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raigned yesterday for burglary and will
plead on Tuesday to the information. They
are accused of robbing the house of Mary
h. Wheeler at Lordsburg.
Suit was brought by j. A Neel yesterday
against |. H. johnson for s345.95, due on
promissory note drawn Sept. lst and due
in ninety days.
II. II Markham sued E. C. Webster and
others yesterday to clear title to lots 2, %
and 23 OF Webster & Stratton's subdivision
OF the q 1. Stamm property in Pasadena.
Charles M. Stimson brought suit against
John l.. Pavkovich and j. f. How to reform
deed to Lots IA and Is of block l of the
Washington-street tract, the number of the
block having been omitted in the original
conveyance.
L.. A. Anderson was arraigned yesterday
Tor assault with deadly weapon and will
plead Tuesday. He is alleged to have as
saulted w. l.. Harvey at San Pedro, stfik-
ing him with revolver.
Harry l.. Flournoy, the Pasadena butcher,
was arraigned for grand larceny, and will
also plead Dec 9th. He is charged with re-
ceiving stolen cattle from Romualdo Lopez,
who confessed a conspiracy with Flournoy,
whereby the business was carried on.
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Court N otes

John Lehan, a native of Great Britain,
was, admitted to citizenship by Judge Van
Dyke yesterday.
Rebecca E. Kent was awrded divorce
fr.,m Marriner'J. Kent by Judge Van DYKE
yesterday. She was deserted by her hus-
band five years ago.
John G. Polbert, convicted.at Long Beach
of petit larceny, was brought to the county
Jail yesterday to serve thirty days for the
offense.
Suits for divorce have been instituted by
Mrs. Florence Kerr against William P. Kerr
and by Mrs. Ella r. Robinson against F. P.
Robinson.
F.P Hewitt has filed petition in bank
rurtcy in the United States district court,
with liabilities at $677 .S5;, no assets.
Ben Lunn pleaded not guilty yesterday to
grand larceny, motion of his attorney for
dismissal Of the information having been
denied by Judge Smith. The cause was set
for trial Dec. 22d Lunn is charged with
stealing yacht at Santa Monica.
Emil Heiber and j. B. Morrison were ar
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OEA IT'S

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TOWNSEND--At his late residence, No.
1340 West Washington street, November
25, 1898, Alfred I. Townsend, aged 36
years.
The funeral service will be held at the
First M. E. church on Broadway, between
Third and Fourth, Sunday at p. m. In
terment Rosedale.
SWANFELDT-J. K. Swanfeldt, aged 48
years, native of Sweden, brother of
A. w. Swanfeldt
Funeral from Cussen's undertaking par
lors, 21S South Main street, Sunday De-
cember 4th. at p. m. Friends of the fam
lily invited to attend.
Galveston papers please copy.
YEOMANS-In this city November 80, j
H. Yeomans, native of England, aged
80 years.
Funeral Sunday, December at D. m.
from the parlors of Booth & Boylson, 25e
S. Main street, under the auspices of the
general relief committee, I. o. o. F. Resi-
dent and visiting Odd Fellows invited.
fnterment I. o. o. F. cemetery.
PHIL ROVER, Secretary.
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Still Hurting Mud

W. H. B. Hayward yesterday filed SEN
sational answer to the complaint lately in
stituted by his divorced wife, now Mrs. Ma
bel Russell, for the purpose of terminating
his parental authority over their two chill
dren, which had been awarded to him. The
prurient nature of the document forbids
publication, containing allegations, as IT
does, of scandalous conduct on the part of
Mrs. Russell of such nature as to forbid
granting the children to her The bitter
ness of feeling between the parties to the
suit is apparently as great as during the
trial of their divorce suit.
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Says He Abused Her

+. Suakau was tried by Police Judge
Owens yesterday on the charge of corn
biting battery upon Mrs. Veta Vienna
The woman claimed that the defendant
had struck and kicked her in the stomach
while she was in delicate condition. Sua.
kau claimed that the woman had gone to
his grocery store on East Ninth street and
tried to learn the name of the driver of an
ice wagon who had hit her boy. Suakau
had been unable to inform her and she at
tackled and abused him. He had merely
put out his hand to ward off her blows and
fingernails. The case was taken under ad
yisement
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Probate Business

