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Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-03
HE IS DISCOVERED.
Jack-the Bridge Haunter Was
Found this Morning.

A Poor, inOffensiye German in search
of Work - Found Half starved and
Frozen at Fairchild Harner's stable.
Can scarcely speak English.--A Pit
liable Case.
Jack-the- bridge haunter has been
discovered He is not such an ogre as
many of the people who bad seen him
imagined. He was found in a stable
at Fairchild Harner's this morning
nv John Harner. He was wrapped up
in the blankets which are placed
around the milk cans to keep them
from freezing and was half frozen
from the intense cold of the night.
He could give but little account of
himself as he could not speak English
except with great difficulty Besides
this he was so badly chilled that he
could hardly talk.
When John left home to come to
town this morning the family were
trying to get him thawed out and get
some food into him. He was nearly
starved as we'll as frozen. When first
found John thought that he was the
fellow who has been seen in the diff
ferent bridges about town for some
time at nights, from the descriptions
which have been given of aim by the
different people who have seen him.
The old fur collar and the club which
proved to be a hickory cane, were
found and the man filled the descrip-
tion to d L.
After getting a little warm and
able to talk he was asked about him
self and why he had been acting as he
had been. He stated that his name
was Joseph Jassemy and that he was
native of Germany and had only
been in this country for five months,
and was unable to speak English very
well. He said that he had been look
ing for work but had not found any.
When asked why he had not answered
the salutations which had been given
him by passers by he said that a lack
of his knowledge of English had been
the cause. The case is pitiable one
and he will be lucky if he escapes
from serious sickness as a result of
the cold, exposure and hunger which
he has experienced.
BROU CHIT TO TOWN.
This unfortunate was brought to
South Morgantown and turned over
to the authorities there. He was
brought to town and taken before
Mayor Glasscock. The examination
was fruitless of res ults as he seemed
incapable of giving any ineligible
account of himself IT. was under
stood from what he said that he had
come from Fairmont here and that
he had landed six months ago in
Brooklyn The mayor thought that
he should be put in jail and taken
care of until the cold snap is over
but Charley Blair who had him in
custody would not hear of it. A
promise had been given Blair that
he should be allowed to take his man
back over the creek after the exami-
nation and he insisted on the pledge
being kept. So they went back.
What will be done with the fellow is
a question which time only can set
tie He is harmless but might set
fire to some barn when sleeping in
it and it looks like something should
be done to see that he does no dam
age of this kind.
Ihe Fire company.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-03

Thomas l.. Thompson was son
of Robert A. Thompson, who lived
for number of years at St Adams,
and was later appointed Judge in
one of the western territoritories. He
was cousin of c. l. and w r.
Thompson, of Huntington, and of j.
Speed Thompson, Of Hinton. All
these are well known here and have
relatives among our citizens The
occurrence is deplored by ALL
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-03

A large Office room on the second
floor of the Miller block on Main
street. Suitable for office or lodging
room. Apply to j. r. Miller.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-03

A FRESH supply Of Whitman's Sc
lect candy sold only at Madera's.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-03
Mrs. j. w. liners Lecture.

Mr.. Joseph w. Hiner, of Chicago,
formerly Miss Gussie Moore, of Fon
Du Lac, Wis, delivered lecture be-
fore the Musical Literature depart
ment of the Milwaukee College En-
dowment association Monday after
noon on "Troubadours, Minnesingers,
Meistersingers and Folk-songs."
The Sentinel says: ssMrs. Hiner
began with the strolling musicians,
the jongleurs of France, and showed
how they often acted as accompanies
for the troubadours who were gener-
ally mobiles. The speaker gave re-
sumo of this music movement in
Northern and Southern France. She
then took Germany as the field of &C
tion and gave history of the rise of
the minnesingers, who were of the
mobiles, the upcoming of the meister-
singers, who were of the people, and
then the growth of the German folk
song. She traced the influence of
the folk-song on all subsequent Ger
man music and instanced the fact
that many of the famous Bach Choir
ais, so called, were prescriptions of
old folk-song. One special instance
was that of the 80, Sacred Head
Now Wounded from the passion
music, which was originally love
song. Mrs. Hiner played the Bach
selection and then sang the old folk
song SO that her hearers might trace
the resemblance Mrs. Hiner also
sang several bits Of the work of the
minnie-singefs which is still extant
and then some of the old folk-song,
ending with modern songs by Schu-
mann, Franz and Brahms, in which
the influence of the folk-music is
most apparent.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-03

