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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-08-16
P. T. BARNUM's MILLIONS.

The Greek Husband of the Widow Signs
Away His Interest in Her Estate.
The fortune OF the great Snowman, P. I.
Parnum, will not 60 to the Greek Dimitrl
CaIlias Bay, whom Mrs. Barnum has mar
rled. Just before the civil ceremony, an
a1te-nuptial contract was signel in the New
York Office Of Attorney George P. Iugersoll,
Of New Haven.
Ex-Governor Ingcrsoll was present as Mrs.
Ba NUNS personal counsel. The contract
81 ned specifies that neither party shall have
control over or claim on the fortune OF the
other,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-08-16
MURDER, THEN MARRIAGE.
Tho Bridegroom Killed the Brides Father
When He Pursued Him.

A desratch from Rutledge, Ga, says
'In Just fifteen minutes after shot the
old man Cora and were married"
The speaker was young VIII Green, VINO
shot and instantly killed Major J. I. Estes
on May 70 and was caught at Macon. Cora
was Estes rretty daughter and Green was
eiop!ng with her. The father overlook them
at Newborn, and as he reached in the buggy
ter his daughter Green shot him dead.
As the boy says, they drove at onte to the
mex, Justice and were married. For week
or len days the young bride aud groom had
lively chase with the officials and posses
organized to capture Green, but they finally
20. away to the home OF an uncle near Mil
ledgeville, and there they have b'en since.
Saturday Green aud his father started for
home. A Madison oiicer happened on them
at Macon and made the arrest
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-08-16

Three seamen Of the steamship Bengor-
heal were drowned at Montreal while going
ashore with out leave. They were Frank
Stokes, OF Dublin; William Robinson, OF
Shields; Thomas Monagle, of Carrick Fer
gus, Ireland.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-08-16

Chief Harbor Engineer Kennedy, OF Mon
treal. has gone 10 Chica o to inspect the
work on the Chicago drainage canal, which,
1t is claimed, threatens to lower the level OF
the lakes,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-08-16
JUSTICE JACKSON.
He Expires at bis Home near
Nashville, Tenn
AGED SIXTY-THREE YEARS.
His Career on the Supreme Bench
The Income-Tax Decision the
Last Case In Which He Sat.


The Income-Tax Decision the
Last Case In Which He Sat.
Justice Jackson died after a long Illness
Justice Jackson's residence Is six miles out
Ia the country. The news Of his death vas
telephoned from his house at $3.50 P. NJ. The
telephone was then Immediately disconnected
apr arently to slave { the food OF inquiries
from ints far aad near which began pour
ing In.
The death OF Justice Howell E Jackson
was not unexpected, though sudden, as MS
close friends have known for days that hs
end was near. There /, no talk az yet oil a
probable successor.
JUSTICE JAcKsoNs CAREER.
Howell Edmunds Jackson was born In
Paris, Tenn, April 8, 1882, so that he was In
his 63d year at the time OF his death. Justice
Jackson was a assical scholar, graduating
from the West Tennessee College in 1S4S
He studied law two years at the University
Of Virginia and In Jackson, under his kins-
men, judges A. W. O. Totten aud Milton
Brown; graduated from the Lebanon Law
School in 1856, In which year he was located
in jackson and engaged In the practice OF
his profession removed 20 Memphis In 1869,
where be continued the prac ice OF law ;
served on the supreme bench by appointment
on Two occasion', and was once prominent
candidate for supreme iu ige before the
nominating conventions relocat d In Jack
son In 1876 was elected to the state house OF
representatives in 1850 on the state credit
platform; was eecte TO the United States
Senate as Democrat in 1881, and served till
April 70, 1886; was appointed UDited States
Circuit Judge by President Cleyelan J, and
nominated for associate justice by President
Harrison; was confirmed by the Senate Feb
ruary 1S, 1893, and entered upon ths duties
OF the Office March 4, 1898.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-28
THE JAPANESE INDEMNITY.

