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The morning call., 1891-05-16
A Slick swindler.

A wine agent who deals in champagne in
the Rue Richer, Paris, was visited some
months ago, says the Paris correspondent of
the London News, by ayoung man OF stylish
appearance and gentlemanly manners, who
described himself as a nephew of NJ. Wad-
dington, the French ambassador in Lon
don. The visitor. who gave the name of NJ.
MorissOt said he was instructed by his
uncle to order for him several cases of
rather expensive champagne. OF course the
agent jumped at the order, and asked him to
dinner. At table the guest limited that he
would not be displeased with a commission
on ali orders sent TO the ambassador, and
this agent said lie would gladly oblige him
in the matter. Orders followed in large
numbers, nj. Washington, to whom they
were sent direct. thinking the while that
they were presents from generous friends
who preferred TO remain unknown. His dis
appointment on receiving the agents bill may
be imagined. lie replied that he had en-
powered nobody to purchase champagne for
hin, and that be knew nobody by the name
Of Morissol. The latter has now got out Of
the WaY,
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GREAT NORTHERN.
A Route to Connect the Two Oceans il Ninety.
three Hours.

A Route TO Connect the Two Oceans il Ninety
three Hours.
SPOKANE FALLS CYash.), May 15.-The
special correspondent Of the Review, de-
tailed TO inspect the country tTayersed by
the numerous surveys Of the Great Northern
road, and to learn the route to be followed
by the road across the State. telegraphs that
the road is now practica ly located from ST.
Paul to Puget Sound. and that the Board Of
Directors have adopted all of the recon-
mendauCnS Of Chief Engineer Stevens,
From ChattaTOy, north Of Spokane, the road
viii G. down Little Spokane TO COulee
Creek, and thence will ascend to the great
plateau of Big Bend. From there to
COuiee City, and Coulee, it viii
closely parallel the Central Washington,
but running north of that line
and gaining an advantage by closer pr0X-
unity TO the best part Of the grain belt.
Crossing Grand Coulee the road runs south
TO Moses COUlee, which it fescends to the
Columbia River, crossing that stream near
Rock Island. 1t then runs north twelve
miles to NeuatChee River, which stream
il asceuds for twenty five miles. It
then cuts across to the left fork Of Mason
Creek, which il asCeuds TO the summit,
through Stevens Pass. At an elevation Of
$500 feet it enters q tWo-mile tunnel.
On the western slope it descends
on the ridge between the Skykomish
and SnOhOmlsh rivers 10 the SnO-
hOmiSh River, where IL affects
junction with the Montana and Seattle
roads, striking the first Underwater at Port
Gardner and thence on 10 Seattle. 1t is
claimed that this line viii be $50 miles
shorter than the Northern Pacific and will
have an advantage OF six hours in grade,
and that it VIII carry through passengers IN
3inety-luTee hours from ocean TO ocean.
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OVER 158 DEGREES.

That Is the Temperature of a Fever
Stricken Young Girl.
Perhaps the most extraordinary fever on
record has been under the observation of
several physicians of Memphis during the
last three weeks, says special from that
city to the st. Louis Globe Democrat. A
patients temperature rose to 1859 Fahren-
heit and eleven physicians thermometers
we're burst by the pressure. At the home
Of Nj. L. PaOl, Manager of the Postal TeIe-
graph Company, "a Monroe street, a Young
girl from Cat Island, Miss, has been sick of
a remarkable fever for the last three weeks.
The fever started in tonSllitiS. to which she
is subject. Little was thought of the matter
until the fever followed, two or three DAYS
after. 1t was then found that the girl was
dangerously ILL The tOnsilitis meanwhile
had been cured.
Mrs. PaOli took her temperature with her
own fever thermometer. 1t registered 1862
A physician was summoned; he pronounced
the case serious, and prescribed proper rem
edieS. Next day The temperature rose to
1852 Fahrenheit. Tie fever was intermit =
tent; it rose usually about or 10 o'clock n
the morning, and continued at intervals I'M
I'll about noon. The patient rested well
during the night. Soon after the physicians
had gone on the second day of the fever,
Mrs. PaOli summoned them again, ANNOUNCE
This was all that the thermometer could
register and the bulb burst. A second at
tempt was attended with no more success.
From this time thermometers broke daily.
Little estimates could be made of its height.
for every fever thermometer that was tried
broke under the great pressure. Finally a
thermometers of extra strength and highly
graduated was obtained from Chicago. 1t
was capable nominally of registering 1902
The thermometer broke at 1882 1t is esti-
mated that as there could have been no
pressure at 1850 the real temperature must
have been fully 1859 to break this thermo-
meter. In all eleven instruments were
broken. The extreme temperature could
not be measured many times for want Of
thermometers.
The Strangest, most wonderful part of the
whole affair is that the little girl is expected
to recover. One popularity was the rapid
ty and extent of the change. The patients
temperature sometimes fell to go F., when
stmulants would be needed to raise it. Per-
haps only half an hour later the tempera-
ture would be climbing toward 1909. A
physician said last evening that he had
known of but two instances where the tenn
peTature had reached the fatal limit-110o
Both died. One was a case of sunStroke,
the other lock jaw.
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COVERED WITH CONFUSION.
A Woman Takes a Renowned Clergyman
for n Pickpocket.

