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The San Francisco call., 1897-07-22
KAPUS VIC4IMs ARE "oUE"
GoodaH, Perkins & Co. Denounce tn
Vouchers as Fraudulent.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, July 2L-The
shrewd spectators who invested their
thousands in John w. Kapus' bogus
vouchers purporting to have baen ap-
proved by the Pacific Coast Steamship
Company, and who in spite of all the alle-
cations of forgery affect to believe their
claims will be paid by the company, will
receive a severe shock tomorrow. The
local agent of The Pacific Coast Steam ship
Company to-day received from Goodall.
Perkins & Co., general agents at San Fran
cisco, a telegram authorizing him To an
nouncs over their signature that all
vouchers for loss or damage on account OF
the steamer Arago, purporting to be ap-
proved by them, are fraudulent.
This officially settles one question that
until to-day seemed to have been dis
puted. The Arago. which was lost In
October, 1896, was not in the feet con-
trol!ed by Goodall, Perkins & Co.. and
that firm would nave had nothing to DO
even with genuine claim vouchers. As
AaPus still preserves his nonchaIant man
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-22
Ere. De,irerv serrtce Estemdea.

SAN JOSE, CAL, July 21.-Through the
efforts of Congressman Loud the postal
department has made arrangements to
extend the free del v>ry system SO as to
include West San Jose. The service will
go into effect September 1. An additional
mounted carrier has been allowed the
Postmaster for the work.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-22
SUICIDE, At sTOCkTON.
Aoed Clark Jackson shasc Ends HI
life With a Bullet.

Itfc Win q BNIEet.
STOCKTON, CAL, July 21-Clark Jack.
SON Shaw, aged 72 years, shot himse Il
dead on the balcony of the Courtland
loIging-house at o'clock this morning
When found he was seated in chair nc
there was a bullet hole above his right ear
He must have died instantly. He had 6
pistol clutched in one hand.
Shaw had frequently said that whenever
he became miserable he would kill him
self. The Other day he remarked to {
friend that if he (Shaw) should die frs
he wanted the friend to see that his body
as cremated.
Shaw had two sisters lividg in this city
He was formerly bookkeeper for D. K
Oliver q real estate man, and also manu-
ia ctured paten m edicIne.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-22
FIRE kEAR LINDSAY.
Senator Berry's Intricate Steam Har
resfer Desfroued

VISALIA, CAL, July 21.-While in
operation this afternoon, in a large wheat
field two miles north of Lindsay, in thi.
county, the steam harvester of Senator e.
Stockton Berry took fire and was de
stroved. The fire was communicated from
the furnace OF the harvester This was the
only steam harvesting outfit in this par
of the State, and was costly piece of IN a.
chinery. 1t was invented and built by
Senator Berry himself. and had been in
use for many years. Steam was produced
by burning the straw thrashed out by the
machine as it moved across the field l,
required six or seven mei. to operate it
and it cut swalh nearly sixteen fee,
wide.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-22
chico con,on Flume In DANCER.

CHICO. CAL. July 21.-The fire which
has been burning for the past two days in
the foothills six miles from this city has
spread with such great rapidity that the
Sierra Lumber Company's tiume, which
comes through Big Chico Canyon, is in
danger The company's men at the
planning mill were taken upto the canyon
this afternoon to endeavor 30 save the
flume.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-22

Water alone has been known to sustain
life for tifty-fve days. If only dry food
were taken death would result in quarter
of that time.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-22
Castro Arratomed a, eiIro,,

G1LROY, CAL. July 21-The prelimi-
nary examination of E Castro, charl ed
with an attack upon Mary Churchill, q
14-year-old girl, on Sunday last, took place
before Judge Wiley this afternoon. Sew
eral witnesses were examined, and the
girl told a straightforward story. TIE
evidence was damaging to Castro. and b 9
was held to answer before the Superior
Court, with bali fixed al $5OO0 He was
sent to the County Jail to await trial.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-22

ner and declares it was not he who forged
the documents the object now Is 10 find
who did.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-22

sudden Denth at Santa C,us.
SANTA CRUZ, CAL, July 2l.-Mrs.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-22

ADVANCES made on furniture and pianos with
orwithout removal. ]. Noonan, l0l7-lO23 Mission,
, 1897-04-21
An Old Newspaper.

