The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 8, 1897, Page 16

16 THE Y, AUGUST 8 1897 PLUNDERED PARENTY PROTEST Monstrous Prices Charged for Newly Introduced Texthooks, . HEART CULTURE COM Book Ring Demands Fulfill- ment of Contracts Made by the 0ld Board. PRACTICE IV BLANKBOO SHARP Superintendent Webster Admits Re- sponsibility for Adding Bailey's Mental Arithmetic. hool Directors' and others connected wi tion begin to comprebend now that it is no laughing matter to face angry parents who have been plundered by the acts of the book ring. Three drys ago the com- plaints were waved aside with easy ges ture and the remark, “'Oh, the indigna- tion will blow over in a tew days.” They found no signs yesterday of any lall in the storm of angry remonstrance, but on the contrary noted storm signals in every direction. Complaints of the grievance multiply. In every precinct of the City the outrageous exaction is the leading topic of comment. The burden of the tax falls on the poorest people ot the town— the men and women who are least able to stand it What ageravates the people most is the outragecus price charged for books added to ihe ¢ “Heart Culture,” for ex- se. th the municipal department of educa- | mental arithmetic should have a place in | the course of study.” {The addition of Swinton's ‘Word Anal. | vsis’ to the course of study,” continued Mr. Webster, “was the act of the board. 1 had doubt whether under the law of the State the word analysis could be added to the course, as the State speller contains in the rear section of the book a treatise on word analysis, but it does notin any | respect compare in worth with Swinton’s ‘Analysis’ The Board of Eiucation de- cided, after reviewing tie subject, to in- troduce Swinton’s book- “Now, in regard to ‘Heart Culture, said Mr. Webster, *I was waited upon by ladies belonging to the humane saciety, who were anxious that mercy to dumb animals shouid be tauzht in the schools. ‘They had a number of books, and from the 1 lot I selectéd ‘Heart Culture’ as the sim- | plest and best, and my recommendation was that it shon!d be placed in the hands of the teacher.” | *'Did you recommend that pupilsshould purchase the book?” “No, I did not,” was the reply of the | Supeiintendent. ~ “I simply suceested that instruction from it should be im- | parted, the teacher to use the book for that purpose. The Board of Edaucation adopted ‘Heart Cu.ture’ as a textbook.” From recent requests or demands made by the agent of the American Book Com- pany it appears that the Board of Educa- tion which immediately preceded the vresent body made a contract 1o use in the schools two books which some of th: principals have not been calling for this term. These two studies are Brander | Matthews’ “Introduction to American Literature”’ and ‘‘American Classics.” them for four years was made November 24, 1896. Under the terms of the contract’ the Superintendent feels constrained to direct the principals to use these books in tbe course of study [ and require pupils in the grades to which the books apply to purchase them. “Does Fred Campbel! insist that ‘hese | books shall be used?” asked the reporter. Mr. Webster replied: *I should not say that Mr. Campbell insists om their use, | but that the agent of the American Boo Company holds that the contract of 1896 for four years requires the books to b2 used. I have said to principals against whom complaint has been made, ‘You un- derstand, do you not, that thess studies were placed in the course by a preceding borrd and that they have not been witn- !Ti\e contract to us "dm\\n. Now it is your duty to instruct | pupils that the books should be pro- cured.’ In the course of a long interview the Superintendent held that he had sitmply inciuded in the course of study the branches which the State law requires to be taught. Music is one of tke studies | which the law prescribes, yet the State does not supply a textbook on music, | hence the ‘Natural Music-book’ is used. The Superintendent ob-erved that he was not an expert on music himself, and that he deterred in some degree to the judg- ment of his stenographer. If the raid on the parents of school children is wicked and without a prece- dent for book-ring greed, it still has its | | humorous phases. The cunning devices { re-orted 10 1n order to get a monopoly on | writing-tablets