n w oman IakeS n Renowned Clergyman
for Pickpocket.
wealthy lady of New York was going
downtown in an elevated car, with a con-
siderable sum of money in her purse. At
one of the stations there came into the car
man by whose face she was struck, and she
instantly said to herself that he must bs a
pckpOrket When he sat down beside her
she thought of her well-filled purse. and re-
solved to watch him.
Suddenly her suspicious neighDor put his
hand down at his side. She felt it slide
down until it touched her purse, and In
stantly she put out her own hand and seized
the stranger by the wrist. He did not strug-
gle, and she was In some perDleXity as to
what she should do nfXt, but she thought
that If he should attempt to get away she
could, at least, show that she had him by the
wrist with his hand in her pocket.
She said afterward that she could not tell
why she did not give an alarm at once, but
she sat quiet. waiting for her neighbOr to
make the first move.
They rode in this way for some distance,
when TO her amaZement the stranger at one
of the downtown stations prepared to rise.
III you will let go of my arm, madam"
he said, with the utmost GOODNESS, 81 will
get out here"
He half rose as he spoke, and to her utter
confusion the lady discovered that his hand.
instead of being in her pocket, was thrust
into the pocket of his own ulster. The gar
ment hung down so that his hand had
pressed against her purse without being in
contact with it, and she had been holding
him by the wrist with no apparent excuse
whatever
She was overcome with confusion, but
managed to say that she had thought his
hand to be IN her pocket The stranger
smiled and went out, while gentleman near
by leaned forward to say:
Don't you know who that is, madam?
That is Rev. DR.. Blank"
The name was that of one of the best
known clergymen in the City Outh's Com
DaniOn.
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A CHICKEN THIEF.
Not One of the Ordinary Description,
But a Two Winged Fowl.

Not One OF the Ordinary Description,
But Two Winged Fowl.
Some time ago the household Of a gentle
man, well known In commercial circles of
GravenhurSt Ontario, was very much up
set by the loss Of a valuable diamond ring
belonging to a guest-a lady from New
York.
Suspicion at once fell on a servant who
was employed as hOusemaid, but upon her
continued and earnest denial of the theft
she was retained, as the gentleman, from a
sense of justice, did not wish to discharge
her on mere suspicion. A few days after
the ring disappeared it was found under the
lady's window, with the solitaire stone, how
ever, missing, having been pried out of the
setting.
1t was supposed that the thief had re-
moved the diamond 10 keep it from being
identified. The mystery was solved, how
ever, recently in most unexpected manner,
for in cleaning a chicken for dinner the
cook discovered small round object in its
craw, which, on being cleaned, was found
to be the missing diamond.
The superstition now is that the ring fell
from the lady's hand while she was in bed
aud, the clothes being shaken next morning,
IL fell from them into the yard, where it was
found by the hen, which. pecking the stone
from the setting, swallowed list. Paul
Globe
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ALIENS AssAILANT.
Some One in the Police Department Has
P1undn~a5

Some One in the Police Department Has
Blundered.
SACRAMENTO, May 15.-The Police De-
paTtmeut here is very Teticent about what is
TRANSPORTING liz the matter Of hunting down
the men Who robbed and tried to
murder Robert Allen some nights ago.
That is, the Chief Of Police is
reticent, but somebody has undoubtedly
given away all that has been accomplished.
Two Of the supposed thugs are now in Gus
t0dy, one IN san Francisco and one here.
Chief Crowley has done his best to
keep his operations from the pub
lie until all the guilty men were
caught but somebody here, evidently in the
Police Department, has told all that has
been done and the result may be that the
man most wanted may not be caught.
Even his name was psbished here this even
ing. Chief Drew tonight declared he had
nothing to do with the matter Of hunting
down the guilty parties. A serious blunder
has been committed by somebody.
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The Feather River Flume

