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4. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 189S. 600D WORK OF - THE RED CROSS AT MANILA Much Dome for Sick Soldiers. NEEDED MEDICINE FURNISHED COMFORTABLE BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN SECURED. There Has beer a Great and Com- mendable Change in the Man- agement of Affairs Since Schlott’s Arrival. BY SOL N. SHERIDAN. Special Correspondence of The Call. MANILA, Oct. 21.—There has been a great and most commendable change in the management of Red Cross affairs since Mr. Schiott came to Manila. T have c¢ome to believe that grave in Justice has been done to this gentleman, dué in part to his own misunderstand ing of the situation here and in part also to'the fact'that he was not directly accredited by somebody at ~home to .the California Regiment. Schlott shows -a determination now, at: all events, to aid the Californians by every means-in’ his power, and he has been the cause of ‘a -great lessening in the sickniess among the lads of the regi- ment.. Of course his work has taken &-broader seope than that. - The sick ‘of the whole ar has been made to feel that the Red Crc is a merciful organi- zation, -although Schiott -has been ham- | pered not- a little by the arrant stu- pidity, "to- call it.- by no milder name, which 'has characterized the manage- ment of the medical department of the Bighth ‘Army Corps. In the first place, after he had gained some knowledge of the situation and sét . his - original mistakes -right, Mr. Schlott rented a new house on the Calle Concepcion which he fitted up originally as a hospital for the Californians, but which was tak as a hospita) for offi- cers. -This place is still partly under Mr. Schlott’s direction, and as a re- sult is the best managed institution of the kind in Manila. In this place there are-accommodations for sixteen officers and twenty men, and the place is fuil all .the time. The friends - of ‘officers will not permit them to chance the hor- Tors .of the brigade hoSpital, and the men - who: can- get under . the wing of the- Red Cross esteem themselves for- tunate. . ‘The. taking over of this concern by the army authorities made it necessary, of course; for Schlott to seek a pew out- let for the energles of the society—and, this’ time, it. was deemed better to do something for - ‘the :Californians that could not be taken away from thém. Majir McCarthy of the First California -acted as director of the movement this - ‘time, ahd as a starter obtained his own | appointment as director of a ward es- pecially for Californians in the brigade | hospital. This was the opportunity Mr. | Schlott had secured for the accommo- dation: of his nurses, a house on Calle Concepcion, one block from his original hospital. . In this house several rooms were fitted up as wards, and besides | this- the Red Cross manager put up in| the yard—a large one—four big, roomy | tents, with flocrs raised from the ground | and accommodations in each for forty- eight patients. These tents have com- fortable cots, each with its mosquito netting, tablés, camp : chairs, all - the accessories. designed to lessen as much as possible the ‘evils of sickn in camp life..' Between: the tents a large floor has been laid, rocfed over with thatched | and painted bamboo to Keep out" the rain and: the sun, and here the male nurses eat with such of the patients as are able to.be out of bed. It is a most complete: arrangement . ail “through. There .is a' tent, also, used exclusively for sick Filipinos. 1.have described; in & previous letter, the California convalescent hospital at | Ermita: This place, with- two large tents for officers and attendants, Mr. Schlgtt’ fitted up from thé Red Cross fund—and 'he'.likewise - furnished -the | ;lh\: United %taltos.r ;I;Y)!%q})\:‘xl] cfimfim‘y lwm tents. venty-five cots, all those orig-| have a cap! tal o 50,000,000, divided into | 2 5 a 120,000,000 preferred stock and $30,000,000 | inally. broughit:out from San Francisce, | #0000 B er e o part of this .went into this- hospital. The -smallpox- patients; . tog, would | have suffered -very: much: more.than| they did if it had not been for the Red Cross... The army- medical authorities did not provide for any - such contin- gency as the outbreak of a plague. The.| army medical authorities did not pro- | vide for any <ontingency whatever.. It | was Schlott who gaveé the tents for the | pesthouse and who_ had- them floored. It was Schlott who furnished Dr. O’Brien“the drugs needed- to combat the disease—as he has furnfshed the Cali- | fornia medical officers with drugs to| take the place of inferior articlés pro- | vided by the Government, thereby ma- | terially decreasing the sick list of the régiment. It was -Schlott who. fur-| nished the alechol in which :the “pest- | _house ‘attendants bathed themselves to | avoid contagion and-to the use of which * Dr. Lippincott.objected as: “'t00 €xpern- sive” for. the purpose. ' In fact, in his new. character Schlott has come:to be-the saving angel-of the troops here. He is generous where gen- erosity-is of value in dealing ‘with the sick: He has'shown admirablé :éxecu- tive gbility, and hé has sought the best - of advice. Nobody in-the army is bet- ter fitted .to advise . with ‘intelligence in a matter of this: kind: than Dr.