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FORMATION OF A CYCLONE
Inception Of the Twisters That Deal
Destruction

To get an idea Of a cyclones formation
imagine large circular pan or tub with
quite a large hole In the middle Of the
bottom. With this hole plugged NIL the
vessel with water; then draw out the plug
and watch. There is first rush CT water
from all directions toward the hole, and
turbulent effort to get through. Then the
water surface above begins 10 sink and
swirl, the particles gradually crcling
around and around, and rushing ever faster
toward the center. At last there Is ac-
around which all the water In the tub IS
whirling, slug!shly near the rim, but with
more and more violent rapidity toward the
middle, until 1t rushes downward through
the bottom. Now, If that water were ar,
you would be watching a little cyclone
turned upside down, for the air rushes up
ward instead of downward.
In the cradle CT cyclones during the sum-
mer months, when the land and the water
grow hotter and hotter because of the
longer days than nights, layer OF air,
hot, light and full of vapor Is for a time held
down BY denser air above it. Restless.
expanding, tumultuous, it moves about like
beast at bay until a thinner place in the
air above Is found. Then up 1t madly
rushes. and into the vacuum left behind the
lower atmosphere hastens from all direc-
lions, pushing and twisting and pouring
upward until 1t has fallen into a regular
spinning around common center. The
cyclone, once formed, PUSHES away from the
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STORYETTES

r. M. Munkittrck. the humorist and
editor, presented check one morning at
an uptown bank In New York, where he
was personally unknown. II know the
name very WE'LL said the cashier, but
you will have to be identified as the man.
"Well, now" said Munkittrick, that's too
bad. Everybody l know is down town and
the only pair of socks I have with my
strawberry birthmark on them are In the
wash this week.! That's all right" said
the cashier, you're Munkittrick. Here's
your money"
A Scotch university professor, irritated to
find that his students had got into the
habit of placing their hats and canes on
his desk, instead Of in the cloak room, an
nounced that the next article of the kind
placed there would be destroyed Some
days later the professor was called for a
moment from the class room. A student
slipped into his private room and emerged
with the professors hat, which he placed
conspicuously on the desk, while his fell
lows grinned and trembled. The professor,
on returning, saw the hat, thought some
rashly obstinate student had been deliv-
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Pomona's Disappointment

POMONA, Sept. 1.-THE news of the de-
feat of Barnes for recorder has just
reached this city and many Of our Repub-
lican friends are storm.ng mad. They &C
count for 1t this way-that the league
forces In the Pomona delega ton gave away
that gentleman's trading strength by eau
cusing Monday, thus making the Wood
ward contingent fight Barnes to finish.
Woodward's friends here would have pre-
ferred to see Barnes nominated for two
fold reason. First, because they were anx-
ious to have the honor come to Pomona
and, secondly, because they believed the
nomination of Barnes would insure the sue
cess Of their man for supervisor. league
and his friends claim that 1t was absolutely
necessary for them to show their strength
in order to secure trades, and those Repub-
leans who preferred supervisor to the
recorder believe they played good politics,
but should they fail to secure the super
visor then explanations will come hard.
Pomona has been very unfortunate of late
years in politics and has become more or
less used to getting left.
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and, throwing the bundle upon the counter.

