The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 30, 1900, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1900. FLAG FXPERTS INSIST UPON NEW DESIGNS Mayor Phelan’s Dream De-| velops Into a Disagree- able Nightmare. titors Have Been Unable to geest an Emblem More Sig- ificant Than the Stars and Stripes. trouble. G & WETMORE SECURE BIG DAMAGES Gray Brothers Must Pay Five Thou- Do CUSHIN lars for the Telegraph Hill Blockade. Tt yesterday MISS DARCHY PRAISES AUSTRALIAN SCENERY y the Artistic and Sensitive. ¢ g ey Dail short speeches ne. ¥ anger tures d e Robbed by Footpads. nese servant while walking con- he Arctic Oil Works late yes- rmoon was held up by three jeved him of a eheck for $16) the Bank of Yokohama and $25 | After thoroughly searching m the footpads struck him in the r threatening to kill him if he in- . The Japanese after vere some distance trero_police station, orted the robbery to the of- —e————— ney Bert Recovering. Fugene Bert, who is suffering n of the brain as a result icent which occurred about slowly recovering. The ndition was serious for a vhysicians in attendance rday that the patient will round in a short time. —-————————— Rev. Dr. J. A. B. Wilson Remembered The Epworth League connected with the Howard-street Methodist Church last night presented the pastor, Rev. Dr, Wil- gon, with an elegant reclining chair and a vase in commemoration of the twenty- pinth anniversary of his wedding. Dn, and Mrs. Wilson were married in George- “own, Del Attor tte He has DANGERS LURK N PHOTOGRAPHS MD MISSIVES They Prove Very Important Factors in Fink’s | Divorce. s Sy e Husband Found Letters Signed “His Nibs” and “Ed,” and a Pho- fograph in Which He Does Not Figure. | e an Francisco Call, v, March 2. pied the at- and the will have to on tened yes- ught into of finding finally settl property in question plaintiff by tk near the park was trasfe e Thomas ed two years executors of it. k Moody, a ier, recently con- victed on a felony was placed on trial before Judge Lawlor yes on a of a: 8 granted motion ricult a tem- of the al Com- from ornia_Pastora ing the Fair case arguments John Garber, and one be & Heggerty, L. Ge THOUGHT THERE WAS MUTINY ON THE RUSH Deputy Sheriff Lowder Pulls Out to Assist the Officers and Wishes He Had Not. Call March "heeler Deputy & attempted to officers of the revenue c running w among the hill volunteers sea rover scru- oment and then language that tion himself if er insists that says the sight w, as vested in e majesty 3 1, nipped it in the bud. TRANSFERS AT MARE ISLAND. Officers Bid Formal Farewell to Rear Admiral Kempff. VALLEJO, March This morning all the naval officers at Mare Island assem- ¢ order of the commandant to wit- fer of the command of the savy yard and station to Captain Morriil Miller, who will be the new captain of the vard R ar Admiral Kempff, who has been or- > station as second in r tear Admi ves Rear Admiral W d the office of cor nt who in_addition to be- e yard will also be acting utes were fired from the the flag of Admiral s lowered from his & ant of the tain Miller became num- st of captains upon the tion of Captain to the rank \dmiral, and will become a flag retirement of Rear Ad- h may occur any time. 11l the officers of the at the gate of the 0d-by to Rear Aomiral h departur: on the Francisco. He leaves tion on Saturd & Maru, and will com- in Chinese water; iral left the yard he was farewell salute by all the v, the crews of ’r 'ships cheering amed away. reling; uis n M n - BOUND FOR PARIS. | Travel to the Paris Exposition Has Already Commenced. YORK. March Travel to the | Paris Exposition has begun. The French | line steamer La Touraine when she iled for Havre to-day had the largest NEW 29, imber of passengers on board that | has carried on any eastward trip in tw | years, the n the cabin and 20 in the steerage. applications passage of thirty-five persons had to be refused. etk Bryan in Oregon. March 20.—W. J. Bryan 4 ce this morning to an au- dience of 3500 people in a large warehouse. He was received by the local Democrats and entertained at b In his ad- dress here he discussed the three issues upon which he has been speaking at otr places—trusts, finance and imperialism. At the close of his speech he was taken on a special train to Walla Walla. @+OHTHTHO+T+ CHO+O+0404040 The Berkeley college boys and co-eds intend to show San Franciscans what they can do in a theatrical way. The best pictures from their play will 3 be presented in next Sunday’s + Call O+0404040+0 4 404040404045 4040+04040+6 for the | on the | | O+ H e Ve ededededebe 3 | & D o O g 0@—0@0@; *-o-* 9»‘-‘6—0‘@‘0‘ + IR 4 |+ | o i ARIS, March completed hi who will visit the exposition. % % —M. Moreau Vauthier, the eminent French sculptor, has beautiful symbolic figure of “The City of Paris,” which is to crown the main ornamental gate of the Paris Exposition. The figure {s no- ble, the pose excellent and the drapery is modeled with the hand of a genus. The upturned palm of the extended hand is a sign of welcome to the thousands VAUTHIER'S NOBLE FIGURE, «“THE CITY OF PARIS” B o L e e B e e e e S S R eI SO SCTS SECRS SRS SRCE SO SRCER SRCEY SOSY SROSS SCY AKLAND, March 29.