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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-23
DEAD AT SIXTEEN.
From Comedy to Tragedy
in a Short Time.
Louise Dietrich Quarrels With Her
Sister, Then Shoots Herself
in the Heart.

From gay to grave. from lively to
severe" was never more forciby Illus
trated than it was at 12115 Mission street
early this morning.
A party of three visited one of the
theaters last evening, witnessed a comedy
and enjoyed themselves until the end of the
play at II O'Clock. Three hours later
one of the trio was the principal in a
tragedy and her body is at the MOrgue
with a bullet hole through her breast and
heart
Louise Dietrich, aged Is years. a
passably good-looking girl. and an
elder sister lived at the number
given, and were the only occupants
of the premises, as their mother and step
father, who had been on visit to Ger
many, and are on their way home, will not
arrive for few days yet.
Last evening the divorced husband of
the girls mother. who is their father,
called at the house and invited them
to accompany him to place OF muse
ment. After the play they started for the
Missio n-street home, but on the way
their gayety turned to bitterness. The
girls quarreled, angry words were ex-
changed and they entered their home in
sullen mood. They retired, neither feeling
pleasantly toward the other.
AT o clock IN the morning Louise, the
younger sister, arose from her couch,
went to the bureau and TAX
ing from there a revolver went iuto
an adjoining room, where, placing the
muzzle Of the weapon to her left breast,
she pulled the trigger and sent the bullet
through her heart.
The shot startled her sister, who
at once rushed into the room from
which the report of the weapon came
and was Mortified TO see her sister
on the floor, with blood-stained gar
ments. She called her by name
and asked her what she had
done, but there came no reply. She
then shrieked and her cries drew the at
tentton OF a number of persons who went
to her assistance.
The police were summoned and the
young girl was placed in the patrol wagon.
after which she was conveyed to the Re-
ceiving Hospital.
When she was laid on the operating
table it was discovered that she was a
corpse, therefore the Coroner was notified.
The suicide was the outcome Of
quarrel about young man with whom
Louise was madly in love, but beyond this
nothing could be learned.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-23
SOLDIER AND CITIZEN.
Res uIt of an Argument on the
Ferrv-Boat Piedmont.

The Oakland police were doing their
hardest at an early hour this morning to
cover up what eye-witnesses pronounce to
be a high-handed outrage and an unwar-
rantable arrest.
A man who they go just far enough to
say is a prominent citizen Of Oakland and
whose name they give as John Doe was
arrested by cayalryman on board the
steamer Piedmont on her last trip over
from the city and turned over to police
man at the mole. No charge was placed
against the prisoner, and Policeman Swain
on duty in the Office betrayed a depth Of
ign ORANGE concerning the man that could
not even have been found by an Oakland
poll ceman, unless be had some interest In
eeping mum"
The whole affair occurred on the last
trip of the Piedmont over from the city.
From the stories Of a number of eye wit
nesses who were seen after the news of
the arrest had spread it was gathered that
he cavalryman and the civilian had got
ten into a dispute as to whether or not
martial law was 10 force in Oakl land.
The trooper contended it was and the
civilian that IL was not.
From calm argument they proceeded TO
bitter difference of opinion, and finally TO
cutting personalities. The cavaIryman, 1t
Is then stated, DelDR somewhat IpSy, COM
pletely lost his temper when the civilian
told him that he could not arrest him if he
wanted 10.
The soldier could stand it no longer, so
grabbing his man by the arm he hauled
him around quite lively, and then calling
The policeman on the boat turned his
prisoner over to him with the remark tn at
he wanted him placed under arrest
The prisoner was hustled off the boat
ON to the train for Oakland and taken to
the police station. all the time protesting
against the arrest as a high-handed out
rage.
the man had been placed 10 jail. The
next instant the statement was made that
il did not amount to anything any
how. Then that lie was not confined 10
Jail Then. when asked II the man
cou Id be seen. they said 1t was against the
Tules, II was finally conceded that the
prisoner was not drunk and that he was
n OF under arrest, but they were just hold
ing him for The fun of the thing. to make
the city liable to damage suit for false
Imprisonment.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-23
INCOME OF THE ATCHISON.
How the Over Estimates Are Figured
Ouf

