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The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-11-24

City Attorney Rollin Rodgers
was over on the East Side of the
city this morning and said he was
gratided to see the improvements
going on that he noticed. Mr..
Rodgers thinks that our city will
be quite a place of Importance, and
will perhaps double its population
before It gets its growth,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-11-24

That napkin turkey in the win.
dow at ], Welsman's store looks
good enough to swipe ones mouth
on at least, Mr., Templeton, we
learn, is the artist that made it,
Templeton is all right on turkey
and they say he cannot only make
a turkey but he can eat a whole
one with the dressing thrown in.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-11-24

Drink value coffee" the best
medium price goods on the market,
Far superior to the cheap package
rticle. Warwick-MooreCo .,
l09 Exclusive Agents.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-02

pieces. From the moment that she struck there was no possible chance for. the members of the crew. to save them. selves: as the rough sea rendered the saving of life impossib ble.. :. The body of one" of the crew, a man about 35 years of age, was found this morning among the wreekage. It was frozen to a plank and was much disfigured. <.
 In the business district it was nearly noon when many employees reached their places of employment. all subur- ban trolley lines having been aban- doned at%midnight and the steam. rail- roads being unable to run more than two or three suburban trains during the forenoon. All through trains from New Y ork and the west, as well as those from the east, were from four to six hours late, and many did not get In until late in the afternoon. Tracks
 were. not only blocked with snow, but masses of broken poles and wires were encountered at many places. o-night the few trains moving are : running without telegraphic service. The city and suburbs are covered with broken poles and tangled wires. Many horses
 were killed In the streets by stepping upon the end of telephone wires which had fallen across the streets.
 Tonight the situation assumed such dangerous aspect that Mayor Quincy ordered that none of the electric lights
 be turned on except in districts where
 the wires are underground. It will re-
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-02

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 the brunt of it fell on Boston and the territory within radius of fifteen or twenty miles. From meager reports re- %ceived from the middle and western parts of the State the storm there was less severe Here about twenty inches of snow fell. : LAWRENCE, Mass, Feb. 1.-The storm has paralyzed business and traf- fie. Streetcar lines are tied up and communication with other towns all most suspended. All the mills are seri- ously affected by the storm. Many of the operatives are out, and some of the mills are not running at all. The forty passengers on the $40 o'clock train out of Boston passed the night stuck fast in a snowdrift between Ballardsville and Lowell, without food, and did not reach this city until late this afternoon. E z FAYETTEVILLE, Me. Feb. 1.-Small houses have been buried by the twen- ty-foot drifts of snow. The Lockwood ecotton-milfs have closed, the operators being unable to reach the factory. There has been no train over the Maine Central Railroad for twenty-four hours.
 :< TORONTO, Ontario, Feb. 1.-The thermometer registered 10 degrees be- low zero to-day, with the prospect of going lower tonight. Reports from most places in the provinces show that the mercury fell from 15 to 9 degrees below. Strong winds have been drift interfere with railway traffic.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-02
ACCOUNT ANT
 REED TELLS THE I STORY Darby Laydon & Co.'S Firm Records Doc
 tored by Him. Significant Revelations in the Harbor Commis-
 sion Case. Amazing Development of a New and Undescribed
 Mental Malady. CHASED AS coLNoNc1TIs. Proof That the Pacific Pine Com : pany Suits Were Dismissed Compromise.
Amazing Development of New and Undescribed
 Mental Malady. #
;LAssED AS CoLNONCITIS.
Proof That the Pacific Pine Conn
 pany Suits Were Dismissed Compromise. '. :-

