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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-24
Ont for Mckinley.


OAKLAND. CAL, Feb. 23.-Last even
ing temporary organization of the Nc
Kinley Club of Oakland was effected at
Kohler & Chase Hall. f. r. Porter was
chosen president and Fred Murdoch Sec
rotary. A number of ringing Mckinley
speeches were made and much enthusiasm
prevailed. 1t was announced that next
Saturday the Republican State Central
Committee would meet and designate the
city whereat the State convention will be
held. at that convention eighteen dele
gates to the National convention in June
are to be chosen. The Oakland district
will be entitled to two representatives at
the ST. Louis convention. Permanent
organization of the Mckinley Club will
take place next Saturday evening.
Stole His Watch.
OAKLAND, CAL, Feb. %. = Thomas
Mcnamara was arrested to-day for rob
berry. He was eating in restaurant al
Seventh and Broadway, and at the same
table sat Captain Cummings, a retired sea
captain. When the captain started to go
he missed his gold watch. A waiter, who
had been suspicious of Mcnamara S move
ments. told of what he had seen, and when
arrested the watch was found in his pocket.
Under the name of John Wilson McNa
mara is under bonds for an offense il
San Francisco.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-24

geant Hodgkins. It's the opinion of that
officer that the prisoner has practically
been conducting a fence for several
months. Next Tuesday the boys will ap-
pear in the Superior Court and Mayor
Whitney will endeavor to have them COM
mitted to reform school. It is under
stood that the District Attorney will not
oppose the plea if the boys plead guilty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-21
The Early Packet Service.

The first institution of packet services
across the two channels and the North
sea probably dates back 10 very ancient
times. In the days when England was
IL province of France, and during the
later period when France was province
of England, the need of channel for
regular correspondence must have natha
itself irrcs;stibly felt; and even after
the less Of Calais the long presence Of
English troops and English agents i'll
the Low Countries called Tor almost as
constant means Of communication with
Holland.
The service probably made q great
stride in the days of the protectoratc /;
for Secretary Thurloc, who hung the
secrets of all Europe at the protector s
girdlc, could do SO only by means of
uninterrupted correspondence with his
agents abroad, and, being postmaster
himself, could regulate the packets to
suit his wishes. Still the system was
not extended outside the narrow seas
either during Cromwcll's reign or that
of his successor. The need for such cx-
tension became pressing only through
the growth Of our colonial possessions
-Macmillan's Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-21

The Majors Time To he Well Occupied
Summary Of Saturday, Visits.

The Majors Time To he Well Occupied
Summary of Saturdays Visits.
Canton, O., Sept 21.-Major Mckinley
spent yesterday entertaining few friends
Mt dinner, glancing over his mail and
resting The mail and the telegraph arc
still heavily burdcncd with conGratula-
tons from new Mckinley clubs and with
requests for appointments with visiting
delegations Commencing Tuesday there
will be meetings on the Mckinley lawn
every day until Oct. Q. and number of
appointments beyond that date have been
made For this week alone there are
twenty mine delegation announced. They
come from New York. northern Indiana
Muncie, Ind Pennsylvania, Illinois and
this state.
- Scarcely had the echoes of Fridays
big demons ration ut the home of Major
Mckinley died away ere the distant rumb-
lings of Saturdays doings were heard.
Barring the local campaign opening Fri
day Saturdays was the biggest demon.
stration since nomination day. There
were ten visiting delegations of from
1000 to 5000 each, utilizing twenty six
special trains and estimated at from TO-
90 to 1900 people. There was a cold
drizzling rain all the afternoon, and when
it ceased the temperature fell rapidly and
overcoats were in demand. The jor
made eight speeches, some of them of con-
siderable length. There We're delegations
from Carnigic's works, Pittshurg; rail-
way men from Chicago (about 5000, and
commercial travellers from Cincinnati and
Pittsburg and also soile Hungarians
from Cleveland.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-21

Governor Speaks at Chicago and the Cap
tain ut De Kalb-Big Crowds.

