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The Republican journal., 1899-08-31

ping it first in old blankets and then il
several thickness of newspaper.
The Republican journal., 1899-08-31

TIMBERLAI1E, Ban. Examiner.
The Republican journal., 1899-08-31

Two bottles should be kept for bottle
fed baby. The one not in use should be
filled with cold water and soda.
The Republican journal., 1899-08-31

Before busting a room enough time
should be allowed to elapse for the dust to
settle, and then it should be taken up with
soft cloth, not merely displaced with a
feather buster. The latter may be used
to d;slodge particles beyond the reach OF
the hand, but it is not practicable for any
other purpose.
The Republican journal., 1899-08-31

II the tea sleeper contains any cold tea
and soaked leaves, no matter how small
an amount, do not throw the mixture
away, but pour it every few days into the
cuts glass water bottles. Shake the bottles
we'll and then thoroughly rinse them in
clear water. Treated in this manner, the
inside of the bottles will remain bright
and clear.
The Republican journal., 1899-08-31

...... Miss Edith Ladd, who spent the
summer in Lowell Mass, has returned
home. Mr.. and Mrs E. L. White, who
spent short vocation in this ivicinty return
ed to their home in Brockton, Mass, Aug
10Th. Mrs. Alonzo Beckwith aud daugh.
ter Ergie have returned home from visit
of several weeks with relatives in Windsor
APPLETON. Among the arrivals in town
the past week are Mr.. and Mrs. w. Ell. Sum-
ner of Boston Mrs. G. E Sumner and sons,
Geo w and Chester B. Sumner and daugh-
ter Mary E. Sumner Of Omaha, Nebraska
l.. NJ. Keen and SOILS Charles A. and l.. M .
Keen Jr.. of Fremont, Nebraska, are reg
istered at the Valley House. Mrs. Lizzie
Collamore and granddaughter of Stoneham,
Mass, are guests of Mrs. Louise Keen....
Albert Stuart is at home from Boston, where
he has employment in the City Hospital. ..
Rev. L. S. Ufford, Mrs. Ufford and daugh-
ter are visiting Mrs. Utford's mother, Mrs.
Mary Ames. Rev. G. f. Jenkins. Mrs
Lydia Vaughn, Mrs. G. II. Page and daugh
ter. Mrs. Georgia Ripley of Bath, Mrs.
Frances Gushee, and daughters, Misses Fam
ME and Edith Gushee, and Milton r. Sim
mons are at Northport Camp Ground for ten
days outing. DR.. l.. W. Hadley, who has
been with us little more than one wear has
moved to Union, where he has taken Dr.
Woods practice. DR.. Hadley has been very
successful as physician here and has gain
ed hosts Of friends who are very sorry that
he could not remain with us; but DR.. Wood
had built up fine business in Union and
his successor, we feel confident, will be
equally we'll liked. Mrs. Hadley. who has
also been very popu With our people, is
now visiting her pareDJg in Bradley.
The Republican journal., 1899-08-31

Ifgrease is spilled on the floor cold water
poured on it at once will prevent the spot
from soaking into the wood
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-17
FORTUNES MADE +. !.
At CAPE NOME
Cost of Living, However,
Is Very High.
Special Dispatch to. The can.