An interesting old newspaper is de-
scribed by a contributor to tho Chatta,
nooga Times. He says he owns a copy
Of the Rogersville Gazette, dated Satur'
day, Nov. 4, 1915 (volume 2, Nc. 14),
which contains a le~tterdated Bordeaux,
Aug. 90, 1914, stating the downfall OF
Bonaparte and another article telling OF
his Punishment to st. Helena; an inter
view with a sea captain Oct. 81, who
states that news had reached Havre Sept.
l (date of sailing) that a treaty of peace
was concluded between France and the
allied powers and that Marshal Ney, hav-
ing been tried and found guilty of trea-
son, had suffered military execution;
another interview with another sea cap
tain one day later from Havre saying the
foregoing reports lacked confirmation
when he sailed. 1t gives lists of unclaim-
ed letters in Rogersvillea and Brownsville
postoffices. A letter from an officer of
the regular army in the Creek country
recounts the hardships of the soldiers and
declares they had not been paid for Is
months to two years and that many
were almost naked.
An editorial advocates Monroe for
president and asserts, ''Federalists dis
like him, as they do every conspicuous
and virtuous man..
It notes the execution of pirates at
Havana and refers to the death of Gov
ernor Sewer in speaking of the commits
sion (of which he was n member) run
ming a line in the Creek country.
This paper was addressed to the great
grandfather Of the writer in ink and is
yet legible, though dim.
, 1897-04-21
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"1woula like to see the last Of him.

WOplu llK5 TO see Tue last OF MIN,
said Jane.
my DEAR" said my wife, fiuttering
into my room about 20 minutes after
Jane had stated, "Jane has been to the
boothola aua taken all the left off boots
and shoes and gone off to the wedding
with them in q bag. Surely she cannot
mean
"Jane," said /, sis developing char
acter. Let us hope for the best"
Jane came back with a pale, hard
face. All the boots seemed to be still in
her bag, at which my wife heaved a
premature sigh of relief.
"Quite o crowd at the wedding,
ma'am," she said presently in a purely
conversational style, sitting in our little
kitchen and %scrubbing the potatoes.
ut was all extremely respectable and
nice, ma'am, but her father didn't wear
a black coat and looked quite out OF
place, ma'am. Mr.. Piddingquirk''-
"Who?"
"Mr. Piddingquirk = William, that
was, ma'am-had white gloves and a
coat like a clergyman and q lovely
chrysanthemum. He looked SO nice,
ma'am. And some One threw a slipper.
and then 1 threw a boot
"Threw a boot, janet
eyes, ma'am. Aimed Mt her. But it
hit him. Yes, ma'am. hard. Gev him
a black eye, l should think. l only
threw that one. l hadn't the heart to
try again. All the little boys cheered
when it hi: him." After an interval.
II am sorry the boot hit him."
Another pause; the potatoes were
being scrubbed violently. "He always
was a bit above me, you know, ma'am.
And he was led away"
The potatoes were more than finished.
Jane rose sharply with a sigh and rap
ped the basin down III the table.
81 don't care" she said. 81 don't
care a rap. He will find out his mis-
take yet. It serves me right. l was
stuck up about him. 1 ought not to
have looked SO high. And l am glad
things are as things are"
Ny wife was in the kitchen seeing to
the higher cookery After the confess
sion of the boot throwing she must have
watched poor Jane Tuning with a GER
tain dismay in those brown eyes of hers.
p "Oh, ma'am," said Jane, with an
astonishing change of note, "think of
all that might have been! Oh, ma'am,
I could have been SO happy! I ought to
have known, but 1 didn't know. You're
very kind to let me talk to you, ma'am
for it's hard on me. ma'am-it's
har-r-r-r-r'--
And l gather that Mariana so far for
got herself as to let Jane sob out some
of the ~fullness of her heart on a sympa-
thetic shoulder. My Mariana, thank
heaven, has never properly grasped the
importance of keeping up her posi-
tion." And since that fit of weeping
much of the accent of bitterness has
gone out Of James scrubbing and brush
work.
Indeed something passed the other
day with the butcher boy, but that
scarcely belongs to this story. However,
Jane is young still, and time and change
are ut work with her. We all have our
sorrows, but I do not believe very much
in the permanency of broken hearts,
Pail Mall Budget.
, 1897-04-21

Some time ago We proved to the en-
tire satisfaction of all the Presbyterians
that st. Patrick was IL Presbyterian, and
now comes the Rev. DR.. Beams excel
lent religious family newspaper, The
Southern Presbyterian, with a demon
stration that St. Paul was a P~resbyteri-
an. We note that Brother Bean does not
call him st. Paul, but just plain Paul.
We do not mind saying that both the
Baptists and Roman Catholics lay some
claim to st. Patrick, and that their re-
spective claims appear to be very well
founded. We would not be surprised il
they should now put in a claim to Paul
or st. Paul.-Charleston News and
Courier.
, 1897-04-21
A souo TO THE SULTAN.

