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The herald., 1898-05-24
Jamaica Dispatches

BOSTON. May 23.-The steamer Beverly,
which arrived here today from Kingston,
Jamaica, brought dispatches from the
United States cruiser Marblehead for thu
Navy Department. The dispatches were
brought to Kingston by the steamer Adula.
from Cienfuegos and there transferred To
the Beverly.
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and experienced, but Admiral Camara Is re-
garded by naval men as difficult to work
with, giving orders and contradictlng them
almost In the same breath. He is from
Malaga.
1t is said here that there are mines In
Manila harbor that were not exploded when
the American fleet entered, the electrical
communication being out of order. This
has. so 1t Is rumored, now been rectified
and preparations are complete to give Ad-
miral Dewey a warm goodbye should he
attempt to leave. This rumor will bear
big lump of salt.
1t is reported that the Spanish fleet left
st. Vincent without instructions from the
government at Madrid, and that Admiral
Cervera wired:
1.-THE state of my country compels me
to meet the enemy"
The captains of the Vizcaya, Amirante
Oquendo and the Maria Teresa are excel
lent commanders. These ships are all In
good shape and powerful but heavily
armored and well handled The Cristobal
Colon has no heavy guns, and therefore Ia
not formidable, but all four of them are
1000 tons each and can steam 20 to q
knots. They are the ships our navy has
most to fear.
The Spaniards are preparing the two
steamers Normannia and Columbia, now
the Rapido and Patria, to take on heavy
guns. If they strengthen the ships prop
erly the work will require several months.
The cruiser Alfonso XIII will remain at
Cadiz as guard ship, but as her boilers
are insufficient she cannot steam more
than six or seven knots, and therefore is
not of much use.
1t is certain there are at least fifty mines
we'll laid in the Bay of Cadiz.
The Third Squadron
NEW YORK, May pa dispatch to the
Herald from Gibraltar says: The Cover
nor here will not allow war vessels passing
the straits to be reported.
The Spaniards are preparing what they
call their third squadron, which will con-
sist of the Pdincess De Asturlas Of 1000 tons
and with speed of 20 knots, now at Cadiz;
the Cardinal Cisneros at Ferrol, of the same
size and speed; the Lepanto at Cartagena,
of 5000 tons and 20 knots, and the Numancia
and Vittoria, which are being newly
armored and engined. There are also at
Ferrol the torpedo gunboats Donna Maria
de Molina, the Marquis de la Victoria
and the Don Alvaro de Bazen, each of 500
tons and 20 knots.
Unless the American government moves
quickly 1t will have the foregoing to con-
tend with In addition to Admiral Cervera's
and Camara's squadrons. The latter is ex-
pected to leave Cadz within few days.
Her destination is unknown, but is probably
the Antilles, notwithstanding that the news
papers say the Philippines.
The Reserve Fleet
MADRID. May %, 9 a.m.-AccordIng to
current report here the Spanish reserve
fleet will maneuver in Cadiz waters until
its destination is decided upon. 1t is ru-
mored that the Spanish authorities pro-
pose to fortify the "Queen Of Spains char
acter," on the summit of mountain over
looking Gibraltar and that they also in
tend to erect Notifications upon Europa
point, at the eastern entrance OF Algeircas
bay and facing Gibraltar. A dispatch re-
ceived here from Havana says the colonial
government has decreed that the "impor-
tation of food into all the ports Of Cuba
is to be free Of duty"
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Make Him Colonel

