The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 28, 1899, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1899. e arrived In this city ppear owing to ounced that hanged until this remains will be lan's R 2 Houston ¢ the about on of w In fact he her In the on from Prince t Mr. Coghlan de- ling engagements to be o come on Prince ward Sfforts have b from her has bgen recelved place hen qu America. g “Yocelyn.” with his own Mr *“Vanity 3 and the task was 'GOLD DEMOCRATS TO STAND BY MKINLEY Vote the Republican Ticket Should Bryan Be Named by the Silver Wing. LABORER SHOT DOWN iN COLD BLOOD John de Rossi, Wi Warning, Is at a Word of Will Attacked and w CIVIL WAR VETERAN KILLED WHILE HUNTING Russian Monopoly Extended. LONDON, ) The St. Petersburg Daily Mail C. Smith harge Death of General Israel From the Accidental of His Own Gun. PIDS, M e e MAILS STORMBOUND. Excessive Precipitation Raises Eel River Above Previous Mark. morning make Its pearance here 1o-morrow morn- A. Taylor i€ the pr tor. It ent local paper and X free with The Call 1sco papers. NO STOREKEEPERS Are allowed to cumber our shelves. If we overbuy we make prices that will move goods. If we buy at half-price our friends profit by our shrewd- ness and capital. The merchant that keepe stock on hand too long is not in the race. See what our figures say: THANKS__GIVFN(; THANKSGIVING Su, 1 1bs Spreckels’ Dry Granulated. 100 1bs Hongkong Dry Granulated. | Demonstration— Wealnuts— Fancy new, from D Tba. $1.00 (%] obb Raisins— v “amp' L an Camp's en line of samples ¢ Beeded, fancy, new, 3 pkes. for w 3| week, first co o e i) Currants— Upstairs— Nonparefl, largest, cleanest, PRE......... 10| On the second and third fioors & full line ot toys, books, shoes, dry goods, notions, cloth- Maple Syrup— | ing, furniture and furnishings, Best quality, purest, regular $1.25; this g week, g4 < yorefostsesesss SLAB | TURKEYS FOR THANKSGIVING. * THEY WILL GO Mince Meat— Our orlebrated Home Made, quart glass regular Leggins . . . . s s e 25 Raisins— » for men o ed Mackin Plum Pudding— Rubber Overshoes—Ladies’ . . .. 15 . 3 5. 3, 3% « price; small advance ] ger sizes. 10c to 2Mc. A rainy G & D individuais n Flakes— N - Ladies’ Kangaroo Shoes . . . $1.15 Crow: Positively for three days, unless sold. They A now b st mush, made from white are 8 value. Do you care? Ladies’ Sunday ¢ ! white 5| Shoes, closing $1.00 to Extra Sodas— White Wool Blankets . . . . $4.15 31b cartons, fancy, fresh, each............. B size double blanket, fine wool. Some Postum Cereal— mark the same kind §7.70 g8 a bargain, The Health Coffce, large pkgs., regular $5e: this WOK..oo.ns wrressrimrrnes 13| Fancy House Slippers . . . . . 63/ ot red toe, latest style, it val T Frmbroldered toe, . great value at 3 this week only. e regular Epider Leg, value for Te; L T ,,,;. sevsessess s 40| Ladies’ under pants, 22 to 35, black. 1 Macaroni— p & yarn §1_grade, slow colors. 5 £mall wood boxes, California, § Ibs..... % W a v fhfi'.:':é..:,':';::'h % HBaby Coaches, $4) kind. 7 Baked Beans— PR g Hrls’ Echool or Runday Shoes, :}fi Limit 3 tins. Eastern, fine goods, - Ribbons, ali silk, odd shades 05 Coffee— i Our fine 40c grade, Mocha and Java, roast | r pure ground, this week 2 £ Cereals— | 11 1bs Rolled Oats. ] ¥ 5 led W %5 at M - % rn Meal bl Scouring Soap— Fairbanks Clenso and Saponica... Sliced Bacon— 1-b jar, excellent.... Jam— Apricot, pure food, large tns... < CASH STORE THE BIG STORE AT THE FERRY, 25-27 Market St. WARSHIS ARE COALED AT SE |Successful Test of a | New Invention. B OF MUCH VALUE TO THE NAVY | gy ey | TRIAL BOARD AFTER EXPERI- MENTS IS SATISFIED. i Report to the Naval Department Is Favorable to the Adoption of the Miller Con- veyor. SRR Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Nov. 21.