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The San Francisco call., 1897-07-27

THE CLoTURE-W. NJ, Oakland, Cal. The
cloture is a parliamentary rule for closing
debate in assemblies. The closure being
ouce pro Iounced No further debate is in or
der, with the single exception of remarks
unou lhe state OF the quest stion.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-27

Moses Fielding, an Indian, who died in Nor
wich, Conn., ntly, was direct descendant
of Chief Uncas of the Mohegan tribe OF In
dians. Only three members of this tribe now
surYiYe.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-27

How TO CLEAN SHELLs-J. E. H.. City. Make
lye by boiling strong ashes allow it to settle !;
pour the lye over the shells aud boil them for
six or seven hours, or longer ii they are large
then soak and wash often in fresh water.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-27

Before long people will be telling Us that
the best lime 10 make the trip to the klon-
dyke is in the winter when you can make
q sleigh ride of it instead OF having to
shoot the rapids in q canoe.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-27

The wine men of California will prob.
ably have reason to rejoice with the rest
OF US, for a big crop is in sight and good
prices are said to be waiting for it as fast
as il can come in.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-27

YisaIia Is getting ready to rejoice over
the special prosperity Of her own which
the Valley road is Fastening to bring to
her. The festivities are expected to
eventuate in August
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-27

As many of the N iners who struck it
rich in Alaska are reported to have gone
about the country paying up old debts,
there can be no question but what the
ore they found is honest gold.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-27

BRANCH OFFICES:
527 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open until
$3.50 o'clock
s3e Hayes street; open until $50 o'clock.
6l5 Larkin street, open until $3.50 o'clock.
sW. corner sixteenth and Mission streets, open
sntil O'clock.
1918 Mission street, open until o'clock.
81 Ninth street, open until o'clock.
1905 Polk street; open until $3.50 O'Clock
NV. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky
streets; open till O'Clock.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-27

The benefits derived from the railway
constructed across the isthmus of Te-
hauntepec has encouraged the Mexican
Government TO construct another across
the country farther north, and the line is
rapidly approaching completion. The
new road will lead to the development OF
a rich region of the republic and will open
way for an increasing market for Cali
fornia products.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-27

The report of the Grand Jury commit
tee on the importance of improving Mar
ket street should lead 10 action on the part
of the Supervisors. We cannot pave the
street with good intentions. This is not
Hades
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-27

A Chicago poet named Aolbrook has
written revised version of "S.ar-spangled
Banner" and according to his own notion
improved it. This is the way Chicago
treats the classics generally. Anything
she cannot understand she greases with
hog lard and swallows in the hope of be.
ing able to digest the lard if nothing else.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-27
SUBSCRIPTION RATEs-Postage Free:

Daily and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier. .$015
Daily and sunday CALL, one year by mall -. 60O
Daily md Sunday CALL, six months, by mall. 500
Daily and Sunday CALI, three months by mail 1.50
Daily and Sunday CALL, one month, by mall 90
Sunday CALL, year, by mail. LOO
WlkKLY CALL, one year, by mail. f..........,.. LOU
BUSINESS OFFICE:
10 Market Street.
Fan Francisco, California.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-27

New York City expected to have red
hot municipal campaign this summer by
way of inaugurating Greater New York,
but up to date neither party has nomi-
mated its candidates. 1t looks as if the
situation were so hot in itself that the
politicians are afraid 10 touch it before
cooler weather sets in.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-27

Peter McNaliy, who in an attempt to
swim the British Channel remained in the
water fifteen hours and swan thirty FIVE
miles, but failed toreach land, will know
enough TO consider the drift and force Of
the current before he takes water next
time.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-27

The time 10 prepare California exhibit
for the Western exposition at Omaha,
which opens next June, is right now. The
fruit crop will be gone before long and
there will not be another in time for the
grand opening.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-27

Under present conditions the Spaniards
are unable to subdue any OF the provinces
OF Cuba and the Cubans are unable TO cap
ture the cities. Unless therefore some
power intervenes to prevent the war may
go or indefinitely, or end only like the
famous struggle of the Kilkenny cats.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-27

The Mesa Encantida has been scaled,
and the scalers came down feeling scaly,
for there was nothing On the summit but
rocks Perhaps the north pole adventur-
ers may have similar luck if they ever
succeed in reaching the long sought poi Mt.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-27

