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The morning call., 1893-03-25
THE OFFICE TYRANT.
He objects to Having Bad Character
Put Upon His Shoulders.


The young man had returned from his
wedding trip and was again at his desk in
the Office.
1t was the day after his return that the
head of the department called him TO his desk
and said:
Now that you're married, trust you will
be consideraie in your treatment of me-"
why, | dom n'tunderStaud YOU" exclaimed
the young man in surprise
"Oh, IFS aIllttleIearly, know" admi itted
the head of the department, "but there's
not hing like taking time by the forelock |
suppose you haven't been out late at night
yetg''
Certainly not, sir"
And it's none of my business if YOU have
But when you do stay out some night be
consderate; remember that | have a little
ment OF the boys that / would like to hang
on TO. Don't iell ycur wife that ynu're
sorry, but that inspired idiot at the office
piled work upon you so fast that you had to
work away into the night. Don't tell her
that the slave driver You work under gave
you 80 cents supper money aud told you
that you would have to post all the books
in the Office before you quit for the night.
just get some other excuse, you know"
The young man thought the matter over
for a minute or two, and then asked anx-
iousy:
'Wel, if I should be late what shall 1
say? ?"
ooh, put it on the senior partner the way
l do. lie can stand It,
The morning call., 1893-03-25
ONE GHOST LAID.
"CaII'N Men Hold a Vigil in
a Haunted House.
THE PHANTOM WAS TOO SHY.
A Midnight Seance in the Lonely,
CrumbIing Manor Behind the
Gum Trees.
THE PHANTOM WAS TOO SHY.

Two CALL men aid one oakland ghost
Thursday night.
Laid him cod and dead.
Now there is one haunted house less in
Alameda County.
1t is narrowing, gruesome tale.
What if there were two ghost-killersf
Tho wild seclusion of the crumbling old
manor house is enough 10 scare half dozen
abe-bodied men with able-bod beliefs in
walking arpariiions.
The very plan Of the house is strange and
ou,laudish. It is octagonal in shaj e. with
cupola tower and more windows and doors
10 each room than most houses have all
told.
Il sits rotting and erumbling on the
summit of high knoll overlooking the hills
Of Laundry Farm ana the waters of San
Antonio Bay on High street. less than mile
from the county road.
4 double row of tall gum trees wall it In
from tie outside world. The twenty acres
Of grounds about il are oyergrown with tall
weeds. Where there are no gum trees the
big hr trees hide the haunted house from the
vulgar view.
One must penetrate miniature forests to
reach the nearly obliterated path that leads
up to the back door of the haunted house.
Aud once there there is not a human
The morning call., 1893-03-25
Mexican Funerals.

There are no bearses in the CRY of Mexico.
These vehicles were bought in by street.
railway company ana destroyed or sent
away. The company now has a monopoly
of the funeral business. 1t runs funeral
cars-white for children. black for adults
that are sometimes half covered with
flowers, and the mourners ride to the ceme-
terry in richly upholstered special car with
lace curtains that follows the car contain
ing the coffin. Horse and mule roads run
out Of the city TO great distances. One of
them is seventy miles long and ride over
it is practically the same as the stage jour-
npy of OF her days.
The morning call., 1893-03-25

remembered by some aged citizens In
1910 the total tonnage was 16l, ,SS2 tons.
valued at 81, ,36S, 600. In 1862 there were $50
steamers. aggregating 125, $40 tons, and 1852
sailing vessels with capacity of 257, $50
TONS, the total Yalne being S11. 1862, $50 In
1891 there were 1892 steamers and 2O08 sail.
Ing vessels. aggregating 1,154,S7 tons and
valued at S70,000000. More tonnage was
put attoat in the past four years than was
In existence on the lakes at the close of the
civil war. In va lue the output OF the past
TWO years Is double that of the whole lake
faaf
The morning call., 1893-03-25
son,eAio0 Dropped Into me Weu.

