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Fort Wrangel news., 1898-10-05
A Narrow Escape,

Doctor" said the substantial citi- zen, as he rushed up to the young phy- sician, "I owe you my lirer'
 "Eh?"
 "Yes. was taken suddenly Ill two days ago and my wife sent for you and you were not in."
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-10-05

Rob with velvet hand. instead of a pistol. if you want to get away with 1t
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-10-05
Miles of ookshelves,

The new Congressional library has forty-four miles of shelves.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-10-05

It is easy to walk the tight-uepe of society if you have a good bank bal- anca
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-10-05

It's curious anamoly of war that both contending parties are always ip the right
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-19
FOR THE SUPREME COURT.

We will now proceed with the next or der of business, which is the nomination of one Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, while we are waiting for the com mittee.
 tlemen of this convention, we have now arrived at that point in the order of our business for the nomination of candidates for the Supreme Bench of the. State of California, and I submit to you that the these circumstances at this. convention your voice of approval in the way of nomination for Associate Justice should be possessed of the very highest qualifi- cations of educational attainment; he should be possessed of sound be possessed of unquestioned. in- tegrity. As one of the leading jurists of this State asserted to me only the other day, the position of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the State is really of more importance than the position of Der that the tribunal of last resort of this State must pass upon the great constitu- tional questions that are constantly ariS- ing by. reason of contests that will come up as they have presented themselves in the past, and these propositions must be dealt with by men whose legal attain ments are of such character and so complete that when the decision is given there shall be no possible chance of critt- cism or reversals. Your property rights your personal rights, your liberty and your lives are placed in the possession of tribunal of last resort what the nature and character of the protesting interests shall be-
 Pause then before you come to a con- clusion as to whom you will nominate for has 1t been said by my eloquent friend,
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-19
PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL.
Work of the Convention as It Was Transacted During the Day.

Chairman Cassin called the convention 10 order at Il o'clock. The secretary an- 1ounced the meeting of the different Con- gressonal district conventions.
 MT. Dwyer of Alameda-Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the conventions: rise this morning with the permission of the chair to question of personal privilege. Gentlemen of the convention, I had re- solved, after taking up so much of your time yesterday, and the question in which was particularly interested having been settled by vote of this convention, not to trouble you any further with remarks from me, and that Is my resolution at this time.
 I have no desire to interfere in behalf of any delegates by speeches or to dis cuss any of the uestions of platform and resolutions that come before you. I shall not do so, but I crave the indulgence of the convention for a few minutes only to speak to a question of personal privi- lege, and I think when I have finished my remarks that nobody present will have the slightest reason to take any excep- ton to any of them. It is based, gen. tlemen, on an article that appeared in the San Francisco Examiner. It reads as follows: Sacramento, Aug. IA warn ing was sent at an early hour this morn ing to the friends of reform and decency in the State convention to remain in Sac ramento until the close of the session of that body. J. J. Dwyer threatens to present minority report on the resou- tion ordering primaries for the election of delegates to the municipal and legisla- tive conventions in San Francisco and for the election of a new county committee to succeed the committee of 100. Rainey and his messengers are active in instruct ing their delegates to remain and assist Dwyer In accomplishing the purpose of the boss
 Now, gentlemen of the convention. this article is founded upon a total misappre- hension of facts. They arise upon an in- cident that occurred at the close of the convention yesterday afternoon when Mir. Wright of Los Angeles, who was the chairman of the committee on credentials, but who upon his own responsibility. as he stated, introduced a certain resolution yesterday and asked for it's immediate consideration. The resolution provided for the calling of primaries in San Fran cisco for municipal and legislative nomi- nations. MT. Wright stated at the time that he offered the resolution on his own responsibility and not as coming from the committee on credentials. On motion of Frank Gould of San Francisco that reso- lution was referred to the committee on platform and resolutions Upon that committee I had been named as I was informed last night. at the request of Judge Mcguire. I was so informed by Judge Mcguire himself When 1t came to appointing subcommittee, the chair man of the committee, Seth Mann, ap- pointed me without any solicitation on my part, as one of the seven upon San Fran cisco organization. Never having shirked any responsibility and not yet being Will
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-19

