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The San Francisco call., 1897-01-19
E, 33, Kea, G, 81; Gippert. E. 81; Wall, staff,
%; Cooke, D, 27. Total, 1867.
ERRATIO GEOGRAPHY.
Mountains and Lakes Found on tn
Map, but Nowhere Else.

Mountains and Lakes Found on the
Map, but Nowhere Else.
Among the anomalous results that geo.
graphical exploration is constantly call
ing to the front is the annihilatlon of
landmarks" which have Deen considered
to be firmly established. Less than three
wears ago it was discovered that Mount
Iseran, a peak of the Graian Alps, which
figured on all detailed maps OF the Alpine
regions with the very respectable eleva-
tion of upward of $4,000 feet, had no ex-
istence in fact, and the assumed mountain
has since been consigned to OBLIVION. a
somewhat less complete effacement was
announced IN the early part of the past
year in the removal of 1000 feet from
the height of Mount Brown, in
British America-generaIly credited with
an altitude of 10000 feet in place
of the 5000 feet, which is now given to 1t
by Professor Coleman-a condition some
what similar to the experience OF Mount
Hood, in Oregon, which, when being
gradually reduced from its presumed
height of 16, 900 to II 900 feet, brought out
the facetious remark that with few
years more of grace the mountain would
be hole in the ground. 1t is not alone
the miner explorer, however. who is re-
sponsible for the perpetuation OF great
errors of observation. Sir Samuel Baker,
the discoverer of the Albert Nyanza, the
second great basin of the Nile, stated that
from his position on the lake no boun-
darIes of it could be traced southwark to
the limits of vision; whereas Stanley and
others have since shown thatnot only did
the lake terminate within few miles OF
where Baker stood, but that it's southern
shore was actually bounded by high
mountains.
G. Scott Elliot, in his recently published
work, "a Naturalist IN Mid-Africa," in
turn corrects Stanley's errors with the no
insignificant statement that Mount Cor
don Bennett, Mackinaw Peak and Mount
Lamson are not mountains, but quite in
signihant hills, if they had any existence
at all" He also said: Il spent much
time and trouble in trying to discover
where on earth the enormous fresh-water
sea, discovered and christened the Alex
ander Nyanza by Mr.. Stanley, could possi-
bly, be-. This. of course, it is now clear,
has no existence whateyer." And finally,
as the latest negative contribution to geo.
graphical knowledge. we have in the
Jackson -Rarmsworth report from Franz
Josef Land (recently brought to London
by the vessel of the expedition, the Wind
ward), the assurance that not trace of
the so-called Peterman Land OF Lieu
tenant Bayer could be discovered, and
that even Lichy Lana was merely dis
jointed archipelago mass of entirely in
considerable extent.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-19
PERMANENT OFFICERS.
Hayes Valley Improvement Club No.
Organized for Bu.iness.

Hayes Valley Improvement Club Now
Organized for Bu.iness.
At a meeting of the Hayes Valley I'm
provement Club last night at Mowry' s
Hall, on Laguna street, the following Off
GERS, who had been temporary, were made
permanent: Charles Apers, president; J.
Harry Scott. vice president, and Frank
Fall, secretary. The election of treas
urer and the appointment of an executive
committee were laid over to a subsequent
meeting, at which time other sub-commit-
tees will be provided for.
A code of bylaws and a constitution
similar to those which have been used by
the other improvem ent clubs in the City
were adopted.
The subcommittee on street lights re-
ported that on the block from Larkin to
Polk street. owned by the Mechanics In
stitute and the st. Nicholas Hotel, $13 SO
from the directors of the institute at the
next monthly meeting of the directors OF
that association.
The 100 block re ported $13; ST. Ignatius
College and church subscribed So per
month. The 200 block handed in $40; the
800 block $I7 so; the 400 block SAL A
similar condition existed on the block on
Laguna street, between Hayes and Grove
Following are the names of the addi-
tional subscribers:
]. Harry Scott, Camp & Switzerland, H.
Schattler, John Thode, F. G. Fall, Mrs n Saw
age, H. P. Woelsel, H. Toni, Joseph Engesch,
S. Frohman, J. Z. McGrath, H. Oracle J. H.
Leyden, L. Lartigue. H. ..Mesenley, 81. Ignatius
College, F. A. Miller, w. H. Goreka, J. II. & H.
olas, Conway & Bourrul, Mrs. NJ. A. Fanner, D.
Leenan, Fred Bohiem and Edward Haley.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-19
STABBED IN THE ABDOMEN.

