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The morning call., 1891-09-21
ACROSS THE BAY.
Sad Death of a Bright Oakland
Boy by Drowning.
To Furnish the New Postofice-Caught Be-
tween the Bumpers = The Twelfth
Street Poultice Alameda News.

At o'clock last evening George White,
the sixteen-year-old son of George White,
the cashier of the Oakland Consolidated
Railway Company, was drowned at the
Piedmont Baths in to s feet of
water. tie was seen to go along the railing
and when between the and feet mark he
let go the railing and kicked out He was
seen by some boys to cough and go down.
Captain Jack Williams was called and,
jumping in, dived down and brought the
body to the surface. All efforts at resusci-
tation proved unavaillng and the body was
taken TO the Morgue. 1t is supposed he
must have swallowed mOuthful Of wafer
and StIangled as he sank.
A meeting of the citizens Of Oakland has
been called for Wednesday evening to de-
wise ways and means for raising sufficient
funds to fit up the new Postoffice in the
building at Seventeenth street, Broadway
and Telegraph avenue. There is now a
little over two months in which to raise the
bonus and get the building ready. Post
master Bishop thinks that the new office
can be furnished better and with more
modern appliances than the present office
for about 5000. 1t is said the furnishings
OF the Off ce now in use cost $40, 600.
SMASHED HIS FINGERS.
William Condor, aged IA. residing at 1874
Perry street, San Francisco, on his way to
the ball grounds at Emeryviile yesterday,
was shaking dice with a companion on a
platform of tho car of the local train. Con-
don got his hand down between the bump
ers of the cars and had his fingers squeezed
Steward Larson at the City Receiving Hos
pitaI dressed his hand and Willie went
home.
Edward Retz got into some kind Of a diff
Guilty with Auidridge. the lessee of John
Henry Church's old place on the San Lean
dro road. Retz was repaired at the Oak
land Receiving Hospital. His scalp was
damaged and one Of his shoulders had to be
dressed. He said he was struck with a
piece of iron.
George Nj. Shredder, who owned news
paper route in Oakland little more than
one year ago, removed to Tehama County,
but his wife refused to go with him. Geo rye
recently sued in Tehama County for di-
yorce and obtained decree. Mrs. Shree-
der, however, has been awarded the GUS
tOdy of the two minor children.
The work Of poIlticing Twelfth street
from Franklin to Oak streets and from First
to Thirteenth avenues with bitumen will
cost about $4,000 The notices for the
work are being posted by the Superintend-
ent OF Streets.
Otto Meissner was arrested yesterday at
boardng-hous on Twentieth and San Pablo
avenues on suspicion of insanity. He i'm
agines that two large monkeys are follow
Ing him.
The morning call., 1891-09-21
Wonderful Growth OF Plants.

It is almost astonis hing to consider the
wonderful growth of some of the plants TO
be seen in many Of the gardens ahout the
city. Several gentlemen were talking about
their sunflower plants, and visit to three
gardens developed the fact that in one Of
them several stalks were found that we're
over nine feet high, while in another three
The morning call., 1891-09-21
Look at the Extraordinary Terms.

Only Il cash; balance In four equal semi-annual
payments secured by mortgage: only per cent
per annum interest payable semi-annually.
TITLE INSURED By the CALIFORNIA TITLE
INSURANCE AND Trust COMPANY for the
nominal sum OF IS for each lot.
To examine tins highly favored property take the
Castro street cars, to Junction OF MARKET. CAS-
TRIO AND 18TH SITS, walk west few minutes.
take Haght-Strcet car, ride 70 AshbuTy, walk south
toward monument of Liberty on Mount olympus.
The new electric road now under construction Will
pass AShbury street. quite near this favored site.
Do not neglect to examine these greatly
favored residence lots.
Remember, they about fifteen minutes from
the City Hall and have grand view.
The morning call., 1891-09-21

MORTON Special Delivery office removed to II
Geary street. One trunk. $50; three trunks, 81
The morning call., 1891-09-21
NOTICE

