The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 12, 1898, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1898, RICHEST QUARTL STRIKE YET MADE IN THE NORTH Two Prospectors Great Luck. DISCOVERY NEAR KETCHIKANj in EXTENSIVE OUTCROPPINGS OF | FREE GOLD. | With a Hammer and Small Mortars They Take Out Over Three Thousand Dollars in a Week. BY HAL HOFFMAN, Special Correspondence of The Call JUNEAU, Alaska, Nov. 3.—An almost incredibly rich quartz strike was recently made and is now being mined near Ketchikan, over two hundred miles south of Juneau. It is located on Cleveland peninsula of the mainland. The claim was staked and is owned by a man named Johnson, who lives at Ketchikan, and Dyer, a young man of Seattle, who has been prospecting in the vicinity for some months. If the | rock continues to produce gold as it | has begun Johnson and Dyer have not | only the t mine in Alaska, but a | fabul e which nothing can ex- | haust unle shovel the gold into the sea a t as it is pounded out. It is located ciose to salt water and in | a position easy to wo The authority for the fac no less a person than Hon. A. P. ernor of A sk. u Cl nd'’s from Mich., and made his residence prop nd el Swine: -Governor Alaska. E returned from Ket. sa s work Dyer ci yure t to ust recentl to t they had. what ping they ca ork for more than did quit they had | | t peculiar,” con- “The gold is but in a sort 1 oW ever been ow t Swineford, who was Gov-| o Targe Reward Was Offered by 1 t { head (Minn train near here this morning by Chief of Police Murphy. I others came about an hour later and | inquired for the fi had two large revolver burglar tools and two dark lanterns, to- ut enough free | E $ o+ time and four dynamite caps were found on them. 1 ew hundred | chiefs, and the six had about $200 in | agreed to rendezvous at Moorhead. number of bank at Battle Lake, are now credited | to_this gang. | in | Falls' (M CHAPLA IN McINTYRE ALSO LOSES d PRETTY FIANCEE The Wealthy Young Lady to Whom He Was Engaged Canceled Her Promise @After His Dismissal. blow, if gossip here says true. co new scenes. herself with excellent, to give out the name of the young lady. But it SRTRAROOOOT T LR DENVER, Nov. 11.—Rev. Dr. J. C. McIntyre, the dismissed navy chaplain, is suffering from another He has not only lost his place in the navy and in a certain sense his honer, but he has also lost one of the prettiest girls in New York. This young lady, it e the wife of the minister, but as soon as he was found guilty by the naval court-martial that tried him his fair fiancee canceled the engagement and sailed away to Paris, where she is now said to be consoling Dr. Mclntyre, so the story goes, met the young woman in Washington society. Her soclal position is and she is independently rich and in her own right. Friends of the chaplain positively refuse is said that she resides in one of fashionable quarters and that her relatives in Washington are of very high standing. Gfifibfiddfifififidbfibflt‘.Qfififlfifififi&fififififififlbflfififififififififififififlflflfi b= L. o is said, was soon to be- ¥ & o ped a3 & New York's most 3 bad =3 county, was found dead in the hall of the | Woodmen of the World this morning. He | | had severed his jugular vein with a razor. His wife recentiy obtained a divorce. MUCH TROUBLE AHEAD FOR THE TOLBERTS WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.—A special | to the Post from Columbia, S. C., gives | the following story of to-day’s develop- ments in the race riots in that State: Sheriff McCaslam. of Greenwood | County, in which Phoenix is located, | wires the Governor to-day: | “Things perfectly quiet and excite- ment all gone. You cannot rely upon sensational rumors.” Late news from the scene of the re- cent lynchings indicates that the angry passions of the:people are subsiding, | and no further bioodshed is now to be | | expected unless two negroes, Circuit |and White, or Henderson, a white man, all of whom the crowd wish to secure, are found. There is every SIX ROBBERS UNDER ARREST Capture of the Great Northern Bandits. HEAVILY ARMED ALL WERE RENDEZVOUSED AT A HOTEL AT MOORHEAD, MINN. reason to | the Express Company for believe that all three have made good Their Arrest and Con- | their escape. viction. The feeling against the Tolberts [seems t& be intense. An impartial | man, who has been at the scene of the | i Ity, says: ‘If the Tolberts return to their home h to The Call any tlme soon trcuble will inevitably follow their presence in the neighbor- | hood, which, for some time to come, if | ever, will not be a healthy place for | them. They are looked upon as the | inciters of the trouble.” | It is generally thought dangerous to: allow the two Tolberts here to be taken | back to Greenwood. One dispatch says, in speaking of the prospects of further trouble, if the Tolberts are brought | back there is no jail made that will | stand. | This morning notice was given James Tolbert, whose wife is pestmistress at | McCormick, that he would be allowed thirty-six hours to leave, but that his MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 11L.