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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-05-05

a new candidate for journalistic honors
in this State is the Vermont Farm Journal
which is published at Wilmington. It con-
taias sixteen pages and its editor, L. L.
Keyssr, says that it will be his ,ondeavor to
make it a representative journal OF its Gloss.
II may deserve to succeed, but the chances
hrc agoIn5tit. So many OF Vermont's leading
newspapers conduct varied and comprehou-
siyo agriculture departments that there is
little field for n distincti7ely farmers jour
nal
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-05-05

\ srms-s1.Ooa Year. Always In Advance
The morning call., 1892-02-26

sifted over everything in the trunk. 1t
would not have been go bad were 1t not Tor
the fact that the bill was Leah, that somoer
tragedy whose general gloom is accompanied
by the blacklist costumes. That white POW
der and those black dresses made comoi-
nation that caused me to smile despite my
annoy Rnce, but the smile more than
faded when l found the stuit would
not shake off. 1t was nearly time
for the curtain, and called the
members of the company to help me- SO
desperate was the task that we finally ad-
jOurned to the stage to give the bruShers Det-
ter sweep for their work. The audience
grew impatient at the delay and the hand
eIapping made us ali nervous. A brilliant
Idea struck Mr.. Skinner when one OF the
stage hands. who did not understand the
cause of the delay. came and SAID me cur
tain line had broken. and would not Mr..
Skinner go out and explain to the 10lks IN
front. OF course he would. and at the same
time ski 1T the responsibility for delay to the
manager of the opera-house. lie went, ana
we heard his voice floating up in sottened
strain as he explained how sorry he was 1t
had happened and how it would have been
all right had it not been rotten cord.
He had about half finished the speech
when an unloOked-for ending came All OF
a sudden the curtain shot up in the air, the
line having been repaired anu the IelloW IN
the fly gallery thinking the voice ne heard
was the cue. The rising Of the curtain
found us in a sorry light. l was standing
on a bit of rock, while the pTOpertyman
was industriously switching my dress with
a whsk- broom, and the rest Of the COM
pany brushing various articles OF wearing
apparel Mr. Skinner heard the curtain go
up. and. supposing it was raised to allow
him to retire, was bringing his speech to
close, when he heard shont OF laughter.
and looked around Just in time TO see us all
scurrying for hiding place in the wings.
1t was hard work to keep that audience
sober-minded the rest of the night"
The morning call., 1892-02-26
WOES BEHIND SCENES.

Margaret Mather Tells Of Some En-
cOuntered in FIy-by- Night Towns.
Margaret Mather, whose name has lust
been coupled with divorce court announce
meni. recently declared: ''The gear 1891
will 60 into my memory as one of the
strangest in my career. From the very open
ing of the season up TO the time abandoned
Joan of Arc annoying but Humorous incl
dents kept cropping out to try the temper
of everybody. The very first night. when
we were producing 'Medea,' a terribly
gloomy old tragedy, the two babies in the
cast started on a frolie by playing hide and
seek while Mr.. Skinner and myself were in
one OF the most narrowing scenes. OF course
the people laughed and we nearly followed
suit. Less than ten minutes later, at an
other climax, Mr.. Skinner had the sensation
of having property rock slide from under
his feet, nearly throwing him on his face.
That night was a Nightmares; every thing
seemed bound TO go wrong. and not a mem
her of the company would have doubted an
assertion of the total depravity OF inanmate
things, / am not often thrown out of bal
auee myself, but when i saw Mr.. Skinner
90 through a cOntOrtion act TO try and keep
his balance / very nearly shrieked.
LESS than a week after that we played
Mt Laconia. N. H., and were beginning
10 congratulate ourselves that everything
would go smoothly, at least that night, when
I opened my trunk and was dismayed to find
that my maid had packed about two pounds
of white face powder so loosely that IL had
The morning call., 1892-02-26
MISERABLE ABODES.
The WretChed Howell in Which
Anna Martin Lived.
Three NsiehbOrs as Badly Of as She Was-A
Community of Four Souls Divided
on the Color Line.

