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The San Francisco call., 1896-03-01
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NAVIGATING THE CLOUDS.
Latest Steering Balloon Plan Invented
by Count zeppelin.


Count Zeppelin, a cavalry officer, who be-
came famous at the beginning of the war
of 1870, has for five years been occupied
with the subject of aerial navigation. On
Thursday evening, at Stuttgart (savs the
Berlin correspondent of the Daily News),
he gave lecture showing the result Of his
work before distinguished audience. the
King of Wurtemberg being among those
present. Count Zeppelin referred to the
steerable balloon shown in 1888 by the
French Captain Meudon, whose expert
ments he confessed had been great deal
of use to him. Count Zeppelin has in
vented means of treating the pores of
the silk-stuff used in the making of the
balloon so that it will hold the gas for
months. His car is very firmly attached
to the balloon, with the propeller in front
and steering gear behind.
The motor is of aluminium with six to
ten per cent copper alloy. The balloon
can rise to height of about 1900 yards,
carry weight of nearly two tons, and, if
necessary, remain seven and half DAYS
in the air. The expansion of the gas by
warmth is met by conducting what may
be called the overflow into a reserved
space, so that the balloon cannot burst.
and yet lose no. gas. Ascent and descent
are effected without throwing out ballast
or loss of gas. The advantages of Count
Zeppelin's balloon have been fully ac-
knowledged by the Prussian military au.
thorities. They reckon. the maximum
speed attainable to be five meters per Sec
. ond (say eleven miles an hour, but the in
ventor claims at least twelve meters per
second.
The Count is convinced that his balloon,
If practically carried out, will be able to
travel for weeks at speed of about sixty
miles per day, bearing fairly heavy
weight, and would be of the greatest inn
portance in times both of peace and war.
The Standard correspondent adds that
the Count does not consider it worth
while to construct small model, as it
would cost nearly as much as full-sized
balloon, namely, 25O,O0O to 100000 marks.
At Aldershot, by the way, they are more
cautious about communicating similar de-
tails of ballooning Observation-Disclosures
ster Gazette.
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you say to that story 2" said my lady

you say to that story ?'' said my lady
triumphantly.
"Say ?' said the splendid old fellow ris-
ing with the dignity of chairman, "say?
say as every word is as true as Gospel. /
was the man as held the hat of jewelry for
the last sweepstakes"
Solemnly he shook hands with her. as if
performing rite. She bubbled up to him,
smiling stories galore on the morrow.
Then be produced some rare stuff to cele-
brate her story with. After she had taken
hers upstairs to please the host with a
semblance of tasting it he told us that
Pete Wilson shot Busy Bee that very day
and himself too. And "that one-eyed gun
ner, the stage-driver, to think he was
alive yet Why, he lost his eye," but
really we never dare tell her ladyship how
the driver lost his eye. We dare not risk
the narration-she might know it-and
told you it was rare stuff.
PETER STUDLEY.
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through veritable deserted village. The
effect was weird in. the extreme The
houses were ON both sides of the street,
and the street itself a narrow gorge be-
tween two steep hills. There was the fur
niture still to be seen through tine case
ments. The wild creeping plants had
woven Enthusiastically everything together
chair TO bedstead, bedstead to window,
through the doors-house to house.
hat does it mean?' | asked the stage
drivers for | was sitting up beside him.
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2"

smuggle in a hoss like that Caractacus,
first race or not, considering his pedigree.
1t was dirty trick"
"You bet!" fcrvently CALCULATED the
hotel-keeper, with his eyes closed still.
.'Well, the mines fell all to pieces, place
was bankrupt, everybody picked up stakes
and left at once. To stay was starvation,
and it was cheaper to leave the furniture
where it was than pack it with them.
And that is why Beetown is as 1t is
to-day. Now, Mr.. Hotel-keeper, what do
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-01

1EH he story of G. P. Huntington's
boyhood days, published in THE
SUNDAY CALL of February 2, has
been read by the famous railroad
millionaire and evidently with
deep personal interest. Some of the
assertions made by Mr.. Hunting gton's
schoolmates are controverted by the mag
nate, particularly Erastus Baldwin's claim
to boyhood supremacy in wrestling. If
this point can be established in favor of
the man who rose so far out of Poverty
Hollow, Mr.. Huntington will be known in
history as the man who never was thrown.
With the railroad battles raging at
Washington and in Kentucky, Mr.. Hunt
lngton has taken time 10 write out his
version Of the wrestling contest and to
give additional "reminiscences in substan-
tiation of what he says. Building upon
the story of his youthful experience he
has voluntarily contributed the wisdom
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-01
The Governor Finds Relaxation
in His Mechanical
Laboratory.
HE CoNTRIvED A NEW ENGINE.
The Chief Executive of California
Has Made Valuable Improve.
ments in Launch.

