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The San Francisco call., 1898-02-21
ALAMEDA ADVERTISEMENTS.
ALAMEDA REAL ESTATE.

ALAMEDA REAL ESTATE. S1200-Sacrfce; lot 34x133; NV. corner on fine avenue; good house of rooms ond one of rooms; block from station; near school; big income on investment.
 $2S00-New modern cottage; lot 40x150; fine location; $50 cash. $25 per month; for cash $2500: snap.
 $2900-Beautiful new s-room house. complete; lot 50x203; choice location; very easy terms. To Close an Estate-10-room house. lot 60x140: Alamedas best location; see this and make an offer.
 SIP, ,750-Better than Klondike as an invest ment; properties bringing $130 per month; mortgage of 5000 remain bargain. Houses to let in all parts of the city.
 H. P. MORTAL & CO,
 1432 Park st.; Alameda. WILL sacrifice; a modern new house: small payment. balance monthly; going to Klon- dike; must and will sell. Box 12l5, Gall office. $l2o0-SACRIFICE; lot 4Ox207. with good 7-room house; half block from station and high school; easy terms.
 s2soo-New modern cottage; lot 4ox15o; line location: $50 cash. s25 per month; for cash $25o0; snap
 s2soo-Beautiful new Broom house. complete: lot 50x203s choice location; very easy terms. To Close an Estate--10-room house: lot 60x140; Alameda's best lo6etion see this and make an offer.
 SIP 75o-Better than Klondike as an invest ment: properties bringing $130 per month: mortgage of 5000 can remain: bargain.
 H. P. MORTAL & CO.,.
 1432 Park st.. Alameda. AT big bargain-12-room modern house one of the main avenues of Alameda; corner lot 75 feet by 174 feet: house cost when built particulars inquire of HERMAN CORDES. 1922 High st.. Alameda.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-21
SEWING MACHINES.

ALL kinds bought. sold, exchanged, rented; repairing; lowest rates 2o5 Fourth st
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19

Circleville, March 1G.-James Patton
has been sentenced to the Ohio peni-
tentiary for life by Judge Walters,
having been found guilty of murder in
the second degree in the killing Of
Verne Davis. Davis was killed in a
fight one night in which neither he
nor Patton were concerned. Death was
caused by conclusion of the brain, made
by rock in the hands of somebody.
The crime was fastened on Patton, but
many people believe him innocent. The
execution of the sentence was sus-
pended to await the action of the cir
emit court
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19
Changing Color of Flowers.

BY immersing the cut stalks of vari-
GUS flowers in aniline solutions great
variety of beautiful hues and tints can
be impaired. The colored water can
be watched through the microscope
flowing through the vein tubes in the
leaves and petals and other parts of
the flowers. This process, which has
been used by Messrs. Brockbank and
Dorrington, is quite different from that
of changing the color by adding par
ticular chemical element to the soil.
If the aniline dyes are placed in the
soil they do not find their way through
the roots. The chief purpose of the
artificial coloring is to produce brilliant
effects for table decoration.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19
A PICTURE OF pgsoLArIori

An Eyewitness of Conditions in Cuba
Tells of the Frightful Misery that Pre-
walls in the Island.
Washington, March 10.-Myron M.
Parker, who was Senator Proctor's
companion in his trip to Cuba, in an
interview yesterday said: "You might
believe, but you could not realize the
condition of the reconcentrados in
Cuba. 1t passes the comprehension of
n man accustomed to the usual phases
of life. Their emaciation is terrible,
their suffering indescribable. We saw
warehouses full of starving women and
children. These people have been
forced into the villages and towns by
the Spaniards and the whole country
where they lived has been devastated.
In the ride from Havana to Sagua la
Grande, distance of 200 miles or
more, the country presented picture
of desolation. For miles and miles the
charred stalks of the burned sugar
cane showed where the torch had been
applied by the Spaniards and insur-
gents alike.
''At intervals are block houses occu-
pied by Spanish soldiers. Above each
block house is a cupola where Span
ish soldier is always on the lookout. If
reconcentrado attempts to go out
from the village and cross the trocha
he is shot, and if an insurgent tries to
come in he is treated likewise. The
trocha serves, however. to prevent sud
den dashes by the insurgents into the
villages at night to burn them. The
Spanish army is largely employed
along the railroad, but as closely as
the road is guarded, the insurgents do
with it as they please. 1t is generally
understood in Cuba that the railroad
company pays tribute to the insurgents
| for running passenger trains.
''The insurgents don't want to both
er passenger trains, but they are alert
to interfere with freight and troop
trains. The day before we reached
Matanzas the insurgents blew up a
sugar train only three miles out of that
town. They cross the railroad at any
point they desire and whenever they
please. In my opinion Gomez virtually
has control of the island. There is not
an estate in cultivation, so was reli-
ably informed, that does not pay trib-
ute to the insurgents"
Ibid your investigation lead you TO
form any opinion on the subject of
autonomy" he was asked.
mo one wants autonomy in Cuba" {"
! replied Mr.. Parker. "Even the au-
tonornist governors do not favor it. I
know of several mayors of towns out
side of Havana, appointed as autono-
mists, who are wholly in sympathy
with the insurgents"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19

