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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-19
GATLING's NEW GUN.
Applying Electricity and Shooting

Applying ELECTRICITY ana Shooting
1000 Times a Minute.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 16.-Dr. Calling Of
Gailiug-gun fame is attracting the attention
Of army and navy ofieers through the
knowledge that lie has perfected a device
for applying electricity to firearms. Cat
ling claims to have new gun which VIII
discount the Calling. mitralleuse. and all
other Tapid-fFing guns. The new gun will
shoot 2000 shots per minute. Tie motive
power consists of an electric motor attached
by belt to the mechanism Of the gun, and
the cost Of discharging IS said to have been
reduced to a minimum. a test is to be made
shortly before board Of ordnance officers.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-19
TOTTERING CREDIT.
A Fear That the Bank of Rome rIay
Fail.

ROME. Jan. 1s-It is stated deficiency
Of 100000 francs exists in the Rome branch
Of the Bank OF Naples. The bank cashier
has been arrested, aud one Of the directors
has abscouded. rumor says. to the United
States. Grave rumOrs are afl0at concerning
the Bank of Rome. and the police have the
rest OF the directors under surveillance for
fear they will run away. The Bank of
Rome has been negotiating with the Ma
tiOnal Bank for a coalition which, it is the
general opinion. was the only hope Of sal
walton for the Bank OF Rome. Flnanciers
are greatly excited. and deposItors are in a
frantic state of mind, as many of them will
be ruined if the Bank Of Rome fails.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-19

J. r. Bell, Oakland Enquirer: d. j.
O'Ieary, Mechanics Fair Daily; H. ID.
Ovens. NJ. johnson and NJ. McMahan. OF
the San Francisco Real Estate Reporter. L.
E. DingIey and c. L. Dingley Jr., general
manager of Geyser table water. w. 6. Cor
bailey and General Superintendent of the
North Pacific Railroad Z. Il. Strong we're
Dresent
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-19
BADLY WANTED.
John Hay Had Better Stay Away
From San Juan.

COLORADO SPRINGS. Jan. Isl. C. Cox,
an Old miner, has just returned from the
San Juan goid-felds. He confirms the
statement that the reputed rich find of gold
placeTs is the worst kind of a fake. He
SAYS the fact is gold is found. but not in
quantities TO pay for mining by any method.
Crowds still flock there. although the roads
are lined with hundreds of miners who are
leaving. lie says there is much privation
in the camp. A notice Offering $1,000 re-
ward for John Hay, dead or alive. is con-
speuou>Iy posted at intervals throughout
The district. Hay is charged with having
originated the fake.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-19
HOTEL BURNED.
A Rumor That Some Human Lives
Have Reen nSf

MINNEAPoLIs. Jan. Is. - The Pauley
House, a well-kuown hotel OF this city, was
burned tonight together with some of the
adjoining buildings. Ii is rumored that
some lives were lost. but so far there has
been no evidence TO that effect.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-19
WONDERFUL SKATING.
Joseph F. DOnogFue Breaks the Amer.
lean Record.

RED BANK. \. j., Jan. 1s-The first an
nual skating carnival held by the North
Shrews bury Ice-yacht Club took place on
Shrewsbury River this afternoon. A fea-
ture of the day was the two-miIe handicap
in which Joseph F. DOnoghue finished about
300 yards in the lead. The time for the first
and second miles. which was 1856 and 6:O3h
breaks the American record. Charles Lappe
was second. his time being GIL 50.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-19
The Idaho Lawmakers.

BOISE. Idaho. Jan. 1S-The House to-day
passed bill appropriating $4,000 for the
Worlds Fair, also a bill appropriarlng $685.
600 for a soldiers home in this State.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-19
WITHOUT SMOKE.
An Invention That May Hereafter Be
of Great Value.

BERLIN, Jan. 1S-The Berlin Smokeless
Combustion Company has made contracts
with the North German Lloyd AMI Ham
burg American Steamship companies and
the Vulcan Works Of Stettin. The princi-
pie is the use of coaldust mixed with air
for firing furnaces. and the attendant ad-
vantages are there is no wear of boilers and
no ashes. The invention is suitable for all
kinds of manufactures.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-19

Bradbury has been heard from. and says
that underno circumstances will the strikers
be taken back. The railroad officers are
now negotiating with the head officials of
the Switchmen's Union of North America.
hoping TO adjust matters.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-19
Utah Is Exioeanf

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18-The House Com
mltiee on Territories without division or
dered fayorably reported the bill enabling
Utah to form a constitution and State Gov
eminent and be admitted into the Union.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-19
A Logger Injured.

