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questions regarding the smallest details OF
how he looked and about the place and
people.
"She had always been loyal to her
brother amid his disgrace and trouble,
and she said that she wou have given
the world to have seen him while he W as
doing such a glorious work. | gave her
all the account il my power, and told her
that if he had lived he would have been
King OF Greece She said that there was
in him the making of u king. She spoke
of him as Dear George, My dear
brother,' and Poor George Gordon, but
told me that she Used to call him Duck
in his life. She doteG on his memory.
She thanked me for calling and giving
the account / could from my poor memory
and asked me to call again after getting
my address.
1.-TWO or three days later she sent me
this copy of Childe Harold with her auto
graph on the fy leaf. She thought this
the greatest and best of her brothers
works and it had recently been issued as
a special edition at the time when she had
erected monument To the author of
ChiIde Harold l called on her again to
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-05
He NET LORD BYRON
a San Francisco Man Who Remen-
bers the Poet When He Was
in the Height Of
His Glory

/, thank her for the gift and told her that L
would treasure It all my life, as l have
done. During the conversation l asked
her WHY she had allowed Tom Moore to
DESTROY the memoir which Byron left to
be published after his death, saying that
mis- own defense against his cllumnlators
should have been given TO the world in
Justice to him. She said that she was
sorry then that she had consented to The
destruction, but she had trusted in Moore's
Judgment, and now she doubted that
Moore was the truefriend to Bryan that
she had thought him 10 be.
A few years ago when Mr.. Manuel was
advised to GO to some hot springs for an
attack OF rheumatism be promptly chose
Byron Springs. This strangely vigorous
old man, who has roamed the world so
much and who knows most of the dialects
of the East Indies ike a native, just now
feels again the hunger for travelling afar,
and to do so he is anxiously beginning an
effort to secure party OF the sons of
wealthy families to chaperon on his
sixth trip around the world, the path of
which is so familiar to him and strewn
with his personal acquaintances.
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Among interesting documents in the correspondence of
Sas E. Burrows portions which have recently been published by
THE CALL papers relating to the early days of this Che days
of old and the days of gold
They deal with the of who have recently
been prominently before the public and tell incidents that will be
OF deep interest to the pioneers of California
The days when General John c. Fremont the Pathfinder
figure San Francisco Adoph Suro conducted
Montgomery remembered many and these
will find pleasure viewing and reading documents relating those
periods.
The story James L. King the weEknown notary has tell of
Burrows and his extraordinary of interest for
throws light incidents that but hnted the letters
mentioned at all.
Mr. King deems Burrows have been of the
dnay of the century, and marVe that history his remarkable
lie before written.
There
we'll in this tola
in
Adolph
the famous Cliff House exMyor
Montgomery The
financial king
"
"Adoph fine Havana
No. 116
between Sacramento and Ca orn had sold Sas Burrows
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indebted for many regarding
Mr. King stands high in the community and his narrative of
Burrows will Caifornian
half remarkable
said days the
o remarkable
that who lived had his hand i'll
his romantay wonderful life
remarkable he
Cro Dumas portrayed
will
publicity
energy, ambition and his audaciy boundes He lived
those
Europe he in his New York
all enlist his
o deeply indebted to him.
talk OF
noticed He dressed in the
fashion, polished though
a a trfe brusque.
people looked fellow particularly
the stad old satisfied sit
ships with wonder admiration
while eff
his ambtlonawas before
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America In considered wealthy
fortune of $40 600 constituted wealth. $4,000 enabled
splendid establishment
bidding days Burrows half
Million probably fifteen thousand His
influence world we'll
made osentatous display OF it,
African
respected and the mandans we'll
reignng of Europe glad
ship which send their contributions clothing their
Eckford
order Greek
agent to collect the amounting million He
full his mission sought
enterprises and an in big transactions
Burrows undoubtedly hacker Furne West
India small
Of nations 1t those when
fighting another the ships nations
they might cripple their
Though considered United
wnked
Atlantic ports.
after what mounted their
likely
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February foot bill
Paid Adoph Sutro the weknown angular handwriting of the
ex-Mayor
The John Fremont the Path
finder candidate Presidency of United States John
friend Fremont
elected Fremont accepted the
Boyd $40 the price OF
John c. Fremont The signed
John H Wise January recped bill, signed by
the
easily explained Sias Burrows
kept his they
The subsequent valuable
them
Hoffman
his fathers business his
fathers death daugh wealthy ink
He
spending his
English nobeman
Berlin the wife English
officer O
James the weknown
S California intimately acquainted with Sas Burrows
both the his adversely him
The record-union., 1897-02-08
A Dog Story.

