The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 2, 1897, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1897, STOLE A PAPER BOT DIDN'T TELL Yellow Journalism Fails to] Record the Climax to Its Own Endeavor. Its Theft of a Copy of “The| Call”” Not Mentioned in Its Columns. One of the Feats and Defeats of the | Examiner Recalled in a { Friendly Spirit. Yesterday morning tue Examiner had a chance to relate a story of rare interest indeed. It could have told how one of its reporters, detailed to steal a CALL fresh from the press, had done so; how the re- porter was caught yellow handed ; how he ! was chased to the den of the Hearstlings, deprived of his booty, thumped on the | stairs, bumped on the street. But it| didn’t say a word. However, it printed | the picture of one of its feminise exiles—a picture that smiles from its pages every time a horse keels over on a Kiondike trail or a canoe upseis its contentsinto the Yukon. For a long time no strictly local episode bas attracted so much attention as this baffled attempt at theft. It was a small matter, but so in keeping with the small souls regulating the Examiner that it caused no surprise. The comment arose from the stupidity of a practiced larcen- ist permitting itself to be caught. The suspicion that such methods were in- dorsed by the Examiner simply received confirmation. Perhaps a brief resume of the event may not be out of place. The Examiner had reason to believe, as it often has and often will, that THE CALL had some news that it bad not been aole to procure; so it sent a reporter over to steal a copy of THE CALL, choosing for the purpose a prize- fighier. He stole as directed, but was caught in the act, chased, larruped, given a lesson in decency and deprived of his spoils. The climax of this series of operations took place within the Exam- iner office and yet that paper utterly failed to recognize its news value. The excellent opportunity to depict the lighi- fingered reporter with his jaw in a sling was absolutely overlooked. Yet every time that in the far-away Arctic Joaquin Miller’s whiskers are whisked into a new attitude the Examiner, so far as its power is, lots the world know all about it. There is no desire manifest to debar saf. fron journalism from any of its custom avenues of information. Thereisa wish | that its work be less crude, that it lose its | Barbary Coast flavor, that it keep its rui- fianly repor ers where tuey cannot annoy | people engaged in getting out a newspa- per. Of course, the Examiner is not ex- pected to have much 1n common with a | newspaper, and yet it goes through some of the formulm of being a newspaper and | is understood 10 be (0 a certain extent ad- | mitied to the mails. Societies for the pre- i venticn of crime are naturally supposed | to keep an eye upon it, but in this period | of 113 decadence the necessity may arise for calling in the poiic SAT UPON AND ROBBED. = | Young Thomss Shea Brutally Handled by Two Water- Front Toughs. Henry O'Rourke, alias Roxey, a steve- dore, and Virgil Baccigalupi, a laborer, were arrested vesterday aiternoon by De- tectives T. L. Ryan and E. O'Dea and | booked at the City Prison on a charge of | robbery. It seems that last Sunday a lad named | Thomas Shea, while on Francisco street, | near Stockton, on his way home from a | vaseball game, was pounced upon by Bac- | cigalupi and thrown to the ground, the verformance being accomipanied by 'sev- eral obscene remar Roxey then came | forward and sat on the boy’s head, while | his companion sat on his feet. Roxey, aided by a small boy, then pro- ceeded to rifle Shea’s pockets, but found | only 35 cents.. They relessed the youth and let him go, aiterward offering several small boys who witnessed the affair 5 cents apiece to keep still about it. Shea’smouth was sp badly bruised that it_bled for an hour. Roxey is an old offender, and the police assert that he has been across the bay for a prior offense. i KEW TO-DAY: Wet % weather | coats with the rubber out of sight and smell— Mackintoshes Only comfortable thing in the rain; pre- sentable in all weather Difference between | our coats and others —ours fit ’ Prices $5 to $30 overcoats | ulsters Mackintoshes for all ages umbrellas up to date : s5oc to $12 i ROOS BROS 27-37 Kearny corner Post of Steam NN e, | | | | i Vesse!s. THE ANDERS( WAS SEAWORTHY Inspector-General Says She Was in Good Condi- tion, General Dumont Returns From an Official Trip to the Sound. | Reports