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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-03-28
A LONGING.

o for the time when the bluebirds cheerily
whistle and sing,
I'm here Pm here! bring to you spring!
o, It's then that the euphonous frog, after his
long winters soak,
Salntes our ears with this joyous croak:
The spring has come.
I'm happy, by gum!"
o for the time when we dream of spring chick
ems and apple-buds
Cherry blossoms and our new spring duds.
@, It's then that the tidy housewife. with
brash, soap and mop,
Sails thro' the house, from bottom to top,
For spring has come.
She's hoppy, ''by gum"
A. B. CLARKE.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-03-28
THE SUNFLOWER LAND.

>AAAx< Whenever YOU meet Kansan,
!: : :: :: : !; ; : !
E2SBS care not where it may be,
< E Under the pines of the mountain,
K Out OH the waves of the sea-
~esssas> Whenever he speaks of Kansas,
<as&zw IiSeyes will the brighter glow,
For every kansan loves the land,
Tie Land where the sunhowers grow!
Oh, dear to him are the prairies,
With the blue-stem waving high
The sun-kis't hills and dark ravines,
And the blue of the Kansas sky
An em'rald hue the prairies seem,
Whenever the south winds blow,
Where isles of crimson sumachs gleam-
The land where the sunhowers grow!
Beautiful Kansas land of ours,
l'airer no foot ever trod;
Thy fallow prairies are to man
Like the open hand OF God!
As ever the chosen symbol bears
On its face the suns bright glow
Face thou the right thro' all the years,
Dear land where the sunhowers grow
ID. A. ELLSWORTH.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-03-28
HE'S A TRUE REFORMER.

The editor of The Pointer left the Republican
party because it put prohibition plank in its
platform simply to indicate "drift of senti-
mentN and to catch votes. If the Prohibition
party undertakes the same kind of tactics, and
puts panks in its platform which it does not
mean as truly as it means to destroy the saloon;
in other words, if it adopts the idea of the 18th
plank of the national platform, he will seek for
honest politics elsewhere, though he never
fluids it. He is not alone however.-The
Pointer, Providence, R. |.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-03-28

we demand the free and unlimited coinage
nj silver at the ratio OF l6 to l.--POp Platform
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-22

already to cause a collapse. Only two
years ago, the sewer, of course, being opeu,
Mr.. Helms, grocer, got damages amount
ing to $1,000 against the City for water set
back from the Channel-street sewer"
Train after train crept slowly along be-
tween Ninth and Sixteenth streets yester-
day. When afternoon came large force
OF men was put to work by the Southern
Paclhc Company. The force tearing down
the paintshop in the yards was doubled.
over hundred men were set to work fill
ing In for the new track to be laid and the
dirt new with haste. The work will be
pushed so that the main track may be
moved to safe place as soon SIS possible.
concerning the Channel-street sewer
the following additional facts are learned
at the office of the City and County Sur
veyor: The outlet is feet inches by II
feet b inches in dimensions. The height
at sixteenth street is only about feet,
ana the breadth there is less. Formerly
the tiacks of the railroad ran about 20 feet
from the sewer. The brickwork is in four
sections, the length of the sections being
respectively, $40, 1887, 1853 and Ais feet.
The total length of the brick structure is
4O8O.74 feet. The fall is about feet to the
mile. The sewer is round and is plas tered
over the bricks on the inside.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-22

