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"You think so?" inquired Mrs
Laing, with eageMess. "You don't be-
lieve, then, he has been a victim OF
foul play?"
mot at all. Be"ond the bruise on
the forehead, evidSntly caused by the
fall upon the gravel, there is no mark
whatever" the Doctor answered. I'm
til l have made thorough eXamlna-
ton l cannot, of course, determine the
nature of the fatal cause. BY noon to-
morrow we shall, hope, know the
truth
HE must have fallen and expired
within ten minutes of leaving the
house." Beck exclaimed. Yet when
he shook hands with us he was in the
highest possible spirits. How terribly
sudden his end was.
"Terrible!" l exclaimed, myself
dazed by the peculiar tragic and mys-
FERROUS manner of his death. When
he wished us adieu he could not have
dreamed that his life had so nearly
run it's course"
HE complained of no pain during
the evening, l suprose?" the Doctor
inquired.
Not to my knowledge" Beck an
swered, and this statement l was COM
| PEELED to indorse.
He dined here?" Dr. Allenby ex-
claimed, turning to Mrs. Laing.
Yes"
."There are some remains OF the fooc
left, l presume?"
mo doubt" she answered, quickly
"But-but what do you suspect? Art
the symptoms those of poisoning sh'
gasped.
q suspect nothing" replied the Doc
tor, with hesitation. The fact tina
the hands are tightly clenched suggest
a final paroxysm of pain which mlgh
possibly accrue from poison. The re
mains of the dinner may be requlre'
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visable to keep them"
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orders to that effect. But surely, Doc
tor, you do not think poor Dudley ca
have been poisoned in my house?
anything we had for dinner had bee
deleterious, all of us must have sui
fered."
mo. pardon me for disagreeing," b
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ness that has proved fatal. by anal!
sis, we may obtain some clew as
the cause of Mr. Ogle's unfortuna
end"
Mrs. Laing's thin lips moved, but I
sound escaped them; at last, turnir
suddenly, she covered her face wit
her hands, as if to shut out from NJ
gaze the white, haggard countenan'
she had SO recently looked upon.
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set you, but you must bear up. INN
diately / get home l shall send you
draught that will brace up your nerve
, Take care how the sad news is brok'
to Miss Ella. The slightest undue e
citement may affect her very seriou
, ly."
Il have not forgotten your wor
yesterday, DOCTOR" she replied. "Y
are very kind. Coed night.
They shook hands, and DR.. Allenf
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The San Francisco call., 1898-05-06

early part of next week. The general is organizing the Oregon and Washing ton volunteers.
 The passage of the army reorganiza- ton bill provides for 250 second lieu tenants not now included in the mili- tary organization of the army. The first class at West Point, consisting of sixty members graduated April 26. will be used. The present second class at the Military Academy will be gradu- ated in June, and will fill seventy more places. Further vacancies will be filled by the enlisted men, who have already passed the competitive examination, and a number of appointments will be made from civil life.
 Joseph Geiger now at Fort Mason, and John R. Gittings, now at Benicia, Barracks, priVates of the Hospital Corps, United States army, have been ordered relieved from duty at their re- spective posts and directed to proceed to the camp near Fort Winfield Scott, reporting upon arrival to Colonel Mar GUS F. Miller. Third Artillery, for duty with the troops in that camp.
 It is positively known that Major General Dickinson has received instruc- tions from the Governor to take such steps as he may deem necessary to i'm mediately rehabilitate the National Guard. General Dickinson has a plan prepared for this purpose and will is- sue the orders to-day or tomorrow from his headquarters, which have been established in the Mills building.
 Colonel Fairbanks of the Fifth, Colonel Guthrie of the Second, Major Hayes of the Fifth, Colonel Whitton of the Fifth and Major Elliott of the Fifth were at headquarters last night and held a conference with the adjutant general on military business pertaining to their commands.
 Two companies of the heavy artillery have been ordered by Major Rice to as- semble at 8 o'clock this morning at their armory on Market street, between Ninth and Tenth, from which place they will march to the First Regiment armory at the corner of Page and Cough streets to be mustered into ser vice. The rolls now contain 492 men,
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-06
CAMP FIRES AT THE PRESIDI0

