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convalesced with that cheerful abandon for
which sailors aTs noted.
The captain objected, and In speaking of
the matter at the dinner bic said some
thing about people. who loaf all day aud
carouse all night This was an opportunity
for Mrs Williams.
She opened out on her husband, and be-
fore the good lady reached her peroration
Captain Williams decided that the silence
of the tomb was preferable to the company
of a w0man's tongue. He followed this
line of thought. suggested ct the mess
table, with the result above narrated.
There has been trouble between the
couple ever since the Goodrich arrived in
port, six weeks since. Some time ago the
cartain was compelled TO place his wife in
the Home for the Care of Inebriates. She
remained there while, but hosllites were
renewed when the woman returned 10 the
ship yesterday.
After the shooting yesterday afternoon
she was wildly hysterical, alternately abus-
ing and beseeching every one within hear
ing. Mate Wilson had his hands full and
said he would not keep her in the ship an
other day.
The Goodrich is four-masted iron ship
belonging u BOyde Bros. of Belfast, the
captain holding fourth interest.
Captain Williams was a sober and we'll
behaved man, much liked by the crew,
which regrets that he should have thus
attacked himself.
At As P. NJ. the captain was carried into
the Receiving Hospital and put to bed
I'm glad L did it, and hope I'll die !"
he exclaimed, as he was carried through
the corridors. "Oh, knew it would come
to this. Let me die quickr'
DR.. Deane examined the wound, and
stated that the bullet had entered the left
breast just to the right of the heart, and
after going through the left lung passed out
at the back, under the shoulder, almost the
same kind OF wound as that of Rippey,
who shot Mackay
Internal hemorrhsge had set in, and both
lungs soon became chOked with blood, so
that the patient breathes with great diff
Guilty.
The doctors say he may possibly live,
especially as he is said to be very temper
ate man; but there are so many compliea-
tons which are likely to set in that his re-
covery would be little short of miraculous.
During the afternoon several friends of
the captain called to see him. among them
being George Ross who has been engaged
In calkIng the ship on which the captain
shot himself. lie has known the captain
from boyh God. Yesterday morning at $50
he accompanied him to Spreckels' Office
and on the way the captain acted stran gely.
be would walk at a rapid gait, and then
slacken his pace and barely move at ALL
His companion told him TO brace up and
llvlted him to take drink. Contrary to
his custom. the captain arquiesced, saying
that he was having trouble with his Wife
They stepped into saloon and had drink
of whisky. Ross left him in Spreckels'
office.
Several friends were in attendance upon
the captain during the night.
Lucy Williams, wife of the captain who
shot himself. wandered about the streets
until late hour last night. when she was
taken Into custody by an officer, who
thought that she was insane. The prison
otficials permitted her to spend the night in
the hospital.
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pocket. It's an easy and natural attitude,
and very characteristic of the man.
"Henry Irving. the actor, takes g good
photograph, but he is very nervous. he is
always on the move. and his hands go on
playing with something all the time. He is
particular about the details in his pictures.
like all actors, but Is always very polite and
gentlemaniy in his orders and suggestions.
There is one curious thing about Irving.
While he has a striking face and head, his
forehead is retreatiDg, extremely so, in
fact. / could never figure out where his
memory is kept.
81 had the pleasure OF photographing
Mary Anderson before she left the stage
She is the most graceful woman ever saw.
She takes beautiful picture. She is refined
to degree and very pleasant. She is mod
est, quiet and retiring. and no matter how
she stands or sits, her photographs are per-
feet. Such woman may pose for her
picture. and by doing so add to Its artistic
qualities.
Mrs. Langtry is the very reverse. She
comes in with laugh and kick. She is
very pretty, very attractive. but her beauty
is not so classical as Miss Anderson's. and
she is not graceful. She is a perfect lady,
though, in her manners and department.,
but the opposite Of the great tragedienne.
Il found Justice Field very difficult
to photograph successfully. He is very ex-
acting and hard TO manage in the operating
room. But his face saves him. He has
CHdIaCltI III HIS ldCt, anu Iu6 Dig nose LUhL
most great men have.
Yes, that is a fact [ have noticed. All
men WHO have achieved something ont of
the ordinary have prominent noses of one
shape or another.
II think it is q characteristic of great
men, especially of men who command
others. those with marked executive ability.
joaquin Miller is as easy a subject as
one could desire. He has a striking head.
| found him not bit fussy or cranky about
his pictures Quite the other way, in fact
standing Bear, the Indian chief, was
splendid subject. He has a fine face and a
good strong nose. He was rather uncer-
tain though about what l was going to do
with him. He didn't quite understand it
all and kept on the alert as though not to
be taken by surprise.
Yes; I've taken the photographs of a
great many celebrities in my time Some
of them | have thought were justly cele-
brated, and others again seemed very small
in comparison with their fame. But all
men have their little idiosyncrasies or char
acteristics, or whatever you choose to call
them. The work of the true artist is to
bring them out whether in Photographic
print or on canvas. Naturalness is art,
especially when it coDes to portraying
human likenesses."
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TALKED TO DEATH.
The Tomb Rather Than
the Tongue.
THE ACT OF A SEA CAPTAIN.
Richard A. Williams of the Goodrich
Shoots Himself Aboard Ship Be-
cause of Domestic Troubles.

