The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 21, 1895, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1895. JUST A GLIMMER OF LIGHT AHEAD OF CHAMPIONS DYy TO CAR E AMENDMENTS. nl CONSTITU- N B. ANTHONY TO The last Leg to much k it re has been subjected | ism for the good | nd among the most been the good and | en of the ate of ifornia, | a loaf in the shape of suf- hunk of dough i concurrent resolu- itional amendment | at the next ;:vuer;\li adve didn’t for fe re by na €) ture more grateful | now thankful even for 1 f that they may be made rea suffrage feast four years | h 0 years af the amendment is | adopted—if votes are secured | three years m next November. The defeat of the woman’s suffrage bill | in the State Senate was d blow to the women who 1 red through the cam- | the Legis- | asure was defeated reared to be little or ion tending toward ) an’s best and t rays of light | rly four | y—irom the concurrent resolu- tion to submit the female suffrage amend- ment to the constitution toa vote by the electo necessary Assembly by an ove i and was adopted in the § the necessary | which was added n'enemy of the measure 10 changed his vote | 5 e total in order to give notice of a 1 on. But for- tunately for him alp, and 3o the n of the ladies, he did not and hence tirely unaccount- { vay 4 ie forth and b been editorially commented on by mar prominent newspapers that the resolution was defeated—in fact that the vote which carried it was suspended by the notice of reconsideration given by Gesford, but | ch is not the case. No motion to recon- | sider made - because—well, probably | the Senator fron a thought better of it | and reconsid 1f But for all that, the ladies are not quite happy. They would have liked to vote a few thous: the amendment comes up for y popular election. | Now t i and they rea, | that expen campaign d labor ‘and the | tible champion in the field dice,” she said, “‘and after all our Jabor and all the promises and pledies that were made we did not receive even half a loaf.— nothing more than a possibility to which is attached such an amount of labor and worry and expense that it nearly disheart- ens one to contemplate it. Still, it was better than nothing at all to get the amend- ment,"” she interjected, with a brightening smile. “But the Republican Senators should have stood on their platform, in- deed they should. If they had, don’t you see, we could all of us have voted for the constitutional amendment when it comes before the people at the next general elec- tion. “As it now is,” she continued, ‘“we have not any too much time. There is a great deal of work to be done. 1In fact, the work of organizing has already begun, with bright promise of happy results. Auxiliary suffrage associations are forming all over the State. I have {ust received a letter trom Fresno by which I am informed that an auxiliary with 115 members has been formed in that city and new members are coming in steadily and numerously. One thousand women in Fresno County have been interviewed and all of them arein favor of woman’s suffrage. That looks as if the movement is growing in force, does it not? “But we expect to give anew and greater impetus to the work very soon,” M: Blinn went on. ‘“We shall have an irs so0n. Susan B. Anthony will be here in May to attend the womeén's congress. Arr effort will be made to have her canvass the en- tire State before our amendment comes before the people to be voted upon. She is a wonder among men, is Susan B. An- thony, and she will make more converts than” any other score of public speakers. On the whole, I feel quite encouraged for | at lies before us. I think we the work t will wip.” Mrs. ‘iaum de Force Gordon, who was in Sacramento and watched over the desti- nies of the suffrage bill and the constitu- tional amendment, was seen last night, She said: “We had a scrub Senate; the worst that this State has ever had. That was the rea- son of our partial defeat. We had no regu- larly avowed champion of our cause. But we had enemies, and Senator Gesford was one of the worst. 