- Mec- Carthy of the First California, and Dr. McCarthy .is -Schlott’s :best “friend here now. . - s Mr. Schlott yesterday.rented still an- other house, which-he will at once fit up in his grounds in:Calle Concepcion, but there is a need for moré women nurses than he’ has ‘here’ now, and. the need is growing. It.would. do your heart good to go among ‘thé sick ‘men. here and see how the presence:of a deft-fin- gered woman at the bedside brightens them. There are eleven of these women here now, atl doing noble work. The society should send no more married. couples.as nurses, the couple that came with Schlott having turned out a. dis- appointment, and men who come fo nurse are, unfortunately, not-to be re- lied upon. Two of those who came with Schlott, Hyle and Ross, deserted him after their arrival here. He has four male nurses now, all doing good work, but the women are very much better on the whole. They work harder, are conscientious, and infinitely painstak- ing. . There is need for / money, too, and here is a chance for arneal to the gen- erosity of Californiane. It is a spirit which, as all men know, is not invoked in vain. Drugs are needed constantly, and can only be bought for cash. Sup- plies are needed, and delicacies. There is need for even more hospitals than the army has now, and should Manila be permanently occupied should the vol- unteers unfortunately be kept here, . then the need will be greater instead of less. The donors can rest p‘e&ecfl! el assured that the money 3 & ended for the purposes to which it has en devoted. v ! 'ments - will not be interchanged. | eral offices of the company. BOMB EXPLODED UNDER A HOUSE Attempt to Kill a New Jersey Councilman. WORK OF POLITICAL ENEMIES DYNAMITE PLACED IN THE | SLEEPING MAN’S ABODE. The Building Wrecked by the Force of the Explosion, but the In- mates of the Place Es:ape Injury. Special. Dispatch to The Call. NEW . YORK, Dec. 2—An Atlantic City, N. J., special to the Herald says: Under thehouse of Councilman-at-large Edward Johnson ‘in Brigantine, near here, a dynamite bomb was exploded at 11 o'clock last night, partially wrecking the building. There is no doubt it was the inten- to kill 'Mr. Johnson. Threats against | his life had been heard, owing to the part he had taken in-the recent politi- | cal struggle in Brigantine. Mr. John- son: by -his vote holds the balance of | power ‘between the factions in "the | Brigantine City. Council. | Johnson retired at his usual time last night, and was sleeping soundly when about an hour before midnight he was awakened ‘by a loud -explosion. house rocked as though shaken by an earthquake. and there was a crash of breaking glass and falling timbers, fol- lc—ed by darkness and silence. Nobody in the house was hurt. After a prolonged search the bomb | that caused the havoc was found. It was a shattered piece of lead pipe. that had evidently been filled with dyna- mite. The crime apparently was com- mitted by some one familiar with the premises, as the bomb had been placed directly under Johnson's bedroom win- dow. Johnson is certain the outrage was committed by political enemies. [WILL TURN ITS RIVAL’S TICKETS TO THE WALL Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Sys- tem Declares War on the Chicago Great ‘Western. CHICAGO, Dec. 2—The Atchison, To- peka and Santa Fe has declared war on the - Chicago Great Western. A bitter feeling has- existed between the two roads for some time because the Great Western would not maintain_the rules and regulations. 6f the Santa Fe regard- ing. the interchange of passenger traffic. The misunderstanding has culminated In the issuance by the Santa Fe of the fol= lowing notices to. connecting lines an- nouncing the severance: of passenger re- | lations between. the two roads: | Effective December 15 and until further ad- l\ the Santa Fe system lines will cease the interchange of enger business with the | Chicago Great Western Railway.Coupon tickets to points on: and via Santa Fe system lines | jssued . by the Chicago Great Western. (or by | connecting ' lines. via Chicago Great Western to our junction points) stamped. as gold subse- | 'quent to December 14 will not be honored on our trains.. Coupon tickets'of Santa Fe systen: lines i ] cago Great ‘Wi | | | stern will not be-sold. Baggage under through. eheck . to or. from the Chicago | Great Western. will .notfbe recelved ordelivered. Sleeping cars and: othef passenger train equip- All passen- ger tariffs wil be cancelled so far as they ap- ply_to- passenger . business . interchanged with that road. Please turh to the wall all issues- of tickets reading via Chicago Great: Western Rallway in connection ‘with any and all Santa Fe system | lines. e COMBINE OF ALL TINPLATE 'INTERESTS | Projected New Company Will Have a Capital of Fifty Million Dollars. PITTSBURG, Dec. 2.—Representatives of‘all the tinplate manufacturing concerns in America met at the Lincoln Hotel, this city, to-day for the purpose of arranging preliminary details of the combination that is to unite all the tinplate interests on this side of the Atlantic. The combine will be formed on lines entirely different from any yet effected in will be represented by the value of the lants which are to be taken into the com- ine, but there will be left enough stock over and above the value of the plants to provide a’ working capital of $5,000,000, and this latter will be furnished in .cash by men not interested in the tinplate busi- ness. The work of appraisement will com- mence next Mopday, when twenty of the plants will shut down (ten of them being located in the West and ten in the East). On the following Monday twenty other plants will be shut down and an invoice of their value taken in the same manner. When the appraisements have been completed a general meeting of the stock- holders will be held to elect directors and fix upon a city for the location of the gen- At present Pittsburg seems to be in the lead for this honor. HANCOCK MAY BE " A TRIPLE MURDERER He Is Now Suspected of Being the Slayer of a "olorado De- ’ tective. 1,08 ANGELES, Dec. 2—John Hancock, the convicted burglar, who is accused of murdering Egelke and Edminston in Southern Nevada, may be called upon to answer to another charge of murder com- mitted in Denver, Colo,, in 1895. March 19 of that year Detective Moore was shot- and killed ‘while taking two prisoners to the police station. The mur- derer made good- his escape, and until the present time the crime has been shrouded in mystery. Mrs. Colter of Orange now comes for- ward with the Information that Han- cock in a burst of confidence confessed to her that he killed Detective Moore. He was then “traveling under the alias of F. A. Benton. Telegrams received in this city from Denver convey the information that a man named F. A. Benton served a term in the Colorado Penltentiary for burglary. Hancock and Benton may be one and the same m: weriA) vr e Stricken With Heart Disease. SAN QUENTIN, Dec. 2—Peter Coutts of Napa, who has been on the jutemill police force for two years, dropped dead of heart disease in his room at 6 o'clock this evening. He was unmarried and 29 {ell’l of age..The remalins will be sent 0o Napa for interment. AR L Tries to Cheat the Gallows. SAN QUENTIN, Dec. 2.