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The San Francisco call., 1898-02-14

vent that body from consummating contracts that would result in the rob bery of the people are to come up for hearing tomorrow. It is not un11Neiy' as the result of the charges of Bribery made against two members or the council by Mrs. Scully, that the clup will take action to have the accused prosecuted criminally, and it may also in the near future bring suit to oust the entire council. More than one offense upon which to base such action exists
 Every move made by the club IS in tended to demonstrate to the people that the movement it is back Of and the candidates whom it may put for ward are worthy of support by every man who is taxpayer or resident or the city of San Jose. The members of the club do not propose to let the people forget how the tax rate has been in- creased, through the raids made on the city treasury by the boodlers, from 80 cents on the $10O, before the advent of the gang. to $1 40 during one of the years since the gang got control.
 It is in view to organize precinct clubs, so that every portion of the city will be brought in touch with the main organization. It is common talk that the coming April will see one of the hottest political battles in the city of San Jose that have ever been fought in the State. It will be fair and square contest between the taxpayers and the tax-eaters, with the odds in favor of the former. The people now fully realize the state of bondage they have been held in through the machinatiens of the gang" They will be given the means of regaining control of the reins of government, and from the energy that is now being displayed by the rep resentatives of the better element, the taxpayers will not fail to give their time and their votes to the men who promise freedom from the raids and from the reign of terror inaugurateo and maintained by the political cor morants who have so long infested the city of San Jose and the county of Santa Clara.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-14
Officers of the New Charter Club Say Il Is Time That Respectable Citizens of San Jose Were Aroused to
 Their Danger.

of known probity and ability elected to every of the city offices to be filled, but we shall make it part of duty to that they held up to discharge of their duty after they are Installed They will be given due credit for service well per formed, and they will be spared if they fail in their duty
 We expect the who elected to carry on the citys affairs the dollar limit believe the expense conducting all the departments of the city government be reduced twenty five per cent with interfering with their proper administration with necessary improvements. The people feel that enormous amount of money is expended in wasteful and extravagant manner The people are now fully of the peculiar methods that have been adopted by city officials The work of The Call in exposing these matters fully appreciated by the ple and they expect that they will be able to rely The Call help them in the April election.
 Everybody is looking to The Call for full, fair and honest of the condition of affairs here We look upon what The Call has done in the past as benefit the people, it has called the attention of the citizens the extraordinary in which city officials have been conducting affairs. They look the support of The Call until victory is achieved for the people. i0t faf ts7'
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SAN JOSE, Feb. 13.-To the Editor of The Call, San As views with reference to the pres past condition of affairs in San Jose, will that I believe the proper time has arrived when the respectable citizens who in favor of good and economical government should bestir themselves proper at the coming oity election to desire To the result desired, they must be divided by tissues" or partisan motives, but present united and a determined opposition the selection for office of person who is or who been identified with, or who has any utilization, how slight, with the disreputabe element who now control the government of our city The New Charter Club, organization, has been formed to securing this city honest fear less and the various positions of public trust the gift of the city Its principles are: A determined organized opposition to any and all propositions which in any way savor of bosslsm or gang rule; oppose corrupt men and methods and to put forward and support who are representative citizens and who honest and capable, and whose election will be credit instead of detrimetit to interests of city. ..a.t
 conclusion, president of the New Charter Club Jose would earnestly request all of our citizens desire change in the condition of affairs in this city. and desire to present strong and successful opposition to the clements which now con- ro our city, to refrain circulating signing titions for any candidate office until the Charter Club ticket has been nominated and published, which event will occur ample time before election so that any person who may be satisfied can have ample opportunity exercise his right an eector in any manner he may see ht
 desire to extend my thanks to and to indorse The Call position it has taken, and for the as- sistance it is giving in fight for good govern rnent and also all other newspapers who have pressed a friendly feeling toward our cause.
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with us of being frozen in. Now, how ever, our work being done for the present, we were to visit the seal is lands and Baldwin would have plenty of time to attend to the affairs of the company
 Communication in Boring Sea is so precarious that the revenue cutters and naval vessels have always extended to the various companies of Alaska all the courtesies possible in the way of trans portation.
 On December 20 at n:50 a. m., we anchored in Village Cove, St. Paul Is- land. In the summer time the seal is- lands are almost continually shrouded in an envelope of fog. That is supposed to be the reason why the seal likes to live there. But in the winter the air is clear as a bell. We sighted the is- land at least thirty miles off. In the summer you are lucky to see 1t when more than three quarters of mile away and the United States ship Adams, some years ago, did not see the island until she was piled up on the beach. But then 1t was indistinct
 Captain Tuttle's instructions to Lieu tenant Jarvis are as follows:
 United States Revenue Steamer Bear,
 December 16, 1897.
 First Lieutenant D. H. Jarvis, U. s. R. c. s., United States Revenue steamer Bear: Sir-You are detailed to take charge of the overland party from the Bear for the relief of the whalers at Point Barrow. Lieutenant D. F. Bertholf, R. c. s., Surgeon s. J. Call and F. Koltchoff will comprise the party from the vessel. Inclosed are instructions from the department, by which you will be guided as far as practicable. They are full and appear to cover every point and to leave me little to add. The party will be under your sole control. and you will make such disposition of them as may seem most advisable to you under any and all circumstances.
 Whenever it becomes necessary to em- ploy natives and their outfits of dogs and sledges, or procure provisions from them, make a note of articles and the amounts promised for the same; if prac- ticable, give the natives copy to pre- sent when the Bear is met, and the artf- cles will be delivered.
 The department does not, in its letter, mention the whalers to. the eastward of Point Barrow. If you hear from them
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-14
CLAY WILL SUE
 FOR A DIVORCE
The Aged Kentuckian Wants Legal Separation From
 His Child Wife.
Declares That She Has Been Drugged by Relatives Until Reason
 Has Departed.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

