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Expert bicvciists

Expeft bicyciistA lave already sue. ,eeded ill riding a jingle wheel, CT lnieyele, for short distances. In years Q come the unicy-
 cle may become as common a
 mode of loco v motion as the
 bicycle. Only a } few years ago
 people would
 have laughed at / the idea that
 all the " orId would shortly
 be awheel.
 It is not in me.
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Mrs. F. L, DiIIey and son leave in a le" days for Burlington, Miss. to ElsIt relatives for several weeks.
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Mrs. simon Bloom and son. and Mrs. Gabe Meyer, returned today. after sojourning for several weeks at Potash sulpher Springs.
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Miss Sue Knox left yesterday for Tucker where she will be the guest of Miss Edna TucEerlor a few weeks.
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Mr. Mamie Goldsmith of Green slle, passed through theeity today, Hfoute home from Little Rock
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Mrs F.M M. AlaeaaI laft today for priagtieif, III where hewIli he fhr q est of hst parents f9e several wsebs From NPriHadtl3 sbe -@itl go north 10 visit lrirnds far several mnniL.
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Mir. Nat Allen has returned from alip, Ark, where he has been bending Il few weeks resting
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MT and Mrs. Wm. H. Harrison ave returned from Holy Springs, rko where they have been visiting tends for the past two months.
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Jack Waits. member of the Jeff erson Fencibles, arrived home today on 1urlough. He says the First Arkansas Regiment will be moved soon from Camp Thomas to Hunts vile, Ala.
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Mir. Wm Hemingway, of English, is ln the city todaY.
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Doctors Easley anC Land have re Wned from Hot Springs where they ave been s0i0urLing the past aonth.
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Nr uerhrrt Trniork, mrmbtt of he EtueiHles. alra4esl ia The cltA last light. He Wilt remain several days. 4aru2 received q furloagh
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Miss Irma Nathan will return to Ter home in Memphis the latter part I the week. During her stny in this 1tS. Miss Nathan was royalty re-
 eiYed by her many friends
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Conductor Eugene Graham has re- turned from St. Louis where he has been enjoying a lay-off for few Mnake
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fhe Cotton Belt pay ear arrived yesterday paid off, and went south thi4 morning.
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Mir Duek ROseab5rg is au the stci iat today.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-08
FEED FROM STARVATION.
latest Arrivals From Dawson Predict
 Suferinq in the Spring.

SEATTLE, Jan. 7.-About forty re- turning Klondikers reached here to-day on the steamer City of Seattle. The amount of gold they brought is var iously. estimated from $50,000 to s100.- COG. Most of them are men who went into Dawson during the past summer and now return to escape the impend- ing food famine. With scarcely an ex- ception they will all go back in the spring with big quantities of provis- ions.
 The reports brought out by these venturesome miners. as we'll as infor- nation gleaned from various letters, indicate beyond question that the Government relief expedition cannot start any too soon. To avoid great physical suffering and the dangers in cident to an effort to come out over ice and snow it Is necessary that food be taken to the unfortunate miners in the Klondike district. Of the men who came down on the steamer to-day
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-08
OFFERS TO RENT
 A RAILROAD TRAIN.
President Ripley of the Santa Fe Wants to Give the POpulists Some Practical Experience
 in RaiIrOadin3.

WICHITA Kans. Jan ZPredent Ripley of the AtchisOn written by John Davis Popu the Fifth District Hon. w Popuist from Pratt which his accused of making proposition train for the Popus party of Kansas He declares that  declaration following Popust
 
 willing I official
 
 figured a mile At a  people, would Fe road produce this mile the
 
 point the shall all themselves They $O miles,
 
  otion. of lower entirely willing should be to al You will understand that offering to
  scheduled shine  lessee fix the running and place"
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-08

