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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
LATTER-DAY MIRACLES
Cures Accomplished With
out Medicine.
A FIN De Steele DOCTOR.
Rare EndOWments Of a San Francisco
Woman, Who Is a Public
BenefactreSS.

For fifteen years there has dwelt in our
midst strangely gifted soul, DR.. Nellie
Beighle, whose daily labors have been a
constant benefaction to that great mass of
humanity who suffer the ills which "hesh
is heir to-" The Little Doctor" as she
is affectionately called by those who know
her best and love her most, is endowed
with an imperial power supplied from
some invisible fountain of life and
strength before which pain and disease
bend and yield as the leaf bends and sways
before the rushing storm. This power, so
subtle, so penetrating, cannot be described,
only its marvellous results noted. 1t
transcends the spheres bounded by the
physical horizon. 1t pierces the cause and
masters the ultimates, the controlling
forces of mortal existence. The beautiful
right arm from midway between shoulder
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
THE AMERICAN FLAG DAY,
Another Patriotic Holiday to
Be Celebrated by School
Children.
An Association to Be Incorporated
to Arrange for the Proper
ObserVanCeS.
A movement is on foot to provide for the

A movement is on foot to provide for the
patriotic holiday which they shall cele.
brate each year with appropriate musical
and literary exercises at the park.
The holiday is to be known as American
Flag day, and its celebration is to COM
memorate the adoption of the stars and
stripes as the National ensign of the United
States.
In June, 1777, a committee was appoint
ed by the Continental Congress, then in
session in Philadelphia, to select a suitable
design for flag. The committee was COM
posed of Hon. Robert Morris and Hon.
George Ross.
General Washington was called into the
consultation and the result of the delibera-
tons was the adoption of the stars and
stripes from design submitted by Betsey
Ross. Congress confirmed the selection
on June Ia, 1777, and that date has been
selected as the proper one for the celebra-
ton.
In the Eastern States American Flag day
has for several years been recognized as a
general holiday. Its selection as such was
due to the efforts of lie Roy van Horn,
senior past State councillor of Ohio for the
Junior Order of United American Me-
chanics who is the musical director of the
Chicago celebration.
To provide for the proper celebration OF
the day in nearly every leading city Amer,
lean Flag day associations have been in
corporated, of which the objects are "to
disseminate the principles of patriotism,
to inculcate lessons of loyalty and to teach
love and generation for the stars and stripes
as the emblem of freedom, personal liberty
and National union"
In the city of Chicago in order to obviate
interference in the routine work of the
closing days of the school year, the Ma
tional Flag Day Association has designa-
ted for the celebration the third Saturday
in each June as being approximately the
anniversary.
In its announcement last month the
association set apart the day as a general
holiday, but more especially day for the
children and youth of our public schools,
for holding potriotic exercises at
our City public parks. buildings,
ETC., Z" in commemoration of the
day upon which the flag of our country
was originally adopted by the Continental
Congress, June IA, 1777." In five different
public parks of the City exercises were held
and it was estimated that at least so, 00C
children participated.
1t is now proposed to organize an Amer
lean Flag Day Association in San Fran
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
STREETOAR AMBULANCE.
An Original Idea of President WE'LL Of
the French Hospital.

the french Hospital.
Now that the French Hospital has
moved to its new quarters at Richmond,
Sylvan WE'LL, president of the French Be-
nevolent Society, has conceived the idea of
a cable-car ambulance to run on the Geary
street and Sacramento-streets lines.
He says his idea, which is certainly an
original one, will be discussed at the next
meeting of the society. He explains how
it would work as follows:
The hospital is most advantageously
situated for the accomplishment of the de-
sired result. The Geary-street cars run
out Point Lobos avenue and stop at the
entrance around the corner of Fifth
avenue, and the Sacramento-street cars
reach the entrance on Sixth avenue, where
the surgical ward is located.
ave could have car constructed upon
the latest principles that would give every
possible degree of comfort to a patient,
and, of course, com petent attendant with
proper appliances would be in charge. We
would locate the car in the courtyard and
have switches connecting with both the
Geary and Sacramento street lines, so we
could respond to almost any call within
brief period. If it were patient from the
ferries we would use the Sacramento street
road, and so we would govern ourselves
according to the district. In out-of-the-
way places we would have to use our usual
ambulance"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
AN UNLUCKY JOURNALIST.
John K. Owens, a New Arrival in This
City From Round the World,
Takes Poison.