While England and Russia may be
deeply concerned in the demands for ter
ritory which Japan may make upon China,
our interest in the treaty of peace will be
conferred almost wholly upon the amount
of money indemnity demanded and the
settlement of the question whether it is to
be paid in silver or gold. If it is to be paid
in the white metal, our silver miners will
have better market for their product, but
If it is demanded in gold, a new pressure
will be put upon our financial system and
the monetary crisis will be rendered more
acute than ever.
1t is reported that the indemnity to be
demanded will be about $3.50, 600, 600. This
sum, however, may be increased if for any
reason Japan is induced to yield any por-
ton of her demand for Chinese territory.
Even the sum stated, however, is a large
one when computed on the basis of the
value of money in the Orient. 1t would be
more difficult for China to pay that
amount than for the United States to paw
81, 600, 900, 600, and whether demanded in
silver or gold, she will have to borrow it
from other countries. The United States
will, in probability, furnish the greater
portion of the bullion, no matter which
metal is demanded, and our interest in
the question, therefore, is almost as direct
as that of the parties to the treaty.
1t has been asserted by some financial
authorities that the indemnity would be
more profitable to Japan as well as easier
for China if paid in silver rather than in
gold. If the Japanese can be convinced of
the truth of that theory it will be to our
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-28
THE GALL AND THE EXAMINER.

While the publication in the CALL yester-
day of a long editorial from the Examiner
was something of departure from conven-
tional journalism, it was in strict accord
ance with the policy which the CALL has
formulated for itself and intends topursue
steadfastly.
We aim to work in harmony with all
who are endeavoring to advance the well
fare OF. the State. We aim, moreover, to
reproduce in our columns extracts from
our contemporaries sufficient to make our
readers acquainted with the drift of public
sentiment on all subjects of current in
terest In carrying out this aim we would
| fall far short of our purpose if we COM
mended only such efforts as are made out
side the City, or republished only the edi-
torials of outside newspapers. San Fran
cisco is primarily our field land we will as
cordially approve, indorse and make
/ known what is done here as we will what
is done elsewhere.
| In the case in point, the Examiner has
certainly done well, and when taken in con-
| nection with the liberal offer Of Mr. Hearst
| to subscribe $1,000 to the competing road for
every $4,000 subscribed to it through the
agency of his paper, it became one of the
most impressive local events of the day.
Taken as a news item therefore the edi-
torial in question deserved a republica-
ton; and while it is not customary for a
newspaper to republish the leading articles
of another paper in the same city, we know
of no reason why the custom should be
honored to the exclusion of news.
We viii always give approval to one OF
our contemporaries in San Francisco as
readily as to one across the continent, and
we will give that approval frankly and
with due credit. We regard the custom
which some papers have of abiding to
another paper in the same city by the
| indefinite title of "a contemporary, p"
whenever they have occasion to refer to it,
as bit of Stiffness unworthy of jour
| nalism, hardly better, in fact, than the in
cessant recriminations that at one time
| disgraced it.
Standing in this, as in ali things, for the
welfare of the State, the CALL will give full
honor and credit to all who seek to pro-
mote that welfare. We will not oppose
anything simply because another paper
has advocated it, nor will we seek to under
| rate the value of the advocacy. We wish to
see all Californians working together for
| the general good, and all our contempt
raries in the City will find US cordially CO.
| operating with them to that end.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-28
PLEDGE YOUR SUPPORT.

Shippers who want to help themselves
and California and lend encouragement to
the San Joaquin Valley Railroad are now
given an opportunity to do SO.
Elsewhere in this issue we announce a
plan whereby this may be done. The CALL
will present to the shippers of the San
Joaquin and Santa Clara valleys and to
the merchants of San Francisco, Oakland
and the other cities touched by the road
a pledge, by the signing of which they
will agree to ship over the new road for q
term of FIVE years, at rates as low as OF
lower than those now charged. These
signatures will constitute a roll of honor,
which the CALL will publish. The names
of those who fear injury from such pub
LEGATION will be withheld. The statistical
information thus secured will be of great
value to the promoters of the new railroad
and will demonstrate. the wisdom of an
investment in the shares OF the company
Here is an opportunity for men to show
manhood and patriotism. Every shipper
who signs this pledge places himself on
the roll OF those who want to see California
free and prosperous.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-28
UP-To-DATE IDEAS.

