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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-08
Current Literature.

Current Literature was never better than in
its present August number. Mr.. Cables Edi-
tors Symposium is fuller than ever and
gathers as original contributors at Its board
Clinton Scotland, who points out in an inter
esting way the peculiar indebtedness of many
British and American poets TO the classic
Greeks, and Thomas Davidson, who treats OF
how to realize practically that ideal "Unity OF
Education, OF which he wrote in the July
number, Mr.. Cable himself takes larger part in
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-08

The only writer's, says the "Lounger' in the
Critic, whom English critics seem TO consider
typically American, are Mrs. Gertrude Ather.
ton and Stephen Crane. No American who
has any respect for his country's literature
can read with patience the praise bestowed by
certain English papers-the Athenaum and
the Academy among others-on Mr. Cranes
latest story, 1.-THE Third Violet" think that
these papers take delight in picking gu our
most commonplace, vulgar books TO praise
for their "Americanism." They call them
tracy" and say that they are the sort of books
American authors should write instead of
those that show cultivation and a decent
regard for grammar. What have such bar
bartans as we to do with literature? Let us
describe American life as the English believe
il to be-then they will applaud. They would
praise cowboy poets, they abuse Mr.. Lowell
las the Athen@um did recently, and they
would no doubt pat us on the back for Blind
Tom, while they would let Mr. MacDowelps
musical geniusgo unnoticed. In other words
they only care Tor things American when they
Anglophobia, but 1 must admit that lose
patience when l see such book as Mr.
Cranes "Third Violet" singled out for uuqual-
flied praise in England. The book is called
there genuine American product, but 1.-The
Scarlet Letter." "The Sketch Book, :" THE Con-
duct OF Life" "Hawatha," "The Biglow Pa
pers." 1.-THE Luck of Roaring Camp" ETC.
these are Englshl
h. aIi nr
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-08
Frank IesIie's.

A special fiction number is Frank Leslie's
Popular Monthly for August. There are seven
mplete stories, all illustrated, and all are
bright and clever. But the number is not
given up entirely to fiction. There Is an at
tractively illustrated paper entitled "a
Grandee of the Fields" in which Martha
McCulloch- Williams chats entertainingly OF
tobacco, its history and cultivation. The Uni
versity of Virginia is the subject of an article
by Richard Heath Dabney, forming the tenth
paper in this magazines popular series on
American Universities and Colleges; it is IL
Illustrated with good portraits and views. Har-
vev Roweli describes summer Logging in
Wisconsin,; there is a most inter-
esting account OF visit to Japan,
under the title, "In the Land OF the
Mikado." by Dr. ]. Simms. with capital half
tone cuts: Colonel Alexander E. Sweet tells OF
an exciting German student duel of which he
was witness; "Beasts of Burden" is the sub
iect of an article by the wellknown traveller
author. Frederick A. ODER; the department
for young people contains paper on stamp
collecting and the continuation of Horatio
Ayers serial Then there. are illustrated
poems, talks about books, comments on pic
lures and the Leslie portfolio.
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ENTOMOLOGY.

INSECT LIFE-By John Henry Comstock. New
York: d. Appleton & Co. For sale in this City
by William Doxey Palace Hotel Price 50 so.
book designed as guide for teachers and
students, as well as others interested in cut
of-door life. TIE author is professor OF ento-
mology in both Cornell and Leland Stanford
Junior universities The needs OF the begin
ner in the study of insects have been kept
carefully in view. The work is amply Illus
trated with unusually clear cuts.
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St. Nicholas.

