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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-12-12

ESTRAYED--From the premises of August
II Shandis % East Oak street, on the 9th inst,
"A red COW with white face and white mars 5
about the body. Finder will please return her to
the owner and receive reward. l2-7-6t
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-12-12

NOR SALE.--Several very valuable and desir-
II able vacant lots; also several houses,
which will be sold sngly or in blocks For
further information apply to s. A. Beddall,
Tamaqua Pa. l2-o-lm
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-12-12

A BARGAIN in Shenandoah, East Centre
n real estate Easy terms of payne Mt,
monthly, qua terly or semi.annuallv. $1,000 in
cash down. Old hotel or restaurant stand,
small store dwelling. Security Building ana
Saving Union, Scranton, Pa l2-9-2Ot-eod
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-12-12
WAX AND CUT FLOWERS.
SIS NARY E. JONES'
OF VIM. PENN.
Has opened "a new store at the
COR. TAIN and LLOYD SITS.
Shenandoah Pa.

For the sale OF wax and cut flowers Of all
designs of the latest styles at short notice and
reasonable prices. Also needle work of all
kinds and fancy work. We invite your patron
age.
The Portland daily press., 1898-10-17
SCHOOL ROOM DECORATION.

All those interested in the subject of
School Room decoration will be glad to
avail themselves Of the opportunity of
hearing Prof. Ward Ct Cambridge, who
is to speak Monday evening, at Assembly
Hall. Prof. Ward has had four years
Of graduate study in history and literature
in various American and German univer-
stiles, and Is now. professor OF literary and
art criticism in the Emerson School Of
Oratory, Boston. The lecturer is now
m UGH interested in the subject Of School
Room decoration, and has made careful
study of the pictures. best fitted for this
purpose He il an interesting speaker.
and all those who had the pleasure of
hearing him at the Brunswick Federation
meeting will bs glad to have the pleasure
again. Fine stereopticon pictures will be
shown, exhibiting various fine specimens
of classic art and it is said Prof. Ward
has very graphic way of bringing out
his subject The lecture will begin ut
D o'clock.
The Portland daily press., 1898-10-17

Boss Croker is not satisfied to control
the civil government Of Greater New
York and to reach out after the state gov
eminent, but he is now seeking to dFvate
the judiciary of the state. By his orders
Tammany has just refused to renominate
Judge DAILY. Democrat, and one of the
best judges on the bench, because the
Judge refused to appoint one Mike DAILY,
Tammsny heelsr, to olerkship In his
court. Judgs DAILY has now been nomi-
mated by the Republicans. and in accept
ing the nomination he pointed out the
issue that had been raised by Croker as
follows:
SIT is simply and solely q question
whether the freedom of the judicial office
is assailed. The judge who has done his
duty fearlessly and has been deaf to every
consideration but Justice, stands for an
immutable principle, and any nomina-
ton of candidates against him for the
purpose of defeating him, Is none the less
calculated to destroy the independence of
the Judiciary, and is q menace to the pub
lie safety"
Tt remains to be seen whether the peo-
pie of New York are ready to have their
courts bossed by Croker and put up
with that kind of justice when he becomes
head dispenser.
The Portland daily press., 1898-10-17

Either DR.. Seaman, who testified before
the war commission, has very bad MEM
ory or else he has been abominally
lied about. A few days ago the New
York Herald published what. purported
to be an interview with him In which he
unsparingly criticized the management
of the commissary and medical depart
ment at Santiago. 1t was claimed that
the interview WAS read to the Doctor
before 1t was printed, and that he gave full
permission for Its publication. In his
testimony before the commission DR.. Sea-
man fatty denied this, and claimed that
he had been grossly misrepresented. The
journal which printed the interview Is
not one Of the so-called yellow jour-
nals," and if this interview was Of the
"fake" variety the probability is that 1t
was imposed upon by some dishonest
correspondent. The fact, however, that
1t was clearly proved that DR.. seaman's
statement that the OLDHAM had received
nothing but travel rations was q mis-
take, raises the suspicion that that the
Doctor may have forgotten about his
newspaper interview, especially as he Is
very much worn by his services in the
army which were faithful and arduous.
The Portland daily press., 1898-10-17
TREASURER S REPORT.

