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The San Francisco call., 1897-05-16
TO The L|LT OF
THE BAGPIPES
The Scottish Thistle Club
Prepares for Its An
nual Games.
She'll Mound Park Chosen as
the Place and July S as
the Date.
The Club A 80 Decides to Take Part
in the Big Diamond Jubilee
Celebration.

A large and enthusiastic meeting of the
San Francisco Scottish Thistle Club was
held last evening at Fraternity Hall, 80
O'Farrell street. Acting Royal Chief ].
Hill presided and George w. Paterson Of
ficiated as recorder. 1t was unanimously
decided to hold the annual gathering and
Berkeley. and that the same take place on
Monday, July 5. The management of the
affair was placed in the b nds of the fol-
lowing clansmen: w. A. Dawson, George
w. Paterson. J. Ross, James Baxter, Alex
Sharp, A. Ross, A. Campbell and P. A. F.
Keith.
The following subcommittee were
thereupOn appointed:
Adver tisng committee-John Ross (chair-
man. 26 Eddy street; Patrick Keith, 343OA
Sixteenth street; George W. Paterson, SO1
Guerrero street.
Invitation committee W. A. Dawson
(chairman), $50 Third street; James Baxter,
21O Capp street; Andrew Ross, 5O2 Powell
street
(chairman), sol Guerrero street; Alex Sharp
Fremont and Howard streets; John Ross, 26
Eddy street.
Music committee-william Grant CHAIR
man), 632 Geary street; Andrew Ross, 5O2
Powell street; w. A. Dawson, $50 Third street
Prize committee-AleK Campbell tchair-
man, 636 Third street; Alex Sharp, Fremont
and Howard streets: William Grant, 632
Geary street.
Finance committee-Andrew Ross (chair-
man, SOP Powell street P. A. F. Keith, 343OA
Sixteenth street; Alex Campbell, 636 Third
street
1t was proposed that the celebration be
held throughout tho day and also at
night, it being the sense of the meeting
that q grand ball be held in the evening,
to be preceded by grand display Of fire.
works.
1t was also decided that q grand enter
tainment be held on the last FRIDAY even
ing in June at some prominent hall in
this City, the same TO be arranged Tor by
a committee consisting of the following
clansmen: George w. Paterson (chair-
man). James 6axter. Thomas Christy.
Alex Clelland and o. Hendry.
It was decided that the club cooperate
with the promoters of the diamond jubi-
lee celebration to be held at the Chutes
on the 10Th of june and in accordan ce
with the motion the following committee
was appointed to represen the club: Alex
Nicholson, James Niven, William Grant,
]. Hill and P. A. f. Keith.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-16
Terrible A f ction of Sam
uel F. Morris, a Col
lect0r.
His Sight Leaves Him on the
Street and One Eye Is
Gone.
The Sprirg Valley Water Com pany
for Whom He Work d, Has
Pensioned Him.

Samuel f. Morris. better known among
a large circle of friends as "Sam" Morris,
is the victim of strange malady that has
thus far baffled the skill of prominent
specialists who have tried to relieve him.
He has been stricken suddenly blind
through the use of tobacco in the form of
cigarettes and is living only in hopes that
perhaps one of his optics may be restored
to at least partial use.
Mr.. Morris is, or rather was, q collector
for the Spring Valley Water Company,
and was well known in the business dis
tricts, where his daily duties called He
was q constant user of the seductive rolls
of paper and tobacco that have such an i'm.
mense sale in this City. Morris was
warned that his eyes would not stand per-
sistent smoking. but he paid no attention
to his friends.
One day few weeks ago, while walking
along Montgomery street, he was seen to
suddenly throw his hands out in front of
him, as if to ward off some i'm mpendine
danger, and clasp them over his eyes. He
staggered against the wall of building
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-16
ANOTHER PIONEER GONE.
Hon. Robert Luun Il 0rton Died in Au
tin, New, Last Thursday.

