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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-01-18

Salmasius, Millions antagonist, was
"a mm OF mild manners and quiet I'm
speech, bat IBIS wife imagined he die
uordo himself justice in controversy I'M
lls he called bis antagonist vile namus
some Of his manuscripts are cXtaut
containing abusive words interlined IN
L-r own handwriting.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-01-18

What orc you writing, Min
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I'm writ1r- my won T.
,a-c AopJvd last night, and to5N
ban I'd answer today London Sketch.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-01-18

Twas one Of the charmed days
When the genius Of God doth flow.
The wind may alter twenty ways,
a tempest cannot blow.
10 may blow north, st stil IS warm,
Or south, it still IS clear,
or east, 80 smells like o. clover farm,
or west, no thunder fear.
TITO caprice Of The season Is TO wait
until winter is almost upon rs, then TO
drop unexpectedly like a houodiction
with sunshine and warmth and rest
fulucss that wothCs and comforts her
fractions children and whisper to them
sweet promises OF heavenly death. -
Detroit Free Press
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10
SEARCH FOR CHARLIE ROSS.
A Rascally New York Police Officer Pre-
vented Success Being Attained.

So many years have passed since the
child Charlie Ross was stolen from his
home in Germantown that the crime is lost
to the memory of many, but that has not
deferred some people from still making the
attempt to palm off bogus youth upon
the afflicted family as the lost son, says the
Philadelphia Inquirer. The latest effort of
this kind was made by woman who
represented herself as the widow of one of
the two burglars who were killed at Bay
Ridge, L. l., while trying to rob the house
of judge of the courts.
sThe woman brought with her a young
man, who, relative of the boy says. was
tiat-headed and beetle-browed and could in
DO way have borne resemblance to what
little Charlie would have been at
manhood. She had the story of the
disappearance pat enough = how the
two children, Charlie and Walter,
were decoyed from the lawn of the
house, at Washington lane and Chew
street, by the two men in a wagon, MOsher
and Douglass; how they were driven into
the country, where Walter, the elder, was
dropped, and how $50, 600 ransom had been
offered for the recovery of the younger
son. Other facts she seemed familiar with,
but her scheme had nothing else in it.
Many believe the boy to be dead. There
have been hundred or more alleged Char
lies, but in no instance has the father, who
has travelled all over the country, had any
hope after once seeing the alleged child or
youth produced.
The secret of his fate probably died with
the Bay Ridge burglars, one of whom ex-
pired Immediately after being shot, while
the other lived long enough to say that his
companion had known where the child
was, that the lad was still alive but that
he himself knew nothing of his location.
In narfating some of the facts the rela-
tives of the Ross family also shed more
light upon the efforts to find the boy, and
made the important statement that once
when success seemed assured they were
frustrated by one of the police captains of
New York, man who was charged before
the Lexow committee with having &C
quired W ealth by the most corrupt means
1t was there, he says, the kIQnapers had
arranged to deliver their prisoner upon the
payment of $4,000. They had exacted the
condition that Mr.. Ross and those helping
him should leave New York upon board of
a special train, a locomotive and one car
bound for Albany.
At one point along the road a colored
lantern light was to be waved, and the
money, at this signal, was to be dropped
by the side of the track. Further up the
line there was to be another light shown,
and there the boy was to be delivered to
them.
According to the relatives story, the
rescuing party took along with them an
expert rifieman, with the object OF MAIN
ing the kidnaper, whoever he might be,
and then effecting his capture. They
made the trip as directed, but nothing
came of it. No lights were shown and no
other clew was obtained.
The police captain in question, the rela-
tive says, gave the tip to the thieves that
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10
GUELPH P1RTY,S HOPES.
They Look for a Restoration of Theii
Former Prestige.

They Look for a Restoration of Their
Former Prestige.
BERLIN, March 9.-The long and friendly
conversation which the Emperor had with
the Duke of Cumberland while his Majesty
was in Vienna upon the occasion of the
funeral of Grand Duke Albrecht has re-
vived the hopes of the Guelph party in
Germany. In the court circles the opinion
prevails that Prince George, the eldest son
of the Duke of Cumberland, will be the
reigning Duke of Brunswick upon attain
ing his majority in October. 1898. The
Prince Regent Albrecht, being very
wealthy, is not enamored of his Office. He
harbors no intention of founding dynasty
for Brunswick. He is, besides. an ultra
Iegitimist and never approved of the des-
potism of the Guelphs. The Prince Re
gent regards the regency as provisional
arrangement and absents himself from
Brunswick as frequently as he decent!y
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10
TELEGRAPRic NEWS IN BRIEF.