TREASURER S REPORT.
Amount Received.
Personal contributions, $702. 46
Red, white and blue boxes. 1857
Maine towns, l2S. 90
Two benefits at Cape theatre, 51.50
From Portland clubs and societies, Al. 90
Total amount received, 81, 102. SO
Disbursements.
Cash sent DIR. O'Neil, $500. 10
Materials for work, 900. 50
Expended for sick soldiers in
homes, 2&s e 115. 30
pftais, es.17
Express bills, 1881
TeleQrams and sundries, 4.35
$944.57
Total amount received, Sl,lO2.S SO
Total amount expended, 944. 81
Balance. $15S.25
There are few unpaid bills that have
not been presented.
Respectfully submitted,
Mrs. Joseph 9. White, Treasurer.
The Portland daily press., 1898-10-17
REPORT OF CHAIRMAN OF THE
WORK COMMITTEE.

In response to the frsu request for SUP.
plies for the Volunteer Aid Association
contributions of sheets, pillow-siips.
shirts and hospital supplies of all kinda
rapidly accumulated, and the first box
for Chickamauga was soon in readiness.
There have been held thirty -one meetings
for work, the largest number present at
our meetings being 1876; fully 800 have
presented themselves. signifying willing
ness to assist and taking q large amount
of work to be done at their homes The
number of sheets made, donated and
bought is 430; shirts made and donated,
BAT; pillow slips, n; abdominal bands,
6S6: sick robes, 12. All these articles
have been distributed at Camp Thomas,
Camp Powers hospitals in our own city,
and for the use of other sick Maine
soldiers, these, besides large amount
of old linen, hundreds OF handkerchiefs,
1850 towels, rolled and sterilized bandages,
comfort bags, BOTTLES of vaseline and al
mond cream, cereals and delicacies The
chairman extends to her work and cut
ting committee her appreciation Of their
constant and arduous labor, and TO each
and every one who has rendered her such
valuable assistance.
ADELAIDE r. BOOTHBY,
Chairman Work Committee.
The Portland daily press., 1898-10-17

Condemnation of the governor Of ILL.,
pois for his conduct at Virden is not
equivalent to approval of the action of
the company in importing colored labor to
take the place of the strikers. One may
keep we'll within the bounds Of consisten-
cy and condemn both. Corporations owe
a, certain respect to the feelings and pref
udices of the community even If those
feelings and prejudices have not become
crystalized into law. But governors OF
states are not elected to enforce feelings
and prejudioes, but laws. Nothing could
be more dangerous to q commonwealth
than the assumption of such power on
the pa rt of the executive. There would
be no check upon him whatever, and he
would become despot besides whom tbs
Gar of Russia would pale into impotence.
he same kind of reasoning that led Gov.
Tanner to refuse to take any measures to
protect the imported laborers could be
resied upon just as surely to lead him to
refuse to protect laboring men who
were not organized into union. There
is q good deal of prejudice and i'll feeling
toward them, and he could very piaus-
IDLY say that public sentimeTt was OPP
posed to. the state throwing its protec-
The Portland daily press., 1898-10-17
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

The following transfers of real estate
have been recorded:
William Leavitt of Bridgton to Joseph
F. Leavitt of Naples, for $500, land at
Naples.
Lewis P. Crockett and Charles H.
Young, both of Naples, to WILDER f.
Leavitt of Naples, land in Naples.
George B. Ihurston of Scarboro to the
Methodist Episcopal church at West Scar
poro, land at Dunston Corner, Scar boro.
Charles e. Judkins and Arthur Wake
field of Lisbon, tol Charity A. Houghton
of Springfield. Mass, land at Orr's is
land.
Arthur Wakefield yof Lisbon ITO Charity
A. Houghton of Springfield. Mass, land
at Orr island.
Methodist Episcopal church of West
Scarboro to George W. Knight Of Scar
boro, for $3.50, land and buildings at Scar
boro.
Elizabeth A. O'Donahue of Portland
to Mary Logue of Portland, land and
buildings in Portland, corner Of Win
throp and Everett streets.
The Portland daily press., 1898-10-17
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AND
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THE PRESS.
MONDAY. OCTOBER II.
Reports that come from Paris about t

