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) THE SAN FRANCISC.O CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1898. 5 HANKOW 1S AGAN & SCENE DISISTER Block of Houses Falls Into River Han. ! OVER A THOUSAND DROWNED | PEOPLE IN ROOKERIES AND TELLS HOW FILTHY FOOD WAS BOATS PERISH MISERABLY. Oriental News Also Includes the Loss While the Beef Looked Well, It Had | of an Ocean Steamer and the | Murder of Several Missionaries. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. VICTORIA, B. C., Dec. 30.—The steamers Victoria and Yamaguchi Maru arrived to-day with news from the Orient to December 16. Another serious calamity, writes the Hankow corre- spondent of the -North China Daily News, files of which were received by the steamers, has befallen the unfor- | tunate town of Hankow. About a| month previous a terrible conflagration destroyed a goodly portion of the town and caused the loss of upward of 2000 lives, and now about a thousand if not many more of the unfortunate inhabi- tants of Hank have met death, not by fire, but water being the agent this time. About noon on December 3 half a | street of houses extending from the | great Matou to the middle Matou, a distance of about a li along the edge of the river Han suddenly broke away and tumbled into the water on the top of the boats there. At this par- ticular point the bank at present is forty feet high and almost perpendicu- The houses built on it, according the custom, extended a good deal i the edge of the bank by the aid supporting them from unde: we river at this spot s very and runs with a strong current. : have been some freshets recent- ly which st have cut away the bank below the level of the water, under- | mining the banks on which the street uilt, for the whole gave way ut the least warning and houses | t h all their people in them | in a moment with a great | ali As usual it Is impossible to learn with | curacy the number of lives lost, al statement Is that about ses and the same num- s are gone and from a thous- thousand five hundred peo- | d. There is not much to be | e place, nothing but a bare , as clean cut away as if it had done with a huge razor and the er covered with people busy fishing i r anything else they can Gazette says: Since the Ru n troops at Andi- > back discontent and dis- sfaction have been rife throughout ice. This feeling has assumed »ortions that ian au- strengthened quintupling them. eover occupied a larger and superceded the a military administration. The 1ses of this state of things are mnot to seek and in fact may be traced | to the barbarous rigor with which the | late rising has been suppressed. Not more than 200 or 300 fanatics were en gaged in the attack on the Russians, yet, in one town it is asserted every male adult resident was at one time or another a known that very few lived there. More than 1200 men w arrested on s icion and flogged r to extort information. e prov of the culprits in Not only re the actual malefactors punisheaq, | w but their relatives of all degrees were | also imprisoned. The special commis- | sioner sent to investigate appears to | have imprisoned all from whom it was | thought evidence could be extracted.| In addition to this a fine of 300,000 | rubles has been inflicted on the dis- trict, the payment of which will fall | upon the respectable middle-class, who | had nothing to do with the attack. The American, a Manila paper, says: | The revenue cutter McCulloch, afte-r‘ circling Dewey’s fleet while bands | played and tars cheered, has started | for home to join the Bering Sea patrol | fleet. The McCulloch left New Yori in | to join the revenue cutter fleet in going by way of the Suez canal and visiti all places of interest on the Medite ean. Upon her ar- rival at Singapore she found orders| awaiting her to join the Asiatic fleet | with all possible haste, learning for the | first time of the difficulties between | and the United States. Sha| the quickest run from Singapore Hongkong of any steamer on this | coast, joining Admiral Dewey’s fleet, | where she took a prominent part in the | battie as a dispatch boat. She will be | ral in reaching the Bering | sit all the principa: | plac n the coast of China and Japau, | going the northern ocean by the Aleutian Islands. The »amer Shoko Maru on her way from 1suf, Formosa, to another port, was swamped and sunk by a huge wave near Daianko on December 14. ries. The Japan Herald say: FEnglish missionary has been murdered | itives and soldiers at Tsingping, | miles east of Kueiyang. A| ch missionary has been burned to | watow, and a German mis- also been mortally