The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 25, 1896, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1896. HERDIC TRIP OF AN EMBELILER Crosses Raging Streams agd Snowy Wastes to Keep His Word. An Indicted Oregon Postmaster Surrenders and at Once Pleads Guilty. The Court by Its Sentence Recognizes the Fact That There Is Honor Among Thieves. PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 24.—There are many instances on record where men have risked their lives 1n desperate journeys, impelled by patriotism, or that some in- jured friend might receive succor, but such an action as that which brought Vin. cent Sutton, late P ostmaster at Oretown, Or., to cross raging rivers and snow-drifted mountains that he might reach Portland has not been narrated. ’ Sutton is an embezzler of Government | moneys, and as sach embezzler he came over the dreary, desperate stretch of forty- three miles which separates Oretown from Sheridan, on the railroad line, that he might give nimself over to the United States authorities. It was some two months ago that the complaints coming from the patrons of the Oretown post- office led to an investigation, and this re- sulted in the indictment of Sutton by the Federal Grand Jury, whose session has just ended. Sutton, on hearing of the indictment, wrote United Stafes Marshal Grady that there was no necessity of sending an coffi- cer for him, because whenever he was | wanted he would come. Saturday the | Marshal wrote Sutton that he would have | an officer at Sheridan on Wednesday | morning and for him to be there. The Three Rivers was running over its banks, | and to reach Sheridan Sutton would have | to cross the stream five times, trusting to drift logs for transportation. Nothing daunted, the man_started, and seemingly by a miracle reached Sheridan at the appointed time. Considering that Sutton is a small, undersizea man of seemingly little physical force the feat is considered by those who know the country as remarkable. This afternoon he was arraigned before Judge Bellinger and pleaded guilty. Look- ing at the man’s effort made in keeping his promise to be_on hand when wanted, the court imposed the minimum sentence, which is six months’ imprisonment in the county jail and a fine equal to the amount embezzled, $355 60. 355 THE YOUNTVILLE - HORE. Secretary of State Brown's Interesting Report to the State Board of Examiners. BACRAMENTO, Cav., Dec. 24.—Secrey tary of State L. H. Brown has submitted his report on the Yountville Soldiers’ Home to the State Board of Examiners after a careful investigation due to certain charges preferred by W.R. Thomas on the 6th of last July. In substance the re- port says: It is the general idea that the homeisa State institution, but in my judgment it is not, and never has been such, but is the property of a private corporation organ- ized March 7, 1882, The State pays $75 per annum for each inmate, saving over 50 per cent over what it costs in her own institotion. The Federal Government also gives $100 per annum per inmate, the annual paymeut being $45,000, in quar- terly payments. The first allowance by the State was $15,000 yearly for 100 inmates. The total disbursements by the State to the institu- tion amount to $240,000. The Legislature in 1887 appropriatea $10,000 for improve- ments, and this was unlawful. The $150 for each inmate is simply a payment on the part of the State for maintenance. No complaint can be entered acainst this $75 for each inmste, as the State cannot do as well elsewhere, but no money can be ap- propriated for repairs or improvement. In 1889 the Legislature provided for the ap- Eo(ntment of directors by the Governor, ut no appointments have been made. The Legisiature then called the home “the State Home,” but no deeds ever passed to the State. The Legislature of 1893 made an appropriation of $50,000 for improvements. The same Legisiature in- creased the allowance $45,000 a year. The home being under the control of an asso- ciaiion and owned by tue same, the State bas nothing to do with the condvct of its affairs, The State can well affora to con- tinue its present allowance rather than erect a8 home of its own, After discrediting and answering the charges made by Thomas, Secretary Brown recommends that the direciors be asked to apply for permission to deed the property to the State and tnat a new board of directors be appointed, the ma- jority by the G. A. R. posts, the others by the Governor. SAN DIEGO’S MURDER MYSTERY. Testimony at the Coroner's Inquest That May Lead to the Capture of the Assassins. SAN DIEGO, Cav., Dec. 24.