City From Round the World,
Takes Poison.
John E. Owens, who said he was news
paper man, engaged a room in the Cos
mopolitan Hotel. Fifth and Mission streets,
yesterday morning. Late in the afternoon
he was seen in his room and he had every
symptom of having swallowed morphine.
Medical attendance was promptly sum-
moned, but when the doctors attempted to
administer an emetic he resisted and force
had to be used. 1t was thought advisable
to send him to the Receiving Hospital ID
the ambulance and when he reached there
he again struggled desperately to prevent
DR.. Bushnell making use OF the necessary
remedies.
After he had sufficiently recovered to be
able to talk he said he did not take the
morphine with suicidal intent. He was
feverish and had pains all over his pooy
and he bought 10 cents worth OF morphine
tablets to see if he could get relief.
Owens said he had made tour OF the
world. He left New York in July, 1894,
and went to South Africa, thence to Cal
cutta, Singapore, Hongkong, Yokohama
and this City. There was memorandum
book in his pocket showing the dates OF
his arrival at and departure from the diff
ferent places on his trip, with the excep--
ton of his departure from Yokohama and
arrival in this City.
On his arrival here Owens wrote articles
no South Africa, which were published in
the papers. He wanted to get employ
ment in San Francisco, but so far had not
been successful.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
A Dangerous Practice in England.

1t appears that the thoughtless and dan
gerous practice of throwing empty bottles
from passenger trains still continues. Ex-
cursionists are the main offenders, and
their attention is drawn to the appeal of
the London and Northwestern Railway
Company. The company earnestly re-
minds passengers that serious injuries from
this cause have been inflicted upon the
servants of the company working on the
line. Within the past few days an empty
bottle of considerable size and weight was
thrown from an excursion train passing
through Ellsworth station. The bottle
aiighted on an engine standing upon an
adjoining line, and striking the fire-box of
the engine with great force splintered it
into many fragments. The engine-driver
and fireman narrowly escaped serious in
juries from the thoughtless act of the pas
senger who threw the bottle from the train.
The railway company reminds passengers
that empty bottles can be left in the car
riages.-London Daily News.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07

CISCO and articles of incorporation will be
filed in a few days. The chief mover in
the enterprise is Henry c. Schaertzer,
State councillor of the Junior Order of
American Mechanics, who has just re-
turned from the East
Colonel Edward Hunter, Judge advo-
cate-general of the Department of Califor-
MIA of the United States Army, has agreed
to be among the incorporators, and others.
including some ladies, will be invited to
cooperate Considerable emphasis is laid
on the statement that the movement is a
purely patriotic one, and has absolutely
nothing to do with politics.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
Novels Are Growing shorter.

It would be interesting to know how far
the new plan of issuing novels at first in
single volumes has answered. If we take
certain well-bruited and exceptional books,
the sales of which have been as periodically
and punctually notified as the railway traf-
fic returns, it has answered very we'll in
deed. But if we make independent in
curry of the readers and critics, we shall
probably find not merely a current of
grumbling (there is always that at any
change), but rather substantial agree
ment on one point, and this is that the
one-yolume novel, issued as such, must
not be quite as long as the longest of the
old three deckers. Critics complain that
it is too fatiguing, and readers that it is too
solid.
That there is some sense in this may be
seen from the fact, not often noticed, that
all novels have gradually lessened the num-
Der of the volumes novelists have always
been obliged to make them shorter in real
ity. and not to avail themselves of typo
graphical and other articles to keep UP the
bulk of matter, while reducing the num-
her of volumes Mile de Scsdery and
her long-winded fellows indGIged in
their ten, their twelve, in at least one
instance their twenty-four volumes; from
Richardson to Holcroft seven was a
favorite number; Nine. darby had a
weakness for five; for, as is well known,
it was not unknown in either SCOTS time
or little later. Then three had an
unexampled tenure of popularity; but
two was always an exception Though
pretty frequent exception), and
it does not seem likely that
it will have any independent reign. And,
really, novelists must not cut down the
volumes and keep up the words at the
same time.-London World.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
Following are Mondays entries:

