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The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
Consul.General F. L. Mesa in the
City on His Way to
China.
WILL ESTABLISH CoNsULATEs
He Will Visit Japan and India-Fif.
teen Ships Bring Rice, Silks
and Tea.

Fe lipe L. Mesa, Consul General from
Peru to China, is at the Occidental, ana
will sail on Saturday for his post at Hong
Kong.
He was formerly Consul-G General from
Peru to Chile. He has also been for sew
eral terms member of the Peruvian Con-
gress He is an elderly gentleman of
varied experiences and imposing in ap-
pearance.
When seen at his hotel yesterday he said
that the business of Peru with China had
so improved during the last few years that
now the country found it necessary to ap-
point a Consul-General to China, some
thing that had never been done before.
He added that there was at the present
time almost no consulates of Peru estab-
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
Never!

Never allow yourself to become chilled If
you can avoid it.
Never eat fast unless it is a matter of life and
death to catch train in five minutes.
Never quarrel with your family or neighbors
because you feel out of sorts, look after your
digestive organs.
Never let your blood get thin and poor and
your circulation become impaired.
Never forget that if you feel worn out and
are bilious, constipated, nervous, irritable and
dyspeptic that you need something to tone up
your system.
Never fail to bear in mind that sudden cold
or chill may lead to grip OF pneumonia when
you are in this condition.
Never lose moment when you find yourself
in this state, but provide yourself with
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14

Stole a Bicycle.

George Schooner, grocer, Market and Pearl
streets, and three friends rode out to the Cliff
House on Wednesday on their bicycles. Feel
ing thirsty, they went into saloon to have a
drink, leaving their machines outside. While
they were in the saloon some one rode away
with Schomer's bicycle, and he reported the
theft at police headquarters, giving descrip-
ton OF the machine. few hours later Police
man ]. H. Finn arrested M. Wilson, carpen-
ter, on Pacific avenue, who was riding the
stolen bicycle. Yesterday Wilson was booked
for grand larceny.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
SUING THE KoHLERs.
Trouble Over the Possession of a Bis
Wine Cellar.

Trouble Over the Possession of Big
Wine Cellar.
Alexander Boyd and ]. q. Davis are
suing for the fulfllment of contract
entered into by the plaintiffs named and
Elise Kohler, Hans H. Kohler, Herman
Bohrmann and the estate of Charles
Kohler, by which the defendants were
bound to purchase from the plaintiffs the
property where the wine cellar of Kohler
& Frohling now stands. The lot was pur.
chased by the plaintiffs for SOS, 900 and the
building was erected at cost of $21S,-
3S5 81, the property to be held for the
beRefit of the defendants and turned over
to them who IL they had paid the purchase
price. They are far behind in the pay.
ments. and the plaintiffs are suing to have
them compelled to pay or to forfeit all in
terest, right and title to the properly.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14

Il Sandaotch Island cen The sensation by this
tipede. said 10 be non time was simply un-
nofaono,.,-Ltfe stae. bearable, and | feared
/ would be unable to
remain calm until the thing got entirely
off. My flesh seemed to shrink away as
the horrible creature proceeded, but in
few more seconds, every one of which
seemed an hour, it had settled itself
comfortably on the fabric of my clothing
and with motion quicker than l was
ever known to make before l routed it
out with stick and sat down perspiring
from head to foot. It was the most thrill
ing experience / ever figured in, and it
made me sick the rest of the day.
my companion began to laugh as
though he would die of merriment, but 1
saw nothing particularly humorous in the
situation.
"'You are crazy said he, to get fright
ened over little thing like that. Do you
not know that Hawaiian Island cent?
pedes are not poisonous? l told you to
keep quiet just to see how long your nerve
would last. If the thing had sunk every
claw he had into your flesh it would only
have caused a little swelling and nothing
more. have had several of them strike
me, and l apply little ammonia or salt
water and cure it up in half an hour.'''
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
The Fire Department..

The Fire Commissioners at their meeting
yesterday fined Charles Cogger, hoseman OF
engine 5, three days pay for neglecting to re-
main on duty after II p NJ, and Thomas Kelly,
to report on duty after the expiration of his
leave of absence. The designations of w. F.
Healey, engine 13, Joseph Silva, engine l, and
John Feeney of the water tower were accepted
II. H. smith was appointed hoseman of en-
giue 50. John F. Smith, truckman of truck 2,
was charged with battery and refusing to pay
his bills. The charge was dismissed, as IT. was
shown by the evidence that the complainant
was making the department collection
agency to recover thrice the amount Smith
owed him.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
ONLY TRYING HIS NERVE,
Thrilling Experience of a Fruit
Man With a Many.
Legged Centipede.
A Friend Stood Calmly by and Saw
His Companion Suffer Con.
siderable Torment.

