The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 3, 1896, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1896 ————————— e e e e LOUISE MICHEL COMING The Noted Woman Anarchist Will Soon Lecture in This City. WAS A COMMUNARD LEADER. At One Time She Went About Paris Firing Houses in the Cause of Anarchy. Michel, the famous French com- m rd, is coming to San Francisco in the course of the nexttwo months to deliver several lectures here on her peculiar social views. Louise, who has a world-wide though unenviable notoriety, has frequently been offered e ements to lecture in America. Her fr of whom Pietro Gori is one of the most enthusiastic, states that e is only coming to America now to to build 2 home in London refugees who have been exiled es for holding startling on social questions. 1ch revolutionary in 1830. ought into notice by her talent, in which she tor Hugo. ool in the Quar- ve lessons in t line until her T in the mmune, in collectivists zed the metropolis sook her avocation of the commu- who, torch in hand, that they might Lonis: araged by 1860 she of used ke the part sand petroleuses, to d crowd that was tic doctrines on nvalides, Louise d to address the meeting, ng been chosen the orator of , but before she had fairly started ress the police concluded that her anarchistic and forced a meeting le to the comm planade _des desist. Th crowd that upon ter as a second Joan who had come to save them, a ‘'move on the gendarmes ding that useless moved on the resi- of President Grevy, but there were iven back. A crowd followed Louise Michel along the boulevard, and on the way entered shops and asked for what they wanted. If it was refused they took we fin: it. “The female leader did not take part in | these matters, but laughed at the discom- fiture of the shopkeepers. A second demonstration by the commu- nists was suppressed by the authorities ber of those who took part in proceedings were arrested and sent to for short terms. Louise Michel d herself to the authori < placed on trial for to = pillage. Before this she been in exile in New Caledonia, and had returned with pardoned communar. She intly charged with one Pougel, in ssion were found pamphlets 1e of which had been sent to soldie: ising them to burn the barracks. The prisoners were found guilty, an e was sent to prison for six years and el for eicht years. was released before her term ex- , but her communistic spirit would ot down, for she took part in agitations 1886, and for this was sent to prison n. She was again released and then France, and since has appeared at ous places to promulgate the doctrines are advanced here by Pietro Gori, an intimate friend of hers. is now in the sixty-fifth year of wag her age and Gori declares that she still re- | s traces of her former beauty. He says that she is a remarkably well preserved W whose light hair and light blue s make her very attractive. She has a sweet countenance,” he said, nd it is only her enemies who declare that she is an old hag.” WANT A CAR SERVICE. Ashbury Heights Property-Owners Dis- cuss the High-Handed and Illegal Policy of Vining. The Ashbury Heights Improvement Club met last nmight at 137 Carl street, with George A. Rankin in the chai The committee of three on sidewalks on Cole street was discharged and a commit- tee of five was appointed on sidewalks in the whole district, as follows: F. W. M. Lange, D. L. Westover, W. B. Walkup, E. M. Fritz and R. D. Cranston. The chair- man reported that the against the railroad company for the forfeiture of the Carl-street franchise was in the same stage as at the last meeting of the club. The court allowed thirty days’ time, which will expire March 30, and no further time will be granted except on a demurrer or some other species of the “law’s delay,” and meanwhile the service on Carl street continues a la Vining, which everybody in San Francisco understands to mean | probably a little in the morning, less in the evening and none at all by midday. The committee went before the Super- visors when the franchise for bits of streete, though in reality for the Metro- politan street road, was discussed. The board promised to consider the protest from the property-owners in Ashbury Heights, but 1mmediately after took up {he matter and acted favorably toward the railway people. The franchise as re- quested is for a line from Ellis and Market to Mason. Then thereisa jump to Hvde, and the line continues from Ellisto O'Far- rell and.out to Scott, thence to Page to the Park. The Carl-street branch, however, is not considered. The application is so worded that nobody except the Market- street Company can bid for the franchise. | The Hydrant Commitiee reported that Chief Sullivan of the Fire Department promised to provide mains and fireplugs throughout the district. After the meeting adjourned there was an informal talk about the streetcar lack of service over the line on Carl street. Mr. Vining’s idea of economy is to run cars there in the morning tiil 9:30 o’clock. and then put them into the carhouse. At 5 p. M. be takes them out for exercise and sives them occasional runs over the road, regardless of the legal contract made by the railroad company with the representa- tives of the people that cars shall run at least every fiiteen minutes. Suits at law to compel the company to run every fif- teen minutes were suggested, and the Fre- vailing sentiment was in favor of calling the company to account in the courts. MILK AND DISEASE. An Interesting Lecture Before the Academy of Sciences — Valuable Hints as to Tuberculous Cows. At the meeting of the Academy of Sciences last evening First Vice-President Rivter presided, in the apsence of Presi- dent David Starr Jordan. Secretary Rixford announced that 575 specimens had been contributgd to the herbarium and 195 to the museum. A communication, signed by Professor George Davidson, E. J. Molera, H. C. Bebr, Herman Kower, Marsden Manson, Thomas Price, L. A. Garnett anc Professor ¥ d 8. Holden, announcing that it was the re of the writers to form asection ot ct and applied seience if it met Wwith the approval of the council. g Tne chairman said that the council had given its approval and the gentlemen could proceed to organize. ¢ « Dr. M. J. Roseman of the Marine Hos- pital service and stationed at the quaran- tine grounds on Angel Island delivered a | very interesting and instructive lecture on | “Bacteria and the Dairy.” 