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Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-15
PETRIFIED INDIAN QUEEN.
Specimen of an Ancient Race Which 6
 Trader Tried to Steal.

Specimen of an Ancient Race Which
 Trader Tried to Steal
 A curious tale is told by the passengers just arrived at Victoria, B. C., from Alaska on the steamer City of Topeka, of the discovery made by one of their number, a Seattle man named Brennan, on Prince of Wales island, says the San Francisco Examiner.
 Brennan went forth some time ago with a small sloop laden with miscella- neouS cargo, on which he realized a good profit, trading among the natives of the northern coast. It was on this expedi- ton he chanced to visit one of the largest accessible villages of the isolated tribes on Prince of Wales island, and while there to see the mysterious divinity that Is supposed to keep watch and guard over the tribe. A former prlestess or queen who, by some rare action of the peculiar soil in which her burial place was made, was not turned into dust, but into solid stone.
 Years later the rude grave was uncov- cred by chance and the petrihed body was found The natives hailed 1t as an omen of good and, carefully exhuming it, enthroned 1t in a place of honor in the village, the idol so rescued being ever since more honored than the oldest to- tenn.
 Brennan claims to be the first white man to see the statue, but so far from feeling awe or being moved to adOratlOn, he at once realized that if 1t could be safely transported to the United States 1t would be worth a mint of money for exhibition purposes. The petrified wom- an, according to his account, stands as though frozen into the granite while in , the act of directing some important movement of her subjects. The features, as we'll as the limbs, are clearly defined, as though life was still in the body, and the whole aspect of the strangely pre- served body is almost regal, although the goddess was mistress only of a sav- age tribe.
 So much did the commercial value of the image impress the shrewd trader that a few words Intentionally dropped partially revealed his mind to the tribe with the result that he was obliged to take to his sloop and sail out into the thickening storm in order to save his life He has now sold his sloop and with the proceeds of the sale, added to the profits of his cruise, he proposes to pur- chase fast steam launch with which to return and bodily abduct the uncanny deity. According to present arrange ments he will buy his launch on Puget Sound and return as quickly as possible to Prince of Wales island, waiting his opportunity to land, seize the idol and escape before the natives e p. discover his presence and frustrate his plan. The stone queen" has, according to the tales of the tribe, watched silently over their declining fortunes for upward of four at,tr rtra
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-15
DEADLY SHOTS FIRED BY THE SUN
In One Instance an Innocent Man Was Sen-
 fenced to Be Hanged. -

In One Instance an Innocent Man Was Sem
 fenced to Be Hanged. Cincinnati Enquirer.
 In a recent paper appeared an account of a strange accident, in which man was killed the discharge of a gun while lying asleep on a lounge in his room, the weapon being discharged by reflected rays of the sun falling upon the cart ridge chamber of the firearm.
 Since the publication of the story correspondent from York, Pa, writes concerning the accident and refers to similar case, in which, through the ef- forts of a clever Cincinnati lawyer named G. c. Wallis, the person accused of the murder and sentenced to be hanged was set at liberty. the circum- stantial evidence on which he was con- victed being entirely exploded by a wit messed demonstration as to how the ac- cident really occurred.
 The York correspondent referred to volume 13 of the Criminal Law Magazine, page 607. on which a full account of the case appears The case was that of the state of Tennessee against Avery, tried in Henry county, that state. am is one of the most remarkable in the history of criminal jurisprudence.
 In June, 1887, Charles Ensley, the cousin of a man of the name of Avery, was killed in his room while lying on  The weapon which caused the death was a small rifle, sending a 32-caliber ball through Ensley's brain. No one was in the house at the time but Ensley An empty rifle was found lying on rack on wall of the room in which the kill ing occurred and the bullet fitted the tube.
 Avery was arrested for the crime, as he was the only living close relative to Ensley, and by his death profited to the amount of about $100000. Avery was tried, pleaded not guilty, but was con- yicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to be hanged. He appealed to the supreme court and engaged MT. Wallis to defend him. The supreme court remanded the case back to the cir cult court on technical errors. Two mis- trials were brought about and then came the strangest part of the story The brilliant Wallis struck the keynote to the mystery. In August, 1891, he had the rifle loaded and hung on the wall. A white sheet with the form of a man marked on 1t was placed in exactly the position occupied by Ensley when lying asleep, and heavy cut-glass pitcher of water like the one found in the room was placed on the shelf above. The temperature was 90 degrees in the shade, one of the hottest days of the year.
 The pitcher acted as sun glass, and the hot rays of the sun shining through the water were refracted directly on the cartridge chamber of the rifle.
 Eight witnesses were in the room and a few minutes after 8 o'clock puff and a report occurred and the ball struck the outlined form back of the ear in the exact location where Ensley was shot, and the theory of circumstantial evil dence went to pieces. The incident be- ing witnessed and sworn to, readily ex- plained itself to the jury.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-15
A Question of Wills.

