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The Holly chieftain., 1897-06-18

A CIRCULAR is being distributed ap-
pealing to the American people for
contributions for the relief Of the
Thessalian refugees, who have been
driven from their homes by the inva-
sion of the Turks and who are in dam
ger of starving. The object of the ap-
peal is doubtless worthy. the st. Louis
Republic says. but its principal effect
upon the American people should be
to call attention to the travcsty on
sending supplies across the ocean to
people in danger of starving while
thousands OF women and children at
our doors are actually starving.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-06-18

THE moving sidewalk" of the Chi
cago exposition is being practically ap-
piled in a big Paris department store.
Customers are carried back and forth
and up and down without the slightest
effort, and can get off whenever they
see anything they want to buy.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-06-18
Union Pressm on In Conyention.

DETROIT, Mich, June 18.-About 100
delegates to the international press
mems convention and more than that
number of union pressmen, who are
not delegates, were present this morn
ing at the opening of the convention
in the city hall council chamber.
Mayor Maybury made an address of
welcome, which was seconded by Pres
dent John Mcvicknr, himself an old
time printer. President Theodore
3alowski responded.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-06-18

THE members of the women's Vege-
tartan union in London have new
craze. 1t is for vegetarian dress They
want vegetable boots, vegetable gloves
and vegetable gowns They have de-
cided that the kid, the calf and the
sheep must be spared.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-06-18

THE process of photographing sound
waves from the plates, reproducing the
original sounds has been. it is an
nounced, successfully carried out by
Rev. A. S. Ferguson, a Baptist min
lister, now living in Brooklyn.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-06-18

A SANITARY Bible for the use OF court
rooms has just been put on the market
1t is bound with white celluloid in
stead of leather. and it can therefore
be washed and disinfected from time
to time. One OF these Bibles is already
in use by the New York board of health.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-06-18

ENGLAND is giving far more atten-
ton than the United States to horse
less carriages, the investment of capi-
tai in them in that country last yea,
amounting to S26, ,0OO. 600.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-06-18
New Oklehoma q. A, Il, OmcIaIe,

GUTHRIE, Ok, june 16.-Departmcnt
Commander c. r. Young, of the Grand
Army of the Republic OF Oklahoma.
has appointed the following staff
officers: NJ. L. Mock, Of Guthrie, as
sistant acknowledgement; ]. w. Roy,
of Guthrie, assistant quartermaster-
general; c. I. Prouty, of Kingfisher,
Judge advocate; Capt. c. NJ. Mckinney,
of Norman, inspector, and A. T. Sniggs,
OF Alva, chief mastering officer.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-06-18

MILWAUKEE, June 1G.-The PROPOSE
tion OF the states Of New York, Oregon
and California fsr the relief Of aged
and needy members OF the A. o. U. W.
by the local lodges before death, the
lodges to be repaid from the benefit
moneys after they become due, was
defeated at the session of the supreme
lodG.l last night.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-06-18

BURLINGTON. VT, June i6.-.A citi-
zens' mass meeting last night protest.
ed against the proposed 81 tariff on
white pine lumber. Resolutions to
this effect were adopted and sent to
all members of the Vermont delcga-
tion in congress They review the
great Importance Of the lumber manu-
featuring industry here, and conclude
by predicting that an increase in the
tariff will mean not revenue, but dis
The Holly chieftain., 1897-06-18
No ColorinE in Rutterlne.

SPRINeFIELD, Ill, June 10. The anti
butterine bill which prohibits the col
oring Of butterine or oleomargarine
for the purposes Of the market, has
been signed by tie governor. The bill
was forced through the legislature by
the Elgin dsirymen and was bitterly
opposed by butterine makers all over
The Holly chieftain., 1897-06-18

THE compilation of statistics of coal
production in the United States in 1895
shows decreases in Kansas and Mis-
souri,. Kansas produced 2,I84. sol tons,
valued at ss liz, ,O32. while Missouri had
an outputofa, 3sl,5 ,55a tons, with value
of 81 ais ly3
The Holly chieftain., 1897-06-18