—J. shipyard, w the a projectil 8. Scott, ce, 604 Eighteenth street. I avy broke in two with a loud snap and the g g o ¢ % 4 4 SHERIFF'S POSSE FIGHTS WITH BAND OF OUTLAWS Two of the Officers Are Shot Dead in the Melee and Five Desper- adoes Caught. NVER, March 20.—A special to the Mountain News from Gallup, N. s a bloody battle between a Sher- iff's posse and a gang of desperadoes oc- curred near Navajo Springs, sixty miles west_of Gallup, yesterday, in which two of the posse, Gus Gibbons and Frank Lezeur, were killed. Five of the outlaws | were captured and two badly wounded. | Three escaped and are being followed. The gang had been stealing cattle in various parts of the country. o 2 i, | WEDDED AT VALLEJO. Miss Luchsinger and Ralph Cassady Made Husband and Wife. VALLEJO, March 20.—The wedding of | Miss Caroline Elizabeth Luchsinger, eld- est daughter of Senator and Mrs. J. J. Luchsinger, to Ralph Leslie Cassady of | this city was solemnized this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence of the bride's parents, corner of _Virginia and _Sutter streets. Rev. T. F. Burnham officiated. Owing to a recent bereavement in the groom’s family the ceremonies were private, only the immediate fami- ; in attendance. The parlors and jining-room were charmingly decorated with pink ribbons and smilax. The bride was becomingly gowned in white and car- d a large bouquet of bridal roses. She s attended by her sister, Miss Lu M. Luchsinger, as bridesmaid. The latter | wore a charming dress of iight blue and | also carried white bridal roses. | “After the happy young couple had been | pronounced man_ and wife those present partook of a wedding dinner. The bride is one of Vallejo's most charming daugh- ters, a graduate of the High School and has been at all times a great favorite with all her friends and acquaintances. | “The groom is well known to everybody | in Vallejo. He is a native of this city, a member of the Masonic fraternity and is employed as deputy postmaster. | T‘h.\ wedding gifts were unusually num- erous and handsome. A LUNACY COMMISSION MEETS. New By-Laws Considered for Regu- lation of Asylums. Special Dispatch to The Call, NAPA, March 20.—The quarterly meet- ing of the State Lunacy Commission was held at the Napa State Hospital here to- day, and there was a large attendance of | Stafe officials and medical directors of | other State hospitals in California. The commission made a new arrange ment for conducting diet tables at the dif- | Forent State institutions; also a revision the yearly schedule of supplies and the 250 un};: of new by-laws to govern each asylum, %he following_named physicians were present: Dr. Campbell of San Bernar- dino, Dr. King of Ukiah, Dr. Clark of Stockton and Dr. Mathews of the State Board of Health. The following Commis- sioners were in attendance: General Su- erintendent Hatch, Secretary of State g‘urry. Deputy Attorney General Post, Secretary of the Board of State Examin- ers Kevane and Secretary Carrere of the commission. There was also a large number of the members of the board of managers present from abroad. prbs eadeseic IKE HAYES DEFEATED. Knocked Out by Fred Russell at Seattle in Six Rounds. SEATTLE, Wash., March 29.—Fred Rus- sell was given the decision at Georgetown, a suburb of Beattle, to-night over Ike Hayes (eolored)hu the end of the sixth round. Althoug es was on feet he was pless. It was a terrific fight BY NOVEL CATAPUL the victim of an acci result of which the unfortunate man lies on a bedof pain at his res- The injured painter was made to serve as for a novel catapuit, and soared to a height of thirty feet before he began the downward journey to earth. Scott was seated on the end of a “falls, gaged in painting the side of a ship, when several men undertook to carry a g along the ship's deck. and fell and the others dropped the casting, which toppled over the side of the ship and struck the suspended scaffold squarely WWWWWW, T| a painter, employed at Hay & Wright's ent of a peculiar nature to-day, as or hanging scaffold, and was en- One of these workmen stumbled in the center. The plank painter was hurled into the alr. He was rendered unconscious by the force of his fall, | He was taken to the Receiving Hospital, where