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The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08
TO CON TROL THE
WORLDS ALCOHOL
Ambitious Plans of the
American Spirits
Company.
President Rice Tells How the
Revenue Requirements
Handicap Trade.
If the Fluid Is Sent Abroad in Tank
Steamers Foreign NJ rkets Can
B. Competed With.

CHICAGO, ILL, Feb. The Herald
this morning says: If the ambitious
plans of S. NJ. Rite are realized, the
American Spirits Manufacturing Com
pany, of which he is president, will
soon lock horns with the alcohol pro-
ducers of Europe in an effort to control
the alcohol markets of the world. Mr..
Rice arrived from New York yesterday
and was in conf renee all Day with Levy
Mayer Angelo Myers of Philadelphia,
principal distiller for the company, came
on nom Philadelphia to attend the confer
ence.
President Rice is after the alcohol pro-
ducers of Germany Hungary and Rou-
mania. For years American manufac-
turers OF spirits have been unable to COM
pete with them IN markets consuming
more than 100000 600 gallons of spirits,
owing to the technical requirements of the
United States revenue laws. The mere
sub tisution of tank cars for barrels in
shipping spirits to the seabord will en-
able American distillers to compete in
foreign markets. and incidentally furnish
an outlet for nearly 10000, 600 bushels of
corn every year.
1t has been estimated that the removal
of that volume of grain from surplus
that is steadily increasing would raise the
price OF corr or cents bushel. 1t Is
now selling at prices ranging from 8 to Il
cents bushel on the farm.
''All we ask" said Colonel Rice yester-
day afternoon, "is a chance to forward
alcohol to the seaboaTd in tankcars.
There it will be transferred to tank steam
ers, just as petroleum is now handled.
The present revenue laws require all dis
tillers TO Immediately put alcohol in bar
rels and store the product in Government
warehouses. The single item of cooperage
makes it impossi BILE for American dlstillers
to compete in the European market, which
at present is supplying the world. The
selling price of barrel Of alcohol to-day Is
about SIS 45, of which $4 represents the
value of the alcohol and 81 45 for the bar
rel. 1t is obvious that we cannot hope to
get control of freign markets az long as
We are forced to pay 81 40 for every pack
age containing goods valued at 81.
"The plan we are working on now"
Colonel Rice continued, sis to have the
revenue laws so modified that distillers
would be allowed to store alcohol in huge
tanks under Government control, draw
the spirits out into tank cars under Gov
eminent supervision and forward the
goods in bond in these cars to the sea-
board. That would enable us to entirely
eliminate an enormous expenditure for
barrels and the freight thereon, and i'm
mediately put US on basis where compe-
tition with European producers would be
possible.
"The distiIlers of Germany, Hungary
and Roumania control, in addition to
their own markets. the other markets of
Europe and those of Japan, China and
the African coast. where vast quantities
are used. To open such an enormous con-
sumption TO American producers would
be of great benefit to the farming eIs-
ment."
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08
wARsHIPs N HUaRIoANE.

ANXIETY for the squddron That Left
Hampton Roads thursday
CHARLESTON, S. c.. Feb. THE ex-
pected warships did not arrive to-day.
The water front was lined with anxious
people all day, but no gunboat came over
the horizon line.
The Clyde liner Commanche, some
hours overdue, came in tonight from
New York, and had not spoken the war;
ships at Hampton Roads Thursday morn
ing. Captain Pennington told of severe
storm encountered off the capes on Satur-
day, and from his description of it the
warships must have caught it. The ships
that left Hampton Roads on Thursday
were the cruiser n W York, the battle
ship Maine, the cruiser Minneapolis and
the monitor Amphitrite. This last named
vessel is built with a very low frt eboard,
and it is thought would have an extreme
ly rough time in a storm.
AT late hour tonight the warships had
not been reported, but it is confidently ex-
pected they will show up in the morning
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08
UNION CIFiC AFFAIRS.
Special Master Appo,nted for the United
St.tes Circuit Court

