The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 30, 1895, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1895 3 CHEERS FOR MAGUIRE, Delaware Single-Tax Advo- cates Applaud the Californian, TALEKS AT WILMINGTON. His Audience Packs the Grand Opera-House From Pit to Dome. GROWTH OF THE MOVEMENT. It Is Destined to Bury the Delaware Democracy at the Next Election, WILMINGTON, Den, Dec. 29.—A rousing single-tax meeting was held in the Grand Opera-house here to-night. The theater was packed from pit to dome, and among the audience were many prom- inent politicians from various parts of the State and representative business men of the city. Hon. James G. Maguire of Cali- fornia was the principal speaker, and the Teception tendered him by the audience of 1500 was very enthusiastic. The meeting was the most encouraging that has been neld since the Single-tax Society of Dela- ware inaugurated the Sunday night meet- ing movement in October last. Both Henry George and Actor James A. Herne, who spoke at the opera-house on single tax last Sunday night, attracted large crowds, but to-night’s meeting sclipsed all the past efforts of the single- taxers to swell the movement in this city. It was Judge Maguire’s second visit to ‘Wilmington, and the favorable impression he made in September was fresh in the minds of the people. At that time he ad- dressed an audience of more than 1500 peo- ple in a mammoth tent erected by Pro- fessor Longstreet of Texas on a lot on Eighth and Lombard streets. Harold Sudell, secretary of the Single Tax Society of Delaware, was the first speaker. Hewas followed by W. V. Het- zel, a manufacturer of Philadelphia, who introduced Colonel William B. Norton, a prominent and well-known manufacturer of Wilmington. Colonel Norton is a prominent politician, and in 1890 was a candidate for the office of Mayor on the Democratic ticket. Recently he became & convert to the single tax and ioined the Single Tax Club. To-night he was made permanent chairman of the meeting. When Judge Maguire arose the applayse was deafer he te of his speech was “Our Common Heritage.” He said: “The earth is the common beritage o all mankind from the immediate gift of the Creator. It is now monopolized by the few, solely because our laws hold out inducements to monopoly in the form of the unearned increment which the people produce. This should be taken for public use. Land monopoly would then imme- diately ceese and the people would be set ree in their homes and inaustries. is ;movement is religious, as well a« political. - 1t makes practieal application of the.most fundamental concept of reli- lion—the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. No grander religious meeting ‘than this has been held in the TUnion to-night. I am pleased bey expression to meet this great and appre- ciative audience.” Judge Maguire visited Smyrna on Friday night and Milford on Saturday night, and He is much pleased with the single-tax campaign in D:laware. Single-tax clubs are now estab- lished in all the towns in the State. In the city of Wilmington one club has more than 300 members, 90 per cent being Demo- crats. The Democratic politicians and news- papers will not answer the single-taxers. They are beginning to realize that the single-tax movement is extensive and powerfual, and are fearful that it will bury the Democratic party at the polls next year. CONFIDENCE IN CAMPCS, The Madrid Government Cables Congratulations to the General. Autonomy in Cuba Will Not Be Granted Until the Patriots Are Worsted. LONDON, ExG., Dec. 20.—The Madrid correspondent of the Standard telegraphs that the cabinet has decided to cable to Captain-General Campos assuring him that he still possesses the confidence of the Crown and the Government, and congrat- ulating him on the constitutional demon- stration that took place Saturday night. The correspondent adds that General Campos telegraphs that the insurgents are retiring across the province of Matanzas, burning the cane fields, but respecting the mills and buildings on the estates. He further says that the military outlook has improved during the week. The Madrid Government will pot allow General Campos to grant autonomy in Cuba until he has obtained more successes over the rebels. CAMPOS WILL NOT RESIGN. Elated Over the Constitutional Demonstra- | tion at Havana. MADRID, Spary, Dec. 29.