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The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18
Showing How Near She Came to Foretelling Events.
Mother Shiptop's FoDous Prophecy, l648.

\ HOUSE of glass shall come to pass
 N In England; but alas!
 "A War will follow with the work In the land of the pagan and Turk, And State and State in fierce strife Will seek each others life; But when the North shall divide the South An eagle shall build in the Lions mouth. Carriages without horses shall go, And accidents fill the world with woe; Primrose Hill in London shall be, And in its center a bishops see; Around the world thoughts shall fly In the twinkling of an eye. Water shall yet more wonders do, Now strange, yet shall be true; The world upside down shall be And gold found at the root of tree Through hills man shall ride, And no horse ass be by his side; Under water men shall walk Shall ride shall creep, shah talk; In the air men shall be seen, In white, in black, in green. Iron in the water shall float AS easy as a wooden boat; Gold shall be found mid stones In land that's not now known; Fire and water shall wonders do; England shall at last admit Jew; The Jew that was held in scorn Shall of Christian be borne and born. Three times three shall lovely France Be led to dance a bloody dance Before her people shall be free; Three tyrant rulers shall she see; Three times the people. rule alone; Three times the peoples hope is gone: Three rulers in succession see Each spring from different dynasty. Then shall the worser fight be done, England and France shall be as one. All England's sons that blow the land Shall be seen book in hand \ Learning shall so ebb and flow The poor shall most wisdom know. The world to an end shall come In eighteen hundred and eighty-one.
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The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18

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The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18

QueTl ana terrlDle. England ana h. dia will also suffer in a lesser degree, and chiefly by a prevalence of suicidal mania. Strikes will occur also colliery disasters. The transits are also par ticularly unfavorable for Spain, Lon don and the United States.
 OCTOBER-There will be grave dan ger of a rupture. Let those in a.thor- ity take heed. and not be rash or nasty in their actions, otherwise the result will be disastrous. There will be shocks of earthquakes, tidal waves and disasters in collieries. The autumn of this year will witness many strange and appalling events, which will strike terror into the hearts of the stoutest and cause a deep seated feeling of un> rest and uncertainty as to what the morrow may bring forth. It will be demonstrated to our senses the little ness of man and mans mind, and the vastness of nature and natures God.
 NOVEMBER-Towar the close of this month the grand conjunction in seven planets in one sign will be ap- preaching, an event that does not oc- cur once in a thousand years. This conjunction will mark an epoch-the beginning of new cycle. A great war has yet to come in which the whole
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18
Twill Be the Most Wonderful Year
 of the Century.
Raphael, LoDdon AstroDomer.

hotels the appalling life Railways Will L will heavy The weather Will pe
 earthquake strange nhen
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-17
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

Aubrey Beardsley, the artist and
draughtsmap, died yesterday at Men
tone, France.
Sixteen persons are dead or missing
and thirty Injured as the result OF the
fire in a big business building in Chi
cago yesterday.
William Sanger Pullman, son of tie
late Chicago millionaire, will be mar
ried tonight at the Palace Hotel, San
Francisco, to Miss Louise A. West, OF
San Francisco.
Peter Maher finished up Steve O'Don-
nell in short order at the arena in Phil
adelphia last night, the referee stopping
the fight in the second round, when
Steve was SO ernggy as to be all but
knocked out.
The building formerly occupied as a
club house by the Montgomery Club,
at the terminus of Bradley Lane and
about 500 yards from the Chevy Chase
Inn, near Washington, was totally des-
troyed by fire about y o'clock last
night.
4 conference was held in Washing
ton yesterday between Senator Hanna,
chairman of the republican national
committee, and members of the repub'
lican congressional committee, at which
the work of the fall campaign was out
lined. The two committees will CO.
operate.
T. V. Powderly, Commissioners of i'm
migration, was confirmed by the Senate
in executive session yesterday evening
by vote of 40 to 20. Senator Chand-
ler was the only republican who cast
his vote against confirmation, while q
number of democrats voted for Mr.
Powderly.
An agreement has been reached be-
tween the War and Navy Departments
for the conversion Of the Dry Tortugas
into one of the most important military
and naval stations of the government
to be jointly occupied by both services
The President has allotted $1,000 out
of the emergency fund for this purpose
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-17
SPANISH AFFAIRS.

