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The San Francisco call., 1899-09-26
FLOODS SWEEP THE
LOWER HIMALAYAS

CALCUTTA, Sept. 25.-Earthquakes,
floods and terrible landslides occurred
at and near Darjeeling, in the lower
Himalayas, last night. Great damage
was done and no fewer than sixty ma
tives perished.
There was a rainfall of twenty-eigh
inches in thirty-eight hours. Three
bad landslides took place between Dar-
jeeling and Sonada, involving the
transshipment of railway train of
passengers.
According to the latest reports nine
European children and twenty natives
were lost between those two points.
The whole Calcutta road is blocked.
About a thousand acres of tea have
been destroyed from Jalapahar to
Burchill. At the latter place some three
thousand feet of water supply pipe
have been ruined. The electric plant
has suffered seriously and the town is
in darkness. There is great fear of
further rain.
A dispatch from Jalpaiguri, on the
river Teesta, forty miles southeast Of
Darjeeling, says that boat crossing
the Teesta with three Europeans and
six natives was swamped by the high
waves. The body of one of it's occu
pants has been found fourteen miles
down the river. 1t is reported that the
Europeans, Anderson, Kuster and
Whitman, jumped overheard. Their
fate is unknown. Search parties have
been sent out to look for them.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-26

a madman. Knowlton was sent for post
haste. The doctor evidently knew what
was coming, for when he appeared in
Harris office he had the SIS in his out
stretched hand and before word was
passed between them he had paid back
the money.
1T was not my fault he said. II did
all that 1 could and cannot understand
why you failed to pass"
Harris at once took his ring out of
pawn. To friends he stated that he had
no kick coming and would not squeal on
the men who had attempted to bunko him,
because they had returned his money.
TIE only thing for which he expressed re-
gret was the fact that he had put up $40
for the privilege of taking the examina
tions and that was gone beyond recall.
The examination papers which were
furnished to the men by Tebbets through
the agency of Knowlton passed into the
hands of Wolf. He has stated to his
friends that he is holding them as club
over Tebbets' head to force him to be real
good, without pay, when the next eX-
aminations come along.
Dr. J. S. Knowlton, who is accused Of
having acted as a go between in sale of
dental examination questions, was brief,
but not to the point, when interviewed
yesterday. He knows DR.. Tebbets well
George r. Harris, whose letters show that
he was once seeking the coveted ques-
tons DR.. Knowlton is now an instructor
in mechanical dentistry in the College of
Physicians and Surgeons, having sue
ceeded Major Boxton to that position.
"I positively decline to talk about this
matter" said DR.. Knowlton yesterday af-
ternoon, except to say that George r.
Harris is - treacherous fellow, whose
friend / made the mistake to be. He says
that l can't be believed under oath. WeH,
l will go on the witness stand, II l am
called, and swear hat 1t is all a lie. That
is all l have to say and l don't want
to be bothered"
Further than that DR.. Knowlton would
have nothing to say He was very evil
IDENTIFY disturbed.
in connection with Harris failure to
pass the examinations after receiving the
set of questions from Tebbets, a story is
told which duplicates in a measure DR..
Metcalf of Sacramento and DIR. Thomas
Morffew of this city. 1t Is stated that
some time before the examinations DR..
Morffew sent a man to Harris with the
request that the latter allow him to study
mechanical dentistry in his laboratory
and perfect himself in the profession
under the doctors instructions, Harris
refused to accommodate the friend of DR..
Morffew and a GOODNESS sprang up be-
tween them. Harris told an acquaintance
that DR. Metcalf of Sacramento informed
him that 1t was useless for him to at
tempt to get a diploma from the State
board for the reason that he was doomed
for refusing to accommodate DR.. MorffeW
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told him l had no money and could not
afford to pay much. He suggested that a
diploma ought to be worth $500 to me. l
refused to pay it, saying l didn't have the
money. He said he would be easier on
me but that there were four members of
the board and that when the $500 was di-.
vided up it would leave them only S75
each.
II still persisted that l was not able to
pay the money. Then he wanted 500. but
l told him / did not have even that. He
wanted to know If couldn't get some
friends to go security for me and finally
asked me to mortgage my Fresno ranch,
but / refused.
Next day we went back to the exam
ination room and the secretary read aIoud
the names of those who had passed the
written examination. Ny name was on
the list of the successful ones. We still
had to take the practical examination.
ION the day following | again met Teb-
bets and he asked me what l was going
to do. / told him l had no money. He
repeated that l might give him security
for the amount but | refused.
We'll, you'll never pass said he, and
that was the last l saw of him. When the
list of successful candidates in the prac-
tical. examination was read my name was
not among them. l thought of going to
Sacramento to lay the matter before the
authorities, but finally gave it up in dis
ticing before L take another examina-
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-26
SQUAW SUES
FOR DIVORCE
Romance in the Life of
Millionaire Hite.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