Chicago. Sept. 21.-Saturday night to
an audience that packed every foot
of the Music Hall auditorium Governor
AltgeId replied to the speeches of Carl
Schurz and Bourke Cochran. and de-
clared that the triumph of the gold
cause meant the downfall of the Amer
lean republic. A street parade pre-
coded the speech in the hall, and the
local Democracy turned out in force.
The governor was greeted with great
applause. and the speech was frequent
ly interrupted by cheers. Outside of
the hall there was a great crowd dur
ing the early part of the governor S
speech and the air was full of en-
thuSiaSm.
While the governor was speaking in
Music Hall Senator Thurston, of Ne
braska. spoke in the big Republican
tent. which it is claimed has a seat
ing capacity of 1900, and was filed.
sis of the silver question from the Re
publican standpoint.
DE kalb, Ills, sept, 21.-In spite Of the
cold, disagreeagble weather. the Republi-
can meeting was one of the most success
full ever held here. The country people
turned out in numbers, and all the sur
rounding towns sent large delegations of
marchers. Captain Tanner arrived mt |
O'Clock on a special train. and was
escorted to the speaking ground by a
procession half a mile long. The
grounds were packed with people. Previ-
Gus to reaching here Tanner spoke
to 1000 at Wheaton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-21
SELECTING a VOCATION.
Dr. ParkhGrst's Wise Counsel to Young
Mcn In Choosing: q Career.


1.-THE young man who says. 4 have
given my heart to the Lord, and, there
fore, l an going to study for the minis
try, misses the entire point" says DR..
ParEhurst IL all article On Selecting a
Career" il Ladies' Home Journal.
There il 10 therefore about it. That
is "a pettifogginS way of meeting great
situation. lGuotc from "a letter that l
received recently from a young lawyer
i'll Ohio: In my daily life about the
criminal Cou.ts l have scon many Il sad
scene, ard at last il has come to that
point that 1 am almost decided to cast
aside my bright future in law and en-
ter Che service Of TIE Lord answered
him that he was writing nonsense.
What nc meant by the service of the
Lord was the Christian ministry, and
that Is no more u service Of the Lord
than any other reputable calling. 1t is
not what u man does that makes his
service Christian; it is putting his career
under contribution to the public veal,
instead Of mcrtgaging 1T to his own
prcfCrmcnt, that makes his service
Christian. There Is Il great lot of small
thinking about these matters and well
meaning imbCcility that works dam
agingly all around. Ny correspondent
furthermore wrote that he had learned
10 distrus: the law All the more rea-
son, then, why he should stay iii the
law. We cannot improve IL thing by
standing off and 'distrusting' it, but by
jumping i'll and converting il. If all the
CONSIDERATION il put iLto the ministry
and all the brains into the other profess
sions. neither tho pulpit Ecr the world
will profit. The sum ard substance of
all Of which is that v Ken young man
has come out on To the distinct Chris
tian ground Of putting himself under
contribution to the pablo veal, the Sc
lection Of :, career best suited to him
self and to TIE need; OF humanity is
simply Il matter OF studying adaptations.
and deciding Dy what art, trade, busi-
ness CT profession he can subserve that
veal the best"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-21

BRYAN SPEAKS IN HEAVY RAINS
At the Ease Ball Park nj Washington and
Also Mt Baltimore.

Also nj baltimore.
Washington. Sept. "A heavy wind
and rain storm seriously interfered
with the arrangements which had been
made ny the local committee for a
grand reception to Candidate Bry-
an at the old Capitol base bali park
Saturday afternoon. The crowd was
considerably below the expectations of
those having the arrangements in
charge. but there was no lack of en-
thusiasm. When Bryan appeared on
the platform he was received with such
a demonstration as is rarely accorded
n public speaker. For fully five min
utes the cheering continued, Bryan
standing bare-headed. Soon the rain
began to fall heavily. but the crowd
stayed. and after speaking forty min
utes Bryan left the platform and started
for Baltimore.
Bryan spent Sunday in Washington
as the guest of c. 7. Bride. at his resi-
dence on Capitol hill. Bryan left the
city at 10 O'Clock last night for Balti-
more This course was necessary in
order that he might catch train for
Dover. Del. He had many visitors
while here. Al church yesterday Bry.-
an and those with him sat in the pew
formerly occupied by President Lin
coin. When Bryan was leaving the
church. which was crowded. some one
proposed three cheers for the candi-
date which We're given with a viii
Baltimore. Sept. e1.--Wil,iarn Ien-
nings Bryan spoke here Saturday night
to two OF the largest crowds ever pres
ent at a political meeting i'll this city
The first speech was made in the open
air and conservative estimates place
the number present at 3o.s1e. The sec
ond vas helc g. Music har. the larSes,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-21
iNolANA's GIFT TO THE sArrLesHiP.
Gov. Matthews and Party at New York to
Present the Silver Service.