Reports that come from Paris about the
proceedings of the peace commission are
so conflicting that one can get little idea
from them of what is actually taking
place. The comments Of Spanish papers
which, perhaps, get their Information
from the government. would seem to
show that the American commissioners
had made some sort of demand in re-
gard to the Philippines, though what it
ia further than that 1t is of a character
not satisfactory to the Spaniards. is not
stated. 1t may be demand simply for
Luzon: with some guarantees as to the
government Of the other islands or 1T
may be a demand for 1-thes whole group.
Either demand would be likely to be re-
gar ed as unsstisfaoto ~ BY the Span
iarQS.
The Portland daily press., 1898-10-17

tlon around them. If we could get
governor endowed with perfect wisdom,
perfect honesty, perfect Judgment. and
perfect Observation-Disclosures 1t would be wise
for the state to abandon Legislatures.
burn up the statute book and trust to
him to make and enforce all the laws.
But such being will not lkely to be
forthcoming until We get much near the
millennium, and so we must continue to
make laws and insist that. governors as
we'll rs other people shall obey them.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-04-07

manding officers say they would rather
take their chances on an open bridge
than to occupy one of the alleged Com
ming towers"
The smoke pipe passes up through
the center of the tower and receives
protection from 1t. The smokepipe is
utilized as mast, and carries the usual
fighting top and signal yard. The top
OF the smoke pipe is 100 feet above the
water line. and as the fighting top Is
fifteen feet below the smoke outlet, the
men at the top guns ought not to suffer
any discomfort from smoke. The bar
bettes and coming tower rest on the
main deck. which Is two inches thick.
The side armor Is continuous and has q
mean thickness of twenty inches. twen-
ty-four inches amidships. tapering to
sixteen inches at the ends. The depth
Of side armor is six and one-half feet.
The thickness Of armor on turrets. bar
bettes. and coming tower Is twenty
inches.
The length of the vessel on water
line Is 800 feet: beam. seventy feet;
draught forward and aft. twenty and
one-half feet; displacement, about s.
600 tons; twin screw; indicated horse
power. 5000; speed. about thirteen and
one-half knots per hour: coal capacity.
500 tons: main battery. four twelve
inch and six four-inch guns; secondary
battery. six six-pounder rapid-fring
guns and two thirty-seven nm. Hotch-
kiss revolving cannon.
The sketch represents the ship clear
ed for action. the boats at other times
being stored on the superstructure. The
presence of superstructure amidships
adds much to the comfort Of a moni-
tors crew and does not increase her
size us target. as bridges and other
gear would incumber the space between
the turrets and give the enemy as good
a mark as does a superstructure. This
point Is illustrated by n comparison OF
the Minantonomah and the Amphitrite.
the former having no superstructure.
The model Of this design is necessarily
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-04-07
Danger of Another rr.,rh, War.

. Denver. April 2.-The prospects are
very favorable for another freight war
between the all.rail and rail and wat.
er lines running into Colorado. The
rail nnd water lines accuse the all.rnil
lines OF cutting rates, and they say
thnt III the Interstate Commerce Com.
mission does not put stop to the rate.
cutting they will commence to Gu,
themselves.
1t has been an open secret for some
time that the all.rail lines were grant.
Ing reduced, rates. While the freIyh,
men admit there Is n quiet cutting OF
rates going on they dIsclnim any
knowledge concerning details, except
to say that the Interstate commerce
laws governing that business are being
violated.
The cutting going on is In that ter
ritory involved In the freight fight of
last fall when the water lines insisted
on maintaining their difrerential over
the nll-rail lines. The water lines
won the fight. While the differentlai
was lowered on some classes It was
raised on others. the general average
remaining almost the same.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-04-07
THE NUMBER OF CATTLE.
Contrad ctory Opinions Expressed ON tho
subject.

