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The morning call., 1895-02-15
LARGE SUMS AWAIT HEIRS.
Mysterious DepositOrs in Local Banks
Who Cannot BE Found.

Mysterious Depositors in Local Banks
Who Cannot Be Found.
Several snug fortunes lie in the vaults OF
local savings banks waiting for the return
of their long-absent owners or the advent
others, and Oscar T. Shuck, as attorney Tor
absent heirs in the various estates, Is en-
deavoring, by advertisement and corre-
spondence, to bring to light persons who
can rightly claim the money.
Kate Welch, about whom little is known
save that she worked at the Lick House as
laundress some time between 1873 and 1850,
and was well-known and successful plum
ger in mining stocks, went to sacramento
in 1885. became suddenly insane and was
sent to the Stockton Insane Asylum. she
died there the following year. Her specula-
tions in stocks and hard work resulted In
her saving 10000, which she deposited in
the Hibernia Bank and which now is the
substance of an estate for which no heirs
can be found.
jeremiah Pendegast, supposed to have
| been a mining man and to have perlshed
| in a mine catastrophe in the early '70s, is
not mentioned in any San Francisco dlrec-
| tory from 1850 to the present time and no
record exists of his death. yet he deposited
$4,000 in the Hibernia Bank and one day
in ~ walked from his hotel, the old Em-
pire, then located at 81 Commercial street,
and has not been seen since.
The Mary Burke case is complete myss-
| terry. She was apparently finely educated,
with an easy, flowing hand, and was very
uncommunicative. She absolutely refused
to allow any description of herself to be
entered on the books of the Savings and
Loan Society, except her own signature,
deposited $4,000, and from that day to this
no one has seen her.
| Captain Frederick G. Clark commanded
the Dagmar, the sealing vessel of the
Alaska Commercial Company which was
lost in '78, and left $3.50, in the Hibernia
ployers. This $1425 is his estate, but abso-
1utely no trace can be obtained of him.
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COMING OUR WAY.

1t is evident that the proposal of THE
CALL to make a serious effort to bring the
next Republican national convention to
this city will fnd plenty of support both
here and in the East. The telegram from
General Clarkson and the interviews with
leading men i'll the city, which we publish
this morning, make that manifest beyond
a doubt. Let an energetic committee be
put in charge of the work and the task will
be half accomplished. That is the first
step to be taken, and it should be taken at
once.
While the earnest support promised by
our own citizens is encouraging, the tele-
gram from General Clarkson is particularly
so. In him we have not only an Eastern
ally, but an ally in position to be of great
service to us in the contest. 1t is pleasing,
therefore, to find that he is so heartily in
accord with the proposition, and to learn
from him that there has been much favor
able talk among the members of the
National Committee in regard to holding
the convention here.
With this full expression of public senti-
ment in favor of the proposal it ought not
to be difficult to get the work started with
the right men in charge of it. The first
step to be taken is organization, so that the
matter can be laid before the country as a
definite proposition. General Clarkson
says: ''If arrangements can be made l
think that discussion of it in the public
press would show the proposition to be so
popular that the National Committee at its
next meeting, in November or December,
would respond to the popular will and
choose San Francisco as the seat for the
convention" This practically outlines the
course for US to pursue. We must make
arrangements early for low fares and quick
special trains, and then enter at once upon
the campaign of education.
1t will be clearly perceived from all this
that the outlook is bright and all prospects
are favorable to the enterprise. Men of
ability and influence stand ready to sup
port it with money and energy; and as we
stated yesterday. THE CALL is willing to
contribute to the sum required for the pre-
liminary canvass, and also $4,000 toward
defraying the cost if the convention comes
here. Equally liberal contributions will
come from other quarters when necessary.
We call upon Republican clubs and leaders
therefore to appoint a committee to take
charge at once. Let US start the ball
roIIipU
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PERSONAL.

