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The morning call., 1891-06-22
SOLO," the Newsboy Singer.

"Soo" is little newsboy who wears
ragged raimen. ard old shoes. His hat is
tattered aud his face unwashed, but he has
voice of wonderful sweetness and power.
''Sulo' does not sell very many papers, but
he makes enough money to Keep himself
alive by singing songs to his omtades on
tne street, aud they reward him with an oc-
casional coin.
Just before midnight he may often be
heard singing near the PostOffice in front of
a group of boys almost as ragged and dirty
as himself In loud, clear, pure tones he
will sing that touchlng old song, "Annie
Laurie" with a power and pathos that
bring pedestrians to halt. And they wait
and listen, too, until they have heard the
very las: note. In responding to the inva-
rablc encore he gratifies his auditors with
"Fhe Last Rose of Summer" ''In the
Sweet Bv and By" and, perhaps, the ''Old
Oaken Bucket" The boys are respectful
and attentive and unsparing in their ap-
plause.
''Solo" can warble and trill like bird and
give excellent limitations of the sounds made
on various musical instruments. solo" is
certainly a very entertaining little prodigy,
and he is we'll treated and respected by all
with whom he comes in contact.-N. 7.
Herald.
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Clearing-House Statements.

BosToN, June 21.-Clearings: New York.
1856, ,406,OOO decrease 150; Boston. $50. 49,
600, decrease 145; Chicago. SS6, 355, ,OO0 in
crease Ia; Philadelphia, Sc, SO1, 900. de-
crease $50; ST. Louis. S2O,524,OOO, de-
crease 2.1; San Francisco. SIG, 321 900,
increase rs; Baltimore. S13, ,3S4 600,
decrease 81; Pittsburg, S13, ,267. 600, de-
crease 147; Cincinnati, sl2,S36 900, ia
crease A; Omaha. So, 95G. 600, decrease 1S8 :;
Denver, S4.754,000, decrease Ii; st. Paul,
increase 1.5; Portland, Oregon, 81, ,684, GOO,
decrease 1914; Salt Lake, 81, 800, 900, increase
II; Seattle, $685., ,255 increase 81; Tacoma,
S976, 414 increase 11.3; Los Angeles, $646,-
loo, increase 1874. The total for the week
Of 11.2 per cent as compared with the CORE
spending week last year.
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SUCCESSFUL SKIN GRATING.
A Missouri Girl Has an Unsightly Birth
Mark Removed.

A Missouri Girl Has an Unsightly Birth
Mark Removed.
Miss Annie Weikal, handsome young
lady of Is years, returned to her home at
Lamonte, Pettis County, after having been
the subject for eight days past of an inter-
esting and successful case of skin grating.
Miss Annie is fair of face, but her left cheek
was disfgured by a strawberry-colored
birth that extended from her right
eye downward. covering a space over two
inches square. DR.. w. j. Ferguson re-
moved the cutiele from this mark, and cut
ting from the girls right arm piece of
skin sufficiently large TO cover the spot,
placed it on the wound, and the flap having
been allowed to, remain attached to the atm
at one end in order to retain life. the arm
was bound to the girls face and in this po-
sition was allowed to remain for eight days,
then the skin was severed from the arm en-
tirely and the operation was almost COM
plete. The grated piece of skin on the
young lady's face is growing nicely, aud is
almost as sensitive to the touch as the
natural. Where the edges join together it
has grown so nicely that scarcely any scar
Is visibe.-Sedalia (Mo.) special to Globe
Democrat.
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OBITU AIRY.
HON. JOSEPH E. M'poNALp.

