The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 11, 1899, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1899. L THURSDAY. _MAY 11, 1899 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. e nications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. Address All Comm I;’LTBLICATI(){ OFFICE .Market and Third Sts., S. F. one Main 1868. IT to 221 Stevenson Street n 1874 CENTS PER WEEK. EDITORIAL ROOMS DELIVERED BY CARRIERS Eingle Cc cents. Terms b ding Postage: AILY CALL ( ay Call), one vear. .00 og Sunday Cail), AILY CAL 5 Sunday Cai Mor 1zed to receive subscriptions. ed when requested. GAKLAND OFFICE ..............oiiivnnnnanes 908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE. Room I88, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Representative. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE ...Marquette Bullding C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertising Representative. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery street, corner Clay, open until 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open untli 9:30 o'clocke 941 Mission street, open until 10 o'clock. 2991 Market street, corner Sixteenth, open untll 9 o'clock. 251§ Mission street, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street, open until 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street, open 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ang open until 9 o'clock. ater—Vaudeville every afterncon nd Ellis streets, Specialties. Market street, near Eighth—Bat- & Races; etc. bay resort. Amusements every hool Excursion and Plenie to El BALDWIN'S IMPUDENCE. ving left his ruined building an eye- 1 for months, after having de- noving the obstructing fence from nce ceased to be a virtue ed it to be taken down, has had the impudence to and ask for an injunction restrain- ntil forbea Supervisors or win, the lucky. e courts board irom enforcing the order. iny other city in the world the nv the corner arket streets would have been abated Here the public s asioned by the destruction of his prop- and bore with him in patience while he post the sance of has maintained on iwin pathized with him in and put off the work of aring away e sidewalk to its proper pur- and restoring serving the public as a footway up and down et ants having shops adjoining the fenced-in have suffered a loss of trade by rtion of the w reason of this wholly unnecessary delay in clearing the at last the Supervisors have ion to clear the walk, Mr. Baldwin fights for and now, w street, is not a single valid reason why an injunc- Baldwin has had more ime to put his property in condition. An simply block the It is time the fence was removed tion should issue in t than ample him enable and the u red to the people so that Market street shall be no business longer npeded THE STUBBORN MR.# STONE. W Missouri and is now confidential friend of Willi J. Bryan, is living up tc his name, showing himself to have a stony heart toward all gold Democrats and threatening to prove a rocky barrier to their return to the Democratic ILLIAM f STON public attention, inasmuch , who has two claims to as he was once Gove of close, camp He is now in New York, and when asked in the course of an interview the other day whether he would vote to admit gold Democrats to the next Democratic onal Convention, he replied: “Most certainly I body else would who is a genuine That is the feeling in the West Why should anybody who stood by the and the South party regard as Democrats those who turned against it? They are not Democrats. They will not be let into the next convention.” The distinguished Mr. Stone has of course a right to speak for himseli, and possibly a right to speak for his close friend, Mr. Bryan. He has claimed too much, however, in asserting that the West and the South share his opinion. The press of both of those sections has been notably united in declaring that issue than that of free silver must be 1900. The Salt Lake Tribune, for ex- ng exponent of the silver industries of said: some other taken up in ample, a s Ut ¥ ment is that it is useless to make another stand for cer in this until conditions change. We have drawn an undue proportion of the world's wealth to this country during the last two years, with the result that there is not a country’in Europe that ious trouble, and our idea is that as things are i tization of silver will have to ¢ s of Europe.” The Tribune further declares the silver Republi- cans of the Mountain States will not support the Democratic party in 1900. That opinion we believe to be well founded. Mr. Stone, thereiore, is likely