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The morning call., 1895-02-01
WORK " COMMTTTEE.
SererGL Bills Considered of Importance
to San Francisco.

to San Francisco.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 31.-A Renaissance of
the big railroad strike was brought up in
the Committee on Crimes and Penalties
to-day, when they discussed Bachman's
bill authorizing the commanding officer
of portion of the National Guard to use
discretion as to the propriety of firing into
any unlawful assembly he has been called
upon to suppress. The bill also relieves
such officer from any liability civil or
criminal for any acts done while on duty.
An additional clause forbids an officer to
fire blank cartridges at mob under pen
atty of being cashiered by sentence of
court-martial. A second section of the bill
makes it unlawful for any body of men to
drill or parade with arms in any city or
town of California without a license from
the Governor, although secret societies are
allowed to drill with swords Assembly
men Bachman and McKelvey, the latter of
whom is major in the National Guard,
appealed for favorable action, and told of
the importance such an act would have
had in clearing the depot at Sacramento
last July The bill was recommended for
passage.
George A. Knight was expected in the
capital to-day, but he did not turn up, and
the bill abolishing his position as attorney
to the State Board of Health and Board of
Health of San Francisco, which was recon-
mended for passage few days ago by the
Senate Judiciary Committee, was passed
upon favorably to-day by the Assembly Re-
trenchment Committee. The committee
also recommended for passage the bill re-
pealing the act establishing an attorney
for tn State Board of Harbor Commissions
ers in San Francisco. Another bin recon-
mended tavorably was one abolishing the
Bureau for the Compilation of Labor Sta
tistics, which has been the cause of much
improbable expenditure during the last
few years. McKelvey's bill allowing a
bounty of So on coyote scalps was sum-
marty suppressed.
The bills regarding the property at the
cot of Market street were considered by
the Assembly Committee on Commerce
and Navigation to-day. They recon-
mended for passage the bill empowering
the Harbor Commissioners to condemn the
lot belonging to the Frank estate at the
former of Market, Sacramento and East
streets. The bills laying out the west side
Of East street and authorizing the Com
missioners to trade that property for the
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THE ENGLISH BREAKFAST,
Reason Why the Viands at This Meal
Are Cold.


The English breakfast is meal not IN
derstood by us. 1t may be served in the
dining-room or in the library. It is more
often son call' than en- famille, and there
is total absence even in the highest
circles, of formality in dress or in service.
The viands are, for the most part, cold.
The English will tell you that this is be-
cause they have learned that cold meats
are more digestible than hot, and that it is
vulgar to eat a heavy meal early in the
day, but shrewd observer attributes their
preference to a combination of lazy SER
wants and old-fashioned stoves, which rem
ders it difficult to get a 'heavy meal early
in the day.
Where hot dishes are used they are apt
to be minced veal" or few thin, crisp
slices of Irish bacon. These, with new laid
eggs, invariably boiled or steamed, which
latter is done at table, are all that are
within reach. The cold meats, consisting
OF ham, tongue, "collared head, etc., are
placed on the sideboard. As no servant is
expected to be in attendance at this meal,
the gentlemen of the family go back and
forth from table to sideboard, serving those
who ask for helpings.
The thoughtless, uninitiated American
might object to such confusion and incon-
venience, but John Bull delights in affec-
tation of simplicity, and accompishes in
formality in his usual clumsy fashion.
Such a convenience as table-bell is an I'M
known article of furnishing. Should the
servant by any chance be wanted when
out of the room, even at dinner, the mis-
tress will rise from her chair and cross to
the mantel by the side of which is an cleo
trio button, or bell punch, communicating
with the Observation-Disclosures Item.
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CHILDREN OF 4 COUNT KIDNAPPED
Chapters iS1 Romance Connected With
Ttco Noble Russian Families.