Domestic trouble, growing out Of the un-
sailorike conduct of an adopted son, re-
suited in tragedy yesterday noon aboard
the British ship Goodrich, lying at Union
street wharf.
Driven to madness by TRADE of abuse
from the practiced tongue of Mrs. Williams,
Captain Richard A. Williams arose from
the mess-table. stepped into his own cabin
and fired large bullet from an energetic
pistol through his left lung, Just over the
heart.
Shortly after the shot was fired Quaran-
tine Officer DR.. Lawlor came aboard and
attended the dying skipper until the patrol
wagon arrived. Meanwhile Mrs. Williams
went off into another tantrum, causing no
little trouble and annoyance to j. Wilson,
mate of the Goodrich.
The ship is in ballast and consequently
her rail rears high above the dock. This
discrepancy between ship and dock was not
particularly noticed by the police until after
they had scrambled aboard with their
stretcher. They placed the captain thereon
and bore him to the rail. but there they
stopped.
How to get the wounded man into the
wagon was problem with which the police
could not wrestc. so they turned the task
over to the crew of the Goodrich.
In few minutes tackle was rigged at
the end of the main lower topsaiI yard.
slings were attached TO the stretcher handles,
and with couple of stout seamen on the
fall the dying skipper was gently lowered to
the wagon.
DIR. Lawior accompanied him to the Re-
ceiving Hospital. where CAPTAIN Williams
regained consciousness and expressed regret
that he had not died instantly. There is
little hope of his recovery.
The captain and his wife have had more
or less trouble ever since their marriage at
Halifax. Nova Scotia, about twenty-five
years ago.
They had oehildren of their own AMI filed
the void in their hearts by adopting boy
who goes by the name of Ernest Williams.
Ernest is IS years old and has been with
the family since he was a baby.
His rate aboard the Goodrich is that of
an apprentice boy, but the way ne attended
to business has always been productive of
trouble.
His foster mother made a pet of him, ae-
cordlng to the statements of others on the
ship, much 10 the disgust of Captain Will
liams. She kept him on the sick list day
times and allowed him to 60 ashore nights.
This indolent mode OF life for a seaman
Captain Williams thought, partook of many
of the leading characteristics of picnic.
he demonstrated accordingly.
Friday night the adopted boy, after a
days illness on board, went ashore and
The morning call., 1893-03-05
EUGENE FIELD.
Several New Stories About the Chicago

New York Mail and Express


New York Mail and Express.
During his recent lecturlng tour in New
England Eugene Field spoke before an
audience in small town. Now. Mr.. Fields
form is as long and as lank as any farmer in
the Granite State. his hands are large and
his face is lined with deep burrows. At the
door of the hall Mr.. Field met a native.
kin you tell me where Mr.. Field is ?" he
asked.
Pm Mr.. Field" replied the humOrist.
Eugene Field. the man that writes
poems? ?"
Eyes"
well. III swan, You look like man that
worked for his liyiR'."
One cold day Field put his wife upon a
streetcar where She found a seat forward.
She wore an old green dress and was muf-
He'd up to the ears with wraps. Mr.. Field
stoOp on the back platform. When the con-
ductor came TO him for the fare he handed
10 cents to him and said in clear penetrat-
ing voice:
This also pays for the lady In the ine
new green silk dress who sits at the left
near the front door"
Mrs. Field was tempted to escape at the
next street. but she did not 1t was several
months. however. before Mr.. Field tried
another joke of the same nature
Ross Raymond, who impersonated Joseph
Chamberlain's son and buncoed an orchid
dealer OF Birmingham, once upon q time
Iueuo NVHo lSlu Hdpp1. GSub ueu tOuuu a.
fool manager who had agreed TO take him
through Southern Illinois on lecture tour.
The fool manager was chasing from town to
town putting mp printing. Gene was walk
ing the floor recitiDg his lecture to himself.
Ross Raymond went to the first show
town and introduced himself as Eugene
Field. gave lecture ana borrowed money.
This he did in every town on the route. He
gave a very good lecture and managed to
borrow $1,000. Then he dropped out.
did he get $1,000 on my name ?" asked
Gene.
He did"
WELL" said Gene, "they must have .sus-
pected lie was an imposter"
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ITALIAN UNIVERSITIES.
Institutions of Learning in King Hum.
bert's Realm.


