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The San Francisco call., 1897-09-03
vio,atinpthe Game Laws.

Game and Fish Warden Mogan swore to
complaint yesterday charging James Branter,
steward at the Baldwin Hotel, with selling
quail out of season. Mogan on Wednesday
went to the Baldwin griliroom and ordered
quail, which was supplied to him. Judge
Campbell and his prosecuting attorney, Spi-
nettl, were present at the time. and they viii
be called as Witnesses
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-03
Robert Acton,s Will Contestsd

When Robert Acton died he left an estate of
1890, which he bequesthed to his widow,
Catherine Acton A contest was filed in
Judge Coffeys court by Richard Acton. his
brother, and Mrs. Fannie McTigue, his sister,
on the ground that the testator was of un-
sound mind. Testimony was heard Wednesday,
and further consideration of the case was con.
tinued for the purpose of argument.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-03
Huntington Home AGAIN.

H. E. Huntington, representative on this
coast OF and assistant to President C. P. Hunt
ington of the Southern Pacific Company, re-
turned from Southern California Wednesday
night from one OF his periodical visits of in
specu of the company's roads. He made
particular examination of the branch lines
about Los Angeles.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-03
Miners for Peru and Bolivia

The Cocham bra Mining Company has been
incorporated to operate in Peru and Bolivia,
with stock subscribed as follows: George W,
Silver, 1926, 600; George w. Platt, Charles H
Spinks ano NJ. Mckenzie $50 900 each; Alfred
SpinkS. $25, 900 Mr.. SILVER is resident: of
Alameda ann the other shareholders live in
Sacramento.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-03

he had been out of work for three weeks,
and both ne and his wife had been
starving. He had no money to pay ms
fine, and he preferred TO hang hlmsei1
rather than serve his sentence.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-03
Not Attorney FerraI.

Attorney Robert Ferral of the firm of Ferral,
Wilson & Terry wishes to deny that the un-
fortunate Robert Ferral OF San Francisco, who
committed suicide recently at Ogden, is q
mem Der of his family.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-03
Two Small Failures.

John EDgelland has failed for $1242. and c.
Hughes has become insolvent for $627. No
assets
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-31
A Mvsterv Of Arithmetic.

1t was interesting to read about the
gentleman who, at Sunday-school meet
ing last Sunday, told the children that in
the thirty three years during which he
had abstained from tobacco, he had saved
by the means $88S2 81 1t would also be
interesting to know whether any bright
boy in the room asked him if be bad all
that money in the bank. 1t is one of the
curious things about economies of that
sort that they never seem to make any
difference with ones budget at the end of
the year. Theoretically, Numerically,
they must, of course, but practically they
don't. What lots of thrifty, saving, get
ahead fellows there are who smoke, and
what lots of total abstainers from tobacco
who can't lay up cent to save their lives
1t really seems as if the matter of saving
money were presided over by unseen imps,
who spirit away dimes and dollars from
some people by night and put them in
the pockets of other people. Cash ac-
counts don't altogether explain the mys-
terry. A man who doesn't use tobacco may
often wonder where he would get the
money to buy it if he did use it; but if he
did use il, probably his accoudts would
somehow come to The same thing.-Boston
Transcript.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-31

