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The Grit-advocate., 1900-07-20
LISCUM
KILLED AT TIEN TSlN.

Tien Tsin. July 13. via Che Foo. July
ID. and Shangai. July 1G.-At . o'clock
this afternoon 1000 of the allied troops
We're attempting to storm the walls of
the city. The attack began at daylight
Its success is doubtful. The Chinese
on the walls are estimated conserva-
lively at 10000. They are pouring n
terrific hail of artillery. rifle and ma
chine gun fire upon the attackers.
The Americans Japanese. British
and French troops are attacking from
the west and the Russians from the
east
The Americans suffered terribly.
The chief surgeon of the Ninth infan-
try said conservative estimate was
that twenty-five per cent. of the .Ameri-
cans were hit. Colonel T.. H. Liscum
is reported as having been mortally
wounded as he was walking in front
of the troops. Major Regain and Cap
tains Boockmilier, Wilcox and \oyes
are among the wounded.
The marine losses include Captain
Davis killed. and Butler. Leonard and
several others, wounded
Officers declare that it was hotter
than Santiago.
When the correspondent left the
Americans were lying in the plain be-
tween the wall and the river. under an
infllading and direct fire 1t was
equally difficult for them to advanc. or
retire.
The correspondent counted 300
wounded men of all nationnlities.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-07-20

If the suggestions Of Charles W.
Garfield of New York, are acted upon.
the statue of Liberty in New York
harbor will have a flaming torch
worthy of the name. At present the
giant lady bears a brilliant but tiny
spark in her hand which, when the
outlines Of the figure are obscured at
night, cannot be distinguished from a
low-hanging planet Mr.. Garfield
suggests that a jet Of steam be sent up
through the arm and hand and. as
night settles down the cloud of vapor
would catch the glare Of the arc
lamps and have all the appearance of
d veritable flame. The idea was pre-
sented to his mind by noticing the
appearance of a cloud OF steam from
an elevated train upon which a search
light from one of the big dry goods
stores played. This arrangement for
increasing the effectiveness Of the
great statue might be carried out with
almost no additional expense, as the
government has its own plant on Bed
loe'e island for making the lights in
the torch. A pipe carrying steam
could easily be run from the boiler
room to the torch. .-e......
The Grit-advocate., 1900-07-20
Death of Senator Gear.

Washington. D. c., July 14-l'ni;ed
States Senator John Henry Gear of
Burlington, Iowa. died at i: 30 II. IN. to-
day of heart failure in his apartments
at the Portland in this city While Sen
ator Gear had been in ill health for a
year or more. death came at an entire
ly unexpected time. He was in excel
lent health and spirits last night and
made engagements with some politi-
cal friends last night. Shortly before
O'Clock last evening, accompanied by
Mrs. Gear, he went out driving with
Secretary Wilson of the Agricultural
Department. They returned about 10
o'clock and the senator retired an honr
later in his usual health. Shortly he
fore , O'Clock this morning the senator
summoned his confidential secretary,
Colonel X. Root. and Informed hin,
that he was troubled with congestion
in his chest. Mrs. Gear was called and
she and Colonel Root applied some sim
pie remedies, which seemed to relieve
the senator's suffering. At 2:3O o'clock
Senator Gear complained of serious
difficulty in breathing. His condition
became critical, and his family ply
sician. DIR. Davis, was summoned An
examination convinced DR.. Davis that
his distinguished patient was suffering
from heart trouble. and, calling colone!
Root aside he Informed him that Sen
ator Gear could last scarcely an hour.
About o'clock the senator seemed TO
he easier and when asked by Mrs.
Gear as to his condition replied faint
ly:S'I feel a trifle better.' These We're
his last words. Fifteen minutes later
he was dead
The Grit-advocate., 1900-07-20

A grim relic has just been presented
to San Francisco museum. 1t is a
"back-scratcher," once the property OF
the wife Of Fijian chief, which is
made from the leg bone Of mission
ary who was killed and eaten by the
islanders early in the century. The
late owner inherited the item from his
grandfather, but as his newly welded
wife would not permit him to keep in
the house an article possessed OF such
gruesome associations, and SO it was
sent to the museum.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-07-20

Twenty-one wagons passed through
the city Of Wabash, Ind, the other day
in solemn procession. They were load
ed with the last marketable black wal
nut logs in the county. The ceremony
would have been equally appropriate
in any other county Of the great CEN
trail states. The walnut. which half
a century ago was the most plentiful
and majestic tree Of the region, Is to-
day practically extinct. A stronger
argument for protective forestry laws
would be hard to find.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-07-20
COLORADO'S
REVENUE LAWS.

