The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 17, 1896, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 17, 1896. i Ul O L A S e e e B e S SR O S TR P e e e e SR RS O N i e S S e e e i R e S i e S GO R T e T e e D THE WOMAN-SLAYER AGAIN AT WORK An Old Lady's Throat Cut While Sitting in Her Gwn Room. THE CRIME WAS COOLLY PLANNED. The Assassin Washes His Hands and Departs Unmo- lested. A BOOK AGENT IS TUNDER SUSPICION. A Young Man Named Blanther, Who Visited Her on the Night of the Murder, Being Looked For. A murder having the elements of cold premeditation and the horror of reckless butchery was committed in the upper front room of the elegant residence of Jr. C. A. Kleineberg, 1225 Geary street, Fri- duay night. Mrs. Philippina Langfeldt, an old lady who occupied the rooms as a patient of Dr. Kleineberg, was found yesterday morning Iving face downward upon the floor, her head almost severed from her body. Her fingers were stripped of rings, valued at about $200, and an uncertain sum of money, perhaps $30, which was known to have been in her possession, was miss- ing. She had been entertaining Friday even- ing a young gentleman of recent acquaint- ance named Blanther and about whom nobody seems to know much. He was not heard to leave the house; indeed, no sound was heard to 1ssue from the room during the night. Patrolman T. H. Atchison, in his re- port, gives to the case that feature of mys- tery upon which the story of “The Mur- der ir Rue Morgue” was built. The reasonable avenues of escape ol the mur- derer were all cut off. Atchison was the first man to enter the room, and he declares that the bolts to both doors were slid upon the inside, the inside shutters all closed and windows down, save those looking out upon Geary street. it from these meant climbing he front doorposts, ngfeldt was the le career. She e and considerable e times married and For twenty years she was, band, a leader among the w Germa American nabobs of Japan. At 69 vears of age, feeble from disease, she still ved entertainment and society, and bad & number of regular callers, who sought her for her amiable and entertain- ing qualitie Mrs. Langfeldt dined with the family of Dr. Kleineberg on Friday evening, as was ner daily habit. She was assisted up the stairs to her room by Mrs. Kleineberg about 7 o’clock. She =aid she was expect- ing the youngz man Blanther to call upon her bat even. Later, a little aiter 8 ck, Blanther came and was heard to p and enter Mrs. Langfeldt's room. go The slecping-room of Dr. and Mrs. eberg is just back of the two large front rooms of Mrs. Langfeldt. They retired about 11 o’clock. Dr. Kleineberg remained awake, reading for some time, and heard some one come down with beavy tread from the room overhead. At that time it occurred to him that he had heard a lighter step down the singie flight of stairs sho! before that, but the im- pression is vague. Before retiring to bed, he stepped into the hallway and listened for any sound from Mrs. Langfeldt’s room, heard none, supposed the old lady’s visitor had de- parted, and so put out thelightin the hall. At half-past 8 o’clock yesterday morn- ing Susie Miller, the serving girl, knocked at Mrs, Langfeldt’s door for the purpose of handing in the customary morning cup of coffee. There was no answer and she re- vorted to the doctor. There are two doors leading into Mrs. Langfeldt’s rooms from the hallway; both of them were locked. The girl reported to her master and Dr. Kleineberg went up with his little son. Opening the window at the end of the hall the little boy stepped out on the portico over the door from which he could lean over and see through the window of Mrs, Langfeldt’s room. He gave but a glance and drew back. Trembling and frightened be was lifted into the hailway, saying: “She is murdered; she is dead!'” A telephone message was sent to police headquarters and a few minutes later Po- liceman Atchison responded. He climbed into the room by the means described. The apartments of Mrs. Langfeldt are two large rooms with sliding doors be- tween, which were seldom closed. Her body was found lying face downward in the front room, the head toward the win- dow, the feet just across the threshold of the back room. Her arms were stretched apart as though flung out in her fall. She bad evidently been dead some hours. Blood had flowed in a thick pool about her and lay in splashes over the floor of the inner room, where the death blow had been struck. Blood in spots marked the furniture and the walls. A basin ¢n its stand was filled with blood-discolored water, a towel turned red hung in a rack beside it and a pitcher with bloody handle stood on the