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The San Francisco call., 1898-01-22
MUST BE SENT
 TO WASHINGTON
A Soldier Who Was Injured Years Ago Goes Having
 Mad.
According to Army Rules and Regu- latiOns He Has Been Sent to
 the Capital.

A soldier on Angel Island has gone crazy, and according to the rules and regulations that govern the army, he has to be sent to Washington, D. c. Two men went along to take care of him, and on his arrival in the capital he will be cared for by the Government until he dies This is about the only case of the kind that has ever occurred on this coast.
 Twelve years ago John Madox enlisted and was assigned to the Fourth troop of cavalry. While riding buckfng bronco he was thrown and so seriously injured that he was laid up for several weeks. He got better and served out his term He re-enlisted and asked to be assigned to the hospital corps. His request was granted and he was sent to Angel Island. He had really never got better Of his in iuries. and over a month ago he began fo act very peculiarly. He refused to eat anything because he said some of the soldiers wanted to poison him. Finally things came to such a pass that some one had to partake of every dish before he would eat 1t.
 A week ago he became so violent that he had to be strapped down, and then the instructions came to send him to Washington He was placed on the over land train by a file of soldiers last night and during the run to the capital he will he cared for by Hospital Steward Staley and Private Garrett, who will act as a guard.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-22
Burglar Caught Leaving the House of One of
 His Victims.
A Portion of the Booty Found Secreted Under His
 Shirt.
ages to Eludo the Police.

One of the "vacant-house" burglars who have been operating in the West ern Addition Is at last behind prison bars. He was arrested last evening by Police Officer John Dougherty while in the act of depicting an unoccupied house at 212S California street. Re gently a number of vacant houses have been entered and several hundred dol lars worth of lead pipe and gas fix lures taken Chief Lees instructed his men to keep a sharp lookout for the thieves. as their operations became so bold that he was determined to catch them.
 While patrolling his beat on Califor- mia street Dougherty saw man emerg- ing from vacant house. From t%e description given of the tall" man he concluded that he was one of the thieves and determined to place him under arrest. He was taken to the City Prison, where he gave his name as Louis Schultz. A search of his person revealed several pieces of lead pipe and various gas fixtures, which he had concealed under his shirt. On being confronted with the evidence the prisoner looked down and admitted his guilt. He gave the name of his part ner in crime, and told where he could be found.
 Last night Schultz was closely ques- toned by the detective. He admitted that he was one of the men for whom the police have been searching for a long time and told where he had dis posed of his booty.
 You have caught me at last" he re- marked. ''I knew you'd fall" After sizing up the house." he con- tinued, 'I could not resist the tempta- tion, and summoning my partner, we concluded to enter. I got the key from one of the neighbors and to- gether yDa entered the house. We stripped the gas jets of their furnish | ings and took all the lead pipe we could find. Fearing detection I placed the stolen property under my shirt, | hoping to evade the police. When we l left the house we separated, my part ner going in an opposite direction. l had gone only a short distance when | the policeman, evidently suspicious of my actions, placed me under arrest endeavored to throw away the evidenk- of my guilt, but he discovered the trick and handcuffed me"
 To-day every effort will be made tc arrest the prisoners pal.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-22

A water tower is now being construct ed at the corporation yard, and when completed San Francisco will be the proud possessor of "hre-fghteD'' that will reflect great credit on the local me chanics who have built 1t. The designer of this tower Is H. H. Gorter. master ma chinist in the Fire Department, and he is supervising its construction.
 His main idea was to invent a machine which could be depended upon at critical times in cases of fire, and that would not go wrong when most needed, and he be- lieves he has accomplished the desired end
 The whole structure Is built almost en- tirely of metal; brass, steel and bronze entering largely in its manufacture. It is a metallic telescope tower, the inner tube being of brass and twenty feet long,
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-22
CARRIER PIGEON RACE. A Young Birds TroiDing Begins W;th 1 EIi1ht Over the Seq,

