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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-06

nolds. The story Of this attack upon
the dead is one of the most horrifying
Incidents of the Senatorial campaign
now in progress at Sacramento. Were
1t not for the eliminating testimony of
facts it would seem beyond belief that
even Dan Burns could use so shameful
an artifce to realize his unwarranted
ambition.
Burns has been before the bar of one
criminal court for the theft of public
funds. He has been arraigned before
another tribunal for the corruption o.
public officials. He has been accused OF
robbing his benefactors and friends, of
cheating the public and of filching from
workmen their poor wages. He has
been feared and denounced by those
who know him and suspected and
summed by those who do not. He has
made his way publicly and privately by
violating every law that public or pri-
vate morality demands. Associate and
fellow Of blackIegs and gamblers, under
the shadow of suspicion whenever he
moved, repudiating obligations, dis
honoring friendships and sacrificing
every interest to his own, few people
suspected him, with all his evil, capable
of entering a mans grave to steal away
the good name Of the dead. Yet this is
the arraignment that Dan Burns must
answer before he justihes the right he
arrogates to represent California in the
United States Senate.
The cackling followers of Burns
claim that he has in his possession
a written confession in which Thomas
II. Reynolds declares that he and not
Burns stole the funds of the State while
the Mexican was Secretary Of State
and Reynolds was his deputy. Reyn-
olds is not yet a week dead. but he had
friends who respect his memory and
who denoUnce the shocking attack of
Burns as an indirect falsehood. fabri-
Gated by the Mexican in his wild en-
deavors TO mend his desperate for
tunes.
The shadow of suspicion no more left
Reynolds in his life than ii ever will
Dan Burns The later years of
REYNOLDS were years OF misfortune and
distress. He was poor and forgotten.
Those that fiOurished under his favor
forsook him in his decline and when his
end approached he had few men TO give
him even a kindly word. Yet there
were a few that were loyal to him in
his decline and to them he often spoke
of the crime of which he and Burns
were accused.
When Reynolds was on his bed of
death and knew that he could not de-
lay the inevitable much longer, he said
to Joseph p Cochran, one of his dear
est and most faithful friends:
GAS Goo is my judge never took
a dollar of that money. If any money
was taken, and of course it was, Dan
Burns got it. You know very well
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-06
Baseball at Woodland.

WOODLAND, Feb. 5.-Woodland de-
feated Winters in a game of baseball to-
day by a score of % to Z. Both clubs
were reinforced by league players.
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ALL FACTIONS FIRM
DESPITE BURNS BOASTS
No BreakaWay To-Day Likely on the
Ballot for United States
Senator.

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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-06
JAMES L. FLOOD TO
LIVE IN NEW YORK
Young Millionaire Will Not Reside
in San Francisco After His
Marriage.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Feb. 5.-James L.
Flood of San Francisco, who arrived hcre
last night to be married to Miss Maud
Fritz of this city next Wednesday, said
to a representative of The Call tonight
that he had decided to abandon San Fran
cisco as place of residence and move to
New York
81 am not taking this step because I am
tired of the West" said he, but because
believe that the woman who is to be-
come my wife this week and myself can
get more out of life in New York than
we can in San Francisco. My business
interests are all in California, but l have
placed them in such shape that L can live
where 1 please without detrfment to them.
We shall go to New York Immediately af-
ter the wedding, then to Florida. and then
to Europe. On our return we shall make
our home in New York at once"
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GREEN CONTEMPT CASE
WILL BE DISMISSED

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 5.-Milton ]. Green, Grants
political manager. will not appear at
the bar of the Assembly tomorrow to
be punished for contempt for not answer
ing certain pertinent questions put to
him by the Assembly investigating COM
mittee. Instead, some member on the
floor will introduce a resolution dismiss
ing the contempt proceedings against
Green at once and for all time
This course was discussed last week. but
it was not until tonight that the plan
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ASSEMBLYMEN START
ON A JUNKETING TOUR

