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Fair play., 1898-10-01
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

| The officials of the war department
pronounce to be without foundation
in fact the alarmist stories. coming,
from sources in San Francisco. to the
| effect that Germany had shown any
disposition to arm the Philippine in
surgents, with a view to melting them
to harrass the American army at Ma
| Mia. Such an act would be a caSuS
| belli.
The United States consul at Vienna,
in report to the state department on
| the trade of AustriaHungary for 1897,
ascribes the general decrease in eX-
ports to this country to the fact that
the same goods are now manufactured
in the United States, and can be sold
there At the same or lower prices than
the Austrian goods.
Abdul Halli Adali. the champion
| wrestler of Turkey. who has just ar
rived at New York, has issued 4
sweeping challenge to american wrcst-
lers. He is willing to meet any man
for the championship of America for
side stake of $500 or $1,000. either
Graeco-Roman or catch-as-catch-can
style.
The commission to investigate the
conduct of the war department dur
ing the recent conflict with Spain,
held its initial meeting ut the White
House on the 2ith. There We're eight
members present, and it was an
hpt Of a int !,
man We're counted upon.
The wrecking company engaged,
under Lieut.. Hobson, in the work OF
saving the wrecked Spanish war ships
has succeeded in floating the cruiser
Infanta Maria Teresa. The cruiser.
after being got afioat. WAS taken to
Guantanamo bay, where she arrived
on the 2ith.
Capt. Brooks of the yacht Chispa.
which was anchored in the stream OPP
posite Situsalito, Cal. was murdered,
after a desperate fight. early on the
morning of the 2ith, by two bay
pirates. who boarded the little vessel.
evidently believing il to be without a
watchman.
The Anglo-German agreement pro-
vides in detail for England and Ger
many to become joint heirs, by pur-
chase, of all the Portuguese posses
sions in Africa. The first outcome of
this will be the leasing of Delagoa bay
to England.
The naval rendezvous in San Fran
cisco has posted a call for men to man
the gunboat Culgoa. one of the Span
ish vessels captured at Manila by the
American fleet
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Tie Dipping Process.

Col. j. II. Ripple, secretary of the
Missouri state board of agriculture,
reports that dipping vat for the cat
tie infected with the Texas fever has
been established Mt Thayer, situated
on the government quarantine line,
which comedies with the southern
boundary line of the state. The pur-
pose of this vat is to get the Arkansas
cattle out of quarantine. a few days
ago the vat was tried for the first time,
when about 100 cattle We're, dipped un-
der the supervision of the state in
spcctor. DIR. Luckey, who, together
with the government inspector. re-
ports the process to be eminently sue
cessful. all the ticks being removed by
one dipping.
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ANOTHER DERvISH DEFEAT.
Tho Khalifa's Last Stronghold Captured
and His Last Organized Force De-
feated with Heavy Loss.

Suakim. Sept. 26.-The only organ
lied remnant of the khalifa's army
was defeated, and its last stronghold,
Gedarif, captured on September %,
after three hours hard fighting, when
an Egyptian force, numbering 1900,
under command of Col. Parsons, rout-
ed 1000 dervishes, of whom 500 were
killed. Three British officers were
and 81 Egyptian soldiers
killed and SO wounded.
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DIED OF HIS INJURIES.
out Recovering Consciousness After
His Fall From u Horse.

New York, Sept. 26.-John Mclean
Hazen, son of the late Gen. VIM. b.
Hazen, L. S. A., and who was thrown
from his horse while riding on Rich
mond Turnpike, Staten Island, Fri
day, sustaining fractured skull, died
at Tompkinsville yesterday afternoon.
His mother and Mrs. VIM. Ludlow,
wife OF Gen. VIM. Ludlow, U. =, A,
were ct hia bedsidA
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Without Foundation In Fast.

Washington. Sept. 25.-The officiala
OF the war department pronounce to
be without foundation in fact, the
alarmist stories, coming from sources
IN San Francisco, to the effect that
Germany had shown any disposition
to arm the Philippine insurgents with
a view to melting them to harass the
army at Manila. Such an
act would be a casus belli.
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THE EXPOSITION A SUCCESS.
ready in neutrality-suspicious. for
Live Stock Premiums.

Omaha. Neb., Sept. 26.-The total
receipts of the exposition to date have
been nearly 100000. Its cash balance
in the bank is sl2O,OO0. or more than
$4,000 above its liabilities. The total
attendance for last week was 1s9,61a,
or a daily average of 27.Oss. The ex.
position has appropriated S55.OOO, COW
ering the cost Of the live stock ahsw.
tnsludiug premiums,
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THE FILIPINO CONGRESS.
The Problem of Raising Funds to ASain-
tain the Army The Question OF
Land Tax Debated.

