The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 28, 1898, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1898. PRESIDENT MCKINLEY ON PROSPERITY Speaks at the Ban- quetofthe National Manufacturers. Conditions Under Which | ings, speaking both for your encourage- T then how to stop further loss. But your| object now, as I gather it, is to go out and possess what you have never had before. You want to extend, not your notes, but your busine: 1 sympathized vith your purposes then; I am in full ac- cord ‘with your intentions now. I ven- ured to say at the gathering referred to, reported in your published proceed- ment und from a profound conviction, this great country cannot be permanent- ly kept In a state of reiapse. I believe we will reoccupy the field temporarily lost to us, and go out to the peaceful con- quest of new and greater fields of trade and commerce. The recovery will come slowly, perhaps, but it will come, and when it does we will be steadier and will better know how to avoid exposure here- after. National policles can encoufage Indus- d commerce, but it remains for the | people to project and carry them on. If these policles stimulate Industrial devel- | opment and energy the people can be safely trusted to do the rest. The Gove. ernment, however, is restricted In its | power to promote industry. It can aid | commerce, but not create it. It can widen and deepen its rivers, improve its | harbors and develop its great national | waterways, but the ships to sail and the | Trade and Commerce f Are Extended. One Is the Payment of the chts“ of the Nation in Sound | Money. | merce. | ner private enterprise to unite the two | oceans with the great canal. PLEDGES ARE BEING KEPT} Financial Plank in the St. Louis Plat- form Declared Yet Commanding Upon Republicans. | Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Jan. 27.—The third an- nual banquet of the National Associa- tion of Manufacturers of the United States, which took place to-night at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, was one of the largest and most elaborate affairs of the kind ever given in this city. | One thousand guests were seated at the tables. The fact that President Mec- Kinley would be present caused a rush | for tickets. President McKinley was driven from | the Windsor Hotel, and was received at the Waldorf-Astoria at 6:30 p. m. by the committee of merchants, and at once taken to “the roval chambers.” Half an hour later he appeared in the | reception room, where he held a levee for mcre than an hour. i The banquet hall was magnificently decorated, the tlers of boxes being draped with silken banners. The Pres- iden flag was suspended over the head of the table from the President's box. Seven long tables extended the length of the room, and sixteen small tables were placed on elther side of the rows of long tables. In the Astor gal- lery annex were thirty-three other ta- bles. The tables were elaborately dec- orated with flowers and potted plants. The dais where the President and oth- er guests sat was also adorned with many flowers. From the reception room up the broad staircase to the ban- quet room were lines of palms and ferns. It was after 9 o'clock when Warner Miller rapped for order. He then an- nounced that Rev. R. S. McArthur would invoke a blessing. Dr. McAr- thur, in his prayer, called for special protection for the President and the members of the Manufacturers’ Asso- | clation. | Among those who occupied seats of honor on the raised dais were: Presi- | dent McKinley, M. E. Ingalls, Darwin | R. James, Rev. R. S. McArthur,Thomas | W. Cridler, Randolph Guggenheimer, Elihu Root, John Addison Porter, At- | torney-General John W. Griggs, Lieu- | tenant-Governor Timothy L. Wood- :ator William P. Frye, Charles mith, Warner Miller, Theo- Search, Henry E. Howland, ex- William L. Strong, Clement A Griscom, St. Clair McKelway and Ab- ner McKinley. Among the other guests were: Albert Pope, Henry W. | Gajohn General Samuel Thomas, xon, E. A. McAlpin, Willlam | °. Whitney, Collis P. Huntington and | George Gunter. Mr. Miller then introduced Theodore C. Search, president of .the association, who spoke briefly. The wildest enthuslasm prevalle when President McKinley was intro duced. Men stood on their seats, | women in the boxes waved their hand- | kerchiefs and the uproar drowned the speaker's voice. The cheering and clapping of hands were redoubled when | a toast was drunk to the President. | President McKinley spoke slowly and | was plainly heard in every portion of | the hall. His reference to the cold day in Cincinnati January 22, 1895, was re- ceived with laughter, which broadened | f: into a perfect roar when he spoke of the extension of business instead of | notes. President McKinley said in | part: . ! 