injured | NEW ASSICNMENTS FOR [ MERRITT AND SHAFTER Will Respectively Command the De- partments of the East and | | California. | WASHINGTON, Dee, —Several Im- | portant army assignments were an-| ced at the War Department to-day: | neral Merritt, U, 8. A., has *d_from command of the De-! i partment of the Pacific and from further duty pertaining to the Philippine_Islands | nd will proceed to New York City and sume command of the Department of | eneral William E. Shafter, U. | as been relieved of the command | Lug.r.rlmnm of the Esst and as- | q to the command of the Department | of California, to relieve Major General ry C. Merriam. General Shafter will proceed at once to San Francisco and en- ter upon his duties. - Votes of a Precinct Rejected WOODLAND, Dec. 30.—In an_election | contest Judge Gaddis has rendered a de- cision rejecting the entire vote of South Precinct because the election officers twice during election day locked up tue polling-place and went to a farmhouse a mile away for their meals, h | with secret chemicals, which destro: | transports from the | Ponce. d, although it \\'BS‘\ BEEF KEPT FRESH WITH CHEMICALS Meat Sent to Cuba and Porto Rico. SURGEON DALY’S REPORT THROWN AWAY. a Sickening Odor, Like a Human Body Dead of Disease. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—The War Investigating Committee to-day made public a report, omitted in the state- ment given out yesterday, bearing on the beef controversy. W. H. Daly, chief surgeon at army headquarters at Tampa prior to the sailing of the Shafter expedition, and is as follows: WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 1898.—To the Assistant Adjutant General, Headquar- ters of the Army, Washington—Sir: have the honor to report, in the interests of the service, that in the several inspec- tions 1 made 'in the various and troopships at Tampa, sonville, Chickamauga and Porto Rico, 1 found the fr beef to b T apy tly preserved its natural flavor, and which I also believe to be detrimental to the health of the troops, While on duty at the headquarters of the army at Tampe the time of the embarkation of the Shafter expedition, Colonel Weston, the efficient chief com- missary, showed me a quarter of beef that had already, as a test, been sixty hours in the sun’ without belng perceptibly tainted, so far as the sense of smell couid determine. It is impossible to keep fresh beef so long untainted in_the sun in that climate without the use of preserves, such as boric acid or nitrate of potash, inject- ed Into it in quantities likely to be hurtful to the health of the consumer.. At Ponce much of the beef arriving on the f United States was also of the same character, being appar- ently preserved by injecting chemicals to_aid deficlent cold storage. Where efficient cold storage is fmpossi- ble, transporting beef alive is the method that should recefve the fullest considera- tion by the Government, as being safest for the health of the consumer. When detailed to take charge of the transport Panama for_conveying convalescents to the United States, I obtained 2000 pounds of fresh beef from the commissary at It looked well, but had an odor similar to that of a dead human body after being injected with preservatives and tasted when first cooked like decom posed bodies smell. After standing a day For Turther inspection it became so bitter, nauseous and unpalatable as to be quite impossible for use. 1 was, therefore, obliged, owing to the condition and the complaints of the sick about it, and the disgustingly sickening odor it emitted when being cooked, and its mawkis flat taste when s , and for the safet of the patlents, convalescent _sol- diers on board, to organize a board of survey, condemn and throw 1500 pounds, all we had, overboard. Consequently the convalescents were entirely without the much-needed fresh beef, making the duty of bringing the men to the United States | in an improved condition a very difficult matter. 