The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 20, 1896, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1S96. | CHINESE GIRL BOLDLY A KIDNAPED BY THREE MEN She Was Stolen From an Upper Window of the . _ Presbyterian Mission on Wednesday o Night. i “The Girl Says She Was Mar- ried to the Youngest Kidnaper. y NOT ME, MY BROTHER, SAYS HE _‘Otficers Grunwa'd and Cullinane Nar- rowly Escape Being Innocent > Accomplices. The boldest and most successful kid- naping of a Chinese girl ever recorded . . in the dark annals of Chinatown history was carried out last Wednesday night. Chief of Police Crowley now has two of the best men at his command ferreting out the mystery. -And a mystery itis, despite the fact that the girl has been safely returned to the .. Presbyterian Chinese Mission on Sacra- ento streef, between Powell and Stock-~ n, whence she was taken from under the .very eyes of the lynx-orbed matrons. - What is'more, and the audacity of it is stunning, the three Chinese concerned in the affair after they had the girl safely stored away, on the pretense of rescuing Lér from danger called in two policemen— cers George Grunwald and James Cul- inahe—to assist them in removing hertoa ng-place. By a small mischance -their plans miscarried, and now the two o'fficers in question are consratulating themselves that they did not become inno- cent accomplices in the kidnaping. As learned from several officers who were reporting off at the California-street station when the affair occurred the facts “are as follows: About 5 o'clock yesterday morning officers Grunwald and Cullinane were epproached while standing on Pine street, near Dupont, by three Chinese. The name of the youngest, a youth about 20 years of age, has since been learned to be Low Yuen Yue. The next oldest was his brother, and he wore a pair of gold- " fimmed spectacles. The third was a much older man and the father of the other two Chinese. The youngest, who spoke good English, explained to the two officers that their .sister had been stolen away from her home, and they bad located her on the top story of a ramshackie awelling situ- ated on Dnpent street, near California. If the officers would assist them in see- . ing her safely returned to her home his father would pay them well for their services. Whiledisaaining any fee, Grun- wald and Culiinane promptly accompanied them to the place designated. Then the youngest man went inside for & moment, but soon returned with a cautious query as to where the girl should be tak ng if they took her home she might be stolen again. One of the officers suggested that she be taken to the California-street station. . d the young Chinese doubt- ¥l see if she is there.”’ Returning in a few moments, he said she was not to be found. The officers’ sus- picions were now ihoroughly aroused, and they made all three Chinamen accompany them into the house. Sure enough, the was found in an upper room of the whole party then proceeded to the T eet station, where a great icers, just reporting in, gath- . A messenger was ai once to the Chinese Mission, and Miss D. M. Cameron and a Chi- named Ying, who acted as inter- e hastily to the station. e identified the girl as Chow who ‘was brought to the mission last Monaay by ber two cousins, named Po regular members of the Ch nese F terian Church. Then the in- t to work questioning the girl. sed atllP. m. Wednesday itted that shortly before that hree Chinese had come and er from hey room in the upper y means of a ladder. She was id to make a noise or object, she said, r of vicience being used. How the e learned the situation of the room she was quartered is a mystery. e girl went on to tell she had 1 taken away and married to the gest of the three Chinese, and finally ced in the house from which she was cued by the policemen. -*“Tbat’s a lie! That’s not true!” broke Low Yuen Yue excitealy. “She didn’t wa: ne atall. It was my brother.” Brother stood sedately by and wouldn’t whether he was married or his brother vas married, or whether any cercmony ook place et all. But the girl persisted " “thatshe had been joined in wedlock to Low Yuen, the youngest. As there was no chargeagainst the three *Chinese, they were released and promptiy skipped out. The girl, who is very pretty according 1o the Chinese idea of beauty, was taken back to the mission. Now a warrant has been sworn out for the arrest of the three Chinese and Chief Crowley has both Giunwald and Cullinane specially detailed on the case. Wuattime they are not hunting for the three Chi- nese they are embracing each other at es- caping committing the crime of kidnap- ing. In police circles the utmost endeavor has been made to keep the matter quiet, and the superintendent of the Presby- terian Mission, Miss Margaret Culbertson, when seen yesterday at first refused to make any statement in the case. She was at length prevailed upon to verify the fects as above given. “Itis a mystery to me how thev man- aged to learn which room the girl occu- pied,” she said. “Even now I don’t know whether she is married or not, and, if so, to which one. 5 “The girl was brought to this country when only 5 years of age and her pareats are dead.” ich v - ENGINEEE MELVILLE'S REPORT, Repair Work to Warships Bequires Ad- aitional Tools at Mare Island. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 19.—The annual report of George W. Melville, en- gineer-in-chief of the navy, makes the - following reference to the Pacific Coast naval stations: Work was done in the steam engineering de- pertment of the Mare Island yard to the ma- . chinery of the following vessels: Adams, Albatross, Baltimore, Bennington, Boston, Camanche, Concord, Hartford, Marion, Mohi- can, Monadnock, Monterey. Olymril, Oregon, Pensacola, Petrel, Philudeiphia, Ranger, Swatara, Thetis, Unadilla sn gie‘im..q‘.;e- gating $123,362'92. The expenditures otber - than ’or neval vessels smounted to $83,451. This is the only repair station on the Pacific q S:ul, and there sre now ai that yard under Palr 1o less than seven vessels requsrnu] [iore or less exiensive repairs after several 8 of continuous commission. The shops ¢ ill edavted to the work, and the ab: Proper tools and of & modern boiler-making plantisseverely felt. The resultisshown in ibe increased cost of work done st that yard beyond what it wouia cost if the yroger tools were at band end properly arranged for facili- tating work. There are certain tools which should beobtained without delay, the most Culbertson, sister of the super- | important being & hydreulic boiler-making plant. The only work at the Sydney (Wash.) station was the small repair and preservation of the Nipsi¢'s steam cutters and_necessary material and stores amounting to $1642 40. The new dock, which has just been completed at this place, is the only one on the Pacific Coast that can take battie-ships like the Oregon. As these vessels are of such draught that they cannot go to Mare Islana Navy-yard when in need of repairs it becomes NECEsSATy 10 pro- vide for this elsewhere, and as many impor- tant repairs to the machinery can be done only when the ship fs in dock I recommend that an approriation be asked ifor the necessary tools to do the work which may be found necessary when the ships are docked and for the erection of the shops for these tools. P MAKE MANY EECOMMENDATIONS. Matiers of Fital Interest Considered by the National Grange. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 19.—At the meeting of the National Grange, Patrons of Husbandy, to-day, the report of the committee on resolutions, which was adopted, recommended a stable currency, that United States Senators be elected by the people, equal protection for the farmers, pure food legislation, rural mail delivery and referred to the value of ex- perimental siations and agricultural col- leges; expressed sympathy with Cuba, and stated that the grange would receive with joy the settlement of the vexed ques- tion tetween England and America. It favored arbitration whenever it can be re- sorted to without sacrifice of honor. A lengthy report from the committee on railroads was made by Chairman Mer- sick recommending several amendments to the interstate commerce law to more tully carry out its purpose, the chief one being that the committee have power to make rates. A resolution calling upon the coming administration to give suitable protection to agriculture, so that new National bur- | dens shall be more suitably distributed, after some discussion was defeated bya | small majority. Of Interest to ths Coast. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 19.—The following California postmasters were appointed to-day: Deadwood, 7Trinity County, C. E. Goodyear, vice J. J. Peter- son, deceased; Hilton, Sonoma County, G. | Brown, vice L. W. Ridenhour, resigned; Marcus, Sutter County, T. Hale, vice M. Marcus, resigned; San Geronimo, Marin County, J. Maillard, vice J. Morgan, re- signed; Valley Ford, Sonoma County, A. Bonaiti, vice W. J. Norton, resigned. A postoffice was established to-day at Dyea, Alaska, and Samuel J. Heron ap- pointed postmaster. The postoffice at Haller, Snohomish Counly,];vashington. has been discontinued, and mail hereafter will be sent to Arlington. California: Original — Jesse E. Platt, Trinity Center; John Harrington, Los | Angeles; John H. Kelley, Benicia. Oregon: Originai—Stephen S. Milledge, | Dead, Herrman. Original widows, etc.