Chapters SSt q Romance Connected With
TsCo Noble Russian Families.
CHICAGO, Jan. 31.-A message sent out
from the Thirty-6rst-street Police Sta
ton last night brings to light an in
teresting story with many romantic fea-
lures involving two families prominent
among the nobility of Russia. The mes
sage requested the police of the city to look
out for the two children of Count Lozenios
Smitka, who, it is said, have been kid
mapped.
The children are Minnie and Eddie,
aged II and 10 years respectively. 1t is
said that agents of their grandfather,
Count Philip ACKNOWLEDGMENT of War
saw, Poland, have carried off the children
and taken them back to Warsaw.
Count Lubenoski is Smitka's father-in-
law, and it is said that the children are
heirs to an estate in Poland. In 1880
Smitka lived with his parents on their an
cestral estates at Cracow. At the Imperial
court, it is said, he met the daughter of
Count Lubenoski.
They became enamored of each other,
but because of feud between the two
families of long standing they were for
hidden each others society. This, however,
did not prevent clandestine meetings, and
finally the lovers eloped. They succeeded
in reaching New York. They had con-
siderable money, and for several years
lived in comparative affiuence.
In 1890 the Count was left widower and
the children motherless, for since their
arrival in New York two children, boy
and girl, had been born. Then the Count
came to Chicago, his circumstances mean
while becoming poorer.
He was forced to obtain situation as
waiter in downtown restaurant, and in
this way has supported his children, until
recently he has been i'll and unable to care
for them. Count Philip has heard of the
poverty of his relatives and made several
proposals TO take charge of the children
but Count Smitka would not permit him to
do so.
When the father was no longer able to
work and there was no food in the little
rooms at 900 James street, the children
were sent to the various souphouses and
places where charitably disposed persons
were giving out relief, and it was on an
errand of this kind that the two children
started yesterday morning and did not re-
turn home. 1t is not the first time that an
attempt has been made to kidnap them,
the father says, and he, being suspicious,
reported the matter to the police.
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GAMBLERS GIVE UP THE GHOST.
Kansas City, Kans., No Longer the Scene
of Their OperutioHs.

of Their Operations.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 91-The last of the
horde of gamblers and lottery fakirs who
have for years infested Kansas City, Kans.,
practically unmolested by the authori-
ties, have at last moved out. This ends
the crusade begun against them last sum-
mer and brought up in the Legislature
as soon as it convened at Topeka this ses-
sion. The anti-vice associations hopes
were embodied in the Cubbison Anti
gambling bill, measure most sweeping
in its nature, and when it finally passed, the
gamblers across the line from here, by COM
mon consent, gave up the ghost and fold
ing their tents quietly stole away. The
word was passed along the line that when
the bill should have been passed
authorities would enforce the law to the
letter. The lotteries had already been
scared out and the enactment of the law
once more places the twin city on high
moral plane.
Many of the gamblers, it was said, would
transfer their operations to this city, but
the local police declare they will not be
permitted to stop here, and they would
doubtless spread out over the country.
In the Legislature while it was up the
Cubbison bill was antagonized by strong
lobby representing gambling interests, but
the outspoken utterances of the news
papers concerning these individuals multi
fed the effectiveness of their work.
The morning call., 1895-02-01
CINDERELLA.
The Original Was Known to the Ancient
Egyptians.

Egyptians.
That the ancient Egyptians were novel
lists and readers of novels was what no one
suspected till Nine. d'Orbiney purchased
her famous papyrus in 1857. The Egyptolo-
gists of Europe were, in fact, fairly scandal
lied to find that these "grave and reverend
signors," whose mummies were so emf
nently respectable, had tastes as frivolous as
our own. Since that time many more
specimens of ancient Egyptian fiction have
come to light, tales of adventure by land
and sea, tales of enchantment and magic,
even historical romances and ghost stories.
These discoveries have cast new light
upon the early history of literature. They
show us that Egypt was not only the
birthplace of all our arts and all our sci
ences, but that the Valley of the Nile was
in truth the cradle of romance.
1t was from Egyptian sources that
Herodotus. derived many a narrative
repeated as history, and it is from
these sources that the Arab story-tellers
Of the middle ages drew many an
incident familiar to us ali in the
pages of ''The Thousand and One
Nights" "The Shipwrecked Mariner"
(who, by the way, performs the astonishing
feat OF sailing up the Nile as far as Nubia
ana tnence gaming the open sea- is cast,
like Sinbad the Sailor, upon an island
peopled by serpents. General Tahuti, in
story called "The Taking of Joppa," in
PRODUCES his soldiers into the beleaguered
city by means of strategem less success
fully attempted in after ages by the Forty
Thieves"-.-that is to say, he conceals GER
tain number OF men in big jars, which are
carried by others of their comrades dis
guised as captives laden with booty. Once
inside the gates the intended captives lib
crate the soldiers in the jars and take pos
session OF Joppa and its inhabitants.
In "The Story of the Doomed Prince"
whose father isolates him in a castle on the
top OF mountain in order to defeat the
fulfillment of fatal prophecy, we recognize
the central incident of the tale of "Prince
Agib, the Third Royal Mendicant," and
in the story of Rhodopis, as told by Herod-
otus, the Egyptian original of Cinderella
and the little glass slipper.-The Contempt
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DEATH OF JUDGE HOAR.
Close of the Career of a Distinguished
Statesman of Massachusetts.

