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Youths FrightfuI Death.

Redding. - From Sisikyou County
comes news of frightful accident in
which Robert Spannus aged IS, lost his
life on the road near Klamathon
Springs The boy carried the mail
ON horseback from Beswick and log
ging camp called Pokegama ON the
Klamathon river. While returning to
Beswick at an easy trot, his horse slip
ped and fell upon him. The stirrup
strap formed loop about the boys
leg so that he could not free himself.
The horse gained his feet and started
down the road at a brisk gait, drag
ging his rider head downward from
the stirrup. Spannus struggled to free
himself but could not. He succeeded
in grasping a root and managed to
throw the horse The animal got up
again before the boy could work at the
strap which held him. Joseph Ed
son, who lives near the road, discover
ed the young mans plight, and ran
out with a shotgun intending to shoot
the horse. He could not do this with
out danger to the boy who was being
pitilessly torn and bruised at every
bound of the frightened animal. Ed
son finally got in front of the horse
and tried to strike him with the butt
of the gun, but the horse knocked him
down and went on. Mrs. Edison and
hired man who heard the shouts, ran
across q field and headed off the horse.
Mrs. Edison pluckily sliced the bride
and stopped him. Young Spannus was
dead The stirrup could not be I'M
wound from his leg, and had t be cut
to pieces before the body could be
! freed
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PAYMENT OF Election Bets

NEW YORK. Nov. s.-One million
dollars in cold cash and checks was
paid over in Wall street by betting
commissioners to winners of election
bets. And while this interesting cere-
mony was going on, half the brokers on
the street were squabbling over another
half million, wagered on doubtful
States. This last bunch of cash will
not be delivered until all doubt as to
the result disappears. This creates
a new record in national election bets
in Wall street, and is the greatest
amount of money ever paid over in a
single day on any event.
Louis Wormser won $125,OO0. $4,000
of it being from Croker. James r.
Kccne drew his check for $4,000. Col.
Dewey, the Idaho silver mine owner,
turned over $4,000 to a Pittsburgh
syndicate, which stood to lose S6O,oO0
on the wager. Millionaire Charles
Pfster drew a check on the Drovers'
Holbrook argus., 1900-11-17
Some Congratulations

WASHINGTON, Nov. S.-Among the
congratulatory kilograms received by
the President was the following:
PARIS, Nov. Z, 1900.-His Excel
lency. Monsieur Mckinley, President
United States of America: 1 beg you
to accept my most sincere congratula-
lions on your reelection to he supreme
office that you have filled with such
luster, and during which the bonds of
friendship between our two countries
have, to my great delight, been drawn
still closer.
ISignedl EMIL LOUBET."
The following was from the Ameri-
can Philippine Commissioners:
''MANILA, Nov. S.-The President:
Sincere congratulations. The most i'm
portant step in bringing peace and
prosperity to these islands has been
taken.
Tsignedl COMMISSION"
The following was also received:
GUATEMALA, Nov. Mr.. Nc
Kinley: 1 sincerely felicitate you.
ISigned1 IN. ESTRADA,
"Presidente."
LINCOLN CNeb.,) Nov. S.-William
]. Bryan sent the following telegram
to President Mckinley:
Hon William Mckinley, President
Of the United States: At the close OF
another Presidential campaign it is my
lot to congratulate you upon a second
victory.
[Signedl "W. j. BRYA
WASHINGTON, Nov. s.-9resident
Mckinley answered Bryan's message
of congratulation in the following dis
patch:
"EXECUTIVE MANSION,
Washington, Nov. 8, 1900.
"To Hon. William ]. Bryan, Lincoln,
Neb.-I acknowledge with cordial
thanks your mes sage of ccneratuia1ion,
ard extend to you my good wishes.
TSigned] civilian MCKINLEY"
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Bathing in Caracas.

