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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-06-21
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM
A iye-Year-0Id Girl With Homicidal
Mania.
DAILY REMEMBERS ADA REHAN.
Dewey a Son Of the Revolution Two
Runaway Wives Extraditcd - Mrs.
Letter Makes Ter Debut.
other News Notes.
DAILY REMEMBERS ADA REHAN.

NEW YORK, June 2-SDecial.-A hVe-
year-oid girl. with homicidal MANIA is at
tracing much attention here. She is Jen-
ME Fiero. OF no. SIS Morris avenue. Her
father Is "a Iaborcr and in poor health but
the mother IS healthy and has four other
children. all of whom are normal. When
Jennie was two years Of age she showed
that She was q degenerate boy refusing TO
sleep i'm a bed and eat healthy food. She
would crawl out Of bed and sleep ON the
floor. and would so out on the street and
eat amy sort OF refuse that she might pick
no.. She was sent to the institution for
fcoblomindcd children on Randaiis Island
whoro she remained for more than a
year.. Several months ago her parents
took her home. as She was much I'M
proved. and recently she began 20 exhibit
the old symptoms of mental alteration,
her mania taking the h0micidal turn. Tine
other day she attempted t0 strange her
little brother tO death. AL another time
she got possession OF = large knife. ana
was about 90 plunge SC into the BABY $
side. A little later She. tried 10 AI
another brother with % hatcner She was
taken to- Bellevue Hospital for cNamlna-
ton and sent from that place To- Randall
Island.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-06-21

He's iust come out of college,
Hif learning is immense.
lie puts the shot. Doe pitches.
And Doe can box and fence.
Io reads in Greek and Latin,
Moreover. u y0u please,
He knows DIS loearithms
AS you your s. B Cc.
Hes mastered aIl the classics,
He's taken his degree.
Behind Dis name is written
The magical A.. B.
Hos just come ont of college,
Prepared to make ID stir.
And accepted "a position
That will pay him seven per.
Chicago Timee-Hrral1.
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fence. THE person who sent IL does not
wish 90 have her or his name made
public said Lawyer Howe. The case Is
set for trial on Monday. and Mr. Howe
says that he will prove that Mrs. Barrow
has been insane ever since she lost her
child two years ago. Mr.. and Airs. Clark,
with thelr baby. we're in Central Park yes
terday. and attracted much attention.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-06-21

"sho's one nj those girls who worries
over trifcs.
whats me trife that's worrying her
nov2"
"IIer bathing suit."-Chicago Post.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-06-21

ported that some free silver vandsl has
RACED Colonel watterson's mint bed
They seem determined to drive Colonel
Watterson to the single Kentucky stand
ard.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-06-21

did your sister say she's twenty yet2'
asked the young man.
"Ycs. She says she's twenty yet" re-
piled The young brother-Yonker' States
man.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-06-21

Mrs. Jackson-Is Mrs. Whyte IN good
society?
Mrs. Johnson-Mercy. mo-, why. she
calls her maid her hired girl-somervllle
journal.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-06-21

Tho Merchants Association of <ov. yorl-
has beor so s,oces.r,l ir brioo.no tr,1.r.
0'' Dbl op''''"' WI" ''
,N'"i5.' curing tue l"' season. appl-'-
uon7 l'I "a i"le anu " 'ni' i"le i'r
I''Iii ulis having 'e'n la'oraoiy ac'ed
unnn Inv the railroad ne-Drf4tfDn. rarar-
,n. Tho tertiary ,- Far v.st ss s.. Louie
and Fine ,u..issioni river ana north fl, tns.
o,i, r.,.r The p,ssoooe~
Bureau, the territory of which comprises
the state of Texas has been considering
an application for reduced rates from ITS
The merchants of Richmond ought %
take advantage or this movement. some
thing has already been done in this direc-
ton from time to time. and with proper
effort there is reason TO believe that exc
'., "'s conn, q" '''
ing of this line should Doe celebrated by q
number of attractive excursions TO the
Capital of Virginia.
Judging Dy the daily reports OF towns
must have his seat of government float
ing about on a scow.
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pl'sl'" '' % "'f'4'"' we nave "o
"'Ieo '""l ''"'' "l '"' current
they carried.
ioh' Dave henderson mas eve" gone
tee chairmcn. Dave IS acting like a man
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-06-21

