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The San Francisco call., 1899-03-24

n ERLlN, March z5.-Mlcnael Null
kacsy, the famous Hungarian
painter who has been secluded in
II hospital for the insane at Bonn
for more than two years, is dying.
Michael Munkacsy was born near
Munkacs, Hungary, October 10, 1914. He
has been virtually dead to the world
since the paralytic shock which in the
latter part of 1895 compelled him to
abandon all hope of ever working at
his easel again. At that time he was
at Godesburg. For months he sat
brooding, until in an excess of mad
ness he suddenly attacked and nearly
strangled his attendant and his ply
sician. He was Immediately removed
to an insane asylum, from which, on
it's becoming obvious that his mental
condition was hopeless, he was removed
to the retreat where he is now passing
away the prime of his life.
His parents were poor, and before he
was Z years old he was left an orphan
and given over to the charge OF an
uncle at Osaba, who seems to have
treated him very harshly. 1t happened
that in the same village his sister was
quartered with an aunt, and the small
boy lived between the two houses. The
yOunRSt6E was allSL W o1A u dpPA CAlASSO
to a tradeSman.
In his autobiography, "The Early
RecolIections of Munkacsy," which ap-
peared in the latter part of 1897, after
he had lost his reason, he tells with the
most charming simplicity of those days
of apprenticeship, of heating glue ana
grinding cheap paint AT II he was
qualified workman and was sent by his
uncle into the world, with five f1or1ns IN
his pocket. For two years he lived IN
the town of Arad. Then, his health
weakened by Wretchedness and lack of
food, he was compelled to return to
his uncle's house Here the sight of
engravings set him copying them, and
the taste returned to him like a passion
One day his uncle, CHANGING to look
over his shoulder at a drawing, said:
You might possibly become painter.
Shortly after this he entered the
studio of a German named Fischer.
where he met Szamossy, a painter of
some talent, who gave him an invita-
ton to enter his studio. He accepted,
but not having other means to pay for
his instruction, insisted on being kind
of domestic servant and man Of all
work in Szamossy's house In his Rec
ollecions'' he says proudly: Il was
good one"
After eighteen months he felt strong
enough TO strike out for himself, and on
a very limited purchase of colors he be-
gan to paint compositions with life
sized figures. His autobiography ends
with that incident.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-24
Fight Against the Oil Trust.

COLUMBUS, Ohio. March 23.-Attorney
General Monnett returned from New
York to-day. He feels confident that he
will be able to show the Supreme Court
that the Standard Oil Company has not
complied with the courts orders. Refer
ring to the open letter from the Standard
Oil Company, calling on him to produce
the name of the man who he alleges
tried to bribe him, he says that he will
produce the name of the man in his own
time and in his way. While no plan has
been perfected yet, the advisability of
asking the Supreme Court to make a
thorough investigation has been under
eopSi6ara tiOn
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KILLING ALL THE
REBELS CAPTURED
Insurgents Show Themselves Up
deserving Of Mercy at the HoDds
Of American Troops.

only been hinted in
soldier engaged
Philippine Islands 1t was con-
in Infantry
Howard The letter is brief
mail
leaving Manila is follows
PENIDO Philippine stands, Manila
Febru
with the
the
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thatw
weekn now.
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REDUCED RATES TO DAWSON.
The Tariff Cut in Two by the Forma-
tion of a Combination.

SEATTLE, March 23-Rates to Dawson
City have been cut in two by the forma-
ton of a transportation combination, in
cluding various steamers running between
Seattle and Skaguay, the White Pass and
Yukon Railway and the steamers on
Lake Bennett and the Upper Yukon.
Rates to take effect with the opening of
navigation on the lakes are announced as
follows: $162 per ton for freight of all
kinds; first-class passenger passage, 500;
second-class, $50.
In case of a rate war between the up
river steamers the freight rate will go
down to S140 a ton. The schedule time as
arranged is about eight days from Seattle
to Dawson.
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MICHAEL MUNKACSY


of Mozart
One of his great paintings, Christ
Before Plate" was purchased by John
Wanamaker of Philadelphia, after it
had been on exhibition in this country
for some weeks.
Another of his best known works is
the "Ecce Homo" 1t was first shown
at Budapest during the fetes in May
and June of 1896, when the Hungarian
nation attained it's tenth century as an
independent state
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TO OPEN NEGOTIATIONS.
New italian Minister Will Look After
San Mum BaV.

