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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-01

natives f0r, this purpose, and were either
faseDedIO-the feet or held IN cages of
silver wire.
3 Brittle insects are by no means the'nost
Remarkable light. gIvers. The strange
psIwer:is. divided among many and entirely
: different. animals some living in the sea.
$50 Tne:ln9the air. while many more make
$ tlfefrlh homes beneath the ground. Some
even gseem:to prefer the icy snOw-watar of
ths:froZensnoE1h b. During recent expedi-
ton 10 the cOputry Of the Chucks-a race
: EQIneW hat Resembling our ESquiTnaux, and
living u pen the Arctic shores of Northern
Enrope, SOME. 6 + @the exploring party, who
we're sc aTch1ng. for strange animals and
plants, f0pnd themselves near the shores
of the Arctic Sea The snow, that had
!. been quite deep, hinDed out as they ap-
preached the shore. aud when near the
water became a. mere slunge. Overhead
s. the stars CLEANED brightly, and a the hor-
. lion grea tongues OF fame seemed leaping
into space,presenting wonderfully i'm
spTessIye spectacle.
"a sghe.man who was leading the line of
march stepped from the deep snow into
: tue si9age, Ire started back quickly as a
slNu 29 lSish light appeared beneath his
1eet.; 10 1act. the snow seemed a cleaning
= mass pI lame, the print of his foot leaving
s depression into which ran a stream of
liquid nre:s:sf or few moments the men
were LOST IN astonlshment. A spear thrust
INTO 7tho oiuuso seemed to 1alIly set IL
ablaZe, ana every move or splash caused
: the snOw-waier TO glow and burn. While
they were watching it another party came
up, composed of some of the officers. win.
laughing at the superstitous fears of the
seamen, plunged into the fiery mass
with a result that was remarkable. AS
they moved on, the snow-water cleaned
like bed Of red-hot Goals. The splashes
OF. spray and slush that leaped out ahont
+: them were tongues of fame that fell back
and ignited other spots. until all around
glowed beautiful blush light, so intense
that the time was told by a watch and
print could easily have been read by it.
At the time it was impossible 10 explain
the phenomenon, but one of the officers
secured some Of the fIe-water in a can,
and subsequently the true nature of the
light was determined. This was nothing
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-01

In warm. summer evenings when twi-
light is giving place to the shadows OF
night, when the only sound heard is the
ruStling of the leaves and the chirp OF the
cricket and the toad: -if= we steal out into
the fsldsi down wheTe the cattails grow.
we shall perhaps VI. tness the lighting of
natures lamps. Where is:the lamplighter
that seems to..linger here: and there with
magic touch Pile: is*not visible, but as
soon ais the: darkness ..cemes his
lights are: seen tunbling all about From
every blush. out from the: bark of trees,
froni~inder stones and leaves, from every
where crawl myriads of winged forms that
rise and soar away; some with loud
buzzing sound; others fit noiselessly by.
: iIile by far The greater number emit. a
w0FdTous: light and dash away. These are
the t0rch-bearers*o the night, among the
5eQmmonest forms, yet so@liitle understood
that n 0 satisfaetofy*e explanation of their
woBduous over has been given.
Our. own frefies give place in the
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-01

gested for the untimely bleaching of the
abundant tresses. Terrible fear it was
which had, not in night, but within the
short space of one month, turned the once
dark locks to premature whiteness
The lady was the wife of one of the M ost
popular captains who ever commanded a
ship out of an Eastern port.
Ten years ago he was captain of one of
the finest ships sailing out of Boston. He
had b4en in the same employ since boy
hood, growing up under the eve of the
owner and builder of the vessel, had
passed from boy TO man. from forecaste
into the cabin; had been promoted frem
sailor to second mate, then 10 first mate,
and now was at the early age of % placed
in command of the fine new ship just off
the ways. The Fox was one of tie best
ships built in that famous yard of McKays
in East Boston. She was 1900 tons bur-
then, and IL was quite feather in The cap
of the young man that his employer should
offer her to him for her first voyage.
lie had been for two years engaged
to young girl who had been his
earliest companion, who had grown up
by his side until the time came when he left
home for the sea, his chosen place of life
work. On each return to the little Down
East village he had found her dearer, and
they had been waiting for him tn get COM
mand of vessel, then they would marry.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-01

