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Evening journal., 1898-07-11
POVERTY IN INDIA.
Food IL Exported and Yet People IN
That Country starve for
Want of IL.

Thus one sees that the population
OF India, a most fertile country inhab-
tied by a most frugal people, increases
ataslowerrate than that of manyi in Eu-
rope, at about the same rate as Japan,
and at a slower rate than that OF many
uative states within its own borders
that IRdia suffers under a poverty
whichiscontinually increasing; that the
signs OF poverty are TO be found In dis
tricts where the population is even d.
minishing; that Of the otherstates with
which one has compared Il, though rep
resenting great range OF civilization
and prosperity, some rich and some
poor, none shows so hopeless a degree
Of povertyi and that, nevertheless, one
is asked to consider the increase Of its
population as the main source Of its
misery-the one obstacle which thwarts
the good intentions Of benefcent and
enlightened government.
Finally, when one hears of "over-pop-
ulauon" as the cause Of Indian poverty,
Is II meant that the people are too
numerous for the land to supply them
with food? Food IS exported from
India every year, so that cannot be the
meaning. Is it meant that they cannot
purchase foreign goods, having, in con
sequence of the pressure OF numbers
to expend all their energies in raising
food? The export Of raw cotton, opium
and jute Is sufficient TO pay for the cot
ton goods, which are the only foreign
manufactures the mass Of the Indians
use. Tie indians need no foreign lux
uriesi they export food, and yet one 1,
told there is "oyer-population." But
there is one thing one has forgotten
There is one foreign luxury, the mos
expensive of AL luxuries, and in thal
the people of India are forced to indulg,
the luxury of alien government anC
alien exploitation.-India
Evening journal., 1898-07-11
BattIeshipa ana CruIsers.

II tell you," said Jayson Spriggs, "all
this talk about our not being prepared
for war has been simply buncombe.
We've been ready from the first. We
may not have as many old hulks in our
navy as Spain has, but when il comes
to battleships and cruisers we beat her
two to one, easy"
Say, pa" asked little Willie Spriggs,
whats the difference between battle
ships and cruisers, anyway? They
look about alike in all the pictures that
I ever seem"
"Poohl" Mr.. Spriggs CALCULATED
don't you know the difference between
a cruiser and battleship2"
"No, and 1 amt seen anybody thai
does. either" the boy replied.
you must be crazy, them" said viii
lies pa. "Why, the papers have tolt
the difference dozens and dozens ot
times. Cruisers are named after towns
and battlesbips are named after states
Any fool ought TO know that by thi
iime."-Cleveland Leader.
Evening journal., 1898-07-11
WAR CORRESPONDENTS.
The New York Newspapers fBerieged
by Men Who Want 10 Go
20 the Front.


Fourteen thousand persons, II IS said,
make living in this city by literary eff
fort. Nine hundred of these are actively
employed on newspapers, and every
blessed one Of them wants to go TO
the front as war correspondent.
What a strange craze this war corre-
spondent business is! have had 2l
men, by actual count, TO beg me to pre-
sent their names to my editoras yolun-
teers, for not one of them ever wrote
a line for a newspaper. They are mes
Of means, and all they care to go for
is glory. They will pay their own ak
penses 1 think some OF them would
give 10000 for the privilege of repre-
senhng the Press, as II would enable
them to get well up with the first gun
and see the racket at a safe, close
range. But editors are loyal 10 their
men. My editor Is crazy to go, and so
is his youngest Office boy; but some
body must remain here 10 run the Of
fee. Already we have the cook and the
king In the field, and the rest Of us are
drawing straws.
There are enough war correspond
ents now actively engaged in the manu-
faeture of belligerent news 20 whip the
whole of Spain, and regard II as the
duty of the government to give them
the best ship in the navy and let them
go out to fight the armada. II this is
not done we shall have q marine view OF
the fleet of tugs laden with correspond
ents interfering with the maneuvers of
any Spanish warship that dares threat
en-. If "Old Sagacity" only knew this
he would think three times before
turning loose bis flock of spnrrows. II
is bad enough to fight the United States
navy, and when It comes down to the
war correspondents-Lordyl
Gen. Tecumseh Sherman had fun with
the confederates down IN Georgia and
elsewhere, but he had to fight white
law Reid, war correspondent. for 20
years after. lie said that Reid wa,
the biggest liar he ever knew, and REID
said the same OF him. sherman died
under a flag of truce. Gen. Hancock
fought Charles a. Dana until he died
And II was pretty much the same viii
all the war correspondents, not be
cause they lied, but because no tw'
men could possible seize things in ia,
same light. When Spain goes agains
our brigade Of war correspondents lie
her pray.
War has made the fortune OF man.
newspaper man. Perhaps the ables
of recent correspondents is Archibald
Forbes, who did" the Franco-Prussial
war for the London Daily News. Janu
arius Aloysius McGahan, an Ohioar
served the Herald in the same war, bu
afterward worked for the News, doln
excellent service. George Augustu
Sala was correspondent OF the Londo
Telegraph in our civil war, which gay
him fame the world over Frederic
, Palmer wrote some readable articlS
from Turkey and Greece, but that wa
didn't amount to a row Of pins. I'll
falSirs who described Port Arthur 1
. the China-Japanese war are still fal
+ ing. Cuba has been alive with fakir
a Key West has them now.-N. Y. Pres
Evening journal., 1898-07-11
THE KILLING OF SEALS.
Wonderful Vitality and Desperate
Courage shown by the Old
Don Hood.

