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The morning call., 1894-06-19
PRICE FIVE CENTS

Is there man who has voted programme
VINO mas not been ashamed of himself? If
there is a blisterlng and eternal shame it is
the man who votes the unnoly basis of a
political trade. wish to say as an Amer
lean citizen tbatI abhor, detest, mob par
ties. [Applause.] l have never had an
Office. I'never sought one and never will,
because l will never go through the tor
tuous course that man of my mediocity
must go through who enters political life.
Now, gentlemen, l ask you what your
duty is? Is 1t right to exercise your suf-
frage in spirit of justice and equity to do
that which will render it difficult uncer-
tain. to carry your standard to victory ?
Think of it. So act that when this storm
is done you will see on the edge of the
cloud a brighter lining than God puts there
after the Storm
After the speech three rousing cheers
were given for General Barnes. and the
audience ce'crowdeed up to shake hands.
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They cannot understand why the north
ern Republican old timers abuse each
other, and they do not care to understand
it. They feel that the ticket they are
about to nominate will be elected, and they
are intent only on getting strong men upon
it. The fact that in 1867, when Eugene
Casserly was elected United States
Senator. General Barnes, then a
private soldier. formally withdrew
from the party and cast his lot with the
northern doughfaces, has no significant ce
for them. neither do they care whether he
subsequently came back into the party,
arose to the rank Of a general of militia
and withdrew from 1t again in 1892 be-
cause State convention refused to elect
him a national delegate. Some of their
friends have exhibited to them the speech
of 1867 and the letter of 1892, but few of
the soutberners care anything about
them. They are for Estee because they
think he has been good soldier in the
party and will make a good Governor.
The fact that the northern bosses are
quarreling about the nomination of
the man from Napa, the fact that Dan
Burns is for him and some of the
others against him, or any other fact
which is OF absorbing interest TO the old
timers of the north gives them no concern
whatever.
This afternoon a crowd of machine
politicians from the bay wearing Estee
badges appeared in front of the Golden
Eagle and sang one of the refrains which
have been composed upon the Napa mans
name They were tOugh-lookiDg lot,
who were for Estee because Dan Burns
had told them to be, and bad they not
been camp followers of the San Francisco
boss somebody would probably have rung
In for the patrol wagon and had them
taken in.
"Those gentlemen" said a southern
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IN spite of the confidence of Mr.. Burns the
friends of the other candidates showed up
smiling and reiterated their assertions
tnat thelr men would eventually get in.
Ihls was the status up to late in the
afternoon, when young Mr.. Barnes ap-
peared on the scene. lie was full of
smiles and assurance, and he was accom-
panied by a number of hackers who had
come to attend the meeting which his
father had called for the evening at Tur-
ner Hall. 1t was lively delegation of
non-voters. and they declared that they
would disrupt the Estee crowd. Mr..
Barnes himself was conservative. lie
made 30 boasts of what he would do, but
be laughed significantly when the question
OF his loyalty to the Estee programme was
broached.
During the afternoon the crowd which
had come up to the city on Sunday night
with Burns and Spreckels, and made so
much noise with their Estee songs, took up a
position in front OF the Capitol Hotel and
began to yell "Estee is the man for me-
Several of the leaders of the chorus had
evidently partaken of the enthusiasm
provoking beer of the capital and they be-
came so noisy that it seemed to the friends
of Messrs. Spreckels and Burns that they
would do more harm than good. Colonel
Burns was notified and he sent out mes
senger to call his hooters off. The noisy
crowd kept quiet for awhile, but they
broke out again, and 'Estee is the man for
me" wakened the echoes for some time
longer.
Late this evening the news in relation to
the Governor fight was even less assuring
than 1t had been during the day. 1t was
freely said that among many of the dele
cations which had been counted there
were many men who would not vote for
him. This occasioned considerable alarm
among the followers of the Estee camp,
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politicians who gathered were consider
ably exercised over the statement that w
S. Barnes was in the fight again. This
announcement was received with ipcred.
ulity at first. and the young candidate was
waited upon and asked whe ther he had re-
turned to the conflict. His answer was
that that matter was in the hands of hi,
manager. Mr.. Kelly. which was looked
upon as virtual admission that notwith.
stan ding Mr.. Barnes formal withdrawal
of last week he was once more In the lists
Up to midnight the situation was un.
changed. NJ. 81. de Young and his politi
cal manager. Mr.. Heazelton, arrived on one
of the late trains. Mr.. de Young was
sporting an Estee badge, and is under.
stood to be supporter of the man from
Napa.
Governor Markham was in the rooms al
the hotel. -and held an informal reception
Wendell Easton and DR.. Meyers. the lat.
ter of the San Francisco County Commit
tee, were also among the latest arrivals.
The political effect Of Barnes speech
was the topic of conversation in the hotels
and the fact that the Burns supporter.
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BATTLING JUSTICES.
1t Is Not Seemly, to Say the Least
of 1t.

