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The San Francisco call., 1897-08-28
Why Walcott Quit Cooking
and Took Up Fighting
Instead.
The Cranial Bump, Upon Which
Blows Are Harmless and
Assaults Wasted.
An Ebony Pugilist Who Cant Be Hurt
and Doesn't Know What
Fear Is.

That Mr.. Joseph Walcott of Boston is a
wonder does not need saying now. He
came out here with knowledge of the
fact safely slowed away under his ebony
skin, and that he has succeeded in i'm
pressing it upon San Francisco is to him a
matter OF exceeding great Joy. Many peo-
pie paid a hign price for the information,
but this does not worry Mr.. Walcott, who
regards what they learned as worth the
money. He put his own cash in a bank
yesterday, and wandered about the streets
seeking whom he nigh dazzle. He even
went across the bay, crowd at his heels,
to show the peaceful people there how
heseemeth the warrior fresh from the bat
tle-feid, the laurels yet unwithered upon
his brow.
1t having passed into history how ham
dily the sawed-off Mr.. Walcott knocked
out Californian who had been regarded
in his class as wellnigh invincible, the
Walcott personality assumes an interest
that in itself, divorced from the CORY
legends of the ring, it hardly merits. In
lighting RIG Walcott is simply bundle OF
muscle, full of vitality, impervious to
blows of ordinary force, quick, impetu-
ous knowing nothing of pain but the
pleasure of intiicting it. Yet he is not
undulv brutal. Fighting is his business.
He reaches for the jaw of his opponent as
free rom malice as the butcher who
firmly but without venom knocks the
brains out of steer. After having shaken
up the entire system of an antagonist
Walcott is ready to round up the opera.
ton by shaking the antagonists hand,
provided that unfortunate is in condition
to know one hand from the other or either
from his loot.
Yesterday Walcott wore a suit of over
coming cream color. an expansive shirt
front and drab hat cooked jauntily upon
that cast-iron bump which constitutes an
i'm mpregnabe chronological feature. This
bump has knocked the stutfing from
many a glove and the high hope from
many a pugilist. He is not handsome
man. Rising a little more than five feet
from the pavement, broad as a piano. box,
he looks like an animated squat. His
face does not convey the idea tnat vast
intelligence shines in its expanse. His
nose is so fat that no aspiring welter-
weight can reasonably hope ever TO make
it fatter. The simian suggestion is
strong. In Walcott the DarwiEian theory
has an unconscious supporter, albeit the
descent outlined by the scientist does not
seem to have progressed SO far as to en-
phasize the necessity of pursuing further
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-28

"WHERE Does Our Contemporary Stand?" i:
one Of the questions asked in to-day's Star.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-28
THE GRAND JURY.
John Hoesch Appointed Expert-Exits
From Public Places to Be
Inspected.

John Hoesch was appointed expert OF
the Grand Jury yesterday afternoon, and
will begin the work assigned 10 him with
out delay. Very little business was trans
acted by the jury at the session yesterday
afternoon, but several appointments were
made for committee investigation.
The subject OF exits from halls. theate-s
and other places of public entertainment
will engage the special attention of the
jury. The crush at Woodward's Pavilion
on the occasion of the Green and Walcott
tight did not escape the observation OF
mem bers of the Grand Jury. and probably
had some bearing on the decision reached
yeste rday to begin an extended investiga-
tion OF exits from buildings where multi
tudes of people assemble.
Com mittee work on the subjects of tax
levy and schoolbook changes is in prog
ress. Severa, important communications
have been received by the foreman and re-
ferred to com mittees for inquiry.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-28
HE NEEDED REST.
Banker allant Is All Right Again and
Ready to Resume His Journey
to Dresden.

According to private kilograms from
Chicago which were received in this City
yesterday, John d. Tallant, president of
the Iallant Banking Company, will
resume his journey to Dresden to-day.
All that was needed to restore his mental
and physical health was perfect repose for
two or three days-and this he obtained n
the private retreat at Oakwood Lake
Geneva As at first surmised by his reIa-
iives in this City, his strange conduct on
the train between Council Bluffs and
Chicago was caused by nervous prostra-
ton
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-28
Musical PeOple

OF California will be interested in this weeks
issue OF Town Talk, which cont ntains more read
able matter than any other weekly published
on this side of the Rockies A portrait of
Mrs. w. B. Wiltshire appears in the society
pages; the latest social gossip about the
Lands Klondike party and other functions and
ru4iors. An engagement that was broken off
is the keynote to Maud Newton Woods novel
cite from real life The editorials, stories,
poems, paragraphs upon matters about town,
musical, book and dramatic cri iticisms are far
above the average in interest.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-28
spring Valley Eajoined.

