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The morning call., 1893-08-20
DIVIDING THE SPOILS.
Republican Senators Prepare to Par
eel Out Committee Places.

WASHINGTON. Aug 19-The Republi-
can Senators will. within the next day or
two, hold a caucus to fill the vacancy
In the committees caused by the death of
Senator Stanford, and also to deal out the
little patronage the Democrats have given
them. This patronage amounts to about
sixteen places, the same number given the
Democrats when the Republicans were in
control of the Senate.
The death of Senator Stanford causes a
number of Senators on that side of the
chamber to move up peg or TWO, so that
they will be in line for chairmanships
should the Democrats lose control of tbe
Senate again. The late Senator Stanford
stood first on the Committee on Civil
Service and Retrenchment, as at present
constituted His death leaves Washburn
as the ranking Republican member. On
the Committee on Education ard Labor he
stood second, and here also Washburn
moved up into his place. On the Commit
tee or Fisheries SQuires is, by the same
process, moved up so that he ranks as the
second member of the committee ON the
Republican side next to Stock bridge. In
the Fifty-second Congress Stanford was
chairman of the Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds. and Morrill, now
becomes the ranking Republican on that
important committee. A vacancy was
also found by the California Senator'S s
death In the Committee on Naval Affairs.
The name of Allen, member of the last
session and reappointed by the Governor
OF Washington, does not appear in the list
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ready achieved a trial average of q knots.
and is most effective commerce destroyer.
while the Brooklyn is TO he as fast.
The San Francisco Is 20-gnot ship; the
Baltimore and Philadelphia exceed 1917.
the Newark follows them closely, and the
Cincinnati and Raleigh, though built for
19 knots, are likely to approach or reach
20. The high speed of the Detroit, Mont
gomery and Marblehead makes them
effective commerce destroy RS, and the
Charleston is certainly ip TIE same cat
egory. OF less speed, yet very useful, are
the Bennington. Concord, Yorktown. and
the earlier cruisers Chicago. Boston, At
lauta and Dolphin. The small gunboats
also have their uses. 1t is accordingly
practicable to POSTPONE tie further con-
struction Of cruisers.
1t will be observed, however, that Sec
retary Herbert also favors torpedo boats.
Since the Ericsson will probably be in the
water before the next navy bill is framed,
and since we have at least two good
sources of torpedo supply, we may expect
a multiplication Of these boats under Mr..
Herbert's administration. Possibly, also,
he may ask for two composite gunboats.
The new chief constructor, Mr.. Hchpor
is a great advocate of sheatbed vessels
and it was disapDOin tment both tn him
and the Secretary that the law would not
allow the building of the new light-draught
gunboats for river service on the composite
system. Hence Congress may hereafter be
applied to for two more gunboats, with au-
thority for such a form of construction.
Two more small vessels would be useful in
our Asiatic station.
In the present condition of industry the
Government has double incentive for
carrying on with viger the rebuilding of
the navy
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SECOND TO NONE.
American Facilities for
Star-GaZing.
he Visits All the Great European
ObservatorieS-AB Book Bound
in Human Skin.