= NEW YORK, July %. - The over-es-
>timated income of the Atchison, ac-
cordlng to Stephen Little, the expert ac-
-countant for the general reorganization
committee. amounts to about $1,000, 900.
covering period from July 1, 1889, to De-
acembe 1. 1893, The date of the appoint
ment of the receivers.
. Robert Fleming, a member Of the Lon
don bondholders' committee, said: IRE
ferring to the statement dealing with GER
tain alleged oVer-estimates in the income
account Of the past four years, informa-
ton regarding the net earnings of the
year ending June 80, 1894 on which the re-
organization plan was based, would be in
teresting TO the b0ndholders. Mr.. Little's
report is not quite finished, but Little
states that the netearnings of the Atchison
consolidated system for that year are suf-
nclent to provide for the fixed charges of
me new company as proposed under the
plan Of the auxiliary company. the
d. Louis and San Francisco. The
Colorado Midland and the Atlantic and
racine are left for separate treatment"
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-23

shines as the day 1t was first used. 1t was go
from a kind OF cookies collected on the sea
shore Then there were black and green and
golden inks used In various thcknesses by the
illuminators aud the artists In miniature.
All these inks will resist chemicals that cor
rode iron, The ink was placed in thin comic
glasses attached either TO the side OF the desk
or to the chair. sometimes TO the girde OF The
stick placed upright in the ground. 1t i. owing
TO this peculiar skin In making Ink that so
many of the old irish manuscripts have come
row. unless cut up or burned up, they are
bound to last for ages, and are an eloquent
symbol of that tenacious love Of learning, and
that unquencbable faith which the hand of
Patrick wrote in characters ineradcabe on
The SOU. in the very blood and innermost mar
row OF The Irish race.-Rev. DR.. Shahan in
Donahoe's Magazine.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-23
FOR PORTLAND D. ASTORIA, OREGON

THE OREGON R'Y NAV CO., E. NC Goa
L NEIL. Rcolver-Ocean Div.-and PA $50
CIF1C COAST S. s. CO., Will dispatch from Spear
street wharf at 10 A. NJ. for the above ports one
of their A iron steamships. viz:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA-July %, August 2,
~. 90, sept. l, II, a. oct. /.
CoLUMBIA-July 70, august z, II. 81, Sept. D.
10. 26
Connecting via Portland with the u P. Ry. and
other diyerglng lines for all points in Oregon.
Washington. British Columbia. Alaska, Idaho
Montana, Dakota Utah, Wyoming, Yellowstone
Park and all points east and south and to Europe
Fare to Portland-Cabin SIC; steerage So:
round trip. bin, $50.
Ticket 0ffices-1 Montgomery st, and Palace
Hotel New Montgomery st.
Freight office-200 California st.
GOODALL. PERKIN & CO.. SUpts. ocean Div.
1u 10 Market st. San francisco.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-23

"Shorty" Burns. A piece of heavy oiled
cardboard paper is taken and folded like a
letter Y. with one side little longer than
the other, and with an extra fold about an
inch wide on the edge. To the corners of
of the shorter side are attached fine silk
threads with knots on the ends, to which
wax is fastened. The length of these
strings is Just the width of the inner plat
form of the letter-box lid. The guard, or
pull, OF these lids Is curved in shape, hid
ing the adjacent edge of the platform. I'm
der this slight protection the strings are
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-23
THE BLACKSMITH.

Oh workman of the brawny arm
And the bronzcd brow: on. say,
Ont OF the Kissing and smltten steel
What dost thou make to-day :?
Dost thou use thine art IN this time of peace
To fashion the thirsty sword,
That shall cIeave its course without remorse
In the battle wrath abhorred?
Or dost thou forge with force and FIRE,
The errble bayonet,
That sh ii CLEAN at the front and bear the brunt
When the serrled hosts are met?
And the gray-haired WorKman paused IN his task
His heated brow to cool.
He shook his head, and, Alas" he said,
Ppm making a shoe for a mule"
LELAND NJ. WILLIAMSON IN Philadelphia Life.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-23
OCEAN STEAMSHIPS.
PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP CO

DISPATCH STEAMERS FROM SAN s
u Francisco for ports in Alaska 9 AN. NEfEES&
July "a, AUGUST 3, 3. 18. 90 Sept. T. ~, a--.zzA@
Oct. 7, %, Nov 62l.
For British Columbia and Puget Sound porLs
July "a and every fifth DAY thereafter.
For Eureka, humboldt Bay, Wednesdays. A. NJ.
For Newport Los Angeles and all way ports,
every fourth and fifth day, alternately, A. M.
For San Diego, stopping only at Fort Hartford.
Santa Barbara. Port Los Angeles, Redondo CLOS
Ange!es) and Newport, every fourth and fifth day,
alternately, at IL A. NJ.
For ports in Mexico. 25th OF each month
Ticket Ofhee-Palace Hotel, New Montgomery
street.
GOoDALL, PERKINS, 4 CO.. General Agents.
IF 10 Market ST., San Francisco.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-23
Inks Used by the Old Irish Monks