and, throwing the bundle upon the counter.
cried:
Here's that golf hat bought yesterday.
My wife says d. won't do, SO I've brought
It back. She says must exchange 1t for
one with broader brim and a lower
crown"
Certainly" returned the obliging sales
man. you may exchange 1t for anything
you like, though 1 must say, sir, that
don't quite understand your wifes objec-
ton. You know that when you were in
here yesterday you tried on the broad
brms and the low crowns and that you
didn't like them. Both you and 1 agreed
becoming to YOU
Becoming to me!' repeated the custom
er. "Great Scott, man! Do you suppose
that my wife cares whether or no the hat
suits me? What she's after is whether II
is becoming to her. l bought the hat for
myself, of course, but in these days when
a woman does and wears pretty nearly ev-
erything that man does and wears, mar
ried man doesn't have necktie that he can
call his own.
"When took home that hat last even
ing the first thing my wife did was to put 1t
on her own head, and the first thing she
said was: why, Henry, I don't see what
~ gu were thinking Of, TO get hat like that.
You ought 20 know by this time that mar
row brims and high crowns are not becom-
Ing to me. I would not appear on the links
with that thing on my head for the world.
Take it right back, and never again make
he mistake Of getting clothes tina: are I'M
becoming to your Wife "-Milwaukee Wis
consin.
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peared. His striking resemblance to Fitz-
simmons has been universally remarked
since he met Bre'r Gardner some few days
ago. One Pasadena delegate remarked
when Melck was joshed about his scrap,
IF the Los Angeles editors would adopt
the same way of settling their disputes
the readers of the papers would be re-
lieved." But few editors take themselves
as seriously as does Meiick.
The most picturesque figure on the floor
of the convention Is that Of Rev. Levi p.
Crawford. the Presbyterian minister from
Pasadena. Mr.. Crawford is over ~ years
old, bu; no one took more active part in
the work than did he. He has not missed a
Republican convention for the last twelve
years.
Ex-Governor Markham, with his geogra-
ply, really ran the convention. He Is the
smoothest politician in the state, but one
of the worst office holders. "Who is going
20 get the recordership and the assessor g
nomination." he was asked. mo one knows
that but the good Lord" was his reply, TO
which Jim Meredith quickly added, "He
means Markham and the good Lord"
John w. Francis was there, of course,
with the flavor Of the recordership still
tickling his lips. II he lacked anything in
influence no one could ever have told 1t
from his appearance. Outsiders though.
he was the chairman of the convention
taking a rest on the floor.
One Of the sights of the day was the
graceful way in which Corney Pendleton
cleared the way for the nomination of
Valentine. He made a pretty little speech.
saying that he was not candidate for the
place, and then he went and changed his
hat. The one he brought from San Fran
cisco, and which he is said to have pur-
chased on the recommendation of Colonel
Dan, was pronounced hoodoo.
After Valentines nomination Paving
Contractor Conrad Sherer is said to have
resembled Belgian block.
Whenever the Bell bells wen. ting-a-ling
Judge Ling looked anxious. as If he ex-
pected to see Joe Lynch walk into the
hall.
There were some colored delegates, but
they were not as effective as they were in
the last Democratic convention. Mr.. AL
bright has no counterpart and no Cahuenga
statesman was made uncomfortable
Delegate Brody's voice was so effective
and sweet that he was requested several
times to sing what he had to say.
Reporter Livingood made a suggestion
that the familiar line, Ring the bells OF
Heaven" be changed to Ring the Bell of
Pasadena" and the. idea seemed to meet
with approval, as the Pasadena men said
the two names meant the same place.
HE Is real estate man and an honest
real estate man." said Captain Hyatt in
naming Frank B. Harbert as county re-
corder. At which there was a roar of ap-
prevail from the several hundred other real
estate agents in the hall. But when the
captain added that Mr.. Harbert could
travel with Caesars wife from July to
eternity and Calphurnia would during all
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Pencilettes

An affecting sight was the embracing nj
bx-Sherif Currier and Supervisor Davis
out on the porch. They met exchanged \
whisper and then fell on to each others
heck, just like picture from Harper's
Bible.
Ex-City Justice Austin was dashinp
around the hall with as much velocity rs
he were candidate for federal senator
Austin does not enjoy private life a LITTLE
bit. He would rather sentence DRINKS than
cultivate the science of angling at Long
Beach.
or the country delegates, three fourth
wore long whiskers, and of the city men
Ieven-eighths were more or less bald
headed. The Pomona delegation looked like
nothing else in the world but lot of mid
dle-of-the-road Populists.
Charlie Sexton of the naughty TWENTY
hrst precinct raced around the place with
the worried expression of man who Holds
q bob-tailed flush and has to make 1t good
or lose his wad. He did not lose his wad,
Walter 8. Melick was there, staggering
about under the weight Of big chip on his
shoulder, and the other country editors
sheered on to the open sea whenever he ap-
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UNDER AN ENORMOUS DEBT
Report Of the Auditor Of Boston Shows
the City Owes $SO,OOO.OOO