Francis Dowd a large landowner of Mon
terey, is at the Lick.
John Bradbury, Los Angeles capitalist, is a
guest at the Palace.
A. ]. Pillsbury, an attorney OF Tulare, is
registered at the Grand.
J. H. Einhorn, merchantof Santa Clara, is
a guest at the California.
R. F Bentley, a fruit man of Sacramento, ar
rived at the Lick yesterday.
B. F. Hawes, a hotel man OF San Andreas, was
en- arrival at the Grand yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. H. Buck of Vacaville were
late arrivals at the Palace yesterday.
R. C. Walrath, q prominent mining man OF
Nevada City, is registered at the Lick
]. G. Scott, manager of the Lick Mills Paper
Company, is registered at the California.
J. B. Benson, an extensive lumber dealer oi
Philadelphia, is registered at the Palace.
Stephen O'Brien, one of the leading real
estate men of Tacoma, is staying at the Palace
Colonel ]. W. Moorehead, a capitalist and
mining man of Santa Clara, is at the California
R. A. Thompson editor of the Santa Rosa
Democrat, registered at the Occidental last
night.
Senior Angel P. Alvarez, the editor and pro-
prietor of the Spanish paper El Comercio dc
San Francisco, has been confined to his room
with severe attack of the grip.
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A COAST SHORE RAILROAD.

The railroad fever which broke out when
the construction of San Joaquin Valley
road became an assured fact has spread to
Humboldt County and has revived hopes
and schemes which have been incubating
for generation. 1t is fact that the best
path for railroad running north from San
Francisco to Oregon is not up the Sacra-
mento Valley, which seemed the natural
course, but along the coast, and that some
day such a road will be built and may be
the western division of new transconti-
mental line.
As far north as Redding the upper Sac
ramento Valley is an admirable course for
railroad. But after passing Redding, and
as far north as the Willamette Valley, the
California and Oregon and the Oregon and
California run through country where
the precipitation will average over forty
inches. In nine out of the twelve months
the precipitation is rain, which in some
seasons is torrential and causes freshets
and landslides In the other three months
it is likely to be snow, which in the gorges
blockades the track, impedes travel and
puts the railroad company to vast expense
to clear it away. West of the railroad
track, on the edge of the ocean, country
is encountered where the rainfall is light
and the snowfall lighter still. On such
line there would be no snow -blockades
and the most serious obstacle to the build
ing of a road which for 400 miles would
skirt the ocean, would be the bridging of
the Russian, Noyo, Eel, Klamath and
Rogue rivers-a work of no difficulty and
no great expense.
Humboldt County is in some respects
the most interesting county of the State.
For twenty to thirty miles from the shore
line it is densely wooded with noble red
woods and many varieties of pine trees. It
has been said that when the redwoods are
cut down they will yield timber enough to
pay for the land on which they stood !;
when the trees are removed the stumps
will yield hard wood suitable for cabinet
making, which will sell for more than the
trees, and when the stumps have been got
rid of and the roots grubbed up the cleared
land, with fifteen feet of alluvial soil on
it, will be worth for dairy purposes more
than the owner gave for it originally and
more than he received for the redwood
trunks and stumps. The only reason every
one does not rush to Humboldt to take
advantage of this opportunity is that the
county has no railroads and there is no
means of getting its products to market
except by the steamers from Eureka.
When the San Joaquin Valley road is
built and those who put their money in it
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severed, or kind of knife-auger with sharp
projecting edges is employed. This latter
method, which is used with medium-hard
woods, is illustrated in Figs. l and 2. The
electric motor with its foundation plate 2 is
mounted on q small two-wheeled wagon
which is brought close up to the tree to be
felled and fastened to it with clamps and
chains. The latter are fastened to the axle OF
the wagon in such manner that they can easily
be cast off, so that when the tree is ready to fall
the wagon may be drawn out OF the way
The foundation plate of the motor is mounted
on vertical axis, so that it can be turned
around in a horizontal plane. The auger is
borne by spindle, which is set in motion by
the motor by means of betting. The spindle
can be moved backward and forward length
wise with the aid OF the cogged bar K. The
machine works as follows: When the motor
has been fastened to the tree by means of the
clamps and chains, the current is turned on
and cut of slight depth is made, the motor
being gradually turned on its axis. Then the
auger is set forward few centimeters and a
second cutting is made in like manner. This
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SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS.

