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The herald., 1898-12-15
AMENDMENTS
All But One Was Lost in the Shuttle
at Sacramento

SACRAMENTO, Dec. l4.-Today Secre
tary Of State Brown competed the count OF
the votes on constitutional amendments
The only amendment carried was assembly
constitutional amendment No. 36, relating
TO the election OF governor in the case OF
death. impeachment or incapacty.
Senate constitutional amendment No
4l-Hes, 54,0l3 no. 90,G02.
Senate constitutional amendment No.
le-Aus, 74,Sl6; 10, 15,031.
Senate constitutional amendment No
4i-les, SO, 232; no, 75,695
Assembly constitutional amendment No.
31-Ycs, 6l,S4S; 10. 70, l2S.
Assembly constitutional amendment No.
36-Yes. 79,74S; no, 66,260.
Assembly constitutional amendment No.
3S-Yes, 5G, 726; no, s5,7l2
Assembly constitutional amendment No.
34-Ycs, SO, 1876; no, 81 ,269
For convention to revise the constitu-
ticn. 1856; against convention to revise
constitution, Gj,007
The herald., 1898-12-15
TELEGRAPH NEWS INDEX

General Woods work in Cuba al
ready productive of good results.
President Gompers urges the better
organization of labor for political
action.
Marquis Ito of Japan regards the
collapse Of the Chinese government as
imminent.
The presidents speech at the Geor-
gia peace Jubilee rouses his audience
to wild enthusiasm.
Testimony in the Botkin case be-
gins to grow more definite and looks
bad for tho defendant.
A Red Cross nurse back from Ma
nila tells pitiful tale of hospital mis-
management at Manila
The battleship Massachusetts, is
found to be seriously injured and
must be dry docked for extensive re-
pairs.
General Lee sails into the harbor Of
Havana and Sigsbse leaves New Y..k
on the battleship Texas for the same
place.
Witnesses before the war inquiry
commission continue to tell the story
of neglect for which nobody was to
blame.
James G. Mcguire, late candidate
for governor, writes letter to Father
Yorke, ascribing the results of the elec-
ton to unwarranted mixing Of religion
and politics.
Work in congress Is chiefly mega
tive; the house snubs the Lodge immi-
grafton bill for the second time and
senators protest against pensions
passed for political reasons.
The herald., 1898-12-15
At San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. l4--The rain
which commenced to fall here last night
continues today, and the indications are
that all of Northern California will get a
thorough soaking before the storm is over.
Reports from almost all sections of North
ern California show that the rain has been
general, and that all danger of drouth is
over for the time being The rainfall for
the past twenty-four hours has been re-
ported by the weather bureau from the
following places: Eureka, "a; Red Bluff.
.7S; Sacramento, 80; San Luis Obispo, .Ol;
San Francisco, .26. These reports show that
the entire northern section has been Wis
ited
The herald., 1898-12-15

names of the members Of the newly formed
"Visayan Republic" They are as follows:
- Lopez, President; Vicente Franco,
Vice. President; Ramon Aylenceno, Secre.
tary of State; Venacio Conception, Chan.
cellor Of the Exehequer; Jovita Tusay,
Chief Justice; Fernandino Salas, Depart
mental Secretary.
The liberal party consists of several noted
officers.
A proclamation issued by the Governor.
General salutes "the sovereignty Of the
Visayas," and expresses the hope that Gun
der Gods protection they win soon be a
free people under the shadow of the tri.
color banner and on the basis of the con.
stitution Of the Filipino republic"
The herald., 1898-12-15
A Congo Massacre

BRUSSELS, Dec 14-Advice received
here from the governor of the Upper Congo
confirms the news brought by the steamer
LeopolGville from Africa, which has ar
rived at Antwerp, that Belgian traders had
been killed and eaten by the natives of Up
per Ubanghi. TIL, governor adds that the
traders escort of thirty soldiers were also
and another detachment of forty
soldiers, in charge of white officers, who
we're proceeding to the assistance of the
traders, were surprised by the natives and
all were put to death
The herald., 1898-12-15
The Baldwin Inquest

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec l4.-The inquest
upon the victims, Of the Baldwin hotel fire
was he'd today. The investigation lasted
but short time, the jury returning YER
dict that J. l.. White died from conclusion
of the brain, following fail from the third
story of the hotel; Lewis Meyers died from
heart disease caused by the shock; that II
A. Prior, James NJ. Leithehd and John j.
Carter died from shock caused by burns
that an unknown woman was destroyed by
fire and that said deaths were accidental.
The herald., 1898-12-15
At Oakland

