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Warrington New. Notes.

|ashiLgton, August 90 The comptroll-
y the, currency has appointed virgioi
4usk receiver of the First National
! Of Asheyille, n. c.
b COMPTROLLER Of The currency has de-
d dividends in favor of the creditors
solvent banks as follows: Twenty
Pent. the Dalles National bank OF
?, Oregon; per cent. the National
OF Illinois. Chicago, Ill.
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ercentages as compared to 1896
kall increase in the imports from
lain while the percentage OF ex-
|ains unchanged. The imports
hany show an increase OF nearly
lent. There was also a slight
b the exports. The imports from
birth America increased from 5.29
Ito 5.33, while the exports de-
|om 6.92 to 6.2s. The exports In
rom 81 to 1876. About the same
In our trade with China are
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pr,ut,uu Outit Cnpturcd.

Havana. August 2s.--Thc police have
discovered printing OUTFIT which has been
used to print proclamations issued by the
insurgent leaders. The prorrietors OF the
establishment. Peralts Bros, have been
arrested and are confined incommunicado
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Marseilles. August % 1.-The comnsol gem
eral has adopted resolution denying
calculation in wheat anu asKlns the SOY
ernmert TO suspend the duties On foreign
,srat,. and flour
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El Paso. Texas. August %, This evening
Mrs. Charles christy 81 this city found q
little baby, boy only or hours old. "
ing in her back yard. The little walt was
wrapped In old clothes. Mrs. Christy has
no children and Is very proud Of her find.
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rhIladelphia. August

rhiIadclphia. August 22.,-James w.
Paul. the eldest member Of the philadel-
phIa bar, died here today. He had
high reputation ~ 2 nwyer NJ Paul
Aston d Nsv York snd isavss four living
children. M
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Protection Of Wori,men.

Zurich. Switzerland, August 23.--The in
ternational congress called TO discuss
measures for the protection OF workmen
opened here this evening. All countries
were represented,
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RIO GRANDE DAM.
The Hearing II on Before the new
Mexico Supreme Court.

Santa Fe N. NJ. August 2a.--Hearins OF
,no United states governments attempt to
restrain by injunction the proceedings OF
.ha Rio Crande dam and Navigation COM
nany from damming the Rio Grande at
EIsobant Butte and appropriating the
flood waters OF IL stream for irrsatioh
and domestic purposes was begun III .he
supreme court Of New Mexico toaay' a.
government ,ss was defeated lie the lower
courts
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ONLY Treasury statement.

arlington. August 2s--Today's state
Of the condition Of the treasury
b: A,aiinbie cash balance. 1921. 162,-
rs; gold reserve. sl4s.l6s.756.
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Havpna August 23.--A special dispatch
from Madrid SAYS there is no doubt the
Spanish government win be willing 10 OK
tend the commercial treaty with the uiIited
States.
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guest Of ConGrcssman DsGrsffenreld, who
took him to Mount vernon.
Tho postoffce At Sonslin, Wharton coun-
~. Texas. will be discontinued after Au-
gust 81.
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~. w,. In.tnntly Killed.

Chattanooga, Tenn, August 23---John T.
Long, workman In the Cincinnati south
ern railway shopc. while lacking UP car
this morning was instantly killed by tho
handle of a Jack striking him In the head.
Master Mechanic 7. II schrelber who was
standing few feet away aud witnessed
tho accident fell over in a fainting fits
from which he could not be aroused. Mr..
schrefbcr has been troubled with heart
disease fdr some time and his physicians
say he can not survive the shock.
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hshington. August 2s.-tspeciai, -
b wtAiams Of Galveston Is hers for
n dexs this morning He was tho
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ID Williams K!lIsd as1 I'll
His Uwa nouss $ Il
OfFIsD the OFFICERS 10 TAKE HI I


