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The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
HOW TO GET A REPUTATION.
Juggling with Statistics an Impress
i've Way to Do It.

Nothing like fake statistics for giv%
! ing fellow a reputation for scholar
snip dirt chear, chuckled an astuta
citizen. Statistics are the most inn
pressive things in the world, and the
beauty about 'em Is that nobodv dares
to contradict you. I've been working
the scheme for several months, and nv
stock has advanced about a thousand
points day. How do 1 do it? Well,
to illustrate the thing, l was standing
In a crowd on Canal street recently
watching the big piledriver hammering
down the walls for the drainage canal.
Whole lot of power there remarked q
gentleman at my elbow, as the weight
came down, biff Immense I replied,
and, by the way, 1 was just making an
interesting calculation in regard to it.
Do you know, sir, that blow is exactly
equal to 1862 carpenters driving ten
penny nails into tWo-inch oak pIanks
with four-pOund steel hammers? The
man looked startled. You don't say
so, professor he replied, respectfully.
and presently l saw him whispering to
the others. who sized me up with awe.
The other day when it was raining [
Joined group under an awning. Bad
day, said somebody. Yes, l returned
I was amusing myself a few minutes
ago in figuring up the quantity Of
between 6 a. m. and noon. AT that the
other fellows got interested. How
much was it, doctor? asked one of
'em. Poured into a row of Ordinarv
half-pint tumblers, I said, impressive
ly, 1T would make a line once and two-
fifths around the globe; it would fill
thirteen-inch gun barrel reaching
from here to a point about nine miles
east of Copenhagen; it would quench
the matutinal thirst of 946S,941 Ken
lucky colonels the day after Christ
mas; it would barely go into a tank
1852 kilometers long and PAIL millime-
ters wide By Jove! You ought to
have seen those fellows eyes stick out!
When they see me now they all touch
their hats. I squelched smart Alec
at our boarding house by informing
him at the table that the pies consumed
annually in New Orleans would form a
column, piled one above the other, pre-
cisely 1882 miles high OH I admit
it leaves about sixteen pies over I
said, when he ventured question, but
that's only 31a dekometers, and too
small to compute That settled him.
Now I'm the accepted authority of the
esta blishment on everything from
hash to hydraulics. I've found it a good
idea, by the way, to use the decimal
system whenever possible. 1t mixes
'em up when you begin to talk about
and hectometers>and gives
a fine flavor of learning to your re-
marks. 1 never ran across a fellow
yet who dared to question a statement
in decimals. If l keep up this statis-
tician racket until summer | wouldn't
be surprised if they offered me a chair
in one of the colleges. New Orleans
Times Democrat.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
supply of shots
ORDERED HIS MEN
INTO A DEATH-TRAP
Manager Johnston Responsible for
Loss of Life in the Gale
donia Mine,

HALIFAX, n. s., June ia dispatch
from Glace Bay says dense volumes of
smoke are pouring from the Caledonia pit
and the fire is burning as fiercely as ever,
Notwithstanding tons of water are being
poured into the mine. Men attempted to
enter the pit to-day, but got down only
forty feet and were compelled to retreat.
The body of one of the victims. Martin, is
yet undiscovered and is probably buried
forever beneath tons of debris.
Workmen now say Underground Man
ager Johnston was too rash in ordering
the men back into the mine on Friday.
Frank Martin a section man, was one of
the party Johnston met, but he refused to
go back and is alive to-day.
The funerals of the victims of the dis
aster whose bodies were recovered took
place TO-DAY.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
COLLISION ON THE
NORTHERN PACIFIC
One Killed and Five In
jured.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

PORTLAND, Or, June 1S-An east
bound Northern Pacific freight train
which left this city at s p. M collided
with an excursion train returning from
Astoria at o'clock, one mile east Of
Linton Station. The cause of the col
lision is said to have been a misunder-
standing of orders on the part of the
trainmen. One man on the Astoria train
was killed and five persons injured
The man killed was D. P. Bell of this
city, who was engaged in serving lunches
to the eXcursioniSts
The injured are: Homer Darling. severe:
Birdie Putnam, Mrs. Bell wife of D. p
Bell; Jones Mallin, engineer; E. r.
Barnes, brakeman.
Both engines We're badly damaged and
two cars containing livestock We're de-
mOlished, all of the stock being killed.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
RICH COPPER ORE
ON CARBON RIVER
Deposits East Of Tacoma to Be De-
veloped on Large
Scale.