—A Moor- 1) special to the Journal of the men engaged in the the ;at Nortbern coast Fergus Falls were captured 1d-up « G ved at the | and two Four of them a hange Hotel together ach man Two sets of st four. gether with three sticks of dynamite Each man had three handker- ve their names as W. C. Me | ooin. They g2 : 0 E 3 e free gold stood | SO TRey BANE ANCr I ftman, B. L. | Wife and children will be cared for and and big as perspi- | Ross, G, C. Hall C B v vards. protected. ~Althoush James Tolbert is brow. They began | Minot M Mortis 200 I 30 vears | 0t known to have bad anything to do ith hammers In small | 19 %% 0% 0 oh: "and intelligent in | WIth the recent troubles It ’s Sa'f free goid was | 10, | AL, 27 2SN 21 1o comte trom | Be Jef, golug 1o one knows where. | ng ; WIFE OF DREYFUS ; APPEALS IN VAIN Not Permitted Even to Inform the Exile of the Decision of the Court. | 12.—Mme. Dreyfus, it uri. 5 here seems no doubt that they are| he men implicated and that they had | other robberies, including | ransville and a | hat of an elevator at E Minn., Nov. 11.—A Fergus | ST. PAUL : 1 to the Dispatch inn.) spec is PARIS, Nov. -d at the office of the Colonial | says: During last night's hold-up Ex- | said, app! t Dyer. | Pressman Grath, the messenger anq | Minister yesterday (Friday) for permis- he has | fireman, were compelied to sit in a TOW | sion to send her husband kome warm the on the bank under cover of menacing | clothing for his return home. Her re- vears, | guns while the highwaymen were at was refused on the ground that the are | work fle attempts to’ blow up the 1d do what was neces- i gress Conductor me time the authorities ther mining her a letter from her husband to o0k /s handsome |.Smith ‘sent man Otto Norsman from her husbar K handsome pack to flag any approaching trains. . effect that, Baving for, five{monihs or kidney that | The robbers fired at him and a bullet Sl Soxia gevINOn tosen t the gold is just passed under h 5 7 the flesh, and bein caried and exhausted by &th of the | but mot inflicting a dangerous wound. B wonintwirite - nbi “ipal camp | Norsman was later picked up by a ';fi ;(,n?lnr.,m\‘é_ ,J,‘,f g:\_ trict. It is | handcar and taken to Carlisle. : to the geuerosity of my coun- One of the robbers proposed to rob {o the geaerasity of v coun- d with what he cer to Dawson trying to get out will be the onl ym the insid ian is tied up bian is in a slough T elian piled up on a bar about | es below White Riv Light and Lightning ing to pull her off. The other | S 1ers are mostly at Ben- | thews on Trial. 11.—In the trial for the murder of Henry i were put on Constable at Mil- Mat: of | »ing hitched in front, and told him hi He dashed c e for some two block: he the: TR and ! 11 through ged the shoot- | 1 started to run. ingman. | /. _1l—James an in the | 1is place this | und that the kill- | tble homicide. It John Lynch, a | did the killing. | a0 got his gun and | Tynch. ~ James r's iife, ran be- ed a gun and tantly. Whisky Bk Mining Company Organized. SANTA CRUZ 11.—The Bowhead ; 5 { < rapiengs ad | {rpjted States Senator, on Jjoint ballot, ' RUZ, Nov. it b from Alaska sev- | SR Stewart, 25: for Stewart, 15: Goubt: | whn yemutod Judes. s&&dofé‘-d’:;n;?:i gral mon % organized the Kenal | ful, 4. One counity having oné Assembly- | Suntenced to 100 days in jail of to pay & b );l;' °§.,$ 1 "dnui;, um;lfll) :f man s still to be heard from. | fine of $100. He went to jail. 000, Th are B, F. B £ | o Santa Cru an of Stockion, D, - Good Work of Life-Bavers. | A New Norwegian Flag. J. Brooks of Lassell of | GUBBALO, Mich., Nov. 1L—The St.| CHRISTIANIA, Nov. 1.—The Storthing Btockion ar { Santa Clara. | Joseph life-saving crew, :’hk'h came here | to-day adopted a resolution to introduce hoa ; - 4 lving in | by special train last night to rescue the | v = Oakland Cre and will return to Alaska | crew of the stranded schooner L‘mz:‘ \‘le fi{fx:r?fvtygr:nexg:zar:v&%gs:’r’éggxt the o in February. et Cy 2 afely Off the wreck. The schoor | Seventh Regiment Camp. Probably be a total loss. o ooncr W Disastrous Fire. LOS ANGELES, Nov, 1L.—The Seventh — - | NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 11.—Fire which Regiment of California Volunteers will Farmer’s Sudden Death. | started in the Town Hall at Covin, ngr;. go into camp at Agricultural Park to- morrow and remain possibly three weeks before being entirely mustered out. The gy quartered In the pavilion and under the grand stand, and the camp will be a very comfortable one. The sol- #iers are to be fed by contract. | the passengers, but the others refused pot safe at that place was dragged into the middle of the floor about midnight, but that the frightened away. the bank at Battle Lake and the rob- ber: ville during the past week were evi- | ason, though | dently the work of the pres; | pany to-day offered a reward | for bandits. the | Company’s loss was Ve | safe not containing money. and at London Weekly Papers Regret That | | while the | proved prospects of currency legislation, | not more pronounced. | fear that the results will encourage con- tinental powers t he was drinking in | toward the an by the United S though they doubt | R that there will be any more serious in- Boards the Hohenzollern. t. | tervention than acrimonious protests, ““as | BEYROUT, Syria, Nov. 1l.