The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 16, 1896, Page 2

o = THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1896. 1iff was wanton, malicious and unprovoked, or that it was wanton, or malicious or un- provoked. 1 defendant denies that by reason of any matter or thing in said complaint contained plaintiff was severely injured. 3 5 As to the allegation in sail complaint contained that the plaintiff suffered great and extreme bodily pain, humiliation and mental anguish, the defendant has no in- formation or belief upon the subject sufficient to enable him to answer thereto and placing his denial upon that ground denies that plaintiff suffered great and ex- treme bodily pain, and den‘es that plaintiff suffered great or extreme or any humilia- tion or mental anguish. 3 Said defendant denies that said plaintiff has been damaged in the sum of $50,000, or any othér sum, or at all. X For a further and separate answer to plaintiff’s alleged cause of action this de- fendant avers: . s That he is informed and believes, and on such information and belief avers that prior to the second day of April, 1896, the said plaintiff, H. F. Marshall, and one Don- 2ld M. Ross and one D. B. Woodworth, conspired together for the purpose of conceiv- ing, devising, maturing and executing an infamous and criminal scheme to blackmail said defendant and to exact and extort from him money to the extent of sixty thou- cand ($60,000) dollars. 1L defendant is further informed and believes, and therefore alleges, the said Plaintiff Marshall and said Ross and said Woodworth, in furtherance of the purposes of said conspiracy, corruptly agreed together that they would represent to this de- fendant that they would publish certain false and libelous statements concerning him if he would not yield to their shameless demands to pay them said sum of sixty thousand ($60,000) dollars, aud that they would ask and conceal the infamy of their acts under a proposition*# sell to the defendant, or from him borrow moaey upon mortgage on, alleged mining property somewhere in the northern part of the State of California, of which said Woodworth claimed to be the owner, and which said mining property, as defendant is informed and believes, and therefore avers, 1s worthless and without value. IIL That on or about the —— day of March, 1896, s2id Donald M. Ross sought an in- terview with this defendant at his bome in the City and County of San Francisco, State of California. At said interview, and, as defendant is informed and believes and therefore avers, as devised by said conspirators, and in furtherance of said scheme and conspiracy, said Ross made to this defendant a pretended proposition to borrow alarge sum of money from said defendant and to mortgage the said alleged mining property os security therefor. Said defendant then and there promptly declined to consider said proposition or to continue said interview; and said defendant avers that he was notat said time aware of nor did he until afterward learn what he has since been informed and believes to have been and therefore avers was the real object and pur- pose of said Ross; nor did he then know of the relations existing between said Ross and said Woodworth and the plaintiff Marshall, nor of said or any conspiracy to exact or extort money from him. 274 On the 2d day of April, 1896, as defendant is informed and believes and therefore in furtherance of said scheme and conspiracy, said plaintiff Marshall and said Ross and said Woodwarth concocted a certain statement to which said plaintiff Mar- shall on said day made affidavit and in which the name of this defendant was used. d time said defendant was not acquainted with either said Marshall or said worth, nor had he ever spoken to or held any communication, either orally or ting or by any other means, with eitier of them, nor with said Ross except upon the said occasion when he refused to deal with said Ross regarding said pre- tended proposition to borrow money on said alleged mining property. Nor did the defendant thereafter, or at all, either directly or indirectly, make, or offer to make, receive, or offer to receive, any proposition to or from said plaintiff Marshall, or said Ross, or said Woodworth-or any other person whomsoever regarding any bargain, deal or transaction having for its purpose the delivery to said defendant, or the pre- vention of the use against the interests of said defendant, of the political or other power of what is known as the American Protective Association, or any other asso- ciation or party or order by whatsoever name it might be known. V. Defendant is further informed and believes, and therefore avers, that in pursuance of said dishonest and criminal scheme to extort money from him, and in furtherance thereof, said Donald M. Ross and said D. B. Woodworth did, on or about the 9th day of April, 1896, go to those certain premises, 