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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-19

dancing places, singing places, neWSpap'
perhaps, that the world has ever seen.
a rush to California in the old days Iher
rush to Melbourne. I remember from I
time running across men who had De
the gold fields None Of them had bro
away any gold at all. What they did b
away was rheumatism, bent Dodles, cree
ing Joints, torture and early death Al
that. I think, in some form or other, will b
the portion of most of the Klondlke dig-
gers. The word has apparently been pass
ed to boom Klondike in the interest of
the American outfitters, who will reap all
the harvest for themselves. If were
younger 1 would go to look at the place
and the people. Alas! / cannot 1t is
no use recommending young novelists
to go. because, no doubt, they are pre-
pairing for a a start in March. There /;
were three young novelists. They all |
resolved thinking himself the {
first-to go to Klondike, and there lay !
the scene of a novel certain to have
most enormous boom. They all thought
they would start in March-this all hap
pened next year. They went out by diff
ferent boats; one by the Allan line, so as
to get local color in Canada; one by the
Cunard line, because they have never lost
a passenger; and one by the White Star,
because it was handy. They all got ou
West-far West, to British Columbia, wher
the start is made; on the morning of t
start they met; face to face they met. Tn
had come by different routes and they I
on the same morning, face to face; every
had thought himself the first in the field.
grasped the situation in a moment; the
into hollow laughter; they shook hands will
smiles. Going to Klondike?" said one. -
All on the same business, of course"
anon they came to a tight place; two he'll
that the third would tumble over and brea
ing happened. On the third day one of
quite silent and meditative all day, lay
In the morning he had vanished. The 9th
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-19
4 SHOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO
JOIN THESE EXCITED GOLD RUSf1fzRS'."
WALTER BESANT.


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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-19

were only themselves.
and broken his neck.
The Globe-republican., 1897-12-02
A CRISES IN AUSTRIA.
THE EMPEROR ADJOURNS
PARLIAMENT.
The Cabinet 1ofood to ResSgn-Rsosae8
Ceases ~ Soon - the Announcements %
Made Publlo-Prenler Bodeni Feofo0
Revolution and Resigned.

VIENNA, Nov. 2s-The Austrian
ministry yesterday rendered their
designations to Emperor Francis Jo-
seph, who accepted them and en-
trusted Baron Gautsch, who holds the
portfolio of public instruction OF the
retiring ministry, with the task OF
forming a new cabinet
It is asserted that the emperor At
6rst declined to accept the resigna-
ton of the cabinet, but Count Badeni
replied:
"Your majesty, cannot accept the
responsibility. Bloodshed will ensue
II 1 remain in Office"
Thereupon the emperor reluctantly
accepted the resignation.
Yesterday morning Emperor Francis
Joseph addressed an autograph letter
The Globe-republican., 1897-12-02
HOSTS PERISH.

Six Thousand Natives and 400 Europe
ans Killed In tho Philippines.
SAN Francisco, Nov. e. About
5000 natives and fully 400 Europeans
lost their lives in the typhoon ON the
island of Luzon of the Philippine
islands, October 6. The storm devas-
tated the entire southern portion Of
the island and cnt off communication
with the rest of the world for two
days.
October 12 the hurricane struck the
island of Leyte and in less than half
an hour the chief town was in ruins
The panic-stricken natives tried to
make their way to clear ground and
In doing so 400 were buried beneath
wrecked buildings One hundred
and twenty-six corpses of Europeans
were recovered when a search was
made for the dead.
The Globe-republican., 1897-12-02
E,ope. with /. school Girl.

ALrUs. Okla, Nov. 60 M c. Beard,
aged As, and the father of nearly
grown children, drove up to the school
house during recess Friday and took
Miss Augusta Simpson, pretty II
year-old girl. into the carriage with
HIM and drove of. 1t developed later
that the two had eloped and gone to
Vernon. Texas. to get married Beard
was divorced from his wife but few
weeks ago. Under the laws of Okla
homa re- marriage under six months 10
illegal
The Globe-republican., 1897-12-02
khedive Presented With a Daughter.

khedive Presented With a Daughter.
CAIRO, Nov 29.-The Khedivah has
been safely delivered of a daughter.
The Khedivah, prior to her espousal
by the Khedive of February 10. 1895,
was the favorite in the harem and
known as Lady Ikabul Hanum-
This daughter is the second sho has
borne. Almost Immediately after tho
birth of the first, Abbas Hilmi signed
marriage contract with her in the
presence of the Egyptian ministers,
that act constituting a marriage to .
slave, and there being no public cere-
mony. 1t was expected. even in
native circles. that he would follow
the European custom in espousing
her, but there were complicated qnes-
tions of Egyptian law involved
The Globe-republican., 1897-12-02
HORRIBLE MURDER
Thomas Hickey Tells How Afa Merry
was Killed By Her Husband.