Mrs. Hoon-what is the color OF the
FilipinOs?
Hoon-By the way they run. 7 should
judge they are an fast blacks.-Puck.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-06-21

The laws against pusilisn sshould be
80 amended as to prevent prG Ters from
being put up on-4he result.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-06-21

The Kentucky primaries demand judges
Of election and coroners Ia equal num-
bers.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-06-21

General Joe Wheeler is going 2 Kan
sas City. and the Western circ1tt can
now be declared open.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-06-21

The washington Post says ut is re-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-06-21

Judging ly the daily reports Of towns
captured in the Philippines. Aguinaldo
must have his seat of government float
ing about on a scow.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-06-21

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Manila hil. ApiH il
ALEX r.. THOMPSON, 10ei.'"i N."
York Society. sons ol IT'D. l.Fl'.
l nave The hohor I'D
receipt OF your leIlef ul'.nils Ie ''''
az a me. tins OF lN' L't'1 .i
of the sons of ine ~h.foiHI'h' l "".
unanimously resolved To- present lo N
a life member nlp ln tAe ro..'ly.
III beg that you VIII express 10 .'-
Board OF Managers nay o.ep 'ppIe'
off this great honor. and inat 1ou "l'
pleas l.h'.r l' '-.m "s
thanks for DC.
"plcaee accept my Thanks also Tor tie
copies off the society Year hooh.
Ut have the honor lo return s-hti ana
verified. in duplicate tae blank aprlici-
-'N7 I"i on.- r-9
Mrs Oliver Rickers0n. "a niece OF An-
drew CARNEGIE. and UaIstead Haywood
a neusb0g. are iu luck. AIRS. Blcler-0n
faft nar home fn LONE Island last Friday
on har wav 90 Maine Tor tha summer. take
fop vi+b bsr iaU,is worth $4,000. enclosed
In "a small wooden box. Upon reaching
tho danot sho STONED at a news stand tl
make some purchases and lcft her gro-
o.ons hox vlrne U4l-teal FOUND tha box
and turned BE- over tl the owner OF tno
stand vh, o,araf d. and found it to COM.
tain rltterinr gems that made young
uaistead wild with excitement Do dlo
course of time the jewels were restored
m their owner She is ln luck. because
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-06-21

acknowledgements Hodgson S.
evidently not inclined TO praise the bridge
that carried him over.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-06-21

Mckinley is now a doctor Of laws, but
Mark Ilanna Will continue to be the
prescription clerk.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-06-21

Hon. Dave Henderson has even gone
go Tar as 90 select some of the commit
tee chairmcn. Dave is acting like a man
who considered himself the whole thing.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-11
MISS ELLIOTT EXPLAINS.

SAN RAFAEL, Aug. 10.-Miss Jessie
Elliott, the kindergarten schoolteacher
who removed a piano belonging to Tho
Y's" from the High School building and
was threatened for this procedure with
arrest is on the warpath.
Il took that piano at the request of
Mrs j. S. Stratton," she says, ''and l
did refuse to give it up because my right
TO it was better than anybody else's.
have not been threatened with arrest and
intend to see that those who have ma
llgned me are made to suffer.
Il took the piano from the school be-
cause the Board of School Trustees held
a meeting and ordered it taken out of the
building. 1 did not sneak around there
when the janitor had the doors omen
cleaning the halls. The club has not met
for three years and is generally regarded
as defunct."
A school director fatty contradicts the
story of Miss Elliott that the piano was
ordered removed from the High School
and that she was notified to be at the
meeting in order to take it away In
stead of such being true, the director
stated that Miss Elliott appeared before
the board and claimed that the .Hstru-
ment had been removed from her school
by force. The board then told her that
she could take 1t away, as that body did
not care to become mixed UP in the quar-
oil
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-11
AUTOMOBILE USED FOR
COLLECTING MAIL

