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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-17

OF Captain Shepard leaves vacancy in the
revenue cutter service which is likely to be
hlled very soon. Secretary Carlisle has
not yet given any attention to the matter,
but 1t seems to be the general opinion
among treasury people conversant with
the situation that either Chief Schumacher,
commander of the revenue cutter Hudson,
OF New York, or Captain G. L. Hooper,
now commanding the Rush, will receive
the appointment. Both of these officers
have seen many years service and are
said to be thoroughly competent to fill the
place
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-17
STRUCK BY A WATERSPOUT
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION VISIT
COOSA RIVER VALLEY,
ALABAMA.
CROPS ARE RUINED AND THE
COUNTRY LAID TO WASTE
BY WATER.

GADSDEN, Ala, March 16.-A water
spout passed over the Coosa Valley, forty
miles from here, late this evening, leaving
death and destruction in its path.
The telegraph wires are down and par
ticulars are hard to get, but it is known
that several lives were lost.
The damage in the vicinity of Gadsden
is enormous, crops being ruined and the
country laid waste. The Coosa River is
rising foot an hour at this place. 1t is
already swollen from the recent heavy
rains, and the deluge of this evening will
spread ruin all over the valley.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-17
KILLING TO REcTIFF.
Spain HtR Rciract If the OHee,'s Report
So Warrants.

MADRID, March 16.-Replying to ques-
tions propounded in the Chamber of
Deputies to-day Senior Alexandra Grois-
card, Minister of State. said that the re-
port of Minister Taylor, acting on behalf
of the United States Government, had
claimed reparation from Spain was due
the United States on account of the AL
ianca incident was true.
The United States Government he said,
at the time demanded that American
trade with CUBA should not be interfered
with He hoped the Alliance affair would
be amicably settled. The United States
Government, he explained, considered the
firing ON the Alliance to be a violation of
the principles of international law.
Minister Groiseard, in conclusion, said
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-17
VIII Withhold Lands.

WASHINGTON, March IL Commits
sioner Lamereaux has determined to max e
arrangements at once for the appraisal
and sale of abandoned military reserva-
tons. The reservation of the Coeur
d'Alene mining country will be withheld
as it is thought it may be needed for mill
tary purposes in view of the disturbances
that have occurred among the miners OF
Northern Idaho.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-17
FAVOR 4NNExATION.
Judge Diron of Montana, Returned From
HatCafi. ErpreSses Himself.

SALT LAKE, Utah, March 16.-A spe-
cial to the Tribune from Butte, Mont,
says: Judge Dixon, who had been sent to
Honolulu by Chairman MeCreary of the
House Foreign Relations Committee, re-
turned to-day. While declining to discuss
the object of his trip he admits making
thorough investigation OF recent events
on the islands, and gives it as his opinion
that annexation is inevitable.
He says natives are becoming enthuSi-
astic annexationists and all favor it except
the English residents.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-17
shakespeare,s Pension Holds.

WASHINGTON, March 16.-Commis-
sioner Lochren of the Pension Office has
filed an answer in the mandamus case
brought by William Shakespeare in which
he states the ordered reduction in Shake
speare's pension from $40 to $50 month
has been vacated and no further action
under this order will be taken.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-17
4 Defaa.lter,s Suicide.

HARTFORD, Conn.,. March 16.-Charles
Robinson, secretary and treasurer of the
Bailey Manufacturing Company, of this
city, committed suicide at his home to-day
in Wethersfield by shooting himself
through the heart. He was 80 years of
age. H. R. Bailey & Co. said yesterday
that Robinson was defaulter to the extent
OF several thousand dollars and threatened
to have him arrested
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-17
NEW ORLEANS QUIET.
Strikers Refuse to accept the Terms
Offered blf the Merch0nts.