Bos:on's debt is increasing at an alarm
ing rate, and has now reached the enor-
nous sum of more than $S0000,000. Fol-
lowing will be found some interesting fig
ures from the monthly report of the city
auditor:
The total city and county debt on May
81 was $50, 166 910.76, and the borrowing ca
paciiy of the city, with no loan bill Of any
magnitude passed since the year began,
1852 997.46. The funded debt incurred since
the beginning of 1898 Is $36O5, 800. and the
funded debt paid this year has amounted
to $107. O55.65. The total debt at the present
time is divided thus: City, Sc, ,636. IS;
county, $3.631, 900; Cochituate water" ebt,
$17, 81, 213.9S.
One year ago the debt wos $73 1875, Avj. 81
the borrowing capacity was $1636, 3S1. IA
and the loan authorized, but net issued
amounted to $11, $4,000
The amount, Of debt January g. 1886, one
month after Mayor Quincy began hi,
first term, was $65. 666, 77464, and the in
crease of the city debt in two years and
four months has been $14,500, 1862. The
total amount Of loans authorized, but not
Yet issued, is $1o,Oss, 200, of which s1,4Oo, oOe
is insde the debt limit and IS $3.50, 200 is out
side the debt limit.
The paving division Of the street de-
partment received in the appropriation bill
$685. 900 and has a transfer of $1O1.75. With
only one-third of the fiscal year gone the
division has expended s41s 433.17. Last year
the street improvement appropriation was
$625, 1000, or $4,000 for each ward. This
year Mayor Quincy announces that the
money must be limited to 100000, and tina:
1t must be spent by wards, but at the dis
erection of the street department. The
contingent fund of the board of aldermen
is practically exhausted. The balance
from an appropriation of $500 is only $3.50. 50.
Last year at this time, with the same ap-
preparation. the balance was $2727 49, The
mayors expenditures for office expense
are ahead Of last year.-Boston Trans
script.
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siren and he talks like a salt-throated

siren and he talks like a salt-throated
boatswain.
Justice of the Peace Rossiter of Pasadena
was intoxicated-with enthusiasm alone,
be 1t we'll understood,
Judge Lamme flashed up in the lobby
wearing his famous white flannel suit and
many "reminiscences of the days when he
was Republican.
Charlie Mcfarland looked after the
water supply.
Captain John Cross seemed to be hunt
ing for something that he had lost. Could
it have been Herrin push!
Alpha betical Parker looked as debonalr
as If he had never been discovered by
Editor Mosher. Despite his roasting, he
has not lost any flesh or good nature.
Judge Maginnis was in the lobby, "just
to see what was going on" The Santa Fe
Is not taking any part in politics. Oh, no!
OF course not The railway employees Re-
publican clubs are not countenanced by the
Santa Fee! Oh, no! OF course not! Judge
Maginnts says SO!
Charlie Bell hid in one Of the tin voting
booths the greater portion Of the time after
his nomina ton He could not find man on
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tropics toward the pole, and begins Its ca
reer of destruction, bruisng, wreckng and
sinking the luckless ships which happen 10
be in its path. More and more of the sur
rounding atmosphere is drawn into the
whirl, until the storm often covers an area
nearly a thousand miles in diameter.
Sometimes it filings itself upon our Attain
tic coast and tears f1erceiy through forests,
fields and cities. Then again it sweeps
away across the broad ocean and dashes
itself upon the coasts Of Europe. Once In
while it so adroitly avoids the land that
we never know it has passe0 until ships
come in torn and broken.-St. Nicholas.
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PHILIPPINE FRIARS
Accused Of Adopting Typical Means Retain Control Of
the Islands

HONG KONG Sept. 14-(Specia to The Herald) Span
ish priests arriving here from Manila in large numbers
They will remain here until their hair then return to
the Philippines in plain clothes with funds organize deaoh
ments of native bgands who make Aguinaldo
and the Americans alike conveying the idea the world that
all the Fpinos and that Aguinaldo their chief
Cugenio Banco renegade native whom Aguinaldo released
parole charged with the organization of the first band
Plenty Of stored in the converts. Consul General
Wdman has been informed and has notified Admiral Dewey
Procurator Torres has organized company here with
English resident directors which all church property in the
Philippines being decided hoping thereby to escape lawsuits
brought by those they have depoed and seizure under the
American law forbiddng large church holdings.
The friar determined to make the island of Luzon
hot for Americans.
The Baltimore sails on Friday.
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A New Rule