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.-Wtth a view
to the adoption of specially constructed
automobile wagons for the collection Of
mail, James E. Bell superintendent In the
Washington postoftice, to-day MADE
preliminary test of collecting mail over
one of the regular city routes in an elec-
tric automobile made by the American
Electric Vehicle Company of Chicago
The start was made about O'Clock ana
the route from Tenth to Eighteenth
street. northwest on * and l streets, was
covered. This is an easy route, as the
streets were clear and the mail boxes are
not numerous Further tests will be made
where conditions are more exacting: The
test demonstrated that large saving OF
time is possible in collecting with an au-
tomobile. .ifo
torv." said Major Bell. THE COLLECTION
route was covered in much less time than
with a horse. Getting in and out OF
high vehicle like the one l used to-day
was not convenient, but suitable wagons
will of course be built if the automobile
is adopted for collecting mail. Inc de-
partment spends an immense sum annual
ly for horse hire, and II may be posslDle
to use this money with greatly increased
results if the automobile mail coIecung
wagon proves practicable.
.'[fhe electric mobile was used to-day
and the agents make a good point in
recommending it. They say that the mo-
tive power would not cost us a cent here,
as the batteries in the wagons could be
charged by our own electric plant, using
the power which is going to waste.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-11
MORE TALES OF
DEATH AND DISASTER

VICTORIA, B. c., Aug. 100. R. Reed
and brother of Calgary, Northwest Terri
tory, who started for Dawson over the
Edmonton trail eighteen months ago,
reached here to-day from Glenora- They
say about a dozen men were lying at
Glenora in various stages Of scurvy and
other sickness brought on by exposure
and insufficient food. Some were badly
frostbitten.
They heard of several deaths at differ
ent points on the trail. man named
Wells of Kansas City died of scurvy at
Frances Lake a few weeks ago. Another
man named Ford, from somewhere in
Eastern Canada, near Beast Lake, died
about the first week in July. In April
named Waldemar Wendeleur, He had
started for the coast over the ice, broke
down and died all alone in shack be-
side the trail. where his body was found.
One man, whose name they did not learn,
was drowned in Frances River during
June. His canoe was capsized while com
ing through Middle Canyon Another,
name likewise unknown, was drowned
while going up Beast Lake on the ice.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-11
AN AUTOMOBILE
GUN CARRIAGE
Vehicle Designed by
Major Davidson.
USEFUL IN CASE OF RIOT
GUN WILL FIRE FOUR HUNDRED
SHOTS A MINUTE.
The Major Intends Taking the Gun
Overland to Washington and
Exhibiting It to Army
Officers.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

PEORIA, H., Aug. 10-An automobile
gun carriage upon which a Colt auto
matte rapid-fring gun will be mounted, Is
now being constructed here. 1t is being
made on the order of Major Davidson of
the Highland Park Military Academy.
The carriage will be a three wheeled
affair with seats for four men, who will
constitute the crew, and provision for at
least 1000 rounds of cartridges. The
whole concern is expected to weigh about
1000 pounds
An ordinary six horsepower motor will
be employed, and it is expected to drive
the machine at a good pace over ground
of almost any character where horses
might be driven. The carriage is de-
signed, however, principally for use In
suppressing riots in the city streets. The
gun is fixed upon a pivot or turning
plate, so that 1t may be moved in any
direction at will. The gun is fired by
simply pulling a back trigger, and will
continue to shoot as long as 1t is held
back 1t will fire 400 shots minute, or
about seven a second.
Major Davidson intends to take the
machine to Washington. 1t is his In
tention to run it overland from High
land Park to the national capital, where
an endeavor will be made to interest
army officials in it. The cost of the
carriage will be only about $500
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-11
HAIL DEVASTATES
MINNESOTA FARMS
Two Million Bushels of
Wheat Destroyed.
WIND FINISHES DESTRUCTION
THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF GRAIN
STORM SWEPT.
Crops Over an Immense Area Almost
Totally Swept Away Within
Few Hours.
Special Dispatch to The Call