The making of ones will is hardly to be ranked among the pleasant duties of life. My will" says Slender, "I never made my will yet, I thank heaven. I am not such a sickly creature. I give heaven praise. So also Dame Quickly, when considering Falstaff's spiritual con- cerns, hopes that 'it isn't time to think of making a will yet" When David Garrick ostentatiously displayed to the great Photographer his pictures, china, rare books and furniture at Hampton Court the sage exclaimed "Ah, David. David, these are the things that make deathbed terrible!"
 A story is told of dying mlser, by whose bedside sat the lawyer receiving instructions for the preparation of his last will and testament. .'I give and be- aueath," repeated the attorney aloud, as he commenced to write the accustomed formula. NO, mo-" interrupted the sick man. T will neither give nor bequeath anything; l cannot do it." Well. then" suggested the man of law. after a few moments consideration. suppose we say lend. I lend until the; last day" "Yes, that will do better" asserted the unwilling testator.-Temple Bar.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-15
A Missionaries' Museum.

Boston Herald
 One of the most interesting museums in Boston has been removed to Hartford the museum of curiosities collected during seventy-five years by the mis- sionaries of the American board, and for many years displayed in cabinets in a little dark room in the Congregational house. The collection is to be deposited in the library of the Hartford Theologi- cal seminary, and Boston will know it no more.
 unless from a sentimental point of view pebbles from Palestine, bits of wood or stone broken from temples and the like terest and scientific value and some were unique. There were little idols from In dia, models Illustrating life and man. ufacture in China or Japan, and savage arms and implements from the South seas. Unlike many similar objects seen nowadays, they were genuine 'docu- ments" of savage or barbarous life be- fore 1t had been touched and influenced by western civilization. To the eth- nographer they were invaluable.
 Particularly interesting were the idols and curiosities from the Sandwich isl- ands, all of them obtained by the earlier missionaries. They included the great idol of the Hawaiian war god, one of the most interesting things in it's way ever brought to America. The Hawaiian DOT ton of the collection was not sent to Hartford but through the influence of MT. Gorham D. Gilman, the Hawaiian consul in Boston, it has gone to enrich the Bishop museum of Hawaiian antiqui- ties in Honolulu.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-15
Wages of Sugar Trust Employees.

KanSdS Clly 0ldr.
 The sugar trust, one of the especial beneficiaries of the United States, has closed all of the Philadelphia refineries,. throwing 2000 men out of work. Viii Mckinley or some other high tariff champion explain why it is that the espe- cially protected industries often have less steady work for their men than others which are not similarly favored?
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-15

