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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-06-30
THE WARM WAVE.
It's Course Marked by Many
Deaths.
The Victims Of the Unprecedented Heat
at Chicago.
Effect Of the Visitation al st. Louis and
Cincinnati Predictions Of the
Signal Service.
Special Dispatches to THE MORNING CALL

CHICAGO June GA cool breeze, begin
ming late this afternoon, ended the heated
term in this city, at least temporarily. The
breeze did not put in an appearance, how
ever until the excessive heat had made a
record of eight fatal cases Of prostration in
this city since daylight a large number Of
other persons succumbed, but up TO this
evening no other deaths were apprehended
The preceding twenty-four hours marked
the elimination of an almost unprecedented
period of warmth. According to the re-
vised police reports there were eighteen
deaths from sunstroke and III other cases
of heat prostration yesterday, fully dozen
of which are pronounced critical.
Four more deaths were reported up to
midnight. All four occurred early in the
day in remote parts of the city.
Dispatches from many points in
Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin tell
Of slight moderation in the
temperature to-day, but not enough to
afford very much relief and cases of pros
trations are still quite numerous and
there were quite a number of deaths
at various points to-day All the
cities in the States named report
an alarming increase in the mortal
ity list, the weather being especially severe
on children and invalids.
ST. Louis, June 29.-The hot weather
which prevailed during the week past was
checked somewhat this afternoon by a
heavy shower, which cooled the atmos-
phere to a considerable extent. But there
is still great deal of suffering, as imme-
diately after the rain the clouds dispersed
and the sun sent the thermometer near the
hundred mark again. Yesterdays list of
prostrations numbered 81, s of which re-
suited fatally. Up to II o'clock tonight
eleven pTostrations are reported, two of
them fatal.
CINCINNATI. June 2S.-Eighteen cases of
heat proStration to-day, of which two We're
fatal
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RUN AS AN ADJUNCT.

How an Amateur Druggist Cured Bad
Case of Collie.
There came chap one day to set up
drugstore in our mining town, which had
taken a boom and was attracting business.
This wasn't to be n regular" drugstore,
but the drug part was an annex to grocery
and boot and shoe-store. The new arrival
had just opened out when Tom Harrison,
one of the men in my claim, was taken one
night with bilious cole. Ben Wheeler,
another of our men, went to the druggists
to get remedy, but that individual at once
said to him:
Il know mighty little about drugs, but 1
took this stock on debt, and thought I'd
better show 'em up. The drugs are an ad
junct"
"Yes, but Tom has had bad case Of
collie"
"Well. might hit something. and l
might miss it. | don't want to take the
chances. If you do, go ahead"
:" don't feel fit, and mebbe I'd better go
and ask Tom. Ii he'll run the chances l
will"
He came back and stated the case. Toms
collie was worse. and in his desperation lie
exclaimed:
cit sunthin-no matter what! You
howl"
Ben returned to the store and paved
around for spell He couldn't read ex-
cept with great effort, but he came across
two bottles, the contents of which rather
took his eye. and he filled a smaller one
with the mixture. When he was ready to
give Tom dose he said:
Cant guarantee this, Tom. The fellef
says the drugs are only an adjunct and you
know I'm no hand at doctorin'."
"Pll chance il" replied Tom, and down
went the dose, and at midnight he was
dead man.
The Coroner got the story as l have given
it, put jury on the case and had the par
ticulars retold, and when they had nothing
more to learn he said:
Gentlemen, | can't see whar' nobody
was to blame and you'll return a verdict
that Tom cum to his death on account of an
adjunct in the hands Of a friend, which the
same was drugs as nobody knowed any,
thing abOut."-N. Y. Sun.
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ADVANTAGES OF TELEGRAPHY.
A Reporters Experience in n Railroad
Station Lnte MT Night.

