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The San Francisco call., 1898-03-09

wrote to relatives in Ireland, and from them received $100. while $50 more was secured from friends in RedfieldS. During the three months 1t took to get the money for the venture O'Brien was fed, clothed and lodged by Free man, and the two were bosom friends.
 Freeman now holds the deed to the Washington mine. but it is not likely that he will continue his trip north to investigate the value of the prop erty. The Police Department tele- graphed to Washington to see If any such mine existed, and received the reply that MT. OBrien owned no prop erty there.
 When O'Brien was arrested he was slightly under the influence of liquor. but refused to talk of the matter at all. He was seen in a saloon on Kearny street about o'clock Sunday morning. and at that time displayed a large roll of greenbacks. Officer Bell was ap- preached by the man the same day, and O'Brien started a conversation, telling him all about the mine. The policeman became much interested, and had serious intentions of throwing up his position and entering into a partnership, which O'Brien promised would net the two $20,000 a year. The case against O'Brien is clear one. and it is probable he won't be able to work his mine or friends for some
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-09
WESLEY LEWIS ON TRIAL.
Considerable Evidence Admitted Tending to Prove That He As
 saulted Miss Ready.

The second trial of Wesley T. Lewis, who is charged with having criminally assaulted Florence Ready. an attendant uponp the Lincoln Grammar School. 16 years of age. on the night of May 25. 1896. was commenced before Judge Dunne and a jury yesterday morning. After the jury had been impaneled the prosecution. which is being conducted by Assistant District Attorney Black. put on many witnesses and what seems to be a com- plete chain of evidence against the ac- cused was the result. s. A. Perry. P. D. Dunn, Samuel Harris. T. c. van Bibber, erson, F. McMullen. James F. Swift, 5. P. Robbins. James Rossiter, Sarah A. Ready, mother of the assaulted girl; Jeff frey Powers, Alice c. Brant. Albert Hen nesey and R. I. Cunningham were on the stand during the day and all gave evi- dence tending to prove that the charge against Lewis not falsely made Many more witnesses for the prosecution will be put on the stand and then the tain hints dropped by Attorney J. N: E. Wilson, who represents the accused 1t ia surmised that an attempt will be made to prove that Miss Ready was in the habit of returning to her home at un- usual hours and that she was frequently admonished for her actions. Mrs. Ready denied on the stand yesterday that such was the case and said that her daughter had been very regular in returning from panied by her school mates. The trial may occupy a full week and during that period many sensational developments are eXDected
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-09
His BedfellOw Relieved Him of All the Money
 He Had.
Albert Freeman Misplaced His Confidence in Daniel
 O'Brien.
SUPPORTED HIM MONTHS.
The Police of the California Station Quickly Capture the Clever
 Robber.

By misplacing his trust in man whom he supposed to be a friend AL bert Freeman is out $150, but a DOT tion of the amount will be recovered, as Daniel O'Brien, the supposed friend, has been captured by Officer McGray- an of the California street Police Sta tion.
 Last Saturday morning Freeman and O'Brien came down from Stockton and registered at the Golden Eagle Hotel, on the corner of Broadway and Mont gGmery avenue. In the evening the two men went to bed together, but when Freeman awoke the next morn ing his friend was gone, and with him $150, which had been sewed up in Free mans undershirt The smell of chloroform was noticeable In the room, and, as the robbed man felt dazed, he came to the conclusion that O'Brien had drugged him while he slept.
 The police were immediately notified of the robbery and officers were de- tailed to find O'Brien. Yesterday aft ernoon McGrayan found the man in a saloon at 635 Clay street. arrested him and placed him in the tanks of the City Prison without filing any charge against him. About $40 in pa per money was found in his possession and a money order for $50, which OBrien had purchased at Station D Postoffice to send to his son John, who lives at Hannibal, Mo. A bottle of chloroform in O'Brien's pocket proved to the officer that Freeman's story of having been chloroformed had some foundation.
 The tale of the friendship between the two men is an interesting one, and, while 1t shows up O'Brien's lack Of gratitude In brilliant colors, it also proves that he is fully capable of hv- ing on his wits. Freeman, who is a mining man and rancher of Riverside, met O'Brien at that place three months ago, and the two struck up friend ship. O'Brien confided to his friend that he owned a fabulously rich mine in Washington, which he lacked money to work, and asked Freeman to go in with him to develop it. AS proof of his proprietorship he produced a legal looking document purporting to be a deed to the mine, and Freeman agreed to go into the deal. Freeman did not have the money at the time, but be- gan to beat about among his friends to raise the required amount. He
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-09
W. H. Aammon and the Weather.