lot resulted: Rogers 2S0 Mulholland 5O3 MT. Mulholland was declared the nominee of the convention.
 For State Printer, Mir Troy of Trinity placed in nomination John J. Curry of San Francisco. MT. Bonne of San Diego placed in. nomination R. Y. Mcbride of
 P. M Wellin of San Francisco desired to ask a question.
 .I want to know if MT. Mcbride is a union printer? A report has been circu- lated here that he is not"
 MT. Boone requested MT Rogers of Los Angeles to reply to the question. ion grams from the editor of the Labor World and officers of the Typographical Union of that city vouching for Mir. Mcbride g loyalty to union principles.
 Smith of San Francisco read the fol- lowing telegram:
 LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1s.-To W. B. Benoist, State House, Sacramento: Mo CTS, bookbinders nor union pressmen in his office here. See Patterson at State office. W. NJ. HAWKINS.
 Secretary l.. A. T. U. No. 174.
 Rogers replied that Mcbride did not em- ploy. union bookbinders because he did not bind books, nor did he employ union press feeders because his presses were self-feeding. This sally brought out a
 J. R. Price of Colusa placed in nomina- ton Everett J. .Wooaman of Sacramento. P. E. Zabola of Monterey named w. B. Benoist of San Francisco. The banot re- suited: Curry 16, Mcbride 317, Woodman AIS, Benoist 21. The chair declared MT. Woodman the choice of the convention. The choice of Woodman was made unani- nous on motion of MT. Rogers of Los
 The convention was addressed by the nominee, who indorsed the platform and the ticket.
 For Secretary of State, Raleigh Barcar placed in nomination R. A. Thompson of Sonoma, an able and distinguished Demo crat. MT Thompson was nominated by exclamation.
 MT. Arnold of Colusa moved that the thanks of the convention be given to all the officers of the convention and the peo- pie of Sacramento.
 On motion of Raleigh Barcar the amended plan of organization for the State Central Committee was adopted.
 MT. Van Meter of he law committee was introduced to say something of i'm portance to the convention. He said as chairman of the law committee of the fused organizations he would state that 1t was necessary for all the district con- ventions to certify respectively of the made. and that each district must appoint an auditive com mittee of five. Incidentally h. mentioned that he used to train with Democrats. When Cleveland took the party away from Democratic principles he joined the Peoples party. The convention coldly re- ceived the statement. On motion of MT. Gould the convention at midnight adjourned sine die with three cheers for the ticket
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-19

Try whats "Hudyan." Xo0 are ouny. You know flat. "Hudyan' is for puny men. # does pUny men good. # gives them fiat feeling Of vitality that youth Knows. # is 10 6e had 6yaH tbe weak men Of the earth. "Hudyan" has made 6ig men out Of 20, 900 weak men. lis tie one thing that touches tie RIGHT spot. Ro matter whether your heart is weak, your fvsr out Of order or other organs Of your body unfit to perform its proper functions, ~Hudyan" makes gp for ts weak stote. Surely you can tryH. Tesf- mony as to what # has done for aH hese men is cheerfuiy sent you. Why not lave fs # will cost you nothing to iearn about "Hudyan." Ask for free medicaiadNce, too, # you feeiyo need #. Remember you are not asked to pay one cent for tbe advice Rr ths testimony. caHf you can.
 HUDSON MEDICAL INSTITUTE,
 STOCKTON. MARKET AND ELLIS SITS.
 San Francisco, Cal.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-19
SENATOR WHITES EULOGY.

MT. Afford was followed by United States Senator Stephen M. White. who seconded the nomination.
 Three cheers were proposed for Hon. Stephen M White and were given with a will It was moved and seconded that the nominations for Governor be now closed and that the nomination of James C.. Ma guire be declared by a rising vote. The nss<fors was seconded and carried amidst great enthusiasm. S71f
 The Chair-Gentlemen I declare James G. Mcguire nominated as the candidate California for the office of Governor. I will appoint Senator White and William H. Afford and Mayor Phelan of San Francisco as a committee to notify James foo,,iro Of biS nomination
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-19
MAGUIRE's NOMINATION.

