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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-10
WAS IT FORGED?
Hyde Argues for Mrs. Smith in
the Dana Case.

Henry c. Hyde will close the argument
for the respondents in .he Dana will case
this morning and H. l. KowaIsky will begin
the closing argument for the contestants
Hyde commenced his argument Yesterday
morning and occupied the day in attempting
to show that the will in Mrs. Smiths favor
Is not forgery. He made use of the black
board in exposition of his ideas. taking up
letter after letter as they appear in the al
legged will and comparing them with letters
taken from authentic specimens of Dana S
chir0graphy.
The counsel had theory of forgery,
which he gave the court at some length. lie
argued that there are definite limits and
possibilities TO the capacity of a f0rger, and
the difficulties of the task is the reason
why so few fOrgerS have been successful
The forger only sees effects to initiate, but
he does not see how these effects are pro-
duced. 1t has been claimed that if a small
number OF characteristics can be simulated
an indefinite number NAV be initiated, pro-
vided time be given. The answer to this
is, that the smaller the number of items to
be initiated the easier the task Of the forger,
and the more difficult the detection.
Why. then, asked he, should the forger of
the Dana Will have simulated and manu-
featured so many documents? Why should
the fOrger act SO recklessly? What a sub
lime confidence be must have had in his
ability to fabricate and deceive by his fab
riaton. Imagine the magnitude OF the task
set to himself by the alleged forger of the
alleged forged will. 1t must have involved
bis perfect transformat!o on into Dana him
self. He must not only have acquired his
habits Of hand but have become possessed
OF his spirit. No other man could possibly
have executed all these manuscripts in dis
Dute
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against 9l,060 tons in May, 1890, and for the
first five months Of the year $50 $50 tons,
against 400, 100 during the same period IN
1890 OF last months receipts 1920 tons
we're from Australia, 1890 from Great
Britain. SO, 500 from British Columbia, and
$500 from Puget Sound. The circular
says:
TIE market has been quiet during the month.
will free offerings OF coal from Great Britain az
low figures, while Australian coal Tor present aud
future loading j. held at higher figures. tonnage
IN that quarter commanding comparatively
hi her rates OF freight 10 carry coal to this port
The mines OF British Columbia continue liberal
shuDers to this market, while most OF the mines
IN Washington are closed on account OF labor
troubles.
Tin plate has declined to So 80 per box on
the strength of reported shipments OF 40
600 or $4,000 boxes TO this port via New Or
leans. Most holders, however. still ask
So 30 per box. Pig tin continues slow at Il
cents per pound.
The internal revenue collections in the
San Francisco district for Nav were S154,-
942, against $3.50, 200 in May, 1890 The col
lections during the first five months of the
year were SG67,0O0. against SI97,6OO during
the same period IN 1890.
Specie shipments from this Tort during
the first five months of the year were IS, 103.-
100. against S6,172, 600 during the same period
in 1890. OF this years shipments New York
took S5,53l,3o or about 70 per cent OF the
total.
Dry goods continue quiet. The imports
of foreign dry goods at New York in May
were unusually light, probably less than for
any month IN upward OF two years, being
only S6,354.100. Last month was exception
ally poor, the total being nearly $4,000, 600
less than last year and S32O0,000 less than
two years ago. The value OF the goods
thrown on the market last month was only
a tritle over 100000 or S3j0,000 less than
the small amount imported. Tie imports at
New York during the first five months of
1891 were So, 200, 100, against S63. 236, 800
during the same period in 1890 and 6l,709,-
800 IN 1889.
Quicksilver is dull and weak at S42 per
flask as the very best price obtainable. The
receipts at this port during the first five
months of the year were 6153 TASKS, against
5140 during the same period in 1890, and the
exports were 1881 TASKS, valued at S73, 159,
against 1913 TASKS at SSl ,0S6
Produce exports from san Francisco dur
ing the first five months Of 1891 were S20,-
404, C00 against Sl70O6,0 600 during the same
period in 1890. This is not a bad showing.
We are So, 100000 ahead Of 1890 and S4,600,-
600 ahead of 1889.
Nails nave been marked down.
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CITY DIRECTORY.
Langley's for 1891 Just Out-An Enlarged
and Improved Volume.

