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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-03
INTERESTS THE PEOPLE
OF THE PACIFIC. COAST
Rural Free Delivery System. Is Ex-
tended to Berryessa, Santa
Clara County.

WASHINGTON, Sept. +2-Pensions have
been granted as follows: California
Original: John P. Zimmerman. Elk
Grove, ST.. John l.. Barnett, Soldiers
Home. Los Angeles, IS; Laurens w.
Poole. Los Angeles, 49,. Increase: George
Filbert, Veterans Home, Napa, Sc to s12:
Original widows, ETC.. Mary Ann. Ma
her, San Francisco. So.
A rural free delivery is to. be estab-
lished at Berryessa,. Santa Clara County,
California, and superintendent Book Of
the Rural Free Delivery System leaves
at once for the coast to direct the work.
Army orders: Private Chester C. Ped
lar, Battery A, battalion California Vol
unteer Artillery; now at Camp Miller,
Preside, is transferred to the hospital
corps as a private. Upon the receipt of
this order the commanding officer will
order him to report to the surgeon for
duty at the hospital. Private Otto Paul
Lindgren. Company G, Sixth California
Volunteer Infantry now at. Benicia Bar
racks, is transferred to the hospital corps
as a private. Upon receipt of this or
der the commanding officer will order
him to report to the surgeon general for
duty at the hospital. Private William
3. Ludlow, hospital corps now on duty
at Camp Merriam, Santa Cruz, is de-
tailed as acting hospital steward and as
signed to duty at that post.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-03
CLAY's SUIT FOR DIVORCE.
The Petition Recites the Desertion of
the General by His Wife.

RICHMOND, KY, Sept. 2.-The petition
for divorce filed by General Cassius M.
Clay to secure a legal separation from his
girl wife. Dora Richardson Clay, recites
that the plaintiff has treated the de-
PENDANT in all respects as dutiful and
faithful husband should and that he has
fully met and discharged all the cove
nants of said marriage contract, but that
the defendant did, without fault on the
part of the plaintiff, abandon him on July
3. 1897, and has since lived separate and
apart rom him.
asks [. at the defendant be restored TO
her maiden name and given all proper re-
lief. which is supposed to mean that he
intends to provide q liberal alimony. The
defendants answer admits all the
charges. General Clay says that the girl
shall never want so long as he lives.
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MAY ALSO HAVE SOLDIERS.
Uncle Sam in a Mood to Grant
SPANS Request.

WASHINGTON, Sept. Having ar
ranged for the release and return to
Spain of the Spanish sailors captured
after the destruction of Cerveras fleet,
the Spanish Government is now seeking
to secure the release of the Spanish SOL
diers who are still held captives in this
country. There are a few of these con-
fined at Fort Mcpherson, and our Gov
eminent is entirely satisfied to be rid of
them. Our Government, having finally
consented to release the sailors Upon the
sole condition that the Spanish Govern
Thiebaut, acting in the interest of the
SPANISH Government, has just made ap-
plication to the State Department for
Spanish soldiers. The request is now un-
der consideration and will doubtless be
era nted
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-03
HE HAD MONEY
TO THROW AWAY
Seattle Crowd Enriched
by a Klondiker.
GEORGE c. cARMAcK's SPORT
TossEs COIN FROM A HOTEL
WINDOW.
GEORGE cARMACK'S SPORT
Men, Women and Children Fight for
Share of the Golden Stream,
to the Joy of the !.
Yukoner.
Special Dispatch to. The Call.

SEATTLE, Sept. Am unusual and
somewhat exciting episode entertained
e large number of people for a time
yesterday afternoon: Evidence of the
wealth and libsrality of a Klondiker
was. ST. "A when a. golden and silver
: shower of money: suddenly fell among
the. passing throng in front of prom
inent hotel. The cause was soon ap-
parent, for in the windows far above
could be seen George Carmack. sur
rounded by his squaw wife, children
and two Indian .brothers-in -law They
We're. eagerly watching the effect and
their smiles. broadened into audible
laughter as they noted the wild scram--
; pie after the falling coin.
AS the pieces. of money jingled to the
" sidewalk or were clutched at ere they
fell to the. pavement the street beca me
p a seething mass of humanity. Men,
: boys, and women .fiocked from the street
ears shops and byways 10 participate
in the Klondikers' pleasure. Even no.
lfcem took hand in the grab. while
conductors and motormen deserted
+tnelr; cars for few minutes in the
.eIort to accumulate some OF. the Aying
com, In the rush hats We're broken and
lost, faces brui-ed, coats torn and linen
soiled:
"A. barber who had been standing on
tlhe:corner when the golden deIuge be
gan was one OF the first in the scramble
ard the last to emerge after the storm
was over. He went in. spotlessly. clean
ana came out soiled and torn, but in
: MS hands he had two So gold pieces
and one silver dollar which he thought
would recompense him for his expert
eTlce.
one man. went into the scramble with
a good hat. and came out. bareheaded
and empty handed
All this. time Car1nack and his native
Alaskan relatives were splitting them
selves with laughter in their apart
ments at the top of the hotel Having
nothing but money they know of no
better way Of becoming popular and
having amusement than by distributing
it on the street.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-03
FAVORITES WIN THE
NEVADA CITY RACES