Hon. Robert Lunn Eorton Died in Aus
tin. New, Last Thursday.
The remains of the late Hon. Robert
Lunn Horton, who died at Austin, New,
OH the 18th inst, were broug at to this City
yesterday, accom- panied by an escort of
honor supplied by the Masonic and Odd
Fellows fraternities, of which the de.
ceased was member.
Mr.. Horton was for years leading citi-
zen of the State of California and Nevada.
He arrived in Sacramento in 1850 and
located in P acer County. where he mined
and aiterward went into the cattle busi-
ness. In 1864 he removed to Austin, New,
and engaged in mining and in the general
merchandise business. He served in the
Nevada State Legislature in 1871 and was
elected State Controller in 1890. which Of
flee he filled for four years. He was asso.
ciated with severa! fraternal societies. He
was a thirty second degree Mason and also
took an active part in Odd Fellowship.
Deceased was born in Pittsburg, Pa,
October 2, 1881. He leaves widow and
two children. The funeral will take place
from Odd Fellows Hall in this City At 2
o'clock tom orrow afternoon.
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Now Out One Hundred and
Seventy Days From
New York.
Opinions as to Her Safety About
Equally Divided Among
Seamen.
On Her Engineers Trial the Gun boat
Marietta Exceeded Her Con.
tract Speed

The new gunboat Marietta had her reg
ular engineers trial on the bay yesterday.
Friday she was speeded up and down the
bay in order to get her engines into work
ing order, but yesterday she was opened
up and a thorough test made. An aver
age OF 1871 knots is claimed for her, which
is considerably above the speed required
by the Government, SO the Union Iron
Works people are figuring on nice little
bonus. The Marietta is handsome ves-
sci of her class and the clean manner in
which she made her way through the
water was the subject of favorable COM
ment from steamship captains. The date
of her trial trip has not been set. but
Captain C. Miner Goodall. who has been
out on her twice. says that if she keeps on
improving she Will easily make IA knots
when called upon.
The fate of the only American built
four masted steel ship is very much in
doubt. The Dirigo is 40 days out from
New York for this port and yesterday 20
per cent reinsurance was paid on her in
Liverpool. Pilots who came in on the
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-16
STREETCAR TRAILERS.
Eight Of Them Have Been Placed in
Service on the Kearny- street
Lima


Service on the Kearny- street
Limo.
Eight OF the Kearny and Mission-street
cars are now carrying trailers during the
busy hours of the night and morning.
Trailers were first attached to the Mission
street cars about year ago, and proved
SO satisfactory that they are now running
on eleven cars OF that line.
Last January the system was also
adopted on the Third and Kentucky-street
line, which operates five trailers, and on
Monday the trailer was installed on the
Kearny and Mission-s:reet line
Each trailer has a seating capacity for
twenty-five passengers.
They would have been put on the
Kearny-street line sooner, but the steep
grade on Kearnv street above Montgomery
avenue precIuded their use beyond that
point. To overcome this a sidetrack has
been laid at the point named and there
the trailer is dropped by the northbound
car and later picked up by the car coming
the other way.
The trailers are now being lighted with
oil lamps, but arrangements are nearly
completed for electric-light illum in ation
for them by transmitting the current from
the nj Otor-car.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-16
CIGAR-MAKER5 PROTEST.

Tenement House Cigars Are q Standing
Menace to California's Industrial
Progress.
At recent meeting of the San Fran
cisco Trades and Labor Alliance the fol-
lowing resolutions were adopted:
WHEREAs, The Cigar-makers of this City and
coast are making CONNIE endabe fight against
the jobbers OF this City who are selling tene-
ment-house cigars, made in filthy places. and
being very injurious to the health OF the pub
lic and which Llso drive out the white organ
lied cigar-makers, who are fully bic to COM
pete with any of the cigars made in the East; I;
and not only that but prevent this City from
progressing by the prevention of the distribu-
tion of $12,OOO,OOO annually on this coast;
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That we, the Trades and Labor Al
lance, in regular monthly meeting assembled,
condemn the action of the jobbers of this City,
and will do all in our power to protect and as
sst the members OF Cigar-makers' Union No.
228 in their struggle for existence on this
coast
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-16
DESERTED THEIR CHILD.
L. Bolte and Wife Left Their Little
Daughter on the Street.

L. Boite and Wife Left Their Little
Daughter on the Street.
The officers of tho Society for the Pre-
vention OF Cruelty to Children made an
investigation yesterday of q peculiar case
OF desertion. Louie Bolte and family on
Friday was evicted from their home at
August alley, near Green and Powell
streets. Bolte, with his wife and one
child, aged years, Immediately went to
Eagle avenue, near Webster street, in
Alameda, leaving the other child, Marie,
II years of age, alone on the streets OF San
Fran cisco. The little girl wandered
around North Beach crying until taken In
ard fed by Mrs. Kerrigan, who lives near
the Boltes' former residence. Mrs. Kerri.
gan placed the little girl in a family on
Clay street and notified the society.
Colonel Parnell, the secretary, states
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-16
PERSONAL NOTES.

