The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 15, 1895, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1895. AGAINST ~ LOTTERIES, Civic Federation in Line| With the * Call’s” Crusade. DEFECTS OF THE STATUTE | District Attorney Barnes Points Out Weak Spots in the Law. HOW ADVANTAGE IS TAKEN. Indictments WIill Not Hold Against Publishers of Lottery Ads. Why At a committee meeting of the Civic Federation, yesterday afternoon, the sub- ject of the suppression of lottery-ticket selling and lottery advertisements came up for discussion. The sentiment of the com- mittee was unanimous upon these three important points: That the lottery evil is one of the great- est enemies of the public weal, having a tendency to encourage the gambling in- stincts of both men and women, and. in & corresponding ratio, to discourage thrift, in the vain hope of acquiring wealth with- out returning an adequate compensation to the community, with the result that thriftlessness and poverty inevitably follow. That the existing laws against the lottery evil should be enforced by the authorities, and that wherever the existing laws are inadequate to suppress the evil they should be amended or supplanted by more effect- ive ones. That the CALL deserves the thanks of all Jaw-ubiding citizens for the determined stand it has taken in the matter, and that the example it has set of closing its columns to the advertisements and read- { ing notices of the iottery companies should be emulated by all the other daily news- papers that have a due regard for the sen- timents and the lawsof the community whose patronage they enjoy. It was quite an informal meeting and had not been called for the purpose of discussing the lottery guestion. The anti- lottery agitation, however, is so directly in ne with the work of the Civic Federation at the consideration of the matter came t about quite naturally, and the discussion that ensued was a most interesting one. a resuit of this committee meeting it resolved to lay the matter before the ¢ Federation as a whole at its next meeting and advise that body that steps be taken to strengthen the agitation ugainst lotteries with the active and moral strength of the federation. “It is certainly one of the great evils of #his community—the traffic in lottery tickets and the newspaper advertisements concerning the drawings,” said C. C. Ter- rill, one of the leading members of the Civic Federation, *‘and I think the citizens of this State should not hesitate to give their emphatic approval to the course pursued by the CALL in this matter. *I think they will, too, and that there are not lacking signs of appreciation of the spiendid example set by the CALL in ruling lottery advertisements out of its columns. You see, the daily newspaper has a deal of power in a community, and it would seem to me to be eithera very heart- less, a very careless, or a very mercenary newspaper proprictor who can lend the great influence of Lis newspaper to such a poor man's fraud—one that is not only gon its face, butillegal at the same time—as that of the lottery business. “I am not authorized to speak for the Civic Federation in this matter, but I know the sentiment of the men who com- pose that body, and 1 know that sentiment is strongly against all forms of gambling, and particularly against that most per- nicious form of gambling in the shape of lotteries. It is a work, 100, that is entirely within the scope of the federation, and 1 have no doubt but what that body will do what it can to further the anti-lottery agitation. “Personally I don’t know that I am in favor of adopting the recommendations of the Grand Jury on the subject; that is, of making the offense of selling a lottery ticket or advertising the drawings a felony instead of a misdemeanor. My opinion is that such a law would be difficult to en- force. A jury would hesitate to convict a man of a felony on the bare charge of sell- ing lottery tickets. Idon’t say that this hesitancy is right, or toat if I was a juror in such a case I should have such scruples. state it a fact, and a fact, too, is well to tuke cognizance of in de- g the best method to be pursued in putting down the evii. My opinion is that the penalty should be moderate, but that the law should be enforced to the letter. The law should be certain and it should be enforced most sirictly. There should also be a strong public sentiment aroused on the subject, and the people should be tanght that it is wrong to try to get something for nothing. Of course, they never will get it by following the lotteries, but the principle of the thing 1s the same. The man who geis something for nothing robs somebody — there can no doubt about that. It is this instinct of gambling, whether in wheat or in stocks or in lottery tickets, that is the curse of every com- munity. And the lottery business is the worst of ail because it is a form of gambling morally wro s I am sure the federation is in cordial sympathy with this work, and though it has its own work already mapped out for it, I do