LINCOLN, Neb., May 23.-The election
of company officers Of the new militia COM
pany recruited by William ]. Bryan, was
held tonight. Mr.. Bryan's friends had
made a canvass in his behalf for the cap
taincy, and he was placed in nomination,
but withdrew when 1t was seen that others
desired the place. H. G. Whitmore was
elected. Members of the company say
Mr.. Bryan could have been elected, but
anything short of unanimous vote would
have been distasteful to him. The election
was behind closed doors, and occasioned
the keenest interest,
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put this collection bureau in operation, that
q percentage be charged on all bills COL
lected sufficient to pay the expenses OF
that labor
'If the work as outlined above should
meet with the approval Of the members of
this association, and becomes valuable
adjunct to the work already undertaken,
1t may be advisable to charge subsequently
an additional fee to those members who
desire to avail themselves of this bureau.
"The many details connected with the OPP
Grafton Of the bureau were not discussed
by us, but if the suggestions herewith sub
mitted meet with your approval your COM
mittee will confer with the secretary to
start the bureau at once"
Surplus Fiesta Funds
The following communication was re-
ceived, and owing to its great Importance
action was deferred until the special meet
ing of the board tomorrow noon.
The dry season that this section has ex-
perienced this year has caused great suf-
fering among the small farmers, many of
whom have been obliged to sell their horses
for want of food and have thereby been
reduced to state Of almost abject poverty
Realizing the splendid work that your or
ganizaticn has done in the last year in
raising fund for the unemployed, we re-
spectfully submit that a movement of this
character would be largely beneficial to this
city and assist greatly in saving many Of
the farmers from selling their stock and
thereby allowing them an opportunity to be
prepared to work their property next fail
We believe that such movement at this
time is of vital Importance to Los Angeles
and the surrounding country. We would
also suggest that inasmuch as the fiesta is
part Of the associations enterprise, that
you ask the executive committee, or COM
mittee of thirty, to turn over to you the
surplus on hand, If such be the case, from
the fiesta of 1895 to be used as nucleus for
such an unemployed fund" We believe
that you will receive the hearty financial
support Of large number Of public-spirited
citizens in a movement of this character,
and that creditable public Improvement
can be realized from such fund.- Signed,
WIN. LEMOYNE WILLS,
CTIAS. FORMAN,
H. JEVNB,
NJ B. BLACKSTONE,
CEAS. SILENT.
In a communication received from a
committee from the Republican clubs of
the city, the desirability Of holding the
leagues convention next year in Los An
geles was stated, and the cooperation of
the association requested to that end. The
secretary was instructed to prepare suit
able resolutions expressing the concurrence
of the association in the movement to Sc
cure the convention.
A committee to act in conjunction with
one from the board of trade in an effort
to secure army headquarters in Los An
geles was appointed, as follows: r. H. Her
ron, A. C. Jones and A. c. Bllicke.
New members were elected as follows: j.
w. Young, Woodill & Hulse, Charles Udell.
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Red Cross Work

SAN LUIS OBISPO, May ga society
of the Red Cross was organized here this
afternoon, with the following Officers:
President, Mrs. A. F. Sincheimer; vice
president, Mrs. ]. c. Ortega; secretary.
Miss NJ l.. McKennon; assistant secretary,
Miss Gertrude Sincheimer; treasurer, Mrs.
r. NJ. Sanford. An entertainment to raise
funds will be given at once.
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Chinese in Cuba

NEW YORK. May pa letter from Miss
Clara Barton to the Chinese minister to the
United States was made public today by the
Red Cross organization in this city. The
letter is written in reply to request from
the Chinese consul. Chung He, asking
Miss Barton to look after the suffering
Chinese on the island of Cuba. The letter
assures the Chinese diplomat that the suf-
fering Chinese in Cuba will be treated as
other nationalities.
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A Bicyclist Beaten

MOBILE. Ala, May 23.-Dr. J. L. Gun
Their, while passing crowd of negroes
on his bicycle last night, rang for them
to let him pass. They seized him and cut
him terribly in the head and neck. He
will die. A posse armed themselves and
pursued the negroes, three of whom were
caught and put in Jail. The negro who did
the cutting refused to surrender and was
shot and killed.
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Will Not See Paris

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, May 23.-Two
years ago thirty prominent citizens Of
Birmingham organized a Paris Exposl-
ton club. the object of which was to make
the trip in body to the big fair in Paris.
Today the club had a meeting and resolved
that, inasmuch as France had shown I'M
friendly feelings for the United States in
the war against Spain, the club be dis
banded and the trip abandoned. The Sec
rotary today returned to the members
sA1Aa
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The First Death

SAN FRANCIsCO, May 23.-Sergeant
James F. Mccarthy, Company D, of the
First regiment of California volunteers.
died at the post hospital Of pneumonia
this morning. He was the first man of the
states volunteers to die in the service of
the government, and by the order of Col.
Morris, commandant of the Preside, he
will be given military funeral, and laid
to rest in the peaceful cemetery upon the
reservati ton.
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Broussard Will STAY

