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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-12-15
GEN. CALIX,U { DIAL.
The Distinguished Cuban W.-r.or au,.
Leader ID ID OF pn-nn''nia IN " ASH
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WASHINGTON, Dec. l2.-G,n. CaliXtc
Garcia, the distinguished Cuban war
rior and leader and the hca of til;
commission elected By the Cu..n as
sembly to visit this country. d.,d Ii +.
Sunday morning shortly after IL
o'clock at the Hotel ...leigh.
where the Cuban coc.p,s,ion has,
had it's headquarters The sudden
change from the warm climat>
of Cuba with the hardsh.ps he had
there endured to the wintery weather
of New York and Washington is re-
sponsible for the pneumonia which
resulted in his DEATH He contracted
a slight cold in New York, which
did not assume an alarming stage
until the early part of last
week. On Tuesday night Gen.
Garcia, in company with two other
members of the commission, attended
dinner given in his honor by Gen.
Miles, and it was a result of the ex-
posure that night which eliminated in
his death.
During the 12 hours or more preced-
ing dissolution Gen. Garcia was uncon-
scious most of the time. At intervals
he recognized one or more of those
about him. In his dying moments, as
all through his busy and active
life, his thoughts were for
his beloved country and its peo-
pie. and among his last words were
irrational mutterings, in which he
gave orders to his son, who is ON his
staff, for the battle which he supposed
was to occur Monday and in which he
understood there were only 400 Span
iards to combat. just before, he died
he embraced his son. Rev. Father Ma
gee, of st. Patrick's church, was called
in during the day and was with Gen.
Garcia until the end, administering the
last rites of the Catholic church.
Gen. Garcia left large family, only
one of whom, Justo, a captain on his
staff, was with him when he died. His
widow and Mercedes, a daughter; II
years of age. are at Thomasville, Ca,
where the girl is quite i'll; Mario, a son,
10 years of age, is with the mother at
Thomasville; and Col. Carloas Garcia,
another son, is in Cuba. A daughter
Leonora. who married an American, is
now living in Paris. Gen. Garcia's
mother is still alive and resides in Ha-
vana.
Letters of coincidence were received
from President Mckinley, Secretary
Hay, Gen. Miles and Senator Foraker.
Secretaries Hay. Alger and Postmaster
General Smith left their cards, as also
did Assistant Secretary Meikeljohn and
Gems. Miles and Gilmore.
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Secured His Liberty Before Intsaasd.
COLUMBUS, o., Deo 1s.-Leslie
Barnes, of Toledo. is q lucky man. BY
mistake of the state board Of pardons
he is free man. although It was not
the intention to release him from the
penitentiary for several months yet.
Barnes was serving sentence of three
years for subornation of perjury. His
sentence was recently committed, and
Barnes was given his liberty. 1t now
turns out that he did not begin his
term of imprisonment for q year after
his conviction, and therefore ought to
serve about ten months longer.
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HuperiOr Articles.

CHILLlcorHE. o., December 8. 1885,
Mrs. John A. Hodsden. Box AL. this
city, says; 81 have taken Hoods 6srsa
parills and Hoods Pills and they are all
the medicines want. have been
greatly benefited BY them. an troub-
led . great deal with indigestion, but
Hood's ssssaparills has dons ne more
Dood then sny othsr mediclnea ean-
= - - - - n lngous ~
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FLAT HOUSE FIRE
Four Persons Known to Be Dead and
Several Others Reported Missing.
The House Was Occupied bS We Families,
and a Boys Cub H ,d Rooms In the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the Boys
Accidentally Started It

New YORK, Dec. 12.-By a fierce fire
which occurred Sunday night in a fat
house at No. 1874 Prospect place, Brook
lyn, four persons met death and the
firemen were still searching the ruins
in fear of finding more bodies before
incoming.
The house was occupied by five fam
ilies and a boys club had room in
the basement. 1t is supposed that in
some way the boys accidentally set the
place on fire, as the flames were at first
discovered coming from the basement.
The dead are:
S. L. Robertson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Noblett.
Thomas Whine.
Unidentified woman, supposed to be
the mother-in-law of Joseph Noblett,
of Brooklyn.
At late hour it was reported that
six persons were killed and six are
missing.
The bodies Of Mr.. an; Mrs. Noblett
and that of Mis-. ,.-r-. SD. orn, the
mother-in-l;.w o. Joseri Noblet;. We're
found by fir rl-n o.. - fourth floor of
the house liter III les :, d been
eXtinguish ID. Mo-: - . ody was
hanging across t1e iGt ~ s:ll. burn
ed almost beyoa. r,osn. zion.
At l o'c.oci: Mo-. = morning SIX
persons were r.'por.ta miss ..g, two OF
A. i
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TWO Men k.,llen by a Tram.

