The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 19, 1896, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1896. COUNTERFEITERS HARD AT WORK, The City Is Flooded With Well-Executed Half- Dollar Pieces. FULL STANDARD WEIGHT Have the Proper Ringand Almost the Legal Amount of Silver. ONE HUNDRED PER CENT PROFIT Thought to Be the Work of Eastern Crocks—Low Price of Silver &n Incentive, Secret ervi believe gent Nick Harris has that half-dollars are an Francisco outside of the Mint under Govern- vision. If this assumption is re is a lurge-sized coun- ent within easy dis- hree years past the banks generally have received known channels the most dan- nterfeit half-dollars ever made. ssed without question wherever 1, and it was only when one fell hands of an expert that its F character became known. No particular effort was made to locate ] ufacturers; first, because not a S number was in circulation un- three months ago, and second, the it was so vastly superior to any- ever attempted or accomplished on this coast that the officers thought it a sheer waste of time to look for the offend- ers here. During the past ninety days, however, the banks and mercantile houses have been literally overwhelmed with the stuff and not a day passes that some of the coin is not sent to the Sacret Service office. So general is the circulation that the bank officials now pay particular attention to half-doliar pieces, though much of it still passes their hands as genuine. The principal difference between the counterfeit ha!f and that made by the Government is found in the engraving, though in some instances a microscope is needed to distinguish between the gond and the bad. Again, the diein the spu- rious article does not cut nearly so clear or deep as in that coinea by the Mint. In weight the two pieces are identical, the counterfeit contains o 884 of er, while the standard is 900. The d:fference in weight is made np in some e metal closely resembling sil- ver. Thering of the new just as clear as that of the half turned out | by the M which makes detection far more ditfic Secre is the most dar has ever enc at nearl Service Agent Harris says that it | erous silver counterfeit’he He can lay his | v moment on have in times gone by been convicted of counterfeiting, but tie new article so far surpasses anything ever d some Eastern gang has established head- arters here or close by. One reason given as to why so many of the new counterfeits are being turned out now is the low price of silver. In every e of the spurious half dollars passed there is a profitof 100 per cent. Detective Harris working quietly on the case, and hopes before many days to | secure such evidence as will resultin the | capture of the plant, and those now suc- cesefully operating it. MLOKG THE WATER FRONT Narrow Escape of the Freight Clerk of the Steamer Hope. Nearly Gored to Death on Shipboard by an Angry Berkeley Cow Yesterday. J. H. Mills, freight clerk on the steamer Hope, had an experience yesterday that he is not likely to forget for many a month to come. Cows are at a discount in Berke- ley just now and everybody is anxious to get rid of them in order to avoid the sum- mer feeding. Quite a number of the milk- givers came over on the Hope yesterday, and some of them proved to be vicious. One broke away from the deckhand who had her in charge and stampeded several others. Mills attempted to stop the run- away and was cornered. The cow butted nim in the chest, und while preparing for another onslaught the freight clerk slipped away with the cow after him. The four-footed animal was the quicker of the two and pinned Mills against the smokestack, Her starboard horn pierced his leg, and she was just preparing for another rush when assistance arrived. Mr. Mills was removed toa drugstore on Market street, near East, and later was n to his home in Oakiand. The cow was driven to the shambles. ¢ Pacific Coast Steamship Company’s reka, the Iish Commission steamer 0ss and the Mare Island tug Una- dilla had a very pretty race from Port Har- ord to San Francisco last week. Captain epsen did not push the Eurekain any wanner, but his practical knowledge of oast and ocean currents stood him in good stead. He stood close