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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-02-09

EARTHQUAKES PLAY HAVOC.

In Asia Minor 1000 Persons Rendered
Homeless and To Killed or Injured.
Constantinople, Feb S.-Barthquake
shocks continue to be felt at Balikest,
Asia Minor, and in its vicinity. About
1000 persons have been rendered home
less, some 5000 houses, 80 mosques and
Is khans have been more or less do
stroyed and 120 persons have beeW kill
ed or injured.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-02-09
TROOPS TO ALASKA.
Two Companies to Be Sent There to
Preserve Order.

Washington. ID. c.. Fob. Sat the
Cabinet meeting to-day it was decided To
send two companies of troops to DyeA
and Skaguay, Alaska, Immediately for
the purpose of preserving order and
protecting life and property. AdviceS
to the government state that the rush
to the gold fields has attracted hundreds
of the lawless element and that troops
are necessary at once TO prevent trouble.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-02-09
THE DEFENSE CONCLUDED.

Luctgerts Case Will go to the Jury
Probably by Noon To-day.
Chicago. Ill.,, Feb. S.-Attorney Har-
Ian concluded his speech in defense of
AdOlph l.. Luetgert, late this afternoon
and tomorrow States Attorney Deneen
will close for the prosecution. The case
should g0 to the jury by noon.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-02-09
A PROMPT DENIAL MADE
CALLED THE PRESIDENT WEAK
AND \ LOW POLITICIAN.
CUBAN WNTA INSISTS 1T IS GENUINE
The Letter Was Addressed to Sagasta's Re-
preventative in Cuba and Was Stolen,
Written on Legation Paper and the
Signature Pronounced Genuine.

New York. Feb. S.-The Press will
tomorrow say that representatives of
the Cuban Junta yesterday gave out CO
pes of letter signed Enrique
Dupuy De LONE" who is Minister Of
Spain in Washington and addressed to
jose Canalejas, who went to Cuba last
September as Premier Sagasta's person
al representative. In. this letter the
Spanish Minister refers to President Me
Kinley as ''weak and catering to the
rabble' and as a 'lOw politician who
desires to stand well with the jingOes of
his party"
The Washington correspondent of the
ress says that when copy of the
letter was shown to Minister De Lone
he promptly pronounced it a forgery. He
also says that an official of the State
Department discussing the matter said:
DE LONE did not write the letter.
The Cuban Junta has been imposed up
on by somebody"
On the other hand, HOratiO l.. Rubens,
counsel for the Cuban Junta, says:
I'VE know absolutely that this letter
is genuine. A man risked his life to OBJ
tain it. We do not hesitate to acknOWl-
edge that it was stolen from Oanalejas.
1t is written on the paper of the Legal
ton. The handwriting is De LOIhe's
and the signature is his. He may deny
it until he is black in. the face but it is
genuine and everybody who has seen it
knows that it is. The man who stole it
distracted it from the envelope and
left the latter If he had attempted to
steal the envelope he never would have
gotten away with the letter"
Mr.. Rubens was asked about the
translation and il there was not some
danger that it might be wrong. He re-
Piled
No; the translation was made in the
Office by men who thoroughly under
stand both languages and it is as near
correct as a translation can be-"
Where is the letter nowY" he was
asked.
That / decline to answer"
PANDO'S PRESS CENSORSHIP.
Havana, Feb. S-General Pando met
at noon to-day the editors of the local
newspapers and issued instructions pro-
hibiting them to write, directly or in
directly. or in an ironical vein. in dis
arrangement of the efforts being made to
secure peace or in attack upon autOno-
my. The manifesto prohibits also the
writing of anything disagreeablC to
friendly nations" and concludes with u
declaration that any newspapers failing
10 comply with these instructions will
be suppressed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-02-09
SPANISH CRUISER COMING.

Madrid. Feb. S.--Thc Spanish govern.
ment has decided to send the Spanish
cruiser Almirante Oquendo to Havana
and thence to New York.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-29
Al Instance.

Speaking Of getting a tooth pulled
ssid the corn fed philosophcr-"that 70
onc instance where q man Ii bound 20
stay and see the thing out."-indisn'
apolis journal.
London has is, Eo4 policemen OF ~
Al avery one Of its 6sS square miies.
s;rtv psr cent Of them do night duty.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-29
AN EGYPTIAN z z
How Thieves Are Detected by the
Use or U~ncanny Charms.