James Creamer Dangerously Wounded
by T. w. Harris, a Conductor.
T. W. Harris, cond uctor on the Valen-
cia street cars was arrested yesterday
morning at his home on Guerrero street
by Policeman Brown and taken to the
Seventeenth-street Station, where he was
charged with an assault TO murder.
Sunday night about s o'clock Harris.
after reporting off duty, went into saloon
on Twenty fifth and Valencia streets.
James Creamer, a young man living at
1921 Valencia street, dropped in and he
and Harris shook dice for drinks.
Creamer made some disparaging remark
about Harris and the latter resented it.
They struck at each other and Creamer
landed on Harris right eye. Harris re-
taliated by plunging knife into Crea-
mer's abdomen.
The wounded mai was taken to DR.. Nc
Laughlin, at Twenty and Mission
Streets who stitched and dressed the
wounds. The knife had penetrated the
bowels and the doctor considered the
wound dangerous, as blood poisoning
might set III.
Harris denied using the knife, but the
police say they have witnesses to prove
the contrary.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-19
VICTORY FOR CAL LIFORN| IA
The Hawaiian Guards Lose in
the Great International
Match.
They Were Eighty.Five Points B..
hind in the Grand
Total.

The First Regiment team of 100 men
National Guard team has won the inter
republic match. The California team
made 1852 points out of a possible 5000.
while the total of the Hawaiians was 1867,
or IS points behind.
The news of the victory was brought by
the steamer Rio de Janelro that arrived
Yesterday from China, via Honolulu.
When the California team shot tor the
500 trophy the weather was most unfavor-
able. 1t was expected that the island
marksmen would have an easy victory.
and without great effort beat 1882 aver
age. The Hawaiian team was equally un-
fortunate as to weather, for on the day the
match was shot-January 10-the wi nd
blew gale in Honolulu. AS a conse-
quence, the shooting was far below the
average, the men scoring less than 39
points average. Marksmen who usually
went close to 45 were fortunate in get
ting 40.
The California team was represented by
Lieutenant Philip V. Lansdale and Pay
master w. J. Little, of the United States
warship Alert, who were specially dele
gated by Commander Hanford for the pur-
pose.
The scores made by the Hawaiian team
were as follows:
W. Smith, Company d, "A; G. overbach
E, A; Schmidt, b, 43 Austin, F, 43; Hane.
void, +, 43; Lemon, ID, 43; Morse, 6, 43, +. o.
White, B, AZ; Fisher, staff, AZ; Gouvea, E, AZ;
Amark, D. AZ; Moore, E, AZ. Frasher, B, 40
Elvin, staff AZ; Johnson, P, d.; Johnson, D,
AZ; Kulike, G, AZ Bordfield, A, AZ; Coyne, E,
AZ; Rose, G. AZ; Gumffer, F. Al; Gere, d, Al;
sutton, L, Al; Wilcox, G, Al; Muleitner, F
Al; Luahiwa, F, Al; Taylor, L, Al; Peter.
son. A, al; Frndersdorff, F, 40; Olsen. B,
40; Reilly, B, 40; Wallace, G, 40
Peterson, f, 40; Lewis, D, 40; Cummins
B, 40; Devanschelle, f, 40; O'Connor, E, 40;
Smith, d, 40; Wilder. d, 40; Schoefeld, B.
40; Charlock, D, 40; Watson, A, 40; Ntzsim-
| mons, +, 40; Vida. D, 40; Florel, E, 40;
Camera, C. 40; Kinds, T, 40; Mahoney, g, 80
Cook, F, SO; Ashlv, staff 80; King. staff, 80;
Dochalsky, A, SO; Winant E, 80; Burnette,
D, 80; Buchanan, D. SO; Sproat, E. 80; W.
Wilder, D. SO; Ferreira, c, 80; Hagerup, B,
SO; Nakuina G, SO; Hapai. B, SO; Giles, b,
80: Kiester, E, SO; Vollberg f, SO; Ludewig,
F. SO; Miller, E, SO; ordway, B, SO; Middle
ton, E, 38; Keleipio. G, 3S; Mackenon, D,
Ss; Butler. 3 sI. D. ss; Beeher1, eel, F, 49,
| 81; Whitehead, E, 81; Ewing, B, 81; Ross, F,
| 50; Johanson, F, SO; Mayne. E. 30; Harris,
| D. &c. Short E, 36 Bolster, B. SO; Souza, H,
| 35; Carlyle. H, 35: Cooley, d, So; Schaefer,
staff, 35; Macy, D, 50; Ferry. f, 35; Rose. G.,
| 35; Speckman. G, 35; Zirbe, D. "a; Jones,
| staff, "a; Mott, D., SO; Seybold, E, 80; Scott
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-19
A Curious Custom.