HON. JOSEPH E. M'DoNALD.
Ex-senator Joseph E. Mcdonald of In
diana died In Indianapolis at 11:35 o'clock
last night. Yesterday morning unfavOrable
symptoms appeared and during the day the
patients condition continued to grow worse.
During the afternoon the Rev. Mr.. Milburn
was sent for and administered the sacra-
ment. Then Mr.. Mcdonald called his fam
lily and intimate friends about him and
calmly ave directions for his funeral ar
rangements and the disposition of his per-
sonal affairs. In the presence of all he said
he wished to give testimony to his faith in
Gods saving grace. Then he grasped each
by the hand and bade them g0Od-by, saying
he could see no more callers.
Senator Mcdonald was born in Butler
County, OHIO, August 20. 1919, and was
taken TO Indiana in 1926. He was appren-
tieed to the sadder's trade at La Fayette,
and afterwsTd spent two years in college,
but did net graduate. He studied law and
was admitted to the bar in 1S43, and imme-
diatey commenced practice. From 1913
until 1S47 he was Prosecuting Attorney. He
was elected to the Thirty-frst Congress
from the Eighth district of Indiana in 1847.
He was elected Attorney-Genrral of In
diana in 1856, and reelected in 1858. In 1859
he removed TO indianapolis, and in 1864 was
the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for
Governor Of Indiana. He was elected TO the
United States Senate as Democrat to sue
ceed Daniel d. Pratt, Repu blican, and took
his seat March 5, 1875. His term Of service
expired March 8, 1881.
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TIE ANACONDA MINES.
Denial of the Reported Sale by Two of the
Owners

NEW YORK, June pa San Francisco
dispatch was published here in which it was
said the famous Anaconda copper mine,
near Butte. Mont, has been sold for S25,-
600, GOO TO an EDglsh syndicate.
The owners of The mine ale Marcus DAILY,
J. B. Haggin and Lloyd Tevis. Mr.. Hag-
gin was seen by a Tribune reporter last
night, and he said positively that there was
not word of truth in the report. He did
not know whether the mine ever would be
sold.
Marcus DAILY is reported TO have said less
than a week ago that there was not money
enough in the world to buy the Anaconda
mine. About ten years ago he sold half his
interest in the mine, of which he was then
sole owner it being then a mere prospect,
to }. B. Haggin and the late Senator Hearst
fOf $4,000
Many millions were spent in developing
it, with the result of making the mine
powerful factor in the copper market, with
It's heavy annual output The mine is at
present shut down, as the railroad which
carried the ore has increased freight
charges so greatly that the owners refused
to pay the rates demanded. H1ggin said he
was at present having survey made. and
he would TOssibly build a railroad from
Anaconda to Butte. Mont.
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th an hour stood beside the reptile case.
BE delighted In pounding on the glass with
his fist. and yelled with glee when the huge
snakes fiattencd their poisonous fangs
against the pane and hissed with rage.
Suddenly an unearthly shrek startled every
body about the place, and Thomas was seen
running toward the city and uttering the
most terrible cries. He turned neither to
the right nor left until he reached the CON-
pounding rooms of his employer, where he
cried out most piteously tnat a snake at the
'Zoo" had bitten him. The doctors took
him into a private room and made thor
ough examination, but could find no signs
of snake bite. They filled him with
whisky. applied a quantity of remedies
without regard to their effect. and urged
John to make his peace with God. He
prayed as he never prayed before. He was
bathed and bandaged, and bandaged and
bathed until at last the clerks. weary of the
joke, told him that nothing whatever was
the matter with him. 1t leaked out that
Johns girl got tired of standing at the
snake-case, and, to hasten his departure.
gave him vigorous pinch, which he mis-
took for the bite Of some deadly reptile
Phila, Record
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THE CENSUS BUREAU.

Unfounded RumOrs of the Resignation of
superintendent Porter.
WASHINGTON, June 21.-VariOus reports
were in circulation to-day to the effect that
Superintendent Porter of the Census Office
had resigned. To an Associated Press re-
porter Porter emphatically declared to-
night that he had not resigned, and he did
not contemplate doing so until he had COM
pleted the work which he had undertaken.
The large number of removals now being
made, Porter said, was because of the com
pletion of the work for which the persons
discharged were employed. He said the
work Of the bureau was well up and his
statements would be completed by the end
of July, and all but two of the ten volumes
be ready for the printer by the 1st of July.
The morning call., 1891-06-22
DEACON @. HOUGH.