—A dispateh to the Imparcial from Havana confirms the news already made public by the United Press regarding the great constitu- tional demonstration beld in that city last night. The dispatch states that the elo- quent speech made by Captain-General Campos created a profound sensation. Referring to the reports that he in- tended to resign his command in Cuba he declared that whatever his personal in- clinations might be, it was absolutely im péssible for him to resign in facevol the enemy. The Government was abie to Te- place him, but the dempnstration In- creased his desire to annihilate the enemy and improve the difficuit situation. The dispatch adds that General Pando, commanding in the province of Santiago de Cuba, dispatched a strong force to meet ' Jose Maceo, who was reported to be near | Baracoa with 400 men. The Spanish | troops met Maceo’s forces and completely | defeated them. The insurgents lost fifl)’l killed and wounded. The rebel camp and | buried here this aiterncon by the Masonic a quantity of provisions were uptuufl. The Spanish loss was one killed and six wounded. | e REBELS ARE RETREATING. Retrograde Movement Reported by the Havana News Bureau. HAVANA, Cusa, Dec. 29.—Tt is reported here that there are signs of a retrograde movement being made by the insurgents who are near Jaguey Chico, in the south- ern part of the province of Matanzas. The Spanish troops are vainly seeking to bring about a decisive encounter with them. The whole ceuntry-side through which the rebels passed has been devastated by the Alonzo Fontz Accidentally Shot Himself While Hunting. STOCKTON, CarL., Dec. 29.— Alonzo Fontz, a Swiss who has relatives resid- ing in the Mission, San Francisco, acci- dentally killed himself while on a hunting trip on Roberts Island thisafternoon. He was driving in a cart along the banks of the middle river, between Union and Roberts Island, and in some way the gun was discharged and he received the entire load of shot in his left side. P. H. Landmade of this city was near by and witnessed the accident. The unfortunate man died a few minutes after being shot. ‘The remains were brought to this city, and an inquest will be held to-morrow. The deceased was a middle-aged man, and had been visiting friends in this city during the past week. - CHICO’S EXTE COLD BSNAP. | Ice Half an Inch Thick Formed on All Exposed Water. CHICO, Cavn., Dec. 29. —The coldest weather experienced in this section for the last several years occurred this morn- all parts of the city half | ss. The thermometer was down to Pumps and water | pipes were frozen er town. . Hot water was freely used in thawing them out. Quite a number of birds were found dead, owing to the severity of the cold. an inch in th Sas g ety THE STEAMER 'SUNOL SUFFERS. She Was Reported at Astoria as Having | Been Badly Damaged. | ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 29.—The steamer South Coast reports that the steamer | Sunol, from San Francisco for this port, suffered severely during the recent storms, | and sustained considerable damage to her rigging and lost some of her boats. The Sunol is thought to have gone into Coos Bay for repairs. She is chartered to load lumber at Portiand for San Francisco. | Very rougxh weather prevails off the mouth | of the Columbi THE NEWS OF SAN JOSE This Year’s Fruit Crop and the Prices Realized by Growers. Arrest of Two Women Suspected of Being the Lompoc Robbers SAN JOSE, Car., Dec. 29.— Colonel Philo Hersey, president of the'Santa Clara County Fruit Exchange, in speaking of the fruit crop vesterday, said: “The crop this year was abundant and the prices realized were satisfactory. Prunes formed the larger portion of the crop. It is estimated, that of the entire crop not over one-eighth still remains in the valley. - “There is absolutely no market for prunes now, and I do not contemplate any activ- ity until after the middle of January. ches, pears and_silver prunes | closed out, and there is still | nd for these at very good prices, but our principal sale are upon the Pacific | Coast. I do not notice much fiuctuation | in the price of these fruitsat this point.” In speaking of the light rainfall this season Colonel Hersey said: “If we are going to have.a light fall of rain this sea- son I prefer to see it come late. The trees are in a dormant condition now, but about the 1st of February they will be showing signs of life and should have sufficient moisture to supply their thirst. When there isa heavy rainfall I con- sider it best for the orchardists to have the beavy showers before February and after that to have Iight showers to keep the sur- face of the ground moist. — SARATOGA FEL CTRIC LINE. Thirty-One Thousand of the Fifty Thowu- sand-Dollar Bonus Raised. SAN JOSE, CAL., Dec. 29.—The commit- tees working in the interest of the pro- posed Saratoga electric railway are meet- ing with a great deal of encouragement. Yesterday subscriptions amounting to over $1000 were secured, making a total of | $31,500 toward the bonus of $50,000 asked | by the projectors of the road. A sys- tematic canvass will be conducted during | the coming week, and it is almost certain | the sum will be secured. —_— Two Destructive Fires, SAN JOSE, Car., Dec. 29.