Now, / had great opportunities Of
watching the young seals. Balls Of snow
white fluff, these innocent-looklng ba-
bies lie basking in their icy cradles,
equally happy in sunshine OF falling
snow, sometimes for hours on their
backs, tapping their fippers impotent-
ly like fans. unable from sneer fat
TO get over again. In the coldest, storm
lest season they grow fastest and fat
test, so marvelously does nature pro-
vide for their necessities. Nor does
she do less for the old seals. 50 thin that
they sink at once If shot in the water
in summer, as winter approaches they
fatten and fatten up, till now they en-
Joy this terribly cold weather as we
would a bath in summer. They dive In
off the ice, paddle to and fro in the
water, throw themselves on their backs
and float, putting out their chests and
throwing showers Of water over their
upturned noses with forelippers. Side
stroke and break stroke, diving and
sounding, they sport about, tin one al
most feels tempted to follow and share
their rapturous pleasures.
The killing OF the young seals has
been frequently described as brutal
and brutalizing, and the seal hunters
depicted as savages. But, TO my mind,
the work is not nearly so brutalizing
as the ordinary killing of sheep, pigs
or oxen.
Here the animal is too young TO fee
fear, and evinces no sign of It; no an
imal is wounded and left to die In vain
The crying" of young seals IS not from
fear, but hunger. One often hears
them cry all night for their dams
while they never give tongue at mans
approach.
1t is only In killing the old dog hooC
seals that one feels the sayagery oi
killing anything, for the hoods marve.
Gus vitality is only equaled by hil
pluck. ! watched four men fight al
old dog hood one day on a small pan
Reared up on his launches, with his
hood blown up. he awaited the attack
The first blow, struck at his hood
might as well have struck a stone wall
while catching the second gaff-end clev
| cry III lis tctAus ne huOph us 4pht
handle to such good purpose that h.
cleared the pan of his enemies IN an in
stant. Though he could at anymomen
have slipped off into the water, h,
would not do 50, and soon q lucky blow
under the jaw stretched him out. :
perfect shower of blows on the heaI
seemed to finish him off, and, heay.
strap being placed around him, he wa
hauled TO the bulwarks by the stean
winch.
just as he got there his immens
weight broke II down, and he disaI
peared, we thought for good. But 4
a minute or so he suddenly appeare
again, and, refreshed by the cold wa
ter, be climbed out on the very sam
pan, where the hunters were ungallan
enough to return and dispatch hin
with their long knives. Nor does b
hunter by any means have 1t all hi
own way. SO agile and powerful al
these beasts that they will jump cleG
out of the water into q pan six to te
feet high without touching the edg
when in no other way they could clim
onto It, and many man has been bat
ly mauled and bitten and dragged int
the water in endeavoring TO capture tn
valiant old fellows.-Pittsburgh Dii
patch
Evening journal., 1898-07-11

Before the Summer is ended" said
a Madrid paper not long ago, "our sol
diers may be drinking the water ol
Lake Michigan" Oh. no. We do nOf
treat our prisoners OF war so barbar-
ously as that,-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Evening journal., 1898-07-11
Two Views OF a Sad Case.

