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The San Francisco call., 1898-08-11
Value of Expressions of Opinion :.. : by Editors of Interior = Papers.
Candidates for the Senatorial Appointment .*~ Are Bidding for Popular
 Favor.

cast against any such usurpation of power by a select coterie. the members of which object to being called bosses
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The Sea ndinavi n epublicans.

The Scandinavian Republican Cub held a largely attended meeting at Cambrian Hall. Mission street. last night. Forty five new members signed the roll. Oliver Olson. c. J. Peterson, c. M. ErlAson and Captain o. P Wilson made short patri- ottc addresses.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-11
Lurline Salt Water Baths.

Bush. Larkn sts.; swimming. Russian, hot and
 cold tub baths: salt water direct from ocean.
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The Grandest Toilet Combination known for the skin and complexion is Woodbury Facial Soap Facial Cream and Facial Powder The daily use of these articles will protect a fair complexion and cure a bad skin. Sold every where.
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Advances made furniture and pianos. with or without removal. J. Noonan, 1017-l02s Mission.
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ADOLPH LOEB Manager. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2lst day of March. 1898. MARK 4. FOOTE, Commissioner for California in Chicago
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Net amount of risks written during the year Net amount of risks ex-
 pired during the year. Net amount in force De-
 cember q. 1S97....
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INOONlEl
 Net cash actually received for fire premiums -...-..-.-. -'.-. -.-'- E. Received for interest on bonds and mortgages ............-:.. :..:..::::...: .:....- Received for interest and dividends on bonds, stocks. loans and from all other sources .....-....-...........- Received for remittance from home office ........-.-.'.......'.
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EXPENDITURES.
 Net amount paid for fire losses Cn- cluding $27. 71S 5S losses of previous Paid or allowed for commission or brokerage Paid for salaries, fees and other charges for officers, clerks, etc.....- Paid for State. national and local
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-15
NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED.
|he Sendte Approves q large Number Of
 Presidential Appointments.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-The Senate to-day confirmed the following nomina- tions:
 H. King of Michigan, to be Minister to Siam.
 To be secretaries of legation-J. c. Me Nanny Of Pennsylvania, secretary and Consul-General at Bogota, Columbia: w F. Sands, secretary at Seoul, Corea: A. M. Beaupre, at Guatemala and Honduras
 To be Consuls-K. K. Kennedy of Mis- slssippi, at Para, Brazil; c. Donaldson at Managua. Nicaragua: l.. s. Wilcox of Illinois, at Hankow, China; c. w. Kin 9Tlck or Louisiana, at Ciudad JuareZ Mexico; l.. w. Livingston of Florida at Cape Haitien; H. w. Furniss of Indiana at Bahia, Brazil
 To be Attorney of the United States ". E. Johnson, Southern District of h. dian Territory. "
 Leader R. Mitchell of Indiana to ba Assistant Comptroller of the Treasruv
 TO be receiver of public moneys-I, r. carer, at Redding, Cal; A. w Kinney at Los Angeles; H. Maloch, at Marys
 Robert J. TracewelI of Indiana to ha Comptroller of the Treasury; N. F.. CheU or Indiana, to be Assistant Repistrar of the Treasury: A. l.. Lawshe of Indiana to be deputy auditor of the Postoffice De, partment. De
 Mark s: Brewer of Michigan. to he q civil service commissioner
 Frank M. Swasey of Reddinp Ca1 +o ps Reglster Of the Land Office at Red Postmasters-Colorad H. A. w T.- Dor: Denver; F. E. Eversole. Monte Vista. Washington. c. w TemnIe Snos Kane. oregon, G. Engle, Ashland
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INTERESTS THE PEOPLE
 OF THE PACIFic COAST.
dn Appropriation for the Improve nreHt Of cdijforniu Rivers