1 scarcely need remind you that we do| not meet as strangers. ~Nelther your| business organization nor your soclal re- | unions are altogether unfamiliar to me. 1 have been with you before, not as guest | as now, but rather in the capacity of host. 1 recali that as Governor of the| State of Ohlo it was my pleasure to wel- come you to the city of Cincinnati on| January 22, 1895, at the Initial convention of the Manufacturers’ Association. I well | remember the occasion. It was a cold | day. You had lost everything but your | pluck, or thought you had; courage was the only friend your grief could call its| own. I note with satisfaction your im-| proved appearance now. You are more | cheerful in counténance, more buoyant | in spirlt, more hopeful in manner and | more confident in purpose. Then, too, there are more of you here than there | ‘were at your first meeting. Distances are of course the same, but traveling has | been resumed. Your speeches and reso- | lutions at that first convention were di- | rected mainly to the question of how to regain what you had lost In the previous | years; or, i that was found Impossible, | — NEW TO-DAY. Pears’ Whoever wants soft hands, smooth hands,white hands, or a_clear complex- ion, he and she can have both: that is, if the skin is naturally transparent; un- less occupation prevents. .’}le color you want to avoid comes probably nei- ther of nature or work, but «of habit. Either you do not wash ef- fectually, or you wash too ef- fectually; you do not get the skin open and clean, or you hurt it, 7 . Remedy—Use Pears’ Soap, no matter how much; but a little is enough if you use it often. All sorts of stores sell it, especially druggistsi alisoris of peopic uae tte” P Ay 2 | The | taxation in such | sible traffic to carry the people must supply. Government ca a w te in favor of domestic enterprises, but it cannot establish them. It can make | commercial treaties, opening to our man- | ufacturers and agriculturists the ports | of other nations. It can enter into re- | ciprocal ar ements to exchange our | products with those of other countries, It | can ald our merchant marine by encour- aging our people to build ships of com- It can assist in every lawful man- | It can doi all these things, and ought to do them; but with all this accomplished the result | will still be ineffectual unless supple- | mented by cnergy, enterprise and in- | dustry of the people. It is they that must | build and operate the factorles, furnish | ships and cargoes for the canal and the rivers and the seas. It is they who must find the consumers and obtain trade by going forth to win it. ! Much profitable trade is still unenjoyed ! by our people because of their nt | insufficient facilities for reaching desira- | ble markets. Much of it {s lost because | of a lack of information of the conditions and ne tions. We must know people ‘want before we wants. We must unde to reach them with le; and ignorance of other na. | st what other an_supply their nd exactly how expense, If we would enter into the most advantageous busines with them. The s requir but the shipper m have assured promise that his goodsywill have a sale when they reach their desti- nation. It is a good rule if buyers will not come to us for us to go to them. It is our duty to make American enterprise and industrial ambition, as well as chievement terms of respect and praise, not only &t home, but among the family of nations the world over. There is another duty resting upon the National Government—"“To coin money and regulate the value thereof.” This duty requires that our government shail regulate the value of its money by the highest standards of commercial honesty and national homor. The money of the United States is and must forever be un- questioned and unassailable. If d. remaln, they must be removed. If weak T they must be ould ever tempt nothing ever will tempt us—to scale down' the sacred of the nation through a legal technicality. Whatever may be the language of the contract, the United States will discharge all its obli- gations in the currency recognized as the best throughout the c time of payment. nt that the 5 ter debt ilized world at the or will we ever con- s of labor or its frugal d down, by permitting payment in dollars of less value than the dollars acepted as the best in every en- lightened nation of the earth. Under existing conditions our citizens cannot be excused if they do not redouble their efforts to sec uch financial legls- lation as will place their honorable in- tenti beyond dispute. All those represent, as you do, the great conserv: tive and 'the progressive business inte ests of the country owe it not only themselves, but to the people, upon the settlement of this great que tion now, or else to face the alternative that it must be again submitted for arbi- tration at the polls. This is our plain duty to more than seven million voters. who. fifteen months ag litical battle on the is that the United States government would not permit a doubt to exist anywhere concerning the stability