an examination by Drs. & | Stratton and Ewer showed that he had sustained a fracture of the seventh | rib on the right side, a sprain of the spinal column and numerous cuts and bruises. The injury to the man's spinal column is regarded as very serious. and Hayes came near knocking Russell | out in the first round with a left upper- | cut on the jaw. Russell is six inches | taller than Hayes and heavier by twenty: five pounds. | art, the close of the contest the Sherift | - e contestants. - leased on bonds. Gy —-—— WORKINGMEN INJURED. Premature Explosion Hurled Tons of | Rock Down Upon Them. SPOKANE, March 20—By the prema- ture explosion of sixty sticks of dynamite | five workmen were buried under a mass of broken rock to-day. One dead body was taken from the debris and four wounded men were taken to the hospi- | tal. Salvatore Bruzzino is dead, Michacl :)X"ergu;n vs]'lll die, Andrew Haberg will be nd_ for 1i Ole Olesen e i OUL twenty men were wi Great Northern right of way thrensn (hio clty. Haberg was tamping in dynamite | and in some unknown way it expleded, | blinding him and rolling a vast amount of ;‘flck upon the unsuspecting workmen be- ow. e e FRANCE IS FRIENDLY. Will Interpose No Objections to the Purchase of the Danish Indies. PARIS, March 29, 1:20 P. M.—The For- eign Office authorities make the follow- | ing statement regarding France's atti- | tude toward American acquisition of | Danish West Indies: 5 ks | “France will place no obstacle what- | ever in the way of success of the Danish- | American negotiations. On the contrary, |in view of her cordial relations with | both the United States and Denmark. she is willing to walve her rights over Santa | Cruz, as France values her friendship | pith these two countries far more highly an any claims she may have i | Danish Antilles.” o = e Municipal Rights Defined. SANTA ROSA, March 20.—The Supreme | Court has reversed the judgment of the | Buperior Court in the case of the city of | Cloverdale against Patrick and Ann | Smith, an actfon brought aga Smiths to restrain them from (%lrln'ixls')tg s:,?:f face water from their land into certain | streets of the town. The lower court gave judgment in favor of the defendants. The Supreme Court decision is of great im- portance. not only to Cloverdale, but to other cities, as it settles the right of mu- nicipalities to regulate private enterprises | owner of considerable real estate and per- | of water in the channel is now insufficient 10 SHEDLIGHT ON WHKT IS " ISILE MOoK No Precedent Known to the Law on Which to Base a Just Decision. A Witness Who Confessed Entire Ignorance on the Subject of As- tronomical Phenomena and Similar Things. iy LSS, ALAMEDA, March 29.—Recorder St. Sure is wrestling with the problem, “Is & clouded moon as good as any old moon? The judge will have to rely entirely on his own resources to solve this perplexing problem, as there is no precedent known to the law to guide him to a just decision. Upon this decision hargs the fate of 33, deposited by School Director Frank Otis when he was arrested, March 14, for not carrying a light on his bicycle, as a city ordinance says everybody must do. This now famous ordinance allows cyclists the privilege of riding without lights when the moon is visible between the second and third quarters. When Mr. Otis was arrested the moon was do- ing the heavens between the second and third quarters, but at the particular hour he was nabbed by a policeman an incon- siderate cloud obscured its face. He de- manded a trial for the purpose of getting a decision on the construction of the word “visible.” Last night the trial engaged the attention of City Recorder St. Sure and a large number of citizens. City Attorney E. K. Taylor and Letter Carrier Floyd were the principal witnesses for the prosecution. he City Attorney said he had taken an hour’s constitutional on his wheel on the night in question and to_him the moondwn.ll \;hlble. He was arried a lantern. ‘s‘l‘(!sdo “I hdeldc not,” replied the witness, “and I thanked my lucky stars the next 1 read about the arrest of Mr. is.” OtLener-Cu'rler Floyd confessed that he was not an_ authority on constellations, nebulae, milky ways, orbits and other astronomical phenomena. “If the moon had been above the horizon on the night the defendant was arrested, would you have seen it?” queried Mr. Otis, wha conducted his own defense. ell, I never stl\;ldled z‘:uronumy. so I 't know,” was the reply. don: o submitted all Kinds of testi- mony to show that the moon was visible, but the City Recorder took the matter under advisement and will render his de- cision later. FRIEND WATSON IS A LUCKY BENEFICIARY OAKLAND, March 29.