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-Senator Per kins to-day presented the petition of the California River Convention, asking an appropriation for the improvement of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers.
 postoffice was to-day established at Bethell, Contra Costa County, Cal, and Franklin C. Bethell was appointed Post master
 The consular diplomatic appropriation bill, which was reported to the House to- day, contains an appropriation for the establishment of a consulate at Dawson City, with a salary of 5000 per year. The salary of the Consul al Vancouver, B. C., will be increased from $500 to 5000.
 Pensions have been granted as follows: Sacramento. Sl0; John Gottenburgh, Sonoma, $6; William H. Miller .Tulare, So; Chester F. Wood. San Francisco, s6.
 Senator Mcbride of Oregon to-day in troduced bill making an appropriation ot $l0O000 for an immediate survey of the Yukon River, Alaska. This is the same bill, with the Copper River left out. Sen ator Perkins to-day introduced the following bills: To provide an American register for the steamer Leelanaw. owned by James Jerome of San Francisco; to re- peal the timber culture laws: giving the Governor of Alaska power to appoint mo- for Alaska; to establish a gallery of art in the District of Columbia; to remove the charge of desertion against the mili- tary record of H. s. Soule of California.
 The Secretary of the treasury to-day recommended to Congress an appropria- ton for telephone connections between the town of Point Arena and Point Arena light. The amount asked for is SS60 and the proposition is recommended by the Lighthouse Board.
 Attorney General Mch enna submitted to Congress the report of the Code Comms- sion relative to the laws of Alaska. The report is signed by Commissioners Thompson. CulbertsOn and Bodkin. The Senate Committee on POstOffices and POstroads will consider the nOmina- tion of A. A. Withrow to be Postmaster at Santa Clara, Cal. on Wednesday. Con- gressman Loud will be heard by the com mission in his interest. This is the nomi- nation Senator Perkins is endeavoring to hold up.
 Representative de Vries to-day intro duced a bill for the relief of Edward Newman. Dr. Castle introduced a bill re- moving the charge of desertion against the military record of r. T. Griffith of San Diego.
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TH0MPS0E AGAIN UNDER
 ARREST AS 4 F0RGER.
New ZeGiander Who Promised to Leaye Ihis Country Fails to Keep
 His Word.

SAN JOSE, Jan. 14.-Frederick W. thompson, who was arrested several months ago for forgery and subsequently dlsnlssed from custody upoE his prom lse to return to his home in New Zealand IS agaln in jail charged with the same oIense. He was arrested tonight for forging the name of H. II. Main, pro- prletor of the Herald to a S check which ne passed upon O.. F. Cook, proprietor
 Thompson's first offense was the signing or F. ". Maynard's name to two checks TOT ~ 5o each. These he passed in local business houses After being in jail for three months, h ,c1s released on January I on condition tat he leave the State. This he promised to do
 thompson is a middle-aged English man, and is said to belong to an aristo- cratic and influential family in New Zea- land, Who sent him to this country in the nope that he might reform. His connec- tions caused local Engiishmen to work in his behalf and secured his release on his former crime. but now he is un- doubtedly doomed to serve a term in State prison.
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WHITTIER'S
 EARLY LOVE A Boyhood Romance of the Great Quaker
 Poet.
An Interesting Story Revealed on His Ninetieth
 Birthday.
Admired a Beautiful Girl, but Soon Realized That His Suit Was
 Hopeless.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

BOSTON, Jan. 14.-It is of special in- terest that following John Greenleaf Whittier's ninetieth birthday, there should be published for the first time & full and absolutely authentic story of the Quaker poets boy love. It will be remembered that Whittier, by his will, left $10000 to the Amesbury Home for Aged Women. In connection with this comes the story of romantic inter est.
 Two years after the death of Whit tier an old lady made application for admission on the ground that in her youth she was schoolmate and friend of the poet. She would no doubt have been received if she had not died soon after making the application. She was Mrs. Evelyna Bray Downey. Evelyna Bray was born at Marblehead, Mass, October 10, 1910. Evelyna is described as tall and strikingly beautiful bru- nette, with remarkable richness of col bring. The house at which she boarded was directly opposite that at which Whittier boarded. He was then nine teen years old, and she was seventeen. Whittier paid a visit to the home of his schoolmate. She could not invite him in, but instead suggested a stroll. The young couple, after discussion of llc SlludIlOn, saw the nOp0I6SSn6SS OI securing the needed consent of their parents and whatever dreams they may have cherished were from this hour abandoned and they parted with this understanding.
 For more than fifty years they met but once again. Miss Bray married a St. Louis Episcopal clergyman, Rev. William s. Downey, an Englishman, claiming to be of noble birth. He left the Episcopal church and became a Baptist evangelist, preaching in the streets and distributing tracts of his own composition. They came to New York, where he continued to write and distribute tracts. His wife had never told him of her early acquaintance with Whittier, but he found it out by a sin gular chance, and wrote Whittier that he was her husband and begged for as- sistance in his work of preaching the gospel.
 Whittier feared his old friend might be in destitute circumstances, and for her sake he made a liberal remittance. The husband kept all this from his wife, who, he knew, would at once re- turn the money. But she came upon the fact by finding letter of Whittier in his pocket. She was indignant, but her letter to Whittier returning the money was written in the most delicate terms and gave nothing of the misery Of her life. She was in occasional cor respondence with him until the year of hls death. Their only meeting was at the Haverhill Academy reunion of 1SS5 nfty-elght years after the love episode of their school days. He took her apart from the other schoolmates and they exchanged souvenirs.
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An Investigation of the Burning of Two Indians De-
 nanded.
TO PROSECUTE LYNCHERS.
Senators Seek Information Concerning Sugar In1pOrtatiOns to This
 Country.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Call Office, Riggs House,
Washington, Jan. II