—The Coro- ner's inquest over the body of John Pat- terson, who was foully murderea at the San Diego Town and Land Company’s or- chard at National City last night, was begun this afternoon at National City. About a dozen witnesses were exam- ined. Thege inciuded the man who had found Patterson in a dying condition in the strange rig that conveyed him to town from the scene of the killing; others who had visited the orchard and meas- ured the tracks there, and others who knew Patterson and the circumstances surrounding his employment 2t the or- chard as watchman, Nothing new was obtained from the witnesses, with the excepiion of William ‘Ward, an employe of the Land and Town Company, and from City Marshal Smith, who visited the orchard and measured the tracks found there. Ward’s testimony was very important, and tended to confirm S8am Black’s story of two men steaiing his rig in Telegraph Canyon and gemnq away with it, thus exonerating B.ack from any connection with the murder. ‘Ward testified that he had been at work in the Sweetwater Valley and started home about 5 o’clock on foot. He walked down the road about half a mile behind the rig in question, He positively identi- fied the rig. Two men were in the seat and while he walked behind it they turned and talked to him. The man who did the talking was of slighter build than tbe other and light- complexioned, while the heavier man was dark an.i did not talk much. Witness believed he would know the light-complexioned man it he should see him, When Ward was asked if the tall, dark man resembled Sam Black, the owner of the rig, he said the general appearance was the same. face. The testimony of the witnesses who exam ned the tracks showed that, so far as could be ascertained, there was only one track made aside from Patterson’s own. The rig approached the orchard from the south and drove clear throughit. In one place the rig got out of the road and there was found a good imprint of the tracks made by the man on foot. The track was large, measuring 1134 inches in length and 4} inches Eronn. Nothing beyond this could be found. There is no evidence of a struggle anywhere. Sam Black tells the following story of how his rig ' as stolen: *‘Ileft 8an Diego on the 23d of Decem- ber, about 11 o’clock, to kill some quaii anc rabbits for the market. I went through National City on down througn Chula Vista. I wentup the ridege on the left hand side of Telesraph Canyon. ‘I was within tour miles of Cockatoo Grove when a eat came across the ridge ahead of me. Ilaid my shotgnn on the seat, took up my rifle and followed him down the canyon. " He got into the tules, so I turned back to my wagon, or where I leit it. It was gone. I took the track and folJowed it about two or three bundred yards due east, 3 “Tohey turned south around a ridge, then up on another one; then they crossed Telegraph Canyon. I got on high ground as quick as possible. I saw two men in my rig across Telegraph Canyon. They were going south when I saw them. ‘‘After they got out of my sight they turned back due west. I followed them back down in Telegraph Canvon. About the mouth of the canyon they got into the road. It got sodark I could not fol- low them any furtner, so came to town to get help. The two men were too far away from me toget a good look at them, Both wore dark clothes and black hats,” The inquest was postponed until Batur- day afterncon. The Sheriff's office is meanwhile making independent investi- eations, and it is possible that Black will be arrested to-morrow and held on sus- picion pending further inquiry. Bl He could not say as to the REELEASED FROM ENSENADA, Harry Mansur Finally Gets Out of the Mexican Prison, SAN DIEGO, Can, Dec, 24.—Harry Mansur, the American who was arresied several weeks ago by the Mexican cus- toms officials at Tia Juana for alleged in- fraction of the laws governing the free zone, has been released by the Ensenada authorities, and is again at his home on tbis side. His release was obtained through the intervention of Hon. Anthony Godbe, American Vice-Consul, and a cash bail was obtained, which allowed Mansur to leave the country. Mansur said to-day that his case was temporarily settled and he did not expect it to come up again for six months or a year. It is probable that the cash bail will be quietly accepted and no farther action taken, especiaily as Mansnr's in- fraction of the law was slight, Mansur’s wife's family lives at Rosario, about two miles south of the free zone. Mansur had often visited them, taking his team and paying no attention to the law, being an oid resident and acquainted with the officials. But a new administrator of the Tia Juana custom-house, Senor Montavelasco, caused Mansur to be arrested for smug- gling a horse into the country, and im- posed a heavy fine upon him. Failing to pay the tine Mansur was sent to Ensenada to be dealt with by the higher authorities. Since that time until a day or so ago he had been in jail. i SANTA BARBAKA’S CHARTER, A Contest the Outcome of Which Causes Anzxiety, SANTA BARBARA, CarL, Dec. 24.