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The San Francisco call., 1897-10-07
WHITE MOUSE RECEPTION.
Brilliant Gathering to Honor Dustin
0uished Foreign Guests.

0utshed Foreign Guests.
WASHINGTON. d. c., Oct. 6-Presi-
dent and Mrs. Mckinley gave a reception
at tho White House tonight 10 the
foreign guests of the International Com
mittee of the Brotherhood of ST. Andrew,
who came here especially for that pur-
pose, before attending the coming con-
vention at Buffalo. Invited to meet the
distinguished guests were many persons
prominent in the social, religious and
scientific circles in Washington. Assist
ing the President and Mrs. Mckinley
were the members of the Cabinet and
their ladies.
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SECOND DEGREE MURDER.
W. III. EIktns Convicted of the Killing
of Nnlpador de AnneLis.

MERGED, CAL, Oct. 6.-The trial of w.
q. Elkins for the killing of Salvador de
Angels, near Livingston, last June, ended
tonight in a verdict of murder in the Sec
ond degree. The killing of De Angels
was the result OF family feud that had
lasted for some time, and arose oyer the
division. of property belonging to the
wives OF ElkIns and De Angels. The
women are sisters. Elkins laid in wait
for De Angels as he was returning home
in the evening and shot him.
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Haa Passed the cen,nry Mark.

SAN DIEGO, CAL, Oct 6.-Marie Or
tez, an Indian woman. died here yes
terday. Her age was variously esti-
mated at from 100 to 146 years, her daugh-
ter placing it anywhere from 116 to 146.
Mrs. Cortez was born in Cid Town, and
has lived in San Diego all her life
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Death of 1,oo Pioneers.

SACRAMENTO. CAL, Oct 6.-Howell
Clark, capitalist and pioneer citizen,
died this morning. He was a native OF
New York, aged So years. Joseph f. Hill,
a pioneer carriage manufa cturer of Sacra-
mento. native OF Nova Scotia, aged 90
years, died to-day.
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Cousin of Poet Bryaut Killed.

AUBURN. CAL. Oct. Civilian c.
Bryant, Q miner, was killed by a freight
train near Emigrant Gap this morning
He was a man Of more than ordinary in
telIigence, and was reputed to have been
a cousin of William Cullen Bryant, the
poet. He was about 65 years of age and
well known in this section.
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.FataIlv Woands His Debtor.

SAN PEDRO, CAL, Oct. 6.-Patrick
Savage. tailor. to-day shot and probably
fatally wounded William Roach. Savage
claimed Roach was indebted to him in
the sum of $50. and in discussing the debt
be shot Roach, who refused to pay the
amount.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-07
Terephone Companv InsoIveut.

VISALIA, CAL, Oct. 6.-The Mount
Whitney Telephone Company, with 200
miles OF wires connecting Vjsalia, Tulare,
Porterville and Bakersfield, has filed a
petition in insolvency.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-07
HudSOnMedical Institute
stockton. Market and E1lis s..

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL
Aour hair would cease falling out. Won
would nave one of those small uIcars
IN your mouth, and you would have No
copper coiored spots if you knew how
much the so Day Blood Cure, yvonId
yam circulars, ask for the ..3o- NJ
bIooa Cure' testimonials too. They are
ooth Tree to all inquirers. Ihey ars free
to you! o eo
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-07
Demen,ea uomam Dt,appe4r,,

NAPA, CAL, Oct 6.-Mrs. Emanuel
Davis, aged 30 years, while demented dis.
appeared from her home near Napa on
Monday. Sheriff Mckenzie has traced
her 10 San Francisco, but has not yet
found her. She has prominent relatives
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-07
sono,nn,. school super,uteua.nt.

SANTA ROSA. CAL, Oct. e.-The Board
of Supervisors this afternoon elected Carl
II. Nielsen County Superintendent of
Schools to succeed Z. w. Davis, resigned.
Nielsen has been a memb of the County
Board Of Education some time.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-07
A MA6K OF FAVOR.
The New American Minister to Ven
ezueia Is Received at the
CAPITAL.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Oct. 6.-The
Worlds cable from Caracas, Venezuela,
says: In consequences of the illness OF
President Orespo. Francis B. Loomls, the
new United States Minister, was received
by Vlce-President Alvarez to-day at the
Capitol instead OF at the Yellow House.
This was an unusual mark of favor A
company of high officials welcomed Mr..
Loomis
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-07
Br,dneman,, Wonnd Prore. En,nI

AUBURN, CAL, Oct. 6.--Louis Bridge
man. recently shot by Louis SELLER near
Forest Hill, who mistook him for a deer.
died at the County Hospital to-day. He
was about so years old and carried an
honorable discharge from thearmy.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-07

HotU They Propose to Bring Great
Britain to Terms.

