The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 17, 1897, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 17, 1897. the person whom she bought them from had in-isted on getting the job of laying the carpets. **She said she was sorry she coald not give me the job of putting tkem down. I got itrough with the work about 10:30, and Mrs. Cl: te paid me and said I was to call at Guerrero street the next day at 1o’clock to help ber arrange the furni- ture in the hous she was moving to and to muke over some mattresses. I then left the nouse. That afterncon I spent at the grccery-store and saloon of Mohr- mann & Dierks, at Van Ness avenue and Turk street. During the evening the shoe- shop ot R. Goepel, near the grocery, took fire, and I assisted in cxtinguishing the flames. Goepel is a triend of mine, and after the tire he asked me to stay with bim during the night, as he was afraid the fire might break out again. I remained with him, and at about noon on Wednesday 1 started for 803 Guerrero eel 10 assist Mre, Clute, as I had promised. Mrs. Clute was not there, and I went to 230 Page treet. When I arrivea there I was told hat she had just left for her new home. I to several of the neighbors whom I ave worked for and th cery-store at Oak and Octa s sat there for a while; then some time be- tween and 4 o'clock. I went back to 803 Guerrero sircet. Mrs. Clute was th The furniture 1al not arrived and there was no work for me to do. There were two men Le rooms at work'laying matting. I ialked to her about the carpet that hed been laid in ths front room and Isaud it not properly put down. Ido not know whether those men went away or not while I was there. suW one man come while I w him uicely room where into the house king 1o her. She greeted d took him inio the front e was only one chair and hesat there. Then she came out to me and ssid she wanted some mattresses made over and asked me to step out to the ack porch to s:e if the &k yard was e enough for me to do the workin. I t was and sbe said I couid go out the k way. I wa'ked down the back stairs [ on the sireet. I went toward L sireet. | know some people Jiv- 8, 10 ana 12 Liberty street, having e some work ior them, and I thougnt oing that way I might see some of and get a job. On the way some Wo or three boys hollered at me cailing 1e Santa Claus. I spoke to some boys on rty s.re 1 waiked down Valencia street to Market, then out Gough to ove and d hat street to Franklin, i then to McAllister to a saloon at the er of thosestreets. Idrank a glass of beer there and afier remaining about five es went to the corner o Van Ness rk streets to Mohrmann & Dierks’ 1 remained there some time, then c room, where I left my sack Mi remained there about then wen: s saloon { was bleedinz from the cut on reyer asked me how I received | nd. Itold him I cut it with a nail a plavk I attemnted to lift from the sidewalk. Iwasj king when Isaid it as | | i ten | back to Mohr- it was not cut He poured some tand tied it up with a cloth. he shoemaker, was in the saloon at Ness avenue and Tu k street when I arrived there and several men in the place playea cards until late. | Isat In the barroom readinz unt.l late, with Goepel left the place ana went th him and remained there tas I had done the night before. apout 7 o’clock and went {0 ths I asked for a drink, and the bar. asked me if I was the man who nitted the murder at 803 Guer- He said the papers said the for a ma. who left the | 4 I then got a paper | iccount of th® murder. hed reading it I told the | r that I was at 803 Guerrero street | the day before, and asked him what | had better do about it. He advised me to go tothe Chief of Police and tell him what | 1 knew of it. Itw then betw 9 and 10 o’clock Chiet of Police. *I do not know who the man was who came in at 803 G street and sat in the frout room eI left. He was a pre man snd heavy. As he a n she nodiel to nim and said, ‘Oh, you? and she showed him in the front room. 1 was outside in the hallway. v ed she asked to be i some business to to. ne out to me and tock me to the back porch and asked me if the back yard would be big enough for com me to hx the m sses in. I :aid it was, and she told me t. out the back way. I dud That was between 4 and 5| o‘'clock. The man who came in had a reddish brown, cr black mustache. He was of a dark complexon and had dark t He was< about 40 years of age and spoke Englisb. He wore a dark coat. | “When I huri my ha I was unrolling some carpet that wa- lefi in the hall of the house a: 803 Guerrero street. 