Special Master Appo,nted for the United
States Circuit Court
ST. LOUIS. Mo-, Feb. Judge San
born OF the United States Circuit Court,
sitting in chambers, yesterday signed an
order appointing William D. Cornish of st.
Paul, Minn., special master for the court,
TO receive all intervening petitions that
may be filed in the case of the United
States against the Union Pacific Railroad.
The master is also authorized 10 examine
and report upon all accounts submitted by
the receivers of the same railway COM
pany.
The petition of the city OF Cheyenne.
asking for an extension for two years of its
contract with the Union Pacific, was con :
sidered and an order entered granting the
same. 1t appears that several years ago
the city OF Cheyenne. being on the point
of building water works. made contract
with the Union Pacific for low rate of
freight on all material TO be used in the
work of construction, in return for which
the city agreed TO build viaduct over the
tracks of the company. The contract ex-
pred some weeks ago, but the water works
are not finished, hence a renewal OF the
contract was rendered necessary.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08
MAXIM'S NEW GUN.
New Machine of Destruction Fires Four
Times in Three Seconds

New Machine of Destruction Fires Four
Times in Three Seconds
A new machine gun, which it is conf
IDENTIFY expected, will cause more damage
to life and property than any other quick
firing piece hitherto known to science,
was introduced to public notice, and its
construction and capabilities explained
by Mr.. Hiram S. Maxim, in lecture at
the Royal United Service Institution yes
terday. sample of the gun was on view
in an anteroom OF the4HstitutioR
1t was pointed out that this was the first
fully automatic gun above l 1-2
inches which had been an unqualified
success. With this new terror a gunner
who knows his business can deal out four
nine-pound shots in shade under three
seconds without even so much as taking
his eye off the object to be attended to or
his finger off the trigger. The danger of
death TO the gunner by the explosion of
cartridge while the breech is open has
been rendered impossible by the applica-
tion of sim pie device which prevents the
gun being opened until the charge has
been fired.
This may seem a slight matter, but Mr.
Maxim holds that nowadays, when the
full mental pressure OF the scientist is
being brought to bear on the invention of
new machines for the rapid annihllation
of an enemy, the risk of accident to those
who work the com plicated mechanism is
found to increase. Hence the emphasis
laid by the lecturer upon this feature of
the new gun.--London Mail.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08
Er-Prie.t Statteru Mobbed.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Feb. when
ex-Priest Joseph Slattery concluded his
lecture at Industrial Art Hall this even
ing and appeared at the door to take his
carriage to his hotel mob gathered. Two
policemen got in the carriage with Stat
terry and his wife and drove off, The
crowd at the hall was held in check by
the police, but parties of men and boys
armed with stones ami prick were living
in wait IN the alleys along Broad street.
As the carriage passed these points vol
leys of stones greeted il. The windows
were smashed. Policeman Clements was
cut over the right eye, Policeman Doris
finger was slightly cut and Slattery had
similar injury They reached the hotel
safely, but the carriage was badly wrecked.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08
PECULIARLY PA1HErIo CASE.
ParGIyzed Petsrdn Securcs Pension
and the Aescs Kills Him.

ParGlyzed Vetsrdn oecurcs Pension
and the Aetos KiIIs Him.
HUBBELL, NEBR.. Feb. IA peculiar
and pathetic case, illustrating the futilIty
of belated justice, occurred here to-day.
Lewis Keiser, an old soldier, had been for
the past fifteen years a paralytic. his sole
attendant being his aged wife, whose care
and fidelity were unsurpassed. Some
time ago he applied for pension. Con-
gresham Hainer visited Mr. Kaiser and
indorsed his application. Yesterday he
wired the veteran that his bill allowing
him $72 month had passed the Senate
and only awaited the signature of the
Pre- ident. The news was gratifying, but
the shock was too much. Mr.. Kaiser died
at O'clock this morning and his loyal
ing duty and devotion fttingly rewarded.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08
POrtmgals Ne1c Ministry.

