The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 24, 1899, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 1899. HOW MERCHANTS | OGDEN TELLS OF \RE ONCE MORE UP AGHIST 1T Southern Pacific and Gold Bricks. PR IN THE CONTRACTS ONE WAY TO SQUEEZE MONEY OUT OF THE PEOPLE. BRI JOKERS The Congestion of Transportation Facilities Used & Rail- road as a Means Toward an Unfair End. Lo ol the thern Pacific C another o t that wa S. THOMAS WILL BE INSTALLED | g Services to Be | 1d Interestir at the Howard Presby- terian Church. the new pastor of The ol- ranged as * from ‘'Ol Hun- Miss 1 a H. Van Pelt and Charles E. K ke is the organis EPRING VALLEY SUED. Mrs. Stroh Will Compel the Company to Supply Water. Ferdinanda Stroh objects t o s Water ley ) pipe connection, but as she neec her home, on Sixth fornia street, she . of mandate to comp pany t turn on the water. Mrs, Stroh allege ection pipe from th home is comp but the he water to be An alternative writ of before Judge Sea- . was issued In the Daingerfield. ¥ Change the : Vibration. IT MAKES FOR ¢ HEALTH. Use Grape-Nuts. —86—-0-@ © 0 96006060000 SOME HINTS ON FOOD. z off meat, potatoes d adopted a 1 0f C Nuts Hie alth began to improve at once for the reason that a meat eater will reach a place once in a while where his system seems to become clogged and th hiner lon’t work smoothly. nge of th 4 puts aside food nutritive value and takes up food and drink of the highest value, al- ready partly digested and capable of belng quickly changed into good. rich blood and strong tissue. The most val- ble feature of both Grape-Nuts and Postum is the natural phosphate of pot- ash obtained from the grains, and this product is the element which trans- 1 albumen in the body into the soft gray substance which fills brain and nerve centers. A few days’ use of Grape-Nuts and Postum will give one & degree of nervous strength well worth the trial. low paying the | ‘Grenldier Guards over twenty years ago. ~ NEW QIL FIELDS [{Crop of Millionaires Is Predicted. -~ PROMISING WELL ; o | ¢ of millions made expert of ires.” This is the statement rday by M. M. Ogden, the field the California Oil Exchange, ned from a tour of ex- A the new oil districts The millionaires will, in his ade such by wealth tak e soil in the s | s my firm opinion,” | | Who has just rett out of t when he was quest abc v doubt F g generalization Mr. rs and told district, di and e McKiit was preliminary ] sand a nort res about thir 1e wells at the north Farther soutl York deep ew 0il They n sh W comin nsequence led in two t again at the Alcalde ds south and B s group of oil prop- ese_include th I d, K 5 g8 ountain and g hagen 1 has are shallower. avier than that found farther t is much like the Los filton McWhorter is one velopers in that section and he a lot 1. The Shamrock Company at 400 feet. 1 am satisfied )art of the United States will as much as California as soon as the valley as eloped. The ofl belt extends hout the | from the Oregon i n Diego.” - ee———— COMPANY F BANQUETS RETURNED VOLUNTEERS | Famous National Guard Organization | Honors the Men Who Bore Its Name to the Front. | The members of Company F of the First California Volunteers were the guests of honor at & banquet given by the members of Company F of the snal Guard in | y on E street, near Polk, evening. Fully 100 of the volunteers | ational Guard men sat down to an xcellent repast set for them In the main tain John A. Miller, Lieuter Sergeant Henry Turton, Silvey N Major James A. White, Ed Casey Colonel Coffey, *Peggy 3rown and othe to respond to toasts | and to render songs and stories. | A delightful_ evening was spent by the members of the guard and their gu The past was recalled by the veteraus, | who told stories of camp life, and the | volunteers responded in Kind with inci- of their stay in_the Phillppines. | 1 Dubs recelved an ovation on 1g the banquet hall. In an eloguent | 'h e told of the love he had for Com- F, it being the comp: ma | Lieutenant & ¢ he entered iing of his long service in the National Guard. He dweit on the splendid work achieved by his command in the | ppines and the pleasure it gave him low that they did their duty. On con- arks he was greeted with t the company: ‘‘Rah, Rah, Bddy! 4ip, Boom! Ahf Tiger.” | The most pathetic and fervent speech of the evening was delivered by the old | armorer, ‘‘Peggy’ Brown, hefo of the Mexican and Civil wars, who lost a leg in the service of his country, and who has Lis present position since the | of the company in 1871. When his name was called a hearty cheer greet- ed the old man, and as he arose to re- viped away the tears with hfs a broken voice told of the e him to welcome ‘“his boys'" (oo abain, He sald it was a pleasura to | see the familiar faces of the men who in | rs past marched in the ranks and who now hold positions of honor in the army | and in civil life. He also eulogized the young men who o bravely volunteered at their country’s call. In concluding he said he felt proud that his son had gone to the front and defended the old flag. A | tremendous cheer followed his kind | words. 