William H. Afford of Tulare went for ward to the platform and made an ad- dress nominating James G. Mcguire for
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-22
Rubinsfein's Joke

This Is characteristic bit Of Rubin
STEMS fondness for joking and his fire.
quent indulgence in the pleasure, says the
Peoria, Qll.,) Herald. Cross grabbed, ILL
natured and contrarfly disposed as he was
in most things, he must have had one
or two sunshiny spots in his unfortunate
nature.
One day, when he was giving a plano
forte recital at st. James Hall, he was
accosted in passage OF the building by
a lady, who said she was too poor 10 buy
ticket for the performance. She, there
fore, begged the great musician to give
her one. Madam" replied Rubinstein,
1.-The fact is that tonight have but one
seat in the house at my disposal; but if
You do not mind occupying it, ii is en-
tirely at your service" The applicant
was delighted. Il am very much obliged"
she said May ! ask where the seat is?"
AT the piano." replied Rubinstein, with
his best bow.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-22

Shafter was wise when he began nego-
tiating for the surrender of the city
without further bloodshed, and he I'M
doubtedly performed a great service for
his country when he finally succeeded
in bringing about the capitulation Of
the Spanish forces. Many Americans
thought the delay after the first days
fighting was inexcusable, and the TAX
ing Of the city by assault, which was
doubtless possible, would have appeal
ed 10 the warlke spirit Of many Ameri-
cans.
What, however, would have been the
effect Of a victory won of such great
sacrifice of human life? If five thou
sand American soldiers had been killed
at Santiago the wisdom Of continuing
the war might have been seriously
questioned by some persons. They
would have asked whether the freedom
of Cuba was worth such price.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-22
WATSON IN SPAIN.

By the last of this week Watson will
be on his way to Spain. All Europe is
agog. The plans of the navy depart
ment for the raid upon the Spanish
coast do not contemplate the use Of a
single torpedo boat or torpedo vessel of
any kind in Commodore Watsons
squadron. In the light Of events in
the West Indies, it is apparent that
none will be needed to fight Spanish
war vessels, big or little and of course
torpedo boats cannot harm forts on
land. The little craft are simply drag
on the operations Of a squadron going
far from home. Still the fact that a
strong force of American cruisers, bat
tleships and coal vessels is to be sent
to the coast of Spain, where there are
many torpedo boats and some very fast
torpedo boat destroyers, entirely with
out torpedo vessels of its own, is a
striking illustration of the effect Of the
fight off Santiago upon the views of
naval experts. Three months ago no
such venture would have been seriously
considered at Washington. Then it
would have been argued that the Span
ish torpedo boats might annihilate more
battleships and cruisers than Watson
will have under his command. No one
dreams of such a thing now.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-22
The Weight of the Brain,

Weighings made OF the brains OF ne
groes have given between IL ounces and IS
ounces, q weight that corresponds with
those of European women; while in the
negress the mean weight Is less than in
the female sex in Europeans. From the
veighings which have been published OF
the brains OF the orang and chimpauzee
II would seem that the brain weight in
these apes ranges from Il ounces % j.
ounces, and the brain weight appears 20
be much about the same in the gorilla
! hese figures are greatly below those OF
the human brain, even IL so degraded &
people as the dwarf Bush race Of South
Africa They closely Approximate 70 the
weight Of newly-bOrn male infants, in
whom the average weight IS lis ounces.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-22
StarbOard and Port.

