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The San Francisco call., 1898-04-30
POISON MIGHT
 BE THE CAUSE Two Young Brothers Die Under Mysterious
 Circumstances. But One Day Elapsing Between Their Deaths Causes a
 Suspicion.
The Doctors, Unable to Diagnose the Case, Appeal to the
 Coroner.

The death of the two young sons of MT and Mrs. J. P. OConnell occurring within two days under circumstances which point strongly to poisoning is being investigat- ed by the Coroner, and there is consider able mystery attached to the case. One of the boys died Thursday morning pre- sumably of cholera infantum, and while the end came sooner than the doctor in attendance expected he thought nothing wrong in the case, so signed the death certificate and the child was buried. The following day the second boy died with symptoms similar to those observed in his brother. AS the physicians were not entirely satisfied with the diagnosis Of the malady of the first patient the matter was reported to the Board of Health, and the body of the second child given into the care of the Coroner.
 James Joseph O'Connell was years old and a particularly healthy child. Wednesday morning he complained of pains in his stomach and was seized with vomiting The mother thought there was nothing serious in the illness and applied home remedies until late in the evening. when, as the boy grew worse, Dr. Conran of S60 Mission street was called: lie found the boy in convulsionS, and after Investigating the case decided that cholera infantum was the trouble. He relieved the suffering as much as possible, and appre- hended no fatal termination of the at tack. Greatly to the doctors surprise, the child died at 2 o'clock Thursday morning. The death certificate was signed and the body buried in Holy Cross Cemetery yes terday morning.
 While the body was still in the house, Thomas F. O'Connell, 3 years old, was taken sick in the same way that his brother had been, and Dr. Bell, the reg ular family physician, was called to at tend him. This boy was resting easy 1or, hn ft1y1a but on the return of the mother from the funeral he was found to be worse, and died shortly after l o'clock. Dr. Bell was puzzled by the case, and decided that 1t was one worthy of an investigation.
 The mother of the children lives at 153 San Carlos avenue, where she conducts a small grocery-store and bakery The father is a blacksmith by occupation, but is at present among the gold-hunters of Alaska, where he has been since last January. Mrs. O'Connell says she does not know where the children could have got any poison, as none was kept about the place The family has eaten no canned goods, and the children have been to no There are three little girls in the family and the mother said these had not been sick, but this is contradicted by Dr. Bell, who states that all three have been sick and vomiting much in the same way the two boys did, and that he has been treat ing them. He admits that the symptoms which both boys exhibited might be due to cholera infantum, but says that the deaths were too sudden to be the result of that disease. Ii is his opinion that they have been eating something that
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-30

The San Francisco Gas and Electric Light Company has lost in the case brought against it by Henry James. The court not only decreed that the company had no right to the S5 ex- tracted from James as a deposit. but by the decision weakened the grasp of the monopoly on many another deposit similarly secured.
 The matter was tried before Judge Barry, who sought to ascertain the cir cumstances in detail, even asking many questions himself. He took the matter under advisement, and yesterday ren- dered his decision. That this decision
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-30

Barcelona, the Spanish notables at home, the royal navy, ancient Toledo, the Es- curial, Granada and the Alhambra, etc. MT. Davis has travelled extensively through Spain, and Is thoroughly ac- quainted with the people, their customs and language, and this, combined with the superb collection of views and the great interest now being felt in Spain and all things Spanish. tended to make the evenings entertainment one of the most interesting ever given by the club.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-30
Character Sketch No. E

In to-day's News Letter represents ono of the best-known and wealthiest mtn,re . men in the State. The series of proni- nent mems pictures running through the News Letter are attracting great deal of attention. This number also contains vigorous editorials on Widbers defalca- ton, grave considerations growing out of the war with Spain, dozen sharp local hits in Sparks" tart roasts of peonIe more or less known by the "Crier.'' New Club ladies, Consul George Hall. II.
 Grant, General Hammond and others /. and some lawyers are scalped. Harbor Commissioners roasted, School Beard skinned and Sausalito's new ordinance noted on the. first page. Every page of the issue is bright. entertaining and in structive. Ten cents, of all newsdeaIers. :
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-30
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE JAMES E. BARRY.