to find himself treated as a stumbling block and a cause of offense at the next Democratic convention. If he attempts to hold the fort for Bryan and free silver or y other issue of discontent in 1900 he will be pushed aside by the rising common sense of his party. Democrats are not ail fools, and a considerable num- ber of them have shown their determination not to repeat the slaughter-house march of 1896 under a discredited leader and for a forlorn hope. v e s General in his campaign against the miners, has decided to place a censorship upon the It might not be amiss to suggest that he could country is not distressed now for money and in sent the rem om the natior Merriam, press. with s well. A Marin County litigant in a sensational suit says he lost confidence in his wife because, among other ngs, she talked in her sleep. What might have woppened if the lady snored in her sleep? Aguinaldo is again reported to be weary of war and eager for peace, but it seems he is still holding out with his former firmness for the honor of his army and a cash compensation. Wellington Hotel } ome judgment place one on his own tongue as | THE MILK IN THE COCOANUT. HEN the application of Attorney General WFord to dismiss the case of the railroad | against the Railroad Commissioners was made the other day in the Circuit Court of the United States and Judge Morrow had refused to entertain | the motion because it was presented on behalf of the respondents in the suit and v ments in the resolutions adopted by the | compelled to act, it is reported that Judge Morrow | pointedly addressed himself to E. S. Pillsbury, who | represented the Southern Pacific | Mr. Pillsbury replied, “Well, we don't know to what | penalties that might s : This brief sentence lets the milk out of the cocoa- inm. In order that the public may fully comprehend the significance of the admission and be enabled in- | | telligently to determine why Mr. Huntington played | the game of pretended withdrawal from politics so | | low down while the canvass of last year was proceed- ng, in order, among other things, to secure control | of the Railroad Commission, a clear apprehension of the facts is essential. In 1895 the Commissioners adopted a | ject us.” Railroad based upon false state- | Railroad | Commission, under which the Attorney General was | Company, and i of the repeal, by the votes of Messrs. Laumeister and Blackstock, sheds additional and baneful light upon Mr. Huntington's political interference, falsely dis- claimed; with the election of Railroad Commissioners. On Monday last the railroad game was blocked. The next day the two recreant Commissioners tried te modify their resolutions of instructions to Attorney General Ford so as to eliminate the false aspersions exposed by Judge Morrow. It remains to be seen whether their revised betrayal of the public interests will be successful and whether the railroad can dis- miss its own suit on the application of its nominal an- tagonists. If the law compels judicial acquiescence in this scandalous proceeding, then the law is a mon- strous perversion of substantial justice. y D ¥ THE MOVEMENT ON MILES. l ple read of the movement to expel General Miles from command and drive him from the army. The testimony taken by the commission to inquire into the condition of the beef supply was published to an extent sufficient to prevent the least feeling of popu- lar respect for the report of the commission. That report reads like a conclusion reached before testi- mony was heard, that is adhered to though discred- T is with little satisfaction that the American peo- | resolution for a horizontal reduction of freights to | the extent of per cent. This resolution, con- | demned by their special counsel, Robert Y. XIa)‘!]ri and W. W. Foote, and also, we believe, by Judge | Fitzgerald, the Attorney General, was never followed | up by a schedule and therefore never carried into efiect. But the Commissioners also, on September 14 and 13, 1803, resolved to lower grain rates by 8 per | cent, and this conclusion was regularly scheduled and became operative. Then the suit in the Circuit Court, over which Judge McKenna at that time presided, was brought and a sweeping injunction obtained, aiter- | ward modified so that it applied exclusively to the | schedule of grain rates, and in all other respects \\'35;} | dissolved The narrowness of the injunction as ultimately framed disposed of the false pretense that it was neces- sary to rescind the 8 per cent reduction and to have the suit dismissed in order to enable the ers to proceed with a systematic readjustment of the | railroad