necessary to make a fill of possibly ten
feet to provide roadbed. At the outset
seeing what was contemplated | said the
rolling of heavy trains over the sewer
would hurt it, and since the roadbed was
put down have kept careful watch.
'The first sign to me that there was
trouble was given by the slowing down OF
the trains. Then. as I have said, sent
in an expert to inspect and also make
personal inspection of the interior of the
sewer 1t is true that the workmen en-
ployed by the Street Department to clean
the sewer were frightened away when the
sewer shook around them. They were
afraid that they might be killed by masses
of falling bricks.
"The main track, over which the psssen-
ger and freight trains are run to and from
San Jose, was formerly in the yard, and it
was necessary, in order to run around in
this direction, to make the fill above the
sewer.
when the track was being laid | told
some of the railroad people that they were
inviting danger, but they seemed to think
that was mistaken, and said so. All the
time l was confident that the track would
damage the sewer. / have seen the shaking
of a manhole beside the track from some
distance when a train was passing over
the sewer. Only to-day have l become
fully aware concerning the damage which
has been accomplished. Workmen have
refused to enter the sewer during the past
three or four days because it was shaken
so.
"The railroad trains are not moving here
now at a greater speed than four miles
per hour as you have observed. The rail-
road company is taking every precaution
to avoid accidents. 1t would be awkward
to have train tall through to the bottom
of the sewer. The track is less than five
feet wide, and the sewer is eleven feet
wide, so that there is room for that to
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-22
" OMAN SUFFRAGE NOTES
Return of Miss Mary Hay From
the Chautauqua
Assembly.
Precinct Clubs Are Beng Organized
All Over the City and in
the Interior.

Miss Mary E. Hay, chairman of the
Woman Suffrage State Central Commit
tee returned yesterday afternoon from
her trip to Pacific Grove, where she has
organized large Woman Suffrage club.
ST found much enthusiasm among the
suffragists at Pacific Grove" she said,
shortly after her return, "and they re-
fused to be satisfied until they had a club.
So 1 called meeting, and before knew
it the club was formed, with Mrs. Hollen-
beck as its president.
1.-THE woman's day at the Chautauqua
assembly was grand day for us. The at
tendance was simply astonishing in its
magnitude, women coming from far and
near. On Monday night Miss Anthony
made a long address before several thou
sand people. The great auditorium was
packed from the platform to the veslibule,
mum bers being unable to force their way in
to the building. Miss Anthony appearance
was greeted with repeated bursts of cheer
ing, in which the mems voices fairly
drowned out those of the women. She
spoke as / have never heard her speak
before and carried her audience by storm.
Mrs. Blinn also spoke and seemed to have
imbibed liberal draught of the spirit of
the hour, for her .eloquence made her
sway the minds of her hearers like one
inspired.
"And now," concluded Miss Hay, with
an accent of tinality in her voice which
meant business, my correspondence has
been gathering since my departure last
week, and l have mountain of letters
to answer; so don't expect me to talk any
more"
The committees rooms in the Woman
Suffrage Bureau are always kept fragrant
with flowers, mem bers and friends seem
ing to vie with each other as to who
snail send the fairest and sweetest
floral expressions of their loyalty to
the cause. An addition has been
made to the furniture in the shape of a
most gracefully designed and highly
polished box, which, though very orna-
mental, is intended to serve a practical
end as well, judging from the daintily
etched inscription above it: "Contribu.
tions to the campaign fund"
The work of organizing the ureeinct
clubs is rapidly approaching completion,
and the outlook seems most promising.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-22
DANGER LURKS BENEATH THE PAVEMENT.

who were employed by the Street Depart
ment.
These men were cleaning the sewer, to
prevent it from becoming clogged up.
While they were in the sewer a Southern
Pacific freight train rolled heavily over
their heads. The walls of the sewer
quaked and trembled and the floor of it
was Jared violently. The demonstration
was so striking that the Street Depart
ment employees, thinking that discretion
was the better part of valor, made pre-
cipitate retreat and declined to return to
work in the sewer.
Also from other sources of information
it had come to the knowledge of The CALL
that, following this alarm, which was
promptly communicated to the head of
the Street Department, the Southern Pa
cific Company was notified that their
trains were in danger because of the cracks
in the sewer. About that time the cars
began to move so slowly that every one
noticed the snairs pace and remarked it.
No one vouchsafed any information as a
matter of course. A painted board having
upon it the word "slow" was placed be-
tween the main track above the sewer and
the side track, a few feet to the south of
the sewer. That order to the engineers is
followed implicitly.
Mr.. Elders mission when he was found
at Channel and Sixteenth streets was so
manifest, in the light of information al
ready received, that he did not deny it.
He was at that place to acquire informa-
ton and to observe the effect of passing
trains. Not far below Sixteenth street
there projects manhole, only few feet
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-22

