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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-25
Had to Leave His Prisoner.

Detective Ross Whitaker returned from
his trip to New York yesterday after
having been com elled to leave his
prisoner. William Mcconnell, at Winnie
mucca. New. owing to habeas corpus pro-
ceedlngs having been instituted. McCon-
nell is wanted here on charge of obtain
ing goods to the value Of $4,000 from
w. d j. Sloane & Co., carpet-dealers, by
false pretenses
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-25
Hit With a Bottle.

Jim McQueenev of 1856 Shipley street
was taken 10 the Receiving Hospital
about 80 o'clock yesterday morning and
had lacerated scalp wound dressed. He
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-25
The Rainfall.

The total rainfall in this city yesterday was
.43 of an inch; total for season TO date, 6.52;
total last season TO date. 9.79 inches.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-25
BlRTHS-MA RRIAGES-DEATHS.

TBirth, marriage and death notices sent by msil
will not be inserted. They must be handed In az
either of the publication offices ana be fndorsed
with the name and residence OF persons authoriz-
ing to have the same published
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-25


Arrived.
SUNDAY. Dec "a.
Haw bark Rithet. Morrison. Is days from
Honolulu: pass. sugar, etc. TO WEIGH Co.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-25

"a Our store will remain open Saturday evening
December 3Oth until 10 O'Clock.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-25

Ladies are invited to call and examine magnificent
stock of the above goods, which in point of is posi-
lively without equal in this city
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-30
Convicted by a Blotter.

Zone of the most remarkable things
that ever saw introduced in conrt as
evidence" said Rodger Milton to st.
Louis Globe Democrat reporter, twas an
ordinary white blotter. This happened
in Norman, South Dakota, where fell
low was being tried for murder The
point that the prosecution was trying to-
prove was that the man had been il the
Haywood Hotel at that place on certain
day. The blotter in question contained
portion Of signature 20 letter and q
date, that of the day in question. 1t
so happened that the prosecuting attorney
had visited the hotel on the day the
crime had been perpetrated. and that
too, shortly after its commission.
''In discussing the matter with the
clerk, the suspected mans name was
mentioned, and the clerk stated that the
party referred to had inst left the writing
room. With detective sagacity the attorney
visited the room and found this blotter,
with the name and date on it. Though
sadly blurred and inverted, experts were
called and the writing was proved to be
that of the prisoner. The effect of this
was simply to destroy the defence's eff
forts to prove an alibi, which point being
knocked out the criminal was convicted. !"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-30
The Cat In Thibet.

The at is treated by Thibetans with
the mos marked attention and forbear-
snce Even when it spills milk, breaks
or destoys any valuable object, or Kills
some pt bird, it is never whipped or
beaten IN any way, but merely chidden
and driven away by the voice; whlle
were a dog or a child to commit these
offences, they would be souho'S
thrasled. -.
Sulh very mild and considerate treat
men. might lead one to suppose thae tle
cnt is esteemed holy. But such IS NOT
Inc case. 1t is, indeed, regarded as
us,ful animal, TO the extent that IL con
tributes to the preservation OF sacred PIC,
tires. robes, books, sacrificial food, ana
he like. by killing the rats and mice
which consume and destroy these. bu'
otherwise the cat is considered the mos
sinful being on earth, on account Oh III
constant desire for taking ne, ever
,.hon gorged with food, and ITS torture
VIZ" " ~. ,i;ot;oe les mild treatment is du'
"a ~. hel;ef chat whosoever causes tn
S " III - a cat, whether accidentally q
uu.scrwise, will have the sins of the tat
transferred to his shoulders. And SO
great is the burden of its sins that, even
were one sir two pounds) of butter fol
each hair on the cats body offered IN
feeding the temple lamps before
Buddha's image, the crime would no
be explated. Il Indian Antiquary.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-30
The Metrical System.