In the suit OF w. l. Fifield against the Spring
Valley Water Company Judge Hebbard yes
terday gran ted an Injunction peudente lite
restraining the Spring Valley Water Company
from taking water from the land of the de-
fendant in San Mateo County
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-28
over $4,000 worth of Asparagus.

Hong Lock has sued Robert Hickmott for
$3.50 90 for balance due on account of a bill
for $66O3 80 asparagus furnished for cannin g
at defendants establishment on Bouldin
Island in San Joaquin County.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-28
Will Utilize Wave Power,

The American Wave Motor Company has
been Incorporated by James NJ. Dyer, Alfred
C. Goldner, Julius Goldner, John Milton and
E. w. Wilmer with capital stock of 81 ,OOO.
600, the organizers having subscribed for So
each.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-28
Fire in a Restaurant.

An alarm was sounded from box 27 at 80
O'Clock last night for fire in the rear of Tori
G Galli's saloon and restaurant, known as the
Star Exchange, corner of Merchant and San
some streets. The fire, which was caused by a
detective fue, damaged the building and its
contents to the extent of $3.50. The American
Union Fish Company and the Judson F. uit
Company suffered slight losses from smoke
and water.
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-05-15
Resources
 of Yuma County.
YUMA COUNTY.

A white nan first set foot on what is Ftow EHma County in l77l. It IS the southwest division of the Territory, and one of the four original counties of the Ter ritcry. Many great reclamation projects are hewcver on foot, and in a few years ex- pect to see Yuma County rated as the richest in the Territory.
 The first glimpse the traveller from Cali fornia catches of Arizona is that of the .picturesque town of Yuma, which is snugly situated in the embrace of gentle rolling hills, upon whose crests and sides the modern homes of our superior civilization kre crowding the adobe dwellings into eternal oblivion. Yuma is the gateway to Arizona, the new empire of the West, upon whose undeveloped riches the eyes of the country are at present turned, and as such, sshe is bound to grow and prosper with rapidity that at present can hardly be re- 'alized. But coupled with her geographi- cal position we find that she is the center off country whose agricultural possibiii- ties are practically unlimited, being sur rounded by soil the fertility of which exceeds that of the delta Of the Nile, and wanting only water to become paradise of bloom. Billions of gallons of that precious fluid have annually gone to waste at Yuma's very doors, but already reaction ds taking place aGd many enterprises are 'on foot to supply the life-giving waters Of the yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth.
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-05-15

Tucson ard Phoenix. The first IS near the saa level; is the warmest and probably the lr.est of the three, has the least population, and the smallest provision for visitors. Tucson is the oldest town in the Territory. and, after Santa Fe, pernaps the eldest in the Southwest. Its adobe houses give it d Mexican look, and are thoroughly comfort able, Its newer houses are of a handsome building stone, found in the vicinity. The Territorial University is here, and 1t was formerly the capital. Its elevation being more than double that of Phosnix, 1t is somewhat cooler, and as there is next to n0 irrigation near it, the air Is a little drier. Phoenix is the centre of the greatest irriga- ton in the Territory. The country for miles around smiles with green fields, cover ed with almost countless herds of cattle, and it IS everywhere shut in by low mount a;ns It is the Territorial capital, has the Government Indian School, the Territorial Lnnat;e Asylum, anl other institutions,
 S.lU Is J-lE general IOCuo IOE IHc hCLIitOig Like Tocson, it has it's occasional wind and sand sto:ins-perhaps not quite so often.
 At either place visitors who know how to adapt themselves to circumstances can be entirely comfortable, and in each they will ind an intelligent, orderly, entcrprising and most hospitab-c community. They will daJa Q country full of mines, full of rich agricultural lands, aJoUrding in cattle and hor-es, in vineyards and orchards and the beginnings of very successful orange groves a country, ill fact, as full of promise for hardy and adventurous men now as Cal.for- n;a was in tLe.hst;es. Above al, it has beer their lot to search for health in tar countries, they will revel in the luxury of being in their own land, among their own countrymen, within easy reach of their friends by telegraph or rail, and in climate as good of it's kind as any in the world.
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-05-15