1 was show- ing it to Mrs. Clute to see if it wonld do for the hall. There a tack in it and the tack caught in my hand and caused the wound.” While the statement was being made Hoff was identified by Joseph Foley ana H. Jackson as the man they left at the house with Mrs, Clute. The conpling-pin with which the mur- der was committed has the appearance of baving been used as a tool for some pur- pose. It has not the least sign of rust and apparently it has been muach handled. Just what use it coula be to mechanic the police cannot say. Itisthought, how- ever, that it wounld be a useful instrumen in h work as Hoff was engaged 1n, and all day they were trying to find some per- son who had seen 1tin the possession of the prisoner. Last night they were suc- cessiul. A man, whose name and addrass the police refused to divuige, visited the office of Chief Lees and made the following statement: Isaw the coupling-pin which was used in killing Mrs. Clute before the murder. It was in the possession of Hoff. That was about two yearsago. 1engaged the suspecied murderer 1o repair a mattress and a lounge. While he was working in the yard in the rear of my house I noticed the coupling-pin in the yard. I will swear that the one in the possession of the police is the same one he had. “Isaw Hoff baveit, and when I asked him about it he replied: ‘I have use for e Hoff has worked repairing for me for about four or five years. He leit my em- ploy about a vesr and a half ago. My wife refused to have him around the house aa he was always drunk and misbe- having himeel It is eaid that the man who made the statement is a resident of the Mission. The prisoner’s statement that he slept the last .two nights with R. Gcevpel, a shormaker who.e place of business is at 703 Van Ness avenue, preves to bs correct. Goepel when questioned yesterday after- noon, said: “Ibhuve known Hoff for about one year. He came in last evening between 6and 7 o'clock. He was not in the least excited, and wken [ called his attention to the wound upon uis hand be stated that he bad received it by pulling up a carpet at a place where he was at work. He has slept with me the last two nights, *‘He first spoke about the wound in the grocsry store. Yesterday morning while int.e saloon at the rear end of the gro- cery some one was reading an account of the murder and one of the boys said: “Hoff, this looks like you,’ or ‘I guess you are the man.’ ““Hoff replied: ‘by golly, it’s too bad. 1 have known the lady for along time and was to go to work there to-day.” ” Goepel further stated that Hoff was not excited and listened attentively to the reading of tke account. Last night Cnief Lees received the fol- lowing dispatch from the husband of the murdered woman: WADSWORTH, Nevada. Leave no means untried Lo capture the as- sassin. Will be in city on the morning over- land. Answer Truckee. E. R. CLUTE. Tie Chief replied as follows: E. R. Clute, Wadsworth, Nev.: Aibert Hoff, upholsterer, arrested snd charged with the murder. Henry Emeyer, the night clerk in the Lindell House, has made a statement to Deteciive Seymour. He says that shortly vefore 6 o'clock Wednesday evening Hoff entered the house. The clerk noticed that his hand was bleeding and he asked Lim how he haa been hurt. Hoff said that be was *“fool- ing’” with a nail and had his hand cut. Emeyer advised him to see a doctor, as blood poisoning was likely to set in. Hoff subsequenily left the house, the clerk thinking that heintended to consuit a doctor. Hoff's story of Le took the round- about route to town, by way of Guerrero and Liberiy streets, when hecould bav made better time and saved himself the irouble of walking two additional blocks, borne out in some particulars, and in others ziven tne lie by the persons liv- ing on Liberty street for whom he used (o work. Mre. Sieverst, who lives at No. 2, de- nies having the slightest acquainiance with the man and states emphatically that he never aid any work for ber. Mrs. Helen lives at No. 4. She knew nothing of the man, and says thatif he ever did any upholstering work for her she has forgotten the occurrence. To the best ot ber knowledge nothing of the kind nhas been done there for a long time. The people who live at No. 6 were ab- sent, They are described as two ladies wko work in some one of the Pustoffice departments, and the neighbors do not think anything in the upholstering line has brendone there. They feel sure that such is true for some months back A family named Blumberg resides at No. 8. Mr. Blumberg siated that he had never heard of Hoff before and positively had bad him do nothing in the way of work for him at any time. At 10 the first confirmation of the man’s words were found. A family of the neme of Schloss resides there. One of the daughters of the family stated that four or tive months ago Hoff had mended | 8 mattress for the family. “He has also done other work for us at various times previous to tha:,” she said, “and appeared to be a genial