over his wife's death,
Frank L. Smith, carpenter, living at
POI Carl street, shot himself to-day. He
fell beside the body of his wife, and died
instantly. Both bodies were removed
to the Morgue Mrs. Smith was taken
i'll on Saturday and died this morning.
Her husband started to engage an un-
| dertaker, but soon returned home and
committed suicide.
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A Lingua1 TangIe.

Farmer Hornbeak-While / was at
the village this afternoon l heard a
drummer in Hopper's store say he had
jest read that Hi Ching Lang-h'm-
that don't sound right; Hang Ling Chi
no; Lang Chung Hi-er-h m!-lenlme
see. It's Hang-no; Chi Lung Hang
Oh, pshaw!-Ching-n Lung
Mrs Hornbeak-Mercy on US, Ezry!
What in time are you tryin' to git off?
Farmer Hornbeak-Why, / was jest
goin' to say that Hing Lung Chi-oh
drat it! Chang, Lang, Hang, Jang,
Dang; or whatever it is
Mrs. Hornbeak - Great day. EZry!
What nonsense are you tryin' to recite?
You talk like q dinner bell.
Farmer Hornbeak-I guess I do, for
a fact. I was tryin' to say the name of
that great Japanese or Chinese states
man.
Mrs. Hornbeak-Oh. you mean Ii
Hung Chang. Well, what about him"
Farmer Hornbeak - I'LL dunno
Judge.
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STRAINING A FRIENDSHIP
Or the Girl With Hot Chocolate
and Her Hard Luck Story.

ThSy were standing at the counter,
and 1 couldn't help but hear.
Talk about hard luck" said the girl
with the hot chocolate, L know a
woman who had an awful thing hap
pen to her over in New York.
20, do tell me about it," gurgled the
| girl with the ice-cream soda.
| Well" went on the chocolate girl,
She's not wealthy at all, you know,
and she doesn't keep nurse. So one
day when she had to go down town
shopping she took her baby and left it
at one of these day nursery-creche
places. They gave her a check for it,
and she went off shopping. She didn't
come back to the creche till late in the
afternoon, and when she went to take
out the check it was gone
Good gracious!" said the girl with
the ice-cream soda, looking shocked.
What did she do?"
Well" went on the chocolate girl,
| "they told her she couldn't have the
| baby without a check, and she'd have to
wait till the other babies were taken
away and then she could have what
was left. So she waited for hours and
hours. till all the babies were gone but
! one, ana Wnon SDe NetIl " 6Ch llie1t
we'll, the only baby left was coiored
baby"
90 how perfectly awful" exclaimed
the girl with the ice-cream soda, in ac-
cents of horror. What did she do?
Wasn't she perfectly frantic? My good
ness, how horrible! Didn't she ever
get her baby back again? l should
think she'd have been perfectly crazy.
What did she do?'
co. said the chocolate girl. coolly,
"she took the colored baby. 1t was
hers. She was colored, you know"
And in the silence which followed
could hear the swapping of the bonds
of a tender and lifelong friendship
Washington Post.
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An order was issued to the yard fore
men this morning calling for volunteer
machinists, ship filters. coppersmiths
and blacksmiths to go to the Philip
pines on the Peking to repair our dam
aged warships.
Assistant Naval Constructor Capps
has been detached from the Union Iron
Works, and ordered to go in charge OF
the men. Machines, tools and all appli-
ances for the repair of the vessels Will
be taken on the Peking.
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Treasurer Thompson Resigns.

SAN DIEGO, May ). - County
Treasurer j. w. Thompson rendered
his resignation to-day. as his bonds
men refused to qualify for an increase
demanded by the Supervisors There is
said to be a shortage of 81, 700 in cash
due the State on special funds, and
that the bondsmen had made up a pre-
vious shortage of quite a large amoEnt.
The resignation was accepted, but the
successor is not yet appointed. Thomp
son is a prominent old-timer here, and
a leading member of the Republican
party.
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Claimant to Large Tract Of Land.

OAKLAND, May 5.-Frank V. Sala-
Ear, bootblack, is a claimant to 300
VQ0 acres of land in the State of Sonora
Mexico. His title, he asserts, is based
upon Government patents which We're
issued to his paternal grandfather
many years ago. The grant is within
sixty miles. of the United States bor-
der, and comprises agricultural, min
ing and grazing lands of presumably
enormous value. SalaZar has recently
taken steps to investigate the present
status of the grant.
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A SPY AT INDIAN HEAD.
Attempt Made to Destroy the Gov
eminent MapaziuaS

BALTIMORE, May 5.-The "Ameri-
can" tomorrow will say:
News reached this city yesterday that
an attempt was made to destroy the
Government magazines at the Indian
Head proving grounds on the Potomac
River, twenty-five miles below Wash
ington. A huge pile of wood. contain
ing thousands of cords, located near
the magazine, was destroyed by fire
of an incendiary origin last Tuesday
night. Several suspicious characters
have been seen about the neighbor-
hood for some time past, and it is be-
lieved that spy in the employ of the
Spanish Government had something to
do with applying the torch.
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Santa Cruz Powder Works.