Trans Nos. Al and 42 will run on alternate days Information as to what day same will run will be furnished by agents on application.
 No l makes connections at Ash Fork with A. S ?. vestibuled limited No. from the east This is the finest train west of Chicago. Ne. also con nects with A. & P. No. from the west Persons desiring to stay at Ash Fork will find the best of accommodations at Fred Harveys hotel No. makes close connection at Ash Fork with A. r. trains Nos. and A. & P. No. reaches San Francisco 1O45 a. m. second morning, A. S P. No. 4 is vestbuled train throughout, lighted with Pintch gas, dining car running through from Los Angeles to Chicago. Dining cars under the man. agement of Fred Harvey, with his unexcelled ser vice, care and attention to his guests
 Nos l and connect at Jerome Junction with trains of United Verde 6 Pacific Ky. for Jerome. Connecting at Prescott with st1ge lines for all principal mining camps; at Congress with stage lines for Harqua Hala, Stanton and Yarnell At At Phoenix with the Maricopa & Phoenix By. for points on the s. P. R. R.
 This line is the best route to the Great Salt River Valley. For information regarding this valley and the rich mining section tributary to this road ad dress.
 GEO. NJ SARGENT. G. F.: :SC P. A.
 R. F.. WELLS, L. NJ. MURPHY, Assistant Gen Manager.
 Pres. & Gen Manager.
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-05-15

aims and desc Is. The man who looks fer either the beauty or the seductive excite ment of Monte Carlo will not find it. A little will he find the historic remains or the cosmopolitan attractions of Egept; nor could he reasonable expect the amusements and luxur;es Of our own Eastern cities. The people of Arizona are still chiefly busy il the pioneer work of suhdo.ug it to the residence and uses of civ. ed man Bnt 1t has two transccntiaenta! lines ot railw ay with numerous feedera; it has fast mails, and rival telegraph lines, and is throbbing with the intense lie of the splendid West.
 The two principal towns in the south ern portion, chiefly sought for their climatic advantages, are Phoenix and Tucson. Each of them las ten thousand inhabitants or more. They have the electric light, tele- phones, trolley cars, plenty of. hotels, banks, bookstores, good schools, churches, an occasional theatrical performance, some times lecture or @ circus, often a horse race, ana, Tn the spring, thoroughly curious and interesting "festa.'' For the cest, people must take their amusements with them. Good horses are abundant and cheap, and there are plenty of cow boys-the genuine articIe-to show what horses can do. The driving for fifteen Or twenty miles in almost any direction from Phoenix, is nearly always easy. The.roads are apt to be dusty; but there IS one we'll sprinkled drive of six or eight miles; and since the winds are quite regular in their direction, it is rarely difficult to choose a route or which the dust will be largely carried away from you. The unbroken desert itself is often as easy to drive over as an Eastern highway, and the whole valley is paradise for bicyclers, or eques- trains
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-05-15

Showers, and indeed heavy rains are liable to occur in every month of the year; but the actual number of rains seems to all eastern visitor strangely small. The average rainfall in Southern Arizona, as shown by the Government observations, is but s II inches per year.
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-05-15
OF ''The Barnhart MetaIlurgieal Com, pany.

We, w. A. Brown, A. c. Merryman and P. D. Barnhart, hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming COT, poration to be known as "The Barnhart Metallurgical Company" under and by virtue of, and in accordance with, the laws of the Territory of Arizona.
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-05-15
ARTICLE VI.

The greatest amount of indebtedness or liability to which this corporation shall at any time subject itself shall be one hundred thousand dollars E$lOO, poo. OO).
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-05-15
ARTICLE VIII.