A dreadful case of destitution was brought
70 the notice of the police yesterday and the
victim removed to the Receiving Hospital.
What makes the case most painful is the
fact that the victim is woman over 70
years of age.
Nearly ten years ago Anna Martin ana
her husband Robert moved into the den
from which the woman was taken yester-
day. The shanty which has been the poor
old wOman's home so many years Is one OF
four that stands on the sidewalk under the
bluff on which the Sailors Home is built on
Spear street, close to Harrison. 1t IS
mere box, ten feet long by five and half
feet wide and not more than five and half
feet high. it is built of pieces of wood
picked uia around the lumber-yards on the
city trent, and its only opening is a narrow
door. which is hung on leather hinges and
fastened with a piece OF rope in lieu of
lock.
This cramped abode possesses no
windows and when the door is shut the
only light that enters is by a score or more
of knOi-holeS in the sides. The floor is OF
earth and when it rains is covered TO
depth Of several inches with mud.
a tumble-d0wn bedstead occupies most
of the floor room, while several boxes and
an old stove take up the remainder, SO that
The morning call., 1892-02-26
CITY ITEMS In BRIEF.

James Rowe fell on Fifteenth and Mission
streets last evening M dislOeated an elbow
He was taken TO The CITY and County Hospital.
Isaac Jessup has given notice that be will ap-
peal from Judge Coiley's order distributing the
estate OF Gershom Jessup 10 the illeglumate son,
Rchaid.
John Healy, The assistant foreman OF Truck L.
was struck by falling timber at the BTannan-
street fire yesterday afternoon and had his left
leg brONen.
Lizzie Allen, pretty but Maynard girl was
convicted OF vagrancy yesterday and enlenced
by Judge kix 10 two years imprisonment at The
Whittier Reform School
Tie saloon Of j. l.. RadOyieh at 32S Pine
street was entertd by burglars yesterday morn
lug. The thieves gained an entrance through
the transom and secured $40 40 from the till.
The California Geological Club Will meet In the
han Of Tie Academy Of sciences at O'clock to-
morrow afternoon. Professor David s. Jordan
VIII read paper on Geological Explorations Of
Tie Pacific Coast"
Con Shay, the pedder, who sold 10 an unsus-
pecting housewife a barrel OF sand for sugar was
convicted yesterday OF petty larceny. Judge
JOachimsen sentenced him 10 sixty days impris-
Oument IN lie Comfy Jail
The morning call., 1892-02-26
ESCAPED AGAIN.
Prisoner BenDet and Comrade Skip
From AiCatray.

Prisoner BsnDet and a Comrado Skip
From Aicatraz.
Two of the prisoners confined on the
island of Alcatraz made their escape about
9 80 o'clock Thursday night, and the officers
in charge are very much worried over the
circumstance.
What makes matters worse is that one of
the men. named Bennett, made his escape
about four months ago, but was captured
soon after in Sacramento while on r
drunken spree. Bennett aud another prS
Oner. both of whom were serving term for
desertIon, complained of being sick, and
were sent to the hospital. The men played
their part so we'll that no guard was placed
over them, and the result was that when
the sentry made his visit to the hospital
about 10 o'clock at night he found that both
men were missing.
The alarm was at once sounded, and
every part of the island searched. but to no
purpose, and up to a late hour last night no
trace of the missing men had been discoy-
cred, and it is supposed that they made
their escape to the main land.
The morning call., 1892-02-26
HE LOST ALL HOPE.
A Prominent NeWYOrker Becomes
Gloomy and DespOndent.
Another Chapter OF Personal Experience
Is Added To-Day.

