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DEATH ON THE RAIL.
Accident % . Local Train ON the Penn.
syivania In New Jersey.

Accident % . Local Train ON the Penn
syivanis In New Jersey.
JERSEY City, N. j., Jan l9.-At O'Clock
local train for Newark on the Pennsyl-
vania railroad broke down this evening on
the meadows just beyond the Hackensack
river. Tho signal agent supposing tho
train had gone beyond tho block. signalled
10 the Bal,imcre x Ohio express, immedi-
ately following, that the road was clear.
The express crashed into the stalled train
and completely telcscopcd it. Two per-
sons were killed outright and many
wounded. The wounded wero brought To
this city. As none were badly hurt and
all wished TO go 10 their homes. a Newark
special train was fitted out and they were
sent to their destination.
John Blcwett Of Newark was killed.
Fourteen persons we're injured, two IA.
tally. They are: Mrs. Decker Of Newark
and Engineer Martindaie.
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THREE FOUND DEAD.
Horrible Discovery In tho suburbs OF an
English Town.

English Town.
LONDON, Jan. l9.-lntcnse excitement
was caused to-day at Hova, suburb Of
Houghton, by the discovery OF Arthur
Black. teacher Of mathematics aud clas-
sics, his wife and son were dead in their
home. The child was found lying In u
,lisorsiered bod. stabbed in the neck. Mrs.
Black. with her head horribly battered. ly-
ing ON tho fioor above. only covered by her
night dress. and on the third fioor Black $
body wns found, no wound visible. but on
the table beside him was bloody ham
mer. table knife and bottle that con-
tanned poison. The general opinion is
that Black murdered his wife and child,
then committed suicide, taking poison,
The couple had second child away from
home ON o visit.
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IT 10 IN THE COURTS.

a Decisisn In the Long Islasd City
Msyoralty Case.
New YORK, Jan. l9.-Judge Bartlett Of
the supreme court to-day denied the mo-
ton Of the council for Horatio s. Sanford
to compel Patrick Gleason to turn over
the books and papers Of the ofllce Of
mayor Of Long Island City to his legally
elected successor, Sanford. Judge Bart.
lett ordered that the president Of tho
board Of aldermen, Claven. should act as
mayor. Claven says no will swoar In .
city clerk who will give certificate 10
Sanford. When Gleason heard the news
he declared that the judge was wrong and
that he, Gleason, would refuse to yield.
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Ready forthe Jury.

PrTTsBuRo. Jan. ls.-The defense in
the Homestead poisoning case Is closed.
THIS morning and afternoon were given
up 70 Argument. The judge will deliver
his charge tomorrow morning and the
case will 70 TO the jury.
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Voting for Senator.

OLYMPIA, Wash, Jan. i9.--Scventeen
ballots werc taken to-day for United
States senator without result. Allen has
lost two votes, Turner gained two. The
last ballot was: Allen, a.; Turner. 2s;
Grises. democrat, "a; Teats, populis,, 8;
Wilson, republican. /.
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ALBANY, Jan. 19.-Presidsnt-elect Gro
yer Cleveland and his secretary. O'Brien,
car ''Grassmere," attached to tho Hudson
TO attend the funeral OF EXPIRES ident
Hayes. The train stopped 25 minutes
and Cleveland Was greeted by Lieutenant
Governor Sheehan and others.
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WEATHER IN EUROPE.

Tales Of SuRsring Caused By Cold aad
snow.
LONDON, Jan. 19.-Cold weather on the
continent 10 unabated. The Rhine 10
frosen from Germershsim to Binssn; the
Neckar from it's source to the mouth; the
Main and Mosselle partially. The supply
Of fresh vegetables In Berlin 10 cut OF.
Several deaths of travellers near Thorne
arc reported. Many deaths from expos
ure occurred In all parts of France.
Deputy Descaro was snow bound In q train
near Amiens, and the cars were not
heated. Descaro frose to death. AZ
Rifofjord, Sweden, the passengers werc
obliged to leave steamers and walk over
miles Of Ice to LAndedraR and proceed
thence by slcdges to Gotherberg.
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itailvr,l'. >sw ,Job,

WASHINGTON, Jan. l9.-The president
has sent the senate the nomination of
Elijah w. Haiford TO be paymaster with
the rank Of major.
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BLAiNE's CONDITION.