850 Market street, in said City and County of San Francisco, for the purpose of demanding that defendant should pretend to lend 1o them on said alleged mining property said sum of sixty thousand ($60,000) dollars, but that he should in fact then and there pay to them said sum as hush money to pro- tect himself from their threatened publication of false and untrue libels upon him ; and he 1s further informed and believes and therefore avers that at said time and place neither sai nor said Woodworth had any note for said sum of sixty thousand ($60,000) dollars, for any other sum, nor any mortzage ou said alleged mining property, nor, as defendant is informed ana believes and therefore avers, did they, or. either of them, then and there, or at all, or ever, intend to give any note or mortgage to said defendant for the pretended loan of sixty thousand ($60,000)‘dollurs, or for any other sum. \ her at said time and place, nor at any other time or place, were said Ross or said Woodworth together or alone, able to obtain an interview with said defendant, except the single interview of said Ross with said defendant at his residence as hereinbefore set forth. VL Defendant avers that between the said 9th day of April, 1896, and the evening of the 14th day of April, 1896, he was repeatedly informed and advised that a conspiracy to blackmail and to extort a large sum of money from him was being matured, and that the consummation thereof was likely to be atttempted at any time; but was un- aware of the nature and details of said scheme and conspiracy, or of the names or iden- tity, or number of the persons engaged in said criminal transaction. VIL On the evening of the 14th day of April, 1896, the defendant went to those certain premises, at No, 710 Market street, in said City and County of San Krancisco, to call upon Charles M. Shortridge, an intimate personal acquaintance of said defendant. Defendant there found said plaintiff, H. F. Marshall, accompanied by a certain man who was and is unknown by said defendant, but who, assaid defendant has since been informed and believes. and therefore avers, was the aforesaid D. B. Woodworth. Said plaintiff, H. F. Marshall, sought and obtained a private interview with said defendant and said Charles M. Shortridge, leaving said Woodworth in an adjoining room in said premises. id H. F. Marshall then and there proceeded to, and did, unfold to said defendant the aforesaid scheme of blackmail and extortion, which he, the said plaintiff Marshall, together with said Donald M. Ross and said D. B. Wood- worth, had devised, and which he was fhen and there attempting to consummate. During said interview at said time and place said plaintiff Marshall told said de- fendant that he bad made an affidavit, referring thereby to said statement made on eaid 2d day of Aprii, 1896, which said plaintiff then refused to show to said defendant, but which he, piaintiff, said was in the possession and control of said Woodworth, Ross and himself, and which said plaintiff then and there falsely and dishonestly stated to defendant contained wholly and utterly false, untrue and libelous accusa- tions against the defendant. Said plaintiff then and there told said defendant that if he, the said defendant, would pay to himself, said plaintiff, said Ross and said Woodworth, the sum of $60,000 they would deliver to said defendant said statement and would then and there agree with him not to make false or any libelous or other charges against him. Said plaintiff then and there mentioned said alleged mining property, but upon being questioned by said defendant said plaintiff admitted that said mining property was a very immaterial element in the infamous and shameless proposition which he was then making to eaid defendant, and that his real object was to induce the de- fendant to pay to said plaintiff, Marshall, and his co-conspirators the sum of $60,000 as hush money. Said plaintiff then and there informed said defendant, both by direct statement and indirect sucgestion, that if said money was not paid by said defendant, said plaintiff and his co-consvirators would publish, or canse to be published, in certain newspapers ir: said City and County of San Francisco, said false, dishonest, perjured and libelous charges which he then falsely and without truth representea to the de- fendant were contained in said statement, dated on said 2d day of April, 1896; and said plaintiff then and there further insinuated, suggested, intimated and threatened, that unless said money was paid, as aforesaid, other false and untrue statements, slanders and Jibels of said defendant and of his personal and political as- quaintances and associates, would be maliciously published by said plaintiff and his co-conspirators and by them spread throughout the State of California and elsewhere. Said defendant thereupon questioned said plaintiff closely and thereby and