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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-01
PORTER GOES
TO VISIT GOMEZ
Said to Garry Letters
From Mckinley.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

HAVANA, Jan. 31-Robert P. Por-
ter, the representative of President Nc
Kinley and Senior Gonzales Quesada, the
Cuban commissioner who recently left
Washington on a special mission to
Cuba, started at 6 o'clock this morning
for Caibarien, province of Santa Clara.
in order to see General Maxine Gomez.
Mr.. Porter'S mission to General
Gomez is of a twofold character, to
discuss with him fully the position of
the Cuban army and to invite him to
Havana. The Washington administra-
ton desires an immediate and friendly
settlement of the Cuban army oues-
ton AS the military chiefs decisively
refuse to accept 100000 in complete
satisfaction of the claims of the SOL
diers, the Washington Government has
determined, it is understood, to offer a
much larger sum, even as high as $15.-
600 900, If less will not be accepted.
Whatever is agreed upon is to be a
charge upon the revenues of the island
until it is paid.
The Cubans, civilians and military.
are aware that an engagement of this
sort may prolong the American occu-
patton, but as it seems to be their
earnest wish that the army be paid a
large sum, the administration at Wash
ington will yield, it is understood. and
open negotiations with this ultimate
object.
Mr.. Porter Is said to carry letters
from President Mckinley and Cover
nor General Brooke. The scope Of his
instructions is not disclosed except
that it is known that he has rather full
preliminary powers. Senior Quesada
did not know them until he and Mr..
Porter were aboard ship.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
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The State Medical Institute Discovers 9
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Vigor.
ARE SENDING FREE A TRIAL PACKAGE
TO ALL WHO WRITE.

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in ali cases A request to the State Med
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is DESTROYS of reaching that great class
of men who are unable to leave home to
be treated and the free sample will en-
able them to see how easy 1t is to be
cured of sexual weakness when the
proper remedies are employed. The in
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carefully sealed in a plain package SO
that its recipient need have no fear OF
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requested to write without delay.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-01
HONOLULU GIRLS
PLUNGE TO DEATH

HONOLULU, Jan. "a. - A young Ha-
waiian girl named Kahea committed sui
eide on the 21st inst. by throwing herself
from the third story of the Kamehameha
School building. Relatives claim that the
girls mind was affected by over study.
Last Saturday. accompanied by her sis
ter Violet, she went to the school to take
away her clothing, books, etc In her
room while packing up were Miss Wood
ard and Miss AHA, the latter a cousin
Suddenly Miss Kahea uttered a scream
as If about to faint and asked Miss Ahea
to call her sister. At the same time she
ran toward the open window and went
over. Miss AHA grasped frantically after
her and caught her dress The garment
tore loose, however, the weight of the
young woman being upon it, and the sui
eide plunged to her fearful death to the
ground forty or more feet below.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-01

of flesh and appetite with accommodations Of
gas risings and heartburn.
1t is safe to say that Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab
let's will cure any stomach weakness or dis
ease except cancer Of the stomach They cure
sour stomach, gas, loss of flesh and appetite.
sleepessness, palpitation, heartburn. constipa-
ton and headache.
Send for valuable little book on stomach dis
eases by addressing F. A. Stuart Co, Marshall,
Mich All druggists sell full-sized packages at
so cents Prof. Henry W. Becker, a. M, the
well known religious worker and writer OF St
Louis
Secretary of the Mission Board Of the Ger
man Methodist Church Chief Clerk and Ex-
pert Accountant for the Harbor and Wharf
Commission. Public Secretary for the st.
Louis School Patrons Association, and the
District Conference of Stewards of the NJ. E.
Church; also takes active part in the work
OF the Epworth League, and 10 write relig-
ious and educational topics for several mag
azines How he found relief is best told in his
own words:
Some weeks ago my brother heard me say
something about indigestion, and taking a box
from his pocket said Try Stuart's Tablets
did. and was promptly relieved. Then in
vestigated the nature of the tablets and be-
came satisfied that they made OF just
the right things and in just the right proper
lions to aid in the assimilation Of food,
heartily endorse them in all respects, and
keep them constantly hand"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-01
Men. Women and Children
Meet With Fright
full Death.
A Great Mass Of Ice Sweeps
Down Upon the Line Of the
Canadian Pacific.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