tariff. They were in no way hindered in whatever action they might have seen fit to take with | respect to other commodities, and, as to grain .itself, they might have made any substantial modification of | their schedule of 183 without incurring the penalties \ of contempt. | Commission- or rather Messr: stock and Laumeister, the majority of the pre in antagonism to Commissioner Ed- | he resolution of 1895 and instructed The present board, therefore, Black ent board, acti son, repealed Attorney General Ford to move for the dismissal of | ¢ assignable justification or palli- | the And thkey dson not only under these condi tions, but in the face of the advice of their special | counsel, solicited the suit, withc and overruled Mr. ation only in railroad interest. by themselves. There are many n should be pressed to a con- railroad appealed to a court of equity, reasons why the The and, by the scope of it g clusion. ts bill of complaint, put great in in- : the power of the State, through its Railroad | Commissioners, over the whole subject of freights and One of these questions is the right of the wdamental questions in issue far transcending rates, and importance the validity of the grain ares, owners of a railroad system, operated within a State, by the mere subterfuge of transferring their property to a corporation organized elsewhere, to escape from 1c In rtant and also possible in this litiga- rtain whether the Cent Company and the entire congeries of corporations onable local supervision. other words, it is practica tion to a al Pacific Railroad in | California bearing the Huntington brand can mas- | querade under the disguise of the Southern Pacific | Company of Kentucky Another material point is to | find out whether in fixing the basis upon which rates | ¢ to be adjusted, so as to insure a fair interest upon | ilroad property, fictitious or exagger- ated indebtedness is to be computed. The railroad | claimed, both in its bill of complaint and in the pre- sentation of its ca the values of r se by counsel, that the rates estab- 1l | lished by itself were just and even excluded legitimate | Yy & profit, and therefore, that, apart from other obstacles, th legal | re was nothing upon which the judg- rient of the commission could act. The railroad selected its own forum and made its | It ought not to be it own case. permitted to recede from the deliberately assumed. It has not dared to ask straightforwardly for the dismissal position of its suit, but has depended upon the friendship of the | Commissioners, to whom its politic support was | In American history no | more damnable outrage, no more brutal infraction | of the elementary principle of equality before the | law, has been desigried than the effort of the railroad | emperor to run both sides of a litigation in which he | is vitally interested. Railroad Commissioners who | 1ld allow themselves to be used in this infamous surreptitiously extended. v manner should be excoriated from one end of thc% Union to the other. ‘} The most cogent reason for the refusal of Judge | Morrow's invitation by Mr. Pillsbury was hinted in his 5 quoted reply and remains to be explicitly stated. If | the grain schedule of 1805 be valid the railroad, its | officers and its employes, ingurred penalties | which if they could would probably amount in money to more than the value of the whole | railroad prope; have be enforced y, and would subject numerous promi- nent individuals to imprisonment in the County Jail for life. Article 3, section 22, of the State constitu- | tion of 1879 contains the following seli-execting pro- vision: “Any railroad corporation or transportation com- { pany which shall fail or refuse to conform to such ! rates as shall be established by such Commissioners, | or shall charge rates in excess thereof, or shall fail to keep their accounts in accardance with the system | prescribed by the commission, shall be fined not ex- | ceeding twenty thousand dollars for each offense, and | every officer, agent or employe of any such corporation | or company who shalldemand orreceive rates in excess | thereof, or who shall in any manner violate the pro- | visions of this section, shall be fined not exceeding | five thousand dollars or be imprisoned in the County | Jail not exceeding one year.” The transportation of grain by the railroad in flat vi- | olation of the 8 per cent schedule has lasted for three | years and a half and has probably embraced hundreds of distinct shipments in a single day. If that rate | should be legally sustained, and the fundamental law | applied to Mr. Huntington as it would be to John