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The morning call., 1893-08-20

Grated. that city is San Francisco. Here
the high grades make it essential that the
horse should have his head"
The truth is that high checking is not
pTacticed in this city as much as else
where. In fact until quite recently there
has been such a popular feeling against
high checking here that the check itself
had grown greatly into disfavor.
Recently, with the new London turn
outs, has come the tight checking again.
and now we may see a score or more
of suffering animals any fine afternoon in
the driVeways of the park.
1T is a reproduction of the English cob.
ana the Anglomaniacs of San Francisco
are tryiDg-to ape the nane and sillv turn
outs OF Hyde Park and Rotten Row"
sa+d well-kaOwn borseman to a CALL
reporter yesterday. 1T is an outrage on
~ poor brasts, and there ought to be a
{stingent law against IL. Even on the
lerei driVeways in the park the check
Aen, tightened as these fashOna ables now
hAeYe it, is brutal and torturng thing
bdt when those same horses have to 90 up
and d6wn the steep grades to and from the
park promenade the taut check becomes a
positive agony 10 them, and the wonder is
that they are able TO stand it as long as
they do.
'.And they don't stand it any too long,
by the way. If you want to play out a
good horse in few years put a tight
CutckIelu Oh lls one Vi tH6Se Top TelDS lDat
come up over the forehead and run from a
point between the ears to the saddle. A
good, sure-footed animal can be converted
into stumbling, nervous and unsafe
horse in an incredibly short space OF time
with one of those ipqulsitorial checkreins.
I've seen many good horse ruined by
nothing else in the world.
That famous horse biography, Black
Beauty did a good deal to put stop to
tight checking, but Just at present the vice
seems 10 have taken fresh hold Of the fash
ionable people and in this city is becoming
more and more frequent every day.
''The Legislature ought to take the matter
up and pass a law making it a penal of
tense to infilet torture upon horse in that
way, or by any other cruel method.
What gets me is TO see one of these
fashionable turnouts stop before church
door to let out or take up Mr.. and Mrs.
So-and-so to or from religious services. To
put it very mildly that is not my idea of
religion. l can't see how man or woman
The morning call., 1893-08-20
Kansas Populists' Beards.
ChfcaUn Herald


The boards these Kansas Populists wear are
welrdly interesting. They are long and broad
and scrawny. some of them look as though
they had been hooked on the chin with "A snap
catch. Others roll down greasy vests ana come
10 sorrel point at the knees Then there are
boards that start from the eyes and roll in
billows 10 the collaress shirt. where they are
tucked behind the linen ana made TO serve
the purpose of underclOthing Some of these
be rds are tied in kuoIs. Others are braided
and let 10 hang upon the shoulders like the
handicapped tre>ses OF an Indian girl. Then
there arr ding-dongs, midways, daubers lam
brequins, bliGu~. GnlhrIes, virginia creepers
and rough-and-ready smlax. Some OF these
PopullSts sprout their boards meath their
chins and nurse them 10 such a length
that the wind catching them unawares
whirls them about like the skirts of a
serpentine dancer. Other members of the pal
~ wear hereditary wbiskers-whiskers that
were handed down Dy the old man a. a sort OF
EVIDENCE of thrift These boards look like
quarter sections of alfalfa. with a pocket here
ana there In the thicket like the buffalo wal
lows In the plains OF Montana. Now aud then
you will find POpulist in Kansas whose Q
whiskers look ik- punches OF reindeer moss
snarly gray and fOrbddiDg.
The morning call., 1893-08-20
ANTIQUITY OF THE PUMP.
The World in All Ages Has Employed
Devices for Raising Wafer.

