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The morning call., 1893-03-24
SEEKING CLIMATE.
Victor F. Lawson, Chicago
Journalist, Here.
he Comes for Rest and to Test the
Truth of the Stories Told
About California.

81 am out here for a rest, but they will
send kilograms" said Victor F. Lawson,
proprietor of The Chicago Morning Record
and the Daily Evening News, as he rose
from his desk In his rooms al the Palace
Hotel last night. and with one hand shook
tnat of The CALLS reporter and with
the other loaded dusky Mercury with dis
patches Of instruction for his papers at
home.
Yes" continued Mr.. Lawson. with a
sigh. they will send kilograms. LIS hard
to get away from work, but out here I'm
going only to do my detail-that is. rest up !;
provided can.
Tell you something? Well, In these
days about everything man does goes
ahead OF him by wire. I don't know what
to tell you. except that my wife and came
here direct from Chicago, and we're going
to hunt for that balmy spot-that Arcadia
that we hear so much about back East as
existing only In California. Can't say this
looks much like IT," said Mr.. Lawson,
glanclng ou; the window at the rain coming
down IN ceaseless driZZle, but we are going
down south, and hope TO find climate down
that way"
The reporter fastened to assure Mr.. Law
son that this was unusual weather for san
francisco; that the storm would undoubted-
Il q,
and the journalist simply said yes" with
tina: rising infection which implied: Young
man, I've heard all that before and worked
1t on visitors to Chicago during a blizzard"
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawson will spend five
weeks visiting on the coast and then return
home for the opening of the Worlds Fair
But few If any men in the world of letters
have made such rapid strides in their chosen
profession as Victor f. Lawson. Yet a
young man, not day over 50 you would
say to see him, and yet he is to-day
the almost sole proprietor of two of the
greatest daily newspapers in the United
States. Starting with his evening paper,
the News, at cent per copy, and making it
paper for busy men to read, that is tell
ing all the news in the most concise man.
ner possible, he soon made fame and for
tune. The morning paper, the News
Record, now the Record, at cents per
copy. followed. and to-day both papers
enjoy not only an immense circulation, but
an advertising patronage commensurate
with it.
While here Mr.. Lawson will look at CALI
fornia with a critics eye, not a tourists,
and it is to be hoped that he will find that
piece of climate laid away for the people
who can do US good when they get back
home"
The morning call., 1893-03-24
FOSTER AND SMITH CONTROL.
The Donahue Road Was Formally
Transferred Yesterday.

The San Francisco and North Pacific
Railroad was formally transferred yester-
day afternoon 10 the Foster-Smith syndi-
cate. who bought the ~, GOO shares of stock,
owned by the D0nahue estate, on February
"a last, paying therefor $50 25 per share or
S05O,5O0. When the purchase was made the
syndicate paid the cash sum of $50, ,050, or
10 per cent of the purchase price. and the
remaining S765,450 was paid yesterday in
certified checks.
After the transfer of the stock the old
board OF directors of the San Francisco
and North Pacific held a meeting, and
John F. Burgin. formerly president, Peter
j. McGlynn, formerly general passenger
and ticket agent, and Charles f. Hanlon,
formerly general counsel, resigned, and A.
w. Foster, Sidney V. Smith and Andrew
Markham were elected directors to fill the
vacancies Arthur w. Foster was then
elected president and Sidney V. Smith gen.
eral counsel. The board Of directors is now
as follows: Arthur w. Foster. Philip N
Lilienthal (whO continues as vice-pres
denU, Sidney '. Smith. Andrew Markham,
Alfred l.. Sehgman, Henry I. Scott and
Russell J. Wilson.
1t is probable there will be no other
changes in the personnel Of the company
until the annual meeting of the directors,
which will take place on March 80.
President Foster assured the press repre-
sentatives that the road ihad been bought
by home capital. and would be run by Cali
fOrnans for the best interests of the owners
aud the State.
The purchase price being paid in cash,
the executors of the Donahue estate will
now be able to make an almost immediate
distribution TO the heirs.
The morning call., 1893-03-24
LEFT HER AT SEA.
iii Luck Follows the POM
eranian.
ACT OF A PITIFUL COWARD.
Captain Ehoff Could Not Aid a Dis
abled Craft Because 1t Was
Against the Rules.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