Smith, he might find his resources for the payment of the debt to the Government suddenly collapsed. Of course it is widely considered, even by the special counsel to whom we have alluded, whose ca- pacity and whose honor will not be questioned, that | tiie repeal of the resolution of 1803, to which those gentlemen strenuously objected, has already wiped | out the accumulated penalties, and that it is doubtful | whether they could be restored if the repeal itself | | should be rescinded. Upon this point there is somc‘ contrariety of opinion among alffe lawyers. But evi- dently it was in Mr. Pillsbury’s mind when he re- ! sponded to Judge Morrow's question. And the fact | world. ited by the evidence. War, even when carried on by nations most ex- perienced in its emergencies by constant operations in the field, is always an opportunity for the unscru- pulous to get unjust gain by the manipulation of contracts and supplies. In the very best .conditions | Government never gets the same value received as an individual. It is estimated, with approximate correct- | ness, that everything used by the Government in war | costs about double what it would cost an individual. { this state of things is avoidable it is seldom avoided. When to this chronic waste of war is added such a condition of the army ration as to make it not only non-nutritious but noxious and dangerous | to the health of the troops, a frightful situation is dis- closed. That this was the condition of the beef sup- ply is settled beyond question. It was its condition in the camps as well as in the field and on the trans- ports. The testimony to establish this cannot be con- cealed under the inspired findings of the commission. The evidence of Governor Roosevelt and men of equal eminence and credence is accepted by the po- ple, though it made no impression upon the commis- sion. The beef interests, which fattened on the treasury | while the sons of the people were dying of the food they supplied, are reported to demand the degrada- tion of General Miles because foreign countries, cus- tomers for our beef products, are showing a prudent desire to protect their people against the ills that ere visited upon our own They accuse General Miles of discrediting American meat products all over the world! If he told the truth about the troops. | army beef, and if Roosevelt and the cloud of witnesses who supported his charges tell the truth, as they do and as the people believe they do, the American meat supply is discredited by the criminal greed of the great monopolies which control its conversion into forms for consumption by the world’s market. From another quarter comes support of General Miles' charges. A committee of the United States Senate is investigating the adulteration of foods. The testimony taken by this committee since the beef commission filed its ridiculous report is a complete revelation of the very processes the results of which were stated in the testimony of Roosevelt and the charges of Miles. That committee finds that “freezine,” “preserva- tine,” “rosaline” and “laktone” are in common use by the handlers of meat. Professor Mitchell, analytical chemist of the Wisconsin Dairy and Food Commis- sion, informed the committee that these substances are used in dairy-products, meats, bulk oysters, fish, hams and corned beef. #5 nothing but pure formic aldehyde, a chemical that destroys the tissues of the stomach. Of all these chemical agents Professor Mitchell says that they arrest fermentation and decay only by destroying the digestible character of the food on which they are used. Dr. Wiley, the Government expert, examined a sub- stance used to preserve an appearance of freshness in meats and found it identical with the poisonous pickle used in medical colleges to preserve cadavers for use on the dissecting table. Here, then, we have in progress an entirely inde- pendent inquiry into the same subject, ordered by the United States Senate, which reveals the very condition that formed the substance of General Miles' charges. What have the poisoners of our soldiers to say to “Freezine” this? The Senate committee is not inventing any- thing to discredit the American meat supply. It is simply divulging facts for which the meat-poisoning enemies of General Miles are responsible. They are guilty of commercial dishonor, and if the hog and cattle raisers suffer by a decline in price due to a fall ing off in the foreign demand, the fault is not on Gen- eral Miles but on the beef contractors who are try- ing to pull him down. This country produces the largest quantity of wholesome beef and pork of any country