Close of the Career of a distinguished
Statesman of Massachusetts.
CONCORD, Mass, Jan. 31.-Judge E. Rock
wood Hoar died at 7:30 o'clock this
evening.
Ebenezer lockwood Hoar was born. in
Concord, Mass, February 16, 1916, was
graduated at Harvard in 1885, studied law,
was admitted to the bar in 1910, and prac-
ticed in Concord and Boston He was a
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in
1885 and of the State Supreme Court in
1S59-69.
From March, 1869, till July, 1870, he was
Acknowledgement of the United States. He
was member of the joint high commits
sion which framed the treaty of Washing
ton with Great Britain in 1871, and served
as representative in Congress from Mas
sachusetts from December 1, 1873, till
March 8, 1875, having been chosen as a
Republican.
He was the son of the distinguished
Captain Samuel Hoar of revolutionary
fame and brother of Senator George FRS
bic Hoar.
The morning call., 1895-02-01

corner lot owned by the Frank estate were
reported back for action by the Assembly
without recommen dation.
The Committee on Hospitals and Asy-
lums held brief meeting "a which they
decided to recommend an appropriation OF
S25 900 for the Asylum for the Deaf and
Dumb and Blind instead of the $4,000
asked for.
A bill forcing all independent candidates
not only to file an account of their election
expenses but to have committee to pass
on the same was recommended for passage
by the Committee on Election Laws. They
also reported favorably on bill making
the trading ofvotes at political conventions
a misdemeanor.
A Joint meeting of the Senate and As
sembly Committees on Rivers and Har-
bors and the executive committee of the
California River Improvement Association
was held in the Assembly chamber tonight
to discuss the suggestion made by Hon.
Grove L. Johnson, representative from Sac
ramento that the Congressional Commit
tee on Rivers and Harbors be extended an
invitation by the Legislature to visit Cali
fornia and inspect the rivers and harbors
here
The members of the River Improvement
Association, who comprise the leading
merchants and professional men of Sacra-
mento, urged that it would be a matter of
economy to pay the expenses of this COM
mittee to get them to come to California
and learn the actual needs of the State.
This, they urged, would bring to Congress
realization of the real condition of affairs
A resolution presented by DR.. Dixon of
Sacramento that bill be prepared to ask
such an appropriation was carried with
but one dissenting vote.
Major Heuer, United States engineer,
was condemned on all sides as being OPP
posed to every step in the way of improve
ment.
Dinkelspiel's bill providing an official
stenographer for the Coroner in San Fran
cisco was passed upon unfavorably by the
Assembly Committee on County and
Township Government.
The Committee on Harbors and Rivers
will report favorablyi on the bill to con-
denim the triangle at Sacramento and East
streets as a site for bridge to the prposed
ferry depot. This committee heard Fred
S. Stratton, the attorney for the Board of
Harbor Commissioners, last night on this
proposition and decided in accordance with
his recommendation. The other bills re-
lating to East street and the water front
went to the Judiciary Committee.
The morning call., 1895-02-01
Trottino on, the Ice.

NEwBURGH, N. Y, Jan. 31.-Orange Lake
Will tomorrow initiate the sport OF trot-
ting ON the ice. There will be two races.
The first will be for horses of the three
minute class, and the second event will be
a free-for-all.
Purses will be awarded in each race to be
trotted the best out of five. A number OF
the best local steppers will compete. The
Donoghues are not going to Montreal on
Saturday and they and the Johnson COM
blnatlon will be out for all the prizes.
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IoEMEN ON A STRIKE.
They Take Advantage of Ideal Weather on,
the Hudson.

