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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-06
Montgomery County Ticket.

AT the primary in Montgomery
County recently the following County
Democratic tickets was nominated /:
For State Senator, William Veirs
Bouic; for the House Of Delegates,
Thomas 0. White, John Walter Car
roll, Charles A. Eccleston; for Clerk of
the Circuit Court, John w. Collier;
for Register of Wills, H. Clinton All
mutt; for County Commissioners, John
Wesley Walker. Eugene A. McAtee,
Richard T. Ray; for Sheriff, Horton G.
Thompson; for County Surveyor, Chas.
J. Maddox.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-06
S1.oo PER YEAR.

Henceforth after August 3rd, 1894, the price
OF the CITIZEN will be ONE DOLLAR (sl.00
per year. sulctiV in Advance. All persons de-
string to become subscribers snouId send their
names In at once, 50 as not to lose a single issue
Single copies of the "CITIZEN" two ~ cents.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-06

MINISTER ANGEL, the United
States representative in Turkey, has
been instructed to press our claims
against that country and to use force,
if necessary. to collect them.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-06

MUSICAL instrument dealers ore in
dignant at the increased tax on gut
strings of banjos, vioins and guitars
in the Dingley bill 1t will raise the
price nearly so per cent.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-06

A man who would invest capital and
go to KlOndike to sell to the gold dig
gers would indeed gain golden mug
gets.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-06

THE lobby in the White House out
side of the Presidents room has sunk
four inches from the weight of office
seekers.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-06

Communications on interesting subjects are
ways desired. sign name in full, not for pub
licsuon, DuI commence. Write only on one
side OF paper.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-06
FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1897.

THE prellminaries of peace between
Turkey and Greece are ready to be
signed. The indemnity is $4,000 900.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-06

You will DO us a great favor by sending us
the names OF parties who are not taking the
"CTTIzEN," and whom you think would APP
preciate a sample copy.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-06

Four New Jersey boys started for
the Klondike, but only reached Bay
view Junction.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-06

A new method of exhibiting the fea-
lures of the moon, devised by Prof.
William Hallock, consists in projecting
views with an arc-light lantern upon
a whitened hemisphere six or eight
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-06

Bass fishing Is now the pursuit of the
sportsmen. The heavy rains have
muddied the river somewhat.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-06