THE board of aldermen of Somerville,
Mass, has decreed that the streets in
that city shall not be watered on Sun
day; the citizens are reported to be
opposed to a patriotic parade on July
and the Women's Christian Temper
ance union wants the drug stores to
stop selling soda water and the bake
shops to stop selling beans on Sunday.
The city is bent on reform, and the
population is de ~reasing.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-06-18
Ar.in.t joints At wlnfield, Kan

WINFIELD, Kan, June 16.-City and
county officials were denounced in q
mass meeting last night for their nom
enforcement Of the prohibitory law. A
committee was appointed to take steps
toward the laws enforcement, and, If
necessary, to ask Gov. Leedy to appoint
an assistant county attorney. The city
and county attorneys will be asked to
close the joints during the coming
Shautauqua assembly.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-06-18
MIR. CLEVELAND WILL REST.

The ex-Presiient Declared to Have Retired
Permanently from Active Life.
NEW YORK, June 16.-It is announced
on the authority Of one OF the ex-presi.
dents most intimate friend that ex.
President Cleveland will not again en-.
gage actively in the practice of law, and
that he will not directly connect him.
self with big law firms, as has been re-
ported. This same close friend says
that the ex-president has retired per.
manently from an active career and
will hereafter be heard of only through
the medium Of addresses on public 90
casions.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-06-18
THE announcement that Nikola Tesla

THE announcement that Nikola Tesla
had demonstrated the possibility of
telegraphing without wires was not
altogether a surprise to the electri-
clans friends He has referred to it in
a casual way from time to time, and 1t
was generally believed that he would
not have mentioned his theory ut all if
he had not reasonable expectation of
demonstrating its truth.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-06-18
Propo.ed Road from sedalI. to Al.ml.

Proposed Road from sedaiia to Miami
SEDALIA, Mo-, June t6.-An engineer
ing corps of IA men left here yesterday
to make the necessary surveys and
locate the line of the proposed stand.
ard gauge railway from Sedalia tt
Marshall and Miami, Saline county, .
distance Of about So miles. Col. Strang,
who represents the eastern capitalist
back Of the enterprise, says the work
will proceed As rapidly as possible nm
til the road IL built and cars running.
1t which time Sedalia ID to pay fpr tht
90. COO Btock subscribed for and Mar
shall and Miami for ei5, 900 each.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-06-18
CURRENT COMMENT.

FORTY experiment stations in Wis
consin are cultivating the sugar beet
this season and will compare results in
the fall.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-06-18

Two cars of . st. Louis & San Fran
cisco railway train were wrecked near
Galeia, Kan. Monday, seriously in
juring o. L, Inglcdue, Of Marshall.
town, Ia, and giving several cthers
The Holly chieftain., 1897-06-18

President Mckinley has declined an
Invitation Of the San Francisco cham.
bar of cofnmercc TO visit California this
sutnmsr, owing to the preas Of oAleiAl
The Holly chieftain., 1897-06-18

In Chicago during May there were
81 suicides, 100 deaths from violence
and total of 1,T09 deaths from all
causes
The Holly chieftain., 1897-06-18
Bound to Have . CoIofed Cadet

WAsHINarON, June 1d.--ConRrcssmal
George White, Of Chicago, has reap
pointed John w. Smith to the navs
academy. Smith il . colored pupil o
. Chicago hixh school. who was nomi
mated last tall By Mr.. whites bnt {azlet
to pass tho exnmineAiun npu4k agn
He will v examined again r. eptsd
The Holly chieftain., 1897-06-18
CAsap Y ~ yi,s.s -

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would coGE ! tup6 ~ - ~ T. y = L Il 4; Z
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-08
HIS FIRST CASE.
1t Was Only Little Pet Dog, but Its
Young Mistrass Didn't Forget Him

