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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-06-01
AN ELECTRIC PRANK.
Lightning Cuts Up High links on n
Mountain Side I'm North
CarOlina.

A climb to the top Of big Craggy,"
along the banks of the Big Tree creek,
affords many bits of picturesque seen
cry, as. we'll as view of surprising
grandeur from the summit. A party of
gentlemen from Asheville. who recently
visited this majestic old mountain, that
rears its head more than 5000 feet
above sea level, report an unusual mau-
Hesitation of the pranks of electricity,
says the Asheville (N. c. Citizen.
Along the top of the ridge for dis
lance of perhaps rs or 80 yards there
was deep furrow. as if made by
large pillow. AS the current passed along
large pieces of turf were thrown aside.
tough rhododendron bushes were torn
up by the roots and hurled to one side.
while huge powders that lay in the
pathway were split in twain and in some
instances shivered to atoms.
After the current had passed along
the surface of the mour tain, or top.
most ridges, for so or 60 yards. it up.
pears to have divided, one fork going
down the mountain side and the OF her
continuing on the ridge for some Is or
20 feet. and then disappearing entirely
The strange feature of this electrical
phenomenon is that the charge did not
at once disappear by taking a down.
ward direction into the earth instead of
remaining for so great q distance on
the surface.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-06-01
Formation of Gold Nuggets.

Concerning the theory that gold mug
gets are formed by the depositing Of
the gold around a nucleus from solu-
ton, Prof. A. Liversidge, the gold ex-
pert Of New South Wales, Australia,
has made Investigations which he
thinks disprove it. BY slicing the mug
get and examining the cross sections
obtained he found no traces of con-
centric coatings. but that the gold was
always more or less crystallized. the
crystals being in some cases very large
and with well-defned boundaries.
Some OF the nuggets also showed cavi-
ties and Enclosures Of quartz, although
in many cases none were visible on the
rolled surface of the nugget.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-06-01
THE NEwsPAPER Law.
All Subscribers Should Read the
Following Law and Avoid Trouble.

All Subscribers Should Road the
Following Law and Avoid Trouble.
l. All subscribers who do not
give express notice to the contrary
are considered wishing to continue
their subscription.
2. II subscribers order the discon-
tinuance Of their periodical the pub
Usher may continue to send it until
all arrearages are paid.
3. II subscribers refuse or neglect
to take their periodicals. from the
office to which they are directed, they
are responsible until they have set
tied their bills and ordered them dis
continued.
4. Subscribers moving to other
places without informing the pub
Usher, and the papers are sent to the
former address, they are held re-
sponsihle.
B. The courts have decided that
refusing to take periodicals from the
office or removing and leaving them
uncalled for. is prima facie evidence
Of Intended fraud.
6. If subscribers pay in advance
they are bound to give notice at the
end of the time they do not wish to
continue taking it, and the subscriber
will be responsible until an express
notice with all arrearages are sent to
the publisher.
Z. The latest postal laws are such
that newspaper publishers can arrest
anyone for fraud who take paper
and refuses to pay for it.
Under the law the man who allows
his subscription to run along some
time unpaid, and then orders the
postmaster to mark it refused" and
have postal card sent notifying the
publisher, leaves himself liable to ar
rest and fine, the same as for theft.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-06-01
EDUCATING A GREYHOUND.
In His Training He Must Walk from
Twelve to Fifteen Miles
Every Day.