Rrttatn to Terms.
PESHAW WUR. INDIA, Oct. 6. - Intelli-
gence received from various points con-
firms the report that the Afridis and the
Orakzais will take the initiative ii their
proposal of settlement is not accepted By
the British. In order to secure com bined
action they threaten accommodation
from Islam of such tribes as make sepa-
rate terms. AS the crops are now har-
vested, small bodies of tribesmen have be.
gun TO move.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-07
EVIDENrLY 1osr IN THE VIZ Eok
Relatives of Utah Indian agent Con-
rfucrd of His Fate.

DENVER, CoLo., Oct. Ga special to
the Republican from Telluride, Colo,
says: There is scarcely room for doubt
that Colonel E. NJ. Smith, Indian agent at
Price, Utah, for the Uncompahgres and
The herald., 1897-01-24
WAREHOUSES; FULL OF IVORY
Belgian City Where Elephants Tusks
are Plentiful the Year Round

The city of Anvers, in Belgium, Is a
great depot for African ivory. The
November sale, the fourth of the year,
assembled tusks weighing about 123,-
200 pounds. Among them was one re-
markable pair weighing about 123,-
pounds. In asserting tusks those are
considered the choicest which permit Of
the making of billiard balls from the
largest part of the tusk. Among the
tusks most sought for, which must weigh
from about forty to 155 pounds, the most
esteemed are the class called by the
English bangles which are sound,
round and glossy and serve the natives
for rings and bracelets for arms and
ankles
Started but five years ago, the ivory
business of Anvers is now the most i'm
portant in the world. The sale for 1895
amounted to nearly 100000 pounds, of
which over 455,061 pounds came from the
Congo Free State. Some days before
the sale at Anvers the periodical collec-
ton is shown to interested dealers. Most
of this ivory comes, as above stated,
from the Belgian Congo, though large
quantities are shipped from there that
Emin Pasha and Lupton Bey had gath
cred in the Soudan.
The average annual consumption of
100000 pounds, of which America took
nearly 100000 At Anvers, the worlds
ivory market, the product is worth about
81 65 a pound.
Is the elephant being exterminated?
Yes. Is nothing being done to preserve
it? Yes, in the Congo at least. By Off
cial decree it is forbidden to hunt the
elephant outside certain prescribed
seasons. This prohibition is addressed
to the native chiefs of European dis
tricts. Moreover, these chiefs and their
deputies alone have the right to hunt the
elephant, and, besides, each chief must
pay a tax equivalent to half the ivory
taken by him or his people. Further
more, it is discussed whether, in the
Congo country, there should not be es-
tablished some elephant farms to per-
petuate the elephant in the same way the
English are fostering the ostrich III
Egypt.-Paris ILLUSTRATION.
The herald., 1897-01-24
THE ATHLETIC MAIDEN
Girls Who Can Spar Like the
Best of EN-
THE SPORT is IDEALlZED
Aud the Damsels Find Boxing Rare
Exercise
lE SPORT IS IDEALIZED
Never Hits Hard Enough to Hurt and
Uses Soft Gloves-More Adept On the
Defensive Than the Aggressive