JUNEAU, Jan. 2, via Seattle-The steamer Mayfiower. from Skaguay, came into this port last night at Il o'clock On board were seven Yukoners. There were three parties. w. Fl. Woods. J. H. Brown and D. P. Bailey composed one, John Zinzirle. John Browell and John Obleiser composed the second party.
 The Woods party left Dawson on November 29 at noon. It started with four dogs and three sleds. arriving at Dyea with one sled only. and four dogs, on December 2s. The Browell party left Dawson on November 26.
 Woods states that between the 24th and the 29th, nearly 100 men left Daw son, but they passed these on the way. Probably another hundred or so will follow, but not more, as dogs are now scarce in Dawson. He describes the fire at Dawson City on Thanks giving eve, and says 1t destroyed only one block, at a loss of about SSO,OOO Woods said:
 "The fire broke out in the M. & NJ saloon, owned by Pete Mcdonald. It started from defective fiue in the upper story of the building. The near est buildings in this block were the opera house, the Dominion saloon and a butcher shop. All efforts to extin- guish the flames were fruitless, but the bar fixtures, said to be the finest in Alaska, and the whisky were taken out and saved.
 That evening a dodger had been circulated by the proprietors of the opera house to advertise a dance. At the bottom were these words: "A hot time in Dawson tonight It seems they got returns from this 'ad., Next the opera-house building caught fire. Everything was running full blast. About twenty girls were masquerad- ing with their partners when the alarm of fire was given. Everybody rushed out into the street. In few minutes the opera-house, a frame building 90 by 100 feet. was under con- trol of the fire fiend. The next build ings to go were the Dominion saloon | and butcher shop. The gambling ta- bles and bar fixtures of the opera house were piled up in the street, but the fire destroyed two casks of coal oil, which was being sold at S30 a gall lon. While the whisky was being saved six outfits were destroyed"
 Major Walsh is still at Big Salmon waiting for dogs and supplies.
 HAL HOFFMAN.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-08

to be taken of 1t. The letter was un- signed and the pOstoffice stamp on the face of the envelope shows that 1t was delivered on November 26, 1897. It Is as follows:
 You need the Times. Trowbridge needs money. See Trowbridge. $500"
 This epigrammatic production is writ ten by a hand that is evidently accus- toned to pen or pencil. It shows a matured style of chirography, and has marked characteristics. The capital :. CT" repeated three times, stands out cOnspicuously, and the production of this note may probably lead to the de- tection of the writer of it. The ad- dress written on the envelope is en- -s tirely different, so far as handwriting is concerned, from that in the note. Here is what Webb has to say with reference to the note:
 s. q received this letter through the g mails in the room of the Board of Edu- cation in the presence of J. A. FOshay :. and H. c. Johnson. opened it at the time and showed it to MT. Conrey, a member of the Board of Education, on the same day. I also showed it to the city editor of the Times, Mir Trow- bridge, and two other gentlemen a few days later, on their request to be per mitted to see it. I am certainly of the opinion that it was written and sent to me for the purpose of holding me up. have no idea that MT. Trowbridge had anything to do with 1t, and do not be- lieVe that he is capable of doing such thing. MT. Mc1nerney, another mem Der of the board, received a similar let ter about the same time, I believe"
 A visit was paid to Mr. McInerney. and he said that he had received such 8 communication. After inspecting the 2 Webb letter he declared that the note he had received was about the same, and that the handwriting, so far as he remembered it, bore a great resem- blance to that in Webb's note. McIner- ney added that the suggestion made to him was to pay only $300. He was una ble to find the note, he said, and be- lieved he had destroyed it.
 :. As MT. Trowbridges name was brought into the case, he was seen and asked if he wished to say anything in reference to it. He submitted the fol- lowing statement in writing:
 . s. It. is unnecessary for me to make any Statement to The Call. Walter Webb's accusation that l was concerned in an at Q tempt 10 hold him up has been proved to pc; a. lie. The facts and the evidence were duIiy puDllshed in the Times of January o loSo; -Webbs admission on December 4 tqa1 ne knew l had nothing to do with Iie anonymous letter, and would not be 'suspected Of having any Knowledge of if is sufficient answer to anything he may say now. ''
 GEORGE M. TROWBRIDGE.
 If is but fair to Mr. Webb to state ], that he had not accused and does not Naccuse MT. TTowbridge of any partici patton in the alleged attempt to hold him up.',
 In justice to MT. Trowbridge it must be said that no one who knows him be- LeVes for moment that he would
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-08

