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The morning call., 1893-03-05
TOO MUCH WATER.
1t Spoiled the Stanford
Field Day.
The Cinder Track Was Heavy and
the Events Were Postponed
Till Next Saturday.

The heavy rainfall was the cause for
postponement of the feld-day exercises at
Stanford University that we're to have come
off yesterday. Had the cinder tack been
in proper condition there would have been
no occasion to let the rain interfere with the
sport, but as it is the cinders became moist
and soggy. making running Of any sort an
impossbility.
The events set :or yesterday will probably
be held on Saturday next
Little is expected of the men as yet in the
way of records, but the growing spirit of
emulation that is beginning to manifest
itself both at Palo Alto aud across the bay
will soon lend an impetus to field sports OF
all kinds and serve to develop Stanford's
crude material, of which the PaIo Alto
youth boast greatly.
Work will soon commence on the new
running track, and the sprinters hope to
have 1t in proper order by the latter end of
next month. The bali ground also Is to re-
ceive its share of attention, which at pres
ent 1t sadly lacks.
The events booked for next Saturday are
a 80 yards dash, 220 yards dash. Then
there Will be 440-yard run, and half-mile
run and mile run. Knowles. Calhoun and
Orcutt are expected to distinguish them
selves In the foregoing races. but there are
host OF others entered. The mile walk
lies between Ashley and Burnett. both OF
whom are in remarkably good trim.
For the honors in the "putting the shot"
contest, Whitehouse, Kennedy, Orcutt.
Field and Brown will contend.
Besides these will be o class relay mile
race. each class having team entered,
which will, doubtless, be the event of the
day.
A running high jump, running broad
jump. pole vault, throwing sixteen-pound
hammer, a hurdle race, the hop, step and
jump will complete the programme.
The judges chosen are Professors Angel,
Richardson and Marx. c. Fernald holds
the position of captain Of the athletic team,
and is doing excellent work in getting his
men into shape for the occasion.
II the men show up next Saturday in these
field events as they did in their first football
match Berkeley will have to take back
seat And there are knowing ones among
the different classes who maintain with a
self-satisfied assurance that such is going to
be the case. 1t is little too much TO ex-
pect, however. that with all the unfavor-
able circumstances on her side Stanford
should at this time be able to eclipse Berke.
ley's trained athletes.
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above the 930 level. Have started cross
cut east 260 feet south of the north line $50
level; face in porphyry.
SIERRA NEvADA-Are king the neees-
sary repairs to tile intermediate tunnel
The Joint Sierra Nevada and Union west
drift 900 level has been advanced during the
week 22feet, total distance west OF the joint
shaft 2976 feet; face in porphyry.
BULLION-Tne west crOsscut from the
northwest drift 800 feet south of north
line 1900 level of the Ward shaft is out 3S3
feet; face in porphyry.
PoToSI-The west CT osscut from the face
of south drift 80 feet back from the face of
east crosscut opposite the POtosi winze $50
level is out 16 feet; face in clay, porphyry
and some low-grade quartz The north drift
80 feet back from the face of the east cross
cut opposite the POtosi wlnze go level is
out 10 feet; face in porphyry and streaks of
quartz. The south drift from top of the
raise 1000 level is out 2i4 feet; face in quartz
and porphyry. The Forth drift from top of
raise 1000 level is out 155 feet, following a
streak of ore 16 inches wide, which ASSAYS
from SIS to $50. The nerth lateral drift
from the bottom of tue Potosi winze 1900
in quartz OF low assay value. Extracted
and sent to the mill the past week 459 tons
ana $50 pounds of ore from the $50, $50 and
1850 levels. Milled during the week 400 tons.
On hand at the mill 139 tons and 1850
pounds. Average battery assays S26 IA,
average car-sample assays S26 10. Shipped
to United States mint at Carson 347 pounds
of crude bullion.
ALPHA-N0 work has been done on the
1900 level of the Ward shaft during the
past week
The morning call., 1893-03-05
RerkeleV.