Samuel P. Hill, the man who killed Robert
Peaslee in Sydney, N. Y, in 1886, is dead
Frederick Douglass memorial services were
held in Cincinnati by the colored residents
Boston's Merchants Association has sub
scribed $3.50 to the Newfoundland relief fund
The story of mutiny on the American bark
Portland, wrecked near Juni, is pronounced q
canard.
Striking miners in Pennsylvania have gained
their fight. An increase to 90 cents has been
grated
The hidden treasures of Peter Humphrey,
who was known as miser, were unearthed at
st. Joseph, Mich
The golden jubilee of Very Rev. Carmody,
Vicar-General of Nova Scotia, was celebrated
by mass and presents.
The firm OF G. A. Budd & Co. has failed in
Elyria, Ohio, with $4,000 liabilities and half
that amount in assets.
The exporting of the books,of D. R. Markham,
defaulting County Clerk of Clinton, Iowa,
shows a shortage of $4,000.
Frank Wenter, president of the board OF
directors of the Chicago drainage canal, has
been nominated for Mayor of Chicago
locomotive boiler exploded at Covees sta
ton, near Harrisburg, Pa. killing H. Pfefy,
the fireman, and wounding the engineer,
named Funk.
Plans for reorganization of the Cattle Feed
ing Company have been made public Bonds
are to be issued to retire the 81 900, 900 of
bonds now outs landing.
Colonel Colt OF the Ohio National Guard is
upheld by the commission which investigated
the shooting of citizens while defending a
negro prisoner from being lynched
The official information has been received in
Washington regarding the rumor of contem.
plated request for recall of United States
Consul-General Williams at Havana by the
Spanish Government
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10
FACTS ABOUT THE PYRAMIDS.
If the Monarch's Reign Was Long His
Monument Was Large.

Monument Was Large.
The pyramids of Egypt, for long and to
this day included among the worlds Won
ders, are to be regarded as marvellous
triumphs of mechanical skill. OF these
there are many scattered over the Nile
Valley, some of brick, some of stone and
of varied height. The two largest are in
the neighborhood of Cairo. They are, and
have been for thousands of years, the most
colossal monuments in the world.
The largest, that of Cheops, in its origi-
nal state is said to have been 800 feet high,
and the length of its base on each side the
same. 1t is built of huge stones, ranging
from two to four feet in height. 1t is now
rugged and has the character as well as the
appearance of four-sided great stairway.
The hollows between the steps are be-
lieved to have been filled in with white
marble, which would shine like snow
under the bright Egyptian sun. The py-
ramid is now much reduced in height, not
being more than 500 feet. 1t is generally
admitted that the pyramids were built for
tombs, and on certain astronomical prin-
ciples.
There is an inner chamber where the sar-
cophagus was placed. When a monarch
began to reign he commenced to build his
tomb. When he died his body was placed
in the sacred chamber prepared for it and
the opening which led to it was closed.
The pyramid was then completed. If the
monarch's reign was long the pyramid was
large. If short, the pyramid was small
Chicago Record.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10
HARRY HAYWARD UNEASY.
Minnesota Legislators applaud the Yer.
dict IN the Sennte.

minnesota Legislators applaud the Yer
dict in the Senate.
MINNEAPoLIs, March SIT was 4 o'clock
this morning before Harry Hayward was
able to sleep, and at 10 he was still sleep
ing. He had packed his clothing in a
valise while waiting for the jury's YER
dict.
His only fear was violence from the
crowd when acquittal should come When
he reached his cell after hearing the verdict
his first remark was: "By =, I'll have to
unpack this thing now. If l don't my
clothes will get wrinkled"
When he was removed to cell on the
second floor he seemed to realize more
fully his situation. A day and a night
watch has been put over him.
ST. PAUL, March 9.-There was an I'M
usual scene in the Minnesota Senate yes
terday afternoon. Lieutenant Governor
Day said:
I'm this lull of business you will allow
me to announce the verdict of the Hay
ward jury, which has just been reported.
Hayward is found guilty"
The verdict was received with hum of
conversation, and in a second the entire
body broke forth into applause.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10

New YORK, March 9.-The exhibition of
gowns of every fashion and date, ancient
and modern, opened tonight at Madison
square Garden and will be continued until
the 18th.
The idea emanated from some of the
ladies of the Young Women's Christian
Association and st. James Mission. The
first exhibition was held year ago and
was a success. The garden tonight was
well filled and interest in the exhibition
was keen.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10
CUMMINS' RECORD.
The Young Train Rob6er Tells Something
of Ills Career.