stoop to such a thing as is implied in the Webb note. In the Times article referred to by MT. Trowbridge it is also shown by means of affidavits that Trowbridge's skirts are entirely clean. Comment is then made on the note by the Times as followsa
 The unsigned note xxx proved to be only an anonymous, irresponsible scrawl, that might have been prepared by any body having the purpose to assist Webb by impugning the motives of persons en- gaged, in the work of investigating the school scandal or to injure MT. Trow- bridge by maliciously misrepresenting him.
 In view of the fact that more than a month has elapsed since this letter was brought to the attention of the Times. people are wondering why the Times has made no effort, so far as known, to discover the writer of the anonymous note. The question that is now being asked in Los Angeles is: How much have the anonymous enemies of Walter l.. Webb paid for the services Of the organ that has so notoriously, mallc- 1ously and consistently misrepresented him. Said MT. Webb to-day:
 When this investigation Is over we shall go carefully over the articles pup lished in the Times, Herald and EX- press and then prosecute the guilty ones-newspapers and persons-who have made themselves liable for libel, | civilly and criminally."
 When the grand jury meets on Mon 1 day, beside taking up the case or J: Il. Braly, the school director and banker, l who shaved" school teachers war rants, that body will take evidence Tn | reference to returning indictments against ex-School Director Adams and | c. H. Axtell for perjury in connection with their testimony in the Webb case.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-08
SENSATIONAL TRAGEDY
 OK THE BANKS OF 4 CREEK
Prominent Tennessee Doctor Decoyed 6y q Note and Shot 6y q Woman, Who
 Also Killed Herself.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Jan. "A sensa- tional tragedy occurred on the banks of Noncennah Creek, in the outskirts of Memphis, this afternoon. pr. s. A. Rogers. professor of anatomy at the Memphis Medical College, eX-president of the Board of Health and one of the most prominent physicians of this city, was shot by Mrs. Mary Sandbrink. a widow, and tonight lies in a dying condition at St. Joseph's Hospital After shooting pr. Rogers the woman turned the revolver to her breast and sent a bullet through her heart. No one witnessed the shooting.
 A farmer and his hired hands went to the assistance of the wounded man. and he was lifted into a buggy and carried to Memphis for medical treat ment. Dr. Rogers was shot in the back, the bullet striking the spinal col umn. The body of the unfortunate
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-08
BLANCO TO
 SOON ENTER
 THE FIELD Preparing to Meet General Gomez in
 Person. But Whether It Will Be in Peace or Battle Is
 Conjecture. RumOrS That Lee and Palma Are to Go With the Troops Also Circulated. FORCES TO MEET IN EAST, It Is Believed That the Captain-Gen- eral of Cuba Will Personally Offer Autonomy.
Rumors That Lee and Palma Are to Go With the Troops
 Also Circulated.
FORCES TO MEET IN EAST.
It Is Believed That the Captain-Gen- eral of Cuba Will Personally
 Offer Autonomy.
Copyright. 1898. by James Gordon Bennett.


 HAVANA, Jan. 7.-Captain-G General Blanco is, as I write, preparing to take the field in person. He Is about to leave Havana, and, according to all re- Iorts, he will endeavor to locate Gen. eral Maximo Gomez, commandment in- chief of the rebels, before he returns. Whether General Blanco is going in arms or whether he is bound for the Sancti Spiritus district with the idea of personal interview with General Gomez are questions that are being asked on all sides to-day
 Whether peace or renewed war on the rebels be his object, 1t is fact that for several weeks General Blanco has been sending re-enforcements to the east. These new troops, numbering altogether more than 10000, may have gone on to the Coutoriver district or may have stopped this side of there, nearer Le Reforma, where General Gomez has been for many months.
 It was reported to-day that Consult General Fitzhugh Lee would accom- pany General Blanco. When I saw General Lee he declined to say any thing definite. There was also a rumor that Senor T. Estrada Palma, head of the Cuban Junta in New York, is com ing to Cuba to see General Blanco,
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-08
BETRAYED BY
 HIS LIKENESS Burglar Roup Blames "The Call" for His
 Conviction. His Capture Brought About by the Publication of His
 Portrait. Would Not Divulqe His True Name and Bring Disgrace Upon
 Relatives.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NAPA, Jan. 7.-Some important statements of Burglar Roup, who was sentenced to life imprisonment from the Superior Court of this county yes terday, have come. to light. He said to his attorney:
 T don't care a cent what disposi- tion the court may make of me. I am nobody anyhow. The penitentiary is the place for such fellows as l. My principal regret is that The Call got hold of my picture. By it I was ex- posed. I am criminal. I know. but not a desperate character. I have re- spectable relatives living in Philadel- phia. and for s1, ,000, 900 I would not di- vulge my true name. As for Ham, the Judge-to the devil with him. He will deprive me of my liberty for life, and unjustly, too. Next Sunday he will go to church with his Bible and make all sorts of amends to his Lord That Call hate the name! It got hold of my picture and showed me up to the world
 T burglarized Mather's house and committed other crimes, but why should I be pestered in this way? God grant that the prison may not be my home forever, and that I shall have a chance to demonstrate to the world that I am capable of being a good man. I want to get out among the men of the world, and live as my mother taught me to live. I am hon. est at heart.
 Curse my prosecutors Good-by. I hope to see you again in freedom
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-08
FOREMEN ARE TAKEN ID TASK Secretary Long Acts on Their Conduct at
 Mare Island.
They Must Not Use Harsh or Abusive Language to
 SubOrdinates.
Men Clothed in Petty Authority Given Lesson by the Head of the
 Navy Department
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Call Office, Riggs House,