Now that Congress has ad diourned Wash
ington will give itself up to the circula-
ton of rumors and reports founded upon
street talk and hotel gossip. One of these
rumors is that Secretary Sherman is to re.
tire and Whitelaw Reid is to be Secretary
of State. Anything goes in the off season.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-27

OAKLAND OFFIcR
9JS Broadway.
EASTERN OFFICE:
Rooms 81 and So "a Park Row. New York City
DAVID NJ. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-27

EDITORIAL ROOMS
BIT Clay Street.
TeIenbone Main-1s74
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-27

FLAGs-M d. B., City OF oakland, Cal There
is no law that res ulates the flying OF foreign
flags in the United States. There is however
a law in this State. and in other States. that
declares that no company OF the Natlo "a u
C;uard shall carry any but the American flag.
There is no law to prohibit the use OF the
American flag as an advertising medium: On
the 7th of January, 1880, Dill was intro ~
duced in Congress 10 make 1t crime 10 use
the American flag FOR the purpose OF a0Ferls-
ing, but no action was taken.
Evening journal., 1897-07-31
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

"A huge cypress tree in Tule, in the
state of Onxaca, Mexico, is 154 feet in
circumference.
"A five-cent stamp must adorn every
day book, ledger or other account book
kept by business house in Mexico.
The cells in the Jail at Dover, N. H.,
are arranged in a circle and revolve,
so thatthe inmates can successfully see
the country at all points of the COM
pass.
"A bereaved widower in st. Joseph,
Mo-. took unto himself a second wife
before his first spouse was buried. The
body of No. ! had been temporarily
placed in a receiving vault.
In Topeka there is a young mar
ried man who really loves his mother
in-law-loves her so much that her
daughter has brought suit for alienat-
ing her husbands affections.
A can of boiling lard was on the
cook stove, and Miss Stella Evans, of
Colorado Springs, put an egg into it to
boil. In an instant the egg exploded
ard the lady was spattered with flying
lard.
IA citizen of Bucllfeld, Me-, lost
his house and all his furniture by fire.
His neighbors came to ha relief by
the presentation of various household
articles, and among them were 40 bed
steads.
"A real estate agent in Newburg, n.
Y, engaged a painter to paint house,
inside and out He gave him the wrong
number, and the wrong house was com
pletely painted before the blunder was
discovered.
An extraordinary railroad trip was
recently made over the Chicago, Bur.
lington & Quincy, from Chicago to Den
ven The distance is /, ,025 miles, and the
trip was made in 1869 minutes actual
running time.
"A lady in Wilkesbarre, Pa, who
died possessed of considerable proper
ty left it all TO female friend who ha(
been very kind to her-all except on,
cent; and this she decreed should b'
given tn her husband five years after
her death.
Evening journal., 1897-07-31
SAN FRANCISCO is SINKING.

Cnlifornfn's chief city VIII soon
Reach sen Level and Disappear.
"The whole peninsula on which San
Francisco stands has been and is grad
ually sinking down to the sea level
said Prof. Andrew c. Lawson, the retir-
ing president of the University Of Cali
fornia Scientific association, while de-
livering his farewell address before
that body recently at Berkeley. The
subject of the lecture was THE Flood
ING of the Golden Gate"
NEARLY all parts of the earth's sur
face show the phenomena Of uplift OF
depression" said Prof. Lawson. Move
ments Of this kind are either continent
al or orogenic. tits necessary to have
in mind the criteria of these two move
ments. The criteria of the uplift are
found in the presence of terraces and
sharply shaped canyons. The eriteria
of depression arc shown when deltas
are built up at the mouths Of rivers,
when the sea foods into the valleys.
Some time this depression continues to
such degree that mountains become
islands. sinking, as IL were, to their
knees in the water. Greece is such
mountainous region up to its knees in
the sea.
'From Puget sound to Behring sea
we have a depressed coast. The shore
from the straits of Fuca 20 Cape Men
docino shows evidence of uplift and also
slight depression afterward. From
Cane Mendocino to Russian river there
has been a constant uplift. But from
this point TO the Bay Of Monterey the
region after having been elevated has
been marked by a great sag. 1t is to
that sag we owe the Bay Of San Fran
cisco. Bolinas Bay, brakes bay and
Tomales bay. They are stream valleys
invaded by the waters Of the ocean. This
fact is very noticeable in Lake Merced
II is clearly valley formed by juncturC
of several streams The lake has beer
invaded by the sea and now its bottom
is ten feet below the sea level.
"The phenomena of depression are
also seen at Richardson's bay and al
San Rafael and Napa. The river val
leys are filling up and making tida
marshes. More positive evidence il
found in the swamp material in th
Oakland estuary, taken 20 feet beloN
{ the tide. The bay has been invaded b.
the sea and flooded the river valleys.
"AI this subsistence is Of compare
lively recent geological change an
may go deeper. am not sure of tn
downward movement at the presen
! | time. 1t is hard TO catch it on the move
Probably the whole of the San Francis
co peninsula is going down as the max
mum effect of the great sag that mad
the Golden Gate at San Francisco" -
8 San francisco Bulletin.
Evening journal., 1897-07-31
COULDN'T SPANK HER son.
He Was n Father Himself and Would
Have Been Glad to 0bIige.