The peculiar malady introduced by Chairman Colnon of the Harbor Com mission into Judge Belcher's court is apparently of contagious nature. In the lexicon of pathology it has not found place as yet for want of proper diagnosis. It has some of the traits of an involuntary cerebral infirmity indi- cated by the psychologist term meton- ymy; that is to say, needless and un- conscious impulsion to express the op- posite of what one means to utter. But neither dread nor fear, nor intent to cheat the truth is involved with this unsentient mental operation.
 Metonymy is not a disorder conmuni- cated by one person to another; carried about in old clothing. or conveyed by over-ripe fruits or water surcharged with microbic mysteries. How far the Colnon epidemic may be traceable to these channels of transmission science has not had time to determine.
 Of the origin of the complaint. of It's pathological beginning, MT. Colnon himself has vouchsafed the best inti- nation on the witness stand. His ex- planation was, a collapse of memory from something like vertigo, the result ant of which is a recurrence of collapse of memory without the something like vertigo attachment. Ever since the stroke of something -like-vertigo. his memory for dates, names and se- quence of events" as Attorney Strat- ton developed by advisory examination. has been bad, in fact wretched, though his memory for principles" remains as good as ever. As to the scope of the latter mental facility of Chairman Col non, the tortursome inquiries of the Harbor Commission case affords no light.
 It does not appear from the testi- mony up to date that any of the suave
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-02
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Is that have not been rubber-necking around his place, as he states 1t, but he has been coming down here"
 The Grand Jury has been logging the footsteps of the Supervisors for: weeks on the car-fender question and has decided to indict the body if they. do not act on the propositions involved in the fender controversy by the 14th. of this month, the time specified by themselves as the limit of time re- quired to complete the investigation.
 It Is generally understood that the railroad company stands ready to: adopt any fender suggested by the. Board of Supervisors and that they: will put the designated lenders on the cars as soon as the ordinance requiring them to do so Is passed. Committee men from the Grand Jury have been urging the Supervisors daily, and the. lawmakers have made many excuses and many promises. First pr. Clinton was away in Europe. Then somebody else was III, and next there was a de-. sire to humor every crank who had a scheme. The jurors, however, are ask. ing whether there is an attempt on the part of the board to shake down" the owners of lenders before they pas. a. law on the subject.
 Another. matter that is urgent is the completion of the Hall of Justice. There has ben a hitch, they say, be-. tween the Supervisors and the city ar chitect, who refuses to proceed on the plans and under the instructions of. the board. If something is not done. soon both the architect and the Su-: pervisors are to be called before the; jury and forced to give explanations that will be satisfactory, or explain to a trial jury after indictment for mis- feasance in office.
 Assistant Secretary E. L. Wadham: of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has made a formal complaint to the Grand Jury of the al- legged attempt on the part of Supervisor: Delany to blackmail the society of. which he is an officer. The charges: were framed according to the proyi-; sions of Section 6S of the Penal Code of: California, which provides as follows:
 Every executSve officer or person elect. ed or appointed to an executive office. who asks, receives or agrees to receive a. bribe upon any agreement or understand: ing that his vote, opinion or action upon: any matter then pending, or which may: be brought before him in his official ca. pacity, and who shall be influenced ther-. by, Is punishable by iwprtsonment in the
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-02
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The San Francisco call., 1898-02-02

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The San Francisco call., 1898-02-02
SUPERVISOR THOMAS II. HAskINs.

tion for him, and as. I have known. him since boyhood I did so, and I asked that the permit be ; granted :Delany :. op- posed the. matter because he. said he understood that Griffo. had been: in some drunken brawls in the East@an had been ordered*out of various. cities.
 He said we: did. not#need that kind of cattle here, but I did. all zI*could for
 Young Mitchell. ; told him | would: vote for the petition but he said that
 would not do, as it would have to be. reported on by the committee. .: Y !!
 7. I suppose Mitchell: was mad because. his last permit was not granted, but. that was largely because of the fake. Walcott- -Lavigne fight. It was not I ,, but Captain Delany who took his mat ter away from the committee. and. changed the dates because: there was a conflict. Another point I want to make
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-02

State prison for not less than one nor
 more than fourteen years, and in addi- ton. thereto sforfeits his office and ifs forever disqualified from holding office In this State: :.s :: ! ': F
 Secretary Holbrook has also pre- ferred charges with the Grand Jury calling for .an. investigation: of the manner: In" which the pound was con ducted under the former administra- tion when it was In. politics and also after: it was. placed In the charge of the Society. for the Prevention :. of Cruelty to Animals. This will not only show the humane treatment the ani- malls received when, the society con ducted it, but the revenue the city gained from 1t. The Jury will also be
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-02

