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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-20
PRAYERS REALIZED.
Death Of an Aged Woman on the Occasion of
Her Birthday

AUGUSTA (Me.), Dec. ia strange case
Of death, coming In reply to a prayer, oc-
Cured here this morning. The victim was
Mrs. Nancy Britt Kennedy, the Oldest
woman in the State. Her exact age was in
dispute, many claiming her to be l1S years
old, but she is known to lave been born be-
fore the year 1890. To-day was her birth
day, and preparation was made to celebrate
u To cheer her up, for size had been In the
blues for several days. When she awoke
this morning, she astonished her attendants
by kneeling at her bed and praying aloud
for God to come and take her, as she was
lonesome. Refusing all protests, she kept
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-20
DIsAFFECTED REPUBLICANS.
Factions Developed at a Meeting Of the Lou.
isiana State Central Committea

Factions Developed at Meeting Of the Lou
isiana State Central Committee.
NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 19.-In view Of the
dissensions in the Democratic party the Re-
publicans are extremely active and con-
slider their chances good. The State Central
Committee held meeting to-day, but also
developed factions - one composed of
straght-out white Republicans, with few
colored. led by Ex-Governor Yarmouth, and
the other comprising leading colored Re-
publicans, led by j. Madison Vance. 1t
was decided to call State Convention to
nominate ticket, and all went we'll until
the election to fill vacancies on the commit
tee for the State at large, which went in
favor Of the anti Yarmouth men. While
the vote was being taken Yarmouth and a
number OF his friends, including United
States Marshal Donnelly, left the hall. As
they were going out some one made an
offensive remark and drew a revolver but
he he was prevented by friends from shooting.
The committee then elected an anti-lottery
man as Secretary, and after adopting reso-
lutlons indorsing the Harrison administra-
tlon adjourned.
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FOUR BOMBS.
French Officials Frightened by Their Discov-
arY in a Pnlinn Statinn

french UfhclaIs frightened BY Their Discov-
cry in Police Station
PARIS, Dec. 19.-Cllchy, a northern suburb
Of Paris, was thrown into a state OF great
excitement to-day by the discovery of four
bombs In the Police Station there. The
fuses attached to the bombs had been ig
nited, but the fire by some means had been
extinguished before reaching the explosives
with which the bombs were filed. The
find caused great alarm in police circles. as
1t is believed it shows that the persons who
came in contact with the police on May-day
are determined to seek revenge, and that
some of them placed the bombs where they
were found in the hope of demolishing the
AZ of
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-20
PERUVIAN PROTESTS.
Action Of the Custom House Checks Commerc
The Baltimore Sails

NEW YORK. Dec. 19.-The Herald's Cal
lao special from Peru says: All the busi-
ness houses were closed yesterday. and at
mass-meeting the merchants protested
against the proposed decree of requiring
merchants doing business at the Custom
house to deposit 10000 soes each in place OF
bond. The Lima business houses joined
them, and they resolved to dispatch
no more foods for the balance of
the year. Ttae result will be that ships will
depart from here in an empty state and the
Imports viii be stored in the Custom
house, awaiting the decision Of the Govern
ment-
Minister Of Foreign Affairs Malta of
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gether. 1t spread all over my
head, and my hair all fell out.
until | was entirely baid-headel:
IL then broke out on my arms aud
shoulders, until my arms were
Just one sore. Ii covered :ny en-
tire body, my face, head and
shoulders being the worst. This
white scabs fell constantly from
my head, shoulders and arms;
the skin would thicAeu and be rel
and very itchy, and would crack
and bleed If scratched. After
spending many hundreds OF dol
lars, was pronounced incuraole.
l heard OF the CUrICuRA REM -
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ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

A Condemned Murderer Tries to Cut His Throat
With Pin.
LEAVENwoRTH (Kans.), Dec. 19.-Ben-
son, the murderer of Mrs. Mailman, who is
to be hanged on February 9Th, made a sec
ond unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide.
He has been in solitary confinement for sew
eral days, and for three days past has ab-
stained from food. To-day physician Wis
tied him and found that he has been using
a pin in an endeavor to cut his throat. He
became so reduced under this self-imposed
torture that his condition is critical
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-20

