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The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14
GENERAL Walk ER'S LETTER.
1t Puts q Nev Phase on the Blue dnd
GRAY Controversy.


NEW YORK, n. Y, March 19.-A
Journal special from Richmond. Va, says:
General |. n. Walker has sent letter from
the headquarters of the G. A. R. at In
dianapolis to an editor friend in this city
denying that he ever made the statements
with reference to the Blue and Gray parade
credited to him. 81 entertain no such
sentiments toward the men who stood up
in the ranks on the other side and gave me
a manly chance for my life in battle. We
fought it out like men and | believe that
the matter should be buried forever"
This letter has attracted very general
attention in Confederate circles. circu-
lar inviting Southern veterans to attend
the LAYING of the cornerstone of the Jeff
Davis monument, in which reference is
made to Walkers sentiments, has just been
prepared. The letter was to have been con-
sidered to-day by a subcommittee, but
General Walkers letter puts a new phase
on the matter.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14
DEATH OF C. s. RIZZINI.
Pneumonia Causes the Passing of a
Prominent Italian.

Pneumonia Causes the Passing Of a
Prominent Italian.
SAN JOSE, CAL, March 13.-C. S. Riz-
zini, prominent Italian resident of this
city, died at the ST. Charles Hotel this
morning of pneumonia. He was native
of Parma, Italy, and 45 years of age.
The deceased had been an officer in the
Italian army and came to this country
twelve years ago. Most of his life in this
country was spent in San Francisco where
he was connected with the Italian press.
He located here about two years. ago and
was engaged as teacher of the Italian
school in this city, besides contributing
many articles to the Italian press of San
Francisco. He was prominent member
of the Masonic fraternity of San Francisco,
of Court Italia, A. 0. F. of A. of San Jose,
and the Society of Veterans of the Italian
Army in San Francisco. His remains were
this afternoon shipped to San Francisco
for interment.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14
SANTA Ana DISAPPEAR4NCE.
Miss Cora Knight Wanders AsCay While
TempOr0riLn DerNN1ed.


SANTA ANA, CAL, March 13-Miss
Cora knight. instructor of English in the
Santa Ana High School, disappeared just
before the opening of school to-day.
Searchers were out this afternoon and
tracked her to Santiago Creek, where she
had followed the junction with Santa Ana
River. There all trace was lost. At 7
o'clock toni hit Professor Perham, Super
intendent of Schools, found the missing
young woman on Fifth street, near the
river, and conveyed her TO her home.
Her mind was wandering and she i'm
aeined she had been asleep. Miss knight
has been in poor health of late, and her
present condition is believed to be only
temporary.
Miss Knight is daughter of H. T.
Knight, the engineer at Folsom prison,
and niece of D. A. Bender, general freight
and passenger agent of the Virginia and
Truckee road at Carson City, and Banker
Bender of Reno. She is a graduate of
Berkeley. where her sister is at present in
attendance. She came here from Oakland
last fall.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14
ARRESTED At SAN JOSE.
Simmons Appreciated and Placed IN the
COuutu sJuiL

County Jat.
SAN JOSE. CAL, March 13.-T. J. Sim
mons, the so-called evangelist, was ar
rested in this city this evening on the
arrival of the o'clock train from Hollister,
on instructions received from Sheriff Hol-
brook of San Benito County. Simmons
was accompanied by Miss Annie Nc
Croskey of Hollister, and his detention
was due to warrant sworn to by the
young lady's father, charging him with
abduction.
Deputy Sheriff Black made the arrest.
The minister objected vigorously, and de-
clared that the officer could not arrest
him without warrant. Simmons was
taken to the County Jail. The young lady
was not taken along, as instructions had
been received to have her sent to hotel.
Simmons is about 49 years of age, and is
both an evangelist and a phrenologist. He
talked freely.
81 hardly know what kind of state
.ment to make" he said. my arrest was
uncalled for. There was no reason in the
world why should be taken from a train
and thrown into Jail like a common Grim
inal. Miss McCroskey and l were on our
way to Calistoga, and intended to stop in
San Francisco long enough to be united in
marriage. have been married before and
have four children, but my wife died four
years ago. l am an evangelist, also
phrenologst. and for the past two months
have been holding meetings in a tent at
Hollister. l taught Miss McCroskey the
science of phrenology, and we learned to
think great deal of each other.
After we had decided to get married 1
asked the father if could have his daugh-
ter. He refused, and-you know how it
isl was determined to have the girl any
way. l went to the train to-day and the
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14
Los angeles La,cver Arrestcd.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, March 13.-M. v.
Biscailuz, who was at one time man of
wealth and an attorney of local renown,
was arrested today on charge of embez-
Element. The complaining witness is Mrs
Aguilar, a poor widow, who has son in
San Quentin. She alleges that she some
time ago gave Biscailuz $l2 so to send to
her boy, who was sick in prison. Bis
cailuz pretended that he sent the money,
but she afterward learned from her son
and the prison officials that he appropri-
ated 1t TO his own use. Biscailuz has been
very erratic of late, and has been under
arrest several times on similar charges.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14
BRINGS OUT THE BUDS.
Warm Weather a Boon to the Santa Clara
TdUey Orchards.

