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The San Francisco call., 1896-02-29
WHAT FATIGUE Is.
One of the Chief Dangers Arising
From 1t.


From 1t.
Fatigue is the natural result of labor,
and as such is periodic symptom with
which every healthy person is familiar
1t is one of the laws of organic life that
periods of relaxation shall succeed periods
of activity. The heart itself is normally
in repose for about third of the time
consumed by each beat-a fact IN which
there is something particularly suggestive
and interesting, since physiologists agree
that about one-third of the twenty-four
hours should be devoted to sleep.
Life is made up of a series of vibrations
in which tension and rest succeed each
other. The heart vibrates about seventy
times a minute; the vibrations of the
respiratory organs occur about sixteen
times in the same period; while the vibra-
tions of the whole organism may be said
to complete their cycle once in twenty
four hours. Abnormal fatigue, a state ap-
preaching exhaustion, occurs when one
attempts to alter natures rhythm, when
the hours of tension are made TO encroach
upon those which should be devoted to
rest, when muscle and nerve already
fatigued are driven to further exertion.
Fatigue of kind known as over
training results, in the case of the athlete,
in heart weakness and shortness of
breath-"loss of wind" as it is called;
while the long-continued fatigue occa-
stoned by excessive application to profess
sional or business pursuits results in ner-
vous prostration, or even in paralysis.
While excessive fatigue is in Itself un-
wise, one of the chief dangers which re-
suits from it is that commonly indicated
by the term catching cold" Thus the
danger of sitting in draught or on the
| damp ground is many times doubled after
great exertion. The application of heat
to the surface is a more logical procedure
after extreme fatigue.
Loss of sleep is one of the first symptoms
of abnormal fatigue. Habitual insomnia
from this cause is to be treated only in
one way, by absolute rest.-Y ouths' Com
! panion.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-29
MAY BE INDICTED.
Miss Oyerman's Con nfession will Go Be-
fore tho Grand Jury.

Miss Overman's Con will Go Be-
fore tho Grand Jury.
There is chance for Matte Overman to
be indicted for the crime which she has
confessed
In regard to the testimony OF Miss
Overman, wherein she made confession
that she joined beckmailng conspirac
and forged letters. the foreman of the
Grand Jury was yesterday asked If the
matter had been brought officially before
the jury and he replied that it had not.
District Attorney Barnes was asked if it
would be his duty to submit the Overman
confession Of conspiracy and forgery to the
Grand Jury. He replied that the knowled ge
now possessed was simply garnered from
reports of the trial.
If at the conclusion of the church in
quiry it should be shown that the con-
spiracy to backmail and the forgery al
legged had been committed within the
time specified in the statute, the Grand
Jury would be so advised. At the present
time DR.. Brown occupied In sense the
rela ton of client to the District Attorneys 8
Office, and to intervene while the church
trial was in progress would seem highly
improper.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-29
It Is Learned That Krusemeyer
Had Been Incarcerated at
Stockton.
THE DYING PRIESTS WORDS
Urged the Murderer to Escape Before
the Officers of the Law
Arrived.

SANTA BARBARA, CAL, Feb. 2S.-
Although Father Superior Ferdinand
Bergemeyer died at sundown last night
the tidings of his death did not reach his
murderer until this morning. When
Jailer Arellanes opened Assassin Kruse-
meyers cell this morning he told the pris-
oner that the man he had shot was dead.
Krusemeyer did not seem surprised, but
his manner rather indicated that he was
greatly pleased. He laughed and ap-
peared delighted and his first speech was :;
lam glad of it, snd l am proud OF my
act in killing him"
When told by Arellanes that he would
hang for the crime he returned:
"All right; l am ready for II any time
Yes" he continued, 4 know folks think I
am crazy, but I don't believe in pounding
my head against the cell nights, Keeping
other prisoners awake, simply 10 satisfy the
outside world that I am crazy"
When asked why he fired so many shots
into his victim he iokingly replied:
He is big man and thick through. 1t
takeslots OF powder 10 so through, so
thought L would make SGre OF him
Krusemeyer alleged that he killed the
aged father because the latter ste 50 much,
adding, But he was q bad man. and st
my trial I will have much 70 say. about
what he done at Carpenteria. I'd have
killed more if l had chance" He posi-
lively asserted that after he had shot
Father Ferdinand the latter said: You'd
betterrup and get out of town as soon as
you can. They'll catch you if you don't"
A Coroner's jury, consisting of nine busi-
fn-daV ran6arad q vornipt Of
the priest died from gunshot wounds in
ficted by Bernard Henry Gernart Kruse-
meyer, a servant at the mission. The Jury
went to the jail and closely interrogated
the prisoner. The latter's memory was
perfectly clear regarding the most minute
events OF the past seventeen years, and
following his career year by year,
the jurors accidentally stumbled onto
the Important fact that Krusemeyer
was sent to the Stockton asylum from
Ventura a few years ago, but was dis
charged three days after his arrival. To
the Jury he stated that his reason for muir
deung the priest was that he had it on
his nina that the old man had killed one
of six Spanish girls, regular attendants
upon the services held in Carpenteria, at
the house of one Rodriguez. He acknowl-
edged that he had no reason for this be-
lief aside from his own mental impress
sions, and professed himself perfectly will
ing to hang If be had made mistake.
The funeral of the father superior will
be held from the old mission tomorrow
morning at $50 o'clock. The body will
be inferred in the old burial ground beside
the church, which has not been opened
for many years.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-29
WILLIS POLK INDIGNANT 7.
Says His Stevenson Monument
Was Not Complete When
Rejected.
Bruce Porter Intimates That the Un-
draped Condition of the Dolphins
Displeased Supervisors.

