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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-01-15

The Cologne Gazette asserts that the German
troops in Africa under Captain Krenzelear. re-
ported as having defeated the Wadingos on
December H. were on the contrary beaten and
pursued to the gates Of Fort Tauguan
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-01-15

CHICAGO, Jan. 14-Frank g.. better
known as "Silver" Flint, the well-known
baseball catcher, died here tonight of con-
sumption.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-01-15
The Pope Feel. the End Approaching.

LONDON, Jan. IA dispatch from
Rome says the coincidence of the deaths
Of Cardinals Simeoni and Manning so
affected the pope that he exclaimed: II
feel my hour also approaching"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-01-15
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-01-15

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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-18
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San ERANCISCO AMI N P. RAIL WAY1

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General Manager, Gen. Pass PXt AFA
General OfiCes, 4 Sahsome street.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-18
BARNES SURPRISED.
The Counsel for Curtis Make an
Announcement.
q Conclusion Very Likely TO Be Reached To-
MoTrow-Auother Postponement-An
Explanatory Letter.

Ne evidence was submitted in the Curtis
case yesterday, the defense having the right
Of way.
This was a genuine surprise to the Dis
trct Attorney, who at once asked for an
adjournment to to-day 10 submit his evil
dence in rebuttal of the proof submitted
that a second man was seen running away
from the scene of the tragedy in which
Police Officer Alexander Grant lost his life.
Judge Trout asked the trio of lawyers
defending Curtis whether they had any Oh
lection to a pOstDOnement, and the three
making d negative bow, the Judge turned
10 the jury and cautioned them about talk
ing among themselves or with Others about
the case. Then he dismissed them until 10
o'clock this morning.
Mr.. Wilson had in his pocket a letter
from a private detective agency in which
was Il vndjcatiOn Of the defendant from an
aspersion on his character cast upon him by
the prosecuting officers when they ques-
toned him on the witness-staud as to
whether on the night Of the tragedy lie had
not visited tile Mortimer family on Moss
street. The letter contained a statement
from Mr.. Mortimer 30 the effect that he had
no acquaintance with Curtis; neither had
he ever visited any member or his family.
Mr.. Mortimer is the fly man" at the IiyOli
Theater.
1t is understood that the prosecution will
get in al their rebuttal testimony before
noon to-day, when Mr.. Hinkle will open the
argument for the prosecution. Mr.. Knight
Will follow tomorrow with the argument
for the defendant, and Mr.. Barnes will close
for the State.
The expectation IS that the case will be
submitted to the jury on Friday afternoon.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-18
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