How IhAeFcS Are betecNeu ny the
Tee cf Uncanny Charms.
The most curious and complicated
charms are those used in the recovery
Of stolen property and the detection ~
thieves. Strange to say, the Egyptian
practice OF seeing figures shifting over
che ink poured into d boys hand is,
with certain minor differences, known
In Sindh. The Vinyane Waro, or finder
Of lost goods, rubs some dark substance
aver the thumbnails of a youth not ar
rived at the age Of puberty, or directs
him to look at a black spot painted on
the bottom of a bright brass pot.
The socthsayer during this period re-
cites the azimah (charm) three differ
ent times, after which the seeing COM
The boy first sees a bhaugi, or
sweeper, appear in the ink and clean
the floor, after which farash (tent pitch
ers) approach and prepare a pavilion.
They are followed by a train of sery-
ants, who spread carpets and erect a
kind of throne for the king of the Jim,
who presently appears in state, accom
panied by his suit.
Before him the loser of the article ap-
pears, to advance as a complainant, and
the monarch sends his ohobdais (mace
bearer) for the thief. The latter being
violently dragged into the presence, is
b~astinadoed till he shows the spot
where the goods arc concealed, and Is
then dismissed. When the charm is
concluded, the boy accurately describes
the person Of the guilty man and the
place where he deposited his plumber.
The natives Of Sindh avcr that this
inoautation Is not q disbolical one. as IL
10 only to be mastered by the 40 days
fast and the other ceremonies Usually
gone through during the study Of the
tas khir Tor acquisition Of power over
angels and ~deinons). Consequently few
practice tt, and the knowledge Is con
fined to certain families. / never saw
the operatio =. but have heard of il sufh-
ciently often 70 be assured that my In
formants were not deceiving me. More
over. traces of IL are 70 be found in
southern Persia and other parts OF the
eastern world. It probably originated
In India. that poisonous source OF three
parts OF the superstitions which have
| inundated Europe and AHa and travelled
westward D Egyp4 and the Maghrih.
As o support 10 my conJccsure. 10 may
| be mentioned tias ia Sindh ii 10 prac-
| ticed By sorre Hindoos as well as Mos
kms.-GiY Richssd Burton IN Hurnant-
taYian.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-29
GENUINELY HARD UP.
out Of Tires Hundred Accepting Free
Beds Only Five Had "the Price,"

Dat Of Three Hundred Accepting Free
Beds Only Five Had "the Price,"
A short time ago a curious test was
applied ut the London Congregational
Unions Free Shelter For Homeless Men
at kedlard hall, In the east Of London.
The object Of the test was to ascertain
II the men were really a. penniless ~
they represented themselves to be. The
free sheiter 10 intended for men who
have not the fourpencs necessary to pay
for g Hight's lodging elsewhere, and one
nightfEdward Wilson Gates. the shrewd
superintendent Of the rhilanthropie
work oS the union, Ansounoed that F-
wonid give dxpsncs 10 each man pgessais
who could prove that he had some
zsoesey. but less than fcurpence. A chuc-
king laugh passed over tho 500. that
being tbs maximum allowed In the hall.
"But how shall I know that Jon have
lem shan ~fouxpencey' asked Mr. GS:oa
"6earcA usP' cried tine e
"y0s really mean ~"
Yea"
"vexy well. hut U any oas objects -
hin - 20 vac gallery. and I guarantees
that he shati no< be turasd away"
Only Ave a ths 800 went up ssairs.
and the others vsrs thoroughly ssasch-
cd BY experienced men Two hundred
and fo~rty-nine had nothing. hsd q
fArthins. IL had . haifpsnny. n had
three fArthings Is had . penny. two
had . penny farthing. four bad thrss
haifpenca nine twopencs. three two
peRcs halfpenny and two had t~hrespenoe
halfpenny. Thus ous Of tho 500 men
295 had not tho fourpence necessary Tor
a'fo'penny doss" at . lodging house.
IL seems pretty clear. therefore. thss the
men were genuinely lizard ur"-Lon-
don Culver.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-29
TREE OF TIBET.
Fabulous Prices Paid For the Leaves
OF the Sacred Growth.