cal O1nce, RlggS House,
 Washington, Jan. '.
 Secretary Long to-day sent the fol- lowing letter to the Commandant of the Navy-yard at Mare Island. Cal:
 Referring to the investigation made by Lieutenant J. J. Knapp, U. s. N, in obedience to the departments orders on November 19, 1897, while the report of Lieutenant Knapp shows that no change is necessary among the fore men, the department is not at all sat- isfied that Foreman Laborer w. I. Sar- gent, in the Department of Yards and Docks, and Master Joiner Robert Hood, Master Painter $. T. Gillard and Quarterman Laborer-in-C Charge John Shean in the Department of Con- struction and Repair, have not been in the habit of using very proper lan- guage to the veterans and other en- ployes under them, and the Depart ment infers that they are in the habit of using language which is properly subject to criticism. In their language and bearing toward the veterans and other employees the Department ex- poets them to avoid offensiveness.
 Tt should be borne in mind that fore men can be firm and get the best work out of their men without the use of insulting and humiliating language. Persons to whom power and authority are given over subordinates should conduct themselves in manner and speech in such a way as to gain the re- spect of those whose work they direct. I want you to call the above named men before you and read this letter to them and tell them that further of fense of this kind will be considered a reason for discipline.
 "The department has confidence in the ability and integrity of Naval Con- structor William J. Baxter, U. s. N. and Civil Engineer R. c. Holiday, IT. s. N, and so far as it has been in formed has no criticism to make con- corning the manner in which they have enforced the labor regulations and con- ducted their work, but it desires you to impress upon their minds that if is their duty as responsible heads of de- partments to demand that their fore men and other men in charge should at all times in their official relations be civil in manner and speech toward their subordinates."
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-08
z Given an IntinatiOn That $500 Would COnciliate the
 "Times."
THE AUTHOR IS UNKNOWN.
No Effort Made by the Newspaper to Discover Who Made Use of
 Its Name.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7.-Now that
 there has come a Hull in the investiga-
 ton by the Board of Education of the
 charges against Walter l.. Webb of having held up'' school employees, pub lie attention has been directed to one ] of the peculiar and unexplained fea-
 lures of this breeding scan
 dal. Included in the signed state ment of Webb published on January 4 in The Call was the following:
 .r am unable to say whether letter which l received; directed to me, shorty S3l,tIS, that I give $500 to a certain reporter of
 the Times, would be any correct indication s of why l have been attacked so bitterly, Q. by the Times especially.
 :: When Webb was asked more partic- Q. ularly about this epistle he produced 1t for the inspection of The Call cor
 respondent and allowed a photograph
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-08
Winners Gt New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 7-The sen- sational incident developed by to-day's card was Robert Bonner's win with a couple of small bets, on, at 100 to |. Seaport and Sligo were the only win ming favorites.
 Six furongs. selling, Albert Vale won. Everest second, Miss Rowett third. Time 1:16%.
 One mile, selling, Seaport won, Tabou- ret second, Percy F third. Time 1:43A
 One mile and twenty yards, selling. Robert Bonner won, Loyalty second, An ger third Time, 1:45A.
 Thirteen-sixteenths of mile, handi- cap. Sligo won, Dave S second, Brother Fred third. Time. 1923
 Six furlongs, Forbush won, Belle of Memphis second, Flop third. Time 1:15JL.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-08
LAW ASKED FOR
 BY LABORERS
Urge the Passage of an Act Embracing Proposed
 Reforms.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