Her Father-I am afraid, sir, that my
daughter can never be happy with a
nan who can be engaged to her a month
without giving her ring.
The Aspirant-Sir, am afraid can
ever be happy with a girl whose en-
agement to me will not induce jewellers
D trust me.-Jeweler's Weekly.
Evening journal., 1898-07-11
Philadelphia and Chester Steamers
clty of Chester and Brandywln

Schedule IA effect June 16, 1896
Leave Fourth street wharf daily (Sun-
days included), at 7.SO, 1890 a. M, 100, 4.i6
nd 100 p. M
above Arch street. az 7sO, l0.l5 O. M, L3e,
400 and 200 p. m,
Fare to Philadelphia, & c0nts; excur-
sion, 40 cents.
Freight received all day at Philadelphia
and Wilmington, and carried az the love
est rates.
Evening journal., 1898-07-11

The distance for warships between
che Atlantic and the Pacific coast can
be shortened by 5000 miles by cutting
the canal Any wide-awake European
nation would have had that canal cut
long ago.-Chicago journal.
Evening journal., 1898-07-11

About the only reason that young
Ed. letter the Chicago wheat king
doesn't go to war is that he can't find
a.nellar big enough to hold his money
while he is away.-New York Mail and
Express. A.
Evening journal., 1898-07-11
burning Rebuke.

>A.Ant Dinah-George Washington
Jackson. yous de laziestest coon ever
ee.
Mr.. jackson with irony in his voice)
Vas. yas. dar goes dc pot eallin' dc
killet black. again.-N. Y. Journal.
Evening journal., 1898-07-11

A member of the cortes has told an
other member to consider his ears box
ed. This is truly Spanish. Madrid
thinks the threat OF an expedition is
as good as on any day.-Philadelphia
Press. 4
Evening journal., 1898-07-11

Just Call Us Up When You Need Coal
Your order will be filled Just as
quickly and satisfactorily as II you had
come in person TO order II.
And the coal Will be Just as good coal
as ever came out Of mine clean, dry,
and reliable.
CHARLES WARNER COMPANY,
Central Office, Foot OF
Ninth and Shlpley street. 1arket Street
Evening journal., 1898-07-11
To Remove Grease spots from SILK

To nemOve Grease Spots from SILK.
Rub powdered mpgnesia into the
stains, and hold the silk near the fire.
so that the powder may become
warmed. II will then absorb the grease.
which will be brushed off the silk with
the powder.-Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
Evening journal., 1898-07-11
The Up-to-Date Girl.

To be strictly up TO date. girl no
longer has a chaperon. but convoy"
-Atchison Globe.
Evening journal., 1898-07-11
EXCURSIONS.
sEB THE FORTS AND WAR VESSELS
Take q trip on the
PALACE STEAMER REPUBLIC
TO CAPE MAY.
FSTE RSgS3 oNI4P TRFP 75c.

Music. Concerts. Dancing. Theatrioais
Refreshments OF all kinds At popular
prices.
Connects Sunday, Monday, Wednesday,
ern railroad trnin leaving French street
at $50 a. m. N
For information apply 10 W. Il. Russell.
Philadelphia Telephone 5,gOi, or Bownees
Briggs. G. =. A.. w. q N. r. r.. WI
mlngt0n Del.
Evening journal., 1898-07-11
Foundation of corea.

Corea has 100000 inhabitants
though it is no larger than Minnesota
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-26
WILL NOT FIGHT
 EXTRADITION
Attorney George A. Knight Will Defend the Accused
 PoiSOner.

Mrs w. A. Botlxin. the suspected pois- oner, has employed George A. Knight as attorney. MT. Knight returned from the Republican State Convention yesterday morning and at his office he found mes- sage from the accused woman, asking him to take charge of her case. He im- mediately dispatched note to Mrs Bot kin, informing her that he would call at the City Prison at the earliest possible moment. Knight is an old friend of Mrs. Botkins family--the Browns of Ferndale, Humboldt County.
 The attorney went to the city prison late yesterday afternoon and had long con- sultation with his fair client. He was ushered into the matron's room, where Mrs. Botkin is incarcerated, and remained talking with her nearly two hours. After leaving Mrs. Botkin Mir. Knight had a short talk with the prison officials, and asked them to protect the prisoner from interviewers and curious individuals and to frustrate any scheme to secure state ment from her by any underhanded trick A peremptory order was immediately given to the sergeant at the desk. who books and assigns prisoners to the several cells, to obey the request of MT. Knight and not place any other female prisoner who might be arrested in the cell with the alleged murderess. The jailer was also instructed to prevent any outsiders froae
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-26
HAS REGAINED
 HER COMPOSURE
Mrs. Botkin Is the Star Board-
 CT at the City Prison.