R@,O BATTLE with a huge mountain
FIX lion seven feet in length and 253
J1SS pounds in weight on a trestle at
night is the thrilling experience that has
just befallen Edward G. Depew, an engi-
neer on the Great Northern Railroad. 1t
all occurred near Lowell, Wash.
The fierce beast leaped at the engine
and narrowly escaped crashing through
the window OF the cab. Altogether the
episode was one Of the most exciting that
a railroad man has ever experienced.
A CALL correspondent acting on ir-
structions, finally prevailed upon Engineer
Depew to write an account of his adven-
ture, believing that additional interest
would be lent by the fact of the story COM
ing from his own pen.
Mr. DepeW's statement is as follows:
81 was the engineer IN charge of engine
219 of the Great Northern, which was at
tackled by a monster cougar or mountain
lion. You can have little idea of the hor-
ror of the experience. The glistening OF
the beasts eyes, as it lay crouched on the
rails all prepared to make its powerful
spring, was awful 10 behold. l frankly
confess that was so frightened that my
hair seemed to stand on end. l would
have shouted, am sure, if 1 had not been
too terrified to do so.
sAt the time of the adventure [ was pull
ing the overland passeng train going
East, and as we were few minutes late
we were trying to make up little time.
After we had left Lowell and almost two
miles east of there, about half way across
a long trestle, my fireman, George Law
renee. jumped down off his box seat and
came quickly to my side of the engine. l
noticed startled look on his face, and
turned quickly, asking what was the mat
ter. The intensity of the situation can
be understood only by a man who has
travelled on an engine dashing at a high
rate of speed through the darkness, with
only confidence to keep his mind at ease.
l knew that something was wrong, and it
seems as if in that one short minute a
million thoughts flashed through my
mind. Again l asked Lawrence what was
the matter, but he did not speak. His
to glare through the window of the cab
and point ahead.
IA cold persDiration broke out on my
brow. l looked ahead and saw, through
the darkness, some black looking object
on the track. My first thought was OF
some obstruction on the track For Sec
ond the thought of jumping flashed
through my mind but 1 banished it.
This takes quite while to tell, but it
could only have been few seconds at the
most in which it all happened.
"As soon as l saw the obstruction on
the track, felt that a possible accident
was at hand. Nothing could be done.
We were too close to the danger, and the
fright had the same effect on me that it
had on Lawrence. 1t took away my power
of speech. lnstinctively 1 crawled out OF
the cab on to the side of the engine.
1.-The train dashed on, and an instant
after I had discerned the form 1 saw the
monsters eyes flashing through the dark
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-31

inherent dislike OF lawn sprinkler, and
whenever the hose is attached and the
water turned over his masters lawn the
dog invariably starts most terrific dis
turbance, and will attack the innocent
hose in a most energetic manner, evil
IDENTIFY laboring under the impression that
biting and shaking the hose will stop the
flow of water.
Just why he has this firm and deep
rooted dislike for an unoffending lawn
sprinkler 70 one has ever been able TO dis
cover, but it is something which he evil
IDENTIFY cannot overcome.
His various and exciting experiences
have not cowed him IN the least, and he
Just as ready as over to fight another fire
or hose, and it has recently been suggested
that he be made an honorary member OF
the Traverse Fire Department.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-31

ness, green and yellow by turns. Law
renee was still in the cab, speeches., with
fixed eyes, and finger outstretched toward
the animal. His expression was frightful
to look upon. Tie whole scene was so
horrifying that it was photographed on
my brain 30 clearly as to make me able to
describe every detail that occurred in
those few short seconds.
"As the train approached the lion l
could see it prepare to spring, and finally
when the leap was made the situation was
so dramatic as to be almost theatrical in
effect. The headlight of the engine threw
its rays on the crouching animal, and
when it plunged into the flood of light it
looked as if its mission of death would
surely be successful.
"The force of the jump was astonishing,
and as the body OF the beast crashed into
the edge of the engine-tront the sound
echoed through the silence again and
again. To jump then was certain death,
for we were right in the center of the tres
tie, and yet, as the lion made it's leap, !
could almost feel its hot breath on my
throat.
"When the engine crashed into the beast,
or it crashed into the engine, whichever
way you wish to put it, the lion fell back
on to the trestle, writhing as if in fright
full agony, and then for the first time
realized that the danger was over.
II learned afterward that the cougar,
after we struck It, lodged in the cross-ties
of the trestle. 1t was found there by the
train crew OF engine 498, who picked it up
and brought it to Sky yhomish. There il
was skinned. The claws were taken by
some of the other fremen and engineers,
who had watch charms made of them,
which are very attractive and look some
what like the mblems worn oy Knights
Tempiar.
''The beast was still alive wher the men
of No. 49S discovered 1t, but it's hind legs
were cut off, and when the men got down
to investigate they kept at a safe distance
until it was known to be dead. In fact,
Foreman Jonn C. Wright would not 60
near it until he had mptied couple OF
chambers of his revolver into it. Then
they fastened it to the cowcatcher and
took 1t to Skykomish.
This is the whole story, and l can as
sure you l do not want to pass through
another such experience"
Engineer Depew is a fine specimen oi
manhood, and his statement that he felt
frightened is not looked upon in Lowell,
where he is known, as an expression ot
cowardice. Depew is 5 feet inches in
height, weighing 140 pounds, and is well
known as the cha IN pion of the oppressed
or weaker side in any dispute that calls
for his action. His record as an engineer
has on many occasions shown him to be
a more than ordinarily brave man.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-31