Little Rock. Ark, August &.--A epecl4l '
To tho Gazette from Baxter. ARK. sayss A95
williams, coicrsd. was killed And tusnee M
up IN his own home. three miles north -
this place. about o'clock yesterday mutN-
Ing. gs
About 4 month ago Williams comnsittsd
an Outrage on colorcd woman and then
sent word to the deputy ahotir scAIdtue
here that he would kill him Il no under-
took to arrest him. Why an snort wAs 4
not made 10 arrest him sooner " not stat
cd, but saturday evening Deputy sherin
WIN Hammock arrived here from Month
cello and began Immediately laying plens,
summoniug = posse and making prurara-
tons to mako tho arrest. about o'clock 8
that night start WAS made and Mt about
| o'clock sunday morning the house Wa
surrounded by the posse. which consihted
OF Deputies WIN Hammock, Steve Tu',uuk,
W. II. Lerhan AMI Ten others, Amons
them was Henry Chlllrcss. also Alfred
Saunders and rticr colored mon. \ de-
mand was made that Wil''ams come out
and surrcnder but his wife rnnhc answer
that he was not al home She re'rted,
however. TO open the door and To- 's'e CHI
GERS search the house. This and othtr c'r-
oumstanccs made II certain In TIE minds
OF tho Officers that Williams was In tho
house and debating 10 his wife Slkt to
say. After rxhausting eve, means >. per-
| suasion and promise OF protection. tsNipg
made futile effort 10 break down the door,
and having given faSr warning. the house
| was set on fire and not until tho rouI MAS
! falling Ia did tho door open. Tho woman
| ran out, brushing Goals CT Ere frori her
head az she emerged rom the burning
| house As soon az the loor was clr9t VII
iams was seen. Winchester in hand ana
as hu raised 4 20 ,Hdn aim one OF the squad
who fortunately Ind got the first sig', and
The drop. rred before. Williams u An
| effort was made TO get q body out Or mo
burning house. but It was too late, The
roof fell IN almost tho instant tho dosper-
ado fell, and all Went up 10 smoke to-
gcther.
This country Is rid OF one OF It's worst
ctizcns, Gays tho correspondent ana ms
neighbors will be able 20 got possession ~
their stolen property, which Williams has
been accommodating for years While ha
lived his ncighbors, though they knew ne
had their property dared not lay claim
to Il. or got out warrant, no great wa'
\ the terror inspired In them by the bru'a
desperado. Some Of the posse found sad
, die that was stolen hve years ago from
them. Williams had served two years II
the ncnltcntiary. once In Mississippi fol
horse stealing ana once from near Helena
this State, Tor rapc.
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p SEALING QUESTION.
the Commissioner Made n
TeIegrnphic Report.

the Commissioners Made n
TeIc graphic Report.
|gton, August 23.--Assistant Sec
bwell today received the following
from Seal Commissioner David
dan at Seattle. Wash:
cation successfully completed.
Il Of breeding rookeries Is per
e last year: Of killable SO per cent.
lie to starvation Of pups from
healing in 1884, former due to last
estruction of females plus starva-
bups In 1894. Conclusions of Last
bpletely INDICATED in all important
hgton, August 23.-The state de-
Il is awaiting with some interes
brit of the fur seal commission
Recently arrived at Seattle and Is
Its way to Washington. 1t is no
! that the English and Canadian
bioners will agree with the repor
Mr.. Jordan will make in view o
)r. Jordan has said Of the condition
eeals. The other commission coul
lee and there is little reason to be
bis commission will present a diff
view. The conclusions OF the com
will be laid before the seal con
arranged by Mr.. John w. Foster
ecial representative Of the Unite
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-13
CALIFORNIA BRANDS
MUST Be FAVORED
Whittier State School Trustees
Will ReadVertise for
Supplies.
Point Scored by the Los Angeles
Merchants and Manufacturing
Association.
Special Dispatch to THE CALL

Special Dispatch to The CALL
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12-The trustees
of the Whittier State School will readyer-
tise for supplies. and will not open the
bids until December %.
This action has been brought about by
the course of the officers of the Los An
geles Merchants and Manufacturers' AS
sociation, through Secretary f. J. Zee
handeiaar.
The original advertisements for sup
plies as they appeared called for bids on
certain Eastern brands of soap, sardines
baking powde: and general supplies.
This was a discrimination against the
articles of home manufacture and con-
trary to the letter and spirit of the State
law, which r oulres all officers of State
institutions TO give preference to the Cali
iornia manufactured product in pure as
ing supplies.
Secretary Zeehandelaar appeared before
the board and pointed out the mistake
The Trustees saw ii, and Tomorrow will
advertise asking for bids on the articles
without specifying the brands, and the
law r. quires that they give preference to
home product.
This /, the second fight OF the kind the
Los Angeles Manufacturers Association
has won. The previous contest was in
Riverside County with the Board OF Sill
pervisors, and there it was necessary tn
invoke the aid of the courts to carry the
point
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-13
Western Union Ready to
Begin Its Northern
Extension.
Gables Will Be Stretched at
Once Across the Straits
of FuCa.
The Company May Form Connec-
tons to Reach the Yukon
Country.
Special Dispatch to THE CALI.