W. IT. HammOn, the IocaI 1OFecdsI Oi- ficial and weather prophet, delivered lecture at the Mechanics Institute last evening before ,he San Francisco Farm CTS Club on the subject of What the Weather Bureau is Trying to Do for the Farmers" The lecture consisted mainly of a history of the institution since it's birth why 1t was originally called into existence and the present and various purposes to which 1t is now devoted. An additional development of the present scope of the bureau is the ascertaining of the various atmoSpneric conditions at an unusual altitude. Congress lately made an appropriation for the purpose of carry ing on and furthering this investigation and experiments, and the money granted has been devoted to the erection of sta tions on mountains and high elevations throughout tle country. The first station. of this character this coast was re- gently erected on the summit of Mount TamalpaiS.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-09
San Francisco E,lks.

San Francisco Lodge. P. B. O. E., has decided to postpone the ladies night which had been announced for next Fri day on account of the Lenten season. It will be given in the latter part of April The lodge Is also making arrangements to opera which has never yet been put on lyric stage.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-09
Crushed While at Work.

George Miller, fireman living at 125o Hilbert street and employed at Wieland's brewery received contusions of the chest and back and possibly internal injuries last evening. While placing a stop block under the wheels of a coal cart which was backing to the coal bin he was caught and crushed between the bin and cart The extent of his injuries cannot be determined for day or two, but 1t is ex- nected the injured man will recover.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-09
Musicians Arrive.

Henri Marteau, the French violinist, and Aime Lachaume, the pianist, arrived from Chicago last evening. Marteau Is considered throughout the East as the greatest artist visiting this country since Wienfawski. Lachaume will be remem- bered as the accompanist of Ysaye and Rivarde, the violin virtuosos who both made successes here.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-09
Explosives His Subject.

The Y. M. l. Lecture Bureau has ar ranged another of it's popular lectures. which will be given on Tuesday evening next In St Ignatius Hall, Van Ness avenue Rev. Henry Woods, s. J., will speak on Explosives. Physically and Chemically Considered. As the lecture will be under the auspices of Columbus Council No. 55, Y. M. l., it is expected that a large crowd will attend.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-09

evening by Deputy Sheriff Hinters of Sacramento. The prisoner is here for the purpose of testing the constitutionality of the Police Courts in Sacramento in the State Supreme Court. The prisoners lawyers will arrive in a day or two. when the case will be tested. It is thought the Sacramento Police Courts will come in for a criticism not altogether compli- mentary.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-09
Two Years for Burglary.

Louis Schwartz was sentenced to two years in San Quentin by Judge Dunne yesterday morning on a charge of burg lary in the second degree. On June 2 last the prisoner broke into house at 212s California street. and rather than face trial for the offense he pleaded guilty and in consequences escaped with . light sentence.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-09
Wants His Marriage Annulled.

Malkom Nordstrom has applied to the courts to annul his marriage to Annie
 Nordstrom. The plaintiff alleges that he married his wife in New York during the month of November, 1895, while laboring that he was threatened by his wife, which caused him to marry her. He has since found, he alleges, that his wife's for an annulment of the marriage con-
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-09
In the Divorce Courts.

Mrs Ella Peart was granted a divorce from her husband, Louis H. Peart, yes- terday on the ground of willful neglect. Bertha Zeust was granted a divorce from Charles Zeust on statutory grounds. Minnie E. Goodrich was granted a divorce from Albert Goodrich on the ground that her husband was convicted of a felony.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-09
Partners Disagree.

Joseph Glukfeld filed petition in court Yesterday charging his partner, N. C.. Krinsky, with entering into a conspiracy to defraud him. Glukfeld asks for the appointment of a receiver. an accounting of the funds of the firm and dissolution af the copartnership.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-09
On Constitutional Law.

Andy Sparks, a boiler maker. who was convicted on a charge of petty larceny, was locked up in the city prison last
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-09
HOW AND WHERE THE COLLISION OCCURRED.

ernor will end the suspense within the next forty-eight hours by naming the new Registrar
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-09

Heodoche Quickly Cured. Dr. Davis Anti-Headache never falls. 25c.s
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-18
woman's CLUB of In liam squaws.

