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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-28
TO RETIRE FROM BUSINESS.
TIE Atlas National Bank of Chicago VIII
Pay An DepOstors and Wind
Up Affairs,

CHICAGO. ILL. Dec. 27--The Atlas
National Bank of Chicago has decided to
retire from business. and the clearing
house committee az a special meeting to-
night decided that the associated banks OF
the city would advance the amount
needed TO pay its depositcrs IN full. The
amount required is in the neighborhood
Nj 5000, 600.
The meeting was held at the home OF
Isaac g. Lombard. a member of the COM
mittee, about II o'clock tonight. The ac-
ton of the committee Is expressed in the
following:
The Atas National Bank having decided to
retire from business the Clearing-house COM
mittee has made an examination of its affairs,
and on its report the associated banks of the
city have decided to advance the amount
needed 10 pay It's depositors III full, as shown
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ST. LOUIS. Mo, Dec. PA raid was
made by policemen tonight upon low
drinking resort in East st. Louis, near
Relay depot. The tough inmates showed
fight AMI opened fire. Detective Officer
John Paynton was fatally shot and two
others slightly wounded. All but one of
the men escaped and several are known to
be wounded.
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"Jerruo Green snrreneers.

LANCASTER, Pa, Dec. 27.-"Jerry"
Green, who shot and killed his half
brother, Abe Green, On the Welsh Noun
tain on Christmas night, surrendered him.
self late last night and was lodged In jail
here to-day. He claims that Abe threat
ened to kill him and that he shot in self
defense. Both men, who were negroes,
were very desperate characters and
chronic law breakers
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shpyad Philadelphia
Her dimensions
ped have minimum of will rugged
w Revenue
Marine Service formerly schooh Chase who
has superintendent the of the will be
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-28
MILITIA HELD IN READINESS.
Governor BRADLEY of Kentucky Viii Pre-
rent Hob Riolencc.

FRANKFORT, KY. Dec. 27.-Several
companies OF the Second Regiment, Ken
tucky State Guards. have been in readi-
ness to march for the past forty-eig BIT
hours. Governor Bradley is determined
to prevent mob violence ii it is IN his
power, and the report that mob would
attempt to lynch Johnson Howe, colored,
who is in Jail at Paris for the shooting OF
Policeman Charles Lacey at Cynthiana,
caused him to order the militia to be IN
readiness to go to Howe's protection.
Lacey died this morning. A telegram
from Paris tonight says that Howe Is not
in danger.
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Fought Ont IN Feudar Fashion.

MOUNT VERNON, KY, Dec 27.-In a
general fight SIX miles north OF this pace
yesterday afternoon two men were killed
and another fatally shot. The dead are
Armp Rowland and Jack Rigsby; the
wounded man is Greeley Lear The fight
began at Christmas merry making, an
was fought on the highway III true Ken
lucky feudal fashion between opposing
factiona
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Paument mn BE Ee.nmed

BRYAN. TEX, Dec. 27.-Bank Examiner
J. d. Mcdonald yesterday took charge of
the Merchants and Planters Bank,
which failed TO open Wednesday. Disin-
terested business men WHO have invesii-
gated the affairs of the bank since saw
that it is solvent and payment will be re-
sumed.
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Death of a million ,tre BANKER.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Dec. pa special
from San Luis Potosi, Mexico. says Igna-
clio Muriel. banker and business man of
that city. is dead. He leaves an estate
valued at 81, 600 coo.
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TAKEN A TUMBLE!


The last of 1896 heen the old trembling in the balance
tumble nothing
order accomplish empty tables by the first the The Hes the
nst quoted Oat fashionable
aents for A7o Year calls ashioau garments for Of the
greatest Oucoat this
city any city You knov wee kngpins
We sell than all the other
will learn hoO great a tumble they hare taken.
Our aUindoU display of these garments tells the rest
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-28
GENERAL READ
DIES At PARIS.
AS a Soldier, Statesman and
Diplomat He Leaves a
Gallant Record.
While United States Minister to
Greece He Achieved Great
Distinction.
For Noble Acts in the Cause Of Hu.
mainly He Was Honored at
Home and Abroad. 4

PARIS, FRANCE Dec. 27.-General John
Meredith Read died this morning from
Dneumonia
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WHERE PROGRESS STARTS.