—As a result of three days' trial of “coaling ship” while | towing at sea, just completed by the Unit- | ed States battleship Massachusetts and collfer Marceilus, it may soon be pos- for any warship to receive coal by he overhead wire system at the average e of twenty tons an hour. The vessels ed returned to port to-night and an- sred off Tompkinsville, 8. I, after hav- been away for a week, three days of | which were spent at sea, giving the Miller wveyor a thorough trial under varied iditions. the conclusion of to-day's tria third of the series—when 125 bags ¢ each weighing 410 pounds, had be in 66 minutes without an hem being delivered in 44 = al board announced that led and that they were s the coal, Srabin nutes— test istled ed by the Navy t 10 witnes s from the deck of the collier Commander Mar- mmander W. D. Bernardo. t the or in San- lust Tuesday. dy Hook Ba; ceeding tc e top of iron_ block, wire cable e bags of tion to the con- out one part under ags of o« re first hoisted from er's deck e masthead upon & tor. The letter U in- fron bale with t end which the . on two short p of the el ARS 4 ds that p ator. The carri ed with a long pointed hook pi 1 at its bottom. Thishook driven under the iron bale engages it, the elevator drops and the nd report on the | city | carrier starts at a speed of 1200 feet a min- | for the warship. When it reaches that d of the route a rubber buffer on the strikes a latch, which releases t hook and the bags, with their fron bale drop down the canvas chute to the decks f the warship, w.ere the jackies s away with it on trucks to the bunk CAPTAIN DAVIS BRINGS SUIT FOR PRIZE MONEY Commanded Warships That Captured Spanish Vessels During the Late War. WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. — Captain Charles H. Davis, on behalf of himself 3 crew under his command In Port n waters on July 27 and 28 of It r, to-day brought suit in the District urt of the District of Columbia to re- cover the prize money due by reason of the capture of various vessels, stores and supplies. The amount claimed is $62,795, of which one-half goes to the libellant and Ric officers, Captain Davis' petition sets forth that d of the United States ) lis and Glou- e were captured by s bn the dates men- oned in and rto Rico, twenty-two merchant ships, some of them with cargoes; sixty-seven lighters, 150 tons of Weich coal, rolling stock and other movable proverty of the raflroad from Ponce to Yaaco, as_ well as goods In the custom-house at La Playa and the barracks of Ponce, and other 1€ of Spain. All of this , the libeiant asserts, with the exception of 1l persons having Interest ip the property to show cause, If an v judgment and decree of condemn tion should not lssue. 'AMERICA NOT A PARTY ~ TO THE GRAB IN CHINA Minister of.the Celestial Kingdom | Informed as to This Nation’s | Intentions. | WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.—Becretary Hay gave assurances to-day to Wu Ting | Fang, the Chinese Minister here, that | there was no truth in the report that the United States, through Embassador | Choate, was participating in any nego- | tiations with the German Emperor und the British Government for the delimita- tion of permanent spheres of influence In China. No instructions have been given to Embassador Choate on this point and the ities are satisfied that If the German Emperor had spoken to him about such a proposition he would have informed Secretary Hay by cable. It may be statéd authoritatively that the United States has no intention of formally allying itself with ant' foreign power in respect to China. Al minstration desires is that American trade rights shall be respected. has informed this Government that she approves the Secretary’s request in prin- .Hn and the Ameriean representatives to other European powers have informed ti department that in response to thelir re resentations they were informed that the; would recelve favorable consideration. With Great Britain, Germany, Japan and the United States determined to pre- | serve trade equality, it 1s apparent that no other nations will care to incur their en- mity. —— | TEACHERS AT SAN JOSE. | Opening of the Session of the County Institute. | SAN JOSE, Nov. 2I.—The Teachers' In- | stitute opened its sessions in the Uni- tarian churth to-day. All the teachers |in the county were present. County Su- perintendent Chlfmnn presided. Dr. El- | mer E. Brown of the University of Cali- | fornia delivered an address in the morn- ing on “Course of Study.” The rest of the programme was as follows: “The U versity Association”’ Rev. G. B. Allen ature Study,” Miss Minnie Mackay: “History,” Miss Mary Sullivan and f.‘ Bruch; rithmetic,”” Robert Loosemore and Miss Gertrude Abel; “Reading,” Mrs. |8 B. Olinder; “Language,” Miss Serena { ‘AN INCREASE OF GRAIN RATES bout the harbor of Ponce, | the ud- | cers were shown how well the officers are | Great Britain | tion of six young ladies—not only t | o | evergreens and 1 { ent the entire membersh | Godchaux, left’ gu B o Mrs. S. E. Graves: “Readtin ™ %fss Nina L. Gar: wood Miss OF INTEREsT TO THE COASY. California Representatives May Be Put on Committees. WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.