The Maine Federation of Women's
Clubs has admitted to membership a
club of squaws, which will hold sales
and give entertainments to raise mon
ey for charity, just as the clubs of
white women do.
This latest development of the wo-
mans club movement is the Wa-ba-
na-ki Club, of Indian Island. Its mem
bership is limited exclusively to the
sauaws Of the Tarratine tribe, which
occupies the Government reservation
on Indian Island in the Penobscot, op-
posite Old Town.
The idea of the club originated with
Mrs. Helen Coffin Beedy, author Of
Mothers of Maine" Some months ago
she became interested in people of In
dian Island and being an enthusiastic
club woman, proposed TO the squaws
of the island that they form a woman's
club. The proposition was we'll re-
celved, and within few weeks an Or
ganization was effected. The club
name comes from the tribal title of
that branch Of the Maine Indians, to
which the Tarratlne tribe belongs.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-18

Changes in the headgear of all SOL
diers in the United States Army are
probable. The suggestion that for the
artillery should be adopted d busby
similar to those worn by our cavalry
in the Revolution and by the City
Troop of Philadelphia to-day is warm
ly approved by many officers. This
busby, an inverted bowl Of felt or met
al, fits the head snugly and will not
fall off during rapid riding or driving.
surmounted with an adaptation of the
Iudian crest or headdress, it would be
distinctively American, The busby is
not worn anywhere In the world at
present, which gives it great merit in
the eyes Of those who dolnot like to see
our soldiers dress like foreigners.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-18
TIE psAcon.s SERMON.
tt WINS Strong Appeal Not to initiate
degrees" and Turn Away "Latherus."

tt WINS n Strong Appeal Not to initiate
degrees" and Turn Away "Lathorus."
Oar wuz a rich man, name Degrees,
en- likewise a po'man, name Latherus.
Well, Latherus come long bout Chris
mus, en- bein' all stove up wild de rheu-
matism. EN- threaten wild de smallpox,
he set down fer ter res himself long
side de rich mans gate; en- Latherus.
bein' hungry, 'holler out: 'Chris'mus
gift!' But de rich man tell him: Go
way FUN heah, man! amt got ez
much ez crumb Ter you'll En- den de
dogs come out en- chase him off. But,
see de prevention er providence! De
rich man overeat himself. en- wake up
stone ded, en- hotter den de sun in Au-
gust! En- he look 'roun en- say: 'Whar
Is ~ En- de devil answer: My son,
you's in de fire department. You
fined las night Den de rich man
say: I wish you please, sub, tell Kun
rel Latherus ter turn on de hose on
me, kase dis heah's hot stuff But de
devil make answer: 'Yo' fr'en' Lather-
US is UP yonder, spendin' Christmas wild
Mister Abraham, en- he done SEN word
dat he amt got time ter fool wild you.
Iou's my meat now,- en- gwine ter
br'ile you till you plumb brown! En-
all bekase de rich man fail ter come
down wild de money when Latherus
holler: Christmas gif'!' How many
sinners heah is gwine ter do like De-
grees done? How MANY is pwine for
drive. Latherus fun de gate on Chris
mus day? Brer Williams, pass de hat,
en- less see!"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-18

When Miss Ann Hargls, of Louis
Vile, Ky. left college, she surveyed
her fathers farm to see what use she
could put her knowledge of the Greek
dramatists, and her calculus. The re-
suit of her reflections was that she de-
cided to make the Hargis farm pigs
renowned, and she is doing it thor
oughly She is developing a special
breed Of pigs to supply the increasing
demand for Kentucky cured hams.
These precious porkers receive the
kindest care, are fed upon sterilized
milk, meal and apples till they ac-
qulre the special standard in weight to
kill in order that the hams shall be
of uniform size and quality. They
are specially cured and carefully cook
ed on the premises in the old Ken
lucky homemade manner
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-18
Seeking Veterans as Husbands.