NEW YORK, Jan. 20.-Lovely woman
has taken another step forward in her
invasion of the sporting world The ten
mis- maid of 1890 was considered won-
der; the horsey girl of 1891 a terror; the
fencing beauty of 1892, the rowing girl
of 1893, the basket maid of 1894, the
bloomerite of 1895 and the golfing girl of
1896 were all marvels. But the maid of
'97 so far outranks all others that they
should not be mentioned in the same
breath. She is the boxing girl, and the
way she has taken hold of the new sport
portends a long existence for it as the
reigning diversion of the athletic maid.
Discolored eyes, bleeding noses, frac-
tured Jaws, broken ribs and other Incl
dentals of the boxers life seem to have
no terrors for her, simply because the
gloves she uses are as large and as soft
as down pillows Then, again, her mus
cles are not hard enough to land a blow
sufficiently stiff to cause any of the above
named fatalities; moreover, it is funda-
mental part of her etiquette never to cut
loose and polish off a weaker opponent.
She boxes merely for the healthful
pleasure to be gained by it, and not with
the purpose of ever turning the art to
serious use.
lHeTc IS only once pldCe III llle Clly
where boxing is INDUCED in by women,
and that is a gymnasium patronzed by
the butterflies of fashion and the mat
rons who have been shocked into tre-
mendous activity by!the' knowledge that
they are growing fat Thus the patrons
are divided into two distinct classes.
And one is easily distinguished from the
other.
Those who frolic from the natatorium
to the flying rings OF trapeze, or indulge
in a short bout at the foils, show that
their sole purpose in life is to have
good time. They are the butterflies. The
others cling to one corner of the room
where the various reducing machines
are located, and work away with the
silent determination of martyrs. They
have no time for frolics; to them the
gymnasium is a serious, solemn busi-
ness institution capable of yielding that
great boon to middle age-a slender,
girlish and graceful figure.
But since boxing achieved recognition
there has been happy minslng Of the
two classes. The butterflies took it up
because it was something new ana Of
fered a dazzling chance to display their
agility; the mlatrons because of the SOL
emn assurance of the master that it was
the speediest and most healthful meth
cd for the annihilation of superluous
flesh.
This master is something of a genius.
He has been contending with the 1oibles
of the fashionable athletic girl for manv
years and knows the complex creature
by heart. Women get tired of ordi-
nary gymnastics" he says. They won't
i-aar them IN ho0~'--- or +'o = '>~-'-~- ."
The herald., 1897-01-24
POSTMASTER FIFTY-ONE YEARS

Philadelphia, Pa.-Joseph Strobe Of
Miffin county is the oldest postmaster in
the United States That is to say, the
oldest in continuous service, for Mr..
Strobe has held his position of master
of the mails at Strode's Mills since 1S45.
despite changes Of administrations DO
litical upheavals, war and the silver agi-
taton.
Strode's Mills is pretty little station
in the central portion of the state sur
rounded by rich farming lands and VAL
liable ore and sand mines.
Joseph Strobe is in his S2d year. and Il
is believed he will hold his job until he
is too old to fill it. He is the pride and
the joy of the postofFice department in
Washington, which placed his picture
in the government display at the world
fair.
The Strodes are an old and noble fam
lily. They came from England in 1850 and
settled in the valley of the Virginia. In
lfi6 Joseph STROBE, the presnt postmas-
ter's grandfather, came to Pennsyl-
wanna and settled in the vicinity of what
Is now Strode's Mills.
The oldest postmaster is a Republican
and has never missed voting since he was
allowed to vote. He has never been i'll
and is possessed of all of his faculties.
lie was appointed during the adminis-
tratlon of President Polk.-Chicago
Evening Post.
The herald., 1897-01-24

then you'll know the rate Of speed &C.
quire in getting back to land.
I'm landing. / can best liken 1t to the
feat of jumping from a car going at .
moderate rate of speed. You've got 10
be lively on your feet or you'll go rolling
over and over.
II don't care how strong the wind
blows above, but when 1t blows heavy
on lard it is hard to initiate the balloon
without igniting it. l use balloon
70 feet high and 30 feet in diameter, pear
shaped. and made of Irish linen, with
strong seams, and without the usual net
work of cords surrounding ordinary ba.-
looms, and am very careful about it.
Several times my balloon has caught
fire from the blaze beneath it, just as
cried, Let go!' and 1 was forced to jump
with the parachute at short distance,
but, of course, I'd go up far enough to
insure the opening of the parachute be-
fore striking the earth. AS matter Of
fact, l have to keep my eyes on the ball
loon in going up, as it might collapse
before 1 could cut loose if l were not
watching it.
Sometimes holes Unexpectedly ap-
pear in the balloon, and then I've got 10
look out for sudden collapse of my
carrying agent. After I cut loose, the
large balloon, owing to its being top
heavy, overturns and emitS the hot air.
and then rapidly falls to the earth.
Thursday many people thought the fall
ing balloon would strike my parachute
and destroy me, but in reality it passed
more than 1000 feet beyond me. If ID
should come dangerously close, could
shift the parachute and sail away from
It, 1t seldom comes within 100 feet Of
me.
THAT day landed on top of a tree.
and l had to swing with one hand from
the parachute ring while l smashed the
branches from the tree with the iron ban
Of my trapeze to allow the parachute to
1andp
The herald., 1897-01-24

grace than men, and are particularly
quick in the intuitives, that is, judging g
when the other is going to strike. This
makes the defensive work very pretty
and they exert more skill in avoiding
punishment than the average man.
They are not so good in aggressive
work and it has been quite a problem
to induce them to lead Women nat
urally lean to the defensive, and even
when their timidity has been overcome
they never hit hard enough to hurt.
altogether it is the best sport in the
world for women, and my pupils think
so, too for have so many to handle now
that the work is something of burden"
The herald., 1897-01-24
POLLY.

