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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-29
THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD.
A Citizens Movement for Bringing Suit for
Damages

JoHNsTowN pa, July 2S-A large meet
ing of business men was held here tonight
to take action in regard to bringing suit
against the South Fork Club for damages
sustained by the great flood. A committee
recently appointed to visit the dam, reported
that 1t had obtained ample evidence that
the construction of the dam was faulty. A
proposition to proceed with the suit was
passed unanimously. and the necessary
money Will be raised Immediately.
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Prince of NanIas Rannnatad

LONDON, July 2S.-The Lord Mayor gave
ebanquetthis evening in honor of the Prince
Of Naples. The guests formed brilliant
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-29
SILK INTERESTS.

alleged Injury to Domestic Manufacturers by
Custom House Frauds.
NEW YORK, July 2S.-The Silk Assocla.
ton of America, through its Secretary,
Briton Richardson, to-day sent to the Sccre-
tary OF the Treasury letter intended TO
disclose deplorable condition of affairs in
the Custom-house inspections of silk impor.
tations. This letter is supplemented by sta
tistics obtained from Yokohama and else
where, setting forth how and why the exist
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-29
AN ALPS OBSERVATORY.

ihe Project to Build on Mount Blanc In
dorsed by Frenchmen.
PARIS, July 2S.-M. Bischoffsheim, the
banker; Prince Roland Bonaparte. All
phonse Rothsehild and NJ. EiGel, the noted
engineer, have offered to support Janssen's
project for the erection of an observatory on
the summit of Mount Blanc. Eiffel pro-
poses the building of horizontal tunnel,
Tor the purpose of protecting the workmen
during the prevalence Of storms. Hedeclares
II lhe ice exceeds fifty meters IN depth the
project must be abandoned, because It is i'm
peratlVe that the foundation of the proposed
observatory must be built on solid rock.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-29

Grand Duke Dying.
BERLIN, July 2S.-The Grand Duke of
Mecklenburg is dying.
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Money to Move the Crone

NEW YORK, July 2S.-A Commercial Bull
letin's Washington dispatch says: The
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-29

Sold everywhere Price. CurIcuRA, soc; Soar,
Csc; REsoLvENr, 81. Prepared by the PorPEa
DRUG AND CHEMIcA T. CORPORATION. Boston.
RS- Send for "Hew to Cure Blood Diseases"
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Cuticura ResoIvent

The new Blood and Skin purifier and greatest OF
humor remedies cIeanses the blood of all Impurities
and poisonous elements and thus removes the cause,
while CUTICURA, the great skin cure, and CUTICURA
Soar, an exquisite s&in beautiier, clear the SKIN
and scalp. and restore the hair Thus the CUrIcURA
REMEDIES cure every species Of itching, burning.
scaly pimply and botcaY skin, scalp and blood dis
cases. from pimples to scrofnla from infancy to age
when the best physicians fall.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-29

OADV,c Skin and Scalp purified and beautided
OAOI , by CUrIcURA SOAR. Absolutely pure.
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The FRENCH DISASTER.
Caused by Criminal CareleSSneSS More
Than Fifty Persons Killed.

PARIS. July 2S-The terrible excursion
train collision at st. Mande, near this city.
is still the feature of popular interest here.
The newspapers of this city and the prov
inces are filed with the narrowing details
OF the disaster. Such CHASTITY railroad acci-
dents are not everyday occurrences here.
They were popularity supposed to be con-
fined to the United States. Up to the
present time the official inquiry has failed
to establish clearly the real cause of the
collision, which is attributed in turn to re-
venge, malice, carelessness and incGmpe-
tence. The Assistant Station Master at
Vincennes and the driver of the second
engine have been arrested and charged with
having contributed, by carelessness, to
the' events which brought about the col
lision.
WOUNDED PEOPLE DROWNED.
According to the latest reve atoms the
action Of the firemen in drowning the roas
Ing and wounded people, imprisoned be-
meath the wreck, is most severely con-
demned. Seven additional people, victims
OF the collision, died last night, making a
total OF fifty dead accounted for: but the
terribly consumed state OF some of the re-
mains found makes it probable that in some
cases the heaps OF cinders collected may be
those of two people, which have been
counted as one. The body of the ladv
among the victims of the disaster an
nouneed as being that Of the Marquise de
MOnteferata proves 10 be that of Madame
Blancey, or Blanchet, of New York City.
FUNERAL OF THE VICTIMS.
The municipal authorities of ST. Mande
have decided that the funeral of the victims
shall take place at O'Clock tomorrow
afternoon. Tie bodies will be placed in tho
cemetery at st. Mande, and the funeral will
be conducted at the expense Of the CON-
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RAW As BE{FSTEiR
Baby's Fearful Suffering from Skin
Disease Covering Entire Body.
Cured by Cuticura.