ORTLAND, Dec. 12-Frank Jaynes
OF San Francisco, Pacific Coast Superin-
tendent OF the Western Union Telegraph
Company, was in Portland to-day after
having spent three weeks on the Sound
where he arranged for an extension OF
Western Union wires to Victoria. 1t is
the intention to cut the Postal Telegraph
Company out of that business Th ex-
tension will be from Seattle 10 Port
Blakeley, thence TO Port Gamble, Port
Townsend, Port Angeles and across to
Victoria. About thirty miles of three
conductor cablt will be used. sixteen
miles of whicl will lie at the bottom of
the Straits of Fuca, between Port Angeles
and Victoria. Two wires will be strung on
the land, leaving an extra cable conductor
for use when the volume of business shall
demand another wire. Tbs extension OF
lines will cost about $150,0o0.. Work on
the cable will be begun at once and the
new lines will be in operation in a few
weeks.
The Western Union does not build
lines outside the United States" said Mr..
Jaynes, land if it shall get into the Yu-
kon country it will be bv forming connec-
tion with the Great North western Com.
pany OF Canada, with which the Western
Union has business relations. That COM
pany now has exploring parties In the
held, and it is expected to get concessions
from the Canadian Government that shall
enable 1T TO construct an overland line
to the K ondike. That wouli give the
western Union access TO the Yukon, and
leave no gap between the main system
and the Alaskan lines.
"a telegraph line will follow that route
1t is impracticable to maintain a line go
ing over the mountains from the coast if
the question OF expense is permitted to
have any weight in the matter 1t is pos
sibe hat our company will build a tele-
graph line up the Yukon River from it's
mouth, but that would have no connec-
tion with other lines of our system. 1t
would be local wire connecting the i'm
terror with the Government station on st.
Michael Island. But We have no Inten-
tion of bringing line down the coast to
other telegraph connections.
The undertaking is too stupendous
and the bu mess conditions in the Yukon
Valley are yet TOO uncertain TO warran MT
such an enterprise. But we have men in
the field and shall be ready to act when
there shall be something tangible to act
upon.''
The Western Union is about to stretch
another quad" wire between Por land
and San Francisco. The copper wire as
arrived and force of men which has been
engaged in stretching a new wire from
San Francisco 10 Ogden will start out
from Portland with this line tomorrow
or Tuesday. 1t will string about twenty
miles OF wire day. In the work on the
Nevada plains as many as thirty miles of
wire was strung and rapid work is ex-
pected TO be done in sire etching this new
wire to San Franci CO.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-13
TEA INSPECTOR.

How the Fourth Man on the List was
Appointed to Permanent Position.
Collector of the Port Jackson SATURDAY.
appointed temporary Tea inspector
Ioohey as permanent tea inspector al this
port. Mr.. Toohey's name was fourth on
the list of eligibles submitted to the Col
lector by the Treasury Department, and
under the civil service rules the Cole ctor
was debarred from appointing him. But
this seemingly unsurmountable obstacle
was Vauited over with an ease and grace
that throws into the shade the greatest
diplomatic if not MachiaVelIian feat ever
performed by Clerk Jerome.
The original programme contemplated
the selection by the Collector of one OF
the three first eligibles on the list. Then
The remaining names (of which Mr.. Too
heys would be the third were to be sem
to the Collectors of the ports of Port
Townsend and Tacoma. and Mr.. Toohey
would have an opportunity of being Sc
lected by either one of those Collectors.
But Mr.. ToOhey has a large business
here in The tea line and did not want to
leave the city. So Collector Jackson, see-
ing an easy way out of the political laby-
rinth, wrote to the Collector at Port Town.
send asking him to appoint G.. G. Chaplin
of New York, who was second on the list,
A reply was received that Mr.. Chaplin
would be a persona grata at Port Town
send and that the Collector at that porc
would appoint him.
Then Mr.. Jackson wrote to the Treasury
Department announcing that Port Town
send had selected Chaplin and that Mr..
Toohey was now third on the list. He
wished to appoint Mr.. Toohey for this
port The department gave him permis-
sion last Friday and Mr.. Toohey was I'D.
pointed yesterday.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-13
Tdols of Modern Society"