Langley's for 1891 just Out-An Enlarged
and Improved Volume.
Langley's directory for 1891 has just been
published. 1t comes in the old familiar form,
so far as paper, type and binding are con-
cerned, but gives evidence of increased pros
perity in the large addition to its advertising
columns. 1t also contains an additional
seventy pages of directory matter over last
year, which attests the growing Importance
of san Francisco As business center.
There are Isl, 400 names recorded in its
pages, an increase If $4,000 over the directory
of 1890, and in add ION there are many
marked improvements, notably in the en-
larged index and revised street guide. In
the latter department the names of 40 new
streets are added.
1t is the intention Of the publishers.
George B Wilbur. receiver of Painter &
Co. to keep a supplementary directory at
their office during the year for the benefit
OF the public. In this fun record Of ar
rivals and removals will be kept, which can
not fail to be a great convenience The
public are asked to assist in this work by
sending in a record Cf all changes in which
they may be Interested.
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CLARKE'S WATER-PIPE.
He Complains That 1t was Cut While He
Was at Church.

Was at Church.
Alfred Clarke, attorney, has sued DR..
c. G. Kenyon for $4,000 damages Mr.
Clarke says: "That on Sunday, June Z,
1891. in the absence Of plaintiff, the defend
ant then and there, we'll knowing that the
plaintiff was enjoying the constitutional
right Of religious worship in Christian
church" cut the pipe which is used in sup
plying the families of Eureka Valley with
water from the reservoir which Clarke
owns.
The pipe courses land owned by DR.. Ken
yon and Charles Ellis, and Clarke has also
broughtSuit for the condemnation of enough
of this land TO gain him an easement. The
above complaints were FLED GU Monday, but
they apparently had no effect upon the
doughty physician, for the attorney APP
peared at the County Clerks Office yester-
day afternoon with another CON Iaint for
damages, from which it appears that DR..
Kenyon yesterday morning removed a sec
ton OF the water-pipe from the ground and
threw 1T cOntemptuduSly over The fence.
IndeScribng this latest outrage, the lawyer
breaks away from tile trammel of custom
and sets sail upon luminous sea of rhetoric,
whence he gathers flashing images of speech
and big, many-knObbed thoughts. For the
benefit of the members Of the legal frater-
nifty, who are often in doubt as to the Ian
guage that should be used in describing the
wanton destruction of a piece of property,
the following is extracted from Mr. Carke's
complaint:
On June 8, 1891. In the absence of plaintiff, the
defendant came mounted on swift chariot and
descended suddenly on our pipe, and smashed
one joint ana removed the same from the land,
throwing Il over the fence.
His prudence provided him with a sentinel,
who diScerned in the distance our cavalry and in
faBtry moving TO the scene OF action, the defend
ant executed a retrograde movement toward the
II n ~ a He
escaped our forces without carrying away from
the field of action the piece Of broken pipe. Our
force in q peaceabe manner replaced tue broken
pipe and remained 10 possession OF the field.
In spite of the fact that the broken pipe
was recovered and replaced, Clarke sues the
doctor for $4,000 damages.
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HAVING HARD LUCK.
DR.. S. H. Hall Finds 1t Uphnn Work t,

DR.. S. III. Hall Finds 1t Uphill Work to
Secure Bondsmen.
Dr. S. III. Hall is still a pri soner. His at
tOrneys appeared before Judge Hebbard
yesterday and asked that the $4,000 bail
already furnished be accepted in full of all
that is required. inasmuch as the b all bond
is only $685. 600.
1t was maintained by the counsel that the
statute does not require the surety to
qualify in double the amount named in the
bond. The Judge held that such had not
only been the practice, but James q. Ma
guire, DR.. Halls leading counsel. admitted
that the proper construction of the law re-
quired it.
Inquiry by the District Attorney into the
Notwithstanding of the persons that have
already offered themselves as sureties dis
closed that they are not quite up to their
own representations, and that the sum they
represent may have to be reduced some
$1,000 or 5000.
The matter will come up again at 4
o'clock this afternoon.
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RATIOS FUNERAL.