~
Few persons probably have heard Of
the marvellous tree Of Tibet. Neyerthe-
less for a long time il has enjoyed q
graf reputation in the east. 1t is a sa-
cred tree, and fabulous prices We're paid
for a few Of its leaves.
In his Souvenirs de Voyage an
Tibet Pere Hue speaks Of this won
derful tree. 1t is essentially Of a literary
and artistic turn of mind and has the
strange habit Of producing images and
hieroglyphics upon its leaves. Some
times religious figures take the place of
the letters. Pere Hue called the mystic
rious thing 1.-THE tree Of a thousand
images" These images are found OF
the leaves, on the stems and ON the
trunk. Near the temple Of Buddha. in
the village of Liousar, Tibet, this
great tree has stood for years, the plague
and the puzzle of all the botanists who
have ever received the gift of faith.
A great antiquity was given to the
tree; indeed it was claimed that il had
existed from time immemoriaL But an
investigation not many years ago proved
the images on the tree to be fakes. The
trick was simple enough, like every 9th
ar trick when it is found out. In the
spring and in the summer ON dark
nights a lama, endowed with acrobatic
power, with his pockets full OF hand
stamps climbed all through the tree
and stamped the leaves with all sorts OF
holy images and characters, the most
numerous being the following formula.
"Om name padone om" GLORY T.
Buddha In the iotus). This is also
stamped upon the bark. and the leaves
and portions of the bark are sold TO Wis.
itora
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-29
A Surgical Operation.
Performed on Seth II. Allen at Mary-
vile BY Or. II. c. Babcock.

twenty-five years ago Mr.. Seth III,
Allen met with a pa ngul accident by
being thrown violently over the dash
board Of his wagon, injuring his right
shoulder and breast. His injuries were
not considered serious and in a short
time ne had apparently recovered. But
the bones were injured and five years
afterward he was forced to undergo a
surgical operation at Iowa City, Iowa,
state hospital, when a part Of the shout,
der blade and third rib were removed
The operation was successful and Mr.
Allen was soon able for work. Lately.
however, his wounds have troubled him
and became a running sore, so that dur.
ing the last year he has been practically
an invalid.
On last Tuesday he went to st. Joseph
hospital in Maryville and submitted to
another surgical operation. The exam.
ination showed that necrosis Of the bone
had set in and it was necessary to remove
the fifth, sixth and seventh ribs. IL was
a difficult operation and required almost
an hours time to complete it, but Mr..
Allen came out of it in good shape and
is doing well. DR.. Ii. G. Babcock, who
performed the operation, visited his
patient yesterday and found him doing
remarkably well and in good spirit. We
sincerely hope his recovery this time
may be perfect and that he may have
many years Of good ealth.-Burlingtor
junction (Mo.) Post.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-29
A Kick Registered
Editor Reporter aud Farmer:

Editor Reporter aud Farmer:
In driving home from Webster the
undersigned came very nearly having u
serious accident ON the grade northwest
of town. There was a load of tin pans
together with a number Of sheet iron
plates, which, acted oil by the wind.
made all kinds of noises and assumed all
kinds oil angles. The road overster
nm der whose jurisdiction said grade is
would do well il he should order that
tinwa. e l., lr removed. a. the town viii
be responsible for any accident resulting
therefrom. He would also be- justified
in rorblding The dumping OF -uch p-r.on-
al propert. ON thr public highways and
especially GA. or beside high grades az
almost any horse ~ill ts.- fright from
such sights. Herman H~olmquist.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-29
Happy New Year to all"
TO II PUBLIC.

The Fair wishes through the medium of the Reporter and Farmer, to express its thanks
and appreciation to al lkrt the liberal patronage accorded it. In the future as in tn past
The Fair will endeaver to keep the best goods on the mankt-a complete assortment IN
every department sell at the lowest prices for cash and give customers realb bargains,
May you me and all enjoy a prosperous year trade at The Fair and be happy
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-29

He il the stupidest man-he never
opens his mouth without putting his
foot in 1t" said the young girl OF the
clerk who had taken her 70 the nata-
torium.
Perhaps that ID the only way he can
make both ends meet on his small sal
ary," remarked the insurance man.
Spokane Spokesman Review.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-29

THE sslsnd a q. Ksh6a b often visit.
Cd ~ tonsi1 skaanssss In the ssmmes,
hut Ga regular mail communicated
with tho mainland. some $50 milss dis-
tant, IN sc16nsd 10 tho annual Visits Of
Ne sAsassss vhicS bsangs tbe Asotox ord
hi sho&sA ssys Hsnseaoad Wur&A Bas
r. st other times the inhAbitants desire
% comnsn3cate with Great Britain they
smp2oy the following curious Device: A
man osss tks fough model q boat
from . billet Of wood. hoiiows Is partly
cus. places In the hollow . Tin o. small
bottle Containing . letter. nails On .
Asck, and when Nh wind 10 blowing 20
ward the mainland launches tho tiny
craft. having Hrst connected IL with Q
bladder. which drives along before che
wind and acts 81 tug 20 the littis mail.
boat But the set Of the gulf stream fire.
Quently drives this curious craft ont Of
les course, and - often ~ MOI IL reaches
the Shetland islands OF the coast Of Nor.
way, where however. the letter is pref
~ sur 90 be found and posted 10 it0
destination.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-29

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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-29
Lost.