public appearances were carefully studied
and whether he was crowning himself in
Notre Dame, visiting the camp-fires of his
army, presenting eagles to his regiments
or receiving his Ministers, he took the ut
most trou BILE to impress his audiences by
means of the actors artifces His glances,
his gestures. his frowns and his smiles
were all calculated.
Nor was his acting confined to popular
occasions. He would, if need be, act to q
house of three or four diplomatists, or to
a single king or statesman, as readily as
to crowd. He made little or no secret of
the practice. For example, after an appa-
rent outburst of rage he turned round to
one OF his people, one of those whom it
was not necessary to impress, and who
was in the position of dresser or scene
shifter, and explained that his fury was
not real, and that, in fact, it never reached
beyond his neck-never got to his brain.
Perhaps, however, the best example OF his
admissions in this respect is to be found
in his interview with the Pope at Fon-
tainebleau
Napoleon met an obstinate opponent
to some OF his pretensions in Pope Plus
VII The En- peror. accordingly, had the
Pontiff brought from Rome to Fontaine-
bleau, and in the chateau at that place oc-
cured the interview vivified by the poetic
art of Alfred de Vigny. We are told that
during that historic meeting Napoleon
ragged and stormed as he paced the polished
floor, while Plus VII sat in large, eagle
studded chair, attentive and calm. Ma
poleon made promises, threats and boasts.
Plus VII simply answered with one word,
'CommedianteT Napoleon overheard the
word and was furious. Comedian! l. q
comedian = he exclaimed. 'Ah, l will give
you comedies such as Will make you all
cry like women and children! Comedianl !
All, you are mistaken if you think to get
the better of me by insolent GOODNESS! My
theater is the world The part play is that
of manager and author. As comedians
l engage all or you-popes, kings, peoples !!
The thread by whic l move you is
fearl Comedian! All, it would take a
better man than you are to dare to ap-
plaud or to hiss mep Plus VII moved
uneasily in the chair for moment, and
then he checked the soldier torrent of
language with another werd-'Tragedi-
antep Napoleon sobered in an instant
and continued in more subdued tones:
''Tis very true. Tragedian or comedian !!
ALI is actlng-all has been costumed with
me for long time. and will be so for
ever! What fatiguel What littlenessl
Sitting, always sitting, in full face for this
party, in profile for that, according to
their notions. You see l am
open hearted with you. have plans for
the lives of forty emperors. L form one
every morning and another every night.
Life is too short to stand still.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-31
An imperial Actor.

An entertaining article in the London
Spectator is review of the book entitled
"Napoleon's Opera glass: an Historic
Study" In the course of the article the
reviewer says of Napoleon: ''All his great
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-31

An Austrian, inventor has lately patent
ed cheap and simple means of making
paper and card board from wood pulp. 1t
is absolutely impervious to moisture, is
extremely tough and has the appearance
of leather.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-31
7 BIG M0UNTHIN LION 4TTHCKS 4 TRHIN.

Springs Engineer Edward Depe Of the Great Northern While
Crossing High Jreste and Makes Battle in Mid Air.
MOST THRILLING EPISODES EVER EXPERIENCED ON THE Ra
Fierce Narrowly
The HorHJng Described " Passed
Through the Ordeal
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-04-06

State Land Office, Carson City, Ne
vada, March 81, Is97:-Notice is hereby
given that the State of Nevada, under the
Act of June 10, 1880, has filed in the
United States Land Office at Carson CITY.
Nevada, list Nc. 2o2 of lands selected I'M
der said Act and has applied for a patent
for said lands; that a part of said list is
open to the public for inspection and a
copy thereof, by descriptive subdivisions
has been posted in a convenient place in
said United State Land Office for the in
spection of all persons interested and the
public generally.
Within the next sixty days following
the date of this notice, protests or con-
tests against the claim of said State of Ne
vada to any tract or subdivision de-
scribed in the list. on the ground thai the
same is more valuable for mineral than
agricultural purposes, will be received and
noted by the Register and Receiver of the
Us. Land Office at Carson City, Ne
vada, for report to the General Land
Office at Washington, D. G.
The following are the subdivisions de.
scribed, to wit:-N. F.. I Of 8. w. ] anc
s. ". ! of S. w. /, Section RI Up IA N
R. 20 E NJ. NJ. A. c. PRATT.
State Land Register of the State O.
Nevada.
April Ist, date of first insertion.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-04-06
NOTICE,