opeCldi lIlSldltH lO lLe Cdil
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-The execu- tive committee of the American Feder- ation of Labor consisting of President Gompers, Secretary Morrison and An drew Furuseth, has issued an address to the members of the Fifty-ffth Con gress. After calling attention to the introduction of modern machinery and the new business methods and the com petition of convict labor, by whom wageworkers are forced into idleness and want, the committee says 1t feel that it has right to bring its griev- ances to the attention of the law making power and to expect such definite measures of relief as seem most likely to improve our condition and preserve our independence and freedom as workers and citizens; and, therefore, we urge your earnest con- sideration of, and your best efforts in, enacting into law the following meas ures:
 First-An eight-hour working day on all public works; such law to provide that all contracts or sub-contracts for materials furnished or work done must contain a proviso that eight hours shall be the maximum labor of any one individual in any one calendar day.
 Second-In order to stop the indis- criminate and dangerous use of the writ of injunction we urge the adop- tion of. Senate bill 35.
 Third-In order in some degree to lessen the competition of convict labor we urge the adoption of law to pro- hibit the transportation of prison made goods from one State into any other State or Territory.
 Fourth-We urge the adoption of a reasonable law to restrict undesirable immigration, such law to be based on an educational qualification.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-08
DEATH OF THE EDIT0R OF
 THE BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL
Career Of Ernest Hart, Who Was Con- spicVous for His Devotion 10 the Social
 and Sanitary Progress Of London.

LONDON, Jan. 7.-Ernest Hart, edi- tor of the British Medical Journal, is dead
 Mir. Hart has been conspicuous for his devotion to social and sanitary pro- gress in London. He established a so- ciety for the abatement of smoke and instituted cheap concerts for the poor. As chairman of the parliamentary bills committee of the British Medical Asso- citation he took an active part in pro- noting a better organization of the medical departments of the British army and navy.
 Among sanitary investigations he es- pecially inquired into the various epi- devised a series of regulations for safe guarding the milk supply of towns.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-08
FROM THIS COUNTRY 70
 THE HAWAIIAK ESLANDS
Senator lodge Introduces BM Proyidi1o for the Construction of Pucifc
 C1ble.

WASHINGTON, Jan. IT, Senator Lodge to-day introduced bill to pro- vide for the construction of a tel egraphic cable from this country to the Hawaiian Islands and Japan China and Australia. The bill grants a subsidy of $125.000 a year for twenty years on the service to Hawaii and an additional $75,000 a year for the same length of time for the extension of the line to Japan or Australia. A survey by the Secretary of the Navy to ascer- tain the most feasible route is author ized.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-08
The Public Will Know

To-day is the time set for the begin ming of one of the largest furniture and carpet sales ever heard of. The Patio sien Company, on Sixteenth and Mission streets, will commence to dispose of 124 carloads of furniture which they bought from the West Michigan Furniture %
 for trifle. People will travel for miles to see fine oak polished dining-room chairs selling at Csc, mahogany or oak parlor tables at 65c, velvet carpets at soc per yard, good Brussels carpets at soc. All other goods will open the eyes of buyers, Free rides to all buyers to and from the store during this sale. :
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-08
lets q Contract for Bacon.

VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash, Jan. 7.-Captain D. L. Brainard to- day awarded to c. H. Frye of Seattle the contract for furnishing 75.000 pounds of bacon at ST 95 per 100 pounds for the Yukon relief expedition. All proposals for 800 pounds of tea and 5000 pounds of to-day purchased these articles in open market in Portland. The total cost of the 100000 rations, including chocolate, butter and milk, aggregates about $16,- O00