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The San Francisco call., 1898-11-28
CAREER. OF
 .. CAPTAIN TULAN
Began. Steamboat Life on the : =: Sacramento. River in
 fine Sixties.

~ Captain John Tulan, like Mark Twain, began, his steamboat career as
 a pilots cub" It was on the San Joaquin almost thirty years ago. when the Grysopolis, the Capital and the Yosemite were floating palaces on the Sacramento. That was before the mud
 from upper river mines had shoaled that noble stream and raised sandbars against everything except the light draught stern -wheelers. It was on the old San Joaquin before the coming of the railroad, the dredger, the gang blow: and the fOrty-horse harvester, s:hen the river ran swift and clear and cold from the Sierra snows, and the wheel .spokes must fly if the fast-1ying craft dodged the snag just ahead. This was. the time when Pilot Cub" .J9hnpie Tulan learned to thread the ctlt-offs, skim the tops from the. sand shoals, dodge sunken logs and be steamboat man in the early sixties. He . was @ pupil and protege of the noted : old ''up-river" pilot, Captain Jack
 >a-Eeaf, on board the Clara Crow. Cap tain Jack Otte day found the hoy .standing' on the levee at Sacramento. The youngSter was waiting for the Clara Crow to tie up alongside the old Q. hulk that, did duty for wharf at the :" foot of J street. Before the gangplank -was run out he was aboard, and climb ing the ladder to the pilot house.
 "I'm a-gOing with you, Captain : Jack, the youngster said, and took his place oh the port side of the wheel Op- posite the skipper.
 ,. Captain Jack went out soon after to superihtend the casting off of the lines and for a few moments forgot all about the boy. When he re-entered the house to. grasp the wheel spokes the young Sacramentan was still there. It was too, late to send him ashore, as the rapid. Sacramento had the steamship in it's clutches and was rushing her to- ward the bay" So Tulan made his first voyage.
 2. Grear took a liking to the determined boy and arrangements were made with his people, which permitted John Tulan to play pilots cub in Captain Jack" Grear's wheelhouse for eight years.
 When Captain William Corcoran got several boats together and started the California Navigation and Improve
 nent Company, Captain Tulan went into his employ. He was mate, pilot and captain on the Ellen, Freese; liar ri6t: and Leader; then captain of the Walker. In all his steamboat life he was intensely devoted to his vocation. He never married, and never sought the association of the gentler sex. His world was his hurricane deck and his home his pilot house.
 :"One. of the kindest-hearted men in the world" was the eulogy of his ac- quaintances, and this will be his uni .Yersal. epitaph.
 *Two brothers, Peter and Andrew Tu- Ian. are. residents of Stockton, the for mer with Wells -Fargo's Express Com 'pany. of: that city and the latter a pen sf6ned member of the fire department Police Officer Peter Richter, living at 1908 Jones street, in this city, is a cousin. of the dead captain.
 John Tulan was born in the Capital City about thirty-nine years ago.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-28
ACTOR COULDOCK
 OfF L|FE'S STAGE Curtain Rings Down on the Aged Thespian. MEMBER OF THE OLD SCHOOL CAME TO AMERICA WITH CHARLOTTE CUsHMAN. Played the Part of Dunston Kirke in "Hazel Kirke" Upward of
 One Thousand
 Times.
MEMBER OF THE OLD SCHOOL
CAME TO AMERICA WITH
 CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-Charles w.
 Couldock, the actor, died tonight at
 his home in this city after snort Ill.,
 ness. from dropsy. MT. Couldock was
 stricken on November with what was
 thought to be indigestion, but after
 ward diagnosed as dropsy. On NoVen- her 21 his condition became critical ana since then even though he has had several slight rallies, death was ex-
 pected, His son, $. Y. Couldock, a
 travelling salesman, survives him.
 Charles w. Couldock was born on April 26, 1915, at Long Acre, London.
 He made his first appearance as an actor at the age of 21, personat1ng OthelIo at a benefit performance at
 Sadler Wells Theater, in London, for which he purchased G10 worth of tick cts to distribute among his friends. He was billed as MT Fortescue, his first appearance, and was applauded rapt- urousIy by his clique. -Afterward, de- siring to adopt the stage as a profess
 sion. he, after a struggle, got into
 stock company at FaTnham, Surrey.
 After four months he left the troupe
 and went with Jackman's company and
 played leading parts. Subsequently he
 