Our annual sheep and cattle show
has lately been held here. 1t is the
biggest gathering of the kind in New
Zealand and this year a record was es-
tablished, there being over 20 GOO Wis
itors. In this crowd a friend of mine
missed his dog, a Scotch collie named
Mike, with whose help some prize sheep
from the "Meadowbank" estate had
been brought to the show grounds and
penned there. Not being able to find
the dog, my friend concluded that he
had gone TO the house where he had
been the night before, but upon inquiry
found that Mike had not done so.
Upon returning TO the show grounds he
found the dog watching one of the
Meadowbank sheep that had jumped
out OF the pen; he took no notice what
ever of other sheep which were being
moved about the grounds, but stuck
faithfully TO the one truant. which he
evidently considered under his care, un-
til relieved of his self-inposed charge
by the welcome arrival Of his master,
who, with Mikes help. soon had the
wanderer back in the fold again. 1
afterward heard that someone had
tried to help Mike recapture the sheep,
but the dog resented his interference,
and drove the sheep away from the
pens in order to show that he took no
orders from anyone but his own mas
ter-London Spectator.
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KOSSUTH AS AN ORATOR.
Imposing in Appearance and the Finest
Speaker of His Time.

In appearance KosSuth was taller
than Americans had been led to suppose.
His face had an expression of penetrat-
ing intellect" writes Parke Goodwin, re-
calling the American visit in 1851 of the
great Hungarian patriot, in paper of
the Great Personal Events" series in
the Ladies Home Journal 1T was
long, the forehead broad, but not ex-
cessively high, though slight badness
made it seem SO, and the chin narrow
but square in it's form. His hair was
thin in front and dark brown, as was
his beard, which was quite long, but not
very thick, and arranged with neatnesS
and taste. His muStache was heavy and
rather long. His eyes We're very large
and Of a light blue; his complexion was
pale. AS a speaker his manner was at
once incomparably dignified and grace
full. His posture and appearance in re-
pose We're imposing. not only from their
essential grace and dignity. but from
sense of power they impressed upon the
beholder.
He spoke as if with little preparation
and with that peculiar freshness which
belongs to extemporaneous speaking,
and the wonderful compactness and art
Of his argument were not felt until you
reflected upon it afterward. He ges-
ticulated freely, equally we'll with both
arms. Nothing could be more beautiful
in it's way than was the sweep of his
right hand, as it was raised to Heaven
when he spoke of the Deity; nothing
sweeter than the smile which at times
mantled his face. Beyond a doubt he
was the greatest of orators then living"
The record-union., 1897-02-08
The Christians Have All Left the
Town.
Nearly 1000 Take Refuge on the
Foreign Warships-The Palace of
the Governor Being BlOckaded by
Tlussulmans, He Distributes Arms
With View of Dispensing Them
Turks Have Pillaged Several Viii
lages--The Greek Squadron Has
Arrived.
Arrived.

CANEA, Feb. 7.-Throughout Sun
day the town of Canea itself was COM
paratively quiet, but the fire started as
a result of last weeks conflict between
Mussulmans and Christians has broken
out afresh, and several villages in the
suburbs are in flames Outside the
walls of Canea there has been a con-
tinuouS fusillade since Saturday, the
soldiers siding with the MuSsulmans.
All of the Christians have left the
town. Fifteen hundred Christians
have gone aboard the British vessels.
while 200 subjects of France went
aboard the French cruiser. The pail
ace of the Christian Governor of the
island, Georgi Berovitch, Prince of
Samoa, being blockaded by Murssul-
mans, Berovitch Pasha accordingly dis
tributed arms with the view of dis
persing the besiegers.
AT Halepa 700 armed Christians are
facing an armed body of Mussuimans.
The situation at Rotimo is serious.
The insurgents hold the Vice-Con-
suls, the Bishops and other notable
prisoners as hostages. The Turks have
already pillaged severai villages, and
it is feared that the insurrection will
involve the whole of Crete. The Greek
squadron has arrived here.
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LONG INTERVIEWED.
lie Gives His Ideas on the Issues of
the Day.