offered by the Merchants.
NEW ORLEANS, March 16.-The labor
situation here is unchanged to-day. The
colored screwmen were at work under the
protection of the State troops on foreign
steamers which were loading cotton, and
there was no attempt on the part of their
white rivals to interfere with them in any
way. Numbers of whites remain idle, but
their time is spent in haunts and on the
streets, and they avoid as much as possible
appearing on the levee.
There was no formal attempt to effect a
settlement of the trouble to-day The
white screwmen held several meetings in
secret, but tonight showed no sign of
being willing to recede from the position
they have taken. The merchants COM
mittee was also in session. but their bust
ness was mainly to raise funds for the sup
port of the troops. They refuse to treat
with the screwmen, and say they will be
satisfied with nothing less than absolute
surrender = the acknowledgement of the
right of every man, irrespective of color, to
work on the levee.
The Governor remained in the city but
had no conference with either committee.
1t is likely to be several days before the at
tempt to make a settlement will be re-
newed seriously. There is no work along
the shore to-day and troops will be allowed
to rest tomorrow.
The police this afternoon found another
victim of last Tuesdays riot about whom
nothing was known. He was w. Miller, a
negro. He was found at his home suffer-
Ing from severe wound in his right leg.
He had been shot with Winchester. He
stated he was on the levee at the time the
rioters made their appearance and that he
was shot while running. His wound is
nainfl1l hut not dannarors
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-17
Peace Relations Resumed.

RIO DE JANEIR0, March 49, The
Government to-day formally decided to
resume diplomatic relations with Portugal
which relations were broken off at the time
of the close of the rebellion, when num-
Der of insurgents were given refuge on
board Portuguese war vessels.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-17

charge They were brought in by Mrs.
Wallace from the Industrial Home, and
remained and were boarded for four
months. Members of the board objected
and called for their removal, but, accord
ing to Mrs Holt, their wishes were ignored.
1t appeared that the girls were dis
tributed around on their removal, some to
Quincy, Ills, some to the Women's Refuge,
some to their homes and some to the In
duStrial School
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-17
KILLED By Il FALL.
a" Inrenfor of a Fire Escape Gires q
Natal Exhibition.

Fatal Exhibition.
DULUTH, Mimi, March 16.-While
Frederick Marcott, the inventor of pat
ent rope lire escape, was giving an exhibit
ton at the Spaulding House this evening,
assisted by his little cousin, George Mar
colt, aged II years, the rope broke when
they were at the third story. and they fell
head downward on to the stone sidewalk,
some sixty feet below.
The boy was instantly killed, his head
being crushed like an eggshell, while Mr.
Marcott, who struck partly on his back
was picked up unconscious and with sew
eral bones broken and his head terribly
mangled. Marcott cannot live until morn
ing. The exhibition was being made fol
the special benefit of the Legislative party
which had just arrived in the city.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-17
An INSPECTORS rTEWs.
The Explosions ia the Netc Me1jco Nine
Vas Caused by Lamps.

Vas Caused by Lamps.
WASHINGTON, March 1e.-John w.
Fleming, United States Mine Inspector for
Utah, has made report to Secretary
Smith regarding the explosion at the
White Ash coal mine at Cerrillos,
n. Mex, where twenty-five men were
killed. On February "a, Fleming says, he
was at the town, when the explosion took
place. He does not agree with the
Coroners jury, which reported that the
explosion took place because of lack of
air. He says it was occasioned by two
men going with lights into an abandoned
chamber where gas was collected.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-17
YARIETY ACTRESS KILLED.
Fretta Compton Shot dy Her Husband at
Pueblo, Colo.

ETtttU COHtPtOt SNOt UU 1IeI LUSUUHU UI
PaebiO, Colo.
PUEBLO, Colo, March 16.-Fretta Comp
ton, a variety actress, who has been play
ing at the Standard Theater in this city,
was shot and killed by her husband Matt
Curtis, early to-day. Curtis says his wife
had Just retired, when he threw his revolt
yer carelessly on a trunk beside the bed
and it went off. The woman's maiden
name was Lucy Sales and she came from
Galveston, Tex Her husband gave him
self up and is in jail.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-17
Corneu Graf,a Is Dead.

WASHINGTON, March Following
close upon the death of his partner in the
management of st. Georges Hall, the
death of Corney Grain is now announced.
He was victim of influenza
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-17

The Portland police, not long ago, ar
rested woman who, in her cell, wept and
walled for her dog until the kind-hearted
bluecoats sent for the animal 1t was a
pug and its arrival stilled the storm at
once
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-17
Chicago to Haze a Ne,c Week1y.