of the fir trees swished and swashed against
the sensitive tin roof and the occasion al
panes of glass left in the windows.
All these things were creepy enough to
one Tot given to investigation, but a little
searching disclosed natural causes for them
all.
And early in the gray dawn two tired,
sleepy figures might have been seen prow-
ing down High street toward the county
road.
They were weary and dusty and hungry.
But they had laid 4 ghost. or proved that
there was none in the old. crumbling manor
house on the hill behind the gum trees
LUXE NORTH
The morning call., 1893-03-25

residence of j. Fl. GltcheIl, 1076 Union
street, few minutes after o'clock yester-
day morning, and an alarm was sounded
from box 123. The damage did not exceed
So.
At $3.50 o'clock yesterday afternoon an
alarm was needlessly turned in from box 40
for blazing chimney in Mrs Hatch's dwell
ing at 500 O'Farrell street.
The alalm at Il 80 last night was for
fire on the second floor of GA Jackson
street. The flames were cXtinguished be-
fore the engines arrived. The damage
amounted 10 $40. The origin of the fire is
unkDown
The morning call., 1893-03-25
Early Vessels.


The first sailing vessel on Lake SUPERIOR,
the Griffin. was launched IN 1919 by Father
Hernepin and was wrecked Gu her first re-
turn trip from Green Bay. The first Ameri-
can vessel launched was built at Erie in
1887, England and France having monnpo-
tizrd the lake shipping TO that time. The
first steam vessel launched on the upper
lakes was Walk-in-the- Water built at Black
Rock in 1918. Her advent in Cleveland is
The morning call., 1893-03-25

anyway, Dut l.. r. Ell
wanger is as certain that
it was all a direct answer
to prayer as he is that
the sun shines.
He Yesterday told a
long story OF how for
Two years he struggled
along the margin of
starvation among stran-
gers and Of how on last
Sunday a prayer opened
the windows OF heaven
and showered blessings
:
The morning call., 1893-03-25

weather and the California patronage and
about-well about pretty much everything
except about the purport OF the mission
which brought them there.
"ListenY'
There was low moan 1t was repeated.
1t grew louder. Then there was a noise
mat seemed TO come from the open fire.
place.
One man took the candle and walked
cautiously toward the CRATE. 1t was in
ruins. like everything else about the place,
but directly over the remains of the slate
mantelpiece was sufficient piece of mortar
left on The laths TO contain these words;
The morning call., 1893-03-25
BERKELEY DoiNGS.
A Number of Athletic Events Arranged
for Next Month.

n 4NuIIIUSI OF AtIIIeIIC EYeNIS ATTdHgtu
for Next Month.
Mr.. Broad, who was a candidate for
Marshal, has withdrawn his name, saying
he does not wish to divide the chances of
success of the East Berkeley candidate
w. c. Moody, Mary e. McMullen, J. K.
Stewart, X. j. McMullen. w. p. Jones and
V. d. Moody have filed articles for the in
corporation of the Dwight Way Loan and
Investment Company, with a capital stock
Of 800, 000-shares of 500 each. Besides
Its regular business of loan and investment,
the company will do a limited banking bnsi-
ness.
The annual sopbomore-fr freshman field day
will be held on April 1 at the cuder track.
On April II the university field day will be
The morning call., 1893-03-25
Almost Everybody now knows that
DR.. Prices
Cream Baking Powder

Is the Quickest Puest and Best the Baking Powders
and everybody should know that e9s of the Baking Powders
contain Ammonia Alum, Lime other hurtul ingredients
What revelation to the good house
wife when she uses her first can of
DR.. PRICES and beholds the
beautiful work it does so nmeasur-
ably superior to that of any other.
The morning call., 1893-03-25
Death of Mrs. lanes p Kelly,

Mrs. Honora Kelly, wife of James r.
Kelly, president OF the Hibernia Bank. died
at her home yesterday. Mrs. Kelly, who
was highly esteemed by a large circle of
true friends, was The mother of Mrs. w. s.
Lyle, j. j. and Alfred r. Kelly
The morning call., 1893-03-25
THE GHOST COMES
DOWN THIS
CHIMNEY EXACTLY
AT MIDNIGHT.

