The San Francisco call., 1898-01-08

plete, and this was fully attested to by the immense crowds that thronged about them.
 BENICIA, Jan. 1.-The bulletins is- sued by The Daily Call this morning was the sensation of the hour. Every person who surrounded the bulletin board eulogized the business enterprise Of The Call under it's new manage ment. The difference in the news giv- en by the different daily papers could be told by the size of the crowds around the separate bulletin boards, and the news had to be written in very large print to enable those on the out side to read The Call bulletins. As one citizen sail. ''The Call is out of sight"
 STOCKTON, Jan. 7.-People began to gather around The Call agency about an hour before the bulletins be- gan to arrive. and up to l o'clock the street was impossible, so eager and en- thusiastic were the people to read the execution of Durrant. The agents had to edge their way through the crowd in order to post the bulletins as they ar rived. There was great comment ex- pressed as to the reliability of the spe- cial bulletins of The Call. Up to the issuance of local paper people were SNAAA SAONNCo lSdulilS llie Dulie- tins Of the execution. At the Exami- ner headquarters there were a very few people awaiting the arrival of the spe- cial bulletins, which came late.
 CHICO. Jan. 7-That The Call Is al- ways eager to place the important events before the people, not only in the larger cities, but those of the in- terior, was manifested to-day. Bulle- tin after bulletin came over the Western Union lines, and were read to the eager crowd before The Call agen- cy The bulletins came rapidly, and The Call was the first to place be- fore the people of Chico the proceed 1ngs in the execution of Durrant
 OAKLAND, Jan. Lowing to the carefully prepared plans and the fine service of the Western Union Tele- graph Company The Call bulletins of the execution of Durrant at San Quen- tin to-day were posted at The Call of lice about ten minutes ahead of it's competitors. The operator in The Call office was connected directly with San Quentin, and a few seconds after each event occurred the news was promptly displayed. The operator wrote the bulletins on the big cards as fast as the clicking of the machine told the news
 IAe iildl DuISlln lelllHS that the great criminal had at last paid the penalty of his crimes was displayed before any other paper seemed to be aware of the fact. The details of the execution were eagerly read. and Broadway presented a very animated scene until after the news was re- ceived that Theodore Durrant was pronounced dead. Among those who stood by The Calls instrument waiting for the final bulletin was Sheriff Charles White, who took out his watch at 1O:SS and exclaimed: That's what call enterprisei"
 LOS ANGELES. Jan. 7.-The most intense interest was manifested in the city to-day in the execution of Dur rant. It formed the sole topic of con- versation, and the crowd around The Call bulletin board gathered early and awaited the news from the scene of the hanging. A sigh of relief went up when the bulletin came that the trap had been sprung. The papers here is sued extra editions. but all day long a knot of people hung around The Call office, where the bulletins of the news were first received in this city.