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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-15
THE TRIAL OF CHAPMAN.
Motions to Dismiss the Case Wer,
PrOnirotIV Dc0ied

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 14,-In the
trial of Elverton R. Chapman, the New
York broker, for refusing to testify before
Senate investigating committee, the pros
ecution was to-day compelled to close It's
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-15
joint Traffic Association.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Jan. 1.-THE board
of control of the JOINT Traffic Association,
which was to have met to-day, will not go
into conference until Thursday.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-15
IMPRISONED And BURNED.
Miners Perish During a Fire In a Goa
Pit.

BERLIN, GERMANY, Jan. IA fire &C.
CURED to-day in coal pit at Ostrau, Silesia.
A number of the miners were imprisoned
and were either suffocated or burned to
death. Fifteen bodies have already been
recovered. 1t is feared that others are still
in the pit
New-York tribune., 1896-12-06

fact illustrates the more general one that
Borneo like some other South Sea Islands, seemS
to have been populated and depopuated more
than once since mankind began to spread over
the earth a few implements OF stone nave
been found-one at least the discover! oi "hic"
IS certain-and in caves were obtained the re'''S
Of men who had attained degree OF ci'iii-a-
ton higher than that of present tribes. i"e'
and other building material showing great skill
were found buried under the earth Ihe Tdui-
ton is that Hndoos once occupied PORTIONS vi
the island. In any case. the implements anu
relics found are not supposed To date Iroh
remote age II tine contemporaries OF the Euro
pean cave-men OF those ancient Aner"a"s
who preceded the lava-beds OF Arizona anu
New Mexico ever saw Borneo. their traces are
yet to be discovered. The same may be said oi
all indepe 1dent development OF cNliMatioh y"
the island. There are absolutely no PROOFS Vi II.
The late Professor de la Coupere thought that
he had discovered at the India Museum, Lon
don. some survivals OF ancient writing peculiar
to Borneo but Mr.. Ling Roth after a new IN
vestigation decides that nothing Of the kind ex-
lets The nearest approach to writing when
he will admit is a species of symbolism III
k,ottad cords bv means of which messages are
transmitted. Specimens OF writing nave IN
decd bean found in Bornoo. But one OF these
turned ont to be Sanscrit. another was from inc
Philippine Island and on. but nothing was
found that sustained Professor de la Couperies
theory Of arrested development among the
Dyak. and their neighbors The showing OF
their traditions and poetry. both oi when are
transmitted orally. remains undisturbed. ana
this is that intellectually the tribes have neither
advanced nor receded during their residence III
Borneo.
Mr. Ling Roth's work. with It's numerous IL
lustra,ions leaves nothing 10 be desired except
peitcr proofreading in a few places. while IL
interests comparatively few readers II must III
terest these very deeply Hugh Brooke Low.
whose memoranda form the basis of the COM
pilation died in London at the age ot thirv-
eight years after eighteen years service uhder
thcoRaiah Of Sarawak. He was favorite win
the natives and a keen observer OF all ther
traits But he only one OF many inVesu-
gators and Mr.. Ling Rohs books contain the
substance of n considerable library nara 10
gather and harder still to read.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-06
LITERARY NOTES.

Mr. Zangw has rdinquished as has already
been mentioned in this place. the post Of literary
discourser upon the stat of "Thc Pail Mall Masa.
zine" but his discourse is to so right on in The
Cosmopolitan" Whether he is to come here TO
write his monthly budgd or not is not disclosed
He ought to do so II he Is to give his American
readers anything better tlan the talk which The
Pail MALI has printed for him. That material was
of very shallow and conventional Sort but still
it addressed to EnglIihmen by who has
spent his life among them The thin stream OF
strained clcverness will seen thinner than ever II
it is printed unchanged in ar American periodical
There is a good story, by-he-way. told of thu
writer and his brother They are both men Of
letters" 1t appears, and they have a great way
New-York tribune., 1896-12-06

