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The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28
The Daurhters will Help.

Martha Washington Council, Daughters of
Liberty, has decided to assist the movement
for the erection of monument to the memory
OF Abraham Lincoln and to accomplish that
end will give an entertainment and dance IN
Union-square Hall on the evening OF Monday,
May IL. An excellent programme Will be
offered. and the committee in charge Will do
all it can TO make the affair success so that
good financial showing for the fund can be
made
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28
Leo AssembIy,s Anniversary.

Tomorrow evening Leo Assem embly No. OF
the Y NJ. c. u will give i is ninth anniversary
entertainment and dance in B'nai Birth Hall.
AhneprogIamme will be presented al o'clock
and at 10 O'Clock there will be dancing.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

CONFEDERATE WAR REcoRDs-J. F. s., Stock
ton, Cal. For Information about the war rec.
ords of the Confederate army communicate
with General George Norman, i1ew Orleans,
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28
Faster Time on the Santa Fe Route.
Three and One-half Days to
Chicago or st. Louis-Four
and One-half DAYS to
New York.

Leaving San Francisco Mondays and THURSDAYS
at P NJ, connection is made at Barstow with the
famous Santa Fe limited train. Dining-car, buffes
smoking-car, vestibuled Pullman, palace drawing
room. sleepers- The handsomest train on earth
equipment and appointments fauitiess Daily
through sleeping cars, bo,h palace and tourist
Oakland pier to Chicago. Tickets also sold via
Ogden Portland. Moiave, Los Angeles Deming or
Ell Paso, to all points in the United States Canada
Mexico or Europe. Ticket office 644 Market
street, Chronicle Building Telephone Main 1881
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

Greece bit off great deal more tnan she
could chew, and now the powers insist
that she shall digest it.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

Bland and McMillin are determined the
Democrats OF the country shall know that
Boy Bailey is not leading them.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

Now that the metropolis of the East has
dedicated the long-promised monument
to Grant, it will be quite appropriate to
recognize her as Greater New York.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

There is wit, wisdom and eloquence at
the Woman's Congress, and it will be
worth any body's while to attend it.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

YORK, but the sentiment which inspired it
was National.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

So long as Balboa avenue is incomplete,
so long will it be timely to urge subscrip-
tions 10 the fund for com pleting it.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

1t is reported that the Spanish Govern
ment in Cuba will have 30 face this year
deficit OF 500, 600, 000, which looks very
much as if Weyler had been running
Cleveland administration there.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28
Ladies of the Maccabees.

The members of Modin Hive Ladies of the
Maccabees, are making preparations for So
clal 10 De given IN Social Hall of the Foresters'
building on the evening of May z.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

AS Ex-Governor Altgeld seems to be
badly mixed up with the Globe Savings
Bank failure, his political career may be
considered closed unless the anarchists
choose to take him up and make the most
of him.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

1t is said of a certain Kansas State Sem
ator that whenever he saw anything hs
did not ike he would introduce a bill
abolishing it, and he seems to have dis
liked about everything be saw in the State.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

William Bayly recently disposed of 81 per
cent OF the stock of the Tom Boy mine at
Telluride, Colo, to an English syndicate for
the sum of 81 ,225, 900. The mine has paid
$500, 900 in dividends the last two years.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

Don't cry!" he entreated.
Then he perceived that her handkerchief
was dged with the most exquisite lace
Don't weep" he said, correcting himself
Detroit Journal
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28
CAL. glace fruit soc per lb., at Townsends. =

SPECIAL information daily to manufacturer4
business houses and public men by the Press
Clipping Bureau (Allen's), $40 Montgomery.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

CoRoSADo.-Atmospher is perfectly dry. soft
and mild, being entirely free from mists COM
mon further north. Round trip tickets by steam
ship including fifteen days board at the Hotel del
Coronado. $50; longer stay 81 80 per day. Apply
New Montgomery street. San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

DURRANT's LIFE-H. B. W., Lompoc, Cal. This
department has no inform ton as to any book
company that will publish life of Durrant
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENT rs

BACK DATEs-A. s., City. The 2sth OF April,
1869. fell on Wednesday. and the 9th of
January, 1879, on Monday.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

Books Subscriber. Livermore, Alameda
County, Cal. THIS department does not adver-
tise the price OF law or other books. You
should write to a first class book house for such
informatio
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28
The CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL

New York has right to be proud of that
monument.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28
The Native Daughters.