ROME. March 23-Marquis Salvage
Ragg1. who succeeds Signor Martino as
Italian Minister to China, is expected to
reach Peking about the end of the month.
He will open negotiations with the Tsung
Ii Yamen concerning Italy's request for a
concession at San Nun Bay.
PEKING, March 23.-Sir Claude Mac
Donald, the British Minister, who is leav-
Ing for England for a brief rest, started
to-day for Wei-Hai-Wei the British fort
fled port on the Shantung Peninsula In
his absence the First Secretary of the
British Legation, H. G.. o. Bax-Ironside,
will be in charge of British interests
here.
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DETAILS OF THE
FIGHTING AT lLOlLO

MANILA, March 23.-Details OF the
fighting at Iloilo ON March 16 show that
400 rebel rifemen from Pania were met
by seven companies of the Eighteenth
Regiment of United States infantry
and a. battalion of the Tennessee Nolun-
teers. AS supports, these troops had
three two-inch Hotchkiss guns under
General Miller north of Jaro, across the
river. The Americans were met with a
heavy fire. One American was k1lled
and fifteen were wounded Of the Eight.
eenth, and there We're several cases OIL
sunstroke. General Miller estimates
that fifty rebels were killed and 1OO
wounded
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New Church for DR.. Thomson.

LOS ANGELES, March 23,-Friends OF
DR., ]. P. Thomson met tonight and
formed a new Unitarian church, but ala dd
would come under the rules of the Uni
tartan Association. The name will be left
with Thompson, as he has expressed that tina
and creed enough for him. Thomson says
he viii return on condition of two years
call and church centrally located. The
times until June The salary will be
$4,000 a year. The pledges tonight insure
the call of Thomson, who is popular here.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-24

In 1870 the young Hungarian arrived
in Paris, not knowing a word of French,
with a picture he carried to the Salon
with his own hands. 1t was the success
of the year, The Last Day of a Con-
demned Prisoner" and Immediately es-
tablished his reputation. This was fol-
lowed by The Night Prowlers,' The
Studio" THE Two Families Milton
Debating Paradise Lost to His Daugh-
ters," Christ Before Plate" Christ
on Calvary" and THE Last Moments
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Will Remain in Prison.

INDIANAPOLIS, March Ex-Governor
Mount, after a consultation with those
who had asked for the parole of Mrs. Au-
gusta Schmidt, the prisoner who refused
the parole after it had been granted her
has revoked his decision and Mrs.
Schmidt will remain in the Woman's Pris-
on. She said she would not leave prison
unless she was declared innocent by those
who convicted her of murder.
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CASUALTIES AS
REPORTED BY OTIS

WASHINGTON, March 23.-General
Otis to-day reported to the War De-
nartment the following casualties:
March 16, near San Pedro Macate-
wounded: First Idaho, Company H. G. A.
Benedict, forearm. March 81 near Mari
d Artificer Archie A. Aldrich, armpit
moderate March Is. at Jaro, Panay-kill-
ed Eighteenth Infantry, Company B, Pri-
yate Louis Biehl; wounded, Eighteenth
Infantry, Company B, Joseph DAILY
thigh; Theodore Burr, chest; Preston
Savage, forearm; William Bruschke.
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COLD WEATHER IN
THE OLD WORLD

LONDON, March 2S.-Exceptionally cold
weather continues throughout England
varying from 10 to 20 degree OF ,,, frost; i;
tha north and several deaths from ex-
posure are reported. Similar weather pre-
walls on the Continent.
PARIS March 23.-Paris is suffering
from the scourge of influenza. Ihe
deaths during the last seven days have
been 23S above the average. .a,,o,ua is
raging here and the death rate is heavy.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-24
Low Bow's Hard Luck.

Low Bow, a Chinese merchant of Visa
liza, was arrested in Chinatown Tuesday
while searching for Hong San with a re-
volver and dirk knife to kill him for run
was yesterday fined 800 by Judge Mogan,
with the alternative of 100 days in the
County 4a' p I9r capTy1MMg arr Ms coneesiga % %weap
supposed to be hiding in Chinatown.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-24
as to Newfoundland.