Washington, Jan. II.
 After the transaction of some routine business in the Senate to-day, Hoar of Massachusetts presented the following resolutions, proposing an amendment to the constitution:
 That the following article be pro- posed to the Legislatures of the several States as an amendment to the consti- tuition of the United States:
 The term of office of the President and of the Fifty-sixth Congress shall continue until the 30th day of April, in the year 1899, at noon. The Sena- tors whose existing term would other wise expire on the 4th day of March, in the year 1899, or thereafter, shall continue in office until noon of the 30th day of April succeeding such expira- tion, and the 30th day of April, at noon. shall thereafter be substituted for the 4th of March as the commencement and termination of the official terms of President, Vice President, Senators and Representative in Congress"
 The resolution was referred to the committee on privileges and elections. Quay of Pennsylvania offered the fol- lowing resolution, which was referred to the committee on Indian affairs:
  Interior shall be and hereby is in structed to investigate the facts at tending the recent alleged atrocious burning to death of two Seminole In- dians by mob in Oklahoma Territory and to make report thereon to Con- gress.
 That the sum of s25, 900, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriat- ed for the investigation, apprehension and punishment of the guilty persons, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior"
 Lodge of Massachusetts offered a resolution, which was agreed to, call ing upon the Secretary of Agriculture to supply the Senate with information as to the amount of sugar imported into the United States; the amount of beet sugar produced in the United States; with what sugar, imported or domestic, the beet sugar comes into competition, and what effect Ha- waiian sugar has or can have upon beet-sugar production in the United States.
 Tillman of South Carolina announced that, on account of the absence of his colleague, McLaurin. he would ask that the eulogies upon the late Senator Jo- seph A. Earle, which were to have been presented to-day, be postponed. The request was granted.
 The Senate then, on motion of Davis chairman of the committee on foreign relations, went into executive session The executive session continued m til 4:3O D. m., when, in open session message from the President trans hitting his approval of the award of the Bering Sea Commissioners was re- ceived and read.
 Consideration of bills on the pension calendar was then begun. and nineteen were passed.
 Mcbride had passed a bill granting pensions to the survivors of certain In dian wars.
 The Senate, then. at 5:05 o'clock. on motion Of Quay, adjourned until Mon
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PRESIDENT AHD MRS.
 McKIHLEY ENTERTAINED
 BY THE H0BARTS.
Those Who Attended q Beautifully Appointed Dinner Gt the Mansion of the
 President

WASHINGTON. Jan. 1.-The Vice President and Mrs. Hobart entertained the President and Mrs. Mckinley this evening at a beautifully appointed din ner of twenty covers. The dining-room and library of the Vice-President' man. sion. the former home of Senator and Mrs. Cameron, were fragrant with roses, while the tables at which the guests were seated were superbly decorated with Bridesmaid roses and lighted with tiny wax tapeTs. under silver and white shades. Mrs. Hobart's gown was of pearl-gray brocade. trimmed with rare old lace, with which she wore ornaments of pearls and diamonds.
 This was Mrs. McKinley's first appear ance as a dinner guest in Washington since the inauguration. and was conse- quently waited with great interest. She wore very rich toilet of blue satin, with diamond ornaments. The other guests present were the Secretary of State and Mrs. Sherman, the Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Gage, Mrs Alger. the Attorney-General and Mrs. McKen- na, the Postmaster-General and Mrs. Gary, the Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Long, the Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Bliss. Secretary of Agriculture Will son, Mrs. Sanford. the guest of the house and Senator Sewell of New Jersey.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-15
PROFESSOR DUDLEY WILL
 SUE SOQUEL c0KSTABLES.
Proceedings to Be Brought Against the Officers Who Arrested Him as
 coUnterfeter