The right way to bring greyhound
into condition is 10 walk him steadily
every day from IL to Is. miles. He must
not be allowed to potter along the road
in his own sweet way. but should be led
by the trainer. The reason is hat con
t;nual exercise is thus given, and this
without firing the dog. When ne comes
in from his walk the greyhound is
brushed and groomed. When the grey
hound is at exercise he wears thick
Sheet" this is exchanged for one o.
thinner. quality when he is at home.
says an exchange.
The walking exercise alone is not suf
iicient, however. Every other day the
greyhound is gal!oped, and this is done
ia the following manner: a kennel
man holds the dogs. The trainer walks
away for nearly half mile. At given
signal the kennel man releases one OF
the dogs, who naturally gaIlops toward
the trainer. When the dog has gor
away about 20 yards another dog is re-
leased, and so the process goes on until
a" the dogs are running toward the
trainer at a distance of about 20 yards
from each ether. If the dogs were al
lowed to run together they would either
Play or fight with each other, and the
leading dog must be very good one at
galloping or the gallop will.be spoilt.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-06-01
Forged Portraits of Mumm,es

DR.. Georg Ebers, the well-known
novelist and Psychologist, says that q
large trade is carried on In Egypt in
forged portraits of mummies. When
the genuine portraits painted on wood
were first shown in Europe few years
ago they found such ready sale that a
concern has gone regularly into the
business Of making the portraits for
sale,
The herald., 1898-05-19
WALNUT GROWERS MEET AGAIN
Committee to Formulate Plans for a
Central Organization

committee TO Eormulate xAeuS 1VI
Central Organization
About sixty delegates, representing the
various walnut growers associations OF
Southern California, met in the chamber OF
commerce yesterday. Colonel G. F. Smith
Of Santa Barbara was elected chairman
and G. e. Holcomb secretary. The organ
izations represented were: Santa Barbara,
Los Nietos and Ranchito incorporated;
Los Nietos, Mountain View. Tustin, Ana
helm, Golden Belt and Fullerton. The OBJ
ject of the meeting was to make another ef-
fort toward the formation of central as
ISOLATION. All previous attempts have failed
owing to the refusal of Rivera and Fuller
ton to come in. They have held of osten-
sibly on the ground that they represent the
greatest walnut growing acreage and
should be entitled to the largest number Of
delegates. The representation having been
settled upon the basis of carloads at the
meeting held month ago and the associa-
lions named still refusing to Join, 1t was
decided to proceed without them.
The matter was again discussed yester-
day In all It's bearings and the only decisive
action taken was the appointment of a
committee to formulate plans and draft
bylaws, as follows: e. r. Benchley r.
H. Sanborn, A. r. sprague, J. F. Coggs-
we'll, ]. B. Neff. The committee was in
structed to report at meeting to be held
in the chamber of commerce Thursday,
June 10th, at 10 a. m. Fullerton and Rivera
will send delegates and they agree to fix
and maintain prices. They claim that they
cannot come into the Organization, pre-
sumahly because they are committed to
the commission men.
The herald., 1898-05-19
:1os ANGELES HERALD: THURSDAY MORNING, MAY - 1870

selection of a committee of three to choose
a committee of nine. including the perma-
nent officers. Chairman Wright appointed
Harry Siegel, W. II. Holabird and ]. r.
Newberry.
Mr.. Newberry reported that the selection
of the executive committee had been made
under strict business considerations and
the names suggested were c. G. Wright,
chairman; George w. Beebe, secretary;
Harry Siegel, c. E. DeCamp, F. B. Silver
wood, Robert A. Todd, M. j. Schneider,
Captain A. c. Jones and l.. F. Vetter. Judge
Wright positively declined the honor Of act
ing as chairman, alleging important BUSH
ness occupations. A motion was then car
ried that the remaining committee Of eight
be empowered to fill vacancies of perma-
nent officers.
Mr.. Siegel. who was treasurer of last
years Fourth Of July committee, was re-
quested to submit his closing report to the
meeting. He claimed the indulgence Of
those present for time to procure it, the
meeting in the meantime being entertained
with short speech by Judge T. Noonan
Phillips, who made some remarks about
the condition of affairs today as compared
with things last year. He said that last
years experience had been that every bust
ness man in the city hid had to go down in
his pocket, while every other man who
took part in the celebration wanted to be
paid for 1t. He trusted that this mercen-
airy spirit would not be again experienced
this year.
Mr.. Siegel now submitted his report,
which showed collections, s2641.1 expen
ditures, $239S.99; balance on hand, $242.11;
and, on motion of Judge Phillips, this
money was ordered turned over to the new
committee and last years committee dis
charged. Adjourned at the call of the Sec
rotary.
The herald., 1898-05-19
YOUNG BURGLARS
A Quartet Of Boys Charged With a
Serious Crime


