The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 16, 1895, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1895. 5 * TEN YEARS ON THE ROAD. After a Decade of Travel a Let- ter Comes Back to the Sender. TWO0 OLD STORIES REVIVED. Well-Known Attorney and Mail-Car- rier Mixed Up in the Peculiar Affair. A remarkable instance of delay in Uncle Sam’s mail service, now considered the most perfect in the world, has just come to light. With it is broughtup a couple of old stories in which a one-time prom- inent attorney, together with a mail-car- rier, both well known two or three years ago, figure very prominently. The case is that of a letter properly ad- dressed and stamped which was lost for over ten years, finaliy coming back to the starting point in an excellent state of pres- ervation. but with due stamps to the ex- deemed best to act while in session and wherever anything wrong is observead to introduce the remedy at once. RAILWAY MEN ORGANIZE The Ticket Agents Forming & Social So- ciety and Preparing for Their Annual Dinner: At the initial banquet of the Ticket Agents’ Association held one year ago. in this City a resolution was presented and adopted that the assoelation be made per- manent and that @ committee’'on organi- zation be appointed bv the president. In accordance with. this resolution the following railroad men were appointed on the committee: C. H. Miles,” Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul; George W. Lipp- man, Southern Pacific; Amos Burr, Van- derbilt system; Malone. Joyce, Oregon Railway and Navigation Company ; Colonel W. R. Vice, Union Pacific. The members of the society. will effect a permanent organization Monday afternoon 1n the Palace Hotel,and atthe same time | complete arrangements for the second an- nual banquet on Thanksgiving day,on which occasion the ticket agents will have a good dinner. - E."A. Mudgett of ihe Bur- lington is secretary:and E.J. Waugh of the Rock Island president of the associa- tion. TO SNAP “THE CHUTES. Camera Club Members Will Compete for Prizes. The membersof the Camera Club have tent of six cents attached to it. This sum been invited to bring out their instru- JOHN C HALL Attorney at Lo 230 mom rcomeav st Sanrmancnco I not delivereg withim 10 days to be returned ti OBRESE < PORTE RE %‘?m et FAC-SIMILES GF THE ENVELOPE (FACE AND OBVERSE) CONTAINING THE LEITER THAT WAS TEN YEARS ON THE ROAD. was paid by some one, and therein liesa part of the story. On August 18, 1884, Jokn C. Hall, anat- torney of this City, mailed a letter to B. Churchill, Tepic, via San Blas, Mexico. The -envelope was marked, “If not de- livered in ten days return to John C. Hall, 230 Montgomery street.”” The miss San Francisco at 8 p. M. on the day men- tioned, and little is known of its meander- ings until it reached this City, the statting point, over ten years iater. « Four days after leaving San Francisco, , the letter reached Benson, 5 ow the question naturally arises, v did it ever get to a town nearly half a d miles from the nearest station it bly have visited had it kept on th toward the city marked as its ation? After leaving Benson, this er- pistle paid Nogales, Mexico, an in- al call, reaching that city August ne day from the date of its leay izona office. Th in rapid succession it traveled through office after office, the names of which are undecipherable, finally landing in the dead-letter department ot Washing- ton. Just when it reached this Jast point is not to be learned from the envelope, but after this most remarkable lrif) through two nations, it was finally canceled on the re- verse side by Uncle Sam’s new electric ma- chine in this City, September 3, 1894, “The Government, with its usual eye for business, affixed two 3-cent postage- due stamps; which, according to Joseph H. Makins, a stamp collector of some repute, was paid by George Crehore, a letter- carrier then employed in the San Fran- cisco office. “A few months ago Crehore, whom I [ = knew well,” said Mr. Makins yesterday, | “told me that he owned a letter that had | been ten years on the road. finally bring- ing me the envelope addressed to B. Churchill, Tepic, Mexico. He explained his possession by saying that he had been given the letter to return to the proper sender, but on finding that Hall had been forced to flee the country, paid the 6 cents due for the single purpose, he said, of having a letter in his pos: ion that had been ten years on the road. Thatisall I know about the matter, except Crehore is no longer in the Government service.” George Crehore, the man referred to by Mr. Makins, was accused some months ago of