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The San Francisco call., 1899-04-17

While the rain had not abated in the
least when the Raleigh and her escorts
reached the southern end of Riverside
Park the enthusiasm, instead of falling
off, increased, both on the vessels and on
the shore. The bOuleVardS and paths in
the park were crowded by the people who
had been waiting an hour or more Two
of her batteries fired a salute near this
point: the people along the shore in boats
and small launches fired off cannon crack
ers, reVolvers and guns, while half
dozen locomotives. on the tracks along the
river added to the deafening noise by
blowing their whistles all the time the
Raleigh was passing.
Just before arriving almost off Grants
tomb the cruiser slowed down prepara-
tory to turning, and while the cheering
and WhiStle-blowing and other noises
were at their height, two six-pounders on
the Raleigh commenced their salute of
hardly died away when the Alvarado and
Sandoval opened with their national sa-
lutte and battery on shore Joined in the
tribute to General Grant When the sa-
lutes were concluded the Raleigh turned
slowly and headed down the river. her es-
cOrts turning at the same time. The run
back to anchorage off Thirty-fourth
street was made slowly and the same en-
thuSiaSm was displayed as on the run
up the river.
When the Raleigh finally anchored she
was surrounded by a fleet of excursion
boats, and as fast as they could reach
climbed on the cruiser and extended
personal welcome to the officers and
men. The crew took great pride in show
ing visitors over the ship and particular
ly in pointing out the five-inch gun
which fired the first shot in the battle
of Manila Bay. Many relatives and per-
sonal friends of the officers and men
went aboard as soon as they could reach
the side of the vessel. and the days cele-
bration concluded with these general and
individual receptions.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-17

the excursion steamers cheered and
waved handkerchiefs and flags. The Glen
Island led the procession, the Raleigh fol-
lowing just astern. The Alvarado and
the cruiser, and police boats, tugs and
excursion boats followed in a double COL
umn. There was no special demonstra-
tfon until Governors Island was passed,
when a national salute was fired. About
this point the coast survey steamer
Pathfinder, with Assistant Secretary Of
the Navy Allen aboard, joined the pro-
cession, following just in the wake of the
Raleigh.
From the time the Raleigh left the Bat
terry until she reached Grants tomb, her
most constantly in response to salutes
from vessels lying at their docks or NOV
ing up and down the river. The ferry
boats were crowded with people cheering
and waving handkerchiefs, and several
of the boats ran alongside the Raleigh for
a short distance. Captain COghlan was
on the bridge nearly all the way up the
river with the executive and navigating
officers. All were bundled up in rain
coats and received the force of the storm
in their faces. The captain was obliged
to bare his head to the rain a greater
part of the time in waving his cap in re-
sponse to the saluteS and cheers of pass
ing vessels.
The officers paid little attention to the
storm and waved their caps constantly
not appearing to mind the soaking which
their dress uniforms, and their bodies as
well. received. AS for the sailors they
never thought OF, shelter at all. A few
were clad in oilskns, but most of them
stood on the exposed forecastle, with
nothing but their blue jackets covering
their shoulders, and most of the time with
their hats flying in the air. Officers and
men alike expressed the greatest surprise
at the demonstration. Many of them
were heard to make remarks to the eff
fought so long ago that they had almost
forgotten it.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-17

