The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 15, 1899, Page 2

THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, WED OPERATIONS OF THE STEEL TRUST Manager Gates Tells of Its Workings. RN, iSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 189 NOTORIOUS GANG OF SWINDLERS CAUGHT ,,,,,,,,, ! j / Buffeted About by Arctic Storms for At Their Head Is Alonzo J. White- - man, Once Convicted of Forgery Many Days, the Crew Has = |° "7 P55 ol - in San Francisco, WHALER MERMAID S A TOTAL WRECK : ADVERTISEMENTS. h Removal Sale At Sloane’s We desire to call particular attention to our most carefully selected assortment of unigue pieces’in ANTIQUE AND ORNAMENTAL FURNITURE, especially desirable for parlor, dining-room and library furnishings. DU SCETUTR U T SO WIDE COMBINE. SR G Admits That the Price of Barbed this ATTEMPT TO FORM A WORLD- i Narro ov. 14.—F M posed to have re- It was impos- colo the kille to be that he passed night ago. Cavalr GEN r AL OTIS MAKES Indepen ER AN ANNUAL REPORT SHINGTON, Nov. 14.—Coples of the | report of General Otis have been € at the W rt will not be made pul WA y and city, bay and | second perfod | ats of the ope us from the time of | Filipino attack upon the United tes forces up to the close of activ ions on account of the rainy se: harbor of r and comprehensive statement of ton in both periods he makes his report in narrative form and begins | with a review of the conditions existing | s protocol until the attacks, and | ws with a story of the opera- | since that time. General | 1akes his narrative a complete ar- n favor of the careful manage- ment of American affairs so as to avold with the Filipinos, and justifies tion of the Americans in all steps the outbreak. Much of what ready been published in t :ral Otls says that in order to give | | t t tions of the arm oti gume e to the depart- received from ted In the engage- g the report are the s glving the detalls ranches of the army in the operations in the ure of the State volun- rivals of the troops to and other information ter. LIEUTENANT GILMORE WAS SEEN IN TARLAC WASHINGTON, 14.—The following clegram was received at the in official s who par ov. | Cough Cure. One dose will stop 1. 25c. All druggists.® Parker’ Dr. ugh, Never fajls. Tr “Proof of the Pudding Is in the Eating.”” I is not what ae say, but what Hood"s Sarsaparilla does, that tells the story. Thousands of people give the proof by telling of remarkable cures by Hood’s Sar- saparilla of Scrofula, Salt Rheun, Dys- pepsia, Catarrh, Rheumatism, and all other blood diseases and debility. D Never: DiSappoints to patch up the storm- emporary repairs were ien, with the water rising In téd for Dutch Harbor. On | ther and even more X'uflnusl an_ that encountered before g up. Soon it was a gale; the wind the for soon at work seas. Twenty The foremast was torn | the severe wrenching and two carried away »vember 2 they maur 1l barbor some ai Harbor. Here more r and then they r: here the old bark, built for: ago at New Bedford, lies a wrec ain Gifford, Seecond Mate Cahill, eer Kow Cooper John Lee, 2 kimo rem: h Those g0 na, Bowen, *orge Ed Niemen, Frar AT Stewart, i J. Rogers, P. Westofl, es and thirteen sallor: e men say that the man who gave an unseaworthy vessel as the Mer- 2 clearance should be severely dealt report that the oken by them She had then five ‘he shipwrecked m r Belvedere was t before the storm. es. "he Alpha reports that a severe wind, leet storm raged at Cape Nome thousands of dollars ater front. The steamer is among those wrecked. The aggregate $10, e tons of Cape sht by the Alpha f ancisco f Nome sand r shipment On_the ore near hrow off her ngles, involv- of lumber and avy loss. to t shi ent from Admiral Watson to-day: ILA, Nov. i port seeing HEATON ABOUT TO ATTACK SAN JACINTO 14.—The follow- the War Depart- 14—Rain continues 1y 4 inches this central Luzon. ssed beyond tele- nothing Wheatc Nov. alling the 11th ir ablan. A Regiment T 1 defeated 407 of the ; had two men wound- | iead on the fleld makes no CRUISER CHARL LIES sof | E MPMED OF AN UNCHARTED e Continued from First Page. Straits of Gibraltar on July 12. Other less notable disasters during the early part of the century were the Etna, Rev: ret, Scourge, Alligator No. 1, H and Chippewa between 1511 and 1520. ise and Alligator No. 3 were lost Wildcat in and Ferret followln ; Porpoise, 183 ; Albany, 18 1853. The Fredonia, eru, was lost at her by a tidal wave in 1868, and man was lost. TS to steamers of the navy