The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 19, 1898, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1898 O000000000000000 'n as Congress reassembles a be ver; Stat hundred thousand. into illery, alry nents of the itroduc nd Cuba. Th y of War 00000000000 00000 0OO00000000000000000C00000000 BILL TO INCREASE OUR STANDING ARMY Backed by the Administration and Pro- vides for an Aggregate of One [{undred Thousand Men. NEW YORK, Nov. 18.—A Washington speclal to the Herald says: standing army of the United States to one hundred thousand will 4 at the instance of the Secretary of War. brief and simply provides that the standing army of the United upon a peace footing shall be increased to an aggregate of one Provision is made for the division of the forces and infantry ervice under new conditions in the United States , the newly acquired possessions in the Philippines, Porto Rico roposed bill has the sanction of the President, Sec- .d the commanding general of the army. 0000000000000 0000C legislative proposition to increase The bill is regiments, according to the re- 0000000000000 000000000000 0000000000000 000 IVEN PILLS FOR [ FVERY AILMENT How the Soldiers Fared in Hospitals. TESTIMONY OF AN INVALID SAME TREATMENT FOR FEVER OR FRACTURE. Volunteer Officers Looked After Themselves, While Regular Offi- cers Looked After Their Men. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Nov. 18.—In the war y to-day, taking up the question the lack of tents, surgeons and medi- in Cuba, Dr. Connor asked Greenleaf, how the were delayed at Sibo- did not cal supp witne dical I Dr. Greenleaf said he Dr. the me ne: know. ‘Who finally unloaded Dr! Connor. I did. I captured six pontoons and k& the law into my own hands.” ded in thirty-six hours had been lying in the ks ? rgeon of General Shaf- and them within those two these sup- tc pose he was at the front at- the wounded,” replied Dr. “1 am sure that Dr. Pcpe best he could. I had full au- to from General Miles to do what 1 ught best.” leaf Iy to a question Dr. Green d Dr. Pope had author- General Shafter sufficient to unload the supplies at (Greenleaf) had done. no deubt,” said Dr. Con nebody was dreadfully at you help us to find out uppos: him to Siboney as b “There i “that sor « Dr. nleaf said he could not. William Hamilton Henry, whose son rved as a private in Company B, enty-first tegiment, during the aign, was the first witness at the noon’ session. Mr. Henry told of it to Camp Wikoff in search of son, who was sick. He found him 18 on the bare ground in a tent. The tents were all fioored. W. Henry, the son, was was taken sick after the antiago. Speaking of the eatment he received from the army s in Cuba he said that they did | best that they could and lrealed’ 1id, “‘they made no-dis- | \anner of treatment or | every one “In fact, s two pills for a| ree pi r a broken arm.” 'k Donaldson, who jamed[ iment in Cuba | who was stricken with | on July 24, followed Mr. | witness stand. Asked | to the condition of the 2d to criticize Dr. Le| «reatly admire, but| ely swamped. There was | of medic:n nurses and The majority of the| stew of a most undesirable | character, and should never have been selected for such service.” Regarding medical supplies, Dr. Don- »n said there were supplies, but : ould not be reached. Speaking of his own regiment he said he got sup- Llies because he went out and hustled for them. “They were not served out to you?” d Dr. Connor. ot by a large majority,” “We got what we hustled for and nothing e » Did the me in the Los suffered from the lack of care of the inefficiency of the The doctors were efficlent and alike he tinction in the cine. nd in medi Dr. Colonel on July Feply pitals?’ or asked if it was possible etter s of nurses, and . Donaldson said no, he asked iepartment should be blamed voided. said Dr. Don- supplies.” know they sent no sup: sent them they must have into Cuba Libre; they did not reach us Dr. Donaldson criticized Dr. Lesser. the head « d Cross Hospital in Cuba, severely d declared that al- though Dr. Lesser posed as an expert on yellow fe he did not know what yellow fever was until he was stricken with it. °rs of Company K, Regiment, served from the time the regiment went to Camp Black until mustered out last week. He complained that the coffee was POOT and that the volunteers were not treated as well as the regulars. Asked by General Beaver to explain what he meant he said the volunteer officers took care of themselves while th - 1ar officers took care of thelr men . “When we arrived at Montauk Point,” he said, “there was nothing for us to eat until the next day. When the Tenth Regulars arrived there was a wagon load of bread and meat waiting for them. Our officers said that they had nothing to do with the rations.” Mrs. Mary Manson of West Fifty- fifth street