OAKLAND. Cal, Dec. l4-Alameda
county has been visited by light rainfall
during the past twelve hours. The rain
came in the nick of time in this county.
The farmers and business men are delighted
with the prospects and say that the storm
means great deal to the county The
fruit trees are now in fair shape after the
rain. The rainfall up to noon was AZ
The herald., 1898-12-15

valley for grass and vegetation and little
has been had. In some localities oak trees
have been cut down and the leaves fed to
cattle. Despite these measures and the
purchase of alfalfa, many cattle and sheep
have died from starvation. A heavy fall of
snow is also needed in the mountain fast.
nesses to supply water for irrigation pur-
poses during the coming spring and summer.
Irrigation bitches have been dry practically
since last spring. A much better feeling
prevails among all agricultural interests to-
day over the weather prospects.
The herald., 1898-12-15
At Sacramento

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Dec l4.-The rain
fail in this city last night amounted to half
an inch. Rain has been falling lightly to-
day. The rain is considered as a salvation,
as the earth had become parched by a long
siege of north winds. Farmers, orchardists
ard gardeners are jubliant over the down
pour. Crops will be greatly benefited. The
indications are good for another heavy rain.
The herald., 1898-12-15
Chavez Eeprieyed

SACRAMENTO. Dec. l4.-Covemor
Budd today received Manuel Ihaycs, con
1icted in San Diego in July, 1851, and sen
fenced to be hanged at San Quentin on Fri
day, the leth, TO April 18th Chaycs mur-
dcred Mrs. Gresoria RodIiguez, with whom
he had been living. Th> petition Tor com
mutation ontence re7cEcd the governor
only today, and he has rot had time to in.
vestigate the case, hence the repIieve,
The herald., 1898-12-15
The Trial Of Knaak

BERLIN, Dec, l4-The trial Of Frank
knaak, ci New York, charged with lese ma
-hcep.head, has been fixed for Decenher
20. lie j. in prison. bail having been ,e.
fused. and the United States being unable 10
interfere. The defense will prove that Mr.
kraak, On November q. the day on which
he is said to have spoken respectfully OF
His Majesty, was intoxicated, and when
sober he always poke respectfully Ct the
EmufrCr
The herald., 1898-12-15
The Brandes Murder

OAKLAND, Dec. 4.-Cumulative evil
dence that Lillian Brandes met death from
blows instead of by strangulation was pre-
sented today during the examination Of w.
A. Brandes. Drs. Shannon and Eastman
confirmed previous medical testimony on
this point. The defense may present no
evidence, reserving statement of their case
until the trial.
The herald., 1898-12-15
An Indian Riot

DENVER. Col, Dec. IA pccia to the
News from Santa lc, II. NJ, says Word
reached here today Of a riot at Taos night
before last during which Alfred Clifford
shot and killed Luciano Trujillo sheriff of
Taos county. Details are mcager. 1t is as
serted that politics and the lace issue We're
at the bottom OF the difiicultv.
The herald., 1898-12-15
-
Kinks Deputies

FRESNO, De. l4.-States 2chool Super
ntendent-elect I. J. Kirk viii appoint
.lQseph Woods, cN-coanty superintendent of
Monterey, as h chiel deputy. and Mrs. T.
:. Kirk as one Of the joui deputies in the
oAice. NJ. p. stone and Z. NJ Atkinson,
low IN the Sacramento office, will be re-
ned lcr awhile.
The herald., 1898-12-15
Eilipino Demands

taton here at the continued refusal Of the
Filipinos to release the Spanish prisoners
who are said to exceed ten thousand in mum.
Der. The insurgents are demanding that
the Spanish pay ransom Tor these prison.
ers out of the $50, 700 which they are
to receive according to the peace treaty.
The herald., 1898-12-15
At Pacific Grove

PACIFIC GROVE, Dec l4-The rain,
which began at midnight last night, con-
tinued until p IN. today The downpour
was at all times heavy and was occasionally
extraordinary. The precipitation was Is
iIchss in sixteen hours.
The herald., 1898-12-15
Gould Won't Talk

NEW YORK, Dec. l4.-The foregoing
dispatch was taken to the office of George
Could, president of the Missouri Pacific for
confirmation. Mr.. Gould refused to, be in
terviewed, sending word that he had moth
rg to ray on the subject ard knew nothing
about it.
The herald., 1898-12-15
The Chitose Crew