and integrity of its currency or the inviolability of its ob- ligations of every kind. This is my inter- pretation of that victory. Whatever ef- fort, therefore. is required to make the settlement of this vital question clear and conclusive for all time, we are bound in good consclence to undertake, and if pos- realize. That is our commission— our present charter from the peopl It will not suffice for citizens nowadays to say simply that they are In favor of That is not enough. The s_purpose must be given the vi- f public law. Better an honest to to insist , won a grest among other tality effort with failure than the avoiding of so plain and commanding a duty. The difficulties in the path of a satisfactory | reform are, it must be admitted, neither few in number nor slight in degree, but progress cannot fail to be made with a fair and thorough trial. An honest at- | tempt will be the best proof of sincerity f purpose. Discussion cannot hurt, it will only help the cause. Let us have full and free discussion. We are the last 0 avoid or evade it. Intelligent discus- lon will strengthen the indifferent and encourage the friends of a stable system of finance. Half-heartedness never won a battle. Nations and parties without ablding principles and stern resolution to enforce them, even if it costs a continu- ous struggle to do 5o and temporary sac- are never in the highest degree | ful leaders in the progress of man- For us to attempt nothing in the of the present failacies and the con- ant effort to spread them is to lose val- uable ground already won and practi- cally weaken the forces of sound money for their battles of the future. The financial plank of the St. Louls platform is still as commanding upon Re- | publicans and those who served with them in the last campaign as on the day | it was adopted and promulgated. Hap- pily, the tariff part of the platform has already been engrafted Into public stat- ute. But that other plank, not already builded Into our constitution, is a bind ing force upon us. What is it? “The Re- publican party is unreservedly for sound money. It caused the enactment of the | law providing for the resumption o specie payments in 1879: since then every dollar has been as good as gold.” * * * This is in reality a command from the people who gave the administration to the {)nny now in power. and who are still anxiously walting for the execution of their free and omnipotent will by those of us who hold commissions from that supreme tribunal. ¢ * o | Senator William P. Frye of Maine, who was introduced as one of the| greatest friends of the merchant mar- | ine, made a brief address. In speak Ing of the Nicaraguan canal he de clared that the United States should | build it. He did not approve of the | private ownership of the canal by any | corporation; the Government was in the best position to huild and operate | the canal. Senator Frye said that the | value of the Hawailan Islands was | $39,000,000 and that Americans owned | them. American ships carried the com- merce, valued at $23,000,000. He said | that if the treaty were not ratified, in | less than one year the islands would be | under the protection of Great Britain. This was met with cries of “No. Much confusion followed. He aske the guests to exercise their influence | with the Senate to have the treaty | ratified. There were cheers and cries | of “No” as well. Senator Frye said | the Nicaraguan canal would not be worth a cent with the Hawalian Islands in the hands of an enemy. This was received with applause, kind. Off Day I:r Favorites at l;v Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 21.—Weather clear and cool. Track heavy, with a path on the outside. Not a favorite won. In the fifth race Ethel Lee bled, and grew so weak that she fell, throwing Du; had the mount. Resulis: © = P Who First race, six and one-half furlongs, selling—Dinsmore won, Tole Simmons sec- ond, Aunt Maggie third. Time, 1:27. Second race. six furlongs, selling—Sedan won, His" Brother second, Royal third. Time, 1:15. . B S Third race, one mile, selling—Littie QOcean won, Bob CI tt second, Rhett Goode third. Time, L. Pl ourth race, one mile, selling—Luck: Monday won, Voluntante second, Hr{ Easton third. Time, 1:49. Fifth race, six furiongs, selling—Nannie Davis won, Van Ness second, Minnie ‘Waldon third. Time, 1:20. Sixth race, seven furiongs, selling—Jim on, Basquil second, Adam John-l 00d Wi son third. Time, 1:41 SUCCESSELL GRAFTING OF INSECTS Professor Crampton Reaches Strange Results. Science Able to Produce Some Most Peculiar Monstrosities. Living Things Carved in In- fancy and Grown Into Fantastic Shapes. FREEZING IN THE PROCESS. “John Smith, the Bug Man,” Hints of Greater Experiments in the Higher Animal Kingdom. Special Dispatch to The Cail NEW YORK, Jan. Professor J. B. Smith, entomologist in the New Jer- sey State Experimental Station in New Brunswick, who read a paper on the subject of bug grafting at a meeting of the- New Jersey Microscopical Society last Monday evening, demonstrated that half of an insect couid be graft- ed on the half of another of an en- tirely different species. 