The young Khedive of Egypt is prompt
and ready speaker.
Gladstone invariably shaves himself. He
gets all the fun he can out of the razor.
Cardinals Manning and Simeoni were
made Cardinals on the same day and died
on the same day.
There ere grounds for the apprehension
that Mr. Mills may supplant Mr.. HOLMAN
in his great role of objectOr.
Sir Francis Clare Ford, the new British
Minister to COnstaDtlnOple, has served the
Foreign Office creditably since 1852.
Few literary men have been blessed with
a more lOYable wife than was the poet Paul
ii. HaYne, whose widow has just died in
Augusta.
Prince Henry of Prussia, the Emperor's
brother, haze aIso affected . board, but, un-
like his Majesty, has diligently let it grow.
The young man is quite simple in his habits.
Judge Thurman is being urged TO act as
ore OF the delegates at large from Ohio to
the Democratic National Convention, but it
is not believed that he will be well enough
to 60
Professor RenOuf, the eminent scholar in
charge of the ASsyrian and Egyptian col
lecti0ns in the British museum for the last
six years, is about to be retired from office
under some civil service regulations.
An Illustration of the mortality among
the Judges Of our Supreme Court is afforded
in the circumstance that all of the present
mem bers, with the exception Of Harlan and
Field, have been appointed by the last three
Presidents.
The imperial train which has Just been
completed for the German Emperor and
sent 10 PotSdam for approval has cost the
Prussian eXchequeT nearly 100000 marks,
and has occupied more than three years in
construction.
The most eloquent pulpit orator in Canada
is DR.. George Douglass. He is blind, and
his hands fall helpless in front of him from
paralysis, so that he appears half dead.
But no one that hears his voice can remain
insensible to the charms of his oratory.
The Crown Princess of Sweden. who has
been in Cairo since the opening of the
present winter, has hopes of restoration to
health. The Princess, a cousin of the En-
perOr of Germany, IS suffering from a pull
monary disease, caused by the raw climate
of the north.
The late Alexander Rio Rangabe was
distinguished rather more as an arch8O-
logist than as a diplOmatist, although win
ming an enYiable name in the latter capacity.
His excavations at Argos, in Greece, re-
suited in uucOvering the whole site of the
ancient Temple of Juno and in finding
many fragments Of statues and bas-reliefs
in Parian marble.
The late Professor Couch Adams, one of
the discoveries of the planet Neptune
good-naturedly remarked TO his old house.
keeper 1t the time of his great achievement:
Janet, with the next planet l discover l
will give you a guinea" Years afterWard
the astronomer said to friend, in response
TO an inquiry: The only result Of my rash
promise is that now l can never go out at
night but she suspects me of discovering
planets on the sly"
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-18
HER LAST SLEEP.
Mrs. Taylor Accid entalIy Asphyx-
lated by Gas.

DR.. S. S. Kahn reported to the Coroner
yesterday the death from accidental as
phyxiation of Mrs. Martha p Taylor, aged
II years, at her home, 1913 Lyon street
She lived with her son, c. l. d. Hall, who
cared for her. She being feeble-minded and
child-lke be was in the habit Of lifting her
into bed at night and turning out the gas
At o'clock in the morning he would again
enter his mothers room and light the gas
for her.
On Tuesday night he was unwel and so
his fond mother gave him a mustard foot
bath and tucked him away in the bed her
self When he arose yesterday morning he
noticed the 0dOr of escaping gas. After in
speeding all the fixtures in other parts of the
house he entered his mothers room and
found her dead in bed. The apartment was
filled with gas that escaped from an open
burner near the bed. The old lady had not
lighted the gas, but must have accidentally
turned il on. A candle she had blown out
upon retiring for tire night stood on a table
near the bedside.
Dr. Kahn was called In and after pro-
nouncing life extinct reported the case to
the Coroner. The remains were not dis
turbed and no inquest viii be held. Mrs.
Taylor was widow and a native of Yer
mont. She leaves three children, c. 1. d.
and II. Z, Hail. and a married daughter re-
siding in the East
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-18

they fall. The quantity of rain that falls an
nually in any given place, or the annual rain
fall, IS measured by means Of a rain gauge
or pluviOmeter.
The simplest form Of rain gauge consists
OF funnel with a certain definite area,
twelve square inches for example, and
which fits in a bottle. The rain that falls
on this area is collected in the bottle, and
the quantity that has fallen during the
period Of observation is measured by means
of graduated glass.
Thus, If in twenty-four hours the guam
tlty collected measures 2.3 fluid ounces, this
Is equ1l to four cubic inches, and If the area
OF the funnel is twelve inches this repre-
SCENTS rainfall of One-thiTd Of an inch in
twenty four hours. The funnel and bottle
are usually iuClosed in a metal cylinder
taller than the funnel, so as to retain any
snow that may fall.
Many local circumstances may affect the
quantity of rain that falls in different coun-
tries; but other things being equal most
rain falls in hot climates, for there the va
pOrizat0n Is most abundant. The rainfall
decreases, In fact, from the equator to the
poles. The quantity varies with the sea-
sons. In Paris, in winter, 1t is AZ inches ;
In spring, 60; in summer, 6.3, and In au-
tumn, 48 inches. The heaviest annual rain
IA at any place on the globe is on the Khasl
HIls, In Bengal, where it is 600 inches, OF
Which 800 Inches falls in seven months.
Under similar circumstances the quantity
oil rain diminishes with the distance from
the sea. Thus, if the annual rainfall is l in
the center OF Germany it is IL in the center
OF England and 1.75 on the English coast.
An inch OF rain on square yard of surface
represents a fail Of 4774 pounds, or T. II
RallOnS.-Philadelpha Times.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-18
SUB CON TRACING.
Building Trades Protest Against
the System.