FORT TOWNSEND, Wash, Dec. a.
The Nippon Yusen Kaisha liner kinshiu
Maru arrived this evening from the Orient
with l9l japanese blue jackets adm officers
on their way to San francisco to man the
new Japanese cruiser Chitose, built in that
ctv
The herald., 1898-12-15
Judge Searles Improving

SAN GRANClSCO, Dec. l4.-Hon. Niles
Searles, ex-chief justice of the state supreme
court, and present supreme court comnis-
sioner, who has been so seriously i'll that his
life was despaired OF, is now reported to be
out of danger.
The herald., 1898-12-15
A RAILROAD DEAL
Which Gould Will Neither Confirm
Nor Denv

ST. LOUIS, Dec IA private message
from New York states that a deal by which
the Missouri Pacific railroad comes into the
possession CT tho Chicago and Alton has
lust been concluded there
The herald., 1898-12-15
Don't Like America

MADRID, Dec. l4-A mob of women at
Granada today, considering that the dis
covery of America was in their opinion the
stoned the statue Of Columbus there.
The herald., 1898-12-15
Antonio Terry Dead

NEW YORK, Dee. l4.-Dspatches re
ceived here today report the death at
Paris OF Antonio Terry. the Cuban million.
aire, who recently married Sybii Sandorson,
the California actress.
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III cola do Undated

NAN FRANCISCO, Dec. l+.-peter Nc.
Glade, the iefauting deputy of the city
street dcpartmcnt, who was arrested while
on his way to Mexico, has been indicted on
charge of forgery
The herald., 1898-12-15
Will Sing No More

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 14.--Frank Mo-
ran, one of the most widely known Ministries
in the country, died this afternoon at the
German hospital, aged 70 years.
The herald., 1898-12-15
To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Qu!n,ne Tablets. All
druggists refund the money IL 1t fails to
cure. 20c. The genuine has l.. B. Q. on
GA oh Ia hlet
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-01-20
Argus-Lssdsr.

Somebody is sending the editor a
copy Of "Good Health published at
Battle Creek, Mich. 1t is a great
magazine, in some respects, but il
makes a man retrospective and
gloomy. 1t tells US that the ace is
dying out, that we are dsgenerating
In morals, and stature, and vitality,
that we are all more or less insane
and that meat is rank poison, Will
through the whole magazine We
think we hear the soft tread of the
undertaken and the mournful tolling
of the funeral bell. 1t is full of
warning and microbes We wish
some one who is contemplating sui
eide would come and take this maya
zine away with him. So long as this
fearful magazine is about with its
somber warnings abo beef steak
and coffee, pancakes and doughnuts,
we shall have to give them all the
go-by and suusist on Postum Cereal,
granose, zwieback and prunes. But
what we wonder is, how the world
has got along these years, poisoning
itself with steaks, fried cakes, and
coffee before ssGood HEALTH burst
into bloom. But il somebody will
come and carry away this magazine,
we shall not insist on any answer to
this question.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-01-20

Bro. Milton OF the Redfield Journal
Observer has the finest correspondence
service Of any Of our exchanges.
The Sioux Valley News has started
out on its twenty-sixth year. Bro. Nash
has occapied the editorial chair Tor
twenty-one years, and always kept the
paper up to a high standard.
The Hipples have disposed OIL the
Parkston Advance TO u man by the
name of Eint7, who viii change it into
a democratic sheet.
C. B. Stewart OF the Artesian Chronicle
win fiji the place OF the Blade at Lsteher
by moving his plant tn that city.
The appointments of two OF the state
newspaper boys as p. Ms were made
last week Editors F. j. Cory OF the
Watertown Public Opinion, and John A.
Stanley OF the Hot Springs Star.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-01-20
Inter OCEAN.

Inter 0cean.
Harper's Weekly refers to PEN
sioners as "deserters," ''maligners,"
"bounty-jumpers,'' professional pa
t%riots," and ''perjurers." Does it
claim to know of a man in either
class +? Oh, no ; hal is not nee
essary for a certain class of patriots
that deal in wholesale SANDER and
avoid libel. Nobody will object to
cutting everything fraudulent from
the pension roll, but there ought tc
be a better way than to thus msiign
and abuse the soldiers who
saved the republic. Find your
frauds, il they are so thick, and stop
your abuse Of the men to whom you
owe a deEs of gratitude you a
never pay.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-01-20