sort of fel- low. My little brother Sig took quite a fancy to him.” Whoen the little boy was questioned he evidenced an aversion to talking, hut ad- mitted to his sister that Hoff had passed the house in the evening and that he had spoken to him. He ran away before the language used could be learned. Young Fred Blumberg and Mendell Scnloss had not seen Hoff, but both seemed to remem- ber him in a general sort of way. A domestic employed in the Schlos family 2aid she went to the door Wednes- day evening in resyonse 1o a ring of the tell and noticed a men answering Hoff's description passing by in the direciion of Valencia street. She remembered dis- tinctly that he had a full black beard and curried an article or articles wrapped in a piece of cloth of some coarse material, such as carpeting. He seemed to be walk- ing leisurely. Coroner Hawkins and Autopsy Surgeon Gallagher spent several hours yesterday aiternoon in makine an examination and autopsy. A special examination wes made to determine whether in addition to murder another crime bad been com- miited, but no resunit was arrived at on ac- count of the fact that the Morgue, being a makeshift like the County Hospital and the Pesthouse, is not provided with the thines necessary for such examina- tions. One of the requisites was a micro- scope and spectroscopic attachment. Of course, there were no such things in tle Morgue and for a time it looked as though the ends of justice would be ham- peiel by the decompo:ition of the :ub- stance to be examined, but later in the afternoon Dr. Henry Kugeler of 1065 Howa:d street, out of old-time friendship for the Coroner, offered to make the necessary microscopical and chemical ex- amination. No bruises were found on the limbs of the murdered woman and her underwear was but slightly torn. Ehe was found ly- ing on her back with her arms straight by her side. The murderer baa not searched the body for valcables. If robbery had been his motive he wus scared away by the old man downs:airs calling up and asking what the matter was. The wounds, eleven in number, were all on the head aund face. The nose wus broken and the skuil was [ractured. There was also a large bruise on the back of the left hand, received without doubt while attempting to ward off a blow of the mur- erous coupling-iron, which weighs about even peunds. Among the visitors to the Morgue was Dr. . B. de La Martyr, the family physi- cian of the murdered woman. He spoke in the highest terms of her. There also called and remained around the Morgue the greater part of the afternoon Charles B. Peckham, editor of the Watsonville Daily Register. He had known Mrs, Clute and her family for many years, and he told the Coroner that they were held in the bhighest esteem by all who kuew them there. Coroner Hawkins impaneled the follow- ing jury to view the body in the after- noon, but no date was set for the inquest: W. 8. Mackay, 715 Market street; F.Jant- zen, 717 Market; BE. Wanig, 721 Market; G. W. Snreve, 739 Market; M. Steinle, 769 Market; G. W. Cuddeback, 811 Mar- ket; F. Saunders, 823 Market; E. Harvey, 857 Market; R. Malcom, 735 Market, The following dispatch was received in the afternoon from the unfortunate hus- band of the dead woman: WINNENMUCCA, Nev., Dec. 16, 1897. To P. J. Bosselly, 418 Front street, San Fran- cisco: Will come on train leaving here this afternoon. Home to-morrow morning, God pity me. Attend 10 anything required. E R. CLute Lived In Salt Lak-~, SALT LAKE, Dec. 16.—Tbe Mrs. Clute whe was killed in San Francisco Wednes- day is generally believed here to have been the wife of E. R. Clute, ex-Asses:or and Collector of Salt Lake City. The Clutes came here f10m Nevada in the latter part of the eighties, where they had resided for several years, Clute being enzaged in the business of drayman. When the Liberal, or Gentile, party went into power, Clute, who had been a very active and bitter non-Mormon, was elected Assessor and Collector, and before tne end c¢f his term had $20,000 of the city's money he could not account for, and he left as soon as possible for the West, presumably for Nevada. Mrs. Clute while here was very well liked and generally respected. She appeared in a number of amateur operas and had a host of friends socially until the downfall of her husband and his departure from the State. Since that period the whereabouts of the Clutes has been a sealed book to the people of Utah. SUTTER FRUIT-GROWERS MEET. Aroused to the It;;gflanca of Adver- tising California Products in Foreign Markets. YUBA CITY, Dec. 16 —A large and en- thu-iasiic meeting of fruit-zrowers was Lield here yesterday under the auspices of Sutter County Horiicultural Society, for the purpose of discussing the proposition 10 raise funds to assist