According to its creator when the Super
visors rejected the design for a memorial
fountain on Brenham place to Robert
Louis Stevenson they rejected not COM
pleted design, but an idea only, executed
in the rough of what the design would re-
semble when finished.
Architect Willis Polk is wroth at the
outcome of the affair cit is just this
way" said he. "Over a year ago Bruce
Porter and began talking over the propo-
sition of designing memorial fountain to
Stevenson. This was only a short time
after his death.
"Mr. Porter prepared this SKETCH" he
continued, exhibiting design that closely
resembles the one that fell into the Super
visors' hands. 1t pictured finely pro-
portioned and curlously shaped shaft, sur
IN ounted by dial and two dolphins-
above which was q ship under full sail. AT
the base OF the shaft was the dragon S
head spout and below the curying basin
for the water.
This" said Mr. Folk, ''is in itself a
most beautiful production, and nothing
could be more true TO the noble nature of
Stevenson. The ship shows his ad-
venturous spirit, the shaft his manly
simplicity. Mr.. Porter gave this to me to
modify and make architectural, and |
changed 1t slightly as you observe, adding
a moldlng to enliven the face of the shaft
and to harmonic it all with the archi-
lecture OF the buildings around it. | added
some ornate consoles and few other little
things. But | still was not thoroughly
satisfied. and laid it by awaiting an in
spiration. You can't design one of these
things to order, you know. Mr.. Porter
sent boy to the office one day. | was
away, and my otfice-hoy gave to him the
design which | had altered. I would have
advised Mr.. Porter differently had l been
here, but the design got before the Super
visors in its uncom pleted stage and al
most before l knew about it.
I'VE have all been working on it.,
Douglass Tilden has suggested two col
umnS with the basin between. | ex-
pect a letter at the end of the week from
the architect in Boston,"
Bruce Porter said: 1T was certainly a
great injustice to Mr.. Polk to have the de-
sign passed upon as it was and to give
him all the censure of its unpopularity
with the Supervisors. l handed it in,
acknowledge now, too hastily, but [ had
been urged TO do so a great Ihany times by
the Supervisors. The idea was originally
my own, and Mr.. Polk endeavored to
practicable it, as it were. 1t was not by
any means completed thing though. 1t
has received favorable comment in the
large cities in the East. but the Super
visors here seem TO have still higher ideas
than the Boston critics We shall change
the preliminary idea, however, but the
elemental idea will remain-the ship and
dial. The dolphins were undraped-ah,
perhaps that dispeased them ~
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-29
He WAS WAITING.
Things Looked Gloomy. but He Had
Hopes of Having Bit of Fun.