—Albert L, Knott, under sentence of death for the murder of a barber of San Francisco, to- day attempted to commit suicide b; = ting an artery in one of his arms, He 3:: discovered by a guard in time to remove him to the hospital and save his life. Nostalgia Leads to Suicide. ANAHEIM, Dec. 2—Mrs. William Geh- bert, while homesick for Germany, hanged herself in a barn last night at her ‘home west of town. She fixed the ro over a beam, placed her head through the and stepped from a ladd er. A% | tion of the perpetrators of the outrage | The | CONDTIONS I THEPHILPPINES Commissioner Harden’s Investigation. SILVER MONEY CIRCULATED SYSTEM CAUSES SMUGGLING OF THE WHITE METAL. Four Principal Industries of the Isl- ands Are Hemp, Sugar, Copra and Tobacco—Room for Cordage Plant. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. — Edward Harden, who was appointed in Au- gust jast an honorary commissioner of the United States to make an investi- | gation’ of the financial and industrial conditions in the Philippines, has made his report to the Secretary of the | Treasury, in the course of which he says: Silver is the basis of the currency in the Philippine Islands. There is no gold in general circulatfon and has been none for more than twenty years. ‘The Mexic | dollar of a date previous to 1877 is current | in the islands and it is practically the only | money in general circulation. The Span- ish Government in the summer of 187 coined $6,000,000 of silver in a local cur- rency, which was sent to the islands. These dollars are lighter in weight than the Mexican dollars, but the scarcity of money in the Philippine Islands caused them to be quickly absorbed. There is a local note-issuing bank called the Banco Espinol Filipino, which has in circulation notes based on silver, of which there was standing on September 30, 1898, approx- imately, $2,500,000. The fluctuation in the demand for money in different seasons of the year resulted in widely fluctuating rates of exchange, and in the continued flow of money either to or from the islands. The law which pre- vented the importation of the Mexican dollars of a date subsequent to 1877 proved a great hardship to the business interests and would have been a much greater evil had it not been for the laxity of the offi- cials, which_ permitted and encouraged smuggling. It was not uncommon for the dollar to go to a premium of 10 or 12 per cent, and this woufd immediately start the flow of silver toward the islands, which would be continued until the demand was met and the rate of exchange was reduced to a point which would cause smuggling to cease being profitable, The smuggling of silver into the islands was a recognized industry. It was carried on largely by the rich “mestizos,” or Chi- nese half-castes. There was a regular sys- tem for the bringing in of these coins. After the occupation of Manila by the American troops permission was given the banks- to_ import silver freely, and the re- sult has been to keep exchange rates on a more stable bass. ‘There are eight million people in the islands, actording to the estimate of the Spanish Government, of whom only a small fraction live in the territory con- tiguous to Manila and Ililo. When money once leaves these centers it passes out of the knowledge of business men, and it is impossible, therefore, to form any correct idea of the amount of money now in the islands. It is estimated there is in cir- culation $10,000,000 of subsidiary coins, tne 10-cent, 20-cent and H-cent pieces, which have been recdined from Mexican doliars by the Efinnlsh Government, The esti- mate of the Mexican dollars/now in cir- culation, as given .by one of tne best-in- formeéd bankers in the islands, is from $20,000,000 - to $25,000, his, with the $2 000 of notes of the Banco Espanol Filipino now in circulation, constitutes he currency of the islands. This would make a total .of from-$40,000,000 to $45,000,- 000, speaking roughly, for the entire isi- ands, or, approximately, $ per capita for the total population of the islands. It must not be overlooked that these figures are given on ‘a silver basis and that, therefore, in figuring on our own stand- all of these figures must be cut in tw Three banking institutions do the bank- ing business of the Philippine Islands aside from that done by the large com- mercial houses which buy and sell ex- change, and, to a limited extent, carry on the business which legitimately belongs to banking institutions. - The question of the future currency of the islands is one which is of vital Im- portance to all business men of the isl- ands. The best-informed men in Manila are unanimous in their opinion that under present condition the silver currency is the only one suited to the islands. The natives of the Philippine Islands are con- servative to a degree In the matter of their currency, and it would be a long and tedious task to educate them to a dollar which would be worth twice that now in circulation. Notwithstanding the Amer- icans have a force of 15,000 soiwers in Ma- nila who are paid in gold, the geople of the islands will believe in nothing but silver. All the soldiers when they are paid in gold take their money to one of the banks and exchange it for local cur- rency. The native will take the Mexican dollar, worth jess than 50 cents in gold, in preference to the United States dollar, worth 100 cents. If the United States re- tains