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The herald., 1898-08-15
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

c. d. Howfy, undertaken, Fifth and
Broadway. Lowest prices in the city.
Call telephone main ~ for ambulance.
Bresee Brothers. Sixth and Broadway.
Robert Sharp & Co.. funeral directors, III
and 7bs South Spring street. Tel. main 1899.
Watches cleaned, T cents: mainsprings.
30 cents; crystals, 10 cents. Patton. IA
South Broadway.
Adams Bros. dentists, 239h South Spring
street. Plates from "a. Painless extracting,
80 cents. Filling a speciality. Hours, 8 to 5;
Sundays, 10 to II.
Do you know that a framed picture
makes most desirable wedding present?
II you are looking for anything In that line
do not fail to call at H. C. Lichtenberger's s
art emporium, 201 South Spring street.
The Army and Navy Republican league
will have a high 5inlss'' at Elks' hall, 26:,44
South Main street. this evening. Henry T.
Gage will be there as guest Of honor. Ar
rangements have been made for high old
time.
Or. Rebscca Lee Dorsey, stimson block,
frst floor. rooms 1873, 1874, 1876. Special At.
tention given to obstetrical cases, and all
diseases Of women and children. Electricity
scientifically used. Consultation hours, /
to 8. Telephone 12N.
The herald., 1898-08-15
days. and no longer does tn. trooper pro-

days, and no longer does the trooper pro-
test against eating 'haro lack
1t is. no doubt, the largest bakery in the
world devoted exclusively to bread baking.
An enormous amount Of fiour ID consumed
in a day. and. Of course. the output Is
great. At present the output Is over $1,000
loaves Of bread every "a hours. A force OF
$50 men 10 employed, working night and
day. One force OF men goes on duty at
noon and works until midnight, when they
are relieved by the second shift.
An amount Of the work ID accomplished
ty machinery. but the major portion is done
by hand. The dough IL mixed in large
troughs, after which It IL thrown into a
large box machine and well worked" :"
Each of these machines will hold six bar
rels of flour at a time. After the dough is
worked into the proper shape it 10 sent along
to force Of men, who cut and work 1t into
loaves 10 ounces in weight. Each loaf must
be weighed on the scale before going into
the ovens. After being baked 1t must weigh
at least 1S ounces.
1t is very interesting to watch the bakers
make up the loaves. This ID accomplished
with the use of a knife. which the men
handle with lightning-like rapidity After
the dough is made into roll-representing
a loaf-one dozen are placed in a bake pan
and carried by a strong boy to the ovens.
II the oven is in proper working order. 4
pan Of bread can be baked in 30 minutes.
This operation continues from morning un-
til night ana from night until morning.
After the bread is baked 1t is carried from
the oven and laid on a long warehouse
floor. where It cools. Later the bread Is
stacked up in huge piles and issued to the
various regimental comm!ssary officers.
Since the bakery has been IN operation
every man at Camp Thomas has received a
loaf Of fresh bread every day. The bread 10
Of very fine quality and wholesome The
flour IL furnished by local mill, which ha .
a contract to furnish 200 barrels a day.
Correspondence Baltimore Sun.
The herald., 1898-08-15
Pensions and Postal

WASHINGTON. Aug. 12.-California
pensions: Original-John Kearn. Vallejo
IS; Isaac Newton Truesdell. Shandon, $6;
Joseph H. Barber. San Diego. So: Cornelius
Doherty. Oakland, Sc. Widows-Mary N
Braskett, Willetts. s.; Jessie F. Webb. San
Jose, IS.
Marion Gushing was today appointed
postmaster at Monroe, Mendocino county
Cal. vice N. M. johnson, resigned. Helen
M. Tidball was today commissioned post.
master at Jolon, Cal.
Comptroller of Currency Dawes today
gave out an abstract Of the report of the
condition, July 14th. of the thirty national
banks In California. exclusive Of San Fran.
cisco. 1t shows total resources Of $22, 22s. :
1856; loans and discounts amounting to So.
s36, ,16S, and reserve Of $4,65s, ,0S3, Of which
$2.044,6S2 was gold. The deposits aggregat-
ed $13. .304. 1893. and the average reserve held
was 35.68 per cent.
The herald., 1898-08-15
Robert Burns Grandson

