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The Holly chieftain., 1898-08-12
ne OIAest vel.nteer.

A New York State doctor, aged 100, vol
unteered his services to the PRESIDENT r..
Gently, and expressed desire to enter the
army ~ . surgeon. Even At his advanced
years he can read without glssses, and walk
10 to 10 miles day. The Oldest standard
medicine is Hostetter's Stomach Ritters,
which has NO equal for indigestion, dyspep-
sia, constipation, fevers and had blood. II
strengthens, .purifies and vitaliEes. One bot
tie does much good
The Holly chieftain., 1898-08-12
Fl.hipr s.r ~ C..A.

Lager. twiil require stamp and aii that
bother. Can't you arrange another method?
Mr.. lager (inspiredl-Let me zee. Oh,
yes; ili give you four month"; note. Y.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-08-12
Imnediate Reconciliatie..

She-You know you married me. John
Henry, to get into good society!
He (having stopped to count fve)-Of
course l did, dear. And got into it, too
your society.-Chicago Tribune.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-08-12
Misuudcrstood.

'How much is ticket, mistah?"
FIFTY cents for the grand stand"
Glow much is de tickets fob to sit down
mistah Pup to Date.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-08-12

To Cure . Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. An
druggists refund money il it fails to cure 25c.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-08-12
The EnRlishma, lefckea.

New Arrival-How much is the fare from
New York to San Francisco!
Ticket Agent-One hundred dollars.
across England for $2o!D-Puck.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-08-12

Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use Of DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free S2 trial hottie 4
treatise. DR.. Kline, 933 Arch st., Phila., Pa.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-08-12
A Ma.cuIine Accon,pIi.hmen

A man can carry baby in such fashion
that he can even delude its mother into the
belief that he is bringing home package of
meat for dinner.-Chicago Times Herald.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-08-12

Some men are long on energy, but short
on the ability to utilize it.-Chicago Daily
News.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-08-12

Officer Ito reeruit)-"Miller, believe you
would have fallen off your horse If you had
The Holly chieftain., 1898-08-12
The anu1utn,,. Cn-..4a4..

The sculptor's New Competitor.
Master Sculptor-Well, / suppose the
next thing will be bust Of Cervera.
American Student-That would be copy.
ing, sir, after Commodore Schley.-Jewel-
ers Weekly.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-08-12
Whnt was Goinr On,

Mother--What was going on in the parlor
last night, Madge?
Madge (shyly)-Only the engagement
ring, ma.-Stray Stories.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-08-12

Swedish Philosophy.
You can see. CUTE deal Of patriotism vat
tax hull aedvalk to get home on.-D Denver
The Holly chieftain., 1898-08-12

When people l6nd fault with svssfl
hsy ty e. hsss r.. sssy ss,r crs9s Sss z
The Holly chieftain., 1898-08-12

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s.a.ss = 81 e. Bsdsio. % n 4, No "a. 4 u
The Holly chieftain., 1898-08-12

MaIl's Cafnr1A Oase "a IA
Il Conltitrtional Cure. Prise ~. = e
Cut ths amount Of money you expeet = 4
eet square in two,-Atchison GIobs.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-08-12

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The San Francisco call., 1898-01-30
AT THE FORUM CLUB RECEPTION.
Fashionable Crush in Which Club and Society
 Women Were Well Represented.

and friends   delightfully."- genial late They paok with aabe fered for their deaon ceased
  arrang fol and  of the to it
 
 
   is with the
  ready be served in fetching 
 
  brilliant a all n reception
   MI. Roke 
  the Forum as President Francis L. Whitney; M
  W.
  
  dAncona becca A Fenni more Mrs James Ava Regensburger, Mrs Granville ".
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-30