show what an enterprising | sniicitor can do. The agent for Mysell & Rollins distinguished bimself for enter- | prise, but for mind work the representa- “THERE IS A A Citizen Wonders How Long the People Will Submit to Schemes | for Robbi In the following letter is shown the feeling that is now general among the par- ents of the public school ch now b g imposed on the City by the Sch little daughter has besn compelled to purchase something like ten new books to date, ! and the end is not y submit to the v. cocted by our public officers. Without doubt there is a conspiracy ing forced upon tae public schools, and I h: posing ra Truly yours, ildren of San Francisco : tor Call—DEAR SIR : | was very glad to see the expose of the infamous job | 1 sometimes wonder how long the people of this City will | s schemes for roboing them, which are constantly being con- CONSPIRACY. | ng Them. ool Board in this morning’s CALL. My | existing concerning the new textbooks be- ope you will keep up the good work of ex- | GEORGE STONE. | ample, consisting of four parts and cost- ing 25 cents for each part, is not worih more than 10 cents a part. Provrietors of leading establishments in the book-binding and publishing business were interviewed by THE CALL yesterday and from them es- timales were obtained concerning the cost of paper, presswork, composition and vinding for “Hear: Culture” and Harr Wagner's **Pacitic History Stories.”” The paper used iu any one of the four parts of “Heart Culture’’ does not cost more than 1 cent; the presswork and composition for an editon of 5000 shouli not cost 10ex- ceed 2 cents for each coyy. The cover, which is the most expensive part of the bock, should not cost more than 5 cents a copy- Tne manager of one of binderies of the City said yesterday: ** would be glad to have the work of put- ting on these covers for 5 cents & copy on lots of 5000.” Accordin - to this estimate the cost of the entire four par:s shoull not be more than 40 cents to the parents nurchasing them. A fair margin of profit could be made by the dealer in selling each part for 10 cents. Tae price now cents a part, or $1 for the four parts. Tue cost of ithe “Hi-tory Stories” com- piled by Harr Wagner is monstrous. paper in the book does not ¢ost more than 3 cents, the presswork and composition 4 cents and the cover 8 cents. The book coula be sold by the retailer for 20 cents and a fair margin of profit bederived, yet the parents of pupils are compelled to pay 60 cents for book. W hbile the reporter and the managers of a leading establishment were exzmining the the leading estimates one of tue employes of the firm | cnme forward and said: “Iread the roast | ALL gave the Board of Education and 1 tell you the School Directors deserve all the roasting you can give them. The ople out my way hope that THE CALL il continue to expose the jobs of the ring. Iam an interested party myself . would give my name for a statement if we ware not working to get a favor from the department for our locality. I have three boys in school and it has cost me so 1ar this ierm $15. neighbor of mine has already paid $12 so far this term, and several bogks mnust Le purchased before the ['8. which the teacher gave is filled. 1 have st home a stack of unused books two feet high.” In some of the schools the teachers bave instructed the pupils to get bags for their books and to use brown paper to cover them. Yesierday Superintendent Webster was askad if such orders were issued by his autuority. Mr. Wekster re- ferred to circular 2—a supplement to be attached to the course of study. The particular section on the subject reads as follows: THEC The puplis are to be required to have their | books covered with dark cloth, and that the packages of Dooks are to be wrapped in dark | material or carried in some receptacle. Schools should not be disgraced by careles: pupils passing through the sireets with book: in ruins trom the nse of straps. Mr. Webster remarked (hat perhaps he bad made one misiake in the wording of the instruction in this that he should not | have used the words “dark cloth,’ but should have said ‘‘dark material.” He said he did not intend that pupils should be instructed to buy bags of any particu- lar kind, and if such instruction had been piven by the principals it haa been given Without his knowledge or