MARIPOSA. Sept 25.-Before Superior
Judge Joseph p. Jones this morning was
commenced the trial of the sensational
divorce suit, Hite VS.. Hite. The plaintiff
is a full-blooded squaw of the Digger In
dian tribe, and she charges her husband
with desertion. Her story is indeed ro-
mantle and savors more of a novel than
the recital of the woes of a poor, deserted
Indian woman.
John r. Hite. the defendant is mill
lfonaire mine owner. and the dark-hued
plaintiff alleges that many years ago,
when he was put a poor prospector, his
life was saved by her sister who subse-
quently died. Hite had been lost in a
snowstorm, the complaint sets forth, and
though nearly frozen to death, was nursed
back to life by the squaw. After she died
Hite remained at the wigwam and took
to be his wife the complainant, Lucy. For
gether as husband and wife, Hite follow
ing his vocation as miner. He grew rich
and finally tired of his squaw wife Sub
sequently he married a widow, Mrs Ce-
celia Nougues The Indian woman now
has commenced an action for absolute dt-
vorce and asks for her share of Hite S
millions.
The defendant denies the principal al
legations of the suit. He declares that
he never went through any form of mar
riage with the Indian woman nor did he
ever acknowledge her as his wife.
At the trial this morning nothing was
accomplished beyond the swearing in or a
panel of jurors.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-26
Indians Have Adopted Guer-
rilla Methods Of
Warfare.
FLIGHT OF MINERS
Many Americans Leave the
Country, Abandoning Valuable
Mines and Stores of Gold.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

AUSTIN, Sept. PA dispatch was
received here to-day from Ortiz, state
of Sonora, Mexico giving late and au-
thentic information concerning the
situation in the Yaqui Indian country,
just east of there.
Lieutenant Miguel Mojeron, who is
on the staff of Colonel Juan Hernandez,
has just arrived at Torres on his way
to the City of Mexico to deliver import
ant papers and reports on the cam
paign to General Berrizabol, Secretary
of War
Lieutenant Mojeron states that there
has been no cessation in the movement
against the Indians on the part of the
Government troops, and that it is the
opinion in military circles that the
campaign will continue TO be pushed
vigorously. The large force of Indians
which was located near Torrin has di-
Vided into many small bands, and they
have begun a guerrilla warfare. The
Indians evade making a determined
stand against the troops, but they
harass them from secure positions in
the mountains and along the rough
roads whenever opportunity offers.
Colonel Hernandez has adopted the
tactics of the Indians to a large extent,
and he has number of scouting par
ties looking for bands of Indians. Skir-
mishes between these small opposing
forces occur daily, but the casualties
are small. 1t is reported that General
Luis Torres has urgently recommended
TO the War Department that a large
force of rurales be sent to aid in the
campaign. The rurales are natural
born mountain fighters, and are held
in great dread by the Yaqui Indians
There has been great exodus OF
American gold prOspectors from the
hostile country during the past few
weeks. The majority of these pros
pectOrs made their egress through Or
tiz. They nearly all brought out tales
of murder and arson that had been
committed by the Indians. A number
Of these prospectors were forced to
abandon paying gold placer claims, and !
there is little prospect that they will |
be able to re-enter the region and re- /
sumo their mining operations.
Thomas G. Joureck, formerly of |
Butte, Mont, is one of the prOspectors !
who had to flee from his mining claim |
when he had a fortune in sight. He |
estimates that he had not less than /
40000 of gold on hand when a band |
of Yaquis in war paint began shooting |
at him from the opposite side of the
Yaqui River. He mounted his broncho
and fed toward Ortiz, leaving nearly !
all of his gold washings behind He is
trying to organize an armed expedition
TO go back with him in search for the |
wealth.
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the members and was a stranger in San
Francisco He said, oh, that doesn't
matter; go to member of the board and
pay him something and 1t will be all
right
'I thought the matter over and went
back to San Francisco last August to try
the examinations again. l didn't like the
money suggestion and did nothing toward
getting an influential friend on the board.
My young friend had promised to do that
and / trusted that he would help me If
he could.
ION the second day of the examina-
tions / was leaving the room in which
the questions are submitted to the applf-
cants and happened to pass the door of
DR. Tebbets' office. The door was open
and the doctor was sitting in a chair.
He hailed me, saying: Hello, Gazarian;
1 am glad to see you and L hope you
will pass this time. Come in; 1 want to
tell you something
II went into the office and he asked me
how many times 1 had tried the exami-
nations. l told him l had been before
the board three times counting that one.
He asked me if l had seen certain
young man at the depot as / was about
to leave San Francisco the year before.
l told him that l had and that 1 had
seen the young man again since l got
back to San Francisco that time. He
asked me what the young man had told
me. / explained that he had advised me
to get an influential friend on the board.
"'Well, did you get the Influential
friend? he askeu.
''I told him that i did not; that every
body was a stranger to me. Would you
like to pass this timer he asked. 1 told
him / would and he said, Well, 1 am
your friend: I'll help you.
II did not see him again until the next
day 1t was the day the soldiers came
in and he was on his way down to the
ferry depot, accompanied by his secre-
tary. l met him and he said: Come, doc
tor; let us go see the soldiers / walked
down the street with MIN and pretty soon
the secretary left us.
..At Market and Fourth streets Tebbets
invited me into a neghboring saloon to
have drink. / drank soda and he took
whisky. He mentioned the conversation
had with me the day before and asked
me what / thought of it. l told him
thought he was my friend. He asked me
how much I thought he ought to get. I
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-26