The origin of the words "starboard"
and 'larboard," as used in the nautical
vocabulary, has been attributed TO the
Italian words "questa berda," meaning
this side" and ''quella borda,' that
side" says Casters Magazine. Abbre-
waited, these two phrases appear as sta
borda" and ia borda," and by corrup-
"starboard" and cardboard" by British
sailors These two words sound so much
alike that frequent errors and accidents
occurred, and years ago, therefore. the
use of 'IarbOard" was discontinued and
port" was substituted.
a correspondent of this journal has
made the point that the former term has
been in use in the English language from
a remote period, occurring in Anglo-Saxon
as "stearboard, and in the middle En-
glish as ''stereboard." while in later times
it developed into It's modern form. star
board" 1t originally meant. so our cor
respondent says, the board, or side Of the
ship on which the man who steered was
placed. 1t may be called native English
word, as distinguished from one OF i'm
ported origin. and 1t possesses special
interest in It's indication CT the method Of
propelllng and steering in vogue from very
early times. The ancient mariner could
run before the wind with his single.
square sail. but he could deviate only g
few points on either side. Unless, there
fore, the direction OF the wind agreed
with the course Of the vessel. II was nc
essary for him 10 be in constant readi-
ness to modify his direction by the help
OF the oar.
The illustrations OF early English man
uscr!pts and the later figures OF tapestries
exemplofy the old square rig. with sslxil-
larry oars and steering from the side Il
these examples one or more heavy oars
are used az The bow and on one side
only, while the course is kept by a steers
man with q lighter, and often paddle
shaped oar, worked near the stern and
invariably on the s;srboard side % TIE
ship. This method 81 rowing survived
until recent times. and was well shown
on the coal ''keeis." which added 50 pic
turesque a feature TO the navigation OF
the River Tyne. These vessels we're man
aged by crews consisting OF three men
and a boy. They had q single. square
sail, and carried some twenty-od1 tons
OF coal Waea unable 20 run before The
wind resort was had 20 rowing, and this
vas done by single heavy boa oar work
ed on the port side BY tao Deu and =
boy While the skipper kept the course,
rowing in time Ri;h q Lighter oar. called
= ''sWape." from ihs stern OF the star
board side The hxed rUddsr hinged from
the stern post. ard operated By 3 til}sr
was a later development II snip cor
srruct.on- The Tyne ~kesa' eIezpl4aeS
the earlier practice % our ancestors =
:, eertrE ~ a. car from the rtEht side
az the ship, and from thss canes tAs
designation Tor that SIDE as tae steer
SIDE" or ss1roosTd-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-22
sHAFTFR,s VICTORY.

Every day now demonstrates more
clearly that Skaters victory at San
tiago is much greater than was thought
at first His energetic dash over appar-
emily almost insurmountable difficulties
from his landing place near Guanta-
namo to FL Caney, and the terrific
fight he put up at that point paralyzed
the Spaniards. While the Spanish army
was sick and disheartened, General
Shafter found. when he entered Sauti-
ago, a perfect ENHANCEMENT Of de-
lenses" and he expresses the opinion
that il an attempt had been made to
take the city by storm. and the Span-
iards had fought as we'll as they did on
July l, the Americans would have lost
fully five thousand men. There is every
probability thai the Spaniards would
have resisted desperately and the
American loss must have been heavy.
II appears, therefore, that General
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-22
JIM TROUIMAN's STAND.

A number Of papers are praising Jim
Troutman for subordinating his prohi-
biuOn convictions 10 duty 70 lis party.
We cannot see that his course is such
a surprising thing. or that he is max
ing an unusual sacrifice. There are
thousands Of Republicans who are sub
ordinating their monetary convictions
to their devotion to party principles.
Prohibition is not indeed a Republican
party principle. The silver man who
yields his financial convictions or his
demand for bimetallism for the sake Of
the other and more essential principles
of the Republican party makes a great
er sacrifice than he who merely gives
up prohibition, moral sentiment, for
party's sake. Single ideas or convic-
tons, such as silver or prohibition, can
not weigh as against the many greater
eternal and more intrinsic principles or
issues of the National Republican par
~, as set forth in its platforms.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-22
A Danish Custom.
(From the Hygienic Gazette.)

(From the Hygienic Gazette)
There Is pretty custom in vogue in
Denmark. 1t appears that during the sum
mer holidays the Danes send the school
children Of the city to the country and
those Of the country TO the city. The par
ents OF the country and those Of the city
swap children temporarily, so THAI the
city children are strengthened ana made
happy in the country, while the people
in the cities show the little country peo-
pie the sights and get up festivals for
them. In this way Copenhagen sends 10
0oo school children 10 the rural districts
and enteTtains the same number in ex-
chanEe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-22
Government,s Income Frorn LotterIe.

