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The morning call., 1890-05-08
Temmanv L.adsr,s M.,edv.

NEW YORK, May THE statement Is
published that Richard Croker, the Tam
many leader, now at Wiesbadeu is suffer-
ing from an affection resem bling cancer OF
the liver, and will probably not recover.
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EXCEEDED THE APPROPRIATION.

The city has contract under which the con-
tractors furnish all supplies for the inmates Of
the House of Correction according to a carefully
prepared schedule of rations, at the rate of 2l1a
cents a day for each Inmate. Tie accounts for
the last three months of the present calendar
year show the following expenditures for SAL
aries aud ratiouS:
January salaries. ..................sl425 90
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Clarkson Will Retire.

PITTsBURG, May 7.-While on his way to
Des Moines, Iowa, this morning to attend
the funeral of his father Assistant Post
master General CIarkson said that he had
definitely decided to leave the postal service
on July 1st.
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THE CLAYTON CASE.

The Committee Will Probably Hold Its Final
Session To-Day.
LITTLE Rock, May THE Clayton In
vestigating Committee held a session to-
day. and several witnesses were examined,
but nothing new was developed. Consid-
cradle uneasiness was manifested, as
rumors of trouble were in the air Judge
Mcclure apol0gized tor his disgraceful
action in striking Armstrong. few days
ago. The committee will probably adjourn
tO-mOrrow
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Personal.

WASHINGTON, May 7.-Colonel William
r, Shafter, United States Army, Mrs. Shat
ter and Mrs. McKittrick, all of San Fran
cisco, are at the ShOreham Hotel. Miss
Hillyer of San Francisco, who has been
visiting Mrs. Hearst, will leave for Hart
ford, Conn.,, in few days.
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paciHc Railrnada

WASHINGTON, May THE Pacific Rail-
roads Committee will report tomorrow.
The members will agree unanimously and
the Central Pacific Road Bill, it is under
stood. will receive very satisfactory treat
ment in the report,
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Tenne see Land Rnnm

CHATTANOOGA. May THE East Chat
tanooga land sale was continued TODAY.
About S200,000 worth of lots were sold IN
to noon. Ii is claimed that the Boston Gov
ernment Ordnance Works will be removed
to a site here.
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Caduc and myself in reference to her pur-
chase, but the price wanted was too high.
and he has been trying to get more favor
able terms" General Paine will not come
down, aud awaits Caduc's final answer. II
1t is not favorable he will put her in COM
mission for himself
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Bishop Boree,a, oh.eauiss

KALAMAZOO (Mich.), May t. Bishop
Borgess. was buried here this morning in q
newly made vault in the church-yard. The
funeral services were on a grand scale.
Archbishop Elder of Cincinnati preached
the sermon.
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An Embezzlar On Trial.

NEW YORK, May 7.-The trial Of Peter
Claasen, charged with embezzlng the assets
OF the Sixth National Bank. has begun.
Ten jurors were obtained when the court
adjourned until Tomorrow.
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THE REPUBLICANS.

Postponement Of the National Executive
Committee Meeting.
WASHINGTON, May Tt has been an
nounced that the Republican National
Executive Committee meeting would be
postponed till May 18th, on account of
Fassett of New York being required In the
New York Legislature, but it is probable
that further pOstponement will be made
onlaccount of the absence of Clarkson, who
is at his fathers funeral at Des Moines.
None OF the committee are here yet.
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THE NAVY.

The Marion to Go Out Of Commission-Armor-
Piercing Prcjsctiles.
WASHINGTON, May 1T has been de-
cided to put the United States steamer
Marion, which recently arrived at San
Francisco from China, out of commission
and repair her. She is in good condition.
The Navy Department has awarded
contract to the Carpenter Steel Company of
Reading. Pa, for furnishing the navy with
about S200,0 900 worth of armor- piercing pro-
jectiles of various calibers. The delivery
will begin in four months and will be COM
pleted within year. This company has
acquired the methods of treating metal that
are in use in Europe.
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A Plea for Arizona,

WASHINGTON, May Nathan Murphy
OF Arizona appeared before the House
Committee on Territories to-day and advo-
Gated the passage OF an enabling act for the
admission Of Arizona as State.
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AN UNSATISFACTORY FIGHT.