their ornaments. To the shell is at
tached a tiny gold chain that can be
pinned on the corsage by safety pin.
The illustration represents one of
these ornaments. Itisa tortoise covered
with fine trellis work of rose dia-
monds and brilliants in Louis Quinze
style. Some are ornamented with bril-
liants and rubies. others with tur-
quoises and emeralds. In some the
stones are set in the shape of mono
gram.
When not exhibited on their plush
background in the shop windows the
animals are allowed to crawl around in
a little doll garden in the store, which
is planted with real shrubs and has a
rustic bridge and gravel walks.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19
Black Dye for wooIen..

To color woolen goods black, use one
ounce of extract of logwood and hall
an ounce of blue vitriol for each pound
of cloth. Put the vitriol in water
enough to cover the cloth, and when
they are thoroughly mixed, put in the
cloth and let it scald 20 minutes. Then
take the cloth out and throw it into
clear water. Put the logwood into q
vessel with sufficient water for the
goods, press the water from the cloth
and put it into the logwood water and
scald it 30 minutes. Then take out the
cloth and air well. Meanwhile put the
vitriol water into the vessel with the
logwood, and again put in the cloth
and scald it IS minutes longer. This
will prevent the goods when pressed
from rubbing off.-Housewife.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19
MAY BUILD SIX.

House Naval Affairs Committee Favora
Construction of Half a Dozen Battle
ships.
Washington, March 16.-The naviga-
tion bureau of the navy department is.
receiving reports of the results of the
efforts being made at the various re-
cruiting stations to obtain men for the
navy. Twenty boys have been re-
ceived on board the receiving ship
Wabash at Boston and 80 more will be
enlisted soon. All will be transferred
to the training station at Newport.
The Columbia is about 200 men short
of her full Quota of 402, but it is hoped
that the necessary men, mostly fire
men and coal passers, can be secured
in a few days.
A good deal of encouragement was
day by the report that a majority of
the naval affairs committee is disposed
to substitute six battleships for the
three provided for in the pending naval
appropriation bill.
The Notifications board has begun
its sessions at the war department.
The proceedings are guarded against
publication.
Mr.. Very, the representative of the
Howell Torpedo Co., has submitted to
the war department proposition to
supplement the defenses of the larger
coast ports, such as New York and Bos-
ton, by equipping a number of light
draught steam launches with torpedo
outfits. He urges that by using this
means of defense the harbors may be
kept open for commerce Up to the last
moment, which would not be the case
if reliance was placed on fixed mines
and torpedoes. These torpedoes have
a range of about two miles. The gov
ernment regards automobile torpedoes
as proper instruments for naval use
and is scarcely disposed to change pol
ioiec
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19
is WELL FORTIFIED.
Dozens of Huge Guns Command the Fl
trance to the Golden Gate.

