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The morning call., 1893-10-27
LARCENY AND EMBEZZL LEMENT.
A Criminal About Whom Superinten-
dent BvrDes Knows Nothing.

SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. 27.-An American
named Windell was arrested on his arrival
here to-day from New York. it is said at
the request of the United States Minister,
for heavy defaIcation in New York.
After being taken into custody Windell
was taken before the local magis trate.
The Chief of Police deposed that the ar
rest was madelin the first place at the
request of the American ambassador
through the United States Consul at this
port. and secondly,a as a result Of telegram
received from Scotland Yard. The charges
against Windell are larceny and embezzle-
ment. A London officer arrived and took
Windell to the metropolis later in the day.
NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-Superintendent
Byrnes says he knows nothing about the
Windell arrested at Southampton to-day.
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FOR THE INSANE.
Bids for the Southern California
Hospital.

SAN BERNARDINo. Oct. 26.-The board
of trustees of the Southern California Hos
pital for the Insane and Inebriates met
this morning. and bids were opened for
the construction of new ward buildings.
Reilly & Loanes' bid of S4S, 600 for the
mason and iron work, including grading,
concrete, brickwork, stone. cast and
wrought iron work and steel beams, was
the lowest of five bids.
For carpenter and plaster work. includ-
ing millwork. hardware, glass. glazing.
lathing and plastering Dewar & CHS
holm's bid of S19, 354 was the lowest of five
bids.
For plum bing. gasfttiDg and steam
heating, Byrne & Drew's bid of S6650 was
the lowest of six bids.
OF the two bids for painting and polish
Ing. George Stephens of S13S5, and OF two
bids for electric work. c. ID. White for
SS88, were lowest.
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WILL HANG TO-DAY
The Fresno Murderer
Awaits His Doom.
FAREWELL TO HIS MOTHER.
An Intercessor Sent to Sacramento
to Make Final Appeal to
the Governor.

FRESNO, Oct. 26.-Dr. F. o. Vincent,
who is to be executed tom borrow for the
murder of his wife, passed rather sleep
less night, and he spent the greater part OF
the night talking with the death watch
Two men we're put over him last night
instead of one, as heretofore. in order to
guard him better. His mother spent the
greater portion of the day with him. She
is greatly affected by the terrible situa-
ton OF her son, and receives the sympathy
denied Vincent.
There were fewer visitors to-day, and
then only during the morning. In the
afternoon all but his close friends and
newspaper men were denied admittance.
Senator G. G. Goucher left this morning e
for Sacramento to see Governor Markham
in Vincent's behalf. Vincent wants COM
mutation of his sentence, and says II re-
prieve is all he can get he prefers to die at
the appointed time. He still clings to life.
and hopes Goucher's intercession will have
effect upon the Governor.
Mrs. B. A. Chapel, Vinrents mother,
was with him while tonight and leaves
for her home in Napa on the morning
train. The parting between her and Vim
cent was heartrendng.
Vincent has asked that his body be
saved from the surgeons scalpel. 1t is
stated that County Health Officer DR.. q.
H. G. Hopkins will endeaver to have an
autopsy held on him. The body OF Vim
cent will be sent to Nspa, his mothers
home, for interment.
Nothing more is said of the statement
Vincent intended to make rejecting on
his wife's honor. and it Is believed he has
given up the idea, and one here believes
she was ever guilty of any indiscretion.
having been always held in high esteem
as a hard-working and pure lady.
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LAUNCH ACCIDENTS.
Two Men Brought to the Receiving
HoSnitaI for Treatment,

Benjamin Conger, residing at 1862 Kirk
ham street, Oakland, had all the toes of
his left foot cut off yesterday by being run
over by one of the Potrsro cars. He was
one of the visitors to the launch of the
Oregon, and was returning from the scene
when he met with the accident. He tried
to board a crowded car.
William 7. Vaughan had his left leg
broken in two places at the POtrero yester-
day. He was witnessing the launch OF the
Oregon when a swell came along where he
was sitting on the beach and carried him
against pile of logs. His left leg got
caught and was crushed. He was treated
at the Receiving Hospital.
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FRIGHTENED THE CONVICTS.
Fire in the States Prison of Neb-
raSka at Lincoln.

