anaheim-gazette 1898-03-03

Anaheim VOLUME XXVIII. ANA A.W. Bickford, M.D. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. OFFICE OPPOSITE POSTOFFICE. Residence near Christian Church. ANAHEIM, CAL. G. S. EDDY, M.D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. OFFICE—First door East of Boston Bakery. Residence—The Witte residence on Center St., opposite Catholic Church. CALLS ANSWERED AT ALL HOURS. ANAHEIM CAL. Paul A. Derge. Graduate in Pharmacy. DRUGS, MEDICINES, Perfumes and Toilet Articles. BEST 5-CENT CIGAR IN TOWN MEDICAL HALL, KOLL BLOCK. PUBLIC TELEPHONE OFFICE. G. W. SHERWOOD, C.E. (Assoc. Mem. Am. Soc. C.E.) Civil Engineer LICENSED SURVEYOR, Engineer Anaheim Union Water Company. P.O. Address, Fullerton, Residence, Placentia Road, near Botaford's Ranch. DR. F. H. HOUCK DENTIST. OFFICE NEXT DOOR to P.O. (Federman Block, up stairs.) HOURS 9 TO 5 Moline Orchard Cultivator. Vertical Lift Horizontal Gang. 1898 THE NEWEST 1898 THE LATEST. WM. F. LUTZ CO. SOLE AGENTS ... Anaheim and Santa Ana. J. W. WHANN, MANAGER. CITY MEAT MARKET. Civil Engineer LICENSED SURVEYOR, Engineer Anaheim Union Water Company. P.O. Address, Fullerton, Residence, Placentia Road, near Botsford's Ranch. DR. F. H. HOUCK DENTIST. OFFICE NEXT DOOR to P. O. (Federman Block, up stairs.) HOURS 9 to 5 ANAHEIM jy154f S. G. WILSON, M. D. Office and Residence: Over H. A. Dickel's Store. CENTER ST., - ANAHEIM. E. B. Merritt & Co. FURNITURE Dealers. CENTER STREET. OPPOSITE POSTOFFICE GO TO THE Oak Barber Shop FOR A FIRST-CLASS SHAVE OR HAIR CUT. TWO DOORS WEST OF BANK. HUSMANN BROS. N. HART'S PLACE. DEALER IN... FINE LIQUORS! AND... Choice Wines FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES, Fine Domestic and Imported Cigars. Hart's Building, Center St., - Anaheim, Cal. PALACE MEAT MARKET F. W. Fleischmann, PROPRIETOR. Best Meats the Market Affords Always on Hand. Also keeps on hand Sausages, Bacon, Ham, Lard, Etc. Meats delivered to all parts of the city free o harge Shop on East Center Street Handles Cudahy Cold-Storage WM. F. LUTZ CO. SOLE AGENTS ... Anaheim and Santa Ana. J. W. WHANN, MANAGER. CITY MEAT MARKET. KEeps ON HAND ALL KINDS OF FRESH AND SALTED MEATS, Fresh and Smoked Sausages, Hams & Bacon, and the Purest Lard of Our Own Rendering Highest Market price Paid for Fat Stock. PLEASE GIVE ME A CALL. VEIT BENTZ. CITIZENS' BANK OF ANAHEIM Hippolyte Cahen - President W. T. Brown - Vice President L. Goldwater, Cashier DIRECTORS. Kaspare Cohn, W. T. Brown. Richard Melrose, L. Goldwater Hippolyte Cahen. STOCKHOLDERS Herman W. Hellman, T.J. F. Booge, W.T. Brown P. Nicolaus, Richard Melrose, L. Goldwater, Kaspare Cohn H. Cahen, J. A. Goldwater, J. Schlesinger. M. A. Newmark & Co. CORRESPONDENTS: Farmers and Merchants' Bank of Los Angeles; London, Paris and American Bank, San Francisco; Importers and Traders' National Bank, New York City, N.Y. EXCHANGE, Santa Ana. Exchanges for sale on all the principal cities in the United States and Foreign Countries. L. GUNTHER. PIONEER BOOT & SHOE MAKER. Corner Adele and Los Angeles Streets H. A. STOUGH. GENERAL The Weekly Gazette. Established 1870. SUBSCRIPTION, - $1 50 Per Year. Six months... 1 00 Three months... 75 Payable invariably in advance. Transient advertising rates, $1 per inch per month. The Gazette is issued every Thursday morning, and is sent to subscribers by the early mails. It is delivered by carrier in Anaheim on the morning of publication. Entered at the Anaheim Postoffice as second-class matter. Items of news and correspondence on all live subjects are solicited by the editor. I desire to attest to the merits of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as one of the most valuable and efficient preparations on the market. It broke an exceedingly dangerous cough for me in 24 hours, and in gratitude thereof. I desire to inform you that I will never be without it and you should feel proud of the high esteem in which your Remedies are held by people in general. It is the one remedy among ten thousand. Success to it.-O. R. DOWNEY, Editor Democrat, Albion, Ind. For sale by P. A. Derge. The contract for the transmission of power from the river running through the Santa Ana canyon near Redlands to Los Angeles and Pasadena, a distance of eighty-one miles, has been concluded between the Southern California Power Co. and the General Electric Co. The amount to be transmitted at first is 400 horse power. The station will be located in the Santa Ana canyon, twelve miles from Redlands and about eighty miles from the towns in which the electric power will be utilized. The water will be taken from the river through a canal, flume and tunnel along the side of the canyon, whence it will be led into a pipe 2200 feet long, giving what will be equivalent to a vertical fall in the water of 750 feet. The transmission will be the longest commercial electrical power MEATMARKET F W. Fleischmann, PROPRIETOR. Best Meats the Market Affords Always on Hand. Also keeps on hand Sansages, Bacon, Ham, Lard, Etc. Meats delivered to all parts of the city free o charge Shop on East Center Street Handles Cudahy Cold-Storage Meats, Inspected by the Government Inspector. NICK HUGO BLACKSMITHING, WOOD WORK, HORSE-SHOEING, AND A GENERAL JOBBEING BUSINESS. Los Angeles street, Anaheim, Cal. ALL KINDS OF PLOWWORK Executed in Workmanlike Manner, and at Lowest Living Rates. Give Me a Call. L. NEMETZ. Carriage Painting & Trimming New Buggies for Sale. Shop on Center street, near the opera-house. Anaheim, Cal. RICHARD MELROSE ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Center street, Anaheim, Cal. Special attention given to PROBATE matters. J.M.Griffith Company A CORPORATION LUMBER DEALERS Neer Railroad Depot, Anaheim, keep constantly on hand Doors, Blinds, Windows, Mouldings, Posts, Shakes, Shingles, Lath, Hair Plaster of Paris. NAHEIM GRIST MILLS OPERATING ON Wednesdays and Saturdays of each week Grain, Feed, Meal, Etc. of all varieties. Corp shellled and shipped. Exchanges for sale on all the principal cities in the United States and Foreign Countries. L. GUNTHER. PIONEER BOOT & SHOE MAKER. Corner Adele and Los Angeles Streets H. A. STOUGH. GENERAL BLACKSMITHING! All work done in first-class manner, and at prices as low as the lowest. Horse-Shoeing Neatly and Promptly Done. — Shop in Har' Block, Center St., Anaheim. Anaheim Bakery PETER SYRE, PROP. FRESH BREAD, Pies and Cake. Free Delivery Wagon to all parts of the city A share of the public patronage respectfully solicited. BAKERY; on Los Angeles Street, corner of Cypress. Southern Pacific Local Time Table. Southern Pacific Railroad Time Table.