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The morning call., 1890-04-08

characteristic of some of the book-wroms.
The assistant was indeed philosopher and
student in his way.
"Any one could be amused here for
hours" he said, ''by just watching our
army of readers each day, and to notice
their traits. Often it is in the handling of
the book which is being read; again it is
the attitude In poring oyer it., and then it
may be actions while reading. Look around
and you will find it difficult to see any two
persons who sit alike or adopt the same atti-
tude. There over by that corner table, Is
one Of our regular visitors. He comes as
regular as clockwork each day, gets his
book, fixes himself in that position and
reads certain length of time. Without
varying more than minute on the time he
daily closes his book and leaves"
Upon looking in the direction indicated
the representative saw little man sitting
as upright in chair as If his spinal column
was made of steel and could not bend. His
head was of peculiar shape inasmuch as it
seemed all upper story The forehead
was an expansive stretch of skin which
spread backward over the roundest and
barest Uranium one could wish to behold.
Beneath the smooth. unwrinklad brow two
little eyes twinkled on either side of a nose
which looked as il it.had been pinched out
of the cheeks. A high old-fashioned stiff
collar kept this head in position so that the
nose was always pointing forward.
He couldn't turn his bead if he tried"
said the assistant have often wondered
what would happen if he succeeded in
doing so. Well, he holds his book as you
see him now up on level with his eyes,
and reads that way for several hours with
out changing muscle. Sometimes he drops
the volume on his lap and looks straight
ahead with his little eyes, as if he was
pondering on some weighty proposition;
for, remember, 1t is always dry work on
science or political economy which he reads.
l have asked several persons as to his iden-
tity, but no one seems to know him. He
is as methodieal, though. as, Phileas Fogg
ever dared to be.
Now if you will look three tables to the
right of the brainy man," went on the
assistant, after he had handed cut several
volumes to applicants, you will per-
ceive another peculiar visitor. 1t is that
young man with the brown coat and vest,
and is leaning one elbow on the table while
he reads the book he is holding low down in
his lap. He is here nearly every afternoon,
who is great reader of fiction of the Rider
Haggard and Robert Louis Stevenson kind.
He gets intensely interested, and it is a
study to watch his face as he reads. Quite
frequently he gets worn out through sitting
for several hours, and it is not uncommon
to see him with his head trying to fall off
one of his shoulders, the book resting in his
lap, and sound asleep. Once or twice he
has indulged in snoring, but that is very
quickly stopped, and he rouses up and be-
gins to gallop through another chapter.
The morning call., 1890-04-08
The BILLIARD TOURNAMENT.
The Audience Treated to an Exhibition Of
Scientific Playing.

CHICAGO, April THE second game of
the billiard tournament was played this
afternoon, the contestants being Ives and
Heiser. the former playing 275 to the
latters 80. Ives appeared confident, while
Heiser was trihe nervous. Ives won the
bank, chose the white ball and stopped at IA.
Following is the score;
. 1yes-14 GO. 80, 72,o.e. s, i, Q: 20 9. 8,
27, Z. ?. 0. Totai-i3S. Average, sic.
High runs:
Ives-70. "a, SO. &c.
Heiser-45, 27, %
The third game took place this even
Ing, Schaeffer ana Daily being the con-
testants, the former playing 500 to the
latter's 800 points DAILY won the lead,
Gh0sng ling . ths white Thten ball and stopping
down on his ninth shot In the third in
ming DAILY, who seemed to play in terrible
hard luck, made his largest run, Is. Schaef-
fer, by series OF wonderful shots, got the
balls on the line and did not ap-
pear to be. satisfied until he made
&c. When he reached so he was
heartily cheered and at each ten thereafter.
DAILY followed with 49, Schaetfer then ran
70, giving an exhibition of his wonderful
draw and masse shots. At the beginning
of the sixteenth inning the score stood:
DAILY 2S1 Including his handicap. Schaeffer
331. Schaeter concluded that the game had
been long enough, so he showed the audi
ence the science of billiards. Masse fol-
lowed masse, draw followed draw, with an
occasional round of the table to break the
monotony of the game. 1t seemed no trou-
bic for him to count, as he made some of the
most difficult shots on the table with ease.
He finally fell down on an easy one after
making the snug run of 106 As he passed
the century point the audience rose
en- masse aud cheered him to the echo. He
needed 63 points to close the game, and
after Daily made 1 point he proceeded 10
get them. No matter where the balls lay
he found no trouble in scoring. Following
is the score; Schaeffer-S, 0, SO, 10, 90 %, s,
3. 10, s. 10. o, %, 5. %. 1O6 63-500; average,
% III; highest runs-1o6. SO, 10. DalY-2,
l, 49, 13, 4, 10, l, . g. Z, l, ?, &, 4, > s, 1-90;
average, 5-17; highest runs--1S, 13, 10.
Tomorrow three games will be played:
Cation VS.. Ives, Schaeffer VS.. Heiser and
SlOSsOn VS. DalV
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APPROPRIATION BILL.
Estimates for the Legislative, Executive an
Judicial Departments