Columbia is the name of the new parlor re-
Gently instituted at Columbia, Tuolumne
County, and it is No. 90 on the roll. The in
stitution was By Deputy District Grand Presi-
i'd ent Mrs. NJ. ]. Wells OF DardaneIle Parlor,
assisted by Mrs. n. A. Rother, president; Miss
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

HoRsERADIsH-J. d. H., Stockton, Cal. There
is no article in the markets of San Francisco
known as black horseradish. There is black
radish which is very pungent. 1t is probably
that to which you refer.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28
..,rr.. winsIow,s soothine svrun,.

Has been used over fifty years by millions OF
mothers for their children while Teething with per-
feet 1t soothes the child softens The gu
alays Pain. cures Wind Collie, regulates he Bowels
and is the hes remedy for Diarrhoeas whether
ing from tee.hng or other causes. or sale by drug
gists In every part OF the world. Be sure and ask
for MIS- Winslow's Soothing Syrup 25c a bottle.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28
Railroad Tickets to the East via Rio
Grande Western and Denver and
Rio Graude

At lowest possible rates, with through Pullman
buffet and tourist sleeping service every day
Personally conducted excursions leaving Tuesday
Wednesday and Thursday. Only line permitting
stopover at Salt Lake City all classes OF tickss
Detailed information and tickets furnished al IL
Montgomery street, or 314 California street
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28
Mark Hopkins Ins titute OF Art.

The spring exhibition is now open daily
10 10 o'clock
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

No tributes to the memory of Grant are
more grateful to the Nation than those
which came from the South, since they
afford proof that the magnanimity ofthe
hero has awakened the honor and love of
his foes.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28


General Cadorna, who commanded the Ital-
ian troops when they took possession of Rome
in 1870, died recently ct the age of 80 years
Two Americans-W. T. Dannat, the painter.
and Rodman Wsnamaker, sou OF John Wana-
maker-are among the new Chevaliers of the
Legion of Honor.
Robert Bonner mentions the striking fact
that. when he bought his first trouting horse
in 1856, only nineteen horses, living and
dead, had trotted mile in 2:3O. Now there
are more than Is, 600 in the list.
A strange blending of art and mammon is
reported from Budapest. Tie picture of
Louisa Blaha, the Hungarian nightingale, as
she has been called since her first appearance
at the Budapest Volka Theater, is to adorn the
new 1000-guIden note, and 1t is thought that
this may help to raise her salary from 1000
guldens a week to 1000 a night.
DR.. Jameson, according to the Cape Town
Times. will return to South Africa to carry the
Rhodes transcontinental wire to Lake Tan
ganyika. The idea is Mr.. Rhodes, and "it
seems happy one for turning Jameson S
striking qualities TO account in the land OF
his former triumphs and failure. His many
friends hope the doctor will do better at con-
Meeting the wire than st cutting it,
Nine. Louise de Chapelain de Serreyille de
Crenay, Comtesse Douairiere de Spare, who
has just died at the Chateau de Brunette.
Vsucluse, might possibly have been Empress
of the French. When she lived as a girl uear r
Arenenberg Queen Hortense tried to get up a
marriage between her and Prince Louis Napo-
leon. The young lady, luckily for her, pre-
ferred the Danish Comte de Spare, q eodson
OF the Comte de Chambord.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

BE sure and supply your toilet with bottle OF
Ayers Fl air ViSor 1t keeps the hair soft and
glossy, and the scalp cool and clean
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

ART SCHOOL,. E. R. B., City. There is no
free art school IN San Francisco. The Califor-
MIA school OF Design that meets in the Hop
k1ns Institute OF Art opens on the 18TH of
August and closes Oh the 18th of May follow
ing. The ices vary from So to So per month.
For further information or for a circular adj
dress the secretary of the school-School of De-
sign, California and Mason streets.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

