The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 19, 1897, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1897. - APAN NOW “WANTS GOLD Cabinet Ministers Have Pre-| sented a Bill to the Diet. FREE COINAGE OF SILVER REPUDIATED. As a Basis for Such Change the Chinese Iodemnity Fund Will Bs Usel. NEGOTIATIONS PENDING THE ROTHECHILDS WITH Important Letter From Agent Town- send of the Bureau cf Foreign Commer Ja; about to adopt the gold stand- The fluctuation 2t dus to theree coinage of silver have pvroved too troub! me for that progres- sive country and she has determined to take summary measures to improve her financial condition. All this is learned from a letter which reached here on the steamer rern yester- day from W. R. Townsend, the special Tepresentative of the San Francisco Bureau of Foreign Commerce, created by the Chamber of Commerce, the San Fran- tisco Board of Trade and the Manufac- turers' and Producers’ Association. To make the change the Chinese indemnity fund will be used, and even now negotia- tions are’ pending for a loan from the Rothschilds. The letter, which contains many other items of inferest, reads as follows: E TOKOHAMA, Feb, William M. Bunk Foreign Comme MEN: Since ¥ standard for apan. ihgCabiuet Ministers have been discursing ae dliestion, and have decided to present a bi e Diet witn th 1 that.it be passed promptiy o end of ui in both s 18 causin; e foreign an d doliar, but to coin gold snd issue goid es upon apout the present value of tho ver dolar, or possibly to set a ndurd of value for both metals on the basis 12 balance coming to her out ese indemnity which is pey- 1d in London, and instead of using gold to pay for ironclads and oiher to be purchased abroad, she pro- s 10 use it as a basis for making the vely smail bonded in 1 is payable instiver and pie. More m 18 re- lance ese in- ,81Lof which is practically spent, her 60,000,000 yen must be bor: ovide funds for all the bills con- edand to carry out the improvements contemplated. Negotiations have been pending for some u h the Rothschilds through agent here, and it is sald that they are w ing to 1k up the whole of such & loan pro- vided the bonds are made payabie in goid. Japen is 8 wonderfully pr.g e country the &nd s going sh bounds, but she is vdiag vi ums on her navy andin ning an , and great improve- 1ents are contemplated in various other di- rections. She needs extensive harbor improvements, particularly here and st Kooe, her two largest seaports, and an_expansion of custom-house, »ostai and telegrapaic facilities to meet her onderful growth of trade, Since the question of adopting the gold staadard has been agitated Jupanese Govern- sent (silver) bonds have risen in value from 0 xbove par, aud shares of &1l kinds, whica e fearful.y depressed nt close of last year, e moving upward. All of this is having its on general business, and as I stated at the outset the geueral financial condition is much {mproved. There is no doubt that the adoption of & standard will benefit the import busi- , asit will give confidence to every one sell to Japan and probably nce in exchange, so that im- will probably be cheaper. Whether ft will be detrimental to the exports of the country is th ai danger 10 be considere y ill to the silver coux ¢ t these take only 10 r cent of the total value of goods exported. ported articles On the otoer b will it injure the tes, and silk business of Japan and benefit that of Indie aind Ching, who Will remain on asilver he basis 2 The question is as compicx as ancihl question in our recent Preside d to report thet, w ile it does not inere has d sincs 1 came, and they are all evidently going to do some business. They are introducing American lubricating 0 well machinery, artificial dredging machinery, oleomargarine cgu pubiications, electrical supp.ies, 1 writers, wirc.nails and other ufsccured (n Ohio, Mhsotis and New Yo dose al representatives of 4 number of manufaciurers who have opened y Pennsylvania, offices here within the past yuar. rein addition 10 W. B. Curtis and myseli, who are practieally the oniy ones solely Tepresenting Francisco houses, chants here and learning their ways, bui [ #1 assured that, once their confidence is gained, business will follow. 1 am still of the opinion that American manufacturers will do more business by mak- ¢ connections with Jipanese mor- « than by workiug through the foreign as the former are determined to con- trol both the import and eyport businesses, end will do so in time. Unfortuuately the number of responsible Japanese houses is limited, and great care should be exercised in shipping orders or making consignment: No s should be done excepting egainst Jetters of eredit.