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IubercuIin Test Uphold,

ALAMEDA, Nov. 27.-Veterinary Car
penter recently applied the tuberculin
test the cows IN the Mayes dairy and
found one which. according to that test,
was affected with tuberculosis, In order
20 settle the question beyond all dispute
and demonstrate the value Of the
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-28

BOTTLES, So Guaranteed 70 cure my case.
s'Try it." You will never regret 1t. Address all
orderSto DE-. HALLS MEDICAL INSTITUTE.
S5i Broadway. Oakland, Cal Al,o for sale st
1U731a Market st b, san Francisco. We cure all
kinds OF Private and BLOOD Diseases quickly. send
for Tree book.
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NEW WESTERN HOTEL.

II EARNY AND WASHINGTON STS.-RE.
N modelled and renovated. KING, WARD & CO.
European plan Rooms soc 10 81 so per day. 81
70 $S per week. 81 to $50 per month; free bathss
hot and cold water every room; mrs grAraa -
every room; elevator all might
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In a hurry to Collect.

murder her, and that rattlesnakes sur
round ner, ready to strike.
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NEW TO-DAY.
SIMPLICITY ITSELF.

A SIMPLE HARMLESS REMEDY
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Five hundred reward for any case we
cannot cure. THIS SEC CkET REM
nDi stops all losses in "a hours,
cures Emissions. Impotency. Varico-
ca,e. Gonorrhes, Gleet, Fits, Stric-
lures Lost Manhood and all wasting
fleets or SelfAbuse or Exresses
Sent sealed. 81 per bottle. THREE
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(K7Sss DR.. HlLL'S REItYIGOR iTOR

Telephone, South 42O.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-26
De VISITATION
OF THESSALY
Turks Boldly PIunder
the Property of the
Greeks.
Thousands of Loads Are Taken
Thousands of Loads Are Taken
From the Deserted Houses
at LariSSa.
Many Villages That Have Been
Looted and Totally or Partly
Burned.

LONDON, ENG, June 25.-The CORE
spondent of the Daily News teIegraphs
from Volo that the Turks are devastating
Thessaly. The writer says he eluded the
Ottoman officials and made an e1amina-
tion OF the city of Larissa, which, except
for the garrison of several thousand Turk
ish troops, resembles city of the dead.
All the houses except the residences of
MosIems and otficersf quarters have been
completely stripped of everything they
contained. Respectabl witnesses aver
that thousands of loads of plunder have
been removed to Elassona by officers and
men for their private account. Ominous
rumors are i'll circulation that the city
will be burned when evacuated.
A similar condition of affairs obtains in
Turnavo, but the inha bitants of that place
had time TO remove many OF their porta-
bic goods before the Turks arrived. The cor
respondent mentions nine villages that had
been looted and totally or partly burned.
Elsewhere the Turks under pretenss of
king arms mercilessly beat the viii
layers and exact fines in money, cattle or
wool. The harvest, where it has not been
reaped by the Turks. is rottiug.
Voo was spared, thanks TO the Consuls
and the presence offoreign warships.
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TO PERRT TOBACCO SHIPMENTS
Span Takes Another Step IN the FoLcy OF
Preventing American intsrVen ton
IN puhc

HAVANA CUBA, June 25.-A cable
gram has been sent to Weylsr by tie
Madrid Government instructlng him to
permit the shipment of all tobacco pur-
chased by Americans. This concession is
in pursuance of Spain's policy to en-
deavor to prevent American Intervention.
WASHINGTON, D. c., June 25.-Cal-
houn. special com m issioner to Cuba, left
for DsnvIlie, His, this afternoon, having
comm unicated to Minister Woodford all
the inform a tion regarding affairs in Cuba
he possessed. Before he let be had half
an hours Interview with President Nc
Kinley, in the course of which it is re-
ported that he declined the ofics OF
Com mptroller of the Treasury and put in a
plea for a friend for the place.
Woodford spent the greater part of the
day at the State Department studying the
correspondence with Spain since the out
break of hostiIities in Cuba. Part of the
time he was cioseted with Assistant Sec
retary OF the Navy Roosevelt
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rs,i,.a by the ou.sn.