General Cadorna, who commanded the Ital-
ian troops when they took possession of Rome
in 1870, died recently ct the age of 80 years.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

nished by the Health Department; Philadel-
phia, .30O 600; Brooklyn. n. Y, 1,4OO, ,0oO
The figures for Brooklyn include Fiatbush,
tlatlends, New Utrecht and Gravesend.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

Washington City has been clever enough
to set her police to work to take census
while the Office seekers are IN town, and
as result lays claim to population of
277, 4S3. being an increase of about 5000
since 1895
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

THE JUNIOR REPUBLIc-A &C respondent asks
Tor information about branch Junior Re-
public, said to he located in the State of Cali
fornia. This organization was started some
years ago in place called Freeyille New York
State, and 1t is run on the Government plan,
with president, abinei. executive officers and
the ike. with the idea OF teaching those who
are connected with it clear notion by prac-
tlcal Illustrations of the manner in which the
Government is carried on III the United States
Does any reader OF this department know of
such an organization in California?
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

Two Americans-W. T. Dannat, the painter,
and Rodman Wsnamaker, sou OF John Wana-
maker-are among the new Cheyaliers of the
Legion of Honor.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

The powers were prompt to interfere
when Greece sent an army TO the relief of
Crete, but they will not interfere when
Turkey invades Greece, and thus does
diplomacy redeem itself from the charge
OF being monotonous
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

The London Times recently stated: "In
no case will Turkey be allowed to gather
the fruits OF victory over Christian peo-
pie" III that statement expressed the set
tied conviction of the powers it is full
time for them to interfere, for it is now
evident that Turkey has the longer pole,
and If it is not taken away from her she
will soon have the persimmon.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

The WORD CONTESTS. j., City. As the
Golden Gate Carnival committee has gone out
of existence by reason of the indefinite post
ponement OF the carnival, there is no one to
take charge OF the word contest.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

One advantage was gained by New
q York by being slow in the completion of
the Grant monument. She has had Nc
Kinley for the chief figure OF the day in
stead Of Cleveland. and that was well
worth waiting for.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

1t is asserted that many of the Kansas
Populists who howIed against capital in
the Legislature have gone home with more
money in their pockets than they ever had
before. and as a result nearly every other
Populist in the State has become strong
advocate of rotation in office.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28
MEN AND WOMEN.

The citizens of Roxbury, Mass, are taking
active steps TO raise $4,000 to erect monu-
ment to General Joseph Warren.
The Queen of Italy has founded q society for
the reforming OF ragged street children. They
are to be taught some useful trade.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

The duties imposed upon President Nc
Kinley at the dedication of the Grant
monument were undoubtedly fa.iguing,
but as they relieved him for a time from
oftice-seekers he probably regarded the
occasion as holiday
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

I IA MATcH-Perplexed, City. There does not
appear to be any printed explanation of the
meaning of the act of young man handing
the unsulphured end of a match to young
lady. If handing the sulphured end of a match
by young man to young lady means a pro-
posal. the logical conclusion is that If he
hands her the other end he does not want 10
slight her. Match Irritation may be all very
well in its way. but If a young man wants 10
propose to a young lady he ought to do so in a
way that cannot be misunderstood, or if he
does not want to propose let him have the
courage to tell the young lady so, in so many
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

Shipments of gold to Europe have be-
gun again, but this time they disturb no.
body. Business men know that we have
now at Washington business admins
tration. and that within a comparatively
short time we will have tariff which will
provide revenue for the country and a
degree of projection which will put an end
to heavy importations. and that then gold
shipments will turn the other way.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

According TO Washington correspond
ent the strength of the Maine delegation
in Congress is due to the fact that it has
not been changed in fourteen years, but it
would be just as accurate to say that the
reason it has not bsen changed is because
1t was strong TO start with.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

"Have all the preparations been made for
the reception of the poet ?"
"Oh, yes; have just cut the leaves of his
collected works and put them on the table -
Fliege ende Blaetter.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

sANcHo PEDRo-H.. City. In the game OF
sancho peoro the count is: High, low, jack,
game ana pedro. If and C are playing and
each has three 10 60, IL w makes high and
pedro and makes low. jack and game, ac-
cording to the count c wins.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