- The vetter class o1 Japanese metchants expeet to furaish these, and those Who do not should be referred back 10 special American represeniatives 1 have deciged to extend my stay here thiougnhout this year, at least, and will be happy to serve any one in waniof informa- tion from . this country. Respectinlly sut- mitted, * W. K. TOWNSEND, MILITARY BALLOONR One Over a Mile High Demolished by a Caunon Shot. When the military balloon is spoken of by an expert 1t is not usually the repre- sentative of the balloons which are essen- tially familiar to every person who hus seen an ascension, nor is it always one of e “‘dirigible’” airships thatare now built ‘fi d used for military purposes in France, many and some other countries. The fact is‘that the military officer knows that neither of these productions of the science of aeronauties is sufficiently perfect to in- sure the realization ot the best results when it is called into requisition. Even under normal conditions, to depend on them would be to risk too much on a method of reconnoitering which is ex- ceedingly imperfect. Balloons have been in the money mar- | recommenda- | ing-machine, , and the general opinion, | to 1, and discontinue the free coinage of v,and the resuit is iargely s matie: | . Toere are also half a | rmanent | 1 slow work getting acquainted with the | | used by an-army which is on a campalgn, | and with satisfactory results. But when they have returned to the earth with 1o | news, occasions often noted in the history ! of military operations, ; reat discourage- | ment bas overtaien the cfficers who have | employed them. Accordingly there | demand for an ideal balloon for military | purposes. But the common or “indirigible” air- | ship has niot yet been replaced with on2 which ¢an be so generaliy used. The “'dirigible’” gasbag cannot be sent upon 4 desired course except in calm weather. | Experts are thus thrust back on the | common kind, which is now pretty well | Gmder<tood and which can be moved, | within narrow limits, at tbe will of the | seronaut. The flying machine is still to come forth from its nest in the laboratory or the workshop. Compelled then, as the | military aeronaats are, to_study up their possibie opportunities under such restric- | tions, they must give their attention to | the means by which the free or the cap- | tive the ‘“dirigible” 1de the most serviceable. same tume they are forced to provide against the danger which threatens the airship from missiles sent after it. Just as there is a contest always going on between armor and projectiles, so another is proceeding between balloons and field ordnance. Some noteworthy re- Its have already been achieved, as has Leen pointed out, by reconnoitering from balloon cars. Achievements have also followed the efforts to “‘wing”’ the airships, and one of them, chronicled only.last week. xb:buires comment. he experiment took place at Shoebury- ness, where there is a school of gunnery for the British army. The ordnance offi- cers who conducted it had already demon- stated that a balicon might be hitand *‘collapsed” by a small shot at an altitude of a mile, but they had been unable to effect the destruction of the airship with- oat the expenditure of many rounds. The best gunners previous to last week had reached the target at a little less thana mile high, but only at the nineteenth shot. Last k a captive balloon was sent up | 2000 yards. The gunners were not in- formed as to the altitude, and when | ordered to fire were reaunired to discover | the range. The first shot proved that they had the range. They were using fifteen- pound field pieces, nevertheless, and =0 | had to allow for a reasonable trajectory and deviation. At the fourth discharge | the balloon was struck. With the sev nth | the globe collapsed. The military officers. | were so well pleased that they proceeded | 2t once to claim that military ballooning, | except to carry dispatches, had received a | fatal setback. Their proposition has | naturaily disturbed the advocates of | balloon Teconnoitering, and is now being | discussed pro and con with some heat botn in England and on the Continent. | Iiis unnecessary to conclude that either | the artillerists or the acronauts take the | correct view of this experiment. The cir- | cumstance that an airship has been dem- | onstrated to have no 1mmunity from de- struction at a distance of over a mile from | the earth is, however, of no little signifi- | cance. In this case the target was sta- tionary, but even if it had not been the gunners would have been able to throw shot_all about it. A ‘“dirigible” balioon, | moving at its greatest speed, which is from fifteen to twenty miles an hour, would have been subject to the same misfortune. | Yet the military experts are all