NEVADA CITY, Sept. 2-This was Nevada
City day. and the biggest crowd of the weel.
saw the Jockey Club races. The favorites all
won.
The Father Lode purse for a three quarters
Of mile dash was won by Lost Girl in 1:151a.
Fig Lest was second and Durango third.
Moringa won the mile and an eighth race
for the Glenbrook Park purse. Joe Terry was
second and p. A. Finnegan third. Time, 1856
In the Holbrook purse. trotting. Osita came
first under the wire in two straight heats, Mo-
jave second Silver Ring third and May b
fourth. Time. 2:20s4, 2:1S5a.
In the free for-al for district trotters and
PAGERS there were six entries and four starters
Inez took the first and third heats and the
race. Morengo won the second heat. Time
2;36, 2:3s, 2:36h
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-03
SUFFERS FOR THE
SIN OF THE THIRD
STREET DEFAMERS
FresDo Correspondent Of the Ex-
uminer Thrushed for an Or
Tense Of lis Employers,

X FRESNO, Sept 2-Fulton G. Grand
x a capitalist
the
which appeared in to-days Examiner Charles
The article stated that he Fulton
a
of
not to
following
x Charles Berry not in His uncle, F.
Notwithstanding
G.
that Charles the
and holdin him
man out
He
on
especially when the advised
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dress in behalf of the associations was
delivered by Mr.. Walker Clarke. DR..
Branner made the speech of welcome A
literary and musical programme followed;
In his talk DR.. Branner congratulated
the incoming class upon many new works
to which it would fall heir. The library
building given by Senator Stanford's
brother would not be long in completion.
latest acquisition was an art building to
be given by some lady of wealth of San
Francisco, whose name as yet may not
be known.
added to this concluded DR.. Branner,
"the legacies of the Stanford estate are
fast being paid and this year will see
Mrs. Stanford rid of Probate Courts and
ready 10 turn her life to university work. /"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-03
AS CAPTAIN OF THE YARD.
Cotton of the Harvard Has Been As
signed to Mare Island.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2-Acting Secre-
tarv Allen to-day assigned Captain c. S.
cotton to duty as captain of the Mare
Island Navy-yard, in the place of Com
mander Brice, retired. who has been serv-
ing not only as captain of the yard but
as acting commandant since the death Of
ADMIRAL Kirkland. Captain Cotton is at
present in command of the auxiliary yes
Sci Harvard, and has been detached with
the privilege of short leave at home be-
fore assuming his new duties. 1t is ex-
nected that within a few days an admiral
will be assigned to command the Mare
island Yard The captain is well and
favorably known on the Pacific Coast
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-03
KILLED: BY DYNAMITE.
An Explosion in. Which Four Men
+. Were Killed and Many Ininrad

: *INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. "A special TO
the Sentinel from wellington, Ind. savs.
a terrible. accident occurred at StintsviIle
this afternoon in which four men were
Instantly. killed. by a dynamite explosion
and many others were seriously injured.
The men were blasting rock for a now
pike. when q. terrific explosion of dyna-
mite occurred, instantly killing the fol-
lowing; John ". Williams. John Grub
by Buck. Wampler and Edward Watts.
The fatally injured: Ben Fyne. Milton
Hike and Willie Ford The injured were
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-03
FOR WOUNDED INSURGENTS
Hospitals Will Soon Be Established
in Cuban Districts.