A petition for the probate of the will of
Mary Miller, deceased, was filed yesterday by
Arthur l.. Reed. The estate is valued at
$500.
A petition for letters of administration
of the estate of Anna G. Brauer was filed by
her brother, A. X. Brauer. Miss Brauer
left an estate of $4,000.
A petition for the probate of the will of
W. A. Detmering, deceased, was filed by
his mother, Mrs. Sophie Detmering. The
estate in this county is valued at only $3.50.
A petition for letters of administration
of the estate of Lewellyn G. Hunt, deceased,
was filed by H. c. Baldwin Property of the
value of S2050 is included in the estate and
Baldwin is the son-in-aw of the deceased
lady.
The herald., 1898-12-04
Five Miles Np in the Air

Two daring London aeronauts ascended
five miles above the earth in a balloon anf
nearly froze to death. The Temperature al
that height was 81 degrees below zero
The men went in the interest of science
and while the actual benefit of their trip te
humanity at large was considerable, 1t will
not begin to equal the great good accom-.
plished by the medical scientist who gave
the world Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
Nothing to equal this remedy has ever been
discovered for ailments of the stomach
liver, bowelS and kidneys. The Bitters
are the best femedy for indigestion, bilious
ness, coated tongue bad breath, sleepless-
ness and nervousness. They strengthen
the brain, the body, the nerves. They
brace up the Respondent and cheer the in
valid,
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partnership property, to the use of the
estate, thus becoming indebted 10 the CO.
partnership in that amount
Further allegation is made that Thomas
Clifford in his lifetime drew out from the
business, for his personal account certain
moneys, the exact amount of which is un-
Known to plaintiff, but which she believes
amounted to $2500. She asks that an ac-
counting be had, and for the division equal
ly between herself and the estate of the
net amount realized after payment of part
nership indebtedness.
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SUIT FOR ACCOUNTING
Silent Partner Wants a Share in Cliff
ford's Estate

Katie Robinson sues Robert Clifford. as adj
ministrator of the estate of Thomas Clifford
deceased, for an accounting She alleges that
she entered into partnership with the
latter on or about June l, 1889, in this CITY
for the purpose of buying and selling house
hold goods and furniture and conducting a
secondhand store. The partnership was dis
solved last March by the death of Clifford.
and plaintiff alleges that his administrator
seized the property and sold it against her
wish and without her consent, applying
$500, the sum realized from the sales Of
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Guilty Of Burglary

John Grady, the man accused of enter
ing the house of Mrs. Louise Myers, near
Rosedale cemetery, with William Boughton,
and taking certain goods away, was also
found guilty of burglary in the second de-
gree. The two men will appear for sentence
on Tuesday
The herald., 1898-12-04
That Phillips-Kitchen Account

Justice Young yesterday rendered judg-
ment for P. H. Kitchen for $24 %, as bal
ance due on account from his attorney, j.
N. Phillips. Mr.. Phillips claimed 25 per
cent on certain collections made, together
with certain specified sums of money for
fees, court costs, etc, and balance was
struck on the basis of such claims.
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meeting to be held on the l5thlinst., called
for the purpose of arranging for the
harbor celebration and the discussion of
the Nicaraguan canal campaign President
Daniel has appointed J. 0. Koepf1i to repre-
sent the board of trade at the conference on
Tuesday next.
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City speak in the highest terms of thi,
gifted young divine. His ministry thert
was eminently successful, his evening ser
vices being especially attractive To the
young. Mr.. Knickerbocker, though born
in Baton Rouge, La, is direct descendent
of the New York family of that name. He
has already inaugurated his work in Los
Angeles.
The herald., 1898-12-04

Lovers Of good driving horses cannot
miss 1t by buying one of our No. Chester
Columbus Buggy Co.'S driving wagons.
They have the Bailey hangers, long-dis-
tance axbes and quick-shifting shaft COUP
lings. Hawley, King & Co.
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Trinity's New Pastor

Rev. H. W. Knickerbocker, the newly
appointed pastor of Trinity NJ Z. Church,
South, arrived from New Orleans, La, last
week The daily papers of the Crescent
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Our Home Brew,

Maier & Zobelein's lager fresh from their
brewery, on draught in all the principal
saloons delivered promptly in bottles or
kegs. Office and brewery, 440 Also street.
Telephone 81.
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Order of Chosen Friends-The funeral of
our late friend, j. K. Swanfeldt, will take
place from Cussens undertaking parlors
No. 218 S. Main street, this afternoon at
o'clock. All members of Chosen Friends
are requested to attend. BY order of
JOHN Won POSER, Councillor.
W. A. SULLIVAN, Secretary.
The herald., 1898-12-04