Present the Silver Service.
New York. Sept. "A party Of prom
inent citizens of Indiana arrived at the
Fifth Avenue hotel yesterday. They
came here for the purpose of present.
ing silver service and library to the
United States battieship Indiana. which
is now lying of Tompkinsville, s. l..
under command Of Captain Robley D.
Evans, better known by the cognomen
of Fighting Bob"
The party consists Of Governor and
Mrs. Matthews, Miss Matthews.
and Miss McMachan: Mayor Thomas
Taggart. OF Indianapolis, and Mrs. and
Miss Taggart; Adjutant General and
Mrs Robbins, Brigadier General and
Mrs. Mckee. Colonel James B. Curtis.
Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. ]. H.
Murphy. Captain H. T. Condee. Charles
II. Williams. Miss Williams. Mrs Nor
ris, Ross Bishop. F. s. Chatard. Glenn
Studebaker, Major and Mrs. c. T.
DoXey and Mrs. Kinnard. Colonel and
Mrs. James p. Ross. Miss Florence
Coffin. Mr.. and Mrs.C s. Denny, Mr.. and
Mrs. s. p. Sheerin, Mr.. John II. Holli-
day and Mr.. Alex Holiday. Mr.. 1. s.
Gordon. Colonel William r. Holloway:
Dr. ]. Livingston Thompson and her
daughter. Mrs. Oliver: Major Thomas
DeF'rees: Mr.. Gagg. of Terre Haute.
and a number Of others.
Ex-PresideEt Harrison and Mrs. Har-
risOn are expected to accompany their
friends to the Indiana. The silver ser
vice will be formally presented by Gov
ernor Matthews to Captain Evans. but
IT will be received by Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy McAdoo
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-21

aTditcx-Nyn in Baltimore, and the house
was packed until women tainted and
many had to be removed before the
speaking could proceed. At the open
air meeting rain began as Bryan began
to speak and was soon coming down in
a brisk shower. He spoke twenty min
utes, however, and in the course Of his
speech attacked Carlisle for saying it
would be the duty of the treasury to
redeem silver dollars in gold if the par
ity could not be otherwise maintained
Bryan said this would establish anoth-
er endless chain" At the conclusion
of his Music hall speech he returned
fO WASHINGTON
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-21
PLAYED. Won I.

League scores: At Baltimore-Phil-
adclphia =, Baltimore .; at Cleveland -
Cincinnati =. Cleveland II; at Brooklyn
Boston 3, Brooklyn /; at Washington
New York l, Washington s: at st. Louis
Chicago 6, St. Louis ): at Pittsburg-
Rain. Sunday at St. Louis Chicago
., st. Louis 3; at Cincinnati-Louisville
8, Cincinnati 4.
Western League: At Indianapolis
Minneapolis g. Indianapolis s: at De-
troit-Milwaukee 0. Detroit -: (second
game) Milwaukee s. Detroit 4: at Grand
Rapids-kansas City IA. Grand Rap
ids Il; at Columbus-Rain. Sunday
at Columbus st. Paul 6. Columbus / !;
(second game) St. Paul ., Columbus IL;
at Grand Rapids--Kansas City 16.
Grand Rapids. IS; tsecond Game) Kan
sas City II, Grand RAPIDS O.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-21
AIger's Veteran Spell Binders.

