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The herald., 1898-12-27
in the ease with which the military post
office for the American troops has been put

in the ease with which the military post
office for the American troops has been put
in operation.
Under the Spanish rule the government
owned the telegraph lines and operated them
in connection with the Postoffice Depart
ment. The railroads were not permitted to
use lines of their own. Their ordinary and
necessary business was transacted under
vexatious restrictions. The official regula-
tions were as voluminous and as intricate
as the code of civil law. 1t cannot be said
that the system, under Spanish methods, at
least, offers encouragement to those who
favor government postal telegraph. The
United States will not have to meet that
question now, because of the practical diff
culties in the way of administering the tele-
graph system as part of the .postoffice sys.
tenn. Under the military rule which is to
be established for the entire island, the
telegraph lines will be military ones The
signal service corps will have charge of that.
These lines are in bad condition. 10 repair
them and get the system in working order
will require several weeks. When this is
done, in addition to the use by the army,
the lines will afford ample facilities for the
transaction OF private business. The vol
umc OF commercial messages is not likely to
be large for year or more.
Some of the Havana merchants do not
have clear idea of what the American
military control means. They do not un.
derstand why Colonel Bliss, an army officer,
should be named for Collector of Customs.
OF why similar positions are to be under mil.
itary control. They have been misled into
believing that all civil governments are to
he turned over to the military arm. A lit
tie experience under actual administration
will remove their misgivings. Military re-
sponsibility will exist for all administrator.
and for that reason army officers will be-
at the head of all important departments,
but there is no intention of having soldiers
to discharge the duties which can only be
satisfactorily performed by civilians. Many
OF the. Spanish employees, both military
and civil, whose functions will cease on
January !, have been led to think that the
United States will make good the due bills.
or Il 0 U.s." which the Spanish authori,
ties have been issuing in satisfaction of all
obligations. This belief is not universal.
but it is general enough to raise hopes which
will be disappointed
The herald., 1898-12-27
A Transport Damaged

SAVANNAH, Ga, Dec. 26.-The trans
port Chester arrived off 1ybee from Havana
late this evening. Her captain and quarter
master came ashore and the quartermaster
telephoned to the city that the steamer had
suffered an accident and it might be neces-
sary to send her to the dry dock. The acci-
dent was caused by the smashing of pro-
peller blade. The quartermaster here be-
lievcs the damage can be repaired in Savan-
nah and orders for the Chester to proceed
up to tn city tomorrow have been given. If
temporary repairs can be made to- her the
ship will sail for Havana with the Third
Nebraska, formerly Colonel Bryan's regi-
ment, on Friday.
The herald., 1898-12-27
DOCTORS UNABLE TO HELP HIM
A Man Suffers Two Years With
Dislocated Neck

Walter Townshend, eldest son OF Thomas
Townshend, a well-to-do farmer living near
Clifton Springs, n. Y, died recently in his
thirty-ffth year, after prolonged illness fol-
lowing most singular accident. Two years
ago, in the early autumn, while at work on
a high strawstack in his fathers barnyard,
TdVnshend was blown off by sudden tor
nado. He fell more than thirty feet, strik-
ing upon the back of his head upon the hard
ground, rod or more back from the foot OF
the stack. He was picked up insensible, and
apparently dead, with his head hanging
limp as if broken off at the neck. This at
first was believed to be the case, but when he
began to revive several hours later it was
found that the cervical vertebrae were dis
located, but not broken, and in this con-
dition they remained till death mercifully
came to his relief
The case attracted much attention in the
medical world at the time, and all sorts of
theoretical methods of replacing the verte-
brae in their sockets were advocated, but
none proved practical, as the necessary
stretching out of the neck must have ex-
tended, if it did not actually break, the
spinal cord. Townshend's head had to be
supported artiticially when he was not in a
lying position till the hour OF his death. lie
endured eXcruciating agonies with surpris-
ing stoicism till his nervous system broke
down, after which the task OF caring for him
was doubly difficult.
The injury being to what may be termed
the main conduit of his nervous system, all
parts OF his body below it were nearly free
from sensation, but the pains in his neck
were nearly always referred to points lower
down, usually to the limbs and chiefly to the
forearms and thighs. This was the case
when, in fact, all feeling had departed from
his body, and major surgical operation
might have been performed without more
than slight inconvenience to the sufferer
Had it been possible for him to live with his
body cut off at the neck, it would still have
seemed to pain him.
As the months passed his control over the
voluntary muscles grew lessand less until he
became utterly helpless and virtually par
alyzed. The involuntary muscles still
worked, as was necessary to life, but in a
feeble manner, and finally last spring his
lungs became affected. This was partially
due to his confinement after an open-air life
from childhood, but still more to the i'm
paired scope of his breathing and the re-
duced size OF the air passage near the seat of
the dislocation. Pulmonary consumption,
indirectly the result of his accident, caused
his death.
The young wife, worn out by months of
nursing. died before he did, and his death
leaves three little children to the care of the
grandparents. Townshend was an Odd Eel
low, which society was active with deeds of
kindness in his long illness, and had charge
OF the funeral services after his DEATH
New York Press.
The herald., 1898-12-27
The Clean-Street Problem