raska at Lincoln.
LINCOLN, Nebr., Oct. 26.-A fire which
caused great scare in this city through
rumors of heavy loss of life. but which
was happily unattended by fatalities.
broke out in the inclosure of the State
Penitentiary. in the manufacturing build
ings Of that institution, at about o'clock
this evening. 1t bad its origin in the
foundry-room and spread rapidly and en-
tireIy consumed the room, as we'll as the
ones in which are the range works and
the harness-shops. There was some anx-
iety among the convicts, but they were
never In the slightest danger, and Warden
Beemer provided for their transfer to an
other part of the building. The loss falls
heaviest on the State, which owned the
buildings and part Of the furnishings
1t is estimated that the Toss will be S50,000,
entirely uninsured. The Western Manu-
featuring Company, the Lincoln Range
Works and Backstaff Bros, who operated
The harness-shops, lose in the aggregate
something like $4,000 nearly fully in
sured. The fire was under control at 9
O'clOnk
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THE GOING AND COMING.
Scenes on the Road, From Beach and
Hill.

The majority witnessed the launch from
the shore. Toward Potrero town there
was a great movement of the people from
all parts of the city, beginning about 10
o'clock and continuing up to the moment
the hull of the great battle-ship cleaved
the quiet water The rush Of the people
was itself significant and impressive. The
spirit of national pride was strong in the
hearts of all. They were going to see one
of their own fighting ships put at1oat.
Then there was sense of local pride in
the reflection that the Oregon had been
riveted into a thing of power and beauty
On the San Francisco peninsula.
Interest in the event of the day was con-
fined to no class. age, sex, creed or condi-
tion. The throng that filled the one high
way from Fourth street to the Union Iron
Works was typical of American democracy.
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MANSLAUGHTER.
Verdict of the Jury in the Schultz
Murder Case.

STOCKTON. Oct. 26.-The jury in the
Schultz murder case went out at 9:25
o'clock this morning and at 8 o'clock this
evening returned verdict Of man.
slaughter. They came in twice during the
day to hear instructions reread. The
long arguments were on the question
whether they could believe one part of
the defendants confession and ignore
another part. Believing the story told by
him that he shot Arbanasi when he was
about to strike him, they agreed on the
lower offense.
Schultz was unmoved when the verdict
was read, but on the way to Jail said he
was satisfied that be got off lighter than
he expected. He sticks to the story that
he killed the saloonIkeeper. but told three
different stories OF the affair to his at
torneyS.
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TURF GOSSIP.
Lamplighter Favorite in the Great
Race on Saturday.

CHICAGO. Oct. 26.-Betting is lively on
the great race on Saturday between Cliff
ford, Yo Tambien aud Lampighter. The
odds on Lampliehter are II to 3, and to
On the other two.
BAKERSFIELD, Oct. 26.-The fair is a
success. The races had better attend
ance to-day than the previous two days.
The weather has been fine and everything
satisfactory.
First race, quarter OF mile dash, Lady
Kern won. Cyclone second, Jennie d
third. Time. :231-5.
Second race. trottng. one mile. Brown
Wilkes won, Clay Blsckhawk second.
Prince third. Time. 2:37.
Third race. one mile dash. Lady Gwen
won. Vendome second, King Daniel third.
Time, l Al.
Fourth race, trotting. half mile. Widow
won, Corbett second, Flaxy third. Time,
:53.
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Killed i'm a Warehouse.

WALLA WALLA. Oct. 26-The ware
house Of S. B. Sweeny at Sofford, near this
city. collapsed early this morning. and Ma
poleon Dupont, Frenchman, who was
sleeping In the office, was instontly killed
He came here a month ago from Phoebe,
Nevada, where be left a wife and two
daughters
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In Drunken Frenzy.

Boston, Oct. 26.-On the top floor of a
tenement Louis Warsofsky. while drunk
this morning, awoke from doze and
began firing pistol, wounding John
Glass and Simon Martelson. He then shot
himself and jumped out of a window.
being dashed to death. 1t is thought be
was insane from business troubles.
The morning call., 1893-10-27
THE IBEX hOMESTAKES.
Mining Claims to Be Worked on an
Extensive Scale.

SAN BERNARDINo, Oct. 26-J. H. An
derson of this city and George A. Beam of
Riverside have conveyed TO Charles A.
Mariner of Los Angeles, and Peter K.
Kinefelter. George Frost and c. S.
Burgess of Riverside an undivided one
fourth interest in Ibex Homestakes Nos.
l, and of the Bijou Fitch and Riverside
mining claims for S4365. These mines are
located in this county. near hex Tank.
The parties purchasing have also filed for
record contract for working these mines
on an extensive scale
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A HEAVY DEFALCATION.
An Assignment Forced by Dishon-
est BOokkeeper.