1f I live long enough ['ll see that he is properly punished. If not I shall haunt him when [ am dead. All we have to do now is to go to work like Trojans and carry the amendment to the TOOK. ALL HIS VALUABLES GARROTERS BLINDFOLD AND HAN- DLE PRINTER JOHN DALEY ROUGHLY. Is GAGGED, BEATEN AND RosBep BY MEN WHo Es- CAPED UNSEEN. John Daley, a printer in the employ of H. 8. Crocker & Co., received some very harsh treatment at the hands of two garroters Saturday night. As a result, he mourns the loss of $12 50 in money, his hat and some jewelry, and sports two great gashes along the front of his trousers. Daley was on his way to his home at 361 Eleventh street. When he reached Folsom street, between Sixth and Seventh, two men jumped upon him from behind, one of them pinioning his arms and the other fastening a bandage over his eyes. ONMARRIED WOMEN SHOULD BEWARE. CONTRACT MARRIAGES ARE NOT LEGAL UNLESS THEY ARE RECORDED. NO MORE SECRET MARRYING. THE NEw LAw PROVIDES FOR THE SOLEMNIZATION OF ALL CONTRACTS. Every girl and every girl’s mother in California should read Assembly bill 567. It abolishes all common law marriages, and young girls and midale-aged women whahave been married by contract,and who have not recorded the document, should | do so at once, otherwise the instrument is not worth the paper it is written on. No more can young people under age run away from bome aad return to their re- spective homes a week later with the an- nouncement that they have been married by contract. No more can such scoundrels | as Simon Meyers make a contract with a respectable girl and then see her good name dragged in the dust sooner than acknowledge her. Under the old law all that was necessary was the ‘“‘mutunal assumption of m arital rights, duties or obligations,” but the new law provides that “‘consent alone will not constitute a marriage.” It must be fol- lowed by a solemnization authorized by the code. The old provision which pi vides that a non-compliance with the re- quirements shall not invalidate a marriage is done aw: ith and the amended sec- tion in the new bill reads: Marringe must be licensed, solemnized, au- thenticated and recorded as provided in the | article; but non-compliance with its provisions by other than the parties to the marriage does notinvalidate that marriage. ‘‘Every mother in San Francisco should learn the new law by heart,” said Notary corge L Knox yesterd “She should teacly it to her daughters institute a sired. that mere consent is a good enough intro- duction to matrimony, but now they Will have to be taught the new law in order to prevent them irom being lured into mar- | riages that will be legally worthless. The widest publicity ongfu to be given to the matter in order that those who are now | basking in the security of a contract mar- riage may rectify the evil before it is too | late, and that those who are contemplating | such a marriage may be warned.” !TU BE FOUGHT T0 THE END. { THE UNITED STATES GRAND JURY | WANTS To INDICT C. P. | HUNTINGTON. | reform that has been long de nd in this way | Many girls have long held the idea | P NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. SN OWERFUL INDUCEMENTS IN NEW GOODS! To-day we make A GREAT SPECIAL OFFERING that cannot fail to prove strongly at- tractive to all who appreciate HIGH NOVELTIES AND EXCEPTIONAL VALUES, for it embraces a variety of the most desirable and seasonable lines, which we place on sale at figures that make them 2=[HE + GREATEST ¢« VALUES ¢ OF « THE ¢ YEAR I= EMBROIDERTES! At 10 Cents a Yard. CAMBRIC, NAINSOOK and SWISS GUI- PURE will be offered at 10c per yard. At 12! Cents a Yard CAMBRIC, NAINSOOK and SWISS GUL PURE EMBROIDERY, will be offered at 1234c per yard. At 15 Cents a Yard. CAMBRIC, NAINSOOK and SWISS GUI- PURE EMBROIDERY, worth 30c, will be offered at 15c per yard. At 20 Cents a Yard. CAMBRIC, NAINSOOK and SWISS GUI- PURE EMBROIDERY, worth 40c, will be offered at 20c per yard. LAGES! LAGES! At 30 Cents a Yard. ISIGNY AND IVORY NET TOP POINT | VENISE LACE, 6 to 9 inches wide, | worth 50¢, will be offered at 30c a yard. At 50 Cents a Yard. | ISIGNY D IVORY NET TOP POINT | VENISE LACE, 7 to 11 inches wide, worth §$1, will be offered at 50c a yard. At 30 Cents a Yard. BLACK SILK T TOP BOURDON | LACE, 8 inches wide, worth 50¢, will | be offered at 30 a yard, RANDKERGRIEFS! At 25 Cents Each. EMBROIDERY, worth 20c, | worth 23c, GLOVES! GLOVES! At 40 Cents. 50 dozen LADIES' 8-BUTTON LENGTH MOUSQUETAIRE AND BIARRITZ UNDRESSED KID GLOVES, in fancy shades (odd_sizes), regular prices §1 and §1 25, will be closed outat 40c 2 pair. At 65 Cents. | 50 dozen LADIES’ 8-BUTTON LENGTH MOUSQUETAIRE UNDRESSED KID GLOVES, in red, blue, heliotrope, urple and pansy shades, regular value §x, will be offered at 65¢ a pair. At $1.00. 50 dozen LADIES’ 4BUTTON TUN- DRESSED KID GLOVES, Alexandre quality, in dark and medium shades, also black, regular value $1 50, will be offered at $1 a pair. RIBBONS ! RIBBONS ! . . At 3 Cents. SATIN AND GROS-GRAIN RIBBONS, No. 5, all silk, will be offered at dc & yard. At 4 Cents. SATIN AND GROS-GRAIN RIBBONS, No. 7, all silk, will be offered at 46 a yard. At 7} Cents. SATIN' AND GROS-GRAIN RIBBON! , all silk, will be offered at 7i4e a At 15 Cents. SATIN AND GROS-GRAIN RIBBONS, 0. 