TACOMA, June IS.-W. N. Darling Of
Oakland, who recently bonded thirtytwo
copper claims in the Carbon River district,
east of Tacoma, is here en- route to New
York and Boston, where he will complete
arrangements for pushing development On
a large scale. He believes he has secured
control of property that will become an
other Anaconda. Ores from his claims
run from Is to SO per cent copper, and
from $21 to 1891 in gold, besides carrying
some silver. Some of the outcroppings
are on hillsides, where ore can be cheaply
mined. Several mining experts who have
examined the property declare its rich
ness to be wonderful.
A Boston syndicate has just arranged to
spend a large sum in developing copper
properties on Gravina Island Southeast
ern Alaska. Here there are over 100000
tons of ore in sight, averaging 13 per cent
copper and nearly $40 in gold and silver
per ton. Several other copper properties
are being developed In the Northwest, the
high price of copper giving an impetus to
this branch of mining.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
LIKELY TO REOPEN THE
SAMPS0N-S -SCHLEY FEUD
Naval Circles Interested in the Con-
troversy Between Hodgson
and Heilner

WASHINGTON. June 1s.-Considerable
interest is evinced by naval officers in the
action taken by the Navy Department in
the matter of the dispute between Lieu
tenant Commanders A. c. Hodgson and
J.. c. Heilner relative to an alleged con-
versation between the former and Rear
Admiral Schley during the Santiago bat
tie. Neither Lieutenant Commander
Hodgson nor Lieutenant Commander
Heilner has been directed to come to
Washington to discuss the matter with
the department. but it is expected they
will forward their communications
which will be considered with view to
what further action, If any, shall be
taken
1t developed to-day that communica-
tions to members of the Board of Navi-
gators as to whether they heard Lieuten-
ant Commander Hodgson repeat the al
legged conversation in order to prove the
position of the Brooklyn have not gone out
The department Is disposed to let the
whole Sampson -Schley controversy rest
and probably would have taken no action
whatever had the matter not assumed the
publicity ii did.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
SHOOTING AFFRAY
DURING PARIS FETE
Rejected Suitor Wounds Woman
Participating in the
Procession
Special Cable to The Cali and the New York
Herald. Copyrighted, 1899. by James Cor
don Bennett.

Special Cable to The Cali and the New York
Herald. Copyrighted, 1899. by James Cor
don Bennett.
PARIS, June 1S.-By a hairs breadth
the historical procession that marked the
closing week of the Paris fetes this after
noon missed being clouded by a tragedy.
The hairs breadth was due to the fact
that the man who shot at one of the
women taking part in the cortege was a
bad shot Instead of killing her, as he
intended. he only wounded her slightly.
The woman. Clementine Lefevre, was
figuring as one of the Astronomers guild
in the time of Etienne Marcel. The man
is a rejected lover named Charles Beal.
The woman was hit in the arm by the
second of two shots he fired at her the
first lodging in the leg of the designer of
the calVacade.
When the man found his supply of shots
running out without much effect upon
Nine Lefevre, he turned the, weapon upon
himself and fired a shot that has GER
tainIy destroyed the sight of one eye, If
indeed it does not prove fatal. Both the
would-be murderer and his victims are in
the hospital.
ceedings fifteen cases of sunstroke took
place among those IN the procession.
Lucky none are very serious.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
WEALTHY WIDOW
AS A DETECTIVE
Captures an Ascending
Agent.
snecial Dispatch to The Call.

