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The San Francisco call., 1898-01-01
BRUSH FORMS
 THE ROADBED Novel Experimen Beinq Tried by the Valley
 Railway.
Costly Foundation for It's Line Over Marsh Land Near
 Stockton.
Two Layers of Fascines to Be Placed Before the Gravel COverirq
 Is Laid.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

STOCKTON, Dec. 31.-The construc- tion of the Valley Railways roadbed from Stockton to Richmond Point be- gan at Old River, under the supervi- sion of Contractor J. D. McDougald
 The bed of the road is being laid in novel manner, and to some ex- tent the work is experimental The spot selected for commencing opera tfons is in the worst stretch of marsh land between here and Brentwood Borings show the depth to solid ground to be thirty feet. To support the rail- road embankment a bed of brush seventy-five feet wide will be laid, and, for the initial work, 500 cubic yards of brush have been cut. It has been done up into fascines fifteen in- ches in diameter, and each bundle be- ing bound tightly with wire.
 These fascines will be laid as com pactly together as possible, breaking joints to make the bed firmer. There will be two layers of fascines, the top layer to be covered with a few inches of earth. when ties and rails will be laid on it, forming a temporary track. Over this road bed trains will eventu- ally be run from the vicinity of Brent wood, hauling sand and gravel for the permanent embankment. The brush support is intended to remain perma- nently where it is placed, the earth hauled in from Brentwood being dumped on top of it.
 Contractor McDougald left for the scene of operations this morning. He took down with him on a barge a lot of earth dredged from Mormon chan nel in this city, to be used as a cover ing.
 The brush has already been cut on Old River and bound into fascines. Twenty-two head of horses and half a dozen wheel-scrapers to be employed in taking the earth from the barge to the brush bed were sent down on the vessel this morning.
 This method of railroad construction is very costly, as may be judged from the fact that at the opening of the bids at Sacramento not long ago for fur nishing fascines to be used in the work on the Sacramento River the lowest bid was 80 cents a cubic yard and the next lowest $1 10. How much Con tractor McDougald is to receive from the Valley road is unknown. The cost, however, is less than if piles had to be driven into the marshy ground to sup port the rails
 Vast quantities of sand and gravel are obtainable in the vicinity of Brent wood, and. as the material for the em- bankment is to be obtained from that side of the Tule basin, it is probable that the Valley road intends to change its base of operations to Brentwood as soon as the stretch of roadway begun to-day is finished. Mir McDougald's s contracts call for only 100 feet. The work was evidently begun in the worst part of the swamp to make sure that such a roadbed is feasible As soon as this is demonstrated similar work will be commenced on the Brentwood side Of the basin and continued across the jules to stockton, gravel and sand be- Ing hauled on the brush as fast as the fascines are laid
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-01
BADE 'e7 0ooD-BY.
The Society of California PioDeers Give q New Years Eve
 Reception.

The old year was bidden farewell and the New Year welcomed in by an in formal reception given by the Society of California Pioneers at their hall last evening".
 Dancing, interspersed with musical and literary programme, was the en- tertainment offered the members of the society and their families, and the amusement was kept up till the year 1898 was several hours advanced. 4 few minutes before midnight the floor master announced the lancers as the dance, and at the stroke of 12 the music struck up and with numerous Happy New Years the dance began. Stately gentlemen led their daughters through the mystic mazes of the old-fashioned dances, while silver-haired mothers were guided by their sons, and the elders were as sprightly and graceful as the youngsters.
 Blanchard's orchestra furnished the music for the dancers. and Misses Florence Fairchild, Nellie Bowlin and Lulu Flemming furnished the musical and literary entertainment.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-01
Will Return to Havana and so Report to Marshal
 BlancO.
PATRIOTS VERY ACTIVE.
With Fifteen Hundred Men Colonel CeperO Crosses From Matanzas
 Into Havana Province.
Copyright, 1897. by James Gordon Bennett.