TACOMA. Nov. l6.-The FIRST issue Of
the Nome Gold Digger, published al. Cane
Nome and edited by CassNs NJ Coe5 Tor
merly Of san Francisco. has been received
here II states that an ordinarily. good
dwelling Of seven or eight rooms rents for
300 a month. Freight taken from the
beach, whore 81 Is landed. from steamers.
costs from % 10 80 cents per 100 pounds
for delivery by dog teams 10 stores antl
residences. For delivery OF heavy. freight
by horse team and wagon $40 an hour Is
charged. The ruling price for a shave Is
81 and for haircut 81 90. A bath, and a
poor one at that. costs g. II costs 80
cents for laundIying a flannel SHIFT %
cents for washing colored linen shirts and
81 for a white shirt. ''s.,-'. ..
w. II. Price has cleaned up Sl92 600 from
No. Above on Anvil Creek. ANVIL, Snow
ana Dexter creeks yielded about 81 509 900
from limited workings Barr Creek m
pears 10 be as rich as the best of them.
Nos. 10 and II on Anvil Greek have been
sold 10 Lane OF San Francisco for sgd OlO
5 and IL Is predicted he Will clean up si,000.-
900 prort on the deal. 80.
II. u. Cashel. Mayor of Nome. writes
as follows IN the issue: u don't like TO
theorize as 10 whore the gold comes from;
but gold is nearly always Coarser near
the. shore than AT the edge OF Tundra.
giving the impression that Il comes ont
u the sea. because the finest paytle!as
are found deposited at the fartlFest
IL
Within a radius OF two miles on the beach
counted about August 10 2S0 rockers.
There were al least two men at each.
and. away beyond these rockers. below
Indian Village for seven or eight miles.
was an almost continuous line of ritsn.
II should think 25o0 men were working
on the beach between the mouth Of Snake
River and Cripple Creek 1 Judge very
few men made less than SO day. and
the average was at least an ounce a iav..
Il know personally two men who took
out $4,000 between July + and October /.
These were Cummings and Missouri Bill
j. ". Logan. a San Francisco newspaper
man. and three associates took out 5000
in thirty days and left the country: They
just worked one little draw. This IS con-
servative. made myself under favor
able circumstances 500 day for a time"
Thomas Murphy. for twelve years chief
painter for the Pacific Mall Company at
San Francisco, and for. several months
resident OF Nome. died there three
weeks ago of typhoid fever. The remains
We're brought down on the Cleveland for
interment In San Francisco. Deceased
was 3f years old and left widow and
young son. The cause " his death Is di-
rectly fraceable 10 exposure contracted
at the time Jafat Lindeberges tent on An
vii Creek was robbed Of a box containing
900 in dust. The thieves got the gold
but II was too heavy . for them 70 get
away with. being holly pursued by
Murphy. The latter was lightly clad, and
II Is supposed the exposure .hastened his
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-17

follows: 'RikhofY's ascent was made In
an absolutely clear sky and reached a
height. of 1909 meters One hundred Leo
ntds, twenty of which were Of the first
magnitude. were observed from the bal
loon: II was an excellent Voyage: and
there was an easy descent near the Wiz
lage OF Plessis, Ssinte Opportune, Depart
ment of Eure.' -.->+ =. -.
This was splendid astronomical IN
nevation.' =; -... . -'
=. PRINCETON Nj. Nov. i6,-Attemnts
Of Professor Young and Professor Libby
10 photograph the reteors last night re-
suited with but little. success. Professor
= Young saw eight meteors- between. and 4
% clock this morning- and exposed one
plate bat saws he doubts Il II WIFI show
any meteors when developed. Professor
Libby set. up his camera at Hamilton
square, eight miles south Of Princeton He
saw twelve meteors, but failed TO obtain
any Photographs. Professor Reed exposed
four. plates from the Halstead Observa-
tory. but has not developed them He;
thinks his attempts were failures also ::
g NEW YORK, Nov. IA special dis
patch 70 the Journal and Advertiser from
Washington says: - 49,
ftg shower. OF Eeonids will not occur
this season. The brilliant spectacle has
beeen announced one. year too suon: 3.
by nr: l.. ]. See. one OF the most ad-
vanced astronomers in~,the Government
service: DR.. See has charge Of the TWEEN
ty-siN inch equatorial telescope at the
Naval Observatory, He intimated that he
he had reached a conclusion concerning
the I-eonids based upon astronomical cal
culations that would not harInonize with.
views heretofore held by astronomers.
He stated with great positiveness that@the.
meteortc display; which has been a mere
spntter this year, would be repeated at
about this date in November next year,
with a brilliancy quite equal. If not super
ior, TO any OF. the tri-oentury displays
with which the modern world has been
startled.
Astronomical calculations have not
erred as 10 the periodicy OF the Leonids..'
said DR. See. 81 am: thoroughly convinced
that the period of passage Is two years
instead OF one. as heretofore believed. .
The Leonids have been within the
earths orbit for year now. and will re-
main with US for another twelve month
The meteoric shower has not been as
heavy this time as there was good scien-
tific reason for believing IL would be- That
is because we have not yet struck the
thick part Of the trar.
BY my calculations this collision will
occur in. the middle OF November. 1900.
Then the resultant display OF burning
mfteors will be as brilliant as the one
observed by Humboldt in Venezuela In
1893
The present visitation is a counterpart
Of that in 1863 At that time there vera
displays in two years. that OF 1862 be-
ing about as feeble as the present has
been. and that Of the succeeding year be-
ing nearly as striking as that recorded
by. Humboldt."-
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-17
SAYS HOLLAND
IS A SUCCESS
Official Report on the
Torpedo Boat. T.
Special Dispatch to The Cali.