3 | He said that many kinds of microbes | that find their way into milk are harmless, | { because human "beings take them in- ternally and do not suffer any evil effects. He explained that the harmful bacteria may come from a cow having tubercuiosis or may come the use of impure water used in washing cans. In one drop of water there may be an uncountable number of the | microbes, each of which has the power to muitiply at the rate of 16,000,000 in | twenty-four hours. § | Dr. F. D. Wood lectured on tuberculosis and cows. He told of the various ways in which the cows contract this disease. MUSIC BY COLLEGIANS. State University Glee and Mandolin Clubs at the Auditorium. The glee and mandolin clubs of the State | University gave a highly successful con- | cert at the Auditorium, corner of Eddy | and Jones streets, last night. There wasa | large and appreciative audience present. | Several hundred seats were occupied by | members of tne university notwithstand- the hardship of having to cross the ferry | “after tilling the soil all day,” as one stu- | dent referred to the campus improvement work. | Every number on the programme re- sulted in an encore, and at one time three responses were demanded by the enthusi- astic audience. Following the opening ‘‘Estudiantine’ | by the two clubs Fred 8. Knight ’98 sang | “The Quaker.” The Glee Club effectively rendered the sad story of “Little Tommy,"” | following with “Willie Had a Purple Mon- key,” and other part songs. Mrs. Olive Reed sang a Norwegian song from Loge most effectively. Her second programme | number was alullaby, in which she was assisted by the Glee Ciub and Charles C. | Parcells, the latter rendering a violin ob- | ligato. Tne Mandolin Club rendered several de- htful selections, including Schrom- mel’s “Vienna Forever” and ‘‘Recuerdos de Espana” waltz. Other popular participants were Power Hutchins 96, Otto T. Wedemeyer ’98 and Charles E. Parcells. The latter piayed a violin scloand met with a rousing encore. The members of the club on “the stage were: Glee club: Burbank G. Somers, director; | Howard P. Verder, manager; first tenors—Clin- ton R. Morse'96, T. Allen Smith '97, Charles A. Elston . Burbank G. Somers '92, T. Vail Bakewell, law '98; second tenors—Ikrank P. Taylor’97,Harold nnes '99, Fred S. Knight i« mple Smith '98 first bassos—Raymond J. ¥ 96, Frank D. Stringham, law '98, Otto T. Wedemever '98, Stewart Rawlings '97, George | H.Whipple '97;'second bassos—Power Hutehins | 96, Reginal H. Parsons'98, Dwight Hutchin- | son 98, Howard P. Veeder '96; Charles E. | Parcells, solo violinist; Arthur F. Agard,ac- companist. | Mandolin club: First mandolins—J. R. Baird '99, W Downing '99, F. White '99, F. P. Thomas "98; second mandolins. McD. Cun- ningham '98, H.C.Gamage '99; guitars—J. : = n W. Ely '99, | SAN DIEGO MUD-SWEPT. | Fears for the Safety of Guano Schooners | at Sea. | SAN DIEGO, Car., March 2. — The | weather the past two days has been a sur- | prise to the proverbial oldest inhabitant. The streets were full of dust all day, and to-night the first rain for several weeks be- gan to fall in good volume, breaking the drought and insuring heavy crops. The highest velocity of the wind last N DREARY COOLGARDIE, G. R. Painter Tells of the Strange Rush to the West Australia Camp. WATER HAULED ON TRAINS. Men Go Prospecting With Camels In- stead of Horses or Burros—Coro- mandel Mines. G. R. Painter, a rich mine-owner of the Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand, is at the Russ. He has recently been at Coolgardie, West Australia. He says that Coolgardie, while 2 booming camp, has many serious draw- backs that people ata distance can scarcely understand. So many men rushed in that now there are more than are needed, and lots of them are trying to get back home but can’t, being out of money. Then tke country is so barren and deso- late that it may be considered the jump- ing-off place of the world. Huge camels g0 to and fro, bearing freight and carrying the outfits of the prospectors. A camel for a miner is as indispensable as a burro is for our miners in most sections of the Sierra and Rocky Mountains. He says that usually six prospectors will go together on their trips and take two camels. The caraels haye succeeded horses al- most entirely, and horses are so rare that they are scarcely to be seen. At the same time camels are_being raised there so as to supply the continued aemand as the coun- try develops. The scarcity of water is the cause of the relegation of the horse and the substitution of the camel. “Water is worth 8 cents a bucketful at Coolgardie,” said he, “and a good well is as good as a gold mine. A year ago water was worth 16 cents a bucketful. There are a lot of big European companiesoperating mines there, and they take their water in by train loads. “There are cars built on purpose to hold water. It is brought from hundreds of miles away across the desert. Itisvery hot