NEW YORK. March %. = The Allan
steamer Pumeranian, which left this port
on March Is for Glasgow, is disabled at sea.
The news was brought by the Red Star
steamer Belgenland from Antwerp.
Captain Ehoff says -he met the Pome-
ranian early on the morning of the DIST.
The Allan liner displaying signals of dis
tress, the course of the Belgenland was
changed. and as she drew near the Pome-
ranian the latter hoisted lights indicating
Il am not under control" The BelgeBiahd
steamed TO within a quarter of mile and
the Pomeranian followed up the original
signals with the information, "Have
smashed a piston" and the query. "Will
you stand by and tow me?" To the latter
the Belgenland replied she could not take
her in tow.
1t was blowing fierce northeasterly gale
and there was an ugly toss TO the sea. The
Belgenand did not remain longer in the
company of the disabled craft. When they
parted company the POmera Dian was lying
to with little head canvas set. She was
anything but steady in the heavy sea. The
position of the vessel when deserted by
the Belgenland was about $50 miles south
east of Cape Sable and 200 miles east of
Sandy Hook.
Captain Ehoff says his reason for not
towing the disabled vessel was that the
rules Of his company forbid it. His state
ment is ridiculed in shipping circles.
The Pomeranian was formerly the Grecian
Monarch. This was her first eastward trip
since she was struck by a hurricane Febru-
airy ., which resulted in killing her captain
and drowning eleven Of her passengers
and crew. Her commander on this trip,
Captain McCullocb, was first officer when
the fatal storm occurred. She is a big.
stout vessel. and her agents say they have
no fear for the safety of the vessel. She
had abundant sails and was well provided
with lifeboats.
Local agents Of the line characterize the
action of Captain Ehoff in declining to tow
the ship as cOwardly in the extreme. The
Pomeranian carried no passengers this trip.
The crew numbers seventy-fve.
Information was received from Halifax
late this afternoon that the Pomeranian had
arrived there. All were well.
During the gale on Saturday night the
piston of the Iow-pressure cy Under broke.
and the officers of the ship make the state
ment that had not the weather moderated
the next day and continued fine the fate Of
the vessel in her crippled condition must
have been sealed. She could never have
lived thrOurh n heavy
The morning call., 1893-03-24
Why Lost People Walk in Circles.

The fact that people lost on desert or In
a forest invariably walk in a circle Is due to
slight inequality in the length OF the legs.
Careful measurements Of a series of skele-
tons have shown that only ten per cent had
the lower limbs equal in length, 50 per cent
had the right limb longer than the left.
willie in 80 per cent the left leg was the
longer. The result Of one limb being longer
than the other will naturally be that per-
son will unconsclously take longer step
with the longer limb and consequently
will trend to the right or to the left, accord
ing as the left or right is the longer, unless
the tendency TO deviation is corrected by the
eye.
The left leg being more frequently the
longer, as evidenced by measurement of the
skeleton. the inclination should take more
frequently to the right than to the left, and
this conclusion is quite borno out by OBJ
servations made on number of persons
when walking blindfolded. Further, on
The morning call., 1893-03-24
Progress on the Congo.