G. Waterman, a truitgrower OF Penryn, ar
rived here last night.
F. A. Boole, q general merchant OF Red
Bluff, is spending Sunday here.
H. E. Vail, mining superintendent of
Forbestown, is at the Occidental.
Prison Commissioner Daniel E. Hayes re-
turned yesterday from visit to Folsom.
Raleigh Barcar, the attorney, of Vacaville
and owner of the Vacaville Reporter, is in the
City.
Professor D. C. Clark, formerly Superintend-
ent of Public Instruction in Santa Cruz Coun-
ty, now in the city schools of Santa Cruz and
who was at the head of the educational de-
partment in the Midwinter Fair, is at the
Grand
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-16
Builders, Contra cts.

Mrs. George T. Davis with Elder & McLaugh-
lin, contractors; architect, Alexander F.
Oakley; carpentry, joinery and p astering for
a three-story and attic frame residence on the
northeast corner of Clay and Baker str cts
Frame completed, $1,000; building covered in,
wlndow-frames set and single floors laid,
$1,000; plastering completed, $1O25; com.
pleied and accepted, $1,000; thirty-fve days
Whtson and L. V. Hill, suret es. Limit 100
working days; forfeit $40 per day. Plans and
specjfications fled
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-16
swallowed Carbolio Acid.

Mrs Annie Smith. 204 Van Ness avenue,
swallowed a dose of carbolic acid yesterday
afternoon with suicidal intent. She was
taken to the Receiving Hospital and will
probably recover. She said her husband
James Smith. bcokkeeper out of job, had
been treating her cruelty and she thought it
was better to die. She had been working in
French laundry to support herself and hus-
haD
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-16
Sale of Country Lands.

public sale, under the direction of Easton.
Eldridge & Co.. of grain land lying between
Vacaville and Winters attracted considerable
competition between city and country bid
ders, resulting in the sac of about HOO acres
of average land Of the tract, ranging in price
from $1S to $40 per acre. The sale, being
made under the banks instructions, was in
fact peremptory one and was the cause Of
qualification to a considerable number of pur-
chasers.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-16

that the deserted child is in good hands
and that hereafter the society will look
after the little ones interests. He says
that there is State law which deals
severely with parents who desert their
children and it is not at all unlikely tina;
this law will be invoked in the Bolte
case.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-16
pICNycs AND EXCURSIONS.
AUCTION .ALEs.

Ply E s. SPEAR Co.-Monday, May II,
Police sale, at ST. 33 sutter street, at 10 O'Clock
BY Sullivan & DoYLE-Saturday, Nav %
Buggies, etc, at corner Fifteenth and Valencia
streets, at 10 CLOCK
By VoN RHE1N & Co.-Thursday, May 27,
Real Estate. at Salesroom, 513 California street.
- o'clock
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-16
Mirimar Hotel Mortpara-

An action was begun by Attorney John Des-
beck yesterday to foreclose a $4,000 mortgage
on the furniture of the Mirimar Hotel The
plaintiffs are Joseph and Anton Michalitschke
and the defendants are Charles Tence, Annie
Chevalier and D. E. Besecker.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-16
ADJUSTMENTS.

BALDWIN THEATER -"El Captain"
COLUMBIA THEATER Excelsior Jr,''
MoRosCo's OPERA HOUSE The White Rat
ALCAzAR THEATER Lost for Day
TIvoLI OPERA HOUSE. - "ShRmus " Brien"
ORPHEUM.-High-C Glass Vaudeville.
oBERoN.-Grand Concert.
CENTRAL PARK-Baseball.
sUTRo BATHs.-Bathing and Performances
THE CHUTEs AND SKATING RINK-Daily at
6aight street, one block east OF the Park.
PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS.
Ell CAhPo-Music, Dancing, Boating Fishing,
every Sunday.
HAYwARp's PARK.-Concerts every Sunday.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-16

OF California. Regent Arthur Rodgers will
fully explain his original plan ior this new de-
partment of the university. Irving NJ. Scott
will give his observations taken upon his
trave abroad. A. A. Watkins president of
the City Board of Trade, Albert Gerberding,
trustee of the Chamber of Commerce, and
Colonel M. H. Hecht will also take part in the
Academy of Sciences Hall, S19 Market street,
and all citizens, including the ladies, are cor
daily invi,eu.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-16
NEW TO-DAY.