My baby was taken very sick when he was three
months Old, and in a few days began breaking out
We employed both OF the home doctors, and they
could do nothing for him. Then sent for the
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-08-11

FROM the following telegram it
will be seen that the American
Government has taken measures to
ascertain the views of the New
Zealand Government respecting the
new service for carrying the mails
between San Francisco and that
colony and the ports at which the
ships shall touch. 1t is presumable
that similar notice has been given
to the New South Wales and Vic
torian Governments:
Postmaster. General Wanamaker has
informed the Postmaster-Ge of New
Zealand that under the recent act of
Congress to provide ocean mail service
between the United States and foreign
ports, limiting the compensation to out
ward voyages, he is endeavoring to ar
range for fast fortnightly service be-
tween San Francisco and Australia via
New Zealand, calling alternately at We'll
ington and Auckland. He says he trans
mits this information in order that the
Postmaster-General of New Zealand, if
he thinks best, may cooperate in secur-
ing quicker communication and regulat-
ing the return voyages in the interests of
his country.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-08-11
SPECIAL NOTICE.

~AIl transient advertisements ami sub
scriptions must be prepaid.
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papers. nor to receive payments from
subscribers.
~Single copies of the DAILY ADvER-
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advance.
E~Subscriptions for the DAILY ADvER-
TIsER and WEEKLY GAZETTE may be
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J. w. PRESTON, who is authorized TO
receipt for the same.
~Any subscriber who pays to the un-
dersigned for either paper one year,
strictly in advance, will receive one
copv of the " TOURISTS GUIDE " as
premium.
~Ten Dollars reward viii be paid for
information that will lead to the
conviction OF any one stealing the
Daily or Weekly left at the office or
residence of subscribers.
~Lengthy advertisements should be
handed in during the day, to insure
publication the next morning. Snort
notices received up to 10 P. NJ.
HAWAIIAN GAZETTE CO.,
II. NJ. WHITNEY, Manager.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-08-11
RAMIE AGAIN.

Our attention has been directed
to an article on the subject or ra-
mie, printed in the Weekly Exam
iner of San Francisco, giving the
opinion of Mr.. William G. Stubbs,
the director of the Loulslanian
Sugar Experiment Station.
By the use of headlines and
large print, farmers are warned
against ramie for sundry reasons,
some of which, at all events, do not
really exist in the actual experience
of ramie cultivators.
Mr.. W. G. Stubbs is no doubt a
very intelligent man of consider
able experience in cultivation in
general, and not without expert
ence of ramie, but, after all, what
he does say does not really make a
very formidable indictment, be-
cause that which condemns the en-
deavor to grow this staple is
largely based on negative evidence,
whilst whatever he admits in Its
favor stands upon solid experience.
Mr.. Stubbs says: "The EXPOSE
ton of 1885 at New Orleans gave
ramie-culture a great boom in our
State. Some ramie cloth and fibre
were shown there, as a matter of
fact. l exhibited card which IL
lustrated the whole process, from
the gathering of the plant to the
manufacture of fabrics" So far
good, but further on he states: "No
machine yet tried has been able to
work over an acre a day." This
statement should stand thus: 81
have never seem any machine tried
which would do SO and SO. Now
we are assured that the Hawaiian
Ramie Company's machine will
work over two acres, and they
hope yet to improve it up
to five or more acres, for with
Mr.. Toppan's system of degumming
it is not necessary for the decorti-
eating machine to strip the stalks
of all woody matter SO absolutely
as has been the object with most
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-08-11