—Emperor | | e sl ; the v the first man he | would not allow the United States to be - | overborne by a ho his | of the con vent of the United politics. the idea that, | s | tions at Washingto greatly the nation however moderate in tone, w! be a clear defiance. sees in Lord Salisbury’s Guildhall refer- ence to America all manner of menace: - Neilson, succeeded in getting all the men a prominent farmer, died suddenly to-day. 1tinuing )Tt‘lx((&i]);‘l:AZ?dA to go into the cars. gs §nvnr?!nm»v: {mv} (I\lmrt lhlr;'yt‘r\‘xs tger:‘;};kfllhper‘r‘r’ui;sjg: 'l;; depiniai o the mlarms and MEre DreDaeC 4 | ot of Castation.. (hiss reqneat ! od et SuPi | Frank Allen came down from Roths used. - Then, through o - be- | Bay to-day and reported that the de- i with no better results. 2 Her counsel will bring the matter be- fore the Court of Cassation. H MAJOR MARCHAND HAS ’ of the elevator agent at Evans- | STARTED FOR FASHODA would-be robbers were The attempt to rob CATRO, Nov. 11.—Major Marchand, com- mander of the French expedition now at Fashoda, and Captain Baratler, who car- | the Express |ried Marchand’s report to Paris and small, the |brought to him the reply of the French | Government, have started for Fashoda. It | seems there is some hitch regarding the route he is to take. It is undrstood that The Great Northern F ction of the arrest and con The agents sa the sar ugh by aired, | s receiv mat at e toot of Five Fuigers | ENGLISH COMMENT ON B T S U am hes viown out, tne E i< vact 1 Egypti: oot o7 Grve ahicnt ivin: TUESDAY’S ELECTION | unices ho asrees fo oracuste all Bevpuiaa| { adopt the river route. It is rumored even that his instructions are to establish fresh posts in the Bahr- el-Ghazal basin. B The Cromartyshire Libeled. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. - 1L.—Deputy TUnited States Marshal Foster shortly be- fore midnight seized the British ship Cro- martyshire on a libel filed by the Trans- atlantic Compagnia Generale for $2,500,000 | to recover damages for the collision be- tween the Cromartyshire and the French passenger steamer La Bourgogne. ! the Republican Majority Was Not Larger. | LONDON, Nov. 11.—The weekly papers, | see in Tuesday's election im- | regret that the Republican success was | They express a crease the hostility n of the Philippines | re that Great Britain owers are aw William and Empress Augusta Victorfa returned to Beyrout this evening and went on board the imperial yacht Hohen zollern, which will sail at dawn to-mor- row, escorted by the German warships Hela and Herthau. | Killed by a Falling Bridge. MARYSVILLE, Mo., Nov. 1l.—Herman | Schaeffer was instantly killed and his | two brothers were fatally hurt by the | falling in of a _wagon bridge near here this morning. The men were moving a | threshing machine and engine. ile coalition.” ator says: ‘““The statesmen nt universally fear the ad- Status in European They cannot rid their heads of if they stand together, as | when they coerced Japan. America will imilarly_yleld. “But their representa- | are likely to Irritate pride of the Ameri- universal in a The Spec cans, leading 1o a President McKinley The excessive fears felt of an Anglo-Saxon alliance is shown by the fact that the whole Continent Offers Crete to Russia. LONDON, Nov. 12.—The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Dally Telegraph says: It is rumored here that the Sultan has offered Crete to Russia as a set-off to the balance of the Russo-Turkish war ‘ indemnity. Looks Bad for Stewart. RENO, Nov. 11.—The latest returns in- dicate that McMiltan (R.) has been elect- ed Governor of Nevada. Carcful compila- tion of the next Legislature shows for - g Judge’s A_ssailant Sentenced. La., destroyed three blocks of buil | Logs estimated at $190,000 —————————— Sisapder s ks | A good Arabian horse can canter in Ends Life Wlfh a Razor. | the desert for twenty-four hours in PORTLAND, Or., Nov. 11.—Charles A.!summer and forty-eight hours in win- Wheeler, former Deputy Sheriff of this | ter without drinking.. SONOMA, Nov. 11.—E. H. Wickersham, FIVE KILLED IN RAILWAY WRECK Air Brakes Clogged by Fallen Leaves. LEHIGH VALLEYCATASTROPHE | PASSENGER TRAINS CRASH TO-} GETHER. | Engineer Bravely Remains at His Post and Is Badly Scalded by Water From the Burst Boiler. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. WILKESBARRE, Pa.. Nov. 11.