Special Gable to The Call and the New York
Herald. Copyrighted, 1898, by James Cor
don Bennett
HAVANA, Sept. 2-Hospitals for sick
and wounded insurgents will soon be es-
tabiished in Viboras district, near Jesus
del Monte, and in Guanabacoa. near
Bacuranao. Francis Garcia Valenti. an
American citizen confined in Severno
Castle, Matanzas, for political causes, has
been set at liberty.
During a heavy storm to-day lightning
struck the palace of General Gonzales
Parade, destroying considerable furniture,
lamps and books on General Parade S
desk A loud report caused a commos
ton in General Blanco's palace and the
Treasury building At Adelmotoro's Of
flee the windows were broken, but no
other damage was caused
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-03
HURLED FROM A YACH-.
Accidental Jibing of Sail Costs the
Lives of Four Girls.

ERIE, Pa, Sept. BY the accidental
jibing of the sail of the pleasure yacht
Carmenca, on Pressure Isle Bay, this
evening, four young women were swept
off into the water and drowned before as
sistance could be rendered. They were
Mary, Della and Ella Paradine, daughters
of William Paradine, machinist, and
Jessie Moore. a daughter of John H
Moore, an engineer of the Erie and Pitts
burg Railroad.
The four girls were seated upon the
roof of the yachts cabin, when a sudden
puff of wind coming down from the
wooded shore, an unexpected direction,
caused the sail to jibe, sweeping them into
the water AS quickly as possible the
yacht was put about, but with the head
way obtained it was impossible to reach
the spot in time to save any of the girls.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-03
NEW RAILWAY PROJECT.
Line to Cross the Cascade Range at
Natchez Pass

PORTLAND, Or, Sept. 2-The Oregon
ian will say tomorrow: THE newest
rumor of a railroad in the Northwest is
to the effect that line is to be built from
Grays Harbor, WASH. easterly to Wal
lula Junction there to connect with the
o. r. and N and Northern Pacific. The
proposed road. it is said. will cross the
Cascade range at the Natchez Pass and
tap a country rich in coal and timber.
The news came to Portland in letter
from a New York broker. In which 1t was
stated that arrangements had been made
for selling the bonds for the road"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-03
Quarrel Ends in a Shooting.

STOCKTON, Sept. John Riley was
shot tonight by Peter Clark during a
drunken quarrel. The bullet passed
through the fleshy part of the left arm
lust above the ~ow, inflicting a wound
which will not prove serious if cared for.
Riley lives in an ark on the water front.
and claims to be one of the few survivors
of the rebel cruiser Alabama, which was
sunk by the Kearsarge. Clark is known
to the police and will not escape, though
he took to his heels after the shooting
and has not been heard from since
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-03
FEARFUL RAILWAY WRECK.
Luggage Trolley Causes Death and
Destruction at Wellingborcugh.

LONDON, Sept. "A terrible accident
has taken place at Wellingborough rail-
way station. on the London and North
boys pushed a loaded luggage "trolIey''
on the track just as the express train was
apI II aching at a speed of fifty miles an
ht ur.
The train was derailed and fearful
s,.neS ensued. The wreckage of the rail
way carriages caught fire; the engineer
and many others were seriously Injured.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-03
RAILROAD: OFFICIALS
DODGE THE TAX
Excess Baggage Receipts Issued
Without the Stamps Re
ollired hu rau,

WASHINGTON. Sept. 2. = Complaints
have been made to the Internal. Revenue
Bureau that some of the railroads in GER
tain sections of the country. and among
them some of the large corporations, are
daily violating the war revenue act by
issuing excess baggage receipts without
stamping the same The attention Of
collectors has been called to the fact with
Instructions to. investigate and to esti-
mate the amount of loss SO. far sus-
tanned by the Government through This
neglect of railroad officials. ''o
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-03
FIVE MEN DROWNED
EN- ROUTE re ATlIN
Hardships suffered by Gold Seekers
Attempting to Reach the
New Ell Dorado

VANCOUVER, B. c., Sept. 2--John AL
Ian of Mac Leod, who arrived here to-day
from Dawson, brings an urconfirmed re-
port that five men have been drowned
while on the way to the Atlin Lake gold
fields.
Allan met two parties, one headed by
Captain Segard of Calgary and the other
by w. Mulvan, who had come through
to Dawson by way of the Edmonton
route. They left Edmonton in July,
1897. and got to Dawson on July ", this
year. They were mere skeletons. They
said they were almost the only ones to
get through
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-03
RECEPTION AT STANFORD.
New Students Welcomed by til
Christian Association.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Sept. g.
The University Christian associations
rendered reception to the new students
this evening In the GYM About four
hundred students attended the junction
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-03

VIII be unable to take part in the re-
ceptfon of President Mckinley. General
Young was wounded in the right arm
during the. civil war, and had been I'M
aole to raise his hand above his head
He tripped on piece of wire and fell.
HIS arm was set by one of the SURGEONS
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-03
succumbs to Painful Burns.