from the statements, suggestions, intimations and innuendges of said plaintiff ascertained that said plaintiff and his co-conspirators were engaged in a deliberate, concerted and deterrhined attempt to commit the erime of extortion upon and to blackmail said de- fendant, and that said Woodworth was then waiting in an adjoining room to assist said plaintiff in the present accomplishment of said crime. Baid defendant is informed and belie ves and therefore avers that at said time said Woodworth was armed with a deadly weapon, to wit, a pistol, and that said plaintiff knew that fact and relied upon it and upon the presence and physical strength of said Woodworth to protect 2and aid him in the carrying out of said scheme or in the com- mission of any crime which he, the said plaintiff, might then and there attempt to commit, and that said plaintiff also expected said Ross as his further assistant on said occasion. Said defendant further avers that as soon as he became aware of the infamous pur- pose of said plaintiff and his said associates and co-conspirators and of their presence and expected presence at said time and place he charged said plaintiff with attempt- ing to commit the crime of extortion, and characterized his propositinn to sell to him said affidavit or to publish the same 1o be blackmail, denounced each and all of the statements which said plaintiff then and there asserted were contained in said affida- vit as utterly and wholly false and untrué, and told said plaintiff that he and each of his said co-conspirators was a villain, a blackmailing scoundrel lost to all sense of shame and a disgrace to humanity. Thereupon said plaintiff, H. F. Marshall, arose quickly to his feet and placed his right hand upon or within his right hip pocket as though to draw a weapon therefrom. Baid defendant believing and having cause to believe from said action and movement of said plaintiff that he was armed with a deadly weapon with which he was then and there about to attack said defendant, he, the said defendant, in self-defense immedi- ately struck the said plaintiff several times with sufficient force to prevent his threat- ened attack or his using any weapon upon the defendant, or of committing any further assault or other crime. Said defendant avers that said blow and blows were necessary for bis own defense against the present and probable attempt of said plaintiff to com- mit a crime or to attack or do some great bodily injury to said defendant, and to resist the same, and that each and all of defendant’s said acts were justifiable and necessary to check and restrain and prevent the further prosecution by said plaintiff and his co- conspirators of their criminal scheme and conspiracy to extort money from him, and from their pursuing and persisting in their and each of their attempts to commit said crime. ‘ As a farther and separate defense to plaintiff’s alleged cause of action, and ad- dressed particularly to that portion of plaintiff's complaint wherein he alleges that he suffered humiliation and mental sngaish and that he was damaged in the sum of fifty thousand dollars by reason of the defendant’s lawful resistance to said plaintiff’s criminal acts and in mitigation of plaintiff's alleged damages, the defendant avers: L That on said 14th day of April, 1896, when plaintiff exposed to ‘this defendan: plaintifi’s own perfidy in his proposed shameless and criminal scheme and conspiracy with said Ross and said Woodworth, and when plaintiff then and there threatened the defendant that unless he would yield to the demand of said plaintiff and his co- conspirators to pay to them said sum of sixty thousand ($60,000) dollars, said plaintiff and his said co-conspirators would publish false, libelous and urtrue statements con- cerning said defendant, said defendant, well knowing the falsity and utter lack of truth of the statements which plaintiff threatened to publish, did exe crate and de- nounce said plaintiff as a villain and blackmailing scoundrel, lost to all sense of shame, and when said plaintiff arose to his feet and placed his hand in or upon his right hip pocket, as hereinbefore alleged, said defendaut in his just and justifiable indignation and in the heat of the momentdid strike said plaintiff, but no more violently than the circumstances as hereinabove set forth fully warranted. . IL Defendant is informed and believes and on such information and belief avers that on and since said 14th day of April, 1896, said plaintiff has repeatedly been charged with having entered into a conspiracy with said Ross and said Woodworth to ‘extort, and with having attempted to extort the sum of sixty thousand ($60,000) dollars from said defendant by the blackmailing devices as in this answer set forth; avers further, that at all of said times and to sundry persons plaintiff has, uncer oath and otherwise, admitted that he had so conspired with said