in the world. Our wide pastures and ranges, the abundance of our corn crop, on which both hogs and cattle depend; the freedom of our herds from the epizooties which afflict animals elsewhere and render their flesh unfit for food, all join to make us the world's resource for meat products prepared for human food. If the men who buy this wholesome meat and throxxél\ greed process it so that it destroys instead of supporting life have by these courses injured the credit of American meat they cannot hide themselves nor dodge respon- sibility behind the demanded degradation of General Miles. The United States Government has finished once and for all with canned beef. Reputations have been lost, American lives have been sacrificed, the nations have enjoyed a tragic farce and the United States Government has finished with embalmed beef. Per- haps the people of the United States would like to be finished with it also. P Another great modern reform has been struck a body blow. Miss Marguerite Lindley, the redoubt- able enemy of kissing, blushingly refuses to deny that she has ever been kissed. Nobody seems to have offered to test her to a definite answer to the charge. There is a growing sentiment in New York that United States Senators should be elected by popular vote. If New York were afflicted with a Gage and the political nightmare of a- Burns the sentiment would crystallize very rapidly into a demand. A defaulting ex-Tax Collector of San Luis Obispo County has been found in hiding in a small suburb of the Peruvian city of Lima. The hiding-places for absconding malefactors are becoming fewer in the The dispatches announce that the young women students of the Nebraska State University gave a drill the other day robed in bloomers and red cheeks. A costume like that would make the cheeks of a Filipino red. g*nowo*o*o*o*o*e*o*o*o*o*e*o*o*o*o*o*o*o*o*e*o*o*m : % i LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. : H B & DHOXOXOROAOH OO OHOXPAOXOROKOKOKOKOHOKOHOKOKOH PR OXOXOXD \ FLAX GROWN AT TOMALES Editor Call-I have read with much interest the articles which have recently appeared in The Cail on the subject of flax culture in California, and as probably there are many agriculturists in this § of growing this fiber, T write to acquaint tate who will question the practicability them through your columns with the re- sult of a trial made here in Tomales thirty years ago. In 1869 the late John Keys planted o in flax. The crop was a succes: the yield was heavy, but owing planted a second time. Mr. land to handle the crop and to had Keys brought n his farm in Tomales twenty-five acres it averaged three feet in height and the lack of a market it was not skilled flaxworkers from Ire- scutching machines erected and in op- eration on his land. A sample of the fiber was sent to Belfast, Ireland, and it was pronounced by the experts there equal to flax there grown. of the flax were sent to a rope manufa rope, but this was found not to pay. Other portions cturer in Oakland and there made into The soil in this part of the State is espe- cially adapted for the growth of flax, and if through the efforts of The Call a market can be found it is only a question of a short time when California will number flax as one of her most valuable products. its proprietor for their efforts on behalf truly yours, Tomales, May 4, 1899. Commending The Call and of the Californian farmer I remain, very JAMES W. KEYS. A PANHANDLE TO THE CITY HALL. To the Editor of The Call: As a citlzen and taxpaver of this city I desire to make a suggestion in relation to the panhandle extension. My suggestion is that in place of continuing it straight down to Van Ness avenue it be made to divergze westerly at Baker street to Grove and then con- tinue down either between Grove and Hayes streets or between Grove and Fulton streets, so as to take in Alamo square terminate at the City Hall or at Market San Franecisco, May 10, 1897. (thereby saving two blocks), and let it street, corner of Hayes. W. B. MALVILLE. CAPITAL STILL SEEKS BARGAINS 1N REAL ESTATE [ G Recent Flurry Causes Withdrawals. e MONEY REMAINS PLENTIFUL gt IMPROVED BUSINESS PROPERTY IS WANTED. SR Demand for Lots in the Residence Districts Continues Fairly Active and Building Operations Make a Satisfactory Showing. S i, The real estate market continues firm, although the number of sales reported during the past week or ten days is not large. The almost unprecedented demand for property in the wholesale district, which caused quite a flurry about a month ago, has had the effect of causing the withdrawal from the market of many valuable pieges of