Manila, Sept. 26.-The Filipino con-
gress is engaged in the question of
raising funds to defray expenses of
the maintenance of the army pending
q decision by the Paris conference.
Hitherto the army of the Filipinos has
been chiefly supported by public sub
scriptiOn, but now the native govern
ment contemplates the imposition of
various taxes.
The inhabitants of the northern
provinces, however, especially of PAM
pang and llocis, fatty refuse to pay
land or poll taxes, because il was the
popular impression that the rcvolu-
tirely.
The natives of Pampang and Pam
| gasinan, the two richest agricultural
| provinces of the island, and those of
llocis and Zambales, who are the $; ur-
diest mountaineers, distrust the Ia
gals. and insist upon the establish
ment of an American protcctoratc.
Debated the Qucstion OF Land Tax.
Saturday the assembly debated the
question of land tax. a ma iority Of
the members were opposed to the
maintenance of a burden unequally
distributed and unduly fovoring the
Tagais, and demanded that state
| ment of expenditures be submitted
before the matter was decided. The
statement was not forthcoming, and
the question was sbelycd.
Aguinaldo realizes the difficulty Of
reeonciling the conflicting interests,
but hopes that the nations will allow
the Filipinos fair chance to show
that they are capable of self-govcrn-
ment.
spanisrds and Priests Intriguing to
Foment Trouble.
AguinaldO desires to inform the
world that there is conclusive evil
dence that many Spanar,ls and priests
are intriguing with faction of the
natives to foment disturbances, so
that Americans will believe the whole
population to be irrcconcilabIe"
He asserts that the intriguers pay
money and provide uniforms to per-
sons who impersonatc rebel officers
and enter the town. and he accuses
Eugene Blanco of being the chief paid
agent of these intriguers.
Tho Filipino FIeet-Troop ship Sunk by
Spaninrds.
In the course of an interview with
the press correspondent Aguinaldo
said that the Filipino fleet comprises
eight steamers. which are now en-
gagged in conveying troops for a grand
campaign against the Spanish garri-
sons in the southern islands These
ressels are practically unarmed.
The Spanish gunboat Fl Cano. he
says. recently entered Masbate and
caught and sunk the Filipino troop
ship Burisan, which was living at am
chor there.
admitted the Recent Purchase OF the
Steamer Abbey.
He admitted the recent purchase Of
the steamer Abbey. formerly the Pas
ig, but denied that she had landed RI
fies and ammunition at Batangas,
though he admitted that she carried
two maxims and Il shipload of stores.
The United States steamer Hugh
McCullogh captured the Abbey 60
miles south of Manila. 1t is believed
that the Abbey has landed 1000 rifles.
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vessels Due to Reach San Francisco About
October 1-Wn Return to Manila.

Philadelphia. Sept. 25.-President C
A. Griscom, of the International Nayi.
CATION Co., received a telegram an.
nouncing that the American line
steamship p-fndiana sailed fr6m Manila
for San Francisco on September !, the
Ohio on September and the Pennsyl
vania on September 0. The three
ships took troops to Manila. They
are due to arrive in San Francisco.
about October 1, and will immediately
load up with soldiers and ret sail
again for the Philippines to Seinforce
Gen. 1ssritt'a oommsnA,
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Wheat seeding is progressing rapid
ly in some sections, but over Il consid-
cradle portion of the state the heavy
rains have made the ground too wet
TO work for several days. The e,rlicst
sown wheat is coming up nicely.
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There is now an abundance of moist
ure for late corn, and it is generally
doing well. but warm, sunny weather
is needed to mature ii before frost.
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J. c. Jones, of Spring Garden, Miller
county, was held for the federal grand
jury at jefferson City by Commission-
cr II. c. Giesbcrg in the sum of $500
for passing counterfeit half dollars.
lie gave bond.
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The PopuIIst state Tickets.

Secretary of State Lcsueur has
again refused to file or listen to argu-
mcnts on the two state populist tick
cts. He says the matter is for the su-
preme court.
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While Boarding q Train.

While trying to board a Burlington
train at Langdon Fred King, of Corn
ing, was killed, and John Frog, of st.
Joseph, fatally injured.
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Acquitted OH Preliminary Trial.

Thomas Stuffibean, who killed his
son-in-law, Hugh Hairless, September
G, was acquitted on preliminary trial
at Garrettsburg, Buchanan county.
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Failed to Get His Commy,siop,

Lieut. Col. Lavender of the First
Missouri regiment called on Gov.
Stephens at jefferson City and de
manded his commission rs an officer in
the regiment. but failed to receive it.
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spurIou. dollar. In CirculatIon.