| Thomas Hickey Tells How Hrs. Mefry
was Killed By Her Husband.
CHICAGO. Ncx ea-The mystery sur.
| rounding the disappearance of Mrs
Pauline Merry from her home at No
so Hope street was solved yesterday
afternoon by the confession Of Thomas
Hickey, who was arrested on suspicion.
Hickey told . revolving story OF
how Christopher Merry choked and
beat his wife q week ago last Friday.
Then, finding it impossible to restore
his wife to consciousness, Hickey says
that Merry decided to put her ''out OF
her misery" by beating out her brains
with poker.
The horrible story told by Hickey
was extorted from him after hours of
questioning in the ''sweatbox." Late
yesterday afternoon he led a party of
police to an uninhabited portion OF
the city near Eighty-seventh street
and Western avenue, where Mrs.
Merry's body was found buried be-
meath a few inches of loose dirt by the
roadside.
The disappearance of Mrs. Merry
excited almost as much interest as
that of Mrs. Luetgert A week ago
the police learned that she had been
made away with by her husband at
her cottage in Hope street Merry
was a peddler, and owned several
horses. When the police began
their investigation a 3-year-old son
of Merry's told them that his
father had killed his mother
and had lowered her body through
trap door into the cellar Following
this clue, it was found that Merry had
driven away from his place Saturday
morning with a covered wagon, but
no further trace of him has been dis
covered.
Thomas Hickey, an employe of the
stable where Merry kept his horses,
was put in the sweatbox and confessed
that he and James Smith had
been present when Merry beat
and cholked his wife. The three
men sat up Friday night and tried to
restore Mrs. Merry. On Saturday,
Merry. he says, decided to kill his
wife. which he did with poker.
Merry, although still in the city, has
eluded the police.
The Globe-republican., 1897-12-02
BRIBERY iNvEsrlcATloN.

Alssoasi Politicians Indlcted-A Juror
ladietsd for Perjury.
JEFFERsoN CRY. Mo-, Nov: 2a.-It Is
reported that the grand jury has in
dicted Fire Alarm" Flanagan and A.
w. Elsner, of this city, for attempt
ing to bribe . senate clerk to destroy
the civic federation school bill last
winter.
The grand jury indicted J. Henry
Baer for perjury. Baer is the juror
who hung the Mckenzie jury because
he said his conscience would not let
him vote for q verdict which would
carse the death penalty to be in
ficted Before he was accepted as .
Juror he had sworn that he had no
conscientious scruples against hanging.
The Globe-republican., 1897-12-02
A Grocer's Rich Clerk Dead.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Nov. 29.-Thomas
W. Flynn. grocer's clerk, but the
owner of property worth 5000, died
here yesterday from consumption. He
inherited his money from his father,
spent none of it and added to it. He
was day laborer at times, but had
worked in the grocery the last eight
years. One of his buildings alone
gave him an income of SlOO a month,
The only surviving relative is a sister
in Montana, who will probably inherit
the property.
The Globe-republican., 1897-12-02

SEATTLE, Wash, Nov. 29.-Twentv.
dve men arrived here to-day on the
City OF Seattle direct from Dawson
City. They were divided into two
parties. tho last one of which left
Dawson October 16 They came ont
over the Dalton trail They are re-
ported to have between them $50, 600
in drafts, and $500. 600 in gc dust.
All tell stories of food shortage in
Dawson that is almost a famine. Tho
last person to leave Dawson was Jack
Dalton. When Dalton left. the steam
ers Alice and Bella had reached there,
loaded light. It is said that tho Bel
las cargo consisted of whisky and
billiard balls She brought no pro-
visions. The Canadian government
mounted police chartered the Bella
and gave all who wished q free pass to
the Yukon. The Bella is reported to
have left about October 1e, with zoo
men.
According to the statements made
by members of the Dalton party, there
Il liable to be trouble of the most
serious kind this winter in Dawson.
Billy Leak told one of the men in .
party ahead of him, whom he met at
Dyea, that all the people talk about
at Dawson is the food famine.
Men were gathering in groups and
cursing with might and main the
new comers that were constantly
coming into the Klondike with
any provisions The mounted
police were offering free transporta-
ton to the grub piles" further down
the Yukon, but to countless hundreds
who had labored hard all through the
accumulating a grub sake,
the prospect was uninviting, to say the
least The men figured that it would
take all their earnings in gold to pay
their living expenses at Fort Yukon
during the winter, and that in tho
spring they would not even have
enough left to pay passage money
back to Dawson. to say nothing of
enough food to subsist un-
til they could get started again. To
these poor fellows the offer of the
mounted police was no better than
the prospect at Dawson of being COM
pelled to live on half rations until the
supply boats could reach the diggings
ia the spring.
The Globe-republican., 1897-12-02
To Prosecute Bank wrecker..