Improving.
WASHINGTON. Jan. l9.-Blaine's physi-
clan al o'clock this morning reported
that his patient was resting easily. and
that he had passed comparatively COM
Portable day. There seems to be some
improvement. The doctor will not return
tonight unless the family call him.
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THE END NOT YET.
An Appeal Taken In the Case Of Rsv. DR..
Briggs.

NEW YORK, Jan. l9.-Ths Briggs case
will be appealed direct to the general as
sembly, and In furtherance Of this action
the prosecuting committee filed tonight
with Rev. DR.. Saul d. Alexander, stated
clerk Of the prcsbytory. notice Of appeal.
Tho committee says II their action does
not commend itself to tho general assem-.
bly,. tho appeal can be dismissed without
prejudice to any interest.
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IT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
The Law Providing for the lmprison
ment Of Chi nese Illegal.

ment Of Chin nese Illegal.
ST. PAUL. Minn.. Jan. l9.-Judge Edger-
ton yesterday discharged the Chinese, All
Yuk, sentenced by Commissioners Carey of
Duluth to 50 days imprisonment AT hard
labor. then to be deported to China, on
habeas corpus proceedings. He holds that
the part Of the law which provides that
the commissioners may sentence Chinese
to hard labor without trial by jury is un.
constitutional. This decision does not
affect the right Of the commissioners "a
sentence the Chinese to be deported.
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Regard ns seal KilIisr.

WASHINGTON, Jan. l9.-The annual cir
cular recIting the regulations regarding
seal killing In Alaska was issued to-day by
the treasury department..
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SArYoRD, Me-, Jan. l9.-Thc weaving
and dyeing departments Of the Goodaie
wofsted mills burned. Loss, $4,000; in
surod.
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SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
TIE Fight For the state lastitutisns 10
On.

Special Dispatch 10 the standard.
HELENA, Jan. l9.-ln the senate this
morning, Gibson introduced bill for the
better protection OF game and fish, and
also o bill to amend section 1850 Of the
NTH division Of general laws, relating to
sel,ool bonds. As chairman of tho COM
mlttes on education, Gibson reported
back tho bills for the establishment Of the
state university At Missoula. the Agricul-
tural college at Bozcman. and the school
Of mines at Butte, without recommends.
tion. The bills however will be printed
and ths Aght will begin. In tho commit.
tee Of tho whole. verbal amendment or
two was made to senate bill number one,
relating to tho practice Of dentistry and
with the amendments the bill was re-
ported back with tho recommendation
that q pass.
The morning call., 1893-03-26
MONEY LEFT TO ANIMALS
Bequests for the Care of four-Footed
FaYorites.

There recently died in Paris a lady who
had beautiful cat, to which she was de-
votedly attached. When she died she made
a provision In her viii for the payment Of
rent for suite of rooms for the use Of the
cat and left a sum of money to pay for the
personal attendance of a man and woman.
Another woman left to the town in which
she died a sum OF money on two con-
ditiOns. One was that her tomb should be
kept In good condition and the other that
the town should pay the sum OF $40 per
year for the care of her cat She carefully
stipulated that he should be fed in the
morning with a quarter of a pint of milk
served in a Sevres saucer; at midday with
piece of liver or fish from whcn the bones
had been carefully removed, the same to be
repeated al night; his bed 10 be a basket
warmly lined with flannel; and on each
Sunday the cat was to have q bath and
have tied on his neck bow of blue ribbon.
The writer distinctly remembers, when
she was little girl, an old sOTTel horse that
used TO stand usually under the one tree
that grew in certain field, rarely moving
beyond the shade of the tree. The horse
had crooked legs, rough coat name and
tail that might be called molasses color, and
yet lie always was an especial object of in
terest because he was the heir to $500
year. That is, the owner of that field
was paid S30C a year TO take care of
this horse, which under no condition was
to beput in harness. The woman who left
the horse this money had driven him for
twenty years, and she said that in that
time he had shown more intelligence in
doing his work than she had in dong hers,
and was entitled to this sum OF money for
the care and wisdom he had shown while
pulling her wagon. 1t was source of sor-
row to the man who was paid the $500 a
year when the horse died, for the money
went TO a foreign country.
The morning call., 1893-03-26
A CABLE TO HAWAII
Four Surveyed Routes Are
Available.
OFFICIAL FACTS AND FIGURES.
What Lieutenant-Co Commander Tanner
of the AIbatross Has to Say
on the Subject.