Special Dispatch to The Call.
 NEW YORK, Feb 13.-A Louisville spe- cial to the Herald says: General Cassius M Clay's stormy. career is likely to in- clude a divorce suit. A report received from Richmond to-day states that he has at last determined to seek a divorce from his child wife, Dora. Although she re- turned home a few weeks ago she re- mained only few days and then went back to the home of her brother, John Richardson, where she is now staying.
 The General has exhausted every effort to win her back and has decided that they must part forever. He has. it is said. already reduced to writing the main points in his petition. His ground will be lunacy, the petition alleging that Dora has been drugged by members of the ven detta and is no longer herself. He will, he declares, never allow her to want for the necessities of life
 These facts were communicated by the General to personal friends, who made them public. The Richardsons, Dora s relatives, 1t is said, will stubbornly op- pose the divorce proceedings. Dora knows nothing of her aged husbands determina- tion. She has never moved her personal effects back to Whitehall, and while the old General has kept her supplied with money and food, it has all along been ap- parent that he does not desire her return.
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SAN JOSE. Feb. 13.-To the Editor of The Call san Francisco: The advisory committee of the New Char ter Club is composed of fifteen members This com nittee of which chairman, is pledged to devote it's energies to the of the people in the ap- nroaching campaign It will act in the capacity Of steering committee, both to the policy of the club and the plan of campaign in the approacng clty election It will carry what 1t believes to be the wishes of people regard to good and economical government of the city.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-14
LOS ANGELES TO HAVE
 A FIESTA THIS YEAR.
Decision Arrived at Despite the Re- fusal of Railways to Give
 

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 13.-Despite the decision of the committee of thirty that La Fiesta must be abandoned, the festi- val will be held this year as usual. The obstacle encountered and which led the committee to believe that La Fiesta must be abandoned was the refusal of the rail- roads to make their usual contributions to the expense fund. Their refusal seemed to the committee of thirty to be a fatal blow, but it is now apparent that in this conclusion the committee has erred. as public-spirited citizens have
 come forward and guaranteed the neces- sary funds for a successful carnival which will be held early in May.
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use your own judgment as to what can De done for their relief. At this dis tance and the utter lack of knowledge or their circumstances, it is impossible for me to give any directions. I shall leave unalaska as early as there will be any possible chance 10 get through the ice. If St. Michael be open, shall call there If not, Port Clarence and Cape Prince of Wales will be visited in search or news of the expedition. I hope to reach Point Hope early in July. Should any of the whalers be there, will land provisions enough So last them until I return from Point Barrow If any part of the expedition should be along the shores. l suggest you to direct them to make smudges of heavy smoke to attract attention on board the Bear, should she be sighted. good lookout will be kept from the vessel for such signals.
 In conclusion, any matters that may come up which are not covered by these instructions are left to your own judg- ment, and whatever you may do will meet with the approval of the depart ment. If opportunity offers, communi- cate with me at Unalaska and leave in formation as to your own progress at Port Clarence, Cape Prince of Wales, kotzebue Sound and Point Hope, to be picked up on the arrival of the Bear at these places. Also. if possible. send cop les or all communications to the depart ment. Respectfully yours.
 F. FUTILE,
 Captain, U. s. R. S.. Commanding.
 These instructions show that the overland expedition is to be conducted mainly on I O us. But the natives have great faith in the promises of the United States Government, and I see no reason to fear for the success of the scheme.
 The colder the weather, within reasonable limits, of course, the better they can travel. Over hard-crusted snow, under favorable conditions, dog sledge with twelve dogs can make as much as sixty miles day. Koltchoff claims to have made over hundred miles day for two or three days on a dog sledge. But nothing is so discour- aging to a traveller as soft snow, es- pecially snow that lets on that it Is going to bear you and then goes back on you at the last moment. Any way that you look at it they have tre- mendous job in hand, and I prophecy that, whether they reach Point Barrow or not, there will be nowhere in the world such enthusiastic advocates of good roads as the members of the Bears overland relief expedition.
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T.m c GaAocQ
Chairman Advisory Committee, New Charter Club.