correspondence OF the Boston Transcript
1t costs no more to send letter to the
Congo than it does to London. A 5-cent
stamp will carry letter up the Congo
River and into the cannibal region of Aru-
wmi River, which extends into the depths
of Central Africa. Posoffiees have been
established at all the stations up the Congo
River. All Congo steamers carry the mails,
Until the railroad is finished men will con-
tinne to carry Tho mail around the $40 miles
OF the Congo cataracts When the mail ar
rives at Matadi fieet-footed carriers take the
mail to the Upper Congo and to the stations
that are on the way, then the steamers
carry the mail up the Upper Congo River
daily paper can be sent from America TO
Stanley Falls-1000 miles beyond Stanley
Pool-for cents.
Matadi. the head of navigation on the
Lower Congo, is the distributing point for
the Upper Congo mails. Here the mail
matter for thirty or forty Upper Congo
stations is put into its appropriate pack
ages. Since the regular steamer service be-
tween Antwerp and the Congo was organ
lied, there is great regularity in the mail
service. The number of pieces dispatched
by mail has increased more than 500 per
cent in the past few years
The morning call., 1893-03-24
SMALL TALES OF A BIG CITY,

The ladies OF Howard Presbyterian Church
on Mission street, near Third, will serve "A hot
lunch to- day between the hours OF IL ana 30.
6. C. GrOlznger has sued Joseph Wolf for
5000, which the latter Is alleged 10 have with.
held IRON Grolzlnger, who claims il as Ibe
trustee OF VOLTS children.
Arthur r, Barnard, retail coal-dealer, has
filed petition In insolvency. HIS liabilities
amount TO S15, ,S4S and his assets TO S772S He
was attached a few days ago.
Judge Conlan had Phip Dugan and Hugh
Mccall, Two boys, before him yesterday. They
escaped from the Boys and Girls Aid Society
and then robbed bakery wagon. They WILL in
all probability, be sent to the Whittier Reforma-
tory for few years.
The morning call., 1893-03-24
A Paradise for Women.
New York Sun.


DIR. Anna kuhnow Of Leipsfc, who spent
some time as inferno and instructor in the
New FORK Intirmary for Women, calls Amer
lea the paradise for women, and contrasts
her own position in Germany, where, though
she took her doctors degree at the Uniyer-
sity of Zurich ana has large practice in
Leipsic, she is not legally allowed to use her
title OF doctor and is subjected to most
harasslng restrictions in giving out pre-
scriptions. She pronounces DR.. Cushier of
the infirmary one of the most skillful sur
geOns she has seen, and the infrmary, con-
Quoted entirely by women, where the most
difficult operations are performed, is won
derful place to her. One thing, the doctor
says, she has missed. and that is the feeble
health she expected to find among the
women here, and says that among the stu
dents OF the college were the heslthiest
women. both physically and mentally, that
she has ever met.
a girl at PottsYille, Pa. accidentally
swallowed her engagement ring.
The morning call., 1893-03-24
PURSUED BY A MOB.
Lively Race to Save an Incendiary's
Neck in Washington.

DAYTON, Wash, March 23-A Deputy
Sheriff Of Asotiu County arrived in this city
Today with Charles Z. Myers. accused of
setting fire to the Asotin Hotel. in which
Frank Sherry lost his life last Thursday.
Myers had preliminary hearing at Asotin,
aud was bound over in the sum of $1,000
a short while after going to jail it was
learned that mob had organized to lynch
him. he was taken to Lewiston, Idaho,
then to Uniontown and Colfax, the mob
still pursuing. He was then brought here
for safe keeping. This city is only sixty
miles from Asotin, but the jail is considered
secure. Myers lives on a farm fifteen miles
from Asotin, and his wife, from whom he
has been separated for some time, kept the
hotel which he is accused Of burning. The
mob Is composed of nelghbors Of the man
who was cremated.
The morning call., 1893-03-24
STEVE GOT THE RAT.
How the Steward Contrived to Snare
Lot of Mice.
New York Times.