not believe it will hesitate to take a determined stand in this matter.”” ‘When questioned as to the legal status of the case, District Attorney Barnes did not nesitate to say, yesterday, that he did not think the existing laws conce ning the advertisements of lottery concerns were adequate or far-reaching enough. “You might ask me why no indictments have been brought against the newspapers that continue to_advertise the lotteries,” he sgid, “and I should answer that it is be- cause the law is insuflicient for that pu pose. Itis asort of ex-postfacto law, in truth, which permits 2 man to have lot- tery tickets in his possession after the date of the drawing named on them, and also permits newspapers to advertise a lottery after its drawing has occurred. Of course that was not the intention of the law, but that is its effect nevertheless. As the law stands to-day it would be impossible to convict a newspaver publisher of adver- tising lottery concerns unless it could be proven that the advertisement complained of had reference toa drawing that had not vet taken place. And if you will notice the advertifements of lotteries in the news- papers you will see that all men- tion of any future drawings of the concern is carefully avoided in the wording, and that no reference is made to any but the drawing that has just occurred. The law should be changed so as to embrace all mention of lotteries. Then the evil could be stamped out. I am quite sure of it. Of course, it ought not to be necessary to chauge the laws. The newspapers should be public spiritea enough to follow the spirit of the law rather than its defective wording. So great a power as the newspapers should be above taking advantage of a flaw in the statutes. If the example set by the CaLL were to_be followed by the other news- papers, it would save the State a great deal of trouble and expense, and go very far toward stamping out the lottery evil in this State. ‘I do not favor the recommendations of the Grand Jury to make the selling of lot- tery tickets or the advertising of lotteries a felony, and for the reason thatsuch a law, I am_afraid, would die of its own weight. You could not get the juries to send men to the penitentiaries for such an offense. I remember when it was a felony in this State to even attend a prize-fight. That law could not be enforced. It died of its own weight. It is not necessary to make such stringent laws. All that is needed is a statute that will be able to stand the test of the Supreme Court so far as technical flaws go, and then elect oili- cials who will enforce the law. Tomy mind the lottery traflic is one of the great- est of the gambling evils, and I hope the present agitation will result in its eventunal suflpression in this City.” ester H. Jacobs, vice-president of the Good Government Club, said thatalthough the suppression of gambling evilsand kin- dred vices had not heretofore been in direct line with the work of the Good Gov- ernment Club he knew the members of the organization were heartily in sympathy with all efforts that are made toward the moral advancement of the community. ““No one member of the club is author- ized to speak for the whole organization or attempt to prophesy what actions it may or may not take in the future,” said Mr. Jacobs. *‘Speaking for myself alone, how- ever, I think that not only the members of the Good Government Club, but all well- meaning and public-spirited citizens must appreciate the stand taken by the CaLL on the lottery question. I look at it in this light: The CaLw has proved itseif a law- abiding and law-respecting institution, and surely if the newspapers of the City are not to obey the laws, then who shall obey them ? “What a pernicious example it is to see the daily newspapers arrayed against the law. Possibly they think the law is not just. I am notarguing that question. Let them bhave the law re- voked, then, and so long as the law is not revoked there can be no excuse for its in- fringement by such powers for good or evil in the community as are the newspapers. And, certainly, the lotteries are great frauds and very harmful in their effects. I do not favor sumptuary laws for their sup- pression, and should not favor increasing the present penalty to that of an offense for felonies, but I am_in favor of having the laws enforced, and I think I can safely say that every member of the Good Gov- ernment Club is of the same opinion.” John M. Reynolds, an influential mem- ber of the Civic Federation, is one of the avowed friends of the anti-lottery agita- tion. “It really affects the community more than any other form of gambling, 1 be- lieve,” said Mr. Reynolds, ‘“not, perhaps, because the offense is so heinous in itself, but because it is such an innocent-looking vice, because it has the support of all the newspapers except the CaALL, and because it is,in consequence, so far reaching and all embracing in its effects. Peddlers of lottery tickets go around from door to door inducing women and children to buy. It is a shanieful trafficand