Srppli~s.
Approved March g, 1857
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
NEVADA REPRESENTED IN SEN
ATE AND ASSEMBLY DO ENACT
As FOLLnWS:
Section ALI supplies and goods pur-
chased for the State of Nevada, or any
county in the State, shall be purchased of
merchants and business men of the State
OF Nevada, whenever said merchants
and business men are ready to supply
such supplies and goods at an advance of
not more than ten per cent. over San
Francisco prices, freight added, PRO
NIDED that all supplies for the use of
the County shall De purchased by the
County Commissioners.
various State Boards and Commissioners
as they are now constituted and restrict
ing he powers of State officers and
employees.
! FpiON al I'll 10, 1905
The people # the State of Nevada, rep
esented in Senate and Assembly, do
nact as follows.
: Section From and after the passage
of this Act, no off Ger or employee eff the
State shall purchase on the credit Of the
State any article of supplies, goods, wares
or merchandise or obtain anv ~ervices to
be rendered by any person for the STATE,
except By expressed permission and writ
ten authority previously obtained from the
Board CT Commissioners. or a majority of
the members Thereof, having control and
supervision of the department or office
for which such purchase is made or such
services are rendered, except only in cases
where such officer or employee has specific
authority to purchase or obtain the same
conferred upon him by Statute.
Section 2-The State Board of Exsmin-
ers shall not allow, nor the State Treas
urer pay, an. claims Of any person for
goods sold or services rendered unless the
same were sold or rendered in accordance
with the provisions of Section l of this
Act,
AN ACT TO RESTRICT THE
CREATION OF DEFICIENCIES IN
FUNDS OR APPROPRIATIONSSET
APART OR MADE BY THE LEGIS-
LATURE OF TIE STATE OF NE
VADA.
The people of the State of Nevada. e p
resented in Senate and Assembly, do enact
as follows:
Section NO Board, Commission,
State Officer or employee of the State of
Nevada having charge Of or entrusted
with the expenditure or disbursement of
any money set apart or appropriated by
the Legislature to be paid out OF expended
for the benefit of the State of Nevada,
shall expend or pay out or contract to be
expended or paid out any sum of money
whatever in excess OF the an punt so set
apart Or appropriated by the Legislature.
50 ~ to create a deficiency in such fund or
apprcpi iation unless such deficiency and
he amount thereof shall haze first been
authorized in writing by the State Board
of Examiners.
Section THE State Board of Examin-
ers is hereby prohibited from allowing,
and the State Controller, from drawing
his warrant for any deficiency claim
against the State of Nevada, not incurred
or created in accordance with the pro~is
ons OF Section one of his Act.
Section 3-This Act shall take efec
and be in force from a I'd after the date O
its passage.
By order of the State Board of Examine r
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-04-06
D. 6. KitZmeyer.

HAS, after a vacation of three
years again assumed control
Of the business al the Old
stand, No. 80 South Carson
street, and invites all who are
in want of goods or work in
his line to give him a trial
He promises to furnish a good
quality of goods, and do good
work at the very lowest prices,
a10
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-04-06
FRANK JAYNES CRITICISED

Superintendent Frank Javnr- of
the Western Union has been sh rr!y
criticised by numerous r~ewsplpera
for attempting to ship out Of C%aiifor-
MIA the dispatches which incriminat-
ed the coyote scalp clai.l manipulate
tors. Among the othec' which hove
spoken 70 the point is clo S .cra 4nt)
Record Union, which say in bart
"The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, if it is entitled to have au tx
istence at all, should at least be a
good citizen. Ii there is evidence in
its offices Of crimes against the pub
lie, against individuals, against
property, against good government,
against the lives or the liberties q
the citizens OF this country, il owes it
to the officers Of the law, and to those
who make an effort to expose that
species of crime to help them. But
when it declares that it wants to con-
ceal it's business SO that criminals
will continue 70 patroniZe its line, it
declares that it not a good citiz and
that il it is not entitled ever to live"
The Record Union says, further, that
if a railroad train had been robbed
and the robbers had used the wires,
the Western Union would probably
feel that it ought to put its dispatches
at the service of the law but legisla-
tors who take brides are just as bad
as train robbers and more dangerous
to the community.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-04-06
20 Vars Experience.

