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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-05-26
Farm and Garden Notes.

Wood ashes are one of the best fer
berries, blackberries, etc.
Cultivate thoroughly, thin severely,
fertilize abundantly, and you will
come out in the right place.
Destroy currant worms by sprink-
ling leaves with hellebore powder, a
tablespoonful to pail of water.
Straw berries require abundant sup
ply of moisture during the growing
and fruiting seasons. Cultivate after
rains, or mulch to prevent escape of
moisture.
Stale bakers bread if not moldy,
makes an excellent chicken food, soak ed
in milk and then squeezed out pretty
dry Only soak what is needed for q
meal ut one time.
Don't forget to dust the hen well
with insect powder before giving her
the eggs, and again before she matches.
There is nothing that will sap the
chicks vitality quicker than lice.
After the chicks get three weeks old
WHeub uuu cTdch6u COTu InuN DC given
once or twice day. Feed twice as
much wheat as corn on clean board
and only what the chicks will clean
up in five minutes.
Appletree grubs should be cut out
with knife or crushed with wire.
To prevent their ravages apply in
May or early June and twice later, at
intervals of three weeks, strong So
luton of soft soap to which has been
added 10 drops crude csrbolic acid to
a pint. This prevents the beetles
from laying the eggs from which the
grubs hatch.
The plum curculio should be Jared
from the tree by sharp rap with a
mallet in the morning when he is
sluggish. Wind one layer of carpet
ing around a block, place it against
the trunk and hit it SO as not to in
jure the bark. To catch them spread
sheet on frame with slit from one
side to the centre and mount on
wheels. 1t may then be so placed %
to entirely encircle the traA
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-05-26
Origin of Infantry.

The term infantry" soldiers origi-
dated with the Spanish, and was first
applied TO the military force employed
by an infante, or young prince of
Spain, to rescue his father from the
Moors.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-05-26
IL authorities

LII authorities
agree that the
Philippine ISL
ands constitute
o n e of t b e
greatest archi-
pelagoes of the
world. They lie
in the north
tropic zone and
s separate t 9 the
South China Sea
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-05-26

on the west and the Pacific Ocean on
the east. The eastern shore of the prin-
cipal island is about 600 miles east of
Hong Kong; it is the largest and most
northern great island of the group-a
group which, extending from five de-
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-05-26

Select such land as Was sown in
peas or some cultivated crop last year.
Poor land with liberal covering of
stable manure and all the phosphate
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-05-26

grees to twenty degrees north latitude,
and over longitude of ten degrees to
III degrees east of Greenwich, covers
a north and south line of 1850 miles,
and an east and west line of about 700
miles.
Tt is estimated that this group COM
prises 400 islands, of which by far
the larger part are mere islets. They
are of coral and volcanic formation,
the latter often having tremendous
eruptions. The largest of them are
Luzon, on the north, of nearly Al, 900
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-05-26

There are forty varieties of the to-
bacco plant.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-05-26

Manila and America had been left free,
was interrupted and at times almost
completely stopped by absurd restric-
tions devised to secure to Spain q
monopoly of the American trade. For
The herald., 1898-05-29
FORGED BONDS
Used as Collateral for Bank Loan in
New York


NEW YORK, May 2S.-The case Of the
Clinton National Bank of Connecticut
against the National Park Bank Of New
York, just decided in the New York Su-
preme Court, is of special interest to out
Of town banks. 1t sppsars that in July,
1893, the Clinton Bank agreed to loan
Quigley & Tuttle, New York firm, 5000
upon its demand notes secured by seven
$1,000 bonds. oa Davenport City, Iowa, and
wrote to the National Park Bank, its
agents and correspondents in New York,
requesting 1t to deliver the plaintiffs
check of $4,000 to Quigley & Tuttle, and on
receiving their note with the collateral
TO send the note to the Clinton National
Bank and hold the collateral subject to its
order.
Quigley & Tuttle thereupon presented
to the loan clerk of the Park Bank their
demand note for $4,000 and what pur-
ported to be seven $1,000 bonds Of Daven-
port City. Iowa, and received in return
the plaintiffs check for $4,000. The Park
Bank deposited the bonds in its safe and
sent the note to the plaintiff s requested.
Everything seemed to be right until jan
uary 1895, when an account appeared in
the newspapers that Quigley & Tuttle
had been charged with depositing forged
bonds on other transactions and had
failed in business. The officers of the
Clinton Bank then came to New York to
investigate the character of the Daven-
port City bonds taken by the Park Bank
as collateral and these were discovered
to be forged. The Clinton Bank there
upon sued the Park National Bank in the
New York Supreme Court to recover the
loss The jury found for the defendant.
The herald., 1898-05-29
Boston Cycling
A FAMILY ROW
The Old Mans Darling Proved Very
Faithful