The lecture by Rabbi Myers at the Bush
street synagogue last evening was 'Idols OF
Modern Society,"" he said: whatever oocn.
pies mans supreme thoughts and affections
is his IDOL Every country has its special id oil
and each man has private Idol, in the wor.
sap OF which he will sacrifice his principle,
his honor, his conscience and even his family.
Some OF the idols OF modern times are ayari-
clous greed Tor wealth. pleasure, luxury. ap-
petlte, sports and the foolish aud dangerous =
fashions which sway the women OF a com
munity- 1t is the special m mission OF Judaism
to hghtall kinds of idols Jews are very prone
very intense IN everything they undertake.
AS devotees to their gods they outdo their
Gentle ne1ghbors. The modern Jew, TO cure
himsef oi idolatry, should hear the voice OF
Jacob saying TO his family: Put away vour
strange gods ana let us GO up TO the house OF
that Gnd who saved me alive through my long
pilgrimage"
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-13

danger and had probably got mp steam,
started their propeller and are proba bly, safe.
The tug Relief also went down early
thls morning, and, with the ManZanita,
beat about until daylight. 1t was II
O'CLOCK before they could cross. the Reliet
getting out first The lightship was then
ten miles north of her station and four
miles off the ca e.
she was under steam and slowly max
ing her own way to the harbor. The
Manzanita passed her a hawser and took
n in tow.
Al l o'clock while crossing in the
hawser snapped, throwing the Manzanita
into the trough of nasty sea.
All hands feared the worst. The parted
hawser got tangled in the wheel OF the
lightship, rendering her helpless. For
lew minutes it seemed that both ships
mus be thrown onto CIatsop spit, near
the jetty.
BY tremendous exertion and heroic
WORK on the part OF the crews of both ves-
sells, the Eawser OF the light hip was
passed TO the Manzanita and the danger
Gus voyage again commenced.
slowly they made their way into the
lower harbor when again the hawser
broke near Fort Stevens. Once more IA
tow Inc was patched up, and at 5:45
o'c.ock the lightship dropped one OF her
small anchors abreast of Smiths Point,
where she now lies in safety.
The captain of the Iightship stated that
he dld not Get adrift until midnight Sat-
urday. The Cape lookout reported him
adrlfi at O'Clock in the afternoon, and
at midnight ten TO twelve miles north of
his station.
The lightship lost 135 ia hons of chain
ana another mushroom anchor. She will
be refitted tomorrow.
The six vessels which were in the ofipg
last night put TO sea when the Iightship's
lamps were pu OUT, as none OF the m could
be seen this morning.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-13
YOUNG MITCHELL HOT.
He Says He Is Not the Pro-
moter of Fake Ring
Contests.
Knowing Ones Smile Inoredulously
at the Supervisors Commit
tees Action.

On next Thursday evening Eddie Con-
molly and Dai Hawkins will battle under
the auspices of the Occidental Club. The
decision OF the Health and Police Com
mittee OF the Board of Supervisors not to
recommend the granting of any moro
boxing license does not affect this con-
test, as the club already has permit.
This is not tie irst time that the Health
and Police Committee of the Board of Su-
pervisors has refused to recon- mend the
granting OF Licenses to boxing clubs, yet
boxing still goes on.
Those acquainted with the situation
smile incredulously when the statement
Is made that there will be no more phy-
sical culture contests in San Francisco, at
least for some time. There was method
IN Hamlets madness and there is method
in the com mittee IS action.
oung Mitchell of the Occidental Climb
was quite indignant last night over the
statement of ]. ]. Groom, that the per-
mlls we're refused because the Supervisors
were displeased with Critic being signed
10 tight Lavigne.
When have | ever brought off fake
hght2' said Mitchell. "The Fitzsimmons-
Snarkey II hi was a fake, and that was
under the auspices of the National Clnb
or rather Groom and Gibbs. The Sharkey.
Goddard fl ht was q fake, ana Zick
Abrahams managed that.
"Griffo and Lavigne will put IN as
great battle as did Lavigne and Wal
colt. Critic is the most scientific man
hat ever entered a ring. bar none. and
Lavigne for his weight is the hardest
pune her. 1t will be q great battle, l am
telling you"
Lavigne is hard at work at Blanken's
Six-mile House. He started in traininp
on the 81 inst
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-13
Disaster OVertakeS the
Schooner William
F. Witzmann.
Reaches Port Townsend
Water-Logged and Shorn
of Her Masts.
For Four Weary Days the Crew
Had Lived on Top Of the
After Cabin.
Special Dispatch to THE CALI.