New York Times
A tall, thin, smnoth-shaven man, known
Familiarity among his friends as Steve"
dropped into his club the other night and
deposited little bundle on billiard table.
The package seemed very much alive.
What on earth have you got there.
Steye?" was the inquiry of half a dozen by
ISLANDERS.
"Oh. that's sock" answered Steve, "a nd
there's rat in it. have been trying to
catch that fellow for weeks. My room at
home has rug on the floor. and up in one
corner stands dresser, back OF which this
rascal chewed hole. ! couldn't find how
he got into the room for time, but he got
there and played havoc with lot OF my
clothing. Yesterday morning l discovered
the hole, and tonight while 1 was dressing
Mr.. Rat came out and scampered across the
floor to low case, which l sometimes keep
cheese. crackers, sardines and the like.
Il had just takeu off that sock then, SO
made dive for the hole, stuffed the toe of
the sock into II, and then gave the rat a
chase. He lodged about for minute or
two, and then took straight for his retreat.
Into the sock he diYed head first. ! fastened
up the leg, and there you are. That scheme
of mine beats any rat-trap you ever saw"
The men watched the antics of the rat for
time and then threw the suck upon the
floor and called in Jocko, the stewards
TERROR. The dog didn't know what to make
of the situation, and he stood barking at
the bundle for some inmates. Presently he
made a rush and paved a hole in the SOCK,
releasing the rata shake or two and all
was over.
The steward agreed that the plan was
good one for catching rats, but said that he
had a device for snaring mice that dis
counted it. ; He led theparty into tie ktch-
en- and. explained his trap. Alorg a pic
ture molding was arranged a series Of
nooses made of strong linen thread, and
between each moose was piece of cheese.
Now, you seP," said the ste ward, "the
mice run along that picture moding to the
refrigerator. and they are bound to step
into one Of those noOses. I've got 'em ar
ranged so that when the head gets in and
the mouse goes forward the string tigntens,
and he takes up the slack and is banged
Uad QUITE q ,heh, hara tie nther mnrninc, >,
The morning call., 1893-03-24
CLOSING THE BREAKS.
A Large Force of Men at Work on
Roberts Island.

A Large FOTCG Oi NlSu dl w OTk On
Roberts Island.
STOCKTON. March GA large number of
men, with a plle-driyer and 4 steamer carry
ing supplies, are working to close the break
in the middle division of Roberts Island,
which work will take four or FIVE days.
Information came from Staten Island. in
the northwestern corner of the county, that
two breaks have occurred in the levee and
Il is feared the water cannot be stopped.
A break was reported in the main land
levee near New Hope. on the bank of the
Mokelumue River. but farmers hope to
close il.
Union Island, this county, IS safe so far.
and is in no present danger. Men who came
from Calaveras County to-day say the big
Salt Spring Valley reservoir has not broken.
and enough water has been let out by the
cut made in it TO make it safe, so no danger
Is feared from that quarter. Heavy rains
are reported in the mountains, which will
raise the streams again, but not enough to
make freshet, as all the channels have
fallen so they can carry a small flood.
Roberts Island farmers are already pre-
pairing TO build their levees four feet higher.
and Will make them safe against any flood
of the height Of a few days ago. They say
that in the end the flooding of islands will
he beneficial to give the lands q thorough
soaking, and next year their crops will be
larrer than ever
The morning call., 1893-03-24

Nethins cleanses and beauties the teeth iRe
Whites Yucatan Gum.
The morning call., 1893-03-24
STATE DIVISION.
Petitions for 1t Circulated at San
Diego.