The two figures looked at each other, and
by and by both of them snickered a little.
well, Pm sorry we found that out too
late" said one figure. I'VE might have
given him little reception"
Yes; too bad" said the other in tones
that expressed but little regret. 1"But it's
The morning call., 1893-03-25
DR.. CASES PRAYER
The Weary Old Stranger
in His Church.
THE STORY OF ELLWANGER.
From Wealth TO Two Years of Starry
alton Here and Then Wonderful
Flood of Sudden Luck.

Some people would say that 1t just shows
how contrary and uncertain a thing luck Ia
The morning call., 1893-03-25
Death of a PeraIta

John Peralta. a native of San Jose, 66
years of age, q member of the old-time
Peralta family, died in this city last
Thursday.
TABLES In brass and In ahite and gold and in
The morning call., 1893-03-25

Record of Fires.
A defective flue caused small fire In the
The Lamar register., 1893-07-08
Tot foreignsl67, s4l ass 1000 5ss l6s, As o.
GRID total 81. .S93, ,662 elssl6, l75 1851, 100 81
YEARLY COMPARISON
EI-Presldent Harri,on's views.

Ex-Presidcnt Harrison, when seen at the
Fifth Avenue hotel, New York, and asked as
to his opinion on President Cleveland's call
of an extra session Of Congress, was very 10th
to talk at all on anything connected with all
yer. In response, however, TO question as
to whether he thoaght Mr.. Cleveland's action
wise, he said that, presumins the latest dis
patches contained correct Information, it WAS
about the only thing Mr.. Cleveland could
consistently do.
If be thinks said the er-Presldent THAT
the country Is In state of strAngu gulation and
that he has a remedy, why, the sooner he APP
plies it, the wiser he will show himself II he
thinks that he can give the necessary relief he
had better lose no time. The cry is that there
is not enough money. | think that there Is
plenty OF money, but that people are holding
on 10 what they have got and boarding It.
Il am not prepared to say whether think
an August session OF Congress will restore
confidence, which Is said TO be demoralized.
There may be serious obstruction | cannot
tell what may be the extent of Mr.. Cleveland :
knowledge on the subject, but / know that
they would not haze repealed the Sherman
law for me.
~ think that perhaps altogether too much
complaint and strlngency has been loaded
upon the Sherman law. There are 8 great
many other causes which have contributed to
the present state Of affairs. In the first place
that law was passed by number OF senators
and representatives Of wnom many were out
spoken advocates OF the free coinage OF silver
and many thought that its effect would bc to
place silver at Sl.29 an ounce. The Demo
crats were eutirely responsible for that
''f Mr.. Cleveland thinks he has the remedy
for certain and that he is able TO apply It
why didn't he do so beforei Why did he not
call an extra session of congress last Aprilt
''If you lind man hanging with a rope
strangling him, and cut it with knife, that
IS all right; but II you wait until the next
day and then use your knife you are open TO
serious criticism That is all ! care to say on
the subject"
The Lamar register., 1893-07-08
DEPARTMENT OF COLORADO.
A Rearrange ment of Military Hsadquar-
ters to the Advantage OF Denver.

n Rearrnnre msnt of Military Headquar-
sers to the Advantage Of Denver.
The president, before leaving Warrington,
signed an order rcorganizing the military De
partment of Arizona. under the name OF the
Department OF Colorado, with headquarters at
Denver. The Department of Arizona consisted
OF the territories of New Mexico, and Arizona
and that portion of California south of the 3sth
parallel. The new order abolishes the de
partment Of Arizona, and places Arizona.
New Mexico, Utah and Colorado In the new
department California Ia restored to tho de-
partmcnt of California, with headquariers ~
San Francisco.
The formation of the new military depart
ment, comprising Colorado, New Mexico,
Utah and Arizona, with headquarters 10 Den
yer, means the expenditure OF eioo.cp
month, or 81. 900 600 year. This VIII he
used in salaries and for supplies. II Is well
founded policy for the government to pur-
hase II. supplies for each department within
the boundaries Of that department. Denver,
being made headquarters, ~ill have the Ad-
vantage OF bidding. and her merchants arc
better able to bring in supplies by reason of
the railroad facilities.
There arc twelve forts which viii be sup
piled through the department headquarters
These are; Fort Apache. Arizona; Fort Bay
ard, New Mexico; Fort Bowen, Arizona; Fort
Douglas, Utah; Fort Duchesne, Utah; Fort
Grant Arizona; Fort Logan, Colorado; Fort
Marcy, NesMe1ieo, Fort San Carlos, Arizona;
Fort wlngatc, Arizona; Fort Stanton, New
Mexico.
Besides this. the social and business circles
will be enlarged BY the resideaee here Of
Brigsdier General MeCook and the small
army OF Official assistants that he sili bring
with him
The Lamar register., 1893-07-08
The In,sri.ss Railroad.