Four boys, none over IS years Of age, will
be examined in Santa Monica today on
charges Of burglary. The youngsters were
arrested in this city last week by Oficers
Ritch and Phillips and on Tuesday were
turned over to the Santa Monica author
tiles.
On the night of May sth the store of A.
Mooser at Santa Monica was burglarized
and a quantity Of handkerchiefs, under
wear and various articles taken by the
thieves, who tore things up generally in
the store and ruined many articles they
did not take away. The local authorities
were notified, and on last Friday night
Officers Ritch and Phillips discovered Jo-
seph Norwood and George Burton In the
act of selling some handkerchiefs in China
town. The boys were questioned and they
claimed that they had been given the
goods to dispose of by George Page, alias
George Kisler and Arthur Thompson. The
officers detained the first pair and about
midnight went to the rooms of the later
boys and placed them under arrest. The
quartet was kept in jail and no information
given of their arrest for the reason the
officers thought that two others were con-
cerned in the affair.
1t was decided, later, however, that no
more had hand In the robbery, and Con-
stable Myers of Santa Monica got the boys
and took them to that place Tuesday for
arraignment. When arrested the Norwood
boy had on pair Of socks stolen from the
Mooser store. When Page was Is years
old he was committed to the reform school
of Colorado for three years, but he mail
aged to escape after being incarcerated
four months.
The herald., 1898-05-19
AT THE THEATER

LOS ANGELES THEATER.-Hoyt's "a
Texas Steer" the best comedy that has
come from the successful pen of the we'll
known author will be presented at this
house tonight, Thursday, May 18th. Il
is laughable satire on present-day poll
tics. The company is large and efficient,
including Katie Putnam, specially en-
gagged as Bossy; Maurice Freeman, as
Maverick Brander; Will H. Bray in his
original part, Christopher Columbus, Jr.,
the Bison City quartet and star cast from
Hoyt's Madison Square theater, New
York.
O o o
BURBANK.-'The Nominee" is drawing
larger houses every night, and is received
with the heartiest laughter. w. H. Pas
coe, the capable leading man of the COM
pany, goes east to fill his engagements
there next week, so that there will be bn-
few more opportunities to witness his
clever work.
O O O
ORPHEUM.-Al Leech and his thres
rosebud girls continue to be the most at
tractive feature of the programme. The
other turns all come in for their due share
OF applause. and the house is crowded
every night.
The herald., 1898-05-19
University News

A. o Martin of 1924 Vermont avenue is
out again, after short spell Of the grip.
| ]. H. Griffith of Lawrence, Kan, has
purchased lots c and D Of the Wiesen-
danger tract. He intends to erect a hand
some residence upon the property at
once.
Judge John D. Works Of Orchard aye
nue. went to San Diego on Monday to at.
tend to some legal business.
Philo Jones, editor of the Courier, spent
Saturday and Sunday in Ontario.
| l.. A. Phillips of West Thirtieth street
Is erecting a commodious two-story resi-
dence on Twenty ninth street, just west
of Hoover street
| Supervisor A. e. Davis, who has been
laid up with the grip for the past two
| weeks, at his home on Vermont and
Twenty-ninth streets is able to be GU.
again.
The programme for commencement
week at the University has been made out
as follows: Tuesday. May 31st. Junior ex-
hibition. school of oratory. Thursday,
June I'd, graduating exercises, school of
cratory Friday, June Sd, open meeting.
Athanasian literary society Saturday,
June 4th, commencement exhibition, Athe-
ma Literary society. Sunday, June 5th,
haccalaureate sermon. 1880 a. m. Mon
day, June 9Th. commencement exhibition,
Arstotelian Literary society. Tuesday.
June 7th, graduation exercises, school CT
music. Wednesday, June Sth. class day.
senior class. Thursday. June 9Th, conf
mencement exercises. 1880 a. m; annual
banquet Of alumni association at $50
p. m.
H. A. Plfmpton of PERKS spent satur~
day, Sunday and Monday visiting his
daughter, Professor Mary e. Plimpton Of
West Thirty-sixth street.
FL Rodeo, the annual published by the
junior class Of the college, is just out. 1t
is neatly bound and well printed book
of about two hundred pages. and Is illus-
trated with a number of artistic half
tones One or two Of the "grinds" in It
have caused considerable kicking on the
part of the persons against whom thoy
were directed.
Fred e. Palmer has sold his place at
113O West Thirty-first street. and will
build on Thirty-second near McClintock
avenue.
The herald., 1898-05-19
Petitions and Protests