the Phfllp&!lne . Iglands a special coinage of silver dollars might be minted for circulation in the]an‘hlpelagn. the same as the British dolldr was put in cir- culation in the Straits Settlements, in Hongkong and in other ports where Brit- ish Interests predominate. Practically all of the export and import trade of the islands Is in the hands of foreigners. There are a few Spaniards engaged in trading, but the bulk of the business, in a commercial way, is done by British, German, Belgian and Ameri- can citizens. These men do not meddle with the insurrection, and they have been able to maintain friendly relathons not only with the Spanish Government offi- cials, but with the natives as well. The mogt rellable figures that can be obtained on exports from the islands for the year 1897 show a total of $41,342 280, Hemp and sugar were the principal arti- cles of export. - Tobacco and copra were also exporteu in large quantities. There are no officlal figures obtainable givi the imports for the Philippine Islands. One of the larger importing houses, which keeps statistics of imports and which has srac(lcnlly complete fig- ures of all goods shipped into Manila, has kept records which show the impor- tation of goods to the value of $17,400,000 | during the year 1897. Taking these figures as being correct, there is a trade bafance in favor of the islands of $23,999,290, that being the excess of exports over imports. The four principal industries of the islands in the order named are hemp, sugar, copra and tobacco. The hemp in. dustry supports a large proportion o popuiation of the Southern part of Lu. zon and islands to the south, and, accord- ing to the opinion of those most familiar with the trade, there is no danger of an overproduction, It is all exported and there would seem to be room for the es. tablishment of a plant for the making of curdzge. ‘There is practically no rope manufactured in the Philippines. | | PICKS UP A RICH PRIZE. British Steamship Tows the Bark La Escocesa to Port. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2.—The Brit- ish steamship Marstonmoor, Captain Angus, which sailed from Baltimore November 29 for Rotterdam, arrived at the Delaware breakwater to-day, hav- ing in tow one of the richest prizes picked up at sea in some time, She towed in the British bark La Escocesa, which was boupd from Iquique to New York, laden with about 2000 tons of ni- trate of soda, valued at about $65,000. The prize was picked up twenty-four hours lfrgvlously to the eastward of Cape Henlopen. 3 & From Captain Angus it was learned that the bark when sighted was in charge of the chief officer. Captain Evans, her commander, had died of brain fever on September 22. She was in a helpless condition, having experi- ‘enced a heavy gale zn November 29. Wep! The decks were pumps smashed i the | and boats carried away, together with the fore and mizzen masts. According to the bargain made by Captain Angus the settlement of the case of salvage is to be left to arbitration. g s R s STRIKERS BLOW UP CARS WITH DYNAMITE First Acts of Violence at Dallas, Tex., Since the Motormen ‘Walked Out. NEW YORK, Dec. 2—A Sun special from Dallas, Tex., says: At 9 o’clock to- night one of the cars of the Dallas Con- solidated electric system was blown up b; dynamite at Elm and Austin streets. A half-hour later another car was blown up at Munger's Factory, two miles farther east. A stick of dynamite a foot long was found at the scene of the second ex- losion, No passengers were in the cars. he motormen were injured and the cars badly wrecked. These are the first serious acts of vio- lence since the strike.of motormen on the consolidated system began on Novem- ber 10, S S S Joins the Western League. } CHICAGO, Dec. 2—Buffalo to-day be- came a member of the Western League’ of baseball clubs, having severed its con- ngftlnn with the Eastern League amic- ably. amAgwe Guardian for Jockey Devin. SACRAMENTO, Dec. 2.—The Superior Court here to-day awarded to Thomas H. Boyle, the turfman, the guardianship of Jockey Devin. ek WL, Reassembles in February. LONDON, Dec, 3.—Parliament will re- assemble on February 7. ALUMNI HONOR -THE FOOTBALL ELEVEN ROUSING BANQUET AT THE MER- CHANTS’ CLUB. Cochran the Target of Applause—The Team Entertained by the Grad- uates of the State University. Never before has so much rattling noise emarated from the Mercantile Club as last nivht, the occasion of an alumni ban- quet of thesUniversity of California in honor of Garrett Cochran and the blue and goid fcotball team which won the signal victory from Stanford on Thanles- gliving. Between courses, during courses, sand- wiched in between glasses, came a va- riety of noises and yells that made the roof of the building vibrate to the rhythm of the rah, rahs. Graduates of antiquity were there shoulder to shoulder with the freshly made alumnus, and all joined in the apotheosis of the football team, Coach Cochran and Captain Hall. For seven years the university gradu- ates have nursed their latent enthusiasm for a victory, and last night it let loose with more than natural vigor. Gathered around the board were Chief Engineer Storey of the Valley road, Charles Wesley Reed, Frank Carpenter, George Pardee, Mayor Phelan, R. W. Davis, George Cad- wallader, Carey Jones, Elliott McAllister, George Roos and _a number of other prominent alumni. The faculty all yelled and hurrahed, and not a single occasion was lost to pour praise and gratitude into the ear of Cochran. Cochran was the target of all the ora- torical arrows. D. D’Ancona, president of the Alumni Association, presided, and his first tribute was a mixture of glorifi- cation of the University of California and the football team. e introduced Gar- rett Cochran, who made a few remarks advisory to the football team and pro- Pphetic of future victories. He was inter- rupted by calls of Cochran for '$9 until :he hall rang with the cheers for his re- urn. Percy Hall was then called upon and in a few fitting remarks