"I did hope for an artistic career" said the
disappointed-looking man, "but met with diff
ficulties couldn t conquer. What needed was
atmosphere"
81 see The same old trouble. What were you
an author or painter?"
''Neither. was learning to play the from
bone, but was naturally short of BREATH
Washington Herald
'sWomen," she remarked, in general way,
for the purpose of introducing this paragraph,
''women must have more elbow room"
'sThen," said he, seizing the opportunity,
''then why doesn't she put some of the puffs
lower down the sleeve instead of about the
shoulders?'
His question remained unanswered, because
already she had begun to talk of something
else.-Indianapols Journal.
IL never eu'd undustand dis story about
Diogenes huntin' round wit lantern fur an
honest man." remarked a New York city states
man.
"Are you surprised that he should have found
them so scarce?"
''Naw. wat don't see is wat he wanted
wit i'm. Washington Star.
There was a clatter of hoofs, sickening i'm
pact and shrek.
"Crushed," they gasped, as they raised the
woman from the wreck.
'Crushed?'
Her eyes opened. She clutched wildly at her
sleeves.
"Yes," she faltered, "they are crushed all
right enough"
Those who bore her to the ambulance no.
ticed that she was weeping.-Detroit Tribune.
He gazed at the flakes
That gathering DER,
And sadly he murmured,
Showed nnder once more"
Washington Star.
81 say, doctor, tell me what the difference be-
tween the grip and cold really is?''
DIR. Pillem Qn a confidential tone)-The doc
tors fees. People don't call physician for a
cold.-Buffalo Courier.
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SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

The Hawaiian republic will err if it permits
the execution of the men involved in the late
revolution. While under the precedents of all
nations treason is punishable by death. Hawaii
has gained much sympathy from the humane
policy OF the present Government, and the
favorable trend of public sentiment should not
be jeopardized by change of policy at the
present time.-San Diego Union.
The United States will build the cable to
Hawaii, as it should do and if it is possible, the
Senate should save the little republic from
Japanese domination, made possible only by
the vindictiye attitude of the President and
Secretary Gresham, and all because the Hawaii
affair was unfinished business of a republican
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Opinion.
1t has been thought of enough Importance to
telegraph across the continent that c. P.
Huntington believes that the millennium will
occur in 1898 Since the death of the funding
bill and the astonishing success of the valley
railroad scheme 1t is not to be wondered at that
Huntington thinks the millennium is coming
Arroyo Grande Herald
The people of San Francisco represent only
one-ffth of the people of this State. The other
four-fifths are almost unanimously opposed TO
the scheme to make the State pay the bills OF
cisco are by no means unanimous on the sub
ject themselves.-Los Angeles Express.
1t must strike every one who has reflected
upon the almost complete loss of life that oc-
CURED when the Elbe went down that the sys-
tenn OF small boats is entirely ineffective for
such thrilling emergency Santa Barbara
Press.
There is great deal of nonsense being writ
ten about the tall theater hat. The lady who
wears it is not half so big nuisance as the
man who disturbs q whole row of people by
going out to eat clove.-San Jose Mercury.
There is some mistake about this Democratic
idea of tariff for revenue" 1t looks great
deal more like bonds for revenue, and the tariff
appears to be for deficit.-Los Angeles Times
He who builds competing railroad where
only one railroad run before is public bene
factor.-Stockton Record.
The confidence of the people is of more solio
value than all the bond issues we ever had
South San Francisco Mail.
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takes up space that should be given to
news or legitimate advertising, and the
fake scheme OF which it is part engages
some of the attention, energies and capital
of the paper that ought to be devoted ex-'
clusively to the gathering and the dissem-
ination of news 1t is, therefore, a deduc-
ton from the news value of the paper and
a loss to those who look for the news.
A man cannot serve two masters. He
cannot be a journalist and faker at the
same time. The editor who resorts to take
gifts to get subscribers will soon resort to
fakes to get news. When once the legitl-
mate object of journalism is lost sight OF
and the publication of the news is re-.
garded no longer as the chief object OF It's
energy, it is an easy step to sensauonallsm
of every kind and to the complete aban-
donment of all care for accuracy and truth
fulness in reporting events. By easy and
inevitable gradations the editor is trans
formed to the habitual faker. He consld-
ers news no more than pansy blossom,
and will resort to exaggeration and every
other device in either case or in both cases
to catch the attention of the vulgar and
the nickels of the unwary.
1HE GALL VIII appear W nono VI oAa'
class of people who desire free-gift snap
more than they desire the news, nor will it
appeal to those who prefer sensationalism
more than accuracy. Having no fakes to
offer, it wishes none of the patronage that
goes to takers 1t will devote all the time,
energies, talent and capital at its command
tie the publication of news. In that work
it will employ every resource of the age
and every means which civilization has
placed at the disposal of the news-gatherer.
It's agents will be everywhere throughout
the earth, and all that happens at home or
abroad will be made known every morning
with fnllness that includes no padding
and conciseness that leaves out nothing
of Importance.
The true rule of business is for every
man to stick to his own trade. Let the
| book-dealer sell books and the florist sell
flowers. They have to pay rent, clerk hire
and all the expenses of legitimate business
and should be free from fake competition.
The public will be better served in this
way than it could be by any other process,
and for ourselves, we will stick to it.
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AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