A Reporters ExPer. .ence in Railroad
Station Late MT Night.
The reporter who has been an operator has
decided advantage in getting his copy to
the office by telegraph. A year or two ago
one who had a knowledge of telegraphy was
sent to Dobbs Ferry late at night OIL an ex-
tremely important affair. He arrived there
at II o'clock, had to drive a considerable
distance from the station, and 1t was l
o'clock In the morning when he returned to
the depot. The last train had gone and the
telegraph office closed long time before.
A watchman or track-walker at the depot
said that the operator lived mile and
half away, and that be was i'll anyhow. and
that there was no possibility OF sending
anything by wire that night.
When the watchman had obligingly taken
a walk up the track the writer tried the Of
fee window, found the catch rather loose,
and with the thin blade OF a pocket-knife
soon removed the fastening. To open
the window, crawl in, and connect
the wires III the switch board was
was called and raised, and the loop to the
newspaper Office asked for. Twelve hun
dred words were sent in before o'clock,
without copy, it being necessary for lack
of time to compose the story as it was
teegraphed on the key. This
was done in the dark for fear the watch
man would see a light and come
back and shoot the reporter for burglary.
10. K" having been received the reporter
went outside, closed the window and spent
the remainder of the night gazing at the
moon and throwing pebbles in the Hudson.
The Message
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A WoNIAN's PLIGHT.
Ms. Clark of Oakland, Ca, Apparently d.
serted by Her Husband

Ms Clark Of Oakland, Ca, Apparently d.
serted by Her Husband
BosToN. June 29.-Friday the Chardon-
street Home for INDECENT Females offered
protection to a woman who told the officers
of the institution a strange story. The
woman gives the name of Mrs Louisa
Clark, and says she married James Clark
of Oakland, Cal, The newly married
pair, so Mrs. Clark's story runs, left Oak
land June 18th, proceeding by rail, and
arrived in New York Wednesday last.
Thursday Mrs. Clark drew several hundred
dollars from a bank in New York, giving
the larger portion of the money to her
husband and left him to visit the
grave of her first husband, who
was named Stirling, and whose body
is buried in Greenwood Cemetery.
Upon her return she found her husband
had disappeared. A note explained that
he had gone to this city to accept busi-
ness position and asked her to remain in
New York until she heard from him. He
left her money which he said would be
sufficient for her present needs. She
waited twenty-fOur hours and then
came to Boston in search of him
Not finding him she applied for and OBJ
tanned admittance to the Chardon-street
Home. Mrs. Clark is about so years of age,
is neatly dressed and appears to be sane.
She has her second marriage certificate
with her. and claims she was born in Phla-
delphia. She says she has relatives living
in that city, but does not give her maiden
name.
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We had about twenty-five miles to 60 by
stage in Missouri, aud it was early spring
and the roads were very bad. The stage
started about half an hour before daylight
and there were five men of us and two
women. These last had the back seat and
talked only to themselves. We were not
over two miles out when the stage got stuck,
and down every man had to get and life
and pull and ply. Three miles further on
we were stuck again, and it was the same
performance over again. In going four
teen miles we were stuck five times, aud in
going the twenty-five we lifted that old
stage out of the ruts and holes and bitches
almost Il dozen times. The five of us were
wet, splashed, muddy and hungry, when
we finally drove up TO the terminus, and you
can imagine our feelings wheE these two
women got down, removed their shawls and
bonnets and stood revealed as two hearty
and robust men. We were looking at them
with open mouths, when one of them re-
marked:
Thanks for your labors, gentlemen. We
knew the road and prepared for it. Will
you imbibe?"
But we were too indignant to accept.-N
Y. Sun.
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TO PRESERVE LANGUAGE.


