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The San Francisco call., 1899-07-26
CONSTRUCTION oF'oHI0
PROGRESSES SMOOTHLY

Telegraphic news from Washington re-
ceived in this CITY Monday night stated
that certain errors had been discovered in
the construction of the battleship Maine,
now being built by the Cramps.
The contracts for the Ohio, now in
process of construction at the Union Iron
Works, were let at the same time. After
the. discovery made in regard to the new
Maine it was feared that the same error
would exist in the Ohio
Henry T. Scott of the Union Iron Works
was seen yesterday and interviewed on
this matter.
II think the Ohio will be ALL that was
expected he said. "At present just the
frame is built. In our plans we followed
the Government design with the exception
of a superior length of twenty feet. The
ships were designed for sixteen knots, but
the cry is for faster ships, and we guar
anteed eighteen knots. The Cramps plans
are of the Russian pattern and differ from
those we prepared No, / do not think
there will be any fault or defect in the
construction of the Ohio
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-26

been wired that the cylinder would ar
rive to-day. The express company sald
that the delay was probably due. TO
the transferring from one company to
another, and that the box would be on
the night express.
Tonight Mr.. Davis said that every
thing about his automobile was ready
except the front cylinder, and that as
soon as it arrived he could get away in
four hours His stop here has been in
teresting to many prominent people of
this city, and they have manifested
their interest in automobiling and the
transcontinental trip in many ways.
The. carriage has had an endless stream
of callers, and the workmen found 1t
necessary to rope off that portion of
the shop where it is.
"We are chafing under the stop that
the broken cylinder has made neces-
sary," said Mr.. Davis tonight, "and
are anxious to again get on the road.
When we do we shall make long Jumps
as soon as the new cylinder is limbered
up. and try to make up for lost time.
I think that we will get out of SYRIA
cuse' about o'clock in the. afternoon,
perhaps before, and take the old Gene
see street road that finally runs into
Buffalo. F. F. Brewer and T. D. Will
kens have announced their intention
of going for a run in their automobiles
with us.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-26
MRS. AUGUSTA STYLES
ACQUITTED BY A JURY
She Will Not Be Punished for
the Murder of Her
Mother.

CHICAGO, July 25. = Mrs. Augusta
STYLES was this evening declared by jury
not guilty of the murder of her mother,
Mrs. Catherine Schultz. The case has been
full of hysterical episodes. Mrs. Styles
shot sht1 n her - mother because the latter dis.
paraged to Belle Styles, daughter Of
Mrs Styles, the character OF her mother.
the @ stories Mrs. Styles was frantic and.
hunting for her mother, shot her down Ssq
for Mrs STYLES by the nature of the
stories told to the children by their
grandmother. When the verdict was an
nounced Mrs. Styles was nearly frantic
with delight and kissed her husband her
daughter. her two attorneys and nearly
everybody else she could reach.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-26
ALGER IN CABINET
FOR THE LAST TIME
Has Left Washington Until August
1-Meiklejohn to Act as Secre-
+arv Until Root Steps In

WASHINGTON, July Is. - Secretary
AIger attended the meeting of the Cabi-
met to-day, but had no special War De-
partment business to submit. Tonight
the Secretary will leave Washington to
be absent until August l, the date when
his resignation takes effect. Mr.. Meil<le-
John will be acting Secretary until that
time.
the war Department to-day and dis
cussed with Secretary Alger matters re-
lating to the department. It was ex-
Department would meet Mr.. Root to-day,
but at his suggestion the meeting was
deferred until he actually becomes Sec
retary. Mr.. Roots commission has al
ready been made out, bearing date of
August l.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-26
AUTOMOBILE AWAITS The
new CYLINDERS ARRIVAL
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis Expect to Make Up for Lost
Time in the Trip Across the
Continent.
BY JOHN D. DAVIS

