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The San Francisco call., 1898-01-12
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While the year is still young and not greatly sinned against it may be we'll for the State Board of Prison Directors to lay the foundations of reform in the matter of managing the sale of the jute products of San Quentin.
 Although the board seem to be bliss fully indifferent to the awkward posi- ton in which they have placed them selves-and this is the mildest form in which their transgressions can be gen eralized-they have been violating the law supposed to govern the subject in manner intended to convey the im- pression that they have decided unani- mously to be law unto themselves.
 Not only have the board annulled the essential provisions of the Ostrom act and trampled it's mandatory restric- tions under foot, their laxness of super vision and want of vigilance are blam- able for much hardship and injustice worked against the smaller farmers by banker dealers in sacks and country middlemen.
 Scarcely can it be possible that the In- iquities of a system which has devel- oped rapidly during the year past under their very eyes have eluded their per ception, since the complaints against it made by the sufferers have occasioned the inquiries conducted by The Call. It is with no desire to bring the board into disrepute, to impeach their individ- ual integrity or to produce sensational effects that The Call takes them to task No inferential charges will be laid at their door. It will suffice in the public interest, and more particularly in the interest of those farmers who stand most in need of encouragement and protection. that the board have grossly violated the law time and time again that the results of these violations have been evil and injurious, practically as well as morally.
 The motive of the establishment of a jute plant at the San Quentin prison was to maintain an industry with con- vict labor which would in no manner compete with the free white labor of
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-12
A FIELD DAY
 FOR OPPONENTS
 OF ANNEXATION
ANNEXATION MEANS
 A NEW SLAVE STATE.

FRANKFORT, KY, Jan. II.-ln the General Assembly to-day Representative Albert Charlton introduced the following resolution:
 'Whereas There is at present pending in the United States treaty providing for the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands, and,
 "WhereaS, That annexation would be tanamount the admission of State representatives necessarily work and for the achievement of labor general; therefore, be it
 ''Resoved, That urge the United States Senate tb reject the treaty other steps as may necessary maintain amicable relations with Hawaii.
 There little opposition and Charlton made fiery speech ground ganized suffer After parliamentary skirmishng the lution was passed by viva vote.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-12

When Senator Davis concluded this
 portion of his speech, it was the gen. eral understanding that he would con- tinue tomorrow, but as he has an abundance of material it is doubtful
 whether he will be able to conclude with one more effort. When he ceased speaking he was generally applauded by his fellow Senators upon his com prehensive presentation of the subject.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-12
JOBBERY IN THE PRODUCTS OF
 STATE PRISON
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! . The Board of State Prison Di- ]. rectors have been grossly violat- ! . ing the law supposed to govern . the sale of grain sacks. | Prices have been manipulated ] . by them, to the great disadvan- . tage of the small farmers, whom . the Ostrom act was designed to
 . befriend. . They have played into the ' hands of the importers, and fla . vored throughout the State the . growing system of eXtortion . established by the middlemen. . Last year they depleted their . surplus at a minimum price for . future delivery. in lots exceeding . the legal limitation. and then . raised the prices while the mil . lions of sacks unpaid for were . still in the State warehouse. . They favored large purchasers. . the wealthier farmers and un-
 . scrupulous middlemen.
 . They ran up the price of sacks . from S4 75 to 8 Al per hundred in
 . few weeks, and before the
 . sacks were needed for the crops.
 = One middleman handled 150,-
 . 900 sacks under these conditions
 . and mulcted the small farmers
 . to the limit.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-12
SEMINOLE IN IYDIlSS SS ON
 THE WARPATH Are Leaving Behind
 Them a Trail of
 Blood. Already Twenty Five Whites Are Reported
 to Have Been Slain. Special Trains With Armed
 Men Hurried to Protect EaplbOpO. TERROR IN OKLAHOMA. Horrible Burning of Two Redskins Has Caused Their Brethren to Seek Vengeance.
Special Trains With Armed Men Hurried to Protect
 EaplbOrO.
Horrible Burning of Two Redskins Has Caused Their Brethren to
 Seek Vengeance.