The Glee Club Of South Berkeley enter
talned. Its lady friends last evening at
Ashby Hall.
= Rev. George Hatch, the newly elected
pastor of the Congregational Church of
Berkeley, arrived this morning. The ladies
Of the church are busy to-day decorating
for the services. tomorrow.
The last.of long series of robberies oc-
Cured last evening. A building used by
the Bates gymnasium as dormitory was
robbed some time before midnight. Enter
ing by the front door. the thief left his shoes
there and secured a better pair. besides
carrying off complete suit of clothes and
an overcoat.
The Peoples party held its weekly meet
Ing FRIDAY. evening. Among tho things
determined upon we're the fixing of the
number of delegates to the nominating con-
ventioD, and the date on which the conven-
tion will be held. Six delegates were selected
to attend the party's convention at Sacra-
mento toward the last Of this month.
: Professor PutZker spoke at some length
before the Independent German Political
Club on Friday evening. Among other
topics he discussed the pIacingof German in
the public school curriculum and the intro
dustion OF gymnastics into the common
schools. Both of these measures are strongly
advocated by the professor.
The morning call., 1893-03-05
OF Interest to Railroad Men.

81. Louis Globe-Degl ocrat.
Some years. ago a portion Of the Wabash
Railroad was laid with old English iron
rails, and small part with steel rails from
the Carnegie mills. After time it became
necessary to remove some of the main line
rails to another portion of the road, aud 1t
was observed that after relaylng them
many gave out Immediately and others
manifested only the usual signs of wear.
To determine the reason for this apparently
unaccouutable condition an investigation
was ordered, which showed that the road
from which the rails had been removed was
built in a northwest and southeast direc-
tion, and that a large number had been
turned end for end in RELAXING. Those that
had not been so relaid exhibited no unusual
loss, while the turned rails succumbed in
sixty to ninety days. MIR. C. B. Adams
states that the metal had probably become
p6larized from long use in the first position
of the rails. and the fiber as broken up by
the traffic in the opposite direction to which
they we're exposed when relaid, In Obser-
vations on rolling stock he further states
that castiron wheels generally yielded twice
the mileage when cars were TUNED end for
end at the terminal points than they did
when run back aud forth without revers-
fnr
The morning call., 1893-03-05
Alameda.

The committees who Nave in charge the
Campaign for the two NSa-Partisan conven-
tions are hard at work. and hold meetings
nightly. The fight is centered upon the
Trustees
:. Alarge audience assembled last evening
in Park Opera house to listen to the second
performance Of "Patience" by an amateur
local eompany. The cofnpan has been so
much encouraged by its success that it will.
give an opera every three months. DR..
Humphrey is president of the society and
w. p. Bartlett leader:
E. i. Bartlett. proprietor of the Pioneer
bus: line that formerly operated on Park
street, will leave in a few days for Los
Angeles, where he will engage in the
theatrical business.
: Mary Fahlmer, who was committed to the
Agnews Insane Asylum from this city
several months ago, died last week in that
Institution. She was about 16 years of age.
The iron poles for the electric road on
Park street were distributed yesterday
There were seventeen deaths in Alameda
during February, giving deathrate that is
much above the average.
The morning call., 1893-03-05
CLIMATE OF TEXAS.
An Enormous Extent of Territory
Embraced Within Its Borders.

New York Sun.
The Fat boy in the museum remarked one
day that proportions such as his had their
great disadvantages. This statement of
profound truth, based upon personal expe-
rience, seems to apply very we'll to the State
of Texas There are disadvantages in big
ness. This fact will impress any one who
reads the important report recently pre-
pared by General Adolphus w. Greely,
chief signal officer, on THE Climatic
Conditions of the State of Texas" The
biographies, as rule, do not help one
TO acquire correct notions of the size OF
Texas. The State is so large that few atlas
sheets show il on the same scale as other
States, except on the general maps Of the
country. Studying Alabama on one map
sheet and Texas on another, the attention
of the student is seldom called to the fact
that Texas is shown on much smaller scale
than. Alabama, ana very likely he leaves
school with quite erroneous notions of the
size OF Texas as compared with Alabama
some striking facts which convey more
adequate idea of the enormous area of
Texas than many people entertain.
Although Texas belongs to the drainage
basin of the Atlantic, its extreme western
part in FL Paso County is about 200 miles
nearer TO Pacific waters than to the Gulf
of Mexico. A part of the panhandle is
nearer TO the Great Salt Lake Of Utah than
to the Gulf Of Mexico. Fourteen of the 22S
counties are larger than the State OF Della
ware. The distance from Ell Paso to the
eastern boundary Of the State is as great
as that from New York City to Chicago.
The northwest corner Of the panhandle
is as far from the southern boundary
at Brownsville as Chicago is from Mobile.
While the extreme northern part of Texas
is in about the same latitude as Norfolk,
the most southern part of the State is
scarcely 100 miles north of Key West.
Texas is one of our great seab0ard States,
only California and Florida exceeding it in
length of sea coast; and yet there are large
regions that are farther from the sea than
many of our political divisions in the inte-
rior, such as Idaho, Nevada, Kentucky,
Tennessee and Ohio.
The morning call., 1893-03-05
Journalist and Capitalist.