thanked all for their good will and pledged himself to do all in his power to sustain the record of the team of 1898. Everard Brown told how he labored in the East to secure the serv- ices of Cochran, how Princeton men sent him to New York, to Philadelphia and to Princeton in order to delude him in his search for Cochran, and how he fin- ally tracked his ~ame and forced the contract upon him. Again came *“Coch- ran, Cochran; we want Cochran.” Mayor Phelan, amid cries of the “Plng hat," arose and pald a tribute to athletic Sports, mens sana in corpore sano. He was lustily cheered. President Kellogg spoke of ‘the victory, the necessity of combining work with play and as- sured all that he was eart and soul with the battlers of the gridiron. The toast of the evening, “The bsiue and Gold,” by John R. Glascock, was a poetic tribute to the colors of the Universitv of California. In a short speecn, full of elo- quence and power, he exhorteu all to con- centrate their efforts to the advancement of the university. Professor Moses then arose and enter- tained the banqueters. He said: *Last year I said football was not a very good game, This year by opinions have under- gone a very great revolution. To-day we believe in things we did not a year ago, and before sitting down I wish to_express my thanks to the football team for hav- ing wrought the change.” gthem who spoke were Warren Greg- ory, James Hopper, Charles Wesley Reed, Walter Magee, Pete Kaarsberg and George Cadwallader, —————————— KANE ST-.L AT IT. Continues to Swear Out and Serve Warrants on the Women of Bacon Place. Secretary Kane yesterday swore out seventeen more warrants for the arrest of the women on Bacon place, charging them with keeping houses of ill fame. Thirteen of the warrants were served Jast evening and the women were charg- ed at the California street police station, from where they were immediately re- leased on $300 bonds. All the women ar- rested last night have been placed under arrest during the past week a number of times on charges of vagranty and keep- ing houses of ill fame. As soon as the; return to their houses Kane swears oul new. wagrants. Henry Ach, who is employed as attor- ney for the property owners, was pres- ent last night when the warrants were served and did all in his power to sea that the womien the officers wanted were found. Four of the women were sick last night and not in the houses, so but thirteen of the seventeen warrants coild be served. ————e————— ROBBED HIS EMPLOYERS. Edward Sullivan, Stock Clerk of the ‘White House, Arrested for Theft. Edward Sullivan, a 17-year-old boy, em- ployed at the White House, was arrested yesterday by Detective Dillon. He was taken to the City Prison, where he was locked up. Neither Sullivan nor Detec- tive Dillon would talk when questioned regarding the arrest. jullivan was employed, so it Is reported | as a stock clerk in the White House, an had worked in that capacity for some | time. It is said that he has stolen goods to the amount of between $500 and $1000. The boy's parents are poor people and respectable, and it is reported that no charges will be preferred against him. Raphael Welll, the president of the com- pany, when seen last night regarding the arrest of Sullivan, admitted the ;\‘!’l guilt, but stated that on account of his age no charges would be made against hfi; by the company. He will be released from custody to-day. —_———— Fell Off a Trestle Bridge. James Steinbacher, a boy aged 9 years, while walking on the trestle bridge of the Southern Pacific Rallway at Twenty-ninth and Dolores streets yesterday afternoon, fell to the roadway underneath breaking his right arm in two places. He was con- veyed to the City and County Hospital, where Dr. Tillman set the injured limb. The boy wasseonsiderably shaken up by his fall and may have received internal injuries which could not ascertained g& tlhe time of his reception at the hos- al. ———————————— County Hospital Overcrowded. “Not a single vacant bed in the City and County Hospital,” is the ndtice posted up on the blackboard by Dr. Tillman yes- | terday afternoon as he placed the last ‘male patient in the only cot in which a /patient could find accommodation. In consequence of this crowded condition over twenty applicants had to be turned away during the day, as no room could be found for.their accommodation. There are 420 male patients now in the hospital and the female wards are also full. Under these conditions the hospital authorities are sorely perplexed as to what they are to do with the other applicants who may a};p!y to-day and in the future until some gl those now in the hospital vacate their aces. -—— JASPAR ROBBERSON, DEAD. The Well Known Attorney, Attacked by a Fainting Spell, Expires in a Few Minutes. Jaspar Robberson, a well-known attor- ney, whose practice has been confined largely *to the police courts, died in the back room of a saloon at Polk and Mar- ket streets at about midnight last night. Robberson was passing down Market street with a couple of friends when sud- denly he stopped, telling them that he felt faint and would like to rest for awhile. They took him into the saloon and asked the bartender for a chair. Robberson sat down, bteathing heavily, and after a few minutes expired. Death is attributed to heart failure. He was unmarried and occupied a room at 240 Montgomery street. —_—————— Rabbi Myers to Preach. Rabbi Myers will preach at the Bush stieet Synagogue at 11:15 o'clock this morning. He will take as the subject of. bis sermon, “The Attitude of the Jews to Gentiles, NOT A SIMILAR CASE. A Horse Thief Need Expect No Mercy in Texas. The old-fashioned Texan had by some strange apportioning of fate been put in a room at a crowded hotel with a divinity student from an Eastern college, and they soon established a conversational footing between themselves, though the Texan couldn’t quite understand why the young man wouldn’'t “take a nip for a night- cap.’” “ Before they slept the talk turned upon