LISBON, PORTUGAL, Feb. THE new
Ministry to replace the Robeire Cabinet,
which resigned on Friday owing to the
fact that it was unable to deal with the
economic and financial situation now ex-
listing, will include Senior Tucano de Cas-
tro, who Will be Prime Minister and Min
lister of the Interior; Senior de Barros de
Gomez, Minister of Marine, and also Min
lister of Foreign Affairs pending the re-
turn OF Senior de Carvalho from the
Quirinai, where he is now Minister Pleni-
potentiary, and Senior FREDERICK Garcia,
Minister OF Finance.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08
WENT DOWN A TRESTLE.
An Excursion Train on the Cumberland
and Pennsylvania Road Wrecked
by an Ice Gorge.

CUMBERLAND. ND, Feb. 7.-An ex-
cursion train on the Cum berland and
Pennsylvania Railroad. branch feeder of
the Baltimore and Ohio, went down a
trestle at Franklin Mine, Nd, at mid
night last night. There were fifteen pas
sengers on board.
John Howard, fireman of the train.
jumped from the engine as it was topping
over and received injuries from which he
died to-day. Engineer Ross was also fa-
tally injured.
The accident was caused by the center
props of the trestle being knocked down
and carried away by an ice gorge.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08
INJURIES OF He BRooKLYN.
4 Broken Propeller in addition to Her
Dam TOed BOftOn

PHILADELPHIA, PA, Feb. The
damaged cruiser Brooklyn was brought
from Marcus HOOK to League Island Navy
Yard this afternoon. The trip was not
made under the Brooklyn's own steam,
but she was towed by four tugs. and one
of the most experienced pilots on the
river was IN cnarge OF the cruiser. To-
night the vessel is anchored in the Della
ware River off League Island and will
pro ably be put in the drydock there to
undergo repairs on Tuesday. II was dis
covered by diver that in addition to
damaging her bottom when she struck, a
piece tootlong and six inches wide was
broken off one of the blades of the pro-
peller on the port side.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08
TO REDUCE PENSION sGENCIES
Number to Be Limited to Nine Instead of
Ef0hteeu.

Eighteen.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. THE
President has signed, on the recon enda-
ton of Secretary of the Interior Francis.
an important order reducing the mum ber
of pension agencies in the United States
from eighteen to nine. The object of the
order is 20 effect very large saving to the
Government without inconveniencine the
pensioners. This demonstrates that by
this reduction of the pension agencies the
cost of disbursing PENSIONS can b. re-
duced by at least $3.50, 900 per annum.
Under the consolidation the pensioners
heretofore paid at Des Moines and To-
paka are to be paid from st. Louis, where
a new agencv Is established.
A new agency is esta blished at st. Louis
because of the better mail facilities than
at Des MONIES or Topeka and for the
further reasons that there is a Govern
ment building at st. Louis which can be
occupied without cost TO the Government
: The following are the nine agencies and
the NUM- ber of pensioners paid thereat
under the new order: Boston, 94 357;
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08
south Dakota Aner the TRUSTS.

PIERRE, S. OAK. Feb. The Senate
yesterday passed the bill prohibiting the
formation of monopolies or trusts within
the State, or any corporation or company
in This State acting as agents for trusts
which will limit production or fix the r
prices 10 the detriment OF the public. The
penalty is fine of not less than 5000 or
more than $4,000 for the first offense and
not less than $4,000 nor m ore than $40 900
for the second offense.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08
Ktlled eu a Collt.fon.

