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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-13
SOME DAMAGE BIZ FROST
Condition of Crops In VariOWs Sections
of the State,

Condition of Crops In Various Sections
of the State.
SACRAMENTO, CAL, June 12.-At the
meeting OF the State horticultural Society
this afternoon G. w. Hinckley of Winters
reported that in his district the earliest
apricot section of the State. the crops west
of the town were heavy, while to the north
and east they had been entirely destroy ed
by frosts. Langford of Lodi reported full
crops of all fruits except grapes in his To-
cality, the grapevines having been injured
by frosts. He spoke at length on the sub
iect of spraying with salt, sulphur and lime
for curl leaf, and gave his experience in the
mixing of the decoction.
Robert Williamson reported that crops
adjacent to Sacramento were only fair,
and stated that contrary to the usual
order of things, in the lowest spots where
the frost generally strikes, and where wet
weather usually affects the fruit most,
there are now the heaviest crops. He said
that there appeared to be fewer worms in
the apples this year than ever before, the
extended cold spell having killed the
spring brood of Goblin moths.
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SENSATION AT SAN JOSE.
Mrs. Anna Duggan Accuses Her
Son of Having Stolen Her
Property.
Brings Suit TO Recover Real Estate
Valued at Tw mtg Thousand
Dollars.

SAN JOSE, CAL, June llama Dug.
gan began a sensational suit in the su-
perlor Court to-day charging her son. G.
II. Dablaing Won Giessenberg, with fraud
and asking the court to order returned to
her real property valued at $40, 1000.
The complaint alleges that the plaintiff
IS old and illiterate; that she is now and
mas Tor over ten years been incompetent to
transact business. Prior to 1885 she an
pointed the defendant her sole agent and
confidential adviser.
she claimed that by artful schemes and
false representations Won Geissen berg in
duced her to deed to him her properly.
Two deeds were given, dated respectively
April 8, 1895, and October 10, 1885. The
consideration was SIS, whcn sum, it is
alleged, has never been paid.
Inc property consists of 166 acres on the
Almaden road, about seven miles south OF
town, and several lots in the northeastern
part of this CITY,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-13
One of His Wives Secured a
Divorce After Learning of
His Duplicity,
SERVED TIME IN PRISON
Convicted in Wisconsin of Wedding
More Frequently Than the
Law Allows.

PORTLAND, Or, June IA press dis
patch published several days ago stated
that Josef Blanther, the alleged Austrian
nobleman, who early last month murdered
Mrs. T. Langfeldt in San Francisco and is
now fugitive from justice, at times went
by the name of Robert Flg1. This an
nouncement has enabled local officials to
shed some light upon the early career Of
the murderer, and the records of the
Washington County Circuit Court pro-
claim him bigamist as well as butcher
of women.
Hon. Thomas Tongue on the 30th OF
June, 1884, began divorce proceedings at
HilIsboro, in the Circuit Court for Wash
ington County, for Mrs. Bertha Figi
against Robert Figi. Mrs. Figi's maiden
name had been Schoen. She welded Figi
in Oregon City on the 18th of April of that
year and her complaint was based upon
the fact that the defendant had three or
four wives living, from none Of whom he
had been divorced. Mrs. Figi set up IN
her complaint that these facts became
known to her subsequent to her marriage.
Strangely enough, in view OF these facts,
Figi appeared to defend the suit. He
acknowledged having been married in
Switzerland, but claimed he was divorced
from his European wife. Figi made the
absurd statement, foolishly expecting the
court to accept it as veracious, that his
father appeared in a Swiss court as the
plaintiff in the defendants divorce case
and obtained a decree.
During the further hearing of the Wash
ington County case it was shown that Figi
10 Iv,f ~
Tertiary for bigamy. This evidence was
supplied in the form of deposition by an
uncle of Figi residing in Monroe, Wis.
Mrs. Figi obtained the relief she sought,
but Figi escaped criminal prosecution in
Washington County and then disappeared.
Attorney G. E. Kindt who discovered
these facts, says that the published de-
scription of Blanther TALES identically
with that supplied by the Wisconsin au-
thorities even to his military bearing and
eyeglasses. Figi was an educated man,
and was familiar with several languages;
so also is Blanther. The murderer of Mrs.
Langfeldt is known to have been in the
United States for ten years at least,
which is ample time for him to have &C
complished all the rascallties with which
he is charged. 1t is certain that Figi and
Blanther are one and the same man.
Theodore H. Liebe of the Oregon Ger
man Bakery says that. up to year ago,
he had Robert Figi in his employ as clerk
for period of six months. This man had
a decided military air and was highly edu-
Gated, and never spoke of his past life.
Liebe regarded him as an exceedingly i'm
moral and dangerous man. The descrlp-
ton Liebe gives of his ex-clerk TALES
with that of Blanther,
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CAUSE or WcT0RlA'S DISASTER.
The Consolidated Railway Company Held
Responsible for the Loss of Many
Lives

