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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-16
AFTER THE PROPRIETOR
The Plant of the Observer Dis.
appeared During the
Night.
Foreman Ball He'd an Assignment
of 1t to Pay the
Printers.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, !

sos Broadway, July 10.
The Observer was not published this
morning. Seven weeks ago the paper was
born in the night. 1t came into existence
on the eve of the awarding of the city
printing contract. 1t had to be out on a
certain morning in order to bid. Type
was distributed at night, press was pro-
cured after dark and printers were enticed
out of their beds TO get out the new paper.
Everything was successful, and next
morning every householder in the center
of the city found the Observer on his door
step.
1t disappeared last night Ever since
its birth the ''ghost" of the Observer has
been of very intermittent character.
Things got so cramped on Monday
that the printers were paid with the fol-
lowing check:
OAKLAND, July 13, 1896.
hereby assign all my right, title and inter
est in and 10 the Observer to Thomas NJ. Ball
in consideration of wages due the compositors
employed thereon This assignment includes
all the material and paraphernalia used in
the publication and printing OF said Observer.
FRANK II. ROBINSON,
Publisher and proprietor The Observer.
Witness:
A. F. ELDR1DeE,
+. ]. GREGORY.
Yesterday morning the money was to
have been paid, but as it was not on hand
the printers were the owners of the plant.
When they went to the Office this morn
ing they found that a large part of the
plant had been removed during the night.
Ball at once concluded that Robinson had
taken the material and this afternoon he
swore out q warrant for Robinson's arrest
for grand larceny.
The paper has been running behind ever
since it started and when Robinson's bid
for the city printing was not accepted the
crisis came.
Frank Robinson broke into that Office
and carried away those FORMS" said Mr..
Ball this morning, land l will make it
hot for him. When he made that assign
ment TO me there was a chattel mortgage
on the property, and, unless 1 am greatly
mistaken, we can put him through for
that. 1t is just possible that the Prosecut-
ing Attorney may be correct about the
burglary business, but the property is
worth $500, and I think that amounts to
grand larceny"
night that the paper will be published in
another Office. in accordance with con-
tract recently made.
! Frank Robinson, proprietor of the Oh.
server, was arrested tonight on a charge
of grand larceny sworn to by Thomas
Ball.
This is cinch job of my printers" he
| said, because they learned that l was go
| ing to have my printing done on ma
chimes. They agreed on special rate
and now they want the whole thing. The
assignment l made was not legal, anyhow
got out my paper to-day so as to save my
legal advertising, and L expect to ge
| bonds in O short time and be at work
under different conditions tomorrow"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-16
THROWN FROM a WAGON.
FL. f. Freeze, Dairyman. and a Little
Girl Painfully Injured.

FL. f. Freeze, Dairyman. and a Little
Girl Painfully Injured.
OAKLAND CAL, July 15.-H. f. Freeze,
a dairy produce dealer, living at Nine
teenth street and Broadway, had narrow
escape from death this evening. He was
driving home, and on descending the hill
in Hayes Canyon, near town, he applied
the brake, as his team was slipping.
The connections broke and the horses
ran away. throwing Freeze out and break
ing his left leg and right arm. He had a
little girl with him bringing her to town,
and she was thrown out and her left leg
broken. Freeze was taken home by a
passer-by, and the girls father, Mr.. Hen
den, was notified. He at once brought his
daughter TO a physician. Freeze was
brought to the Receiving Hospital, and
after being cared for he returned home.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-16
Two Runaway Accidents.

BERKELEY, CAL, July 1.-two run
away accidents took place to-day in Berke-
ley, in both of which the occupants of the
vehicles narrowly escaped death.
This morning, while DR.. f. III. Payne
was about to step Into his buggy, the
horse started to run and dragged the
doctor, who held on to the reins, for a
considerable distance, severely bruising
him about the head and shoulders.
A short time afterward Charles Hoppe
and Fred Boegle, both of the junior class
at the university. were thrown from their
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-16
A Populist Paper.

OAKLAND, CAL, July 15-The Indus.
try Publishing Company has INCORPORATED
with $4,000 capital stock, of which $3.50 has
been subscribed. The subscribers and
shares are: P. B. Preble, $1,000; ]. NJ.
Moore, $40; ]. a. Hennessy, 500; J. C.
Butner, $40, and r. E. Bush. $40.
The company proposes to do general
printing and publishing business. 1t also
runs the Industry, weekly Populist pa
published daily during the campaign.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-16
SAVED A LIFE.
The Alameda Electric Line Proves the
Usefulness of Their Tenders
without Dummy.