The Building Trades Council has sent a
request to the Board of Education that in
future all sub-contracting and piecewOrk be
discouraged and even prohibited in all pub
lie work in the School Department. The
argument is, that sub-eOntracts and piece
work lower the standard of work and place
premium on unskilled labor which is de-
cidedly against the principle of trade-uniOn-
ism.
The Board of Education expresses COM
plete sympathy with the trade unions, and
declares itself as much in favor of thor
oughly skilled labor as any trade union In
the world But its members do not under
stand how they can abolish tile system of
sub-cr0ntracCing and piecework and yet
comply with the law. They are obliged to
advertise all contracts and let them to the
lowest bidder, and they do not understand
that they have any right to restrict him in
the performance of his contract.
If the work is done according to specifca-
tons 1t must be accepted. no matter how or
by whom twas done. Sub-cOntracting pre-
walls everywhere. When a contractor takes
a contract to put up large building the
branches of the work, such as masonry,
plumbing, painting, etc, are always sublet
by the contractor. The board does not un-
ders.and that it has any right or good reR-
son TO restrict that practice.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-18
JUDGE HOGE'S ESTATE.

Partial Distribution Wanted - A he
minder of tho Cox suit.
Charles Joseph and other children OF the
late Judge Joseph ?. Hoge have petitioned
the Probate Court for partial distribution
of the estate.
The petition shows that all the Indebted
ness of tho estate has been paid except one
bill Of $50, and that after paying MIS-
Pauline Delmas $4,000, the pro rata to when
she was entitled. sufficient funds are on
hand TO pay a similar sum TO each OF the
other children, without detriment TO any
creditors interests. Besides the cash on
hand out of which the above sums can De
distributed, is a lot on Market street. near
Sixth, valued at $4,000.
The petition reciteS the fact that the late
Judge was one Of the sureties upon an un-
dertakiDg on appeal in the sum OF So, 800
from judgment against d. NJ. Delmas, the
lawyer, and in favor OF Jerome b. Cox,
which appeal is pending, but that the estate
is protected from loss 10y a mortgage, when
it holds on tie real estate Of the sad
DelmaS
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-18
MISCELLANEOUS.

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn -efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy Of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C
eeptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known
Syrup of Figs is for sale In SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE, KH VIEW YORK. nv
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-18
MECHANICS INSTITUTE.
Final Arrangements for the Election


Final Arrangements for the Election on
Tuesday.
The trustees Of the Mechanics Institute
spent the brief meeting Tu62dsy nigh in pre-
paration for the annual election of trustees,
which will take place on Tuesday, Febru-
airy %.
The Judges OF election appointed were
John II. Gilmore, A. S. Pearley and Il.
Rover, with Eugene Duffy, William Muir
ray and John Gay as alternates.
a. r. Wells, j. d. StetsOn and J. j..
MahOney were appointed installing officers
and the following committee from the
Board of Trustees to supervise the election
and attend to all matters incidental to it
was appointed: G. Z. Dow. Andrew
WiIkie and G. F. Duffy. The Secretary,
j. II. Culver, and Alexander Young were
appointed clerks of election
The usual form will be observed in the
preparation Of the ticket - that is, aside
from the names of candidates, those Of the
members of the Nominating Committee
who signed the committees report will be
printed thereon.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-18
CAME UNMASKED.
A Young Chinese Woman with
a Telltale Passport.
The Treasury Department Decides She Shall
Bs Deported- She's Out With Several
Others on Habeas Corpus