The above sale is POSTPONED till wEDNES-
DAY, the 23d DAY OF September. S9l. at the same
hour and place. c. S. LAUME,S rEK,
Receiver of said insolvenE
San Francisco September II. 1891.
sells 81 FrMoNe
The morning call., 1891-09-21
VIEW, DRAINAGE,
CENTRAL LOCATION,
HEARNESS TO GOLDEN GATE PARK
AND TO BUENA VISTA PARK

with cable and electric road Accommodation du-
Qualed in the near future desirable adiunets,
should examine this choice location These lots
will vie in value relatively with Pacific Heights In
the future. The advance In these residence lots
must be very prominent They only fifteen
minutes from the City Hall, making them very de
sirabIe. and all persons OF moderate means should
improve this opportunity to invest.
The morning call., 1891-09-21
IN TIE SUPERIOR COURT
THE
City and County of San Francisco.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

In the matter of JAMES o'REILLY, IN insolvency
Under and by virtue Of the order OF said superior
Court. the undersigned. eceiver Of the estate Of
JAMES O'REIILN. lnSolveqt debtor, will. the
18th day OF September. 1891, - II O'Clock NJ Il
the premises, corner Fourth and Clara streets, In
the city and county OF San Francisco. pursuant t.
said order sell at public auction to the highest bid
der, for cash, the following described property, to
wit:
Lot OF merchandise. groceries, wines LIQUORS, etc.
and chattels goods etc, horse, wagons, sets
harness. fixtures etc, all In the store of said In
solvent said corner OF Fourth aud Cara streets
san Francisco c. ). LAuAEISTER.
Receiver Of said lnsoIveHt
Dated September II. 1881.
The morning call., 1891-09-21

Runs within short distance of this property with
Sixteenth ST. extended, which will run within avery
short distance, and cable or electric road it,
will completely girdle this choice properly with
accommodation.
These choice residence lots are between Sixteenth
and Seventeenth SITS. and of Ashbury St and the
monument of Liberty on Mount Olympus. TheYiew
from these elegant lots IS the most pleasing and
picturesque obtalnable in San Francisco. All per
sons wanting location Tor home. where
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-22
II N MY

The arrogant form Of speech en-
ployed by the young emperor Of Ger
many in his address closing the landtag
CRATES harshly upon the rather sensitive
ears of the average American sovereign,
who carries the only autocracy he ad-
mits under his own hat. II and my
people," In this country people are
prone to say 1--WE and the president" the
latter being decidedly subordinate IN
consequence, though syntactically CO.
ordinate. Perhaps no better expression
could be employed to illustrate the rad
ical difference in the two forms Of gov
eminent. The expression employed by
the kaiser would defeat a presidential
candidate, standing for reelection, in
this country. But the king may use it
and is %spplauded. Never having stud
led any other civil grammar the people
of the German empire accept the
possessive "my" when used by the kaiser
in reference to themselves. The pro-
noun "our," applied to emperor or pres
ident, has an opposite significance. The
| loyal IouUOu duIulUS ulSloOy Iib ouO-
serviency to his ruler. On the contrary,
the free American asserts in its use that
the chief executive is the convenient
servant of the people, having fewer
rights Of his own than any other citi-
zen, native or naturalized.
The arrogant syntax of the kaiser is
the mild assertion of the fast disappear
ing doctrine of the divine right Of kings,
which his own mistakes and the disrep-
utable character of his uncle of Wales
have done much to destroy. The leaven
of democracy is working even in m
sentative, phlegmatic Germany, and
while it will doubtless be q long time
before the last of kings will be seer on
earth, their au%tocratic prerogatives are
being vetoed by the growing power of
the people, and their ranks are being
reduced. The emperor Of Brazil was
the last to go, and the king of Portugal
will probably be the next. Then Spain
lies on the border. Constitutional
monarchies may fill the interim between
absolutism and republican government,
but the last form is the inevitable re-
suit of the conquests of education and
the press, supplemented by occasional
exhibitions of royal arrogance, fallibility
and %depravity.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-22
PEOPLE L X ABOUT.