VANCOUVER, B. c., Jan. 31.-Nine
men employed In the shops and round
house of the Canadian Pacific Railway
children were buried to-day under a
mass of snow and ice, which. without
warning, swept down the mountain side
with such force that it carried every
thing before 1t.
Two of the men were taken out badly
seven companions are still unrecovered
and are no doubt dead.
These are known to have been in the
round-house:
AGENT CATION, wife and two chill
dren.
OPERATOR CARSON.
ENGINE WIPER REIDLEY.
The names of the others are not
given, but one of them was a woman.
A gang of fifty men, gathered to-
gether as soon as possible after the
catastrophe, have been at work at
tempting to save the imprisoned men,
and will work all night or as long as
they can stand it in the effort to Sc
cure the bodies of the victims of the
avalanche.
The slide, which is one of the worst
ever experienced on the line of the
Canadian Pacific, has buried or car
ried away fully half a mile Of track.
For hours all Geographic communica-
ton was cut off by the destruction Of
telegraph lines. Linemen were imme-
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His statement is as follows: ''On the
20th of last September 1 issued an or
der to regimentaI commanders to report
TO me concerning the beef which had
been issued to their men. at the time
that went before the War Investigat-
ing Commission had only received re-
ports from fourteen of the command
ers. Now l have thirty reports. They
all tell the same story.
The evidence proves the truth of the
statements I have made. In addition to
the report of the regimental command
ers I have a great mass of evidence.
consisting of communications and afti-
davits from officers, soldiers and civil
ians. Every part of the country has
contributed to the mass of corresDon-
dence which I have received In refer
ence to the beef served to our soldiers.
and the evidence is all corroborative of
what 1 have said. The great publicity
which the press has given to the mat
ter has brought all the correspondence
of which I speak upon me.
Il have overwhelming evidence that
the embalmed beef was treated with
chemicals in order to preserve it.
have affidavits from men who saw the
beef undergoing the treatment or en-
balming process.
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diately put to work, however, and late
tonight q single wire was up and in
working order, but so burdened with
Canadian Pacific business that CORE
spondents have had little opportunity
to send out details of the havoc wrought
by the moving glacier.
From fragmentary messages sand
WICKED between train orders, 1t is
learned that the men engulfed were
spending the noon hour in the round
house when a great mass of ice, loosen
ed by the soft weather of the last day
or two, swept down the precipice, at the
foot of which the buildings are located,
and crushed them as though made of
cardboard. There were several en-
gines in the roundhouse and num-
Der of cars in the yards adjacent.
The force of the slide was made evil
dent when the rescue party, in its en-
deavors to reach the men, found To-
connective twisted and crushed into d
shapeless mass of scrap iron.
Had the slide occurred before or after
the dinner hour the loss of life would
have been appalling.
Several large slides have taken place
during the morning and early after
noon, causing considerable damage to
the sheds east of Glacier. Trains are
held at Glacier and Donald until fur
Their advices. The company expects to
get the line cleared during Wednesday.
superintendent Marpole, Duchesnay
and Wilson are on the spot and using
every effort.
1t is reported that a train ran into
the slide and was wrecked, but this
cannot be confirmed.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-01
FOUR PERSONS
FREEZE TO DEATH
Woman Dies in Her Own
Dooryard.
STILL PENETRATING COLD
1T ENTERS THE VERY BONES
OF THOSE EXPOSED.
This Is at st. Louis, While In Colo
RADIO a Blizzard Sweeps
Across the Mountain
Ranges.
STILL PENETRATING COLD
1T ENTERS THE VERY BONES
OF THOSE EXPOSED.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 31-Four deaths
day and one in East ST. Louis. The
fatalities are:
GEORGE A. CLARK, aged As. a
candy maker.
CHARLES FAIRIES, aged 80, Ia
borer
MRS. MARY DANIELS.
AUGUST BENSON. aged 35. colored
laborer.
MRS. M. JENKINS, colored, East
st. Louis.
Mrs. Daniel slipped on the ice in her
dooryard and was stunned by the fall.
Half an hour later she was found al
after.
FAIRIES and Benson were both con-
sumptives and succumbed while
searching for work. Clark was over
come by the cold while going to his
place of employment The day was
clear, but the cold was of the marrow
penetrating variety At 10 o'clock to-
night the thermometer registered one
degree above zero.
DENVER, Jan. 31.-Telegraphic adj
vices were received at the headquar-
tiers of the Colorado road to-day that
at Breckenridge it was still showing
and blowing, with no indications of
cessation. Since January 26 there has
been total snowfall of forty-five in
ches on top of previous fall of six
feet. At Como it is showing and blow
ing perfect gale, drifting the light
dry snow very badly. The freight train
with provisions aboard is still on the
sidetrack at Wheeler. The crew has
worked it's way to town, leaving only
an engine tender and guard.
The Colorado Midland Is snowbound
from Arkansas Junction to Ivanhoe.
Trains were run from Leadville to
Newcastle over the Denver and Rio
Grande tracks. Advices from Ivanhoe
and Burk report the weather fine, and
a rotary plow is working hard to clear
the snow.
Trains on the Denver and Rio
Grande road have been delayed to-
day, but the road is now clear.
Trains on the roads east of Denver
are running practically on time.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-01
STEAMSHIP ASHORE.