— | Eiizabeth H. Bickett, Portiand. Washington: Original widows, etc.— | Susan A. Gilbert. Was a Financial Failure. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 19.— Consul Ridgeley writes the Department of State from Geneva that the Swiss National Exposition which was held there from May 1to October 18 was conducted ata great financial loss. The guarantee fund, amounting to 2,000,000 francs, has been all ‘“‘swallowed up” and there is stll a deficit of from 100,000 to 300,000 franes which is to be covered by the profits | of a National lottery to be drawn the last | of this month. The financial failure of | the exposition was due entirely to the un- precedently bad weather. In all other respects, however, the exposition was a | splendid success. | | ——— Boundaries Eeadjusted, | WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 19.—The President has issuea a proclamation read- justing boundaries of a naval reservation in Alaska which were subject to encroach upon lands belonging to the Greek church in contravention of Rassia’s cession of Alaska. it <l Geological Survey of the Y¥ellowstone. CHICAGO, Irrn, Nov. 19.—Professors Alexander Agassiz and E. N. Leavitt of Harvard University were in this city to- day on their way east after executing a Government commission with ten others in the Rocky Mountains. They revised a geological survey and collected all the flora and fauna in the Yellowstone Park which is not on exhibition. The expedi- tion started in August and most of the time has been spentin Idabo, Wyoming and Montana. S it S Sugar From Cuba. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 19.—The shipment of sugar from Cienfuegos, Cubas will again be resumed, after a long sus- vension. The first vessel for more than a year to bring sugar from Cuba was char- tered here yesterday. The vessel is the schooner Belle Wooster, which will take out a full cargo of coal from Philadelphia, returning with sugar. TWO TYPES OF ORUISERS. Protected and Armored Vessels Com- pared—Some Differences in Navies. It has often been observed that while England has an abundance of protected cruisers and in ber new Powerful and Ter- rible carries the type to enormous dis- placements, she has paid little attention 1o the armored cruiser. On the ot er hand, Russia, which is not all distinguished for hexl-J)mlectea cruiser class, has built pow- erful armor:d cruisers and has carried !:mm to the verge of the fast battle-ship class. If we make comparison between our New York and Brooklyn, which are dis- inctively armored cruisers, and British ships which might undertaks to meet them, the Blake and Blenheim are per- haps the oftenest suggested for the pur- pose. Yet these last are regarded by the British as protected cruisers only, al- though it is not customary to compare | tbem with our Columbia and Minnespolis, which are distinctively protected cruisers :lnd thorough examples of the unarmored ass. The essential distinction, as put by the Pali Mall Gazette, is that the armored cruiser has a great extent of thin armor plating -pglieu vertically to the sides, to- ether with a protective deck at about the evel of the water line, while the protected cruiser “‘has not the vertical plating, bat has a thicker deck.” As a result, although some shelter is given to her heavier guns by being placed in armored inclosures, she is open to shot and shell above the water line, her steel sides being exposed to be “wrecked by high explosives.”” Originally, according to the authority just spoken of, the nsofgnudwn ‘ilehbell’n@ly blel;nl sacrifice to s and coal supply, it being supposed thgfizhe thin sides wouid admit the pas- sage of a shell without exploding, the pro- jectile entering on one side and passing out of the other.” The earliest ships of this class in the British navy are said to bave beén the Comus and her mates, dis- lacing about 2400 tons’ and manned by me; n. But in the days of the Comus the 6-inch Y Pensions have been granted as follows: | gun could fire perhaps one shell a minute, charged with ordinary gunpowder, whereas now it can fire seven at the maxi- mum and 1t is loaded with lyddite or melinite. Another pointsuggested is that while the decks of the old cruiser were fairly clear, they are now so incumbered with machinery and gear that only shells with an unusual capacity for dodging will be able to pass through the ship. Besides, fuses have been so constructed that, if necessary, they will burst