Professor E. E. Barnard of the Lick
Observatory returned last night with his
wife after six months absence abroad and
is registered at the Lick House.
While lie was in Scotland there was sent
TO him from Paris a massive gold medal by
the Academy of Sciences in recognition of
his discovery of the fifth satellite OF
Jupiter and other astronomical work It
is much larger than the old $50 sugs
Upon the lace there is the head of Minerva
in repOusse, and on the diverse side the
in scription: Academic des Sciences
Prix Laiande Astronomie; Barnard ed
ward Emerson) 1892"
Professor Barnard devoted most of his
time abroad to visiting Observatores and
conversing with astronomers. In England
he visited the Greenwich observatory,
Roberts. Captain William Mobiles, Sir
Robert Bells and Mr.. Ranyard's
In Ireland he spent some time at Lord
Ross telescope, which is the largest ever
made, though not the finest. The patty
walked through the cylinder, and at the
middle the talleSt man could not touch the
roof with his hands. Next year they
will celebrate the jubilee of this great
work of science. The present Lord Ross
Is QulI6 dS uuCn OIL an enthusiast on as
trOnomy as was his father.
Among other Observatories visited were
The National, FlsmmaTiOn'S and Jaus-
sens, in France; the Schiapareli in
Italy; the Royal in Munich. in Vienna, in
Berlin and in Kiel; the Astro-Physical at
PotSdam; the Uranla in Berlin; the Royal
in Edinburgh and DR.. TerDy LouVaise's III
Brussels.
Asked by CALL man whether he saw
much which might be adopted by the Lick
with profit, Professor Barnard replied :
American astronomers and instrument t.
makers, L think, are fully competent to
take care of themselves as against for
elgners in the matter of practical observa-
tiOns and equatorial telescopes. In Mu-
nlcb, the meridian circles are much fiuer
than those in this country, or in any other
part of Europe. In Potsdam. the mount
ing OF the instrument for astronomical
photography is the best in the world,
There they have avoided the faults of the
German and the English method, while
they have preserved the best features of
each. This is the only observation where
continuous exposure from horizon to
horizon can be obtained"
When the story was printed several
months ago of French young woman
having beQueathed the skin from her
shoulders to Camille FlammariOn with the
request that ii should be tanned and used
to bind one of his own books, Professor
Barnard refused to believe it. M. Flam-
marion assured him it was entirely true
and showed the volume. which the profess
sor handled with very curious sensations,
The binding is almost white and closely
resembles parchment. Flammarion is
proud of the gift and takes delight in show
ing it TO visitors.
On ride from Leipsic to Berlin, Pho
lessor Barnard happened 10 bs placed in
The same compartment with Mark Twain.
IN O fnV hon ir,f fh 6
the great American humorist are among
the brightest recollections of his Journey.
Professor Barnard will leave to-day or
tomorrow for Mount Hamilton.
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ADRIFT AND STARVING.
A Eurekan's Terrible Experience at
Sea.
Kohnerville Herald

hOnQerVlilo herald.
David Worth, ship carpenter employed
at Bendixen's shipyard in Eureka, had a
terrible experience last week. Against the
advice of his friends he went out over the
bar in small sailboat towing skitf, on a
fishing excursion. AS soon as he got
fairly outside he began to experience
rough weather and had to take in sail.
While thus engaged high wave flung the
skfff against the rudder of the sailboat and
rendered it entirely useless. He set the
skiff adrift. but in his efforts to repair the
broken rudder he lost both his oars and his
boat came near capsizing. For four days
be drifted helplessly along the coast
When he started he only took pro-
visions enough for one meal aud single
gallon of water. These were soon ex-
hausted. and he was indeed in dreadful
predicament. but he did not lose heart.
Finally he managed to rig up temporary
steering gear. and favored BY fair wind
laid his course for Humboldt Bar, but it
was too rough for him to attempt to cross
with his disabled boat. At length ne came
to the leeward OF the south spit and man
aged TO signal the life-saving crew, who
came out with the surfboat to his rescue.
Worth was almost exhausted when relief
came. but while he will soon recover from
the effects of his ill-starred trip it will be
long time before he will forget the agony
he suffered tossing at the mercy of the sea
IN broken boat without food or water.
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DONE VERY CLEVERLY
Portland Corporation Swindled
by Its rIanager.
He Held rleetings All by Himself and
Voted Large Sums of Money
for His Own Use.
..ecial to THE MORNING CALI.

PORTLAND. Aug. ia warrant has
been issued for the arrest OF John l..
aver. manager of the New England Ma
tional Building, Loan and Investment
Company of this city. 1t is charged that
Aver. in his capacity as manager of the
company. hypothecated S11.000 worth of
stock, for which he made no accounting.
Aver left the town several weeks ago,
and il is thought he is now In the East.
He came TO this city a few years ago from
| Seattle.
Aver was the chief promoter and organ
lzer OF the investment company. He per-
suaded prominent men to become officers
by telling them that they would have little
TO do and saying that other leading citizens
were to be stockholders or directors. Aver
had taken considerable quantities of stock,
signed il himself and secured the sigma
lures of the second vice-president and
secretary and then had sold it, keeping, as
the company claims, the money himself
Some weeks ago Aver held meeting.
The meeting was a personal one, but 1t
sufficed. At it, the company officials a l.
lege, he made himself attorney of the COM
pany and ordered that he be paid six
years salary in advance. For this, it is
said. he took a large amount Of stock of
the company in payment. the amount
reaching up into the thousands.
In the reports of his alleged meetings
Aver would write out few paragraphs
on page, leaving several vacant before it.
He would go to the secretary and casually
remark. opening the written page, that, in
the absence of the secretary, he had lust
made brief record himself, and the Sec
retary could sign Ii. He would do so, and
Aver would return TO his Office and fill in
the vacant pages with whatever orders
and records he wished.
About two years ago Aver had meteoric
career as politician in this city. 1t is said
that before coming TO Portland he figured
prominently in a double way at Seattle.
San Francisco and in Nevada. He came
from Boston originally, where his family
is highly respected. Ayers transactions
in no way affect the solvency of the in vest
ment company.
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THE SISSON HATCHERY.
Splendid Results Accomplished at the
State Fish Nursery.
COT TIE Uu WIFI FIBUE tH6 I6Uu
the navy.
Sisson MascC