40, all silk, il be offered at Lic 4 yard. yard. 100 dozen LADIES’ SHEER WHITE SCALLOPED EMBROIDERED : HANDKERCHIEFS, guipure edges, | worth 50c, will be offered at each. J SPNCIAT.! 3cases TWILLED BLEACHED YARD- HALF COST. WIDE MUSLIN, damaged by oil, at LADIES WAISTS! At 50 Cents. LADIES’ WAISTS, made of fancy striped percale, yoke back, laundried collar and cuffs, full sleeves, will be offered at 50¢c each. At 75 Cents. LADIES’ WAISTS, made of fancy percale, in blue, pink, buff and fancy stripes, laundried collar and cuffs, will be of- fered at 75¢ each. At $1.00. LADIES’ WAISTS, made of fine French percale, pointed yoke, waist finished with braid, deep collar and turned-over | cuffs, will be offered at $1 each. | At $7.50. ! LADIES’ WAISTS, made of fancy figured | and checked silks, Fedora front, latest | style sleeves, lined and boned through- | out, will be offered at $7 50 each. PARASOLS! PARASOLS! At 65 Cents. CARRIAGE PARASOLS, in Gloria silk, black only, will be offered at 85c each, | At 90 Cents. (‘AR_RIAGE PARASO in Gloria (black lined), in black only, will be offered at | 90c¢ each, | At $1.25. 1 GLORIA SILK PARASOLS, 24 inch, in | natural handles, paragon frames, will be offered at §1 25 each. | CORSETS! CORSETS! At 75 Cents. | LADIES’ BLACK SATEEN CORSETS, extra long waist, high bust, well boned, | silk flossing, regular price $1. | MEN'S FURNISHINGS! At 15 Cents. 125 dozen ME UNDYED SANITARY ‘WOOL SOCKS, with double heels and toes, extra good value for 25¢, will be offered at 15¢ a pair. At 15 Cents. dozen MEN’S EXTRA HEAVY ME- RINO SBOCKS, in brown and vicuna shades, extra good value for 25c, will be offered at 15¢ a pair. At 50 Cents. dozen BOYS' PERCALE SHIRT WAISTS, the celebrated ‘‘Mother’s Friend” make, with patent removable waist bands, will be offered at 50c each, At 75 Cents. dozen MEN’S UNDYED LAMB'S. WOOL UNDERSHIRTS and DRAW- ERS, medium weight, warranted thor- oughly shrunk, will be offered at 75c each. 115 5 HOSTERY DEPARTHENT! At 15 Cents a Pair. | CHILDREN’S BLACK DERBY RIBBED COTTON HOSE, guaranteed fast black, regular value 25c. At 25 Cents a Pair. MISSES’ FINE RIBBED BLACK MACO COTTON HOSE, double knees, heels and toes, Hermsdorf black, inches, regular value 35¢ to 50c. At 15 Cents a Pair. LADIES’ BLACK COTTON HOSE, fine gauge, high spliced heels and toes, Hermsdorf black, regular value 25¢. At 25 Cents a Pair, LADIES’ BLACK COTTON HOSE, Rich- clien ribbed, bigh spliced heels and toes, onyx fast black, regular value 3¢, DRESS TRL\Q{INGS WE HAVE JUST OPENED A C “NOVEL S TRIMM IES IN DRES; OMPLETE NEW STOCK OF THE LATEST, MOST BELEGANT {INGS, WHICH WE OFFER AT UNMATCHABLY LOW PRICE! ND .\ST!;TIC / < DiSTRICT ATTORNEY FOOTE ASSERTS | o7 9N THAT No CHARGE CAN LIE IN Law. For the career as At the same time, they roughly ordered | Daley to open his monuth. He thought | they were some of his friends, and began | to struggle, when one of the men said with | an oath that if he did not keep quiet he successful wyer aud orator t down and gloomy yesterday. She has been a champion in | the cause of woman’s inherent rights to | // Murphy Building, , | Nurphy Building, Murphy Building, / Murphy Building, ehare in the making of government and its a nd has presented the case law and equity as neither an has ever done before. having ed her unanswerable nents before the legislative body and mittees to find that those arguments | 1 the suffrage bill defeated, | imply t was in the interest of the | women of this State, has S than they v days ago terview last night M Foltz said “I have utter contempt for the le who were elected on female suffrage, ar themselves to sta turn right about sure indorsed tion and advoca iest m islators platform calling_for after having pledged 1d on such 2 platform to and vote against the mea- the Republican conven- i by the best and brain- \ in the State. The Assembly or should be, a thoroughly representative body. I am therefore happy to know that | the Assembly passed the suffrage bill and supported it to the bitter end, when it was killed by the Senate’s refusal to recede from its amendment of the word ‘male’ in- stead of * 3 h was the work of a man who: never be spoken or sung out is own little baihwick, I Of in the Senate, but it is my opinion that | P they were blind to truth because they did | not want to s it { use the Senators who were 1l had to make was that law e se was absurd. The 1t on the point of . It says nothing, either gainst it. Well, that being the n established fact that when the itution is silent the Legislative body of a State has the authority 1o step in and frame a law in accordance with the