5 In my inspection of the Fourth United States Volunteer Infantry at Jacksonville recently 1 observed the same odor and taste upon the fresh beef, but not so marked: and at the camp of the Sixth In- fantry at Chickamauga I also, at several inspections, observed It markedly. I there inspected a.lot of beef just issued to that regiment and, while it jooked well, it was of a sickening odor, like a human bod dead of disease and injected with preserv- atives, and when cooked it was quite un- | palatable and consequently likely to prove an efficient cause of ill health. The men complained of its insipid and mawkish flavor that high seasoning could not con- ment has been imposed upon by the misdi- rected commercial. spirit of persons fur- | nishing fresh beef, 1 respectfully recom- mend that the matter be investigated by experts, making a quantitative and quali- tative chemical analysis of the several preservatives suspected to be used by get- ting samples of beef furnished for export to Cuba and Porto Rico. If the -question arises that a report should have been made by me earlier, T beg to say that I have endeavored with all my opportunities to first inform my- self by observations of the conditions, as above noted, sufficiently to warrant my | drawing the attention of the adjutant general at the headquarters of the army to the matter. Very respectfully, W. H. DALY, nited States Volunteers. Surgeon ORIGIN OF VICTORIA'S BIG FIRE A MYSTERY Damage to the Extent of Thirty-Five Thousand Dollars Done to the British Columbia City. VICTORIA, Dec. 30.—Fire broke out early this morning in a cigar store on Government street, in the very heart of the business portion of the city, the build- ing being occupied by Frank Campbell. The flames were not extinguished until damage to the amount of $35,000 had been done. The Heathorn block, owned by W. J. Anderson, was completely gutted be- fore the fire was brought under control at 2a. m. The heaviest losers are Ander- son, owner of the buflding, whose loss is $15,000, covered by insurance; Thomas Brothers & Grant, merchant tailors, $1000, Wwith insurance amounting to $3000; Frank Campbell, $4000, no insurance; Chris Wen- ger, jeweler, damage by water, § ered by insurance; Fletcher Brothers, music dealers, damage by water, $4000, partly covered by insurance. The origin of the fire is yet a mystery. It commenced in the tobacco store a few | minutes after it was closed for the night. It is belleved an overheated flue is re- sponsible. — - REDUCED POSTAGE. Letters Now Sent From Canada for Two Cents. WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—The Canadian Government in a telegram from Postmas- ter General Mulock to Postmaster General Smith announcés that it has reduced the domestic | cents per ounce, commencing January 1. Under the convention between the United States and Canada letters are sent from this country to Canada for two cents, the | domestic rate of each country applying to the letters sent. The reduction now made is reciprocal and, for the first time, per- mits letters to be sent from tHe other side | at_two cents, instead of three cents. Postmaster General Smith, at the re-| quest of the Canadian Government, calls the attention of all postmasters in the country, through the Associated Press, to the reduction and to its taking effect New Year's day with a view to preventing mat- ter so sent being charged up as “short pald ae FOR JURY BRIBING. Indictment of a Court Bailiff and a Catue Buyer. CHICAGO, Dec. 30.—Indictments for jury bribing were voted to-day agalnst James Lynch and E. K. Powell by the Grand Jury. Charges in a number of jlar cases are being investigated. ;f;‘;ch is a court bailiff. %owell is a_cat- tle-buyer, and was a juror in one of the cases. The jury bribing is alleged to have been done in the interest of a street rafl- way company, defendant in tho cases ing invet It is from Major | ée'nm-mg that the Commissary Depart- | o 250, cov- | letter rate from three to two | "COMING EDUCATION" THE THEME Meredith’s Address to the Teachers. FAULTS OF PRESENT SYSTEM MANY INNOVATIONS. All Matters Being Disposed Of, the Thirty-Second Annual Session at Santa Rosa Adjourns Sine Die. Special Dispatch to The Call. SANTA ROSA, Dec. 30.—The last session of the ‘California State Teach- ers’ Assoclation was called to order promptly at 9 o'clock this morning by State President George Childs of San Jose, in the Fifth street Methodist | Episcopal Church South. The build- | ing was crowded with spectators. Hon. Charles T. Meredith, State Su- perintendent of Public Instruction, made his annual address. His subject | was “Coming Education,” and his re-| marks were heard with close atten- tion. He spoke in part as follows: It is no secret that there {s much dis- satisfaction with the public schools. Many people are out- spoken, many merely saying nothing, but prefer to bear the ills they have than to fly to new ones. that we educate h vironment; the ildren out of his rchant that our edu- catlon is not practical; the university that he %} duates even of our high schools do ve sufficient facility in the use of < %llsh to admit them to the university without examination. Some months ago we engaged in a war with Spain. A great army was assem- bled in a dozen