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The morning call., 1895-03-03

graph the stars. The duration of pose for
the international star-map plates fixed by
the congress is forty minutes. Now, since
the earth by its double movement on its
axis and around the sun is constantly
changing its position in regard the stars it
is evident that the star brought to the
proper position on the plate will not stay
In place, but will steadily move across and
out OF the field-that is, in forty minutes
pose the sensitive plate will take track
and not fixed point To remedy this it is
clear that the telescope must be made to
follow the star.
This driving is done by means of clock
communicating a movement to the tele-
scope which Is exactly that of the apparent
movement of the star To understand
with what accuracy this clock must move
the telescope one must consider how small
an error Will produce an error in the photo
graph: For instance, the photograph of a
star OF the twelfth magnitude taken by one
OF these instruments gives diameter Of
LOO OF an inch. Now, let there be shift
OF 1-l0O0 OF an inch and the disc of the star
Will be distorted. If a second of time is
lost by the clock we shall have the dis
turbance of 1-1000 of an inch and some
variation in a clock driving such a ma
chine must be expected. To prevent such
errors there is attached controlling ap-
paratus" run by electricity, consisting of a
1detecter for noting any variation in the
driving and "correcter' for canceling it.
Both OF these adjustments are automatic
IN their operations. BY the side of the
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ANY one who has crossed the desert in
dry weather or lived on the Western plains
is familiar with the columns of dust or
sand that, like gigantic specters, move
about in various directions, menace to
human comfort at least. In the Sahara
Desert these pillars appear hundreds of
feet high and holding tons of sand, and are
often fatal to human life. In Southern
California tall columns are sometimes seen
moving along. These are formed of dust
and are twisted up into the air by currents
of wind, the spiral motion whirling it
aloft. Sometimes, they assume coppery
hue and present a beautiful appearance
sailing along.
These phenomena have their prototypes
in the ocean in the waterspout, that in any
event is an appalling sight, and something
to be avoided by the toilers of the sea-
The antics and movements of these mon
sters are so erratic that they can never be
depended upon, and many narrow escapes
have been chronicled by the men who fre-
quent southern waters.
The narrowest escape I ever had was
from a congregation of waterspouts 1 was
making a trip to some of the small islands
in the Gulf of Mexico, about fifty miles
from Cuba, a spot famous for its water
spouts, and in the summer months there
The morning call., 1895-03-03
WAS GARROTED And ROBBED
EXPERIENCE OF MICHAEL FITZ-
GERALD. A STRANGER FROM
MERGED.
HE FELL INTO THE HANDS OF THE
JEssIE-STREET GANG OF
HOODLUMS.

Jessie street from First to Second is in
tested with a gang of young hoodlums,
who have made themselves notorious by
deeds of violence and robbery.
Their latest victim is Michael Fitz-
gerald, who came to the city from Merced
a few days ago. He had sold some prop
erty there, and on Wednesday night he
had in his pockets check for $10O on the
Crocker-W Woolworth Bank, $40 in cash and
gold watch and chain.
Between and s O'Clock he had occasion
to go through Jessie street from First to
Second. He noticed that five or six young
men were following him, and, becoming
alarmed, he went into grocery and called
for glass of beer, as he thought he might
get some man to walk with him to Second
street. He was disappointed, as there was
only woman in the store, who served him
with the beer.
When he looked along the street a few
minutes later there was no one to be seen,
and thinking the young men had gone
away, he stepped outside. He was walking
along the sidewalk when two young men
sprang upon him from the shelter of a
doorway. They garroted him in the most
approved style and dragged him into the
doorway, where three or four others were
standing. They took everything out of his
pockets, threw him into the street and dis
appeared
Fitzgerald notified the police and Police
men Ross and Hemenez were detailed on
the case. They arrested Ed McGreevy,
John Lucy and John Acton on suspicion
of being implicated in the robbery. FitZ-
gerald called at the City Prison yesterday
afternoon and identified McGreevy as one
of the robbers, but he was not so sure
about Lucy and Acton, SO they were re-
leased from custody. The officers are still
on the hunt for the Others
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in at o'clock on Monday morning, and as
all are pretty thoroughly familiar with the
duties they will be required to perform
they are expected to be at work by 9
o'clock.
The blanks which they will distribute
Will warn taxpayers that they are required
by law to annually make and deliver to
the Assessor a statement under oath set
ting forth specifically all the real and per-
sonal property owned by them or in their
possession or under their control, at y
O'Clock NJ. noon on the first Monday in
March.
All taxpayers are required to fill up the
blanks left by the deputies and deliver
them in person, so that they can be sworn
to, at the Office of the Assessor within ten
days. Those who have no property must
make an oath to that effect
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CHARGES AGAINST CARRIERS
LETTERS IN THE WESTERN ADDI-
TION SAID TO HAVE
GONE ASTRAY.
THE POSTMASTER SAYS INvEsTIGA-
TION WILL FOLLOW ALL
COMPLAINTS.