SIssoN. Jan. 1s.-Jerry Dow, while log
ging at Maxwel's mill, eight miles from
here. had bis leg broken and was injured in
ternally by log rolling on him. The doc
tor thinks he will recover.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-19
BLAINE's CONDITION.
No Apparent Change During the Past
Twenty -four Hours.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1s.-There has beer
no apparent change in Blaine's condition
during tile past twenty-four hours.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-19
One Strike Off.

KoKoMo. Ind, Jan. 1s.-The strike at the
Diamond Plate-gIass Works of this city is
off. The men returned to work this morn
ing. the superin!eudents proposition being
accepted.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-19
Must Go to .IaiI

ALBANY. N. Y, Jan. 1S.-The Court of
Appeals has affirmed the conviction of
extOrtion by Master Workman Hughes OF
Rochester. who is under sentence of Inn.
prisonment.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-19
AN ARMED LuNATIc.
He rIade a Desperate Effort to Re-
Sist Capture.

5I5L &tpLt4t :.
CITY OF MEXICO, Jan. 1s.-At Qneretaro
to-day an attempt was made to arrest a
lunatic who was armed with long knife.
lie made desperate effort to retain bis
liberty, stabbing and slashing every one
whom he could get within reach Of When
he was finally overpowered it was found
that he had stabbed eight persons. -Four of
those injured will die.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-19
GUSHING BLOOD.
CHASTITY Scene at an Execution in
Scotland.

GLASGOW. Jan. l8.-William MacEwan
was hanged here this morning for the muir
der OF a woman. After committing the
deed he siashed his own throat horribly,
but the doctors managed to save his life for
the gallows. His neck was not perfectly
healed. however. and the drop of seven feet
proved too much, for it nearly tore the vie
TINS head off. the blood gushing in streams
from the riven wound. The sight was mos
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-19
Crisis in Victoria

MELBOURNE, Jan. ls.-By vote of "a to
AZ the Colonial Parliament to-day declared
a want Of confidence in the Government.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-19
Cannot Pool.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 1S.-The Senate In
tersiate Commerce Committee by a vote of
g. rejected the railroad-pooling provision CT
the Cuilom bill and will report the bin thus
amended
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-19
Spanish Statesman Dead.

MADRID, Jan. 18.-Senor MartOs, express
ident OF The CnaAber OF Deputies. died to-
day.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-19
IN MORTAL DREAD.
An Unworthy Descendant of the Good
Queen Isabel.

MADRID. Jan. IS The Infanta Isabella
has withdrawn her provisional promise to
open the Columbian Exposition at Chicago.
because If she visited the United States she
would have to visit the Spanish Dependent
cies of Cuba and Porto Rico. where yellow
fever is always prevalent. OF which she has
a mortal dread.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-19

DoNcHERKNow how to manufacture dimpios /.
Chew whites Yucatan Gum. aud notice the result
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-19
ALL TRAINS STOPPED.
The Lake Erie Strike Can Now Get
No Worse

MUNcIE. Ind. Jan. 1s.-The Lake Erie
and Western strike can get no worse, al
though it may last Every freight train on
the road is stopped. General Manager
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-06-17
OWLS CAN HEAR WELL.
But Apparently None Of the Species Has
Any Sense OF Smell.

