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The San Francisco call., 1898-01-01
IN SEARCH OF A cLEw.
Ana Examination Showed That. the :: Door Had: Not Been = ..:.
 -. :::i. =. opened.. =:

F.. Captain Spillane: and his men are in
 vestigating what seems to be a mys-
 terious burglary in the San Joaquin
 lodging house, on Market. street, be-
 tween: Third and Fourth Several days
 ago two men named Thomas Butler
 and w: Harrington, arrived in. this
 city from WeaNervflle. They rented
 a room in the lodging house, after in forming the landlord that they intend-
 ed to stay here only a short time. But Ter had over $500. in gold on: his person
 and a gold. watch, which: was: in his
 vest pocket. :. = :, =: ::- E. Last Tuesday night they, retired about midnight. Butler, before going
 to bed: placed his vest: which contained the money and timepiece, on chair.
 When: he awakened. shortly after 6
 o'clock. he reached for his vest: to see E if his. Valuables were there: .:' To " his
 surprise he found that the money and -watch*were gone. Awakening his part ;ner he told him of his loss and asked
 him if he had. heard anyone enter the room: Harrington said that he heard
 a faint noise as if some one was try
 ing to~open the door, but thinking that l. IL was caused by. one: or the iQdgerS
 falling against the knob, he paid no
 attention to it and again fell asleep, The
 door was found locked, and. as Butler : was .uI1able to, understand how stran-
 ger could have entered the: room and
 stolen his valuables, he became sus-
 picious and notified: the police. - F An officer was at once sent to the house: but after a thorough iflyestiga- .tion. he failed to. solve the mystery. At his request the two men visited po- lice headquarters, and: were. questioned
 by Captain Spillane. :. :: | Butler positively declared that he
 had. the money in his possession when | he entered the roomi~ and that it mys- | teriously disappeared during. the night. He. could not explain how it was taken. |: Harrington was equally as positive 1 that nobody had visited the room after ! they had retired. He said that he left l the. window partly open: but when l questioned he admitted that it was i'm |: possible for a burglar to have climbed l through it. =. .-.5.,:. + Captain Spillane is considerably per ] :pleXed over. the burglary; and has de l. tailed several of his best men. to solve 1 the mystery .:.:.'... l.- During the past week numerous com: .pfaints of the bold. operations of :thieyas r have: been made to the police. Yester- | day James Cochrane, a carpenter, re: ! ported that while he was assisting ir l the construction of a building o1 Pros.
 ser street. near Sixteenth; a .sneakth1e1 I stole his gold watch, which was in his west pocket: :. He had placed the yest
 on a pile of lumber. and while he wen
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-01
A. KLoNDEkE- DINNER.
Hp ExperfDept Made: on. the En- :. pToYes of the Trdde Committee. 5:

: The employees. of the Alaska: trade
 committee enjoyed a Klondike .lunch-: con which was prepared by: JefnI c: Nolan, who has charge of the. exhibit roon... .> .:..: =: .
 !. The luncheon was served on a folding table, the chairs were canvas backed folding chairs and the dishes aluminium ware. The: soup was. made of desic- *cated vegetables, and : then were served. potted turkeX, potted. ham,
 hard : tack. ::knecht | brod.. canned beans: and. preserved figs: the. coffee was made from the Turkish extract and the. cooking was done: on* the Klon- .dike stove: -@... r:' :. :: s & ,.< :.
 The luncheon was novel in: it's incep=
 tion,. but satisfied the hun ger: of Y all
 present.. and was voted a decided .suc-
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-01
Dr.. Mulligan's Pet Patient Could Not Greet the Glad
 New Year.
Now the Bone Is in a Plaster Cast and the Sufferer Must Not Be
 Troubled by Noise.
Knock gently, do not ring; By no means raise a row. Though Skippy isn't dead He's in his little bed, A wreck, just now.

Out at Larkin and Sacramento streets, where pr. Mulligan lives. there is a little sufferer with an aching jaw done up in plaster. He did not even greet the glad new year with ki-yi. He couldn't in the first place, and he did not feel like it in the second. To this sufferer hangs a tale; also tail, the latter of comparatively little im- portance. AS to the patients name be- ing Skippy, that is mere supposition on the part of the poet and shall be lived up to by the prose artist.
 Skippy is a Scotch terrier of respecta- ble lineage. pet in the Mulligan fam
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cess sin fact: many would be tempted j; to go. to the HKlondike for the purpose
 Of getting: so good.a meal :. The. advance agent of the party who went East has gone. South into Texas and will visit: Fl, :: Paso, Fort Worth
 Dallas, Phoenix. and. Yuma: and will distribute the literature of the commit - The following subscriptions were
 sent. in :yesterday JJ:ss13A.. Folger & Go, :slG9;, Armour" ne Packing: Company, $1OO. to F M. to- daY 2. :: IT. ...----
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.,>Dfvorce Suits Filed.

