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Dlyed In Morris Canal and Was

Charles Harmon. 10 years old. OF 63i Grand
street, jersey City. went swimming in tho
Morris Canal at Commun!paw avenue yesterday
evening. He dived of the bank and did not rise
TO the surface again. II IL supposed that his
head struck against something At the bottom.
The body was recovered and taken to spesrs
morgue.
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GaadsIOupe . have oar B~uttorips.

m~AsHISoroN, July 6.-Jscob f. Dart, United
.S-Ues Consul at Guadeloupe. West Indies. cabled
suesuate Department to-day hat the authorities
[nS,aas rom the department TO recind the Gus.
Eu1,. regulation forbiddlng the importation OF
~ tHtne Large Quantities Of the preparatl on
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a mn 70 Cat sIseplns Oar RatoI.

wAsHINGToR. July b.-Representativo Shat
10Th has introduced a bill in the House limiting
sleeDinR car charges to 80 cents per 100 miles
for lower berths and 20 cents 1or uppers. The
minimum charge IL liked at Sl.6O and Sl.2o TO
Spe0ttYely.
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oHILD,s SKULL FRA oruRBp.
Ran Down By n wagon When on HIs why Z,
Central Park.

Four.year-old James Virtue. son OF Thomas
Virtue OF 400 West Fifty-sixth street. COACH
man for L. d. Thomas, Treasurer OF the Della
ware. L~ackawanna and Western Railroad. was
run down OF Fiftieth street and Eighth avenue
Yesterday W u horse and wagon, driven by
Peter Seeker OF 2ll East l24th street
A wheel Of tho wagon passed over his head.
He WAS taken TO Roosevelt Hos pital, where IL
was said that his skull was probably fractured
at the base. Seeker was arrested. The child
was on his way To Central Park with his uncle
when run down.
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0ru C,n,,on 10 Vi.lt washington.

sAE ANTONIO, Tex, July 5.-Gen. Powell Clay
ton, UnItod States Minister to Mexico. passed
through here Iast night on his way TO his old
home at Eureka Springs. Ark. He Will be away
from post ono month and win visit Washington
before his returns
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H,on. nl,er suicide laeunnea.

Tho body OF the suicide found on Saturday In
the Bronx River. at the foot OF Station street.
was identified yesterday AT the Morguc ms that
OF John =. Meyers of 2i57 Eighth avenue, a de-
aiUnar
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MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.

Then the victim knew that some billiposter
had pied all the bic sheets of what 10 known a.
'the date line" and he will continue 10 stay up
nights, he will not give up smoking. he will not
consult an ocuiist. and H he ever needs any
bill posting he will have 1t done by o man who
can read print without glasses.
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MARINE ISTELLIG ENUR

MINIATURE ALhANAo-THIs DAT.
Sun rises ... 4 SO Sun SETS. 2 SO loon SO u.s.. 10 ~
moH wArER-THts DAY.
Sandy Hook. IL bS Gov. Isl'd. ~ "a Hell Gate. ~
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Prince Ferdinand Won't Take His win q
Rome.
Special cable Despntch

Special cable Desputch 10 THE Sun.
ROME, July 1.-The Capitaie asserts that when
Prince Ferdinand OF Bulgaria pays his Official
visit to Rome. which he will do on Thursday, he
will come alone, the Pope having prohibited his
Inc him.
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Husintss Eutfees.


Mrs. winslow'- SOOTHING Syrup for ohildroa
teething: softens the gums, reduces Inflammation.
allays pain. cures w nd collie. 'iarrhsa. GOO. q bottls.
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EIGHT FLAGS ON THE CAPITOL.
-Four for the Fourth. Two Tor Congress. ana
the Regular Two-Hirst Time 30 since 'sA.

wAsBIs0Tos, July o. Eight flags hoated
from the roof and dome OF the national Capitol
to-day, the first time since 1854 Every Fourth
OF July. and when the Fourth comes on Sunday
then on the 9Th, tho Architect OF the Capitol flies
four flags from the dome, the only day OF the
year that this 10 done. Two hags hoat every
day, except Sunday, from the centre OF the roof
over the main entrances east and west: When
the House and Senate are 10 session that fact ~
Indicated by the presence OF q flag over each end
OF the Capitol. 30 1t happened that to-day there
were eight banners kissing the breeze on tho
hill. A like condition OF Affairs existed In 1884,
hut not since then.
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FAYoRABLE TO M'oAWLEH.