VI AIs
SACRAMENTO, June 18-It would hardly
helghten the respect of foreigners for
democratic institutions to see candidates
for the Supreme bench rushing their own
fight The spectacle, in fact. is presented
of all the candidates for that honor being
here in person. Judge Williams, the
heavy candidate from Ventura. can be
seen standing side by side with his antithe-
sis in size. Judge AngelottI, while De
Haven, Henshaw, Van Fleet, Mckinley
of Los Angeles and Hebbard are actively
buttonholing delegates and recognizing
men with affability whom they probably
never saw but once in their lives before.
1t hardly enhances the dignity of the
bench, but as one of the candidates said:
You can't send some one else to do what
you should do yourself"
Most of the would-be Judges regret the
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ALL ONE WAY.
-*Esfee Seems to Have
+. the Call.
ELEMENTS OF DOUBT.
Which as Yet Cut No
:. =-. Figure.
SOME VERY DARK HORSES.
Barnes Is Once More in the
:: :. Fight.
= THAT ROAST IN TURNER HALL
After All Was Not So Much of a
:: Roast as 1t Might Have
Been.

:.* SACRAMENTO, June IS. The capital
: city never looked gayer. prettier or more
picturesque than it did to-day. Since the
city received the fright over the possible
loss of the State building there has been
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were decrying it would indicate that they
attached more Importance to it than they
acknowledged.
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THE MEETING PLACE.

Great Preparations Made by the
Sacramento People.
SACRAMENTO, June 18-San Francisco
will have. as becomes the size of her dele
cation, the choice of place in the conven-
tion. Never before has this city made such
preparations for an affair of this kind.
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home. / saw him. He was n ~presentable
young man. courteous enough. but rather
peremptory as regarded the payment OF
the insurance.
II shall proceed against the Company.
Mr.. Myvart. Il there IS much more de-
lay. 1 don't choose TO be put OFF. There
H. IN Implication OF distrust in II against
watch | protest"
Pardon me: we are only acting as
every other insurance company would DO
under similar circumstances. There is
nothing personal to you in II. but the
board has n right TO know all the facts.
Surely, for your own sake. you will help
u.s."
What can / DO? am quite ready and
willing to assist"
we should like TO see your late uncle's
hou sekeeper and hear full particulars OF
the DIRE, but she cannot be found. Why
should she disappear? 1t seems strange"
'She hasn't disappeared-not In the
least. l am supporting her as IN old
and trusted retainer OF my poor uncle.
win send her to you IL you wish"
Bring her. that will be better. / am
quite above board. You are welcome to
! hear all the questions'I want TO put to
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not answer for him. They say they had
never seen him until they sent for him
about the succession"
He had better be watched. III see to
that. And the old housekeeper who Cs-
capped from the fre-what has become
OF her? She mus be questioned; We
ought TO know all about her. too. There
might have been collision between her
and the heir"
But In the mean time how about the
insurance."
Postpone payment. Make any eN-
cuse. They car only u you. and II
they do. It will lake time. Time is what
We want most
/ went to Somerset House and read
Mr.. Eggs ingley's will. II was very
brief, very much to the point. Every
thing which he once possessed was be-
queathed absolutely TO his dear nephew,
Louis Jasper. but there was no detail
or enumeration OF assets and property,
and It was Impossible TO ascertain how
much the old man had left behind, nor
could his solicitors enlighten me.
Mr.. Jasper had taken up his residence
at a good hotel. where he CAV himself
! out as an Australian only recently come
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to be properly drawn and duly executed.
There seemed no reason to suspect foul
play and yet the Company seemed dis
and came to me.
I'VE do not like TO withhold or post
pone payment said the actuary OF the
Elephant Company. Anything OF that
sort gets about and In these days OF
keen competition 1t loses us business.
What do you adviser"
First tell me more about Mr.. Bingley.
Who introduced him to you?"
mo one. He came to our office. But
we sent and inspected the premises"
Were the contents worth the money
for which he in~sured?"
at is impossible to say. But, after
all. the deceased lost his life. The man.
ner of his death is rather against incen-
diarism."
ION his W part, yes. But might he
not have been a victim? What II this
Mr.. Jasper. his heir. burned the house
over him so as to inherit more quickly =!
Excuse me. my temperament is sus,
piclous."
I'VE can md out nothing much about
him. The solicitors Chis u~ncle's) who
claim the insurance money for him dc
The evening world., 1894-03-16
JACK RABBITS IN A DUEL.
Desperate Fight Between Hnres of
Different breeds.