inventors of decorticators, because
the subsequent boiling lossens and
brings away all woody matter.
Mr. Stubs says that when the
machine is invented that will get
ramie ready for the market econo-
mically it will be a great blessing
to the world, in which we agree
with him, but we think him mis-
taken IN saying that the inventor
can collect the prize of $3.50
offered by the British Government
for such a machine, beng under
the impression that a portion of
this sum was awarded for an i'm
proved machine, and the rest was
withdrawn. However, whoever
puts ramie fabrics into the market
economically will not have to de-
pend upon any government for a
reward.
Again, Mr.. Stubbs says, "once
planted it is almost impossible to
get it out" We may quote Mr.. J.
K. Farley of Koloa, Kauai, for ex-
perience the opposite Of this.
But now we will see what else
Mr.. Stubbs says even of the ma
chine which he has seen. "Each
one does what it claims to do-gets
the tissue and woody parts out,
and prepares and bleaches the
fibre, each one produces x
much better and finer fibre than
can ever be produced in China by
the wet rotting process" but until
you can "get through ten or fif-
teen acres day it will not be pro-
fitable."
Yet he says 1t is easy to get
five or six crops year," it needs
very little water and is a hardy
plant, and at grew luxuriantly,
there will never be any troable
about that part OF it"
Now if the Hawaiian Company's
decorticating machine, followed by
boiling and chemical treatment by
Toppan's will do what it is claim
ed, we may take Mr.. Stnbbs'
account as eminently favorable to
the value of this new industry.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-08-11
A NEW BOOK ON SURVEYING.

We have received the prospectus
Of new text book and handy guide
on civil engineering, by Mr.. Theo.
Graham Gribble, well known here
in connection with the street rail-
way system of this city, and other
engineering and surveying work on
Hawaii.
The book is entitled preliminary
Survey and Estimates" which does
aot half describe its objects or its
contents, which constitute a long
subtitle.
1t is divided into nine chapters,
each devoted to some special branch
OF surveyors work, as financial,
estimates for construction and cal
culation of earnings, decription and
uses of all sorts of instruments,
astronomic, geodetic or metric,
tables of ready-calculated compara-
tive weights and measures, in fact,
it is described by the Building
News" of London as a "truly valu-
able wade mecum," by the "Eng-
ish Mechanic" as "a library in it.
self for the young surveyor" and
by Prof. A. ]. Du Bois. c. S., of Yale
University as a "book which every
young engineer would do well to
get and read with care"
Our own surveyor-general, Prof.
Alexander, thinks highly of the
plan and objects of the work, end
will probably introduce its use into
his department. 1t is work of
over 400 pages, and illustrated with
full-page plates and figures in the
text, and we hope to see it soon in
our booksellers windows, and in
our surveyors hands. The book
is published by Longmans, Green
q Co., London and New York.
Price 1925.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-08-11
Bawaiian0azette
1O-PAGE EDITION.

AN interesting novelty is report
ed from London, dated the 21st
July, on which day the new Amer
lean steel-built steamer Charles W.
Wetmore arrived at Liverpool from
Duluth, Mimi, with a cargo of
$4,000 bushels of grain direct from
the lakes without beng re-handled.
The route taken was down the
lakes from Duluth, through the
Welland canal, down the st. Law
renee and across the Atlantic. The
success of the voyage is evidence
that the proposition to establish
direct communication between Eu-
rOpean and other ports and
Chicago is entirely feasible.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-08-11