An independent electric light plant
for each car of a train has been adopt
ed by more than twenty English rail-
ways. Each carriage is provided with
a dynamo and storage battery, the for
mer being driven from the axle and
so arranged that it is at rest when the
speed of the train is less than 20 kilo.
meters 13 miles) an hour the battery
then supplying the current. One-half
or all the lamps can be switched on by
the conductor. The weight for each
car is $50 pounds, and the apparatus
costs $3.50.
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of the intelligent jury. of which
the late Henry NJ. Newhall was fore
man, held that the offense was one of
misconception and not of intent The
jury failed to agree. The Major was
subsequently placated by an ample
apology in the columns of The Call,
and consented that a nolle pros be en-
tered. The Calls work in this particu-
lar case proved of great public benefit
After investigation before the United
States Grand Jury, a revolution took
place in the working force Of the
Branch Mint. There was intense ex-
element at the time, but after it was
all over the office air was much more
wholesome and agreeable.
In the damage suits brought to trial
no damages, excepting in one case
were ever given. That case was a suit
brought by colored man named
Brown, who was stopped when about
TO embark on the unfortunate steam
ship Brother Jonathan. Brown was de-
tanned by Sheriff's officer until he
could pay some money he owed. The
Call reporter, in narrating the cir
cumstance, called him negro" and
rounded UP his paragraph by the 70
90 ~ 49, ~-i4-- - this r7rsn
rnA l.
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popular journal like The Call that
charged only 1919 cents. There was no
difficulty in getting the State and
coast news over the wires of a smaller
organization, called the Alta Company.
All sorts of expedients were resorted to
in order to get the desired news. The
most ingenious plans failed to work
against the business jealousies and op-
position of The Calls rich and for
midable rivals. At last a plan was hit
upon which it was thought might meet
the difficulty. A cipher was carefully
prepared strictly with view to the
nature of the war news to be commu-
nicated: Two copies were made, one
of which was left with the managing
editor of The Call and the other
taken East by one of the members Of
the firm in the latter part of 1861
The offices of the Overland Telegraph
managers were in st. Louis at that
time. First an attempt was made to
get the monopoly to consent to furnish
the paper with the desired news. The
request was denied so the cipher plan
was carried into effect. The cipher was
intrusted to competent man connect
ed with one Of the st. Louis dailies
'-h Instructors - send a certain
- y 0or day. Thasa
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pear as usual on Tuesday morning.
Those who had visited the smoking
ruins did not think the feat possible.
A section of Munson & Valentines
printing establishment on Clay street
was leased, and inside of a few hours
arrangements were completed and the
papers proprietors fulfilled their prom
Use.
This feat was applauded by the ap-
preciative public and The Call gained
great prestige by it. In few
months the difficulties of gaining pro
per facilities for press work We're over
come and the paper moved into new
establishment in a brick structure ad-
joining the present Sub-Treasury
building on Commercial street 1t re-
manned there till 1869, when the new
proprietors moved the plant to Clay
street, between Leidesdorff and San
some.
There is an incident in 1.-The Calls"
career which shows how firmly the
people of this city and State are we'd
ded TO the use of hard money as a cir
culating medium. People Of the East
who prefer paper money cannot under
stand this characteristic of the West
erners. In 1865 the leading Federal of
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An extra was immediately issued, and
a big hit was made with the public.
That was the last news cipher received
over the wires. The telegraph mag
mates fatty refused to transmit any
more for this paper, although required
to do so by law. To all protests and
threats of suits for damages they calm
ly replied they would take the conse-
quences. They could not afford to
quarrel with their high-priced news
paper clients for the sake of The Call
Notwithstanding this newspaper
combination against The Call, its cir
culation went up steadily. While at
tending to this cipher business in the
East, The Calls agent also made a
contract for the celebrated "Satanella"
letters, for years a feature in its col
umns. Much curiosity was felt as to
their author, and wagers were freely
made that the writer was a woman.
The letters came from the pen of Colo
mel John :. Du Sole, literary editor
in 1851 of Noahs New York Times and
Messenger.
The room in the Blue Wing building
having become too small for the in
creasing business of the young journal,
a move had been made in 1858 to
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-19
THE PIONEERS WHO STARTED THE CALL

dence was actually paralyzed The
State was undergoinge the transition
from the era of placer mining to the
era Of agriculture and commerce.
On this sandspit of business desola-
ton the newspapers lay, gasping for
breath. Trade was reduced to selling
goods at auction, and two papers bare
ly maintained life by publishing the
bulk of the auction advertisements.
The others weakened gradually till if
seemed as if the epidemic of financial
depression must carry them all awav.
frank Soule's California Chronicle
died of inanition. Frank Bonnard's
Sun and the Herald of John Nugent
likewise surrendered to the inevitable
Every month saw new mounds in the
newspaper graveyard. In that very dis
tressful year, 1856, fourteen newspapers
were started in hopes of tiding their
owners over to better times one bv
one they dropped and died, and when
winters chill rains were past only one
OF the fourteen was left-The Call. a
survival Of the fittest.
At the start the managers of the
paper decided to make no entangline
alliances. The Vigilance COMMITTEES
non began its e~+-a I-.zscs-, o., o,4.,-,-
S5S had finished its work. and
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-19