NEW YORK, Feb. IA special to
the World" from Boston gives an in
terview with Ex-Governor John d.
Long of Massachusetts,, who has been
mentioned as possible member of the
Cabinet of PreSident-elect Mckinley
upon the issues of the day. Ex-Gover-
nor Long says, among other things:
Whether the free silver movement
is dead or not depends upon many
considerations. / regarded ii as a
manifesto ton of certain conditions that
found expression i'm that way and
which might have been expressed i'm
another manner. An era Of prosperity
or an international agreement viii set
tie it. II the good times / confidently
expect progress, we will hear nothing
of free silver generally throughout the
country.
Il do not see why any proper laws in
reference to the trusts or any other
form of the considerations of capital or
labor should not be enforced. Ii de-
pends on whether they are so drawn
as to command public sentiment and
have its backing. 1t is merely the
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CAPTURED BY GUERRILLAS.
ScOvell is to be Well Treated by the
SpaniardS.

HAVANA, Feb. 7-Sylvester Scovel,
it is now explained, was captured by
guerrillas near Tunis de Sancti Spiritu
while returning two days ago from an
insurgent camp.
Sylvester Scovel, it is announced,
will be we'll treated by the Spaniards.
Consul General Lee will tomorrow
visit General Ahumada, Acting Cap
tain-General during the absence OF
General Weyler, in his behalf.
General Rey, while returning from
Bayamo, met the Cubans at Veguita-
According to official advices he sue
ceeded in capturing the positions of the
insurgents at Babtuaba, they killing
two and wounding many of the Span
iards. It is reported that two were
killed and seven wounded.
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PENSIONED WIDOWS.
Some Whose Husbands Served Under
Washington.

Seven women are still drawing PEN
sionS as the widows of men who saw
active service in the war of the Revo-
luton, women whose husbands served
under Washington more than a hum
dred and twenty years ago." writes
Clifford Howard in the Ladies' Home
Journal" THE eldest of these surviv-
ing widows of the Revolution is living
at Los Angeles, Cal. She is Mrs. Lovey
Aldrich, now in the ninety eighth year
of her age Her husband was Private
Caleb Aldrich who was born in the
year 1853, and served as a soldier boy
in the New England campaigns of the
war Mrs. Nancy Jones of Jonesbor-
ough, Tenn, whose husband was Dar-
ling Jones. private in one of the
North Carolina regiments, is the
youngest of the Revolutionary widows,
being now about SO years of age. The
other five are Nancy Cloud, who is liv-
ing at Chum, Va, and is the widow of
Sergeant Williom Cloud of Captain
Christians Virginio line; Esther S. Da-
mon of Plymouth Union, VT, whose
husband was Private Noah Damon OF
Massachusetts; Mary Snead, living at
ParkSley Va, widow of Private Bow
dom Sneod; Nancy A. Weatherman,
who lives at Elk Mills, Tenn. and
whose first husband was Robert Glas-
cock, a fifer in one of the Virginia reg
iments, and Rebecca Mayo, living at
Newbern, Va, widow of Stephen Mayo,
a soldier from Virginia That these
women can be the widows of Revolu-
tionary soldiers is readily understood in
view of the fact that their husbands
were well on in years when they mar
ried. AS, for example. when Esther
Sumner married Noah Damon in the
year 1S35-fifty-tw years after the
close of the war-she was but u, while
he was rs. The last Revolutionary wild
ow pensioner who had married prior
to the close of the war, and had there
fore actually lived during Revolution
ary times, was Nancy Serena, widow of
Daniel F. Bareman. She died about
twenty-seven years ago, only year
or two after her husband, who was the
last of the Revolutionary soldiers on the
e~;c
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The Observation-Disclosures.

The overcrowding of the Bodleian Lii
brary is a question which will demand
the serious attention of the university
authorities at oxford before many
months have elapsed. The Radcliffe.
the basement of the Sheldonian Theater,
and the basement of the Ashmolean
Museum are all crammed with books
belonging to the Bodleian; and what rs
to become of the shoals of volumes
which are daily arriving at the library,
and for which there is no sort of ac-
commodation? Things have now come
to such q pass that it will be absolutely
necessary for the university authorities
to make up their minds whether the
Bodleian is to continue to be a recep-
tacle for every description of literature,
like the British Museum, or if 1T is to be
a library for the use of bona fide scholars
which is what its founder unquestion-
ably intended it to be.-London Truth.
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Satolli'S niSSiOn.