SAN DIEGO, March 23-An effort is being
made here to create State division senti-
ment, and a petition is in circulation for a
Non-Partisan organization. 1t reads 1--WE.
the undersigned citizens of San Diego, be-
lieving that the interests of all Californians
demand that the State be divided and a
new State. TO be known as South California.
added to the glorious sisterhood of States,
hereby cali upon good citizens interested in
the movement to bring about the above re-
suits, to meet us at time and place to be
determined and announced in the press for
the purpose OF organizing the first South
California club"
The petition has been left at the Court
house and other places for signatures.
The morning call., 1893-03-24
DR.. GRAHAM's CASE.
He Will Be Taken to Sacramento for
Trial

TACOMA, March 23.-On motion OF Dr.
G. H. Graham's counsel. the habeas corpus
proceedings commenced before Judge
Parker were dismissed today The doctor
and the twelve-year- Old-gr Efie Posev,
whom he is charged with abducting, will be
taken to Sacramento tomorrow by Sheriff
O'Neill. Mrs. Graham left for California
last night, taking with her Adella Moore. a
twelye-year-Old Indian half-breed girl, who
has been member of the doctors family
for some time.
The morning call., 1893-03-24
VISITING VETERANS.
They Inspected the Soldiers Home at
Santa Monica.


Los ANGELES. March 23.-The G. A. r.
delegates and their friends in attendance at
the department encampment here visited
the Soldiers Home aud the big Santa
Monlca wharf to-day.
Over 1900 of them left this morning by
special train in two sections. going direct
to the Soldiers Home. where they were
welcomed in a speech by the commandant,
c. Treiehel. Responses were made by De-
partment Commander E. c. Seymour and
Past Department Commander Jesse B.
Fuller.
After an informal luncheon the excur-
sionists proceeded TO Santa Monica, where
a stop was taken sufficiently long to permit
view of the immense wharf there, after
which they returned to this city. In the
evening most of the delegates attended the
Park Theater as the guests of the manager
Of the houSp
The morning call., 1893-03-24
Brainwork and Paresis.

Notwithstanding the tremors that come
over us when we see middle-aged men fall
ing before paresis and apopexy we can get
a little comfort from the sight we sometimes
have of green old age Of mentally active
Americans. At the authors banquet in
New York Tuesday Dr. Edward Eggleston
was chairman. On his right and left were
Richard Malcolm Johnston and Joseph
Jefferson. Titus Munson Coan was there
and others who were hard at work before
the war. Only few weeks ago Dr. Holmes
read new poem at another banquet.
George William Curtis and Whittier were
old men when they died. 1t is not work
which wears men out; not even the
maligned brainwork. The charge must be
transferred TO other habits.
The morning call., 1893-03-24
NEWS FROM VICTORIA.
Catch of the Sealing Schooners in the
North

VICTORIA, B. c., March 23.-The bark
Mary Lowe, with general merchandise from
the United Kingdom for Rthet & Co., is
out 1869 days, and anxiety is felt for her.
She has lot Of tin plate for canneries,
which. If it does not arrive soon, will put
the canneries to great inconvenience.
The Government steamer Quadra came
out Of the Esquimalt dock this afternoon.
She will leave Monday to take inspection
men and stores.
1t Is reported that a great quantity of
whisky is among the West Coast Indians.
VINO are holding high carnival. The LIQUOR
was brought in by a Yankee smuggler
whose name is on the list.
The sealer Minnie spoke the Oscar and
Hattie on Tuesday with 10 skins, Brenda
with %, Fawn with rs, Annie E. Paint with
104 and Beatrice with IO5.
The morning call., 1893-03-24
DAMAGE AT SAN DIEGO.
Dams Bursting and Much Salt Is Being
DESTROYED.

SAN DIEGO March 23-The high water
destroyed $1,000 worth of salt for Shaefer
Bros works at the north of the bay, where
the Otay and Tia Juana rivers empty on
each side.
The catchment capacity of the Linda
Vista foothill country has been tested for
the first time by the recent storm on Mira
mar ranch by f. w. Scripps. He had two
dams constructed TO supply water to his
6oO-acre ranch. The large one, fifty i've
feet high, was full for the first time and
went out with laundering sound Tuesday,
preeipitating $4,000. 900 feet of water through
the canyon and causing some damage. The
smaller dam is also full and it is feared
another rain may wreck it. This is the re-
gion north of San Diego where 42 900 acres
are included in the Linda Vista irrigation
district that are yet to get water.
The morning call., 1893-03-24

measurement of the arms. it is found that
in 72 per cent the right arm is longer than
the lett, while in "a per cent the left arm is
the longer. showing that a considerable
majority of persons are right handed and
left legged. The inequality in the length of
the limb is not confined TO any particular
sex or race. but seems TO be universal In all
The morning call., 1893-03-24
OVER THE DAM.
II Causes a Grand Waterfall Ninety
Feet High.