ST. Louis, Oct. 26.-This evening the
Rainwater-D Drayford Hat Company made a
general assignment. The assignment was
precipitated by the discovery that the
firms bookkeeper. Louis J. Silva, was a
defaulter in the sum OF 500, ,000 His pee
ulations extended over q period Of four
years. He is missing The assets of the
company are placed at $500. 900. No state
ment is possible tonight, but the liabili-
ties will probably exceed the assets.
The morning call., 1893-10-27
WANT THEIR WAGES.
All the Coal Timers of Colorado
Will Go on a Strike.

DENVER. Colo, Oct. 26.-Between 1000
and 1000 coal miners are on a strike in the
Walsenburg district and about 600 at
Lafayette, and in consequence nearly all
the mines in the district are closed down.
The trouble is caused by tie nom payment
OF wages, and it threatens to spread to
every coal camp in the State.
The morning call., 1893-10-27
Foreign Mission Work.

MINNEAPOLIS. MinD., Oct. 26.-The re-
ports of the national convention of the
Women's Foreign Missionary Society of
the Methodist Episcopal Church presented
at to-day's session showed that the differ
ent branches contributed SGT, 29S for mis-
sionary work during the past year, an in
crease of S11,947 over the year previous.
The report of the missionary papers
showed assets S9621 and circulation of
about 81, 900.
The morning call., 1893-10-27
Board of Methodist Bishops.

MILwAUKEE, Wis. Oct. 26.-The semi
annual meeting of the Board of Bishops of
the Methodist Episcopal chnrch of the
United States opened here yesterday and
will continue in session until Monday. The
meeting to-day was only preliminary.
The morning call., 1893-10-27
A Grand Opportunity.

The fine and wel-seected stock OF watches,
diamonds and jewelry to be sold without re.
serve at public auction. Dissolution OF co-part-
nersbip OF the old and reliable firm OF Wilson
& Co., POI Kearny street, corner Sutter. Sale
begins Monday. October 16, ana continues
daily at 2 and 1880 P. NJ.
Ii. A. REED, Auc tioneer.
The morning call., 1893-10-27
Awearv of the World.

LONDON. Oct. 26. Captain Frederick
Charles Howard. brother OF the Earl of
Howard and Effingham, committed suicide
at his residence, "a Evelyn Gardens, Ken
sngton, to-day. No cause is assigned for
the deed
The morning call., 1893-10-27

merable booths about the spacious ball be-
ing almost completely hidden. The atten-
dance was exceedingly large, notwith-
standing of fair and festival being held
at the Farragut Theater in aid of St.
Vincent School. The chrysanthemum
show will continue for two nights.
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The Trial of Evans.

JACKSON, Oct 26.-Nothng was done In
the Evans trial to-day. As soon as the
jury took their seats this morning Jury
man j. A. Butterfield was taken seriously
i'll. The court adjourned until o'clock.
at which hour he was still unable to pro-
ceed; thereupon the court adjourned until
tomorrow.
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Seriously Hurt.

PETALUMA, Oct 26-N. W. Hodges, an
old resident of this city. received serious
Injuries to-day by falling from the roof OF
his house, breaking both ankles. dislocat-
ing his right leg and wIenching his back.
The morning call., 1893-10-27
surveying Coast Points.

SANTA BARBARA, Oct. 26.-Ths United
States Survey steamer G. ?. Patterson
arrived yesterday from San Francisco.
She will be In the channel some time
engaged in survey Of the various points
of the coast line
The morning call., 1893-10-27
Home missionary Society.

TOLEDO. Ohio. Oct. 26.-The eleventh
national convention OF the Women's Home
Missionary Society of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church opened at St Pauls Church
to-day.
The morning call., 1893-10-27
Chrysanthemum Show.

VALLEJO. Oct. 26.-The chrysanthe-
mum fair under the auspices Of ladies of
the Presbyterian Church opened here this
evening at Eureka Hall. The flower dis
The morning call., 1893-10-27
A Cut of One Dollar.

TACOMA, WASH. Oct 26.-The Cana
dian Pacific to-day announced cut Of one
dollar in first-class passenger rates be-
tween Tacoma and Chicago. making a rate
of SOL
The morning call., 1893-10-27
Suffering From Paresis.

NEW YORK. Oct. 26.-F. A. Lovecroft,
treasurer of Palmer's Theater and assist
ant secretary of the Coney Island Jockey
Club, killed himself by shooting this
morning. He was suffering from paresis.
The morning call., 1893-10-27
Movements of Cruisers.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 26.-The Navy De-
partment is informed of the arrival of the
flagship Chicago at Barcelona. Spain, from
Malaga. and of the cruiser San Francisco
at Key West, Fla
The morning call., 1893-10-27
Death of a Wealthy Settler.