~ .YRACUSE, N Y, July 25.-We
were much disappointed in not
receiving our new cylinder to-
~ day. The express officials state
that it has come from the factory
through two companies. and the trans
fer has caused the delay. They expect
it to arrive late this evening. If 1T does
we will start tomorrow about 2 o'clock.
l do not believe any motor. has ever
Travelled worse roads than have fallen
to our lot, nor has one ever had as Sc
we're a test New York State roads are
a disgrace to an unexplored region, let
alone u thickly populated country 1t
is q mystery to me how the farmers
and others who have to use the roads
in drawing produce to market remain
content with them. Grades have never
been cut rocks are left to roll about
under foot and wheel. rutS to run
deeper and things have been left gem
orally to care for themselves, 1t would
not take much time or money to make
all the roads fairly good and some COM
fort to man, wagon and beast. 1 real
ize now why there are so many knee
sprung horses in the pastures we have
passed
Mrs Davis and are chatting under
our enforced halt, but will endeavor to
make up for lost time and make the
Golden Gate in good season and in good
shape We now expect to arrive early
in September.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-26
CALIFORNIANS LOOK
FOR HIGHER H0N0RS
Protest Against an Armored Cruiser
Being Named After the

NEW YORK, July 25.-A Sun special
from Washington says: A protest has
been made to the Navy Department by
people in California against the action of
Secretary Long in naming one of the new
armored cruisers in honor of that State.
1t is contended by those making the pro-
test that the State is entitled to the
honor of having a f1rst-class battleship
named for it.
1t was said at the Navy Department this
afternoon that the people of California
would have to be satisfied with an
armored cruiser unless they were willing
to wait until Congress authorized the con-
struction of more first-class battleships,
all those provided for having been named
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-26

CALL HEADQUARTERS WELLING-
TON HOTEL, WASHINGTON, July 25.-
The naval board of bureau chiefs to-day
ended a controversy which has been pend
ing for some time in regard to the changes
in designs Of the new battleship Maine
and her sister ships. the Missouri and the
Ohio, by deciding to reduce the thickness
Of armor from twelve to eleven inches.
This action was taken upon the recon-
mendation of MessTs. Cramps, who sug-
gested the change as the best means of
giving the battleship Maine building by
that firm, the required speed and stability
made necessary by alterations in the
original design. The action of the board
of construction does not mean that there
was a mistake made in the original plans
which the board has been compelled to
correct.
Despite the published statement to that
effect, there has never been any question
as to the stability of the Maine on the
original designs. All calculations of the
Cramps and the Navy Department indi-
cate that her stability will be perfect
The original plans of the Navy Depart
ment for the Maine and her sister ships.
the Ohio and Missouri, provided for six
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-26
MAZEAU SATISFIED
DREYFUS is INNOCENT

NEW YORK, July PA Sun cable from
London says The Paris correspondent of
the Morning Post vouches for the follow
ing: On the eve of leaving Paris on his
vacation day or two ago. Judge Mazeau.
president of the Court of Cassation called
at the Palace of the Elysee to bid fare
we'll to President Loubet.
The latter asked directly for Judge Ma
zeau's personal opinion as to Dreyfus'
guilt or innocence The Judge replied
"Amid all the evidence submitted to US
we did not find sufficient proof to estab-
lish guilt" Judge Mazeau has always
been regarded as strong anti-revisionist
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-26
BRINGS SUIT TO ANMUL
AN0THER'S MARRIAGE
J. w. MeClelland Claims the Wife
and Property Of Charles J.
Roll

LOS ANGELES, July 25.-A suit has
been begun here in the Superior Court
against Bertha s. Ball and Charles ].
Ball, her husband, to recover SIS 900 and
praying the court that the marriage be-
tween the Balls be set aside. The plaint-
iff, j. w. McClelland alleges that Bertha
Ball was formerly his wife and that she
induced him to place in her hands $4,000
worth of property and bonds and then
sued him for divorce on the ground
of non-support and won the case. She
then married Ball.
Bail is furious over the commencement
of the suit and threatens to sue the at
torneys of McClelland for Dlackmail. lIe
is wealthy man.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-26
OREGONIANS OBJECT
TO FORM OF DISCHARGE
Through Some Oversight the Word
Honorable" Has Been Omitted
From RIanks