New styles of vehicles cons tantly arriv-
ing. Be sure and see them. Hewey, King
& Co., corner Broadway ard Fifth street.
The herald., 1898-12-04

M. Cohn and F. R. Bright, both of Los
Angeles, registered in New York hotels Oh
Friday
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All Knights of Honor will assemble at
their hall, No. 321 S. Main srteet, at 1:3O
o'clock sharp and attend the funeral in a
body. By order of the Dictator
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JOTTINGS

Wall paper, late styles, low prices, at A
A. Eckstrom, 34 South Spring street.
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FUNERAL NOTICE
f. M. GUTHRIE. Record Keeper.

knights Of Honor-The funeral Of our
late brother J. X. Swanfeldt will take place
from Cussen's undertaking parlors, No.
21S South Main street. on Sunday after
noon, the 4th instant. at 2 o'clock.
The herald., 1898-12-04

Assistant District Attorney Williams yes
terday received postal card, which it is
thought may cast some light on the Tropico
murder mystery. 1t was as follows:
"IIZZIQ ri IlyK
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tion Of husbands and wives and thus break
ing up families.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-11-03
HOT Aztec DAYrOs.
The Kcpublfcan Candidate Has a
hornets Nest 10 Contend With
In the Form OfIndignant
COlOred Voters.
wAsurNe1ox. b. C.. Oct. 2s.

WASHINGTON. ID. c.. Oct. %.
The National Republican Pro
tective Association. a eolared polit.
ical organization. with headquarters
In this city, and OF which james
w. Poe. an e. member Of the North
Carolina Legislature, is president.
with w. III. johnson and }. NJ.
Lee as secretaries, has declared
wal on Congressman Dayton, OF
the Second West Virginia district.
Mr.. Poe. who is an able, logical
and Influential speaker. and who
stumped In the interest Of Dayton
against Wilson IN 1891, will soon
be in the State stumping against
Dayton's ~e-eleetion TO congress.
Poe is a strong Republican, bat is
very independent in the expression
Of his news. He is uncom promis.
ing in criticising aDy short com.
idgs in his W party. 1t is under
stood he will issue a circular against
Dayton in the form of AN address
to the colored voters of that dis
trict. which will severely critlcise
Mr.. Dayton. and which will declare
among other things that Viii
son, while in Congress. secured
more appointments for colored per
sons than Dayton. during his two
terms in Congress.
|. will cite that while the lnval;y
Of the colored VOTERS OF West Vm-
glni" gave TO the Republican party
u Governor. United States senator,
and II solid delegation in the lower
branch OF Congress, that the color
ed people Of the State have not re-
ccivrd one decent appointment M
the bands Of the Administrations,
and that j. Il. Clifford. who pub
fishes II widely read newspaper in
The State, has been pushed to thr
wall and ignored By the party. 1t
will declare thai The colored voters
will stultify the manhood of the
race il they vote Tor the ie-rlecrion
of DAYTON, who will not rccognizr
colOrcd persons who voted for him.
when they seek IL job under the
government.
1t will term Dayton as member
81 Congress, u he "a great atsen-
urv.' VIII" sprnds more time ut
nome p%racticing lAw than he docs
on the sitrings Of Congress. T.
sill i,c'urc that Daylon seeks onl,
he honor mi s,lnrv II he Office
aud cares for morning else, and that
lis only go orcd nproInice is an
be. nnd indus ri0ns colorrd man
IN iho louise Otrb.r shup.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-11-03
gREAT MEETING.
Hon JOhp r. McGraw Attacks Day-
tons Record In His Own Town.
tremendous ] turnout or Democrats.

P%HILIPPI, w. VA. October 81.
One of ,r largest polna seal meet
thgs ever serH ~ Barbour county
was held here to-day. Fully
Twenty-Five hundred people assem-
bled to bear John T. McGraw
"oeaFl the lion IN his dem"
More d~isagreoable weather is sell
dom seen in Tins latitude. yet TIA
untorriied Democracy Of D%lyton's
home county br"ved the rain. bail
and mad with "A determination tn ,r
means success.
The young champion Of Demo
cr''tie faith IN The Second district
was IN fine form and handled tho
issu,sof the ctmpaign with greas
earnestness and vigor.
II seeps that Dayton has been
rejecting on he business intcgri Y
Of McGraw in speeches in tho
Eastern Pan. Handle. Mc4}faw
told the people of Barbour county
thai he came To Dyton'S home 10
denounce as falso the assoriiops Of
Dayton in the eastern district and
rea "til"vits to prove they we rs
false.
But the great sensation Of tho
day Gnmc when Col. McGraw pro-
duced II telephone message. several
letters and n check for twenty dol
lars, all showing, the speaker as
serted, M attempt on the part OK
Dayton and the chairman Of the
Republican com miitce OF Preston
county to buy iuto line one John X.
Purington,o If Independ ence. This
exposure undeT the searehTight OF
Col. McGraw's tremendous power
as nm orator, SET the great audience
Wild.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-11-03
OLD SOLDIERS ArrGNEiOY.