was the last witness of the day. She had been at Camp Wikoff in charge of a division of the Women’s War Relief Association. She said the men at Camp Wikoff had suffered greatly and had been ill-treated, When General Dodge told her that the men had testified they were not badly treat- ed and had not been neglected at Camp Wikoff Mrs. Manson declared Why did not Dr. | | business for years and took a particular was the | n receive good care and | that if they so testified the what was not true. aay | _Shortly before 5 o'clock the hearing | was adjourned until to- 1 | 1 < : il to-morrow at 10 |QUEEN VICTORIA TO BE ASKED TO ARBITRATE Argentine Government Wishes Eng- | land’s Ruler to Pass Upon Its Dispute With Chile. Special Cable to The Call and the New York | | Herald. Copyrighted, 1898, bv James Gor- | don Bennett. BUENOS AYRES, Nov. 18.—The Cham- | ber of Deputies has voted its approval of the conduct of the Government in its ne- gotiations with Chile concerning the boundary dispute. The Government on November 22 will officially request Queen | Victoria to act as arbitrator of the Cor- | derilla dlsrme, The Puna Atacama ques- tion will be settled directly between the | two governments. SOUTHERN PACIFIC BONDS 1 SUBSCRIBED SIXFOLD Ten Million Dollars’ Worth Placed on the London Market by I Speyer Bros. NEW YORK, Nov. 18.—A cablegram | to the Sun from London says: The Lon- don banking house of Speyer Brothers has issued $10,000.000 of $1000 5 per cent bonds of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company of California at $1 05, or £210 per bond. The issue was subscribed six times over, thus: Twenty millio dollars in London, $25,000,000 in Amster. dam and $20,000,000 in Germany. - - CITED FOR GAMBLING. | | Warrants Served on Washington | Jockey Club Officials. | WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—The track at | Bennings was a sea of mud and water to-day. Detectives to-day served war- | | rants upon the jockey club officals for alleged violations of the gambling laws, but no arrests were made, the officials simply being notified to appear In court to-morrow when the case is to be | heard. Results: race, one mile—Julius Caesar won, second, Nigger Baby third. Time, | Second race, five furlongs—Passe Partout (190 [ to 1) won, Anita second, Sheik third. ~Time, Third race, Duchess Annette Time, 1:34. Fourth_race, Boney Boy 1:17% Fiith race, Seusmt i sstong Sangto 1L third. 48, seven furlongs—Hardie C wo: second, St. Samuel third. Parker _won, Time, | six_furlongs—Dr. ! i | | second, Claroba third. mile and 100 yards—Feat won, Time, 18.—Weather six _furlongs—Laurette D Manzanita third. cloudy; | ~First race, | won, True Light Time, 1:18. elling, second, Second race, five furlongs—Pell Mell II won, | Pauline J second, Prince Plausible third: | | Time, 1 Third race, seven furlongs—Guide Rock won, Hairpin second, Mitt Boykin third. Time, | 1:32% | “Fourth race, five furlongs—Glasnevin won, | Weller second, Octe Brooks third. Time, 1:05. Fifth race, selling, one mile—Leo Lake won, | Demosthenes second, Uncle Abb third. Time, 5. | DANIEL J. PORTER DEAD. Capitalist and Pioneer Resident of San Jose. SAN JOSE, Nov. 18.—Daniel J. Por- | ter, a capitalist and pioneer resident of this city, died suddenly at Capitola | early this mornipg from heart trouble. He was a native bf Long Island, N. Y., and was 70 years of age. Deceased ar- | rived in California in August, 1852, and | a month later came to San Jose. Por- ter has been engaged in the real estate | interest in the advancement of the city and county. He was a Councilman for | six years from 1862 to 1868 and was | also a park commissioner. A widow and | two grown children survive him. The | remains were brought to the city this | afternoon and met at the depot by a| | delegation of Odd Fellows and Mason: ;f which orders deceased was a mem- er. e B HELD FOR MANSLAUGHTER. - | Examination of Caspar Leoni at St.| Helena. | ST. HELENA, Cal, Nov. 18.—Caspar | Leoni, who was arrested a week ago by | Constable Spurr on a charge of murder, | had a preliminary examination before Justice Chinn to-day. Leoni was held | over for trial before the Superior Court | on the charge of manslaughter. Bonds | were fixed at $1000. About two weeks ago | Leoni, hearing a noise outside his house | at 1 o’clock in the morning, took a shot- | gun and went out. Seeing two men | through the darkness he called out, and | as one of the men advanced he fired, A | second shot followed, and the man, Hig- gins, was plerced by over a hundred shot, a couple of which struck the heart. Higgins was taken to the County Ho: pital and died a few days later. The ar rest of Leonl then followed. He claims ! that the men had been stealing wine | from his cellar, while Higgins claimed | that he and his partner, Combella, went | to Leoni’s place to buy the liquor. | o THE POPE APPROVES. Pleased by the Liberal Tendencies of His Church in America. LONDON, Nov. 18—The Rome corre- spondent of the Daily Chronicle says: A | very important pontifical document is | about to appear expressing the Pope's full approbation of the democratic and liberal tendencies of the Catholic church in the United States. SRR MISSIONARY MURDERED. Rev. Mr. Fleming glaln by Chinese Rebels at Kwi Fu. LONDON, Nov. 19.