Remains OF RaymOnd's Victim Buried in
Odd Fellows Cemetery.
The funeral Of James Ratio, who was
killed by William Raymond a few days
since. took place yesterday from the resi-
dence Of Leo Ratio, a brother Of the de-
ceased.
The funeral cortege was an unusually
large one, and included hundreds of the
young mans friends who testified their re-
gard for the dead by sending unusually ele-
CANT floral tributes. These came in such
abundance that two largo wagons were
brought into reQuisiti0n TO convey them to
the Odd Fellows Cemetery, where the in
terment took place.
The pall-bearers were; E. j. Theyenet,
Frank r. Murphy, Frank j. Stone. George
Van Doren, Henry Allen and Dr.. Fred
Muller
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he would dig in the vicinity of large bowl
der on his farm, at thirty feet depth signs
OF gold would appear, and that when he
reached 100 feet his fortune would be made.
This prediction has produced veritable
fever In the neighbOrhood of the Lee farm.
George Lee Is hard at work digging for his
fortune. Two thousand feet of blank have
been taken to bis farm for cribblng. His
neighbors have confidence In his labor and
are helping him bear the expense. The
men are now down about forty feet, and
claim to have found gold and to have
brought to the city excellent specimens.
The neighbors of Mr.. Lee have for years
been collecting specimens found on their
farms, and some have every indication Of
being g ,ld-bearing. -Ex.
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CITY CEMETERY.
Government Officials Looking Into Mean.
of Condemnation,

Government Officials Looking Into Means
of Condemnation.
United States District Attorney Garter.
District Attorney Barnes and City and
County Attorney burst Joined Mayor San
derson in his Office yesterday afternoon to
discuss informally the matter of condemn
ing the City Cemetery by the United States
Government for purposes of fertilization.
No conclusion was arrived at, which indeed
was not the purpose of the conference.
There is no doubt that the necessary steps
will be taken by the Government in
short time to secure possession Of the land
in question. and the main object of this
conference was to engage In free and
easy discussion of what course will be pur-
sued by the respective authorities when the
proceedings are put on foot.
District Attorney Garter was busy yester-
day preparing the papers for the condemna-
ton of the City Cemetery tract for military
DurDOSes
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A BRIEF CAREER,
Failure of the Dry-Goods Firm OF Muir
G. ~.

Failure of the Dry-Goods Firm OF Muir
ray, Watt g. Co.
The dry-goods house Of Murray, Watt e.
Co.. doing business at the corner of Ellis
and Powell streets In this city and in Ala
media. has failed. The firm began business
in December. 1890, and obtained large
stock of goods for which it has not paid.
Its liabilities foot up $37.S05, and the assets
S1l, 480. The chief creditors are: Levi
Strauss & Co., $4,000; Newburger, Refs 81
Co., $500; NJ. Heller IL Sons. $500; Ed
mund Taylor, 1920; Murphy, Grant IL Co.,
$500; Sachs Bros, $500; Newhall 81 Sons,
$1,000. There is also an overdraft at the
Bank of British Columbia for Sl856 70.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-10
Suit to Condemn Opium.

On May 9th 648 fve-tael boxes of opium
were seized at the store of Fay Kee, 100
Commercial street. He claimed the drug
was OF domestic manufacture and applied to
the Inspector of Internal Revenue for
stamps, but the official declined to accommo-
date him, as his store was innocent of
opium when an officer examined the prem
iSes early in the year. District Attorney
Garter filed an information yesterday to
have the drug condemned and sold.
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night because she claims he betrayed her
under promise of marriage, appeared In
Police Court yesterday to answer charge
of assault with intent to commit murder
Her case was continued until the I'D inst
aad during the afternoon she was released
on bonds. She says that if Quinlan will
not marry her she will kill him.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-10
No One Has Claimed the Rodv.