began Fulton, which blew up In 1829; burned in 1843, and the nto was wrecked in 1865. The | Wateree was thrown one mile inland at Arica by a tidal wave In 1568 and sevbral of her officers and crew perished. In 1570 the Onelda, while at anchor off Yoko- hama, Was run Into and sunk by a Brit- ish steamer, drowning balf her crew. The Huron was wrecked on the coast of North Carolina in 1877, several officers and most of the crew perishing. In 1559 the Trenton and V. ja_ were totally lost in Apia harbor, Samou, and fifty-one sailors were | drowned. | The tragedy of the Maine in Havana harbor on February 15, one year ago, is probably the saddest of any record of dis- asters in any navy, not solely because of | the loss of 253 officers and men—for there | have been greater sacrifices of lives—but | because of the attendant clrcumstances and ultimate results. Other disasters of ships not named were those in which the vessels alone were lost and involved trifiing or no loss of human life, nor does the foregoing list include those incurred in war, but are solely those attendant on life at sea or In harbor in peace times. CANADIAN WINS THE FIRST PRIZE | In Spite of Unpropitious Weather Gotham’s Horse Show Is Well Patronized. NEW YORK, Nov. 14—The second | night of the horse show at Madison- | square Garden brought out a great at-| tendance, notwithstanding the heavy | storm that prevalled. The chief in-| terest to-night centered in the. high- | jumping, with the fences at six feet at «h’i\ last J‘ur‘;xln. i "he Canadian exhibitor, George Pepper, | of Toronto, carried oft the frec prive n| this event with his brown mare Pearl | Boston won the blue ribbon in the tan- | dem class, E. B. Jordan winning tho first | prize with Walsingham and Western tar. Picturesqueness was added to the after- noon exhibition by the five four-in-aras | shown before drags and with the owners or members of recognized coaching clubs | driving. Five teams showed. The tool- | ing of the big coaches evoked great en- thusiasm in the crowd. Under the skill- | tul guidance of the five crack drivers the | fours dashed around the tan bark . large as it is, looked perifdusiy | small,” with five lumbering coaches going at high speed. Jordan’s Boston team. tooj | the blue ribbon and Arnold Lawson's team, also from Boston, took the red. —-— Anti-Expectoration Law. PASADENA, Nov. 14.—To-day the City Trustees passed an ordinance making spitting on the sidewalk a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine. One Counciiman thought the ordinance too severe and that it should be modified, but it passed with- out modification —_—————— Don't put in too much time standing on dignity or riding a hobby. | that the American company’did not seek NEW YORK, Nov. 14.—There !s at po- | lice headquaPters here a quartét of pris- {oners in whom the police of almost every Wire Was Raised Because His Company Had a Monopoly {large American city and many of the e | leading business houses, banks and trust —_— | companfes have a deep interest. They were rounded up after having been watched for several months and were formally held by a police magistrate to- day on the nominal charge of being sus- plelous persons. The police of New York say that most of them have been con- victed here and elsewhere of swindling | that has netted them many thousands of | dollars. The prisoners are Special Dispatch to The Call. , Nov. 4.—In giving his | testimony before the Industrial Comm! sion to-day John W. Gates, managing di- rector of the American Steel and Wire | Ce gave an interesting account of | o form a consolidation of tha the wire-producing countrie: all including the American nation. He Alonzo J. Whiteman, years old, of he visited Great Britain, France, Ger-| Dansvilie, N. Y., the alleged head of the many, ium and Austrla for this pur- | gang. He is a graduate of Columbia Law Germany he found to be the prin- | School. ompetitor, England’s work in that| Frank Edmunds, not being sufficient to deserve se- | clerk of New Tork. fous consideration. .