There IS but one expression Of
sentiment as to the outcome Of the
senatorial fight in Ohic-satisfacrion
at the result which has returned
Mr.. Hanna to the senate. The will
OF Al overwhelmingly majority Of
the Ohio republicans finally prevail.
ed aid simple j%assiuv was done. Mr.
Hanna IS a strong man, an able man.
and he has fairly won the honor
which was at last accorded him. He
was endorsed almost unanimously
by the state. Nearly every repub-
i'c2n county convention endorsed
him, the state convention at Toledo
endorsed him, and he was thereby
made as much the r. publican candi-
dsee for senator as though the ell &C.
ton had been by popular vote. The
attempt to defeat him was an act
which il Is hard to justify from any
ctandpoint.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-01-20

1t will now be In order for Mr..
Bryan of Mexico to explain how it is
that 1897 proved to be the best
business year in the United States
witnessed by the present genera
ton. The explanation from Mr..
Bryan would be especially fitting
in view Of his statements during the
last campaign to the effect that free
coinage was the only means by
which this country could hope or
expect to attain any degree of pros
perity. II may be that Dir. Bryan
yet fails to see anything but signs of
temporary prosperity, but as he
has not said anything on this subject
for a couple of months, it is to be
presumed that he admits what the
rest of the United States has gladly
proclaimed. DE might obtain some
assistance from D1n's Review, a
generally accepted authority, which
shows that in failures 1897 was not
only the best year since 1892, but
on the whole the best ever definitely
known.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-01-20

Hon. A. c. Johnson of WATERFOWL,
the general manager of the Van
Dusen line of elevators, has. made a
study of the wheat business of this
state for a number of years, and is
an authority upos the matter. In a
recent issue of he Public Opinion,
Mr.. johnson has an interesting ar
ticle on the question of changing
seed wheat. He advises the securing
of seed from q country where the
change in soil and climate is strik-
ingly different than here, and is in
favor of Scotch fife raised north OF
US and of a pure variety, to sscure
yield and quality. According to
him, the seed now being used here
is poor in quality and mixed in
variety, requiring at least one-half
more seed per acre than a good,
clean healthy berry better results
will be obts:ned from one bnshel Of
pure SEED than one and one-half
bushels Of poor, and smut is largely
caused by a diseased germ. He says
the drill has come TO stay, and rec
ommends drilling in rows from east
to west to escape the damaging
winds from the south and southwest.
Mr.. Johnson thinks that with proper
care in the selection of good seed,
and by good farming, the yield can
be greatly increased, and the quality
greatly improved.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-01-20

''drag down" the Republican party.
There's a difference between drag
ging down and putting down. The
former process is carried on from a
lower level, the latter from a higher
elevation. As, for instance, the gov
eminent did not drag down the re-
bellion; it put it down. Yes, "drag'
is the word TO express what the So
called silver republicans are trying
to do.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-01-20
aberdeen News.

Aberdeen News.
Probably no a in the United
States would buckle on his sword
more eagerly in the cause of Cuban
freedom usas President William Me-
kinley, if he were a private citizen
and consulted only his private incIin-
alton. As president of the United
States, however, he has more to con
s'der than his own sentiments. and i
IN duty bound to keep within the
limits prescribed by interna tional
law. The president is doing all right
10 relation to Cuba, as time will tell.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-01-20
THE MAHNlMAH.
a wondsrfaa Parros Of Tnt:a which. n
Natives Claim, rhinkA