The North and South railroad convention
virtually completed IL labors At Lincoln on
Thursday night. leaving the matter Of details
to the executive committee. The latter met
Friday morning and organized riih the ca
chairman and secretary of the eouyontioa as
similar officers OF the committee rc.olu-
tiou HAs adopted that each state comuittec
should organize AZ once and take hold Of the
eaterprlse la their respective states. The fol-
lowing plan submitted by delegate Edwards,
Of Texas, was indorSed;
Let each state, instead of iess,ng IT, con
Wet. 10 oontrzeiors or plantation owners. aud
thereby competing With free, hoacst labor,
employ such labor in the eousiruc tion Of such
interstate road The rails and equipment o,
such road 10 b paid for siIh money borrowed
BY the state FROM it, school fund thereby
securing an excellent invcstmeat for the
school fund Let the road he built from We
laseo up tho BrAzos valley through the cen
tral portion Of each state and territory 10 tho
Canadian line In this uAy each state owns
and operates tho line trarersins the territory
within II. boundaries, aud sctioa can be taken
without tho delay incident upon the neees-
.ary change in state constitutions before
boads could be issued aud the people taxed
for this purpose.
Iiuas decided to hold the neIi eouysatIon
al Topeka In ueecme-r.
The Lamar register., 1893-07-08
Omaha smsIter May Close.

There Is strong probability that the big
smelling and refining works in Omaha. the
largest in the world. will be closed on Ae-
count of the decline in silver.
E W. Nash. treasurer Uf the company, In
discussing the situation. said
I'VE have quit buying and shall buy no
more silver until matters take a different
turn. We handle a great deal OF silver here,
perhaps more than all the smelters ia Denver,
combined IL Will take US some time to work
off the stock we now have on hand, even II
we should bug no more, but it will be only u
few weeks II VIC do not buy more. until We
shall have TO make preparations to close up
the business II we cannot adord TO work
silver We will have 10 shut up shop.
I'VE have beer anticipating this drop for
some time and have reduced our stock nearly
one-half. We have ON hand about 600, 900
ounces. We have but one contract on hand,
and that is almost expired, but we have 10
take the overflow from the Denver mills, and
OF course It will take u number Of weeks 10
run that of.
IF something Is not done and that right
soon tl- West has not begun to know any
thing like the hard times that arc going To
come upon US. II the silver mines are closed
it will fall heavily upon every man who owns
property in the West. IL the mines are
closed the West Will become a cattle grazing
country again and everything will be adjusted
along that line In due ume-n
The Lamar register., 1893-07-08
Great Hood In Louisiana.

A Sew Orleans dispatch says; suddcnly and
without warning the relentless waters poured
through the Rs-cue crcvzsse. nov SOC feet
vide, and sucp, down the Mes Rircr bssin
Tuesday night carrying destruction aud ter
ror In their path, not only imprisoains the
unfortunate people IN their houses and cab
ins, but driy!ns them into the szrrets ar; In
many instances 10 the roots OF the bnlldinss.
There many Of them arc yet kadtled, endur-
ing the pAngs Of hunger, for ihey have no
mean. OF cooking food, and II Will be forta-
nate indecd II all are suoeorrd before siArys-
tion and exposure hnd victims among then.
and drowned In the nood- 30 far a. reported
yesterday evening. tea lives have heen lost. =
white girl. three co,ored rnen-Reed saul.
Ton Jones and the lAt;er's father-one col
ored woraAn, mother o. Tom Jones, and ave
eoiored children, whose names have not beeu
learned
The Lamar register., 1893-07-08
Tn. Kan.a. Coal Miners. strike.