Appraisers’ Department on | the Coast in a Satisfactory i Condition. General James A. Dumont, Superyising Inspector-General of Steam Vessels, with beadquarters at Washington, D. C., re- terned yesterday from 2 trip to Portland | and Seattie, accompanied by Captain John | Bermingham of this city, Supervising In- | specior of Steam Vessels, First District. Their trip was an official one and General Dumont says that he found matters con- nected witn the Inspectors’ Depnrlmeu!i in the nozth in a very satisfactory condi- | tion, When asked as to the report that the | Eliza Anderson had leit Seaitle in an un- | seaworthy condition, both General Du- | mont and Captain Bermingham charac- | terizea the statement as untrue. Said Captain Bermingham: *‘Captain Bryant, the local inspector of hulls and boilers at Seattle, claims she left there in good condition. She was taken on the | dock and examined thoroughly by him, braces were put on her guards and exira | knees put in. As illustrating what the | inspectors at Seattle thought of her condi- tion I might say that they made applica- tion to the department at Washingion for permission to make the trip in her to the | mouth of the Yukon for the purpose of | inspecting the steamers on that river, but | through some biunder in the telegraph | department the maiter was not adjusted in time to allow the inspectors to leave in her. This ought to ve sufficient evidence of their opinion of her seawort. iness.” General Dumont verified this statement and said: “When ihe Anderson left Seat- atle she had an entirely new steering gear, but that was carried away in the storm which she encountered and which neces- sitaied her putting into Dutch Harbor. Stanch vessels had all they could do to | save themselves in that storm and I con- | sider the fact that ehe reacbhed Dutch | Harbor in safety in her crippled condition sufficient refutation of 1he charge that she was not seaworihy. To be sure, she is an old boat—built, I bei eve, in 1859, but age | alone 1s no evidence of a vesge's unfitness | for sea. The Mary Powell, one of the | finest and fastest boats on the Hudson | River, was built only two years later than the Anderson and I have been around the world in aship that was sixiy years old.” Referring to the matter of inspection of steam vessels plying on the Yukon, Cap- 1ain Bermingham said that as yet there was no urgent necessity for detailing an inspector for that purpose, but thet next year the inspectors located at Portland would probabiy be sent to St. Michael to inspect the river steamers. Speaking of the merchant marine ser- v.ce of the United States General Damont stated that when he was abpointed to bis } resent position there were less than 3000 vessels which came under the supervision of the Inspectors’ Depariment. That number has increased until now nearly 9000 are subject to inspec.ion by the de- partment, ‘“Ihe death rate in the service has de- creased wonderfully since 1871,” said the general. *Prior to that time the ratio of mortality was one to every 50,000. Since 1871 it has been but one in every 1.800,000, Last year the loss of 1ife in the service was but 153 und of that number forty-six were passen, ers.” General Dumont has been continuousiy for twenty-one years in the Inspeciors’ Department. He wasappointed by Presi- dent Grant and has beld under each suc- ceeding adminisiration. He is the only member of the depariment who holds his commission from General Grant. Tue | general has rendered distinguishea serv- ices 10 his country and ix one ¢f the most esteemed gentlemen at Washington. He leaves 10-nirht for the East. General Dumont expressed himself as greatly surprised at the progress made by the Pacific Coast in the past ten years and | declared that he was much pleased and benefited by bis visit. CLAYTON COM 8 BACK Now That May Buckley Is Away Her Erstwhile Husband Returns. When winsome May Buckley, who played the slave girl in “The First Born,” the Chisese play that recently closed a ihree months' run at the Alcazar, left for New York last Monday evening she had in her inside jacket-pocket the decree of & local court giving her an abso- luie divorce from her erstwhile husband, Frank ¥. Clayton, also & meek and lowly fol- lower of Thesp, Miss Buckley and Mr. Clayton were in the Aleszar Stock Company for nearly a year, and this was the first real and advaniageous start in their profession that either of them ever | consideravle fortune some day. | WATTS