camps. The voung men |in this army constituted the flower of American youth—the most nearly perfect specimens of physical manhood t..at could be found in all our land. No sooner, how- ever, were these yvoung men marshaled than with horrible fatality they were at- tacked by typhoid and malarial fevers. They seemed unable to take care of them- | selvi they had no officers to look after them. Every soldier had above him a major- general, with his division surgeon and nis division' inspector; a brigadier-general, with a brigade surgeon and brigade in- spector; a colonel, a lieutenant-colonel, a major, & regimental surgeon, a captain and two lieutenants, and all these offi- cers were charged with his care. But the soldiers at once fell sick, and if the war | had continued for a space of two years it would have cost us one-half of that magnificent army to learn what we should have known at the outset. Had the germs, the seeds: of these fevers, been as large as elephants, or even as gnats, we should not have lost a man. The fever germs are, however, a thou- sand times more deadly and just as much v as the elephant. ar, though costing us milllons in and thousands of lives, will prove ing to the country, because it will show us the importance of studying nature infinitesimal. Disease germs lurk in every house, in everything we use, and ‘\; must learn to protect ourselves from them. The defects of our schools are-easily 1o be accounted for—we have to attempt too much. The march of progress adss ¢ year new work to our course of new and more important. To meet this demand we must make a radical change in our whole system; it is top-heavy. At the conclusion of Mr. Meredith's address the convention went into busi- ness session. The principal business done was the consideration of the report of the committee on resolutions. All of the resolutions presented were adopted® with the exception of that referring to the necessity of the next Legislature mak- ing an appropriation to complete the revision of the State series of textbooks, | which was referred to the council of | education, and the last, which was lald upon the table. A warm discussion was brought on by the introduction by President-elect Frederick L. Burke of Santa Barbara of | a resolution providing that hereafter no member be alfowed to vote at any meeting of the association unless he | should have been a member at least one year. Among those who spoke on | the subject were Superintendent J. W. | McClymonds of Oakland, P. M. Fisher | of Alameda, G. C. Clark of Santa Cruz and F. L. Burke. The resolution was finally carried by a small majority. A resolution of sympathy was intro- duced by Richard D. Faulkner of San Francisco and by the association or- dered teleeraphed to Hon. E. W. Davis, secretary of the State Board of Uni- versity Regents. Mr. Davis is now sick in Riverside County. A telegram was at this juncture re- ceived from the State Educational As- at Olympla. The greeting was re- ceived with applause and a like return of compliments ordered forwarded at once to the secretary of the Washing- ton association by wire. There being no further business be- fore the association, a motion to ad- journ was declared in order. After be. ing dul made and seconded President | Childs, in a few well chosen remarks, | declared the _thirty-second annual | session of the California_State Teach-~ | ers’ Association adjourned sine die. \WROTE FAREWELL MESSAGE BY LIGHT OF THE MOON Before Committing Suicide by Drown- ing, 8. Cereni Declared His Wife Sent Him to Hell. TOMALES, Dec. 3.—The suicide of S. | Cereni here yesterday was deliberate. | Making his way on foot to a bluff over- | looking the ocean, some miles from his | house, he took out his grocery pass-book and tore out all the accounts therein. On one of the remaining blanks he wrote the | following letter in Italian, the moon | affording him light: “Dec. 27, '98. | _“I think it is better to die all at once than to ‘die inch by inch. My wife to- | night told me to go to hell—so I walked this far to find it. God may have mercy on my poor, Sweet innocent children. Good by! Happy New Year to all! i “S. CERENL" | Pult(m& the letter and his purse in his vest pocket he placed the garment in a very conspicuous place, with its white lig- ing’ outward, He then took the fatal | plunge into Tomales Bay, and his body was eventually washed by the waves into a slight cavern and wedged there. It was consfderably disfigured. e | ! Dempsey an Impostor. | WOODLAND, Dec. 20.