should be stamped out most summarily. I am more than Elad to see the stand taken in the matter y the CaLL. I am sure its influence for good will be far reaching. I am in favor of the attitude of the Grand Jury on the question, and do not believe the penalty can be made too heayvy to stamp out the detestable business. If has always seemed to me extraordinary that there shounld be such laxity in the matter of selling lottery tickets and ndvertisin% the drawings in the newspapers in this City. “In the East and elsewherethe traffic has been almost, if not quite, extingunished, and I cannot understand why our com- munity should be so far behind others in this respect. If the newspapers would only do as their contemporaries in the East do and as-the CALL has set the exam- ple in this City, I am sure the evil would be a great deaP easier to suppress. I be- lieve the present agitation will have bene- i at before long the lot- ficial results and th tery evil will be a thing of the past. I hope it will, at all events, and I am sure the bet- ter element of the community is on the side of the CALL in this crusade.” TROUBLE FOR DAVIS. COOLY HELP FROM JAPAN. An Emigration Company Com- missioned by the Gov~ ernment. A STARTLING DISCOVERY. Investigating Commissioners Un- earth Certificates of a Jap Labor Bureau. Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald and United States Immigration Commissioner Stradley have at last obtained positive proof that Japanese coolies are being sent to the'United States by a company or emi- gration bureau in Japan. The evidence consists of an original certificate, entered into by the company and an emigrant. It was obtained by Inspector Geffeney on the steamer Walla Walla, which arrived re- cenily from Victoria, B. C., with a number of Japanese laborers on board. It required several days to geta correct translation, but when its meaning was fully under- stood the seriousness of the situation be- came more apparent. The Japanese who had the certificate evi- dently appreciated the fact, for he strug- English language fluently, but whose name is withheld %)ecause of the benefit he has been to the Commissioners, translated the original certificates and threw much light upon the meaning of. the language _used, | that does not fully or plainly appear in the literal translation. Igc knows the com- any and states that it is one of the worst bunko institutions ever sanctioned by a Government. “Then it is sanctioned by the Japanese Government?” asked Commissioner Fitz- gerald. “Why, certainly. You can see the Japanese Government’s internal revenue stamp in one corner. This stamp, you will see, has been canceled with the com- pany’s private stamp. 2o “Three years ago there was a similar company in Japan, but as it was organized especially to swindle poor emigrants out of their money, and as they did not pay the Government for_internal revenue stamps, it was suppressed by the Japanese officials, and the latter refused to issue a commis- sion to that company, as it has to this one. That company about three years ago sent to California” about 600 poor emigrants, many of whom were sent back by the United States. Iknow that there was an agency in San Francisco for that com- pany, but Iam not so sure in regard tothe | company issuing these certificates.” The witness stated that he believed that this company was almost as bad as the former, for several reasons. In the first place, the company, being duly commis- | sioned by the Government, is very bold in its operations, and makes promises, as shown in the contract or certificate, that it coes or has nov fulfilled. Sick Japanese have not been cared for by any local agency. That all Japs secure plenty of work may be accounted for by the activity of the contractors for cooly labor. In Japan it is represented that Japs in this country can earn anything from $1 to $4 a $100 a year. I borrowed it from my uncle. | That is the usual rate of interest since the war. Formerly it was abcut 8 per cent.” The inquiry then turned to the certificate found on him. The witness said: *‘When I reached Kobe the hotel man told me that by procuring one of these certificates I would have no trouble in landing in the United States. I don't know how much the hotel man received as & commission, but I paid $7. I did not go near the company. ¥hese men who are on my certificate as” guardians are unknown to me. They were secured by the hotel man. They ‘told me that the certificate would entitle me to land in the United States without trouble. In fact, that by it, I could land anywhere in America, 1 sailed in February, 1895, and arrived in Victoria on March 12 on the steamer Em- press of China. When I landed in Victo- ria I did not look up the agency of the Japanese company. fdid not know that the compun{ guaranteed to care for me if I ot sick, as I read and write but very little. 