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The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31

AS soon as the colonel was located at
Tucson he conceived the idea OF re-estab-
hsning tie sun worship upon the very site
OF its prehistoric and perhaps most bril-
liant glor.es-Southern Arizona. He To-
Gated big butte near he famous old ruin
OF Casa Grande, tried 10 induce The Pima
Indians 10 return TO the pristine purity
of their own now degenerate religion,
and set about TO establish a Parsee cult
among thinking men and educated women
in the United States and Mexico.
a great many learned and cultured peo-
pie both in America ard Europe knew all
about The colonePs plans to start the nu-
C eus OF Parsee millennium on the SUM-
kissed sands OF Arizona amid the mounds
and ruins o civilization older, no doubt.
than the pyramids of Egypt. A great
temple to the sun god, to be located on
the summit Of Poston Butte, near the city
# florence, ArIz., was projected
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top of the house with four immense hogs
in it. Even IN the country where there IS
plenty of fresh air pigpen is the iouiest
imaginable thing just think what a pig
pen on top of little house must be! The
cooking stove was on top OF the house,
TOO, and there were barrels of stuff-evl-
IDENTIFY gathered from restaurants and
hotels for the hogs-fermentint in the SUI.
There were also several barrels of corned
beef standing uncovered, exposed to the
sun and any dirt that might fall their way.
The hogs we're ordered away and the
place cleaned up. But" said Mr.. Davis,
this is the most discouraging work in the
world. The next lime | come the place
will be nice and clean, but when l come
again it will be just the same as now. The
Cinnamon are not so much to blame as
are the people who rent them these otd
houses. They are not fit for firewood. ana
are q menace TO San Francisco In every
way. They have been condemned py
Health Department and Fire Department,
but the owners simply get out an inJunc-
tion to stay proceedings and we can DO
nothing
The roofs of the fish markets are COW
cred with drying fish, the cellars are full
OF barrels of salted fish. Every thing reeks
18th Chinese dirt, and yet the Cinnamon
will tell Y GU they sell to more white people
than 10 Chinese. This is readily believed
by one who will spend a morning hour
there. The buyers all come with little
market baskets on their arms. Most OF
them are foralgners-Portuguese and peo-
pie from the Latin quarter, but there are
a good many Americans among them,
some of them dirty and uncouth, some
shabbily genteel. One little man who
came with his basket seemed to be rem
nant OF gentiIity. He was well brushed
and we'll lmended, and wore white flower
in his lapel.
The rusty black coat had been made for
bigger man, but l imagine the present
owner wore 1T with more grace than
did he for whom it was made. He
carried cane and walked with limp,
which made me think he had been a SOL
der. His white whiskers were very scant
on each side of his face, which was pink
all over. He lifted his hat as he stood be-
side ne in the butcher shop. and / saw
that his thin, white hair was parted in the
middle. His hands /, oked soft and clean
and his fngernails well kept. This little
old man was a gentleman; how came he
here?
He bought six chops for 5 cents and
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went his yav. I could not follow him,
for the inspector had more to show ne,
and there was great deal more 10 seo'
too.
There were dozens of porkhouses on
Dupont street. There was an alley where
Chinese pedd ers keep their reserve stocA
OF fruit and vegetables under their dirty
beds, and where they sold eggs, to Wnlte
people as we'll as Chinese, for 20 cents
dozen, while eggs sell for 40 cents DOWN
town. l supposed they were old eggs ana
wondered what people could do with
them.
.This is a very little part of the meat
inspectors duty" said Mr.. Davis. 'Ihere
must be an inspector at the wharf ana one
at Butchertown; besides that every mar
ket and butcher-saop in San FRANCISCO
must lie inspected at least once a week.
[ ought to have half dozen assistants
and | have only three, and their political
heads are likely to come OH at any time.
WeWa!kcd back 10 Fish alley and stood
about in the shops talking 10 the China
men and watching the white purchasers.
1t seemed to me poor, hungry oog "ould
scorn the stuff some OF them bought. Inc
butcher gave all the women buyers piece
of liver, and each hungrily watched the
share he gave another, and some OF them
the young Portuguese women-were not
above ccquetting with the Chlnaman 1or
a larger share.