the shell on eon- tact with thin steel. The eenciusion seems to be that more or less armor on the sides is desirable; but the new vessels of the protected class in England are constructed without it. There are now building or soon to be begun thirty-four protected cruisers. These in- clude the Powerful and her mate of 14,200 tons and 22 knots speed, and carrying two 9.2-inch and twelve quick-fire 6-inch guns, and a crew of 840 each; then eicht Andro- medas of 11,000 tous, 20 knots, sixteen 6- inch guns, and 600 men; seven of the Arrogant class, of 5750 tons, and nine of the Eclipse class, of 5650, all of 1934 knots, with modern armaments, 6-inch’ guns at largest, and crews of 450: eight of the Pelorus class, of 2135 tons, 20 knots, and 200 men. Here it will be seen that only two in the whole list have guns exceeding the 6- inch. The Arrogant class, too, is said to be inferior in gun power by n-arly 30 per cent to the French Catinat, wnich, with 1900 tons less displacement, has more coal, a smaller crew, a thicker deck, and only half a knot less speed. The Buenos Ayres, built at Elswick, hasdouble the Arrogant’s gun power, a smaller cfew, a thicker deck, over three knots greater speed, and yet 1000 tons less displacement. The British ships are believed to have stronger hulls, but it is questioned whether other quali- ties have not been somewhat sacrificed. In Germany are building or projected three protected cruisers to one armored cruiser; in France, twelve to two; in” Rus- sia, one to four; in the United States, none toone; in Italy, one to tive. The cases of Russia and Italy are specially noteworthy. Still, of the Russian armored cruisers, one. which is an improved Rurik, is considered by the British authority quoted to be not betier than the Powerful. Two others, the Peresiret and Oslabia. are really almost battle-ships, while'the fourth wiil proba- bly be of the Dupuy de Lome elass. This last vessel is praised in high terms for her union of good qualities, ber aistinctive features being her broad belt to exclude high explosives and aquick-firing shells. The authority ]usz spoken of thinks that our new Brooklyn will be inferior to the British Powerful in most respects, but con- siders that the Dupuy de Lome would be superior 1o any British cruiser except the Powerful, and that the latter would have uite enough to do in standing up to her. ?t is rather odd that Great Britain has built no armored cruiser since the Austra- 1ia class, compieted half a dozen years ago. I u— WISE OFFICE RATS. They Had a “cheme That Beat the New-Fangled Trap. The employes of the Jersey City Print- ing Company have for a long time been troubled with rats, The rodents are of unusual size and are extremely bold. They are bolaest after dark, and think nothing of running over the feet of the employes. Beveral cats were placed in the building with the hope that they would exter- minate the rats, but the latter made it so warm for the cats that they were driven away. Various schemes have been worked to entrap the rodents, but with little success. Finally Engineer August Krone hit upon a scheme that for a time bade fair to be just the thing. He secured an old zinc oil tank about 3 feet in height, and then fastened on the edge a 2-foot piece of board. Then he arranged the board so that it wou!d swing up and down with one end inside the tank. He placed a pieca of bologna sausage, fastened with a rubber band, on the edge of the board which pro- jected over the inside of the tank, and half filled the vessel with water. A few pieces of cheese were placed along the other end of the board to coax the rats on. The trap was set where rats are thickest in the basement, and in a few minutes a rat climbed upon the end of the board { which protruded outside the tank and rested upon a support. The rodent ate the cheese and then went for the bologna. As it reached the bzit the other end of the board tipped up and the rat, with a squeal, fell into the water and was drowned. ““Oh, that's the trick,” said the engineer, anddms assistant said August#iad a great head. Within ten minutes six more rats walked the plank, and then there was a remark- able display of rat’s cuteness. Two rodents climbed the pile of papers, and while one stood on the safe end of the board the other carefully made its way to the tempting bologna and devoured half of it. The rats then changed places and the other ate the rest of the bologna and half the rubber band. The engineer scratched his head and the other spectators said something about people going to a lot of trouble for noth- ing. Dauring the afternoon no more rats were caught, but a lot of cheese was eaten by them. The éngineer solemnly avers that he saw the rats not only balance one another on the board while the tempting bait was devoured, but that the rodents actually engaged in a yvame of see-saw simoly for amusement. Aungust still has faith in his patent trap, but nobody else has.