—The Buffalo Express, on the Lehigh Valley Railroad, which left New York at 8:30 st night, ran into a New York and hiladelphia eastbound train going east on Wilkesbarre mountain at 3 clock this morning. are the Kkilled: WILLIAM TOXHEIMER, filreman. FRED GLASSER, fireman. J. C. McGREGOR, express messen- ger, on. JACOB ENGLEMAN, brakeman, Easton. JOHN McNALLY, engineer, White- haven. The injured are: D. E. Price, engineer, New York, bad- ly scalded. John Robblin, engineer, Wilkesbarre, badly scalded. Charles Morgan, express messenger, scalded about head. John Shanfield, brakeman, cut about ead. The train going east, which was com- posed of an express car, combination baggage day coach and three sleepers, had the right of way on a single track. The Buffalo Express, in charge of En- gineer Robblin, had orders to Stop on a by York express pa proached the siding he discoverea that the air brakes would not work. The train was averaging about thirty miles an hour, going down grade. The engineer whistled frantically for the hand brakes, as he knew the other train was, about due. He reversed his engine and stuck to his post, but could not avert the collision. In less than a minute the express from the west, drawn by two heavy engines, hove into sight. curve in a deep cut. Nearly all the passengers on both trains were asleep. | Many of these were thrown fram their berths by the shock, but none were se- verely injured. The engines and baggage and express cars were piled up in a heap in the cut. The passengers rushed from the cars, hearing the cries of the injured train. men in the wreck, but it was almost impossible to render any assistance. Flagmen hastened to the nearest tele- graph office and sent word to Wilkes. barre. A wrecking train with a num- ber of physicians and a clergyman was sent to the wreck., and soon the dead and injured were taken from under the engine and cars. The passengers were brought to this city, and later a train was made up and sent over the “cut- off” branch road. The main road is completely blocked and will not be cleared for some hours. An Investigation shows that a heavy windstorm prevailed on the mountain last night, which caused the leaves from the forest to accumulate on the track. The engines plowed into these leaves. which clogged the braking ap- paratus. BROKE INTOC A STABLE. James Murray, an Iron Molder, Ar- rested for Burglary. James Murray, aged 19 yvears, an fron molder by occupation, was arrested last night and charged with burglary. Shortiy after 9 o’clock Murray and a companion, who was not arrested, were seen to enter a stable kept by John Hayden at Seventh | and Brannan streets. Hayden, wh. 2 opposite_the stable, was at once ng’zllr‘x‘e?ls and he determined to arrest the burglars. Procuring his_revolver he went to tne stable and as he entered the burglars at- empted to escape by jumping through an open window. Covering Murray with his evolver Hayden ordered him to stop, un- der the threat of riddling him with’bul- lets. Policeman Morton was then sum: and he ook Murray into custody. At tha City Prison he was formally charged with burglary. 3 2 During the past few weeks several sets of harness have been stolen from Hay- den’s stable, and he is convinced that Murray and his pal were the culprits. e Investigation Continues. First Licutenant John B. Bennett, Sev- enth United States Infantry, aid to Major General Merriam, again visited Fort Baker vesterday, where he spent the en- tire day in further pursuing the investi- gation of the reports that have been cir- culated concerning certain unmilitary be- havior on the part of the commissioned officers of Battery B, California Heavy Artillery, now_stationed at that place. Lieutenant Bennett, when seen last m.im. refused to make any statement for publication beyond admitting that he had not as yet completed his work at the fort in gathering such information in re- ard to the reports as he will lay before Ecneml Merriam. The men were ex- amined separately yesterday, and their testimony taken by a stenographer. The investigation will not be continued to- day. e Federal Bankrupts. Julius H. G. Haensel of Eureka, Hum- boldt County, filed yesterday in the Fn)latedksmtt“ D}!x!‘tflgtbgourt &1 &egmog nkruptey, HIs debts are n!:) al.nell, dward Mills_of Swrnm:fi':o filed a similar petition. He owes $426 15 and owns nothing. The following ing on the mountain and let the New | As Robblin ap- | A terrible crash followed on a | DECREASE OF IMMIGRATION FOR THE YEAR Report of Commis- sicner Powderly. THREE THOUSAND SENT BACK SEVERAL CEHANGES IN THE LAWS RECOMMENDED. More Stringent Regulations Neces- sary tor Properly Guarding the Canadian Boundary Line. Bpecial Dispatch to The Call WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.—Commis- | sioner General T. V. Powderly of the Immigration Bureau, in his annual re- port to the Secretary of the Treasury, gives the total number of immigrants who arrived in the United States during | the last fiscal year as 229,299, a de- crease, as compared with the fiscal year 1897, of 1563. Of the whole number 5 were males and 93,534 females; came into the United States through Canada. During the year 3030 were debarred and of this number there were twelve insane, one idiot, 2261 pau- | pers or persons likely to become a pub- | lic charge, 257 diseased persons, two convicts, seventy-nine assisted immi- grants and 417 contract laborers. One | hundred and ninety-nine were returned within one year after landing. | Of the whole number over fourteen years of age 1416 could not write, 43,057 could neither read nor write, 27,608 over | twenty years of age had $30 or over | and 9 had less than $30. The total | amount of money shown by immigrants during the year was $3,872,077, but