The development OF the modern steam pump.
ing enginr forms one OF the most important
features Of progress 10 the field of mechanics
the tails OF which are outlined in an enter
iaiuing manner by william NJ Barr, SAYS the
Engineering Magazine. According TO this
writer. however,, the ancents were nCI without
a great deal Of ingenuity la deysiug me hOds
for The raising OF water. and IL is OF interest TO
study some OF these methods as Introducing
principles sim in use in the construction Of
pumping machinery.
Machines for raising water may be said To be
as OLD as civilization Itself, aud their invention
extends so Tar beyond written history that no
one can say when the art of Hitting and dlstrib-
utlng water began. Egypt, the laud OF un-
1alhomaOle antiquity, the oldest civilization of
the Orient, noted not ouly for magniucence and
power, but for kuowle ledge, wisdom and eHgi-
neerlng skill understood aud made practical use
OF such important hydraulic devices as tie
slphon and syringe the latter being remark
able invention ana the real parent of thu modern
pump whether or not syrnges were ever
hted with inlet and outlet valves. thus making
tile slngle-action pump Is not nown, but bel
lows, consisting OF a ! atheT bag set ia a frame
ana worked by tile f-et. the operator standing
with one foot on each bag. eXpelling tie In
closed afr, the exhaust d bag being then lifted
by a string TO refill tt with air, implies the use
OF valve opening inward. and IL is difficult 10
conceive OF a continuous operation without one.
A representative niece of mechani>m occurs
frequently on the sculptures OF early Egvpt. IL
has the appearauce OF, aud Is generally believed
10 be- portable pump. Tue hydraulic screw
Is also attributed 10 this peoule. but tn .ir main
reliance seems always 10 have ben the shadoof,
seeu everywhere along the banks OF the Nile
an invention so simple aad so well adapted 10
their needs that IL remains to-day subsi antially
the same as II has through all the centuries
since history began.
The same may be said regarding the chain
pump In China, an invention tile origin of which
antedafes the Christian era. This simple ma
chine, which seems never TO have been i'm
proved upon. Is In such common use that every
agricultural lahOrer is in possession of one
Where irrigation is conducted on a larger scale
the chaln pump Is made proporlionately larger
ana moved by very simple tr ad wheel and
stlll larger ones are operated by yOkng a buff
falo or other animal 10 a suitable driving ma :
chine.
The application of steam TO raising water Is
OF uncertain origin. Long before the Christian
era certain applications of fire TO vessels con-
taiDiDg water. by which effects were produced
calculated to asionish ignorant worshlpers
were practicrd by the priests OF Egypt Greece
and Rome, but their knowledge seems never TO
have been turned into any channel OF secular
usefulness.
The morning call., 1893-08-20
AUGUST HINRICHS.
He Encouraged Youthful
Composers.
STILL THEY ARE COMING.
The Director of the Baldwin Orchestra
Speaks of Famous Conductors
Under Whom He Played.

81 thought it was an important mes
sage" said August Hinrichs, with a re-
signed air, glancing up from a letter
which a special messenger had just
brought to his home from the Baldwin
Theater.
''The lady seemed to think it impor-
tant." replied the messenger. "She said
she had just composed a polka that she
wanted your orchestra to produce. and if
you would meet her at the box-office at 10
o'clock Tomorrow"
did you tell her that the box-office is
not my reception-room interrupted the
conductor of the Baldwin Theater, nerv-
ouslY running his fingers through his hair,
which he wears in an artistic negligee
STYLE
You seem to be pursued by amateur
composers" observed reporter of The
CALL. who had been waiting for over half
an hour to obtain an interview with Mr..
Hinrichs.
One aspiring lady composer had nippped
the interview in the bud, just as Mr..
Hinrichs had been about 10 disclose the
The morning call., 1893-08-20
THE CRUEL CHECK.
Fashion Dictates Equine
Torture.
"IT'S ENGLISH, YOU KNOW" +"
The Angiomaniac Fad of the Severe
Checkrein Is Coming in
Vogue Again.
IT'S ENGLISH, YOU KNOW"
Written for The MORNING CALL.

A dispatch from Denver tells of the pub-
lie rebuke administered by young lady
to the driver OF a fashionable eouipage
whose cooS we're suffering from an in
ordinateiy ughtened checkrein.
The good Samaritan was Miss Trella
Foltz, daughter of Clara Foltz. the we'll
known San Francisco attorney and cham
pion of the cause of woman's freedom.
If Miss Foltz were to revisit this city
just at present she would find ample op-
portunity for the practice of her philan-
throplc impulses. for the checkrein here
as elsewhere seems to have taken fresh
hold upon the fashionable world and is
considered by long odds quite the most fin
de steele method Of torturing carriage
horses.
True. excessive checking is not done for
the express purpose of torturiug the horses,
but the material results to the afli ted
animals are precisely the same as though
it were.
That torture is a necessary incident of
the high checking. there is not an intelli-
gent horSeman in all the land to gainsay.
Yet the high checking goes merrly on.
If there is one city in the wide world
where high checking ought not to be toll
The morning call., 1893-08-20