Denver, July 16-As an offset TO the
muddied financial condition OF the
state. Governor Thomas hopes to leave
as a legacy from his administration a
revised revenue law. From the begin
ming Of his term Of Office the governor
has insisted that a new and better sys-
TEN of assessment and collection of the
states revenues was needed. This has
been emphasized to him time and again
when controversies arose over the
funds in which the several appropria-
tions made by the last Legislature We're
classed. Under the present system of
assessment, the auditor cannot tell
what will be the amount Of revenue
until the returns are all in from the
county assessors September 1st and
the institution which received ap-
preparations must wait until then, 10
know whether there will be funds TO
pay the amounts set apart for them.
There has been repeated controversy
between the heads of institutions and
state boards and the executive officers
over this state of affairs, and threats Of
suits to mandamus the officers to pay.
wherether there was money or not.
have been made.
Yesterday Governor Thomas took the
when he appointed commission of
seven members to frame a bill for the
assessment and collection of revenue
to meet and defray the necessary ex-
penses of the state, the bill to be sub
mitted to the next session of the Gen
eral Assembly. The commission CON
sists of Clay b. Whitford, f. f. Whited.
Judge f. 4. Wells. Lafayette Twitchcll
and Joseph Israel of Arapahoe county:
benjamin Il. Montgomery of Teller
county. and William S. Buckley of San
Miguel county. The governor. III issu-
ing commissions to the appointeeS. re-
quests that they meet Immediately and
organize for their work
AS the Legislature has made no pro-
vision for compensation for work of
the nature that the commission will do.
the governor will recommend in his
message to the next Legislature that
an appropriation be made for the pur-
pose.
Governor Thomas leaves the commits
sion free to exercise its own Judgment
in framing the law he desires. and 10
plan of the work has yet been made.
Members Of the commission said yes
terday that meeting of its members
would be called Immediately, at which
the work would be outlined and the
necessary subcommittee appoiuteG
There will be sessions at stated inter
walls thereafter. Therevenuc laws of
other states will be the basis of work
Governor Thomas said yesterday that
his reason for appointing a majority
of the commission from .Ararahoe
county was to insure a quoru,ll At
each meeting.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-07-20

The only houses remaining in the
town are GOldwater Bros, A. Blum
berg and Mrs. Il. X. Blaine. dry goods,
Joseph Dougherty. T. w. Otis and J. l.
Gardner, groceries, and W. w. Ross
and w. p. Covillaud, drugs.
The express office and postOffice We're
both out of the fire limits, but the lat
ter had II close call. All the mail and
effects We're ready to move at mo-
ments notice.
The office of the supervisor of cen
sus for the territory was located in the
Prescott National Bank building, and
contained all the office statistics of the
census of the territory, but they We're
removed to place of safety.
The Western Union opened its office
this morning in a grocery store. and
the Postal has opened an office at the
railroad depot.
The electric light poles and wires
were destroyed in the burned district
and the town will be in darkness un-
til they can be replaced. This company
also owns the telephone system. and
loses more than half of it's instr,l-
mentS.
Many citizens who yesterday We're
comfortably fixed are to-day homeless
and Denniless, number losing both
their business places and their resi-
dences. An army of carpenters has
been busy all day putting up temporary
structures, many Of which have been
completed and will open for business
tomorrow.
OF the three printing offices in town
all that was saved was about thirty
cases of type by the Courier. The de-
structiOn of the Others was complete.
J. NJ. Martin. proprietor of the Journal
Miner, saved only his books. Included
in his loss was d Mergenthaier limo
type. installed in the office only three
months ago. The two above papers
have already made arrangements for
continuing publication, although but
little Insurance was carried by either.
Most of the heaviest losers will re-
build at once.
The origin of the fire was unknown
until t1lfsevening, when it was learned
tlmttia man rooming over the bottling
works was lying in bed reading by can
delight when piece of loose paper on
the wall, caught fire. He ran out and
gave the alarm and before others
reached the place the fire was beyond
control,
Extra police are on guard tonight
over goods in temporary structures
erected to-day and over the vaults Of
banks which are exposed to view. and
the fire patrol is also being maintained
to prevent any fresh outbreak. al
though with the dying down of the
wind but little apprehension is felt to-
night.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-07-20