Mrs Botkin dropped her tragedy queen airs yesterday and came down to the realities of everyday life. She addressed her jailers like twentieth century men ana put aside the hallucination that they were her vassaiS and retainers. The lucklesS garcon to whom fell the task of bringing to the prisoner her morning meal got a gratuitous dose of the emotional wrath that survived a night spent in the City Prison.'
 Boy" said Mrs Botkin, with the air and the deep bass of a transforming Lady Macbeth, you are five minutes late. Let it be understood that I am not to be kept waiting one moment beyond the appointed time; otherwise I shall have to give my orders to some other restaurant"
 The boy trembled, the lady waved him aside and then sat down to her breakfast
 Mrs Botkin has made herself perfectly at home and as comfortable as her cramped quarters will permit. Yesterday afternoon she was seen in white silk pegnoir, the loose folds of which half dis played yet half concealed the lines of fer rather too plump figure. The sleeves, which reached only to the shoulder, showed to advantage the rounded con- tours of perfectly modelled arms, on which gleamed bracelets brilliant with precious stones. She spent the better part of the day in the matron's .sitting-room, and cane-seated chair. Her, pose. was what Delsartian disciples would call "artlessly negligent" with the white arms encir- cling her head, which was thrown well over the back of the low backed char.
 Mrs. Botkin has attained the dignity of a star at the City Prison. All day long a line of morbidly curious women sought admission to the prisoner. Some came ln sympathy, some to give advice and still others impelled by the law they call ''Women for Women.' However, the ma jority brutally admitted that curiosity alone brought them there. All were de- nied admittance.
 Mre Do+IyI, ct;Ii oJbarag fo hoy tion not to be interviewed. It is her de- clared intention never again to see or speak with a press representative, and her jailers maintain that they have every req son to believe she will stand by her word.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-26
COMES FROM A
 GOOD FAMILY
Mrs. Botkin'S Parents Are Highly Respected Citi-
 zenS of Ferndale.

HEALDSBURG, Aug. 25.-Mrs- Bot kin's parents, Colonel Richards Brown and wife, 76 and 75 years of age respec- lively, have been for twenty years or more highly respected residents of Fern dale Humboldt County. Colonel Brown is a native of Tennessee and acquired his military title in the Missouri State milf- tia during the Mexcan War. He was a pioneer of Nebraska and was the founder of Brownsville in that State, which was
 named in his honor. He was banker and merchant in Brownsville, and was a member of the Nebraska Territorial Leg islature. Colonel Brown came to Cali fornia twenty-three years ago. He is
 the father of seven daughters and one son, Mrs Botkin being the fourth daugh-
 ter. The son, A. c. Brown, was att tached to General Dodge's headquarters at Omaha during the rebellion. Three of Mrs. Botkin's sisters live with the
 old folks in Ferndale, one married sister lives in New York, one in Kansas City and her eldest sister, Mrs. Mcclure, is a resident of Healdsburg. MT. and Mrs. Mcclure are highly respected residents of this city and feel deeply the trouble and
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-26
Anxious About Her Mail.

Additional light has been thrown on Mrs Botkins private life at The Victoria ssv Thomas Kfda, a well-educated Japan eSe domestic, who is a graduate of a San Francisco business college. Speaking of the matter last evening he said:
 Mrs. Botkin lived at The Victoria while I was employed there. She had small stove in her room. on which she cooked her meals. Frequently she tipped erable mail. Almost every other day a letter or two would come from Florida and in these she was particularly inter ested, and if for any cause they were not received when expected she would send me downstairs to the mail box Sev- eral times during the day. Once she told me that the letters were from her cousin who was one of the crew on the battle ship New York.
 "In a little room adjoining I frequent ly found empty whisky bottles. She re- ceived very few visitors, one of whom medium build and of dark complexion. When her son, who was about 14 years old, came to live with her she stopped receiving company.
 latter part of July for two or three days, but between July 2S and August or she was in her rooms every day.
 I am positive that I never saw any in her apartments. She was quite talka,- tive but never mentioned anything about her husband or acquaintances. To my knowledge she did not make any home gave me any letters or packages to mail''
 Kida Is an intelligent Japanese, and readily told his story in good English. He seemed to entertain very high re- gard for Mrs. Botkin because, as he said, she frequently gave him a quarter for running erraQdS.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-26
People Who Are Trying nrave the Cunning Poisoning Mystery