The body of Mrs. George n. DAYTON. who
died suddenly at the Occidental Hotel on
Tuesday night, awaits claimant at the
Morgue Among the effects If tho deceased
were letters indicating that she had travelled
extensively. Coroner GarwOod stated
yesterday that he had been informed that
a son of the deceased was at one time IN the
employ of the late President Arthur in the
capacity OF Secretary.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-10
MARRIED IN HASTE.
Sing Hoo Sun Divorced and Remark
In One Ham

Sing Hoo Sun Divorced and Remarked
in One Hour.
Sing Hoo Sun, chic grass widow of the
Dupont street colony, obtained divorce
from Lung Aug Sun yesterday on the
ground of his desertiOn, and half an hour
later a Chinese merchant named Gee Yea
obtained a license to marry her.
Judge Levy granted divorce to Mary
Schneider from Charles Schneider for de-
sertion, and awarded their child to the
custody of the mother; r G. Dyer from
Picnic Dyer on the ground of desertion /;
Mary NJ. ProschOld from George w. Pros
chold because Of his failure to provide, and
J. j. Bradley from Perina Bradley for her
dacRrfinr
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-10
SUGAR BOUNTY.
Measures That Must Be Taken to Secure
the Allowance.

The sugar bounty law providing for a
bonus of Ia to cents pound on all sugar
made in this country standing a test of at
least 800 by the polariscope will go into effect
on the 1St prox.
To secure this bonus local companies must,
before that date, fill OUT the blanks, which
can be had on application to the revenue
office, detailing the amount of capital en-
ployed, the quantity of land under sugar
beets, the machinery, etc. Only two such
applications have been as yet filed,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-10
Hercules Mining com,anv.

The Hercules Mining Company has incor-
porated with S2,000,0OO capital and sub
seribed stock. The Directors are Mica G.
Schirmer, A. c. Frasey. f. w. Spencer, G..
Il. Powers and Samuel ID. Mayer
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-10

medical treatment. Two hundred and one
dollar, ana sixty cents had been expended
for relief, but from this a dedu ction of
Sol 50 had to be made for money spent on
funeral expenses, which had been since re-
funded. The receipts from various sources
during the month footed up S23j.
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benevolent Rritons.

The monthly meeting of the British Be-
nevolent Society was held yesterday. j. IL.
Dobinson presiding. The Secretary re-
ported that relief had been extended during
the month TO 166 applicants. Nineteen had
been assisted out of the city TO obtain en-
ployment and thirteen persons had received
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-10
Very Badly Damaged.

The Pacific Patent Plaster Company has
brought suit for $4,000 damages from the
Fitzgerald Patent American Company, al
leging that it contracted to build factory
in Contra Costa County for S25, 600, but has
not observed the plans for the building, nor
constructed it in workmanlike manner.
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For Violating the Postal Laws.

j. b. Etchart was arrested yesterday by a
United States Deputy Marshal on charge
of sending an obscene letter and picture
through the mail to young woman. The
accused was committed to jail in default Of
$500 bail.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-10

A few days ago Mrs. Smith, clairvoyant.
told George Lee. farmer living near Sault
Ste. Marie, Mich, that he should stop try
ing e. ssake money out of the products of
his u: Ttgaged farm. She told him that If
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-10
tarl Rohln,s wealth,

The will of Carl G. Rohlff has been filed.
He left property valued at 100000, of which
$500 is bequeathed to each Of his ten
brothers aud sisters and the remainder to
his widow.
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She Is just twice His Age.

An elopement occurred in this vicinity
last week. which while not sensational, pos
sesses more than ordinary interest. The
parties are Curtiss Trplett, aged IS, and
Miss Eva Stebbins, schoolmarm, aged S.
The romantic part consists in the fact that
young Triplett was raised from mere child
by Mis- Eva. An attachment very natural
ly sprang up between them which soon III
pened into love, but it seems that the lady's
father interposed an objection to the mar
rage, and the result was an eOpement to
Kansas City.-Centralia (Kans.) Guard.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-10
Laylng the Flrst RniIs.

The first rails were laid yesterday on the
new belt line road. Commencing at the
ferry-sip the steel was laid for some dis
lance in a northerly direction.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-10

z. NJ. Dewey, editor and proprietor Of the
Porterville Farm View, was burnt IN efigy
last Saturday night By members OF the local
fire company and citizens on account of an
alleged insulting article in his paper against
the cOmpa0y,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-10
Chambers and Tubercles.

a glandered horse was found In the neigh
borhood of Five-mile House by Health In
spector Wray yesterday. He also found a
diseased COW in the same vicinity.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-10

Headache. indigestion and all disorders OF the
Liver. Simmons Liver Regulator surely cures.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-10