VICTORIA, B. c., June 12.-After care
full investigation into the circumstances of
the recent Point Ellice bridge disaster, the
Coroner's jury to-day returned verdict
holding the Consolidated Railway Com
pany directly responsible for the loss of
ffty-tive liues.
The City Council was arraigned as
guilty of contributory negligence, and the
officials of the corporation were absolved
OF personal RESPONSE bility.
1t was found that the bridge was safe for
ordinary traffic and the accident would not
have occurred but for improper over
crowding of the car, which went through
the structure; but the bridge was found
not to have been constructed according to
original specifications.
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MISSING FROM CARSON.
United States Heather Observer Laarton
Absent From RIa Poak

UHtteu NtdteS UentheT UbSerrer LdsrtOn
Absent From HIS Post.
CARSON, New, June 12.-For the first
time in years no weather report was issued
from Carson last evening, and when the
usual hour passed by this morning with
the same result bureau officials wired to
O. W. Friend, in charge of the service in
Nevada, for instructions.
Weather Observer G. E. Lawton left for
Reno yesterday morning, announcing that
be would return in time to take evening
observations. Superintendent Friend to-
day learned that Instead of returning to
Carson yesterday afternoon Lawton
boarded train for the West at Reno.
Friend will attend to Lawton's duties
uutil substitute arrives. Lawton's fail
ure to return cannot be accounted for.
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Fatal accident at Lodi.

LODI, CAL, June 12.-Lewis Durbin, an
aged resident of Lodi, was killed this after
noon while loading lumber on to wagon.
AS he was placing the timbers on the
wagon the horses became frightened and
started to run away. Durbin attempted
to grasp the lines but fell beneath the
wheels, which passed over his head, crush
ing the skull
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.Foresters Wttt Celebrate.

SAN JOSE, CAL. June 1.-THE local
lodge of the Ancient Order of Foresters
will fittingly celebrate Bunker Hill day,
June II, with a picnic and appropriate
exercises. Excursions from San Francisco,
Oakland and Alameda are expected. w.
A. Bowden has been chosen orator of the
day and M. Perry grand marshal.
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Mrs. Goldson Diroroed

Los ANGELES, CAL, June 12.-Judge
Smith has granted TO Mrs. NJ. B. Goldson
a divorce from her husband, w. H. Gold
son, On the ground of non-support The
couple are well-known in Oakland, where
MIR. Goldson some time ago brought suit
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-13
Popmltsts Ornanize.

SAN JOSE, CAL, June 12.-The Peoples
Party Central Club has began planning for
the fail campaign by effecting permanent
organization, with sixty members. Elgin
G. Hurlbert is president, E. B. Mercadier
secretary and ]. L. Riddle treasurer.
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Htoh School Graduates.

SAN JOSE, CAL, June 12.-The annual
graduation of the Hin School Senate took
place this evening at Germania Hall. The
graduates are James Tormey, Milton Ish,
Henry Chandler, Harold Gray, Albert
Lloyd Harter, Haven Ed
wards, Charles Metteer.
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Fats of a Chtnese Murderer.

SAN JOSE, CAL, June 12.-Judge Lori
gan to-day passed a life-imprisonment
sentence upon Wong Now Gee for the
murder Of Yuck Nam at Laurelwood farm
on the evening of March 10. He will be
taken to San Quentin tomorrow.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-13
BOARD u Iraae Election.

SAN JOSE, CAL, June 12.-The new
directors OF the Board of Trade have
elected the following officers for the ensu-
Ing term: President, Colonel T. r.
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SANTA CRUZ AO|EU,
State Dentists Conclude Their
Labors in the City by the
Sea.
President Cool Presides at Fare.
we'll Banquet rendered the
Visitors.