happen. The cracks that l saw extend
most OF the way from Sixteenth street to
Fourteenth. The arch is broken and
bricks protrude, while some have fallen.
The railroad men admit that they are
shifting tracks to take the strain off the
sewer.
"a collapse in winter time of the sewer
would be very serious. 1t would affect
property-owners in an area EN- mbracing
many square miles of residence property.
The sewer has not been able always to
carry off all the volume of water poured
into it during protracted and hard storms
In the past. From Eighteenth street as
far down as Thirteenth street, and as far
up as Howard street, more or less damage
has been done during heavy rains simply
because the drainage could not be carried
of. l have seen manhole covers lifted
out and water shot out to height OF from
six to eight feet at the crossing of Eigh-
teenth and Shotwell streets, and at other
points.
81 have seen boxes foated out of
grocery stores on account of the backing
OF water in thai section when the Chan
nel-street sewer was clear to carry off all
the drainage. When the pressure of all
the water in its wide area of drainage is
brought to bear next winter the full eff
feet will be felt on the cracks and may
cause collapse. That would mean loss,
which in total it is difficult to approxim-
ateIy estimate, especially if the cave-in
should take place in the night. If the
cavern should happen between Ninth or
Tenth and Twelfth streets the whole sew
age of a great part of the City would be
arrested.
Enough damage may have been done
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-22

in the city OF Sar Francisco than any
other big drain here existing. All that
portion of the City IN the region of the
panhandle of the park, large slice of ter
ritory south OF McAllister street, the en-
tire Mission, and in fact fully one-half OF
the densely populated portion of San
Francisco, is much concerned in the integ-
Tity of the Channel-street sewer directly.
The sewer was built in 1876. Twenty
years it has served its purpose well.
Within the past two months it has been
shattered. perhaps fatally. and by the
trains of the Southern Pacific Company.
The sewer is not alone in danger.
The Southern Pacific Company's trains
crawl along at a snaiPs pace on the main
track between Sixteenth and Ninth streets.
The construction department of the rail-
road has fears that the cars may crush
through the topof the sewer as through an
eggshell, and fall with passengers or
freight TO the bottom of the drain. The
situation is conceded to be very serious
and very novel.
A vigorous search was made yesterday
for Mr.. Elder. He was found on the cor
ner of Sixteenth and Channel streets, IN
tensely absorbed in Watching some opera
tions upon the track above the sewer and
upon the old paintshop of the Southern
Pacific Company, which latter workmen
were demolishing as speedily as possible
A gang of trackmen stood on the track,
not far from the old paintshop, bus1ed
somewhat with work on the compare
lively new roadbed, which has been down
only few weeks. Mr.. Elder at first was
less communicative than the railroad en-
ployes. 1t was known by the representa-
tive of THE CALL, on the spot, that not
many days ago there was a somewhat
sensational exit from the sewer of men
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-22

strike at her with chair. He says that
at the time of that episode he was asleep
about 10 P. NJ, when his daughter called to
him, saying, her mother was abusing her.
He got up. and in the alteration that fol-
lowed struck at his wife with the article of
furniture mentioned.
Lang claims that his wife has violent
temper, is addicted to the use of vile Ian
euase, drinks to excess and is not fit
custodian for her children.
For further and separate answer the
husband asserts that his wife's name is
Bridget, not Bessie, and that on May IA
she deserted him, and that the two older
children, being allowed to use their own
discretion in the matter, remained with
him.
Lang prays for the custody of the chill
dren and that his wife be restrained from
interfering with the community property.
de also claims that the income from his
business is but $35 per month. not $3.50, as
claimed by his wife.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-22
HIS WIFa's BAD TEMPER.

Cigar-Dealer Lang Lays All His Family
Troubles at His Spouse's Door.
The answer of Charles Lang, the Pine
street cigar-dealer, to the complaint in di-
vorce OF his wife, Bessie Lang, has been
filed.
de denies the charges of his better half
that he dragged her about the house by
her hair; that ne hit her with a chair !;
that he called her vile names, or that dur
ing her illness he said he hoped she would
die. He admits, however, that he did
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-22
TWISTED A Boys EAR.
George Johnston, Grocer, Wanted on
tharge of Battery.