Contrad' ctory Opinion. Expressed ON tho
subject.
There Is wide difference OF opinion
among the stock men regarding the
number OF cattle In the country. says
| the Denver Republican. Some state
| that cattle are now very scarce. nc
counting for the high prices. and they
will be scarcer and prices will go
higher. while others claim that. cattle
are not scarce and the farmers OF Ne.
braska and Kansas have raised such
bountiful crops that they can afford
to keep great many head OF cattle
on feed and are consequently buying
| large herds.
1t is recognized by all cattle men
that the class Of cattle coming into the
markets today is much smaller than
the cattle that came In five md six
years ago. the cattle being from 200
to 300 pounds lighter. This fact, tax.
en- together with the claim that there
Is scarcity OF cattle. IL looked upop
by the bulls to he certain evidence that
the price OF cattle will go very mucl,
higher than II Is now. Almost every
cattle man bringing In cattle from tho
West nfiirms that that load is posi-
lively the last load that will come
from the West this year and that II
would he impossible TO make up n
train load II the country was gone over
with line comb. But the cattle con
tinuc TO come and each load appears
10 De better than the previous londs,
There IL undoubtedly scarcity of cat.
tic In the West hut the scarcity doe.
not appear to be ns great as the cattle
men think II to bc.
Tbs government report of the live
STOCK IN the country shows that there
mas been nm enormous decrease in tho
number of live stock of all classes OK
ccpt sheep. and these show n decided
increnhc. This report shows the num-
her of hogs In the country to he 10.
100000. decrease of $4,000. The
number of cattle shows n large do
crense over previous years. The mum.
ber reported IL 1.T15.OOO head less than
the average for the twenty-thrce years
previous to this year. There are H.
10000 mich cows, which shows n de.
crease for the year of IOO.O.,. The to.
tai of oxen and other cattle In tho
country is 29.2G4.OOO. which is a dc.
crease of 1,2Ii.OOO.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-04-07
PIGEONS AS LIFE SAVERS.
Captain Renaud of the steamer La Brc
tagno Makes nn Experiment.,


tagno Makes nn Experiment.
Smansea. April 1.-The British
steamer Challerton from Port NoIlotl,
for Swansea, which has Just arrived
here. reports that when about 25O
miles south Of the Scllly islands a car
Tier pigeon boarded her and the follow.
Ing message was found attached to the
bird:
march %. 8 n. m.-An English sail.
Ing vessel has been succored by LII
Bretange: delay probable.
CAPTAIN RENAUD."
The following was also appended TO
The carrier pigeon:
Saved the crew OF the Bothnia.
Three of that crew killed"
The Bothnia referred to by Captain
Ieenaud is probably the British bark
Bothnia. reported from Plymouth to-
day as having passed the Lizard In tow
OF the German steamer Castillo.
When In Bretagne left Havre on
Saturday last she had OH board 100
carrier pigeons shipped with the view
OF testing the possibility Of establish.
Ing communication with the shore in
case OF accident. 1t was added that
II the experiment proved successful all
steamers Of the French line would cas
ry hOmins pigeons.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-04-07
Texan. rlsh. ON tn. street.

Dallas, Teyas. April "a special to
the News from Waco. Texas, says:
In the midst Of busy preparations for
city election meetings. while bands
We're playing and scattering handbills
from their decorated vans, calling the
people together. w. G. Brann, editor
OF the 1conoclast. and Captain NJ, T..
Davis met and fought revolver duel
to the death. The combatants met lust
nt u o'clock yesterday afternoon, on
South Fourth street. In front of the
Cotton Belt ticket office, and after ex-
changing few words. both began
cmptying their rcvolvers into each
others bodies.
When the battle was over, Brann
was found to be perforated in the left
lung. the left leg and the right foot:
Davis was shot through the right lung
and through both of his arms.
The difficulty between the two men
grew out Of the Brann- Baylor feud OF
last year.
Brann died early this morning and
Davis Is sinking.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-04-07
vNcoMPAAoaE RESERVATION.
A Number of Men Said to Have Gone In
and Took up Lands.