| John Thompson, alias Willlam Hartley, In Germany he found the manufacturing | alias P. Lawton, ‘allas Dr. George W. centers compete most seriously with the | Johnson, 31 years of age; clerk; residence unknown. # years of age, a United States, and bounties and subsidies we e given on every hand to hold up the | iutacturing inte ts of that country. German manufacturers Hrst propose York. e is under arrest n:lm at Pittsburg a i that in case of an international consolida- TRember Gt o batanie t 2 the gang, Charles D. tion the United States should be content | Stewart. alins Cug " 2 with b produat: s hel| art, alias Charles Ward, about 6 or 70 years of age. He was arrested there | yesterday. ey had increased the to 5 per cent. allowance He had run | " According to the statement glvi from Berlin to avoid accepuing this | to-night by Captain MaClaokey® vhote ot . o1e had himselt repreeented | detectives, members of this gAng have re- the possibility of increasing prices to the | cently obtained several thousands of Aol skient of about 0 & fon T ohds SE (B | Iiel b oace) Bie menuintien o proposed amalgamation, but found that|ararts and other evidences of credit the Germans had in view an increase 0f |~ Baveral months ago & man clelning to In this connection Mr. Gates com-|pf W- L. Howe, cashier of the National mended in high terms the German method N. Y., ordered 10,000 drafts of a certain design from a firm f encouraging the producing and ex- | porting interests, saying that it the of, lithographers in this city and paid United States Government would Adogl Y .,:‘mm:_le (;;Lffll‘.“bfh\e\shi“\ereéglseflt to he plan th s n would be !l 1 car Mrs. teman, Dans- the plan there pursued it s00: ViIe N T s fomknRans doing 9 per cent of the iron and steel b n of the world. He advocated sub- to steamship liftes and to national tions of $5,000,000 capitalization and Hoe would have the corporations ally for such charters in the be- and then have them pay large ally for the continuance of the g the amount as the | sed until the annual | River boat deckhand found one of the | books of drafts in the river and the book Wwas sent to a detective bureau. Soon reports of bogus drafts began to pour in from all over the country. The drafts | were all made on these forms and drawn on the National Bank of Lawrence, N. Y. Investigation by the police traced them back to Whitéman, who lived with his mother in Dansvil N. Y. There, sidles He ad- supervision of ail ) corpor He said the protective | tariff had much to do with bullding up the | iron and steel industry, and that the con- | of the polic necessary to | -“of the industry. | 1t consolidation had his tools all'over the country carried them | out, Thelr general plan was to enter alleged business transactions, some- times for the purchase of real _estate, and, after depositing bogus drafts for | large amounts with banks or with the into _ Robert J. Knox, # years old, lawyer, of | {it Is alleged, he formulatéd the plans and | I i _The scheme was worked in this city, Brooklyn, Woonsocket, R. I., and Pltts-]‘ burg. ‘Among the bogus drafts was one drawn upon the Lawrence National Bank of Lawrence, Kansas. Whiteman, who came from Dansville to this city on Saturday last, was ar- rested at the Hotel St. Marie, on Fifth avenue, where he had registered as “C. W. Caldwell, Philadelphia.” He had been sending invitations to himself by tele- phone and telegraph to occupy a box at | the horse show and to dine at various | prominent clubs. Chief of Detectives McCluskey says Whiteman is wanted in Chicago, and the | police records in this city show that he had swindled several hotels in this city, Chicago, Boston and Atlantic City. Thompson is accused of being a hotel | swindler. Edmunds’ picture is in the rogues’ gallery, and he has served terms | in both the Eimira Reformatory and Sing ing. Charles E. Stewart served a term of five years in Sing Sing for forgery about 1878, and later eighteen months for obtaining | money under false pretenses. In 1889 he abbed a woman in Cincinnati and served | four years for it in the Columbus peni- tentiary. He served a term in Rochester | for robbery, and, last of all, three years | and three months In Sing Sing for the | theft of thousands of dollars’ worth of | bhonds and other papers from the Wal-| dorf-Astorla, the property of John Calhoun. Alonzo Whiteman has been arrested a | score of times. He has traveled the world | over. He Inherited $500,000 from his father | in 1888, after leaving college. He led his | class in the Columbla law school, and | after getting his diploma and before be- ing admitted to the bar he went to Du- luth. He made a great deal of money there during boom times. He lost his for- tune in the Chicago Board of Trade within a year. He then turned to the racetrack. He made money as a book- maker, met a streak of bad luck, “‘welched” and was ruled off the track for passing bad checks. He was sen- tenced to serve nine months for forgery in San Francisco in 1895, appealed, got a reversal and was released. Subse- | quently he was arrested for swindling the Columbia Bank of this city out of $580. He got out of it, and has successfully evaded prison walls ever since then, though arrested several times on various charges. CHICAGO, Nov. 14.