Several complaints have recently been
made regarding the mail delivery in. the
Western Addition, the chief complainant
being prominent attorney, who says that
the carriers in that section of the city have
developed the habit of making way with
letters when there happens to be large
bundle of them posted at time, in order
to avoid delivering them.
Some days ago." said the gentleman
referred to, my wife sent out Invitations
to number of the family's friends to
attend little gathering at our house
There were slXty-two letters posted in all
and of this number seventeen, it was sub
sequently ascertained, were not delivered
| made a complaint at the Sub-Station on
Polk street and it resulted in several of the
missing invitations turning up, some of
them in badly crumpled condition, look
ing as though they had been carried around
in the pocket or slowed away for some
time, and two of them at least with the
stamps missing.
my family is not the only one that has
suffered in this respect. A neighbours wife
was recently driven almost distracted
exactly in the same manner, and her
husband accidentally stumbled upon the
entire bunch of invitations hidden away in
a brush heap on a vacant lot.
''The complaints of this nature have be-
come so general that ladies are adopting
the plan of employing messenger boys for
the delivery of such letters"
Postmaster McCoppin said yesterday that
he thought the proper course for man
who had grievance against the depart
ment to pursue would be to file a written
complaint, and it would receive immediate
attention.
Now we all know how these matters of
issuing invitations are usually managed, -
said he. "It is generally the case that sew
eral young ladies undertake the task of
directing the envelopes and mistakes are
naturally quite frequent.
II cannot believe that mail-carrier
would be so foolish as to attempt to avoid
work in such manner as is charged, be-
cause a repetition of such an act few
times would be certain to lead to detection,
and the men are all aware that detection
would lead to summary dismissal from the
service and cause them to be ineligible to
hold such positions for all time to come.
"If / paid attention to all the complaints
of which L hear l would have little time
for other business. A department official
is almost constantly engaged in this kind
of work and all matters which are brought
to his attention are rigidly investigated"
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RELIC OF A Sad ACCIDENT.
A RUSTED SILVER WATCH FOUND
IN THE BED OF RUSSIAN
RIVER.
IT RECALLS THE FATE OF SEVEN
MEN IN AUSTIN CREEK
YEAR AGO.

A relic of the sad railroad accident which
happened near CaZadero over a year ago
has been found by John H. Davis of the
Fish Commission. 1t is battered silver
watch, the hunting-case of which is con-
siderably dented and the hands are broken
off. On January Is, 1894, Arthur G. Briggs,
William Brown, Frank R. Hart, Thomas
Gould, William T. Bremen, John Rice, w.
c. Collister and Joseph Sabine started on
an engine from Cazadero to go to Duncans
Mills. A storm was raging and the rivers
were flooded at the time. AS the engine
was crossing bridge on Austin Creek the
treStle-work gave way and the engine fell
into the creek. All of the eight men were
drowned, except William Brown, who had
walked on ahead as a lookout The bodies
of all the drowned men were not recovered
for several days.
Peculiarly enough, the four drivers of
the engine have never been found, though
the engine was shortly afterward raised
and is now running on the North Pacific
Coast Railroad. Though the heavy driving
wheels were never found, the silver watch
OF one OF the unfortunates was picked up
after having been in the water over thir-
teen months.
A few days ago John H. Davis was pa
trolling Russian River in the interests of
d
rifle about 200 yards south of the point
where Austin Creek empties into Russian
River, Davis noticed very brightly shin
ing object on gravel spit and in about
five inches of water. He picked it up and
found it was watch. The place was about
two miles from where the accident oc-
Cured. This showed that the floods of
two winters had not carried the watch very
far.
The works of the timepiece were badly
rusted, and there was nothing about it to
show the ownership except the usual num-
bers and names. The watch was made by
the American Watch Company. 1t is a
large silver timepiece with hunting case.
the number of which is 1896 The works
are of Waltham movement. The number
on the works is 16,023, and the name P.
s. Bartlett is engraved in the usual place
opposite the number.
Mr.. Davis tried to get some clew as to
who the watch belonged to, but it could not
be identified at Cazadero or at Duncans
Mills. The almost broken case showed that
the unfortunate owner must have been
struck by some piece of iron when the en-
gine crashed through the trestlework Just
enough remains of the hands to show that
they were pointing to 6:45 or thereabout.
The morning call., 1895-03-03