SAN JOSE, Feb 13.-To the Editor of The Can' San Francsco New Charter Club is organized for the purpose assisting the election of representative anu capabe men to the municipal offices. The Iiew charter was framed economic lines, which forbid the waste incident to the rule machine politics. Men accus- toned to financial economy in the business aHalrs or
 life are the representatives necessary to the efficacy good government. Men who are 1rlenoy to the reforms charter essential to It's suc- cess The charter in such hands will prove a great boon city of San Jose It is pronounced oy goou udees throughout the State to be the best munclpal charter California but good laws are useless III the hands of men unwilling to enforce them The general laws of California good but they rendered use
 ess bv the lax method of enforcing then More busl- ness men in and less machine politics. think IS the panacea I pleased to such an important factor as The Call working these lines.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-14
Public Park for Fresno.

FRESNO, Feb. 13.-The Chamber of Commerce, after long session, resolved in favor of the City Trustees accepting the offer for public park, made by Messrs. Roeding & Weihe. The offer was made upon the condition that cents upon each $100 of assessed property be devoted to improving the park. A great deal of opposition sprung up, and the question was warmly debated at the i,,o
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-14
For a Refinery in Hawaii.

CLEVELAND, Feb. 13-The City Forge and Iron Company of this city has just received a big order for sugar-making machinery to be put into a refinery in Hawaii. The amount of the order has not yet been estimated.
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ing from Tunumak. As they get further along articles will be obtained, if pos sible. from the natives by means of orders for supplies which Captain Tut tle will redeem in the summer as we follow the track of the wanderers.
 Now that the overland expedition IS landed and on it's way let us revise our table of distances a little and remem- Der that they are expressed in nautical miles and that there are 60S0 feet in one of them as against only 52S0 feet in the statute mile in which you reckon dis tances on land. We cannot tell just how many miles they will have to travel oyer. Perhaps we cannot come within a hundred miles. They may find places here and there where crossing on ice will cut off many miles, such as the short cut across Kotzebue Sound if that is practicable. Again, ob- stacles will undoubtedly be met with which will increase the distances; ob- stacles that are not on the chart, but which exist none the less. Here they are, so far as can figure it out:
 Miles. Cane Vancouver to St. Michael. .............. 24o H. ITnalakliS to Golovine Bay .........-........ 225 Golovine Bay to Point Rodney .:............ 50 Distance lost by landing at Cape Van-
 couver instead of at Sledge Island, as
 Point Rodney to Port Clarence. .........S..., 3o Port Clarence to Cape Prince of Wales.... 40 Cape Prince of Wales to Point Hope 420 Point Hope to Point Barrow. .................. 320
 -o Total ......-...-............... 44o I cannot come anywhere near to an accurate estimate of the length of time that it will take the overland expedi- ton to cover this 1440 miles. There is nothing to figure on. They may have some exceptional good luck. But they will, without doubt, have delay after delay. The sun does not rise now un- til a. m., and it sets at 3 p. m. The natives themselves will not travel in darkness. This reduces the available day to six hours unless the moon shines. Owing to the fact that the moon will be as far south as the sun itself, I doubt if they will get much benefit from 1t. Besides this, the storms will drive over the country with great frequency, keeping them within
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-14
STEAMER HUMBOLDT DIRECT TO
 DYEA AND SKACUAY ,!

Having accomplished the return of this elegant steamer to this port through our purchase of 100 tickets. and having sold all but few, we ad- wise those going on this vessel to call early and secure berths. Tickets. chart etc, at our office. Liberal freight al- loWanceS.
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MARCHING ID RELIEF
 OF THE WHALERS,

Continued from First Page.
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President New Charter Club.
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Chairman Finance Committee New Charter Club
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-11-26
,BLIsnED DAILY. EXCEPT SUNDAYS
Stirring Up Contention.