—The resi- dences of William Valpey and J. 0. Adams on Home street, west of the city limits, were destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon- Valpey’s loss will reach $1500, with $600 insuranc Adamws’ loss is $1000; insur-! ance, $45 The origin of the fire is un-| known. | — The Lompoo Kobbery. SAN JOSE, Cawv., Dec. 29.—Lillian No- bles and Oilie Woods, who were arrested at Gilrov Friday on_ suspicion of being im- plicated in a robbery at Lompoc, were taken te Lompoc by an officer to-day. The women deny all knowledge of the robbery. —_— SPOKAN MURDER. Hughes' Slayer Threatemed TWith Summary Fengeance. SPOKANE, Wasn., Dec. 20.—Dr. C. A. Hughes, who was shot at Wallace the other day, the wound proving fatal, was ZHE Dr. Lodge, of which he was a member, Excitement runs high at Wallace over the shooting,’as it is said to have been done w ithout provocation. and was most deliberate and willful. There bas been some talk of lynching, but the Sheriff is watching his prisoner very close, and this will bardly resuit. Jones, who was one of the most promi nent men of that section of the countr has of late vears been drinking very heav and was half drunk at the time of the | killing. —_—— “OWNEY”? AT TACOMA. evening for Tacoma. The Traveling Dog Completes His Tour of the Globe. TACOMA, Wasn., Dec. 29.—“Owney,” the postal clerk dog, comvleted his trip arnund the world and arrived here on the 1:40 p. ». train from the East. “Owney” left Tacoma August 18 on the Oriental steamship Victoria, and the exact time of his p was 132 days 9 hours 40 winutes and 15 seconds, He bas tags from Yokohama, Kobe, Hongkong, Shangbai, Foochow, Muji, Sinzapore, Perin. St. Michaels, S. 8. Port Philip and New York, which port he reached December 24, leaving the same | ALBANY'S MURDERER, Lloyd Montgomery Calmly Talks of His Coming Execution. DENIES HIS CONFESSION. He Now Adheres to the Story That McKercher Killed His Parents, ANXIOUS TO FACE DEATH. Sad Fate of a Youth Who Never Saw a City During His Life. time. PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 29.—Lloyd Mont- gomery, the youthful slayer of his father and mother and Daniel McKercher, who is lying in the county jail at Albany awaiting execution of a death sentence, is certainly a very unusual young man. He will be hanged on Friday, January 31, by Sheriff McFeron, and although he has but little more than four weeks to live he apparently gives the matter very little consideration and seems to be in the best of spirits. Until two or three days ago he was under the imvression that he was to be hanged on December 31. He misun- derstood the date set for his execution, and for more than a week he thought that his life would be forfeited just one month earlier than the law demanded. When informed of his mistake he expressed very little concern and said he was ready to die at any time; that it made no difference to him one way or the other. Last night Montgomery was visited by a reporter. He talked freely and did not hesitate about making a statement for publication. “I am going to hang on January 31,” he said, ““and there is nothing I can say to vou that will make me any friends or set aside the death- sentence. But I would like very much to have the people know that I am not such a bad boy asI have been made out by the lawyers and news- vavers. I did not kill my father or mother, but 1 did kill McKercher. father and mother and would have killed me had I not had a fight with him and shot him before he could do it. continued the boy after a moment's thought, “no one believes my story now, He shot my | Of course,” | for I am told I admitted killing all of them | when my head was wrong. Now I feel all right and my head is clear, and I can say | honestly that I only killed McKerche: But I am ready to die, and the sooner i over the better. I will have more peace in the next world than in this, the way I'm situated. Everybody thinks I killed my parents, and even if I were free I would suffer more than death by knowing that everybody thought 1 ought to hang. I don’t see any way to establish my inno- | cence and have given up thinking about it. Everything is against me and 1 want to die. Idon’t want to go to the peniten- tia What's the use?”’ “Don’t you have some fear about the future?” “No; why should I? Iam innocent of | any serious crime. I never murdered any | one and I killed McKercher because he | kiiled my parents. I won’t suffer for causing his death. I don’t know anything about the next world, but I don’t fear it in the least. If I had killed my parents, though, I should.” Montgomery discussed the hereafter with evident interest, and if he fears to meet his God he does not show it. He showed considerable intelligence, and, fora youth whom no one believes inno- cent of tue crime for which heis convicted, snows wonderful nerve in talking about it. “Will you go on the scaffold without fear?” was a pointed question asked the young man. I don’t see why there should be any- thing to be afraid of,”” he replied. *I was never scared in my life, and if Iam to die by hanging I won’'t be a baby. I am as anxious to have the thing over with as any one else, and as long as I am of this opin- ion why should I fear the day of exe- cution?” Montgomery was then asked how he spent his time in jail and if he slept well or had bad dreams. When he was first in- carcerated he was very restless at night and seemed to be distressed at times. Now, he says, he sleeps like a log and is not disturbed by dreams. He explains this by saying that he has submitted to the inevitable, and that he is somewhat accustomed to his somber surroundings. “When I first found myself in this cage,” he said, “Ididn't know what to think. I was heartbroken and discouraged, Then Ihad been used to open-air life on the farm, and to be locked in this room was pretty tough. I had never been in town beiore.” “Haven’t von ever visited Portland?"” | was asked. ““No, Albany is the largest town 1 have ever been In, and I have seen very little of it. I was never here before I was brought to jail. I was born eighteen years ago on a farm near Brownsville. in the vicinity of the farm where my parents were killed. I had never been further away from home than Belknap Springs, which is about seventy miles. I would like to see a big city like Portland before I die, but of course it’s too late now."” There was something peculiarly affect- ing about the young man’s story of his isolated life on a farm. He said he never read much about the cities, but had always thought he would see Portland some day. His education, of course, had been ne- glected and his English is anything but perfect, but he speaks fluently and does not waste woras, He is not profane, judging from his conversation yesterday, and does not use much slang, To all ap- pearances he is nothing more nor less than an average son of a farmer, whose life has been spent in constant rustic surround- | ings, with little educational advantages. Before the interview ended the young fel- low was asked how he expected to spend the time until he was executed. “Oh, I've gota fiddle here, and then I read some. I'm not worrying.” Montgomery isa most remarkable young man, and has a great deal of nerve. His interview is most extraordinary, especially that part in which he talks about Mc- Kercher killing bis parents. No one would believe him, and he evidently knows this. Deputy Sheriff Probst said the hanging would take place within inclosed walls behind the jail, in private. He is confi- dent young Montgomery will be game to the last. “Does a man’s mouth open when he is | | | hanged ?”” Montgomery asked Probst the other day. I guess it does,” Probst replied. ““Well, if mine does 1 want you to throw a biscuit in it,” was the startling injunc- tion. —_— MADAME HERRMANN HISSED. Inexplicable Deémonstration on.the Part of a Portland Audience. PORTLAND, ORE., Dec. 29.—Professor Herrmann and Madame Herrmann havea serious grievance against Portland, despite the success of their show here during the week. Large audiences have been attend- ing the performances of the professor, but on the last night of the show’s run Madame Herrmann was hissed and the house was in an uproar during the third part, while madame gives her stereopticon dances. The outburst of disapproval from gal- lery and balcony was_most inexplicable. When it was continued madame ceased dancmiand the lights were turned on, and she stood glaring at her tor- mentors for fully two minutes. she left the stage in disgust. fusion reigned until 'was introduced, Finaliy Utter con- another feature COLEMAN VALLEY GOLD. Rich Strike Made by a Sonoma County Property- Owner. SANTA ROSA, CAL, Dec. 29.—W. J. Edgeworth has brought to town some fine samples of gold and silver quartz, taken from his mining property in the hills be- yond Coleman Valley, some sixteen miles from Santa Rosa. The propertv has been partially developed. An eighteen-foot shaft has been sunk and fifty-two feet of tunnel run in from the hillside to meet the shaft. The ledge is four feet wide at the top. The length is unknown. All indications are that Edgeworth has made a good strike. Assaysarenow being made here and at San Francisco. . Arrested at Santa Rosa. SANTA ROSA, CAL.,, Dec. 29.