The editor of the Tulare Register was a
member OF the party of editors who made
an extended Eastern trip recently, and he
has since published some highly valuable
observations concerning the foundation of
community prosperity in Eastern towns.
The two important things which he dis
covered and which would be so useful in
California are that every town has fac
tory of some kind, and that in all prosper
Gus agricultural districts diversified farm
ing is practiced.
On the first point he says: "There was
always something in addition TO beng a
mere local trading center. Perhaps it was
suspender factory, cigar factory, fac
tory for building school furniture, for
making shoes, wagons, buggies, hats, a
| tannery or blast-furnace-but there was
always shop of some sort where peo-
pie worked. Scattered all over the States
east of the Mississippi River there are
towns of 1000 to 5000 people, thrifty and
prosperous, whose names the average
reader never heard, and they are thrifty
and prosperous because there is some
thing in them for people TO do" These
are facts for every town In California to
ponder, and they have special value in
view OF the development of electrical
power from water.
The prosperous farmers produce every
thing possible that is consumed on the
farm, and have system of diversified
farming that renders impossible the disas-
ter OF general failure of crops. AS a re-
suit there is conspicuous scarcity of farm
mortgages. Here is a fine piece of wis
dom: The tendency is not so much in
the direction of small farms where staple
products are grown. Where the margin
OF profit is small and the labor cost is not
great, production has to be correspond
lngly large and farms run from 16O to 800
acres Where the margin of profit is pre-
sumably greater and The element of labor
enters largely into the cost. as in fruit
growing or market-gardening, the farms
are small, but correspondingly more valu-
able.'
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the orange trees by the cold. Mr.. Longwell
says he can see no hope OF anything brighter
for at least four or five years.
at will take that long at least from the time
of the freeze TO the time OF paying expenses"
he said. "I might just as well be away from
there as to stay. There is nothing to do.
Before the frost the product of Florida last
year was between 5000, 900 and $500, 900
cases This year we have not produced over
100000 cases, SO you see what an enormous
fall there has been.
"The coming year the product will probably
be very small 1t will be many years before
we get back to where we were
''The dead trees are spouting good high
shoots It's rather strange how they have
grown. But the orange-growers might just as
well clear away the old trees. They are dead,
or nearly all of them and the best thing to do
is 10 chop them down and get them away.
This has been done in great many cases.
"There are not very many people in Florida
this year. The number Of visitors is light
The people OF the State are not rich, as they are
in California. They are, as rule, poor. The
two great industries there are numbering and
orange growing. The lumber made is from
pine timber exclusively. You may say there is
no other timber there. Well, that is the only
INDUSTRY left, and it has to stand on such
basis as only furnished by the small demand
for lumber.
Jacksonville. the largest city of Florida, has
close upon $4,000 people, but Tampa is be-
lleved to be the coming city. 1t has about 10 =
800 people, and is pretty sprightly.''
A. schwarzmann, the principal owner of the
comic weekly, Puck, who arrived here some
two weeks ago from Southern California, has
been for the past few days at Monterey, Santa
Cruz, San Jose and Mount Hamilton.
He has returned, however, and is again at
the Occidental. Mr.. Schwarzmann says that
H. G. Bunner, the editor of Puck is vet at
Coronado, but will come to San Francisco be-
fore he leaves California. Mr.. Schwarzmann
was asked ii Mr.. Bunner was recovering h is
health, and Mr.. Schwarzmann replied, doubt
fully:
''Well, he thinks he is, but don't know.
For one who has been ailing from overwork
as he is, he ought to stay here longer He
ought to stay two or three months yet, at
least so as to give the climate a thorough
chance, II, inded, it can help him.
"Mr. Bunner is being looked after good deal
by Charles F. Lummis, the litterateur and edi-
tor OF the Los Angeles Land of Sunshine Mr.
Lummis and Mr. Bunner are old friends. The
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-25
JAMESON IN ENGLAND.