On last Saturday Lincoln Nc Geisy and Palmer Simpson, two Seminole Indians, were burned at the stake by a mob of white men in Oklahoma, for the murder and assault of Mrs. James Simmons the wife of a respectable farmer living near the town of Maud. The atrocious crimes of the Indians were committed in the presence of the unfortunate Woman's small children.
 SOUTH McALESTER, I. T., Jan. II A telegram received here at 5:4O o'clock this evening by the train dis patcher of the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad states that a band of 15C Seminole Indians are on the warpath and are leaving behind them a trail of DiOpu ilt itlt tSl dlll W cio CfIil Dg llle railroad station agent at Earlboro. The brief information conveyed was that the Seminoles were averaging the work of the mob of white men that burned two Seminole Indians ar the stake or Friday last. and that the infuriated Seminoles had already massacred twenty-five men, women and children
 The station agent gave the addition al information that the band started from a point six miles south of Earl boro with the avowed intention of set ting fire to Tecumseh and killing al whom they met. but that the Indians were reported to have changed their course and were at the time of the sending of the message heading toward Earlborc.
 The receipt of this startling informa- ton has created intense excitement in South McAlester. Federal Judges Springer, Thomas and Townsend. who are in the city. are aRNiously awaiting further news. Scores of people here
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-12
NEWS OF THE DAY.

NEWS OF THE DAY Weather forecast at San Fran cisco: Rain on Wednesday; south erly winds. Maximum temperature for the past twenty-four hours: San Francisco ........44 degrees Portland ...-.............40 degrees Los Angeles .............52 degrees San Diego .-.............56 degrees
 FIRST PAGE Annexationists Losing Ground Seminoles Massacre Whites. The Jute Bag Scandal.
 SECOND PAGE. Prison Directors Meet. Married for Many Years.
 THIRD PAGE. Hanna Gets a Majority. Bank President Murdered. Sloat Fassett Talks of China Awards for Seized Sealers. Fight for Creede's Money. Anchor Line in Hard Luck.
 FOURTH PAGE. The Work of Congress. Union Pacific Securities Held Up. Giroys New Postmaster. Murderer Winters and His Alibi. Griffo Knocks Out Lewis.
 FIFTH PAGE. Los Angeles School Scandal. F. K Alsip Has Vanished. Count Esterhazy Cleared.
 SIXTH PAGE. Editorial Plans for Currency Reform. Made Ready for the Jubilee. An Incomplete Bill. Words to the Wise. Reasonable Rains. The Iron and Steel Industry. Rain Up the Mountain" (Poem). Graveyard Gossip. Stories From the Corridors.
 SEVENTH PAGE. A Bold Break for Liberty. San Francisco Clubs Home. Jubilee Funds Lacking.
 EIGHTH PAGE. San Francisco, Gateway to Alaska. Real Estate Market Review. Racing at Oakland. Barbed-wire Telephone.
 NINTH PAGE. News Along the Water Front Shea Called on to Report Durrant's Body Goes to Pasadena.
 TENTH PAGE. The Commercial World.
 ELEVENTH PAGE. Trouble Brewing for Chinese. News From Across the Bay. Dan T. Cole the New Coiner.
 TWELFTH PAGE. Welcome Rain over the State.
 THIRTEENTH PAGE. Births, Marriages and Deaths.
 FOURTEENTH PAGE. Cosmos Club and the Ladies. Lawyers Almost Come to Blows. Meeting of the Regents. Sensations Among the Medicos. Commentators in the Tanks
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-12

Continued on Second Page.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22
A Famous Fiddle,

In connection with the death the
other day of Mr.. Laurie, the Glasgow
violin expert. reference was made to
his having had through his hands the
famous Stradivarius violin, which has
come to be known, somewhat lrreye-
rently, if not absurdly, as ''The Mes
siah." The instrument is now III the
possession of Mr.. e. Crawford. OF
Newpark, Trinity, Edinburgh, who a
few years ago paid no less than Sl0,-
900 for it. AS recently as 1872,
Charles Reade (who knew as much
about tiddles as about the trade Of let
ters) had valued the instrument at
$4,000, putting the worth of the warm
ish alone at $685.! Villaume, the
high priest of Matchmaking in Paris,
had it at this time. He kept it till his
death in 1875. From Villaume the
treasure descended to M. Alard, the
great French violinist, who gave $4,000
for it. He died in 1888. and two years
later Mr.. Crawford risked his S10.0 600
on it,.
There is some reason for the high
figure. The instrument is the only
one that has come down from Stradl-
v%arius's own hands in n state OF per
feet preservation. 1t has been very
little played upon, and it's glowing.
ruddy varnish is as fresh as if it had
been put on only a week ago. Mr..
Crawford has a second ''Strad.' and
also a very fine G%uarnerius. More
over, he has a picture gallery contain :
ing paintings worth about $500, 900.
including two by Meissonier. Others
may equal him in all these, but they
can never equal his $4,000 fiddle. 1t
is but a question of a few years, and
the instrumental it is ever sold
will fetch a considerably higher price.
Scots Pictorial.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22
Few Grimes in Sweden.