MARYSvILLE, CAL, May 2S.-As cul-
mination to family row. p w. Bartle. an
old and prominent resident of Yuba county,
shot and killed Frank Stalker at the Bartle
ranch today. Stalker, who was married to
an adopted daughter of Bartle, resented
Bartles recent marriage to young woman
many years his Junior, and had made
threats against the old gentlemamns life.
1t is charged that Stalker, calling at the
Barte ranch, threatened to kill the entire
family. Bartle defended himself vigorously.
but seeing that he was being worsted by
his younger antagonist, Mrs. Bartle
brought her husband his rifle, when he
fired the fatal shot. Bartle then surren-
dered himself to the sheriff, claiming self
defense.
The herald., 1898-05-29
Circumstantial Evidence

SAN FRANCISCO. May 2S.-The supreme
court today ruled upon peculiar question
of evidence. Louis ]. Searcy was convicted
in San Bernardino county on circumstan-
tal evidence of numbering a man on the
Mojave desert. One of the points presented
upon which the defendant relied for re-
versal was that presented by witness who
testified that he had taken the shoes of the
defendant and made impressions with them
in box of sand having placed the shoes
on his own feet, and that the impression
was exactly like those he had seen at the
place of the homicide He also stated that
the sand was of the same general charac-
teristics of hardness and compactness as
that at the place of the homicide The su-
preme court holds this evidence admissa BILE,
saying 1t was an indirect, but "entirely sat
isfactory and legal way of proving a very
material link in the chain of circumstances
connecting the defendant with the murder"
The herald., 1898-05-29
NEW GENERALS
Record Of the Men Appointed to Com
mand

WASHINGTON. May 2s.-Hon. M. G.
Butler, who was today nominated by the
president to be major-general in the army
is ex-senator Butler of South Carolina. He
served during the war of the rebellion in
the Confederate army and afterwards was
prominently identified with the stirring
events that marked the reconstruction
period in the south.
Hon. w. c. Oates of Alabama, who was
today appointed brigadier-general was also
a Confederate officer. He was for many
years member of congress from Alebama
and has since been governor of his state.
He is a one-armed man, as Senator Butler
Is one-legged.
Mr.. Cole, who was also nominated for a
brigadier-general, is a prominent business
man of st. Louis. He was an officer of the
Union army during the civil war and is an
ex-member of congress.
Mr. Waties, the remaining brigadier-
general named today, is young business
man in Houston, Texas.
The herald., 1898-05-29
Charged With Extortion

SAN FRANCISCO, May 2S-The prelim-
mary examination of Myron H. Azhderian,
Mrs. Elsie Williams and Mrs. Grace Loose,
charged with having extorted $4,000 from
w. A. Nevills upon the threat to expose
his relations with Mrs. Williams, was re-
sumed today before Police Judge Joa-
chmsen. The complaining witness was
placed on the stand for further cross exam
nation. He was shown several letters
which the defense claims were written
by him to Elsie Williams, and asked to
identify the handwriting. Nevills refused
to swear that any of the letters had been
written by him. as so many forgeries of his
handwriting were extant that he could not
say to a certainty that he had written the
letters. The case was then continued until
next Friday.
The herald., 1898-05-29
CARELESS CARPENTRY
Gives a Thousand Babies a Terrible
Tumble