1t Was Only Little Pet Dog, but Its
Young Mistress Didn't Forget Him
II am often amused when | think OF
my first patient" said a prominent doc
tor. For days l had waited Tor some one
to call upon me-and he or she didn' [
call. l would go out every morning with
my medicine case, as if in prodiglous
hurry, to convey the impression that my
services were very much in demand. But
l thought that people smiled when they
saw me, as trough they OWNED my little
rtifice. Que day when 1 had about given
up hope there came ring at the door. "A
patient at last l thought, and arranged
my table as though l had been very busy
among my books and papers. Then l
went to the front door.
".Be you the doctor?' said a small
voice; and looking down | beheld the
owner, golden haired child with bright
blue eyes.
az am l said, in answer to her aues-
ton.
"'Then, come quickT she urged breath
lessy.
Z" is it so Important
Indeed, it Is; he may die
WHATS the trouble. my child?'
Hes got something in his froat, and
it, choking him.
~ will follow you, my dear. We wi =
500 be about it.
81 followed the child to a handsome
house and she led me in a side door.
This way she said, he's up IN my
playroom.'
81 thought this strange, but made no
observation. She threw open her play
room, and there, among dolls aud other
toys, was French poodle dog, choking
and gasping.
"'Can you keen my Fido from dying,
Mr.. Doctor p implored the little one.
ii was highly indignant, but accepted
the situation with the best possible grace.
81 will try l answered, and, putting
hand down the blessed poodle's throat,
extracted good-sized bone. Fido at once
became easier.
Twill he need any medicine?' she
asked.
CT think not
'As was leaving, l met her stately
mother, who stared at me in surprise.
The child told her why l had called, and
the lady apoiogized to me for the child's
presumption, as she called it. | answered
with as good grace as possible, and then
departed. But ones fortune may hang
on slender thread. The child was taken
sick some weeks after and insisted upon
my being sent for. They resisted her;
she became worse; she wouldn't speak to
The other doctor; had cured her dog and
she wanted me.
$50 finally they sent for me, ostensibly
to consult with the other physician. The
family doctor was very agreeable; the girl
got better and told everybody how | had
cured her, whAn really she had cured her
self. AT any rate, such was the beginning
of a practice which | may say with GER
tain pride is probably second to that en-
ioyed by few doctors in the State. Ny
little miss is now handsome matron,
with good-sized family. l am their
family physician, and if a call comes
from them you may believe l do not de-
lay in answering it."-Detroit Free Press.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-08
TEACHLR8' ANNUITY.
to Miss Boniface, Who Made
Test Case.

OAKLAND, CA1. Aug. deputy Dis
trict Attorney Lin Church rendered an
official decision upon the teachers an
nuity act at the request of Superintendent
of Schools GarIick to-day that will be OF
unusual interest to all schoolteachers.
II promises but small Comfort for those
who expect to be benefited by the recent
act of the Legislature.
TIE decision was based on the applica-
ton of Miss Boniface tor the benefits OF
the annuity act She had taught one day
over the necessary thirty years and paid
81 into the fund before making the appli-
cation. Mr. Garlick asked if she was
eigabIe TO the benefit fund and to what
extent.
The maximum allowance is $50 a month
IN cities and counties and $50 in counties
alone. Attorney Church held that she
was only entitled to a percentage of the
maximum equal to such proportion of the
maximum annuity granted as the time
she had been subject TO the burdens of the
act bears TO the period of thirty years.
She had taught one daY and paid 81. The
proportion OF this service to the amount
OF money which she would have paid at
the rate OF 81 FER month for thirty years
would be 1866 OF $3.50, or only SO cents per
year, or between 8 and 9 cents per month.
New Industry on the Water Front.
OAKLAND. CAL, Aug. THE steamer
Corona locked at Adams wharf last even
ing and unloaded 80 head of cattle,
shipped down from Hum boldt. This is
the first direct Shipment of the kind to
this city. AS the vessel made the landing
in good shape it is probable that it will
occur oftener in the future.
The fruit and produce landed to-day
reached nearly $50 tons and is the largest
of the season. The increased arrivals on
the water front have added greatly to the
amount of labor there. The new boats
have given work TO a number of people
and added greatly to the commercial I'M
portance OF the city.
Jumped From Running Train.
OAKLAND, CAL, Aug. Z: = Samuel
Happ, a seven-year-old schoolboy, jun ped
from a narrow-gauge train this after noon
and had his head cut open. The train
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-08
Mrs. Leases Little Tiff With Lewelling.