—David Fisher, the young man accused of perjury 1n securing a license to wed a 16-year-old girl, has been arrested and placed under $500 bonds to appear for examination next Thursday. PATRIOTIC ~ OREGONIANS, The Ashland Crater Club Wants to Inscribe Pilot Rock. Coat of Arms on the Landmark Be- tween California and Oregon. ASHLAND, Or., Dec. 29. — Ashland Crater Club, an enthusiastic exploring and mountain-climbing society, a branch of Portland Mazamas, having for its object the collection and dissemination of his- torical data of the State, is to presenta | unique measure before the Oregon Legis- lature. The club has resolved to petition the | Legislature for permission and aid to bave | an appropriate inscription and the Oregon | coat-of-arms carved on the southern face of Pilot rock, that noble granite landmark | between Oregon and California, and for- | mally dedicated as a monument for all | time to Dr. Marcus Whitman, one of Ore- gon’s earliest discoverers. The suggestion has met with a great deal of favor, and 1f the legislative aid is re- fused it is probable a popular subscription will be raised for the purpose of perpetuat- ing the names of Carver, Gray and Whit- | man, whose services, the Crater Club thinks, have not been sufficiently recog- nized. ptain Jonathan Carver, soldier and Robert Gray elongs the honor of the discovery of the | “Great River of the West,”’ while Whit- man, the missionary, first carried the mes- | 83 of salvation to the Indian tribes of the Northwi = o MIOWERA’S PUSSIBLE LOSS. Port Mariners Take Little Stoel: in the Theory. PORT TOV END, Wasit.,, Dec. 29.— Captain Patten of the Oriental steamship Victoria, which arrived last evening, takes no stock in the theory of Captain Pattie of the Strathnevis about the prob- able loss of the Miowera. A member of the engineer corps of Vie- toria, who claims to have served in a sim- ilar capacity on one of the Canadian-Aus- tralian limers, says there was surely a mis- take about Captain Stott’s allegeq state- ment that the coal supply was short on the trip. He says these steamships can all run with limited fuel if necessary, but they never start out with empty bunkers. On the contrary, they rarely have zn empty bunker, nearly always having enough coal in to make the round trip if it were neces- sary. Moreover, if the Miowera were lost an accident must have happened during the squall when she parted her Lawser only fitteen miles off Cape Flattery; but a dili- gent lookout by the captains of tugs that have been off the cape since the Miowera was there confirm their belief that no doubt the big liner was headed direct for Honolulu. . SOME UN-AMERICAN SEALEKRS. They Are Flying the British Flag to Pre- vent Buinous Seizures. PORT TOWNSEND, Wasn., Dec. 29.— The sealing schooner Willard Ainsworth, first of the Puget Sound sealing fleet to get started for the season’s work, sails from here to-night direct for the Japan coast. She is in charge of her owners, and they are taking along extra provisions, which they expect to sell in the Orient to good Townsend a;;lvauwge. They go withoutany hunters’ oats. Captain Crockett says he learned on the last trip that boats can be purchased in Japan and so!d here on return for double their cost. Nearly all the sealers from the Northwest are still flying the British flag, many such being owned by Americans. This practice was begun four years ago when the seizure of Canadian sealers made the United States Government liable for damages, whereas American schooners when seized were promptly confiscated and had no redress. =i = STEAMSHIP DANUBE’S RETURN. After a Succession of Heavy Storms and Hardship Comes Home Unsuccessful. VICTORIA, B. C., Dec. 29.—The steam- ship Danube returned this morning from a three weeks’ unsuccessful search after the Strathnevis. She has during his absence cruised over 3000 miles, covering the sea south from 58 north latitude and cast 137.10 west longi- tude. She met a succession of heavy storms and was almost continually under water. Inquiries were made at Sitka > — e The mole’s habitation is a regular fort- ress, generally under a clump of bushes or in some place notlikely to be trodden upon by heavy animals. The central fortress, or habitation, is always provided with six SN JOSE'S MYSTERY, Absent Contractor Clinton’s Whereabouts Still Unknown. MONEY THAT WENT T00. It Is Believed That He Left the City With Over Three Thou- sand Dollars, BONDSMEN GETTING WORRIED. They Will Have to Fulfill His Agree- ment to Erect the Armory Building. SAN JOSE, Car., Dec. 29.