needs and demands « » people. The v text on which the ators killed that bill is an insult to ev homest intell woman in th tate. “The women who own proverty and pay taxes ought to boycott the State until they are given justice and equity the same as men. They should refuse to pay taxes, 1o testify in courts of law—in short, they should refuse every demand that is made upon them by the laws untit the men rec- ognize the inherént rights of women and give them an opportunity to share in the making of laws as well a3 1n obeying them and paying for the luxury of a State gov- ernment. Taxation without representation is l{r.mn,\‘. ““Were it not for the passage of the con- current resolution providing for the sub- mitting of a suffrage amendment to the constitution to popular vote,” continued Mrs. Foltz, “1 .~houid now feel like leaving the State of California forever. For many long and wearisome years I have toiled to stand on an equal footing with men before a jury, but I La\'l- learned at they are remarkably intelligent jurors who will consider a lady lawyer “without adverse prejudice simply because she hasnot a vote and a political pull. I have often been made to feel like an alien in my own land. “But I think I can see a few rays of light from the dawn of a new era. Itisnot all darkness and prejudice and bigotry ahead. Men with manly brains and men with manly hearts and courage are steadily coming forward to help us drive away the sqblins of antiquated traditions and preju- ices. “But we poor women have a great deal of work before us, and we will do it. We will make.a campaign for freedom, the like of which™ has not been seen or heard for many a year. .Of course, we will be somewhat hampered by the want of the necessary funds, for women do not have much ready cash as arule. The wealthy women who have more than they know how to spend are too stingy to give anything in behalf of their emancipation. Such as these, as well as thousands of others, must be educated to their needs and how their wants may be i“‘finlie 7 5 rs. Nellie Holbrook Blinn, president of the California Women’s State Suffrage Edueational Association, when seen and interviewed on the subject of woman suf- frage yesterday evening was almost as cheerful as if the franchise bill bad passed and become a law—almost, but not guite. “It was a long struggle and a hard strug- gle against great odds and undue preju- would mutilate him. As Daley still struggled the man slashed a knife across the printer’s trousers, cutting two long hole man struck I bleed. The ley on the nose, making it frightened man opened his mouth wide at once, and a gag was thrust into He was at once thrown on his back with his hands fastened with hand- cuffs. The men tlien went through his pockets, taking his money and some little jewelry. helpless one of the men pro- hey kill the — — —, "The “Qh, no, let him alone.” Then they raised him to his feet. The handcuffs were taken from his wri: He was ordered not to move on pain of death, and the pair of robbers started through the park near the spot where the robbery oc- curred. Daley was so thoroughly frightened that he did not move for fully five minutes. | Then he started in the direction the men had taken, and at Harriett and Folsom streets met a stranger who had seen two men running through the park toward Sixth street. describe the men, though he said one of the men carried a hat and an umbrella. Daley reported the matter to the Chief of rO! . Officers are now at work on the case, but they have no clew as to the men, although they may be able to trace them from the jewelry. As Daley did not see either of the men, the police have nothing whatever to guide them in their search. KNIGETS OF @gfimnm THE GRAND LODGE CONCLUDES ITS SIXTEENTH ANNUAL SESSION. RESOLVED To MEET ONCE IN Two YEARS AND ELECTED GRAND OFFICERS. The Grand Lodge of the Knights of Honor concluded the labors of its six- teenth annual convention yesterday in Alcazar building. The new constitution was discussed during the morning session, and late in the afternoon was adopted as a whole after being acted on seriatim. It was resolved that the Grand Lodge shall meet only every second year instead of annually, as heretofore. The finance committee reported that the expenses for the year would be $4375, for which a per capita tax was fixed at §1 25. A resolution of thanks was tendered to the press and to Grand Director A. H. Voig The bond of the grand trustees was made $100 each. = As reported by the committee on finance expenses of the Grand Lodge session amounted to $486 95. Officers for the ensuing term were elected and installed as follows: P. L. Archibald, grand dictator; W. W. Mor- ison, vice-grand dictator; W. T. Thompson, grand assistant dictator; George H. Allen, zrand chaplain; C. H. M. Curry, grand re. porters F. W. Zehiu rand ireasurer; T. earned, grand guide; J. C. Harvey, grand gulrdlan; W. S. Lane, grand sentinel; Dorsan Nichols, Thomas Johnstone, George W. Lo- mont, grand trustees; C. H. M. Curry, supreme representative; Alfred Wekie, assistant su- preme representative. The Grand Lodge closed its session late in the evening, to meet in this city either in one or two years, as the Supreme Lodge in approving the constitution adopted dur- ing the day shall decide. 