OF ftS Career.
ST. LOUIS, March 9. Superintendent
Grover B. Simpson of the Wells
Fargo Express Company arrived
here to-day from Southwest City,
Mo-, where he has been superintend-
ing the hunt for the robber companion of
jim Cummins, the desperate, who held
up the San Francisco train near Aurora,
Mo-, February %. Agents of the railroad
and express company are trailing the man
and Mr.. Simpson expresses the conviction
that he will be captured.
Cummins gave a brief history of him
self. He said his real name was Joshua
Craft, was born at Brian, Tex, and would
be u years old next June. He led the life
of a cowboy in Texas.
Last July, when he made the acouaint-
ance of a man named Wilson at Paris,
Texas, they went to Claremore, [. T.,
where they worked for a time and then
went into the train-robbing business.
Their first attempt was on the San Fran
cisco, November u 1884, in which thew
secured $3.50 and thirty watches. Their
next holdup was a Rock Island train in
the Indian Territory on November %,
1894, receiving very little booty
On the 31st of December last they held
up train on the Queen and Crescent Rail-
road near Livingston, Ala, securing only
SIS. They held up a train on the Cotton
Belt road near Mcneil, Ark, January "a
From Mcneil they made their way across
the State of Missouri, and on February %
held up train No. on the San Francisco
road, near Aurora, Mo-, and secured $58
and watch. The robbers We're on their
way to Texas when they were run onto by
the officers and the young one captured.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10
BIsMARCK,s WANING HEALTH.
The Prince Says He Is Not Eqtdt to a
Public Birthday Festival.

Inc ITthce says ne Is Nor Equdt to a
Public Birthday Festival.
BERLIN, March 9-Prince Christian of
Observation-Disclosures was the guest of
Prince Bismarck at Friedrichsruhe on Sun
day and Monday last. The latter spoke of
his waning strength and DR.. Schweninger's
positive prohibition not to excite himself
and receive large crowds. In addition
Prince Bismarck expressed grave doubts as
10 whether he would be equal to the task
of celebrating his eightieth birthday, as the
people wish him to do, publicly and with all
kinds of demonstration. The Emperor has
informed Professor Won Sybll, the histor-
ian, he will personally participate in the
celebration.
a newspaper of Leipsic recently asked
number of literary and political men for an
expression of opinion upon the idea of
making Prince Bismarck an honorary
citizen of the German empire by an act of
Parliament, and almost all approved of the
plan. DIR. Schaedler, a member of the
Center party, was rather pointed in his an
swer. He said: Il beg to say that in mem
DRY of the Kulturkampf and the oppression
of the German Catholics at that time, your
questions are of no interest in any way
The Conservative, National Liberal and
anti-Semite members of the Reichstag will
celebrate Bismarck's birthday by COM
mers, and will go to FREDERICKSBURG to-
gether on April 7 to deliver an address to
the ex-Chancellor
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10
ORANGE-W0OD TOOTHPIOKs,
They Are Made by Peasants in Spain ant
Portugal.