part. The latter again brought up. the New England cotton strikes, which nave played considerable part in the debate on previous days. Simpkins (R.) Of Mas SachuSettS, in the course of his reply, drew round of applause from the Dem ocrauc side by stating that he frankly confessed that, in his opinion, there were likely to be more strikes under protec- tive than under a free trade system. The applause ceased, however, and arose on the other side when he added that thls was because under a free trade sustem men would have no work, and when they did 1t would be for what they could get:
 For some time the debate was confined 10 the business situation in MaSsachu- sets, Knox, Mccall and other Republi- cans of that State contesting the position advanced by Fitzgerald that prosperity had not come to the commonwealth un- der the Dingley law.
 Hepburn (R.) of Iowa created some en- thusiasm on the Republican side when he read the Dun Trade Review as an an swer to the Democratic critics as to the effects of the Dingley law. Members of the House, he said, no matter what their politics, have no right. in attempting to score a little cheap political capital, to become the Ibellers and slandererS of their country.
 Allen O) of Mississippi enlivened the speeches. He said he was tired of hay ing Dingley get up every day and explain why his bill had not met the expectations or the country. It was very absurd, he oNN ~ was W4tH IHS Sdihe SStlouS' solemn mien with which the Jewish clothier explained to him how he was able to sell goods below cost. In the course of some remarks in more serious vein Allen aroused the Democrats to ap- plause by quoting the following from speech delivered by President Mckinley in the House in 1890. when the Mckinley Dill was under consideration: When merchandise is cheapest men are poorest and the most distressing experiences in the history of our country-yea, in all human history-have been when every thlng was the lowest and cheapest meas ured by gold. for everything was higher and dearest measured by labor"
 Alter some further remarks by Dins- more (D) of Arkansas and Pitney CR) of New Jersey, Todd (D) of Michigan and Hawley (R) of Texas, the House at 5 D. m. after completing seventeen pages of the bill, adjourned
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-30
MR. LOUD IS
 MUCH AMUSED Says He Did Not Revile the Brooklyn Busi-
 ness Men.
If They Did Not Realize That, Then the Shoe
 Fits.
The Congressman Severely Taken to Task by a Great New York
 Newspaper.
Special Dispatch to The Cali.
Call Office, Riggs House,
 Washington. Ian


 Washington, Jan. 29
 Representative Loud of California. chairman of the Committee on Post offices and Post Reads, was inclined to be amused to-day at the publication of a story charging that he had called the delegation of Brooklyn citizens who came to Washington to see him about a proposed reduction of the letter car rier force asses"
 T doubtless did criticize their ac- tiOn,' said MT. Loud. T did say to them that l was surprised that men of their intelligence and reputation should be engaged in holding meetings to pro test against something when they had not investigated the subject and did not know what they were protesting about. They denounced me as chair man of the Committee on Postoffices and Post Roads for an act of purely departmental administration. That was all that I said, and if the gentle men have gone away and said they were characterized as - asses it must have been from an overpowering sense of the fitness of things
 NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-The World prints the following editorially: There is another Congressman with a mouth. His name is Loud. It is a name that is curiously apropos. Loud is chair man of the House Committee on Post offices. It has been his task to ex- plain and defend the stupid proposi- tion to cover a deficiency by reducing carrier forces and consequently the incomes of great city postoffices. In explaining this policy Loud revealed the fact that the deficiency. had been caused by political maneuvers in mak- ing places as carriers for Republican boys in localities where no carriers were needed. Presumably Loud has been taken to task for his little slip, and the scolding has made him ill., tempered. That presumption will ac- count for his turning on the delegation of Brooklyn business men yesterday morning and calling them a pack of d-d asses for coming to argue aginst the proposed crippling of their city's mail service. But accounting for Loud's brutal impertinence is not eXcusing it. The man guilty of this outbreak is an insult to the national decency and intelligence so long as he sits in Congress. Cannon of Illinois was punished by his own State for a scarcely worse offense than this. What will happen to Loud of Californian"
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-30

abatement of the political debate which has been in progress in the House during the consideration of the appropriation bills Again to-day al- most the entire session was consumed in the discussion of political topics. The controverted question as to whether prosperity had arrived at tracted the most attention and inter est, and testimony pro and con was offered throughout the House. At times considerable acrimony was displayed, but as rule the debate was good natured. both sides seeming to recog- nize that it was merely a struggle to score political advantages.
 At the opening of the session or the House a bill to permit the building of a bridge across the Mississippi River at Coon Rapids, at the northern limits of the city of Minneapolis. was passed;
 immediately afterWard the cierk or the Senate appeared and transmitted the Teller resolution, which passed the Sen ate last night. The announcement was greeted with a terrific outDurSt or ap- plause from the Democratic side Of the House. No motion was made at the time and the resolution remained on the table. referred and on motion of Grout (R.) the House went into committee or the whole and resumed the conslderation or
 