tampering with the mails, the Gov- ernment satisfying itself, however, with merely dismissing him from the service. John "C. Hall, the sender of the weary traveler of ten years and one month, was forced to flee the State about three years ago, because of certain peculiar trans- actions 1 which he was the principal. The mail carrier evidently knew all this, hence it was that he fell so eagerly into the idea of making a false return to the local Postoffice. - g The envelope is now in possession of H. H. Zobel, and on account of its remark- able travels is valued at $500. Mr. Zobel is assistant secretary of the Board of Health, and incidentally one of the largest stamp collectors in Ban Francisco. THE GRAND JURY. Police Judye Low Regards His Vindica- tion as Complete. The Grand Jury held a regular session yesterday afternoon and resumed investi- gation of the contracts for supplying milk to the City and County Hospital. J. D. Daiy, who supplied the institution for five months of the year, but whose services were dispensed with when the solid eight Supervisors made war on the friends of Spreckels, was the only witness called. Hpe gave the jury such information as was desired concerning the quantity of milk supplied when he was the contractor. Attorneys Donohue and Reyes went be- fore the jury and when their conference was ended Police Judge Charles A. Low was called in. The attorneys admitted that they were wrong in ascribing improper motives to Judee Low, and as they had made a public acknowledgment to that effect Judge Low was satisfied. No furtlier proceedings in_the criminal libel case before the jury will be taken. This closes the incident. It is understood that the Grand Jury will not make an elaborate report to mar termination of its career. It bas been that | ! ments and literally “shoot . the chutes" | this afternoon. In New York and Chicago | professional photographers have unsuc- | cessfully attempted to get good results, and the experiment this afternoon will be of great interest. The whizzing boats are tricky things to snap, and as there is a great spirit of rivalry existing among the amateurs, and | cash prizes are offered for the best results; some interesting photographs must ensue. The judges of the pictures will be Harri- son Fisher of THE CaLrL, James Swinner- ton of the Examiner and George E. Lyons of the Chronicle. MR, SEATON MUST SAW, He Accepts a Woodpile Offer of Three Dollars a Day. Under Pressure of the Law a | Recalcitrant Husband Is to Go to Work. TUnder the orders of Judge Hunt and the | direction of his wife’s attorney, W. H. | Seaton will have to sharpen up his buck- saw and attack the woodpile for the sum and consideration of §3 a day. | Mr. Séaton had been ordered by Judge Hunt to pay alimony to his wife, but'a taste for work is not a prominent element in the.defendant’s make-up, and so he went scurrying around with his eyes shut hunting for work where he was pretty cer- tain thére was no hope of getting it.” He is a relative of Collis P. Huntington, he said, and had asked him for assistance, but Uncle Collis was all out of assistance at the time, and he has not been - able te extend’ any since. It was then that E. M. Mor- gan, Mrs. Seaton’s attorney, came forward | with an offer of work. | Judge Hunt, before whom the offer was | made, became interested at once, and even | Seaton’s face lighted up as he asked what was the work. : : “I will -give him $3 a day for sawing. wood,”” said Morgan, “‘but he must aevote it to the use of his wife.” It is said that Seaton’s face fell so hard that the floor cracked. He had been ten- | derly raised, he said, and could not saw wood ; it was work which his hands were not fitted for, however much his head might take to it. But the court was im- mensely pleased at having found a job for | the defemdant, and he was ordered to go and look at it anyway and report back in a week. £ Seaton reported yesterday. With a con- fident air and a doctor’s certificate, he told bow the work was much beyond him, and he showed the doctor’s certificate to prove it. But Judge Hunt, being of an inquiring turn of mind, ordered the doctor to appear for cross-examination Monday. Seaton had not expected this, and protested, but it was of no avail. ‘This order was one too | many for Seaton. however, for after con- sidering his chances of liberty after the doctor’s cross-examination, he reversed his former opinion and ruefully announced that he would go to work. Next week will see Seaton among the knights of labor. . —— Judge Murphy Improving. Judge Murphy, who was compelied to retire from the bench and go home