 gave performances at the St. James,
 Dr,1ry Lane and other London theaters.
 Couldock here essayed Iago to Her
 bert Gregorys Othello, Anthony to his
 ShyIoek, and Hotspur to his Falstaff,
 meeting with more or less success. In 1S44 he joined the Edinburgh Theater Company, the same year that Lester 1 WaIack and William Davige became members of the organization. He played a winter and summer season with this company and then joined Professor 1 Andersons forces at Glasgow. In two weeks the theater was burned and he secured the position of leading man at | the Royal Theater, playing first Sir 1 Giles Overreach. He remained with the Royal four years, and during that time | acted with MacCready, Candenhoff, Keane, Mme Vestris, Charlotte Cush- man and others.
 On September 15, 1S49, MT. CouIdock 1 arrived in this city on the steamer | America, a member of Charlotte Cush- mans company, and opened at the old | Broadway Theater. He supported her | throughout the season in all the promi- | nent cities of this country and when 1 Charlotte Cushman returned to Eu-
 rope he became leading man at the Walnut-street Theater, Philadelphia. | Since then he has been prominently | identified with the American stage, l playing with Laura Keene, Jefferson, | Sothern and others. MT. Couldock is best known as Dunston Kirke, in | Hazel Kirke,'' which part he had i played over 1000 times.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-28
THE CALL EXTRAS " GAVE THE NEWS
Three Editions Sent Out With Complete Accounts of the Disaster.

:. San Francisco and. in ia interior residents from Sacramento as far south as Bakersfield, were given further proof yesterday of the superiority of: The Calls news service, the second demonstration within week, in giving to the public the news of the T. C.. Walker disaster.
 While its .moribund contemporaries were: still figuring on how to get the news, even of the most meager descrip- tion,: The Call had the nev5 in type and a few minutes later the first Call extra was on: the streets. This lightning work. 90 disheartened the others that they abandoned all attempts to make believe they were alive.
 The Calls. first extra contained a complete and graphic account of the disaster. with a complete list of dead up. 10 that hour, as well as the names of the injured. A seco-d extra followed in less than half hour with additional details and the complete passenger list of the Steamer. This was followed in a short time by third extra containing a revised list of dead, two of the in .jured Having succumbed, and an ac- count of the arrival of the passengers and crew. at Stockton.
 .'-- The third extra was issued in time to catch every afternoon train leaving the city. so that the reading public throughout the greater portion of the State was benefited by The Calls enter prise. This is the second time within week that The Call has dfstanced it's rivals in the dissemination of great news events.
 OAKLAND, Nov 27.-The Call scored :. another point to-day when that paper published extras containing news of the
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-28
GRIGGS UPHOLDS THE
 "OPEN-D DOOR" POLICY

NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-A Washing ton special to the Herald says: Ter ritorial possessions can be held by the United States and can be treated as foreign territory as far as the revenue laws of the country are concerned.
 This in effect is the position taken by Attornev General Griggs in an opinion which he rendered in regard to the question of enforcement of the United States navioation laws in Hawaii. This opfnion Is of particular importance at this time on account of the important hearing it has upon the proposition to carry out the ''open door" policy in dealing with the new insular posses sions in the Orient. In this opinion the Attorney General said:
 "rThe resolution of Congress which with the corresponding action of the republic of the United States operated for international purposes to make those islands part of the territory of the United States. But when territory is acquired by treaty or conquest or otherwise it's relations to the nation ac- quiring it depend upon the laws of that nation unless controlled by the instru- ment of cession. It may for certain porarily or permanently and is not pre- stunned to be at once put upon the same footing as all other but rather the con- trary When therfore Florida had been ceded and fully transferred to the United States it's ports were regarded as foreign within the meaning of our revenue laws"
 The Attorney General also indicates that the position of the administration in adopting the "open door" policy would be much strengthened if it should be provided for in the treaty of peace. as he says in his opinion that
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-28
MISSED THE BOAT
 ..: AT RIO VISTA
Prominent Men Would Have Been Passengers Had They Made Faster Time.