T. NJ. Cuff. The general also sent dis patch to Brigadier General Last yester- day instructing him not to bring along with the Seventh any any soldiers who have or any that are physically disqualified. The fact is the men of the Seventh have already been examined by the regimental surgeons of that organization, but they will also have to pass the physical exam ination when they arrive here.
 Colonel Johnson of the Sixth Regiment was closeted with the Governor for quite a while during the earher part of the day. He seemed to be in an exceedingly happy frame of mind when he came out of the Governors office, and the cause for the same was found in the official statement made by Governor BuoQ that Colonel Johnson would command the two bat
 Either Captain Rottanzi or Major Ped lar of General Muller's staff will be ap- pointed surgeon of the battalion of in- fantry The chances are that Rottanzi Pedlar will be given surgeonship in some other command.
 Major Hayes of the Fifth Regiment is Investigating the destruction of Colonel Fairbanks picture in Oakland by some member of that regiment. It has been traced to one man, and he will be severely soon as Major Hayes officially reports the same to General Barrett
 Captain Louis Turner of the Naval Bat taIion, who has just returned from Alas ka, was at headquarters yesterday, but did not get a chance to see the Governor. He reports that the sailor boys are eager and anxious to see service, and that they are trained to the hour, so to speak. Col onel Thomas Barry was also at head quarters early in the morning.
 Major General Dickinson will issue the necessary orders to-day calling out the companies that have been chosen to form the battalions of infantry. They will as- semble here about the middle of next week and be mustered into service just as soon as the heavy artillery has been ,;,, Seventh Regiment will leave Los Angeles early this morning, and will be ac- companied by Brigadier General Last and staff.
 While 1t was not officially given out by the Governor, yet it Is positively known that the commissioned officers of the First are to be Te-examined and subjected to the same rigid physical examination that the men have been made to undergo,
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-06

mortar battery. Apart from this, re- marked Colonel Suter, 'ft Is doubtful whether a ship coulu stand the recoil of guns elevated to the degree of throwing shell into San Franyisco from that point. There Is always talk of this kind to cause women and children to shiver, but the thing is absurd. Every shot from high-poWer gun of eleven-inch caliber costs a large sum of money. No sane commander would think of expending his valuable ammunition for the mere sake of throwing shells into a city which he could not capture. When cities are bom- barded the small shells are used. When they explode in a building they do the work of destruction as thoroughly as big shells. doubt very much if the damage to San Francisco by a bombardment at the range described would destroy prop erty equal to the value of the ammunition expended. Many of the shells would fall on the streets or vacant lots.
 A shell passing through a abuilding with out exploding within the structure causes little damage. Shells might pass through the Claus Spreckels building without doing great deal of damage provided that one did not explode inside the struct ure. An interior explosion would create great havoc"
 Colonel Suter remarked that the plans of defense contemplated the construction of a battery near Lake Merced, but at present it was essential to so fortify the Golden Gate as to prevent a hostile fleet from getting into the harbor. The life of ship depends so much on its supply of effective ammunition that a commander cannot afford to throw away his shells in idle bombardment.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-06
REGULAR ARMY. Active Work in Recruitino
 at the ppesidiO.