Capt. Silva Palma. of the insurgent
cruiser Esmeralda, received his naval edu-
cation in the British navy.
Vice President Morton is 65 years old.
He dresses carefully, and has a compact.
sturdy form, and stands as erect as a SOL
der. Mr.. Morton is an early riser, and
takes his breakfast at $50.
Disraeli held the theory that no mar
was regular in his attendance at the
house of commons until he was married
Dom Pedro, who has zone to Vichy to
take the waters, will probably visit Eng
land about the middle of next month, when
he is to reside for a few weeks at Bushy
Park, which has been placed at his disposal
by the Duo de Nemours.
A story is being told in Paris about Mrs.
Langtry and her most recent admirer,
John Baird, a young Scotch millionaire,
known on the turf as abingdon" Mrs.
Langtry Is said to have displeased Baird by
paying too much attention to one of his RI
walls. He, according to the story, taxed her
with this, and she resented his language,
whereupon he struck her twice, and as a re-
suit of the encounter she is wearing two
black eyes.-New York Sun.
Francisque Sarcey. the celebrated Paris
ian journalist and dramatic critic, is an
extremely faoile and prolific writer. He is
said to produce more copy" than any other
journalist in France, and he never makes a
correction in his manuscript. His opin-
ions carry remarkable weight. Sarcey is
now sixty-four. and of late years he has
been sadly troubled with obesity. With
the hope of reducing his enormous bulk he
has given up eating dinner and takes only
one meal a day-a breakfast that is served
at noon.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-22
MONTANA HISTORY.

The records of the Historical Society OF
Montana have been moved to the new home
of the society in the attic story of the Lewis
and Clarke county court house. There is
much history stored away in these rooms.
Every day brings more. Copies of all the
newspapers published in Montana are filed
away and bound in volumes. There are
now 100 bound volumes and by next Janu-
airy 200 more volumes will be added to the
list. The daily record of events since the
frat paper was printed in Montana is thus
preserved. On Aug. 81, 1864, the Montana
Post printed the first paper in this region,
and from that time down to the present the
society has carefully filed away copies of
every newspaper published here. These
records have in many instances been of
great value in settling disputes as to dates
of occurrences in the past, and are often
referred TO for legal notices which some
times furnish an important link in law
suits. Only a few days ago there was a
case before Judge Hunt in this county in
which the date OF a great aood in the JEFF
ferson river, was a vital question. One
witness, to the best Of his recollection, said
it was in 1867 and another was quite sure
the event took place the year before.
The librarian searched the bound files OF
the newspapers for the two years men
toned, and found that the flood occurred
in 1867, and the question was settled.
At different times the society has pub
Ideally announced it's objects, but it is now
several years since the general scope of its
work has been outlined. At its organiza-
ton in 1865 to the society was
eonfided the trust of accumulat-
ing information, illustrative of the
early history of the region of country en-
braced in what is now Montana. II has
sought to gather from this field such infor-
nation as books would afford, and to &c
quire from the Adventures and early
pioneers whatever of interest their memoir
les had preserved. The territory seems to
have been just between the two lines oil
early travel across the continent. To the
north, the fur traders from Montreal, pass,
ing through Lake Superior to Lake Winni-
peg, and thence up the Saskatchewan
ACROSS the Rocky mountains, to the Flat.
bow river, proceeded down the Colum
bla. At u later day, but earl,
IN the present century, adventurou,
traders from st. Louis and New York, pass
ing up the Platte and through the south
pass, crossed Green river to the Lewis forl
of the Columbia. and passed by Fort Hal
r down toward Astoria. The travellers alont
. the northern line of communication do no
D Seem to have DETECTED 30 far from thei
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-22

| associates of the embezzlers shiverinR and
skulking from exposure, and with the cor
rupt political power that has had money
and plumber as its god struggling 10 savs
itself from the flood tide of retribution--
what a fearful harvest of smutted shenvet
we are gathering. And il we cast our eyes
over the great commonwealth the same
robbery and shame farce the blush to the
cheek OF every honest son of the state. A
respected senator, suddenly thrown into the
rotten political system Of our CITY, insensi-
bly, drifted from honest aims to worship at
the shrine of money in politics. He is now
broken in fortune, branded az a thief, a
fugitive from the law. and his associates
are wearing prison stripes at Cherry Hill,
while thousands of poor depositors have
been robbed Of their hard-earnod money.
Such is our fearful harvest of the smutted
sheaves.
Turn again to the capital of our state,
where tho chosen leader of our monev-in-
politics system has just made his plea at
the bar of the supreme court, to protect
him from a trial in tho courts OF his own
home, where n jury of his %neighbors would
decide the grave issue of his imprisonment
for actual or legal robbery. Only a rev
months ago he was the central figure OF en-
thusiastio multitudes% shouting their hearth
est huzzas to their candidate for governor;
to-day he fees from the Judgment OF his
own people and is as f%riendless az no is for
tuneless. Truly, this is a crowded harvest
of the smutted leaves.
Step by step this money-in-politics sys.
tenn has gained the mastery in city and
state. and the people are simply reaping
what they have sown. They could not
gather figs from thistles nor could they
reap public integrity from the seeds of cor
ruption and profigacy; end when they per-
mitted money and party to subordinate per
sonal merit and public fidelity to the in
forests of the mousing owl of politics and
the sneaking robber OF public
they strewed the seeds of debauchsry and
Generalization in church and state and are
now apr allied and stifled by the harvest Of
smutted sheaves they must gather.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-22
A COGNAC BATH.
Good for a Cigar, Whether You Lik
or Not.