floor. Captain TLees and the Coroner were summoned before any part of all this was disturbed, and the chief of detectives made a thorough search and 1nspection of the prem ises. The murderer had used a razor no doubt, but no weapon was found. The blind boits on the doors were shot, as siated, and they were touched with blood, show- ing that the murderer locked the doors after he had killed. There was the small print of a shoe upon the bloody floor be- tween the spot where she had been struck and where the body lay—whether of her own, for it seemed to be 2 woman’s, or the murderer’s, could not be told. The furniture of the room showed little disturbance and there was no sign of a struggle. Everything indicated that Mrs. Langfeldt bad been sitting at a small table in the center of the back room with her foot upon a stooi; that her murderer ap- proached from behind and struck her throat with the razor from over her right shoulder. That is the theory of the police. The body was found four or five feet from where the woman is supposed to have been seated, and the conclusion is that she sprang to one side and toward tie front window and fell. Captain Lees is of the opinion that the murderer cut his own hand. The marks of blood on the bandles and boitlatches of | both doors, several drops of blood just at | the front door and otherdrops in the vesti- ! bule and on the front steps of the house give him reasons for this conclusion. The police are looking for Blanther. | Suspicion is of course centered on him. | He seems to be a man of mystery. No | one seems to know his first name or be quite certain whether his name1s Blanther or Blander. He is described as a man of attractive appearance, about 34 years of age, edu- cated and baving the bearing of a gentle- man. Mrs. Kleineberg has seen him two | or three times and says she was very well impressed with him. She describes him minutely- as about 5 feet 104 inches in height; weight about 190 pounds; slender, but well built; demi-blonde mustache slightly lighter in color than his hair; light sallow olive complexior, as if tanned; broad, square chin; “lovely white teeth and very regular, grayish blue eyes’; in- tellectual-looking face; looks like an American, although he spoke German flu- ently, and claimed to have studied in Heidelberg; square-built about the chest and rather flat; wore a dark gray suit with bluish tint, white four-in-hand piquet necktie and standing collar; parted his bair in the middle; **would not call him a dude.” Mrs. Kleineberg began to have some- thing of a suspicion as to Mr. Blanther’s gentility, however, only as late as Friday, and on that day made some inquiries about him that developed them. “‘Blanther came to the house about three months ago,” said Mrs. Kleineberg. ‘‘He brought a letter of introduction from Captain von Winkler, a friend of Lang- feldt’s, living in Mexicp. The letter was indeed to Blanther, and merely said that if he wanted to enjoy the acquairtance of a cultivated and entertaining lady to call upon Mrs. Langfeldt. With this he came. Mrs. Langfeldt treated him well, and he called again and again. Then for two months we saw nothing of him. Then she received a note from him saying he had been awav, and asking if he might call again. She wrote, inviting him to come, and he answered in person that very evening. That was two weeks aco, and he has been here nearly every day since, sometimes calling in the morning. When he came in the evening he was in the habit of leaving about 10 o'clock. “Mrs. Langfeldt was quite old and feeble from sickness and this was a young man, so there could be no question of his paying spoke to her about it once and she only ighed and said: ‘Oh, he likes me; he likes my company; he is entertaining, and 1 like to be entertained.’ ‘She was very vivacious, lively and liked company. Mr. Schroeder of the Russ House and other gentlemen and ladies calied frequently and played carde with the old lady. ‘‘Captain von Winkler introduced an- same manner as he did Blanther. Mr. Kohlsaat is conducting some sort of a colonization scheme in Mexico, with an office on California street. He called but once, however. “Blanther made a proposition to me thiough Mrs. Langfelat to come here to room. Mrs. Langfeldt seemied quite pleased with the idea. She proposed to give up her two large rooms to him and herself take one room. ““Alfterward Mrs. Langfeldt told me that be intended to buy her folding-bed for $160. I met him again last Tuesday in the | evening. I stepped into the room and he was there. He said he was waiting for the Falkenstein people, and then he would come. He told me that he had bought the {bed. She told she