CINCINNATI, Dec. IL. James Nc
Laughlin and Louis Ludlow, while
driving across the Big -Four tracks at
Sixth street and Mill Creek bridge,
were struck by a train and hurled 80
feet. Both were killed. Ludlow had
only been married short time, and
he was going to Newport to get some
furniture belonging to him when the
accident occurred.
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Death In the Ohio P.nitensi.ry.

COLUMBUS, o.. Dec. 12.-Geo. Dress,
who has been serving term in the
penitentiary for robbery, from Ottawa
county, died at the institution Sunday
night. Dress was pardoned October
81, because of his serious physical con-
dition, but was too weak to leave the
prison. He died free man Sunday
night, although behind bolts and bars.
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Federal Prisoners oned.

COLUMBUS, O., Dec. 12.--Pardons ar
rived at the penitentiary from Presi-
dent Mckinley for three federal pris-
oners. They are Ed Bailey, of Ala
bama, stealing whisky; Boyd Dunwell,
Indian territory, larceny; E. L. Price,
Texas, robbery. In all the cases re-
leases are granted on account of the
mems health.
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territory was settled when We took
Alaska. The annexation of Hawaii ia
another fact accomplished, 30 that no
question for consideration remains. For
one, do not propose to see the Rspub.
licans get all the glory of the results of
the war. 1t was not partisan war to
begin with, and the American flae hav.
ing been planted in the Philippines. q
want to be participation in the glory
which attaches to it, presence there"
That Congress will provide for . re-
vival OF the grades Of Admiral and Vice
Admiral in the Navy seems reasonably
csrtain. II has been recommended bv
the President and the Secretary Of the
Navy; Senator Hale has offered . rssolu-
tion providing for this revival, and Sem,
ator Morrill, has presented the resolution.
adopted BY the Vermont Legislature, ask}
ing thatths srade Of Admiral be rsviyei|
and that Rear Admiral Dewey bs prd|
noted thereto. There 10 NO such oppdl|
tition In Congress 10 the revival Of thesA
naval grades - there 10 to the rscoml|
mendstion OF Gen. Miles that in thu
reorganization Of the army one General
and two Lieutenant Generals should be-
provided for. Similar recommendations
have been made in the past by Gems.
Sherman and Scho6sld, but opposition
In Congress has always prevented action.
Speaker Reed had very pleasant cons,
ference this week with President Nc
Kinley and arranged for another to take
place as soon - the Speaker has conferred
with his Republican colleagues ON the
House Committee on Rules and
the other Republican leaders in the
House, and they have agreed upon
the legislative programme to be fol.
lowed ct this session. AZ soon -
that programme has been determined
upon the Speaker will submit it
to the President for approval and amend
ment. The same harmony that existed
ct the last session between the execu.
tive and legislative branches Of the gov.
eminent 10 10 be continued, 90 far q It q
In the power of the Republicans in the
House to continue IL. The Senate, on
account of it, present makeup no party
with-a-majority is necessarily an un-
certain quantity in the legislative pro-.
gramme.
The only material difference betwee}
the government OF Hawaii and New Nj 4
leo, Arisons or Oklahoma, after the bill'
carrying out the recommendation -
the Hawaiian commission has bscomo =
law. = II 10 sure to in due time, viii ~
that In the forpsr territory thsre viii ~
. property and IN educational quali1ocn
lion 10Y suffrage. 9
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Ohio War Exps nses.

COLUMBUS, O., Dec. 12.-Colon w. O.
Tolford, the state claim agent, will go
to Washington the first of next week
with the claim of the state against the
government for expenses incurred in
the first and second call for troops. In
cluding the per diem and transporta-
tion rates, the sum due Ohio aggregates
&1SR SQS QR
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Held Up y Street Car,

YOUNGSTOWN, O., Dec. 12.-Two high
waymen held up an Elm street car at
Wick park Sunday night. They beat
the motorman severely over the head
and then endeavored to rob him. He
succeeded in escaping from them and
ran away. The robbers fred two shots
ct him without effect.
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Fourth Class Postmaster for Ohio.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-The follow
ing Ohio postmasters were appointed
Saturday: Glasgow, Columbiana coun-
ty, James e. Davidson; Middle Fork,
Hooking county, s. p. Thompson;
Rosemont, Mahoning county, Henry e.
Noble
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Postmaster Hsnor,cks M,ss ing.