ut is true" said William Klingbiel of &C
Forsyth street, this city. to the writer, thai
my trouble had extended so far that I had
given up hope Of ever getting better. 1t was
at least seven years ago that l knew that
had catarrhal and bronchial troubles. but
beyond the clOgging up of my nostrils, the
dull headaches and the continual raising Of
phlegm, it didn't at first seem to trouble me
much.
After time, however, began to have
hacking kind of cough that l could not
get rid of. Pains would take me in the
chest and sides, sharp and stabbing-like, and
extending through under the shoulder
blades. The continual dropping of mucus
seemed to affect my stomach My appetite
became poor. | would feel hungry, bat
when would sit down to the table I could
eat very little; but what l did eat would
rest like load on my stomach, giving q
feeling of distress and nausea.
The morning call., 1892-02-26
COLLINS ARREST.
B5ta SIT fer the Preliminary Examination Of
the Accused Bank President.

Bate SIT fer the Preliminary Examination Of
the Accused Bank President.
san DIEGO, Feb. 25-Ihe public has
scarcely recovered from the surprise occa-
81 ned by tie arrest Oh Wednesday of Presi-
dent Collins If the California National
Bank. There are nc special DEVELOPMENTS
to-day lir. Collins has not been able vet
20 secure S59.915 bail, and be is therefore
accom- med bv as rf-iai Of the Govern
l1-l-. On Wednesday Of next week his
preliminary examination viii be held be-
fore Court CommIssianHr Ward n this city.
i seems 10 be the general opinion that the
resumption Of the bank viii now be out Of
tie question, but friends Of the Institution
have not relaxed hope and efforts. 1t Is now
alleged Il n the bank had only $1,000 cash
On hand al the tiWe Of suspension, a sum
enormously less than the last quarterly
statement showed. L is also said that the
hank received large deposits during the
very last hours the bank was open Gu the
day previous TO suspension.
The morning call., 1892-02-26
"RRICK THE COM
One Hundred Days In Jail for ThIeving
Fireman.

ono II III OHiA AoE n AhAeVl0R
Fireman.
j. +. Butler, better known as Brick the
Con-" appeared for sentence yesterday
morning in Department l Of the Police
Court 1t will be remembered that while
connected with the Fire Department as a
substitute for the notorious Truck 2, the
ex-eonyiet was seen to rife a room during q
fire in Hinckley-alley lodging house. Fail
ing to pull down" the witnesses, his Fire
Department friends brought pressure to
bear. and had the charge reduced from
burglary to petty larceny.
Brick" then demanded jury trial, but
when the case came up on Wednesday he
pleaded guilty, and his attorney offered TO
pay fine uf $50. Judge Xix declined to ac-
cept the offer, and yesterday sentenced the
thievng fireman TO pay a fine of 500. or
serve 100 days Imprisonment.
One peculiar circumstance connected with
the case is that no testimony was heard. 1t
is the practice TO take some testimony in ref
erence to the crime after prisoner pleads
guilty. In Buffers ease the reporters who
saw him commit the theft were called nv
Prosecuting Attorney Nicholson, but Judge
RiX refused TO let them testify.
Had Buffers case been prosecuted the
prlOr convictions against him would have
necessitated felony charge. Had he been
tried in the Superior Court under those cir
cumstanceS the eX-conVict would have been
returned to State Prison.
The morning call., 1892-02-26
TELEGRAPHIC BKEvITIEs. Q

LONDON. Feb. 25.-The ship Pearl, bonnd
for Iceland. has been wrecked on the coast
Of Scotland and five men Of the crew were
drowned.
PARIS, Feb. 25-Rauvier has given up the
attempt 10 form a Ministry and Bourgeois
Minister OF Instruction Of the late Cabinet.
has undertaken tie task.
LISBON, Feb. 25.-The explosion in a
quarry yesterday terribly maugled four
wOTkmen. and fifteen others are supposed
to be buried beneath the debris.
LONDON. Fec. % Explorer Stanley is to
be selected as The Liberal nominee for Dem
bigh, Wales. The borough is now repre-
scented by Conservative, who was elected
by a majority so slight that Stanley's
friends aIe confident That he can easily over
come it,
ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 25.-The Car. in a
ukase, grants a subsidy Of 100000 rubies
yearly to the prom Oters of the voluntary
fleet The subsidy is coupled with condi-
ton that the recipients must build in ten
years four fast cruisers Of ever 5000 tonnage
and two TRANSPORTS
The morning call., 1892-02-26
CALIFORNIA CITRUS FAIRS.
An Important Meeting Of OFaHg8-GTOW0TS
al Sacramento.
PERMANENT ASSOCIATION FORMED.
DISCUSSION and Adoption Of the Report Of the
Committee on IReOTpordtiol-SeleciiO3
Of Directors.