did not want to accept a check; s | wanted money, and he said all right, that bhe would go to the bank and ge the money. He came again Wc-lnemf nicht and met Mr, Schroeder, the news- dealer of the Russ House. Mr. Schroeder and Mrs. Langfeldt ptayed cards together and the other gentlemen simply sat in the room. Mr. Schroeder and Mr. Blanther went away together about 12 o’clock at night. He did not say anything to Mrs. Langfeldt about the money, as she in- formed me he did not like to as Mr. | Schroeder was there. The next time he came Mrs, Langfeldt asked him why he did not pay $20 on account of the bed so she cnu‘d look for another bed, and he promised to bring her the money yester- day. “He said he was u journalist, and that he made $700 to $800 a month; that he lived at the Palace Hotel, and that he had friends stopping there who would also want rooms here. I went to the Palace Hotel while cowntown Thursday morn- ing and made inquiries. [ found that no such man stopped there; that they knew nothing of him or his alleged friends. “The tragedy was committed very I have reascn to believe,” continued Mrs. Kieineberg. *She was in the habit of treating her visitors to a bottle of beer, say half an hour after their arrival. She | would put the bottle out on the sill of her | back window, and I found one there this morning. She had not opened it.’”’ Other indications sustain Mrs. Kleine- berg’s view. When found Mrs. Langfeldt was fully dressed, and her folding-bed had not been iet down, showing that the mur- der took place beiore her vi evening had left. Dr. Kleineberg became acquainted with Mrs. Langfeldt over three vears ago. Re- cently she has been a constant sufferer and took up her home in the residence at 1225 Geary, in order to be near her physi- Most anybody would lon; ago have succumbed to the ilis she had,” said Mrs. Kleineberg, ‘“but she kept up a most cheerful heart. She bad many friends among the best pecple, among them being the family of Mrs. E Decker of Alameda, Mrs. Carl Petersom of Alameda, Dr. Bush, Mrs. Dr. Precht and Mrs. Turney, the singing teacher. The deceased has two nieces in this City, Mrs. Adolph Rapp and Mrs. Louisa Gloss. They are her only relatives here. They were greatly shocked and distressed over the tragedy. *It 1s ali because of those diamond nngs,’’ said Mre. Rapp. “How often have I told her not to wear them. But she wouldn’t listen.”” Neitber Mrs. Rapp nor Mrs. Gloss knew anything about Blanther. They declarcd, however, that the idea of Mrs. Langieldt entertaining suitors was preposterous. Among the pers found in the rooms of the deceased, however, were a number of small circulars, printed in German, evidently intended to be inserted in news- rapers 18 advertisements. Following is a translation of them: A lady about 40 years of age, in possession of an elegant home and good health and humor, high-spirited and educated, wishes the ac- quaintance of an educated, weil-situated, elderly gentleman. Only such which have the abovenamed need answer. S. W., 365, this aper. » :{)h\dy about 40 years old, high-spirited and sociable, in the possession of good health and Humor, wishes a situation as a companion of & lndy or elderly gentleman. The requesting party has traveled on different occasions around tne world, and speaks different lan- guages, in consequence of which she would meke a splendid traveling companion. Mrs. Langfelit had a remarkable and diversified life experience. Two of her former husbands are still living, one in the Orient and the other in the State prison. She was a native of Germany, and- first came to San Francisco about thirty years ago. At that time she was the wife of Peter 8. Bollinger, formerly an officer in the German army. Bollinger here became proprietor of the Eintrackt saloon on Cali- fornia street. Soon after arriving here Bollinger died, and his widow, who always displayed taste in dress, forced to ‘main- tain herself, ovened a millinery store. It was not long before she met Lang- court to her or anything of that kind. 1 i other gentleman, a Mr, Kohisaat, in the | shortly after Blanther called last evening, | tor oi the | me afterward that he | wanted to give her a check for the bed, but ‘fi i ,{-’E}}ffl‘l I Mrs. Philippina Langfeldt, Who Was Murdered and Robbed Friday Night, Her Rooms, and the Scene of the Tragedy at 1225 Geary Strect. The Cross Marks Where the Body Was Found. [Sketched by a “Cail” artist.] manuscripts at the National Library, the journalist on the qui vive for news, and mingled among them the piano-teacher, the daily governess, the professor with his threadbare coat, the shopgiri, the counter- j}:m:per and the petty Government