There Is q wide variety in the contents OF
the August number of ST. Nicholas. Charles
Thaxter Hill, the artist who has written
number of articles about the New York fire
department for this magazine. contributes a
sketch of peter Spots'-freman. Peter is a
dog belonging to one OF the engine companies
in New York, and he is as enthusiastic a "fre-
man. as any one in the department. A. Hyatt
Verrill tells of ''Some Common Bees and How
They Live" Among the ingenious insect
homes that the writer describes are those
made by the carpenter-bee and the leaf-cut-
ting bee Mr.. Verrill also tells of the bee that
makes himself an unlimited guest in the home
of the bumblebee. A paper by Gustav Kobbe
is con the Grand Banks and Elsewhere"
Mr.. Kobbe writes Of the hardy Nova Scotian
and Yankee, and of their methods OF catching
cod and halibut. my Musical Mouse" as de-
scribed by Albert Bigelow Paine, was wild
little mouse that was charmed from its hole
and tanned by its irresisti BILE love OF music. A
story for little girls is "Prjscilla's Fairy God
mother" by Gertrude Halliday, ana 1t Con-
tains q hint for parents who have to take their
children ON wearylng railway journey An
old-fas hioned fairy story is ''Twiddledetw1t"
by Martha Finley. The three serials increase
in interest as they near their ends. There are
many verses and jingles in the number. in
Guiding two longer poems by Rev. Felix l.
O'Nelll and Elsie HILL
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Century.

The Midsummer Holiday Century is a "travel
number" and it opens with panorama OF the
Hudson River from the Bartholdi Statue to
Albany, presented in series of large illus
trations by Andre Castaigne, accompanying
paper on "The Lordly Hudson" by Clarence
Cook. Other iilustra ted travel articles include
"a Journey in Thessaly.' by Professor Thomas
Dwight Goodell of Yale, setting forth in a
picturesque way the scene of the recent fight
ing between Turk and Greek, and particularly
the wonderful N onasteries of Thessaly; 1.-The
Alaska Trip by John Muir, an account OF
the wonders which one may expect to see In
tho thirteen days trip from Tacoma; "Down
10 Jave," by Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore, author
of "Jinrikisha Days." setting forth the au-
thor's typical experiences in this fresh field; ;
two articles on Norway by Horace E. Scudder
and the late Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen. dealing
with land which is more and more coming
into the range of the tourist; ''On Margate's
Sands.'' second paper, written and illus
trated by the Pencils, in the group on Lon
don at Play" and dealing with one of the
most popular English watering-places. In adj
dition to the serials, DR.. Weir MitchelPs revo-
lutionary tale, Hugh Wynne," and Gen.
eral Horace Porter's anecdotal papers,
campaigning With Grant," and Mrs.
Catherwood's vivid story, "The Days of Jeanne
dare" all of which are illustra ted, there is a
second installment of Mrs. Pope's sessonable
extravaganza, "Up the Matterhorn in Boat"
Out-of-doors is also reflected in n apprecia-
tive article by Hamilton Wright Mabie on
John Burroughs, OF whom there is frontis-
piece portrait There are also two complete
stories by Marga ret Sutton Briseo and Gouver-
neur Morris Jr.; two short articles, "Charac-
terIstics of Jenny Lind by Henri Appf, and
"What Jenny Lind Did for Anne RIGA, by Fanny
Morris Smith, with portraits OF the charming
- h toto
titled, Controversies in the War Department -
by ACKNOWLEDGEMENT John II. Schofield, Civ
ing unpublished facts relating to the impeach-
ment of President Johnson.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-08

In PRESS: wild Flowers of California. !"
Doxey publisher.
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HERE AND THERE.

| Gerard Wallop is the name of the secretary
OF the British National Society for the Proven
ton OF Cruelty to Children.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-08

Longmans. Green & Co. will publish shortly
the fourth and last volume of the Life of DR..
Pusey,' by the late Canon Liddon.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-08

PARKMAN's works, edition de luxe,
twenty volumes. VIM. Doxey, agent. =
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-08

EQUALITY" by BslIamy. at p94ey's,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-08