MERGED. Oct. 26.-A. Bruschi of Coul-
terville died yesterday. He was one Of the
oldest and best known settlers and very
wealthy.
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Chaplain Haddaway Dead.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26-Rev. Mr.. Had
daway, chaplain of the House of Repre-.
sentatives, died this morning of Bright's
disease,
The morning call., 1893-10-27
Need Not Pay by the Week.

OTTAWA, ILL.,, Oct. 26-The Supreme
Court to-day decided that the weekly pay
law passed by the last Legislature was un-
constitutional
The morning call., 1893-10-27

SAY, GIRLS. if you want TO fool that best fellow.
Just ask him to give You his package of Whites
fucatan Gum. when he asks you TO be excused for
amoment between acts. sect
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-04-29
A NEW DOG STORY.
st. Petersburg Has Dog That Beats the
wisrst oil Learned Pigs Hollow.

All St, Petersburg has gone Wild over SOME
thing new, says tn. New York H,cJrasr, ana
that "a nothing else than dog which goes oil
into hypnotic frances.
This remarkable animal belongs to NJ. Du-
roy, who was awarded gold medal by the
Paris Academy Of Sciences for Ills oftgna
Investigations nad discoveries In the science
Of hypuotlF Fm as applied 10 auiiNa's nAd Us
effects upon them.
Several tests huve been made of Tie animal
IN the presence uf no less person than br,
Aflnns - OF the war department
Ono Of tue tests consisting In placing sev-
cr1i articles. us q pencil, cgar-casc, hanlNrr-
chief, cut-hutOn, etc, on the uopr. Then
the dog, having been thrown lnto hypnotic
trance, VI. DGruy requested one OF the att
diCnCc. which consisted also of tevcral other
physicians OF rcuoHn nui some newspaper
men, to think about something nnd what The
dos. was to do with 10, then 10 write 10 out opa
piece of paper and =hoF Il Ia the rest oil the
audience, excepting, OF course, himself
Thi. was dpae, ahl the dog having been
brought in. Hhar WIS the n-tnul-hmcni of the
whole assCm5as' tn s"n tue nnimal go up 10
the ciEnr-ca-c, pick 1t up and bring IL to the
one who had been ialc,tel in the Wish.
Another test consisted In laying several
cGbes with figures on thcm In certain order
in closed box. At the sane tIm' several
pieces Of paper were put uppa the iloor bear
ing like numbers on each, The dog va. tn'n
called in anl required 70 place thr pctn- OK
paper In the same order Ms the cubes were
laid In the closed aH scaled but Thls lie
dld. TO the astoni-hmcn' OF NIL n--ruhlel-
The sirauguu9s- u tho whole pros".I4rc j.
increased 8lrn it IS rclunmlcrrd that VI. bus
roy EGoys NJ more aHudl what l. bslus done
or wished than doe ,Ac dog, and Is, There
fore, entirely unable Ia nay way to prompt
HIM.
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EDWIN BOOTHS ADVICE.
The DIstin guishci TraScdian's Advice to
stage-Struch Doctor.

a letter written BY Edwin Booth TO youn :
doctor who was anxious to 20 on the stage, is
now published for the first tInc II bears the
date of July q, 1884, aud is dated from New
port:
81 was indeed startled and, | must confess,
panied by your letter announcing your deter
minatlOn TO abandon your profession for that
OF the stage, and in sincere franisnc>s | beg
You to reconsider the matter for really have
no hope for Il satisfactory result from such
change. The feelings which prompt YOU to
take this step Il mean your love, enthusiasm
and natural iAclnation) do not imply an
ability for the art. There nrc hundreds OF
disappointed lives wasted on the stage, where
they :eel, as you did that BRILLIANT destiny
awaited them. You may be able to Ttcitc in
private with perfect ease and proprlcty, even
with excellence, aud yet have no other quail
iication for the highest forms of dramatic cy-
preston. II Is Il llfc Of wCarsomc drudEery
and requires years of toll and bitter disap-
pointment to achieve position worth lav-
ing.
You can form no idea of the many who
solicit my influence every scason-prolcss!on-
ais and amateurs. friends hnl STRANGERS, of
all qualities male and fenn!c-Hnd 1t is very
seldom that can serve them, for managers
prefer TO Judge for themselves; and as ms
support, no matter how capable It may be,
has been abused by the press ior many years
past, aud will always be until TIL end OF my
career, my recommendation "a not regarded
by mGnAGefH, whose Judgment " iulCNly lu-
tluenced by what the cr.tics say. | have
known many who, like you. gave up home,
friends and respectable positions for the gilt
ter of the actors calling, who are now fixed
for life In subordinate positions unworthy
their breeding, education and natura! refine
ucnt.
81 beg you, rs your friend and sincere well
wsher, 10 abandon the mistaken resolve, and
enjoy the drama rs spectator which pleas
ure as an actor you would never know, and
retain the family, friends and happy home
that now are yours, Had nature ii,tcd me
for any other calling l should never have
chosen the stage. Were able To enjoy my
thoughts and lnbor in any other iirll would
gladly turn my back upon The thcater forever.
An art, who.e professors aud followers should
be of the very highest culture, is the mere
makeshtt of every speculator and boor that
eau hire a theater or get hold OF some scnsa-
tional rubbish 10 gull the public. am not
very much in love with my calling as 1t now
is and, | fcar, viii never be- Therefore, you
can see how 10th am To encourage anyone 10
adopt it. thInll You will take my advice, as
1t is meant. in sincere kindness, and believe
that my only wish is to spare you new sor-
row that must follow the course You viii pur-
sue"
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EplsoN'S RinEToaRaPH,
The Wonderful Instrunsn. that Tsio-
Eraphs Pistsss AeroIs tho Country.