A San Francisco man recently receiycd
two consignmcnts of Jack rabbits from
the country. says the San Francisco Call
They were to be used for cours.ng pur-
poses, but having come from different To-
cllities the two tribes were continually
at war. An observer. in telling a re-
porter about one battle royal, SAID:
We were chatting over the prospects
OF next days cours.ng and commenting
on the weather, when a Jack was seen
crossing the field In the direction Of
escape with another Jack in hot pursu t.
At first l thought some stray dog had
got into the field at the south end and
was driving the hares towards the breed
ing paddock. suddenly hare No. l turned
IN Its track and dashed towards Its pur.
uer. They ,telescoped, 80 to speak. and
you should have been there to see
this match; 1t was for blood ana fur,
lae rabbits rolled into the mud after
their pins they rose quickly on their
hind feet n slashed at each other
with their front paws In a manner that
ring feel as II they were as SLOW, as a
snail in their movements. positively
have never seen such fierce hghtlng. A.
each stroke the fur would be seen to fy
termed as such. were fast and furious.
After a minutes contest the pursued
hare made an effort to run, but 1t was
SO badly crippled that 1t lost It's equi.
librlum and fell In the slush, where II
received still further punishment iron
Its opponent. We thought tina, the )it
was UP with No. !. and moved SLOWLY
towards the spot where the conflict, had
taken place. When within nifty yards OF
the fighting quadrupeds the hare we sup,
posed dead or dying leaped to his feet
and fought more ~yic.ously thar ever.
The contest did not. continue mucG
longer as the hare which had challenged
its opponent fell back as II hi wltf
leaden pellets ana lay apparently dead
on the field of battle. After driving, the
successful combatant away ana picking
up the PROSTATE animal We found ina
both It's eyes were. completely deStroye.
and its face horribly laCerated.. we cas-
iiy captured the 'conquering hero, am
had the two little pugilists cared tni
as well as circumstances would, permit
hut they were too severely punished u
survive their wounds, and that evening
the proprietor of the park ionnn n'mse,
minus two of his imported myers they
had kicked the bucket
The evening world., 1894-03-16
ONE OF EDIsON's FEATs.
How He Used IL locomotives Whis-
tie I'm Lieu of II Cable.

You have all heard of Thomas a. Edi-
son. the electrician, says The New Moon.
He began life as a newsboy, and many
a hard time he saw before he was rec
ognized as a boy of genius. In four
wears, by denying himself many Things
which almost all boys think they cahnot
live without, he earned two thousand DOL
lars. the greater part of which he gave
Perhaps the most ingenious boyhood
feat was performed during an ice Jam
that broke the cable between Port. Huron
in Michigan, and Sarnia in Canad1. Inc
river at this point Is a mile and n mar
wide. The Ice made the river impass-
bile, and there was no way OF repairing
the cable.
Edison impulsively jumped on a loco
motive and seized the valve controlling
the whistle. He had an idea that the
blasts of the whistle might be broken
into long and short sounds, correspond
ing to the dots and dashes of teleEraphy.
In a the whistle n over
the river: loot. cot toot. toot-toot,
Observation-Disclosures -toot-tcot
toot.
"Hallo-o. Sarnia! Do you, get me-
DO you hear what i say
No answer
"Do you hear what ] say, Sarnia|'
A third, fourth. and tifth time the mes
sage went across, to receive no response.
Finally the operator on the other side
understood. Answering "toots' came
cheerfully back and a connection was es-
tahlished.
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CAT THAT CHuMs WITH A RAT.
A Lancaster Feline liza Great sport
with ~ Young Rodent.