KINGSTON, N. Y, Jan. 31.-This is ideal
weather for the Hudson River ice and it is
now in full progress at every point. These
nights have made excellent ice and the
cakes now being housed are from to IL
inches thick.
1t is estimated that about 150, 600 tons per
day are being stored in the various houses
on the river. Five hundred men in the
employ of the Glasgow Company at Glas-
Cow have struck for 50 per day instead of
81 IS. They were joined by 400 men from
the house of Oaks & Thomas. Some of the
companies are already paying these wages,
and their men will not be molested.
The morning call., 1895-02-01
Wamt Their Cruiser Back.

GUAYAouIL, Ecuador, Jan. 3l.-The dis
orders which have arisen owing to the sale
OF the cruiser Esmeralda to japan are be-
coming more serious. The troops have
tired upon mob, killing several persons.
The morning call., 1895-02-01

to-day with extradition papers issued by
Governor Altgeld and started home with
the girl. Young Hammer was under ar
rest at Lincoln, charged with an attempt
to assault his cousin. He was released
upon $500 bond and she is charged with
having received money from him as an in
ducement to fail to appear to prosecute
him.
The morning call., 1895-02-01
JUNKETERS RECEITED IN STYLE.
TalIyho Rigs for the TJsitors to South
ern California.

Los ANGELES, Jan. 31.-Handsome tai
lyho rigs awaited the arrival this afternoon
at the railroad depot of the joint Legis-
lative committee that is visiting Southern
California. The party was met by trustees
of the Normal School and the Whittier
Reform School and were driven to the
Normal School, which was thoroughly in
spected by the committee. After the vari-
Gus needs of the school had been pointed
out, the party repaired to the vehicles and
were driven about town.
The morning call., 1895-02-01
Provisions for Nebraska.

ATLANTA, Ga, Jan. 31.-The last car of
provisions contributed by Georgia was sent
to the Nebraska sufferers to-day, making
twenty-five cars in all.
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Saint Bridget's Feast Postponed.

To-day is the anniversary of the feast of
st. Bridget, but the celebration will not be
held until Sunday morning, when high
mass will be said and sermon delivered
6y Archb 2l Riordan in Saint JAIN Bridget's
at IL o'clock.
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short distance from the railroad depot, and
well-known to the travelling public, was
destroyed by accidental fire at O'Clock
yesterday morning. The building was IN
sured for only $1,000. The contents were
nearly all consumed and were insured for
$500.
The morning call., 1895-02-01
Mother and Daughter Burned to Death.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 31.-Mrs. Christian
Zindlinger and her year-old twin daughter
were burned TO death early to-day in a
house at 1929 Kansas street. The mother
ran back into the house, after being res
cued, to save the children.
The morning call., 1895-02-01
KATE DUGAN's CONSPIRACY.

A Girl Who accepted Money Not to Prose-
cute Her Cousin.
Fort ScoTT, Kan, Jan. 31.-The Sheriff
Of this county has arrested Katie Dugan, a
15-year-old girl from Lincoln, ILL.,, charged
with conspiracy. He also made an attempt
to arrest her cousin, Frank Hammer, but
the latter fled.
officer H. L. Pierce arrived from Lincoln
The morning call., 1895-02-01
Revolt in Peru

LIMA, Peru, Jan. 31.-The insurgents
have seized Arequipa.
The morning call., 1895-02-01

BLANK BOOKS and letter heads, envelopes
and writing papers; good and cheap. San
The morning call., 1895-02-01
The Boynton House burned.

CALIsToGA, Jan. 31.--The Boynton House,
two-story wooden structure, located q
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APPROPRIATE wedding presents, clocks,
piano and banquet lamps, onyx tables and
framed pictures; lowest prices. Sanborn,
Vail a. Co.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-12
TACoMA's WATER SUPPLY.
An Attempt to- Defeat the City's Claim
To Carbon River.