very lew OF the epicures who enjoy a
mess OF hne trout from Lake Tahoe or
from the mountain streams of the State are
aware that they are eating the product of
the State hatchery at Sisson. Not many of
these few realize the great amount of skill
and attention required to propagate and
successfully distribute the large number Of
salmon and trout with which our streams
are stocked every year.
During the time from May 80 to June 10
of this year. six shipments of trout eggs
aggregating 736 600. were sent from Shovel
Sisson hatchery. OF these Mr.. Richard
son has succeeded in Matching out 90 per
cent.
In the month of July shipments Of young
trout were made as follows: Coffee Creek.
the head waters of Trinity River; Castle
Lake, Bogus Creek. Angel Greek, Shovel
Greek, Butte Greek, Antelope Creek from
5000 TO 5000. and each of Salmo fontalis.
Ten thousand young rainbow trout we're
placed in the headwaters of the Yuba
River and like number in the headwaters
of the American River. On August 10000
rainbow trout were shipped to Carmel res
ervoir at Pacific Grove. On August the
following shipment OF rainbow trout was
received at Truckee and distributed as
follows: Prosser Creek, $4,000; Deer
Park Creek, 1900; Sauaw Creek, 5000;
Railroad Greek. 5000; Deer Creek. 5000 |;
Bonner Creek. 500; California, stream.
500. Total, AZ, 500. All these streams are
tributaries 10 The Truckee River.
Many streams are stocked under Difficult
ties, the cans containing the fish having
to be carried in some places for miles on
horseback. Castle Lake was stocked in
this manner with loss of but three trout
out of 5000 taken up.
Considering tho high percentage of the
match and the very small loss of fish in
transportation-the greatest loss being
thirty-fve in a con signment of 10000 to
racine Grove-the Sisson hatchery is de-
serving of great praise from the lovers of
fishing in this State.
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FOR OLD ENGLAND.
The Saxons Storm the
White City.
TURNED OUT IN FORCE.
There Were Representatives, Too,
From All Parts of the Vast
British Empire.
TURNED OUT IN FORCE.
Special to The MORNING CALL

CHICAGO, Aug. 19.-To-day at the fair
showed the largest attendance of any
single day, with the exception of July A..
The total paid admissions were 165. .eS1,
passes 81. .527; total 197, ,50S The total OF
paid admissions for the week was 7S9, ,4S9
This was England's day. The celebra-
tion opened on the lake front at the statue
of Columbus at $50 O'Clock A procession
was formed with Captain Gordon. COM
mandant of the British troops at the fair,
as grand marshal. The procession was
made W of British troops, English socie-
ties and coaches filed with royal and
colonial commissioners and natives Of
the East Indies. At o'clock this after
noon another parade was had from the
Victoria House to Festival Hall, where
speeches were made and chorus of 1000
voices heard.
Next Tuesday evening will be a great
fete night at the North End grounds. The
State buildings will be brilliantly ilumi-
mated and the trees hung with colored
lights and Chinese lanterns. At many
buildings there will be dancing music
The fete will be in honor of the West
Point cadets.
Promptly at o'clock every morning on
the days from August % to Septem Der
inclusive. Sunday excepted. the different
breeds of stock will be judged in the
Columbian livestock exhibit at the Worlds
Fair.
Another beautiful day at jackson Park
brought visitors to sec the fair by tens of
thousands.
This was the closing day of four con-
gresseS-Of dental surpeons nharmacists
peace and African. The pharmacists de-
cided to meet next year in Asheville, n. c.
Headquarters were opened to-day at the
Grand Pacific Hotel by the committee on
organization of the coming Catholic Con-
gress Of the United States. The delegates,
1t is believed, will number between 1000
and 5000.
The special attention tonight was the
fireworks display on the lake front in
honor of British Empire day.
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TO SELL LIQUOR.
PopuIists Have a Row
About 1t.
MADE A BITTER FIGHT.
Finally They Conclude That 1t Is
Best for the State to
Handle 1t.
MADE A BITTER FIGHT.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