—A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from Shanghai says the Rev. Mr. Fleming, a missionary, and a na- tive evangelist were murdered in the re- cent attack by the rebels in the town of Kwi Fu in the upper Yang-tse-Kiang val- ley, when the Catholic mission there was burned. e Steamer Progreso Libeled at Seattle. SEATTLE, Nov. 18.—The steamer Pro- greso was libeled to-day for $62,000 by E. T. Coulter, receiver of the Seattle-Yukon Steamship Company Death of H H. Meier. BREMEN, Nov. 18.—Herr H. H. Mejer, founder of the North German Lloyd Steamship Company, Is dead. He was 8§ years of age. i city to-night, despite falling rain and | the game, is surcharged with excite- 1 and college associations. | the fact that the management has still | a number of tickets which it is selling | to any pers | money was taken. | players | They are all fit and eager for the fray. | light practice. | the goal posts and Cutten snapped the | was not known there. | Waslth are believed to have been fairy | ana friends of the late James Thomas HARVARD MONEY GOING BEGGING Little Betting on To- Day’s Game. INSIST ON 0DDS CONTEST WILL BE FOUGHT IN THE MUD. YALE MEN Rain Falls on the Eve of the Strug- gle, but Does Not Dampen the Enthusiasm at New Haven. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 18.—The the decided prospect of a rainy day for ment, and the stores, all brilliantly illuminated and handsomely decorated with a profusion of deep blue and bright crimson, lend an air of holiday gayety to the occasion. People are con- gregated on every corner in the vicin- ity of the campus and groups are dis- cussing the one absorbing topic in the hotel corridors. The Tontine Hotel is the headquar- ters of Harvard men and Harvard sympathizers. The New Haven House is as crowded as at a State political convention, and guards, tackles, half- backs, ends and centers are coming back to the scene of former triumphs Out in the rain stand groups of specu- lators anathematizing the Yale man- agement. By careful scheming the speculators have had a hard row to hoe, and to-night they are trying to dispose of their tickets at face value without a cent bonus. This is due to .on known not to be a specu- lator. Of the 18,200 reserved seats at the field, 18,100 had been sold to-night, and of this number it is belleved that not over 200 are held by speculators. The Yale field gridiron to-night is as smooth as a billiard table and in per- fect condition. Before the rain began thirty-six big bales of straw were laid over the gridiron. Crushed stone, too, was laid in all the paths leading to the entrance. It has in nine years past been the custom of the team to be taken away | either to a hotel or to the infirmary, as was done last year, on the eve of battle, in order that the m may be kept quiet and undisturbed noise or worry. To-night, however, they will remain in their rooms. There is very little betting thus far, and Harvard money is going beg- ging. Two thousand dollars were of- fered at the New Haven House this evening, with the odds 10 to 8 on Har- vard, but only a small portion of the At the other rendezvous about the city the same conditions exist as re- gards little betting, but in every case the Yale men insist on odds. —_— HARVARD AND YALE ON THE EVE OF BATTLE MERIDEN, Conn., Nov. 18.—By 10 o'clock to-night the Harvard football were bundled off to bed to dream of to-morrow’s great contest. They are not boastful or over-confident, but still they all expect to win. The Harvard playvers were up betimes this morning. Led by Captain Dibblee and Dean, the entire squad took a brisk walk in the morning for three-quarters of an hour and lunched at noon. At 3 o'clock the men put on their football togs and went out to Hanover Field for The practice lasted a short hour, finishing with both first and second elevens rehearsing the signals. There will be no change in Harvard’s line-up from that which was played in the Princeton game, though Farley and Lawrence are expected to replace Coch- rane and Warren, respectively, before the game has progressed far. The whole squad will leave here to-morrow at 10:30. NEW HAVEN, Nov. 19.