Now that Jameson and his men have
reached England to be put upon their trial
we may expect some light to be thrown
upon the disputed point whether the inva-
sion of the Transvaal was planned by Cecil
Rhodes and the South African Company,
or whether it was merely sympathetic
raid, brought about by the agitations of
the foreign miners in the Transvaal itself.
The South African Company would nee
essarily have derived SO great profit from
the success OF the raid, it was but natural
to suspect the managers OF the company of
completely in it. The old maxim that
the surest way to discover the author of a
crime il to seek the person most benefited
by it seems applicab BILE in this case. The
suspicion derives further confirmation
from the fact that jameson has long been
close friend Of Cecil Rhodes, and he. as
well as many, if not most, of mis- men were
at one time in the service of the South AT.
rlcan Company.
Against suspicion raised by these facts
1t is to be noted that no evidence directly
discriminating Rhodes or his company has
been put forward by any authority that
could be relied upon. Moreover it is
not in accord with the reputation OF
Rhodes that he should have had any voice
In planning an expedition that was so
manifestly ill-designed, ill-timed and ILL
conducted. The great leader Of South
African enterprise in business and politics
has never been accused heretofore OF be-
ing fool, and certainly the Jameson ex-
pedition was about as big FOOLS errand
as any the world has heard of in a long
time.
For the purpose of getting clear and
full knowledge of the real origin and
intent of the expedition, it is fortu-
nate that the trial is to take place
in England rather than In the
Transyaal. Much evidence that might
have been partly suppressed in far off
Pretoria will be heard all over the world
when uttered in London. In those British
courts, where not even the influence of the
Prince of Wales could silence any part of
the famous baccarat scandal, it is not
likely that the South African Company
can keep anything hidden in this case.
The degree OF punishment to be inflicted
upon the participants and the lead ers in
the raid may be made light. under the
pressure of popular sympathy with
the raiders, but there is no danger
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former used to contribute good deal to Puck.
Mr.. Bunner will probably start for San Fran
cisco from Coronado about the 9th inst, too
late to go with us, we start East tomorrow.
very much hope he will recover his health,
and want him to stay in California for this
reason as long as possible.
VI took the twenty-seven-mile drive and the
elghteen-mile drive while away on my recent
trap, and saw great deal to interest me. In
TACT California, TO me, has presented curious
as well as interesting features.
"For one thing 1 have found everybody, it
appears to me, in favw OF free silver. And
they want all the 81 and So bills called in
They have an idea if this was done it would
not only give better show to silver but would
make times more prosperous.
ITO me such reasoning seems singular. What
good would 1t do to do this? AS matter of
TACT we have both now, and do not see how
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AN UNFAIR DEDUCTION.

| In the course of his speech before the
House Committee on Pacific Roads Con-
| gresham Bowers of California said: II
am satisfied that there are negotiations al
| ready on foot by a syndicate which desires
foreclosure and an immediate sale OF
these roads at auction at price not ABOVE
| $40, 600, 600. | think the indications are
patent that something Of the kind is to be
| done, and that they will try to get possess
sion of these great properties for about
$40 600, Goa speculation that would
doubly discount in the matter OF profits
the Belmont Morgan syndicate"
The Chronicle, in its advocacy Of the
funding bill and its opposition to fore
closure, prefaces it's quotation of Mr.. Bow
ers remarks with these words. "The
Chronicle has called attention more than
once to the fact that back of the opposi-
ton to the refunding of the debts of the
Central and Union Pacific railroads there
is scheme to turn them over to private
individuals for a mere song. Some at
tempts have been made to deny this, but
we have a statement of Representative
Bowers which fully confirms the allega-
tion."
In other words the Chronicle seems to
assume that Mr.. Bowers, manifestlv an
tagonistic to the supposed scheme which
he mentioned, is party to its secrets and
purposes; that by exposing it he is assist
ing it; that the Government is in a con-
spiracy to rob the National treasury, and
that the anti-funding sentiment of Califor
MIA is conniving in the contemplated
crime. That is the logic of our contem
porary's position. Whether Congressman
Bowers and the forty-n;ne out of fifty of
his constituents who oppose funding like
being placed in such a light is another
matter.
Had our contemporary quoted Mr..
Bowers fairly it would have set forth the
clear reasons which he gave in showing
that the aided roads are already paying 6
per cent on their Indebtedness and there
fore would be a good investment, the value
OF which would be greatly increased by
destruction OF the Southern Pacific Com
panys policy of diverting the traffic. He
did this to show that the Government is in
a position to recover the entire debt by
foreclosure. As he quoted the Secretary
of the Interior in presenting proof that
the roads are earning 8 per cent on their
Indebtedness he announced thereby that
the administration had already committed
itself and could not be party to any con-
spiracy for selling the roads for $40, ,000,00
His intention evidently was to warn Con-
gress not to pass any measure to foster any
swindling scheme, including refunding,
the most gigantic swindle of all. 1t would
not have been difficult for our con tempo
rary to draw fair deduction from Mr..
Bowers speech
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grow nothing, so they built stone wall about
eighteen inches high on the four sides of the
building, and about two feet out. The space
inside was filled with rich soil and several
bulbs of different elm bing plan is put in.
1t was nard work TO get them to grow, as they
needed constant watching and watering. Some
had to be replaced by others. But when. the
vines did get started they did well, and now
scarcely require any attention.
At present the fagman's house is a most
grateful sight. The vines have grown thickly,
until they spread all over the building and
almost completely shut out the sun. There is
ivy hemlock and MADEIRA, all of the most beau
tiful shades of green that blend together har-
moniously. The vines have struck deep roots
and have good hardylooking stems. AS well
as being bower of beauty, the little bower of
green serves the purpose OF tempering the rays
of the sun that in that part of town beat down
unoomfortably warm in the summer.
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THE NEW PHOTOGRAPHY.