Black satin Ribbon Belt-with Metal
Buckle suitable reward will be be paid
for return 20 this ONCE.
The herald., 1898-12-29
SACRAMENTO CHOSEN
FOR THE NEXT MEETING OF THE
STATE TEACHERS
Papers Read on All Sorts of Subjects.
New Officers Elected-An
Evening Reception

SANTA ROSA, Cal, Dec. 28.-The Sec
ond days session Of the State Teachers As
sociation held in the Fifth,strcet Methodist
Church was very largely attended. An un-
usual interest was manifested in the pro-
ceedngs. At the commencement OF the
session Rev. L. d. Rathbone offered prayer.
Prof. VIM. Carey Jones of the University
of California delivered an address on "Some
Prospects of California's Civilization,'
which was well received Miss Jane Sey-
mour klinlS of San Francisco spoke on
Teachers Clubs urging their formation
to promote an arstocracy of the intellect,
and for social and intellectual advancement
of the teachers. Miss Eliza d. Keith of San
Francisco spoke of "The School and the
Home" showing the close relationship
which should exist. Hon. Charles L. Mere
dith, State Superintendent of Public In
struction, delivered an address on Coming
Education"
After a short recess there was singing by
the Etude Club trio. Short addresses were
made on behalf of the meeting of the Ma
tional Educational Association at Los An
gcles next July. Resolutions were carried
for the hearty endorsement of the associa-
ton meeting of the N. Z. A. at Los An
gcles.
President Chlds appointed committee
on resolutions as follows:
w. II. d. Raymond, Barr, Washington,
Wilson, Miss Kate Ames.
The election of officers for the ensuing
year followed. For the office of president,
F. L. Burk, Santa Barbara; j. w. Nicely
,,,opde OAKLAND xvoro nominated RurE
ceived l76 votes, McClymond l0l. Burk
was unanimously elected.
DR.. Brown of Berkeley was nominated
but withdrew. Mrs. Fitzgerald of San
Francisco, secretary; +. *. Barthel, San
Jose, assistant secretary; +. +. Bunker of
Santa Rosa, railroad secretary, We're re-
elected. A. S. Barker of Salinas and Prof.
Faulkener of San Francisco were elected
vice-presidents, and Philip Prior of San
Francisco was elected treasurer.
Sacramento was chosen as the next place
of meeting.
President-elect Burk was formerly prin-
cipal of schools at Santa Rosa, but later
filled the chair of pedagogy at the Clark Uni
versity, Worcester, Mass. At present he is
City Superintendent of Schools of Santa
Barbara. He is the author of many valua
BILE educational works.
At this mornings meeting of the Execu-
tive Committee of the State Council of Edu-
cation Carl II. Nielsen of Santa Rosa and
Prof Fisher of Alameda were elected men,
bers of the Council. One more vacancy will
be filled tomorrow.
The afternoon was taken up by round
table sessions held at different meeting
places in the city. This evening an audience
OF 1000 listened to an address by DIR. G.
Stanley Hall Of Clark university at the
Athenaeum, his subject being Rhythm in
Everyday Life" A reception was then held
IN Society hall.
The herald., 1898-12-29
WATChfUL SMALL BOY
TELLS OF SHORTCOMINGS OF MRS.
M'cRILLIs
THE BOTKlN CASE ARGUMENTS
Draw Queer Crowd to the Courtroom
The Dunham Suspect Is Not
Dunham
Special to The Herald.

