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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-27
MORO CASTLE IS VISITED
INSPECTION OF THE FORT THE
OFFICER BoMBARDED.
With His Squadron the Rear Admiral
Then Proceeds to Kingston,
Where Great Enthusiasm
Is Shown.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA. March 90
The United States cruiser New
York and the gunboats Vicks-
burg and Annapolis arrived here
this morning. Rear Admiral Sampson,
accompanied by Captain F. E. Chad
wick of the cruiser, called upon Major
General Leonard Wood, the military
Governor, a salute being fired in honor
of the admiral. This afternoon General
Wood returned the visit. There were
further complimentary salutes, and
the war ships left this evening for
Kingston, Jamaica.
During the day Admiral Sampson Wis
tied Moro Castle, never having eX-
plored the interior before. With regard
to the discovery of the remains of a
Spanish officer in an armchair on the
beach west of Moro, the admiral eX-
pressed his opinion that they were GER
tainly the remains of Admiral Villamil.
Five more bandits have been cap
tured and two others killed. The cit
liens express satisfaction at the cap
ture of Mattamoras and Trucen, we'll
known brigands, and it is thought that
with their capture the backbone OF
brlgandage in this district is broken.
General Woods March estimate has
finally been approved by the authorl-
ties at Havana, and consequently those
who have been unemployed are able to
resume work, relieving the strain.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, March %
Rear Admiral SIMPSONS squadron ar
rived here to-day from Santiago de
Cuba. Crowds gathered along the
shores, cheyfing enthusiastically, and
all the shipping in the harbor was be
tagged. The various public buildings
were decorated with the entwined
union jack and stars and stripes.
Guards of honor have been ordered to
receive the American admiral to-mor-
row. A long series of entertainments
for the officers of the squadron is being
arranged. and the Governors and
naval annual receptions have been
postponed in order to fall within the
period of Admiral SIMPSONS stay.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-27
A DRUNKEN MANS
SKULL FRACTURED
HE FALLS DOWN A STEEP STAIR
WAY.
Receivers Consciousness at the Re
ceiving Hospital Long Enough
to Tell His Name.

man was brought to the Harbor Hos
pital yesterday afternoon from the corner
of Pacific street and Bartlett alley. He
was intoxicated and attempting to ascend
the steep stairway of Chinese house,
fell to the sidewalk, where he lay help
less till the arrival of the ambulance. AT
the hospital it was found that his skull
was fractured and he was unconscious
from his injury During the evening he
recovered his senses for a moment and
told the physician that his name was Ru-
dolph Howard. He quickly passed into
unconsciousnesS and nothing more could
be learned concerning him. Nothing is
known of him where he was found and it
is probable that he is a stranger in the
neighborhood He is about 80 years old
and a laborer, judging from his appear
ance At a late hour he was alive, but
there is little hope of his recovery.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-27
SHOOTS HIS WIFE
AND COMMITS SUICIDE
Jealousy the Cause of Double
Tragedy in Pennsylvania
Town

PITTSBURG, March 26.-At McKees-
mort to-day Frederick T. Clark shot and
fatally wounded his wife at the nome OF
HE nother-In-law, Mrs. Richard Moyle
and then killed himself Mrs. Clark re-
Gently applied for a divorce because of
Clark's alleged neglect. He had made
threats several times, saying to his wife:
eff we cannot live together we shall die
together. -,
one of his children. In the afternoon he
vent to his wife's room and shot her
When Mrs. Moyle rushed, into the room
she was met by Clark, who fired at her,
hut missed. Clark then went to his own
room and after drinking the contents of
a bottle of laudanum put two bullets into
his breast. Before the murderer died he
said:
Thomas is a clerk in Mrs. Clark's ia
theirs store, whom Clark accused. with
out any apparent reason, of running his
life.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-27
ZELTNFR BROTHERS
SURRENDER TO THE
= RLOOMDALF RIFLES
Militia Captures the Ohio Muir
dePerS at Their BarriCaded
Home.