2 L Peter Conaty has brought suit against P. J. Paynter, master of the ship Stockbridge, and her owners, to recover $20,000 damages for malicious prosecution. He was charged by the defendants with having received and held part of thestolen cargo of the ship and he was tried for the crime in the police courts. He alleges that the defendants knew at all times that he was innocent and that his prosecution was un- warranted and malicious, - e Alice Edith Blythe has reappeared. She tells the story of herretirementand af the latest settlement in the Blythe estate. At the same time the other | The gentleman could not | going on in the Federal partof the city | government. It is & question of indict- States Grand Jury is one of the contestants while the United States District Attorney is the other. The question at i | “Can Collis_P. Huntington be indic The Grand Jury | | trict Attorne { which ne can be convicted. In conse- | quence Mr. Foote will not sanction the drawing of an indictment and a deadlock has resulted, The erand jurors are confident, how- ever. The determination of the body seems to be that Collis P. Huntington | must a ver the charge of issuing a p. | to Frank M. Stone in violation of the in- terstate commerce law. If the District Attorney will not make out the indictment is said, and present it to Judge Morrow. | Should such a course be followed his | Honor * will undoubtedly ingtruct the United States Marshal to take the neces- sary_steps to_arrest Huntington, Foote and Knight will not be parties to any such proce(-(lin;g], but should ghe Grand Jury persist in filing an indictment they will do all in their power to convict the railroad magnate. { The Grand Jury met yesterday morning and returned one or two unimportant in- dictments. This did not engage their at- tention for more than a few moments, how- ever, and then the Huntington question was taken up again. District Attorne; Foote explained the law points in detail, but he could not convince the jurors. The result of the whole contest will probably De the arrest of Collis P. Huntington, and his trial before one of the United States courts. —_————— Columbus Waterhouse has filed his answers 1o the suits brought against him to recover on his note for $10,000, and in so doing gives some more inside facts about the maunagement of the People’s Home and Pacific banks, Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly uxe£ The many, who live bet~ ter than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world’s best products to the needs of physical being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative orinciples embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas- ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect lax- ative; effectually cleansing the system dispelling colds, headaches and fevers and permanently curing constipation, It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession because it acts on the Kid- neys, Liver and Bowels without weak- ening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drugs gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man- ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co.only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will noi | accept any substitute if offered. There is a quiet but determined 1‘1ght.l ment or no indictment, and the United | the jurors wiil frame one themselves, so it | Market and Jones Streets. 