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The San Francisco call., 1897-08-01
TO CUT OR RE-ENFoRoEnENrs.
Tactics of the Iribesmes Besfegt,so
Camp Mainland.

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SIMLA. INDIA, July 31.-The latest ad-
vices from Camp Malakand indicate that
the enemy is endeavoring to cut off the
re-enforcements now en- route. The loss of
the enemy in fighting Thursday night is
believed to have been heavier than on any
previous occas:on The fact that the Mol
ah was wounded and his chief disciple
killed will dishearten the fanatics. The
MolIah posed as divinely inspired ana as
able 10 capture Malakand.
It is reported that the leading headmen
Of the uprising have absconded.
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rrs7ntr.r Hs.r..orm il, sou.. Dakota.

SIOUX FALLS, S. D., July 3L-A de-
structive hailstorm passed near here last
night. The storm started six miles west
of Dell Rapids and went in a southeasterly
direction, destroying everything in its
path around Garretson. One branch OF
the storm passed over Shermantown and
Luverne, Mimi, ana it went in two paths,
one north and the other south, across
Rock and Noble counties. It is. esti m ated
that fully 100000 acres of crops were
destroyed.
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Colonel Fred Grants Successor.

NEW YORK, N. Y. July 3l-Mayor
Strong has announced the appointment Of
Colonel George Moore Smith OF the Sixty
ninth Regiment to succeed Colonel Fred
Grant as Police Com issioner. The new
Commissi0ner will be sworn in Monday.
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Renham Stul Has a Fighting Chance

BATAVIA, N. Y, July 31.-Benham.
who was yesterday convicted of murder
in the first degree on the charge of poison
ing mis- wife, will b. sentenced August 23
The case wss one of the most stubhornIy
fought in the history of New York, and it
is not likely that the prisoner will be ex-
sqlted without another legal fight.
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comb said tonight: There is mystery
here, to be sure, but no conceivable good
can come from solving it. 1t is a family
secret "
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B1t.h Fusi,eers start for Crete.

LONDON, ENG, July 3L-A dispatch
from Malta says that 400 Welsh fusileers
started for Crete this morning.
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HAZELT0N, Pa, July 31.-Alexander
Martini, who murdered Andrew Albertini
last Thursday, was captured at o'clock
this morning There was lively fght
before he surrendered, and an onlooker
was shot and badly wounded.
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Rebcl Aatives Of Ga.,land D.feated. !,

Rebei Aatices Of Gas land Dsfeafed. q
LISBON, PORTUGAL, July 31.-An Of
fetal dispatch from Lorenzo MARQUEE says
the Government troops have defeated the
rebeIious natives in an engagement in
Gazaland. The natives lost 800.
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MISS BARRETT Goldman
n supposed suicide
claimed building
bullet which penetrated her heart fired hand.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-16
fro BE Continued
Pulling cut n Tooth.

The modern dentist. who was undoubt.
edly intended for blacksmith, takes you
into an up stairs Office and seats you at a
front window, as he says, for light You
know that he is in league with the man
across the street, who from an opposite
window is studying your digestive econ
omy, and who seems to have wagcred that
the dentist couldn't get his fist quite down
your throat.
And this is the way he pulls your tooth
Take that chair, please. Now, which
tooth9'
This one"
"Ah, yes"-
"Ow-ow-ohl The other onei"
'Well then, just little wider. There
now"
p-punch-scrape-
"O-oo-oohv' and you break loose and
expectoratc
MERCY" you gasp, wouldn't it be less
painful to blow it out with gunpowder?"
Nonsense Open your mouth. ,"
Take me for the African sword swal-
lowerY''
"Littlo wider"
Gurglc-gasp-
"Ouchl That's killing mel"
"Just one more pull. NowW
Up, up you go. You see the milky way
bulge out, there Is a roaring in your ears
"a crash, and you see the dentist with the
troublesome molar In his forceps, griDning
as though 1t were the funniest thing in
the world.-Pearson' Weekly.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-16