LONDON, ENG, June 25.-The Queen
to-day drove to Windsor P ark and visited
5000 schoolchildren who were celebra. in g
the jubilee. Later she received deIega-
tions from fire brigades belonging to all
parts OF the kingdom. Twelve hundred
men were in line. The Duke of Maribor-
ough, as president of the National Fire
Brigade, presented the officers to the
Queen. While the Q leen and Empress
Frederick we're dining tonight Zoe Eson
boys with bands entered the qnaorangle
of the castle and gave an exhibitlon OF
torchlight evolutions. The Queen watche ed
from the castle window.
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"Uncle Jim" Simmons of New York
will to-day have the deciding voice as to
whether or not Theodore a. FigeI shall be
arrested and charged with the murder of
Isaac Hoffman. Chief Lees declared yes
terday ne would not cause the suspected
man to be taken into custody. He added
that he would place the matter in the
hands of Captain Bohen to-day and will
have him continue the investigation of
the case.
1t took the Coroner's jury not more than
fifteen minutes to return their sworn
opinion as above regarding the death of
Isaac Hoffman. They retired at IL 81 A. NJ
AMI announced thirteen minutes later
that they were ready to reporI.
From one of the jurors it was learned
that this verdict had the unanimous ap-
proval of all the mem bers of the jury from
the beginning. There was some discus
sion as to Figers connection with the
death of the merchant, but as the jury
considered there was nothing to show
directly the bookkeeper's connection
with the crime it was thought best to
leave it to the Chief of Police to find out
who the murderer is.
While the verdict was not just what the
ATTORNEYS for the firm of Hoffman, Roth
child & Co. and OF Mrs. Hoffman had
hoped for they had no fault to find with
the course of tae jury.
On the strength of the verdict Mrs.
Hoffman will be advised to-day to swear
out warrant for the arrest of Figel as
the m urderer of her husband. Her action
in the matter will, however, depend on
the decision of "Uncle Jim Simmons.
who is on mis- way from New York, and
who will arrive some time to-day.
Had the hearing before the Coroner re-
mained open for but short time longer
most important link would have been
added to the chain of circumstances which
have placed Theodore Figel under strong
suspicion. After the verdict had been rem
dered there arrived from Santa Cruz a
merchant named l. Fleisig, who had come
for the sole purpose of testify:ng atthe in
quest. In the course of an interview he
stated that while he was taking lunch
with Isaac Hoffman in this City on the
Goth of May last he noticed that Hoffman
looked much worried. He asked him the
cause of mis- trouble, and Hoffman stated
that his bookkeeper was not acting right,
that he was behind in his accounts and
hat he wished his partner was here. This
testimony would have gone to show that
Hoffman had discovered that Figel had
been missppropriating the funds of the
firm.
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than Cornell, and bsckers of the winning
crew we're able to get odds of s25 to $50.
REPRESENTATIVE LENS pLAcA7ED
At Last the Navy Dep0r m snt Is Hole TO
Send a WdfSbip 10 Seattle for the
CsIsbrauon of NE fourth


WASHINGTON, D. c., June 25.-Repre-
sentative J. Hamilton Lewis has been
placated by the action of the Navy De-
partment To-day in ordering the Adams,
which recently arrived at Port Angeles
from Honolulu, to proceed TO Seattle and
participate in the Fourth OF July celebra-
ton. Peace having thus been restored to
the bosom OF Lewis he Will not press the
threatened Congressional investigation to
determine whether Secretary Long or
Senator Hanna is the real head of the
Navy Department. Lewis applied last A pril
for ship for the celebration. About the
same time the managers of the Christian
Endeavor conyen tion asked that the
battleship Oregon be sent to Tacoma on
the same date. This request was seconded
by Hanna and granted, and as the people
OF Portland had arranged for the presence
ca the monitors Monterey and Mon nad mock
at their city on July f. Seattle was left
out, there then being no other ship availa-
Bile. Lewis, thinking Hanna's influence
had deprived him OF serving his fellow
townsmen, raised a row. The opportune
arrival of the Adams, however, enabled
the department to placate Lewis.
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THE CLOSING SESSION.
mony in the Long Inquiry and
Fin DIS Its Verdict.

