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The morning call., 1890-05-26
THE STANDARDIZATION LAW.
Arrival of the Congressional immigration

Arrival of the Congressional immigration
Committee at Chicago.
CHICAGO, May Representatives Owen
of Iddiana, Lehlbach OF New Jersey, Stump
of Maryland and Brewer of Michigan ar
rived from Washington this afternoon and
will investigate the immigration question
of this city.
Representative Owen, in an interview to-
day. said; "While no direct plan has been
formulated to be submitted to Congress,
and although l can offer no decided opinion
ou the results of our investigations SO far,
| may safely say that our immigration laws
are astoundingly loose, both in their con-
struction and execution. As for the nat
uralization laws they are simply farce"
The morning call., 1890-05-26
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION.
Two Persons Killed and Twenty FIVE
Wounded, Four Dangerously.

CAICAGo. May 26.-At Lucas, six miles
east of Mansfield, Ohio, this morning during
severe storm lightning struck block and
it was destroyed by fire which resulted.
While the citizens were fighting the fire, fifty
pounds of dynamite stored in the building
exploded with terrible results. The bodies
of two men were mangled beyond recogni-
tion and twenty-five others were injured to
a greater or less extent four Of them dan
gerOusly
The morning call., 1890-05-26
PRESCOTT.

Troops for San Francisco-Arizona's Gold and
Silver 0utput-Caitle Shipments.
PRESCOTT, May 25.-Troop K of the
Fourth Cavalry starts for San Francisco to-
day.
Geologst Bandy places last years terri
toriai gold and silver output at little less
than S4,00o,000.
The shaft In the Senator Mine is 800 feet
deep.
great many cattle are being shipped to
San Francisco and elsewhere.
The morning call., 1890-05-26
DO YOU RIZZLE2
The New and Pleasant Method to Fro
long Life.

The New and Pleasant Method to Fro
long Life.
Do you rizzle every day? Do you know
how to rizzle? One of the swell doctors in
town says that it is the most wonderful aid
to perfect health. II masticate nv food
very thoroughly at dinner" he says, "and
make sure to have my family or friends en-
tertalD me with bright talk and plenty of
fun. After dinner it is understood that |
am going to rizZle. How do | do it? l re-
tire to my study. and having darkened the
room light cigar. sit down and perform
the operation. How to describe it don't
know, but it is condition as nearly like
sleep as sleep is like death. 1t consists in
doing absolutely nothing. close my eyes
and try. to stop all action of the brain. 1
think Of nothing. 1t only takes little
practice to be able to absolutely stifie the
brain. In that delightful condition l re-
main at least ten minutes, some times
twenty. That is the condition most health
full to digestion. aud it is that which ac-
counts for the habit animals have of sleep
ing after eating. | would rather miss fat
fee than that ten minutes rizzle every day."
From Chatter,
The morning call., 1890-05-26
SURPRISED SOCIALISTS.
The Dress of Their Leader Cost q Small
Fortune.

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Fortune.
A short time ago in Leipsic two working
men sat in horse-car opposite lady
whose beautiful dress excited their lively
displeasure. After viewing her for some
time from tip to toe, one of them vented his
anger by turning to the lady with these
words: That dress certainly cost 200
marks"
"Three hundred marks" replied the lady
proudly, without a change in her coun-
tenance, whereupon the workingmen then
said: Things will be different when our
turn comes. Now we, the working peopfs,
must pay for everything"
The lady, not knowing what to answer,
was silent, and having arrived at her des-
tlnaiion' she left the car. The conductor
assisted her off the car. saying: "Adieu,
Frau Liebknecht."
The occupants of tie car were greatly
surprised, for this was the Socialist leader
Liebknechts wifel
The morning call., 1890-05-26
SULLIVAN AND MCAULIFFE
Matched 10 Fight in August for $4,000 a
Side.