Charles Mccarthy Knocks Out James McHals
in the Thirty-sixth Round.
BUFFALO. May 7-Cbarles Mccarthy and
James McHale of Philadelphia, light
weights, met in glove contest before the
Erie County Athletic Club tonight for q
purse of $500. The fight up to the twenty
third round was unsatisfactory. Mccarthy
In this round tried to choke McHale. In
the thirty-sixth round Mccarthy delivered
an upper cut and knocked out McHale.
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CONGRESS.
THE SENATE.

Revenue Marine Bill-The siver Measure
Called Up for Debate.
WASHINGTON. May IA letter was re-
ceived from the Secretary of the Treasury
to-day in the Senate transmitting the In
formation called for by Mitchell respecting
the Importation and expectation of gold and
silver and the changes in the money circu-
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WASHINGTON. May 7.-E. Ii. Fowler has
been appointed Postmaster at Rough and
Ready, Nevada County. vice j. +. Schroeder
resigned.
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THE WHAM ROBBERY.

Favorable Report Ordered on the Bill for the
Paymaster's Relief.
WASHINGTON, May THE Senate Com
mittee on Claims to-day directed Chairman
Spooner to make a favorable report upon
the bill for the relief of Paymaster Major
j. w. Wham. Wham was travelling in Ari-
zona some months ago under an escort Of
soldiers, when gang of robbers attacked
the train from ambush, and after wounding
eleven soldiers. captured the paymaster's
With it. The bill reported is for the pur-
pose of relieving Wham Of his responsibility
for the lost money
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Gold in Ireland

DUBLIN. May THE Irish Times says
that rich gold mines have been discovered
at Dunnode, in the western part Of the
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NARROWLY ESCAPED.

The Winding House of an English Colliery
Destroyed by Fire
LONDON, May THE winding house of
the Abram Colliery, near Leigh, Lancashire,
was burned to-day The fire burned the
connections with the pit and wrecked the
fifty miners were entombed. All the i'm
prisoned miners were rescued unharmed.
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BREACH OF TRUST.

The President Of an Insurance Company Re-
moved From Office.
NEW YORK, May 7.-Referee James +.
Tracy to-day decided the case of The Peo-
pie of the State of New York against Ed
ward Henry Kent, now visiting San Fran
cisco, ordering his removal as President OF
the Mutual Benefit Life Association OF
America. The charges against Kent were
breach OF trust in misapplying funds OF
the association.
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THE VOLUNTEER.

General Paine's Statement in Regard to Her
Alleged Sale.
BosToN, May 7.-There has been much
discussion and many inquiries over the re-
port that Commodore Philip Caduc of the
Pacific Yacht Club had bought the Volun-
teer Her owner. General Paine, tonight
makes the following statement to the Cali
fornia Press agent: "The Volunteer has
not yet been sold. Since January letters
have been passing between Commodore
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Linden Entries.

New YORK, May 7.-Following are the
Linden entries for tomorrow:
First race, three-qGarters of mile-Rosa
107, Samaria 107. Tramp ia, Salvini ia,
Carnot 112, Guard 100, Mandolin colt 100,
Flambeau 1oO Prince Howard 100, Iago 100.
Second race, fve-eighths of mile, for
ar-olds-Seabird 9S Interest colt 9S,
Emily Carter 105, Gretchen 1O5. Miss Will
Jams 105, Addie l. 105, Puzzle filly 100,
Planet fily 100 Tourist 103, Cascade 10s,
Lottie no.
Third race, six and a half furlongs-
Amboy 110, Spendan no. Foreigner Ito.
Sam Love 110, Helen McGregor colt ll5,
lnfatuatiOn 105, Christine 10j.
Fourth race, one and quarter milus-King
Idle 106, King Volt 81, Little Jim 81, Re.
echo 81, Admiral 96, Barrister 116, Henry
George 100, Bonanza 100, Bella 100, Laneas-
ter ITO, Burnside &C. Sparkling lis.
Filth race, seyen-eighths of a mile
Samaria 10. St James 1O3, Admiral 1O3,
kendand l0S, Eleve 1T, St. John III, Rose
80, The Doctor 115, Sorrento 115.
Sixth race, five and half furlongs-
Thad Rowe 80, Little Barefoot "a, America
81, Teddington 90. AdonIs 90, Tom Kearns
93. Express Sc, Landseer 10S, Matte
Looram los, Slumber ITO, Moonstone 1O2.
SOurire 109, ArizOua 105, Village Maid log.
Monte CristO SO, Altoir fiily 81
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Bayard's Tins.