Bathing in Caracas is generally done
in the open air-that is, the bathroom in
the house is almost an unknown lux
ury. In the first place, a bathroom in
doors would be too close for comfort,
and, in the second place, the plumbers
art is not practiced to any extent.
In every court-and almost all the
houses in the Venezuelan capital are
provided with them-there is the newt
able fountain, whence is derived the
water supply of the house. Attached to
the fountain is large and deep bowl,
generally about four feet deep and as
many broad. Into this the water runs
continuously and, by stopping up the
escape in the bottom, you may quickly
provide full bowl of cream, sparkling,
but not cold water. Into this you
plunge, with no other covering than the
sky and enjoy yourself to the full, car
ing nothing for the world or the neigh
Dor who is watching you from the roof
of the adjoining house, where he is
smoking away the mosquitoes and 9TH
err insects of the tropics.
Holbrook argus., 1900-11-17
"Coin" Harvey's Fears

LITTLE ROCK (Ark.,) Nov. ga
special to the Gazette from Rogers,
Ark, says:
wv. H. Harvey, best known as the
author of Coins Financial School, ar
rived here today from Chicago and
gave out the following statement:
In the next decade there viii be
riots, martial law and much distress
and misery in the congested centers of
the North, with the people helplessly
subjected to an influence that is slowly
bringing about their crucifixion. The
people of Arkansas are to be congrat-
ulated on having no large city and no
extremely rich people. For these
reasons, 1 have come here to make
nv home "
Holbrook argus., 1900-11-17
ALL ALONG TIE COAST
Interesting General Information
About California
MENTIONED IN THESE COLUMNS
That VIII Be of Great Interest TO
Both Old And Young.

Rain is now due; the snow storm
is over.
1. T. Halford of Porterville has
raised string beans fourteen inches
long.
The Chinese at Fresno have COM
menced general exhuming of bodies.
preparatory to removing the bones to
China.
Torrance Hughes, a San Francisco
restaurant-keeper, stabbed his wife
with pair of shears, inflicting pain
full wounds.
San Bernardino has established a
rock pile, upon which it expects to
utilize the muscle and energy of
tramps who go that way.
Japanese laborers on the railroad
near Corning were waited on by del
egation of.townspeople and requested to
leave the town. The Japs followed
the advice Immediately.
Warren .Hartzell, of San Jose, after
three weeks of married life, is charged
with having deserted his wife and
eloped with sixteen-year-old Maud Nc
| Cormick. A warrant is out for his ar
rest.
An old dwarfed Chinese, known as
All Kee, peddler of fruit, was found
dead in bed in a Chinese lodging
house in Los Angeles. The police de-
cided he was kicked to death by some
stranger.
Police Sergeant Chris Blank, of the
San Francisco police force, saved the
lives of several little children by
stopping a runaway horse. He grabbed
. the lines, which were trailing beside
thu cart, and was dragged twenty yards
over the cobblestone pavement and
badly hurt.
A feroclous bulldog attacked horse
that was staked out in a field at Elm
hurst, burying his teeth deep in the
animal forelegs. The horse reared,
tearing up the stake and dragged the
dog all over the field. The owner of
the two animals came to the rescue,
but the dog had to be beaten into in
sensibility before he would let go.
The horse was badly torn.
Holbrook argus., 1900-11-17

Italy has set an example of swift pun
lshment tempered with mercy worthy
of imitation by the most stable and in
telligent governments of Europe.
Bresci, the anarchist, assassinated
King Humbert. One month later to a
day Bresci was found guilty, after a
deliberate and fair trial, and was SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment. Although
Humbert was popular sovereign, there
swere no outbreaks at the trial, no mobs
interviewed to take the assassin out of
the hands of justice, and there was an
entire absence of any hystericaI dis
turbance of the peace. No Anglo-Sax
court could have proceeded with more
dignity to an impartial verdict. The
fact that the people are apparently sat
Isfied with the verdict of life imprison-
ment occasions surprise. Somehow
Western thought has identified modern
Italy with bloodthirstiness. We are
accustomed to think of the Italians as
of their cousins, the French, as a mer-
curial people, demanding life for life,
given to demonstration and uprisings
on the slightest provocation. The dig
nifty of Brescrs trial and the judicial
temper of the people gives one q new
and surprising conception of the italian
character.
Holbrook argus., 1900-11-17

Statistics on insanity recently pub
lished go to show that mental health is
not improving. Between 1850 and 1890
the population of the United States in
creased two and half times, while the
mentally afflicted, including the feeble
minded, multiplied six times. In Illinois
alone in twenty years the population
increased "a per cent, while the insane
increased 70 per cent. Civilization
and progress are costly blessings. The
demands of modern life are growing
more exacting and more complex. That
many break down under the strain is
not surprising. 1t is the merciless proc
ess of natural selection. The fittest
survive, and in the end the race is i'm
proved bodily and mentally. But this
does not comfort those who, failing,
now, in other times and other condi-
tons might be approved and selected
es the fittteSt.
Holbrook argus., 1900-11-17
The Child Mind.