KANSAS CRY, Mo-, Nov. 29.-There
is no longer doubt that the govern
ment will begin a criminal prosecu-
ton of the officers of the Missouri Ma
tional bank which failed November
80, 1896. Under orders from Wash
ington special grand jury will be
called during the present term of the
United States court to investigate
charges of bank wrecking against D.
v. Riegcr, president, and r. d. Gov
ington, cashier, of the bank.
The Globe-republican., 1897-12-02

CHICAGO, Nov. 29-An air of gloom
prevailed about the works of the
National Metallurgical Company,
Thirty-ninth street ard Lowe avenue,
yesterday, for the Sl3. 400 worth Of
gold expected to materialize as the
result of E C. Briceis alchemistic
treatment of Sl5O worth of crude
antimony and tin failed to appear. It
Is announced tha. more time is neces-
sary.
The Globe-republican., 1897-12-02

When something was said about
Burns accepting such post as that o.
exc,seman, he happily observed: II
would much rather have it said that
my profession borrowed credit from
me than that borrowed it from my
nrOfeSsiOn -
The Globe-republican., 1897-12-02
COWARDLY CRIME.

Eight Negroes Rob and Murder Cotton
Picker and Assault HIS Wife
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Nov 29.-On q
large cotton plantation in St Francis
county negroes went to the home of
Joe Miller, a cotton picker. and, after
robbing him of his savings, dragged
him from his bed and murdered him.
The body was thrown into the river.
Ada Miller, the murdered mans wife,
was then outraged and the house
looted. William Williams was arrest.
ed and made a full confession, impli-
eating several others, four of whom
have also been jailed. Officers are
searching for the remaining four.
The Globe-republican., 1897-12-02
Leaves Hi. Wife and Family.

TRADING Posr, Kan, Nov. 90 Ono
of the most sensational elopements
that ever occurred took place here
this morning. James w. McCauley,
ex-postmaster, prominent merchant,
Mason, member of the county Demo-
cratic central committee. left for parts
unknown, with a Mrs. Maggie john
son, formerly OF Harrisburg, Pa He
left a wife, married daughter and
grown son.
The Globe-republican., 1897-12-02
Trained to Murder.

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. eat has
Just developed that over 100 Chinese
slave boys are held in bondage in this
city. These lads are brought here
and sold to keepers of bouses of i'll
fame. There they are trained ir all
wickedness. murder being made fine
art, and on reaching proper age be-
come members of the highb binder
'angs. which do the bloody work Of
,assination for the tongs.
The Globe-republican., 1897-12-02
Poison Put In Coffee.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Nov. 29.-Several
days ago Thomas Shackleford, colored,
went to the room of George Taylor
with a bucket of coffee which he asked
Matte johnson, the housekeeper, to
warm up for Shackleford She did so
and later Taylor drank it He became
deathly sick and last night died Tay-
lor was living with 4 woman and his
life was insured for SI,1O0 It is
thought he was murdered for the in
surance money. Shackelford has dis
appeared.
The Globe-republican., 1897-12-02
CARR TRIES SUICIDE.
HE SWALLOWS A DOSE OF
POUNDED GLASS
Desperately Resists Remedial Measures
Tries to Rrain . Deputy With .
Chair Choked Into Submis-
sion BY the OmcerA

