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The San Francisco call., 1898-08-21

already paid down our deposit of S59Vo. Then. for some reason which still remains unknown the department dropped the project altogether and after delay of about a month the deposit was returned.
 MT. Wightman does not think thai, the construction of such an expensive wharf is at all necessary, and believes that a light wooden wharf would answer all coaling requirements. This could be. put LID for a few thousand dollars, and as there is deep water close in to the reef vessels could come alongside the dock with perfect safety. ''As to the question of fortifying Pago Pago harbor," 7" Hcon- tinued Mir Wightman, the idea is out of the question because the United States has no more right to erect defenseS there than she has at Hongkong or Jamaica. The Washington treaty of 1S18 which has been frequently quoted of late, merely gives the United States the right to use Pago Pago harbor as naval base and to erect a coaling station on the shore there of There is nothing to prevent any other powers establishing coaling stations at Pago Pago if they wished to do SO. The assumption that because the United States has purchased fifteen acres of land on the shores of the harbor she has there fore the right to fortify the entrance is absurd Any such action would be a di- rect breach of the Berlin treaty of 1889. by which the Samoan group is placed under and the United States If this country wished to fortify Pago Pago harbor she would have as a preliminary step to an- nex the island of Tutuila, and so acquire territorial rights. Such a proceeding could only be managed by diplomatic arrange ments and neither Germany nor England would be likely to give their consent"
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REACHED THE PRESIDENT.
Correspondence in Regard to the Dis
 nosition of the Philippines.

The following is the correspondence be- tween a local attorney an~ the President of the United States through his s@ere- tarv. The two letters will tell the com plete story. They are:
 SAN FRANCISCO, Cal August 6, 1898.
 To the Right Hon. William Mckinley, Presi- dent of the United States, Washington, D. C. Sir: With regard to the Philippine Islands, l have the honor to suggest that in measure the United States follow the precedent set by Turkey in ceding Cyprus to Great Britain lh 1878. .-,,. e. :, term say 99 years, at a rental calculated on the average ret income of the islands received bv Spain during the last seven or ten years such income to be applied as follows:
 Ffrst-Pay the expenses Of the adInlnlstra- ton of the islands and the cost of the army of occupation s |. .
 second-Apply an agreed proportion of 1t t, to the reduction of the war indemnity "hlch Spain will gladly pay the United States 10 re tain her (nominally) sovereignty in the reVer- sion of the islands. This may serve as the golden bridge for her honor TO traverse.
 Between now and 99 years hence much may happen and after that experience of clv4ized methods of government if the Philippines shall vote to return to Spanish rule 1t will be a miracle. t .h bo,o- +o be vour sincere and most obedient servant
 WARNER TEMPLE, Counselor-at-4
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MAY |NC|TE
 4 GREAT VAR Russia's Aggression Is Deemed Dangerous.
HER DIPLOMACY BUNGLING
A JAPANESE STUDENT MAKES A
 FORECAST.
The Czar's Attitude in China May Plunge the World Into Great and Bloody
 Struggle.

