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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-15
He Wants His Back Pay.

A few years ago John NJ. Mcdonald was en-
ployed as clerk by the United States District
Attorney OF Helena, Mont, at salary of $500
a YEAR When the sum OF $1237 so was due
him he applied for his money, but the Govern
ment would not pay. He brought suit against
the United States in the Circuit Court OF Mon
tana and won Uncle sam still refuses TO nav
and has carried the case to the United States
Circuit Court OF Appeals
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-15
VOLUNTARY STATEMENT MADE BY CAPTAIN WILLIAM DAVIES
YESTERDAY

EDITOR "cALL"--Dear Sir: The report
published in your paper time ago tell
ing of how was coerced into giving evil
dence against the so-called rebels in
Honolulu contained mi takes 7 will
give the facts briefly.
was arrested a o clock i n the MORN
ing and was handcuffed by two soldiers and
Luther wilcox. I was put in solitary con-
finement and was threatened wi tn death by
W. o. Smi tn, Attorney-General, il did not
give testimony against the so-called
rebels. I gave the ties timony as request ted
under duress.
Tt was not true that triced up by
the thumbs or ortured, otherwise than by
soil tary conf inement. Wi tn that except on
your account Of how was induced to tes-
tify against the so-called rebels s cor
rect.
On the 5th Of the present month, about
o'clock in the morning, I was arrested
under martial law and taken to the Mar
shall office, when letter to the call"
disputing your former article, as repub-
lished in the Honolulu Advertiser, was
presented to and T was asked to sign
it. I did SO Of course. I had no choice.
The article little too strong, but
I was under martial law and I had to sign
it. The Government helped out of the
country by lending me money.
Respec fully,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-15

1t is reported by the steamship Arawa, which
arrived yesterday from Honolulu, that Captain
Nordberg of the schooner Anna was drowned
at Kahului He was boarding his vessel at
night in small boat and fen overheard. A
heavy sea was running and all attempts to
save MIN failed, and he was swept away 10 dis
in tha
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-15
A Mission Blaze.

frame dwelling at 131 Twenty-ffth street.
owned by c: Hellwig and occupied by D. Van.
The alarm was sent in from box 236 at In.a6
P. NJ. The origin of the fire is unknown. ~"-O
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-15

gramme is to send monster petition to
Washington signed by natives only and
headed by Liliuokalani herself, to the
United States Congress, asking for imme-
date annexation
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-15

SPONGE Fiber Gov. Blotting is best absorbent
known. Myself g. Rollins, SCI Clay, sole agents.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-15

Richard Burton, the Hartford poet, says
that dogs like Wagner's music.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-15

he had rendered to the Government by his
confession the sentence was committed to
perpetual exile l think that he got off
very easy, all things considered, because
public feeling against him ran up to fever
heat
When asked about the ex-Queen Mr.
Kinney said: "She is as comfortable as
any one can be in duress. She has an
elegant suite of rooms in the palace, and
is supplied with everything that she NAV
reasonably desire. OF course, she is
closely guarded, and will remain prisoner
for five years, but her prison is place of
comfort and luxury. She is held in duress
not as measure of punishment, but to
prevent prevent lntrigues and plots for further
revolutionary outbreaks"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-15
Great Plate Sale.

FIVE CENTS EACH FOR PURE WHITE
DINNER PLATES.
They won't last long at this price.
GREAT AMERICAN IMP. TEA CO. IS STORES
Other Inns nj cI,or,-
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-13
! KNUTE eIzED Up.
The ~. 81. Sun Tells Hbout
\. the New senator. n

Washington, Dec. "a Wash
ington dispatch to the New York
Sun today says: Knute Nelson,
senator from Minnesota, in taking
the seat Of Mr.. Washburn, is the
first Scandinavian to enter. the
senate. He and several others, in
GLIDING Jorgeson, Of Virginia, who
led the way, have sat in the house,
but no Norseman has before bad z
seat in the upper house. Nelson,
il person would be taken for q
canny New Highlander. He is OF
medium height, well. knit and act
i've. With his upper lip shaver,
his mouth has fair field to show
.its habitual smile. Achin adorned
with a Joshua Whitcomb beard
completes prepossessing face.
The new senator's voice is strong,
rich and resonant, and conquers
space in his public utterances. As
he came to America when only s
years old, and was educated IN
Wisconsin, he speaks English as
well as any of his fellow senators
can. It is said he has great diff
Guilty in talking Norwegian enough
TO make his claim to the support
5of 10000 Scandinavian votes in
Minnesota, yet he has always had
them solidly behind him and was
never beaten for any office.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-13