in that part of West Australia, and as it is sandy, too, no animal is fitted for habitation there like the camel. They can eat the sagebrush, too, and other shrubs, that horses can’t. A camel there is worth £70, or $350. “For all it is such an inhospitable coun- try gold is tnere in large quantities and the railroads are being extended in every girection. They are building miles every ay. “‘My own mining property is on North Island of the Coromandel Peninsula, N. Z., sixty miles northwest of Auckland. To get there vou go by steamer across the i 12 Fihee rk i iabiplqaatie mines there, the richest being the Waihi, an enormous property, which came within fifteen feet of striking myself, and consequently I am a little sore about it. The mine has 150 stamps working, and the owners are putting up 150 more stamps. night was twenty miles, and the same | velocity was reached to-night. This is | quite heavy for S8an Diego, and means that a gale is raging outside. The roar of the | ocean is tremendous, and a big sea is run- ning. | Fears are entertained for the safety of | several small guano schoomners, which are due from the lower coast. Almost every year at this time vessels are lost to the southward. i The steamer Bonita sailed at 11 o’clock | this morning with the disabled steamer ‘Willemette Valiey in tow,and in spite of the fact that a tremencous sea was encountered as soon as the bar wascrossed the steamers stayed with it and passed around Point Loma on their dangerous trip up the coast. They have had the advantage all day of favorable winds, and, with fore and aft sails spread, they will make good time | | toward San Francisco. | No great damage has been caused yet by the storm, though numerous small craft | have gone adrift on the bay and mixed | things a trifle. SR G FLAMES SWEEP OFER COLEVILLE Complete Destruction of the Mono County Village. CARSON, NEv., March 2.—During a ter- | rible wind and snow storm vesterday | Colevilie, in Mono County, Cal., was de- | stroyed by tire. Every building in the | town, except a blacksmith-shop and a de- serted dwelling, was wiped out. Coleville was a small mountain town in the Ante- | lope Valley, and was the center of supplies for the ranchers and miners. It had re- cently been made a station for the Bodie | and Bridgeport road, The loss by the conflagration amounts to $50,000, with only $10,000 insurance. The tire originated in the kitchen of the | Barnett Hotel, and the occupants barely escaped with their lives. The hall and store adjoining were burned before any- thing could be removed. Mr. Barnett, the srincipal owner in the town, conducted a ivery stable, and the halters on the horses had to be cut and the animals ariven out through the flames in order to save them. | inthe entire town little was saved but the clothes on the people’s backs. Great hardship has followed, as a severe snow- storm has been raging for the past twenty- four hours, and the snow has rendered the roads zlmost impassable. Kirman & Rickey, the ‘‘cattle kings,” have a ranch near by, and they have lent ail the assist- ance possible. | _ The fire started between 3 and 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and in less than half an hour the village was in ashes. It is doubt- ful if the town will be rebuilt. | Asthere is no_telegraphic connection | with the town but meager particulars | have been received, and the late severe | storm has cut off all travel by private con- | veyance. —_————— HAIL AT STOCKTON. | Fruit Trees in the Vicinity Stripped of | Their Blossoms. STOCKTON, CAr.. March 2.—A terrible | hailstorm visited this section “this after- | noon and great damage has been done to | hte fruit crops and grain. | The storm came from the west, and con- tinued for about fifteen minutes. The hailstones were large, and descended in great quantities and with much force. After the storm ceased the hail lay in some places upon the ground two inches | thick. | Inthe orchards near the city, according | to reports, in outlying districts the blos- soms were knocked from the trees, and in | places where they were exposed to the full | fury of the storm the trees were literally | stripped. In the mountains in sight ot the city on the west there has been a neavy snowfall, and the entire range is covered with a white blanket. e S Perris Mine Closed. RIVERSIDE, CAL., March 2.—The Santa Rosa mine at Perris shut down Saturday, and the company filed a petition in insol- vency to-day. This action was precipi- tated by attachments put on the property by the employes. The mine is thought to be one of the richest in Southern Califor- nia, but it is claimed that the company has been shipping away all the bullion mined and paying as few bills as possible. ek o et Fires Burn in Suisun Orchards. SUISUN, CarL., March 2.—Snow fell here to-day and it is feared a killing frost will result to-night. Orchardists, however, are The mine was discovered only a year ago. | Its dividends are enormous. I own the | extension of the Waihi and extensions of | some of the seven or eight other proper- | ties ot the Waihi group. 2 | “There is an opportunity for California | to do a big business with New Zealand and { Australia if it can manage to get the | freight and passenger fares reduced a lit- tle.. We need mining mackinery and many other thines vou have got here, but we can get them for rather less from Eurove than from here, though the dis- tance is far greater. ““This being the nearest place, and where we can get the best and in the shortest time, we would prefer to buy here. There is an important trade that may be got by | California from the Antipodes 1fit will but | reach out for it.” Mr. Painter says the Vrawera country, about 100 miles from Auckiand, held hith- | erto exclusively bv the blacks, is soon to | be opened up. He thinks it may prove as rich as Coromandel or, possibly, Cool- | gardie. ARIZONA’S PROTEST. Citizens Deplore the Passage of the School Lands Bill Over Mr. Cleve- land’s. Veto. PH@ENIX, Ariz., March 2.