SANTA CRUZ, May 5.-An addition
is being made to the powder works
which will greatly increase their ca
pacity. In ten days the output of Gov
ernment powder will be 200, 600 pounds
daily, besides 5000 pounds of guncot-
ton.
A Coroners jury to-day returned a
verdict that the cause of the recent eX
plosion, which caused the loss of thir
teen lives, was unknown. r..
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Yousouf Defeats jenkins.

CLEVELAND. May 5.-The wrestling
match here tonight. best two in three,
between Tom Jenkins and Yousouf,
the Turk, was Won by the latter after
game contest. Yousouf got the first
fall in one hour and one minute. The
second fall was awarded to the Turk
at the end of eleven minutes. jenkins
climed a foul, but the referee would not
allow it. The decision caused a Wig
orous protest from the spectators.
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The Seventh Regiment.

ing oe about fifty former residents of
Southern California was held in the
rotunda of the Palace Hotel this even
ing for the purpose of arranging for
the reception of the Seventh Regiment
n. G. c. to arrive Saturday morning
from Los Angeles. Mapor M. P. Sny-
der of Los Angeles was called to pre-
side and Richard Garvey was appointed
Secretary. The meeting adjourned to
reassemble tomorrow evening for final
arrangements
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 5.-As the
mastering into service of the First Reg
iment Of Infantry continues the armory
on Page street assumes q more Warlike
appearance Every precaution is taken
to insure the presence of the men who
have passed the physical examination
and during the day only those who have
the permission of the Captain of their
respective companies to do so are al
lowed to leave the armory.
The Board of Surgeons charged with
the examination of the prospective re-
cruits began it's labors at s o'clock this
morning, and worked hard during the
day. The total number of men of
Company E examined by the board was
123, and of these forty-One were re-
jected.
In the case of Company A, in which
seventy-four men were passed by the
board. the complement was immediate
" made up from the emergency rolls.
In Company F III men were exam
ined, ninety-six accepted and twenty
one rejected.
Company G presented JOG for examin-
alton. OF this number eighty-four
were accepted and twenty-five re-
1ected.
1t is thought that all the companies
will have been mustered into service by
noon tomorrow.
1t was Captain Carrington'S 1nten-
tion to muster in the companies to-day
as each one completed its quota after
the physical examination, but he de-
cided last night to wait until all the
companies are ready, and then the reg
in
This will be done, according to present
calculations. some time tomorrow
morning between 10 o'clock and noon.
The regiment will then march to the
Presidio headed by its band, and the
First California Volunteers will be
reality.
AS soon as the new regiment or IN
fantry is formally organized, Dohef-
man will draw upon the Government
Quartermaster' stores for such equip
ment as will be necessary to complete
" outfit the twelve companies.
CAPTAIN A ]. Kelleher and First Lieu
tenant F. w. Dohrmann of the First
Infantry Regiment, who were to-day
bv special order from Washington, as
signed to the duties of Adjutant and
ouartermaster, respectively, of the
First regiment OI CdLllOiild jun
teers. were this morning formally
sworn into service by Captain Caring
ton.
THE MOSQUITO FLEET.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 5.-The reve-
nue. cutters Grant, Rush and Corwin
were to-day painted the regulation war
color. Alterations on the tugs Fearless,
Vigilant and Active are rapidly pro-
crossing. and in a few days they will
be ready to join the revenue cutters
and then the mosquito fleet will be
ready for action.
The United States steamship Albat-
ross, late the Fish Commissioner s
steamer, is being fitted out at the I'm
ion Iron Works.
CRUISER CHARLESTON.
VALLEJO. May 5.-The United
States cruiser Charleston was formally
placed in commission to-day, and her
crew of 200 men, with thirty marines,
are now on board.
Immediately upon the arrival of the
steamer City of Peking at San Fran
cisco she will be brought to Mare ISL
and navy yard and docked. 1t is stated
that she is to take four thousand tons
of coal, besides large quantities of am
munition and provisions to Manila
When the Peking reaches the Philip
pines she may be transformed into a
hospital ship.
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Nominations Confirmed.

WASHINGTON, May 5.-The Senate
in executive session made the following
combinations to-day: Postmasters-
California: John w. Short, at Fresno;
Lillian w. Thomas, at Sausalito; Will
lam D. Ingram, at Lincoln. Washing
toni A Benedict, at Centralia- Ari-
zona-John G. Pritchard, at Bisbee.
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DEWEY's VICTORY AT MANILA.
A Telegram Purporting to Come
From SingaDore Confirms 1t.

BOSTON, May 5.-The following tele-
gram received by F. T. Viles of Bos-
ton. from a friend in Singapore, was
read at the banquet of the Electric Club
tonight:
Singapore, May 5, 1898.
Reliable information received here
corroborating news of Dewey's victory
at Manila, and he is now executing the
duties of Governor General there"
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Foresters of America.

