The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 18, 1898, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1898. T0 KEEP LEPROSY FAON OUR SHORES Board of Health Will Act. MISSION OF DR. RUGGLES| State GOES TO HAWAII TO CONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS. The Board Considers the Presence of Texas Fever and Will Recom- mend Measures to Stamp It Out. Special Dispatch to The Call. SACRAM ing of the NTO, Oct. 17.—At & meet- ite Board of Health at the Capitol to-night Dr. C. A. Ruggles, president of the board, was appointed 40 visit the Haws jhe extent of the presence of leprosy and to r res to prevent its ornia. Dr. J. K. | Morse has been appointed for this mis. | Morse had been appointed or this mis. | uld fulfill it. Since the annexation of | habitants are free to come . and it is the intention of | the Board of Health of prepare a re. | rort for submission to the coming Leg- islature which will suggest safeguards | against the spread of the disease to these shores Dr. Ruggles informed The Call cor- respondent that he would sail on No- vember 2. Before his departure Dr. Ruggles will join Drs. Matthews, Hen- derson and C: in an investigation laing with regard to Ruggles asserted to- oubtedly lives had been threatened by itation In the big w The report of the Board of on this subject is expected to for action by the next | an Islands to learn | < 10 these port 1ews, secreta that Texas t among cattle 1 that whe 1 30 degree of the board, existed to a this State. hermometer tick would n the north- om the dis- | the duty of separating the in- from that from which s driven the di e must be stric the reports con- 1d been exaggerated, tances where it was sen discovered it we food and impure water due | oard of Health will ask the ture for an enlargement of e matter of handling es, including int veterinarians, who i localities and send have the roy As it is now, the State nce in the matter, handling it, and 1 can be reached, in s going be- journed to meet to-mor- San Francisce. Several s will be spent in inspecting the condition of the Oakland for the Blind and the Normal and otk State institutions faeS No Fever. | N JO Oct. 17.—The letter from | - San Francisco Board of Health to - San Jose Board of Health, inquir- about the Texas was referred to the Board of Su- | ors. It was presented to-day to Supervisors, but as the general | idea seemed to be that there was mno | fever among cattle letter w to th NEEDLESS EXPENSE IN SHIPPING WOOD SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Oct. 17.—The | wood used by the military establish- in this county, the | e without action. | | J | | ment for Government purposes since | the capitulation o ntiago has been sent here from the United States at a of $12 a cord, counting the expense insportation, of labor in loading | A t shipping. This has been a needless waste of money. The forests are full | of wood of all descriptions, thoroughly | suitable to all the Government uses. | The matter was brought to the notice of Major Knight, the chief quartermas- | ter, who is now inviting tenders from | local firms, and will probably get all | he requires at about $4 a cord. The schoor.er Golden Rod arrived from Jamaica with 65 negroes on board. They have not been allowed to land, but will be sent back. General Wood is deter- mined to stop the spread of unneces- eary destitution in the province, and he | thinks on of the best precautions | be to prevent such immigrations Mason, the British Consul, has for- | protested against General Wood's | , though he recognizes the wis- | om of the policy. General Wood has f to allow Immigrants from Ja- ia_to land providing the British -antees that none will be- Under such conditions dmitted. of the Cuban army, by five members of his ved to-day and visited Gen. | They are a fine looking lot ar the best looking Cu- at Santiago. A reception red them to-night at the Mr. i TIMES OF DEPARTURE OF SPANISH TROOPS HAVANA, Oct. 17.—The American military commission held a conference at thei iguarters in the Trocha Hotel to-day. Rear Admiral Sampson Was present. _enor Giranta, secretary of the Spa Commission, presented to the American Commissioners an of- ficial note setting forth the time svhen the next detachment of Spanish troops will leave th and. It is reported that many officer: General Gomez' staft h:xffe rec;v:; leave of absence, but it ig added they have really resigned, owing to serious trouble with their chief. It is further asserted that the only staff officers are | | on the adopted either alternative they would | Deschapele, & Dominican, and Mariel Alva, a colored Dominican, and Marcos Rosario. Among those who have left Gomez, according to the report, are Dr. Fermin, Valdez, Dominguez, his chief of staff; Major Boza, Surgeon Lucas, Alvarez and Aides de Camp Tafel, Es- trampes and Molina. They say that Gomez, who is always bad tempered, has lately become unreasonable, mak- ing it impossible to remain by his side. The City Council at its session of Saturday last decided to charge the American military commanders $12 50 each for six plans of the city of Ha- :EM{ furnished to them at their re- est. SPANISH COMMISSION GETS SHARP RETORT LONDON, Oct. 18.