—Excitement prevails in the Salt River Valley because of the action of the lower house of Con- gress in passing the bill providing for the leasing of school lands over the President’s veto. They fear the Senate will do likewise. The people were assured that the Presi- | dent would veto the bill when it passed Congress and confidently believed that would be the end of it, but when the lower house of Congress took the bill up and passed it over Mr. Cleveland’s head it stirred up a hornets’ nest. The sentiment of a large majority of the people of Arizona, regardless of party, is against this bill. They feel that the dan- | ger of its passing the Senate is imminent. Telegrams were sent to Senstors known by local citizens; petitions against the passage of the bill were circulated; a meet- ing was called, and a general demonstra- tion made against the bill. The objec- tions to the bill are as follows: First—Itgives the Governor, Secretary of State and the Superintendent of Pub- lic Instruction too muck power. Second—Lumber companies in the north- ern part of the Territory will secure the leases; theu the timber will be cut off and the land become worthless. Third —Ranchmen on school lands be- lieve no compensation will be paid them for improvements. Citizens were highly indignant that Del- egate Murphy should state to Congress, as he is reported to have done, that this biil was opposed by no one_except those set- tled on school lands. Practically every one except those expecting to be benefited by the bill are opposed to it. s Gt HOCKENBERRY'S ANGER. He Will Sue the Selma Irrigator for Heavy Damages. FRESNO, CaAr., March 2.—Jacob Hock- enberry, who has gained much local fame because of his suit against G. W. Smith, late candidate for Sheriff of this county, to recover money loaned the aspiring politi- cian at the time he (Smith) made his disastrous canvass, has made up his mind to retaliate on one of his critics. He has declared his intention to bring suit against Editor Vandenburg of the Seima Irrigator for publishing a statement of the case and following it with remarks anything but complimentary to Hockenberry. At what figures Hockenberry will place damages has not been made known. Hockenberry has put his case into the hands of ex-Judge Harrig, and will claim that Editor Vandenburg has a personal spite against him because he refused to ac- cepi $150 for a note of §225 boucht on speculation, which Vandenburg had made and which ne had to pay in full. Hocken- berry claims that the editor threatened to ‘“‘get even with him’’ at the time. Land for Merced’s Depot. MERCED, Car., March 2.—An instru- ment deeding five half-blocks in the east- ern part of this city to the Valley Railroad was recoraed by R. Grocey last Saturday. Tae property named isample for depot purposes and the necessary sidings. e Tragedy Near ¥rela. prepared to smudge their trees and may prevent much damage being done. Nearly every orchardist in Suisun Valley will start the fires during the night. YREKA, CaL, March 2.—Manue! F. Wells, a passenger on yesteraay’s stage en route to Fort Jones, attempted suicide when about five miles out of Yreka by snooting himself through the head. The driver and other passengers held the wounded man in the stage, preventing further attempts at self-des truction, and continued on to Fort Jones where medi- cal attendance was obtained .The man is still alive, but cannot recover, e SUISUN DAMAGE SUIT. Edward de Haven Brings Action Against the Southern Pucifics SUISUN, CaL., March 2.—Edward de Haven of Elmira, by his guardian ad litem, Alfred de Haven, has filed a suit in the Superior Court of Solano County against the Southern Pacific Railroad Com}mny, raying for judgment for the sum of $50,- 800 by reason of injuries received and alleged to have been caused by the care- lessness and negligence of the railroad company. RS De Haven was riding in a wagon along a road in Elmira crossed by a railroad track, last September. His horses became unmanageable and ran across the track, escaping the Vacaville engine, which was backing down, by only three feet. Thinking the engine would strike the front of the wagon, the boy jumped from the back of it. He fell across the track and both arms were crushed by the engine, amputation being necessary. - The plaintiif alleges no warning was given, as required by the law. Being de- rived of the means of earning a liveli- Eood, he considers he is entitled to dam- ages for injuries received. S TWO FISHERMEN LOST. Their Empty Skiff Was Cast Up on the Beach. TACOMA, Wasn., March 2.—The boat in which Henry Scook and Charles Sampson were overtaken by a heavy storm off Point Defiance last Thursday was found yester- day on Maury Island by Captain Shaw and a party on board the launch Crescent. A coat, hat and glove belonging to the missing men were picked up on the beach near the boat. The skiff was in a badly battered condition. Tt is now conceded that the men are at the bottom of the sound. Scook leaves a widow and a little boy. Sampson was a single man and had no relatives here. Michael Jorgin, who was also overtaken in his boat by the storm while fishing for cod off Port Defiance, put in at Quarter- master Harbor and escaped the fate of other fishermen. No Independent Companies. SACRAMENTO, CaL, March 2.