Patent Medicine Proprietor-Hereafter,
all testimonials must be accompanie by
orders for at least half dozen bottles OF
medicine.
Clerk-Yes, sir.
Patent Medicine Proprietor-If these peo-
pie want 20 see their names in print they
ought to pay for it.-Puck
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that time never be above suspicion" the
delegates put the accent on the never
Curtis D. Wilbur, who named R. D.
Wade for recorder, was at Annapolis with
Hobson. Wilbur's voice is like a steam
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Auditing Committee

During the afternoon Chairman Meserve
appointed the following gentlemen to- serve
on the auditing and dsbursdng committee
requlredl by the purity Of electionsqa law: o.
T. johnson, chairman N. 2. Conrey e. +.
Casterline, Warren Gillelen and G. p.
Adams.
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the floor who had not been for him from the
start.
Ace Francisco was looking for his voice
most of the afternoon. He lost 1t early In
the forenoon shouting for Bell
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Ill-Omeued

The white winged messenger will hardly
come home to Spain before the CarIist huz-
card will rend and devour it.-St. Louis Re.
public. t.t,..t
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Henry's Mistake

A man with an expression Of pain upon
his face and q good-sized bundle in his
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Precinct 52-Theodore Sthron.
SEVENTY-FIFTH ASSEMBLY DIS.



CLOS Angeles CityJ
Precinct II. K. Logan.
Precinct SD. Gilman.
Precinct 9-Edward Il. Lefevre..
Precinct ION. M. Gillespie.
Precinct la. e. Day.
Precinct IF. Gillespie.
Precinct 1S-Henry Henderson.
Precinct III. l.. Copeland.
Precinct 16-R. A. Fowler.
Precinct I'm. =. Conrey.
Precinct 19-E. M. Elverson.
Precinct 20-J. ID. Mott.
Precinct 21-James Darling.
Precinct 22-Thomas Pascoe.
Precinct 2S-Donald Baker.
Precinct 25-W. a. Henry.
Precinct 2G-S Mon1lx
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ONE UN-AMERICAN PRIEST.
Archbishop Corrigan Fires Him Gu.
of His Diocese.

New York, Feb. 26.-Father Weber,
whose recent declaration at Rondout
that in case of war between the United
States and Spain, it would become the
duty OF Roman Catholics to fight on
the side of Spain, has been officially
requested to leave the diocese. This
fact was given out today by Father
Connolly, secretary to Archbishop Cor
rigan, who explained that had Father
Weber belonged in this diocese. instead
of in the west, from whence he came.
he would have been subjected to sharp
discipline.
A package addressed to Father
Weber containing an internal machine
was received at the Kingston postofice
today. One of the clerks noticed that a
black powder came from the poorly
wrapped package. He carefully opened
it. After the lid had been removed, a
bCx was discovered. 1t was arranged in
two compartments. Attached to the
lower portion of the box lid was thick
sandpaper, and in the upper apartment
matches and about a pound of powder
which would have been ignited by the
removal Of the lid quickly. The DOW
der was between layers of cotton. A
substance thought to be dynamite was
in the bottom of the box. The package
vas sent from Washington.
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New York. Feb. 26-Russen Sage
gave out the following authorized in
terview today:
From all the information received,
there is little doubt in my mind that
our warship was blown up by outside
agencies, and if the naval commission
so reports, the time for action has
come. There should be no wavering.
This government must demand the full
est reparation, and that Immediately.
Whatever action. war or otherwise,
President Mckinley may take, ne
should and will have the fullest sup
port from both rich and poor, Repub-
licans and Democrats. There is no
question as to where the rich man
stands. In the civil war when it broke
out 1 bought government bonds, and
1 did the same in 1864 So did other
rich men. We had confidence in our
government. If the necessity arises
now 1 will do the same again, gener-
ouSly, and so will other rich men that
l know Of l am an American first and
last and propose to stand by the flag
PARTY LINES DROPPED.
Party lines will be dropped As to
the stock market, that has got to take
care of itself, for the present, The
ticker is now a secondary consideration
The honor of the government comes
first. 1 speak not only of my own
views on this point. but those of other
mOneyed men with whom 1 have talked.
Another thing. The families and, de-
pendents of every sailor killed on the
Maine must be taken care Of That
is a bill Spain must settle. If the citi-
zens of this country enlist to defend
our flag and all that it means, we are
in duty bound to see that their families
are provided for if they are killed
with that understood by the people,
there will be no lack of soldiers or sail
ors when the need arises. 1 think the
president has been cautious in this
matter. but I am confident that he will
now act simply in the Maine matter"
HANNA IN CONFERENCE.
The Evening World says that Senator
Hanna was in conference last evening
with a number of representatives of
financial institutions, and that he was
given to understand by them that the
administration could depend upon all
the money support necessary to carry
out any plan or action that might be
determined upon According to the
Evening World, a series of bond issues.
aggregating $500, O00.00 was suggested
as possibility and was acquiesced in
by the assembled financiers.
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OF the court from hearing