SPOKANE. June 1S.-George B. Barlow,
alias S. j. Barlow, alias n. II. Rome,
alias r. E. White, wanted for grand lar
ceny in San Francisco on complaint OF
Mrs Jennie A. Tenant of Los Angeles,
is in the city Jail here. He was brought
down from Northport, the nearest doMll tn
TO the boundary line, and delivered 10 the
police Barlow, who is accused of having
taken the valuables of Mrs. Tenant while
acting as her business agent, retusee TO
talk He has been in British Columbia
since the warrant for his apprehension
was issued by the California authorities
and seems TO have little concern about his
arrest.
The capture. of George B. Barlow by
Mrs. Jennie A. Tenant ends a long
widow played the part of detective and
pursued a fugitive thief from city TO city;
Barlow was Mrs. Tenants confldentlal
agent. Mrs. Tenant recently arrived in
Los Angeles from Utah. During the trip.
or after her arrival the business agent
succeeded in getting possession of her col
lection of Jewels with which he decamp-
ed. He also took several of Mrs. Ten
nant's trunks, which he had shipped to
some point in Washington with the inten-
ton of getting possession OF them later.
The trunks, sent by Barlow under an
assumed name were traced to their deS-
tination. AT one of their stopping-places
they We're opened by the express COM
pany. which previously had given BOND
for $50 900. and valuable papers, notes and
mortgages held by Mrs. Tenant were eX-
tracted and sent to her at Los Angeles
On these she realized the necessary ready
money to begin the pursuit of Barlow
She took up the trail in the State OF
Washington. and for the past month has
been necessarily at work upon the case
road detectives The fugitive was traced
from place 10 place by the indomita ole
woman until as the foregoing dispatch in
dicates he has at last been captured at a
small town in British Columbia.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
DEMANDS IMPEACHMENT
OF ATlANTA'S MAYOR
Baptist Clergyman Makes a sensa-
tional Attack Upon James G.
Woodward.

ATLANTA. June 1S-In a sensational
sermon tonight Rev. Mr.. Broughton.
pastor Of the Baptist Tabernacle, called
upon the City Council TO impeach James
G. Woodward. Mayor Of Atlanta. The
clergyman's references to alleged acts of
the Mayors private life and conduct We're
sensational in the extreme. The audi
Mr. Broughton said:
IF the City Council does not impeach
the Mayor. [ will take steps myself"
Mayor Woodward was informed of DR.
Broughtons remarks late tonight. The
executive said:
y regard the statements of DR.. Brough-
ton as ridiculous. / ask the public to sus-
pend judgment"
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
SETTLING THE STRIKE
OF SMELTER MEN
Colorado Citizens Committee Believes
the Trouble Soon Will Be
AdjuSted

DENVER, June 1S-If the unanimous
opinion of the citizens committee, which
includes Ex-Governor Adams and Presi-
dent Jeffery of the Rio Grande Railway,
appointed by Mayor Johnson and Gov
ernor Thomas in behalf of the city of
Denver and the State of Colorado to en-
deavor to effect a settlement of trouble
between smeIter managers and their en-
ployes, is a criterion. it is only mat
ter of a few days until the large smelt-
ers in this city and Pueblo, at least,
now closed on account of wage differ
ences, will be in operation. The commit
tee was in session the greater part of
this afternoon and went over the Situa-
ton in conjunction with four of the en-
ployes from each of the Globe and Grant
smelters of this city.
1t is said that ii developed in the meet
ing that the matter of wages and hours
to be accorded to employees in the smelt-
ers concerned in the lockout has become
Smelter Employees Union. The Employees
Union is affiliated with the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners, and 1t is said the board
of operators of the American Smelling
and Refining Company is averse to recog-
niZing~th federation as having anyrights
in disputes between the managers and
employees of particular smelter. The
members of the citizens committee gave
the following statement to the public:
1.-The committee has according to its
best Judgment, furthered the opening of
negotiations between the Smelter mana
gers and their men, with view to an
early resumption of work, and the COM
mittee believes that progress has been
made which, in a few days, may culmi-
nate in the reopening of the smelters in
Denver and Pueblo. 1t is learned that the
president of the American Smelling and
Refninfi Company will probably arrive
in Denver next Wednesday, when mu-
tually satisfactory scale of wages may
be agreed upon between the managers
and the men. In the meantime the COM
1nittee will offer it's services to help bring
about so desirable a result"
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
CANNERY COMBINE.
Proposed Consolidation Has Not Yet
Been Effected.