demand- | ing, since they cannot have a periect fly- that | connected with the earth by a telephone { wire. Such a means of communicating with the man in the car above implies the g the - latier, is - e that the | Giorvionary character of the gasbag to a 0 make the present silver | great degree. But in these days when, requalin value to the American | on accoant of the long-range capacity of all weapons, armies are not often brought | to close quarters, the aerial reconnoiter- |ing party will not always, if generaily, cceed in making valuable observations ess the airship rises to & great height. Until a balioon reacuesa lofty altitude it can therefore make little progress in discoveri Moreover, it is unsafe for its occupants as | long as it is within at least a mile and an eighth of the ground. When it is higher, i the anemy can turn heavy field ordnance upon it, it is less unsafe, but not out of danger. Ifitis setiree, uniess the wind is right, or unless it is ‘‘dirigible,” in which latter case there must be especially | favorable weather, it is still sure to become a target for gunners in the other army. The use of smokeless powder also in- creases the danger, since it will be impos- sible for the party in the car to know | whether they are being moved within the | range of fire until it is perhaps t0o late to get out of it in safety. When, too, the | enemy may use a simitar means to secure | information, the prospect of deriving ad- vantage from the ntilization of this very advancea method of reconnoitering is ren- | dered small, unless a perfect, an ideal, | batloon or fiving machine is discovered.— } Providence Journal. ———— | A LETTER FROM JOHN BROWN. Farewell Words to His Cousin a Little While Before His Execution. The loan exhibition held for the City Library brought to light a vast number of rare articles, some of them of widespread interest, and among them,a letter written by old Johu Brown of Ossawatomie, written from the jail at Charlestown, Va., thirteen days before he was hanged. He i wrote: | CHARLESTOWN, Jefterson County, Va.,) Nov. 19, 1859. '§ | _ Bev. Luther Humphrey—MY DEAE FRIEND: | Your kind letter of the 12th inst. is now before | me. So far as my knowledge goes as to our mutual kindred, I suppose 1 am the first since the 'anding of Peter Brown from the May- flower that has éither been sentenced to im- | prisonment or to the gallows. Bui my dear gld friend, let not that faot aione gricve you. | You cannot have forgotien how and where our grandiather (Captain John Brown) fell in 1776 and that he too might have perished on the seaffoid had circumstances been but very | Iittle different. The fact thata man dies un- der the hand of an executioner (or otherwise) has but littie to do with h's true character, as Isuppose. John Rogers perished at the stake agreat aod 200d man, as 1 suppose, but his Duing so does not prove thasany othef man who has died in the same way was good or o e. er 1 have any reeson to ‘‘be of good (or 110t) {u view ‘of my end, I can ne- »u that I feel 80, and tiat I am totall God of our I feel neither st ashamed of my imprisonmen’, my chain, of my near prospect of death by Langing. I feel assured | “that not one hair shail fall from my head | without my heavenly Father” 1 also feel | that T have long been endeavoring to hola | exactly “such a fast s God hes chosen.” See | the passage in Isaiah which you have quoted. | No part of my life has been more happily | svent than that I have spent here, and & | humbly trust that no part has been spent to | betier purpose. I would not say this boast- | ingly, but “hanks be unto God who | giveth us the victory: through infinite grace.” | Lshould be Sixty years old were I to Live till | May 9th; 1860. T have enjoyed much of life | it 1s: & have been remarkably prospero | having early learned o regard the welfare & | prosperity of others as my own. I have never | Siuce I ean remember required a great amount | of sleep; so that 1 conclude thatIha rea enjoyed full an average number of waking hours with those who reach their “Three Score vears, & Ten.” I have not as yet been driven 10 the use of glasses, but can still see to read, \& write quite comfortably. Butmore than that | 1 have generally enjoyed remarkably good | health. | "Tmight goon to recount nnuumbered and | unmerited ble-sings, among which would be | some very severe afflictions: wnd those the | most needed biessings of all. And now when I tink how ees ly 1 pnigut be left to spoil all I | nave doue, or suffered in the cause oi freedom: I hardly déce risk_nnother voyage; if 1 even had the opportunity. z | Itisalong timesin we met; but we shall now soon come together in our “Father's house,” [ trust. “Les ushold fust thatwe al- ready have)' “remembering that we shail reap in due time if we fxint not.” “Taauke be ever uato God; who glveth us the victory tarough Jesus Christ our Lord.” And now my 0 d warmhearted friend “Good ye.” Your Affectiomate Cousin Joux BROWN. —Ogdensburg Journal. ——.