James Glencairn Thomson, residing at
Crossmyloof, the only surviving grand
son Of Burns, is now in his seventy-ffrst
year, and Is unable to earn a living. An
effort is therefore being made to raise a
sum sufficient to purchase an annuity.
His grandmother was Ann Park niece
Of Mrs. Hyslop, landlady of the Globe
tavern In Dumfries. She died soon after
giving birth to a daughter, who was
named Elizabeth Burns. The poet sought
an asylum for the helpless infant at his
brothers.. Jean Armour, ever the for
giving wife, interposed, and became the
child's own nurse and guardian. The
babe was soon after found by the poet in
the same cradle with his own infant, and
was quietly told by his wife that 1t was
the child of sick friend she had under
talHn to look after. Ann Parker's
daughter bore the most remarkable like
ness to Burns. She married John Thorn
son, a retired soldier, then working as a
weaver at Pollokshaws. She had seven
Of family, and James Glencairn is her
only surviving son.-St. James Gazette.
The herald., 1898-08-15
Union Reform League

The subject Of Socialism and Woman"
was ably treated yesterday afternoon by
Mrs. M. v. Longley and Mrs. Lottie VIII
lard. Mrs. Longley showed how the present
disabilities under which woman labors
would be removed under Socialism. The
league decided to work for the incorpora-
ton in the new city charter of the following
measures, VIZ: Civil service in city gov
ernment, direct legislation by means OF the
initiative and referendum, and imperative
mandate; THE gradual acquisition by the
city of all public utilities, the abolition of
the contract system in public works, paid
board of education, amendments to the
charter to be made by the voters whenever
desired by three-fifths vote at specia!
election. w. H. Knight, w. ID. p. Bliss and
DR.. j. L. Haynes were appointed COM
mittee to appear before the board of free
holders and urge the adoption Of these
measures.
The herald., 1898-08-15
International Brotherhood

The International Brotherhood league
was founded by Mrs. Catherine Tingley
April 20, 1897, substantially for the follow
ing objects: To help men and women real
ize the nobility of their position in life; to
educate the children of all nations on the
broadest lines of universal brotherhood; TO
ameliorate the condition of unfortunate
women; to assist those who are or have
beer" in prison to establish themselves in
honorable positions; to endeavor to abolish
capital punishment; to relieve human suf-
fering resulting from flood, famine, war
and other calamities. and, generally, to
extend aid and comfort to suffering human
ity throughout the world.
The organization has some hundreds of
established centers and has relieved the
needy y'and distressed in this and other coun-
tries, but it now proposes to bring its whole
strength to bear in ameliorating the suffer-
ing incident to the present war Though
peace has been declared and aid for the
sick and wounded may not be much longer
The herald., 1898-08-15
FACTS FROM DAWSON
oLEANINos FROM A FORMER
ANa1ENo's LETTER
ADVISES ALL TO STAY AWAY
Predicts Terrible Condition This Win
ter-Sickness and Death Common
in the Gold Fields

The Herald Is in receipt Of a letter from
A. w. Hall, an Angeleno, who is seeking
fortune in the Klondike district of British
| Northwest Territory. The letter left Daw-
son City. where Mr.. Hall is located, July
26, on the steamer Willie Irving, and was
brought through by way of the lakes and
Chilcoot Pass. The writer, accompanied
by his wife, reached the capital of the gold
fields on June %. after a most successful
and fortunate trip through all the dangers
| as unfit for a dog. and corroborates the sto-
| ries Of the lives that are lost through sick
ness In Dawson and accidents on the trip.
Mr.. Halls boat was No. 1885 to arrive at
Dawson. and as he estimates that each one
| carried from five to ten people some idea
can be gathered Of the districts population
as q result Of this seasons rush alone.
These people are distributed over a large
| area of territory. but must Of necessity de-
pend upon Dawson as the source of their
supplies, and as the river boats have been
far from successful In getting up from st.
Michael with freight the outlook for this
| winter is a precarious one. Boat compa-
nies are carrying sick passengers out of the
| country for $500, but the regular fare is $500.
| and with the limited number Of boats run
| ming. hundreds who desire to come out will
| not be able to do so.
Mr.. Hall says that there is plenty Of gold
| there, but the proportion Of lucky fortune
seekers Is very small. A recent stampede
to Dominion Creek, which the Canadian
government had reserved for a time and
Just opened, was 50 great that sixty miles
Of the territory was staked in days time
Horses were run to death, and people who
participated In the rush were bed-fast for
| days from sheer exhaustion. And with all
this only one In seven got claim, many Of
which are utterly worthless. The gam
blers are continuing TO get in their graft,
and many poor devil. once fortunate, loses
HIS all over the gaming table. The morals
Of the place are in extremely good condi-
tion, however, everything considered the
chief Of police being all-powerful, as both
the executive and judicial departments Of
the government.
In closing Mr.. Hall advises all not to think
OF going to Alaska. and he seems to wish
himself we'll out Of It. Just before the let
| ter was mailed two steamers from St. MI
chael, the first in weeks, hove in sight, and
, were greeted with cheers and tears of Joy
from the population. They bore the news
Of sampson's victory, and advised the peo-
pie that the Seattle No. l, which left Daw-
son month before, was stranded on a
sand bar 100 miles down, and that, owing to
change IN the chanlel Of the river she is
left nine feet in the air and four miles from
water.
The herald., 1898-08-15
WANTED TqsrAY ON THE FIELD
Captain Gilman Wouldn't Give Up
Until Forced TO

