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The herald., 1898-10-02

blow for the Jesuits who have been insi-
eating the military authorities and who
control the most virulent and most un-
scrupulous anti-revisionist newspaper, the
Libre Parole
An Anarchist Lion
The extraordinarily lax treatment of the
anarchist assassin of the empress of Aus
tria, the Italian, Lucheni, in the prison of
St. Antoine, Switzerland, is causing much
remark. He is allowed wine, cigars. let
ters and newspapers, spends money end
gives newspaper interviews. In fact, he
is treated like the lion Of the prison. When
examined before the magistrate he makes
a parade of jests and frivolous answers.
The assassins trial has been fixed for
the first week in November. He will be
condemned to solitary confinement for life.
Only one man has hitherto undergone the
punishment, which has more terrors than
capital punishment The prisoner Is con-
fined in an underground cell into which no
sunshine ever penetrates. He Is not al
lowed bed, but sleeps on the ground, and
is only permitted to take exercise once a
week in the prison yard
Minor Matters
This has been a week of congresses dis
tributed among various provincial towns,
the chief of them being the church con-
gress at Bradford. Some pronouncement
from the Bishop of Canterbury was ex-
pected on the great question of ritualisn,
which threatens to bring about serious
split in Anglican circles.
The archbishop proved somewhat disap-
pointing, as, while he declared the church
must put a stop to a great deal which is
going on, and expressed confidence that
the bishops will be able to stop 1t, yet he
did not give the faintest indication as to
how this was to be done. A definite pro-
uouncement, however, is expected next
week in the archbishop's charges to the
clergy of his diocese, when decisive in
structions are fully anticipated.
The conference of the Miners Federation
in London decided to accept the employers
terms regulating wages until 1901 The min
ers get an immediate advance of 21a per
cent and a reference afterward to the Con-
ciliation Board, who have given the mini
mum and maximum wage The decision
wards off threatened strikes involving 81,
500 miners.
The Duke of Connaught. after his inter-
esting experiences at the French army
maneuvers has again attracted attention
by plucky conduct at Aldershot camp,
where he is In command. A bush fire
burst out near Aldershot and the Duke,
who was riding bicycle in light checked
The herald., 1898-10-02
IRRIGATION BY SIPHON
How It Is Done by the Truck Farmers
of Louisiana

The shores of the Mississippi river be-
low New Orleans are lined with gardens
in which grow luxuriantly a myriad OF
fruits and vegetables. This is accom-
plished by very odd method of irriga-
ton.
Near the mouth of the river on the
south bank, in the delta country, is
narrow strip of land, not more than a
thousand yards wide in places, in which
it is said the best oranges in the coun-
try may be grown. There is no levee,
but the waters have so wide an expanSe
that the annual freshets do not cover
the land, as would be the case higher up
where the river is narrower, and
where the levees are vital necessity.
Beyond the narrow strip of land that
marks this side of the river are innum-
cradle bayous and cane brakes and
swamps. The country is inhabited by
Creoles Of the most primitive type, who
live by raising fruit, fishing and oyster
ing. This narrow strip of orange coun-
try is worth $500 per acre.
Higher up the river on the same side
as New Orleans is approached are miles
after miles of truck gardens and small
fruit farms blooming and fresh and
green ITOHl lHt TlNPT. Ine InGlHOu VI
irrigation Is by siphoning from the sur
face Of the river, which is higher than
the land on the other side of the levee.
The levee is from 12 to Is feet high. At
every little farm is a big black iron pipe
straddling the levee, one end in ditch
on the land. From this ditch others
lead to all parts of the farm. Some of
the little farms have several siphons
over the levee. The land, because Of its
contiguity to the river, is very valuable.
The products of the farms are taken to
New Orleans and landed at the French
market by little steamers and barges
that ply up and down the river for the
convenience of the gardeners.-Kansas
City Star.
The herald., 1898-10-02
LOCAL ELECTRIC soADs
The Herald's Announcemsnt OF Two
DAYS Ago Confrmeo