} V Flint practical and experienc ed
piano tuner and repairer. First class
references, first class work. Leave orders
al Cagwln u Notewares. % Nv
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-04-06

as train robbers and more dangerous
to the community.
The Rochester Herald says: The
following item is going the rounds of
the newspapers: President Mckinley
took a walk on the streets of Wash
ington last Wednesday while the re-
turns were coming in from Carson,
and anxious crowds were Watching
the bulletin boards. 1t was noticed
that the President never once turned
his head TO read which way the great
fight was going. To the ordinary
nan this would seem to indicate that
the self-control Of the Chief Executive
borders on the miraculous SecTe-
tary Porter, who accompanied the
President, could not refrain from
casting several sly glances at the
bulletins. Great and varied are the
uses OF the private secretary.
Its dollars to doughnuts, however,
that the Major asked the Secretary
some questions about the bulletin
boards.
The dispatch sent by c. A. Jones,
calling on the Court Commissioner to
issue a warrant for his arrest (after
hearing that .. s Attorney General
McKenna had been wired) is regarded
he tho (Nn1nttn nn rrnrinv sSrh.t Tho
United States Attorney is only too
anxious the case shall come to a trial"
His anxiety to be tried Was fully
demonstrated when he applied to the
Supreme Court for a writ Of certeoriri,
after the District Court gave him an
opportunity to try the case on its
merits.
The Rock Springs Miner says it
will hereafter publish the truth about
aspirants for office, and the Denver
Post advises it to be a little careful
about what it sends through the malls
saying. Uncle Sam has corns on his
moral toes
An Eastern paper speaks of the
champion pugilist las the creates
brute 10 Cnristendom,' entirely over
looking the citizen who bears his wife
often his only support, and then de
ponds upon her evidence to clear him
Examiner.
On the first day Of July next th,
bill permitting the printing and us'
or private mailing cards, with a one
cent stamp affixed, will &C into effect
The progressive business man vii
have his own advertisement cOnspic
uously displayed, and the printing 0
millions Of cards will make work 70
printers. The bill is approved py tb
p~ostoffice department as it tends t
popularize postal cards, besides eff
fecting a saving to the government O
the difference between the cos of tn
cards and the stamps.
It will be a good thing for tt
author of jim BIudso to rememae
that looking after the best Interests Z
his country sis a derned sight bette
business than loafn' round tn
throne. "-Stockton Mail.
There being DO courts in Circl
City, Washington, the MIXERS atten
to the legal business themselve!
They elect a jury and get to the mea
of the case at once. Recently the
compelled a white man to marry
squaw he had wronged. and mac
another man pay over $500 to a ma
he was trying to blk. These miner
courts stand no nonsense In the shap
of legal delays. just cold justice in &C
cordance with the facts.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-04-06
Directors

Jacob Klein, Evan Williams, 81. Nj
Gorham,s Charles E. Mack. Richar'
Kirman, J. B. Overton, Alfred Chartz
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-04-06

Transacting a general Banking Bust
ness. Deposits received. Buy and sells
Exchange on the principal cities of the
United States and Europe. Collections
receive prompt attention. Mining stocks
bought and sold. Bullion and Quicksilver
bought and sold. Current accounts solic
tied with individuals, Firms, Compani es,
Banks and Bankers
4per cent interest paid on
time deposits.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-06-19
Diving fora wife. /

In many Of the Greek islands DIM
for sponges forms a considerable Ta1I
of the occupation Of the inhsbih
A visitor to this unfrequented M
describes the following rather ~ 4
ling custom. He says: sHimii, w. ii
is q little island directly
Rhodes, is worthy Of notice on Gee !;
OF the singular method BY which \
Greek inhabitants of the island Il
their living. On the bottom q ~ u
il this locality the common sponla &
found in greater abundance TO- b
any other part Of the Mediterrsaa d
ssThe natives mako it : trade !, ]!
gather these, and their income: 3 n
this source is far from eontenp
their goods are always N O. Il
among the Turks, who use q - !! Il
bic number Of sponses in ths a W +. Il
prescribed by the Mohammad sn q! mi
A girl in this island is not pernu
to marry until she has brought 9 a.
certain number Of sponges snd .l ss
proof of her skill by taking then VI 1
a certain depth. But in cerla1s I
these islands this custom IS reFels .ys I
The father of n 1narriageable danls 81
bestows her on the best diver - 60!
her suitors. Ho who can stay ~ = II
in the water and bring up tas q 4 ID
cargo OF sponges marries the nae d
Pittsburg Despatch.