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on the order of the Secretary of State and

on the order Of the Secretary of State aud
continued:
The Board Of Election Commissioners being
charged with the duty OF making all provisions
county, ana being lawfully entitled TO the
CUSTODY OF taid paper either through It's secre-
laiy' Inc Registrar, or theipresident deemed the
s aIu paper ana lhe secrets OF the ballot involved
.neieIn SAFER III the custody Of US president than
I'D mat Oh any other custodian. The paper is
nov ~, oe CUSTODY OF the Mayor, the chief execu.
i've olncer Oh this city aud county, and tile pres
Gent OF this board. aud is In a special place OF
deposit and under special guard.
linen 1t was stated that the paper would
be, at the proper time. turned over either to
the secretary OF the commission or the
printer TO whom the contract was awarded,
Some OF these packages had been broken.
with regard to the paper for the general
ballot, it was stated that one of the packages
had been opened by Commissioner Smiley
and Registrar Brown to ascertain il the
paper was OF the required dimensions, and
several sheets were given to the Registrar
to enable him to arrange some Of the pre-
limlnares for the printing of the ballot.
No other persons than the members of the
commission and the Registrar had been or
would be permitted to see the ballot paper.
Finally the commission denied all kuowl-
edge Of giving out any OF the paper, and
stated that the information published yes
terday In morning paper about the color
and other matters in connection with the
paper was incorrect.
Then Registrar Brown asked il the Mayor
had ordered the paper. as stated in the body
of the document, and the Mayor said mo"
Then ensued quibbling discussion, in
the course of which members Of the CON-
| mission stated that the paper had been
ordered by them. but stated that it was not
by a regular resolution recorded on the
minutes or at any regular meeting Of the
| board.
Registrar Brown then told the commits
| sion that he was the only officer known to
| the law authorized to order the paper and
| that he had done SO, but it was not the paper
| in the hands of the Mayor.
| After some further talk Commissioner
| O'Brlen said if the Registrar had ordered
| the paper he would have to pay for 1t, and
the Registrar responded by stating that the
| courts would determine that.
| The Registrar then made a statement that
| no sheet of paper that had gotten into his
| hands had been given TO the press, or to any
newspaper, or any individual. and that ii 1t
| had gotten into the hands of any person 1t
| was not through him in any way, shape or
| form.
A motion to adjourn cut off all further
discussion
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INDIAN CURES.
What tho Sons Of the Forest Do in the
Medical Line.


What tho Sons of the Forest Do I'm the
Medical Line.
Pail Mall Gazetts.
In the depths OF the forest, an Indian
breaks his leg or arm, said DR.. Kingston In
his address at the British Medical Associa-
ton meeting at Noting ham. Splints OF
sofest material are at once improvised.
Straight branches are cut. of uniform length
and thickness. These are lined with down.
like moss or scrapings or shavings of wood
or with fine leaves interlaid with leaves, If
In summer; or with the curled-up leaves
OF the evergreen cedar or hemlock, In win
ter; and the whole is surrounded with
withes Of willow or osier or young birch.
Occasionally 1t Is the softl but sufficiently
unyielding bark of the poplar or the bass
wood. Sometimes when near the marshy
margin OF our lakes or rivers the wounded
limb is afforded support with wild hay or
reeds OF uniform length and thickness.
To carry patient to his wigwam or to an
encampment stretcher is quickly made of
four young sanlings, interviewer at their
upper ends, and on this elastic, springy
couch the injured man is borne away by his
companions When there are but two per-
sons and an accident happens to one of them
two young trees of birch or beech or hickory
are used. Their tops are allowed to remain to
aid In diminishing the jolting caused by the
inequalities Ut the ground. No London car
riage-maker ever constructed O spring W hich
could better accomplish the purpose. A
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couple of crossbars preserve the saplings in
position. and the bark of the elm or birch
cut into broad bands and joined to either
side forms an even bed. In this way an In
jured man is brought by his companion to
settlement, and often it has been found on
arrival that the fractured bones are firmly
united and the limb is whole again. This Is
effected in less time than with the whites,
for the recuperative power of these children
of the forest is remarkable. In their plenti-
tude of health Osseous matter Is poured out
in large quantities and firm union is soon
effected.
The reparative power of the aborlgines
wheninjured is eaualed by the wonderful
stOicism with which they bear injuries and
inflict upon themselves the seyerest torture.
They are accustomed to cut into assesses
with pointed flint; they light up a fire at q
distance from the affected part Jour counter
| irritation; they amputate limbs with their
! hunting-knives, checking the bemGrrhage
| with heated stones, as surgeons were accuS-
| toned to do 10 Europe in the time of AM
| brose Pare. and sometimes they amputate
| their own limbs with more sang froid than
many young surgeons will display when
operating on Others. The stumps of limbs
amputated In this primitive manner are we'll
formed. for neatness is the characteristic Of
all the indians handiwork.
The ab0riglnes are familiar with and prac-
tice extensively the use OF warm fomenta-
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he BURIED 4 SKELETON.
Student Chalmers Expert
ence as Grave-Digger.
The Coroner FTewned Upon His Handiwork
and Now Another Poor Skeleton
Is Without Grave.