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Jan. H. The Sequel officers responsible for the arrest of Professor ". R. Dudley may have cause to regret their haste in en- deavoring to earn fee by accusing the botanist of counterfeiting Professor Dudley stated to-day that he had placed the matter of the prosecution in the hands of his attorneys, whom he had di- rected to push the case against his ac- cusers upon any tenable grounds. Pro- lessor Dudley maintains that Pratt and k1ttredge, the arreSting officers, made no effort to communicate with Stanford Uni versity, as he requested, on the night of the arrest, and he maintains that his de tenuon and imprisonment until noon of the next day was criminal
 Beyond my own personal feelings" he continued, "l intend to see that our stud ents and others going out from the Uni Versity upon similar expeditions shall not suffer like fate and be thrown into some disreputable calaboose on the fancied Identification of a couple of public saloon keepers"
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surroundings and the old adobe mission church opposite which it stands. Tn. large grounds that surround the convent reaching to the banks of pretty laguna on the east, will be put into order as soon as the builders have removed their para phernalia, and the ensemble when com. pleted will, if present plans are carriet ont be one of the most attractive con vent places in America.
 The interior will be quite as attractive but much work remains to be done theres Mastering dries slowly in thls salt at mosphere and as no mural decorations can be begun till the walls are thorough ly dry it will probably be some tune be- fore this portion of the work IS hnlshed. The other inside finishing is progressing as rapidly as those in charge could desire and the house will probably be dedlcated about Easter. of this parish. expects to leave in few weeks for St Louis, Mo. to select teach CTS for the convent school. He will go to the mother house of the order Of St: Jo- seph-situated at St. Louis.and from among the sisters there bring i've to take charge of the educational work here The St. Joseph Sisters are noted as an educa- tional order. and with them Tn charge Father Mestres hopes to make this con, vent equal and in time surpass any school in the State
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-15
MADE UNEASY BY
 THE FRENCH DEMANDS.
# IS Reported That Japan WU Send q Squadron or Account or tbe Threat
 ening of Hninan.

LONDON, Jan. 15.-A special dispatch from Shanghai says it is reported there that the French demands as to Hainan have created uneasiness in Japan.
 Admiral Yang Yu has been ordered to assume personal command of the Wo Sung forts. Yu-Kun-Yish is establishing conscription in certain districts of Yang Tse, Wu-Hu and Tao-Tai and has pro- claimed all able-bodied men liable to service. Lu Yang is reported to be rais- ing large forces in Kwang Tung where he is also intrusted with the command of the southern squadron.
 It is reported that Japan will send a squadron on account of the French threatening Hainan
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The Poor lose q Friend.

PETALUMA, Jan. H.-Yesterday morn ing Mrs. Percila Wilson widow of Captain w. l. Wilson, and a native of Brantford, Ontario. died, aged Fl years. During the seven years of her residence here Mrs. Wilson gave her attention mostly to char itable deeds, taking almost entire care of several needy families, and all her quietest manner possible Her death was primarily due to the bite of a pet par rot, but she had already selected a casket ana given minute directions concerning her funeral and interment. She leaves an estate aggregating about S200 900, and her nieces, Mrs. Ivy Leach and Miss Ma bel Meadows of Canada, are the probable heirs.
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ROW AT THE RIHCSiDE.