Clara Luster, who fired shot at Police
Court lawyer Martin j. Quinlan on Monday
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-04-23

wheIm us with its giistaning surge.
Transformation now or no transforrna.
ton at all Give sin full chance In your
heart, and the Transformation viii be
downward instead of upward. Instead
of a crystal it will be a cinder In the
days of Carthage Christian girl was
condemned to die for her faith, and a
boat was bedaubed with tar and pitch
and filed with combustibles and set on
fire, and the Christian girl was placed in
the boat, and the wind was off shore and
the boat fioated away with its precious
treasure. No one can doubt that boat
landed at the shore of heaven.
Sin wants to put you in fiery boat
and shove you off in an opposite direc-
tion-of from peace, off from God, of
from heaven, eyerlastingly off; and the
port toward which you would sail
would be a port of darkness, and the
guns that would greet you would be
the guns OF despair, and the flags that
would wave at your arrival would be
the black flags of death o, my broth
or, you must either kill sin or sin will
kill you. lie is no wild exaggeration
when l say that any man or woman
that wants to be saved may be saved
Tremendous choice! 4 thousand peo-
pile are choosing this moment between
salvation and destruction, between
light and darkness, between heaven
and hell, between charred ruin and
glorious disqualification.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-04-23
A Cheering Word for the Husband.

n SHe@finS "oru Tor the HUSBAND.
One of these days things may work
round again to an appreciation Of the
Present Man rs distinguished from the
Coming Woman, who makes SO large a
figure in literature. Take him all in all
the Helpful Husband is about the finest
character Of the day. There has been
a certain exhiIaration for the woman in
stepping outside her home, but for the
man, what patience, what subduing of
pride, what building up of new ideals
For once tie character of the sexes
seem to be reversed; the bravery of
adventure is the woman's, the watch
ing for results the mans.
Where can one find a finer develop
ment of chivalry than in men, and
they are not few in number, who,
against their desires, against their
instincts, against their reason, are
letting their wives support them
selves in marriage, are even urging
them and aiding them to walk in direc-
tions which it pains them to see them
walk, because they are farsighted
enough or loving and loyal enough to
leave even the woman who is dearest
to chem to work out her own salvation
The man who does this knows that he
is misunderstood, knows that he is
criticised, and his part-the silent part
IS quite as plucky as many of the
most applarded displays of feminine
energy and enterprise. New York Re
cOrder.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-04-23
Cat Against Fox.

One early morning, during snow
storm, l was starting for the hills.
noticed the footprints.of cat upon the
fresh snow. guessed the cat was my
own, a strong, black TOM Curious to
know how far his peregrinations might
have extended, / made up my mind to
find out, if possible. had not, how
ever, followed the track more than a
few hundred yards when l came upon
what appeared to have been a desper-
ate struggle, end which at first sight I
took to be the marks of puss and an
unfortunate hare or rabbit, but upon
closer examination l found the antag-
onist must have been a fox.
The combat, as long as it lasted,
must have been n severe one.. as it was
quite clear from the marks on the snow
that one or both of the animals were
down several times. l am inclined to
believe that Reynard came. off second
best in the affray, as It could be seen
that he retreated back the way he
came, whereas puSs continued on his
wanderings until he entered thick
plantation, where had to give up pur-
suit. When I got home l found the
cat had got home before me, and was
apparently ncne the worse for his morn
mgs adventure. and Water
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-04-23
Message Bearing Swallows

John Desbouvrie, who resides at
Roubaix'in France, has exhibited there
fifteen swallows that he has trained
after the manner of carrier pigeons.
The swallows were set free, each one
marked with q colored ribbon, and
they dispersed in all directions. In fif-
teenminutes later'the first one returned.
and perched on one of Desbouvrie,s
fingers; one after another the others
came back in quick succession. Des-
bonvrie is of the opinion that swallows
are far superior to pigeons for the car
rier service in time of war Their fight
is higher and swifter, and they are
more reliable, smarter and more easily
fed.
They need not rest when.iiying long
distances in order to partake of food,
because they can do so on the wing.
They are also trained with greater ia
cility than pigeons Desbouxrie has
also succeeded in retaining a number
OF swallows during the winter in per.
feet liberty, and their migratory in.
clnations did not carry them south.
ward, so that this obstacle would
not interfere with the systematic train.
ing OF swallows for the carrier service,
Toronto Globe