A number, of well known men, some representing the Government on Com mittee of Rivers and Harbors. narrow ly escaped. being among the passengers oh.the: ilI-fated steamer.
 The party consisted of Hugh Corco- ran, president ~" the California Navi- : gatfon and Improvement Company, Which owns the Walker; Congressman Marion de Vries, Major Heuer, United States army, and Edward Leake, the well known newspaper man. They left Sacramento at o'clock Saturday morning, arrived at Elkhorn at 12 " o'clock noon and Rio Vista at D. m., some three hours after the steamer had. passed on her way to Stockton.
 They were on the steamer Amora and had they made connection with the Walker would have taken passage
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-28
BIRMINGHAM OFFICER
 SLAIN BY A NEGRO
Lynching Certain to Follow the Cap ture of a Murderer in
 Alabama

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Nov. N.-Chief Deputy John Warnock of this city was shot and killed here to-day by Will Gold ston, a negro.
 Goldston is a murderer, sent up for life from Augusta County, and recently es- caped from convict camp in that county. Warnock attempted to arrest him, but re- ceiyed three balls from a revolver in the hands of Goldston, who was behind a door. The convict escaped and has not been found. If he is caught lynching is lar and known all over the State He ran for Mayor of Birmingham last year.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-28
NO REASON FOR THE
 DELAY IN CONSTRUCTION
Congressman Loud Says Work on the New Postoffice Building Should
 Proceed on Time

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-Congressman Loud, chairman of the Postoffices and Postroads Committee, has always given close attention to San Francisco's new postoffice building. He said tonight he could see no reason for delay In the con- struction of the superstructure. The foundation has been laid for some months and the contract let to Pittsburg firm for the steel work. It was stipulated in the specifications and contract with this firm that the steel fraTe work was to be completed by February next, about two months from now.
 ffSo far as I was able to observe" said Loud. nothing has been done. The ma terial Is not even on the ground yet. intend to see the Treasury Department about the matter at the first opportun- itY''
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-28
skv1;eht Won First Money.

SACRAMENTO, Nov. N.-There was a good attendance on the opening day of the eoursing season at Agricultural Park to-day. The weather was soft and pleas ant, the hares and hounds were in good shape and the sport exciting. Betting on the various heats was quite brisk. There will be weekly coursing during the winter. Twenty eight dogs ran at to-day's meet ing. Skylfgllt won first; Mail Carrier sec ond; Constable third and Teddy Hale fourth.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-28
Runaway Disaster.

SALINAS, Nov. 27.-A team attached to a surrey in which were the members of the family of Louis Schneider, ran away this afternoon and the vehicle was over- turned. Mrs. Schneider, an elderly lady suffered the fracture of an arm and other serious injuries. The other occupants were. more or less bruised. Owing to her advanced age, Mrs. Schneiders injuries are considered dangerous.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-28
Crushed Under Train Wheels.