Coroner Haw kins kept his promise and
concluded the inquest an hour before
noon yesterday. Quite number of wit
nssses were examined, but their testi-
mony save In two cases was not material.
One of those was Peter J. Powers, whose
statement TO the effect that Atkinson had
lost $l7, 900 for Fieel at the racetrack as
published in The CALL yesterday morn
ing. The other was the last new witness,
DR.. Kahn, and the important part of his
testimony was an expression OF opinion
the opinion being, as an expert in gunshot
wounds, that those that caused the death
OF Isaac Hoffman were inflicted by some
other person tnsn Hoffman himself
G. L. Campbell was the first witness of
the day. He is newspaper man, and was
detailed TO learn from the man kellnrr of
San Rafael whether Figel on the night of
the murder had purchased bottle of red
ink irom him. Campbell entered the
store anu asked for bottle OF ink of the
kind that Figel had pui chased. The dealer
took down TWO samples and said that he
was uncertain n as to which OF them it was
that Figel had bought on that night. Mr..
Kelly, who keeps a nard ware-store near
bv had told Campbell about the transac-
tion, and said that Figel had entered his
store in an excited manner, and in
presence of lot of stoves, mattocks and
such things had asked for a bottle of ink
The dealer directed him TO a stationery
store.
Peter J. Powers, 127 HYDE street. came
next. He said he was stock broker and
had been cierking Tor bookmakers during
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-26
UNION PACIFIC FORECLOSURE.
Resolution of Senator Harris to Redeem
Prior Liens FaVor1bT Considered BY
the Senate Committee,

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 25.-A
favorable report will be made by the SEN
ate Committee on Pacific Railroads on
the resolution of Senator Harris provid-
ing that the United States shou redeem
the Union Pacific from prior liens and
lake steps TO ioreclose the Government
mortgage. The committee amended the
resolution by inserting the proviso pro-
posed by Morgan requesting the President
TO suspend proceedings regarding the
agreement to sell the Governments inter
ests IN the railroad and sinking fund un-
I'll further action by Congress.
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WILL NOT MEET MITCHELL.
! m Cof6eH Declines TO Enter The Rloo
00.ess Tor the Championship OF
fbe Worjd

BOSTON, Mass, June 25.-Corbett SCOTS
at the idea OF his fighting Charlie Mitchell.
de SAID to-night: II am on record as
having said If l ever enter the ring again
II mus be with Fitzsim mons or his con-
queror. l will meet no man unless for the
championship OF the world. l think the
experience of Mitchell at Jacksonville
should prove conclusively that he has
seen his best days as pugilist. He
knows my feelings in the matter and
would not challenge me unless looking
for some Advertising"
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MoOred in Lines a Vast
Fleet Is Ready for
the Display.
Naval Maneuvers That Will
Be a Feature of the
Jubilee.
Parties and Dinners Given in Homer
Of Officers OF the Foreign and
British Vessels

PORTSMOUTH, ENG, June 25.-Every
house within twenty miles is full of
visitors who have come 20 witness the
great naval jubilee display tomorrow
Many people from London arrived to-
night and found it impossible to secure
beds.
The vast feet is now all in readiness.
There are assem- bled $50 warships of all
kinds, besides twenty torpedo boats
Moored in five lines. each five miles long,
the largest vessels are being placed nearest
the Isle OF Wight. These vessels do not
include the foreign warships. which will
form the sixth line southwark of the
British fleet.
Admiral Salmon gave a garden party at
the Admiralty House this afternoon to
officers OF the foreign warships.
Right Hon. George ]. Goschen, First
Lord of the Admiralty, presided tonight
at dinner given at the Town Hall to the
admirals and other officers of foreign and
British ships.
DISIING UISHED GUESTS THERE,
Iae Primo and Princers of Wales Take
LUHch VAN the LORD Hagor.
LONDON, ENG, June 25.-Tne Prince
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and Princess of Wales took luncheon
with the Lord Mayor at the Mansion
House to-day. A large and distinguished
company Of guests, including foreign
princes and colonial Premiers. were pres
ent The neighborhood of the Mansion
House was crowded with people, who
cheered the Prince.
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OF
FIGEL WILL
BE ADVISED
This Course Determined by
the Verdict of the
Coroner's Jury.
1T DECLARED HOFFMAN HAD
BEEN MURDERED.
The Widow Says She Will Not Take
Final Action Until the Arrival of
Her "Uncle JIM From
New York.