A Number of Men Said to Have Gone In
and Took up Lands.
Salt Lake, Utah, April "a special
to the Tribune from Fort Duchesne,
Utah, says:
Yesterday morning the post was
crowded with men anxious to know II
the Uncompahgre reservation would
be thrown open. When the truth of
the situation began to dawn upon the
crowd there was a rush to hitch up
teams, and in n short time they were
on the road hoping to gain possession
of the few acres Of good agricultural
land along Green river and the gold
and copper bOnanzas along the west
ern edge of the reservation.
No precautions had been taken to
circumvent ''sooners." Neither the
Indians nor the post commander had
been apprised that the opening would
occur. To-day the cat was let out of
the bag. While everyone was indulg-
Ing in talk that the time for opening
would be extended six months the
moneyed interest was at work. Brief
ly stated. the play was to gain posses
sion of the gilsonite veins, which
seems to have resulted that the st.
Louis corporation practically controls
the whole available gilsonite product
OF America. They worked through the
men, mostly citizens of Vernal, who
took claims In good faith over ten
years ago.
1t is claimed by the best legal talent
that these claims now hold good un-
der the general mining laws.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-04-07

line. the st. Louis. the st. Paul. tns
New York and the Paris. are the largest
ships OF the number. and besides these
there are the steamships of the New
York and Cuba Steamship company.
and the Mallory, Morgan. Red D and
Panama lines. All Of these vessels
could be fitted out and prepared for
duty in q very short time. They would
be supplied with guns of the briggs
Schroeder and Hotchkiss pattern,
which are designed to throw a large
number Of small projectiles with great
rapidity. Naval officers do not be-
lieve that all the available merchant
steamships would be called upon to do
duty as commerce destroyers. They
believe that half dozen of the fastest
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-04-07
Could he Fltted for Action.

Attention has been attracted to the
merchant steamships that are classed
as auxiliary cruisers to the navy, and
which could be fitted out in n short
time so as to serve most effectively as
commerce destroyers or as speedy
transports for the handling OF troops.
The available steamships that could be
utilized by the government would con-
stitute big fleet. and experts believe
that 1t would prove Of great service
in the event of war with any country.
The four big steamers OF the American
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-04-07
HAWAII A BASE OF SUPPLIES.
Il Will Bs Made Such In Case of . War En-.
suing with spain.

suing with spain.
Honolulu, March "a. via San Fran.
cisco. April 2.-The United States ship
Mohican arrived on the 10th. nine days
from San Francisco. She brought am.
munition and supplies for the United
States ship Baltimore. which will leave
for Hong Kong early tomorrow.
A telegram received direct from
Washington on the 10th says TINT In
the event Of war with Spain the neu.
trality of these islands will not be
kept, but that they will mt once ,,c
made a depot for naval supplies for
the United States.
A lengthy dispatch was received
by the Hawaiian government on the
snme date from Minister Hatch, Mt
Washington. 1t gives practically the
newspaper accounts OF delay with the
treaty on account OF the Maine disas.
ter. The minister mentions that one
or the assumptions of the situation is
that In cnse OF war these Islands would
be made n base OF supplies by the
United States fleets operating In the
Pacific.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-04-07

very full. otherwise the enormous ar
NOR weights could not be borne. The
absence of eight-inch guns means u
sacrifice of offensive power. but there
is corresponding gain in armor pro-
lection and in general simplicity. The
ship can be commanded by one man
and handled by small crew. The de-
signer believes that this ship. although
costing not over two thirds as much as
the Indiana and being much cheaper to
maintain, would be more than match
for the pride of the Hoosier state.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-04-07

spoken OF. sir: 1t is serious, sad
affair. l have two graves in Virginia,
one in Tennessee and three in Ken
lucky. and but for war the men who
fill them would be living yeti" Your
sons. colonel?" asked the listener, in
an awed voice. The colonel tossed off
his toddy neat, and stroking his gray
beard said: No, sir; my substitutes;
the brave men who fought, bled and
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-04-07
DESIGNED TO FIGHT.

her speed in a head sea. which is who'll
iy impracticable with the ordinary
monitor. although a sea abeam has but
little effect on the speed Of this pc
culiar craft. For about two-thirds of
Its length the design presents a free
board Of only thirty inches. which may
be considered the monitor standard.
The freeboard at the bow is ten feet.
The twelve-inch guns are well located
for sea work, being eighteen feet above
the water line. The turrets are housed
In barbettcs. The height of each bar
bette above the deck is twelve and one