The heaviest buyer there walked ABOUT
as though she were afraid to be seen. Sbe
poked her fingers into all the meat and
cried to persuade the Chinaman it was
not good so that she could get 1t cheaper,k
and looked quite triumphant when shel
could ge; it for a few cents less than had/
been asked Tor ii. She was a M id le-aged
woman with a hard face-just the sort OF
woman who has always seen better days,
who has hard luck story TO tell, and who
hasn't a drop OF the milk of human kind
ness left in her shriveled breast. l bade
Mr.. Davis good-by and followed her just
TO find out if l really knew the type so
we'll could not be mistaken. She went
into a dingy-leoking house on California
street. 1t was a good-siZed place and
there was a card in the window announc-
ing Rooms and Board" l did not go
IN. 1t was enough to know that she did
keep boarders and that she fed them on
Chinatown meat.
This information was small part OF
that acquired by a tour among the
various butcher-shops OF the Chinese
quarter. LUCY BYRD.
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ME made her home IN this city until 1871,
when she married Captain Otis Parsons,
VINO was in command OF one o. our coast
steamers, plying between here aud VIC
toria. Shortly after her marriage
she moved with her husband to Vic
toria. a boy blessed the union, and she
was living conte entediy until her death,
wh ch occurred in the terrible catastrophe
OF the steamer Pacific on the night of No
VEN Der 4. 1875.
Al the time of her death no estate was
found, but III The year 1894 upon the Hi
bernia Bank publishing q statement of ac-
counts not called for in ten years, it was
discovered that Jennie Parsons had bank
account there.
Public Administrator Freese obtained
letters of administration upon The estate
ana NJ. c. Hasset was retained to look
after the interests of the States heirs
Agatha had married physician while in
the heyday of her glory and on her death
left two children surviving DR.. William
G. States and his sister, Beatrice States.
While the estate was pending Minnie
Adams BROOKS of Chicago appeared in
court, cla ming to be the daughter of MrS.
Parsons by a secret marriage. which she
claimed was contracted between her
mother, Jennie Parsons and one George
Adams, an actor, in the city OF New York.
in the year 1S47 and to sustain her claim
she produced numerous letters said to
have been written by her mother to a
Mrs. Hoag, in whose custody she was
placed after her birth by her parents. She
averred that she was placed under the
guardianship OF Mrs. Hoag before the
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were stilled while captive, but their
beauty and caressing ways endeared them
to all who were permitted to approach
their cage. Two months after their ar
rival the doors of the aviary were opened d
and the birds were accorded their free
dom.
They seemed 10th to leave, and for lay 5
lowered around their old home as if afraid
to venture into the unknown region round
about. Conditions in Mill Valley proved
congenial to the birds. The combination
of hill and valley. field and forest was not
unlike those of their German homo, and
they soon became, to all intents and pur-
poses. portion of their new surround
ings.
Their only enemy to be feared was the
biuejay, very pirate among the feathery
tribe, but small bounty on bluejaY heads
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men were perhaps laughing in Their
sleeves at us, for said the inspector: "Ill
eat my hat if those heathens hav MT
killed that goat some place around here. "
Hello Ben Day, what you want? Belly
clean blutcher-shop, heap good meat, "
said the boss of the next door shop, while
two Cinnamon who stood in the back
ground laurhed in the queer. unnatural
fashion that only Cinnamon can. They
are good imitators, these little yellow
men, in all things requiring mechanical
skill, but the laugh is beyond them, mirth
is not in them. When they ape good
fellowship, grow loquacious and facetious
there is an obsequousness behind it
which comes from a fear of something.
mr.. Davis poked far old Cinnamon in
the ribs in a iocose manner while he said
10 me:
There's something wrong around here !;
these fellows are too jolly to suit me-"
In an eager manner the proprietor be.
gan showing Mr.. Davis d fferent pieces of
meat, commenting on The peculiar beauty
OF each. A whole beef which hung in a
corner was quietly overlooked by him
not so by Mr.. Davis.
whats that?'he asked, pointing to it.
"Him ali right" SAID the boss. with pre-
fenced sang froid, while the faces of all
the Cinnamon became as expressionIess
as usual.
This meat is full of tubercu osis; what
do you want to lie for? I'll arrest you il
you lie like that to me, " said the inspector
Him no blong me; him b'long my
clousin. Belly blad meat You send
wagon take HIM way; no likee blad meat
my blutcher-shop."
Yes, you are the most innocent China
man I've ever met the Inspector an
swered.
