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The San Francisco call., 1899-01-24

there. I don't think of anybody else
that heard the conversation.
| Q. Can you state the substance of that
| converse ton?
! up to the conversation?
Q. simply want to know whether you
remember it well enough so as to state
the substance of it.
Q. You may state the substance of that
| conVerSat ton to the committee.
| A. Well, l was talking to Belshaw in
| the hotel, and he was extolling the merits
OF Mr. Bulla and deprecating Mr.. Grant,
ana ana 4iob, t9ob issue with him. r. and we were
squelched me with his oratory, when Mr..
Dale came in and said: II would like to
ter. could nave told him something
that happened to me-" He said Il was
approached by a Southern Pacific attor-
| ney, who offered to make it to my finan>
! cial advantage if 1 would vote for Mr..
| Bulla.
Mr.. Burnett-Mr Dale said this, I un-
| derstand?
The chairman-In that conversation, did
Mr Dale say anything as to the amount?
A. No, sir.
Q. OF financial advantage?
9. Did Did he he say who was the Southern
Pacific attorney who had made such a
proposition?
A. No, sir.
Q. Did he give to you any statement
as TO the nature of the proposition that
"A. No, sir
O. You have stated the time and place
as accurately as you can?
A Yes, sir; have. l might figure it up
a little closer. Mott is within the past
week; few days ago. 1 don't know the
g 9: Was anything said as to what
any?
4. His vote was to be for Bulla.
knoW-Dale.
A. Yes, sir.
Q. And was anything said as to whether
choice? '-i@
A l don't believe that Mr.. Dale ever
Said bao,5 5anlythlng to me about that. 1 have
cholGe, but | am sort of confused about
It, | don't think Mr.. Dale ever said a
WORD to me about second choice
y. Was anything said as to what man.
tage? i'i Au uNan-
A. No, sir.
Mr.; Burnett-Did you make any reply to
MI. Paie Is4 When he made that statementr
there. ''
9. Was there anything more?
A. That is all think Of
4tl Mr, Mellick.Did YOU ask Mr.. Dale any
thing about this any other time?
"a. ven, MI BelShaW renewed the con-
Versation on the floor of the Assembly
one day. and l took the liberty of MAX
ing these statements to him, and he went
over 10 verify IL, l believe with Mr.. Dale
or something of that kind.
y. mean, did you talk to Mr.. Dale
time? 10y otAei
A Oh, it has just been mentioned in INV
presence. lie said-I was sitting with
Mr. Dale last evening, when the sergeant
at arms served subpoena on me-and he
come before this committee.
Mr.. La Baree-Mr. Crowder. was that
the the night that Mr.. Dale was stricken with
that sickness? win
A. No; think it was the second night
pefore that, doctor. I know il waSn't
that night. 1t might have been the dav
before that-or evening before
y, Did you hear him say anything about
1t that evening? "N0N'
A. No, sir.
Mr.. Mellick-Did Mr.. Dale give you the
story? N ''ieel
A; Well, there was no '.josh" about it.
tnat is my idea. He thought it was ali
right. 1 believed it was ali right myself.
Mr.. Burnett-Have you ascertained who
IL was that made the offer to Mr. Dale?
A: NO, sir; have not.
The chairman-If there are no further
questions the witness will be excused.
You are excused, Mr.. Crowder.
/
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-24

tell Mr.. Jilson? Well, did you have an
idea, though. that Mr.. Jilson was going
to vote for Grant?
A: Well thought he would. I thought
he would myself. because l told him
thought he was the coming man. l told
him he q sfrnncr
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-24
COLONEL PRESTON TEsT1FIEs