YoUNasTowN. O.. Dec. 12.--Postmas-
ter N. H. Hendricks, Of Teegarden, five
miles from Lisbon, is missing. and
there are fears Of foul play. Hendricks
left home last Monday to deposit some
money in bank at Leetonia. Moth
ing has been seen Of him since. De-
tectives are working on the case.
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Dwelling and Daby burned.

ZANEsvILLE, O., Dec. lathe 1s-
months-old child of Mr.. and Mrs. Jas.
King, Of Madison township, while
alone, burned to death. It's clothing
caught fire from an open CRATE. The
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Rlre ID . launferdvlll..

MUNroRDvLLE, KY, Dee. 19.-Ths
storebouse. residence and entire stock
Of goods q ,. W. Woodson, grocer.
serss1 ~ neaine:i Lea 49,
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-12
A REDUCTION IN
 WEST BOUND RATES
PACIFIC MAIL FORCES THE
 SOUTHERN PACIFIC.
Freight Tariffs on Certain Commodi- ties Lessened by Both These Companies for the Benefit
 of the State.

The Pacific Mail Steamship Company has forced the Southern Pacific to reduce freight rates for certain staple commodi- ties. The new rates of the steamship line for freight traffic from San Francisco to New York have just become effective and show some important reductions. The fol- lowing reductions have been made by the Pacific Mail steamship line, the first fig ures being the rates fixed at the end of February, the second the new rates:
 Barley Gin bags), COG, 40c; beans (double sacked), 6Oc,. 4Oc bone black, 60c 40c; borax, COG, 40c; brandy in cases (strapped), :, soc, 75c; brandy in wood roc, COG; fruit, dried Gin. strapped boxes), 5oc, 45c; fruit, (chrome or manganese), .40c; peas double sacked), soc, 4Oc; quicksilver, 60c, soc; rice. soc, 40c; seed, mustard, 55c, 40c; tallow, COG, 40c; wine, in cases (strapped)
 For wine in wood in lots less than 800 barrels the freight charge will be Csc; more than 800 and less than 1000, 621ac; over 1000. 60c. All these rates are for hundred weights.
 An advance has been made in tariffs from New York. Boston. Baltimore and points common with each other to San Francisco. The new class rates are: First, s1 15, fifth, sl O5; A, s1 o5; B, S5c; c. soc; D, soc; E, roc. The new transconttnental rail rates for the same classes are, In order: $3 $2 co., s2 2o s1 9o s1 65, s1 50, si 25, s1, 95c These class tariffs are also weStbound.
 To meet these new eastbound rates, the Southern Pacific has made the following reductions for carloads of 15 tons: Borax, soc; canned salmon, soc; rags, COG; wool 40c; rubber junks, COG; quicksilver, 75c; wine In wood, 45c; glue. 5oc. The South 16, and will apply to all points as in the former schedule,
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-12

Property-owners, for erection of street lamp Florida. Twenty-sixth to Army-Quimby & Harrelson for an extension of thirty days on grading. paving and sidewalks
 North avenue, Cortland to Holly Park av- enues-Same, for construction of sewer. PROTESTS REFERRED TO STREET COM
 MITTEE.
 Steiner and Greenwich-Property-ow against paving.
 Greenwich and Pierce-Same.
 Greenwich, Steiner to Pierce-Same
 Jessie, Hermann to Thirteenth-Property- owners, against paving.
 Greenwich, Buchanan to Webster-Same. Buchanan and Greenwich-Same.
 Webster and GreenWich-Same.
 Spruce, California to Sacramento-Property- owners, against sidewalks.
 Hilbert, Laguna to Buchanan-Same against paving
 Hilbert. Webster to Fillmore-same
 Greenwich and Webster-Property- owners against paving.
 Greenwich, Webster to Filmore-same. REPORT OF STREET COMMITTEE ON MAT
 TIERS sUBMfTTER sEssIoA AT PREVIOUS .. Alabama Precita avenue, Army. street. Hol- iiday and Esmeralda avenues-In favor of hay ing, this district. surveyed by City. Engineer. and report forwarded to the proper grades to be established.
 Bernal Heights Tract, Cortland, Holiday and Esmeralda avenues-Same.
 Report of Thomas Price & Son upon the eff fects of fresh and salt water on bituminous pavements-In favor of the new system of street sprinkling with salt water
 Opening of Van Ness avenue, from Bay street to the water-In favor of opening same. Bosworth Rotteck westerly-In favor of fil- ing proposition to establish grades
 North avenue, Cortland to Holly Park ave- nues-In favoring of sewering.
 A. Sixth to Seventh avenues-Same.
 Stark street to Broadway-In favor of sew ering.
 Cortland, Andover and Crescent avenues and Folsom street-In favor of establishing sewer system at cost of S497. Twenty-first, along and upon Michigan, Twentieth. Illinois, Seventeenth. Tennessee and Sixth-In favor of grading.
 Page. Baker to Broderick-In favor of re- tatning concrete curbs.
 Pierce Primrose and Daisy, Waller to southery termination of foregoing, Waller to Thirteenth-In favor of paving by private con- tract
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-12
MISSION ROAD NEGLECTED.
School Accommodation and Other Im-
 provemeuts Are Needed There.