First race, eleven-sixteenths of mile, SELL
ing-My Charm 90, Leonatus 90, Solitaire 50,
Tuxedo 90, O'Bee 100, Ike l. 81.
Second race, half mile, maiden two-year-
olds-Linda Vista filly 1O2, Lady Leinster FLY
107, Britannia 81, Bell Oak 81 Don Pedro 105,
Clara Johnson 102, Walter J los, Gladette
colt 102.
Third race, one mile selling -Normandie 1O1,
Hy by 103, Hanford 90. Greenback Jr. 80, Miss
Garvin Sc, Claudius lis.
Fourth race, fve-eighths of a mile, selling
Banjo 103, Tillie 103, Blue Bell 90, Myron "a,
Gold Bug 103, Sir Richard 106, Lady Jane 90.
Fifth race, five-eighths of mile, selling,
three-year-olds and upward, non-winners since
December 81, 1894. Winner to be sold at auc-
ton for 800; if for less, three pounds allowed
for each 800 to 800. Entries close at $50
A. M, July 8, 1895.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07

be visited by prominent civilians and mill
tary personages. On Tuesday Father 2. G..
Yorke, who is greatly interested in the
League of the Cross, will paw the camp a
visit Special exercises will be held IN
honor of his coming.
On the following day "wednesday
Colonel William P. Sullivan will be a
guest at Camp Niles. Next Friday. Off
GERS of the executive committee OF the
League of the Cross will visit the young
soldiers, when a general review Will take
place.
Western Kansas is entirely unlike Hol-
land because of the scarcity, almost alb
sence, of water, but is becoming very like
the Dutch lowlands in the great abun-
dance of windmills, which are becoming
so numerous as to fill up the landscape.
In the town of Wilson a traveller counted
seventy-two windmills in view from the
hotel veranda. There is an excellent water
supply few feet below the surface In that
region, and every man has an individual
supply, raised by the windmills.
DR.. John P. Lotsy, the Dutch botanist,
who for the past two years has been
lecturing at Johns Hopkins University,
has presented his entire herbarium to the
Women's College of Baltimore. The col
lection represents the results of DIR. Lotsy's
out-of-door work from early boyhood, and
nearly every specimen which it contains
was obtained by the potanist himself.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
DR.. Mackenzie Returned.

DR.. Mackenzie has returned from his usual
vacation and will resume his work in the First
Presbyterian Church this Sunday. The many
friends of DR.. Mackenzie whose only opportu-
nifty of hearing him is on Sunday evening will
be pleased to know that he will preach both
morning and evening for some time. His SUBJ
ject for Sunday evening is 'Shipwrecks."
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07

The general impression is abroad that Mayor
Sutro's selection of Samuel Foster as Election
Com missioner will be Endorsed by the Repub-
lican State Central Committee, which will
meet about the middle of the month. Mr..
Foster is warmly Endorsed by Supervisor A. B.
Spreckels, President S. w. Backus OF the Union
League Club and others.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07

nue. has been twice graded and put in
order, but now portion of the thorough
fare is SO blocked with sand as to be i'm
pasSable.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07

Nellie G clipped half second of the inside
track record for seven furlongs.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07

Little Reidy, who rode Nellie G, came to Cali
fornia with the recently arrived Westcheste
stable and can ride at 70 pounds. twas tn,
promising youngsters first win.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07

Handicapped Jimmy Geogan was one of the
few that figured Little Tough chance
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07

Between 1860 and 1870 the abolition of
slavery destroyed nominal wealth of
quarter of billion of dollars; during the
same period the Northern States gained
enormously in wealth by the establishment
of many new industries.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07

Gould "Buck" Burns have heard some of the
comments on his May Day ride he undoubtedly
would have set himself down for week.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07

And now everybody is wondering where In
stallator would have finished in the owners
handicap.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
SUMMARY.