We sell a great deal of
trash tea, and know all
about it.
We also sell Schs22lMg's S
Best. and your grocer re-
turns your money if you
don't ike it.
A Schilng & Company
San Francisco Cos
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-16

England mas one member of Parliament
to every 10, $50 electors, Ireland one for
every TIT. Scotland one for every 1914
and Wales one for every 9613.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-16

Merchants Annual Meeting.
Mayor Phelan has promised to attend the
annual meeting of the Merchants Associate ton
next Thursday evening and speak on the pro-
posed College of Commerce of the University
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It has been reckoned that il the whole
ocean were dried up, all the water passing
away as vapor, the amount of salt remain
ing would be enough to cover 5000, 900
square miles with layer one mile thick.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-16

A new deck il being put on her and state
rooms are being fitted up in the tween
oecks. When the repairs are completed
she will be one of the handiest vessels of
her class in the bay.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-16
MORTON SPECIAL DELIyERy

Baggage transferred TO trains, steamers, etc
Also moved in the city.
Furniture moved; estimates furnished
Freight transferred and shipped.
4OS Taylor street and $50 Market street
Telephone Main 46.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-06-17
STATE NEWS.

Senator John w. Daniel is spoken of for
permanent chairman of the State Demo-
cratic convention, which will meet at
Roanoke on the 1lth of August.
1t is reported that very rich ''gold
find" has been made near Mineral City,
in Louisa County. The vein is said to be
a rich one carrying from three to four
hundred dollars intrinsic value per ION.
The Democratic Committee OF the city
of Richmond has determined to make the
candidates for the nomination for Gov
ernor pay the expenses of the the primary
convention, which will select delegates to
the Roanoke convention.
A. L. Boulware, president Of the Fllst
National Bank of Richmond, is dead.
There is negro vaudoo doctr in AL
exandria who is getting no little monty
out of the women of his race Ill that city
upon whom he works his 81 e,,'s.
The Baltimore Suns Richmond CORE
spondent says Governor O'Ferrall has
firmly determined not to support the
Roanoke convention ON a free silver basis.
Edward VAIN, of Chestnut Hill stock
farm, Pa, who has been an extensive
purchaser of horses in Fauquier, is again
in the county looking out for some first
class undeveloped hunters.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-06-17
GENERAL NEWS.

Samual L.. Clemens. the celebrated
American humorist, who is known under
the pseudonym Of Marx Twain, is in sore
financial straits. A fund has been started
for his relief which has been headed by the
New York Herald with subscription of
$1,000.
Professor Nelson, the University Of
Wyoming botanist. will make an excur.
sion into the Red Desert. This tract of
land has never received botanical inves.
tigation and the professor has planned to
make three other trips into the deserts
during the Simmer. He expects to obtain
many rare botanical specimens
The pig dance at Pyramid Lake Reser-
vation in Nevada is over. Captain Dave
tells the Wadsworth "Dispatch" they had
a great time. There were Indians from
many sections ofthe country in attendance.
The tribes represented were the Piutes,
Flatheads, Washes, Bannocks, Diggers,
Pitt, River and Shoshones.
The average cost of an oil we'll at Sum.
murand. CAL, all complete, is about $500.
The running expenses are SIS per month
for each we'll An ordinary well yield four
barrels per day, or l20 barrels per month.
One hundred and twenty barrels are worth
$125, leavinga balance of S1l0 each month
on $500 investment. There is more oil
in California than in Pennsylvania.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-06-17
NORTH TAZEWELL NEWS.
We hear talk of y wedding.