Though Polly has patrician ways,
And taste no critic dare impeach,
She shuns formalities of phrase
And prim proprieties of speech.
If at the play Bob Acres wit
Arouses tumults of delight,
Or Lady Teazle scores a hit,
She gurgles, "Oh, it's out Of sight"
At musicales and picture shows,
Where eStheteS rave in phrases pat,
Ger Wagners airs and pale Corots,
She blandly asks, where am l at?"
OF fads and follies, toilets, balls,
She chats away, as chirps a linnet,
But woman's rights her heart appals-
"Thank goodness, Tom, am not in it,
I sought her hand with tender sighs;
My heart kept going pit-a-pat;
With laughter twinkling in her eyes,
She cried, Your talking through you
The herald., 1897-01-24
INCONSISTENT AS OF OLD

Inconsistency was never the bugbear
OF the Republican party. At this time
contradictions between their promises
and performances are worrying them
less than ever. Having secured power
by fight on the currency issue, they
propose to call an extra session Of con-
gress, not to reform the currency but
to enact higher tariff. Another incon-
sistency in their attitude is the ground
on which they argue for a higher tariff
to raise prices. Yet the effect of the
former Mckinley tariff was asserted by
them to have been lower prices.-Kan.
eng Citv Ttuee
The herald., 1897-01-24

society woman, it's all bosh to teach
her. You will waste your time and get
no thanks in the bargain
But the opinion of the expert did not
bother me. l went ahead to teach box
ing. not in the aggressive, Jim Corbett
style, but in an i1ealZed way. suitable
tc the sex. There are several good pupils
ir my class today, and they have mas
tered the science of the art as far as the
rudimentary principles are concerned.
The herald., 1897-01-24
THE FEMININE IDEA OF HIT MISS AND GET Awl

lists, and he frowned upon the project
with all the wisdom of his experience.
L tell you he said, that is all non
sense about women boxing. A woman
can't box because, if you hit her in the
chest or the wind, you not only knock the
breath out of her body, but you run the
risk of starting some awful disease like
cancer or something of that sort Some
masculine women you might handle,
The herald., 1897-01-24

there is not one chance in 5000 of Its ever
being of any service to them. But as
a health producer l regard it as sport
of the first kind. Before introducing it
/ had talk on the subject with an old
time trainer of professional pugilists,
but it was impossible to induce him 20
regard the matter purely from the ex-
ercise standpoint. He seemed to think
that I was bent upon turning the fash
ionable women into professional pugil-
The herald., 1897-01-24

''Then 1 explained that the successful
boxer must have the feet of a dancing
master and the strength of a Hercules.
You can't imagine how those women
pride themselves on their muscle. The
allusion to Hercules touched them in a
vulnerable spot, and, of course, ! knew
l had them when l mentioned the dane
ing master.
Il am not teaching these women the
The herald., 1897-01-24

The rest is merely question of prac-
tice and individual ability.
"As the boxer must exert his brains
in entire harmony with his body, it is
a sport which appeals to the mental
structure as we'll as the physical. The
eye, the head, the feet, the legs, the arms
and the hands are all trained in box
ing, and every muscle is brought into
play.
"T a. ~. ~-e-~- --~.-
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real motive to chain their interest

a TtdI HlOtlVe 10 Chaln THEIR interest
But about boxing there is a rivalry that
fascinates while it invigorates
They were in doubt about it when I
talked of introducing the sport, but
when I had induced the first two to don
the gloves and showed them how to
move their hands and feet and use their
eyes they began to realize some of the
science hidden in a sport which they had
supposed was merely vulgar brutality
The herald., 1897-01-24

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-31

A woman's work II hard in many waya
Unless the woman Is strong and healthy hel
work viii cause her much distress and pain
and she will suffer from headaches, and
backaches and side-aches, and each evenina
VIII hnd her utterly worn-out, sick and dis
gusted with life. In this condition of mind
and body she cannot be loving and ami
able companion for her husband when b
returns from his work weary too In body
and mind.
If Q woman wants to live a happy, con
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-31
LYNcH's SCALP.