Here underneath the palm tree, full ei
The poet tasted peace and fingered
n master of the faithful he obeyed
And searched the Koran for a theme
The vizier lodged him in his own fair
Where wise men gathered IN a learned
throng,
And when the caliph heard his pioua
VOWS
He gave him gifts and shielded him
from wrong.
There, in a white walled garden full of
Through which there ran a deep. cold
water brook.
Fringed with white tulips and
Among the tender grass he wrote the
OF Yousouf and Zuleika. Not one word
Was there of all he windy war that
Iran OF old. nor was the ear once stirred
With any name the faithful might re-
Nine Thousand Persian verses told the
tale.
And when the perfect poem was set
He rose and left the plaintive nightingale.
That long had tuned her throat to his
sweet moan.
Before the caliph on n broad diyan,
To sound of rebecks. in n silken gown.
He sat In state. and when the dance be-
gan
Detained aloud that song of high re-
nown.
Its music sank on well attempered ears.
The callph lounged upon his throne and
cried:
10 this day am as n man who hears
The angel Gabriel murmur at his side
And dies not At the viewless harem
door
The screen was swayed by bending
forms that sighed.
And sheiks and soldiers. young and old.
for more
Still pressed and wished and scarce
would be denied.
All. palmy days were those for singers
craft!
Now every wording filings his cap In
rhyme,
And from an easy bow lets fly a shaft
At verse much honored in his grand
sire'S time;
Now many a ghazel. soft with spices.
trips
Along the allen mouth with frivolous
chime
And lightly rises from unhonored lips
The ancient rhythm sonorous and s,.b-
lime.
Gosse,
, 1897-04-21

uIuly 0CCU0I0u tncul III tu0
streets and asserted her right to what,
In spite Of the consensus Of literature.
she held to be her i~nalienable property.
She did, I think, go 10 far a. to lay
hands ON him. They dealt with her In
amushingly superior way. They "call
Cd Q cab" There was . 'scene," Will
Ham being pulled away into the four
wheeler BY his future wife and mother.
in-lsW from the reluctant hands Of our
discarded Jana. There were threats Il
giving her "in charge"
"Hy poor Janei' aid my wife,
mincing veal ~ though she was mincing
william. Its . shame Il them. I
would think NO more Of him. He IL not
worthy Of yoa."
"No, ma'am," said Jane. HE 10
weak But it's that woman has done II "
Ehe was never known 10 bsing herself 70
wsnounce That womsn's'' nma o. IA
sdmit her girlishnea. II can't think
vha4 minds some women must have
10 tEy and get = gtrl's ycung man sway
from her. Bat there, IL only hurts To
talk about t."
Thereafter our hoase rested from viii
liam. But there wa6 something In the
manner oe Jans1 scxubbinG tho front
dor sesp q sweeping ont the rooms, q
csetain vicioasne4. that persuaded me
~ IL s1oEy haA no9 ~ ended.
ssFleass, ma'an, nav ! 90 and 10 .
MsddinG tp9sssswf' ri dJans one day.
" wt1s msw b ixsttsot who's
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Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-09

month, together with thirty final and six
cash entries, the last aggregating $1,352.
The bonded Indebtedness of Galloway
county has been refunded at the reduced
rate of al per cent, an annual saving in
interest of $500.
Some cynic calls attention to the fact
that the extensive shipment of mules from
Missouri all over the world has apparent
ly resulted in no diminution in the number
of kickers in the state.
The mineral output in the interstate lead
and zinc district showed an Improvement
last week, aggregating in value $75.29S, of
which the camps on the Missouri side
furnished Il triie more than half.
Martinsburg, in Audrain county. is said
to be prosperous community in which
the presence of Il long-felt want and the
absence of a local newspaper could change
places with each other to advantage.
With due regard for the fitness of things
and amid a chorus of praises, the Cole
county court, in selecting road overseers
for the ensuing term, has placed Mr..
Musick in charge of Bass district
Secretary Rippey of the Missouri Horse
Breeders Association, is in jefferson City
in the interest of bill which has for its
purpose the legalizing of pool selling on
legitimate races.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-09
poLICE REoRGANIZATIos.