CALLED A “FAKER." | | very much surprised that the Postmaster | favor with the potice force at present. | vinced that he is a “faker” of no smail | told a tale of woe, to the effect that he had, and Miss Buckley by her clever work earned for herseif quite a local reputation. “Ihe couple were at the zenith of their pros- perity wnen domestic difficalties arose, which ended by the wife filing & suit tor divorce, al- | ieging adultery. Mr. Claytou allowed the suit | to go by default. ] But Miss buckley's latent dignity asserted itself aud she informea the management of | the Alcazar that she would not play in the same company with Mr. Clayton, and that either the latter or herse!f would have 10 go. Mr. Clayton had an offer from a road com- | peny end accepted it, and Miss Buckley, as is | patent, remaived. Now that Miss Buckley has left and is miles away Mr. Clayton has beeu re-engaged. There never was any real ill feeling beiween them, but Miss Buckley took the stand that she did use o1 moral principle, so she said. | Those connected with the A.cazar say that | they wouid not be surprised 1f the marriage of | Miss Buck:ey and Hugo Toland was soon an- | nced, as there were indications of such an | nt happening when the couple were here. i. Toland is a_son of the lste Dr. Toland of ine Toland Medical College. and will have a | Detective Reynolds Finds That He | Pawuned His Watch oo Grant Avenue. Dr. Withers C. Watts is not in much In tact Detective Harry Reynolds is con- | magnitude. It will be remembered that Dr. Watts, who came here from Ausiralia on the Moana, was found last Wednesday morn- | ing wandering round the streets ot China- town so completely under the intluence of | morphiue that it required three hours’ | whipping with wet towels at ihe Receiv- | ing Hospital to keep nhim from taking a | speedy trip across the Stygian stream. When he was out of danger he brokenly bad been drugged and robbed of $400 and a gold watch. Detective Reynolds has been investigat- | | WAIST MEASUREMENTS ARE NOT ALWAYS IN HARMONY WITH [CHEST EXPANSION, REACA ETC ing the case since that time, with the re- suit that he has discovered several fac incompatible with the medical man wailing. In the first place, the watch proves to bve a filled-case one, and was pawned by the phys n at 2:7 Grant avenue, Tuesday evening. Secondly, he was known to spend 30 cents in drinking beer with a femaie companion late in the morning at a saloon in Chinatown. The tales told by him as regards the amount taken also are said to vary. One was that $40 or $50 was taken, and the other that he had Leen despoiled of $400. Rumors of a shady nature are also be- ing circulated about the frisky doctor’s character as regards the female world. S ADOLPH SAMUELS DEAD. One of the Oldest Newspuper Men of the City Passes Away. Adolph Bamuels, one of the oldest news- paper men in this city, proprietor and editor of the Daily Abend Post, died at his home, 808)¢ Foisom street, Thursday afternoon. e leaves a widow and three cnildren, one of whom is Leon Samuels, a prominent aitorney of this city. Mr. Samuels was an old resident of San Francisco and was well and favorably known io a large circle of friends. He wus 69 years old. - . Wheelock's Creditors. Creditors of Arthur J. Wheelock, proprietor ofa *'bucket shop” brokerage establishment, have petitioned 1o have him declared insol- venton the ground tnat he has made a irandu- lent transfer of his assets, and hes fled from the Stale of Caiifornia. _The petitioning credi. tors are: J. 8. Purdy. F. M. Parker, J. Kerr, 8. Sumner and M. E. Baker. e Mrs. Moholy Gets Her Children. Judge Coffey yesterday denied the applica- tion of Philip Moholy to be apvointed guar dian of the minor children of the late John Moholy, the brave ireman who lost his life in a conflagration. 