LIBERTY, Mo, Nov. e9-About 4:30
o'clock yesterday afternoon. William
Carr, murderer of his 3-year-old daugh-
ter, Belle, attempted to commit sui
eide by swallowing pounded glass
He fought desperately against RENE
dial measures and had to be choked
into submission. DR.. Sewer, who is
attending him, does not say whether
or not Carr will recover, but it is
probable that he will.
Carr's wife called to see him yester-
day afternoon, and Deputy Sheriff Ed
Cave took Carr up to the sheriff.
office that he might talk to her. Cave
left the two there with Night Watch
man Will Wymore and went
down to the Jail to see If Carr
had made any new plans The
prisoners told Cave that Carr
had taken a bottle of medicine
belonging to one of the prisoners Sat-
urday night and. after pouring the
medicine on the floor, had pounded the
bottle until the glass was reduced
almost to powder Carr put the
pounded glass into tobacco sack and
went back to his bunk and went to
sleep. The prisoners were afraid to
say anything about it to the officers,
and did not say anything until Carr
was up in the sheriff's office.
Just before Carr was taken to the
with cup of water in his hand. He
took something out of his pocket.
poured it into the cup and drained its
contents. He then walked upstairs
and talked to his wife. When Cave
learned of Carr's queer actions he took
him back to the Jail and went
for DIR. Sewer. The doctor requested
Carr to take an emetic, and he
refused in very strong terms
The doctor then gave him
q hypodcrmic injection designed to
make him throw the glass up. A few
minutes later he tried to give him an
other. and Carr grew threatening in
his attitude and looks and refused to
permit it Cave left the Jail to get
some officers to assist This left the
doctor alone with Carr, who picked up
a chair and started at Sewer, but did
not strike him. Then he said he would
kill Cave when he came back.
Cave soon returned with Officers
and Wymore. Carr lifted
the chair to brain Cave, but Cave was
too quick for him. He leaped and
caught Carr by the throat, and the
two other officers rushed in to assist.
Carr, however, fought desperately, and
kept the three men off several minutes.
they downed him and Carr
was choied into submission. He
begged Cave not to choke him to death.
It is evidently his desire to have the
officers shoot him. A second injection
was given Carr, but the glass failed
to come up Sewer said that he could
not say whether Carr would recover
Or not, 1t is thought that he will re-
cover, as he has such strong consti-
tuition.
The Globe-republican., 1897-12-02
phaIen viii Not Defend Lue.r.rt

CHICAGO, Oct 29.-Attorney Albert
Phalen. who became prominent
through his connection with the de-
fense of Adolph Luetgert, and who
was to have been chief counsel for the
sausage maker in his second trial,
withdrew from the case yesterday.
His withdrawal was due to the reten-
ton Of Attorneys Harmon and Riese
as assistants in the case, contrary to
his advice. The case will be called
before Judge Gary to-day.
The Globe-republican., 1897-12-02
WILL PAY 500 FOR ANY CASE
OF Weakness In Mon They Treat and
Fall to Cure.


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This MAGICAL TREATMENT may be taken
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effected Write them today
The Globe-republican., 1897-12-02
OLD WHISKY HOUSEFAIL s.

Martin Perrin Company of Kansas City
Forced to tho Wall
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Nov. 29-The
Martin-Perrin Mercantile Company,
one of the largest wholesale liquor
houses of the West. filed chattel
mortgage yesterday for $50, sel.73 in
favor of its creditors Vice President
w. C. Glass, of the firm, said that the
assets of the company would proba-
bly, meet the liabilities He said the
failure was due to the constantly fall.
ing prices of Kentucky whisky. Mr..
Glass did not feel very hopeful as to
the company's ability to resume busi-
ness
The Globe-republican., 1897-12-02

The United States Supreme Court
has decided that "a national bank haA
no power to deal in stocks, and cannot,
therefore, acquire tha stock of another
corporation except as incidental to its
power to lend money on personal Sc
curity."
The Globe-republican., 1897-12-02
Another Eootb.n Victim.

BATH, n. V. Nov. 29-James W.
Loveridge. who was injured in foot
ball game at Hammondsport. Thanks
giving afternoon. died here to-day.
His death is supposed to be due to .
kick in the stomach received at the
game. He was !? years old.
The Globe-republican., 1897-12-02

Certain women have but to tie a bow
and ali the beaus in the land will try
to initiate the knot, for these certain
women leaders are of fashion, born
with grace and show the touch Of gen.
ius in all they do. Verify, dress has
its artists.
The Globe-republican., 1897-12-02

bunch of hungry hogs will do .
good job turning and fning coarse.
straw manure if some grain is sOwn
upon it. Occasionally their roofing
propensities may be utilized in other
ways A Maine farmer is said to re-
move stumps by fencing them in, maxi
ing holes under them with u crowbsr.
placing grain in the holes and turning
hogs into the inclosure In roofing
among the roots the hogs are said to
root the stumps out by the roots.
A Frenchman was convicted of kill
ing his mother-in law. When asked il
he had nything to say for himself be-
fore taking the sentence, he said:
Nothing, excepting have lived with
her twenty-one years and never did it
before"
The Globe-republican., 1897-12-02

MADRID, Nov. e9.-The captain gen.
eral of the Philippine islands. Gen
eral Primo de Rivera, cables from
Manila that the insurgents of that
colony held a meeting, could not ar
rive at an agreement and started for
home, but the dispatch adds. ''they
were intercepted by troops who killed
many of them"
The Globe-republican., 1897-12-02
Misery by tho Wholesale.