Though a simple enough thing wig
properly applied, the metrical system
exceedingly confusing when come npo'
suddenly in connection with matters an
objects the dimensions Of which ha@
hitherto been expressed in common ~
ures. The difficulty of a quick meHP
conversion from the old system OF q
grandfathers to the metrical is appayl
when man states his height in mfrf
and his weight in kilos. Harald Hfsen
tho professional champion skatr :
Europe. now in this country, or 1e en-
asked his height and weight rePSeu ~. an
ne was 1856 metres in hcgnt, an
weighed, in racing conditieh, scven n,e's
kilos. 1t is no easy mattel TO unuers' a.,
at a thought that he = about slA re y,
two and a half inchss high, ana weign
about iCO pounds The metric metric. s Ssom
has been withouta strong public c 1I.
Mon in this coyntry ever since the deat
If Alexander Il. Stephens. 1t is slow
taking hold Cloth is still measured J
the ward lumber by feet and incse
| LIQUIDS by pints, quarts and gallons, a.
weights by pounds and ounces graz
and drachms.- IN. Y. Times.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-30
Unconquerable Feelings.

''The term 'unconquerable feeling,'
taken literally, is still an actual fact"
said Ives Armford to a Globe Democrat
reporter in the Lindell. There are
times when feeling is the master, and
strive as one may, it still holds, dictates
and drives in manner that is strangely
supreme. It's dictation is memorable,
even in things most trivial; in things
that it would seem duty and pleasure
to do. / want TO tell OF one specific in
stance where feeling barred temporarily.
One night, somewhat over year ago,
decided to renovate my trunks, | get an
uncomfortable desife to renoyate my
trunks about once every six months,
aud nothing will do but that L
must pile everything out, sort, cast
aside, burn and repack.. On this night
/ began by laying everything out and
then slowly to unfold bits of paper, let
tiers, manuscripts, etc., seemingly with
out end. l only began at midnight, and
/ was not done by o'clock in the early
morning. Ipicked up a letter from the
disordered heap-a worn, faded sheet
that / first thought to destroy. How
ever, opened it and took one glance.
Then l dropped it. If ever | wanted to
read anything in the world | wanted to
read that letter, and yet | couldn't. After
spending minutes in painful recollection
laid it, unread. into the trunk again.
You wonder, no doubt, how letter
could bar my desire. 1t was from my
dead mother, written to me months be-
fore, when at school, and it seemed like
voice from out the great unknown"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-30
tbs ANT AS AN ENGINEER.

The pastry WAS delicious, and I want. d it my
self,
So / put 1t in the pantry on the very lowest
shelf
And to keep It from the insects, those arts SO
red and small,
made river round it Of molasses' best o.
all.
But the enemy approached it, all as hungry as
could be.
And tho captain with his aid-de-camp Jus'
diminishing round to see
whether they could for this river, or should
try some other plan,
And together with his comrades he around
the liquid ran.
To his Joy and satisfaction after travelling
around.
The place where the molasses was narrowes
| he found;
Then again he accommodated, rushing ior
ward and then back,
| Til he spied soma loosened mortar In the
wall around a tack.
He divided then his forces, with foreman 10
each squad,
And he marshaled the whole army and be
fore him each anttrod;
His directions we're all given; TO his chiefs h
gave acal;
While he headed the procession as the
marched off up the wall.
Every ant then Sc zed his plaster, justa spec
and nothing more,
And he climb ID and tngged and carried IL
he'd brought it to the shore;
Then they built their bridge, just working 70
an hour by the sky,
After which they all marched over and all re
to eating pie.
-ISt. Nicholas.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-30
Dutch kIoompers-

One of the aueerest sights which saw
in Europe was row of wooden shoes
outside the door of a Dutch farmhouse
on Saturday morning. There were the
big-sized shoes of the farmer himself,
the middle-sized shoes of his good vraow,
and several small-sized shoes of the
children; and all the line HAD been
scrubbed and freshly whitewashed In
preparation for Sunday. There are many
kinds of wooden shoes worn by peasants
in Europe, but none are more clumsy
and heavy than the "kloompers" of the
Hollanders. They are boat-shaped with
high wooden projections TO the heels,
and curious little upward twist to the
toes. like the prov of n Chinese junk.
But heavy and awkward as the shoes are
the Dutch children run about as lightly
as If they were shod in Cinderella's glass
slippers. and do not seem to object In the
least to the clicking s0hd made by the
sshoes on the pavement. One OF the most
extraordinary sights in the world Is a line
of little Dutch boys playing leap-frog in
their great noisy wooden kloompers.
Having. formed a row of frogs" from
one end OF their village to the other, the
bows begin to jump in the usual agile
way of the players of the lively game.
AS soon as the line is in motion a most
tremendous sound startles the village.
The oldest inhabitant can hardly 81 hear
himself think" but he knows that the
noise is not thunder; it is only the rattle
of the BOYS wooden shoes as they strike
the hard brick paved street. - Harpcr's
Young People.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-30
Cfsts and Their Origin.