 The general debate was not connned to the subjects dealt with by the Dill It covered a wide range. The Teller resolu- tion, the Cuban question. the Hawaiian annexation the tariff and other political topics were discussed.
 At the conclusion of the general debate the bill was taken up for amendment under the fiVe-minute rule.
 King CD.) of Utah raised laugh by offering an amendment to appropriate 0O0 for the improvement of the White House ito make 1t a suitable abode for Hon. Mark Hanna" The amendment was ruled out of order
 Simpson (Pop) of Kansas commented upon President Mckinley s speech at the manufacturers dinner. in New York, say ing that the attempt to make all the ob- legations of the United States payable in the dearest money in the world was dress coat anarchy He said 1t was now the fashion for Republicans to sheer at ,backwoods statesmen, and he re- minded the majority that all the Republi- can heroes of the past had come from the rural district The Republican party, he declared, had at last become the open defender of plutbcracy.
 Tongue (R.) of Oregon, in spirited re- ply, denounced the PopuliStS and Demo- crats for being responsible through the passage of the Wilson tariff bill for the depression and poverty of the farming classes.
 The discussion became very animated
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-30
ENGLISH PLANS
 IN NICARAGUA
They Contemplate the Entire Commercial Control of the
 Country.
Great Britain Anxious to Secure a Railroad to Parallel the
 Canal.
Copyright. 1898. by James Gordon Bennett.


 PANAMA. Jan. 29.-Advices just re- ceived from the Herald's correspondent with the Nicagagua Canal Commission under date of Managua, state that if English plans succeed the entire commer- cial control of Nicaragua will be in Eng fish hands.
 According to these advices the British Atlas Company has offered S ,0O0 900 for the Government railroads and steamers. The Government wants S6 900 .000 An agent of the Atlas line has left London to come here to try to make terms Ger many, through her Consul, promises a bid from a German syndicate, and asks that the Government wait. The Gov ernmcnt will not close with England be- fore receiving the German bid. It would prefer an American bid for the three steamers and the 109 miles of railroad to be sold. Such a purchase would prevent any other syndicate from operating in the country.
 If the Atlas Company gets the road 1t will have through lines from the Atlan- tic to the Pacific The Atlas bid is taken here as an indication that the canal will be built. and that England will have a way across the country practically paral- Tel with the canal.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-30
THE FORTIFIcATlONS
 APPROPRIATION BILL.
Provision for the Extensive System Of Sea- Coast Defenses Now m Course Of
 co1pietiOn

WASHINGTON. Jan. 29.-The fortifica- tions appropriation bill providing for the extensive system of seacoast defenses. now in course of completion, was re- ported to the House to-day. It carries $4 4144,9l2, as against estimates made by the War Department of s13,37S ,5n The amounts allowed by the bill for the main items are as follows: Gun and mortar batteries, s1 0O0, 900; sites for fortifica- tions, $500 000; preservation and repair of Notifications, S75.O0O; plans for fortifica- tions, $5000; seawalls and entertainments, $30,000: torpedoes for harbor defenses, $l50,000; armament of fortifications. S2 033.- = IT; field guns and other miscellaneous items $296,235 proving grounds, Sandy Hook. N. J.. S46 900: Watertown arsenal, Massachusetts, $50 800 Watervliet ar senal, New York, BPS 900: ordnance and fortification board. $100,00O; total, s4144,- 912.
 In the detailed items for armament are S2S9.0OO for large coast defense guns. SPA GOO for gun carriages. SlS2. .720 for breech- loading mortars, S391 900 for a reserve sup ply of powder and projectiles and S20S.- 060 for rapid-fire guns. Provision is made that the armament shall be of American make, except when it is to the manifest interest of the Government to purchase limited quantities abroad.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-30
INTERESTS THE PEOPLE
 OF THE PACIFIC COAST.
Congress Asked 10 Make an Appropriation for the Office Of Inspector or Steam
 Vessels for Alaska.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-The Secretary of the Treasury to-day submitted to Con- gress a letter asking an appropriation for the creation of the office of Inspector of Steam Vessels for Alaska.
 A poStoffice was to-day established at Warnersville, Stanislaus County, Cal, Michael Kinser appointed postmaster.
 Pensions have been granted as follows:
 California; Original-Robert w. Martin, Vallejo, $8; Charles Smith, Downey, SS; George W. Riley, Oroville, $6. Increase Michael O'Brien, Soldiers Home Los Angeles, S6 to $S. Original widows, etc. Minors of Albert McGrath, Highland Park, SIP; Anne Chamberlain, San Jose, $S: Electra Hunsinger, Fort Jones, $S.
 Oregon: Original-George w. Stoops. Phoenix, s6; Arthur Putnam, Portland, sS; Joseph R. ventress, Blachly, S6
 Washington: Original Especial January 2D-Edward Mallagan, Walla Walla, $24; Dominick Connolly, Spokane, $S.
 Army orders-By direction of the Act ing Secretary of War, First Lieutenant Edwin B. Rabbit, ordnance department, will proceed from Benicia arsenal to the Presidio of San Francisco on official business pertaining to the firing tests of three two-inch shrapnel, and upon the completion thereof will return to his proper station. Ordnance Sergeant Ed ward M. Williams, now at the PreSidio, San Francisco, will be sent to Fort Baker, Cal
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-30
RUFFIN'S SENTENCE c0MMUTfD.
Had Been Convicted Of Failing to Pay q
 Board Bill