The Governor of California is also an
ardent inventor. When weary with the
burdens of state he seeks relaxation and
rest in the mechanical laboratory at his
residence in Stockton. Ii he catches the
night train from Sacramento or San Fran
cisco, early in the. morning, if you know
the secret of his retreat, you may find him
in his shirt-sleeves and overalls, with ham,
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and was then told that she should not
wear black hat and cloak in summer
The Spectator.

Miss Alice c. Fletcher, who has devoted
years to the study of the customs of the
Indians of the Northwest, has been elected
one of the sectional vice. presidents of the
American Association for the Advance
ment of Science. The honors of Miss
Fletcher are the first of the sort extended
to woman by the association.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-01

The manuscripts of the fifth and twelfth
centuries were written with very good
black ink, which has not shown the least
signs of fading or obliteratiou.
, 1896-02-19
NJ I S c e | | a n e 0 u $
(Spectaior. ISL Jnn.l

4CSH HHsy-
The prospect is becoming a little brighter
The German Emperor. it would seem, really
thought that if he distinctly menaced Great
Britain her Cove nmeht would recede. AMI
would admit that the Transvsal was, in the
ordinary sense of the words, an Findepend-
snt State He had even calculated on this
result 50 surely, that he had asked Of Portu-
gal with some insistence and acrirnony per
mission to land German troops al Delagoa
Bay and march them to Pretoria. He was
amazed at the sudden and unanimous uplis-
ing of the English, at their mobilization of
the Navy, and at their distinct assurance that
before Germany interfered in South Africa
there would be war. A letter from Queen
Victoria to her grandson especially opened
his eyes, and is said-though the rumour
may be fslse-to have drawn from him an
explanatory reply. The Government journ-
ais were therefore instructed to explain that
the Emperor's telegram had been writton in
a moment of irritation. that the questions
, 1896-02-19

The Duly Chronicle afirms that Coomas
ss has been entered and the King" has sub
mitted. The terms dictated by our Govern
ment "ere accepted without discussion, and
Ashantee becomes henceforward "a British
province. We do not understand that the
King will be dethroned but he will ocou-
Ply henceforward the position of an Indian
Prince who acknowledges allegiance to her
Majesty, and guides himself in all things
by the advice of the British Resident. If
this story is correct, the little aft r has been
we'll managed, AID has endedVvrry we'll !.
but netting will be secure unless we enrol
another Vest India regiment, and station it
III some healthy cantonment outside Coomas.
SIC. Otherwise, or the first occurrence Of
any repOlse of which the Ashantees hear
ne shall have the Resident crucifed, and the
whole country to reconquer. In genuinely
savage countries, the danger we have to guard
ourselves against is impulse.
, 1896-02-19

1t il said that one result Of The German
Emperors telegram has been an approach by
Lord Salisbury to both Russia and France :
and the West minister Gazette of Saturday pub
lished an account Of tins ''rapprochelnsnt'
with details. That account is, we fancy, a
result of acute guessing. That Lord Sails
bury would be compelled, If the German
Emperor continued in his meulCiug attitude,
TO make up MOST quarrels with The rest #
the world. Is seIf-tyident; but as vet no sign
has been given ms regards Russia while We
nave only settled with France about some
disputed territory on the Mekong. Apparent
~, we have halNcd the child-a buffer
State which originally was to have been
given to China-Franoe keeping the bit
on the east side of the MekOng, and
we the bit on the western. Neither Of
Us can use the wild region without more ok
pendlture than it ls worth aud the incident
10 only important as indicating a change OF
feeling. which must prod CO Consequences.
The British Government IL, moreover, more
wiling tO arrange matters with VemszuelN
by arbitration on the Westlake basis-that is,
with a reservation to each Power of the dis
tricts settled by its citizens. No step, how
ever, has yet been taken. for Venezuela broke
off relations with Great Britain, and it re-
mains for her to apply for their renewal. We
fancy, however, that the two GOVernme=ts
are discussing preliminarios through the me-
dunn of R.azil, a Power very important to
Venezuela, and anxious for somebody's good
ofic S with France. France has a case, and
a serious one, against Brazil.
, 1896-02-19