consent. Whatever may be tuve undersianding at the Superintendent’s office the decree has gone forth in some way ihat the bags must be used, and some cunning dealer is Jikely on the inside of the deal and charg- ing two prices for the sack. Speaking of the general changes Mr. Webster said: “I will siand sponsor jor the introduction of Bailey’s mental arith- metie, but Ido not say that it is the best book of the kind presented. I was very busy when it was presented aud did not have time to exemine two books of the same line which were broughi to my at- tention. Iam firmly of the opinion that I |and fully up to rhe standard shade of charge.l 1s 25 | The | | tive of Cunningham, Curtiss & Welch was in the first class. When the firste-named firm sought to get the inside track the Superintendent wasasked to recommend bank-note tablets, which he declined to do, but told the | solicitor that he would commend biue paper, provided the two oculists of the | department and two members of the | | medical profession should give a written | ;indorseulem that blue was good for the | | vision. | [ | ‘ The solicitor got the required | { statement in writng, which made the | | biue good if 1t was not good before. | sell & Rollins immediately communi- | caied the facts of the indcrsement to the priucipals, and some clever work wasdone | m advertising the biue pad with a picture | of wne dog on the cover. Canningham, | | Curtiss & Weich at once got out a blue | tablet, generous in its quantity of paper | color, and this pad was called bank parch- ment. Itis prettily named *‘Blue Balls,” and | the picture on thecnver of a pretty woman | fondling a child makes it quite as attract- | ive Lo the young idea as the dog-pictures | on_the banknote pad. |~ Yesterday it was explained how princi- pals siand in with the dealers and convey trade to the establishments of their liking. For example, hlankbooks are to be used and a principal fancies one which con- | .ains 120 pages. She tells the childrsn to geta book of that knd containing that | number of pages, each page being num- bered. The child voes to the first book- | store and inquires for a blank book of 120 pages. The dealer has none of that exact number of pages, but he has othersequally as good. Presently one of the pupils finds a store where the book of 120 pages is kept, and word is soon passed from one to another where the desired article can | ba had. | The law provides expressly that teachers must not recommend the purchase of any | part.cular articie not embraced in the | course of stuly or prescribed for use by | | the Board of Education. Penalty for vio- | [ lation of the law is six monti:s in jail and | | a fine of $500. The Superitenderit hears | that the law has ueen violaied recently and is about to make an investigation. Soticitors have been so busy and persist- | ent that teachers have become interestea | in the contest for school trade. Protests against their conduct bave been filed in | the office of the Superintendent. At the next meeting of the Board of | Education the Sup rintendent will submit | & statement bearing on the recent changes in the course of study. | . Where contracts do not exist some mod- | ifications may be made. There is no con- | tract with the Whittaker & Ray Co. for Heart Culture or Harr ;Wagzner’s Stories. In fact the last named vook was not udded to the course by the board, but as nearly as can be ascertained was iniro. duced in the s:xth grade by direction of the Superintendent. Inquiry in various quarters yesterday leads to the beiief that the iexibook job | was hatched in Sacramento last winter. | 1t was then sunposed that the veto of the | apyrovriation for maintaining the State | Prinung Office would open the way for { the book-ring to control everything in | sicht, but the managers of ihe scheme | did not know that the State printer cou'd | find some way to supply the State!books. School Directors in the service of the ring have gone further than they fancied they were pong. Several | are preparing to hedge in tue face of the anery remonstrance from thousands of | people. The next session of the board | will give some of the ringsters an oppor- | tunity to explain their positions on the | subject. An attempt may be made to | throw the responsivility on the Superin- | tendent, and to plead ignorance of old contracts with