TOLEDO Ohio, March 26.-The Zelt-
ner brothers, the murderers of E. H.
WestenGhaver, are in Jail at Bowling
Green. Peaceable methods finally pre-
vailed, although it is doubtful if the
c ture would have been effected eX-
Cept for the fact that tn Zeltners were
nearly out OF ammunition. and they
knew surrender was the only way Of
saving themselves from an Infatuated
mob.
The militia had planned to make a
stand about daylight, and strict picket
duty was maintained by the Bloom
dale Rifles all night, the men being sta
toned around the house to prevent the
Zeltner- picking the men off. There
were several narrow escapes from bull
let's during the ing. for the ZeIt-
ners, being German sharpshooters.
were picking out and shooting at every
one yenturing within 500 yards. EX-
Sheriff Riggs of Bowling Green went to
HoytsvilIe during the night to see At
torney Hood, whom the Zeltners wished
TO consult Hood promised to go to the
house at daylight. but when the time
came he refused to go, evidently fear
ing the ZeltnerS would shoot any one
approaching the place.
Al 0.0U . lock TINS IlOI II44lS ca
Sheriff Riggs. accompanied bv neigh
Dor named Brown, started toward the
house. The Zeltners offered no re-
sistance to their approach and they
were admitted to the use. Mr.. Riggs
told them the militia were ready 10
make an attack on the house and they
would be compelled to surrender ana
they had better give up peaceably. The
Zaltners seemed not posed at nrSt
TO give up and said they feared the
mob. some of which remained without
the militia lines. They TT ed to induce
Riggs to accompany them through the
timber. but he refused and they were
told they would not be mOlested If they
gave I'D their arms and accompanied
him to Jail. After If hours talk
thew agreed and Sheriff Kingsbury was
notified He at once made arrange
ment. to afford the Zeltners the pro
lection of the militia and special
train was ordered to Custer to convey
the men to jail.
The Zeltners gave up their arms.
Each was provided with repeating ri
fe and g revolver. There were seven
tv-fve rounds of rife ammu- ition and
two boxes of revolver cartridges left in
the house. The Zeltners were very ret
icent and did not care to talk OF the
matter. only saying that they regretted
the Leath of Clarence Wettenmeyer'
who was killed during the attack on
the house.
Mrs. John Zeltner, who was In the
house with her three children during
the trouble was not molested-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-27
CHINA WILL RESIST
ARMED INVASION

LONDON. March N.-The Shanghai cor
ras7ondent of the Daily Mail says: The
Dowager Empress has ordered the Gov
ernors of the maritime provinces of China
- resist forcibly any landing OF armed
foreigners.
.. tbe Daiiy Mail It is reported there that
= N5nbammedan rebellion has broken out
in the province Of Ka "a Sim the SatT most
1,oIInn as;.SaS ~ Shen See and Sc Chuen
on one ore side and Mongolia and the desert
of Cobb on the other.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-27
GEORGE RIDWELL
FOUND DEAD IN
A BUTTE HOTEL
Bank of England For9er Sur
wives His Brother but
Few Days.

ton outside of the law of capital, deter
mination and financial knowledge de-
termined 10 go to the front myself. With
in few days not only had an account
opened with the bank, but a fairly good
credit established and all this under q
fictitious name Within few months l
had borrowed nearly $1,000, 900 from the
bank on collateral and printed my own
collateral.
I left England. believing the world was
mine, and settled down in the West In
dies. ! settled my scheme in life and set
out to enjoy myself, not in an Incorporate
way. l had no fear of the English police.
as l knew the English have an ordinate
idea of the ability of their own police, and
I never counted on their employing the
American nolice after their own had failed
to locate me. Unluckily for myself, was
mistaken. John Bull had his back up and
determined TO have me in his clutches; no
matter what it cost; so after the Eng1s1
police failed to find me the bank employed
the Pinkertons, with orders to spare no
expense. The Pinkertons put twenty OF
the best men on the case and soon let day.
light into the whole matter.
In the end I was arrested in my own
house, taken to London and faced an
English jury in the famous old BAILEY
court OF course, l was perfectly willing
to pay justice her due, and felt that had
no right to protest, if 1 should receive
sentence of even ten or fifteen years, put
when the Judge. Lord Archibald, hurled
a sentence of Imprisonment for life at me
| felt that Justice was weighing me in her
balance with pretty good effect. Now. IN
England Ire sentence means me viii
big L. but 1 thought that anything would
be possible if l only had courage TO en-
dure resolved I would endure the pelt-
ings of the pitiless storm knew was
ahead of me. This l did with more or less
fortitude for over twenty years. l never
lost nv faith that there was corn and
wine in Egypt for me still.
George Bidwell was caught in France
and Austin Bidwell in Cuba. They were
tried and given life sentences with their
two confederates. After twenty years
they were released.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-27
DENMARK WILL
SEND A WARSHIP
To Look After Projects
in China.
AN EXPEDITION PLANNED
PRINCE WALDEMAR TO COM
MAND THE UNDERTAKING.
However, Negotiations for CONNER
ciaI Advantages VIII Be Con-
Quoted at st. Petersburg
Through Russia.
AN EXPEDITION PLANNED
PRINCE WALDEMAR TO COM
MAND THE UNDERTAKING.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