ALIENS 1.-THE Choir Invisible. I"
Doxey's.
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The handwriting of Mrs Oliphant seems to
have been even worse than that of the late
Dean Stanley. In the Scottish Typographical
Circular, Just issued, reference is m ade TO the
deceased novelist, and it is said that the re-
grets of the printers who mad to deal with her
"copy" will be of ga mixed description:
"They are not likely TO echo the longing of
Tennyson for the touch of vanished hand.
We recall many a sad picture of groups of
weary comps, straining eye and brain IN the
almost impossible task of catching a word
whereby to bring sense and order out OF the
array of almost straight lines which the good
lady was in thc habit of using in lieu of
words. Naturally guesswork figured largely
in the process. But it took time, and time to
the piece com positor, whe is usually the VIC
tim of this matter, means bread"
Among present-day "bad writer's Cum
inghame Graham has for some time had an
unenviable notoriety.
A lady who has country place in Ross VAL
lev and is undecided how she shall name it
has applied for aid in her dilemma to-of all
places-the Smithsonian Institution in Wash
ingtou. In a recent interview Professor Otis
7. Mason of the institution said: "Some
time ago 1 received letter from the lady
telling me that she desired name for her
country seat in Marin County, Cal She
wanted name taken from the Indian Ian.
guage. wrote her that as there were some
fifty-eight Indian languages and more than
200 dialects l would like her to be more spe-
cific l also suggested that she select q name
from the language of one of the Indian tri bes
of California. She replied that she would pre-
fer to have California name, and would ac-
cept any but one from the Digger Indians, to
whom she appears to:have an antipathy. She
wants name indicating mountain rest
mountain retreat or something else of that
kind. have been going over our books and
dictionaries and will find her the name"
Doxey's.
The record-union., 1897-06-05
ISAAC HOFFMAN.
The Remains of the San Francisco
Merchant Laid at Rest.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 1.-THE re-
mains of Isaac Hoffman, the Battery
street merchant, to whom death came
in a mysterious way at his office on
Tuesday evening last, were consigneo
to the grave to-day The funeral SER
vices, conducted according to the rites
of the l. Q. o. F., of which he was a
prominent member, We're attended by a
large number of merchants, relatives
and friends.
That the relatives of the deceased
are dissatisfied with the work upon the
case by the police department was
shown to-day by their action in en-
ploying Detective Morse to unravel the
mystery.
SAN FRANCISCO, June with the
exception of the discovery of several
trivial discrepancies in the statements
made by Bookkeeper Figel as to his
movements on the night that his en-
ployer met his death, there were no de-
velopments in the Hoffman case to-day.
An expert accountant is now engaged
on the books of the firm of Hoffman &
Rothschild, but until this task is com
pleted the results of the investigation
will not be made known.
Chief of Detectives Bohen said to-day
that from cursory examination of the
books he was of the opinion that all
was not as it should be. 1t s.as dis
covered that entries to the amount Of
about $4,000 had been made in the
book in pencil, and Figels explanation
of these was not at all satisfactory to
those concerned. The inquest will not
be held until the police inquiry is con-
cludpd
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MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
The Session at Philadelphia Comes
to an End.

PHILADELPHIA, June 4.-The
fourth days session of the congress and
semi-centennial of the American Medi-
cal Association began this morning
with paper on state medicine by DR..
John ]. Hamilton of Illinois.
The following officers We're elected:
DR.. G. M. Sternberg, Washington. Pres
ident; DR.. j. NJ. Matthews, Kentucky,
First Vice-President; DR.. w. H.
Thompson, Indianapolis, Second Vice
President; F. H. Wigs, New York.
Third Vice-President; Dr. T. J. Hap
pell, Tennessee, Fourth Vice President:
DR.. Henry P. Newman, Illinois. Treas
urer; DR.. William B. Atkinson. Phila-
delphia, Secretary; DIR. w. j. Mayne.
Colorado, Assistant Secretary; DR.. G..
W Webster Illinois, Librarian; DR.. J.
W. Graham, Denver, Chairman of the
Committee on Arrangements.
Dr. Jos. Eastman, Ind, and DR.. J. II.
Priestley, Iowa. whose term expired
this year on the Board of Trustees.
were renoninated, and DR.. Miller of
Chicago was named as the third mem
Der. All the members of the Judicial
council, whose terms expired this year.
were renominated.
Dr. j. III. Musser of PHILADELPHIA was
appointed to read the next annual adj
dress on general medicine; DR.. J. B.
Murphy that on general surgery. and
DR.. S. c. Burri of Washington that ON
state medicine
Denver was selected as the next D1ace
of meeting
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TURF EVENTS.
Results of the Races on Eastern
Tracks.