One of the men best informed concerning the relationship of Japan with America and other powers of the globe is Masu Miyakawa of this city, who is an inter- preter of English and a contractor of Japanese labor in America. with his prin- cipal office of business at 40 Kearny street. At a gathering of a number of American students, lawyers and local statesmen at his apartments last even ing, the gentleman was called upon for some remarks. They were considered i'm portant by the company, in view of the present complications in the Orient Among other things he said:
 ''I believe that Japan is the natural ally of America, not only on account of geographical position, but for other req sons which have come to light since the unprecedented progress of the empire since we have let the light of other civil izations into our country. It will be the
 If Japan should have trouble with Russia we would certainly stand a show in d physical contest with the Car, if not in 9 diplomatic war. At the termina- ton of the Chino Japanese war Germany played a leading part in the diplomatic drama the Czar occupying purely an or his Self-importance and lack of Judg- ment the CZar had planted the most of his military power i'll ASiatlc RussIa, ls at great expense to his people. leaving West ern Russia weak and comparatively un- protected, while Germany was alive to the occasion, and under the guise of friendly interpretation caused the retrocession of the Liau-Tong Peninsula, which is pos session purchased by the lives and blood of Japanese. By her alleged good offices Russia has earned nothing ut the deep est enmity of the Japanese, and has gwen signal advantages to her neighbor, Ger many. by eYacuating the important guards of Western Russia Then the Car sought to encroach upon the penin- sula of Corea, which he abandoned, how ever, after the expenditure of much money for the evident fear Of a formal protest from Japan.
 ''To add to the insults heaped upon our race and nation came the croWnlng act when the autocrat of all the Russias was crowned. Our representatives and those of some other Governments were treated with much discourtesy, which is remem- bered.
 sia to lay her hand upon China. Her for mer deficient diplomacy shows that she may make such laundering attempt.
 If she does, then will come such a war as the world has never known. It VIII involve England, Russia, Germany and China and Japan, with possibly the Unit ed States and France. tell you gentle men, there is a menacing outlook ana situation to try the souls of statesmen.
 MT Miyakawa was an official lnterpre- ter in the Chino-Japanese war, and was Tn several battles He speaks several lan- ellages. and has been a diligent student of political economy all his life. Hence there is a value attached to his opinions.
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ine-up for to-day's game is as follows:
ASKS FOR AN ACCOUNTING.
Francis Cutting Sues His Daughter, Her Husband and Her Guardian.

Francis Cutting, secretary of the Cut ting Packing Company of this city, filed suit yesterday for an accounting against Mary N. Patterson Harold Courtenay and Isabella Courtenay. The complain ant. recites that some time ago Harold Courtenay married Isabella Cutting, a daughter of the plaintiff, and at that time deed of trust was executed by Cutting by which Mrs. Courtenay was the beneficiary of an income which az gregated S25O0 yearly. In 1893 Courtenay separated from his wife, and she went to. live with Mrs. Patterson in New York. Subsequent to that time Mrs. Cour- .tenay became insane, and is now confin- ed in a New York asylum. Nevertheless the income was paid in monthly install rnents, and besides the amount, MT Cut ting alleges that he has paid $ll,5OO on account of his daughter. Mrs. Patter- Son, who is the young woman's guar dian. refuses to consider the amount ad- vanced. it is alleged, and demands the continued payment of the income of the trust estate Upon this showing the ac- counting is demanded
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THEIR RELATIONS A MYSTERY.
An Old Man and Young Girl Aban-
 don a Tiny Infant.

A case fin which there is little element of mystery has recently had the attention of the officers of the Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Children. A few nights ago a young girl was taken to Christ s Rescue Mission at 94S Mission street by a man about 50 years of age, who claimed to be her father. That night child was born, and a couple of days after the old man took the girl away and left the baby at the mission, abandoned. The only name that Mrs. Prescott of the society named could get was Maggie Mosier. Since then the police have been asked to help find the man and the girl, but so far nothing has been heard of them.
 The description of the couple tallies with that of two persons called to the attention of Mrs. Prescott six months ago. A young girl went to work on a ranch near Pleasanton, and she was often visited, by a man of about 50 years, who asserted that he was her father, but the people on the farm concluded that if such was the relationship the officers of the law should be informed. The girl, upon being questioned. became frightened and fed with the old man on the first train bound for this city. The societ"s
 fcers have been hunting for the two ever since. but only learned of their presence after they had fled from the. Mission, leaving the baby that was two days old.
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Naval Engineer Here to
 Supervise.
LIEUT.. CHAMBERS SECRETIvE
BIDS TO BE RECEIVED AT WASH
 INGrON.
Former Call for Tenders Made in 1892, but the Project Was Dropped-Revived by the
 War With Spain.