1HCU dOnt need me.
ing forward unanimously, "that may
be you would like to have an engage
ment ring. Something or other, you
know, to make things seem natural and
correct. tried not to listen nor to un-
derstand but l couldn't help it, you
see. 1t was all so dreadfully romantic
and heart breaking-being courted in a
graveyard by campfire and all, you
know"
She stood between them, holding up
plain gold band. "This was MAN.
mas. 1t isn't much to look at, but it
will make things seem less dreamlike
when one of you has gone back to camp
and the other to the loom. Will you
take it, with my benediction on it?''
Randal's perplexed eyes left answer
to Liza.
'This is Mamie Colyer, my best and
bravest girl friend. 1 think we will take
her ring, as the unconventional seal to
an unconventional proceeding.
Unconventional / should say. And
heaven grant graveyard wooings never
may become conventional, said Ma
ME, relieving herself by this flippancy
A startled cry from Abram caused
them to turn quickly toward the latter
ed figure prone upon the army blankets.
"Adrien, old fellow, you're not CO.
ing TO give me the slip after I've gotten
you this near home? Home, mother,
wife, child, think of them, dear boy,
and it will give you strength. They're
near by, Adrien-just a little while
and you will be at home"
But the dying mans eyes were not
fixed upon the sorrowing ones of his
comrade. He was stretching his hands
feebly toward Mamie Colyer.
Randall rose from his knees and drew
back. "He wants you, not me. "
Trembling, wondering, but resolute,
Mamie knelt down by the poor shatter-
ed wreck. He drew her closer with one
fevered hand
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-16

He Thought it was roll call. GIVE him
his coffee. Abram."
The boy knelt beside the crouching
form. holding tin cup Of the hot black
fluid close to the unshaven lips.
"Capt'n. Mars AIDE, yere's your coffee.
Abe done het it es hot as blazesL
And so. my brave little woman,
transfer that poor wreck into your keep
ing. He will go without any trouble.
He is as docile AS a little child. Abram
and have still to find our way across
the lake under shelter of the darkness.
/ long for glimpse Of the old folks at
home. Before daybreak we must begin
the return tramp But-Lizap'
"Yes?'' She lifted her wet lids TO
look at him.
Perhaps was right, dear, in going
away without binding you to any form
al promise, but ] need the comfort of
some assurance from you to take back
to camp with me. ! think you have
known for long time, dear, that /
loved you. How is it with you, little
Liza?"
4udiuic Soiyci, otahuihS oil cu1iuhSCu
eavesdropper, hidden from them by a
spreading cape jessamine bush, shook
her fist in impotent rage at Abe, who
was breaking up camp with an incon-
siderate amount of clatter. The letter
of Liza's reply was lost to her, but the
spirit of it was made manifest by Ran
dial. Lifting the little left hand to his
lips, he pressed fervent kiss upon it.
"Thus, for lack of golden circlet, do
l seal my troth and thine.
Lila" Timidly from out the gloom.
my poor little Mamie. Forgotten
all this time
II was thinking, said Mamie. com
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-16
Misery.

Charles Kingsley's recipe for being mis-
cradle is ms follows think about your
self, about what you want, what respect
people ought to pay to you, and what peo.
pie think Of you. In other words, center
all your thoughts on self, and you will
have abundance of misery"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-16

II will teach you thing or two," said
the terrier as he jumped ut the hedgehog.
And as he jumped back, yelping with
pain, the hedgehog remarked:
Don't whine. was only giving You
: lew pointers "-IpuisviIle Courier Jodz.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-05

Monterey's honor Of being the State
capital was only a brief one. The consti-
tutional convention met there and at the
first session there was a movement to ad-
iourn. Where? Anywhere, just so il
was not Monterey. why" said one
member, this place is completely off the
road to the mines. Let US get up nearer
so we won't have to waste all our time
travelling"
However, the convention finished its
business IN Monterey, but decided that
the first session of the Legislature should
be held in San Jose. San Jose, being
nearer to San Francisco and farther ad-
vanced in population and civilization, sent
a delegation of two of its citizens to Mon
teiey to invite the Legislature to make
their town the coveted locality. There
were no pyrotechnic displays nor brass
bands TO accompany them. They prom
ised that if their wishes were granted the
pueblo of San Jose would furnish suit
able building for the Legislature TO meet
in.
This move was no sooner made and the
first session called than some of the mem
bers were unhappy and wanted TO move
again.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-05