ORovILLE, May 15-Work on the canal
and walls of the Golden Feather Channel,
limited, was completed this morning. The
work is one of the most stupendOus ever
undertaken on the Coast The canal in
length is 5000 feet, from which was exca-
waited $3.50 cubic yards Of rock. Six thou
sand barrels of cement were used in the
construction OF the canal and walls. Work
was begun in July of last year by Major
Frank Mclaughlin, representing an English
syndicate. To date the expenditure has
been $500, O0O In about week work will
begin OF the flume, which was delayed by
the nigh water The entire completion of
the undertaking is expected the 1St Of July.
The chief engineer, Warren g. Sanborn,
says of the work: I'm my lifelong expert
ence l have never seen such substantial
work at such a minimum Of cost"
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KNOWING ELEPHANT.
He Strictly Objected to Being Cheat
Out of His Full Meal.

He Strictly Objected to Being Cheated
Out of His Full Meal.
In 1853 a regiment was marching from
Peshawur to Kopulyie, and was accom-
panied by train of elephants. II was the
duty OF the mahOut in charge of each ele-
plant TO prepare twenty chupattieS, or fat
cakes made of coarse -four, for his charge
When the twenty chupatties were ready
they were placed before the elephant who,
during the process of counting, never at
tempted to touch one Of them until the full
number was completed. On one occasion
one of the elephants had seized the oppOr-
tunity of his mahouts attention being dis
tracted for moment TO steal and swallow
one OF the chupatties. Whan the mahout,
having finished the preparation, began to
count them out, he, of course, discovered
the theft and presented his charge with
nineteen in place Of the usual Dumber,
The elephant instantly appreciated the
fact of there being one less than he had
right TO expect and refused TO touch them,
expressing his indignation by loud trumpet
ings. This brought the conductor of the
elephant line to the scene. Having heard
the explanation of the mahout, the condrc-
tor decided that the mahout was in fault
for not keeping better lookout and or
dered him to provide the twentieth cake at
his own cost. When this was prepared and
added to the pile the elephant at once ae-
ceDted and ate them.
1t Is Incredible that an elephant, sagaciOuS
as he is, should be able to count I'D to
twenty, At the same time it Is difficult TO
find any other explanation, except one
which would imply the possession Of still
higher degree of intelligence, namely, the
consciousness of his own delinquency, and
an expectation Justified by the RESULT of
what wOul1 follow when he called the con-
ductor's attention by trumpetng.-Ex
The morning call., 1891-05-16
BREWERY WORKMEN.
The Conflict Between the Unions Caus,
Lockout,

The Conflict Between the Unions Causes
Lockout.
According to advces received from Ia
coma the brewery owners have locked out
all the members in their employ of the
Pacific Coast Brewery Workmen's Union,
of which Alfred Thurman is chief. and have
resolved to employ hereafter none but men,
beers of the National Brewery Workmen's
Union, which is making war upon Thurman.
Several members of the local branch of
the National Union have gone north to take
the places of the locked-out men and much
ill-feeling Is the result. Thurman has gone
to the scene of strife and his lieutenants
state that he will win the fight.
They profess to believe that the trouble Is
the result Of cOlus0n between the brewery
owners and the National Union, both of
which are interested in destroying the influ-
ence of the Pacific Coast Union.
The morning call., 1891-05-16

Reuben Kachtein of Wilkesbarre, Pa,
aged 9, had an awful ride recently. He
brought his horse up to the railroad crossing
to see if he would scare at train When
the locomotive got near the horse jumped
on the track and ran ahead of it, The boy
was p0werleSs, the engineer going down
grade and could not stop the heavy freight.
The horse ran for all he was worth. The
farmers from the fields saw the race, and
the engineer kept whistling down brakes.
The locomotive finally caught the horse,
throwing him up in the air. He fell on the
boy, killing him. The horse was shct.-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
The morning call., 1891-05-16
W0MAN'S VANITY.
1t Leads to the Detection of a Gang of

1t Leads to the Detection of q Gang of
Express Thieves.
Woman's vanity has recently sent four
men to prison in Indiana to serve long terms
for express robberies. For over year the
Michigan Central express-cars have been
looted between Chicago and Michigan City,
Ind, says the Chicago Herald. Both the
American Express Company and the rail-
road people put detectives to work on the
case. but their efforts to locate the thieves
were unsuccessful AS late as February
nth the thieves robbed an eXpress-car be-
tween Kensingt0n and Michigan City,
getting about $4,000 worth of goods
The train made no stop between the
stations named and the detectives came
to the conclusion that the work was
The morning call., 1891-05-16

time. Cupeta is a furnaceman and was
obliged to quit work at Harrisburg on ac-
count of the strike in the coke regions The
family arrived here yesterday. and being
ute ly weary and destitute, were on the
point of throwing themselves into the lake
when arrested by the Office. They were
taken to police station and fed and an
effort will be made to find employment for
the father In the meantime the mother
and children will be cared for by the officers.
ST Ionic Post DiSnatch
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Robert Barton Dangerously III.