Colonel E. F. Preston was called as :
witness and sworn, and testified as fol
lows:
The times., 1899-11-05

or four of the last chapters are devoted
to the Dreyfus case. and though some of
this work is very funny. the wisdom of
including ii in a permanent edition may
be questioned.
This book includes the chapter on Agui-
naldo, entitled "A Hero Who Worked
Overtime, and the one on Mckinley and
Reed on Jekyll Island. There are also com
ments on "Cyrano de Bergerac' and on
Lieutenant HObson. Among the latter, By
the way, is prediction which seems 10
have been fulfilled:
He's goin' out to In Phlippeens to wurruk 'r
Cousin George. Up comes me brav,. Hob
son. Who ar're We, disturbin me quite!'' says
COUSIN George. I'm a hero, says tn Loot.
ARE ye, taith?" says Cousin George We'll,
he says, i can't do anything Fl We in that line,
ne SAYS. Il don't b'liGve in sinOn me
own ship he says. ''Whin I'm lookin' f'r di-
varSlon " that kind sink somebody else's' he
says That's what Cousin Georgen say
10 tn Loot An whin tn Loot comes back, he
Wont be hero amy more; and II amy woman
Times TO KISS him, he'll climb tree.
1t looks as if the quieting effect OF the
been very much what Mr. Dooley predicted
it would be-
The greater part of the book, however,
is not political and for that reason it is
hardly likely to be as popular as the first
one. Most of the sketches are Of the va
riegated and lively population of Archey
Road. They are pathetic, humorous, and
quaint. "Shaughnessy'' is one of the best.
"A Bit of History" is another. Boston:
Small, Maynard & Co. $1.25.)
The times., 1899-11-05
Nov Rooks Receired.

"The Book of Destiny" BY Cagliostro.
Chicago: Laird & Leo
THE Spanish American War" Chicago:
Herbert s. Stone & Coz
Dante Interpreted" BY Epiphanius
Wilson. New York: C. ?. Putnam's SoHs)
'Harolds Quests" BY John ". Troeger
(New York: D. Appleton & Co. 60 ceuts)
The Twin Sisters of Martigny." BY J..
f. Bingham. Boston Lee & Shepard.
$1.75)
outsiders" By Robert W. Chambers.
New York: The Frederick A. Stokes Com
panyD
Eight Years Among the Malays." BY
Paul DachseL milwaukee; Paul Dachsel.
50 cents)
The RaIstons." By F. Marion Crawford.
New editions CNew York: The Macmillan
Company
''Prue and l." BY George William Cur
tbs. New edition. (New York: Harper
& Brothers)
THE Story of the Living Machine" By
II. w Conn. tNew York: d. Appleton &
Co. 40 eents)
Facing the Twentieth Century" By
James NJ. King. New York: American
Union League)
From School to Battlefield" BY Capt
Charles King, philadelphia: J. B. Lippin-
colt & Co. 81
Fate or Law; the Story of an Optimist." 3"
By Warren A. ROdman. Boston: Lee &
Shepard. $1,000
THE Sewers" BY Henry Seton Merri-
man. Second edition. New York; Har-
per & Bros. S1.50)
In Vain" BY Henryk Sienkiewicsz.
Translated by Jeremiah Curtin. Boston:
Little, Brown & Coz
Roundabout Rambles in Northern Eu-
rope" BY Capt. Charles King. (Boston:
Lee & Shepard. $1.25)
"A Jersey Boy in the Revolution" BY
Everett T. TomlinsOn. (Boston: HOugh-
ton. Miflin & Co $l.5O)
THE Boys of Old Monmouth" By
Everett T. Tomlinson Boston: Hough-
ton. Mifilin & Co. $l50)
"Pemberton; or, One Hundred Years
Ago" BY Henry Peterson. philadelphia:
Henry T. Coates & Co. S1.25)
Red Patriots: The Story of the Semi
noles." BY Charles II. Coe. Cincinnati:
The Editor Publishing Company
Suggestions Toward an Applied Science
of Sociology" By Edward Payson Payson
ClNew York: G.. p. Putnam Sons.)
THE Vicomte de Puyioli." By Jules
Claretie Translated by Emma NJ Phelps
CNew York: r. f. Fenno. 70 cents)
The Romancers." By Edmond Ros-
tand. Translated by Mary Hendee (New
York: Doubleday & Mcclure Company. 90
cents.)
THE High Commission; Romance Of
the Spanish War" BY Freder-
icka SpangIer Cantwell. (NeW York: f.
Tennyson Neely)
The times., 1899-11-05
The sniIinn of the Lnns-shins.