''You let I'd like to see another wheat boom
like we had in 1877. 1t went up to So, and the
brokers nearly had the delirium tremens for
joy" said Carey Friedlander, secretary of the
Produce Exchange, as he seated himself COM
fortably in the reading-room of the California
Hotel yesterday.
"What was the cause OF that boom?' inquired
a listener.
at was dry season in California and there
was Graco-Roman or the Franco-Prussian
or the Turkish war, have forgotten which /;
any how it was an international scrap going
on somewhere. was in my fathers Office at
that time and it was the liveliest you ever saw.
Why, in recent years, about 1891 or 1892, it
went up to 81 s5 per hundredweight and we
thought that was high"
"Do you think it will ever get up to So
again?"
'No, but it will get better when we start
building that new railroad. Pm in for that
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THE SURRENDER AT WEI-HAI-WEI

The news from China has been so vague
OF late, and OF such doubtful authenticity,
that it has been hardly worth while to
comment ON it. But now we have an ac-
count from Wei 'hai-wei which is said to be
official, and which calls for few remarks.
1t seems that after several days fighting
with pretty heavy losses on both sides, the
Chinese admiral, Ting, who commanded
the forts as well as the fleet, offered to sur
render his works and his ships on the
terms OF an honorable capitulation. This
was on Tuesday. The japanese were COM
manded by Admiral Ito, relative of the
Count Ito who has figured so actively in
japanese affairs during the past fifteen
years. he did full justice to the gallantry
of the Chinese defense, and did not hesi-'
tate to grant Admiral Ting's request. The
garrison were to march out with the honors
of war; and with the crews of the vessels
were to be permitted to return to their
homes.
The fortress which has thus passed into
Japanese hands is really the key to the
| sea OF Pechlh. Itfills the same place toward
the maritime commerce of Northern China
that Gibraltar does to the commerce of the
Mediterranean. So long as it remains in
| Japanese hands, China's foreign trade
| from the northern provinces will be under
japanese control and may be regulated by
| japanese decree. The northern waters of
China will be, to all intents and purposes,
| Japanese lakes.
1t was doubtless in view of the imminent
fall of Wei-hai-wei that the powers, by
concert of action, lately advised the Gov
ernment of Peking to initiate serious nego-
tiations for peace. The first plenipoten-
| tiaries who were dispatched to Japan were
sent on fool-errand. With its customary
mixture of childishness and cunning, the
| Chinese Government had clothed them
| with power to listen and eport-nothing
! more. OF course the japanese refused to
allow their fire to be drawn in this way
when the commissioners exchanged their
powers, the members from Toxic refused
to proceed further with the debate and the
| Cinnamon went home.
| The new ENJOYS are men of different
stamp-not at all the sort of diplomats
who can be sent on FOOLS errands. Ii
| Hung Chang is the statesman who has been
practically the head man of China for a
quarter of century. General Grant COM
|
| pared him to Bismarck. Prince Kung, the
Emperor's uncle, has long been noted as
the most progressive OF Chinese states
men. He is in favor of modern improve
ments and all the latest modern inven-
tions. 1t was due to him that the Chinese
navy was reorganized. Unfortunately, he
could not create Chinese sailors. He is
the largest owner of the TAPPING coal
mines. 1t was through him that the anti
railroad law was repealed. The third
| member of the embassy is Sir Robert Hart,
who has been at the head of the Chinese
customs for a generation. He holds the
strings of the Chinese purse and controls
the public revenue. The Government at
Peking dare not remove him, for no one
could take his place.
Such men are likely to take business
steps for the restoration of peace.
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are realizing their reward it is quite likely
that railroad-building in California may
become popular with the capitalists of the
East. That would be good time for the
people of Humboldt, Mendocino and Del
Norte to be prepared with scheme for a
north and south coast line which might
form part OF continental road. If there
is good coal anywhere in this State it is to
be found in Mendocino County,
The morning call., 1895-02-15
The HUMBOLDT Bar Buoy.