There may be some Of readers who
will remember the lady mentioned in
the above article. She was a guest
at the Seminary some years ago,
afterward visited Miss Mary Ollie,
now Mrs. Frederic Emory. She was
a pupil of the New England Conserva-
tory when Mrs. Emory and Miss
Susie NJ. Moore were there.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-03

VALENTINES from 1c to $500 at
MADEIRA Bros.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-03

Come Valentines at the Acme.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-06
DIES BEFORE HE REACHES HOME Sad Fate of a Man Who Attempted to Walk
 to Dawson. Humboldt County Argonaut Passes Away at Ta-
 coma. Attacked by Spinal Meningitis on the Trail and Forced to Turn
 Back.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

| TACOMA. March 5.-A man suffering intensely arrived from Victoria yester day, and went directly to the Fannie Paddock Hospital. He announced him. self as B. D. Witter of Rio Del Cal. and said that he had just come from Skaguay on the steamship Islander, ar irving yesterday at tVictoria. Aftermak- ing this explanation to Mrs. McCutch- con, the matron of the hospital, he add- ed: "Oh, it's nice here, but l am very sick" Then he became unconscious During the night he died
 Physicians believe the cause of the mans death was spinal meningitis. con- tracted on the trail. This is substanti ated by Witter's diary, which details his sufferings. He went north with Portland friend named Gieger and Charles Rigby of San Francisco. On the first night out of Skaguay their beds were made upon the snow, Wit ter mentioning particularly that he missed mattress. He caught a severe cold, and the next day was sick. Rig by returned to Skaguay and procured more bedding for him. He got some better, and their packing was contin- ued Soon he was complaining, and be- came so ill that all agreed he should return home.
 Witter's face bore evidence of intense suffering when he reached the hospi tai, and his head especially pained him. His pockets contained letters addressed to his wife, Mrs. Rigby and to Mrs. Geiger. Mrs. McCutcheon wired to Mrs. Witter, who replied that's would come at once if needed, and requested that her husband write to her daily Witter never received the message, as he was unconscious when it came. Ills wife was informed of his death, and wired that she would start from Rio Del, Humboldt County, tonight for San Francisco. where she will board train for Tacoma. She asked that the body be emblamed.
 Witter's diary speaks tenderly of his wife and two little daughters, whom he intensely desired to see once more. In one entry he says he would give all he owned to be home again. Nevertheless, he would press on, hoping to conquer in the end. He took north a first-class outfit, including a kodak which was left with his partners. He was about 30 years old, and had been a machin- ist and electrician. He sailed for Skag- uay on the steamship Cleveland early in February
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-06
HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS.
Three Classes Compete in Field Day
 at San Jose.

SAN JOSE, March 5.-The senior, mid- dle and junior. classes of the San Jose High School held a very successful field day at Agricultural Park to-day. There was large attendance and great enthu- siasm. The Middles were victorious by 59 points, the Seniors B and the Juniors 15. A summary of the events follows:
 100 yard dash-Black first, Topham second, Place third. Time. II.
 One-half mile bicycle-Allen first, Hill sec ond. McDonald third Time 1:07.
 High jump-Topham first. Bassett second. Naramore third Height feet 4 inches.
 22O yard dash-Black first. Stevens second. Cavallaro third. Time. :24.
 Pole vault-Bassett first, Tophom second, Naramore third. Height, feet inches
 Exhibition 100 yard dash-Harter first, Birch second Time, :1015.
 Exhibition mile-Wells. Time 2:05.
 Shot put-Topham first Thompson second Req third. Distance, B feet 71A inches.
 440 yard dash-Stevens first. Naramore sec ond. Cavallaro third. Time. ;53.
 Broad jump-Topham first, Bassett second. Distance. 20 feet inches
 Mile bicycle-Allen first, Lawrence second, Time, 2:27l6.
 Hammer throw-Bassett first. Topham sec ond, Naramore third. Distance, 1O9 feet $ inches.
 Relay race-won by Class of sS (Middlers). Time.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-06
PIQUART AND
 HENRY FIGHT The Friend of ZOla and Dreyfus Triumphs in
 a Duel. Twice Wounds the Officer Who Succeeded to His Com
 nand. Esterhazy's Challenge to the Victor of the Combat Treated Con-
 tennptuouSly.
Copyrighted. 1898. by James Gordon Bennett.