y, Roentgen, then the news is true,
And not a trick of idle rumor.
mat bids us each beware of you
And of your grim and graveyard humg
we do not want, like DIR. Swift
10 take our flesh off and to pose In
Our bones, or show each little rift
And Joint for you to poke your nose liz.
We only crave to contemplate
Each others usual full dress photo:
Your worse than altogether" state
OF portraiture we bar in toto!
The fondest swain would scarcely prize
a picture of his lady's framework;
To gaze on this with yearning eyes
Would probably be voted tame work.
No. keep them for your epitaph
These tombstone souvenirs unpleasant.
Or go away and photograph
ManatmaS, Spooks, and Mrs B-s-ntl
London Punch
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-25
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

n. NJ. Longwell, owner of an orange grove
l4o miles southwest of Jacksonville, and ninety
miles north of Tampa, in Orange County. Fla,
is at the Grand.
he has been paying visit to Francis Long
Weli, banker of Lodi, who is his brother.
MI Longweli, the orange-grower. has been in
the business fourteen years. He went from
massachusetts, bought an old orchard and
aiterward added to it by planting more trees.
me trees now range in age from twenty-five
down to eight years
lie says these are perilous times in Florida /;
tnat everything is blue, and that the country
generally is much like one that has had big
ooom with its corresponding collapse.
1t is OF course because OF the destruction to
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-25
CALIFORNIANS In NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Feb. 24-Among re-
cent arrivals are J. F. English, Sinclair: NJ.
II. Francis, st. James; j. H. Wurst, Plaza H
hughes and wife, Murray Hill; W. L. Hough-
ton, st. Cloud; W. E. Won Johannsen, Holland !;
Z. j. Swift, Park Avenue; w. L. Houghto st.
Denis; Miss Lucibe, Bartholdi; J. G, Mallory
Gilsey; E. F. Murphy. Marlborough; DR.. H. NJ.
Pond, st. Stephens; NJ. Salisbury, Hoffman.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-25
HUMOR OF THE HOUR.

He-My views on bringing up family
She-Never mind your views. Ill bring up
the family. You go and bring up the COAL.
Spare Moments
"Culture?" repeated the cannibal, some
thing scornfully. .'Have we any culture?
Why, I tell you we are getting so cultured we
don't like to have anything on our tables but
French missionary. Cultivated? Well. rather"
The wind at the moment managed to execute
q faint sough in the top of q cocoa palm not
far away.-Detroit Tribune.
Teacher-If boy smites you on the right
cheek, what should you do?
Dick Hicks-Give it 10 MIN with me LETT
Puck.
''Did Jabshots hit anything on his hunting
trip?'
"Hi t anything? Why, he even missed the
train."--Cine.nnati Enquirer.
She-Poor fellow! Only one eye. How came
you to lose the other?
Tramp-A-looking for work, mum.-London
Tit-Bits.
"Young man, you should never go to bed ow-
ing any many a cent"
"Where would / sleep, father?'-Detroit
News.
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AN EVERGREEN BOWER.