1 stnyerf in Victoria until I came to San Francisco.” “When you got that certificate did they not tell you that there were agents in America who would care for you?” was asked. *‘They did not,” said the witness. “T came to America to work. When Ileft Victoria the hotel man, Ozawa, told me to go to Maruyama’s hotel. I don’t know where I will'go, but I will take work wher- ever I can get it. I want $20 a month (this is 65 cents a day). I would take less if T could not get this sum. I never heard | of this certificate until I went to Kobe, and I don’t think that any one knows about them in my district. There were sixty Japanese in the hotel where I stopped in Victoria. 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MEE T B ot #da %flfi, = ~ ®. oz 8 wmhow X4 4@ R S ey w & B . 2 0] S LR 1 -%n\ 2 A&Ifl 2 - & oM -3 = & 7 - 2 - e Bl R - 2 .. @ @ 4= EICHI EMIGRATION BUREAU IN JAPAN THAT BEAR THE JAPANESE INTERNAL REVENUE STAMP. gled violently, and would not give up the document withont a battle. Immediately after, Mr. Geffeney found another similar paper in the possession of a Japanese boy, who came direct from Kobe to San Francisco via Victoria. The importance of the discovery is best understood by a perusal of the following literal translation: TERMS OF AGREEMENT EXISTING BEIWEEN The Kobe Tokou Gatsushi Kai Sha [A company organized with shareholders for the purpose to promote the interest of perties sailing for foreign country.] Lecation Kobe, Higgo Ken an Emigrant Kitahara Shohét. Residence No. 1815 Kohase Mura, Kioto Kori, Fukuoka Ken. Guardian Takahashi Yoshihito, Residence No. 21 Rokuchome, Sakai Machi, Kobe, Hiogo Ken. Guardian Takahashi Otokuhi, Residence No. 334 Shichichome, Shita Yamate Dori, Hiogo Ken. WHEREAS the emigrant, Kitahara Shohei, wishes to sail for Victoria, B. C., to persue any business within the regulations of emigrant law, and whereas the said emigrant, the afore- said Takahashi Yoshihito, and Takahashi Oto- kichi, as his guardian, asked the Kobe Tokou Gatsushi Kai Sha to recommend him, the com- pany acknowledged, and the following agree- ment is drawn out: 1. The company willnprly tothe Government for_traveler's certificate for the emig-ant, and will also endeavor to give him any accommoda- tions necessary for tne trip. Moreover, the emigrant shall be treated and recommended after his arrival to Victoria, by Yagashita Takuje, the lfcnt of the company ; Provided all the expenses for the trip shall be paid by the emigrant and the necessary fund required for landing must be prepared by the emigrant. 2. The term of this agreement will last for three vears from the day of his departure for the proposed place. 3. If the emigrant, after his arrival, lose the way of his living through sickness or some othier mishap, the company will let the agent give him proper assistance, and, when it is Tieeessary, the company will authorize the agent to send the emigrant back. 4. If the emigrant, after having gone to & foreign shore through the management of the company, happens to be sent back to his home under of by protection of the Japanese Gov- ernmentai Office in the foreign country, the company will pay all the expenses to the Gov- ernment for the emigrant. 5. The emigrant shall pay the company seven (7) years for fee. 6. The émigrant and the two guardians have & consociated responsibility to pay at once the expense paid by the company under the cir- cumstances of articles 111 and 1V, when pay- that can reach the greatest number of people. To stop gambling it is well to be- gin at the beginning—at the lottery traffic. — “CAPTAIN MARRYAT” CIGARS Under this brand are the “FINEST BEYOND QUESTION,” Notwithstanding the advertise~ ments of,rival factories. SAAAAAAAAA HARBURGER, HOMAN & CO., New York, Makers. H. LEVI & CO., 117-119 Market St., Distributing Agents. The Fast Young Man From Rochester Is Locked Up in the City Prison. ‘Warrants were sworn out yesterday in the Police Court for the arrest of J. C. Davis and his wife, the newly married couple from Rochester, N. Y., on charges of obtaining goods under false pretenses. The complainant is the Sterling Furniture Company, who claim that the couple de- frauded them by ordering and securing goods from them, and tendering in pay- }nent a check which wasfound to be worth- ess. After the couple were arrested, Mrs, Davis was released on her own recog- nizance by Police Judge Campbell. While she went around with her hus- band when he transacted his business with checks and drafts which were not worth the paper they were written on among various business firms Mrs. Davis is not looked upon by the police as being in any way an accomplice. - She is related to very weam? and respectable people of Roches- ter and feels keenly the disgrace which her husband has brought on himself and her. She has already communicated with her relatives, and they will in all probability send on sufficient money to pay the losses of her husband’s victims. It is likely that some of the others who were victimized by Davis will prefer charges against him. ———— Arrested for Burglary. An ex-convict named John Gorman and Patrick Fay were arrested last night and charged at the City Prison with burglary. On the 16th of last month the two broke into & machine-shop at the corner of Fremont and Howard streets end stole some pumps, pipin and other material valued at $300. Tge greater part of the stolen goods was recovered from places where it had been sold by the men. ————— 1 dozen jars, pints, in box. 1 dozen jars, quarts, in bo. 1 dozen jars, half gallons, in box 80c These are the prices that the Great American Importing Tea Company’s stores are selling at. Cheap—like they do all other goods. ment is demanded by the company. 