The Hawaiian Islands are almost as
well off as Ireland. ST. Patrick drove all
the venomous insects and reptiles out of
the green isle, but the Hawaiians claim
that the reptiles and insects left on Mr..
Dole's domain are in no sense of the word
poisonous.
People who have particular dealings
with venomous insects imported from the
islands make the same claim. A local
fruit importer said yesterday:
very frequently we receive consign-
ments of bananas and p:neapples packed
in dried grass and leaves. In taking the
fruit from the boxes it IL not uncommon
to find big centipede crawling along the
stalk between the bananas doing his best
to get used to the California climate.
Tuesday Afternoon 1 was opening box
of bananas and pushed my hand through
the straw to get at the stalk. felt around
for few seconds and thought could feel
something moving around on the back of
my hand. had often heard of the pres
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14

assertion that Captain Grey had said the
handle the ship.
In reply Captain Grey denied ever hav-
ing made such a statement. He insisted
that there was no ill-feeling in the matter
and that there was an offer now on ille in
the Office of Williams, Dimond d Co. to
handle all the firm ships on the old terms.
'It is preposterous to think" said he,
''that we would risk two boats valued at
over $4,000 just for little spite work.
Another thing, our captains are amenable
TO the law, and If they were guilty of any
such work their licenses would be revoked.
If there was any appearance of disobeylng
the orders of the wharfinger | am sorry,
and can assure you it will never happen
again"
''All have to say" said Captain Hamil-
ton of the Roanoke, lis that it was one of
the incest laid schemes to prevent the
docking of ship l have ever seen, but it
failed" Then Commissioner Chadbourne
made his motion, and it was carried. Cap
tain Grey seemed surprised, but Captain
Hamilton and Mr.. Morrow left the room
smiling.
Lieutenant Fechteler appeared before
the board as the representative of the COM
mandant at Mare Island. He made a plea
in favor of free facilities for the docking of
the Unadilla being granted and gained his
point. As soon as President Colnon learned
that the charges would have to come out
of the pockets of the navy officers he
moved that a free berth be given, and this
motion was carried.
E. K. Wood protested against the grant
ing of contract to the S. E. Siade Com
pany to supply lumber at $11 thousand.
He said his company had an offer on file
to supply. it at $40, and wanted to know
why it had not been considered. President
Colnon said the offer was nearly five months
old and that the board did not consider it
binding. He also pointed out that Wood
in the same offer had quoted shingles at
81 25, and when the superintendent of con-
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
Probating a Lost WIN.

The relatives of Mary Kelly have petitioned
the Probate Court to be allowed to establish
Dy testimony the provisions of the will OF the
deceased and have the estate distributed ac-
cording to such provisions The will was
made and was in existence at the time of the
death of the testatrix some months ago. but
since then it has been lost. The petitioners
allege that they have ample evidence as to its
provisions. The property distributed is worth
about $4,000.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
Duffy's Pure
Malt WhiSkey

Which will speedily set your blood moving, re-
store your strength and keep you we'll.
1t is no ordinary whiskey, but pure medici-
nal stimulant which physicians highly recon-
mend. There is nothing else like it and moth
ing else can possibly take its place
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
ADJUSTMENTS.

BALDWIN TEEATER.--Grando opera-"Faust."
CALIFORNIA THEATER-"Hamlet."
COLUMBIA THEATER-"''H endrick Hudson Jr"
MoRosco's OPERA-H -HousE-"My Partner"
1lVoLI IOPERA-HoUsE.-''The Gentle Savage"
DRPHEUM.-Hia Hiah-Class Vaudeville.
SFovER's ALcAzAR.-"White Slave"
GOLDEN GATE HALL.-Symphony and Popular
concerts, this afternoon, at 80 o'clock.
METROPOLITAN TEMPLE-Beneft Concert of the
Saturcay Morning Orchestra. Monday evening
February II.
COOPER MEDICAL CoLLEGE-Lane Lectures by
Dr A. Abrams. - Use and Abuse Of the Bicycle
this evening
SHOOT THE CHUTEs-Daily at Haight street
one block east of the Park
1AcIFIc COAST JOCKEY CLUB.-Races.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14

structon went to him for that article he
charged 81 so. Mr.. Wood was told to make
memorandum to the effect that in six
months time the board would cali for new
bids, and that then he could make another
offer.
the esta blishing of creosoting works, and
with that object in view the chief engineer
was instructed to look into the matter and
report.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14