Young Mitchell's charges of corrup- tion against Supervisors, published ex- clusively in The Call yesterday. were the talk of the city.
 So far-spreading was the interest in this grave matter that The Examiner. little as it loves The Call, induced Young Mitchell to make an affidavit that The Call story was the truth and nothing but the truth. But Mitchell also says there is more. He says he has cards up his sleeve and that the truth has not half been told.
 Let the Grand Jury call upon me and they will get it all, for they have . he right to ask questions. There are 7others who can tell an interesting story If they dare come out and tell the whole case as it is"
 The Grand Jury will bring the matter up without delay and give Mitchell and others an opportunity to do all they can to throw light on the methods of the committees involved.
 The Calls account of the matter will be brought before the body to-day.
 In sporting circles the charges made by Mitchell were apparently no sur prise, for scores of we'll known lovers of glove contests had heard them made, and there seems to have long been a general understanding that something was doing" with the busy members of the Committee on Health and Police, which is said to have looked strictly after the welfare of it's own members.
 Seen in reference to the charges yes terday MT. Herget said:
 T simply repeat my charges and say that I have not made the case as bad as it Is. Haskins may make all the denial he wants to. but the facts are as I state them. They wanted the earth and I simply got tired of being imposed upon. If the Jury will call upon some other people whose names I will give them they may get some strong facts to aid them in their in- vestigations."
 Supervisor Haskins made the fol- lowing statement relative to the serious charges against his integrity as an off, cial:
 There is not one particle of truth in the charges against me. No offer of rmoney was made, and if one had been the request for a permit would never have been brought before the commit tee. This matter dates back to the time when Mitchell put in an applica- ton for permit in the Griffo-Lavigne fSbt. He asked me to put in the pett-
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-02

2 All that I have said is true..= 2 There is much more to tell, and:
 . there are others who could speak
 . if they dared to tell the truth. . . have known Haskins a long
 . time, and know no good of ;:
 2 him, either. The whole gang q are as crooked as a rams horn. q l never visited Haskins' place ;, . but once. If the telephone cons . pany keeps a record of its mes . sages 1t can be shown that 1t ;. 2 was from there that | tele- . phoned to Ned Lanigan regard ' . ing what it would cost me to: . get the permit. They threw me . down hard. didn't kick then. . but when it comes to stamping q on me after I am down I draw :. q the line e.''-YOUNG MITCHELL :: . JOHN HERGET), in an inter- . view.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-02
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 q 4..'I do mot understand why. ::t o Young Mitchell should single me 3 q out for: any such false and un,. , q just; attack. I have known. him } T long time and I am surprised g ' that he has made the charges B
 . unless had been. drinking. I s .. saw: him a few days ago. and , . thought he: had been celebrating, ...t q as. his. barkeeper's $. wife had died 3
 q: and he seemed to feel bad over }
 o%@. it. But Izwant to=say this. A AI--~...f q though he is: a prize fighter he. f q cannot bulldoze or. in:timidate t . me into anything. If he thinks 3
 q he can he will be greatly sur- | prised. t-SUPERYISOR! <. HAS-...< p KINS, in an interview. .: ,: :. :: F:
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-02

ouire weeks to restore the telephone and telegraphic service. Not a single telegraph wire out of Boston was in operation all day, and the telephone wires were in almost as bad condition. This afternoon telephone service as far as Worcester was established. The wholesale and most of the business dis tricts of the city were deserted all day. The Stock Exchange was lifeless and transactions were very limited
 Shipping in the harbor was damaged greatly, and it is feared that many dis asters to coast shipping will be report ed when telegraphic communication Is restored.
 The center of the storm appeared to
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-02
:; NEWS OF THE. DAY.