ln last week s Journal Mr.. Herr
mans Of this place, writes n card in
reply 10 the of repeated chsyge
that ac collected bounty MONEY
as Sheriff during the war and failed
to pay il to all the soldiers to whom
IT. "a due. He says now tha; he
Is ready TO pay over all claims dive
that cal DO proven. All old sol
diers or their heirs who farlrd 10
get the money they were entitled
to will please come forward now
with their claims or send them in
To US and we will sec whether Mr..
Heermans is in earnest or not. He
thinks because the records were all
destroyed when the Court House
vas burned, that IT is impossible TO
investigate the matter or prove
anything, AMI has rested tolerable
easJ over it ever since, but there
are mlny old soldiers yet IN the
county who know al about IL, aud
are rea " to CO me forward nnd ex-
PLAIN the matter, and while il will
be harder to prove anything on &C.
account OF the destruction OF the
records, there are ways yet to find
ont enough about the matter il Mr..
Heermans really wants it invcsti-
gated. Does he?
After the soldiers came home
from the Army and found out that
some bounty money was due them.
which they had failed to receive,
they raised a great howl about it
and two OF them that We know OF
employed an attorney who got their
money for them. The others
waited too long before going to
law and when they finally employ
ed Judge John Blannon to push
their Caltms o them, he InyestI-
gated the matter aud told them
they had waited too long and that
they were cut out by limitation.
The county bad settled with Heer.
mans after his time was Up rs
Sheriff aud the records were de-
stroyed and the county refused TO
pay any more, after paying a couple
Of them and as the time WAS DOT
for suing for il, the matter was
dropped. but now Mr.. Heermans
voluntarily offers to settle all claims
against him that can be proven,
80 send in your claims, or else drop
the matter forever.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-11-03
KN0W-NOTHIyGISM
Revived in The Banner Republicans
County.

The Republican Committee OF
this county has sent ont instruc-
tions 10 their workers to "SAY
NOTHING ABOUT McGRAW
as a CATHOLIC ALONG THE
LINE OF THE RAILROAD.
BUT TO WORK TT FOR ALL
THEY COULD IN THE COUN-
TRY AWAY FROM THE RAIL
ROAD, As IT WOULD MAKE
THEM tTIlE REPUBLICANS
LOTS OF VOTES"
This is straight goods and we
dare tho Dayton gtns to deny il,
Tor We can prove 10 on them il
they 10. Shades Of our departed
fathers. who fought and died to
make this, the land Of the free aud
the asylum of refuge FOR he per-
secuted Of all nations, where eyery
man could worship God according
to the dictates Of his own con-
science and without fear or moles-
tation. Ito man who opposes
another because of his religion. ia
a trtltor TO the fun lamenthI prin-
C pies Of cur Govrnment and has
no ri CO on the free soil of Amer.
lea. He is an anarchist and should
be driven from tire United States
as being unworthy of I'll izcnship in
the End OF the Tree and the homs
Of the brave. AS well might OBJ
JeciIons be missed TO Dayton be-
canse he Is u Presbyterian. but wa
have yet 10 he = of ANY Democrat
or Catholic being so me n and
little and ignorant and intolerant
ana ~drSprsable as TO 81 ject To Day
ious religion. According TO tins
idea, the man who aspircs to Office
has no business TO belong to any
church or have any religion ut all.
1t makes MS hot uLder the collar
To hear anybody in this enlightened
aye opposing II man on account Of
his religion. We belong TO no
church at all and tins very spirit
III intolerance and narrow minded
bIgotry. keeps more people ont OF
the church than ANYTHING else.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-11-03