He Was n Father Himself and Would
Have Been Glad TO ObIige.
People never get an encouragement
for doing the Good Samaritan act in the
interests of the public, as the man de-
cided who offered to assist a distracted
woman and ameliorate the sufferings
Of lot of respectable people on a
suburban car.
The boy who howls was in evidence,
the curled darling of his only own
mother and the terror of everybody
else, and he had kept the car in state
of wild excitement and exhausted the
patience of everybody, including his
doting parent.
"Oh, if your father were only herel"
she had said for the fiftieth time. as she
tried vainly to restrain the bowling ter
ror.
At that he stopped bowling long
enough to beat the air with his small
shins. and the woman on the other side
of him remarked audibly that a cage
was the proper place for savages like
him.
johnny, DEAR" asked his mother,
won't you be good boy?"
Roars and kicks from Master Johnny.
"Oh, wish your father were here to
give you a good trouncing this very
minutel" she walled as she struggled
with him.
Then it was that the philanthropist
of the company asserted himself. He
had been trying in vain to read his
morning paper ever since he started
| from home.
"Allow me, madam" he said, blandly;
81 am a father myself, and I viii be
happy to chastise your cherub in behalf
Of his absent parent.
"Oh, no you won't, not if know It'll"
said Johnny's mother, rising in her
wrath like tigress. "There amt that
man living dare lay a finger on that
boy-his own father or any other ugly
old catamount who thinks he knows il
ALL" and she effectually shut off de-
bate by going into the next car and TAX
ing the sweet infant with her.-Chicagc
| Times-Herald.
Evening journal., 1897-07-31
nnstnn,s Non nrlrndIer Genernl.

Boston. July 91--Ex- Mayor William
A. Bancroft of Cambridge colonel OF
the Fifth Massachusetts, regiment, has
been appointed brigadier general to sue
ceed General Peach in command of the
Second brigade, NJ. V. NJ, retired by
order Of the governor last Saturday.
General Bancroft is well known and
popular in social, political and military
circles. He is AZ years Of age and a
graduate of Harvard. While in college
he was the captain and stroke oarsman
of the famous Harvard university crews
of II. rs and 20, which so signally de-
feated the Yale crews. He has been
mayor Of Cambridge three terms.
Evening journal., 1897-07-31
MY LApYs PARAsoL.
She should Have a DOzen-HOw She
Can Get Along with Three.

She should Have a DOzen-TIOw She
Can Get Along with Three.
Parasols have blossomed out into
variety and fresh importance in the
realm Of fashion which is really dis
heartening to all women except the few
who are blessed with unlimited incomes
or a mind above the frivolous things of
life. Fashion DEGREES that the up-to-
date woman must have from six to
dozen of these expensive trifles to har-
monte respectively with her various
costumes. but with three well selected
she can meet all the requirements of
fashionable dress. One should be of
changeable or foulard silk, or ecru
batiste, another of brocaded silk, and a
third one of chiffon or lace TO carry with
thin gowns.
The chiffon parasol is thing of frills
and fluff, which is a puzzle TO anyone
except the ingenious designer who
fashioned it. In this class of parasols
there are various kinds similarly elab-
orate. made of net, lace and gauze, and
the handles are of gold set with jewels,
with rock crystal and enameled heads
of tortoise shell or some choice wood.
Elegant brocaded and moire silks are
used for covering, bat there are all sorts
of less expensive silk parasols in plain
colors, plaids and stripes without linn
il to the variety. Ecru batiste parasols
lined with color and trimmed with
narrow ecru lace are extremely pretty
and useful as well as good style, and
lacauered wood handle is sure to be
desirable choice.-N. Y. Sun.
Evening journal., 1897-07-31
Anthony FamiIy Reunion.