It seems pretty definitely settled that the naval authorities at Washington are about to take steps to improve the coal ing station which the United States has owned at Pago Pago harbor, in Samoa, for the past twenty years Bids have been called for the construction or wharf and other conveniences for coahng on the spot, though no deta4- nave as yet reached this coast.
 A visible and t. gible evidence of the Presidents intentions is, however, now staying at the Occidental. F. T. Cham bers, who ranks as lieutenant in the Civil Engineering Department of the navy, came over fror~ Mare Island day or two ago and is engaged upon- some mysterious business in connection with the contract. His secrecy is to be com pared only to that of the deep sea- He confesses, by the way, that he read some thing about Apia before he left Washing ton, but he declines to admit any knowl- edge of Pago Pago Lieutenant Cham bers is a very young man, with a very big trunk, which blocks up half his tiny bedroom at the Occidental, but he has had a great deal of practical experience in altering and reconstructing the New York Navy Yard. He is skilled in the matter of docks and wharVes, and Knows all about the driving of piles and the construction of piers, so that he IS Just the man to supervise the operations III Samoa.
 T do not know anything about the bids for this work" he said yesterday They will be called for and accepted in Washington. l presume the specifications will be placed at the disposal Of intend ing contractors, so that they may have ample time to prepare their estimates. l cannot say whether it is the intention or the naval department to forufy Pago Pago harbor or not.
 John Wightman of the firm of Wight man Bros. knows good deal more about the matter. II have had a previous ex- perience," he remarked. Tn December, of a wharf at Pago Pago, and l presume lne work now proposed is to be carried out on similar lines.
 ''The specifications called for the con struction of a long wharf, running out over the reef into deep water. The piles were to be of iron, with screw fanges, and the decking of wood Now the trouble was that these screw piles, with fanges three feet~in diameter. were quite unsuitable for sinking through the coral rock which has in reality solidlfied into limestone. We proposed to get over the difficulty by blasting out holes for the piles. and afterward filling up the space with concrete. In all seven tenders were sent in Ours was for $123.750, though others ranged as high is S140,000. The low est tender. $S9 ,000 was put in by an ire sDonsfbIe party, and represented about the cost of the material on board ship
 I've could have carried out the con tract successfully, and, in fact, we had
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To Preserve Smooth Streets.

Some time ago the Supervisors passed an ordinance which prohibits draymen and teamsters from driving their teams with one set of wheels in the car tracks and the other set on the pavement. thus wearing deep ruts in the streets. Desir- ing to secure the cooperation of the dray- men. teamsters and drivers of various de- livery wagons, in the matter or Keeping the smooth streets in good condition, the Merchants Association has sent com
 nunications to over 100 draymen and teamsters in the city and has also ad- dressed a letter to the Draymen and Teamsters' Union asking 1t to officially communicate with its members and to
 urge them to interest themselves in the matter of preserving the thoroughfares
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Athletics Do Not Make a Single Error.
DEFEAT THE 0AKLANDERS
SOME SHARP FIELDING AND
 SCATTERED HITS.
Excellent Baseball at Recreation Park, Which Resulted in Score of Three to
 One.

The Athletics, playing an errorless game, defeated the Oaklands yesterday at Recreation Park, with the score read ing S-1.. For eight innings the men from across. the bay tried to send man across the plate, but they failed. In the ninth they Scored one, however. The good playing of the Athletics was the cause of their defeat. In the matter of hits, the : Qdklands tallied up one more than their rivals The errors of the suburban team =. were the one blot on what would have otherwise been a remarkably fine game of ball.
 In the first inning Mclaughlin scored for tfe Athletics. He went to first on " balls, stole second. went to third on a wild throw and came in on hit. The last run scored by the Athletics " as made by Pyne in the fifth. The only scoring the Oaklanders could effect was in the ninth inning, when Lange, by a hit, made first, stole second and went to third oh a fumbled high ball. Another tumble and he scored.
 The most noteworthy and spectacular features of the game were the brilliant fielding of Moskiman and Hildebrand and the batting of Eager. Moskiman also got a beautiful three-base hit to deep center field.
 . The score is as follows;
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 the Drunkard.
A TRIAL PACKAGE OF THIS MARVELLOUS HOME REMEDY MAILED FREE TO
 ALL WHO WRITE FOR IT.
Can Be Given in Tes Coffee or Food, Thus Absolutely and Secretly Curing the Patient in Short
 Time Without His Knowledge.