—A petition was filed to-day by John F. More of Santa Barbara and P. W. Watson of San Fran- cisco for the probate of the will of Elea- nor H. More, in which they are named as executors without bonds. The property disposed of amounts In the aggregate to $50,000, and the terms of the instrument are of a nature which makes a contest Imost a certainty. The testatrix, who was a resident of this v, died at Monroe, Towa, on March 18, 15!3. The bulk of her property was com- posed of 2996 shares of stock in the Santa Rosa Island Company. She was also the sonal property in Towa. John F. More, a brother, was bequeathed $15,000; P. W. Watson, a “friend.” $10,000; Mrs. Martha J. Orcutt, a sister, $5000, and a large number of relatives, friends and religious and charitable {nstitutions amounts ranging from $50 to $500. Eliza M. Miller, another sister, was bequeathed only $50. It 1s expected that Mrs. Miller will contest the will, and it is possible that she may be joined by other relatives, who object to the size of Watson's legacy. BOARD OF TRADE WANTS THE HARBOR DREDGED OAKLAND, March 20.—The Board of Trade at a special meeting to-day adopted resolutions reciting the urgent necessity of immediately dredging Oakland harbor to complete a channel twenty feet deep from Webster-street bridge to the harbor entrance. Request is made of Congress- man Metealf and Senators Perkins and Bard to present the resolutions at once to the War Department. The resolutions declare that there is available a large sum of money for_the improvement of the harbor. and the War | Department is requested to put some of the funds to immediate use, as the depth to float ships with full cargoes. The lack of water, it is declared, causes great de- lay and much expense in handling mer- chandise sent to this port. Pt A I e PERCY DAVIS THE VICTIM OF THUGS! OAKLAND, March 30.—Percy L. Davi: a manufacturer's representative, with of- fices in the Flood building in San Fran- cisco, left his hotel in Oakland last night | to visit in Alameda. He returned a short time after midnight this morning in a dazed condition and had almost lost the power of speech. He was otherwise in deep distress. A doctor was summoned, who, after an examination, gave it as | his opinion that Davis was the victim of | thugs and had probably been sandbagged. | His valuables were found intact, showing that no attempt had been made to rob m. There is a_large lump behind the ear, which could have been made with a sand- bag, and a cut in the inside of the mouth. The strange case was immediately re- ported to the police, but up to a late hour they had not succeeded in finding out how Davis had been injured. —_———— RACE TRACK TRAIN JUMPS THE TRACK OAKLAND, March 20.—A defective switch caused the partial wrecking of the 5:15 o'clock racetrack special train this afternoon at Sixteenth street station. Four cars were derailed, and the passengers were given a lively jolting. There was considerabie delay in pulling the derafled cars on the track, but no special damage resulted. The switch was examined im- mediately after the train passed on its way to Oakland pier, and the section- hands found it h: slipped while the cars were passing over {t. The train had stopped above the switch, waiting signal to pass the station, and was barely mov- that inflict public hardship. -—— Jordan Was Misquoted. Spectal Disfhtch to The Call, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, March 20.— In a letter to Secrétary Clark, received to-day, President Jordan says that the press reports of his lecture in Chie; % cently on “The Blood of the Nauon"‘erer:e grossly incorrect, and apparently had been written by some one who did not hear the address. Continuing, he says: “I have maintained that England was a degener- ate nation, but that the decay of nations was primarily and almost solely due to military selection and the sla ighter of the available for service in war.” e L. A. Upson Dies Suddenly. SACRAMENTO, March 29.—L. A. Up- son, one of the most widely known men of this eity, for many years a partner in the firm of Adams, McGill & Co. and for a number of years the treasurer of the State Agricultural Society, died here sud- enly to-night from a stroke of paralysis. e was a son of Lauren Upson, for many years United States surv:d};ur General of this State, and was also tor till 1864 of the Sacramento Union. Inventor Passes Away. LONDON, March 20.—Professor Pepper, the inventor of “Pepper's Ghost” and oth- er illusions, is dead. ing when the cars Iaft the track. DRAGGED FROM IN FRONT OF A TRAIN OAKLAND, March 29.—Frank McAllis- ter has added one more to the list of lives he has saved. Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Georgia Pollen of 1766 Fifth street, who is very deaf, was crossing the Seventh street local tracks when a train was ap- proaching. She did not hear the train, which was almost upon her, when Me- Allister jumped out from the sidewalk and dra%sed the old lady off of the track just in time. A moment more and the train would have struck her, McAllister performed a similar act of bravery only a few months ago under somewhat similar circumstances, Marital Fetters Sundered. OAKLAND, March 29.—Jud; Ogden -anted Minnie Agnes Dean a divorce to- !;y from Willard A. Dean. The unds were failure to Ellsworth has granted Isabel ler a divorce from 3 nrdlL. mWhle:‘ elt" flo.nn similar unds, awarding the plaini e charge g;ot.he two minor children. - Miss.Quince at Rest. OAKLAND, March 20.—The funeral of TO EXTEND SCOPE OF UNIVERSITY Faculty Working on a Plan That Will Make It a Pacific Coast Institution. Believe Berkeley Can Be Made the Educational Center of the Entire Region West of the Rockies. ERKELEY, March 29.—The Univer- B sity of California will extend its &cope over the entire coast by ac- | crediting high schools outside of this State, including those in the States of Washington, Oregon and Nevada. This is the most important move of the “‘Greater University of California” that has been proposed since the plans for the new university were made and it means a great deal. It means that the University of California will become a Pacific Coast institution and not a State institution alone. It means that the State University is going into other territory for students and will give the residents of other States greater educational opportunities. It will make the entire coast tributary to Berke- ley in an educational way. It means that the University of California will become like Yale, Harvard and other great uni- versities of the East. It means that the “Greater University of California” will become the fountain head of education for the coast and may in time take in all the great country west River. At present only schools in this State are accredited to the University of California. The graduates of the schools outside the State are compelled to undergo a rigid examination, even though their curricu- lum is as high as the accredited schools of this State. The lack of funds at pres- ent prevents immediate action being taken to include outside schools, but as soon as the necessary funds can be had an exam- ining committee will be sent to inspect the high schools in Oregon. The Portland High School will probably be the first school accredited, as its standard is par- ticularly high. By broadening the sity of California it in general and the institution in particu- lar will be greatly benefited. President Benjamin Ide Wheeler believes many rominent families will be drawn hither y the opportunity given their children to attend college at Berkeley. of the Mississippt | Fol!c!’ of the Univer- | s expected the State | ““As trade follows the flag.” he says, “so ust business follow education.” Professor Frederick Slate, chairman of | the committee on accrediting high schools, says: | ““The question of going beyond the bor- | ders of this State and admitting second- | ary schools to our accredited lists is not | entirely a new one with us, but it has now reached such a point that it will be put into effect as soon as the necessary finan- | ces are provided. I think we are nl{l‘rwd | that we should reach out to other States. ‘Ten years ago we began to organize our high schools into system and admit | their graduates to our ranks without ex- | amination. That work has been carvied | en very successfully ever since, until now we have nearly a perfect system. Some | time ago it was su ted that we extend | our sphere to include the neighboring | States. suggestion met vlt: hearty | approval, but not.hl.n, has been done be- cause of the lack of flnances. With a State institution that is usually a very vital question. We cannot deprive our | California schools of our investigation if | our funds go no further. If there was | plenty of money I would be heartily in fa- vor of going into other States for high schools. Our fleld must not be confined to California, but the best secondary schools of other States must be given a | place on our lists. | “The Portland High School is a splen. did one and will ?rohc.hly he among the | first to be looked Into by us. To send a | committee to examine the school will cost | about _$1%, which is unavallable at pres- | ent. It won't be long, though, I predict, | before representative schools from Wash- | ington, Oregon and Nevada are admitted. “These schools are very anxious to join our ranks. It will mean much to our | State. Even now there are a few of our | neighboring States’ sons | who attend thi the best familles and the kind | desire. It uluul{ means that wh amilies follow. | children go the way our population is 1 cre by the peopl: e State will | therefore be benefited as weil as the in- Im most _desi: . | stigutton. | = - | “I wan see accrediting | the University of California soon ‘e‘c‘r‘nw: | the nam ¢ schools | bor- i"‘; Btn:'? scl n all our neigh Miss Annie M. Quince was held at 11 o'clock this morning from her late resi- dence, 859 Harrison street. A large num- ber of schoolteachers and public school pupils, among whom the deceased had labored for years, were present. Services at the house were conducted by Rev. J. C. Wooten, pastor of Asbu Methodist Church.” The interment was private. —_—e—————— Stricken With Apoplexy. BERKELEY, March 20.—Willlam P. Striker, a dairyman at Carlton and Sac- ramento streets, North Berkeley, was found unconscious from a stroke of apo- plexy Wednesday morning in a %Allly on his ranch. He had gone out Tuesday evening to attend to some cattle, and fall- ing to return search was made for him. He has been removed to_the residence of his brother, George H. Striker, 1409 Wal- nut street. His condition is serlous. Terrill Acquitted. SAN JOSE, March 20.—Sam B. Terrill, an attorney, charged with embezzling $300 from Mrs. Clara Fread, a client, was ac- quitted by a jury this evéning after ten hours’ deliberation. Terrill conducted his own defense. He introduced no testimony in his own behalf, but contended that the testimony of the prosecution showed that he accepted the money with intent to ap- propriate it and that if any crime was roven it was d larceny and not em- Pezziement. e statute of limitation will prevent him being tried for grand larceny. e Tty Say Bonds Are Valid. 1.0OS ANGELES, March 29.—Dillon & Hubbard, the New York anorneys.‘ :hn are admitted experts on matters relating A municipal honds and who have been retained by the city as “““’.fi"‘fiflfi‘;“;‘?{‘,‘ hond litigation in whic! In the Do ged. did not agree with the is now engaged, d s ¢y Judge Oster in his recent stand taken by Juds: i M ci which he holds el I onds to the amount of §200.000 was not legal. City Attorney Haas has received a letter from this flr‘m and from their expression of opinion it is clear that they are sanguine of the school bonds being upheld by the Supreme Court. Municipal League to Meet. NEW YORK, March 20.—Mayor John- son of Denver, president of the League of American Municipalities, has called a meeting of the executive committee of that organization, to be held at the offica of the secretarx, B. F. Gilkison, in New York, April 7. At this meeting definite ac- tion will be taken upon a proposition for an expert investigation of municipally owned and operated electric lght wo&n e ey Attacked Non-Union Men. Special Dispatch to The Call. VANCOUVER, B. C., March 29.—The Vancouver longshoremen are still out on strike. This morning a riot took place at the wharf where the steameg Walla Wal- la was being unloaded. Five scab men had gone to work, and when they with- drew from police protection on the whart and were going up town the ere set | upon by a number of the mem! of the union. One man, John Sunderland, was seriously injured, being kicked and pound. ed about the face and head. The case will be heard in the Police Court to-morrow. Miner Injured. Special Dispatch to The Call. ANGELS CAMP, March 29.—While working In the Lightner mine at this place last Saturday Patrick Kelly was struck on the back by a large rock and probably fatally injured. Kelly was working in dangerous ground when a large plece of rock loosened from overhead and lel. nar- rowly missing him in its rapid descent. He was told to leave that part of mine, and while walking to a n'n.!l;ct safety another rock fell, striking him and causing serfous injury. —_— Thousands to Go to Nome. PORTLAND, Or., March 29.—Fourteen thousand people have engaged passage from Pacific Coast ports for Cape Nome, Alaska, on the first fleet of steamers which salls about May 1. It is stated that forty-two steamers will leave for Nome from San Francisco, Puget ports and Portland, practically at the same time. Many of these steamers will make ward of 20,000 people will ports for the new gol Season. e ———————————————————————————————————————————————————— BRI Is She Doomed to Mad- ness ? The Story of Mes. Dunton. Story of Frank Adams, the. Runaway Boy. The Banishment of Cronje to St. Helena. President Diaz, the Auto-: crat of Mexico. Romance of the Girl Who Invented Pepsin Gum. How Some of Our Young Bachelors Keep House. How 1 Met Paul Kruger. By Poultney Bigelow. The Most Learned Chinese Scholar. The Origin of April Fool Day. A Gospe! of the Good Liver.