PORT COSTA, Sept 2-william Nc
Hugh's eldest. daughter, Nellie, who was
so seriously burned by her dress catching
fire on Wednesday last, died at 6 o'clock
this evening, having suffered intense pain.
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taken to Stintsville and the Coroner was
summoned from Bloomington: The men
killed or injured were well known ctti-
zens of this county. All had families
and some had grown children. They
ranged in age from 40 to 30 years. HE
lost an arm and leg and is dying to-
mir
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-03
MISS DAVIS SINKING.

NARRAGANSET PIER. R l.. Sept. q
Miss Winnie. Davis. the daughter of JEFF
ferson Davis, who is i'll with gastritis
here. experienced a change for the worse
to-day. Her condition is considered
critical.
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plot to Murder BanfPv.

BUDAPEST. Sept. 2.-The newspapers
here report the discovery of a plot to
murder Baron Banffy, the Hungarian
Premier.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-03
AN OFFERING TO
THE QUEEN DOWAGER
People of Holland Show Their Love
in Most Substantial Manner.

III uOSC SuDStantlaI MANNER.
THE HAGUE. Sept. 2.-The Queen
dowager granted an audience to-day to
a committee formed for the purpose of
offering testimonial of the people 5 love
a the close of the regency
The Burgomaster of Amsterdam has
presented 300 900 forms for philanthropic
purposes, and the Queen has announced
her intention of founding a hospital for
consumptives with a portion of the fund
and devoting the remainder TO the Dutch
East Indies.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-03

"Australia's Greatest Kangaroo
Drive of the Year." Al next Sun
days Call.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-03
GEN. YoUNG's ARM BROKEN.

ACCIDENT to a Veteran Who WIS
Wounded in the Civil War
NEW YORK. Sept. 2.--At Camp Wikor
General Young broke his arm to-day and
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22
The Trusting Crab.

What do you think of a crab which
trusts to the birds to feed him? Sounds
like a fairy tale, doesn't it? But it is
a fact, for all that. This son 0: Can
Ger, which is large and quite blue in
color, lives among the heron rookeries
in the lower part of Florida, where he
digs a house in the sand under drift
logs or large stones. It is not often
that he ventures abroad by day, but
at night he steals forth in search of
something to eat. Something to eat
with him means the bits of flesh left
in the birds nests by the young gap
lings, or, if there is not enough of it
to appease his appetite and
the mother of a brood is absent, he
will help himself to a nesting. But
woe betide that crab detected by a
bird mother in the act Of robbing her
nest. Her sharp bill soon beats
through the marauder's brittle shell
and his flesh is distributed among those
very gaplings he had fondly hoped to
feast upon. When the plume hunters
make their annual predatory incur
sions into the regions of breeding her.
ons and the parent birds are driven
from the nests, the blue crab comes
forth in swarms and makes the
slaughter complete by devouring all
the young.-New York Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22
The American Sailor.

Jacky, who used to be more sailor
than gunner, is now more gunner than
sailor. Just in proportion as he has
ceased to be a part of the great engine
OH which he lives, so he has come
more and more into the control of it.
And as the cardinal purpose of a a
ship is to hit things with her projec.
tiles. Jacky has become a specialist in
getting that work out of her. He does
it in two places-at the guns and al
the engines. Correctly pointed guns
are of no use, unless the platform on
which they rest is put in proper rela.
ton to the thing to be hit, and kept
there; equally it is useless to get the
ship into proper place unless the guns
are correctly pointed. Men who a
do either of these things must have
natural capacities and be susceptible
to education, and only men Of this
sort are eligible for our navy.
Accordingly the "beach-comber," OF
the "rock-scorpion," or any other vari.
ETY. of that ruck of marine refuse
i MUS alouAu tAS SlNdC IldlH
time ports and ships in any craft
where grub" is plenty and work is
light, no longer sings his hammock
on Uncle Sans berth-deck, as he used
to do to the shame of the service in
years gone by. Nor can the tramp,
nor the jail-bird, nor even the incorri.
gible black sheep of the family thue
be provided for to the relief of con.
stables and long-suffering relatives.
No man or boy can now pass a United
States naval recruiting officer unless
he is clean, healthy, honest, young,
strong and intelligent; nor can he
afterward get that advancement which
is certainly open to him without fear
or favor, unless he continues to show
aptitude and ability.-New York indie.
pendent.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22

