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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-19
THE ANGEL OF THE CLOUDS.

the improbability of the story is forced on
appears to be much feeling in some cleri-
cal circles about the propriety cf the church
scene, but this hardly likely to damage the
box receipts, which are said to be very
promising.
As corollary of the recent debate about
abuses of the judicial machinery here and
the decline of litigation from dread of its
increasing costly processes, it is noted that
only hfty-one students are to be called to
the bar this term from all the four inns of
court, whereas for many years past the
annual number has been close on a hun
dred. This encouragement of barristers
is matched by the dependency among
solicitors, who find that courts are dis
posed to exert much more vigilance in
watching their practices and take hostile
view OF their little games, which formerly
was undreamed of. Twice this week a
Judge, when asked to adjourn a case be-
cause the solicitor in charge was engaged
on another case elsewhere, ordered that
the solicitor himself should bear the ex-
pense of the delay, and the mere thought
of this becoming general precedent fills
all attorneys with dismay.
Emperor William, unwarned by expert
ence with Koch's tuberculosis fantasy
had Professor Roentgen to rush from
WuTzburg to Potsdam to give an illus
trated lecture to the royal family ON his
alleged discovery of how to photograph the
invisible, and bestowed on him the order
of the crown, the same second class decora-
ton that poor Koch got, but it is already
found that this discovery was not only
made by Prague professor in 1885, who
got an admirable photograph of Mount
Blanc at midnight by the use of catholic
rays, but full report of the achievement
was made to the Austrian Academy OF Sci
ences in 1885.
An announcement was made to-day
which threatens to knock the whole un-
derpinning from the structure of bardic
antiquity on which the Elsteddfod is built
Professor Morris Jones, who, next to
Rhys, is the most weighty authority on
Cymric literature, publishes the fact that
he has become convinced that the whole
institution of Gorsedd, which purports to
maintain an unbroken tradition of cere-
monial ritual even to vestments from
Druidic times, is gigantic and deliberate
imposture perpetrated in the sixteenth
century by Glamorganshire bards in order
to justify their provincial revolt against
the then National Eisteddfod.
Henry Somerset, son of Lady Henry
and her heir presumptive of the dukedom
of Beaufort, who is well known in America,
is to be married Thursday to the daughter
OF the Duke OF ST. Adams, and the event
will be marked by public welcome of the
young couple in the market place of
Reigate, where an address is to be pre-
sented. Such ceremonies are common
still in more feudal rural parts, but is
rare occurrence in a large, almost subur-
ban town like Reigate.
HAROLD FREDERIC.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-19
The State Department Will See
That the Accused Men Are
Tried Fairly.
COAST SENATORS INTERESTED
Consular Representatives Instructed to
Watch the Cases of Hammond
and Others.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 1s.-No tele
Cleveland from Governor Budd of Cali
fornia, but Senator White to-day trans
mitted to Secretary Olney a telegram that
he received from the Governor late last
night requesting that every effort be used
to protect Californiaus now lncarcerated d
at Pretoria.
Senator Dubois of Idaho and Represen-
tative Catchings of Mississippi also called
on Secretary Olney to-day. Dubois went
in behalf of V. H. Clement, formerly of
Idaho and Representative Catchings is in
terested in the welfare of John HAYS Ham
mond and wife. Mrs. Hammond was a
Miss Harris of Mississippi, and her rela-
tives and friends there are alarmed for the
safety of Hammond and his wife. They
have written and wired Catchings to exert
every influence at the State Department..
Senator Dubois said to The CALL CORE
spondent tonight:
"Mr. Catchings and 1 saw Secretary
Olney at noon to-day. He assured us that
everything had been done that could be
to insure the protection of all Americans
arrested. OF course he could not give us
any assurance that they would not be pun
ished if found guilty of aiding, abetting or
participating in conspiracy or rebellion.
The most he can do is to see that the
prisoners are not maltreated during their
incarceration and that they are given a
fair trial.
Il do not believe that, if found guilty,
they will be severely punished. They may
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if Portugal consents to dispose of the ter
ritorY in question.
TRANsVAAL PoPULATION.
The Beers Are in Potcer, but In the
WiuOrjtU.