the customs and morals of Texas, as xemplified in ‘lynching, he young man arguing against it. “Gee whiz, you don't reckon we oughtn’t to hang a hoss thief, do you?’ the Texan exclaimed in tones of horror, but without profanity, out of deference to the char- acter of the other side, “‘Most assuredly not.” “But what ought we to do with him? let him git loose?” Let the law take its course.” Mebbe 1t’ll miss fire and the cuss'll git away.” “Tt;at is not your fault. If the law says he is guiltless you must accept the de- cision and forgive the sinner.” “Thar ain’t no authority fer that, is thar?” “The Bible.” “Thar's nothin’ thar that covers the ground.” “Oh, yes, my friend,” replied the stu- dent, ‘warming in_his zeal, ‘“even the thief on the cross was forglven.” For some reason the Texan seemed to choke a moment, till he caught his volce again. “Aw, here, young feller,” he ex- claimed in_a tone of expostulation, “that Wasn’t no hoss thief,” and the Texan was so serlous about it that the young man had to laugh in spite of himself. e EMPEROR'S TALL GRENADIER “There was nothing unusual in the German Emperor selecting Chiemke, the tallest grenadfer in his army, to accom- pany him on his spectacular visit to the East,”. said an ex-English officer, “be- cause he expected to visit people who might easily be impressed by size. When England has had occasion to send Com- missioners to any of the savage tribes with which she has had dealings she has usually selected tall men as escorts. Chiemke js six feet ten inches, and I have no doubt that his height duly im- ressed the Turks. When the German Pmperor returned in 188 from hig first ~isit to Constantinople he sent the Sultan a complete set of kettledrums, which he intrusted to Licutenant Pleskow, who is nearly seven feet in height. There was an amusing story told of Pleskow several years ago. e was ‘making a short walking trip and he lost his way. He looked over a seven-foot garden wall and asked a girl who was glckm gooseberries to direct him which roa to take, The mald, seeing only his head and assuming from its height that its owner must be on horseback, told him to ride first to the right and then to the left. That story clung to Pleskow. —_———————— FORMATION OF CANYONS. The secret of the grer* denudation and of the wonderful achievement of the Colorado in carving out of rock a series of canyons about 500 miles long, and, in one place at least, more than a mile deep, with a multitude of tributary chasms and gorges, is very simple when you know it, says Harper's. The old lake bed slowly rose. At first the Colorado River and its trioutaries, or some nameless monstrous ancestor of these, sweepin; over the slowlv risiv. : surfaces, plane them down In most relentless fashion, and then began wearing out broad, shallow stream beds. But then the country rose more rapidly, and the water had to cut deeper channels in the rocks in order to get out and away to sea. _ 0wln§ in part to the ' wear of the water itself, but more to the ceaseless bombardment of the suspended sand which it bore from the up country, or picked up as it went along. and to the thump of pebbles and bowlders which it swept on in flood time, the river kept cut- ting down as the strata rose, until finally, when what was left of our inland sea bot- tom got thrust up so that, towering far above its erstwhile rocky shores, it had to be called a nlateau, the Colorado and its auxiliaries found themselves at the bottom of a series of canyons and gorges, where they are to-day. —_————————— WHEN TO EAT DINNER. Hardworking men, especially in the learned professions, are often puzzied as {0 the right Fours for their meas and the right diot to be taken at their mealss The much graver question of stimulants also interests them Personflly. The fear of a midday meal f{s very common among brain-workers. A good luncheon is apt especia‘ly to interfere with inspiration, Tea, f any form of alcohol be taken. vory popular with scholars, 1s 1838 ob- ectionable as to its immediate efecis, ut it is very dangerous to digestion. es- pecially among scholars, who, llke work- women, nearly always take t50 much and refer ‘their tea to be strong, ‘“red as lood,” as Garrick used to say. The chief danger in taking too light a mi is that the student s at his worst, phy- sically, just before dinner time. ilence tinner 1s rendered a fresh source of dys- pepsia, and if he strolls about vefore the evening meal he is apt to take cold. The special stimulants of great men have been recorded in their memoirs, One of the most remarkable records of tms kind has come to light in Aubrey’s ‘“‘Brief Lives,” founded on notes taken by tne author in_the middle of the seventeenth century, Few drinks are more’distrusted among brainworkers in these days tnan le, but Prynne seems to have thought ggl erwise. e was a voluminous writer, and his pamphlets lost him his ears and endangered his head. that ‘“‘ahout every Aubrey informs us three hours hi; (Prynnes) man was to bring him a rol and pot of ale to refocillate his wasted spirits; so he studied and drank and munched some bread, and this maintained him till night; and then he made a good supper. ow, he did well not to dine, which breaks 'off_one's fancy, which wili not presently be regained.” The danger of a priori reasoning may be seen from the above quotation. Those who have forgotten about Prynne would take him from this note of his diet to be a Bohemian of the well-known old-fash- foned type; yet he was a stern, uncom- promising puritan, who suffered mutila- tion and the pillory, and had a violent and very un-Bohemian prejudice against the stage. The diet does not then proclaim the man. We doubt, however, if the seri- ous student of the end of the nineteenth century would do well to “refocillate his wasted spirits” by drinking a pot of ale every three hours. Pyrnne was perhaps wise not to dine, which meant to lunch in those days, and implied a very heavy meal. But the munching of rolls all gay and the “good supper’’ were questionable, His style was very caustic; perhaps be- cause of the misrule of Charles I, pbut possibly, also, through dyugep!la, ‘which also had so disastrous an fnfluence on tae literary temper of Thomas Carlyle.