On board the ship Henry B. Hyde, which sailed from here for Honolulu yesterday at a. m.. was a carrier pigeon. the prop erty of H. c. Worth, residing at 1910 Golden Gate avenue. The bird was brought down here from Sacramento to be trained for the race between carrier pigeons which will take place between that city and San Francisco on next Monday, the beginning of the jubilee
 At D. m. T. P. Colcord, master of the ship. liberated the, bird at a point G minutes southwest by south from the whistiing buoy. It reached here at 3:5s p m.--remarkably good time for pigeon in a strange region hitherto used only to flights overland Around the pigeons leg was note, in which the captain fur fhe bird. and sent love to his ''dear ones.'
 The bird is young. but 1t Is considered a strong flyer, and is expected to win the race from Sacramento here. It Is more than ordinarily intelligent specimen. as many have been nonplused for hours when set free on the sea without any previous experience.
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and the outer tube of steel, which can be extended twenty-two feet high. This does away with the old method of using a cotton hose, which was always in dan ger of bursting. and has done so on nu- merous occasions.
 The tower is arranged in a segmental gear. by which 1t can be deflected at any angle within 70 degrees of the perpendicu- lar, thus enabling the operator to cover the whole front of the burning building instead of only one or two windows as heretofore The nozzle at the top can be operated by positive action from below. and does not depend upon the pressure of water strengthening out the cotton hose. Although the tower is composed in the main of metal. it weighs but 6s0O pounds, the Hale tower weighing 10000 pounds. The tower rests on the truck between the back wheels, which, being
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circumstances before passing judgment upon it."
A TEACHERS CLAIMS.
Elizobetb p. Bradley Asks the Court to Restore Her to
 Her Position.

The application of Elizabeth P. Brad ley for a writ of mandate to compel the Board of Education tc restore her to her position of instructor in freehand draw ing in the Polytechnic High School was considered by Judge Hunt yesterday. The petitioner. by resolution adopted by the Board of Education, was removed from the position on June 1, 1897. and she all legeS that her removal was contrary to law. Yesterday she testified that no req son for her removal was ever given, and the Board of Education has no power to remove an instructor without cause. In answer the board refers to the resolution by which the petitioner was removed. which at the same time abolished the freehand drawing class in the Polytechnic School. The board claims that owing to the fact that the class was abolished a sufficient cause for the removal of the instructor presented itself. After the case was argued 1t was submitted and whether or not the writ of mandate will be or dered to issue will be known in a few days.
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larger and stronger. give it more sta- bility. The extension of the tower can be raised while 1t is in action. and thus there are no delays in its working. Wherever the old model could be im- proved upon 1t was done, and 1t Is no idle boast to say that it will be the finest water tower in the world. It will cost $50O0, every cent of which has been ex- pended in this city, and the profits that would have accrued had 1t been built in the East will all be absorbed in the good work done by San Francisco artisans. The reduction in friction which has been ef- fected throughout will give a better stream with the same relative pressure and 1t is calculated that with 120 pounds pressure in the receiver the tower will throw a horizontal stream through a tip two and a half inches in diameter a dis tance of 250 feet.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-22
Varying Opinions on the Fining of a Christian
 Scientist.
Local Believers in the Faith Cure Discuss the Action of
 Kansas City Judge.
According to Their Belief There Is Little or Nothing to Be Feared
 From Contagion.

The action of Kansas City Judge in sustaining the verdict of the Police Court, fining a Christian Science prac- titioner $50 and costs for failing to rs- port a case of diphtheria she had unsuc- cessfully treated to the proper authori- ties, has caused considerable comment in this city, both among believers in and those who are antagonistic to the faith cure. Christian Scientists look upon the conviction as being in the na- ture of persecution, while regular phy- sicians applaud the course pursued by the Judge even to the extent of in dorsing the severe denunciation he made of the faith treatment.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-22
STEPHAN INTERVIEWED.
The General Says He Has Moth
 ing to Hide From the
Commission