Adams. Mass, July 31.-There was a
notable gathering at the old Anthony
homestead, when a reunion Of the An
thony family was held. After dinner
there was an interesting programme of
speaking. and Miss Susan b. Anthony
INDUCED in a lengthy family history.
Among the other speakers were George
b. Anthony Henry Luther, Mrs. Mat
tie b. Moshier Mrs. Emily Clark
Griggs, Colonel d. r. Anthony Of the
Leavenworth (Kan) Times, Mrs. Eliza
Shaw Cook, Mrs. Wright Sewall Mrs.
Clara Colby and Mrs Ida II. Harper
Evening journal., 1897-07-31
street RaIlways ConsolIdaie.

Albany, July Sl.-Papers have bee0
filed with the secretary Of state certify
ing to the consolidation of the Oneonta
Street Railway company and the one
onta and Otego Valley railroad. The
consolidated company will have a capi-
tai stock of 500 600. It's directors are
Frank Could. A. c. Moody. A. c. Lewis,
Parker Wilson, A. d. Getman. c. Van
B. Pruyn, H. II. Getman Squire ID.
Gardner and d. w. Miller Of Oneonta.
Evening journal., 1897-07-31
cold Company Inoorporated.

Trenton. July 1.-The United States
Alaska Gold company, with an author
lied capital Of s1,OOO0OO, has been in
corporated by the filing Of articles in
the office Of the secretary Of state. The
company is formed for the purpose Of
mining gold in the Klondike fields. The
incorporators are: Ralph Mckee of
Tompkinsville. S. l.. Henry 2. Whit
taker Hotel Imperial, New York; Fred
erick j. Brown. Brooklyn; Harry +.
Roesser, Hotel Netherland, New York;
Thomas p. Daniels. Hotel Glrard, New
York, and James A. Atwater, New
York The capital stock paid in Is
q QOO
Evening journal., 1897-07-31
A nIrsterv Cleareh Up.

New York. July S1.-The mystery as
to the whereabouts Of Hamilton Car
viii, an anti-Parnellite member Of par
lament and personal adherent Of limo
thy Healy, has been ended. Mr. Carvill
arrived here from San Francisco by
way of Colombia and will sail for Eng
land by the Cunard steamship Umbria.
Mr. Carvill was surprised when inform
ed that his absence from England had
been regarded as mysterious. He is ac-
companied by his wife and daughter
and said that he had received messages
from London during the last few days
wishing him a safe voyage home. lie
has been to Australia and New zea-
land
Evening journal., 1897-07-31
nrlners, GrLernnees pIseussed.

s,a~sfsburg, Kan, July 1.-Representa-
N Ia . ~ 3 of the Is coal mining COM
Court Ho MS district have met here
10 to y a. m, ~. committee appointed
Greenville, July -. cir convention held
Extract from, the Ygussed the griev-
governing the collection he meeting was
Castle countymSection SSwo hours. The
niS SeSoh srst 5e, 49, ~ daS g,st on an demanded a
bettei ,as of live per cen err at a lower
price. semimoh first daaEdays, an in
crease of price tGaDateI ,e IS per ton and
an increase in the prit. Of entry work.
No decision has been reached, but an
other conference will be held on Fri
day, Aug. 6. T. b. McGregor, a ma
tional organizer of the United Mine
Workers OF America, was in the city
but was refused admittance to the con-
ference.
Evening journal., 1897-07-31
Henrr pamaee by KAHN.

Waterville. Me. July 3l.-Prominent
farmers Of central and northern coun-
ties claim the rains Of this season have
damaged crops 20 an extent TO be COM
puted In the hundreds Of thousands Of
dollars. Tho hay crop alone is nearly o
50 per cent loss and roughly estimated
al S5O0.000 In the eastern part OF
Maine the potatoes. corn, barley and
apple crops get IL the worst Building
operations and work in brick kilns and
lime quarries are at a standstill as a
rule
Evening journal., 1897-07-31
Two Girls Drowned.