terfes the more am convinced that they are impraeficable. ana that they can nev- CT be made commercially valuable. TO- day the storage battery is working it's way into almost every branch or electri- cal work, and if certain promises which recent improvements in construction seem to give are fulfilled it is on the eve of it's crowning triumph-recognition as a practicable motive power for the com mercial propulsion of street cars.
 Many electrical engineers have just as little faith in the possibility of driving ships across the Atlantic by electricity as the college professor had as to the future of the storaee battery; but, on the other hand inve sns are now being perfected which Wal effect an eXtraordl- nary and almost incredible revolution In ship propulsion, and those who know what is being done in this field, which is not yet made public, realize that to name ten years as the period within which electric ships will cross the Atlantic Is to allow a very liberal margin. This Will probably be effected by machines giving enormous economy of power, but there is already talk of carrying out the idea with existing appliances.
 A. s. Hickley, pioneer in American electrical launch construction, holds that the reason vessels crossing the Atlantic make such comparatively slow time IS that they cannot drive their propellers fast enough with the amount of power behind them without shaking the boat to pieces. He proposes to put in an ocean steamship a powerful engine, say a compound condensing engine of slow speed type. connected to a multipolar generator, giving, say, 800 bolts potential
 Directly on the shafts of the propellers he would put the armatures of the motors, which are to drive the propellers. These can readily be made to run from 600 to 300 revolutions per minute, whereas the engine is probably making only 60 to SO. Tn this way not only would there be a considerable acceleration of speed. but the vibration of the ship would be almost entirely prevented, and the dipping in and out of the water of the propellers in rough weather would not affect the main engine and jar the vessel from stem to stern as it now does.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-15
MoToKs TO RUN SHIPS.

Ocean vessels Before Long Will Be Pro
 pelled by Electricity. Pittsburg Dispatch
 Ten years ago a well-known professor of electrical engineering in leading American college, who had tested almost every form of the storage battery then made, was asked whether he saw any future for the accumulator. His reply was: "The more I see of storage bat
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-15

to @ log. He called all hands to come and help roll the log into the water, and after this had been done he, with-th as- sistance of several others, towed 1t some distance up the stream A daring young fellow by the name of Jim Dorrell then took his seat on the end of the log, and it was pushed out into the current with the expectation that 1t would be carried down stream against the tree where Sea- mon and Carman were. The log was well directed and went straight to the tree, but Jim, in his impatience to help hlS friends fell a victim to his good inten- tions. Making frantic grab at branch, he raised himself off the log and 1t was swept from under him by the raging wa ter, and he soon joined the other two victims upon their forlorn perch. The excitement on shore increased, and al- most the whole population of the village gathered on the river bank. Lincoln had the log pulled up the stream, and, securing another piece of rope, called to the men in the tree to catch it if they could when he should reach the tree. He then straddled the log himself and gave the word to push out into the stream. When he dashed into the tree he threw the rope over the stump or a broken limb and let it play until he broke the speed of the log and gradually drew it back to the tree, holding 1t there until the three now nearly frozen men had climbed down and seated themselves astride. He then gave orders to the peo- pie on the shore to hold fast to the end of the rope, which was tied to the log, and leaving his rope in the tree, he turned the log adrift, and the force or the current acting against the taut rope swung it around against the bank, ana all on board were saved. The exclteo people. who had watched the dangerous experiment with alternate hope and fear, now broke into cheers for Abe Lincoln and praises for his brave act This ad- venture made quite a hero of him along the Sangamon, and the people never tired of telling of the exploit.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-07

''And then my heart with pleasure fills
And dances with the daffodils'
Carols Wordsworth's admirer, sampling
mothers dainty food due to Prices Cream
Baking Powder.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-07
A VICTIM OF DRINK.
UntimeIy Death of Mrs. Annie Johnson
Once Wealthy Pioneers
Daughter.

The death of Mrs Annie Johnson OF 432
Broadway, at the County Hospital on
Friday night, was sad close to career
which promised well.
I Mrs. Johnson was the daughter of an old
Swedish pioneer who, in his time, won and
lost several fortunes. He was interested
in shipping, and about ten years ago the
daughter met Fred Johnson, Swedish
sailor on one of her fathers vessels. The
two loved and were married few months
later.
Johnson was amazed shortly after the
wedding to discover that his wife was ad-
dicted to drink. In due time two children
were born, the eldest being now years
of age.
Several weeks ago Johnson went to
Alaska on business. Knowing his wife's
weakness, he cautioned a friend TO look
after her during his absence, but Mrs.
Johnson soon found means to escape the
vigilance of her guardian. She would lock
up the children and then spend the night
in saloons. Finally the crash came, and
on Friday she was removed to the County
Hospital where the end came few hours
later.
Secretary McComb of the Humane
Society has taken charge of the two children
pending the arrival of the father from
Alaska. In the meantime they will be
cared for at q public institution.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-07
SILVER MASS MEETING.
Congressman Sibley and President
Warner to Speak at Metropo1-
itan Temple.