The Madrid Heraldo, in very con-
cilatory article, supposed in official
circles to be inspired, after pooh-pooh-
ing the "fction that Spain desires to
provoke a war; says "If the United
States really wishes peace, and Spain is
resolved to maintain it, let each 90
hall way, and the paclfcation of Cuba
and the tranquility Of Europe will be
accomplished"
Frederick Berndez. Austrian consul
at Havana, is being lionized by loyalist
Spaniards because he contributed large
ly to the fund for the purchase of q bat
tie ship for Spain.
The general impression in Havana is
that the naval court of inquiry will not
return there unless the divers make
some great and unexpected discovery.
Naval officers generally think the
courts verdict should reach the Navy
Department inside of ten days, rs the
points which will be included in it were
thoroughly discussed as they came up,
and there should be no necessity for 3
prolonged deliberation after the evil
dence is in. Capt. Sampson expects to
hold court upon the battleship Iowa at
Key West. AS the ship is six miles oil
shore, the court 8 doiDgs will be easily
kept secret, and nothing at all will be
learned of its deliberations or inten=
tons.
A dispatch from Madrid, says The
Spanish government now knows that
the Spanish and American commissions
inquiring into the cause of the blowing
up of the Maine do not agree in the
conclusions drawn from their respective
Investigations, and that their reports
will clash. The Spanish commission is
firm in the opinion that the catastrophe
was the result OF an accidental explo.
sion inside the Maine, and on the other
hand the American court of inquiry, it
is said, will e1onerate the officers of the
Maine from any blame, attributing the
disaster 10 some unknown exterior
cause.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-17
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
Foreign News.

LONDON, March IA special dis
patch from Rome to-day says the
Italian government has sold the armor-
ed cruiser Varese to Spain. The Va
reese is of steel, has 6,840 ton displace-
ment, is 32S feet long and has SO feet
Sinches beam. Her maximum draft is "a
feet, she is driven by two propellers,
has IL, 900 indicated horsepower, and is
estimated to steam twenty knots an
hour. Her armament consists Of two
10-inch guns, ten 6-inch quick firing
guns, six Finch guns, ten % inch
guns, Ten 1.4.inch guns and two Maxim
rspid fire guns. She carries q compile
ment of 40 men.
LONDON, March 1.-THE British
bark British Princess was towed into
Lowestoft to-day with her bows stove,
she having been in collision q! , o'clock
yesterday morning with an unknown
steamer in the North Sea. The steamer
was so badly damaged that she found
cred, carrying down all hands aboard of
her.
BERLIN, March 1.-THE budget COM
mittee of the Reichstag to-day passed
the second reading of the naval bill.
The cause of the delay in issuing the
Chinese loan has been removed by the
committee of the Boerse granting it Of
fetal quotation.
LONDON, March 17.-According to q
special dispatch from Sunderland the
United States government has pur-
chased q torpedo boat destroyer from a
shipbuilder named Doxford, of that
place.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-17
GENERAL LEE CRITICISED


The Madrid impartial devotes its
leading article to Consul General Lee.
1t remarks that he is "a factor in the
Cuban problem to which sufficient at
tention has not been paid" adding :
"In no capital of Europe would
full-blown ambassador be al
lowed to do what this consular
agent INDUCES in with immunity in
Cuba. This gentleman lets no chance
90 by OF showing in what quarter lie bis
sympathies and good will. Does any
difficulty arise between his country and
Spain, he increases it, does friction arise
between the two countries, he does his
beet to add to it. His reports are al
WAYS hostile to our country, and very
often full of falsehood. The Insurgents
look upon him as protector; the Span
iards as an enemy. A paper of his own
country has limited, and many European
papers have asserted, that he belongs
to the syndicate who wish to buy up
Cubs, and every indication points TO the truth
of this statement. His malevolence against
our country is so marked that 1t Is has been
noted even by the New York press which is
in no way predisposed in our favor.
as our government so timid and frighten-
ed that it dare not present Il petition TO a
government with which it assures US that it is
en- friendly terms? If that friend: hip really
exists, the United States would find no diff
Guilty in relieving an official who, far from
improving that friendship, does his level best
daily to interrupt it."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-17
Alleged Letter from wevler