Hia Nomination Reported BY . Majority OF One
The E1Eht to No Renewed In the senate.
WASHINGTON, June b.-The nomination OF
Charles L. McCawiey TO be Assistant Quarter
master in the Marine Corps with tina rank Of
Captain, which has been pending before the
Senate Naval Committee for . week, was re-
McCawiey was appointed from civil life; and bis
confirmation 10 opposed on that ground. on the
construction OF the law recurring vacahGieS IN
graduates Of the Naval Academy. The fight
will DO renewed in the Senate.
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RRIvE U
% Bremen, from New York. al Bremen.


SAILED IRON FoREIoN Ports.
Sc BRrbarossa, from Southampton for New Yofl
g. Advance, from Colon for New York.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-18
THREE DESPERATE BANDITS.
They faid Bank at Joplin, NO.,
and Give Battle to Pur-
SUopS

JOPLIN, Mo-, Aug. 17-Thee men, sup
posed to be Indian Territory bandits and
armed with WInchesters, rode into Pine
vile between and 10 O'Clock this morn
ing and proceeded to intimidate the
people by firing guns. Then they went to
the bank, which two entered while the
other kept firing outside. One man held
up the cashier while the other secured all
the cash in sight, between $500 and
$1,000.
Tne robbers then pocketed the booty
and marched Presinent ]. A. V. Manning
and Cashier Shields to the Baptist Church,
where they lad left their horses. Cashier
Shields not being sufficiently prompt in
doing their bidding. one of the tandits
knocked him down with gun.
Citizens were quickly reused and sew
eral posses started in pursuit or the rob-
bers, who rode toward Indian Territory.
The robbers were met near Noel, where a
fight ensued. One of the robbers is
thought to have been wounded.
Two of them took to the woods, while
the third crossed Butler Creek, going
west. A trail of blood was followed by
the posse through the woods, but whether
the blood was from one of the robbers or a
bers, in returning the posses fire, put
bullet through Willirm Farmers saddle
bags, but did no further damage. At last
accounts the posse was pressing the rob-
bers hard
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-18

done. We ara sure to find it out. and then
1t will be bad for you"
you were sent here 10 find the perpe-
traitor of this, replied Mr.. Curtis. "Why
don't you do that. l can assure you that
if you find him l will see to it that he is
prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
1t is time this business is stopped, as we
are losing too much soap"
Here, YOU" said Egan to Lille
Coombs. "who told YOU to swear that you
saw these things. Why don't you tell the
truth2"
Lille protested her innocence in the
matter, and then the detective tried the
same tactics on Annie O'Connor and said:
Who told you to throw this soap? Own
-up now. You know you threw it"
Annie, TOO. failed to satisfy the Hawk
,haw, and he again turned his batteries
on Mr.. Curtis, who finally gave him to
understand that he had been sent there
to find out who was doing it and not to
bulldoze the establishment.
"If it is one of my employees want 20
know it." said Mr.. Curtis. Find him,
and that is all l ask of you. l will see to
1t that he is prosecuted"
Among the peculiar manifestations seen
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-18

him to remain in the room, when he
would see for himself.
That afternoon he saw the soap fying
around, and then came to the conclusion
that there was some unseen force at
work. Sunday he sent man to the place
to see If there were any manifestation s
going on, but all was quiet. Monday
morning the manifestations became so
pronounced that in order to quiet the en-
pioyes, who thought a man was hidden
somewhere about the place. he put the
matter in the hands of the police. This
was not effective, as the exhibitions in
creased after their search until yesterday,
when 1t extsnded to the breaking of WIN
dows.
In speaking of the matter Mr.. Curtis
said: There is nothing strange in this to
me. l have studied theosophy for years
and have seen manifestations in India
that were more strange, but have never
seen any that were more pronounced. /
am perfectly satisfied that there is no
material agency here. 1t is a psychic
force that is causing it, but l am at loss
to understand the reason for it. l satisfied
myself that no per:on about the place
L
which conclusion I arrived at after most
thorough investigation, [ knew there
could be but one cause for it. 1t is i'm
possible for the results to be- produced by
any person throwing the soap. Some of
the manifestations are such as could not
be produced by human agency.
"Wnen the soap was thrown about so
freely that we saw that we were being
damaged by it my partner and deter
mined to make thorough investigation.
We sent erybody out of the room and
locked the doors so that there could be no
possibility of any one coming in. We
watched for some time without seeing
anything and were just about to give it
up when cake of soap came flying
through the air and hit him in the back.
You can see that had there been anv per.
son in the room it would have been i'm
possible for him 20 hide"
Mr.. Kyika, the expert in writing. was
one of the interested investigators of the
phenomena. and when he saw a cake of
soap land on the floor he examined il and
found that it was glycerine soap. He
i'm mediately began learned exposition
OF Just how it was done and said that the
glvcerine had peculiar properties which
made the soap crawl out of the box and
drop on the floor. He had just finished
his exposition of the matter when piece
crawled up in the air and missed his nose
about an inch, exploding his theory and
causing him to turn little pale.
When asked If they were afraid, the two
little girls who work in the room where
the phenomen occur said they were at
first, but they are now getting accustomed
to k. Notwith standing their assertions,
1t was evident that both were very nerv-
Gus and disliked very much to go among
the boxes OF soap. When their occupa-
tion necessitated their passing down the
alley between the racks they cringed and
hurried along as if they were afraid OF
getting hit. Both still persist in saving
that they saw the form of man several
times in the rear of the room, and while
the investigations were going on yester-
day Lille Coombs went to the rear OF the
room and returned trembling violently,
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-18
Sonora, Cal.
LUCK OF RODERlGO.
From a PenniIesS Tramp He Be-
comes a Mining Magnate in
PiunaS County,