7. The guardians are to certify that the na- ture and habitof the emigrant’are honest and good, and also have responsibility of all things concerned to the emigrant. To prove that the terms of agreement above mentioned shall be strictly observed two copies of the agreement are drawn out and kept by the emigrant and the company. Feb. lfilh. 28th year of Maiji (1895). Controller, YosH1 KAwA ToM GORro, signed. Emigrant, KITAHARA SHOHEI, signed. Guardian, TAKAHASHI YOSHIHITO, signed. Guardian, TAKAHASHI OTOKUHI, signed. The sacond certificate was issued to T. Tsuchiya, and reads the same, except that San Francisco, United States America, is substituted for Victoria. In order to get the discovery properly on the records, Ins pector Geffeney was re- called as a witness and Deputy Dam asked : “In the performance of your duty as an inspector, have you ever come across any papers which have led you to believe that there is an emigration society in Japan sending men here and giving them certifi- cates? Have you ever found any certifi- cates?”’ Mr. Geffeney answered: “Yes. During Mr. McPherson’s term of office we found several certificates; also advertisemeuts of a labor bureau in Japan sending emi- grants here and guaranteeing them work for a consideration of $16 apiece. . “We also got forty-nine emigrants sent by this company, all tagged, and they were deported. That was in 1893. Re- centlv. on the last trip of the Walla Walla from Victoria, 1 took a certificate away from one of the Japanese emigrants. I took it out of his inside vest pocket and he tried to grab it from me. Another I found in the possession of an emigrant already landed. Ilearn the society hsning these certificates has an agency in this City at the present time. I am not positive that there is an agency in_this City at the present time—that is, I could not swear that there is; but I am morally certain of day, but when the emigrant arrives he falls into the hands of scheming contrac- tors, who impose upon his ignorance and ive the laborer from 6) to 80 cents a day. n this way the contractors make from 40 to 20 cents a day on every man. There is no doubt but what there is an understanding between the company in Japan and the local cooly contractors, who may be the agents mentioned in the cer- tificate, but who are not known to the im- migrants as such. . The witness stated that he believed that in time the influx of Japanese would result in trouble between Japanese and American laborers, and that it was better to stop im- migration now than to delay the matter until international complications arise. He said that it would better for the United States and Japanese governments to pass an exclusion act at once shutting out the laboring element. On Wednesday, when the steamer Peru arrived from China and Japan, Mr. Geffe- ney found a letter addressed to Maruyama, the Brannan-street lodging-house keeper. By reading between the lines it is plainly seen that there is an understanding be- tween the parties spoken of. The witness ;ran!lated the letter, which reads as fol- ows: Let me thank you for your tuture patronage now by the ‘steamship Peru, Mr. Date, Suzuki,” inhabitants of Wakahama Ken; Mr. Ishads, Kito, inhabitants of Aichi. I have the honor of introducing these four, and I beg your attention to treating them’ well. In future I shall endeavor to send many cus- tomers. Hoping jou will reciprocate and hoping the same irom you,Iremain respect- tully yours, W ADEHIKO. T6 Maruyama, . When the examination was resumed, J. Tsuchiya was requested to tell how bhe ob- tained the certificate taken from him after he had landed. He said that from the dis- trict from which he came emigration is very light. The majority of Japs come here well knowing where they were going to work. It was very hard to get passports from the Government. The company fur- nishing the papers is called the Nicibeichi, and the emigrant gave $10 in consideration of the guarantee that he will be employed for three years, and if sick the agency look out for him. He continued : 1 have not found the agency here. If there is one here I have not found it. 1 was not told where it is. 1now believe that these induce- ments are made by the company in Japan in order to get people to pay their money and come here. I got the certificate at Hiroshima Ken. I gotit by writing for it, as the office is twenty-thiee miles from my home. One of my family friends and my adopted father acted as my guardians. I sailed from Kobe for Victoria and then came to San Francisco. 