ence OF centlpedeS In
fruit shipments, so |
carefully withdrew my
hand so as to make as
little commotion as
possible. Imagine my
surprise and alarm to
see d five-inch cent?
pede slowly cree ing
up my arm TO my coat
sleeve. | was on the
point of striking it off
and jumping g all over
it, when a fruit-packer
standing near by warn
ed me to make no at
tempt to get rid of it.
but to let it crawl off
at its leisure. l had
forgotten the fact that
they were not poison
Gus, and / know | got
as white as a sheet, be-
lieving every moment
that it would sink its
claws into me and send
its powerful poisons
through my blood.
II looked at it with
fear and trem bling,
but did not dare to
move a muscle. 1t
lifted its head and
seemed perfectly satis-
fed to remain where it
was. | could hardly
restrain myself from
making a quick motion
and shaking it off, but
my companion warned
me again and again to
keep quiet. All l could
feel was a tickling sem
sation as the insects
legs quivered and felt
around in every Girec-
ton. The tickling in
creased, and | was al
most ready to faint
with suppressed ex-
element. Finally the
centipede looked up at
my sleeve and slowly
made for it, moving all
the legs in unison.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
seamen Were Released.

Paul Kenzie, John Quinlan and r. Connolly,
charged with disobeying orders of the captain
on board the Australia, were discharged by
United States Commissioner Heacock yester-
day. The evidence against them was INSULT
cient
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
of paving.

Twenty-second to a point 466 feet north
erly. This is the street in front of the
Potrero schoolhouse and it is badly in need
of paving.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
AUCTION SALES.

BY SULLIVAN & DoYLE-Saturday, February 15
horses and mules, at 220 Valencia street. at l.
O'Clock.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
| /
Skin
| Remedies
| Are Pure
Sweet Gentle
| And Most
| Economical

Becquse. speedily effective. Sold throughout the
World. Britsh depot; FRAEoIs NEnBERY 6oss, !,
King Edward-st., loudon. PoTrER DRUG CHEks
Corr, Sole Props, Boston. u. s. A.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-19
RELIGION AND poLIIICs.


Tho announcement Of James Car
dinhl Gibbons made In his letter 10
Rev. Df. Stafford, OF Warrington, and
given IN our dispatches nom the
capital, has deep significance In Wow
OF tho attitude assumed by the A. PA.
In political matters. This eminent REP
resentalive of the Catholic church In
this country makes the authoritative
statement that "not ouly 10 II the duty
Of all parties distinctly to set their
fRct8 against the false and un.Amerl-
can principles thrust forward OF late,
butao much as would regret the en-
Tire Identification Of any religious
body, as such, with any political party,
am convinced that the members ola
religious body whose rights, civil ami
religious, are attacked, will NATURALLY
and unanimously espouse Ihs cause Of
tue party which has the ooutage open.
ly to Syow tho principles Of civil anu
religious liberty according to the Con.
slitutlon. Patience Is virtue. But
It is not the ouly virtue. When pushed
too iar u may degenerate into pusllA.
nimi,y,n
There IL no doubt that this decara.
lion viii BIO looked upon by anti.
Catholics az diTeC, thToa, that IN
their religious capacity the members oi
the Roman church will act 10 unit
Ia uolitlcs upon tho i,6uo referred to
IN the letter, anu tina, luch q proceed.
ing will furnish a marked illustration
VI an interference BY that church IN
state niiaiIs, But whether or not Car.
dinal Gibbons had made tue state.
menl whioh now comes over his
signature, the action must have
been the same. When the Cath.
Ole organization IL attacked 90
such, IN the political capacity
OF ila members, by a secre, orgaulza'
don which mskes a mnu's religion a
barrier 10 the iull privileges OF oitIzsn'
ship, there Is no reasonable course lon
Tor Ihe members OF tnal church but TO
defend themselves IN tue limo OF the
attack upon Ihem, Their patriotism
may b, Of that order which would
cause tuem 10 lay doNn their l.yeI 90
atCeuao Of their country, which repre-.
sent1 tho jurisdiction Of all thoiT
earthly poaie,nlons; but when they arc
assalleL In their religion, which em'
braces their hopes VI the hereafter a.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-19
TnE EsIRAY LAW.