New York Sun. ..=::s-
The malady of PLETHORA Universitaria"
affects Italy. She has twenty-one univer-
sites, some ancient and renowned and ex-
cellent. but many so poor that they:cannos
keep pace with modern progress in the
requisite appointments, such as tutoriaI
staff, libraries, laboratories and the like.
According to the statistics of one eminent
Italian pubicist some have fewer students
than professors. The reason of this plen-
titude Of universities is that eaeh.duchy,
archduchy or sovereignty absorbed into
united Italy had its univerities, and has
retained them. Signor Martini, Minister Of
Public Instruction, wants to advance the
cause of academic reform by suppressing
the languishng universities and concen-
trating the State aid aud bounties on the
vigorous and really deserving institutions.
he says: IA topping off of the withered
and decaying branches of the academic tree
Is necessary TO safeguard the health and
efficiency OF the parent trunk" Naturally.
opposition was expected, but quite a tenn
pest of indignation has arisen, and meetings
Of protest against his "iliberaI measurey
are being held all over Italy.
The facts. as stated by Signnr F. DObellf,
are these: Piedmont, with 100000 inhab-
ltants, has one university, Turin LiguTia,
with 1000, COO, also one, Genoa: Eonbardy
with 100000. one. Pavia; the Venetian
Territory, with 100000. one. Padua; the
Neapolian. with 100000, one, Naples;
Latium, with 100000, one, Rome. On the
other hand, the Emilia, with 100000 souls,
has four universities, Parma, Modena. Bo-
logDa and Ferrara; the Marches and Unl-
bria, with less than 1000 600, also four,
Canerino. Macerata, Urbino and Pc
Tugia; Sicily, with 100000. has three,
Palermo, Catania and Messina; r. Tus-
cany. with 100000, has two, Sienna
and Pisa; the island of Sardinia, with some
thing over 100000. has two, Sassari and Gag
liari. Signor Martini appeals for his meas
ure OF repression as an absolute necessity
in the interests of Italian progress, and q
most efficient weapon to combat the tradi-
tional prOvincialiSm from which Italy suf-
fers so greatly, and which the many univer-<
sities foster. The suppression of the smaller
universities would bring students from
much greater area to the larger universities
and there they would rub off many of their
parochial nutions and peculiarities. Signor
Martini is vigorously pushing his measure.
and his opponents are as vigorously COM:
batting it, and the issue of the battle is full
of interest
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and cater to him, and when not stiff and
uppish was so preoccupied that found it
very difficult to get him to understand
what wanted him 10 do. He always seems
to be scheming out some mighty project
thinking of more worlds to conquer and
more wildernesses to penetrate. lie didn't
seem TO warm up 10 the work or get In har-
mOny with his surroundings.
Annie Besant was a little this way-I
mean preoccupied and absent-like, but not
at all stiff or patroniZing. She was very
polite and kind, very delicate and refined,
but always thinking OF the spirit land, as |
supposed.
President Harrison was worried to death
and tired out when he came in to be photo
graphed, and he dropped into the chair
with sigh and seemed to want to say,
We'll, l know I've got to do 1t, but hurry
up and let me get OUT
"Wanamaker was just the other way. He
was very nice, and had time to give me
some spiritual advice about the snfulness
oil making proofs on the Sabbath and all
that sort Of thing.
1t came about in this way, you know,
They came In Saturday aud were in a hurry
10 get away the following week. So told
them that l would develop the negatives
right away and let them see proof the
next day. Mr.. Wanamaker took his cue
at once. He would not see his proofs on
the Sabbath. II was wicked to work on
Sunday, be said. but he was rather nice
abont II all and very pleasant.
II caught him in characteristic attitude
while he was delivering that little sermon.
You can see the result in this picture, W here
the thumb Oh one hand is caught in the vest
The morning call., 1893-03-05
RAISING cRIcKETs.
A Farmer Who Started a Successful
Stock Company.