Is not a surprise can be fairly stated.
 So far as disinterested persons could
 determine both the law and the facts
 were on the side of the plaintiff. The company does not propose to give up gracefully the plum to which it has clung so tenaciously. Notice of appeal
 was at once filed. The feature of the trial apparently most embarrassing to the defense was the repeated inquiry from the bench as to what had been the consideration for the $5. There was no
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-30

Court shall sustain Judge Barry there will be such run on the gas companies that they will be forced out of the banking business.
 Meanwhile whoever has a deposit with either concern can get it back by ordering out his meter, settling his ac- count, and then ordering the meter re- placed. The cashier of the Gas and Electric Company was good enough to give the public this tip while on the stand.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-30
A Valuable Specimen.

The State Mining Bureau is in receipt of a valuable specimen known as platt- nerite, or dioxide of lead. In the com mercial world this mineral has but little value, but to the curiosity hunter it's value is estimated at about 80 pound This value is because of it's being so scarce. The specimen comes from the mine of w. J. Clark of Mullen, Idaho Mir Clark has sert similar specimen to the Smithsonian Institution, where it is highly priZed.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-30
The Iroouois Club

The Iroquois Club met last night to complete arrangements for a benefit to be given at the Tivoli Opera House on May 16 when Ship Ahoy" will be nre- scented.
 A dispatch was read from Senator Perkins formally announcing that the tug Fearless, recently purchased by the Gov
 ernment, will be named after the club when 1t Is turned over for war service, A committee was appointed to prepare some token of the clubs appreciation of the honor conferred. VI
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-30
SANG NATIONAL FRS.
Much Enthusiasm Manifested at the
 Camera Club Entertainment.

There was a great deal of patriotic en- thusiasm manifested at the close of the illustrated lecture of the California Cam era Club last night. The lecture was, Spain as It Is,'' by Neal Davis, and at it's conclusion an American flag was thrown on the curtain, while the audience rose en masse and sang My Country Iris of Thee" The house was crowded, and everybody sang with an ardor which made the old walls ring and echo again
 The lecture dealt principally with the Spanish character. life in Madrid and
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-30
Saws He Is All Right.

Mrs Powers, the mother of Thomas Powers, the man who was arrested last Wednesday on a charge of burglary, says the police are In error when they say her son was ever arrested before She says he is not burglar, nor has he ever given the police any trouble. It was reported by the police that Powers was sneak thief
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-30

contained poison, and he believes 1t might be arsenic.
 Dr. Gallagher, the autopsy physician of the Coroner's office, made an examination of the body of the child who died yester- day. The stomach was entrusted to Dr. c. l.. Morgan, the Morgue chemist, who will make chemical examination to-day
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-30

tion was overthrown, and the verdict was rendered in her favor, with costs, last evening. after the jury had deliberated bit q short time.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-30
WINERIES FOR RENT ],

MOUNTAIN VIEW WINERY BUILDINGS with Distilling Plant. Boiler. Engines. etc. Ent Moun,ain M View is in the heart of Santa Clara wine in the world Is produced here. Wil rent cheap to responsible parties for term of years H. K. ROGERS, IF Lenzen avenue
 San Jose Cal
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-30

In the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco, State of California, De- partment No. l.
 THOMAS F. DUNN, Plaintiff, vs. LAW RENCE DUNN ct als., Defendants. Cause
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-09
When Trees Go to Sleep.