CHICAGO, March 16.+Charles Lederer,
the cartoonist, to-day severed his connec-
ton with the Times Herald. He will start
weekly publication in this city.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-17
Conditio, of the Treosv,,.

WASHINGTON, March 16-To-day's
statement of the condition of the treasury
shows: Available cash balance, $1S3, 1884,
GIG; gold reserve, 500, lao, oS7.
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Promotion of Revenue Men.
WASHINGTON, March 16.-The death
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PHYSICAL STRENGTH.


from unnatu-
raj, pernicious
habits usually
con tr acted
in 20 u t h
through igno-
rance, is there
by incapaci-
tated to thor
oughly enjoy
life. He feels
tired, spirit
less, and drow-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-03

IN one volume, the text being that Of the
ssOxford Chaucer'' now IN course OF pup
lication. An the needed Glossaries are
supplied, together with a life OF Chaucer
and much other interesting matter.
Henry d. Fuller. author Of THE CHI
Dwellers." has new realistic mover OF
Chicago lie ready. which he has decided
to call with the Procession" All VINO
desire to keep up with Mr.. Fuller VIII
have to read II.
The Ladies' Home Journal has engaged
the famous French artist. Albert Lynch.
20 draw a series Of designs for the cover
of that magazine. which changes its
cover design each month. NJ. Lynch's
covers, II is said. will cost nearly N,oW
apiece. They appear to be more expen-
sive than covers at Delmonicos. out
everybody will not think they are better.
1t is hard to pick up a literary periodical
now without finding In 1t some mention
OF Mrs. Burton Harrison. The latest re-
port is that she has novelette, In tne
hands OF the Cosmopolitan, and II hard
ut work upon new novel. II Is SAID that
she does not work with any regularity
but will let months go by without putting
pen to paper Then she VIII "buckie 70
and work four or five hours day uhtii
what she has In hand Is finished. In
this method the author Of "A Bachelor
Maid" shows her discretion. We think,
outstanding the large sums which her
work cjmmands.
Jane Smiley. the author of the Christ
mas and Easter stories in Harpers Young
People, and of other storiettes, Is SAID
10 be the daughter Of the late John Boyle
OReilly.
Mr.. Du Msurler Is reported to be en-.
gagged on a new novel. "Trilby" Is still
all "the rage" and the foot Of "Trilby'
appears destined to walk down the corri-
doris Of both fame and time. The Har-
pers report that they have thus far used
100 tons OF paper in printing the book.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-03
Lee Camp and AppOmattox.

The Appomattox-park scheme is In good
hands Lee Camp. of this city. has under
taken to forward 1t, and for this purpose
will call into conference representatives
of all the Confederate camps and Grand
Army posts in Virginia. Pickett Camp
and Phil. Kearny Post and all similar
veteran organizations in this State will
have an equal voice with Lee Camp in
the matter.
In due season a conference will be held,
here or on the battlefield. TO set on foot
measures looking to memorializing Con-
gress to do for Appomattox what it has
done for Shiloh and Chickamauga. A
visit to Appomattox by the conference.
or committee of 1t will be Indispensable
in order to determine what land Con-
gress shall be asked to purchase.
The Hon. d. A. Christian, County Judge
OF Appomattox. has been an Invaluable
instrument in forwarding the project. and
seeing TO 1t that his countymen form an
organization to cooperate with the vete-
rams Of Virginia in memorializing Con-
gress.
The proposition to convert the Appomat-
tox field into a park originated with the
Dispatch. and we have. therefore. taken
especial pains to read the expressions Of
newspapers and public men on the sub
ject, and are glad to say that there
is scarcely any opposition manifested to
the scheme.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-03
The Number of silver Certificates.