There was a time when CALIFORNIA;
capital was not the permanent institution
1t now is. That was, OF course, in the
early days. when men gave more atten-
ton to digging gold than to politics, and
every citizen of the State wanted the
center OF government located where it
would be most convenient for him or do
him the most good.
Those coed old days were different from
the present ones, and it was not the task
to transfer the States capital then that it
would be now. IN fact it has been stated
that al one time all OF California's S records
could be carried OF the back OF burro
and also have room for the County Clerk
to ride along with them.
1t was most likely this ease of move
ment that kept the capital jumping
arc und from place to place in the early
DAYS. In the first six years of the States
history the Legislature met in five differ
ent places, and it would have met with
still greater variety if some of the citizens
had had their wishes.
This shifting OF the seat of government
earned for the Legislative hall the appel
Iation of the phantom Capital" So
quickly were the changes made on certain
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the northward, the rich and beautiful
valleys OF Suscol, Napa and Sonoma; !;
those OF Petaluma and San Rafael 10 the
west and immed lately in front, while
on the south are the picturesque shores of
Contra Costa the valley OF San Pablo and
the peak of Mount Dia olo, and in the rear
is the range OF Suscol Mountains, from
which flows an abundance OF good water,
which is discharged into Napa Bay.
LAS commanding position, with fine
building materials, and one OF The best
harbors in the world, with a neighbor-
hood of unsurpassed fertility. your Com
missioners teieye that better location
could not be made"
The sub trop pical statements embraced
in the foregoing paragraphs disclose fer
tlity of description somewhat in advance
OF that period. The "distance" mentioned
to San Francisco is OF little importance.
Twelve or fifteen miles, more or less,
didn't amount TO much in those good old
days. Modern military engineering, how
ever, has produced long-zange. guns
which throw projectiIes that far, but we
have no record yet of any telescope that
conducts human vision along the line OF
the arc formed by the flight of ball
while traversing that distance. In
order to see shipping in the harbor OF
San francisco from Vallejo ''of clear
day" the eye would, unfortunately, have
to penetrate the Intervening mountains oi
Contra Costa on the southeast. However,
Jules Verne anticipated equal achieve
ments in science in some of his earl y
| writings. The report continues:
ITO the northward OF Capitol Hill is one
| still more elevated. with all the commando
ing advantages of the former. and which
your Commissioners have selected as the
site for the university. Your Commits
sioners would remark that it has been {
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question whether 4 situation more Sc
cIuded would not be best for the education
OF youth; but they believe that modern
experience teaches the contrary; that OBJ
serva ton goes hand in hand with the
rudiments, and that youth during his
collegiate course would gain more infor-
nation from the legislative debates than
from the ablest professorship.'
The wording of the above paragraph is
characteristic OF the times, and liberal
but trite bewildering. 1t seems to OUT
line the location of two universities with a
small space intervening, or it locates one
university in two different places.
Their earnest solicitude concerning the
great advantages to be conferred upon
students trough the valuable medium of
listening to legislative debates is very
praiseworthy; YET, with becoming
modesty, they wholly abstain from re-
ferring to the higher and greater fund o 1
informa ton to be obtained from reading
legislative reports. The report then goes
on TO say:
s'The site selected for the Governors
house is situated between Capitol and
University hills on an elevation of rare
beauty. and nearly opposite where it is
believed that the United States navy-yard
and sectional dock will be built
THE site selected as lunatic asylum is
near the junction os Napa Bay and the
/ Straits of Carqulnez. 1t will have front
of about 700 feet upon the two bays oil
| Napa and Pablo and the straits, and will
extend back into beautiful valley, with
the advantages OF level grounds and Sc
! oil hat fnrt oIa 81
mankind may have the advantages of the
stir from the great highway or rural quiet
as the faculty may prescribe.
"The site for the penitentiary has been
selected on Napa Bay and the nearest
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pointed joint commission to examine
and report thereon.
On the 25 h day of March, 1851, they
made their report.
1t may not be amiss to here remark
incidentally that the nearest settlement
to the proposed new seat of government
was Benicia, situated on the Straits of
Carquinez, about eight miles distant.
General Vallejo's dreams were of course
never realized. The capital was moved,
but proved only q miserable affair, and
the whole scheme terminated as { dream
Following is the report turned in by the
the committee:
"Io the Honorable Senate and AssemJb of
the State Of California: The undersigned
Commissioners appointed by your respec-
tive bodies 10 meet the two named bv
General NJ. G. Vallejo. for the purpose Of
selecting the several plats of ground pro-
posed to be donated by him to The State
as set forth in his memorial, having per-
formed that duty, beg leave respectfully
| to report:
THAT in pursuance to your resolution
assigning said duty to them, they repaired
to the city of Vallejo, and alter diligent
examination for several days, they unani.
mousy made selection of The several
| public grounds for State purp oses.
1.-The undersigned deemed it best to
place the Capitol, the Governors house,
! together withthe university and several
other instit u,ions, on the elevated hill
Immediately upon the secure and COM
modious harbor of Napa Bay, and from
which point the whole OF Sonoma and
San Pablo bays, from the Twin Sisters into
the Straits of Carquinez, may be seen
| and from Capitol Hill, OF clear day, M ay
be seen the City and shipping OF San
Francisco. distance about twenty miles.
From this point also may be seen, te
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-05
CTLIFORNIT'S PHANTOM CAPITOL
1t Was to Surmount the Sunny Heights Of Benicia
and Overlook the Winding Throngs Of
Golden World