the American Book Com- pany. The wrath of thousands of out- raged parents is not what the ringsters ex- pected to encounter. e According to medical authorities, three hours of close study wear out the body more than a whole day of bard physical exertion. GOLD MEN WILL ENTER THE FELD National Democrats Will Fight for Office in the Coming Campaign. PRELIMINARIES ALL ARRANGED. The Indianapolis Platform Will Be the Battle-Cry of the Fold. FULL STATE TiCKET CONT MPLATED. Ex-Mayor E. B. Pond Is Slated for the Honor of Filling the Gu- bernatorial Chair, A new idol has risen on the horizon of politics. The golden fraction of the Democratic party, or as its adherents are pleased to call themselves, the National Democratic party, is preparing to enter the field for honors in the campaign of 1898, It provoses to put in the field a full State and Legislative ticket and fight for the spoils of office. The party is to be organized at once on a permanent basis and offer battle to Bryanism and Populism without quarter. At the head of the movement are some of the old stalwart followers of that fallen god, Grover Cleveland. Nothing daunted by Republican success at the last election they are confident that the vast majority of the rank and file of the people of the country will rally around the standard of free trade and gold monometdllism. The Indianapolis platform is to be the battle- cry and lest the weak-hearted should fail | at the last moment the doctrine of free trade is to be sidetracked for that am- biguous phrase, *‘tariff for revenue only. At the head of the movement is John P. Irish and ex-Senator Elliot McAllister, supporied by ex-Mayor E. B. Pond and the members of the State orzanization at the last election. This body includes one prominent member of the party from each Congressional district, headed by Attor- ney William Thomas of this City. The otber members of the committee are T. B. Berry of Humboldt, J. K. O'Brien of Marysville, W. P. Jobnson of tunis City, James E. Runcie of this City, Charles An- derson of Santa Barbara and Joseph Alien of San Diego. Ex-Mayor Pond, according to the slate as now arranged, is to contest for the bonors of Governor. Beyond that the executive committee of the party refuses to discuss candidates, except to say that every Assembly, Senatorial and Congres- sional! district will have aspirants for pop- ular suffrage. Moreover, it is proposed to | put forward a man for the place of United States Senator White. The identity of this person so far has been kept a secret, but in close circles it is said to be Police Commiissioner Tobin. Confident of success or not the oracles of the Gold Democracy say that they are fighting for a principle as old as the Re- public and that their appearance in the battle-fieid of 1898 will be a death knell to the cause of W. J. Bryan and the silver wing of the Democracy as well asall phases and classes of Populism. The most sanguine promoters of the move- ment admit that their chances of success at the polls are smzIl during the coming | campaign! but this catastrophe is miti- gated by the rosy assurance that when the National election of 1900 rolis around the Democrats will have forgotten their here- sies and have come back to the folds of Jefferson. As far as San Francisco is concerned the leaders of the Gold Democracy say that they expect a fo'lowing of at least 50,000 votes on a clean-cut issue on the tariff uestion. Thisis the opinion of Judge iarber, Judge Stanlev, Attorney E. J. Pringle and Attorney John Heenan. The latter is one of the most enthusias- tic supporters of the Indianapolis plat- form, and cast his vote for Palmer and Buckner at the last Presidential election. The-e same people aver thai at least eight | members of the genernl State Democratic Committee voted for McKinley at the last election, because of their doubts of the virtues of free silver and its exponent, as represented in the person of W. J. Bryan of Nebraska. Tuey are confident that these same eight membersof Mr. Alvord’s commitlee may be relied upon to support & one-metal platform during the coming campzign, and that in the end the rank and file of the unterritied may be con- verted to this idea also, It poes without saying, that in these deliberations the present leaders of Cali- fornia Democracy have not been men- tioned. Even such a conservative man as Mavor Phelan is 1ooked upon with distrust by the Paimer and Buckner faction of the State Democracy. Governor Budd is a *“cead bird,” while, according to John P. Irish, Congressman James G. Maguire 1s the “‘candal appendage of the rag tag of the party.”’ And as for Stepher M. White, why the fe-s said the betier. This, according to the Gold Democrats, is to be astraight-out campaign, and wkatshow does a man who supported the heresies of “Bill’’ Stewart or John P. Jonessiand ? The preliminaries for the organization of the party ure not as yet completely ar- ranged. During the past six months there have been various informal meet- ings of the State executive committee, as Attorney Thomas styles the body he pre- sides over, but the idea of conducting an active and aggressive warfare during the coming campaign had its origin in this City and wili be ‘directed from this point during the coming year. At the last general election the Gold Democracy polled less than 3 per cent of the total, and so will be oblized under the new yri- mary law to get on the general ticket by petition. This, after all, is a matter of small importance if the votes are forth- goming, and this is the point upon wnich the followers of Cleveland place their hopes. % “‘We base our hopes of succrsson the common sense of the people,” said Atto. ney Heenan. “We believe that the senti- ment of the voters in California is the same us that of twenty-one other States of the Union. It is a guestion of common sense. It1sonly a question of time when the rank and file of the Democracy of this c.untry will drop the siiver heresy and then we will have only tne office-seeking element to deal with. ~ We are opposed 1o the conduct of Congressman Bailey of Texas, the reputed leader of the House during the last session on the Democratic side, because we believe that he sold out his fight. We believe that the word only in connection with the clause of the Chi. cago platform relating to revenue was omitted for ti.e purpose of gaining the sii- ver Republican vote. We believe that this | was a part of a couspiracy on the part of Senators Jones and Stewart of Nevada to alienate from the ranks of the Democracy many votes. “At the last election Bryan carried five out of twenty-one counties in Maryland, and yet Clevelana four years ago carried sixteen of the same counties. Biyan did not get as large a vote as Cleveland and the State was four years older. Take the case of Michigan. The candidate for Su- preme Judge on the Silver ticket at the recent election polled only 31,874. In De- troit the same candidate on thegfusion ticket with the Populists polled 7960 votes, as sgainst Foote, the Gold Democ- racy man, with 6854 votes. McKinley carried the State by 56,858 votes, while Long, the Democratic candidate for Su- preme Judge, polled in all 71,814 votes. According to the returns of the last Presi- dential election Bryan must overcome a plurality of 71,000 votes in that State. “In this State we believe that we have a larce following. McKinley’'s majority was 2797. He poiled in all 146,170 votes, as against 143,373 for Bryan. 1he Palmer and Buckner ticker polled 1730 votes, miking a total vote of 296,500, Of this number the Populists cast at least 48,000, and on paper the Democrats and Popu- ists combined had a majoriwy of 25,000. Thisin itself is suflicient io show that a greal many Democrats and Populists mu-t have voted for McKinley. We be- lLieve that there were nearly 50,000 of this class, although, of course, many siiver Reoublicans voted for Bryan.” Ex-Mayor Pond said yesterday that he was not a candidate for Gubernatorial honors, although he was anxious to see the Democracy organizad on a new basis. It may be taken for granted, however, that the Giant Powder magnate will be pushed forward as an active opponent of any candidate that the Bryan faction of the party may nominate. Police Commissioner Tobin thus far has never expressed any hopes of going to the United States Senate, yet it is in the cards of the gold Democracy that he contesis for this honor. The coming election in Kentucky will be watched with interest by the local gold Democrats, inasmuch as in that State the issues are monometal- lism and silver on a candidate for the of- fice of Clerk of the Court of Appeals. Other elections in which similar iseues are forthcoming are