1t was shown that Mrs. Ciara Moholy, the mother, is a good woman, and the minors were orcered given into her custody. Bsrasiod o dh S b New Livorce Suita. Suits for divorce have been filed in the office of the County Clerk as follows: E. R. Wright against F. E. Wright, for w llful desertion; Anne Mclatyre against Jonn R. Mclniyre, for fsilure to provide; Rosie . Soiomon against Samuel, for neglect and desertion, | ing any questions now. | done, I'il tell you all about it. At present | J. L. MEARES [5T0 BE DEPOSED The Postoffice Superinten- dent to Lose His Official Head. TO BE DISHISSED OR REDUCED. Postmaster ~ Montague Will Swing the Ax in His De- partment. BIG SHAKING UP Is CONTEMPLATED. GENERAL JAMES A. DUMONT, Supervising Inspector-General | Numerous Olerks in the Upper Office to Be Lowered in Rank Forthwith, It has been learned, through authentic sources, that Jobn L. Meares, superin- tendent of the city delivery of the San Francisco Postoffice, is to be reduced in rank in the very near future by Postmas- ter W. W. Montague. It is alleged that one of the latter’s friends, whose name is held secret, is to 1ill the office left vacant by the deposed Meares. When the new Postmaster was appoint- ed under the present administration the clerks and carriers of this division, who are always fairly well acquainted with the workings of the *‘upper office,” immedi- ately predicted the removal of Meares e.tirely, or, at least, a reduction in bis rank assuperintendent. Each day they bave lovked forward patiently waiting to hear of Meares’ dismissal, or at least of a reauction in his rank, and they ere ali has not as yet openly declared his inten- tions. Mr. Montague, the Postmaster, was | seen yesterday morning, and when aszed to either affirm or deny the rumor afloat in the Federal building, that Meares was 10 be deposed, said: When ath.ngis 1 am not making my plans for the future known. In fact, I should say, I donot know what they will be.” As usual, all the attaches of the “upper office” dodzed quesiions regarding Meares' much-talked-of dismissal, by stating that they were not in a position to air their thoughts or opinions as to the | future course to be pursued by theu" | chief. However, it is an open secret that Meares will not bold his position as super- intendent for any great length of iime. He has been marked by the Postmaster | foreither a reduction in rank or an entire dismissal from Uncle Sam’s employ; this is cert Meares was aprointed some years ago to his present position by ths late Postmas- ter McCoppin, with whom he was a great favorite. Not a very long time after Meares’ zppointment the Pos master- General informed the various division IT5 ALL MINE Postmasters of the United States that the clerks and carriers were considered under civil service. ‘When Meares learned of this he, like the remainder of the postal employes, most assuredly thought that his position was secure as long as be did what was re- quired of him by his superiors. But the civil service laws have been suspended in other cases, and will probably share the same fate in this. Meares gained many friends during his term of office, among them being men of great influence. He bas always been an efficient officer. O:iber clerks connected with the ‘‘upper office” are also saii to be marked for dis- missal, and they are the ones who least expect it. An Omi In writing our ad for to-day’s bargains in hoslery and ribbons we forgot to speak of our new c.oak department. It is the best lighted and most cheerful room in the ecity, and our new fall stocx of jackets, capes, suits and skirts is now complete and at the :ow st possible pr ¢e in keeping with first goods. C. Curtin, 911 and h Fruit Saipped. The Southern Pacific has just compiled some figures on the fresh or green fruit ship- ments from California eastward during the present season. They show quite an increase over the amount shipved during the preced- iug years. Tne figures are up to and inciud- ing September 30 of each year. Here ihey are: Soason of 1805, 3058 carloads; 1896, 3640; 1897, 4636. There nre twelve tons (o the ear, muking tue export for this season 54,632 tons of iresh truit for points and tue East. “I am not answer- | Colorado, Missouri Blverl BT T TS E T BTV T TU VLIV SN AT before night, and subscriptions were eral timss over. They were sold at bond. edged nature that there is a great ket for general purchase. It is so well understood that the securities of this road are of a gilt- that it is probable that none of the bonds will ever be placed on the mar- THE BONDS IN GREAT DEMAND. The first mynth’s delivery of Valley Road bonds was made to the syndicate yesterday and placed on sale. The entire amount was taken received su fficient to take them sev- par and a half, or $1005 for each demand for them—so great, in fact, WILL GIVE 600D WAIST MEASURE State Money Available to Clothe the National Guardsmen, | Uniform Board Ready to Re- ceive Proposals for Blouses, | Hats and Trousers, The Tailor to. Supply Nine Siges, | Men of Abdominal Amplitude in a Special Class. The uniform board will soon buy tiree | | thousand