The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from any and all debts ef the corporation.
 In testimony whersof, witness our hands and seals on this lst day of March, A. D., 1897.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-19

The menhaden steamer may be two
weeks or two months in filling its hold,
according to the "fisherman's luck"
that 1t has. As soon as it is loaded,
however, it steams away to fish
factory-it matters not which one. for
all the thirty-tive factories now in
operation along the coast are under
the control of the Menhaden Fish and
OH Association, otherwise known as
the Menhaden Trust.
The work that goes on at the factory
Is different from that seen in any other
industry. As soon rs the steamer an
chors alongside the wharf big eleva-
tor shaft is let down into her hold.
This shaft is fitted with scoops set on
endless chain similar to the arrange
ment used in hoistinS grain. These
scoops take up the fish 10y the bushel,
aud 1t Is n pretty sight to watch their
glistening sides and the flash of varied
colors as they move in endless process
sion mp the long incline.
Inside the factory the fish are
dumped into huge tanks aud steam
cooked for n number OF hours. Then
they are put in big presses. which
squeeze out the oil into long pans.
The oil is graded according to it's
color and thickness. The refuse or
guano left after the oil is pressed out
is mixed with sulphuric acid in the
proportion of fiftytwo gallons of acid
to 2O00 tons of ''scrap, in order to fix
the ammonia. 1t is then spread ont
on great drying lot seven acres in
extent, and is treated exactly like hay,
being turned, raked into piles and
loaded into wagons, which convey it
to cars for shipment to the great ferti-
llzer factories. Nearly every fertilizer
manufacturer i'll the country uses this
fish product in the preparation of it's
patent manure, on account of it's rich
ness in ammonia and phosphoric acid,
the two most valuable ingredients for
the restoration of land. Washington
Star.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-19
slceIIinlI. I'm Chinn

a PittsburR artifcer. Walter Ken
ncdy by name, has taken charge Of
the steel rail plant ut Han Yang.
China, and is turning out rails OF
standard quality, MS good as those Of
Pittsburg Bethlehem. Joliet or any
Of the American or European rolling
mills, 60 be laid down on the new
Wo-Sung railroad. The introduction
OF this new industry, says the New
York Tribune, is likely TO he of more
Importance TO China than ANYTHING
which has happened in her history
since the days of Confucius. As her
guide in this new and momentous
industrial departure, the country did
well 60 take an American, and it seems
apparent that she has picked out u
capable one, who understands his
business and is qualified to make the
pigtails understand it also.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-19
The NoeLesT FISH OF ALL.

well does the angler love the fish
mat Is squirming in the airl
with dancing eyes
lie will view the prize
As II leaps and struggles there
but there IL another toward which his vfsh
Is turning from day to day;
Aud despite III luck
He will toast the pluck
OI the nsh that got away.
He knows that II moves through the crystal
cool.
With never n wave to show
The path IL takes
Where the minnOw wakes
And darts In the sunbeam's glow.
There's many beauty who left the pool.
The pride OF an idle day
But those We caught
Never hold our thought
Like the fish that got away.
So, here's to the pleasures we might ha-p
had,
II fortune had proved moro true;
For they stand apart
Aud they cheer the heart
Ger the things we may some day do
And th" disappointment that now seems
"A We look on IL later may
Brace our nerves once moro
For the sport I'm store
Like the fish that got away.
Washington Star.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-19
Novel wnr To Toll the rime.

The Navy Department clerks have
a good one on me, said Senator Jones
recently to Star reporter. II have
had frequent occasion to visit the State,
War and Navy Department building
during the session of Congress. and
somehow always managed to get there
about noon each day, though / had 10
particular object in getting there the
same hour each day. But it happened
that way. / noticedaCn 5yeral occg-
sions as | passed through the halls Of
the building that some of the clerks =.
messengers sang out down as passeS
them, and, though could not under.
stand the reason, / did not connect ip
with myself When the thing hap
pened three or fUur times III H:cccs-
sion, it began 10 make me think. About
three weeks ago / had business there.
and just rs I entered room looking
for friend, an official n clerk broke
ont with the usual down looking at
me straight in the eyes. got little
hot under the collar ut IT. and said.
Young man. There il nothing par-
ticularly down about me that know of
and will you please explain why all of
You speak of me as down ms piss
throughY The clerl, Redeemed MP
somewhat and explained that his
down had no reference 10 me what
ever; that what he meant Ivy it, as also
the others, was that the time ball which
- dropped from the flag staff Mt the
top of the building Mt noon each dav
h"l dropped for - o'clock. that it was
"a custom Of the clerks and messengers
.of that building whenever they hap
pencd tp be watching the ball to sing
ont DOM, so as 20 inform their fell
low clerks who were not watching the
ball that it was down. or course. the
explanation was satisfactory and that
IS AL there is of it, admit. however.
thot the clerks in that building have
one ON me- and I'll try to even it up
some time with them. Washington
Gtnr
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-19
PlTH AND POINT.