—The Paris corre- spondent of the Times says: At the sitting of the Peace Commission this (Menday) afternoon the American commissioners officially—and it would seem definitely—rejected the idea of accepting soverelgnty over Cuba for the United States. The Spanish com- missioners thereupon remarked that Spain, having abandoned such sov- ereignty under pressure of the United States, and the United States having denied that the sovereignty henceforth belongs to her, Cuba is de facto in a state of independency, as an intermis- slon of sovereignty cannot be viewed in any other light. The American commissioners rejoin- ed that, without accepting sovereignty, | United States considered itself deputed to maintain security for all the inhabitants, that they would not fail to introduce and support, and they would do all that was necessary to put the island in a state of normal organi- zation, to be transformed at the earll- est moment into a legal regularity, satisfactory for the security of all Upon this the Spanish commission- ers, with what seems striking logic, promptly replied that by the fact of the the declaration just made to them and | United States undertaking to of the restore legality, order and security, the United States was invested with sovereignty and consequently could not refuse to accept the consequences of uch sovereignty, seeing that they ad- mittedly could not toulerate the relapse into anarchy of an island placed un- der their supervision and direction. Notwithstanding these striking objec- tio; the Americans persisted in their nited States cannot be con- sidered to be invested by sovereignty and they could not deviate from this | definite declaration. According to im- pressions I have been able to collect in various circles, unconnected with either side, but entitled to weight, the refusal of the Americans is not of a positive character as would seem to result from the formal declaration mentioned. The reason given me is this: The United States have declared that they made a war not of conquest, but of liberation and order, because they | could not allow the propagation at cause of humanity and civilization. They, therefore, made a public declara- tion that the war was not one of con- quest, and they now consider that by agreeing to be invested with eignty of Cuba they would give them- selves the appearance of having con- quered the island for territorial ag- grandizement. They refuse to give themselves the appearance of a conquering nation. Henc that charge f sovereignty which would be inc ent with the character of humanitarian disinterestedness and es- sential to the honor of America. The United ates comprehend that their firm refusal to accept sovereignty does not exclude obligation, on the footing of justice and equity, to make burdens which would be crushing if she were saddled with the whole Cuban debt. We may be certain that on this point the Americans will be less inflex- ible than on the people of society. The proof, I am told, that the United States are disposed to meet Spain in an equi- e fashion is that the Spanish Com- ners, who would not at first ac- cept any invitation to dine with Gen- eral Horace Porter until the end of the conference, have now accepted. The Paris correspondent of the Daily Mail says: 1 hear that the peace prob- lem will soon be settled, the United States assuming the Cuban 6 per cent loan of 1886, which was floated entirely for Cuban purposes, and rejecting the | 5 per cent loan of 1890. A dispatch to the London News Agency from Paris says: To-day (Monday) the conference reached a crisis for the first time. Judge Day pre- Commission in threatening words. the United States with the Cuban debt, and would be tolerated no longer, as the United States would neither assume nor guarantee any part of the debt. The Spaniards replied that this placed Spain in a position of repudiat- ing or of reducing the face value of the Cuban bonds from 50 to 60 per cent, paying only half the stipulated interest reduced value. Before surrender to the United States the en- tire Philippines. Judge Day responed that the surren- |-der of the Philippines would probably be demanded irrespective of the Cuban | or any other debt. This, to the Spaniards, the first in- and unloading cars, shipping and un. | timation of the intentions of the United States as to the Philippines. resulted in a whispered conference, followed by an adjournment in order to communicate with the Madrid Government. Judge Day said that President McKinley had instructed him_to demand the entire surrender of Porto Rico to-morrow (Tuesday). FUTURE GOVERNMENT OF PORTO RICO ISLAND WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.