George Johnston, Grocer, Wanted on
tharge of Battery
Joseph Holland, 20S Twenty-third street,
swore to complaint in Judge Joachim
sens court yesterday charging George
Johnston, grocer. Twenty-third and Flor
ida streets, with battery.
Hollands son. Joseph, boy about 8
years of age. went to Johnston's grocery
or Monday to purchase some soda crack
ers. Johnston had been annoyed by boys
playing pranks upon him, and thinking
the Holland boy was one of them, as soon
as he entered the store caught him by the
ear and twisted it so hard as to tear it..
A physician had to put several stitches in
the torn ear.
LOANS on diamonds Interest low At Uncle
Harris, 10 Grant avenue
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-22
Earring to Pieces Under the
Wheels of Southern Pa
cifc Trains.
ELDERS STARTLING DISCOVERY
Track Builders fastening to Move
the Steel Rails to a Place of
Greater Safety.

George w. Elder, the official expert of
the Street Committee of the Board of
Supervisors, has made great discovery.
The Channel-street sewer, he has ascer-
tanned, is cracked in several places. Bricks
have dropped from the arch, mortar has
fallen off.
This sewer is the drainage outlet for
more square miles of populated territory
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-22
Wants Her Child.

Mrs. Frances Lindsay yesterday petitioned
for revoca ton of the letters of guardianship
over the person and estate of Lillian Lindsay,
q minor. granted f. ]. Kane of the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. The
cnlla is one OF the unfortunates mixed up in
the Peter Lane case and il is alleged that Kane
secured the appointment as guardian by mis-
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-22

When Baby was sick. we gave her castorta.
When she wasa Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gayethem Castoria,
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-22
IMPORTANT
ANNOUNCEMENT !!

Owing to the late arrival of a very
large shipment of Cotton Wash Fab
RIGS we will offer, commencing MON
DAY. July 10th, 1900 pieces BEST
QUALITY PRINCESS DUCKS and
TAILOR MADE SUITINGS, all staple
Colors, at
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-22

will furnish their own decorations, but
1900 lanterns with wire have been pur-
chased for wheelmen who are not MEM
bers of clubs. and they will be distributed
free. Up to II o'clock next Saturday these
lanterns and wires may be had at Is and
20 McAllister street, and after that hour
on Saturday at $40 Valencia street.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-22
81 per Yard

The sale of these goods will con-
tinue until our Semi=Annual Stock
Taking. which takes place July 31st,
and our customers in the interior are
requested to write for samples at once.
The above goods are sold everywhere
in the United States at lac per yard.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-22
FOUR THOUSAND
GORGEOUS WHEELS
Will Be Ridden in the
Illuminated Parade
Saturday Night.
BALLOONS WILL GO UP.
Many Immense Bonfres Will
Light the Way on Market
Street,
LADY BICYCL1sTs IN LINE.
Judge Campbell Will Lead Unattached
Wheelm en-Making Progress
With Details.

The cyclists demonstration on the 25th
for new paved streets will undoubtedly be
a most original and entertaining parade
for several reasons.
The Bay City Wheelmen promise special
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-22

LOANS on diamonds. Interest low. At Uncle
Harris, 10 Grant avenue.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-14
REMINDER or THE PLAGUE.
Godfrey Tsnksrd X Gently Sold at Auc-
ton -. Old Relics.