pressed On Portugal were academic. and that
Ger many had never dreamed Of a Plotecto-
ate Of the TIausvaal. Indeed. The whole
incident had been Iidiculonsly exaggerated
by HE English Press. These excuses will
do IS we'll MS any others, though they are not
dignitied but il Will he well for this country.
AS the German Emperor is now unfriendly.
and has Jeiuite designs III South Africa, to
80 ON with the m bIisatiou Of the Navy and
the increase OF the Feet, aad to watch close
" thst n, folcr ,uds at Delagoa Bay. We
have, it will be remembered, by treaty right
Of presumption in that poft.
The effect Of the Emperor'S telegram 10
President Kruger on the politics Of the world
can hardly be satisfactory to his Majesty.
TN" Beers have not jumped into his arms.
an MI. l~lofmeyr, the recognised leader Of
the Dutch party nj the Cape has described it
publicly as "bluster." He has added that if
Germany went to war NTH Great Britain
she would ut once lose the Camsroons, which
would he IN advantage to South Africa The
Russian Government is stuiiously reserved
while the Austrian md Roman Governments
are bitterly annoyed that u step 50 i'm. 0rtaut
to lie Triple Alliance should have been taken
Without consulting them. The French. ON
their side. do not exactly see how the acqui-
sition of the TIansraal hy Germany will be
n compensation t, themselves for the loss Of
Alsace-Lorraime while the Americans
express no sympathy, except. indeed. with
the resolute attitude Of tile British. The
Liberal party in Germany think HE Emperor
has committed q great error while even the
Conservatives say it is not wise to a5ienat8
England for All object ONLY to bc obtained Inv
war. The Emperor, in fact, ha~ Lot gained
either a chance Of The Transyaal, or thot
popularity which he thinks essential to the
modern Caesar. the universal opinion being
that he took d leap III the dark, and missed
his sPring.
, 1896-02-19
Daily Telegraph. 14h Janaory.

New York. Monday.
A Herald despatch from Washington says
the State Department Mt Washington Will
protest formally at once against the action
Of the Transvaal Government in arresting
Mr.. j Hay Hammond, an American citizen
md consulting engineer to HE Go!dh,llS Of
south Africa. The case will be thoroughly
in, e|stigated by the United States Iocl repre-
sentative, who Will report the result.
As soon rs it became known thlt Mr.. Hays
Hammond. consulting engineer f. Dhr cod
Fields Of South Africa, had been arrestel nj
johannesburg, Mr.. Wiltsee, u colleague Of
Mr.. Hammond, who has just arrived III
LONDON, teIegraphed to General Harris Of
San Francisco, pointing out that Mr. Ham
mond was an American citizen am, was in
serious danger. The following message was
also sent to Major j Rlthbnnr, San Fran
cisco a friend OF Mr.. Hammond in the United
States
Hammond arrested. Member of Reform
Committee, Johannesburg. His position may
be serious. See that Government may exert
all influence possible his behalf
To the State Department i'll Washington
u telegram was despatched stating ''John
Hays Hammond, ]. S. Curtis, Thomas Mem,
Charles Buffers, leading America citizens,
at Johannesburg arrested. Property threat
sned with conhsoation. Hope Government
will act"
Early yesterday morning, the Central News
says q reply Vas received from San FRAN
cisco to the effecG that Geusral Harris aud
Major Rathboue had Immediately informed
Assistant-oecretary Whitney Of the serious
condition Of the american citizens in JohaH-
neSburg, and lad been informed 10y the
Government that it would act ut ono The
reply also requested that steps Should be
taken at once to advise Mrs. Hammond Of
the sctioa contemplated by The United states
Government.
Mr.. Wiltsee subsequently stated that these
four gentlemen were the leading Americans
on the Rand. NJ. J. s.. Curtis was the chief
American mining authority, and had written
several works on mining. ae had also car
ried ont q very important geological survey,
and was welI-knoWn 10 HE American Gov
ernment. He was wealthy, and had been
in Johannesburg for some time. Mr.Charles
Buffers Was connected with the Rand Cen
trail Ore Reduction Company, and his fellow
cOuntryman Thomas Meiu, was one Of the
chief engineers Of tbs Robinson Gold Mining
Company. The property Of these gentlemen
was threatened, but he believed the United
States Government would never permit it
to be confScated. lie was glad to see tho
State Department had acted SO promptly,
az he felt certain ii wotl d serv3 to re lssure
Americans IN the IrausvaaI as we'll As to
demonstrate to the Beer Government that
no summary proceedings would be counta-
nanced. Mr.. WiIteee added that there WAS
~ loubt Mr.. Hammond and his friends were
members Of the reform Committee, but that
body had been formed in q time Of emergency
and he felt certain that the position i'll Johan.
nesburg at hat TIME must have been sufficient
" Serious or Mr.. Hammond would not have
acted as he did.
, 1896-02-19