1 believed from what the certificate reads that the com- pany would care for me if I became sick and could not work. 1 certainly expected that the company would look after my welfare while I Was away from home, The bureau is exbennivel{ advertised in the Japanese papers, and that is the way I learned ofit. Ithink that about as many immigrants come here without as with these certificates. Lhere are many here from my district who have these ceriificates, but I don’t know now where to find them. There were eighty-seven Japanese sailed from Japan with me. A few went to Hawaii, but most of them were bound for the United States. At least two-thirds of these are farmers and the others are common laborers. I don’t know whether they entered the United States through Sen Francisco or went across the line from Victoria. On the steamer for San Francisco were twenty-two Japanese, who came to work in the orchards here. There is no trouble for my countrymen 1o secure work, as there are always men hang- ing around looking for men to go to work. I id not enter into an agreement with any of these contractors, because I have some money to my account in the bank and I can look around for myself. Those who have no money are obliged t ny price thatis ofl'ered.g 0 g0 to work at any pi Maruyama, the Brannan-street boarding- house man, was recalled and asked how many times Sato had been at his house this year. He answered three or four times during April and May. “Thelast time he was at my house,” he said, “he spent several hours trying to get laborers for the farms across the bay. hile there Sato drank considerable. ~Sato and_five others drank thirteen quart bottles of beer, which they have not yet paid for. The bilt of $2 25 is charged to Sato’s account. He owes me $5 in all.” = The object of this inquiry was to disprove the statements of Sato, who a few days ago testified that he never stayea in Ma- ruyama’s house and never had anything to do with the proprietor. E 8. Kitahara, one of the arrivals on the Walla Walla’ from Victoria, and from Wwhom one of the certificates was taken, was called. He came from Fukaoka dis- trict, about 300 miles from Yokobhama. Heisafarmer. Hesaid: *‘I went first to the hotel in Kobe kept by Takahashi (one mentioned in the certificate). I had about its present existence. I bave seen many evidences of this agency’s existence here.” A Japanese merchant, who speaksthe hotel with a Japanese interpreter, who lives in the same Eotel. The asked me my age and nativity and why I wanted to go to S8an Francisco. Then they gave me a ticket.” Interpreter Geffeney stated that he had no means of &nowing whether the sig- nature of R. G. Penn, United States Com- missioner of Emigration at Victoria, was genuine or not. On the back of the card is a United States commissioner’s stamp, put on with an ordinary red-rubber stamp. 0. Matzomoto, another of the Walla ‘Walla’s Japanese passengers, was ex- amined as to how and where he got letters and envelopes found on his person. He said that as he could neither read nor write he did not know anything about the letters or envelopes. One envelope bears the address, ‘“Messrs. S. Tsugawa and L. Okuba, care Mr. H. A. BassfoArd,. Vacaville, Solano County, Cal., The witness was pressed for answer as to where he %m the letters and he answered: “If I tell the truth will it beall right?” He was answered that no harm would come to him. He took a second thought and said he did not know anything abont the envelopes, for he found them on a floor in the Victoria Hotel. At last, after a good deal of persistency on the part of the Com- missioners, the witness acknowledged that he was bound for Vacaville and carried the envelope so that he would know where 0. tters and empty envelopes found upon several Japanese laborers on the steamers indicate that S. Tsugawa and L. Okuba of Vacaville are getting a number of Japanese coolies from 6ictorin. The investigation will be resumed to-day. THE JUDGE WAS ABSENT, A Novel Law Point Raised for the Dismissal of a Suit. A novel point of law was introduced in Justice of the Peace Carroll’s court yester- day morning when the case of the Chicago Clock Company against Frank Shay was called. The suit was originally brought to replevin goods bought by Shay from the company and for which he had not paid. It was partly tried by Judge Carroll and continued to June 7. Both parties to the cause were on hand, but the Judge failed to put in an appear- ance at the hour to which he had con- tinued the hearing. Afterward he set the case 'for vesterday. Shay moved for a dismissal on the iround that the court had lost jurisdiction by reason of having con- tinued the cause for more than twenty- four hours without the consent of the de- fendant. The latter’s attorney argued at some length on this point, but the court refused to grant the motion. Shay then had a writ of prohibition issued by the Superior Court restraining Judge Carroll from acting in the case, The writ was issued by Judge Hebbard and made returnable before fndge Sanderson on