y. NJ. HannafOr1. traffic mama
ger of the Northern Pacific. has de-
clined an offer to 20 with the Erie
system. He ia one Of the brightest
railroad men in the country, and 1t
is hoped will sometime have an OPP
pOrtrnity to work for the Northern
Pacific under better advantages than
now exist in the affairs Of this COM
pany.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-13

~
Commenting on the fact that
several Southern states hav eplaced
in their laws by which
it will be possible to practically
5disfranchise the negro vote, the
Red Wing Republican suggests a
remedy by the passage Of a national
law allowinga state representation
IN IN congress and in the electoral
college only in proportion to the
votes cast in the state. That rem
edy would be worse than the pres
,ent or prospective condition. The
art to which tissue ballots and
other election frauds have been re-.
.duced in some Southern states
would soon result in such gigantic
popular votes that their power
would be greater than they can
gain by any system Of disfr:an n.
5chisement. The condition in the
South will some day work itself
out. -.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-13

Call for advertised letters and give date.
.s rETEr. NECYED, X. II
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-13
First Things.

Il Post Offices were established IN
1864. ": .,f5
3 The first watches were made at
Npremburg, Germany. IN 1477.
The first printing preas is claimed
tor Copenhagen. In 1893. NJ.
n Modern needles came intO use iii
1545.
n The first English newspaper was
published In, 1888. 's>' F
The,tirstcopper cent was coined in
New Haven In 1857. ..
Il The first steam engine in America
came from England in 1913.
+. The first lucfer match was made
In 1920.
+ The first steel pen was made IN
1880. 8 ~
E The tirst almanac was printed in
146O. .~ ses
L Omnihuscs were introduced in New
York city in 1880. ~a,.E<
+ Glass windows were first used in
England III the elEnt century. st
{, The first American newspaper was
published ut Boston IL 1880.
h The first t,legraphtc, instrument
was operated by Morse in 1895.
Il George Washington was first in
~ ar and first in peace. ... -
X The first railroad in the Uuited
States was opened IN 1870.
u The first iron steamship was built
in 1889
The first among Western railroads
Is the burlington.
The first thing 10 0n IL huyihg n
railroad ticket il to ASK your n:'"
to give Won one U:nr the But ling 'nl
Route: ii lie has none, take H., ull"r,
out write for tickets, rates, time
tables and all necessary informant ton
to w. j. G.. KENYON, Gen. Pass.
Agent. st. Paul, Mimi.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-13

President Cleveland has left it
to congress to guess how to in.
crease the revenues of the govern
ment 50 they will pay the running
expenses. Not only should con-
gress pass revenue laws that will
raise enough money to pay all reg
ular expenses, but the revenue
should be large enough to soon
pay off the bonds that the Demo.
cratic administration has issued.
The new bonds amount to $780,
COZ, 900, and they should be paid
as soon as possible and stop the
interest.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-13
advertised Letters.

List Of letters remaining unclaimed in the
poston1ceat Little Falls. Morrison county. MINI.
DEC. 10, 1895. which II not called for in two
weeks will be sent to the dead letter office:
Ash Mr.. Andrew
Bell Mr.. Z. ~
Carl and Carl 7..+.s
Casey Mr.. John
Jautcierz Mons Hukian O..
Janson John - "a . .asss2. ..- s.
Januzeskf Mr.. Antoine :. $5
Reed Mrs. Lizzie *as
Rickerson Mrs, Edward r.
schefier J. N. 81 &
WEIGH Nelson
Wallner Mrs. Kristina 81
Call for advertised letters and give date.
TETEr NECYED, X. II.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-13

There was quite a celebration at
the capital Of Kentucky Tuesday
over the inauguration of Gov.
Bradley, the first Republican gov.
ernor that site eye- had.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-13