SACRAMENTO Feb -. - DELEGATES ap-
Doipt45 from the various counties Tor the
pufDsse of holding 4 convention AT when
10 rrranfze q citrus fair association Tor
Northern California met here to-day. e. W.
Hancock of this CITY was chosen President.
The delegates present we're: Fred {. Niles
Of Placer. d. y Hoan of Shasta, g. '.
RowIer Of San Francisco Frank Miller OF
r. ID lado, y. s. McCIatchy Of Sacramento,
James X. O'Br,en Of Nuba; Charles r.
Wyer and +. n. Buck. of Solano; Dr.
Thomas Ross Of 1ulo; b. F. Walton and
&c Kslls. OF Suffer; ID. X. Perkins OF
Tnite AID Henry a. BTainard Of santa
Clara.
After agreeing TO organize permanent
association ana tie appointment Of com
1nlIJets "a recess was taken.
Afternoon session.
AT The afternoon session a report was
submitted by tie Committee en- IncoTpora-
tiea. The cerp0Tatiea is 10 be known as
the California Citrus Fair Association, and
the principal place Of business IS 10 be at
Sacramento. TIE association is to recon-
mend 60 the State Board OF Agriculture the
selection Of q place faU holding the faJrs.
De.e-ase Ross objected 60 the title, Cali
lorna Al4I-s aaA lac>GOtttttSAs tiN AO- ia
&" Northern" California be believed to be
more appropriate and distinctive. This
view was Ind1rsed by several delegates.
while Others preferred TO have the name
broad enough 10 embrace even the south
eIn counties. in case they should desire at
some future time to enter The association.
Brajuard Of Santa Clara explained why
the association should be called the Gen
trap California Citrus a ssociation, because
the citrus-gUowing counties north of Ieha-
chapI We're really the central counties Of the
state
After further discussion T. vote was taken
ou The motion T. ameud The report by in
-ar.ug tie word northern" and It was
carried unanimously.
Tae report was also amended 50 as to in
Clale all the counties of the State except
those embraced IN the Sixth Congressional
District.
The following persons were chosen
rs Directors fer the FIRST year. Fred c.
Miles of Placer, d, y. Holm OF Shasta, Is.
y Eowley Ct SIN Francisco. Frank Miller
II FL Dorado, Thomas B. H8u Of SacTa-
meute. James X OBrieu Of 1uba, Charles
+. Nyer of Solano. Thomas Ross o. I0lO,
g F. Walton Of Suffer- ID. X. Perkins Of
butte H. A. Brainard Of Santa Clara.
The morning call., 1892-02-26
A SENSATIONAL SUICIDE.
The Tragic Death of the Daughter of
French General.
A Paris CahIerrnn

The Tragic Death OF the Daughter of a
French General.
A Paris Cablegram.
At Nancy the beautiful daughter Of Gen.
eral Tallien of the French army, young
girl of barely 10 years. committed suicide.
She had become engaged to lieutenant
Eliot by name, without the knowledge Of
her people. The young couple laid the mat
ter before the general, whereupOn he flew
into q rage and, not satisfied with refusing
bis consent in the hardest terms. kicked the
lieutenant out of the house. The young
soldier, naturally indignant, waited in the
street for the old gentleman, who usually
goes to his cafe at O'Clock, and knocked
him down with a walking stick, injuring
him severely. This preyed so upon the
girls mind that she procured heavy cord,
went to her bedroom, and about o'clock
in the morning, as is supposed tied the
cord to the iron balcony, slipped her head
into a moose on the other end. leaped out the
window and there hung for the rest of the
night. At o'clock in the morning the
startled people in the streets discovered her
dead body dangling from the third story
balcony
The morning call., 1892-02-26