NEW YORK. May 25.-John L. Sullivan
and joe McAul ffe Lave been matched 20
fight in August for $1,000 a side with
small GLOW s, Marquis OF Queensberry
rules. Either Texas OF Virginia will he the
battle-ground. a $500 forfeit has been de-
posted by the hackers of each pugilist
The morning call., 1890-05-26

violet. All the cultivated violets have hith-
erto, without exception, been double
Single ylolets, until this discovery of Mr..
Cummings, have been without perfume,
put the Sykesville cultivated single violet
has wealth of rich perfume that cannot
be surpassed. Those wonderfully sweet
plants-Daphne. 0dora and Oleo Fragrans-
do not give off more delightful odors than
this new violet.-Baltimore Sun.
The morning call., 1890-05-26
A New Violet.

at is the sweetest flower ever knew"
said Miss Brewing, the well-known Balti-
more florist, displaying a new violet just
discovered by Mr.. A. p. Gordon Cumming
on his place near Sykesyille, Md. The
foliage leaves Of this violet are longer than
those of the ordinary wild or cultivated
violet. The flower leaves of the new violet
are a soft white, striped or notified with
light and dark purple. Unlike the other
cultivated violets, the new one is single
The morning call., 1890-05-26
KNOCKED OUT.

a six-Round Glove Contest Between Two
Washington Pugilists
TACOMA, May 25.-Fido Mulligan of Ia
coma and Jack Connolly of Spokans Falls
fought with two-ounce gloves near this city
to-day, Mulligan knocking out his opponent
in the sixth round. For the first three
rounds Connolly had the best of it, but after
force of Deputy Sheriffs attempted to stop
the fight, but were thrown off the scent.
The morning call., 1890-05-26
A GASOLINE EXPLOSION.

Three Buildings Destroyed by Fire, Causing
Heavy Loss.
CHICAGO, May 25.-At Portsmouth. Ohio,
this evening, an explosion OF a gasoline
stove set fire to a frame building Owing
to an insufficient water supply the fire
which, with their contents, were destroyed.
The loss on the buildings is heavy and the
insurance light
The morning call., 1890-05-26
NATIONAL FINANCES.
Congressman Uneasy Over the Enormous Sum
for CONTEMPLATED Appropriations


WASHINGTON, May 25.-Conservative
members of Congress are beginning to feel
uneasy over the enormous appropriations
pending and contemplated. aggregating over
S5U0, 100000 For the fiscal year 1891
Treasury estimates place the revenues from
all sources at S450000,000. If these esti-
mates of appropriations and revenues are
correct a deficit of over S100,O 00,0GO will
occur at the end of the fiscal year 1891. The
Pres ident is said to be very much dissatis-
feared he will veto the River and Harbor
Bill, rs well as numerous public building
bills
The morning call., 1890-05-26
Bayard's Tins,

New York, May 25.-Following are Bay
ards tips for the Gravesend races to-mor-
row: Geraldine or Civil Service; Castaway
III or Cortez; Cyclone colt or Burlington:
Gregory or Gipsy Queen; Retribution geld
ing or Polly S; Quasal or Clay Stockton
The morning call., 1890-05-26
DEEP WATER SCHEME.

Scotch Syndicate Invests Two Millions Of
Dollars.
SAN ANTONIO CTex.). May 25.-The rep
resentatives of Scotch syndicate are at
Ansas Pass in this State, and propose to
begin developing deep water there at once
The syndicate will expend two millions Of
money In the work
The morning call., 1890-05-26

Last Tuesday Oscar Burke, a young white
opium fiend, entered the room of w. f. Fos-
ter. colored carpenter, on Fourth street,
and stole watch and some tools, the prop
erty of Foster. Yesterday afternoon Fos-
ter met Burke on Folsom street and caused
his arrest by Officer Cook on charge of
petty larceny. Burke was locked up in the
Southern Statinn.
The morning call., 1890-05-26

Captain Rasmussen Of the schooner Alice
Kimball, which arrived last evening from
Sanak, Alaska, reports that he left the OF
ter-hunting schooners Helen Blum and
Alexander in that port. The Helen Blum
had captured IA otter and the Alexander 10.
The morning call., 1890-05-26

Patrick McGarigle, Michael Hughes, John
Mclaughlin, Patrick Lee and John Wilson,
all employed at the Union Iron Works, got
very drunk out at the Potrero yesterday,
ana created such disturbance that Ser
geant Bennett and posse arrested them and
placed charges of drunk against their names
at the Southrrn Statinn
The morning call., 1890-05-26
The Panama Canals Collapse.