Judicial Departments.
WASHINGTON, April THE House Com
mittee on Appropriations to-day reported
the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Ap-
preparation Bill for the coming fiscal year.
The committees report says the estimates
on which the bill is based are to be found
on pages to SO and II to S4 of the Book of
Estimates for 1891, and aggregate in all
S2l, ,627, go 20, of which amount there is
recommended in the bill S2O,6S4. 326 S5.
Appropriations for the same purposes for
the current fiscal year aggregate $50, ,S53,-
725 81, being S10,600 81 less than Is recon-
mended in the accompanying bill for SER
vices of the fiscal year 1891. The amount
recommended in the bill is S762, 923 % less
than the aggregate estimates submitted
The whole number of salaries specifically
provided for III the bill is 1919, being pa
less than the number estimated for, and 141
more than the number provided for in the
law for the current year. The bill provides
Tor no new legislation.
Changes in the number of grade OF Off
GERS, or employees of the Government, and
their rate of compensation as compared
with the current law, are recommended. In
the House and Senate the salaries of Sena-
tors from the new States are provided for.
AT the White House the following changes
are made: The salary of the Assistant Sec
boot keeper to the President at $1,000 is
provided for in lieu of an usher to the Presi-
deut at SI400. A Chief Deor-keeper at
$500 is provided for, and the number Of
door-keepers at $500 each is reduced from
five to four.
The Civil Service Commission gets five
additional clerks. The salaries of the Gov
ernors, Judges and Secretaries for the Ter
ritories of Dakota, Montana and Washing
ton, which were. provided for In the law for
the current fiscal year, are omitted from the
bill, the Territories having become States.
These salaries aggregate twenty-five in
number and Sol, ,200i in amount. Incident to
the admission of the four new States and
the establishment of court in Indian
Territory, the additional judicial officers
authorized by law are provided for: Five
District Judges at $500 each two attorneys
at $1,000 each, and two United States Mar
chaIc Gonn0 aonh
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tidily in black who comes around fire.
quently. who is in her way more eccentric
than the man with the three-story head. It
mas been about four months since she was
first noticed.
She glides in noiselessly, and some
times II your back is turned and as YOU
swing around suddenly, you get fright
as II you saw a phantom. There is a
musty odor around her as if she had been
confined in close room for weeks In
low voice that has quite musical ring to
It she asks for Byron in black. That is a
somber-hued edition of the poets works.
and she wants that and no other. If it is
out she looks somewhat disappointed and
goes out. When she gets it she sits down
and an reads intently for an hour or more.
She has the privilege of drawing books and
occasionally takes the volume home with
her. never saw her take out any other
book but that except once, when she got
copy OF Pope's poems She only kept it a
lew minutes after glancing at several
pages and then returned it.
The morning call., 1890-04-08
BUSINESS FAILURE.
Suspension of an Old Banking Firm Through
Defalcations.

Defalcations
New YORK, April THE failure OF
George K. Sistaire Sons, brokers and bank
ers. 16 Broad street, is announced. This is
an old and conservative firm. The rumor
is ahoat that defalcatiOn Of $3.50, 600 is dis
covered in the accounts. The following
has just been given out by the firm: Doug
lass Hilger, manager of George K. Sistaire
Sons Philadelphia office, found short $780,
0G0. Hilger died Saturday This and the
Detroit defalcatiUn of A. NJ. Stanton for
S150,000 a few years ago caused the suspen-
sion.
The Post says: The failure is not due to
any special or immediate event, but was a
case of dry rot" The liabilities of the
firm on the Stock Exchange are very small.
Hilger, it seems, had been drawing
heavily on the New Y Ork office, represent
ing the money was wanted for their Gus
toners in Philadelphia, and his drafts were
always hon0red. About month ago one
Of these customers happened into tie New
York Office. Sistare, in the course of
conversation, remarked that he the
customer, had been drawing good deal of
money. To his establishment he was told
that there must be some mistake as he had
not drawn cent Investigation followed,
and it was discovered that Hilger had been
using all this money in speculation on his
own account. He had lost it all, then he
was ill and died.
The morning call., 1890-04-08