by the suns rays striking the innumerable
snow crystals or ice needles which fill the
air.
at these times the refraction of the So
lar rays give rise to the appearance OF
feathery clouds of fire about high eleya-
lions of land so that mountains and hills
appear 20 be- surrounded by liable belts
of fame. Again. In the bright sunshine
the scene will change. and from some
mountain peak viii arise high pillar of
glowing vapor, 50 that Ii is tran sformeG
in moment to an active volcano, from
which pass clouds and columns of fame,
so thoroughly colored that the reflection
from the fiery crater can almost be seen.
Often while the refracton halo is per-
manent, rejecting one is also seen,
though of different form, being generally
composed of circles connected together
and crossed by simple band of light.
Seeing these wonderful forms by the
aurora at night, with falling stars and
meteors. and the glowing fires from the
little crab-like creatures under foot, we
may we'll call the far away country the
land of light.
1t Is In the far south, however, that the
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-01
HER HAIR TURNED WHITE.
The Thrilling Adventure of Sea Captains Wife

hurried toward the companionway, in
tending to rush UP on deck. but shock
sent them both staggering back. The
screams from the deck we're redoubled. and
again came that terrible blow. mingled
now with oaths and cries of rage or fear.
Both rushed to the deck. A terrible
scene Of disaster was before them. The
side of the vessel. only moment ago so
stanch and strong, was now nothing but
shattered spllntered yawning hole
through which the water WAS rushing into
the vessel like a millstream. A little way
off was the steamer WHICH had crushed
into them in the dense fog. Her iron fore
foot had cut them down. right to the
waters edge. She herself was practically
unhurt and was coming about to see what
damage she had inflicted upon her oppo-
nent.
The Fox was slowly sinking the water
rushing so rapidly through the shattered
side was filling her. and she already. not
fifteen minutes after the collision. was
settled deeply into the water. Only a
short time remained before she would sink.
carrying with her all 10 within her reach
to the depths below.
The steamer rapidly lowered her boats
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-01

But nothing like the wonderful luck which
had come had they dared to hope for.
Now there was nothing to stand between
them. They could marry al once, and
make their bridal trip to England on the
vessel, which they fondly hoped might be
their home for LONG years To come. So
they had married. and when the ship
sailed majestically down past Boston light
and away, away across the wide stretch of
the stormy Atlantic, she carried within her
stanch sides about the happest pair in the
world. Storm and calm, fog aud sunshine
all had come TO meet them and III had
been safely left behind.
g They had reached the English Channel
safely. Another day and they would be
at the end of their voyage.
The night was cold and foggy Morn
ing broke and still the fog hung dense and
low. Breakfast was on the table and the
captain and his wife were about to sit
down to what they fondly hoped was to be
their last meal at sea for some time when
sudden shout from the deck followed
by loud calls and the sound of
hurried. rushing footsteps told that some
sudden danger was upon them. They both
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-01

tropical America to a large form,
called by the natives cucujo. that
emts an eEceedinglV powerful light.
Two luminous spots are upCn " the
thorax, which in the daytime have yell
lowish hue. but in the night CLEAN with
light peculiarly their own. In.San Domingo
they are extremely common,: and a we'll
known naturalist states that his life was
saved by them OF one" occasion. Over
taken by the darkness, <he*b became con-
fused and lost his way, and having no
when he betbought him of the beetles.
Capturing a number he inciosed them
in net of twigs. stening others to
MS feet. and by their aid found the narrow
path that led ont of the jungle. In former
times insects were freauently used by the
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-01

brown. When she rose from her bad a
week later it was thickly streaked with
white, and in little more than month
she wore a crown of snow. Ii did not
change in night, but fright surely did
change its hue. One month had changed
her thick hair from dark to snow white.
For time she was annoyed by the curl
osity she excited, but in time she had be-
come used to the stares of surprise which
follow her, and now she hardly notices
the interest she attracts.
She has got over the nervous effects
of her terrible experience, hut as never
lost the sign which the awful fright set
upon her to mark her out from the rest of
the world. MABEL Fl. CLOSSoN.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-01