II correspondent in this city for
Ah a leading German newspaper
has received an interesting
private letter from Apia con-
Cerning events there in March, as
viewed entirely from the German side
IF the question. The letter was writ
ten by a prominent German and is of
interest in that 1t gives for the first
time the German view of the state Of
things now existing in the Samoan
Islands. The letter begins with com
plaint that no regard whatever is shown
by the British and American forces to-
ward the Germans. The bOmbardmeuI
had been announced to begin on
Wednesday, March IA, at l p. m, but
no notice, says the letter, was given
the Germans, and the German Consul
is still waiting for the official communi-
cation Of the commencement Of the
bombardment The commander of the
German warship Fake was notified by
an officer of the Philadelphia only
quarter of an hour before the fire had
been opened.
The numerous whites living in the
vicinity of the town had no opportunity
to take any measures for their personal
y
going on until shrapnel exploded in
their neighborhood. 1t is due, contin-
ues the letter, only to a merciful Provi-
dence that no whites We're killed or
wounded. In Vailele a cocoa planta-
ton belonging to the German Trade
and Plantation Company, on the after
noon Of March Is six shells fell down
just around the house. One struck
rent asunder the floor just on the spot
where scarcely a minute before the
master of the plantation had stood.
The same afternoon three bombs
were thrown upon the Vera Mountains,
south Of Apia, where the French Mis-
sion has a school for native children,
one shell falling down close to the
house Of the fathers and another ex-
ploding in the immediate vicinity Of the
house of the sisters.
On March 16 a shell fired from the
Philadelphia exploded too soon and
nineteen pound piece of it was thrown
into the building Of the German con-
suIate, wrecking a part of it. This
event. it is stated, taught the firing par
ties 10 use a lighted fuse with more
caution in the future.
On March Is a part of the town and
the grounds in the rear, the letter says,
were searched by an Anglo-American
landing party, strengthened by about
q hundred friendly" natives, under
the command of Captain Sturdee Of
the warship Porpoise. The expedition
landed in the Mataute quarter of the
town before the house of a wealthy
French merchant, and after a few aim
less voleys the Tanu men occupied the
house of the Frenchman and battered
down, under the eyes of the English
officers, doors and windows. and, the
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-17

ture cannot be changed and is better that they be
recognized of the work that is before the
Samoan commission and that the instructions to the
representatives Of the three nations be given accord
ingly.
In the pending diplomacy on this question the Uni
ted States with and fairness take the n1-
tiatve she did several years in the treaty ar
ranged with Malietoa England and Germany then
lost no time in following example and in securing
the same recognition accorded to U.S. The immediate
purpose of these three nations is to secure perma-
nent coaling stations the island. Once estab-
lished however these stations cannot be peaceaby
maintained under the existing conditions of the
tves. Until completely subjected to the control of
the whites, these savages will be constant menace,
and bloodshed will follow.
Il am thoroughly impressed with the Importance
of partition, / believe that immediate division
of the islands will bring about speedy solution Of
the trouble that may terminate gradually with the
practical determination of the Samoan The
United States should have coang station at Pago
Pago And then with the long desired cable in the
cic reaching Honolulu and Sydney, giving COM
munication with the home Governments, there will be
little interfere with the spread of civilization the
Samoan Islands,
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-17
MATAAFA REITERATED
TO HILLS FOR SAFETY

NEW YORK, April ia cable to
the Sun from Berlin says: Advices
have been received from Auckland New
Zealand, showing the ambuscade of the
Americans and British by Mataatans
on April l near Apia, Samoa was not
on the German VaileIe plantation, Sut
In the neighborhood of Falchima, thi ee
kiIometers to the southwark. near The
old crater of Apia Hill, where Robert
Louis Stevenson is buried.
1t is stated Mataafa retreated after
the affair to the hills beyond Falchi1na,
and thence to Tuanga Fai, where he is
safe from the guns of the warships.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-17
GERMANYS SAMOAN
FORCE TO BE INCREASED