1 Market and Jones Streets, Market and Jones Strets. Market and Jones Streets THE SAILORS’ UNION GUARDING THE WATER FRONT BY DAY AND NIGHT. CoAST SEAMEN RECEIVE A SET- BACK—DESERTED BY POPE & TALBOT. The strike of the Sailors’ Union is in full blast, and the ship-owners have taken up the gauntlet which has been thrown down. To a man the owners have refused to meet the demand for the increase in wages. The union was out in force on Tuesday night, as many as 300 coast seamen being engaged in patrolling the water front. All through the long.dark hours of the night silent forms could be seen lurking in the shadows among the shipping. The howling storm was unheeded by these watchers of the night, and the blinding rain and hail had no terrors for the hardy mariners. ‘When morning dawned the break of day revealed the groups along the shore. A bay patrol has also been established, and there would have been trouble had an attempt been made to put a non-union crew on board any of the vessels in the stream. With all the vigilance of the sailors the schooner Maid of Orleans got away with a crew. She was lying at Main- street wharf, and at 5:30 o'clock in the morning a non-union crew was quietly put on board and the vessel towed to sea. About an hour afterward the union got wind of the flank movement, and some twenty men were sent to Main-street wharf. Finding that the Maid of Orleans was on her way to Shoalwater Bay the union men turned their astention to the schooner Ivy. The latter vessel was lying at the same wharf, and had her crew on board. The union men took out all hands, even com- pelling the mate to go ashore. A large crowd of union men flocked at Vallejo street when Boarding-house Master Kane left the dock to go to the schooner Elwell. 1t was thought that Kane was going to put a crew on some vesgel in the stream, and trouble was ouly averted by the appear- ance of the polic 11 day yesterday dele- gations from the Sailors'” Union followed the ‘‘scab’” boarding-house masters and at- tempted to prevent them from securing non-union crews. In several cases they were successful in their purpose, and that, too, without resorting to violence. The bark Wilna and the schooner La i Gironde are to suil this morning with non- union crews. The former goes from Mis- sion-street wharf 2 at 6 o’clock, and the lat- ter from Main street at 8 o'clock. Trouble is feared at both sailings, and the aid of the harbor police has been inyoked. The union has received a setback at the outset of its fight. Pope & Talbot, which firm has always employed union men, have refused to pay $25 a month for sailors, and this is the largest shippimg firm on the coast, and the withdrawal of its support means much t6 the union. Their ship Palmyra is now waiting for a crew to go to Puget Sound, and yesterday Secretary Andrew Furuseth of the union offered to supply the men. Port Captain Leach of the firm told the secretary that he would take a crew for $25a month, This it was said, could not be done, and the Palmyra will sail to Puget Sound with a non-union crew. This will be the first non-union crew which has ever worked on Pope & Talbot’s vessels. ‘W. E. Mighell, another big shipper who operates a large coastwise fleef, is also against the union. “I was the friend of the union,” said Mr. Migheli yesterday, ‘‘until it discriminated against me, I was setting sailors here at $25 a month, but as soon as my vessels reached the Sound ports the crews were taken off and my agents were told that the wages from there was §35. - T appealed to Furuseth, who is the recognized head of the union on the coast. He told me that he could do noth- e | ing, so I quit the union, This wasfourteen months ago, and since finding my own sailors ORUELTY TO AN ANIMAL. then T have been A Saloon-Keeper Brutally Cutss Cat to Pieces. A case of gross brutality was reported to the Humane Society yesterday and a war- rant will be issued to-day for the arrest of Finlay Macgregor, a saloon-keeper at Twentieth and Valencia streets. The neighbors who make the complaint against Macgregor state that he took a cat which strayed into his saloon on Tuesday and tying a rope around its neck hung it to a polein his back yard. was struggling in its death throes Mac- gregor picked up a cleaver and literally nacked the animal to pieces. The neigh- bors remonstrated with him at this brutal- | ity but be defied them with a volley of oaths to cause him trouble. The society is gathering evidence in the case and the prosecution will be a vigorous one. The case is on a par with that of a man named Ryan who some months ago killed a dog by stabbing it thirty-two times with a blunt imife‘ e was found guilty by a jury and fined $100. TO EVICT THE EVIL ONE. Gullibility of a Woman Who Fancied Herself Possessed of the Devil. An extraordinary case illustrative of the superstition and gullibility which render some people an easy prey to designing in- dividuals has just occupied the attention of the Amiens Police Court. At that town lives a venerable maid, who, by some crazy fancy, took it into her head that she was possessed of the “Evil One,” who every night made his unwelcome appearance at her abode and sent her furniture spinning in all directions. She implored the gen- darmerie and the police