Mrs. Lease was waiting in the office of
the railroad board, and while so doing
she told this story
"Lewelling wouldn't have anything to
do with me Tor long time after turned
my back upon him in Representative Hail.
OF course 1 don't blame him. did treat
him shabbily.
''The Supreme Court had just decided
the custer case in my favor. Lewelling
was blue with defeat and. therefore, peni-
tent. Populist convention was in ses-
sion in Representative Hall, and there was
a sort of love feast in progress.
Every body was feeling good and grow
ing enthusiastic, so Leweling thought 1t
would be good time TO make up with rue.
II was standing py a window talking
with friend, when Lewelllng approached
and held out his hand.
"'Lei's be friends he said. thought
of how Lewelling had prosecuted me, and
could not forgive him then. l drew back
step, pl c,d my hands behind my back,
and said with all the scorn and contempt
l could put into my voice: The hand of
Douglass is his own
II turned and walked away, leaving
Lewelling with his hand still outstretched.
1t offended him dreadfully, aud he did not
get over it for a long time.
"Bur finally foTgave him. and he finally
got in good humor." Topeka Capital.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-08
BRONCO AT LARGE ALL NIGHT.
CorraIed in the Park SheepfoId After
Chase in the orning.

CorraIed in the Park SheepfoId After
a Chase in the Orning.
The obstreperons little bronco which
started out on q wild tear from One Hun
dred and Fifty-tifth street and Eighth
avenue on Saturday evening and dashed
through the streets of Harlem into Cen
trail Park, made night OF 1t in the park.
All the available park policemen were
chasing him during the night. Several
bicy cllsts tried 10 follow his trail, too.
He was seen only once between midnight
and daylight This was near the entrance
at Eighty-t first street and Eighth avenue.
Before this be had run all the way through
the park, from One Hundred and Tenth
street to the plaza at Fifty ninth, and back
again over lawns and asphalt sidewalks TO
the menagerie, where glance at the cages
was sufficient to send him on again. He
rested awhile on the east side of the PARK,
near SeyeDty-ninth street. but his pursu-
ers got wind of his whereabouts, and he
dashed across the park 10 the west side,
where he spent the rest OF the night.
An hour after midnight three cowboys
palIoped down to the center drive with
iassoes at their saddle pummels. They
had come after the runaway from the in
closure opposite the polo grounds, start
ing as soon as they were apprlsed that he
ndu got aWdy. IhCy iOot tiC u dli III TIC
park At daybreak two OF them started
back for camp to get some rest and fresh
horses, leaving Samuel Baleo behind in
case he bronco turned up.
Policeman Bagley found the bronco APP
parently asleep on the ball ground at els
o'clock in the morning. Bagley hadn't
heard THAI there was a bronco loose, but
the bronco knew there were pol icemen
loose. The bronco got up slowly and
stretched for another run. Bagley hustled
over to the park stables, where he found
Mounted Policeman McNulty about to
start out on post. McNulty galloped his
horse to the ball field and the noise at
tracted Cowboy Baleo, who was pot far
away.
The bronco was still disporting in the
ball field, and the two horseme began to
close in on him. He remained quiet I'M
til they got close up, and then led them
chase around the field. He made the cir
cult three times. Baleo's mount was
jaded and could not keep up with Nc
Nulty's. The policeman's horse was too
much for the bronco. too, and finally the
chase was edged in the rear gate CT he
.henpfold, and the game was up. Baleo
had no difficulty in roping the bronco in
the fold. He took him back 10 the inclo-
sure of the Western Horse Association at
One Hundred and Fiity-ffth street and
Eighth avenue.-New York Sun.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-08
Queer Conduct of Firemen
Who Refused to Obey
Orders.
Warden Murdoch Suspends
Man for Insubordination,
as Usual.
Councilman Girard's Effort to Remove
the Fire Chief Produces No
Result.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALI
Qn2 Rrnadwnv Aun Z