DAYTON, O., Jan. 14.-An effort was made tonight to pull off the much-talked- of four-round contest between Kid Mc- Coy and Australian Jimmy Ryan Both men had on their fighting costumes and the Kid was in his corner when a wrangle in Ryan's dressing room stopped the whole business. Ryan was to receive sl25 if he stayed four rounds, or half that insisted that the s62.50 which Ryan was to receive, win or lose, should be turned over. Homer Selby, the Kids brother. said that the money was ready, but that Ryan should first give evidence of his good faith. The Chief of Police arrived and put an end to further proceedings.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-15
IN SENATE AND HOUSE

from San Francisco. Secretary Alexan- der Mackie is on his monthly pay tour, and accompanying him on a tour of in- spection are Division Superintendent Schindler, General Superintendent and Chief Engineer w. B. Storey, First and Second Vice-Presidents Robert Watt and Captain II. Payson, Assistant Superin- tendent Rutherford and Captain Ward, representing the Baldwin Locomotive Works.
 They went from here to Visalia. and from there will complete their trip to Bakersfield to inspect the work at the front, which is now finished for seven or eight miles into Kern County. The work will not be carried south from Visalia until the completion of the Hanford branch to Bakersfield.
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serious phase, and there is now good req son to believe that it will become law. me committee on common schools and public institutions considered the measure to-day, and mem oers had their eyes opened by large number of letters from principals of fe- male schools which advocated the pas sage or the measure, and attached so much importance to if as to cause those Wno have heretofore made fun of the DllI 10 declare that they would vote to Ject the protection of school girls from objectionable young men who loiter around the schools In this city there are several large female schools and the neeo or such a law is felt. When the Leglslature two years ago declined to pass such bill the City Council passed an orolnance to prevent flirting.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-15
location Of Lands in Alaska.

WASHINGTON, Jan. H.-Senator Per kins of California to-day introduced bill amendatory Of the act providing civil government for Alaska. providing that all public lands not reserved in Alaska con- taining coal, Ignite or mineral oil may be claimed and entered under the land lays; that locations not exceeding 640 acres may be located by any qualified mineral claim ant, but entry can be made only on dis covery of coal Ignite or mineral oil on the location. and that the purchase price of land claimed under this act shall be g 50 an acre.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-15
ELEcTRIc LIGHTS TO PIERCE
 THE DARKNESS OF AGES.
Nineteenth Century Illumination to Be Useo n M the Ancient cdtacom6s
 Of Rome.

NEW YORK, Jan. 14-A Herald special from Pittsburg. Pa. says: Within twelve months the Catacombs of Rome will be illuminated by nineteenth century incandescent electric lights. The West inghouse Company received a cable gram to-day from their Rome represen- tative announcing that he had closed the contract for lighting the Catacombs of St. Callistus, St. Agnes. St. Cyriaca. St Domitila, St. Priclla and St. Pontianus Some months ago the subterranean burial ground of St. Callistus was lighted, and the effect was so satisfactory that the persons ir charge decided to have cleo city.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-15
R0kANTIc MARRIAGE
 OF AH AGED COUPLE.

WEBSTER CITY, la. Jan. 14-Elijah Davis, 6 years of age. and Miss Fannie Spaulding, 67 years of age, were married tonight. Their union was the culmina- tion of romance of forty-seven years the banks of the Ohio River, Davis res cued party of five young women who were overturned in a rowboat He fell in love with one of them, Miss Spauld- ing. but her parents objected to the union. He went to the California gold mines shortly after, and she came to Iowa. A little over two months ago Davis traded for an Iowa farm. and when he came to inspect his property he found his sweetheart was his renter.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-15
CLEVELAND DID NOT ASK
 FOR 4 COMPETE PARDON.
Knowing the History Of tbe Worden Case, the ex-President Sought 10 0btain
 Commufafion Ticket

NEW YORK, Jan. I.-At Princeton to- day former President Grover Cleveland said regarding his letter to Governor Budd of California, in which he asked an extension of executive clemency for Salter D. Worden, sentenced to hang for his part in the train-wrecking of 1894, that he knew the history of the case very well and knew what the man was and the position and standing of his family He thinks the man should be punished for his crime, but not by hanging, and he did not ask the Governor of California for a complete pardon for Worden but for a communication of his sentence
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-15
Destructive Storms Alone the co.st

Reports of maritime disasters along the coast come in thick and fast People who
 go down to the sea in ships should bear in mind one thing in particular. namely, that if is highly desirable to take along a supply of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for sea sickness. Nausea, dyspepsia, biliousness constipation, malaria, nervousness and kid
 speedy action 'u