—Trains pass Anaheim as follows: To Los Angeles Lv.: From Los Angeles, Daily: 7:54 am Daily: 9:45 am Daily: 4:28 pm Daily: 6:01 pm Daily trains connect at Mirrafores with train for Tustin, and at Studebaker with Whittler trains. In effect May 30th, 1897. Street cars connect with all trains. LOS ALAMITOS TRAINS. Leave for— 9:48 a.m. 6:03 p.m. Sugar Factory Arrive from— 7:52 a.m. 4:25 p.m. E. W. McCollum has a full stock of Bicycles, and handles both '98 and '97 wheels. He will sell you any make of Bicycles that you want. The largest stock of bicycle supplies in Orange county. Bicycles to rent. All kinds of repairing done. Agent for the celebrated Chase tires. They are strong, light and resilient and practically puncture proof. The station will be located in the Santa Ana canyon, twelve miles from Redlands and about eighty miles from the towns in which the electric power will be utilized. The water will be taken from the river through a canal, flume and tunnel along the side of the canyon, whence it will be led into a pipe 2200 feet long, giving what will be equivalent to a vertical fall in the water of 750 feet. The transmission will be the longest commercial electrical power transmission as yet undertaken, as well as that using the highest voltage. A man stands no chance of being elected to the mayorship of a city unless he enjoys the confidence and esteem of his neighbors. Geo. W. Humphrey is the popular mayor of Swanton, Ohio, and under date of Jan. 17, 1896, he writes as follows: "This is to certify our appreciation of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. My family and neighbors have tested it, and we know it is an excellent remedy for coughs and colds."—GEORGE W. HUMPHREY. Sold by P. A. Derge. Hugo E. S. Craven, an Englishman, aged twenty-two years, died last week of pneumonia in the county hospital in St. Paul. His father, Roland Woodseys, who lives at present at Fallbrook, San Diego county, Cal., has an income of $20,000 per annum, and his mother has an income of about the same sum. At the time of the birth of their son the Woodseys were traveling in America, and Hugo was born in Springfield, Ohio. He was given an excellent private education, then sent to the public schools, and later to Oxford University. When his education was thought to have progressed far enough Hugo's father apprenticed him to a shipbuilder. The boy was frail and slender and the work was too severe for him, and he asked to be taken away. This was not done and he left of his own accord and went home. His father refused to receive him, saying that as he had refused to follow the path marked out for him he might shift for himself. This he did until the time of his death. He managed by teaching Greek and Latin to get together enough money to pay his passage across the Atlantic, and gradually worked his way west. A Grand Forks he was employed in the office of the Credit and Adjustment Co. He was taken down with measles pneumonia developed and death followed. He explained his taking the name of Craven by saying that was his mother's name. Weekly Gag ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1898. Is It War With Spain? Overwhelming Reports Come From Havana That the Disaster to the Maine was Caused by Treachery. The reports that have come to hand during the week from Havana are overwhelming. There seems to be little doubt, judging from the reports, that the Maine was blown up by the act of treachery. From all sides come reports that the United States are preparing for war. We print a number of telegrams of the day showing the state of affairs: Albany, N. Y., Feb. 27.—The greatest activity known since the late rebellion is witnessed at the Watervliet arsenal. The entire force is working night and day. On Friday night an order was received for the shipment of two carloads of twelve-inch projectiles for Fort Hamilton with the greatest possible haste. Yesterday noon they were dispatched to that point. Orders have also been received for the shipment of all projectiles now on hand to the several torts about New York, and to forward all complete guns as speedily as possible to the proving grounds at Sandy Hook. Such an order has not been received at Watervliet since the close of the war. It is expected that the last six carloads of projectiles will be shipped during the present week. Chicago, Feb. 26.—A Times-Herald Washington special says: Consul-General Lee has made a formal report to the President that it is his opinion that the Maine was deliberately destroyed. Every effort has been made to keep this information from becoming public. Even where it has been privately circulated, the friends of the Administration are trying to minimize the importance of the report by saying that it is only an expression of opinion by the Consul-General, unaccompanied by evidence. The fact that Lee has never made a mistake in Cuba, however, adds much has been received to-day from Havana, and like every one else we are patiently awaiting further developments." His words are susceptible of two interpretations, both consistent with official reserve and caution. Working night and day to prepare for war, the Secretary may regard as the surest way to avert war. NEW YORK, Feb. 24.