English sparrows aave become such an
intolerable nuisance in Maryland that
crusade of extermination has begun In a
novel way. Great Numbers of the birds
roost in barns and outtuildings. The
farmers, armed with broad. light paddles
and bright lights, 60 20 the buildings al
night. The light attracts the birds, they
swarm to it and are killed with the paddles
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-01

j. B. Klinke, Prusslan Commissioner Of
Railroads, who has been studying Ameri-
can railroad methods is reported as saying
that, while Germany surpasses this coun-
try In the construction of tracks, he finds
American car equipment superior.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-05-10
STRIKE ENDED.
The Troubles on the Great Northern Rail- way System Settled and the Men Resume

The Troubles on the Great Northern Rail-
 way System Settled and the Men Resume
 Work.
 ST. PAUL, Minn., May 9 After being tied up for eighteen days almost com pletely from end to end, the Great Northern railway system will now re- sume work, the great strike being de- clared off last night It is practically victory for the American Railway union and President Debs, although the committee from the commercial bodies of the two cities was largely responsi. ble for the result The governor had tried mediation, suggesting arbitra- ton, but his action did not meet with success, and two other similar attempts to bring about arbitration failed, the union leaders claiming that their de- mands were just and did not admit of arbitration, although they finally said they were willing to have the matter submitted to the citizens committee and would be governed by their deci- sion.
 Various conferences were held by the committee with President Hill and with the labor leaders. Mr. Hill was pronounced in favor of arbitration all along and agreed to any system of ar bitration if the men would resume work. Finally the committee got them to meet yesterday afternoon and the result is that the strike has been de- clared off and the men will return to work at once.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-05-10
RloTous PROCEEDINGS.
Cleveland Narrowly Escapes an Ugly Riot
 at the May Day Labor Parade.

Cleveland Narrowly Escapes an Ugly Riot
 at the May Day Labor Parade.
 CLEVELAND, O., May 2-The unem- ployed of Cleveland celebrated May day with meeting. procession that was marked by several riotous demon strations, and by listening to and ap- plauding a rank anarchist address on the public square when they had fin ished their march. The day was full of excitement. The procession, which moved shortly after 10 o'clock, was composed of between 5000 and 10000 men, mostly foreigners. They fol. lowed United States flag and started in military order. They had not gone a mile, however, before the procession collided with an electric car. The mo- torman refused to stop when command ed to do so and the car was wrecked.
 A few minutes later another car was met A policeman on the front plat form commanded the mob to give way. When they refused to do so he fired his revolver into the air Many of the marchers drew pistols and began fir ing, at least 100 shots being discharged, but nobody was hurt. Some of the bullets went through the window of a store, however, and two of the clerks had narrow escapes The procession was broken up temporarily, but the lines were reformed. Soon third car was met, and when the driver refused to stop he was felled with brick, though not seriously hurt
 The line of march was across the south and west sides and back to the square As the procession moved up Superior street on the return it filled that thoroughfare from building to building. Street cars were stopped and all traffic suspended for time. The driver of truck who refused to take his team out of the way received bad wound in the side of the face from an iron bolt thrown by one of the march. CTS. During all these disturbances not single arrest was made, the police evil dently not desiring to court trouble with mob in such an ugly temper.
 When the procession had returned to the square several speeches were made by Central la bor union leaders, who ad- vised the men to go home, but an an- archist finally got hold of the crowd and made speech which started another procession. It headed out through the manufacturing district in the eastern part of the city, and it was feared more violence would be committed, but the reports received indicate that noth- ing more serious than the breaking of a few windows in factory occurred
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-05-10
UNPARALLELED ICESTORM.
Lyon and Ossge Counties Visited by
 Waterspout.