r SAN FRANCISCO, Oct Lime Elk +
r aminer tomorrow will say: =
+ The syndicate, composed ot - =. =
+ Huntington, H. E. Huntinro", !. w. Z
r Hellman, Antoine Borel and Cnr!stian =
+ de Guigne, which recently purchased 7
4. the electric railroad system IA Los Z
+ Angeles, has about closed oeal oy !
r which 1t will come into possession OF !!
+ two suburban lines which connect with 7
+ the city system. One runs rom Los !
+ Angeles to Pasadena, and the otner 10 I
+ Santa Monica. M. M. Sherman the /
+ principal owner in these two proper !
+ ties is now in the city, closing the par !
r gain.
+ The syndicate will put all OF these !
4. lines into one company, to De known !
+ as the Los Angeles Railway company. :!
+ Altogether there will be l& miles OF !
4. electric road. The capital stock OF the i
+ new company is to be S ,0000 1t VIII ]
r also issue bonds to the extent OF 80 i
+ 100000. After paying of the indebted ]
+ ness of the roads embraced in the COM !
+ pany, 100000 Of bonds will be left !
4. with which to make needed repairs 4
+ and improvements. Practically all OF 4
+ the S 900 900 of new stock will so to the /
+ members Of the syndicate. 4
r. + + + /. + + + + + + + *++f r. + 1
The herald., 1898-10-02

The losses include standing timber, logs,
camps and outfits. The loss Of farm prop
erty in Clark, Barron and Chippewa coun-
ties is estimated at $500. 900.
Latest reports say all hopes Of checking
the Names have been abandoned. Nothing
but rain will save the enormous amount
of property that Is burning and threatened.
A Tacoma Fire
TACOMA, Wash. Oct 1.-The Tacoma
woolen mills were entirely destroyed by
fire this morning. Loss, 100000.
The pecuniary damage wrought by the
forest fires 10. the northwestern part Of the
state cannot be estimated at present. 1t
may amount to anywhere between one and
five million dollars Many days will elapse
before the extent OF the ruin of the fiery
element will be known. A general rain
is falling throughout the state tonight.
This will undoubtedly put an end to the
devastation.
Clark, Chippewa and Barron counties APP
pear to have suffered the greatest destruc-
ton. Over one hundred people are reported
missing in the vicinity of Rice Lake. Sixty
families are homeless near Cumberland.
Seventy-five families at Turtle lake and
many farmers have lost all their property
and had a narrow escape themselves. It
Is also believed many persons We're burned
to death in their efforts at fighting the
flames, being unable to escape when their
efforts failed. Many narrow escapes are
reported. A party of loggers in charge of
August Mason of Chippewa Falls werere-
turning from the camps at Cedar l9ke.
They had a race for their lives, having
handicap over the flames of eight miles and
having but one mile to cover to reach q
place of safety. The party made for the
lake, mounted on horses. The first Sec
ton of the loggers and their horses bare
ly reached the goal in time, dashing into
the lake, where they remained until the
flames passed over. Four men, who were
in the rear are missing and are believed to
have been lost. Many persons sought
refuge in wells.
People from Cumberland this afternoon
say the town is in danger. Business was
suspended and the citizens were out In
force in an endeavor to check the flames.
The herald., 1898-10-02
THE ANT1ERs HOTEL
The Famous Caravansary Now Re-
duced to Ashes

COLORADO SPRINGS, Col, Oct. Tins
city had visitation of fire this afternoon
which threatened for four hours to destroy
the entire business district. The wind was
blowing at the rate Of forty-fve niles an
hour from the southwest when the hre
started at the Denver and Rio Grande
freight depot at the foot of Cucharas street
at 2:1O d. M. and the flames spread with
great rapidity.
A strip four blocks long from north to
south and two blocks, wide from east to
west has been burned over. but at this
hour 3 D. m.) the confiagration Is believed
to be under control. The flames are still
leap.ng high in the air all over the burn
ing district, but the wind has died down
and there is no doubt that the fire engines
which have come from Denver and Pueblo,
in response to appeals for aid, will be able
to contine the flames within the present
limits.
The Antlers hotel, one Of the largest In
the west three lumber yards and two
blocks of business houses have been de-
stroyed. In round numbers, the less is es-
timated at $1,000 900; insured for one-half
that amount.
The estimated losses are as follows:
Antlers hotel $3.50, 900; Newton Lumber
company, $50 900; Cr.ssey & Fowler Lum-
her company, $4,000; Ell Paso Lumber
company $50 ,OCO; Irvine & Sons, black
smiths $1,000; Denver and Rio Grande rail-
read, $50, 900; Gulf depot. $4,000; Home hotel,
$500; general losses of business firms ard
individuals not enumerated, about $780,
600.
The fire started IN pile Of rubbish un-
he ,laff fnr nj q DarVer nd
Rio Grande freight depot Within five
minutes it had communicated to freight
cars standing at the depot, and it spread
80 rapidly that it was impossible to move
any Of the cars. Half a car Of powder,
consigned to G. S. Barnes & Sons. ex-
ploded. The cans were thrown for hund-
reds of feet, and the wonder is that nobody
was injured. Then came the terrible danger
to the city. Great chunks of fire were scat
tered about, and in a few moments the
Crissey Il Fowler lumber yards, 500 feet
away, were burning. The wind was sweep
ing perfect hurricane. The flames rushed
through the lumber yards and burned all
the light frame buildings in the block. Then
they leaped across the street and burned
the Ell Paso Lumber company's plant and
the paint establishment Of Sperry & Tuck
erman. A few moments later the Newton
lumber yards caught. For time after
this it looked as II the Antlers might he
saved, but the heat was too great and there
was not water enough to send a stream
half way up the building. AT, o'clock it
was burning on the south end and the
famous hotel was doomed.
The limits Of the burned district are the
Denver and Rio Grande railroad On the
west Cascade avenue on the east, Pixies
Peak avenue on the north and Cucharas
street on the south.
Several arrests have been made tonight
of persons suspected of starting CT at
tempting to start fresh fires, but there is
no question that the first fire at the Denver
and Rio Grande freight house was entirely
accidental, possibly caused by a spark from
q locomotive
The herald., 1898-10-02