NEW YORK, May 7.-Bayard's tips for the
Linden races: First race. Salvini or Prince
Howard; second, Lottie or Cascade; third,
Spindall or Hyperion; fourth, Sparkling or
King Idle; fifth. Sorrento or ST. James,
sixth, Moonstone or Thad Rowe.
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RACING EVENTS.
Yesterdays Winners at the Linden and
Lexington Tracks.

LINDEN, May Tt was cloudy and cool
to-day and the track slow. The attendance
was large. The races resulted as follows:
First race, five furlongs. Blue Rock Ber-
gem won, Dalsyrian Uaylor) second. My
Fellow NittlefelD third. Time, :04A.
Second race, four and one-half furlongs,
Dickens Taylor won, Claudine (Bergen)
second, Ely (Littlefeldl third. Time,
O:59h.
Third race, six furlongs, Major DAILY
(Hamilton) won, Sam Morse (Hueston) sec
ond., st. James Namley) third. Time,
Fourth race, one mile (sellingl, Prodigal
lAnderson) won, Bonanza (Bergen) second,
Burnside (Stevenson) third. Time, :5OA.
F fifth race. mile and one-sixteenth. Ltsi-
mony lJones) won, Tristan (Hayward Jr)
second, Martin Russell (French) third.
Time, 1:551a.
Sixth race. six furlongs (selling), Queen
Elizabeth Nittlefeld) won, Monte Crsto
(MarshalD second. Lemon Blossom lam
ley) third. Time, :201h
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LUNATICS AT LARGE.
A Fearful Result Of the Tongue
Point Horror.
The Number Of Lives Lost In the Fire
Placed at Two Hundred.
Three Patients Die From the Effects OF the
ShOGk-A Dreadful Procession Of
Crazy People.

Special by the California Associated Press
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TTtaL iTn,. :. s:oo % $3.50 o.

The list of salaried officers includes the Super
intendent. Assistant Superintendent, Matron,
COmmisSary and nineteen guards, In all twenty
three persons. This number of officers Is cor-
tainly not excessive when it is considered that
they are responsible for the safe keeping OF $50
prisoners. 1t is apparent that the present ap-
preparation Is insufficient to meet the fixed pay
ments for salaries and for the cost of maintain
ing the prisoners, without taking into account
the other necessary eXpenses Of tine prison.
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EMPLOYMENT OF PRISONERS.

With an Increased appropriation 1t would be
possible TO employ a large number of the prison.
ers who are now kept IN idleness. At present.
seveniy-fve prisoners are kept at work on the
roads ia some OF the outside districts. The re-
naming prisoners perform no labor except the
necessary work OF keeping the prison aud
grounds In order. All the prisoners could be en-
pl0yed proftably on work which would in no way
interfere with free labor, and they should be SO
employed.
One thing we would suggest In this connection
would be the building of substantial walls, either
OF brick or OF concrete, surrounding both the
House OF Correction and the Industrial School,
The present walls are merely high board fences
The materials for such walls are obtainable for
the cost OF the labor on The grounds or In their
Immediate vicuity. It's well known that all the
brick used in the building of the House OF Cor
rection was made by prison labor right ON the
grounds. The cost TO the city OF building the
walls suggested would. therefore, be nominal,
whlle TO build such walls by contract would cost
probably $4,000.
In addition TO the building Of these walls, with
few more wagons and horses and slightly in-
creased appropriation for few extra guards IL
would be possible TO put 100 more prisoners to
work on the roads.
A partition wall should also be erected In the
prison yard, SO as 10 allow space for recreation
aud exercise OF the female prisoners, OF whom
there are now Bfty-two confined In The House OF
Correction. These female prisoners are now
The Washington critic., 1890-05-14
THE MEN UNDERNEATH.

Why must sidewalks have skylights /
asked, till my feet
One day strayed below, and ] saw by
ray
From dust-eovered skylight, whose sky
was the street,
labor-bent man make drive-wheel
obey,
His forehead was sooty, his hair full of
dust,
The air in his room was unwholesome to
breathe.
Twas miserable place; and the mamie
was just
One of the miserable men underneath.
But, these men underneath, are they not
everywhere,
Ever sooty and dusty, and STOPPING,
alas
Ever sadly in need Of more light and more
air,
Ever trusty and patient and-moving the
mass
With touch OF one OF their oil-besmeared
hands
They make music among little spindles
and looms
Half league in the air; and the lift, that
Where these play, gets its wings in their
rooms.
In the fields, in the woods, in the mills, in
the mines,
Where Il burden is heavy or task is
severe,
There are they; when we beckon their
hands take the lines
And drive, while We sleep, to new
hemisphere.
is not all we enjoy hut touch of their
hands
Was not all We possess once cord in
their wrist
And the speed and the ease of the lift, that
no lands
At the top Of success, are they not OF
their gristg
Then let us open the lights in the walks
from above,
That pure air may sweep down, which is
wholesome to breathe,
And Will cool the hot brows--let rs reach
with our love
To the labor-bept, Tuehearted men un-
deTneatb.
DAVID KALLASDBR.
The Washington critic., 1890-05-14
THE BUrrEKM1LK CURE.
Ex-Congressman Scott Tries 1t and
Gains Much Solid Flesh.
From the Neio York Press