in the advertising of California fruit products in foreign markets, according to a re olution passed by the recent State Fruit-Growers’ Con- v-ntion. Hon. J. A. Fiicher of the State Board of Trade was present and addressed the meeting, and gave the growers fects and staiistics as 10 what the exhibit from this State at Hamburg had done toward creat- in ademand for our fruits. Addresses were also made by local growers trom tnis county, Yuba and Butte counties, showing ihat they are alive to the necessity of continuing Lhe work com- menced at Hamburg. By a resolution adopted it was unani- mously decided that this section would raise its proportion of the amount askea by the State commitiee, and that the plan of raisi the funds wouid be leftin the hands of the members of said committee who re-ide in t0is county, the local mem- bers being H. P. Stabler, B. F, Waiton and A. D. Cutts. SoNER T FRIGHTENED T0 DEATH. Miss Lamoreaux Fol.owed by a Rough- Looking Man and Expired From Lesion of the Brain. BOSTON, Dec. 16.—The funeral of Val- entine Lamoreaux was held from St.Jobn’s Chureh in Arctic Village, R. I. yester day. It was not learned until to-day tnat she was frightened to death. Miss La- moreaux, who was 18 years ola, left home Sunday evening to visit a sister. On the roed she was followed by a rough-looking man, whose attentions were persistent. Hardly had her brottrer got out of her s ght than the man crept up behind Miss Lamoreaux. Fearing that he meantto assault her she screamed and ran to her 'r's house, on reacuing which she fell in a fainting tit. When the girl recovered conscicusness she told of the man’s actions and then became hysterical. She remained in that condition until Thurs- , when she died, s the physicions de- from lesion of the brain causea by FRAWLEY BACK AGAIN He and His Company Had a Very Gorgeous Time in Hawaii. The Trip to the Paradise Pacific Was a Financial Success. The Frawley Company returned from Honolulu vester on the steamer Mo- ana, and the wharf was thronged with people who were there to welcome the actors and actresses back to San Fran- cisco. Those who returned oa the steamer were: T. Daniel Frawley, Frank Worth- ing, Bianche Bates, Herbert Carre, H. A. Blakemore, Howard L. Burton, Frederick Perry, Harry Corson Clarke, William Lewers, Wilson Enos, George McQuarrie, George Bosworth, Grorge Fullerton, Philip Howell, Georgs Crowe, Frank W. Custer, Madge Carr Cook, Selene Johnson, Lillie Wren, Eleanor Robson, Phosa McAllister, Mildred Beverly and others. Melville Marx of the firm of Friedland- er, Gottlob & Co. directed the company’s trip,and “Uncle George” Bromley went down as the guest of Manager Frawley. In all, the company piayed thirteen different productions in “‘the Paradise of the Pacific,” the last one prior 10 the sail- ing of the Moana being “The Lost Para- dise.”” Messrs. Friedlander and Gottlieb. were among these down to welcome back the wanderers, and 10 them Mr. Frawley said he and his company bad had a ‘*tremendously gorgeous time.’”’ They played to larger and more appreciative audiences than last year, and everybody is Lome again more than pleased with the trip. “Uncle George” Bromley says he has to play a part in “*Secona Born'’ at the Bohemian Club hlgh jinks this Christmas, and he bad to cume back for that, otherwise he is not certain but what be mizht have spent a few months longer in Hawaii. PROSPECTIVE ~ MATCHES. Lavigne and Sharkey Wanted by the New Orleans Club for Good Contests. Eddy Graney received the following dis- patch from Jim Hall, manager of the New Orleans club, last night: Can you make mate winuer of Everhart-Daly “go’’ at end of next month ? Will Suarkey meet Maher here Mardi Gras week ? Graney stated to THE CALL that he had seen Sharkey, and that the sailor said that Maher was one of the men he was most anxious to mzet, and that he would make a match with the Irishman at any time and plice ana for any purse that might be hung up. As for Lavigne, l:e is booked to return st immediately after his match with Griffo in Oakiana next week, but his busi- ness is fizhting, and he stands to meet all comers in his class. FORECLOSED ON LYNCH. A Well-Known Character Loses $10,000 Worth of Property. The suit of the Hibernia Bank to fore- close a $10,000 mortgage on the property of Patrick Lynch, the coalman, was sue- cessfully concluded before Judge Bahrs yesterday. The $10,000 included two notes, one for $4000, da:ed October 18, 1894, and the oth er for §6000, dated March 13, 1897. The two notes were secured by some real estate on Eddy street, near Larkin. Lynch is well known in the eity, and particularly around the City Hall. "Some time ago ne was declared incompetent, and he is now in a sanitarivm in the southern par: of the