In Sweden a crime is an event.
Theft particularly is very rare. Hon
esty is the fundamental quality of the
race, is naturally recognized and Off
cially counted upon. In this respect
the confident Stockholmers show II
confident carelessness which is always
a surprise to strangers and causes
them some ~uneasiness. In the thea
tres and concert halls there are large
cloakrooms, where hats and turs are
left without the smallest safeguard.
The performance over, each one AGAIN
takes possession of his effects, nor
does an ''accident" ever occur. The
inhabitants are accustomed to expect
a reciprocal probity in the transactions
of everyday life. Upon most OF the
tramways in Stockholm conductors
have been dispensed with. The pas
senger himself deposits ten ore IN a
till placed at the end OF the vehicle:
behind the driver.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22

darken the air and settle down upon
the bones of the dead man are picked
clean nud the gorged birds fly lazily
back 10 their perches or roost upon
the parapet OF the tower, with their
heads turned inward as if contemplate
ing regretfully the remains of their re-
cen banquet.
The bearers, upon leaving the tow.
er. retire to IL small inclosure near by,
remove all their clothing, burn it and
battle their bodies thoroughly. Not
an article they have touched OF that
has touched the corpse during the
ceremony is permitted to leave the
garden, and they are supplied with
new garments for each funeral. AS
these bearers are supposed to contract
impurity in the discharge OF their
duty they are forced to live quite
apart from the rest of the Parsee COM
munity, and are therefore well paid.
The bones of the deceased are al
lowed to remain exposed in the recep-
tacle from two TO four weeks. Then
the nassasalars, with gloved hands
and implements resembling tongs,
throw them into the central well.
where they ultimately crumble and
pass into the underground drains.
''Thus," says the Parsee, ''the rich
and the poor meet together on n
level of equality after death"
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22

No matter how far you have wan
dered hitherto or how many famous
gorges and valleys you have seen, this
one, the Grand Canyon of the Col
orado, will seem as novel to you, as
unearthly in the color and grandeur
and quantity of its architecture, as ii
YOU had found it after death on some
other star; so incomparably lovely and
grand and supreme is it above all the
other delightful canyons in our fire
nodded, earthquake : shaken, rain
washed, wave-washed riverand glacier
sculptured world. 1t is about 5000
feet deep where You first see it, and
from rim to rim ten to fifteen miles
wide. And instead of being DEEPEN
dent for interest on waterfalls. depth,
wall sculpture and beauty of park-llko
floor, like most other great canyons,
no waterfalls are in sight, and no
appreciable floor space. - Atlantic
Monthly.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22

craving. Some of these GAYS an ex-
pert portrait man is going to get in
with an expert letter and number man,
and then we're going TO have trouble.
One satisfaction is that it's never 60
ing to be possible to make IA perfect
counterfeit, and no matter how good
the note may be, it cannot go unde-
tected for long"
In several accounts Of the new 800
counterfeit published, it has been
stated that it was made by a photo
graphic process. This is not so. 1t
is an engraved note, printed from IL
metal plate.
The faults in the bill, outside of
those in the picture are few. The
81" in james is different from that
in the genuine bill only in the size of
the loop. There is a full loop in the
bogus, while it is scarcely more than
an "L' turned around in the genu-
inc. The name 'James Monroe is
in letters so minute that this is scarce
ly noticeable, even when making COM
PARSONS.
Ihe plate from which the bill IS
printed is Il quarter of an inch short.
and the seal of the Government is OF
a lighter shade of cnrmine than the
genuine. That about winds up the
faults of the counterfeit. The letter
ing, numbering. parallel ruling, and
lathe work are pretty nearly perfect.
The result of the discovery of this
counterfeit is astonishing. Banks
and business houses decline to take
! 800 silver certificates of the new
lSSue.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22
Tprrapiu Getting Scarce.