There Is one newspaper man in this town
who is personally interested in the silver
views Of Secretary of the Treasury Foster.
It happened in this way: The newspaper
man was detailed to attend the banquet Of
the Republican Club at DelmonicO's one
week ago last night. Secretary Foster was
there as one OF the distinguished guests.
Like many men of public fame, in donning
his dress suit. Mr.. Foster had forgotten TO
put anything In his pockets. After making
his speech he FASTENED to the coatroom and
passed in his check for his coat and hat.
de was annoyed to find that he mad no
change with which to reward the servants.
Turning to the aforesaid newspaper man.
he exclaimed "By George! Charlie, |
haven't got a cent. Lend me quarter"
The bit OF silver was no sooner placed in
his hand than one Of the prom inent bankers
Of Wall street called out: Her, Charlie,
lend me quarter, also" Charlie was
pleasantly impressed by the fact that men
OF money are not always men with money.
The morning call., 1893-03-05
The Fire-AIarm system.

At The meeting Of the Health and Police
Committee of the Board of Supervisors
yesterday morning Superintendent Tarpey
of the fire-alarm and police telegraph ser
vice declared that the system has been
neglected for fully five years and was I'm
properly equipped. There are about $50
miles of wire, he said, and OF this fully
seventy miles ought to be replaced. In
stead OF splicing the wire when il breaks.
new wire should be substituted. TIE wires
are corroding and breaking in many places.
He wants some assistance TO do the work,
The morning call., 1893-03-05
London Policemen,
New Y ork sun,

London policemen, or at least not in
considerable number Of them, are trying to
form labor union. About twenty police
men. said to already be members of
union," were present at meeting OF
trade unionists in that city recently,
and told of the grievances of the police
and their desire to band themselves in a
union for the protection of their interests.
1t was said that stringent orders had been
given that any. policeman found attending
this meeting would be Severely dealt
with" 1t was resolved to call mass meet
ing of the police, and afterward apublc
meeting, and invite the labor NJ. P.'s to be
present, in order to consider the union pro-
iant
The morning call., 1893-03-05

an independent engine, but The air. feed
single eccentric, ON the paddle-shafE The
entire machinery weighs-35k tons and giveS
a sReed:of 1f.6 knots an hOnr.: Steam is
supplied by a steel returl-tube boiler g. feet
in diameter an So feet long. The working
Forced draUght lis applied on what is
known as the closed ashplt- system. Prob.
Aoiy the largest steamer. in. this country
using Oscillating engluns is the Connecticut,
running ON Long Island Sonnd.: y =
The morning call., 1893-03-05
Cashier sawyer,s Strange Gift:
Lewiston Evening JOurna

c. NJ, Sawyer, cashier of the Dexter Ma;
tional Bank. possesses a very. pecu1iat.
faculty for telling the weight of. things of
hand. He cannot explain what the power
is, but that he, can. exercise it correctly
there can be no doubt Numerous in stances
of its use are told. One is that a merchant
was one day preparing to weigh boxfuT. OF
old copper scraps, all shapes and sizes.
thrown in at haphazard. Just then. Mr.:
Sawyer stepped into his store.'.. Seeing tie:
box and the scales he remarked: =:
"You needn't weigh that. for 1 can tell
You 10 an ounce just what it weighs. The.
thought came to ME just as |. came In the
door that that box and contents weighed
just 373 pounds"
mode of weighing without verifying il, so he
put the box on the scales, and it tipped:the
beam at exactly the weight named. =
The morning call., 1893-03-05

rails have constantly to be taken up and
moved about, as there are no nails TO draw
or wedges to drive, in taking the rails up or
laying them down again, and the inventor
claims that they are more durable than
wooden sleepers; and that their first cost
will compare favorably with the low cost. Of
81,
The morning call., 1893-03-05
A New Use for Old Rails.
81. Louis Globe e-Democrat.