One OF the most absurd and out.
Tageous f~alsehoods being circulated
by the Dayton liars Is that the
money for McGraw's campaign is
being furnished by the Catholic
Church. Some reckless and ire
sponsible parties are telling this
around among ignorant people, in
the hopes that 1t may influence q
prejudiced to know any better and
thus save a vote here and there for
Dayton that he might not get. But
this kind of rot will have no effect
on the intelligent people Of Pres
ton county.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-11-03

The above letter is from a promi.
nent Republican 81 Grafton. who is
dghuDg Dayton harder than he
ever aid any Democrat. We with
bold bis name for obvious reasons,
but the letter is genuine and on Gle
IN our office and the result shows
that the Information was about
correct. for this comfy is oyer-run
this week with speakers, boodlsrs,
liars, faIse circulars and Dayton
dirt generally, showing that they
are making this county the battle
ground and are badly scared over
the hand. writing on the wall
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-11-03

The Chairman OF The RepublI-
can Committee of tins county,
James w. Flynn, is stirred up over
h s scrape over Mt Indepen dence,
where he has been exposed for try.
ing to get John r.. Purington into
line for Dayton by sending him
$40 by Col. Nemlgei and then $40
by check. Puriagton is not for
sale and turned the letters, checks,
ETC., all over TO Col. McGraw, who
of course, exposed the whole busi-
ness. Flynn got a team aud drove
over to Independence last night to
fix the matter up someway.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-11-03

The Democratic ticket this year
~ one to be proud OF from top to
bottom. and every man on 1t, from
Congressman down to Constable, is
entitled to the fullest confidence Of
the people. and no possible mistake
can be made by any one IN voting
it straight without q scratch. Ex-
anime yonr ticket when you go into
the booth and draw a lire clear
down through all of them except
the column headed Democratic
Ticket" then blot it carefully and
fold and hand it to the Election
Commissioner, and you have dis
charged the highest privilege of an
American citizen.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-11-03

We would like to take up the
name of every candidate on our
ticket this year and give him q big
send of, for they all deserve it.
and We hive been fully intending
to do it, but we have been 30
crowded with other matter trying
to keep up with the desperation Of
the Dayton gang and head of their
many falsehoods and ~canards, that
we haven't the time and space to
give individual mention to our dis
trict candidates no they ou9ht to
have, and can only make our plea
for them in u Wholesale manner.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-11-03

The stone contract with Right.
myer & Shoeh Of Rowlosburg, has
been a bad failure IN some respects,
rs they only completed about one.
9th Of the job and lesye ps o
with winter coming on, N a bad
tx. The work was all to be com
pleted by Nov. let, and as they
had till that time on their con
tract, the Council could not make
any other till their time was up.
j. Il Steiner, the general agent Of
the Forest City Blue Stone Compa
ny, Of Cleveland, Ohio, was here
yesterday and closed The contract
to furnish us all the stone we need
10 finish the contract on or
before the IS Of this month. lie
Gays he shipped a lot last Wednes.
day, which ought to be here By this
time, and as soon as 1t comes IT
will be pvt down very fast, II the
weather will stay good.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-11-03

Over at Independence is q nor.
nets nest for Dayton and the
Bosses have tried in vain to pour
oil on the troubled waters. John
r. PuriDgton, the old veteran and
leading Republican at that place
has caused the Dayton henchmen
lots of worry and as u last resort
the "Jim Committee tried to
buy him and p%lacate him With
money. The Chairman of the
Dayton Committee in this county
sent Purlngton $40 to come into line.
As he IS a poor man with a large
family and in great need Of the
money, he took 1t IN out of the
wet aud promptly reported the
whole nsfsrious scheme.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-11-03

ION again, on again. gone again
Finnegan." Is the way orr train
does business, and IL rs particular
ly a%ggrtvating TO have a broad
guage railroad and narrow manage.
ment. We don't travel over il any
nor than we y help, but we
have TO get most Of our mail over
u and send mi = good deal Of mail
over the road and We really think
it ought TO be done ~ we'll ~ IL
was before we had any rail road
anyhow, bot the road gets 30 much
per year for carrying the mail,
whether IT carries IL OF not and 20
the mail has a hard time ~ get
through.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-11-03

The Hantz County journal pub
lished at Windsor, Nova Scotia, IN
it's issue Of Oct. &c gave a foil re-
port Of tho Crystal Wedding Of
Mr. and Mrs. }. NJ. Crane Of this
place. The article made over .
column and was credited TO ''The
Preston County Herald" tho old
name Of the Argus. The article
was published complimentary to
Judge Hoke, our Consul IN that
City, who wrote the poetry in honor
OK the celebration.