Siate. —————— Normal School Exerclses. The exercises of the San Francisco Normal School wiil take place nt 11:30 A. M. to-day at the Normal School buiiding, Powell street, uear Cl e o To Cure a Coid in One Day Take Laxative Eromo Quinine Tablets. All drug- gists rerund the money if it fails to cure. 25c. The genuine has L B. Q. on each tablet. of the| for Lavigne to meet | SLAIN BY A NATIVE ROBBER Chinese Woman Meets Death on the Island of Maui. Surprises a Rascal Ransacking the House, Who Commits the Murder. Fifth Assassinat on of Orlentals at the Place During the Past Year. Correspondence of THE CALL. HONOLULU, Dec. 9 —The Kinau to- day brougit word of a frightful murder on Maui. The victim this time wasa comely young Chinese woman, the wife of a fisherman residing at Wulluku. At- tacked while alone in the house, her head vas beaten almost into a jelly with some sort of u bludgeon. The kiliing occurred on November 29 The fisherman had leit his house at 6 o’clock in the morning toattend to his nets. When be returned for lunchatl P. M. he found the lifcless body of his wife lying onthe floor of the sitting-room. It was evident from the clotted blood that oozed through the gaping wounds in the head thut she had been dead for several hours. The murderer is supposed to be a native named Kamalo, agea 23 years, who has served two terms for laiceny. Robbery is supposed to have been his motive. Ac- cording to the evidence at hand, he was engaged in ransacking tbe Chinese home when the woman returned and caught him. He killed her witnh a club in order to conceal his first crime. This 18 the filth murder reported from | Maui this yvear, anu a!l have been as brutal. Only Orientals have been the vic- tims, i AUICIDE OF THIERBACH. Took Poison When He Heard His Sweel- heart Nas Dying. HONOLULU, Dec. 9 —Uharles Thier- bach of San Francisco committed suicide on the 2d inst. by taking a large dose_ of cyanide of potassium. His body, stiif in death, was found about 1 o’cicck the same day. He left nothing to explain his rash action, but on a card was wrirten, “Notify C. Tnierbach, San Francisco.” By the last mail from the coast Thier- bach received word that his sweetheart, who resides there, was at the point of death, and could not possibly live. The news depressed him very muct. The young man had been seriously ill with ear troubie, and nad not sufficently recovered to resume his business duties. It is supposed that his iliness and the bad news he had received ied him to believe that life was not worth living. The body was discovered oy a fellow- loager, Patrick Ryan. Calling at the place on some minor business at noon, he found a note for himseif on a small card and unsigned—"Notily C. Thierbach 306-308 Batiery sireet.” The handwriting was ibat of the young man, ana Ryan came at once to the conclusion that some- thing was ami An entrance 1o Thier bach’'s room was effected, and he was found to be quite deau. He had poisoned water with cyanide of potassium, and bad swaliowed a dose that did the work quick- 1y. He hau been deau for some time. His ers and piciures were tied in a pack- age, with a line on tue outside requesting that they be sent to San Francisco. Little is known of the deceased here. He came to Honolulu about five mon:hs ago with a veriscope show, which d:d not pay, and bhe severed his connection with 1t to take a position in a local photograph gallery. As nearly as can be learned Thierbach was about 28 years of age and # native of San Francisco. His mother died when he was a child, and he was broughit up by his sister, who resides in San Francisco at the present time., He had never spoken of his sweetheart until he received word by the last steamer from the coast informing him of her 1iliness. Thierbach was apparently well educated. He was plentiiully supplied with money, for there 1s still in his employer's hands a considerable sum for whick he hac never asked. The budy has been buried here. P MARKIED Af HONOLULU. Miss Banks Becomes the Bride of As- sistant Engineor Brice. HONOLULU, Dec. 9.