OAKLAND, CAL, July 15.-The Ala
media electric line has proved the eff
cheney of its tenders and used a two
year-old boy instead of the usual dummy.
The boy is still alive and in no wise in
iured, to which the company points with
pride and claims its tenders the best in
use.
This afternoon little Harry Brown of
Alameda was playing on the street. Not
noticing an approaching car he ran across
the tracks of the electric line directly in
front of car 10 and was knocked down.
The spectators expected the usual fatal
result, but we're greatly surprised to see
the fender pick the child up and carry him
along without a scratch. The car was
soon stopped and the boy taken out.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-16
Louis Porter Released.

OAKLAND. CAL, July 15.-Louis Porter
has been released from the Stockton
asylum. He was committed several
months ago for attempting a harrangue
and the drawing of a revolver in the First
Unitarian Church.
John P. Irish and others captured and
disarmed him, when he was taken to the
City Prison. 1t caused considerable ex-
element in the church, which was
crowded.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-16
She wants a wedding.

OAKLAND, CAL, July 15.-Rose Gill;
gan has caused the arrest of Fred Sprinkle,
youth working on the steamer Emma,
charging him with being responsible for
her condition. She wants to marry him
and agrees not to prosecute if he will take
her. This he refuses to do. He has Sc
cured his release on bonds and will fight
the case
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-16

Twenty-four Governments, including
the United States, Japan, China, Persia,
and nearly all the European countries,
have given official notice that they will
exhibit in Paris in 1900.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-16
DIED.

this city, July 15. 1895, Ruth
daughter of John and Sallie Shields native OF
San francisco, aged 10 months.
RE~The funeral will take place TOMORROW
(Fridayl, at o'clock P. NJ, from the resi-
deBce of her grandpar ents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Scully, 1854 Folsom street. Intermens Mount
Calvary Cemetery.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-16

gloriously to-day. eff did not vote for
Mckinley after that" said Ludlow, az
should be worse than an infdel."
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-16
AUCTION Sales
AUCTION SALE At ga SECOND STREET.

General nne of Merchandise, comprising Fur
nishing Goods OF all kinds, shoes, Hats, Caps,
Remnants, etc. 10 be sold without reserve to the
trade. Auction Sale commencing THURSDAY.
July 16, at 10 80 NJ and continuing until entire
stock is sold. Fixtures and goods must be sold.
WALTER FURST. Auctioneer.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-16
LUDLOW TESTS
McK|NLEY'S FATE,
Nature Proves That He
Will Be the Next
President.
MAKES A UNIQUE TEST.
The Master Car Repairer's Faith
in Flowers Cannot Be
Shaken.
WAS ENCOURAGED By BRYAN.
McKinlsy's Name Grew One Inch
When the Democratic NOmina.
tion Was Made.
WAS ENCOURAGED By BRYAN

OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALI
90s Broadway, July Is.
One of the most original tests of the
chances of William Mckinley has been
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-02-27
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