Good for a Cigar, Whether You Like 1t
or Not.
Everybody at dinner in q popular Univer-
sity place restaurant looked on astonished
the other night, says the New York Sun,
when a dark-skinned Italian, with a heavy
black beard, laid a fine cigar in his coffee
saucer at the close of the meal, and poured
q pony of cognac carefully over the weed.
He rubbed tho cognac into the tobacco with
his forefnger afterward, covering the cigar
from end to end. lie waited several min
utes until the tobacco had entirely absorbed
the cognac and the cigar was dry. Then he
lighted it and puffed away leisurely ind
with apparent delight.
What in the world did you give the CT
gar that bath for?' asked one of his neigh
bors.
ITO increase it's f%lavor,'' the italian re-
piled. sit improves it greatly. ! can taste
the copnac flavor now every time l draw
upon the cigar"
"a new wrinkle, l Supposed"
at may be to most people, but not to
me. 1t is something worth trying, though.
If a few drops of vanilla extract were added
to the cognac it would impart a delicious
aroma to the weed. too 1t would make a
perfume That would be agreeable. For
those who like to smoke a pipe the enjoy
ment Of the af%ter-dinner smoke can be
materially enhanced by treating the tobacco
to a bath of rum or cognac. The method is
to pour thu. liquor into the tobacco jar un-
til all the tobacco is wet, add some vanilla
to perfume it, then close the jar tightly and
keep it closed until the tobacco has become
thoroughly saturated and dry. Try your
tobacco then. and you will discover that it
will yield you a delicious smoke. L have
tried it on many of my friends, and they
all agree that it is a vast improvement over
the ordinary after dinner smoke. You
must use only the best liquor if you would
secure the full enjoyment of tobacco thus
treated"
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-22

route IA to have familiarized themselves
with the topography or geographical fea-
lures OF the country. Those who iourneyed
along tho southern limo, making Deer creek,
Green river, Cache valley. or Fort Hall thcir
rendezvous, pursued the vocation Of trap
pers, hunters, or traders throughout the
adjacent country, and not u~nfrequently Wis
tied Montana. At an early day the Missouri
and Yellowstone rivers were utilized ms
means Of transportation; and long before
1882. when the steamboat Yellowstone
first greeted the astonished gaze
of tho Assinniboinea at Fort
Union, their waters had borne large for
tunes f.om ''the shining mountains" to
st. Louis, in the shape OF furs and peltries
which had been gathered in this region.
Prior to these events the country had been
visited, perhaps, by devoted missionaries.
The representatives of the white race
among the red men of the remote west
seldom returned to civilization. They were
a gloomy, r%eticent, moody class, sometimes
%mingling in the exciting episodes of savage
life, but. so far as can be ascertained,
maintaining in every exigenoy a ssolid i'm
perturability.
Coronado, in search of the "Seven cities
of Cibola," iourneyed from Mexico to
Arizona, and searching Tor Quiyira, travelled
n short distance south of Montana in 1541
whore he lost some of his followers by
desertion. 1t is not improbable
that some of them became identified with
the surrounding Indian tribes, and may
have been the advance guard Of the
Leather Stockings Of Montana.
The discovery of the gold and silver
mines, the settlement of the country; the
development of the various industries here;
the history of towns and communities;
sketches of various officials and admins
trations; the perils, sacrifices and labors OF
early pioneers; the material, social, ..intellec-
tual and religious progress of the people-all
claim the attention of the society. These
various subjects the society seeks to care
for in a spirit of fidelity to its mission. 1t
does not consider that it has province to
pass Judgment upon events, but to gather
facts with impartial Justice. 1t does not
trouble itself to approve or condemn, but
to preserve.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-22
California Excursion Rates.