/ From the Ne,o York Press.
''The most fortunate occurrence of
ply life" said ex, Congressman w. L.
Scott of Pennsylvania, was your pub
licstion of the story about Colonel
George w. Hooker dining at the table
with me, ,and my saying that ! would ex-
change ali my fortune for his stomach
and appetite because of my dyspepsia.
AS matter of fact" continued he, 81
do not know Colonel Hooker, never saw
him to know him, and no such thing
ever occurred. But ] let that go, be-
cause of the benefits that have ac
crued. / went home from here after
the publication of the story. to find my
desk literally covered with mail, nine.
tenths of which were letters from per-
sons desiring me to try patent medicines
which was assuredd would cure nv
dyspepsia. There were so many Of
them then and for ten days
the waste basket as soon as discovered
their nature. They were from all parts
of the country, and think / could
have filled book with the different
prescriptions given me. One letter
finally came TO hand, which in the first
few lines did not disclose the purpose of
the writer, who was evidently business
man of New Orleans. He recommended
buttermilk. Now. Hon. Washington
Mclean, father of John r. Mclean of
the Cincinnati Enquirer, while was in
| Washington, frequently urged me to
try buttermilk, and told me Il had been
his salvation, and so this letter drew my
attention to II again, and tried butter.
milk, with the result that gained eight
pounds in two weeks, although my
weight has not before varied two pounds
in forty years" "
] asked Mr.. Scott for the method of
using the milk, knowing how many
| persons suffer from dyspepsia, and he
said: "That is the peculiar thing about
it. The method is new My New
| Orleans friend, who told me he was 81
| years old, and had been using the butter
milk forty years, had set out formula
for preparing the milk. 1t is ahead of
anything Mr.. Mclean suggested You
| put the buttemilk in pan, which is
set in hot water. The milk is brought
to the boiling point. but not allowed to
boil. Then the heavy part is skinned
off. The whey which remains is Sc;
aside to cool. l drank glass of il
three or four times a. day, as hot as ]
could bear it In my throat, After you
get used to 1t you viii like it better than
champagne. 1t has a delicious acid
taste. have been great sufferer foI
years with Inflammation Of the mucous
membrane, which caused my dyspepsia,
and this is the only thing that has ever
permanently helped me"
The Washington critic., 1890-05-14
NOTES FROM THE REGISTER.

Messrs. II. f. Davis and E. j. Stell-
wsgen, trustees of Oak View, have already
subdivided that well-known tract. 1t has
been cut up into blocks, lots and wide
streets in alignment with the city thorough
fares.
A patent for new design of dry dock has
been granted Architect 0. Won Nerta of
this city. This invention is a dock entirely
and peculiarly constructed of creosoted
timber, which, 1t is claimed. would last as
long as masonry and could be built at very
much less expense.
The Register is authorized to deny re-
cent rumor regarding the Riggs House. 1t
hes been stated that the big hotel would be
converted into mammoth office structure.
The owners of the property, the Riggs
heirs, have informally considered such a
disposition of the building, but have done
nothing definite in the matter.
The Washington critic., 1890-05-14
STAGE EXAGGERATIoN.
An Everyday Listener Always Think
There is Over Emphasis.