Student G. T. Chalmers of the Cooper
Medical College did a very foolish thing
yesterday afternoon and in consequence
was compelled to do a very humiliating
thing last night.
Student Chalmers is freshman.
A week or two ago he obtained a human
skeleton from the college, and after taking
1t apart and putting it together again until
his knowledge of anatomy had been ampli-
fed and extended to marvellous degree.
determined to bury the fragments Of man
and let it remain IN the earth until he re-
turned with his degree to his home in
sloUgh-surrounded Stockton.
He procured a coal-oil box and made of Ii
a coffin for his skeleton. Then he set out
to fnd a grave. and Ignoring the claims OF
enterprising societies and corporations who
own cemeteries, and who are constantly APP
pealing for patronage, selected as a buryiDg
| ground vacant lot just opposite his board
| ing-hOuse, 1617h Webster street.
As the owners OF vacant lots are not only
willing but anxious to give graves K
| medical students OF the freshman
| class who have skeletons to bury, Mr.
| Chalmers deemed 1t unnecessary tC
ask the permission of the owner of thi
particular lot when he determined TO in
| hume his bOny guide on the path TO knowl
edge. Nor did be deem it necessary to cal
upon the Board of Health for burial per
NIT. sagely arguing that the board had
| without doubt, granted a permit for thu
| sepulture of his skeleton long ago.
In the most matter-of-fact way Mr.. Chal.
| mers dug a shallow grave in the lot and
| hustled the coal-0i box and the inclosed init
| 1t without ceremony. The ubiquitous small
boy witnessed the unceremonous sepuIture
through a crack in the fence and ran away
and told what he had seen to Officer Duane,
WHO In turn notified the Coroner
| - Late in the evening Deputy Coroner
| Bridgewood drove out to Mr. Chalmers
| ouTylng-ground and flung flood of ligbl
from his lantern upon the new made grave
de was preparing 20 dig up the bones when
Student Chalmers appeared on the scene
| de acknowledged his proprietorsh hip in the
bones and was ordered to exhume them a,
| speedily as possible. This he did witt
| trembling hands and in few moments til,
late-Iamented was again without grave
| Chalmers was ordered to take the bone
home with him, and, after asking IN,
| CQroner's man 10 say nothing about tn,
matter 10 the newspa per men, he went HON,
| with bis gruesOme load.
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LIE CERCLE FRANCAIS.
Reception to the Officers of the Freucl
Warship.