A most useful method of transforming
old and disused colliery bridge rails into
slcepers has been devised by a Lancashire
engineer. 1t Is only necessary to cut the
old rails into suitable lengths, punch two
holes into the web OF the rail, into each of
which the tail piece OF special fastening
clip engages, and the sleeper is complete.
Both the cutting and the punching can
easily be done in position If desired. These
sleepers are likely to be especially service
able anu convenient at colleries where
The morning call., 1893-03-05
Osci!iating Engines,
New York SUI

For some reason oscillating engines have
met with but little favor in this country,
but in England and Central Europe thew
are largely used. An engine Of this sort has
recently been built for passenger boat on
the coast of Ireland, and a brief description
Of it will suffice to show its general design
1t is used in boat 132 feet long, 15h feet
wide and IA feet deep, and drives pair of
side paddle-whees 9A feet in diameter The
engines are of the compound, surfaced con-
densing. diagonal. single-crank type. with
cylinders 16 and 80 inches in diameter and
80 inches strnke. The pump for the circu-
lating water In the condenser is driven by
The morning call., 1893-03-05

THE: pastor. Rev j: NJ, Burgan. from charges
recently made which involved him in a
i: scandal. He is:now in San Jose.
: Residents of Piedmont have petitioned
the Board OF Supervisors to cali a special
ELECTION in Piedmont district 10 vote upon
the question of 'issning bonds in the sum of
: SaOi0e0 for sever system. The proposed
district embraces. 700 acres.
Memorial services In honor Of the late E.
w. Playter will be held at the First NJ. Z.
Church: this evening, Addresses will be
nj ads by Dr.. Hummer. DR.. Mclean and Dr.
Wyfhe
The morning call., 1893-03-05
Condensed English.

STAMPS, please" curtly said the young
lady.
with or Without" queried the facetlous
drug clerk.
with or Without Without what?" was
the indignant inquiry.
"Whiskers, ma am. One-centers has no
whskers on Columbus. The tYo-centers
lave. Ye."-Phlladelphia Call.
The morning call., 1893-03-05
A Fatal Surprise,

"What killed Mr.. Here. Cash?"
"a woman came into the store and asked
TO be shown some expensive dress: goods,
"Boughta spool of thread. suppose?" :.
'No; $400-piece of stuff. ."-Pittsburg
Dispatch. >.
The morning call., 1893-03-05

sensitive paint which is a bright yellow at
the ordinary temperature and bright red
at 220 degrees. 1t returns TO its original
color on cooling, and may be heated with.
the same effect over and over.
The morning call., 1893-03-05

and asks that the committee look into the
matter
Coroner Hughes has applied to the COM
mittee for safe and some marble slabs on
which the dead may rest more comfortably.
He needs the safe very badly to store val
ua ables. He also asks for typewriter.
The morning call., 1893-03-05
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OCCIDENTAL HOTEL.

p.echaln's Pills are faithful friends.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-02-23
GOLD AND SILVER.
Important Report Sent to Congress
the Director of the Mint. Q

Important Report Sent to Congress by
the Director of the Mint. 90
WASHINGTON, Feb. 81. The director
of the mint has transmitted to congress
a report on the production of precious
metals, covering the calendar year 1892
synopsis follows:
The value OF the gold product from the mines
OF the United States was approximately sSs
O00, 900. about corresponding 10 the average
product Of recent years The product OF silver
from our own mines is placed at 5000. 600
ounces, OF the commercial value, at the
average price of silver during the year. OF
$50, 10000 and Of the coming value in
silver dollars of t749s9 900 This is a fall
ing OF OF 800 900 ounces from the product OF the
preceding year. The amount OF silver pur-
chased by the government during the year
under the mandatory provisions OF the act OF
July "a, 1890, was 81, Sc7 fine ounces, costing
az ,2ol, 29l, an average OF s7H cents per fine
ounce. From this silver 6,S33, 245 silver dollars
were coined during the year.
The imports Of gold aggregated SIS. 165, 056 and
the exports go, 735 697. net loss of gold of s5s
57o,bss The silver imports aggregated s3l. 49,
e6s and exports e37, Sal 1901, excess OF silver
exports OF W0oO, 1913
The director reviews the recent movements
of gold from the United States commencing
May 1888 During the last year that is from
4
commenced, TO February IS, 1898, the export OF
gold from the port OF New York has aggregated
800 7fs $50
The total metallic stock January l, 1893, was
estimated to have been Gold, seas. 7ee 90; sill
YER SsSs scS, 265; total, s 2t9 l63 ssB The stock
OF gold IN the United States fell o6 during the
last calendar year Sc 600 ooo while the stock Of
silver increased go. ooeeoo
The amount Of money in circula tion. exelu-
sive OF the amount IN the treasury, was o. efi,.
al zb3 January l. 1893 an increase OF els e7s ls4
during the year.
There was An increase Of over ei2 900 600 10
the gold product of the world during the last
calendar year OF this increase g. 500, 100 Was
from Australia ana over %, 600 600 from South
Africa
The total silver product OF tho world In
creased during the last calendar year about
1850 900 ounces, oocasioned chiefly By en- In
crease Of 4 800 00o ounces In she product Of Mex-
team mines and go 600 in tho product OF the
mines OF America
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-02-23
MORTON CHOSEN.
He VIII Be Secretary OF Agriculture IN
CIeyeland's Cabinet.