LONDON, March 27.-The Copen-
hagen correspondent of the Daily Mail
says:
1.-THE Danish Government will ask
Parliament to vote credit to send
4he cruiser Fyon to China in connection
with Denmark's projects there Prince
wa1demar will command the expedi-
+,on. and Princess Waldemar will fol-
low in one of the steamers Of the East
Asian Company. 1t IS probable, how
ever. that the negotiations for COM
roerical advantages in China will be
conducted at st. Petersburg through
Russia"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-27
FIRED UPON NEIGHBoRs.
Throughout the Night the zeltners
Kept Up a Fusilade.

BOWLING GREEN, O., March 26.-
Developments since the capture to-day
of John H. and Paul Zeltner in Wood
county indicate that they not only de-
liberated over the bloody defiance of the
law, but also prepared for it by placing
a large stock of ammunition in their
residence, twenty-seven miles from
Hovts Corner. E. H. Westenhaver. ex-
Solicitor of North Baltimore, had been
their attorney in numerous cases and
sued them for his fees. The jury and
witnesses had been sworn yesterday
before Justice E. Burgoon IN the town
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-27
Ends His Life While insane.

CINCINNATI, March 26.-Abram Moses
Natchez, Miss, died in the Jewish Hos
pital tonight of a self-inficted pistol shot
wound. He came here several weeks age
with a deranged mind and was taken to
the Jewish Hospital. From there he es-
capped by night and jnped from the sus-
pension bridge into the river, but was res
cued unscathed. A second time he es-
capped from the hospital and on the sus-
pension bridge shot himself in the head.
In Natchez he was a cotton broker and
banker and president of the street rail-
road company and the electric light COM
many.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-27

weak-minded and apparently unwilling
partner with the liquor until Westfall
was in a condition to be easily per-
suaded Then they went to the scene of
the attempted robbery, which Westfall
says they had previously selected.
Westfall made a statement last night
in which he said Murphy wanted him
to Join in hold-up of the Milton stage
about two weeks ago, but he refused.
Since then Murphy has been continual
" at him to commit the crime which
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-27
COSTA RICAN INVESTMENTS
Foreign Capital Interested in the
Southern Republic.

Special Cable TO The Call and the New York
Herald. Copyrighted. 1899. by James Cor
don Bennett.
26.-An English syndicate has been formed
with a capital of e4OO, 600 to work the gold
mines located in the district of Aban-
cares, province of Liberia.
1t is currently stated that President
Iglesias, who Is at present in Europe
has contracted with a French firm for the
construction of the port of Tivives as a
terminus of the Pacific RAILROAD. The
cost Is estimated at II 600 900 francs.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-27

ended so disastrously to them. West
fall was in trouble over the stealing of
a case of whisky while teaming for a
grocer last year. He was as clay in
Murphy's hands, and is undoubtedly
feeble minded. He grins in an idiotiC
manner when addressed.
Boths youths are held under $4,000
bonds. Murphy will probably die, as
two ribs were practically shot out and
he is internally injured. He was re-
moved to the County Hospital to-day.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-27

his eldest son. William, aged 212 years.
Reitz was married here three years ago
to Miss Mayme Gebest. daughter of Pro-
fessor G. E. Gebest, They went. to Chi
cago to live. Mrs. Reitz claimed her hus-
band failed to provide for her and last
week came to her home in this city,
bringing her two children.
Reitz arrived here to-day, and on going
to the Gebest home was refused admit
lance bv his wife He broke in the door
and. Selling his child, escaped. The po-
lice have been unable to find either Reitz
or the child
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-27
CHILEAN PRESS BITTER.
Denounces Award of Minister Blu
chanan as Unjust.