Tacoma. Dec. Especial. George 4.
Kline. an emplcye of the White River
water Power Company. today filed noti-e
OF APPROXIMATION OF LOO cubic feet Of water
Der second in the Carbon river. The point
OF diversion Is in the southeast corner OK
the southwest quarter OF the northeast
quarter OF section s.. township Is north,
range 6 east According 20 the notice the
water is To be used for mining, manutac-
turing and power purposes. aac Is 10 re
carried bv fumes 10 the southwest quar-
ter az section -. iu the township and range
Given. As Enxiueer Talbot : r.ghtS 70 ,he
waters OF Carbon river are some mics
above the claim posted by Kline. the'e
may he a Jaw SUIT when the ciiS begins 10
use thc Carbon river. as proposed 10y Mt
Talbot. for power purposes. The latter
r.-f.ts fo Tire water of Carbon and other
streams have been assigned 10 the ciy'
sut Nfr Talbot left az o'clock today, VITA
thrre .stsnts. 20 Begin the Work 81 de-
,elonrnerr Part OF the rights assigned 20
tho CITY expire December y. unless actual
y,o-l 8 heeuc before that time.
T,,,~snant 20 the Instructions 81 the board
~ o,1h1i.. works. Mr. Talbot has hlef claims
-, Craruss river ana Canada creek. ana
about a dozen tributaries % these streams.
t.henuis river and Canada creek are %
neved 20 have a capacity ior supplying
city OF 2o@o people
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-12
Pitcher Thornton Banooetea.

Arlington. Dec. Special.-IAast night
q Tisnt royal banquet was given by the
Twin City Base Bah Club in honor OF
after Thornton, formerly Snoh0nlsh
BOY nut now a big Lacquer OF Chicago.
ne happy occasion was celebrated az the
New Arlington hotel. where. win song
and toast and playful repartee, good fel-
lo~sfaip relgned supreme until the small
hours OF the morning. The many admirers
or the famous soaithpaw were pleased 20
note that his recent brilliant success on
the diamond had in no wise turned his
mead, and that he Is the same jolly. big
hearted fellow as OF y0Fe. lis fluent. wit
~ speech Ia response to a toast convinced
MS auditors that he was not only an ath-
iete Of heroic mould. bu; also gave prom
lse or some day being a worthy rival Of
Depew as an after dinner speak er.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-12
SHERIFF TAN>EN'S JOLLY JAIL.
The Keepers Played Poker aud PIN
Ochte With Tho pr.tsan,,s--s


ochte With the Prisoners.
New York. Dec. 1.-The trial today OF
Sheriff Hansen. charged with criminal neg
Egsncs IN allowing the three postofscs
robbers, Russell. X slioran and Allen. % -
cape from the Ludlow street 5ag. reveal
81 facts anything bur complimentary 20 the
cusfo1lsns OF the prisoners al tAe jzL
Ol1 BIZ Ncsburx. \ notorious confidence
man and father-la-law Of Russell. vas fhe
principal witness. He told Row he had
been given a pass 10 the iam. which TIE
doorkeeper never took up. and how he had
visited the jail as often as I've times A
week. taking liquor. money and firearms
70 the prisoners. He was never searched
Six DAYS before thu escape he carried n
three reviewers. which ne gave TO the prs
oaers IN the jail yard 4 keeper stood near
BY n the doorway az the time.
on croSS-exanlination NosburSy admitted
the part he recently played In swIndHng
Farmer Cinfel, OF Nebraska. who paid $50
for ss.'o worth Of green goods. Nosaurg
explained that he did not -sSn Cinfel coun-
terfeit money. but. as ne Explained only
a box fun OF green paper. with 81 bills GA
top" He admitted that his purpose was
10 swindle the WesTerner out OF his s5so.
John AiahGn, who was a prisoner at
Ludlow street jail in June last. explained
that pinochle and poker were favorlte
games among the warden and the star
prisoners The keepers also took part.
This closed the case for the prosecution.
Gen Tracy. OF the defense. at once rass-
ed the question OF the state courts turis-
diction over Federal prisoners. He moved
TO dismiss the case against Sheriff Tamsen.
Judge Allison decided to hear arguments
on that point tomorrow.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-12
Chicago Grain >windler-s Flee.

San Francisco. Dec. 1l.-Postal Inspector
Irwin has been working for several
months TO obtain evidence with which 20
convict several Chicago firms Of using the
mails 10 aid them in confidence grain
market scheme. Complaints reached the
local inspectors early in October that
Thomas * Co. of the Rialto building. Chi
cago, and Pattinson & Co, OF the Omaha
building In the same city. were really one
firm, and that they had been flooding the
mails in California with grain gambling
advertisements Of a more dangerous bunko
nature than the hodest Of the green goods
swindlers. Inspector Stuart, OF Chicago.
who assisted Inspector Irwin in the
search, reported that the room occupied
by Thomas & Co. was vacant, and that
the members of the firm had fed