Copyrighted 1S9s by James Gordon Bennett
 PARIS, March 5-As foreshadowed | in my dispatch yesterday, the duel be- tween Lieutenant Colonel Henry and ex-Lieutenant-C Colonel Picquart came off this morning in the riding school Of PEcole Militaire. Only the seconds and surgeons were present, sentries being posted at the entrances of the school. The encounter was conducted with energy, but with great courtesy on both sides. Neither allowed his face to betray emotion. The combatants
 kept at close quarters, their swords being crossed to the extent of one third of the blades as in a fencing bout, whereas in most Parisian duels the swords only a little more than touch. Both stood their ground throughout during the first bout. After a thrust from Colonel Henry, which grazed his adversary's neck, the director of the combat stopped the | contest, supposing Colonel Picquart had been touched. A surgeons exami-
 nation showed that he had not been | wounded and the encounter was re- sumed
 tremely warm, Colonel Henry received his adversary's good point in his arm. The combat was again stopped and the surgeons turned up the sleeve of Colonel Henry's shirt. They found that Colonel Picquart's rapier had inflicted a deep wound in the elbow, which, be- sides being very painful, paralyzed two fingers. At the same time the surgeons discovered a second wound, very slight, on the inner side of his right forearm
 which Colonel Henry In the heat of the encounter had not noticed.
 The duel was at an end. The com batants dressed and separated with formal salutation, not shaking hands.
 There now remains the EsterhaZy challenge. The Figaro announced that Colonel Picquart refused to receive Ma jor EsterhaZy's seconds. The Aurore will tomorrow publish letter dated March and addressed to Major Ester hazy's seconds, in which Colonel Pic quart says:
 "I have the honor to inform you that it is impossible for me to appoint sec onds for the affair which was the ob- ject of your two letters yesterday"
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-06
MICHAEL AT ST. LOUIS.

ST. LOUIS, March 5.-The' initial ap- pearance of Jimmy" Michael, the "Welsh Rarebit,'' in St. Louis packed the Coliseum tonight. In his five-mile race against time he was paced by tandems and at times it seemed that he would forge ahead of his pacers. He made the five miles in 10:41, and left the track ap- parently as fresh as before the race.
 Jay Eaton won the mile open profes- sional race, with Al. Newhouse second. Time, PHO 4-5
 The match race between Jay Eaton and Charles Mccarthy was of especial inter- est. Mccarthy won in straight heats He won the first heat easily in 1;5S and the second heat by half wheel in 1:59.
 The last race was the consolation race. Bob Walthour won. Time, 2.16.
 Michael will go south, probably to Hot Springs, where he will go into training for the coming season.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-06
CANADA HOLDS
 BOTH TRAILS Mounted Police Camped Near Skaguay and
 Dyea. Full Confirmation of the Re- ported Seizure of
 Territory.
Dominion Customs Officer Haltina Klondike Argonauts at
 Lindenan.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

JUNEAU, Alaska, March l (via Seat tie, Wash, March 5).-Further confir- nation of the report that Canadian mounted police have occupied the White and Chilcoot passes was brought to-day by James D. Esary. He said:
 Captain Strickland of the mounted police is at the summit of White Pass with force of eighteen men, collecting duty, and a lieutenant with eighteen men is at Chilcoot Pass doing the same thing. The White Pass camp of the mounted police is within twelve miles or Skaguay and the Chilcoot camp is within eighteen miles of Dyea-'
 The following letter shows that rights of ownership are exercised at Linde- mann definitely by Collector of Cus- toms Godson:
 BENNETT, B. C., Feb. A.-Willie Thorpe, Skaguay-Sir: I have the honor to request that you will present yourself at Bennett, B. C., within the next few days with all invoices of goods and meat now in the province of British Columbia at Lake Bennett. 1 found notice of sale of your goods on the trail between Lakes Bennett and Lindemann, and have forbidden your man in charge to dispose of single pound until the duty was paid.
 Please give this your earliest attention. l have the honor to be your obedient servant,
 (SignedD J. GODSON,
 Collector of Customs. lake Repnatt
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-06
FAMILY STRIFE
 AIRED IN COURT Prisoner Accused of Incen- diarism by Brother and
 Sister. Has the Support of His Father in Feud Begun Long
 Ago.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