WRrship.
lie Cerele Francois gave a reception last
evening to the officers of the French frigate
Dubourdieu in UniOn-square Hall.
The stairways, parlOrs and dancing hal
were profusely decorated with the national
French colors. festooned with ferns aud
flowers
The whole produced most pleasing effect.
The executive committee, decorated wi h a
tTi-col0r ribbon, consisted of Emil X aas,
President A. Schmidt. President
Henry Cahen. Secretary l.. Kaufman,
Treasurer C. Lemousin, J. Blum, Joseph
COhlentZ, NJ. Willard, l. Klein.
On the entrance If the guests OF the even
ing-Admiral Paragon, Commander Bes-
son, Captain LegraGd. Medical Adviser
Maurin, CommissaTy PIiratd. Lieutenants
de Beausacq. Seller, MOTIF, Linden and
Germain-the orchestra added enthusiast
to the occasion by rendering the Mar
Saillaise." The grand march was led by
President Emil Raas and Mrs. a. Schmidt,
followed by Admiral Paragon and Mrs.
Emil Raas. GO
Among the guests we're Count On Pare
Locmalre Vartsowicovteh, Russian Consul /;
gray, French Consul; Dias Duran, Consul #
Guatemala; K. B. H0chsta !teI, Barry
Baldwin, DR.. \. Gibbons, julius l.. Wolf,
W. j. Kelly, Emil Kahn Of Paris, France,
NJ. l.. Sellgman, l. w. HelmBn Jr., Dnnald
de V. Graham, Dave Kline, a. Roos,
Garrison Gerst, Lieutenant Knight, Everett
A. Bail. Edmund Tausky. Lucius Solomon,
Sanford Sachs. l. SonnenberE, Harry
Fischer, Jacob Unna, Max Pepper, l. God
chaux. f. Topltz, A. OuIif, J. B0as. Among
the ladies were: Mrs. Raas. Mrs. Schmidt,
Mrs. Wolf Mrs de BelOD, Mrs. Julius
Blum. Mrs. j. Lippman, Nine. Quilt. Miss
Kaufman. Mrs. Jacobs, Miss Lippitt, Mrs.
L. J. Weise. Miss Eugenia Jacobs, Miss
Viola Heyman. Miss Lottie Cert.
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whereabouts Of the affidavit he made IN the
registrar, and the transcript made NJ IL in
the books of the registrar was after n fight
between Attorneys Cook and Clunie finally
admitted as evidence.
The record showed that he registered from
room 10. 675 Mission street, on October i.
when all the testimony so far adduced
showed contrary state Of facts. and IL ia
alleged that he is really resident of oak
land. Cook made strenuous effort To have
the perjury proceedings dismissed Int il
was ineffective, and the further hearing was
continued till tomorrow, little or nothing be-
Ing done yesterday but to override Cooks
techncalites.
Registrar Brown wants IL understood that
the clerks In the affidavit room are Amounted
BY him though in each case Suggested by
the Board Of Election Commissioners. Init
the deputies for precinct registration are all
appointed by the board direct,
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HOW HE MADE LOVE.
Pretty Nurse Wooed and Wen by Hos-
pitai Patient.
Boston HeralC


There was one young person possessed OF
a pretty face, a kind heart and an all
absorbing desire to do something to assist
her fellow beings. After some eloquent
persuasion she obtained the consent of her
family to enter hospital to study for the
work of a trained nurse, says the ST. Louis
Star-Sayings
Among the pretty enthusiasts first pa
tients was young man with broken arm
and Of an attractive Appearance. The De.
mure white-eapped nurse began to take an
unusual interest in him, and asked him one
day If there was nothing she could do for
him-no book she could read, no letter she
could write. The patient gratefully ac-
cepted the latter offer, and the nurse pre-
pared to write from his dictation.
He began with tender address to hts
dearest love-" and the little nurse felt
slightly embarrassed. But she continued
through the most ardent declarations of all
absorbing affections to the end, where he
wished TO be subscribed an adoring lover
for all time. Then she folded the letter and
slipped it into its envelope.
ITO whom shall | direct IL ?" she asked.
The wicked young man said amiably, and
even tenderly:
What is your name, please?"
They have been married a little more
than year now.
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The Fire Record.

An alarm from box 152 at 2 80 o'clock yes
terday morning was for blaze in Annie
Conlan's one-story frame dwelling at 524
Brannan street. The loss amounted to 500,
and the cause of the fire Is unknown.
The old two-story frame building, 800
Bush street, was partially destroyed by fire
at 9:35 o'clock last night. Flames broke
out in the basement while the tenant of the
house. Herman Schubert, was at theater
with his family and climbed rapidly up the
rear wall and spread over the roof. The
damage TO the house, which is owned by a
Mrs. Blackburn Of Santa Cruz, amounts to
$500. The houses on either side of Mrs.
BIackburn's building were slightly dam
aged.
A defective crate in William Halls resi-
dence, 237 Twenty sixth street, last night
caused a FIRE that damaged the building to
the amoun, of 500.
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Natural Gas and Eleotrioity.
New York Times.