—————— The whiskers of the wairus extend three or four inches out from the svout. The{: are quite siff, and become stiffer wit age. They are plucked separately and ex- ported to China, where they are used as toothpicks. - Bumsurrs Corn Oure, 327 Montgomery st. 20¢ balloon can be | But at the | : the movements of the enemy. | the war balloon be | | | | | | { ! a J. M BUTLER HAS BEEN HONORED Elected President of the Railway Mail Service Agents. C. E. La Grave Will ferve as the Secretary for the Association. Atlanta, Ga, Has Been Chosen a3 the City in Which to Hold thé Next Convention, Nearly all of the morning session of the TUnited States Mail Railway Service Con- vention was taken up -yesterday with the reading of memorials to the departed members of the association. Forty-four memorials were read, showing the mortu- ary list to have been increased just that number in the past eighteen months, The death in this city of J. P. Coleman, a member of Division 8, was announced, and the members of the convention were invited to attend the funeral ceremonies this morning from the late residence o!l 1 1a few theaters furnished amusement in- ! prominence by Register Tillman in his re- structive and otherwise. - 0-mors Sutro Heichts, the CIliff House and, Golden Gate Park will be in- spected. UNCLE SAM'S LOANS. One of the Early Ones of the Govern- ment Was Payable in Tobacco. Two curious facts are brought into cent report, says a correspondent of the New York Tribune. They are that the | first loan made by the United States was made payable 1n tobacco, and that Secre- tary Alexander Hamilton negotiated s loan in the absence of any law authorizing him to doso. The loan made payable in tobacco was authorized by a resolution of the Continental Congress on December 23, 1777. The length of the loan was indefinite and the amount authorized was $10,000.- 000. The amount issued was $181,500, which sola at par, with interest at 5 per cent. ‘This was received on June 4, 1777, from the Farmers’ General of France. The purpose to which the loan was ap- plied was the purchase of “supplies and to aid in the building of cruisers 1o prose- cute the war of the revolution.” The in- | terest on $153,682 89, the balance of this loan, ceased on December 31, 1795, when it was merged into the general account of the French debt. In those days tobacco passed as currency between the colonies. In 1879 Secretary Hamilton found the treasury without funds. On his own re- sponsibility he negotiuted a loan of $191,- 608 81. It sold at par, with 6 per centin- terest. The first issue of thisloan wason September 13, 1789, and June 8, 1790, was named as the day of final redemption, and the duties of imports and tonnages were set aside to meet it. The money was ob- tained from the Bank of New York and the Bank of North America. The Secre- tary said: *Obvious consideration dic- ed the propriety in future cases of mak- Some of the Faces Seen at the Railway Postal Clerks” Meeting at the Young Men’s Christian Association. the deceased, at 133 Clara street, at 8:30 o'clock. Vice-Presidents H. Lewis, W. D. Madi- gan and H. C. Voss were appointed a com- mittee to procure a proper floral tribute to be placea on the bier of the deceased brother. On the recommendation of the commit- tee on legislation the following article was added to the by-laws: Article XXI, section 1—The bene ficiary or beneficiants named in the certificate or policy must be some person or persons who have an insurable interest in the life of the mem bers and be related to the assured by ties of kin- sbip or marriage. In case of the death of any member of tnis association the death benefit shall be paid in the following order: First—To the beneficiary named in the cer- tificate of membership, if living at the time of the decease of the holder of the certificate. Second—If the beneficiary named be dead the benefls shall be paid to the wiie of the ae- ceased member. Tnird—Stould the beneficiary named be cad and no wife surviving, the benefit shall be paid to the children of the deceased mem- Der. Fourth—Should the beneficiary be dead and no wite or children survive the benefit shall De paid to the grandchi.dren if any exist. Phith—Should there be no wife, ciidren or grandchildren surviving the pencfit shall be paid to the following relations in the order named: Mother, father, sisters or bro:hers, and failing the existénce of these relatives, or their legal heirs, the benefit shall revertio the associstion and be