CINCINNATI, June 4.-Colonel Jack
Chinn did the starting at Latonia to-
day and sent the fields away in good
order He will handle the flag during
the remainder of the meeting. Results:
Seven furlongs, selling, Banquo II.
won, Three Bars second, Viscount third.
Time-1:214.
Five furlongs, Banished won, The
Doctor second, st. Raymond third.
Time-1:03.
Mile and a sixteenth Elusive won,
Letcher second, Harbinger third. Time
-1:471a.
One mile, selling, Powhattan won,
Duke of Montrose second, Raymond
third Time :431@.
Four and half furlongs, Gorilla won
Aspasia second Frogmore third. Time
-0:57a4.
One mile, selling, Aimee Goodwin
Won, Frontman second, Carrie Lyle
third. Time :42l5.
DETROIT, June 4.-Results at Wind
sor: Five and a half furlongs, Umbus-
tow won, Sir Erral second, Mrs. Feath-
erby third. Time-1:09A.
Six and half furlongs, x. c. won,
Little Matt second Homer third. Time
-1:22A.
Five and a half furlongs, Alfra won,
Midlo second, Pisa third. Time
1:0S15.
Six furlongs, EIkin won, Whit Sec
ond, Homer third. Time-1:15.
CHICAGO, June 4.-Results: Six fur
longs, Vetrola won, Glenoid second,
Hessville third. Time-1:14a4
Four and a half furlongs, The Cheat
won, Tom Toher second, Cherry Bounce
III third Time-0:56H.
One mile Black Jack won, Ruth Sec
ond, Tom Sayre third. Time-1:44
Seven furlongs, Kings Counsel won,
Counter Tenor second, Simmons third.
Time-1:26aI.
Six furlongs, Lady Callahan won,
Foncliff second, Redskin third. Time
1:14h.
ST. LOUIS, June 4-Results: Six
and a half furlongs, Rowland Duet
won, Zephyr second, Cangallop third.
Time-1:24 3-5.
Six furlongs, Our Bishop won, Little
Billee second, Nick Carter third. Time
lis
Five furlongs, Naoma won Barriso
second, Mock third. Time-1:04.
Mile and seventy yards, Damocles
won, Madeline second, Backing Brush
third. Time-1:4A.
Six furlongs, selling, Horse Shoe To-
bacco won, st. Augustin second, Miss
Bramble third. Time-1:16.
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TRIP OF JOURNALISTS.
WILL LEAVE TONIGHT ON AN
EXCURSION UP NORTH.
The Annual Outing of the California
Press AssociafiOn-Thos Who
Will be i'm the Party.