+ We all know that any tired muscle
can be- restored by rest. Your
stomach il n muscle. Dyspepsia is
it's manner of saying II am tired.
Give me rest. To rest ne stomach
YOU must do it's work. "u'>ih" Of the
body.
E This is the Shaker. met mod I cur
ing indigestion. and It's success Ia
best attested bv M" fact tina, these
people are practically free from what
ia without doubt the most prevalent
Of all diseases. The Shaker Diges-
tive Cordial not only contains d.
5gested food which Ia promptly alb
AOrbet without taxing the tired d.
gestive organs, hut it IL likewise I'm
aid to the digestion Of other foods
In the stomach. A 10 cent trial bot
tie will convince Won III its merit,
and these you can obtain through
all druggists.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-13

St. Louis gets the Republican
national convention for 1896.
That party seems to have a prefer
ence for western cities.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-13

The private bank OF W. f. Lee,
at Long Prairie, will he 'eorganized
as q national bank soon after Jan. !.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-13
growing season:

Attorneys A. P. Blanchard and E.
p. Adams returned from st. Cloud
Tuesday evening. They were in st.
Cloud for the purpose Of arguing the
case OF Rodgers against the stock
holders of the Peoples Gas company.
The case was submitted on argu-
ment before Judge Searle. The mat
ter was taken under adyisement and
a decision is expected in few days.
A pleasing Operetta entitled
"Grandpa's Birthday and Album"
was given last evening at the NJ. E.
church. The singing was very pref
tily ldone by about twenty girls
and boys and included solos, DUETS
and choruses. Earnest Boyce repre-
scented "Grandpa." and often a pref
ty song was crowned by thechildren
in honor of his eightietl birthday.
Grandpa's album, containing pic
lures of the friends OF his youth, was
then exhibited. Some Of the pictures
bore striking resemblance to GER,
tain fair ladies and handsome gen..
tlemen OF our city. All were highly
appreciated, as was the whole enter
tainment.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-13

The people Of St. Paul have
taken great interest this year in a
move to decrease city expenses,
and the subject has been con-
stantly discussed in the papers.
The tax levy for expenses of 1895
will be $500, 900 less than for 1895,
but the real city expenses appear
to be about the same. Over $780,
.Oo0,of the saving comes from a
decrease in the amount Of certifi.
Gates of indebtedness to. be paid,
and $40, 900 less will be devoted to
payment of bonds. The schools
will have considerably Tess money.
City salaries and department ex-
penses remain practically the
same. ...o...
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-13

The starch factory at Cambridge
has made 500 tons Of starch this sea-
son, but has not sold any of 1t.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-13

The suggestion IN Cleveland $
message that the United States
should make an effort to receive
fairer treatment from Germany re-
garding tariff laws, has attracted
considerable attention in that
country. The German govern
ment has apparently made all es:
peeccial effort to prevent this
country from finding market for
its products, yet it sells vast guam.
titles Of goods to this country.
IA little more reciprocity is needed.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-13

1AXOl Ia the best medicine for chill
dren. Doctors recommend 1t In
place of Castor Oil.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-01-03
ITO BE Continued
Little Drops of wator.

The childish ditty beginning "Littlo
drops of water" is very forcibly in the
mind Of Boston printer. He occupies
rooms just over dealer in fancy goods,
on side street that runs from Ire
mont, off the Common. About two
weeks ago one Of the devils employed
by the printer was taken with fit
while he was washing at the sink, and
fell in heap on the floor. The result
was that the plush department of the
downstairs merchant was deluged,
the glove boxes, photograph albums,
etc.. being badly warped. A storm
followed, which was cleared away by
the payment Of nominal damages.
Last week the proprietor of the print
ing office himself was in the office one
evening, and being thirsty went to the
faucet. But the water had been shut
of, and, no stream following the OPEN
ing Of the stopcock, he forgot to close
1t, and went home. The water was
turned on before morning, and then
came q repetition OF the former expert.
ence. It was no use for the type-man
to point to the fact that the second
flood had warped the plush goods
back to their original shape. The
printer was moving when last heard
from
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-01-03
MY OWN.