Ross and said Woodworth, and had at- tempted to extort said sum from defendant; and avers further that at all of said times and places and to said persons plaintiff has admitted under oath and otherwise, that each and every statement, suggestion or innuendo, whether contained in said affidavit dated on the 2d day of April, 1896, or made elsewhere, or by any other person, or at any other time to the effect that said defendant had eyerdirect!y or indirectly made or offered to make, received or offered to receive any proposition to or from said Marshall or said Ross or said Woodworth, or any other person whomsoever regarding any bar- gain, deal or transaction having for its purpose the delivery to said defendant, or the prevention of the use against the interests of said defendant of the political or other power of the American Protective Association, or of any other association or party or order, is wholly and utterly untrue, and without the least foundation ot fact. And this defendant avers that any statement whether made in said affidavit or not, and whether made by said plaintiff or by any other person, to the effect that he, the said defendant, had ever negotiated with a view of making, or had ever made any deal or bargain with any of the persons mentioned in said affidavit dated on said 2d day of April, 1896, or with any person or persons, whereby it was intended to deliver over to said defendant or to protect him or any other person from the exercise of the'power of said American Protective Association, or of any other association or party or order by whatsoever name it. might be known, is wholly and utteriy -false and untrue and without the least foundation in fact. | Vherefore defendant prays to be hence dismissed with his costs. DELMAS & SHORTRIDGE, Attorneys for Defendaat. Sworn to by John D. Spreckels, on August 10, 1896, before Milton S. Latham. VIOLENT STORMS AFTER THE HEAT, Fierce Wind and Torrents of Water Swoop Down on Omaha. A MINIATURE CYCLONE Thoroughfares Blockaded by the Torn-Up Trees and Other Wreckage. HAILSTONES LIKE FOOTBALLS. Great Damage to Windows and Roofs Everywhere, but No Casualties Are Reported. OMAHA, NEBR., Aug. 15.—This city was to-night treated toa miniature cyclone, which played havoc with window-lights, broke down shade trees and demolished fences, chimneys and outbuildings. The clouds gathered in the northeast a little before 6 o'clock, and swept down upon the city with very little warning. Almost two inches of rain fell in half an an hour, and the downpour was accompanied by hail. The wind-gauge at the weather sta- tion showed a velocity of fifty-six miles an hour, Every building in the business portion having a north exposure suffered from the violence of the tempest. The Cotton ice-house at East Omaha was entirely de- stroyed, and fences and the grandstand at theold fair grounds suffered seriously. At Debelt station, on the Elkhorn road, the roof was carried away while the oper- ator was at work. He escaped without in- jury. Lightning struck in several places, but so far as can be ascertained to-night no one was killed. The Union Pacific car- shops suffered severely from the hail. The large skylights are devoid of glass. But the greatest damage was in the old resi- dence portion of the city, where the streets are lined with stately shade trees. Some of these thoroughfares are well-nigh im- passable, so blockaded are they with limbs of trees, and in some instances with trees themselves. AR LR I0OWA IS VISITED, Terrific Storm Reported wn the Central Portion of the State. DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 15.—Central Iowa, in a territory which included fifty miles 1n every direction from this city, was swept by a terrific storm this evening. To-night wires are down and railroads under water are washed out in all direc- tions. The damage cannot be estimated. One and a half inches of raln fell in ten minutes in this city. At other places it is reported even heavier. At Stuart, sixty miles west, a high wind blew trees down and did considerable property damage; but there was no cyclone, as at first re- ported. Trees were blown across the rail- roads and all wires are down. The Coon, Skunk and Beaver rivers are all out of their banks, the Coon and Skunk in places being five miles wide. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul bridge across the Coon at Dawson was taken out, The track is under water for miles, and there are numerous washouts, some of them half a mile. Along the Chicago and Great Western conditions are even worse. A train from Kansas City came in during the storm that had run six milea on a track that was submerged. The ‘Wabash train from the south came in after the storm with a similar report. The water has washed away an immense amount of grain in stacks and shocks, and will add to the ruin of crops that has been wrought by previous storms. There has been no report of loss of life thus far. COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, Aug. 15.