SACRAMENTO, Nov. 27.-M. Meritall, a section employe, was brought to the Rail- road Hospital from Los Banos, in the San Joaquin Valley, to-day with both legs ter ribly crushed. While riding on. freight car he fell and was run over. Both legs were amputated above the knees. His re- coyery is doubtful
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-28
Will Take Troops to Cuba

SAVANNAH, Ga, Nov. 27.-The trans port Chester will sail tomorrow morning with the Fifteenth United States Infantry for .Neuvitas,- Cuba. The regiment has about 1900 men and officers
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-28

At Breslau, Germany, whole family man. wife and children-work in a factory for about % cents a day. The weekly wages in the glass factories are: Blowers. grayers and painters, $4 2S to S5 n; smell ters, $2 S5 to $4 2S; heaters and burners, S2 S5; sorters and packers, $2 S5; binding girls $1 Az =
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-28
Dr. Abbott to Retire.

NEW YORK, Nov. 27-Rev. Dr.. Lyman Abbott from the pulpit to-day announced his intention to resign the passionate. Of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, which he has filled for ten years. .' '|
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-28
Snyder Succeeds Winchell.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. N.-Bryan Snyder, as- sistant general freight agent of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad has been appointed to succeed B. l.. Winchell as general passenger agent.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-28
THREE NEGROES LYNCHED
 BY A MOB OF FARMERS
An Assault Upon White Man Causes Missis- sippians to Take Summary
 Vengeance.

MERIDIAN, Nov c c threen were . of in a white c by 
 
 
 
  in of the ngeader Fridays trouble The . e otraceo of
  @ ad taken 7
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-28
MAD MULLAH ADVANCES.
Crosses Swat Frontier and Engages
 Indo-British Forces.

SIMLA, Nov. 27.-The Mad Mullah, who with 600 men has been threatening to pass River and fighting has occurred between his followers and the Indo-British' forees7
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-28

when territory is acquired its relations to the nation acquiring it depend upon the laws of that nation unless con- rolled by the instrument of cession.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-28
University Building Burned.

KOKOMO, Ind, Nov. H.-The Milton Hopkins University building burned to- day. Loss, s45, 900; insurance, sl. .0oa
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-28

Boston is in hard luck. A carload of beans, en route to that city, was wrecked about two miles west of Pittsfeld, Mass, and the spoil was gobbled up by the na- tiveS.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-28
RlnodleSs Duel at Paris

BIOodIeSS Duel at Paris.
 PARIS, Nov. T.-A duel was fought to- day between Maxine Dreyfus and M. Le- pic, a journalist. Neither was injured
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-28

the father of four grown-up children two sons and two daughters-the youngest, of whom is If years of age.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-20
Etmamc,al.
The stock Market.

New York. Dec 19.-The market today moved irregularly and resulted in mixed changes in prices. The general market had a good undertone, but was devoid of inter esting features. Little was done in the standard stocks and the industrlals except Sugar, which broke nearly points and rallied fractionally. The confirmation of the report that Secretary and Treasurer Searls would retire on account of ill health was used in depressing Sugar Central Pacific was strong in anticipation of re-organi- alton plan which was expected to follow any settlement which the company may make with the government Southern Pa cific, which would benefit In any favorable developments in Central Pacific, rose five points, Baltimore and Ohio stocks were af- feeted favorably by reports that the Balti- more and Ohio Southwestern plan of re- organization was well received abroad. Lake Erie and Western was aggressiyely strong without any new developments In the prop, erty becoming known. Metropolitan Street railway gained 3 points after having been comparatively inactive and weak. The re- viyal of talk of underground rapid transit was probably the cause of weakness in Manhattan. Prices were well held until the last hour, when there was break in Atchl- son and the grangers. Traders worked for a decline on the theory that such move ment was usual before the Christmas holl- days. Active bulls professed qualification at the continuance of outside Interest In the market, which was reflected Ill the undue prominence of some of the minor tsOcks in the trading. Tennessee Coal and Iron be- came strong and moved up points and the rest of the list sympathized in this move ment fractionally, and the market was off firm.
 Operations In railway and miscellaneous securities were attended with the same az gressive show of strength which has charc- terized the dealings for some tme Bust ness, however, was somewhat below recent totals and q more general diversion of in- terest into securities not usually prominent. Total sales, $5310,000
 United States new fours and the threes ad- yanced E in the bid price.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-20