The large colony of women who have
come to Hallowell and Gardner to prey
upon the inmates of the Soldiers
Homeat Togus, Me-, are in state Of
panic over the recent suggestion of
Pension Commissioner Evans, who has
recommended to Congress that no pen
sions be granted the widows of SOL
diers who are married hereafter.
Many veterans who live at the Home
are trapped into marriage every year
by women who seek the $12 a month
pension which will come to them on
the death OF their husbands. Most of
these women have had regulations and
no character. Having led gay lives in
the cities until their beauty is gone,
they seek marriage with the old SOL
diers for the sole purpose Of fnheriting
pensions. After capturing husbands
most of the women go back to the cit
les and cause no more trouble until
death carries off the veterans and the
widows pensions may lie obtained.
There are a dozen places near the
Home, all of which do thriving busl-
ness by Turing the veterans inside and
filing them up with liquor until they
fall an easy prey to the women who
are waiting for husbands In case
man refuses to drink and shows re-
sistance he is quieted with a club, or
anything else that comes handy Last
spring an inmate of the Home was
killed i'll a frea fight in one of these
denis.
Commissioner Evans declaration
strikes at the root of the evil, and Is
causing the women to redouble their
efforts. Unless they get husbands be-
fore Congress meets, they fear their
prospects Of pensions will fade New
women are coming here from Boston
and New York, and the dives are wide
Open. A man who wears Grand
Army badge can stay drunk for a
month and never spend a cent. The
local police are making efforts to close
the places, but as fast as one is shut
up others are started, and the business
goes on as briskly as ever.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-18
Shn isa Coffee Planter,

Miss Rita wildwood is the richest
woman coffee planter on the Hawaiian
Islands. She is only twenty-three
years old, and ten years ago was a
stenographer in law Office with but a
capital of 81 900. This she invested in
her venture, and, in partnership with
her brother, whose capital was about
the same as hers, she took up 260 acres
Of land at 81 an acre. The two have
already realized considerable profit,
and in few years expect to earn an
annual income of several thousand dol
lars each.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-18
StOpped Too Iaie.

"I see," said Mrs. Parker, 'that a
woman's life was saved by a corset
the other day. A man shot at her,
and the bullet lodged among the stays
Now will you men stop talking about
the corset being dangerous?"
"0h, pshaw," replied Mr.. Parker,
that's only one case in ten thousand.
I heard of woman whose corset
stopped bullet few days ago, but it
didn't save her life, just the same"
"John!" exclaimed Mrs. Parker,
don't fib, just to carry your point.
How could such thing be possible?"
"Why, easy enough. The trouble
was that the corset stopped the bullet
on the wrong side of the woman"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-18
Her Ituse.

well" said Miss Twitters, II think
| am safe now"
Safe from what?" asked Miss Kit.
tish.
Burglars"
Were you in danger from bur-
glars?"
II think was Everybody Is, more
on less, but more especially an unpro-
tected lady in a big house. have been
afraid of burglars ever since John and
his wife went west and left me by my
SELF" eos
What have you done to insure safe
tyr"
II have bought four mems hats OF
different styles and sizes, and have
hung them on the hat rack in the hall.
When Mr. Burglar surveys the array
he will deside that there are too many
men in the house to make his exploit
as safe as he might wish, and he win
go on to some other house. | rather
fiatter myself that this is pretty good
plan. Don't you think so?"- Harper's
Bazar. ~
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-18
Kaiser Williams Way.

| will give you just two hours
To get down upon your knees
TO put up your hands contritely,
And to meekly murmur "Please!"
l have warships in the offing,
So come down for all you're worth
Or I'll set my war dogs on you,
And I'll blow you off the eartl.
/ haven't time to parley,
And / don't intend to walt;
have sailors in your harbor,
/ have soldiers at your gate!
My demands, perhaps, are heavy,
But I've made them-that's enough
am William, and never
Stake my money on a bluff!
| am aching for a quarrel;
! am spelling for fight,
So you'd better kneel before me,
Or I'll blow you out of sight!
lam William-Kaiser' William
God was present at my birth;
He is still supreme in heaven
But I'm running things on earth.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-18
posrMAN ON SPLITS.
Method Adopted 10 Overcome the Under
brush ON a Plain In France.