conclusions Of the court from hearing
the evidence"
In this respect, the findings are much
more exact and conclusive on all issues
of fact than the civil findings of a jury
or of an inquest. Usually there is a
precept which specifies the exact
charges on which the court is to make
a finding. In the present case, however,
the precept sent by Admiral Sicard
was general in terms, simply directing
the court to inquire into and report on
the circumstances attending the wreck
of the Maine. This gives the court
wide scope in prosecuting its inquiry.
In form. the report viii be in two
parts; first, the findings of fact, and,
second, the opinion of the court. The
findings take M each material ques-
ton Of fact involved and give the con-
clusion of the court upon it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-27
la CHAMPAGNE HEARD FROM
TAIL-END SHAFT OF THE BIG
SHIP GAVE WAY.
Anchored On Edge of Newfoundland
Banks-Passengers All Well-Life
Boat Crew Picked Up.

New York, Feb. 26.-The Holland
American line steamer Rotterdam, from
Rotterdam. arrived at Quarantine to-
night with Third Officer George Uns-
worth and nine seamen of the over
due French liner La Champagne, who
were picked up from. a lifeboat on
Thursday Feb. "a in latitude All north,
longitude 81 west.
The men when taken aboard the Rot
terdam were in a helpless condition,
having been in the ships lifeboat for
six days and nights. The men were all
more or less frostbitten. UnSworth
stated that the La Champagne broke
her tailend shaft on Thursday, Feb. II,
at p. m, in latitude 1927, longitude
5I.52. The steamer, being in helpless
condition, Captain PerrOt anchored.
The steamer was on the edge of the
Newfoundland banks, and, there being
a possibility of the steamer not being
picked up in her position, Captain Per-
rot decided to send a lifeboat in search
of assistance On the morning of the
18th, the lifeboat, being fully pro-
visioned, Unsworth and his crew of
nine men left the ship, in the hope of
intercepting some passenger steamer.
The weather proved tempestuous,
with intense cold. A sharp lookout
was kept for passenger steamers. but
none were seen. The crew kept to their
oars and for six days worked with
might and main. but owing to the cold
and exposure, became well nigh ex-
hausted.
On the 24th at p. m. the Rotterdam
bore down and stood by. and. with no
little difficulty, rescued all hands La
/ Champagne experienced strong head
winds up to Feb. II, when the tail end
shaft gave way. When the accident
occurred the best of order prevailed.
The steamer was perfectly tight and
was not making any water. The pas
sengers. on being informed of the acct
dent 10 the machinery, were perfectly
calm and the best of order prevailed.
La Champagne carried S04 passengers,
4s being cabin, SO second cabin, 203
Storage and a crew of lis.
Later the Rotterdam came to her
wharf in Hoboken.
An Associated Press reporter tonight
interviewed Third Officer Unsworth,
Who said:
AT the time we left the La Cham
payne ali on board appeared to be well,
confident and even happy. They cheer
ed us as we departed for the southwark
in search of assistance
The rescued men said La Champagne
was provisicned for at least a month,
and that nothing less than a cyclone off
the coast of Newfoundland could send
the French liner to the bottom.
On account of the distance which
they Travelled in the six days while
afloat IN the open boat, between 200
and 300 miles, the Seamen of La Cham
payne seemed to think it would have
been difficult for the Rotterdam to
have returned to the assistance of La
Champagne, and that the wiser policy
of hurrying to the port of New York
for the purpose of giving alarm and
notice of the whereabouts of La Cham
payne had been adopted.