In the House of Representatives a few
days ago Mr.. Dingley, Of Maine, brought
out the following facts. We quote from
the official organ. the Congressional Re-
cord
1--WE now have about four hundred mil
lions of standard silver dollars In our
currency. about three hundred and thirty
seven millions OF which are represented
by silver certificates. II now requires
about four hundred millions Of denomina-
tons Of one, two, and five dollars, In
Guiding the fifty-slx millions of silver dol
lars in circulation, 10 carry on our retail
trade This money Is In constant circula-
ton, and does not accumulate to any
material extent In the banks. for what
ever OF these denominations are received
by banks are called for again immedi-
ately. Now, II we can turn the three
hundred and thirty-seyen million OF silver
certificates into this channel they can
be easily maintained at par with gold and
will not be used to prevent gold going In
70 the Treasury. 1t Is wiser. wiser for
the interest of all concerned. wiser In
the interest Of silver. wiser for the busi-
ness OF the country, wiser for the pur-
pose of maintaining confidence. that We
should place the silver certificates in low
denominations and keep them In the
channels OF active circulation, for II will
take substantially all OF them to do the
business OF the country requiring one
dollar, two.dollar. and ilye-dollar notes."
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-03
France.

The supporters OF Faure are felicitating
themselves upon the majority they re-
ceived In the Chamber for the credit for
Canroberts funeral. The government
made the vote one of want of confidence,
and after quite a stormy scene the credit
was carried. The proposition was. how
ever, a sentimental rather than polit-
cal one, and 1t is hard to conceive how
the government can construe the victory
into any indication Of its permanency.
Marshal Canrobert, although consistently
opposed to the republic until his death,
is still hero in France, and the only
surprise, considering the French char
acter, is that so many Of the deputies
should have voted against honoring his
memory with state obsequies.
The fact that the government should
have made the vote a test, and Is en-
deavoring to force political capital out OF
the result, only confirms the impression
that II is temporizing. SO as to get into
position to appeal to the people. The
clearer the insight given into the econo-
mic conditions Of France consequent upon
the discussion of the question of indiffer-
ence in the provinces to what Is trans
pirlng In the large cities, the more APP
parent It becomes that the best hope OF
the nation for a season Of quiet is conser-
vative propaganda among the peasantry.
Ribot's steadfast antagonism to the In
come-tax would in itself give Faure
good start with the peasant landowners
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-03


RICHMOND, VA. January %. 1886
To the Editor Of the Dispatch:
II seems that the Senate Of the United
States has recognized the necessity OF 9
cutoff which will bring the Atlantic ana
Pacific coasts together by the construc-
ton OF the Nicaragua canal.
The wisdom Of placing this strategic
gateway under the care OF the United
States Government can hardly be ques-
toned by its most earnest opposers, how
ever strongly they may conscientiously
feel against the use OF public credit In
the advancement of private enterprise.
That complications would inevitably
arise II this gateway should fall into the
hands Of foreign government cannot
be doubted, and that the Monroe Doc
trine ought TO be enforced by the endorse
ment of constructive methods; and thus
avoid the possibility OF having to use the
destructive process of war to maintain
the principles. ought to be recognized as a
happy solution Of the problem.
Inasmuch as virginian. Matthew Fon-
taine Maury, long years ago was the first
earnest advocate OF this Improvement.
and afterward when Louis Napoleon APP
preached him with fiattering offers with
regard to its construction, he refused 10
endorse II as a French measure. being
repugnant 10 the doctrine OF Monroe, a
Virginian. certainly Virginian is entitled
at the hands Of the President to the hon.
orable position OF a government director
by right Of discovery and preservation.
believe II Is true that the present or
ganization owes Its existence to certain
enterprising citizens OF Richmond, Va,
and 1t is also true that the hard-earned
money OF many Of its citizens has been
invested in this. the greatest enterprise
Of the nineteenth century, affecting the
United States OF America.
Yours truly, JAMES r. WERTH.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-03
m, Fan o. wel-Hai-w.i.