ale being very probably worked EDITOR
1~IDENDE.
, 1896-02-19

{" Respecting the mineral resources of
Greenland we know from ahe latest data on
the subject that there exist large mines of
cryolith, from which soda is manufactured
There is an abundance IF this, and the mines
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-12-18
Deserter Run Down.

Harbor officer Evans traced the
dunnage of q deserter from the
British bark Oakbank to the Aus
tralia. He fixed the aiding and
abetting business between two
walters, either of whom fairly
well answered the description of
the person who had carried the
bng on board. Neither would
confess, when, placing one in
charge of another policeman, he
WAS going to take the other to the
station. Then the fellow squealed.
He said the deserter was
staying at the house of a Salvation
Army woman. The deserter's
plan was to follow his baggage by
another steamer. Officer Evans
had told the waiter that, besides
being himself liable to six months
on the reef, he should have to pay
the deserter's passage to San
Francisco if he got away by the
Australia. The culprit had pre-.
varicated by saying he bought the
dunnage, but letters addressed to
the deserter's relatives abroad with
pictures of himself were a dead
giveaway.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-12-18
LETTER FROM MR. HITCHCOCK
Explain. the Nature of al. Exhibition
for sale.

for sale.
EDITOR EVENING BULLETIN
An article in your yesterdays is.
sue touching on the sale exhibi.
ton of my works now open at the
Pacific Hardware art galleries de-
mands a reply I feel should be
made in justice to myself.
Of the sixty paintings $50 cata-
logued) less than twelve were
painted more than a year ago.
Of these several have been exhi-
bited abroad. The series of vol
cano pictures is destined to the
Bishop Museum. These, with a
few of the above mentioned, were
put in to enhance the interest of
the exhibition rather than with
intent of sale Though that event
would add to the pleasant excite
ment of the occasion) and will not
be sacrificed at less than value
affixed.
The remainder are the result,
in part, of less than two
years work and study of
purely Hawaiian subjects.
The impression that the exhibit
ton embraces the entire outcome
of my efforts these past few years
is also erroneous.
The pictures on exhibition have
been placed there because in my
own estimation they represent
most of the better work of these
years left unsold. In my posses.
sion are enough canvases, studies,
sketches - yes, and finished pic
lures - to more than quadruple
the list of those exhibited but
which,, in justice to myself and
also to the public - good hearted
as it has proven itself to be - are
preserved in the inner chambers
of the studio as instructive land,
marks-and useful.
Enough said. 1 fear l inflict
myself unduly.
d. HOWARD HITCHCOCK.
Honolulu, Dec. II, 1896.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-12-18

There was no intention, and it
does not appear that the article
betrayed any, to insinuate that
Mr.. Hitchcock's exhibition con-
sisted almost wholly of his older
works, or that of these the display
was promiscuous whole of every.
thing unsold he had painted not
recently. Its main motive was in
reality mild protest against an
opinion that has been diligently
propagated, which compares Mr..
Hitchcock's later with his earlier
works in a manner liable, and very
unjustly, to prejudice the high
merits of the earlier. CHANGING
over the catalogue the author re-
cognized some works that had
pleased him greatly years ago,
and he has right to
say that nothing produced
later has changed his feeling
in regard to them. Change Of
method in laying on colors may
be adopted with advantage, and
yet not detract in the slightest de.
gree from the meritorious
character" of work in the method
superseded. Nobody would dream,
from a perussl of the article in
question, that the artist was foist-
ing any old truck of tentative
studies on the market, or even
that more than II small proportion
of the products of known proti,
fic hand, for all these years, re-
NAMED to be put up for competi-
ton.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-12-18

Rocking horses swinging borses police patrol wagons
gig rockers duxters shoe fly veocipedes push carts
doll wagons whee barrows stick horse chimes
guns magic lanterns a complete assortment of games,
mechanic toys christmas tree ornaments OF all kinds
and hon-bOns
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-12-18