QUINCY. CAL. Aug. 17.-Three weeks
ago Roderigo Che is known by no other
name in these parts) was ragged and pen
niless and begging for work to keen him
from starving to death. To-day he has a
$4,000 bank account and a miners claim
somewhere in the hills that bids fair to
make him millionaire, for the $4,000 was
taken out of his claim in less than two
weeks.
Roderigo was discharged by the super
intendenJ OF the Thistle SEaft mine. The
fellow hung about the mine for week,
imploring that he be taken back. He
declared he would starve unless retained
in his former position. Each day Roderi-
go could be found at the mine, and when
ever the Superintendent or the foremen
appeared he would renew his appeals to
be given work. Finally he was kicked off
the grounds.
That was less than three weeks ago. He
shouldered his pick and shovel and started
on a prospecting tour in the hills. He
returned a couple of days ago, bearing
with him sack of gold dust.
The erstwhile worthless scamp had
somewhere IN his wanderings uncovered
ledge that must be fabulously rich, for the
sack of dust was worth upward of $4,000
and RodeEigo is now Independently rich.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-18

saying that she saw him again. No urg-
ing could prevail upon her to go back,
even accompanied by Mr.. Curtis
Among the callers at the factory yester-
day was n woman who claimed to be
spiritual medium. She went to the rear
of the room and held conversation With
the invisible unknown who is causing the
disturbance and then reported that she
had asked him several questions and re-
ceived answers. The employees could hear
her, but failed 10 catch the tones OF the
spirit to whom she was supposed to oe
conversing. She asked if he was IN pain
ana said that he said he was uncomfort-
able.
''Do you sufferP"
Yes; these girls bother me.
"Can we do anything for you?"
"Yes; pray for me- | am in hell and
am suffering for a drink of water"
The woman said that the manifestations
were caused because the spirit wanted to
attract attention. The people about the
factory place little confidence in the
medium or what she said about the invisi-
BILE visitor.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-18
THE LARGEST NUGGETS.
w. F. Drake Of Sonora Tells of
Some Huge GoId-ChunkS.


To the Editor of the San Francisco Cdll-DEAR
SIR: l note in yesterdays issue you give
Trinity County, Cal, as having unearthed the
largest nugget of gold in the world Permit
me TO correct such an erroneous statement.
The largest piece of gold yet found was worth
nearly $3.50. 900. l herewith append list for
your Information, taken from the Australian
Government statistics which are authentic:
1. The largest piece OF gold in the world was
taken from Byer & Hattman's gold mining
claim Hill End, New South Wales. Australia,
May 10, 1872. Its weight $40 pounds !;
height, feet 9 inches; width, 3 feet inches:
average thickness, 4 inches; worth $14S, 800.
1t was found imbedded in a thick wall OF blue
slate at depth of $50 feet from the surface.
The owners Of the mine were living on charity
when they found it.
2. The Welcome was found at Bakery Hill,
June 9. 1859. 1t weighed 1S4 pounds, 8
ounces, 16 pennyweights, and was worth $44,-
$780,
3. The Welcome Stranger nugget was found
on Mount Moliagel, February 8, 1869. 1t
weighed 100 pounds and was worth $45, 500.
4. The Lady Hotham nugget was found in
Canadian Gully September 8. 1854, 1t we ghed
SO pounds, 10 ounces and II penny weights
1t was sold for $23557.
B. The Leg of Muttor nugget was found at
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-18
SEALS ARE VHKY SCARCE.
Bering Sea Patrol Reports to tho Treas
Wry Department.