—The prac- tice of the Yale team to-day was short and consisted of signal work onily. Ely, Eddy and Dudley were sent down to ball back to McBride, who has returned from New York, where he had been for a day being treated by a specialist for a bothersome weak ankle. The work was very satisfactory to Thorne, who did the coaching. One of the Yale coachers said this evening that the coachers were well pleased with the im- provement of the players this week. DEATH FROM ALCOHOLISM. Verdict in the Case of J. A. Brand- reth at Fresno. FRESNO, Nov. 18.—The inquest over the remains of J. A. Brandreth, a Yale grad- uate, who died at the County Jail Thurs- day noon under mysterious circumstances, was held this afternoon. The diamond stud that he wore has™not been found, but it is believed it is in some safe in town, as he said he intended to put it in a safe. The check for $1500 which Bran- dreth was reported to have had has not materialized either. He had told a num- ber of persons that it was drawn on the Farmers' Bank, but inquiry at the bank developed the fact that Brandreth His stories of his ales. (dAets the inquest to-day Attorney W. D. Grady caused some excitement by declar- ing that Brandreth had been killed at the jail by an overdose of chloral, and he de- manded that an autopsy should be heid. Coroner Long _investigated .the matter thoroughly, and when testimony on this point_had been concluded the jury did Not think an autopsy necessary and re- turned a verdict of death from alcoholism. bl L Late James T. Murphy’s Funeral. SAN JOSE, Nov. 18.—St. Joseph's Cathe- dral was filled this morning by the famuy sathered to pay the last tribute ct to one who was endeared to all, ‘Ihe honorary pallbearers wero se- lected from the A. O. H. Society and San Jose Parlor of Native Sons. They were: John Devine, J. McGettigan, James Me- Kagney, T. R. Dougherty, Thad Hobson, gmile Tamolle, Judge Wallace and J. W. 'vland, The florar emblems were numer- ous and_beautiful, and special music was rendered by a select choir. Mass was sald and a sermon preached by Father Kelly. — Sending the Christmas Box to Manila, By Alice Rix, In Next Sunday’s Call. T fE T Ll TWO LIVES FOR BURROS. Arizona Murderer Sentenced to Life Imprisonment. PRESCOTT, Ariz., Nov. 18.—Charles Rose, who several months ago murdered two Mexicans because they stole two burros from him, was to-day found gullty of murder, the penalty being fixed by the jury at life imprisonment. Rose defended himself, refusing to ac- Murphy, of respé of the Mexicans of less value to them than the value of the burros to him. Rose has a bank account of over $20,000. s 1 ACTRESS TO WED ENSIGN. Engagement of Miss Lottie Bowes to Roscoe Peterson. TOPEKA, Kans., Nov. 18.—The an- nouncement is made of the engagement of Miss Lottle Bowes, known on the stage as Charlotte Crane and now play- ing in “Shenandoah” in the East, and Ensign Roscoe Peterson of the gunboat Chase, At Charleston last Christmas Miss Bowes obtained some notoriety by being excluded from a cotillon of the South Carolina Military Academy, to which she had been escorted by Peterson, on account of her being an actress. Waterhen Wins Derby Cup. LONDON, Nov. 18.—At the second day's racing of the Derby November meeting to-day, Colonel Paget's Water- hen won the Derby cup. Mr. Falirie's En- thusiast was second and Golden Bridge third. The race is for 2000 sovereigns, a handicap for three-year.olds and up- ward. Twenty horses ran over the straight mile. ——— e ‘Why We Should Be Thankful This Year. By Secrelary Lyman Gage, Goveruor Theodo~e Roosevelt, General Nelson A. Miles, Dr. Eenry M. Fields. President Jacob Schurman of Cornell, Russell Sage, Commander Philip, Nerth Atlantic Squadroa, Andrew Carnegie, In next Sunday’s Call. Free Thanksgiving Dinners. The San Francisco Frult and Flower Mission is trying, as usual, to supply the families of the worthy poor of the city with a bountiful Thanksgiving dinner. The rooms at 631 Sutter street will be open_from 10 to 5 on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday for the receipt of. dona- tions of all kinds. Wells, Fargo & Co. will deliver contributions from out of town free of charge. —_————————— Improvements in Fairmount. “General progress” was the encouraging report of the executive committee to the Fairmount Improvement Club at the meeting of that body last night. The club will petition the Supervisors for a general sewer system for the district. The re- cent entertainment for the benefit of the club was a success from a financial point | of view, $75 having been cleared after all expenses had been deducted. —_————————— His Leg Severely Crushed. Albert L. Noll has sued the Southern Pacific Company to recover $10,000 dam- ages for personal injuries. Plaintiff al- leges that on June 23 of this year, while he was riding, owing to defective rails left the track and crushed his leg in such a manner as to incapacitate him from further following his trade. Hence the suit. —_——————— Directors Organiz The board of directors of the