LONDON, March 23.-The Standard this
morning makes the following announce
ment: 1--WE understand that the negotia-
tions between Great Britain and France
regarding Newfoundland promise sat-
isfactory settlement, France being willing
to surrender her shore rights there If ade-
Quately compensated.
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Held for the Sheriff.

WOODLAND, March 23.-Fred Wilson.
arrested here last Sunday on suspicion
that he is one of band of highwaymen
who recently robbed a stage in Amador.
is still held here on a warrant sent down
by Sheriff Gregory, who has not yet been
able to come down and identify the pris-
oner, because he Is detained as witness
in Amador County.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-24
On the Panama Canal.

tivttv in canal circles here Work on the
isthmus is still progressing, but with a
comparatively small force. Agents of the
company will leave tomorrow for ia
maica to endeavor to arrange a Govern
ment contract for more laborers. High
hopes are entertained that Americans will
take the canal over.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-24
Native Sons, Delegates.

SANTA CRUZ, March 23.-Santa Cruz
Parlor No. 80 has elected the following
delegates to the grand parlor. to be held
at Salinas: R. II. Pringle, BENJAMIN <
bert Bias, Ralph Thompson, W. I. New
man They will go to Salinas with de-
termination to have the Admission Day
celebration held in Santa Cruz.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-24
Death of a Woman Pioneer.

Mcintosh, one of the oldest white settlers
in this State is dead at her home in For
estville. In an emigrant train she crossed
the plains and arrived In California in
1S45. She has resided in Sonoma County
nearly half a century. She was well
known and the wife of an old pioneer. She
was a native of New York State.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-24
perailed on a sidetrack.

WOODLAND, March 23.-The engine Of
the north-bound freight train No. 21 was
derailed on a sdetrack at Blacks this
morning and delayed several hours. The
main line was blocked until the arrival
of the north-bound passenger train.
which switched the freight from the
main line
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-24
MAIL
IS INTERCEPTED
Letters Reveal Meth odS
of AguinaIdo's Men.
HARD PRESSED FOR MONEY
TROOPS CLAMoR IN VAIN FOR
COMPENSATION.
One Epistle From the So-Called Secre-
tary of the Treasury Pleads for
Coin to Pay Native
Battalion.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

WASHINGTON, March 23.-The cap
ture of Caloocan, in the Philippine ISL
and of Luzon, by the United States
forces recently, resulted in the confisca-
tion of considerable mail addressed to
the insurgent Government. 1t includes
a number of letters of Aguinaldo and
other leaders, and brings out some IN
teresting facts about the Filipino official
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-24
Demanded a Jury.

When the case of white Hat" Nc
Carty, charged with cruelty to his horses,
was called in Judge Graham's court yes
terday Colonel Kowalslzy, on his behalf,
demanded a trial by jury. The case was
continued till March 20 for trial
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-24

chest: Company L, Tax Horne. forearm
Company c, Joseph MeCreaTy' 7na9Ta nano'
William Lohman, thigh; John1 n. noSeI II :
Riley CaIIaghan, scalp; William .,ii H.
Rhodenburger, hand COMPANY, Il H7y;,,a Ml67 n
liam Marwood, leg; Company y, WItiidiaIs Wtldliaa
E. Bates. foot. First California, Com
pany l., Private T. A. Marlowe. shouloer'
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NOW DON CARLOS
IS VACILLATlNG
His WeakDess Is Likely to Deprive
His Party Of All StoDding
in SpoiD.

correspondent or the ''
perpexd his adherehts p
shem
be officially in the next Cortes
world the
and the hreou " ~
nretender really deprive the importance
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Young Critic" Is insane.

CHICAGO, March 23.- Albert Griffith,
the Australian pugilist, known as Young
Griffo," was declared insane to-day by a
jury of physicians. He was sent to JEFF
ferson Asylum. Little hope for his re-
covery is entertained.
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German Batt1eship Aground.

BERLIN, March 23-The German bat
tle-ship Oldenburg broke her anchor and
went aground near Kiel to-day during a
heavy snowstorm.
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Oldest Bachelor Dead.