Mayor Jones stated yesterday that he
would be heartily in favor of careful re-
organization of the police force. He also
remarked that of course reorganization
was not possible with the, present police
board. In these utterances the mayor has
only reiterated his commendable reform
purposes. as well as his intelligent grasp
of situation that is hopeless.
Two very significant facts were brought
out in the recent investigation Of the sem
ate committee. One was that gambling has
been carried on in Kansas City to very
great extent, and in some instances in the
most pernicious form. The other is that a
number of patrolmcn and detectives and a
few captains knew nothing of gambling
in their own districts.
These facts, put together, certainly sug-
gest that the testimony of the various wit
nesses during the investigation of the de-
partment would serve as a reliable basis
for a very wholesome reorganization OF
the police department. Any officer who as
serts that he did not know of gambling in
Kansas City, whether the assertion is
made honestly in self-defense, or dishonest
ly in defense OF the commissioners, is not
fit guardian of the public and he should
be summarily removed.
There is no longer much doubt that the
present commissioners will fail in contir-
nation. 1t is sincerely hoped that Gov.
ernor Stephens will appoint men for theil
places who will be in sympathy with May.
or Jones ideas of reorganization.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-09

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
The reports of trade for the past week
are encouraging. The number of failures
is reduced, the number of factories resum-
ing work after a long or short Suspension
is increased. There is renewed activity in
the iron trade and the prices of wheat and
farm produce have advanced, though not
to the point anticipated by many. Against
these favorable indications are to be offset
the reduction of hours in some of the cot
ton mills and lowering of the wage scale
in some of the iron works. The first of
these conditions may be attributed in part
to reaction from the holiday season. in
part to the fact that while the demand for
winter goods is nearly at an end the trade
in spring and summer wear has not yet
opened, and in part to heavy importations
of foreign manufactures IN anticipation of
an increase of tariff rates. The decline of
wages in certain branches of the iron trade
may be due to the unwillingness of build
ers and of contractors for large works to
undertake new works without the induce
ment of low-priced materials. Yet it un-
questionably is better that work shall be
furnished at low rates than not at all. The
wages in the iron and steel industries are
regulated on a sliding scale, and as the
price of manufactured goods advances the
compensation of the workman will be in
creased.
Business has now passed out of the wait
ing stage; confidence In revival of trade
is universal, and, though the manifestation
of confidence by action is made cautiously,
it is made steadily. The absence of all
signs of speculative fever is an assuring
condition.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-09
I F,Iu,,., ?
Bar. Z pm Pre-. W'th'r
rnE PENsIoN AGENcY REMovAL.

Without discussing the merits or the de-
merits of the proposed removal of the pen
sion agency from Topeka TO ST. Louis, the
question arises, Why take the agency to
St Louis.
st. Louis is on the extreme eastern bor-
der of the territory served by this agency.
This territory includes Missouri, Kansas,
Colorado, Oklahoma and New Mexico.
From a geographical consideration alone
it would seem unwise to locate the agency
at such a remote point as st. Louis.
II it is the desire of the department of
the interior to have the agency in one of
the larger cities, then why not select Kan
sas City, which is comparatively central as
related to the whole territory, and is on
the boundary between the two states call
ing for most attention from the bureau?
Secretary Francis could much more cas-
lily convince the pensioners of this district
OF the sincerity of his efforts by placing
the agency in this city than by taking it
TO St. Louis.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-09
SpeciGc Duties.

From the Boston Advertiser.
1t is rather significant to notice that the
papers which represent the interests of
New York importers are growing almost
hysterical in their attempts to denounce
the determination of the Republican tariff
trainers to adopt specific duties, as far as
possible, in the next tariff. OF course, the
honest importers in this country do not
care so much about the matter; but the
return to the system of specific duties is
more ominous to the dishonest importers
in this country than any other kind of
tariff legislation could be.
During recent years the United States
has lost great deal of revenue through
the system of fraudulent undervaluation.
The temptation to make such undervalua-
tions has been great because the present
tariff law was made up largely of ad val
orem duties, so that the lower any i'm
portaton was valued, the less duty any i'm
porter would have to pay. When under
valuations were discovered, the penalty in
fiicted by the customs authorities was gen.
orally so mild that it had practically no
terrors for the dishonest importer. If an
| undervaluation was discovered, the mis-
take" would be corrected, the importer
would make a tremendous profit and could
sell his goods at prices with which home
products could not compete.
An effort was made short time ago to
| secure some reliable information as to the
extent of these undervaluations. Some
strong testimony was secured to the eff
feet that the amount of revenue lost by
differentiation frauds fell little short of
S4O,O00,O00 a year. One informant, who is
generally considered the best living au-
thority on customs matters in the United
States, intimated that over SO per cent of
the importations Of certain classes of du-
table merchandise was undervalued, it be-
ing practically impossible for the apprais-
ers on this side of the Atlantic to secure
absolutely reliable information in that con-
nection.
OF course, the imposition of a specific
| duty threatens to drive the dishonest i'm
| porter out of any but a legitimate importa-
| ton business. 1t implies loss of probably
| more than $4,000 coo a year to the fraudu-
| lent importers, who are more largely rep
| resented at New York that at any other
| American port. Is it any wonder, then
| that frantic efforts are being made to work
up some kind of public opposition to the
| policy of specific duties?