SAN FRANCISCO. July 6, 1898.
100 FIRST RACE-Six furlongs: selling:
i loo. three-year- oil DIS and upward nurse S2hil
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07

Joe Rose, the bookmaker, was about the onl
swell winner at the track over the victory c
Nellie G. He held her out in his book, an
backing her around the ring cleaned up abou
$1,000.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
FIats an Steiner Stare
BY ORDER OF TRUSTEES.

130S-130S1a Steiner ST.; nice substantial nat,
of and rooms and bath EACH etc., and real
house of 8 rooms: rents S42.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07

lila Potrero ave, bet 23d and oath sts.: splen-
did railroad facilities; bay-window cottage of z
rooms and bath: brick foundation; in first-class
condition: rents SIS; lot 25xl0O.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07

corner on DOLORES street.
SW. cor. of Dolores and Day sts.; near sever
lines of cars; Dolores is the widest street in t
Mission; lot 50x105.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07

(a)-Lot No. 1415, in No. 2, East DeKalb stree
400 feet south of Cortland avenue: 25x70 feet.
(b)-Lot No. 1416. in No. g. West Heath stree
400 feet south OF Cortland avenue; 25x7O feet a
joining above.
(c)-Lot No. 1865, in No. 8, corner Of Callforn
avenue and Star and FrancOni streets.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07

OOWHIOWH DUsIHtss Properly.
1915 Mission street. between Eighth and Ninth,
substantial 3-story house of 20 rooms and two
baths; brick foundation: rent $62 so: lot 25xS0:
desired.
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-08
PERSONALLY A CHARMING MAN.
Something About Judge Harmon, the
New Attorney General of the United
States.

Cincinnati, June Judge Harmon
today appointed attorney general of the
United States, is the. senior member of
Harmon, Goldsmith & Hoadley who, prob
ably, have the most lucrative practice in
Cincinnati He is 80 years of age He
is about six feet two inches in height,
athletic in appearance, well preserved,
and his hair is slightly tinged with gray.
He is regarded by the bench and bar of
Hamilton county as an able man. Per-
sonally he is a charming man. He comes
from old New York stock, and members
of his branch still live in and around
jefferson county in that state He grad
uated from Dennison University, Gran
vile, Ohio, in 1866, and three years later
graduated from the Cincinnati law
school. He formed a copartnership with
R. T. Durren and praeticed law till 1876
when he was elected judge of the com
mon pleas court He served on the bench
four months when he was unseated in
favor of Judge Cexeby of the Ohio SEN
ats He returned to his practice, forming
a partnership with Judge Maxwell. IN
1878 he was elected judge of the superior
court. He resigned in $780, when he
formed the present firm. He was mar
ried in 1870 to Miss Olive Scobey, and has
two children.
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-08
Paine FURNITURE CO.,
As CANAL ST, BOSTON.
GARDINER HIGH scHooLATHLETics
Some Good Records Made in the Field
Sports Yesterday.

Gardiner, June IA large crowd as
sembled at the. Park this afternoon to wit
ness the sports of the Gardiner High
School Athletic Associations field day.
1t was not finished and the remainder
will come off Monday. In two events the
school records were broken, the 100-yard
dash and hammer throwing The first
event, the 100-yards dash, the first heat,
E. n Smith, first, A P Larrabee, second ;
time II seconds. Second heat, W. Hayes,
first, Warmes, second; time 10 seconds.
Final, E. N. Smith, first; A. P. Larrabee,
second; time II 25 seconds. Bicycle race,
two miles, G. H. Hildreth, first; Arthur
Hayes, second; time minutes and So
seconds. Standing high jump, W. H.
Whitmore, feet. Running high jump,
f. Armes, 4 feet, s inches. Standing
broad jump, E. Armes, feet inches
Standing broad jump, VIII Whitman, s
feet, inches. r running broad jump, T.
j. Hickey, II feet 4 inches Throwing
12 pound hammer, W. Armes " feet I
inches. Putting ie-pound shot, 7. J.
oficiated: P. c. Jack, referee; W. L. Powers,
starter; W. o. Cobb, scorer; W. G. Atkins,
clerk of course; L. NJ Sanborn, Louville
Robbins, W. A. Purnell, judges and time
keepers.
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-08
THE BACK.BoYs STRIKE.
An Additional Source of Trouble at the
And droscoggin Mill.