SAN JOSE, CAL, March 13.-The warm
weather of the past week is bringing for
ward the fruit buds rapidly throughout
the valley. The prunes, cherries, peaches
and other fruits are bursting into bloom
and if the cold weather had any damaging
effect upon them it is not yet perceptible.
Thus far the prospects for good crop are
very bright. Apricots and almonds were
generally getting into bloom when the cold
weather came. The Indications at that
time were that the apricot crop would be
short, from causes in no way connected
with the weather, and there has been little
If any change in the prospects since then.
All the otner fruits are making as good
showing as could reasonably be desired.
Considerable more rain will be needed,
however, to carry the fruit through to per-
feet maturity.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14
Santa Cruz Fishermen 4AIotc Small
Fortune to Escape.

Fortune to Escape.
SANTA CRUZ, CAL, March 13.-Two
fishermen, William Swanson and Arthur
Googins, while off Lighthouse Point this
morning, discovered sea otter that at
tracted small attention at first, as they are
often seen in these waters; but within in a
few minutes the otter came within thirty
five feet of their boat and to their surprise
they discovered it was snow white. Mr..
Googins and Mr.. Swanson had never
believed in the white sea otter stories, and
were inclined to doubt their first i'm
preston, but white it was without doubt,
and that it was sea otter they were quite
as certain.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14

The stranger seemed tame enough and
as they made no effort to molest it it
played about the boat for nearly half an
hour when something frightened it away.
Ihey had no firearms or means of captur-
ing it. and while they supposed that it
wo uld have been valuable catch as Gu
riosity they were not aware of the CONNER
cial value OF the white sea otter. When
they returned to the wharf this evening
and reported their adventure and learned
that the skin would have been worth sew
eral thousand dollars they were greatly
q nhanrina
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14

start being 63H cents to 63ss cents. which
was the curb price yesterday. There was
wild rush of the longs to unload a ana
selling by the discouraged holders of May
wheat. The covering by shorts and buy
ing by New York houses helped to sup
port the market for short time. Ihe
high point of the day for May was 64ls
cents. The price declined steadily until
624 cents was reached, the lowest point
for two months. The market closed at
that figure
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14
WRECK At GOLCONDA.
T,co Central Pacific Passenger Trains
Collide.

GOLCONDA. New, March 13.-Two Cen
trail Pacific passenger trains collided at
this place this afternoon. demolishing
both engines. telescoping the baggage cars
and injuring Engineer Wicklow and Fire
man McDermott, though not seriously
The east-bound train was waiting for the
west bound train. The air brakes on the
west bound train refused to work and the
collision resulted. No passengers were
injured, though many were considerably
shaken up.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14
Wong Mo,c chee,s second vict;u.

SAN JOSE, CAL, March 13.-Gee Ah
Lung. who was wounded by Wong Now
Chez at. the Agnew ranch Tuesday night,
died at the County Hospital this morning.
This is Wong Now Chee's second victim
Yee Yuck Nam having been killed in
s,antly. An inquest will be held to-
morrow. Wong Now Chez has already
been arraigned on charge of numbering
Yee Yuck Nam.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14
SILTER MEN OF OHIO.
They Hold a Strong Session and Indulge
In Sarcasm.