WASHINGTON, May 23-It was posi-
lively stated Immediately after a call Of
the Louisiana congressional delegation to-
day that Representative Broussard of Lou
isiana had been selected to head regiment
of immunes which he had been authorised
to raise. Broussard subsequently denied
this, however, and stated that he had no
intention of organizing any troops.
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Halstead's Hard Luck

ST THOMAS, d. w. l., May 23.-Mr.
Freeman Hastead, the newspaper cores
pondent who has been sentenced to one
years Imprisonment for taking photo
graphs Of the Notifications Of San Juan lie
Porto Rico, has been conveyed to a con-
Wet camp to undergo his sentence.
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Frisco Suicides

SAN FRANCISCO, May 23.-James c.
Cary, a lawyer, aged 70 years, who has
been ill for two years, committed suicide
today by shooting himself through l1s
head. Herbert p. Case, aged 43, shuffled
off this lifes coil by the gas route this
morning. He had been out of employment
for two years.
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San Quentin Discipline

SAN QUENTIN, May 23.-F. Devine, a
burglar from Los Angeles, and F. Edwards,
q San Francisco convict. engaged in des-
perate fight yesterday. Devine would
probably have killed Edwards had not the
guards interfered. Both men were taken
to the dungeon. The trouble arose over the
possession of a pillow.
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Damage by Storm

ST. LOUIS, May pa special to the
Post-Dispatch from Dallas, Tex. says:
Reports from a dozen or more counties
in the north today in the wheat belt state
that fully one-half of the crop has been
destroyed by the tornado of Friday night
and the severe rains and winds that fol-
lowed. Other grain suffered correspond.
ingly
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No Tobacco Trust

ST. LOUIS, May 23.-The Republic to-
morrow will say: 1t is understood that
the deal for the consolidation of the plug
tobacco factories in the United States has
fallen through. 1t is claimed that the
terms were too low, and the owners of the
plug factories considered that the Ameri-
can Tobacco company was getting the bet
ter of the bargain. AS result all options
have been withdrawn and all agreements
to enter into a combination have been
Cancelled
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Only One Bid

ATCHISON, Kas., May 23-That por-
ton of the Central Branch railway extend
ing west from Atchison 100 miles was sold
under foreclosure proceedings here today
by II. p. Dillon, master in chancery. ST.
mon Berg of New York and Gill McClapp
of Boston, representing the bondholders.
were the only bidders, and secured the
property for $2,350,0O 1t is reported here
that the Central Branch will be released
to the Missouri Pacific,
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Rims and Handles

PLYMOTH, Ind, May 23.-The Indiana
Novelty Manufacturing company, leading
manufacturers of wood rims and handle
bars for bicycles, assigned bday, with LA
bilities of $4,000. 1t is stated that all
claims will be paid and the business con-
tinued.
The herald., 1898-05-24
A Little Premature

NEW YORK, May pa copyrighted
dispatch from Kingston, Jamaica, to the
Evening World says that the military au.
thorities there have been informed of the
signing of the Anglo-American defensive
treaties. The same officials, it is said. -
gard as imminent the war crisis sg affect
ing Jamaica.
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If your grocer

doesn't sell Scsalsmg's Best tea, tell us his maine,
what kind you want Japan, English Breakfast,
Oolong, Ceylon, or Blend), and what size pack
age you want We'll see that you get it
Don't send us any money We don't sell At
retail.
Francisco a Il. SCHkHzNC q C0h1zbQuV
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BOGUS Butter Makers

WASHINGTON, May 23.-The United
States Supreme Court today decided con-
yictions under the oleomargarine laws of
PENNSYLVANIA and New Hampshire to be
invalid, thus holding the laws unconsti-
tutiOnal.
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General Clark Dead

w. Clark, an employe of the land office
died here last night. He was colonel OF
the Third and Thirty fourth Iowa infantry
in the civil war, and was breveted brigadier
general. For four years he was United
States marshal for the Iowa district.
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A Match Made

SAN FRANCISCO, May 2S.-Charles Nc
Keever and Jack DAILY have been matched
to fight twenty rounds before the National
Athletic club some time in June. The
men are to weigh in at 142 pounds.
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Cerveras' ships were admitted into the
harbor in spite of the requset Of the Span
ish Admiral. and he adds that they were
only allowed to take on coal enough to
take them to the nearest harbor.
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Hurt His Heart