—Since the publi- | cation of the story which throws some | mystery around the life and death of | Miss Mary Moedinger, in San Bernardino, | it has been ascertained that John Demp- | sey, who claims he married her, was at one time an inmate of the Yolo County Hospital and that he has a wife and child in the East. There seems to be no douut that he either deceived the young woman, or that he now lies when he says they were married. e R LS Andrew Carnegie teils how he rose from a bobbin-boy to a millionaire, in next Sunday’s Call.. products of our | The mechanic complains | sociation of Washington, now in session | DIRECTORS DEAL OUT MORE tionary list placed by a simple resolution {in permanent positions from which all the law and the good intentions of the in- coming Board of Education cannot shake them, more teachers crowded on the al- | ready well-stuffed “unassigned list,” and | a batch of day substitute pedagogues | carried in a moment through the ‘proba- | ! tionary period” and made full-fledged teachers In the department, Is the record | | of yesterday’s meeting of the Board of | | Education. The meeting was called through the mail | and for some reason or other the minority members of the board did not receive their | notices until almost too late yesterday morning to be on hand. The push, how- | ever, showed up promptly at 10 o’'clock and by half-past that hour the minutes | of the four preceding meetings were being read. Armer and Derham of the minority arrived just in time to partici- pate. Head did not turn up at all, and | Superintendent Webster pursued his usual policy by staying away. | That there was something doing became evident when the reading of the minutes | was finishd. Gallagher immediately moved that a recess be taken, and, al though Derham objected, the gang tired to the caucus room to marshal its | | vote for the forthcoming resolutions. i Bantel was mad from the time he nr-‘ rived, and had to be whipped into line., He had been handed a large and glittering | | gold brick at Wednesday’'s meeting, and ne announced upon his arrival yesterday morning that ne wouldn't vote for “a —- thing the gang put up.” Even s(hc caucus dia not bring him around, and he was only -coaxed out of | his trahce by the passage of his resolu- | uon holding Miss Katherine Ball in her | position as drawing teacher. It was a pet ‘ | scheme of Bantel's, for the reason tunat | Miss Ball came out to this coast and be- came a teacher in the department .or the sole purpose of Introducing the Prang system of drawing. Bantel was instru- mental in_introducing that system into the schools and naturally was much in- | terested in Keeping it there, consequently his solicitude that Miss Ball be retaihed. His resolution, which was passed only upon reconsideration, was as Iollows: Resolved, That the action of the Board | of Education in appealing from the decision | of his Honor, Judge Belcher, in the case of | Miss Katherine Ball, teacher of drawing in | the department, be rescinded and the judgment | | and order of the court be obeyed. | i The report of the finance committee which carried the payment of laborers'| | claims to the extent of 3800, was brought | up and after considerable debate passed, | | though Armer and Derham put up a hard | fight against it on the ground that no more money should be expended until | teachers’ salaries had been paid. 2 Bantel was still in the sulks when Wal- | Jer's report of the elementary committee | came up and he threw his vote against it | and after its passage moved for a recon- sideration. Waller amended by moving | for a reconsideration at once and after other matters had been disposed of and | Bantel quietly talked with, he withdrew | his motion and the report went through | with no other opposition than that of Der- | ham and Armer. The report effected | numerous transfers and promoted several | day substitutes to the probationary list. These newly created probationary teach. ers were later in the meeting again pro- | moted by a smooth resolution introduced by Dr. Ragan and made regular teachers in_the department. ‘Waller's report was as follows: Your committee on elementary education re- spectfully recommends -~ follows: That Miss E. Crookham, a regular teacher of the Hancock Grammar School, be assigned to the eighth grade of said Hancock Grammar School Whereas, the cooking room is now in use as a class room at the Harrison Primary School, | and, whereas, the pupils from the Adams and | John Sweit Grammar schools have to travel to said school for instruction in cooking, be i resolved, that the said classes in cooking be | transferred to Adams School. That Miss Agues Thomas, of the day sub- stitute list, be elected a