:: Anne: Connolly filed. : suit against
 Thomas Connolly for divorce yesterday .on the. ground of extreme cruelty. Annie B. .Osiraldo: has. applied for. a divorce from. John A. Osiraldo. As a cause of .s action the plaintiff: alleges cruelty: Dana L.: White has filed suit for g. divorce against his wife, Sarah C, White on: tie. ground: of desertlon.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-01

Edward Wren are both mentioned for the place. For some time past they have been doing duty in the upper office," and have made some very inn portant captures. Wren is associated with Detective Ed Gibson, and as team they are considered the best men in the department.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-01
:. Mrs. cr1ven's cose..

Notice of a motions for a new trial of cupied SO much of Judge. Stacks time last faIl, has been flied with the: County Clerk. The motion is a purely formal one. for. Judge Slack will deny it be- attorneys for Mrs. Craven to appeal from the order denying the new trial as well. as from the judgment in the case itself : -
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-01
Professor storbuek Rettelr.

Professor. F. D. Starbuck of Stanford
 University, who was taken i'll while at tending. the Teachers Convention left his home at Palo Alto: At one time there was serious doubt as to whether the professor would be able to pull
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-01
Always Ahead.

: Only one local weekly. has steadily rro-
 gressed since its birth: six. years ago.
 TowF. Talk has improved with each is- sue:;aT1d to-day is; decidedly the brightest weekly on the coast This weeks Town
 Talk is. of especial; interest to musical people, as: it contains portraits of Miss MeConlas and Miss White besides very exhaustive: :critiques by: Jennie Ehrman. .
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-01
: Ills Children Get His AL.

- The will of Solomon Adler. who died on the .2Sd fnst.,. was filed for probate
 yesterday. The entire :. estate is be queathed to the six children of the
 testator.. Ben, Samuel. and Henry H. Adler, Tillie Mayer. Selma HoHgarten and Rose Greenfield, who share and
 share alike The estate. exceeds sIO 900 in
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-01

appropriate song, the other stanzas not having been written: E. q.
 Do not mourn that little Skiupy "
 Has his jaw fast in a sling .:
 still we hope that for this trip he .-. Will bamboozle. deaths sharp sting.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-01

Lows Horehound' Cough Syrup for coughs and: colds; 10c. AT Sansome st. .
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-01

across the street: to his home: some. body took his watch. :>>- ; .;;.:.:- =
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-01

sS %s$ = @ $ @ ] %s q s sf1ss as%@sssa$a
 
 ere the aats g n tn hfu ~ nn - m
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-01
Cornelius Martin, Shields and Fitzgerald Are Slated to Go.
The Slaughter Will Take Place
 at Monday Nights Meeting Of the. Commissioners.
A NEW HACK INSPECTOR

No Changes Are to Be Made in the
 -....- Detective Depart mt ..-' :.-:*-: =: at Present
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-07

SAN FRANCISCO AGENCY.
Adams, Charles, .... .$50-AlamedR. Cal.
Adams. Samuel b.. 72-Los Angeles. Cal
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04
Germnn,,. noard of cold.

\ dispatch from Berlin to the Chi
cago Tribune says that the thrice
locked vaults OF the Spandau fortress
were opened a few days ago for the
annual examination by the Secretary
of the Treasury to see that the 500,
100000 in gold, which the Reichstag
voted in 1871 as a fund for first eX-
penses in the next great war, was all
right Baron Won Thielmann select
ed a few bags at random, counted the
cold in them, counted the number of
bags and weighed the whole amount,
Some dozens of workmen were Oc-
lupied for several hours in the grotes-
que medieval function. The sum eats
up So, 100000 interest yearly.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04