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug. 10.-A Fargo
On. d. special to the Pioneer Press
says:
Two million bushels of wheat are es-
timated to have been lost in to-day's
hailstOrm, which partially destroyed
the crop on nearly 250OOO acres of land
in this State. Farmers who were busily
engaged this morning were driven to
their barns for shelter and afterward
found it unnecessary to take the bind
ers back to the fields as the grain had
been harvested by hail in a few brief
moments.
Just before II o'clock the storm
struck the northern part of Cass and
southern part Of Traill counties. In
addition to a big area over which hail
fell thickly heavy wind and rain
storms completed the destruction of
thousands of acres of grain.
On either side of the center of the
path of the hail, covering an area fif-
teen miles north and south between
Argusville and Gardiner in Cass, to
Keso in Trail, and on the east and
west territory ranging from five miles
wide on the south to fifteen or twenty
on the north, the country is practically
devastated. Losses are estimated all
the way from % to 100 per cent of the
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-11
QUESTION OF PRISON
CREDITS SETTLED
Judge Budd Decides Prisoner Is En-
titled to Them Whether He
Works or Not.

STOCKTON, Aug. 10.-Prisoners serV-
ing sentence in county jails are entitled
to five days month credits under the
special act granting Supervisors the
power to commute terms being served IN
county jails where the prisoner is recon-
mended for clemency by the Sheriff.
Such was the decision of Judge Budd
to-day. when he ordered the release OF
Lee Quong Hong on habeas corpus pro-
ceedings instituted by Attorney Seaman
in his behalf. Hong was sentenced TO the
county iaiI for one year for assault. de
has served ten months Of that time ana
has deported himself as a good prisoner
AT a meeting of the Board of SuperVls-
ors the prisoner asked to be allowed
credits under the special act of the Leg
islature.
District Attorney Ashley opposed the
release on the ground that the act ap-
piled only to prisoners who had been en-
gagged on public work. He also raised
several other points which questonett
the powers of the board and the trtent
of the act and virtually left it d dead
letter.
Judge Budd held in effect that proper
proceedings had been had under the law,
that good conduct or work in or out or
the jail entitled a person TO credits upon
the recommends ton of the Sheriff. IF
his conduct was good and he WAS not
called upon TO perform work at ali his
privileges under the law remained unim-
paired In briefer form, the courts de-
cision was that the act meant just what
II said
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-11
INTERESTS THE COAST.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1O.-A postoffice
was to-day established at Moino, Sonoma
County, and Charles A. Coates Jr. was
appointed Postmaster. The postal serv-
ice between Winchester and Auld, River
side County will be discontinued after
August 81 Karl H. Vesper, at Merton
and George Reid, at Romie, Cal, have
been commissioned Postmasters by the
The Interior Department to-day reject
ed the appeal of the Southern Pacific
Company against r. II. TREY, involving
Office held that the TREY entry was made
previous to that of the railroad company.
Pensions, for Californians-originail.o
William j. Givens, Modesto, $40; Ell F..
Bewley, Jenny LIND, s.; Eugene J. Walsh,
ton. Sc. Original widows, etc. reissue)-
Mary e. Oswalt. Turlock. $12.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-11
NEW LINE OF FREIGHT
STEAMERS ON THE BAY

STOCKTON, Aug. 10.-A company was
formed here to-day to build, own and op-
crate steamboats, on San Francisco Bay
and tributaries. 1t is intended to op-
crate steam barges for hauling freight on
the San Joaquin and Sacramento rivers
Special freight will be hay flour grain
and lumber, and active competition with
the old freighting lines is promised.
The incorporators are Stockton business
men with the wealthy firm OF Wright &
Shareholders, and H. E. Wright, a re-
tired capitalist, as another. The capital
stock is $50 900, divided into 1000 shares
by the incorporators.
Captain A. F. Williams. a well-known
steamboat man, is one of the incorporat-
ors. Assurance is given that the COM
pany will lose no time in establishing its
new business.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-11
NEW YORK TAILOR
HEIR TO A FORTUNE
James E. Cooney Coming to San
Francisco to Claim the Estate
of His Uncle.