MARYSVILLE, June 1S.-I. III. Morse of
the King Morse Canning Company, rep
resentative of the cannery combine, Is IN
this city taking an inventory of the local
cannery. Mr.. Morse is one, of four ap-
nraisers who have been making a report
on canneries that have given options on
their plants to the promoters of the, com
bine Mr. Morse is firmly convinced that
the proposed combine or trust will become
a reality. although he says at the present
time consolidation has not been effected
ali newspaper reports to the contrary pot got
ent nIants expire about July 8, so that it
will be only a short time before some
thing is done one way or the other.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
WHEELER WANTS
FIGHTING DUTY
Unless Given oD Active Command
He Will Relinquish His
Commission.

June 1S.Uness active duty
House
baen hopeful
him to
granting
the
o1ad officers
would he give obedience
butt thato to
would active duty
that ne in
however
MIN 70 Cle fhlpplnes
President Will 90 So
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
THREATENED STRIKE
AT SPARROWS POINT
Two Thousand Men at the Shipyards
Demand a Nine-Hour
nau

BALTIMORE, Md, June 1s.-Two thou
sand employees Of the marine department
of the Maryland Steel Company held a
meeting to-day and determined to strike
at the end of seven days, if their de-
mands for a nine-hour day and weekly
pay days were not acceded to by the COM
pany. A strike at SparrowS Point at this
thousand men are employed by the COM
pany and a tieup of one department
would doubtless soon affect the other
branches. The company now has under
construction three torpedo-boat destroy
ers for the navy, four other craft and a
steel drydock.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
APPOINTMENTS BY GAGE.
Agricultural Directors Named for
Three Districts.

SACRAMENTO June Is. = Governor
Gage yesterday appointed the following
Directors of Agricultural Districts:
District No SO, San Benito County-Thomas
McCloske William Palmtag, R. 1. Orr, G. M.
district No. a. Colusa County-E. C. Peart,
c. P. Wilson. John F. Campbell. G. D. Stan
ton William Ash, l.. G. Manor, w. II. Har-
rington w r. Merrill.
District No. 3, Santa Clara and San Mateo
counties-Ed Topham. F. ". Covey. George (.
Ballinger James W. Rea, Paul p. Austin. Will
liam B. Rankin, DR.. F. la Spada, w A. Park
hurst.
Governor Gage has appointed members
of the State Veterinary Medical Board as
follows: H. F. Spencer, San Jose; j. ].
Street, Ventura; w. ]. Oliver, Los An
geleS.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
Deputy Sheriff Assaulted.

SAUSALITO, June 18.-Deputy Sheriff
Fred Shaer was severely cut and bruised
tonight by five hoodlums whom he was
trying to arrest for killing chickens near
San Rafael Park. Two of the roughS
were arrested here by Marshal Harmon
and released by Justice Bellrude on Civ
ing $50 cash bail. Three of them got off
the train at Larkspur and have not been
captured. 1t is doubtful if the two men
arrested will ever appear for trial, as the
names they gave-Frank Johnson and
James Carroll-were evidently fictitious.
The charges placed against them were
battery and resisting an officer.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
RUSSIAN BARON IN
MEXICAN PRISON
Millionaire YuChtsnQn jailed for
Having Violated Quarantine
Laws.