Brown heads and gold around my knss
Dispute In eoSor play,
Sweet childish voices In my ear
Are sounding all the day:
Yet sometimes In sudden hush,
] seem to hear . tone
Such ss my little boys had boon
II had kept my own
And when, ofttimes. they como to ma
AZ evening hours grow long,
And bog me wfnninyly to give
A story or sony,
Isee pair Of star. bright eyes
Anon. the others shine
Tho eyes of him who ne 'er has heard
Story or song OF mino.
At ni-ht so my rounds and pause
Each whites .draped cot beside,
And note how flushed Is this ones cheek
How that ones ourls lie wide
And to a corn ton an tless
My swift thought ny apace-
That would have beon. II he had lived
Ny other dsrlinys plaoe
The years 10 fast my children soon
Within tho world OF men
Will hnd their work. and venture forth.
Not to return again:
But there Is one who cannot go
Ishnll not be alone:
The little boy who never lived
VIII always be my own.
Mary W. Plummer
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-01-03
MANAGER coLLBRAN GOES OUT
Sewers HIS Connection with tho Santa Fe
Company

Company.
Denver, Colo, Dec. 31.-On the LIST
of January H. Collbran will retire from
the position of general agent of the
Santa Fe in Colorado. He will be sut'
ceeded by A. p. Tanner, assistant gener-
al freight agent of the Santa Fe at To
peka. Mr.. Collbran will devote his en-
tire attention to the completion of the
Midland Terminal road and the deve!-
opment of the interests Of the line IN
which he Is one-fourth owner.
The news will be received with sur
prise by many friends Of Mr.. Collbran
who have known him during his exper-
ience of seven years as railroad officer
in Colorado. At the same time the un-
certainties of the Santa Fe reorganiza-
ton are SO great that friends of the
well known official will congratulate
him on taking charge of railway prop
erty that has been a paying invest
ment from the start and gives prom
ise of splendid results in the Immediate
future
Mr.. Collbran was seen at the Brown
hotel last night by reporter of the
News, and confirmed the report con-
cerning his resignation. He stated that
he felt it to be an opportune time to
devote his entire energies to the Mid
land Terminal ana MS successor on ehe
Santa Fe, Mr.. Tanner, would see that
the interests of that great system would
not suffer by the change. The resigna-
ton was forwarded to Chicago three
days ago, after mature deliberation on
the part of Mr.. Collbran.
1.-THE principal officers Of the Midland
Terminal will remain in Denver as
heretofore" said he, 'and there will be
no changes in the force. The Cripple
Creek camp is developing SO rapidly
that every effort will be made to COM
plete the Midland Terminal road at the
earliest day possible"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-01-03

I De QUINcEY once wrote an essay on
Murder considered as one OF the fine
arts" but it cannot be said that in
either Of the two recent cases much
skill was shown by the murderers in
covering up their tracks. In the Chi
cago case the old device Of boxing up
and sending away the body was re-
sorted to. In spite Of the fact that 1t
has so often failed, 1t seems to have q
peculiar fascination for criminals. II
was tried in the Cronin case, upon
which a great degree OF skill was
brought to bear, but the crime became
known; and 80 it has been In other
celebrated cases. The resources OF
murderers in respect to their after &C.
tion are few and they are frequently
tho means OF detection.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-01-03