Detroit. Sept. 2l.-The General AL
ger party, made up of Generals AL
ger. Sickles. SiSel. Mulholland and Cor
porai Tanner. will hold a meeting at
the Chicago Auditorium tonight and will
leave Chicago tomorrow morning. and
stop at kenosha. Racine and Miiwau-
keen. The c3rd they will visit Madi-
son and Lacrosse: the oath West Su-
perior and Duluth: the 18th Dubuque
and Des Moines, and the 10Th Council
Bluffs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-21
CURIOUS NOMINATION CERTIFICATE.
Names Bryan and Watson, but the Electors
Are Cor Bryan and ScwalI.

Topeka, Kan, Sept. 21-The nominal
ton certificates of the Populist nation
al and state tickets were filed in the Of
flee of the secretary of state Saturday.
The certificate says that the candidates
for president and vice president are
Bryan and Watson, but is followed by
the entire list of Democratic electors.
all of whom are for Bryan and Scwall.
These Democratic electors were in
dorsed by the regular Populist state
convention ia return for Democratic in
dorsement of the Populist state ticket.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-21
A Gigzutjc Advertisements

Near Ardenlcc, Scotland, there is n
wonderful advertisement. made Of how-
or beds. The beds are each gigantic
letter 40 feet in length. the whole form
ing the words Glasgow News" The
total length of the line is 1873 feet: area
covered by the letters. IA, $40 feet The
advertisement is situated on the side of
hill. and. being of bright colored flow
ers, can be read from distance Of Al
miles.-St. Louis Republic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-21

Pretty Teacher (severely Did your
mother write this excuse:
Bad Bcy-Yes'm.
Pretty Teacher - Humph! 1t looks
very much like one of your scrawls.
Bad Boy - Mamma wrote it: but,
please. ma am, she had sister Jennie on
one arm crying with a bumped head
and brother Willie on the other with a
cut finger. and u lot of sewing on her
lap, and she was rocking the cradle with
her knees, and she had to write with
her toes.
Pretty Teacher lin the EVENING"
am very sorry. Mr.. Poorchap, but have
changed my mind. shall never marry.
-Pearson's Weekly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-21
Fusion PrOba BILE in Kentucky,

Louisville, Sept. 21.-Chairman =. p.
Johnston, of the Democratic state CEN
trail committee. came to Louisville and
was in conference with Chairman J. \.
Parker and Committeeman L. X. Tay-
Tor. of the Populist committee. The
Populists Immediately left the city and
Johnston refuses to talk. but it is ac-
cepted as fact that a fusion has been
agreed upon. and only the details re-
main to be fixed before the plan is
made public.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-21

The instructive and universal taste Of
mankind selects flowers for the express
sion Of it's finest sympathies. their bean
t. and their fieetingness serving IN
make them the most fitting symbols Of
those delicate sentiments for which lam
guage itself seems almost too gross q
medium
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-21
Spocner Speaks at Ni,wa,L..

Milwaukee, Sept. 21-Ex-United
States Senator John c. Spooner Satur-
day made the first of a series of cam
paign speeches that will be delivered in
Wisconsin and Michigan. He discussed
the Chicago Democratic platform in all
Its phases and traced the coinage ques-
ton from early days to the present.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-21
Girl Marie. a Convicted The,

Des Moincs, Sept. 81 - Ed Bragg.
aged Il, was sentenced by Judge
Holmes to six years in the peniten-
tiary for burglary. and immediately
thereafter. with the judges consent.
married Mary A. Cooney to whom ne
had been engaged He then was taken
to jail again.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-21

''Do understand you to say that this
man never made a statement that was
not true?''
"That was what said
The quesiioner laughed long and loud.
Impossible, he said. Absurd
Prcposterous! Why. he's government
weather prophet London TitBlts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-21
COLLISION ON THE UNION PACIFIC
Ten Persons Injured, But Luckily None Of
Them Seriously.