Since the commencement of the negotia-
tions now in progress toward the annexa-
ton of the Hawaiian Islands by the United
States the laying of a submarine cable
between San Francisco and Honolulu has
become considerably more desirable than
ever, and good deal of agitation is being
done with view of arousing the interest OF
capitalists sufficiently to build such line.
The history of surveys made by tho
United States Government proves that n
cable line between the two points men,
toned is quite feasible and that several
routes are availab bic for the purpose.
On this subject Lieutenant Commander
z. L. Tanner OF the United States navy,
who had charge of the extensive surveys
made between this port and Honolulu by
the United States steamer Albatross says:
''The question Of a Pacific cable has been
agItated for many years, but the first re-
eonnolssance was made by Captain NOW
rear-admiraD Belknap, U. S. N, in 1874 in
the United States steamer TuscarOra, who
found maximum deDth of 3l15 fathoms
between San Francisco and Honolulu,
distance of 2093 miles.
'Ihe connection of the United States
steamer Albatr0ss with the work of survey
ing tranS-Parifc cable routes commenced
September 10, 1891, at which time she
started on her mission under my command.
My orders were to find n practicable
route Tor submarine telegraph cable be-
tween San Francisco aud Honolulu.
"The first consideration was naturally as
to the point OF departure, which would
depend largely upon the locality in which
the best landing could be found.
1T was desirable that il should be as
near as possible TO San Francisco, and had
there been reasonably good landing in
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The Earth and the Sun.
New York sun.


In the recent discussion before the Brit
ish Institution of Mechanical Engineers Of
the theory that the earth must be composed
of the same m iteriaIs as the sun, 1t was
urged that such view receives striking
confirmation from the spectroscopp, bv
means of which instrument il has been
demonstrated that there exists in the sun
many of our metals. particularly iron, in the
state of vapor-while meteoric stones, which
belong to the same order of substances as
the planets, have been found 0y actual
analysis to be largely composed of Iron and
its carbides. Again, the law Of the diffusion
of gases would lead to the presumption
that on the condensation of the metallic
vapor the substances of higher specific
gravity, or greater atomic weight. would cul-
lect chiefly near the center of the futura
globe, while the lighter matters would tend
to aggregate on the surface; and, as the
mean specific gravity of the earth Is about
five, while that of its superficial deposits
ranges from only two and one-haif to four.
ii is thought to be evident that the interior
of the globe must be COMPOSED of substances
having high specific weights. such as iron
for example. which ranges between seven
and eight. Moreover, it is certain that tha
rocks at a comparatively short distance
down from the surface exist IN highly
heated if not in Il molten condition.
The morning call., 1893-03-26
THE WOMAN PREACHER.
In Fifty Years From Now She Will Be
at Home in the Pulpit.
New York Ledger.

NeW Ofk Ledger.
There seems to be no objection whatever
to woman taking control of SUI day-sckools,
benevolent Institutions, church fairs, fes-
uyaIs and all other means of caring for the
flocks and filing the ecclesiastical ex-
cheQuer, but when It comes to women in the
pupil there is trouble Al once. This is only
another of the relics of barbarIsm.
In OLD times if the church could get con-
troll of the women and little children they
felt pretty sure of their ability to manage
the rest of the human family.
Half century ago q woman doctor was
scarcely recognized in reputable circles and
woman lecturer was a mOnstro sity. Con-
taking note of the change in sentiment from
much to expect that by another fifty years
matters OF this sort. II is safe TO predict
that, before the end of the first decade of
the next century, the woman preacher will
be no more of novelty than the woman
doctor now is. Woman is specially fitted
for such work, and even were she not so it
would be only the stTictest kind of Justice
to give her some of the honor as well as
most of the hard work of the church.
When once it dawns fally upon the minds
of the people of this generation that there
is no sex in intellect or moral achievements
the first and more difficult part of this
knotty problem will have been solved
BY all means open the pulpit doors to
women as we'll ms those of the Sunday
school room, the hospital and the executive
committee
The morning call., 1893-03-26
Mr.. CarIisIe's Favorite Recreation.