—General Brooke has plenary powers in Porto Rico and will have sole charge of the government of the island until some other arrangement is made. It is pos- sible that when the President returns he may designate a military govern- ment of the island to act in that capac- ity until Congress provides for a terri- torial civil government. No instruc- tions have been sent to General Brooke regarding his duties after the war when the island formally passes over to the United States and all Spanish author- ity is withdrawn, but he is acquainted with the proclamations of the President regarding the management of affairs. General Broeke, it is understood, in- tends to return to the United States as soon as the affairs of the island become more settled, but probably before that time a military government will be named, as was done at Santiago. it i CONCESSIONS MADE BY GENERAL BLANCO HAVANA, Oct. 17.—This afternoon Senor Benitz, assistant secretary of the Spanish evacuation commission, de- livered to the United States evacuation commissioners five notes, four of which treated on the fortifications of the is- lands. The fifth note asserted that Captain General Blanco formally acceded to the request of the American commission to permit the free entry of Red Cross sup- plies at the ports of Havana, Cardenas, Cienfuegos, Sagua la Grande, Calbai- ren, Bahia Honda and others of less importance. 1 and officially declared that the | | ENCAMPMENT OF THE 00D FELLOWS Invasion of San Jose Begins To-Day. BIG ATTENDANCE EXPECTED ELABORATE PLANS FOR THEIR ENTERTAINMENT. Entire Week Will Be Given Up to One Grand Series of Fetes, Excursions and Dances. Special Dispatch to The Call SAN JOSE, Oct. 17.—Delegates to the forty-fourth Grand Encampment of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Grand Military Council, Department of California, Patriarchs Militant, began arriving this afternoon. To-night they were entertained at a reception at Turn Verein Hall. There are about 150 dele- gates to the encampment, and the Pat- riarchal Degree is represented by 100. More will arrive on to-morrow morn- ing’s trains. The southern delegations arrived at 2:45, and those from San Francisco and the central part of the State at 5:45. They were met at the trains by SanJose Encampment No. 35, and Canton No. with a band, and escorted to headquar- ters in Odd Fellows’ Hall. Chevaliers and their ladies were numerous on the streets this evening, and their presence gave to the town a military appear- ance. The various cantons are camp- ed In St. James Park and the hollow square of lighted tents is a scene of gayety. The entertainment programme open- ed with the reception this evening. Mayor Martin extending a welcome to the visiting Odd Fellows: Grand Pat- riarch O. W. Erlewine responded on behalf of the Grand Encampment. The address of welcome on hehalf of the Santa Clara County Odd Fellows was | made by Charles M. Shortridge, and responded to by Grand Scribe W. H. 9. to draw a line | their very doors of a state of Lhingai which was, in their eyes, a blow to the | sover- | e they positively refuse to accept | ng cattle found to | Spain real concessions as to financial | er among cat- | sented the demands of the American He | said that delay was the only object of | the Spanish Commissioners to saddle | a they | Barnes. A musical programme fol- lowed. | At Camp Sherman in St. James | Park, Canton No. §, Captain F. K. Bar- | thel, and Canton San Francisco No. 5. | Captain J. A. Thompson, are encamp- ed. Cantons Ridgeley No. 15 of Stock- ton, Salinas No. 21, Santa Rosa No. 23 and Sacramento No. 1 are expected to- morrow. General C. C. Sherman of | Riverside is in command. His staff is | | as follow: Chief of staff, Lieutenant Colonel J. W. Harris of San Francisco: adjutant, Major S. F. Ward: inspector general, Major Willlam Slosser: com-‘l missary, Major F. M. Lee; surgeon gen- | eral, Major D. E. Nash. Colonel H. O.; Weaver of the Second Regiment and| staff also are present. | The following officers of the Grand En- campment are present: G. W. Erle- wine, grand patriarch; J. 