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The morning call., 1891-01-19

He pulled on his overcoat. Callahan
looked disappointed, but he frightened
almost immediately, remembering our pre-
vious laughter.
Il think the leading idea is irst-class
thing" he said, "and-"
" But it's a little worn, Cal, my boy" said
Hastings. American authors have TO keep
up with the times in this country of hust-
ling. Now I've an idea for a story
e knew he had, whispered Baker, but
l cherished faint hope that we might es-
cape it.'0
(which is right up to date. All this
talk about DR.. Koch and the bacilIi has pre-
pared the public for good fiction on the
subject"
If the public demand isn't satisfied by
the foreign dispatches you've been writing,
Hastings" said Baker. there's no use in
trying them with self-cUnfessed fiction
No, but this is good thing" said Hast
ings. MY leading character is an ingenious
Yankee doctor, who is called to attend Jay
Gould. While studying the Little Wiz
ards case he discovers and iSolates the
bacillus Of financial success. Oh, I'd like to
write description of that bug. Well, he
inoculates himself with it and gets a mild
attack, during which he collects his bill from
Jay. Afterward the thing acts Ikea vaccina-
ton and he can't make dollar to save his
life."
II guess we've all been vaccinated that
way" said Richards, as he wrote his name
on his check and asked the waiter to carry
it TO the desk.
Has Hastings ever made success at fic-
tion?" | asked Baker. Z" [ thought his idea
for story was rather good"
Success" cried Baker. HE makes a
hundred dollars a week in space on the
Globe and not paragraph, not line. not
word, by lingo, that he ever wrote had
even so much as rag Of the garment OF
truth clinging to It, Fiction? Did you
read his dispatches when Senator Bedloe
was dying and he was sent up to watch the
easep Why sir he took Rd medical dstG
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with every fatal disease mentioned as far
Town as ), and his story on jaundice was
printed the very morning that meningitis
carried the old man away. Hastings said it
was lucky Bedloe didn't wait, for he'd have
WORKED down to meningitis finally, and. if
lie had, 1t would have ruined his reputation
as II mar; Books? No, sir. WHY should
man with an imagination like his allow a
sh,lk OIL Dook-publiSher to rob him?
., ArtI,ur Little here interrupted us to say
mat ne thought international copyrighr
T Tuid neIp young American authors a good
ueaI. lie was in hopes that before another
fear had passed he might afford to get a
9 az nat. He wOnid not aspire to heated
hhal, oat ne hoped to get one that could be
aehlea without including all outdoors in the
Gfaicnlatlon for coal. At present the cracks
III .ne SIDE OF the house where he lived
"eIe almost dig enough to make it danger
I Eue LOT %. the children TO play near the wall,
I ~ tney should fall out into the street.
a ne nad several stories in publishers hands
already, and one of them "a gentleman
nan bpzzarG had told him that if
ne hS a, pay Tor the paper, composition and
t SiinIlhg, ana guarantee a circulation of 1000,
IN, ms oook would be issued Immediately. He
i iad rejected the terms, and the publisher
iinu u9he the same act for the story. Little
I I' neu' however, that he had been tempted
ooea9se he had never had anything printed
G GI- newspaper, and he would really
iih0 W sec Ills name on the cover.
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WITH A SWITCH-HOOK.
How Arthur Graham Insisted on
His " Rights"