improved real estate, which has of course put a partial stop to purchases temporarily.: Nevertheless money is abundant and investors are on the lookout for desirable offerings. In the residence districts the demand continues uctive and a number of transactions are reported. There is also a marked activ in building circles, contracts aggregating $70,000 having been signed during the past week. Mrs. Jeremiah Clarke is about to have erected at the southeast corner of M and O'Farrell streets a five. ing containing 108 rooms and three store The building will occupy a lot 3x57 feet, and will cost about §75,000. The plans are now being prepared. Shalnwald, Buckbee & Co. report the following sales made in the last ten days: The building, containing two stores and two flats, with the lot, 3 on the southeast corner of Hyde streets, i 000; the vacant lot, &0 west corner of Pacific avenue and Gough street, by Nellie H. Bacon to A. J. Treat 000; ‘a dwelling, three flats and lot 27:6, on the south line of Clay street, t of Larkin, f 6.000, three flat the north side mento_street, on feet east of dero, with lot 1 14, for $12,000; an unimproved lot, X137:6, on the east line of Van Ne nue, 91 feet north of Pacific D. Baldwin to Dr. Winslow 310,000, April sales of real estate are reported by G. H. Umbsen & Co.'s Real Mstate red 200 a have ey “The Record to have numbe estate. April's gain over Mas 000 in_round numbers, while it wa than $750,000 over the March sales, David Stern & Sons have gone business and the senior memb firm is now w 3. H. Umbs The change was sterd was a great surpr lers ge y Mr. Stern signs as his for closing his office that the increase in competition had become so great that profits had suffered. Baldwin & Howell will hold an auction sale to-day to dispose of the following ropert Three-story flat hird street; two-story building and lot on the corner of Octavia and Oak streets; two-story residence on Octavia stree double flat on Howard street, near Twen- d; lot and improvements on the t corner of Duncan and Guerrero undivided half interest in lot and fmprovements on the corner of Alabama and Twenty-fourth streets, and a number of unimproved lots in various parts of the city. McEwen Brothers of 118 Montgomery street have opened a branch office on Stanyan street, near Haight. An’ electric elevator has been placed in the Thurlow block. The Columbian block is to be provided with a new janitor service and two new electric elevators are to be put in. Loans for the month of April aggre- ated $1,220,162, and the repayments 1,325,194, Building contracts for April Dum ered seventy and aggregateg $127- 77 7 Mrs. Armand Decourtieux has filed a $10,000 homestead on the premises on the *outh side of Union street, 206:3 feet west of Mason. DON'T LIKE THE ECONOMY. Suggestion That Pile-Driving Should 5 Be Done by Contract. At the meeting of the State Board of Harbor Commissioners Tuesday Presi- dent Kilburn surprised his associates by introducing a proposition to have the work of piledriving done by contract. The present system of using the State's pile- driver and paying men daily or monthly wages to drive piles where needed is thought by the president of the board to be more expensive than the contract plan. Commissioner Harney was not in favor of taking the work away from the men now earning wages and giving it to con- tractors. He doubted whether the change would be in the line of economy. He was sure, however, that it would cause the dismissal of many men who are now earn- ing a livelihood for their families. He cited the fact that the dredger and pile- driver were purchased to protect the board from the exactions of the contract system. Mr. Kilburn's proposition did not meet with a second. —_—— Groezinger’s Leniency. John Baxter, one of the sixteen men who were caught preparing for a dog fight in the basement of a saloon at Church and Sixteenth streets and was convicted by acting Police Judge Groezinger Monday, appeared for sentence esterday. The Jugge imposed a fine of S{ , with no alter- native. building on | WooD was PURSUED BY AR ON g A New Chapter in the Capitalist’s Life. STORY OF MAD INFATUATION A BROUGHT TO LIGHT THROUGH A CROSS-COMPLAINT. e William D. Pollock Compromised Matters With the Lady and Thereby Gained Title to His Property. S An answer and cross-complaint filed yesterday to the complaint of the execu- trices of the estate of the late Joseph M. Wood against Mr. and Mrs. William D. Pollock, to quiet titie to valuable real es- tate, brings to light a heretofore unknown chapter of dramatic interest in the life of the dead capitalist. In the answer the