The morning call., 1894-04-24

and the plan had TO be abandoned. pump
was sent to the scene aud an attempt maoe w
sluice the mud out OF the cut, but tnis was
found TO be impractIeabe, and The only tDins
that could be done was to build trestie owe.
the place and leave the mud TO get dry SO 'has
it can be shoveled out. Railroad men say they
nave never found themselves so conpietey
baffied by such a simple.lo looking slide
E. ID. Bliss, vino is connected with the Work
OF prison Inspection in Indiana, was al the w
cidenta yesterday. and IN discussing criminals
and their habits had this TO say ABOUT lue
gambling instincts: ''Stoen money, as IS We'll
known 10 the police 10 all large cities, mus ils
level at the gamblng-table. When rooperF
takes place in large city, or when some que
has been 'confidenced' out of large sum Vi
money, the energy of the detectives Is eeheIaIis
directed to watching the gambling-houses. ahd
they are pretty sure to find their man. Gfeh
when caught the prisoners must stlii gaihpie
In the jail at indianapolis the prisoners uo ho'
have much time to gamble, but when they aie
allowed out OF their cells to exercise they Ino
means OF cheating one another out OF the lew
meaeer possessions that they are alio"eu "
take into confinement with Them. Inc Jaiie'
has large collection OF dice taken from pfis
oners under his care. Some OF these nave oeen
smuggled in by friends from the outside, some
dice is made from cubes OF soap marked Win a
lead-penci. The man who made these ana
loaded them had a career of success, winning
all that was valuable in his part OF the JAN. nc
jailer says that the prisoners do not nave mucl
money to gamble for, but that cigarettes are
current coin OF the jail and have money Vaiue
OF cents apiece. Food is also conmefciai
commodity, and when all other things 1ali the
prisoners gamble for the buttons on eacn
others clothing. Only short time ago one Oh
The prisoners applied to the sheriff for needie'
thread and some buttons. The man had aDso-
lutely eambled away every button on MS
clothes"
'The item In The CALL the other day ABOUT
visionary Chicago individual named Deefing
might lead people to believe that he was an
exceptional case in the big city on Lake Mlchi-
gan" said W. d. Parker OF Milwaukee yester-
day. "but recent DEVELOPMENTS would seem TO
indicate that the woods are full OF just such
men in that locality. There exists In the city
named an organization called the American
Patriot Society," and a short time ago IL
adopted unique platform OF principles. IL
proposes to have all the countries OF the earth
united into one grand brotherhood unuer
cooperative form Of government. 1t also pro-
poses 10 divide all labor into groups, ana 10
store all the proceeds OF labor into great ware
houses. whence IL will be issued 10 every one
according to his needs. All lands shall belong
to the aggregate people; all newspapers, rail-
ROADS. telegraphs and everything else shall be
under public control. and so the world, 1t is
argued, viii be a great Zeal better than it Is
The society has a membership OF 600, and Il
proposes TO raise a fund for the purchase OF
land to carry out the aims OF the organization"
The spectacle of man running rapidly north
noon. closely pursued by another man who
vociferously yelled stop thief" attracted tile
attention OF quite crowd. The fleeing indi-
vfdual darted into the carriage entrance OF the
Palace, when, probably realizing that further
flight was useless. he suddenly stopped, and as
his pursuer came up, handed him SO gold
piece with the remark. "Here's your money"
The money, It appears, had come into the pos
session of the fugitive through his preferred
compliance with request OF his pursuer for
some silver in exchange, and he explained his
hasty flight by the remark that he was lust
going after the change" No arrests.
Howard Paul. wel-known London jour-
naIist, has arrived In San Francisco and Is
staying at the Grand Hotel. Mr.. Paul is the
writer of the American Notes" that appear
weekly 10 the Illustrated London News and Is
contributing to a syndicate OF journals on both
sides of the Atlantic a series of articles on The
hotels OF the United States. Some months ago.
when General Rush Hawkins of New York
made bitter and most unwarrantable attack
In the North American Review on the hotel
system of this country. Howard Paul stoutly
defended the Bonifaces. and his article was
extensively circulated iu Great Britain.
The Rev DIR. Dean II. Babbitt OF Tacoma,
editor OF the Northwestern Churchman, is the
guest OF the Occidental for week.