blouses and three thousand | | pairs of trousers for the soldiersofthe | | National Guard of California. There may be some people in this vaunted era of«j universal intelligence who do not know | what the uniform board consists of. To enlighten all who want light on this topic THE CALL can announce that the | uniform board consists of John H. Dick- | inson, brigadier-general, N. G. C., retired; James F. Smith, colonel First Infantry, N. G. C., and Horace G. Platt, lieutenant- colonel, retired. Last winter the Legislature in its gener- | osity appropriated $352480 to buy new | clothing for the soldiers of the State, and since then the guardsmen havé been won- dering what kind of clothes would be pro- cured with the money. Tbe assurauce comes now that the Siateis going to get the worth of the money appropriated, and | if the blouses and trousers do not fit one | man they will fit another. In this new deal for uniforms the expe- | rience of a former board is 1ecalled. Some years ago when the State had money to spend to equip the Guard with clothing | the ofticer in charge of the cash disburse- | ment entertained the happy though: that individual measurements by the contract- | ing tailor would insure a periect fit for | every man in the service. The practical results of the beauntiful test were grievous | and cisappointing. True enough every | so dier that was measured by the tailor | | got a fit, but when the uniiorms were ready for delivery many of the niessured soldiers bad ‘'severed their conneciion’ with the Guard, and the ciotues did ot fit the men who had in the meantime been recruited to fill up the ranks. When a big fellow went out and a little | fellow ook his place iue blouse and trous- ers could not readiiy be adjusted to the change. When the uniform was donned | without alteration the oid zuardsmen | guyed the loosely fitted new recruit with | | all'kinds of choice guys. When a little | man retired and a staiwart siepped 1n to | add sinew and luster to the service there was more grief for the captain. As the | new feliow conid not get into the suit the | | commanding officer was in a dilemma. | He had to let the new recruit go or skirm- | is. around ‘n some other company iora | suit of clothes to fit the man. It followed | that the new recrnit was discharged on | account of his girth and a man to fit the | hold-over uniform recruited irom the ranks of civ.l life. 7 To prevent a recurrence of these dis- | agreeable featuresof the iuiliiary service in an era of peace ana prosperity, the uniform board bas decided to follow the | regulations of the Uuited States army | and procure uniforms of six standard | sizes. Still it was obvious to members of | | the board that bhind obedience to the Government rule wouid not remove all the dangers of a misht. It was noted, | perbaps more in sorrow than despair, that some of the soldiers in the service ot the State were smaller than the smallest | | men eutitled to serve in the army of the | | Unied States, and so to insure recogni- | | tion of small services the board was con- 1 strained to introduce one more size. | | | | | NOTAING LACKING ABOUT TAIS UNIFORM=EXCEPT THE SOLDIER BO! That addition made seven sizes and in- sured the iuck of odd numbers. When the board refl cted and pondered over the progressive timesin California and consid-red what was possible in the development of the resources of the coast, it was conjectured that some one bicger | than anybody in the regnisr army might | enlist in the National Guard, and there- fore it would bs wise to designate an ex- | ira large sizi The suggestion obtained | fsvorand provision was made for busters. Therefore size 8 was 1ntroduced. But this was not a The contracting tailor who had measures the men vears berore hada suggestion to make, and the board, in i1s kind indulgence, listened 1o his scheme. He =aid the r<cord of measurements in his books would show that some of ihe guardsmen in one of the valieys of Calitor- n:a displayed abnormal development of the abdomen with normal measurements as to length of arm, length of leg and depth of chest. He fancied that California in her treatment of her citizan soldiers should notdiscriminateagainst a patriotic nd courageous man whose abdominal measurement Was not in barmony wnhr | the Justice Court. his . chest expansion. "“He pomted to statues in Golaen e Park to prove that art did not despise girih in the abdomen. The argument moved the board, and a svecial