"There is another phase of human nature.
Respectable people, who would not be
out any item in one of tine papers they NAV
want to preserve. In spite of all watching
items are cut out almost every day. Why
some of them have actually tried TO crib an
entire paper from the files. Oh, it takes all
sorts of people to make the world and right
here is good place to see them in all their
lurid varieties" and with this philosophic
remark the assistant resumed his labors,
and the reporter hunted up his numbered
tag to give the door-keeper on making his
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SUBSIDIARY COINS.
Favorable Report on the Bill for Their Re-
coinage Authorized

Favorable Report on the Bill for Their Re-
coinage Authorized
WASHINGTON, April THE House Com
mlttee on Coinage. Weights and Measures
to-day authorized a favorable report on the
bill for the recoinage of subsidiary coins of
the United States. 1t authorizes the Secre-
tary of the Treasury to cause subsidiary
silver coins of the United States, which are
abraded, worn, mutilated, defaced or other
wise unfit for circulation, or are of denomi-
nations for which there is no current de-
mand, to be recoined into such denOmina-
lions as may be required to meet the de-
mand therefor. 1t provides that the loss
incident to recoinage shall be paid from the
Silver Profit Fund. 1t is further provided
that silver coins of less denominations than
81 shall hereafter be legal tender in sums
not exceeding $50 in all payments of public
or private debts, and when held by any
national bank may be counted as part Of
its lawful reserve.
The morning call., 1890-04-08

work at the Cascade locks and for the i'm
provement to Priest, Cabinet and Rock
Rapids. He also introduced bill to pro-
vide the State of Washington with bat
terry of light artillery and authorizing the
Secretary of War to make detail accord
ingly.
The Committee on Territories favorably
rep orted the bill to reimburse the State of
Washington for expenses of the Constitu-
tlonal Convention of July, 1889, with an
amendment appropriating S6076 instead of
Sl6,O asked for in the original bill.
the President to enlarge the Missouri
River Commission by the appointment of
three additional members-one from Mon
tana and one each from North and South
Dakota.
The morning call., 1890-04-08
CARRIED OFF A STOVE.
Edward McEiroy Arrested for Burglar
f1,a E;rat na-.ao

In the First Degree.
Edward McElroy, young man who has
frequently been in the custody of the police,
was locked up at the Southern Station at
midnight on charge of burglary in the
first degree.
Charles Coulter OF 514 Sixth street re-
ported to the police yesterday afternoon
that his house had been entered and stove,
several articles of wearing apparel and
other articles taken. Othcers Hayden and
last night caught MeElroy trying TO dis
pose of part of the plumber.
His accomplices escaped, though they are
known and will probably be arrested in
time. McElroy Is the man who assaulted
police officer and deputy sheriff who tried
to arrest him with ''paP' for shop-lifting
on Market street during the Christmas holi-
days.
The morning call., 1890-04-08
A TREASURY RAID.
a Syndicate Preparing to Take Advantage
Snnrarnn HnnrA naninia.

Supreme Court Decision.
PHILADELPHIA, April 7.-One of the
most gigantic raids ever made on the United
States Treasury is that which has been
organized by importers of hat trimmings.
ribbons, laces, satlns, silks and pushes.
Ii the syndicate which has the scheme
in charge is successful the Govern
mcnt will pay out about S15000,-
600 or S2o,OOO.000 in refunded
duties. The United States Supreme Court
gave decision short time ago in the
famous Eidelhoff case, where suit had been
brought to secure the refunding of customs
duties paid at the rate of 80 per cent, which
Is the rate of duty on all silks, whereas they
should have been taxed but 20 per
cent The Supreme Court decided
in favor of Eidelhoff at the lower
rate. The Secretary of the Treasury
accepted the decision as applying TO others
OF the same classes. which the department
had contested and lost. In fact, it WAS
then tacitly understood that this was to be
a test case. Importations appraised at
about 5000, 900 were involved in this deci-
sion. The syndicate is entitled to refund
OF 80 per cent upon the amount Of duties
paid.
The morning call., 1890-04-08