49, A.. "A vbrceise =, He
sul'. va 'n a.. % -,Sss, o1Iled to spms Ia
borers to help him. ana ~ sss.~
himself, but rode out w"A ss~
ruined and his face as grl"'
sweeper. .,.- u
The officials Of the e ot
transatlantic steamers .No
extensive alterations in tneH no
New York will be sent to SsH"~ >.'~s
cow to be heightened.
The Madrid papers have a. ,o .ne
baptismal certificate of Aa' a"
which has finally settled tns *1e.'.o" oi
her much-discussed birthplace -'u WITH
date.
It was taken from the register Of the
Church Of St. Luis. Madrid, anu says sne
was born at 4 o'clock on Fepluaiy ~ A0sS'
David Christie Murray in newspaper
here revives the suggestion tnat monu-
ment to George Washington DC erected In
England.
The herald., 1898-10-02
A PICTURE FIGHT
Corbett and Mccoy Will Mix as They
Agreed On

BUFFALO, Oct. i. William B. Gray,
manager of kid" Mccoy arrived here
this morning.
you can say positively and definitely
from me-" said Gray, that the Mccoy
Corbett match will take place in New
York state on the original date set, Oc-
tober 18th, if it is a pleasant day, for
it will be picture fight, all reports to
the contrary Notwithstanding.
The match will not take place in Erie
county. We have decided to take the
event to place where it is wanted. I
will not say where the bout will take
place until October 9Th. You can also
say definitely that the fight will not take
place in Syracuse, either"
Gray reiterated that the reported divi-
sion of the $4,000 stake cut no figure,
and that the winer would take ALL
The herald., 1898-10-02
Battle Of Birds

A curious occurrence Is reporten from the
Macedonian village Of Kriwogastan, near
the railway from Uesl1uh to Salonica.
Thousands of storks and eagles assembled
there and fought a pitched battle with one
another. The conflict lasted whoAe day.
Finally the eagles won, and the field OF
battle was strewn with the coTses OF the
fallen storks The supenstitous Bulgarlans
regard this as an omen of coming war
Poster Lloyd.
The herald., 1898-10-02

on Bear Island. The Indians are making
threats of violence in case any attempt
is made to arrest their chief. Thelngent
and inspector of the reservation are in
Walker, and report in case and attempt
is made to take troops to Bear Island.
there will be a fight
The herald., 1898-10-02
INDEX
TO TELEaRAPHIc NEWS

+ The body Of Bayard Taylor buried i!
r at Wilmington, Del: consular and !
+ diplomatic fiags ordered half-masted :!
r for ten days in token Of rspect to- his :!
+ memory.
+ General Wood has been working day 4
r and night, and Santiago de Cuba is no 1
r longer the filthiest city in the world.
r nor Is there much fear Of an epidemic 1
+ Of yellow fever. 1
r Generals Anderson and Macarthur 4
+ make report to the war department on 4
+ the operations about Manila 1
+ January 1st set for the date OF COM !
r pletion of evacuation OF Cuba; half 4
+ the Spa nish soldiers on the island wild 4
+ remain to become citizens of Cuba. 4
+ Jockey Sloan's phenomenal success 4
r rosises the jealousy of his British RI 4
r walls 1
+ Colorado and Wisconsin forest fires .
r still raging fiercely and loss of life Is .
+ added to property damage; Colorado .
+ Springs suffers heavily; only rain can :
+ stop the progress of the flames. and .
+ rain is not considered probable. .
+ A thousand men of the Seventh regi- .
+ ment furnish reasons why they should .
r be discharged; most of the alleged rea-
+ sons are mere foolishness, but they
f will be submitted to General Merriam, :
f and what he says will go.
+ Nelson Hersch files charges Of mis-
+ management of Camp Wikoff in re-
r sponse to the invitation Of the commits
+ sion investigating the conduct Of the
+ war, and the charges are certainly
r specific
+ The Chinese emperor is dead; the
r only question now is the manner Of his
+ assassination.
4. The peace commissioners NETT at
+ Paris, but keep their proceedings Sc
+ cret-
r Gage and Neff open the campaign at
+ San Francisco to rather a frosty
+ crowd.
The herald., 1898-10-02
Miners Meet Death