"Me belly honest; no sell 'em blad meat,
no cheatie.
"Who sold you that meat?" asked Mr.
Davis.
Zone man San Rafael sell my clousin.
Ny clousln gone; my clousin know him
name; l no know"
What time was it brought here2
'One, two o'clock this m morning.'
well, let me catch you with meat like
that again and l won't let you sell any
more meat. I'll catch that San Rafael
man, and I'll arrest him, too.
Gall lite" said the "noss" in an insolept
sullen manner as he turned his back. His
"all lite" expressed as much as dozen
strong American swear words would.
In one place We discovered pigpen on
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31
NiII Valleys Colony Of Song Birds

In November of last year a society for
acciimatizing song birds was organized in
Mill Valley. Marin County, and consid-
cradle sum subscribed to pay for the i'm
portation of number of foreign song
sters-
In February last a consignment of
eighty birds, principally meadow larks,
bullinches and thrushes, were received
from Germany and confined in an aviary
for time. so that the birds might be-
come accustomed to the climate and
attached to the locality. The stran-
gers thrived, and OF the eighty which
reached Mill Valley only two succumbed
to the effects of the long journey across
the sea.
During their temporary confinement
the birds were the objects of the greatest
interest 10 every resident. Their voices
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31
The NJ ysterious Hierog1yphics of Poston Butte

The only Caucasian fire worshiper IN
the great South vest. perhaps in the
entire United States, is Colonel Charles d.
Poston, Arizona's Oldest pioneer and first
delegate to Congress. Long ago Colonel
Poston became Parsee apostle. He was
converted 10 the faith while in India on a
mission for the State Department.. He re-
turned from that mission devout sun
worshiper
He wrote a lecture on the Parsees and
delivered it in New York and San Fran
cisco and other cities. Then he published
a small volume abou: the Parsees He
wrote some verses about them-in the
early days he could write verses that
easily fell under the designation of poe try
Then he travelled in China and elsewhere
for the Government, and after that was
given the land office at Tucson. Ali this
was more years ago than a good many
people would like to see stated in print.
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encouraged an active warfare against
them which has been very effective IN
banishing pest from the locality. The
songsters thriyed under the wa lfuI care
OF their protectors.
They were obs erved to mate and then
came the nest-building. The SURROUNDINGS
scented to be con ngeniai to The newcomer
who settled down TO the business of rail-
ing new broods with the most perfect air
CT owning the entire neighborhood.
Their glad notes they poured out in such
enhancing volume and brilliancv as 10
charm the listener. The attemnt IN ada
new element to the other delights of the \
valley at the foot of TamaIpais was sue-
cessful, and the society determined to go
forward and TO import more and more
OF The songsiers until the woods were
crowded with them.
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With truth it is said that "one-half of
the world does not know how the other
half lives" The half that does not know
is the prosperous half the ha,f that per-
haps does not want to know and does not
care. 1t hears of deep poverty occasion
ally, but is not often affected by it, be-
cause it does not seem real. Its only con-
ception of life, OF ham anity, is itself
1t behooves this half of the world to
know something of the doings of the
other half. Poverty and dirt go hand in
hand-poverty and dirt and disease. They
breed, in the slums, the pestilence who is
a socialist and who stalks into the halls of
the rich ana the well-to-do with as much
freedom as in his birihp place.
Last week when dismissal hung over
the heads OF fourteen inspectors as well
as of other officers, on account of the re-
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and mixing up with the mud in the mar
row thoroughfaTe. There is always mud
here. caused mostly by the waste water
from the fish stalls. There are nothing
but fish stalls and bulcher-shops TO be
seen.
We went into the first butcher-shop we
came to-the one on the corner OF Fish
alley and Washington street. A number
OF Cinnamon followed US in. Inspector
Davis looked well at all the meat. He
found some very poor and really unfit TO
| eat, but none diseased. In one corner
| hung the carcass of goat. They do not
skin goats in Chinatown as they do other
| animals, but have n way OF picking the
hair off. The skin is so very white it re-
sembles nothing so much as human
corpse and gives one the shivers.
Where you kill 'em goal asked the in.
spector.
XIII 'em BIutchertown," answered
three or four Cinnamon at ones.
You lie. you kill 'em downstairs.
No lie, kill 'em B utchertown," an
swered the indignant chorus.
We'll, We will see Tor ourselves" said
Mr.. Davis.