NEW YORK, Aug. 1o.-James E..
Cooney, who has ladies' tailoring shop
at 50 West One Hundred and Twenty
fifth street is wondering whether he has
$7O0 900 more than he had when he regis
tered a few days ago in the National
Hotel, Far Rockaway, Long Island.
where his family is stopping. He re-
ceived word yesterday Unexpectedly that
he is an indirect heir to a fortune.
Mr. Cooney says he had an uncle named
Peter Cooney who. amassed fortune in
San Francisco, which he left to his
father, John c. Cooney. James f.
Cooneys father yesterday received q
letter from the lawyers of his dead
brother, saying he was heir to about
$500 900. but owing to his feeble condition
told his son if he made trip to San
Francisco he could derive the benefits
accruing from his journey to the Pacific
Coast The son accepted the offer and
started West as his fathers representa-
tive. Peter Cooney it is said, made his
fortune in gold mines and in stock rails
ing in Montana
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-11
OREGON TROOPS
NOW At HOME {
ROusing Welcome Given
to the Volunteers.
0VATI0NS AT EVERY STOP
VAST CROWDS ASSEMBLE AT
ALL WAY STATIONS.
Regiment Disbands and the Boys
Return to Their Peaceful Occupa-
tions After Giving Their
Flags to the State.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

PORTLAND, Or, Aug. 10.-The Sec
ond Oregon Regiment has disbanded
and the men have returned to their
peaceful occupations after fifteen
months service in the volunteer army
of the United States. The train bearing
700 men arrived here in three sections
at o'clock this afternoon and twenty
thousand people gathered about the
Union Depot to welcome home the vol
unteers.
From the State line to this city the
regiment received an ovation and
wherever stops were made the citizens
prepared an elaborate spread for them.
Governor Geer and his staff, in a spe-
cial car, accompanied the regiment on
their journey from the southern to the
northern boundary Of the State. This
morning at o'clock the regiment
breakfasted at Eugene and at Salem
lunch was served to the men in the
State Capitol building. At both these
places the regiment paraded for the
benefit of the crowds which had as
sembled from all nearby towns.
When the train arrived in this city
the Oregon National Guard, the naval
battalion and Grand Army posts Of this
city were drawn up to meet the vet
erans of the Philippines. The process
sion marched out Sixth street to the
Hotel Portland, thence to Multnomah
field, where the final dissolution of the
regiment was to occur. Colonel Sum
mers, who walked at the head of his
regiment from the depot to the athletic
field, formally turned over the regi-
mental colors to Governor Geer. The
Governor in brief speech accepted the
colors and complimented the regiment
on the brilliant record they had made
in the Philippines. At the armory this
evening the regiment was rendered a
banquet, at the close of which Colonel
Summers was presented with hand
some sword, the gift of the citizens of
Oregon. Several of the companies from
the interior of the State took the night
trains for their homes.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-11
SANTA BARBARA PARK
LEASED BY OIL MEN
Steps Taken to Recover the Tract
and Prevent It's Disfguration
by DerrickS.

SANTA BARBARA, Aug. 10.-W. H.
Nelson, a saloon-keeper who retired from
his profession to make a fortune at oil
digging along the beach Of this city has
come to the conclusion that he will not
have an easy job of 1t. He represents a
number of heavy spectators and has a
large amount of capital to back him in
his enterprise. He recently procured a
lease Of the Agricultural Park along the
beach, with the understanding that the
park be used for agricultural purposes
and that he would develop 1t into a
botanical garden. He came here about
two months ago, passing himself off as
an experienced farmer, and said that In
a short time he could irrigate the salt
land into fertile soil. His offer was imme-
diately accepted on the foregoing condi-
ton, as 1t has been the ambition Of the
owners of the property to beautify the
barren tract which is now used as a race
track. Recently he acknowledged to a
friend that he represented outside capital
and was to invest it in oil digging.
These facts became known TO the lessee,
who took immediate steps to revoke the
lease by which Nelson holds the land, on
the ground that he obtained it through
fraud and Misrepresentation. An action
to have the lease annulled will be filed to-