CLEVELAND, OHIO, March 13. - A
meeting of silver men, representing nearly
ever county in Ohio was held at the Hol-
lenden Hotel to night. 1t was stormy
from the outset, and at several junctures
it seemed that the meeting would be
forced to adjourn. The main source of
contention was the proposition of A. a.
Brown of Cincinnati-that four silver men
be recommended TO the Democratic State
convention as delegates at large to the Ma
tional convention. Arguments pro and
con on the political advisability of the
motion were hotly made, sarcasms, satire
and innuendo being freely handed about.
The motion was finally laid on the table
At an early hour Saturday morning the
meeting adjourned. 1t is likely that an
other meeting will be held.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14
MeKfnteu,s Name Applauded

PITTSBURG, PA, March 13.-A mass
meeting to boom William Mckinley for
the Presidency was held IN old City Hall
tonight The attendance is estimated at
$500. Every mention of McKinley's name
~as the signal for applause. Plans were
perfected for Mckinley organization and
a vigorous campaign.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14
Los ANGELES JURY DISAGREES.
No Verdict Reached In the Lotcry Emu
bcxztemsnt Case.

brxztemsnt Case.
LOS ANGELES, CAL, March 13.-After
being out twenty-eight hours in vain
endeav avor to agree the jury in the F. f.
Lowry embezzlement case was discharged
at 80 o'clock this evening. The Jurors
refused to say how they stood, but it is
rumored that on the last vote eleven were
for conviction and one for acouittal
Friends of Lowry crowded around him
and soffered congratulations. Lowry him.
self seemed elated, and he and his faithful
wife, who has stood heroically by him
since the beginning of the trouble. left the
Courthouse together looking happier than
in many months before. A retrial of the
case will probably soon be ordered
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14
Fire Near Sanarn.

SONORA, CAL, March 13.-The resi-
dence of John Harvey ON the Sonora road,
near Jacksonville, was totally destroyed
by fire caused by a defective stovepipe.
1t was insured for $500.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14
EnfIure of nm Old Firm.

BALTIMORE, MD, March 13.-Meyer,
Reinhard g. Co., clothing manufacturers
for forty years made a deed OF trust Tor
the benefit of their creditors to-day The
mem bers of the firm also MADE Individual
die ~ trust The trustee is Matthew
Kvser retired capitalist. Liabilities esti-
mated at S250,000 and assets $125,OO0.
Shrinkage in values and bad debts were
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14
Aimed ut Biz Hats.

COLUMBUS, OHIO, March 13.-Repre-
sentative Fosdick of Cincinnati introduced
a bill to-day making it misdemeanor %
wear hat in theater while witnessing a
performance. 1t provides a penalty OF
from 50 to $40 fine 1t is of course aimed
at the big theater hats. Action was post
nOOad
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14
Sentenced for !. Mosco,c Murder.

SEATTLE. WASH, March 13.-Harry
Gordon was sentenced to life imprisonment
by Judge Piper at Moscow. Idaho, to-day,
for the murder of Emmett Fox. Frank
Smith, his accomplice, will be sentenced
tomorrow.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14
Southern Pacific Earnings.

NEW YORK, n. Y, March 13.-The
Southern Pacific system reports for jan
uary gross earnings of $3,942, ,492, a de-
crease of S49O3; expenses S2,671,325, de.
crease $751; and net earnings OF
81 271. .167. increase $146, ,455.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14
Concealed Objects Are Outlined
Without the Aid of the
Crookes Tube.
RESULT OF AN EXPERIMENT.
Instantaneous Reproductions of Many
Articles Through a Hard.
wood Board.

SANTA CRUZ, CAL, March 13.-Otto V.
Ort, photographer and electrician, has
concluded experiments at his studio that
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14
DECLryE ~ MAY WREAE
There Fas q Rush to Unload IN the chi
cago Pit.

CHICAGO, ILL, March 13.-Theres was
q big break in wheat on the Board of
Trade to-day, May selling nearly cents
under the closing price yesterday ana l
cent below the opening price to-day. Inc
market opened weak on the depressing
cables and generally finer weather, tae
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14
Professor Simmons, Revivalist
and Phrenologist, Carries
Away a Convert.
MISS M'CRosKEYs EsCAPADE.
Comes to Town With Her Mother and
Boards a Train With the Willy
EXhorter.