NEW YORK, March 23.-John Butter,
said to be the oldest bachelor in the
United States. is dead at Huntington.
Long Island, in his one hundred and first
year.
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SHERMAN SAYS
He IS BETTER
Wants to Reach a Cooler
Climate.
HIS DOCTORS ARE HOPEFUL
CHICAGO READY FOR The
STATESMAN.
He Will Be Put on Board the Cruiser
To-Day and Start at Once
for the United
States.

snectaI Cable to The Call and the New York
Herald Copyrighted, 1S99 by James Cor
don Bennett.
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MUNKACSY, FAMOUS
PAINTER, IS DYING

II ERLIN, March 2S-Michael Nun
J kacsy, the famous Hungarian
painter, who has been secluded in
IL q hospital for the insane at Bonn
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-01-28
Does Farming Pay.

Briefly: Farming pays handsomely
If you make it. Well directed effort,
judicious rotation of crops and proper
marketing Of products are the points
to which attention must be paid. No
business will pay unless conducted up
on correct principles. But it depends
largely upon the farmer. II he is
made of the right kind of stuff and has
a level head, he will make farming
pay. The twentieth century farmer
should be unlike those who have
pegged away on the same plans since
Columbus discovered America. He
should be properly balanced as to
br ain and nj ssefee, and should the
former fully as much as the latter.
Farmers who are making their busi-
ness pay are built this way. No farmer
OF sound mind, and unimpaired health
should fail at farming, for it, more
than any other occupation, is sugges-
tive of its own requirements preced-
ing success. Epitomist.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-01-28

skirt like lily inits sheath-a rose and
lily in one. And I'am gone, all at once,
like a ssnow-slide in March; chinook is,
nothing to it: there's not enough left
of me to wipe up the floor with.
j. what shall I call it, mountain fever?
No; Langley said he had mountain
fever: mine is not the same kind. Say
I've struck it rich in the Black Dwarf ?
No; the governor will ask for assays,
and want to organize company: no.
company wanted here. No; I'll give 1t
to 'em straight: say atthings are rot
ten, rotten as the devil; but I'm not the
man for a committee of one to inyesti-
gate Manager Bingham's administra-
ton. Let them discover the reason for
themselves; they wouldn't believe mine
IL gave it I have told them there's
miners war toward, and the time is not
good for Investigations
Again Darcie spoke aloud, using, /
regret to say, a strong expression in re-
gard to the letter which hezheld in his.
hand. He flung it on The tables:
"lWhy in thunder didn't / send it the
minute 1t was written? The informa-
ton in it belongs to the company. Is 1t
theirs is it mine ? It's on my conscience
that it ought to go. The amount of
systematic robbery, and lying, and cor
rupting of the company's agents. that's
gone on here is almost too picturesque
for belief. / wonder what they would
have put up on me If I had come an
nounced as the company's representa-
tive authorized to make a report2 /
should have succumbed little more
previously, that's all. I should have
looked at her and rendered my resigna-
ton on the spot. A curious fatality that
we've both been here about the same
time, and never saw her till last night
II mean two nights ago. 1t is an age,
get it is the very present moment that
T live in. Hang the letter! How can I
send it after our little talk about her
troubles2 7 will trust you with all my
troubles said she. She shall trust me!
IF her notorious old parent is to be in
vestigated they must send another
man. We're rum crowd over there.
A set of doting grandmammas were
wiser. 1T moves me to tears and laugh
ter, the faith that is in US when faith is
downright Stiffness, and the fantastic
suspicious that feed upon us whenever
suspicious the wrong card. =
Here a sound of footsteps crossing
The dump from below was beard
Darcie crouched behind the car and
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-01-28
reached for his rife; he listened sharp