Whether particular spot at the intersec-
ton of Market and Ninth streets, which is
usually occupied by Arthur Graham, o
Switchman in the employ of the Suffer-
street Gable Company, is his by right of
prior occupancy over all claims OF persons
jumping on aud off cars at that point is to
be decided with the outcome of the charge
of assault with deadly weapon preferred
against him last evening at the new City
Hall Police Station. lie thinks he has a
right to that particular place, as he is COM
PEELED TO stand there while on duty, and he
has defended his clamsagainst all intruders.
Yesterday afternoon Martin jacobson, q
seaman, who resides at Tilden place,
jumped off n Sutter-street car and went
plump into the stopping form of the switch
nun. This was resented and angry words
were exchanged. At last, so says Switch
man Graham, san objectionable insult was
given me. and l belted him one over the
head" The weapon used is an ordinary
switch-hOOk about three feet in length.
jacobson went away aud ali was thought
to have been smO0thed over by Graham until
ne was arrested by Officers Horrgan and
Arlington.
At the prison Graham was very reticent
in the absence of his attorney, but he ad-
hered to his original story of some ''unpar-
dOnable insult" having been given.
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some school-house was put up and the Cath
olcS soon dedicated tasteful church edifce.
The well-known Newark eoursing grounds
were laid out and have always.
since proved great attraction to the sport
ing fraternity. Industries sprang up-our
town was an established fact To-day it is
one OF the prettiest and busiest little villages
on the bay. Here are located the Newark
Iron Works, owned and operated by James
Graham, and giving employment to number
of men. The shops of Carter Brothers, car
manufacturers, are also located here, and
turn out every year rolllng-Stock for the
different street and steam railroads, that
finds its way to every part of the country
! II was here that the famous car sent by some
admirer to King Kaloakaua was manu-
featured, just year ago; and from these
works were sent out about a month ago.
the first one Of the new Lowe combination
cars, for a Portland street-railway. that are
bound to come into general use. as they can
he used as an open car or transformed into
closed one o. n moments notice.
The Crystal Salt Works is another large
industry belonging to Newark, owned by
/ Messrs. j. A. Plummer Jr. and c. A
Plummer. These works turn out finer
quality OF salt than any imported into this
/ country, and are conducted on a very large
scale. AT Jarvis Landing, close by the
town, is one OF the most extensive lumber
/ businesses in the country, and the trans
| pOrtation facilities, by water or rail, OF our
| town are unequaled in this entire section.
1 Thus, it will be seen. the rapid growth of
! the infant town is not so difficult to under
| stand a. an outsider might imagine. Given
/ all the prerequisites to an important town,
| and the 'iong-felt want" is bound to be
! supplied.
| The soil of the surrounding country is adj
/ mirably adapted to the raising of small
| fruits and vegetables, and large quantities
! of these are shipped from here. Some of
| the finest and earliest tomatoes that reach
| the San Francisco market are grown on Mr..
| Caleb Haley's Newark ranch, and the New
ark onion is a thing of rare delight to all
| city lovers Of that Odorous vegetable.
Our public school opened last Monday
under the supervision of a new principal,
Mrs l.. A. Jordan, who succeeds our popu-
| lar Young tnwnsman, Anthony Rose, he
| having gone East to take special course in
! higher mathematics. Mrs. Jordan was for
| merry principal of the NallecitOs School,
| near Sunol, a position which young lady
| of Newark, Miss Ollie Jarvis, has just been
| elected to fill.
! The Graham Foundry was closed some
! time ago, pending the adjustment by the
! IrOn-molderS' Union of the difficulties re al
| or imaginary, of their striking labOrers.
! These having been arranged work at tn e
! shop has been resumed and all hands are
| busy.
| We would like a little more RAIN" the
farmers say, but even should this be with
held the outlook is good, hereabouts for
excellent crops, and the average Newarkite.
agricultural or otherwise Is inclined this
season to a very Self-congratulatOry frame
Of mind, for he is apt to regard himself as a
pretty good fellow in a tirSt-rate place.
Nstcark, Jan. L. 1891 NEWARK.
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Life After Fnrtv-

The best half of life is in front Of the man
of 80 if he be anything Of man. The work
he will do will be done with the hand of u
master and not OF a raw apprentice. The
trained intellect does not see "men as trees
walking" but sees everything clearly and
in just measure. The trained temper does
not rush at work Ike blind bull at a hay
st ok, but advances with the calm aud
ordered pace of conscious power and DELHI
crate determination. To 10 man is the
world so new and the future so fresh as to
him who has spent the early years of his
manhood in striving to understand the
deeper problems Of science and life, and
vino mas made some Roadway toward COM
pretending them. To him the comm0nest
things are rare and wonderful, both in them
selves and as parts of beautiful and intel
ligent whole. Such thing as staleness IN
lite aud its duties he cannot understand
knowledge is always opening out before
him in wider eXPanses and more command
ing heights. The pleasure Of growing EnOwl-
edge and increasing power makes every
year of his life happier and more hopeful
than the last.-Frum the Hospital
The morning call., 1891-01-19