Nine writs OF habeas corpus were sworn
to yesterday for the persons of Chinese, who
came on the steamer China on her recent
trip, and the petitioners were brought
ashore in triumph.
Most of the writs are for women, whom
Collector Phelps had ordered remanded on
the grounds that they had been brought for
immoral purposes, and that one Of them was
patent TO him as soon as her passport was
surrendered. This Chinese damsel was ac-
COmpanied by Chinese servant and TWO
young folks almost as old as she; all Of
whom were most properly introduced by
the passport, which reads as follows
TEXT OF THE PASSPORT
To all irbom il may concern: Whereas, the
Chinese COnSul-General at san Francisco, Cal,
has represented 10 ne that 10 Ting ChO, a
graduate OF the first degree and teacher en-
ployed IN the Chung Sc ShOa Tong, Chinese and
English public school at that port, Intended 10
send for his family, comprising one cOncubine
named Wong Dl, aged 10; one son named 10
Ping Nam, aged Is, and daughter, La How,
aged 10, TO come flom China To the United
States M the coming winter under The escort Of
ryant named Chang sing, and pays that a
passport be issued 10 them 10 enable them TO
come 10 san Francisco consequently ! have
Issued them This passport, and will communicate
with the State Department on the subject IN due
Time.
These are. therefore to request all the civil
aud military authorities OF the countries through
which they may travel 10 allow them TO pass
freely and 10 extend TO them any protection or
assistance they may stand IN need, aud upon
theii arrival at the port Of San Francisco, and
presenting this passport for examination, let
them be permitted 10 land without hlndrauce or
obstruction.
Issued az the Chinese Legation, Washington,
d. c., this 3lSt day OF July, 1891.
TsUI KwO YIN.
His Imperial Chinese Maiesty's Envoy ExJraor-
nary ana Minister PlenipOtenIiary TO the
UuEed states Of America, Spain, Peru
REFUSED A LANDING.
As soon as the passport fell into Collector
Phelps hands he telegraphed 1t verbatim to
the Treasury Department to prevent the
issuance of orders of release on ex parte
statements. The instructions returned
were 10 the effect that the cOncubine and
servant should be refused landing, and that
as TO the children, the Collector should use
his judgment if he were satisfied they were
born OF the lawful wife and on American
soil.
In their petition it is alleged that the
father Of the children is connected with the
Chinese diplomatic and consular service.
Attorney l. |. MOWry claims he has a right
10 any number Of women 50 long as he is so
employed aud the soil he occupies is Chinese
Ia the sight Of the law.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-18
A SAD STORY.
Told by an Orphan in His Petition fol-

Told by an Orphan in His Petition for a
Guardian.
The petition Of John E. Sala, minor, for
the appointment of his aunt, Mrs. Maggie
X. Welch, as his guardian, was filed yester-
day in the Probate Court.
In his petition the boy states that his
mother died three days after his birth, that
his father remarked and the stepmOtber re-
fused to allow him to remain in the house,
consequently his aunt took charge of him
and maintained him for years. Subsequently
the stepmOther abandoned her husband to
lead au immoral life.
The husband and father has since died,
and as he was n United States pensioner his
child is entitled to a pension of S14 per
month, which the stepmOther can receive
and collect unless a legal guardian is APP
pointed for the petitioner.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-18
OAKLAND STREET WORK.
The Supreme Court Decides Against
Contractor.