'The Baltimore Sum-" quotes a prom
inent Roman Catholic priest of the Bal
timore Archdiocese as follows: When
Monsignor SatolG first came to America
as the Papal Degate he ranged himself
most decidedly with the liberal wing OF
the church, with the element represent
ed by Cardinal Gibbons and Bishop
keane. He has gone completely back
on that attitude, has turned his back on
those whom he called his friends then,
and has since sided most emphatlcally
with the narrow wing, with the party
which believes that Cardinal Gibbons
and Bishop Keane are doing too much
TO AmericaniZe the Church in this coun-
try. Whether he really held the liber-
al ideas which he professed to hold in
the beginning and has since altered his
opinion. or whether he was simply di-
plomatic in his utterances and acts at
first and is now showing his true coll
ors, is a puzzling question"
The record-union., 1897-02-08
StenOgrapherS in Politics.

The election of Billy" Mason will
add another competent shorthand re-
porter to the membership of the United
States Senate. Several years ago he
was considered one of the best in the
country. Judge Withrow of the Rock
Island Railroad used to say that first
class stenographer was spoiled when
Mason went into politics. 1t is not gem
orally known that Senator Chandler of
New Hampshire is also a magnificent
stenographer, like Representative Hit
of Illinois. Both of them have been
professionals, and both still use short
hand systems in making notes during
debates, committee meetings, etc. AL
though he had not had active practice
for twenty five or thirty years. Mr..
Chandler is able to make and transcribe
his notes as rapidly as when he was
young man in daily practice as reporter
for the Supreme Court of New Hamp-
Shire.-ChicagO. Record.
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WHAT WEYLER SAYS.
Calls the lnsurrection an Organiza.
tion of Bandits on a Large Scale.

HAVANA, Feb. (via Key West,
Feb. O.-During the course of the re-
cent remarks Of Captain General Wey-
Ter at Villa Clara, the Spanish COM
mander said that he expected to put
an end to the revolution in the province
of Santa Clara in the near future.
He said the Cuban revolution was
not being conducted as a war-that it
was really only an organization of
bandits on a large scale. He eX-
plainsd his resolutions for not author
izing the grinding of sugar cane,
stating that it was not in accordance
with his plan of campaign, and that
besides the sugar crop only gave as
Sistance to the insurgents. The Govern
ment had promised to establish re-
forms, but the establishment of these
reforms would depend upon the tri
umph Of the Spanish arms. At the
close of his remarks he asked for the
cooperation of all interests to suppress
the insurrection. 1t is calculated that
an effective force of IA 900 men, con-
Sisting of fifteen pieces of artillery un-
der Colonel Hove, five regiments of
cavalry, a battalion of infantry of the
Princess of America, commanded by
General Gasco, and the battalion of the
Antilles, commanded by General Ca
liXto Rusico, and the battalion of Ia
mara and Mordida, commanded by
General Sagura Will soon be placed in
the field.
II is reported that Intendente Fa-
goaya, disguised as a common farm
laborer, has recently been inspecting
the doingS and watching the move
ments of the Havana money-brokers.
il is claimed that he intends in this
way to put a stop to the speculations
of the money-lenders and the deprecia-
tion of the paper currency.
Advices received from Manzanillo are
10 the effect that Senior Martinez, a
Lieutenant of the navy, and five of a
crew from the gunboat Relampago,
who have been missing, were not
killed or drowned as at first reported,
but that they We're taken prisoners by
leader Capole. and that they are still
with the Cubans. These rumors, how
ever, have not been confirmed. The
ManZanillo naval authoritis and the
commander of the gunboat Centinelo
will neither confirm nor deny the ru-
NOR. An effort is being made to ascer-
tain the facts in the case
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A Curious Desert Island.

1t is proposed to explore the island or
rock of Rockall, which is situated in
the open Atlantic, in 81 degrees 80 min
utes north latitude, about 200 miles
west of the Hebrides. with no other land
nearer. 1t is about 30 feet in circum-
ference at the base and 90 feet at the
top and looks at a distance like a ship
under full SAIL being whitened by the
guano that has been deposited upon
it 1t appears to be the emerged point
of an extensive mountainous submarine
table land, stretching from the south
west to the northeast, and giving rise
to the number of dangerous rocks and
reefs in the neighborhoOd. II offers ad-
vantages of great promise as a meterO-
logical station, situated as it is in the
zone of the most extensive area of cy-
clones in the northern hemisphere, but
it is not easy to land upon it when the
sea is at all rough. 1t is but little visit
ed. 1t bears a few plants which have
not been collected and studied. and is
the resort of numerous seabirdS. The
curious peak is situated at greater
distance from the mainland than any
other isolated rock of like dimensions in
any part of the world.
The record-union., 1897-02-08
Adventure of a Submarine Boat