1t is said at Washington that some of
the petitions for office filed by applicants
for positions are moro elaborately pre-
pared and decorated than the essay of
sweet girl graduate. In some cases they
are written on vellum, and are engrossed
and illuminated in the m ost elegant style,
SO that the cost can hardly have been less
than $1O0 each. Itremains. however, now,
as heretofore, that it is not the petition so
m uch as the plain pull that gets away with
the pie.
1t has been suggested that all convicts
In the prisons OF the States affected by the
Mississippi floods should be set to work on
the levees and other under akings to pre-
vent similar floods hereafter and the sug-
gestion seems to be well received. By the
proposed plan convicts would not only be
removed from competing with free labor.
but they would assist In making the work
of free laborers more remuneratiye
throughout the whole region subject to
overflow.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28
SUBSCRIPTION RATEs-Postage Free:

BUSINESS OFFICE:
91O Market Street,
San Francisco, California.
r.I.nhons MaIn-1s6S
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

THREE BIG CITIEs-W. MeD., City. The fol-
lowing figures Of population are those that
were furnished by the Mayors of the respective
cities named in the latter part of 1895: New
York City, 1885,, 1854, based on figures fur.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28

TIME REQUIRED FOR A PATENT. c., City.
The time usually required to obtain decision
from the Patent Office at Washington, D. c.,
after an application has been fled, is from six
to eight weeks, but in some cases it some
times requires several months, depending
upon the number Of applications on hand
The record OF a patent is not destroyed.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-08

Washington, Jan. 1.-The wool manu-.
lecturers furnished IN interesting day in
the tariff hearings They did not ask for
Tree wool. but represented that the Wilson
INV lad closet half of their mills and hau
proved destructive to the cottntyv's bust
ness generally. They wanted compcnsl-
tory duties on woolen goods and "a more
moderate tariff than the wool Growers;
had asked. Their chief spokesman was
the secretary of the Wool Manufacturers
Association, :. ID. \. North. OF Boston.
William Whitman. OF the Arlington
NILS, oI Massachusetts, urged the COM
mittee to consider the question of perma.
hence above everything else in framing
the tariff, ana Il. c. Moses, of Maine.
suggested discriminating duties AGAINST
consigned goods.
Sigmund Muhlhauser. of Cleveland,
the proprietor of the largest sl1ddy fac
tory III the country, asserted that the
woocn mills all bought his goods and
proposed to give the committee Il list of
his customers
The first speaker upon the schedule of
WOODEN manufacturers to-day was \ d.
y. North, OF Boston, secretary OF the Nj
tional Wool Manufacturers Nssociation
who made II statement III behalf of the as
sociation The association counselled
inoieration III hNinS rates, requesting
moderate protection which would enable
them To reopen their mills. but not ex.
cessive duties, and Il promise OF perma-
hence. Changes were only Il less evil, he
said, than rates too low to permit com
petition witi foreigners The wooden
manufacturer had suffered more than
other classes ny the tariff OF 1894 The
months preceding thc tariff revision OF
1871 AMI the TWO years subsequent in
c!uIc'i the most disastrous period to
American wooden manufacturers
Mr. North discussed in detail the
theory OF the compensatory duty and cs.
timntcd the manufacturing loss on wool
ut an average of - per cent. As hereto
lore assessed the duty bore no relation to
the value of the mutcral---it might he
equivalent to 30 per cent. or to 100 per
cent. nd valorem, according to shrinkagc.
and was Il tax on every pound of dirt and
grease imported with the wool The
tariff on secured wool was three times as
high as on greasy, fixed by the growers,
and established in the law IL uniform
shrinkagc of G6 20 per cent, but com.
PEELED the manufacturer to import greasy
woods. The compensatory duty piled up
the duty on goods 10 point far above
that necessary Tor protective PURPOSES,
every cent added To the duty OH wool
making necessary the addition Of four
cents on goods.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-08
q $40
BILL
WILL. TEST TIE PLATE.