CUTIcURA REsoLVEST, could see change: AMI
after had taken four bottles, was almost cured:
and when 1 had used six bottles OF CurICURt
REsoLvENr, one box of CUrIcuRA. aud one
cake OF CUTICURA SOAP, l cured OF the
dreadful disease from which had suffered for five
years. / cannot express with pen what suffered
before using the REM MEDIEs. They saved my life,
and feel 1t my duty TO recommend them. Ny hair
is restored good rs ever and so is my eyesIght.
MRS. ROSA KELLY, Rockwell City. Iowa
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-20
Judge Blodpett to Resign.

CHICAGO. Dec. 19.-President Harrison
will probably be called on to fill another
vacancy on the Federal Bench, as Judge
BlOdgett OF the United States District Court,
1t is said. will resign before long TO accept
the presidency of a recently organized life
insurance company.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-20
Through sleeping.car Service.

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 19.-The announce
ment is made by the Pennsylvania Railway
OF the Inauguration of through Pullman
sleeping-rar service via that system and
connections from New York and Philadel-
phia to San Francisco. The service is
weekly and the first Car will leave the East
January 4lh.
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testants receive like amount. He has
since learned that James X. Mason de-
clined 20 sign the agreement, but his ap-
proval was subsequently secured by the
payment of $4,000. He wants the agree
ment set aside, the will contest argued. and
an accounting OF all moneys the Duchess
mas received since the agreement was made.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-20
Cuticura ResoIyent

The Blood Purifier. internally ito cleanse tn.
blood OF all impurities and poisonous elemsntsl,
and CUrICURA, the great SKIN Cure. and CUrIcuRG
SOAP, an exquisite Ska Beautifer, externally ITO
clear the skin and scalp and the ha!r have
cured thousands OF cases where the shedding OF
scales measured quart daily the skin Cracked
bleeding, burning and Itching almost beyond eudur-
ance, hair lifeless or all gone, suffering terrible
What other remedies have made such cures?
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25c.; REsoLvENT, 81. Prepared by the PorrEs
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GUATEMALA MATTERS.
An Uprising Impending ug-Marriage of BaIil.
lasi nannhtar

City OF GUATEMALA, Dec. 19.-Great ex-
citement exists in this city. Don Montufar,
a candidate for the Presidency, has armed
his followers and is preparing to pronounce
himself President. President Barrlas is
much alarmed and is taking extra precau-
tions for his personal safety.
NEW YORK, Dec. 19.-The Herald's spe-
cial from San Salvador says: The daughter
OF President Barillas of Guatemala was
married to-day to a Savadorian, Sen or
Oieda. The brides fortune is S4, 00O, COO.
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Chile has sent a telegram to Lima. stating
that the indications are that the United
States Government is disposed to settle the
Baltimore affair in a satisfactory manner,
and confidence is restored in Santiago.
The Baltimore sailed at noon to-day.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-20
A Grand Jury oontsmnt Case.

TYLER (Tex.), Dec. 19.-In the case of
the Grand Jury of San Antonio, charged
with contempt, the Court of Appeals to-day
released the jurymen from further liability.
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Eight Buildings Burned.

CRoroN LANDING On. ". Dec. ia
fire to-day destroyed eight buildings here.
Loss $4,000.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-20

The Texas drought, which was broken
recently, lasted for six months.
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plMPLES black-heads, red, rough chapped and
IH oily skin cured by CuTIcuRA SoAr.
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DREADFUL PSORIASIS
Covering Entire Body with White
Scales. Suffering Fearful.
Cured by Cuticura.

My disease (psorlasis) first broke ont on my lers
cheek, spreading my nose, and almost coz
i ering my face It into my eyes aud the phy-
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-20

LONDON, Dec. ia Dispatch to the
Times from Santiago de Chile states that
the preparation Of the correspondence be-
tween the Governments of Chile and the
United States in relation TO the assault upon
the sailors from the American man-of- war
Baltimore is completed. The dispatch adds
the public apparently is satisfied with the
course pursued by Chile Everything is
quiet throughout the country.
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on praying until noon, when she suddenly
fell over on one side. When helped up she
was dead. She left quite fortune.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-12
RICK ON SII.YER.