HOLLISTER, CAL, March 13.-The an
nouncement this evening that Miss Annie
McCroskey, young lady of about twenty
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14
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SAW Il WHITE SEA OTTER.

experiments that may prove OF benefit to
science.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-12-11
CARES

49,. the budding May-time.
~ white boughs overhead:
-. give 10 me some play-times
rnod Master Care" 1 said.
- his head begin 10 shake
-, now. Just wait and SEQ
,n 1--WE 20 you a holiday
'u.nsn ~planting's DONE" said ne.
the glowing summer
row cool the WOODLAND shaa
80, an eager conner.
An..rn give to-day" j prayed
1f.ster Care his oreh-'d Knit;
I'm. grass Is ripe TO NOW;
80 On IN ~haying-time Is past.
md then III let you CO.
the glad September;
- ,ranle leaves were req.
- uasfer care, Remember.
promised me" ! said.
I'm will ind he answered me.
,r.l k.cp my promise true.
..on may sport hen harvests done
Awi,h nothing else 10 do"
winter winds are blowing
N,i.v weak 1 feel and oldD
IA ~ the hearth. bright glowing
q sniser with the cold
- ra-e sits down beside me.
counts up. one by one.
..els that l hav done amiss'
IN have left undone;
low muttering 10 myself.
"vs.h rad laughed and sung.
W "a my share OF honest JOY
Nvts- 7 was strong and young.
MARION Douglas. In Harper naAa'
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-12-11

There is soon TO be a new country
to visit and a new way of going round
the world. 1t seems only the other day
that Jules Verne's man vent around in
so days. and thought il a considerable
feat. The record for circumnavigation
is now &C days, or t~hereabouts. Baron
Hilkoff, the combination Of American
mechanic and Russian prince who was
in this country recently, said that when
the railroad across Siberia is finished,
which, he thinks, will be in four or five
years. the time Of getting around will
he cut in two, and from 30 to 80 days
will suffice for it. He allows ten days
10 cross Siberia from st. Petersburg,
ten DAYS from Vladivostok to San Fran.
cisco. and 10 days from there to- St.
Petersburg again. Early in the next
century, then. the tired American may
turn his face eastward when he starts
on his months vacation. and keep n
turned that way until he gets honA
lust about in time to resume his work.
Harper's Weekly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-12-11


The pastor OF . Presbyterian church
in Brooklyn was recently hunting with
q friend when the latter mistook him
for a quail and filled his left arm with
birdshot.
A monument is being erected at
Kamrar, Ia, TO the memory OF Miss
McBeth, the Nez Perez Indian mission
airy, who died in Mount Idaho about
five years CO..
On one day recently three Massa-
chusetts churches celebrated anniyer-
saries-the Eliot church at Newton, the
two hundred and fftieth anniversary
Of John Eliot's first sermon to the In
clans; the Unitarians' church at Lex
ington, the two hundredth anniversary
of the settling of the first pastor, and
the North Congregational church at
Springfield, the fiftieth anniversary OF
its organization.
Bishop Creighton, of Peterborough,
who has just been appointed bishop OK
London, is a man of mark. In 1854 he
became professor of ecclesiastical his
tory in Cambridge. In 1856 he was
present at the two hundred and fftieth
anniversary celebration Of Harvard. and
received from il the degree OF Ii. d..
lie is the author of several historical
works, and is one of the hardest-work-
ing bishops on the bench.
MIR. Il. Thomas Fortune, editor OF
the Age (Afro-American), writing IN
the New York Sun, gives some interest
ing facts concerning the growth of the
African Methodist Episcopal church
OF the 0,000,0 900 colored population OF
the United States, 1000, 900 are Metho-
dists. while 1850, 900 are Baptists. The
Methodist church property is about $i2,-
OO0, 900. In all, fully 100000 Afro
Americans are members OF some church,
and 10000 are ministers.
DIR. Thornton, an expert in the edu-
cation of deaf mutes, says that a modi-
fcation of the telephone promises to
be of material use in the education or
those deaf mutes who possess a frag-
ment of hearing power, and il has tho
following important advantages over
the single-speaking tube that is some
times used: Firstly, that the wires
from several receivers can be coupled
up to one transmitter, and thus a teach
err can instruct a group of children at
[ the same time, and, secondly, that, as
; il is not necessary for the teacher to
: apply his mouth close to the transmitter,
the pupils have a full view of his facial
! expression and lip movements, which
!, is not the case when he has to direct
! his attention and his voice into The
mouth of a speaking-tube or trumpet.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-12-11
HUMOROUS.