inshore, thus escaping in a measure the head wind and heavy swell, and 1n spite of the fact that he haa stop at half a dozen points, in- ciud Monterey and Santa Cruz, he his vessel almost as soon as the came to an anchor. batross was an hour later reach- The Eureka is called a “‘freight boat,” but Captain Jepsen keeps her as clean as a new pin, and there isnota vacht that sails the bay of San Francisco t can show whiter or better kept decks. Captain Hall, the jovial and popular skipper of the steamer Corona, has been playing in bard luck lately. On the last trip his pet canary got away and started “a life on the ocean wave”’ on its own ac- count. The steamer was stopped and a boat lowered, but before the bird was re- covered it was half drowhed. Once aboard everything possible was done, but it died, and Captain Hall made a coffin for it out of a cigar-box and buried the remains off Un The Al ing port. sented Hall with a weasel. The animal counterfeit is | the men | ne by them; that he is confident that | 1 was put into a bird cage, and Hall fed it | on Santa Barbara mineral water. It died, and there was another funeral at sea. The gallant master of the Corona now asserts that too much water is not good for either man or beast. The battle-ship Oregon is to go on the drydock and receive a thorough overhaul- ine. She will then be completed in_every de and. handed over to the United States authorities, The new steamer Czarina, which is on her way here to take the place of the lIorper in the Beaver Hill coal trade, was | at Santa Barbara yesterday. Her boiler tubes are leaking, so the tuz Fearless was | sent down to bring her to San Francisco. | On her arrival here she will be thorougnly overhauled and put in commission. She | is a handsome craft, and will be a welcome addition to the Coos Bay fleet. | he sloop yacht Star had a bad half hour of it yesterday. She ran foul of the | mail steamer City of vdney and Jost her bowsprit and gaff and part of her rail. The schooner Mary Gilbert from Mexi- | can vorts had a_hard time of it reaching | San Francisco. Sne ran short of provisions and had to put into Port Harford. Strong | northwest winds delayed her again and another stop had to be made at Santa Cruz. From start to finish it was a battle against the elements, and both master and men were more than glad to reach San Francisco. There was an exodus of prisoners from | Folsom for San Quentin yesterday. Twenty- five criminais went over on the Tivuron ferry-boat at 5:15 p. ., and three of them had Oregon boots on. One of the criminais was Marina, the man who assisted Chris Evans to escape, and the others are sery- ing sentences ranging from grand larceny | to assault to murder. FAILURE TO PROVIDE. Dr. Preston Arrested on Complaint of | His Mother-in-Law. | Dr. Walton H. Preston, whose marital | troubles have kept him conspicuously be- | fore the public for the past two years, was | arrested yesterday afternoon on the com- plaint of Mrs, zabeth A. Bryant, his mother-in-law, for failure to provide for | his two children. He w. eased on $200 | bonds. | There is a divorce snit pending between | Or. Preston and his w in Judge Sea- | well’s court and Preston says it is because | Juage Seaweil has refused 1o permit him to see hi ildren that he has declined to | support them. He is willing and ready to | support them, but s to be treated like a buman being. He blames his mother-in-law for all of his troubles | past and present and says he| prays for the day when the divorce pro- ceedings will be ended. HARVEY'S FRIENGS SPEAK They Have Suffered and Bled, but Are Hopeful of the Future. A Good Reputation for Honesty, but a Spzculator a Little Too Reckless. on investments and who have not profited thereby, have stilla good word to say of | | him, at least a few who have been seen cociological ess * The friends of Leroy G. Harvey who | loaned him money, who entrusted him | with their business, who took his advice | | have smd the good word. | | Scores of people have mvested gold coin | in their confidence in Mr. Harvey and in | some cases their receipts have been on a | basis of less than sixteen to one. In other | cases their receipts have been less than | one. But, a few who have been