A large and varied stocH European and Japanese
Rugs. Stair and Carriage Carpets. All sizes and
Shades.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-26

lutte control. The afternoon was devoted
to speechmaking and there were scores of
declarations for free silver, in which two
prominent Federal ofiee-holders, Revenue
Collector Simmons of Raleigh and Dis.
trict Attorney R. B. Glenn of Winston,
heartily joined. Clement Manley was
elected permanent chairman.
The platform adopted appeals to the
people to sustain the Jeffersonian anti
Capitalization principles. favors inde-
pendently of other nations free and un-
limited coinage of silver and gold without
discrimination against either at the pres
ent legal ratio of 16 to 1, condemns pay
ing Government debts in gold which were
specifically made payable in coin and-in-
structs the delegates TO Chicago to advo-
cate as a unit the restoring of silver.
The resolutions further declare in favor
of graduated income tax and oppose all
monopolies and trusts. The resolutions
are fervent in their Endorsement OF the
State administration.
A resolution was adopted by the con-
vention extending sympathy to the
Cubans struggling for liberty
Cyrus B. Watson was nominated for
Governor on the first ballot tonight.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-26
GEoRGIANs FAVOR SILVER
Ten Out Of Eleven District DeIega-
tions Are Pledged to Its
Support,

MACON, GA, June 25. = Georgia's
Democracy adopted the unit rule IN con-
vention to- day and sent solid delegation
to Chicago for free silver. Hon. Steve
Clay was elected cha irman of the conven-
ton.
The delegates at large to Chicago ale:
E. P. Howell of the Atlanta Constitution,
Senator Patrick Walsh of the Augusta
Chronicle, Hal Lewis and J. Pope Brown.
Out of eleven Congressional districts there
are ten solid silver delegations, and the
eleventh is bound to vote for Is to 1 BIZ
metallic platform and bimetallic candi-
dates under the unit rule.
The platform deplores lynchings and
favors the enactment of such laws as will
effectually prevent the same; declares it's
devotion to ''pure Democratic faith, which
demands that the primary money of the
country shall be the gold and silver coin
age of the constitution and which favors
circulating medium convertible into such
money without loss'' and demands the
free and unlimited coinage of both silver
and gold, independent of the action of any
other Government, at the ratio of 16 to 1.
1t also condemns "a financial policy which
necessitates the increase of the bonded
debt of the country in time of peace. to
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-26

maintain gold reserve, or to pay the cur
rent expenses of the Government"
1t demands the repeal of all laws (which
clothe Secretary of the Treasury with
the more than imperial power to issue
bonds and increase the public debt at his
will and pleasure without specific author
ity from Congress.
1t favors the payment of the public debt
as rapidly as practicable; tariff for rev.
enue only; the repeal of the unconstitu-
tional tax upon State bank issues, and
advocates the adoption of the constitu-
tional amendment which will authorize
the collection of a graduated income tax.
The entire list of State officers was re-
nominated excepting the State Treasurer,
who declined the honor. so the Assistant
Treasurer, W. J. Spear, was named for the
office. The others are: Governor. W. II.
Atkinson; Secretary of State, A. B. Cand-
Ter; Attorney General, ]. M. Terrell; Com
missioner of Agriculture, R. T. Nesbitt;
omptroller-General, w. A. Wright.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-26

accorded public man in this State. Sew
eral hundred men, including some of the
most prominent citizens of Butte. pulled
the Cong-essman's carriage from the depot
to the hotel, a distance of over mile.
The city had the appearance of holiday
celebration. Bands paraded the streets
and build ings were decorated in honor of
the visitor.
Tonight Hartman addressed between
1000 and 5000 people and declared that the
silver Republicans had deserted the
National organization for good or until
the party returned to the people. He pre-
dicted a sweeping victory for the Demo
cratic party in case it nominates a free
silver man on straight Is to platform.
He favored Henry NJ. Teller as the strong
est man the Democrats could nominate.
He said the tariff could not be made an
issue in this campaign.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-26

The nights proceedings were begun by
W. w. Foote stating to the court that
subpenas had been served upon the fol-
lowing witnesses, directing them to be
present in court at this time: George A.
knight, Russell ]. Wilson, C. Heggerty. R.
B. Mitchell, Reuben II. Lloyd, W. S.
Wood, Garret w. McEnerney, William F.
Gibson, Richard " Dey and others.
Those of them who were present were
sworn in form and then Mrs. Craven was
called to the witness-stand.
When Mrs. Craven took the stand and
was sworn deep silence ensued in the
courtroom for the period of dozen heart