HAVANA, Dec. S1.-General Pando's campaign in Orient has been brought to an abrupt halt Owing to the im- possibility of continuing an aggressive campaign in default of the receipt of supplies and munitions. repeatedly de- manded, the general and his staff have left the scene of operations on Cauto River for Santiago City, where it is said there intention is to take ship and return to Havana to impress upon making any impression on the rebel General Blanco the utter futility of stronghold in the east until the Span ish forces are re-enforced and supplied with all essentials to carry on the campaign.
 The Heralds correspondent in Orient reports that General Pando found the troops in a deplorable condition. Many were i'll, food was short and the men were in a condition of general demor- alization. In spite of this he made a brave effort to carry out offensive operations. but failed completely By heroic efforts two gunboats forced a passage up the river, but the object of the expedition, to relieve isolated in land Sarrisons. was frustrated on ac- count of the activity of numerous rebel bands and the difficulty of oper- ating in the country districts.
 It is rumored that Colonel Cepero, the rebel leader, with fifteen hundred men, has crossed from Matanzas prov ince into Havana province to assist the rebels there.
 MADRID, Dec. 31.-The Imparcial calls upon the Government to "repel every action of the United States savoring of intervention in Cuba" and adds: There exists a widespread sentiment against the conduct of the United Sta.es, but we do not think General Weyler is the most acceptable exponent thereof"
 Continuing, the Imparcial criticizes the Government for stopping tele- grams referring to. the generals pro- test to the Queen Regent against the wording of President McKinley's mes sage to Congress. and expresses the opinion that it would have been to the Governments interest not to hinder it's publication.
 The Tiempo is of the opinion that General Weyler's protest demonstrates a lack of discipline in the Spanish army.
 General Weyler and other generals were the guests of Senor Robledo to- night. The newspapers comment on this and hint at possible i'll results.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-01
NEW YEAR H0KORS
 GRANTED BY THE OUeEN
Among Those Receiving Titles Is J. Mac- Leagy Brown, the British Consular
 Agent at Seoul

LONDON, Dec. 31.-The New Year honors are an earldom for Baron HaIs- bury, the Lord Chancellor; peerages for Sir William Wallace Hozier of La narkshire and Sir Horace Brand Townsend -Farquhar. M. P; baronet- cies for Sir Saul Samuel. the Agent General of New South Wales in Ton- don, and Sir Frederick Wigan. senior partner of the firm of Wigan &. Co. and John William MacClure, M. p ana knightage for the Hon. G. w. Bur ton, Chief Justice of Ontario.
 The persons honored with the Order or Companion of the Bath include Pro lessor d,Arcy Thompson, the seal ex- pert of the British Foreign Office
 J. MacLeavy Brown, the Rr,tisb Consular Agent at Seoul, is made a companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-01
GRAND JURY TO
 MAKE INQUIRY
Citizens Sworn to Investiuate Santa Clara County
 Officials.
Fertile Field Opened to Them Throuob the Recent Exposes Published
 in The Cali.

SAN JOSE, Dec. 91.-The following citizens were drawn to-day for Grand Jury for the coming year under the supervision of Superior Court Judges Lorigan, Hyland and Kittredge: S. T. Moore, A. Normandin, Isaac Bingham. Isaac Lipsett, G. B. Polhemus, A. l.. Kellogg, E. w. Conant, Edwin Will son, George Taylor, Edgar G. Hall, Gus Lion, Charles R. Williams, J. H. Townsend, R. D. Fox, C. w. Proctor. c. F. Freitag. Bernard Mayer G. T. Dunlap and H. s. McClay. S. T. Moore was chosen chairman.
 The jury was impaneled by Judge Lorigan, and the usual stereotyped in- structions delivered. He said if the jurors would conscientiously follow the
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-01
A NOVEL CELEBRATION.
SeVepteenth Annual "Hoomonov'' of the Son FroDcisco Scottish
 Thistle Club.