-H-"Madam. you have my aasur
Ance that i am a gentleman she-
IL have M reason to doubt your assur~
ance."-Harlem Life.
An Idea.--"An' phwat are yer a.
dom wild that pig in the scar "ehure'
an I'm making salt pork nv him afore
/ kill him."-Trutb.
Paw" said Tommy Tucker, IAN
~Idescended from the monkey Not ON
my side OF the house." replied Mr..
Tucker, with much positiveness.-Tt-
Bits.
--Mamma-"Johnny, l fear you were
not at school yesterday" johnny
"H'm! I'll bet the teacher told you.
A woman never can keep a secret
Boston Transcript.
-Bacon-"In Venezuela they have
trees which look exactly like umbrei-
las" Egbert-"I should think they'd
be afraid to leave them OF all night
then."AYonkers Statesman.
During the Interval. = Robbie
"Papa, do green apples always give a
boy a pair? - Bingo-'I believe SO.
AnNH. WIS NOihtAi
going to be an exception to the rule
Brooklyn Life.
Prince de Cont was not fastidious
on the subject of the mass. He wished
10 have for his almoner Able Provost
the author of "Manon Lescaut." Mon
seigneur." said the able to him. Il have
never said mass "Never mind" says
the prince, Il never hear it."-Londor
Figaro.
I've got n great mind" said ths
Young man., ito 90 west and grow vi
with the country" But you don
know anything about agriculture =
know that. But there are one or TWO
sections where there seems TO be 81
many politicians that believe an ener
petic man could come pretty near get
ting a monopoly of the farming
Washington Star.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-12-11
THE UNKNOWN NORTH.
Facts About q U~nexpiored Region
in British America.

j. b. Tyrell. of the Dominion geologi-
cal survey department lately returned
from the unknown north, where he has
been making explorations. He left Sell
kirk on the gath of June. Taking
canoes at Grand Rapids, he, with In
dian guides, proceeded to Norway
house. and descended the Nelson river
100 miles to the Pine river, which they
assembled to the Wolf river. All this
territory has practically never before
been entered by white men. Reaching
the Nelson, they again descended it for
about as miles. and followed the Burnt
wood to a remote Hudson Bay COM
pany post.
This large section Of the country"
a v MIR. Tyrell, lis not a wilderness OF
rocks such as lies to the east of here
and has been described by many of the
men who have pretended to have .
knowledge of the region. / found .
well-wooded country, interspersed with
stretches of prairie; a soil of rich clay
loan, with clay subsoil. Great stretches
that were a few years ago heavily TIM
bered with spruce ave felt the deadly
effects of fire and are now a blackened
stubble Of dead trees.
There are large areas of rich, cul-
tiva5,e lands west of the Nelson, and.
though wheat is not grown. simply be-
cause IL would he of no value, all va
rieties of vegetables are produced in
the gardens of the Hudson Bay com
pany posts and proved hardy. Large
stretches of prairie also occur, and 1
have stood on the banks of the Burnt
wood river and gazed on just such rich
stretches as might have been seen
on the Saskatchewan or Assiniboine-
land that will be COOL for agricultural
rpo and excellent for stock rails
ing some time. though now II is prac-
tically inaccessible.
"All this country is but n continu IA
ton of the Red River valley. Ii is all
the deposit of a great lake. of which
Lake Winnipeg is the sunken represent
ative, which stretches from a short
distance east of the Red to the Pembina
mountains on the west and from Grand
Forks on the south to a point further
north than was reached this trip
Except for the climate. that great
country to the west Of the Nelson river
has been as richly blessed by Providence
as the fnr-famed Red River valley
Minneapolis Journal.