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-A dispatch to the
Tribune from Havana says:
Cuba is feeling the benefits of prospective
and of actual American administration.
Some. of the streets are really clean. Gen
eral F. V. Greene had $50, 900 for public sani-
teton authorized by the department at
Washington, but Spanish sovereignty had to
be respected, although it was unable to re-
move the garbage from single alley. The
Havana Ajuntalamiente, or Common Coun-
cl, had not dollar to spend, so, by permis-
sion of the Spanish authorities, the United
States took hold of the work.
Reques de Estaban, the Alcalde, or Mayor,
of the city, had proclamatons posted in
which the Inhabitants of the street cleaned
were told that it was done by the American
government and they were exhorted to sec
ond the efforts Of the United States mill
tary authorities.
This removal of the accumulations of the
garbage does not solve the sanitary problems
of Havana, however. 1t shows the streets
can be kept fairly clean and the city made
habitable while the changes that must be
made i'm the sewerage system may be neces.
sary before plans which Colonel George L.
Waring prepared can be made effective
That will not prevent Havana from being
kept clean for the next five months, which
is the period in which it is so important to
forestall epidemic diseases among the Amer
Jean troops. General Ludlow will probably
be appalled, by the task before him as mill
tary and civil Governor of Havana city.
Every American army commander, when
he faces his responsibility, probably has that
feeling. But there is usually some simple
point at which a beginning can be made. In
Havana it is clean streets
Americans who are in Cuba engaged in
business are chiefly concerned in an i'm
provement. in the mail service, both do
mestic and foreign. It would not be fair
to Judge Spanish administration by the COM
plete decentralization which has appeared
in the postoffice arrangements in the last
few weeks. Some disturbance was newt
able. The knowledge of the employees that
they would receive none OF the back paw
increased their Indifference. Most of them
will necessarily be kept for time and they
know. they will receive their wages. That
and the desire to please the American Off.
Gals will spur them along to better per.
formance Of their duties. Though the ser
vice is nearly disorganized, the methods Of
administration are simple and they are cas-.
lily adjusted to the change. This is shown
The herald., 1898-12-27
A Duel With Knives

ODOV1LLE, Dec. GA fatal duel with
pocket knives took place yesterday at Moore
town, twenty-five miles from here, between
Thomas j. Grubbs and Harry Roberts.
Roberts was nearly 70 years old and Grubbs
about 40. Ill feeling had existed between
them for some time and on election day
they came near having trouble. Yesterday
at the home of En- Anks, the two came to-
gether, and after few words they both took
out pocket knives and fatal fight followed.
Grubbs was stabbed in the neck and in the
facet and bled furiously, while Roberts was
stabbed in several places and was dead when
the two men were pulled apart.
The herald., 1898-12-27
College Chess Players

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-The seventh in.
tercollegiate chess tournament between two
students from the universities of Columbia
Harvard, Yale and Princeton began in this
city this afternoon, when the first round
was played in the following order:
X. G. Falk (C) VS.. G. +. Arensberg III. y
Petroff opening; l.. A. Cook (Y.) VS.. j. A
Ely (Pl, Queens gamit; A. S. Meyer (C.)
VS.. a. Weston lP), Kings gamit declined
A. M. Webb (Y.) VS.. Il. E. Southard III. j
Dutch defense.
The herald., 1898-12-27
The Sixth Can't Parade