The Union Pacific will sell on the 10Th of
next month round trip excursion tickets as
follows: Butte to San Francisco via Port
land or Ogden, both directions, $75; San
Francisco, going via Portland and return
ing via Ogden, or vice versa, 500; to Los
Angeles, going and returning via Portland,
entering San Francisco in one direction
either going or returning, $50; to Los An
COLES, going via Portland and San Fran
cisco and returning via Sacramento and
Ogden. $3.50.
The above tickets are good going sixty
900 DAYS and good for return passage any
time within six months from date of aalo.
Those desiring to Il k advantage of these
rates may cali on or address
II. o. WILSON. +. q p. A.,
28 North Main street,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-22

The final agreement to submit the
Boring sea disputes to arbitration re-
calls the fact that the United States
have long been strenuous in advocacy OF
that method of settling international
difficulties. Three a~rbitrations were
provided for in the first treaty OF peace
by the United States. Now that the
nation has become the foremost power
in the world her love Of peace has grown
equally with her adherence of the bar
barities of war. No nation SO gentle
and tender in her majesty as the Unitec
States.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-22

The astounding disclosures of de-
bauchery and corruption in the financial
and political circles of Philadelphia,
which have attracted the attention of
the entire country, call forth a demand
for reform from the Philadelphia Times
which has the true ring to it. 1t says:
There are Philadelphia and Pennsylvania
behold them! Philadelphia with her city
treasurer in prison; with one bank presi-
dent in prison and another a fugitive from
justice; with two bank cashiers under heavy
bonds on criminal charges; with from $500
900 to s l,00o,o coo of city money stolen ol
wasted; with nesrly $1,0o0,00 o cf state
money Involved III tue robbery; with tbs
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-22

POSTMASTER GENERAL WANAMAKER's
friends bitterly complain that the dem.
ocratic press is unfair to him in the
Philadelphia bank matter. Perhaps SO
But Mr.. Wanamaker himself is to blame
for the low estimate placed upon hii
character. He got his seat in the cabi
net solely because of his enormous con
tribution to Quay's corruption fund, ant
he should not complain if people meas
ure him by his W standards.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-22

ONO republicans nominated for gov
ernor the most illustrious advocate of
the doctrine that the way to make a
mar rich is to tax him. Farmers and
laboring mon are asked to vote for him.
They may do it. The way Of the voter
with his ballot cannot be confidently
predicted.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-22

As the esteemed Journal starts all
political discussion from the premise
that the Harrison family and the people
are the same thing, we cannot labor with
it. Time alone will show it the differ
ence.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-22

IT is reported that Lieut.-Gov. Jones
has withdrawn from the race for the
democratic nomination for governor Of
New York. He probably weighed his
chances on one of his own scales and
found them wanting, and concluded not
to pay the freight.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-22

Quay, the Master Of Silence, informs
the Philadelphia Inquirer thathe will mo-
retain the craftsmanship of the repub
lioan national committee. Let's see
who was it that ran the congressional
campaign last fall? Oh, yes, Belden
We nominate Belden for the vacancy.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-22

If Mckinley should happen to be
beaten in Ohio this year it would be the
end of the~high tariff, and your Uncle
BENJAMIN would be no longer in the
running for 1852. Blaine and reciprocity
would sweep the republican convention
like q cyclone.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-22

WHEN the ballot reform bill passed
by the Illinois legislature reached Gov.
Flfer it was found that one section was
missing. Reform should begin with
legislators, at least in Illinois.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-22

WITH ice only Is cents a pound the
glory Of the ice man is gone in New
York. Last year the heavy consumers
made arrangements to manufacture
their own supply, and the profits of the
old-liners have shrunk even as their
commodity.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-22
HELENA, MONT, JUNE %. 1891.

U-Montenians abroad will always find TIL
DAILY INDEPENDENT on file At their favorite
hotels: Fifth Avenue and Metropolitan. New
York; West, Minneapolis: Baldwin and Palace,
San Francisco; AcBermott, Butte; Leland Hotsl,
Springfield. III.