—Representa- tive de Vries of Stockton arrived In Washington to-night. Mr. de Vrles is making every effort to become a member of the Appropriations Committee, and be- hfnd him are some of the most influential leaders of both parties in the House and Senate. It fs generally believed here that the Pacific Coast will, and should, be rep- resented on the committee, and Mr. de Vries will undoubtedly be the choice of the California delegation. Representative Kahn called on Speaker Henderson to-day and it was suggested to him that the shipping industry of the Pa-| cific Coast should have representation on | the Merchant Marine and Fisherles Com- | mittee. Mr. Kahn says General Hender- son talked very favorably as to his as- slgnment to this commitiee, and he has | ss. This committee the ship subsidy bill, ved by members of R Committee now in ashingto; esentative of "Oakland wil suereed the late Judge Hilborn as a member of that committee. Mr, Metcalf is also belng urged for as- signment to the Judiciary Committee. The following reinstatements have been | made in the customs office at San Fran- Mies Ada Weld and enerally beli Naval Affairs cisco: Charles E. Kessler, assistant | weigher, $1200 per annum; Arthur H. Clif- | ford, inspector, $3 per day: Henry F.| Ruthrauff, inspector, 8 per day; Thomas | J. McCreagh, assistant weigher, $1200 per | annum. Peter H. Asmith has been ap- pointed letter carrier in Alameda Post- office. Postal service will be established between Kodiak and Afognak, Alaska, on December 15. Army orders—Lieutenants Whitfield and Greer will proceed to Chicago for temporary duty, and upon completion thereof will proceed to San Francisco and report In person to the commanding officer of the Department of California | for further order: Lieutenant Coburn, Fort D. A. Russell, will proceed to San Francisco and report in pers: commanding general Department of Call fa. By direction of the Acting Secre- | ary of V Hospital Steward Murray | Acklin, now at the general hflbgltfll. Pre- | sidio, San Francisco, will be discharged from the service of the United Statea. Private Archie C. Lolis, hosplital corps, now in the hands of the civil authorities erving a sentence of imprisonment, will be discharged without honor from the ervice of the United States by the sur- geon in charge of the army gon!‘rnkhfl\\- al, at the Presidio, San Francisco¥ Re- Stansel, Twenty-third In- | t the Presidio, San Fran- | is transferred as second-class pri- vate to the signal corps. for Californians: Original— | Hull, Napa, $; John Boyd, San —Thomas Winters, Veterans’| 86 to $8; Edward hillips, Soldlers’ Home, Los Angel to $8. | Restoration—Edgar L. E: San Jose, 36 Increase—Willlam C. Finley. Los An- geles, $24 to $30; Chrisman H. Parker, 8ol- liers’ Home, Los Angeles, $12 to $17; Rob- W. ) Uu‘.,!qk(v.. Soldiers’ Home, Los | t 3 Szra Johnson, Lincoln, $10. | Washington: Original—Thomas Ferdon, | Fernhll, $5; Morris E. White, New What- | com, 8. B R G HEALDSBURG WINS. | | City Gains the Decision in the Suit by the Lighting Company. SANTA ROSA, Nov. 27.—Judge Burnett handed down an opinion in the Superior Court to-day giving judgment for the city of Healdsburg in the sult brought against the city by the old lighting company to have the contract for the construction of the new water and lighting systems de- arod vold, on the ground that the specl- tlons were chagged after the work had been open for bids. The decision is a popular one for Healdsburg. e SUCCESSFUL JAILBREAK. Four Desperadoes in Tucson Escape From the Sheriff. Ariz., Nov. 2I.