The hearing of all species OF owls
known to me is maryelously keen, says
writer in the FOpu}ar Science Month
~, so keen, in fact, that know of no
way of testing it, since it is so much
more acute than that of man. If owls
have the sense of smell, | am unable to
find satisfactory evidence of it, have
tried various experiments with them,
hoping to prove that they could smell,
but the results are all negative. They
dislike putrid meat, but they bite ii to
ascertain its condition. They will not
eat toads or frogs which yield an un-
pleasant odor, but they did not reject
these species until they had tested
them by tasting.
They may be ever so hungry, yet
they do not suspect the presence of
food if it is carefully covered so that
they cannot see it. This test | have
applied with the utmost care To the
great-horned, snowy and barred owls
The latter are shrewd enough to learn
my ways of hiding their food, and
when they suspect its presence they
will search in the places where / have
previously hidden it, bouncing upon
pieces Of wrapping paper and poking
unGer feathers and excelsior with
amusing cunning tested them with
the fumes Of camphor, ammonia and
other disagreeable and unusual smells,
but they failed to show that they per-
ceived them unless the fumes were
strong enough to affect their breath
ing or to irritate their eyes.
Finally | put cat in basket and
placed the basket between the two
owls. They were utterly Indifferent to
it until the cat made the basket rock,
when both of them fled precipitately
and could not be induced to 90 near
the basket again. Although Puffy
will put a cat to flight when on his
mettle, Puffy is frightened almost out
Of his wits by them. A Japanese toy
bird, made Of piece of wood and a
few scarlet feathers was eagerly seized
by Puffy. indicating not only lack OF
power of smell. but the presence of an
appreciation OF color. | have fancied
that an appreciation Of color is a.so
shown by barred owls in their frequent
selection Of beech trees as nesting
places, by great-rorned owls ia their
choice of brown-lrunked trees and by
snowy owls in an apparent preference
for gray backgrounds.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-06-17

plete responsibility; they have
been enabled by the obscurity of
their doctrines to appeal to all the
fads, to cultivate the fools TO prom
ise everything, to affect zeal for
reforms, to even pretend TO q
speciality of purity, 10 turn the pro-
tected working-aan against the sys-
tenn in which they are defended
from the lower.cass labor of Eu-
rope, to cajole many manufacturers
willing to reduce the tariff If
raw material aud labor could be
che2pened-at the same time caus-
ing the capitalists aud laborers to
refrain from 30 far compromising
Democracy as to be sure of its con-
fusion and iniquity. The Demo
Gratis have also been gold bugs in
the Eastern States, silver insects 10
the Southern and mountain States,
Greenbackers and graybackers in
the cotton and wheat States, sound
money in California and Oregon,
and soft as white metal in Nevada
and Colorado. All Democrats, how
ever in conflict with each other,
found all they wanted in the Chi
cago platform, and turned to their
candidates by order with sense of
religious exercise This was a re-
markable and formidable combina.
ton, aided by the vague, unresting,
incoherent impulse of socialism in
the air, and seeking to do the things
most disturbing, hoping in any
shade Of revolution to make gains"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-06-17

bonds to the ex tent Of 800, 900, 900,
TO strengthen the gold reserve of the
Treasury, but Mr.. Cleveland will
rot agree to it; he IS 80 anxious to
continue to Impress the OBJECT les
son, which he is pleased to cali the
present financial stringency, upon
the country.
Secretary Gresham has a temper
which often becomes stormy, and
just now it is in one of it's stormiest
periods. The new Russian extra
dition treaty was officially made pub
lie this week, but one newspaper
printed the treaty and all of the cor
respondence between the two COVER
ments one day before it was given
out by the department, and Mr.. Ores
ham says.it was stolen, and that it
could not have been stolen without
connivance Of some employe of the
department. lie is trying to find the
guilty man.
Secretary Tillman of the National
Farmers Alliance thinks the assist
ance his organization gave TO th e
democratic partyin the last campaign
deserves recognition, and that his
appointment to be Register of the
Treasury will just about cancel the
obligation. Mr. Ceveland's we'll
known hatred for the alliance aud
its foster brother, the peoples party,
does not augur well for Mr.. Tillman's
prospects of getting an Office.
In view of Mr.. CIeveland's ex.
pressed confidence in the early re.
peal of the Sherman silver law the
opinion of Senator Henderson, who
has never been radical in his fuau-
cial ideas, is significant, He says
that the Sherman law cannot be re-
pealed by next Congress, unless it
be coupled with free coinage in some
form. lie thinks it probable that
the silver men would agree to in,
crease the amount of silver in the
dollar in order to get free coinage,
but that free coinage they must have
or they will not allow the Sherman
law to be repealed
1t is denied at the state depart
ment that minister Blount has made
a report fayoring the annexation of
Hawaii as stated in a letter from
Honolulu.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-06-17

The READING RAILROAD has had
a hot time of it since il tried to
make things cold for those who had
little money to spend for coal. The
fire at Buffalo that burned $500 900
worth of coal and trestle is an IN
welcome echo of the trouble into
which President Mcleod led the
company with his New England feed.
or scheme.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-06-17
MINERAL POINT BAKERY has the
only set. "Nail Box" cigar.