Deacon C. Hough, a gentleman we'll
known in the business and social circles of
Los Angeles, died very suddenly at his resi-
dence on Pearl street, near Tenth, of heart
disease, about ~ o'clock last Friday. He
had been in his usual health up to the hour
of his death. and his sudden demise was
Angeles Times. MIR. Hough was a gentle
man of large sympathes and OF generous
heart. devoted husband and kind irend,
and man of strict integrity in all of his
business relations. He had been a sufferer
from heart trouble for some time, yet he
haC the appearance of one in perfect health.
He passed away sitting in his chair, and
evidently without struggle. He went "As
one who wraps the drapery of his couch
about him and lies down to pleasant
Dreams"
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cred how many thousands of years have
been required to produce such a curiosity,
some faint notion 10 conveyed Of the an-
tiQuity of man.
Near by is big piece of solid limestone
rock, incasing. as If portion of itself, the
upper part of human skeleton. In the
surface Of the stone, imbedded, is visible
the backbone of a man-perhapS woman
so that one can see the distinct vertebr8.
while on either side of the spinal column
are revealed the ribs. What ages must have
passed before tn processes by which this
osseous relic of bygOne epoch was thus in
closed had time to accomplish such a work.
Washington Star.
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Hnmnn sLnu nfIrnn.

Human skull of iron! Not one made by
artifce, remember, but so constructed by
nature. What could be more wonderful?
= An anthropological expert showed the
specimen to a writer few days ago at the
Smithsonian. The skull, which was once
upon time like any other skull, is im-
bedded in mass of iron ore. Nature origi-
nally inclosed it in that way by an accident
and gradually. in the course of centuries,
Particles of the metal took the places of par
ticles OF bone, until at length the skull was
no longer bone, but iron.
Its structure in the iron is perfect in every
detail, save that the top of the head and the
lower jaw are missing. When it is consid-
The morning call., 1891-06-22
4 Charge TO the French En-
basSadOr at ST. Petersburg.
RuSSia'S Action In the Event Of HOtilitieS
Between France and Germany.
Why the Gar Refused to Entertain Proposals
for IN Alliance The Result Of De
LabOulaye'S MiSake.
Special 70 THE MORNING CALL

PARIS, June 2L-Comte de Monticello,
who replaces De Laboulaye as French En-
bassador at ST. Petersburg will be specially
charged to obtain definite information from
the Car as to the action of Russia 10 the
event of war between France and Germany.
Ribot, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has
learned that De Laboulaye's failure to get
proposals for an alliance arose from the
Cars anger at the fact that overtures had
first been submitted to De Giers, the Rus
sian Minister of Foreign Affairs. instead of
to him. The Gar ordered De Giers to ig-
more the proposals for negotiations, and
took the first occasion to snub De Laboul-
aye, who felt compelled to ask Ribot to re-
lease him from his duties. The withdrawal
of Baron Mohrenbeim, Russian ambassador
at Paris, is imminent, as De Laboulaye
acted on his advice.
During the visit of the French squadron
to Cronstadt the Gar will be personally
broached on the subject of united action
against the Dreibund, which is rendered all
the more necessary through the menacing OF
the commercial coalition between the two
countries.
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pnisnned With strYchnina.

PRESCOTT (AriZ), June H.-JOhn Can
vinska, a wood contractor, died at his camp
four miles from Prescott last night from the
effects of strychnine poison. An inquest
has just been held on the remains. the ver-
dict being that it was taken with suicidal
intent. The Strychnine was taken in his
coffee at breakfast Saturday morning, and
he lived until 10 80 O'Clock that night, re-
naming conscious at all times except when
in spaSms. In the morning he indicated
that he intended 10 commit suicide, but In
the evening he said that the strychnine was
taken by mistake, as he had mixed dose to
kill cnuirTaIa
The morning call., 1891-06-22
Attempted Murder and Suicide.