A correspondent of NJ. CASTOR Tissandler,
eoltor OF La Nature, sent him recently from
BATAVIA small number of dry pods having the
form and COLOR of miniature cigars ABOUT .
centimeters az inches) long. These little pods
nave the singular property of exploding with q
noise when they are placed in vessel OF water
drinking-glass suffices. If one OF the pods is
lett thus it floats quietly on the water for two,
three, five minutes or more, when it suddenly
bursts with violence, throwing out one OF its
two valves, as well as most of the seeds that 1t
contains. 1t is not necessary to say that this
bursting is due to elasticity.
The Acanthaceoe, the family to which they
belong, have fruits composed OF two carpets,
whose opening at maturity takes place from
above downward, disclosing two divergent
crescents [see illustrationl and proceeding from
common point.
When the fruits ripen on the plant the open
Ing takes place with slight noise and part OF
the seeds are thrown out, but much less vlo-
lently than when the pod is placed on water.
The liquid in the last case is absorbed easily
by the dry but permeable tissue OF the surface
OF the fruit, especially along the grooves that
correspond to the lines of separa ton OF the two
valves. Now, as the internal tissue is hard and
woody, as it is not in equilibrium with the ex-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-28

Marie Brema, an English girl who never
knew that she possessed q voice till five years
ago, has proved the most popular of all Walter
Damrosch's Wagnerian singers The Eastern
papers are, some OF them, talking as if New
York had discovered Miss Brema, but the fact
is that she was great faVorite both in Eng
land and Germany before singing in America
at all. Recently she created the role OF the
evil spirit in DR.. Hubert Parry's oratorio,
"King Saul" and won golden opinions from
the Engli sh press. 1t was Henschel, once
great Wagnerian singer himself, who heard
Miss Brema sing at the house of mutual
friend in 1890, and persuaded her to adopt the
career of a vocalist She made her debut the
next year in London, and her marvellous con-
tralto voice created a Juror, but Brema
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-28
PERSONAL.

S. r. Murdoch of Colusa is at the Palace.
George East OF Los Angeles is guest at the
Palace.
Sam Rainey, the politician, was in the city
yesterday.
the Grand.
H. Manor, merchant of Williams, is guest
at the Grand.
]. A. Thompson OF Mill Valley registered at
the California.
j. d. Grant of Healdsburg was at the Cali
fornia yesterday.
J. D. Black and family of Salinas are regis
tered at the Palace.
C. L. Hatfield, an attorney of Sacramento, is
registered at the Lick.
N. A. Roth, merchant of Santa Monica, was
at the Grand last night.
George J. Leidig, the hotel man of the Yo-
semitic, is at the Occidental
George Fletcher, a mining man of Grass VAL
ley, is registered at the Palace.
James E. Mills mining engineer of Quincy,
registered at the Occidental last night.
Albert Hansen, q Seattle merchant with a
branch house in Portland, is al the Lick.
Colonel Park Henshaw, q prominent attor-
ney of Chico, is at the Occidental with his wife.
7. E. Stillman of the firm of Stillman & Hub
bard, the New York attorneys, is at the Palace.
R. H. Beemer of Woodland, a member of the
State Board of Equalization, was at the Lick
last night.
S. NJ. Damon, partner in the clearinghouse
OF Charles R. Bishop 4; Co. of Honolulu, and
one OF the leaders in the overthrow of the mon
archy, is at the Occidental.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-28

ternal tissue, which is being quickly softened,
the tension exerted by the former leads to q
violent bursting
The seeds themselves are not altogether with
out interest. AS soon as they are in contact
with the water epidermie cellules, forming a
sort OF case, appear at once around each OF
them. These take the form that they have
when the fruit is fresh; they are mucilaginous
and cause the seeds to stick to whatever they
touch.
In the vegetable kingdom there are found
certain numberIof fruits that explode by vari-
Gus processes and that belong to divers fami-
lies Their rupture has for its object the dis
semination OF the seeds 1t is remarkable
among the balsams, named by the botanists be-
cause of this fact Impatiens. Many legumin-
Gus plants are in the same class, and also GER
tain plants of the gourd family. Finally, the
Sablier (Hura crepitans) of the family of Eu-
phorbiacea 1.-THE Spurge family opens its fruit
with such force as 10 break fragile objects
within reach of its carpets, which it hurls in
all directions. The new fruits described in
this article seem to belong to the genus Justieia
and probably to the species of Justicia grandi-
fiora as well as it is possible to judge from the
capsules alone. This phenomenon perhaps
takes place also with other fruits of the Acan-
thus family.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-28

