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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-05
LABOR FIGHTING CAPITAL.
Aggressive War Waged on Every
Turn.
EVEN UNCLE SAM TAXES A HAND.
President Norton Arrested for Carrying
Mail Signs on Cars Not Used for
Transporting Mail.

ALBANY, n. Y, Feb. 4-The hearing on
the action brought on behalf OF the
Brooklyn strikers to annul the charter of
the Brooklyn Heights Company, because
of its failure to operate its lines, was re-
sumed before Acknowledgement Hancock
to-day.
1t is not probable that Acknowledgement
Hancock will render a decision on the APP
plication for several days.
When the meeting of the Board Of Alder
men adjourned a committee consisting of
four members of District Assembly, No.
rs, Knights of Labor, called upon Mayor
Schieren at his office to urge the Mayor to
sign the resolution which was passed by
the Board of Aldermen.
The committee was received. by Secre-
tary Palmer, and he went in and asked the
Mayor what he proposed to- do. The
Mayor replied:
"When this resolution comes before me
on Wednesday next in the regular way,
will have something to say ABOUT it. 1 de-
cline to say in advance what shall do"
Secretary Palmer informed the delega-
ton of the Mayors answer and they then
expressed a desire to see the Mayor person
ally. Secretary Palmer Informed his
Honor of the committees wish and he
came out and reiterated the message deliv-
cred by his secretary. The delegation
then withdrew.
Everything was quiet This afternoon
about 4:30. The strikers have been ex-
horted by their leaders moi to make any
breach of the law, and they are carrying
this wish out to the letter.
Judge Gaynor, in the Supreme Court
chambers late this afternoon, handed down
a decision on the application for writ of
mandamus against the Atlantic Avenue
Company.
The application was made by James
O'Conneu, a mineral-water bother, who
claims to have suffered great financial loss
because the company has not operated its
cars as fully as they wer operated prior
to January 4. Judge Gaynor allows the
company twenty days in which to make
answer before Judge and jury.
New York, Feb. 4.-Preiident BENJAMIN
Norton of the Atlantic Railroad Company,
was arraigned before q. s. Commissioner
Morle of Brooklyn, this afternoon
charged with the violation of a United
States statute in DISPLAYING United States
mail signs on trolley cars that were not
carrying mail.
United States District Attorney Bennett
appeared for the prosecution. Ex-Judge
Morris, counsel for Mr. Norton, contended
that the agreement with the Government
provided that they mustlbe ready to carry
mail on all trains or cars, and while, per-
haps. there might have been cars without
mail actually on them the cars which the
sign was put on had been engaged in carry
ing mail.
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BEV. sc4R1ErS ROMANCE.
Another LINK added by His Marriage OF
His Homsekeeper's Daughter.

another link added by His Marriage of
HIS Housekeeper's Daughter.
PORT JARVIS, n. Y, Feb. 4.-The we'd
ding of the Rev. George Washington Scar
let, pastor of the Reformed Church, and
Miss Laura Tauce, the 19-year-old daugh-
ter of his housekeeper, adds an
other link to the chain of romance with
which the dominic is connected. His life
has been a continued romance from the
time he and his brother, John Adams
Scarlet, were found parentless at tender
age and taken to an orphan home in New
ark, n. J. Their antecedents seemed to
be shrouded in mystery, and they were
too young to tell their own story or give
their names. Because of the red kits
which they wore, they were called Oscar
let" and the name George Washington
was given to the elder, while John Adams
was the honored name applied to the
younger.
A Hunterdon (Pa) County farmer Wis
tied the place with view to taking a lad
home with him. George Washington was
recommended. His bright eyes and good
looks gave him decidedly proposing ap-
pearance and he became a member of this
mans household. 1t happened that a
year later another farmer from that county
in need of a boy applied to that in
stitution and John Adams was fortunate
enough to secure a private home for him
SELF For two years the boys were uncon-
sciously within a few miles of each other.
They were sent to Rutgers college.
There they made good records and were
encouraged to study for the ministry.
Their professional studies ended, they
married sisters and entered upon the active
duties of their chosen calling
The first wife of the Rev, G. w. Scarlet
died about six months ago from injuries
sustained in fall. The sentiment of the
congregation against the dominic for mar
rying his housekeeper's daughter so soon
after the death Of his wife was so strong
that he resigned his charge. The Rev.
John Adams Scarlet is in Gilbos, N. Y.
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arrive here Wednesday, when the contract
will be closed. The service will probably
be inaugurated about May 1.
BALLooNs FOR THE ARMY.