the north and west, which now consti-
tutes the southern portion of Sonoma and
Solano counties. He made a proposition
to the l. 'glslature to locate the seat OF gov
ernment upon portion of his unoccupied
ands embraced in the Suscol grant.
This effort was .he most persistent ever
made at capital removing, and through
certain means the Legislature was soon
convinced that General Valleio's claim
was a good one. However the matter
was first put to a vote so as to get public
opinion on the subject. Over 10000 votes
were polled, 7447 of which went 10 Gem
eral Vallejo. San Jose got about 1900.
Encouraged by this result, General VAL
Iejo, at the next session of the Legislature,
brought up the subject again, this time
accom- panying it with offers of money
ana land to an aggregate value of $371,-
coo There was a certain amount donated
TO each public institution, and the docu-
ment in which the offer was made fairly
bris led with beautiful language setting G
forth the charms of the locality specified.
This document was also accom- mpanied by
a blank bond to be signed by such respon-
sible parties as the Legislature should
deem sufficient for the faithful perform
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prominent hill to the Straits OF Carauinez
This situation was selected for the reasons
that excellent building materials are on
the spot. that it is near deep water and
would afford easy means of receiving and
transferring heavy materials; and last,
though not least, that its formidable
walls. imm ediately on the great highway
to our inexhaustible gold mines, will
stand as a warming to the sn ploads of
rascals congregating hitber from the
penal colonies OF other nations.
Herewith your Commissioners take
pleasure in presenting to the Legislature
several specimens OF free stone. OF
superior quality for building, and which
abounds in great abundance IN Vallejo;
besides which they have found extensive
quarries of hard stone, to be use for
easements and prison walls. There are
also within few miles large quarries OF
limestone of good quality.
THOMAS JEFFERSON GREEN,
commissioner of Senate.
I'D. P. BALDWIN,
'.R. Il. SAUNDERS.
commissioners of the Asse m bly,"
The foregoing report" is copied ver-
batim ct llteratim ct punc;uatim from
the official proceedings of the California
Legislature, second session, 1851. The bill
changing the seat of government passed
| both. houses Of that Legislature, and the
! next Legislature convened at the CITY OF
| Vallejo" the following january. For lack
OF sufficient accommodation they moved
to Sacramento. They convened at Vallejo
again the following year, but soon re-
moved to Benic.a. TIL capital was then
changed to Sacramento, where it has
since remained permanently.
The writer OF this article was the page
| OF the Assem- bly,.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-05

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Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-07-14

ii6t in bic 5dnbe bergraben, lire iptbi9en
gQ6Ogen auf ben Gid eeitiibt.
r@iera, Sbeuerite, tpilit ou iebt nit mir
~for1rnen24 fragte ct, fi4 gu ibr 4erdb5suseno.
Sic fob pl0BGi9 auf, i6r 9eii4t mar leiz
3enblaB unb BON Sbrdnen iiberitr0n't.
% nein, neiu," fliiiterte ite; nipie tDnnte
i4 Sbrer iemaGs nirbis 1etn, nun, tpp aIes
pa9r gelporben!"
Aber Der Graf f9lang ben Qrm um Gle
arme, feline 6iilIenma9erin uno BOB ife en's
por, baB tie neben ibm ftanb nttten unter
ben 8eriammelten.
rMeine 9erren," fagte er in ieiner eigeaz
tbiimlt9 rubig miirbeoollen 8eife. u.aien
Sic mid S6nen bic f~inftige @rdF:n Staridz
tine bor1teGen; bie1es Mdb6en piro f4on
mDrgen meinen Namen tragen. Gbe mir
I4eioen, f9ulbe i'd Sbnen Gin SjeItdnbntB,
ebenfo ebrenboG fir meme 8ralt als be-
i9dmenb fir mid. Sd bate etne G9renz
i9ulo auf mid genommen, ohne Die MtDga
li6teit, bieie gu 3ablen; es banoelte fth uur
nod Inn cine Stunbe, uno meine Gbre ano
nit ibr mein 2eben pdren oertpirft geptfen."
Miera Ia6 ftsbenb gu inn auf ho9 er Tlbr
fort: u9a rettete tie midi, meme !0srren; iie
I9nitt ibre pra9tpollen 9aare ab unb oer=
faufte tie fir mid = dber ai9t aus oieTem
| @runbe 1ou Tie mein Wei6 iperoea; Ie loa
es tperben, neil ib tie liebe unb lps1l tie MIDI
tpieoer liebt."
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rer merben in isinen Nrmen, uno als er it4
gu i6r nieoerbeugte, fah er. oaB fte olnmah=
tia aetpuroen, nit etnem S6ein oes Slides
in ibrem urneen bleiden 9efi6tdea, ME i'm
nod NiemanO ie in zines 8eibes @ntlib gs=
feben.
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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-02-03
On the Wrong Side.