HEALDSBURG, May 5.-The tenth
annual session of the Grand Court of
Foresters of America adjourned this
afternoon. Resolutions pledging sup
port to the Government in the war with
Spain We're adopted. The Grand Court
will meet next year at Santa Clara. To-
night a banquet was given in honor of
the delegates.
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Assistant Secretary Roosevelt.

WASHINGTON, May 5.-Assistant
Secretary Roosevelt practically severed
his connection with the Navy Depart
ment to-day, and tomorrow he will
leave for San Antonio, Texas, to as
sumo his duties as Lieutenant-Colonel
of the regiment of mounted rifiemen.
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Guilty of Manslaughter.

LOS ANGELES, May 5.-George
Cardwell and Isaac Harris, on trial for
killing j. w. Hilton near Calabasas
several weeks ago, were to-day found
guilty of manslaughter, the jury rec
ommending them to the mercy of the
court.
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Cannibalism in New Guinea.

BRISBANE (Queensland), May "a
terrible story of cannibalism is reported
from New Guinea. Fourteen escaped
prisoners from Mana Mana attacked
friendly village, killing and eating
eighteen men.
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Prescribed Diet.

DR.. Medicus-A careful diagnosis
convinces me, madam. that you are
suffering from water on the brain; you
must adopt regularly prescribed diet.
Fair Patient-And, what will that be
Medicus tabsently)-Sponge cake
New Yerk Wolrd.
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Edna Wallace Hopper Divorced.

SAN FRANCISCO May 5.-Edna
Wallace Hopper was to-day granted a
divorce from her husband, De Wolf
Hopper. by Judge Hebbard.
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Ammunition For pewex,s F1eet.

LIMA (O.). May 5.-Three special cars
loaded with fixed cartridges for the use
of the Asiatic squadron's rapidfre guns
and attached to the Wells-Fargo ex-
press train on the Chicago and Erie
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road, passed through this city tonight.
The cars are being rushed to San Fran
cisco and the supplies will be hurried
on to Commodore Dewey's fleet.
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MASTERING IN OF
FIRST REGIMENT.
Board Of Surgeons Busy Examining
Prospective Recruits.
Their LabOrs Expected TO Be Completed By
Noon To-Day.

Work Rapidly Progressing in the
Fitting Out Che Revenue Cut
ters and Tugs Composing the
MOSQUITO FIeet-The Cruiser
Charleston Placed in Commis-
sion.
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rush, and there was not enough
to go around. More of the same
kind are here now for to-day's
selling, at the same price. They
arc a splendid black figured al
paca skirt, neat brocaded pat
terms, full cut, perca1ine lined,
velveteen bound bottoms, per-
feet in swing and correct in
hang, and only 81 35.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-10-19

VIXEN Shafter was senior colonel OF
the army. Re was temporarily in charge
NJ some western post and numbered IN
his command fn exceedingly bright ca
pabIe fellow whose cleverness was con-
tiuualIy getting him the noncommission
stripes and whose escapades were inst
as frequently getting him reduced 10
the ranks one day this soldier turned
M at Skaters quarters with long
face and applied for leave to attend tne
funeral of his mother, who had died the
nravious night, be Eaid. in the town
The request was granted, but later on,
IN lookine over the same records, the
colonel discovered that the same man
had been granted leave the month before
ON the identical pretext. Shafter said
nothing, but couple Of days afterward
encountered the bereaved warrior on
parade ground. "Lock here, my man,
said Pecos Bill solemnly, 81 want to
ask you a question. Were you good to
that mother of yours while she was
aliveg''
"Well. sir-yes, sir-that is, ! hope
SO. T" stammered the culprit, not know
ing what was coming.
al hope so. too. replied the colonel.
-pye heard Of mothers dying for their
sons. but never of one dying twice IN
80 DAYS for one. You may go in mourn
ing for a month-at the guardhouse-
New Orleans Times Democrat
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-10-19

Whenever your organs of sight feel
weak, do not claw at them with the
knuckles, Sd to express il You must
not massage your eyes the same way
Won would the stronger parts Of the
body. They need help from the hands,
but this help must be administered 10
very gentle and delicate meihod
John Quincy Adams had a way OF
treating his eyes, which. it Is said.
preserved their vision TO old age with
out the help Of spectacles-
This wes to place his thumb and fore
finger each upon an eyelid and gently
rub them toward the nose a number OF
times each day. The action encourages
circulation Of blood in that locality
does away with the tiny spots that
sometimes fioat before the vision and
prevents that fattening Of the lenses
which causes dimness Of sight at GER
tain focus.
Ii is wonderful bow much good can
be done the eyes Of people of all ages by
using this simple exercise l0Or 10 min
utes each day.
If you are where it may not be con-
yenient to measure time, as in the dark,
it is well 10 count the number Of passes
made BY the fingers over the eyes until
You have reached the number that you
have demonstrated by experiment that
time will allow.-New York Ledger.