The "Time-Saver" is a guide to
the Worlds Fair that deserves its
name. 1t names and locates 5000
of the most interesting things on
the Exposition grounds, grading
them according to their Importance.
No other guide does this. The
visitor who uses Cline Saver" can
see the fair in one-third of the time
usually occupied and find without
difficulty everything he wants to
see. An encyclopedia Of Worlds
Fair information that can be carried
in your breast pocket, Compiled
by newspaper man, who inspected
every exhibit on the grounds Not
sold on the Exposition grounds; but
nothing sold there will take It's
place Ask your newsdealer for it,
or send 25 cents to w. + Hamilton,
Room -, No. 2S3 South Clark St.
Chicago, Ill.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-06-17
Hiring Aquaria!

You may hire almost anything in
New York, even to an aquarium stock
ed with sea vegetation and strange
creatures Of the deep. The aquarium
is an occasional table ornament a a
feast, nd 5 usually hired for the oc-
casion. The trade in all the things
that 90 TO make up the Aquarium Is
growing one in New York, and those
who engage i'm this business have
taken to themselves the title aquarist
You may have Of these gentlemen al
most any queer fish, 1T prices ranging
from 10 cents g II per specimen, 10
gether with any one Of twenty va
rieties of aquatic plants.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-06-17

MuRAT llALsTEp, in q letter to
the New York Herald on the Re.
publican prospect of returning to
power, written ON the 18th of this
month, says; "The restoration of
Republican administration to the
country is demanded by the highest
principles and the best interests Of
the people at large, and il is The
duty of the good citizens to be
active IN the accomplishment Of
tins consummation so devoutly to
be wished The plain, direct means
is the simplihcatlon of issue. Re.
pubicaus are fond of speaking Of
the wisdom and celebrating the
success of Abraham Lincoln, whose
policy was that his highest duty
was the safety Of the Union, and
whose finest strokes of manage
meut were ~ his persistent simpIl
city of purpose and moderation of
statement.
"For the first time in third of
century the Republicans have not
only lost control of the executive
administration, the ability to make
the National appointments and laws,
but they have no veto to check this
Legislation Of Democrats. The
Democratic caucus, if it can hold
the party united, can decree the
laws of the land The Democracy
have had the solid South as a basis
of operations, they have had all the
advantages Of generation of com
paraliye if not constant and com
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-06-17
BIsMARcK's couRTsnlp
He Was at First BIuntly Refusal :,
Hand OF Fraulein Puttkamsr.

In his youth Bismarck was territ1.
wild. "The mad Bismarck" his ny
bors called him. Drinking. tigbtin.
aud horseplay seemed to be his az
amusements. He would fill his ~
cestral home at Schoenhausen WIN
guests and insist that no one sboni5
rise from the supper table till sppr;sa
was at hand; then those who were snbo.
enough would 20 TO bed aud those WIZ
were not sober enough would sleen nm
der the table. Bismarck, the beavio..
drinker of all, would remain sober a.
a Judge and would amuse himself az,
er his guests had retired, in firm,
pistol bullets through the bedroom
doors and frightening the inmates al.
most to death. AT other times bs
would go riding about the country
like the wild horseman himself, iumn.
ing bitches and fences and spurrine
his horse through places where no otbe.
Ell man would dare to go.
"Once," be himself SAYS, II was ria.
ing with my brother, he in advance
Suddenly he heard crash-a frightfuI
crash. He turned, and To-! it was INV
head that had struck the ground. The
saddle was broken, but my head was.
MT On another occasion, while riding
through brushwood in forest, Loaf
consciousness and lay three or four
hours before | regained t. When the
doctor examined my hurts he said il
was contrary to all professional rules
that had not broken nv neck.
In view OF his impetuous character
ard eccentric manner OF life it is not
strange that when he asked for the
hand Of Fraulein Jean Won Puttkamer
in marriage her parents blunty re.
fused him. He was still very young.
and they preferred to wait few wears
TO see if he would abandon his reckless
habits. Bismarck, however, did not
propose to wait. Marry Frauein Joan
he would, whether her parents were
willing or not. So he visited her ey.
cry day, taking no notice Of her fam.
ily's rebuffs. He knew that she loved
him, and that sufliced This state Of
things, however, did not last lone.
"See here, Herr Won Puttkamer, - ex.
claimed Bismarck one day, "why do
you refuse to let me have your daugh.
teg?"
Because, Herr Won Bismarck" was
the reply, you are not fit to be any
woman's husband. You ride and fight
all day and drink and swear all night.
Your life is scandal to the country"
Bismarck looked at him in silence
for a moment and then roarded OUT
D0HRerUetter! Is that all? Bat it is
absurd. Come, give her to me and
you will see me as steady and sedate
as bishop. Come, | swear it!'
Sincerity was stamped on The young
mans counteuance and words and
Herr Won Puttkamer finally gave his
consent to the marriage, though not
without missgivngs Bismarck, how
ever. kept his word. He wrote to his
sister All right" in English, to let her
know that his suit was at last success
full and he bought Bible. Wild rid
ing and all night drinking bouts had
no attractions for him any more. He
became sober and pious man and
Il tender and atIectionate husband and
father
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-06-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent.
WAsHINGTON, d. C., June II, 1898