So down we went, which was no easy
matter, for the stairway was utterly dark
and the stairs were rickety and in some
places broken. We reached "a dark under
ground little room. There was i stove IN
it and a Chinaman cooking, Le must have
had the eyes CT bat to see to cook in the
dark corner The stove was in. The only
light and ventilation the room got came
through the iron grating in the sidewalk
above. Right under the grating hung
| three big sides of beef, the dirt and dust
from the sidewalk falling through the
grating on them. There were barrels of
corntd beef there and four chicken coops
as well as two coops full of geese. The
most terrible stencil arose from them.
About three feet from these which were
| crowded together, were six beds, built like
steamer berths, the rolled-up bedclothing
in them being filthy.
We were about TO go out when we heard
a peculiar noise behind the wall. Mr..
Davis soon discovered door and opening
it and lighting candle which he carried,
discovered an alcove TO the cellar in VIII ich
were confined several goats. They were
in absolute darkness and could get scarcely
any air. He ordered them removed i'm
mediately and also ordered the meat taken
upstairs. We did not find the place
where the goat was killed, though we
searched thoroughly for it. The China
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duction of the appropriation for the
Health Office by the Supervisors, l was
d etailed to 60 with one OF the inspectors
to see what sort OF work they did and how
necessary they were. l found that every
in spec or had more work to DO than be
could attend to, and that instead Of re-
ducing he force it should be multiplied.
| saw phases of life that one could hardly
imagine exis ed. 1t is well to know,
though, how some poor children, made
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shall make us contented, even if our lot
has seemed hard before.
My work began with Meat Inspector
Davis in Chinatown at Fish alley, little
street between Dupont and Stockton, be-
ginning at Washington and ending at
Jackson. Just block of condensed
miasma, an odor indescriba bic, betrayer
of the rottenness that abounds above,
within and under the dilapiG Gated build
ings On either side, out on the sidewalk
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selves, live. If no other good can be ac-
complished at least the knowledge of it
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and on this testimony the case rested.
In deciding this interesting contest the
court took into consideration the ex-ouar-
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living in steliacoom, Wash. He will never
be able to blot out OF his memory the
scenes of that terrible night.
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termaster's testimony and awarded the
estate 20 the States heirs.
The sole survivor of the wreck is still
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-14
GENERAL GoRDoN's RESIGNATION.
Again Announces His Desire That Another BE Made Commandcrn-
Chef Of tho United ConLsdernte Veterans.
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-14
WARNING or AN EXPEDITION.
Spanish Government Wants Uncle
sam Ia stop II.

Washington, June lathe treasury de-
pariment has received by reference from
the secretary Of state communication
from the Spanish minister TO the effect
that he has information that an important
fllibustering expedition is being organized
ON the coast Of Florida, and asks that steps
be taken to Illustrate II. No particulars
were giYen. so the only action that could
be taken by the department was to COM
mupioate this information to all collectors
and masters OF the patrol fleet en- the
Florida coast with Instructions to be on
the alert TO prevent the departure OF any
suspected expedition. THIS was done by
telegraph.
1t developed later that the department
has specific Information OF the shipment Of
arms and munitions for what promises TO
be one OF the most important filjbusterlng
expeditions for several months. a carload
Of arms left Jacksonville Friday morning
by Florida East Coast railroad, and passed
near Smyrna south bound. A second car
load OF rifles AMI dynamite left Jackson
Vile Saturday morning on the regular
freight train. for the probable purpose OF
being transferred 10 some vessel on the
east coast, probably the yacht Valusa'
which has been engaged TO transfer these
munitions from the railway to the sesse'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-14
THE SPANISH MINISTRY.
President Mckinney said to he wor-

rNinT over II.
Chattanooga, Tenn, June 13.-Thore Is
absolutely nothing new TO say in regard
10 the Spanish mission and as this in great
measure includes the Cuban question 10
outlines Of policy in the latter direction
can be given.
\ gent ieman very close TO the admins
,ratiou said 10 the Associated Press COR
RESPONDENT lday. The question Of The
Suarish sion occupies The president
mind nici.t and day. The situation is an
embarrassing though not an unusual one.
think / am fully justified in saying that
the offer Of the mission has not boon Old
cially made to any ono. Therefore. % sly
that General Cox or any one else has dc-
clinod IL is not true. or course, "ol know
TINT MIR. Dawes of Chicago Brought VOID
from General Cox thai hi Sas busy Wit
ing "reminiscences or rather history Of
his connection with the war dud Tor II lat
and other reasons. was not willing 10 70.