those of Mnssachu- setts, lowa, Maryland and North Dakota. Upon the success or failure of the cause in these States will depend much of the aggressiveness of the local gold Demo- crats. SUIOIDE WHILE INSANE. A Young Ranchhand Takes Strychnine While Deranged. Daniel Quill, a ranchhand, committed suicide yesterday forenoon in his room in the City Hotel, 512 Howard street. He arrived from the Boggs ranch in Colusa County, where he had been at work for several years, and engaged a room last Tuesday. Shortly after 11 o’clock yester- day morning one of the chambermaids heard groans procceding from his room, and she &t once informed Timothy Leary, the proprietor. He hastened to the room and found the door locked on the inside and Quill breathing stertorously. The key was on the inside of the lock, and Mr. Leary poked it out with a passkey and opened the door. Quill was lying on the floor with his head against the door and moaning. Mr. Leary asked bhim what was the martter and Quill replied, ““Poison.” A few mo- ments later he said, “God have mercy on me, 'm done up.” Then he stiffened up and died. The police and the Coroner were at once notified and the body was taken to the Morgue. In the pantaloons pocket of the deceased was found a vial half full of strychnine, the poison used by the sui- cide. Among his effects was a bankbook of the Hibernia Bank crediting Quill with deposits amounting to $1289 60. Quill was a native of Ireland and 28 years old. His brother Dennis 1s a rancher at Norman, Coiusa County. The dereased is believed to have been insane. It is said by friends that at the age of 14 or 15 he was committed to an in- sane asylum ia Iretand. AMONG THE WHEELMEN, Destination of the Bay City Wheelmen’s Run To-day Changed. The destination of the Bay City Wheel- men's run for to-day has been changed from Trocadero to the Sierra Point House, where they will enjoy a bullshead break- fast. The run will leave the clubhouse at 441 Golden Gate avenue at 9 A. M. President T. J. Winslow of the Imperial Cycling Club is desirous of meeting the president of any other cyclinz club of this City in a match race on the road at five miles, President Charles Albert Adams of the Olympic Club Wheelmen preferred. Captain E. F. Fiinn, Secretary George Ward and Joseph Catanich of the Impe- rial Cycling Club have been spending the past week in Stockton. President Frank H. Kerrigan of the Bay City Wheelmen will return from his vaca. \ion trip next Wednesday. e e ANGEL ISLAND SPORTS. Changes in Officer« and a Lively Field Day Promised. A special order has been promulgated whereby the following appointments of non-commissioned officers at Angel Island have been confirmed in Battery H: Cor- voral William B. Walker has superseded Sergeant Walch, and Private S. E. Bogar- sette has been promoted to the position of corporal. The tollowing is the programme ot athletic contests for the field day at Anzel Isiand, on the 1ith, the prizes jor each being $1 for the first and 50 cents for the second: 220-yerd run, running high jump, throwing hammer, putting shot, litter bearer, equip- ment race, standing broad jump, 220-yard hurdle race (3 fect 6 inch hurdles). Judges —Sergeants Hays, Hill and Reed; timekeeper, Sergeant Chick; starter, Sergeant g%:lme clerk, Private Hagany; Capi 'Hara. e ge e An Insolvent Bartender. Paul Liedelt, a bartender, has filed & peti- tion in insolvency. He owes the following debts: Gilmore Bros.. $50: Montealegre & Co., $200; Joseph Fer, 46 53; J. J. ’ $200 25—totnl, $1296 78. Mr. Liedeit available assets. TREBELLI AND BEER BOTTLES They Both Shocked the First Congregational Church. Pastor Brown’s Study Used as a Dressing-Room by a Prima Donna, Her Manager Smoked in the Aisles and Sometimes Used Theatri- cal Language. OAKLAND, CAn, Aug. 7.