—This morning | soners in the County Jail broke | atter overpowering Under = Sherift and Jailer Hopely. When the officers oor to let the prisoners ey were attacked b four Mexican desperados and knocke down. They were then dragged into an| npty cell and locked in by the prisoners, who walked out into the Sheriff's office, | armed themse and escaped unnoticed. THE SOUTHERN PACI%IC PINCHING UTAH FARMERS THAT MEANS RUIN. When the Southern Pacific Company can find no excuse to pinch the local mer- | chants it {s not adverse to going a little distance afield in pursult of its favorite mode of “raising the wind." The lategt ones to suffer from its grasp- | ing policy are the farmers of Utah, who | have late been placed in a position | which forces them to either find another | market for thelr crops or go to the wall. The rate on wheat shipments out of Utah-has heretofore been # a ton. This has lately been raised to 37.60, a figure high enough to create a prohibitive | tarift and do away with the shipment of grain. It w impossible for the farm- | ers of that State to get their crops to| market at a profit. The rate will not only | eat up all their profits, but will put them | s0 far on the other side of the ledger | that it will take another good season to | allow the to get anywhera near even | should the rates be restored to thelr old | mark. As most of the Utah wheat finds a market on this coast, in this city, the Southern Pacific has a monopoly of the | proposition unless one of the competing | roads cuts in and diverts the Utah trade to other points. This will in all probability be done. Bteps are now being taken by the Texas road, In conjunction with the Rlo Grande, to make a tariff that wlll enable the Utah farmers to market their goods with some profit in different points In Texas, and the Oregon Short Line will, most likely, put before them & proposition that will give them a chance to reach Oregon and the Puget Sound points. ————————— BAY CITY CIRCLE VISITED. The Members Receive and Entertain the Grand Chief Companion. Bay City Circle of the Companions of the Forest of America was last night the recipient of a visit from the grand chief companion, Mrs, Flora Jacobs, and’' a num- ber of the grand officers. The circle room in the Alcazar bullding was one mass of flowers, arranged with good taste, and the room was made still more attractive by a thy of Old Glory in conspicuous places. ere were pres- ip and a lars number of visitors from the local circles id a delegation of twenty-four from oyal Circle of Oakland. ere was an mplification of busin methods which was satisfactory, and then the grand offi- . up in the ritualistic work by the Ini‘tll;- oung but remarkably handsome. The work was followed by the election of the following officers for the ensuing term: Miss Bessie | rren, chief compunion: Miss Mary Lo yea, sub-chief; B. Marks, recordin, tary; Mrs. Helena Worms, financlal r(‘mrf: Mrs. R. Roth, treasurer; 8 Fannle Wolmer, rl1ht guide; Miss Matilda de; Mrs. M. G. Gron- owsky, uard; Dr. E. Bunnell, phy- sician, rs. Wittenberger, trustee. There were addresses by the grand chief companion, the other grand officers and @ number of visitors. These were followed by the serving of refreshments. During side the even!nn the circle presented a white silk sofa pillow, embroidered with violets, to the grand chief companion, in token of its iration of her. x — e Fraternal Thanksgivin, Golden Gate Council of the ational Union will thig evening have a Thanks- Kl\'lfli programme in Elks' Hall. There | Will be vocal selections by the quartet, | an address, “Why We Shoul Give Thanks,” Ly J. E. Field; raffle for a tur- key, “a few remarks” by Colonel Victor D. Duboce, specialties by George Ha mersmith, tenor solo by C. endel How to Carve a Turkey for Thanksgiv- ing.” Thomas K. Kase, and other num- bers. | | husband | ing CLUBBED BY A POLICEMAN AND DEATH RESULTS The Victim’s Body at the Morgue. BEATEN WHILE HANDCUFFED WITNESSES SAY ASSAULT WAS UNCALLED FOR. it Peter Silvas, Arrested for Disturb- ing the Peace, Roughly Treated by Officer Bell. e Peter Bilv a Mexican, dled at St. Mary's Hospital yesterday afternoon un- der circumstances which will bear Invest- igation. On last Thursday afternoon Police Of- ficer D. J. Bell responded to a whistle vas resided, and was told by the landlord of the house that Silvas was drunk and disorderly and an officer was needed to quiet him. According to witnesses, Officer Bell went to the room where Silvas was lying, and after a few moments brought the unfortu- nate man from the house to the strect handcuffed and bleeding profusely from many scalp wounds. While helpless from the beating he had received and unable on account of the handcuffs on his wrists to do any damage, Sllvas, who weighed about 1% pounds, was roughly dragged to the street by the officer, who, in the presence of a large crowd which had con- gregated in front of the house, beat the helpless man on the