3 When seen to-day in his combined museum and laboratory in New Bruns- wick he expressed some regret that his paper had attained publicity beyond the little circie for which it was in- tended. He seemed fearful of laying himself open to a charge of stealing another man's thunder. Whatever credit could be claimed for the discov- ery, he said, was due to Prof mpton of the American Society of Naturalists, who had made exper ments at Woods Holl, Mass., last sum- mer. But still Professor Smith was thcroughly equipped to discuss the matter. He had seen Professor Cramp- ton’s specimens, and explained the mo- dus operandi. Professor Smith is thor- oughly familiar with the insect world; in fact, he is known in New Bruns- wick as “John Smith, bug man,” a so- briquet which he does not object to in the least. “It is perfectly true that insects can | be grafted and live,” he said. “My first intimation of such a discovery was during a convention of naturalists’ so- i s in Ithac Y., during Christ- sor Crampton read a Some Grafting Experi- and illus- trated it with specimens which he had operated upon; there must have been fifty or sixty of them. Some had been grafted in such a way as to have two heads and nc tails. Others had two tails and no heads. Still others were two perfectly formed insects, welded together like Siamese twins, back to back and belly to belly. The profes- sor then showed how it was done. Go- ing to a little glass case heated by warm air, and which is really an in- sect incubator, he selected a couple of cocoons. The experiments, he told st be made with pupae when in- are still in the embryonic state of organization from caterpillar to moth. With a sharp knife he split the cocoons, disclosing a couple of wrig- gling pupae, which looked like grub- worm: “Now,” he explained, “Professor Crampton’s plan is to partially freeze them that they shall be congested and thus prevent the flow of blood. He would cut the heads off these two fel- lows, graft the bodies together with paraffine wax, and they would grow together. They might develop into moths, differing entirely from each oth- er in variety and size, but they would develop into a headless monstrosity Jjust the same.” Professor Smith, when asked if, in his cpinicn, the same results could be ob- tained with animals of a higher order, said: should not like to go on rec- ord as making any statement in regard k. Prc mas w paper called ments upon Lapidoptera,’ te that, but the fact remains that many | things are regarded as impossible sim- ply because they have never been tried. The grafting of Insects was never at- tempted until Professor Crampton tock it up, and it remains to be seen what can be accomplished in the higher ani- mal kingdom.” Henry E. Crampton, Jr., an instruct- or in biology in Columbia University, who has achieved interesting results from experimenting in bug grafting, was seen In his laboratory to-da. and cxplained the value of his dis.=Teries to he scientific world. “I do nct claim any originality in these experiments,” sald Professor Crampton. “I have simply worked out he theories of eminent scientists. Grafting in plant life has long been known, but it has never been tried be- fore in insect life. I made the experi- ments and evolved these strange mon- strosities in meaking researches in the | power of heredity. I have also made several experiments in the transfusion ? the blood of insects in embryonic stages and thus produced strange com- binations.” Professor Crampton produced sever- al small jars containing results of his experiments in bug grafting. Among them was a tandem moth which had been formed by cutting the head off of one cocoon and welding the decapitat- ed pupa to another pupa from which the tail had been cut. The result was a long moth body with two sets of wings. “It would have lived,” said Crampton, regretfully, “if I had not dropped it from a table and burst its body. Even then 1 patched up the wound with a bit of Japanese paper, and it lived four or five days after the accident.” Another interesting freak which he showed was the Siamese twin butter- fly, which was formed by welding two butterfly cocoons side by side with par- affine wax after cutting them open. They were perfectly formed, and were joined by a broad ligament. “I am now making experiments in drawing the blood of one cocoon and infusing into it the blood of another. | This affects the wing and body coler- ings, ahd adds greatly to the study of heredity. If these experiments can be carriedonininsectsthey may be carried = on in higher forms of life and reveal much that is as yet unknown in study of the cell, or the very essence of life, 1 made these experiments years ago,” concluded Crampton, “and I have now some four or five hundred pupae wait- ing to hatch out. Much of them die, however, in pupae stages. ¥ am pre- paring a treatise on my experiments which will be published soon.” Famous Stallion Norval Sold. FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan. 21.