The jury finds that Isaac Hoffman, nativity Poland;
ton merchant; married. residence, Suter City
Francisco his death June Receiving
City
head
o the jury
H. lie Baron Smith foemanl William
Fross John F. Culigan, Schneider,
Approved: w. j. HAWKINS, M. D, Coroner
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SPEED or 4 r. sPEDo-BoAE
The Little IWrbinG Attasns Yhirsv- Th-..
Knots an Hour

LONDON, Eng. June 25.-The small
torpedo boat Turbina, which recently de-
veloped 32A knots an hour at Newcastle.
passed the warships at Spithead to-day al
an average rate of 81 knots and for shorl
time attained 80 knots. 1t is conIended
by experts that an average sized torpedo-
boat constructed upon her lines and plans
could reach 40 knots.
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D.1th Of a NOted to.r-,..

LONDON. Eng. June 25.-Mrs. william
Horace Lingaro. an actress well known to
American theater-goers a quarter of a
century ago as Alice Dunning. died this
morning
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MUcR MoNEr CHANGED H4SDs.
hackers of Cornell Made Big Winnings
at Nesc York.

NEW YORK. N. Y, June 25-Abont
$40, 900 of stock exchange money is esti-
mated to have changed hands as the result
of the Poughkeepsie boatrsce. Harvard
and Yale money was much more plentiful
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-27
old TIME AERONAUTS.
Memorable Balloon Voyage o.
1900 Miles In 1859.
ACROSS LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO.

The Daring Expedition Of . Party Of Aero
nsuts Who Started From St. Louis For
the Atlantic Ocean-Graphic Descrip-
ton Of Their Adventures.
The recent epidemic Of alleged airships
in the Mississippi valley has awakened
general interest in the subject Of aerial
navigation. An entertaining II not i'm
portant contribution to the discussion is
that Of Mr.. William Hyde, who on July 1
and 2, 1850, made the longest aerial jour-
ney on record, travelling from st. Louis to
Adams, n. Y, q distance of from / 200 to
!, 300 miles, in 10 hours. f
Mr.. Hyde represented the Missouri Re-
publican and was the guest of Professor
John Wise Of Lancaster, Pa, on the bal
loon Atlantic. The company also included
John Lamountain of Troy, N. Y, and o.
A. eager Of Burlington, VT, professional
aeronauts.
Directly beneath the great silken Globe
containing the hydrogen was large wick.
er basket, or car, and 16 feet below this
was suspended the boat, or ship. Edibles,
drinkables, warm clothing, compass, ther-
mometers, barometers, ballast, maps, etc,
having already been loaded aboard, bum
dies of the principal st. Louis newspapers,
On express package directed to New York
city and cards of candidates for Office were
taken on, and the voyagers stepped into
their assigned places. The signal to re-
move the ropes holding the inpatient and
Juggling craft down was given, and amid
the applauding shouts of the people the
Atlantic rose slowly and mnjestically far
above tho house tops and sailed off in di.
rection o little north of northeast. AT
7:2O o'clock the ship seemed but speck
In the deepening twilight.
To these voyagers the experience was
most thrilling. The motion Of the craft
was perfectly steady. There was no rock.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-27

A sale Of old playing cards took place
in London recently. The catalogue con.
tanned 46 lots. and though they lacked
the extreme rarity of many in the
Schrieber collection there were Q mum.
Der of unusually interesting and curl
GUS packs. These were the characteris-
tics especially Of SO old proverb cards,
the rarity Of which is testified to by the
fact that they are not mentioned in the
British museum catalogue, in which
every known variety il recorded. The
pack was in fine condition and realized
the sum Of "a Is. A marble backed Get
of 81 Dutch satirical cards, engraved in
the first quarter of the eighteenth CEN
tury, fetched So 18s. The sum Of eS
was paid for an antique geographical
pack Of about the year 1875. This Get
also included the rare explanatory card
and another card describing other packs
Of the period. The "popish plot" pack.
which was published in 1879. was sold
for 50 1Ss These cards are very scarce,
but the completeness Of the pack was
broken by the absence Of the seven Of
hearts, and this influenced the price.
A pack illustrating the American war.
with portraits Of the generals engaged in
it, realized . guineas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-27