The wife of young electrician. well
known In New York, has Just returned
home after protracted soiourn in Buffalo,
where natural gas Is almost as much of
household necessity and convenience as Is
running water She has many stories to
tell about the labor-saving uses to which
natural gas, combined with electricity. is
put. The one that interests her husband
most is her description Of an arrangement
which she saw In the house OF Buffalo
friend, whereby the master or mistress OF
the house can, upon awakening on frosty
morning. touch an electric button in the
headboard of the bedstead and Ugh. the
fires in the dressing dining-room and
kitchen. Another electric signal arouses
the cook, and by the time that she reaches
the kitchen she 6,d4 hot fire awaiting her.
The house meanwhile becomes comfortable
warm while the members of the family AZ
dressing.
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It's sixteen dIals: Rio

It's sixteen dIals: Rio de Janelro, Green
witch, Copenhagen, St Petersburg. Mount
Ararat Calcutta, Picking. Melbourne, Sand
wich Islands. San Francisco, Denver and
st. Louis, and these several dials can be set
simultaneously by turning single wheel
Connected with the running train is a re-
tanning power TO maintain its motion while
winding. The arm of the main-strike fly Is
of cut brass 2 feet long. and has polished
cedar cams. The main running and strike
wheels are 8 Lilo inches in diameter, FIVE
eighths thickness.
The attachment to the extreme right with
small weight is an automatic fre-alarm
test, a special continuance of Mr.. Small
wood, who is the superintendent of the
Gowanda fire-alarm system. 1t Is attached
to the main strike and connected to the pub
lie fire-alarm system, and every day AZ IL
O'Clock the movement is released ana all
the fire-aarm signals are rung five times as
a test that all Is well. 1t is proposed to
exhibit this clock at the coming Colum bian
Exhibition.
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suffer, BEING Instructed ia the Corridor

Suffers Bsiag Instructed ia he CoiStdor.
Kelly gang, but had recently moved from
800 Seventh street, and is supposed 10 lave
regIstered from there under another h'n ~
He stated that he had never eNeieiooo i'
franchise before, although living III the
state over ten wears. he had left the Sew
enth-street house because be was unable to
pay for his room.
George Ennis and T. J. Mslley are at
last out on bonds approved by Judge Coffey.
Carroll Cook and Mike Dunn, the latter OF
whom is said to be studying criminal law in
Cooks Office, made hard fight to get them
out is some other way, but Judge Coffey
was too much for him and good and suffl-
Client security was given for their appear
ance tomorrow morning.
Cook and Dunn also tried TO secure the
release of George Wakelee by habeas corpus
proceedings, but Judge Hebbard declined
to hear the case after Cook had cast some
aspersions on the quality OF justice melted
cut in Department 9.
A writ Of habeas corpus had been gotten
out In the Supreme Court for Ennis and
Malley returnable on Monday, aud In con-
sequence OF the fact that the Supreme
Court has to sit in Los Angeles on Monday
| il was made returnable before Judge Muir
ply When bail was given, however a
| stipu alton was made that the habeas corpus
| proceedings should be dismissed.
The Frank II. Lambert case dragged its
weary length along In Judge Coffey's court
| again yesterday and will come up again to-
morrow. Hours of search with q corps of
thirty or forty men failed to reveal the
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"0VERC0AT JACKS" BIG LUCK.
He Beats tho Saratoga Races and Wins
Thirty Thousand Dollars.

he oehts inc saratoga Races ana wins
Thirty Thousand Dollars.
To hatitues of the racetracks and pool
rooms in and about San Francisco there has
been no more familiar face and figure for
years past than "Overcoat Jack"
No one ever heard any other name for
him, and he acquired the sobriquet from the
fact that he was never seen, rain or shine,
wet or dry, hot or cold, that his 0vercoat
was not tightly buttoned up TO the chin.
His acqnalntances surmised that this was
done to conceal the fact that he had no other
coat, but TO all queries Jack vouchsafed no
explanation.
A few months since Jack and his over
coat vanished from his familiar haunts, and
no one knew anything of his whereabouts
until day or two since, when a racing
sport who had just returned from the East
brought the astounding Information that he
had met Jack at the close of the Saratoga
meeting. where he had started In with a
shoestriDg and come out with lanyard"
ID the shape Of five or six rafting good run
heIs, ana cool $4,000 to the good beside.
hri hn9 party also stated that Jack intended
" IN ms string out to the fall meeting
e ei ,ns blood-horse Associate on, and In
'enoeo making book on the races.
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SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
Issued by the Chief Supervisor OF FL
ton to Deputies.