NEW YORK. Nov. 1.-THE official re-
ports on the Holland boat from John
Lowe captain L. s. NJ. and the Beard
OF Inspection and Survey. the president
of which is Frederick Rogers, L.. s. N,
were made public to-day. Both. reports
deal at length in the technicalties OF Ire
trials and both agree that the trials have.
been successful in almost every particu-
lar.
The trial OF the Holland boat, took
place on November S before the Board of
Inspection and Survey. The: start was
made of New Suffolk. l.. l., with rlne
men on board. or four more than when
going into d fight: There were three
Whitehead torpedoes on board. The
tests comprised running on the surface
and under the water, diving and torpedo
firing. and they were aft very successful.
Captain Lowe CONCLUDES his technical re-
port as follows: T.: 20 T.
':.i reuort my belief that the Holland Is
q successful and veriiable Submarine tor
pedo-boat, capable of mTkins a Neritable
attack upon an enemy unseen ana un-'
detectable and that. therefore she is an
engine of warfare Of terrible potency
which the Government must necessarily
adopt into its service" 49,.
OF his personal. observations he says:
''C0ncernins the worse than worthlesshess
of the present above water torpedo sys-
tenn; its methods. theories and appliances.
the need Tor ut@lNeIdlCt tTolIl IT'S aD-
surdftfes: and from the fools, paradise of
its false security, and instead the: abso-
lutte need Of real torpedo system. such
as the submarine system; / have already
reported under date of November14 1898
I'VE need right Off. and right nuw. fifty
submarine torpedo vessels in. Long Island
Sound to preserve the peace and to give
potency TO cur diplomacy. -
:" ''It seems 10 me quite necessity that
this Government should. not allow the.
skill and knowledge OF those owning and
running the Holland boat to pass out OF
but should forestalt such a catastrophe
by purchasing the Holland and putting
the Holland people under some ban where
by they will be prevented from disclos-
ing secrets TO the disadvantage of the
United States" -t-s'' ,-'" -
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-17
MAKE A
BIG FREIGHT ALLOWANCE
Interstate Commerce Commission Will Adjourn
To-Day and Meet Again on This Coast
About Next January.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

o.
who. seemed. to- think that. St. Louis ;oc-
cupied: about the same position. In. the
world as: what is. claimed for Chicago and
displayed as much IGNORANCE about rail-
reafi rates and how they should be ads
lGs+ed = - - -: '. e
:. The greatest character of. the day was
\. %. Nelson. president of the n. o.
Nelson Manpfactu Company. which
makes plumbing wares In St. Louis and
sells them TO jobbers. retailers and any
one else that can be. induced 10 buy He
said his company shipped; goods to Call
fornia in carloads and. distributed them
TO retailers from. warehouses, and COM
planned of the additional expense 10 carry
the. stock. though. he admitted that IL
cost him no more to get his goods there.
than II did the local trader; He said the
coast was the natural territory for ST
louis and that local traders;were not JUS
uiied in carrying large stocks, as large
local johbjng houses were not adapted to
the. coast as the cities there were. too
small for them: He said that n the Pa
ciHS Coast .jobbers We're as smart as the
st. Louis men. they would have no need
OF -diferentals.: He:was the last witness
for the. complainapts:: g.. ...:
= The defendants then called III. E. Jack
SON. Of Flint. Dearborn & Co OF. New
York. who are, engaged in shipping goods
by clipper ships to the Pacific Coast He
said they had dispatched ten ships this.
year from New York to San Francisco.
carrying 81, 500 tons, and two TO Los An
geles. carrying 400 tons: They: had no
arrangements with any one and made
freights low enough TO fiji their ships
He said there was a competing line con.
ttolled by parties in Philadelphia. and
their ships carried nearly all classes of
goods WHICH go by rail: His firm had
contracted for four steamers to run be-
tween New York and San Francisco, each
OF capacity TO carry 1900 tons of freight,
making the passage by: the Straits Of Ma
gel1an in SIXTY three days. One OF these
steamers IS now being built In San Fran
cisco, to be ready next. May or June. and
two in ;Pennsylvania will be finished
about the same time and the other later.
The commission: Will sit tomorrow
rnnrning. to hear. one. more witness for de-
PENDANTS on the question of competition
by sea and then adjourn the case to some
later day for. taking testimony on the
coast, probably in January or February
next. ,''-ss e. T.: -
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-17