The only sign of activity at the Presidio yesterday was centered in and about the office of Lieutenant Boyd, recruiting off, cer of the post. Twelve of the applicants for enlistment succeeded In passing the medical examination of the post sur geons and were sworn in. Some of the men presented hattering letters of rec ommendation from well known business men of this city, and the character of the men generally is far above the average of applicants for enlistment. Several of the recruits are especially desirable on account of their familiarity with the handling of machinery of ali kinds, and such men will be assigned to the artillery branch of the service.
 While nothing definite has been done regarding the encampment of volunteers on the Presidio, Colonel Morris has, how ever concluded, after a careful inspection of the grounds, that the only available of the railroad, at the entrance to the reservation, and the flat on which the tar get range is situated. Water will how ever, have to be brought to the first named place from some point outside of the reservation, as 1t is claimed that the present supply Is sufficient only for the regular number of troops stationed at the post.
 The Third Artillery band, which came over from Angel Island Wednesday. will probably return to that place soon as no provision has beeen made for maintain ing the band at the Presidio It Is there fore uncertain whether the band will give a concert this afternoon.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-06

ed over to the volunteer medical de partment.
 Captain Oscar F. Long, assistant quartermaster, United States army acting depot and chief quartermastel of the. Department of California, is probably the busiest man in the ser vice, stationed on the Pacific Coast The captain is a young, energetic Of f1cer. and is capable of meeting any emergency.
 Captain Long has received authority from the War Department to dispense with formal contracts, etc, and to- day an informal contract will be awarded for 1000 cords of hard wood for the volunteer camp.
 The army supply depot is kept very busy in getting ready for issue the ar tlcles of clothing, camp and garrison equipage needed by the troops. in ad- dition to the supply now on hand that was issued from the State of California.
 The necessary transportation, con- slstlng Of wagons, harness and mules, will be purchased under informal con tract by the quartermaster depart ment and distributed to the different organizations as directed by the com manding general of the Department of California.
 Governor Budd has already submitted to the military authorities statements of what is required In addition to what is now on hand to properly equip the volunteers for field service. This state ment shows the immediate requirement of the troops of quartermaster and ord nance stores. The former will be sup piled from San Francisco and the ord nance stores and equipments will be issued from Benicia Arsenal.
 There IS a sufficient quantity of quar- termaster and ordnance stores on the Pacific Coast to fully equi. California; s quota of volunteers. When deficiency exists immediate supply will be fur nished from Eastern depots.
 Major Field, acting adjutant general of the department of California, Is we'll acquainted with the needs of the regu- lars and the volunteers that will soon form part of his command. He is in constant communication by wire with General Merriam, and sees that all the orders coming from the general are executed. General Merriam is at present at Vancouver Barracks, Washington, but it is very probable that he will be in San Francisco the
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-06