reached for his rife; he listened sharp
n till he heard Mikes whistle, then he
sang out:
]" Are ye there, Moriarty2"
Yes; Mike was there, and he had
brought news, of which he disburdened
himself together with his bacon, and
-four, and pail of lard, and matches, and
candles, and coffee. He had, as he said,
made "a pack-holSe e of himself.
81 dunno fwhas, country this is we're
livin' in now,'' he began In his richest
bass, shaking out . reef in his 'r-r's"
till the timbers rang. TITS not free
country, be gosh! Call mar foul
name, and bate thealoife out av him
that's right Thin anarchists rounded
up wan o. the Caltra boys in town last
evenin', and settIedwid him for a shcab
and d. thraftor.e The guards found him
at aybrealS, and tiliphoned to the man
ager, and word come down he was to be
sint up TO the aarspital on a han'-cyar.
Tree ay the Caltrop boys showed him up
the thrack, and as they was bringin'
the eyar back the union min set upon
them, and mishandled them, and two
got away and wan was left on the
thraek wild the sinse knocked out av
him. And the mine showed its guns to
purtectits mine whilst they was fetchin'
him in, and the women began to screeeh
that the mine was firm on the town.
And all the bigmouths was talkin', and
think the crisis has come. And that
scriptur' they nailed upon the door
outside, that names business, Darcie
dear. # is a small private matther, but
I think they'll be loolSin' afther as pret-
ty soon.'
"Why do you say u.s. Mike? Your
name is not in it,
"I'm in whatever my pardner's in.
But here's the quarest go, and, by the
cross, dunno fwhat to make aviti I'm
none so fond O. the nayborhood ay the
Big Horn, but it's the shortest way, and
the boys is mostly in town on this rack
ct I was tellin' ye, so snaked along up
the thracl1, and as I was steppin' up the
thrail by the managers house, nate
little girl foregathered wild me.
CTS this Mike McGowan?' says she.
"It,s bound to be Mike said I.
swhin a purity gurl is passin' the word.
I'm thinkin' t was Abby Steers that's
housekeepin' for Misther Bingham, but
I thought her a good bit oulder than
this wan. But We niyer can tell; they
make themselves what age they please.
Has that pardner of yours, Jack
Dareie, has he left?' says she.
He has not says I. For why
should he leave?'
"T heard he got notice, that's ALL
says she. There's lady wants to see
him if he hasn't skipped; but she can't
go to him, and it'll not be healthy for
him to come where she is, if anybody
happens to see him.
ITO BE Continued
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s1,arcie and Mike worked close to-


gether, and were never unarmedor off
their guard. When Mike,stWo or three
days after the storm, was obliged to go
to Wallace for supplies, he avoided the
the railroaditrack ana took the old trail.
and Darcie remained ID the tunnel. with
his Winchester handy,and an ore-car on
tie track by way of barricade. He was
in his working clothes, but he was not
making wages, not even the wages OF
tranmer, according to. company
| prices. Heewas still grinding away at
that equivocal position from which, as
he had volunteered to Miss Bingham,
| the next eastern mail was to release.
him. He was already free in intention,
and his conscience toward her was.
clear, but evidence of his previous po-
sition was still upon his person in the
contents Of d certain letter which he
had written on the very day before
the day that brought her to the cabin.
To send it, or not to send it, that was
the question. To whom did that letter
belong?
'sI'm broken reed" he said aloud,
and then he could not help laughing,
| for he was in curious case. His medi-
| tation went on in the silence somewhat
to the following effect:
.sI can't do their work, and won't
take their money. They must send out
another man; better not send young
one. BY Jove, it's rough on the old
company! I'm the fourth one, and I've
ssuccumbed,' as Mike says, like my pred
ecessors. No, hang it-not like my
predecessors. l thank the Lord I'm
| boode-proof, and drink proof, and
proof, at a pinch, against the seductions
of the elk and the big-horn in their
native wilds. When Singleton came
out, the foxy old manager took him
hunting. Happy thought: hunt first.
investigate afterward. Big time they
had. They got SO chummy over their
camp fire that Singleton felt like a
brother to the whole outfit; by the time
1 he'd shot brace of big-horn and lost
bis money regularly at poker with the
boys, there wasn't a spot on the sun of
his regard. It was a simple matter to
/ investigate after that. Took Bingham's
word for everything.
Poor Langley went down with a
run: what with the altitude, and the
fancy potations they seduced him with,
he drank himself silly, and was shipped
| home like sheep.
Grant, they claim. never got any
nearer the Big Horn than New York.
That was SANDER, dare say. Ididn't
stop in New York; I never tempted the
/ gods, and denied my weakness; never
professed to be gir1-proof. I came
straight on; thought I'd be safe when
I'd got into the mountains.
Comes knock at the door one pitch
black night, and in she steps in her wet