BERLIN, April 16.-The protected
cruiser Cermoran, according to reliable
information obtained bv the Associated
Press, is just now the only German
vessel on her way to strengthen the
German force at Apia, Samoan Islands.
The gunboat Moewe has arrived at
Matupi, New Britain, off the coast OF
Kaiser Wilhelmsland, the German pro-
tectorate in Southeast Papua, from
which point she may be ordered to
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-17
YIELDS HER LIFE
To SAVE A BABE
A Sacramento Woman
Burned to Death.
CHILD OVERTURNS A LAMP
THE BLAZING OIL IGNITES ITS
CLOTHING.
Eighty -Year-Old Grandmother of the
Little One Perishes in an At
tempt to Extinguish the
the Flames.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SACRAMENTO, April 16.-The heroic
spectacle of a woman so years old sur
rendering her life in the hope of pro-
tecting the life of her infant grand
daughter was presented in this city
this evening Mrs. Christian Miller of
300S F street had gone to the evening
service at church, leaving her one-year-
old daughter in the care of Mrs. Cath
crime Woods, the grandmother, so years
of age. The child was seated in a
high chair near the table, upon which
burned reading lamp. The aged
woman engaged herself in reading
while the child prattled away.
The little one was playful, and, seiz-
ing the tablecloth, gave it jerk. The
force was not great but 1t was suffi-
cient to dislodge the lamp. The next
instant the clothes Of the baby were
ablaze. Terrified, and yet with some
presence of mind the S0-year-old grand
mother righted the lamp and seized the
child in her arms. Out of the house she
ran with the screaming infant, pressing
it to her bosom in an effort to smother
the flames that were consuming its
clothes and scorching its tender flesh.
Once in the garden Mrs. Woods rolled
the child in the grass, hoping to put
out the fire, and succeeding measur-
ably. Meantime the flames were en-
comprising the little home; and mean
while also the fire which had caught
from the child's clothing was bent upon
the destruction of her own life. Neigh
bors saw the old woman, her clothing
af1ame, run toward the burning house.
Ten minutes afterward her blackened
body was found just outside the door
way. Every vestige of clothing had
been burned away. When Mrs. Miller
returned from church she found her
home sadly damaged by fire, her mother
dead and her child frightfully burned,
though still alive.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-17
GERMANS IN SAMOA
TRIABLE BY GERMAN COURTS

3ERLIN, April lit is asserted
that Great Britain has officially admit
ted that Germans in Samoa are only
triable by the German courts. and that
therefore orders were -cnt from Lon
don to have Captain Huffnagle, man
ager of the German plantation at Vail
ele, where the fatal ambush was de-
Vised, handed over to the German
authorities, the commander of the Brit
ish cruiser Tauranga transferring him
to the commander of the German
crI1iCar EallSe
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-17

Apia speedily if the situation should
demand.
Both the Cormoran and the Moewe
are much smaller than the cruiser Her
tha, which is now on the way to Asian
waters, where on her arrival the total
German squadron will have displace-
ment of 10000 tons and an equipment OF
3400 men.
The protected cruiser Geier. 1776 tons
displacement, is now beginning a cruise
alonp the Pacific coast of the United
States
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-17
Wheelman Seriously Injured.

NAPA. April 16.-George Jackey, while
riding a bicycle this afternoon, coIlded
with a team on Main street, receiving
serious and possibly fatal injuries.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-17
DEATH COMES SUDDENLY.
Mother of the Duke of Marlborough
Passes AWAY

LONDON. April 16.-Lady Frances Ann
Emily, Duchess of Marlborough, daughter
of the third Marquis of Londonderry and
widow of the seventh Duke of Marl-
borough, died suddenly to-day of bron-
chial catarrh at the residence of her
daughter, Lady Anne Emily, Duchess of
,Roxburghe, widow of the seventh Duke
of Roxburghe
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-17

ing to go East to take course in mu-
sical training to especially fit her for
the position.
Analysis of the poisoned candy here
shows that each bon-bon contained
four grains of arsenic. The State chem
ist at Lincoln is also at work on the
stuff and his report is anxiously
awaited.
Mrs. Morey and Mrs. Gaslin, who ate
of the candy. are out of danger.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-17

WASHINGTON, April 16. -A A
correspondent in this city for
III a leading German newspaper
4 has received an interesting
private letter from Apia con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-18
WeII-known Christian minister