LEWES, Del, Jan. 31.-An unknown
steamer is ashore north of the Fenwick
Island life-saving station, but the night is
so dark and thick that ii is impossible to
learn her identity. 1t is thought that Il is
a tramp steamer. She lies in an easy
position, well up on the beach. The north
bound patrolmen of the station late to-
night saw the steamers lights through
the driving snow. They signaled that
assistance would be sent and notified the
station. Keeper Long harnessed a strong
team of horses to the apparatus, and with
ed ship as fast as the deep snow would
permit. At late hour they had not re-
turned.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-01
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Nervous Dyspepsia
To Gain Flesh. to Sleep Well, to
Know What Appetite and Good
Digestion Mean.
MAKE A TEST OF STUART'S DYS-
PERSIA TABLETS.

No trouble is more common or more rnisun-
oerstood than nervous dyspepsia. People hav-
ing it think their nerves are to blame and are
surprised that they not cured by nerve
medicines. The real seat Of the mischief is
lost sight Of The stomach is the organ to be
looked after.
Nervous dyspeptics often do not have any
pain whatever in the stomach, nor perhaps
any of the usual symptoms OF stomach weak
ness. Nervous dyspepsia shows itself not in
the stomach so much as in nearly every or
gan In some cases the heart palpitates and is
irregular; in others the kidneys are affected:
in others the bowels are constipated, with
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-01

istry Of the Star Of Russia under the
Hawaiian flag. Petitioner claims the
right of registration under Hawaiian
laws; respondent denies having any
right to register vessels under the Ha-
waiian flag since the country was for
mally annexed on August IL last.
The United States gunboat Yorktown
arrived on the 22d, ten days from San
Francisco. She will resume her voyage
to Manila tomorrow.
The United States transport Tacoma
left for Manila on the 21st with a cargo
of horses and mules. The animals left
here in good condition.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-01
DANGER OF TROUBLE
in SAMOA AVERTED

NEW YORK JAN SlA Washington special the Herald
United
authorities had anticipated would
Hoeben the German informed
had without authority Berlin
hinves andr
3-Shorty before flagship Phila
lied out of
!
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-01
MUTINY IN THE CONGO.
Belgian Troops Reported to Have
Joined the Rebels.

BRUSSELS, Jan. 31.-The Independence
Beige says the most alarming reports
have been received from the Congo state
1t is rumored that the troops Of Major
upper Congo have Joined the rebels and
that he himself is wounded and a pris-
oner. The Congo State authorities have
received no definite news.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-01
MRS. WELLS WANTS MONEY.
Demands Ten Thousand Dollars From
Her Husband.

CHICAGO, Jan. 31.-The marital troub-
les of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas j. Wells are
yet far from being settled. Mrs. Wells
wired to-day to her attorney in San
Francisco to tie up $4,000, which is In the
her husbands credit. She demands So
600, which, she says, Mr.. Wells promised
her as a marriage portion, and SAYS that
while she forgives him she will not live
with him unless her attorney so advises
boy
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-01
Mcleod Wins From Hall Adali.

ST. PAUL, Jan. 3L-Danny Mcleod,
champion catch-as-catch-can wrestler of
America, won his match tonight with
Hall Adali the gigantic Turkish wrestler,
and gave him sixty minutes of as hot
wrestling as has ever been seen. The
match was before the st. Paul Athletic
should throw Mcleod twice in an hour or
forfeit $1,000.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-01
Funeral of Father Hynes.

WOODLAND, Jan. 31.-The late Father
Hynes was buried here to-day. The
Church of the Holy Rosary was not large
enough to accommodate one-third of the
people who desired to attend the impress
sive ceremonies. Father Vaughn sang the
mass, and Bishop Grace pronounced the
blessing. Nearly all the clergy of the do
cese were present
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-01

The report of President H w. Wright
showed the capital stock to be 81, DOC. 600
all subscribed, and 100000 paid in on
the 10000 shares issued. The board Of
directors held shares as follows: E. A.
Wheeler Al; H. w. Wright, 500; A. NJ
Friant, 315; William H. Wright, 100; N.
Bowden, rs; H. c. Morrell, 100; T. E.
Johnson, 100; total number Of shares
held by directors, 1907.
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He Says Now He Can Prove
That the Beef Was
EmbdImed.
"Cdnned Roast Beef" the Refuse
Left After the juices Had
Been Boiled Out.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, Jan. 31.-General Nell
son A. Miles gave out a statement to-
night, after denying several published
interviews attributed to him. He pre-
faced his statement by saying:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-01