MCKEEsPoRT Pa.). June 2l.-Last night
Mr.. Harding called upon William Myers.
who lives close by, for neighborly chat.
Harding was obliged to leave the room for
a few minutes, and when he returned his
wounded, while Myers was stretched In-
side with a bullet through his brain. Mrs.
Harding, who was wounded in three places
but not fatally, says Myers avowed love for
her and asked ner TO elope with him to Ger
many. She refused, With the above result.
Both parties were considered respectable,
and have children.
The morning call., 1891-06-22
LunGE c. p. RRAYNARp.

Ex-Judge c.. P. Braynard died at Red
Bluff at o'clock yesterday morning from
mental and nervous prOstration, the result
of his defeat for the Superior Judgeship and
family troubles last fall. Judge Braynard
was highly reputed member of the conf
munity in which he lived, and had been a
resident of Red Bluff for many years. He
had served as County Judge and was after
ward elected and served as Superior Judge.
He leaves widow and three child rem, Mrs.
Braynard being the daughter of p. b. Nage
of San Francisco. He will be buried Tues
The morning call., 1891-06-22
Fire in Los Angeles.

Los ANGELES, June 22.-Shortly after II
o'clock this morning the Solomon Block, on
Spring street, near Second, was destroyed
by fire. 1t was two-stOry brick block occu-
pied by the Cable Grocery, Pacific States
Restaurant, Harris & Dukeman, wholesale
jewellers, and number of small offices and
lodges. The building is valued at S65, 600,
and was insured for $4,000. Harris "
Dukenan's loss is $4,000; insured for $500.
There were numerous other losses, consid-
erable in the aggregate, but small indiVid-
ually,
The morning call., 1891-06-22
Padueah as a Cyclone Center.

CAIRO QlL), June PA cyclone visited
this vicinity this afternoon and did cousd-
erable damage, unroofng a great many
houses uprooting trees, blowing cars off the
railroad tracks aud knocking all the tele-
graph wires down. The ferry boat Gwynn,
from Paducah, with an excursion party for
Cairo, just landing, was blown over e. the
Kentucky shore. There was no loss Of life.
The morning call., 1891-06-22
THE CHILEAN REV OLT.
Fifty Men From the Esmeralda Killed on
Iabos Islands

WASHINGTON. June 21-The Chilean
Legation in this city to-day received a tele-
gram from Peru, which says. in substance,
that when the war-ship Esmeralda, after
its voyage to San Diego, arrived at Labos
(guano) Islands, the captain, being short of
provisions. landed fifty men t. take posses
sion of the provisions on the islands. The
employees and workingmen in care of the
islands attacked the men from the vessel,
killing hem and taking possession OF their
arms. The E>merada fired eighty shots,
exhaHSting her ammunition. The dispatch
concluded as follows: 1t is false that the
Chilean Government derives any benefit
from the Labos Islands, whose works have
been stopped since January. Perfect order
Teigns in Chile and the army is well dis
ciplined and is anxious to go TO Tarapaca
ana make an end Of the nitrate speculators.
The morning call., 1891-06-22
A PARTY DROWNED.
Seven Persons Lose Their Lives by The
UpSettinS Of a ROWPOat.

BALTIMORE, June 21.-A party of cOlored
people left tile Chairs farm yesterday morn
ing in a dug-Out and came TO Baltimore.
While returning at night Samuel Barnes and
a man named Walter CASTOR intercepted
them In the middle of the stream in row.
boat. They ea!led to the negroes to jumA
into their craft. The tenth person to leave
the vessel stepped upon the side of the row.
boat and the entire party were thrown into
the water. The tug Mohawk, which was
in the vicinity, rescued Richard and Isaac
Titus and Samuel Barnes. Six were
drowned, as follows:
GEOGIANA TITUS. AL. REAsToR, LULU
MASON, JOHN Houston, WALTER CAsToN
and an unknown man.
The morning call., 1891-06-22
Max Freeman a Newspaper Man.