'W. Harris. grand high priest; Joseph Foster, grand senior warden; R. D. Gummoe. grand | junior warden; W. H. Barnes, grand | scribe; G. W. Lemont, grand treasurer; C. H. Wever, grand marshal; J. E. Har- ris, grand sentinel; P. Danker, deputy grand sentinel; H. 8. Winn, W. 8. Potter, F. 8. Weck, grand trustees. San Jose Encampment has for months been busy making arrangements for the reception of the visitors and these are now complete. The whole week will be taken up with one grand series of en- tertainments. There will be banquets, balls, receptions and a competitive drill by visiting cantons and not a single dull moment. The citizens of San Jose will extend the glad hand and see that an enjoyable time is had. Tents have been pitched in St. James The programme of the encampment’s work is as follows: —9 a. m., opening session of | incampment; 7:30 p. m., at I. O. O. F. Hall, exemplification of Patriarchal | and ‘Golden Rule degrees by Occidental | Sncampment of Sacramento and Oriental | 4 mgment of San Francizco, to be fol- | y a banquet. Wednesday—9 a. m., continuation of | sessions of Grand Encampment; 7:30 D | m., rose carpival pavillon, on Alameda, competitive prize drills by the various Patriarchs Militant—flrst prfle,} nd $100; second prize, $100; third ; conferring decoration of chiv- , continuation of ses- sion of Grand Encampment; 10 a. m., grand street parade of Grand Encamg- | ment, cantons, Patriarchs Militant, su | ordinate encampments;” subordinate and Rebel s; o. F. | Hall, e | tant’ degree by Canton San Jose No. 9 | and v Council, Department of Cal- ifor; Patriarc lita 7:30 p. m., rose carnival, pavilion, dress parade of cantons, Patriarchs Militant; "awarding prizes, exhibition drill by Young Ladles | Ri grand ba Friday—9 a. m., continuation of session of Grand Encampment. On Friday afternoon the delegates | will visit Alum Rock Park, an excur- |sion to that resort having been ar- ranged by the local lodges of Odd Fel- lows. Mount Hamilton and other points of interest in thfe county 1.ill be visited on Saturday. |0DD FELLOWS’ DEGREE WORK AT HEALDSBURG HEALDE.URG, Oct. 16.—A carload of Odd Fellows, members of Harbor Lodge No. 253, of West Oakland, came up to Healdsburg last night to per- form degree work for the local lodge. Members were present from Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Windsor, Geyserville and Cloverdale to witness the splendid work of the visitors. To-day the Oaklanders were banqueted and entertained at Lytton Springs. REFUTES SOME OF SEAMAN'S TESTIMONY Subsistence Department Issues a Statement Concerning Sup- plies for Sick Soldiers. WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.—The subsist- ence department of the army has issued a statement refuting some features of the testimony of Major Seaman, surgeon, be- fore the War Investigating Commission. Major Seaman sald no one could get sup- plies for the sick from the coinmissary office, yet when he left Ponce, the chief commissary there had at his disposal $44,000 subject to requisition of surgeons for )lufit such supplies as Seaman sald he wanted. - Major Daly, surgeon, who came with the troops about the same time, made a requisition and secured $3600 for the pur- chase of supplies for the sick and turned the unexpended balance into the depart- ment here when he arrived. 1] ebekah b 1.1Drlll Corps No. 1 of Stockton, CANONS RELATING TO REMARRIAGE STAND Propositions in Regard to Divorced Persons Voted Down by Episco- pal House of Bishops. ‘WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.—Important ac- tion was taken by the respective bodies of the Episcopalian council here to-day on two subjects which have caused much discussion during the deliberations of those two bodies. The House of Bishops, by a vote of 31 to 32 rejected propositions bearing onthe subject of remarriage of divorced per- sons designed to take the place of those now in existence. The present canons on that subject, therefore, remain in force. In the House of Deputies, after a de- bate which has continued for several days, a step in the direction of church unity was taken. The discussion of this subject was precipitated by the offering of an amendment to the constitution by the Rev. Dr. Huntington of New York. ‘While agreeing with the sflnclple of this the deputies finally decided to adopt a briefer amendment offered by Mr. Faude of Minnesota, as follows: “But provision may be made by canon for the temporary use of other forms and directories of worship by congregations not already in union with this church, who are willing to Mcag! the spiritual oversight of the Bishop of the diocese.” The amendment, if ddopted b the Bishops, will io to the dioceses for ac- tion and must be passed by the next gen- eral convention before it becomes opera- tive. YELLOW FEVER WILL NOT STAY OCCUPATION WASHINGTON, Oct 17.—While the wet season has now almost reached its end in Cuba, it is said that yellow fever is more prevalent and more dangerous in type just now than at any other time during the year. These conditions, however, will not continue long, and it is believed that before November has progressed far it will be possible to have several divisions of troops safely camped on Cuban soil. A proposition that is now under consideration looks to the employment of the Cubans as local gendarmes, it being urged that they would be more serviceable in maintaining order in the towns than American soldiers, unacquainted with the Spanish language and Cuban cus- toms. The United States Government in this way would be able by the payment of small salaries to these men to consid- erably relieve the distress that exists on the island without breeding a class of professional paupers or lowering the pride of the Cubans. Unless General Lee specifically asks to be relieved from that duty, he is to command the first expedition, seconded by General Greene and General Arnold. TRANSPORTATION OF CHRISTMAS GIFTS Quartermaster’s Department Will Deliver Packages to Soldiers at Manila. NEW YORK, Oct. 17.