The Maryland State Fish Commits
sioners in their annual report submit
ted to the Legislature say:
''The diamond-back terrapin, for
which Maryland has long been famous,
is now in great danger of becoming
extinct. The price for them has be-
come so extravagant that non exceAt
the exceptionally wealthy can indulge
in the luxury of eating them. And
vet the numbers are so few that they
are not the source of any considera-
BILE revenue to the people of the State.
SIN our opinion, the supply of dia-
mond back terrapin in Maryland can
be fully restored and the price lowered
so as to bring it within the reach OF
persons of moderate means. Small
tArrnpin can be produced at a cost in"
credibly small, and we recommends the
establishment of Il station for Matching
convenient to points along the marsh
shore Of the Chesapeake and its tribu-
t~aries."
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22
The KeI0ri KpulY.

A bustling agent for q patent churn
invaded the Office of a busy merchant
one day and proceeded to deliver his
lecture.
Gone moment, please" said the
merchant. MAY l ask to whom am
indebted for the ~visit?"
The caller produced his card. 1t
contained the inscription, Barton
Zebuon Day, Agent for Cosmopolitan
Novelty Company
The man of business studied the
card a moment. Then he looked up.
II am honored by your call, Mr..
Barton Zebulon Day. he..said, with a
geri al smile, ''but this is also my b.
q. Day. Good day!'-Youth's Com
pauion.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22
AN iTINERANT CHURCH.
Railway Cars With Folding Pulpits
Settees and Steeples.

Settles and Steeples.
Transportation, next to food supply,
is the most serious problem of civil
i~zation. That is why there is such a
vast number of inventions recorded at
the Patent Office for the purpose OF
carrying people and things. Some OF
them are very odd indeed.
Particularly for the use and benefit
of the evangelical missionary is a new
ly invented railway car. When on the
road it looks like an ordinary Pull.
man, but, when desired, it expands
into Il Church, and furnishes shelter
and housing for a congregation OF
worshippers. So complete is this
travelling sacerdotal editice, indeed,
that it actually has Il steeple, which is
hoisted up and clapped upon the top
of it as the finishing touch. Many
people consider that a Church without
a steeple is no Church at all in the
proper sense, and hence the desirable
ness of this part of the apparatus.
The inventor of this cathedral on
wheels is Albert Bierstadt, the dis
tinguished painter of New York. His
idea sprang originally from a recogni-
ton of the difficulties which must be
encountered by peripatetic preachers
who find themselves S frequently in
places where there is III Church.
Now, it is a fact undeniable that re-
ligious services of any kind depend
for their impressiveness largely upon
architecture. A sermon delivered
from a gracefully carved pulpit in the
apse Of a superb Gothic edifice has an
effect upon it's hearers very different
from that which would be produced
upon the same congregation by the
same discourse pronounced from the
tail of a cart. Hence the value OF the
sacerdotal railway car herein described.
The car is as useful for transporta-
ton as any parlor Pullman. When it
reaches a place where its services III
it's sacred capacity are required, 1T is
run off upon a side track. But just
here it must be explained that cars OF
this kind are designed to travel in
couples, each of them making one.
half of the Church. The side walls
are swung outward, and the whole
affair infolds, the two halves being
Joined together. In order to accom-
plish this the two cars are not upon
tracks side by side. If the tracks are
not convenient, half Il dozen rails
temporarily laid will do.
The steeple, which is collapsible, is
telescoped out before placing it upon
the summit of the editice. Then, the
building being complete-its construc
ton does not take more than half al
hour-it only remains to unfold a lo'
of %settees for use as %improvlsed pew'
by the congregation, and ali is ready
for the Church service. The folding
pulpit, with baptismal font combined
is a mere detail, though important fol
saving space. VI In conclusion, it ough'
to be stated that the Church is reall,
convertible into a lecture hall OF
gallery for the exhibition of pictures
Now that the interior Of Africa is be
ing penetrated by railways, it will b.
practicable for missionaries to carr.
churches with them, and to preacl
the gospel to the untutored blacks un
der suspices much more favorable
Boston Transcript.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22
Alaska.