defendants simply deny they unlaw- fully withhold possession of the lands in question, and deny the right of the plain- tiffs to possession thereto. Following the formal denials to the al- legations of complaints, Mr. and Mrs. Pollock make -cross-complaint of unusual nature, this cross-complaint setting forth their alleged right to the property and the manner in which it came into their possession. William D. Poliock, the cross-complain- ant, was, during the life of Joseph M: Wood, a warm personal friend of the de- ceased set forth. Many months prior to Wood's death, the cr tinues, he was harassed annoyed by a Miss Clarisa Holmes, who ifcsted a mad infatuation for the apitalist. In her “mad infatua- which received but little encour- agement from Mr. Wood, Miss Holmes, in | despair at the manner of her treatment | at the hands of her ideal, often threat- | ened his life. At other times she would threaten to bring suit against him for | the recovery of certain unspecified de- | mands she ‘claimed she was entitled to | and also threatened to make a sia- tional exposure of the life and character of the deceased. These means failing, | she “resorted to threats of various kinds | for the purpose of extorting money from and blackmailing the deceased.” | { | In fear of great bod harm and in- Jury at the hands of Clarisa Holmes, and suffering great mental anguish, Wood, it is’ alleged, engaged the services of Mr. Pollock to act as his agent for the pur- | pose of inducing and persuading Miss Holmes to refrain from carrying her threats into execution and to conciliate and treat with Miss Holmes for the re- lease of all demands she claimed to right- fully hold against the deceased. For h services, it Is claimed, Mr. Wood agreed | to_give Pollock the property in dispute. | Pollock avers that he immediately en- tered upon his duties, and for nine month: . | labored upon the 'obstinacy of M | Holmes, but finally a compromise was | effected and he made a settlement with | her in behalf of Mr. Wood of all her | claims. and henceforth she worried Wood no more. In appreciation of the good work done and true to his agreement, Wood placed his benefactor in possession of the dis- uted premises: but his death occurred efore he made a deed, as agreéd upon. Hence the cross-complaints pray that the plaintiffs, by virtue of the authority of | their office, be compelled to legaily conv the property to them and leave them for- | ever in peaceful possession. 1 Attacked by a Colored Man. James Hunt, a colored partner in a junk store on Howard street, near Seventh, while under the influence of liquor ves- | terday_went into a confectionery stofe | at 131 Fifth street and asked for a glass | of icecream soda. He drank it and then refused to pay. Mrs. A. Malouf, who served him, insisted upon payment and Hunt_slapped her face. He chased her out of the store into the street, where ho | caught her and knocked her down twice. She_blew a police whistle and Po]n‘om‘r McSorley responded. He chased Hunt 1\ several blocks. finally capturing him in a | saloon on Third t. Hunt was charged at the City Prison with battery. AROUND THE CORRIDORS | James F. Peck of Merced is a guest at the Lick House. E. C. Apperson, a cattle raiser from Sunol, is at the Lick. Dr. William T. Bar: registered at the Grand. Mr. and Mrs. Chandler Walker of Can- ada are guests at the Palace. C. M. Kerriston, the well-known Stock- ton attorney, is at the Grand. Former Superior Judge V. Spencer of Susanville is staying at the Russ John E. Budd came down from Stockton last evening and registered at the Lick. Mrs. McMillan, proprietress of hotels in | Chico and Salina: opped at the Russ House yesterday. A. M. Todd, a member of Congress rep- resenting the district of Kalamazoo, Mich., is at the Captain William W. of Castroville is Dr. William T, Barry among the arrivals at the G | Major J. R. Houghton, of | chico, s in the pleasure trip. He is registere Lick Hot | L. 8. Calkins, ada City newspaper | man, and E. McLaughlin. San Jofe_ | banker, are rezistered at the Occidentas | H. H. Harlowe, a prominer mining rived man of Gold Gulch, this city | yesterday. He is registered Pal- | ace. The Viscount de Lakey, who is making a tour of Californi to Yosemlite Vall and took up quarte He expresses himsel with the beauties of the ley. pictur —_———————— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. INCREASING STOCK—S. S., Cit he capital stock of a corporation in the State of California may be increased or dimin- ished at a meeting of the stockhold representing at least two-thirds of t capital stock. i PERSONAL PROPERTY: T, The law of