=" II you want to see some more phases Of
character watch the newspaper stand.
Early in the morning or In the afternoon,
when the evening papers come in, is the
best time. / think if there is a time in a
mans life he feels like having trouble with
some other man it is when that other man
mOnopoliZes the morning paper in read
tng-rOom. You will see one individual with
paper which he is reading in order to pre-
vent any one else from getting a glimpse.
Ten chances to one there will be nervous,
little. fussy man lodging around, trying TO
look under the arms or squint over the
shoulders. The more he lodges around the
more the reader spreads himself, so that,
finally, he is afraid to move his arms away
from the paper for minute to read the re-
malnder of an article which they cover, for
fear the little man will see something.
This game of hide and seek will go
on for a long time, or until some
body leaves another paper, and the little
man falls into line. Then there is the man
in hurry who rushes in, sees that all the
papers are in use and pranceS about look
ing fercely at those who have got prior
right to the papers. At last he gets a
place, turns the paper over savagely back
and forth, takes glimse at the head lines
and dashes out Others dwell upon every
line in the paper and linger for hours.
They read advertisements and all. They
are as great a nuisance as some of the
cranky persons l have referred to. Speak
ing of the files, too, we have to keep close
watch upon them, or each day the papers
would be cut in tatters.
The morning call., 1890-04-08

During the past three months, there have
been 1919 deaths in this city. For the quarter
ending December 81, 1889, the number was
1863, and for the previous quarter ending on
the 90th of SeDtember, 1901. The total
deaths during the fiscal year ending June
80, 1889. was 5170. The more fatal diseases
the past three months were: Consumption,
375; pneumonia, BIG; heart disease, 145 /;
bronchitis, 81; Brlght's disease, 81; apo
plexy, 40. There were % suicides, homi-
eides. 81 casualties, l legal execution and
AS died in public institutions.
The morning call., 1890-04-08
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS.

Mexico to Establish Legation, at St. Peters.
burg, Rio JaneirO and Busnos Ayres.
MEXICO, April THE Government will
establish legations at st. Petersburg, Rio
Janeiro and Buenos Ayres appoint Min
lister to England, and probably late in the
year a Minister will be sent to japan.
China also desires to establish treaty and
diplomatic relations with this country.
The morning call., 1890-04-08
MACKAY's SUIT.
Heavy Claims Against the Commercial Tele-
graph Company.

graph Company.
Boston. April Thomas Savage, coun-
sci for John W. Mackay of San Francisco,
entered suit to-day in the Superior Court
for Suffolk County to recover judgment for
S2S7, ,313 sc, which was accorded to Mr..
Mackay by the Superior Court of New
York in a suit brought by him against the
Commercial Telegraph Company. The
original claims of Mr. Mackay was for
note given by the defendant company on
October 4, 1889, for S2S5, ,916 80, and the diff
ference in the sum sued for is tho interest
which has since accumulated. This is vir-
tually the headquarters of the Cable Com
pany. large portion of whose planL--in
fact, the most important of this being the
cable station-is located in Boston, was
promptly attached this afternoon by the
Sheriff, and Mr.. Savage declared it will be
at once sold or payment made to anticipate
q big fight on the part Of the corporation.
In anticipation of this Mr.. Mackay has re-
tanned Colonel Bob Ingersoll.
The morning call., 1890-04-08
Star Tips.

New YORK. April Star tips: At Gut
tenburg-First race, The Bourbon or Larch-
mont; Sc cond, Verona or Gold Vase filly;
third, Lotion or Neptunus; fourth, lima B
or Fordham; fifth, Iago or Chambly sixth,
1heora w or King Idle.
At Washington-Flrst race, Helen Wal
lace filly or Coriolanus; second, Mamie Hay
or Fountain; third, Prather or Frank Ward
fourth, Onward or Vivid; fifth, Cornelia or
Village Maid,
The morning call., 1890-04-08
EMIN's EXPEDITION.

German Officials Fastening the Preparations
for Departure.
ZANZIBAR, April 7.-German officials are
Fastening the preparations for the de-
parture of Emin's expedition. 1t is be-
lieved the first objective point of the expe-
ditiOn will be the lake district. Seven
hundred porterS have been engaged for the
expedition at larger wages than is usually
paid for similar work
The morning call., 1890-04-08
A KENTUCKY FEUD.
The Stevens Gang Attack Their
Old Enemies.
Three Of the Participants and an InOfen-
SiYe Stranger Killed.
4 Special Session Of the Illinois Legislature
to Be Called to Consider Worlds
Fair Matters.
Special by the California Associated Press.