SACRAMENTO. Jan. 2e - Governor Budd to-day commuted the sentence of R. w. Ruffin, who was tried and con victed of defrauding an innkeeper in San Francisco last October. The reasons set forth are that at the time he assumed his obligation to the innkeeper whom he was convicted of defrauding he believed himself to be of sufficient financial abil- ity to discharge the same. Ruffin has a wife and child dependent upon him for support. and his pardon was asked for by the Judge before whom he was tried and the Prosecuting Attorney, besides the complaining witness, who has been given a promissory note covering the amount of the indebtedness.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-30
AFFREY AT 4 FANDAHGO.
One Man Dangerously Stabbed m Fight
 Among the Guests.

SANTA CRUZ, Jan. 29.-Frank Alviso was brought to town this morning by Constable Melville of Aptos and lodged in jail with a charge of assault with a deadly weapon upon Steven Tejada against him. Tejada narrowly escaped being killed. He was at a fandango near Valencia, and at o'clock this morning there was some trouble among the guests. In the melee Tejada was struck by a boy and went out of the house. He was fol- lowed by Alviso, who attacked him with jack knife. A gash was inflicted on the back of the neck, his ear was slit, one of his cheeks was cut the entire length the made at the back of his head. His coat was Slashed in a number of places and was saturated with blood from the wounds received.
 Advances made on furniture and pianos. with
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-30

when the topic of prosperity was reach- ed. Richardson CD) of Tennessee pre- cipitated it. and Grosvenor (R.) of Ohio, Cochran D) of Missouri. Hopkins (R) of Illinois. Mahany (R.) of New York and
 Fitzgerald CD) of Massachusetts took
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-30
R0 OPEN RUPTURE BETWEEN
 ARGENTINA AND CHILE.

VALPARAISO, Jan. 29.-Senor Nor eno's sudden departure for Argentina yesterday gave the alarmist press here an excuse for publishing extras stating that there hCd been an open rupture be- tween Argentina and Chile. It now de- velops that Senor Moreno, the Argentina Boundary Commissioner, is only on two months vacation, and there is no reason for alarm.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-30

Advances made on furniture and pianos. witt without removal. J. Noonan, 10I7- -1023 Mission
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-30
CONGRESS- AND SILVER.

telegrams last night and to-day, con- graduating him and the silver forces in the Senate upon the passage Of the Tel Ter resolution. Among the congratula- tory messages was one from w. J. Bryan, which was confined to a mere expression of satisfaction over the re- suit
The evening times., 1898-12-19
POLITICAL TROUBLES In
THE MIKAD0'S COUNTRY
FALL OF THE CABINET PREDICTED
Unless the Government Can MoIIify the
Liberals Dissolution of the Diet
VIII Result,

Seattle Wash, Dec. 19-Serious puliti-
cal disturbances are troubling Japan The
downfall OF the present ministry is free
ly predicted by the native press On ac-
count of cabinet dissentions the opening
of the Diet has been postponed from late
in November until late in December
Even then there Is doubt as to the sue
cess of the session. Unless the govern
ment can come to an understanding with
the liberals the immediate dissolution of
the entire Diet will follow. Some OF the
japanese press declare that the liberals
have declared war against the govern
ment
The Jill. most conservative of the ma
tive press. after outlining the probable
fate of the Diet. says:
Every one knows that this entails an
other costly election, which means con-
siderable injury TO a country already IL
naneially embarrassed. Dangers threat
en- on every side. The liberals have been
too greedy. In view of the great neces-
sity for an administration, both sides
should make concessions. The govern
ment should be less diffidenr about iden-
tifying itself with a party. They are all
Japanese together, and their common aim
should be the promotion of the country's
welfare. Unless they give up all personal
feeling a successful session is impos-
sible"
Private advices received here from ia
pan tell of an important concession that
China has just made 10 the Mikado For
a very inconsiderable sum the japanese
secured the lease of large piece of
ground at Foochow for a naval station.
This is one of the first results of Min
lister Yanos' reception by the Chinese En-
peror and the Dowager. They assured
the little Japanese ambassador of their
kindly feeling toward Japan. and he in
turn remarked that Japan was anxious
to assist in the preservation of the peace
and order of their empire.
The evening times., 1898-12-19
Tramps Build a Cave Home.