—A furious windstorm, accompanied by a deluge of rain and hail, struck here about 6 o'clock this evening. Considerable dam- age was done, outbuildings, trees and fences being blown down in many parts of the city. The hailstones were the largest seen in this part o the country for many years, some of them measuring six inches in circumference, breaking many win- dows in the northern portion of the city. Pagved and unpaved streets were badly washed. DENISON, Iowa, Aug. 15.—In a heavy rain and thunder storm lightning struck the barn of William Goodrich, killing a team of horses. Ward. Cramer was stand- ing within ten feet of the horses and a horse was in the next stall, but neither was stunned. A little hail fell, but dia no damage. —-— LINCOUN'S HOTTEST DAY.' Succeeded by a Fierce Gale and Heavy . Rainfall. LINCOLN, Ngs., Aug. 15.~This was the hottest day of the season in Lincoln, the Government station thermometer regis- \ tering 98, while those on the streets went as high 85105, Toward evening ugly look- ing cloud>came up from the northeast and a fortz<five mile an hour gale blew for an hour. . Later in the night there was a heavy fall of rain. No damage was done in the city. S ARKANSAS CHUERCH RAZED. One Person Killed and Two Persons Se- riously Injured. LITTLE ROCK, ARK., Aug. 15.—Word reached here to-day from Berea, Ashley County, that the Methodist church at that place was yesterday razed to the ground by a hurricane when filled with a congre- gation, instantly killing W. W. Cochran and dangerously wounding Rev. J. J. Col- son, the pastor, and Rev. J. W. Van Trease of the Palestine Methodist Episcopal Church, and inilicting painful wounds on several other people. Ol Tanks Struck by Lightning. LIMA, Osnro, Aug 15.—Early this morning lightning struck a 36,000-barrel oil tank on the Kemper farm, three miles south 9! here, owned by the Standard Oil Company. It was situated in a group of suck tanks, and the fire communicated to three others. The fire was not under con- trol until uoon. The loss is between $75,000 and $100,000. KEELEY-CURE CONVENTION, Great Resulte Accomplished During the Last Siw Years. PITTSBURG, Pa., Aug. 15.—An army of 300,000 has been saved from the evils of intemperance during the past six years. This will be one of the statements in the report to be presented next week to the Keeley convention 1n Indianapolis by Na- tional Secretary-Treasurer Thomas E. Barry. -~ The report will also state that since the last convention there has been a steady and bealthy growth in Keeley WOrk upu parts of try; that the vear. h}: Oui?urbui be accession to the ran¥fs, both as c n and as con: verts to the cause, of many prominent men, organizations and newspapers, and that there has been a total absence of dis- sensions 1n the ranks of the State and local leagues throughout the country. Correspondence received at National head- quarters indicates thdt, notwithstandin the political activity, the convention mfi be the largest in the history of the league. e Fatal Railroad Wreok. PARKERSBURG, W. Vi, Aug. 15— Engineer Romp of the flier going west, Engineer Johnson of the fast freight com- ing east and Fireman Huff were killed this morning in a collision at Torch, on the line of the Baltimore and Ohio. The Southwestern flier was running twenty- five minutes late and was going fifty miles an hour, and the freight was coming down Torch Hill when the collision occurred. Both engines were completely wrecked. The dead engineers are from Chillicothe. Huff lived at Athens. Those fatally hurt are Jim Overlick and Dick Thompson, brakemen of the freight. Postal Clerk Organ of Loveland, Ohio, was also seri- ously hurt. The freight crew disobeyed orders, causing the accident, DEADLY DOMESTIC FEUD A Terrible Tragedy Follows Family Dissensions in a Mississippi Town. Dire Vengeanc: of a Man Whose Wif:, He Claims, Had Been Per. suaded to Leave Him MEMPHIS, Texx., Aug. 15.—A depler- able domestic tragedy took place on Thursday night near the little town of Clarksdale, Miss., seventy-six miles south of this city. * Several years ago a danghterof J. M. Howard, living near that place, married W. P. Woods. For a while they lived barmoniously together, but finally dif- ferences occurred and quarrels became frequent. Woods, who had never been regarded with favor by the Howard family, felt very bitterly toward his wife, father and brothers, whom he accused of poisoning her mind against him, and finally, when a few weeks ago she left him, he threatened to be revenged. Thursday night he went the house of the Howards to persuade his wife to re- turn to him. He was orderea away by one of the Howards, who attempted to enforce his order, when Wuods drew a pistol and shot him dead. The noise of the shot brought other members of the family to thescene and for a few minutes bullets flew fast. When the fight was ended it was found that the father, J. M. Howard, was mortally wounded. One of the sons, R. L. Howard, was dead. Another son, Will, was slightly wounded and Woods had a bullet in his arm. Woods claims to have acted in seif-defense, but thereis very strong fecling against him in the community, —_— NEW TRANSVAAL TREATY. Great Britain Demands an Explanation From the Boers. LONDON, Eneg., Aug. 15.