Manager Ed. Brown OF the Pittsburg and
Midway Coal Company in Southeastern Kan
sas, says there Is no prospect of an early set
tlement of the coal miners strike. He said:
The coal companies have made every
proposition that is fair, and everyone has been
rejected. President Walters of the strikers
says that the miners were only receiving 81
per day. Here Is statement from the books
of the company which shows the wages paid
to fourteen of the best miners. For the six
months preceding the strike a gang OF four
teen picked men averaged per day s3. 30.
while the net average wages paid all miners
was s.. - per day. These figures are taken
from the books of the company"
On behalf OF the operators, Brown went to
President Walters and the committee and of
fered an advance of 10 cents per ton on all
coal mined This was refused and an advance
OF over p per cent demanded, which he said
would practically mean a confiscation of the
property.
Manager Brown then offered to submit TO
arbitration before either Justice johnson of
the Kansas Supreme Court or Judge Phillips
of The United States District Court of Mis-
souri,, and these propositions were rejected.
The Lamar register., 1893-07-08
wyne Beat. the pleyel- Record.

H. H. wYlIe, the eyeiIs, who has been rae
Ing against the record from New York TO
Chicago, finished his long ride Al the Ran
dolph street entrance 10 the city hall 10 Chi
ca-o at l2:Sa y. N. on the ssth," HIS time
for the "trip vas therefore 10 dAys. SbouFs and
80 mlnures- The record before. made few
days ago by Tom Roe. va. II days. 5 hour.
Wylie was therefore easily inside the former
record
great crowd Of cyclists armed with tin
horns and stropy lusiy voices we're at the hn-
ishing place to meet him. Wylie rode up
alone at a rAttllng pace and Jumped from his
wheel as though he had ridden only mile or
two.
His ride was a meriiorious aud most re-
markable one ia YleS OF the bad weather ca
eouniered, Ai the end OF the sixth day he hav.
lug only accomplished 43s miles Of bis jour
ney. The last days OF the ride were made
under a boiling sun, i,oos miles were covered
IN 10 days, giving Wylle the title Of American
long distance road champion, he being the
hrsr man to ride over such 4 distance OF con-
tlnuou. road In such short time.
He explained his being behind the expected
time by being lost from 2 O'Clock last night
until O'Clock this morning in the marshes
below Momenee. Indiana.
The Lamar register., 1893-07-08

A LADY whose husband had been
murdered was trying upon the wit
ness stand to tell as much about the
affair as lawyers would permit She
described one incident as having oc-
cupied quarter of second of time.
The lawyer demonstrated that it
must have occupied four seconds.
and then halo of triumph might
have been observed hanging fondlg
to the bulge of his brow. Supposing
the lady had said "a jiffy," or ..an
Instant" or "a little while;" she
would doubtless have meant exactly
what she wished to convey when sho
sad quarter of second Women
whose husbands are murdered can
hardly be expected to hold ssoo-
T&tch during the episode.
The Lamar register., 1893-07-08

ATTACHING an electric motor to the
bicycle so as to save human muscle
is the latest novelty proposed. 1t
would do away with the objection of
the 1rishman to this mode of locomo-
ton, that he had "as leif walk afut
as to ride afutn But to would be
purchasers of bicycles the improve
ment most needed is a great reduc-
tion in price. Considering the ma
terial in them, bicycles cost more
than almost any other vehicle. There
is competition in carriage making
that has brought down the price 1t
is time that competition among
bicycle manufacturers did as much
for the wheel
The Lamar register., 1893-07-08