1t is impossible TO read The most ancient
histories of the Irish saints without noticing
how large part books play In their lives.
In the library some cut the sheets OF parch-
ment or even sewed together in the neatest
way the odd shreds Tor the monk must not
waste the gifts of God, especially when they
are rare and dear). They polished it on one
side, until it was smooth, and laid it near the
scribe Others prepared the peculiar thick
inks of the Irish writers very much like warn
ish. in different colOrs. The red was the mos.
beautiful, aud after a thousand years Ii yet
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-23


Arrived.
SUNDAY July %.
Stmr North Fork, Hansen. % hours firm Eureka;
pass and mdse. TO Chas Nelson.
Stmr Weeott Nordoerg, % hours firm Eel River
eSc: pass ana mdse. TO Russ sanders q 20
ballast. to KimbaH
etc; produce, TO Goodall Perkins 600
stmr Celia johnson. 4S hours from Guadalupe
Bark CeyIon. Calhoun, 80 days from honolulu
sugar. to WEIGH a. Co.
Schr Bender Brothers, Zaddart. II hours from
Point Arena; | l5 cords bark to Bender Bros.
Schr Nettio sund borg, Johnson. Is hours from
Fisks MilI bark, to Hayman & Mayer.
Reyes; rs bxs butter, to Whitney Co.
sailed.
SUNDAY. July 2G.
Stmr Cosmopolis. Dettmers. II oQuiam.
Stmr Santa Rosa. Alexander San Diego.
Stmr farailon, hoOerts. oeattie,
Bark GermaD1a, Pearson: Seattle.
Schr Nora Harkins, Harkins
po,nr tomas g5Iv 2aN,o -uweatber
49, w,na W. ye,ocity ia miles
hays "'hu W; VELOCITY 10 mi'e'
GRAYs HARBoR-sailed July 21-schr James
A GARFIELD, for San francisco
Arrived July 2l-Schr Charles l. FAX, from san
Diego. a
MENDOClNO-oaneu July zz-otmr roint
Arena tor san francisen' ,, -, c.,. D.,,
FoRI bhAuoT Tt, o'iy -N-o'nii DaiSS
kimpali, LOT oa nad ~ INV 90 Sb,r y Co..
IAiooonI Inra Ok for Mana mo. stmr wal,
gent, hence ouH for port TO.anS ga Wa 1ita
Walla' hehceouiy 40 i'i Wv '"n00uu anu ~
torla ~ ro1yNSFND-a Arrival 1nIv o, sobr n
PohI INV S pa1 a stnr VII. VIZ ~.
MTgn6, from oau ouio' ''N'i VOL" ana nn'e
nENDO-Arriyed July 22-Stmr silver
kbDONDoCC ar sohr II yN yyoo,barw.x 49,
spring from Oo'"oA' s0ii - " s"''oi =" a. ~"
foTdi an..v Arrivad Jnlv 1y-scbr WING and
OOoS De nv =. stmr Arcata bencs INV = O
" IN u ETH Arrived July 22-Stmr aumpoldt
EO kE EN-, ~ ou'' -''' i'uniO0'u''
CASPAR-Sa.led July 22-Schr Abbie, for San
pr UAcf n-'"''" '"''
.rrived JuIv 22-Scbr Maxim hence July 49,
1np HS pf z III Sailed JuIv 2Z~Schr FANNY
, TN Ola
Dutaru. 100 r.,.a I'll, 90 o.. p,...o
fok NJ S Sna Trancisno o"' -0''o
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-23
MAIL. BOXES.
They Are at the Tlercy of Thieves
With a New Device.

The Postoffice employees nave received
notification of a new scheme to rob stree,
mail boxes. The device puts at the thef's
mercy the expensive boxes. which have
baffied all except the stolen keys used by
the Boalen gang. They have an inner
platform which closes the box when the
lid is pulled down. The new device is the
invention of a well-knDwn thief named
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-23

was dull throughout the week and there
was no disposition to operate The de-
creaseS wer-; Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe As. "a; Atchison shares. 1%;
DenverRnd RIO Grands preferred. u. ard
MON Pacific and Northern Pacific each "a,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-23

fastened by the wax. the cardboard recep-
tacle is showed in, and. OF course. hangs
just under the lid on the inside. All let
Iers must drop into it. 1t is a SIM
pie matter to draw out the receptacle by
the threads, remove the letters and reset
the trap.
Burns gang is said TO have worked the
scheme very successfully, both in the
East and the West. After the trap has
been set the operation is easy. The thief
pretends to be fumbling with letter, and
in the meantime draws out the device.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-23
FELT EVEN IN LONDON.
1arIff Uncertainty Has a Tendency
to Check SDecutafioo