Although In no condition To- do 20, Cap
tain Gilman. who died last Tuesday, was
at the head Of his company at the begin
ming of the fight on the morning Of July
LIST. Twice while leading q charge he fell
from weakness. This was noticed by Gen.
eral Worth, who commanded the brigade,
and he ordered Captain Gilman to the rear.
The captain pleaded with General Worth,
who was then lieutenant colonel of the
Thirteenth. to be allowed to remain on the
field, but General Worth insisted.
Captain Gilman worked his way slowly to
the rear. He went as far as he could and
then sat down to rest. What happened to
him after that until he was put aboard
the hospital ship Relief at Siboney may
never be fully told. After he got home on
Monday he was too weak to tell much Of
the story. but some Of his experiences were
those of another officer who was brought
up on the Relief. and little Of what Gil
man suffered has been told by his comrade
On his Yay to the rear Captain Gilman was
overtaken by this officer. The two made
their way as best they could towards q
hospital. Wounded men were carried past
them on the road by the score. Toward
| were
all full and overfiowing and that there were
neither doctors nor nurses enough to at
tend the wounded. Hearing that Gilman
said to his companion: Well, OLD man,
we're not wounded; we're only sick Let's
lie down here somewhere and not bother
them down there In the hospitals"
And SO the two men lay down in the chap
arral, withholding under them but the wet
ground and nothing over them but the sky.
was no way to get any. They lay there
in the bushes for two days before they
got anything at all to eat. Then some SOL
diers in passing saw them and gave them
some bean soup made Of beans that were
raw. q little hardtack and some coffee.
The soup they couldn't eat, and they were
tn no condition to keep hardtack or coffee
on their stomachs. Two more days passed
and then the officers lost each other in the
thick underground. The other officer lay
in the chaparral for two weeks, getting
food from soldiers he could occasionally
halt as they passed. 1t was supposed by
his family here that he was dead How Gill
man was finally taken where he could get
some care or how long he lay out In the
bush may never be known. Mrs. Gilman
knew nothing of his whereabouts or his
condition and could get no information.
The first news she' got after she saw in
the papers that he was either sickl or
wounded was when she saw that he was
among the passengers on the Relief.-New
York Sun.
The herald., 1898-08-15
SOME PAT QUESTIONS

A simple question put in parliament few
years ago caused laugh throughout all
England and defeated great measure,
says the Youths Companion. Mr.. Curzon
then under secretary for India, was making
a long and elaborate speech against meas
ure urged by the opposition regarding that
dependency as certain to result in a loss
to the government of many lacs of rupees.
He repeated, with emphasis: Consider!
Not pounds nor guineas, but lacs Of ru-
pees!'
A quiet voice on the opposition benches
asked: EXACTLY how much is a lac OF ru-
pees?"
Mr.. Curzon opened his mouth, stam-
mered, grew red, and then, with English
candor, said: IT really don't know" The
house laughed, and in that laugh he lost his
cause.
years ago in congress. A present of Arabi-
an horses, sword, etc., arrived from the
Imam of Muscat for President Adams. A
western member, with some heat, moved
that the gift should be sent back, with a
letter from congress, informing the ruler OF
Muscat that the president of the United
States was no king, but the servant OF the
people. and was not permitted to give nor
receive presents.
Another member arose. ''Such a letter,
Mr.. Speaker" he said, "can easily be writ
ten. But where is it to be sent7 Where Is
Muscat?"
There was no response. Apparently not
member of the house was prepared to
answer, nor could Muscat then be found In
any atlas published in the country. 1t was
found at last on a German map. A civil
answer was returned, and the geographers
made haste to insert Muscat in the next
edition of their maps.
Nothing perforates bombastic oratory like
sharp question. When Burke, in the
height of labored peroration in parlia-
ment against France, drew a dagger and
threw it on the floor, somebody made the
act absurd by saying: Eyes, that's the knife
Where's the fork?"
Equally sharp was the reply Of Pope Plus
TX, when the cardinals met and eIoquently
condoled with him on the sufferings in GER
tain villages from earthquake and famine.
"How much are you sorry, my brethren ~
he said. How many lire does your SYM
pathy weigh?"
The only answer possible to this question
was the relief Of the villages.
The herald., 1898-08-15
Democracy and the New Questions