—State's Attorney | Dineen was notified to-day that A. J. Whiteman was under arrest in New York. | An officer is to be sent after Whiteman, | who is under sentence of one year in the | House of Correction for obtaining money | from the Grand Pacific Hotel nearly two | | | vears ago by false pretenses. After a hort service Whiteman was released on bonds while the case was pending in the | Appellate Court. When the Appellate Court passed on the case, upholding the trial court, he had disappeared. been effceted last January. A number of | business man with whom they sought to plants that could not be operated had | deal, to draw upon the alleged credits been shut down. The company employed | before the bogus nature of the drafts 000 men icreased | could be ascertalned. on an average of 4 per cent. The com- pany did not, he said, recognize the trades | unions, dealing with its men as individ- , and it would Dot recognize the v uniohs as such. He said the company | controlled all the barbed wire patents and | had a mopopoly In this respect. On this | preduct a higher charge was made than | other products because of the monop- oly of the pat This was because of | the money spent in their acquisition. Gen- | speaking, the advance in wire prod- | had been only proportionate to the | ase of the price of raw material. He | sidered that all these advances had | SR G n due to demand and supply and not | 5 e obinatiar. Indiéad uo seseried |Pardoning of Drefyus & monopoly of the production of unpat- n . ented urpllrfi‘s. nor seek to control the sell- De ounced ing price of its patrons. Om the contrary b - isposition was to encourage other o anizations. It was not true, as people Spectal Dispatch to The Call. emed to believe, that the trusts con- blled the fron and steel business of the . As a matter of fact, they con- d only about 40 per cent. Gates deprecated the prices of iron and steel pally because of the high prices of raw material. He, however, expressed the | opinion that the present price would con- tinuo for the next two or three years, | licting the opinion on his knowledge the demands of rafiroads, the shIY- ards and the building trades. He sald that his company was eXporting no less than 7000 tons of wire a day, supplyin, England, for instance, with 60 per cent of the wire products purchased there. He admitted that the goods were sold at rates abroad than at home, but for esent this was necessary He had found that in all lines of the iron and steel were syndicated. He had pro- copies of the agreements, but he d to produce them, laughingly say- t he had them stolen. He sald the an company had earned a divi- pr of low P the outside trade. Germa industr; Ameri dend on its common stock as well as on its preferred, the directors considering i wiser to lay ‘aside something for a possi- ¢ were Max n Steel and *. Pierson, organize ir Company, and president of the last named RAIN BRINGS JOY TO SOUTHERN FARMERS Showers Reported in the Lower Part of the State, With Prospects for a Continuance. LLOS ANGELES, Nov. 4.—A gentle rain began to fall here at 8 o'clock this morn- ing and has kept falling ever since with indications for a good downpour. The rain will be of great value to this part of the State. It is general over the whole south- ern part. N DIBGO, Nov. 14.—The rainfall in this city up to 5 p. m. was .36 of an inch. Since lgnt time there have been showers and the sky is stlll overcast with indica- tlons of more rain. Reports from the in- terfor say that the storm was much heavier, an Inch or more being reported in_various parts of the county. ORANGE, Nov. 14.—It commenced to rain here this morning, .13 of an inch fall- ing during the day. The indications are for a continuance of the storm. SANTA BARBARA, Nov. 14—Rain be- gan falling here this morning, and a steady downpour has continued since The indications are favorable for a heavy storm. VENTURA, Nov. 14.