California Winemakers' Corporation met yesterday in the Crocker building and organized by clecting_Henry J. Crocker president, as predicted in yesterday's Call, The other officers chosen were C. F. Montealegre, vice president; W. B. Paxton, treasurer; W # HotchKiss, secretary-manager; J. J. ‘Hassell, assistant secretary. The Botkin Trial. Chief Lees is making every preparation for the approaching trial of Mrs. Botkin, and yesterday Sheriff Whelan handed the witnesses from Delaware to this city to attend the trial. The money will be forwarded at once by the Chief, so that the witnesses can be here by December 5, the date of the trial. . —_————— For the Red Cross. An entertainment for the benefit of the Red Cross will be given to-night in Lodge Hall, 1605 Polk street, near Sacramento. There will be an excellent musical and literary programme, followed by dancing. BOG BUTTER. Mr. David Boyle. the curator of the Ontarfo Archaeological Museum, Is in re- ceipt of an exceedingly curious survival from prehistoric times in the shape of a good sized lump of ‘“bog butter.” In Ireland in the very old times the art of butter making was known, but the pre- servative effects of salt were as yet un- discovered. Nevertheless, the people of that age possessed some means of pre- serving it, burial in a bog being part of the process. Firkins of it were fre- quently left there for safekeeping, ana from time to time these relics of prehis- toric housekeeping are unearthed. Mr. B. St. George Lefroy of Toronto, who is now in Ireland, is the donor of a good sized piece of cheesy looking stuff to the museum. Mr. Lefroy’s letter to _Mr. Boyle is in part as follows: 4 “I have just sent off per parceludyofll a plece of ‘bog butter’ to you. I don't know whether it is a thing of sufficient antiquity and rarity to-de of any value or interest to you, but as the Dublin Mu- seum has a Keg in a prominent position perhaps you may consider it worthy of admission to & place in the museum. I notice the Canadian customs forbid ‘sub- stitutes or Iimitations of butter.’” I hope red tape won't signalize itself over this. “The keg of which this is a portion was dug up recently (this year) in a bog near Dunlavin County, Kildare. The staves are said to have been round it, but to have fallen off on removal. It lay in a easant’s garden, and the dogs fed on it or a time. Mrs. Hopkins of Blackhall Castle, Kilcullen, County Kildare, got it then, and I got this fragment from her. T melted a piece and it seems decidedly butterish.,”—Toronto Globe. e —— RAGS STILL USED AS THANK OF- FERINGS IN IRELAND. The singular custom of leaving rags and other worthless objects at wells has not entirely fallen into disuse. The su- perstition, in a modified form, exists In other portions of the world. A traveler in Persia found a tree with rags tied to its branches. They had been left there v the inhabitants of a province infected ith ague. A tree hung with rags was found by another traveler in Africa. Crooked pins, old clothes, pebbles, shells, rusty nails, small coins and even bundles of heath were considered appropriate thank offerings at shrines in earlier days, for it was believed that the saints and apostles did not care for articles of value. Such was the superstitious adoration of fountains that it was forbidden by the sixteenth of the cancns issued in 960, in the reign of King Edgar, and it was con- demned by the canons of St. Anselm. It was also interdicted by the laws passed in the reign of King Canute. Since the reformation the practice has not been prevalent except in Ireland, where many old wells consecrated to saints and mar- tyrs are yet made the object of pilgrim- age. There is scarcely a parish tgrough- out the land that has not its own holy well, where, despite practical admonition, the faithful and the faithless come to ray for physical or mental relief, and eave behind them a scrap of rag as an offering.—London Dalily Malil —_—e——— SQUIRE ANDERSON AND 5 SCORCHER. it Squire Anderson has no particular love for the scorching bicyclist. The squire s a large, heavy man, and is not able to dodge the rapid wheelmen as spryly as he could have done twenty yearsago. Sev- eral times he has been struck by bicycle riders, but sustained no injury further than the soiling of his clothes. He made up his mind that the next time the other fellow would get the worst of it. His op- ortunltg came one day while he.was go- Pog to his office. A dapper youth was makmf> his way at tremendous speed along Penn avenue just as Squire Ander- son was half way across the street. A sudden inspiration seized the squire. He stopped, turned his back toward the cy- oler ‘and planted his feet solidly on the stone croseing. The bicycle struck him fairly amidship. The rider vaulted into the air, shot ahead about ten feet and then dropped to the grgund. The bicycle was a wreck. The squire then proceeded leisurely to the court of justice on Eighth street.