minority.
NEW YORK, n. Y, Jan. 1S.-A special
cable dispatch to the Herald from Berlin
says: To supplement the information tele-
graphed Thursday, on the authority OF
Winterfeld, Consul General of the Trans
vaal in this city, DR.. Leyds gives the fol-
lowing statistics of the relative proportions
of the Boer and the Uitlander population
in the Transvaal:
The Transvaal Secretary of State says:
San official dispatch just received from
Pretoria tells me that the figures at the
last election-in 1891-record IA 81 valid
votes out of total voting register of q,
237. Burghers who have full franchise
number 22628.
''Of the total number of white inhabi-
tants of the Transvaal 75 720 are Uitland-
ers. OF these al, ,445 are British subjects
and "a AS are other foreigners and 439 are
Americans. The number of Boer COM
batants is placed at %, ,457, all mounted
and we'll armed.
"Tbe Transvaal Government will bestow
the franchise upon all Uitlanders who have
remained loyal to the Government in the
case of the last Kaffir war. Cecil Rhodes
is well aware of the electoral statistics and
deliberately lied in giving numbers at
variance with the above"
DR.. Leyds underwent an operation by
DR.. Fraencel on Thursday.
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be fined, but the possibility of worse
punishment is a very remote possibility.
L am satisfied the State Department has
done and is doing everything in its power.
They have cabled our consular represe nta-
tives at Johannesburg and Cape Town,
and both have acknowledged receipt of
these cables instruction, but as yet have
sent nothing definite in the shape of news
[ am particularly interested in the case of
V. II. Clement, who was one of our promi-
nent Idaho citizens, being interested in
the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mines, two
of the biggest and best mining properties
in Our State"
Senator White said:
There is absolutely nothing now to be
said. The department has cabled its con-
sular agents, and is waiting for more ex-
tended reports from them. 1 transmitted
Governor Budd's telegram to Secretary
Olney to-day. Perkins and l are taking
an active interest in the welfare of the
Californians arrested, and we are con-
fident that Mr.. Olney will do all that he
can"
1t has been reported here that Secretary
Olney was much vexed because he did not
hear from Consular Agent Ma nion at
Johannesburg, and Consul knight at Cape
Town, and that he had reprimanded the
former and was contemplating sending
knight to Pretoria. These reports are
erroneous. Olney has heard from the Con-
suls, who briefly acknowledged the receipt
of the cablegrams. The cable tolls are so
high that Secretary Olney does not expect
or wish to hear full reports by wire, having
every confidence that the American and
British Consuls will jointly do everything
possible for the imprisoned men of both
countries.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-19
CoNFIsCATIoN OF PROPERTY.
The Boer Government May Make Rich
Haul.

The Boer Government May Make a Rich
Haul.
LONDON, ENGLAND, Jan. 1S.-Experts
in the law of the South African republic
concur in the belief that if the penalties
for treason are enforced in full the Boer
Government will make rich haul through
the confiscation of property of those who
are convicted of that crime. Among
those arrested is Lionel Phillips, who IS
the registered holder of Rand shares to
the amount of FL ,250.000. Calculations
based on the knowledge of the prop
erty of the other prisoners show
that the total money value of the
property liable to confscation is Ella, ,00o,-
900. The clemency shown by the Beers to
DIR. Jameson and the other raiders is sus-
pectcd to cover their intention to keep
their grip on the better spoil.
The fortune of Cecil Rhodes, the ex-
Prime Minister of Cape Colony, is esti-
mated at 100000. Besides coming to
England to defend the interests Of the
British South Africa Company, in hich
he is the ruling spirit. and OF DR.. Jane
SOIL, Rhodes is concerned in project for
the purchase from Portugal of Delagoa
Bay, East Africa, by an English syndicate
Portugal will be tempted by an offer of
f12, 600 900. In the meantime the hand of
the British Government, which cannot
now be seen in the deal. will be disclosed
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-19
DEATH of a Noted Miner.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Jan. 1s-A Trib-
une special from Youngstown, o., says:
Charles D. Arms died yesterday afternoon
at his home in this city, aged 70 years. He
and coal industry of Eastern Ohio for over
forty years, and was one of the wealthiest
men in this part of the State. He had
been largely interested for many years also
in gold and silver mining in Colorado, Ari-
zona, New Mexico, Idaho and Washing
ton, his interests being especially large in
the richest mines of the Aspen district. A
widow and six children survive him.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-19
KNOWN IN SANrA ROSA.
Career of j. s. Curtis, the Arrested MIN.
ing Engineer.