head with his cluo and dragged him to the corner, where the patrol wagon was walting to take the vietim to the California street statlon. The people who witnessed the brutai af- falr were icud in their protestations of the unwarranted conduct of the police officer and a woman who had watched the entire affair blew a police whistle for an officer to yrotect the unfortunate man from further assault. Silvas’ wife, a hard-working woman mployed the Mexican restaurant 5 Broadway, was in the room when the officer commenced the assault. She pl, ed with him not to kill the m [ that she would put him to bed and care of him, but her pleadings were un- heeded and the beating con ter her husband | to jail ehe ran into the restaurant where she is employed and cried out that her liad been murdered. Her em- ployer tried to pacify her and have her return to ber room, but she refused the sight of so much blood on floor and the walls was more than sne IS NOT A CANDIDATE THE PRESIDENCY Dewey Declares That He Hopes to See McKinley Secure a Second Term, WASHINGTON, Nov. #I.—Admiral Dew assertions that he is not a candidate for United States. “President McKinley is a good friend of mine his former on of the SORINRORO a second term,” the admiral said. I hope : De to see cure of my being a candidate. The American peoy t contt talk anything of that kind. It seems to me that thes ¢ h sense to do roes, as a rule, have made poor Presidents ttle-scarre tha; friend of mine, and I shall never forget those noble A them al messages that keep them as long he sent me at Man{la. I have prese: as I live.” The admiral expredses much satisfaction with pines, and he considers the insurrection practi @O0 DY DT HOTORORORONONORORORON OO = 0'.0..0‘3 ATTEMPT TO CREATE DOCTOR CHARGED WITH A SHRIMP MONOPOLY SWINDLING A PATIENT m the Philip- RO | PETITION TO THE CEINESE CON- | WALDERMER SCHCLTZ THROWN call from 1113% Kearny street, where Sil- | SUL GENERAL. IN PRISON, s Merchants Complain That Fishermen | Accused by Linda hultze of De- at San Pablo Have Been Threat- frauding Her Out of Over $600 ened by a Combine. by False Representation. Dr. Waldermer Scholtz, who h office on Montgomery street, was arr yesterday by Police Officer O'( a warrant issued by Police Judge charging him with obtalning m false pretenses. The complaining wi is Linda Schultze of Polk street According to her story the ¢ 3 by representing that he owned valuable property on Van Ness avenue succe in borrowing various sums from her, amounting in all pretended that he needed the m A petition signed by a large number (\f: Chinese merchants has been presented to ese Consul for the port of Ban Its prport is that certain 1 have combined with unscrupu- lous Chinese in an attempt to gain a mo- nopoly in the the shrimp trade, and have threatened the Chinese fishermen at San Pablo to gain their end. This is the first officlal step which has been taken in a matter which has threatened war in the Chinese quarter for some time. At present the fishermen supply Chinese merchants with, thelr catches. They have ofend been making a fair p ll w‘urc sat- isfled. Recently they re 4 notification ; o Mrs. Sc from certain_people that if they did not sessing_ widow, learne dispose of their fish and shrimps to a |doctor’s name did not adorn the | combine “which was being formed they | ment roll and she proceeded to make an would be interferred with by the Federal nvestigation. athorities and driven out of busines It did not take her long to find t The parties making the proposition to the | Scholtz had no interest in the prope: | fishermen - attem t6 bulldoze them, | Which he claimed he owned, and, bece | and claimed to have fals behind them angry, she decided to have hi rested she appeared at Yesterday C n anc Jud in_their schemes: h Notic swore s were i In Chinatown to a complal po: fishermen and a relgn of | charging him with obt; he merchant e pretenses. Th ir trade with the the hands of men, but found many of them y er considerable scared and ready to fall In with the new ating the dc mbine, thinking that their business | taken to the would be interrupted and xl)m‘m.. persons n;flriu was : eatened really had the in- ail. ;\El-?v‘t':"v\l‘!!;lrlll-‘-h(‘..'ir:"«w« “1’?. claimed to Scholtz denles that he vrhV'\]E\:‘l any possess. As a result they have petitioned | money from Mrs. Schultze under fa their Consul for an