—No word has been received from Menzo Clinton, the missing contractor, and his bondsmen are now preparing to face the inevitable,which in this case means the fulfillment of Clin- ton’s agreement to erect the armory build- ing for the sum of §10,700. There is now little or nodonbt that Clin- ton’s flight was premeditated and that he took over $3000 of the contract mceney along with him. As he was last heard of in Oakland, from which place he sent a telegram last Tuesday morning, his pres- | ent whereabouts is supposed to be Upper Canada, in which section Clinton formerly lived. Clinton received his certificate for the third payment from Architect Van Siclen on December 21. The certificate was at once presented to Will 8. Clayton, who is the agent of David Jacks, owner of the building now in course of construction, and the latter paid over a check for $2500. Shortly afterward Michael Kenney, who had the contract to do the brick and stone work, asked Clinton if he had received his check and was given a negative answer. At that time Clinton had the check in his pocket. On Monday morning about 10 o’clock | Kenney again inquired about the check | and was told that Will Clayton was out of | the city and there would be no check for the money handed over until his return. | Clinton added that he had to go to San | Francisco on the 11:40 o’clock train to sign a contract to put up a building in that city, but would return this evening if pos- sible. If not he would surely be back the next | morning. Clinton then went to the First National Bank, cashed the check, and, | without paying a dollar out of the $2500, | boarded a train for San Francisco. Definite figures as to how much Clinton is short were received to-day from Charles | C. Cook, who has been looking after David Jacks' interest as day watchman of the | Armory building. His main business was | to see that the work was being done ac- | cording to contract. The first payment on the building was $1776, and the second was $2000. Of this $3776 Clinton turned over $2900 to sub- contractors and about $400 to the carpen- ters in bis own employ. Kenny has been paid $1900 on the brick and stone work, but still bas about $1900 due him. | W. W. Montague & Co., sub-contractors for the plumbing, have done between $700 and $800 worth of work, for which they have not received a cent. Besides these two large accounts there are small sums due for lumber and iron work. From the figures given it is estimated | that Chinton took away about $3000 of the contract money. If his flight was premediiated he cer- tainly used uncommon shrewdness in allaying suspicion. The Saturday he re- ceived the check he paid the plasterers $75. Hetold them that he had not re-| ceived his check, but as he had a little | money of his own he would pay them out of that. ‘When he sola his residence two weeks | ago Clinton told several persons that he intended to lease a place east of this city. His place was mortgaged for $700, and he probably did not realize more than $500 net cash on the deal. When he left for San Francisco be must have had consid- erable over $3000 on his person. The family of the missing contractor consists of a wife and six children, the old- est of whom is a girl of 22 and the young- est a boy of 4 years. Inquiry at the Clinton residence yester- day elicited the information that no word bad been heard from the head of the household, but further than that notning could be ascertained. The young lady who answered the bell stated that the family did not care to be questioned as to her father’s business. Clinton’s bondsmen will meet to-morrow and will make an effort to ascertain just where they stand. They are now having statements prepared of just how much money Clinton paid out. 7 1t is the general belief that the missing man took the train from Oakland last Tuesday afternoon direct to British Co- lumbia and from there went over the Cana- dian Pacific line to his old home in upper Canada, from which scction he came to this city seven years ago. NEW PHASE OF HORTIOULTURE. Retarding Tnstead of Speeding the De- velopment of Flowers Is the Idea. During the past decade horticulture has been undergoing a revolution which seems likely to add largely to its profits. This revolution is yet in its infancy, but has already proceeded so far that its methods are beyond the stage of experiment and have broduced practical results on a large scale in Germany and Eegland. The phase of horticulture in question is not so inuch change in the art of gardening as a totally new departure. Till recently florists when they dexired to have flowers out of season had recourse to the method of *forcing.” Hothouses with hot-water apparatus of various sorts have been util- ized to hasten the maturity of flowers and fruits so that the usual period of their full development would be antici- pated. A summer flower, for example, would be “forced” to put forth in the spring. or even in the winter preceding its