DANIEL BUCK, the nobl est Roman Of
them all, says that he believes in the
free coinage of silver. but he is also OF
the opinion that a dollars worth of sill
yer must be put into the silver dollar.
This is all right, of course, but how UNI
der the sun are you going to tell when
you have got a dollars worth of silver
in your silver dollar? BY what will you
measure it? Will your standard be gold or
potatoes or dry goods, or some other COM
modify? Suppose you remonetize sill
yer tomorrow and put enough of the
metal in each dollar to let gold and sill
yer start everywhere will they be
after a week. An extraordinary de-
mand for silver. based, perhaps. on
nothing more than its restoration to
free use for currency purposes, may in
crease its value so that it may become
worth intrinsically more than its gold
mate: or, perhaps, the same result may
be brought about by the unexpected
discovery of new gold mines doubling
the available supply of that stuff. If
either of these things should happen.
in what sort of shape would we be ?
Gold would then be driving silver out
of the country, and what would be the
proper course to pursue? We could not
very we'll keep on changing the relative
weight of our two standards every
morning, because we could not call in
the coius already in circulation; and if,
in order to avert confusion, we should
decide to demOnetiZe one or other, which
one should it be, the silver or the gold?
If it should be the gold, it would mean
that there was peculiar virtue in cur
rency which was increasing in value.
if the silver, it would mean that we
thought a cheapening currency was the
best for the country. But, in either
case, we should be just where we are
now, divided into hostile camps over
this question, according as we belong to
the creditor or debtor class. The coin
age problem is complicated one, TO be
handled by experts, and by them only
after much prayer and fasting.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-12
HOW MUCH TO CUT.

There is no difference of opinion
among Democrats as to the need of re-
ducing the appropriations by congress
next winter. 1t may be a matter Of
pride to Republicans that their congress
earned the title of Billion" and broke
all the records in the lavishness of its
expenditures, but Democrats do not
share it. They mean that there shall
be a liberal shave of the OUTLAWS, but
opinion has not unified upon the amount
of retrenchment. Judge HOLMAN, of
Indiana, who has lengthy record in
congress as an Objecter to apprOpria-
tiOns of a doubtful character, insists
that a round hundred millions must be
shaved. Others fear that in attempting
so much failure to effect anything
will result. In the HOLMAN scheme
the figures are put at S275, 100000
for the current expenses, including
pensions. These he would not touch.
1t is not believed that there will be eff
fort 10 cut down any honest claimant
penny in his lawful dues. There is,
undoubtedly, great room for reform in
the management of the pension Office
and in the elimination of frauds from
the rolls, but the great saving will not
be in that quarter. A reduction of 10
per cent.of the billion voted out by the
REED dispenSation is an idea that
should be turned over in the minds Of
members of the new congress and
familariZed before the session. 1t is a
good figure to aim at. The country eX-
poets the Democrats to indicate
their professions by their works,
and less than the S1O0,OOO,000 will
lot meet the requirements. 1t
must be shown that the Demo-
Gratis have not been simply using
campaign buncOmbe in berating the late
congress for extravaganza. 1t takes
more nerve and courage to cut down
than it does to let the big figures slip
through, but the situation must be
boldly confronted. An imperative duty
of the Democratic house will be to
retrencn. There will be no little diff
Guilty in finding places to save $780,
G00,O0O no doubt, as the Republicans
have exercised great ingenuity in fixing
the main OUTLAWS SO that they cannot be
touched. But the mark should be high,
and the approach made as near as pos
slble without the sacrifice of any public
interest
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-12
A VIEW OF ST. PAUL.