A number Of property owners on West
Eighth street have filed petition asking
the council to abandon proceedings for
sidewalking that street, between Main and
Figueroa, and allow them to do the work
by private contract.
John H. Jacobs, c. B. Ebey and Martha
Ebey ask that the council order the city
engineer to establish the grade and that
an ordinance be passed for grading and
curbing Kohler street. from Eighth to
Ninth, and to lower the gutter ON Ninth
street, from Kohler street west to Stan
ford avenue.
A numerously signed protest was yester-
day filed with the city clerk against the
proposed sewering of Alameda street from
Also to Macy streets. The protestants
aver that sewers of sufficient size already
exist on the street, and that their prop
erty would in no way be benefited. One OF
the numerous signers is B. Ballerino, who
has already before the council several
other protests on various matters of pub
lie Improvement
The herald., 1898-05-19
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

Call tel. main 243 for ambulance. Bresee
Brothers. Sixth and Broadway.
G. D. Howry. undertaken, Fifth and
Broadway. Lowest prices in the city.
Robert Sharp & Co., funeral directors, Is,
and 1853 South Spring street. Tel Main 1920
Mothers, shoe your boys and girls al
Burns Honest Value" 240 South Spring
Watches cleaned, IS cents; mainsprings
30 cents; crystals, 10 cents. Patton, 214
South Broadway.
Phillips & Munton. merchant tailors. 1885,
South Spring street, have the latest ir
summer-weight Scotch goods.
DIR. Max Wassman, dentist, rooms 22 and
226 Potomac block. Broadway, between
Second and Third Tel. Brown 1918
Do you want a hat? For one week all
millinery goods at one-third off at the
Elite Millinery, 249 South Broadway.
Mrs Rebecca Spring will read paper al
the Friday Morning club tomorrow or
'Some Notes on Sweden and Story"
A marriage license was issued yesterday
to John F. Bastian, SO, East India. and
Belle Rigg, %, Kentucky, residents of vii.
mington.
Adams Bros. dentists, 1894 South Spring
Ing, so cents. Filling q speciality. Hours
to s; Sunday, 10 to r.
A lecture to the class of volunteer army
nurses will be given at the medical col
ege In Buena Vista street this evening at
1850. All interested are invited to be pres
mt. Admission free.
DO you know that a framed picture
makes a most desirable wedding present?
II you are looking for anything in that line
10 not fail to call at H. c. Lichtenberger' S
art emporium, 2o2 South Spring street.
Some mischievous boys turned in an
alarm of fire last evening about 6::pl
o'clock from box So at the corner Of Bunke.
Hill avenue and Temple street. The de-
partment responded, but had their trouble
TOR nothing.
DR.. Rebecca Lee Dorsey, Stimson block,
nrst floor, rooms 1888, 1874, 1876. Special at
tention given to obstetrical cases, and all
diseases of women and children. Electricity
scientifically used. Consultation hours,
10 s. Telephone 1921
The Young Peoples Christian Endeavor
Bociety of Emmanuel Presbyterian church
corner of Tenth and Figueroa streets, will
give patriotic social this evening in the
church parlors. An attractive programme
has been prepared. The public is invited
Parties have been disposing Of tickets in
various parts of the city for an alleged
engineers picnic next Sunday at Sycamore
grove. Members of the Stationary Engi-
neers' association declare that they know
nothing Of such picnic planned by engi-
neers and would urge the public to be eau
tious In putting up for tickets for the at
The herald., 1898-05-19
zHNNlNYNM /.