—At 5 o’clock this evening the papers in a con- test in the charter election were filed with the County Clerk. It isclaimed that the votes were erroneously counted and that the charter was in reality carried. H.G. Crane is the plaintiff in this interesting suit. He alleges that sixty votes counted against the charter were cast for it. The cnarter election was held on November 17, and defeated by thirty votes. If plaintiff shonid be sustzined by the courts, which will take some time to decide, 1t is feared it will throw things here into confusion, as the Legislature may not have time to rat- ify it. Here it is the sensation of the hour, even the children on the streets forgetting Santa Claus to listen to street-corner dis- cussions. S e LOS ANGELES BAMK-RUBBERS, McCarthy Denied @ New Trial and Sentenced for Ten Zears. LOS ANGELES, CaL., Dec. 24.—Judge Smith of the Buperior Court to-day denied the application of bank-robber J. J. Mc- Carthy for a new trial, and sentenced him to San Quentin penitentiary for ten years, McCarthy’s attorney gave notice of an ap- peal to the Supreme Court. McCarthy is the accomplice of Frea Jones, who ran a tunnel under the vaults of the First National Bank and attempted to blow them up. Jones will be placed on trial soon. It is said he is to receive a light sentence in view of his confession, on which McCarthy was convicted. ISR Xoung men’s Institute Officers. SAN JOSE, Carn., Dec. 24.~The follow- ing officers have been elected by the Young Men’s Institute: President, P. L. Linehan; first vice-president, J. J. Grii- fith; treasurer, J. M. O’Keefe; financial secretary, W, E. Lanigan; recording sec- retary, W, W. Smith; corresponding sec- retary, J. A, Wondra; marshal, T. H. Craig; inside sentinel, W. F. McKannay; chaplain, Rev. Father McGuire; medica examiner, Dr. F. C. Gerlach; executive committee—V. B. Scanlan, J. B. MacNa- mara and A. J. McCarron. . Arvaigned for Cattle-Stealing. SAN JOSE, Car., Dec, 24.—Pendencio Sibrian was up before Justice Dwyer this morning charged with cattle-stealing from the Hyde ranch. He is the fourth man arrested on this charge. One of his old companions, Moleres, was brought from jail to testily against Sibrian, who, he said, instigated tbe raids and paid Mo- leres $50 for his services, The examina- tion was not concinded when court ad- journed. s o Football at Los Angeles To-Day. LOS ANGELES, CaL., Dec. 24.—Prep- arations are complete for the big game of football to be played at Athletic Park to- morrow between the Berkeley team and the Los Angeles Athletic Ciub team. The Berkeley boys arrived from the north at 1:30 this afternoo: Captain Ransome of Berkeley, who was injured some time ag: will play to-morrow, after several weeks absence from the gridiron. The athletic team has great hopes of victory, in view of its recent defeat of thecrack team from San Diego. B LT o L The Parkhursts Lose Another Case. LOS ANGELES, Oau, Dec. 24.—The Parkhurst SBociety lost another case in the police court to-day, Justice Morrison ex- culpating Mme. Van from the charge of selling liquor without a license. Leaders of the crusade agains: vice in Los Angeles are crestfallen at their defeat, and it is likely that no more attempts will be made at “slumming” by the Ministerial Union. e SRS A Free Man After Twenty Fears. BACRAMENTO, CaL., Dec. 24.—John C. Henley, who in a quarrei over a game of cards in Humboldt County in 1876, killed his opponent with a knife, and on being convicted received a sentence of life im- prisonment, will walk out of the State rison Christmas morning a free man, vernor Budd having agreed 10 sigd bis commutation papers. e TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take lazative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drug- gists refund the money i?ishflnoem 29¢. SIK FRESNOANS UNDER ARREST Indicted by the Federal Grand Jury a Few Days Ago. The Case of Lawyer J. H. Co'lins Creates Quite a Sen- sation. Chargel With Destroying United States Ev.d:nce—Prisoners Taken to Los Angeles. FRESNO, CaL., Dec. 24.