The Novel Use the Edison Phonograph
Has Been Put To.
The present state of perfection of the
Edison monograph led me, writes j.
Walter Fewkes in Nature, to attempt some
experiments with it on our New England
Indians as a means of preserving Ian
guages which are rapidly becoming extinct.
/ accordingly made visit to Calais, Me-,
and was able, through the kindness
of Mrs. w. Wallace Brown, to take
upon the phonograph collection of records
illustrating the language, folklore, songs
and contingent rhymes Of the Passama-
quoddy Indians. My experiments met with
complete success and was able not only to
take the records but also to take them so
well that the Indians themselves recognized
the voices of other members Of the tribe
who had spoken the day before.
One OF the most interesting records
which was made was the song of the snake
dance, sung by Noel Josephs, who is recOg-
nized by the PassamaQuoddies as the best
acquainted Of all with this song "of old
time." He is always the leader In the
dance and sang it In the same way as at
its last celebration.
l also took upon the some wax cylinder
on which the impressions are made his ac-
count OF the dance, including the invitation
which precedes the ceremony.
In addition to the song of the snake
dance obtained on the phon ograDh an in
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teresting "Trade Song" and Mohawk
War Song" which is very old. Several
other songs were recorded. Many very in
teresting Old-folk tales were also taken.
In some Of those there occurred ancient
songs with archaic words, and limitations
of the voices of animals, old and young.
An ordinary conversation between two In
dians and contingent rhyme are among
the records made.
found the schedules of the United States
Bureau of EthnOlogy of great value in my
work, adopting the method of giving Passa-
maquoddy and English words conseeutively
on the cylinder.
The records were all numbered, and the
announcement of the subject made on each
in English. Some of the stories filled sew
eral cylinders, but there was little difficulty
in making the changes necessary to
pass from one to the other, and
the Indians, after some practice, were
able to "make good records" in the
instrument Thirty-six cylinders were
taken in all. One apiece is sufficient for
most OF the songs and for many of the short
stories. The longest story taken was folk
tale, which occupies nine cylinders, about
"Podump" and "Pook-jin. Squiss," the
Black Cat and the Toad Woman" which
has never been published. In detailed re-
port of my work with the phonograph in
preserving the Passamaquoddy language, l
hope to give translation of the interest
ing story,
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enabled him to buy $500 in the 8 per
cents. II have el00 already there" he
wrote with mournful touch of irony,
''and shall then be worth gl2 per annum."
Three years later the 9l00 had grown to
9625, the gatherings of half the most studi-
Gus and blameless lifetime of which the
annals of our literature hold record. And
this man was poet laureate of England
mot quite one of her best, perhapS and
finest prose. He had wife and family,
and for the greater part of his life lie had
to provide for them out OF his brain the
roof that sheltered them, the food they eat
and the clothes they wore. Had sickness
stopped the daily task they must have
by charity.-Macmillan's Magaz inc.
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snuthax,s Earnings.

No man ever lived more plainly or
worked harder than Southey; yet he never
had years income in advance, we are told,
till in 1885, when he was 81 years old. Sir
Robert Peel settled a pension Of e3O0 on
him and offered him baronetcy, which he
twenty years earlier, in 1907, pension of
Gl60 year had been conferred ON him
through the good offices of his stanch
friend Wynn, who had hitherto allowed him
similar sum annually. When he was forty
four the unexpected payment Of bad debt
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Put Pepper on Strawberries Nowadays.
Pepper on your strawberries ?" said a
dusky waiter at Dooner's Hotel, Philadel-
phia.
"Whatr" exclaimed the astonished guest,
trying to think what day it was. lest there
might be some reason for playing joke on
him. mo, thank you. What do You mean
by that?"
"Well. boss" said the waiter, sail gen.
tlemen now takes pepper on Strawberries.
Just try one."
The guest did as directed, and to his sur
prise found it delightful. and soon sprinkled
the whole saucer with the condiment
Do now call for salt, mustard and vim
egar?" said the guest, Il want to be up to
the times"
20. sab; take 'em jist hathaway; you'll
find 'em elegant"
The guest investigated, and soon found
that a gentleman from the Orange Free
State in South Africa was stopping at the
hotel recently and insisted on treating his
berries with pepper. This set the fashion,
which Is rapidly coming into favor.-Chi-
cago Herald.
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Executions in Greece.