Tho marvellous remedio-treatment that u
used at the Hudson Medical Institute. the
great white building at the corner Of Ella.
Market and Stockton streets, San Fran
cisco. Cal, has saved thousands upon thou
sands from all the horrors that you are at
1icted with. and your case is by no means
too far gone. Go there OF write and ask
for circulars and testimonials about this
grand remedy. Why, in thirty days you
won't know yourself and no matter wheth-
or you have got kidney. liver or bladder
trouble; whether you have had q bad case
Of blood poisoning and have a face and :
body covered with bad pimples and blotch-
es. or whether you are run down and unable
to perform the big functions Of nature-it
will be all the same to those wonderful
physicians. You ask what they will do for
you! They will cure you and make whsls
man Of you. F
The herald., 1898-05-19
PERSONAL

q. J. Oliver, railroad man of Tucson,
Ariz., is In the city.
w. H. Sharpe, land agent Of the South
brn Pacific. is here.
George p. Brenn, a wealthy mine owner
pf Victor. Col, is here.
s. A. Chambers, a professor in the Berke-
ley university, Is in the city.
j. J. Cook and E. A. Trefethen, San
Francisco merchants, are here.
George s. Dyer, superintendent of the
Los Alamitos sugar works. is here.
john r. Pryor, special agent for the
United States land office, Is in the city on
business. Mr.. Pryor's headquarters are in
San Francisco.
r. +. Aycock, a cotton broker from
Wedgefield. N. c., is in the city on pleas
ure trip. He says the present year is nota-
bic for the largest cotton crop within men,
ory. the number of bales raised being be-
tween ten and twelve million. AS a result,
cotton Is selling for less than for several
years past.
The herald., 1898-05-19
A WEEKS FIRES
Short Meeting Of the Commissioner
and but Little Business

Short Meeting Of the Commissioners
and but Little Business
The board Of fire commissioners held a
short session yesterday morning, which,
for tranquility and routine nature, was In
marked contrast to the police board meet
ing of the day before.
The San Gabriel Electric company was
granted permission to erect two boilers on
the alley running through the property on
the northeast corner of Third and Los
Angeles streets.
e. E. Hultberg was granted permission
to erect and operate steam boiler at 21sA
West Fourth street.
The following fires we're reported for the
week ending May 18th: May 18th, at 12:2t
p. m, a small fire at 331 South Olive street;
same date, at 6 p. M, dwelling at 737 LIE
Couvreur street, East Los Angeles, caused
by a lamp explosion, loss $50: one on May
18th, at $50 p. M, fire at TIP Grand ave-
nue., laundry and cottage burned as re-
suit of a gasoline explosion, loss $1,000; on
the 18th inst, at 1923 a. m, fire at 759 San
Fernando street, two-story frame dwell
Ing, loss 5000; on the 18th inst, at 8:15 p. m.
a fire at 2601 South Figueroa street. no loss.
The herald., 1898-05-19
Found in a Grove