Crests arescribed to the Carians and
they are ofkery ancient origin. They
are mentions by Homer AMI Virgil and
described as use among the leathen
gods and goaesses. Thus the crest to
Mherva's heltt was an.owl. Mars bore
ion or tig4 and Jupiter Ammon a
ran's head. 1ese symbols were for
mepy placed the helmet and were
graf marks of Anor, only worn by he
ros of great van or by those who were
afanced to sontsuperior military com
nlnd. Richard ". had a crest on
W helmet resembling a plume OF
feathers; Richatl NJ. wore lion
on cap OF dignity \0bove the crown
onlhB helmet; AlexanoSr Ill, of Scot.
Land had plume OF feathers, and James
|. Ebre lion. In the ffteeuth and six
tenth centuries, according'to the Brook
lH Eagle, the crest was descvibed as be-
i1g a figure placed upon a wieath, coro
tet or cap of maintenance aboye the he'll
met or shield, A crest was ancicntly
worn on the heads of commandeis in thu
field, and then only in order to distin
guish them from their followers. Afte
the institution of the order of the garter
and in imitation of Edward III. al
knights companions of the order begar
to wear crests. This practice soon be
came more general, and they were as
sumed by all who considered themselve
entitled to bear arms.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-30

steamer Pomeranian Disabled - Left
Her Fate by the Belgenland.

Steamer Pomeranian Disabled - Left 10
Her Fate by the Belgeniand.
The Allan Line steamship Pomeranian'
which left New York for Glasgow on
March IS. is disabled at sea She has
crew OF seventy-five men on board, ana
when last seen was displaying signals OF
distress The Pomeranian Is the vessei
which about month ago encountered a
terrible storm and lost portion OF her
crew, including the captain News OF the
distressed vessel was brought into port by
Captain Ehon, OF the Red Star steamer
Belgenland. He said he met the
Pomeranian March 81 In latitude
Al So longitude 90. The vessel showed
three rea lights. indicating that control OF
her had been lost the vessels piston nav
ing been smashed. The captain OF the In
jured vessel signaled a request OF the Bel
genland's captain to tow the Pomeranian'
but the Belgenland passed her by, Captain
Ehotf replying that he could not tow her
A fierce northeast gale was blowing and
the injured vessel was tossing about In the
heavy sea that was running. When the
| Belgenland left the Pomeranian the latter
was about seven hundred miles east OF
Sandy Hook
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-30
The WAYS OF WOLVES.
westerncrs Used Not to Mind Them
More than Ground Squirrels.


Does the American wolf ever attack
human beingsl Up to few years ago
almost the only account Of the killing OF
persons by wolves is to be found in Au-
dobon and Bachman, which tells of the
dev0uring of slave by pack Of wolves
In some one of the southern states. This
account came TO the authors at second or
third hand, and to my mind it is not at
all convincing.
In the old days in the west man no
more thought OF being afraid of wolf
than of ground squirrel. With stick,
or without one, man could chase pack
of gray wolves as far as he could run,
and as long as his wind held out. Even
in the bitterest weather the wolfers never
thought that there was any danger of
being attacked by wolves. The only
case of which l ever heard which sug-
gested anything like this was toward the
end of very long snowy winter, when
large white wolf one night followed a
friend of mine up to his cabin door. The
animal trotted along only a few steps be-
hind the unarmed man, who confessed to
feeling somewhat uneasy lest the beast
should spring at him, but it made no
demonstration of this kind.
OF late years more or less frequent ac-
counts have been published in the news
papers Of packs of wolves attacking
human beings, in Minnesota and North
Dakota, but have always believed, and
still think, that such dispatches are mere
newspaper flakes, and no more to be
credited than the bear and hoop snake
stories which so frequently adorn the
pages of the journals to-day. Il Forest
and Stream.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-30
FIVE LIVES LOST.

The Morgan, "A Fashionable Apartment
House at Cleveland, Burned.
The Morgan, q fashionable apartment
house on Prospect, near Granger street,
Cleveland, Chic. caught fire shortly before
10 o'clock Thursday and was totally de-
stroyed. Four women and one child were
overcome by the smoke and persisted In the
flames The first body found was that OF
Mrs. Somers. blind lady, who had apart
ments on the third floor She had groped
her way 20 The stairs only TO fall there
overcome by the smoke The other three
women aud the child were found lying on
the floor of the second story front hall.
Their bodies were huddled together; 1t was
evident that they had died OF sufocation.
The fire started in the basement, but the
cause Is not known The loss Is about
fox 000
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-30
Fate of IncendIsrIes in Japan.