—A dispatch to the Tribune from Washington says: The Quartermaster’s Department of the army is arranging to extend its good offices in the direction of transporting a reasonabls quantity of Christmas gifts to the Amer- ican soldlers in garrison at Manila. It will be necessary to start a steamer from San Francisco early in November in or- der to reach the Philippines by Christmas, and the friends of the soldier boys out be- vond the Pacific who wish to forward boxes of good things are already in corre- spondence with the quartermaster general on the subject. The rigid rule has been lald down that Christmas boxes for the soldiers at Ma- nila must not contain quantities of sweet things calculated to dissurb the digestion of men 1iving in the tropics. Mince meat, fruit cake and candy will be permitted | only in small parcels, and it is advisable | that packages be limited in weight, as | the department will not be able to for-| ward over 1000 tons at the utmost. The ackages will have to be delivered at San | Francisco without expense to the Gov- | ernment, which has no fund for trans-| orting such supplies, and it 1s essential hat the quartermaster general shall | glve permission in each case for the pack- age to go aboard a Government transport. CONSPIRACY TO MURDER ALLEGED BY NEVILLS Mine-Owner Brings a New Suit Against the Azhderian-Wil- liams-Loose Trio. FRESNO, Oct. 17.—Captain Nevills has again begun proceedings against the Azhderian-Williams-Loose trio, although just what his purpose is this time is not Quite clear. Some time ago they were ar- rested for attempted extortion and sev- eral cases of alleged grand larceny, but nothing came of the charges. The extor- tion charge was tried before Judge Joach- imsen of San Francisco, and the defend- ants were discharged. Other cases here were dismissed by the District Attorney. To-day Nevills had Azhderian and the two women arrested for a conspiracy to murder. They gave bail before Justice St. John In the sum of $500 each. The case is an old one, and the facts upon which it is based have been published several times in connection with the troubles of the wealthy mine-owner. rend!ng in 1ls, whom Mrs. Willlams has a charge the Federal court against Nevi she accuses of having sent obscene letters to her through the mail. BRUSH FIRES IN MONTEREY COUNTY Three Conflagrations That Bid Fair to Cause Considerable Loss. MONTEREY, Oct. 17.—Three fires have been raging in this locality for the past twenty-four hours, and the temperature is, therefore, unusually bigh. The near- est of the fires is in the Sansito dis- trict, near the county road between this lace and Salinas, on land owned by havid Jacks, and unless it is soon con- trolled it will result in considerable loss of fences and cattle feed. Mr. Jacks has had men fighting it since yesterday morning, and unceasing work is gradually getting the better of the flames. Anot‘i’ler fire is in the brush in Carmel Valley, and a_third in the chaparral in the vicinity of Point Lobos. Both of these are large and will be dangerous if allowed to burn unchecked. he atmosphere is full of smoke and the odor of burning sage and other brush. SOCIAL DEMOCRACY COLONY SITE SELECTED About Three Hundred Persons Fave Pledged Themselves to Become Members. DENVER, Oct. 17.—The Social Democ- racy has secured S0 acres in Jefferson County, near Denver, on which it is pro- osed to establish a ‘colony. Three hun- i persons have already pledged them- selves to become members and it is ex- ected that by the time the organization s in working order it will have a mem- bership of 1 SUICIDE OF A HIGH GERMAN OFFICIAL Was Charged With Theft and the Forgery of Bank Notes Aggre- gating a Vast Sum. BERLIN, Oct. 17.—Gruenthal, superin- tendent of the Imperial Printing Office, B o fotrary of D e 1l an of bank not z)“:ln a?nuunt of over 400,000 marks. S - LADS PLAY WITH A RIFLE. RENO, Nev., Oct. 7.—A special to the Gazetto from Quincy, California, says: Yosterday at Robertson ranch Willacd Cameron and Richard Scott, nged 16 ears, were playing with a rifle. Th Was aischarged and the buliet straoy Somemn, 1ot o e g S e Corone n a ve of accidental déath. oot WHY BERRY STIL RETAINS THE COIN Colonel Replies to Red Cross Charges. USED PART OF THE MONEY WILL HOLD BALANCE UNTIL MUSTERED OUT. Believes There Is Yet a Bare Possi- bility That the Seventh Regi- ment Will Be Sent to Manila, Bpecial Dispatch to The Call LOS ANGELES, Oct 17.