the actual amount brought over was proba- bly greatly in excess of this amount. Ot the whole number of arriv: ,613 came from Italy, 27,221 from Russia proper, 25,128 from Ireland, 17,111 from Germany, 16,659 from Hungary, 12,420 | from Galicia and Burkowina in Aus- tria-Hungary, 12,398 from Sweden and | 9987 from England. The ¢ommissioner suggests . un amendment ta the laws excepting im- migrants shown to be afilicted with a loathsome or a dangerous contagious disease from the right of appeal or of a hearing before the board of special | | | | | | inquiry. He also recommends that the | head tax be increased from $1 to 32, “so | as to furnish,” he says, “a fund suffi- | cient to enlarge the bureau’s operations to their full capacity for usefuiness in protecting American citizens from dis- ease, taxpayers from the imposition of | unjust burdens, the hospitals, chari- table and penal institutions from an in- flux of aliens, native producers from | ‘unjusr. competition and the social and political institutions of the country from demoralization by the corrupt citizens of other countries.” It is also recommended- that the act | which prohibits the expenditure of & | greater sum for immigration purposes | repealed. Mr. Powderly states that the natur- alization laws of the United States! have been repeatedly violated, and ins his opinion each arriving immigrant, | when admitted to the United States, should be provided with a landing cer- tificate setting forth the name, age, sex, birthpiace of the immigrant, govern- ment to which allegiznce is due, the! port from which the vessel safled, the | name of the vessel, the line it belongs | to, the port it arrives at and the date of landing. The immigrant showd be instructed by means of circular to re- tain the certificate for presentation where applying for naturalization pa- | pers. i | A record of the facts stated in the| said circular as to each immigrant, to ! be known as an immigrant directory, | should be kept for each fiscal year by the Bureau of Immigration. An act of Congress, authorizing such a course of procedure, and requiring of the alien presenting himself for naturalization to produce such a certificate or a du- plicate from the immigrant directory, | would facilitate the work 6f the courts | and go far toward preventing the issu- ance of fraudulent naturalization pa- | pers. The Commissioner General expresses the belief that the figures given of the | arrival of immigrants through Canada | represent only a part of the actual im- | migration through that country, and suggests as a remedy the enactment of a law authorizing the Secretary of the | Treasury to designate certain points | along the border separating the United States from the Dominion to be the scle ports of entry to this country of trans- Atlantic and trans-Pacific immigrants and «of all Canadians who shall not have resided in Canada for at leasi five years prior to emigration to this | country. Tt would be possible under such a provision, he says, to abolish the present officlal stations on Cana- dian soil and to transfer the officials so0 placed to this side of the boundary, locating them at such poirts as the Secretary shall designate, whére build- ings could be erected for the accommo- dation of immigrants pending examina. tion, as at the seaports of the United States. Chosen Friends Meet. There was a called meeting last night | in the hall of Golden Gate Council of the Order of Chosen Friends of members of | the varjous local councils. There were more than 300 ladies and gentlemen present, and it proved to be one of the most enthusiastic fraternal meetings that has been held this year. The purpose was the discussion of the affairs of the order, and there were addresses by Grand | Couneflor Boehm, Supreme Vice Coun- | cilor Hutton, Past Supreme Councilor Ar- nold, Past Grand Councilor Sanborn, State Senator E. 1. Wolfe and Past Su- preme Trustee Gibson. Grand Recorder ‘Wallis submitted a plan for the extension of the order, which met with the heart: indorsement’ of every one present. an | upon a call of the roll every one rose to signify a desire to carry out the plan. — e The Deadly Slot Machine. Dave McLaughlin, a laborer, went into a saloon at First and Market streets last night and proceeded to play_the nickel- in-the-slot machine. He won 50 cents, but the bartender. Otto Arndt. refused to pay it, claiming that McLaughlin had ‘“‘work- ed off" a slug. McLaughlin became obstreperauis, when the bartender struck him over the head with a bottle, inflicting an ugly scalp wound. Arndt was arrested and charged with battery. . e Calls Him a Highbinder. Chun King, a cook at 2727 Pacific ave- nue, swore to a complaint in Judge Con- lan’s court yesterday for the arrest of Chen Yung Sing, a cook in the adjoining houSe, on a charge of ;aeltgvI lnrcex:iv_ Kin noctses Sing of being a highbinder ang stealing his watch and chain from him Thursday in his room. He was jealous of King {mv‘n‘ a watch, and after asking, him the time snatched it out of his han and ran. e Dr. Shrady writes about the de- cadence of business men in next Sunday’s Call 1 | Folsom. Stone, there, and the cost of erecting the build- |'Spaulding’s dyeing and cleaning works | fell down an elevator shaft in their build. AN ASYLUM FOR INSANE CRIMINALS Plans to Be Discussed at San Quentin. NEED OF THE INSTITUTION HOW GOOD AND BAD ARE NOW HERDED TOGETHER. Dr. F. W. Hatch of the State Lunacy Commission Expatiates on the Crying Necessity of the Step. F. W. Hatch of the State Lunacy Com- | o > Sy | matter should be reported to the head- mission arrived in this city yesterday and registered at the Lick House. He is greatly interested in the plans for a State asylum for the criminal insane, which will be discussed at a joint meeting of the State Prison Directors and the Lun- acy Commission, to be held at San Quen- tin to-day. In discussing the matter Dr. Hatch said: “This State has long felt the need of an asylum for the criminal insane, and if all goes well se will have it within a short time. There are a great number of crim- inals confined within our lunatic asylums | have heid t | . 8. C. in the Central block, Oakland. Mr: Sanford is the secretary. A COAL COMPANY-—F. J., City. An answer to the questions asked in regard to the coal company named would clearly be an advertisement of a private enter- prise, and as this department does not advertise the business of any company or !z‘rm it cannot furnish the desired infor- mation. A TEN-TON CAR-S., City. A ten-ton freightcar will carry 9% barrels of flour, 70 of lime, 70 of salt, 200 sacks of flour, § cords of wood, from 8 to_ 100 head of sheep, 50 to 60 hogs, 18 to 20 head of cat- tle, 20,000 pounds of butter, 6000 feet of lumber, 240 bushels of wheat,300 of barley, 870 of agples, 400 of corn, 430 of potatoes, mood of bran, 650 of oats and 360 of flax~ seed. THE HELEN W. ALMY—A..A. S., Ala- meda, Cal. The Helen W. Almy, Captain W. J. Hogan, which cleared from, San Francisco for Prince William Sound. hav- ing on board, besides the crew and otficers, thirty miners, bound for_Copper River, was capsized off Point Reyes, Monday March 21, 1898, and every one on board was drowned. CAPTURED ANE’DESTROYED—AA 8., Stockton, Cal. As yet no official list of vessels captured and of those destroyed by the United States in the war with Spain has been published. A person with time and inclination can obtain an ap- proximately accurate list by scanning the daily papers from the 22d of April, 1898, when the Buena Ventura, the first vessel, was seized by the United States. AN ENLISTED MAN-S. P, City. If a married man enlisted in the volunteer service of the United States during the war with Spain and made false represen- tations as to the fact of marriage, the quarters of the Department of the Pa- cific, in the Phelan building. If, since his enlistment he has neglected his fam. ily and failed to make any provision for the support 8f his children, then the mat- ter should be drawn to the attention of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. RELIGION OF PRESIDENTS-A. R., City. Religion is not a qualification for the Presidency. of the United States. A man of any religion may be nominated for the office. The religion of those who h is as follows: Epis- 3 adison, Monroe, to-day and the result is very bad. In | ¢opalians— 2 the first place their infuence is Gemoral- | By 1k LLAITISOR, Dayipr, Bimoe izing to persons who are simply suffering | son, Po! \ and B. from a diseased brain with no morbid or | Harriso . Johnson, criminal tendencies. A greatmanyaresim- | Grant, Hayes and McKinley; Congrega: ply shamming, and the result is that | tionalists—J. Adams and J. Q. Adam they work among those who are actually | Liberal — Jefferson; suffering from disease of the brain end induce them to assist in plans for es for almost every person confined witlin the walls of an asylum is wlilling and ready to gscape at any time the oppor- tunity is offered; they simply need a lead- er, and the criminal insane make good leaders. The idea is to have an institu- tion as secure as a prison, with all the modern facilities for the treatment of diseases of the brain. “Again, there are a great many people Dutch Reformed Church—Van Buren; Church of the Dis- ciples—Garfield. ___ ROBIN ADAIR—The Reader, Ci The author of the song, “Robin Adair,” that is the popular edition, is not known. There is no record of the author’s name. The air, which is the Irish one of “Eileen Aroon,” first became popular in England | in the latter part of the eighteenth cen- confined in our State prisons who should | really be under treatment for disorders of the brain. They are not exact reatment which cannot be given them in the prisons. “This matter has frequently been dis- cussed at sessions o. the Lunacy Commis- sion, and while it is agreeed that the State needed such an institution and needed it badly, no real. definite action has been taken. It has generally been N ne, i Scottish versio are near enough it to require | SCottish version, but, conceded that the best place would be ! labor and water are all ings necessary would be very slight; m fact. I think it would be a gheat saving to the State in the end. as the crimnal Junatic” is always trying