LONDON. July 22-Money during the
week was abundant and it is believed the
rates have touched the lowest point.
Already hardening tendency of pre-
csutonary nature has been observed. The
gOh coming here is all absorbed by the
Continent The upward movement must.
however. be slow and will depend greatly
upon the condition of business in the
United States. At the stock exchange
business reached its lowest ebb. The un-
certainty with regard to the American,
tariff stops speculation. Foreign securi-
ties were quiet, bat prices were well main
tanned. Favorable dividend announce.
menfs had a good influence on English
railway securities. The American market
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-23
Residence DESTROYED.

UKIAH. July 22.-A fire occurred last
night which entirely consumed the resi-
dence property of J. D. Jourden. The
loss is estimated at $4,000 and the property
was insured for $1,000. The fire is sup
posed to be Of incendiary origin.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-23

apart FL of "Picturesque California"
will be ready for distribution to "Call"
subscribers to-day. 1t is filled with
beautiful pictures of scenes in the foot
hills of the North Coast Range. Don't
"a In 0at ff.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-23
Fire Last Night.

The alarm from box IT'S at 8 20 P. NJ.
Yesterday was for fire in the residence OF
DIR. David Wooster, 8l3 webster streel,
estimated at $500.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-23
HamIin'S PARTY.

VICTORIA. b. c., July 22.-Assistant
Secretary Hamlin and party arrived on
the cutter Grant this afternoon. He leaves
tomorrow on the Rush r Boring Sea.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-23

The Venus de Medici was feet inches
in height, and this is held by many artists
and sculptors to be the most perfect stature
for woman.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-23

A London secondhand book seller re-
Gently advertised little book of religious
consolation. 1t was published IN $780, and
bears the consoatory title, "A Handker-
chief for Parents Wet Eyes Upon the
Death of Children"
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-23
GERMANY'S CLOAK

The Chinese Try a Trick
That Is Clever.
THEY CLAIM PROTECTION
For Vessels of a Chinese Line of
Steamers.
FEAR OF JAPAN'S CRUISERS
: Inspiring Them to Claim That
Germans Own Part Of the
COmpany's Stock.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-23
sHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.


Arrived.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-23
OCEAN STEAMERS.

Dates of Departure From san Francisco
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-09
TERRoRIzED BY A WOMAN.
She Is Red-Headed, Well Armed and Is
Peddling Book of DR.. Talmage.
From the Courier Journal.


Russellville. KY, Nov. p. The west
ern part OF this Qogan) county
has been greatly excited for the
past three weeks over what ap-
pears to be a woman tramp, who had
been going from house to house. She is of
medium size, with reddish hair. wears
veil constantly at the table and claims to
be an agent for one of DIR. Talmages
books. When asked to see the book she
tells the people that everybody ought to
know what 1t is and refuses to show IT.
She has not taken a single subscription,
but at every house she visits she shows
a long list Of prominent people whom she
has visited.
She has called at nearly every house in
the western part of the county, and never
has offered to pay a cent to any one for
her meals and lodging. At every place
she displays four large revolvers. She
says she carries them to protect herself.
No one would care to modest her, especial
~ after seeing the wicked engines of death
that she carries. She has little trouble
in getting from one house to another.
When the distance is too far to walk she
asks the farmer at whose house
she happens to be to hitch
up his buggy and take her over.
OF course he thinks she is rather
cheeky" but the picture of those four
revolvers comes up before his minds eve
and he bitches up the buggy without pro-
test.
She will not sleep in a room with any
one, and has wanted to rent from any
number of farmers a couple of rooms for
a short period. The rooms have ALWAYS
been refused her The woman is never
seen without veil, which is heavy and
almost completely hides her face. Some
think her a man Incorporating in female
attire. She has a large face, rather coarse
voice, and wears, as most of them think
who have seen her, a reddish wig. She
has given different names and claims a.
number of places as her home.
Some believe her to be an escaped III
matte, while others firmly believe that she
is the advance agent of an organized
band of robbers. Be she man, woman or
devil, her appearance has terrorized every
family she has visited in this county. Sew
eral farmers have offered to bring the
woman to the city, but she has declined
to come, for reasons only known to her
self. She is now in the Allensville neigh
borhood in Todd county, and the people in
this county are breathing easier.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-09