IL
90S Broadway, Aug. Z. !
The trouble in the Fire Department has
become so marked that there is not sim
gle fire now that is not followed by sus-
pension for alleged INSTRUMENTATION. At
the Field Seminary fire the usual thing
occurred, and now Virgil Dimmick is sus-
pended.
Dimmick declares that he is being perse-
culed by Fire Warden Murdoch because
he is friendly with John Rohan, who re-
Gently had trouble with Murdoch. At the
Field fire Dimmick was told by Chief Fair
to stand by with his hose, and little la
ter Fire Warden Murdoch ordered MIN to
run with hose. He did not know whom
to obey and had some words with Muir
doch, and he was suspended.
Murdoch says Dimmck had been drink
ing, and Dimmick asserts that he can
prove that Nj urdoch went to a saloona n d
got a whole bottle OF whisky.
A Washington-street merchant, who
will not permit the use of his name, was
present at the Field fire and says the
lack of discipline is really serious. "When
the fire was at its height" he said, II
was near one of the hose companies and
curses and oaths with their superiors. l
heard one man receive an order and he
told his foreman to wait till he had fin
ished rolling a cigarette. Several others
b ted that they would go 10 work when
thev felt like it, and l must say that L
never saw such work in my life.
This was going on while the fire was
making rapid Roadway in the roof. and at
a time when the very best efforts of the
de apartment were needed. While the fire.
men were auarreling a woman was lower
ing child out o. a window in blanket"
meeting OF the Fire and Water Com
mittee of the City Council was held last
night and Councilman Girard's resolution
was brought up requesting the Com mis-
sioners to charge The head of the Fire De-
partment. Councilman Earl said the
board had made so many promises and
broken them that it would be useless TO
expect anything from them, and on his
advice the marter was not acted upon.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-08
Lifting a Cow over a Fence.

Mrs. Hall of Independence and James
Fletcher of the same town are nelghbors.
Fletcher has cow and Mrs. Hall has a
lot Of chickens. A barbed wire fence
separates the two premises, but has
not so far succeeded in keeping the
two families apart. Fletcher has lot
OF boxes on his place. and Mrs. Hall
claims her chickens lay in the boxes.
The chickens and Mrs. Halls boy
combined have proved a bone OF conten-
tion for some time, but matters ap-
preached climax yesterday when Mr..
Fletcher sent young man to the Prose-
cutting Attorneys office to have Mrs. Hall
arrested for disturbing the peace. the
chief cause for complaint on the part OF
Mr.. Fletcher, according to the young man,
was that Mrs. Hall had deliberately, pre-
meditatedly and with malice aiore-
thought lifted Mr.. Fletcher's cow over the
bar bed wire fence into her yard on re-
cent occasion. Just how the woman
pulled the COW over the fence the young
man did not explain, but he declared that
the fence was not broken down and that
the COW was translated from one sphere of
activity to another, against the peace and
dignity of the State. Mr. Fletcher says
Mrs. Hall insisted on him removing his
boxes. because ner chickens lald in them.
All OF the little neigh borly amenities were
passed over, bat when she lifted the COW
over he fence he thought that was a
casus belli-Kansas City Journal.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-08
outwitting a Store Detective.

A detective in a well-known retail store
is engaged in the mental process of kick
ing himself whenever he thinks of GER
tain transaction which took place last
week. At time of day when the store
was crowded. the detective. who was keep
ing a sharp lookout for evil-doers, was ap-
preached by well-dressed, Intelligent
looking man. who informed him that he
was employed as detective in another
store, and had followed shoplifter from
his firms store to the present place.
where they would find her at the glove
counter stealing gloves.
"Let her alone, - said the strange detec-
tive, land when she loads up will follow
her home, and we can then make q big
HAUL
Consent was given to this plan, and the
shoplifter stole 5000 or $500 worth of goods
unmolested. Then she went out, followed
by the strange detective. That was the
last ever seen of the pair, and the store de-
tective wonders how on earth he was
duped SO easily.-PhiIa ielphia Record.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-08
Sheriff White Is Quite Satisfied
to Keep Things as They Are.

on an economical basis, a great fight was
made against the cuts in salaries that
were fran ed at Sacramento last spring.
There was a little sympathy for the
officials whose salaries were cut by the
new act because the motive that prompted
it was more political than economical.
Alameda County took the lead, as her
delegation always does in reform move
ments, at the capital. and therefore the
news that the legislators had been undone
was received with great interest. OF
course the case will go 10 the Supreme
Court but that does not chill the fervor
of the county officials, who already are
congratulating themselves on their re-elec-
tion and enjoyment for four years OF their
present salaries.
Deputy District Attorney Lin Church
YVES shown the decision OF Judge Ballard
and said it seemed to be good law, but thai
it would ertainly be taken to the Supreme
Court. ~ have not seen the whole of the
decision" he said, "but what has been