and additional size was authorized for guardsmen with bay-windows. This made nine sizes, and so there wiil be nine chances for a fit. FIFTY YEARS A SINGER. Madame Fabri-Mueller’s Admirers to Celebrate a Notable Anniversary of Her Carper. The many friends and admirers of Madame Inez Fabri-Mueller have de- | cided to tender her a testimonial benefit in recognition of the fiftieth annivesary of her advent to the Iyrie stage, which she will celebrate shortly. The idea was sug- gested to Madame Fabri-Mueller communication signed by a number of the most prominent soclety people in the city. 1n return the gifted woman expressed her thanks, promising to name a time and place within a few days. Among those who joined in the request for tie proposed ie=timonial are: Mrs. Jane Stanford, Mrs. H. J. Crocker, Mrs, A. M. Parrott, Mrs. Willium Alvord, M S. Buckman, Madame C. de Gui:ne, Mrs. Edward - C Mrs, Ernestine Kreling, Mayor Phe A. b. Spreckels, Louis Sloss, John Parrott, Ignatz Steinhart, A. G. Borel, P. N. Lilienthal, N.T. Smith, L W. Hellman, James H. Barry, Sherman, Clay & Co.. Kohler & Chase, Byron Mauzy, Louis Lesser, A. Denicke, Charles Bundschu, S. H. Friedlander, A! Bouvier, B. A. Becker, Raphael Wel, Adolph Roos and others, GROEZINGER 1S ANGRY, |He Claims to Have the Right to Represent Jenks in Court, Says That the Judgment Was Not Recorded as Rendered by Judge Conlan Justice of the Peace Groezinger is very indignant with Judge Conlan, and claims that the newspapers have misrepresented him in the Jenks cate. He denies that he appeared in the case because Jenks had no money to pay his fine anda would have to go to jail, uniess the judgmeit was suspended. While discussing the matter last night | Groezinger said: *I entered in this case hecause [ am a friend of Jenks. and think if the case was properly presented he should be acquitted. In regard to Judge Con- lan’s refusal to recognize mue 1n his court, he knows or ouglt to know that a Justice of the Peace can practice in any court but The judgment as de- livered by Conlan, and I bave twenty affidavits of reputable men who beard the sentence impused, was not legally ren- dered and did not read as eatered on the clerk’s book. “The sentence as imyosed by Conlan was ‘$500 or six months,” without the phrase that would fol'ow a failure tc pay the fine, ‘one day for every dollar of the fine unpaid.’ A writ of mandate to compel the clerk 10 enter the judgment as ren- | | derea by the court shouid be 1ssued, and I shail see that itis done. Juuge Conlan knows that the judgment, as he delivered it, will not ho'd ‘on appeal to the Superior Court. McDonald, the police sergeant in charge of the court record, changed the original finuing of the court to make it conlorm with the statute, and is therefore ilty of a misdemeanor. I understand that he receives so much from each of the Potice Court clerks o attend to such mat- ters and cnange judrments to fit the stat- utes nnder whicl conviction has been se cured. “Ine report that Captain Jenks has ab- sconded 1s absurd 8s I have just received aleiter ifrum him asking me to send word 10 him as soon as he is required. He is in Cooperstown, Stanislaus County, where he is receiving a salary of $250 a month for superintending the counstruction of a ca- nal. He uus aiso deposited a bond of $2000 to insure his presence when the casecomes up onappesl. [ am very incensed at the re- ports published in the newspapersas moat of them do not deal with the facts in the case. I wili muke it not for some of these re- porters who mi-quote fagis or else get their news from hearsay and don’t seek to ver- [ ify it. Iintend to force Judge Conlan to | recognize me as Jenks' attornev,and am sure thet the Superior Court wil reverse bis judgment.” udge Conlan thinks it a very undigni- fied actisn on Groez.nger's part to come into the court of another Judge and at. tempt todefeat the ends of justice through a technical error. He is only sorry that it was not in his power to impose a heavier sentence as he thought the casea very flagrant one. Judge Conlan insists that there was no error in the judgment and feels sure that it will hold, p e NEVADA CITIZENSHIP, Judge S well Finds That It Ie Never to Be Forfeited, In Judge Seawell's court yesterdsy the suit of John W. Mackay acd R. V. Dey, executors of the estate of the late Mrs, Theresa Fair, acainst the city and county. of San Francisco for $29,532 05 was called for trial. The money was paid for taxes