CALL HEADQUARTERS SACRA-
MENTO. Feb. 5.-The Assembly Commit
tee on State Hospitals and Asylums left
last evening on a junketing tour to the
Home for Adult Blind at Oakland A
bill is before the Assembly making an ap-
preparation for work which has been
completed there. The committee will also
visit the State Insane Asylum at Agnews,
for which there is also bill before the
Assembly making an appropriation for re-
pairs and improvements. The committee
consists of Assemblymen Wade, Marvin,
Cargill, Lundquist, Dunlap, Merritt,
Clark, Meserve, Crowly and La Baree.
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MERCURY AWAY DOWN.
Cold Wave Descends Upon the In
terror Valleys

WOODLAND, Feb. 5.-Icy blasts from
the frigid regions of the Canadian border
are sending a SILVER through the Sacra-
mento Valley to-day. 1t is unquestion-
ably the coolest wave of the season The
wind has velocity of at least fifty miles
an hour and the conditions are extra
ordinary and unfrequent. This veritable
blizzard froze all water In exposed places
to a depth of a quarter of an inch. Not
withstanding the severity of the cold
wave it does not appear that the fruit
crop has yet suffered any injury.
SALINAS, Feb. 5.-Salinas Valley is now
experiencing severe spell of frost The
thermometer this morning registered "a
degrees above zero, and the mercury has
been as low as 40 all day. Where fruit had
budded during the recent warm spell there
may be slight damage, but no serious re-
suits are feared as to barley or other
grain. The present temperature is the
lowest experienced in ten years.
The crown worn by the Car of Russia
on state occasions is surmounted by a
cross. formed of five magnificent dia-
monds, resting upon an immense uncut,
but polished ruby. The ruby rests upon
seven large diamonds. which in turn are
supported by a mat of pearls,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-06

that if I had got the money would
not be where am to-day"
That is the answer of a dead voice
to the SANDER that the cunning follow
ers of a knavish politician have made
current.
1t will be remembered that when the
defalcation was discovered in the of
flee of Burns, who was then Secretary
of State, Burns accused Reynolds and
Reynolds accused Burns. 1t was clear
that one or the other was guilty, but
in the jugglery of the lawyers both
Burns and Reynolds escaped.
Burns made the shameless con-
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ALL THE J0B-CHASERS
ARE WELL CARED FOR

CALL HEADQUARTERS SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 5.-There are at present 10S
attaches laboring in and about the Sen
ate chamber whose daily pay amounts to
s451 so. while in the Assembly the daily
payroll is in the neighborhood of S420. The
sembly and the Senate amounted to $1,000
The leader., 1899-05-10
MISSISSIPPI STATE NEWS


The planting of crops is now progress.
ing very rapidly in Mississippi. The
past two weeks have been very favora.
bic, and large quantities of land have
been prepared and planted. Cotton and
corn planting are coming together on
account of the very late spring, an
both will continue throughout May.
Corn planted in May is not re!ia bic and
a shortage may be expected. There
will be a decided decrease in the acre
age devoted to cotton all over the State,
with decided increase in the acreage
planted in food crops. a conservative
estimate on the cotton acreage this
season will place it Is per cent below
that of last year. The entire cotton
crop in Mississippi is six weeks late,
and unless there is a very late fall the
entire top crop will be a failure for
want of time to mature. Taking every
thing into consideration it is safe to
predict that there will be - per cent
less cotton made in Mississippi this sea
son than when compared with last.
The leader., 1899-05-10
HOW HE LOST HER.
He Struck Out and She Gave Her.
self to the Young Man Who
Didn't Play Ball.