Issued by the Chief Supervisor OF Elec-
ton to Deputies.
Following is copy of special instructions
issued by Nathaniel holland. chief super
visor of election, to those who are acting
under him:
The supervisors OF election are instructed,
whenever any arrest Is made, The person so ar
rested must forthwith be brought before Com
missioner, Judge or court OF The United States
for examination OF the offense alleged against
him, but no person must be arrested without
process for any offense not committed In the
presence OF the supervisors of election or either
OF them hOr must any person on the 0ay OF cleo
tiOn be arrested without process FOR any Ofiense
committed on the day OI registration.
III The arrest should be made at a time when
such Commits soner or other officer cannot be
conveniently found, then let bin b. detained in
the municipal prison until next day, when he
should be brought before The Commissioner or
other Officef as the law requires.
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They ALL CHBERHD BEN.
Bright Young Republicans
Speak Out for Harrison.
EERTON C. ALIENS SPEECH.
Tie Harrison Club Of the Thirty-Fifth Dis
tr!et Will Support the Non-Par-
tisan Ticket.

Enthusiastic young Republicans filed the
Wfgwam at the corner of Jones and Eddy
streets last night in response to a call Of the
American Republican College League.
J. a. Watt presided. Campaign songs
sere well rendered by quartet that ap-
ceared in white plug hats. The first SPEAK,
er was Edgar ID. Peixotto. He euiogized
The administration of MI. Harrison ana the
PAST of the Republican party. Its pohcy
had bnilt I'M our industries and MADE US
what we were. Mr.. Pcixotto Is great adj
mirer of Mr.. Mckinley. He compared the
316o strikes In England with the a IN
America, and advanced the point as an
argument against free trade.
Mr., C, Allen of the Chronicle then spoke.
Mr.. Allen recited the history OF the pro.
tective tariff from its formulation by James
Madison and Alexander Hamilton TO the
present time.
He quoted McKinley's utterances as TO
;he future of our country IL protection
should continue TO be our policy.
Asa further Endorsement OF the system,
he cited Sir John Macdonalds Illustration
If the two barley farms on either SIDE OF the
American line, and the lucent duty PAID
nv the Canadian to sell in our markets.
The tax was not paid by the consumer.
he closed with stories of Henry w. Grady
and Sargent D. PTentiss.
Mr.. Aliens remarks were received Win
great applause.
One Of the hest speeches OF the evening
was the one by E. NJ. Wolfe, President OF
The State League of Republican Clubs.
He is q student Of the Berkeley University
and spoke OF the organization OF college
Republican clubs.
In this respect this campaign was peculiar.
The idea of such an organization was Mr..
Clarkson's, ex-chairman of the Republican
National Committee. James Francis Burke
was elected president in Ann Arbor last
May. At the convention in Buffalo dele
gates were present from nearly every
American college. He prophesied that 8
great influence in future politics would
emanRte from this source.
A. J. Brown spoke for Stanford UNI
yersity on the relation Of the college student
90 American politics.
Andrew Branch spoke for twenty min
utes on tue general Issues OF the campaign.
lie appealed to the audience to do It's
duty, that when the smoke OF battle
cleared away we might see the Goddess oil
Victory placing The laurels OF triumph on
the brOws OF our candidates"
A brief speech by Samuel Sleslnger on
the btnefcence Of protection and cur free
dom from caste distinctions ended the pro-
gramme.
The meeting closed with three ringing
cheers for Harrison.
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THAT BALLOT PAPER

1t stirs Up Lively Breeze Before tho
Election Commissioners.
There was regular monkey and parrot
time at the meeting Of the Election Commits
sion last night.
For over an hour after the commission
should have met Mayor Sanderson. Auditor
Smiley and City and County Attornev
burst were preparing a statement of the
position they took with regard to tho ballot
paper trouble. Tax Collector OBrien
waited down in the assembly, room OF the
commission until the paper should be
ready.
Finally the commission met and docu-
ment was adopted before being read as
being the expression Of the views of the
commission on the question and was then
read by Mayor Sanderson.
The document stated that the paper for
the municipal ballot had been received by
the Mayor as president OF the commisss n