A bitter hatred has existed between
cats and rats from time immemorlal.
When a cat meets a rat the usual Sc
quence Is a short struggle. a few sharp
squeals. n dead rat. But the Ratchet
has been buried between these two in
one case at least. says the Lancaster
Examiner. In the Sorrel Horse restau-
rant. on West King street, lives a cat
named Maude.
1t Is Maude's business to see that rats
do not build nests among the sand
wiches. steal eggs or commit other dep
relations about the place. and she has
quite n record as a rat exterminator.
Several days ago Mr.. Thomas Zecher,
manager of the restaurant, saw some
thing that almost took his breath. 1t
was nothing more nor less than Maude,
the great rodent-killer. playing with a
| young rat as tenderly as IL II had been
one of her own kittens. The cat would
catch the rat In her paws, throw 1t up
In the air and go through all the antics
a feline usually does when playing with
a ball.
The rat entered into the sport as
heartily as the cat, and seemed TO enjoy
1t Just as much as she did. They would
romp together for more than an hour
at a time. This was first noticed on
Wednesday, and the remarkable scene
has been repeated every day since.
Maude and the rat are great friends
The cat Is fed about a foot from the rat
hole, and the rat comes out and eats and
drinks from the same dish as her cat
ship.
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TO WIND UP HIS AFFAIRS
Receiver to Be Requested for
Plunger Partridge's Gold Watch,
Mrs. Humphrey, an Elusive Witness,
May BE In Contempt.

Mrs. Augusta Humphrey, Of 50 East
Fifty-first street, has been leading a
couple of detectives and a lawyers clerk
a lively chase for the past three days.
She Is wanted on an order from Judge
Fitzsimons, Of the City Court, to show
cause why she should not be punished for
contempt of Court in refusing to obey a
subpoena to appear before Referee Maui
rice Meyer in the suit of Mehrbach
against Partridge.
A detective succeeded in locating Mrs.
Humphreys residence and even caught a
glimpse of her In the doorway yesterday,
but not having the court with
him couldn't serve 1t. A clerk for the
office of Meyer Stein, Mehrbach's at
torney, called at the house last night.
The hall boy tried to blum him off and
then the elevator boy told him he couldn't
see Mrs. Humphrey.
Her sister. hearing the row came out
too told the young man that Mrs.
Humphrey would see no one.
Should Mrs. Humphrey refuse to obey
the when II is served. Attor-
ney Stein will apply for an attachment,
and a Deputy Sheriff will be sent after
her.
After a long search Mehrbach's coun-
sci have. found n gold watch belonging
to Partridge. Mr.. Stein said this morn
to take charge OF the watch and such
other property as might be discovered,
to be applied to Mehrbach's Judgment of
81, 800 against Partridge.
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STRIKERS RETURN TO WORK.
All Of the Trolley-Car Now Run
ming in Long Island City.
Supt. Moulton Has q Bodyguard and
Viii Probably Resign.

The striking employees Of the Stein
way trolley system. who struck yester-
day. resumed work this morning.
All of the Instructions have been re-
moved from the tracks and all of the
cars are running.
Assistant Supt. Paul Cosgrove, who
was wounded yesterday, was able to re-
sumo his duties this morning.
Policeman Mcknight is on duty at the
stables this morning. He says the men
have been quiet n have given no trou-
BILE.
Supt. A. D.. Moulton arrived at the
stables at lO.4 o'clock to-day, accompan-
led by Policeman owen Woods, who was
hent to New York this afternoon with a
wager to bring Supt. Moulton from his
residence In Lexington avenue.
This precaution was taken because 1t
was believed Moulton would reach the
stables safer this way and not be mo-
Tested by the strikers.
Mayor Sanford, who has consented to
act as arbitrator in the matter, will hold
a hearing at 2 o'clock this afternoon in
the City Hall, in Long Island City.
A committee, composed of Francis
Johnson, Edward Mcdonald, Edgar Tay-
lor, Peter Hunt. John Hunter and Louis
Holcomb. Secretary of District Assem-
bly, Is. will act as advocate in behalf of
the strikers.
The men say they only want fair pay
for a fair days work. The proceedings
may occupy a whole week.
Supt. Moulton is much discounted at
the action of Counsel Bush in taking
the settlement of the matter out of his
hands, and Moulton's resignation may be
expected In a few lays.
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FOR HONEST WEIGHT IN COAL
Dealers Opposed to GleasOn's Dill
md Have n Substitute.