ATLANTA, GA, Feb. IA special to
the Constitution from Montgomery says a
head-end collision occurred a mile south
of McGhees on the Louisville and Nash.
vile Railroad. near Montgomery, this
morning at 6:15 o'clock, resulting in the
death of two men and serious injury to a
third one. The dead are Engineer Sydney
Kirkland and Fireman ]. S. Weller, both
OF Montgomery.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08
DURASGUs GOVERAoR DEAD.
After q Feast He Retires to His Room
and SUDDENLY EDpires.

DURANGO, MEX, Feb. News has
reached here of the sudden death of Colone
Juan Manuel Flores, Governor OF the
State OF Durango. Governor Flores was
on a visit to the mining town of Santiago
Papasquiaro and had attended feasi
given in his honor. Immed lately after
eating he retired to a room and was found
lead q few minutes later. Governor
Flores was well known throughout Mex
ico. Cipriano Gu rrero has been appointed
acting Governor.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08
SOUTH DAKOTA,s DEADLOCK
May Lead to the Election of q Republi-
can SefidtOr.

PIERRE. S. OAK, Feb. Judge John
son, the member OF the Democratic
National Committee, who has been sent
on from Washington to look after the
Senatorial difficulty, has arrived. He is
reported TO have said that be is not sent
and does not intend to interfere or at
tempt to interfere as between the different
free silver candidates. He simply comes
to examine and report upon the situation.
There is no doubt there is great uneasi-
ness at Washington lest Republican be
elected. Mr.. Johnson's mission is to try
to unite the different factions upon some
one candidate who is a thorough ex-
ponent of free silver, be he Populist or
namOcrat
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08
Fraternal Aid A..oefa,ton.

WICHITA, KANs., Feb. The Cali
fornia delegation to the National Council
of the Fraternal AID Association, which
meets in this city Tuesday. arrived to-
night. 1t is composed of the following:
Past President j. H. Frederick of Orange;
]. w. Ham BILE of San jose; Z. f. Young
of Los Angeles; William Scott of Orange.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08
Mtshap to a G rnsan Steanaer.

HAVRE, FRANCE, Feb. 7.-While the
German steamer Polaria, Captain Gron-
meyer, from Hamburg for New Orleans,
was entering this port to-day, she ran into
a pier AMI damaged her bow.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08

New York, 9s.sS3; Philadelphia, 1o6 735;
Washington, lao, ,265; Colum bus, 1O4 492;
indianapolis, 1l6 066; Chicago, 125. .123;
ST. Louis. 161, 709; San Francisco, 23,O98.
Total, 974 678.
The change is made possible by the law
requiring pensioners to be paid by checks
remItted by mail. 1t goes into eff, ct
September 1 next.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08
senator Harrt. Iu,Dror,no.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 7.-Sena-
tor Harris passed quiet and comfortable
day, ana tonight is resting easily. He is
quite weak, but his doctor thinks he will
from now on gain strength.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08

The Mosque of st. Sophia at Constanti-
nople was built over 1000 years ago, and
the mortar used is said to have been
perfumed with musk. The musky odor is
still perceptible.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08
Female su.pec,, Rel,a,ed.

HAVANA, CUBA, Feb, 7.-All of the
female political suspects who were brought
here from the province of Puerto Principe
were released yesterday from the Casa Re-
cogidas. or woman's penitertiary.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08
Nor,orotan Bark Stranded.

DUNKIRK, n. Y, Feb. THE Norwe-
gian bark Manitoba went ashore near this
port, for which she Was bound. She is w.
ing in critical position. All of her crew
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08

SANBoRN, VAIL G. Co. have removed their re-
tail picture department from second TO main
floor, adjoining frame department. Picture
fence.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08
sged Italia General Dead.

