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The San Francisco call., 1897-03-25
TROPHIES F0R PETALUMANs.
Prizes -1Uarded to the Marksmen o
CompamH c, Milttta.

Prizes -1Uarded to the Marh;snsen of
Company c, Militia.
PETALUMA, CAL, March 4.-At the
regular weekly drill of Company G on
Monday evening Captain Maclay pre-
sented to the winners the State decora-
tions won in the State shooting matches
of Company G. There were two gold, ten
silver and twenty seven bronze bars and
decora tons. the company holding fore
most rank among the States competitors.
The trophies were awarded as follows:
Cole bars-Lieutenant NJ. w. Stockdale, Cor
poral W. B. Hooking.
Silver bars-Lieutenant B. F. Phillips, Ser
geant A. NJ. Adams, Sergeant ]. B. Dickson,
Corporals r. S. Adams and Louis Cantel, Pri-
Yates ]. c. Pitts, Stolker, Large, Silas and
Smith.
Bronze bars-Captain Maclay, Sergeant Will
son, Corporals Winfield, Campigli. Emerson.
Alkire, zimmerman, Musician New burgh and
numerous priVates.
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JOSEPH Z. BLANTHER
(Alias Arthur Forbes).
DIED MARCH %, 1897.

Then, with last look, as he silently
turned away, Dodge said:
"Poor Blantherl was the only
mourner he had, after ALL"
Detective Gibson and G. A. Dodge left
at 500 o'clock for San Francisco in charge
OF Blanther's trunk and contents.
Blanther's only dread after his capture
was to meet the California officers. The
supposition is that he had NOR
phine tablets concealed in his
clothing when placed in Jail, and was pre-
pared to take his life rather than return
to California. He made no confession,
but re peatedly asked if the California of
ficers had come.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-25
College Annsversarv Celebrated.

PITTSBURG, PA, March 24.-With
imposing exercises of a varied nature there
was celebrated to-day the 10th anniver-
Western University of Pennsylvania, the
first institution of the kind incorporated
west of the Alleghen and north of
Tennessee, and likewise the seventy-fifth
anniversary of the installation Of the
faculty under an enlarged charter.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-25
Teatth for Unhnoyn Heirs.

AUSTIN, Tex, March "a = John
namerldge, formerly an employe of the
stale Journal office, has just died. leaving
poVO to lis unknown heirs'' with the
: tatement that he was lost or stolen in in
ancy about seventy years ago, and that
,ne Arthur lynne, who died forty years
ieo IN Texas, claimed to be his relative.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-25
Suicide at Santa Cruz.

SANTA CRUZ, CAL, March 24-Theo-
pholis Schupback.. for fifteen years an
employe In Kron's tannery, committed
suicide this morning with pistol. He
brooded over the suicide OF his sister three
weeks ago at Agnews. Two of his brothers
had committed suicide in San Francisco,
one jumping into the bay. Schupback
was a soldier in the First California
Cavalry during the Civil War.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-25
Winners at ,e.c Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS. La, March "a. - Seven
eighths of mile, Belle of Killarney won,
Mamie Lord second, Princess Bonnie third.
Time, 1:3011.
Half mile, Lillian Russell won, Kaiserine
second. Lady Henley third Time, :5O11.
Donder second, PluIus third Time, 2:OOs1
One mile, Sharon won, Marquise second
Pete Kitchen third. Time, 1 :43.
One mile Cadillac won, Mitt Boykin second.
Roland third. Time, las.
Seven-eighths of mile, Gluck won, Mike
Kelly second, Tim Irven third. Time, 1:41.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-25
!. Case or the Plague at smex.

NEW YORK, March 24.-Hea,th Officer
Doty has received a telegram from the
lgent he appointed at Suez, during his
irip TO Europe. 1t states that the British
iteamer Dilwarra arrived at that port and
'eported one death from the bubonic
plague three days prior to arrival The
Fessel was at once quarantined and was
Itlll detained. Every precaution has been
iaken to isolate the shin.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-25
Rotn.chstd'. Gay Lothorso Wins.

LONDON, Eng, March 24.-The race
for the Brockelsby stakes of 500 soyereigns
for two-year-olds, five furlongs, straight
away. was run at the Lincoln spring
meeting to-day. The race was won by
Mr.. Leopold Rothschild's Gay Lothario.
Mr.. F. jennings Firearm was second and
Prince SoltykoTs Leontuon third.
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Rough on the kfnetoscope.