—The secret of the sudden disowning of the Sunday- school orchestra, the pride of the great Chrnstian Endeavor Convention, by the board of the First Congregational Church, was made public to-night. Itis due to Mme. Trebell’s practice of drinking beer when she sings, to her managers using the- atrical language in the church parlors, and because the lady positively refused to “‘make up” for her appearance in public in any other place than the pastor’sstndy, or to arrange her corsage except before the handsome mirror where the pastor adjusts his tie before entering the pulpit. It was well known that something very serious must have occurrea to have caused the trustees to send such an abrupt letter to the manager, William A. Fine. No one will say what was in the letter, and Mr. Fine is keeping it under lock and key. There is nothing in it about Madame Trebelli, but it is known to be very much to the point, and it is also known that it does not contain the name of City Au- ditor Snow, who is a pillar of the First Congregational Church. Mr. Snow thought it was altogether too curt, and declined to be partially responsible for it. The orchestra has had a successiul ex- istence of twelve years and hasalways been considered a strong adjunct to the church. For a long time it has been an independent organization, and Manager Fine said to-night that 1t woula have severed its connection with the church some time ago but for the fact that it was pledged to play at the National Christian Endeavor convention. According to Alexander T. Stewart, its former director, there are many causes that have led up toits sudden dismissal from the church and the desire that it take another name. Tke crowning point of di-satisfaction was reached a few months ago, when Mme. Trebellt was en- gaged for a concert. For several days there was a strong odor of tobacco-smoke in the church par- lors, and it is reported that a couple of beer bottles were discovered in a corner near the pastor’s study. An inquiry was made and it was learned that they were the relics of the Trebelli concert. Her manager smoked the cigars in the corri- dors and used langaage that isnot usually heard in a church, and the ushers were asiounded. Tune madame is very particular when she goes on the stage. She requires a drink of beer to enable her to dv her work perfectly, and she 1s also very particular about her dressing-room. She insisted upon her making up in the pastor’sstudy, and it is also stated that her favorite re- frechment was carried into the church. All tiese things reached the ears of the trustees and the pastor, Rev. C. R. Brown, and it was agreed that a church was nota proper place for concerts with such at- tribates. A conference was held, but kept a profound secret, between the church board and the orchestra mansgement and it was agreed that the connection should be severed after the C. E. convention. As no intimation of the event was given out the news that the orchestra had been dis- owned was a great surprise, especially as all the visiiing delegaies had been led to believe it was & genuine church organiza- tion and one of the wonders of California. Now it appears it is not even professed to have been part of the church organizi- tion for a long time. ‘‘Our connection with tne churcw,” said Manager Fine to- night, “was a purely business one. We supplied a few players to help out the church music, and in return we got the church rent iree when we r hearsed and gave our concerts. A large number of our members ao not belong to the church. We have no fault to find with the church trustees or pastor, who have done their duty. It is unfortunate that the name of the pastor has been mentioned in this conrection. He is only acting in connection with the church board, and what has been carried out was practically agreed on as soon as he came to the church.” A very quiet little plan had been agreed upon to prevent the fact be- coming known. The orchestra was to have called a business meeting and to have changed 1ts name, and the public was not to have known the reason for the change. The plan, however, became known, and the secret of the whole matter was quickly after revealed. Affolter Demands an Accounting. Joseph Affolter became weary of his partner- ship with Henry B. Ploehn after a brief ex- perience. The two men engaged in the res- taurant business at 57 Third street on the 22d of last May, since which time the plaiutift al- leges that the defendant has applied to his own use $600 more than his share of the profits. Affolter asks for an accounting and the appointing of a receiver. ——————— Divorces Granted. Louis Violland has been granted a divorce on the ground of willful desertion. John O'Connor from Maggie O'Connor, pe- cause she is elleged to have induiged in’the | nse of intoxicants. NEW TO-DAY. TELEPHONE, STORE-GRANT 33. OFFICE—GRANT 33. WE HAVE MOVED! Our New Home Has been fitted up expressly for us. modern fixtures, new and elegant | appointments—in short, a modern grocery. Those whose | room, lots of light, latest business it is to know say is what we intended it should be. Its points: Lots of it is the finest in the State. That Call and see for yourself. Our old home was too small; our business grew too large for it; that’s why we left. A NEW DEPARTURE—The finest Havana and Key West Cigars at a ““Grocer’s Profit.”” We are better prepared th: an ever to fill country orders. L. LEBENBAUM & CO., Importers and Retailers, FINE GROCERIES, WINES AND CIGARS, 222-224 Sutter Street, Near Kearny. 