probationary teacher, | and be assigned to a class in the Clement Grammar School. That Miss Maggle Conroy be elected a pro- | bationary teacher from the substitute list and | assigned to & class in the Peabody School. | That Miss Laura Dyer. be transferred from ! the unassigned list to a class in Cooper Prim- | ary School. That Miss Lou Hennessy be transferred from | the day substitute list and elected & proba- tionary teacher and assigned to the Franklin Grammar School. That Miss E. J. Hart be-transferred from the day substitute list and eiected a proba- tionary teacher and nssigned to a class inythe Lincoln Grammar School. S. L. WALLER, Chairman. | Dr. Ragan followed the elementary with the evening school report. Among the numerous unique things it accomplisned was the gift of two positions in two even- ing schools to Professor T. H. McCarth; Professor McCarthy has been the vice- principal _of the Washington Evening School. Dr. Ragan's report made him principal also of the Spring Valley School without losing »m the Washington School place or salary. The renort fo..o0ws: Your committee on evening schools reports and recommends as follows: That Miss Emily Cerf, of the day unassigned list, be transferred to her former class in the | John Swett Evening School. | That A. W. Lyser, of the Business Evening That Myrtle Cerf, Valley | School, be transferred to the bookkeeping class | of A. W. Lyser in the Business Evening | School. | That E. C. Cordell, of the Business Evening | School, be transferred to the Hamilton Even- | ing School, to take charge of the bookkeeping | class. | Viiat L. A, Ramus, of the Hamilton Even- | ing School, be transferred to the Business | Evening School as assistant in the practical | business department. | That Miss G. G. Donovan, of the Business Evening School, be transferred to the day un- assigned list. That Miss Jennle Roden, of the Franklin Evening School, be transferred to the day unassigned list. That W. T. Bickel be elected head of the commercial department of the Horace Mann Evening School. That Willlam Langdorn, of the John Swett Evening School, be transferred to the Rincon | Evening Scheol and elected principal of sald school. | That the principalship of the Mission Even- ing School, held by Madison Babcock, be de- | clared_vacant, and R. D. Faulkner, of the Frenklin Day School, be elected to sald posi- tion. | That the principalship of the Spring Valley Evening School be declared vacant, and that T. H. McCarthy, of the Washington Evcning School, be elected to sald position. That Miss L. E. Freese, of the Business Evening School, be elected vice principal of the Business Evening School. | That Miss Annie O'Suilivan, of the Lincoln | Evening School, be transferred to the day | school unasgigned list. That Miss M. O'Malley, of the Business Evening School, be transferrea to the day un- assigned list. That Miss Joste Fitzpatrick, of the Rincon vening School, be transterred to the day un- | assigned lst. i 5 DR. D. F. RAGAN. | The very warmest thing of the whole | session was the shortest and most inno- | | cently demeanored resolution | It read assfollows: | | _Resolved, That the rules of the Board of | | Education be suspended and that all proba- | | tionary teachers be and they are hereby elected | regular teachers in the department. | It was by that resolution that e\'ery‘ | teacher of uncertain position after the | | clean-up of Wednesda{ night was made ; | solid in her place, and it passed the board | with only two votes against it. It was the same resolution that made regular teach- ers of the three who were taken from the substitute list and made probationary presented. | | of Raga | chancellor, Charles Green; | urer, | the new PROMOTIONS Gold Bricks Were Scarce, but There Was Plenty of the Real Thing. T 1= OF AV AND mDsEA Morning Meeting of the School Board Depletes the Probationary List and Creates New Departments. Twenty odd teachers from the proba- | teachers by the elementary report intro-| duced earlier in the meeting. As a picce of condensed smoothness it was the that has yet come over the political pike. It was shortly followed by one almost as effective in its scope, the secondary edu- cation report, which was as follows: Your committee on secondary education réc- ommends as follows: That Miss Irene Reeves of the Polytechnic High School be elected head of the Latin De- partment in said school. ‘That Miss Mary Donnely of the Mission High School be transferred from the position of head of the mathematical department and be elected head of the glish department of said school. That Miss Ada Goldsmith of