PARIS, May 25.-The Panama Canal
shares have dropped IA francs, and now are
nominally quoted at 2S francs. The report
Of the geographical survey of the canal
shattered the last hopes Of the COMPANY.
The morning call., 1890-05-26
The Moss Assault Casa.

NAPA, May 25.-The jury in the case of
Homer Moss and Oreana Moss, charged
with criminal assault, last night returned
a verdict acquitting 0reana Moss and disa-
greeing upon The case of Homer Moss.
The morning call., 1890-05-26

BosToN, May 25.-General Paine denies
that the Volunteer is entered for the Bren-
ton Reef Cup against the Irex. He prac-
tically said she would not be entered in any
The morning call., 1890-05-26
READY FOR VISITORS.

Points of Interest in Yosemite Valley to Be
Seen.
YOSEMITE, May 25.-Glacier Point will be
accessible by horse on Tuesday for the first
time this year. Yosemite and Nevada falls
trails have been opened for two weeks, as
have been all the drives. The weather is
warm and lovely. The water is booming.
The morning call., 1890-05-26
STRIKERS ARRESTED.

outrages Committed by RiOtous Workingmen
at P!lsen, Austria.
VIENNA, May 25.-The strikers at Pilsen
are committing Outrages, plundering inns
and the residences of priests Several ar
rests have been made.
The morning call., 1890-05-26
Ranor ed Lsn-nau Cnrns

LONDON. May 25.-Father Muller of the
Jesuits College at Mangelore, India, claims
to have cured several lepers by Count
Matteis' system. a gentleman of Calcutta
had similar success.
The morning call., 1890-05-26
SERIOUS STORM.
Paris Visited by a Sudden and Destructive
Shower Of Hail

PARIS, May 25.-The most sudden and Sc
veres. hail-storm for years occurred to-day.
The day had been sultry, and consequently
there was general exodus to the country.
at . O'Clock the sky became clouded, and
hail fell, SO that objects a short distance
away were Obscured. Limbs OF trees were
gut and much damage done. Thousands
were caught in the storm and had their
clothes ruined. Hail simply fell in sheets.
The morning call., 1890-05-26
The IurY DISAGREED

WOODLAND, May 25.-The jury failed to
agree in the Reed murder case. 1t stood
nine for acquittal and three for conviction
tor mauSlaughter.
The morning call., 1890-05-26
Ernlo.ivss and Polioemen,, CIpb.

DUBLIN, May 25.-During meeting at
Tipperary explosives were thrown by the
crowd. The police used their clubs, and
several people were injured.
The morning call., 1890-05-26
A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.
A Powd r-House at Weaverville Blown to
Atoms

WEAvERvILLE, May 25.-About 1000
pounds of giant and black powder in the
powder-house Of W. F. Smith & Co. of this
place exploded last night between the hours
OF 10 aid IL. The building was blown into
atoms. scarcely trace of it remaining on
the spot. The building was in the out
skirts of the town, but the whole town re.
ceiyed thorough shaking up. Windows
The morning call., 1890-05-26
THROWN FROM HIS CARRIAGE.

Emperor Williams Narrow Escape From
Irjurv.
BERLIN. May 25-While Emperor William
was taking drive near Potsdam the horses
attached to his carriage SHE'D, resulting in
q collision with another vehicle. The En-
peror was thrown to the ground but escaped
injury
The morning call., 1890-05-26
TWO BROTHERS DROWNED.