/ was in a transition state, passing into
! an organized local political party for
! the purpose of controlling the munich
! pal policy OF San Francisco. The COM
/ mittee wished to keep clean a city
/ government which it had already
cleansed. The Call was started a few
months after the DISARMAMENT of the
/ committee and its managers resolved
to treat the vigilance question as :
dead issue, and only to refer to it whes.
reference could not be avoided. 1t was
wise conclusion. BY a sort of tacit
understanding among the best men in
the community the subject was rele-
gated to the dead past The Call ad-
dressed itself particularly to the task
of making as good a local paper as was
possible with its limited resources, and
as the wants of the city at that time
| required. In Federal politics it was
/ Union Democratic, and it retained its
Democratic colOring I'D to the time
the paper changed hands in 1869. Ii
was independent in local affairs, ap-
plying the Jeffersonian text, rs he
honest?-is he capable?" to every can
didate for municipal office. whether
he trained as Republican, Democrat
or Know Nothing.
In 1857, Carpenter disposed of his in
terest to the late George E. Barnes,
and Zublin's share was purchased by
Peter B. Forster. Higgins sold to the
other partners, and the proprietorship
of the paper then rested with Messrs.
Ayres, Barnes, Forster and Jobson.
The Cali reaped the crop of libel suits
usual to outspoken, independent jour
nails bent on exposing and remedying
public wrongs. It's harvest of such I'M
welcome fruit commenced early. The
first and most important suit was the
celebrated Snyder case in 1889 growing
out of real or alleged crookedness on
the part of local employees of the
United States Branch Mint. There
were two Snyders belonging to Uncle
Sans money house-one as an assayer
and the other major Jacob r. Snyder
as United States sub-treasurer, the
principal financial officer of the Gov
eminent on the coast. The information
concerning shady transactions at the
Mint came to the editors of The Call
through a person who was deaf as a
post. He heard imperfectly, and as
a consequence related incorrectly
He mixed the Snyders as completely
as the babies were mixed in "Pinafore
His blunder cost The Call people a
pretty penny in the way of legal ex-
penses, and they narrowly escaped fine
and Imprisonment. The case vas tried
before Judge T. w. Freelon of the then
County Court. Colonel E. D. Baker
appeared for the prosecution, and
Messrs. Love and Watson for the de-
Tense. Freelon charged palpably
against The Call, but the majority
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was q struggle in the State Legislature
to force currency of legal tender
notes on California. A mass meeting
was called at Platt's Music Hall on
Montgomery street, by United States
Sub-Treasurer Cheeseman and other
officials. at which it was urged that
California should render the Govern
ment material as well as moral sup
port by accepting the greenback is
sues.
Cheeseman was mobbed by the audi
ence on leaving the hall, and had it
not been for a Gordon of active friends
and sympathizers he might have been
seriously maltreated. Just before this
popular protest, Collector 70 the Port
Charles James and two or three
others had visited The Call edit
orial rooms and requested that the
paper should instruct it's readers on
the subject of greenback currency,
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islature during the accidental govern
orship of John c.. Downey in 1860, was
zealously opposed by The Call as a
measure fraught with mischief to the
best interests of San Francisco, mas
much as it proposed to give to a
syndicate of foreign capitalists-prin-
cipally French-possession of this city's
water front, with the privilege of col
Letting tolls there for fifty years The
principal agent of the scheme was the
Well-known Judge Levi Parsons, a
man of great energy and infinite re-
sources, but not nice in the manner
of exercising those qualities. 1t was
said at the time that he had subsidized
one or two San Francisco papers to
advocate this measure. The Call
fought it vigorously up to the time
Governor Downey finally extingushed
the measure by his veto. 1t was a bit
ter fight while it lasted, and in some
quarters the defeat of the bill was
keenly felt.
When the war broke out in 1861 the
Union sentiment in the State of Cali
fornia was fostered and defended by
The Call, and by the Union of Sacra-
mento, While other journals published
in the same places were only lukewarm
or altogether in favor of the right of
secession.
One of the chief struggles of The Call
in the early part of its career was N
obtaining news by means of the over
land telegraph, completed early in 1861.
The high-priced papers of San Fran
cisco, and the Sacramento Union,
charging 25 cents per week, obtained
mOnODOiy of this privilege They were
bound to 90 this in order to debar
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-19