on Southeast Africa, in one lump.
A French feet visiting Cronstadt
has been exchanging courtesies
with the Russian naval and mill
tary authorities. On July 24th a
grand banquet was given by the
French embassy in honor of the
officers of the fleet. The Grand
Duke Alexis, Admiral Gervais
(French), the Ministers of Marine,
Interior, Finance and Commerce
were present. On the 26th Ad-
miral Gervais gave a return BAN
quet on board his flagship the
Maringo. Two hundred French
sailors were entertained at st.
Petersburg. The French haYe
promised to restore the Russian
flags taken in the CrImea. The
French Ambassador toasted the
Car of Russia and the Grand
Duke responded by proposing the
health of President Carnot and
"the gallant French squadron.
An apparently circumstantial
story was published by the New
York World dated CaIlao, June
24th, to the effect that the steam
launch of the U. S. S. Pensacola
was blown up by mistake by the
Balmacedist torpedo boat Condell,
with a loss of five men killed.
Commodore Irving writes: "Only
to-day l received a letter from
Admiral McCann dated July 9th
from Callao, stating that the Pen
sacola was there and was to sail
for San Francisco on the 18th. If
any such occurrence had taken
place the Admiral would certainly
have mentioned it.
All news from Chile is contra
dIctory and unreliable except that
the war continues.
A terrible railway accident is re-
ported from Paris. A train from
Vincennes, running at a high speed,
crashed into a stationary excursion
train at a place called st. Mande.
More than forty persons are re-
ported as killed and over 100 in
Jured. The wreck took ire, and
while many Of the wounded were
burnt, others were actually drown
ed under the debris by the torrents
of water thrown by the fire en-
gines. The driver of the second
train was arrested, and asserts that
someone in revenge cut the pipes
of the air brakes, which prevented
him from bringing the train to a
standstill.
An attempt has been made upon
the life of Madame Constans, wife
of the French Minister of Interior.
Fulmenato of mercury, a highly
explosive compound, was put into
what appeared to be religious
ritual book, but which had been
followed out to hold the explosive.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-08-11

Brain workers, and all who have to
stand the severe mental strain conse-
quent on intellectual employment, find
Clements Tonic invaluable. HoL-
LISTER & Co. are the Agents for the
islands.
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iTDicA wintersmith'. Great Argument.

The Rodman Price claim, which passed
the last congress, has been practically SET
tied, but the secretary of the treasury
will not give the claimants the $4,000
which they thought they would receive.
There was case in New Jersey court
concerning this claim, which showed thar
few hundred dollars would legally settle
i, and the secretary OF the treasury a.
lowed only The latter sum. While the
case was before Secretary Foster. some Of
the most noted lawyers Of the country ap-
pesred in It's favor. There were men a
the caAbre OF Senator EdnGads Robert
U. IngeTsoll ana Others, but the strongest
argument was made by Colonel Dick IN
tersmlIh, OF Kentucky. Col0.eI Winter
smith made his argument II whisper.
He got c.ose Up 10 Secretary Foster and
sad.
Mr.. Secretary, these other LAWYERS
have good arguments, but mine ls superior
- al. This case = = grounding case wiki
me. w And With that he s4lppeG a strits o. s-
per ont OF ms breast rocket held Z behind
his arm and came closer sill 70 Secretary
Foster. whispering; M Secretary. DO
yoQ see that note for $40? That noie has
gone 20 protest and II this Price claim
isn't settled n our favor ! done know
where IN the devil In going 70 SCI the
money - pay II" Secretary Foster
laughed. He syUpsthize5 With Winter
smith. but he decided the case against him.
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but charming attire. Mercedes told of
their misfortune and detention, but po-
htely declined his offer to transport them
TO San Antonio.
Two weeks later a party landed at mid
night below the rapids to steal march on
the village, but the scouts were on the
watch. A bright pinnacle of flame dashed
up from the signal rock as soon as the ca-
noe landed, and again the people took ref
uge in their forest retreats. The party
was in command Of 8 Conibo chief, who
had been fully instructed by the COM
mandante.
They returned again before daybreak.
The helpless Mercedes was found dashed
in her hammock, but her beloved Cora
was gone. Paulo had also been taken
with his young mistress. An hour
later some of Paulo's friends, the young
men OF the village, started in pursuit.
A few miles above the San Antonio
where the Pastazza pours its dark waters
into the turbid Maranon, the command
ant. met the canoe of his subordinate,
purely by accident, he said. The ConIbo
chief made some show of flight and resls-
tance. His excellency played the role of
rescuer. and pretended TO be very indig-
nant that the young lady should have been
taken from her mother and friends. Cora
and Paulo were given up after few shots
had been iired. but neither OF the prison.
ers was deceived by the ruse.
The Padre Lorenzo, cure of the village,
met them at the landing and took Cora
under his protection. His exceliency had
informed the cure that he must be ready to
perform the marriage ceremony immedi-
ately upon the arrival OF his intended
bride.
The PADRES interview with the COM
mandante after Cora's protest was stormy
one and was frequently renewed through
the day. till the cure finally promised that
if he could prevail upon the girl TO make
public remuneration of her faith and be-
come a member of his church by baptism
he would then use his influence TO bring
about the marriage.
1t was the fiesta of San Antonio, the
patron saint of the village. On that night
the open-sided church in the center of the
plaza was the scene of an imposing drama
A motley multitude had assembled, half
civilized Indians from neighboring tribes;
Cocomillas from the lakes and river Ia
goons; warlike Huambisas, in head dresses
of feathers, armed with barbed spears;
Cohiboes were there in force. many of them
with blow guns and bows and arrows.
Many were there who had yoyaged for
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THE LAND OF GIT-THARR.
There are purple grapes In the Land of G,