October 1901
They saw the cables iooaeHed, they saw the gang
ways cleared,
They heard The women weeping. they heard the
Far on. far OF. the tunult faded and died awav.
And all alone The sea Wind same singing up the
bay,
came by Cape St. Vincent came by Ira
swept nom Torres Vcdras TO golden Vigo Bar.
saw the beacous blazing thas fired the world
When down their ancient highway your fathers
passed 10 fight
20 race Of ttreles fighters. flushed with youth
Right Wen the wars Of freedom be6t the Sea
Kings brood.
Yet as We go forget not the fame Of yonder shore.
The fame ye owe your fathers ans the old times
before.
Long suffering were the SEA Kings, they were not
But when the sands had fallen they waited. no
Though ali the world forbade them, they counted
not nor cared,
They weighed not help rg HIulraEee, they did the
thing they dared
The Sea Kings loved not boastiug. they cursed
not him thar cursed,
They honored an men duis, aud him that faced
They s;rove aud knew not hatred. they zmote and
toilcd to save.
They tended whom they vlHqisled, they praised
the fallen brave.
Their fame'z on Torres vcls,s, their ilme's- on
Nigo Bar.
Far-aashed to Cape s. Vincent it burns from
Trafalgar;
Mark as ye 60 the leaeaas that woke the world
with light
When down their ancient highway your fathers
passed 10 fight" "
Henry NevbuIr. ia The Spectator.
The times., 1899-11-05

Of the world, to 10 what they pleass is repnr
naHt TO this free people. What TRAM.
ton, ancient and honorable in Boyville. declares
Is true, that Is the law everlasting and no Wise
man word shall change the law one lot or one
title. For in the beginning it was written. 10
get IN the night wood, to eat with a fork at Ia
Die, TO wear shoes on Sunday, To say ''sir'' 10
company and thank you'' to the lady TO 20 to
bed at nine, to remember that there are others
VINO Ike gravy, TO stay out OF the water in dog
GAYS, TO ceme right straight home from school
boys.
That is Boyville as Mr.. White sees if. and
an impartial critic must admit that his
view is substantially correct (New York:
Doubleday & Mcclure Company $I5O)
The times., 1899-11-05
At the End OF a Book.

When that old Neuder. 10 whose hand
The loveiiest volumes come at last,
Shall thumb you for q trace OF good
Enduring. though your day be past.
Be not absshcd az your small worth;
Ills sense is keen. and there may cling
About your yellowiug pages still
Some freshness OF the northern spring;
Some echo Of the whitctIrolt's song
From lonely valleys blue with rain.
Ringing across the April dusk
Joy and uuidthOmdbic p8iu,
Some glamour Of the darling land
OF purple hin and scarlet tree,
OF tidal rivers and tall ships.
and srecn-diked orchards br ihc sea;
sweep Of elni-trccd interval.
And eravelcy floors where Lcrons wade:
A sigh OF wind through The old gray barns
With eeriesL music ever made
And viii no hint Of this outweigh
The faulty aim. the tauItier skin,
To save our credit when We come
To the Green Dwelling III the HiUq
All, trust the Yeudcr. wise and kind!
He knows the outside and the in,
And loves the very least Of these
He tOsslS ia the dusty bin
Bliss Carmau.
The times., 1899-11-05
A Girl ON TIC rrniI-

hutter of skirts ia the dlppIe Of leaves on
the trees.
The sound of small. happy voice on the
breeze,
The print OF a slim little foot on tine lraiI.
And the miner, rejoice IS they hammer with
pick up in The vale.
For fairer than gold is tbc face Of a maid,
And sovereign as stars The iight Of her eyes;
For women alone We're tire long trenches laid;
For women alone they driy the stern skies
These toilers are erimy. and hairy and dun
With the wear of the wind, the scorch OF the
But their picks Lll slack, deir foul tongues
are mute
AS the maiden goes by these esr-hworms sa-
lutte -usm.iu Garland.
The times., 1899-11-05
4 Snnr IN Gcnina-

Is it my PlUtarch that the hov holds there
Upon his knee. his 70ul absorbed in deeds
OF other races lands, and times. and creeds,
The soft Aegean breeze within bis hair,
And tales OF heroes for lis daily f8re
All. let him burn Jo face tAe naughty AIeies,
And glory in the men that Athens breeds.
Or thrill at all the ODDS that Romans darei
+ EN- thus it was that Shakespeare learned to know
His HmOn and his Serpent oI old Nile.
And thus M0ntaigUe iu wisdom learned 10 grow,
And thus the Corsicsu who lrft his isle
To rule the world got thews that world TO
throw:
Ny boy may set him something worth his while.
Charles Woodward Tiuts0u.
The times., 1899-11-05
The Golden Crown Sparrow Of
Alaska.