—A light rain com- menced fsllln? here at 5 o’'clock this morning, continuing throughout the day. The sky Is densely overeast, nrnmlslmf a protracted storm. Up to 6 o'clock the precipitation was .50 of an_inch. N BERNARDINO, Nov., 14—Rain began falling this morning and continued adily all day, amounting in all to abo of an Inch. Notwithstanding the d -:ason, reports from Highlands, Red- lands, Colton, Rilalto, Ontarlo and other orange growing sections Indicate a large crop of oranges of superfor quality. The total crop of the county will exceed any former vear by several hundred carloads, - HEMPHILL TELLS OF PUERTO CABELLO FIGHT Commander of the Detroit Cables That the Land Battle Was Very Severe. 7 WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.—The Navy Department to-day received the following | cablegram from Commander Hemphill, dated at La Guayara, the 13th: “The Detroit arrived to-day. Land fighting was very severe. Venezuelan gun vessels bombarded forts with Hotchkiss six-pounder rapid-fire guns, unloaded shells, without result. The foreign men- of-war lay off the harbor during the en- gagement. On return rendered assistance to the wounded. The Detroit's hospital corps rendered important service.® Being no prospect of further trouble at Puerto Cabello, I came here to await the arrival of the Dolphin, HEMPHILL."” e e To Cure La Grippe in Two Days Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. rugi E. W, Grove's signature Is on each box. 25c. resent high | roducts princl- | to hold | tendance at the opening of the Chamber animated. The President (M. Deschanel) | read numerous requests for permission to interpellate the Government. The Pre- mier, Waldeck-Rousseau, asked that all interpellations respecting the Govern- ment's general policy be discussed to- gether. This ldea was accepted and M. Donys Cochin (rightist) opened the de- bate by reproaching the Government for opening the doors of power to the soclal- | Ists by giving M. Miilerand (Minister of Commerce) a portfolio. M. Grandmalison, another rightist mem- ber, blamed M. de Gallifet, the Minister of War, for not supporting the Govern- ions of the military and clerical par- and demanding the separation of church and state. M. Lasies, anti-Semite, condemned the measures taken against various officers, adding that the latter had good reason to ay it was shameful. M. Des a, declaring t disobedience was a duty. The statement called forth | renewed protests. The Chamber then | adopted a motion, censuring M. Lasies, and General de Gallifet ascended the tri- bunal and protested vigorously at the re- marks M. Lasies had made concerning the army, saying the Deputy had no right to speak as he had done. The Minister's tatement caused loud applause from the left. Continuing, the general sald he re- gretted none of his declarations or acts, then, amid constant rightist emite interruptions, he proceeded to justify the measures which he said he had been compelled to take regarding certain officers. He asserted that General Roget talked too much; General Negrier had declared in the presentce of his of- ficers that the Government had permitted attack on the army, but that when tho army had enough of them there were men ready to take up its defense. Here the rightists shouted ‘‘Vive Negrier! eneral de Gallifet continued, saying he did his duty in punishing General Negrier, at which the rights and anti-Semites noisily protested. Paul de Cassignac (rightist), who fol- lowed, sald the pardon of Dreyfus was a slap in the face for the army and re- roached the Government for not defend- ng the army, which, he claimed, had been so calumniated and insulted. M. Viviani said on behalf of the soclal- ists that they were ready to uphold the Government, whose projects they accept- ed as a minimum. The House adjourned until Thursday. The Senate after a formal meeting to- day adjourned sine die in order to con- tinue the trial of the conspiracy cases. DEADLY DUEL WITH brought news that L. E. Densmore and J. A. Maxwell, both prominent citizens of Gallup, had fought a duel at sundown this evening, one with a Winchester, the other with a six-shooter, about fifteen miles northwest of here on the Little Water road, in which Maxwell was killed and Densmore mortally wounded. The two men left Gallup about 11 o'clock this morning in company with the Mexican, who brought in the news, both in good hum)_?r anslfln frlen(él te‘r‘mm The cause of the trouble is not known. The only witness to the affray is the Mexican, who says he was directly be- tween the two men when the shooting having kneeled beside Densmore, who asked him to carry the news to his wife. He covered the wounded man with a blanket and left for town immediately, leaving no one with the dead and wound- ed men. Mr. Harper, Judge Maxwell, a brother of the deceasad, and two or three others have left for the scene of the duel. Sk it TEACHERS IN SESSION. County. PLACERVILLE, Nov. 14.