Foreign governments make a nice thing
out OF this popular form Of bSmbang-
In lt2ly they have a vast lottery bust
ness, which brings the government in a
sum OF nearly l2S.oac 90 year. Ii Pvus-
sla the profits OF the public lottery amount
10 re less than 81 80 elo- The Dutch gov
eminent gets the nice little sum OF 80 rlo
prodt out az its lottery Portugal makes
about $50, &c in This way. Denmark Takes
IN profit OF SO 90. And in Brazil. where
the government does not Itself run the
lottery. but collects q tax or me receipts
o. private lotteries, the amount realized
* SSs6 0sa
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-22
Growth orHuman Hair.

Authorities differ as 70 the rae a
growth Of -he human hair. and Il IS said
70 be very disSimilar IN different indl-
vidu3ls. The most usually accepted cal
culstion gives six and one-haf inches Pc
anDum. The Euglishman's HAIR. allowed
10 grow 10 its extreme length, rarely ex-
ceeds y or u inches. While thar Of wo-
man VIII grow in rare instances 70 % or
IS inches. though the average does 10,
exceed IS 70 SO inches.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-22
....Chattel
Mortgage Sale

We advertised to sell this stock in bulk on
the 18th The stock was sold on that date.
However, just as the check and papers were
being exchanged there arose misunder-
standing in regard TO settlement, and the
sale was declared off, consequently we shall
continue to sell the stock as heretofore
Fifty Cents OF the DolIar-the sale to con-
tinue for few days.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-22
Effect of " Rays on the Human Rody

The Roentgen Society of Great Britain
has set itself the task q systematically
investigating the Injurious effects % Y
rays on the human body. and commit
tee has been appointed fer th2t puE-
pose.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-22

1t will cost this government $685., 900 to
send SPANS soldiers home. 1t costs like
furry TO be humane.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-22
Two Frane. for B.enaIn,e Ola Rike

TIE wooden bicycle used ~ Blon%n n
BIS famous ride across tas Niagara Fails
or rope Is stll "a existence ard Vas
sold Il Paris net long ago fo- two francs
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-22

A great many people were in favor Of
sending the Spaniards home on a French
liner.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-22

Toral will be court-martialed and shot
as soon as he gets back TO Spain. No
wonder the poor devil fought.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-22

General Blanco should appoint COM
mittee to kick Scovel a few times, swift
ly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-22

Spain can ask General Blanco to sur
render and Blanco will refuse. Blanco
means 70 make this war something like.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-22

The president would not le: General
Niles commit the folly Of landing unpro-
tected in Porto Rico. Niles wants 70
make dash and astonish the world.
Mckinley is the head of the army in
fac. as vel as n name.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-22
There will be no war with Germany.

IL we are to tackle Germany the first
thing we want is smokeess powder.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-22

Watson viii soon disappear. Then we
Will wait DAYS, weeks and perhaps a
month without word from him. Things
VIII set very exciting. The most excit-
able notch an American can reach is
over no news"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-22

This Monroe Doctrine is double acting
and blows out at the breech. If Europe
is 10 keep out of America the chances
are America Will have to keep cut of
Europe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-22

New conundrum: What is the differ
ence between Uncle sam, a rooster and
an old maid?' Uncle sam goes: yam
kee Doodle do" a rooster goes: Cock
s-doodle-do" and an old maid goes: ANY
6udeM DO"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-22

Wellington Mail: The state administra-
ton, growing tired of the unpalatable but
truthful statements Of the Popullst press,
has engaged he editor of the Topeka Ad
vocate to edit couple of columns of
matter each week Iaudatory of the admin
istration and this the various papers will
be permitted to print, and any further
statements derogaatory TO the state ad-
minisration will be said at their peril.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-22

We are doing this war up in detail in
the west while Dewey is simply sitting
on the safetyvalve IN Manila waiting
for the steam to hoist him. And it will
before long.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-22

The American people can not believe
that Watson will uselessly lombard the
coast cities Of Spain. They believe he is
bound for Manila II Is mighty hard TO
fool the American people. They are good
gUeSserS.