the 28th inst. The writ commands Carroll to show cause why he should not be absolutely restrained and prohibited from any further proceedings in the cause. ————— The Royal Baking Powder is recom- mended by the best authorities on cuisine. Its sale is larger than that of all the other cream of tartar baking powders combined, and it has more Iriengs among housekeep- ers than any other similar article. SHOT HIMSELF IN A SALOON. M. J. Norton Takes His Life Without Apparent Causc. M. J. Norton shot himself in the head in a saloon at 630 Clay street yesterday after- noon. The suicide was a man of about 60 years and no reason for the deed is known. Norton entered the saloon early in the aft- ernoon, drank part of a bottle of wine and then going into a side room shot himself. William Smith of'909 Kearny street and J. H. McDonough of 2026 Filbert street wit- nessed the shooting. The body was re- moved to the Morgue, where 60 cents and & letter were found in the pockets of his clothing. 1In the letter he gave the names of several persons he claimed owed him money. ——.———— — Suing the Sheriff. A suit was filed in the Superior Court yester- aay by Agostino Matroni against Sheriff Whe- lan to recover $1427, which he claims as recompense for having his store at 1301 Kum‘v.nxeet seized illegally, he says, by the defendant. 120 yen or $60. I owned land, which I mortgaged so as to get the money to come to gflifomix. “I plsld for interest $15on ———— BOOKS BOUND.—Reasonable, rapid, reliable. Binding dep’t. Mysell & Rollins, 521 Clay st. * NEW TO-DAY-DRY GOODS. VEILING! GLOVES! HOSIERY ! CORSETS! A few items of those little things, without which no woman’s toilet is complete; little «fixings” that you will need to-morrow probably. things that MUST BE They are the sort of IN THE LATEST STYLE, AND THEY ARE. You perhaps won’t find fault if they don’t cost quite so much here as they would downtown. THE NEWEST VEILINGS. Some lovely Border Veils have just been opened.” Ofscourse, one of them is called the “Trilby.”” Nothing that is up to date seems to escape that name. These Veils are very pretty, neverthe- less. | T VEIL, medium size, 5C1 chenille dots, fancy scailoped Iace 85°% edge, blue, black and white -.... ... Each | biack only, with k chenille and Wwhite Honiton luce border: the vers latest Parisian novelty B sl BRUSSELS NET V. black chenille_do trimmed with Duches: Very stylish. % IL, tiny white or and daintlly \ Tace, new and O 100 50°| Each | JLAR MOURNING VEILS, th two narrow rows of fine DOUBLE-WIDTH VEILIN SINGLE-WIDTH VEILIN -10c to $1.50 yard | | TAN | HOSIERY, ALL SHADES. Why not select from the largest retall Hosiery stock on the Coast? You'll be more apt to match the shade of your shoes than in some smaller stores. | you can | prices. | tried on at our counters. | B1a | DOGSKIN GAUNTL Each | pERBY GLOV ...25e to %2 yard | PURE_SILK GLOV PERFECT FITTING GLOVES. Just as good and perhaps better than get elsewhere for the same Perfect fit guaranteed when ping bicyele Probably KID GLOVES, 4 large pear! but tons, fancy-stitched most favorably with in the city: whit lar street color: be ideal glove for bicyelists, will gut wear two pairs of @ | kid gloves: tans, English red, bre n& and black... 2 .. Paip also in high favor with fair riders, 4 large buttons,heavy skins, pretty shades tan, h red and (Als0 others at $1 50 and $1 76.) < biack stitched 20 backs, tans, grays and black, only.... Palr = 2 15° TAFFETA GAUNTLETS, & zood qual- 1 ity that will wear well SRR | PURE SILK GAUNTLETS in_four grades, pretty shades tan, also black 1.25 50¢, 75¢, $1.00 and — BEST MAKES OF CORSETS. We don’t carry 30 or 40 makes—some poor, some better, and some good; buf CHILDREX'S TAN COTTON HOSE, ©=c fine quality, narrow rib, spliced heel: L9 doubie knees and toes, size 510 9..... Palr 5 TAN 11 THREAD extra fine quality, French c made, plain or ribbed, double bLeels, 50 knees and toes, sizes 5 to 8%, Pair LADIES' TAN COTTON HOSE, light or | dark shades, good quality, plain or 2'(: 1 Richelieu ribbed, double heels, sole 0 | and toes... .- Pair ‘ LADIES TAN LISLE HOSE, Richellen Q01C | ribbed, fine quality, high spliced heels 3 | and double toes. Pair | LADIES’ TAN COTTON HOSE, made of finest Maco yarn, light or dark 33'IC shades, high spiiced heels, double 3 soles and toes, extra fine quallty...... Pair LADIES' TAN LISLE HOSE, French make, silk finish, Richelleu or Rem- C = brandt ribbed, high spliced heels, 50 double toes, real beautles these... Palr ‘ | we do carry half a dozen of the best | makes known, | every time. and guarantee to fit you experienced fitter, and n_ store. Hale's Kid- | Fitting sets, made especially for our trude, usually give the best satis- | faction. Her a few pric HAL or drab coutil, [ING CORSET, , well boned and’ ex lent fitting, .. Palr HALE'S KID-FITTING CORSET, heavy 7," a coutil, double side steels, heavy boned J and silk-stiiched embroidery edge. Pale HALE'S KID—FITTI,\V DRSET, black 1.00 or drab sateen, horn hones, extra long: o waist, sllk-stitch embroidery edge.... Paly