An inventor. Signor Corzetto, claims
to be able to descend to any depth and
stay down any length of time in his
spherical boat. In a recent experiment
at Spezzia he stored his boat with some
1000 cubic feet of compressed air and
descended, with two friends, to a depth
of. roughly, thirty feet. So far, so good !;
but when it was sought to ascend, the
vessel Qike the English attempt which
went near to depriving our service of a
gallant and popular officer) would not
rise an inch, and it was not until eigh-
teen hours had elapsed that the
sphere" was hauled up, and its occu-
pants found with ivid faces, half es-
phyxiated and unconscious Luckily
they recovered. and the inventor was
able to explain that the air pressure
had proved insufficient to force out the
water ballast, about two tons. and thus
they were unable to rise The only
useful data obtained appear to be tha I
three persons We're able to remain ker-
metically sealed up for eighteen hours
under water.-London Shipping World.
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FA TAI ACCIDENT.
A Young Man and Woman Killed on a
Trestle.

CALIENTE, Feb. "A horrible acci-
dent occurred here to-day in which
John Hardisty, a young man, 32 years
old, who recently came here from New
port, n. c., and Miss Cora Akers of
Fresno were instantly killed, being run
over by light engine while crossing a
trestle
Hardisty and Miss Akers, with two
others We're leisurely crossing the bridge
when the engine came around a cure
and rushed upon them Miss Akers
was thrown under the wheels, her body
being cut in two. Hardisty, in endea-
voring to save the life of his companion,
was also thrown under the engine, both
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He Listens to His Former Columbus
Pastor.
CONGRESSMAN Wilson Says His Talk
With the President-Elect Was Not
of National Importance-National
Committeeman Dawes Returns by
Cleveland to Have an Interview
With Hanna-Mrs. SaxtOn, Who
Has Been Very iii, Will be Able to
Go to the White House.

CANTON, Feb. 1.-THE usual Sunday
quiet prevailed at the Mckinley nome
to-day The Major went to church, ac~
companied by National Committeeman
Charles G. Dawes, Congressman fran-
els Wilson of Brooklyn, Mr.. Pruden,
White House executive clerk, and sew
eral other friends.
Rev. McAfee of Columbus, o., occu-
pied the pulpit, having exchanged with
DR.. Manchester, the regular pastor. Rev.
McAfee was pastor of the Columbus
church while Major Mckinley was Gov
ernor and they became close friends.
After the services Mr. Dawes, Rev.
McAfee and several other local friends,
dined with the McKinleys, Major and
the minister later in the day going to
the home of Mother Mckinley for a
visit
Congressman Wilson had half hours
talk with the Major before leaving for
the East this afternoon. He had little
to add to his interview of last night,
except that his mission was not of ma
tional Importance.
Mr.. Pruden also had a short talk with
the Major before starting for Washing
ton, concerning matters connected with
the White House.
Mr.. Dawes returned to Chicago this
evening, going via Cleveland, to have a
talk between trains with National
Chairman Hanna
S. A Perkins, Assistant Secretary of
the National Committee, who has charge
of the Washington headquarters,
reached the city this evening and will
see Major Mckinley tomorrow.
Mrs. Maria A Saxton, who is to be a
member of the Mckinley household in
the White House, has been seriously ill
and it was feared that she might be un-
able to go to Washington with the fam
lily. She is much improved, however,
and unless relapse is experienced will
be one of the special train party.
Mrs. Saxton is Mrs. McKinley's aunt,
being the relict of the late Thomas Sax
ton, who succeeded his father In the
management of the weekly 'Reposi-
tory" and established the daily "Re-
pository," which is popularity regarded
as Major McKinley'S home organ.
The record-union., 1897-02-08
TROUBLE IMMINENT.
Democrats and Populists Fighting
Over a Sheriff's Election.

CINCINNATI, Feb. IA special to
the Commercial Tribune from Little
Rock, Ark, says: Democrats and Pop
ulists each had a candidate for Sheriff
in Lawrence County, this State. Chill
ders, the Democrat, was declared elect
ed by a small ma ajority. Stewart, the
Populist, charged fraud. Election Com
miSSionerS discovered an error and
gave the election to Stewart.
County Judge Townsend, a Demo-
crat, held that the vote in several dis
tricts was irregular and he threw 1t
out and confirmed the election of Chill
ders. Popuiists and Prohibitionists on
one side, and the Childers faction on
the other side are arm;ng and there is
fear bloodshed will result.