TEXAS League Hss Him suspsnasd ~ the
Nashville Team.
Paddy Lynch has been suspended
BY the Nashville team Of the C@ntral
league. He has been playing good
ball, and his admirers here will re-
greet to hear Of his trouble. The
Texas league is responsible for his
suspension, alleging that he accepted
advance money from the manage.
ment Of the Austin club last season.
and failed to report for duty. Lynch
denies the truthfulnsss Of the accu-
sation and says he will be able to
prove its falsity.
L. G. Eddy has letter from Lynch
He says that he has been suspended
for . week or %. until such time %
he can satisfy the management Of the
Nashville team, that he has not
Committed any such offsnse % the
Texas league charges.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-31

advice to the young people, whoss
interest Il held throughout.
Herman Mohr. young farmer liv-
ing near Eldridge, lows, who was mar
risd three months ago, suicided Sat
urday. His dead body WAS found
beside his team In the field. whore he
had been blowing. In one hand was .
bloody razor, with which he cut his
throat. The cause of his suicide 10 .
mystery.
The ". c. T. q. will give . flower
mission program 1t the Y. II. G. A.
chapel tomorrow afternoon 1t
o'clock. Good music has been pro-
vidsd and . large attendancs Of
members and friends Of the temper
peranoe cause is expected. Business
Of importance comes up for consid-
Grafton at the conclusion Of the pro-
gram.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-31
The First Teocups,

Even after tea was introduced into
Europe and had come into general use
tcacups were scarce. At the same time
coffee was introduced, but apart from
Constantinople the first coffee cups in
Europe date back only as far a. 1915 in
Venice, 1859 in Paris 1861 in London
and 1894 in Leipsic. From the first,
however, the conventional oriental cof-
fee cup, without stem or handle, wa
little used, and in Germany not at all
The Chinese teacup was used for tea,
coffee and chocolate as we'll Specimens
Of porcelain were undoubtedly intro
duced into Europe in the middle ages,
yet not till the sixteenth century were
cups imported from China in any great
Quantities, and even then it was rs ar
ticles Of vertu. Most Of these found
their way back to- China again, a. col
lecting porcelain is lasting fad there.
and high prices are paid for good spec
imena The collection Of Chinese porce.
lain, II only the genuine specimens an
desired, requires immense study and
knowledge, as the Chinese are skillful
imitators and put numerous falsifica'
tons on the market-Jewelers' Circu.
Lar.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-31
THREE MEN IN THE RIVER.

Beat Cspsizes and Thsy Are Nearly
Drowned.
William Rice, Emil Borneman and
Ernst Osborn, Of Gilbertown, had .
narrow escape from drowning in the
Mississippi yesterday morning. A
skin In which they wore riding across
to Moline vas capsized when in the
middle Of the stream. They man
aged 20 cling to the boat until help
resehed them.
The three men were nearly sx-
hsussed. and there WAS much anxiety
- to Osborn. with whom physicians
worked al day. It WAS necessary to
give him hyPodermic injections of
strychnine before he could be re-
vivsd.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-31

Do not fail to hear the great bene-
1T concert to be rendered Prof. Toen-
niges at Schuetxen park. Davenport.
Thursday evening. June 8. BY the
Ladies' Harmonic society, Schubert
Glee club and Strasser's orchestra OF
30 pieces. The grand selection from
Tannhauser BY . mixed chorus Of 80
voices and orchestra Of 80 is but one
Of An interesting program Of 10 num-
bsrs. The elegant music. pavilion
10 ~ we'll adapted to . concert OF
this kind IS any hall. Through
cars will leave after the concert for
Rock Island and Moline. Dancing
until ~. Tickets 50 cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-31
AN OFFICER ASSAULTED
pert Tou9hs Th1Dp detective Js
sen as lGAnhstssn Beach.

DoVoopOSG VoO8no TnuoP OoeoOtlvo zen.
sen at Manhattan Beach.
Detective Jensen, OF Davenport,
was assaulted by four young men
Of that city At Manhattan Beach
about 6 O'Clock last night. There
had been some trouble, and he
started to escort one of the offensive
fellows to the boat, when he was
jumped onto by three other young
tonghs and beaten over the head
and given two black eyes.
Walter Snyder. George Hoffman.
A. Hartz and S McGovern were ar
rested for the assault, and each was
held to the grand jury today on q
charge of resisting IN officer.