wILKESBARRE, Pa, Oct Flour MI
ners were burned to death in the Lehigh
slope Of the Lehigh Valley company at Mid
vale today. A miners lamp Is supposed to
have set fire to the timber.
The herald., 1898-10-02
IN WISCONSIN
Loss of Life Is Added to Property
Damage

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Oct. IA special
to the Journal from Rice Lake says:
Relief parties are now out through the
burned districts south and west Of this
city The less of life from disastrous f,"-
est fires cannot now be estimated but 1t
will hA '--'t. The work of getting to the
Ab, lcw as all the bridges
H.. hundred people are
hd bodies have been
fe burned beyond recog-
4 FMS of one man by the
kere found this morning
kwell, where he had gone
Z. At another place wo-
aud w. .hldren were found in a well.
The woman was So badly burned that she
will die. At another place where man had
been plowing IN Il field his charred remains
. and the carcasses of his horses were found
i today All the cattle. horses and other
= .bck in a large district have been burned
ito death Even the wild animals could not
~,cape the flames.
The wind this morning is southeast and
blowing at a rate of about forty miles an
hour. Fires are now raging in the hard
wood timber lands between this city and
Cumberland, but fortunate tely the district
is lightly populated.
The mills in this city have been shut
down and another reserve fire department
has been ordered out.
Loggers Burned to Death
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis, Oct. 1.-Aug-
ust Mason of this city, one of the most ex
tensive loggers in Wisconsin, returned to-
day from a trip to his camps at Cedar
lake, Barron county. He had an exciting
with f0raSf fires and rnnOrtS the
loss of all his camps and outfits at Cedar
lake He also believes that four of his
men lost their lives in the flames. Mr..
Mason left the camps with his crew on
Thursday morning for the railway station,
and they narrowly escaped with their
lives.
When they started the fire was eight
miles away, but the wind was blowing a
gale and the flames were rapidly gaining
on them. All rushed for a lake a mile
away, and when the edge of the water was
reached the fire was upon them. Men and
horses plunged into the lake and remained
there until the flames had passed over.
The heat and smoke were almost unbear-
able.
Four men of the crew, who were in the
rear of the larger party, are missing, and
Mr.. Mason says there is no hope that they
are safe.
The scene, Mr.. Mason says, was terrible.
On every side there was a sea of fire rap
idly growing and destroying everything.
Knapp Stout & Co.'S outfits in that local
ity are all burned, also 500 oxen. The
means of the animals could be heard in all
directions. Dozens of farmhouses Mason
passed in the morning were ashes in the
afternoon. Many buildings that were at
least a quarter of a mile from the woods
were destroyed, the flames running along
meadows and fences. Hundreds are home
less, many even losing all their household
goods.
The following estimates of losses were
made by prominent lumberman here:
Northwestern Lumber company, $22, ,00O
August Mason, $4,000.
Mississippi River Lumber company, $50,
oOO
Knapp, Stout & Co., $225.oO0.
The herald., 1898-10-02
Will Resist Arrest

ST. PAUL, Oct. There is every prob
ability that there will be a clash between
the United States troops and the Indians |
The herald., 1898-10-02
ABOUT THE STATE