to rid her of the | diabolical presence. At lasta good-natured | commissary sent an agent of the law (who, of course, saw and heard nothing) to pass a night at her abode. In her despair the old lady now had re- course to a somnambulist, who told her that the only way to make everything happy and comfortable once more was to procure a mysterious mirror which was then in the possession of a merchant in New York, and which she warranted w actus an infallible talisman. The worthy dame had no idea of exposing herself to the dangers of the deep with the inevitable accompaniment of mal de mer, so in her perplexity she applied to a business man named Lenne, who consented to start at once on the voyage on the condition that his expenses should be paid. ' Lenne was supplied as a first install- ment with 500 francs, but in a fortnight he reappeared with a story that he had heard from New York that the talismanic mirror was in London, whither he must proceed. Six hundred francs was given him for this journey, but he remained in the neighbor- 0od of Amiens, his wife taking to the old maid letters from time to time, in which he averred that he had entered into rela- tions with policemen, lawyers, and even with the “Chef de la Marine,” but that several thousand francs would be required to carry the whole thing through. No mirror (talismanic or otherwise) was forth- coming, and soon afterward Lenne got his victim to sign promissory notes for him. At last matters came to a head. The old lady had parted with all her money and the notes remained unpaid. Threatened with a prosecution in consequence the vic- tim turned on her persecutor, who was ar- rested with an accomplice. Lenne has been sentenced to fifteen months’ im- prisonment and the other culprit to two months of the same penalty. At the trial the old lady expressed the confident hope that she might yet procure the talisman, as the demon was still playmE havoc with her furniture and turning her house upside down.—Paris Letter to London Telegraph. —————————— God writes the gospel not in the Bible alone, but on trees and flowers, and clouds and stars,.—Luther. . While the feline | T0 LEARN DEATH'S SECRETS. | THE QUEER REASON FOR A CHILD'sl ATTEMPT UPON HER OWN LIFE. SHE WISHED TO SEE FOR HERSELF THE WORLD BEYOND THE GRAVE. { She wanted to solve for herself the great mystery of death; to see with her own eyes the secrets hidden by the grave, and with that end in view little 12-year-old | Hattie Klein quietly turned on the gas burner in her room early Tuesday morn- | ing, and waited patiently the going out of her life. They thought she was crazy, because it wassuch a queer thing for a lovely little child to do, and so she was brought before the Insanity Commission- ers yesterday to be examined. To them she told why she had attempted her life, | and what she expected to see in the here- | after. | The nearly successful attempt at suicide | was made by the girl at the home of Miss | C. C. Rivers at 1326 Hayes steet, where she lived as a kind of companion to Miss Rivers. She slept in the same room with her mistress, and was constantly with her, but no one suspected what a gigantic plan was working in the small head of the child, for she spoke to no one of it. and gave no sign of what she was thinking. Monday evening she went to bed as | usual, but early Tuesday morning when | no one was stirring she decided to put | | into_execution the scheme she had been thinking of, and see for herself just what ison the other side of the line between | life and death. She never thought of the consequences—that to satisfy her curiosity she would pay the price of her life. She simply deciged on her course of action and proceeded to put it into effect. Silently she stole down stairs to an un- used servant’s room, and after closin; tightly the doors and windows she turne: the gas jet wide open and then lay down upon the bed and waited. The smell of gas attracted the inmates of the house in time for them to save the child from the consequences of her foolish act, and she was immediately under sur- veillance. Not knowing what else to do with her Miss Rivers had her taken before the Insanity Commissioners, and to them she told her story. The girls had been talking about what wuulg happen after death, she told them. order to find out. had gone about it, and how gently her knowledge of this world faded from her under the smothering vapors of the gas she inhaled. It had not hurt her, she said; it was like going to sleep, and she was not a bit afraid. Under the kindly questioning of Judge | Black, before whom the commission meets, | the girl began to realize, in a measure, the } fuil significance of what she had done, and then she began to cry and promised not to repeat her investigations. Miss Rivers would not take the Eirl back, however, for she felt she would have to be too closely watched, so pending final disposition of the little seeker aiter secrets she was placed in the Receiving Hospital. 