PHILADELPHIA, June 21.-Max Freeman.
the detective, who was murderously as
saulted near Spring Lake. N. j., on Friday
night while trying to arrest man supposed
to be Gideon w. Marsh, the fugitive Presi-
dent of the Keystone Bank, is a well-knOwn
newspaper man of this city, who, from his
aptitude for the work, was commissioned by
Marshal Leeds to run down Marsh. Al
though Freeman's condition is still serious
it is thought he will ultimately recover
The morning call., 1891-06-22

A gentleman farming in Corsica Neck,
Queen Anne's County, Md, went into his
pasture field early Sunday morning. May
81st, and when nearing ths cattle he was
attacked by furious bull. The first attack
Of the bull knocked him down. Whilst
down he grabbed the animals horns and
pulled himself up, when the battle for life
commenced in earnest. He held his grasp
to the horns, aud, getting alongside OF the
boots that he had on he placed lick after
lick, kick after kick, into the thinner part
Of the ANIMALS abdomen until the bull lus-
The morning call., 1891-06-22
Work on the Monterey.

WAsHTNGTpN. June 21-The Bethlehem
Iron Works have large lot of the Mon
terey'S armOr well under way, and deliy-
cries viii be made so rapidly that by the
time the hull and machinery are out OF the
hands of the contractors the work of put
ting on the armOr can be commenced at the
vessel are under way in the Washington
Ordnance Shops, and she will probably be
ready to go into commission early next year.
The morning call., 1891-06-22
FOLSOM PRISON.
Supplies Awarded by the State Prison Direc-
tors on Saturday.


SACRAMENTO, June 21.-The Prison Di-
rectors awarded contracts for various sup
plies to the Folsom Prison on Saturday.
The San Francisco firms which were sue
cessful were: Drugs and medicines, Warden
& Co., Mack & Co., Langley, Richards &
Co. of San Francisco; coffees, Mau, Sadler &
Co., Haas Bros; sugar, Haas Bros. /; syrups,
Mau. Sadler & Co.: teas. Wellman, Peck &
Co.; canned goods and groceries, Haas
Bros. Wellman, Peek & Co.. Mau, Sadler
& Co. and NJ. Morganthau; tobacco, Drink
house g. Co, ESberg, Boehman & Co.
and WelIman, Peck & Co.; provisions. c..
E. Whitney & Co.; beans. John F. English;
potatoes, John f. English; flannels, cassi-
meres and blankets, Levi Strauss & Co. !;
dry goods and clothing, Murphy,
Grant & Co.; crockery and glassware,
Wangenhem, Sternheim & Co.; brooms,
brushes and willow-ware, Baker q
Hamilton; Whittier, Fuller & Co.; L..
Feidmann & Co. Industrial Home for Adult
Blind; stationers, II. S. Crocker & Co., and
Cunningham. Curtis & Welch; hardware,
Baker & Hamilton; Huntington. Hopkins &
20
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German Interests in China.

BERLIN, June 21.-The German Govern
ment has decided to send two men-Of-war
to the Chinese waters, having concluded
that the naval force now there is INSULT
cient to protect German residents and
Christian missionaries. Captains OF the
outgoing vessels are instructed TO take any
measures necessary TO insure the safety Of
Germans or German interests.
The morning call., 1891-06-22
A PLUvIAL PRovoKER.
Claims to Be Able 10 Draw Rain From the
Clouds in the Driest Weather

Clouds in the Driest Weather.
CANTON Ohio, June 21-Frank Mel
bourne of Sydney, Australia, is spending
the summer with his brother John.
wealthy contractor of this city. Melbourne
claims that he has discovered a method
of drawing rain from the clouds
even upon the sunnIest days. The inven-
tion consists OF an electrical apparatus. He
claims that he has operated successfully In
Australia and says that his operations
cover two hundred and fifty thousand
square miles. He will draw rain in this
section on the 2Sth and 29th of June. He
says he has made money in the wool busi-
ness in Australia and is rapidly spending it
in experiments
The morning call., 1891-06-22
The Krais.Tnrnfaef

ST. PAUL, June 21.-1he second Kreis-
funniest was great success. Five hundred
active Turner'S participated ir the exer-
cises of the day. The games began early in
the morning and continued all day without
interruption. A feature Of the day was
drill in which 500 joined. No results were
made known to-day of the various contests,
as the awards will be announced on Tues
day. The next meeting will be held at
Davenport, Iowa, four years hence.
The morning call., 1891-06-22
TRAGEDY AT SEA.
An Insane Father Throws His Child Over
board in Mid-0cean.