credited to the benefiv fund. Atlanta, Ga., was unanimously selected as the city in which to hold the associa- tion’s convention one year from Septem- ber next. “The election of officers for the ensning term resulted in J. M. Butler of Lincoln, Nebr., being made president of the asso- ciation and C. E. La Grave secretary, The election of vice-presidents from the various divisions resulted as follows: First Division—S. W. 8hepardson. Second—W. J. McFadden. Third—Jolin W. Holliday. X flliem H. Arnold. Bangs, Eixth—W. M. Trayer. ¥. Snaron. The foliowing directors were elected by the convention: W. J. Butrichs, W. J. Watterm, A. W. Cox, E. L. West, A. F. Melntire, C. Hilfon, W. Mere- dith, C.'A. Scherner and J. B. Dillon. * Legisintive committee—C. B. Wagner, M. Burns, J. A. Kidwell and ¥. A. Fergusou, The delegates will leave this morning for a hurried trip to S8anta Cruz and the big trees. On Saturday evening the last ses-ion of the convention will be held. Superintendent Flint of the local di- vision was host last nivht to all those delegates who cared to accept his hospi- tality. Seventy of the visitors availed themselves of the chance and they took in the sights of the City. As a starter they were introduced to that seductive and captious Oalifornia beverage called a ‘bonanza’ after the good old Comstock days when the rise and fall of mining stocks made strong men digzy. Chinatown, Barbary Coast, the jails and iy d \\ \ I /{//////7///'//,//?%/// 7 IN CUSTODY OF SHERIFF WHELAN Two Examiner Fakers Spend a Day in His Office. Long Green Lawrence and L. L Levings Surrender Them- ‘selves, Released Y‘Qlerday Afterncon by Judge Morrcw on a Writ of Habeas Corpus. Long Green Lawrence and his subor- dinate, L. L. Levings, spent yesterday in the custody of Shenff Whelan, though they were not Jocked up in the County Juil. ‘They appeared at the Shenifs office at the City Hall in the morning, according to the agreement made on the previous evening, and Mr. Whelan noti- fied the Bheriff of Sacramento County that the men were in his charge. About 2 o'clock yesterday atternoon, after the two men had spent the day in Mr. Whelan’s private office, the Sacra- mento deputy arrived and the prisoners were turned over to him. Lawrence asked that the trip to Bacra- mento be delayed until his attorneys, who were at work on habeas corpus proceed- ings before the United States courts, could be heard from, but the deputy refused to promise any delay beyord 4 o’clock, the hour when the train started. He took Lawrence and Levings to lunch and later to the office of their attorney. Early vesterday Charles J. Heggerty of Knicht & Heggerty appeared beiore Fed- eral Judge Morrow with a petition for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of Law- rence and Levines, who he stated were ilierally restrained of . their liberty by Sheriff Johnson of Sacramento County and by L. F. Blackburn, sergeant-at-arms of the State Senate. The petition was very long and recited nearly all of the contempt proceedings down to the time of the decision rendered by the State Supreme Court, and many reasons were set forth to show that the uprisonment was illegal and that the Senate had exceeded its power and juris- diction. As one instance the document states: That said alleged contempt was not com- mitted in the immediate view and presence of said Senate, and that no affidavitof the facts consrituting the alleged contempt wes ever made 10 or was before said Senate, and no affi- dnvit whatever was presented to said Senate of the facts constituting said contempt. One ol the principal claims set up was that the incarceration was in violation of the fourteenth arnendment of the consti- tution of the United States. The writ was issued by Judge Morrow, and made returnabie forthwith. A litile before 4 o'cleck Deputy Sheriff Hinters, who bad been directed by.the United States Marshul .to produce the bodies of his prisoners in court, appeared before Judge Morrow with Lawrence and Levings: The proceedings were short. Upon the showing that the writ had been properly returned Judge Morrow said that he would hear the case at 10 o'clock this morning, and he ordered that the appii- cants be relessed upon furnishing bail in the sum of $1000 each, which was uone. A RACE OF MEN WITH TAILS Discovery of & ¥rench Traveler in a Forest in Indo-China, Paul d’Enjoy, a French anthropologist, tells in a recent number of L’Anthropolo- gie about a race of men with ta:ls which ‘e has reason to believe exists, or has ex- isted within recent times, in the Indo- Chinesa peninsuia. While exploring the forest in that part of French Annam lying between latitude 11 deg. and 12 deg. north and longitude 104 deg. and 106 deg. east the Frenchman came upon an