Career OF u. y. Curtis, the ATrested Min
ing Engineer.
SANTA ROSA, CAL, Jan. Isl. S.
Curtis the mining engineer under arrest
in johannesburg, South Africa, is well
known in this city. Mr.. Curtis married
Miss Rose Behmer of this city several
years ago and left here to accept posi-
ton as mining engineer with wealthy
German syndicate in South Africa.
After serving the syndicate for several
years Mr.. Curtis resigned to engage in
mining upon his own account and soon
accumulated a fortune. As he is gradu-
ate of a German university and has always
favored German institutions, his relatives
here are at loss to account for his arrest
and imprisonment by the Beers, but at
tribute it to his welI-known friendship for
John Hays Hammond. In a recent letter
to brother-in-law here Mr.. Curtis said
that he intended returning to this country
soon, but sad nothing of any political
trouble in the Transvaal.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-19
CONFESSED WHILE DYING.
A Bank Cashier Told the Presi.
dent That He Was a
Defaulter.
In Restitution He Turned Over Heavy
Insurance Policies on
His Life.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Jan. 1s-George F.
Murphy, late cashier of the Citizens Bank
of st. Louis, died last Saturday night.
A morning paper will make the state
ment tomorrow that Mr.. Murphy, few
hours before his death, called to his bed
side J. B. G. Lucas, president OF the bank,
and announced himself a defaulter, and
turned over insurance polices on his life
for 900 in restitution.
An attorney for President Lucas, it is
averred to-day, notified Murphy's execu
tor that he had been assigned the policies
as trustee.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-19
SECUTED As ABsURD.

Bat AH the Same the Ships May GO to
VenezHeId.
LONDON, Eng. Jan. 1S-Tne destina-
ton of the flying squadron recently as
sembled has caused much discussion in
this city. The rHmor that the ships had
been ordered to Bermuda is laughed at by
naval officials, who say that there has
never been any intention to make such
demonstration on the American side of
the Atlantic. 1t is hinted that the flying
squadron will be heard of in Delagoa Bay
before it will in the Bermudas. 1t is
pointed out that there are enough ships in
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-19
HAVE A PRECEDENT.

Treatment of Jameson Compared to tn.
Fentan Cases.
LONDON, Eng, Jan. Is. - The law
papers here adduce the treatment accorded
the prisoners taken during the Fenian n
raid into Canada as a precedent for the
treatment of DR.. Jameson and his COM
panions in the Transvaal raid. They say
that the prisoners ought to be tried by the
ordinary courts of England. AS no in
demnity was demanded from the United
States because of the Fenian raid so nc
indemnity should be paid to the Trans
yaal
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-19
ST. LOUIS Is SELECTED.
Populists Viii Hold Their Convention g.,
That City.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Jan. 1s.-The executive
committee of the Populist National Com
mittee met at 9 o'clock tonight in closed
session, and, after celebrating an hour.
announced the selection of st. Louis as
their choice for the National convention,
which meets July %. 1t is explained that
this unexpected action was brought about
by the pressure of all the cities seeking
the convention to have the II after settled
at once.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-19
Co,cen to Succeed MAYER.