Scotsman has named one of his
asses MaXwellton, because its brays
are bonnie.
He spake slowly, almost painfully,
as one not accustomed to much talk
ing. And yet lie had been married
thirty years indianapolis Journal.
Garter has such pretty little
wife. Eyes. But he tells me that it
costs just rs much to dress "A little ono
as 1T does n big one. She is his sec
ond, you know. indianapolis jour
nal.
Everybody seems to be on an
equality in Klondike," said the shoe
clerk boarder yes" said the Cheer
full Idiot, cone man can cut as much
ice as another up there. indianapolis
Journal.
81 would have you to know. fell
low" said Charlie Van Beet, that L
come down from the real Knicker-
booker stock" cts terrible come
down" said the man. Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Old Club Mani suppose you've
been busy NIL winter inventing new
dishes for the summer season?" Hotel
Chief "Not much! I've had my
hands full getting up new names for
old dishes Judge.
Grocer-''No, sir, we cannot give
you credit. This is strictly cash
store. and we do not give trust to any
one" Customer drawing himself up
proudly)-"Then, sir, you = ct
have my trade, for ! ne ~
cash to pay to anybody. "-Soms,
Journal. -
Hanson-'I saw Winton on horse
back yesterday You could see day
light between him and the saddle half
the time" Nanson-"Yes; that's be-
cause he is such humane man. AS
he is off the horse half the time it gives
the animal n good deal of rest. "-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Going to Klondike to dig gold, are
you?" "No, said the man with the
hawksbill nose; 81 shan't prospect. /
mean to go into business. / haven't
quite made up my mind whether to
open saloon or combined under
taking and shipping establishment.
indianapolis Journal.
81 know" said the African Chief,
bitterly, chat your people will sooner
or later grab my territory" Don't
use snoh harsh expressions, said the
European 3iplomat, soothingly. eve
may, some time, 1iiTi--if 7necsssary. 20
rectify our frontier, but don e ssss4sy
about grabbing territory. Puck.
81 don't exactly understand" said
the boarder with the baby-bluc eyes.
Gust what Shakespeare meant by
Cleopatra infinite variety" ''In
finite variety" said Asbury Peppers.
musingly, with his chin appraised; ''in-
finite variety would seem to be some
thing like continuous vaudeville. -
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-19
Tho Number of rrendwinner..

In 1870 there were II, sos, 923 per-
sons engaged in supporting them
selves and the remainder of the PEG
pie; that is to say, 81. 43 per cent. of
the total population were so engaged
In 1880, the number of breadwinpers
was 1892, 099, or 34.67 per cent. of
the total population. In 1890 this
number had risen to %, 1856, 661, or
30 81 per cent. OF the total population.
BY "breadwinners" is meant all who
were engaged either as wage earners,
or salary receivers, or proprietors, of
whatever grade or description, aud all
professional persons-in fact, every
one who was in any way employed in
any gainful pursuit. The figures
quoted show that the proportion of
the total population thus employed is
constantly increasing Analysing the
statistics, we find some remarkable
results, and in general, that the number
engaged in the lowest walks of bust
ness, laborors and the like, is decreas.
ing in proportion, while those en-
ployed in the higher walks are in
creasing in number relatively to the
whole population Carroll ID. Wright
III the Atlantic.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-10-19

Aud they sat on the moon and swung t,ieiy
feet,
Like pcndulums, to and fro
Down Slumber sea l. the sail for mo
And wish you Were ready to 20.
For the dream folks there on this curious
isle
Begin their performance at eight
There are no encorcs, and they close their
doors
On every one who Is late
The sun il sinking behind the hills
The seven o'clock bells chime.
know ny the chart that we ought to start
III we would bc there i'm time.
Oh fair IL the trip down Slumbcr sen,
Set sail, and away we gol
The anchor il drawn We ara oft and
gone
To the wonderful dream town show
Elln Mhrnler Wilnnr