Special Dispatch to The Call.
 SALINAS, March 5.1The Cudiford arson case now being deliberated upon by jury in the Superior Court Of Monterey County, is indeed puzzling one. The jurors have been deliberating for over twenty-four hours, but cannot reach a verdict.
 The facts leading up to the arrest of Arthur Cudiford, charged by his brother with firing the latter's barn near Brad ley, prove that a feud has existed in the Cudiford family for some time. Two sisters and one brother against the father and son seemed to be the way they were divided at the trial, and all through the case this alignment was more forcibly brought out as different members of the family were put upon the stand to testify
 James Cudiford, the father of seven children, came to California in '49, sail ing around the Horn. He went direct to Tuolumne County, where he was en- gagged in mining until 1S5S He then went to the Hawaiian Islands and en- gagged In the mercantile business. In 1865 he married half-breed kanaka. Cudiford was not very happy after his marriage, and he and his Hawaiian wife never agreed. Seven children were born. however, before the couple finally separated. The youngest child, girl, who gave the most damaging test1- mony against her brother at the trial, was only two years old when the mother left the family roof in Hawaii. This was at a time when the children were sick with typhoid fever. During this illness two died
 In 1886 MT. Cudiford removed his family to this State and settled in the lower end of this county. He had con- siderable money, and gave his children a good education, but there were al- ways family quarrels, the last one oc- curing in November
 A young Spaniard was paying atten- tions to the youngest daughter. The father and Arthur Cudiford objected, and the other children, two of whom were already married, favored the girl. AS result there was a separation, the young girl going to one brother and the father and elder brother remaining to- gether.
 Their ranches were adjoining and the quarreling continued. One night soon after one of these disputes young Cudi- lords barn was burned. Arthur Cudi- ford was accused and the youngest sis ter says that she saw her brother at the time the barn was ablaze.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-06
THE BESSIEK REPORTED LOST Startling Story Told by an Arrival From
 Alaska. Says the Steamship Has Been Wrecked and All Hands
 Drowned.
Statement Discredited by the Master of the Vessel Which Brouqht
 Him Down.
Special Dispatch to The Call

SEATTLE, March 5.-A passenger who arrived here to-day from Alaska on the steamship City of Seattle has informed Agent Grammar of the steam ship Bessie K that the wreck passed by the City of Seattle north of Victo- ria, which was reported last night, had all the appearance of being the Bessie K, which is seven days overdue. The wreck lies on the rocks 100 miles north of Victoria, and there are no indica- tions of any survivors.
 The Bessie K was owned by J. S. Kimball & Go. of San Francisco, and left that port for Alaska with a heavy load of freight and passengers. She had a capacity of 100 passengers and 200 tons of freight, and was scheduled to leave here for Dyea on March l. She is supposed to have been wrecked on her voyage south, having been in the track of the late disastrous storm that swept the northern coast. So con- fident is Agent Grammar that she is lost that he has arranged to send the passengers booked for her next trip north on the Navarro.
 Owing to the fact that the Bessie K was coming south, it cannot be learned at present how many passengers she was carrying.
 A letter received from Juneau, Alaska, to-day says the steam schooner Whitelaw, which ran ashore four miles from Juneau, is still on the sandbar. The Whitelaw was left in shallow water and careened at an angle of about 30 degrees. She Is likely to draw off the beach on March 8, when the waters reach high lines in the channel.
 TACOMA, March 5.-President Wal lace and officers of the steamship City of Seattle know absolutely nothing of the loss of the steamship Bessie K, and heard nothing of it on the way
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-06
VICTORY FOR THE SPORTS. Failure to Convict the Seconds of
 McCoy and Burley.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, March 5.-"Billy" Layton ana Jack" Grace, seconds, re- spectively, for Kid Mccoy and Nick Bur ley, were arrested here to-day on war rants issued at the instance of Sheriff Houpt, charging them with aiding and abetting a prize fight. They were tried this afternoon before Justice Afford by a jury. A large number of witnesses were examined. The purpose of the prosecu- ton was to first show that a prize fight had taken place and then to connect Lay ton and Grace with it. The proof was that glove contest, such as have been frequently pulled off here without inter ference from .he authorities, had taken place. The State failed completely to make out a case and verdict of acquit- tai was promptly returned by the jury.
 Warrants are out for Mccoy and Bur ley, but it Is not probable that they will be served. since they both left the city last night
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-06
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 BY THE BOSSES
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The San Francisco call., 1898-03-06
Manning Ballast Point.