Ihings Looked Gloomy, but He Had
Hopes of Having Bit of Fun.
He sat on 4 log in front OF his shanty,
smoking some sort of leaves or weeds in
his homemade pipe, and when l rode up
and saluted him thought him the mos t
melancholy individual ever saw.
'Down on your luck?" l queried, as 1
offer him some smoking tobacco.
"Wall, no." he slowly replied. Lost
my mewl by snake bite t'other day, but
sich things ar to be expected"
You don't look we'll
"Guess not; I've bin sick fur about three
months, and this is my fust day out. We
must expect sickness. however"
Wife ard children wel?'
"Wife run away last week, and the seven
young 'uns ar in thar with chills and
fever. / was kinder discouraged this morn.
in but Pm feeln' quite chirky now"
II see you huve no crops in, l said as I
looked over the rank fields
"Not ncrop and I'm kinder glad on it.
/ won't hev no hustIin' to do this fall''
'Haven't you any poultry or livestock 2"
'Noap. Had to sell my COW last winter,
and the coyotes carried off the chickens.
Had two hogs, but they died of cholera.
Noap-no livestock to worry about"
This old shanty OF yours is ready to
BILE down.
That's fact. stranger. She leaks like
an old boot and kin hardly stand alone.
Reckon the fnst high wind will blow her
all in heap"
Provisions pretty scarce?" persisted,
seeing he was willing to talk.
Dunno. Ali we live on is johnny cake
and corn coffee. Shouldn't wonder,
though, if pervishuns were kinder
skeerce,"
Your nearest neighbor mus. be all of
three miles away?"
"Three miles was the highest, but he's
dead. The highest one now is five miles
away"
And don't you get lonely,"
Never"
But will you tell me what on earth you
are living for?''
II will, stranger--I will" he answered as
he got up and threw piece of sod at a
barking pup dog. "This ere claim is wuth
about $780,"
Yes
"Yes."s
"And the moneys all gone an the mort
gage is to be foreclosed next month";
II see."
"Wall, L m livin' to see the fun when
the fule who lent 5000 on $500 wuth of land
gifts around yere to foreclose on me and
take possession. Arter that I'm goin' out
and let snake bite me and die er'-Detroit
Free Press.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-29
Canneries That Were Forced to
Close Are Now Running
Again.
NEED OF STATE PROTECTION
Laws Compelling the Maintaining OF
WardenS Should Be
Passed.

SACRAMENTO. CAL, Feb. 2S.-John
P. Babcock, Chief Deputy of the Fish and
Game Commission, was before the Board
of Examiners to- day to explain q bill dis
allowed at a previous meeting because of
some irregularity in the method of making
out the claim.
The Governor and Secretary Brown
seized the opportunity to inform them
selves as to the workings of the commits
sion, and piled Mr. Babcock with ques-
tions relative thereto.
Mr. Babcock said that the benefit de-
rived to the State by the salmon and other
fish hatcheries was becoming more appa-
rent every year. In 1890 the scarcity OF
fish caused the canneries TO close, while in
1895 over $4,000 cases were packed. The
principal salmon hatchery was at Battle
Creek, one of the tributaries of the Sacra-
mento. The main hatchery was situated
on Hat Creek, but was too far up, and was
not success, for the reason that the fish
did not run up that far during the spawn
ing season.
The Hat Creek hatchery, which had been
erected at a cost OF SAC, 900. was now aban-
doned, and the money it cost was, he said
%, ,000, 900 eggs were secured and hatched
last season, and if means had been at hand
at least double that number Of fish could
have been turned out.
This hatchery, Mr.. Babcock believed
should be enlarged. The bed of the river
at the mouth of the creek had changed sc
as to form a system of lagoons, and into
these lagoons the salmon went to deposit
their eggs. These eggs were caught on
rocks, which were laid for that purpose
Twice as many eggs could be caught if the
facilities OF the hatchery would enable
them to be handled.
MIR. Babcock claims that the patro
system is not so complete as it should be
1t is his opinion that some way should be
found to pass a law, that would not be
special legislation, to compel each county
to appoint and maintain a game warden
In speaking of the obstacles met with
By the commission Mr.. Babock cited 6
case where a County Supervisor was or
trial at Ukiah for killing deer. The deer
had been found in the possession of the
defendant. but the trial resulted in an ac-
quitral, and the attorney for the defense
afterward made the boast that the man
who really killed the deer sat on the Jury
in the trial.
In another case a deputy warden ar
rested man for killing quail and was ir
turn arrested for taking bunch of grapes
from vineyard, and the officer was told
by the District Attorney that if he would
consent to dismissal of the charge against
the person who violated the game laws
the charge against him would also be dis
missed
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-29