AUGUSTA. Me-, March "a The House
this afternoon. IS to 25. passed to be en-
crossed the bill providing for fine OF $500
for Photographic or other representation
of prize-ight in this State.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-25

Captain Jack Brewer, who circulated a
petition yesterday asking the committee
to allow him to enter the handicap, find
ing that the committee would not acce pt
his entry, declared he would enter suit
against the Interstate Association for
heavy damages. Later the captain said
he was anxious to arrange a match and
would shoot any man in the world for
$1,000 side. A match between DR.. w. f.
Carver OF Chicago and Captain Brewer ut
100 birds may be arranged.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-25

Three Friends and Three Compa nions.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, March 24.-The
famous steamer Three Friends arrived in
port this evening with the equally famous
Mexican tug Asturias and Two barges in
tow. 1t has been suggested that the
Asturias is about the right size for
tilibustering.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-25
SUITS MADE $A0
TO ORDER I()

Beyond all question we make alb
solutely the best ten dollar suit in
America.
And you get your pick from the
most splendid assortment of cloths
ever shown in San Francisco.
The allurements of cheap prices
elsewhere may cause you to think
of buying at other places, but no
where can you get the bona-flde
values that we give for less than
double the money.
Our guarantee to keep all suits
in repair one year free of charge
protects all purchasers.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-25
Editor Storey's Bsdo,o Dead.

CHICAGO, ILL, March 24.-Charles S.
Isham, at Detroit, Mich, has received a
telegram announcing the death at
Florence, Italy, of Mrs. Marie P. Storey,
who was the first wife OF Wilbur F. Storey,
once the famous proprietor of the Chicago
Times.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-25
PetreI to Sail for Japan.

SAUSALITO, CAL. March 24.-The
United States cruiser Petrol will leave
Sausalito tomorrow for Japan. 1t has
been ly ing off Sausalito for the past week
awaiting orders to move.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-13

In order to get the speed of the train,
the car is provided with a Boyer rail-
way speed recorder, fprnished by the
Boyer company of st. Louis. This indi-
Gates on dial the speed at any in
staht4 - s=-=ss= 70 -.
"The effect Of wind must also be TAX
en- into account This is done by means
of wind-vane, mounted like the pres
sure-board above the car roof. An
open tube on the front of the vane has
it's open end directed to the resultant
air current, due to the wind and train
motion. The pressure due to this air
current is carried by a rubber tube to
the cistern of a water gauge below,
where the pressure is indicated by a
column of water forced up an inclined
tube, yard in length, having a slope
of in 100. The open end of the water
gauge does not open into the car, since
the pressure within the car might vary
With the motion of the train. 1t is con-
nected with a large tank, in which the
air is kept at the same pressure as
that of the external air.
This is effected by connecting the
tank with disc pressure collector
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-13
BEST IN THE WORLD.
The South TickIed Over Our Capitol
Architects Report.

Architects Report.
1t is another compliment to the
South in a line in which it has re
ceived few compliments as yet that the
Minnesota capitol commission should
have decided to use Southern marble
in the construction of the new state
capitol building at st. Paul, Mimi, an
edifice that is to cost the handsome
sum of $4,000, 900, says the New Orleans
meS-DemOcrat
The Minnesota commission naturally
wanted to use a Minnesota stone from
a feeling of state pride, but Minnesota
is not rich in building stones, or at
least in marble, so it abandoned this
idea, and set to work to thoroughly
examine the leading stones in all parts
of the country, to see which would af-
ford the best material most like the
famous marble of Italy They found
what they wanted in the South.
after an exhaustive examination
of all the materials offered" Mr.
Cass Gilbert, the chief architect.
reported the other day, II reached the
conclusion that Georgia marble more
nearly filled all the requirements than
any other stone offered 1t had SO per
cent of carbonate Of lime; is very
dense in texture, and shows an absorp-
ton of about .02 of per cent, whereas
some other stones offered absorbed
to 10 per cent of their weight of water
in tweEty-four hours. Its crushing
strength is about 1000 pounds, where
the other ones crushed at 1000 to 49,
900. It is crystalline in character, and
will reflect the light brilliantly. 1t
carves easily and freely, and can be
obtain in blocks of any desired size
free from dry seams or quarry veins
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-13
Labor and Snvinc