We hear talk of u wedding.
North Tazewell has chain gang.
We enjoyed the Pisgah Picnic immensely.
J.H. Whitley is having his house nicely
painted.
Miss Florence Whitley returned this
week from a visit to Thompson Valley
friends.
Joe Howard left town the other day
carrying cradle, mot baby cradle.
Marsh Kiser and Joe Peery took in the
Cedar Bluff commencement and say it was
splendid.
Capt. C. A. Fudge spent several days Of
last week on Elk Horn, looking after his
large timber interests in that section.
n. w. Kiser paid visit to his home in
Russell Co. last week.
Master Frank Ireson has been quite sick
for week.
The mattrass factory has orders, so they
say, for month ahead.
Mr.M.L.P Peery will ship four cars of wool
this week. Luther is one Of Tazewell's best
business men.
Mrs. Geo. Hall, who has been quite ill
for some time, is improving fast, and will
we hope soon be entirely well.
Miss Blanch Wilkes returned this week
from visit to home folks in Bedford
County.
C. A. Fudge is going to have early
roasting ears, he is planting corn to-day.
Tom May sSandy local cameih promptly
on the dot Monday.
Mrs. r. L. Shelton, nee Hall. from Blue
field, accompanied by little Miss Shelton,
is OH visit 10 home folks.
Miss Dixie MCCALL came over Monday
and will spend some time with North Taze-
well friends.
Miss Me'ia Peery, from Pisgah, spent
several days with her many city friends
during the week.
Miss Nelly Beavers, lovely young lady
from Welch, is visiting at c. Fl. Peery's
Miss Ida Calvert of Swords Creek, Rus
sell Co. Jig visiting at J.F. .Ireson's on Bridge
St, Frank is smilin'.
Two young Pocahontas bicyclists stopped
short while with US Monday. They are
going to make the trip to Nashville or
their wheels.
Oh. Reynolds, one of our progressive
farmers, was in the city this week buying a
Brown wagon and a Mccormick mower.
The Woolen Factory of NJ. L. Peery il
running on full time and turning out some
excellent work. They ship this week 1000
pounds of fine yarns TO Northern manufac
turers.
j. H. Whitley, Esq. will leave this weel
for the Nashville Exposition. His wifi
will accompany him as far as Wytheville
where she will attend the springs.
Miss Lou Kiser returned last week from
Cedar Bluff, where she has been in charg'
of the Cedar Bluff High School for tn
mast ten months. ASH FIELDS.
Kelly, Va, June 16, 1897.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-06-17
TRIED TO KILL THE
PRESIDENT OF FRANCE.
An Unknown Man Throws a Bomb at
President Faure While Driving
ONE SUSPECT is ARRESTED.
No One Injured by the Explosion, but
Weapons Reveal an Assassin's S
Plot.

Paris, June l3.-An attempt was made
to-day to assassinate Felix Faure, President
of the French Republic, while he was en-
route to Long Champs, to witness the
Grand Prix.
While NJ. Faure's carriage was passing
Il thicket near La Cascade restaurant, in
the Bois de Boulogne, bomb which sub
sequentIy was found to be piece oftubing
about six inches long and two inches in
diameter, with thickness of half an inch,
charged with powder and swan shot, ex-
ploded.
No one was injured by the explosion.
A man in the crowd, suspected of being
the prime mover, was arrested. He gave
his name as Ga.let, and made only the
briefest replies to questions put to him by
the police.
Gallet said that he had no occupation,
but resided at Levalois- Perret. The police
are making although search of his lodgings.
lie is believed to be insane, for he shouted
at the carriage passing along so loudly as
to attract general attention in the crowd.
The police have also made another ar
rest; in this case, ayouth, but it is thought
probable that the actual culprit escaped in
the thcket.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-06-17
IN WESTERN FIELDS.

Long Beach, Cal, has seventy-fool
whale s.aked out in the ocean near the
town.
The town of Kamilche, Wash, is dead.
MatlocS is the name of the new logging
town that fills its lace.
A Colorado Springs cook has opened a
mine of gravel in his back yard that pays
$500 per ion in gold.
The residents of Union County, Ore,
say that there are more rattlesnakes there
than have been known for years,
The Red Cloud (Nebraska) argus
will give years subscription to the
parents OF every pair Of twins born in the
county during the yea.
The grasshoppers in Gillian County,
Ore, are Matching ou:, and their numbers
alarm the ranchers. They have begun to
eat the tender shoots in the gardens.
Four of the oldest Catholic missions in
California will soon celebrate their centen-
nial anniversaries. They are San Jose,
San Jaun Baptista, San Miguel and San
Fernando Rey.