official Nowhere, in fact, can one see so many in- teresting phases of Parisian life, so many different gradations of society, as at the hour of ncon in any of these “Bowmllons Duyal.” They were founded in 1860 by the father of the present owner, a butcher in the rue de la Monnaie, who started the practice on a small scale of selling cups of bouillon made from the surplus meat left over from one day to another in his shov. The idea took so well and proved so popular that to- day the “Bouillon Duval” concern is al- most as vast as a Government department, employing an immense staff and possess- ing its own slaughter-houses, its steam laundries, its bakeries, its farms, its mar- | ket gardens and its fruit orchards. It is, therefore, easy to understand that the mar- riage of “le patron,”” as M. Alexandre Duval is called by his vast army of cus- tomers, employes and dependents, should be treated as an occurrence of aimost met- ropolitan importance.—Paris correspond- ence of the New York Tribune. ———————— GENERAL GRANT AND CUBA. New Facts About Cuban Belligerency in a Book Soon to Be Published. Horatio 8. Rubens, counsel of the Cuban delegation in the United States, will pub- lish soon a book on “‘Cuban Belligerency” for free distribution throughout the coun- try. The main object of the book isto prove that according to international law the .Cubans are entitled to belligerent rights, and that the resolutions of Con- gress were based on the best grounds. “The facts which I state,” said Senor Rubens to a reporter of the Sun, “‘are those which are admitted by the Spaniards or reported by your Consuls. The object of the book is to show that the action of the Congress bas ample justification, both in law and in fact, the petition of Senor Palma for the recognition of the Cubans being annexed to prove that Congress a young clerk in a wholesale house. | Their acquaintance ripened into an at- tachment that resulted in marriage. From Langfeldt’s marriage to the widow, who was ten years his senior, began the young man’s successful career. He was offere very lucrative employment in Yokohama, Japan, and he and his wife took up their residence there. About twelve years ago, while at the height of their prosperity, they visited Europe. In return for the valunable presents Langfeldt took to the Duke of Mecklen- burg, he wascreated Consul of Commerce, and later, for valuable services rendered the Austrian Navy while in Japanese waters, the Emperor of Austria also honored him with a prominent decoration, Soon after returning from their tour of Europe, and_after a marriage of twenty- five years, discord crept into the house- hold that had never been blessed with children. The result was a divorce. Mrs. Langfeldt returned from the Orient and took up her residence in San Francisco, having an independent fortune at her dis- posal. 1S Here she unhappily met, married and was divorced from an adventurer named ider. That was about three years ago. Snider got some money from her and then deserted her. Upon inguiry she learned that Snider had been married several times before. The marriage was accordingly an- | nulled and Snider was sent to San Quen- tin to serve a term for bigamy. Langfeldt, the other divorced husband | and the one whose name she retained, is now living in Japan, having married the widow of a former partner of his, a Mrs. | Nachtigal. Althouzgh Mrs. Langfeldt was at the time of her death 69 years of age, she had | always maintained a cheerful, a lively and | aimost a youthful disposition, and hér un- tim-ly death will be lamented not only by a great number of iriends but by a long list of poor people, who always found in her a ready hand and kind heart to assist | aund advise. L BLANTHER IS KNOWN. i He Was Introduced to E. Schroe- | der by the Murdered | Woman. | Captain Lees and his detectives have | scoured the City for people calculated to | know something about Mrs. Langieldt’s | friends and visitors. From the present outlook the chief aim is to locate the man | Blanther, who was with the murdered | woman Friday night, and against whom the breath of suspicion is sirong. The news agent at the Russ House, B. Schroeder, is the most important -in- dividual found in the way of being able to cast some light on the mystery. His statement made to Captain Lees is very explicit, telling of his relations with the murdered woman and of her introduc- | Court, has some recollection of Mrs. Lang- | understand how the Duvals—father and tion of him to the suspect. It reads as | follows: I have known Mrs. Langfeldt for about two years. Have been in the habit of visiting her once a week, generally on a Thursday night. We would chat