The additional 4eronGI Engine of Var
to Be Built in This Country.
New YORK, Feb. "A special dispatch
from Washington to morning paper says:
The army is to have another balloon,
and it is thought the aeronal engine of
war will be made in this country. Cap
tain GIassford of the Signal Corps, who is
stationdd at Denver, has recommended
that material for a balloon be purchased
and that the construction be done at Fort
Logan, Colo, where there is'a company of
expert balloonists attached to the signal
corps. He estimates the cost of balloon
made in this country at about 500, or
about one-third the amount of which was
paid to the French maker of the balloon at
present used in the service.
General McCook, in command of the
Department of Colorado, has approved the
recommendation, and it is likely that
General Greedy, the chief signal officer,
will instruct Glassford to purchase the
material needed 1t has also been de-
cided to build gas plant at Fort Logan,
Colo, where gas stored in iron cylinder will
be prepared for shipment to any point
where a balloon may be located.
Captain GIassford, who may be called
the balloonist of our army, is greatly in
terested in this feature of the signal corps.
He believes that there is great deal in
the subject and that at no distant day
those Governments which spend money
for experiments, such as France, will go
into the matter more deeply, following the
line of Maxim's Investigations.
The balloon is of little value except as a
captive observation car. It's bulk presents
too large a surface to the wind to make it
manageable for war purposes. But as a
means of observation it has proved
of sufficient value to warrant the
construction OF a second balloon for use
in service. Experiments were made as far
as possible with the existing balloon, but
with the limited means at hand it is only
possible to make few accents at favorable
seasons, more as an instruction for the
men than to develop any theories of aerial
navigation.
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new edition of the story was printed and
the crack clipper was again associated with
the alleged infamy of her skipper.
Nothing came of the tale of cruelty to
the crew and the Cakes sailed again for
this port. Now she lays in her berth at
the Howard-street pier. The crew tell of
III days of i'll usage, short rations, hard
work and the usual misfortunes that befall
those who go down to the sea IL the fore
castle of ships, but the eliminating part
of their narrative is the death of ship
mate, Frederick Owens, an old pensioned
sailor of the United States Navy
Owens, according to their statement, be-
came sick and was unable to leave his
berth. He was dragged out on deck,
beaten and forced to work, cleaning the
brasswork, by First Mate Long and Second
Officer Ross. The unfortunate seaman was
driven from his bunk to work about the
decks till he died.
Gwen then the heartlessness of his per-
secutors followed him. He was hastily
sewed up in piece of old topgallant sail,
and though it is customary to back the
maintopsail, checking the ships speed, out
of respect for the dead during funeral at
sea, the Captain kept his vessel plunging
ahead on her course while the canvas
shrouded form rolled into the deep.
First Mate Long read the burial service,
but he was unable to find the proper page
in the ritual, and, with an oath at his own
stupidity, ordered the body overheard.
Notwithstanding the Cakes carried a
complete assortment of medical stores,
Owens was given only large doses of sui
phate of magnesia, the most drastic treat
ment an invalid in his condition could be
subjected to.
Boatswain Burns was charged by the
captain as being incompetent and disrated
Shortly after he was assaulted by the mates
and savagely beaten until his blood
streamed over the deck.
The cabin-boy, Zippler, although not a
forecastle hand, took his mistreatment
with the men forward and was kicked and
cuffed.
''They had three cats in the cabin" said
Seaman ]. T. Stevens, 'and those animals
lived on the fat of the land-or rather sea-
when we were half starved. One day I
saw sailor steal the plate of meat, pota-
toes and milk which the cats were eating.
He carried it into the forecastle and had a
Thanksgiving dinner. We always watched
the cats feed, and when the mates were not
in sight robbed the felines. We were
hungry all the time and often weak from
want of food"
Upon the morning of the vessels arrival
in this port Second Mate Rose and the car
penter, who had been most assiduous in
lending hand when the mates started out
to abuse the crew, suddenly disappeared
and cannot be found. The first officer has
left the ship, and a new mate has been en-
ployed.
Captain Reed was arrested upon the COM
plant of James Murphy, who charges him
with cruel treatment of Owens and others
of the crew. He was released under a
$3.50 bond, given by Lewis T. Snow and
Warren D. Clark. His examination will
take place before Commissioner Heacock,
Wednesday morning.
The captain denies the stories told by
the crew, and bitterly reproached Murphy
with iupratitllde
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AN EX-SENATOR's HOME.
1t Is in Washington, and Was Once a
Church.