For six years Greece has been searching
for an executi0Der. The office is looked on
with peculiar adherence in that country,
and the present difficulty is no new devel-
opment. The last capital execution occur
red in 1881, also after long wait for an
individual who was willing to perform it,
a man named Messenier, who had killed
his wife, offered to serve the State as exc
cutiOner for pardon, and he guillotined
seventeen murderers, the accumulation
of five years dearth of an execu-
toner. There are now five murder
ers awaiting the penalty in Athens
and eleven others in the rest of Greece.
They all will before long suffer death at
the hands of a pardoned assassin named
Roukis, the Athenian conyicts being at
tended to first, and then the executioner
embarking on man-of-war for voyage
along the coast stopping here and there
for journey into any interior town need
ing his services. So uncompromising is the
national detestation of an executioner that
even on the man-of-war Roukis he will be
protected from furtive assaults of the crew
by being housed in an iron cage.-Ex.
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SACRAMENTO.

swarms OF Grasshoppers-Exciting Foot-Race.
Dwelling Burned.
SACRAMENTO. June ga resident OF
White Rock, on the FL Dorado County line,
writes that great swarms of grasshoppers
have appeared in that locality. but seem to
be travelling to some other place. In the
air they look like snowtlakes. No dama se
by them has been reported.
There WAS an exciting foot-race at Agri-
cultural Park to-day between James FltZ-
gerald of San Francisco and Fred j. Will
Jams of San Jose. Williams allowed Fitz-
gerald fifty feet in half-mile run, and was
beaten by foot in minutes and seconds.
About $1,000 changed hands on the result.
A small dwelling was burned tonight.
1t was occupied by the family of John
Terry. Two children were barely rescued
from the flames
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The oldes. Rauk Nnts.

The Trustees of the British Museum have
got hold of great curiosity in the shape of
a Chinese bank note printed in the middle
of the fourteenth century, several years be-
fore the establishment Of the first Euro
pean bank said to be the bank established
at Barcelona in 140l), and three centuries
before the establishment of the Bank of
Stockholm in 1868. The Chinese had bank
notes at much earlier date, for Marco
Polo saw some Of them, printed on the in
ner bark OF tree, before the end OF the
thirteenth century. 1t is remarkable that
the Chinese had invented all the four prin-
cipal modern instruments-the compass,
printing, gunpowder and paper currency
long before Europe had any of them, and
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FIGHT WITH BANDITS
Outlaws DiSlodSed by Mexican
Cavalry.
Seven Soldiers Killed and Five Seriously
Wounded.
Proposed Reorganization Of the British Cab
lnet - DerVisheS Defeated.
The Cholera.
Special Dispatches to THE MORNING CALL.

SAN ANTONIO (Tex.). June 29-General
Nicanor Valdes LETT San Juan Wednesday
with force of fifty picked cavGlrymen and
marched sixty miles up the Bravo to a
village called Pan. There he met
a force of bandits whom he
pluckily attacked. and although they out
numbered his force two to one they were
routed. Seven Of his men were killed and
FIVE seriously wounded. The bandits all
got away, and it is not known how many Of
them were wounded.
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yet that they remained almost useless tools
in the hands Of that acute but barren
minded people. Even their artillery, viii ch
anything of artillery, seems to have been
of hardly any real value to them. They
never seem to have put out their ideas to
interest," but kept them wrapped up in nap
kins till they forgot their existence.-The
SpectatOr
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MEXICO.

Bank Concession Anrul' ei-The Tia Juana
Lottery Scheme.
CITY OF MEXICO, June 29.-The conees-
sion for the establishment of a bank,
granted to Alexander de Gessler, has been
annulled because the bank was not started
within the period fixed. The 100000 for
felt has been paid into the National Pawn
Institution.
Reports to the effect that President Diaz
had vetoed the bill for tile establishment of
a lottery at Tia Juana, Lower California,
are incorrect. The Mexican Government
never consented to hear Of the subject, not
withstanding the efforts OF influential per-
sons Connected with the scheme.
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JOAN OF ARC.