President ]. S. Smoot, OF the Retail
Coal Exchange, has issued a call for an
important meeting tonight at which the
Spring price-list will probably be made
up. The Board of Trustees has decided
that q systematic effort should be made
to put the retail market in a more pros
porous condition. At present there Is a
deal of grumbling among h%ouseholders
over paying the Winter prices and they
are holding back until the Spring
schedule is adopted.
Despite the fact that in the call 1t Is
stated that the weight question has been
settled to the satisfaction of all by the
rejection of all plans and the approval
Of the Gleason bill now before the Legis-
lature the question is by no means dis
posed of according to many members
who term themselves the reform element.
Secretary jeremiah Pangburn, jr., of
COS Greenwich street. said to-day: ut Is
impossible for honest dealers to COM
pete with dishonest ones who are enabled
to cut prices because they give under
weights. The Gleason bill does not fill
the want. 1t fails to make 1t compulsory
that all dealers wagons carrying coal
must be subjected to inspection. The
honest dealers will bring. forward some
other plan looking to full instead of
short weight"
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She was either very cunning or very
dense; l doubted which until the goggles
fell from her eyes and the scales from
mine.
1t was Louis Jasper disguised.
With one blow / struck the bonnet
from his head; the wig followed and the
shepherds plaid shawl. There was the
man himself. plain n unmistakable.
shorn of his masquerade.
MI. Jasper" l cried, the game Is up
You will have to surrender. l must now
call in the police"
"Of what am l accused?' he asked.
piteously.
Arson and wilful murder" ! said
sternly, meaning only to try him.
arson. possibly. but not murder. Mr..
Eggis- Bingley is safe and sound"
"Ah. so you say. Perhaps the jury win
not be so easy to persuade"
II can prove 1t. 1t Is easily o z
am Mr. Eggis-Bingley myself. Now do
you understand
He had ~personated the two characters
with the same eonsummate skill that he
had shown in devising the whole scheme.
But the pitcher had gone once too oftsa
] to the w~el.-Boston GlobA -
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AmuSements.

her"
NO, no. Have your own way with
her. | have no desire TO be present. !
dare say 1t will be more satisfactory to
you to see her alone"
l made an appointment for the house
keeper TO come to my ONCE and then
went TO Kcnsington To see the landlord
OF Palinurus villa and gather any infor-
nation as to his late tenant,
you were satisfied with him. l pre-
sumo, or you would not have accepted
him? Had references and all hiatt"
why no. He paid me a substantial
premium for the lease-$a,OO o ! thought
that good enough, And he always paid
his rent, But now
Did you or he insure the PREMISES
He did. II was in his lease, n he
showed me the receipts, But the Com
pany is making a bother and l canno
get my money. It's $4,000"
What became of the unfortunate Mr..
Eggis-Bingley's remains"
His nephew collected them and had
| them decently buried-all he could find.
that is to say-and he was pretty par
ticular about Il. But he left one or two
OF the bones behind. They were picked
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up afterwards close by and I kept them.
They're %curiosities. Look"
Two nasty. od~d-looking fragments, two
flag ends of charred and blackened bones,
The relics of a terrible human tragedy.
These bones menat so much that / asked
for them and carried them of to my
collection OF horrors.
l showed them by chance to a doctor
of my acquaintance. a well-known anato-
mist. who presently returned them to
me with a queer smile, saying:
Those are not m bones. They
come from the butchers. l haven't a
doubt OF it,"
Then the whole thing was a plant! A
big fraud. carefully and astutely pre-
pared! Mr.. Eggis-Bingley had not
persisted in the confiagration. He was
no doubt somewhere perfectly safe, walt
ing to divide the plumber as soon as 1t
was secured.
was armed with this strange knowl-
edge when the old housekeeper came to
me according to arrangement. She was
an aged, ath innrm old body, with u
quivering voice. hard of hearing, and she
wore green google glasses to assist her
! failing sight -.
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SCARE IN A THEATRE.
Audience Smells smoL
from Fire In Another Building.
OBy Associated Press)

tBy Associated Press)
CHICAGO, March 16.-Fire broke out
in the four-story building at IS to So
Dearborn street last evening. and In NJ
teen minutes the adjoining building. the
old A~thaeneum, caught fire, doing dam
age to the buildings and contents of
s70,000. Eugene Vallens & Co., tobacco
nists, are the principal losers. their loss
The wind carried the fire to the rear of
the Schiller Theatre building, doing dam
age estimated at $4,000.
The curtain had gone ZIP for the last
act when the auditorium became filled
with smoke. The audience started for
the street in somewhat of a panic. but
Manager Prior stepped to the footlights
and succeeded in quoting the fears of
the people. The audience was then
quietly dismissed, as the dense smoke
made 1t impossible to proceed with the
performance.