SAN DIEGO, March 5-Lieutenant Humphreys, commanding Battery D, Third Artillery, stationed at this place. received orders yesterday to send his company of artillery at once to Point Loma and to proceed to mount the three ten-inch rifles without delay He expects to send his whole company, with the exception of six men, who will be left in charge of the barracks, to Ballast Point, where they will remain until the guns are mounted. This morning the third gun was shipped to It's destination at Ballast Point, so that now three guns and their carriages are on the ground.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-06
EX-MAYOR WASHBURN
 OF CHICAGO INDICTED.
Accused of Having Procured Police Force Positions for Men
 Not Qualified.

CHICAGO, March 5.-Dudley Winston, president of the Civil Service Commission. and ex-Mayor Hampstead Washburn, also a member of the commission, were in- dicted by the Grand Jury for alleged ir- regularities in office. They are charged with having certified to the Commissioners of Police for appointment a number of men who are below 5 feet inches in height, which the law prescrfbes as the minimum stature for policemen.
 Robert Lindblom an eX-member of the commission, was indicted for keeping a bucketshop. Richard C. Cunning, As sessor of the South Town, was indicted for having solicited a bribe of 5000 as his price for reducing the assessed valuation of the Reliance building. at State and Washington streets, to $100O3
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-06
Fresh Laurels for Bismarck.

BERLIN, March 5.-Emperor William, on March 25, the sixtieth anniversary of the entrance of Prince Bismarck into the army, will confer upon the former Cham cellor a signal distinction. Dr. Schwen- finger, the Princes physician, has for bidden noisy demonstrations or loud speaking at Fredericksruhe on the occa- sion of Prince Bismarck's birthday, April 1, owing to the statesman's precarious state of health.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-06
COLLECTS TOLLS FROM
 STAGE PASSENGERS.
Lone Highwayman Holds Up the Santa Barbara-Los Olives
 Coach

SANTA BARBARA, March 5.-The stage running between here and Los Oli- vos was held up this morning by a lone highwayman eight miles this side of Los Olives. The horses were climbing small grade. When near the top voice called 6nt "Haitr' and before the driver could take in the situation he was covered by two revolvers held by small-sized man, who stood at the side of the road with a gunnysack over his head. The robber took Sl0 from the passengers. The Sheriff has sent two men to the scene of the holdup.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-06
The WinsIows Goes South.

NORFOLK, Va, March 5.-The tor pedo boat Winslow left the navy yard about noon, and steamed out to the Capes. The Winslow is apparently bound for Key West.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-06
WHAT TO DO.

There is comfort in the knowledge so often expressed, that Dr. kilmer's Swamp Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills every wish in relieving pain III the back, kidneys, liver, bladder ana every part of the urinary passages. It corrects inability to hold water ana scalding pains in passing it, or bad effects following use of liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled to get up many times during the night. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Swamp Root is soon realized. It stands the highest for it's wonderful cures of the most distressing cases. If you need a medicine you should have the best. Sold by druggists; price fifty cents and one dollar You may have a sample bottle and pamphlet both sent free by mail upon receipt of three tWO-cent stamps to cover cost of postage on the bottle. Mention San Francisco Sunday Call and send your address to Dr. Kilmer & Co.,, BinghamtOn, N. '. The proprietors of this paper guarantee the genuineness of this offer.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-06
ADVERTISEMENTS. HOW ID FIND OUT.

Fill bottle or common glass With vour water and let it stand twenty four hours; a sediment or settling indicates an unhealthy condition of the Kidneys; if it stains your linen it is evidence of kidney trouble; too frequent desire to pass it or pain in the back is also con- vincing proof that the kidneys and bladder are out of order.