STOCKTON, Dec. 26.-Inquiry was re.
ceived here from Sacramento today as to
whether the old Sixth regiment would ac.
cept an invitation to take part in the pa
rade at the capital city on the occasion of
the inauguration of Governor-elect Gage.
Colonel johnson says the men are in no
condition to go. Comparatively few of them
reside in Stockton. When discharged they
took with them the uniforms they had on
but these uniforms are their own p.opertv
The state has no uniforms here.
The herald., 1898-12-27
Captain Lynde Dead

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2e.-Capt. Fred.
erick Marcy Lynde, United States army, re-
tired, died suddenly here today. He was a
native of Michigan. He served during the
CIVIL war, entering originally as sergeant of
the Fourth Vermont infantry, from August,
1851, to January, 1862, when he was commits,
stoned as second lieutenant He was mus.
tered out six months later, and then served
two years as private and sergeant in the
First Wisconsin heavy artillery. He en-.
tered the regular army in 1866 as a second
lieutenant, was promoted to captain in 1883,
and retired two years later.
The herald., 1898-12-27

electrical purposes. The presence Of tho
same amount of bismuth in the gold used
for coinage would make the latter crumble
to powder under the pressure of the die en-
ployed for stamping the coin. And the mar
velous properties of hard steel are obtained
by simply adding very small proportion Of
carbon to soft, malleable iron. By means Of
the X-rays the internal change in metal
due to an impurity can be observed; it is
probable that the results obtained by such
investigations will be of great industrial az
well as scientific mportance--London Mail.
The herald., 1898-12-27
No Occasion for Sympathy

'Tsnt it awfully tiresome to have to stand
behind that counter all day and wait on
customers" asked the sweet-faced, mother
ly old soul, selecting handkerchief from
the pile before herand taking out her purse.
'1t is that" heartily replied the shopgirI.
'It's most as bad as if you was customer,
crowdin' your way through the stores all
day long, tryin' to pick out what you want
to buy foN Chris mus Chicago Tribune.
The herald., 1898-12-27
STATE TEACHERS
Begin Session at Santa Rosa This
Morning


SANTA ROSA, Dec. 26.-The thirty
second annual meeting of the California
State Teachers association will be called
to order in this city tomorrow by State Su-
perintendent G. r. Meredith. At the same
time the annual institute of tin teachers of
Sonoma county will assemble.
AS part of the preliminary work to the
meeting of the state association, the annual
council of education convened at o'clock
this afternoon.
A favorable report of the committee on
uniform course of study was read by DR..
Elmer Brown of Berkeley. This was fol-
lowed by papers read by Miss Beck, Irving
VI. Stringham, Mrs. r. V. Winterburn and
James Z. Addicott of San Jose. This even
ing DR.. Jacob Voorsanger of San Francisco
delivered an address before 1900 people in
the Athenaeum upon the subject "Educa-
tional Cranks, Past and Present"
The herald., 1898-12-27
Very Mysterious

LIMA, Ohio, Dec. 26.-There was mys,
terious robbery at the American National
to $4,000 The janitor discovered the doors
of the vault open this morning The inner
doors were opened by Cashier Kalb and
President Michael, when it was found tina t
all gold and paper money in the bank had
been carried away, although the racks of
silver money were untouched. There are
no marks of violence and the affair is a
mystery. The amount taken can be told
only after balancing the cash. The bank
The herald., 1898-12-27
A Bad Wreck

VINCENNES, Ind, Dec. GA bad wreck
occurred today at. Ellison, on the Evans
sille and Terre Haute railroad, in which
three trainmen were seriously hurt and
score or more passengers bruised and
scratched. The Nashville limited express
going north crashed into freight train, de-
molishing both engines and wrecking several
cars.
The herald., 1898-12-27
Two Dead Men

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Dec 2I.-Louis Hax
banker, furniture manufacturer, cattle man
and promoter of many financial schemes
and Herman Garliseh, druggist financier
and figure in State Democrat politics, have
been found dead in bed at their respective
had been dead when found. Both men were
apparently in robust health. The remark.
able coincidence in their mysterious and
sudden death causes much speculation.
The herald., 1898-12-27
Ate Supper First

TOLEDO, Ohio, Dec. 26.-Frank Huber,
one of the proprietors of the Catawba Wine
company, tonight left the supper table and
shot himself to death in the bathroom. No
apparent motive. IIe was one of the largest
wine dealers in the United States.
The herald., 1898-12-27
Kerosene Kindlinr

HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. ga special
from Hillsboro Texas, says: Mrs Isabel, her
daughter, Mrs. Ossie Malone and Mrs. Ma
lone's infant were burned to deaIh in their
home near here. The women could be seen,
but it was impossible to rescue them. The
fire started by the use Of kerosene to kindle
IRE.
The herald., 1898-12-27
Spoiled the Fight

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 26.-John Law
ack of Cleveland and Fred Green of Toledo,
fought tonight before the Imperial Athletic
club at Sandusky. In the fourth round
Greene broke his right forearm and the con-
test was given to Lavack. The men are
featherweights.
The herald., 1898-12-27
All Trouble Ended

GREENFIELD, Mo-, Dec. 28-William
Shaver, farmer living four miles west OF
here, shot his wife four times today, pro-
ducing fatal wounds, then shot himself,
dying instantly. Family troubles are the
cause.
The herald., 1898-12-27
Heated Too Hot

CHICAGO, Dec. 26-The Episcopal
Church of the Ascension has been damaged
10000 by fire. The edifce is widely known
as Father Larabee's Church. No other
church in the West has more advanced rit-
ual in the services and furnishings. The fire
started from an overheated furnace.
The herald., 1898-12-27
DR.. Stebbins' Condition

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 26.-Rev. Hora-
ito Stebbins, pastor of the First Unitarian
church, still lies at his home in precarious
condition. While he is not out of danger,
his physicians have hopes for his ultimate
recovery.
The herald., 1898-12-27
Two Engines Smashed

to the heavy fog prevailing Throughout the the
Sacramento valley this morning, freight
train No. 6, en- route to San Francisco,
overran the switch at Websters station,
some eight miles from this city on the line
to Davisville, and crashed into the
Oroville passenger train. Both locomotives
were badly damaged, and the tender of the
engine was forced some eight feet
into the mail car. The crews of both en-
gines saved themselves by. jumpinsA The
The herald., 1898-12-27
Collins Will Not Hang

WICHITA, Kan, Dec. 26.-Governor
elect Stanley states that he will not sign a
warrant for the death of John Collins CON
victed Saturday evening of the murder of his
father. He does not believe in capital pun
ishment is the reason given.
The herald., 1898-12-27
Brave Deputies

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 26-Deputy Rev.
enue Collectors R. A. Green and C. T. La
Grave captured $3.50 worth of contraband
opium today on train just arrived from
Folsom. 1t had been shipped to China.
man in San Francisco.
The herald., 1898-12-27
General Greene at Homo

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-Gcneral +. v.
Greene, United States volunteers, arrived in
this city tonight and went to his home
General Green will resign his commission in
the army on Wednesday.
The herald., 1898-12-27
A Georgia Lynchine

HARMONY GROVE, Dec. 26-Jeff
Bolton, colored, was lynched near here by
a masked mob on Saturday night, while
being taken to Jail. He was charged with
burning a barn and shooting at the owner.
The herald., 1898-12-27
Mrs. Nation Ill

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-Mrs. Isabel Maj.
ton, the writer, is critically i'll froml pneu-
monia at her home in this city. Her physi-
clan late tonight said he feared she might
not survive until morning.
The herald., 1898-12-27
Sampson at Washington

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.--Admiral w.
T. Sampson, who recently arrived at New
York from Havana, reached here today for
consultation with the officials here
The herald., 1898-12-27
The Ice Was Thin

WOONSOCKET, r. l., Dec 26.-Herman
Kiser, II years old, and Arthur Needham, 9
years old, were drowned while skating ON
thin ice at Harris pond today. -.,.-..
The herald., 1898-12-27


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Undelivered Telerrams

There are undelivered kilograms at the
Western Union telegraph office for Mrs
Nellie Stuart, A. S. Hobby, Jr.
The herald., 1898-12-27

only person injured was Conductor Nat Ir-
vim, who had his foot crushed by door in
the smoker that was thrown off it's hinges
by the force of the collision.
The herald., 1898-12-27

And at anchor by and by
Sternly the dark soul rested and did pa
tient lie.
The Odyssey, Chapman's Translation.
The herald., 1898-12-27

Bear up, my soul, a little longer yet;
A little longer to thy purpose cling!
The herald., 1898-12-27
Fragments From Homer