and olay & game of cards. On last Wednesdwy night 1 got up there at about 8:30 . ®., and after I had been there a little while she told me she expected a cail from a gentleman who apparently was anxious to secure rooms in Mrs. Kicineberg’s house, and she, Mrs. Langfeldt, knowing him was arfang- ing'the matter for the Kleinebergs. He men- tioned to her that he stopped st the Palace, but that he desired getting a room up there, She told me that he wanted a foiding-bed, and bad bought hers, or made her an offer for it, saying he would buy it. After that the bell rang and this gentteman | came inand I wes introduced to him as Mr. | Bianther. Mrs. Langfeldt also told me that he was & journalist and worked for Harper Bros. Hesat down to the right of me. We started piaying freezeout and he looked on. I asked him to join us, but he pretended not 12 know the gaine and said he enjoyed watch- ing us play. We had a glass of wine and we stayed there until a little before 12. I helped her put away the glasses,as was my custom before leaving her, as she suffered a little from rheumatism, and Bianther and I left, walking down Geary to Kearny and at Geary and Kearny we parted, he presumably to go to the Palace and I to the Russ House. On our way down I referred to his German conversation. Mrs. Langfeldt asked him wny he did not talk German to me. He said he did not like 1o speak the language because he was afraid of making so many mistakes. He saia be wasan American, altbough he had spent sixteen years in Germany, had been there when he was years old and had spent eight vears, I believe, at Heidelberg. He spoke better Germen then English, and he- spoke English with a foreign accent. 1 spoke to him about his name and said that it indicated he was a German. He said then that his name was spelled B-l-a-n-t-h-e-r and that the “th" in the name made it German. I told him I did not wee why it shonld. He asked me where I lived and I told him at the Russ House, and then he asked me what time the train left for Sacramento, and I told him I believed one at 7 o'clock iu the morning and one at 9, and he said, “Oh, yes, I know.” Ileft him at the corner and have never seen nor heard of him since. His description is as follows: Age 32 to 34, height 5 feet 11, slim build without being lean, squa rather fiat-chested and no_stom irame, but rather angula flesh; 'hair light brown ar light'color, eyes bluish . teeth good size and broad, slightly hollow-ch and narrow toward tbe chix square and retreats to nec skin of face is clear, with a no color in ¢, ks; dark suit, probably a cutaws wore & stiff hat, no overcc white shirt. whole sait th little attention to his dress. good 1, mustache npse medium ¢ white, face rather long at right angles; ight vellow tinge, ay mixed business ather think he or gloves or cane, sume; paid but Ciaims to be an American, but gives one the impression of & Ge tudent; tulks German grammati- e b with a siight German accent; ther. ast Wednesday instead iv. as had been my custom, was we had arranzed to go to the themter — Mrs. Kleine Mrs. Langieldt and wyseli. 1 d there and told them that there ves nothing worth seeing, and asked if he knew of a good show. He said no, ; they were all poor, He spoke of having seen every show at_the Tivoli, and ke of having seen Blue Beard, etc. Also d he had been to the flower show at San Jose and also at Healdsburg. He spoke good English and good German; ct, he looked so much like a German that when I was introduced to him I spoke Germen to him. Oune might take him for a Scaniina- vian. He Lad no scar, was not particul voluble nor very reticent; he seemed to be strong silver man, and said he dined at D monico’s occasionally and that it tovk' him twenty minutes (o go from Delmonico’s to the | Palace. Tn connection with the established fact that Blanther called on Mrs. Langfeldt Fri- day nizht, the testimony of Charles Schei- fer, cashier for Dalton Bros., who lives in D:. Kleineberg’s house 1s very strong. it reads: 1 came home last night about 7 o'clock, and I expected somebody to eall on me, and so when I heard the bell ring about 8:30 I thought it was somebody for me, and 1 na- turally went out to see. “Mrs. Langfzldtopened the door and some one, a gentleman I imagined by the voice, came in and talked plessantly and chatted with Mrs. Langfeldt and laughed and went to her room 1 went back to my room and &t about 10:30 P [neard a heavy fail and_intended to go downstairs, but changed by mind, thinking it Was none of my business. Then Iwent to bed, and did not know of the murder until4 o’clock this afternoon. I saw this msn last Wednesday nizht as I s going to my room, and Mrs. Langfeldt