The incendiary's lot in Japan is not a
happy enc. When caught he is at once
handel over to the excutioneer. BY this
officisl the culprit is buried in the ground
up to the neck. A cross-cut saw laid on
the ground close by ready for use, and
then the executioner goes away for few
days on other duties. During the inter
val any passer-by is at liberty to assist
the excutioner In his duties by taking
few cuts with the saw across the pris-
oner's neck, When the executioner re-
turns, II there is any necessity for 1t, he
leisurely completes the task by saving
the mans neck from his shoulders. II
is then fastened to pole and placed on
exhibition in the ncighboring village or
town. The custom, 1t is claimed, is
calculated greatly TO discourage the
practice Of setting property afrc. Il New
York News.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-30
Nominated by the President.

The President has sent the following
nominations TO the Senate: John 5 sey-
mour of Connecticut, to be Commissioners
of Patents; Silas w. Lamoreux of Wiscon-
sin, TO be Commissioners of the General
Land Office; Williams H. Sims of Missis-
sippi, 10 be First Assistant Secretary
OF the Interiors; Edward A. Bowers
of Washington. to be Assistant Com
missioner OF the General Land ONCE;
Henry c. He'll, TO be Second Deputy
Ccmmiss Toner Of Pensions; Justice Horace
H. Lurion of Tennessee, to be United
States Circuit Judge for the Sixth judicial
Circuit; Frank f. White Of Nebraska, TO be
Marshal Of the United states for the Dis
trict OF Nebraska; Max Judd of Missouri,
10 be Consul General of the United States
at Vienna; John ]. Carter OF Louisiana,
to be Collector of Internal Revenue for the
District of Louisiana
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-30
The Busy Bee.

When you eat spoonful of honey you
have very little notion as to the amount
of work and travel necessary to produce
il. To make one pound of clover honey,
PEGS must deprive 60, 900 clover blossoms
n their nectar, and to do this requires
bf50, 600 visits to the blossoms by the
es. In other words one bee to collect
pugh nectar to make one pound of
hey must go from hive to flower and
n 1850. 900 times. Then, when you
uk how far bees sometimes fly in
Nh of these clover fields, oftener than
Vine or two miles from the hive, you
| WAegin to get small idea Of the
nWcg of miles one OF the industrious
ltvratures must travel in order that
youyshave the pound of Aoney that
give hm so much trouble. 1t may
also ~ ,cu to understand why the bee
Is Ne enough to sting you IL You
get IN my. When one has to work
50 na. accomplish so little, it is quite
lrrl.at be interfered WITH Har-
per People.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-30
Dynamite and GunpOwder.

Dynamite is vastly more powerful tnan
ornnowder. With the latter the volrme
Of ras is 500 times as great as the gains
used. With dynamite the volume Z gas
Il 600 times. OF three times as nuch.
With gunpowder the gas is st Tree
gradually, with dynamite instaIeously.
Air presses with enormous wfgh. :, on ID
every surface. When an explosion taxes
Mace all the air must be pushet ASIDE 70
make loom for the gas. With dynam'tte
/ Il is less work to split the rock On when
Il Is laid than to raise the colnmn oil air,
With gunpowder there is less gas, ana
the gas being generated gradually, th'
air is moved gradually, and this les
work than splitting the rock. II gun
powdel Is used to split q rock extra pres
sure ia the shape Of tamping Is Necessary
--[Ncw York Dispatch.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-30
VOLUME OF TRADE is GOOD.

No Indication of Reduction OF Purchases
Dun's Weekly Review.
r G. Dun & Co.'S weekly review OF trade
says:
The volume OF trade is we'll maintained
and manufacturers are better employed
with some increase of demand where In
crease was most needed. and every indica-
tion that people do not yet begin to think
OF reducing purchases The treasury has
been gaining gold in spite OF exports OF
$500 900, and some exports expected. but IN
view of the enormous excess of imports
since January LIST, It is scarcely reasonable
to hope that further outgoes are 10, pe
avoided. The stringencY In money mar
kets is largely due TO slow collections when
appear to result rather from severe weather
than from any form OF commercial un-
soundness. The business failures occurrin
throughout the country number 24a a.
compared with the totals OF 22O the pre-
vIous week. For the corresponding weei
OF last year the figures were 23l.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-30
CARLISLE WILL FRAME 1T.