A little girl wishing to get her cap
from a dark room asked the nurse fol
it. The nurse told told her that she
should not be afraid of the dark, as God
was in the dark as well as in the light
The little girl looked doubtfully into
dark room, then walking bravely to
the door, said: God, please, sir, hand
me my cap"
A little child in a Sunday school
class, being questioned how Eve came
to be made, hesitated some time, and
then Frightening up, said: God looked
at Adam and said, guess 1 can do bet
ter than that, and he then made Eve"
-Harpers Monthly.
Holbrook argus., 1900-11-17
Meat will Cost More Money.

Chicago, Nov. GA fiat increase of
che cent a pound was put upon beef,
pork and mutton today by Chicago
packers. The Chronicle tomorrow will
say:
'In one year the additional one cent
will yield to the Chicago packers, bas-
ing the estimate upon last years bus
mess, the following sums: Dressed
beef, SIS, 900, 900; dressed pork and
pork products, $40, OOO, 900; mutton,
100000 Total addition to incomes,
$50. 900, 000." Representatives of the
packers in charge of the dressed meat
department say the advance was JUS
titled by the condition of trade and
it's imposition on the heels of the
election is but a coincidence.
Holbrook argus., 1900-11-17

Grocer J. II. Chambers, of Science
tady, n. Y, in a letter competing for a
prize for the best life story illustrating
how to save money throws in with his
experience a few precepts. He says;
To save money on a small income begin
by marrying the girl you love and that
loves you.
Be so honest and industrious that your
employers cannot do without you.
Spend all your spare moments in the
society of your wife and family.
Do not go anywhere that you would be
ashamed to take your wife to.
Make your home so attractive that your
children will hate to be away.
Study the wants of your wife and fam
lily.
These are all the law and the prophets
on the question of how to be healthy,
wealthy and happy, though married.
Holbrook argus., 1900-11-17

Springfield co., Nov. 11.-Joseph
Chambers, a wealthy merchant of San
Diego, Cal, has recovered his daugh-
ter Katie, who was stolen sixteen years
ago from Bellefontaine this State, by
gypsies. The girl is now en- route to
San Diego to join her parent.
She had a vague remembrance of
former life and wrote a series of let
tiers to try to discover her identity.
One of these fell into the hands OF
Postmaster Gearing of Bellefontaine,
who remembered that Chambers,
former resident of the place, had
daughter stolen. He notified him, and
investigation was made, and the girl
was identified beyond doubt as the
long-missing child. For few months
past the girl has been employed by
]. B. Clotworthy, of Aiken, S. c.
Holbrook argus., 1900-11-17
CHANGES IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Reported Recall of the Commanding
Officers.

Washington is in circulation
in army circles regarding the prospect
of the return of the three ranking Of
ficers in the Philippines. The officers
are Macarthur, Bates and Grant. All
these officers have been in the Philip
pines since the beginning of the rebel
lion. and it is said that an intimation
has been received from at least one of
them that a transfer should be made.
Officials at the war department insist
that there is little likelihood of the re-
turn of the officers named, but reli-
able authority asserts that correspond
ence has been in progress on the subject,
and that the president has gone so far
as to decide that the chief officer of
staff can be ordered to command the
troops in the field provided he had
the military education.
There is only one officer of the head
of the staff corps who would be a
vailbale for service in the Philippines
under the presidents alleged ruling,
and that is Paymaster General Bates.
Bates says, however, he does not ex-
pect to go to Manila.
In making changes in the high rank
ing officers in the Philippines, the
president is handicapped by reason of
the small number of officers of similar
rank available to succeed them. Ma
jor General James Wilson, of the vol
unteer sevice who was with Chaffee;-
has been ordered to return to the United
States, indicating that he is not co be
retained in the sevice when the army
is recognized. General Chaffee, Jas soon
as the situation in China is settled,
will be sent to Manila. He is looked
upon as the logical successor to Cen
General Macarthur.
Holbrook argus., 1900-11-17
Another Case of Plague.