Thursday last on account of a sudden attack of illness, was much imlproved last nightand announced that his enforced rest had so much strengthened him that he anticipated returning to court Monday. His physician stated that the mental strain of the Durrant case and the long and tedious sessions of the court were accountable, more disposition. Carr-Beel Concert. The forty-seventh Carr-Beel concert takes place this afternoon in Golden Gate Hall. The );ro?'umma includes a Mendetsshon quar- tet for strings by the Beel String Quartet, & duo for violin and ‘cello, which Messrs. Beel and Heine will play. Miss Caroline Little will be the vocalisi. than anything else, for the Judge’s sudden in- |- THE SITURTION N UTAH Lee Fairchild Returns With Some Political Informa- - 5 ~tion, - COLONEL TRUMBO'S CHANCES. His Novel Campéign Made a-Favorable Impression on the People All Over the Territory. Lee Fairchild, who has been traveling over the State of Utah with Colonel Isaac Trumbo in his recent Senatorial campaign, is back in San Francisco again. Lee looks coutented and fat as ever in- his new-style Utah hat, which. is said to generally pre- vail among the leading politicians of .that section of the country. He is-bubbling over with the anecdotes which he managed to resurrect while there, and is confident that Cotonel Trum- bo will go to the United States Senate from Utah. When asked Low he liked campaigning in that quarter he said: “Now, that's a matter of taste. Utah is what a campaigner would call a Sunday- school State. This is really complimentary, for the Mormon people are rigidly religious. Many ot our rallies were beld in churches or, more properly speaking, meeting- houses. While we didn’t open: or close oar meetings with prayer still our stories with cuss words in them had to be modi- fied. For instance we had to change the word D—1 to Satan and the hereafter fire to Hades. But we were permitted to give the latter to the Democrats in some form or other. “As i'ou know it was not under the State Central Committee, but was a small part of what was known as the ‘Crane-Trumbo Troupe.” This troupe proved to be the greatest drawing card in the deck of the campaign. The troupe consisted of eleven persons. “Charlie Crane, ‘the father of the Re- publican party in Utah,” was chairman of our meetings, He is ex-chairman of the State Central Committee, and it was un- der him and through his efforts that Utah first became a Republican State. By all precedent he was the legitimate candidate and choice for Governor, but through the unnatural exigency of the convention slate he was defeated. Notwithstanding this, and against the advice of his friends, instead of bolting "the ticket. he, being snubbed by the State Central Committee, | organized an independent camg\uizn, and with an a priori prestige advised the Re- publicans ta vote his party ticket from top to bottom, which they did. *Mrs. Trumbo accompanied the troupe and proved herself a very strong attrac- tion. She speaks naturally and with much dramatic force. Of course, they have woman suffrage in the constitution.. But had 1t been laft to a vote of the people it | would not haye carried. ‘“As an’ orator Colonel Trumbo wasa pleasant surprise to everybody.. He has a voice of power and great range, and his | speeches strengthened him materially. | Our ‘show,” as the papers called ‘us, in- | cluded an_elocutionist by the name of Professor Meakin, who recited Drake's ‘Address to the Flag.’ His rendering of this address, it is believed, made the Popu- lists more patriotic, and kept them from throwing bombs at us. Since the returns the professor says_he had no idea that Drake's poem had so much political sig- nificance. “I must also mention Buffalo Bill Glass- man, editor of the Ggden Standard. Heis not “only a political orator of great local fame, but is likewisé the author of several Lee Fairchild Returns From Utah, Accompanied by His New Style Hat. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] works on arithmetic.” He figures out the political destiny of his country and uses his own text books as proof. According to these books he never makes a misstate- ment. t “Last and least, I filled in. I simply told a story that was true. 3 “But the troupe drew everything that could be drawn. It had an advance agent, and -the whole country side was painted with our coming. The people came and brought the babies and the dogs. - Tlhe former squalled punctuation. marks into our speeches and the latter howled at the mentioning of the Democrats. We be- came the fad of the.campaign, and Judge Powers, chairman of the: Democratic State Central Committee, put Caine and Koberts, his big guns, upon our heels. Itdid no good—we had them on the run. It is con- ceded by the Herald and the Argus (inde- pendent) that the Crane-Trumba troupe wrenched victory from the Democrats. “Will Isaac Trumbo be elected to the Senate? s “Yes. His campaigning has greatly strengthened him before the people. The opposition to him springs from cliques and rings which are made up of men who have outgrown their opportunities and largely their usefulness. He has a large gentile following. Besides the Mormon people are a sturdy folk, with whom gratitude is a natural attribute. They know. him to have been their friend long tried and true. Money is now being offered on Trumbo in Salt Lake. “I went to Utah with a sort of unclassi- fied and undefined prejudice against the Mormons. It was my pleasure to meet many of all classes and I have formed a | very favorable opinion of them. They are a sober, thrifty, conscientious people. Their temples are the old poems of Pales- tine rewritten in stone in_this dreamy land of the coast. Kate Field who, in point of opinion, has become a scold, is unjust in her criticisms of the Mormon Eeople. Religion, with a fresh inspiration, as put padlocks and keys upon their con- sciences so that they do not need them on their buildings. ‘‘As to the talk of church and State? “‘Thet was all talk. A Democratic bluff: Everybody over there knew that a- Demo- crat was more religious just before election than at any other time. They will have statehood and here’s 10 to 1 that Colonel Trumbo will be one of the first United States Senators from Utah.” ' . LEASING THE LOT. Lincoln School Property Brought Into Court Upon the Rejection of Bids. Daniel Keefe has brought suit against the Board of Education with the Lincoln school property on Market and Fifth sireets as the bone of contention. Keefe was the highest bidder in an open contest for possession of the premises, his bid being $4420 a month on a lease of ten years. The bids for the property ran from $3655 to the figures submitted by Keefe, but the bids were all rejected and negotia- tions with the tenants in possession were entered into by the board, with a view to iving them preference in the competition. he tenants then in possession were John Grant, Mrs: H. Rosencranz, Thomas. Mc- Ginnis, Frank Ellis, Victoria Ellis, Mary Breeden, Edward MeGrath, Johannah Mc- Ginn (as ‘administratrix of the estate of James' McGinn), W. H. McCormick and Henry Black. "All those are made co- defendants "in the ‘suit. The plaintiff prays- that the board be enjoined from tréating with the actual tenants, except in open competition, and that it be-further enjoined-from allowing the lease to go for | less than tire figures he offers. - QUESTIONED THE CORONER. Dr. Hawkins Explains Some Expendi- tures at the Morgue. Coroner Hawkins .was before the Ju- diciary Committee of. the Board of Super- visors yesterday to answer certain ques- tions which the ‘members -of that body wished to propound to him regarding ma- terials for the use of the Morgue which had been purchased without requisitions. This was in consequence of questions asked by mempers of the Grand Jury re- garding the expenditures ofthe City’s charnel-house. Dr.. Hawkins ‘stated that he had been told by Supervisor Benjamin to get sup- plies when he needed them, and that the bills from the druggist would be satisfac- |- tory evidence that the purchases were all right. All the supplies purchased were absolutely necessary. Supervisor Ben- jamin_hastened to say that he ‘had in- tended the Coroner to understand that in cases of emergency such a course could be pursued, but not as a regular thing. : It was finally decided that in the future the Coroner must obtain requisitions when desiring to purchase supplies. MAYOR SUTRO ASTOUNDED Annoyed by Doubts Regarding His Promise of the Library. The Colleges Site Graded and His Honor Ready to Sign Binding Doc. uments. 3 Mayor Sutro says hie is astonished that any question as to the certainty of his building his library at the Affiliated Col- leges site should have arisen at the meét- ing of the university -regents Tuesday. Further than this, he declared yesterday that the opposition to the site and ex- pressed doubts regarding his intentions. in the premises were exceedingly small busi- ness, and he believed it all came from the “‘octopus.”’ “My word is as good as my bond,” ex- claimed the Mayor. “They should cer- tainly know that by this time, for I've never yet said I would do a thing and then failed in keeping my promise.” At the regents’ mieeiing thé subject of the ultimate erection of the Sntro library building- near the site for the Affiliated Colleges was discussed. Goverror Budd was present and said he thought it would be a gooa idea to get an expre ssion in writing from Mayor Sutro of his intention to build the library, and then in the event of his death Sutro’s heirs would not be able to avoid the Mayor’s present purpose. The Governor added that he had the ut- most confidence in the sincerity of Mr. Sutro’s intentions, but he said there was no telling what heirs might do.. It was his impression thatan agreement on the part of the university to erect buildings to the value of $250,000 on the site, with tha understanding that Mr. Sutro was to buila a library on an adjoining lot, would in itself form an agreement that could be enforced. “If they want me to sign anything why don’t they come to me and ask me?’ the Mayor replied. “I am ready to sign such an agreement. What do they want me to do,-any way? I have stated that I would build the library at the colleges siteand give it to the people. My word is as good as my bond, and they know that, but all the same I stand ready to sign any docu- ment_binding my heirs to carry out my promise regarding the library. I recog- nize, of course, that life is something over which I have no control, and for that reason shall be glad to sign papers men- tioned by the Governor. “I. have given thirteen acres of land—a beautiful spot overlooking Golden Gate Park—have graded the site and covered it with loam, so that it is ready to build upon and to be used by the colleges. My part’ of the work.is finished. Now let them—the other parties—do their part.””. Travelers on the H-street.steamcars, south'of the park, cannot fail to notice a spot where the hill rising to the heavy wooded mountain just two..olocks further south has been terraced. The Metropoli- tan electric line power-house- stands im- mediately to the eastand a long sweeping crescent of eucalyptus and pines fringe the southerly background. Infront isa broad esplanade, level almost-as a bowling|green, extending to Carl and I streets, where the land falls abruptly, showing the freshly turned.sand. All the level space is cov- ered with loam. site which Mayor Sutro has presented to the University of California to be a site for its Affiliated = Colleges, now scattered throughout thé City. Gell “There is not a i Francisco,” continued the “Mayor. ‘No more healthful or accessible spot, and’ yvet . Bo some small-headed people are_doingall.in" their power to oppose it and belittle it. They come -out With a claim .that" $100 taxes are due on it. Is not.that mean, small? I givea miillion, and some persons sdy there is an obstacle because $100 taxes are due. I doubtif the taxes are even so much as $100, but what difference does such a paltry sum make, anyhow ? “T'll ‘tell you what's the matter. The opposition comes from- the Southern Pacific of Kentucky—wherever it comes from the octopus is at the bottom of it.” “What is the motive for the fight?"” _ ““To harass me, to injure me wherever it is possible. They are trying their best to injure me and to injure my road. “Now, there is the Noe suit. . Do you know there 1s a great deal behind that that has never come to light? T have been told by men who know all about it that the oc- topus is at the bottom of the business. The suit is based on a claim to the San Miguel ranch. I own 1000 acres of that land, and still I am not made a defendant in the suit. The defendants are mostly a lot of little owners—people who have {icaynnish bits of the San Miguel rancho. Now, there is absolutely no merit in the claim made against present owners, but, for all that, the suit casts a cloud upon the title to every part and parcel of the ranch. It injures my title to 1000 acres. This liti- gation may go on 1n the courts indefinitely —at least, for a very long period—and through all that time I am injured through my title to the property. 