CARTHAGE, Mo-, Dec 2S.-The trial of
McCrillis was resumed this morning. The
chief witnesses yesterday afternoon were a
boy IL years old, who, last October, saw Mrs
McCrillis admit a low, heavy-set man to the
house after dark, and take him into a room
used for sleeping purposes. Next was a
young lady working at photograph gallery
where Mrs. McCrillis had work DONE Some
time ago, she remembered, deceased came
to the gallery the same day Mrs. McCrllis
tion. Mrs. McCrillis stayed until Gilfllan
had posed for a picture; then the two left
together.
This morning Lewis Mallory told of seeing
deceased and Mrs. McCrillis the night be-
fore the killing. Mr.. Gilfllan was going to-
ward, and on the corner of Howard avenue
and Fourth street he waited until Mrs. Nc
Crillis came up; then both walked toward
her home. He saw nothing further.
The defendant came on the stand next,
and being sworn stated his age, the time he
had lived here, how he had lived in his
present home seventeen years, of his bust
ness and friendly relations with deceased
Then he told of finding letters in a tin box
addressed to his wife in Gil6lan's hand
writing; also with them he discovered tin
type picture of deceased. His wife was down
town at the time, and on her arrival at the
house he confronted her with the letters and
picture. (These were marked exhibits, and
will be read later on.)
A Legal question was raised as to the de-
fense having right to introduce further
testimony from the defendant himself on
this point. Discussion promises to last for
hours, as both sides are contesting every
inch of the ground.
The herald., 1898-12-29
COMMITTEE CHANGES
Consequent Upon the Death of Senator
Morrill,

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-There is much
speculation as to who will succeed Senate,
Morrill, as chairman of the senate committee
on finance. The committee is generally con
sidered in some respects the most important
in the senate.
Senator Allison, who is now chairman of
the appropriations committee, has since
Senator Sherman's retirement stood next to
Senator Morrill, on the finance committee,
and under the unwritten rules of the senate
he would succeed to the chairmanshp if he
should desire to do so and the best opoinon
obtainable is that he will so desire In or
der to take this place he would have
to surrender his place as chairman of the
committee on appropriations. If he accepts
this chairmanship Senator Hale will succeed
him as chairman of the committee on appro-
priations and he will in turn be succeeded
by Senator Perkins as chairman of the naval
committee.
Ii Senator Allison should decline the
craftsmanship of the finance committee that
place would then fall to Senator Aldrich,
who would in turn be succeeded as chairman
OF the committee on rules by Senator
Spooner
The herald., 1898-12-29
that he case will be given to the jury Fri
day morning.
THE DUNHAM SUSPECT
Is Only Too Anxious to Return to
ga California

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 2S.-Harris
Church, whom the police suspect of being
James c. Dunham, the California murderer,
has made the following statement:
Il will plead guilty to being Durham if
they will pay about forty dollars l owe in
this city and take my wife and me back
to California, where | want to go, for they
will soon see there that | am not the mar
wanted and turn me loose in the place
where | want to be- This is all nonsense.
The police had better stop it before they
are laughed at. Look at that picture and
look at me. There is no similarity what
ever. l knew Durham and he killed some
one, believe, who sent him to college. I'll
admit the description looks suspicious, but
you can see that | am not the man."
A stranger giving his name as Thomas
Ward, claiming to be connected with the
Vendome Hotel at San Jose, California,
called at the city prison TO see Church last
night. He said he knew Dunham we'll and
that while Church answered the general de-
scription, he was not Dunham. Ward can
not be found today.
Church made an effort to get into court
today but will not have hearing until to-
morrow. He is held on a charge OF vagrancy
and viii undoubtedly be sentenced to give
time for further investigation. He said to-
day that he had wealthy sister in Sacra-
mento, CAL, Mrs. Bateman, living on X
street.
The herald., 1898-12-29
A RAILROAD WAR
Made More Bitter by Right-of-W
Suits

WALLA WALLA, Wash, Dec. 2S.-The
railroad war between the Oregon Railway
and Navigation company and the Northern
Pacific railroad received fresh impetus to-
day when the condemnation proceedings
were commenced in the superior court by the
Snake River Valley Railroad company
against the Northern Pacific, Farmers Loan
and Trust company of New York; Central
Trust company, Clearwater Short Line rail-
road, T. A. Won Hollenbeck, E. p. kuhl and
Samuel A. Ash to secure the right oil way
across the Northern Pacific lands for the
railroad between Wallala and Lewiston.
Petitioner alleges that the deed recently
executed to the Clearwater Short Line by
the Northern Pacific of right of way was
made to prevent the plaintiff from condemn
ing the land and was not received in good
faith with the intention of constructing a
railroad thereon, and that neither the
Northern Pacific nor the Clearwater Short
Line ever surveyed or located a line across
said lands.
Petitioner also alleged that an offer was
made to buy right of way from the North
ern Pacific, but the latter refused to sell
except on condition that it be located to the
satisfaction of the engineer of the Northern
Pacific.
The hearing of the petition will come up
Jan. 25th next