FRESNO, May 15.-Robert Barton. man.
ager and part owner of the widely known
Barton vineyard, is lying almost at the point
Of death from q complication of diseases re-
sult.ng from a severe attack of la grippe.
Tomorrow or next day will certainly de-
termine between life and death He has
weeks,
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SUIT IN EQUITY.
To Declare Proclamation Illegal and an Elec-
ton Void.

10 Declare PROCLAMATION Illegal and an Elec-
ton Void.
SACRAMENTO, May he. A. Burr to
day brought suit against the City Trustees
70 have declared illegal the proclamation
calling for an election at which the people
voted to pay back salaries Of the policemen
Of this city. he prays that the election it.
self be declared void, aud that it be decreed
that the proposition did not receive the
necessary twO-thiTds vote, and that the or
dinance p~gidiug for the collection of the
tax be adjudged null and void. That his al
legation concerning the vote may be estab-
lished, he prays for q recount Of the ballots
Burr brought a similar action sons weeks
ago, asking for a writ Of review, but the
court decided that the matter could not be
reached in that way. Burr therefore deter
mined 20 take another course, hence the nit
In equity,
The morning call., 1891-05-16
The Result of a Strike.

Martin Cupeta, his wife and three chill
dren were arrested recently In Chicago Just
as the father and mother were about to
drown themselves in the lake. The whole
family had walked from Harrisburg Pa,
and the feet of the children were great
masses of sores and blsters. None of the
members OF the family had eaten for so me
The morning call., 1891-05-16
Suicide Of an Insane Man.

CLIFTON (Ariz), May IA W. Taft,
prospector, suicided this morning at the
Coronado mine. He tied rope around his
neck, secured the other end to a beam on an
ore-bin and jumped off. He was Free
Mason. Mental arrangement was the cause
Of The act.
The morning call., 1891-05-16
MARRFED.

DAVIS-McKAY-ln this city, Mag H. 18gL Dy the
Rev Robert Mackenzie. ID D., Harry ". DAVIS anu
Jeanette Mckay both of Oakland. 49,
PENDERGAST-WIL In Eureka, Hum6o az
County May IL, 1891 James w. PendergaSt and
Hattie NJ. Wiley, both of San Francisco.
SNODEN-MAYER-In this city, by the Rev. DIR.
Ferguson, Dr. Snodeu of Auburn, Placer County,
and Bertha Mayer of Sonora Tuoumne County.
KUHLMAN-HEISE-In this city. May IA, 1891,
by the Rev j. II, Schroeder, John r. kaufman
and Hermine HeiSe
The morning call., 1891-05-16
sADDLE-CAR RAILROAD.
-Four Patents secured-Two Vermont Towns
70 Try the New system

UNION Oregon), May 15.-J B. Mahana,
President and General Manager Of the Sim
gle Rail and Saddle-car Railroad Company
Of this city, has returned from Washington,
d. G., where he went several months ago In
the interest of the company. He secured
The company have accepted q subsidy of
$4,000 to construct line between two
The morning call., 1891-05-16
Crushed to Death BY a Horse

SEATTLE May 15.-This afternoon Daniel
Welch, an engineer, started ont horseback
riding. The horse pranced back on to the
sidewalk, lower than the street bed, and
falling over crushed his rider almost to a
Jelly. The man died in about ten minutes.
The morning call., 1891-05-16
Woodland Wants the Fall Fair.

MARYsyILLE, May 15.-An important
meeting of the Directors of tire Thirteenth
District Agricultural Society will be held
tonight. Representatives from Woodland
are here, and strong effort will be made
to have the fair held there next fall. Tele-
grams received from Woodland state that
an enthusiastic meeting is being held, and
that a successful fair is guaranteed il held
thnrp
The morning call., 1891-05-16
His Revenue D,m,r,sho,

Captain Jules Callunden informed Judge
Hunt yesterday that he can no longer pay
his wife alImony, as he is no longer captain
Of Harry Morse's force and now earns only
$40 per week.
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wagon watching her son cut down tree.
The tree fell toward the wagon and the boy
called to his mother to get out of the way.
She seemed unable to move. The tree
crashed down just behind the wagon with
out touching the woman, but she fell over
dead from fright.
The morning call., 1891-05-16

Nelson l.. Berdan has begun suit In the
United States Circuit Court against the
United States for SI03l so. alleg ed Ia he dine
him for services rendered as a deputy in
1884 in surveying the Mount Dia6lo base
and meridian.
The morning call., 1891-05-16
Dodging Dockaee.