Washington, ian. THE Spccialnaval
hoard investigating the quality OF steel
supplied for the construction of our bat
tlcships has returned to Washington from
Philadelphia, where m examination was
made OF the steel furnished by the Carnc-
gic Company for the battleship Alabama.
y number OF samples were cut from Tie
plates on hand, but it was not possible to
test these in Philadelphia Tor lack of the
proper appliances. Therefore, the test
pieces will he taken to the Norfolk navy
yard, where The hoard will meet to con-
time its work
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-08

MayeSvlile, >. c., Jan. 1-Simon
Cooper, the negro outlaw, who, it will be
remem bcred, shot and killed another ne.
gro by the name of Davis and wounded
several others mt Magnolia Il few GAYS
ago, anu for whom there is Il reward of
$500 offered by the governor. put in so NE
bloody work this morning near Magnolia
Cooper entered the house of Ben Wilson
TINS morningabout sunri"e and demanded
the use OF Mr Wilson'S buggy, which
was refused.
This human monster then picked up
an axe and split Mr. Wilson'S head wide
open I'll then made tor Wesley Wilson.
the son, and murdered him in ~ like
manner. He then murdered Mrs Wesley
wilson with the SAM weapon, after
which he struck down II negro. who had
come upon hearing the noise, and left the
axe sticking i'll the negro head
Soon attcrward the telegraph wires be-
Gan 10 hum with Il full account of the,
shoe king and bloody tragedy. As soon
|. as the ncws reached Sumptcr the sheriff
organized Il posse of men, chartered n
special car and came over to Mlyesville.
where reinforccments from this town and
the surrounding country awaited him,
ready To place themselves under his com
man". Soon word reached the sheriff
he"e that Simon Cooper had been seen
within two miles OF Sumpter in II buggy
wrapped up in quilt with another ne
gro driving him. The sheriff then ii-
vlded the volunteers into several posses
ana sent them out in different directions
while ne, with several others returned to-
Sumpter on special train
Several persons who came to NInves-
VILE during the day reported that they
had met buggy on the road, ard that
some one was i'll the buggy wrapped up
~ n nh n,,tl
oi the vehicle said that the person SO
wrapped IN was his wife, and that She
was sick. and that he WAS taking her to
the doctor.
NJ Il late hour this evening the driver
OF the vehicle was captured and brought
TO Mayesville. The fellow proved to he
Il young negro by the name of Bowie.
The quilt was in the buggy, and the
bugvy proved to he the property of ,Wes-
ley Wilson, one of the murdered men,
Boyle is locked up here in the guard
house and Will be taken to Sumpter Jail
The coroner went over to the scene of
the terrible tragedy to-day and held an
inquest over the dead bodies The Will
sons were white people of high standing
IN their community, and their untimely
death is deplored by all who knew chem.
Zen wilson was an old man about 80
years of age: his son, Wesley, was about.
~, and Mrs. Wesley Wilson was about
80. Two poor little innocent children
have been left orphans on account of the
horrible deed of the monster simon
Cooper
Up to this hour Cooper has not been
captured, but it is almost impossible for
him 10 escape as the country is being
secured i'll every direction for him, and if
captured his fate will be II most terrible
one.
Cooper got out of the buggy near Sump-
ter, but it is believed that lie did not en-
ter the town and that lie has gone in the
direction of MechanicSville, where he has
IN uncle living. When he got out Of the
buggy, SO Boyle says, he told the driver
that he expected to come back To Magno-
lin tonight and flood the town with
blood
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-08
WILL BE no OPPOSITION

Washington, Jan. - Senator Chandler
has practically made IL canvass of the
Senate on the proposition for an inferno
tional conference on silver and concludes
that there will he no opposition worth
the name. Still the bill will not be i'm
troduced IL tn" Senate until it is accepted
by the Republican caucus as the commit
tee was instructed to report it. 1t is mn
dcrstood that the Republican caucus to
formally decide upon the bill will be held
next week
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-08
ANOTHER BANK FAILURE.

Eau Claire, WIS, Jan. The Com
mercial Bank OF Eau Claire, capital $50, :
900, closed to-day. The failure is due to
the suspension OF the Allemancia Bank
of st. Paul. President Allen stated that
the institution will wind up its affairs
and that depositors will be paid in full
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-08
HANSBROUGH ALI. RIGHT.

Bismarck, n. d., Jan THE election
Of Hanshrough from this State to the
Senate is practically settled. His sup
porters have the pledges of a majority of
the Republicans of the legislature, and
unless these pledges aye broken Hans
brough will he elected on the first ballot.