PORT TOWNSEND, Deo. I2-One of
the worst-looking specimens of marine
architecture ever seen in Port Townsend
Bay is what is left OF the four-masted
schooner William f. Wtzmann, which
lefi Puget Sound eleven days ago with a
lum ber cargo from Tacoma for San Fran
cisco. She is well under water, and of ber
four masts only the foremast and part of
the mainmast are left. Her deck is
swept almost clean. and it is easy TO see
that she has had the worst Of it IL an en-
counter with a storm.
The Witzmann was dismanted ab 1ut 40
miles off the mouth of the Columbia
River. She was facin, a strong south
easter from the time she passed out five
days before, but was making some prog
ress with a good part of her canvas spread
when struck by a squall at s 20 o'clock on
Monday evening.
For few minutes the wind seemed TO
come from every direction, and life on
board the schooner was not worth much
at that time. The masts were snapped off
and carrleG overheard without touching
the deck, but the crew of eight men had a
terrible time with the deckload. Seas
were washing clear over the vessel, and
water was already filling tn, hold. An
attempt was made 10 get the deckload
overheard, but the crew was Kept busy
dodging.pieces of heavy tim bers that we're
thrown about by the waves. and more than
half the time The schooner was under
water.
About $50 900 feet of Ium ber. mostly
heavy tim bers. was thrown over board or
washed off the deck by the seas and then
1t was discovered that the schooner was
taking water, some of the forward seams
probably having sprung a leak. By next
morning she was Ill ed with water, and
she has been kept sfioat largely by her
lumb ber cargo. She has experienced
rough weather over since being dis
mantled. and her crew lived for four days
on top of the after ca bin, the only thing
that was lett on her deck, and had eaten
only such canned stuff as could be gotten
out of the galley, the cook using a coal
oil can to COOK on.
The extent OF the damage to the Witt
mann cannot be told until the surveyors
have examined her. She is owned in
San Francisco and Captain Olsen has tele-
graphed for instructions. She will prob
ably be taken to Port Bakeley and
beached.
The ships Elwell. Glory of the Seas,
Louis Welsh, Spartan and LORD Rose
berry and the bark Earl of Dunraven have
all been wind bound in the straits for
several days.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-13
ALASKA'S GOLD FIELDS.
The Local Committee Is Prepar-
ing for the Spring
Rush.
Will Ask the Board of Supervisors
for Money for Advertising
Purposes.

Not for a moment does the Alaska
Trade Committee cease in its efforts to
arrange matters so that when the spring
rush to the Klondike starts in the princi-
pal exodus will be from this city, instead
of the more northern ports. To accom-
plish this money is necessary for adver.
tising purposes. The metho OF soliciting
from man to man is rather slow and the
committee has decided to make an effort
with the view of getting something worth
considering. To this end q letter was
sent to the Supervisors asking them 10 ap-
propriaie $4,000, which they can do under
the law, for the purpose of advertising San
Francisco.
Not only will the letter be sent, but il is
safe to say that some of the committee
will be present to address the Supervisors
and show them py the following figures
how an Investment in this cause, which
is allowed by law, will be protita BILE. If,
as seems assured, 100 900 people go into
Alaska during the coming season, it would
mean 300, 600 meals per day or 109 500 900
per annum, which. at so cents per meal
would be $54, $50, co., which must be sup
piled IN food alone by some Pacific Coast
cities. How much OF this San Francisco
will furnish will depend upon the
Hberality Of the business men, capitalists
and banks of San Francisco, and what is
done must be done quickly.
The work OF gathering the articles for
the exhibit 10 be sent in a special car to
Chicago and shown en- route is almost fin
ished. An attractive display of KlOndiKe
outfits and Alaska curios will be ar
ranged in a Pullman car, so that they can
be >hown in a NUMBER of cities through
which the party accom- panying Secretary
Carman and Governor Shaekley will pass.
The car will be stopped at tue following
cities, where lectures will be given and
the exhibit shown TO the public: The
first stop will be Ogden, Utah, then the
party will lie over at Cheyenne, Wyo.,
Denver, Colo, Omaha, Nebr,, Council
Bluffs and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Dixon
aDd other points in Illinois will be visited.
An advance agent will precede the party
and Will arrange for halls in when lee
lures will be given, and will post the
cities en- route, announcing the arrival of
t Alaska Trade exhibit from san Fran
cisco. This agent will leave for the East
Monday.
In the same way all posters and printed
matter used by the Alaska Trade Commit |
tee In the East Will advertise the great
events to be celebrated in this city on the
of the discovery of gold by
Marshall i'll 1S48
II has been definitely decided that the
exhibit in the ferry building will be
thrown open to the public on Tuesday
morning.
The committee has also decided to hand