SUPPOSE the person on trial for the
murder of the Bordens had been Of
the masculine gender. would not
Massachusetts have been moved By
an emotion that would have left New
Workers. crazy efforts to save the
murderer of Helen Potts in dismal
shade. Would not hacks have been
needed to carry away the bouquets
which simpering femininity delight
to bestow on murderersp But the
accused was only a young woman,
and no one but her old pastor sent
her Il nosegay to tell her that she was
not utterly lost If she had been con-
demned the moral of this would be.
If you are a woman and want to muir
der, be man.
The Lamar register., 1893-07-08
THE 6i-hETAlliC L
Gail for . National silver Coz
Meet at Chicago Aaru.t

Meet at Chicago Aagusd
The following call for a aa,!a
tson Of the American B!-me,zilic|
issued from the heaiauar;ers O..
on the ith
The recen, eaimin atioa Of e7d
greatest moment to the people 4
Try, and calls for wise counsel
mined action on the part o. all 4
Eens- A concerted purpose IA
seize upon the present o9portaas(
silver money and to establish dal
ever the single gold standard.
stroke TO change all debts 10 Soi
a never endlng rise Of gold aa4 d
A financial disturbance, largely
needless. h.s bcen created a. 4
son, Hnd f4i,eiy attributed 10 ID
yer Law. ia order, out Of u. TO Il
fesiatioa of public sentiment. aa(
~hieh the greater crime OF ovs.s
money OF the constitution Eaa
the siagie gold standard may
mated. A. part q; The same I
CT, the mi1ts Of India hare c,a}
shock ia felt ApDand the uorit
''ConEres. hAs bcen called TO [
9Th. lfH this so-sioa the noaey|
The eoa.ti;giioa l. oycrthrosa d
gold standard i aaAiiy es;asllshl
ieaara over the ~orld, an ecaaa,
tioa all have bcca .nAG .uz4 G Il
tro1s to The Welfare of ,ns1sl
peeiAily 10 the proiaeing a
classes, than any Ia tue h.s;orT 4
In rie~, therefore. u the threat
t.oas Ihas have Arisen, and IA a
mercas appeals for Ae,ioa- iae ED
miitee Of the American B.-ncts
has deemed Il proasr to call = =
Yeat.oa to be held a; Chicago Ar,
To eoatiaRe a. l0aE a. The eoaTeal
rect
-Aii members OF the league
afisna. ,sd ali ~ho are IN .avos &
ing the noacy o. the eon,tltsii.
posed 10 the cstAh.ishneat OF Z
standard In the uaite'l States, vi.
TO party, are iaVlted TO At;snI aad
In the celibcra;ioas Of the eosvl
economic associations aud ali Il
saniz4ssoa. arc requested TO .ead
this convention. 4 special iasisl
tsa1ei 10 nembcr. OF ConSress \
Of state legislatures Gqvernou
mquestet TO appoint As Esay 4
they DAy deem proper.
by order o, iee executive eoai
"a J. wkESEK. Psesi4
"w. u. BAAKiS0EoS,
The Lamar register., 1893-07-08
Physic.ans' Opinions.

NEW YORK, July 3d.-of sixty physicians
representing all schools and using the Amick
Cure for Consumption, interviewed to-day.
thirty-two agreed with Amick that the Bacil-
lus microoe is produced by the disease, and
twenty-eight, while admitting Amick's treat
ment Is the only successful one, believed with
Koch that the bacillus is the cause. special
from Cincinnati, says:-Dr. A. W. Amick
when shown the above, said: 81 will continue
sending test medicines to these and all other
iSctors for each new patient until all realize
their success could not come from any false
.heory"
The Lamar register., 1893-07-08
DURING the summer the American

DURING the summer the American
boundary commission proposes to
establish definitely the line of demar'
kation between Alaska and the ad-
joining Canadian territory-an i'm
portant work that has been too long
neglected. Valuable mineral deposits
lie within the disputed territory near
the head waters of the Yukon river,
and these cannot be developed until
the boundary line shall have been
definitely established. 1t is worthy
OF note that, as far as possible, the
Photographic method of survey will
be employed by the party assigned to
the inland work.