To the Editor of the Globe.
The laboring man knows how to work.
but most Of them have yet to learn now
to save and husband their egsn'ngs. They
have. great many of them have, better
wages than their employer had in the be-
ginning of his career.
Since they understand the work perfect
ly and only need capital, their savings
properly invested from time to time and
used in starting several small counter en-
terprises on the cooperative plan instead
of strikes, gradually drawing the wealth
fetal to them and win the hearty co-opera-
ton of the whole country.
They raise a loud cry about the centrali-
cation OF wealth, but who allowed it to be-
come centralized to the detriment Of the
whole country? The laboring man him
self. He is the great circulating medium
and instead of initiating his employer in
his "style." OF his own free will he has
spent his money as fast as he has earned
it to the great corporations, and who can
blame them for taking 1t? Even the COM
mon laborer, who goes out In the country
to work, will earn $25 or $50 in a monts
besides his board, but in three days after
he goes back to town. the great brewing COM
panies have his money He has a headache
and sour stomach and is yowing ven
geance on a government under which ian
honest man cannot make a dollar"
So on clear up the line. We hear men
earning S125 per month and upward telling
with pride sit just keeps them" II they
have not cent laid up, Is 1t the govern
ments fault?
1t is the little leaks that sink the ship
The laboring man himself is the little leak
through which the currency of the country
is being gradually drawn to the great CEN
tiers. e. E. H.
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mounted above the roof, just opposite
the wind-vane. Two discs, eighteen
inches in diameter, ground to knife
edges are mounted horizontally on a
vertical pipe, the distance between
them being a sixteenth of an inch. A
tube passes through the center Of the
lower disc, terminating flush with the
top of the lower disc. From this g
rubber tube passes to the tank. The
air flowing between the discs has been
shown to have the normal air-pressure,
unaffected by atomizer action, and by
compressions and rarefactions, such
as we have around any obstacle in the
wind.
The total force of the wind on the
large pressure board is also found in
another way. Two small discs of steel,
two inches in diameter, clamping a
porous layer consisting of several
thicknesses of wire cloth, form pres
sure collector. The porous layer must
extend half inch outside of the steel
discs. One disc is pierced by a tube
leading to a pressure gauge. Such q
combination of two small discs with Il
porous layer between is wholly unaf-
fected by wind but it transmits pres
sures very freely.
"One of these pressure collectors is
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-13