Francisco, No. 297. July g. 1888. Five wears
ago the last biennial convention, which met
In Oakland. elected the following officers
PRESIDENT, Daniel Crowley, No. ass, Oak
land: Vice-President, Dr. J. f. Gibbon, No.
437, San Francisco; Secretary, Charles c.
Echlin, No. 437. San Francisco; State Treas
urer, Henry Weber, No. 297, Temescal;
Sniritual Director, Rev. Lawrence Serbia
q Ihe ordrr has not grown with that rapid
lty IN this State that it has in the East,
@here there are many very strong branches,
some OF which have a uniform rank, like
some OF the non-Catholic societies.
what growth the organization has made
mere mas been Of very permanent nature.
as IS shown by the strength of some of the
branches In this city and across the bav.
The branch at Temescal has the largest
membership, and besides having two State
officers occupy seats in the last convention
1t had two delegates.
The deliberations yesterday were con-
Quoted with good deal of business tact,
showing that the delegates are men of no
mean abilities.
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THE PAsTOR's UIsTOny
BLYTHE'S MILLIONS.
Have the Williams Claimants Forged Doc
umentary Evidence.

Have the Williams Claimants Forged Doc
umentary Evidence.
An affidavit of rather sensational char
acter was fled in the Probate Court on Sat
urday by James Witt Pierce, one of the de-
feated Williams heirs in the contest over
Tom Blythe's millions. To say that the in
cident created tlutter of excitement among
the attorneys in the case is but mild de-
scription of the fact, and the bearing which
the paper may have on the future course of
the proceedings was discussed from every
standpoint.
The affidavit goes to show that Thomas
Williams, under whom the parties claimed
to inherit, was not born on July 80, 1922, as
testified to at the trial of the case, but was
in fact, born long prior to that date, as can
be proved by the family Bible, in which the
original entry of his birth was made In the
Welsh language. The gypsy Blythes are
particularly pleased with the turn of events,
as they have long been engaged in working
up proof of fraud and forgery in the docu-
mentary evidence introduced on behalf of
the Williams claimants, and assistance
from such an unexpected quarter is no little
help to them. They have employed DIR. r.
V. Piper of Chicago, a noted expert in
hand writing, to establish the truth of their
charges.
The morning call., 1891-01-19

Editor Morning Call: Could the shade
of that genial, e-hearted, open-handed old
pioneer Robert Liyermore return again to
the scene of his early life and labors what
surprise would be his to see where once
ranged his great-horned Spanish cattle or
waved the bright green Of his growing grain
a thriving town bearing his family name and
detracting in no way from its honor and
fame.
Liyermore was designed. in the minds of
its projectors, to become eventually large
inland city. Eventually is term of exceed
ing elasticity, and there is yet hope that ere
its ultimate expansion be achieved our bust
ling town may realize the intent Of its found
ers, but it has not vet done so.
One reason for this may be found in the
country surrounding the town. Unlike the
condition that prevails in other parts of
Alameda County, the land is chiefly in large
holdings, great wheat and hay ranches.
which, to be profitable, must be of large
area. A town deriving its support from
such all outlying country must OF necessity
be slow in its growth.
Planted in the very heart Of the valley, the
town has spread about on every side in q
rambling, rural fashion, the streets wan
dering of into the fields apparently as aim
lessly as, in the earlier days, the nomadic
cattle wandered in search of pasture. In
the heart OF the town, however, all is COM
pactness and hustle. Here are several large
and well-conducted hotels. good Post
office, several well-appointed business
blocks, any number of stores representing
admirably the various lines OF mercantile
business, handsome brick bank building
and the various other adjuncts 10 a thriving
town.
Livermore supports two lively news
papers, the elder being the Herald. which,
under the management Of w. =. Bartlett,
has pursued more or less successful career
since 1878, while the Echo, edited and pub
lisbed by W. e. Stll, is of more recent
origin. Mr. Bartlett is actively identified
with the grape-growing interests of the sec
ton, and is firm believer in and worker
for the growth Of the town.
The spiritual interests of the place are
looked after by the Catholics, Presbyterians
and Methodists, and the town is particu-
larly fortunate in being able to afford its
young people unusually good educational
advantages. The public school is an excel
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NeMark.

Editor Morning Call: Perhaps no town
Of its size and youth on the Coast can make
better showing than Newark in the way Of
good business buildings and important man
ufacttries Anyone visiting our thriving
village would find it difficult to realize that
1t IS only fourteen years since the town was
established here. 1t was in 1877 that the
South Pacific Coast Railroad Company built
lis ropndhouse and sheds here, and the viii
lage began its growth with at first a rough
cottage here and there, then a dwelling or
TWO oil greater pretensions, the usual gen.
eral store and inevitable corner saloon.
These were soon followed by a handsome
hotel, tEen another was built, newspaper
was started, and the town received that I'M
petus which printers ink alone can give to
"a place or enterprise, and the clans began
10 gather. In other words, settlers began to
come In, and the town grew apace. A hand
The morning call., 1891-01-19
Who Lost Their washing?