Eyes. the cold weather is mighty hard on
my cricket herd," said Alton K Hooten Of
Greenfield, Tenn, to a reporter for the
Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle.
"My cricket herdP Why haven't you
read about il? 1t was printed in the Re.
public last spring. just about the time 1
started in the Industry. You see, live in
the middle of Tennessee. surrounded by the
prettiest lakes that the eye ever gazed upon.
The waters are filled with trout and
other game fish, and in the spring, summer
and fall the nimrods flock there from all
sections of the country. One of the most
curious facts about Tennessee fish is
that they wish nothing but crickets.
Red worms, talle sawyers and the like
find no fish that will bite at them in our
walers. except suckers and small perch.
The most serious obstacle. therefore,
with the fisherman is to get crickets. l or
ganlzed stock company with few hun
dred capital and started to work last spring.
L had large pasture fenced in with
grass, built nay hGthouses and incubators
and then began gathering in my STOCK MY
pasture consists of about twelve acres, and
calculated that l could Well Grszsi $4,000
crickets to the acre. They sell readily to
fisherman at 81 per 100, so yOn see what
a rich harvest there is in such an industry.
They flourished like green bay tree all
during the summer and fall, but since the
cold spell has reached then they have been
dying off at remarkably sad rate, and ii
the freeze should continue much longer |
doubt if will be left with seed for next
spring."
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ART AND LETTERS.
A Home for the Beautiful
OH Mob Hill.
MARK HOPKINS INSTITUTE.
The Hopkins Searles Mansion Turned
Over to the University Regents
and the Art Association.

The HOpkins-SeaIlesm mansion at the top
of Mob Hill is now part of the University
of the State of California.
Yesterday afternoon the deed and the
key were form ally handed over 10 The pres
ident of the University Regents on condi
ton that the building be used exclusively
for the development of art, music and
letters.
To carry out the design of the specified
use of the building the California Art Asso-
citation had been affiliated with the uni
versity and the Art Association will in
future have almost the entire control of the
new branch of the great State educational
institution.
The time for the ceremony of the trans
fer to take place was set for o'clock at the
mansion, and long before that time the
large music-r0om on the ground floor was
glled with guests Invited to witness the
ceremony.
The exercises were short and simple.
Horace G. Platt after the Board of
Regents had been seated at the upper end
of the room, stepped forward and delivered
the key OF the building and the deed over
to Judge Wallace, as the University repre-
sentative.
AS he did so he said that the time had
The morning call., 1893-03-05
DELAWARE'S CAPITOL,
Statehouse in Bayard's S
State

New York Sun.
The Delaware Legislature, which has re-
elected United States Senator Gray, is one
of the smallest legislative bodies on earth,
and all Its belongings are on liliputian
scale. The nine Senators sit in a small
room nearly filled with desks, and having
space on old-fashioned settees for score or
two of spectators. The twenty-one repre-
sentatives occupy similar and longer room,
provided with an amusing little gallery for
spectators.
The public and the legislators are close
together, and anything uttered in ordinary
Conversational tone can be heard all over
even the larger chamber. A loud speaker
In one house may be heard in the other.
This curious little body works like any
other Legislature. The nine Senators are
divided up into many committees, and the
name of each figures a great many times on
committee lists. Only two of the Senators
are Republicans. These two, with United
States Senator Higgins. remain as reminders
OF savage contest in the Dem leratic party
of Delaware.
The State House looks like a small public
school building, 1t is of brick, two stories
and Nhalf high, and surmounted by
cupola. 1t looks out on the village green.
Hard by IS the county Jail, with its whip
ping-post and pillOry in full view from the
windows of the State House. No official
residence is provided for the Governor, and
he lives wherever his home happens to be
when he is elected, coming to Dover only
when business requires his presence. He
has an office in the little State House, as
have the Secretary of State, the State Aud
itOr and the State Treasurer.
The State Library, which is crowded into
the same building, contains a Latin Bible
dated 1881, Upon this book the State off,
GERS have been sworn since Delaware set
uD housekeeping for herself, and perhaps
longer. The | .prislatuTa has little mr. no
patronage. 1t appoints two or three clerks,
doorkeepers, messengers and pages, and
elects the State Treasurer and the State
Auditor. the former with salary of S14O0
a year, the latter with a salary of $1,000 a
year. The Governor appoints most of the
State and county officers, the Judges for
life. The present Governor distributed this
patronage with view to making himself
Senator, but his unpopularity made his
candidacy an impoSs6iity.
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the franchise of the Olympic Saltwater
Company, he looked angry. and he said he
felt angry.
The Interview states that Mr. Harrison
thinks the Mayor should not have incor-
porated certain conditions in the franchise,
and that he is afraid Of offending Adolph
Sutro.
81 want it distinctly understood" said
Mayor Ellert. that Mr.. Sutro aud every
other citizen has a right to consult me about
public business. and it is my duty to listen
TO them. Mr.. Sutro spoke to me about the
franchise in the presence of City and
County Attorney CreswelI, and when he de-
parted he did notknow anything about what
l proposed TO do.
''Mr. Harrison had promised the Board of
Supervisors to insert certain clauses in the
franchise, which he failed TO do.
II called into consultation the directors OF
the Olympic Club and they had no objec-
ton. so l added the additional stipulations.
That is all there is to the matter"
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HOW THEY POSE.
Celebrities Under Fire of
the Camera.
BRAINY MEN AND BIG NOSES.
A Photographic Operators Gossip
About Famous Men and Women
Who Have "Set.''
BRAINY MEN AND BIG NOSES.