in 1895 under protest on the ground that the | bonds held by Mrs. Fair's estate repre- sented railroad property- that hid - been already assessed, -and thiat to collect on the securities would b>'double taxation. A legal question involving.the residence of Mr. Mackay, one of the plaintiffs, came up, snd the court remarked that 1.e under- stood Mr. Mackay 1o be s resident of New York: +0: Nevada, not New York,” replied Attornev- Byron Waters, who represents the plaintiffs, > > "L believe that a man who was ever a citizen of Nevada retains that'status dur- ing -the remainder-of his life, does ho not?” remark Juage. Seawell, turning to Assistant City Atterney Borden, who aprearea on beha'f of the city. Mr. Borden replied that he had known of many cases in whicn that rule applied, and amid the general enjoyment.of this bit-of pleasantry the case was continued for two weeks for argument. —————— Dick Williams’ Appeal. The eppeai of ex-Chinese Interpreter Dick Williams will be taken up in the United States Supreme Court on October 13. That Terrible Scourge. Malatial disease.is invariaby suppiemented by dis urbance o the Tiver, the owels, the s‘omacn and the nerves.” To the removal of both the canse and its e flec.s Hostetter's *iomach Bitters 1s fuily adequate I “filythe bUI" &3 no oiher remedy does, performing its Wor: thoroaghly. - Its fn. gredients are pure and wuoleson.e, and 1t admis ably serves 10 build up a s/stem b o<en by i nealth and sborn of «trength. Constipation, lver and kidney complainl aud ervousness aré con. uered oy 1 i by a| STARVED WHILE JENKS RODE The Captain Contracted Big | Bills for Lessons and i Mounts. Sued on Clainis of the Exclusive San Francisco Riding Club. The Leader of Troop A Cavorted When His Horses Were Eating Their Mangers. Captain Jenks of Battery A, N.G.C., may not have resembled his illustrious namesake of the horse marines in feeding his nags on corn and beans, but recent developments would make it appear that there was another particular, that of liv- ing beyond his means, in which ho did. To be plain, there are bills lor luxuries that the bedizened militiaman neglected | to pay, and they are going to cause him troubie in the Justice Court. The captain apparently aspired to shine | as a borseman, evea though his mount— from feeding on sand and redwood planks —resembled an overgrown razoirback hog, and expense was no consideration with bim. What mattered it if the horses of the troop were almost dropping from bunger and exhaustion? The leader of the troop must learn to sit with military dignity on a weary bagk to charm the multitude when parade days came. So the Jenks hied him to the establish- ment of the exclnsive San Francisco Rid- ing Cluo, where the man of title, military or otherwise, is always welcome and, join- ing, nlaced himself in the hands of the | riding master. While the horses of Troop A wrre ynawing their mangers and tear- ing madly £t their haltersin their efforts to gat freedom and food, Jenks was cavort- ing about the Pacitic-avenue arena in babiliments, the cost of which would bave purchased the equines many a good square feed of hay und oats, Moreover he oblizated himself to pay | $20 during July for evening lessons in ad- | dition to much more for horses hired ifrom the establishment for rides to the purk and elsewhere. Probably the troop horses were not fiery enough to suit the captzin’s aristo- cratic taste. In August Captain Jenks joined the Friday class and was the ad- | mired of the elite while the horses he was supposed to keep in feed were growing | bonier day by day. In all the captaia ran in debt $42 50 to { the Riding Club, after having paid sun- | dry sums that woud have ‘bought much od horse feed, Now, the c'ub is formed of such gentle- men as J. Dalzell Brown, Baron von | Schiroeder, Henry J. Crocker and many ohers, and while they did not care so much about the amount of the indebted- ness to the organization, they did ob- ject to the Jenks, and the claims were placed in the hands of J. J. Rauer for col- | lection. | Jenks was not in evidence when an at- | tempt was made to induce bim to liqui- date, and the suit begun yesterday in the Justice Court resulted. 1 Sunset | The Sunset Limited fast train service be- | tween San Francisco and Chicago will be in- | augurated by the Southern Pacifie from here | on Mond ay, October 18, eastbound, and trom | Chicago on October 19 “westbonnd. 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