The compensation of the commissioners
for the opening of Santa Clara avenue has
been fixed at $50, but they will not receive
ii until after the avenue is opened. The
commissioners have their report ready and
it will soon come up for consideration be-
fore the City Trustees.
1t seems to be the desire of the City Trus-
tees that the minimum water rate to house
holders be reduced from 81 to 81 30 per
month, but they also desire that Captain
Thompson, proprietor of the Artesian
Water Works, receive per cent per anDum
revenue on his, capital invested. To do this
the rates will have TO be increased in some
other direction. The matter will come up
for final action next Monday evening, bay-
ing been referred 10 tie Finance Committee.
The gentleman night" of the Olympic
Club. which was to take place Saturday
evening, has been postponed until March
%. on account OF the illness Of Frank Cook,
who was matched against Virgil Nahl IN
glove contest.
All is now in readiness for the opening of
the new Wilson schoolh0use, which will
take place on next Tuesday.
The Alameda Boat Club has arranged
regatta for Sunday afternoon on the estuary.
There will be seven races. and at their con-
clusiOn refreshments will be served in the
clubs house at the foot of Chestnut street.
The row of oue-stOTy buildings which
stand in the rear of the Park Row Building
on Santa Clara avenue are to be moved
away. They are all of a tumbled0wn or
der and are vacant most Of the time. The
insurance has been raised, and it does not
pay to keep them liz the present location.
The morning call., 1892-02-26
HOSPITAL FARE.
An Estimate of Each Inmates
Daily Allowance.
The Aggregate Appears Enormous, but It
Does Divide Up Handsomely Among
the Many Patients.

The numerous criticisms OF the manage
ment Of the City and County Hospital for
tie past year or two. both for and against,
have contained many random statements
about the extent and abundance of the food
supplies. bat absolutely no positive infOrma-
ton as to the exact supply has been given.
The following data have been compiled to
show that exact phase Of the controversy.
The items touched upon are simply intended
to embrace the food supply, without refer
ence 10 any other branch of the manage
ment, and the period taken TO illustrate as
q fair sample Of the general management
has been thu last six months of 1891. The
data were furnished by the assistance OF the
Auditor, from the bills on file In his Office.
and allowing for possible omission by the
compiler. may be regarded as tOleTably cor
rect, approximately so, at least, and quite
sufficient for the purpose desired:
The list is limited 10 meat, eggs, milk.
butter, groceries and vegetable, and ia an
aly zing il must be on the basis of the fol-
lowing average daily: Number of inmates
in that institution, july 298, August 223.
September 26S. October 203 November 259
December 321. Consideration should also
be taken of the fact that there are about
fifty attaches of the hospital who live there
constantly. and must properly be reckoned
in the general average daily allowance of
food.
The supplies for the last six months OF
1891 in detail were substantially ~ fcIloyye
The morning call., 1892-02-26
PERSONAL NOTES.


B. f. Sawyer, the Stockton capitalist, is
in the city.
p. C. Burial a banker Of Portland, is at
the Baldwin.
NJ. X. Jackson, mine-owner of Nevada,
is at the Lick.
H. l.. Gordon, mining man Of San Ber-
nardino, is at the Grand.
Charles Silent, ex-Superior Judge Of Los
Angeles, is at the Palace.
Milton Edwards, ex-SecTetary of State
for Colorado. Is in the city.
Henry w. Brown, capitalist Of Red
wood City, is at the California.
Colonel f. S. Chadbonrne of the Gov
errors staff left last night for New York.
Edward Curtis has returned from a pro-
tracted stay in Washington, and is at the
Grand.
G.. Il. Sperry of Stockton has returned
from trip to Central America, and is at
the Palace.
Extensions of seven DAYS to their leaves
OF absence have been granted Colonel W. i.
Shafter, First Infantry, and to First Lieu
tenant Charles Wilcox, A. s., from Fort
CASTOR Cal
The morning call., 1892-02-26
BOYS SHOT.