He Expects to Spend the Summer In Pre-
pairing an Administration Tariff Bill
Secretary Carlisle has stated that he VIII
spend a great deal of time this summer In
preparing what will be known as an ad-
ministration tariff bill for submission TO
Congress as soon us it is called together
Besides the measure prepared by T. Ellery
Anderson and his associates OF the Reform
Club Of New York, other measures are
likely TO be sent TO Secretary Carlisle from
various commercial and political organi-
cations All Of these measures, the secre-
tary says, will be treated merely as sng-
pestions
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-30
Five murders brought to Lights

A terrible tragedy was tossed TO Light by
the muddy waters OF the Missouri at Loweh
station, fifty miles north OF Kansas CITY
and only ten miles south OF 81. Joseph
when big dry goods box was found con-
tanning the bodies of four men ana one
woman. all of whom had oeen
murdered. The crime must have been COM
mitted weeks ago. for the bodies, despite
the lev waters, we're in badly decom-
posed state. They are supposed to be the
remains OF party which was camped near
Rulo Neb, forty miles above. for some
time. but which disappeared several
imonthS
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-30

The report OF the Ohio State Board OF
Health which recently examined the CO.
lumbiana County Iudrmary bears evidence
OF a horrible state OF affairs There Inc
cellars. IL alleges. are damp and filthy. the
Iiving-room without light and ventilation
the sleeping rooms cut on from escape In
case OF fire, and the portion of the building
sot apart for the Insane dirty beyond de-
scriptlon. Secretary Probst who made
the examin alton, declares that the noors
are deep with filth; that the temperature
was when he visited tie place 90 degrees
and the stencil such that IL was incrediole
that human being could exist Ia IT, In
addition TO this, the whole building Is alive
with vermin. The publication OF the re-
port has creatsd sensation all over th'
State
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-30
Minister charged with IntoxIcation.

The steubenville (ohio) Presbytery. at a
special meeting, dissolved the pastoral re-
lations existing between Rev. Mr. Rust
aud the Brilliant (ohio) Presbyterian
Church for unministerial conduct, which,
IL is alleged, consisted of his becoming In
toxicated Mr.. Rust was recently received
into the Presby terry from the German Re
formed Church Of Pennsylvania.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-30
schaefer Has a Fan.

Jake schaefer the world famous billiard
ist may never lie able to handle cue with
his old time skill again AS it is, his two
matches With George f. slosson have been
indefinitely postponed and may never be
played The awizardn was the victim OF a
serious accident Monday night and in con-
sequence his right arm is incased in a
plaster OF paris bandage lie fell down
stairs and broke his arm.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-30
Indians Burned to Death.

Meager details have been received from
Pawhuska. Usage Nation. OF fire which
swept away a large portion OF the town,
destroying the Indian Council House. sew
eral large stores. besides many smaller
buildings. The report says that FIVE lives
we're lost in the flames
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-30
Thieving Domestic.

Lizzie Dickens. domestic In the George
Mcfarland family at Pittsburg. confessed
TO stealing $500 worth of her employers
tewelry, sHverware and fine clothing
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-30
win Walk to the worlds Fair.

The Woodstock Guards. n miiittU com
pany at Admission, Ala. propose phenom-
email march for times OF peace, nothing less
than TO cover the distance on foot from
their homo to the Worlds Fair grounds,
about 500 miles They expect to be six or
seven weeks on the road. and will go In
heavy marching order each man carrying
his arms and knapsack. A wagon train In
charge of the Quartermaster will carry
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-30
swent hy a Big Fire.

The town of Athens, Ala, on the Louis
VILE and Nashville Railroad, was almost
totally destroyed by fire. Several lives
were lost
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-30
Vera Ava Given Two Years.

The jury in the Vera Ava trial at Geneva
returned a verdict OF guilty, fixing the
value of her plumber at s735 and her term
in the penitentiary at two years. Her at
torneys Immediately entered a motion for
a new trial The suit commenced Monday
and has attracted much Interest The jury
deliberatel about four and one-half hours
The verdict did not In the least disconcert
Vara