Opportunity, coldly and carelessly
enough, has cast at our feet the wrecks and
hulks of oppression. They are full of peo-
pie, human beings like ourselves, though
they are aliens and strangers. Shall we set
them adrift, or shall we summon our boast
ed democracy to test? That is the es-
sence Of the new acquisitions. We are
very sure, indeed, that the great party Of
Jefferson will not shrk or postpone the is
sue. 1t must be met and disposed of now to
the end that other important Issues may not
be obscured.-Atlanta Constitution.
The herald., 1898-08-15
New York's Mysterious Beauty

AT the Grand Union hotel in this city is a
mysterious type Of Mexican beauty, accom-
panied only by a.shepherd's a. collie, that
wears around his neck a change of diff
ferent-hued ribbon daily. She is not alone
the cynosure, but source of tantalizing
torment to the dowagers, who cannot real
ize who she Is or whence she comes She
is known as the mysterious lady and drives
a spanking team to a curricle, with no
company other than her dog and groom
New York Herald.
The herald., 1898-08-15
Rich, But Not Degenerate

In the last three months 1t has been con.
clusively proved that an American society
or club man is something besides tailor.
made suit of clothes and monocle In hall
the regiments of the volunteer army there
are young fellows who are accustomed to
lead cotillons and live in luxurious bache.
lor apartments when they are at home,
This contingent Is not confined to the ranks
of Roosevelt's rough riders, although the
fame of that regiment has arisen partly
from its picturesque combination of cow
boy, aristocrat, ex-policeman and tough
1t is scattered all through the volunteer
service.-Washington Times.
The herald., 1898-08-15

NM eyes, y eu4s~
out TIE light Of good jndgment, and leoas
biegsf than life or death, OF wife or child
The facts are that illhealth very soon puts
and turns them into money losing d.
abilities.
When q mans digestion 10 out of order
and his liver sluggish, his brain gets duh,
his muscles sluggish, his blood impure and
every organ in the body-brain, 1ungs,
heart, stomach, liver and k{dneys-becomes
crippled. . A man with q crippled lung,
liver, heart, brain OF kidney, is wor.e
cripple ten times over, than a man who ts
minus leg or an arm. The man who u
crippled ontside may live long life but the
man who is crippled inside is taking short
cut to the grave. DR.. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery cures indigestion, makes the
appetite keen, the liver active, the blood
pure and every organ healthy and vigorous.
It makes blood and builds hesh up to the
healthy standard. Honest dealers don't
recommend substitutes.
~ Wish to say to those who suffer from kidney
end bladder troubie-kase Dv: 4: y. he,rts
Of Carthage, Jasper Co., Mo. "A patient of mine
seys II b worth 10 per bottle to any one who =
afhicted = be wa. Three bottles cured him en-
tifely. Perftctiy miserable he was, before taking
the 'ni.cnyesy' and now !: one Of the nappisa
sisn this II he wefe in town. He requested me
to write testimonial and make It as strong a.
~ EsgtisA iasssass cosld make it,"
A $I.5o home doctor-book FREE. For .
paper-covered copy of DR.. Pierce's Common
Sense Medical Adviser send II one-cent
stamps oto cover cost of mailing only.
Cloth binding 10 cents extra. Address DS,
R. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
The herald., 1898-08-15
HOW JOSEPH DECKER DIED
A Letter to His Mother From His
Friend and Comrade