They Are Made by Peasants in Spain and
Portugal.
81 wonder how many of the men who
come in here and use the orange-wood
toothpicks," said man in an uptown
hotel, know where they come from and
how they are made? They are made by
the cleverest whittlers in the world, and
every one OF them is of hand manufacture
The peasants in Spain and Portugal maxi
them and they first found their way into
this country through the medium of steam
ship officers. 1t is fact that hotels in
all parts of this country are using these
orange-wood slivers now in preference to
either quilts or the old-fashioned tooth
picks, and the demand for them here has
been perfect godsend to the peasants
who make them on the other side.
ga year or SO ago 1 was in Spain, and
saw the peasants making them They
could turn one out with three slashes of
the knife, and it was their custom to do
them up in packages of twenty and sell
them to tourists and steamship officers for
the equivalent of l cent of our money. At
that time the peasants made them in their
leisure moments, but now am told many
peasants make their living manufacturing
toothpicks. You see the demand for them
has increased to such an extent that the
peasants can sell all they make. The
steamship officers sell them here at profit
of about a cent on each package, which
amounts to considerable when a large
number are sold.
"a peculiar phase of the matter is that
not cent of duty is asked for or paid on
them. They were formerly received in
such small quantities that no attention
was paid to them, and the steamship Off
GERS are still able to get them in free, be-
cause toothpicks are the last things Gus
toms officers are looking for. And as
toothpicks they are really excellent. They
are strong and flexible, and, instead of
breaking, tear, SO that there is no danger
of the end suddenly breaking off and re-
naming in the tooth, characteristic of
the old brittle toothpicks. 1t is wonder
to me that some one doesn't make bust
ness of importing them. | believe that
steamship officers have a monopoly of the
business up to date, and l am sure that
there would be money in it for somebody
if he snatched the business out of their
hands. New York Sun.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10

Yien Kow. The Chinese army, COM
manded by General Sung, has retired to
Then Chuang Lai.
1t is officially announced that the safety
of the foreigners at Yien Kow has been
guaranteed by the japanese, who are IN
curing into the personal injuries sus-
tanned
The foreign settlement is guarded by
Japanese troops, the British and American
warships Firebrand and Petrol, respect
lively, leaving their protection in charge Of
the JananeSe
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10
of Interest to The Coast.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 9.--The Navy De-
partment has ordered an inquiry concerning
the accident to the Bennington on her recent
trip to Acapulco.
Judge Mcguire and his wife left for San Fran
cisco to-day via the Canadian Pacific. Repre-
sentative Caminetti and wife leave Monday
night.
Pensions granted: California: Original
William D. Hastings, Columbia, Tuolumne :;
Luigi Ferrerri, San Francisco; William Snow
Fort Bragg, Mendocino; John Doyle, San Fran
cisco. Increased - John +. Kopp, Veterans
Francisco. Reissued and increased-Thomas
Mullen, San Jose, Santa Clara. Mexican War
surviyors-Edward Williams, Oakland, Ala
media County.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10

the grip. He has acute bronchitis, and
last Thursday he had pluerobynia, what
are termed pluerisy pains. He is very
weak He is seriously i'll, but l should say
not in any danger. Overwork has gooo
deal to do with his weakness"
At 8 O'Clock this afternoon General Har-
rison's condition was much improved. He
sat up part of the day and said there was
no cause for anxiety on the part of his
friends for his condition.
New YORK, March g. Mrs. Mckee,
daughter of ex-President Harrison, left fol-
Indianapolis upon receipt of telegram
advising her of General Harrison's serious
illness.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10
San Domingo aud France Settle.

PARIS, March 9-The terms Of the set
Element of the difficulty between San Do
mingo and France provide for the payment
of 1000, 900 francs for the illegal detention
of Captain Boimere and 10000 francs for
the murder OF Caville, a French naval Off
GER Naval honors will be paid to the muir
dered man by the French and Italian Min
listers. The remaining question in dispute,
which is of minor importance, will be set
tied through the Spanish Minister, who is
acting as arbitrator.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10
sACHER-MASoCH DEAD.

The Austrian-Poiand NOreHst Who Vas
Decorated by France.
FRANKFURT, March 9.-Leopold Won Rit-
ter Sacher-Masoch, the novelist, is dead.
He was born at Lemberg, Austrian Poland,
January q, 1886.
He published in 1859 his historical &C
count of the instruction in Client, under
Charles V. His series of novels, entitled
Gains Inheritance" was translated into
most of the European languages. After
that he wrote number of interesting
works. Sacher- Masoch was a special
favorite with the French. The French
Republic in 1883 conferred upon him the
cross of the Legion of Honor.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10
The Lost Ice AK.