Trees and plants have their regular
times for going to sleep, as we'll as boys
and girls. They need the same chance
to rest from the work of growing and
to- repair and CT; The machinery of life.
Some plants do all their sleeping in,
the winter while the ground is frozen
and the limbs are bare of leaves. In
tropical countries where the snow new
er falls and it is always growing wealth
er the trees repose during the rainy
season or during periods of drought.
They always choose the most unfavor-
able working time for doing their
sleeping, just as mankind chooses the.
night, when he cannot see to work. In.
connection with this interesting fact, a.
Norwegian observer has made some;
interesting experiments, in which he,
has tried to chloroform plants, and he
has found that the fumes of this an
aesthetic or sleep-giver has marked
effect on the plant, making it sleep
harder and grow faster when it wakes
Up. @*.s=." =z 81.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-09
Rebel Ram Stonewall.

From the Denver Post: In looking
over a history, Of our civil war a few
days ago CHANGED upon the name of
that rebel ram, since sold to the Japan
ese government, the Stonewall. And
as sat and read the lines faded away,
and in their places came an expanse
of shimmering = water, dotted with
junks, sampans and fisher boats, while
to the north and west were long rows
of blue-tiled and straw-thatched
houses, the old town of Kanagawa and
the new village of Homura Beyond
Mississippi and Treaty points are sub
sstantial go-downs of stone, two hatoba
break the placid waters of the anchor
age, and near to them lies low vessel
with a long ram, over. which ripple
the breach. The city of stone is Yoko-
hama and the water is the Bay Of
Yedo; the vessel is the old StoneWall,
I now Of the japanese navy, known as
Adzuma, a name dear to all people
.of the Sunrise Kingdom, synonym
of love and Wifely devotion. And there
\ by hangs a tale.
Down throgh the ages, back to the
year A. D. 10, the Amos, supposed 5to
be the original settlers OF. Japan
were causing some trouble for the En-
peror Keiko, and finally broke out into
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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-09
A PHOTOGRAPHIC FREAK,

a giant Indian brandishing a knife
upon which is impaled the pigmy fig
ure of man. The specter is leaning
forward above the famous Custer mon
ument, while score Of persons stand
around sightseeing in broad daylight.
Mr.. Rumsey accounts for the pho
tograph in this way: He had been tax
ing pictures Of the Custer monument
and also of the. sun dance Of the
Crows, who were holding a celebration
in that neighborhood. The view Of the
monument was taken at noon when
the sun was very bright, and at a con-
siderable distance away About sun
set Mr.. Rumsey had an excellent oppor-
tunity to photograph a big warrior in
the full energy Of the dance. Selling
plate-ho lder, he slipped it into the
camera and made the exposure. The
plate CHANGED to be the one he had all
ready. exposed for the Custer monu-
men. In the darkroom Mr.. Rumsey
was staggered till he put two and two
together. 81.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-09
THE STAGE,

Charles Barron will have a promfn-
ent part in Fanny Davenport's new
play.
Madame Emma Eames Story has ar
ranged to sing Sieglinde and Eva at
the Bayreuth festival in 1885,
Charles Glenny, once a member of
Wallack's company, was married in
London recently to Marie Williams.
Charles E. Evans and E. e. Rice
have bought the rights for the United
States and Canada to the farce, 1.-THE
Hotel Topsy Turvy," from T. Henry
French.
The announcement is made that the
New York Independent theater is to
produce Ibsen's "Ghosts,' with it's new
stage director, E. J. Henley, as Os-
valid.
Olga Nethersole has secured Sardous
which are not divulged. Miss Neither
sole will present the play in London
before offering it in America.
C..L. Graves, the author of The Sol
dler's Trust is dead. He was former
ly an actor and played with Julia Dean,
Junius Brutus Booth, Edwin Forest and
| so on down the line of the great.
Marie Shotwell heads the female
contingent in Fanny Davenports new
company for this season. The new play
| will be given for the first time on any
stage at the Boston.
William Winter will arrange *'Timon
of Athens" for Richard Mansfield. His
work as editor of Edwin Booths
| prompt books long ago demonstrated
his peculiar fitness for the present un-
dertaking.
| Charles Klein has finished the first
act Of 'tThe Char1atan," the comic opera
he is writing for De Wolf Hopper. Sou
sa is writing the music for the piece,
which will be produced after this sea-
sons run of Gel. Captain"
J. Charles Davis and F. C. Whitney,
who lately bought Theodore Kremer's
new musical piece, "In Gay Old Wien
na," have decided to produce it under
the title "Bells Out of Tune" with Rob-
ert billiard and Roselle Knott in the
| chief roles. %
Anthony Hope Hawkins, author of
/ THE Prisoner of Zenda,' is one of the
handsomest men in England, six feet
tall and 80 years Of age. He was edu-
Gated in a school founded exclusively
for the sons Of clergymen and gradual
ed from Oxford in 1885.
| The ballets in The Fair in Midget
town are Of unusual attractiyeness
and originality. They are called 1.-THE
Seven Senses Z 81 ewspaperdom,,' and
/ the Rulers Of the World. Z The Lii
putians3 take part in them as chorus OF
the spaniards and neWsboys Of New
/ York.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-09
His Mouth Was Saved.