Scrameno-The Bee states that Anna
Roede, a young woman whose home is
at Greenwich Plumas county died on
Saturday, November 3, at the Isola-
tion cottage of the Childrens hospital
in San Francisco of bubonic plague
Her parents were notified of her death
but not of the cause They sent for
the body and were informed by the
San Francisco board of health that
the girl had died of plague and it had
therefore been necessary to cremate
the body. The girl was nurse at the
Pacific hospital and had been sent out
to attend a boy who is supposed to
have had the plague.
Holbrook argus., 1900-11-17

Mcxiuley's plurality in the Republl-
can States is 1,469, 1872; Bryan's plural
itv in the Democratic States is 'fl.20l.
The plurality over Bryan is SOl'S3l.
The highest previous plurality, that OF
Grant in 1872, was 763,0O1. The plural
ity of the popular vote secured by
William Mckinley in his second sue
cessful contest for the Presidency OF
the United States far exceeds any TINT
has ever been given a candidate for
office. 1t tops his own plurality OF
596,749 in 1886 by 2O5,1S2 votes, and
exceeds that of Gen. Grant in 1872, up
to the present year, the greatest on
record, by $3.50 votes.
Holbrook argus., 1900-11-17

Marion Harland insists that chivalry
is dead. Her proof is found in the con-
duct of men in the street cars. She finds
that fewer men give up their seats to
women than formerly. Taking up the
mems side of the matter, she says it
makes no difference that women are
more and more engaging in the work
of men. The latter should remember
that woman is the weaker vessel, and
humanity no less than gallantry de-
mands that men defer to her. To the
allegation that women forget the court
esq of acknowledgment, she says chat
is their affair" By comparison with
men, says Harland, every woman is a
child. IF the child is ill-mannered
the man can afford to be magnani-
NOUS" While there are those who will
claim that the magnanimity of men
should receive graceful acknowledge
ment from woman, the whole matter
nay be resolved into a sensible discrim-
ination. 1t is asking too much of a
tired miner to give up his seat to a So
ciety belle. An elderly man is under
Holbrook argus., 1900-11-17

Heredity and the microbe theory
have been getting some hard knocks
during the past decade. The microbe
is still holding his own as the primary
disturbance in certain classes of hui
man ailments, although the physicians
have now reached n point in bacteriol-
Ogy sufficiently advanced to enable
them to confidently assert that the ba-
cilli are not responsible for every dis
ease that flesh is heir to. At the recent
international medican congress held in
Paris one of the most renowned OF
medical authorities warned the younger
members of the profession against the
danger of ascribing every human all
ment to bacterial influence. But her
edity" as an excuse for all sorts of alb
normal mental manifestations and
moral delinquencies has been almost
completely dislodged by scientists. The
time is gone by when the drunkard can
hide behind his inebriated great-great-
grandfather. Heredity can no longer
be urged as a sufficient cause for the
moral degeneracy that leads man to
appropriate that which belongs to 9TH
ers. Low-browed men may come from
lOw-browed ancestors, but statistics
tend to prove that under proper envi-
ronment and influences the low-browed
yOungster may be developed into a
strong and most creditable member of
society in spite of his progenitors. In
an address before the national prison
congress at Cleveland George Torrance,
superintendent of the Illinois State
Reformatory, placed the portion OF
crime that is due to heredity at less
than 10 per cent. He maintained what
is now the commonly accepted view of
the sociologigists and criminologists
that crime is due to environment. 1t
follows, therefore, that a great major
ity of criminals can be saved If prop
erly handled and placed under proper
environment Said Mr.. Torrance: Il
have no hesitation in asserting that at
| least So per cent of all young men and
boys who have committed crimes, II
taken charge of in time and subjected
to proper treatment, will become good
citizens. Ninety per cent of the young
convicted of crimes would not become
criminals with proper surroundings
proper companions and proper atten
ton" The sooner the ancient notions
about "heredity" are exploded the bet
ter for society and the state. The idea
that alcoholism or consumption among
a mans ancestors predestines him t.
the same fate is most pernicious doc
trine, and is sometimes appalling in it:
consequences. 1t not only excuses
crime but superinduces a condition o.
hopelessness that is all the more pit
liable because unfounded. Heredity ha
had many centuries of moral derelic
ton and mental despair to answer for
1t is time that the light of science wa
relieving it of its, burdens. The nkV
science teaches that man is largelysre
sponsible for whatJhe is; that his mora
and mental shortcomings cannot b.
charged up against his progenitorS
Holbrook argus., 1900-11-17