—When the National Guard was reorganized, several companies were dropped and some of these applied to the Board of Location for permission to retain their arms and form independent companies. The matter was referrea to the Attorney-General, and he has replied to_the effect that there is no law that would authorize such a pro- cedure. T Peace in Los Angeles Courts. LOS ANGELES, CaL., March 2.—The contempt proceedings against General Williams, Assistant District Attorney,were dismissed this afternoon. The General made a very completeapology for his hasty remarks made in anger, and Judee Smith reviewed the entire case with great modera- tion and accepted the apology in the best possible manner. Held for the Salt Lake Killing. SALT LAKE, Uram, March 2.—Harry Hyndes, who shot and killed Walter Din- woody, whom he fourd almost in com. pany with his (Hyndes’) wife on Sunday morning, had his preliminary hearing to- day and was held for trial for murder in $20,000 bonds, which was immediately fur- nished and the accused released. — . Halfmoon Bay Oil Fields. REDWOOD CI Can.,, March 2.— Langley & Richards, Los Angeles oil men, recently secured a lease of the Taylor ranch, on Lobetus Creek, about five miles southeast from Halfmoon Bay, and will borel for petroleum as soon as the weather settles. OTIS FOR SECUND PLACE. The Los Angeles Editor Willing to Run With McKinley. COLUMBUS, Onro, March 2.—Dr. P. J. Detmers of the State University, who has just returned from the Pacific Coast, says the sentiment there is strong in favor of McKinley and Editor Otis of the Los Angeles Times for the National Republican ticket. Dr. Detmers to-day returned from Can- ton, where he went to lay the matter be- fore ex-Governor McKinley,whose intimate (riendshig he enjoys. He toild Major McKinley that Colonel Otis’ platiorm was protection to American industries, a 100-cent dollar, a free ballot and a fair count, and the upholding of the American flag. McKinley applauded the platform, and said it was all that was necessary. He also said to Dr. Detmers that no better man could be found than Colonel Otis. R e BUCKNER IN THE RACE. May Be Supported by Those Who Desert Blackburn. FRANKFORT, KY., March 2—The Re- publicans held a caucus to-night to nom- inate a successor to Dr. Hunter, but ad- journed without agreeing on any one. Some of Judge Holt's friends made a | canvass of the membersto-night and found that he had promise of enough votes to nominate him on the first ballot. T1he break in Senator Blackburn’s lines is expected on Wednesday. The gold Demo- crats, who have been supporting him and have been holding conferences for over a week, decided this morning to vote for Blackburn to-morrow, after which they will vote for some sound-money Demo- crat in the hope of being met in the spirit of a compromise by enough sound-money Republicans to elect him. General Buck- ner seems to be the favorite among those who contemplate leaving Blackburn. Y To Quell a Riot. RALEIGH, N. C,, March 2.—W. J. Griffin, lieutenant commanding the Naval Reserves at Elizabeth City, at 5 o’clock this evening telegraphed the adjutant- eneral that he was called on by the Mayor of Edenton to quell a riot there. Governor Carr ordered Griffin to report with his division to the Mayor of Edenton and also telegraphed the Mayor for a re- ort of the riot. Griffin with forty men eft for Edenton at 6 o’clock. —_——— Bering Sea Seizures. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 2.—The Senate Committee on Foreign Reiations met this afternoon to consider the Bering Sea seizure claims treaty and after a long discussion by Senator Morgan the conven- tion was agreed to with but few material changes in the verbiage. During the ex- ecutive session of the afternoon the treaty and the action by the committee was re- ported to the Senate. —_—— ZLa Bourgogne Not Injured. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 2.—The French line steamer La Bourgogne, which sank the Atlas line steamer Ailsa in a dense fog off Fort Hamiiton Saturday af- ternoon, and which returned to port to as- certain whether repairs were necessary, sailed this morning for Havre. G U Piano Factory Burned. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 2.—Stultz & Bauer's piano factory, in East Thirty-tirst atreet. was burned to-night. Loss, $100,- Man Was Made to Mourn, Perhaps, ‘but’ rueumatism need not add to the calamities to which we are .more or less subject when there is such an efficient means of counter- acting the dire complaint as Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. When the liver, bowels or stomach are out of order, or the kidneys or nerves troublesome, the Bitters is a'soan efficient remedy. 1t prevents and remedies all malarial disorders. P PRAISE FOR THE PRESS, Congregational Preachers Think It Is Good, but Might Be Better. MONDAY MORNING MEETINGS. Rev. J. D. Foster Deplores Its Alleged Prejudgment of “Our Own Dr. Brown.” That its members had pronounced views in relation to Dr. Brown’s trial and the comments thereon was shown by the Con- gregational Monday Club’s discussion of Rev. J. D. Foster’s paper on “Thoughts on Journalism” yesterday. Mr. Foster said: We are becoming a nation of newspaper readers. People who have not time to read books can snatch the, moments necessary for the perusal of this lighter literature, The power of agreat paperis tremendous in any community. Therefore the question “What is %Jlsdmfluence?” may be answered by “Good and ad.” It is good in that it exposes crime and vice, thus furnishing an example to evil-doers. It is good in the fact that it furnishes informa- tion to all ciasses. It is bad because of its willingness to vilify any one in the interest of