—Brif ish Medical Journal. 3 C. P. Huntington Talks About the Trade Possibilities of the Pacific Coast In Next Sunday’s Call. idday meak| death rate caused by whisky?” For years BECKER WOULD ADD MURDER 0 HIS CRIMES Artist Stirs the Venom Within Him. FORGER CREATES A SCENE ATTEMPTS TO HURL A HEAVY GLASS INKWELL. Attorneys Opportunely Interfeve. One Accepted Jurbr Challenged and Five Added to the List. The evil nature of Karl Becker, “prince of forgers,” manifested itself yesterday as it has not done since his arrest. The aged manipulator and raiser of bank pa- per became angry when a newspaper ar- tist sat beside him and endeavored to transfer his features to paper, and had it not been for the timely interference of the attorneys Becker might have added murder to his list of crimes and the ar- tist would have been the subject of the addition. During the morning session the time was occupied examining talesmen, and D. ‘Brune was accepted as a juror. In the afternoon Becker took his seat by the side of his counsel. He was evidently unstrung and frequently shifted his po- sition and toyed nervously with a heavy glass inkstand on the desk. Again he wouldsknit his brows and -leer at the jurors and then settle back for a mo- ment’s meditation. ‘While thus employed he discovered that an artist was busily employed sketching him, He changed his seat and placed | his hand over his face so that its lines could not be followed. The artist changed his position likewise and finally, seeing that the prisoner was becoming angry, indiscreetly approached him and stated that he hoped he (Becker) would not get angry, as no harm was intended. Becker whaeled in his seat and said that no man cou sketch him. Becker then turned and in a gentle volce informed his coun- sel, Attorney McPike, that an artist was worrying him. McPike did not answer, but continued examining talesmen. Then Becker lost his temper, and selzing the inkwell'half raised and was about to hurl the heavy missile at the head of the ar- tist, when Acting District Attorney | Hinckle quickly rose and started toward the frenzied forger. McPike also turned and before Becker could accomplish his gurfiose the inkwell was wrested from ecker's grasp. With lips twitching with anger “the Dutchman” took his seat and Attorney McPike informed the court that | his _client objected to being sketched. | “Very well, if the prisoner objects,” sald Judge Wallace, “the artist will kindly de- sist.” This closed the incident, and Becker settled down, his face flushed with sup-| pressed indignation or joy over van uisg:f ing the artist, it is not known which. H . Lazarre, who was accepted as a juror | Thursday afternoon, was called after | Becker’s anger had somewhat subsided and questioned upon his relationship to | Police Sergeant Lindheimer. Lazarre M-i knowledged that his brother was married to a sister of the wife of the sergeant Fumed, and the jurgr was promptly chal- enged. The examiftation fnen eontinted, and at the close of thegay's roceedings W. Olsen, Fred Walkér, Robert Moore and Fred Dassonville had been accepted as jurors. The following jurors were ex- cused during the day for various reason C. W. Kenitzer, Joseph Robinson, H. E. Pennell, W. F. Harris, 8. Aaron, A R.| | to-day. Twenty jurors were summoned by | Solomon, and to-day they wilt be ex-| amined, and it is hoped the jury can be completed. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. PENSIONS — City. This corr spondent, in a letter Of inquiry, say: “A woman hzd a husband and a son who sepved in the War of the Rebellion. She was entitled to a pension from the no provision for Amendment except by the | unanimous consent of the thirteen States. Three proposals of amendments failed to receive the unanimous consent, therefore the convention of 1787 was summoned and it framed a new constitution. If you will read the.constitution you will see what the.scope of the first ten amendments were. The constitution went into epera- tion by -being ratified by the different States, nine being sufficient for its estab- lishment between the. States ratifying it. A VALUABLE HALF-DOLLAR—Sub- scriber, Sacramento, Cal. A half-dollar of ‘the United States minted at New Or- leans in 1838 is desired by dealers, who offer from $12 to $25 for one. The partic- ular one desired has the letter O between the lower line of the bust and thé upper part of the date. Do not mistake the orna- ment which loops the drapery on the bust for the letter O. Half-dollar pleces of that date without ‘the letter as described are worth only their face value. CERVERA’S FLEET-J. H., City. 1f you will look at the files- of The Call ‘during the early .part of July, 188, yox will- find accounts of the destruction % Cervera’s fleet-as it attempted to escaps from Santiago harbor. The account of tre naval fight, as detailed by “Fightin Bob! Evans of the Iowa, which was published July 9, will give you a good idea of the movements of the ships and the dis- covery of the Spanish vessels. SUPERVISORS—A. S., City. Superws- ors in the city and county of San Fran- cisco are elected under the provisions of the act of March 30, 1872, which says that “Supervisors shall be elected by a plu- rality of all the votes cast at an election for such in the city and- county of n Francisco.” The twelve receiving the highest number of votes are declared elected, as they are elected from the:city at large. A WOMAN’S RIGHTS—N., Oakland. A wife in’ California nas the rieht to dis- pose of her individual and separate ‘prop- erty as she sees fit, without interference on the part of her husband. If she has a nephew living in St. Louis, Mo., or. else- where she can deed a piece of property. to him, providing, of course, that it is her separate property EIGHTEENTH REGULARS—S. M. H., City. For information as to the present location of Company L, Eighteenth United States Regulars; you will have to send a Jetter of inquiry to the office of the Sec- retary of War at Washington, D. C. CROTIAN LABORERS-J..G., City. An article in regard to the strike. of the Cro- tian laborers in the Hawalian Islands a’ppenrefl in the San Francisco Call on the 17ith of November, 1898, and another on the 22d of the same month. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR-ELECT— A. E., City. Jacob H. Neff, the Lieutenant, Governor-elect, is a resident of Auburn, Fkkkkkkkk * LN HUDYAN £ oo de R ek o e e ook ok ok oo i Rk Xk Rk AR ook Rk &4 * I Frdedkokdek ok ok HERE ARE SOME MEN WHO BELIEVE “themselves so strong that they can resist the powers of the Creator.. These men. are con- stantly fighting nature. They overioad their stomiachs, overharass their nerves, drink to ex- cess, smoke to excess, or abuse themselves in some form or other. The result is the same In the end. Abuse yourself and you are sure to pay the penalty. It is this abuse that destroys. Now, if this suits you take the advice of ex- perienced men and seek a-cerfain cure. Hud- yan is ‘the great Remedy treatment. Hudyan is certain. Hudyan cures varicocele, partial impoteney, .hdyrocele, failing manhood. "It has been used by many, many men,-and they have sent in their testimonials. If you wish to read them " WRITE FOR TESTINONIALS. HUDSON MEDICAL INSTITUTE, St 2.8 McFarlandgC. C. Carlfon, F. W. Twiggs and L. W. Rea. ! As several hundred talesmen have elther | BLOOD POISON.—— The first, secondary or been excused or examined and challenged . BLOOD tertiary . form: of. blood gince the third trial of the case opened, | BLOOD ¥ poison means muih. If Judge Wallace at the adjournment of | BLOOD ——you are so’ afflicted the court yesterday afternoon appointed Ben- proon S e s you jamin Solomon, clerk of the court, elisor | proon T Wb elbeiiacy to summon talesmen to qualify as jurors| proon porso: s HUDSON. MEDICAL INSTITUTE, Junetion Stockton, Market and Ellis Sts., San Francisco, Cal. Cdnsuit Hudson Doctors Free. Government. I claim that as the widow Consuit Hudson Doctors Free. she was entitled to such gznslon and Consult Hudson Doctors Free. that as the mother of the she was Oob it o -ottors. Fiak itled to a pension as both died in the o :2;\'[1:3 of thpe(r‘courfitry. h?‘he marlrled Consult Hudson Doctors Free. ain, \and I claim that while marriage O e peusion as ® widow. she was| . Cousult Hudson Doctors Free, still the mother of the boy and entitled to pension on his account. Am I right -7The pension laws say that no one can draw two pensions. A widow and moth- er must elect how she will take the pension, on account of her late husband or.on account of her late son. As a wid- ow she has a right to a pension on the husband's account and hat pension ceases on her remarriage. A mother iz assumed to be dependent on her son, within the meaning of the law at the date of his death if she has no other ad- equate means of support than the ordi- nary proceeds of her manual labor and the contributions of said son or of any other persons not legally bound to aid her in her support. On the remarriage of any widow, dependent mother, or de- pendent sister having a pension such pension shall cease. CANNOT BE ANSWERED-C. T. 8., Red Bluff, Cal. It is impossible to fur- nish answers to the following questions for the reason that there are no statis- tics on the subject: ‘“What is the total number of persons killed, wounded and missing in all the wars that ever occurred from the beginning of man to the present time? How many deaths have been caused by whisky? What is the annual physicians and persons interested in tem- perance have been trying to collect sta- tistics that would show how many deaths result from alcoholism, but as.yet have nott been able to obtain’ satisfactory re- sults. NO MORE CONTRACT MARRIAGES— D., Guerneville, Cal. The law of the State of California no longer recognizes con- tract marriages. If a man and woman live together without being married and the man introduces the woman as his wife it is to be Inferred that they have mutually agreed to live together as man and wife and would come under the head of implied contract. The law as it now stands does not apply, however, to con- tract marriages antedating the passage of | the law. You can present the case.to the District Attomg of the county, who will inform you if there is sufficlent ground to warrant a prosecution of the parties. - ANNUITY-L. 8., City. In life insur- ance parlance “a simple annuity policy” provides that in consideration of the pay- ment at one time of a specified gross sum the company will pay to the annuitant a stipulated sum annually, either for a stated term or during life. A ‘“survivor- ship annuity }wllcy," sometimes taken by one partner for another by a.debtor for a creditor, and otherwise for a business security, guarantees the payment of a stated sum to the person named by the person taking the policy, during the peri- :a Lr:l ‘which the nominee survives the in- T Cal. If you have written the words of a character song, and the words have been set to music and you have not the means ‘song cogyrl:hted to protect your rights, then submit it to a publisher of music— there are several in San Francisco. If it has any merit and is likely to prove pop- ular and a good seller you will have no difficulty in having it published. THE CONSTITUTION—S. A. M., City. | One of the principal defects of the ar- | | Marke* i. (opp. Palace Hote!), S. F. CHARACTER SONG—M. E. G., Auburn, | to have the same published, have your DR. CHARCOT'S TONiIC TABLETS are the only positively guaranteed remedy for the Drink Habit, Nervousness and Melancholy caused by strong drink. £ GLARANTEE FOUR BOXES 0 curq any case witha positive writien guar- antee or refund the money, and to destzoy the appetite for intoxicating liquors. 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