There were special services in the
church, and every night an old feeble
man was helped by his daughter to a
chair just in front of the platform.
where the evangelist and the pastor
sat He was evidently very deaf bu,
now and then some familiar text reach.
ed him, and his face lit up as he nod
ded agreement. No doubt he was get
ting as much as the rest of the congre-
CATION, for he watched the speakers
race closely, and when the hymns were
sung and the middle-aged daughten
had rather fussily found the places for
MIN he traced the words along the lines
with his shaking forefinger. On the
iilst night, at the close of the meeting,
the evangelist said: Now, will every
brother and sister here, who can truly
say he or she is on the Lords side.
please rise|' TIE old man did not catch
the words-"Just As Am" had been
sung quickly, and he was still on the
last line-and when the daughter bent
down and whispered reprovingly to
MIN he apparently understood her TO
say he could sit still. AS the congre-
CATION sat down, however, the mean
ing seemed to come to him, and cloud
settled on his face.
When finally the benediction had
been uttered and all were moving
down the aisles, his daughter was say
ing, NO matter, pa, no matter at all
everybody knows YOU The gloom did
not tighten, and every nelghbor he
passed he touched on the arm. saving
am getting little hard of hearing
10 think of me not getting up" The
daughter smiled deprecatingly each
'lme' and kept up steady stream Of
apology for his depression. "The idea
OF pas taking 1t so; he has no occasion
TO worry, has he, Mr.. Window? Has
ne, Mrs. Wells? Every knows
where he stands, don't they?" In the
Vestbule an elder of the church passed
MIN and stopped an instant. blessed
meetings weren't they Brother Nor
us: he shouted. Blessed meetings.
say blessed, weren't theyT Did YOU
see me not getting up?" the old man
quavered in reply; ''me not standing on
the Lords sidey" "Oh, pa, you've no
OCCASION" The words died away as
they opened the door and went down
'he steps.-Chicago Times-Herald.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-02-03
Im proved Italian Oranges.

ltalja orange-growers are beginning
W take lessons from the successful ex.
perlments that have been made by
An er can orange-growers with i'm
prov d fruit. About nine wears AGO a
me Der Of a fruit firm of Sorrento
ltaiy, was making visit to this coun.
Try. AT that time Florida mandarin
oranges were claiming the attention of
the trade, and California had begun to
give attention to similar variety of
citrus fruit. He was particularly at.
tracted TO the California grown kid
gloves, because of their iuciness and
high color, and subsequently the firm
ordered a quantity of seeds to be for.
warded them in Italy. These were
planted and later cultivated. The first
shipment of fruit from the trees was
recently received in New York City.
The lot, according to Fruit Trade
Journal, consisted of about $50 half
boxes, exquisitely packed. On the
covers of the packages there stand out
IN bold lettering the names of the
different sections of this State where
the seeds were produced. The fruit
referred to is said to be very similar in
characteristics and quality to the orig
mai California kid glove oranges. The
California Fruit Grower says: Last
winter this journal had occasion to
notice the receipt by New York house
OF considerable quantity of oranges.
the yield OF trees grown in Italy, from
favoIl Q Florida stock. At another
time this journal mentioned the arrival
from Italy of lot of navel ORANGES.
the product of trees, the descendants
OF California navels. These instances
look almost as though the Italian
orange orchards were in process of
becoming Americanized at the hands
OF enterprising growers and shippers.
Ihey seem determined to have some-
thing III return for the structures i'm.
posed upon them by an American
tariff, and it looks as if they were SUE
cessful. In the improved varieties
which California and Florida are able
TO give them they are getting an ex.
oellent quid pro quo. A ohurl perhaps
might grumble at this, but viewed
from every standpoint, the intelligent
grower will be glad to see italy avail.
ing itself of its opportunities.