While Mr.. Carlisle is great brain worker
and has capacity to get through a large
amount of mental labor, which is exhaust
ing as we'll to the physical dy, yet he is
fond OF pleasure and recreation. bis chief
recreation is a small game of draw poker
a sort of family game-at his residence one
or two evenings during the week with a
few invited friends. The ante is only 5
cents and the limit but % cents He ALWAYS
plays in bad luck-I think quits the game
four times out of five loser. The fives aud
deuees seem TO havo a great fondness for
his hand. One rarely deals without giving
him a deuce or five, and he never fails to
call the attention of the players to the fact,
with the exclamation. Here's that deuce"
or Here's that five again. l get it every
time" But all the same he enters into the
spirit of the game with as much earne est
ness as he does in solving great question
in political economy, and from these poker
party meetings he derives great deal OF
keen enjoyment and much needed recrea-
ti0D
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TOO CONSIDERABLE.
Her Effort at Saving Money Not
Likely to Be Repeated.
NeWDort New


Madame was to have two teeth extracted,
and decided to take gas for the occasion.
She was comfortably placed in the big
chair, and was enjoying the first sensation
OF breathing in the fumes There was
a delicious murmuring that reminded
her OF the sounds of lovely
summer day, bees humming and all
nature at a lullaby. But she was still
conscious, just dazed enough to fancy that
a long time was passing and she was
consuming quantities of gas without its
having the desired effect. She must be
taking more than the doctor could afford to
give her. Several times he had lifted her
fingers to see IL they we're limp. and now he
suggested that she keep her hand as long
as possible held up from the wrist Madame
had a tender heart. and in her half
asleep state it overpOwered her head. The
dentist could never waste on one patient
that amount of gas. 1t was her duty to de-
ceive him and to stop this great drain on
his pocket So she let the hand fall limp
and played insensible. Out came one tooth
with a horrible wrench that invaded every
fiber of her being and brought her back to
her full senses with a bound. The doctor
was amazed. and both. were amused when
the state OF the case was realized. The
second tooth waited for another day.
The morning call., 1893-03-26
Tobacco Consumption.


The tobacco statistics recently published
by the French Government are yerv inter-
esting. In 1869 France consumed 56, 549, 1877
pounds OF smoking tobacco, 90. .42O, 725
pounds snuff and S,l13,072 pounds chewing
tobacco. About 100000 of this total con-
sumption must be deducted for Alsace-
Lorraine. The tables for 1891, twenty-five
years later, show an enormous increase.
smoking tobacco being set down as 90. 775.-
12O pounds, snuff 13,59153 pounds and
chewing tobacco 3,140,S75 pounds, the latter
figures showing but slight increase over
the former
Cardinal Richeieu was the first to intro
duce duty on tobacco in France. In 1880 the
privilege of selling tobacco exclusively was
sold to a general firm for 900, COO livres.
In 1874 the net profits of the Government
for the sale of tobacco reached 240. 600, 900
francs. Since the day in 1869, when Jean
Ncol on his arrival from Lisbon made
known to Catherine of Medicis the tc bacco
plant which he had brought with him, the
consumption of tobacco has increased at q
marvellous rate.
The morning call., 1893-03-26
A MOVING ISLAND.
Sable, Which tias Been Called the
Cemetery of the Ocean.