Yacht Cut Down by Cunarder in New
York Harbor.
New YORK, May 25-The steam yacht
Pyreda with six men aboard was cut down
in the bay by the Cunarder Aurania, and
Henry and Charles Biel. brothers, were
drowned. The Aurania was racing to reach
her pier before dusk
The morning call., 1890-05-26
FEATHERS WILL FLY.

Crack Bird-Shot Coming Here to Meet an
Australian Champion.
SAN DIEGO, May 25.-Martinez Chick,
the winner of the Peters medal at Coronado
Beach to-day, leaves for San Francisco to-
morrow to meet j. S. Brewer. the cham
pion shot Of Australia, and a contest
of honors with him in three matches at live
birds. Each match will be for 100 live birds
at thirty yards rise for $3.50 side on each
shoot. The match will take place on the
26th, 29th and 30th inst.
The morning call., 1890-05-26
ONLY 1wo ROUNDS.

Middle-weight Pugilist Has His Right
Arm Broken.
VIcKsBURG (Miss.). May 25.-Joe Tansey
and Joe Murphy, middle-weight pugiIists,
met to-day at Island One Hundred ard
One, La, with skin gloves to fight TO n
fnish. In the second round Murphy, who
had forced the fighting but was greatly
overmatched, broke his right arm, and was
compelled to throw up the sponge. About
100 persons witnessed the fight.
The morning call., 1890-05-26
Ell TRENIBLOR,
A sevrs Earthquake in thu State Of New
York

York.
GLovERsvILLE On. ". May 25.-At 7
O'clock this morning this town was visited
with a severe earthquake. Houses were
shaken and people were thrown out of their
chairs and their beds, and window-glass
was broken in many dwellings. The shock
was preceded by loud rumbing noise.
The fire-bells were rung and verybody ran
into the streets. One house caught fire and
was burned down. The excitement is in
tense
The morning call., 1890-05-26
FATAL EXPLOSION.
One Man Killed and Several Wounded at the
Illinois Steel Works.

Illinois Steel Works.
CHICAGO, May 25.-By the explosion of a
blast-furnace at the Illinois Steel Works
this afternoon one man WAS fatally burned
and several others injured. Augustus Null
lenhoffer was horribly burned about the
face and body and cannot recover. Michael
Quinlan was seriously burned about the
head, face and hands. Henry Ayers was
badly burned about the face and hands,
and John Brunski was struck by flying
debris, but his injuries are light.
The morning call., 1890-05-26
DROWNING ACCIDENT.

The Body Of Woman Found in a Well
at Central Hill
SAN ANDREAs, May 25.-This morning,
at Central Hill, Adam jackson, upon going
to draw some water, found the body of Mrs.
Mary Ellis in the we'll The lady had been
expecting her son home the night before
and had started out to meet him, which
drowned to-day. She was widow and one
of the pioneer residents of this county.
The morning call., 1890-05-26

they quilted the cab they remarked to the
jehu that there was portfolio ON the seat;
There was-but it was empty.-Pall Mall
Gazette.
The Helena independent., 1890-12-28

D. Q. Mills, J. Pierpont Morgan, Levi r.
Morton. F. L. Olmstead, DR.. Otis, VIM.
Walter Phelps, Hor ICE Porter, Geo. Haven
Putnam, Whitelaw Reid. Prof. Rood, Or.
Roosa, Charles Scfibner. CHARLES s. Smith,
DR.. Stinson, Cornelius anu George Wander
bilt, and Calvert Vaux.
The new Century club house is situated
on the north side of Forty-third street. just
west OF Fifth avenue, and is practically
completed. II was designed by .the lead
ing hrm of architects, McKim, Mead d
White, all of whom are members of the
club. The design is in the recent orna-
mental style of buff brick and terra Gotta.
and gray marble, though not over-decora-
tive. The facade is one hundred feet in
length and four stories in highth. The
effect has been hurt somewhat by the
building of n lofty hotel opposite. Entrance
to the cub house is directly from the
street. and one goes throught hall lined
with marble and onyx mp half fight of
stairs to the picture galleries in the rear,
passing on either aide the reception room
and offices.
Another half fight to right and left Of
two beautiful onyx pillars, brings one to
the main floor, containing the reading and
smoking room and the living room. The
former is twenty-six by thirty-fve feet and
the latter ffty.one by thirty five feet in
size.
The third floor is occupied by the grill
room ana the library. which ere OF the same
dimensions rs the reading and living
rooms respectively In height the library
extends up through the fourth floor and is
surrounded BY massive oak pillars. The
grill room is finished in quartered oak.
Opening from ths latter is u lo9gia, di-
rectly over the entrance to the club, where
meals can be served in warm weather, and
whore sufficient view of passing travel on
Fifth avenue is afforded.
The portion of tho fourth floor not filed
by the library isdevoted to kitchen, laun-
dry, and servants rooms, in accordance
The Helena independent., 1890-12-28
ELEVEN HUNDRED WIVES.