a wondsrf~a Parros Of Int:a which, this
Natives Claim. rhinkA
A little bird in town did a surprising
thing the other day, though that Is the
middle Of the story. The first OF the
story is that q who had lived
many years in India and who has . love
for all things Indian was walking along
the street and saw in the window OF n
bird store a green parrot with red spots
on its wings
That bird, she said TO herself,
''came from India. / will go in and
speak with it Perhaps is speaks the
v~ernacular."
Sc she went in and spoke TO Is In the
v~ernscular of India.
do you speak the language" she
aid 1t is the ommon question which
the people ask Of a parrot in the land
from which the bird came. Bnf Tie
creature made no answer. II stared e
Der with dull eyes and was not inter
ested. Still she persisted
"Come, " she said. Surely you cps a.
the language: What do ron want? Al,
you hungry? Is poor Polly lonesome
away OF here? Come, come, you speak
the language"
Still the bird made no answer, but
from away back in the dusk of the room
came q clear little bird voice in Hindoo-
seanee:
"I speak the language. I also, I speak
IT,"
The hirdseller did not notice the CRY.
Il Is merely the c~hattering Of o foolish
little bird to him. But the woman who
kved India said
Where 10 that bird?"
"It's back there - said the bird seller,
pointing 70 q remote coYner So the wo-
man went there, and in an old n & she
found . neglected looking mahnimah,
standing erect ON it's perch, all its feath.
es mfied, looking this way and that
- 1t quivered with exeitemens- This
bird Of all talking birds 10 the most
wonderfnl-nay, in India they main
sAin that 10 thinks IL learns, In fact,
the tongue Of the people. they say, and
does not speak by rote. but il converses.
At any rate the mahnimah cried:
IT speak the language. / speak it."
Here I am, brother" cried the wo.
man. II am n who speaks it too"
The bird fixed u sharp eye ON her.
"You are little" he said disdainful-
y, putting his head down in his feath.
srs to indicate how little she wa.
"You ara little, but / am large" and
then he stood erect with his head
tArown back and looked down ON her.
Il said other things, too, while the
bewildered bird seller stood BY and lis.
tened, astonished that the bird had anv
value or that any ono could understand
IT,
flow much Will you take for the
bird!" asked the
Twenty dollars" said the man.
The price had gone up in the last ten
minutes
Where did you get its''
"A sailor brought it here, and I bouobs
1t OF him. He had come from New York
and was going to San Francisco. Hs
sasd hs was tired Of Juggling it over the
country"
He must have come from some place
where there are LAscars."
II do mo- know. Will you take the
bird, ma ami"
5af the woman could lot afford thar.
90 she called back:
"Salaam. little brother"
'Saiaam," said the bird. -Chicsso
Chronicle.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-01-20

Secretary Wilson is a great be-
lever in the Investigation of farm
crnps, and has worked diligently
along on these lines. He has care
fully estimated that. including sugar,
this country pays annually to for
eigners in the neighborhood of $500,
100000 for farm products, most of
which We are capable of producing
ourselves.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-01-20

The silyerites are strairing ever
nerve TO keep their issue to the fore.
AT the meeting at Washington the
other day OF The free coinage leaders
sceonsolt as TO their best policy OF
&C -sea, all political parties were
represented. IL was a curious con
giotnerasion. Among those taking
an active part we're .Jollo ri Joaes.
senator from Nevada. a iEr a..r
rePuD'ss"H Senator AIlrn. pop.
f'e'n-Aebraska Henry NJ. Teller.
ths sv'ssor srssasor irem Colorado.
q lifelong repablicaa and pratee.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-01-20

The steamer Corona arrived at
Seattle Monday, bringing twenty
two Klondikers back with their rolls.
The amount of their Doodle is close
to the million dollar mark. One OF
the returning miners estimates the
winters output Of gold dust at be-
tween twelve and fifteen million
dollars.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-01-20

The United State. can no longer
occupy . tentative position in regard
TO Hawaii. The Hawaiin govern
ment hss offered itself freely to the
United States, and IL We do not ac-
ceps the islands we must reject them
IN which case some other govern
nent will step in and take posses
sion. II must be either one thing
OF the other The sentiment of the
great majority Of the people Of this
country is undoubtedly in favor of
annexation, and indications from
Washington point to an early rat
ification Of the presidents treaty.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-01-20

Public Opinion.

III Mark Hanna wins, no doubt
some of the popocrats will attribute
it to his barrel" But it is we'll
known that several Of the aspirants
in Ohio for Marks shoes have barrels
as large as Marks, and that they
won't hesitate TO use them any more
than would Mark.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-01-20

The mid winter meeting OF the
state press association will be held
at Sioux Falls February 1911. A
splendid program has been arranged
by the committee, and a good time
is assured all who attend.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-01-20

ZIONIST, but now subscribing all other
principles to free silver Senator
White Of California, a reguiar-line
democrat u own senator, Petit
grew Representative Bailey OF
Texas, democrat, and last but not
least important, Marcus Daley, the
millionaire silver-mine owner.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-01-20

The Official figures Of Great Brit
ain show, during 1897, . decrease of
nearly e20.oo0,O00 in their exporsa-
tions, and English authorities at
tribute il largely to the Dingley law
whice has shat out large quantities
of English goods from the United
States market. Decreased impor-
tasions of British goods signifies in
creased activities in Americas mills.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-01-20

Our exports of wheat to Europe
amounted to more than half of the
worlds total shipments, They
were. including floor, over 10000
600 bushels.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-01-20

We have received a copy of the
eighty-eight page mid winter num-
Der Of the Los Angeles Times,
which is a marvel Of newspaper
enterprise.