4.
New YORK, Mar. 1.-THE Jourrsl
of this afternoon prints a letter wt;cS
it claims General Weyler has Win
10 Don Francisco Santos Guzman a.
Havana in which he states that no M
changed his views about the artitmdo
which his political party in Cuba ogof,
to assume. He now wants to he -
deputy from Havana in the Corte. ~
Spain and announces himself q cand;
date. He also says: II have read
these days that the Americans o a."
bordering about sending one Of tbeie
war ships to Havana. Duriug mo-
command in Cuba they did mol evan
dare to dream about it. They sns%
the punishment that awaited Them
| had Havana harbor well prepared to-
such an emergency. rapidly finished
the work that MARITIME Campos cara
lessly abandoned. If the insult is mad
1 hope there will he Spanish hand ~
punish 1t as terribly as it deserve.
The letter was furnished by Honore =
Lame, the newspaper correspopdsri
recently arrested and searched by Spsr.
ish officials in Cabanas prison. Haysre
and later expelled from the island H.
says it was given him by Frapci.co
Disz, reporter of the La Union Con.
stilutional, Spanish paper in Cum
Lame further states that while IN ,...'G
he had noticed for several nights myster.oe.
works which were being done in the tor.rs..
On inquiring from soldier whom be KHAN.
what it was, he informed him that thy WA
carrying from the magazine of the i,r.-...
large quantities Of dynamite, which were b..
ing laid in the harbor
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-17
A Texas Town Alarmed.

LAREDO, Tex, March lob sever
al occasions since the blowing up of the
Maine in Havana harbor anonymous
letters have been addressed to Mayo
Christen, of this city, warning him of a
plot outlined by Spanish residents here
and Nuevo Laredo, Mex, to blow up
this city with dynamite should HOSTILE
ties arise between the United States
and Spain. Little heed was paid to the
warnings, but another letter, contain
ing violent threats, has just been re.
ceived and has caused considerable
comment, and the Mayor has ordered
the arrest OF all suspicious characters.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-17
THURSDAY EVENING. MAR. il, 1883

Nor content with the report OF the
investigation of the Maine affair by q
board of Spanish naval officers, or with
the one to be made By board selected
from the officers of the American navy,
some of the warriors in the |. s. Sen
ate desire to have another one prepared,
after full investigation of that affair,
by committe, of members of their own
body, veritable experts in ell such mat
tiers, though they are utterly ignorant
of everything relating to the sea and
the ships that sail upon it. But such a
committee would, of course, have to take
q trip to Cuba in the delightful spring
with wine plenty, and all at the gov
ernment's expense, and that, too, not out
of the fifty million recently granted the
President, under the momentary infiu-
ence of sentimental emotion, for the
defense" of his unassailed country. But
the shapes in which modern patriotism
exhibits itself are protean.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-17
The AmaZonas.


LONDON, March 1.-THE warship
Amazonas, built for Brazil, but pur-
chased by the United States, will be
formally transferred to the United
States government tomorrow at Graves
end. Lieutenant-C Commander Colwell,
the United States naval attsche here,
will take possession of the vessel on be-
half of the government and-will receive
the ship from her Brazilian commander.
A crew from the San Francisco will
then be marched on board and the
Brazilian flag will be hauled down and
the Brazilians will be landed. The
executive officer of the San Francisco
will probably take command of the
Amaz0nas and she will sail for the
United States as speedily as possible.
1t is supposed she is going to the North
American station, where her crew can
be reinforced. The Amazonas had just
been provisioned and coaled for her
trip to Brazil. The United States gov
ernment purchased all these supplies.
Commander Brownson, the agent OF
the U. S. Navy Department, who ar
rived here yesterday, has been besieged
by ship men and reporters. He says
the reports of bis mission are incorrect
and that his erraud is one which he
cannot speak about. Apparently. Com.
mander Brownson is acting as adviser
to Lieutenant Commander Colwell.
A special dispatch from Rome says
the Italian minister of marine, Admiral
Brip, has informed the Spanish ambas
sador to Italy, Count De Bonomar, that
his request that Italy sell three war
ships to Spain will be discussed at the
next cabinet meeting.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-17

The Senate committee on commerce to-day
herd Arguments in support of Senator
Whites bill providing for reform in the treat
ment of seamen, the speakers being Samuel
Goupers, president of the American Fedora
ton of Labor, and others.
According to the report of the militia stand
ing of the several States, the strength of Vir-
GINA is gwen at 2,739 organized and 364,-
OPT unorganized. but available for military
duty
The War Department is buying all the
rapid fire guns ob.ainable at reasonable rates
and day before yesterday thirty such weapons
were bought and soon will be on their way to
New York from the Wicker Works, i'll Eng
land
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-17
A Monster Benefit.