A curious custom prevails in certain
parts of India, which may be called a
symbolic marriage. In families where
there are several daughters the younger
sister may marry only after the elder sis
ter is married. That, of course is not al
ways the case, but the obstacle can easily
be surmounted if the elder sister declares
herself ready to marry some tree OF
flower or some other lifeless object. In
this way the disagreeable consequences oi
disregarding the popular custom may De
avoided and the younger sister can safely
be welded to her living choice. The elder
sister, however. must take care not to wed
a poplar tree, al elm tree or pine; if she
chooses plum, apple or apricot tree she
may get divorce-that is, shake it off as
soon as a real man will ask for her hand
while if she marries one of the first three
named trees she cannot easily shake hel
marital bonds, for these trees are sacred
and must not be tritied with.-Cincinnat1
CommercialTribune.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-19
BURGLARY AND
ATTEMPTED ARSON 4
A House on Eleventh Ave-
nue. Broken Into and
Looted.
The Burglar Sets Fire to One
of the Bedrooms to Cover
Up His Crime.
The Smoke Is Observed and Firemen
Extinguish the Flames Before
Much Damage Is Done.

A burglary and deliberate attempt to
destroy the building to cover up the crime
were perpetrated in the house at 423 Elev-
enth avenue yesterday afternoon.
The building is occupied by Thomas F.
Denny and William ]. Denny and their
sister, who is a teacher in one of the pub
lie schools. All are absent during the
day attending to their business, Thomas
being a joiner and William a carpenter.
Shortly after o'clock a smooth-faced
young man was seen to hurriedly leave
the house with large bundle under his
arm, by a neighbor named Andrews, and
Immediately afterward smoke was seen is
suing from the house.
Andrews ran to the fire station on Sec
ond avenue and notified the iremen.
They hurried to the scene and soon extin-
guished the fire, which was confined to
one of the bedrooms. The bedclothes had
been deliberately set on fire and the
flames had consumed nearly the entire
bed before the firemen reached the scene.
An examination showed that the burg
lar had effected an entrance by breaking
the glass in window in the rear and un-
fastening the catch.
Every room had been ransacked.
Drawers had been pulled out and their
contents scattered over the floors. Trunks
had been forced open and money and
iewelry stolen, besides other articles of
value. The place was practically looted,
and the loss will be considerable.
A telephone message was sent to police
headquarters, and detectives were sent
out to the house. A careful examination
was made of the premises, and several of
the neighbors were questioned. but none
appeared to have seen him except An
drews, who was, however. able to give a
good description of the burglar, and the
detectives expect to have him in custody
soon, as they think they know him.
Every effort will be made to find him,
as it is seldom that burglar resorts to fire
to destroy the evidence OF his crime.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-19

report made some mild criticism
of the mama ement of the park. 1 imme-
diately called a meeting of the commits
sion and at that meeting it was deter
mined to begin an investigation OF the
causes of complaint. That investigation
was begun and is still going on. The
Grand Jury is also investigating. l shall
insist that that investigation be very
thorough. Between the two OF US we
must certainly get at the truth. That is
what we want. That is all have to say"
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-19
Mistaken Identify,

Senator Hoar tells this story. says the
Washington Post: He was riding on a
train down on Cape Cod this summer,
when he felt tap on his shoulder, and,
glancing back, he saw benevolent. look
ing old lady studying his face. Excuse
me-" she said, "but aren't you Mr.. Jeffer-
SOM" The Senator thought at first he
had been taken for Thomas Jefferson, and
he was inclined to be piqued. Then it oc-
CURED to him that Joe Jefferson, the
actor, inha bits that part of the country, so
he replied benignly: mo, 1 am not Mr..
Jefferson. W;ll you be kind enough to
tell me which of his characters I remind
you of? Was it Bob Acres or Rip Van
WinkIe?" "a little of both," was the
reply.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-19
For the Emergency Home.

On Thursday evening fine entertainment
will be given in the Native Sons Hall for tn,
benefit of the Emergency Home for waits
The affair is under the direction of Mrs. Viii
liam Fisher of 314 Hayes street A fine arra5
of talent will be presented. Orchestras, glet
clubs, athletic organizations have contributed
literally, while many persons clever il
specialties of all kinds will appear on tn,
programme.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-19

The highest lakes in the world are in the
Hlmalayas, in Thibet, where there are
some bodies of water as high as 10000 ieet
above the level OF the sea.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-19
Alaska

Yukon Miners-Archie Burns will carry freight
from Dyea to Fort Linderman for 800 per ton.
inquire Edward Holland, proprietor Commercial
Hotel. 1t -. ....
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-19

In China a man cannot by will dispose
of his land in favor of any one person,
whether relative or stranger. 1t must be
distributed among all his male children
without exception.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-19

JEwEIRY store, s to Third street, removed to
303 Kearny street.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-04
ALBERT GALLATIN PORTER.