precursors Of the siameee twins. IL
life they were Joined together by a
mysterious cord Of flesh. and they died
on the same day, leaving their prop
erty to be distributed among the poor
Of the parish, and among all who care
to apply for a dole of bread and cheese
on Easter uay.
This b]enefaction has been in exist.
ence for six Or even centuries. and at
present its value is about $40 a year.
Formerly the doles consisted of bread
and cheese and ale, but the latter pro.
duced SO much hilarity in the village
that it was abolished, and he charity
is low limited to the two first men.
toned nutritive articles. The bread is
made up in the form of cakes, bearing
a rude representation Of the Twin
Maids of Biddinden, which are gen.
orally preserved as %curiosities by the
recipients. They are baked very hard.
and are admirably adapted to give
work to dentists by breaking the
tolars of those who attempt to pene-
tr.1te their mysteries. The poor of the
PAL. h, as distinguished from neces,
sitonS strangers, are supplied with or.
dinarylquartern loaves and cheese
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22
ar EVENTIDE.

The tired breezes are tucked to rest
In the cloud-beds far away,
The waves are pressed to the placid
breast
OF the cleaning, dreaming bay;
The shore line swims in a hazy heat,
Asleep in the sea and sky,
And the muffed beat where the
breakers meet
Is a soft, sweet lullaby.
The pine-clad hill has a crimson crown
OF glittering sunset gloWs,
The roofs of brown in the distant
Are bathed in a blush Of rose;
The radiant ripples shine and shift
In shimmering shreds Of gold,
The seaweeds lift and browse aud
And the jellies fll and fold.
The great sun sinks, and the gray fog
heaps
His cloak on the silent sea,
The night-wind creeps where the ocean
sleeps,
And the wavelets wake in glee;
Across the bay like a silver star
There wrinkles the harbor light,
And faint and far from the outer bar
The sea-birds call "Good night"
Joe Lincoln, in L. A. w. Bulletin.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22
He E!dn'y Mind.

Andrew Lang relates an anecdote OF
Dean Stanley's amiable simplicity. The
dean was dining out, and was very late.
When he came his collar was unfasten-
ell. and the ends vibrated like little
white wings upon the head Of a cherub.
People could not look at him with
curiosity during the dinner. and 1T
length, with due precautions, his host
ess ventured to ask him II he knew
that his collar had broken adrift.
oh. yes" said the dean; do you
mind:'
Not at all" said the lady.
.Then l don't mind, either" answer
ed the dean. THE button dropped Oft
while | was dressing" And he contin-
ueu his conversation.
ut was not says Mr.. Lang. "ab-
sence of mind, but ~unTiva}led presence
Of mind. that Stanley displayed. Any
other human being would have been at
the point of charging his shirt-"-Peo-
uIp'S Friend.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-22
EARTHQUAKES in the PhiIippines.

The earthquakes in the Philippines,
especially on LuZon and Negroes Is.
lands, deserve a special story by them.
selves. The whole group of islands is
Of volcanic origin. There are seventy
volcanoes in constant eruption on the
islands. Several of them are the most
violent in the world and are always
being studied by scientists from Eu.
rope and America. The famous vol.
cano Niagara is within sight of Manila,
An earthquake occurs on an average
of once every ten days. I have known
small quakes to come at the rate of a
dozen a day for a week atatime. About
a dozen times a year there are shocks
SO severe that people will run about
in fright and damage will be done to
the buildings. The big bridge over the
Passig River at Manila has been SO
swerved by earthquakes twice in my
residence in the city that it has been
made unsafe for travel. In 1884 an
earthquake nearly ruined the great
stone cathedral in Manila. RACED many
ouiiuiuSS " tHe GROUND, rocked nun
dreds more, and 1000 people on Luzor
Island were killed by falling timbers
and walls. In 1860 the great earth.
quake occurred on Negroes Island. II
has V been known how many PEG.
pie were killed then, but the number
is estimated at 1000. Almost every
structure on the island was shaken
down, and great gaps, yards wide and
miles long, We're cracked across the
island. The quake opened seams in
the earth from the s%eacoast and made
passages from the interior lakes to the
oceau