LONDON, March l7.-All London was
interested to-day in the brilliant benefit
rendered 10 Nellie Farren, one of Lon
don's old time favorite actresses. All
of the leading managers, actors and &C
tresses co-operated in the arrange
ments for the qeneiit and Drury Lane
Theatre was selected for the perform.
ance. Weeks ago every available seat
had been sold, netting S25 900, while
subscriptions poured 10 from the Roth
schilds, the Duke of Fife, several earl5
and lords and from many other sources.
The performance began at 1920 p. m.
When Miss Farren appeared the audi
ence rose en- masse and cheered her
wildly for several minutes. The &C.
tress was so overcome that she burst
into tears. The street band was com.
posed entirely Of the conductors of the
various London theatres. When the
doors were opened there were 10000
people around the theatre and $40 10
S25 were offered for 81 cent seats. The
receipts will be sufficient to give the
beneficiary a comfortable income for
the remainder of her life.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-17
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The Imperial Hotel in Richmond
has closed its doors for lack of patron
age.
Rev. DR.. George G. Vanderslice, pas
tor of q zion Station Methodist Episco
pal Church. of Richmond, is critically
i'll in that city.
Rev. Cephas Shelbourne, for the past
two years pastor of the Christian
Church at Rockville, Md, has resigned
and accepted call to Fredericksburg
The old real estate firm of Chewing
& Rose, of Richmond, made an assign
ment yesterday evening with $50, OO(
assets and liabilities not stated.
Examination of the steamer Grande
Duchesse, at Newport News, was made
yesterday with view to turning hel
into an ambulance or hospital ship fol
the use of the navy in case OF hostill
ties.
George Bowman, a newsboy, while
out cunning near Culpeper yesterday
met with painful accident. He hac
climbed fence and was dragging hi:
gun after him when it exploded, tear
ing his hand almost from his body.
A carload of implements for work Oh
the Virginia, fredericksburg and West
ern Railroad arrived at Fredericksburg
yesterday. Operations will commence
in few days. The road will run from
Fredericksburg through the Northern
Neck to the Chesapeake bay.
In the United States Court at Lynch
burg yesterday ]. y. King, of Patrick
county, and Eugene Mills, of Pittsyl
vania, pleaded guilty to the charge o.
counterfeiting and judgment was de-
ferred. Last year these men succeeded
in passing large number of counter
felt $40 gold pieces in Danville and vi
cinity.
Mr. Benjamin Harrison, assistant
postmaster at the postoffice at Peters
burg, died very suddenly yesterday
afternoon in the drug store of Mr.. Will
liam Lum while on his return to the
postofIice from dinner. He was in his
usual health up to few moments be-
fore his death. The deceased was Il
years old.
Gov. Tyler last night appointed A: +
Montague, Of Richmond, as State Labor
Commissioner, an office created by the
recent Legislature. Mr.. Montague viii
at once surrender MS position at the
locomotive works and assume the
duties of his office. There were fifteer
applicants for the Office, and all were
highly Endorsed.
Senator Martin reported favorably ic
the Senate yesterday bill appropriat'
ing Sl5O,0O0 for the purchase of fifty
acres OF land adjoining the Gospor
Navy Yard at Norfolk. The proposed
addition is known as Cedar Grove, anc
, has water frontage of / 600 feet. Tbs
Senator also reported favorably bill
to Re fer to the Court of Claims claim
Of Abel Virginia Spangler, of rederick
! county, for $11, 1876 50 for stores ant
supplies furnished the federal army.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-17
Frost in California.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March Lids
patches from all parts OF the State indi-
cate that frosts which have prevailed for
the past few mornings have done great
damage to the more tender varieties Of
fruit. In many parts Of the State the
apricot crops will be almost total fail
ures. Neciarines and peaches have
also suffered severely. Nearly all the
fruit trees are in blossom. Early corn
and potatoes have been cut down.
Early almonds will not produce more
than oDe~tblrd the usual yield. Grain
Is looking well in nearly all parts Of the
State
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-17
From Havana.