Koran. Yes he says in effect. my nrst an
cestor had book too" One Dyak Will say that
this mythical ancestor lost his book IN SWIM
ming a great ri !er another that IL was the
Malay who lost his original book and then robDed
the Dyak; still another that the Dyak swallowed
his book to save it. and that II now exists IN MS
memory. His science Of augury. as elaborate as
that Of the Romans he will say is merely the
contents Of the book lost by the progenitor Of his
race. This Is evidently not the kind OF story
that might grow up in people uninfuenced by
other races. 1t is a direct answer to what is
felt to be reprcach. Other legends which plain
ly antedate the worship Of Petara give other
names to the Creator. and speak OF Him as if
He were merely great earthly ruler. He could
see and hear ard speak and understand, but He
had neither feet to move about. nor hands to
shape anything with BY the mere act Of His
will He created two birds. and these at His bid
ding made the sky. the earth and man. But
this is only legend without any of the religious
associations which are bound up with the name
Petara.
OF one thing we may he quite sure. The Dyak
has not fallen from higher plane of civza-
tion than that which ne occupies. He has
no memory OF ancestors who lived in houses
different from the ones which he builds, nor
does his traditional poetry contain any such
ideas If the poet descends to particulars these
not strange to the ordinary Dyak; If he
wishes TO convey more sublime thought, he
has only vague smile when he compares
a richly furnished room to 'the wide expanse OF
the Glisten.ng sea- For the pictured shield or
Achilles. the Dyak hero has only the shield
"cut in slanting curves He descended a lad
der of notched steps. his descendants do to
this day and the sheaths of his weapons were
ornamented as theirs still, with plUmes of
waving har. Homer knew of things finer ana
more elaborate than his hearers could make
The Dyak epic knows nothing of the sort But
it imagines, like the Arabian tales. houses that
can contract to the smallest dimensions. or eX-
pand to an army. The vessels in which
Grandmothe~ Witch prepared food are like
those which tie OjibWay devised for his hero
tiny but inexhaustible She filled with rice a
the size of a birds egg. one of the chieftains
witnessed these preparations with disappOnt-
ment. Nobody will know it, If eat ii ALL. he
said to the aged goddess. Give every man
his share" was her answer. and when they
came to distribute the food there was all the
army could cat and something would have
been left over if there had not been gluttOn
in the ranks whose mouth always open
and whose stomach was never full 1t in
heaven that all these things happened and that
is where Homer places many of the wonders or
art with which he is acquainted.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-06

Mr.. Howells is explicit on the mpersonal char
acter Of his admiration for Mr.. Dunbars work
He protests that the poets race has not preju-
diced him for or against the poems that he
would have been touched by the lyrics no mat
ter who had written them. Yet It is impossible
to ignore the Ethiopian strain In this volume
and there ought not to be any patronage sus-
pected in the declaration that 1t is just his racial
inheritance. just his color that makes Mr. Dun
bar the interesting poet that he is. He is a
good lyrist. not in spite Of his origin but because
of it. ard Mr.. Howels himself comes back to this
fact touching appreciatively in his introduction
to the book upon Mr.. Dunbars expression OF poet
ical things which the negroes hitherto had
expressed in music alone. Along with his verac-
ity. too. and effortless music there is piquancy
Of dction which is enough to make certain Cau-
casian masters of dialect turn green with envy
New-York tribune., 1896-12-06
I}ORNEO.
A.CYCLOPEDIC REVIEW OF THE Ina
AND BELIEFS OF NATIVE RAchS'

r,,v NATIVES or sARAwAK AND BRil,iiSSiii ,iSi
&oRT BoRNEo ynaasd Based GnSiy5 nw y5sTawak G% YAK Gov
q THE Aborigines of Ts,%?gSfIl Cver e fIllustratons
In Two Volumes. PIP. XxXn iof' ~ -'
Truslove Comba,
If every region in the world were as nm
treated by folk-lorists as Borneo Is IN wv W..
umes bv MIR. Ling Roth. the result Wou'u .A''
the Alexandrian library into the shade' i"''s
two massive volumes. however, bareN 'ou.
Dutch Borneo. and there is still portion oi ."e
island unexplored by men Of science "ne'M.'
or not conclusions would be more certain - u,
work included all the information '"e
-.s,,d give is a matter OF speculation
New-York tribune., 1896-12-06
| H..