Our Mountain Home, Talladega. Ala.
The many handsome public and pri-
vate buildings, well-paved streets, rail-
road ana steamboat accommodations
large wholesale and supply stores, hand
some hotels, churches and many other
buildings, attract the attention of the
stranger, and he wonders that so much
has been done i'll so short time.
The principal business of the city is
the manufacture of agricultural imple-
ments, wagons and carriages, sash,
doors ana blinds, and its large grain
and cattle trade. Its stockyards are the
largest in the Northwest, and its -four
ing mills large and numerous.
The chamber of commerce is one of
its most important organizations, labor
ing with the city papers TO keep at all
times the city and Its interests before
the world.
st. Paul is great city: but that it is
going to be greater none who have seen
it recently and witnessed its wonderful
achievements will deny or question.
The Masonic Temple and Chamber of
Commerce are grand and stately Struct-
ures and reflect great credit on the city.
To visit them is to admire and wonder.
No one can visit St. Paul without be-
coming impressed with the fact that its
builders and promoters are men of
sound judgment and know how to build
and sustain city. They have the lOca-
ton and have taken advantage Of it, and
the future of the city is great.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-12
OUR EVA.

Our own EVA is back from Ohio,
where she has been educating the
masses with sOul-stirring addresses at
country picnics. She met Gov. CAMP
BELL on railway train, and reports the
interesting declaration from him that.
although he Is running on free silver
platform, be is not himself free silver
man. She thinks the outlook is favor
able for the Peoples party i'll the
Buckeye state, and after she has had
a chance to shake hands with her
husband in Minnesota she will return
to carry the glad tidings of great JOY to
the people of the benighted East. There
she expects TO meet not only the beard
ed lunatie PETER, but also the sock
less SIMPSON and Mrs. DIGGs, famous
Kansas orator, whose fame in this sec
ton of the country is not as unrivaled
as her merit. The GLOBE WagerS that
no one in the quartette has so deep a
voice, so self-cOnfdent a presence, so
clear head, so ready tongue, and so
vigorous manner as our own EVA; and,
unless Mrs. DIGGs' picture libels her, it
will rest the Ohio farmers eyes, after
they have been looking at her, to see the
Minnesota woman mount the rostrum.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-12
\ DIME AT A TIME.

The boarding of dimes, it is reported,
is affecting noticeably the number in
circulation, and great stories are told of
men who daily grow richer because
they never spend ten-cent piece. This
is now widespread fad. ana the num-
Der of people who are practicing il are
legion. Some are able to save only a
dollar a week in this way, but 9th
ers accumulate dollar a day. and
the sum total in any case amounts
in a few months to a considerable
sum. Nobody misses 10 cents, say the
enthusiasts as they put away the coins,
and after a bit there is a great pile.
This can be deposited in the bank as
the basis of still further accumulation,
or expended for some priced object long
deferred. Yesterday a man started for
a two months trip to Europe with $500
in his pocket, heaped together in twelve
months by contributions of dime at
time; and another one, who for many
years has shiyered IN the cold of Janu-
airy and March, next winter will have
fur OvercOat. because he has enough IN
the savings bank to buy it with, saved
from the ten-cent pieces which he de-
cIares he has not missed the use OF dur
ing the months he has refrained from
spending them. The GLOBE does not
advocate miserlineSs, but thrift is a
good thing, and little economy here
and self-restraint there may mean tidy
bit against a rainy day or for use in
some holiday outing.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-12
MEN OF FAME.

Benjamin F. Butler never forgets a
name or face. A New York paper
says that he has in his Offices, both in
Boston and that city, an alphabetical
list containing the name OF every person
with whom he has or has had any bust
ness dealings. The names OF all persons
who call upon him at his office are ell
tered, together with such information
as he may from time to time obtain in
regard to them. Some of those entries
would make interesting reading, par
ticularly those regarding public men.
Ham Disston, the Philadelphia saw
manufacturer, who has reclaimed thou
sands of acres in the Everglades and
planted part of them with sugar cane,
will this year make 100000 pounds Of
sugar and obtain from the government
$4,000 as bounty. Next year, he SAYS.
he will treble this result. There are
Floridians sanguine enough to declare
that Florida alone can grow sufficient
sugar to supply the whole domestic de-
mand of the United States.
In two-thirds of a century but one
man has been renominated for the vice
presidency. He was Richard Mentor
Johnston, put up with Van Buren, in
1910. He was defeated. Johnston was
one of the most striking and picturesque
characters of his time. He had been a
gallant officer in the war of 1872, and
had served in both branches of congress
for MANY years before reaching the vice
presidency. Socially and politically he
stood high in his state. Kentucky, and
in the country at large.
Among the phrases attributed to Mr..
Blaine in the whirl of gossip now sweep
ing through the newspapers concerning
that eminent man is his remark to
committee of Boston gentlemen who
literature of politics." he is understood
virtually to have said, take Mr.. Harri-
son or Mr.. Reed am a pack number"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-12
A Massachusetts, View.