WHEELING, w. Va, May 23.-In the
arena of the Metropolitan Athletic club to-
night, Oscar Gardner knocked out Fred
Hogan of San Francisco in the twelfth
round by blow over the heart.
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Ccnled at Curacao

THE HAGUE, May 23.-The Governor of
Curacao, Dutch West Indies, has sent a
cable dispatch to the Foreign Office here
saying that only two Of Admiral
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A Sick Soldier

SAN FRANCISCO, May 2S.-The COM
dition of Private Solomon of Company e.
Seventh regiment, who was sent to the
post hospital suffering from pneumonia.
is very critical.
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PHILADELPHIA, May 3d. mysterious
Billy" Smith of Boston and Charley John
son of this city fought fifteen rounds to-
night at the Atheneum. The decision was
a draw, although Smith clearly had the
better Of the bout.
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A large number of flat cars loaded :, c+t
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WASHING FLANNECS.
Mrs. s. T. Rorer Describes How 1t Can Be
 Done Perfectly.

Mrs. s. T. Rorer Describes How 1t Can Be
 Done Perfectly.
 Shave quarter of pound of soap in- to granite saucepan, add one quart of boiling water, stir over the fire until dis solved, writes Mrs. S T. Rorer of Han ding the Family Wash. !" in the November Ladies Home Journal Pour this into q tub half filled with water at tempera- ture of 100 degrees F. Mix we'll Have on the left side of the tub bucket of clear, warm water, 100 degrees F., into which you may put half teaspoonful of household ammonia Take each piece of flannel singly and immerse it in the suds. Soap should never be rubbed on tlannels, nor should flannels ever be rubbed on board. Wash them by pressing and draw ing through the hands, rubbing the soiled places quickly with the hands. Rinse at once in clear water and wiring by pressing one hand under the other or through a wringer Never twist in the wringing. Shake well and hang to dry immediately; then proceed to wash the second piece.
 ''The flannels when nearly dry must be taken from the line and pressed with a hot iron. Be careful that it Is not, how ever, too hot, or it will destroy the color. Flannels washed in this way will retain their soft texture and original size until completely worn out No deviations from these directions, however can be made. For colored flannels make suds as above To the warm water for rinsing add four tablespoonfuls of white wine vinegar or g. tiny bit of aeetie acid which has been thor oughly dissolved 1t Is always well to wait for bright day before washing fan nels. They should be dried as quickly us ,,ocSihIa
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A WOMAN'S WIT.

shs Braved Her Husbands Anger amA
 Boosted Him to Success. I
 "Kpow him?" asked one of the two men talking at the corner as he nodded toward handsome old gentleman just passing by. "No? Well, sir, that's Dr. Blank, the noted surgeon. I've known him ever since we used to frequent the same swimming hole. Just how long that was before the war Pm not going to say. He beat me i'll the race for the girl that he married, and if he hadn't the chances are that the doctor would still be driving, night and day, over 8 little back county, attending to prao- tice that couldn't pay if it wanted to.
 "When they were back there in ths woods and he was performing opera. tions that no other member of the pro- fession had thought of undertaking, she gathered from the talk of friendly doo- tors ; Jhe same section that he was or Z, daring and successful. She b-.,.,1d him to advertise his abilities, but he sternly rebuked her for asking him to transgress the ethics of the pro- fession.
 "BIt you know how it is when a bright woman sets her head The doctors of. fee was a shabby little den without carpet, window shades, pictures or any thing else but the plainest furniture. lie resisted all her efforts to change this. One even ning he came home from 2 36 hours stay with patient to find that office so transformed in velvet car pet, tapestries and pictures that he flat ly declined to enter it. His wife waa away on a visit. Men had been there, done the work and disappeared. There were no bills, the home merchants knew nothing, and the doctor was so mad that be advertised everything for sale. The thing was told in the local papers as 8 huge joke, aLd incidentally there were related some of the stories of how ha took people apart and put them togeth. CT again. City papers copied and city doctors ridiculed. This riled Blank. He proved that he had worked greater won. ders than were credited to him, and hs was famous. The means and the end were the work of the little woman who had figured them cat before giving ss- cret commission to furnish that oficA -~GegrolB Proo Presa
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A TALK WITH ANDREE.
Fine Aeronaut Recognized the Daneer of
 Ills Undertaking.