The mass meeting which advocates of
the free and unlimited coinage of silver
have been eagerly expecting to take place
in this City will be held tonight at Metro
politan Temple, the arrangements for it
having been completed yesterday by Com
mitteeman Chilstrom of the State Silver
League.
Both General A. J. Warner of Ohio and
Congressman Joseph G. Sibley of Pennsyl-
vania will speak. The former is President
of the American Bimetallic League and
Mr.. Sibley the silver men expect to nomi-
nate for President in 1896, if the Repub-
lican Ma tional Convention does not put
forward Senator Don Cameron or some
other on tspoken free silver man.
1t was expected that Senator w. M.
Stewart of Nevada would be here in time
for the meet ing, but it was found that he
could not possibly come to San Francisco
in time. Senator John P. Jones is ill in
New York at present.
At ton lights meeting the full San Fran
cisco com mittee of the State Silver League
will proba bly, be formed.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-07

out the road from Stockton to the STAINS.
laus River, exactly twenty-six and a hal1
miles southwark. Chief Engineer storey
returned yesterday after having gone over
the ground and mapped out the way tne
railroad will run. A generally level grouno
is chosen and the line takes direct course
with the exception of bend to avoid hllls
and very slight reflections to keep away
from Improvements as desired by Inc
Stockton Commercial Association. Inc
twenty-six and half miles will be staKeu
and ready for the grades long before the
Stockton franchise can be passed upon by
the Stockton Council According. to law
the franchise cannot be granted. before 10,
sixty days after application for 1t. Inc
time will expire on June Ii, and then
prompt action will be taken to secure
rights of way through Stockton for the
competing railroad. By that date the
Stockton Commercial Association expects
to have secured all rights of way TO the
begin in earnest.
Bids for locomotives have been SUBJ
mltted by several Eastern manufacturers
They are quite elaborate with photographs
and details of construction, ETC., and guar
antee to deliver the engines within tour 10
six weeks after the order is received. The
locomotives will cost between $4,000 and
$12, 600 each.
A meeting of the board of directors will
be held this afternoon, when the question
of ties, freightcars, locomotives and other
supplies will be considered.
The book for signatures to the stock
trust agreement was circulated yesterday,
and before noon $1,000 shares were signed
to be pooled in the trust The days work
closed with 10000 shares pledged to COM
bine in the stock trust
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-07
SOCIETY ALSO GUILTY.
Laurence Gron1und. the Socialist
Speaks His Mind on the Emman-
uel Church Murders.

Laurence Gronlund, the socialist lecturer,
made the murders in Emmanuel Church
the subject of an address to the Fabian
Society last night. He argued that indi-
vidualism was the cause of poverty and
crime, which under socialism could not
exist.
Professor Heron recites, very prop
erly," he said, "Cain's murder of Abel as
the first brutal assertion of individualism
His question, Am | my brothers keeper p
has ever since resounded down the GEN.
turtles.
sour civilization has so far been vain
search for an answer; not finding one, civ
ilization has been tragedy. Now we have
found it. Socialism is at length practical
BILE, and the answer is an emphatic yes.
1--WE are-society is-collectively respon-
sible for the Emmanuel Church murderer.
He oEce was red, pulpy infant, capa-
BILE of being kneaded into any social form
we chose But society stood aloof with
folded arms, neglecting him. Now, when
he has committed crime, the State grasps
him with its implacable arms and stran-
giles him.
'sUnder socialism our boys will no longer
be the most undisciplined of those of any
country, as now they are.
"Then every man will be enabled and
persuaded to marry when young.
Then women will not be in factories,
stores or shops as competitors with men.
"Then such boys alone as are morally
fitted will be admitted to medical studies.
''Then, Emmanuel peace will be with
us"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-07