BALTIMORE, MD, Jan. 1S.-It was
rumored on the stree late tonight that
Congressman John K. Cowen, chief coun-
sci of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
had been selected as the successor OF
Charles f. Mayer, president of the COM
pany. 1t is impossible to get anything
official tonight.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-19
CAPTURE OF BANDITS.
The Leader Killed and -Four Placed Be
hind Bars.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Jan. 1s.-It
develops that the four bandits arrested at
Cedar City yesterday were the train-rob-
bers who held up the Missouri Pacific train
and robbed the crew of $500 on Thursday.
Yesterday six robbers appeared at Cedar
City and attempted to run the town. The
leader was shot and killed and four were
arrested. They were brought here and
jailed, and this morning were removed to
the iail at Fulton
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-19
Diamond Merchants Asston.

CINCINNATI, ONO, Jan. 18.-Gustaye
Fox & &C., diamond merchants, assigned
to-day. The liabilities are $35, 900; assets
$4,000. The firm expects to resume busi-
ness.
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a.. Arttst Decorated. .

PARIS, FRANCE, Jan. 1s.-The American
artist, Cecilia Wentworth, has received the
decoration of Officer de la Academic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-07
HANDSOME GARTER BUCKLES.
They Are Given a Place in the New
Stocking Supporters.

From the New York Sun.
Notwithstanding the harness-like aspect
OF the suspender garter, it is now made
very attractive. There are two kinds of
stocking supporters. One fastens around
the waist with satin belt, very narrow in
front and behind and coming well down
over the hips, where the elastics are at
tached. One piece of elastic comes down
half way to the knee, and there another
piece is attached with a buckle so as to
form two supports for the stocking And
here's where a woman's handsome buckles
from her once beloved round garters come
in.
She has one attached on each suspender
and they allow the elastic to be shortened
or heightened at will The stocking is
caught in handsome hooks or held In place
by means of gold silver button and
loop. The other style is more popular
with stout women. The suspenders are
not fastened together by means of the
belt, but each is attached to the side of
the corset with a small gold or silver safe
ty pin Otherwise they are like the ones
just described.
Since the demand for handsome sus-
pender carriers has increased rapidly many
beautiful designs have been brought out
in gold and silver. The prices vary from
50 to 500 a pair. Usually these hand
some buckles are mounted on plain mar
row silk elastic, because they are supposed
to make better show that way. Most
no sooner get hold of pair before they
have the plain elastic covered with silk,
satin ribbon or lace, and decorated with
bows of very narrow ribbon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-07
Tales of the Times.
From The New York Commercial Advertise

From The New York Commercial Advertiser.
German professors are proverbialIy alb
sent-minded, but none of them more so
than Prof. Dusel of Bonn. He noticed one
day his wife placing a large bouquet on
bis desk. What does all that mean?" ne
asked. why, this Is the anniversary of
your marriage" replied Mrs Dusel is
that so? Well, let me know when yours
comes round, and I'll reciprocate"
Sarasato once found his memory desert
ing him at recital, but he discovered the
reason of the mishap in time to prevent a
failure. A lady WIS flaming herself in the
front row of tie stalls. The violinist stop
ped playing. Madame" he said. how can
l play in two-four time when you are beat
ing six-eight?" The lady shut up her fan.
and the recital was concluded successfully
An old lady who had passed her four
score years, and who was allowed NV her
children to continue the formality of keen
ing house." to humor her unwillingness 10
acknowledge the advance of time remarked
one day that she thought she would take
a journey of several hundred miles to visit
her eldest daughter, who was herself a
81 andmother. Her son, who was well past
fifty, asked her if she did not want him to
accompany her and look after her on the
trip. She replied: NO, don't want to Ice
bothered with the care of children
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-07
An INGENIOUS BORE STARTER.
A New York Mans Unique Clock Work
to Get Rid of Callers.