But the fire OF the enemy WAS most
deadly; the leading line melted away,
and it seemed that the Gordon High
landers would he annihilatod More
men, however sprang into the passage,
and the leaders struggled across to the
cover. There then was a lull, and, as
one paper remarks, "one had time to
see how cruel had been the slaugh-
ter"
Then with a second cheer the mixed
troops, IIighlanders Dorsetshires,
Ghurkas, Derbyshires and Sikhs,
sreamed across. and the enemy, see
ing the barrier had been swept away,
left their ioopholes and rock barbados
and fed precipitately down Che reverse
slopes, without waiting for the line of
cold steel which was then nearly on
the crest OF the ridge.
Piper Findlater has been recon-
mended for the Victoria cross.
Captain Robinson of the Ghurkas al
so acted with the greatest galantry,
After leading his men across the fire
zone to the cover and finding the force
there insufficient, he returned over the
death trap alone, and was mortally
wounded while leading the second
rush of Ghurkas to support the first
body of that regiment.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04
A DARING CHARGE.
GORDON HlGHLANDERS' BOLD RUSH
ACROSS A DARK VALLEY.

The Most Thrilling Incident of the Brit
ish War in India-Victoria Cross for the
Piper VINO Played Cock of the North"
Although Shot Through Both Legs.
Graphic details have just been
received by mail of the recapture of
Dargai ridge on the Afghan frontier
by the Gordon Highlanders under the
command of Sir William Lockhart,
during which that regiment exhibited
remarkable dash and courage.
General Biggs sent the % division
to dislodge the tribesmen from the
Dargai ridge. The position was a
very strong one, the enemy occupying
the summit OF a PERCEPTIONS hill. The
top of this hill could be reached only
by a single path, along which the at
lacking force. at first consisting of a
Ghurba regiment, the Derbyshire regi-
ment and the Dorsetshire regiment,
was obliged to climb in Indian file,
while three batteries of artillery
shelled the sangars or breastwork en-
trenchments of the hill men.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04

The Pacific Coast Steamship company's
steamer Corona, bound for Alaska with
247 passengers, struck on Lewis island,
$50 miles north of Victoria, b. c., on the
Nth inst. and sank. All of the passen-
gers and crew we're saved.
The Youngstown, o.. board of COM
merce has sent to Washington duly
guaranteed proposal giving the govern
ment free of any cost the choice of two
valuable sites for an armor plate plant.
The cruiser Montgomery arrived at
KEY West on Monday from the Tortugas.
After coaling it is expected she will pro-
coed to Havana to relieve the Maine,
which will go to New Orleans.
The Ohio law which says the sum of
$4,000 may be collected from a county
by friends of person lynched therein
has been declared unconstitutional by
the common pleas court.
An arrangement was completed be-
tween the employers and the striking
engineers in Great Britain for resump-
ton of work in all the federated work
shops on Monday last
Inc klllnS Ol lOuI NtILldu SdiIoIS ny
Chinese rabble caused great excitement
at Kiao Chou. 1t is believed the incident
will form the basis of further German
demands upon China.
The public lands committee of the
house has ordered to be reported favor.
ably the free homestead bill giving
10000, 900 acres Of public lands as free
homes for settlers.
The Russian fleet at Port Arthur is
said to be helpless for want of coal.
japanese coal firms which had contract
ed to supply the fleet have defaulted.
The Dominion government has passed
an order in council renewing the modus
vivendi covering the fishing rights on
the Atlantic coast for another year.
The Chicago Produce Exchange has
been dissolved, as the result of long
continued strife between the butter and
egg and the butte rine men.
Three hundred operatives in the Rosa
mond woollen mills, at Almonte, Ont,
are on a strike against a proposed reduc-
ton of wages.
The Roman Catholic church Of st. John
Baptist, in Montreal, was burned Satur.
day, 10Th. The loss will reach S250,000.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04

A simple receipt for shining boots
quickly is to rub them with a piece of
orange let the Juice dry in. and then
polish with a soft brush. For hunting
boots a liquid is sold to restore the pol
ish. For brown boots and shoes the
following paste will be found useful:
Take one pound of beeswaX, melt it
and add quarter of a gallon Of tur-
pentine Have ready mixed and boil
ing rather less than gallon of pearl
ash and a quarter of an ounce of a
brown analine dye. Then pour the
wax and turpentine on top of the mix
tire and stir all well together until
cold. A good backing that will also
preserve the leather is made by mix
ing four ounces of spermaceti oil,
twelve ounces of molasses; add by de-
grees twelve ounces of ivory black,
mixing it in smoothly and rubbing it
we'll, to destroy any Jumps Dilute it
gradually with a quart of the best
white wine vinegar. If too thick, add
more vinegar; stir it hard and let it
stand in jar three days, stirring fire.
quently. Then bottle for use. If still
too thick, even when warmed at the
fire. dilute with a little more vinegar.
In large establishments these receipts
will be found very useful, but when the
household is composed of a few persons
it is as well to buy the ready-made
compositions
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04
MRS. PINKHAM'S STANDING
INVITATION.