—A Herald dispatch from Havana says: There is no longer any reason to doubt that the explosion which wrecked the Maine came from underneath the vessel, and that her magazines had nothing to do with the initial explosion, and played a much smaller part in the great disaster than was at first supposed. The evidence that has served to convince the board was obtained by Ensign Powellson, an officer attached to the Fern. Mr. Powellson was formerly in the construction corps and took a two-year's special course in the Glasgow School of Naval Architecture. He is therefore a competent witness. What he discovered was that the forward part of the keel of the Maine, with its ribs and plates was stove upwards so far that parts of the double bottom show out of water, and in places sections of the green-painted outer hull are visible. Corroborative of evidence given by Ensign Powellson, and of equal significance and importance, is the result of the close examination made by the divers. What they found indicates that the explosion came from a point beneath the keel. A plumb line dropped from a point just forward of the conning-tower would have laid the lead exactly on the spot where the explosion occurred that have keel and plates and ribs almost to the surface. The main force of the explosion seems to have been exerted slightly on the port-side of the vessel. This is consistent with the facts hitherto ascertained. Collectively these now indicate that the contents of the reserve 6-inch magazine were exploded by the initial blast, and that there was no explosion in either of the two. In the reserve magazine was stored 2500 pounds of powder, in copper tanks, each of which contained 200 pounds. Several of these from where the Maine laid. The Spaniards wanted to know what the writing in English meant, and the engineers, after looking at the papers, told them, through one of their party who spoke Spanish. The Spaniards fairly danced in glee at the fate of the Maine, the engineer said, exclaiming: "Ah, Americanos, Americanos. They bring dynamite here to blow up the Spaniards and they get it themselves." The Spaniards got excited then, and suspecting that the engineers of the Olive Deane were Americans, began to menace them, but Holdworth and Laidlaw made it known that they were Englishmen and the Spaniards cooled. When the ferry came it was found that she had passed the Maine just before the explosion and a Spanish army officer aboard demanded that the captain of the ferry boat should head about and go to the rescue. The ferry captain's hatred of Americans was so great that he refused. The army officer was so incensed that there came near being a fight. Incident Of Chancellorville Meeting. After Many Years, of the Colonel and the Man Who Saved His Life. A few mornings ago a tall, handsome gentleman, with mustache and hair tinged with gray, walked through the lobby of the Ebbitt at Washington and stopped in front of the newsstand. He was about to pick up a newspaper when a little old man with gray, shaggy Burns sides got up from his seat in one corner of the lobby and walked over to him. "Isn't this Gen. James R. O'Beirne? The little man asked. "I am Gen. O'Beirne," was the reply, "and who are you, may I ask?" "Do you remember Major Bell or New York?" "Do I remember him? Well, I have cause to remember him. He saved my life once." "Well, I am that person," said th The last six carloads of projects will be shipped during the present week. CHICAGO, Feb. 26.—A Times-Herald Washington special says: Consul-General Lee has made a formal report to the President that it is his opinion that the Maine was deliberately destroyed. Every effort has been made to keep this information from becoming public. Even where it has been privately circulated, the friends of the Administration are trying to minimize the importance of the report by saying that it is only an expression of opinion by the Consul-General, unaccompanied by evidence. The fact that Lee has never made a mistake in Cuba, however, adds much to the importance of his report, and has increased the general concern among public men. CHICAGO, Feb. 24.—The Tribune prints the following special from Washington: "I do not propose to do anything at all to accelerate war with Spain. Up to the present I do not think war is either necessary or inevitable. I would be lax in my duty, however, if I did not prepare for the future. The situation is grave, and the policy of the administration will be determined almost entirely by the course of events from time to time. There is no necessity for alarming the people, but congress must be ready to assist the administration without making too many inquiries as to the course of current events." This was stated by President McKinley to a senator who called on him. There is no doubt of the fact that the government of the United States is actually preparing for war with Spain. It does not follow that war will come, but the activity in both the war and navy departments is too unmistakable to be concealed. The president and his cabinet unite in the belief still, in spite of all evidence to the contrary, that the explosion of the Maine was the result of an unfortunate accident, but they recognize the fact that the contrary may prove true at almost any hour and if it is shown even inferentially that Spain had a hand in the catastrophe there will be but one thing to do, and that will be to seize the island of Cuba by force of arms. At no time since the war of the rebellion has the military branch of the government been so active as it is to-day. It is a significant fact that within the last two days there has been a remarkable change of opinion in the navy department in regard to the explosion of the Maine. When the first news reached here last week, experts at the department were very nearly divided as between an accident or design, but to-day after studying the later reports and especially the photographs sent from Havana, nine out of ten of the officers of the department express the belief that the Maine was anchored over a submarine mine. The only difference of opinion seems to be as to whether that mine was exploded by Spanish officers acting under orders or some enthusiast. The latter is generally held, but it is said that this does not lessen in any great degree the responsibility of Spain for the catastrophe. WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—There is good authority for the statement that President McKinley has been in possession for three days of positive evidence that the Maine was destroyed by an external agency. Spain knows this and sent a message disavowing responsibility and offering to make apology, compensate by indemnity or do anything honorable to prevent war. One Spanish officer is said to be implicated in the explosion. PITTSBURGH, Feb. 26.