celestial sphere. For instance, the Green
wich observatory is engaged in photo
graphing for the star map the zone be-
tween 4S degrees and 40 degrees. As has
been said above, a guiding star for the
center of each of the plates made by the
observatory has been chosen by q
committee.
The position of this star is known within
five seconds. Now, not only must this star
be brought into the field of the observer at
the telescope, but the instrument must be
so delicately adjusted that the star can be
brought to the crossing of the hairlines
which run at right angles across the eye
piece.
Evidently, to secure in such heavy in
strument this nicely of movement, it must
be adjusted to its support in way to
avoid friction and to rotate freely. This
adjustment in the Greenwich instrument
IS L curious and beautiful piece of work.
But supposing that the center OF the
plate to be made has been found and the
telescope set to it. 1t takes time to photo
The morning call., 1895-03-03

In 1884 the Henry brothers of the OBJ
servatory of Paris, working with not the
best apparatus, produced a Photographic
negative of section of the Milky Way,
wherein stars of the sixteenth magnitude
were depicted with clearness and preci-
sion of outline beyond the power of any
telescope to transmit directly to the eye of
an observer. The negative contained in
all 5000 stars, whereas the best star map
heretofore made showed for the same To-
caEty only 10. Stars could be distinctly
photographed, it was shown, that an OBJ
server, with the aid of the best telescopes,
could scarcely see or, perhaps, not see at
all.
This was not a new discovery exactly,
but it was final and conclusive testimony
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rushing by me, magnificent column of
water, boiling and kissing like some living
thing. I literally raced with it for the
length Of the wall, six hundred or eight
hundred feet, and had all L could do to
keep pace with it.
The water of the shoal was but few feet
deep and I found later that it cut deep
trench as it went along, the coral sand and
mud looking as though dredger had been
at work. How long spout can travel
over the land do not know, but not long.
not over 800 feet at that place The spout
passed US, beating us in the race, and soon
disappeared among the dark clouds on the
horizon. As common as were these phe-
nomena in this region I never heard of a
casualty, though from the above it will be
seen that narrow escapes were not rare.
O. TT
The morning call., 1895-03-03
VANQUIsHED.
The Fair Young Innocent Was Too
knowing for the Drummer.