this State that the A or of each county and city and county shall_have the power between tha in Mar and the third Mon- of the year to collect taxe: property, except wh able therefor, seizu due real and by the delinquen A Grande, Cal. CONTENTION—J. B. B., Mesa If A contended that Grant would be elected United States Senator from California and ded that he | would not be elected ving been no election by th B's con- tentfon is corre nless Te was a limit as to the time in which he shou be elected, for he mignt be elected some time in the future. TWO YEARS'OR THE City. Those who enl vears or the war,” went in with the un- derstanding that they e ted for the pe- riod of two years with | Spain, should ‘the w n two years. It is the yvern ment to discharg volunteers soon as it can be ¢ At least that TO VISIT GE German who ha n naturalized a zen of the United es may reti time of peace (if he left Germany wit W. City. having performed military duty as quired by the laws of that country) ard remain in the country for a period not exceeding four months without mi ta- tion, but if he remains heyond that p he may be turned ¢ to perform that milit States will not prot ized citizens in the matter of £ he did not fulfill prior to becoming a ci zen of the United States. WEDDING INVITATIONS—Regul Subscriber, City. Invitations to a wed- ding, church or hom om the bride mily, no r ac- quainted with the friends of the groom or not, and the reception of such cards from strangers should not oceasion surprise i the gentleman is known to the recipient of the invitation. ch person livin a distance receiving an invitation incloses or her card and sends it by mail. If a family of half a dozen receive invitations each s the brid family 1t groom. he par invitations will certainly cards, and the postmark o will desig : where ily on t the receipt home,” ex press’ regrets onts at- tendance, and send the same to the groom. —_———— Cal. glace fr e per 1b at Townsend's.* e s e Special information supplied dally to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 Mont- gomery street. Telepnone Main 1042, —_——— Threw Out a Feeler. Boston Bill—Please, mum, kin vou gim- me something to eat—just the meat the dog lett will rs. Miggle: Oh, you ain an’ cook me We haven't any dog ? Den you git to work plate o’ Ham an’ eggs an a cup o' coffee, fore I kick ye in the jc 2 Indianapolis 'Journal. e Ask for Allen’s Foot-Ease, A powder to shake into your shoes. It rests the feet and makes walking easy. Cures Corns and Bunions, Swollen, Callous and Sweating feet. Sold by all drugglists and shoe store Ask to-day. Sample FREE. Address Alle Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y —_—e————— Dr. Siegert’s Angostura Bitters, appetizer and invigorator, imparts a deliclous flavor to all drinks and cures dyspepsia. do . RIRECTORY . AND JOBBERS. | CATALOGUES AND PRICE LISTS MAILED ON APPLICATION. PLEASE MENTION “THE CALL.” MERCHANTS BELTING. Manufacturer of Pelting and LI DEGEN! La"cl: Leather, 105,107 Mis- sion S Spear. Telephons Main 562. BOOKS AND STATIONERY. THE SAN FRANCISCO NEWS COMPANY, 342 10 350 Geary Street. Above Powell, Periodicals, Books end Statlonery. COAL. COKE AND PIG IRON. C. WILSON & CO., 00 BATTERY STREET. Telephone Main 1864. COPPERSMITH. JOSEPH FOX, Supt. H. BLYTH, Mgr. C. W. Smith, Ship Plumbing, Steamboat J: LIQUORS. GUDOLD WHISKEY, gallon... | 0. P. 8. PONY, do. | CAHEN & SON, NO BETTER N EARTH ol Mo Comanche Ochre Co., 203 Front; tel. Jessie | PAPER DEALERS. | PUI NI 3 o | WILLAMETTE 952 Ao omears S PRINTING. E. C. HUGHES, | STATIONER AND PRINTER. Teexrartc DARTRIDGE Codes. $1.50 ; case, $6. ...$2.50: caze $10. 18 Sacramento St., 8. F. 0! 0 /] PRINTER, 511 Sansome street. 306 Cali- fornia st. REDINGTON & CO0. Ssserraiiaes FRESH AND SALT MEATS. JAS. BOYES & C0., &P El Sl HARDWARE. i CE Hardaware Co., Tmporters and Deal- pAeEIAIn hardware, 603 Market; tel. Main 2. JRON FOUNDERS. Western Foundry, Morton & Hedley. Props. , 234 Fremont St. Castings of Every De. scription Made to Order. Tel. Black 1503, { , 16 and 18 | Printers, Book- and, STy Yiors'S specail, i wnd 5 | THE HICKS-JUDD CO.. 23t i DRUGGISTS (WHOLESALE'. WAREHOUSEMEN. THE HASLETT WAREHOUSE CO.. Forwarding Agents and Public Welghers. Gen- eral Storage. Free and Grain Warehouses. Gen- eral office, 310 California st. Tel. Main 1914. WATCHES, ETC. Hendguarters for fine Jewelry and 18-k. Wedding Rings. 1 3d st. WHITE ASH STEAM COAL.A Mined by the BLACK DIAMOND COAL MINING CO. at its GREEN RIVER COLLIERIES, Is the Besi Coal in the Market. Office and Yards—430 Main Street. T. 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