—Newark Daily Advertiser. ——————— THE HOBBIES OF CELEBRITIES. Fads by Which Great People Seek Re- laxation. It has often been said that, motwith- ttanding the old adage, “Little things please little minds,”” most great men have ridden some strange hobby, and that, az a rule, the greater the man the more insig- nificant his hobby. Doubtless this fact arises from the need which a hard-taxed brain has' of relaxation, though a truly large mind will never aescend to childish- ness, even when at rest. To take a few of the celebrities of the present time, and assign to each his or her hobby, we obtain this list: The Queen......... Music and sketching The Prince of Wale - Horseracing und outdoor The Princess of Wale The Duke of York. Princess Maud spor rnnllnompny and sketch- 3 Pig-breeding and :stamp collecting Iyory collecting Mr. Gladstone. Ciassical s:udy and (for- merly) tree-felling The Marquis of Salisbury.Ci emisiry A. J. Baifour. Golt Sculpture and paintin Her §un(ng Home © The Needlework Guild Princess Chris:ian. Duchess of Tec . B D. Biackmore Market-gardening Lady Carlisle and. Lady Henry Some Tetotaltim Profsssor Hergomer. Mr. George Grossmith. The German mperor. Prince Bismarck. Hiyartv 8 Art Vil at Bush Model raiiway ) apan Tame tiger and snake N::;:rl.\ hist’ry collection Charles Beresford. .. Bu ldogs and boatt Mr. Josepl Chamberiais Orenia growing 8 Bishop of London. Mr. G. R. Sims... Loed Rosebery.. Sir John Lubbock: 1f one were to prolong this list one would tind that from ghownnphy to pig- breeding, from postoflice reform to fairy tales there is scarcely a hobby common to the ordinary mortal which does not tind a votary among the notables of the land, proving that after all the greatest and the cleverest have a touch of humanity in their composition.—Spare Moments. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take iaxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drug- gists refund the money if it fails to cure, 25c. CALIFORNIA NOW THE MINING MECCA W.F. Farish on the Change of Sentiment Regard- ing Gold-Digging, He Is Busy With His Report on the Taylor Prop- erty. Big Mining Men of Colornldo and Loan- don Who Are Making Ine vestments. ‘William F. Farish, the noted Colorado mining engineer who is here to report on the Taylor mine of El Dorado County for 2 London syndicate, believes that Califor- nia is on the eve of a great mining boom. Mr. Farish is an ola Californian, He to explain how it happens tbat he should prefer sweepiog the street to alife like yours.” 5 “I would with pleasure,” said the Man, “if it were so. But he does not prefer bis “l‘;: 1,9 mine. He finds it very disagree- able. “Is that possible?’” asked the Sparrow in astonishment., ‘‘Why, then, does he do such work ?"” x “Well, perhaps, I cannot make it clear to you, but the individuals of our race, with rare exceptions, choose the employ- ment by which they can make the most money. Now, you birds have no money, but—iet me see— are you acquainted with the habits of bluejays?'’ “Somewhat?” . “Well, the bluejay Is perhaps nearer to the human race in intelligence than any other bird. 1t1sbright in many ways, but it is especially so in that it gathers food during pleasant weather and stores it a for ure when the ordinary sources of b{ are depleted. Most of our race de- vote their energies, repardless of their tastes, to such labor as will enable them to lay up the largest stores for a rainy day, as we say. It is this provident spirit in our race that leads to what we call enter- rise. It sends men into tke wilderness 0 carve farms out of the solid green; it takes them to the desert plains, where they pass long years, enduring great hardship, that they may increase their herds and flocks; it holds them to a life in tents and huts in the mining camps among the mountain snows, where the precious metals are dug from the earth. They are willing, as we say, to sacrifice a vresent pleasure for a future good. They do not all succeed in accumulating the stores they are after—indeed, the great majority of them fail altogether, but they are buoyed up constantly by the hope that WILLIAM F. FARISH, the Noted Mining Engineer. [Sketched from life by a *Call” artist.] was formerly manaeer of the Sierra Buttes and Black Bear mines, the latter now owned by Director Daggett of