ROME. ITALY. Feb. 7.-General Rafaela
Cadorn, one of the best known of Italian
soldiers, died to-day. He was born in
Milan in 1915.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08

Charles ~ brooke Dead.
NEW BRIGHTON, S. l., Feb. T.
Charles w. Brooke, the international
lawyer, is dead.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-08
NICHOLAS Il IS FAILING

IConttnued from First Pdoe.I
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-10-28

According TO 7. ofes8or A Hen we should
drink irotn onC-third to two.htlh rs many
Ounces ss we weigh pounds. Therefore
for man weighing lGS pound there
would be rtquired fitty.siI to FiIty-iour
ounces daily, or from one and one half to
four piI Is. THIS Is a very indefinite
snsw,r. The amount OF water required
depends on the season OF the year, the g
mount OF work done and the kind OF food
eaten. ln hot weather we require more
han 10 cold, because OF the greater lo3s
through the skin, though this is in part
made up by the lesser amount passed .
way through the kidneys. Ifamsn lsbors
very hard be requires more thaa If bis
labor lie light. A man working in found
~, where the temperature is high and
persperston profuse, not inirCquently
drinks three or four gallons Dolly II the
food is stimulating and salty more water
is required that il it is bland.
Vegetarians and those who use much
fruit require less water than those who
eat salt tish and pork, aud often get along
on none except what is in their food. In
most cases our instincts tell US how much
water TO drink Ter better than any hard
or fIsd rule For sges they have heeu
acquiring q knowledge of how much to
drink and transmitting that knowledge
to descendents, aud il we follow that we
shall not go far out OF the way,
It is OF more use to ns to know that
pure water is esseL tal and that impure
water is one Of the most dangerous dnnks
than to know how much Of 1t is required
daily. II Que lives 10 region where the
water is bad it SD uld be boiled and PIT
away 10 bot les well ccr4ed 10 on oe cbeft
aud 10 addition one should eat ell The
fruit one can il iruit agrees. Ffuts con
tain not only pure water, but salts which
are needed to carry on heaIthiully the
functions OF lIe.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-10-28

Twenty years ago Jerome H. Raymond
was negsboy ~ the stTo,ts Of Chicago.
To-day he is the chosen prosllout At tbo
Uuiyersty OF West Nrslutr, having been
selocted out OF seventeen applicants lie
was endorsed by tho faculty. OF the North
western, Chicago, Johns Hopkins. Wis
consIn, Princeton, Yale and Harvard TOT
yessitIcs. He ls at twenty nine, the
youngest college president 10 the country
How did he do IN
HIS capital WAS brains and ludomituble
energy and will which overoamG all oh
staoles He had no gold mioes, no rich
relatives. no funds except those be earned,
10 poverty 1t ulne he cold popcfs to heIp
bis mother. lie became stanographer
aud while be worked he studied, psId hIa
own way through college, snd, at the age
Of twenty y-seven, two years ago was of red
aud accepted the chair Of sociology 10 tao
Unvertlly OF Wisconsin at " 800 ycar.
That's all. He did not play much. lie
probably spent little time investigating
the proper etyIes III summer shltt+, dts
ousslng the merits OF Bob Flta lmmous Or
standing on the street corners lIstlestly
watching the hJod oi humanity drift by,
The pessimlstlo sonl has shed tsars Jo
cause to-day there were no opportunlies
Tor the plowboy, the rall-spIitter or tho
canal driver. 1t IS false. The career Of
Raymond proves 1t; the oSrsers Of hnn
dreds Of Others give suoh philosophy OF
despair the lie. The dead CtuUyas.
mourned by royalty aud arlstocracy, the
most teepsesled aud exclusive Of Earope,
was son Of a Malaga washerwomau.
Opportunity is not dead, nor Is 1t dor
msnt, but sleeping souls and tear blinded
pessimets cannot see 1t. President Ray
mond, open eyed, racing with tine, mover
lost sight Of 1t,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-10-28