SAN DIEGO. March 23-The first train
Tor three days got in from the north this
evening the passengers transferring at the
break near San Juan Capistrano. 1t is
expected IN have all regular trains running
tomorrow. Letter mail was received to-
night, but no papers, express matter or
much baggage. The damage to the roadbed
IS being rapidly repaired, a large force Of
inborers working all night.
The water behind the Sweetwater dam is
now overlooking. making a grand waterfall
ninety feet high. Daily excursions are
advertised while the UNIQUE exhibition lasts.
The morning call., 1893-03-24
FLOATING HOUSES.
Serious Floods Along the
Sacramento.
ISLAND LEvEE GONE.
Two Ranches Many Feet Under Water.
San Diego's Big Dam Broken and
Much Damage Done.
specia. to THE MORNING CALL

SACRAMENTO, March 23-RepOrts Sc
cured by the Bee from down the river to-
day show serious state Of affairs.
At Walnut Grove the Mokelumne is
higher than it has been for twenty years.
The Staten Island leyee is broken, and
the island is being flooded. The New Hope
district is in great danger.
Joseph Wise's place aud the Sharp estate
place are six or nine feet under water, and
several houses are floating around on the
property.
Tyler Island is safe beyond a doubt.
The water was roaring underneath the house
where the telephone IS located.
The morning call., 1893-03-24

knocking him out of the way. badly cutting
the back of his head and injuring his should
er. The men were working 800 feet down
IN the incline and near the old tunnel of the
Bonanza mine. A rescuing crew from the
Bonanza mine, working through the old
tunnel. soon reached the body and brought
it TO the surface. McNair's neck was broken
and his body was badly crushed. His rela-
tives reside at Sheep Ranch. Calaveras
The morning call., 1893-03-24
ROBBINd RAILROADS.
Fine Work Done by Some New York
Conductors.

NEW YORK, March 23.-The Mail and
Express prints sensational special from
Rochester. n. Y, that an alleged conspiracy
has been discovered between some of the
passengers and conductors on the New
York Centra! Railroad and the commercial
travellers and business men In Syracuse,
Rochester and other towns and cities along
the Mohawk and Western divisions, by
which the company is being defrauded of
large sums of money. The conductors, 1t is
charged, have been stealing tickets from the
company and selling them to certain per-
sons at balf-rates, and pocketing what
money they received for them. The story
purports TO be confirmed by officers OF the
auditing department of the road. but De-
pew is iuc ined to discredit 1t thus far.
The morning call., 1893-03-24
Escaned prisnners cantnred

SPANIsHTowN, March 23-Sheriff Nc
Eyoy passed through here to-day. en- route
from Pescadero in charge of two of the four
escaped prisoners. The other two are sur
rounded in the Pescadero Mountains One
is supposed to have been wounded in the
leg by the searchers
The morning call., 1893-03-24
FIRE IN A PRISON.
But the Convicts Made No Attempt
to EScaDe

LOUISVILLE, KY, March GA big FIRE
started to-day across the river in Jefferson
vile. The fire started in the shop of the
Claggett Saddle-tree Company in the east
wing of the Indiana Prison at Jeffersonvilie,
and soon destroyed that portion of the
structure. 1t spread to the tailor-shop and
the dining-room. Assistance from this city
confined the flames to the east wing. The
loss is S75, 900.
The cOnvicts made no attempt to escape
and assisted the ftemen