—A brilliant wea- ding took place in tne St. Andrew’s Cat. - edral at high noon yesterday. The con- tracting parties were H. Bertrand Price, assistant engineer on the flagship Balu- more, and Miss Catherine French Banks of Philadelphia. The wedding was at- tended by Admiral Miller, nis staff and a lurge number of other naval officers in full-dress unitorm. Mr.and Mre G. W. Banks and two sisters of the brideare here and attended the wedding. For the firsi time since she -ecured her Hawalian regisiry the Pacific Mail steamer Aziec arrived at this port on the 4:h, coming from Nowau, Japan, with 5000 tens of coal under ber decks. She will proceed to San Franeisco trom here, The agency of the Makawell plantation at San Francisco has been transferred from Spreckels & Co. to Alexander & Bald- win, A conservative estimale made on the comingz crop at Makawell by the manager places it at from 14,000 to 15,000 tons. This sugar will be shipped to New York. LABORERS DENOUNCE FITZGERALD Continved srom First Page. the Labor World of this city, the oldest labor paper on the coast outside of San Francisco. “Mr. Fitzgerald knows full well that organizéd labor all over the coun- try, and more particularly on the coast, is opposed to annexation. Our position has been very plainly stated by resolu- tions adopted by the Qakland, Sacramento and Los Angeles Councils ol Labor. He is, therefore, willingly and maliciously misrepresenting us ‘at the National Capital. I would very much like to know if the State’ ot California is paying Mr. Fitzeerald a salary to put his time in at Washington furthering the interests of a few sugar-planters on the Hawaitan Islands. At the first meeiin of the Los Angeles Council of Labor propose to call attention to Mr. Fitzger- ald’s courte at Washington and we can then take action as a body to repudiate his misrepresentation.” J. D. Baiiy of the Carpenters’ Union, H, E. Martens of the Cigarmakers, W. A. Woods of the Ewectrical-workers and Mr. McGlynn of the Typograrhical Unicn also exypressed themseives in a vein similar to Captain Colver. They spoke in unmeas- ured terms condemnatory of Labor Com- missioner Fitzgerald’s conduct at Wash- ington. REFERRED T0 STATE BRANCHES American Federation on Legislation for Barbers. An Appeal From the Decision of the Suprems Ccurt in the Arago Case. Congress Urged by Resolution to Blot From the Staiutes an Injustice to Seamen, Epecial Dispatch to THE CALL. NASHVILLE, Tes~, Dec. 16.—When the American Federation of Labor met to-day the committee on resolutions in- troduced a resolution urging the tedera- tion to give its earnest encouragement to the propo-ed legislation on behalf of the vnion barbers of the country. The reso- lution was discussed by several delegates, and finatly referred to the State branches without recommendation. Delegate Elderkin offered a resolution reciting that as the Supreme Court in the decision of the Arago case has held that specific enforcement of contracts to labor are not inhibited by the constitution of the United States the American Federa- tion of Labor appeals to “all lovers of their kind to waich for and, 1f possib'e, prevent any legislation by any State Legislature or by Congress which shall in any way give force to the principle laid down in " The resolution also urges upon Congress ‘“'to blot from the present statutes the provisions which now make this principle enforcivle upon seamen and fishermen,” One of the most important reporis of the session was that of the specia! com- mittee on convict labor. It was the sense of the committee thatthe employ- ment of convict labor should be primarily for self-support, and at the furthest for the making of goods which should be used in State institutions. The Southwick bill, which is to be in- trodaced before Congress, embodies the idea of the committee, and it is recom- mended that it be sanctioned by the fed- eraiion. The adoption of the committee’s recom- mendation of the Southwick bill was moved, but it was objected to by some that the bill does not provide that the law shall cover United States prisoners as well as State prisoners, and another reading was called for. The hour for adjourn- ment having arrived, the second reading was postponed until the afternoon session. The negro question occupied the major portion of the afterncon session, and a heated discussion was brought on by a re<olution introduced by Henry Lloyd re- affirming the declarations of the federa- tion that all labor without regard to color is welcomed to its ranks, and de- nouncing us untrue in fact the reported statements of Booker T. Washington tnat the trade unions were placing obstacles in the way of the material advancement of the neero, and appealing to the records of the federation conventions as complete answers to such false assertions. This resolution caused much spirited discussion. Delegate Jones of Augusta, Ga., spoke, ciaiming that the white iaborer could not compete with the negro laborer, though organization would im- prove conditions materially. Preaident Gompers took part in the dis- cussion, explalning that the movement was not against the negro laborer, but against the cheap laborer, and that the texule workers of the East had baen com- pelled to contribute out of their means to teach laborers in the South the benefits of organization. He also made the point that the capitalists would profit by the failure of negro laborers to organize, thus making the negro an impediment to