New York, Dec. 19--The Hoboken police
unearthed a tramps paradise yesterday.
They also exploded the time-honored the
DRY that hoboes object TO work, al least
where their own comfort is concerned
For months residents on the edge of the
Palisades. which, back of Hoboken, are
known as Jersey City Heights, have been
terrorized by tramps. who bullied women
into giving them money and food They
committed petty robberies and held up
lonely pedestrians. Hoboken suffered also
The Jersey City police chased the tramps
to the hilltop, where they disappeared 1t
was thought they had fed across the
boundary line into Hoboken-
Finally the rendezvous was found 1t
was in Hoboken. The den was cave
nearly thirty feet deep. extending back
into the hill at the head of Fourth street.
A rough fireplace contained a wood fire.
and the police, kicking the embers TO
make a light, found four tramps sleeping
comfortably The rest of the gang was
apparently out foraging.
The cave had been dug out by the
tramps from a natural recess TO low
room of large dimensions.
The evening times., 1898-12-19
HOW IT FEELS TO
BE ELECTROCUTED
4 Buffalo Man Who Had Nine Hundred
Volts Pass Through His Body
Tells "A Story.

Lockport, n. Y, Dec. 19.-"How does ii
feel to have enough electricity pass
through one TO eleotrocute a man? l can't
tell. 1 did not feel the current which rass-
ed through me at ALL"
This was the reply made by Dwight L.
Clough, an electrician employed by the
Buffalo and Lockport railway, when asked
his sensation when the current from one
of the big electric converters in the power
house here passed through his body on
Friday night.
Clough explained that he was fling a
brush on the machine and stood on a rub
ber mat to insulate his body while doing
the dangerous work. The mat Slipped
about unnoticed and Clough stepped upon
the floor with one foot. There was q
binding flash, which he distinctly saw
He says he heard dull explosion and he
was lifted bodily from the floor and
thrown violently away from the machine
He felt no sensations whatever
Clough declares the nerves of his body
We're Instantly paralyzed. He did not at
once lose consciousness, but tainted after
staggering to his feet. He says even
his brain seemed to be partially paralyzed
and he seemed to be like one in dream.
yet could distinctly see all that was going
lirium yet.
The current which passed through
Clough was more than one ampere, under
pressure of about 9G0 volts. The current
used to electrocute a criminal is of about
three amperes, under a pressure of 1890
volts.
Clough says the current which passed
through him was sufficient to Immediately
kill a man in ninety out of one hundred
cases. That he was not drawn into the
machine was due to the fortunate circum-
stances that the instant he stepped off the
insulating mat the alternating current
was in its released, or repelling, phase,
and it threw him away instead of drawing
him into the machine as it would have
done in another fraction of second.
Clough's hands and ankles formed the
poles my which the current entered and
passed from his body. They are terribly
burned. The electric fluid cooked the
veins and nerves of his arms. and he says
the binding fash he saw blazed from his
wrists and ankles. He will recover.
The evening times., 1898-12-19
Mad Buffalo at Large.

Kansas City. Mo, Dec. IA DIG ouil
buffalo from the ranch of Mrs Charles
Goodnight. in the Indian Territory. was
driven into the cattle pens at the
Schwarzschild & Su!zberser packing house
Saturday to be slaughtered for u Kansas
City butcher The buffalo had been penn
ed at the stock yards for several days
and the boys there had leased and prod
ded him until he was in an ugly mood
When driven into the killing pen the
smell of blood made him frantic. and with
a wild dash he cleared the siN-foot wall
and rushed into the building.
Nearly a hundred employees, men and
women. were there, and they screamed
with fright as they scrambled up short
stairway leading TO a platform overlook
ing the cattle beds. The buffalo stood In
the middle of the room tossing his head
and painting with excitement for nearly
an hour. Then somebody recovered pres
ence of mind enough 10 get rope. and
the buffalo was lassoed from above and
finally killed.