OF Una, S. c.. Rev. r. E. Peale, highly
recommends this Cabinet, as also does
Mrs. Hendricks, Principal of Vassar
College; Congressman John J. Lentz,
John T. Brown, editor of the Christian
Guide, many lawyers, physicians, min
listers and hundreds of other influential
people.
Reduces Obesity.
It is important to know that the in
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reduced 8 pounds per week If these hot
vapor baths are taken regularly.
Scientific reasons are brought out in a
very instructive little book issued by the
makers. To
Cure Blood and Skin Diseases
The Cabinet is unquestionably the best
of filling their systems with more
poisons, by taking drugs and nostrums.
would get into a Vapor Bath Cabinet
and sweat out these poisons and assist
as clear and smooth as the most faS-
tdiouS could desire.
The Great Feature
OF this Bath Cabinet is that 1t gives
Hot Vapor Bath that opens the millions
of pores all over the BODY stimulating
the sweat glands and forcing out by
natures method all the impure salts,
acids and effete matter which, if re-
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and lungs, and cause disease, debility
and sluggishness. A Hot Vapor Bath
instiIls new life from the very beginning,
and makes you feel 10 years younger
With the bath, if desired, is a
Head and Complexion Steamer,
In which the face and head are given
the same vapor treatment as the body
This produces the most wonderful re-
suits, removes pimpleS, blackheads,
skin eruptionS, and
Cures Catarrh aud Asthma.
L. B. Westbrook, Newton, Iowa,
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tween my nostrils. Drugs and doctors
did me no good. The first vapor bath
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cured me entirely, and have never had
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VIII Hasten Precipitation,
Every one knows, is beneficial Turk
ish baths, massage, hot drinks: slim
u1ants, hot foot baths are all known to
be beneficial, but the best of these
methods become crude and insignificant
when compared to the convenient and
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met Bath referred to above. The Cab
met Is known as the
Quaker Folding Thermal
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IS, 1897, and is made only in Cincinnati
Ohio. This Cabinet, we find, is durably
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Cabinet is alright, made of the best
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each Cabinet; also, valuable receipts
and formulas for medicated baths and
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Another excellent feature is that it
folds into SO small a space that it may
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five pounds.
People don't need bathrooms. as this
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-18
Wellington's Prospects.

IFrom the Wellington NALL
The formal acquisition by the Santa
Fe railroad of the stub line running
from Hunnewen south to Braman, if
taken alone, looks like an insignificant
event. But this change of ostensib!e
ownership is accompanied by the official
announcement that the Santa Fe will
extend this new line to Perry, 0. t,
where it will connect with the Calves
ton main line. 1t is this latter fact that
means much for Wellington.
The completion of this line from Hun
newell to Perry means that in the flu
ture the "Hunneweu branch will be-
come the principal main line to the
south. Perry is west of Wellington. The
new route from Mulvane via yelling
ton and Hunnewell to Perry will be
forty miles shorter than the route from
Mulvane via Winfield and Arkansas
City to Perry. This fact alone will
bring not only the bulk of the through
north and south freight traffic over
this new line but also the fastest pas
senger trains Besides this all the bus
mess from the Panhandle line. both
freight and passenger, that is bound
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-18
HE WAS A "TRUSTY."
Now an Ex-Prisoner Wants Pay For
His Services

The right Of sheriffs to use prisoners
as TRUSTEES" while serving time" in
the county jails, is to be tested in the
courts.
Francis Brown, a jointist, who served
a term in the Shawnee county Jail, has
sued Sheriff Cook for $26 for taking
care of the sheriff's team. Brown was
given the privileges accorded TRUSTEES. :"
He did odd jobs about the Jail, aAd
among the other work he performed was
to take care of the horses of the sher-
iff and his deputies. He was allowed
81 per day for this work and it was de-
Quoted from his fine. He now claims
that the sheriff had no right to employ
him in his personal business and that
he is entitled to $26 for his services
while he was technically confined in the
county iail
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-18
GIRLS QUEER DELUsION.
Says Leader Damrosch, Whom She
Does Not Know, Annoys Her
With His Attentions.

New York, March 1S.-A beautiful
and we'll dressed young woman with
long yellow curls appeared in the West
Side court yesterday afternoon and ask
ed Magistrate Simms for a warrant for
the arrest of Walter Damrosch.
She said she was Margaret Tweedy,
the daughter of James F. Tweedy, a
broker, of No. 712 West End avenue.
She said the orchestra leader was an
HOying her with his attentions.
Magistrate Simms told her to go home
and bring her mother to court. Miss
Tweedy's mother said her daughter was
periods of slight dementia. when she
imagines that she is being prosecuted
by the orchestra leader, whom she does
not know and has never seen except
when welding the baton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-18

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way weakening the system.
A well known physician of Topeka,
Kan, E. L. Eaton, NJ. D., gave up his
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feeling that they were all his patients
needed to get well and keep WELL as
they cured the most obstinate diseases
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SOC. Another physician Of Chicago, DR..
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Many others are doing likewise.
Hundreds of remarkable letters have
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which, referring to
Rheumatism and La Grippe,
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WAS compelled to quit business a year
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-18
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est Blessing Man., Woman Tor

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