me. Mrs. Kleine cused myself, s 0 80 to be: rg was also there. I ex- 1z 1 was tired and wanted I just had a passing glauee of him and noticed he wore glasses or spectacles. I could not tell how tall he was as he was sit- ting down. EheCD Eu REMEMBERS HER WELL. Ex-Judge Levy at One Time Denled Mrs. Langfeldt a Divorce. Walter Levy, ex-Judge of the Superior feldt. He was discussing the matter last evening at the Concordia Club. “My recollection,” he stated, *is mnot very distinct as to details, but I do remem- | ber the lady’s ecase quite well from its oddity. Whether it was under the name of Langfeidt or some other, she was before me when I was on the bench, seeking to be divorced from her husband. My under- standing of the case was that the husband Wwas as anxious as she was to be divorced, but I saw no way by which I could ac- commodate the pair and I denied the motion. “The testimony resolved itself into this: | The lady married the man believing he was wealthy and ne. believing her to be wealthy as well, gave her his nam Ina little while they found out their mistake and each was anxious to be divorced from the other. 1 saw no way, however, ac- cording to the law, to free them from each other.” R e ON BLANTHER’S TRACK. The Police Secure a Clew to the Identity of the Man Under Susplicion. Late last evening the police got track of a4 man named Blanther, who bhas until recently been living at 222 Haight street. He was compelied to leave the house because of an inability to pay his rent. His description tallies exactly with that given by Mrs. Kleineberg. He has been acting as agent for some time for an art publication of Appleton’s called Modern Art. Subscribers were few, however, and it is known that he sold a $40 collection of the books some days ago for $5 and that he has been pushed to desperate extremities for lack of funds. e gave his landlady a check for $30 for back rent, but it was found to be worth- snoulders, | ch is slightly | ed me in and” wanted to introduce him to | less. Then he was ordered out and since | then has been practically homeless. He borrowed a cameraa few days ago from Tubbs, the artist, on a plea that he was going to San Jose to secure some illustrations for a magazine article, which he professed to have an order for. Tubbs meeting him subsequently on the street asked for the return of his camera. Excuses were offered until the artist be- came suspicious and undertook to trace the camera on his own account and found that Blanther did not have it. A detec- tive threatened to arrest him upon this discovery and Blanther drew a revolver and declared he would blow out his own brains, as he was starving. Tubbs took the revolver away from him, Since then Blanther is known to have been driven to still greater extremity and to have pawned his overcoat. George A. Dodge, the architect, lived at 222 Haight street, and became acquainted with Blanther. He has befriended him several times since he became an outcast from the Haight-street house, even to sup- plying him with food. Blanther is an Austrian, a man who has | traveled, and claims to have written for Eastern papers and magazines. Those who know him say he has small feet, such as might fit to a print of a shoe that is | marked on the floor of Mrs. Langfeldt's | room and in her blood where the murderer dragged her body. s, Pl | A PARISIAN INSTITUTION. A Concern That Owns ana Controls | Fifty Huge Restaurants. | In order to appreciate the fuss which the newspapers are making here about the | marriage of M. Alexandre Duaval, it is necessary to realize the fact thaithe bride- groom-elect is the director ana chief pro- prietor of that Parisian institution known as ‘“les Bouillons Duval,” which in the last twenty years has become a striking feature of metropolitan life here. ‘‘Les | Bouillons Duval” are a concern that owns | and controls some fifty huse restaurants, situated in different parts of the capital where the best and, above all, the cleanest | food is served at the lowest prices. Itis estimated that nearly 40,000 people are daily fed at these eating-houses of M. Duval, and heaven only knows how many more of the pauper class of the population derive their sustenance from the broken | victuals that are distributed every evening to the poor by his orders. What is so especially attractive about | these *“Bouillons Duval” is the excellent | quality of the food, the rapidity and cour- | tesy of the service performed by natty- looking ‘‘bonnes,” and the exquisite clean- liness that characterizes evervthing and everybody in connection with the place. The prices are low, and it is difficult to | son—can have realized such an enormous fortune