contidant of his thoughts, as well as ms a.
oldest friend, is a very. grlmy ana oadiy
burnt briarwood pipe OF the "eutty order
CT architecture, which he has had In MS
possession ever since his mlusnlphlan
days, when it used to be smoked sufreP-
titiously. The young Gar OF RUSSIA iol-
lows his ducal cousins example IN this re-
spect, and the Prince of Wales IS a con-
hrmed pipe-smoker.
The late Emperor Frederick was devoted
70 ms pipe, one of those porcelalh-D -Do%Ie9
German arrangements, and never looked
more genial and kindly than when ne haa
1t dangling from his lips. His SON. EN-
peror William, however, restricts hlmseil
to cheap cigars, of which ne smokes an
extraordinary quantity.
Archduke Joseph of Austria, the head OF
the Hungarian branch OF the rel lgnlng lam
ny, Is the only living member OF the mouse
OF Hapsburg who may occasionally pc seen
smoking one of those cherrywood pipes
that are so common among the Hungarian
and Austrian peasaatry, although the
Crown Prince Rudolph, as we'll as the late
Archduke AJbrecht, the generallsslmo OF
the Austro-Hungarian armies, USED poth
to prefer this form OF smoking TO any
other
The Emperor of Austria himself, who IS
great smoker, restricts hlmsef TO tnose
awful so-called Virginia cigars, Which,
manufactured of the rankeSt tobacco at
Trieste, have straw running right through
the middle of them, in order TO enable
them to draw, and are so green tnat they
have to be held in the flame OF llghted
candle or spirit-lamp conslderaple time
before they will condescend to ignite.
klng Humbert of Italy IS adolcted TO
identically the same kind of weed, OF which
he receives every New Y ear case OF 900
from his imperial ally at Vienna.-Cincin-
natl Enquirer
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-29
TACOMA MILITIAMEN AGITATED.
Captain Billings of Company q Charged
With Many Irregularities.

Captain Billings of Company q Charged
With Many Irregularities.
TACOMA, WASH, Feb. 2S.-The in
quiry court ordered by yAdjutant-General
+. A. Boutelle of Olympia, who has in
structed Colonel Scott, lnspecto r-general
of the State National Guard, to make an
immediate and complete investigation
into the conduct of Captain c. w. Billings
ofCompany G, this city, has caused great
agitation among mi!itiamen here. The
inspector general is ordered to investigate
the cause and responsibility OF the loss of
large amount of equipment belonging
to Company G, of which Billings ie COM
mander. The affairs of the company have
been run in a very loose and unbusiness-
like manner for some time.
AS Captain Billings is at present with
out bondsmen, being unable to procure
any, he will probably be dishonorably dis
charged from the service.
Colonel W. J. Fife, Colonel Scott, Cap
tain Howell and Lieutenant Clark consti-
tute the board of inquiry.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-29
THE MILL VALLEY STRIKE
Scenic Railway Contractors Say
They Can Get All the
Men They Want.
An Incident Showing the Unpopu.
larity of the Construction
Company.

MILL VALLEY, CAL, Feb. 2s.-The
California Construction Company PROCESSES
to care little whether the Iaborers en-
ployed in the building of the Mill
Valley and Mount Tamalpais Scenic Rail-
road go on strike or not One of the
head men said to-day, in discussing the
situation, that it did not matter one iota
whether they left or not, as there were
hundreds of men willing to step right into
their places. The company admits that a
number of men have deserted the camp,
but consider the matter of no Importance
Many men who claim to have been
promised positions as graders on the
mountain road are stranded in Mill VAL
ley, and have been compelled to 60 from
house to house begging for food. One old
fellow, whose case was brought to the at
tention of the CALLS correspondent, said
that he mad been working for the last week
in one Of the stables in order to get to-
gether enough money to pay his fare back
to San Francisco.
lie said he had been promised a position
on the mountain road, but had not got it.
He had been talking with the men and
they said everything was vile, the work
ten hours day-was hard and the food
hardly fit to eat.
The people of Mill Valley have no love
for the construction company and show
1t this week in very decided manner
The Volunteer Fire Department here
owns a large triangle which hangs over
the entrance to their hall and was formerly
used to give the alarm in case of fire.
The instrument is never used any more,
and has been hanging idle for long time.
One of the timekeepers for the construc-
tion company happened to see it and,
thinking it might come in handy at camp
to call in the men to supper, took it down
and carted 1t away.
Some one saw him in the act and in
formed the Chief OF the Fire Department,
who consulted with others, and finally
swore out warrant for the mans arrest
for petty larceny.
A search warrant was issued, and Dep
uty Constable L. E. Gray searched the
construction company's camp and found
the triangle.
Both the triangle and the time.
keeper were brought before the Justice of
the Peace, Thomas FottrelI, who imposed
fine and allowed the man to depart
Every day some men come down from
the mountain disgusted and penniess, for
any who leave the employ OF the construc-
ton ompany before their week is up arc
made to forfeit 10 per cent of their wages.
Added to their other troubles some of the
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-29

4 Sacramer:an Knocked Dotcn When He
Emerged From. q Ballroom.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Feb. 2s.-Robert
Scholtz attended the mask ball given
under the auspices of the Turn Verein
last night in the hood and cassock OF
priest. He also carried a small box orna-
mented with cross, TO represent a prayer
book, and succeeded in causing consider
able comment and enmity-in fact so
much that he claims that he received sew
eral warnings during the evening that he
must either doff the costume or leave the
hail. This Scholtz refused to do, and tie
consequence was that when he left the
hall at the conclusion OF the dance he was
set upon by three unknown men, who
knocked him down and administered to
him a severe beating. The trio then
sprang into hack which was in waiting
and escaped.
1t is stated that Scholtz received his
punishment because it was supposed that
he dressed to initiate the late Bishop Ma
nogne, and as he carried bottle of whisky
In his imitation prayer book, from which
he drank from time to time, it was con-
sidered a gross Insult.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-29
FIRE IN 4 BIG BLOCK.