A ". DAMON, Fl59'1
S. ]. HALL. Secretary. ,ts DIST
Subscribed and sworn to before Ins 1T ~
uas = 'A' . i0'' Notarr Pubic
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-26
William Leaves Sweden.

MALMO, Sweden, Sept. 25.-Emperor
William bade adieu this afternoon to the
Crown Prince of Sweden, Prince Oscar
Gustavus, and embarked upon the impe-
rial yacht Hohenzollern.
Frostburg mining journal., 1899-12-16
COUNTY NEWS.
OfHcial.

James Martin. of Homecoming, the
new Sheriff, has assumed the duties of
the office. He is good man and, be
y"nd doubt, will acqult himself official
" IN Il crrdItahIe manner.
His predecessor, h. p. Casey. rttires
with may w",dS of commenda ion of
his career. "Grniai Bob" doubtless,
will be heard from again in his party
arena.
John b. Shannon, Register of Wills,
entered npun tn" discharge OF the
duties Of his office also this week.
The Cumberland papers pay due tribute
to his excellence as Il citizen and pre-
dict a successful career officially. The
JOURNAL fully comedies. aud adds that
all of Shannon's delicate tastes har-
mOniZe with the character of his new
duties.
While saying this it feels some re-
gret in noting the retirement of A. H .
Dowden- always the cheerful, capable
officer, aud hopes his merit will gam
success in whatever field of usefulness
he enters.
T. A. Leonard, clever gentleman
and an officer ofeXperipnce, will assist
Mr.. Shannon until the latter becomes
adjusted to the environment.
Frostburg mining journal., 1899-12-16
\ Sample of ROad-Making.

When II good piece of road is seen
in this countyit deserves public notice,
for it is rare.
We therefore invite the attention of
the whole people TO that piece of road
known as the" mile ground about two
miles from town toward Cheat River.
We take pleasure IN citing this ex-
ample of road-making because it is in
structiye and encouraging, al the first
instance we have seen in this county
of a road under supervisor who seem
ed to know his business. In other
words, this is the first rOund rOad we
have seen. 1t was rounded up to the
center and then it made itself. 1t will
also keep itself. The water will run
off each side, and not stand on the
middle, 1t is mud road but it will
be fairly good all winter. 1t is a re-
spectacle road in every respect and re-
fleets credit on the supervisor and
dIscredit on the flat-road supervisor
whose name is legion. -MOrgantOwn
(W. Va.) NeW DOminiOn.
Frostburg mining journal., 1899-12-16
IAiOnutic English.