Dozens of Huge Guns Command the En-
trance to the Golden Gate.
San Francisco, March 16.-The land
defenses of San Francisco harbor have
been greatly strengthened of late and
military and naval authorities agree
that the presence of the battleship
Oregon is not essential for the protec-
tion of the port. The 10-inch battery
at Fort Point has been reinforced by
the addition of two guns, so there are
now five 1O-inch rifles in position. Five
12-inch guns commanding fine sweep
of the ocean can bring under fire a ship
attempting to pass through the narrow
channel between Lime Point and Fort
Point. Three more 12-inch guns at
Fort Baker, together with the 16 NOR
tars and three dynamite guns ON the
peninsula, can also be brought into
use at long or short range.
The great guns on Lime Point, nearly
500 feet above the water, are so high
that a plunging fire against the deck
of a ship may be delivered. All of these
formidable weapons are so situated
that their fire may be concentrated on
any hostile fleet attempting to enter
the Golden Gate.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19
MONEY TO Guy BIG GUNS.
Crlnaecs Buio %! ths War Der ar m M
~ awarded d..-,JO.s,IO-tHruy LOLtr:'n'
ors Cause Troubles


Crlnaecs Buzz u o.! ths War Der ar m MT
- awarded ..,-,JO.s ,OO--IAruy LOLtrar'-
ors Cause Troubles
Washington, March rs. 49, Tue sday
was another busy day in the war and
navy departments. Secretary Alger
was enabled to make al allotment of
funds from the appropriation of $780,
000,0O which will greatly facilitate the
work of the bureaus. These bureaus
had not been able to conclude any con-
tracts for the procurement of war sup
plies because no allotment had been
made, but yesterday the ordnance
bureau was given So, 500, 900 and busi-
ness went forward with u rush
Secretary Long was exceedingly
busy, having not only to give good
deal of time to the cabinet, but also
being obliged to see a great many per-
sons with whom the department has of
expects to have contract relations.
Among the latter was Mr.. Herreshotf,
the torpedo boat builder from Bristol,
r. l. He turned two of these boats
over to the department few days ago
and the secretary's purpose in consult
ing was to learn how much he could
hasten the work. on one of the boats
remaining in his hands, which in ordi-
nary times would require about two
months to complete.
Mr.. Malster, of the Columbian iron
works at Baltimore, has notified the
department that he will be able to
turn over to it the torpedo boat Rod
gers next Saturday. The Rodgers is a
boat which smashed her engines in the
midst of trial trip about six months
ago. 1t is expected that the boat will
be taken at once from Baltimore to
Norfolk.
The new cruiser Amazonas will be
manned entirely from the San Fran
cisco. That vessel sailed yesterday
from Lisbon and will arrive in the
Tyne about Friday. 1t is expected
that she will divide her officers and
crew with the Amazonas Without
doubt the Amazonas will be gotten
across the ocean as soon as possible,
and it is expected that the San Fran.
cisco will convoy her.
The war department is greatly an
noyed at the dilatoriness shown by the
contractors who have undertaken to
construct the new Notifications along
the coast. 1t is said that only one
among the whole number has finished
| his contract on time. The department
has been greatly embarrassed thereby
in placing its guns and has been OBJ.
liged to extend the time allowed these
contractors. The department has de-
termined not to submit to further OBJ
struction in prosecuting the work, but
| will do the work itself and refrain from
entering into contracts.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19
Room for the Children.

1t is desirable that growing children
should have a room all to themselves,
where they can be free to move around
and disarrange things if they feel like
1t. In England the nursery is made
much more of than it is over here, and
the chidren's quarters, as they are
called, frequently consist of study,
playroom and individual bedrooms at
tended by their own corps of servants
This is rather an eXtravagant idea for
the average American home, but it
often proves possible to devote one
room to the sole use of the young MEM
'bers of the household and their goods
and chattels. The mother is happy who
knOws that her young men and wom-
en- are where they can indulge in mis-
chief to their hearts content without
danger of harm. The liberty which
this gives her to devote certain portions
of the day to other occupations proves
a valuable acquisition to her economies.
Chicago Journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19
Attempt to Murder Two Women.

East Liverpool, March 11.-There is
great excitement at Empire, small
town ten miles below the city, over
an attempt to murder Rose Miller and
her daughter Minnie. The women
were seated in the kitchen Wednesday
night, when there was a crash of glass
and shotgun was thrust through the
opening. Several shots were fired,
taking effect on both Rose Miller and
her daughter. The daughter is eX-
pected to die, but it is thought her
mother will recover. David Mccoy, a
riverman, 30 years old and unmarried,
was arrested.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19
An Ic,portant Legal Decision.