Thomas A Ed,on'. chic, exhibit at the
World's Fair will he his ncwl y. .nysntsd kin
etosrauh, 1t Is as simple ns II is wonderful.
1t consists Of cabinet containing an cleo
tric motor and batteries for operating the
mechanism. Thls mechanism mas two tasks
10 perform. One Is to pass transparent
ribbon Of film about al Inch and a half wide
aud from thirty to ffty feet In length through
the field OF a binrcular magnGfylng glass
placed In n perpendicular pUsiuOn. ON this
film are series OF photographs. which we're
taken at the rate OF forty-SlT second IAo
pictures are close together aud iorty-s1 OF
them pass lhforgh the poln' OF view e'ery
second. Il is obvious Inst If the ser!cI CT
photographs swept before tue cJ"- at rste
OF speed which would show 2,t6J Oi the =
minute or l65 600 an hour the effect wCuld
be that Of a cOlDrel al III moving very rapidly
But the eyes do not see the film, for over II
rutatcs slotted disk, each slot showing
picture. The slots pa.s the point Of view
forty-slx a second. In this way the vacant
space between the pictures are cut out and
the clear-cut photographs only rrc seen.
Below the Glm is an lncaEdsscent light
which ll!umInates the picture. Inc machine
for phoiOgraphing whatever the kineto-copc
j. u reproduce is Mr EIs0u's adaptation Ui
the Photographic camera for that particular
purpose, and Ia remarkably flexible In It's
RANGE aud adjustments. Electrically operat-
ed shuttera give fOrly-sH exposures eec0nd
on tape Tim which moves at the proper
speed. After the long, tthbOn-liks negative
Il developed tho pos.tlyes ore placed on the
kinetoscoplc film. The k.nctosrnph proper
Is used in combination with a stcrcopt!oou
which throws tie l.!ee.z.d picture on L
frame.
The first perfected klnetoscopc which is Il
domestic klncLograg. was tuhhed ia the
Edison laboratory at Orange y. J., "a f'w
weeks ago. Be-ides the k,ncJnscufs- in the
Worlds Fair 150 will be placed arpuud Tie
city The lIuctugHph WIFI be displayed IN
some hail in the business center. This feature
ot the exhibit Is part vi The display Of TIE
plonOgraph company, which occupies 4ij
square feet in the aOuthwest gallery Of tie
electricity building.
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A LAZY SONG,

There's s.ad . sense o. summer IN ihe blow
il' o. the breeze,
an tbs rind is like hurlmer with the
vagrant honey beet;
Y You kin feel the blossoms blow!a' on the hill
sides, in the dales,
An the daisies are a-sowin' OF their white ~
all the wales.
By streams whera trees are swlshlH', or where
they want 10 swtsh,
You'll find the whole town flshln or a-drcam-
In of the fieh;
It's lovely tunes In Georgia by day as well as
night,
An the folks are glllin' happy FROM Floyd 10
Tybee Light.
It's wi.blu's time an fshln' tILlc, an time to
take your cn,c,
To gst suosheEea by the blossoms an blown
slyss-d : The breeze
arr o.s -a.Gs'3 rue a= prgachiu', an we feel
it more Snl mnrs-
No matter wha, old Georgia glt., .hell get to
glJry -bprei
Atlanta Constitution.