Mrs. Fremont, in a sketch of her fa-
ther, Senator Benton, tells the follow
ing story of the French bishop at ST.
Louis at the time of the purchase Of
Louisiana She says.
1t was point of honor among the
older French not to learn English, but
the bishop decided that it would be
better to acquire it, especially for use
from the pdlpit
70 force himself into the familiar
practice of the language, he secluded
himself for awhile with the family Of
an American farmer, where he would
hear no French The experiment proved
very successful Soon he had gained a
sufficient fuency to deliver a sermon in
English
Senator Benton was present when it
was to be given, and his feelings may
be imagined as the bishop refined
and polished gentleman, announced
My friends, I'm right down glad to
see snch a smart chance Of folks here
to-day
Frostburg mining journal., 1899-12-16
The Greater Good for the Greater
Number

Isn't it nearly time to hear from the Amer
lean Tin Pate company y?-Cumberland NcwS
Yes.
That is. it is ''nearly time" Tor the
people of Cumberland, as producers, to
resum" their enjoyment of half-a, cent
a pound, and, as consumers. to pay the
Tin Plate company cents Il pound.
That is TO say, if it Is ''nearlv time
for Cumberland people, as 20 900 pro
duccrS to enjoy small subtraction of
half-a-cent II pound, it is also "nearly
time for about ten times their num-
Der elsewhere in this congressional
district to submit TO the levy of ll
cents a pound which the government
imposes upon them for the benefit of
the tin trus'.
But whether it is time for all these
things or not, ought not Col. Pearre
more readily call off the Il cents II
pound from his $50 600 constituents,
than permit it to stay on in the sub
fractional interest Of 20 geo?
Frostburg mining journal., 1899-12-16

There is story told among the peas
Rntry of Sleswick, the former Danish
province annexed after the war in 1864,
IF how Prince Bismarck was confound-
ed by the tongue Of Il shepherd lad
Shortly after the close Of the war Prince
Bismarck went on an inspection tour
through the provinces, as ne desired to
study the feelings and sentiments
among the people He talked with the
peasants, getting valuable though not
always agreeable information. For days
he was annoyed by constantly hearing
dogs called Bismarck Desiring to
know what it meant, he called ont III
gruff voice to shepherd boy who had
uttered the dreaded chancellor's name
in connection with his dog
care all dogs in this country named
Bismarck
each nein, meir herr, the urchin
replied as he DOTTED his cap; "es ist
bloss die schweinhunde. ooh. 10, sir;
1t is only the pig dogs.)
Frostburg mining journal., 1899-12-16
PROTECT SHADE TREES.
massachusetts Law Provides Penalty
For MutiIntiun.


"A man WIS iillou - III 'ie ponce
court Ill Nprlh&hclH' Mass, Il teW days
ago i0r hc&'l%riluy lraNihS MS morse
Wh'le 1t coUiI an" dlu SNii" Si'ade
tfee III cue "l the ci'E SiFec'"' lie WAS
prosecutor un"'r ne" statute c'i''ct-
eu pE 'le Nl"SSaeIuNo'lH lSS!'lA'"le
lHlS year Wnlch c"ullIeS ana aiheiluS
lhe laWH ol 'h"' STATE TclauNe 10 thc
Frostburg mining journal., 1899-12-16

usually small chairs. rockers and ta-
blcs of light construction. These are
susceptible of many different kinds of
treatment. They may be enameled,
stained or gildcd and upholstered in Il
variety of different ways, One way OF
decorating II small chair is illustrated
The wooden frame is enamcled an iVo-
ry white. And. hy the way, the anna
tcur CnamCler must remember that the
enamel is only the finish and that the
first coats ON the wood must be of
paint as many successive coats Of
enamel form chinalike deposit which
soon chips off and leaves the wood eX-
posed. The rest Of the chair is uphol-
stored with curlcd hair and covered
with canvas or coarse, strong sheetinS.
and over this is placed the outside COW
ering of stamped velveteen or Gre
tonne, the edge being completed by n
lufllc or plating. If the chair has Il
pretty cane seat, the cushion may be
loose and simply tied to the corners
with ribbons. \ hanging cushion for
the back Is made to match and also
tied on with ribbons. The prevailing
color of the room for which the chair
is intended should of course govern the
choice of the shade of the enamel and
cushions.
Frostburg mining journal., 1899-12-16
EDITORIAL.
"OurOwn Pockets"