VALLEJO, June 4.-The California
Press Associa ton has completed its ar
engagements for it's annual outing, and
its members will leave San Francisco
for Victoria, B. c., on tomorrow even
ing's train in three special Pulimans.
With the exception of a six hours
stop at Portland, the excursionists will
go direct to Tacoma via the Northern
Pacific, where they will connect with
the steamship City of Kingston for
Victoria.
After spending twenty-four hours in
Victoria, they will leave for Seattle on
the afternoon of June 9th, thence re-
turning to Portland via Tacoma. On
the return trip forty-eight hours will be
spent in Portland, so that the party
will be away for at least eight and one
half days.
1t consists of the following people: E.
B. Willis and wife, Record Union"
Sacramento; w S. Melick and wife,
News" Pasadena; r. II. Jury and
wife, Leader" San Mateo; J. L. Read,
'Independent," Middletown; w. I. Will
lis and wife, Enterprise Selma; J.
H. burst and wife, -Four Corners"
Wheatland Raleigh Barcar Report
err Vacaville; S. NJ. Haskell and wife,
Progress" Pomona: Mrs. J. A. Filcher
and daughter. Herald" Auburn: c. F.
Montgomery and wife, Ledger" Anti
och: G. M. Francis and wife, ''Regis-
ter" Napa; Mrs. G. K. McClatchy
Bee" Sacramento; Robert Nixon and
wife, Journal Yreka; Mrs. S. A. Hus-
ton and daughter, Alliance Wood
land, j. f. Thompson and wife,
| Standard Eureka; F. NJ Swasey and
wife. Free Press" Redding; A. V
Morgan. Review" Haywards; E. NJ
Wilson and wife, Argus Adm: r. E.
Nickle and wife, Rooster" Acton; D.
Mcpherson and son, Sentinel" Santa
Cruz: c. H. Smith and wife, 'Hotel
Gazette" Los Angeles; C. A. Gardner
and daughter. "Star," Pasadena; w. C.
Brown, wife and son, Gazette" Mar
tinez: B. M. Maddox and wife, Times, ;"
Visalia; s. S. Boynton and wife, Reg
lister" Oroville; w. Chalmers and
daughter Enterprise" Chico; G. S.
Schmidt. "Nord California Herold."
Sacramento: w. T. Dewey and wife.
Leader Lemoore; G. D. Radcliffe and
wife. Sun MERGED; e. B. Thompson
and wife. Press Irvington; F. V.
Dewey and wife. star st. Helena:
w. T. Lyon and wife, Richmond Ban
ner." San Francisco; J. E. Walden and
daughter. Journal" Napa; Mrs. w. S.
Green and son, Sun" Colusa J. H.
Glas, Argus Alameda; j. W. Short,
Republican Fresno, and w. D. Pen
nycook, Chronicle" Vallejo.
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Efforts Of a Man Confined In an Indiana
Jail to End His Life.
Was on Trial for the Murder of His
Nephew.
Great Damage Done by Windstorm
Which Swept Over a Territory OF
About Twenty Miles Long and
Half Mile Wide in New York
State.


LAPORTE Qnd), June 4.-Charles
Plnkerton, who was placed on trial for
his life yesterday for the murder of his
nephew, cut his throat from ear to ear
in his cell this morning. He used
piece of steel from the sole of his sohe-
Ever since the murder Pinkerton has
been very morose. He talked very little
about the case, and did not seem to
care very much whether he was con-
vieted or not. One thing was certain,
he said, and that was he would never
be hanged. He intimated that he knew
number of ways in which he might
cheat the gallows.
When the Jail officials found Pinker-
ton he was lying on his back with blood
streaming from the frightful cash in
his neck. He was unconscious and at
first had every appearance Of being
dead. a doctor was summoned quick
ly, the flow Of blood was stopped and it
was found that the man was stilr alive.
Despite his weak and dying condi-
ton the man was taken into court and
after the case was called his lawyer
asked for continuance of three weeks.
1t is believed that Pinkerton will not
survive the night
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THE TARIFF BILL.
Several Amendments to be rIade to
the Wood Schedule.