—The Post learned in Pittsburgh We notice that the price of the Los Angeles Sunday Times has been raised Collectively these now indicate that the contents of the reserve 6-inch magazine were exploded by the initial blast, and that there was no explosion in either of the two. In the reserve magazine was stored 2500 pounds of powder, in copper tanks, each of which contained 200 pounds. Several of these tanks have been found by the divers, all in crushed and shapled masses. It is important to note that in the 6-inch and 10-inch tanks recovered, the excelsior used for packing the charges shows no injury from flames or gases. The powder stowed in the 9-inch reserve magazine was used for saluting purposes only. The magazine itself appears to have been utterly destroyed, only a few traces being left to show the spot where it was once located. The underpart of the 10-inch magazine is wholly inaccessible to divers. In the upper part is tightly wedged a mass of powder cylinders, too heavy for divers to extricate, but apparently containing unexploded charges of powder. The Dow torpedo tube of the Maine has been located in the wreck. It lies in the debris forward submerged several feet under water. The hull is now imbedded in the mud to depth of eight feet. The divers sink to their armpits in the mud, and have greatest difficulty in prosecuting their work. Those engaged on the forward part of the ship are under the charge of Gunner Charles Morgan, an officer especially detailed from the flagship New York for that purpose, and who has the reputation of being the most efficient of his rank. WASHINGTON, February 25. — The Cabinet to-day discussed the Maine disaster in all its aspects. While no definite decision was reached, there was an almost general expression of opinion that Spain should be made to give the most complete satisfaction for the loss of the battle-ship and the death of so many of her crew, if the board of inquiry reported that she was not destroyed by accident on board. It is said that two members of the Cabinet were in favor of demanding an indemnity only, but they found themselves in a hopeless minority, their colleagues declaring that greater punishment should be inflicted. All talk was on a hypothetical basis and the general sentiment was that further details should be awaited before any determination as to the policy should be made. The Cabinet was inclined to the idea that the action by the United States should take form of a demand of heavy indemnity and the execution of all persons concerned in the destruction of the Maine, matter what their position, and in the event of a disavowal by Spain of the responsibility for the affair, the immediate bombardment of Havana by the North Atlantic squadron. SALAMANCA, Spain, Feb. 26. — A crowd of about three thousand women, carrying flags, paraded the streets today. Shouting for work and bread. Many houses were stoned and the railroad station was stormed and considerable wheat was stolen. The authorities promised to find work for the unemployed and as this dispatch was sent they were restoring order. Price Raised, But Still a Bargain. We notice that the price of the Los Angeles Sunday Times has been raised Ana canyon near Redlands geles and Pasadena, a disgracey one miles, has been between the Southern Caliower Co. and the General Co. The amount to be transist is 400 horse power. The will be located in the Santa Ana, twelve miles from Redabout eighty miles from the which the electric power will be. The water will be taken over through a canal, flume along the side of the canyon, will be led into a pipe 2200 giving what will be equivapertical fall in the water of The transmission will be the commercial electrical power on yet undertaken, as well ing the highest voltage. Washington, Feb. 24.—There is good authority for the statement that President McKinley has been in possession for three days of positive evidence that the Maine was destroyed by an external agency. Spain knows this and sent a message disavowing responsibility and offering to make apology, compensate by indemnity or do anything honorable to prevent war. One Spanish officer is said to be implicated in the explosion. PITTSBURGH, Feb. 26.—The Post says it was learned in Pittsburgh through an officer of one of the largest coal corporations doing business in this district, that the navy department has closed contracts with the incorporated firm of Gaster, Curoan & Billett of Philadelphia for the delivery at Key West, Sand Keys, Dry Tortugas, Savannah, Charleston and Fortress Monroe, of 250,000 tons of Pocohontas coal, and with the Rhodes & Birdler coal company of Cleveland for the delivery of 50,000 tons of the Goshen coal of that company. The stipulations of the contracts just placed are that the coal so ordered shall be delivered at the designated coaling stations as soon as it is possible to do so and that the fftmost secrecy be observed about the matter. In carrying out these contracts the railroads play a most important part, and for the purpose of moving everything as expeditiously as possible, President Ingalls of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, Charles G. Murray of the Baltimore and Ohio, and General Manager Lorce of the Pennsylvania went to Washington and consulted with Secretary Long of the navy and Assistant Secretary George D. Meikeljohn of the war department on the matter. Contracts and all arrangements for