What Is known as the Mission Road and Five Mile House, but now Mission street proper, is on the list asking for Improvements out of the next tax levy. The first and most important addition needed by the people residing on the line of Mission street west of Islais Creek is a twelve-class schoolhouse fully equipped to make it a grammar school. The only school accommodation is afforded by the Monroe Primary, with poor facilities for seven classes.
 The building was moved from Army street, near Folsom twelve years ago, and is rotten and unfit for use. It has none of the modern improvements, and is unsanitary in the highest degree, yet, notwithstanding the thousands of dollars spent by Director Burns, this building has been shamefully neglected. In addl- ton to its unhealthy condition, 1t IS too small to accommodate one-half of the children of school age in this section of tn city, and as result two cowsheds have been rented by the board as addi- tional class rooms. These are under the control of one principal, who must wade her way through mud and slush in the winter season to and from the school. The people there will request the erection of a grammar school. This they consider they are entitled to- as the population is sufficiently numerous to justify 1t. The nearest grammar school is the Horace Mann. on Valencia and Twenty-third streets. Following the school building, the citizens in this district have come to the conclusion that they are entitled to street lights and water.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-12
What Must Be Stamped.

Another batch of treasury decisions was received at the local Internal Reve- nue Office yesterday, the most important among which were that stamp tax must be paid on checks drawn by the officer of a company for the payment of workmen and that brokers must pay a special tax in each city where they do business. Poisons are not taxable and baking pow ders and shoe dressing are also exempt. Soaps without wrappers or directions are not taxable, but if a medicinal or cos metic value is claimed for them they are subject to taxation. Proprietary food preparations are free from taxation. Collector Lynch is now ready to receive brokers tax and issue stamps for the same. The total receipts yesterday was $33 460, of which about $2S,000 was for stamps and the balance bonds.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-12
wELBURN's BoNDsMEN sUE1
Action Brought to Recover Money Alleged to Have Been
 Stolen

A suit was filed yesterday in the United States Circuit Court against Stanley Will ley and Edward Henry Farmer, bondsmen of Osca M. Welburn, former Internal Rev. enue Collector, who Is now fugitive from justice.
 The parties named in the complaint were on Welburns bond as disbursing agent, and 1t is alleged that he received the sum of $15,463 S9 as salaries for persons who which were never incurred, and that he sent in vouchers for the same and con verted the money to his own use. The action was brought by Assistant United States Attorney Bert Schesnger, under the direction of the Solicitor of the Treas ury There is already suit for 5,00O pending in the courts against the bonds men of Welburn.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-12
STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
Summary of the Weeks Work of the
 Board.

The following is a complete record of the street improvements passed by the Board of Supervisors at yesterdays ses- sion:
 AWARDS OF CONTRACTS.
 Steiner. Chestnut to Francisco-Curbing and paving to Warren & Malley.
 Pierce, Chestnut to Francisco-Same.
 Westerly half of San Jose avenue opposite termination of Valley-Paving, to Finn & Treacy.
 Lombard. Pierce to scott-Curbing and paw ing, to City Street Improvement Company Westerly line of Fair Oaks, southerly 260 feet from Twenty-ffth-Curbs and sidewalks, to Finn & Treacy.
 Alvarado and Guerrero-Sidewalks. to Film & Treacy
 Fourt eenth and Guerrero-Same
 De Haro, Twenty-third to point In center line Of former distant 4G6 feet northerly from Twenty-third-Pipe sewer. to Manuel I. Pires. Clinton Park. easterly line of Dolores to a point 2o5 feet easterly from Dolores-To Finn & Treacy.
 Fourteenth and Landers-Culverts etc, side walks and paving of southeriy half of Four teenth to City Street Improvement Company.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-12