labor movements. _C. P. Frahey, a Nashville delegate, in- sisted that the negro was not the equal of the white man socially or industrially. He grew warm in speaking ol President Gompers’ remarks regarding the negro in the Jabor movement, and -tated that the president had not revoked the commis- sion of a nationsl organizer who had vatronized a non-union white barber- shop in preference toa union negro bar- ber-shop. The organizer had simply been allowed to resign, and no publicity had been given the matter. Japies O'Connell and P. J. McGuire spoke of the resoiution. The latter in- sisted that Booker T. Washington was at- tempting to put the negro before the publi¢ as the victim of ..ross injustice and himself as the Moses of the race. M. D. Ratchford insisted that drawing the color line would be an almost fatal biow to the organization. Being recognized again, Jones asked whether there should be a efforts made in the East to organize C nese, where they conflict with union lavor. Gompers ruled that the discussion must cease, The resolution which had caused the heated debate was adopted, and the dele- Zates went in ~xecu 1vn eossion, Sues for $5000 Damages. Charles A. O'Douneil has commenced suit sgainat the Market-street Railway Comp:ny to recover §5000 for 'njuries receivel by being thrown from a car at Turk and Fill- more streets. The plaintiff alleges that he was boarding the car, when it started and threw him to the ground with such violence that he received injuries which incapacitated him from performing his duties, and in con- sequence he believes he has been damaged to the extent of the sum sued tor. NEW TO-DATY! WHEN OTHERS FAIL CONSULT 42 DOCTOR SWEANY. 1f you are suffering from the results of indis cretions of youth, or irom excesses of any kind in maturer yea: or if you have Ehrunken Organs, Lame Back, Varicocele, Rupture, exe haustive drains, ete, you should waste no time, but consult this Great Specialist; he specdily and permanently cures ail diseases of Men and Women. Call on or write him to- day. Hecan cure you. Valuable Book sent Free. Address F. L. SWEANY, M.D,, FOR BARBERS, BAK- 737 Market St., San Francisco, Cal. ers, bootbacks, bathe RUSHES i =it bt ers, brewers, bookbindess, candy.makers, cai dy flourmills, foundries,” laundries, = men, tar-roofers, tanners, tailors, etc. BUCHANAN BROS., Brush urers. 604 mentoSts | that our 35¢ goods equal any STRINGEN LAS ARE REQUIRED Report of the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion on Rates. Railroad Pooling a Dangerous Measure Unless Properly Safeguarded. The Great Necessity for Uniformity In Freight Classif.catlon Is Urged. Spectal Dispatch to THE CALL CaryL OrricE, Rices Housk, W AsHINGTON, Dec. 16. } The eleventh annual report of the Inter- state Commerce Commission, issued to- dav,is alengthy document, which touches upon the work of the commission during the past year, and inciudes several sug- | gestion Speaking of the powers of the commission the report says that a suit to recover excess over reasonable rates isnot an adequate or equitable remedy, and continues: “Prevention by fixing and establishing | rates in advance is the only practical legal | remedy for extortionate and unjust | charges, and the law should be made so | plain that neither the commlssion unor the courts can misconstrue or misinterpret its meaning.” The report discusses the Supreme Court | decision denying power in the commis- | sion to prescrive maximum rates and | 2oes on to show why the commission has | no real power as to fixing rates. | “‘Application of the remedy provided by | T | Congress produces under the Suprema Court,”” it sa “not uniformity and | equality, but the direst confusion and grossest discrimination.” The right of | the commi sion to prescribe rates in the | futare is urged. If the commission is | given power to # rate, how are its or- ders to be made effective, and whaatis to be the attitude of the courts toward such orders? ‘I'ne commission considers the | 1aw as laid down by ihe Supreme Court in | the cases of the Minnesota and Texas | Raiiroad Commissions and pointsout that opportunity for judicial inquiry as to | whether rates fixed by S:ate Logislature or commissions are reasonable must be af. forded and is provided, ior in the State statuies, especially in California, where the Federal court has held the statute unconsatutional. The report discusses the point at length. ] The “loug and short haul” act and th Supreme Court decision thereon are dis- | cussed, and the staiement is made th unless the country is sati-tied 10 und a recurrence ot the eviis existing aprovos | to the passing of that act it mustin soms form or other be re-enucted. The report doubts the wisdor of legislation touching pooiing and