inter- viewed, and who have lost and sorrowed, | have said that they are not grieving, that | they still retain confidence in the san- | guine and speculative Harvey, and some sympathize with him in his misfortunes, though they have shared them. They say he has held offices of trust | and responsibility for many years, one of | those offices being the secretaryship of the Merchants and Mechanics’ Bank, and that he has never before been involved in pe- cuniary difficuities. A member of the firm of W. R. Knight's Company, 600 Front street, said that some time ago Harvey had received from the firm $900 with which to pay certain insurancs | premiums then due or_about to become | due from the firm, and that he had appro- | priated or neglected to pay about $200 of the amount. Harvey aiso induced Vice-Presi- dent Blair of the same firm to invest$11.000 | in a scheme to run a railroad to BolinasBay, and also to take stock in the California and Nevada road running back of the Berkeley hills to Walnut Creek. Seven hundred | and forty doliars of Mr. Blais’s money fol- lowed the rest in this way. One day Mr. Blair, just before bank- closing time, gave Harvey $740 to deposit in the bank for him. Harvey suggested that instead of depositing the money he | should give Mr. Blair his check on’ the American Bank and Trust Company of | San Francisco. The check was given, and when Mr. Blair returned to Sacramento he received a dispatch from Harvey re- uesting him to hold the check fora while. be check is yet in Mr. Blair's safe, in Sacramento, in a remarkable state of pres- | ervation. | There is also a report of bills owing to | Dr. Small of Oakland, Mrs, Hall of San Francisco and others. His friends say that Harvey is honest, and that his failure is caused by overcon- fidence and ill-starred speculations. They point with pride to the fact that he and his wife have legally adopted from six to | eight orphan children, and say that a man who could do that must have a good heart. —— The State Board of Examiners’ Was Illegally Appointed. The Supreme Court nas reversed the | decision of the lower court in allowing | Thomas A. Lewis a writ of mandate to | compel the State Comptroller to pay his | salary as expert to the State Board of Examiners. Lewis was appointed expert to the| board at a salary of $2000 a year on June | 28, 1895. He served a month and then | put in a bill for $166 663, the monthly sal- | ary he was promised. The board allowed | the demand, but the Comptroller would not pass it. The courts were applied to and a writ directing the Comptroller to pay was issned. An appeal was takeu, and now the Supreme Court has rendered | a decision which practically makes Lewis’ place vacant. It says his appointment was illegal. Such a position as expert to the State | Board of Examiners is not mentioned in the appropriations of the Legislature, the court says, and, besides, if the Board of Examiners can hire an expert so can every board. Lewis’ appointment was made under an excess of authority, the court says, and so his salary must remain in the treasury. Expert —————.————— Colored Lovers Quarrel. David Gasberry, s colored gambler, was ar- rested yesterday by Policeman McGrew on a warrant cherging him with threats to kill The complaining witness s Miss Hattie Winn, with whom Gasberry had been living. They | guarreled, end early yesterday morning Gas- | berry went to Mrs. Hansen's, on Tehama street, | where Hattie was living, and carried away | | several silk dresses he had given her. Hattie declared he also threatened (o kill her; hence his arrest. S Socialist Meeting. To-morrow _evening, at the Temple, 115 Turk street, under the auspices of liberty | branch of the Soclialist Labor party, there is | promised a gathering of special interest to the Point Conception. On the next trip of the Corona, Captain Patterson, the Columbia River pitot, pre advocetes of the socialist cause. A lecture will be delivered by an old veteran in the trades union movement. The subject will be, | City from getting anything to do. It was | gates to the San Francisco Trades and La- {and compeie with citizen workingmen. ‘Fakes and Fakers in the Labor Movement.”” ’ll‘ha opening speech will be delivered by P. Ross