Ing OF the boat or car, no rustling Of the
silk, nothing to tell the passengers they
were not poised between sky and earth in
. dead calm but the receding fields and
forests beneath.
At first objects became less clearly de-
fined, the smoke disappeared from the sky,
streets grew narrower and darker until
they seemed like thin lines, and finally the
city faded into spot.
The descending darkness gave to the COL
or OF tho soil the appearance Of frozen
lakes. The sun had set to the inhabitants
Of the earth, but to those in the balloon it
was yet four or five degrees above the hori.
ION.
At 1886 tho Atlantic was passing over
the magnificent prairies Of Illinois, with
st. Louis lying south, half west, behind,
and the brightness Of the western sky was
In flno contrast with the oncoming dark.
ness Of the Mississippi's eastern tributaries.
About O'Clock a descent was made from
n two mile altitude to one mile. Ballast
was then thrown off, and from partial dark.
ness an ascent was made into full sunlight,
IL 600 feet above the earth. The difference
In temperature then manifested itself, and
ovcrcoats and sbawls were taken out
1t was mt this time that Professor Wise,
oiohC iu NiChCE Hstu u UdTTOW Is
cape from asphyxiation. Overcome with
the days cxertions, he had fallen asicep
with his nostrils close to the mouth Of tho
balloon and was inhaling the hydrogen.
Mr.. eager discovered him, and few min.
utcs' vigorous work, in which all took q
hand, brought him around. The Atlantic
hao entered tie wcst-cast current, and the
aeronauts were feeling much olated. The
y,rd< .All hox vr<It1 ,,w
and drop was taken into a less swiftly
running current, but one in which the ad.
dition to comfort more than compensated
the loss of time in ma king the coast.
As soon as the more violent disconforts
were remedicd the elmer man" asserted
himself and all hands fell to on the edibles
with an alacr;ty and relish that bespoke fer
them perfect digestions. 1t was now lit.
tie past midnight. The milky way appear
cd like luminous pbosphorescent clouds,
and stars glistened brightly above and be-
low, while over all the newborn moon shed
Its mellow light, adding tie touch tina:
made the poets dream perfect
Shortly after ] o'clock another descent
was made, until dense forest was visible
and the wind could be distinctly heard
passing through the tree boughs, sounding
ike heavy rain.
After the forest, farm lands appeared
ana sounds of dogs barking and frogs
croaSing reached the voyagers. They re-
sponded to the salutation by tossing out a
bundle OF newspapers, doubtless to the
astonishment of the natives next morning.
AZ 1850 a. m. the Wabash river and New
Ainany and Salem railroad were passed,
By this time all the party were fast asleep
but MI. Hyde, who was the least fatigued
and realised the voyage would probably
. nis last a well as first. At 8 O'Clock
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-27
Devoushire Terrace,

Dickens was ~ years old when, in
1889, he moved from Doughty street to
Devonshire terrace. George du Maurier
lived for some years in 1 Devonshire
terrace.
In this now celebrated house Dickens
wrote no fewer than ten Of his books:
1.-THE Old Curiosity Shop" Barnaby
Rudge." "The Christmas Carol, %
American Notes, Martin Chuxzle.
wit, :" 1.-THE Haunted Man, 1.-THE Bet
tie Of Life, ''Dombey and Son. +" ''The
Cricket on the Hearth" and "Dsyid
Copperfeld. Devonshire terrace wa
situated at the corner Of the Marylebous
road and used to be called the smallest
terrace in London.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-27
THREE CURIOUS PLANTS.


mo Cannibea Tree. arapple Plant ana
Vegetable Pyshsn.
Three Of the most dangerous Of vege-
tative plants in the world are the can.
nibal tree of Australia, tho death o.
grapple plant Of South Africa and the
vegetable python Of New Zealand.
The cannibal tree grows up in the
shape Of huge pineapple and attains .
height Of IL feet. II has . series Of
broad. boardlike leaves growing in a
fringe at the apex, which forcibly
bring to mind . gigantic Central
American agave, and these boardlike
leaves, from 10 to IL feet In the smaller
specimens and from g to 30 feet In the
larger, hang TO the ground and are
easily strong enough to bear the weight
OF man Of 140 pounds or more In the
ancient times this tree was worshiped
BY the native savages under the name Of
the devil tree, part Of the interest
ing ceremony being the sacrifice Of one
Of their number to its all too ready en-
brace. The victim to be sacrificed was
driven up the leaves Of the tree to the
apex, and the instant the 20 called pis-
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