from the business. Thus {ou pay 1cent for 2 napkin, 2 cents for bread, 5 cents for a bowl of most nutritious and de- »us bouillon made from first-class meat; a dish of meat garnished with vege- tables costs 10 cents; a plain but well- cooked dessert 4 cents; cheese, either Brie | or Camembert, 3 cents, and a pint bottle of ‘vin ordinaire” 8 cents. If you tip the | waitress her whole face lights up with | pleasure, as sheisnot accustomed to “‘pour boires.” The white marble tables on which you are served are carefully sponged for each new guest, tablecloths being es- chewed, but snowy napkins are furnished to everybody who wants them at the price above mentioned. And as low as these prices are, they would be cheaper by 40 or 50 per cent were it not for the octroi or municipal customs department, which charges a heavy du.y upon everg article | of tood that enters the ‘‘enceinte’” of the city of Paris. Another thing which is remarkable about the “Bouillons Duval” is the ele- gance of the premises. Ihey are invari- ably larze, lofty, well lighted, well ven- lated and rendered attractive by large mirrors, gilded cornices and beautiful mo- saic panels, the walls and floors being constructed almost entirely of marble in clear, dainty colors, conveying an inde- scribable idea of freshness and cleanliness. Indeed, these popular restaurants present a striking contrast to the dingy, low- ceilinged, badly lighted premises of the Cafe Anglais,” Maison ore, the Cafe Riche, Brebant, Voisin and other famous really acted after havin, stated confirmed from other sources.” facts not generally known concerning President Grant’s oninion about Cuban belligerency during the ten years’ warin Cuba which began in 1868. says that General Grant’sown private opin- ion about the Cuban war was exactly the reverse of what appears to his own mes- sages to Congress in 1870 and 1874. eral Grant, Mr. Rubens say: influenced by Mr. Fish, his Secretary of State. the facts therein Mr. Rubens reveals in his work some Mr. Rubens | Gen- | was deeply “‘And do you know by what or by whom Mr. Fish was influenced?” the reporter asked. B “Mr. Fish was influenced,” answered Mr. Rubens, ‘by the knowledge that his negotitions with Spain looking to the liberation of the slaves in Cuba and the peaceful settlement of the questions be- tween Cuba and Spain would be stopped by the recognition of the Cubans as belligerents. The slavery question was more interesting at that time for the United States than anything else. Mr. Fish preferred mediation to recognition, alttough he admitied that to mediate between Cubans and Spaniards was to recognize the Cubans as belligerents. “But sn aecided was General Grant for Cuba,” added Mr. Rubens, ‘“‘that in 1869 he wrote and signed a proclamation rocog- nizing Cuba’s belligerency. He handed it to Mr. Fish for publication in case the [ answer to Minister Sickles' proposals to mediate in Madrid was not satisfactory. Mr. Fish refused then to do it, and Grant did not stick to his resolution.” In regard to the international lswa', authorities upon which ngern‘l_ Grant’s m-ssages were based by Mr. Fish, Mr. Rubens said: . 3 “The only authority Mr. Fish used to derive arguments from was ‘Dana’s Notes to Wheaton,’ and this book contains sub- stantial errors on the belligerency ques- tion. I quote Engiish, French znd Ger- man opinions, and I prove why Mr. Dana was wrong in this case.”—New York Sun. e Known by His Lung. An eminent Scotch surgeon and profes- sor in the University of Edinburgh was entirely devoted to his profession. A quaint incident in h's practice will show this. | The poet Tennyson had at one time con- | sulted him about some affection of the Jungs. Years afterward he returned on the same errand. On being announced he was nettled to observe that Mr. Syme had neither any recollection of his face nor, still mors galling, acquaintance wich his name. Tennyson thereupon m_emlgned the fact of his former visit. Still Syma failed to remember him. But when the professor put his ear to the poet’s chest and heard the peculiar sound which the old ailment had made chronic, he at once exclaimed, **Ah, I remember you now! I know you by your lung.” Can you im- agine a greater humiliation for a poet than to be known, not by his lyre, but by his lung ?—Montreal Star. —————————— Disappointed. Showman: “Hi, hi! Walk up and see the cherry-colored cat, to be seen alive, alive! Twopence is all the charge.” Inside of Show—Voices (angrily): “Why, that’s a biack cat.” Showman: “Well, ain’t there black cherries. This way out, please.””