Martin, and the musical portion of the | evening’s exercises will be augmented by the | presence of recent convert 10 the movement— - cornet solo player, Appliger. lected airs on the cornet and & piano solo John Lee, a member of the socciety, and addresses by other prominent socia members will help to make the exercises interesting as well as instructive. CONVICT-CUT GRANITE. The Union Will Appeal to the Attorney- General and Governor | Budd. | A special meeting of the Granite-cutters’ Union was hela last evening to further discuss the unjust competition of convict labor against free labor in the matter of cutting and dressing granite by felons at | Folsom. Resolutions thanking the press of this City for its help in exposing the scandal connected with the convict-cut Grant monument for the park were passed. It was decided to communicate with the | Attorney-General to see if there is any law in the statute-books that will prevent | | convicts cntting stone to be sent all over | the State. It is understood that such a law | | relating to the manufacture of wooden | wares and woolen goods by convicts is in | existence. Another communication is to be sent to | Governor Budd requesting him to use his | influence to have the Prison Commission- ets cause this work to be discontinued. Re- ports were made by several members of Fol- som convict-dressed stone being shipped all over the State,especially to Sacramento, | Stockton and Merced. The question was raised whetber or not | | | the members of the union should handle one quarried by convicts. er some argument it was decided that | the State. By refusing to do so they claim | itwould throw the granite businessin to the | In addition | the union men will cut from any quarry in | HAYWARDS HAS CAPITULATED, The Young Men’s Institute Holds Supreme Sway. ' A LAND OF CHERRIES. | Delegates With a Purpose Come Early and Extend a Glad Hand. TOWN A-FLUTTER WITH FLAGS Open Air Concert at Night—To.Day to B: Great, but To.Morrow Greatest of AlL HAYWARDS, CaL, May 16. — Hay- wards, a-flutter with streamers and flags hung from wires that cross and recross the principal streets for a distance of sev- was gathered he became the center of a fun-loving group that had him pose for an imaginary sketch, an attention so flaiter- ing to his pride that he repaid the favor by showing the tattuoing on his forearms and by declaring vehemently that he wasn’tan A. P. A. At 8 o'clock, with the arrival of more of | the early delegates, an open-air concert began at the Villa Hotel, which, like the Haywards Hotel, was aglow with Chinese lanterns, that cast a mellow light over the bunting-covered baiconies and porches. The music was furnigshed by the Oakland Concert band of sixteen pieces, and all Haywards turned out to listen to the musie. To-morrow is Pncficfilly _the opening | day of tue week’s convention. It willi bezin with high mass and a sermon by | the Rev. Peter C. Yorke, in All Saints’ Church, and will conclude with a grand | invitational ball in Native Sons’ Hall, fol- lowed by an elaborate special banquet at the Villa Hotel. UTAH RATE WAR. Another Effort to Be Made to Settle It This Week. | ‘W. B. Curtis, manager of the Traffic Asso- ciation of California, and J. C. Stubbs, traffic manager, and Charles F. Smurr, | general freight agent, of the Southern Pa- cific Company, lel~ for Denver last night toattend the meeting of the trans-Missouri lines which is to be held in that city on | the 21st. 5 It is expected that action will be taken at this meeting to aajust the rate trouble | that has arisen over the fight for Utah | business between the Southern Pacific on | one side and the lines east of Oregon on | the other. i Mr. Curtis goes to represent the interests of the California merchants, and the other two gentlemen, representing the Southern Pacitic Company, will co-oper- ate with him in securing as fair rates for California products and manufactures as are accorded to those of the East. man were carefully examined. In two P NEW TO-DAYY small band-satchels was found a complete SengaeeTa aeinacs o gambler's oglui' including the ":lhellI game,” “double locks’ and loaded dice. | o In addition to this was a large assortment :iiiiiiii)i,ii’ii)ii’: of