—Deputy United States Marshal A. T. Covarrubias arrived this morning from Los Angeles with bench warrants for the arrest of six Fres- noans, who were indicted by the Federal Grand Jury a few days ago. He immedi- ately served the documents and the fol- lowing constituted his prisoners, whom he ook to Los Angeles to-night: J. H. Collins, charged with impeding and ob- structing the administration of justice; J. H. Wellburn, aged 11, charged with breaking into the United States post- office at Hanford and embezziing and de- stroving a letter; kred Michelson and C. T. Sierra, charged with sending unmail- able matter through the maiis; Mariana Aldana, charged with opening the letter of another; Mrs. Ellen Burns, charged with selling liquor without a license. Before leaving for the south Collins prepared a bond of $1000, which will be submitted to Circuit Judge Olin Wellborn for approval. It was approved by Com- missioner Prince of this city. Michelson and Sierra also prepared bonds in $500 each. Their offense grew out of what they intended for a practical joke. The arrest of Collins caused a sensation when it became known., He is a well- known attorney and was formerly pastor of the local Congreeational church. Some time ago Jacob H. Terry, a wood-dealer. was arrested for sending obscene matter through the mails to a woman named Mrs. Houghton, his former inamorata, Collins acted as her attornev, and she gave him the letter which Terry had written. It was at the lawyer’s instiga- tion that the Federal authorities arrested Terry. Afterward, when the case cameup before Court Commissioner Prince of this city for examination, the letter on which the prosecution was based could not be found. Mrs. Houghton testified that she had given it to Collins, and that the attor- ney swore that it had been stolen from a pizeonhole in his office desk. Mrs. Houghton, upon further examina- tion, admitted that the missive had been sold by her to Terry for $50. Terry testi- fied also to this transaction, and swore that Lawyer Collins planned it. Accord- ing to Terry the letter was burned at the attorney’s suggestion. Collins admits that he knew of the transaction between the woman and Terry, but denies having had anything to do with it exeept to write a blank receipt for Mrs. Houghbton to sign for the money she received from Terry for the letter. Owing to the inability to find the letter the charge against Terry had to be dis- missed. Collins’ alleged ‘connection with the sale of the letter, which was then United States evidence, was called to the attention of the Federal Grand Jury and it indicted him. MEXICAN MILITARY MONSTER. Under Court-Martial for Barbarities Not Even Practiced by Spanish Officers in Cuba. SBAN DIEGO, Cin., Deé. 24.—Colonel Antonio Maneiro, a well-known Mexican officer, i1s under arrest and undergoing court-martial on sensdtional charges, which has had the effect of creating great excitement in Mexican military circles. Colonei Maneiro is in command of the Fifth Cavalry at Mier in the State of Tamaulipas. All the charges aganst him indicate the grossest cruelty and abuse of power. The most serlous is that made by the relatives of a dead soldier, who allege that Colonel Maneiro, as punishment for a trifling offense, ordered 1000 lashes given to the man on the bare back. This was done and the man fainted under the punishment, his back becoming raw and bloody. The soldier plying the whir hesitated, whereupon Colonel Maneiro is alleged to have threatened him with eimilar punish- ment if he did not 500 more lashes on the fainting men’s back. There was no alternative and this was done, the colonel standing by to see them well applied. The result was that the soldier died of the fearful injury when 200 lashes bad been laid on. Another charge is that Colonel Maneiro lashed a l4-year-old girl for bringing liquor into the quartel. She received 500 lashes, but I.ved. Another victim, an officer who escaped to the City of Mexico, churges that Colonel Maneiro ordered him to be shot for an offense not punishable by death. The victim was placed against a wall and a squad fired at him and he was left for dead on the spot. But the squad was friendly and did not aim to kill. Tne officer escaped with a shot through the arm, which caused it to be amputated. Colone! Maneiro 1s said to have been placed under great fear when learned that the man was living and was prepar- ing to face him in court-martial. Other charges equaliy serious are now being con- sidered by the miitary court, and mean- time the accused is kept in prison. in solitary confonement. BT INTERNAL REVENUE COLLECTIONS Whisky Receipts Show the Only Notable Increase. WASHINGTON, D. Dec. 24.—In- ternal revenue collections, as shown by the monthly statement issued by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for November, have fallen off $722,357 for that month. The receipts for last November were $12,701,369. Whisky receipts show the only notable increase for the month. For the last five months the increase from this source amounted to $1,401,592, and for November to $185,211. For 1he five months for the present fisca year the decrease in the general co'lection was §651,957. For the month of Novem- ber the receipts from the several sources of revenue were as follows: Spirits, $7.857,203, an increase for the month of $117,670; oleomargarine $80,750, decrease $361,795; tobacco, $2,411,825, decrease $166,362; fermented liquors, $2.318 144, de- crease $139,802; filled cheese, $567; miscel- laneous, $33,438, decrease $3425. —— Japan and Peru. WABHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 24—The J apanese Minister, Toru Hirischi, and the Peruvian Consul- mann, executed notificatio: t the Jap- anese legation to-day of a new com- mercial convention jointly agreed upon between those countries. Japan secures advantageous concessions by which herl superfluous manufactures may - find market in the South American repubiic, and in turn facilitates the ‘import of Peravian products, notably coal oil, into Japan. —_— 20 8IGN THE TREATX. Minister Andrade of Venezuela on the Way to Washington. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 24.—Mr. Andrade the Venezuelan ministen to the United States, whu went to Caracas two months ago to Iay the protocol of the new boundary treaty with Great Britain be- fore the Venezuelan cabinet, is expected to reach Washingtoa on Sunday of this week. The State Department has every reason to believe that he has been em- powered by President Crespo to sizgn the treaty on behalf of Venezuela. The de- partment has been fully advised of the protests which a few ampitious politicians in the republic made against the treaty, but its information is that these influ- ences were sternly repressed by Crespo, who, while not satisfied with every de- tail, believed the treaty to be on the whole all that Venezuela can consistently ask. If Mr. Andrade, as is expected, shall reach Washington by Monday next, him- self and the British Embassador will meet—presumably at the British embassy —almost immediately and formally siga the protocol. This wfll clear the way for the settlement *of the true divisional line between Venezuela and British Guiana” which formed the subject of President Cleveland’s special message to Congress a year ago. Lo ST A ZLilivokalani’s Train Late. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 24.—The train on the Southern Railway bearlng ex-Queen Liliuokalani, en route from San Francisco to Boston, via Washington, which was dne here at 9:40 p. M., is four bours late. The first section of the train arrived here 11:10 p.M. The Queen is trav- eling in the regular sleeper attached to the second section, and this isdue here at 1 o’clock Christmas morning. The train wiil continue on north over the tracks o1 the Pennsylvania tracks and is due in New York at 7 o’clock. Critical Iliness of Notable Persons. GUTHRIE, O.T., Dec. 24. — Congress- man-elect J. Callahan 'is dangerously ill at bis home in Kin fisher. CASTILE, N. Y., Dec, 23.—Miss Frances ‘Willard. president of the World's and Na- tional Women’s Christian Temperance Union, who is at the Sanitarium bere, has suffered a relapse and is quiteill. Her physician has canceled ali her engage- ments and she will remain here for some months. PARIS, Mo., Dec.24.—B. N. Bodine oi this citv, CUongressman-eiect from the Second District, is very ill of pneumonia. oL Swuiewde of an Inventor, S8T. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 24—Albert Maetzke, an inventor, of university educa- tion, killed himself this morning by firing a bullet into his head. Three yesrs ago he invented a streetcar ferder and told a man about it so that the design could be used and he accused this man of getting the invention patented in his own name and reaping all the profits. Maerzke brooded over this act, became insane and was confined in an asylum until recently. He is believed to have been insane when he committed suicide. e Land Grants Approved. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 24.—The Secretary of the Interior has approved the following grants of lands to raiiroads: Southern Pacific, 5711 acres in the Los An- geles, Cal., land district; 200 acres to the same road in the Visalia, Cal; district, and 240 acres to the Central Pacific Rail- road in the Carson City, Nev., district. Sre el Opposed to War With Spain. MOBILE, Ara., Dec. 24.—The Chamber of Commerce has passed resolutions deprecating any action-on the part of the Government interiering with the Cuban guemon that is likely to lead to war with pain, and calling on Congress to use its intluence to prevent any such action be- ing taken. S gt Gave His Fortuns to a University, LONDON, Exe., Dec. 24.—The Morning Post will to-morrow say that Alfred No- bel, the Swedish engineer and chemist, who died at San Remo, Italy, on Decem- ber 9, left a will bequeatbing his entire fortune, amounting in value to about $10,000,000, to the Stockholm e g Bearching for Anarchists. BERLIN, GeruMaNy, Deec. 24 — The Berlin police have been engaged within the last tweaty-four hours in searching the lodzings of known anarchists, with the result that they have arrested several prominent members of the sect, includ- ing the leader, Landaur, and his female companion, Rose Bareiss. L Denounces an Imposter. VINELAND, N, J., Dec. 24.