Jonas Sta,lling. who accompanied An aree to Danes island and witnessed his de- parture toward the north pole, contributes 70 the November Century an article entitled Andres Flight Into the Un- known. :" This Is accompanied by num- Der of interesting photographs, including several of the balloon after it had been ,ut loose and had begun it's flight Mir Stadling says;
 The aeronauts were impatient to start this year They had decided to wait for really favorable winds until the l7th of July After that date they were prepared to start with less favorable wind
 In my talks with them about the risks and dangers of their undertaking they said at various times:
 ''We have taken all into account. We are prepared to face whatever may hap pen.
 Suppose the balloon should burst " I asked, what thenY''
 .sWe shall be drowned or crushed. "
 Suppose you alight on the paek ice far away in the desolate polar regions, what will you do2'
 We shall do our best and work our way back as far as possible. Having during these last years thought, worked and cal culatcd in preparing for this expedition, wo have, so to speak, mentally lived through all possibilities. Now we only de- sire to start and have the thing finished some way or other
 While talking about home and tho loved ones their faces would assume Il more seri- ous expression and faint quiyer of the voice might be noticed but there was no wavering of purpose.
 When may we begin to hope to hear from your l asked
 At least not before three months and one year, perhaps two years may elapse before you hear from us and you may one day be surprised by news of our arrival somewhere. And if motif you never hear from us-others will follow i'll our wake until the unknown regions of the north have been surveyed. <"
 Those who think the expedition q feat of foolhardiness should remember that. humanly speaking, all possible precau- tions were taken toward securing safe voyage. A new and larger balloon might have been made during the previous win ter but Andree preferred to enlarge the old one. Besides, larger balloon would have been still more difficult to handle
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by carrying the First
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THE NEW JAPAN.
The Real Motives of Its statesmanship Differs From Other Asiatic Nations.

The Real Motives of Its Statesmanship.
 Differs From Other Asatic Nations.
 It is not gracious thing to say, but many persons who discourse learnedly up- on things Japanese never get farther than the discovery that Japan is in Asia Be cause Asiatic nations do not, as q rule, care for those things or attempt those things which Japan values and seeks to attain 1t appears to be taken for granted by such critics that Japan, being an Asiatic na- tion, has no serious purpose in striving to adopt western civilization. Such reason ing has no weight, of course, with iinpar- tial students of human progress, but un fortunately it does lead astray many who lack either the inclination or the oppor- tunity to discover the truth.
 The answer is obvious Asiatie peoples may differ as widely from each other as those of Europe or America Because with one Asiatic nation religion is an insuper- able bar to progress, because another is perfectly satisfied with it's present condi- tion and refuses to adopt even the most obviously useful products of modern in- vention, 1t does not follow that all Asiatic nations are bigoted or lethargic. Granted sincerity of purpose and honesty of effort. and there is nothing inexplicable in .Ja- pan s career during the past 30 years The question of race has no valid title to prior consideration in the case, certainly none as decisive factor. For people who have shown aspiration for improvement and ability to attain higher standard the only legitimate test is one that estimates the earnestness of effort and the measure of capacity ty-Toru Hoshi in Harper's For NovaTn har
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 Keeping healthy means looking after the disorders that ninety-nine men in a hun cred neglect. You cannot get the average everyday man to believe that indigestion or blliousness, or costivencss or headache or loss of sleep or appetite, or shakiness in the morning and dullness through the day amount to much anyway He will "pooh. pooh " at you, until some morning he wakes up and finds himself sick abed. Then he will send for doctor and find out to his surprise that all these disorders have been but the danger signals of a big nalady that has robbed him of his health, possibly forever. 1t may be consumption or nerv- ous prostration or malaria or rheumatism or some blood or skin disease It matters uet, they all have their inception in the same neglected disorders. pr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery makes the ap- petite keen, the digestion perfect, the liver active, the blood pure, the nerves steady and gives sound and refreshing sleep. It IS the great blood-naker and flesh-builder. It cures o9 per cent of all cases of con sumption In fact bronchial throat and jung affections generally yield to it. Med ieine stores sell 1t.
 One or two at bedtime cure constipation --Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They regu- fate and invigoratc the stomach, liver and bowels. By all medicine dealers.
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