Lewiston, June Friday morning
81 back-boys struck for five cents more a
day at the Androscoggin mills. 1t was
refused them and they left the mill,
leaving only four back-boys in the whole
establishment. This necessitated the
shutting down of is pair of mules, and
II men quit work. These boys get so
cents day and want 55
From statements by the weavers it is
larned only 100 of 100 looms in the An
droscoggin mill are running today.
Fourteen more weavers came out of the
mill today. There are now 274 weavers
out of the mill, aSd about 200 of them
are women. The women can, most of
them, maket $5 and Sc week where they
used ito make 50 and SO 1.-THE "a men
make about the same pay.
At the Central Labor Union Hall,
there is a merry scene every afternoon.
Some of the strikers can play the violin
and the men and girls join in dance
now and then
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-08
BRIEFLY TOLD.

General Harrison started for Indi an
apolis at 9. 30 last night.
Miss Dodge was about the same last
night, having passed rather quiet day.
An official investigation into the
Colima disaster was begun yesterday by
United States inspectors of hulls and
boilers
At Madrid, in the Chamber of Deputies
today, Senior Ortega, Republican, cen
sured the government for permitting the
execution of Major Clavijo. Senior Ortega
characterized the execution as murder.
At Little Rock, Ark, Chancellor
Martin decided to put the affairs OF the
Forestland company in the hands OF a
receiver. The company owns 40, 600 acres
of land in Arkansas and Louisiana
The central business section of Middle
town, Conn, narrowly escaped destruc-
tion by fire last night. Fire started in
SIN ith and Harris's livery stable on
Court street. The block between Court
and Centre streets was Quilted. Loss
$50, 600; insurance, $5, 0000
A despatch to the Daily London News,
| says the storm yesterday caused floods In
| Roberndorf valley near Osenburg, Hun
gary. All houses in the valley was swept
| away and more than hundred persons
| are missing.
At Suncook, N. H., yesterday, Webster
mill coal shed and cotton house, contain
| ing 1900 bales cotton, with a part OF the
mill was damaged by fire. A small
| dwelling was burned.
Yesterday a cablegram was received
| that says the Washtanaw that sailed from
Philadelphia April 10 for San Francisco,
| reported ashore in the Straits OF Magel,,
Ian, June 1st, has been floated and
arrived at Coronel, seaport town of
| Phil.
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-08
A slo,ooo.ooo ICE COMPANY.
Formation of a Big Trust on the Kenne-
bee.

Augusta, June Nearly all the gentle
men who participated in the meeting in
Gardiner, Thursday, to form the big ice
company came up from. Bath on the tug
boat Perry. They met at the Evans
House, but did not register, and were
very careful not to divulge anything con-
cerning the objects of the meeting. Part
of them were tug boat men, and it was
represented by one of them that it was
little tow boat matter they had met
to consider.
In the list of directors of the new con-
solidated ice company, it will be noticed
that several members of the board are
gentlemen in the employ of the Morses
Of Bath, which indicates that Mr. Charles
W. Morse, the big ice operator, is inter-
ested in the deal.
Clarence Hale of Portland, in whose
office the papers for the company were
drawn, together with Mr.J. S. Larnereaux
of Ballson Spa, N. Y, one of the prime
movers in the scheme, went clear over
to Houlton to secure immediate approval
of the certificate of Incorporation by At
torney General Powers. The capital
stock of the new company is ten million
dollars
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-08
viii Not Call a Convention.

Philadelphia June 7-Wm. f. Harrity,
chairman of the Democratic National
Committee has written an open letter in
answer to the queries regarding the
possibilities Of a Democratic National
Convention in the near future to take
action on the subject of silver 81 have
no intention of calling meeting meet
ing a meeting of the national committee
until next winter when it will meet for
the purpose of fixing the time and place
for holding Democratic national con
vention of 1896 unless I am requested
to do so by the requisite number of men,
bers of the Democratic National Commit
tee do not believe there is any neces-
sity for convention at this time. am
of the opinion that to call one now
would be harmful to the interests of the
country and prejudicial to the welfare of
the Democraticparty. y
When called upon today Mr.. Harrity
said he had no views to express on the
money question and had nothing what
above letter