Oh, minstrel Of these bo-csn bills.
Where twilight hours are long.
/ would my boyhodd's fragrant davs
Had known thy pIsiutive song!
Had known thy vest Of ashcn grey.
Thy coat OF dgab and brown.
The bands 0I JET upon thy head
That clasp of thy golden crown.
We heard thee in the cold White Pass.
Where cloud and mountain meet.
Again where MBir's great glacier sh0ne,
Far spread beneath our iecy.
bask me now on emerald heights
To catch thy iaintest strain.
But cannot tell ii thy lay
BE more of joy OF pain
Far off behold the suow-wliite peaks
Athvart the seas blue shade.
AneaI there rise green Kadiak hills,
Wherein thy nest is made.
] hear the wild bees mellow chord.
In airs that swim above.
The lesser hermit tunes his flute
To solitude and love.
But thou. sweet singer Of the Wild.
give more heed O. thee;
Thy wiStfui note oi fond regret
Strikes deeper chords in me.
Farewell, dear bird, turn my face
To other skies than thine
A thousand league Of land and sea
Between fhy f0me and mine
John Burroughs, IN the Century.
The times., 1899-11-05
A Novel of the Middle West.

The valley Of the Mississippi has been
productive OF poets for the last twenty
years, but rather less productive Of novel
lists, in comparison with the rest Of the
country. Hamlin Garland, to be sure,
came from somewhere in that region, and
Stanley Waterloo has given us one or two
strong books dealing with the region OF
the northern Mississippi, while Edward
Eggleston has ruled undisputed over prim-
itiye Ohio and southern Indiana. But new
The times., 1899-11-05
~ knn,, y,

We talked oi loye her Mir face flushed;
] played the lovers part
"The next suspicious time 7 thought,
IN beg nor hand and heart"
We talked Of cIsrstmeH and creeds,
But did not quite agree;
And then her small white f-F came down;
'Nou thiEk; 1 snow said She.
That settled it: my lips were mute,
silcnced hy one quick blow;
Ny arguments were roVefIe>=
Before her great Il know"
No more play the lovers part;
My heart is cold as lead;
No more. no more v- talk 0f love
Her Il know struck it dead.
Emma G. Dowd. in Truth
The times., 1899-11-05
CURRENT VERSE.
I.ansnr CninmI.

VIII there never come a season
Which shall rid lis from the curse
Of a prose which knows no reason
And an uHmeIodious yetsc;
when the world srfll cease 20 wonder
AZ the genius Of an AS
And boys eccentric ifiunder
Shall not bring success 10 pass?
When mankind shall be delivered
From tbc clash Of magazines.
And the inkstaud shall be shivered
Into countless smitherecns;
When there stands a muzzled stripping.
Mute beside a muzzled bore:
When the Rudyards cease from kpling.
And the Haggards ride no more?
-Iamcs kenncth Stephen.
The times., 1899-11-05
Mr.. DooIey Agniu

Mr.. Dooley in the Hearts of His Coun-
trymen" really needs no introduction to
the reading public, whether it be the read
ers of newspapers or Of all literature. Like
its forerunner, Mr.. Dooley in Peace and
War" it contains some admirable work
which will appeal to everybody, and some
which will be less generally appreciated; /;
but the chapters which belong to the
former class are sufficiently numerous to
warrant anyone in buying the book. Three
The times., 1899-11-05
To Vim.

o Solomon % bonds and stocks,
The markets ups and downs.
Who sneers ar girlhuod- love i1r i-oeAs,
And wumau's craze Tor gowns.
Whose knowledge is So sure and great,
In nothing is 1t sclimp;
From your abundance. kindly stale,
Quite briefly, what's a su-mpl
Pronounced your own peculiar way.
What's pole do soC- luuiJl.
Beige? TafetIs EucbiHg Pique.
Crepon! Don't thius 700 hard.
You may discuss iHe Philippine
Embrogio-ala
On bias satin serpcutua
You'll never, never pass
Explain a paSsemeEterie,
Batiste, and surah, toe:
Or gros grain silk, OF point 1t7rriti
The women kBow-du yOu
And Henrietta. buleT0,
Or crepe de chine. vel shiryed;
GuipuTe; glasse; faille; basque; iabot,
What, stumped So soon? Ahsurdi
-Edwin /. sabin, in "Truth."
The times., 1899-11-05