London, Dec. 3O.-Severe weather has
prevailed throughout Great Britain
since Saturday, the heavy gale being
accompanied by hail and snow, render
Ing navigation along the coasts both
difficult and dangerous. All vessels
that could do SO made for havens of
shelter. Some Of them, however, did
not succeed in reaching port, but were
wrecked when almost in sight Of safe
ty.
This was the case Of the British bark
Osseo, Captain Boggs, which sailed
from Taltal. August Is, for Ardossan.
She made the long voyage safely until
this morning, when she was wrecked
on the Holyhead breakwater and ev-
cry soul on board of her, "a in all, were
drowned. The ship was caught in the
gallo In the Irish sea- The captain evil
IDENTIFY thought to run to Holyhead and
wait for the storm to abate.
Shortly before $3.50 this morning the
keeper Of the lighthouse at the seaward
end Of the long breakwater saw bark
come out of the gloom with her lights
burning brightly and under close storm
canvas. The wind was blowing a live
ly gale and terrific sea was running
before it. The bark, however, was
making as good weather of 1t as posi-
BILE, and was apparently being handled
in q most careful manner. How the
accident occurred is not exactly
known, but it Is surmised an extraor-
dinarily high sea lifted her when she
was quite close to the breakwater and
dashed her upon it. She struck amid
ships and Immediately began to break
up, the sea pounding at her furiously
the moment she became stationery.
The lighthouse keeper soon as he re-
allied what had occurred fired rocket
to call the coast guardsmen and life
boat men.
In the meantime the bark had brok-
en- into halves, the mainmast going by
the board. In its fall 1t strtlck several
Of the crew who were on the deck, kill
ing them instantly. Others Of the crew
had clambered Into the fore and ttiizzen
rigging to escape being washed over
board by the huge combers that were
making a clean breach over the wreck.
The coast guardsmen were the first to
reach the scene, nIid were followed
soon after by the life boat men, Above
the bowling of the gale could he heard
tho cries Of the men on the bark for
assistance. The coast guardsmen got
line aboard the wreck and 1t was
caught by one of the crew. Before he
could make 1t fast the fore and mizzen
masts were whipped of close to the
deck and everybody IN these rtggings
fell with them into the sea and were
drowned. The sailor who had caught
the line was crushed to death Under
one of the falling lnasts. After the
masts had gone by the board all was
silence on the wreck. and those on the
breakwater knew that all hands on the
bark had perished. In short time
nothing was visible seaward but brok.
en- spars and rattle of rigging attached
to them. During the day nine bodies
were recovered. Tho identity of the
bark was learned from some Of her pa
pers that were washed ashore. The
Osseo was commanded by Captain
r. Boggs. She was a steel vessel OF
1899 tons and was built In 1880 at Lon
donderry, from which port she sailed.
Her dimensions were: Length, 245 feet
inches; beam, SO feet 0 inches, and q
depth of hold of 81 feet inches. B.
II. McCorkle was her owner.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-01-03
Killed by an Alderman.

Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. 30.-Jim
Rushing, a brother Of Constable Rush
ing of this city, was shot and killed at
8 o'clock tonight by Martin McGrath,
an alderman from the Third ward, and
a former member of the police force
here. The shooting was done in n diff
ficulty in which John McGrath. a
brother of Martin, had become in
yolyed in n quarrel with Rushing, in
which they were apparently struggling
for the possession Of revolver. When
Martin McGrath was arrested he said
81 killed a man; had to do it." This
was all he would say.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-01-03

The criminal instinct is unerring.
and yet 1t may lead its possessor into
trouble. 1t was this instinct that In
duced q Brooklyn burglar to accost
two Brooklyn men and request their
cooperation in neat little scheme OF
robbery. It was not the fault of the
instinct that the two men happened
to be policemen for the time being,
and therefore that they found 1t more
to their interest to run him in than to
Join him in his foray. The moral
lesson derivable from this painful
story is that instinct, while unerring
In its intimations, has its limitations
as business directory.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-01-03

! The tenement house commission OF
New York is about to take up consecu-
lively the 148 tenement houses be.
longing to the Trinity church corpora
ton and either compel q thorough
overhauling of these pestilence-breed-
ers, or else discipline the Trinity cor
poration. Tho church Organization
realizes an annual income OF 5000, 900
from Its houses and thus far has abso-
lutely refused to make any modern
improvements in them. Tenants are
huddled together in. many of these
Trinity buildings with little more at
tention to their comfort and to sani-
tary laws than is given to cattle in
stables. The aim has been to get as
much for as little as was possible.
The New York authorities propose q
change in the Trinity administration.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-01-03

If the failure to cheer the kaiser is
to be made penal offense the s.xtute
should at least specify how many and
how loud the cheers must be and when
and where they are to be given. Nor
should it fail to fix penalty for the
fellow who fires his hurrah at the
wrong time or place. In this effort
TO regulate emotion by law the code
will never be complete without Sec
ton or two bearing on the perpetra-
ton OF college yells.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-01-03

The Suez canal, never closed by ice,
carries in q year about 10000, 900
tons. The $500" in the 234 days of the
past season when the canal was free
from ice carried 13,195,860 tons.
The Suez canal is for the commerce OF
tho whole world, the $500" for the
commerce of the United States and
what little Canada may have between
Lake Superior and her Eastern fresh
Watara