There Is cure for Drunkenness that has shed radiance into thousands of hitherto desolate firesides It does its work so silently and surely that while the the drunkard ' is reclaimed t even we i against his will and without his knowledge or CO., operation. The discoverer of this grand remedy, pr. Haines, will send a sample of the remedy free to all who will write for it. Enough of the remedy is mailed free to show how it is used in tea, coffee or food, and that 1t will cure, the dreaded habit quietly and permanently.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-21

Thomas R. Johnson, Convicted of grand larceny, was sentenced to ten years in Folsom Prison by Judge Bor- den yesterday Johnson and James Meadors, a gambler, enticed George Rus sell, miner 80 years of age, away from his home in Arizona, and robbed him of $500 after reaching this city. Both were arrested but Meadors was discharged in the Police Court. Meadors then en- listed in the Eighth California, and Tues day last killed his tentmate, Private Ury. He is now under arrest in Oak land awaiting trial for murder.
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The ladies of San Francisco will b,

The ladies of San Francisco will be pleased to learn that Mrs. Martin, the manager of the millinery department of the City of Paris Dry Goods Com pany, has just returned from Paris, where she has been successful Tn se- curing a line of the most exquisite Hats, Fumes and Millinery Ornaments of the latest designs and fashions.
 A visit to that department will eer- tainly be very interesting to all the ladies.
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The above is a picture of Mrs. John M. Hatton of Lebanon, Ohio, who wrote as follows:
 I shall never hesitate to recommend husband who had been hard drinker for years. From my own experience honest ly believe this wonderful remedy will save any Grunkard. no matter how far down he may have fallen, I write this letter out of pure gratitude for the marvellous change that has come into my life. Faith fully yours Mrs. John M. Hatton, r. Q. Box 101, Lebanon, Ohio.
 Hundreds of. others are reported, even the worst cases where the habit seems to have plotted out the last remaining spark of self-respect.
 Tears and prayers are of no use Plead ing, pledges, loss of social or business position are unaVailing to stem the tide of absolute depravity. This famous remedy, Golden Specific, discovered by Dr. Haines, has reunited thousands Of scat tered families, it has saved thousands Of men to social and business prominence and public respect; has guided many young man into the right road to fortune; has saved the father the brother, the son and in many cases the wife and daughter, be known to every one. Dr. Ha1neS Is not a philanthropist in his own esuma- tion, and yet he is one of the greatest benefactors to the family we know of. Upon application to Dr. J. w. Ha1nes, 431 Glenn Building, Cincinnati, O., he will to you, securely sealed in a plain wrapper; also full directions how to use it, books and testimonials from hundreds who have been cured, and everything needed to aid from a life of degradation and ultimate poverty and disgrace.
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Ps+riotic Union Service.

|: An especially interesting patriotic ser vice will be held at the Young Mems Christian Association Auditorium, Ma son and Ellis streets. this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Chaplain Williams of the Fifty-first Iowa Regiment, Chaplain SchIiemann of the Twentieth Kansas, anJ' ChaDIafn Leland of the First Ten nessee will give brief addresses; The services will be open to the public, and all are welcome.
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Will Not Marry Her.

August w. Hawkinson, buyer for the Montgomery Market, on Market street near Third, was arrested yesterday after noon on warrant charging him with be- trayal under promise Of marriage. The oirI IS wears of age, living at 204 Hyde Street. Hawkinsons bonds were fixed at 5000.
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EXECUTIVE MANSION,

WASHINGTON, August IF, I6yS: My Dear Sir-I beg leave to acknowledge the recefpt of your letter of the 9th inst. the con tents of which have been noted. and to say tbat by the Presidents direction 1t has been brought to the attention of the Secretary of State Very truly yours, ,o-,,,-r
 Secretary to the President.
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RUNS BY INNINGS.
SEMINARY
Ar..l-t,,-nn

Three base hit-Moskiman. Two-base hit Beanson- Sacrifice hits-Peters, Mclaughlin. Base on errors-Athletics 3. Bases on balls on Fitzgerald 2. off Russell 1. Left on bases Athletics 2, Oaklands 2. Struck out-By Fitz- patrick ?, by Russell 5. Double plays-HiIde brand to Riley to Peters. Passed balls-Peters l. Sullivan | Time of game-1 hour 30 min utes. Umpire-D. Creamer. Official scorer T. J. Bonnet.
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Advances made on furniture and pianos with or without removal. J. Noonan. 1oi7- -I02S Mission.
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Lurline Salt Water gaths.
Thomas R. Johnson Sentenced.