Gloucester Daily Times.
1t is twentyfour years ago we made
our first Western trip and approached
st. Paul from below the Mississippi
river. We quote from our Advertiser
correspondence at the time:
Friday, Sept. 29, 1S67-After over
one hundred hours of steamboating,
upon rounding a bend in the river, st.
Paul. the most glorious city of the
far Northwest. perched OH high table
of solid formation, burst upon our view,
reminded us by its situation of our own
Gloucester by the sea, and the only city
we have yet seen TO which we have any
desire to emigrate."
My impressions of that visit have al
ways been pleasant, and of course | an
ticipated great pleasure in this visit, as
at that time | came very near becoming
a citizen OF this wonderful city of mag
nificent growth and unbUunded POSSIBLE
ties, but fate decreed it otherwise, and
still stick to my native Gloucester and
old Cape Ann.
In the afternoon we were fortunate,
with Brother Prescott and daughter, to
enjoy a two hours drive with Mayor
Smith in his private carriage. We
greatly enjoyed the fine views from the
beautiful SUBMITS which surround this
fine city. The mayor is qnite popular
and is serving third term. He gave
us much information as to the city's
growth, showing us many interesting
points, and finally took us over the ele-
CANT new city hall, through his private
office, also the library rooms on the up
per floor, which are very extensively
used by the people. This is one of the
finest city buildings | ever visited, and
the people are very proud of it.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-12
PROGRESSIVE FEATURES.

The voters of Kentucky gave an
enormous majority in favor of the new
constitution. spite of the fact that it con-
tanned many absurdities, is wearisOme
i'll length, and very unWisely minute
IN detail. 1t was opposed, TOO, by one of
the senators and many Of the prominent
men. Its acceptance by 50 emphatic a
vote is no doubt due TO the liberal and
progressive features embodied in it,
Some of these are worth the attention
of other states when they rebuild the
foundations of local government.
Among the prohibitions IS the sys-
TEN of renting out convict labor
which has prevailed in several of
the states and was the cause Of
the recent trouble in Tennessee. 1t
has been more familiar in the South
than elsewhere, and has proved to be in
practical operation inhuman and blot
upon civilization. 1t is probable that
the story published few years ago by
Mrs. ex-senator SPENCER, Of Alabama,
pOrtraying the atrocities OF the system
as observed in one OF the Southern
states. has had good deal to do with
the growth of the general adherence of
a method so susceptible Of abuse. The
lotteries which have been so prevalent
in that state are prohibited, and serious
evil will be removed. 1t is to be hoped
this expression will have a favorable in
tiuence in Louisiana. Other features
that put the state in the advance line
OF progress are the incorporation of the
50, Oh,
turing most of the states Of late, and
the provision that III all civil suits three
fourths of the jury may find the YER
diet This is somewhat Of a radical de-
parture for an old and conservative
community like Kentucky. 1t IS re
garded with some distrust by Il class Of
legal minds, and has only been adopted
here and there in new states. But it in
dictates drift of sentiment toward the
abolition of the unanimous requirement
in the work Of jUries. 4 provision that
should be adopted in all states is the
Introduction Of all special legislation for
towns and cities. This has been one Of
the most fruitful fields for the bO0dler,
and needless expense to the state The
Alliance and anti-monOpOly tendencies
have their share in the control given
Of corporations. The application of
them by the legislature will excite
lively controversy. incidentally, the
new instrument provides for tests Of
many things that nave not passed the
experimental stage. and this fact VIII
invest the legislation Of the state here
after with much interest TO the social
and political philosophers.