Many complaints are made in the
vicinity of Webb City of spurious sill
yer dollars of the coinage of 1855 being
put in circulation.
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A Dreadful DISASTER.
Fifty-Four Men Entombed in q
Coal Mine as the Result of
a Gas Explosion.
EIGHT BODIES THUS FAR TAKEN OUT.
Through an erground Passage
Searching Parties Making Frantic Ef-
forts to Reach and Rescue the KO-
mainticr, with Poor Chance for Success,

brownsville, Pa, Sept. 24.-Fifty.
four men were entombed in the Um-
pirc mine of Snowden, Gould d Co.,
one mile below brownsville, by an cX-
plosion of gas at s n. III. Two dead
bodies have SO far been taken out.
They are james Hall and John Ben
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Money in Old Bones.

Tie will of Abram Mayer was filed
for probate in St. Louis. Most of his
property is left in trust for his widow
and son, Henry. Mr.. Mayer made the
greater part of his fortune in manu-
featuring fertilizers from old bones.
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A Long Electric Limo.

The movement to build an electric
road from St. Louis to De Soto is rap
idly assuming definite shape. and the
promoters claim that the road will Ger.
tainly be built at an early day.
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successful C.mp-Meetiux.

a camp meeting at Herndon. Saline
county, conducted by the Cumberland
Presbytery, has closed with large ad-
dition to the church.
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Recent Deaths.

Herman Demand. a native of Ger.
many. but a resident of Pettis county
since 1s40, at Smithton, aged 16.
&. +. lIashbrrger, a pioneer citizen
of Mobcrly, aged 65.
{. ii. Door. a native of New 1Iamp-
shire, and clerk of tasS county when
the now-famouS railroad bonds were
issued. at Smithton aged so.
George Chavcy. a wcll-known resi-
1ent of 81. Joseph
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Near Kidder. Caldwell county, Dele
Entriken, IL years old, fell from Q hay
NOW and sustained injuries from
which she died,
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RolIa School OF Mines.

The school of mines at Rolla opened
under the most favorable circum-
stances in its history. The enrolment
for the first day showed an increase
of 81 per cent. over the first day of last
year. which was the largest prior to
that date.
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Searching Parties at Work.

searching fArtleS at W Ork-
Searching parties are making fran.
tic efforts to reach the cntombed min
crs, but their progress is slow, and
there is great danger of another cN-
plosion, which might bury them UNI
der tons of rock and earth.
Immediately following the explosion
of gas there WIS 4 second explosion OF
fire damp. There were 40 men in the
mine at the time of the explosion
work having begun for the day a
short time previous. OF these IS were
in entries No. Q and 10.
Five Men Who Had Narrow Escapes from
Death.
Five men. Jacobs, Davis, WhccscH,
Walker and a Hungarian We're neal
the mouth of the entries. The other.
were far in. When the explosion came
these men made a rush for the main
heading, which they succeeded in
reaching, though all were more OF
less injured. They finally crawled out
to the open air. OF the - men in cr.
tries . and 10 these five are the
only ones who are known to be alive.
They say there is 10 possible chance
for the escape of the 81 who workCii
with them. Ii
Terrible Scenes About the Pit Mouth 81
Frantic Women and Children. ,r
Intelligence of the disaster SooO
spread. and crowds gathered arounu,
the mouth of the mine. Tcrribr.
scenes of grief and horror We're pr'
.ented Wives and children of the rl,
tolnbcd men were frantic with grit'o
and their shricks and walls wcr
frightfuI to hear. NotwithStandinu'
the great danger the rescuing particle
are working bravcly, but their efforts
have so far been fruitlcSS.
Later-Twcnty-ScvcnE Escaped Through an
Underground Passage.
Twcntv-scvcn of the cntomhcd min
crs have Just returned to town, having
escaped by traversing Il mile and a
half of underground passages. coming
ont N an opening near Lynn station
on the HcdStoc branch of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad. This point is four
miles from the opening of the mine
on the Monongaheia river.
Another body. that of Robert Davis.
has been recovered, making eight dead.
Nineteen miners are still unaccounted
for.
Five More Bodies Recovered.
.tt one o'clock five more bodies were
recovered. and il was feared that UonG
of those still cntombcd would be takcn
out alive. The names of the five found
We're: Harry lia@cr, John Cartwright |
Wm. rritchard, John Iaistua and S. ]
Hastings. /
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Ten Words for Twer


In last Sunday. :.
l'"'i Born, 10 the wife of Mr. JOSEF.
teel M"es-ig daughter, ON Fr.'
ri0r September % e
)ne On the 18th inst. Mrs. A. O r.
.0e, celebrated her 7ia' birthday A.
me dinner was served and many frs
ami relatives parinnk ,ninp,i,s
thereof Mrs. Babb seems ,rou
appearance TO he in usua; good h,
anu bids fair to live several wears
es- All with her good fortune,
eIit Died. at the home of her co.
Tell dead on ms farm near fnaf place.
Mr.. Hicks traced his ancestry back 10
James Hicks, Sr., who was born in
Sussex county, Va, in 1874, and from
whom most of the liickses of the Unit
ed States are descended.
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Not So BAD, After All.