ago this December The Call was born
in a dingy little room on Montgomery
street in what was known as the Blue
Wing building. It's existence began
toward the close of a troublouS piO-
neer epoch, and it's early career was
fraught with the SevereSt trials. A
contrast between the first issue of The
Call and its average edition of the pres
ent day might discover a similarity in
a contrast between hte contracted
quarters of the paper of 1856 and the
present home of The Call-the most
elegant and spacious newspaper build
ing in ali the land.
In the forty-one years of The Calls
lifetime there are several natural per-
iods each clearly marked and charac-
terized by the management that con-
trolled it. The first period, from 1856
to 1869, was one of uncertainty, unrest
and almost superhuman struggles
against adverse circumstances. The
Call was founded by five printers
James ], Ayres, David w. Higgins,
Charles F. Jobson, Llewellin dublin
and William L. Carpenter-and the mi
tial number appeared December l, 1856.
The selection of a novel and striking
name had been one of the first points
considered. During the discussion one
of the quintet happened to glance to-
ward wall of the room where a post
er hung announcing that Charles Pope
and Julia Dean Hayne would appear
in a comedietta entitled 1.-THE Morning
Call" at the Metropolitan Theater, on
Montgomery street.
What objection is there to styling it
The Call?' he asked.
That's a good name" declared
Ayres, and The Call the new venture
was christened.
OF the founders, Ayres was unques-
tionably the leader in brains and en-
terprise, and he foresaw a remarkable
future for the paper.
The year of the papers birth was
distressful for California in COMPARE
son with the halcyon days that had
been. The virgin placers had been
washed over, the mad excitement of
picking up gold along every stream
was fast subsiding, and all hands were
counting up. The mines were suppos-
ed to be petering out. Fraser River and
Comstock eXcitements were yet to
come, business was at standstill, the
social system had not recovered from
the drastic measures of the second Wig
lance Committee, and public conf
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EUROPEAN NEWS.