Now, as to the canned roast 4
= beef. that was different from en- 4
= balmed beef. The canned roast 4
= beef was the beef after the ex- 4
+ tract had been boiled out of it 4
+ You have seen the advertise 4
= ments Beef extract; one pound 4
+ contains the substance of from 4
+ four to five pounds of prime
= beef Well, this is the beef after 4
= the extract has been taken from I
+ it They put this beef pulp up in
r cans and label it Canned Roast 4
= Beef The soldiers report that 4
= the canned beef was nauseating. I
= If swallowed it could not be kept 4
+ on the stomach
It was pointed out to General Miles
that he had been quoted as having said
that if the men who supplied the beef
would deposit a thousand dollars in
such a way that 1t could be made to pay
the cost of the proceedings he would
furnish absolute proof of his asser-
lions.
He was asked what tribunal he had
in mind, or to whom he would furnish
this proof, and in reply said: II made
that statement in response to the Offer
Of the beef men to pay 100000 for evil
dence of the truth of my allegations
against their product I took their
offer as a bluff and took that way OF
answering it. l have no tribunal in
mind. 1 have the greatest abundance
of evidence to support the charges ]
made and do not think that any part
Of the thousand dollars need be spent
in mere investigation.
General Miles has received a tele.
gram from Colonel A. A. Pope of Boston
requesting General Miles to draw or
him for $1,000 to prove that chemicals
were used to embalm beef furnished
to soldiers, but this offer will not be
accepted for the reasons already given
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10000 @ Q CO @ @ 10000

Il have been most freely quot
ed without authority from me or
without any utterance on my
part. 1t has been a source of
great annoyance to me-"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-08
POEM.

Read by Archibald Hopkins at the dinner
given to General Wood, Jan. H.
True Anglo-SaXon through and through,
Bone, blood and muscle, nerve and will
the brain to plan, the pluck TO do,
The steady hand, the practlced skill.
The inborn genius for command,
That weighs and once for all decides:
Then takes against the world its stand
Or straight to death or glory rides.
The sense of duty first of all,
Warm heart that seeks all others good
And wins and sways the great and small !;
Just such man is Leonard Wood.
The Red Mans craft he overcame.
His stars he won on San Juan's height
And ON our country's scroll of fame
His name is fixed forever bright.
And now he governs hearts and lives
With tact and firmness rare to see;
And stricken Cuba's hope revives
With foretaste of the days to he.
With such as he to rule and guide,
Where'er our flag shall be unfurled
Wen shrink from no emprise untried.
And colonize the whole round world.
We've drunk TO Dewey Sanger, Schley,
Greene Evans too, as good friends
should;
Tonight we drain our glasses dry.
With three times three for General
Wood
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-08

map the northern mainland coast line
and to attempt TO connect Cape Wash
ington, the most northerly point known
on the west coast of Greenland, with
Independence Bay on the east COAST,
discovered by Peary, and if possible,
with Cape Bismarck, further south on
the same coast. Other sledge parties
will leave the Fran to explore The
archipelago north of Greenland. Thus
far Sverdrup's programme is identical
with that which Peary had previously
announced. 1t is in questionable taste
and most unusual for an explorer to
go to the field that another explorer in
tends 20 occupy and attempt to cary
out there the same work the other man
has previously planned to do.
Six Of SVerdrup's crew are men of
scientific education. ana geology, bot
any and zoology are all represented by
specialists. Astronomical, magnetic and
other physical observations will he
taken. and special attention will he
given to glacial phenomena and to the
study of the exact nature Of the So
called palaeocrystic ice. whose origin,
formation and drift are not yet under
stood. The party is equipped for four
years. Sverdrup's plan to use his ship
as winter quarters for his men does
not accord with the judgment of Arc
tic explorers generally who, since the
Mares expedition in 1875 have regarded
it as far preferable, when an expedition
has a land base, to live in a house on
shore. The Fram's stores include 10
bottles of brandy and large supply Of
tobacco, which is quite an innovation
on modern ideas of Arctic equipment,
the prevailing opinion being that Crea-
ture comforts of this sort are betterleft
at home. Nothing is said i'm the state
ment of Sverdrup's plans about the i'm
portant matter of dog food. His ar
rival at Smith Sound, if he got there,
must have been considerably later than
that of Peary; and when the American
started for the sound he had sixty wal
rus in the hold Of the Windward on
which to feed his dogs. Sverdrup could
hardly stop at Littleton Island to hunt
walrus without jeopardizing his chances
of entering the SOUND last season, for
at the time he was pushing north the
Hope, Peary's auxiliary vessel, was re-
turning south and found ice already
forming in Melville Bay.
1t remains to be seen whether Sver-
drup's Norwegians. with the chances
of disaster increased by their compare
lively large number, will be able 10
equal the sedging feats in the coming
season of the American explorer who
has been called by Sir Clements r.
Markham "the greatest ice traveller in
the world"