—The fa- mous_stallion, Norval (2:14%). sire of Countess Eve (2: ), was sold to-day to J. C. Linnehan Ohio. He was owned by the late R. P. nger. The ce is not known. Colonel Pepper pald 000 to the late Senator Leland Stan- ford of California for the stalllon. KILLED BY HER EALOUS LOVER Sensational Tragedy on the Streets of Los Angeles. Charles Arthur Waylays and Murders His Former Mistress. Takes Two Shots gt His Rival, but Neither of Them Reaches the Mark. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27.—This morn- ing about 11 o’clock a sensational mur- der was committed upon the prineipal thoroughfare of the city. - The victim was a middle-aged woman, a Mrs. Ransome, who was shot and instantly killed by Charles Arthur, a blacksmith from Pasadena. had been the mistress of Arthur, but lately had deserted him and taken up with one Jack Kennedy, a sporting man. Arthur had brooded over the loss of his mistress, and coming to town to- day from Santa Ana, where he had | been working, he armed himself with a 32-caliber revolver and stood upon Spring street, where hundreds were passing, and awaited the coming of Mrs. Ransome. Shortly before noon his patience was rewarded and he saw the woman ap- proaching with Kennedy. He followed the couple until they were opposite a vacant building and then drawing his revolver he opened fire. Three shots, every one of which would have had deadly effect, entered the body of the woman, who sank to the pavement, when Arthur turned his attention to | Kennedy, who was fleeing across the street. He fired two shots at Kennedy, | neither of which took effect. He was | arrested without resistancé and taken to the Central Police station. . The woman died within five minutes after being taken to the Receiving Hospital. Mrs. Ransome bore the appearance of a hard-working woman instead of that of a woman of the town, and In fact had been a domestic in the famiiy of Dr. Hagan, the police surgeon. Arthur talked very freely of the hor- rible crime. He expressed -no com- punction and said the deed was prompted by jealousy. He had quar- reled with the woman upon two occa- sions and had once attempted suicide on her account. When told that his shots had not | taken effect upon the body of Kennedy he expressed the deepest regret and said that his satisfaction would have been complete if he had killed both the man and the woman. Hundreds of people were passing along the busy thoroughfare, and the only wonder is that the shots fired at Kennedy did mot kill or wound some of the numerous passers by. The whole affair was over in a minute, and the man was on his way to jail and the woman to the Receiving Hospital before the crowds fully realized the | horrible tragedy that had been enacted in their midst. Arthur is about 50 years old, a | 'widower, and had deserted his children | for the sake of the Ransome woman. | RUMORED RECALL OF MINISTER POWELL. At Washington, However, It Is Denied That the Germans Objected to the Diplomat’s Acts in Hayti. Copyright, 188, by James Gordon Bennett. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan. 27.—It s ru- mored here that the United States Min- ister to Hayti, Willlam F. Powell, has been recalled at the request of the Ger- man Government on account of his con- nection with the Leuders incident, which resulted in Germany sending warships here to collect indemnity. Emperor Wil- liam’s birthday was celebrated to-day by the German colony by a banquet aboard the Geier. Every foreign vessel in the har- bor was decorated in honor of the occa- sion. NEW YORK, Jan. 21.—A Washington special to the Herald say Assistant Secretary Day denies the report that William F. Powell, United States Minis- ter to Haytl, has been recalled at the request of the German Government on account of the attitude he assumed in the | Leuders affair. Another officlal of the | department informed me that the Ger- man authorities had formally expressed thelr gratification at the course of Mr. Powell in protecting Mr. Leuders. |ALSIP AN EIHEZ‘ZLEII OF MANY THOUSANDS. The President of a Chicago Colony Company Makes Startling Discoveries on Investigation. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 27.—The most re- cent development in the mysterious dis- | appearance of Edwin K. Alsip is the dis- covery that he is an embezzler to the | amount of many thousands. In an interview published in to-night's Bee General C. H. Howard, president of a | colony company in Chicago, says: *‘My | visit to the coast has been brought about by the strange conduct of Mr. Alsflg; 1 have discovered since my arrival here that Mr. Alsip's misappropriations date | from a year back, and I find upon an in- spection of the books that he took from us several thousands of dollars that I could not trace until I came out. We have | @s yet not ascertained the full amount of his defalcation and cannot do so until a {,ho}rlol‘;xh examination of the books can o had. " ANARCHY IN TURKEY'S ASIATIC PROVINCES. LONDON, Jan. 21.