An Everyday Listener Always Thinks
There is Over -Emphasis.
From tie Bort,,ightly Reuiew.
An auditor, unused to stage language
and ways, and coming to the theatre
straight from the street, the exchange,
the counter, the mess or the drawing
room-wherever in short, men and wo.
men congregate--could hardly, think.
fail to be be struck by certain false
ness, certain over. emphasis and es.
ipecially certain long drawn eXaggera-
tion of the pathetic tones. He would
think it grotesque, and he would proba-
oily think it unpleasant.
1t is note not to be heard in daily
life, for we are an undemonstrative
people by nature, and pride ourselves
on getting through the crises of our
lives in dumb show, with no more than
word or two. This impassive attitude,
some think, is one of the best things
about us. am myself inclined to be-
lieve, after certain recent personal ex-
periences of more voeiferous methods,
that the very demonstrative nations
spend more energy than we do in
promise, and perhaps retain less of per-
formance.
On the stage. however, and chiefly on
the melodramatic stage, we have changed
all this. Our men weep, our women
whine; II may be sentimental, which
is quite another thing from pathetic,
but it is a singularly long way removed
from our ordinary English way of talk
ing the facts of existence.
In the course of the past summer the
present writer was listening to one of
the most popular plays of the season.
Two young ladies of pleasing exterior,
very competent players, had taken the
stage; one was recounting her misfor-
tunes TO the other. Now" / thought,
was ever anything more unlike to the
behavior of any two sane English wo-
men than that of these young actresses,
the fearful faces, the spasmodic ges.
lures, the long, drawn, woeful uttersnce
and the various traditional stage tricks
of speech and manner?'
And / reflected that the young ladies
themselves were not responsible for
their departure from nature, but the
fashion of the times which calls fei
stranger sitting at my side could bear il
no longer; he moved impatiently in his
seat and expressed his indignation ip a
whispered comment in my ear: II beg
your pardon, sir, but what two con.
founded idiotsr | imagine this gen.
tleman, whose speech was educated and
his face intelligent, may have liveC
long enough away from London melo
drama land to have forgotten that it i!
region where dialect of its own pre-
walls, panied by contortions o
the face and body, rollings of the eyes
emotional. gurglings, misses and huski
ness, which never accompany tn
speech Of the English men and womel
of the world we live in.
The Washington critic., 1890-05-14
CoNNECTICuT HAPPENINGS.
Some of the Strange Things That Hap
pened Last Week,

From tie Nsso York San.
John Josephs of Bridgeport had the
grippe of malignant type, and when
finally he began to hiccough every one
thought he must speedily die. He was
emaciated, his strength failed and com.
plete collapse was feared. For two
days he hiccoughed constantly, and
DR.. King gave him seven and a half
grains of morphiRe before that sinister
symptom abated. Then the hiccough-
Ing ceased, he slept peacefully and is
getting we'll.
Miss Emma Rohrback of Danbury, II
years old, made an odd attempt to com
NIT suicide. She swallowed an ounce
oflaudanum, but physician pumped it
out of her, and when she .regained con-
seriousness she explained her grievance
against life. She had been gaining
nearly twenty pounds month In flesh,
and she feared that if the process of
adipose accumulation went much
further there would be no room for her
in the world. She had vainly tried
various remedies to thwart the scheme
of selfaccretion, even eating twelve
lemons a day, but the lemons made her
sick and she determined to die. The
doctors will now try to aid her in re-
ducing her flesh
For eight hours an infant of Stephen
Burleen of Bridgeport lay In a trance,
and an undertaken came and put the
babe in casket Everything was
ready for the burial when the child
suddenly woke up and sang out Justify,
Mar II is all right now.
AS B. S. Beecher hitched up his
spirited steed at Hartland Centre the
other day death took a seat in the We
hicle, but 1t is not likely that Mr..
Beecher knew what rode merrily down
town with him unseen. At the Univer-
salist Church in Barkhamsted Hollow
the horse suddenly SHE'D, Mr.. Beecher
was hurled to the ground, his neck was
broken, and he died instantly. He had
barely driven twenty minutes away
from his home
A singular accident befell Joseph b.
Sherwood, farmer at Glenville. He
had been blasting rocks He put dyna-
mite cartridge in the kitchen stove oven
to soften IL, and was successful In his
experiment. At the moment the dyna.
mite softened it suddenly dissolved the
kitchen, the apartment walls and most
of the furniture. All the family were
In the room and all were badly injured
except Mrs. Sherwood. The farmer
was SO terribly lacerated that q surgeon
had to amputate one of his legs.
At South Lyme a gang of railroad
hands sat down in the shadow of the
station TO eat their dinner, and one of
them, named Pratt, like little Peterkin,
found something large and round on
the railroad track that excited his curl
osity He took it before the group
and all examined 1t curiously. Then
IL exploded with terrific conclusion, and
Pratt's hands and face were frightfully
lacerated, The interesting object was
blasting cartridge that a workman
had carelessly left on the railroad.