The Cumberland Times is with Col.
Pearrc-against the trust if it does not
start the tin-plat" mill for it does.
AL for Cumberland, nolhirg for the
people outside.
The Situltion is worth repeating
if the tin mill runs Cumberland shares
in the subtraction of half-a cent a
pound, but whether it runs or not Col.
Prarre's entire district is mn'cted in
|! cents Il pound per caPita
If Cumberland is allowed to share in
less than one third of the spoils, the
robbery by the Trust of the rest of the
people is to go on undisturbed.
THIS is one of the worst iniquitieS of
the high taritf-it brides any commu-
nIty it happens to benefit. no matter
how poorly, and makes distance
tariff reformers of such papers as the
TjUes
Frostburg mining journal., 1899-12-16
Good Thing.

The Objection raised 10y the profess
sioual pOliticans to the use of voting
machines-nam"ly, that heavy initial
expense would be entaied upon tax.
payers in furnishing the Instruments
will not bear examination. The voting
machines would so materially reduce
the expense of holding elections as to
quickly reimburse the people for their
original outlay. The machines work
automatically, doing away with the
services of several officials. All that
is necessary for their management is to
have two repIe eSentatlve aud rtputa BILE
men to see that only persons who are
registered shall vote, and that no man
shall vote more than once. The ma
chine does its own counting and tally
ing, and makes no mistakes. II can t
be stuffrd.-Cumberland independent.
Frostburg mining journal., 1899-12-16
CntaNcd Lands.

Joshua kight, Of Westernport. has
asked Judge Sloan for writ of man.
damus commanding the commissioners
to add to the asSessable basis of the
county for the plrpose of taxation
1905 acres of lands alleged to have
bten omitted.
1t is charged that the commissioners
have hitherto refused to tax these
lands. but in the interest of impartial
taxation Mr.. kight moves that they
shall be compelled to admit them to
the assessment lists.
Judge Sloan has 'dertd the com
missioners to show cause on or before
next Tuesday why the writ should not
issue.
The lands belong mainly to coal
companies.
Frostburg mining journal., 1899-12-16

4 vigorous campaign for the intro,
duction Of nature study in the rural
schools and for the Improvement OF
school grounds has been undertaken by
the COLLEGE of Agriculture OF Cornell
university Literature for the instruc-
tion Of teachers in the methods of ma
ture study and bulletins explaining
how rural premises may be improved
have been distributed. Experts have
taken periods in many Of the teachers
;institutcs, instruction has been given
in the summer schools public school
pupils have been organized into junior
naturalist clubs and much good has
been accomplished by IA large personal
correspondence.
Frostburg mining journal., 1899-12-16

One little drop Of rain does not pro-
duca much moisture. Even two or three
or half q dozen have little effect. But
the constant, continual dripping of the
raindrop will thoroughly moisten the
earth. Just so with advertising. One
little, skinny advertisement should not
be expected to produce very material
results in this age of the world, when
so much advertising is being done. But
persistcntiy keeping at it. if you have
something mcritGrious, scarcely ever
fails Others have perhaps been adver-
tising something similar to yours long
before your advertisement appeared,
and people may be using that with sat
isfaction. Do you expect one little an
nonncomcnt of yours is sufficient t.
make them change? But if your adver-
tisemeut is placed before them time
after time they Will conclude your ar
ticlc has merit and may be induced to
try it TO see if it might not suit them
better than the one they are buying
Shoe and Leather Gazette.
Frostburg mining journal., 1899-12-16

with a band of china silk of some deli
cate tint. Before the ribbon is doubled
to form the bag Il rullle of silk is plac-
ed all around it. The ribbon is then
folded together and the edges joined at
each side to within an inch and half
of the ends, which are left to form a
rings are scWcd around the outside of
the neck of the bag. and through them
are run narrow MORE ribbons, which
serve as gathering strings and also as
loops by which the bag may be suS-
pended from the arm. The gathering
ribbons are joined in Il bow ut the top.
and also form bows at each side of the
neck of the bag.