says: “If pooling produces any teneficial results it necessarily does <o at the expense of competizion.” By legalizing pooling the public loses { the only tection it now has against the anreasonabie exactions of transporiation agencies. Still, in view of the whole si! | a‘ion, a mujority of the commission would be inclined to recomme«nd that the expe dient be tried if suitable safeguards are | provided in advance, but this rscommend- | ation must be taken only with tha limita. | tion stated. | Tue eat necessity for uniformity in freight classification is_urged, and several | amendments and auditional legislation are pointed out as a necessity. Was Not a Mysterious Pistol Shot. ‘he mysterious pistol skot reported to havel been heard at the corner of Sutter and Tay! sireets ubout 1 o’clock yesterday morning was probably the report of a cartridge exploded by | & mail wagon driven by Carrier John J. Fitze He was maxing his morning coiiec- tion ran_over something lying near the car track and an explosion followed. A pore tion of the missile struck his shoe, but the foot was not injured. Thinking some one had droppel a revolver Fitzeerald went back to look for it, but could fina nothingsbut some pieces of & bottle. tie thinks that he ran over eituer a cartridge or & boitle containing some explosive. geruld. NEW TO-DAY. e e A A Ak We have signea for Dainty—Original. e e el We invite inspection of goods and comparison of prices. “At Sloane’s.” Furniture especially de- W. & J. SLOANE & CO. Carpets—Furniture—Upholstery, 641-647 MARKET STREET. many odd vieces of Holiday Gifts— CHRISTMAS S ALMOST here. Holiday trade is boo: fresh, well-selected stocks, low prices and courteous salesmen. are best here; come early as possible. at your leisure. Everybody welcome. CANDY. Even our best exclusive candy stores admit o grade in the e Our candy-maker formerly catered to the most fastidious trade in one of the swellest eity. Market-street cands shops. Flavors are de- lightiul. Our Choeolate Creams are not ex- celled by any anywhere. and our Walnut Creams are made from the whole nut—large size, this year's growth—not the stale usually found. Lowney’s Boston Chocolate Creams, pound _ assorted : .50, Lowney's Fa 00ds (gift_ g00ds). .10¢ to 73¢ Bistop's K eams and Bonbons, poun eenenas 50c 50c Bonbons and e Creams 350 1-pound tancy comfcetion DOX, equa 0c goods, and beautiiu p sr Broken Mixed, 15¢ kind w Dainties, per large car Sreams, per iarge Carto) Buttercups, ianciest in the cits..... Peanut aud Cocoanut Taffy, per pou: Our candies are pure #nd wholesom, Our aim is not how cheap, but how good. No ex- | pense spared to maké what we manufacture | second to none. 1808 CALENDARS. We are giving away a beautiful 6-page Calendar, sizs Sx12 inches, besutifully de- coreted, engraved in colors, with every 25¢ sale of Fairy Soap. ind | & 8 ming. The buying public appreciate clean, Morning hours Everything plainly price marked. Look CRACKERS. Speclal assortment of fancy package goods | for the holidays, 10c per pound and upward. | SILVER PLATED WARE. Useful holiday presents in popalar modern designs, at reasonab.e prices, fully 23 per cent less than elsewhere. | FANCY GLASS WARE, Beautiful new designs in light holiday Glase, Ware Novelties, just unpacked. See window" display. CHRISTI1AS GROCERIES. Full assortment fanciest holiday dainties; | special price list of same st counters, TOYS. No old shop-worn goods here, everything new bright and fresh. Humming Tops, large 10¢ kind 5S¢ | Child’s Garden Set (Hoe, Rake and | iong handles...... ........ 6¢ Toy Boat, three masts, wood b 4c Iron Banks, combination lock, two st 25¢ kind........ 2 Harmonica, gonuine s0d at 15¢ and price.. % Toy Carpet Sweeper, Cnild’s Blackbosrd. Chi d's Tea Set, 15 ¢ Dressed, wood' body head, lace ha 16 inches...... Christmas prices. COOKING LECTURE. If you are interested in the proper cooking of foods it will pay you to attend our cooKing lecture, given to-morrow afterno» Miss Edna Davies, a noted lectares upon it in an interesiing manner. Samples may be tasted. The original reci free. Samples to-morrow of Cream of Mai: pare same. The next two lectures of the course January 3. The lectures are free. Every floor, in the spacious dining-room. ‘ecturer from Philadelphia. n, Saturday, December 18 at 3 o'clock, by She ccoks the food and Over 200 attende : the last week’s lecture, Ppes used in printed form are given out also ze, a new dish, with originil rec:pes to pre- o occur Monday, December and Monday, body welcome. Held at our store, sixth 25-27 The only foods at ploma and Certificate of Purity in e ) CASH STORE, Market St., San Francisco, TELLPHONE, MAIN 1849, grocers who made an exhibition o fhe Mechanies Fair and recaived a® B very article. 3 Y