An ex-senator of the United States lives
in a church in Washington, and seems to
like it. The peculiar thing about it is that
the church in question is still in condi-
ton which would permit of the words of
truth being uttered every Sunday from the
sacred desk, and that the ex-senator is one
of the wealthiest men in Washington, and
could afford to dwell in the finest mansion
in the city, with all the retinements of CIV
ilization. Everybody knows the pictur-
esque and vine-clad little church on Mas
sachusetts avenue, at the intersection of
Eighteenth and streets. For the last
few days ex-senator Van Wyck, his wife
and young daughter have made it their
home.
Mrs. Van Wyck owns the property, it
having been bought by her husband and
presented to her as a little after-dinner
favor the day they were leaving Washing
ton for Nebraska, at the conclusion of the
latter's senatorial career. 1t has been the
scene of High Church Episcopal and Swe-
denborgian services, but lately has been
idle.
When Mr.. and Mrs. Van Wyck came
here month ago to attend to repairs then
in progress upon their own property the
former suggested that they camp out in
Jnelr empty cnurCn MI. v an w ycK mas
horror of mounting steps, and thought it
would be great scheme to live on the
ground floor.
So they moved to the church and divided
off the auditorium by imaginary lines into
parlor bedrooms, dining-room and pic
ture gallery. The pictures they had stored
away here in plenty, and shopping ex-
petition quickly provided the necessary
furniture. The vestry was turned into a
kitchen, and the shining pipes of the organ
and the decoration of the chancel helped
out the art gallery. Rugs, lamps, small
tables, easy-chairs and sofas dot the space
all around, and papers and books are in
profusion.
With plenty of servants and every COM
fort possible, the hi household Us spends the
and likes it SO well that 1t is probable the
church will become its winter home.-New
York Recorder.
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HE HELPED P4RKHURST,
And Notc He Wants to Head Crusade
In Omaha.


OMAHA, Feb. A crusade of character
similar to the New York affair is threat
ened in Omaha. 1t is directed by Rev.
Alexander F. Irving of New York, who
claims to have been one of Parkhurst's
most active leutenants.
The Grand Jury convened to-day and the
reformers have had many prominent per-
sons subpenaed. One result already is no.
ticed in the abandoned women scattering
from prescribed limits previously observed
all over the city, to the alarm of the re-
spectacle element. Among other dis
closures the committee have made are that
several of the policemen who have served
long terms on the force are reputed
to be worth from $4,000 to 100000.
many officers upon entering the
department being comparatively poor and
now supporting handsome bank accounts.
Whether it can be shown that the bank
accounts grew from increased real estate
values or bribery remains to be proven.
On the other hand it is quite well known
that many officers were very well fixed
long before they went on the force.
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mortuary chapels prayers never cease, the
monks relieving one another at intervals
of two hours. By far the greater number
are employed in manual labor; some are
busted with the administration, the hos
pitfalls, the Libraries; a few are scholars or
artists.
There is nothing monkish in their dress,
whichis the Albanian costume-a shirt and
kilt of closely pleated white cloth, dark
Jacket covered with gold braid, CATERS
with gilt buttons, and a gray sash, in which
are stuck many weapons.
The community governs itself in consid-
Grafton of a yearly tribute to the Turkish
Government. Russians, Servians, Bulga-
rians and Roumanians have foundations
among the monasteries and contribute to
their support, as do orthodox Greeks all
over the world. The governing body, the
Probation, is republican in form, being q
committee of one representative from each
of the twenty monasteries elected Tor Jour
years.-New York Sun.
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The EDic British Oueen