sreota, r.h1e - The Call and the New York
Herald Copyrighted 1893. by James Cor
don Bennett.
VALPARAISO, March 26.-The opposi-
ton press bitterly criticises Minister
Buchanan's award and blames the Gov
eminent for it, but the great part Of pub
lie opinion accepts It as just and newt
able.
There is a feeling in Santiago against
the Chilean Commissioners and a hostile
demonstration is now preparing to greet
them when they come back from Buenos
Ayree.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-27
WHITE LADS STAY NEGROES.
Two Colored Boys Killed by EN-
nloves of a Cotton Factory.
OloVeS of a

CHARLESTON. S. c.. March 26.-John
Webb and VIII Toney, negro boys, Is
years of age, were killed and two of their
companions seriously wounded at Edge
field by four white employees of the Edge
field Cotton Factory. Two of the muir
derers are mere boys, probably not over
16 years old. About thirteen shots were
fired It is difficult to fix the motive for
the crime, but it is supposed the shots
which killed the negroes were intended
for others.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-27
Not a Democratic Conference.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, March 26.-In an
interview to-day Colonel w. ]. Bryan
said no conference of political significance
had taken place here and there would be
none. He said he found prominent Demo-
Gratis here from all parts of the country,
but they did not know of his coming and
he did not know Of their presence here
when he came to deliver his lecture.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-27
Suicide on an Ocean Liner.

NEW YORK, March 26.-William Scott,
a corn merchant of Liverpool, England
90 wears of age, committed suicide on the
steamer Umbria while she was en- route
TO this country. He was found on the
morning of March "a in his stateroom with
his throat. cut He had inficted the
wound with a broken bottle.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-27
STEALS HIS CHILD
FROM ITS HOTTER
Chicago Man Abducts a Babe After
His Wife Had Left His

GAINESVILLE, Ohio, March 6.-Wil-
liam 1. Reitz of Chicago, general Western
agent for an importing firm, came to
GAINESVILLE to-day and forcibly carried off
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-27
Latonia's Classic Events.

CINCINNATI, March 26.-Secretary
Hopper announces that declarations in
the Latonia Derby, Himyar and Oaks for
1899 are due on April Y. The declaratlon
fee in the derby is $50; in the Himyar and
Oaks $40 each. All wishing to declare out
must do so by April list.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-27
"KD" MCCOY MAY
NEVER FIGHT AGAIN


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will have chilling effect
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-27

BUTTE, Mont, March 26.-George
Bidwell and Austin Bidwell of Bank of
England forgery fame, came here about
a month ago. On March Austin Bid
well, the younger of the two brothers,
died of grip in his room in the Mantle
block. The body has been in charge of
an undertaken ever since, awaiting adj
vices from relatives. a few days ago
George Bidwell took to his bed with a
severe cold which developed rapidly
into pneumonia. Some time during last
night he died in his room In the Butte
Hotel. No one was with him at the
time. as he had told his attendant he
needed nobody. He was found dead
when his room was opened this morn
ing.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-27
Kipling's Improvement.

NEW YORK, Marach 26.-The condition
of Rudyard Kipling, who was reported to
have suffered a slight relapse few days
ago is again improving and he is better
than at any time since his Illness began.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-27

The famous Bank of England forger-
les were committed in 1873. The Bid
wells, by means of forged securities
got So, O0O,O 600 from the Bank of Eng
land. Previously they had victimized
other European concerns by means of
forged letters of credit. 1t was their
intention to obtain $5O,OOO,OOO by fraud
and then compromise with the bank
Austin Bidwell succeeded in dispOsing
of $780, 900 in stolen bonds on commits
sion in London. Success in this VEN
ture emboldened him to attempt a
greater crime The story of the affair
is told in Bidweil's "reminiscences as fol-
lows:
Finding myself in London in 1872 with
a very clever partner and about 100000
in our pockets, we resolved TO tackle the
Bank of England, believing that the light
ming ought to strike where the balances
are heavy. We figured the matter out to
our satisfaction that the Bank was a fos-
sill institution and specially open to at
tack If one had that very rare combina-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-27
One Death From Smallpox.