—Colonel Edmund Johnson denounces as an im- wstor the gay young man calling himself Smrn E. Johnson, who claims to be his son by a deserted wife, and who says that he has been hunting for his father for ten years. niversity. sl ' A British Steamer Missing. LONDON, Exe., Dec. 24—The British steamey James Drake, from Carloforte, Sardinla, November 28, for Dunkirk, France, is eleven days overdue at that port. The ship 1s owned in Shields and carries a crew of nineteen men. IR Steinits Wins as Usual. MOSCOW, Kussia, Dec. 24.—Steinitz won the twelfth game as played yesterday against Lasker in thirty moves. It was Ruy Lopez, opened by Lasker. Present score: Lasker, 7; Steiniiz, L Drawn, 4. 2 A ey Accepts a Call to Alameda. NEW YORK, N, Y. Dec. 24—Rev. Thomas J. Lacey, assistant to the rector of 8t. Luke’s Church, Brooklyn, has ac- cepted a call to Christ Church, in Alame- da, COsal., but will not go until March. —_——— To Prison for Lifs. OMAHA, NEBR., Dec. 24,—Charles H. Elliott was to-day convicted of the mur- der of Guy Hutsonpiler, his ¢ompanion rough rider of the Wild West Show. He was sentenced to prison for life. — Sang on the Street for Charity. PITTSBURG, Pa., Dec. 24.—Miss Anna Held, the French actress, sang on the public streets of this city to-day for the benefit of a charitable institution. Over $800 was thrown into her carriage. —_— 4 Ferry-Boat Capsized. ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Dec. 24.— A ‘ferry-boat, while crossing the river Dnieper, in the province of Ekaterinoslav, was capsized to-day. Many . passengers were drowned. p He’ll Be Rich. “It was a difficult matter to makeu my mind which to accept,” said the gir with the practical mind. “I understand that both are very bflgiht." ‘es. They're inventors.” “There is something noble in that pro- fession. 1 cannot thirk without the pro- foundest admiration of these men who harn ss the 'hnt forces of nature to do the bidding of the human will.” “Yes. That sentiment applies to Wil- lia He’s at work on a flying machine and a new kind of electric engine. But one cannot buy mogquette carpets and :ining-,room chairs with fine theories, you now.’ P “Aren’t you going to marry William?"’ “No. I ncoog:o-d John. He’s going to be a rich man. He has an invention under way for fastening on s nder buttons so tuey can’c come off.”—Washington Star. the footpaths or by ly by | on N r on (o —Genioa Civil. oil lamps on the boats.. —— et OHICKEN AND CANARY BIRD. Firm Friendship That Was Begun in a Very >ingular Way. One day last spring, in purcbasing a lot of fowls from her marketman, a lady 1n this city got one little bit of a chicken that was almost too small to eat .and which made its escape through the wires of the coop and began to chirp and cry about the yard., The lady made no eflor_c to recapture the little thing, thinking it would be better off running free about the place. But it soon became evident that the chick had been too soon taken from parental care and was totally STANFORD'S HEAD RETURNS HOME President Jordan Tells of His Bering Sea In- vestigations. ™ < unable to provide for itself. Two whole His Report in the Hands of the |days passed, during which it neither ate nor drank, though the lady Government, but Not Yet tried every means in_her power to provide for its welfare. The chicken sim- ply peeped and drooped 1ill the lady gave up all efforts and leit the little thing to die, which no doubt it would have done right speedily had it not been rescued in the foliowing singular manner: It chanced that the lady had a pet canary, of which she was very fond, and to which she devotes much care and at- tention. For instance, it is her invariable custom m mild weather to turn the bird out of his cage fora certain portion of each day, letting him have his bath in a sunny 8pot on the back porch. So that morning when the little chicken was so nearly giv- ing up his life for lack of food and com- fort, it happened that the canary was turned out of his cage for his hour of free- dom in the sunshine. The lady was watch- ing to see that no cats came around, and presently she saw the canary irip down the steps to the lawn where the little chicken was crying. For a moment the two little feathered things stood and looked at each other inquiringly. Then the bird chirped and made a dab with its beak. The chicken chirped and made a dab, too, and pretty soon the two were chirping and dabbing away mightily. What the chirps and dabs meant, of course we do not know, but presently the bird came hopping up the steps, the chicken following behind. Making bis way to the cage, which sat open on the floor, the bird went in, with the chicken following after, and presently the two little friends were eating and drinking together. That was the beginning of the singular friendship, which continues still unavated. The chicken stayed in the bird’s cage with him till it was too large to ge in the door, and then a roost was placed for it close to the cage-hook, so that they might be mnear each other at night. It isno un- common sight to see the canary throwing seeds down from his cage to the chicken, and if the chicken finds a worm he brings it into the house and chirps under the cage till the lady lets the bird out, when the friends enjoy the feast together.