1t is the intention of the court to send her to the Boys' and Girls’ Aid Societ{ if she will go, a plan that she will probably agree to without question., She has no father, her mother is sick in a hospital and she is alone in the world, so far as 1elatives are concerned. It will make little differ- ence to her where she goes provided she is well treated, for she seems to be of a lov- able disposition and anxious to make friends. Should she meet with harsh treat- ment and a little more loneliness she will probably take up again the thread of her | Record, ture. to soger, tha knows. She went to school, and she and the other girls frequently discussed snch mat- ters, but so far Hattie Klein has been the only one courageous enough, or foolish enough, to be willing to sacrifice her life in en_ she told how she dress goods, She tirely unsuited to interrupted voyage to the unfathomed hereafter. \ HE WAS THE “BUFFER.” Sang Froid of a Typica on Du A certain popular general takes great de- light in talking to young soldiers, espe- cially when he is not recognized. One day a Lancashire recruit was posted as sentry on the general's quarters. One of the servants gave him something to eat. A moment later a short, elderly man, attired in a tweed suit and gaiters, with his billy- cock tilted over his eyes, came up. “What dost ta want heer?”” said the sen- English Sentry try. “Oh, I belong here,” said the stranger. ‘“And what are you doing, eating on sen- try?” “Naw, I'm not. If tha had been two minutes later I would had been fair on ta job tha knaws.” ‘“What have you got—bread and ham?” “Naw; guess agin.” “Bread and beet?” “Nay, it's not; guess again,” said the sentry. “Well, then, it’s bread and butter.” “Eh! tha's reet. Wull thu ha a bite?” “Thanks no,” said the stranger. ‘“But as youdon’t appear to know me, try and guess who I am.” “Eh! tha's a reet. groom.” “You're wrong; try again,” {‘Well, tha might be general’s butler.” “No, but you are getting nearer.”’ i‘fk;h! thow moight be th’owd buffer his- self.” ‘Right,” said the stranger. “I am the old blgfior himself.”” g “Eh!” fiasped the sentry, shaking vio lently and holding out the food. ‘‘Howd this while I gie thee a chuck up (‘Present arms’).” The general turned away to hide a smile he could not snlfpress at the sentry’s con- fusion. A few days later, at his inspection, Tha'’s general’s the general said he had met men at differ- ent times in places who failed to recognize him and hoped it would not occur in fu- Our Lancashire lad, who expected et severely %unished, was heard to say: “He’s not very iF, but he is every inch'a '—London Telegraph. Truth Not Always the Best. “I always used to be told,” said Footinit, “‘that frankness and truthfulness endeared a man to his friends, but the whole thing is a delusion. low It is lying that makes a fel- pular. - ‘Now, take my experiences of to-day. My wife made some wheat cakes for me with her own little hands. They were the worst slabs of putty I ever tried to eat. When she asked my opinion of them, be- ing a truthful man, I told her that I had never put anything so unpalatable in my mouth, and that a 10-year-old girl could have done better. Then she began to cry. ‘‘After that I went downtown to my store. A womaa came in to get some icked out a material en- er years. Having been taught that truthfulness commends itself to customers in the long run, I said to her: ‘You're much too old for that sort of a go’e’“i itis not suited to a woman over for my tact thoufght_ she would be obliged to me ¥ ul interest in her appearance, but instead of that she flounced out of the store in a rage, and I think she’ll never come back. “I don’t believe frankness is the best policy at all; and I'm going to make the acquaintance of some firsi-class liar and get him to give me a few lessons.”’—New ork Herald. ————— Ohildren Born on Holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Jonas B. Remally of Ger- mantown haye eight children, six of whom came into the world in pairs. Six of the children were born on legal holidays. The eldest, a daughter, was born on a Thanks- giving day; the second, a boy, on Wash- ington’s birthday, and on July 4, 1892, twin daughters arrived in the home. On the ‘Washington’s birthday just past Mrs. Re- mally presented her lord andp. aster with a pair of bouncing boys.—Philadelphia