What has befallen the mel who re-
iieved me at Santiago? They had no
such conflict with inclement weather
as we had. They have had plenty of
food and complete tentage. but they
have 1.aoo sick out of 5000. So don't
think we did so badly.''
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New York, Sept. 25.-Gen. W. Il.
Shafter, who arrived, Friday night,
from Michigan, said in the course OF
an interview: :
The herald., 1898-06-16
POLICE COURT CASES
A Husband Who Wanted His Wife to
Suffer

A. NJ. Castles paid a fine of 81 in Justice
Morrison's court yesterday for having v.o-
!ated the bicycle ordinance by fast riding.
Theodore Gillls and Mathews F.nchout, a
oar of snail boys, were arrested Tuesday
night by Officer German for having VIC
ated the curfew ordinance. No COM
plants were made against them In Justice
Morrison's court yesterday, and they were
discharged.
Nathan Sutton. who whipped his wife be-
cause she did not take some pills he had pur-
chased for her, was found guilty Of battery
by Justice Owens and sentenced % s. or five
days Sutton was told he would be allowed
ight days in which to pay the fine, but af-
.er thinking the matter over he decided to
serve the sentence, and let her suffer. Just
how she will suffer, however, is not clear to
any but Nathan.
The case of malicious mischief against
Arthur Dorr, a boy, was continued by JUS
lice Owens, to be reset
Bill Woods. who committed the offense o:
indecent exposure on San Fernando street,
was given To-day floater by Justice Nor
rison.
James Murphy was discharged by Justice
Owens. A woman ramed May Goddard
claimed that Murphy had committed bat
All Sue paid fine of So in Justice Nor
risons court for having violated the license
ordinance.
The herald., 1898-06-16
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were is
sued from the office of the county clerk yes
terday:
Eckford D. Tyler, aged Is, native of Can
ada, and Helen ]. Salter, aged %, native Of
England residents of Pasadena.
Charles B. Horner, &c., Michigan, and An.
ME s. Frost, 30, England, residents of this
city.
Thomas ]. Mahoney, &c. Missouri, and Bar
bara Michael, 81, Germany, residents of this
city.
Henry White, %, a resident Of this city
and Louise Butler. %, a resident of Dow
ney, native Of California.
Michael J. Dougherty, 80, Ireland, and
Katherine Baumhogger, Is, residents of this
city.
Richard Albright, 81, New York, and Mrs
Agnes Kelly. AZ, Louisiana, residents of this
city.
John P. Jacobs, rs, Kansas. and Caroline
X. Uhrig, 49, Illinois, residents of this city
H. Ward Houck, q. New York, and EN-
ma A. Roos, %, New York, residents OF
Pasadena.
William G. Meredith, q, Kentucky, and
Fannie L. Charters. 81. Missouri. residents
Of Duarte.
The herald., 1898-06-16
California at the Capital

WASHINGTON, Jure 13.-California
pensions have been granted as follows:
Origin ALLIANCES Hardenberg of Forest
Home, Sc: Isaac Lewis Giles of Soldiers
home, Sc; George w. Hale of Butte City, &c.
Increase-Andrew j. Hudson of Oakland
Sc to IS; Abraham Van Winkle of San ia
c!nto, $l2 to ST..
Widow-Anna B. Webster of San Diego
$12; Anna B. Taylor of Los Angeles. ST.
Patrick ]. Dempsey has been appointed
third assistant keeper of the lighthouse at
Pigeon Point, Cal, and Foster France, as
sstant engineer of the San Francisco har-
Dor light vessel.
DR.. E. X. Abbott has been appointed a
member of the board of pensions examining
surgeons of Salinas, Cal.
Terrill C. Nickle of Red Bluff, Cal, has
been appointed railway mail clerk.
The quartermaster general has been or
dered to furnish transportation from San
Francisco to this city to Private Frederick
Lane. Company A, Fourteenth infantry,
that he may enter the Soldiers home in this
city.
The president sent the following appoint
ment to the senate:
Postmaster: Oregon-Edward Hirsch
Salem
The senate In executive session today con
firmed these nominations:
Lucien E. kellogg, to be receiver of pub
lie moneys at Warrerville, Wash.
Henry H. Ellis of California, consul at
Turks Island, w. I.
Pos tmasters: California-R. A. Ed
monds, Bakersfield. Arizona-George W.
Cheyney, Tucson.
A postoffice has been established at Keel
er, Inyo county, Cal, with Thomas Boland
as postmaster.
Mamie Louis has been commissioned post
master at Prunedale and Gertrude Hall at
Gold Run, Cal.
The herald., 1898-06-16
MICHENER'S DEATH
His Children Sue the S. P. for S3O,25O
Because a Train Killed Him