—The Teach- ers’ Institute of Bl Dorado County opencd in the Grammar School rooms here to-day PARIS, Nov. 14.—There was a large at- | ment in its efforts to repress the machi- | Amid Government | chanel called M. Lasles to | and | ~RIFLE AND REVOLVER| ALLUP, N. M., Nov. 14.—A Mexican | co(\;lrler arriving at 9 o'clock this evening | of grains and vegetables where the diges- | 3 began and has blood on his overalls from | under the most favorable auspices. There Is a large attendance of teachers, every district in the county being represented | with the exception of one or two, and the | death of a teacher causing such vacancy. | The Institute is one of the most enthu- | slastic ever held in the county, and it | is due in a great measure to the untirin efforts of County Superintendent T. E. McCarty, who is an indefatigable worker. The institute will be visited during the week by Professor David Starr Jordan, who will, among other interesting work, lecture on “The Man With the Hoe." State Superintendent Thomas J. Kirk | will be here on Wednesday to take part in | the exercises of the institute. On Wednes- day evening Dr. F. B. Dresslar of the State University will lecture on_“Super- stition and Education.” L. | Brehm of the public school of Berkeley will be one of the most interesting lights | Miss Mary of Deputies to-duy, which was extremely | {1y ') Stite, and her talke on draw- Joyable features! SANTA FE'S NEW LINE NEARING COMPLETION NEW YORK, Nov. 4.—New York rep- | resentatives of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rallroad say that present indl- | cations point to the completion of the | Atchison’s own line Into San Francisco | by January 2. | uAbo}\:t eiihty mfleul of new track will | hen have been completed from S | to Point Richmond of San mflc.,éfi“‘éi&? | The Atchison will also have its own ter- | minals, trains belng ferried across the | bay. "Other new construction for the | Atchison system is going forward with | celerity in Oklahoma and the Indian Ter- ritory. NO FRICTION BEWEEN RUSSIA AND JAPAN LONDON, Nov. 15.—The correspondent of the Times at Tokio says: *The rumor of friction between Russia and Japan is | without foundation. No International question now exists between them. “The recent excitement connected with Japanese purchases of land over Russia's head at Masapo grew out of purely pr vate transactions and in no way concern- ed the Japanese Govern: at. At present the atmosphere is clear. ADVERTISEMENTS. BRAIN FOOD Is of Little Benefit Unless It Is Digested. Nearly every one will admit that as a nation we eat too much meat and too lit- tle of vegetables and the grains. For business men, office men and clerks, and, in fact, every one engaged in sed- entary or Indoor occupations, grains, milk and vegetables are much more healthtul, Only men engaged in a severe outdoor manual labor can live on a heavy meat diet and continue In health. As a general rule, meat once a day is sufficient for all classes of men, women and children, and grains, frult and vege- tables should constitute the bulk of food eaten, But many of the most nutritious foods are dificult of digestion, and it is of no use to advise brain workers to eat largely tion Is too weak to assimilate them prop- erly. It is always best to get the best results from our food that some simple and harmless digestive should be taken after meals to assist the relaxed digestive or- gans, and several years' experience have proven Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets to be a ve? safe, pleasant and effective digestive and a remedy which may be taken dally with the best results. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets can hardly be called a patent medicine, as they do not act on the bowels nor any particular organ, but only on the food eaten. They supply what weak stomachs lack, pepsin diastase, and by stimulating the' gastric lands increase the natural secretion of ‘dl‘oc‘)‘llol’hl:‘1 acld_k a eople who make a daily practice taking one or two of Stuart's’ Dyspogsis Tablets after each meal are sure to have Eerflelc‘( digestion, which means perfeet ealth. There is no danger of formin, - Jjurious habit, as the tablets corftn?rrll 4’1:- ®olutely nothing but natural digestives: cocalne, morphine and similar drugs have no place in a stomach