The valley above San Damiano is beauti-
full with a rare loneliness. Debris from the
hillsides once filed the floor across and
made wide fiat area. Through the deep
bed of conglomerate thus formed the river
has again cut a gorge, within which it
gracefully winds. In long green or wooded
slopes the mountains spread down on
either side to the fertile valley floor Viii
lagos are planted on the edge of the lower
ravine, the sides of which are precipitous
with birch trees growing on their hedges,
now and then a waterfall leaping down
over them. The floor of the ravine again
is fiat, with grass lawns of wonderful
verdure, contained by the loops of the
clear and hurrying waters
As we drove along, gazing at the series
of beautiful pictures thus revealed to us,
we turned a corner and a long tendrii of
wild rose in full blossom reached out from
the rocks on our right and arched the pic
ture in. So entranced were we that an ice
ak, my companion for eighteen summers,
Ieaped out of the carriage, and | did not
miss it till we reached the trusting place,
where our men awaited us. Aymonod went
back mile or so to look for it. He met
some peasants and asked them if they had
seen such thing in the way. YES" they
answered, 'Iying in the middle of the
road" why did you not pick it up,
thenY' "Oh, why should we? 1t was not
ours" And the next man we met said
the same. 1--WE saw it and left it; it was
not ours" 1t lay where it fell till Aymonod
found it and brought it safely back.-The
Contemporary Review.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10
The Last English Duel.

The last duel-the last fatal one, at least
was fought in field in Maiden Lane in a
solitary part of Holloway, in 1843. The
district acquired considerable notoriety
from the event. 1t was the duel fought
between Colonel Fawcett and Lieutenant
Munro. The former was killed. The duel
lists were not only brother officers-they
were also brothers-in-law, having married
two sisters.
The Coroner's jury, on the inquest, re-
turned verdict of willful murder, not only
against Lieutenant Munro, but against the
seconds also. The latter, however, were
acquitted. Munro evaded the hands of
justice by seeking refuge abroad. Four
years later he surrendered to take his trial
at the Old Bailey. He was found guilty
and sentenced to death. He was, how
ever, strongly recommended to mercy, and
the sentence was eventually committed to
twelve months Imprisonment.
The neighborhood in which this duel
was fought is no longer solitary. A vice
thoroughfare, known as the Brecknock
road, runs through it, and rifle ground
besides the Brecknock Arms appropriately
indicates the place where the final shot
was fired.-Chambers' Journal.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10
Reported destinations Confirmed.

PARIS, March 9.-The members of the
Venezuelan Legation confirm the report
that the French and Belgian Ministers at
Caracas have handed in their passports
1t is claimed the matter is the result of
personal misunderstanding with the Min
listers affected, and the action of President
Crespo in giving the passports is not di-
rected against the Governments repre-
scented by the Ministers.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10
Shoe Operatfres on Strike.

LONDON, March 9.-In consequence of the
National Federation of Bootmakers notify
ing the operatives to stop work on March
16, owing to a complicated dispute con-
corning the use of machinery, the Shoe
Operatives Union has called out all the
operatives not obliged to give a weeks
notice. Ten thousand quit to-day.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10
MANY PEOPLE STRICKEN.
The Epidemic Seriously Inter
feres With the Business
of the Law Courts.
OPPOSING GRAIN MONOPOLY.
Emperor William Strongly Resents
the Attitude of AgrarianS
in the Matter.

BERLIN, March 9.-The Duchess of
Sagan, mother of the wife of the German
ambassador at Washington, died of in
fluenza to-day. The disease is still cpl
demic here. The Duke of Sagan is only
Just recovering from an attack of the same
disease. Emperor Williams eldest sister,
the Princess OF Saxe-Meiningen, is improv-
ing. Two Berlin Judges, Willer and Hoff-
man, have died from the effects of in
iuenza. The epidemic is seriously inter
fering with the business of the law courts,
and in several public schools, owing to the
sickness of so many teachers and pupils,
whole classes have been suspended. In
the whole of Germany last week Nurem-
burg had the doubtful honor of heading
the influenza statistics with the biggest
sick list, with Hamburg next with 1885.
The family of United States ambassador
Runyon have all recovered from attacks of
influenza, and on Thursday night ball
was given at the ambassadors house.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10
P,taiLisfs in .IniL.

PocATELLo, Idaho, March 9.-Deputy
Sheriff Caldwell last night arrested Pugil-
lists Thomas Brown. colored, and Joseph
Mccall, Referee McLone, Robert Maxfold,
colored, and Ted Joseph during the
progress of a prizefeht to finish for SIS
purse. One round had been fought and
Brown had been knocked under the ropes.
The five men were Jailed.