The Sultan of Turkey Leads Solomon in
tho Matter of spouses.
There is pretty general belief in this
world that Solomon was the king bee DO
lygamist known to history, says the Chicago
Evening Post. According to B. B. Valen-
tine, the accomplished litterateur, who re-
Gently returned from visit to Turkey. the
sultan con see Solomon with his 700 wives
and 300 cOncubines to boot and %
him 100 better. "The statement viii
no doubt prove startling to many MI.
Valentine remarked. over his breakfast
coffee at the Richelieu this morning. but /
have it from such high snthority as to
leave no doubt OF its authenticity in my
mind that the sultan is the proud possessor
of 1,1OO wives. OF course this number.
owing to deaths, sales, purchases, etc.. fiuct.
yates trifie during the year, but the bal
ance IS above. quite as frequently il not
more, than it is below, 30 that LOO NAV be
said to be conservative average.
ut is also fact" Mr.. Valentine contin-
ued' ned as ne pushed his cup away. lit cigar
fact that in the harem of the sultan there
are considerable number of French and
English women; as to an American element
can't say. The agents of the sultan are
in the capitals of the continent constantly
looking ont for recruits to their sovereion's
AVuocAOAOs aAAU A1AO Al ZIG royal QRr6ln
is one which has many temptations
for woman without means, but possessinh
strong desire for ease and luxury. AZ a
member of the harem she will have slaves
to wait on her. and. save being denied visits
from the opposite sex, she may enioy her
self pretty much as her fancy dictates.
Moreover, once entering the harem does
not necessarily imply that she must ALWAYS
remain member. for should she expressly
wish to be released it is more than ikelv.
particularly SO if she be foreigner. her
wish will tie granted.
1T not infrequently happens that the re-
cruits sent by the sultan's orders fail to
satisfy the epicurean taste of his majesty.
and when such is the case they remain until
traded OF to sOme other harem owner of
less dignity. Sometimes. too, the sultan
gets tired of wife, or wife gets tired of
him. Then also q trade is effected and she
exchanges places with a member of another
harem. You sec having So many wives, tre
sultan looks upon them much as fancy stock
raiser would regard his herd of cattle, and
disposes of them accordingly. Still. the
sultan should not be considered cruel. To
be sure he doesn't want scolds in his harem
or women disagreeable to him, and he
trades them of to their satisfaction inst ma
much. probably, as to his. But when they
become sick or old they are not turned
adrift. On the contrary, they are attended
to quite as carefully as you could desire.
So that, all things considered, life in n
Earem does not seem to be the worst fate
after all.
The Helena independent., 1890-12-28