blank checks on almost every bank on | @ @ the Pacific Coast. There were three drats | » ¢ amounts ranging from $50 to $1000. The | » L3 last-named draft was on a party in New > -« York. One of the blank checks was per- | > @ forated to indicate the sum of $1250. S u m e' w The police claim to know Howard, al- | ES ¢ leging xm;: he was an all-ro)und confidence | g ¥ man, and a person on whom they had | Tntil W, «dav Xi their weather eye for some time. ! : Until Wednesday Night s Detective Cody was detailed to make | our Fine, Thin $1.50 @ an investigation, and thisis his report to | & v v ith ¥ Captain Lees: I Water Glasses, with @ A man by the name of C.F. Howard | i ¥ hired a room Irom the landiady, Mrs. H. Heyer, 5 A 1 405 Geary sirget., She had km:t\l\'nll[uwurdiiur : ab 9”,."‘“ DOZES. some time, he havip tayed t cfore Al B8 A n e S Tt & o urday he to eyer to pay for hi | trunk when it arrived—that was about 6:30 | blers go at ¢ PER P. M. on Saturday—and he would refund the | dh DOZEN. money to her. She paid 75 cents for the trunks. | g it Then she met him Sunday eveniog about G | g e orclock and ano usked bim for the’rs cents, | i which he paid to lier, and he then went 0 his ST IN—A large shipment of the room, ana she did not see h i 11} & JUS | Sl v tnis mozning, when she opened the door to let & popular New Hungarian Ware— 4 those vases ia the Old German styie, # that are used so much now for din- & ing-room ornaments. Come and see Mike Golden in, and when she dia she found Howard dead, and telephoped to Ceptain Healy. I went up to the House and found BAGSEARRADEA SRR AR RN EEARARAR Howard dead. I telephoned to Captain Healy and he told me to make an investigation of thy | & them- o case and to telephone to the Coroner, which I = & did. Deputy McGinnis took charge of the body = ® THAT BIG CHINA STORE— nd all m:m M‘m..l n'l whi('ll’(‘uns ted of t trunks and two valises, one hunting-case k Below Shreve's. fi 4 watch and ehain and 65 cents. There | B e were two and a half ttles of beer and one oy | e“]_‘ oty bc]:'r Bottle. = ix v: WANGENHEIM, STERNHEIM & CO., ave known Howard for & number of years, | and he 1s @ sure-thing gambler and known by | ® 528 and 530 Market St., the name of Howard, alis Ben Anderson. The : = andlady says that he has been treated by Dr. Farnum for kidney troubles. Mike Golden & 27 and 29 Sutter St., says that Howard has been drinking heavy of e y late. He Liad been dead some time when found. : FROV. NanpoovEny. : EEae s St ean ARARLAEALAASA AL G AR AN ALY Howard Church. The members of Howard Presbyterian | o -_— Jas RamuGe Com OF ARRANGEMENTY "~ /) Trane STeran SEC Com.OR ARRANGEMRENTY R Re€eD com.oF ARRANGEMENTS AND FINANCE DR AJ Poweu (Com. OF ARRANGE - MENTS A.De (AMP. Finance Com., 22 DOC INY This illustrious sage of medicine and surgery needs no introduction to the American people. Well is he known to them all. By his fair, honest and upright methods as a business man he commands the confidence of the commercial world, and by his great skill and learning as a physician he has called hundreds and thousands back from the very SHADOW OF THE TONB The following is an index to some of the diseases that come within his specialty: Abscesses, Alcoholism, Asthma, Atrophy, Biliousness, Bronchitis, Cancer, Cataract, Catarrh. Constipation, Consumption, Dia- Jas Gauasrer ofF Fresno ! a, Drovsy, Dyspepsia, Ec- | ions, Epilepsy, Erysipelas, Gleet, Gonorrhe, Gout, dache, Hydrocele, Hys'eria, Impotenc fluenza, Jaundice, Leucor- | rhea, Lost Manhood, Malaria, Masturba- | tion, euralgia, Obesity, | Pa s, s, Pleurisy, Rheumatism, Rupture, Scrofula, Sleepiéssness, Steriiity, Stricture, Svph lis, Tons Tumors, | Ulcers, Vertigo. | " There is no reason on earth why you honld suffer from any of these or similar ilments. Relief is offered, and health is yours if you will accept Go directly to the 'FOUNTAIN OF LIFE. Call upon Dr. Sweany or write him your trout at once, and he will not only cheer and comfort you, but will cure you | sound and well and fill your whole future with sunshine and happiness. He is kind to the poor, and if you have no money he ill treat you free of charge on Friday that is if you will come to him s The doctor’s ofiices are now and ys