three hours, when his wife failed to re-
turn, he became alarmed. He made in
quiries everywhere during the day, but all
efforts to trace the missing woman and
child proved fruitless.
''My wife is in the City somewhere" said
Mr.. Walin yesterday. 81 neglected to not
ify the police of the affair until to-day,
when I became convinced that my wife
had been induced to desert me by her SIS
ter, Miss Hannah Isaacson. My marriage
with Annie was opposed by Miss Isaacson,
and since that time she has been doing all
in her power to break up my home. AT
first Hannah denied any knowledge as to
the whereabouts of my wife, but from other
sources / have learned that she possesses
the secret.
II have implored her in vain to tell me
where my wife is hidden, but the only an
swer 7 received was that she had gone to
Finland. | know that to be false, for my
wife did not have the money necessary to
take such a trip. Some people may at
tribute their troubles to a mother-in-law
but in this case the disturbing element is a
sister-in-law."
Mr. Walin states that his wife has been
i'll recently, and acted so queerly at times
that he fears her child is in danger at her
hands. He has now placed the matter in
the hands of the police in the hope of
forcing his wife's relatives to reveal her
hiding place, which, he is convinced, they
are in position to do. They claim, how
ever, that they do not know where Mrs.
Walin is. and that they have not seen her
for nearly month. If this be true, the
mystery surrounding Mrs. Walin's disap-
pearance grows deeper.
A word to the wise housekeeper is suf-
ficient. Use the best-Dr. Prices Cream
poudar
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-07
MOTHER AND CHILD GONE.
Peculiar Disappearance OF
Mrs. Annie Walin and Her
Infant Son.
The Husband Charges That His
Wife's Relatives Caused Her
to Leave Him.

Mrs. Annie Walin, the handsome young
wife of o. Vain of IL Clara street, is among
the missing The distracted husband has
searched the City in vain, but thus far he
has obtained no clew to her whereabouts.
Mrs. Vain disappeared from her home
on April TO- On the morning of that day
she left her house with her three-month-
old baby boy, saying that she would re-
turn in an hour. Walin, who is employed
in a undergrad on the water front, was
at home on that day, and at the end of
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-07
WORK PROGRESSES FAST.
The Engineering Department Working Under
q Full Head of Steam,

There are now on the way from rolling
mills In Scranton, Pa, to California, two
shipioads of steel rails for the San Fran
cisco and San joaquin Valley Railroad.
The second shipment was made last Satur-
day. 1t weighed 1000 tons, the same as the
first lot, which has been on the sea for
more than month.
A letter was received at the Valley rail-
road eompany's office yesterday from
Scranton, stating that the mills were busy
rolling out rails for the new California
railway. Though it is not quite three
months since an order for 10000 tons of
steel rails was given, as much as 1000 tons
has been shipped, and the mills are bound
by contract to turn out and ship 1000 tons
month until the order is filed.
The engineers began yesterday to stake
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-07

"THE strength of Royal Baking Powder
is shown to be % per cent greater than any
other.
sAsa result of my investigations find
the Royal Baking Powder far superior to
any others. 1t is pure and contains none
but wholesome ingredients.
"F. X. VALADE, M. d."
Public Analyst, Ontario.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-07
A Stranger Bunkoed.

Two bunko men made the acquaintance, at
the ferry yesterday, of ]. Wallen, young man
from Virginia on his way to Red Bluff. They
took him to q secluded spot in Golden Gate
Park, where man was amusing himself at
the pea and shell game. Wallen in few
N inutes lost over 800 in gold, all the money
he had in his pockets, and the three men dis
appeared. He reported his loss at police
headquarters, and Policemen Graham and
Coleman are trying to find the bunko men.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-07

MANY receipts as published still call for
cream-of-tartar and soda, the old-fashioned
way of raising. Modern cooking and ex-
pert cooks do not sanction this old way. In
all such receipts the Royal Baking Powder
should be substituted without fail.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-07
A New Denartment

Furniture moved, stored, packed and
shipped at low rates by Morton Special
Delivery. Only experienced men EN-
ployed equipment first class. Offices, 81
Geary street and 40S Taylor str eet.