READING, Kan, May 5-The central portion of Lyon county and the southern section of Osage county were visited by terrible storm last night. A waterspout broke, flooding the coun. try and running crops.
 The devastation of the water was in. creased by an unparalleled icestorm. Ice formed as it fell twelve inches in circumference that killed cattle and ruined the crops In this town every window pane was shattered, and the same destruction is reported from Olivet, east of here in Osage county.
 It is impossible to even estimate the amount of damage done, but meager reports have been received to the effect that many persons have been injured by the torrents of ice and water and falling buildings.
 A still later report confirms the re- port that several persons were seriously injured at Olivet
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-05-10
TARlEE CAUCUS.
Democratic Senators Trying to Get To-
 gether on the Tarir BILL

I Democratic Senators Trying to Get To- gether on the Tariff Bill. WAsnTNGToN, May 4-By vote of 37 to 1, six of the forty-four democrats being absent. the democratic senators in caucus yesterday adopted resolu- tion agreeing to support the tariff bill of the finance committee, including the compromise amendments that have been agreed upon by the many confer ences of democratic senators during ,, the past two weeks The resolution was presented by Senator German, of Maryland, the chairman of the caucus, and discussed at some length, as the session lasted from few minutes after 4 o'clock until nearly ' o'clock. The six absentees were Mills, Murphy, Lindsay, Irby, Butler and Gibson. 1t was claimed they were all accounted for and assurances were giv- en that they would support the tariff bill
 In presenting the resolution and stating the object of the caucus, Sem atOr German made conciliatory speech. He said it was necessary to make concessions in order to secure the united support of the party. and he fur ther asserted that it would need dem- ocratic majority to pass the bill He , stated that propositions had been made on all sides, and it was believed the measure with the proposed amend ments would now meet the support which was absolutely necessary to pass a democratic tariff bill
 Senator Jones, of Arkansas, the mem- Der of the finance committee who has taken the most active part in the preparation of the amendments known as the compromise bill, made speech in which he explained at length the proposed amendments and told why they were necessary. He did not dis cuss or read all of them, but selected the most important and those affecting the greatest interests.
 Senator McPherson spoke in support of the resolution and dwelt at sose length upon the concessions which northern and eastern democrats had been obliged to make and what they had to give up in order to meet thesae- uiduuS Ol the bOuJH anu WeSL n6 claimed that the concessions that were talked of by the other senators were not wholly on one side. Senators Palmer and Villas made long and vigor- ous speeches urging party harmony and the necessity of early action. |, Great interest centered in the speech of Senator Smith, of New Jersey, and his remarks were received with great deal of satisfaction. for. while he said he was not satisfied with the bill, and was unalterably opposed to the income tax, he was ready to support the meas ure with the amendments which had been agreed upon, although he claimed that what were called concessions by the southern and western men were but small compared with the conces- sions which eastern senators made in supporting the bill with the income tax provision.
 Senator Hill, of New York, was not placated. He spoke only short time, but it was long enough for him to con- vince the caucus that his vote would not be for the bill if the income tax re- mained in it.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-05-10
Senator stockbrIdge Buried.

KALAMAZOO, Mich, May 4-The funeral of Senator Stock kbridge took place here yesterday Beside the con- gressional committee, there were pres ent Gov. Rich and the heads of all the state departments and delegations from Detroit, Grand Rapids and elsewhere. Services were held in St Luke's church nt o'clock. Fifty wagons filled with relatives, friends and business and off. cial associates of the deceased followed the remains to the grave. Most of the factories in the city were closed and the insignia of mourning were every. where to be seen.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-05-10
Three Persons Drowned.