the Mint. Mr. Farish went to Colorado 1in 1878 and became identified extensively with mining there. He has not been in this State for eight years. He was at his rooms at the Palace yes- terday, surrounded by several old mining friends, when a CaLy representative met him. He has recently spent several weeks at various points on the mother lode. “I have never beiore seen such intelli- gence in prospecting and carrying on mining in_California as now,” said Mr. Farish, “The money that is put in the ground counts for something. It is not wasted. All over the world there is a bet- ter feeling as regards gold mining. “Not only California, but the whole gold-bearing section of the Western Hemi- sphere is on the edge of a boom. I[n Cen- tral and South America and in Mexico, where there are gold minesthere promises to be activity. There seems to be a ra- action in the minds of miners with refer- ence to Mexico. I was down there during Gonzales’ administration and got enougi of it, but now the laws are changed so that there are far more advantages for foreign interests. “I can say for one thing that there is a great deal of interest in California among Coloradans, and most of the Colorado men are well-to-do. £x-Senator Dorsey and his friends have large properties near the Colorado River, in this State, and are going to build a raiiroad and put up a large plant of machinery. The ex-Senator tells me, too, that he is going to look up other mines in California, with the idea of getting and d=veloping them. “If & mine pays 10 or 15 per cent prob- ably a great body of ore can be founa on development, while if he took hold of a well-developed mine he would bave to pay for all the ore in sight. I think these ef- forts to develop mines will result in good to the holder, the company which takes an interest and develops, and to the coun- try genenny. = “California mines, probably more than any other now, are attracting attention. I think there is an exceilent outlook here for mining. Fortunes ought to be made and the interest quickened in every way in mining.” : 5 Mr. i‘nrhh is busy making out his re- rts, in company with other experts. e will be in tlie Uity for several days, at ast. le: _— A TABLE OF A SPARROW. ““Business Before Pleasure’ as a Precept Needs Modifying Materially, As the plain-looking but intelligent little mother Sparrow was hopping about the street the other day, picking up a variety of food bits, a person dressed in white clothing and carrying a big broom came along and began to sweep the dirt of the street into a heap in the gutter. As this interfered somewhat with the pursuit of the Sparrow, she flew away up to the win- dow-silt of her friend the Man, and finding bim there, as usnal, in his easy chair, she sail “I have observed that the different indi- vid nals of your race follow a greay variety of vocations. For instance, your work seems to be of a nature, if I may judge from appearances, that is very different from that of the fellow down there clean- g the street. You are much cleaner and much more comlortable every way, I should say, than he is. Do me the favor they will be able eventually to leave the disagreeable lives they lead, to forsake the surroundings and society that are not in- frequently abhorrent to them, and begin to enjoy the comforts and luxuries to which their natural tastes are smited.” At tais moment a black ant appeared on the window-sill. The Sparrow was about to peck at it, but the Man stooped her. “Wait,” he said. “Do manner of life of the ants?™ “Very well,” replied the Sparrow. “Good. Then I may say that the wisest of our race bas held up theant as a model citizen because it devotes all its energies to accumulating, in pleasant weather. 1 hope you undersunfthe arift of what I have said, because if youn do, and act ac- cordingly you will be greatly benefited.” “Thank you for your good ‘wishes,” re- plied the Sparrow, ‘‘and I think I under- stand the drift of what you have said better, if you will pardon me, than what you or your race do. And I can’t help adding that I bgar with profound amaze- | ment that, with all your boasted intelli- gence, you have in your greed rejected the example of the birds who take no thought for the morrow, and have chosen the slave- driving, undergrouna drudgery ‘of the ants as the lite best suited for the develop- ment of your race.””