! English by Beata Garcia. The aged maestro,
to whom so many successful teachers and sing.
ers owe their knowledge, regrets the decay Of
| the ford school of singing, on grounds which
are well set forth, and even goes so far as TO
aver that "singing is becoming as much lost
art as the manufacture of mandarin china or
the varnish used by the old masters" Signor
Garcia concludes sarcastically by describing
the modern declamatory style as nearly always
monosyllabic and almost entirely excluding
vocalization.
NJ. Gunzbourg, the director at Monte
Carlo, is making very remarkable. record for
himself. With limited resources and on a tiny
stage, he succeeds in giving during the season
more novelties than the two opera-houses of
Paris put together. This curled and frizzIed
Russian, guided by his taste-and also by the
desire to do what no one else does-gathers
together a troupe of stars, rehearses his small
chorus and orchestra, and succeeds in produce
ing results that should make other conductors
ponder.
An opera based on Sir Walter SCOTS novel
"Kenilworth." the music being from the pen
of Herr Oscar Klein, has been produced with
much success in Hamburg. 1t is the first work
OF the young composer, who is an American,
though OF German parentage.
Madame sembrich, who is to appear at Covent
=
from the London stage, is an expert violinist,
while as pianist, she was, twenty years ago. a
pupil of LisZt. 1t is rare TO find a great singer
who is also musician.
Mile Calve has recovered from her encounter
with the footpad in Madrid and has now gone
to sing in st. Petersburg. When she returns to
Paris it will be to rehearse Paul Vidal's 'Ls
Guernica.'
A oh, ID 40 rrk,,a
has recently played in Paris, is spoken of in
terms OF almost extravagant praise by the
French papers.
Edouard Remenyi, who is on his farewell
tour, will give his concert at StockwelPs The
alter on Wednesday evening, April 3.
very successful concert has been given in
Paris for the benefit of the Liszt monument al
Weimar.
Emile Bruguire Jr. is said to be at work upon
a comic opera. ]. Burk is the author OF the
book
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-28
SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS.

"Sirrah," remarked the Sultan, "my first
wife and 1 are one
The court mathematician bowed low in affirm
alton.
"Well," proceeded his Majesty, chow about
me and my second wife?'
"You are another" promptly rejoined the
man of science.
Whereat divers high functionaries made shift
to leave the apartment, not deeming 1t good
politics to give their puissant sovereign the
ha ha to his face.-Detroit Tribune.
Uncle Sam-well, guess I'll be tannin' the
jackets OF these pesky Spaniards for firm on
subjects
John Bull-Hrll be thumpin' the lives hout
of the bloody Yankees for KILN my subjects
hat New Horleans-
Humbert-I demanda da satisfaction for da
murder OF my subjects alta da New Orleans
and-a da Colorado
Methodist must squeeze the presumptous
neck of Japan
wilhelm-As all the rest of the nations seem
determined to fight shall turn my attention
to observation-disclosures Plain Dealer.
Mrs. Westside-I hear that Charlie Knicker-
booker is going to get married on the 25th.
Mr.. Westside-Yes, he has only got three
more days.
Little Tommy (who has been reading about
an execution)-The last three days they give
him everything to eat that he calls for, don't
they, pa?-Texas Siftings.
Waiter-Did you get everything you ordered?
Patron-Well, no. muffed that apple dump
ling.-Detroit Free Press.
Customer-A table d'hote dinner, including
bottle of good wine for rs cents? Yes, that's
cheap enough, but don't care for any wine
and l can't afford it. How much will it be
without the wine?
Watier-Pn do what's right with you, boss.
You can have the dinnerwithout the wine for
70 cents, sah.-Chicago Tribune.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-28
THE WEEKLY GALL"