DENVER, May 2S.-A serious accident
occurred at o'clock this afternoon at City
Park. by which nearly hundred children,
ranging in age from mere babies to 12 or
IA years. were more or less injured. tenn
porary grand stand had been erected for
Memorial day exercises, and on this 1900
children had been gathered for rehearsal.
Suddenly large section of the stand gave
way, carrying it's load of little ones to the
ground, in some instances a distance of
thirty feet. Many were caught between
the falling timbers. and about forty were
severely hurt, while scores were painfully
bruised. Twenty of the most seriously in
jured were taken to st. Luke's hospital
while the others were conveyed to their
homes. in all parts of the city. 1t is not
believed that any ia atalities will result from
the accident.
The herald., 1898-05-29
SPANISH SHIPS
Rouse Fears for the Safety Of the
Eagle

KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 2S.-11 a. m.-
The American auxiliary cruiser Harvard
while steaming at full speed from Port
Royal, was boarded by pilot twenty miles
out at this morning. After stopping
few minutes at Port Royal, the cruiser
proceeded to this port. Captain Cotton re-
ceived the correspondent of the Associated
Press on board. He said the Harvard left
Mole st. Nicholas on Thursday, came down
the Windward passage, sighted the Cuban
coast, and Joined the American squadron
at Santiago de Cuba. AS she was short
of coal and water. she sailed for Kingston,
bringing Clerk Proval, of the consulate
here, who, on the Associated Press dispatch
boat Dandy carried dispatches to the fleet
from Port Maria on Thursday.
$50 p. ma dispatch from Port An
tonic says the lookout on H. M. s. Indefati-
gable, which is in that port, reported see
Ing three vessels, which he thought were
Spanish warships, several miles off the
coast, steaming in a westerly direction.
This announcement has caused Americans
here to feel concerned for the safety of
the United States gunboat Eagle, now in
port.
The herald., 1898-05-29
Men From Montana

IhlS is great DooH ~ lue troopS' LUZ - lis
five miles from their camp to the center
of the city over some steep hills.
Men From Montana
SAN FRANCISCO, May 2S.-The First
regiemnt of Montana volunteers, number
ing 1890 men, under command of Colonel
Kessler, arrived here this morning.
They were given the same hearty re-
ception that awaited the volunteers from
other safes that have preceded them, and
the Montana boys showed their apprecia-
ton of the little kindnesses shown them
in he same hearty manner. The men gave
cheer for cheer as they marched off the
ferry boat, and afr they had been break
tasted by the ladies of the Red Cross and
given bouquets of California flowers they
were lined up for the march to their camp
ing ground at Fort Richmond. All along
the line of march they were greeted with
cheers and other demonstrations of well
come, and as they marched along the peo-
pie on the sidewalks presented them with
California oranges and flowers.
The Montana men are as sturdy a lot
as has entered the city, but they are sadly
lacking in equipment. Many of them are
without overcoats and their shoes are in a
terrible condition. They also need arms
and ammunition. They are not far behind
other regiments in this respect however,
and as General Merritt has taken up the
matter of equipment, the men will soon be
comfortably clothed and equipped for SER
vice.
Many of the soldiers camped at Fort
Richmond are greatly in need of proper
clothing, and owing to system of red
tape or from some other cause, the au-
thorities here seem unable to cope with
the situation. There has been much suffer-
ing among the men. but few complaints are
heard. Private enterprise has undertaken
to remedy the deficiencies of the commits
sary department, and were 1t not for the
contributions of food made by the Red
Cross society and others there would be
|real suffering in more than one Of the
camps at Fort Richmond. The Kansas
the government than any of the others,
and were it not for public donations many
of them would be walking around without
shoes, socks or underclothing and other
necessaries. 1t is generally understood
that General Merritt will issue orders to
have all the volunteers fully equipped at
once, and that if the government cannot
suppl ythe necessary outfits that private
concerns will be called upon.
Governor Budd has been asked by the
treasury department at Washington If he
can supply 1915 men necessary to fill the
The herald., 1898-05-29
REED HAS REASONS
For Opposing the Annexation of the
Hawaiian Islands