A bright flush overspread the face of the
young girl in the pink shirt waist, who sat
in the grand stand, as the stalwart young
man who had played in the field in the first
half of the inning stepped to the plate, bat
in hand.
Line er out, old mani" Three base
hit" Good boy!" Home run!" Hit it
in de nose" Swat it good an hard!'
sung out the cranks.
The stalwart young man careessly lifted
his cap, replaced it, grasped his bat with a
hrmer hold, moved it i'll graceful circles over
his shoulder, while the pitcher was doing
the preliminary mysterious juggling with
the ball that marks the high prieed player,
and as the leather sphere-it is the correct
form to call it a leather sphere,-came
toward him like a rife shot he swung his bat.
All groaned the crowd.
He had famed the air.
This phrase is also the correct form.
Again the high-preed pitcher juggled the
ball mysteriously, again it came like rifle
shot, again the young man at the plate
swung his bat
And again the crowd groaned:
"Ah,'
The highpriced catcher rolled the ball
carelessly down to third, put on his mask,
came close behind the bat, spread his high
priced legs apart, placed his hands on hi.
knees, leaned forward, and made an i'm
perceptible signal to the high priced pitcher
The vast crowd held its breath.
Which is also the correct thing 10 do at a
critical moment like this.
Like a shot the ball sped toward the plate
With a mighty lunge the young athlete
swung his bat third time.
1t smote only the air.
Another groan burst from the crowd.
He had not only struck out, but put the
side out.
Mr.. Spoonamore, said the young WON
an in the pink shirt waist, turning with pale
cheeks and flashing eyes 10 the pimply-facet
young man who sat by her side II said no
to you the other day. | say yes now. vii
marry you whenever you like!"-Chicagc
Tribune
The leader., 1899-05-10
ENGAGEMENT RINGS.

Engagement rings among the Egyp-
tians were always made of iron, symbol
izing the mutual sacrifice of liberty.
The gift of ring in Spain is looked
upon as the equivalent of promise o.
marriage, and is considered sufficient
proof for a maiden to claim her hus-
band.
One of the earliest gems used in the
engagement rings was loadstone,
which was supposed to indicate the
force of attraction which drew the
maiden from her own family to an
other.
Gold money used to circulate in form
of rings in Egypt at very early time,
and the Egyptian at his marriage placed
one of these gold rings on his wife's
finger to signify that he trusted her
with all his property.
Among the Anglo-Saxons the bride
groom gave pledge, or WED" at the
betrothal of the ceremony. This WED"
included ring, which was placed on
the maiden's right hand, where it re-
manned until, at the marriage, it was
transferred to the fourth finger of the
left.
The leader., 1899-05-10
Change at the A. and NJ. College.

Appropriate exercises were held at
the A. and NJ. College last week. The
occasion of the meeting was the deliv-
cry of few remarks by Gen. S. ID. Lee
bidding farewell to the faculty, board
of trustees and other friends, before re-
firing as president of the Agricultural
and Mechanical College, where he had
served so long and faithfully. AT times
the exercises were most pathetic, and
many were the tears of sadness that
trickled down the cheeks of those pres
ent, showing in what high esteem this
most noble type of manhood was held
by his associates at the college and
friends present, who had assem- led to
honor him and at the same time to well
come the newly elected president, John
NJ. Stone, who, in II few fitting re-
marks, outlined his policy and asked
the support of the trustees, faculty and
all the good people of the S.atC. Hon.
w. w. Magruder badc Gen. Lee. IN be.
half of the alumni, Godspeed and
pledged to the new president hearty
support.
The leader., 1899-05-10

These figures include deaths among
all classes of the population, white and
colored. 1t is well known that in the
Gulf States there are less than one
third as many cases of consumption,
pneumonia and other lung troubles as
there are in an equal population in the
Northern States.
Some years ago Bishop Hugh Miller
Thompson, formerly of Wisconsin, made
the following publication:
81 have received number OF letters OF inquiry
i'm which great stress is laid on the health OF Mis-
slsspp do not wonder at this although there
is ground for wonder at the persistent igno-
rance OF our great country concerning any other
part viii you allow me to say, then, that by
official figures, Mississippi Is Just one-thirt
healthier Than New York ami Massachusetts,
and twenty ve per cent healthier than Illinois
or Pennsylvania
Its death rate is under thirteen In thou
sand Considering that hail its population are
colored, and that tie colorts death rate Is halt
greater thac tic white in al the South. sup.
pose the ordinary white death rate In Missis-
sippi Is not above ten III a thousand, little
more than one third the deata rate In New York
City.
my own experience AID that OF men who
have come from the North 20 Mississippi. Is that
Il 10 q rarely healthy climate and country, and
that for delicate people, delicate In lungs or
throat, with catarrhal or bronchial troubles. II
10 home OF health and comfort. As 10 malaria.
that Is more to be dreaded In week on the
Hudson than In all our borders In lifetime.
can, from full knowledge and examinations. and
with full responsibility say, that In summer or
winter in spring or fall. thsre need be no hesi-
tation on account Of health In coming to Mlssis-
sppi, and the delicate and non robust are likely
TO find here just the balmy and temperate eli
mate which will enable them to live and work
with comparative ease"
The leader., 1899-05-10
SAVED THE SECRET.
lie Hoodwinked His Trusting WHEY
Dut Mt what n Fearful Cost
to Himself.