natural period of maturity. The results have been exceedingly profitable to florists who obtained ‘‘scarcity prices.”” There has_been a drawback to the method of forcing, however, in the expensiveness of this phase of gardening. An accident of any kind that causes a sudden rise or fall of temperature of the hothouse beyond a applies particularly to the lily of the val- ley, Deutzias, spirza japonica, the ordi- nary lilac and Ghent azaleas. The Lon- don Times refers to a “lily factory” at Sandringham, where for some years pasta Mr. Jannoch has obtained surprising re- sults by his process of retardation. In his first experiments Mr. Jannoch simply placed the “‘crowns’ of the lily plant in'an ordinary icehouse. The crown, it may be explained, is the bud in which areinclosed both leaves and flower in embryo. It is fully formed during the autumn, or some six months before it flowers in the ordinary course of events. When forced in the manner prevalent during the last ten years about 50 per cent of the buds could be got to flower early in January, and perhaps two-thirds of that proportion before Christmas. But by the new method of retarding in refrigerating rooms spe- cially constructed for his purpose Mr. Jannoch obtains fine flowers with well-de- veloped leaves from 95 per cent of his buds. His harvest extends from the end of sum- mer up to Christmas, the period of devel- ofment being comprised within the space of three weeks. The plants named above are not injured in the least by their several extra mouths of hibernation. There are, however, many plants to ‘which the refrigerative method is not ap- pl{cable. No evergreen plants of any kind will bear refrigerating. 1t is applicable, English eerrimenters find, only to plants which are hardy in England and which will withstand ~temperatures about the freezing point. It does not apply, for ex- ample, to the camellia, hyacinth, tuhr, etc. A mfrizenting;ppnratus was recently constructed for a firm of florists near London at a cost of $5000, but an efficient plant could doubtless be erected for less than that sum. The new method explains what has been a mystery to the general public—the exist- ence of large quantities of lily of the valley flowers in the market from late summer up to Christmas. Some 20,000 sprays of this plant are said to have been used at the recent wedding of the Duke of Marlbor- ough. America, in fact, is one of the prin- cipal markets for lily crowns retarded by the refrigerating method. Large supplies are obtained from Germany, where science s0 often now finds its earliest industrial application. Not far from Berlin there are, it is stated, 300 acres under cultivation for the production of lilies alone, to say nothing "of other flowers snusceptible of treatment by the new method. hat can be done in” Germany and England can doubtless be done as well in parts of the United States, and particularly in Mary- land, Virginia and otEerStates in the right latitude. There is no reason why our win- ter sugplyof flowers of any kind should be brought across the Atlantic, when the con- ditions for their profitable cultivation exist right here among us.—Baltimore Sun. ONLY NEEDED ONE MORE DOSE. ‘Where a Life Could Have Been Saved by Antitoxin. Health Commissioner Kerr received a letter yesterday from the Mayor of Bur- lington, lowa, reciting a sad case of diph- theria in that town. Two little girls, the daughters of Mrs. M. E. Smith, were stricken with the disease, and it was aecided to administer antitoxin. 1t wasfound that there was but one dose of the remedy to be obtained in the town. Then came the question to decide which one of the child.en should be given the treatment. The parents could not say, and left it to the doctors, who finally gave it to the one who seemed to be nearest death’s door, hoping that the other child would survive until more could be obtained. The child treated recovered and the other one died within a few hours. “This incident, sad as it is,” said Mr. Kerr, ‘‘is the most pow- erful evidence of the value of antitoxin. I know of another Towa town where out of thirty-two cases only two were lost where this remedy was used.”’—Chicago Times- Heraid. Case - A Tree-Toad Barometer. A curious living barometer in a con- servatory at Plainfield, N. J.,is noted. This indicator of weather changes is a diminu- tive tree-toad, whose apartment is so ar- ranged that the slightest change in the | density of the air is foretold with wonder- ful accuracy. The toad was caught at Feltville a few months ago, and Mrs. Lis- signolo placed the little reptile in a large glass jar. Standing at an angle in the jar, | about two-thirds full of water, isa small but perfectly formed ladder, and upon this the toad rests continually, never moving a muscle except when a change of the weather is to occur. When the earthis dry and the skies clear the toad squats con- tentedly upon the topmost rung of the ladder.” Justassoon asa storm approaches, and many hours before it can be seen or felt in New Jersey, the tree-toad begins to descend the ladder step by step. The nearer the storm comes the lower the toad goes, until at the ciose approach of stormy weather it sits half submerged in the water. The little fellow has been christened ‘Mr. Dunn of Plainfield.”