—Colonel John R. Berry of the Seventh Regi- meut of California Volunteers has re- plied to the statement that he is hold- ing funds donated by *the Red Cross for go'diers in Manfla. He says that the regiment gave a drill in 8an Fran- cisco which netted $822, and the Red Cross raised the sum to $1000 and sent him tke check. He used $10) in aid- ing convalescents who were not in the hospital and still retains $900. He will Keep that sum, he says, until the regi- ment is mustered out, there still being the barest possibility of its seeing ser- vice, end if the men do not need it he will then turn the money over to the Red Cross of this city. e Byt Colonel John R. Berry Holding Money Desired by the Red Cross Society. The ladles of the Red Cross and Colonel John R. Berry, commanding the Seventh California Regiment, have had a slight misunderstanding regarding the posses- sion of $822, which is causing the ladies some little worry and incldentally result- ing in thelr saying some rather sharp things about the colonel. He refuses to give up the money, the proceeds of a drill ven by his regiment at the desire of the tate Red Cross Society, when his regi- ment was a part_of the expeditionary Colonel Berry clalms that the money was the property of the regiment without any conditions being attached to it, while the ladies claim that it was an emergency fund for the use of the regi- ment in Manila. Now that the regiment will not go to Manila the ladles think that the money should be returned to the society, but it {s evident that the colonel thinks ‘differently. The ladies tried to get the money before the regiment left the city, but Colonel Berry promised to settle the matter at his convenience when he reached Los An- geles. According to a member of the ex- ecutive committee of the Red Cross So- cielé legal proceedings may be instituted if Colonel Berry does not return the money. SHIPS CAPTURED DURING THE WAR Effective Strength of the Navy In- creased by the Spanish War- ships. NEW YORK, Oct. 17.—A dispatch to the Tribune from Washington says: ‘Lhe effective strength of the United States has been increased by eight useful ves- sels, which recently flcw the Spanish flag. Five of these are now aftached to Ad- miral Dewey’s squadron, two are credited to the North Atlantic station, and the last is the cruiser Infanta Maria, now under her own steam preparing to start for Nor- folk to be made ready for active service. PARIS’ BUILDING STRIKE IS OVER Troops Withdrawn From the Yards and Other Places Where They ‘Were Stationed. PARIS, Oct. 17.—The building strike has ended and the troops have been with- drawn from the yards and other places in which they have been stationed. SANTA FE OVERLAND WRECKED Train Barely Escapes a Plunge Down the Mountain. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 17.—The Santa Fe overland westbound was wrecked yester- day at Summit station, on the Cajon Pass grade, but no serious damage was done, except to the engine, which had the front end stove in. A number of men were at work removing a trestle and substituting an embankment, and the engine ran into a quantity of dirt they had piled on the track. It toppled over against the moun- tain side. Had it gone the other way the train would have fallen 200 feet. Malil Ahgel:\(s Hanna and Bingjong were badly shaken. MISS JACES HONORED. Elected Delegate of the Monterey Red Cross Society. MONTEREY, Oct. 17.—The Monterey and Pacific Grove Red Cross Society has elected its president, Miss M. A. Jacks, as its delegate to the annual meeting of the California Red Cross State Associa- tion, and she left to-day.for San Fran- cisco to attend the convention to-morrow. Miss Jacks carries with her an excellent report of the work and financial condi- tion cf the society she represents, which society, though one of the smailest in the State, can compare favorably with uny of the larger ones. R GUILTY OF GRAND LARCENY. Swindler A. B. Campbell Convicted and Sentenced. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 17—A. B. Camp- bell was convicted of grand larceny and sentenced this morning to serve ten years in San Quentin. He represented himself as manager of a lumber company and re- ceived $ from victims whom he de- luded into believing that they could thus secure a {nb bookkeeping for the firm. His only defense was that he should have been charged with procuring money under false pretenses, and he will ask for a new trial on that ground. hide i L Death of a Pioneer. SALINAS, Oct. 17.