The drummer had been quite useful to
the young girl, travelling alone, and as he
was not at all obtrusive or impudent she
invited him to sit with her.
Are you from Chicago?" she asked,
plumply, as he took the place by her side.
''Why?" he asked, with laugh.
Because mamma told me l mustn't
meet Chicago men, because they were too
giddy."
"Oh, don't think they are giddier than
other men,"
II don't know; mamma said So"
But your mother doesn't know" he
said in defense.
Doesn't she?' she retorted. "WeII.
I'd like to know why she doesn't. We
live In Chicago and she has been mar
ried four times and is getting her divorce
from the fourth one"
The drummer retired from the contest
without another blow in his own defense.
Detroit Free Press.
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thirteen of the nineteen observatories were
in the northern hemisphere and only six
in the southern, but it was arranged salts
factorily.
Besides dividing up the sky, the commit
tee decided in 1889 upon the size of the
Photographic plates and the field they
should cover, and appointed a committee
which was instructed to determine the CEN
ter of all the plates for the equinox of 1900
that Is, to choose guiding stars, whose po-
sltions were already known within five
seconds as the centers for the photographs
Another committee was named to study
the means of measuring the plates.
In April, 1891, there was another gather
ing of this international committee, and
the report of its work was made.
1t is nearly four years now since that re-
port was returned, and in nearly all the
observatories interested, the star map and
catalogue have made good start.
The telescopes used for the star map are
identical in certain features, that is, they
are all refractors instead of rehectors, have
an aperture of 13.1 inches, and a focal dis
tance of about II feet Obs inches), but their
mounting, their manipulation, their
attachment differ. The first glance at one
of these astrO-photOgraphic instruments is
bewidering. There are two tubes, there is
pOnderosity evident about the mountings,
which is unusual, there is a tremendous
counter-weight opposite to the double tele-
scope, which give a bulky and ungainly
air to the instrument and there are a
variety of accessories, electrical and me-
chanical, which might puzzle even an
amateur astronomer, not to speak of what
effect they produce on an unscientiic
observer.
But all these peculiarites have their
reasons, if we consider what the instru-
ment must do. In the first place, it must
object in the sky that is, being T turned to to
the north or south, east or west, OF the
The morning call., 1895-03-03

Hinton says that there is no truth in the
reported bad feeling between him and
Governor Budd over his refusal to appoint
Healy Davis.
'The Governor and 1 are on the most
friendly terms" he said yesterday, 'and I
thoroughly appreciate the honor he
did me in appointing me to this
office without any solicitation on my
part. The place of messenger should
be filled by a responsible and reliable man.
There is no hurry, however, about making
the appointment, but it will be made in
two or three weeks. There are two or
three men in view but l have not decided
which | shall give it to-"
The morning call., 1895-03-03

maps moreover, is going to increase the
number of persons who will devote them
selves to studying the heavens"
Thus the international star map and
catalogue are in reality great democratic
undertakings. IDA NJ TARBELL.
Copyright 1895, by S. S. Mcclure, limited
The morning call., 1895-03-03
TRAINING DEPUTY ASSESSORS
They Will Begin Work on Monday
Morning.

The Assessors office was turned into
training-school for the large force of depu-
ties who will attend to the distribution of
assessment blanks and other work con-
nected with the office during the past
week.
Over hundred deputies will be sworn
The morning call., 1895-03-03
REGISTRARS MESSENGER.

MI. Hinton Will Not Fill the Place for
Time.
Registrar Hinton has not yet chosen a
man to fill the position of messenger in his
office, which Martin Kelly's son failed to
get. The appointment will not be deter
mined upon for two or three weeks. Two
or three men are in view, but which will be
chosen has not even been decided. Mr.
The morning call., 1895-03-03

A few Sundays ago clergyman in Ire
land made the following announcement:
"Next Sunday, in this church, Rev. Mn
- will renounce the errors of Rome for
those of Professionalism.
The morning call., 1895-03-03
100000 TREES.

DRUNE, PLUM, PEACH, PEAR, CHERRY.
i Almond, for sale at cents each. F. o. B. Terms
10 suit you. No better trees grown. Address, Sac
ramento River Nursery Company, Walnut Grove.
California.
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those of Protestant
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-18

he says it Is difficult, indeed, 10 see how the question in controversy can materially affect any state or commun- ity outside those primarily interested; that the disputed frontier of Nene- zuela has nothing to do with any of the questions daalt with by President Mon roe; that 1t is not @ question of the colonization of any European power of any portion of America, nor of the im- position upon the communities of South America of any system of government devised in Europe, "Tt is," he says, simply the determination of the from tier of Q British possession which be- longed to the throne of England long before the Republic of Venezuela came into existence.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-18
TEXT OF MESSAGE.