The death of Hon. Albert G. Porter will
cause universal and genuine regret
throughout Indiana and among his friends
beyond the State. Although the last few
years of his life were. clouded by illness to
an extent tina kept him out of public view,
he was kept in fresh remembrance by
thousands of persons throughout the State
who had become familiar with his face and
figure on the stump or who had experienced
his courtesy and kindness in public or pri-
vate life. He had a rare faculty of making
and holding friends, and nothing was ever
further from his intention than to make an
enemy. AS a result of this temperament
and other fine characteristics and of his
unquestioned ability, strict integrity and
loyalty TO principle he had a great per-
sonal following of admirers and friends.
AS a public man he seemed to present two
aspects. In some respects he was admir-
ably adapted for politics, while in others
he seemed untitled. He was a fine cam
paigner and great vote getter," but he
was exceedingly sensitive and not adapted
to the rough work and details of politics.
In fact, he was to-. honest to be a success
full politician in the ordinary sense. He
had nothing of the boss in his composition,
and no talent for machine politics. Neither
had he the qualities of a leader. He knew
men. but he did not know how to organize
or handle them. His executive ability con-
sisted mainly of carefulness in details, a
punctilious regard for legal and official
forms, and a conscientious performance of
l.4.- Y4I-,+ - I,al ,0O4 vo,rnI fncfa fn1-
practical politics was shown by his volun-
tarily retiring from Congress at the end
of a second term. He was elected in 1858
and again in 1860, and then declined a re-
nomination. He did not make much of a
mark in Congress, and it was understood
that he did not enjoy the position. He
loved the practice of law and was better
adapted for it than he was for politics, at
least for the politics of that period. His
legal experience made him admirably quail
fed for first controller of the treasury,
which position he held under President
Hayes, and his personal popularity made
him an ideal candidate for Governor in
1880. He had fine literary taste, and if his
health had been spared his history of early
Indiana, which he carried well on towards
completion. would have been a valuable
contribution to state history. In his per-
sonal conduct Governor Porter was a model
of everything commendable and correct,
and his life was an open page. He was
the last survivor OF the Indiana delegation
in the Thirty-sixth Congress, to which he
was elected in 1858, the other members
being William E.. Niblack, William H.
English, William NJ. Dunn, William S.
Holman, David Kilgore, John G.. Davis,
James Wilson, Schuyler Colfax, Charles
Case and John L. Petit. This was the
first Congress in which Mr.. Holman APP
| peared, and he died only a few days ago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-04
Oil Operations in Field
Excite treaties Apprehension
as to Fuel Supply.
THE ARREST OF ONE DRILLER
LEACH ORDERED TO
ENFORCE THE LAW VIGOROUSLY.
Millions of Feet of Natural Gas vast
ed DaiIy-SpeciaI Legislative Ses-
sion Beginning to BE Urged.

The operations of the Alexandria oil field
have excited the gravest apprehension for
the future of natural gas, not only in this
city, but all over the gas territory. The
long-distance telephone in Governor
Mounts office was kept busy yesterday
with messages from the gas belt asking
him to invoke ali the powers of the law
with all possible speed to prevent the fur
Their waste Of gas. Three delegations called
upon the Governor yesterday upon this
same subject, one composed of manufac-
turers, headed by e. c. Atkins; another
representing the Manufacturers Gas Com
pany, headed by f. A. w. Davis, and an
other headed by S. T. Murdoch, of Lafay-
cite, manager of the gas plants at La
fayette, Logansport, Peru, Wabash and
other towns controlled by the Dieterich
syndicate.
1t was represented to the Governor that
millions of feet of gas was being wasted
daily by the oil prospectors who endeavored
to blow the gas out of the holes drilled
in order to get at the oil beneath. The
point was made that while oil could go only
to the benefit Of those mining it the gas
was of benefit to the general public, a fact
the Legislature had recognized by passing
laws to prevent it's waste. The Governor
40 NAA0@ eAA POSoNpAC pNCPo nOoAo
be taken under the existing statutes to
preserve the gas supply. Mr.. Murdoch sqg-
gested that if the laws upon the statute
books were not adequate to preserve the
supply the suggestion of Major
DoXey in Sundays Journal that
a special session of the Legislature be
called to deal with the subject was we'll
worth considering. Later in the day Gov
ernor Mount dispatched a letter to Kokomo
instructing Gas Supervisor j. M. Leach as
follows:
The comes to this office that
the provisions of the statutes against the
waste Of natural gas are being violated
through the drilling of oil wells in the To-
cality of Alexandra and elsewhere. You
are therefore directed to investigate these
reports and to promptly prosecute all such
violators of the law"
State Gas Supervisor Leach has already
begun an active campaign. He was at
Anderson yesterday, and, after consultation
with Prosecutor Seaman, ordered prosecu-
lions against Driller Longabaugh, of the
Alexandria oil well, for waste of gas.
Leach is determined to enforce the law
preventing waste, and will prosecute every
violation. Manufacturers and citizens all
over the Indiana field are appealing TO the
supervisor to protect the gas interests, and
he will endeaVOr to do so.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-04