mere are purple grapes IN tne L4no OF Ut
Thane,
Whose clusters hang higher and higher,
In each rounded breast is the vintage of rest
That tones the lax nerves with an infinite zest,
And thrills the dull brain with new fire.
Through musical rus Aes the streams flow along,
And the valleys resound with the Daughters of
Song,
And faint with their floating attire;
There is shade, and cool fountains, and music 70
spare,
In the mountaln-hemmed wales of the Land Of
GIt-Thare.
And he branches bend down with ponegran-
stes of peace,
That ooze with the Juice of delight,
Through the odorous Pass Of the spangied
Grass
From the Lily PAD lake. that is clearer than
Dream zephyrs float down from the height
They are heavy with perfumes aud odorous
smells,
That rise from the zrots Of the Dafodf DeIls
Where the MONDAY is mixed with the night
There is perfume and song, and sweet music 70
In the verdurous wales of the Land of Git-Thsre
But you climb the tall mountains of PrscipIcs
Land
Ere Won come 10 the Land Of Git-Thare,
And you cross the White Land Of Poisonous
sand
TIL you reach the black shore of the shipwreck
Strand,
By the blood-red sea of Despair.
And you sail this sea Ike lonesome morass,
Till you come 70 the Pass OF the spangled Grass,
And q strong armed angel is there,
And glimmering sword in his hand CLEANS
To drive back all who seek for the Land of Git
Samuel Walter Foss
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- iGulOUs nOuScs hHONu
from Siberia to the Indies as a great finan-
cial power. A year elapsed before it was
known that the last De Alva, with his
wife and young daughter, had embarked
from an obscure port to find home in the
new empire of the West.
The last of the fortune inherited from
his father had been invested in the vessel
and her cargo purchased for the voyage,
and, accompanied by three or four faithful
old servants. De Alva and his family ar
rived safely at the port of Para. Here he
sold his vessel, stored some of his goods
with a responsible house, once the agent
of his father, and. loading river vessel,
started on trading voyage to the upper
waters of the Amazon.
Mercedes, his wife, with true womanly
devotion, insisted on accompanying him,
and Cora, the daughter, regarding the ex-
pedition as an extended tour of pleasure
and adventure, was too much a favorite
with her father to be denied. His son
Marco was also of the party. So the gar
retea purchased for the voyage was pro-
vided with suitable accommodations.
With the exception Of some Indian boat
men, the craft was managed by their own
servants, and Paulo, Moor, born in the
house of the De Alvas fifty years before. was
chief steward, major domo, and, next to
De Alva himself, master of the expedi-
ton. The long voyage of the travellers
need not be described. The simple in
habitants had not yet been aroused TO
anger and hate by the duplicity of the
whites; their children and young men had
not been kidnapped and sold into slavery.
Except for few mission stations on the
main river, there had been no attemps at
colonization.
The voyagsrs would sometimes stay
month with some friendly tribe. They