''Bill Nye may be funny with his pen and
his tongue when before the public, but
looking into camera he is as mild and
solemn man as you could find in days
tramp"
This is Frank Davey's estimate of the
great humorist off the boards. And Mr..
Davey is qualified to speak. for lie is Taber's
operator and has only recently leveled his
lens at the funny bald man.
'He proved good subject too, and was
as docile in the operators hands as all
brainy men are.
yes; that's fact. It's been my expert
ence and every other operators experience
that the men of brains are the easiest sub
jects to handle.
"Bin Nye took it for granted that knew
my business. SO he just placed himself in
my hands and l had chance TO make the
most of him.
81 found him very sensitive and very OBJ
The morning call., 1893-03-05
At the New CITY Hall

The City Hall Commission held meet
ing yesterday morning. Mayor Ellert pre-
siding.
Architect Shea reported that he could
erect an electrlc-light plant with which to
illuminate the City Hall for about e65 ooo
The heating plant would cost $4,000.
At present 1t costs about $50, 900 year to
light the City Hall. - "
Judge Low was given permission to
occupy the assembly chamber of the Elec.
ton Commission until the new room in
which he is to hold court is prepared for
occupancy.
Justice OF the Peace Barry complained
that Justice Gray had refused to give M
possession Of the presiding Justices room.
the lock on the door aud turn the room over
to Barry 0N'A WI
The morning call., 1893-03-05
In Honor of Robert Fmmet

A musical and literary entertainment
under the auspices Of the Knights of the
Red Branch, in honor of the one hundred
aud fifteenth anniversary of the birth of
Robert Emmett, was held in the Metropolis
tan Hall last night.
Although disagreeable night the hall
was well filled when the entertainment
commenced Following was the programme :
Selections, Irish airs Professor darcy. In
trOductory remarks by Chairman j. j. OBrIen
grafton, Colonel John o'Byme; song, "Las!
Rose OF summer" Miss Kitty Black; SOLO. .'The
Minstrel Boy" Mr. A. NJ. Thornton; Emmet's
speech, Colonel J. j. Tobln; song, aKatbeen
M,asyonrneen," Miss A. Rooney; reciiation,
Itonienoy," Henry Tohn; recitation. "The
Remember" Mr.: j. A. McAulifIe, accompaned
by Professor MARTINEZ; song Frank Burke:
song, "God Save Ireland" by the entire audi,
The morning call., 1893-03-05
Long engagements.
Leisure Hours.

5.
The girl who allows herself to be caioled
into long engagement stands one chance
in ten of being married to that particular
man. He comes, admIres and thinks best
to secure her, although he is not in
position to ask. Some men are selfish
creatures. After a year In the Seventh
heaven" life begins to be prosaic again
and their love floats along a placid sea.
After several years of waiting, when the
girl has begun to lose her youth and beauty,
the tide turns in their favor, the harbor is
in sight and all seems well. But here
comes smooth sailing little craft directly
across their bows. There is crash. The
lover clings to the newly found ship and
leaves the other to sink or be tossed upon
the beach alone. The moral is obvious.
The morning call., 1893-03-05
Preliminary Practice

Patient-Well doctor. how do you find
things to-day?
Doctor (cheerfully)-1 feel very much
better satisfied
Patient-I feel worse than ever. What
have You discovered that makes you feel sd
assured?
Doctor-I am satisfied now that the medE
cine l have been giving you for the last
bit of good. l was in doubt about IL be-
fore-Llfe. -