The Lighthouse Inspector of the Twelfth
District has issued notice to mariners to
the effect that about the 18th inst. the
Humboldt Bar whistling buoy will be re-
moved to a position about one and three
quarter miles south-southwestf from its pres
ent location, and that at the same time the
mid-channel buoy will be discontinued
altogether
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is repeated till the tree is about half separated
from the stump. Then clamps are driven in to
prevent the tree from cleaving open, and the
work is prosecuted as long as is consistent with
safety Then the chains are cast of, the wagon
is removed to safe place and the part of the
telling that still remains to be done is accom-
plished with handsaws or axes.
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Dover, England, life-size ana herolc statue Oh
the King Lear OF Shakespeare
The Chinese Emperor is small and delicate.
He looks like a lad of 16 or II and speaks ike
q youth OF that age.
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The Mississippi cotton-planters are evil
IDENTIFY getting desperate, for at recent
convention they decided that if any farmer
should plant more cotton than the acreage
agreed upon, his neighbors should drive
into his field and plow it up.
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..Mrs. winslow,s soothing syrup

Has been used over fifty years by millions of moth
ers for their children while Testhing with perfect
success 1t soothes the child softens the gums, al
lays Pain, cures Wind Collie, regulates the Bowels
and is the best remedy for DiarrhOas, whether
arising from teething or other causes For sale by
Druggists in every part of the world Be sure and
ask for Mrs. Winsow's Soothing Syrup 25c g
bottle.
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Three thousand vessels have used the
Manchester ship canal in the first year
after its opening. OF these 501 were foreign
vessels bound to Manchester direct.
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CUR-IT-UP; heals wounds, burns and sores as
if by magic; one application cures poison oak;
it relieves pain and abates Inflammation.
The morning call., 1895-02-15

1t is conceded by all intelligent men that
the coupon is the useless attache of jour
naliSm.
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The icemen about Niagara Falls are re-
joicing over the excellent ice crop. which is
The morning call., 1895-02-15

PURIFY your blood, strengthen and invigorate
your nerves and muscles, tone your stomach and
digestive organs and build up your whole system
by the use of Hoods Sarsapara.
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The would-be reformer is not necessarily
a thing of beauty because he is jawey
forever.
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Shall we have the next national Repub
ican convention?
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In the legislative sideshow the useless
attache is the spotted man.
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The ladies seem to be indulging in burg
lar-catching as an everyday amusement.
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A French picture dealer says that all OF
his unsold pictures are sent to the United
States, where they bring fancy prices.
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BUY your ladies' and gents furnishing good
at Pioneer Dry Goods, 1O5 Fifth street.
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1t is easy to pick bone with the Grand
Jury, for the whole thing seems to be
ossifed.
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1t is said that the Capitol needs a venti-
lation, but perhaps it is the Legislature.
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Municipal improvement should mean
work on the streets and not talk at mass
meeting.
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In the various city elections to be held
this spring, Republicans should take no
part in non-partisan movements, but make
a straight fight for victory over all oppo-
nents of Republican principles.
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Home rule is the best rule and home rule
will win.
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The project of inducing the Republican
party to hold a national convention in this
city has been frequently discussed, but
now is the time to set our energies to work
ior it and let money talk.
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Since the Lexow investigation in New
York has resulted merely in faction fight
among the reformers, it is a question
whether it was worth while to turn on so
much light to see such small circus.
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Some men evidently make distinction
between civic patriotism and civil regard
for the good name of the city.