of starvation. The influx of white
prospectors has resulted in the kill
ing off of much game, with the result
that the Indians are deprived of flesh
for food and furs for clothing. They
drid salmon last summer, but not
enough to go around, and winter finds
four to six hundred of them without
enough food to last until December.
Mrs. Smith, who is a wealthy
miners wife, divided her stock of pro-
visions with the destitute Indians,
and now appeals for further aid.
Most of the Indians belong to the Rus
sian Church, but it is powerless to
help them. If provisions are not sent
IN by steamer at once, hundreds will
surely die
Holbrook argus., 1900-11-17
A SNUG SUM
The Ministers put up Good Sized Bill
Against China.

Peking.-The ministers, at meet
ing on Thursday last. made substan-
tial progress in formulating demands
that will be presented to the Cnlnese
government. While the utmost Sc
crecy is maintained regarding the ac-
tual nature of the demands, 1t is be-
Iieved an agreement has practically
been reached, and that if a draft OF
the demands has not already been
handed to the allied governments, 1t
will be shortly. The ministers Will
hold another meeting November II.
1t is understood the demands are
based on the French note, but differ
therefrom in some respects, besides
containing some additional demands.
For instance, the French note made
no mention of the murder of Baron
Won Ketteler, the German minister.
The demands will insist that proper
reparation be made for the murder.
and that the Chinese perform sub
stantial act of humiliation to give sat-
isfaction to the German government.
1t will be suggested that prince of
the royal blood proceed to Germany
and humiliate himself before Emperor
William.
1t is understood that the ministers
have discussed the question of indem-
nifty. One suggestion was that China
be compelled to pay for the actual
damage done, and in addition meet
all the expenses of the war and the
maintenance of the troops here. AL
together this would make a bill of
$600,000,0 900 for China to settle.
Foreign supervision of the revenues
and guarantees for the payment of the
indemnity were discussed, as was also
the question of opening the whole
| country to trade. The protection of
missionaries was also under consid-
Grafton, but it is not known whether
this will be included in the demands.
Holbrook argus., 1900-11-17

Oysters are usually recommended 10
convalescents as affording dlgestiole
addition to thenecessarily limited diet
airy, but they possess another and spe-
cial advantage as a tonic and tissue
builder, by reason of the large proper
ton of phosphorus which they contain.
A chemist who recently analysed the
oysters especially sought after by the
Parisians found that in dozen Portu-
guese oysters there was about two
fifths of a gram of phosphoric acid, and
in a dozen French oysters a little less.
Holbrook argus., 1900-11-17
PRESIDENTS COAST TRIP
He will Come to California About April
Of Next Year.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9-President
Mckinley is going to California next
spring. He will leave here soon after the
first of April and will arrive in San
Francisco in time to witness the launch
ing of the battleship Ohio, which will
take place at the Union shipyards about
April IT, if not on that very day. The
President has fully made up his mind
to take this trip across the continent.
He has said within the last few days
that he would surely go. Congress will
leave here early in March, ana If moth
ing new comes up, the President will
have an opportunity to do some sight
seeing next spring and summer.
Details for the TRIP have not been
arranged yet, but the President is very
likely to take a run from San Fran
cisco down into Los Angeles. Some
invitations will be presented to have
him visit the Puget Sound country also,
and he may do that. Probably the COM
plete programme for the trip will not
be arranged until after the 1st of Jan
uary.
1t is the intention of the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association of Los
Angeles to hold the Fiesta in April next,
and the President will be invited to ex-
tend his visit to this city. If need be
the date of holding the Fiesta will be
changed to agree with the time Presi-
dent Mckinley makes his trip to San
Francisco to witness the launching OF
the Ohio. The floral parade will be made
the main feature of the day the Presi-
dent is here. Great preparations will be
made, and there is every assurance that
the President will be with the people
| of Southern California next April.