2 Company F of the National Guard was | organized in 15Tl Among the men who have risen to high office in the Natlonal Guard who were carly members of the organization are Brigadier Generals Last | and Muller. Colonel Duboce, Lieutenant Colonel Coffey, Major Louis Farrar, Ed- | win M. Greenway, George Grant of the Nevada Bank and others. —_—————————— GREEN RECEPTION. Three Brave Volunters Recelve a Social Ovation. The three sons of Sergeant Green, who returned from Manila with the First Cali- fornia Regiment, were tendered a recep- tion last Wednesday evening by Mr. and Mrs. John J. Hughes at their home, 20 Hawthorne street. Mr. Hughes was lieu- tenant of the McMahon Independent 200000000200000€0000080029000000000 } ‘““Callfornia will soon have a new crop | 0 CELESTIAL baby show drew nearly 3000 ladies to the Me- chanics’ Pavilion yesterday aft- ernoon. There was a large ag- gregation of the sterner sex present, but they were engulfed by the fair ones. The little competi- tors from the Orient, attired in thelr picturesque and gaudy dresses, were placed in a conspicuous part of the stand, and were the cynosure of thou- of admiring cyes. Mesdames Mullaney, Buckley, Titus and Carson were chosen by the management of tha fair to pass upon the merits and de- merits of the youngsters. C. R. Laid- law, clerk of the entries, had his hands full receiving the names of the con- the stares of a curlous public did make them falter in the least. entered looked their best and gave ners. CHINESE BABY SHOW AT THE FAIR PROVED A BRILLIANT SPECTACLE took to the show llke veterans, and not All the judges no easy task picking the win- When the ladies had compared notes they made the following awards: ;( testants as mothers jostled each other Prettiest girl baby, Hing Shun; " eagerly for the purpose of entering prettiest boy baby, Little Yung; { thelr offspring in the show. smartest girl baby, Ham Yoke; smart- i\ The little Ah Sings and other Songs est boy baby, Lee Shin; best dgessed 0 AN TETITHTETETE TASAT AT AT AT A A AT A AT A A S A A, K@ Sergeant Green was also an officer in|at the Bat,” by Sergeant Green. at the time. On account of | _Among those present were It was owned and occupied rm friendship existing between the = MIS. L““‘fr"’svh{k‘e‘f iughes, John J.|by E. Deane. Before tho flames could be Mr. and Mrs. Hughes de- | {uepncs Tlor ighes, Cleveland | subdued the entire structure, which is two & ghes, Lotetta Hughes, Katle Hughes, | stories In height, was des = a reception to the sons of Ille Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. John Cronin. | et n height, was stroyed. The loss B recn 3u hihor ‘of the rotup | willle Hugnes, Mr. and Mrs.iJohn Gronin, { will amount to. several hundred dollars. young heroes from ,\L}mmi The | Jr.. Captain Jami Moran, Edward| The cause of the fire is unknown. & programme was rendered: Moran, Frank Moran, Corpo: = e e P Protonsor Tomeky's orchestra; | Mo e e, atooras 1AITY | Reception to Mrs. Edwin Markham. Leo and | Tomsky and wife, Annie Tomsky, Arnold | The Pacific Coast Women's Press Asso- ssor Jan- | Tomsky, Leo Birdie ~Tomsky, | ciation will give a reception in Golden Loretta | Lenora ' Ahern, Lena' Riordan, ~Nellls | Gate Hall In‘honor of Mrs. Edwin Mark: to Our | Pratt, Professor Schwartz, Professor Jen- | ham on_the occasion of her departurs alifornia am Lee; | gsen, Mr, and Mrs. John T. Green, Edward | East next Thursday afternoon. The fo solo, national medley 2 Green, John Green Jr., George Green, Nel- | ng programme be rendered, und. isted by Profess lie Green, Clarence Green, Alfred Green, | the direction of Miss Augusta Friederic Harry Frazer; Theodore Green, Bertrand Green and Ray | Song, Mrs. John D. Sibley; paper, Mrs. Sun Went Down,” n. rkham; song. _\fin, Guido —_— Total Destruction by Fire. Country, 'Ti tation, “Casey 1y Hughes; recl Mr. nndl chez street. An alarm from box 273 at 4:43 yesterday afternoon called the Fire Department to | or without removal. J.Noonan, 1017-1023 Mission. DA R DA @ PPN D Ot Sa® B e e Q| * girl baby, Ah Lan; best dressed boy ) baby, Din Kin; brightest girl baby, { Shan Ping; cutest girl baby, Ong Cutn; X youngest girl baby, May most re- () fined boy baby, Mol n; second x brigitest boy baby, Yee Chum. ) After the judging the prize winners ( | were exhibited and photographed in % a group. The prizes were Chinese () jewelry, medals, Ssouvenir spoons and other bright articles. a burning building in the rear of 438 San- ilr:g_ “Dreyfus” (Edwin Mark- Mrs. P. T. Dickinson — e Advances made on furniture and planos, with |c stomach. OPIUW FAMINE AT SN QUENTI Results of Aguirre’s Detective Work. Spectal Diepatch to The Call. SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Sept. 23.