—Pitssburg Chronicle-Telegraph. e ——e——— Michigan man has designed an iden- m?tau:m tag which cannot be desxro;c?d by fire or water, the outer casing being made of metal and carrying an asbestos tablet, In which the name is stamped. The tablet is covered by a metal cap. and cept counsel, and in his statement to thi Jjury he said that he considered the uva: } the tag can be attached to the body b; esbestos strap. Iy f A in defendant’s employ, an engine on which | over to him over $3000 in gold to bring | Call the Ex=C NEW YORK. Nov. 18.—I fully ever since July. I w chances. the public | am his master to fight some one. I feel betterthan leverd and in every respect in as Connie McVey. all out one after the other. 06 106 306 106 108 108 10K 108 0% 308 10K 306 06 J0% 300 308 36K 30K 38 0% 0% 308 40¢ 306 300 300 106 0E % 4k Kt % without a doubt. CORBETT WILL FIGHT CAUTIOUSLY In a Signed Statement to The presses Confidence. fight at about that weight. careful fight and feel positive | will stop Sharkey before twenty rounds are over, but will take no One thing | will do, and that is I will show more or as much about Sharkey as anybody, and Tuesday will again prove to the world I am still able possible foran athlete toobtain. hard to get right and have three big, strong fellows to work with me—Tom Carey, Stocking Conroy and 1 take these fellows and work them work now and for the next few days will punch the bag and spar lightly with my brother, Tom, who has just arrived from San Francisco. Now, all I have to say to my San Francisco friends is that | will make the battle of my life and will win fed feR=F-2-8-2r8-R-F-Rc=F-F-F=F=F=3-FcF-F-3=3=F-FcF=FeRFoF=FeFeFaRugaguga] hampion Ex- have been training faith- eigh 184 pounds and will I intend to make a very at any stage of it. | know id, am bigger and stronger perfect condition as it is I have been working I have quit all that hard JAMES J. CORBETT. fegeReg=FaBegeRuPegeFoReFeReReFedaFuFaFug=FugeuPFeReyegugugagag=y:] HAWAIIAN TRADE FOR LAST YEAR Commerce of America’s New Possession. {EXPORTS EXCEED IMPORTS OUTPUT OF SUGAR GROWING LARGER. | United States Contributes Over Sev- enty-Five Per Cent of the Shipments to the Islands. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—The State Department has published a report of the British Foreign Office in regard to the commerce of Hawaii in 1897, from which itappears thatof the totalimports of the islands, the United States con- | tributed 76.8 per cent; Great Britain, | canada and the colonies together 11.85 | per cent, the balance being distributed about ,equally between Germany, | China, Japan and other countries. Of | the exports 99.62 per cent went to the | United States, sugar representing 96 | per cent of the total. Apart from sugar, the chief articles for export were | rice, hides, skins, wool, coffee and | fruits. The value of the imports into | Hawail in 1897 was $8,871,041, an in- crease of $1,679,878 over 1896, and the value of the exports was $16,081.305, a gain of $508,428, The increase in imports was especi- ally marked in the case of provisions, wearing apparel, hardware, agricul- tural implements and machinery. The increase in exports was due, mainly, to an increased output of sugar, all of which went to the United States. The report assigns as the reason why the United States has such a large pro- portion of the trade (apart from the difference in tariff) the adaptabllity for American goods for the Hawalian mar- ket, the reduced rates of transportation and consequently cheaper prices, the excellent packing of cotton, etc. It also appears from the report that in cotton goods the United States has already a large proportion of the trade and a monopoly of boots and shoes, felt hats and the better class of straw hats. The sugar industry of the islands, says the report, prospered in 1897, all the plantations paying dividends. In- telligent systems of cultivation are in vogue. An association of sugar plant- ers has been formed, and it has es- tablished a laboratory and exnerimen- tal station, from which much benefit has been derived. The cultivation of coffee is extending, but up to the pres- ent time no large estates have been opened, the area planted being made up of a number of small holdings. In ad- dition there is a fair area of what is known as wild coffee—that {is. coffee which has not been scientifically planted or subjected to the more ap- proved methods of pruning. etc.. but which has been allowed to grow almost entirely wild. The export of coffee in 1897 was 337,158 pounds, or nearly double that of 1896. —_——— Native Daughters’ Social. Extensive preparations are being made by the committee In charge of the enter- tainment and