~ T, LOUIS. Nov: iel3The complain
:. ants in the Interstate. commerce
case closed their testimony this aft
ernoen. Their. principal witness to-
~ dav was S. ;Norvell, third vice presi-
dent of the Simmons Hardware Company;
He stated that their business was larger
in California this: year than. last: and
profitable. although they gave freight
allowance to; their customers: of so cents
on: each hundred pounds of. goods bought:
that the business for last October was The
highest known. in. California;. that their
statesmen were forbidden to call on jobbers
and confined their sales TO retailers He
admitted that his house also gave freight.
allowances TO customers east pf St Louis.
but said Il was because they had Ito
get the goods out of here and then haul
them back. Their travelling statesmen re-
ceived salaries and a percentage. OF the
profits on their sales besides. The only
things that he complained Of. not being
able to sell now at a profit on the. coast
were .ertndstones: and. other similar arti-
cles when shipped in lots less than car
loads. ~. 70: = p. : -: -
" He claimed that modern business. was a
scientific problem: that they have two or
three hundred satesmeu securing the
country for business, aiming :to capture
the best class of retailers: that they. sent
carloads OF RpOuS 10 tltt Sotsl- ana as
tributed thein-tQ customers; that they mad.
unusual facilities for. doing business at the
least expense. as the tracks Of the Various
railroads ran into their. stores and en-:
abled them TO load and unload merchan-
disc on the premises: that the freight on
the higher. classes OF. goods cut but little
figure. and they could afford TO make al
lowances for all the freight He declared
that the. people on the coast. were rather
-extravagant and bought largely of high
priced articles. He tfonght an injustice
was done to his house because of the iif-
ferentials. on small lots; which caused
their customers 10 go to the local iobbers
10. fill up their, stocks. Their: policy. Mr..
Norven said. was to- build UP the. small
dealer and hold on to. him. One OF the adj
vantages Of being a. big concern. he said.
was that they got Confidential rebajes
from the manufacturers: .Their stock
included $500 classes OF articles; and
they had no complaints against the rail-
roads as 10 their present earnings. =.
He was followed. by enc Muignon.
freightman for the. Paddock Hawley Iron
Company. a hardware house in St. Louis.
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-17

ord magnitude could be. seen, Three par
icularly br5gh; ones We're observed. "
PHlLADELPHlA.- NOV. 16=-The meie-
or:c display here early this morning was
q disappointment, IL was cloudy until
midnight. and a thick haze etsclired the
sky when the constellation 81 Leo arosc
Just before dayhreak the radiant visitors
could be plainly seen and during the
short remaining time OF observation che
meteors were seen at a rate Of twenty
five or thirty an hour :..- IS
MiNNEAPoLlS. MINI. Nov. I6.-Prc-
fessor IS. ". Paine wires. from The
Northfeld, MINI. observatory TO-DAY az
follows: Twenty-Five Observers watch
ing for the Leonid meieors saw not more
than twenty LeonIds during the v4ioie
night. The display was very weak Fhe
maximum OF this return was certainly
not VISIBLE - .
LONDON. Nov. l6--A balloon. win
Percival Spencer the aeronalit. the Rey,
J. NJ Bacon and Miss Bacon. assembled
at O'Clock yesterday morning from New
bury, Berkshire. for the purpose Of OBJ
serving the Leonid shower. descending
near Meath, South Wales, this afternoon.
The observers saw only five u1ereors.: t5it
were near enough 20 catch some of The
fiery vapor by special Apparatus. They
were obliged 10 make a sudden descent:
as the balloon was drifting toward the
sea As a result Mr. Bacon. WAS badly
shaken and his daughters arm was frdc-
tured. -. ...< ~
A few Leonids were seen from the
Greenwich observatory. although no pho
tographs We're secured. and a few also
We're observed al .R0msey Hampshire.
and from the Treplow observatory. None.
however. seem. 10 have been seen eIsaz
where. and, generally speaking. the
European observations proved "A. failure
In Russia the. Iieonid displays caused. a
panic in many places. II was believed
that the end Of the world had come
Churches were open all night long and
hundreds OF thousands spent three nights
in the open air. fearing earthquakes and
general cataclysm. There are even
rumors that in some villages Russian
parents murdered their children 10 save
them from an expected worse fate There
was rather a brilliant display between 2
and o'clock Thursday morning al Berlin.
VIENNA. Nov. .l6.-Dr. Weiss. director
OF the Vienna observatory. who headed a
scientific expedition 10 Delhi. India TO
observe the Leonids. cabled this morning
that they had not. Yet appeared. ...
PARIS Nov. l6-M. Camille Flamrna-
rion writes 10 the Paris editor of the Her
aid and says :..-...
LAS have calculated. the shower OF
shooting stars was not Very abundant
The meteors had become dispersed along
the whole length OF their traJection. In
stead Of the hundreds of thousands OBJ
served IN 1893 and in lS33. il has not been
possible 10 register even a thousand :
BALLOON asceuts were very. successful
above the mist. NJ. Janssen. director of
Meudon observatory, who conceived this
ingenious idea, has Just telesTaphed me as.
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-17
NEW MANAGER
- I. FOR HARPERS
Change in Publication
Firm. -,
speclsl Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK. Nov. lG.-J. Henry Har.
per. vice president of Harper & Bros. an
noences that at q, meeting of the directors
of Inc publishing company to-day George
y. NJ. Harvey. editor and proprietor OF tha
North American Review was elected
president e. and managing director of Har-
per ~ Bros. He added that Mr. Harvey
had purchased from the Shareholders. a
large interest in the company The or
ganiZation as completed at a meeting to-
President. Il. b M Harvey; first vice
president. John II. Harper; second Vice
president J; Henry Harper; third vice
taFy5 James :Thorne Harper: treasurer
Henry 5. Harper: and directors In. addi-
ton. 10 the officers above named, H w
Harper and james Harper. /:
Tie changes; consist In the substitution
OF Mr.; Harvey as president in place OF
John. w. Harper, who become first vice
president and the retirement of .John
renders II impossible for him 10 attend To
business. Mr. Harvey VIII. enter upon
his duties on. Monday. -,
Mr.. Harper declined TO state the terms
uDdcr which Mr.. Harvey becomes the
head Of Harper 81 Bros. II was learned
however. from another source. which there
is every reason. TO believe is authoritative
that. the shareholders cold a large block
of stock which was appraised some time
ago at $2S1 a share, TO Mr. Harvey at $3.50
per share. The exact amount OF stock
purchased by him cannot be ascertained
81 Q10 900. -; =. -
1t was reported some months ago that
coIlsc!icatipn. OF Harper & Bros: and
Doubleday * Mcclure had been nrar-
ticaily completed. It was found. however
when the time cam TO put the suggested
capitalization: into effect. that the lines OF
plthncaiion, or the two companies differed
SOSwidely that the plan was impractical ble
and. it was abandoned. =
Nj Harvey. confirmed: the announce
nfelIt of Mr.. Harper, but further. than: to
announce that he would continue as the
editor OF the. North American Review he
declined TO discuss his. plans Tor !: the
future
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-17
cRoss-ExANINED BY
. ....."- +: ! !. Fl ATTORNEY HERRIN