The area of the United States before
the purchase of Alaska was 2,933, ooo
square miles: Alaska contains 5oo,oUo
square miles of mainland, 1000 square
miles of the Aleutian Islands, and o.
600 square miles Of other islands, "
total of $40, 900 square miles, or one
fifth of the area Of the rest OF the
United States. 1t requires the areas
of California, Oregon, Idaho, Montana
and New York to equal this. The area
of New York, Pennsylvania, ono ana
Indiana, Illinois, Virginia me "eS'
virginia equal only one-half of Alaska,
IT canals the combined area OF Great
Britain and Ireland, France. Germany,
Belgium and the Netherlands. IL
stretches from latitude 81 degrees to
II degrees, and from longitude l31
degrees to lSS degrees. -Overlano
Monthly.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22

WIN - III
Nothing gives better service for
school and general wear than good
quality Atwood cheviot. The useful
vet stylish frock here shown is made
of the material in a bright shade of
tan with trimming Of brown. The
simple childish waist is made over a
fitted lining to which the full material
is attached and which closes at the
centre-back. The plastron-shaped
trimming of brown cheviot is laid over
the upper portion and extends over
the edges of the full body. Its edges
are finished with two bands of straight
brown braid within which is a single
band in trefoil effect. The sleeves are
one-seamed and comfortably loose
without being large. At the neck is a
straight standing collar trimmed with
braid and showing a narrow ..frill of
lace. The wrists are completed with
straight cuffs of the brown trimmed iu
harmony with the collar. The skirts
straight and may be either hemmed or
faced. The fullness at the top is ar
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22
The Moss.

Though the common name OF this
little plant of a gray tint is reindeer
moss-cladonis rangiferina-it really
belongs, says the Boston Transcript,
to the family of lichens. These are a
little lower in the scale Of life than the
MOSES which have roots and leaves.
The lichens have neither stem o
leaves, and may grow flat upon the
surface of the trees, rocks OF ground.
or may, as in the present case, grow
up in numerous thread-like parts.
The reindeer moss is very common
in the old pastures and open woods Of
New England where the soil is poor.
Indeed, it often cover the ground so
closely with its compact masses, that
it would seem MS if COWS put out to
pasture would find it a hard task to
get Il sufficient quantity of grass for
their daily meal. 1t fairly tinges the
ground with a whitish gray hue. When
dry it is quite brittle and very pretty,
its stem-like parts being hollow like
little tubes. They branch out and
stand up some four o five inches high.
After n rain this lichen is soft to the
touch. 1t makes a beautiful addition
to a fernery, where it needs no care.
The reindeer lichen grows in other
parts of the world Us we'll as in New
England. 1t overs the barren plains
of Lapland and the northern parts of
! Siberia, growing well where nothing
else would. There it forms the princi-
pal food of the reindeer, from which
fact it has received the name of rein-
deer moss. 1t is said that at II time,
when there was a great scarcity of
grain in Sweden, this moss was ground
up with flour to make bread. To us
the food made in this way would seem
to be most unpalatable.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22
Gold in sweden.

Exciting rumors have reached
Stockholm from the northernmost part
of Sweden that gold has been found
in large quantities in Upper Torneo.
1t has been found both in nugget
form and in veins, and in several
places indicated a richness that may
prove a Swedish Klondike. AS soon
as the report was verified a rush was
made from Stockholm by several hun
dred spectators for this new Ell Dor
ado. This northern part of Sweden
is principally inhabited by Lapland-
ers. 1t borders on Norway on the
west and the Baltic Sea and the Finn
lapmark on the east. There are
neither towns nor villages, and the eli
mate is extremely cold in winter, while
the short summer is very hot. The
conditions in a geological sense are
almost the same as Klondike, and it
may prove to be as rich in gold as this
new gold land. Further reports are
a~nxiously awaited, and if verified
Sweden will be overrun with gold
hunting expeditions. The land is
government property, and Sweden
will no doubt demand a large share in
the profits from the rumored gold de-
posts. The Gellivare Ore Company,
a wealthy corporation, has for several
years successfully worked several
veins of ore in this part of Sweden,
and the Swedish Government some
time ago appropriated the sun of 22,-
29s, 900 kronor-S6, 1913, SS5-for the
construction OF a boundary railway
through this part of Sweden, to con
acct at Laussajaure, in Finland, with
the Finnish Russian railway system.
Stockholm letter to Chicago Inter-