— Pniladelphia Times. ITS DESCENDANT DEGENERATES. The Umbrella is No Longer a Portly, Respectable Instrument. The real old family umbrella has gone out. OCall that slim, stuck-up, affected, attenuated thing a family umbrella? Go away, says a writer in London Truth. I remember the genuine family um- brella; it was kept in readiness behind every front door; it was a large, portly, heavy instrument. As an emblem of re- spectability it was highly esieemed in ‘middle-class society; iv was serviceable as atent in rainy weather; it could be used as a weapon of offense and defense on oc- casion. I haye seen a picture of an elderly gen- tleman keeping off a footpad by means of this lethal umbrella. He made asif he would spear or prod the villain. Why, one prod would alone make a hole of six inches diameter in that murdercus carcass. The nurse used to carry it, with diffi- culty managing the baby and the um- prella; it went out to tea with the young ladies; the maid wbo *fetched” ~them home took the umbrela with her. It suc- ceeded the lantern and the club formerly carried by the 'prentice when he escorted his mistress to the card party after dark. Iremember it, I say. There were three brothers who came to the same school where I was but a tiny little boy. They lived at some distance and had to pass on their way to school through a stratum of inferior respectability. Every morning brought to these three brothers the de- light and the excitement of baitle with the boys belonging to that inferior re- spectability. To the eldest brother, who carried the really important weapon, the umbrella was exacily what his pattle-ax was to the Lion Heart. Sohe raised it; so he wielded it; so be swung it; so he laid his enemijes low to right and to left of him, before him and behind him; while the other two, re- lying on the books tightly strapped, brought them to bear, with shrewd knocks and thwacks and poundings, on heads and shoulders and ribs. 'Twas a famous family umbrella—green, too, if I remember aright. ———————— It is said that no less than 7769 school gardens exist in Austria, not including the sister kindom of Hungary. They are connected with both private ana public schools, are used for purposes of practical instruction in horticulture and tree-grow- ing, and often contain botanical museums and beehives. Made Public. Will Shortly Lecture on the Sea's, Their Habits and Manner of Life. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CaL., Dec. 24.—President Jordan rewurned to the University to-day, having left Washing- ton, D. C., Friday evening, where he was engaged in maxing the reportof the com- mission, of which he was the head, sent by the United States and British Govern- ments to investigate the condition of the seals in the Bering Sea. Dr. Jordan made hisrepert to the Treasury and State De- partments, which has been printed, but has not yet been made publie, until which time Dr. Jordan said he was not at liberty tostate the nature of his report and his recommendations. Dr. Jordan was interviewed soon after his arrival and said: *Negotiations and correspondence will now begin between the English and our Government as to the measures to be taken to ‘protect the seals. The report of the commission was purely of a seientific ‘nature, investigating the life and habits of the seal, My trip to Washington was in conneetion with this report. “There is no doubt in my mind if the volicy of the present administration is continued by the following one, that the difficulty will result in an honorable and amicable settlement, according complete and satisfactory protection to the seals. The only danger lies in a change of policy by the ensuing administration. It.witljnot be necessary to send another commission to Alaska, althongh one member of the present commission will revisit Alaska in order to ascertain the changes In the con- dition of the séals since the former results were ascertained. My presence will be necessary in Washington in February to sattle some minor details in relation to the investigation. For the present 1 have had enough of public life and shall be glad to remain quietly at the university.” Dr. Jordan has prepared two lectures on the seals, their habits and manners of life, which will soon be delivered at the uni- versity, accompanied with views which Dr. Jordan obtained in Alaska. Dr. Jordan will spend Christmas day at the university. Next week he will deliver a paper before the California Teachers’ As- sociation at San Jose. s S S AL Christmas af the University. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CaL., Dec. 24.—The students who will spend Christ- mas day at the university are quietly making their preparations. Boxes full of Coristmas cheer have been arriving all day, and both Roble and Encina will be the scenes of numerous ‘*‘feeds.” Christ- mas dinner will be served at Roble Hall. The students who live at the camp have arranged for a grand spread, with the tra- ditional turkey and cranberry sauce as the main features. —_— The Daily Palo Alte’s New Staff. STANFORD (INIVERSITY, Cat., Dec. 24,—The editorial board of the Daily Palo Alto, the college daily, met last evening and reorganized for the coming semester. James R. Nourse ’97, editor-in-chief, ap- pointed his staff as follows: Charles E. Schwartz '99, managing editor; associate editors, Chris M. Bradley ’99, 0. C. Leiter '99, Ralph E. Filcher '99, C. P. Cutten '98, Miss Rose Johnson ’00. The board dis- cussed plans for the next semester. The first issue will be on January 5. AN ELECTRIOCAL WONDER. Incidents of a Trolley Ride Through the Large Sewers of Paris. The main sewers of Paris are periodi- caily cleared by means of scrapers carried on boats or cars. These conveyances are also used for conveying visitors through the large sewers under the Rue de Rivoli and the Boulevards Sebastopol Des Males- herbes. These exhibitions take place four times a_year, in spring and autumn, and about 8400 visitors are admitted yearly. Until 1894 these cars and boats weredrawn by men, but the labor and expense were found to be so excessive that now the traction is done entirely by electric mo- tors, taking current from accumulator batteries on the boats or cars. These main sewers are In section very similar to an ordmary tunnel; but in the floor is formed the rectangular channel for the sewage, while round the roof are fixed the water and compressed air main, the tele- graph and telephone wires, etc. Tgu sewer under the Boulevarde des Malesherbes is the largest, It is 18 feet414 inches wide, 10 feet high from floor to roof and the sewage channel in the floor is 3 feet 514 inches deep and 9 feet 10 inches wide. Boats are used in this channel. ‘The other sewers are smaller, thechannels in them being oniy 3 feet 11 inches wi and from 3 feet 11 inches to 5 feet 7 inch deep. In these cars are run, the flanged wheels of the cars running on the edges of the channel, which are protected by anzle bars, and from the rails. The approxi- mate weight of atrain of five cars with 100 passengers on board is about 15,200 vounds, and this travels at the rate ot 33{ miles per hour. The accumulator battery consists of 28 elements, and weighs 14 hundredweight, with a mean disctiarge of 25 amperes at 50 or 60 volts. Tie motor, which is series- wound, develops 2 horsepower and runs at 1600 revolutions ver minute, this s, being reduced to 80 by means of a pinion and wheel and chain g:nlng to the driv- ing axle, the wheels being 153 inches in diamet r on the tread. Tue boats are towed by means of a chain sunk in the ~ewage channel, which is brought to the surface and passes round a puily driven by means of a double reduction gear from the motor. The chain, by means of guide pulleys, nakes three-quarters of a turn round the driving pully, this pully being & magnetic one, magnetized by means of tw;) coils, one on each side of it, on the axle. Each passenger train consists of six boats, in the first of which are carried the accumulator battery and a towing appa- ratus, while in the last boat, which is a smaller one, there is another towing ap- paratus. The battery consists of 60 ele- ments, giving an output of 60 amyperes for 2} hours, at from 93 to 125 volts; it is divided into two parts, which can be con- nected in series or parallel as required. The motors run at 580 revolutions per m nute; but this speed is reduced by means of the pearing, so that the boats travel at about 1} miles per hour. The power required In;hthh is from about 2 horsepower to 5l¢ horsepower, according as the boats are traveling with or against the current. The tohfi.lennh the sewers bpen in this way to the public is about two miles, and they are lighted L ———— A wild boar, roasted whole, was the chief dish at a State dinner recently given by the Prince of Montenegro. It was brought in smoking hot. 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