the Mission High School be elected head of the mathematical de- partment of said school. That Miss Henrietta Byrne of the secondary substitute list be elected a regular High School teacher and assigned to the Girl's High School. That George Bates of the Mission High chool be elected head of the Latin department n_sald school. That Miss Lyda Carrol be assigned to the | head of the history department of the Mission High Sc! ‘That M ily P. Rhine, a regular teacher in the Mission School, be assigned to the de- partment of natural science and German in said school. That Miss M. B. Conway, Polytechnic High School, the department of stenography DR. D. F. RAGAN. Like those that had come before it, the econdary education report was shot through the ranks with only the ineffec- tual opposition of Derham and Armer, and it was shortly followed by a motion to adjourn until this morning, when work teacher in the along the same line will be resumed and | finished for the FRACTURED A BOY'S HAND. ar. J. W. Ragan, ;:”\an'on-Muker, Ar-| rested on a Charge of Battery. J. W. Ragan, a wagon-maker on Harri- son street, near Sixth, was arrested yes- terday afternoon on a warrant charging him with battery. He was released on his own recognizance by Justice of the Peace arry. The complaining witness is Frazer Liss, a boy 11 years of age, who lives with hi: parents at 95y Harrison street. The boy was playing Thursday afternoon in front ning out and struck him on the shin bone with, the boy s, a long piece of iron, After being struck three times the boy left hand on his shin bone for pro- n and Ragan struck his hand. shoestore on Market street, and word was ent (o him about the as: He took the boy to Dr. Morgan, son streets, who found that a bone of ghe left hand had been broken by the blow. | The case was reported to Secretary Kane of the Pacific Coast Soclety for the Pre- vent fi on_of Cruelty to Children, and Of- Coleman called upon Ragan, who ad- mitted striking the boy, but said he used | the butt end of a whip, which Coleman secured as evidence. Ragan said he was constantly annoyed by boys stealing nuts from his shop, and he thought the boy Liss was one of them. e e Burglar in a Paint Shop. Officer Porter of the Seventeenth-street station made a neat capture of an early morning burglar named Nick Strauss as the latter was coming out of the paint- shop of Edward Norman at 1665 Mission treet yesterday morning with eleven cans of varnish. Several days ago Strauss, who is a_painter by trade, con- flded to one of Norman's employes his intention of robbing the shop, and the man to whom he made known his plans immediately told Norman of the purposed robbery. Norman in turn notified Captain Gillen,” who detailed Officers Porter and Nolan to watch the store. They did so, with the foregoing result. Strauss booked on a charge of burglary. e Consistory Election. San Francisco Consistory, Scottish Rite Masons of the thirty-second degree, held ts annual election and installation last night. The new officers of the consis- tory are: Venerable master of the Ka- dosh, John L. M. Shetterley; prior, Frank Koenig; preceptor, F. W. G. Moebus; minister of state, Charles L. Patton; almoner, W. S. Moses; registrar, George J. Hobe; tre: Samuel W. Levy; prelate, Henry Burner; marshal, Frank B. Ladd; expert, Henry ‘Asheroft; assistant expert, James MacMullen; captain of the guard, Stew- ard Henry John d'Arcy. srauerholz; tyler, nest | be' elected head of | s shop when Ragan came run- | father is a clerk in Nolan's | d Harri- | was | 000000000000000000000000000N00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000GO | | ADVERTISEMENTS. 00000000000 C0O0C0OC0OC FROM: Cloak and Suit reduced from $6 00 to $3 45 each. duced from $10 00 to $4 90 each. reduced from $2 50 to $1 45 each. 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At $9 LADIES' PLUSH CAPES, length 27 inches, lined with silk serge, collar and ur, reduced from $15 00 to $9 75 each. LADIES’ DRESS SKIRTS. At $2 double lined and bound with velvet, reduced from $4 to $2 45 each. At 5O Cents. three ruffles, reduced from $3 00 to $1 % each. At $2.4E5. LADIES' FANCY ITALIAN CLOTH UNDERSKIRTS, Spanish flounce, with corded ruffles, reduced from $3 50 tc San Francisco. 0000000000000 O00CCCOOOC0O000000C0C002O R SV 00000000000000000 12-§PECIALS 12 (@FUmzL Department! 45. handsomely bralded and 45 ATd=5 T = DRESS SKIRTS, double lined and 50 to $1 T each. 25, ade of fancy suiting, stitched seams, ERSKIRTS. RTS, with flounce, reduced from 5. NDERSKIRTS, Spanish flounce, with 5 §2 45 each. 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