LEXINGTON, April 7.-As result of an
old feud George Stevens. Bill Barnes and
Kelly Day were killed to-day. Barnes and
Day were on freight train, armed with
Winchesters. At the village of Chambers
Stevens and gang were in waiting, and
fired into the train, killing Barnes and Day
and another passenger. Stevens, who
stood on the depot platform, was also killed.
The morning call., 1890-04-08
CLARKE'S CHINESE.
Their Gases VIII Not Be Heard Unit
IuIv

July Next.
When the habeas corpus cases of Attor-
ney Clarke's Chinese cases we're called in
the United States Circuit Court yesterday,
neither side was ready to argue the weighty
question as to whether Chinese gamblers,
rs subjects Of the Emperor of China, are
entitled to a trial before the Federal courts
or not?
Judge Sawyer also wished to have the
evidence taken in the Police Court pro-
duced. and as it was not Immediately forth
coming. the hearing was put over for two
weeks.
As the calendar of the Circuit Court is
now nearly full the continuance virtually
extends until the July term
The morning call., 1890-04-08
Asking for Assistance.

Joseph Krepp. Mayor of Parkland, a
suburb of Louisville, KY, has sent letter
to Mayor Pond, requesting immediate as
sistance for sufferers by the recent tornado.
The town has only population of 1000,
most of whom are meE of only moderate
means, who lost all by the recent disaster.
the entire loss by which was over S10O, 600.
Mayor Krepp states that the residents are
sadly in need of all the aid possible.
The morning call., 1890-04-08
PoIIce P,usion Commi.s,on.r.

The Board of Police Pension Commits
sioners met yesterday in the old City Hall
and retired Sergeant w. D. Hensley and
Michael Flannery on half pay. Mrs. Mary
Love, widow of Policeman James Love,
was awarded $1,000. and Mrs. Amelia Mi
chaels a pension of S33 month. Sergeant
Hensley joined the force February l, 1869,
and Officer Flannery has been in the de-
partment for twelve years.
The morning call., 1890-04-08
CALIFORNIA HORSES.
The Market for Eastern Stock Not Affected
by the Recent Sales.

New York. April THE question hav-
ing been raised concerning the effect of the
sales of California horses here have had
upon the market for Eastern horses, sew
eral horse auctioneering firms have been
interviewed. All agree that the market has
not been affected. The following sums
up the general opinion of the auctioneers:
california men sold their horses on the
basis OF pedigree. There are many fanciers
OF pedigree, hence good prices but the aver
age man buys Il horse of which perform
ance, instead of pedigree, is guaranteed.
Regular buyers are as numerous as ever.
Sporting men buy pedigrees, but men who
make horse markets possible buy horse
flesh only. So the market is as lively as
ever" The general idea of the auctioneers
seems to be to depreciate what they call
pedigree sales" No dissatisfaction with
the purchases of California blood-horses
has been expressed by the purchasers.
The morning call., 1890-04-08
Auction Sale Of Eastern Horses.

New YORK. April 7-Some large prices
were realized at the auction sale Of race
horses of McMahon & Co. Eolian brought
Pocatello, $500; Kempiand, 5000; Gar
rison, $1,000.
Falcon brought $245O; Prince Edward,
$1,000; Lille NJ, bay fiilly by King Ernest.
dam Vina, S6500; Veva, chestnut filly,
The morning call., 1890-04-08
WAR MEMORIES REVIVED.

Encampment Of the Iowa Department Of the
G. A. R. at Des Moines.
DEs MONIES, April THE sixteenth an
nual eucampment of the Grand Army OF
the Department OF Iowa began here to-day.
Large numbers of old soldiers from every
part of the State have been arriving by
every train and the attendance promises to
be very large. The city is handsomely
soldiers.
The morning call., 1890-04-08
Legislation Against Tramps.

DEs MONIES, April I'm the Senate to-
day the Oili taxing telegraph aud telephone
companies, vetoed by the Governor two
years ago, came up and was lost. The Bay
less Tramp Blll was passed. This will
clear the State of tramps. Governor Thomas
of Utah was Senate visitor to-day.
The morning call., 1890-04-08
Bridget Kanne,s yuI.

Judge CARRIER impanelled yesterday a
jury for the trial of a contest of the will of
Mrs. Bridget Keane, who died about year
ago, leaving $4,000 estate to her son, Jo-
seph Keane. The daughter, Mrs. Maurice
Hickey, who was not mentioned in the
will, claims that her mother was of un-
sound mind and that her brother exercised
undue influence over her.
The morning call., 1890-04-08
A MIUTINY AT SEA.

Coolies Attemp., With Fatal Results, to Cap
turs German Steamer.
LONDON, April IA dispatch reports
desperate encounter on board the German
steamer Chowfoo, between the ships crew
and $50 coolies. The latter attempted to
burn the steamer and murder the officers.
Thirteen coolies were killed before the mu-
tiny was suppressed.