Godfrey. Tsnksrd X Gently Sold at Auc-
ton o. Old Relics.
From the Boston Herald.
A curious historical relic was shown
by an auctiOnecr recently In London.
1t is the large tankard of silver pre-
sented by King Charles III. 10 Sir Ed
mund Berry Godfrey for his valuable
services during the plague and the fire
OF London, for which he received the
honor of knighthood. in 1866 The tank
ard. which is of plain silver, has a
hinged cover and weighs nearly sc
ounces. Its front is engraved with the
royal arms and the crest of the recipi-
ent, together with inscriptions in Lat
in, and engravings of scenes connected
with the fire. which are still in excel
lent preservation. The engraving of the
pesthouse men carrying corpses to the
dismal plague pit and that of the
crowded blocks of houses surmounted
by the flames. are very quaint and curl
Gus. Sir Edmund who was born in
1921 at Sellinge, In Kent, was a timber
merchant, possessing wharves at Dow
gate City and at Charing Cross. He
prospered, became justice OF the peace
for Westminster and member Of parli-
ament for Winchilsea. In history. as
no reader OF Macaulay and Green will
need 20 be told, his name is most IA
nous in connection with his mysteri-
Gus murder. which was popularity at
tributed TO the zeal with which he had
devoted himself to unraveling the al
legged popish plot. His body was found
in a ditch near Primrose hin. face
downward, and penetrated hv his
sword, under circumstances which pre-
cluded the idea Of suicide or robbery.
The excitement caused by this still
mysterious event Is indicated hv the
fact that when the funeral procession
left the city with great pomp and pa
geant. for the burial ground of ST
Martins -in-the-F Fields. IL was preceded
by 20 clergy and followed by upward
OF 200 persons Of distinction
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-14
ELEPHANTS AS BOwLERs.
A Very Remarkable how Seen In Berlin
at the Winter q arden.

A Very Remarkable how Seen In Berlin
at the Wintsr Garden.
! Berlin Corr. to San Francisco Exam
iner
A phenomenal achievement in animal
training must be credited to the ex-
perts of the Berlin winter garden,
( where large crowds are privileged to
witness every night an interesting
game of ten-pins played by elephants.
The antics of the dumb players pro-
woke hilarious laughter. The champion
roller thus far is Berlin's favorite ele-
plant, upon whom the plebeian name
of Anton was imposed some two years
ago. when he became a German citizen.
His score sometimes reaches 200. which
is not often beaten by human players.
His keeper talks of matching him with
bowling experts for the worlds cham
pionship.
The ball is OF course manipulated by
the trunk, with which the elephant
seems 10 be able TO pitch with wonder
full deXterity. Two elephants, "the
boys are stationed near the ten pins.
at the lower end Of the alley They
throw the balls back through the chute
as soon az the marker has chalked the
score on the blackboard. Another
thick skinned ''hoy" replaces the pins
in order. The latter is careful not to
touch the pins until the marker has
done his work.
Anton very often makes a strike
when his turn comes; that is, he
knocks all the pins down on the first
roll. The other players feel happy
when they can make him a spare"
The trainers have great difficulty in
making the elephants give up their
position so long as any pins are left
standing. They will stand and stamp
near the chute, clamoring for more
balls with which to knock down the re-
naming pins. IT is hard TO drive the
all absorbing thought from their minds
that the aim OF the game is to keep
rolling until all the pins have been
thrown over. The keepers. on the other
hand. are bent on teaching them how
To roll with effect during the two
chances allowed them
In case of a miss the throwers feel
disappointment as keenly as the audi
ence.
here is much Jealousy between the
pla Ners and all feel sore toward Anton.
VINO seems not TO care, as he is q big
FELLOW and knows that he can lick the !
crowd. While the others are throwing
he walks over TO Miss Begun, a fe- |
male rhinoceros, whose pen adjoins the |
bowling alley. The courtship between |
these two brutes seems to afford rs |
much pleasure to the visitors as the |
bowling game. Miss Begun has a |
habit of standing perfectly motionless |
for hours at n time. but as soon as An !
ton swings his trunk over the six foot |
fence there is a languid turn Cf the |
bulky head and noticeable recognI- |
ton I'm the little piggy" eyes.
1t requires great winkng and snuint- !
ing and trunk coaXing ON the part of /
Anton 10 induce much response from /
the phlegmatic coquette. who however. |
flnally succumbs 10 the proboscial in /
nuence
After the counting Anton seems more |
encouraged, especially so long as Miss
Begun remains an interested spectator.