WASHINGTON, July 25.-The members
of the Second Oregon Regiment at San
Francisco have objected to the form of
discharge because it does not contain the
word honorable" 1t is said at the War
Department that there are three forms Of
discharge-"h honorable" without honor
and "dishonorable."
If none of the words is used the dis
charge is considered in law and by the
war Department as honorable. 1t seems
that in the blanks used the word honor
able" has been left out, but there is no
objection to having it written in if the
men desire.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-26
BATTLE OVER TAXES.
Riots Occur in Vienna, Gratz and
Other Towns.

LONDON, July 25.-The Vienna corre-
spondent of the Daily Telegraph reports
the existence of a serious state of af-
fairs resulting from riotous agftations
against the new taxes and says that con-
fficts have occurred between the police
and the people at Vienna. Gratz and other
towns.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-26
HAD BEEN REPORTED DEAD.
G. F. Dow Returns to San Diego
Alive and Well.

SAN DIEGO. July 25.-G. F. Dow, one
of the San Diego prospectors reported
dead at White Horse Rapids, Alaska. by
a recent dispatch from Seattle, arrived
home to-day, well and hearty, after two
years stay in the Klondike. He reports
that Robert Steadman, a boatman of this
city. has made 500, 900 In the Klondike:
and says there is no truth in the reported
deaths of San Diegans. He does not even
know the parties named in the dlspatch.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-26
Falls Heir to Millions.

SEATTLE. July PA Finley, third
officer of the steamship Garonne, now
being fitted up for a transport, has re-
ceived word from England that through
the death of his father he Is heir to an
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-26

small herd of cattle passed over the trans
range of mountains from Port Valdes into
the Copper River Valley. en- route to the
Forty Mile country. This report was
dated at Port Valdes, Alaska, on July 10.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-26
W0RSTED IN A FIGHT,
HE USES A RIFLE
H'Gyp" Young Kills Caleb Greenwood
at a Woodmen's Camp Near
Fort Bragg.

FORT BRAGG, July 25.-CaIeb Green
wood. a young man, was killed by "Gyp"
Young at the Hollow Tree wood settle
ment. about fifty miles north Of this
Young was worsted, he procured a Win
chester rifle and shot Greenwood to death.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-26
New Transport Chartered.

BERLIN, July 25.-The Vossische Zei-
tung is authority for the statement that
the United States Government has char
tered for six months the steamer Siam,
pany of Flume, to transport troops to
Manila.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-26
Military Road in Use.

WASHINGTON, July 25.-The War De-
partment Is in receipt of brief report
from Captain Abercrombie, commanding
the Copper River exploring expedition, to
the effect that two pack trains and
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-26
Atlin's Gold Output.

VANCOUVER, B. c., July 25.-W. M.
Botsford, manager of the Merchants
Bank of Halifax, estimates the output of
gold in the Atlin district this season at
000 0G0
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-26
GREAT INTEREST TAKEN
IN THE AUTOMOBILE

SYRACUSE, N. Y, July 25.-When
the last express arrived this evening
there was no cylinder aboard, and Mr..
Davis was much put out, for he had
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-26

The Coast and Geodetic Survey has
received a report from G. r. Put
nam, who Is out with a party at
st. Michael, regarding the recently
opened gold fields around Cape Nome.
Mr.. Putnam says he cannot vouch
for the accuracy of the floating reports
from Cape Nome. It is certain new fields
have been opened from five to thirty miles
back from the coast between Cape Nome
and Cape Rodney. There are about 2000
miners in that section, with their prin-
cipal settlement at Anvil City a new
town not yet on any map except those of
the transportation companies. One of the
reports speaks of $4,000 having been taken
out of an area twenty-five feet square
within a foot of the moss roots This,
however, is not Vouched for by Mr.. Put
nam.
The survey has no very recent reports
from the more inland regions but 1t is
understood that the American miners who
were driven out of the Atlin district and
went over to the Porcupne country have
struck good fields and have already
spread out in some places to the east of
the British line.
Nothing definite is known of the recent
Canadian threat to cripple the American
coast trade by running a railway from.
Kitimat Arm to Dawson City. There is
no place called Kftimat Arm on any of
the American maps and it is said to be
certain that there is no tide water point
anywhere on the coast where the Cana
dian Government could get inland with
such a line without crossing American
territory unless they came so far down
the coast as to make the undertaking i'm
practicable from both a commercial and
an engineering standpoint.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-26
STRANDED MINERS
To Be ASSISTED
Decision Reached by the
Cabinet.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