the rapid handling of the coal were made and the government it is understood is to pay a bonus to both the coal miners and the railroads if the 300,000 tons are delivered within a specified time. NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—A special from Washington says Acting Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt, when asked concerning the probability of war and the condition of the navy in case of emergency, replied: "I wish you would say to the world that while we do not expect war, the Navy Department is simply making every preparation for it. "The work of the navy is going on as rapidly as we could wish. To get into an ideal condition of defense and offense will consume much time and a great deal of patient labor. During the last ten days the labor of the department has been multiplied. No news of great importance to the public matter what their position, and in the event of a disavowal by Spain of the responsibility for the affair, the immediate bombardment of Havana by the North Atlantic squadron. SALAMANCA, Spain, Feb. 26.—A crowd of about three thousand workmen, accompanied by groups of women, carrying flags, paraded the streets today, shouting for work and bread. Many houses were stoned and the railroad station was stormed and considerable wheat was stolen. The authorities promised to find work for the unemployed and as this dispatch was sent they were restoring order. Price Raised, But Still a Bargain. We notice that the price of the Los Angeles Sunday Times has raised from $2 to $250 per year. At first thought it seems somewhat remarkable that the price of a newspaper should be advanced, when everything else is getting cheaper; but when we come to think of it, there is nothing remarkable about the raise in price in this particular case. The Sunday Times now contains every week from 40 to 48 pages, and in addition to all the news of the world, the magazine section is brim-full of most interesting and instructive general reading matter. For general family reading, there is no other Sunday paper on the Pacific Coast which compares with it, and considering its size and quality, the price asked is reasonable—probably not as much as the actual cost of the white paper and ink. SPANIARDS DANCED WITH GLEE When They Realized That the Maine Was Blown Up. NEW YORK, Feb. 24.—Engineer Albert Holdworth and Assistant Engineer J. J. Laidlaw, of the British steamer Olive Deane, which has just arrived from Havana, say that on the night of the explosion they with some others were ashore. They were sitting at the end of a pier at the south end of the harbor and about half a mile from the American warship. Next to the pier was a ferry ship and the course of the ferry boat from the city lay past Maine. When the explosion occurred a number of Spanish sailors in a restaurant at the head of the pier cleared out and ran as if for their lives. There was no immediate blaze from the explosion but there were smoke and sparks. Two or three minutes passed before the flames could be seen. While they stood watching, some breathless Spaniards hurried down the pier bearing fragments of the Maine's payrolls. They said they had picked them up on a hill back in the country. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh Contain Mercury. As mercury will surely destroy the skin of smell and completely derange whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such artifice should never be used except on scripts from reputable physicians in damage they will do is tenfold—the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Tolc O., contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon blood and mucous surfaces of them. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It takes internally and is made in Toledo Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co., Tolc monials free. Sold by Druggists, price 75c bottle. Don't run risks about health. A coughs, colds, fevers, pneumonia, other similar ailments by keeping blood rich with Hood's Sarsaparagus Hood's Pills are purely vegetal and do not pain or gripe. All drugs SNAP SHOTS AT THE NEWS James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture, has accepted the invitation of the State board of trade to come to the Coast, and preparations are being made to give the cabinet official a reception befitting his rank. Gov. Budd has commuted the sentence of Charles Sweeney, sent up from San Francisco in 1894 for eight years for manslaughter. His term expired March 1. Sweeney was an old-time baseball player. While under the influence of liquor he caused the death of a brother of "King" McManus in San Francisco. There is danger of an uprising against the Spaniards in Key West. The people of that town are fretting over the delay of the government and are each day growing more and more intolerant there of the presence of the naval attack of the Spanish consulate, Fernandez. He boasts of the power of his fellows in Spain to blow our ships out of the water whenever they desire, and has frequently exulted in public over the disaster of the Maine. He refused to half-mast the flag over the consulate on learning of the Maine disaster, although every other flag in Key West was at half mast. The officers of the Newport News (Richmond, Va.), shipyard announce that the double launching of the battleships Kentucky and Kearsarge will take place March 24, and will be the first double launching of first-class battleships in the world. Gov. Bradley and staff will come from Kentucky, and Miss Christine Bradley, his daughter, will christen the Kentucky with a bottle of water taken from the spring from which Abraham Lincoln drank when a boy, while Mrs. Winslow, wife of Lieut. Winslow, U.S.N., will stand sponsor for the Kearsarge. The ships can be put in commission in six months, if necessary. The Illinois, the third big battleship building at Newport News, is only a month or two behind her sister ships. The agent of N.W. Harris & Co., the Chicago firm to which was awarded the $75,000 