3 DOORS BELOW 0U R FORMER LOCATION. & Watch To-morrow Morning’s Papers. NFW A A A A A A NEW 70-DAY — DRY GCODs. DRESS ABRICS! FALI, 1897. During the past week we have re- ceived several large shipments of the latest styles COLORED and BLACK DRESS FABRICS for this season’s wear, and invite special attention to the following VERY CHOICE GOODS 5 CASES TAILOR-MADE SUITINGS in Melton- ettes, Whipcords and Redferns, all the very latest fall shades. 1 CASE NOVELTY FRENCH PLAIDS, all the new colorings and a great variety of styles. CASES BLACK FRENCH PIREOLA SUIT- INGS, in a large assortment of new designs. CASES BLACK TWINE CHEVIOTS, new styles. Clerimnois ORPORAy, N ooz, <0 111, 113, 115, 117, 119, 121 POST SIkELL. Linoleum, per yard Mattings, per yard Stoves... UY OF US AND E SURE OF THE EST EVERY TIME! Sp=cial Rates on EASY TERMS. ? Comp cta Lutfits, J. NOONAN 1017-1019-1021-1023 Mission St. 516-518-520-522 Minna St. Above Sixth. Telephone, South 14. Open Evenings. IF YOU WEAR GLASSES = And wish prompf, fficient service by able and courfeous OPTICIANS call en V§:, AniyhafinrCy BPT]C!AN Swe PH"'“E‘;::';LM 642 MARKET ST. UNDER (HRONICLE BUILDING. ©0-0-0-00-0-00-0-00-00 AN EXCELLENT MEA Properiy prepared anq promptly served, can always be obtained in THE GRILL ROOM OF THE. PALACE Decidedly the Most Popular Dining Apart- @went in town. ©-0-0-:0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-00 M, 10500 oot F N o 10000 el T shesior Chemioa! ConMadison & 1nores @ by sl Looa Draceiots PHILADAY PA DR. HALL'S REINVIGORATOR Five bundred reward 1or uny case ws canpot cure THIS SECRET REM- EuY stops all cures Kmisslons, lLmpotency, Varico- QELS cele, Gonorrawea, Gieet, Fits, Stric- 1004 N tures, Blood Di: nd all wasting effects of “eif ) or Kxcessos Sent sealed. $2 per botile, THRES nteed 1o cure any casa. 5 $5: gusra DL)EEALL‘S MEDICAL INSTITUTKE, an ,H'Ibfi Broadway. Oakiand. Cal P P ale Glsehses QUICKLY culwh Bead losses in 24 hours Philadelphia Shoe (o, Mo. 10 Tuin St. STAMPED ON A SHOE MEANS STANDARD OF MERIT Remodeling Sale Two Weeks More. Our great sale will soon be at an end, as our store will be entirely remodeled inside of two weeks. aud all our great bargains are going fas. We want to dis- pose of as much of our steck as possible, and during the coming week we will throw the foliowing bsrgs ns on the mar- ket. Ladies’ Exira Fine Vicl Kid Opera Slippers, with beaded fronts, Frinch heels and band-turned soles, reduced to $1 25; s0ld regularly for $3 a pair. Remember, All Qur Shoes Are Reduced. We invite country trade on rezular stock, but do not guarantes to il country orders 10r specia.iv advertised shoes dur- ing this sale, as our iocal customers have bres buyiur up the bargalus as soou as they were offered. $1.50 The bargaln of the season— La- dies’ Fine Vicl Kid Lace Sboes, with either clota or Kid tops, circular vamps and heel foxing. new toes and paten leasher tips, Te- from §2 to £1 50, widths G, D, Eaod EE Are you coking $1.50 for a snap? iere 1 6% Ludies’ Fin- est Tan Vici Kid Southern Ties, with tan cloth tops to match, pointed toes and tps. full hand-turned soles and stitched French_heels, re- duced from $350 to $150. Thess Ties are free from tacks or threads, and require no breaking in. They are neat, stylish and durabie, snd every pair will be guaranteed. Viel Kid and L witn s coin toes and V- calar vamps wnd hee! foxing which intended tearing do sell for $2 50 a pair, for $1 90 prices rule, so we will offer them 8 pair jor this week. P n like these prove conclus: elling cheaper than a0y Bt e Buve 0 40 it before we remodei our store Co 12 rders solicited. %5 Send for N ew Lilusirated Catalogue. Audress B. KATCHINSKI, FRILADELFHIA SHOE co., 10 Third St., San Franecisco.