a millionaire
of
Tanpco he
discounted Baron
President
of
Mexican
feelings
foulj a
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
His High Moral Tone.

l had a friend who, being for a short
time Governor of a province in a Central
American republic and finding things be-
come too hot for him, collected all the
pubic money he could find and silently
one night abdicated in canoe down to
tia; and then, his money spent, lectured
upon the fauna and fora of the country
he had robbed and, touching on the peo-
pie, always used to say that 1t was very
sad their moral tone was Iowa Journey
in Morocco
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
MORE BLOODSHED FEARED.
Feud of the Whites and Howards
May Break Out Anew.

LONDON, Ky, June 18.-A messenger
just from Manchester says all is quie:
there. Judge Eversole will not go to Hy-
den tomorrow to open court owing TO the
Sid and Lee Baker, friends of the Whites
and Howards, passed through here to-
night, going back home to fight it out if
necessary The quiet at Manchester is
believed to be that which precedes "a
storm. More bloodshed' is the opinion
of the best informed men.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
KAUTZ NOT TO BE RELIEVED.
Upon Arrival the Philadelphia Will
Receive Necessary Repairs.

WASHINGTON, June 1S.-It is under
stood that upon the arrival of the cruiser
Philadelphia at Mare Island on June %
certain necessary repairs will be made,
and If these should require any length of
time Admiral O'Neill will probably re-
quest that he be given an opportunity to
replace the cruisers 6-inch breechloading
rifles with the 6-inch rapid-fire guns
No consideration has been given by the
department to the question of relieving
Rear Admiral Kautz. and it is positively
stated that such action will not be taken
if she should be detached because OF his
conduct in Samoa
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
Calls a Bond Election.

REDDING, June 1S.-The city Board of
Education passed resolutions last night
to bond the city for 500 900 for the pur-
chase of a site and the erection of a new
public school building A special election
was called for July 10. The bonds will be
in denomination Of $1,000 and will mature
at the rate of $4,000 a year. They will bear
interest at the rate of per cent. The
action of the board was prompted by the
necessity for more commodious quarters.
More than 100 pupils could not be seated
last term The public appears to favor a
new building, and it is thought the bonds
will carry by big majority.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
SPREAD OF YELLOW
FEVER IN MEXICO
Appears in It's Most Virulent Form
On the Istnmus of
Tehuautepec.

OAXACA, Mexico, June 1S.-Official ad-
vices have been received here of the ap-
pearance of yellow fever in its most viru-
lent form in the city of Tehuantepec anc
other places on the isthmus of Tehuante-
pee. There is large American colony OF
coffee planters in that section. and fears
are entertained that the disease has ap-
extends all along the coast, from Vera
Cruz to the Guatemalan border, and hun
dreds of deaths have already occurred
In the city of Vera Cruz there are over
500 cases and the epidemic is spreading
there rapidly.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
EXPLOSION
IN BURNING
BUILDING
Eleven Firemen Are Injured
During a Blaze at
Omaha.
ONE LIKELY TO DIE
Endeavor to Remove a Powder
Magazine to a Place Of
Safety.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

OMAHA, June 18.-At an early hour
this morning the building occupied by
Allen Bros wholesale grocery was dis
covered on fire. The blaze started on
the fifth floor and burned downward,
destroying the fourth and fifth floors
and their contents. The damage to the
stock is estimated at 100000 and is
covered by insurance at $4,000. The
building is damaged $4,000, the loss be-
ing covered by insurance.
During the progress of the fire a
magazine filled with powder, which the
fremen were moving to place of
safety, exploded. Eleven firemen, in
cluding the Chief, were injured, two
seriously. The injured are:
Chief John Redell, left eye closed,
hands burned, painful but not danger
Gus.
Lieutenant Thomas Ruane, probably
fatal, burned and bruised.
Lieutenant John Sullivan, burned,
face and hands.
Lieutenant John J. Ormsby, burned.
face and hands.
Fireman Frank Hardy, burned, face
and hands.
Joseph Hoffman, body, hands and
face burned.
Harry Redell, son OF CnleI, burned
face, hands and back and cut on legs.
Martin Ramage, burned, face and
hands.
Otto Giske, arm fractured by falling
bricks.
Ppeman John McCumber, burned
face and hands.
Assistant Engineer Isaac Simpson,
head, back hurt. Suction blew out of
engine and struck him.
None of the injured, with the excep
ton of Ruane, are in a critical condi-
ton, though the burns are painful and
will incapacitate them for duty for
Coma +iy,1a
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
Cleveland Street Cars Idle.