The San Francisco Scottish Thistle Club held its seventeenth annual "Hogmanay party" last evening in Laurel Hall of the Shiels building. 32 OFarrell street. "A Guid New Year to Ane and A !" was their motto. and they upheld it by having a good, old- fashioned social time, such as would lander.
 The grand march for the dance began at S:30 D. m., and dancing was skept up until 11:30 o'clock, when all adjourned to the banquet hall and gave the inner man chance to start on the new year with a full stock
 The dances were interspersed with an impromptu literary programme. in which the members were assisted by the Militia male quartet. J. Hill was the chairman of the reception commit- : tee, and w. Grant acted as floor man ager.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-01
RUSSIANS BACK INDIAN REBELS That Is the Belief of tn e White People on the
 Frontier.
Admit They Have No Evidence to Sustain This Most Se-
 rious Charge.
But the Frontier of the Czsr Is Dam gerously Close to the
 Hirnalayas.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-Mrs s. H. Messmere, wife of an American mis- sionary, was a passenger on the White Star steamship Germanic, which ar rived at this port to-day. Mrs. Mess mere comes direct from her home in Bisnor, India, and brought with her some interesting information about the Afridi war in the Himalayas.
 The tribes that have been waging war on the British" Mrs. Messmere said, will surely be put down. AL though an American, I know their grievance Is ill founded. One of their complaints is that they are overtaxed This complaint is quite absurd. Under their Mohammedan rulers taxes fell upon them severely. They had to pay half their income in taxes, while the British taxes are slight in compari- son.
 There is another force that may be behind this rising. We do not know of it positively, but we have strong sus- plclons. We on the border line know to a certainty that in one of the risings a few years ago letters written in Russian from Russian agents promis- ing aid to the insurgents and melting them to go ahead in their revolt against the British were found on the chief insurgents.
 We have no evidence that in this war the Russians are goading the tribes put some of our people on the border who are thoroughly familiar with the unde~current of events there are doing hard thinking on this phase or the recent Wa. For, let me tell you, the Russians are very close to India, and there IS no cling what may be going on behind the scenes"
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-01
ALL MILLS REDUCE THE
 WAGE SCALE It Will Be General Throughout New
 England. Manufacturers to Cut the Salaries of Employees
 10 Per Gent. Thousands of Operatives Who Are to Be Affected by the
 Lower Rate.
EXCUSE OF EMPLOYERS.
They Claim They Are Compelled to Meet the Competition of
 the South.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

BOSTON, Dec 31.-The action of the cotton manufacturers in New Bedford and Rhode Island in deciding to join the movement to lower the wage scale in January, which was inaugurated by the big corporations of Fall River, makes the reduction practically a gen. eral one throughout the New England States. Cotton mills in Fall River, Lowell, Manchester. Salem, Suncook, and a number of smaller places have already posted notices of a reduction amounting to from 10 to Il 1-19 per cent. In New Bedford it is understood the cutdown applies to the cloth mills only. AS far as known the reduction in ali the mill centers applies to treasurers, superintendents, over seers and clerks, as well as to the spin ners and other operatives
 PROVIDENCE, R. l., Dec. 31-After delaying their decision to the Iaa. in the hope that in the meantime condi- tons might change so as to render the step unnecessary, the agents of the leading cotton manufacturing corpora tions in this State decided to-day to reduce wages. The cut down will average about Il per cent. It will take effect January F, and notices to that
 
 J. w. Danielson of the Quinnebag Company Lockwood Manufacturing Company and other corporations with mills in Eastern Connecticut, said the reduction would also take effect at his mills on January r. although the amount of the reduction had not yet been decided on.
 The other Eastern Connections cor- porations will take similar action and mills operating about 2000 snindlaS in this State, Connecticut and Massachu- setts and the earnings of between 3O.- OOO and 35,OOO operatives will be af tected by this decision of the Proyi- dence agents.
 Colonel R. H. I. Goddard, in discuss Ing the cut-down tonight, said: T should have preferred to keep the wages where they are and run shorter hours Tor, say, four months. but as the rest decided to run full time We shall be obliged to do the same. No doubt the first action, taken in Fall River, was largely, due to Southern competition.
 "The low wages and the standard of living. with the longer hours there. make it hard for us to compete with them. do not think the cotton manu- facturing business will ever leave New England for the South but things will have to equalize themselves.
 Robert Knight said: We have got 10 do 1t to put ourselves on a level with the other manufacturers. It will only bring us 10 per cent nearer the Southern manufacturers. This is the Key to the whole situation, and where to-day the Southern mills are sold nm and can go on making and selling at a profit, we are carrying stocks. and when we sell cannot get back neu, dollar for an old one"
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-01
Salmon Pack or the Year.

VANCOUVER. Dec. 31-Oficial re- turns give the British Columbia salmon pack for the past year as 1.007, ,s3S cases. This is larger than that Of any pre- vious' year, while the Fr.r1er River pack IS 100000 cases more than the pack of 1893, the best previous year. Sixty four canneries were operated last wear. A cable from London to-day an nounces that the deal for the sale of eighteen canneries to an English com pany is off. Owing to the prevailing Klondike craze, people will not sub scribe for industrial enterprises.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-01

instructions they would do their duty well, and be saved from any trouble. He assured them that the instructions were not new, but had been approved by many judges and given as their charges to grand juries.
 The grand jury impaneled to-day will be closely watched by the citizens of the county. It has an especially fer tile field to work in.
 The recent disclosures made by The Call have aroused the people, and the Grand Jury will be expected to inves- tigate the charges of corruption. The stealing of the bond from the clerks office in the Steve Wade case, the di- latory action in the Knapp and Norton cases, the improper charges made by Roadmaster William Garliepp of Mountain View and other exposes made by The Call are worthy subjects for their consideration
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-01
AN "ETHERHL POET"
Is Charged Witb Disturbing a Religious Meetinu.