Bering Sea Patrol Reports to tho Treas
Wry Department.
WASHIN GTON, D. c., Aug. IRE
ports have been received at the Treasury
Department showing the operations up
TO July 10 of the Bering Sea patrol, tc-
gether with the statements of the seal
experts. The revenue cutter Grant ar
rived at Unalaska on the 10Th from Attn
and Commander Islands. / rofessor
Slejneger landed at the latter place on
July 6, and Second Lieutenant Berry,
with one man and the necessary outfit for
Attu, on the 18th. Seals are very scarce
on Commander Islands, and very few are
seen going or coming.
H. M. S. Linnet, with Commissioner
Berret Hamilton on board, had arrived at
Unalaska, and the other British Com
missioner, Darcy Thompson, was ex.
pected shortly. Professor Evans and
Com misoner Benton KILN OF the Agri-
cultural Department would go no further
west than Kadiak this seasen.
Captain Meyer of the British schooner
Teresa, the first sealer to arrive at Un-
alaska this season, is quoted as saying
that the majority of he British Colum bia
sealing feet would not fit out this year.
The reasons for this were the scarcity Of
seals, the low prices offered by sealers
ard the high prices demanded by Indians
and other hunters.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-18
RABORDORE'S STRIKE.
1t Has Caused Considerable Excite
ment in the Fresno Mining
District

FRESNO, CAL, Aug. 17.-This city has
not been affected very seriously as yet by
the report OF Louis Rabord ores rich strike
of gold on Bear Creek on Pine Ridge,
which appeared exclusively in THE CALL
to-day. But among the miners who are
or the ridge 1t has caused great deal OF
excitement Large numbers of men who
are working along Dinkey Creek. of which
Bear Creek is a tributary, went to see
Rabordore's discovery, and, OF course,
prospecting in the vicinity has been
stimulated very much.
Never before have the mountains of this
county been so full. of miners. Dinkey
Creek has been the principal place where
the searchers of fortune have prospected.
OF late miners and pack animals have
been seen daily on their way to Dlnkey,
Bear and Laurel creeks. G. S. Pierce, the
lum Der merchant, and Supervisor Smith
are back on Laurel Creek. Mr.. Pierce has
q good placer claim located and has had 1t
thoroughly prospected. Lum Der for sluice
boxes and living-cabins is now being
packed in to the claim and the dlggings
will be in working order next spring.
Ths is not surface digging, as tae pay
gravel and dirt are very deep.
Two miners who have been back on the
higher mountains on Pine Ridge passed
Kenyons last Friday noon. They pro-
duced bag containing nuggets of gold,
saving it was valued at $500.
On being asked where they found the
gold they declined to give the location of
their claims, but stated they were on their
way to their homes, which were in the
valley. and they were going to get their
relatives and friends to go back and take
up claims on the creek where they found
the gold.
1t is quite characteristic of all the pros
pectors and miners on Pine Ridge not to
tell the location of their finds, as they de-
sire their relatives ana friends to get in or
the good thing, and that is one great
reason why Fresno County mining news
is scarce. Mr.. Wakefield has a placer
claim on the ridge and he was well salts
fed with the results OF last years clean
up, and this year he is equally well satis
fed. This mining district is remote IN
the mountains and it is difficult to OBTAIN
news from there. 1t is likely that some
interesting accounts will be obtained of
the mines within the next few weeks.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-18

yesterday afternoon were two that would
take the exhibition entirely out of the
range of human aid in the moving OF the
soap. From the front end of the room
there runs a stovepipe to a chimney in the
rear, DISTANCE of about twenty feet. This
pine is abou1i ten feet from the floor and
about four 4let above the >cks on which
the soap q dryinr. cake OF soap rose
in the air to this pipe and cIrcled 1t twice
and was then thrown with consid era bic
force to the opposite side of the room. A
second cake of soap rose gently in the air
and sailed across the room just above the
racks, settled to the floor ana spun around
on one end for several seconds. In neither
instance was it possible for these cakes of
soap to have been thrown by any person
in the room. Neither is 1t possible for any
one TO throw anything 81 that it will go as
these cakes went.
W. c. Curtis, manager of the company,
said yesterday afternoon that the mani
festations were certainly of psy chic ma
lure. His attention was first called to
them on his return from a camping trip to
the mountains last week. Lille Coombs
told the other girls in the place that
large jar containing rosebush had raised
up and made noise in the room where
she was working. The story was told TO
Mr.. Curtis, and as he saw that the girls
were frightened he laughed at them and
made light of the incident. On Friday OF
last week several cakes of soap were
thrown about, and Saturday the mani
festation became much more pronounced.
l. frir ri nd tnt hat
he had laughed with them over the joke
and now wanted tn M to stop throwing
the soap, as every cake had to be melted
over which was thrown. The girls cried
and protested their innocence. and asked
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-18
The Which