HALE'S KID-FITTING CORSET, short leogth and long waist, fine black 130 sateen, horn bones, silk-stitched xop$ —— and embroidered ed VS Pale HALE'S KID-FITTING CORSET, long- est waisted corset double side st covering...... nade, real bone, eels, fiest black sateen $22 Palr oy (INCORPORATED) 937, 939, 94 Market Streef, SAN FRANCISCO. JUNNG. THERFORCES The Sisson-Crocker Bank Con- cludes to Retire From Business. It Will Be Absorbed by the Crocker- Woolworth Bank of San Francisco. The bank of Sisson, Crocker & Co. will consolidate its business and interests with the Crocker-Woolworth Bank July 1. Gen- erally transactions of this magnitude cre- ate somewhat of a stir in the financial world, though this deal was practically unnoticed by the bankers, and even the depositors seemed to care very little about it. Probably one reason for the quietness with which this was received by the bank- ers is that it has been talked about among themselyes for several days, and conse- quently the communication of the deal did not surprise them. The bank of Sisson, Crocker & Co. was organized April 25, 1892. The capital stock was placed at $100,000, of which $200,000 was subscribed and $100,000 paid in. The number of shares of stock issued was 2000, and $50 was paid on each share. The directors hold of this amount 1272 shares as follows: W. W. Vanarsdale 4 £ ) J. M. Haven 50, J. H. Strobridge 100, D. M. Earl 50, J. H.'Sisson 90, F. H. Greene 50 | and George W. Scott 436, - | The bank has been doing a fair business, | though the general impression prevails | that if it could have drawn a larger list of | depositors to its counters the consolida- | tion would not have taken place. The | bank officials say that other and more im- | portant business demanded their time and attention, and for that reason they had de- termined to retire from banking. ~ The fol- lowing letter was sent to all customers yesterday : Gentlemen: Arrangements have been made to consolidate the business interests of the Bank of Sisson, Croeker & Co. with the Crocker- Woolworth National Bank, at corner Market and Post streets, Crocker building, on July 1, 1895, where George W. Scott, president, and C. ¥. Baker, assistant cashier, of the first-named bank ean be found during business hours, and will be pleased to welcome their friends and patrons. Any checks that have been drawn, not yet presented, or that may be drawn on the Bank of Sisson, Crocker & Co., against balances due, will be cleared through’ the Clearing-house by the Crocker-Woolworth National Bank. We hope you can find it convenient to con- tinue your business relations, that have always Dbeen 5o pleasant and satisfactory with us here, with the Crocker-Woolworth National Bank. Please call as soon as possible on or after July 1 and make proper transfer. ANK OF SISSON, CROCKER & CO. Referring to the above, we take pleasure in announcing the intention of this bank to in- crease the number of its directors by the addi- tion of the names of George W. Scott and Henry J. Crocker, formerly of the bank of Sisson, Crocker & Co., and extend to the patrons of the bank of Sisson, Crocker & Co. & cordial invita- tion to continue their business relations with the Crocker-Woolworth National Bank. CROCKER-WOOLWORTH NATIONAL BANK. The Crocker-Woolworth Bank was or- ganized as a private concern in the spring | of 1883. Three years later it was incor- porated as a National bank with a capital stock of $1,000,000. The bank now hasa surplus of $450,000, deposits $2,500,000, out- standing loans $3,000.000 and cash on hand of $800,000. The directors of the Crocker-Woolworth Bank are: William H. Crocker, president; ; G. W. Kline, cashier; W. E. Brown, vice- resident; Charies I. Crocker and A. B. ond. When the consolidation takes lace July 1, G. W. Scott and Henry J. rocker of the Sisson-Crocker Bank will be admitted to the directory. o ——— Jake Shain Sues. J. E. Shain yesterday brought two suits against F. Boegles one being on a note issued to Wells, Fll’io & Co. for §350, and on which it is claimed there is due $174 90. The second note was issued to Arthur Croshy for g:io‘;l, and on which it is set up only $25 was AT EVERY Swell Affair= This well-known mark is very much in evidence. 9 It is found on the Shirts of most of the male partiei- pators STANDARD FULL-DRESS SHIRTS Are equal in fit, fabric, finish and fashiony to the finest custom made, and as they cost less and are made here why shouldn's they be much sought after? All dealers. Neustadter Bros., Mfrs., San Francisco. BT Astonishingly PRICES EXPIRATION OF LEASE. WE MUST CLOSE OUR ENTIRE STOCK WITHIN THE NEXT SIXTY DAYS. 25 % to 50 % REDUCTION On all goods. Everything marked in plain figures. This isa genuine reduction sale, BARGAINS FOR EVERY ONE. CALL AND BE CONVINCED, S. KRAGEN & CO0.S Old Stand, 857-859 Market St., OPPOSITE THE BALDWIN. PlLE ITCHING PII.E; SWAYNE'S o tgreg cove, OINTMENT intemsc 1 an stiagin ;-muu.m-.mnw'-‘.uun'f-gfl amedin coniinuc’tumars form and protruds sore. SWA STATMENT stops the fiching "o In most Gases e i s