FIRST PAGE. :: : Cyclone Strikes Superyisor- E. Harbor Board in a Snarl.
 A Blizzard at the East -:' <
 ;. F. SECOND PAGE. < @' Laborer Whirled to Death :'.: :. Williams Society Wedding. z
 THIRD PAGE ,S Ex-Minister Thompson's Suicide. ,. ( Lunatic Finds Mrs. tLuetgert Russian Troops in Manchuria. .-,:- Little Girl Dies of Rabies. ...:, ( Ohio Bribery Scandal Desperate Battle With Outlaws. . Fire Sweeps Big Hotel (
 FOURTH PAGE. z The Latest News From Dawson. ; :. < Deathbed of a Scientist. ( Spain Prepared for Var. -: Prominent Divine Dead. :-~.: Stanford Faculty Divided. ..+ = ::'. Los Angeles Express Wrecked z Insurance Fake Ia a Wreck a:. :; s FIFTH PAGE. Lives Lost at Sea. i'..e ..s :'& . Annexationists Are Disheartened .".[ Jack Stelzner a Winner >-...: A Brutal Mate Arrested .> :.:5 Oregon Men for Sound Money. :. ; Life Saved by Watch = : +. E.: SIXTH PAGE. = Editorial. :: :".:,-.. Where Blame Rests, z :: The Fool and the Gun. :... Doodle Rampant '.: = = 4 The Oakland Water Combine. . :: Law and. .Expediency. :: = < The News From the Orient " Az Stories From the Corridors. :. Answers to Correspondents. * .. :. :;
 SEVENTH PAGE. < :: ..:> News Along the Water Front: Had to Flee for Safety .:..:. Oakiands Water Fight. .:; :+ An Insurance. Armistfce. The Mission to Have Park. :..:. !.
 EIGHTH PAGE. :. Demand Car Tenders: ST.. : ....: Detective. Agencies Doomed. ., :, ( Jackson and Jeffries Matched =. { NINTH PAGE. .s: :, Congress Hard at Work =: .@ ., : Los Angeles People. .on Guard. :. ..., . Crowds at the Miners. Fair. :: From :Footlights to Altar. -: :,
 # TENTH PAGE. :: The Commercial World - .. ELEVENTH: PAGE. =: :. News From Across the Bay. : Maloney's Grave Charges:*.. TWELFTH. .PAGE.4 Real Estate Market Review. : : Racing at Ingleside.
 THIRTEENTH. PAGE. =, Births, Marriages and Deaths.
 FOURTEENTH PAGE. Husbands Murderous Act. : Want Better City Lights. E
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-02
GRAND JURY
 WILL PURSUE,
 THEM HOTLY Herget's Charges in The Call a Thun-
 derbolt. Makes Affidavit That Has klns Asked Bribes
 for Permits. Beard Will Be Indicted If They Do Not Provide Car ;. ;.
 Tenders. ....,,. POUND CHARGES FILED Captain Delany and supervisor Has kins Will Be Confronted by .@
 Their Accllsers. =:
Beard Will Be Indicted. If They Do Not Provide Car !. .-%' :.
 Tenders. :... ~
POUND CHARGES FILED
Captain Delany and Supervisor Has kins Will Be Confronted by E. :.
 Their Accnsers. +-

There ha0e been 50 many charges of tTaud lodged against hs present Board of SMberUisofs h1at the Grand Jury bas httle hnse tor any other bnsiness Han the investigation of alZeged crimes committed bv Me city's Laumakers. r
 Tbe stormcIond of accnsation las no10 so localized tbat tbe follo1cing four matters are pending and 1ciV be dlgesfgated ip the order nansed: :. .
 First-Charges now lodged before the Grand Jury to the effect that su- pervisor DeIany tried to blackmail the Society for Prevention of Cruelty ito Animals.
 Second-The charges of John Her get CYoung MitchelD that Super visor Haskins sought bribe of two hundred and fifty dollars before he would favor the issuing of permits for boxing contest. In this con- nection the charge that Ned Lanigan is the broker of members of the board when privileges are for sale will be investigated.
 Third-The entire board will be brought before the indicting body if they do not decide the fender ques- tion by the 14th of this month.
 Fourth-The board and the city architect will be brought before the jury and disciplined for illegal con- duct and gross negligence in the building of the new Hall of Justice.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-02