will be located at the old stand, ket street, and his hours for con- suitation are from 9to12a. ». and 2105 |and 7 to 8 P. M., except Sundays, when they are from 10 to 12 A. M. only. |ALL DISEASE IS CAUSED “ BY MICROBES. handsof one or two monopolists in that | line, who are always fighting the union | and employing non-union men at the very | lowest wages. These contractors cause al! of their stone to be dressed at the quarrigs, thus preventing the stone-cutters in the stated that these monopolistic contractors | are rejoicing over the convict stone-cutting | scandal, and that they hope it will be car- | ried, to the ena that no granite whatever | will be quarried at Folsom. The rumor | | that the stone for the big ferry depot is to | be dressed by Folsom convicts is dis- credited by the union. THE BUILDING TRADES, Carpenters 483 May Soon Trades Alliance. From =all appearances Carpenters’ and Joiners’ Union 483 will soon send dele- Joim the bor Alliance. Last evening at a meeting of the carpenters P. Ross Martin and Theodore Lynch were given an audience to explain the aims and objects of the al- liance. In order that all members may have a voice in the decision, it was decided not to give an answer until next Monday evening, when all may be present. Nearly all at the gathering last evening favored joining the alliance. A committee was appointed to draft suitable resolutions and a communication to be sewt to the Secretary of the War De- partment p rotesting against enlisted men being per mitted to engage in occupations The resolution will pgall special attention to the fact that the "Presidio band is fre- quently employed by individuals and so- cieties, thereby competing with musicians who make a living by their profession. Itis likely that at the meeting of the District Council to-morrow evening a eall will be made for a mass-meeting of all carpenters and woodworkers, the object being to educate the workingmen in'the principles of unionism. At a meeting of the Painters’ Union the movement to forma paper-hangers’ union out of the organization was indorsed. The paper-hangers will meet next Friday evening at 115 Turk street. They will re- ceive a charter from the Painters’ Union. It was decided to send L. A. Coffin to Sacramento to organize a painters’ union there. —_—— Inspector Dockery at Work. In pursusnce of orders issued by the City Board of Health, Milk Inspector J. P. Dockery, Health Veterinary Dr. E. J. Creely, Market In- spector Dayis and Assistants B, F, Hanlon and Andrew Harrigan visited the dairv of Nick Hansen, on the Mission road last Thursday. ‘This is the largest dairy in Francisco County. The tuberculin test was applied to sixty cows, and out of that number only four were found to be affected with tuberculosis. This, Mr. Dockery says,is & remarkably good eral blocks from their main intersections; Haywards, the Mecca of cyclers, is tempo- rarily the Mecca for the Catholic youth of four States. And, to add honor to the twelfth Grand Council of the Young Men's Institute, the town has been arrayed in gala attire that rivals a floral carnival. The stores and business houses, in a spirit of friendly rivalry, have each striven for unique decorative effects, but every one feels that the great muin arcn is the product of community interests. Father Slattery of Napa, smoking a fracrant Havana, came first, and soon after him arrived J. H. Bruen, beaming and shaking bands until it was whispered about that Gilroy had come early to make an energetic canvass for the next con- vention. In the afternoon a whole car load came up from the station together and they were escorted over to Native Sons’ Hail. | There they were assigned rooms at the dif- ferent hotels or at private houses, and each was given a badge of the convention. Soon after a few more delegates put in an appearance, S0 that by supper time the following were ready to show the | material hospilulit{{o( Haywards: Fred | D. Realy and Dan McCarthy of Oakland, J. F. McGlynn of San Francisco, D. F. Griffin anda Robert Butler of Madera, | Ernest Connihan and J. F. Burns of Peta- Juma, the Rev. P. Slattery of Napa, J. Ahern and J. J. Tobin of Port Costa, Jimmie Gallagher and Henry Avila of Fresno, W. J. Heney