LOS ANGELES, March 26.-Two new
cases of smallpox were found in this city
to-day and one death from the disease &C.
Cured at the Pesthouse-
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-08-17
New tNeS of Aluminium.

aluminium has lately found its way
extensively into vibrating and rcclpro~
eating machines, both large and small, "
says the Engineering and Mining
Journal. "icrc the advantageous use
of the metal is entirely a matter Of re-
ducing the weight, Probably The lest
illustration of the use Of aluminium IN
revolving machinery is in using an oil
cup on the driving-WLcel Of a loco
motive in connection with a driFinR-
rod. With the Increased speeds that
the roads are now aiming to attain, it
is necessary to incfGasc the diameter
of the driving and consequent
~ the tendency to break the shank Of
the oil cups materially increases, and
with some Of the large engines which
have been built, cups made Of com
position are frequently broken. These
cups are now, and have been for some
time, successfully cast in aluminium,
and have given great satisfaction.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-08-17

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Pacific with Gen Merritt, in the hospitals at
Honolulu, in Hong Kong, in the American
trenches at Manila, in the insurgcnt camps
with Aguinaldo, on the deck OF the Olympia
with Dewey and in the roar of battle at the
fall of Manila Bonanza for agents. BrIm-
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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-08-17
THE BlCYCLlST'S HUMP.
Assumes This Position in Blind Obedience
to Law of the Lungs.

n 4
to Law of the Lungs.
It has been generally believed that
fast bicycle riders lower their heads
and bend their bodies to reduce the
wind resistance of the body, but now
comes a French scientist who says that
this belier Is wrong.
DR., Eifcr, well known in the medical
world of France has been experiment.
ing with cycle riders to discover tho
reason for the hump backed scorcher.
He finds it in blind obedience to the
law that the lungs seek to draw In air
with the greatest ease. In fast riding
the air assumes new relation to the
lungs and the human body adopts a
new position in the saddle This posi-
ton is, considering the new work, the
only rational one.
DR. Eircr says profound savant has
declared that "a horse runs with ms
legs and gallops with his lungs. THIS
proposition is equally true for runners
and cyclists. An inexperienced runner
stops not by reason of fatigue but be-
cause of being "winded." If breathing
is less rapid on the wheel it constitutes
none the less an obstacle. The sue
ccssful cycle crack must learn to
breathe slowly and deeply to oXySenize
his blood, and must avoid being sur
prised into quick, jerky breaths, which
prevent the play Of the lungs. This is
the primary cause OF stitch in the
side" In the middle-distancc race
with Starbuck at Manhattan Beach last
summer Fred Titus before he reached
the tenth mile suddenly Capped his
hand to his side and had to leave the
track. Thoughtless persons Kissed him.
According to DR.. Eifcr the fault was
not in Tituss spirit, but in his way Of
breathing. He dashed off from the
start, and wise people knew that
"Stars" time would come. Titus could
he soon "swallowing" the air. No man
who does that can get his second wind,
and no man can win long, well con-
Or. Ffer says he has lived among the
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-08-17

items of Interest.
There ara lC,QO0 caineIs at work in
Australia,
The whistling buoy can be heard
about fifteen miles.
German school boys study harder
and play less than those of any other
country.
Pious Russians do not cat pigeons
because OF the sanctity conferred on
the dove in the Scriptures.
\ perfectly formed face is one-third
forehead, Oue-third nose, and one-third
upper and lower chin.
The entire collection Of coins and
medals in the British Museum consists
Of nearly 100000 specimens.
Ostrica tanning is Il very profitable
industry in Africa; here it is computed
there are over 10000 tame birds.
New Zealand has twenty-five estab-
lishments for freezing meats for Eu-
ropean markets. They can handle
100000 sheep a year.
The title Of Majesty" was first CIV
en- 10 Lewis XI of France. Before that
time sovereigns were usually styled
"highness."
The nests of the termites, or white
ant, are, proportionnd to the size and
weight Of the builders, the greatest
structures in the world.
In India there is a species of butter
fly in which the male has the left
wing yellow and tie right one red.
The colors Of the female are exactly
opposite.