can get much good out OF the services in
side the church while their horses are being
tortured on the outside"
vi course, it's cruel way of convert
ing SLOW horse into an apparently spir-
lied animal, said Joe Redding, when The
CALL reporter asked him to hxpress an
opinion on the matter.
But it isn't done so much in California
as you might suppose" he added. "You
see we have no famous parades or PRONE
nades here like they have in Eurone. Take
the Bois2de BOulogne, for example, You
can see 5000 magnificent turnouts there
every aftern nOn, parading along as close
together as the crowds on Market street
It's the same way in Rotten Row and HYDE
Park in London. In fact, it's more so
here, for the French are far less severe
with the checkrein than are the English
Take the average good carriage horse
and parade lin up and down the Bois de
Boulogne or Rotten Row. checked right up
TO the highest notch. and he will get as
much exercise in an hour or two of that
sort OF thing as though he were driven a
distance of twenty miles or more.
Put the checkrein tight on an ordinary
morse and you transform him, for the time
being, into high strung, nervous animal,
manliesilng a suppressed energy and tre-
mendous vlgor. Of course it's ali wrong
Dut IT'S Engilsh, you know, and what's
English is fashionable. Still, as | say,
there Is comparatively little of il dore here,
for sensible people recognize how Injurious
1t would be TO good animal in climbing
and descending the big grades of this city.
suppose that out of 500 carriages to be
seen at the park of an aftrrnonr, YOU would
hardly find full score of highly checked
horses, or cobs. as they are called in Lon
don.
"Still. it's the proper caper. If You 90 to
a fashionable harness or carriage maker
and ask for Brewster coupe or closed
The morning call., 1893-08-20
COLORED DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT!


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At Cents.
Cents.
Cents.
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The morning call., 1893-08-20
Reading circle of the Cathedral.

The many friends and members of the
reading circle of ST. Mary's Cathedral will
be pleased to learn that sessions will be re-
sumed al o'clock on Tuesday evening at
ST. Mary's Cathedral. The circle enters
upon the third year of its existence with
an inc eased mem bership and added en-
thnsiasm for the studies in art, literature
and history, pursued under the able direc-
ton OF Very Rev. Father Prendergast.
The morning call., 1893-08-20
The Young Mems Rally.

To-day at 3 o'clock special rally of
Young men will take place at the Christian
Association Hall, 232 Sutter street. There
viii be interesting singing and an address
by Rev. A. E. Armstrong OF Leadyille.
Colo. Seats free to all young men.
The morning call., 1893-08-20
SILK DEPARTMENT!

Cents.
sNyadsFU RED n H. sILKm
SILK
Cents.
8Oyads PLAIDU
Cents.
SILK
rs Cents.
wi cdOu
WILDE
me
The morning call., 1893-08-20
DRY GOODS.
CIR AMI
FINAL CLEANING UP AND CLEARING OUT
REGARDLESS OF SACRIFICE!

Having definitely decided
Opening will devote
ING UP AND CLEANING OUT of SURPLUS STOCK
which MUST BE DISPOSED
Fall and Winter Dry Goods Cloak
o NEW AND EXCLUSIVE STYLES AND
and desirable goods figures corresponding following
j EXTREMELY DEEP CUTS IN PRICES!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-26
AN ASSAULT on KING HUMBERT.
HE NARROWLY ESCAPES A STONE HURLED by



RELIGIOUS FANATIC - THE PEOPLE
WILDLY CHEER THEIR MONARCH.
Rome. March 25.-Thc city Is in state Of great
excitement an assault that made King
Humbert this evening. The King returning
from the Villa Borghese where he had been spending
portion OF the day, when person having the gen.
eial appearance of Italian workingman threw a
stone at the King the missile almost striking him.
There many persons in the streets at the time.
II being about O'Clock IN the evening and several
rushed upon the assailant and seized him before
he had chance to make another attempt at violence.
The fellow promptly taken In custody by the
police and conveyed to prison, otherwise he would
in all probability have been killed hy the angry
multitude
An immense crowd assembled and checred the
King with frantic enthusiasm. and all the way 10
the palace the scene WAS like Iiump,al progress.
King iiumbcrt gracefully Acknowledged the ovation.
and was evidently deeply moved by the evidence II
loyalty on the part OF his subjects.
The assaiHnt Of King Iumbcrt Is, II appears. n
religious fanatic Famed Berard. The authorities
have made inquiries regarding his history and har"
ascertnincd that he sentenced 10 Imprisonment
ior years for "a murder commitcI many years
In l--2 he released from prison and cmi
grated to America. the authorities thinking that they
had got rid Of him forever. Berardi. however, re
turned recently TO Rome. but his presence did not at
tract attention until to-day. lie has acknowledged
since his arrest that his intention to Insult King
Humher because the King declined 10 be rcconclcd
to the Pope He also Asserted that H. had been en-
gagged In forming missions for the liberation Of slaves
In America and China The police are trying 10 as
certain whether or not he had any accompliccs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-26
THE MINNEAPOLIS COAL COMBINE.
THE ATTOENEY-GENEEAL TO BEGIN PROSECC
TIONS FOR PERJURY AND CRIMINAL
CONSPIRACY.