valuable manuscript newspapers exist
 in the Magliabechian library at Flor
 ence. About the same time advertising
 wants commenced, the father of Mon
 taigne, the celebrated essayist, being
 credited with the suggestion for mak-
 ing the wants of individuals known to
 the public in France, hese were rece!v-
 ed at offices established for the purpose
 and were firstly posted on the walls of
 public places, receiving the name of
 afflches. In time this led to a system
 atic and periodic publication sheets.
 These were termed offiches in conse-
 quence of their contents being original
 ly fixed up as placards, though the
 word itself is French for advertement.
 It Is to England, as represented by
 Queen Elizabeth, that the honor of
 commencing printed sheets of public
 intelligence Is to be ascribed. When the
 Spanish Armada threatened an inva-
 sion of this country, that sage Queen, remarking the disadvantages of the vague and alarming rumors which cir culated everywhere, resolved to inform
 her people truly of the impending dan
 gers. She began to publish from time to
 time sheet bearing the following ti-
 tie: "The English Mercurie, published by authorize, for the contradiction of
 false reports" Of this publication three
 copies are preserved in the British Mu- scum, the earliest, No. 50, bearing date
 the 23d of July, 15SS. The first article, dated from Whitehall contains advices
 from ST Francis Walsingham, that the Armada was seen in the channel mak- ing for the entrance with favorble
 gale. An account is then given of her Majesty's fleet, which consisted of eigh- ty sail, divided into four squadrons, commanded by the Lord Hgh Admiral,
 in the Ark Royal, Sir Francis Drake,
 and the Admirals Hawkins and Frob- isher Under the head London" there | is an account of an interview which the
 Mayor and Corporation had on the pre- | vious day with her Majesty, for the purpose of assuring her of their resolu- | tion to stand by her with their lives l and fortunes to the last. Under the same head appears the following para | graph: "Yesterday the Scotch Anlbas- sador had private audience of her l Majestic, and delivered a letter from | the king, his master, containing the
 most cordial assurances of adhering to
 her Majestics interests, and to those | of the Protestant religion, and the young king, James With, said to her Majestie's minister at his court, that
 all the favour he expected of the Span iards was the courtesie of Polyphemus | to Ulysses, that he should be devoured | to the last" We wonder what would | be thought of Ambassadors in these days if they interlarded their oral com- munications with such classical refer | ences! !-London Standard
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-20

Non Concurrent Action in Regard to Estimatcs- Item for Street sprinLling Not Approved-Bonrd of Finance Recommendation for IS NIin Tax Win Probably yPrevail-Fircmen's Petition Concerning Salaries Goes Back to the Commtttee.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-20

Active Quotations of Bonds. Reported by Boody. Mcclellan & Co.,. Bankers and Brokers. 57 Broadtyay. New York, aud S7 Orange Street. New Haven.
 Dld Askad
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-20
INSPECTION AND MUSTER.


All Locdl MllltdFy Compan1eS Turn Out
 in Spic and Span Uniforms.
 At the arrnory last evening all the To- cal militia companies, including the five companies, regimental band, machine gun platoon and regimental staff of the Second regiment, and the first and en- gineer divisions of the naval battalion and the First separate company, color- ed, had general muster and inspection. The inspecting officer was Brigadier General Frost. He was accompanied by Major Terrill, Major Wade and Cap- tain Fuller of his staff. The inspection was not very rigid one All the mili- tary organizations made a good show ing. Lieutenant Colonel Callahan com manded the companies of the Second regiment. Lieutenant Hutchinson took command of the First division naval battalion for the first time. Major Wade was the inspecting officer of the reserves. Commander Reynolds and staff was also present
 Mess seventeen of the U. s. S. Minne- sota will hold a reunion and supper at HeubIein's Saturday evening, De- cember 31.