About o'clock yesterday morning Detec-
tive Egan Of the Harbor Police observed a
man carrying a bundle on his shoulder
walking along Battery street, near Union.
The man saw the officer at the same time
and, dropping the bundle, ran. Egan took
the bundle to the station, where it was found
to contain large assortment OF mems and
women'S underclothing towels, jumpers,
etc. All the things we're wet, and had evil
IDENTIFY been taken from q clothes line, ON
which they had been hung up TO dry.
The morning call., 1891-01-19
THE DELUSIONS
OF GRANDEUR.
A Literary Discussion of Inter-
national Copyright.
Howard Fielding Was Present and Was At
feetsd to Tears by the Prospect of a
Grand Reward for Genius.
Special to THE MORNING CALL
We discussed the international copyrigf

We discussed the international copyright
while we sat at dinner in the little back
room of the restaurant, where we had met
by accident about o'clock of rainy even
ing. We were all authnrs-American au-
thors, II you please-and all OF us had SUI
fered by competition with the distinguished
gentlemen on the other side of the water,
who had been writing gratuitously for
American publishers On, how we had
suffered in that way! One had only to look
at us to see it.
The place is much frequented by literary
people, especially in the latter part of the
week. before payday comes round on the
big newspapers. We are we'll known there
and can "hang up" our checks We always
pay them. of course. We make enough to
live on, but somehow it doesn't last through
the week 1t is curious financial problem.
We appear to be running a race with Satur-
day noon. Some of us are gaining on 1t,
and some of us are losing ground. l know
man who used to begin to "hang up" his
checks on Wednesday nights, and now he
doesn't have to begin until Thursday nights.
BY nineteen years of steady economy he has
gained day. | know another man who
lost thirty days and his credit in less than
quarter If that time. A Judge afterward
gave him the thirty days, but he has never
recovered the credit
We are so literary that we have impaired
literary flavor TO this restaurant. 1t has
gradually taken the place Of all other fIavorS
In the coffee and tea. We discuss literary
subjects; and. as l said before. on this par
tlcniar occasion, we discussed international
copyright
. understand that Wiggleby & Co. are TO
print nothing but American works now,
sad Collins. That ought TO give some Of
you chance"
The morning call., 1891-01-19

IT Is so EASY TO CONTRACT A COLD, which,
from its obstiDacy may entail long siege OF dis
comforts before getting rid Of It, that the afflicted
should resort at once 10 that Old established
remedy, DR.. ID. Jaynes EXpectorant, which Will
speedily remove all coughs aud colds, and help
you TO avoid all complications Involving the
throat aud lungs.
The morning call., 1891-01-19

One of the city school-teachers at Abilene
was frightened into mysteries by toy snake
in the hands of bad boy the other day
She has not entirely recovered from the
shock yet-neither has the boy.
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she Cbapred Her Slip.

When the ferry steamer Piedmont ar
rived on this side at s 45 o'clock last even
ing with the passengers by the Southern
overland train, she ducked at the slip south
of Market street, instead OF her old slip,
on account of the steamer Ukiah being laid
up for the night. A large number of people
were at the ferry-landing to meet incoming
friends. Not knowing OF the change of slip,
nearly all were disappointed, as most of
the arriving passengers had left the boat
and gone uptown before their friends were
aware that she had come in.
There are 1000 unclaimed Christmas pres
ents in the New York postoffice because OF
the senQers' carelessueSs.
The morning call., 1891-01-19

The Order of Catholic Knights of Amer
lea was instituted in the Eastern States
about fifteen years ago, and grew with re-
markable yigOr. At the present time there
are 600 branches scattered throughout the
Union. 1t has the sanction of Cardinal
Gibbons and nearly all the ArchbishopS and
Bishops in the country. The Supreme As
sembly is incorporated under the laws of
Kentucky. The object of the corporation
is TO unite fraternally all acceptable Cath
olics of every profession, business and occu-
patton. to give all possible moral and mate
rial aid in its power to members of the or
ganization, holding instructive and scien-
tilic lectures. by encouraging each other in
business and by assisting each other to OBJ
tain employment; to establish and maintain
a benefit fund, from which a sum not to eX-
coed $1,000 shall be paid at the death OF each
member to his family or to such person as
the deceased may have directed. Inc nrst
city ten years ago and is composed OF Ger
| man members; the second was that Of San
The morning call., 1891-01-19
CATHOLIC KNIGHTS.
Proceedings of the Fifth Bien.
nial State Convention.
The Delegates and What They Accomplished.
Benefits Paid During the Past
Two Years

The Fifth Biennial State Convention of
the Catholic knights of America was called
to order at 1880 O'Clock yesterday morn
ing at st. Lawrence Hall, Forteth street,
Temescal, near Oakland, by State Presi-
dent Daniel Crowley.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-01-08
WASHINGTON.
MISS FULLER's WEDDING.