IA sympathetic strike OF unique
kind occurred in New Jersey the other
day. A poor old horse was used in a
certain department Of glass factory,
but did not have the privilege which
his human fellowworkmen enjoyed of
knocking off" when the whistle
sounded. The men tried unsuccess-
fully to obtain shorter hours for the
old nag, and at last Struck" but gave
notice that they would gladly resume
work whenever the horses hours of
labor should be made to conform to
their own. The newspapers are silent
as to the result. but it is to be hoped
that matters have been settled to the
satisfaction OF all-especially Of the
horse.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-07-20
BUSINESS DISTRICT OF PRES.
COTT DESTROYED BY FIRE

Prescott, Ariz. July 15-The fire which
started at 1O:45 O'Clock last night was
not under control until 3 o'clock this
morning, when the fire fighters went
considerable distance in advance of
the flames and blew up the buildings
on the south side of Goodwin street.
preventing the fire from crossing the
street.
The burned district embraces five
blocks, in which are located the prin-
cipal mercantile houses, both banks.
both telegraph offices, the three news
papers. four hotels, every saloon and
every restaurant except one in the
town. besides scores of private resi-
dences.
To add to the prevailing gloom a
high wind has prevailed all day, send
ing smoke, dust and burning embers
in every direction, requiring the great
est vigilance to prevent another out
break Of the flames.
Owing to the chaotic conditions ex-
listing to-day, it is impossible to OBJ
tain an accurate account of the losses or
Individual insurance. From interviews
with insurance agents, the total insur-
ance does not exceed $3jO,OOO.
Bashford Burmister Co.. $25O,OOO; Sam
Hall, $4,000: Hotel Burke, 100000: d.
Levy 4 Co., $4,000; Jake Marks, $50
900: II. II. Burmister 4 Son Company.
$2O,OOO; c. A. Dake, $50, 900: Ed Block,
$4,000; J. w. Wilson, $4,000; Kelly
4 Stevens, $4,000; Journal Miner, $12.-
600. Bank of Arizona $4,000; Prescott
National Bank, $4,000: Prescott House
T
Courier, $1,000; Golden Eagle hotel
$4,000; scopel, $4,000; L. G. Becht.
$4,000; Windsor hotel $4,000:
Mountain City drug store. $4,000:
Brinllmeyer hotel, $4,000; H. Voge, So
600; Lee Bros. $1,000; Joe Roberts. ST.
ooo; Vienna bakery, $1,000; Cabinet
saloon, $4,000; Palace saloon, $4,000;
Prescott Electric Company, 5000
In addition to the above We're four
teen or fifteen saloons. with losses
ranging from 1000 to $1,000 ..,
Five restaurants, five barber shops,
residences were destroyed. In many
cases the above losses do not include
buildings.
At daylight this morning teams We're
at work hauling lumber to the public
piiiAh anu Covering IL Wllu lelltS ana
temporary frame buildings. The ocru-
pants will be ready for business to-
morrow Both banks. have secured
temporary quarters, and will be open
tomorrow.
All the sufferers from the fire are
provided with food, shelter and cloth
ing. and it is not thought any outside
assistance will be required.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-07-20

Two sisters living In San Francisco
are achieving success in unusual occu-
pations for women One is a carpen-
ter the other boss painter. The
former, a girl of 20. has built a Ave.
room house In which her family lives.
The father Of the girls is carpenter
and conceived the idea OF bringing his
daughters up as though they were boys.
giving them mems trades.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-07-20
japan is sending large forces for
ward and seems preparing to move on
l'ekin. rf'H