| nation. and with him several young men
Eayly talking and laughing
/ wait a Few minutes before dressing
IT," he said 10 the men: I wish these
! students 10 see the body most IN
| teresting case OF starvation, gentlemen
I he said. You viii observe" and he went
I on 10 speak In scientific language, while
I the students listened eagerly and exam
/ ined the subject before them. 1T Is
| evident he suffered greatly" he said In
4 conclusion. They all stood silent mo
ment. 4 refused my dinner yesterday
because the roast was overdOne,' said
one as IL speaking to himself
4 gambled away SO last night" said
another.
Il wasted so on bouquet for ballet
dancer" said the third.
Il must not be Outdone in confession, ."
said the physician. / grumbled last
night because I had to drive a mile
wrapped in furs. 1t is strange this case
has moved all So"
Still the students fingered, and the one
who had given the so bouquet 10 the bal
let dancer began 10 speak. hesitated, then
quickly, as II defying ridicule said:
Il would like to put some flowers in his
hand"
Let us do it," cried the others, and
quickly they left the room and soon re-
turned with a box I'm which lay a single
long-stemmed rose and some violets on
bed of ferns.
What does it all mean? Yesterday this
dead thing lived and suffered, and none
cared for it's pain or regarded its life
Now they bind up its wounds and clothe
IL; they lay flowers on its breast-I al
most think they would not grudge it
food. But / wish they had given the
clothes 10 some living suffering man. .
The two friends have returned and
there is a priest with them. They stand
beside the coffin, and he who was my
brother is pale as well as grave-and
am close-close beside him. They ask
who placed the flowers there My brother
takes from package three white roses
and lays them beside the cheek of the
dead shirk. Some one calls his friend into
another room and / go with him. for
know what it means. A man said: I'VE
looked as you told us and we found this
In an inside pocket of his shirt" and they
hand him package wrapped in an oil
silk covering. He reads the address on
the letter that he finds within-the date
Is years before-he looks at the miniature
that lies beside the letter. There are two
girlish faces, the golden-haired singer and
the merry housekeeper of the drowsy Hol-
land town. Then he folds them reverently,
and puts them into his breast pocket,
gives money to the men and says:
1t is as 1 thought, but he must never
know. Keep the secret sacredly," and he
returns to him who was my brother, his
face pale as we'll as sad.
They stand beside an open grave. The
priest reads the offices for the dead the
earth falls upon the coffin lid and as they
turn from the heaped up mound, he that
was my brother stops and looks back with
a startled air.
What is it," asks the priest and
friend.
Did you not hear it? Some one said
good-by."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-09
EYEGLASSES FOR CHILDREN
Novel Fund to Be Raised for P,,h,io
School Pupils

loi" ene Philadelphia Record.
New York, Dec. 2.-Friends Of tba ,o..
DR.. Paul Hoffman. for many years o.
sistant superintendent of public schools
who died several months ago from the
effects OF injuries received bv ba,na
knocked down by Broadway cable car
have decided to raise fund in his NOR,
DRY, TO be called the Hoffman spectaoIa
Fund" its object being to provide snoo
tacles for school children who need thor,
and whose families are not able to fnrnist,
them. The projectors of this novel ~
mortal fund are: DR.. Funkel. DR. He
mans executrix; Miss Lawrence ds,ot
ter of Judge Lawrence, and Miss f,SIta
Richman, principal of grammar scbooi
No. n.
DR., Hoffman became especially ;ntar
ested in the subject of defective evasist+
among pupils in the public schools. and IL,
1891 he resolved to devote the proyiatne- -
eyeglasses for children whose ns ,.ss -
either through poverty or ignorance ne
lected to procure them. Upon the recon-
mendation of their respective teaebers
many children have been beneftted II -
designed to raise $500 or $500 annt1ail,, fa -
the spectacle fund by subscription ~
amounts Of % or 50 cents or 81.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-09

A city man visited the family of q. reIa-
tive in the country, where he was not n
welcome guest by any manner of means
After the visitor had spent one morning at
the breakfast table the country uncle said
Cousin, don't you think your family
VIII miss you painfully. You ought not
to leave them alone so much"
by Jove, that's So" exclaimed the civ
man; 'I'H telegraph for them to come
right on at once"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-07

The Y. M. C. A. jubilee exercises
in celebration of the semi-centennial
anniversary of the association last
evening were well attended and of
an interesting character. The meet
ing opened with a hymn, followed by
PRAYER by Rev. w. S. Marquis, Sc
lection by the Norden male choir,
reading of the scripture by Rev. C.
+. Taylor, n hymn. an address by ii .
I. Burt, OF Chicago. general secre-
tary of the collegiate department of
the state Y. NJ. c. A prayer by Rev.
+. W. Merrell. selection by the
Norden choir. hymn. and the bcne-
diction by Rev. j. ii. Kerr.