She tatIs3 "a t,,..ff ..,.- ,-...,,.
natsips .rt t., .t.-,. ..,
.het ,la
h.prcrs1
When NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. s,t
ste called ON "a r,. 49,
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/ iews for 3iops,,,. u.,I4.r
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pspy for f.. S4e ttlr., ll,. r.. l...,,
| for William ba u.s ell ,n ,e. csig ,...,
/ ins. began In .er what .E. w.. ..,.,..
.ed put ia and .ta r,.,.r I.r.fs ..t
n en- belne4 l.t .ia ns.',.. ...t.t...-.,lu
lu,rter ps.tta - e.,.. t.,. ,..l, a.,
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plsassrt n h,. uiia .na.. 80, t..
bnsy l., s,,,,a. + b,eo .,.s, ,,.,.t.,..
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u, s.vs s.he ,m,itaa .,,f. tt,..t.,,
concluded / sbaIl l.t Won ,,,ta ,at ,,,.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-10-28

1t kilds ls The most wettafy .slsat O.
tae Hebfl1es, lJiaE isolated 10 the Ana0
tic come dtty mtles to the sest 81 CO.
usta sfonp. For pibe mealbs e Co.,
year ihn island is cot "a irom camuua
cation by bus' OF steamer With tha oahii
soFlj
Its iuhsbitsnts are = hardy Calus race
gho live 10 rather primitive way, 81.
sho speak only the taehe language
They sabsisl chiefly upon The product o
Their email craft ana pay rent to some 81
tent 10 Kind &, sesblr1s' iealaas
6sh and oil,
Daring the Iong isolation throughout
the long Summer months they eldeayol
to send word Of their welfare to their
friends on the mainland by committing 10
the sea some roughly Constructed mail
boats
piece Of wood some two or three feet
in length is hewn into rongbly shaped
hull A cabin Is then hOloWel ont smil
ships, for the purpose Of holding strong
ly secured tin canister into which the
letters destined t.r transmission have cen
plsced.
The canister having been covered with
oiled cloth, is placed in the "oabin"
which is then rooted IL by piece Of wood
nailed to the deck, layer OF oil cloth be
ing also securely calktd over the cabin
roof.
ln order to Sttrsct the attention Of any
one who may subsequently, chance to pick
up the little boat, the legend OPEN is
carved upon the deck 10 rude letters,
In case the boat becoming water lodged
= small buoy is sttIohed, by means OF a
stout cord, TO the PROV Of the curious
little craft, which is then launched into
the sea
A strong ses curryut runs from st. Xii
ds in noIthessterly direction toward the
mainland, and by it the boat is borne u
long, and is usually cast ashore on one Ci
the larger inlsnds opposite, or on the
msinlsnd, in about fortnight. But
sometimes these "maiboats." having
rounded the North OF scotland have been
washed up on the shores Of the O,kney
aud Shetland islands
When discovered. the letters are Tor
warded to the responsible anthoritlee,
who see them safely transmitted T. their
respective destinations,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-10-28
The Giant squid.

There il monster In the North Allan
tic waters which would we'll nigh depopu
late OF summer residents any sestide re
sort il 1t should turn up fl shore, 1t ia
not stui.ny thicsl, like the sea serpent
but marine creature we'll known 10
science, At the came time, It has been
known at oil only recently, which seems
strange 10 view Of the fact thai 1t is the
largest animal 10 existence. having r.
length. when fall grown. Of rot less than
100 feet
Such Is the cslsmary, or Riaut fq1id 8
monster 20 enormons and 20 incredibly
eros ious that the scientific data respect
ing it might we'll furnishing material for
q cbild.hauniiog nursery tale, without
suy addition from the imagination. II
hss remslned, nutil recently, slmosl ~
known, by resson oi i's hsbit Of dwelling
10 the deepest sra.. Thus the stor.ee told
about It have been rec yed atih iucredul
ity. Bat Dow sud then specimen oi
this strange Gnd fearful genus does ~
prosch the snd A1 instance occurred ou
Ostobet 20, 1873. when ivo fishermen
were ont 10 small boat ueat the east ~
Belle Isle, 10 Conception Bay, keEfoala
land.
They ss~ ,tanse Of Ct aa.Iag or