Group Of Children Fired Upon by Strange
Horseman.
GRASS VALLEY, Feb. p. - Yesterday
evening a man on horseback, armed with a
shotgun, rode I'D TO within hailiug distance
Of group Of children on Rocky Bar Hill.
two miles south Of tlis place. lie asked
some Qeestion which the children could not
answer. and then he told them that if they
did not resIODd lie would shoot The chill
dren were sill silent and the man fired both
barrels Of his gun into ;be group. The s.
year-old twin sons Of Robert Allen were
struck in the face with r4le shot, bat owing
to the distance the wounds are not serious.
The man escaped and no one knows who
no ia
The morning call., 1892-02-26
LOAN ASSOCIATIONS.

Report Submitted 70 the Governor BY the
Bank Commissioners.
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 25.-The Bank Com
.Inissioners to-day submitted a report to
G0Gernor Markham on the national build
}yg and loan associations Of the State in
accordance with a request made by the
league Of the local hulding and loan as
sOciati0ns Of last year. This report is quite
EQlLmlnOus and deals with several nation
ais IN San Francisco and Los Angeles. 1t
is 10. the nature Of a b0mbshell. The com
missnners show that several Of these asso-
Citations are a deluSion and a snare and have
been nun solely in the interest Of the
officers Figures quoted from financial
statements would make it appear that some
Of th8m-e exist only upon moneys paid by
new victims constantly joining.
The morning call., 1892-02-26

published, that he was a little odd in his
ways, but he was un0btrusive and anything
but a miSer The face OF the matter is this:
Some time ago be had for tenants in one of
his houses a widow and her daughter, who
was quite pretty and but IS years of age
Eckert fell in love with the girl. and despite
the disparity IN age offered her not only his
heart aud hand but all his worldly posses
siuns if she would become his wife. She
neither declined nor accepted. but told him
20 see her ma. This he did. but the answer
given crushed him, and from that day until
he died be was a changed man. He lived
alone and did not seem to care for company,
bat be was not a miseT, nor was he filthy IN
his dress OF habits"
The morning call., 1892-02-26
The Proposed Silver Cunfernnrn.

LONDON, Feb 25.-If Secretary Foster is
really coming to London to consult about
the silver conference. IL is certainly not by
Encouragement with Goschen or any of the
treasury officials here Goscilen saws: 81
have not heard Of the proposed COME renee.
have nothing TO say about It." Sir John
Gorsi, VINO is Goschen's sub officer and ia
the thorough confidence of the Treasury
department, says he has heard nothing as
10 the proposed bimOnetary Conference and
did not believe that any such move was in
tended.
The morning call., 1892-02-26
IN 3{ED-AFKtCA.
The Delays in Finishing the Congo Railroad.
The Slave Trade Abatiug

BRUSSELS, Feb. 25.-Several persons who
have just rsturned from tie Congo declare
that thu railway there. which it was ex-
pected would be opened next year. will not
be ready for FIVE or six years to come The
native labOrers are Incompetent for the
work Of laying rails, while white
labor is rare. 10 other respects the
work is progressing satisfactorily. The
Congo officers have expelled the slave
hunters from Oubanghi country, and also
from the Aruwimi, which is a great blow to
TippOO tbs interests, who has still re-
NAMED al the head Of the slave trade.
Travellers assert that they have heard good
evidence cDTroborating SANKEY'S version Of
JamiesOn's share in the cannibalism affair.
and also point to the fact that Mrs. jamie
son went to Zanzibar months ago for the
purpose Of getting the facts for the purpose
Of clearing Ter husband character. Moth
ing since has been heard from her about the
matter.