Method Adopted TO Overcome the Under.
brush ON n Plain In France.
Between Bordeaux and Bayonne lies
that stretch of open country known
as the Landes. A great part of this
tract, which was formerly waste land,
has now been partially reclaimed and
planted with pine trees, which are cul-
tivated for the sake of the resin that
is extracted from them. The rest of it,
however, remains wild and covered
with gorse and broom. The villages
and groops Of dwellings in the Landes
are very scattered, and, in order to
traverse the wide extent of the plains
with ease, the inhabitants use stills,
which are tied to their legs. Mounted
on these, the shepherds watch their
focks in the brushwood and can cross
pools, marshes and peat without diff
Guilty. They carry with them long
pole, which serves as a support when
resting.
The postmen, too, employ this means
of getting about. In wintertime, when
the Landes are covered with snow,
getting about on stills is, Of course,
difficult, and, in order to obyiate the in
convenience and to enable him to get
over the ground without loss Of time,
the postman has lately taken to fitting
to his stills a kind of thin, wooden
skate, which enables him to walk on
the top Of the snow without sinking in.
The postman Is clad in whited cloak
| called "capot," lined with sheepskin,
and provided with hood. His legs
are also covered with sheepskin.
In the dunes the postal service is
carried on by the shepherds on horse
back, for it would be impossible to ira
verse the sandy tracts on stills.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-18
HE WAS A BRIGHT BOY.
Got the Best OF His rather In Matter Of
Pronunciation.


Got the Best OF His Father In Matter Of
Pronunciation.
There is a certain man who by the
sweat of his BROWN summer time
earns his bread ss a government Of
fetal with an Office in the big State,
War and Navy building, relates the
Washington Star He also earns bread
for wife and three likely children
and a servant, who manages to carr v
a slice of pie along home with her
bread about three evenings in the week.
But that is the cooks privilege always
This official has a son aged thirteen,
who Is very nearly as sharp as the
father thinks himself to be, especially
In those things that everybody ought
to know and not one person in dozen
does know About three times week
the father comes to the Office loaded
with some new information which he
seeks to impart TO his fellow-clerks by
the inductive method. That is, he in
,luces them to show how little they
know, then he springs It on them. His
strong point is words and their pro-
nunciation, and he thinks he is an au-
thority.
The other evening while he was en-
tertaining three or, four of his office
friends at small supper the eldest boy
spoke up from the far end of the table:
"Say, pop" he inquired, how do you
pronounce Newcomer" and the
youth spelled it out slowly.
II presume" replied the father with
the courage of his convictions, that II
is an Indian name, and by the. rule
would pronounce 1t Ne-wo-ny." t.,,
but that isn't the way" dissented
the boy.
The father was never more surprised
in his life. .i-rtt
II don't quite see how it would be
euphonious any other way" he said
with mild air OF offended intelligence
Whats the matter with pronounc.
ing 1t new one?" inquired the boy, with
a loud irreverent ha ha, and the blow
almost killed father. ai.tt ~
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-02-18
A REVOLVING PALACE.


Ono of the Great Features Proposed for
the Paris Exposition IN 1000.
The Paris Exposition of 1900 is to
have revolving palace to illustrate
the superiority of the inventive and
mechanical genius Of the opening year
of the twentieth century over that
which produced the Eiffel Tower in the
exposition of 1889 and the Ferris Wheel
in the Worlds Fair at Chicago in 1893.
The revolving palace Is claimed to rep
resent the supreme triumph of the nov
city producers Of the French capital. A
correspondent Of the illustrated Ameri-
can says this structure, designed by M.
Oh. Devic, will consist of hexagonal
shaft $50 feet in height, divided into
twenty-five stories. The entire palace
is to be covered with nickel plate,
aluminium, ornamental tiling and
glass. %
Illumination will come from 10000
incandescent and 1000 arc lights of
varied colors, arranged so as to bring
out clearly all decorative lines, balco-
nies, turrets pillars and statues.
In the lottiest part of the palace are
to be chime of sixty-four bells and a
powerful organ played by compressed
air. Above these and crowning the
whole will perch the weather vane-a
cock, fifteen feet high, and formed from
1,200 iuGandescent lights.
The entire structure is to turn on a
pivot and be moved by hydraulic ap-
paratus, always at the same speed,
making a complete revolution once an
hour Spectators may thus occupy the
same position and see, spread out be-
fore them, the entire panorama of the
exposition, with the city of Paris and
Its enYirons. The revolving palace is
expected to win more glory for its or.
iginator and to allure more admiring
pilgrims to its summit than did the
Eiffel tower and Ferris wheel in their
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