ST. LOUIS, Nov. l6.-zW. F. Herrin, at
torney for the Southern Pacific in cross
examination Of Mr., Norvell, attempted TO
show that the railroad rates were not re-
sponsible for fluctuation In the volume OF
business transacted in California during
the last eighteen months, since the rates
had remained the same during that pc
Rod - r. - = -; ....-si :. - ~. r..
/; Perhaps II would make that chart
more interesting" was Mr.. NorvelTs an
rswer. 'if we would add another line,
showing what our profits would have been
had the former freight rates obtained.
am complaining of our profits there. not
OF our volume OF business there, : -,
-. "l8ut we cannot regulate freight rates
to yield profits for others retorted Mr..
Conrad Guipon. trafic manager OF the
Paddock Hawley Iron Company OF ST
Louis. followed Mr.. NoryeIl He made
the point that Pueblo has a better rate
enjoys :. ..-:-' -. - n : :. - -
'iThe carload rate from Pueblo to San
Francisco Is So cents per hundredweight.''
said he, while the carload rate from ST
Louis TO San Francisco is 20 cents per
hundredweight.- Certainly IL Pueblo has a
better rate than St. Louis. then St Louis
burg, but she has not e. -
/ Chairman Knapp introduced telegram
from w a: Hover, president OF the Den
jebhers entered their protest against any
change in the present classification be-
tween carload and less than carload rates
Attorney Pillsbury, representing the Job
bers of the. Pacific Coast. introduced a
telegram from Barrett, Hicks & Co. OF
San francisco. saying that their telegram
of recent date to use every effort TO have
less. than carload rates reduced" was sent
under a misapprehension and was with
drawn. e.. - 80 H.. - "a. ...-- .-.-..s.-
N, o. Nelson. president Of the N o.
Nelson Manufacturing Company OF ST.
Louis. was the last witness summoned by
the -complainarlts Asked TO describe the
-effect,of the tariff of June 25 1895. upon
his California business. he said he went
to- o<that State. and found out that there
were two clear alternatives for him
load lots. II he shipped goods in less than
carload lots his whole profit would be
more than absorbed in the differentinl
Asked II he could serve all OF his terri
tory except the Pacific Coast by shipping
in less than carload lots. he replied In the
affirmative, '.'. ...E ~. t.-.-.. ~