—The Constantinople correspondent of the Standard says; The Minister of War, Riza Pasha, has been ordered to prepare eighty regiments, with a minimum strength of 1700 men each, for service in Roumelia next spring. The at- titude of Bulgaria is causing uneasiness and the Porte has sent remonstrances to such effect. The Vienna correspondent of the Daily News says: It is reported here that the Kurds are devastating Armenian villages | in the neighborhood of Russian villayets and that the Armenians retalia n-f' The correspondent adds that there “is | complete anarchy in the Asiatic provinces of Turkey.” {CAN BID ON THE KANSAS PACIFIC. WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.—The House Committee on Paclfic Railroads agreed to-day by a vote of 7 to 4 to report a biil authorizing the Secretary of the Treas- ury, at the discretion of the President, to bid on behalf of the United States at the foreclosure sale of the Kansas Pacific Railroad to the full amount necessary to protect the lien of the Government, and Tequiring the President, in case the road be purchased by the Government, !fi sell it for such a price as he may be able tn procure and mst‘dum best to accept for the interest of the Government. | | The woman for the past two years | { Judgment was given without hesitation. ARRESTED AS A STAGE ROBBER Interest in the Booneville Coach Tragedy Re- vived. Frank Harrington of Alexander Valley Goes to Jail on Suspicion. Takes the Situation Coolly and Says He Is Able to Prove an Alibi. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SANTA ROSA, Jan. 27.—The exciting story of the Booneville stage robbery and the cold-blooded murder of Bar- nett of Ukiah last September by two bandits was revived to-day by the ar- rest of another suspect. Frank Har- rington of Alexander Valley is the man | under suspicion, and he was arrested by Deputy Sheriffs Leard and Weise while pruning trees in an Alexander Valley orchard. He is about six feet in height, is light-haired and light-com- plexioned, and wears a light, thin mus- tache. Harrington does not say that he is | rot one of the robbers, but simply de- | clares that he will prove an allbi. He | is not, apparently, much agitated over his arrest, and is taking things com- fortably in the jail here to-night. But on the word of “Lish” Finney, the teamster who all along claimed that he could identify the two suspicious char- acters he met in the mountains near Ukiah the day of the tragedy, Harring- ton is one of these men, or his resemb- lance is an exceptionally close one. Finney claims that on the day of the robbery of the stage, and some time be- fore it was scheduled to appear, he saw two men come out on the road. They asked him how long it would be before the Booneville stage would pass that way. After telling them what he knew | about it, Finney says, the two men left | the highway Finney was brought here to-night. He was taken into the jail and took a careful survey of Harrington. After- ward he gave it as his opinion that Horrington ie one of the suspicious- lcoking men he saw in the road the day | of the sensatlonal robbery, and his | Deputy Sheriff Johnson of Mendocino County is here, and to-night seems to have much confldence in Finney's story. INTERESTS THE PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST. WASHINGTON, Jan. %.—Representa- tive de Vries to-day called on the War Department to consult with the judge ad- vocate general upon the necessary legis- lation in order to connect the United States Government with the appropriation made by the State of California for the construction of impounding dams in the Yuba River. The judge advocate general assured De Vries that he would render at an early date an opinion. De Vries is en- deavoring to secure a full understanding between the War Department and the State authorities on this question so that in case of any conflict the necessary legis- lation may be had during the present session. This will obviate any further de- lay after the plans of the engineers are reported. De Vries will make an effort to have this matter Incorporated in the river and harbor appropriation bill. The following California postmasters were appointed to-day: Murietta, River- side County, O. W. Miller, vice J. M. Richardson, deceased; San Marcos, San Diego County, George Call, vice Warden G. Jacobs, resigned; Thermal, Fresno County, Ella Buckmaster, vice John Dow- ney. resigned. The postoffice at Middlefork, Shasta County, will be discontinued after Febru- ary 15. Mall should be sent to Beegum. | Pensions have been granted as follows: | California: Original—Albert Doty, Yre- ka, $8; Augustus Degay, Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles, $8. Renewal, reissue and in- | Washington: crease—Denard Montague, Cathlamet, $6 | to $12: Mexican war widow—Lydia M. Wilkinson, Waitsburg, $8. Army orders: By direction of the Act- Ing Secretary of War, Private Paul Smith, ordnance detachment, now at Be- nicia Arsenal, will be sent to the Army ard Navy General Hospital, Hot Springs, Ark., reporting upon his arrival to the commanding officer for treatment in the hospital. —_— Governor Offers Rewards for Murderers. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 27. — Governor Budd has offered a reward of $300 for the arrest and conviction of the murderer of Joseph H. Reaside at Emeryville, Ala- meda County, on the 13th inst. The same inducement ‘is held out for the capture and conviction of the slayer of yner Bill, an Indlan, at Mill Creek, Tulare NEW TO-DAY. N OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS: WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF TIE WORD “CASTORIA,” AND “PITCHER'S CASTORIA,” AS OUR TRADE MARK. -1, DR. SAMUEL. PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts, was the originator of *PITCHER'S CASTORIA" the same that has borne and does now bear the fac-simile signature of € on every wrapper. This is the original « PITCHER'S CASTORIA” which has bgen used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty years. the kind you have always bought, and has the signature of No one has authority from me to use my name except per. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is M_—:— on tha ASGTLZZt wrap- The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is President. March 8, 1897. Do Not Be Deceived. Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you (because he makes a few more pennies on it), the ine gredients of whick even he does not know. “The Kind You Have Always Bought” BEARS THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF ) (4 L4 Insist on Having The Kind That Never Failed You. VHE CENTAUR COMPANY: T7 MUBRAY STREET. ew vomx orrv. FLEECED BY A SCHOOL-GIRL, Business Men of Fresno Discover the Little Culprit. Home of Her Parents Found to Be Overstocked With Provisions. The Mother Tearfully Pleads Inno- cence as She Restores the Stolen Goods. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. FRESNO, Jan. 27.—The identity of the 14-year-old girl who has been vic- timizing Fresno business men for the last several days has been discovered, and it is believed the girl resorted to the scheme to help her parents and sev- eral younger members of the family, which seems to be in very straitened circumstances. She is little Miss Gil- bert, a blue-eyed, flaxen-haired, inno- cent-looking and demure school girl. She lives with her parents in a little house on Blackstone avenue, about a mile from the center of the town. Her father is a teamster, and while he was working hard to earn a livelihood for “his family, his little daughter was sup- plying the house with a stock of all kinds of groceries, and bringing/money home to her mother every night. The merchants who had been de- frauded by the girl leurned who she was, and yesterday and to-day she had many visitors, as they all called at the house and demanded the return of their goods or the money she had obtained from them under false pretenses. Her scheme was to represent herself to be sent by a customer of a store, County, in November last. and she would give an order for grocer- jes, saying that she would take the goods herself in her rig. She would then drive to her own home and un- load. She told others that her mother sent her to get four bits, as the baby had swallowed poison. That ruse was usually successful. ‘When told of her daughter’s misrep- resentations, Mrs. Gilbert profe to be greatly surprised and wept terly. She returned money to all who demanded it, and paid out several dol- 1 of her daughter’s fraudulent earn- Sacks of flour, potatoes and other groceries were carried out of the house by defrauded store-keepers, to the great sorrow and disgust of liitle Miss Gilbert, who saw all her clever work come to naught. The merchants who were victimized think it very queer that the mother did not suspect the daughter’s honesty when she brought so many things to the house, and a strong suspicion is entertained that she gave tacit consent, it she did not actually put the child up to the scheme. She declares, however, that she supposed the girl was work- ing and that she thought she took the provisions in part payment. The fam- ily have been living at their present abode for about a month and are thought to be strangers in Fresno. SWALLOWED CARBOLIC ACID. Little Child of Sacramento Meets With a Terrible Death. SACRAMENTO, Jan. -A sad thing happened here to-day. 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