Charles NJ. Skinner, of the Brooklyn
Eagle has written two books on Myths
and Legends of this continent, and a new
one is shortly to appear. called Myths and
Legends of Our New POSSESSIONS.
The times., 1899-11-05

About a year ago a very attractive vol
ume under the title "Heirlooms in Minia-
lures" was published by the J. p. Lippiu-
colt Company. This is shortly to have a
companion, Salons, Colonial and Republi-
cam
The times., 1899-11-05
LITERARY NOTES.

Miss Anna Nicholas book Of Indiana sto-
ries entitled IAN Idyl of the Wabash. is
getting appreciative notices from the Lon
don critics, and this is as it should be.
The times., 1899-11-05
NOTES AND QUERIES

How old must woman be before she can be
called az old maid3 n 4.
These questions are never asked. and
never. never should be answered.
The times., 1899-11-05

A new work on American Fungi" by
Capt Charles McIlvaine, is to be issued in
January by the Bowen Merrill Company.
The times., 1899-11-05

The J. P. Lippincott Company announce
a new book on the military history of Great
Britain, entitled From Cromwell TO Well
ingtOn ."
The times., 1899-11-05

II is not. The Presidents proclamation
designating day Of Thanksgiving is a
suggestion. merely.
The times., 1899-11-05

Is Thanksgiving Day a national holiday,
The times., 1899-11-05


Among the attractive calendars for the
coming year are four collections of draw
ings by Frederic Remington, under the
titles The Soldier Calendar" The IN
dian Calendar" The Frontier Calendar" "
and The Cowboy Calendar" The names
Will give a sufficiently definite idea Of the
nature and quality of the work
Longfeilow's "Hiawatha" has been set to
music by Coleridge Taylor, a young negro
in England. The London Telegraph calls
Mr.. Taylor the Rudyard Kipling OF
music" and his work seems to have made
something Of sensation.
THE Arkansaw Bear" is new book for
children, by Albert Bigelow Paine and
Frank Verbeck, the author and artist Of
THE Dumpies."
Chicago people and some reading folk
outside Chicago have lately become ia
miliar with the drawings of Fred Rich
ards, an artist of the News" o. that
city Mr. Richards sketches are Of a
type almost new in journalistic art and
are striking in the extreme. Some OF them
have lately been collected in book OF TIE
same type as the Davenport and Phil May
sketch books.
CasseH & Co, of London, are about
to publish a work of somewhat unique
character, namely, a complete illustrated
catalogue of all the paintings in the Ma
tional Gallery. The work has been edited
by Sir Edward POynter, president of the
Royal Academy. Only $50 copies OF the
edition de luxe will be given to the
United States market.
A new book, published by Little, Brown,
T. - &c dvt-igb
Chaing- Dish Dainties, by Janet Mckenzie
Hill The author has aimed TO make it
both practical and complete. to meet the
needs of those who know something about
this branch of cookery and those who DO
not.
A fac smile reproduction, cover and all,
Of one Of E. w. Kemble's sketchbCoks is
to be published by R. II. Russell. Mr..
Kemble's pictures of "coons'' are unsur-
passed. and deseryedly popular, but in this
book, beside great number Of negro
sketches, we find drawings fun of character
of New England salt, Kentucky noun
taineer, a New Orleans creole, and so on.
The Harpers are about to bring out a
series of dainty little Christmas books. uni
formly bound in silver and blue. AS a rule,
each viii contain the best long short
author-for instance, Good for the Soul"
by Mrs Margaret Deland; "Eyelinas Car
der" by Miss wilkins, and The Story of
the Other Wise Man" by DR.. Van Dyke.
Other volumes which have been announced
are: The Captured Dream, by Octave
Thanet; book OF light verse, by John Ken
drick Bangs. Two Gentlemen Of Ken
tucky," by James Lane Allen; and select
ions from Lew Wallace Richard Harding
Davis, Frederic Remington and Mrs. Ruth
McEnery Stuart.
G. P. Putnam's Sons announce the pubIi-
cation Of philosophical poem by DR., Henry
n. Dodge. entitled "Christus Victor" The
theme of the poem is the final triumph Of
supreme love; the victory of justice over
oppression, of harmony over discord; in
short, of good over evil.
1t is reported that Clara Barton is en-
gagged in arranging material for an auto
biography.
The times., 1899-11-05