Washington, Dec. 1.-The president sent to congress today the Venezuelan correspondence, accompanied by the following significant message:
 ITO the Congress:
 'In my annual message addressed to the congress on the Sd inst. l called attention to the pending boundary con- troversy between Great Britain and the Republic of Venezuela and recited the substance of a representation made by this government, suggesting reasons why such dispute should be submitted to arbitration for settlement, and in quiring whether it would be so submit ted
 "The answer of the British govern ment which was then awaited, has since been received, and, together with the dispatch to which it is "a reply, is hereto appended.
 Such reply is embodied in two eoms munications addressed by the British prime minister to Sir Julian Pauacefote, the British ambassador at this capital. It will be seen that one of these com munications is devoted exclusively to observations upon the Monroe doctrine, and claims that in the present in stance a new and strange extension and development of this doctrine is insisted on by the United States, that the reas- ons justifying an appeal to the doc trine enunciated by President Monroe are generally applicable ito the state of things in which we live at the pres ent day" and especially inapplicable to a controversy involving the bound ary line between Great Britain and
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-18
The ReDort Adopfed.

Washington, Dec. 17.-The republican senate caucus has adopted unanimously the report of the committee filling the committee vacancies and chairman ships.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-18

Lord Salisbury's reply is addressed to Sir Julian Pauncefote, British ann bassador at Washington, under date of November 26 last. This dealt only with the application of the Monroe doctrine in the case at issue, and was followed on the same day by another note discus sing the boundary dispute per SC.
 At the outset Lord Salisbury states that so far as he is aware the Monroe doctrine has never been before advanc- ed on behalf of the United States in any written communication addressed 10 the government of either nation. He gives what he believes is the British interpretation Of the doctrine, and maintains that the dangers which were apprehended by President Monroe have no relation to the state Of things in which we live at the present day and adds. that it is ineligible that MT Olney should iuvode in defence of the views on which he is now insisting an authority (NIonroe) which enjoys so high a popularity with his own fellow coun- trym5l."
 The dispute between Great Britain and Venezuela. ayers Lord Salisbury, is. a controversy with which the United States have no practical concern.
 sABISBURY's ARGUMENT. Continuing in short. pitby sentences,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-18
WHAT CLEVELAND SAYS.
T. fs MESSAGE TO C0NGRESS ON THE
 FENEZUELIN QUESTION.

Venezuela Must be Protected--N War If Nee
 essary-No Calamity So Great as Endur-
 ance ot Wrong-Munroe Doctrine Applies
 Calls for Unlted States Commission to
 Ascertaia the Boundary--I4nrd Salisbury's $
 Reply to oney's Noto-Says United states
 Has No Practical Concern in the Matter
 Question Not Affected by the Monroe
 Duotrine--What the Dispute ia About.
 Washington, Dec. 1.-The message which President Cleveland sent to con- gress to-day in connection with the Venezuelan correspondence expressed in forcible terms his belief that the Mon roe doctrine, as enunciated to Lord Salisbury in Secretary Olney's dispatch of July last, was founded upon sub- stantial considerations and involved our safety and welfare, and that it was fully applicable to our present condi- tions and was directly related to the pending controversy"
 He expresses deep disappointment that the appeal of the United States for arbitration "actuated by most friendly feeling toward both nations di- rectly concerned, addressed to the sense of justice of and to the magnanimity of one of the great powers of the world and touching it's relations to one com paratively weak and small, should have produced no better results
 The dispute, he s3ys, has reached such a stage as to make it incumbent upon the United States to take meas ures to determine with sufficient accur~ acy what is the true divisional line between Venezuela and British Guiana, and he suggests the appointment of a commission for this purpose, stating that in making this recommendation he is fully alive to the responsibility in- cured and keenly realizes all the con sequences that may follow"
 Nevertheless" he says, while it is a grieVous thing to contemplate the two great English speaking peoples of the world as being otherwise than friendly competitors in the arts of peace; there is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows a supine submission to wrong and in justice"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-18
NEW HAVEN COUNTY NATIONAL
 RANK

New Haven, December 10th, 1895. THE annual meeting Of tGe stockholders ! of this bank, for the election of direct OTs to serve the ensuing year, will DC held at their banking house on Tues lay, January II, 1895.
 Polls open from T o'clock a.m. 10 r m. dit dtiaI4 ltW u. c. REDFIELD, Cashier,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-18
MONROE DOCTRINE STRONG AND
SOTND

"Without attempting extended ar gument in reply to these positions, 1t may not be amiss to suggest that the doctrine upon which we stand is strong and sound because its enforcement is important to our peace and safety as nation and is essential to the in-