New YORK, June 21.-The steamer La
Bretagne, which arrived to-day from Havre,
reports that Joseph Feys, a native OF
Switzerland. while conversng with his
family, consisting of a wife and five chill
dren, suddenly picked up his five-year-old
son Pierre and threw him into the sea. sThe
child was drowned, and the father, who is
apparently insane, was seized and put in
irons. He had threatened to throw all of
his children overheard
The morning call., 1891-06-22
Tloodshed in North Carolina.

WINSTON On. CO., June PA double
murder was committed in this city this
morning. John Smith and Wilbur Walker
got into a difficulty with some unknown
parties, and sought shelter in the house Of
Henry Coins, a cOi0red man. They were
pursued and fired upOn the first shot killing
Mary Coins. Walker returned the fire, and
instantly.
The morning call., 1891-06-22
A Girl Mnrdered

DELANO (Minn.), June 21.-The body of
Annie Brunder, aged Is, who has been
missing since Thursday evening. was found
n few rods from the railroad track between
Montrose aud Wavprly to-day. She was
returning from school when she was as
saulted. When found her hands were tied
behind her, her feet tied together and an
apron tied tightly around her face. The
murderer Is not known.
The morning call., 1891-06-22
NAPOLEON KING.

Napoleon King, for manv years janitor at
the Courthouse at Virginia City. New, who
had been an Invalid for many months, died
at his residence on Washington street last
Friday uight. Deceased was a native
of London, England, aged nearly 81 years.
In 1S49 he was au apprentice in the English
merchant marine service, but deserted in
San Francisco and remained on the Pacific
Coast till his death. During the big fire in
Nevada City in 1859 Napoleon King vas one
of a number imprisoned in a fre-pTOof
building surrounded by flames, and with his
companions was nearly roasted alive. Mr..
King came of good English family, and a
sister of deceased now living is married to
an English lord. He leaves a family of
eight mothereSs children. four sons aud
four daughters, two of the latter being mar
ried. The funeral took place yesterday
from the Pythian Hall at Virginia City. He
was insured in the Chosen Friends for
$1,000, having been member of Unity Coun-
Gil, No. z, Of Virginia City.
The morning call., 1891-06-22
Biographies cf Prussian Leaders.

BERLIN, June 21.-The biography Of Won
Moltke Will contain exhaustive biographies
of other PrussiaD leaders who came to the
front during the reign of the old Emperor
William. The material from which these
additional chapters will be formed is taken
from personal notes of Won MoilkP, and
the whole Will be edited by the Emperor
The morning call., 1891-06-22
Chicago Strikers.

CHICAGO, June 2I.-Two thousand mold
ers will probably be on strike by tomorrow
night. Their union decided last evening
that none of their members should work on
architectural work in any Chicago foundry
during the continuance Of the strike of the
architectural IRONY orkers. This is practi-
cally ordering a strike of 1000 molders Of
the city. The strike now threatens to
spread to other bui lding trades.
The morning call., 1891-06-22
THE PANAMA CANAL.

The Prosecution Of De Lesseps Demanded by
Public Opinion.
PARIS, June 21-Monchlcourt. liquidator
for the Panama Canal Company. has held
repeated conferences with Constans, Minis
ter Of the Interior, on the condition of the
e0mpany's affairs. The report that Chris
tODhile is considering scheme of the Credit
FOncier to revive the canal COM
pany is unfounded. Ministers Fdllieres and
Cnnstans have had a meeting with high ju-
dicial authorities regarding the prosecution
of De LeSseps. Official opinion generally
tends against his secutien, but COnslaRs
says the public feeling demands that the
famous engineer be placed on trial