The Supreme Court Decides Against a
Contractor.
The Supreme Court has affirmed the de-
cision af the lower tribunal in the case Of
J. a. Fairchild, contractor. against J. s.
Wall Oakland's Superintendent of Streets
The action was to obtain a writ of man.
damus to compel Wall to enter into a con-
tract to give him certain work awarded by
the City Council
Wallis demurrer TO the complaint was
sustained on the ground that it did not state
facts sufficient to constitute a cause OF ac-
ton.
Halls reason for refusing to enter into a
contract with FaiTchild was because in his
official capacity he had already received a
contract for the work from other persons
claiming three-fouTths Of the property to be
improved. Plaintiff VINO was awarded the
contract from the city, denied that the Su-
perintendent OF Streets had contracted with
three-fourths OF the property-oVners on
this particular thOroughfare, but the SUI
pTeme Court cook a different view Of the
case and refused to grant the writ de-
nanded.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-18
Incorporated Enterprise.

pany has been formed to acquire, sell and
lease water rights and engage in numbering.
Its capital stock is $500, 600 Of which $1,000
has been subscribed. The Directors are NJ.
Z. Chapman, w. +. Greene, G. McAllister,
W. p. Redngton and NJ. V B. Watson.
The firm VI Davis Brothers has incor-
pOraied TO do a general mercantile business
in this city. 1t las 100000 capital stock Of
which the five members Of the firm have
subscribed $4,000.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-18
FOrGHT EIGHT Trips.


Judge Finn has divorced Margaret Hearn
from David Hearn because Of his willful
neglect
Judge LAWYER has granted James II. Nor
rissy a divorce from Ella MOrrissy, because
size is leading an immoral life. They mar
ried in this city in May, 1891.
EliZ Jones has Tern granted a divorce
from her husband Joseph by Judge Heb
bard, because OF his desertiOn. They were
married ia Manchester, England, August 4,
1852 aud she was deserted in Oakland, May
z 1880
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-18

81 "a; number Of as essments called to De-
cember 81, 1891. 1853; highest number calico.
In one year Q69D. 10; average number OF
assessments in 14l@ years, II; average age OF
member assessed "a average actual age OF
members, 80 70; receipts on assessments last
year. So. 1919, 419 81; number of deaths prior
to December 81. 1891. 6247; payments during
the year, $1,000 $50; delayed claims sui
DendiDp c13 200
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-18
NEW RAIN METER,

The Simplest Way to Ascertain the An
nual Rainfall.
When, by the constant condensation of
aqueous vapOr, the individual vapor vesicles
become larger and heavier, and when finally
individual vesicles unite they form regular
drops. which fall as rain. At great heights
raindrops are very small, but they increase
as they fall, for from their low emperature
they condense on their surface the aqueous
Yapor Of the layers OF air through which
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-18
FOR PORTLAND g. ASTORIA, OREGON.

THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 5<n
1 Ocean DivisiOn-and PACIFIC COAST &C.,
STEAMSHIP COMPANY will dispatch from Spear
street Wharf at 10 NJ, for the above ports one y
their Al iron steamships. viz:
COLUMBIA-february7 z. 70, March ., II, %.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA-February Il, %,
March g. s, 30
OREGON-Februarv 3. Is. 81 March 10. %
Connecting via Portland with the Northern Pacido
Railroad oregon Short Line aud other dtyergils
lines for all points in Oregon. Washington, British
Columbia Alaska Idaho Montana Dakota, Utah.
Wyoming, Yellowstone Park and all points East aad
South and to Europe.
Fare to Portland-Cabin. SIG; steerage IS; round
Tip cabin. $50.
Ticket Ofiices-l Montgomery St, and Palace Ho-
tel New Montgomery St
6OUDALL, PERKINS & CO, Supt Ocean Idns
Market 81 San FranciSCo
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-18
Burglary in the Second Degree.

About 2 O'Clock Tuesday afternoon as
Policeman Maurice Hayes was passing along
Folsom street before No 1925 which is a
saloon, his attention was attracted by the
noise within. He entered and found four
young men wrecking the place and prepar-
ing to decamp with large amount of booty.
he seized two OF them, but the other two
escaped The two caught, who gave the
names James Farrell alias Kelly and Harry
Mcconnell, were charged with burglary.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-18
Ran From a Blast.

George w. Smith. laborer employed at
Sutro Heights, was treated at the Receiving
Hospital yesterday afternoon for sprain
of both ankles, He explained that he was
running away from n blast, but fell down,
and so received the injury.