5 “I cannot. say for certain that the octopus is back of this, because I have no })osuive knowledge on the matter, but rom what Ihave been told I have good reason to believe that such is the case. It certdintly looks very queer that [, the owner of 1000 acres of the San Miguel ranch, shouid rnot bave been included . among the aefendants-in this Noe suit. - “But, again, about the college site and- my promise to build the library there, I am astonished it the Governor that he should talk like this. Why didn’t Gover- nor Budd come to me with a request for this expression in writing, binding n:]y heirs to carry out my purpose? Before t kinlg in this way he might have tried me. have done my part, and now if they wish any more they can come to me with binding agreements’ to build my library. I’m astonished at this talk.” This -is- the picturesque! better site in -all San|: _our feat and partake of our cheer, for | MR REDDING HESITATES, His Three - Corfiered Invitation to Dine in O0Hd Bohemia.. - WAR CLOUDS ARE GATHERING. The Moulin Rouge, the Round Table and the Official Board Draw Their Scimiters. Joseph D. Redding, poet, musician, Bo- hemian—also lawyer—is about to leave the Pacific Coast for the effete East, and par- ticularly that section of the country where the Tammany tiger still calls for beeriin the presence of Dr. Parkhurst and Mr. Lexow. s The most-deplorable thing contiguous to Mr. Redding’s departure is the fact of his probably leaving the City without carryingaway one of those celebrated din- ners for which the Bohemian Clubis so very close gamble;, but in the meantime the arrangements are stiil piling up. Mr. Redding js packing his grip slowly to gain a little thinking time and the in- :géest in the result is rising like the ocean’s ide. D e ’ Mr. Redding still hesitates. A CHILD'S GUARDIAN. Judge Coffey Trying to Determine Who - Shall Assume Custody of Little : _ Emily. Nichols. : The question as to Who shall assunie the guardianshig’ of Emily. Nichols came be- |- fore Judge Coffey yesterday, and while it has not béen decided whether the child’s father or Secretary McComb of the Society for the Suppression of Cruelty to Children will be appointed, still it is settled that the little girl must pass from her mother's .| control. The mother was prepared to make a hard fight for possession of the child, basing her claims upon a decree of divorce secured in Jackson, Amador County, in a suit brought. by her against her husband, and which, the mother claimed, awarded the custody of the child to her. General McComb sent_up- to Jackson for a copy of the decree and he found ‘in it no mention of the custody of the child. Afterward, however, there had been an order entered on the minute-book of the court awarding the child to the mother on stipulation by both sides. Judge Davis had made the order, but when in answer to General Mc- Comb's request he investizated the matter .. MR. REDDING STILL HESITATES. famous. It will not be because Mr. Red- ding has been without invitations, for that is not the fact. e has been showered | with them; so many, indeed, that he knows not which one to accept. No one who really appreciates Mr. Red- ding would dare say that heis not per- | fectly able to accept them all if it were a mere matter of.being present, but the dis- comfort that confronts Mr. Redding. is caused by not knowing which one to ac: cept first. 3 - The fact that Mr. Redding is such a jolly good fellow is really no fault of his, nor is he to blame for being in such de- | mand. A long life of modesty hath pre- vailed him not, and he is at present | plunged into a quandary regarding the wisdom of a move that he is very soon due to make. 3 That portion of the Bohemian Club known as the Moulin Rougé has stated in distinct and definite terms that they ex- pect Mr. Redding to dine with them previ- ous to his departure so that he can be roperly ushered into his Pullman sleeper Ey the true disciples of the real Bohemia. Mr. Redding hesitated: On the same day he received an invita- tion from the Knights of the Round Table, who _announced some years ago (within Mr. Redding’s hearing, it is claimed), that no branch of Bohemia was so thoroughly in touch with all that was written in the ritual of the order as the Knights of the Round Table. Whether the “all nights’ of the branch were referred to has never been definitely known, but those-.who belong are supposed: to understand. They de- cided. 1n most solemn convention assem-. bled that Mr. Redding should dine with them'ere he took up his folding-bed and walked East. Tbey not only came to the conclusion .that he would hear their| prayer, but also agreed that nothing .else wonld be . countenanced.” Mr. Redding was invited. ST . Redding hesitated. . A nd .it. is written,” saith the Official ard, ‘‘that our brother and friend shall.| sit at our table, drink of onr wassail, eat.of | with Joseph D. we are in hip and thigh,: cheek by jowl and bot by mug. We are the archangels of the Temple of the Mighty Spread, and by the owl that blink- eth there are none others. And it is writ- ten,”” further saith the Official Board, “that our brother and companion shall | gath'er with us at the Temple of the A Mighty Spread, and that the feast shall be | prolonged into the dawning. Thus Horace Platt hath spoken. Selah.” Still Mr. Redding hesitated. 