Nancy.
PARIS, June 29.-Ministers Develle and
Barley unveiled the statue of Joan of Arc
at Nancy to-day The ceremonies were of
an impressive character. Among those
present were thirty descendants of the
brothers of Joan of Arc
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PETALUMA NEWS.
Dedication ard Confrmation-A Young Lady

Dedication and ConhrmatiOn-A Young Lady
Injured
PETALUMA, June 29.-Seventy-six per-
sons were confirmed at the Catholic Church
here this morning, Archbishop Riordan,
assisted by Father Cleary, officiating.
At O'Clock this afternoon Archbishop
Rordan, assisted by Father Cleary of this
city, and other priests from San Francisco,
dedicated the new church at Novato, Ma
rim County. Large audiences attended both
services.
Last Friday afternoon Miss Erne Hew-
lett of San Francisco, now visiting at the
rancho of Lewis Walker, on the Laguna,
Marin County, while playing jumped from
board and accidentally fell and broke both
bones OF her left leg between the knee and
ankla
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CONGRESSIONAL WORK.

Bills to Be Considered in the Senate and
House This Week.
WASHINGTON, June 29.-The Senate will
be occupied with appropriation bills the
greater part Uf the week, aud the tariff will
likely 90 over until next week. OF gen.
eral business, the bill for the admission of
Idaho has the first place, and the River and
Harbor Bill the next. The Senate will
likely adjourn from Thursday till Monday,
and the memuers OF the House expect to do
the same. although this is not definitely de-
cided by that body. The Silver Bill con-
ference report may come up this week, but
it may be deferred. The Election Bill still
has the precedence.
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TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Two Ladies Killed and Two Others Bad

Two Ladies Killed and Two Others Badly
Injured.
DENVER, June pa Colorado Springs
special says that party of four ladies in a
carriage with a young man and driver,
while attempting TO cross the Midland track
in the Ute Pass. was struck by the Midland
excursion train. The carriage was utterly
demolished and Mrs. Cosgrove of Chicago
was instantly killed. Mrs. Wolf of Newark
n j., received injuries from which she died
in two hours. Mrs. Gill OF Chicago had
both legs broken, and Mrs Wilson of the
same city was severely bruised. The driver
and young man escaped. The ladies be-
longed to the Travellers Protective Associa-
tion party who are now making tour Of
the State
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Ell RIO REY.
a Possibility Of the Famous Colt Recov-

a Possibility of the Famous Colt RecOv-
eriug.
NEW YORK, June 29-Talking about Ell
Rio Rey Veterinary Surgeon Crowley says:
~ exami ned FL Rio Rey at st. Louis and
pronounced him roarer and expressed the
opinion that he conld not race in bis
true form in the near future, at le
although a tracheotOmy tube would grea.,,
benefit him, as there is a possibility of the
horse recovering. Mr.. Winter has de-
cided to send him home and in the
spring breed some of his mares to
him and then try him again.
While there are many races Ell Rio Rey
could win even in his present condition
Winter would not punish him by training
him as he is. If the colt does not get per-
fectlY we'll he will be kept in the stud.
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PUEBLO (Colo.), June 29.-The delegates
to the National Convention of the Travellers
Protective Association, which has been in
session al Denver, arrived here tonight
from excursion points in the mountains
Tney were received at the depot by Re-
ception Committee, and each presented
with a souvenir typical of the mining and
smelling Industry. The drummers were
then taken to hotels and will be here till
Tuesday. They number $50
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Catarrhal Dangers.

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THE CHOLERA.

The Epidemic in Spain Believed to Be on the
Wane.
LONDON, June 80. - The Standards
Madrid correspondent says: There were
eight deaths from cholera in the province of
Valencia on Saturday. The epidemic has
disappeared from the villages first attacked,
and elsewhere in Spain the public health is
good.
LONDON, June %. = Dispatches from
Madrid to tho Daily News say that the
cholera is increasing at Gambia, Enero,
Sueca and other villages. The Prefect of
Valencia is going to Gambia to assist the
doctors of that town