partisanship. The speaker stated that he bad been offered money to give the details of an assault upon a child whom he, the speaker, had rescued from a life of vice. “Qur own Dr. Brown,” said he, ‘has not received fair treatment,” and in support of his position stated that a newspaper had opened its columns to comments on the case by any one who chose to supply them, the offer being taken advantage of to the extent of two columns of opinions. He resumed: 1 wish five things might be done. First, I would like to see patrons discriminate in favor of the metropolitan paper whose sins are the least in this line. Next, I would have the re- sponsibility placed where it belongs—not upon the reporter or correspondent, but the editor, who is the responsible head of the paper. Again, I would have both newsgatherers and editors helped In & modest and legitimate way in making up the papér with what is fragrant and delicious. Seventy-five thousand ministers and hun- dreds of thousands of church-going people in this country ought to be ashamed that their power is not more marked where there are such opportunities for usefuiness. Iwould see that the editor received occa- sional notes from the subscribers—not such a note as would insult him, but one commend- ing the good points and deprecating the bad. Last, I would see & good paper established by endowment by some wealthy man if need be. Captain Cook ridiculed the idea of a paper being controlled by a Stanford or ih]z;tingwn. and reaching the ideal up- eld. Dr. Hood said the American press was diluting the public mind. He favored condensations and said lessons could be learned from the leading journals of Europe.. John Kimball said the good things were nov exploited by the press. *If a man behaves himself,” said he, “the papers ignore him. Our Sunday papers go far toward ruining the people. Theyare ade- moralizing agency, catering to bad, low tastes. If they go for a lamb they will kill him.” Dr. Pond spoke words of praise and blame for the press and deplored what he regarded as its tendency to prejudge sus- pects. I consider Durrant a terribly abused man,” said he. Rev. Joseph Rowell thought it should be made a penal offense to publisha paper of more than four pages. In his judgment the press should be a conservator of public morals. Rev. William Rader observed that news- papers were not forced upon people. They usually come in answer to a request in the form of a subscription. “I am a news- paper fiend,” continued that gentleman. “I read them carefully, and am sorry when I have finished. I believe it was Brice who said_San Francisco papers were the worst published. Iam surehe has not seen the Boston Glooe, for instance. The newspapers are an actual reflection of life. I think the wart on Cromwell’s nose shouid appear 1n his portrait. The papers made Talmage. They unmade Beecher. They are keeping Ballington Booth and his wife in this country. I feel grateful to the press. It is a friend to the church, the ministry and the people.” Meyer Strauss believed the newspapers held a mirror up to nature. If politicians, ministers and business men go wrong the hideousness of their lives should ex- posed. “The presselevates,’” he said. “It does not degrade.”” Rev. W. H. Tubb considered the press purer than the pulpit in some instances. The idea of an endowed newspaper was Utopian. In these days of rampant vil- lainy it could not be exposed too much. “The newspapers do their work for money,” said Rev. W. A. Tenney, *‘but so do preacliers and farmers. We may reject what we do not want. Idid not read the Overman letters, because I did not choose to0.”” H. H. Wikoff took exception to the state- ment that preachers worked for money, and favored the idea of an endowed press. Dr. Warren said he had never read stronger condemnation of vices than in the newspapers. Neither had he seen stronger pleas for charities than in their pages. ‘‘We don’t know what we are talking about when we condemn the news- papers for chronicling events that have actually transpired,” said the doctor. J. A. Chamberlain_spoke strongly for the press. Rev. Philip Coombs consid- ered newspaper reading harmful to chil- dren. Rev. J. B. Orr said the endowed news- aper would not be sustained, even by its present advocates. ‘Do you favor an expurgated edition of the Bible?’ he asked; ‘‘yet you are advocating that for the newspapers.” A letter from Presiding Elder Coyle, thanking the club for its offer of co-opera- tion in aid of Dr. M. F. Colburn, was read by Dr. Pond. FLOODS IN ARMENIA. Siz Hundred Nomad Arabs Known to Have Been Drowned. CONSTANTINOPLE, TuRkEY, March 2.—Heavy rains have caused the Tigris River to overflow its banks, and an im- mense expanse of territory has been in- uadated. The floods are particularly severe in the Armenian district. Six hundred nomad Arabs are known to have been drowned, and it is feared that the loss of life will be much heavier. Thirty thousand head of cattle have perished. The damage is enormous. BERLIN, GErMANY, March 2.—The cor- respondent of the Lokal Anzeiger in Con- stantinople is authority for the statement that Russia has asked Turkey to expel all Euglish and American missionaries from Asia Minor. Attacked the Abyssinians. MASSOWAM, March 2.—General Bara- tieri attacked the Abyssinians yesterday. Generals Albertone, Arimondi and Dabor- mida commanded the left, center and right brigades respectively. General Ellina commanded the reserve. The Italians captured the passes leading to Adowa without opposition. General Albertone, with four native battallions and four mountain batteries, engaged the enemy, but were soon overcome by overwhelming odds. Finally the Italians were compelled to abandon their positions. The losses sustained are unknown. L g Wheat and Elevator Burned. l MINNEAPOLIS, MIxN., March 2.