WASHINGTON, June 4.-The Senate
Committee on Finance to-day decided
to recommend several minor amend
ments in the wood schedule as a. result
OF last nights hearing. Most important
among these were the following:
increasing the rate on hewn timber
and round timber used for spars, para
graph 1872 from l cent to 10 cents per
cubic foot; withdrawing the amend
ment striking out the House duty on
kindling wood: increasing the rate on
laths from ID to % cents per 600
pieces; restoring the House rate of 80
cents per 1000 on shingles, which the
committee reduced to % cents; restor-
ing the specific House rate on tooth
picks, and striking out the ad valorem
rate; withdrawing of the amendment to
paragraph 1914 Oaving posts, etcO.
which struck out the words cor other
woods the effect being to leave the
House rate of 20 per cent. ad Valorem
in effect. No change was made in the
rate of 81 per 1000 feet on sawed lum
hnr
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burglars, only one of whom wa
masked.
Destructive Fire at Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES, June 4.-Fire start
ed in the dressing room of the Bur-
bank Theater building at o'clock this
morning, and did $4,000 worth of dam
age inside of two hours. There was no
one in the building when the fire start
ed, and its origin is a mystery. The
stage, setting, furniture, costumes and
property generally were almost a total
loss. There was $4,000 insurance on
the building, which is owned by the
Griffin and Burbank estate. The seen
cry and other accessories owned by
Manager Pierspn were not insured.
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THE DURRANT CASE.
Warden Hale Ordered to Appear Be-
fore the u. s. Supreme Court.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 4.-Late this
afternoon Warden Hale of San Quentin
was served with a citation issued by
Circuit Judge Morrow, at the instance
of Durrant's attorneys, ordering him to
appear before the Supreme Court of the
United States at Washington on Aug
ust Sd, this date being set in order to
properly bring the case upon the caIen-
dar. The effect of the citation is to
stay the execution of Durrant without
regard to the opinion of the Attorney
General. The latter admits the service
of a similar document upon Warden
Aull at Folsom, the date set, however.
being October 18th. Warden Aull is also
cited to appear in the Circuit Court of
Appeals on June Doth
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CYCLONIC STORM.
Wind Creates Great Amount of
Damage i'm New York State.

UTICA IN. W, June "A cycIonic
storm swept over a territory about
twenty miles long and a half mile wide
in the western central part of this
county yesterday Great damage was
done by the wind, especially in the
town of West Moreland, where at least
half a dozen barns were blown away
and several houses moved from their
foundations. In one barn Mrs. Charles
Cook took refuge with her son, years
old. The barn fell. Mrs Cook was
instantly killed, and the boy crushed
so badly that he cannot live. In every
direction the highways are blocked by
the trees blown across the country. Tel
ephone and telegraph lines are broken.
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WAS TIRED OF LIFE.
A Young Farmer Commits Suicide in
San joaquin County.

STOCKTON, June 4.-Steve Howard
young farmer of New Hope, was
found dead early this morning on the
road leading from New Hope to Gait
with a pistol by his side and bullet
holes through his head and breast 1t
was at first thought to be a case of
murder, but upon searching the clothes
of the deceased, a note saying that no.
body was to blame. and that he was
tired of life, was found.
He left instructions for the dispos-
ton of his property. Howard went to
town last evening with a shotgun, but
took it home and borrowed pistol, his
first intention evidently being to shoot
himself with the shotgun The de-
ceased was SO years of age, and has a
mother living at Lodi and a married
sister in San Francisco.
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A DOCTOR ARRESTED.
Charged With the rIurder of a Pa
tient He Was Treating.

DENVER, June 4.-Dr Lewis F.
Preston was arrested to-day on a war
rant charging him with the murder of
David Pronk, cigarmaker from
Brooklyn, New York,
DR.. Preston is a consumptive spec
ialst 1t is said that his method of
treatment is to run a hollow needle
through the walls of the chest and in
troduce an electric wire in the lungs.
Pronk died under the treatment. The
doctor sent a certificate to the health
department giving consumption and
fattiness of the heart as the cause OF
death
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A Sensational Divorce Suit.

Los ANGELES, June 4.-The papers
in divorce case which promises to
create sensation in society here were
made public to-day. VIM Howard
sues his wife, Isabella, who is in the
East, alleging cruelty. Her cross
complaint filed to-day denies his allega-
tons. and makes substantially the same
charges against him. The parties are
very wealthy, and reside on Adams
street, in the heart of the fashionable
Ca1arrGr