3 As a matter of fact, he still hesitates, and his brain throbs with the emotion | that this enormous influx of invitations | nas awakened. The Moulin Rouge crowd say that he will go out into the world blasted and mottled with the fever of con- trition if he dines with either of the other two elements, and that he will be forever hooded in the years to come. The Knights of the Round Table curl their lip and scoff aloud at mgflproapect of any one else assuming that Mr. Redding wiil sit at their board for a farewell dinner. They are of the belief that such accept- ance on the part of the favored one would be a fitting excuse to deprive Mr. Redding of his armor that he has worn with such credit to himself in the past. The Official Board stands by and ina stately way pusheth aside all fears regard- ing Mr. Redding’s ultimatum. They say that he will repair to the redroom and there with quill and ink issue a manifesto telling the lower lights to get into the be- iond sine'die and with all the speed possi- le. - In the meantime Mr. Redding is still hes- itating. - 3 : The three factions are making all neces- sary- arrangements to pro]gerlv dine the much songgt after Joseph D.,and each one is confident that he will be present at the appointed place and hour. All the deli- cacies the market affords will be on tap and wine will be of the earliest vintage. Mr. Reddine is feeling his way with cau- tion and when he signifies his choice there will be a pair of defeated and disappointed wails wafted up—or down—that can be heard in Milpitas. The strife is reaching aclimax and the greatest %)urmets’ war ever waged in the Bohemian Clubisnowon. . Whether the Moulin Rouge, the Round Table or the Official Board will win is a he found that the stipulation- which the child’s father was supposed to have filed had been forged. He himself went before | the Judge, now on the bench at Jackson, and upon a showing of the facts had the order thus fraudulently procured set aside. This surprise was sprung upon the mother in court yesterday and her attor- neys practically dropped the case. They asked for time to communicate with the father of the child to see if he will not take the guardianship, and to await his answer the case went over for a week. The case has caused the court consider- able trouble so far, and a couple of fights between .attorneys, parents, bailiffs, wit- nesses and other interested parties have already taken place. The reason given by the society for taking charge of the child is }ha; the mother 1s not a fit person to care or her. NEED NOT HAVE LAMPS. Modifications of the Bicycle Ordinance Recently Proposed by Chief of Police Crowley. The proposed new bicycle ordinance, framed by Chief of Police Crowley, was up before the Health and Police Committee of -the Board of Supervisors yesterday, Justice of the Peace Frank Kerrigan and Attorney Joseph Coffey being present to protest against its being considered in its original form. They argued that while the measure was was in the main satisfactory to the wheel- men it contained some objection- able passages. They protested against cyclists being compelled to carry lanterns -and whistles, saying that those appliances were ~carried more for the self-protection of the cyclists them- selves than any other purpose. They thought that it should be left to the dis- cretion of the riders whether or not to ‘| light their way. -After some discussion it was decided to eliminate the clauses requiring the carry- g of lamps and whistles and substitute one making it obligatory to carry bells. The remainder of the points of the ordi- nance read at the last meeting will be in- corporated. in a measure which, it is be- lieved, will be satisfactory to the majority of wheelmen. The most distinct changes from present existing regulations are those that pro- hibit coasting and the limiting of speed lv]vhile passing crossings to eix milesan our. The man who cannot afford to be a Christian isn’t worth much. HARD TIMES PRICES Munyon's Remedies, so¢ 30c, 60c. Switt’s Specific. A Succus Alterans Fountain Syringes— 2-quart 70c, 3-quart 75¢, 4-quart........... 85c Hot-Water Bags— - 2-quart 65¢, 3-quart 70c, 4-quart. . 750 Palmer’s Rheumatic Remedy, a sure cure. .. .1 00 Orange Blossom and Pinkham’s Compound... 75¢ Mme. Pray’s Special Prescription. .. T8¢ Ayer's, Beecham’s and Carter’s Piils. 15c 25¢ to $10, our price $175 to $5 00 -85 to $25 00 50 per cont Saved on Preseriptions, as We pay o percentages to Physicians. Mail Orders Filled at Cut Rates. 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