The Every Evening and othor Demo-
cratic papers In our State were greatly.
disappointed at the result of tbs election
AMI they are now attempting to influence
the oolored mon to make application for
appointment to various offices. BY this
course they hope to create trouble in the
Republican party, and ALLEVIATE either
white Or oolored voters they would glad
ly involve the citizens III strife. similar to
that which recently took place In North
Carolina, In order to obtain Democratic
victory ut the next election. Such incen
dlarism should be rebuked. The number
OF cOlored men who vote the Republican
ticket In proportion to white cnes, Is not
an Issue, and does not affect the political
questions to be decided. The character or
color Of the voter, does not make free trade
or FREQ coinSge Of silveriright or wrong
and the paper which seeks to deceive the
voters by such subterfuge does not de-
serve the support Of good citizens. The
stirrer up of strife should be marked by
every lover Of good order, by every friend
OF justice, until he learned that such Il
course cannot be followed In this common.
wealth with profit pscuniary or politically.
We do not apprehsnd that much harm
oan result from such base appeals, as the
colored voters as we'll as the white ones are
too sensible to bs Influenced by them but
nevertheless the animus Of injury is appa =
rent, and it should be discouraged.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-11-26
GREAT CURE BY NERVURA.
Greatest Living Sculptor Made Well
Again by Dr.. Greene's Nervura.

"To-day feel like new being through
the use of DR.. Greene's Nervura blood
and nerve remedy" said Mrs. M. c.
Cooper, of the Royal Academy of Arts,
London, undoubtedly the greatest living
sculptor, who has modelled busts of hall
the nobility of England and is now en-.
gagged at her home In Washington, d. c.
mo. GIG F. St. In making busts of distin-
guished Americans.
"You see," continued the famous artist,
whom Ruskin placed among the most
famous women of modern times, and who
has been called the modern Michael
Angelo, because both painter and sculp-
tor, "You see, I had been suffering for
many months from insomnia and nervous
debility, and the first bottle Of DR.. Greene's
Nervura improved my health, gave me
strength and insured me perfect rest at
night. To-day, as I said before, l feel
like new being; my appetite has re-
turned, and as my profession entails great
mental strain, l cannot sufficiently express
my grateful thanks for the timely aid this
remedy has rendered me-"
The eminent sculptor Is at present
engaged on a bust Of Mrs. Belva A. 4
Lockwood, who is herself one of the IN
foremost women of America, and NV
who was also restored to health by N
DR.. Greene's Nervura. Both Mrs.
Cooper and Mrs. Lockwood are
enthusiastic in their praise of this
marvellous restorative, DR.. Greene's Ner-
vura blood and nerve remedy, which Is SO
sure to restore the sick to health, the weak
to renewed strength; which cures, with
absolute certainty, headache, rheumatism,
neuralgia, backache, kidney and liver COM
plants, and which has demonstrated in
thousands upon thousands of cases that
1t is the best blood and nerve remedy In
the world; that It invariably gives those
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-11-26
A Hint to Farmers.

A great many farmers in this section as
as we'll as down South complain that farm
ing docs not pay. Perhaps if they would
change their methods there would DO less
cause for complaint DR.. A. f. Ian gtord,
OF Pee Dae. South Carolina raised $50
bushels Of sweet potatoes the past season
ON an acre Of land that would not make a
bale Of cotton. Even at 25 cents u bushel
the potatoes are worth o great deal more
than bale Of cotton and yet the farmers
Tit to see it There are good many
things In South Carolina, says the Charles
ton News and Courier. that beat cotton,
and the trouble with the farmers who
complain most loudly Of the hard times is
probably not SO much . cent cotton after
all, as 8 cent farming Ia 1t not so every
waereS BY u change of crops better
profit may be made. By heavier manuring
one acre may be made to produce more
than Is now raised on two or three; the
great fault is In going over too much land
for too little produce In other words too
many farm GO the halves.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-11-26
Foolish ExpO8Lre.

Prisons WHO stood or sat in the rain and
snow on Thanksgiving morning in order
to witness game Of football, must have
h d very little regard for their health.
Man OF them no doubt will suffer from
s,vers colds, II SONS OF them do not die
fr IN such exposure, The Doctors Twill DO
benefited by thor conduct. After the OK
pogure Of the vast crowd that witnessed
Pre- 'dent Cloveland's inauguratio on the
4sh of March, 1893, there were nearly one
hundred deaths that were attributed TO
that long waiting in the cold chilly wind
that prevailed. Persons who value health
should avoid exposure when the mercury
sinks to near the freezing point. Let those
who have good health be careful and not
Invite colds consumption and early death.
ThoSe who unnecessarily expose them
Ielves may be likened to person, who com.
nit suicide.