j. c. G. Michener and other yesterday
filed complaint in a suit for $50 $50 damages
against the Southern Pacific company The
plaintiffs are the children of the late L. H
Kitchener, who was instantly killed by a
locomotive at Los Alamitos, Orange coun-
ty, on April II.
Kitchener had an irrigating ditch in the
vicinity of the Alamitos suger refinery
which crossed under the railroad track and
switches, and near the switches was a man
hole and gate by means of which the flow
Of water could be controlled On the day
of the fatal accident he was busy at the
manhole, when a switch engine drawing
some freight cars came backing up The
deceased stepped away from the manhole
and started to cross the track. He was
struck by the tender of the engine and
dragged about $50 feet before the train crew
discovered him, but he was dead then. The
plaintiffs were dependent upon Kitchener
for their support, and they claim to have
been thrown upon the charity of their
friends since their father died. One of the
allegations of ~ complaint is that there
was no brakeman on the train.
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AN EXPLODED SENSATION
The Old Man Who Did Not Get
Vindication

The chief of detectives thought he had q
mystery of big dimensions yesterday after
noon. An old man wandered into the
sleuth department of the police station, ap-
preached the chief of detectives, and in a
whisper asked for a few words of CONVEX
sation with him. All reporters were
bounced out of the room. the windows
closed down, doors locked and every pre-
caution taken to prevent an inklins OF the
Information about to be given from getting
out
Say, do you know that doctor that was
murdered in Chicago some time ago?' was
asked the detective.
This sounded like the forerunner of big
sensation, and the chiils OF excitement went
coursng up and down the broad back of
the officer
Yes" he replied, in whisper. DO you
mean Cronin?'
Yes, that's the name Well, man and
his son by that name came TO this CT y
several days ago, and they brought A
couple of val.ses with them" Here the old
fellow stopped from suppressed excitement.
while the officer dared not breathe les
the two mysterious men hear him and es-
cape. Visions of portions of body inside
Of bloody sachels presented themselves to
his excited imagination.
well" resumed the visitor, they
brought chickens here in those valises, and
they accuse me of having killed one of the
birds. and l want detective TO go with me
and arrest them for saying So"
Then the detective exploded. and the force
Of his Indignation sent the old man who
was looking for aid out of the room very
suddenly, while the officer hurrledy took a
deep draught from a bottle of distilled
water to revive his dropping spirits.
The herald., 1898-06-16

electric road power house, but lost his po-
sition since the bringing of this suit. The
divorce was granted because Clark was in
the habit of beating his wife.
Harry f. West, a musician, was given
a divorce also. His wife Bianch left him
over a year ago, and is now believed to be
at Seattle. Before she left him she had
refused to sustain marital relations with
her husband, and she told her sister upon
leaving that she never would come back
to West.
The divorce suit of Annie Baker vs. A
H. Baker did not come off in Department
two, as per program The suit was filed in
July, 1896 Later the Bakers lived again
together for while. and disagreed once
more. Then the plaintiff concluded to have
the old case which had never been dis
missed, tried Judge Clark advised the
filing of a new suit under the circum-
stances.
The herald., 1898-06-16
PICo HEIGHTS STATION
Postoffice Name to Be Changed Once
More

The Pico Heights postoffice has been
known by good many names, but there is
still another change to occur July /. 1t
was known first as the Pico Heights post
office, then, when the various outlying dis
tricts were taken. in to the city the names
Of the suburban offices were changed to
sub-stations, and this one was sub-statlon
6. The postoffice department took the mat
ter in hand, and to avoid constant cqnfu-
sion, lettered all the offices in Los Angeles
as they are In other and larger cities, No.
being changed to ]. For some reason the
Pico Heights neighborhood was not satis-
fed, and petitioned the department to
change the name Of the office from Station
J to Pico Heights station Their request
was granted, and an order issued for the
change to take place after July 1. Every
postoffice in the United States will have to
be notified and in the meantime there will