He had been out late. When he reached
his residence the church clock was chimin.
FIVE. Heavy, weary, Disguised, he opened
the front door with some difficulty, and soft
" toiled up the stairs, entering the bed
chamber with elaborate caution.
Thank goodness, she was asleepi
lie dropped into chair, and, without
taking off his coat or hat, began to remove
his shoes. One he placed with great care
upon the floor. but, alas! as he took off the
other it slipped out Of his hand aud fell
with loud noise.
Wiley" awoke on the instant.
She looked at him and then at the sum
mer sunlight that streamed through the
blinds.
why, George, what are you getting up
so early for!'
Talk about reprieves,
why, my dear replied George, with
the dearest enuncistion Of which he was
capable, II found | couldn't sleep, so
thought Id get up and go out and take a
walk
And out the poor wretch went. dragging
himself round YEARLY for an hour upon the
verge Of tears and torpor.-Cincinnati En-
Qulfer.
The leader., 1899-05-10
John GilmOre's Money.

Col w. A. Montgomery has received
a letter from Postmaster II. +. Farris,
of Columbia, Tenn, asking the where
abouts of John Gilmore, u member OF
ono of the Mississippi regiments, Gil.
more sent postotiice money order for
800 through the Columbia postoificc,
and it failed to reach its destination.
The money has been returned to the
postotficc and is there Tor Gilmore, but
he cannot be found. Gilmore was a
member of either the First or Second
Volunteers, as they were the two
Mississippi regiments disbanded at
Columbia. The money is waiting for
him, and any of his comrades who know
where he is would do him kindness
to let him know.
The leader., 1899-05-10
Deafness. Cannot BE Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion OF the car. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness j.
caused by an infamed condition of the mu
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets infamed you have a rumbling
sound OF imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored TO its normal con
dition, hearing will he destroyed forever
nine cases of of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an infiamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
Send for circulars free.
f.. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The leader., 1899-05-10

A correspondent writes: If you have
any statistical report of the death rate
in Mississippi, as compared to other
Southern States, it would be great
favor if you will furnish it. / desire it
for a New York life insurance company
that has got the impression that the
death rate in Mississippi is greater than
in any other Southern State, except
Louisiana and Arkansas, which | am
sure is mistake, but have no way of
furnishing the proof.
The proof is ample and official. 1t
has been several times published and
will bear repeating. The death rate
for each 200 of the population in the
States named is from the United States
ceuSuS of 1890:
The leader., 1899-05-10
The Rivals.

Stealthily his arm stole around her
waist. She gave no sign of displeasure.
He murmured something in her dainty
ear. Her pretty brows contracted and
she bit her lovely lip. At last he had
reused the womanly spirit within her
"Stop!"
II was command. and he could but
obey her.
"Stop! Make that waist nineteen. II
that De Style girl can wear il so shall I,
If l never take long breath again in
my life"
And the ladies' taller did as she had
hidden him.-Town Topics.
The leader., 1899-05-10

The service of the Nickel Plate Road to
New York City and Boston is demonstrate
ed success. The demands of the travelling
public are met By providing three peerless
fast express trains in each direction daily
These trains are composed OF modern, first
class day coaches, elegant vestibuled sleep.
ing cars between Chicago. New York and
Boston, and unexcelled dining cars. Solid
through trains between Chicago and New
York have uniformed coored porters in
charge OF day coaches. whose services are
placed at the dispose OF passengers. If you
want to travel comfortably, economically
and safely, see that your ticket is routed via
the Nickel Plate Road.
The leader., 1899-05-10
Gored to Death.