social to be glven by Fre- mont Parlor No. 59, Native Daughters of the Golden West, at Native Sons' Hall, 414 Mason street, this evening. ~ The roceeds will be devoted to the sick und. The entertainment, which promises to be one of the most successful given in years, will consist of an olfo and a farce, “RBefore They're Hatched.” Dancing will conclude the programme. Dresden Ceramic Club. The ladies of the Dresden Ceramic Club will hold their fourth exhibition and sale of China paintings at Beethoven Hall, Hotel Savoy, corner of Post and Powell streets, on the afternoon and evening of dey, December 5. Mggek:fl'lcer! of the club are: Mrs. C. S. Packard, president; Miss Ida Evelyn Daly, vice-president; treasurer. Mrs. A. C. Freese, and Miss Gertrude Lewys Brown, secretary. —_———————— More Chinese Perjury. The Federal authorities are looking for Dr. Hor Shin Tseung of Jackson street. The doctor was a witness in a Chingse landing case and swore that he was Dr. Hor Won, and that he had at- fended one of the witnesses in the case for ten days. The original Dr. Hor Won was found and he denounced the im- postor., Dr. Tseung thereupon disap- peared. Sewing Women Organize. Through the efforts of the various trades unions the sewing women.of this | city have organized, and will take in all classes of work on the co-operative plan. Mayor Phelan has gone on their _bonds for sewing machines and Henry S. Martin for Government work. Headquarters have been established on New Montgomery street and the union already has a large | membership. —_———— His Reputation Was Damaged. E. T. Nichols filed suit yesterday against Willlam F. Detert of Jackson, Amador County, to recover $10,000 damages for defamation of character. Nichols alleges that Detert made affidavit that he (Nich- ols) had agreed, as an agent of a local insurance company, to secure him a pol- | icy of $50,000 at reduced rates, contrary to the rules of a compact between insurance companies. In consequence Nichols lost his position and he now seeks to recover f)our“tge damage to both his reputation and — e Damage Wanted for a Leg. The suit of John W. Hall against the Southern Pacific Company was placed on trial yesterday in United States Circuit | Judge Morrow’s court. Hall alleges that | as he was alighting from a smoking car | on one of the passenger trains at Red- ding he stepped into a water box that had been left open and received injuries which | necessitated the amputation of a part of | a leg. He asks for $0,000 damages. e e Home Dinners for the Poor. The King’s Daughters’ Circle of Howard | street Methodist Church, assisted by oth- | er circles, will, after personal investiga- tion, assist as many needly families as possible to a quiet family dinner on Thanksgiving day. Gifts of poultry, frults, vegetables or orders for the samé v] e received and receipted for by Mrs. 0. R.‘Adams, 643 Howard street. —_———— Elks’ Ladies’ Social. Golden Gate Lodge No. 6, Protective Be- nevolent Order of Elks, will give its an- nual ladles’ social on Sunday afternoon in the California Theater. There has been prepared by the committee of arrange- ments a fine programme. This is to be a strictly invitational affair, and the appli- cation for tickets has been so great tnat the invitations are nearly all given out. ADVERTISEMENTS, A LITTLE LIGHT. Every young wo- K man needs a little light upon the sub- ject of health. There, 1s far too much new- fashioned prudery among mothers. Ev- ery young woman should have ex- plained to her the supreme meces- sity of keeping herself pure and wholesome and free from weak- ness and disease in a womanly way. Her general health, her future happiness, her good looks, her physical strength, her capability as a wife and mother, and the health and strength of generations to come are dependent upon this. Nothing in the world will dest the good looks, wholesomeness, the amiabilits. and the usefulness of a woman quickes than disorders of the delicate and importass organs that bear the burdens of maternity. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is the best of all medicines for women who are, ailing in this way. It makes a woman strong and healthy where a woman most needs health and strength. It relieves pain, soothes inflammation, heals ulcera- tion and gives rest and tone to the tortured nerves. It cures all the ills and pains too commonly considered an uncomfortable in- heritance of womankind. It has been used for over thirty years with an unbroken record of success. More of it has been sold than of all the other medicines for women' combined. It is the discovery of Dr. R. V. Pierce, for thirty years chief consniting physician to the Invalids’ Hotel and Sur- gical Institet=™at Buffalo, N. Y. He will' | cheerfully answer, without charge, all let- ters from ailing women. “Three vears