Inc steamship Canada, Capt Laug, from Iiy.
erpoo'. Oct 20, arrived al Halifax Nov. 9Th.
Ine mooiteur saws That when the Congress Of
faf's broke up, The great Powers satneI mertS
iIaueh' WIN dauger to peace IN Belgium.
'Oieeee ana Naples; that OF these States Names
a'o1a REUSED 70 accept friendly advice. and
that 10 consequence the Weterp Powars MI,
cease to hold diplomatic Intercourse win nsr
Tne British fleet Is somewhere In The Msct.
teFranean. AND the Freneu shtDs cout,nna =,
rouon ready for sea. az
In the meantime diSpatehes o,a co,,-..,
tory-whie one statement saws Tho n,tn,.,aS
VIII MOI ave for some Month, snNths, 1898
tnat Bareu Breper, the French Fnvo,,
nonBceu 10 the Neapor1ian Covernmso. 49,. GU
he did not receive s,tIsiaetorv cnnr,,r 49, -
eioh "l'nlp TWO ioura oe would present his laa,
H.nSaInciians-salu insItosnous being Gsuotl cas-
The slateEpent that ths Rnbe,. A =,
has urged the King OF NapIe. tntsvo,. -su s.
turr by making sumo Concessions ea.r'. up
confirmed by Rnmeeoue cammuniesttonS. =, ~ -, 20
continental paPetS. :. W.
The Cologne Gazette ana the Indensn6n,,n, 49,
selee express themselves very posnIyeIy oo ,oe
subject, W tue
, Tie ADVICE OF thu Emperor If sss
Rlpg Ga use some a, n ~ .ns'
Siiis Wiie s, 1gIvsf sss; sess O
The ii-wla Of England. ire Enipe,or "a ssrt11s1
tspresenied ss having rfcommebded ~ TIC
nng 10 lIust to the modsfdton oil the En-
= .t nv rteoeh. and To accept him as mrdlater
On. he hopes OF speedy sEe-a4sewbilua Of The
teststsnce 1e u ss,S begin TO be SD ken. The
..S.s.omSe ~ sac 10 como Il ON The BrlStsh $50
e'nusu'' whose elswSseem 10 prevail. sO''
Giest Britain
~ arnsmenL has been iuither pforocuea nm
.oa ~" 's, eilL'ns OF Duohu gave banoi,e, on Tho
~" C C', ~ hs.ry 4'ooe troops who served in
s .m,.r N o,.a. ihe mayor of Dublin n,e.taaa
upo,teu oy Lord Lieut. CsrIIsIr Lo,ds Gn,,,''
La,vS, snu nany olher setLlemen. The CIV ~
afu',nou'sh VIII give SlInir panouet ON ~, ~
FranGe,
e'ehs arrests have feeei4ly taken mara
Htnaat " zen. @o.,~- ,,,,s 80
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agreed to feel the public pulse on
subject. Two or three suggestive arA-S
cles were written, and it was though
that the idea might be eventually
broadened with advantage. This was
abandoned, however, when the carriers
reported at the business office next col
lection day. The public had adopted a
humorous way of settling the whole
question. Many of the subscribers on
the different routes rendered postage
stamps in payment. The carriers werah
uneasy and wanted to know what way
in the wind. The Federal officials had
to give up the battle, for they discover
ed that the Californians, like Ephraim
of old, were Joined to their idols, and
the greenback question remained for
ever after undisturbed
An event that had the appearance
of a crisis in the history of The Call
occurred in 1854. On the Sth of No
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some time, and We're accurately de-
ciphered. The telegraph charge was 80
cents per word, or $3.50 per week of six
issues. The manner in which The
Call obtained the desired news by
the secret system fretted the big
papers. 1t was continued until The
Calls st. Louis correspondent sent
in advance of the regular press
dispatches a cipher conveying news of
the battle of Fort Donelson on Febru-
airy 10, 1862, and the success of the
Union forces under General Grant
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the two-story house on the southeast
corner of Clay and Montgomery,
where, three or four years after, the
Office was partially destroyed by fire.
The papers rivals declared that it
could not survive the disaster. But
they mistook the temper and spirit q,
the young men who had the infant en-
terprise in hand. There was no Mon
day morning issue, and consequently
there were two full days in which to
look around. A notice was published
in the alta that Inc Call Muu,d an
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the case. He held that the term me
gro,' as applied to an American citi-
zen, was hbelous in the strict sense.
and the winding up of the local item
was also of the same character. Brown
sued for $4,000 and the jury gave him
$500. The defendants bought up at a
small figure some judgments against
the man and turned them in in salts
faction of damages. The result of this
case was not unexpected.
The bulkhead bill, one of the most
important introduced in the State Leg
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4
This is The summing up of the New YorH
Herald, which gives the particulars OF the vot,
! IN dineieDt States as far as beard from.
NEW YORK.. -Buebanan. 1874 So2i' Fremont
| 1895; Fillmore. 1854 ,Donts major
! ity over Bnchauan. lp.4SO.
PENNsYLvANIA.-Io this state the Demo
| cratic gains since tie late election have en-
very large. and the 81 votes have without any
doubt been given to Buchanan.
MICBIGAN.-HaS gone for Fremont by abou,
1900 ma ioiy.
down for Buchanan by a decided majority
TENNESSEE. - The twelve eIectural votes
given 10 Buchanan by over 5000 MA jo,ity.
INDIANA. - ReturuS received sufficient "a
know that the State has gwen BucbaBan de.
cIded majority.
WiscoNsrN.-fia given her eve eicctora,
votes for Fremont BY over 1900 majority.
KENTUCKY Buchanan has Carried the State
by al least 5000 majority.
= OHIo.-Tt is sald has gone for Fremont m
about 10000 majority, =
DELAWARE Gives near 1000 rdsjorny fsr
Buchanan.
hARYLAHD.-1n~ only State vollns for FIN.
more. aives him near 3 900 majority.
YIRs;IsIa7Ihe tOctatle ue1Orlty very
NORTH CaT<DLfyxe=s ne sssustz
Suurt4 CxRoLfN&.--1he- Leg Mature slS ssSss;
an eieetor With iustgucitols TO vote for Nm.
clgnan.
Notwithstanding by $1,000 majority.
ALABAMA. 5000 majority los Buchanan.
/. MISSISSIPPI. - Returns stCts'. Democrat,o
EHtus-cettaiu for buchanan. -
!. LoUisIANA.-DemoeratIc by small majority
MAINEe--0ives TeIy large majority. saw
80. COZ for Frennout '"'
[ RFgDs lstArD.--Has gone Tor Fremont BY
/ 1900 majUfiy.' "
NEW HAaPsHIRE.-As far as heard from
FremonI's majority Is 4.I54 a.
VsaMoNT.-Freneut's majority viii reach
25,vOD.
MAssAcHusETrs.-The vote complete gives
FieIhont u majority OF 42. 2o7. "a.
.'--7c.rGf'r - Fre,aoap,s -,..--,i,- ,..n
NyO
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either the Fillmore OF Buchanan tieket were
driven away In the 70 lee that en<ued some
MY persons were wounded. and one man shot
oeao lie hthtlqG IN different sec ions Of The
was one OF the bloode>t Iiots that has ever
taken place IN The couuIry