—Hugh Hartnett, a native of Ireland, who came to America in the latter part of the fortles, and was among the first to come to California in 1349, died to-day, aged Tl FONDNESS FOR GRANT. An amusing and possibly instructive anecdote, in which Lincoln and Grant figue, and showing the latter’s estimate of cavalry, is related by William O. Stoddard, for some time one of the for- mer’s private secretaries. The general had not been long in command of the Army of the Potomac, when one day Mr. Stoddard asked Lincoln’s opinion of him. “Grant,” replied the President, “is the first general I've had. He's a general!” Remembering the high es- teem in which McClellan, Burnside, Hooker and Meade had been held, Mr. Stoddard asked Lincoln to explain, and this is what he said: “You see, when any of the rest set out on a campaign they’'d look over matters and pick out some one thing they were short of, and they knew I couldn’t give ’em, and tell me they couldn’t hope to win unless they had it; LINCOLN'S The fac-simile signature of is on every wrapper of CASTORIA. and it was most generally cavalry. Now, when Grant took hold, I was ‘waiting to see what his pet impossibil- ity would be, and I reckoned it would be cavalry, as a matter of course, for ‘we hadn’t horses enough to mount even what men we had. There were 15,000 or thereabouts up near Harpers Ferry, and no horses' to put them on. Well, the other day, just as I expected, Grant sent to me for those very men; but what he wanted to know was whether he could disband ’em or turn ’em into ipfantry! He doesn’t ask me to do im- possibilities for him, and he’s the first general I've had that didn’t.” ————— IT GAVE HIM THE BENDS. Notwithstanding the danger, there are always plenty of men to be had at the water works tunnel. It isn't 80 easy, however, to keep them at work. They are apt to tire of it very soon, and all sorts of reasons are given for quitting. Not long ago a stout colored man ap- plied to the contractors for a job. He was a well-built, intelligent looking fellow, and the foreman at once en- gaged him. He was given charge of a mule, and started in on his duties. Not until the third day did he show any objection to the work. Then he came into the foreman's room. ;Bfms." he said, “I gotter quit dis ob.” “What's the trouble?” inquired the foreman. “Well, I jfest cain’t stand it no longer.” ‘“What’s wrong?” ‘“Well, boss, it’s dat mule. I never see no such cantankerous mule as dat ar’ one.” “What’s the matter with the mule?” ~Mattah wid {t? Well, if dat ain’t| de wickedest mule dat ever walked on two legs, den I don’t know. Dat’s an awdacious mule. Good Lor’, boss, dat mule has done kick me in every part of my physogomy. Dat's right, an’ I ain’t goin’ to take no more of it.” “Did the mule kick you?” “Did de mule kick me?” The colored man echoed the fore- man’s words in a tone expressive of the most withering sarcasm. Then he placed his hands across the pit of his stomach and stooped forward. “Say, boss,” he cried, with painful Intensity, “dat lingblasted mule done kick me so hard right heah dat he give me de ‘bends’ foh shuah!" Then the foreman paid him off and let him go.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. —_————— HOW THE VENETIANS TALK FISH. The streets of Burano are bordered with massively built arcades, under the shade of which women knit and spin, and men wrangle in loud voices in a dialect from which all consonants seem to have been dropped. The same end- less argument concerning fish is for- ever in progress at Chioggia. I never could learn precisely the nature of this argument, but I am inclined to think that it has its origin in the congen- ital inability of a fisherman to tell the truth as to the fish caught, or lost, by him. I have never yet seen a Chiog- glan who was not just on the point of shaking the dust of the town from his bare feet and going on board his fishing-boat as the only refuge from the unspeakable mendacity and general villainy of his incredulous fellow townsmen; or who had not just landed from a fishing excursion and was in the act of taunting the rest of the world with its inability to rival him as a pis- catorial liar. The people of Venice affect to belleve that the men of Chioggia are even more dangerous and quarrelsome than those of Burano, but I have always found | both Chioggians and Buranese peace- ful and inoffensive folk, and the dis. like which the Venetians have for them is doubtless due to their superior pow- ers of argument in regard to fish.—W. L. Alden in Cassell’'s Magazine. —_————— THE BABY “HAD BEEN USED.” Johnny is six years old, and he lives on a North Side street, just off from Lincoln Park. And he is a wise boy for one of his years. A little sister arrived at the house not long ago. Johnny was sent to the grocery store on an errand a few days later, and the proprietor began to quiz him about it. “I hear you have a little sister at| your house,” said the grocer. “Yes, sir,” said Johnny. “Do you like that?” was queried. “I wish it was a boy,” said Johnny, “so I could play ‘mibs’ with him an’ baseball an’ tag, an’ all those things when he got bigger.” “Well,” said the storekeeper, don’t you exchange your little sister for a boy?” “why | Johnny reflected for a minute. Then he said, rather sorrowfully: “We can’t now. It's too late. We've used her four days.”