Butte. Mont, Sept. 2o.-By collision
between the Union Pacific express from
Salt Lake and the west. and n mixed
train on the Montana Union, ne IT Rocker,
four miles west of here, yesterday the
engines of both trains and the express and
smoker of the Union Pacific were wrecked
and tho following hurt, none seriously:
John Murray and Dan Green, Lcadvilic,
Colo; Quinn X. Murphy, Red Cliff, Colo. !,
Joseph O'Bricn, Butte; Charles j. Justice,
san Francisco; J. II. Elliott, Baker City,
Or; julius Jacobs, Butte; NJ. NJ. Bur
dick, news gent: Il. T.. Fisher baggage
muster, and A. J. Jones, mail clerk. The
engineers and flrcmcn saved themselves
by jumping. The accident is attributed
to a conflict of orders
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-21
Independent Democratic- Goes.

Springfield. Ills, Sept. 21-Secretary
OF state Hlnrichsen denies that he will
discriminate against the gold Demo-
Gratis IN making up the state ticket
but says that the board of review will
act strictly according to law. From
this II Is evident that the name indie
pendent Democratic" will he perulit-
TED to go on the ticket
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-21
This Life.

Says Charles Baudelaire: "This life
is hospital where every patient is pos
sessod with a desire to change his bed.
This one would prefer to suffer by the
stove and the other thinks he would
recover by the window.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-21

The crocodile is rot as numerous IN
tho Nile as he was in the days Of tbs
Raneses family-in fact. he rather
shuns the river now below the second
cataract, on account Of the GppoyaUces
inseparable from Tourist traffic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-21

The silver 3 cent piece. once familiar
at the counters of poStoffices, was au-
thorizsd by act Of congress March 3,
1851. and its coinage was begun the
same year. Its coinage was discontinued
Feb IL, 1873.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-21

The outlay incurred by the Spanish gov
eminent in making additions to the navy
amounts to Is. 100000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-21
Tbs Local Markees,

Covu-31a9c.
Oais-;M,ar.
Ray-Timothy, f6oS1; wild. S0sS,
Potatoes. uew-3Sc.
Buiter-yAir TO choice, lee; fire. n creamery.
l5r.
E4gs-Frcsh. l:i.c.
-pr'ug cnics. ns-S1.S0 dozen,
Coal-Soft, Toe.
C.tJe-Bu, ehcrs ,.sy for corn fed e,sers 3sca
&c: cues and h,ifers. 2a.c1sxo; calves, sxc
gttrc.
Hoss-:1, 13e.
Sktop-r.
sprns LSm,--ss snasl he aH
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-21
BOSTON IN THE FOURTH PLACE.
ChicaSos Base hall Colts Can't Win from
a Tail Ender.

Chicago, Sept. 2l.-The base ball situa-
ton is given in the table below. Chicago
lost its game yesterday with st. LOUIS
and Boston is one ahead for fourth place:
d.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-21
Cupid In Quest of the Sum.
lHer Girl

when inquiring where he could
get an elegant suit made for
him. such as is worn by tho cx-
quisite swell a, Newport or Bar
Harbor. was directed by one Of
them to HOPES, where no one
ever failed to get the most per-
feet tit, latest style. choice. sea-
sonable goods, and a distingue
appearance at n reasonable price.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-21

When Baby WAS sick. We gave her Castoria
When she was n Child, she cried for Cas.oria-
When she b-cane Miss, she chung to Cas,oria.
When she had Children, she gave them Cas,oria
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-24

speeches. Mr.. John Phillips, national
secretary of the Hatters' Union, as chair
man, beginning the addresses
John Brisbsn Walker, Of New York,
was The frs. invited speaker, but it was
difficult to hear because Of the tumult
in the rear of the hall.
Joseph r. Buchanan, Of New Jersey,
was The next speaker and his address
was altogether upon labor interests and
labor rights.
He was Interrupted several times,
once by a tier of seats in the gallery CIV
ing way.
Charles Frederick Adams was called
upon for q speech, but said that he de-
sired TO introduce Miss Anna Dickinson,
who was On the stage. The confusion
was so great that Miss Dickinson declin-
cd to speak.
1t was few minutes after 10 o'clock
when Candidate Bryan appeared, and
after the police had fought a way
through the crowds at the door for him
they had to repeat the operation inside,
the vast assemb,age in the meantime
standing on the seats and yelling them
selves hoarse in the adulations of the
latter.
When Mr.. Bryan had secured order
he made a speech covering the same
grounds as his previous speech.