Toledo, March 15.-Judge Barber on
Monday reversed the finding of the
justice court jury in the pure drug case
against Henry +. Marvin, wholesale
druggist. Marvin was prosecuted for
selling medicines alleged to contain
opium, without labelling the bottle
poison" The court reversed the judg-
ment. for the reason that the court
had no jurisdiction" and because the
squire erred in the exclusion of evil
dence. The decision is a far-reaching
one, as the case involved all patent
medicines which contain such poisons
as morphine. even in small quantities.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19
A COSTLY ERROR.
Texas Legislators Didn't Consult the AL
manac and Two State Elections Must bo
Held This Year.

Texas Legislators Didn't Consult the AL
manac and Two State Elections Must bo
Held This Year.
Austin, Tex, March 16.-The attor-
ney general has ruled that there will
have to be two state elections in Texas
this year. The regular election to
elect state officers and congressman,
as well as legislators and county Off
GERS, will be held as usual the second
Tuesday in November, but a special
election will have to be held the first
Tuesday, which is November l, to pass
or some constitutional amendments
submitted by the last legislature to be
voted on this year. Through an er-
ror in drafting the resolutions, the
provisions We're that the amendments
should be voted on the first Tuesday in
November. 1t was the intention to
make this day fall on the same day as
the state election, but this year comes
in on Tuesday. This carelessness on
the part of the Legislature will cost the
state nearly 500, 900 to pass on consti-
tutional amendments.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19
MANAGING INFANTS.
babies Need a Reasonable Amount
of .LettinR AIone.v

Although the baby is an exceedingly
tiny member of the establishment, it
requires more steps and more care
than any other, and sometimes more
than all the rest put together. Espe-
cially is this the case il the child is
at all ailing or irrita bic, or has been
spoiled during the first few months Of
it's existence. The doting fondness of
mothers for their babies, especially the
first ones, is responsible for a great
deal of hard work and unnecessary
trouble as they grow older. There is
nothing so beneficial to baby of auy
age as a reasonable amount of judicious
letting alone. This does not by any
means presuppose neglect or even the
lack of sufficient attention, but it does
include lnong other things that rest
and quiet and freedom from continual
nervous strain that wrecks so many
babies, and is one of the principal
causes of the remarkable number of
deaths that our statisticians are forced
to chronicle.
Careful feeding, warmth and quiet
ere three imperative necessities for
healthy and happy children. Continual
fussing over babies is the cause of a
great many bad tempers and great
deal of illness. There is very much
more in the infant incubator idea than
the general public is willing to admit.
1t seems dreadfully cold-hearted and
cruel thing to put the dear little crea-
lures into boxy place and shut them
up there, where one cannot get at
them to kiss and cuddle them, but all
the same this kissing and cuddling
business is just what does the most
harm. OF course, all of the mothers all
over the country cannot have incu-
bators and brooders for their babies,
but they can exercise little self-denial
and let the little ones alone when they
Iced rest and quiet. They can dress
them properly, feed them at regular
intervals and prevent their being dis
turbed by enthusiastic friends, who
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19
Double Tragedy in ootham.

New York, March 16. = John. A.
Petersen shot Henry Phol, a crayon
artist, and Mrs. Leonora Faulkner yes
terday in his home at Brooklyn. He
fired one bullet into Phols neck and
then, turning the weapon on the wo-
man, shot her five times. Neither can
survive. Petersen lived with Mrs.
Faulkner, who is said to be the widow
of an English sea captain. Petersen,
who had been out, returned and found
Pohl in the house with Mrs. Faulkner.
Without waiting for an explanation he
shot the man and woman. Petersen,
who is retired sea captain, was az
rested.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19
RETURNS TO KEY WEST.
Maine Court of Inquiry Leaves Havana for
the Florida Town.


the Florida Town.
Havana, March 16.-The Mangrove,
with the court of inquiry on board,
sailed last night for Key West. Capt.
Sampson, president of the board, said
that the decision to leave Havana was
not reached until Tuesday afternoon.
1t was decided that while further tes-
timony might be obtained here, this
was not sufficiently likely to justify a
longer stay. The court can return if
the divers or wreckers make discover
les that add to the stock of knowledge
now gathered. The plans of the sub
merged wreck are very elaborate, and
Capt Sampson says the testimony and
records of the divers are very full.
The greater part of the heinvestigation
that remains will consist, unless the
court returns here, of careful study
of the plans. 1t is not thought that il
will be necessary again to summon the
survivors of the Maine. The court has
no prophecy to make as to the further
duration of its sittings or as to when
the findings will be promulgated.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19
Tho Pope Tries to Avert War.