SANTA CRUZ, CAL, June 1.-THE
twenty-slxth annual convention of the
California State Dental Association ad-
iourned to meet at San Jose in June or
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Weaver; first vice-president, G. NJ.
Hatcher; second vice. president, A. c..
Darby; treasurer, c. j. SteepIe; secretary,
J. P. Fay. Arrangements are in progress
for the annual harvest feast, which was
such brilliant success last year.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-13

COMETIMEs you have a dizzy feeling, your
- brain whirls, you hold yourself up to the
nearest pillar or post 1t may also happen that
you have gases in the stomach, your heart will
lutter and beat rapidly, sinking feeling comes
upon you, your hands and feet are too hot or too
cold. Your back aches, there is sense OF
weakness across the spine You may have felt
many or all of these symptoms and sensations.
You will ask yourself, What am to do +? The
answer is, Use the woodworking ,remedio-
treatment.
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HUDYAN.

You can get Hudyan only from the doctors
of the Hudson Medical Institute. Hudyan cures
Varicocele, Hydrocele and those delicate organic
troubles Hudyan is sure and positive cure.
1t is administered by reliable practitioners 1t is
a harmless but solvent remedio- treatment II you
want to know about the cures write or call for
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-13

army in 1886 owing to his heavy debts,
and went to the United States. His
mother has not heard from him since.
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HUDYAN.

This remarkable discovery was made by the
Hudsonian doctors, whom so many people know,
and who are highly recommended. THESE doc
tors are the only doctors to whom you can apply
for the great
The Opelousas courier., 1896-11-07
Dog and Monkey Fight.

A score and more OF people at Nun.
Gle were the involuntary witnesses of
one of the funniest fights to a finish
Imaginable. A monkey belonging to
an Italian escaped from its %conine-
ment and was ambling along the street
when it was attacked by a large yellow
dog of mongrel breed. For several
seconds there was such a binding rush
of dust that the spectators could
scarcely see which was ahead, but fin
ally the monkey broke away and
scaled up a pole close at hand, while
the dog established himself at the foot
and bayedsloud andsangrily.
The monkey chartered in several
dialects, running up and down, and
all the time keeping a wary eye on it's
enemy, Finally it began to slowly
slide down the pole, and, coming
within range, it bounded plump on
the dogs back, and, with teeth and
claw, made the hair fly. The dog
jumped and howled and shook himself,
the crowd yelling itself hoarse shout.
ing. $50 it, Tige," "Hold to him.
Monk" The dog finally Topped over
on its back, %dislodging the monkey,
which again bounded up the pole.
By this time the dog was crazed
with rage and pain, and it made her.
culean efforts to reach its chattering
enemy, who again brought into play
the same tactics as before. A second
time 1t landed squsrely on the dogs
back, and there was aTrepetition in
which teeth and claws played a lead
ing role. This round resulted in a
complete victory for the ''monk," the
dog eventually unhorsing his enemy
by rolling over, and then bounding to
his feet and running .away as fast as
his legs could carry him. The mon
key chased him for q few yards, and
then returned to the pole satisfied
with results. Cincinnati Enquirer.
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WORDS OF WISDOM,

Reading makes a full man, converse.
ton q ready, and writing an exact
man.
Virtue, If not in action, is q vice;
AMI when we move not forward we go
backward.
Every noble life leaves the fiber Of
il interviewer forever in the work Of
the world.
Life's g reckoning we cannot make
twice over. You cannot mend g wrong
subtraction by doing your addition
right.
1t is awful hard to convince q man
that his wife loves him when he gets
up in the night and finds the match
box empty.
Many q man who claims to be look
ing for work wouldn't recognize a job
if it stepped up and tapped him on
the shoulder.
TO be free minded and cheerfully
disposed at hours of meat, sleep and
exercise, is one of the best precepts of
long teaching.
If you would be p%ungent, be brief;
for it is with words as with sunbaams,
they more they are condensed the
deeper they burn.
The wise man is but q learner in
fact, spelling letters from g hero
graphical, prophetic book, the lexicon
of which lies in eternity.-The South
West.
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The Baboon Replaces the Dog.