The political orator dragged himsel,
out of the railway wreck and took &C.
count of the damages. One foot was
twisted out of shape, something was
the matter with his right hip, his left
elbow refused to work, one of his
shoulder blades appeared to have slip
ped over the other, his left knee was
bruised and swollen and part of his
scalp was gone. He emitted a loud
$groan. Then his face frightened.
THANK heaven" he exclaimed, "My
voice isn't injured! I'm all right"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-09
Back to the Old Home.

IN J. II. Hairston, a colored convict who.
recently escaped from the Virginia
penitentiary, has just sent pathetic:
appeal to the perintendent Of that
institution to get him back. That of,
fetal on Tuesday received a telegram
from Hairston, dated at Farmyille, in
which he said: Please send up here
after me at once. 4 This is the first
time in the history Of the institution
in which one Of the escaped inmates
indicated SO much anxiety to return.
His wish will be complied with prompt
Elk.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-09

open revolt So he sent his son. va
mato Dake, to subdue them. After
traversing the southern shores Of the
island OF Nippon, and IN each instance
being victorious over the fractions saw
Lagos. Yamato found himself at the en-
trance to the Bay Of Yedo, where Com
modore Perry made his first anchorage.
Here he embarked with his army and
attempted to cross the narrow channel.
How was he to know that currents,
tides, winds and weather. were very
treacherous where only Il clear sky
and a smiling water greeted him? It
is an old Japanese proverb that "a
sea voyage is an inch Of Jigoku'
(helD, and as Yamato stepped into his
boat he made sighting remark
against the sea, whereat the sea god
became very angry and proceeded to
make the proverb good. The storm in
creased as the army gained the center
of the strait, and death seemed in
evitable. Soon the samurai began to
murmur that perchance human sac
rifice would appease the wrathful god.
AeoS whispers .TcdC1leu Luo Keen ears
of Tachibana Hime, wife Of Yamato.
Without word she sprang into the
angry sea and Disappeared, and, the sea
god being appeased, all became quiet
once more, and the army landed and
pursued it's victorious way over noun
tains and plains. After conquering
many tribes, Yamato Dake turned his
face toward Kioto. In the beautiful
pass of Usui Toge, after climbing miles
up precipitous roads, he caught sight
OF the distant waters of the Bay of
Yedo shimmering in the light of the
sun, and as the memory Of the sacri-
flee came back to him he cried: "Ad-
yuma, adzuma!' (My wife, my wife,
Since that time the plain of Toxic
is spoken of in song and story as Ad
yuma, and at the head of Toxic Bay
is shrine erected to the memory of
Tachibana Hime, in which is her comb.
that foated ashore at that place.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-09
MONKEYS ION IN Pennsylvania.
Escaping tho Duty Of the New r,,nrlev