—The Sunday Sun in its issue to-morrow will say the Transvaal has concluded a treaty with a foreign power in contravention of the Anglo-Boer convention of 1884, which aces Great Britain in the control of the reign relations of the Transvaal. The paper adds that Great Britain has de- manded an explanation from the Boer Government, GERMANY AND THE CRETAN QUESTION Hints That a Course of Vigorous Action Is Impending. A PORTENTOUS SILENCE. Great Britain, France and Rus- sia Seem to Have Reached an Understanding. GRAND MILITARY MANEUVERS Exhaustive Experiments of the Great- est Importance to Be Made by the Emperor’s Troops. BERLIN, GERMANY, Aug. 15.—A note- worthy silence has been observed for sev- eral days past by the semi-cfficial press in regard to the sit1 ion arising out.of the difficulties in the island of Crete, but the matter, nevertheless, is seriously occupy- ing the attention of the Emperor and his Cabinet, and it is hinted that a course of vigorous action is impending, though what form this procedure is likely to take it is impossible to say. The position is re- sulting in a sort of dreibund, comprising Great Britain, France and Russia. The question of the blockade of the islana of Crete has been somewhat modi- fied by the statements mads in the British House of Commons on Thursday. These utterancés are described by the National Zeitung as an endeavor on the part of Lord Salisbury to pour water upon Greek fire. The Vossische Zeitung, which has all along been a consistent advocate of the autonomy of Greece, imagines that the declarations of Messrs. Curzon and Bal- four indicate the intention of Great Brit- ain to establish the autonomy of Crete, and expresses the belief that the autonomy of the island under the guarantee of the foreign consuls at Canea will be the eventual outcome of the present situation. The belief is also growing daily among the general public that sach an ountcome in the Cretan trouble is more ligely to be reached than any other method of settle- ment. Indeed, any other solution seems {fraught with serious risk to all concerned. A dispatch was received here from Athens to-day to the effect that the Greek Government circles are now more sanguine thata speedy and satisfactory settlement of the Cretan issue will be reached, and this dispatch tends to strengthen the idea of it being settled through the grant- ing of autonomy to theisland. This year’s autumn maneuvers in Si- lesta and Saxony will be of special and pe- culiar interest and importance. Exhaus- tive experiments on tactical grounds will be made. In consequence of 'the 'dis- solving tendency of the modern combat, tactical forms are to be found which will tend to minimize or counteract the effects of this dissolving tendency on the troops. Latter-day inventions in the strategic do- main are to be tested in a practical man- ner by massing numbers of troops, and new yroblemu in field tactics are to be solved. These new experiments are of so much importance, as_has been realized by the army commanders, that Germany, for in- stance, cannot longer rely upon enforcing successes by overwhelming numbers. We, therefore, find the German army seeking to preserve its supremacy by other means. For 1nstance, the marching tempo will be accelerated to make the material, the body of troops, more mobile and easier to han- dle, At present the troops march one kilometer in eight to ten minutes, This time is to be reduced. The bicycle is to be used to a larger ex- tent than formerly, and especiaily the tel- egraphic field service is to be brought to a point of nicety and perfection. The cav- alry is to be fitted out with telegraphicap- paratus from the same abundance as was tried in 1891 during the maneuvers at Dachen and in Bavaria. Special care will be taken that the cyclists speedily repair wires cut by the enemy. Anotaer, and, indeed, very important innovation, will be established for this year’s maneuvers—an absolutely independ- ent supreme commander of the maneuv- ers, who willdirect the operations. Colonel Schieffen, .chief of the grand general staff, will direct the maneuvers according to the Kaiser's orders. From the com- mencement of the maneuvers, on Septem- ber 8, to the end of the operations, on September 12, the opposing armies wiil be as though in a state of actual warfare? Each party will have its own supreme commander, and there is to be no adjust- ment of positions at the end of the-day’s operations. The !rocgs will occupy