SACRAMENTO, Jan. N.-General Sheehan left this afternoon for San Francisco. In an interview published in to-night's Bee he is reported as say ing:
 You may say that any matter relat- ing to the Yosemite Commission with which I had anything to do will be fully paid, but l do not at this tune care to talk of the alleged shortage l have been sick for three or four weeks and have not had time to look over my books. When I get time to look them over everything will be stralghteneo out and no one will lose anything.
 When asked if it were true that ne had withheld his bank deposit book, he replied:
 Ives, have the book and I am re- spo asible for it. It is my book, and why should I not keep it? l tell you again this will come out all right"
 Concluding, Sheehan said:
 'I do not want to say anything fur ther about this matter, but there is politics in it, and it will come out all right"
 In a subsequent interview this after noon, Sheehan said:
 ''The reason I did not turn over the bank book is that I am responsible for deposits made in my name. All checks for claims are issued. and when cashed they must be returned to me. in order that the canceled checks shall serve as vouchers to me that 1 have paid all claims. I have done just as my prede- cessor. Colonel John F. Irish. did How ever, I have nothing to hide from the Commission, as all checks will be paid when presented"
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-22

and W. W. Foote The next regular meeting day was fixed for February 12, but on application of two members a special session of the board may be called. It is expected that Givens, Clinch, Foote and Goldberg will meet this forenoon. Governor Budd may at tend the session.
 Responding to a request from The Call, Controller Cclgan reports that the following amounts were drawn from the State treasury by the Yosemite Valley Commissioners during the year 1S97:
 Travelling expenses, s1O10 05; care of valley, $7276 12; care Mariposa Big Tree Grove, $709 go; maintenance of valley, $2664 56; repairs. etc, s6s99 77; clearing out underbrush, S14S4 96; to- tai, S20,1 145 s.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-22
TROUBLE OVER A BAD COIN,
Arrest of q Fruit-Vender for Giving q Customer CouDterfeit
 Money.

Amadeo Gianelli. a 16-year-old boy. who assists his father Tn conducting a fruit store at the corner of Bryant and Harriet streets. was arrested yesterday by Deputy United States Marshal Monckton on a charge of having passed a counterfeit dollar on Edward Curtin.
 Curtin informed MT. Harris that he bought 10 cents worth of fruit from young Gianelli and received S4 90 il sil- yer as change. After he had left the
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store he discovered that one of the dollar pieces given to him by Gianelli was a counterfeit. He returned to the store and demanded a good dollar for the bad one Ganelli denied that he had given Curtin bad money and Curtin thereupon com plained to the Federal authorities.
 Young Gianelli was released in the aft ernoon on bonds.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-22

no interne, in the new apportlonment of wards Fine has been bulletined as doctor" whether through courtesy or not none care to say. But pr. Suss- dorf Is uncomfortable over the outlook, for he stops as far as possible all con- versation of internes with newspaper representatives, and in one instance went so far as to shake his fist at one of them for talking to a reporter.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-22
SOLD LIQUOR TO MINORS. Gustove HeDrioulle Charged With
 Getting Boys Drunk.

Gustave Henrioulle, liquor dealer at 135 Second street, was arrested yesterday afternoon by Sergeant Donovan on a charge of selling liquor to a minor
 Last Wednesday he sold liquor to two boys, Rafael Barsi and Edward Kirby and both boys were taken to the City Prison by Policeman J. A. Ryan. They were both stupidly drunk. The place was watched. and yesterday Sergeant Dono- van caught him selling liquor again to the boy Kirby. He at once placed him under arrest
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-22
To-Qay,s Town Talk

Contains character dissections by that clever reader of disposition by handwrit- ing, the Graphologist. Harr Wagner. Pierre Douillet and other weli-known people are shown as the Graphologist believes them to be. from their chirog- raphy. Pandora at the last symphony concert is another interesting feature of this issue.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-22
Waaon licenses Due.

License Collector Bonnet has issued notice that wagon licenses are now due, and that unless paid by the last day of this month penalty of 9 per cent will be added.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-22
THE LYBEcK CYCLE SKATING RINK.