worth of bonds for the Folio, when Capt. Lowe disappeared, leaving a pile of letters behind him. As he had not been seen for several days some person had curiosity enough to look in the army lists, but Capt. Stanley Lowe's name was not there. Then the police began to look up the details of the case and found that several bogus checks had been given to well-known citizens who advanced money to him. C. M. Heintz, who for several years has published the Rural California, a monthly magazine printed in Los Angeles, last week filed a petition in insolvency. The statement shows that the total of his liabilities amounts to $6940 51. His assets are placed at $3,990 56. Of this amount $1740 56 is represented by accounts due from advertisers. In addition to this there is personal property exempt from execution of the value of $224 85. The indebtedness is distributed among numerous creditors. The world's railway mileage at the present time is equivalent to more than seventeen times the length of the equator. In more exact figures, the world's railway mileage, according to the latest verified returns, aggregate 433,953 miles, or 38,810 miles more than in 1891. This enormous mileage is distributed among the various subdivisions of the globe in the following manner: Europe, 155,284 miles; Asia, 26,890 miles; Africa, 8,162 miles; America, 229,722 miles, and Australia; 13,889 miles. America not only heads the list in the building of railways, but the mileage represented by the various railway systems on this side of the globe more than equal the combined mileage of the various systems on the other side. But while America is credited with the greatest railway mileage, the greatest percentage of gain belongs to Africa. Since 1891 the railway mileage of the dark continent has increased 25.2 per cent. With respect to the other subdivisions showing is as follows: Europe, 9.7 per cent; Asia, 22.1 per cent; America, 8 per cent; Australia, 12.7 per cent. For the entire world, the percentage of gain is 9.8 per cent. Sixty years ago the world's railway mileage aggregated one thousand miles. I am that person," said the man. Same into the eyes of both asaped each other's hands and led to a convenient seat to talk times. The battle of Chancellorsville, who was then Colonel of the seventh New York Regiment, through the breast by a bullet, a hole clear through one bell, who had been in the same suit, called to his assistance one armades, and they carried him field of battle. Neone was sent home to New York, was supposed that he could not walk. But under good nursing he had went back into the service again. At the time of Lincoln's second inauguration was Provost Marshal of the Dis-Columbia. Giving the ceremonies on the east side of the Capitol, Bell, who was in Boston on a leave of absence, deplockpocket pursuing his work crowd. He called the attention ceeman to the man. The police rested the pickpocket and took for a witness. Bearing was delayed for several days in the meantime Bell's leave. When he presented the outpost at the steamer wharf he needed under arrest for having dislodged the order. Bell tried to ex-but the rules were fixed and less. Please was brought to the attendant. O'Beirne as Provost Married as soon as he saw the name Bell brought before him. General, I wish you would let me am anxious to join my regis-sal Bell. He will be dealt with as a man who has dared to disobey the commander," O'Beirne often issued a new order extend-ing its leave of absence two weeks companioned it with a command appear at his home in Wash-ton. Bell visited the man whose head saved, spent a week, and joined his regiment. Or should be, the highest aim of merchant to please his customers: at the wide-awake drug firm of Eshleman, Sterling, Ill., is so, is proven by the following Mr. Eshleman: "In my sixteen experience in the drug business never seen, sold or tried a medit-at gave as good satisfaction as Merlain's Collo, Cholera and Sea Remedy." Sold by P. A. He-handed, facing disadvantages peers and a murderous ambush in York, Officer Louis Keller, of the Bend, Ind., police, fought until with one night last week. One of injured band of burglars who killed was mortally wounded. The Keller's adversaries, four in town, are in jail and public indignation at fever heat. Shortly before take place March 24, and will be the first double launching of first-class battleships in the world. Gov. Bradley and staff will come from Kentucky, and Miss Christine Bradley, his daughter, will christen the Kentucky with a bottle of water taken from the spring from which Abraham Lincoln drank when a boy, while Mrs. Winslow, wife of Lieut. Winslow, U. S. N., will stand sponsor for the Kearsarge. The ships can be put in commission in six months, if necessary. The Illinois, the third big battleship building at Newport News, is only a month or two behind her sister ships. The agent of N. W. Harris & Co., the Chicago firm to which was awarded the $75,000 worth of bonds for the Folsom highway, has received word that his firm is in receipt of an opinion to the effect that the bonds are invalid. The opinion is from Judge Dillon of New York, an authority on bonds, who is said to have a national reputation. A test case will be made and the matter will be carried to the Supreme Court. If the Supreme Court sustains Judge Dillon's opinion, which is to the effect that municipal property cannot be taxed for county road purposes, then the Sacramento bond election, which carried by a vote of seven to one, will have been of no avail. San Mateo county passed a resolution to vote $300,000 worth of bonds for road purposes and this will also be of no avail and road-building in this State will come to a standstill. Dillon's opinion is a complete reversal of an opinion in the same matter given by the attorney-general to Sacramento county's supervisors. The United States cruiser Minneapolis was successfully floated out of the drydock at League Island navy yard (Philadelphia) at high tide on Thursday. The floating of