to escape and | frequently does escape, and when he once gets beyond the borders of the State it is an expensive matter to bring him back. I can now recall three murderers who i | have escaped from asylums and I am pos- | itive that these are only a few cases. One | man got as far as Arizona and it cost the | State a considerable sum to get him back. “‘As to the size of the buiiding. I think it should be large enough to accommodate | at least two hundred persons. to statistics there are now one hundred According | and fifty in the State prisons 7ho should | really be in asylums, but as there is no | simpiy asylum provided for them they get_the treatment of ordinary criminals. “There aro three plans which will b day. institutions already established. It appointment of a_committee bodies to work in harmony. I think there wiil be little difficulty in procuring the small appropriation neces- sary from the Legislature.” Dewey on International Law. BE. W. Harden, Commissioner of the State Department at Washington, who ar- rived on the Belgic, is responsible for the following characteristic anecdote of Ad- miral Dewey. Not long since a military officer asked him how far international law would per- mit him to go in treating with the insur- gents. there Is water to float my ships,” replied ewey. “and as far inland as I can fire shells from the guns.” —_——— Fell Down an Elevator Shaft. George H. .Stevers, an employe of ipg at 33 Tehama street vesterday after- noon and had his left leg broken. He was removed to his home at 38 Eighth street. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. WHEAT—A. C., City. The farmersof San Joaquin County sow from one and a half to two bushels of wheat to the acre. BLAINE'S PARENTS—W. C. V., City. The father of James G. Blalne was a Presbyterian and his mother was a Ro- | man Catholic. oA OZONE—J. S., Oakland, Cal. The ma- chine that promises so much with ozone is not In San Francisco, but in the city of London. g A FIANCEE—J., Alameda County, Cal. A voung lady who is engaged should not g0 out walking with a young gentleman alone in the absence of er afidhced hus: and. THE POLITICAL SYSTEM—A sub- seriber, Oakland, Cal. The political sys- tem of the United States is the same at this time as it was before the ciyil war. A FAC-SIMILE—J. M. B., City. It is unlawful to print a fac-simile of a United States bill on one side of a piece of paper and an advertisement on another and to circulate the same. CHINESE—W. 8., Occidental, Cal. Na- tl'?s of China of the Mongolian race can- not become citizens of the United States. The I'lm.turn.gil&than obf !\lchuCh(?‘ese is ex- pressly prol e section 14, chapter 126, Laws of 1882. & e STATIONARY STEAM ENGINEER- ING—J. M. C., Suisun, Cal. There are a number of books on stationary engineer- ing and on engines, which give full expla- nations. Such can be procured through any first class book dealer. THE PRESIDENCY—W. C. V., City. A man who 18 & Cathollc, or of any other creed, provided he is otherwise qualified, is eligible to the Presidency of the United States. A man is not barred from that office on account of his religion. HIS BIRTHPLACE—E. H., Stillwater, Shasta County. Cal. James D. Phelan was born in San Francisco, was educated in_and udated from St. Ignatius College. e was born in 1861. There is no such county in Ireland as “County Mott.” WOODEN PLATES —W. K., Cify. Those wooden plates that are uSed by bakers and are generally called “picnic plates’” are made of thin sheets of maple pressed into shape by a machine that cuts the plate at the same time that it shapes it. BOILS—A. S., City. Boils on the back of the neck result from various causes, but are generally the resuit of some dis- order of the stomach. The treatment Varies, and no general rule can be given. The patient should place himself under the care of a competent physician. PREVENTION OF CRUELTY — 173, Haywards, Cal. The ofilce of the San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty tt}: Animals is In the Parrott buil . ./C. B. Holbrook secretary. office of the Alameda County sodgty";%: the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is o than shall be collected at the Dort be | brought before the general meeting to- The first is for the separate institu- | tion;_the second is to set apart wards in the State prisons, and the third to_pro- vide wards in connection with the State is | doubtful if we will get further than the from both | If we do this | | | | i | can go as near in shore as! | low trays or boxes in a dry, tury. English words were written for it and there are several versions, all having Robin Adair as a refrain. Burns wrote a s before stated, i is not known who the autbor of the pr; ent song is. A Robert Adair, an ances of the later_ Viscount Molesworth, lived in County Wickiow in the early part of the eighteenth centur CHRISTMAS BOXES FOR SOLDIERS —A Subscriber, Napa, Cal. The Christ- mas packages that friends and relatives desire to send to soldiers at Manila by the St. Paul, advertised to sail on the 17th inst., should be of moderate size, packed in strong wooden boxes, the contents se- curely stowed