become a claim agent. 1t may or may not
be his fault, but a large part of his time
is devoted to tasks which his predecessors
knew nothing of. These burdens take so
much of his time that he cannot devote
himself to consideration of public ques-
tons. If the Senator should refuse to at
tend to all the requests of his constituents
he might lose a reelection.
The advantage previous senators have had
was that one of two parties was in a
majority. This has not been the case dur
ing the past few years, when the
There has been no responsible party
III the Senate. One thing which has caused
many people to ~criticise the Senate has
been the antagonism which has existed be-
tween the President and Democratic SEN
ators. The senators who have opposed
whatever Mr.. Cleveland favored have
shown a petty malignity that is contempti-
bic. 1t is very contemplate in the opinion
of Mr.. Miller, because he is one of the
stimabl men who seem to believe that
the ex-President is the greatest statesman
in existence. The man who believes that
cannot see anything but ~degeneracy in the
Senate. That body is under a cloud and
Will be until it shall show a disposition
adopting rules which will enable it to come
to a vote upon important measures without
delay.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-04

It would not be fair TO lay all the blame
upon a woman for the unhappy state of
affairs existing at Fort Mcpherson, but it
is quite true hat the men would not be
ready to cut each others threats if it had
not been for the women. The trouble is
that the officers and their families are
brought into such close social contact at
the army posts and have so much leisure
that friction is almost inevitable; hat there
is so little of it, ard that what exists so
seldom comes to the knowledge of the pub
lie is due to the wise self-restraint of the
persons concerned and to the custom of
regarding their difficulties as family af-
fairs to be settled in privacy. The condi-
tions surrounding the Fort Mcpherson case
were, however, of a sort too complicated
to permit of such a settlement; hence the
scandal and court-martial. How such af-
fairs are to be prevented is not clear so
long as human nature is what it is, and
army post people SO dependent on each
others society. Perhaps q rule e~Xacting
celibacy of officers would remedy the par
ticular evil involved in this case, but even
with women eliminated from the problem
II is by no means certain that the men left
to themselves would not find other causes
for quarreling. The only positive cure is a
war that would keep them all actively en-
gagged in the practice of their profession.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-04

There is reason to suspect that Russia
is more responsible for the present war
than any other power. But for Russia
there would be no Greece. To the inter
position of Russia and it's warning to Great
Britain in 1896, Greece yves it's independ-
ence. Time and again since that date Rus
STA has warned Turkey to let Greece and
the Greeks alone, as they were under the
protection Of the Gar as the head of the
Greek Church. 1t was believed that Russia
would in time interpose to sustain the
Greeks against their traditional enemy,
Turkey. In 1926, and as late as 1869, Russia
Britain objected. To the utmost surprise
of Greece it finds Russia on the other side
the supporter of Turkey. 1t is not difficult
to ascertain the cause of the change on the
part of Russia. 1t did not sustain Greece
because Russia cared for that nationality,
but because it desired to curb the power
of the Turk. For generations Russia has
coveted Turkey, consequently it has pur-
sued the policy that it has deemed the
most embarrassing to Turkey. Russia has
discovered tina it cannot make over the
map Of Turkey by this policy, so it has put
itself where the Turk must look to the
Russian for support. The ambition of Rus
STA is not changed. 1t is coveting Turkey
all the same, but it has adopted a new
scheme for accomplishing it's design. 1t
proposes to make Turkey dependent upon
it for existence. In effect, it will, if it has
not already, assumed a protectorate over
Turkey. The alliance between Russia, Ger
many and Austria having been formed, the
rest of Europe is in no position to object
to the division of Turkey between the pow
ers in the new alliance. In short, the mys-
FERROUS change of Russia in regard to
Greece is due 60 the unchanged purpose
of that government to secure a large por-
ton of Turkey.