cused woman. I have no occasion to withdraw this statement. but to say upon what grounds I form this opinion would be breach of professional honor l would not consider for minute. If my state ment to Chief Gall is of any value, all right. What I said Is safe with him. rageous for me to express opinions on the characters of my patients. 1 have no objection to stating that Mrs. Botkin was suffering from hysteria and nervous prostration The prescription which l gave her Is one for that trouble. as any physician will readily recognize"
 "Hysterical women sometimes talk a great deal. do they not. doctor?
 "Yes, but remember this has no bearing upon the condition of Mrs. Botkin. Fur thsr than this have rave nothing olinn to s say. Mrs Botkin's physician for many months. and 1t Is said he probably. knew more of her temperament and characteristics than
 Chief Gall and his officers are engaged in making a careful search through the registers kept by the drug stores for to discuss their days work If they can discover Mrs. Botkin's signature or even one which she used an alias the evi- dence will at once show where the poison was purchased, and also her handwrit- ing about the time she addressed the package of poison.
 Young Gattrell stated to The Call cor respondent this afternoon that the more he thought over the event of the strange woman the more he was convinced of the correctness of his statements of yes terday. When asked if he was sure he could identify her he said he could not tell till he was brought face to face with her Her appearance might recall some characteristic by which he could make a positive Identification.
 l Gattrell says he put the candy in loose,
 mixing that which she brought to the store and that which he sold her. He
 says he is reasonably posltlve he can l identify the box.
 Proprietor Kuhn has none of the class | of boxes on hand at present which Cat | trell sold to the strange woman. They
 were made for him some time last Feb ruary by Fleishhacker & Co.,, 620 Market l street, San Francisco, and he has sent ] to the firm for a duplicate of the stock
 in order to assist the officers in their in- vestigations.
 | His conclusions of the dimensions of the l box arrived at, from comparison with l another the same size, but of differen!
 stock are as follows: Length GA, breadth
 3A, depth l 1916 inches. The boxes also l had a peculiar lace paper on the inside i for folding over the candy, and this will
 assist in the identification.
 l Beverly Botkin Is completely crushed by the calamity which has come upon his l family, and the efforts of his friends tc persuade shim to take a hopeful view o1 l the situation have been futile.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-26

week attending the Republican, State Con- vention, have not followed the story very closely. However, am satisfied that the accused woman Is innocent of the charge against her. l have known her family for years, although I never m met t, her until to-day; Her parents live all who know them. Her three sisters are all most estimable women. The parents are quite well-to-do.
 My client has acted wisely in refusing to grant interviews to reporters, and I have advised her to maintain strict si- lence, so far as the newspapers are con- cerned. My reason for Silencing my client Is based on the presumption that the Delaware authorities have what they consider strong evidence connecting her with the tragedy. Were 1t otherwise her arrest would not have been ordered.
 Now, 1 assume it Is more than likely Mrs. Botkin will be taken to Dover for ing references to this case are sent to the States attorneys 1t would be unwise for the accused to grant any interviews. I know, of course that the newspapers endeavor to be fair and just in these cases, but discrepancies and mistakes will occur and, while not materially af- a vast deal of trouble. If the papers were full of interviews written by differ ent reporters. although corresponding in substance, the shading of sentences cross-examination. The prosecuting at torney would read the statements, note ali inconsistencies and demand an eXpld- nation from the defendant. The publi- cation of all Mrs. Botkin could say in reference to this terrible double crime would not incriminate her, but to save time, trouble and expense for myself and herself l must forbid any further news paper interviews.
 "The laws of Delaware are most string ent and the methods and practices of the courts diverge widely from ours, and when I go back there to defend Mrs. Bot kin. which I shall probably do. 1 do not want to become involved in any technical controversies during the trial, if it ever takes place,
 There will be no technical fight at this end. If the requisition papers are all right Mrs. Botkin will consent to return with the officer to Delaware. We will not begin habeas corpus or any other proceedings which will delay the speedy termination of the case.
 Mrs. Botkin has told the police the story of her life, giving all incidents and details in full. Nothing she has said can be construed into evidence against her"
 Attorneys McGowan & Squires of this city will assist Mr. Knight
 Mrs Botkin's brother-in-law and sister will arrive here to-day from Ferndale. They telegraphed to friends Wednesday to do everything possible for the pris- oner's comfort until they reached here. The suspected woman has plenty of