in both Egypt and Assyria porcelain
rings were in common use. They
were often painted with great delicacy,
the painting being burned into the en-
amel.
Perhaps the most striking evidence
Of thrift since that referred to by Ham,
let is furnished by Maine town, where
apple trees are to be planted in a grave
yard and the proceeds from the sale of
the fruit are to be devoted to the re-
pairing of the fences and the cutting of
weeds.
AS far as recorded, the loss of life
by shipwreck in 1895 was 4,250; by rail-
way accidents, 1862, and by other casu-
alities over 24.00O. Add to these dis
NAL figures the $3.50 reported murders
in the United States alone, and we have
a total of 1854 violent deaths, or an
average of over 100 for every day in the
year.
The fox's reputation for smartness
was well sustained by member of the
tribe near Falmouth, Me-, the other day.
\ couple of hounds and hunter were
after it, and the fox led the hounds to
frozen pond, and out on ice so thin that
it just supported the fox, which es-
capped, while the hounds went through
and were drowned.
-Passmore Edwards, editor of the
London Echo, a paper which the Spec
tator describes as 1.-The most honest and
most faddy in the world" gives away
thousands of pounds every month to
philanthropic undertakings of vari-
Gus kinds. These he is said to select
with great Judgment, but he always
takes care TO exploit his good deeds at
great length in his own paper, and per-
sistently asks other journalists to do
the same in their own publications.
A $3.50 lawsuit over S1.25 pig has
lust been ended in Michigantown, Ind,
and the town treasury is out the former
amount A month ago the city mar
shal impounded a pig belonging to
farmer named Hills. The farmer re =
fused to pay the $3.50 pound charge and
replevined the pig. The town sued
him, and after three trials the circuit
court gave a verdict for Hills, with
s1.O1 damages. More than half the pco-
pie in town were summoned as wit
nesses, and the total amount of money
lost over the pig runs to pretty high
figure.
Edison believes that he can solve
the problem of air ships either oy using
balloons or aeroplanes; but, to use his
own words: "I would construct actual
ships of the air-yachts, schooners and
brigantines-which would tack and
jibe, and sail before the wind. My idea
is that the lifting power for these air
ships should be gas stored in the sails.
In other words, you apply the balloon
principle in such a way that the gas bag,
instead of being an impediment. as it
at present, would be the actual means
of propulsion. 1 would construct gas
bags shaped like the sails of yacht"
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-02-27
NATIONAL FINANCES.


Some Fresh Facts About Our Govern
mental Money Matters.
In 1885 the public debt of the United
States was only S37,5lS.
Last year the United States spent
S42, .223 more than it's receipts.
The total ordinary expenditures Of
the government in 1895 were S556,195.-
2es.
In the year 1904. only eight years
from now. SlOO,OOO.OGO in bonds must
be redeemed.
The tariff on imports into The United
States amounts to less than 81 for each
inhabitant.
In 1890 the receipts from the tariff
on imports amounted to $77,000,00o
more than last year
Thirty-seven cents per capita in 1894
was sufficient TO pay the interest ON the
nations borrowings.
France. Russia. Great Britain, Aus
tria-Hungary, Italy, Spain and Prussia
are the only nations deeper in debt than
is the United States.
In 1861 three cents per capita of sill
yer and &C cents per capita of gold was
coined. In 1894 I3 cents per capita of
silver and Sl.1T of gold was minted.
The Indebtedness of the United States.
less cash on hand on November 1, 1895.
was SSl2. 137, ,61O.S7. Without deduc-
tions and including certificates and
treasury notes it was S1,717, ,4Sl, ,779.-
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-02-27

had to go down to Apia five or six
different times, and each time there
were 100 black boys TO say Good morn
ing" to. This was rather a tedious
business; and, as very few of them
answered at all, and those who did,
only with grunt like a pigs, it was
several times in my mind to give up
this piece of politeness. The last time
I went down, l was almost decided;
but when l came to the first pair OF
black boys and saw them looking so
comic and so melancholy, i began the
business over again. This time
thought more of hem seemed to an
swer, and when l got down TO the tail
end where the carts were running, l
received very pleasant surprise, for
one of the boys, who was pushing at
the back of cart, lifted up his head,
and called out TO me in wonderfully
pooc English: "You good man al
wavs say good morning" 1t was sad
TO think that these poor creatures
should think so much of so small a
piece of civility. and strange that
thinking sol they should be so dull
as not 10 return it.-Robert Louis
Stevenson's Letters to Boy" in ST.
Nicholas.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-02-27
ANTARCTIC POSSIBILITIES.
Explorer Borchgrevink Thinks There May
Re a Eufnre for Commerce There.