investigation, -wh | will be had. could stand e stated that when Officer Bell entered the room he gave orders to ! #top her 1 and from makitg further noise and she promised to do so. The officer yelled so loudly that her husband awoke and asked the cause of the trouble and immediately the officer pounced on Silvas and commenced to beat him over the head and arms, and though she pro- | on the porch of tested Bell kept up the tattoo man's head until he reached the the house. Mrs. Silvas, after the affair, left the scene of the trouble and moved to 604 Broadway, where her husband found her after his release from jail the next day. From the time he was released he acted strangely and complained of puing in his head, and the woman, fearing or his sutcl{ and on the advice of her friends, had her husband brought to St. Mary's Hospital on Sunday afternoon. He expired late the next day. Mrs. G. Kamariz, who lives at 1117% Kearny street, gave the following state- ment as her verslion of the assaul iy ¢ live near where the trouble occ I heard Mrs, s cry to the o to sist; that she would take care of her husband, and she pleaded to the officer not to beat the man any more. “When the officer reached the porch Silvas was weak and helpless and covered with blood, arid seemed to faint when the officer hit him several hard blows on the top of his head. I heard a woman blow a police whistie and then yell for an offi- cer, sayin, at Bell would kill Silvas if some one did not stop him. ““The handcuffs were on Silv all the time, and he was screaming with pain. It was the most brutal thing I ever witnessed to see that big policeman beat the little man so unmercifully, and I never want to witness such a sight agajn. The crowd of onlookers expressed them- selves against such a brutal assault, and | I thought at one time they would inter- | fere to save the man.” Officer Bell made the following state- ment at the California-street station last night: “On Monday afternoon I was called to 1113% Kearny street and was told that Silvas was drunk and disorderly When 1 went to his room I told him to keep quiet or I would arrest him. When I started to leave the room he made a great rush at me and tried to kick me and throw me down. He took hold of me and I hit him on the wrist to make him let g¢ but he continued to fight, and I arrest him. The woman tried to interfere, and I told her that her husband was under ar- rest. I brought him to the street. [ might have hit him on the head, but If T did it was not hard enough to hurt him. I did not hit him while on the street. I ordered a charge of disturbing the peace put against him. He was sent to the Harbor Hospital for treatment, but I am sure [ did not hurt the man. I merely protected myeelf from his assault, as he was fight- ing drunk.”” CAR CONDUCTORS PASS BAD COIN ON PATRONS WOULD HAVE TO MAKE IT GOOD OTHERWISE. Startling Declaration of a Witness in a Counterfeit Case Before United States Commissioner Heacock. Conductor D. K. Thrush of the Sutter street road made a remarkable display of moral courage yesterday while on the witness stand In United States Comm.s- sioner Heacock’s court. He had been tell- ing how the prisoner at the bar, Frank Scott, had passed a bad half-dollar on him on the night of November 18 of this year, and Assistant United States Attor- ney Banning inquired as to the present whereabouts of the bad plece. “What did you do with the cotn?’ asked Mr. Banning. “I passed it off again In the car,” was the unhesitating reply. “To whom?" “I don't know.” “Did you pass it off knowingly?" asked Mr. Banning in surprise. 'Yes, sir."” Conductor Thomas F. Rogers was an- other victim of the bad half-dollar. On the evening of November 18 he got one for car fare from a man who resembled the prisoner, except that the man wore a thin, light mustache and the prisoner appeared iIn court close-shaven. fter the bad half by the rallroad company’'s recelver Rog- ers passed it to an old man who had handed kim a d dollar. He did not in- tend to “‘utter” the bad coin, but as it was in his pocket with two good half- dollar pleces he took it out “accidental- ¥'' and gave it away in change. Conductor F. Ellinger of the same road recelved a similar bad plece from a man closely resembling the prisoner, with the exception cf the missing mustache. The coln was produced in court and proved to be a vai'y dangerous