Howard st., betWeen Third and Fourth Moving Pictures and Optical Illusions.
 ORCHESTRA MUSIC. Open daily from 9:3o a. to 12 m. 2 to 4:30 D. m. to 10 D. m. General Admission. 10c; Gents Skates, 15c; Ladies Skates. Free.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-22

BUSH-STREET THEATER. The Thalia Gernan-Hebrew Opera Company. Saturday and Sunday Nights, January 22
 and 23 '.SULAAIITA." Monday Evening January 24, Jubilee Day. by special request our greatest success, ''KOL MORE"
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-22

General John F. sheehan, ex-secre- tary and treasurer of the Yosemite Commission, was heard from yester- day. He wired this message from Sac
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1898-11-12

Ihensive OF retaliation by the blacks,
these same classes of men shouldered
Wlnchesters and patrolled the town
Having preserved the domination OF
the white men in the city's affairs
they were determined that there should
be no further excessts on either sioe.
There is no doubt that tine entire pro-
ceeding was revolutionary. Those who
were parties to it freely acknowledge
the fact. But they declare that the
local conditions justified It, and that
they are willing to abide by the conee-
.quences, however serious they may be-
They are determined that the city's at
fairs shall remain in the hands Of the
whites, and thewhltes are unit in the
determination. 1t is not a partisan war
in any sense, but a race war, and when
members of the bar and ministers OF
the gospel take up arms in behalf of
those who are prosecuting it there
must be local conditions which Justify
them in their action. But this does not
alter the fact That it is a most deplora-
Bile thing that the white citizens OF
Wilmington have come 10 the conclu-
sion that the only solution OF their
troubles is the bullet. Surely there can
be legal or constitutional provision
made by the state which will protect
them and their families from such
domination. Louisiana SOLVED the prob
lem to her own satisfaction without
violating the Federal Constitution, and
if she can do It there is no reason why
Northl Carolina cannot do likewise and
thus avoid these horrible methods of
repression.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1898-11-12
LURE THE ALLIGAToRs.
Hunters Initiate the Grunts of the
Mother and Attract the
Young.

The alligator is said to be in such rel
quest that it is rapidly disappearing
from the settled parts of Florida, and
even becoming scarcer in such remote
regions as the Everglades. a constant
war is waged against it by the tax
idermists and the dealers in curiosi7
ties.
writerin Popular Science News says
that the young are frequently lured
from their lurking places by a poor
imitation of the grunts of the mother,
and men expert in mimicry sometimes
capture large numbers in q day. The
little creatures respond promptly to
the calls, and pour out of the cavities
in hot haste to see the caller.
The most expert "'gator callers
the writer ever knew were swamp
rangers, both white and black, who
were born and brought up within a
short distance Of an alligator swamp
and knew every intonation of the
saurian's voice.
These men would make a matro1
charge wildly across a broad stream
by initiating the frightened cries Of
her young, or lure a decrcpit old bull
from his cave by initiating the grunt'
of the female. They could, in fact
delude both old and young, and Otter
earned good sums by their art.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1898-11-12
SHOES FOR CELESTIAL WOMEN
wherein These Articles Diner from
Those NFcrn by Ancri-
can Ladies.

The Chinese wCman's shoe is provid-
ed with fat heel which alone serves
as a point Of support for the entire
body. The point of the foot does not
touch the ground, and the women walk
sometimes like club-footed persons,
says the New York Herald. They areI
not very steady upon their feet, and
when they become aged have to use a
cane. They walk with their arms
slightly extended and performing the
Office Of a balance pole, and with the
pelvis thrown back and the breast
slightly forward they seem 20 be en-
deavoring to preserve their center of
gravity. When their heels are close to-
gether the slightest push may upset
them.
4 foot is so much the more appreci-
ated in proportion as it is smaller,
The Chinese woman is very modest
when it is a question of her feet. A
traveller says he has several times at
tended mandarins' wives, who were
afflicted with foot troubles, and who
consented only with great hesitation
and blushing to allow themselves to
be examined, and even then they so ar
ranged themselves as to expose only
the ailing part.
It may not be generally known that
all Chinese women do not have de-
formed feet. This mutilation is more
frequent in the south than in the
north and in cities than in the rura
districts.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1898-11-12
THE NOVEMBER REPORr.