CHICAGO, May 2S-A special to the
News from Washington says:
Speaker Reed is using the following argu-
ment as his reason for opposing the annex
alton of Hawaii:
An annexation resolution cannot pass
Congress. An attempt will result in de-
hate that will be academic and dilatory.
This discussion will be acrimonious and
profitless. 1t will prolong Congress IN
definitely and keep the members here when
they should be home looking after their
campaigns. The debate would inject into
the Congressional contests an issue that
is wholly foreign to their merits and could
only result in confusion. The debate would
have a bad effect on the country and the
party.
The herald., 1898-05-29

volunteer organizations from this state
and through Adjutant General Merritt has
replied that he can furnish more than the
number required and all fully equipped.
No orders to prepare to break camp have
been received by any of the regiments and
the statements of what commands shall be
assigned to the next transports are founded
upon speculation but it seems certain that
the four troops of the United States cavalry
will be among the luck ones chosen to
embark on the next fleet of Manila bound
transports. They will take their own horses
and when forty additional members of the
cavalry arrive from Chicago tomorrow
morning it will bring troops up to the re-
quired strength of 100 each The men are
fully equipped for active service.
The work on the transports now here is
being rushed, but the Centennial and the
Ohio will not be here for some DAYS vet.
but as they were built for the Klondike
trade and capable of carrying from 500 TO
1000 men, they will need very little altera-
ton.
Donning War Paint
MARE ISLAND NAVY YARD, May 2S.-
The United States ship Monadnock has
been painted the war color and the United
States collier Brutus is now being similarly
treated. A force of shipwrights is also
at work on the Brutus preparing for the
foundations for the gun mounts and tow
ing bits, while machinists are overhauling
the small valves of the main engines
The equipment riggers are constructing
towing bride" for the Monterey of AZ. :
inch wire cable. 1t will be 800 feet long and
goes half way around the ship, being made
fast to the forward and amidships bits.
II has pelican hook, which can be made to
release the ship from the tow line in an in
slant should heavy weather or the presence
of hostile ship necessitate The Monterey
will go to Honolulu under her own steam
and then take a tow from the Brutus the
rest of the distance. The towing hawsers
of pinch Manila and 72O feet long were
delivered to the navy yard this evening.
Officers Assigned
. WASHINGTON. May 2S.-Brigadier q
Generals Charles o. King, f. ". .
. Greene and Harrison Gray Otis were .
. ordered today to report to Major q
. General Merritt, commanding the De- .
. partment of the Pacific, for assign .
. ment to dury with the expedition to .
. the Philippines.
The herald., 1898-05-29
The National Guard

SAN FRANCISCO, May est is expect
ed that an order will be issued early next
week for the reorganization of the National
guard of California. An lopinion Of the
present legal status of the guard has been
asked Of Attorney General Fitzgerald and
Col. ]. ]. Dwyer. Judge advocate on the
division staff, and 1t is believed they will
reply that the only way of reorganization
will be to simply recruit the guard to the
desired strength. More than 1000 will be
needed, provided the Second and Fifth reg
iments 60 into the volunteer service.
The herald., 1898-05-29
Ordered to Vacate

PHILADELPHIA, May 2s.-A. 8. Risene-
hauer chief Of the bureau Of city property,
today sent letter to Alfred H. Love- pres
ident of the Universal Peace union, re-
questing the union to vacate by May 80
the room 1t now occupies In Independence
hall. This request Is the outcome of the
letter written by President Love to Senior
Sagasta and the queen regent of Spain.
The herald., 1898-05-29
COLLEGE ATHLETES
Make New Records in Nine Several
Events