single uninsulated bimetallic wire
stretched ON the ground through wet
grass, over which whispered CONVEX
sation was conducted through tele-
phones half mile apart. When the
wire was partly buried, the telephone
could not be held close to the ear with
out discomfort.
The war in the east furnished the
general with an excellent object lesson
just at that time when congress was in
particularly niggardly mood and was
proposing to cut down appropriations to
an extent which threatened to ruin the
signal corps; for he was able to point to
an instance where the Japanese signal
and telegraph corps, on the day follow
ing the battle of Ping Yang, ran into
that city flying telegraph line from
Seoul, distance Of 70 miles.
Nowadays every commander Of an
army or a feet has with him small
corps of men who not only understand
the working of the telegraph key and
read messages by sound, but are shrewd
enough to do thousand things in the
way of repairing and emergency work
which may be called for when no out
side aid can be procured.
These men understand splicing wire
and cable i'll any condition and amid
any surroundings. They are of trained
ingenuity in running down and locating
breaks in the connection. They have
enough sobriety of Judgment to be able
to play the censor if necessary on dis
patches put into their hands to send.
They are Geographic geographers as
well as everything else, having at their
fingers ends the directions and juno
tions of telegraph lines all over the
earth, for it sometimes becomes of the
very first Importance to send message
to the other side of the enemy's country
without actually passing through it.
The American civil war saw the
greatest development of the military
telegraph and gave to the world the ex-
ample of its first systematic use. This
was to have been foretold from knowl-
edge of the inventive and time saving
character of the nation. With us the
extension of the silent and wonderful
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-02
Ires nrsJ assumed gigantic proper

wires nrst assumed gigantic proper
tions.
One of the least of the things it did
was 10 save the capital Of Washington
time and again. In 1869 all Federal
headquarters were connected by wire
with Fort Monroe, and the farthesi
stations of this system were just outside
Of the Confederate zone of fire. From
April 20 to Nov 10, 1861, l,l37 miles
Of military telegraph was built. There
were 1906 offices and 1853 operators.
During the var the construction reached
ID, $50 miles and $500, 900 messages
were sent at a cost of $3,2l9, 400.
These lines were composed of insu-
lated wire, often wound on reel,
which was attached to the back Of a
mule. 1t was spun out or taken up as
the tide of battle advanced or receded.
That is the method today for field work.
CAPTAIN L. B. FRANCIS
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-02
THE N AN AT THE KEY
HE KEEPS THE ARMY IN TOUCH WITH
THE NATION.

How improvements In Military Telegraphy
Were Utilized In Skaters Cuban Cam
paign-The Field Operators Often Click
ed Messages Within Range of Bullets.
NLon Skaters army moved up to
Santiago, the telegraph wires followed
the head of the column and kept I'M
broken communication with Washing
ton. During the advance on the city the
field telegraph station moved up with
the field headquarters, and at times the
men at the key clicked off messages
while shells from the enemy's batteries
snarled overhead. Such are some of the
results of the improvements which have
been made in army telegraphing.
No sooner had Skaters army estab-
lished landing place at Baiquiri than
connection by wire was made with
Guantanamo, where the cable to Mole
st. Nicholas, Haiti, had been picked
up. This put him in direct communica-
ton with Washington. AS he drove the
Spaniards before him men from the sig
nal corps strung telegraph wires from
the palm trees and thus, like huge
spider spinning single thread, the
army left behind it a thin trail of sing
ing wires.
Telegraph wire has been reduced so
in weight that man can transport two
miles Of insulated double conductor as
rapidly as column of cavalry can
move. This includes the weight of the
reel for paying out the wire, as well as
Of the wire itself The flying field tele-
graph and telephone makes kit weigh
ing not to exceed Is pounds, and this
includes a diminutive Morse key and
buzzer, so that messages can be sent
simultaneously from both instruments.
We have at the head of our signal
corps in General Greedy an officer
whose tastes are all in line with his
professional speciality. Nothing delights
him more than to experiment and in
vent new methods in electrical field
work. In his report for 1894 he drew
attention to the increasing value Of the
telephone in warfare, with special ref
erence to the war between China and
Japan, which was then under way. All
late wars, he said, indicate that cleo
trical connections are Indispensable to
the success Of any army operating on
base apart from the general telegraphic
system. a'~
He recorded the marvellous success Of
experiments made in the army with the