Delawareans who are interested in,
agricultural conditions, and there are
few OF them who are not, will find food
for thought in the showing made by
the November crop report of the De-
partment of Agriculture, just made
public. 1t gives 24.S bushels as the
average yield per acre of corn, accord
ing to the preliminary returns OF the
departments correspondents. Prelimi-
nary estdmate last year was 23.7 bush
els, and that of 1896 27S bushels. The
Indicated yield in the principal corn
states is as follows:
Pennsylvania, 80; Ohio, sc; Indiana,
&c. Illinois, 30; Iowa, 80; Missouri, &c;
Kansas, 10; and Nebraska, q. The
average per cent. OF quality is S2.7, as
compared with 1913 in 1897, and SS.4
in 1896. Reports Indicate that about
7.25 per cent. Of the crop Of 1897 is still
in the hands Of the farmers.
The preliminary estimate Of the av-
erage yield OF buckwheat is 17.3 bushels
per acre, against 2O.7 bushels last year,
and 1871 bushels ia 1896. The aver
ages in New York and Pennsylya-
mia, the two states Of principal pro
ductlon, are 1913 and 172 bushsls per
acre respectively. The average per cent.
OF quality is $50, as compared with
94.3 i'm November of last year.
The estimated average yield Of hay
is 1865 tons per acre, as compared with
40 tons last year. The present ind.
Gated average is the highest on record
and the crop of 1898 was unqusstion-
ably the largest ever gathered. In
point OF quaiity the average is 95.3
again 92S last year, and 92.9 in 1886
The estimated average yield OF Irish
potatoes is 75.2 bushels per acre, as
compared with 64.6 bushels last year
and AZ and S6S bushels in 1896. Tx
average per cent. of quality is S4.7
against S1.3 in November last, and 49,.
in November. 1896.
The special wheat investigation I
approaching completion. 1t is be
lieved that it will not only serve itl
primary purpose of Indicating, with
approximate accuracy, the wheat pro
duction of the present year, but Wi.
prove OF permanent value to the de
partment in its bearing upon the ex
listing methods Of reporting this i'm
. lportant CROP
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1898-11-12
ENJoYABLE MILIrARY DANCE.

A delightful affair was the dance
given by the officers stationed at the
Delaware Shore Battery, just below
Delaware City, at their barracks last
night. The place was beautifully deco
rabed with flowers and lanterns, and
there was a large attendance Of fash
ionable folk.
Among the guests were: George
Beale and Miss Hammer, Of Philadel-
phia; Miss Reybold, Miss Nathalie Rey-
bold, Mics Johnson, Miss Newton, Miss
Beebe, Miss Emma Clark, Miss Julia
Clark, Miss Annie Cheairs, Miss Helen
Cheairs, Woodward w. Cheairs, Miss
Ida Colbourn, Miss Nellie Colbourn,
Miss Julia Sadler, Thomas Sadler, Mr.
and Mrs. H. p. Scott, Miss Davis, Mr.
and Mrs. T. B. Heisel, Miss BERTHE
Clark, Mr.. and Mrs. II. c. Clarke, Will
liam Reybold, Miss Bernice Keane, Al
bert Hall, Miss Florence Hall, William
Clark, Stewart Clark, II. d. Townsend,
Mr. Bradley, George McIntire, Thomas
Reeves Miss swazey, Mortimer Wal
ker, Captain Evart, Lieutenant Will
liams, Lieutenant Alsteller, Lieutenant
Nugent and Miss Evart.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1898-11-12

4 returned missionary from SOUTH
eastern Alaska tells in the Midland
Christian Advocate of a strange cus1
tom among the Indians of that region
When a difference arises between twd
of them and friendly settlement
seems impossible one of them threat
ems the other with dishonor He will
cover the face of his foe with shame.
He executes his threat by tearing up
a certain number of his own blankets.
The only way his antagonist can get
even with him is by tearing up great
or number of his own. If the contest
is prolonged, il results in the destruc-
tion of all the blankets they have,
each Indian destroying his own. The
ore who destroys the greater number
is regarded as having won the fight.