st. Paul, March o5.-scnalor Donnelly to-day In
ifoduccd n bill for the abatement OF proceedings
brought against the Governor, members OF the Judic
ary or members Of the Legislature for actions taken
I'm the discharge Of their duties The bill applies 10
pending proceedings OF Mr.. Rhodes manager Of the
coal combine. against the investigating committee for
$4,000 for sczing hi, books 1t passed the senate
unanimously.
The Joint legislative coal committee held long
executive session yesterday evening. after which ii
WAS given out that no further attempts would BE- made
10 get John J. Rhode, and Edward y. saunders to
give testimony. Members OF the committee said they
had sufficient evidence to convict several people OF
perjury and criminal conspiracy and that Attorney
General ChiIds will have the papers ready in few
DAYS for presentation to the courts The Legislature
will on Monday adopt the suggestion Of Thursday
nights mas meeting that the Legislature be- requested
10 pass resolution calling upon the Governors Of all
ihr States and Territories t0 appoint cOmmi,> Of
fen prrsons who shall the first Monday In June
meet In II convention to be held at the Capitol 81
mi, state take such action may be necessary TO
mould coal combine legislation and t. call more
rmphatically the attention Of the state Legislatures
and Congress the matter In view OF the inability pf
any one state alone To contend successfully against
The combine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-26
uP CPtVES AND THE EiSTRERSHTP

seattle Wash March 25.-E. .. Graves, president
OF the Washington sational Bank who was reported by
afternoon dispatches yesterday to he the accepted
candida. for uppontm' Mt Treasurer Of the United
states was asked last night to the truth Of tie ephts
lie said that he had received no private dispatches to
cor O the rimor and that he knew no moe about
mi, possible appointment than the dispatch stated.
IL wa,.n h. added connected with the Treasury
Department for twenty years. two Of which was
Assistant Treasurer. Recently my old friends In the
Department have written that they would like 20 see
me- appointed Treasurer Of Clc United states. have
also received assurances that several prominent men
would assist In my candidacy. My reply was that
would not be put in the light OF candidate Whether
would accept II, II II were offered TO me- l. question
70 answct when 1t Is offered to me. My business In
lcrcss are such that should have TO consider them In
acceptance" - -
EnIn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-26
GUARDING AGAINST CHOLERA
LA TOURAINE HELD FOR INSPECTION.
BAGGAGE OF IMMIGRANTS FROM GERMAN PORTS

BAGGAGE OF IMMIGRANTS FROM GERMAN PORTS
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES WORK EARLY.
The passengers on la Tourainc who expected 10
reach this city eary yesterday afternoon were de-
tanned for several hours. TIE big French liner ior
the first time in her history was held at Quarantine
for longer than the usual period. With uhe opening
OF spring the Health officer has begun campaign
against disease. On board La TOurane were
number OF immigrants who had come from German
ports. Every one OF them was carefully examined
and every ounce OF luggage they had was thoroughly
fumgated. The fumes Of sulpMr were carried
through the vessel and the steamer was filled from
stern to stern with the sufocating odOrs. Not a
stitch Of clothing single blanket claimed Dy
immigrants from German ports escaped the baptism
Of birthstone. For two hours the process OF fumiga-
lion continued. Finy-two pieces Of baggage were
disinfcc;cd.
II Is an unusual thing for steamers OF the French
line to be subcc to such an inspection, as tey
hail nom n)ninfcctcd ports The quarantine autn0l-
ties determined TO every meails To prevent mI
invasion of the cholera this year. and an unusuany
strict quarantine has been declared against southern
ports from which yellow fever may be br0ught. IL
was only IL short time ago that Dr. jenkins issued
it, order requiring all vessels from points south pl
Cape IIenlopcn to stop at Quarantine for Inspection
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-26
GOVERNOR CROUNSE'S RESOLTE.
SAID TO BE ABOUT TO PREFER CHARGES
AGAINST ATTORNEY GENERAL HASrING6.