commodities at all future times. To do this
the dollar must be the average of these COM
modities. Let us, then, adopt this as our unit.
Let the government decree that our present
currency system be changed by calling in our
present circulation, and issuing in place of
1t certificates of the same denominations as
the money retired but which shall read:
sThe treasury of the United States promises
to pay to bearer on demand so many dollars
worth of gold" Not so much gold, but so
many dollars worth. Not 1922 grams for 81,
but 81 worth. If gold goes up a dollar certif-
icate entities the bearer to a less amount; if
gold becomes cheaper, to a greater amount:
The fluctuations in the value of gold would
then be measured by the average values of
all commodities as follows: Let the treas
ury daily make computations from the mar
ket reports and determine the average values
of all the commodities used in the unit. Sup
pose they were found to fiuctuate thus:
Ono buShe OF wheat is worth. 81 Ol
Six bushels of cats are worth. .........,. IS
Two ounces of silver are worth. ........... 81
Twenty pounds of lard are worth. ....... OF
Six pounds of wool are worth. ............ ~
Etc. etc, or an average for all commodities
of 80 2-5c This shows that gold is more val
liable, as it takes 3-5 of one per cent less OF
it to buy the same amount of goods There
fore, by changing the number of grains to
be given for dollar to- 3-5 of one per cent
less than 1922 grains the treasury would be
giving the same value the dollar had
when the unit adopted. If gold should
double in value dollar certificate would
entitle the holder to only ll.6l grains, while
if gold became twice cheap each dollar
certificate would call for 4644 grains of gold;
Under this plan there could be permitted
free deposit of gold with the treasury in
exchange. for certificates, and the amount Of
the certificates would be determined from
the value of the gold deposited on the day
deposit was made
In a time of panic, under our present sys-
TEN, there is always sudden call Tor money,
and the value of commodities rapidly falls,
as there is no compensating provision made
to counterbalance the unusual demand for
money At the very time when the most mon
ey is needed, it is suddenly drawn into re-
tirement by its possessors, and the unfortu-
nate who has to realize on his goods to meet
his obligations finds that they have lost
large percentage of their value. Under the
proposed plan the average value of all com
modities would not change, nor would the
value of the dollar suffer alterations We
would find a rapid fall in the number OF
grains of gold called for by the dollar, and
no change in general prices OF goods more
than usual.
Thus briefly have outlined plan which
1 would like to see argued pro and con.
Yours truly, Aug. Clrkel.
Boyd Wis. Sept. 6, 1897.
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placed in front of the pressure-board,
and another behind.
They are mechanically coupled to
each other through q Small hole in the
board. There are 100 such holes dis
tributed over the board. The COM
preston on the front Of the pressure
board and the rarefaction on the rear
side can be measured by separate
gauges. The indications of the pressure
gauges are to be compared with those
6 e flRg hafa IS hs bfsssafs
collectors may be used with confidence
in the study Of wind pressures on any
other structure. The pressure gauges
are all mounted on large pendulum
which corrects. for the rocking of the
car. ssN-"7sssF''r s',saeTzzee7 '7-r'--
prof. Nipher expects to place his
pressure collectors over a large build
ing, connecting each collector with a
separate gauge. During any heavy
gust of wind. a snap shot photograph
of the gauges will show hoW the wind
is distributed over the building. He
expects to make studies of the same
kind over the sails of win6-mills, with
a view of finding the most effective
positions for the acting surfaces.
"It Is a very singular thing that there
has heretofore been no way of meas
uring the pressure which the wind is
exerting at any point on a building
or chimney. This is what the disc
collector will enable us to do"
Lace Insertion.
Lace insertion is very widely used in
various ways, and now appears on skirts
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-13

rienced it knows, is something tremen-
dous. Sit in car with tne window be-
side you open, and let a train pass go
ing at rapid rate, and the wind pres
sure from the movement of that train
will be sufficient to blow your hat
from your head at quite a little dis
lance.
The experiments now in progress
here will determine just what pressure
is exerted that forces the hat from
your head. They will show beyond
pefadyenture what a tremendous force
a person standing close to a railway
track is subjected to when a train
whirls by at a rate of from So to so
miles an hour. There is no question
but that, if these facts can be made
known, scientists say, a large number
of human lives will be saved every
year, because it will then be fully de-
termined just what a person approach
ing a rapidly moving train must eX-
pect in the way of air forces, and mea-
sures can be taken to properly combat
It,
When one stops to think what 1t
really means to know the pressure of
wind, the result of it's velocity upon an
object it is realized how important the
experiments here really are. 1t is not
too much to say that the knowledge
that is likely to be CLEANED from them
will affect the construction of almost
every building of any size. Heretofore
architects have been compelled to guess
at the pressure which would be brought
No ho eli h11t yhon
the work planned here has been ac-
complished they will be able to figure
on the necessary power of resistance
almost to a pound.
The experiments referred to as being
in progress here were planned by
Francis E. Nipher, professor of physics
in Washington university, st. Louis.
Prof Nipher is being assisted by Prof
Zimmerman, of Missouri State univer-
sity, and Mr.. Schlosstein, of St Louis.
These gentlemen are conducting their
experiments in a private car which the
illinois Central railroad has fitted up
for the party, who are being given by
that railroad every needed facility in
carrying out the plans formed.
Naturally, Prof Nipher is the soul
OIL the party. Inc ulSC WHICH ue uetS
invented, and which is in use, promises
to be the open sesame to that field of
knowledge from which, despite it's best
efforts, science has hitherto been
barred. The following description Of
the apparatus, and all that is connected
Herewith, has been especially prepared
by Prof. Nipher for this paper.
THE apparatus comprises a pressure
beard, three feet high and four feet
long mounted gn " On an iron tube as
a fiGS.SS is attached to its pole. The
tube turns on ball bearings on the floor
and is guided in the same kind of bear
ings in the roof of the ear. By means
Of a T tube serving as a lever inside
the car. and a spring balance, the
force required to hold the board at any
angle with the wind can be measured.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-13
rfnOred Trains.
II. G. Archer Explains Why They Are
Practicable.