NEW YORK, May 2S.-The Twenty-third
annual meeting of the Intercolle giate asso-
citation was brought to most successful
conclusion this afternoon at Berkeley oval
and the athletes from the University Of
Pennsylvania duplicated their success Of
last year by carrying off the championship
honors with score of 5C% out of possible
154 points.
The Princeton Tigers scored rs points;
Harvard third, with 25 SIS, and Yale fourth,
with a score of % 2-3, and Syracuse led the
remainder with nine points.
Eight intercollegiate records and one
worlds record were excelled. To the
credit of Pennsylvania five of the new rec
ords must be placed. McCracken, the
heavy man, accomplished wonders with a
l6-pound hammer, as we'll as the shot, and
established new intercollegiate records in
both trials. Kraenzlin of Pennsylvania
smashed the records in the high and low
hurdle races, and in the latter event Gre
ated, a new worlds record, winning by
seven yards from Bremen of Harvard, who
three years ago established a worlds rec
ord in the same event Of "a 3-5 seconds. To-
day Bremen ran second to Kraenzlin, who
clipped one second off the record.
Preinzstein of Syracuse and Remington
of Pennsylvania, In the broad jump, sur
passed all previous intercollegiate figures,
and the winner, Preinzstein, almost equalled
the worlds record, made three years ago
by Rosengrave at Sydney Australia, being
only one-eighth of an inch behind the Aus
tralian record, and his jump today beats all
English and American records.
Fetterman of Pennsylvania walked away
from the field of competitors in the one
mile walk, which he won by over fifty
yards in 6:45 2-5, beating the intercollegiate
record by 7 2-5 seconds. New figures were
made at pole vault!ng by Clapp of Yale
and Hoyt of Harvard, each of whom cleared
the bar at II feet AS inches, beating the old
record by half an inch.
Board Track Records
BOSTON, May 2S.-At Charles River
park this afternoon Nugent brothers and
Merrill of Gloucester lowered the one-mile
triplet record of 1855 fiat, cutting off four
seconds.
Tom Cooper won the one-third mile ma
tional championship in "A 2-5. Arthur
Gardner, DR.. A. I. Brown and Paul Bou-
rette, the Frenchman, finished in the order
named.
Boston Cycling
WASHINGTON, May ga new worlds
record was established, and another broken
this afternoon on the new board track Of
the Park Cycle club. Lee Counselman won
the ten-mile match against Bayard Wrenn,
making the distance from a standing start
In 2O:21, thereby establishing worlds am
ateur record, the previous record being
23:O4 4-5. In the two-thirds mile handicap,
standing start, w. T. Wilson (scratch)
broke the worlds record going the distance
in 1:21--four seconds better than the pre-
vious time.
The herald., 1898-05-29
A Slender Clew

FRESNO, May 28.-A sack containing
q possible clew to the Cross Creek train
robbers has been found under a culverr
on the Centerville road. In it were eight
money bags. Each ripped open and
marked rs. P. r. R." Several articles of
clothing and a number of railroad pay
slips were also in the large sack The
officers will endeavor to learn il any of
the clothing was ever worn by Walter
Lowe, now in Jail at Visalia, accused of
the crime,
The herald., 1898-05-29
A SQUADRON Sighted

y PORT AU PRINCE, May 2s.-Ad- y
j. vices received here from Monte Cristo, j.
i on the coast of San Domingo. say \
4 that a Spanish squadron has been +
y sighted near there. 1t is believed to i
i be Admiral Cervera's fleet making it's \
\ way to Porto Rico. This dispatch, \
/ however lacks confirmation. j.
The herald., 1898-05-29
Papal Mediation

LONDON, May 2S.-According to a dis
patch from Rome to the Sunday Special,
the Spanish ambassador visits the pope
daily. The pope, in conjunction with the
French government, will, 1t is said, en-
deavor to mediate between the United
States and Spain
The herald., 1898-05-29

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The herald., 1898-05-29
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The herald., 1898-05-29
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The herald., 1898-05-29

Tired of Tronhle

OAKESDALE, WASH, May 2S.-W. II.
Coolidge went into the residence of his
father-in-law today, lay down on bed and
shot himself through the heart. Financial
The herald., 1898-05-29

The latest linen collar has pointed tab
ends standing up at the back and turn
over finish in front which folds down over
the cravat.
The herald., 1898-05-29
Baker IrOnWOrks
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The herald., 1898-05-29

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The herald., 1898-05-29
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five miles from their camp to the center
of the city over some steep hills.