SAID TO BE ABOUT TO PREFER CHARGES
AGAINST ATTORNEY GENERAL HASTINGf.
Omaha March GA dispatch to Til" Bee from
Lincoln says: II learned last night from IN all
solutcly trustworthy source that Governor Crouns"
has determined to take active steps In the proNccn
ton OF state officers who just now under cloud
He Is doing this, II t. said, 10 protect his own al
mlnstratlon. on Thursday ia" Governor called At
torncy-t'cucral Hastings int" his private Ollie" ana,
after long aud rather excited conference. laid be-
fore him the choice Of rcSielng going before the
Legislature aud defending hmS'lf against II warrant
Of impeachment preferred by the Governor himself.
Hastings made plea that Ii" could not bc expected
TO resign when he had n chance OF vindicang him
self and refused to resign. Governor Crounsc then
stated positively h. would prefer charges against the
Attorney General and the conference ended.
Hastings l. n member Of the state Board Of Public
Lands and Bulldngs. which Is involved In the frauds
at the various estate Institutions especially the cell
ho,is. frnud on which the report was made to the
LEGISLATURE that led to the adoption Of resolution
calling for the Impeachment Of the members OF the
board Yesterday the House received report from
the Committee OIL Legislative Appropriations, which
show, thnt the funds appropriated for the maintenance
of the State House have been shamrinlly msappllcd
The affair has created Il great sensation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-26
THE BRAZILIIN ENJOY DEAD.

BARON AUDHADA STRICKEN WITH APOrLEXY
IN WASH NGToN.
Washington March 2j.-Baron de- Audrada Brazilian
Envoy Extraordinary at Washington 4 special mis-,
sion. died 20 night at the Arlington Hotel lie was
stricken with apOplcAy and paraly SIS last ni,llt.
Tie l;aron lad attended the performance Of
The sim Alarm" nj the National Theatre and
fell lust as he WIS descending III" steps al
the entrance to the building. IL placed In
carriage taken 10 his apartments and physician and
watchers summoned. Dr. Magrudcr found that apo
plcXy had been followed by stroke Of paralysis.
Baron Andradc the oldest diplomat In the Brazil
ian service. lie here at the head OF IN" Com
mission which Will pr.'snt Ia President Cleveland
the Brazilian side OF the controversy between his
country and the Argentine Republic the boundary
line in the Missionr country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-26
xEDATS FROM THE NADRID EXPOSITION.

Washington March 2j.--Thc medals awarded by
the "Junta del Centenario," In charge OF the Colum
han Exposition held In Madrid. To those who con
triluci TO make the Exposition success have been
received for distribution. The medals bear
foce picture Of the deck Of Columbus's siip at the
moment OF the discovery of land. and on the other
picture Of the presentation by Columbus to Ferdinand
and Isabella OF some Of the fruits OF his discovery
The Department Of State has received from Minister
snowdcn for present. taton TO ". +. Curtis the deco
IatiOn OF Commander oI the oidcr OF I.ariia 'ain''
cIyen by tte Government OF Spain In hcknowcdg-
,ueut of l, work In connection with the Exposition
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-26
TIE CREW NEARLY DIED or THIRST.
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCES OF THE MEN on TIE
SCHOONER PRICE.

SCHOONER PRICE.
Baltimore March % (Special).-Capiain Lewis and
several members Of the Of the schooner Price
who rescued from their sinking vessel after 4
terrible experience and taken 10 Liverpool on the
steamer Cuic arrived ut their homes In Clancotcaguc
to-day. The Captain says that lie never expected 10
reach land again. he and his companions had given
up all hope when the steamer 10 their
,istancc. The schooner sailed from Chincotcaguc
Island In the Chesapeake February 10 with
cargo OF oysters for NcwlIavcn. Whca on Cape
May Tie vessel was struck by sudden storm, and
before the sails could be rccfcd they torn 10
pieces. The watcrcasks and everything movable
were washed overheard. When the storm susdcd
a single sail was patched up and the captain
although driven away out Of his course, tried TO make
the Delaware Bay. There were but few gallons Of
fresh water on board and the Jar containing 1t was
broken on the second day after the casks washed
overheard.
The vessel had ade but little hcadway toward the
coast when she struck by another storm OH
Shore which continued for several days. The steer
ing gear broke ard the schooner became unman-
agcablc. The mel were nearly famishcd for water.
from the tremendous rendered II almost unfit to
drink The captain and several Of the sailors then
climbed the masts and wet HIc;r pnrched lips and
tongues on the thin coating OF Ice that had formed
the ropes and masts.
For several days the men suffered the agOnies OF
thirst. Two OF the poor fellows had expressed their
determination to Jump overheard and end their suffer
Ings when the steamer Cutie sighted. The wind
was blowing hurricane nj the time. and the sea was
running very high. The ofhcerS OF the steamer couiu
not get boat 10 the schooner. As last resort lines
were east over tie schooner; the men tied the ropes
around their bodies. aud by one. more dead than
nve. they were dragged through the sea 10 the