SYLVAN BEACH, n. Y, Aug. 19.-The
Peoples party convention this morning
accepted platform reiterating allegiance
to the three basic planks of the Omaha
platform-a safe and sound flexible IA
tional money, which shall be full legal
tender. with free and unlimited coinage of
silver and gold at 16 TO /; an increase In
the circulating medium of 90 per cent per
capita; the establishment OF postal saw
ingS banks and government ownership of
telegraphs. railroads and telephones. The
platform declared the present distress was
owing to lost confidence induced by the
walls of capitalists over the expectation of
gold aud the urgent demands of ban kers
for the issuance of more Government
bonds. The platform furthermore de-
mands the construction Of public works
for the unemployed. the eight-hour law to
be enforced. the State and municipal own
ership of railroads, gas aud electric light
ing plants.
The platform was adopted after a
wrangle lasting four hours, during which
considerable unparliamentary language
was used. The question of nationaliZing
the liquor traffic produced three-cornered
fight between the Nationalist, Prohibition
ist and Labor factions. but the conven-
tiOn finally declared in favor of the State
ownership of the liquor traffic. with the
elimination of all profit.
When il came to the selection of candi-
dates for the election In November, one of
the delegates suggested fusion with the
Prohibitionists. He was howled down by
the crowd. and declared out of order bv
the chairman, and State ticket was
chosen to represent the PEOPLES party.
The platform being adopted the conven-
ton adjourned to make place for Mrs.
Lease. who addressed the members.
Mt. GRETNA. Pa. Aug. 19-The Ameri-
can Farmers Eneampment. under the
management of the National Farmers AL
lance and Industrial Union. opened here
to-day, and will continue until Saturday,
August &c There were no ceremonies TO-
day. The programme for the week in
cludes speeches by the foremost Populists
Of the day. The largest gathering OF
farmers that ever assembled in the East is
looked for during the encampment.
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FAXON DISASTER.
All the Bodies of the Passengers
Have Now Been Recovered.


CoLFAX, Wash. Aug. 19-Word was re-
celved here this morning that all the miss
ing bodies from the wreck of the steamer
Annie FaXOn had been recovered. The
remains of Mrs. Tappan were taken from
twenty feet of water, just below the wreck
OF the steamer; those of Nathan Mcintosh,
missing passenger. were found afloat at
Penawawa, about ten miles below the
scene et The explosion; of Paul Allen, a
deckhand. one mile below the wreck; of
William Kidd, deckhand, three miles be-
low the wreck; and of George Farwell
Thompson. cabin-boy, at Central Ferry.
The bodies of Mrs. Tappan and Thomp-
son were taken to Lewiston. The latter
will be probably sent to relatives at Wells
vile. Kan.
A rumor is on the streets that Mohr. one
of the deckhands of the Annie Faxon,
who escaped injury in the explosion, was
drowned while bathing this morning at
Lewiston.
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DESTRUCTIVE CYCLONE.
And Hail, the Like of Which New
Jersey Has Never Known.

SoMERvILLE, n. j.. Aug. ia de-
struetIve cyclone. accompanied by hail, the
like of which has not been known in the
history of New Jersey. swept over this
section of country last night, destroying
houses and barns. uprooting trees and lay
ing acres of cornfelds low. The path of
the cyclone was half mile in width and
it extended from the Blue Ridge range
to Orange Mountains. northeast of. here.
II travelled about FIVE miles before il
seemed TO waste its fury. There is not a
house in this town of 5000 inhabitants that
is not damaged more or less, and tha loss
on crops in this vicinity will probably
each hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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The Shape OF the. Earth.
Chicago Herald.

As to the shape of the earth the ancients
differed Of course in extreme antiquity
every one who thought about the matter at
all believed the earth to be fiat. Homer
evidently regarded it OF comparatively small
extent, and he thought the ocean wide
stream which flowed around it. OF course
in his time the earth was supposed to be
the moon and the stars were supposed to
be large balls of fire, few miles up in the
air, attached in seme mysterious manner
to the walls of the sky, which walls re-
volved around the earth, taking the stars
with them.
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GOLD IN THE DITCH.
Here Was an Opportunity for Some
of the Eastern Bandits.

FORT WAYNE. Aug. 19.-The mail ex-
press train, carrying S25O.OOO in gold coin,
consigned to Chicago. was wrecked here
last night at 1 :45. The engine was thrown
from the track at the crossing of Chestnut
street and the Terminal Belt line. The
third car, which contained coin, burs.
open, and the treasure was partly thro wn
out and scattered in the middle of the
highway. The wreck caught fire from
the engine, and but for the prompt action
of the ire department the train, with its
precious load. would have been consumed.
A force of men was procured to guard the
money and at dawn it was taken to Chi
cagO by another train.
The morning call., 1893-08-20
THlRTY-NINE WOUNDS.
Wisconsin Has Developed a Rural
Jack the Ripper.