and Philip Prince- valle of Menlo Park, W. J. Sullivan of fan Diego, J. Bruen of Gilroy, Isidore B. Dockweiler of Los An- geles, John Whalen of Modesto, ! John McEarly of Grizzly Biuff, Humboldt | County; E. A. Aegeler of Ferndale, Cal.; T. J. Eagan and Matthew Maciel of Santa Cruz, and L. E. Mahan and A, A. Canepa of Eureka. he delegation from Santa Cruz brought up a beantiful flag that had been pre- sented by Mrs. Horsnyder of that city, to be carried at the head of the Sania Cruz delegation in the parade Wednesday. But Port Costa’s representatives were on board for an immediate purpose. The un- Jucky thirteen has no terrors for them that are not minor considerations com- aved with the efforts of Salinas and Port go:u and Gilroy to secure the next con- vention, ¢ Probably the busiest man in S8an Fran- cisco to-day was F. B. Hooson, chairman of the general committee of arrangements and a member of the committee on rooms. No sooner would he be free from the not unpleasant rebuke of the girls when a man with a banner would appear and want to suspend work on the arch. Haywards has_its character, in ma: 0, respects a Rip Van Winkle, if oompueg only as regards a proclivity for rest and refreshment. He was out to-day solilo- quizing upon the approaching celebration, and as he came on uncertain course showing. toward a corner where a group of persons SYMPATHY FOR HAMMOND A Resolution Unanimously Adopted by the Women's Congress Yesterday. New Officers Elected for the Ensuing Y ar and a Very Quiet Meet- ing Held. The Woman’s Congress Association of the Pacific Coast held its annual meeting for the election of officers and the reading of reports yesterday morning in Shasta Hall. ‘The list of officers for the ensuing year isas follows: Prassident, Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper; vice- president, Mrs. John F. Swift; recording secretary, Mrs. Ada Van Pelt; correspond- ing secretary, Mrs. George T. Gaden; treas- urer, Mrs. Louise A, Sorbier. Directors— Mrs. Lovell White, Mrs. Henry Krebs, Mrs. A. A. Sargent, Mrs, Austin Sperry, Mrs, Garrison Gerst. The treasurer’s report showed that dur- ing the preceding year the receipts were $1022 61, the disbursements $958 50, leav- ing a balance of §64 11. 'fhe membership during the past year was 555. i An amendment to the constitution, pro- posed by Mrs. Gaden, for the purpose of obyiating the difficulties which arise from bolding the annual meeting in connection with the general congress, was adopted. It was proposed that the congress pass a resolution of uym;‘éthy and send it to Mrs. John Hayes Hammond. The pro- poser was careful to state that no political significance could be attached to the act, RADAMS MICROBE KILLER S THE ONLY REMEDY YET DIS- covered that purifies the blood by killing the miecrobes in the human body without injury to the system, hence it cures ALL DISEASES. This has been proven in the District Court of Travis County, Texas; Supreme Court of New York City, and Corree- | tional Tribunal of Paris, France. = | Church, on Mission street, are distressed be- cause of a report to the effect that the sale of a part of their edifice means that services will be discontinued. The new church will not be reaay for occupancy till July,and up to that time services will be conducted in the chapel u;ijnining the old Howard Church, on Mission | street. —————— League of the Cross Cadets. The League of the Cross Cadets, Company M, First Regiment, will give their first entertain- ment and ball at California Hall this evening, Captain 1. J. Pinan will make an address, and there wili be an excellent musical and literary Pamphlets, Microscopical Examina- tions and all information at main office ' RADAMS MICROBE KILLER COMPANY, | 1340 Marke: St., San Francisco. D programme, followed by dancing. orrice oF % BLACKWELL'S DURHAM TOBACCO COMPANY. DURHAM, N. C. Dear Sir: You are entitled to receive REE from your wholesale dealer, [} u et We have notified every whole= sale dealer in the United States that we will supply them with soap to give you FRlFE' Order a good supply of GENUINE DURHAM at once, and insist on getting your a offered for a limited time, so order to-day. 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