The Republican joint senatorial conven-
ton of Butte and Tehama counties met at
The herald., 1898-10-02
.nowsheds ON squaw hill burned this af-

snowsheds on Squaw hill burned this af-
ternoon.
A special from Palmer lake, fifty miles
south of Denver. says fire broke out and
is now burning nercely in the mountains
near that place and only slight shifting
of the wind will drive the flames to Glen
park, the well known ChautauQua resort,
WIN all the pretty cottages there will GER
tainly be destroyed. People who are still
at the park are hastily removing their ef-
fects from the place.
The herald., 1898-10-02
0YSTfR4Ikt SILENCE
GETS THE BRITIsH MINISTRY
DISILKED
MAJOR MARCHAND's MARCH
Will Score Another Point for French
Bluff-The Empress Assassin
II Enjoying Himself
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
LONDON, Oct. 1.-(Copyright, 1882 The
oyster-like reticence of the British govern
ment respecting the situation at Fashoda
and the intentions of the ministers In the
matter is causing a bitter outcry In the
press. Even the supporters of the govern
ment are disgusted. The only hint on the
subject appears in the army order Of the
commander-in-ch chief of the forces, Lord
Wolseley, on the conclusion of Gen. Kitch-
eners campaign, In which he says:
1.-THE campaign has resulted In the recon-
quest of the valley of the Nile from the
Second cataract to the Sebrat river"
This is seized upon by the press as an in
direct statement of policy upon the part OF
the government, and as implying the de-
termination of the ministers to insist upon
Major Marchand's evacuation of Fashoda.
Inquiries made In diplomatic circles re-
veal the opinion that the ultimate settle
ment of the difficulty will be that the
French will retire from Fashoda, but will
be permitted to retain an important part
of the territory through which Major Mar
chand marched. This will be another score
for French bluff, similar to the Niger set
tlement, which is now admitted to have
been a diplomatic victory for France.
The Dreyfus Case
The interesting announcement is made
that the pope has ordered the papal nuncio
at Paris to request the clergy and clerical
organs to discontinue their opposition to
a revision Of the Dreyfus case. This is a
The herald., 1898-10-02
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MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Oct IA special
to the Journal from Rice Lake says:
Relief parties are now out through the
burned districts south and west Of this
city The loss Of l.fe from disastrous f,--
est fires cannot now be estimated, but It
will hA, .---t. The work of getting to the
The herald., 1898-10-02

blow for the Jesuits who have been insti-
eating the military authorities and who
control the most virulent and most un-
scrupulous anti-revisionist newspaper, the
Libre Parole.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-07-09

tiOn of all good citizens who love hon
est government and decency i'm poll
tics. When the result of the city
election was known, the gang who
have manipulated and plundered this
city for years, under the leadership OF
those who have grown rich in coal and
gas set about to get even with the so
called silk stocking refOrmers and
the late Lancaster county cOnven-
ton was the result. 1t was cOnven-
tion organized, planned and controlled
by those who will debauch the next
legislature if they can, and who are
interested in fOisting upon the public
not only through The republican par
ty, but through the so called reform
party as well, political tools who will
do in the Legislature, in the city
council, i'm the state government and
in the national congress at Washing
ton what they are told to do.
Republicans throughout the district
may as well understand now. that the
attempt to put Burkett into congress
is part Of the game by the same
manipulators who are putting Burns
iuto the legislature and if c3nsumat
ed is sure in the end to bring disgrace
and disaster to the party.
The people of Lincoln who know
this young man Burkett laugh at the
idea of his being congressman. Up
to the meeting of the Lancaster coun-
ty convention his candidacy was con-
sidered a joke. The COURIER warns
the republicans of the district to in
vestigate the Burkett deal before they
endorse it
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-07-09

favor accorded Burne-Jone's work, how
ever, both in this country and in Eng
land, cannot be doubted, and his recent
death, at the age OF sixty five, excited
general regret among his many Ameri-
can admirers. An excellent portrait Of
the late academician is published in
Hsrper's Weekly for July 2. together
with a comprehensive account 60 big life
and work
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-07-09

The contemporary estimate Of an ar.
lists worth is always of problematical
value, and in the case OF the late Sir
Edward Burne Jones the proverbial
disagreement Of critics was intensified
by the fervor Of the quarrel over the
Rosetti school, well remembered in ar
tistic circles. The emphatic popular
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-07-09
One Fashion Explained,

Little Dot-Mamms says when she
was girl little girls wore white stock
ms wat didn't make their feets all
black like these do.
Little Dick-Thsn wot did they begin
Gearin' black stockin's far?
Little Dot latter some thought)-I
Iaess it's because it's easier to wash
}eets than to wash stockin's.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-07-09
Int -pretins q Proverb.

DO you believe that whistling in
iicates that a man has an empty
head?' asked the affable devotee to
Sweet Marie" 1T indicates that
ne will have one if I can reach his
head with club" replied the person
who can't be Industrious without be-
NO irritable.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-07-09

Jimson-I wouldn't hang a man on
any expert" testimony of doctors.
Would you?
Jamson-Not IL i were in good
aealth.
Humph! What's that to do with il?
i haven't much faith in doctors
when I'm we'll