—E les vator A, No. 2, owned by the Minneapolis Terminal Elevator Company, was burned this morning. The building contained 600,000 bushels of wheat, all of which is a total loss, very little salvage being ac- cepted. The structure itself was equipped with all modern appliances. The total loss is $650,000. AN SCLT T ARE RACING TO VALPARAISO. 4n Ocean Voyage of Steamships Upon Which Big Bets Are Made. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 2.—The Brit- ish steamships Kara and Coya, which are chartered respectively by the rival ship- enway & Browne, started yesterday on a | race for Valparaiso, Chile, each with alarge | cargo of general merchandise. It is stated that 8. W. W..Caldweil of W.R. Grace & Co. and Mr. Jaffrey of Hemenway & Browne have bet $2000 on the result of the race, which may not be ended under sev- enty days, including the time oi stopping at ports on the route to take on coal and discharge cargo. The Coyais 322 feet long, or thirty-two feet longer than the Kara,and has forty more horsepower. Both vessels are of steel and have triple-expansion engines. Captain Walsh of the Kara is unfamiliar with the Magellan Straits, and will be ac- companied by Captain Charles Barstow, who knows ali about them. Captain W. W. Browne of the Coya has made frequent trips to Valparaiso and does not need an assistant navigator. The ships will cut off a good many miles by going through the straits instead of rounding the Horn. ABSINTHE IN. NEW YORK. The Manufacture of That Peculiar French Beverage as It Is Carried On. Though the French colony in New York is not large, its influence is considerable. Table d’hotes of every price, from 50 cents up to $2, flourish, most of them within the mile circle of Madison Square. Every visitor to the metropolis thinks it obliga- tory upon him to patronize at least one of these during his stay, and their fame is widespread. But a more interesting indi- cation of French influence in New York is in the growth in the consumption of ab- | sinthe here and the establishment of an absinthe manufactory in the very center of the city. This place is two blocks off of Broadway and close to Fourteenth street. There is more than one firm of New York city absinthe manufacturers, though only one that carries on the business on a large scale. [n cellars and rear basements in both the old French quarter and the new there are a dozen or more little Frenchmen who prepare this vicious bev- erage for their own trade in secret, and sell it for the real Parisian article of the high- est quality. The one large manufacturer alluded to goes about his making of the seductive beverage much more openly, as indeed he has to, for his machinery is elab- orate and takes up a good bit of space in his back yard. Nearly every day in the year he has this mschine working, and his product is about a thousand gallons a month. Twelve thou- sand gallons a year is a great quantity, when it is considered that & drink of ab- sinthe is simply a tablespoonful of the extract, mixed with syrup and water until there is a tumblerful of milky liquid. The American absinthe is never offered to Frenchmen who visit the cafes or French hotels in this city. They would detect the difference quickly. But to a man who is not an absinthe expert, that turned out almost within the roar of Broadway is just as good. The machinery this New York manu- facturer uses was imported from Paris sev- eral years ago, and it is an elaborate, costly piece of ¥rench construction. His rrocess of making the liqueur is exactly ike that in vogue in France, save that he has to distil dried wormwood leaves in- stead of fresh ones. The wormwood he imports in barrels, and the process is com- pleted by the careful addition of certain flavoring extracts. The manager of one French hotel of the city said the other day that he was selling more absinthe now than at any time in the hotel’s history. Another thing worth nothing is that oneof the best cafes in New York, a place that is famed for its French liqueurs, gets a good aeal of Amer- can-made absinthe from this manufac- turer. In the best cafes the absinthe served, whether French or American, is fairly good, at least. But a very different qual- ity is to be found in the Bleecker-street region, where the French quarter was sev- eral years ago;, and where now the few Frenchmen left, almost invariably of the lower class, hobnob with negroes and Ital- ians. In the drinking places in that dis- trict one gets a tumblerrul of absinthe for 5 cents. It is rank poison, hignly flavored, almost as bad, if not quite so effective in its results, asthe “‘dead-house whiskey™ of the river fronts. This decoction is made on the premises, or close by, secretly and in small quantities, according to the de- mand.—New York Tribune. STILL AHEAD. The Battle-Ship Kearsarge More For- midable Than the Majestic. Comparisons of the latest American and British warships clearly show that our traditional superiority in fighting force and efficiency is still majntained. The American Kearsarge and the British Ma- jestic are types of the most recent armor- ciads of the first class designed in either country. In point of displacement the Majestic has the advantage—our officers believing that the excessive size and con- sequent deep draught of such a ship would make her less useful for coast and harbor defense than a smaller vessel. In the all- essential characteristic of battery-power, however, the American armor-clad holds the pre-eminence. Here is a statement of the guns carried by the two ships and the weight of metal which each can throw at one discharge of its entire armament: . KEARSARGE—11,525 TONNAGE. Guns. Pounds. Four 12-inch. Twelve 8-inch. Fourteen 5-inch Twenty 6-pounders. Six 1-pounders... 