WASHINGTON, July 25.-The :
Cabinet at its meeting to-day :
considered an appeal from Fort :
Wrangle, Alaska, for help for :
forty destitute miners arriving :
there over the Edmonton trail. :
The Government advices re-
ported that over 100 more cases
were to follow. While there is
no specific appropriation that =
will cover the case, the result of :
the decision is that means will be
provided by the Government to :
get them to their homes.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-26

Newark at CalIao.
LIMA, July 25.-The United States
cruiser Newark arrived at Callao to-day.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-26

and thinner in others than proposed by
the Philadelphia firm
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-26
LANGUID,
TIRED,
WEARY :!

Such is your condition If your nerves are
weak. Your memory is cIouded; you feel tired
from apparent reasonj you have no en-
ergy.
Or you may experience headaches or dizzi-
ness (Figure u; you may have hollow eyes
Gig. p; a pale or emaciated face Gig. 81; a
coated tongue Gig. A.; palpitation of heart
Gig. 81; disordered digestion Gig. 81; torpid
or Inactive liver Gig. y. Or you may suffer
with sleeplessness constipation, nervousness.
These symptoms tell you that your nerves are
weak; that complete nervous prostration is
pending if something is not done
You know your condition; what shall you do
to avert the danger that is threatening? Take
HUDYAN.'' Just as you alive
"HUDYAN will cure you" HUDYAN wifi
strengthen your nerves; will quiet them.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-26
A. H. REAL; THE DEAD ENGINEER.

He was regarded as one Of the I
D most careful and trustworthy man
in the employ of the Southern Pa I
cific. He entered the employ of
the company in 1884 as a fireman,
and was promoted to the higher
position ten years ago. He resided
in Sacramento.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-01-20
PLENTY OF
The State University of Iowa Has a
Nnmber of Scholars to Select
President From.

The bon of regents for the state
university has been ccsslled to meet in
Des Moines January &c. Gov. Shaw
and Superintendent Barrett received
notification that the board would meet
to accept specifications on the new col
lege building But it is expected that
at that meeting the selection Of a pres
idept will be further discussed, and q
small subcommittee appointed to make
Investigation. The candidates men
toned are:
DR.. Samuel L. Smith, University of Min
nesota; John W. Cook, Illinois; DR.. f. w.
Divine, of New York, from Pennsylvania,
and a lecturer at Oxford; N. MCGEE
Waters. of Evanston, ILL.,; John G. Bren-
nan. Of Leland Stanford; Albert Shaw, edy
itor of the Review of Reviews; Director
Wolcott, of the United States naval mu-
scum; Turner Briggs. of Michigan; Jerome
Raymond. Pennsylvania; William L..
Bryan. Indiana; President Brown, of the
University of Virginia, William NJ. Beard
shear, president of the Iowa agricultural
college, at Ames: ii. ii. Seerley, president
of the Iowa normal: Isaac L. Loos. of the
state university.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-01-20
A NEW RULING.
One Concerning Justices Fees May
Cause a Revolution In Affairs In
Numerous Cities.