Lee Ho, a laundryman. came from Berkeley yesterday to testify for the de- fense in the case of Leong Sing, charged with stealing gold watch from Mrs. H. E. Pike, 904 Powell street. He swore that past six months in a laundry in Berkeley and had not been across the bay during that time. Mrs. Pike was sure that the
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-12

right man was charged, and Detectives Gibson and Wren testified that the de- fendant had to their knowledge been sell ing lottery tickets in the city for the past three months The Judge at once or dered Lee Ho into custody on charge of perjury.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-12

CAFE SPRECKELS 18th floor. Call building has changed hands: now under management of MT. Albert Wolff. formerly proprietor of Maison de rOpera, Oakland. Regular lunch. with wine, 75c; dinner with wine, S1
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-12
Selling Immature Veal.

F. P. Bile, butcher 1236 Stockton stree, was arrested yesterday afternoon by Po- liceman Butterworth and Health Inspect or Brennan for ollering for sale immature veal. The veal was seized by the officers.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-12
A Chinese Periurer.

The Hardtmuth lead pencil Is the best in the world. Try the Koh-I-Noor
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-12

Kent Mason westerly-In favor of grading. Golden Gate avenue and Lyon-In favor of paving.
 Army Noe to Castro-Against grading, etc. Other petitions reported on adversely or
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-27

diligently for weak spots. Gossip that
disagreement existed between some of
the speculative pools was cOlored TO
some extent by the severity of the break
Ill spots. Prices for Tobacco, Peoples
Gas, Brooklyn Transmit melted rapidly
away, but Sugar after a dip downward
of a point encountered. supporting orders
and ruled above Saturdays close for the
remainder of the day. The railways
meanwhile fell sympatheticaly, but the
losses were confined TO transactions, and
after the first rush to sell had abated,
lowest and resisted subsequent efforts
at depression The firmncss was ac-
counted for by the publication of numer-
Gus traffic statements covering wide
area of territory and showing substantial
increase. The gains in some of the
Southern lines was especially gratifying
in view of the slow movement of cotton
and quarantine regulations in some sec
tons These conditions were RESPONSE
bic for the marked decreases reported
by the Southwestern group. Abitrage
houses had purchasing orders, but the
action Of the market discouraged any
extensive ventures, and only a light
sprinkling of various stocks was taken.
The elimination of an active speculative
interest from. the market owing to the
rigid observance of the Hebrew holiday
Yom kippur. reduced business considera-
bly,, and the raid on Tobacco also chill
cd the outside demand. The decline in
Tobacco was attributed principally to a
denial by officials of the Drummond
Company that that concern had been alb
sorbed by the American Tobacco Com
pany. The bears attacked the stocks
with considerable confidence and drove
it down S5S to 1894. Considerable
amounts of stocks were liquidated, and
the apparent willingness of the insiders
to see the prices lower invited extensive
selling by the shorts. In the last hour
the stock moved upward in sympathy
with the general market, and closed
1417s. Sugar moved up to 123, and the
railways, which had moved independent
of Tobacco throughout the day ruled the
best. In the final dealings Tobacco
slumped badly and touched 1870. The
other industrials also suffered from
realizations, but no appreciate declines
were recorded in the standard stocks.
The market left off unsettled with slight
losses generally. Call money rates
stiffened sharply late in the day, and
51a per cent. was quoted for n time.
The great bulk. however, Of the trans
actions were made at 31a per cent, and
some accommodations were secured ear
ly in the day at 3 per cent.
The bond market lacked decisive tone.
but dealings were light and variations
were unimportant. Total sales $1,329,
600. Government bonds were unchang-
ed on bid prices, but a purchase of the
new rs coupon was made at y higher
than the last sales.
The total sales of stocks to-day were
$4,000 shares, including GIT Atchison,
preferred. GIFTS, Chicago. Burlington
and Quincy; 1915, Northern Pacific;
1898, Union Pacific, $500 St Paul.
$500 Union Pacific, preferred; 1865
Chicago Great Western. 1885 Peoples
Gas, 9.104 United States Rubber, 49,,
$50 Sugar.