Tho commission on the new East
River bridge between New York and
Brooklyn boroughs finds itself COM
PEELED to ask the institution for con-
demnation proceedings in regard to
some 32,0O0.000 of property needed
for the Brooklyn approach. Three
churches are among the obstacles.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-07-20

Mr.. Bryan proposes to remain a
home during most of the campaign.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-05
RYAN WAS FOOLED.
Breidenthal Told Him He
Would Not Be in Race
For Governor.

w. H. Ryan of Crawford county who
is a candidate for the Populist nomina-
ton for governor. arrived in Topeka to-
day to attend the meeting of the Pop
ulist state committee. Ryan was the
first candidate to reach Topeka and he
Immediately fired a bomb into the
Breidenthal camp.
Ryan and his friends will under no
circumstances go to Breidenthal in the
event the situation becomes too COM
pick for the Crawford county senator
to land the nomination. This is CLEANED
from statements made by Mr.. Ryan to-
day. He said:
Upon Credentials announcement
that under no circumstances would he
enter the race I launched my boom. 1
did not want to interfere with Breiden-
thai and before announcing my candi-
dacy for governor 1 wrote to Mr.. Breid-
enthal, asking him if he expected to en-
ter the contest. He replied promptly,
stating that he would not be a candi-
date. I have his letter yet.
Then L became a candidate, upon
this assurance and 1 am in the race to
stay
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-05
QUARANTINE RAISED.
Coffee Steamers From Santos May
Unload at the Piers.

New York, Feb. 5-Steamships arriv-
ing here from Santos with coffee may
be permitted in future to land their
cargoes at piers in the city, instead of
being forced to unload at quarantine by
means of lighters.
A decision in the matter will be given
of the port, who says that the extreme
" strict regulations following the out
break of bubonic plague at Santos
might be modified as a result of cor
respondence between himself and the
health officers of Boston, New Orleans
and other ports.
All steamers from Santos since No
vember IS when the J. w. Taylor ar
rived with bubonic plague on board,
have been detained in quarantine and
after a thorough disinfection and de-
tention of their crews during the period
of incubation of the plague, have been
compelled to transfer their cargOeS to
lighters down the bay.
Another so-called plague Ship the
Mozart, which arrived from Santos to-
day, was detained by Mr. Doty.
Mr. Doty when asked directly if he
intended to release the Pamandra, now
held at quarantine, declined to reply,
but said he had been in consultation
with Washington and with health off
GERS elsewhere and had concluded that
the rules now in force were perhaps
somewhat too rigid. 1t is probable that
the Pamandra's cargo will be the first
to be landed directly since the Tay-
lor's arrival.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-05
A Fine Lot Of Steers.

A. z. Scribner and son, Click, re-
turned from Kansas City this morning
He was on the market Monday with 12O
head of whiteface Panhandle steers, of
his own feeding. This bunch has been
acknowledged to be the finest that were
ever in the county. He purchased
them from J. G. Green, who bought
them in No Mans Land. Mr.. Scribner
put them on feed the first of September
The first seventy days he fed them on
ear corn and then forty days on bran.
shelled corn and oil meal. They made
an average gain of 23a pounds per day
out of the 100 head eighteen topped the
market at $3.50, and they averaged
LAOS pounds. Forty head brought $5.75
and the remainder, the tailings out Of
the bunch, sold at $3.50. Mr.. Scribner
is an extensive and prosperous cattle
feeder. He says the cattle attracted as
much attention at the stock yards as
they did here.-Walnut Valley Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-05
no UNITE DEMOCRACY.
A Committee at Work to Harmonize
Eastern and Western Members