Speed is q form Of equipment IN
which the dog excels the baboon, and
as an aid in the direct pursuit OF AMI
mails it must always be inferior to
what DIR. Caius calls the ''leporarii'-
the "chesing dogges." But in the
great and justly priced gift OF scent
the monkey has the advantage, though
dogs have for centuries been pred with
a view to the development of that par
ticular gift, and have both in sport
and in their use as detectives and
watches become almost Indispensable
aids to man. Among the very few in
stances in which the animal has been
taken Wild and used intelligently as q
servant, it has been found that he can
not only find edible plants by scent,
which the trufiie hunters poodles are
trained to do, but can be used to dis
cover hidden water--a unique instance
of animal service. LIE Valiant, the
African traveller, gives an account OF
q tame baboon--probably q cbacma
from South Africa-which illustrates
It's fitness as a watch, a hunter, n a
rrocurer of food and water more fully
than n others recorded.
This monkey, by sheer force OF
brains, took command Of the dogs kept
to protect the camp, and used and
directed them just as the older ba.
boons command and direcs the rest OF
their tribe. SPY his CT :es," says LIE
Valiant, che always warned US OF the
approach of an enemy before my dogs
discovered it. The dogs were SO &C.
customed to his voice that they used
to go to sleep, and I was at first vexed
with them for DESERVING their duties.
When he once had given the alarm
they would all stop to watch for his
signal, and On the least motion OF his
eyes or the shaking of his head have
seen them all rush forward to the
quarter toward which they observed
that his looks were directed. Torn
hlli Magazine.
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HoY to Aid Digestive Ur%a:;s.

The principle that the finer food is
divided and s~ubdivided in its prepare
ton the easier, quicker and better it
is digested is seldom borne in mind by
either the cook or the eater. All of
us are supposed to think OF the ancient
adage of ''eating slowly and chewing
well," hut very few carry this rule
into practice. Still fewer think OF
applying the principle of comminu-
ton in the kitchen.
Thus, for example, boiled onion is
usually served whole, aud en- account
OF its slippery character is apt to reach
the stomach IN g large fragment. II
it is cut up finely before the boiling or
Slowing it is converted almost into
lulp, winch digests in one-third or
ever one.fourth the time of tho other
way.
Grated cheese upon toast, macaroni
and other dishes present no difficulty
to the digestive process. When served
in pieces, as New York dairy cheese
almost invariably is, it is rather diff
cult of digestion, and in its favorite
1CIIu, JIG WELSH 1d1CDit, IL 70 fC1y ~
digestible to a large proportion OF the
community. Another principle which
is too often disregarded and which
cannot be too highly praised is that
long and slow cooking at o lNy tenn
perature is far better than that in
quick oven with great heat. This IS
the basis Of the success IN many steam
ers, cookers, heaters, Dutch ovens,
Aladdin ovens and other contrlvances
in the market. Oatmeal, wheaton grlts,
cracked barley and crushed rye, when
slowly prepared fortwenty-four hours,
are converted into a paste or jelly
which can be used by q person with
the weakest stomach. If, as is gener-
ally the case. they are boiled vigor.
ously for half an hour, the cells ere
imperfectly broken down, and the re-
sultiug food is often injurious to deli
cate digestions. Chicago Chronicle.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-11-07
Strange Sea Monsters.

The sting ray, a member of the
skate family, is a dangerous lnhab-
liant of Florida waters. The largest
specimens of the kind, weighing from
four hundred to five hundred pounds,
live at great depths, and are seldom
found in shore, but rays from thirty
to forty pounds are often encountered
near the land, and natives consider
them to be fnlly as dangerous as the
octopus or the much dreaded blue
shark.
The fish is a large, broad, fat.bel-
lied creature, with eyes Of a golden
tint, a sharp, spear.like appendage at
the end of the back and a long, STEM
der tail that reminds n much OF a
blacksnake whip. This whip tail
serves as a lariat with which an enemy
NAV first be lassoed and then the
barbed spine finishes the work by lac
Grating the victim in a frlghtiui man
ner. The sting ray is a %villlanous
creature from any point OF view, and
has no friends in this or any other
latitude.
In the Atlantic Ocean between the
| shores of the Bahama Islands n the
Florida coast, there lives ? Grange
creature known as the gl.dcus, or sea
lizard. It is seldonopf ever found
deep dear water sas anil Mot sea, especially
where a strong ,%urent exists. 1t is
we'll known that thss portion OF the
Gulf Stream, crowded. in between the
Bahamas ard Florida, is very rapid
and therefore the conditions SO favor
able to the sea lizard are here to DC
found to a greater degree than else
where IN the known world.
Az a substitute for fc,relegs it has
two broom.shaped fms, and IRON
about the middle Of the body, includ
ing the tail, there are several NOR
fins that spread out like a fsn'-NeH
York Journal.
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Oldest Match Factory.