old savage, JOHN M. RUTHER, the New President. ing previous loans as the public exigen- cies may call for, defining their extent and giving special authority o make them.” A third loan followed, under the act of Congress of March 26, 179. It was nego- tiated by President Washington, and the amount issued was $55,000. The contract for the loan provided for its payment on terms siumilar to those of the preceding loan of the Bank of New York, the reve- nues derived from duties on imports and tonnage being pledged for its redemotion. The money was needed for the compensa- tion of the members and employes of Congress, the psyment of the salaries of the clvfllhsu etc., and of arrears of inter- ! est on the Dutch loans. There was in the treasury »t the time a »um nat exceedin $50,000. Other loans foilowed in qulb{ suceession, and their history, as related in Rogistrar Titlman’s report. contains valu- able information for students 6f Govern- ment finances. ————— The sounding of the Mayor’s horn at Ripon is one of the most ancient customs in the kingdom. It formerly announcea the setting of the watch, but it has now lapsea into the formality of three blasts i{i"n et 9 o'clock every evening sl the ayor's residence, by his official horn- blower, and three more at the markei- cross. —————— BUPERIORITY to fit defective sight concedea to Berteling Optical Company; removed to .14 who was first seen up a tree gathering honey. When the navage saw the Eoro- ean party approaching bLe hastened gown the tree bpyslszlng the bark with his prehensile feet and the limbs with his hands, so that at first sicht he was taken for » monkey. M. D'Enjoy surroundea the savage with aring of coolies, and the prisoner vainly endeavored to escape by butting his captors with nis head. The explorer came upon the iome of his captive, a long tunnel in a great heap of dead leaves. Others of the tribe occupy- ing the hut fled at the approach of the strangers, leaving behind in their strange house afew polished stones, bamboo pipes, copper braceiets and pearl necklaces. These articles M. D'Enjoy believes to bave been obtained by the sevages from the Annamites, with whom the former carry on an irregular trade. The captive is described by the French- man as Envmgl well-marked eaudal pendage and ankle bones with processe 1hat suggested a cock’s spurs. The savage managed to say by the aid of the Anna- mites of the expediiion, who were aston- 1shed at his tail and called him a monkey, that according to tradition all of the tribe once nad tails, and that through inter- rraige with taill neighbors most members of the tribe are now aiso tailless. This was about all that was learned from the savage, for soon after he was captured he poisoned one of the coolies, and escaped, and it was ‘necessary to hurry out of the forest in order to save and 16 Kearny streat, tie coolie’s life, M. D'Enjog, however, is NEW TO-DAY. NEW TO-DAY. THE KNOCK-0UT BLOW Was dealt by us one month ago,and our competitors have not recovered from the effects of it yet. _ Our Goods and Prices did the work. Read these prices and re- flect. It means money to you. 10 Trade-Bringers! WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP When we,started one month ago. We told you then that we were out for the cham- pionship. That we have suc- ceeded goes without saying. We have sounded the death knell to high-priced fakirs and their accumulation of shoddy. We can save you at least 333 per cent on your purchase. I0 Trade-Bringers! Leader No. I. 950 Men’s Heavy Cassimere Trou- sers, neat, desirabie patterns. They are sold by competitors for $2. Our price this week Leader No. 6. Boys’ Neat, Nobby Little 3145 Leader No. 2. Men’s All-Wool Cassi- 31,45 Reefer Suits, ages 4 to 10, with large sailor collars, worth $3.00. Our price this week Leader No. 7. Boys’ All-Wool Tweed and Plaid Reefer Suits, made plain, in ages 9 to 14, and with large sailor collars 5 from 4 to 1o, worth and sold ] . for $4. Our price this week mere and Worsted Pants, neat patterns, will do for dress pants Worth $3.00. Leader No. 3. Gents’ Blue and Black Beaver Overcoats, well cut Qur price this week and strongly made; to close out. They are the 5 5 $10.00 quality. Our price [ this week Leader No. 8. Men’s Fine Felt Fedoraand 31,19 No. 4. Men’s Cassimere Suits, in neatgray and brown checks, also in blue "and black Cheviots. Worth $10.00. Our price this week Leader $4.19 Derby Hats, inall the latest Leader No. 9. shades, worth and sold by Leader No. 5. Men’s Heavy All-Wool 35,99 hatters for $2.50. Our Boys’ French Percale Shirt Leader No. 10. price this week Waists, pretty patterns, made Men’s French Percale Stanley THE BALDWIN CLOTHIERS, $12.50. éurpricemlsweek 924 to 930 Market St. BALDWIN