Judge A. R. Dewey, of the Mahaska
county district court, has made another
ruling that may cause a revolution in
affairs in numerous Iowa cities. The
case in question is that of B. v. Sewers,
mayor of the city of Oskaloosa, versus
Mahaska county. Mayor Sewers filed
Justices transcripts of fees for trying
state eases, claiming almost $4,000 of
Mahaska county. The board of super
visors refused to pay the bill because
they claimed that under an act of the
legislature passed in 1896 the mayor of
a city of the second class, who draws a
salary from the city is not entitled to
the other fees. The case was presented
by able counsel on both sides, and was
fully heard by the court. The decision
was in favor of the county and judg-
ment against plaintiff for costs.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-01-20
MYsT1F1ED AT THE Hitting.
ELI Shaw Surprised ut the Action Of
Miss Neilson-Denies stsry
About Use of Money.

Eli Shaw, the young man recently az
Quilted Of the charge of murder
through the untiring efforts of his fan
zee, Miss Maybelle Nelson. and whose
engagement of marriage has been
broken by the young woman, val seen
at the home of his uncle, Foster Zane.
a2l Beckett street, Camden, N. j. He
said:
The news came to me like a bolt
from a clear sky. had no intimation
that Miss Nelson contemplated any
thlng OF the kind. On Wednesday I
stopped OF at Woodbury. and called at
the home of Miss Nelson and was
warmly welcomed. l was asked to stay
all night, which l did. Judge Of my
surprise on Friday afternoon to receive
two letters, one from Mrs. Nelson. in.
forming me of her approval Of the
purse Maybelle had taken, and inform-
ing me that she had forwarded my
clothes that ! had at her home. The
other letter was the one from Maybelle.
The one that she sent stunned me.n
Will you visit her again?" wa
asked.
NO" was the answer st will not,
Maybelle has requested me not to doso
n l will stay away. Still. I will retain
the same affection for her. If I could
only understand what has caused her
TO act. as she has, I would feel better
satisfied.
Statements have been made that !
part OF Maybelle's fortune had been
spent In my defense. That is not true,
What money was spent ct those trials
was my money"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-01-20
A PECULIAR SUIT.
An Old Man Wants to o Land
Decided to n County IN Com
sideration of Maintenance.

August eister commenced a peculiar
suit in the district court in Webster
City. A month ago his wife died. He
was aged and vent to the poor farm
after deciding his little farm to the
county, the consideration being his
maintenance through life. The county
at once made q contract to sell the land
to George Streever for $40 per acre. In
two days Keister sickened of his new
home and secured the names Of 80 old
neighbors to get the county to give him
back The land. Being refused, he has
employed attorneys to bring suit for
it. streever will bring suit against the
county for nonfulfllment of contract.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-01-20
IOWA STATE NEWS.
FREEMAN H. BLooDGOoD.
Brief sketch Of Tire Career of the
New President Of the state
Teachers Association,

Freeman II. BIoodcood, the newly
elected president of the State Teachers
association, is now serving his third
term as county superintendent of Fay
cite county. He was elected in 1893,
and reelected in 1895 and 1897, as a re-
publican in a close county. He is a
native OF Iowa. born in Linn county in
1861 Like so many other successful
Iowa men. his boyhood days were spent
on the farm and his early education
was received in the country schools of
Linn county His parents went to
Huron, S d.. when he was 10 years old,
and he attended school there for five
years. alternating school seasons with
teamwork In 1885 he entered Upper
Iowa university. at Fayette, gradual
ing therefrom in 1890 with a good rec
ord For two years he was principal of
the Fayette public schools; spent a year
in Harvard college in post graduate
work, returning in 1893 to become coun-
ty superintendent.
Mr.. Bloodgoood is one of the best
known educational men il the state.
He is progressive, and has the enthusi-
asm OF his profession in a high degree.
1t has been his policy to stimulate the
professional instinct among the teach
ers OF his county, and his work there
has been highly successful, and he has
raised the standard of the schools in
his county Superintendent Bloodgood
is in constant demand as a lecturer and
institute instructor. for he is not only
a vigorous thinker, but a forceful
speaker. In 1895 he was elected presi-
dent of the Northwestern Iowa Teach
ers' association. In 1897 he was elected
president of the State County Superin-
tendents' association. His election to
the presidency of the State Teachers
association was almost unanimous,
with the exception of the county super
l~ntendents' department, where political
intrigue operated against him.