Northampton. Mass. July 3i.-Mamie
and Estella la Point, aged 10 and IA
years, respectively, have been drowned
in Mill river. The children We're play
ing on the bank of the river. when the
Oldest girl fell into the water. Her sis
ter tried to save her but was pulled
down the embankment and both were
drowned. The girls came here from
Fort Dodge. Ia. about two weeks ago
and, with their mother, were visiting
their grandmother Mrs. Henry la
point
Evening journal., 1897-07-31
DENIAL OFAN ATTACK
Officials at Havana Deny There
Has Been Excitement
THE INSURGENTS ATTACK MARINAO.
A British Schooner Which Sailed From
New York with Cargo of Provi-
sIons Was Not Allowed to Land
and Has Returned.

Havana, July Si.-The officials here
deny the report that an attack was
made upon the outposts of Havana on
Wednesday night and declare that there
is no panic or unusual excitement in
the city. They admit, however that
under cover Of darkness on Wednesday,
night, a band of Insurgents attacked
the outskirts Of the town OF Marinao,
about FIVE miles from Havana, but de-
clare that the attacking force did not
use either rapid fire guns or dyna-
mite
The garrison, according TO the official
report of the engagement, made a sue
cessful defense, compelling the insur-
gents to retire, with a loss of one killed.
The Spanish losses were one volunteer
and one resident OF the neighborhood
killed and one captain and a private
wounded
Evening journal., 1897-07-31
nInrder vordlct Fonnd.

Montgomery, Ala. July 3l.-After two
days of investigation of the killing Of
p II. Patterson, who was shot in front
Of the altar in negro Baptist church
in this place Wednesday the coroner's
Jury has returned a verdict OF death by
the hand of George w. Pritchard. and
that Rev. A. ]. Stokes, Rev. p. T..
Brown. William Bracy, Mace Coleman
ana Calvin Micon are accomplices. They
were also indicted by the grand jury.
Evening journal., 1897-07-31
stenmer camhrIa . Tolal Lo...

Toronto. July 31-Insurance compa-
nies interested have received word that
the steamer Cambria, which on Wednes-
day struck a raft of logs in Lake Huron
Off Sarnia. Ont. and was disabled. has
drifted ashore and viii be a total loss.
The steamer is owned by George w.
Brown and others of Port Arthur. She
was insured for $4,000. only a small
proportion being held by United States
companies.
Evening journal., 1897-07-31
Rirain nancd.

'Now, darling, will you grant me one
favor before I go2" said Gus De Smith TO
Birdie McGinnis, the belle of Harlem.
''Yes, Gus, l will" she replied, dropping
her lashes and getting her lips in shape.
"What is the favor 1 can grant you?'
moving her lips like a patent wash
wringer. "Only a little song at the
piano, love: 1 am afraid there is dog
outside waiting for me, and 1 want to
frighten him away" y."-Tamman Times.
Evening journal., 1897-07-31
Refused to Allow Provisions Landed.


New York. July Si.-The British
schooner Waleda. which sailed from
this port June ~ last with full cargo
of provisions. bound for Baracoa. Gu
ba, was unable to land her cargo at
that port, owing to Spanish tyranny
and was compelled to sail away for a
market to Port Antonio, Jamaica, where
the captains efforts proved futile In ef-
fecting a sale of the vessels cargo. He
was then compelled to return to New
York with his outward cargo intact
Captain Kemp, the veteran skipper
Of the Walleda, when interviewed at
quarantine. stated that on his arrival at
Baracoa the Spanish authorities posi-
lively refused to allow him to unload
his cargo, which consisted chiefly Of
flour and provisions, loaded at New
York
The port authorities feared the cargo
might ultimately find its way TO the
insurgent army and the inhabitants
hostile TO Spanish rule. and, true to
their policy. the Spaniards. wishing ia
carry out General Weyler's orders OF
starving the peaceful inhabitants OF
Baracoa and the surrounding country
positively refused to allow the cargo e
be unloaded. Captain Kemp then bor'
away for Port Antonio. Jamaica, hoping
to effect a sale Of the vessels cargo. bu
was unsuccessful. Nothing could be
done, and the vessel was obliged to re
turn to this port with her cargo intact.
Evening journal., 1897-07-31
rainfall ne the Re.srsoirs.

Carmel N. Y. July S1.-The rainfall
a the New York city reservoirs in this
vicinity during July follows: Carmel
1857 inches; Boyds 12l0 Middle
Branch Southeast, ll.0s, and sodom,
1l.5O Twelve Inches Of water are now
running over the dam Of the reservoir
al this place.