The fall OF wei-Hai-Wei was considered
on the cards from the time the Japanese
forces invested II. wei-Hsi-wei 10 stu
ated on the shantung promcntory. nearly
opposite Port Arthur. and its capture by
tho Japanese gives the latter complete
command OF the gulf Of Pechil. The In
vading armies are now In possession OF
every strategic approach to Picking. and
II is practicable to advance upon that city
from both the north and the south.
The principal advantage, however. ac-
cruing from the capture OF wei-Hai-Wei
is not that II opens road for the march
OF another army upon the capital OK Md
die China. Aside from the fact that the
southern route TO Picking Is long and
tedious, II would appear from the sue
cesses Of the columns operating In the
North that they will not need TO form
junction with force from the South
when the time comes to make a maj
dash upon the prize. The reduction OF the
shantung stronghold puts an end to the
power OF the Chinese fleets in northern
waters. The Chinese navy is left without
a safe harbor In that quarter OF the en-
pire, and such Of its vessels as may have
escaped capture or destruction must seek
southern ports Besides. the situation, In
addition to affording the Japanese an
other base from which by land opera
lions TO spread Generalization over
large area Of territory. will enable their
navy to give greater assistance In any
movement upon Marking that may be
determined upon.
Another effect will be to fortify the
invaders In whatever terms OF peace they
may choose to dictate TO China. Not only
Is Japans security for indemnity i'm
mensely increased by the capture Of Wei
Hai-Wei, but the feat is a new demonstra-
ton of Japanese military and naval
prowess, which will cause the European
powers to think twice before deciding
how far they will go in the matter OF
Intervention. 1t is not contended that
Japan could cope with any European ma
ton, or that she could sustain her
demands upon China against the deter
has made it evident that her friendship
is worth counting by all OF these just In
proportion as they have interests and
designs in the far East. One Of the
straws which show that this Is appre-
ciated is that for the first time foreign
ers are investing largely In japanese secu-
rites,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-03

written for the Dispatch.)

written for the Dispatch)
DO you feel, lone sleeper, resting there
How the seasons change since you
have gone;
How the June roses opened. sweet and
fair;
And morning brides kissed the rosy
dawn;
How the grain fell ripe in golden yields.
And corn grew rank in lowland fields?
When clouds were white in the summer
skies,
Like curtained windows framed in blue:
Could you look between. with angel eyes,
And know l kept my tryst for you?
Or hear the love-bird's plaintive moan
Call to its mate In answering tone?
Or know, when scar on your narrow bed,
The green grass died-when autumn
flowers
Wave yelled in frost; and sad. instead
The dead leaves whirled In gusty
showers?
When birds flew far from shivering trees
To balmy isles in the southern seas?
Can you tell my own, that winters
dread,
With chilling blasts, has settled by
That beneath its gray the snow-sheets
spread
In heavy folds where you sleeping lie
Be still: o, heart! Thro' deaths sweet
pain
Thy love, like flowers. shall live again!
linda BARTON HAYS.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-03
uutter md Dutterine.

II is probably true. as some or our
produce dealers complain, that great
deal of butterine or oleomargarine Is sold
in our retail markets as butter.
Every person who follows this practice
gets money from his customers on false
pretences, and a stop should be put to
1t. Yet we cannot see how this can be
DONE unless the produce dealers inter-
ested appoint an agent to investigate
and report violations OF the law.
The Dispatch must not be understood
as opposing the sale Of butterine. Not at
all. What we insist on is that butterine
be sold as butterine. and butter as butter.
That's ALL Whoever wants butterine
should be allowed to buy 1t. 1t Is said
to be healthful and nutritive. But there
is no more reason for allowing misrepre-
sentation in the sale of this article OF
food than IL the sale Of any other article
Of daily consumption.
The laws on the subject are ample for
the protection of the people. II they can
be enforced.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-03
The Sugar Bounty.

It Is known that the sugar-planters OF
Louisiana are using all the means at their
command in the effort to induce Congress
10 pay them a bounty upon the sugar
they produced the year before the new
tariff bill went into operation. 1t Is said
that President Cleveland has expressed
the opinion that In equity the bounty Is
due.
II Congress had the right to offer a
bounty to those sugar-planters. the
President is right But II Congress had
no right under the Federal Constitu-
ton to provide for bounty upon sugar
produced in this country. then the Presi-
dent In wrong