In this Issue Of the News we pub
lish the new cslTay law. which goes
Into eject on the nrst Of next month.
IL 10 a rather long document, but the
law makes many changes from the
form n rule, hence We give II In full, a.
tbs interest la the subiec, IL general,
In some respects the law may not be-
AZ good a. the former statute, e..
peclally In the poor way II provides for
advertising oslrAyS or trospassing ant.
mails. The limited posling system
therein Is very meager notice In a lars g
or thlckly populated precinct; but
losers OF animals have sons recourse
IN mating application 10 counly
clerks 10 ascertain whether tueh ami.
mails have been advertised. The chief
hardship this provision will then work
IL where animals may wander across
county lines. Otherwise tho law prot.
ably comes about "A near being sa,li-
factory as anythiug on that syeitm
can be. There Ia one important pro.
vision In 4, regarding county commits.
sloneis, and that Ia the requirement
that, Immediately after the nrt o
June, whom the law goss into ogocI,
those commissioner must declare by
ordinance what constitutes lawiul
fence In the county over which they
have lufisdlclion.
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HIRE ALE some figures that tell q
startling story, aud furnish at least onr
reason for the poverty aud des,ituIion
which we hear 90 mnoh about In the
Old World, The people Of the United
Kingdom, including the babies, spent
au average Of isis apiece last year
for wine, beer aud alcohollo liquor.
This, an average OF o cents per day,
while OF Itself alarming enough, IFS said
to show decided falling Oh Ia con.
sumption over previous years. The
decrease IL attributed to scarcity Of
work and low wages, and 10 therefore
hardly encouraging 10 the friends Of
temperance.
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HOPELESS suppLlcATloy.

! HOIELLNS SilbllCAllON,
The present attitude Of Spain n the
! Cuban uItslIon ia almos, hdiculoul.
The government puts forth every en-.
dcavor 10 belillle the insufreotiou, IN
the eyes q tho people, both In Spain
and other European countries, as a
rising Of "ioreiguem and negroes, +"
whose followers ato "baniiip;" 1t IL
alleged that but for tho uniimely up.
rising the reforms asked for would al.
ready have been granted. The failure
10 catch those "baudils" aud rostoto
peace ia accounted Tor by the fact that
the sympathy Tor tho Cubans in the
United States is 10 great 40 90 make an
effective campaign impossible. Those
who resort 90 this logic would have
the world believe thu. 10000 span.
len soldiers are powcriess before
little band OF Cuban banuits,
only because the sentiment In the
United States IL against spain, oil.
though this sentiment has co. yet found
no more formidable expression than
vigorous Orations and resolutions In
Congress, and tho dispatch OF few
ffies aud some ammunition olanitg.
timely sent 10 Cuba from cur sea ports.
IL Spaniaf1s are not iusensiblB 10
humor they must BIO tempted 10 laugh
Ia thylr sleeves n not Ia their boards
when the situation IL gfavoly ana or.
cislly explained In that manner.
Another feature OF tho situation,
which many will regard Ms equally
humorous, IL the national appeal 10
deceased persons for old against the
prevailing drought and the Cuban
rebels. A few days ago the capital
was the scene Of enc OF these strange
ceremonies that tesm like remnants
from the dark ages. A silver shrine
said to contain tho bones OF st. lei.
dofus was carried In the streets Of
Madrid, escorted by 500 clergymen and
thousands OF pooI lB, including civil
ns we'll 40 military officials. They
carried burning candles and chantod
sacred hymns. People In the streets
kneeled down, al the relic passed
by, praying the patron saint to assis,
them. The ceremonies wero 10 be per.
formed every day Tor niue days, aud
the members Of the royal family were
expected to join the people 10 suppl.
cation for dcliyerance.
Itsosms superiluous to comment on
devotion that seeks to obtain the
sympathy Of heaven by paying respects
TO the dust Of the great men Of the
past; but such an exhibition furnishes
evidence that the nation has failed to
grasp the meaning Of the religious pro-
grtEs made In the las. centuries, Rnd
that Il consequently Is not NJ to rule
people that has been breathing 10 a Ger.
tain extent the sweet air OF liberty,
waited to them from the shores Of this
Republic. There is In this display OF
a aaored shrine at the time Of n nation
al crisis much that reminds the world
Of tho frantic efforts Of the Chinese to
silence the Japanese guns by carrying
dragons and lanterns, instead OF meet.
lug steel with steel, vAlor with vAlor,
activity with activity. Aud II spain
fail to make her superiority over Cuba
good, when the Island shsll nave
gained liberty the world will conRtRtu.
late the Cubana on their escape not
only from political tyranny, but also
from. what appears to BIO hopeless
suneptition.
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well, that came spirit Of patriotism has
a atm higher claim upon thom. II
Z the only alternative be offered 10 Caihs-
[ nos, ne the A. 7. A. persllis 10 doing,
I 10 either abandon their religion or the
/ foil privileges CT citIaenship, then
there will bo hatllc.royal before the
choice lie made. Neither tho Catholics,
nor any other body Of rellsi0uisis, Will
surrender their rights Of cii.1tnship or
their church mtmbouhip without a
struggle which would, whom strength
VI members permii', reach much
farther than the ballot box.
There has been a great hue and cTy
over the church dominating ths state,
aud the a, =. A. has carried it to the
full extent In lie crusade against the
Catholics. Tho indications now are
very strong that the shoe will
be o. tho other foot soon,
and that tho Catholic church will
insist with potent action that pilitl.
clans and secret societies Ceaso uslug
the state as n means 10 assail 80 or ils
members, or tako the oJniCuuenceg.
The rule invoked IA Of general applIca.
tion-churohes ought to bo left to con.
duct their own internal Affairs, and
msddlers should keep out.
Onv healthy sign In this business Il
the A. T.. a. attitude on Major Me
Kinloy. 1.-THE doughty OnIoAu 10 a
nominee for the Presidency thoto
seems to be little doubt tina, such will
be the case-il ls perhaps quite - we'll
that this secret society u getting into
the field right now. 90 the issucs u
raises can 10 settled. IL Il makes
the fight promised by It's delegates nj
Washington yesterday, It may as well
lie upon such nominee and under
such circumstances, that the builnets
may DO eiieclually ended by the Amer.
lean people before II can reach the
moro portentous situation ind Gated
by Archbishop Gibboup, when the
Catholic church as a body Will take up
the light on Nc own account. The
way to close tho business with best
results to the country probibly Is Tor
the people generally to stop tho contest
before It goes any farther rs u political
fight against 4 church. II 20, loi us
have Il AMI DO done.
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rNlnN pArlfGc InrROYEMLNL