The Harbor Commissioners have brought
suit in the Justices court against the owners
of the schooners Redwood, Howard and
Columbus for $97, dockage and penalties for
The morning call., 1891-05-16

IA prize-fgbt between two rivals, In which
the girl herself acted as referee, recently
occurred at Brazil, Tenn. Upon the COM
pletlon OF the battle the girl threw herself
into the arms OF the winner, and they at
once proceeded to clergyman's house and
were married
The morning call., 1891-05-16

SEATTLE, May 15-The State Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows to-day elected c. a.
The morning call., 1891-05-16
A Murder Trial Endad

SAN DIEGO, May 15.-The jury in the
case of Arch freeman, charged with the
murder Of Mrs. Burnham at Moosa Canyon
three years ago, returned a verdict this
evening of not guilty
The morning call., 1891-05-16

SAN DIEGO, May 15.-John E. Richards,
representing the San Jose Watch Company,
to-day purchased the plant of the Otay
Watch Company for $50, 500 The plant
will be removed to Alyiso, near San Jose.
The morning call., 1891-05-16
GUILTY AS CHARGED.

A Methodist Minister Convicted Of FeloniOus
Assault
Los ANGELES, May b. The trial of
Samuel j. Fleming, until recently Metho-
dist clergyman, upon a charge OF assault
with intent to commit an outrage upon
Anna Peterson, young Danish nurse-girl
in his employ, on March 18th, is at last con-
cluded in the Superior Court here to-day,
the jury, after four hours deliberasion, re-
turning a verdict Of guilty as charged. The
public feeling is strongly against Fleming
been mixed mp in a number Of shady trans
actions Recently,
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Vermont towns. The business manager has
been instructed to negotiate with mechani-
cal engineers and machine ships for the
construction of a single-Tail engine.
The morning call., 1891-05-16
A DERELICT TAILOR.
he Suddenly Drops Out Of Sight With HI
EMPLOYERS Money,

Employers Money,
MARYsyILLE, May BIB. NJ. HONG, a
tailor, has disappeared, and no trace has
been found Of him since May 9th. he left
here on the 1st of April to solicit orders for
bis employer and was last heard OF at Grass
Valley and Nevada, when he left for Wash
Ington, Nevada County. Letters aud tele-
grams have failed to locate him. He had
about $500 in bis possession belonging to
bis employer, and 1t is thought he has either
been murdered or has left for parts IN
EnnWn.
The morning call., 1891-05-16
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.

Mamie Closes Kills Her stepfather, Solomon
Adkins
NAPA, May 15-SOlomOn Adkins, a we'll
known citizen Of this county, was acciden-
tally shot and killed at his home, near Oak
willie, last night In company with his STEP
daughter, Miss Mamie Close, he had started
TO get the cows. Miss Close carried shot
gun, which, by some means, was discharged,
and the lead took effect in Mr.. Adkins leg,
below the knee, carrying away portion of
the bone. He only lived few minutes after
being wounded. He was a native of Ten
nessee, aged 90 years
The morning call., 1891-05-16
Ex-sECRETARX TAFT
Sinking Rapidly and His Death Expected at
Any Time

SAN DIEGO, May 15.-Ex-Secretary Taft
is very low and is sinking rapidly. His
physicians stated this eveningthat he would
probably last through the night but not
longer. His son. Solicitor-General Taft, ar
rived from Los Angeles this evening, where
he has been in charge of the Robert and
Minnia case
The morning call., 1891-05-16

REV. F. N. ZABRIsKIE, DID.
Rev. Francis n. Zabriskie, ID. d., the we'll
known divine AMI author. died yesterday at
Princeton, y. j.
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& THE KILLING OF HUNT.

HE Court OF Inquiry Expected to Meet on
Monday Next.
WALLA WALIA (Wash.). May l5.-There
IL no news Of Importance relative to the
situation at the post. The military authori-
ties still have sixteen soldiers ia irons wait
Ing meeting Of the court Of inquiry ordered
60 meet on May 14th here to inquire into the
shooting Dy the soldiers of A. j. Hunt on
April Oath. Brigader-General A. Y. KauZ,
President Of the court of inquiry, has not
yet arrived. though he is expected to do so
Sunday, and the court will convene Oh Mon
day. The Grand Jury called to inquire into
the same matter has adjourned till Monday.