hrisain which approaches the Century in
character is the Athenaeum club OF London.
many distinguished foreigners have been
entertained at the Century rooms and all
nave declared that the conditions and at
m0spnere of the club are unsurpassed else
wnere. It has been said that new members
OF tne Century are longer In becoming ac.
cuatomed to its ways than those Of any club
IN tne city, but that once initiated, as it
were, to the inner circle, no club is 90 en-
1oyaole. Mr.. Thackeray was very outspo-
Ken IN his praises of a Century Saturday
Night, and is said to have always appro-
priated particular corner to himself when
visiting the rooms.
For many years the government of the
century rested in board of management
consisting of president, secretary, treas
urer, and seven trustees, separate commit
tees having charge of the art and literature
departments, in addition to the committee
on admissions. OF the trustees, four were
authors and arti1ts, and three amateurs.
Some years ago. two vice-presidents we're
added. Now there are sixteen trustees, of
whom the authors and artists form a min
ority, and these select the other committees
from their own number, except the commit
tee on admissions. In the latter art and
literature form a small minority.
While Mr.. Huntington is founder of the
club the traditions of the association
equally centre around Mr.. Augustus r.
MacdonouRh, who was its secretary from
1859 to 1886. He is irregular attendant, and
one Of the clubs three honorary members,
Mr.. Bancroft and Mr.. Gourlie "a founderj
being the others. Probably no man in the
club is more loved and honored by his con-
freres.
It has been custom with the Century to
hold memorial meetings after the deaths of
leading members, at which meetings ad-
dresses and poems are read. The proceed
inRs are then published in pamphlet form,
with portraits. Prominent among these
memorial occasions were those held in honor
The Helena independent., 1890-12-28
The New Home f.0hs of Americas
Most Celebrated Social Or
CARNATIONS.
Great Artists of This Country
Who Have Been Connected
With It.
Object of the Club and Qualification For
Membershfp-Histor Tradition and
Presidential Succession.

Especial Correspondence of The INDEPENDENr.l
New YORK, Dec. 24.-The early removal
Of this famous New York club to new and
handsome home mile and half north of
the present location calls for some account
of its early history.
The Century club was founded III 1S47 by
the members of two smaller organizations
called "The Sketch Club" and "The Col
umn." OF these the Sketch club, an asso-
citation of New York artists, had been in ex-
istence since 1929, the artists, with some of
their literary friends, holding meetings at
each others houses. THE Column in.
cluded a number of literary men and law
yers. Notices were issued for a general
meeting at the New York Gallery of Fine
Arts in City Hall park, small building
torn down in 1870, This meet
ing was Held on the evening of
January 13, 1s47, and "The Century AS
sociation'' was formed. Prominent
among the forty-two founders were William
Cullen Bryant, Henry 4. Tuckerman, Gull
ian G. Verplanck, Henry w. Bellows, and
Orville Dewey, of the literary element, and
Daniel Huntington, Asher b. Durand,
Henry Peters Gray. G. L. Elliott, and I. P.
Rossiter, of the artists. According to Mr..
John H. Gourlie's "Origin and History of
the Century Club" the name of 1.-THE Cen
tury" was proposed by E. 8. Van Wrinkle.
The constitution then adoped contains
the following sentences:
1.-THE name of the association shall be the
Century. It shall be composed of authors,
artists and amateurs OF letters and the fine
arts, resident of the city of New York and
vicinity. Its object shall be the cultiva-
tion of a taste for letters and the arts, and
social enjoyment.
From these objects the Century seems
never to have departed, although with the
gradual increase of membership the per
centage Of authors and artists has become
noticeably smaller.
At first limited to 100 members (wlence
its name), the club was enlarged from time
to time until in 1866 the number was finally
creased this to 800. A liberal construction
Of the constitution has long prevailed, and
names of men distinguished in every pro-
fession and occupation are now to be found
in the catalogue.
Various suites of rooms on Broadway
and Broome street were occupied by the
Century until 1852. The club then removed
to the house No. "a Clinton place, where it
remained until 1857, since which time it
has been domiciled at No. 100 East Fif-
teenth sire t. In the latter year the club
WAS incorporated, Gulian G. Verplanck be-
ing then elected its first president. The !
affairs of the organization had previously |
b,en transacted by a managing committee. |
M. Verplanck was member of one of |
New York's leading families of Dutch de- |
scent, and besides his literary accomplish
ments, took an active part in local and !
state politics, being once candidate for
mayor of the city and having served sew
eral terms in tho New York legislature
His most important work was the three
volume edition of Shakspere, issued in 1S47 |