G 9.:T Thompson. William N; Weich; John G c Gumneri IWilbsrt H. Normand,~ Charles E. l9r. otso c Meyer August gust M sohuSer' Henry s.riss H. Mueller Il AdGPh sfS,E . boss j. oKeefe H. Levy, Walter C. Hay. Fred J. subIing. James S. Dobner, William T. Barrett John W. eo4ss dts He9as Eegas eoaps mSss E. Riley Company H-Captain. Frank ". Warren; first
 n Edwi4 }s F Dayis seconn bt neufsnant tenant pfort; sergeant, John E. Frederick; corporal. Louis F; Guedet. John J. Binet; musician, S. Frank Angelobich. Thomas T. Bryan, Charles A. Burtnett. Thomas F. Brownie. Herbert N. Blake. Alfred p. Baker, John J. Blake, Thomas Ian. Frederick L. Crosby. William F. Dunne. William A Dineen. [,tr.s. pavid Fairbanks @ George nitzki, John J. Kirby. Timothy J. Kinney. Frank \. Larkey. Warren D. Latimer, George Miller. James A. MuIlally, Joseph Neilan. Daniel J. Nicolls. Joseph A. O. 'Donnell, Edward Rourke. Ralph W. Ruston, William c. Rieley. George ". Rohe, Walter B. Sedgley John L.. I Swift, 5. Charles H. smith, Edward Balento 4.s Warren. Martin Freund Francis L. Jackson. Joseph Joseph Durham, William H. Rogers, G. i5,. w George Reid, = McArdle. = Ahern. = Walsh, Kulzhausen, Joseph F. Conlan, - Lawler.
 Transferred from D-Clarence B. Bean, AL fred W. Mclean. Thomas A. Doxey. John W. Lunsford, John Francis Meyers, William A. Cornish. Joseph Colby. Roy Morrison, Henry A. Renner
 Company I-captain, Rembold Richter; first lieutenant Otto H. Huber; second lieutenant Frank A. Moore: sergeants. Henry A. Leme tyer, Maurice J. Sheahan, William Colby; cor porals, Henry Slozenwald, Clarence A. Son. Henry Bucking. Henry c. Matthewson. John c. Cappleman, Sam J. Gllis; musician, John von staden; privates. George B. Allen, Thomas E. Allen. Hallie W. Ayers, John P. Bake, Harry J. Blaeknan: Edward, M. Boyeson, Benjamin F. Budd, Joseph l.. Carr, Joshua w. Carr, Henry Castagnino. America Chelini. Edward Cornell, John A. Daily, Albert G. Dietrich, Joseph J. Drummond. AL bert Ehrenford, Willis H. Faxon John T. L. Plunge, Charles c. Garfield, Arthur H. Green. James F. Halsey, Walter R. Hanna, Macpherson Harrison. Phillip Heinz. Fred. E: Hoar, Frank H. Just Charles Lamb. Fred Lesond. John H. Liddle, Robert Luhn, William Lundy, James l. Mackin. Frank W. Manning. Hugh T. McSorley. Joseph M. Murtha, George B. Newbury, Robert W. Nicholson, James F. Norfon. Daniel O'Neil. Harry c. Payson, Michael Quill. Panda T. Rall Elijah w Red dell. John c. Reitz, John Resch, Tor Rosen- lund, George Rosenberg, Ignatius B. saliture. William A. Schmitz, John Shay. George Shell don George D. Sebert, Joseph J. Simpson. Thomas Winship. Charles H. Wiseman, Will fam H. Young.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-06
RANGE OF GUNS. San Francisco in No Dam ger of Serious BOm-
 bardment.

Colonel Charles R. Suter, chief of the Pacific Division of the United States En- gineer corps, is recognized in the army as one of the leading experts in modern artillery. He served with General Gill more in the siege of Charleston and di- rected the fire of the ten-inch rified Par rott guns, which had a range of seven miles. The modern ten-inch rified gun of this day has an extreme range of ten miles from a shore elevation.
 The Scientific American of April Is. 1898, published a diagram of the defenses of San Francisco, and added this comment to the publication of the map: Tn point of fact with the eleven-inch guns of the Vizcaya the vessel might lie off the coast at the spot marked A in the engraving and play at bombarding the town of San Francisco as long as she pleased The guns within the Golden Gate would be powerless to prevent the bombardment '
 When Colonel Suter was shown the ar ticle and the engraving he said without hesitation that the, article was absurd. as the position marked A off Seal Rock was in the range of the twelve-inch Tif,ed
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-06

but only 300 will be taken, giving 150 men to the company, but the rS3, will be retained as they may be needed to recruit the two companies that are to come from Sacramento and Los Ange- les.
 Captain Darlington last night re- ceived the following dispatch:
 Washington, D. C., May 5, 1898. Confer with the Governor as to the nu- merical and other designations to be given to volunteer regiments when mustered into the United States service. Designa- tions thus arrived at will be satisfactory to the War Department. CORBIN,
 Adjutant General U. s. A. This will enable California's National Guard to keep their regimental forma- tion intact, and it is a source of great rejoicing among the officers of the Guard.
 It is known that Governor Budd will in all probability confirm all the recom- mendations that Major Rice of the ar tillery may make for the appointment of officers of his command.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-06
IN CAMP ON
 SATURDAY
Volunteers Will Go Under Canvas at the Pre-
 SidiO TO-MOrrOW.