Edward McCabe, a white man, aged
40 years, was gored to death by 9
year-old bull in Boyd's pasture in the
outskirts of Natchez last week. The
bull and two cows were paving and
stamping the body. when a. crowd of
negroes CHANGED along and drove them
away. The men were compelled to ride
horseback when driving the bull away
from his victim. McCabe's head was
crushed and his body horribly mangled
The leader., 1899-05-10
Remarkable Artesian Well.

A remarkable artesian well has Just
been completed in Yalobusha county.
1t breaks the record in many ways
The well is at the little town of Tor
rance. 1t is only sixty feet deep and
has a flow of fifteen gallons per minute.
Flowing water has never before been
struck at such Il depth. The water is
cold and clear, and has strong trace
of mineral properties.
The leader., 1899-05-10

Almost half million dollars will be
expended in building and improve
nents at West Point during the sum.
ner and fall months, and all on most
being laid out and graded, making de-
sirable thoroughfares and opportunities
for investment. Enough shares have
been subscribed and are in sight to
make the building of the 500, 600 cotton
mill a certainty.
The leader., 1899-05-10
Artesian Well For IndianoIa.

The board of supervisors of Sunfiower
county ordered the clerk to advertise
for bids to sink an artesian well in the
courthouse yard at Indianola. The
contract is to be let the first Monday
in June, citizens of Indianola to pay
half the expenses. The citizens of In,
dianola gave the board of supervisors a
grand champagne supper and splendid
toasts were delivered by prominent
ritizeDS
The leader., 1899-05-10

State Land Commissioner f. II. Nall
makes his report of land sales for the
month of April. showing that he has
sold lands to the amount of S5,5S4.9l,
which amount has been paid into the
treasury to the credit of the general
fund. These sales were divided as fol-
lows: Swamp and overfiowed land,
s613.92: forfeited tax land, s4,3S0. 80;
Starkville University land. $3.50.
The leader., 1899-05-10
Wns In the Wrong Omce.

Agent-My dear sir. do you know how
much time you lose dipping pen into the
ink: Ten dips minute means 600 dips an
dip eonsumes-
Business Man-Yes, | know; | have
worked it all out
And yet | find you still writing in the
old way"
Yes, ] am using the fountain pen YOU sold
me about month ACCUSING it in the old
way because it won't write any other way.
Beg pardon; I'm in the wrong office
Good-day. Pearson Weekly.
The leader., 1899-05-10

At the meeting of the Daughters OF
the Confederacy at jackson last week a
letter was read from Mrs. jefferson
Davis offering to sell the Beauvoir
plantation, the JEFF Davis homestead,
FOR $4,000. No action was taken on
the matter. majority of the members
fearing that movement to purchase
might cripple the project for the build
ing of Confederate home.
The leader., 1899-05-10
Six-Year-Old Murderer.

On the Joe Cole place, near Bates
vile, last week, Dee Scott, a 6-year-old
negro boy, with his hand strangled to
death Daisy Cole, a G-months-old baby
of Dan Cole. The boy was left in
charge of the child while the father
and mother were in the field, and he
said he killed the baby because he
wanted to go and play and did not want
to stay with it
The leader., 1899-05-10
A Nlts6t.

The young man who prefers to owe tailo
rather than to wear a suit which has beer
aiken from the counters of a clothing store
says that he never cared for a counter fl
anyway.-Boston Advertiser.
People would undoubtedly be more law.
ess if there were less law.-Chicago Daily
News
The leader., 1899-05-10

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FIGs, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA Fro SYRUP Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa-
tive principles of plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. II
Is the one perfect strengthening laxa-
tive, cleansing the system effcctually,
dispelliug colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitnal constipation per-
manently. Its perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and sub
stance, and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from SIENNA and
other aromatic plants. by a method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get its beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations, please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE, KY. NEW YORK. N. z.
For sale by all Druggists.-Price Soc. per bottle
The leader., 1899-05-10

Agent-The Barlows haven't asked for
cents worth of repairs this spring. What de-
you think of that?
Landlord-Im not surprised. Barlow got
a house through a trade few weeks ago and
is so busy filling the wants OF a tenant of hi:
own that he has forgotten about bothering
us.-Chicago Evening News.