KEoKUK, Ia, May Blast night a young man and two ladies met death by drowning in the Mississippi They were Richard Thompson, aged 2s; Miss Carrie McKibben, aged 26, and Miss Hannah Peters, aged 20. They went skilf-riding in the afternoon, visiting the home of Miss McKibben's sister 3 miles down the river They left there and started to row up to the city. About o'clock a steamboatman at the levee heard man scream. He put out in boat and shortly afterw ard found the skiff which the tn rec had used up. side down in the stream
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-05-10
NEW FINANCIAL SCHEME.
Representative Brookshire Has Plan o
 Regulating the Currency.

Representative Brookshire Has Plan of
 Regulating the Currency.
 WASHINGTON, May 3.-Congressman 3. Brookshire, of Indiana, introduced in the house yesterday bill providing for some comprehensive changes in our present financial system The bill pro- vides that DO greenbacks shall be is- sued of a smaller denomination than Sl0, that not over one-fourth in value of the amount of circulation issued to national banks shall be of less de. nomination than S1O, and that coin cer. tifcates shall be issued instead of silver certificates, gold certificates and treas. ury notes issued under act of July, 1890. The bill provides for the issue of coin certificates on all the gold and silver coin and gold bullion in the treas. ury in excess of slOO, 900, 900 of gold coin, which is held as reserve for the redemption of greenbacl1s.
 The bill also provides for the issue of coin certificates on all of the silver seigniorage bullion, not exceeding s1 for 471H grains of pure silver, and that it shall be the duty of the secretary of the treasury to pay out these coin cer- tiicates in discharge of all of the obli- gations of the United States, except such as are made expressly payable in coin. Moreover, the bill provides that the owner of coin, gold and silver, may deposit the same with the treasurer, or any sub-treasurer, of the United States, and receive coin certificates in lieu of tho sarna
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-05-10
OFFICIAL REPORT.
The Commissioner of Labor on Loan and
 Building Associations

Building Associations
 WASHINGTON, May 3-Commissioner of Labor Carroll D. Wright has sub mitted his ninth annual report, dealing with the building and loan associations in the United States Vermont, which has but one association, is the only state not included in the report The total number of associations in the country is shown to be 5,S3S, of which 5,59s are local and 24O national The total number of shareholders is 1,745,- 725, of which 9l9,616 arc male. The average number to each association is 301. The number of shareholders who are borrowers is 455, All, or 564 per cent. There are 13,255. SIP shares held of which 10, 3s1, 031 are in Local and the re- mainder in national organizations The average number of shares per share holder is seven and a half The total net assets are s45O, 667, 593, of which s41S, 647, ,22S are in local organizations The net assets per shareholder average over s257 The average value of shares is s34 and the total profits $sO, 664, 116, of which STA, 402, 969 are from local or ganizations. The average amount of loans is s1. 120, with sl,19S in the local organizations.
 The figures show, says the report, that the building and loan associations of the country are entirely modern in- stitutions and have reached their great proportions within the last ten or fif- teen years. This in connection with the fact that they have net assets of over s450, 900, 900, have made total prof it's of more than sSO, OoO, 900, helped to secure probably over 400, 900 homes and are emi-banking institutions, conduct ed by ordinary men untrained as bank CTS, show conelusively the strong hold which building and loan associations have taken upon the public
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-05-10
An Iowa Lynching.

MISSOURI VALLEY, la, May 2-Des- perado Wilson, one of the gang of burglars who killed Marshal Williams Saturday morning, was lynched at 2:1O this morning by about 15O men, who met at the school house at midnight, organized, went to the jail and broke in. Wilson was hanged in the city hall.
 Wilson said he was driven to the murder in self-defense, but would not say nything about his past The one who escaped is said to have been capt ured. He would certainly have besn lynched had he been brought to this city and he may be yet