A man was found lying partially un-
conscious in grove of trees between ths
railroad track and the Mission road near
the Three-mile house yesterday. He was
taken to a saloon nearby and cared for
and to-day will probably be removed te
the county hospital. Last Friday little
girl went to the proprietor of the Three
mile house and said that sh1esaw mar
lying in the grove. No attention was pait
to her story at the time, however, but Il
is thought that 1t was the same person
who was found yesterday. The sick mar
Is a Frenchman and is in such serious
condition as to be unable to give much
of an account of himself.
The herald., 1898-05-19
ARE ALL FOR FUSION
THEY ARE OF BUT ONE OPINION
Yet the Union Convention Will Have
to Be Held in July-The Reasons
Ascribed to Populists

r. T. Cooper returned yesterday from
San Francisco, where he went to attend
the conference committee meeting Of rep
resentatives Of the Democratic. Peoples
and Silver Republican parties. called for
the purpose Of considering the question Of
a union of the three parties in the state
campaign this fall. Mr.. Cooper was one Of
the silver Republican members of the con-
ference.
In speaking of the work of the meeting,
he said that the session was in every way
satisfactory; there was a full attendance,
every delegate being present. AS to the
results of the conference, every member
agreed that there should be union Of in
terests this fall, and the unanimous opir-
ion on this question settled the important
business of the meeting at once. The mat
ter Of the date and place selected by the
Populists for the holding OF their conven-
tien made the work of the committee
rather hard, for to attend a Conference
to confer on a date and plan already set
tied upon. made the delegates feel That it
was in this regard a matter Of confirNna-
ton, instead OF conference.
1.-THE question Of the advfsability Of an
early or late convention being a matter Of
opinion, do not doubt but what the DEM
orrats will look at the earliness Of the
cate selected by the Populists more in ia
nor az The various features and work Of
the coming campaign are considered" said
Mr.. Cooper. LAS for the Silver RepubIt.
cans. and speakine for them. I can say
wa ara for union. and "a soon as the
Democratic state committee, which meets
on the 18th instant TO receive the report
of its confer4nce committee. decides the
matter ~ the date Of the Democratic con
vent,on The silver RenuhI,cans will issue
"a catl for their state convention. There
,s no Doubt that the 18th or 18th of July
will no the date on which the three con-
vent,ons will he held San Francisco
seem. IN he the favored Mace.
iona can hear MANY reasons assigned
FOR the action Of the Pop,,lists in fixing
tbe,r convention before that Of anv of the
ether mn rites tho nr,nc,na, one beinp that
~. ro,,road hos 20 nturad their commit
tee and NV having an early date set homes
mot the silver Ranub,,can. and Demo-
cots would NOT a ~rea N r,aat IN Iu,v and
4, ri. ,av f,,.,or would ,,e ,rt,led Tar
sot,.eod tbat tho Darnocrats will considcr
4. - ~ ,rtorost ~ tho couse and, VIII,
"a 49,. .,h.r,a =, fus,or nv calling thei,.
,o,var+,or for a ,ote data near that set
~. tho po,ul,st. Tho silver Renublicans
iii then he heard from.
..I. NO. a matter of surnr,se n And that
.ho.. ,,er,har. 1yho have lste,v been ac-
o,,.e, ~ h.;ng AGAINST fusion-the reason
o.:,orad for ths,r onro.,+,or be,np rail-
rooa ,revence-were the strongest SIM.
ror,sr. ~ q ,,n,or ~ sorces and n NAV he
veil IN state that n seems as n the Re-
,,,h,,cor, ara ercaed,rglv anx,ous about
What tho silver forcos are likely n do This
fol- and r. r,,mor has ~ right in San Fra n
The herald., 1898-05-19
Hit by a Terminal Train

An unknown man was struck by north
bound Terminal train yesterday afternoon
lbout 4 o'clock at the Kuhrts street cross
Ing. He was knocked down the embank-
ment and the Waterman and others who
witnessed the accident thought that he
had been killed. The fellow was drunk,
however. and when examined at the re-
reiving hospital by DR.. Hagan was found
10 be uninjured beyond few bruises. He
was too drunk to tell his name, and was
put to bed to recover from the effects OF
The liquor.