ago.” writ of 1794 Vanderbilt Avenue, d g0 to a hospital and| best physicians in t! cure for me—unless I woul d go have an operation performed. I could not walk across the room. I took Dr. Picrce’s Favorite Prescription and after three bottles I could er, York, N. Y., “the said there was no | work, walk and ride.” Torpid liver and constipation are surely and speedily cured by Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. Theynever gripe. They regulate, tone up and invigorate the liver, stomach and bowels. No substitute urged by mer- cenary dealers is as good. RUPTURE CURED. In inventing his_ wonderful “MAGNETIG ELASTIC TRUSS' DR. PIERCE gave to the world the most remarkable remedy ever dis- covered for the successful treatment of Hernia or Rupture. Thousands of sufferers have been permanently relieved and radically CURED by this great appliance, and thousands of others are now on the road to compl ECall or send Zc in stamps for * 17 It tells all about it. Address, MAGNETIC ELASTIC TRUSS GO. (Truss Dept.) 620 Market street, opposite Palace Hotel, San Francisco. ——— Academy of Sciences. There will be a regular meeting of the California Academy of Sciences next Mon- day evening at 8 o'clock. Willlam A. Setchell, professor of botany at the Uni- versity of California, will deliver a lec- ture on ‘“‘Seaweeds, Their Work and Ef- fect on Nature.” The lecture will be fl- lustrated with colored lantern slides. c S Small Hope for Nelson’s Life. Andrew Nelson, who was cut by Rush Shilling during an altercation in front of a saloon on Oregon street last Thursday | night, is in a very precarious condition at the City and County Hospital. Dr. Roche has small hope of saving his life. At a late hour last night Nelson was very low. —_——— To Set Aside a Covenant. Leopold Seligman and others have sued Isaac Kohn and various defendants to set aside a covenant entered into in 1574 by which it was agreed not to open saloons or allow any to be opened on blocks 684, 685, 688, 702 and 703 in the West- | ern Addition. Stone in Her Stomach. From the Gazette, Blandinsville, 1L The wife of the Rev. A. R. Adams, pastor of the Bedford Christian Church at Blandinsville, Ill., was for years com- pelled to live a life of torture from dis- | ease. Her case baffled the physicians, but to-day she is alive and well, and tells the story of her recovery as follows: “About six years ago,” said Mrs. Adams, “I weighed about 140 pounds, but my health began to fail and I lost flesh. My food did not agree with me and feit like a stone in my stomach. I began to bloat all over until I thought I had dropsy. “I had pains and soreness in my left side which extended clear across my back and also into the region of my heart. During these spells a hard ridge would | appear in the left side of my stomach and around the left side. “These attacks left me sore and ex-| hausted. All last summer 1 was so nerv- ous that the children laughing and play- ing nearly drove me wild. I suffered also from female troubles and doctored with ten different physicians without receiv- ing any help. “My hus- band hay- ing read in the perienced no fef until rell )! Husband Read. ]Ih b “My Hus ead.” six boxes. I am now taking the eleventh box an!d have been greatly benefited. “I was also troubled with nervous pros- tration and numbness of my right arm and hand so that at times I could hardly endure the pain, but that has all passed away. 1 now have a good appetite and am able to do my own work. ave done more this summer (hnfi;ln the past four Yyears put together. r. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People cured me and I think it my dutg to let other sufferers know ft.” Hund of eqnxllfirem-rknble cases have been cured by . Willlams’ Pink { J DR. CHARCOT'S TONIC TABLETS are the only itively guaranteed remedy for the Drink Hablt, Nervousness and Melancholy caused s 3 WE GUARANTEE FOUR BOXES to cure any case with g positive written guars antee or refund the money, and to destroy the appetite for intofieating iiquors. THE TABLETS CAN BE GIVEN WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF THE PATIENT. STRONB DRINK Sha S athe e rocsioe ©of $10.00 =5 wil: mall you four [4] Doxes and post- Panten to cure of refuad GEORGE DAHLBENDER & CO., Sole Agts., 214 Kearny st., San Francisco. and Faclal Cream. Use Faclal Soap Woodbury’s Factal Soap, Facal Cream, Fa- clal and Tooth Powder have the indorsement of the Medical and _Dental Professions. everywhere. TRANSFEREE'S SALE. On Saturday, the 19th day of November, 1538, at 11 a. m., at 206 Mont ry st, we will, by order of Fred Woodworth Esq., attorney for transferees, sell without reserve or limit, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash, the following itemized pe; ty heretofore owned by John F. 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