Women suffering from any form of
female weaknessareinvit topromptlv
communicate with Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass All letters are re-
ceived, opened, read, and answered by
women only. A woman can freely
talk of her private illness to a woman.
Thus has been established the eternal
confidence between Mrs. Pinkham and
the women of America which has never
been broken. Out of the vast volume
of experience which she has to draw
from, it is more than possible that she
has gained the very knowledge that
will help your case. She asks nothing
in return except your good will, and
her advice has relieved thousands.
Surely any woman, rich or poor, is very
foolish if she does not take advantage
Of this generous offer of assistance.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04
An Athletic King.

The King of Portugal is not, as mon
archs go, a bad King, and has some per-
sonal traits which make him popular.
He is said to be a magnificent swim
mer, and, like his mother, has rescued
a fellow creature from drowning; while
on another occasion, when out driving
on the outskirts Of Lisbon, he jumped
out of his carriage, felled with his
stock to the ground and then collared
single-handed a burly highwayman
who was endeavoring to rob and knife
q wayfarer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04

THE WHITE HORSE OF TFFINGTON.
design bears the stamp of barbaric
crudeness. but resembles. however, a
constantly recurring type on Gallo and
British coins, which is guaranty of
its age. Tradition declares it was
carved there in the turf by the soldiers
of Etheldred and Alfred after their
great victory over the Danes. A white
horse was the emblem of the SaXons.
There are innumerable other white
horses to be found throughout England
all noted in history and gigantic in
size. The eye Of one is twenty-five feet
in circumference.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04
RUTLAND RAILROAD.

TIME TABLE CORRECTED TO JAN. %, 1893
Trains teare MTddiebury da,ly, ercept SUNDAY,
unless otherwise Hoted.
GOING SOUTH AND EAST.
VAo a. NJ. Express mail from ST. Adams
aud Burlington for Rutland, Bel.
lows Falls ana Boston.
Wu T. NJ. Green Mountain flyer from Mon
ie0l, ST. Adams and Burlington
York.
5'5S !. NJ. Mixed from Burlington for I'll
cohdcrOga and Rutland.
o'ol - NJ. Express from St Adams and
,, burlington for Rutland.
II IV T. H. Night express, daily from Mon
tieal, 81 Adams and Burlington
Tor Rutland ana Sew York and
daily except sunday for Boston.
GOING NORTH
945 a. NJ. Express fiom Rutland and III
conderOga Tor Burlington and st.
Adams
$40 +. NJ. Mail from Boston, Bellows Falls
ana Rutland for Burlington, st.
Adams ana Montreal.
oAl r. NJ Green Mountain flyer from New
York, Boston ana Rutland fol
BurllngtOn, ST. Adams, Montreal
and the West.
l;93 Z. NJ. Mixed from Rutland for Burling
ton.
32l A. NJ Night express daily except Mon
daN from Boston and daily from
New York and Rutland Tor Bur
lingtOn, st. Adams and Mon
ireal. Through tickets Tor all
points.
c. L. PIERCE, ALDRICH,
General Supt gen. Passenger agent.
H. HODGE,
Tro6ic Manager.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04
Stop! Women,

And consider that in addressing Mrs.
Pinkham you are confding your private
Ills to WOman-a woman whose eX-
perience in treating woman's diseases
is greater than that of any living ply
sician, male or female.
You can talk freely to a woman when
it is revolving to relate your private
troubles to a man; besides, a man does
not understand, simply because he isl
man.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04