CLEVELAND, June 1s.-There were no
new developments in the strike of the
street railway men to-day, principally
for the reason that the company made
no attempt to operate cars except on the
Euclid-avenue line. The police still af-
ford ample protection, and the cars were
run on schedule time from I o'clock in
1t is expected that an attempt will be
made tomorrow morning to resume op-
erations on some of the other lines, and
more trouble is looked for.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
Adopts Wireless Teiegraphy.

Special Cable to The Call and the New York
Herald. Copyrighted. 1899, by James Cor
don Bennett
KINGSTON, Jamaica. June 1S.-Trini-
dad has decided to adopt Marconi's sys-
tenn of wireless telegraphy for communi-
cation with the dependency of Tobago.
Tobago is an island in the Windward
miles long by twelve wide twenty -four
miles northeast of Trinidad. 1t was
ceded to Great Britain by France in 176S.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
SERIOUS COLLISIONS
BETWEEN STEAMERS
German Vessel Artushof Sunk Off
Friederickshaven and Ten of
the Crew Drowned

BREMEN, June 1S.-In a collision off
Friederichshaven between the German
steamer Artushof and the British steam
er Mauritus to-day the Artushof was
sunk ten of her crew being drowned.
ROSARIO. June 1S-The British steam
ers Castilan Prince. Captain Coull, from
London. and Amphitrite. Captain Ma
loney, from Sunderland for Buenos Ayres
have been in collision. The Castilan
Prince arrived here in a badly damaged
condition. The damage to the Amphitrite
is unknown.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
THREE HUNTsMEN DROWNED.
Their Boat Picked Up by Revenue
H1tfer

VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass, June 49,
Three well known men of Cottage City
Augustus w. Leighton. Joseph Berado
and David Evans-are supposed to have
been drowned in Edgerton Bay yesterday
afternoon while on a cunning trip. This
morning the revenue cutter Manning found
their boat adrift in a waterlogged condi-
ton. Two boats belonging to Leighton
and Evans were found in her, but moth
ing was learned of the men.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
WORK OF THE EVIL ONE.
Milwaukee Clergyman on the Origin
of Cyclones.

MILWAUKEE,. Wis, June 1S.-A Senti-
mel special from Eau Claire, Wis, says:
In nine pulpits here to-day the New Rich
mond cyclone was the subject of the ser
mons. The general sentiment expressed
was that it was a mysterious dispensa-
ton of Providence, but the Rev. Joseph
Moran of the Episcopal Church said it
was the devilish work of an unknown
power, and not the act of God.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
Germantown Stabbing ARRAY.

GERMANTOWN, June 1S.-John Kill
ingsworth stabbed and probably fatally
wounded Frank Kinney here this morn
ing. The trouble arose some time ago
over a trivial matter on farm on which
the men were employed Both started for
the county seat Immediately after the
stabbing Killngsworth TO give himself
up to the authorities and Kinney, accom-
panied by a friend. to get to a physician
as quickly as possible.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-19
Tax on Bicvcles Not Increased.

BERLIN, June 1S.-It is announced
semi-officially that any increase in the
tax on American bicycles is impossible
because the commercial treaties with
Austria, Russia and Italy exclude such a
thing.