The same thought springs to the mind on n
perusal Of several other books which present
themselves at this time. Miss Edith NJ Thomas
has had many a poetic impulse. OF which the
fruits have also been poetic. and she has writ
ten from time to time some veritable lyrics but
there Is hardly a page OF "A Winter Swallow"
which does not fall short OF Its obvious aim
The difficulty probably arises from an excess of
culture. Miss Thomas has read widely and has
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-09
SUBMARINE DINNER PARTY.
One of the Most Singular Bsnquets Ever
Partaken OF.

, Some time ago the labor of deepen
ing the harbor of Clotat was completed.
To celebrate the completion of his la
Dor and to make the occasion memoir
able the contractor gave to the mem
bers of his staff and the representatives
Of the press banquet unprecedented,
says Harper's Round Table, for it's
originality. The table was set eight
meters below the level of the sea, at
the very bottom of the harbor, inside
the "caisson" in which the excavators
had been at work, and only the narrow
walls of the caisson separated the
guests from the enormous mass of wa
ter around and above their heads. The
new fashioned banqueting hall was
splendidly decorated and lighted, and
but for a certain buzzing in the ears,
caused by the pressure of air kept up
in the chamber in order to prevent the
thrush of water, nobody would have
suspected that the slightest interrupt
ton In the working of the air pump
would have sufficed to asphyxiate the
whole party. After the banquet an
improvised concert prolonged the fes-
tlvity for several hours, after which
the guests reascended into the open air
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-09

down he would IAN asleep. On account
of this habit he lost several poles and
fishing lines, which caused him TO adopt
an original method. he lay on the
bank, fastening line to his ankle. II
a fish bit the hook it would wake him,
and he pulled it in. One day larger
fish than usual snapped the bait, and
when JEFF awoke he'was in the river.
After the most energetic struggle he
ever made he succeeded in getting to
shore, but it looked as though he would
have TO devise new plan. But he did
not abandon tying the line to his ankle;
he simply procured a rope and fastened
one end around his body and the other
to a tree, and in this way he has fished
and slept for good many years now"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-09

ton. They were allowed to go out,
while the convention sang Hail,
Columbia" and then the business of
the convention was resumed.
Within twenty minutes after the
boilers retired another conference
was held, at which the pledges in
vOlying the delivering of the strength
of the Populist party and the silver
strength to the Democratic party,
with its nomination, were ratified
again upon the alter of political sac
ritice. Thus the silver Republican
boilers and their Populist allies came
to Chicago confident that Teller
would be nominated Depending
upon the united action of five of the
most influential senators of the South,
with the logic Of the political situa-
ton, they saw no reason 10 doubt the
success of their scheme. For several
days they were confident. The sena-
tOrial cOnspiratOrs did not act, but
gave the impression that they were
waiting for the proper opportunity 10
present itself. This opportunity new
er came. In fact, the sentiment of
these senatorial cOnspiratOrs' cOnstit-
uentS was against their siheme. In
some cases their delegations We're
pledged to other candidates. They
found no way TO even get Teller's
name before the convention. They
were tied hand and foot. Their own
places were in danger if they stood
longer Indifferent to the expressed
will of their people. They were COM
PEELED to declare themselves, and did
not come out for Teller against the
pressure brought against them. They
found they could not deliver the
goods they promised. The only paci-
fication they are Offering is that they
will have TO stand by their own man
first. The fact is they have cropped
Teller once for all. They failed to
wreck their own and the Republican
party in their own interest. Mr.. Tel
Ter will not be nominated. He is a
political waif. The Populists have
been made cats paws, but have not
yet realized it.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-09
PATENT ON A FARO BOX.
Inadvertently One Was Issued by the Gov,
eminent in 1919.