The democrats now claim that
Mr.. Cleveland's formal announce.
ment Of his intention to call an extra
session of congress in September has
cleared up the financial sky and
and that all doubts should be brush
ed aside by everybody. This would
be very nice and very satisfactory
fit were true. But unfortunately it
isn't. The financial sky has not been
cleared by Mr. CIeyeland's announce
ment, which read between the lines,
informs the country that he doesn't
know what Congress will do with
the financial question after he gets
it together, and prays the people to
help him to influence Congress to
re peal the Sherman silver law.
Always the Sherman silver law.
The Sherman silver law never was
considered very desirable thing by
any body and it only became law
as comprom 20 prevent some
thing getting through that was
thought to be even less desirable.
But with all its fault the Sherman
silver law is not responsible for one
tenth of what it has been charged
by Mr.. Cleveland and some of his
advisers. Republican Senators and
Representatives with few exceptions
will vote for the repeal of the Sher
man law, but it remains to be seen
what the democrats will do. 1t will
in any event take much more than
the repeal of the Sherman law to in
apire public confidence in this ad-
ministration, and public confidence
is the thing that is needed above
everything else.
The appointment of a Tammany
postmaster of New York city was a
double slap in the face for the mug
wump element In addition to
giving one of the best Federal
offices in New York to hated
follower of Croker it was violation
of the rule that postmasters should
be allowed to serve out their full
terms, a rule which has received the
aduIauon of the entire mugwump
tribe. The term of the republican
postmaster would not have expired
until the 10th of next December.
Rules don't count under this admin
istration, anyway,
One of the most notable things
about this administration is the dis.
position Of every one connected with
it, from the President to the head of
petty bureau, to regard the
United States Government as their
personal property, to be used as they
may see fit. TO read the daily con
yersations, all duly chronicled in the
newspapers, of the new Comptroller
of currency, a foreigner would sup
pose that he was the sole owner of
the entire national banking syste m.
This young man is doubtless honest
and well-meaning, but he has case
of the big.head that is sooner or
later to getinto trouble Mark this
There is difference
between efficiency and ofiiciousness.
Itisan open secret here that four
members of the cabinet have, atevery
meeting Of the cabinet at which fl
nancial matters have been discussed,
advocated an immediate issue of
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-06-17

The advice of John Randolph,
"Pay as you 60" should be followed
by everybody at all times, but eSpec-
tally at times like the present, when
the withholding by a number of
customers Of the money which they
owe their grocer or their dry goods
man may be the cause of failures
among small tradesmen who are sol
vent morally, because they owe less
than is owing to them. If everybody
pays as he goes, such failures will
not occur and the avoidance of these
will avoid others, for jobbers are no
less dependent on getting their mon
ely from retailers than are retailers
upon getting their money from con
sumers.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-06-17

Shiloh's Vitalizer is what you need
for constipation, loss of appetite,
dizziness, and all symptoms of dys-
pepsia. 10 and 70 cents per bottle.
For sale at w. IL. Prideaux's. IL