TOTTENVILLE, s. 1.-The mother OF
Joseph Decker. the first soldier who fell In
the gallant charge of the Seventy-first at
Santiago, has received the following letter
from her sons intimate friend, who went
with him to the front and was with him
when he died. The words were roughly
scribbled with lead pencil on a ragged piece
of blotter, and were inclosed in brown pa
per tied with string:
'HEIGHTS OF SANTIAGO, July 4, 1898.
My Dear Mrs. Decker: 1t is with regret
that 1t is my painful duty to let you know
of your sons death. AS you are personally
acquainted with me, feel can give you
good bit of consolation, for Joe and I
were friends. We enlisted the same night
Joe met his death as a true American
should, that is, firing his gun I'M the, face
Of the enemy You also remember that
there are four other mothers in the same
way as you are. The first day was fear
full day. How we came out alivei Is more
thin I can understand. His death happened
in this manner. He got In blockhouse
and was shooting at the Spaniards when a
shot hit him in the mouth, coming out back
Of his neck and killing him instantly. He
died happy. I saw personally to his burial.
We gave him Christian service, for took
1t for granted 1t would be your wish II you
were here. We read a chapter of the b.
BILE and offered up a prayer for the peace
of his soul. I also had a photo taken of
his last resting place. As to the fight the
first day. 1t is too painful to describe. !
hope that my feeble effort has been of
some use to you. Believe me. you have
my sincere sorrow at this painful time.
close with regards to you. II at any time
I can be Of any use. am yours(tokcom-
w. Proctor, Company v.
Seventy-first regiment. New York."-New
York Sun.
The herald., 1898-08-15
Encroachments Of Monopolv

Pick up newspaper Of any date and the
advancing strength Of monopoly will ap-
pear. Yesterday 1t was the wall paper
trust, completed and launched. with the
announcement that prices would be raised
% to 80 per cent. at once and that there
would be profit of sc. 900, 900 for the COM
pany next year The wall paper trust was
Yesterdays contribution to monopoly
What tomorrow's may be no one can guess
Everything from beef to collins, from rub
Der overshoes to collars, is already trust.
We pay to monopoly for Individual profit
the heavy taxes which few decades ago
were considered intolerable when paid to
the nation.-New York Journal.
The herald., 1898-08-15
PERSON AIS

Ex-senator w. w. Bowers Of San Diego
now collector at Port San Diego, is in Los
Angeles for few days on his way to the
Republican state convention.
e. 8. Gin of Phoenix, Ar1z., who came In
last night on the Southern Pacific overland.
reports that when the train came through
the Yuma desert the passengers all suf-
fered severely from the heat. One took
sick near Indio, where the Thermometer
registered 12s1t. and died before medical
aid could be secured.
The herald., 1898-08-15

The registration department of the
county clerks office in the court house
will be kept open until 10 o'clock to-
night to allow voters an opportunity
Of getting their names on the list. This
IL your last chance-take advantage
Of Il.
The herald., 1898-08-15
Theosophy

DR.. G. F. Mohn lectured to the Theoso-
phists at 525 West Fifth street last evening
on 'The Ideal Of Human Progression, and
said In part: The ideal of human progress
sion Is manifestly the idea of universal
brotherhood. The late war for the sake of
humanity is an illustration of this. Men
and women are awakening to the needs Of
one another and to the sense of RESPONSE
bility as at no other time.
The herald., 1898-08-15

Of the Tehachapi range. Commissioner
Allen went north to assign four SUPER
visors and thirty mountain patrolmen TO
their respective places. The sheep have
over-run the forest reserves and done
great damage. The duty Of the patrolmen
will be to keep the herds out of the re-
serves. Commissioner Allen will have
charge of the northern division and Chas.
Newhall Of the southern.
The herald., 1898-08-15
A Small Fire

The department responded to an alarm Of
fire last night at 7:40 o'clock from box s..
corner Of Pasadena avenue, Hoff and DAILY
streets, East Los Angeles. The fire was
In the cottage occupied by Mrs. 8. D. Mills
at 757 Manitou avenue and caught during
the absence of the family. 1t Is supposed
the fire started dn a wood box behind the
stove. The damage amounted to s175.
The herald., 1898-08-15
Strawberry Salad

Strawberry and raspberry salads are very
good, prepared In this way: Throw some
Strawberries into bowl. sprinkle sugar
literally over and add half bottle OF
claret. Serve the salad half an hour afte,
preparation. Now for the raspberry salad
Take two basketfuls of raspberries and
pour over clear white syrup. to which
two or three dessert spoonsful Of red cur
rant Jelly have heen addsd.--I.ondph Gen