DuHing a discussion over a sociable
game of cards a few evenings since, in
which several prominent congressional
people took part, the statement was
made that the faro box, an instrument
in use in every gambling establishment
of the land, had been consecrated by
letters patent of the United States. To
settle the controversy two of the par
ties spent the day hunting up the rec
They found that Robert Bayley was
given a patent May IS, 1912, for new
and useful improvement called the fair
dealer or the chartae lusodiae. The
letters patent were under the hand Of
James Madison, president, by James
Monroe, secretary of state, and were
executed by William Pinckney, as at
torney general. In the schedule which
was attached to the patent the ordinary
faro deal box is described perfectly.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-09
BIRD TRAGEDY.
Startling Accidentally Collides with and
Kills q Rock in Midair.


James Carter, of Masham, Yorks, Eng
land, reports happening to the London
Field the like of which seldom or never
was observed before. In over rs vol
umes of a well-known sportesmen's
newspaper similar incident has not
been reported. ,....
The Field says that "a starting, fly
ing swiftly from its nest, collided with
a passing rock, and the starling's beak
penetrated the head of the rock, causing
instant death" Hawks, of course, often
strike their game in midair and kill it,
but in that case the collision is inten-
tional. During the migrating periods
birds are often killed and MANNED by
flying against unseen obstacles at night,
as telegraph wires or high waterfalls.
Many ducks and geese fly up stream into
the Niagara falls every year, but the like
Of this incident is not recorded.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-09
A CHICKEN FOR UNe.
A Pigmy for Epicures Now Served b
Paris Restaurateurs.


1t is generally conceded that small
bird makes very dainty meal for one
person, and it must have been a source
of regret to many that it was seldom
possible to obtain a chicken just large
enough for one man with moderate
appetite. The difficulty has now been
removed, in Paris at least, says the New
York journal.
Many Paris hotels and restaurants
are now introducing as novelty into
their menus what might be described as
zone man, one chicken" Everyone
who understands anything of the appe-
tite of man understands that he likes
best to tackle bird single-handed.
With the ordinary fowl this was, of
course, impossible, so the ingenious
chef proceeded to develop, or rather
curtail, the spring chicken, and now
a three-months-old bird is served to
each guest, just as though it were q
quail or a plover. That there is any
stability in the body of so young and
tender a chicken can hardly be admit.
ted; but the novelty has been greatly
appreciated, especially by Americans
in Paris, and there is already demand,
and great one, for fedgling barn.
Tonrc
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-09
- -. .sa-s--- 900.
IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Portuguese Have Lost the Impulse Of
Discovery and Conquest.


In the early years of the sixteenth
century, long before the first Dutch fort
was erected at Cape Town, Portugal
had planted her settlers at various
points along theeast coast from Delagoa
bay to the Zambesi and Mozambique,
says Century. They did some trading
in gold and ivory with the interior, and
they assembled the Zambesi for several
hundred miles. But the pestilential
strip of fat ground which lay between
the coast and the plateau damped their
desires and threw obstacles in the way
of their advance. They did little to ex-
plore and nothing to civilize the inte-
rior.
Three centuries passed, during which
our knowledge of south central Africa
was scarcely extended; and it was not
until some go years ago that the Dutch
Beers, in their slow wagons, passed
northeastward from Cape Colony to the
spot where Bloemfontein and Pretoria
now stand; not till 1886 that David
Livingstone made his way through
Buchuanaland to the Victoria falls of
the Zambesi and to the Atlantic coast at
Loanda; not till 1889 that the vast ter
ritories which lie between the Trans
vaal republic and Lake Tanganyika be-
gan to be occupied by the Mashonaland
pioneers. All these farmers, exploring
and mining prospectors came up over
the high plateau from the extreme
SouthernmoSt end of Africa checked
from time to time by the warlike native
tribes, but drawn on by finding every
where n country in which Europeans
could live and thrive; while the Portu-
guese, having long since lost the i'm
pulse of discovery and conquest, did no
more than maintain their hold upon the
coast, and allowed even the few forts
they had established along the course of
the Zambesi to crumble away.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-09
Fo-Hps Politeness.

Emperor Fo-Hi, the first of his
line, is the Chinese model of politeness.
He is said to have been so civil he al
ways spoke, even of himself, with pro-
found respect, and when the Chinese
habit of self-depreciation is remIem-
bered, this degree of civility will be bet
ter appreciated.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-09
JOB for q Good statisticIan.