New York, Feb. 5.-According to the
Herald there is to be no total surrender
by the Democratic leaders to the gold
standard men. If men like Mr.. Bryan
and Chairman Jones have their way,
the silver plank of the Chicago plat
form Will be emphatically re-aftirmed,
and at the same time it will be the
policy of the party managers to devise
a platform that will have enough
planl1s to give standing room for all
classes of men opposed to the Republi-
can administration.
With a view to bringing about as
much harmony as possible, Senator
Jones recently designated Senators
Money of Mississippi, Bacon of Georgia,
Tillman of South Carolina, and TURKEY
of Tennessee, to act as a sort of ad-
visOry committee and get together ma
trial available for platform making
purposes.
These senators are now going through
former platforms of the party and
looking up arguments against trusts,
expansion, ship subsidies and other sub
Jects that they believe will be useful
in the approaching campaign. 1t is
part of their purpose to bring about as
much unanimity as possible in the plat
forms of the several state conventions
on these subjects, leaving each state to
deal with the silver issue as best suited
for its particular locality.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-05
DEWEY'S FUTURE.
The Admiral May Have a Special
Naval Place Created For Him.

New York, Feb. 5.-A special to the
Herald from Washington, D. c., says:
There is considerable gossip in naval
cidcles as to the dutysto which Admiral
George Dewey viii be assigned. now
that he has practically completed his
work as member of the Philippine
commission
There has been talk in the navy of the
creation of a special board to consider
matters relating to the preparation of
plans for new ships. the president OF
which should be the admiral Secretary
Long, however, says he is not consider
ing the organization of such a board.
There is reason to believe a detail of
this character would not be disagree
able to Admiral Dewey. He has very
decided views on the question of ship
construction, and is especially opposed
to the use of covered turrets for armor-
ed cruisers The experience of the bat
tie of Manila Bay demonstrated, in the
admiraIS opinion, that covered turrets
are a handicap, and it is his belief that
barbettes which would provide protec-
ton for the gun crews would give much
greater satisfaction. It is understood
President Mckinley has approved the
finding of the board which examined
Lieutenant William P. Elliott, on duty
at the Cavite naval station, commend
ing that he be given a years probation,
at which time he will be again re-ex-
amined for promotion. The board found
that Lieutenant Elliott was morally IN
fit for promotion at this time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-05
WILL KILL SMALL DEALERS
New Freight Rates ssaid to Promote
Big Department Stores.

New York, Feb. 5.-The Merchants
Association of this city has sent a pro-
test to the western classification COM
mittee at Chicago, against the new
classification which has recently beer
adopted for all railroads west of the
Missisissippi river. This classification, it
is cOntended, affects eastern shippers
force the first of the year on eastern
railroad lines and which the association
strongly protests against. The protest
is addressed to J. T. Ripley, chairman
of the classification committee.
The association objects to the widen
ing of the difference between carload
rates and less than carload rates. and
asserts that the abolition of mixed car
load rates is particularly severe on
eastern grocery houses The new class
ification limits the area of distribution,
and thus cuts off the power of con-
sumption.
There is also strong opposition by the
association to the rule that certain
rates will apply only on packages made
of wood, cOntending that wOod-puIp
boxes are lighter in weight, and that u
considerable saving can be made by the
eastern freight shipper. The aSsOcia-
ton claims that such a rule appears as
if the committee had been trying to
make prOhlbitive rate and thus COM
pei the shipper to use the wood pack
ages.
The variance between carload and
less than carload rates, it is asserted,
tends to promote department stores,
thus crushing out the small dealers. The
large dealers are able to buy in carload
lots or even train load lots. thus placing
the smaller dealer where he cannot
compete successfully.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-05
THE DESIRE TO SING.
How It Follows Men and Women of
Feeling Through Life.

All persons of feeling long for every
possible form of expression Through
the lives of such persons the desire to
sing is a constantly recurring phenome-
non. The man who don't know Home,
Sweet Home" from yankee Doodle
cannot be prevented from bursting into
song-no matter how unmusical-when
the musical spirit is on him. a wish for
the knowledge Of how to sing is well
nigh universal. 1t is this wish which
will make the Shakespeare lecture and
recital at the Grand opera house, on the
18th so interesting. Shakespeare, the
great English vocalist, will tell his
hearers how they might, could, would
or should sing and will illustrate his
exposition of the art in a most charm
ing manner. All lovers of the vocal art
will be sure to hear him.