Explorer BOrchgreNtnk may
Be Future for Commerce There.
The recent antarctic expedition was
a commercial one, and commercially ii
was failure, because we did not find
the right whale, so valuable for its
whalebone. The Antarctic was fitted
out for the hunt of that particular kind
of whale; nevertheless, l have no
doubt that the commercial result of the
expedition would have been much bet
ter had we worked under more favora-
bic auspices.
l do not by any means consider the
fact of our not having met with the
right whale in those seas as conclusive
proof of their noneXistence in the bay
at Victoria Land. The Antarctic found
the right whale at Campbell island in
the winter time; the boats fastened to
five of them, of which, however, only
one was caught. Now, to me it does
not seem improbable that these whales
go south to the bay of Victoria Land,
where Ross saw them, in the summer,
and then return north in the winter.
1t would seem incredible that man OF
he was by able scientists and expert
enced whalers, should have made n
ave error when he said that this
valuable whale was to be found in
large numbers in these southern lati-
tudes.
The difference in the appearance of
the blue whale, as we found ii there,
and the right whale, in the method Of
spouting, is so striking that even the
most casual observer could not easily
be deceived. Very possibly, had we
penetrated farther into the large open
hay discovered by Ross in the vicinity
of the volcano peaks Erebus and Ter
ror, we. too. would have found the right
whale in great numbers. We saw very
many blue whales, but had not the ap-
pliances to take them.
AS remarked at the international
geographical congress, we found few
seals. They increased, however, in
number as we worked eastward, and
seemed afraid of the land. All of the
seals that we met on the shore showed
much uneas'ness and speedily made for
the water, fact which strengthened
my belief in the existence of large
enemy of the seal on the continent. L
do not doubt that the seals congregate
together in larger numbers at some
places on the bay.
i consider the guano beds which we
discovered of great commercial impor-
tance. and they ought to be well worth
the attention of enterprising business
men. The specimen which l brought
back with me contains a large per-
centage of ammonia.
Furthermore. from the analysis of
the specimen of rock which l brought
back with me, the possible and prob
able presence of valuable minerals on
the continent is proved, although the
lava and the volcanic aspect of the
coast line do not speak favorably for
the presence of heavy metals near the
surface.-C E. Borchgrevink, in Cen
tury.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-02-27
Drill at LIfe-saving stations.

On Tuesdays there Is boat practice;
this consists in hauling the boat car
riage to the bench, unloading, launch
ing her and pulling out through the
surf-backing, turning, or doing just
what the keeper commands, he steer
ing the boat. After practice, the boat
is put on the carriage. hauled back to
the boat house, cleaned and left in
perfect order. Wednesday is signal
drill day. There is an information
al code of signals, composed of
flags representing the different let
ters of the alphabet. Each surf
man has a set of miniature flags,
and he signals TO the keeper, who an
Ewers them with his fags-so any man
at the station can read a message from
wrecked ship. All the principal
maritime nations have adopted this
code, and as vessels are provided with
flags, and books containing the key to
different signals, printed in many Ian
guages, communication between ves-
sells and stations can be easily carried
on, whatever the ships nationality
Teresa A. Brown, in ST. Nicholas.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-02-27
PHRASES THAT STICK TO US.
Curious Figures of Speech That Have Be
come Incorporated In Our Language.


Curious Figures of Speech That Have Be
come Incorporated in Our Language.
The queer phrase MY friend and
pitcher was still sometimes heard IN
MARYLAND and Virginia-also, 1 am
told. in Pennsylvania, until within re-
cent wears, but would seem now % be
obsolete hereabouts. Is it still in use
elsewhere? pitcher" had the mean
ing of chum, crony or familiar acquain-
tance-preferably, perhaps, said OF, or
to, one of the opposite sex. The say
ing Little pitchers havelong ears, and
the briefer Shakespearean pitchers
have ears" furnish possibly some anal
ogy.
Here in Maryland long lease of life,
or at all events of memory, was secured
for the phrase by its use in the name of
a patent of land in Baltimore county
granted in 1893. the full name ofwhich,
my Sweet Girl, My Friend-and Pitch
er," has met the amused glance OF
many a conveyancer searching the
indices of our land records. The same
day when this patent was issued out of
the land Office of Maryland the pat
entee received patents for fve other
tracts, and the cheerful spirit of an ex-
pectant or recent bridegroom is per-
haps reflected in the names he chose
for them, for three of the others are:
Here is Life Without Care and Love
Without Fear" with Little Am / Con-
tent" and Hug Ne Snug" One re-
grets to learn that within the year our
patentee sold all six of the parcels
(nearly 500 acres) for &c 200 current
money" $533,s3.
For some years in the earlier part of
this century the indices of the land
records of Baltimore county give not
only the names of granter and grantee,
but the names of the tracts conveyed,
and very whimsical these often are.
Besides many such names as "Meg's
Recompense," or Johns Last Chance"
or Repentance" or Folly" we come
across such curious titles as the fol-
lowing: bad Roads at Midnight"
"Come by Chance" ''Cuckold Makers
Palace" sFingal and Ossin," "Habnab
(hobnob) Mt Venture" "Harry's De-
light in Army Garden" Poor Jamaica,
Mans Plague" "Silent Cyphers of Af-
rica," Seek No Further, for Better
Can't Be Found" and Gen. Rocham-
beau. the Friend of Washington, and.
Therefore, the Friend of Universal
Liberty"
Returning to the phrase MY friend
and pitcher" it is interesting TO note
that although the word pitcher" in
the sense in which ii is here used is not
10 be found-so far as / KNOWN any
dictionary, the expression was certsin-
ly not unknown in England some IS
years ago, for il is introduced in one of
Barham's Ingoldsby Legends, The
House Warming" in the following
characteristic passage:
Room for my lord. proud Leicester's earl,
Retires awhile from courtly cares,
Who took his wife. poor hapless girl,
And pitched her neck and heels down
stairs,
Proving in hopes to wed richer,
II not her friend" at least her pitcher" p"
Baltimore News.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-02-27
How She Parsed .He Kissed Me-