went off and did not come back. and the
river soon covered up their workings.
1t became the Lost Cabin mine and in
past years many have looked for it. Re-
Gently ]. w. DODGE, son of the proprietor
of the tavern at Dodges, set two men to
work on an abandoned claim at the mout b
of Picayune Creek, and shafts were sunk
to reach bedrock, and seventeen feet be-
low the surface an old buried sluice-box
was struck. 1t had been buried by the
accumulation of debris from the placer
mining above.
Now young Dodge is sure that he has
found the original Lost Cabin mine and
that rich workings are still buried near
there on the bedrock, so the finding OF
the Lost Cabin mine Is being heralded
down the old Oregon stage line past Coffee
Creek. ]. o. DENNY.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-18

Ba'larat January 81. 1858, at depth of sixty
five feet. 1t weighed 134 pounds IL ounces
1t was sold to the bank for $32, $3.50.
o. The Oates Il Delson nugget was found at
Donolly in 1880 at the foot OF tree 1t
weighed 1S9 pounds and was sold for $50 600
There were twelve other nuggets found in
Victoria, Australia, in value running from
$500 the smallest, to $22, $50, the largest of
the twelve. The nuggets above mentioned in
Guided the Union Jack, the Kohinoor, The
Sir Dominic DAILY and eight nuggets no name
given. In addition TO the apove were the HUI
ron nugget, worth $4,000, and the Empress
nugget, worth $27, ,661. All of these nuggets
came from the great Australian goldfields.
w. FRANK DRAKE.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-18

and made hole through another pane of
glass similar 10 the first. During the aft
ernoon the manifestations were much
less than before. but withstanding the
fact that there were at times as many as
seven people in the room the soap flew
around despite all efforts TO find the cause
1or the peculiar movement
At 3 O'clock three detectives from the
Police Department, surgeon from the
Receiving Hospital and three other gem
tlemen were in the room to make a thor
ough investigation. During their search
in the room the soap displayed some
activity, but not as much as before.
Derby hats seemed to make good tar
gels for The invisible soap-thrower, and
Detective Egan had just finished his state
meDt that he was sure it was not done by
any invisible force when a cake OF soap
struck his hat and almost Knocked it from
his head. This made him lose his tenn per,
and he was vo ciferous in his denunciation
OF the people in the place until Mr.. Curtis.
the proprie tor, informed him that he had
been sent there TO unearth the cause of
the queer doings, and suggested that in
stead of abusing any one he find the
author of it. Mr.. Curtis also told him
that if he could find any one who was
doing it he wanted tie guilty party ar
rested at once, and assured the irate de-
teciiye that the culprit would be prose-
cuted 10 the full extent of The law, as ne
wanted the wholesale damage to his soap
stopped.
Detective Egan was certain that he
could unearth The whole business in about
minute, and went to work bulldozng
the little girls and Mr.. Curtis from the
start.
Here" he said to Mr.. Curtis, "you
might as we'll tell US at once how this is
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-18
TRAGIC END or A DEBAUCH.
Young Hentuckian Kits 1tUo Com.
panions Uho Had Fteeced Him.

Young Krntuckian KITS ItUo Com
panions Hho Had Fteeced Him.
PINEVILLE. KY, Aug. 17.-News has
reached here of a double mountain
tragedy at Chads Gap, near Pineville,
yesterday morning. James Felt, Caleb
Hatfield and Joe MalIard, all young men
OF the neighborhood, camped in Chads
Gap Sunday night. They played cards all
night, drinking heavily. Before morning
Hatfield and Mallard had won all OF Felt 5
money. They then proposed that the
card game break up and that drink be
taken before continuing across the noun
tain. They drank, but Mallard threw the
contents OF the jag in Felt's face and told
him to leave then. The latter then drew
his pistol and opened fire, killing both
Mallard and Hatfield. The latter is re-
lated to the notorious Cap" Hatfield.