1t is reported in court circles, says the
London Daily Chronicle, that Queen
Victoria will never hold another draw
ing-room in person, as the fatigue Is
too great at her advanced age. Some,
statistician equipped with Q counting
machine should figure But the number
of English girls who have been present
ed to Queen Victoria in the course of her
reign.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-09
da,ne,s waters,

Maine has 1920 lakes, with an area
of 1890 square miles, and 5000 rivers
and streams, making Names inland
water surface 5000 square miles. Maine
rivers fall on their passage to the sea q
mean distance of 5000 feet, yielding an
aggregate gross power Of 2,e5e,2oo
horsepower.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-09
Pbonopraphs In Watches.

The new watch is to have phone.
graph cylinder hidden away, and at the
hour and at each quarter of an hour
tiny voice will be heard giving you the
exact time. You will simply touch a
spring, hold the watch to your ear, and
the little fairy on the'inside will whis-
rer the hour. - -
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-09
AN AWFULLY LAZY MAN.
Too Lazy to Work and Slept While on
Fishing.

"The loziest man ever knew was
JEFF Towson, of PEORIA" said ]. C. Tap
pan, of that city. JEFF was too lazy
to work. and flshed in Peoria lake,
about three or four miles above the
city. He was a more constant sleeper
that Dickens fat boy, and it used to
be said that he slept as he walked, but
1t is certain that as soon as he sat
The evening times., 1896-06-22
HER LOVER WAS FALSE.
His Desertion Turned Beautiful Miss
Sagle's Brain.

Palatka, Fla, June 22.-Three weeks ago
Miss Laura Mage, beautiful young
woman OF this place, decked In her bridal
garments, was awaiting the coming OF
the groom. AT the hour fixed for the
marriage ceremony a telegram Was re-
ceived from Orlando, the home OF the lover,
announcing that he had married another.
Miss Magic seemed to bear the shock
bravely until the guests who had been
hidden had departed, and then she broke
down completely. That night she dis
appeared from her home, taking with her
the wedding dress and the bridal veil.
Her father, who is wealthy, has since
exerted every effort to find the missing
girl. He employed men to search for
her, but the quest was vain until Satur-
day afternoon, when she was found IN u
dense swamp many miles from her home.
When found Miss Nagle was sitting on
the bank OF a small stream watching her
features, which were reflected by the
water, and moaning, Wasn't l pretty
enough for bim?"
She was entirely nude, but by her side
was the wedding finery. When the men
approached she turned on them and fought
them fercely. She was finally overcome
and taken to her home.
During her stay in the woods she had
subsisted on fruits and berries. She was
greatly emaciated, and the mosquitoes
and other insects had well-nigh killed
| her. She raves continually of the lover
| who played her false, and today she was
taken to a retreat for the insane.
The evening times., 1896-06-22
SEEKS HER MISSING Roy.
Mother In Far-off Turkey Has Writ
ten Nh jor Moore.

Mother In Far-off Turkey Has Writ
ten Ma jor Moore.
Major Moore has received in an envelope
postmarked Constantinople, Turkey, let
ter written in French. 1t is addressed TO
the Minister of Police, WASHINGTON, Etats-
Unis," and signed By Turkish woman
named Eudoxie Efra!midy, who is looking
for herlong lost son, bo of nineteen years.
The letter was turned over to Inspector
Hollnberger, who had it translated by
Sergt Lombarhy of the Sixth precinct and
Detective Maurice Quinlan is now trying to
find the womau's son
The mother states that the boy, whose
name is Cosmas Efraimidv, was last heard
from in Greece, In December, 1898. She
believes he has since come to America, and
as it was the woman's impression that all
the police in the United States are under
the command of Major Moore. the anxious
mother, with profusion Of expressions OF
reverence and many anticipated thanks, re-
quests the chief to locate the youth, who
has the dark Turkish complexion ack yes
and mustache and is Of medium size. De-
tective Quinlan may see the Turkish min
lister about the missing boy.