—Chicago Journal. | e — HOTTENTOT LULLABIES. Hottentot women, who have long been | supposed to be about the lowest type | of human beings, have an extensive lit- | erature of folk stories, folk songs and | baby songs, with which they amuse their children. Many of the stories and songs are of considerable beauty, and scem to | show that in some forgotten period the | or race was much higher in the scale of civilization than it Is at the | resent time. AMUSEMENTS. Y THE STAR MILWAUKEE BEER Our ability to brew a beer of unusual high quality gives us an extraordinary ability to please consumers. LATZ BREWING CO. VAL.B MILWAUKEE. U.S. A. Louis Cahen & Son, Wholesale Dealers, 416418 Sacrameato Street, San Francisco. See San Francisco as the birds see it. Full course French din- ner, $1; lunch, 75c. Spreckels Rotlsserie, 15th Floor, Call bullding. COKE ! GOKE! COKE! ADVERTISEMENTS. -, = REPUBLICA RALLIES THIS WEEK ! HON. D. E. McKINLAY WILL ADDRESS THE ARTISANS, MECHAN- 1C8, ORING MEN AND GEN- ERAL PUBLIC —oOn the— FALLACIES OF THE SINGLE TAX AND THE DOCTRINES OF PROTECTION. HON. C. L. PATTON, HON. D. J. MURPHY AND OTHER SPEAKERS. THIS (TUESDAY) EVENING S Sk CYCLERY HALL, HAIGHT AND STANYAN STREETS. WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 18, — LTy METROPOLITAN TEMPLE, HON. D. E. McKINLAY WILL FULLY DISCUSS SINGLE TAX AND PROTECTION TO AMERICAN LABOR. DEMOCRATIC DISTRICT MEETINGS. MAYOR PHELAN, FRANKLIN K. LANE, BARCLAY HENLEY AND OTHER PROMINENT SPEAKERS WILL ADDRESS THE VOTERS ON THH ISSUES OF THE DAY AT Mission Native Sons’ Hall, Seventcenth St., Near Valencia, THIS (TUESDAY) EVENING, Oct. 18, 1898. Under the auspices of the Democratic City and County Committee. M. JASPER McDONALD, Chairman. THOMAS J. WALSH, Secretary. FOR MAYOR: JAMES D, PHELAN, REGULAR DEMOCRATIC AND NON-PARTISAN NOMINEE. FOR ASSESSOR, JOEN D. SIEBE (PRESENT INCUMBENT), REPUBEICAN, NON-PARTISAN AND POP« ULIST NOMINEE. FOR COUNTY CLER, M. A. DEANE, REGULAR REPUBLICAN NOMINEE. FOR RAILROAD COMMISSIONER. . . CHAS.S. LAUMEISTER REPUBLICAN NOMINEE. VOTE FOR... |DR. C. C. O’ DONNELL FOR CORONER AND THE DEAD WILL BE RESPECTED. For Judge of the Superior Court... (ANCUMBENT.) DEMOCRATIC, NON-PARTISAN AND PEO- PLE'S PARTY NOMINER. DR. ED. E. HILL For CORONER. NOTICE ! Taxes Due Upon Assessments Made by the State Board of Equalization. CONTROLLER’S DEPARTMENT, California. Sacramento, October In accordance with the provisions of Sectiom 3663 of the Political Code, notice is hereby given that I have received from the State Board of Equalization the *Duplicate Record of Assessments of Railways" and the “Du- plicate Record of Apportionment of Rallway Assessments,” containing the assessments upon the propertv of each of the following- named sssociations or corporations as fixed by the said State Board of Equalization fos the year 1895, to wit: California_Pacific Railroad Company, Central Pacific Railroad Company, Northern Califor- nia Railroad Company, Northern Rallway Company, South Pacific ‘Coast Railroad Com- pany, Soutbern Pacific Railroad Company, Southern California Motor Road Company, San Francisco and North Pacific Rallway Company, Southern California Rallway Com= pany,” Santa Fe Pacific Ra.road Company, North Pacific Coast Railroad Company, San Franeisco and Joaquin Valley Rallway, Company, Nevada County Narrow Gauj Railroad _Company, _Carson and _ Colora: Railroad Company, Nevada-California-Oregon. Railway Company, Pajaro Valley Consoli~ dated Railroad Company, Pacific Coast Rall- way Company, Alameda and San Joaquim Railroad Company, Gualala River Railroad California and Nevada Rallroad re ny of Cali- Lornia, Sferra Valleys Raitway Co rancisco Rall Company and Pullman's Palace Car Come Y. fie State and County taxes on all personag of the State B dellngmt o the last Monday in November mext. at stk o'clock p. m., and unless paid to the State the Capitol prior thereto, flv: STATH 12, 1898, on Company, Company, Sierra Railway Com will be delinquent Monday In. April next at six and unless pald to the rer at the Capitol prior theret per cent will be added to the am E. P. COLGAN, State last rer per cent will be added to amount day in April next, at six ociock p. m., an additional five per cent will be added to tha The remaining one-half of State and m‘l:x be a Stats p. m. 0, five and unless so pald on or before the last Mon- amount thereof. n Folock oun! Controller. Baja California NA BITTER P. A. MCDONALD, |u & omer sommituns 13 spmite s S iy oo et v 813 FOLSOM STREET, e T it Dealer and Importer of all brands of CO] Yards at HOWARD AND BEALE STS, i,