WAsHINGToE, Jan. S.-Miss
Mildred Fuller, daughter Of Chief
Justice Fuller, was married in st.
Johns Episcopal church to Hugh
Campbell Wallace, Of Tacoma,
Wash.
The marriage was brilliant one.
and reception was afterward held
~ the residence Of the Chief Justice,
which was attended by many promi-
nent people, including the president
and family, Vice President and Mrs.
Morton, members Of the cabinet aud
their families, associate justices OF
the supreme court and their wives,
and many foreign Representatives.
The day selected for the wedding
marks the twenty-ffth anniversary
Of the marriage of Chief Justice aud
Mrs. FulleT. The ehanoel Of the
church was beautifully decorated.
The usheD were senator Dubois, Of
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-01-08

STATE TAX LEvY.-The COVER,
nor, treasurer and secretary of-the
state, who constitute the executive
state board met in the treasurer's
office yesterday afternoon and made
the state levy for 1890. This matter
was delayed by some Of the county
tax rolls not being in until late.
The tax list for the year is as follow
For general expense fund, mills;
for university fund, II mill; for
military purposes, l-5 mill. All be-
ing less than Al mills against 1885
mills for the preceding year. The
assessed value OF taxable property in
the state is STA, 4,O77, 7Ss, and the state
levy amounts to to $i95;423.52, Of
which BIC, ,2S6. So is for university fund
aud 81, 2,sl5.55 for military purposes,
aud the remainder for general state
purp0ses. A large per cent Of the
state fund goes to keeping up the
insane asylum, penitenIiary and re-
form school.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-01-08
PARAGRAPHS.

In Seattle the bakers strike is
still on.
California has population OF
1,2OS, $50.
Banker Kean, of Chicago has
been bound over.
The New Hampshire Legislature
elects Tuttle, Rep, governor.
In Washington Wednesday saw
no change in the senatorial situation.
The great railroad strike in Scot
land shows no signs of any definite
improvement.
January IA at New Orleans will
take place the great fistic battle
which is to be decided at the rooms
of the Olympic Athletic Association
between Jack Dempsey and Bot
Fitzsimmons.
In the California joint republican
caucus Senator Stanford was nomi-
mated United States senator, receiv-
ing elghty-five votes. The demo
cratic caucus unanimously decided
10 give a complimentary vote to
Stephen M. White for senator.
James j. Corbett, of California,
who is matched to fight Peter Jack.
son for $4,000, and his manager,
Charles Steinzell, have come to wit
ness the Dempsey-Fitzsimmons
fight. 1t is stated that Corbett's
match with Slavin before the Olym-
pic club is off, on account of Slavin s
illness.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-01-08

Governor Ferry of Washington,
continues ill and the president Of
the senate is acting governor.
In Pennsylvania ]. Donald Cam
eron was the unanimous choice OF
the republican caucus for United
States senator to succeed himself.
The payroll of the officers of the
Washington Legislature is $67 day
as against ST. for last session. The
reduction is in clerks and pages.
In Montana the legislative dead
lock continues. A dispatch of Jan.
7 saws: "There is little doubt that
by Monday some understanding will
be arrived at whereby the necessary
nOn-partisan laws can be legally en-
acted. The proposition will probably
come from the republicans to meet
with the democrats, twenty-five of
each, respectively, and pass these
laws. Neither party will thus sur
render any convictions, or supposed
principles, and justice will be done
the various constituencies. Before
another legislature meets an election
of representatives will be held,
which will do away with all this
trouble. The party Offering the
compromise will, it is the belief of
many, stand best with the pc Iple Of
the state at large. 1t is an oppor-
tunlty for men of both parties to rise
superior to partisan motives and per-
sonal ambitions, and the party that
refuses 50 to do will cut its own
throat. The men who figure as its
leaders will have committed political
suidide in this state.