48 guos...... MATESTIC—14,90 -4,780 From these significant figures it is easy to understand the esteem in_which our navy, nominally small though it is, is held b{ nations which have many more vessels of all classes than we can boast of. The extraordinarily high quality of our indi- vidual ships gives our fleet an importance out of all proportion to its actual number. —Boston Journal. ARTIFIOIAL REFRIGERATION. Carbonic Acid for This Purpose Largely Used in Europe. In the past few years carbonic hydride, or carbonic acid, as it is usually called, has forged rapidly to the frontas a refrigerant throughout Europe. Hitherto mechanical difficulties have prevented its adoption, but these have been entirely overcome, and now over 500 machines are in use ana giving entire satisfaction. This is the more noteworthy as it has made especial strides in Germany, the birthplace of me- chanical refrigeration. Fuel there is a very expensive item, and only the most economical devices are adopted. Com- pound and triple expansion engines, with condensers, are used largely, and the same economy is practiced in the selection of ice and refrigerating machines. Recently manufacturers of the carbonic acid machine obtained a contract, in open competition with all the best ammonia machine manufacturers, for the refrigerat- ing plant in the city slaughter-house in Carlsruhe, because their guarantee as to the amount of power and cooling water was better than any other. In the official test by Professor Brauer it was found that Is | pressure required. 25 per cent less power and cooling water was required than has been guaranteed. Besides its economical action it has ad- vantages over ammonia and other refriger- ants now in use. Its boiling point at at- mospheric pressure is 103 degrees below zero, F., so that 2 most intense cold can be vroduced by its use. It is a commercial commodity, largely used in the universal soda water fountains and is easily obtained at one-third the cost of ammonia. It is_odorless and non-corrosive. To those familiar with the corrosive effects of ammonia this latter advantage speaks with all the more force. Brass, copper and other materiais can be used in the con- ping firms of W. R. Grace & Co. and Hem- | Struction of-the carbonic acid machine. In the event of the escape of gas no serious damage can occur, asin the case of ammonia. The experiment of allow- ing the entire charge to escape into the engine-room _has been tried, without affecting in any way the engineers or others in thke building. This makes the machine especially adapted’ for marine service and for use in hotels, where an escape would be especially harmful, As | carbonic acid is a component of beeritisa machine for the brewery. In the event of any escape, beer would be improved, if anything, while there can be no question of the deleterious effects of ammonia on beer. Brewers can collect carbonic acid arising from their fermenting tubs, compress it, carbonate their entire product and also use a portion to refrigerate their plants. Asit has a preservative effect on meats, it isalso the refrigerator for packers and cold-stor- age men. With ammonia meat would be blackened and spoiled in the eventof a leak. In the event of fire carbonic acid also has the advantage over ammonia. The latter tends to extinguish an incipient blaze, but with high temperatures becomes an explosive. Carbonic acid will act as an extinguisher at any temperature. Car- bonic acid is a much denser gas than am- monia, so that in spite of the higher pres- sure there is really less danger of an escape. The machine itself 1s of the compressive order, consisting merely of a compressor, condenser and refrigerator. It has no oil pump, oil separator or oil cooler to compli- cate it. As the cylinder volume required is very much less than with ammonies the cylinders can be made much smaller and the whole machine more compact. As the parts are all small, it is no easy matter to design them so as to stand the high he diameter of the cylinder is less there is less friction and less power required. Although there are a few machines of this type in America in operation they have not been largely intro- duced. A company, with works and office located av Johnstown, Pa., has been re- cently formed, and will push the manufac- ture of the machires. ————— Paul Jones. Rear-Admiral Meade made 2 speech about Paul Jones at a dinner given in his honor at Philadelphia recently. Admiral Meade said that Paul Jones represented the ideal naval commander more nearly than any man in historr. He summed up his services for the Americans as follows: ““Paul Jones fought twenty-three battles at sea and was never once vanquished. In his various raids on tne Engiish coast he spread the most intense alarm in Great Britain. By his reprisals on the English coast he compelled the Brit- ish troops in America to desist from their atrocious system of pillage and burning, and compelled the King’s Government to exchange as prisoners of war the Amer- icans they had captured and cruelly im- mured in loathsome and filthy prisons, treating them as ‘traitors, pirates and felons.” "’ In countries where oranges grow in plenty country gentlemen use the cheap- est kind for blacking their boots. The orange is cut in two and the juice side of one-half is rubbed on the soot of an iron pot and then on the boot. Then the boot is rubbed with a soft brush and a bright polish at once appears. SMSMIIIIM BRINGS