ANNEX. Mail orders will receive prompt and careful attention. with large sailor collar, worth 75¢. Our price this week Shirts, in neat patterns, worth and sold for $r.00, all sizes. Our price this week CLOTHIERS, 924 to 930 Market St. BALDWIN ANNEX. Mail orders will receive prompt and careful attention. almost willing to believe that the ances- tors of his temporary. captive really had tails, and were midway between savage man and the.ape. The tribe is known by many namesin the several languages of its more civilized neighbors, and is hated by ail as a race of brutish savagery. The tribe is called Moi by the Annamites, and some Annamite neighbors of the Moi, subjects of France, are noted.as having prenensile feet, perhaps from intermar- riage with the Moi. The Chinese call these Annamites of the prebensile feet Giao Chi, which means ‘‘detached great toe.”” M. D’Enjoy has reason to reject the classification of the Moi as an_offshoot of the Dyaks, a classification made by a French anthropologist, after an examina- tion of Moi skulle. These skulls, M. D'Enjoy beiieves, could have been those of only the partly civilized Moi of mixed blood. The skull of the Moi, if pure blood, would, he thinks, tell a aifferent tale. ‘The Moi now occupy a forest area of Inao-China, though M, D'Enjoy believes that they once occupied the whole indo- China peninsula. They are exceedingly shy of strangers and, if closely pursued, they defend themselves with poisoned arrows shot with unerring aim. A wound from one oi these arrows is almost sure death. Besides this, the miasmas of the region they inhabit are especially danger- ous to unacclimated travelers. It is the| habit of the more civilized ueighbors of the Mol to siay them at every chance, much as the Apaches are slafn in Mexico by any rancher that falls in with them. M. D'Enjoy believes that if the mystery of the Moi is not'soon penetrated the whole tribe may be destroyed before any- thing further can be learned of them and their possible tails. A FAMOUS FIRE HORSE. The Favorite of the New York Depart- ment Badly Hurt. Baby, the greatest favorite and the most famous horse among all those of the fire department, has' been sent to the horse hospital. He was as gentle as a kitten, quick asa cat, erudile as a lawyer and as full of tricks as Herrmann, the magician, He was not only the pet of Hook and Ladder Company 10, on Fulton street, but of the entire popualation of the city seuth of Hubert street. His number on the horse list was 624, and he came into the department Novem- ber 25, 1889. He was broken into the busi ness as & fire horse by Captain Dinns of No. 10, and has latterly been driven by George Burns. He is a dappled gray, 16 hands high, and was picked up at the horse market at Buli's Head Taverh. He soon showed not only & remarkable apitude far the work he was destined for, but an e ceedingly affectionate nature, and a quick- ness to learn that endeared him to all who came in contact with him. He was a privileged character, and for several years was not even tied in bis stall, but left free to wander about the hook-and-ladder house at his own will. He was never be- hindhand wuen the alarm beil sounded, and was always in place under the yoke a the signal, and as impatient to reach the fire as his captain or driver. On Wednesday night, in responce toa call from station box 82, corner of Green- wich and Albany streets, Baby wasin the rush, aad pulling his share of the truckload on the keen gallop, but in turn- ing a corner he slipped and fell. When they finally got bim to his feet again h! friends found he was seriously injure: They took him out of the harness and led him™ slowly and painfully back to the house. They nursed him tenderly, bath- ing the injured hip with hot water and liniment, baut he did not mend. The veterinary surgeons decided that Baoy must go 1o the hospital, and expressed the fear that he might be incapacitated for futare service. When removed in the ambulance yes- terday, th> animal seemed to realize he ‘wae mortally hurt, and was to be taken away irom the bome he loved. moaned like a human being, while his eyes looked in a mute appeal to hisod friends. The parting was too much for some of the tiremen, and they broke down and cried like children. George Burns, the driver, said yester- day: “It will be hard to get another horse like Baby. I like the other horses well enough, but I'd rather see ’em all drop dead tuan lose Baby. Wiy, that horse knew more than most of us fellows in the department. We never kept him tied, and sometimes he would go up to the cor- ner of Broadway and Fulton street ana tackle the candy and {fruit siand tbere and help himseif to all he wanted. 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