Who're is the finest railroad station in tho
wor.d2 4
st. Louis. Boston. and Glasgow are
claimants OF this distinction with recently
completed structures.
The times., 1899-11-05

Please give me the explanation why the TWEEN
tieth century doesn't begin until January T. IaOI.
a
The times., 1899-11-05

Because the first century ended with the
close Of the year 100.
The times., 1899-11-05

Among the attractive calendars for the
coming year are four collections of draw
ings by Frederic Remington, under the
titles The Soldier Calendar The In
dian Calendar f" The Frontier Calendar 3"
and The Cowboy Calendar" The names
Will give sufficiently definite idea of the
nature and quality of the work.
The times., 1899-11-05

Longfeilows "Hiawatha" has been set to
music by Coleridge Taylor, a young negro
in England. The London Telegraph calls
Mr.. Taylor the Rudyard Kipling OF
music" and his work seems to have made
something of a sensation.
The times., 1899-11-05

Do intelligent people accept the Beck os Csassis
hterailyf
Many do; person may fairly be classi-
hed as intelligent who is not versed in
that higher criticism before which this
story Of the worlds beginning falls.
The times., 1899-11-05

What is the meaning Of the words Commando
and Communicating" used 80 frequently iH the
meaning and pronunciation o. .'aopies
D. and p
A commando" is a force OF BOer burgh-
ers or soldiers ordered out for military ser
vice. Communicating is ordering burgh-
ers into immediate military service. OF
seizing for the use of the commandos sup
plies and stores. >. The meaning is "a knob
or hilIOck, and it is pronounced kop-yi,
accent on the first syllable
The times., 1899-11-05

A new book, published by Little, Brown.
& Co, is Salads, Sandwiches, and
Chafng Dish Dainties," ," by Janet Mckenzie
Hill. The author has aimed to make it
both practical and complete. to meet the
needs of those who know something about
this branch of cookery and those who DO
not
The times., 1899-11-05

The Arkansaw Bear" is a new book for
children, by Albert Bigelow Paine and
Frank Verbeck. the author and artist Of
THE Dumpies"
The times., 1899-11-05

CasselI & Co, of London, are about
to publish work of somewhat unique
character, namely, a complete illustrated
catalogue of all the paintings in the Ma
tional Gallery. The work has been edited
by Sir Edward Poynter, president of the
Royal Academy. Only $50 copies OF the
edition de luxe viii be given to the
United States market.
The times., 1899-11-05
The Real Boy.

When the authors Of books like Sand
ford and Mertoun" undertook to describe
the conversation OF a boy, they made him
say things like this:
The times., 1899-11-05

G. P. Putnam's Sons announce the publi-
cation Of philosophical poem by DR.. Henry
n. Dodge. entitled "Christus Victor" The
theme OF the poem is the final triumph Of
supreme love; the victory of justice over
oppression, of harmony over discord; in
short, of good over evil
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-10-07
WNI PENN.

Packer collieries Nos. 2 and 4 were com
PEELED to shut down yesterday, owing to a
scarcity Of cars. They resumed work this
morning.
To-day is pay day at the WIN Penn
oolliery.
Miss Jennie Jones, who has been confined
to her home with an attack of rheumatism
is not improving.
The choir Of the NJ f. church met last
Wednesday evening, with its new leader,
Samuel Walker, aud had a very good re-
hearsal. They have decided to change their
position in the church from the pulpit to the
right hand corner.
The services in the Methodist Episcopal
church for tomorrow will be Sunday school
at 1880 a. m. Jr. Epworth League at $500
p. IN. preaching at p. M, by the pastor.
The sermon to the children will be: Lesson
of a Subject Hid in the Sand"