From the New York Mail and Express.
The other day Wall street broker show
ed unique device for Riding himself Of
bores. Il call It my time-saving clock" he
said, pointing to clock with a large dial
In a conspicuous position on the brokers'
roll-top desk. You will notice that when
you are seated beside me you can't help
seeing it Now, keep your eyes on the
hands, The broker stretched one leg un-
der his desk, and at once the hands of the
clock began to turn. They moved from
11:2o o'clock to 80 o'clock in about three
seconds. Il called your attention to the
CLOCK face simply TO show you how it was
done, explained the man of stocks but
1 don't do that when l want TO make prac-
ucal use OF 1t. You see, / am greatly an
ed by visitors who have no conception
or the value of their own time or mine
ana L devised this scheme to get rid of
them. L got an electrical friend to con-
meet the clock works with a push button
Whlch l can touch with my foot When
man gets to be bore L pick up rail-
road timetable. which / have handy, and
hold 1t up in front of him. At the same
time, L touch the button and set the time
on, say an hour. Then I say, Well I've got
TO get train pretty SOON OF course, the
nrst thing my visitor does is to look at the
clock, and he is usually surprised at the
RAPID hight of time Sometimes he will
always swear my clock is run on electrical
time and cannot possibly be wrong That
usually starts him. / had to put the clock
up three hours the other day on a long
winded fellow. 1t was 10 o'clock in the
morning, and pushed the hands along to
made him hungry, because he thought it
was lunch time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-07
SCHOOL GIRLS AND CORSETS.
The Latter Are Found to Interfere
With the Study of Electricity.

From the Chicago Dispatch.
A new reason why the new woman mus;
discard one of the most characteristicallv
feminine articles of her attire or fall short
OF filling her role has turned Up at the
Girls High School at Oakland Cal She
must either abandon corsets or one of the
most promising of the professions, that
embracing electricity in all it's branches
Five hundred Oakland goods are seriously
disturbed over the situation, but the issue
is severely plain. One or the other must
be abandoned, the governors of the school
say.
An electrical department was added to
the school some time ago. and a course in
electricity established. The poor professor
In charge has had a dreadful time. Dur
ing the lessons the delicate Instruments
have played him all sorts of tricks and
all mis- experiments have been of doubtful
success. Every once in a while a girl
would step up to tell what she had learned
about volts ,ohms and amperes, and i'm
meGiately the galvanometers would gyrate
Wildly and the needles on the various dials
would wabble, and all the laws of Volts
and Ohm and Faraday would &c to smash,
and the findings of Edison and Telsa would
become strangely lost. Then the professor
knew the student beside him had on a
htgh-grade corset with ribs of finest steel
The Instruments were not affected bv the
presence of some students because they
wore health waists Of some sort and were
braced with whalebone or some substitute
for steel.
Finally Professor Meads was obliged to
issue rule barring corseted girls from
the electrical department. and the gov
ernors Endorsed the rule 1t might seem to
be rule difficult to enforce and delicate
to handle. But Professor Meads finds it
easy. In entering the electrical depart
ment the girls have to pass one of the
professors sensitive galvanometers. The
Er0faSxnr hfr,S i,-a1xr Inv;
inpertinent ''jigger' works like a charm,
and there is no way in which the girls can
beat the game. On the near approach
of a girl wearing steel-ribbed corsets the
needle gyrates frantically, and the girl is
respectfully but firmly reminded of the
rule, and approximations are useless Just
how the incident will end cannot yet be
told, but the faculty hope the girls will
take the advice of DIR. Knox and DR.
Shuey, both women professors, and aban-
don corsets on general principles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-07

From the San Francisco Post
Il have the most remarkable telephone
in my house." remarked resident of the
Western addition. Il noticed that at times
I could hear very distinctly the conversa-
ton in the next house. Suddenly it would
be broken off short in the middle of a sem
tence, and / could not hear another word
1t would become audible again just as sud-
denly.
"By a series of experiments have found
out that the sound is conducted by the
water running through the pipes. When
the water is turned on in my house
can hear all the conversation in any of
the rooms next door in which there is
running water. When / turn off the water
all sounds stop suddenly.
Il told my neighbor of it, and we have
put it to practical use. When 1 wish to
speak to him l tap on the window; he
turns on the water in his house and listens
while talk to him in an ordinary tone of
voice. When 1 have finished he turns on
the water in his house and turn 1t on in
mine and listen. In that way we can
carry on long conversations with as much
ease if he were in the room with me-
Still, our houses are about twenty feet
apart.