HAVANA, Mar. 17.-Genera P4rda
concerning whose safety anxiety be,
been expressed in some circle, arrived
this morning at Cieeo de Avila, prov.
ince of Puerto Principe.
The United States dispatch boa.
Fern has arrived here.
Miss Clara Barton and DR.. La.s,ry,-
tied Captain General BIanco ut n
o'clock this morning.
Gen. Arolas has called the colonies
and chiefs of volunteers together and
has ordered them to drill and otherwise
train their men in military exercises
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-17

A PHILANrHRoPIsT's DEATH.-Jacob
Tome, one of the wealthiest men in
Maryland, and founder Of the Jacob
Tome Institute, died at mis- residence in
Port Deposit. Md, yesterday ofpneu.
mouia. MIR. Tones illness WAS brit.
1t is said that MIR. Tome has left large
sum OF money to the Tome Memoria
Church. of that town, and bas mention
ed a number of charitable institution
in his will. He was largely engaged in
the grain, agricultural aud fertilizer
trade in Port Deposit and in the bous
ing business. In 1865 he purchased tue
Elkton National Bank with q capA. Of
500, 900. In 1860 he opened the Fred
ericksburg, (Va.,) Bank with q capital
of 100000 and was its president
Subsequently he purchased the Na
tional Bank at Hagerstown, Nd, and
removed it to Washington, where, re-
chartered and reorgsnized, it Is nov The
Citizens National Bank OF Washington
city, with a capital OF 100000 Nh
Tome was director in the Third Va
tional Bank. and stakeholder in the
Marine Bank of Baltimore. He was SD
years old.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-17
Refuse TO Pay Indcmnit,

MADRID, March IA semtoIcsl
note was issued here TO- iay which
says: "The report of the Spanish com.
mission on the Maine is not yet known
but the statement of several technical
officers who have made close eysm:-
nation Of the scene OF the disaster show
it was indisputably due to an internal
accident. Should the American tech
nical commission present a repor. de-
cIaring the disaster to be due to an ex.
ternal explosion, the public here will
refuse to accept such finding, and any
demand for an indemnify based thereon
will be Indignantly repealed by Spsia 81
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-17
No MORE DAYS OF GRAcE.-The leg

No MORE DAYS OF GRACE.-The leg
islature, at its recent session, abolished
the three days of grace on negotiable
notes. Very few, if any, of the mem
bers were aware of the fact that such a
law was being enacted. Soon after the
Christmas holidays general bill regu-
lating negotiable instruments was intro
duced, and after sleeping for some weeks
it was taken up just before adjournment
and passed. The same law has been
enacted in several of the other States,
1t was Endorsed by the American Bank
ers' Association, and drafted by COM
mission appointed by the Governors of
several States. The bankers were not
aware of the change with reference to
days of grace until the last day or two,
nor were the people.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-17

QUARANTINE.-The quarantine con-
vention of the South Atlantic and Gulf
States, recently held in the city of Mo
bile, suggested that there be held III
the city of Atlanta on April u a con-
vention of health and quarantine off
Gals for the purpose of perfecting and
systematizing the rules governing
health and quarantine matters and to
secure a greater uniformity in those
rules. Governor Tyler has forwarded
to Hon. Charles A. Collier, of Atlanta,
chairman of the committee of arrange
ments, the following list of delegates to
represent Virginia Mr., J. 5. Barbour
Thompson, OF Culpeper DR.. Isaiah II.
White and DR.. w. Oppenheimer, Of
Richmond; DR.. F. S. Hope, of Ports
mouth, DR., A. c. Jones, of Newport
News; DR.. Lawrence Ingram, of Man.
chester; DR.. E. E. Field, OF Norfolk;
DR.. E. A. Waugh, of Lynchburg, and
DR.. r. B. James, of DanYille.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-17

THE TREATY for the annexation OF
Hawaii having no chance of success in
the U. S. Senate, its friends yesterday
introduced proposition in Congress to
effect their purpose by means of a
simple bill to be passed by small
temporary majority of the members OF
that body. If this scheme shall sue
coed, oil that the United States will
have to do hereafter in order to annex
foreign countries will be to send few
filibusters to them to ask for their an
nexation, irrespective CT the wishes OF
the people thereof.