mfddle-aged man with long, black Ia and short whiskers entered the congregational Beth Israel on Geary staeF near Octavia, last night and s'Sl s1 to harangue the congregation
 Un Aof the members summoned a poncenan and the man was taken into t; Sus'o'S At the City Prison he gave ms naae as Krijas Polangasky. He cialneothat he was an "etheral poet" ,ai.nl..,5 anu .nSa ne had been sent by God to that the 'ellow is mentally weak. He ious meetig.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-01
AZ INSANE YOUTH
 AT THE WHITE H0UsF
Told he Doorkeeper That the President Had lot Of Property Belonging to Him
 and He Wnnfed if

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-A young man named Frank Kacheeski was ar rested at the White House this after noon and sent to the police station
 His sanity will he investigated. He told the doorkeeper that the President had a lot of property belonging to him. and ne wanted 1t. His talk was rambling put he was considered dangerous. Rapers on his person showed that he Qdaho) barracks on the 23d of this month.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-01
EYE Rails for Bakersfield Extension.

The Valley road track is now laid to within thirty-eight miles of Bakersfield, an additional mile and a half of track having been completed on Thursday. The ships Hyde and Hitchcock, very recently arrived in port from New York, are now unloading 1900 tons of rails made at the Carnegie rolling mills for the Valley road. These will be used on the exten- sion to Bakersfield. A piece of experi- mental roadbed in the marsh land west of Stockton was begun yesterday by the Valley road. This work is designed to make possible the construction of a rail- road embankment.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-01
R0TTED 70 ASSASSIN6TE
 THE cZAR OF RUSSIA.
HdoinDr 6ourtzef, Editor Of Nnrod,ovc Voftz, ond Printer Committed for
 Trial Without RoU

LONDON, Dec. 3L-vladimir Bourt- zen, editor of the Narodnaya Voltz (Wlll or the People), and Weirzbecki. printer or that paper, were to-day committed for trial at the Bow-street Police Court without bail.
 Bourtzeff was arrested on Decembsr l6. charged with melting several per sons to assassinate the Czar of Russia Weirzbech was arrested a few days later. An discriminating article was produced in court relating to the pol ICY or the Russian revolutionists and urging the assassination of the Czar
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-01
Not a Larceny Case.

The case of E. Jacobs. Samuel Haslitt and Lynn Scott. the three men arrested on charge of larceny for taking sand from the Presidio Reservation grounds came up before Court Commissioners Heacock yesterday and resulted in the discharge of the men from custody. the Commissioner holding that what they did was not a larceny in common law. as no statute covers the case.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-01
SHERMAN TO- RETIRE FROM
 OFFICE/ SOON
Owing to His /Enfeebled Condition theSecretary Of State Will Leave
 the Cabinet.

WASHINGTON, catw gadng administration positively will Cabinet definitely decides atorhp for the will retire whether enebed condition, making sible
  confront
  tring,
 
 
  in ation.
 
 
 
  authoavey will not be pro- ofici the [
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-01
The Despotisn of the Decd.

Alfred Cridge, one of the Freeholders elected at the late charter election. lec- tured last night before the Union Reform League on the "Despotism of the Dead.' The meeting was also addressed by other prominent members of the league includ- ing Rev. MT. Shultz, John Marble. Mrs. Llle; J. R. Thompson and Theodore
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-01

CALCUTTA, Dec. 3IThe mutiated ckAan announced from Ali Musd has being to Peshawur.
 Henry HavelockAlan did finding of his and then feared that the distinguished officer late discovery have the
 that Musjd Inadequate escort left the latter in order amud
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-06-16
MyA4{TED--Bo -Boarders; at Browning House w No. 311 West 9th Ave. 16 dtf
Grinne Cured.

''Last winter I had a bad cold and severe cough. I was lame i'll every joint and muscle. I was sick and felt as though l was coming down with typhoid fever. It was no doubt a bad case of grippe. MT. E. P. Budge gave me bot tie of Braz.ll-A Balm, saying he was sure 1t would help me. The relief was almost instantaneous. It quickly stopped my cough and took the grippe with all the pains and soreness out of my system. l gave the balance of the sSO-cent bottle to Mrs. Bishop wiley for her daughter. It proved so beneficial she says she never intends to be without 1t. "-F Twin Fitz Jones, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-06-16

Now is the time to buy your Gaso- line stoves, as the warm season is just coming on. Do you know by actual test it has been found that four gallons of gasoline is equal to 1000 feet of coal gas fire for cooking purposes? Four gallons of gasoline will cost 60e, and would ask you, please compare this with the price of gas for cooking purposes. and see what the saving will amount to during theyear.
 tf WATERS PIERCE On. Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-06-16
Notice Sale Unclaimed Freighe.