Herein lies the embarrassment. Frst-class
men. properly qualified and .miaendy
lifted for this most important past. do
not care to appear in the light OF an III
terror choice The president iee's TIM, it
is as much the duty OF the patt.ot 10 ac-
cept service to prevent war us it is 10 enter
all army for the prosecution OF one.
There is possibility that Nj. Nc
kiuley will decide 10 select some gentle
man who. well known in this section and
to the appointing power as d proper nan
TO succeed Minister Taylor, is not as well
known to the people or the politicians as
the gentlemen whose names have been
suggested in connection with this mis-
sion
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-14
CHASED TIRE STRANGER.
Cruiser ycsuvius Couldn't Catch the
Wheeler.

Ntbt- W hfti'T.
Jacksonville. Fla. June l3.-Parties ar
irving here from Maypost, a. the mouth
of the river. reported an exciting chase
between the cruiser Vesuyius and strange
craft supposed 10 be a filibuster The
chase began last night at 3 o'clock and up
to O'Clock tonight nothing has been seen
of the Vesuvius. The strange vessel drew
OF the bar about 4 p. III. and came in AID
Law OF and on. seemingly waiting for some
one. The Vesuvius' officers closely OBJ
served her and many people crowded the
docks watching her through glasses. She
was a long. low built sidewheel steamer,
with one funnel. At D. N. the Vcsuyius
steamed out slow. so as not to attract at
teutlon. No sooner had she novel. how
ever. than the stranger put about aud
started for sea AT utmost speed. This in
creased the suspicious OF the officers OF the
Vesuvius and they Increased her speed and
she was fairly flying over the wilar. The
sldewheeler kent well ahead OF the Vesu-
vius. ana when last seen was veil out to
sea. the government boat seemingly not
being able to overhaul her. As the tark-
ness grew II could be seen from the Flashes
OF the light that the Vesuyus was using
her searchlight. The race was pretty
one, and was watched by many, ms the
strange appearance OF the vessel aud her
suspicious movements had attracted iauch
attention.
1t is thought that the steamer sas The
CITY Of Kew West. vessel that has given
the authorities much trouble as rhe has
been suspected OF filibustcrng. There are
no signs OF the Vesuylus up 10 - o lock
and 1t is thought that she may be we,oh-
ing the vessel. as an expedition ~ feared
from the Carolina const.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-14
ACTION NY CONTEMPORARIES.
New oricnus Cnmr NgnIust Camp
p~ihnm's He"cut Circular.

NcNY ur,icnus Cnmu NgnIust Cump
prlhnm's uerrnt Circular.
~. n.., 80,
~" '''''''' -''' '"''' '' "' ''''
nights mceung ol the Army ot Northern
Virginia after disnosae of ono or two
uri,,rc,,,, t,l.,. .4, ,,.,,,.,,t,,4t,,,
IRON camp Pclhah'. Al~"na, which had
already been published and which pro-
tested a.ain.t an, u,t,.iou. e,f.nd.9 to
,.. ,-...,',. .,,..,
''' '''''" veteran" 90 Nl'i' 'HN |""' ue'"'n
reunions. Was reached
Tho secretary road IL m fun ana then
General Leon iastromsd atl,cd pofmisslou
10 say n few wurds. lie snid IA, tbo,,,,bt
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-14
MURDERED FIVE PERSONS.
Drunken Negroes Awful Crime-Wnn-
tonIy Killed women aud Children.

Meridian. Mics. June l3.--News reached
here tonight OF the murder OF fve negroes
ia tho extreme northwestern portion OF
ley. while crazy drunk on blind tiger
whisky, secured gun and started out to
kill every person he met. The first he
came across happened TO he five negroes.
three women aud two children, and tho
fiend shot them down and left them dead
where they fell He also shot at six other
ne groes. who narrowly escaped. As soon AS
tho bloody work OF Sibley was discovered
the most intense excitement prevailed and
a mob was organized TO lynch the murderer.
sibley took 10 the woods carrying his shot
gun with him. and at last accounts the mob
had surrounded him, ana bloody light was
imminent. Word comes from Dekalb that
the sheriff OF Kemper county has gone 70
the scene with large posse.