to Barham, where it ran right into
the middle Of the enemys cavalry
scouts. Five rounds from the forty
pcunder and leaden hail from the
Maxim quickly put the latter to flight
Their retreat was rapidly followed
up, and a running fight ensued at a
range of about 1000 yards, but the
unequal conflict. Finally the armored
train came into touch with the main
body of the invaders, and then the gun
truck was uncoupled and the gun slew
ed round ready for action, broadside on.
At this juncture the "cease-fire" sound
ed, and the train returned to Canter-
bury, having done good days work.
The objections raised against the
practfcability of armored trains in real
warfare are as follows: First, there
is the suggestion that the enemy, with
a few men Carrying small parcels of
dynamite, could easily destroy the
permanent way Doubtless they could
do SO if the defenders cavalry stood
idle while they advanced for this pur-
pose; while, again, if the enemy pushed
forward any considerable force with
that object, he would be obliged to adj
vance with a considerable front, the
defending force naturally possessing g.
broad front in proportion.
Considering the successful issues of
the numerous trials and experiments
to which the Sussen train has been
subjected, the feasibility of mounting
more up-to-date weapons on similarly
constructed trains seems apparent. The
47-inch quick firing gun, and even
guns of some considerable power, such
as the 6-inch B. L., would be an inter-
esting experiment Objection is taken
to their weight; but this is a mistake.
Artillery experts are Of the opinion
that the gun truck would safely carry
the 47-inch gun, were the former coun-
ter-Weighed with five or ten tons of
metal which for heavier o"dnance ,larger
trucks mounted upon bogies could be
provided. When in action the pins of
these bogies could be securely bolted,
curbing their lateral play, additional
clips constructed to catch the sleepers,
and the strain further distributed by
rigidly connecting the various trucks
and carriages forming the armored
train.
The cost of such trains is not great;
artillery officers have reported favor
ably upon their efficiency and now that
the old martello towers have become
hopelessly obsolete, their place might !
be filed by flying prototypes, which
would be quite capable of offering SER
ious and unexpected resistance to pre-
datory gunboats or small landing par
ties. H. G. Archer.
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1t is susceptible of the highest finish,
is durable under all conditions. In
short, it is of the same material as the
Pentelic marble of Athens, which has
been in use for 1000 years.
1t will be seen from this report that
the South has another source OF
wealth of which it has said little, and
that it possesses building stone, in
the greatest abundance, equal to the
famous Pentelic marble of Greece,
Such is the testimony of a man, thor
oughly dfsinterested, who searched the
entire country for a suitable building
stone, and who comes from the very
other end of the country to declare
that the South possesses the best mar
BILE in this country, and equal to any
in the world
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-13

Special to the Globe.
CENTRALIA, ILL.,, Sept. ia series
of experiments is now in progress here
which promises to reveal to science. a
truth sought for centuries-the actual
Ti1easurments of wind pressure. Most
persons have probably thought that, in
asmuch as there were methods of de-
termining the velocity of the wind, it
was also possible to ascertain the
amount of pressure per square foot of
the wind upon an object. Nothing is
further from the truth. We have
known that wind blew, say eighty
miles an hour, against a building, but
the actual force exerted has always
been an unknown quantity.
1t is also known that many lives are
lost every year of persons drawn be-
meath the wheels of moving trains, be-
cause they have been, as It we're, en-
tangled in the air that surrounded the
railway vehicles. The pressure of this
air, as any one who has ever expe-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-13

goods as well as the lighter fabrics. When
used on skirts. the lace is let into the ma
terial in waved insertions from hem to waist
or else is used as the heading of a founce.
For blouse decoration the nsurtion is used
in lengthwise strips down the center of a
waist, and as a scroll either side. Inser-
tons an inch wide are also formulated into
scrolls and bows and laid on muslins while
lace braid treated in the same way makes
most effective trimming. A very handsome
bodice recently seen had the yoke striped
with lace, and the sleeves, which were close
fitting, were made entirely of lace This would
seem to be coming into general use, as l have
seen quite a number of late