The California Volunteers will go into camp next Saturday, if plans now formed are not changed. In regard to water SUD- ply for the troops, a conference was held yesterday at United States army head quarters in this city. Herman Schussler chief engineer of the Spring Valley Water Works, indicated to Major Field, acting adjutant general, U. s. A., and Captain Darlington, the mastering officer, the places where mains Of the companys S syS- tenn might be tapped.
 At headquarters of the State military forces in the California Hotel, vast deal of business necessary for the equipment and mobilization of the California Volun- teers was transacted in a systematic manner by Governor Budd and Adjutant General Barrett.
 were granted conference with the Gov ernor was Mayor Snyder of Los Angeles. He denied that his visit had any signifi- canoe or anything to do with military matters. It is believed that he called upon the Governor to discuss politics.
 John A. Roster, who has been appointed first lieutenant and adjutant of the bat- talion of heavy artillery by Governor Budd, called at headquarters yesterday to see General Barrett. He thanked the Governor for his appointment, and stated that he was glad to have chance to serve the Government. Lieutenant Kos. the brigade of volunteer troops of South Carolina. He has also seen eight years of service in the National Guard of this State, having been, in 1887, appointed captain and aid-de-camp of the comman- der of the Second Brigade.
 Major General Dickinson has made the following changes in the detail of the off, cers of his staff The following have been ordered upon active duty: Colonel l.. Barrere, Colonel J. J. Dwyer, Colonel c. T. Stanley, Major l.. s. Schnitt and Colonel
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-06
A Patriotic Boy.

A boy about r years of age, giving the name of Charles Flynn, applied for en- rollment at the recruiting oHca yester- day. He walked into the armory with a pronounced military bearing, and asked to see the recruiting officer. He was properly directed, and he at once went forward. He saluted the examining sur geon and made his application to be en- rolled as a soldier.
 "I am a corporal of the League of the Cross Cadets" he said, "but Colonel Sul- livan our commanding officer, is so long about calling us out that 1 got tired wait ing. I am a son of Thomas Flynn, a vet eran of the Civil War. I admit 1 do not look to be very strong but I can hold my own with any one of the men of the Ma tional Guard. If it is possible to take me along anyway"
 Come tomorrow" said the surgeon, "and bring your father. the veteran, with you, and we will see what can be done."
 The boy retired, saluting as he went.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-06
An Open Letter to Mothers.

We are asserting in the courts our right to the exclusive use of the word "CASTORIA.' and KITCHENS CASTORIA," as our Trade Mark.
 I, pr. Samuel Pitcher of Hyannis Massachu- setts was the originator of PITCHERS CAS- TORIA," the same that has borne and does now bear the fac-simile signature of CHAS H FLETCHER on every wrapper. This is the original PITCHERS CASTORIA" which has been used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty years. Look care fully at the wrapper and that it Is the kind you have always bought. and has the sig nature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the Wrap per No one has authority from to my name except The Centaur Company, of which Chas. H Fletcher is President
 March S. 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER, M. D.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-06
President Mckinley Urged Not to Make Him
 a Brigadier- General
Resolutions Unanimously Adopted by the Building Trades
 Council and Photographed to the Chief Executive

At a meeting of the Building Trades Council at 915 Market street last night. presided over by T. Crawnford, P. H. Mccarthy, president of Carpenters and Joiners' Union No. g, introduced the following resolutions, which were adopted unanimously and a copy im- mediately telegraphed to President Nc hinley:
 Whereas, The name of Harrison C.. Otis has been presented to the Presi- dent as an applicant for the appoint ment of brigadier-general of the United States Volunteers, and
 Whereas, Senators White and Per kins are urging the said appointment of Harrison G. Otis, and in the event of said appointment said appointee would be placed at the head of troops mustered in from California, and
 Whereas, The said Harrison 6. Otis is now and has always been hated and despised by the organized labor of California through the an- tagonistic, unreasonable and undem- ocratic stand taken by him against labor upon every occasion, and
 Whereas, The insult cast by him upon the National Guard of Califor- mia is still fresh in the memories of our guardsmen and our people, and
 Whereas, As the troops which California will send to the front will be almost exclusively drawn from the ranks of labor, it would be unwise