London, March 16.-sThe Pail Mall
Gazette publishes dispatch from
Rome which says there has been a re-
cent exchange of communications be-
tween the Vatican and Spain in regard
to Cuba and the relations with the Uni.
ted States. The pope, it is added, is
ready to do everything in his power to
prevent hostilities (which might be
fatal to the Spanish dynasty" Con-
tinuing, the dispatch says: ''The Vati-
can has specially exerted influence at
at Washington, and has tried to dis
suade the United States from plunging
into war with Spain"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19

Toledo, March 15.-E. B. Langel, ex-
president of the Toledo Letter Carriers
association, and prominent Maccabee,
has disappeared from the city and it is
said is short in his accounts with the
secret order of which he is member.
Langel mailed resignation to Post
master Brand. This was on Thursday
of last week, and since that time he
has not been seen. His family fears
that he has committed suicide, while
the postal officials think he has started
for the Klondille, and have sent out in
formation to the secret service agents.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19
INTERESTING OHIO NEWS
Gather d by Telegraph From All
Parts of the State.


Columbus, March 12.-The house COM
mittee to investigate the charge of
corrupt practices in the passage or
defeat of certain measures, yesterday
examined Newspaper Correspondents
Hal ID. Landon, Frank Hall and Her
bert Corey. Corey said he had been
told that three members of the lcgisla-
ture had visited room in the Great
Southern hotel, where they met Charles
L. Kurtz, Allen o. Myers and Eli West.
He also said Myers flashed Il $1,000 bill
and told the members they had "better
get on board" They told stories of
money having been sent here to defeat
SWANS Cincinnati ripper bill, Brack-
ems two-cent fare bill and other meas
ures, but the witnesses refused to di-
vulge the names of their informants.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19
AN EARLY ADJOURNMENT.

Prominent Congressman Believe that by
May L the Legislative Grind VIII be
Finished.
Washington, March 16.-The repub.
lican leaders in the house are pressing
for an early adjournment and it is said
their course meets the full approval of
the president. All save three of the
appropriation bills have gone to the
senate, The action of the appropria-
tions committee in preparing the gen
eral deficiency bill at this time is the
best evidence of the intention of the
leaders to secure an early adjournment.
This bill is always held back until the
last, as it contains all the odds and
ends. May | has been hxed by several
prominent house republicans as the
date for adjournment. The democrats
of the house generally favor an early
adjournment
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19
s'scrubbing Service"

Incumbents of London churches
which stand in need of cleaning might
do worse than follow the example set
by the vicar of St. Lawrence's church,
Birmingham, who recently announced
n "scrubbing SERVICE" and invited the
congregation to assist In the work.
Soap, water and scrubbers were to be
provided, but the elbow-grease must be
furnished by the devout. The service
is to last from three o'clock until 9:30,
by which time he hopes that the last
polishiag touches will have been given,
Sand tls interior of the church present
n glossy and shining appearance.-Lon-
don Telegraph.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19
Water Publication Plant Needed.

Columbus, March 16.-In approving
the sewage plans of East Liverpool
yesterday the state board of health
was brought for the first time to pass
on the sanitary condition of the Ohio
river, which is not wholly within the
jurisdiction of the state. The board
recommends that East Liverpool and
Wellsville unite in establishing a water
publication plant. The board esti-
mates that the Ohio river at that point
carries the sewage of million people.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-19
A Doubly Fatal Duel.

Higginsport, March 12.-Mayor Chas
Halfhill, John Donald, a wealthy liv-
eryman, and the latter's son met in the
street late Thursday night and ex-
changed Is shots. Halfhill and Dom
aid, ST., were fatally wounded. Dom
aid, il :, was shot in the head. The af-
fnir rrew out of an old feud.