medicine, and Sru- art’s Dyspepsia Tablets are certainly the, best known and most popular of all Stom. nc‘il ‘r{emedledu, St sk your druggist for a 50-cent pack: of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, ar?d after a week's use note the improvement in health, appetite and nervous energy, | should be thrown out Goebel will We also offer a choice variety of individual pieces at greatly reduced prices during re- moval sale. We invite attention to our superb stock of CARPETINGS of all .grades. AXMIN= STERS in dainty effects and special designs. RICH WILTON VELVETS, soft to the tread and noted for' their durability. BODY BRUSSELS—acomplete line of the Bigelow manufacture, the trand of which is a guaran- tee of excellence. carpets and rugs. During removal sale we have reduced the price in every line in both LACE CURTAINS. An exquisite assortment of ARABIAN Renaissance, Marie Antoinette, Brussels, Bat- tenberg and Point de Paris, at prices within the reach of careful and economical buyers. 641-647 MARKET STREET. CONTESTS IN SEVEN KENTUCKY COUNTIES Result to Determine Which Party Shall Have Plurality on the Face of Returns. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 14.—The prog- ress of the contests in various countles of the State is the point about which in- terest In the fight for the Governorship is centered. The determination of these disputes may swing in either direction the result of the face of the returns as they will be made to the State Board of Elec- tion Commissioners. These contests in- volve 4000 votes in seven counties, as fol- lows: Christian County, 9 votes, Taylor’s plu- rality in one precinct at Hopkinsville, which was to-day thrown out by the county election officers. Johnson County, where the 878 plurality for Taylor is being disputed by the Demo- crats on the ground of alleged irregu- larity. Kriox County, 1385 plurality for Taylor in contest. Under a mandatory order of Judge Brown at Barbourville these re- turns have been certified by the county election officers, but the contest undoubt- edly will be renewed before the State | Board. Mercer County, 286 plurality for Taylor. The Democratic chairman of the Election Board has filed notice of contest in three large Republican precincts, alleging va- | recincts have & rious irregularities. If these safe plurality in the county. Nelson County, 1198 votes are being con- tested by the Democrats on the ground that they were certified for W. P. Taylor instead of W. 8. Taylor. The Republicans | E- C. HUGRES, DIRECTORY OF RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. Catalogues and Price Lists Mailed on Applieation. BOOKS AND STATIONERY. THE SAN FRANCISCO NEWS COMPANY, 342 to 350 Geary Street, Above Powell. PERIODICALS, BOOKS AND STATIONERY. COAL, CCKE AND PIG IRON. J-C. WILSON & C0., 50 Bastery Street. 7 Telephone Main 1864. COPPERSMITH. JOSEPH FOX, Supt. _ H. BLYTHE, Mgr. oat C. W. SMITH, Shipg Plumblng, _Stéaml and Ship Work a Specialty, 16 and 18 Washington st. Telephone Main 554! FRESH AND SALT MEATS. JAS. BOYES & C0., Shipping Butchers, » Clay. Tel. Main FURS, 3. N. LOESTAD, 4,50y i s st IRON FOUNDERS. 1 1294, | WESTERN FOUNDRY, rme® o& fiedier t. stings of Every Description Made to st. Order. Tel. Black 1505. PAPER DEALERS. WILLAMETTE FULP ANP PAPER coO., 722 Montgomery st. PRINTING. PRINTER, 611 Sansome st., S. F. STATIONER AND PRINTER. to-day fled sult at Bardstown against the | roeerapnic 306 Caltfornta Cc El sioners, and th ‘odes. : ‘l’-"f,’ 2 B ana s, and the & PARTRIDGE street. involved are seeking tosobtain a manda- | g NED BY » THE BLACK DIAMOND COAL MINING CO,, at its GREEN ficers to certify these 1198 votes for W. S. | Taylor. The matter will also come be- | RIVER COLLIERIES, is the Best Coal in the fore the State Board. mark Office and Yards- Main street. In Pulaski County 300 votes are con- tested. Taylor's plurality was 1546, in- cluding the 300 which came from five pre- cincts where contests have been insti- tuted. In Harrison County 135 votes are in con- test. An amusing feature of the situation developed to-day when it became_ known that more than 3000 votes in Fayette County had been cast for ““J. C. W. Bick- ham,” instead of Beckham, for Lieuten- ant Governor. In Nelson County, Beck- ham'’s home, by a ‘‘clerical” error of the Democratic clerk, General Taylor's name was printed on the ballot as W. P. Taylor instead of W. 8. Taylor. When to-day Beckham's friends discovered what had happened in Fayette they served notice