For many are the nights wherein hold
Comfortless watch, till morn her glowing
gates unfold.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-12-14

ical student, who overtaxed his
strength at hard study and died
at St. Louis few days ago, were
inferred in the family burying
ground at Riesel, station on the
Waco and Northwestern railway
seven miles south of Waco. The
burial was largely attended.
Much interest is felt in the sad
fate of the young student, lengthy
accounts his death having appear
ed IN the papers. His wife who
was Miss Jefhe Adcock, after their
marriage, taught school at Battle
and betrayed her young husbands
expenses to enable him to study
to become Il physician, which was
his hearts ambition. Not quite
three months ago the young couple
were welded in Waco, Rev. f.
N. Calvin officiating.
The body reached Waco accom-
paused by w. E. Willis, fellow
student. 1t was transferred fro m
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas to
the Waco and Northwestern,
taken to Riesel and inferred, the
heroic young wife being present
and hundreds of friends aud
neighbors.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-12-14
THE STATE CAPITAL.
will Soon be Issued.

Austin, Tex. The bie-annuai
and annual reports of the differ
ent departments OF the state will
soon be issued. Some of them
will be somewhat late, but they
will be ready in time for the state
legislature to give proper consid-
Grafton to the recommendations
which they contain. The report
of Comptroller r. w. Finley is
now in the hands of the printer.
1t is very voluminouo and con-
tains a great deal of highly inter-
esting statistics in regard to the
financial condition of the state
and review OF all that has been
accomplished in his department.
during the past two years. 1t also
contains some important recon-
mendations to the Legislature in
regard to state affairs coming
under the jurisdiction of that
department.
The report of commissioner of
agriculture and insurance, Jeff
johnson, was issued some time
ago and copies Of the same have
been sent to all of the member of
the coming legislature and their
attention called to the recommen-
datIons for legislative acts con
tanned therein.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-12-14

until at last there was something
to show for the pains of the;
prospectors. From this redeemed
swamp lot a crop of fifty-six
pounds of green leaf was gathered
in 1902. The following year the
product was eighty-one pounds;
year later 151 pounds; in 1885,.
1888 pounds, and the present year,
with what has been gathered and
what is to come, a crop of about
1900 pounds of green leaf 10
expected.
There are about 900 plants in
this tea garden. Oriental tea
gardens usually contain. about
2OOO plants to one acre. The
latest production to the bush in
the South Carolina experiments
five ounces of tea. In Japan
the average production Is not
more than one ounce to'the bush;
in China between one and two,
and in India between three and
five ounces. Careful reckoning
has been made of the cost of pro-
duction per pound, including the
items of pruning, fertilizing,
cultivation, leaf picking and fac
tory work which foot up ~ cents
a pound and it has been possible
to sell the refined tea at $1.0O u
pound even without a protective
duty.
The first cost of a tea planta-
ton is considerable, but relatively
less the larger the area. When
the plant is once well established
it is practically for all time, the
best japanese tea being gathered
from bushes 200 years old.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-12-14
Smiths Appointments.

Austin, Tex.-Hon. Tom S.
Smith, attorney-general-elect has
announced his appointments as
follows: First assistant attorney
geneaal, Hon. R. NJ. Ward of
Austin; second assistant, Hon.
Ned Morris of Henderson; third
assistant, Hon. T. S. johnson of
Hillsboro; stenographers, Frank
Booth of Hillsboro and Mr..
Bailey of Rockdale.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-12-14
Tea Raising in the South.

From time to time references
have appeared in the newspapers
to experiments in tea culture in
South Carolina, dating back for
nearly ten years. The public
have not taken much interest in
the various stories. They have
considered tea strictly oriental
article and would have regarded
the growth of the rubber tree in
Massachusetts as about as prob
able as the successful cultivation
of tea in the south. But the
Charleston News and Courier
makes representations with respect
to this industry that are signifi-
cant. The experimenters have
been persistent, and, 1t appears,
have been steadily developing the
enterprise to point where it is
ut last pronounced a success.
The results of operations upon
a small patch are earfully noted.
The site was an ola piney woods
pond, with a black and rich but
sour surface soil. This received
thorough subsoil drainage and a
sweetening of burnt mari, after
which is was deeply plowed. 1t
took year or two. however, for
the original depravlty to be elimi-
noted. and the results the first
year or two were discouraging,
but pruning and further cultiva-
! ton began to work improvement,