MEDFoRD. Wis, Aug. 19-An atrocious
murder was committed at Perkinstown, a
small village west of here, last night. The
victim was a fallen woman who lived alone
in shanty about half mile from the viii
lage. When found there were thirty-nine
knife wounds in her body, the left side of
her throat was cut, the large arteries being
severed, and her face was hacked and
sashed in a frightful manner. The
woman's true name was Konemann aud
her home was in Schofield, Wis. A man
whose name is unknown has been arrested
for the crime, and when taken into Gus
tody his clothing was found covered with
blood
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Receipts and Expenditures.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.-The Govern
ment receipts for the month to date are
S15.640.000 and the receipts for the fiscal
year to date are SAC, ,545,7 ,776. The expendi-
lures for the month TO date are S22, 2O7, 900
and the expenditures for the fiscal year to
date are SCI, $50. .SSS.
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Robbers i'm Custody

ST. PAUL. Aug. 19.-Three of the men
who participated in the robbery Of $4,000
In gold in bag. from the Merchants
Bank messenger last Monday, are now un-
der arrest. Fleury. alias George Harvey,
is supposed to be the principal in the rob-
berry.
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of committees. owing to the fact that his
right to the seat under such an appoint
ment is being contested. Sanders of Mon
taDa, whose place is taken by Mantle,
served on the Committees on Claims, Irri-
CATION. Patents, Public Lands and Private
Claims. Mantle may be given the same
assignments. but If so his name will be at
the bottom of the list.
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To Regulate immigration.

NEW YORK. Aug. 19.-Superintenden
OF Immigration Stump and DR.. Senner,
Commissioner of Immigration for the port
OF New York, will go to Canada next week.
They will try to make arrangements to
regulate immigration into this country by
way of Canada
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Hoke Has Been Previous.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.-The late Dep
uty Commissioner of Pensions. Lincoln,
who is candidate Tor commander-in-
chief of the G. A. r.. is authority for the
statement that an effort will soon be made
in the courts to prove that the suspension
of pensions granted under the act of June
81. 1890 ia Illegal
The morning call., 1893-08-20
IN ROTTEN BANKS.
1t Is Larceny in Missouri for Them
to Receive Deposits.

to RECEIVE deposits.
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 19.-Warrants for
the arrest of j. G.. Darragh. president of
the suspended Kansas City Safe Deposit
ana Savings Bank, and Elmer c. Sattley,
its cashier, were issued to-day. They are
each charged with grand larceny, aud the
specific accusation is of receiving deposit
four days before the banks failure, well
knowing that the concern was then in a
failing condition. Both men are out of
town.
Darragb will arrive in the city tomorrow
from Washington and then he will be ar
rested. A dispatch received late tonight
from Sedalia states that Cashier Sattley
was arrested there this afternoon and
started for Kansas City ON the evening
train in charge of officers.
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PoIIbookS Stolen.

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 19.-The pollbooks
OF nine precincts in the Sixth Ward, check
book, cash book and private memoranda
were stolen from the committee-room OF
the Republican City Committee about mid
night last night There is great indigna-
ton on the part OF the Republicans.
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End of a Strike.

PITTsBURG. Kans., Aug. 19.-The min
ers' strike in the coal fields Of Southern
Kansas is virtually ended, the striking
miners of the Santa Fe Company having
agreed to the propositions of the manage
ment. The Missouri Pacific and other
mines will also soon begin operations.
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Victoria Naval News.

VICTORIA, B. c.. Aug. 19.-H. M. S.
Wild Swan, to replace the Garnet. will OF
be here till late in the fall. The Warspite
will relieve the Triumph at Queenstown,
which takes the place of the lost Victoria.
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Ascent of Mount St. Helens,

TACOMA. Wash. Aug. ia party has
just returned from successful ascent of
Mount st. Helens. The trip was filed
with many dangers and difficulties. They
report that the mountain is an active vols
cano. A distinct earthquake was felt by
them.
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what amount is not ascertained. The cause
OF the fire is not known.
Let His Mine on Shares.

SAN BERNARDINo. Aug. 10. = Me-
Sweeney, who killed Pat O'Brien in Little
Bear Valley few weeks ago, has let his
placer mine on shares to q party of re-
sponsible young men who have agreed to
give him half of all they MAKE above SO
per day.