—Spare Moments. NEW T O-DAY. (N = SN 7 DOGTOR question of doubt. knowledged by all. the diseases he cures : KIDNEYS G ogestion of the xidneve uremia, gravel, stone. EYE All cases of acute or chronic inflamma- tion, far or near sightedness, dimness of vision, scrofulous eye, closing of the eveduet, squinting, cross-eved,wild hairs, syphilitic sore eyes, granulated lids, tumor, cancer of the lids, eic. EAR Devtness from catarrh, singing or roar- ing noises, thickened 'drum, inflamma- tion of external eer, purulent discharging from eer, ete. HRAD Neurslgia, sick, nervous or congestive 1AV beadache, dull, full feeling, loss of memory, dizziness, softening of tne brain, tumors and eczema of the scalp. chronic pharvngitis, enlarged ton- sils and palate, hoarseness, loss of voice, thick phlegm in throat, causing hawking. LUNG Consumption in the first and second V¥ stages, hemorrhages and chronic bro chitis, dry and difficulty in breathing, hepatizations, asthma, ete. “EiRT Valvular diseases, weak and fatty heart, languid circulation, etc. Catarrh, ulceration and acid dys- STOMACH Serererirecsion andecta dxe- ness after eating, heartburn, waterbrash and difficulty in swallowing. N All diseases of the liver, LIVER, SPLEEN L hssen of, e over and reflex disorders, rheumatism and ell skin diseases, eczema, salt rheum, ringworm, hip- oint disease, old sores, fever sores, stiff joint, are lip, spinsl irritation, nervous prostration. I{_UI)TURE Piles, fistula, varicocele, hydro- cele, and all swelling and " te derness quickly cured without pain or dete; tion from business. temples oi gastronomy. It would be a mistu{e to imagine that only people of humble means ana position take their meals at the “Bonillons Duval.”” Women of rank and elegance may occa- sionally be seen lunching there, as well as the banker or financier who wishes for his bite in a hurry, the ultra-exquisite club- | man who is on his way from one railway terminus to another, the scientist who has been consulting ancient volumes and | BUADDER fEsreiaitor e tntaes ™™ T“ROAT Catarrhal sore throat, acute and | loose coughs, pains in chest, | heart, dropsy and rheumatism of | (S0 SWEANY N\ HAT THIS NOTED SPECIALIST STANDS PRE.EMI- nently at the head of the medical profession is no longer a That he has investigated farther into the mysteries of life, and penetrated deeper the sccrets of disease, than his quite worthy, but less successful associates, is now ac- His experience is life-long, and his record right here in San Francisco, at 737 Market street, is simply A SERIES OF PROFESSIONAL TRIUMPHS, There are thousands upon thousands in this land to-day who are praising his name, because he has made their lives happy and brought sunshine into their homes. The following are among YOUNG MEY, &, jou are troubled with N J !\, night emissions, exhausting drains, pimples, bashfulness, aversion to soci- ety stupidness, despondency, loss ot encrgy, smbition and ' self-confidence, which _de- rive youof your manhood and absolutely un- t you for study, business or marriage—if you are thus afllicted you know the cause. Get well | and be a man. there are | MIDDLE-AGED AND OLD ME | of you troubled with weak, d kidneys; frequent, painful urination and sedi- ment in urine; impotency or weakness of sexual organs, and other unmistakable signs of mervous debility and premature decay. Many die of this difficulty, ignorant of the cause, which is the second stage of seminal weakness. The most obstinate cases of this character treated with uniailing success. PR[‘VAT diseases—Gleet, Gonorrhea, In- | flammations, Discharges, ' Strie- tures, Weakness of Organ, Syphilis, Hydrocel Varicocele and kindred troubles, auickly cur without pain and detention from business. \EJ\ Diseases, Sores, § BLOOD ABD SKIY PiGeiess Se mi’.‘,’{:& Syphilitic Taints, Tumors, Teiter, Eczema an other impurities of the blood thoroughly erade icatca, leaving the system in @ strong, pure and healthful state. LI OAR W { If you are sufferin DINEASES OF WOMEN {5505, 5re sufering eases pecullar to your sex, suca as falling or dise placement of the \omb, léucorrhea, suppressed or painful menstruation, inflammation. or ulceration, blontizg, headaches, spinal w ness or any disease of the genito-urinary or- gans, call or write to him, and ne will tell you Just what can be done for you. [']' for the h FREE TREATMENT {2 the,oocr, who et Friday afternoons. v your troubles if living away from “RlTE the city. Thousands cgred 1{ home by correspondence, and medicines sent secure from observation. A hook of important infor- gi:ilmn sent free to those describing their trou- OFFICE HOURS: 9 till 12 . . and 2 till 5and7 till 8 P. M. Sundays, 10 till 12 only. F.L.SWEANY, M.D., 737 Market Street. San Franciseo, (al. OPPOSITE EXAMINER OFFICE.