The home news of the Pacific Coast in
condensed form is one of the main features
of the new Weekly. Not only is every sec
ton of California represented, but atten-
ton is given to general news from adjoin-
ing States.
A feature which never fails to attract the
attention of lady readers is the department
in which BIRTH marriage and death no.
tees from all over the coast are pub
lished.
The farming and mineral interests re-
ceive attention, as usual, and a number OF
new departments appear'in the issue of to-
day, which is a valuable number to send
to friends in the East.
The subscription price of the Weekly is
but 81 so per annum.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-28

advantage, and perhaps to the world gen.
orally, by advancing the price of silver. At
any rate it appears that Japan has it in her
power to materially affect the whole civil
lied world, since it seems to be certain that
a persistency on her part in demanding
gold, would so increase the price of that
metal as to precipitate a return to BIZ
metallism as the only means of escaping a
universal financial panic.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-28
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Rudyard Kipling has been admiring our new
warships, apparently from choice. Generally
his countrymen have had to.-Chicago Times
Herald.
1t is not generally known that William R.
Morrison of Illinois was California forty
miner. In a letter to a friend in Ell Paso Tex,
Mr.. Morrison says that he was one OF the party
which left Independence, NO., in 1S49 on q
wagon-journey to the Pacific Coast.
Henry NJ. Stanley ran for Parliament and
was badly beaten. Ditto William Morris, the
poet Now Rider Haggard is about to tempt
fate.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-28

He who would uphold public morals and
the spirit of the law will not promote lot
teries in any way.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-28

When you patronize home industries
you turn your money loose within reaching
distance OF your own shop.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-28
Let the newspapers be manly.

Whenever you see shop displaying Cal
ifornia goods patronize it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-28

Artist Whistler's mouth is all a-pucker
since the rendering of the court decision
that he must keep his contract to paint
Lady Eden's portrait.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-28

The building of the competing railroa'
will not only be good business itself, bu
will help to make other business good.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-28

Oregon has set California an example in
turning the egg tide against the East.
According to the Pendleton Oregonian,
eggs are now shipped East, whereas few
years ago Eastern eggs were sold in Ore
gon. If the California hens should de-
velop patriotism equal to that prevalent
in the barnyards OF Oregon we should be
content to crack our own shells.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-28

The Nevada City Transcript appreciates
the efforts of the CALL to place reliable
correspondents in all sections of the State.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-28

Watching the efforts of st. Louis to en-
force Sunday law is giving Chicago more
fun than she has had since the closing OF
the Midway Plaisance.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-28

The attempt of the Salvation Army to
purify New York by converting the police
is like trying to clear up dark night by
reaching for the stars.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-28

A Mrs. Kershner of Coffey County,
Kans., has distinguished herself by send
ing a petition to the Governor of the
United States for a bounty of $1,000 for
the raising of thirteen children. OF course
there is no Governor of the United States
and no bounty for babies, but Mrs. Kersh-
ner should have known that if she raised
thirteen she would be out of luck
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-28

Few men can play lone hand in the
game of life. but any man can assist.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-28

1t affords US pleasure to acknowledge the
kindly hint from the Stockton Independent
that the woolen-mills of that city ought to
be patronized by Californians. Employ
ing as they do nearly 200 operatives and
turning out a product of the value of
$500, 900 annually, these mills certainly do
sufficient to keep us free from freezing
under the presence of silurians.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-28

The only way to prevent England from
trampling on the Monroe doctrine in Vene
zuela is for Uncle Sam to stand firmly on
il himself
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-28

Amid the silence of the Democratic camp
there can be heard the mufled sound OF
some fellow saving wood to make Whitney
a candidate for President in 1896.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-28

The Corning Observer calls attention to
an important fact, namely: that the re-
ports of the injury done by the frost were
greatly exaggerated.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-28

No one need fear prosecution for stealing
cobblestones or killing silurians with them.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-28

The Napa Journal is jubilant over the
prospect that the San Joaquin Valley
Railroad may be the beginning of new
overland line.