LAKEWOOD. N. j., Feb. 90. = Mr.
Cleveland announced Friday even
ing that j. Sterling Morton, of
Nebraska, who visited him at
his request Friday, was rendered
the secretaryship of agriculture and
accepted it. Mr.. Morton is one of
the most prominent democrats in
the state of Nebraska. He has been
in the legislature and was talked of as
a candidate for governor last fall. Lit
tie is known of him in the east, but he
has been prominent figure in
the west for a number of years.
Mr.. Morton was born in Adams, Jefferson
county, n Y, April %, 1882, of Scottish an.
cestry. He was educated at Ann Arbor. In
1855 he was elected to the Nebraska terri.
torial legislature, In 1858 he was secretary
OF the territory and became acting governor
on the resignation OF Gov Richardson. In 1860
tho democrats nominated him for congress and
he was defeated by David Butler. Mr.. Morton
represented Nebraska at the Paris exposition
and claims TO be the originator of Arbor day.
ALBANY, n. Y, Feb. 1s.-Ambrose
w. Lyman has just been appointed
private secretary to President-elect
Cleveland. He is native of Ohio
about 45 years of age.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-02-23
NOT GUILTY.
Hugh o'DOnnelI Acquitted at Pittsburgh
of the Charge of Murder.

Hugh O'DonnelI Acquitted at Pittsburgh
of the Charge of Murder.
PITTsBURGH, Pa, Feb 2O.-After
having been out all night the jury in
the murder case against Hugh O'Don-
nell brought in a verdict of not guilty.
O'Donnen was taken back to the Jail,
pending application for his release on
bail, which will be made some day
next week. O'Donnell must yet an
swer to treason. riot and conspiracy.
lODonnell's case, the trial Of which began
last Monday before Judge Stowe. is by far
the most important growing out OF the
Homestead riot, which took place on July Q
last and in which q number of Pinker-
ton men were killed O'Dolnell pleaded not
guilty TO the charge, and in his defense main
tanned that instead Of melting the Homestead
meu TO violence and bloodshed he had
done all he could 10 prevent IT. Tho
evidence went 10 substsntiste this and
IL has been conceded throughout that
the defense was making q very strong case
O'Donnell vas 1T the time Of the riot chairman
Of the advisory board OF the Amalgama tod asso-
citation, but disappeared from Homestead
shortly after tho riot occurred and
Thomas ]. Crawford was elected IN his
place About . week after o Donneli was ar
rested and cast into Jail from which he has
only been out twice previous 70 the trial. once
70 On alderman's once and another time into
court on an application for bail, which Was re-
fnRAd
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-02-23
READING is RUINED.
The Famous Railroad Company Is Under
the Control of Receivers.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb 21.-MondaV
afternoon Judge Dallas, of the United
States circuit court, appointed re-
ceivers for the Reading railroad COM
pany upon proceedings brought by ex-
Senator Thomas c. Plat, of New York,
a holder of third-preferred bonds,
against the Philadelphia & Reading
Railroad company, the Philadelphia &
Reading Coal and Iron company and
the Pennsylvania Company for In
surance on Lives and Granting An
nuities.
The receivers appointed are Archi-
bald A. Mcleod, president of the com
pany: Chief Justice Edward NJ. Paxson
of the supreme court, and Elisha F.
Wilbur, eX-president of the Lehigh Val
ley Railroad company. Justice Pax
son at once sent his resignation as
chief justice of the supreme court Of
Pennsylvania to Gov. Pattison The
security of each receiver was fixed at
$780, 600, for which they are To enter
their own bond. George l.. Crawford
was appointed master.
The receivers are authorized to run
and operate the railroads and canals
and operate such other railroads as the
Philadelphia & Reading Railway com
pany holds, under lease or otherwise,
and has heretofore run, and to run and
operate the canals held or
owned by the company. They
are also authorized to keep
the mines and other property of
the Philadelphia & Reading Coal and
Iron company employed and used in
the manner they have heretofore been
used and employed so far as the said
receivers shall deem it TO be for the
best interests of all parties concerned,
and to continue the mining operations
of the Philadelphia & Reading Coal
and Iron company, aud to sell and
dispose of the coal already mined or to
be mined.