When the business Of the railwaye
iuctas,s It glves fsir estimate Of the
impfovomtnt made IN financial affairs
generally. In this respect the sdvancc
in the west IL Of satisfactory chafao'
ter, although We have not yet got back
to that thoroughly prosperous condi'
ton which IL desirable, when there u
remunerativu emf 'yuent Tor all but
the time IL steadily drawing near
The announcements o. the railways
In this section for 1896 show
considerable progress o. compared
With the past two ytauG tho
lates, notice Of that hind is tho Union
Pacific rsllwny's statement oienrninFa
and expenses Tor the month OF March,
1895 ami 1890. This shows a gaia in
surplus earnings on every branch cx'
cep, the Aichison, Colorado anu
Pacific, the Atchlson, Jewell County
and Western, aud the Kansas cry
and Omaha roAds, all operated 10
Kansas. The aggregate surplus Tor
tho entire system Is s602is5l65 10
March last ~ compared with 35i2,'
OAs.57 In March 1sgj-a gain % Sl-O,'
sIl.09; Tor the irtt three months OF
1898 the surplus was Sli0lLo7l'-'
a. against 1851 ,iOl07 "a Tue
same period Of 1904 gain Of
$3.50, 5000. The oregon Short
Line and Utah Northern division, In
which csntsfs the chief interest here
and which reveals most accurately the
pulre OF local business, had hurplus
OF earnings In March, 1896, Of s2l',-
6is.e0 a. against sl39, GJD.4l IN March
OF last year-A gain Of tsl,97L25; the
nnt three months OF 1890 shows $685.
Osl. 20 surplup, which, by comparison
with the figures Tot the frst quarter OF
1895, gg69, O0J.sO, givos a gain Of $685.
go. s5, or nearly double last yoaT'ssur'
plus. The expense Of operating the
Short Line this year has been about 90
per cent Of the gross earnings, while
last year II was about 70 per cent.
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A Young woman who know that she
was h0mely, hui hoped hR somo day her
features would Improve, had somO pic
ure taken Whom .hI received the
proofs sn0 was much Irriurucd over tho
fusult Sho HwOopoi down on tho phO-
tuguaphor and toll him that he had made
a Uulru OF thu Hurk,
"Woll, mis-" tuil the photographer,
"wo c,u't Improve ON ua.uro,n
ESQ., replied ho young girl, "bui YOU
can give nature % chance y. Y, Even.
ing sun,
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specific and implied untmihs in the
contribution referred 10. There 10 no
surprise here at tho carnations from
such n source, but the wonder Il how
the Independent came to be imposed
upon by q sprlngsll 20 Incompetent aud
unreliable.
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Miss Anrquo-How gay You arc get
ting lately, my doar Why have not u
single gray haifl
Mis-, PusfUO-So / perceive. DO tell
mo what YOU usO.-DslrOi, Free Press.