the assault, it is now more fully ex-
planned, presents a frontage of about
mile, the left end of which is sheer
rock for POO yards. In spite of the diff
ficulty of the ascent the movements of
the British troops were fairly well cove
cred, except in the case of the low dip
or small valley, from 100 to $50 yards
wide about half way up the ridge.
This dip was exposed to the direct fire
from the summit of the cliffs.
AS the Ghurkas, supported by the
Derbyshires aud DOrsetshires, reach
ed this fire zone, the top of the cliffs
burst out into flame, for a thousand
tribesmen had reserved the fire of
their rifles until that moment. Though
decimated, the little mOuntaineers
(Ghurkas) struggled across the dip and
reached the shelter of few rocks,
where they lay down under cover for
moment or so in order to recover
their breath. Then, led by their Off
GERS, they made a rush for the cover of
the cliftside. But the others could not
follow, and the enemy, with true mill
taly instinct, reserved their fire.
Though the remainder of the Ghurkas
the Derbyshres and the D0rsetshires
appeared on the frnge Of the dip yet
to step into the ire zone was to court
death. BUT the Dorsetshires again
tried TO advance to The support of the
Ghurkas, and thirteen men struggled
into the open space, only to drop be-
fore the far side haven was reached
Already the little dip was strewn with
corpses, and SO b.OOdthirsty were the
enemy that a wounded man had but to
move a limb TO become the target for
a dozen marksmen.
Many a man struggled to his knees
or to his feet only to be struck down
again, and many sacrificed their own
lives while trying 10 save their COM
rades. 1t was in reality "a passage of
death. "
Then reluctantly the senior officer
photographed down to the main body
of the British troops that the passage
could not be made.
At this juncture Gen. Kempster or
dered the Gordon Highlanders to the
front.
The time had arrived for desperate
action, for it was then o'clock in the
afternoon, and The dead and wounded
were lying thick on every side. over
100 men had ALREADY fallen and tho
enemy were shonting tbeir defiance
and waving their battle flags ar sI,nd-
ards and heating their drums conf
/ dent of the imnregnabilitv of thoir mo-
sitjon and certain Of their success
But the Gordon Higblanders had vet
to be reckoned with Ranidlv forming
his men and after his now historic
speech. Men of the Gordon Highland
ers. Oar general saws that the nosition
must be taken at all costs The Cor
don Hiqblanders win take if Col
Matthias. the commander of the High
landers dashed Ont at the head of his
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04

turf monument over 1000 years
old is the White Horse, of Ellington,
England. 1t is on the almost perpen-
dicular side of hill, and lies like a
patch of snow on the grass 1t meas
ures 355 feet from head to tail and
100 feet from ear to heel. The whole
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04

Russia has about 40 births annually
per thousand of the population; Hun
gary comes next, with 40; Saxony
third, with 40; after these Italy and
Austria, with SO; Prussia, with 81;
Australia, with 80; England and Scot
land, with 80; while the lowest in the
scale comes Ireland, with "a.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04

Senator Frye of Maine wants Lake
Mooselookmeguntie drained off a few
feet, so that he may catch trout with
worms for bait.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04

Chief of Police >nseyine of Missou-
la, Mont. placed Otto Sierel under ar
rest for maintaining a Nuisance. The
cause Of the trouble is the pet bear
that belongs to Siegel which has caus-
ed so much excitement of late
in the neishborhood of the Mon--
tant Hotel. The latest prank of
the bear was his entrance in
to the second story Of The lodging house
and restaurant occupied by Harry
Sheppard. lie went upstairs unobserv-
ed, and when he got into the sleeping
rooms he upset the beds and other fur
niture and tore up bedding. Finally
he pulled down a cage containing two
birds and put an end to the inmates of
the cage.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04
Marshnl1 p. wIlder,s Stories.

This is Ezra KendalIs latest: A
sufferer was abusing another man ter
ribly. He cursed him numerically in
a way peculiarly his own. The abused
man stood it as long as he could then
turned on the stammerer and said:
"You take that back, or I'll kill you. "
"D-d-On't m-m-make NINE t-t-take
it b-b-back 1t t-t-took m-m-me half
an h-h-h-h-hour Ito s-s-s-say it,"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04

The highest price ever paid for a
story, twenty cents a word. is said to
have been paid by Scribner's Magazine
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04

A sanitary Bible for the use of court
rooms has been put on The market
1t is bound with white celluloid in
stead of leather, and it can, therefore
be washed and disinfected from time
to time. One of these Bibles is in use
in the mercantile department of the
Board of Health of New York city
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04
Glazed Brick.

The manufacturers have so i'm
proved in making fine, smooth brick
that the glazing process, which is very
simple and inexpensive, has come
largely into use, as the product is
scarcely inferior in appearance to the
enameled tiles. These glazed brick
have many advantages over the en-
ameled, as the glazing is part of the
very brick itself, the green brick being
dipped in fine clay and coated with
salt before firing; whereas enameling
is applied to the burnt brick. These
glazed brick are impervious of moist
ure and proof against atmospheric
acids
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04

Dan McAvoy, of MacAvoy and May
is telling this story. A German rootel
took his wife to a baseball game At
one stage Of the contest cries of Foul,
FOUL" went up from the crowd.
Fritz, we're is der fowl" asked the
wife.
In der air
q don't see any fedders flying"
"No, men dear, dis is a picked nine. T.