New York sun.
Sable Island Is again reported to have
partly disappeared. It is not always correct
10 infer that Sable Island is becoming
smaller because a slice Of it has been
whitfield away. 1t may be found a little
later that the debris has been piled up
against some other part Of the coast,
extending the great sandbank about
as far in one direction as it
has lost ground in another. There is no
doubt. however that in the past two cen
turies Sable Island has lost much of its
area. a good deal Of the island is BOw
scattered over the bottom of tho Atlantic,
where all mariners in the neighbOrhOOd Of
the Grand Banks would be glad 10 have
what is lett Of it stay at rest. Sable Island
IS about 100 miles nearly east OF Halifax.
Sailors never know whether lastyeaF's chart
is a safe guide for navigation in the adjacent
waters. Many a ship has been wrecked
upon its treacherouS coast. 1t has been
called the cemetery Of the ocean. and IL de-
serves the name. 1t would have no popua-
tiOn if the Canadian Government did not
find it necessary to support score or so Of
people there to look after the lighthouses
and care for castaWays who are thrown
upon the island.
II the French maps of two centuries ago
told the truth Sable Island has since that
time lost more than half its area. Maps Of
the island made at intervals since 1878 show
remarkable changes in its form and position.
Its western end is now about twenty miles
farther out to sea than it was a century ago.
The highest sand dune, which was formerly
about 200 feet above the sea level, is now only
about so feet high. The shifting sands are
constantly changing the outline of the curious
little lake in the interior just as they do the
contour of the coasts. Sometimes this lake
Is wholly cut off from the sea, and at other
times a wide channel joins IL with the At
laDtic. Years ago two small vessels took
refuge III this lake from q storm. only
to find that they were prisoners, unable
10 put TO sea when ready to pursue
their voyage. In a single night the
Atlantic sometimes eats uD many
acres of the great sand heap, only to build
it up in some other direction. Its pres
ent form is crescent, with its convex side
10 the south. Two of the three lighthouses
vading ocean, and while ago the third was
badly damaged and will probably have to
be replaced.
1t is fortunate that there are not many
similar impediments in the most freQuented
tracks Of commerce. Sable, however, is
only an exaggerated type of moving islands
in various parts Of the world Winds, storms
and currents are continually changing the
outlines Of not few low, sandy Islands In
the Pacific. Baker Island, lying under the
equator north Of the Phoenix Archipelago,
is a very curious instance Of these changes.
In summer the wind blows almost steadily
from the southeast and the axis of the big
sandbank extends directly east and west.
In winter. when the dominating atmos-
pberic current comes from the northeast
the bank moves south. the extreme annual
oscillation in the position of the island
being about 700 feet.
The morning call., 1893-03-26
UNEASY CLERKS.
The Shadow of the Headsman Haunts
the New City Hall.

The Shadow of the Headsman Haunts
the New City Hall.
There are any number of clerks in the
new City Hall who have survived the
change of civic administration, but who are
just now feeling their heads anxiousIy every
morning to make sure they have not been
chopped off overnight.
II is rumnred with increasing eItinacitv
that the sons of the Democracy who tramped
so many weary miles over the coDbestones
during the last campaign are putting pres
sure on the city dads to make a clean sweep
of the Republican clerks who still hold the
fort in departments which have otherwise
undergone sweeping changes.
The great unterrifed are even talking in
no gentle tones Of applying the Jackson ian
principle, TO the vctOrs belong the spoiis,"
to no less a person than Clerk Russell him
self. Now it is freely admitted that the
Board Of Supervisors of both political par
ties have recognized Mr.. RusselPs rare
merits by keeping him in Office as their
clerk term after term, and. in fact. Mr..
Russell has survived as many changes of
party as the historic Vicar of Bray. But
the Democratic spirit is abroad, aud IL is
claimed that there never was a place yet
that competent party man could not be
found to fill.
Another nice position which the Demo-
cratic workers have their eye on is the
deputy clerkshp row held by William A.
Deane under NJ. G.. Haley Deane is a
brother-in-law Of NJ. II. de Young. The
means and influence by which he was ap-
pointed were precisely such as might be ex-
pected, ana certainly are not likely 10 save
the young mans neck from the ak, though
he is well liked personally.
Lewis Cohen, one of the oldest clerks In
the Justices clerks office, where he holds
a position as extra" at 500 month, is
likely to lose his job. AT meeting of the
Finance Committee of the Board of Super
visors yesterday 1t was resolved to recon-
mend that the position be abolished. The
matter will come up before the Supervisors
at the meeting on Monday evening, but
Cohen's friends have little hope of obtain
ing a respite