—New York Tribune. ————————— Ten years ago there were 7000 lakes and ponds in Minnesota. A third of these are now dry and the others are largely shrunken in area. SICRAMENTO'S PLUM The Postmastership Likely - to Fall to Thomas Fox. CHOICE OF HIS PARTY. | Democratic City Committee -In- dorses Him by Unani- mous Vote. NEEDS A WASHINGTON PULL. County Central Committee Said to Stand Eleven to Two in His Favor. SACRAMENTO, Car.. Dec. 20.—At the meeting held by the Democratic city come mittee this afternoon to decide upon the merits of the various candidates for the office of Postmaster of this city, made vacant by the resignation of S. A. Leake, a resolution was introduced indorsing Thomas Fox as the most eligible candi- date for that position, and was carried by a vote of 8 to 3. Several members of the county ceniral committee were also preseat and the ab- sent members were represented by proxies, it being the intention to introduce a simi- lar resolution before tbat body, but owing to the fact that an objection was made toa vote by proxies the matter was postponed. It is understood, however, that the mem= bers of the committee stand 11 to 2 in fa- vor of Fox. In conversation with Committeeman Louis Vogel, a very nfluential Democrat of this city, this evening, he said: “Per- sonally we have no feeling in the matter as to who :shall be our next Postmaster. We only desite to name the man who would create the least dissension in the ranks of the Democratic party of this com- munity, and we are unanimously of the opinion that Mr. Fox is the man. If the latter has as many warm friends in Washington, D. C., and can control as much political influence in that city as he can undoubtedly wield in this locality, then he is certainly the next Postmaster of Sacramento, and I will add that without doubt he can secure the backing of the majority of the business men. R ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE. Despondency Causes a Sacramentoite to Turn a Pistol on Himself. SACRAMENTO, Car., Dec. 29.—Travis Krump, a well-known citizen of this city attempted suicide this morning by firing two shots from a revolver into the right side of his head. The first ball glancea around the skull, and the second lodged near the base of the brein, and there is small hopes of his recovery. Krump was formerly a member of the police force and was also at one time in the employ of the Postoffice Department as letter carrier. Lately he has been em- ployed as bartender in a downtown sa- loon. 3 This morning after his night shift had ended he went to his residence, 414 M street, and leaving word with the family at what hour he desired to be called re- tired to his apartment. Shortly afterward the report of two shots in rapid succession rang out and on entering his room Krump wasfound lying on his bed in an unconscious condition. It is stated that the unfortunate man, who is a brother-in-law of ex-Mayor Greg- ory of this city, had been very despondent of late, but no further cause is assigned for his rash act. Death From Exposure. SACRAMENTO, Can, Dec. 20.—A man named Thomas Lucas, who recently came Lere from Siskiyou County and had been drinking hard, was found dead in a boxcar to-day. His death was due to pneumonia, resulting from exposure during the cold nights. certain point is followed by the total de- or eight entrances, so that the mole can | struction of the crop of flowers. escape in any direction on short notice. L e Send you: c Idren into the open air as | ment of flowers. The new departure is a method of re- tarding, instead of -%eeding, the develop- xperimenters have much as possible. Orpen-air exercise is | found that by reversing their ordinary one of the most important conditions for | methods they obtained better results at the preservation and obtaining of health, less cost. Applying cold instead of heat and, though exercise for the young infant | they keep tleir plants dormant till out of must be passive, for the child who can run | season, and then with the use of heat brin, and play it should be very active indeed. | them at will to maturity. This met! NEW TO-DAY. Question. 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