Is Xhat chronic inactivity Of the liver gives rise
to- Bile gets into the blood and imparts vel.
low tint, the tongue fouls and so does the breath.
eick headaches, pains beneath the right ribs and
shoulder blade are felt the bowels become con-
stipated and the stomach disordered. The proven
remedy for this catalogue of evils is Hostetterss
Stomach Bitters a medicine long and profession
ally recommended. and sovereign also for chillo
and fever, nervousness and rheumatism.
The Globe-republican., 1897-12-02

WAsHINGToN, Nov 20-In q report
70 the state department Consul Gen.
erAl Lee says there arc in Cuba l,c07
American citizens who are now de-
Pendeue upon chsritable assistance
and hs~e been for the past i've
WonthA
The Globe-republican., 1897-12-02


journment Of the reichsrath until fur
ther orders
During the assembling of the reich
srath dense masses of people, for the
most part workmen, thronged the
Ringstrasse from the university to the
outer gate of Hofburg. A charge by
the mounted police, with drawn
swords. failing to disperse them. a
body of hussars cleared the streets at
this point, many persons being
wounded The ambulance society inn
mediately sent two vans to attend tho
injured.
At least 10000 people gathered
about the same time in front of the
town hall and the provincial criminal
court to demonstrate in favor of Herr
Wolff, who was to be arraigned there
on q charge of public violence COM
mitted when being removed from the
unterhaus by the police. acting under
the orders of President Won Abraham.
ovics. The police, with drawn swords,
dispersed them, one mans skull being
fractured and two others being So.
verely injured. A third ambulance
was sent to that point
simultaneously, meetings of work.
men were held in various quarters of
the city; but the police dissolved these,
making twelve arrests The streets
became more quiet during the after
noon, but at sunset thousands reas-
sembled in the Frangeseying and the
Rathhaus park. where they indulged
In stormy protests against the govern
ment. the passengers in the street
cars and omnibuses who went by join
ing in the cries of "Down with Badi ni!'
Suddenly change came over tho
scene. The report spread like w;ldfire
that Count Badeni had resigned The
ceased almost in
when the news was confirmed
by the police authorities and their
who announced to the
people at various points that they
were instructed to inform them of the
cabinets resignation.
DR.. Lueger, the burgomaster of Vi
emma, driving through the crowds. an
nouuced the resignation from his car
riage, repeating it a little later from
the windows of the town hall, with
the addition that Herr Gautsch had
been appointed to form cabinet He
appealed to the people to return
quietly to their homes. His announce
ment was greeted with thunders of
applause. and an extra edition of the
Wiener Zeitung. with an official state
ment of the resignation, still further
reassured the people.
Upwards of 5000 people tried to or
ganize a demonstration in the early
evening in front of the foreign office
building, but this was prevented by
closing the approaches to the palace.
After o'clock the city was quiet
The judge of the provincial criminal
court discharged Herr Wolff from Gus
tody.
There were demonstrations also 1t
Gratz, Prague and Asch, in Bohemia,
but they were not of serious char.
acter.
Baron Gautsch will form a neutral
cabinet of governmental officials. and
endeavor to arrange an understanding
between the German and Czech lead
ers on the language question.
The Globe-republican., 1897-12-02

CAMDEN, N. j.. Nov. sa-John
Brump. who claims to live in Philadel-
phia, narrowly escaped lynching 1t
the hands Of an angry crowd because
0f IN attempted assault on . 1e-yesr.
old mulatto girl, Florence Pierce.
The Globe-republican., 1897-12-02

NEW Y0Rk. Nov. 3a-J. Pieepoat
Morgan & Co have undarWritten .
euasolida tion Of tho principal gns co0r
p4nies Of New York for the pnrpoee oe
manufacturing aeetyline gas. with .
0otAl capttalixstiou Of 60 ooo, ,0<AA