Pine Bluff, Ark, May 2G, 1898.
 Notice is hereby given that the St Louis Southwestern Railway Com pany will, on Friday, at ? D. m., June 24, 1898. at their depot in the city of Pine Bluff, sell to the highest bidder, for cash in hand, the follow. ing described goods, to-wit:
 Six logging cars and twelve trucks. Trucks have trussed boI- sters 44xSx7-2, sand boards 21Ix9x7-2, q wheels journals 2&x5K to 3x5H. Cars have body holsters Sx10x9 feet. Body bolsters tif cams 4Hx5-5.S. Stills 515x7Hx20, ant brake and brake fittings complete. Made by the Russell! Wheel and Foundry Com pany, Detroit, Michigan.
 Tho above goods may be seen at the Gompany's shops in the city of Fine Bluff. wnele they are stored, the same paving remained on hand, unclaimed. for the period of six months prescribed by law.
 St. Louis Southwestern Ky Co.,,
 H. Bringman,
 5-31&6-IS 2t Agent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-06-16
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SCOTT'6 DEAREST WISH
Frustrated By the Fatality Attending ths
 Boys Who Bore His Name.
H. F. WEsTBRooK,
 Treasurer

Frustrated By the Fatality Attending ths
 Boys Who Bore His Name.
 It was Sir Walter Scott's dearest wish to found a house which should carry on the traditions of his great an cestors, who were cadets of the Scotts of Harden, now represented by Baron Polwarth. Scott reared Abbotsford at enormous cost, but there his work be- gan and ended. His eldest son, who suc- oeeded to the baronetoy, survived him only 15 years and died in 1S47, un- onetcy became extinct. His second SOB died at faroff Teheran, also unmarried So the name of Scott was left to his daughter Charlotte, who married Lock- hart, the biographer of Sir Walter. Her son, Walter Scott Lockhart, adopted the name of Scott, but, with all the extraor- dinary fatality that had overcome his uncles, he, too, died unmarried at the age of 26, and so the estate passed to his sister Charlotte, who married J. R. Hope, Q. C., member of the Hopetoun family, and he, of course, adopted the name Scott They had three children but their only son died ill childhood and once again woman came to ruie. This was Mary Monica
 In 1874 she married Hon. Joseph Constable Maxwell, third son of Lord Herries, who, as a matter of course, adopted the name Scott. They have had six children, the eldest of whom, Wal. ter Joseph Maxwell Scott, born in 1875, is ill the army. He has two brothers and two sisters living. Mary Josephine. who is married, was born in 1876 Thus it will be seen that the present genera tion of Scotts have been in turn Lock harts Hopes and Maxwells. These are all excellent names. with honorable his tories behind them, and yet, in strlcl genealogical sequsnce, the present gen. eration is very far removed from the au. thor of 'Waverley. n-London Sketch.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-06-16

Trans Misslssi ppi and Interna tional Exposition, Omaha, Neb., June 1st to Nov. 1st. For this oc- casion the Cotton Belt route have made rates of $30.50 for round trip. Passengers may have choice of route via. St. Louis or Jonesboro and Kansas City. Tickets on sale every day June 1st to October 15th Re- turn limit Nov 15. 1S9S
 H. BRINGMAN, Agent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-06-16
Trans-Mississippi Exposition omt

Mississippi Exposition Oma. ha, Neb., June to November l, 1898. From June 1 to October l5 the Iron Mountain Ky. will sell tickets to Omaha and return, good for return thitrty days from date of sale for $25.40. In addition to the above we will also sell tickets to Omaha and return with final limit of November 15, 1898 for $30.30. H. B. MlzELL.
 Agent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-06-16
Pneumonia Cured.

Mrs. A. J. Lawrence, of Beaver, Pa, says: Brazilian Balm brought me out or a severe attack of pneumonia in splendid shape. It is wonderful rem edy for coughs and lung troubles. Also, for outward use, for burns, cold-sores, and chapped hands and face, 1t cures like magic. It is invaluable n the family.