—New York Sun. ———— Matches have not yet displaced the tin- der-box in certain rural districts in Spain and Italy. you know the! THE MURDERER OF JMES B, CHLS John Miller Says He Shot His Man in Self- . Defense. This Claim Said to Be Not Sub- stantiated by the Facts. Childs Was Smcking His Pipe and Reading When He Went Forth to Meet His Death. John Miller, the hunehback, who shot and killed James Henry Childs on Clem- entina street Wednesday afternoon while Childs was attempting to prevent him from murdering Mrs, Nellie Ryan, a woman with whom he had been living, appeared in Judge Joachimsen’s court yesterday morning. By consent the case was continued till November 25. Miller has retained Attorney H. G. Grant to defend him. Grant knew him in Los Angeles. Mller gave Grant an order on the police for the keys to his carpen- ter shop, 1149 Folsom street, and the per- sonal effects taken from him at the time of his arrest. Miller has been instructed by his attor- ney to preserve absolute silence about the case, and his attorney intimated that the theory of the trial would be that Miller acted in seif-defense. ‘When Miller was taken to the Southern station Wednesday afternoon he made an attempt to commit suicide, but the officers were too quick for him. He has been carefully watched in his cell, and as he was making an attempt to take off his suspenders during the night, one of the other occupants of the cell took them from .| him after a struggle and handed them to the sergeant in charge of the prison. Miller sits apart from the other prisoners and refuses to converse with them. In his statement published yesterday Miller said that when Mrs. Ryvan left him she went tothe Central Hotel on Third street with a plasterer. The proprietor of the hotel denies that the woman was a guest at his hotel and says that one of his rules is that no women guests are allowed. The body of the murdered man, J. H. Childs, was laid out in a casket last night in the home of his mother, 425} Clemen- tina street. W. W. Chilas, George W. Childs and Charles Childs, the three brothers of the deceased, and his two sisters, Mrs. Andrew White and Miss Lilly Childs, were surrounded by friends from all over the country who came to mourn with them. Young Childs’ fellow-employes from Sterling & Dunphy’s, the distributors, were also in attendance. The story of the uncalied-for murder was retold time and again, and the details are such that the plea of self-defense upon which Milier relies is claimed to be un- tenable. W. W. Cbilds, a brother of the deceased, made this statement: “We were together in the front room of qur home. He was reading THE CALL to motber and smoking his pipe. The front door was open and I rose to close it. Just then the screams of the woman outside and the shooting made both of us move faster. I was in the lead, and as I opened the door I took in the situation at a glance. “I saw the pistol in the man’s grasp and the woman who was running from him. [ grabbed her and pulied her toward me. Brother was right behind me, and the last words I heard him speak were addressed to the woman. He said: ‘Get in here; I'll not let him hurt you.’ My brother was very near-sighted and I'm sure he didn’t see the pistol. _ “Whnen I got the woman inside brother put both hands over Milier's shoulders and said something to him. It was like, “Don’t do that, man.’ “Just then the fellow raised his pistol and fired and my brother fell dead. When | wedpicked him up his pipe lay under his | bedy.” | Derivation of Phrases. i Next to Shakespeare, we draw most pro- y fusely from King James’ version of the | Bible for terse expressions, Proverbs and | Ecclesiastes furnishing the larger propor- { tion from the Old Testament, and St. Paul’s epistles from the New. Milton, | though far behind these two great | sources of English speech, gives us {more familiar ~expressions than any | other writer after them. From him we have learned to speak of ‘“a dim | religious light,” of *“grim death,” *a | heaven on earth,” and ‘‘sanci‘y of rea- son”; of “adding fuel to the flame,” of “tempering justice with mercy,” of the “busy hum of men,” *‘the light fantastic toe” (that boon to provincial reporters), and the *‘neat-handed Philiis.”” Chaucer, tbough rich in material for quotation, has given us no vithy phrases, but from Spen- ser, who sang of him as the “‘well of Eng- lish undefyled,” we get ‘“‘nor rhyme nor reason,’”” “‘by hook or erook,” “‘sweet at- tractive grace,’’ and “through thick and thin.”—Chambers Journal. —————— The marriage rate in Great Britain, which has been sieadily declining in re- cent years, is again on the increase. NEW Z0-DAY. Wholesale Prices Thrge Times the Stock, One-Half the Price Of any other store west of Chicago. ! No retail profit to pay ! You pay us the whole- sale price for making clothes, that’s all. 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