There must be some esthetic flagmen in the
employ OF the Southern Pacific Company, judg-
ing by the way their tiny house on Fourth
street. near Townsend, has been beautified
When the building was first put up it was like
much OF the rest OF the railroads property
practically and cruelty ugly. 1t consisted of
only four walls and roof of sheet iron. and
was located in maze of freightcars, and sur
rounded with garden of cinders. Now it is as
pretty a sight as can be found in town.
Several OF the men took g. hand in the work
of identifying, and they had a difficult task
before them. The soil around the house would
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-25
We Need That Cable.
San Jose Mercury.

San Jose Mercury.
1t is probable that one of the pr opositions to
build cable from San Francisco to Hawaii
and thence on to Japan or China will be ia
vored by Congress. Canada is arranging for
the construction OF similar cable and the
United States should be the first in the field
Both commercially and politically the pro
posed cable is or the highest Importance to this
co untrY.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-25

the change proposed would better the condi-
ton in any respect
Mr. schwarzmann says that over 5000 copies
Of Puck arc sent to California weekly The
circulation here, according to the size OF the
population, is larger than in any other State.
The journalist gave dinner last night to a
few friends, his family being present. He has
been very much pleased with his visit to Cali
fornia
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-25
A Point for the Cubans.

The Cubans have gained point of great i'm
portance. They have no further fear OF arms
and ammunition purchased in the United
States and shipped to Cuba for their use inter
fered with by the United States Government so
long as the shipments are not accompanied by
bodies of men, thus bringing it within the
designation OF an armed expedition" The
Government is forced into this position by the
decisions of the courts, which have uniformly
held against the Government in all cases
where it has sought to libel vessels laden with
munitions of war for the use of forces in re-
bellion against the authorities of a friendly
nation
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-25
The OBTAINING of witnesses.

Judge w. T. Wallace of San Francisco has de-
cided that person cannot be detained in
prison by the police as witness in criminal
case until after thu preliminary examination
only by order of the court In most Instances
Judge Wallace is pretty levelheaded. and
never more so tran in this No man or woma n
should be imprisoned except for an offense
against the law.
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of any suppression of evidence upon ma
terlal points. We can reasonably count.
therefore, upon learning the whole truth
in the matter and knowing whether Cecil
Rhodes is really the great man he has
been reputed, or only another case of an
adventurer who after playing in luck
long time has wound up with disaster.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-25
We Need the Cable.
Sau Diego SUI

1t is to be hoped that the differences as to the
form OF the subsidy for the Hawaiian cable
will soon be settled by the Government at
Washington, and that plans will be adopted
for construction. One OF the big needs OF the
Pacific Coast is Pacific cable
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-25

millions of the most fertile acres in this coun-
try, have passed into the hands of aliens and
foreign corporations, who are employing
methods in their cultivation that are in keep
ing with the landlord systems of the Old
World, hiring out these lands to tenants who
pay good rental to the landlord, whose only
aim is to realize the largest sum possible from
the land.
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GLADSTONE TO COME OUT AGAIN.

If Mr.. Gladstone decides:to return to Parlia-
ment, as is reported by recent telegram it
will be the second time that he has emerged
from retirement sought on account of old
age. When he was 6S years OF age he resigned
the leadership OF the Liberal party to Lord
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-25
It's English. You Know.

The Kaiser is down On the monocle, that
fashionable eyepiece that the English so much
affect. He declares that if the officers are
short-sighted they can wear spectaeles or
pince-nez, but that the monocle is nothing bu
a ridiculous affectation
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-25
Really, He Cannot Remember.
Fresno Republican.

For railroad president, he seems unreason
ably deficient in railroad information. His
memory fails him too much at anticipated times
senator Morgan has placed the people of this
coast under weight of obligation to him. Mr.
Huntington may not view the matter in this
way, but the citizens of the Southern Pacific
domain will. S--~N
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-25

Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton has decided to
take music lessons. She still plays the simple
marches and waltzes that she played about
seventy years ago. but she is ambitious.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-25

harrington, but remained in Parliament. He
IN the place he could fill so much better and
resumed the leadership. Should he now go
INTO Parliament at 81 he will be one of the
wonders of the age.-New York Journal.