to avoid shifting, and if any goods in glass, such as jellies and marmalades, be sent, the glass should be encased in tin so that in e of accident- al breakage the contents will not leak onto other articles. The packages should be well and clearly marked, with name of the indivicual, branch of the service he is In—if in the army, letter of company number of regiment and title, sfoned, issioned officer or pri vate; If in the navy the name of the ship he was on when last heard from. Pack- ages should be sent to the Quartermas- ter's Department, No. 139 Jessie sireet, San Fraucisco, as soon as possible. | BE So0IIas: | CURING LEMONS—G. W. M., Wyan- | dotte, Cal. Professor E. J. Wickson, su- | perintendent of the department of univer- | sity extension of agriculture of the Uni- | versity of California, to whom your ques- tion as to the curing of lemons was sub- mitted, has kindly furnished the follow- ing answer: A goed way to cure lemohs, either on a scale, is te pick the fruit while i in or, with the greatest pre- caution against bruising, and place it in shai- moderately cool and dark place where thers is good ventila- tion, but no draughts or currents of air. Green lemons thus treated will assume a beautiful 2 yellow color, and the rind, which is at fi thick and full of sap and easily bruised, will become thin and silky, capable of much handling without bruising. This is the com- mon method of curing lemons. Various forms of buildings and curing-rooms are contrived to apply it. It is not a quick method, as it re- quires a few weeks, with picking over of the fruit at intervals, but a cured lemon will keep for months, to be used or marketed at the most desirable time afterward. The only method of curing lemons which can be calied a quick process is one devised at Covina, Los Angeles > . and consists in placing the lemons on Count; trays in the curing-room and sweating them | for” seventy-two hours in a high temperature by means of steam or other artificial heat, at the same time changing the air in the depari- ment rapidly by means of blowers, the air es- caping through ventilators in the roof. Thus the lemons are progressively dried as they sweat. It is claimed that in v the lemon can be cured in seventy-two hours so that the moisture is all taken out of the skin, making it like a piece of buckskin. Some fa- vorable resuits have been secured by that method during the past summer. but fuller trial is needed to demonstrate its value. It is evidently not adapted to economical use on a small scale. SCENTED WOMEN. The papers are amusing themselves by discussing whether it is justifiable for a woman to scent herself by means of hy- podermic injections. It seems to us that there is nothing to discuss. Women:who have money and no occupation will al- ways do Toolish thines. They are at the mercy of every quack and charlatan, and nothing that we can say is likely to have much_effect on their folly. People who consult palmists and forfune tellers are ifkely enough to take up any new craze. | As a matter of fact, the custom of scent- ing the breath and the body oy the use of drugs injected under the skin is by no means new, and there are many estab- lishments in Paris and elsewhere which exist solely for this purpose. The mas- sage shops would have adopted the idea long ago, but their customers are ex- clusively men, and man’s folly does not run in this particular direction. We have seen a neat little outfit consisting of a hypodermic syringe and a number of can- nulae obtained from one of the Paris houses, and we have been made acquaint- ed h the formula of ue solutions em- Ployed, but it would serve no useful pur- pose to make them public. We can only express a hope that the apparatus is aseptic, or at all events that it is occa- sionally washed, for if this precaution is neglected there is likely to be a pretty general dissemination of disease, and some of the ladies who now find tim o | hang heavily on their hands will be less pieasantly occupied ticipated.—British M e THE KING AND THE COMET. Cassini, an Itallan by birta, was the best known of the astronomers of the Paris Observatory when founded by Louis XIV, and, in consequence. posterity has very enerally supposed he was the director. 5hll he failed to be such was not from any want of astuteness. It is related that the monarch cnce visited the observato: to see a newly discovered comet throug the telescope. He inquired in what direc- tion the comet was going to move. This was a question it was impossible to answer at the mament, because both observations and computations would be necessary befere the orbit could be worked out. But Cassini reflected that the King would not look at the comet again, and would very soon forget what he had told him; he therefore described its future path in the heavens quite at random, and witi{ entire confidence that any deviation of the actual motion from his prediction would never be noted by his royal patron.—Atlantic Monthly. THE GOVERNOR TALKS with ALICE RIX The Morning After Election, IN NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL. than they had an- edical Journal.