Rush. Larkin sts; swimming. Russian. hot and cold tub baths: salt w--or direct from ocean.
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standpoint. to cleanse tbe air passages of the head as it is to take a bath. The : catarrhal mucous discharges from the membranes of the head are acrid pollu- tions, as dangerous as septic pus from a neglected wound. These discharges drop down into the bronchial tubes. the lungs and stomach; destroy the air cells, cause consumption and eat out the lining of the stomach; the food Is not digested, but ferments.
 of the English and German Expert IS. Their soothing balms and healing litinr while a thOrouRh constitutional
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Net amount of risks
 written during the year $ Net amount of risks ex-
 pired ddring the year. Net amount in force De-
 cember 31. lS97..........
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-30
TEAM OF OSTRICHES
Fine Gay Attractions For the
State Fair.
PLANS FOR WICHITA DAY
Merchants are Figuring Ahead
For the Week.

A team of ostriches will be one Of the
attractions at the next state fair if Col.
ToIer can make the final arrangements.
and not many people question Mr.. Toler's
ability to make arrangements. In the
same combina ton that is TO bring the
ostrich team from Red Oak Iowa, there
is to be a woman who, suspended by her
hair from a big wire stretched on an in
cline, is to slide forty feet, and man
who will Jump fifty feet into a well OF
water He makes the leap from a tower
and splashes into the water Of well
dug for the purpose fourteen by twenty
feet.
The ostriches will exhibit the remarka-
BILE results of training by pulling cart
singly and together and trotting around
the track at breakneck speed just as
horses, with perhaps more speed. Col.
Toler received a letter yesterday from
the manager of the combination at Red
Oak, Iowa, where the company is winter
ing meeting of the Fair association
executive committee VIII be called in a
day or two and these new features added
to the attractions already secured if
possible.
There is another attraction the COM
mittee is now figuring on known as the
family Of acrobats. There is not much
question as to the engagement of both
these attractions, which will make the
fair better in a curious way than a cir
Gus. Quite a good many of the mer-
chants have agreed to close their stores
for one-half day TO give their employees
an opportunity to attend, and the manage
ment have no doubt now Of securing
without much difficulty an arrangement
for Wichita day. No contributions Of
money viii be asked of anybody this
year. Last year put the association on
its feet and the attractions of the next
fair will be greater than have ever been
before.
There will be greater crowds than were
here last year. Already some Of the bust
ness men have commenced to figure on
special trade for the entire fair week.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-30
MONEY NEARLY RAISED
G. A. X. Encampment is Now Assured
For April.


The financial committee who have the
subscription list in hand for the G. a. Z.
encampment have up 10 date collected
and have subscribed the sum of $1S6.50
which is S1l3.5O short of the amount nee
essary to entertain the encampment. The
committee feel very much encouraged,
and they now have no apprehensions but
what the $500 necessary will be raised.
Every Monday afternoon the executive
committee and the chairmen Of the diff
ferent committees meet in the office Of
Mr.. George NJ Dickson. The executive
committee is composed of the following
gentlemen: T. b. Jewett, president; G. NJ.
Dickson. secretary; j. p. Allen, treasurer;
Henry Schad, J. L. Jacobs, L. Keek, ].
b. Palmer w. c. Hoover, A. c. Jobes.
With the executive each chairman of the
respective committees meet. Mr.. A. c..
Jobes heads the finance Murray Myers,
reception. J L. Jacobs, invitation.
The finance committee, which has done
such good work. is composed Of A c.
Jobes J. N. Allen, c. H. Smyth B. T.
Mclean and ". c. Hoover. The en-
campment viii be held here on the goth,
2lst and 22nd Of the coming month.
The Winfield and Belle PLANE bands
have been secured and also the Wichita
Drum Corps. besides a number Of elo-
quent speakers.