on the Goebel people that no contest must be made of the Nelson County vote, and as a result Taylor will not lose 1100 votes cast for him there, and all of the votes cast for “Bickham’’ in Fayette County will be counted for Beckham. e i Sy ADJUSTING DIFFERENTIALS ON WHEAT AND CORN WASHINGTON, Nov. 14—The Inter- state Commerce Commission to-day an- nounced its decision in the case of the Board of Rallroad Commissioners of the State of Kansas against the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company and other carrier: The main points de- | cided by the commission are as follows: The changes which have taken place in conditions governing the transportation of wheat and flour from Kansas points to destinations in Texas are not su&clem to warrant interference in this case with the differential, making the rate cents higher on flour than on wheat, which was approved by the commission in the Kauffe man Milling Company vs. Missouri Pacific Railway Company. Carriers of ocorn and cornmeal from Kansas points to destinations in Texas enforce a differential of 7 cents per 100 pounds more on cornmeal than on corn, and such difference prohibits the ship- ment of cornmeal ound at Kansas points into Texas territory. It s held that the difference in rate of 17 cents against cornmeal and in favor of corn unjustly discriminates against Kan- sas millers, and that he differ- ential should not exceed 3 cents per 100 pounds. Several different carriers en- aged in transporting wheat and corn | rom points in Kansas and Missour! and intermediate points to Galveston and New Orleans make lower export rates on those commodities from Kansas City, Mo., or polnts In that vicinity, than from soma of the intermediate stations on their re- spective lines. It is held that the higher rates from such Intermediate points sub- ject those localities to undue prejudice, EQUITABLE 0IL COMPANY, Land Located In the Very Center of OIL BELT IN KERN COUNTY. Surrounded by Flowing Wells. Midway Between Coalinga and MeKittrick Districts. 180 ACRES. Title United States Patent. Limited quantity of Treasury Stock now for sale for development purposes only at ONE DOLLAR PER SHARE. No further stock will be offered except at an ADVANGE IN PRICE. Stock listed on California Oll Exchange. Office 405 Montgomery St., Room 5 San Francisco, Cal. MUNYON'S INHALER CURES CATARRH Colds, Coughs, { Hay Fever, Bron=- chitis, Asthma Band all Diseases of the Throat and Lungs. Clonds of Medicated Vapor are inhaled through the mouth and emitfed from the nos- trils, cleansing and vaporizing all the inflamed and diseased parts which cannot be reached by medicine taken into the stomach. It reaches the sore spots—It heals the raw places— It goes to the seat of disease— It acts as «a balm and tonic to the whole system—g$1.00 at druggrists or sent bymail. 1505 Arch St., Philo~ y ELECTRIC BELTS. Prices from $330 to and that if the carriers are allowed (o R e man make these low export rates they should S Stk N ouaiks in making them treat all intermediate connected with this territory alike and desist henceforth from establishment. charging higher rates from the nearer §F For particulars stations than those from the more dis- call send 2c In tant points. stam) for ‘*‘Booklet RCE BLECTRIC GO, Marhet st RLIKE ENT. PIERC] k. a b2 e B’.‘.J,N,IOR = Ba Opposite Palace Hotel, S. F. Japan Has Not Sent Hurry Orders to 2 STOPPED FREE Shipbuilders. eclal Cable to The Call and New York Her- S l(‘:o‘perflgh!ed, 1899, by James Gordon Bennett. GLASGOW, Nov. 14—The Herald cor- respondent who made inquiries of the John Browne Company. !lu‘e shlp—-bufldl:g “lydeban, with reference to the ?§$r5'¢fle‘£wmg to differences existing between Russia and Japan the Japanese Government had requested the firm tol rush work on the battleship Asahl now under construction, was _told that the statement was unfounded. No such re- Quest had been received, and the work was proceeding as usual. The Asahi, which is one of the largest battleships in the world, is likely to be ready for her steam trials in April. g Fire in Santa Cruz. SANTA CRUZ, Nov. 4.—Mrs. Mary Smith’s residence and contents on Fair- view avenue was_destroyed by Are this afternoon. Less, $2000; insurance, $1000. P RUNER SREAT NERVE RESTORER No ¥its afier frst day's usc. weatise and EE Con: or or wail: sultation. 8l $2 TRIAL BOTTL 1o Fit paticats who pay expressage o5 Permanent Oure. ekoa'y temporary 1 fos Disarders. 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