next morning exactly the position = they secured on the previous day. There wiil be no time fixed when the day’s opera- tions must terminate on any day and they may be continued through the night. For this purpose the Kaiser has ordered that no banquets or fetes from the com- m?ncement of operations to the end be held. But the climax of interest will be reached probably on the last days of the maneuvers. The operations will com- mence near Gorlitz and terminste neat Bautzen. Something like two-thirds of the wav from Gorlitz 1o Bautzen lies Hochkirch, where Frederick the Great was so disastrously defeated on October 14, 1751 by the Austrians, The following royalties will attend the maneuvers: The King of Saxony, Field Marsbal Prince Regent of Brunswick, Princes Leopolda and Ludwig of Bavaria, Field Marshal Prince’ George of Saxony, Prince Nicholas of Wurtemburg, Arch- duke Otto of Austria, Prince Eugene of Sweden and the Duke of Genoa. The Emperor has been so much bene- fited by liis sojourn at Wilhelmshohe that —————————————————————————— UT nothing down your throat that will dis- figure or blemish your face. Don’t use jodide 2 of potassium in-8: parilla or without Sar- saparilla. 'Whenyou want a good blood purifier and something that will bring no pimples on your face, you musf use he bas resolved to prolong his stay there as long as possible. N X It is alleged that the crisis' over the chancellorship has been remipved, in ac- cordance with the dispatches of last week, which stated that Prince Hohenlohe woulid not retire from the Chancellorship for some time to come. The National Zeitung, however, learns that the recent conferences between the Emperor and Prince Hohenlohe have not resulted in such a clearing up of political affairs as would preclude the prospect of a number of changes in the personnel of the Minis- try after the visit of the Czar to Germany st:mi‘mbm e Emperor some time ago commis- sioned Professor Kolitz, director of the Art Academy at Kasset, to paint_the portraits of his sons, Crown Prince Wilhelm and Prince Eitel Frederick, in the uniforms of their Austrian regiments. The pictures are intended as presents to Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria upon the occasion of the monarch’s sixty-sixth birthday, which will occur on August 18. The German warships Saxsen, Blitz and Koenig Wilhelm made a successful pas- sage through the Holtenan lock of "the Baltic canal last night on their way to sea, the object being to test the strategic value of the new waterway. THREE FRIENDS HELD UP. The Filibustering Steamer Is Stopped by a Revenue Cutter as She Is Leaving Jacksonville, Fla. NEW TO-DAY! GOLD CURE, Liquor and Opium Habit—Cures Guaranteed o publicity, private sanitarium, hest “ _ilities, lowest charges. Also lime treatment—fifth year—thousands cured. These terrible diseases soon cause insanity or death. Thei, vietims do not reaiize their condition. Rela- tives and friends should help and give them a chance for ther lives. Alcohol or opium changes the neat, attractive and devoted helpmeet into & dirty, idle, repulsive and selfish brute. Any ines briate of sound mind, no matter how low and degraded, can be cured and will re- main cured. Relatives and friends of these un- fortunates should write for book of particulars, free. Highest references. Write to-day, Sacramento GOLD CURE, Cal., box 379. PRICES LOWER THAN EVER. JOE POHEIM, THE TA1LOE, AKES THE BEST-FITTING CLOTHES IN the State at 25 per cent less than any other or. Pants to Order. Sults to Order. JACKSONVILLE, FrA., Aug.15—The steamer Three Friends left Jacksonville last night presumably on a filibustering trip to Cuba. It is said that a great quan- tity of munitions was in the hold of the $3.50. $4.50. $10.00. $13.50. vessel covered by coal. Johns and tried to cross the bar, States revenue cutter Boutwell. to and order was obeyed. € 'was then sent on board the Three Friends. The suspected filibuster has remained at the bar in charge of the lieutenant, and it is not known when she will be released. Jacksonville to-night. the Boutwell and Captain N. B. Broward were at once brought ashore. Captain Broward was asked if he was under arrest and he said he was not. He was then asked where was the Three Friends and he said: *‘Down the river, with the mate in charge.” Captain Brow- ard did not think there would be any trouble and he emphatically said: “I have nothing on board except coal and ship- stores.” On the steamship Seminole, which ar- rived this morning from New York and Charleston, were twenty-five Cubans, who boarded the vessel at Ciarleston and who were to have been put off at Mayport, where, it is presumed, they were to make connection with the Three Friends this morning. The stopping of the Three Friends, how- ever, knocked the scheme in the head and instead of landing the men the Semi- nole had to bring them up to the city. At the dock they were met by Dr. Romero and other Cuban sympathizers and were taken from the dock to some place in the city. g et New York’s Unparalleled Death Roll. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 15.—Dr. Roger 8. Tracy, Register of Vital Statis- tics, reports that for the week ending at noon today there were 1810 deaths in the city, 552 be- ing in cases of children under 5 years of age. Of these deaths 651 were due to sun- the greatest death rate for one week yet recorded. et Oyer 4800 marriages take place in Eng- land weekly. 3 INEW TO-DAY. AGLESON BIG FACTORY SHIRT SALE ~————AND——— SUMMER UNDERWEAR CLEARANCE SALE. BIG REDUCTION IN PRICES. 748 and 750 Market Street. 242 Montgomery Street. Los Angeles and Sacramento. THESUCCESS OF THE SEAS0N THE LADIES' GRILL ROOM —0F THE— PALAGE HOTEL. DIRECT ENTRANCE FROM MARKET 3L OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT. Baja California ,Damiana Bitters powerful aphrodisiac and fio tonia for thd | Selis on its own Merits—no long-winded tesss necessary. NabuR, aLFS & BRUNE, Agents, 323 Market St., 8. F.—(Send for (i ) At 3 o’clock this afternoon the Three Friends reached the mouth of the St but found the passage barred by the United Captain Kilgore crdered the Three Friends to come A lieutenant The revenue cutter Boutwell came up to Captain Kilgore of stroke, swelling the death rate to 48.65— $5.00. $6.00. $1.00. $8.00. AND W 201 and 203 Montgomery st., cor. Bush. 724, 844 and 846 Market st. 1110 and 1112 Market, San Francisce. 485 Fourteenth st.. Oakland, Cal. 603 and 605 K st., Sacramento, 143 S. Spring st., Los Angeles. JOE POHEIM, THE TAILOR. NEEDED ABOUT THE HOUSE To Make It Look Cheerful. Hand-vainted Cellulold Cabinet Frames. Larger sizes 7-inch Hand-painted Porcelain Plaqus 16x20 Handsomely Framed Pictures. 20x24 Handsomely Framed Pictur BANQUET LAMPS. Cupid_ Banquet bBUTDETS. ae ... ONYX TOP TABLES. Handsome, brass, onyx top Tables. $15.00. $17.50. $20.00. $25.00. 1. -.85.85 COMPARE PRICES BEFORE 6GCING ELSEWHERE. A7~ RAZORS and SHEARS ground by skiiled mechanics, a specialty. 818-820 MARKET ST. DR. MCNULTY. EIS WELL- ENOWN AND RELIABLE SPE- clalist_treats PRIVATE CHRONIC AND NERVOUSDISEASES OF MEN ONLY. He stovs Di ; cures secret Blood and Skin Diseases, Sores and Swellings: Nervoas Debility, Impo- tence and other weaknesses of Manbood. He corrects the Secret Errors of Youth and thelr terrible effects, Lossof Vitality, Palpitation of the Heart, Loss of Memory, Despondency and other troubles of mind and body, caused by the Errors, Excesses and Diseases of Hoys and Men. He restores Los; Vigor snd Maniy Bower, re- moves Deformities and restores the Organs to Health. He also cures Diseases caused by Mer- cury and other Poisonous Drugs. Dr. McNulty's methods are regular and sclen- tific. He uses no patent nostrums or ready-mads preparations, but cures the disease by thorough medical treat vate Diseases sent Free to all men who describe their trouble. Patients cured st Home. Terms ressonable. Hours—9t0 8 dally; 6:30 to 8:30 evenings. Sun- days, 10 to 12 only. Consultation free and sa crediy confidential.” Callon or addres: P. ROSCUE McNULTY, M. D,, Kearny St., San Francisco, Oal A& Beware of strangers who try to talk toyou about your disease on the streets or elsewhers. They are cappers or steerers for swindling doctora. CITY AND COUNTY CREDITORS. 0 ALL CREDITORS OF THE C County of San Francisco, whose le; claims upon the Treasurer have not been paid. A meeting of such creditors of the City and County ot San Franclsco will be held at the rooms of the Board of Trade, No. 202 Market street, on MONDAY, August 17, at 3:30 p. 3. The meeting is called for the purpose of presenting and receiv- ing suggestions of new methods of satisfying the demands of the creditors of the city. The outline of a new plan of action will be presented for their approva’. Kvery creditor should be present. Claims should not be abandoned as long as thers is & shred of hope for their satistaction. The chairman will report the results of late proceedings taken hy his orde: e 1. P. L COU San Francisco, August 10, 1896. CREDITORS' MEETING. A meeting of the creditors of the City and County of Sun Francisco will be held at the rooms of the Boaid of Trade MONDA Y, August 17, 18986, ment. His New Pamphlet on Pri- , Chalrman. at 2:30 p. M. H, I. SMITH, Secretary. Please bring statement of your account. JRON BEDS] BRASS BEDS, FOLDING BEDS' Wire and Hair Mak tresses, Reclining Chairs, Wheel Chairs, Commodes, Back Heats W. A, sc:inoCK. N. Montgomer: NEr, under Gran Hotel, 3. F. RUPTURE. red.you maturally Boge to sbisin relfet s 5 be surprised a: what you will lea positively does the work aud is worth §1.000 to any ruptured mas or woman. I you weut (he ‘eall or send 8 cts. fn stamps for fres Pampblet No. 1. Ttcoutsd rmation. “The sclentific ad atour office a<pecialty. 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