There is at least some possibility of dis
covering some relic of Boadicea in the
tumulus at Parliament Hill, provided al
ways that it was really her burial-place.
Tacitus, in his account of the famous bat
tie and the speech she made prior to it, de-
scribes with some detail great gold chain
she wore about her waist. If she were
buried as became queen-and neither
Romans nor Britons would have buried
her otherwise-that chain was probably
buried with her. A gold chain of massive
workmanship, chain perhaps as large as a
Mayors chain of Office, might lie beneath
the earth from Neros time till now, and
be little the worse for its entombment It's
finding would not be much more wonder
full than the finding of Alfred's jewel at
Athelney, something less than century
ago. 1t would be curious indeed if some
relic of shat deceitful lioness,' as Gildas
calls her he has to admit she was lioness
were discovered after all these ages. But
there are two things against such posi-
bility after all She may never have been
buried in Parliament Hill, and relics that
are really important are usually found
when people are not looking for them
London Truth.
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LEFT ONLY A HORSE.
Ho1U a Negro Vas Rewarded for Remain
ing q Stare for Life.

ing q SLAVE for Life.
New YORK, Feb. A special dispatch
to the World from Richmond, Va, says:
Anderson Whitaker, an aged negro of
Scott County, was in slavery days the
property of Nathan Whitaker of that
county. At the close of the war his mas
ter, an invalid, was reluctant to relinquish
his claims on the trusted and faithful nurse,
and so proposed to Anderson that if he
would remain with him in voluntary serv-
ice he would bequeath to him house and
lot and other real estate. The negro
agreed, and until August, 1893, when his
master died, performed the same labors
that he had before the law freed him. He
was then an old man.
When the will was read it appeared that
the only legacy left him was horse worth
$50. The contract under which the
colored man had served the best days of
his life had never been made in writing
The old negro brought his grievance to
Captain J. Wood, well-known attorney,
who undertook to enforce the
terms of the contract. The Cir
cult Court of Scott county at its
last term threw the case out on technical
grounds, and now the Supreme Court of
the State is asked to allow the ex-slave
remuneration for his long service in self
imposed slavery
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THE KINGS OUTLETS.
In Olden Times the Company Had t,
Salute Them

Salute Them.
The revival of somewhat minute sys-
tenn of etiquette in the German court. and
particularly in the adoption of rules for the
settlement of the numerous questions of
precedence which have come up in con-
nection with the extended journeys of
Emperor William II, have led some of the
European journals to remind their readers
that any modern monarch must be at a
great disadvantage in setting up system
of court etiquette, as compared with the
kings of two or three centuries ago.
Precedence ruled in all things at the
court of Louis XIV at Versailles. Even
the Kings morning toilet was made in the
presence of the courtiers, who were con-
tinually arriving. As the King put on his
outer garments these were handed to him
by the noblemen of the highest rank in
attendance.
The story is told that as the King was
putting on his waistcoat one morning il
was handed to him by Count, but before
the Count had passed the garment to the
King Duke came in. This made it neces-
sary for the Count to hand the waistcoat at
once to the Duke, as it would have been
against etiquette for a person of lower rank
to pass the garment. And as it must be
handed with bare hands, the King had to
wait while the Duke removed his gloves.
When this operation was performed, and
the Duke was about to advance with the
waistcoat, the door again opened, and a
royal Prince of younger branch of the
family entered.
The Duke, of course, at once presented
the waistcoat to the newcomer, as he was
of higher rank. But the Prince was also
gloved, and when he had performed the
somewhat tedious operation of ungloving
there arrived another Prince, who hap
pened to be of the elder branch. So the
Unfortunate King had to wait once more,
and, as the room was cold, it is recorded
that he took violent chill.
At King Louis dinner, when the cook
brought in the meat for the royal plate, he
was attended by armed soldiers and pre-
coded by herald, shouting, Gentle men.
the Kings viands." Whereupon all the
uncovered and the sentinels sa-
luted the roast chicken or the royal NUT
ton outlets.
When the King was about to drink
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HOTEL HELP.
How They Are Provided For in the Large
HosteIrieS.