the cruiser was witnessed by nearly a thousand people. The Minneapolis has been in drydock since last December, partly to avoid the ice in the river and also to have the necessary repairs made to her bottom. The school-ship Saratoga will be placed in drydock for repairs. Notwithstanding all reports to the contrary, there is no unusual activity at the yard beyond the extensive improvements that are being made to the back channel, which is to be used as a freshwater basin for vessels of the navy. The receiving ship Richmond is besieged daily by applications for enlistment, but very few are now being taken. Besides the Minneapolis, there are at League Island the cruiser Columbia, the monitor Miantonomah and the ram Katahdin, all out of commission at present. There are also eight ok monitors at the navy yard, all of them relics of the civil war, but which could be fitted up quickly in case they were needed. HAVANA, Feb. 24.—General Pando while at Puerto del Prado, province of Santiago de Cuba, sent emissaries to the insurgent leader Capote, to negotiate a surrender, Pando having $5,000 for the purpose. It is claimed that he was not able to find Capote, and that consequently he went on to the city of Santiago de Cuba, Manzanillo and Santa Cruz, where he arrived last Friday. On Sunday morning, with a battalion of fresh soldiers, he took the steamer for Manzanillo to commence operations in the field. The infanta battalion under Major Pedro Rivas left Candelaria Monday to reconnoitre the Mulo heights. No insurgents were found until the troops reached the heights, when suddenly they were attacked by a large force under Gen. Maria Rodriguez and leader Perico Diaz and surrounded. A hot fight ensued. Major Rivas was killed: The Spanish column effected & retreat, after considerable list in the building of Railways, but the mileage represented by the various railway systems on this side of the globe more than equal the combined mileage of the various systems on the other side. But while America is credited with the greatest railway mileage, the greatest percentage of gain belongs to Africa. Since 1891 the railway mileage of the dark continent has increased 25.2 per cent. With respect to the other subdivisions showing is as follows: Europe, 9.7 per cent; Asia, 22.1 per cent; America, 8 per cent; Australia, 12.7 per cent. For the entire world the percentage of gain is 9.8 per cent. Sixty years ago the world's railway mileage aggregated one thousand miles. According to a decision rendered by Judge Van Dyke of the Los Angeles Superior Court, the Police Court of that city has no legal existence, and the acts of the so-called police judges are null and void. The decision was given in the habeas corpus proceedings instituted to secure the release of Ah Sang from the city jail. As a result, every prisoner now confined in the city jail under a sentence rendered by either of the city justices acting as police judge, is held to be illegally restrained of his liberty, and may easily obtain his freedom by resorting to habeas corpus. The decision is received in general with surprise by attorneys and city and county officers. The fact that the question was decided in a habeas corpus matter, which is not appealable makes the decision of all the more important. Attorney-seeks are very reticent about expressing their opinion as to what will be the outcome of the decision. While many consider it final, others believe that there is a way of bringing the questions involved before the Supreme Court. The decision is based upon the ground that the Whitney act does not apply to the city. This act provides for the creation of police courts in cities having a population between 30,000 and 100,000 inhabitants. At the special census taken last year it was shown that Los Angeles has outgrown the 100,000 mark, and is therefore not provided for under the act. Information of the murderer of the Postmaster, Baker, at Lake City, S.C., and the burning of his office came to Postoffice Department in a dispatch from Inspector Williams of that district who has headquarters at Chattanooga. Inspector Williams sent at once to investigate and make a full report of the case to the department. When this is obtained The Department of Justice will be asked to prosecute person engaged in the crime. Baker, who is said to be a respectable negro, who had previously taught school, was appointed tothe office in July last. It is said atthe department that he was a man of quiet, unobtrusive habits and had filledthe position onlya short time when threatsof personal violence were made. There was no place inthe citytobehadkeepingthepostoffice,anditwasremovedtoa学校houseinthesuburbs.Thecitizensboycottedtheofficewithsomedegreeofsuccess.No serious complaints had been received concerningthe conditionoffairsrecently. The Postmaster-General has offereda rewardof$300forthe arrestandconvictionofthepersonswhoburnedthepostofficeanda rewardof$500forthe arrestandconvisionofthepersonswhomurderedThePostmaster.GeneralGaryhasissuedanordertodiscontinuethepostofficefromthistime. Dr.E.M.Phelps,一名ofthe most eminent surgeonsinNewYorkcity,是inChicagoforabreakandoneafternoonlastweekappearedbeforetheclinicoftheRushmedicalcollege be-handed, facing disadvantages persons and a murderous ambush in Berk, Officer Louis Keller, of the Bend, Ind., police, fought until with one night last week. One of the injured band of burglars who killed Keller's adversaries, four in five, are in jail and public indignation at fever heat. Shortly before night Keller noticed the back door gar store unlocked and the extinguished. The policeman to investigate and a bullet whizzhis head. A fusillade followed. Sighting as best he could by miles of the enemies' guns, fired at. A moment later the door was opened, and out rushed a crowd of armrors, leaving Keller shot through heart and dead. Officer Derrent, and by the shooting, had just come one of the men ran directly into sams. Derrent easily overpowered man and found him to be mortally injured. He gave his name as Jack of New York. Four more of midnight marksmen were soon released — Robert Powers, James Frank O'Connor and Frank Lowe, all said to be Eastern crooks field of previous operations had Montreal and Buffalo. Burke in statement said that he fired not which killed Keller. Use of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury. mercury will surely destroy the sense wall and completely derange the system when entering it through mucous surfaces. Such articles can never be used except on precisions from reputable physicians, as image they will do is ten fold to food you can possibly derive from. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufacturby F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, contains no mercury, and is taken nally, acting directly upon the and mucous surfaces of the systle. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure are you get the genuine. It is internally and is made in Toledo, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testils free. died by Druggists, price 75c. per article. It run risks about health. Avoid colds, colds, fevers, pneumonia, and similar ailments by keeping your rich with Hood's Sarsaparilla. Hood's Pills are purely vegetable no pain or gripe. All druggists. It was not able to find Capote, and that consequently he went on to the city of Santiago de Cuba, Manzanillo and Santa Cruz, where he arrived last Friday. On Sunday morning, with a battalion of fresh soldiers, he took the steamer for Manzanillo to commence operations in the field. The infanta battalion under Major Pedro Rivas left Candelaria Monday to reconnoitre the Mulo heights. No insurgents were found until the troops reached the heights, when suddenly they were attacked by a large force under Gen. Maria Rodriguez and leader Perico Diaz and surrounded. A hot fight ensued. Major Rivas was killed: The Spanish column effected a retreat, after considerable loss. Its casualties, in addition to the loss of Rivas, were four officers and forty-five men. It is believed that others were killed. The insurgent loss is not yet known, but was probably small. Asian illustration of the want prevailing in the immediate suburbs of Havana, it is said that during the last six weeks 200 patients have died of privation at the lunatic asylum at Mazerra. In that period the autonomist mayor of Havana has given the asylum only $1000. The former mayor gave it $4000 a month, with far fewer deaths. In the rogues' gallery at the police station at Vancouver is the photograph of a man who a month ago was a prominent figure in the foremost society of that city. It is a picture of Capt. Stanley Lowe, "late of the Second Ghoorkas," as he was in the habit of introducing himself. The portrait is all the more noticeable, surrounded as it is by the faces of vagrants and thieves and worse, because it shows Capt.Lowe in evening dress, for which, during his short stay in Vancouver, he had a great fondness. Capt. Lowe arrived by the Empress of Japan early in January, becoming engaged en route to a charming woman, a relative of one of the prominent steamboat men of Vancouver. He belonged to the British forces in Northern India, he said, and was presumably on his way to London on a furlough. He registered at one of the best hotels and his bill at the Vancouver, during the few weeks of his stay, amounted to $208. In addition to this he gave a little wine supper at a cost of something like $110. He attended the military banquet and in response to a toast gave as clever an after-dinner speech as one could hear anywhere. He was a general favorite, his conversation was that of a gentleman, and he was considered the model of what an army officer should be. During all this time he had been waiting for money from England, but it failed to arrive, and he made small loans from his whilom friends. This kind of thing continued until about two weeks Dr. E.M.Phelps, one of the most eminent surgeons in New York city, is in Chicago for a brief stay, and one afternoon last week appeared before the clinic of the Rush medical college and performed some difficult operations. One most unique was that successfully accomplished on John Adolphson of Bancroft, Iowa. Since his fifth year Adolphson has been embarrassed with a flat head. This distortion was the result of a twelve-foot drop into a well, the bottom of which the lad struck on the left side of his cranium. The soft bones were flattened, and for days it was believed the boy would die. He survived, but his head remained flattered on the left side. His left side was paralyzed, to add to the distressing details, and soon epilepsy showed itself at frequent intervals. Dr.Phelps cut around the large portion of the skull and elevated it. The raised part was kept in place by sewing up periostium. In twenty minutes the Iowa man's head was as round as an apple, and there is no reason to expect anything but the best results from the operation. After the surgeon had cut into the skull he pressed the flat portion out. A very large incision had to be made to recover the affected part, and after the bone had been elevated, the covering or periostium had to be sewed to keep the cranium from falling back to its deformed condition. A great deal of bone had to be cut away, and Dr.Phelps did this with his bone forceps. By the elevation of the cranium the pressure on the brain was removed, and this will preclude any possibility of the return of epileptic symptoms. Adolphson was not weakened mentally to any extent, but he walked with the greatest difficulty, and his constitution was being severely racked by recurring spasms brought on by the pressure on his brain. On the morning of Feb. 20, 1895, I was sick with rheumatism, and lay in bed until May 21st, when I got a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. The first application of it relieved me almost entirely from the pain and the second afforded complete relief. In a short time I was able to be up and about again—A.T.MOREAUX,Luverne,Minn.Sold by P.A.Derge.