—In the few months of his incumbency Warden Aguirre has not only managed to clear the prison entirely of opium, so that a famine in the drug now exists among the convicts, but ke has destroyed the “ring” whose operations made the, traffic in the drug a pos tective work of Ag about a condition of a heard of In the history of the penitenti- ary, fifteen men now being under the care of Prison Physician Casey on count of the suffering incident to a fail- ure to secure the ‘“hasheesh” tk accustomed to use daily. The prisoners themseives admit that for This de- ac- nearly two months there has not been an | of opium smuggled through the As a result, convicts that formerly the appearance of human and were covered with ulcers ng opium have improved to an their own relatives have ounc gates presented hadows from u extent that hardly been able to recognize them. A remarkable case in point s that of Patrick Ryan, who ‘is serving a life sentence from San Francisco for robbery, with a prior conviction. Ryan was sum- moned into the office of the Warden to- day and permitted to tell his own story. *1 have been using opium for fifteen years,” he said, “‘and have spent fourtcen years of that period here. 1 got all the | dope’ I wanted until about two months | ago, when it became impossible to get the Jllest quantity. I began to have imps and could hold nothing on my 1 had to let myself be lccked up and treated by Dr. Casey. For four days 1 suftered and then the pain was all over. 1 weighed 100 pounds when 1 it and had twenty-two ulcers on my Now I weigh 159 poun: and all t c are gone but one on my arm, whic is fast disappearing. My brothe: m over to see me three weeks ugo and didn’t know me until I spoke to him."” In the cell with Ryan is Harvey Mo ton, a colored convict, serving two for burglary. Moulton is & cocaine and when he reached here fifty da was shut up where he could not possibiy get any cocaine. At that time he weighcd Only 129 pounds, though six feet two inches in height. The convict is now fast approaching the 200-pound mark and Las lost all desire for cocaine. Among the teen men confined for using opium is the notorfous “Frisco Slim,” who concerned in a conspiracy to break pri Warden Aguirre says all that is ne sary to break the men of the habit keep them away from opium, fe well and give a little medical tre the first three or four days onl plea the breaking up the have all secured Among th s to d them tment The S in tic and work. sted _hypodermic syringes of glass, knives for opening the skin, small packages of the drug and pi made out of small bottles. The W has a large collection of these ments at his residence. souvenirs cleverly constru o were | s | instru- | UNION PACIFIC 10 GAIN CONTROL Will Acquire Stock of the O. R. and N. s Special Dispatch to The Call. OMAHA, Sept. At Salt Lake City, October 9, a meeting of the Union Pacific stockholders wil! be held which promises to mark a new epoch in the history of that great property. The preferred capi- tal stock and common capital stock will be increased sufficiently to permit the acquisition of the outstanding preferred and common stock of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company and the collat- eral trust income B4 per cent bonds of the Oregon Short Line Company. Through the acquisi of the _Oregon Short Line bon the Unfon Pacific will strengthen its proprietary in- terest in the Short Line Company and of- n advantageou nge in the ter of the secur] With the se- curing of the preferred stock of the Ore- gon Railway and Navigation Company of the common stock of that com- xclusive of that already acquired b o 22 rm plete its control of the igation prop- |erty, which was partially secured through the conversion of the Oregon Short Line stoc accomplished in the early part of the present r, and will obtain ownership, practically absolute, of to the Pacific Coast from the through line Omaha ockholders of the Union Pacific themselves almost unanimously 1 of this plan and its completio is a certainty. Such an absorption proposed will make of the Union Paci lied branc one of the great- st powerful and influential railway systems in_the world. It is said in railway circles hers that xt step will be the acquisition ot either by purchase or of the Navigation line, s between Omaha and within a com- An officlal who is v, but who will not be given, said to-day of the new system to the Puget Sound mships from Aslatic y and this, of course, on of traffic from the old @ REJOINS CHINATOCWN SQUAD. | Officer Herring Arrests an Armed Highbinder Who Planned 5 | Murder. Phil Herring has been replaced Chinatown squad under Sergeant His appointment was due to the ss of Officer Hurle Officer he city. was that of a ange binder, Ah g, who was going ut the streets h a large gun, look- ing for one of his fellow countrymen. erring disarmed the man and took him ion, where threa ealéd weapons, va- IR 'APPE S00C00ORCOCVEOCE! spond to the invigorating current. " I can cure the most severe case of weakness and lost vitality. 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