Hostelries.
A large hotel has in its service 400 per-
sons, who must be fed and in some cases
sheltered for the night every day IN the
year. AS the average Count of the house
does not fall below this figure it will be
seen that it requires great deal of in
genuity and some clever managing to pro-
vide for so many employees without inter-
fering in any way with the comfort of
those who literally pay for their entertain
ment. Arrangements are therefore made
in first-class houses for two distinct and
separate establishments.
The city hotels do not furnish sleeping
accommodations for the majority of the
servants, who, for the most part, reside
outside of the hotel, Just as factory hands
or clerks in stores, and go and come at reg
ular hours. They must be fed, however,
and they are entitled to from three to four
meals day, according to the department
in which they are employed. In all the
large hotels special cooks are hired to pre-
pare the food, the regular chiefs having all
they can do to look after the meals of the
guests.
At some hotels the entire service of two
or three cooks and half dozen helpers are
required for this purpose. The rooms in
which the help eat are usually located in
the basement, and while they are severely
plain III tQe1T IuTHSnlnSS, Iuey are always
extremely clean and well kept. The tables,
except those devoted to the lowest grade of
help, are covered with white cloths, which
are not allowed to become filthy before
being changed.
There is an erroneous popular impress
sion that hotel employees are fed upon the
leavings of the guests. Food from the
tables goes directly into the swill barrel,
without exception. Should more soup or
meat or vegetables be cooked for the guests
than is needed to supply their wants, such
food is given to the servants, and not
otherwise.
limo business establishment in the coun-
try are the lines between the several grades
of employees so sharply drawn as they are
in the hotels. In houses of the first class
there are four grades. The first includes
the officers, who are divided into two
head clerks, room clerks, the steward,
bookkeepers, head walters and house,
keeper, and the other the assistant stew
ard restaurant cashiers, stenographers.
telegraph operator, chief electrician, chief
engineer and pantry girls.
The second grade takes in the mechanics
and includes the carpenter, electricians,
assistant engineers and receiving clerks.
The third grade includes the walters,
chambermaids porters and hallboys. The
fourth grade is made up of the fremen,
laundresses, yardmen, scrubbers, dish
washers and scullions. The bakers eat at a
table spread in the bakeshop and the cooks
at table set for them in the Kitchen
New York Herald.
Our Congress does not hold continuous
session all the wear round, as it might do
1acc hor cif
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GAZE UP THE CHASE.
arizona officers Unable to Capture the
IrM5l Robbers.

WILCOX, Ariz. Feb. 4.-Sheriff Fly and
Under-Sheriff Ca well returned tonight
after following forfve days the trail of the
robbers who held the train up at this point
last Wednesday night.
1t is known the! are hidden in the Chiri-
cahua Mountain, which are almost in
accessible. 1t was also learned that flour
had been taken into this hiding
place and stored at several different
places in advance and at this time of the
year, with water plentiful everywhere, they
will be able to subsist for some time with
the supplies on hahd.
Their horses wee undoubtedly aban.
doned and the hiding place reached on foot
from the base of the mountain. Their
capture is looked fol at an early date.
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AN RVELEss PARADISE.
A Place From Which Every Female
Was Banished,

n Il ItlC6 II IUIIl W hICH LFtEy EemdI6
Was Banished.
Fifty miles to the southeast of Salonica
the long, narrow promontory of Mount
Athos, the most easterly of three similar
headlands, projects far into the Egean
Sea. With an average breadth Of four miles,
it is forty miles long, ending in a steep
peak of white marble nearly 1000 feet high
the Hagion Oros, Monte Santo or Holy
Mount The mountain ridge runs right
down to the shore, and is covered with
green forests and vegetation of great vari-
ETY.; the climate is healthy and pleasant,
while the scenery is very beautiful. The
only inhabitants of this paradise now, as