\ high school girl being told by her
teacher to parse He kissed me-" con-
sented reluctantly because opposed TO
speaking of private matters in public.
sary emphasis and a fond lingering
over the word that brought the crimson
TO her checks, ''is PronOun, third per-
son, singular number. masculine gen
Ger, gentleman and pretty well fixed:
universally considered good catch.
Kissed is a verb. transiiive, too much
50, regular every evening, indicative
mood, indicating affection: first and
third persons plural number and gov
erned by circumstances. 'Me-Oh.
well, everybody knows me-" And she
sat down.-Warren (Pa.) Leader.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-02-27
MAN AT THE WHEEL.
Some of the Ingenious Devices for Nsvi-
eating a Great Steamer.

eating a Great Steamer.
Let us spend an hour with Capt. Ran
dali. of the American liner st. Louis, on
the bridge in midocean. He first takes
,,s into the wheelhouse. 1t is room
ten feet wide with a curved front. A
wheel about three feet in diameter is
rIaced in the center of the room, and
you are surprised to see that the quar-
tcrmaster keeps turning it almost con-
stantly. You have always thought that
he had simply TO keep his eye on the
floating compass in the box directly in
front of him and hold the ship steady
on her course. AS you look at the COM
pass you see the ship veering now this
way and now that, as she rolls and
plunges, or as one screw turns faster
than the other, and thus pulls the ship
around. 1t is hard to make two inde-
pendent screws 60 exactly at the same
speed, and so this man at the wheel is
busy all the time turning the ship
straight He has to fight the waves
and the screws and the winds at the
same time, and he is busy man.
This steering wheel controls the ship
by means of a small column of oil in
little tube. BY turning the wheel this
way or that the oil in the tube is forced
ur and down, and that opens or closes
certain valves in the steam-steering
gear 400 feet away, and the rudder is
turned as easily as if a child had done
it. In most steamships the steam
steering gear is controlled by hydraulic
power-that is by water-but the use
OF a column of oil is an improvement.
As you look about you see fastened TO
the cornice directly in front of the
wheelman a little scale in black with
white lines marked off on it. There is
dial on il, and as the ship rolls you see
that this is device TO mark the degree
OF the roll. You may notice that it
takes about a second for every degree
OF roll. On each side of the room is
another long black gauge, and the dials
point to cerain figures, generally be-
tween 90 and 95. These dials are little
electrical devices, showing exactly how
many revolutions the screws are max
ing. The captain at a glance knows
what is going OF in the engine-rooms.
Over in the corner of the room is an
other curious electrical device. 1t is
little box with clock in it. The cap
tain tells you it is the machine that
controls the whistle in time of fog. The
law requires long blast of the whistle
at such times every two minutes. By
pressing a button on this little clock
apparatus, and by setting the clock in
a certain manner, the whistle is blown
automatically for seven seconds every
minute. There can be no error of man
in that work. Just as sure as every
minute comes around that whistle
will blow seven seconds. Under the old
way, when a man pulled the whistle
cord, there was no eXactness in the
work. When the fog is over the button
is released and the whistle stops.-Har
per's Round Table.