Nothing Can Sare the Structure, and
Lives Are in Danger.
DULUTH, MINI, Feb. 29.-Fire broke
out at > O'Clock this morning in the
0'Brien-hnowlton block on Michigan
street The building, which is four stories
high, is owned by wholesale produce con-
Germs. The upper stories are occupied by
families. a strong wind is blowing, and
nothing can save the structure.
1t Is feared several lives have been lost.
Seve raj persons were injured by jumping
from the third and fourth stories
7 he building will be total loss.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-29
Charles Lamb Wrote for Antiquity.

Once and again, it would seem man is
born into the world belated. Strayed out
of past age, he comes among US like an
alien, lives removed and singular, and
dies a stranger. There was a touch of this
strangeness in Charles Lamb. Much as
he was loved and befriended, ne was not
much understood; for he drew aloof in his
studies, affected "self-pleasing quaint
ness" in his style, took no pains to hit the
taste of his day, wandered at sweet liberty
in an age which could scarcely have bred
another. Hang the ager' he cried. II
will write for antiquity" And he did.
He wrote as if it were still Shakspere' s
day; made the authors of that spacious
time his constant companions and study.
and deliberately became himself "the last
OF the ElIzabethans." When a new book
came out, he said, he ALWAYS read an old
one.-Professor Woodrow Wilson in the
March Century.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-29
FOUGHT ON THE STREET.
Fatal Terni,a alton of a Dentists Quarrel
Uith nn Assistant.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. pa deadly
shooting affray. wherein one of the victims
died upon the street amid an excited
thTong, occurred here at o'clock this
evening. DR.. Edward A. Dill, dentist at
$40 North Broadway, had as his assistant
]. ]. Seaman. The two quarreled this aft
ernoon, and Seaman shot Dill in the right
breast. The doctor returned the fire as he
fell. Seaman staggered to the street with
blood squirting from hole in his side and
expired on the sidewalk at Broadway and
Morgan streets. Dr.. Dill was removed to
his home at 9l3 North Compton avenue.
His wound is dangerous. Seaman was
aged q and single
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-29
laborers are covered with poison oak and
suffer great discomfort.
FRESNO F4MILY IN LUCK.
Charles CronEhite and His Isco sisters
Are Heirs TO S25O,0OO.

CHdrteS CTonHHtfe ana nus ItCo o'"'eT'
Are Heirs 10 $3.50, 600.
FRESNO, CAL. Feb. 2S-The Jasper
Cronkhlte estate at Amsterdam, Holland,
wherein the Churches of Oakland are dis
tant heirs, has three direct claim ants TO
snug sums from said estate here In Fres-
no. They are Charles Cronkhite, bar
tender in the Mint saloon; Miss Lizzie
Cronkhlte, saleslady for Sachs u Heringhi
of this city and Mrs. William Maxwell
(nee Cronkhite), whose husband is the
driver of hose cart l.
In conversation with a CALL correspon-
dent here to-day the first named gentle
man said that from the most reliable in
formation available he felt sure that he
would receive about $50, 900 as his proper
ton of the estate, which has been esti-
mated to be worth $42 600, ,060. If Charles
is entitled to the sum named by him his
two sisters will get like amount.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-29
INDOOR RECORDS BRokEN.
Bicycitsts Make Fast Tiue at the NIL
sraukee Exposition.

MILWAUKEE, WIS, Feb. 2s.-Three
indoor bicycle records were broken to-
night on the track at the Exposition build
Ing. Walter c. Sanger of Milwaukee rode
half mile in 1:09, clipping six seconds
the same track. Henry Kanaska of Mil
waukee went mile in 2:25. the previous
record being 2:3S. J. Bezenek OF Chicago
succeeded in clipping II As seconds off the
two-miIe record, making the distance in
sos Is. All of these races were unpaced.
The six-day ladies' bicycle race ended to-
night in victory for Lizzie CLAW, who
covered 272 1918 miles in fifteen hours.
Lille Williams, the "Omaha Cyclone, ~
was second