Sweden has the oldest and largest
match factory in the world. Matches
were made there long before the old,
roughly trimmed splinter of wood
tipped with sulphur was discarded
with the finder boxes for which they
we're used. In twenty-five years the
export trade of Sweden in modern
matches increased to 1000, 900 boxes
a year. Some of the machines for
making the matches which we use in
these days make 200 revolutions a
minute each, and turn out aboat q.
500, 900 boxes annually. Altogether
there are in Europe about $4,000 fac
tories, and they yearly = produce
matches valued at $50, 600. 600
The Opelousas courier., 1896-11-07
Labor Insurance.

Insurance against non-esfssploymeno
is al accomplished fact in Cologne.
Workingmen who have resided two
years in that city and who are over
eighteen years old can join the So
ciety. The dues are six cents per
week. If no employment can be pro-
cured for a member during the dull
season, fifty centsssper day are paid to
him If married, thirty-eight cents if
single. The city has started o guaran-
tee fund for the society with $4,000, to
which 81, 500 have been added by
subscription among employers. The
society hopes to enroll enough mem
bers to meet all liabilities likely to oc'
chr.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-11-07

SarsapariHa
Is the Gest-In fact the One True Blood Purifier
Ana19n H:ss~ are the best after-dinner
RODl S fills pills, aid digest. on. Csc.
Boston's Public Library.

Boston's new public library, includ-
ing furniture and fittings, has cost
S2,410,O00. 1t cost to maintain dur
ing 1895, says City Government, a lit
tie more than $4,000 and for the
present year S225,OOO have been ap-
propriated by the City Council. OF
this $4,000, about $1O3, 900 went for
salaries, S27, 200 for new books, $4,000
for bookbinding, $1,000 for periodi-
Gals, over $4,000 for coal and $1,000
for transportation between the central
library and auxiliaries. 1t will be evil
dent that the expenditure for books
does not represent the true condition
Of things as to the yearly increment
in this direction, now amounting to
between 2531OO and 10000 volumes.
Many Of thip immense number of ac-
QUESTIONS camkas gif5F from friendly
disposed Observation-Disclosures. In
1895, 1,433 perSins gavech},69o vol
umes, besides 1.l3G3 numbers Of mag
azines and parts OK larger works.
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With a glance Of deep commisera.
ton the burglars softly stole away
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A DELUSIOE.

"William," she said, "I've read SO
much in the comic papers about what
a good time g man has when his wife
is out Of town that [ guess I'll go away
for g week or two
Give read such things, but they're
not true to nature. When 6 man'swife
goes ont of town he goes down to the
Office the first DAY OR two looking kind
of jolly and roguish and pretending
he thinks people ought to envy him.
Then he begins to look as if he need.
ed shaving. A button drops off his
vest and doesn't get sewed on. Then
his clothes begin to look mussy in
general. And by the time his wife is
ready to come home he is the picture
of discomfort. It's all right for the
purposes of humor to let on that a
man has a royal good time when his
wife goes away; but the theory
isn't borne out by the facts in the
case."-Washington Star.
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4 DREADFUL CONTINGENCY.

"Your money, and quick, tool" said
the tall burglar.
"For goodness sake. don't make SO
much noise" Kissed the unhappy
householder as he sat UP in bed.
"Why not?"
sYou'll wake the baby"
The short burglar laughed brutally y.
He had heard the old gag when he
was a child on his mothers knee.
"Wot if we do wake the baby?" said
the tall burglar.
ssIf the baby cries" groaned the un-
happy victim, sit will sour the tenn
per OF my wife's pet dog, and then
there'H be the mischief to pay"
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BOUND TO TELL ONE, ANYWAY.

about ten years ago-yes; just
ten years and sever days-1 pulled a
bass out of the water that looked to
weigh about a pound and the line
broke at a distance of about a foot
from the hook said the latest man
OF the liars.
"And then about five years after.
ward" the thin liar fastened to inter
rupt, ".you caught him again with the
hook and line still in his mouth, and
the fish had grown to weigh ten
pounds"
The fat liar looked panied at This
ruthless capture of his best story and
answered: "No, Sir! He weighed
less than two ounces. His vitality
had all been consumed by the line,
which had grown to twenty-eigh II feet
two and three-eighths inches OF
clothesline Journal.