u . EsL 80 ~. & =
Law. u
So q q. number q. m of monkeys has recently
Deen seen running at large in the
marshes along the Delaware and
esc sen river, in the vicinity of Cir
arr ard Point and Point Breeze, with the
result that not only has the novel cir
cullm1l'stance greatly excited the resi-
dents OF the neighborhood, many Of the
younger your ones having taken to monkey
hunting, but the special treasury
agents have started an investigation to
discover the cause of the unusual pres,
ence OF the simians, says the Philadel-
pnla Record. The new Dingley tar
1T law imposes duty of 20 per
cent on all such animals, and the
treasury officials are of the opinion
that the monkeys escaped from small
boats as they were being landed sur
reptltlously at night. During the last
month a number of vessels have ar
rived at both Girard Point and Point
Breeze from the Philippine islands and
Java, bringing not only monkeys and
deer, but large collections of parrots
and other rare birds. In every case the
masters of the vessels were notified on
their arrival that both the monkeys
and birds were dutiable and that per-
mlts from the custom house would be
necessary before they could be brought
ashore
: Several of the monkeys have been
seen during the present week. They
were hiding in the marshes opposite
G1rard point and appeared to be weak
from hunger and exposure during the
recent rains. Chief Officer Rogers of
the British steamship Whitefie1d,
which is loading at Girard point, caught
a large one, which had evidently come
from Java, and proposes taking it with
him as a pet.
IL IS common practice among sail
ors to have monkeys and parrots as
pets, and one of the theories of those
familiar with the circumstances is that
the animals escaped from their own
ers and wandered off or that the sail
ors, becoming tired of the bother and
expense of keeping the pets, had re-
leased them and turned them loose into
the marshes.
The customs officials have recently
seized several lots of these animals
which were being Struggled into the
country, and they are determined, if
possible, to find out how the foreign
wanderers get into the Philadelphia
marshes.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-09
Theoretical War Ships.

1t must not be forgotten that oul
new ships are designed largely on the
DRY. Their weaknesses have not been
| developed by war. They are therefore
products of the brain and not of ex-
perience. The rebellion gave us some
useful lessons in naval warfare under
steam and without sails, but the i'm
provements in armor, guns and ma
chlnery since 1865 have been too great
lessons to present conditions. The bat
tie of Yalu, in the Japan-China war;
though great victory in fleet fighting
teaches us little except to avoid wood
and other infammable materials in the
decks and bulkheads of a ship. For
two or three centuries during the sail
ing period experience had demonstrate
ed just the kind of casualty the sailor
might look for. He had acquired by
warfare, shipwreck and hazard on
every sea that seamanship which en-
| abled him to prepare beforehand with
almost mathematical exactness for
emergencies. But our question is, is
modern seamanship the same as it: was
| in Nelson's or even Farragut's time?
The answer is almost self-evident. 1t
! cannot be, for the modern ship is a
machine, and it's casualties can best
! be foreseen by men with engineering
| education
We know by experience that when
ship suffers detention it is because a
shaft or boiler or valve has given
out. What will happen on battle ship
| in action? Will shell jam one of
| the turrets so that it cannot be turned?
Will the communication between the
bridge and the engine-rooms be cut by
a. shot? Will the splitting of boiler
tube, breakage in the steering engine.
the bursting of steampipe or the fill
ing of a compartment render the ship
helpless? We do not know But we
do know that the ship whose parts are
in the most perfect order, so that every
nerve responds promptly to the call OF
the commanding officer, will stand the
| best chance; and we do know besides
that the crew must be fitted to the
machinery if all parts, guns, dynamos,
torpedoes and engines are to be kept
in this complete readiness for service
and if the effects of casualty are to be
most quickly minimized.-Atlantic
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-09

ClappHl LUZ S01hae>
body else to work:
Amt any reason in not bein' glad
Amt this life the best you had?
Amt any reason in bein' afraid
Something'n happen, faint all down
grade.
Amt any reason in talkin' fast
The little you've got to say won't last:
Amt any reason in not lookin' up
Soon as you've got to the dregs in your
cup;
Amt any reason in not forgivin'-
You must keep on lovin' to keep on livin''
Amt any reason in not bein' true
Make beginnin' an carry it through:
Amt any reason, or joy, or beauty,
In dom anything less than your duty.
Laura Fl. Fisher in Boston Traveller