counterfelt, belng made of an alloy of tin, and having a clear silvery ring, but being a little light. The examination was continued untii next Saturday morning at 10 o'clock, when | the defendant will introduce testimony. —— Sons of Benjamin. By invitation of the president of San Francisco Lodge No. 173 of the Independ- ent Order Sons of Benjamin, the members of that subordinate will be his guests at a dmner to be given on Thanksgiving day at a prominent restaurant. had been rejecred | wrists | - ———— Unfounded vharges Dismissed. Miss B. M. Bretz, a teacher in the Lin- coln Evéning School, was on trial night before the Board of Education, but before the inquiry was over her accusers e to the danger line of in- for preferring unwarranted The lady was accused of in- competency for having, it was s failed to maintain the numeric: of her classe 1 her infirmity w Donald, the prin n incapacity. The principal is an aged man who preferred that the board consider him a gentleman of uncertain age rather than tell how old he really is. His evi- dence was not material except an admis- sion that he had preferred the charges after Miss Dretz had been transferred from his school to the Spring Valley School. Principal Sykes of this schoal cent & communication declaring that Miss Bretz was incompetent, and it was shown that Principal Sykes had resented the coming of Miss Bretz and for the three nights that she was under his scrutiny had to give her a class. Miss Bretz then took the stand and demonstrated that she can hear as well as any one who listened to her. The charges against her were unanimously dismissed, and some of the members of the board {ntimated after the meeting that Mr. McDonald may have to become confidential and tell his true age. —_——————— A Gift to the Speaker. Several weeks ago Senator Perkins and a number of other well-known gentlemen made arrangements to present to Speaker Henderson of the House of Representa- tive a heautiful gavel. The wood is of leces taken from the hard finish of the guule-hlp Oregon and the trimmings are plaining witness NEW STATUS OF LICENSES. Retail Liquor Dealers Under Juris- diction of Police Commission. City and County Attorney La: dressed a communication to Li lector Lees in reply to a reque opinion as to what s are payabl under the new charter. Mr. Lane states that by the terms of the charter the Board of Supervisors is empowered to im- pose license taxds and to provide for the collection thereof, but with the important limitation that no license taxes s be imposed upon any person who, at any fixed place of business, sells or manu tures merchandise except such as require permits from the Board of Police Commis- sioners, Such permits are required in case of any person engaging in the sal of liquor in less quantity than one quar or engaging in the business of se uor to be drunk on the premises. “It follows,” concludes the opinion, g 1, “that with the exception of those persons engaged In carrying on what s commonly or known as a saloon business retall liquor business, every manufac tablishment and every wholesale house doing_bu fixed place of busine: after the Sth day of relieved of all license tax > posed upon such business of manufactur- n a g or selling goods, wares and merchan- 1se. ““As the Board of Supervisors has full power to impose license taxes with the ex- of gold, appropriately inscribed. The | cepti bove noted, it is not impossible ! members of the Chamber of Commerce to say what license taxe: | thought it would be the proper thing to resent a case for the repose of the «m. lem of authority and yesterday Pr dent Nelson sent to Washington the gavel inclosed .n a beautiful burl redwood case lined with a purple velvet, The combina~ tion is a beautiful gift. other than those Mr. Lane is als license tax can lej sale of imported s in unbroken p ages, such tax having been held by Ch Justice Marshall to be In violation of the | provisions of the Federal constitution. be collected for the are just the hats for those who like good, honest, well- made hats, in the latest shapes—hats that are guar- anteed to wear and give the wearer his money’s worth. Hawes hats are like true friends—the more acquaint- ance you have with them the better you like them. Cultivate the friendship of a Hawes and you will appre- ciate our suggestion. 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