The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 31, 1899, Page 20

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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1899. JOTACR GOOSE'S POLITICAL NURSERY RAYES. - JOSEPA-B-CASSELL -+ Old Dan Cole Is a merry ole soul, And a merry ole soul is he. On! Little Bo Peep, She lost her sleep— Ding, dong, beli! Dodge’s in the Hark! hark! the dogs do bark; ‘At first she didn't mind it, Though hetalked Jesse Moore welll i The baggers have come to town, Then asked Chief Lees, Till his tonsils were sore, Who put him in? Foxy Michael Bye, Bab): Bunting, ; With carpet grips Oh! wouldn't he, please, When he left the Commissioners Kell. Bill Foote’s gone a-hunting; Send sleuths right out to find it. Who'll pult him out? Boo-vee-d, no doubt. Oh! Naughty Michael Kell, to _roll Confiding Zenas down a hole— To have him prisoned like 2 frog At ze—ze naughty Poodle And one way slips To hold the charter down., But not for any rabbit skin Towrap his Baby Bunting in. Nay, nay, Baby Bunting, Bill is only hunting For words to quench, _ His thirst for French, ~ Since he’s ordered a Colonel's New uniform for the Paris Ex- position, three. The Chief said, “Bo, I love you so; I'll do my level bestest, 1t beats the Dutch Who made the touch.” And there the matter restest. But ole Dan Cole's Still a2 merry ole soul, Since he's left the Commissions-, ers three, For he's dropped slyly m’'e d At Uncle Sam’s Mint, q Where he’s boss of the coiner-ee Hark! hark! the dogs do bark; The baggers have come to stay; And Alford leads The glad haysceds— i All heading "Frisco way. < Bill Kemp unto his colleagues, said: “No longer I'll be good. I'll go and be a robber fierce And live in a dreary wood— Wood, Wood! And live in a dreary wood! Little Ed Coroner Is the chief mour-r-r-ner For a political pie. No more will his thumb Get dead next to a plum As he sings “What a good Majah McLumpty sat on a wall; Majah McLumpty had a great fall. Now all the tout's horses And all the tout's men Couldn’t put Majah McLumpty together again Cock-a-doodle-do! Mo Gunst has went, too-hqo! He's lost, begob, His star and job. And don't what to do! Dickery, dockery, dockt Puir Gavin gat sic a shotk— He whispert a bug In a deaf mute’s lug— Dickery, dockery, dock! “T'll go and be a robber bold, Andwhen the twents pass by I'll reach, you bet, and get that gold— I'll do it if I die, Die, die! I'll do it if I diel” There was 2 little man And he had a little plan, And he mailed it on a postal card, card, card. His consciencehad no- qualms; He expected all schoolina’ams Would easily be taken aff their Panhanate, panhandle,good Mis- ter Mayor— . Plaat us a panhandle most every- where, Bond 'em and pond 'em, and Simple Seamans met some de- mons Worthy of his steel; Dan and Mac went up to Sac To nab a trailing toga. Poor Dan was downed the first- Sing a song of gold bricks, ¥ Jsag L) guard, guard, guard. Said Simple Seamans to those OJUS;{OM f’t;.l' s]donel Sh.d' mark ’em Jim P, 5 demons: ne Henry T., he passed it; And run' .Tm ho;?’ Market Anda;‘\‘lcarc was dropped right He believed that when they writ —n:rYMd' thee, villains, yic'!" My! ain’t the colonel mad? street clear to the sca. = 5 They would tell him he was it— en said those demons to Sim- . 4 : ; t Poor %::)r:;:xll shouts to keep the Hewasloonilriah e teih ple Seamans: Oh, wasn't that a mean trick For Hennery to play— To pass that harbor gold brick On Chadbourne in that way? “Oh, you're not so many, Even if you are a big ‘Me Too’ And a hotty adjutant gepny!” himsclf, self, self. ™ But if there fall a snow Poor Bergy, Bergerot, May be buried in a drift upon a shelf, shelf, shelf. In line for extra session, While Major Mac is off the track A-trailing the procession. GOrIRINPIPRI RS FORIRIAORONON QRO TVIDLIX OXORD HOX DHOXOXOXOXOQ WITH SANTA f HPHOHPADHD LOXPHOXIROROX VA ORORDADAORIR SR PHS %W 0*0”"0»’0. tract with Willlams, Belcher & Co. for conatruction on the ground that the firm LINEH P[LU'I'AS ————— was not the lowest bidder. The court holds that the Trustees have the sole ower to award a contract and the courts ave no authority to Interefere unless fraud is shown. Therefore he sustains defendants’ demurrer. WAGNER COMPANY DROPS OUT. 1 be turned over just as soon as the rights of way are secured and we | are ready for business.' s 2 e 'BRITISH SHIP AND | FRENCH STEAMER LOST | there, but it cannot be to secure the | | money for thé road, because that is ready | now and wil Plan of Stockton and e Twenty Men Go Down to Death in Sacramento Railway. Disasters Near Chetbourg and Brest. LONDON, Dec. 30.—The British salling vessel Emily L. Lloyd has been wrecked near Cherbourg. he captain and twelve of _her crew were drowned. The French steamer St. Jean has been sunk near Hrest. Seven of her créw were lost. Epecial Dispatch to The Call ETOCKTON, Dec. 30.—C. Harp, right-of- way man for the new Stockton and Sac- | b Rallroad, to-day made certain nts regarding the intentions of the vy which are important inasmuch | - »w an intention to connect di- NEW TRIAL FOR WESTLAKE. he Santa Fe road. Mr. Harp His Bondsmen Meay Recover the in coming in on North Edi- | Money They Advanced. g to make a stralght connec- | SALINAS, . 30.—Charles L. West. Santa Fe Railroad, which |lake, ax Collector of Mo h Edison. We can also | terey County, w ain stand trial after . ',.:pv::.f ;«;:de ‘:«‘-l“l): j;l:’:: | having been released from custody. About b other roads, the same us | OUr Years ago Westlake was found y must, in order v ex- |be short in his accounts some $22,00 4 that our trains will | o 0 ack to San Francisco. ’ tried on three charges, convicted on two, ough train to San | acquitted on another and sentenced to amento we will run | serve ‘fifteen years in San Quentin, n turn it over to will do likewise h trains from | pital city. Of k up here ana cases were appealed -to the Supreme Court. Both decisions were reversed and the suits dismissed. The bondsmen of the defaulter were rd) stay of judgment was obtained and both | PROUPHPAPAPAPAPA AP A DA DX OO ARDADH DU DA OX DX DS xo:w ALL RECORDS BROKEN. Phenomenal Prog_nu Made at the Spreckels Sugar Factory. The cow jumped over the moon. And the woodpile exposed the Sing’ hey Dibble, Dibble, The mouse and the nibble; The wastebasket laughed To see the graft, coon. Qix0x050%0%x0%P %O HOROADADABAPAORPHOXPAOROROAONOKOROR DX DX HONONOXOX IXOXD ¥ O ¥ GROXOAROXPNOQ / | killed Charlle McLaughlin, a fellow-miner, | &t Ophir last Tuesday moruing, was con- cluded to-day. Justice Wills held him to answer before the Superior Court without bonds. A brother and cousin of the ac- PAPAPARIRDAPUDAPAPARIF DA DAV ADAGHIR O R DA PR OAPA D% OO RUDYARD KIPLING ILL. Novelist and His Family Suftering From Influenza. Formal Transfer of Its Property to Pullman Interests. NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—The Wagner Palace Car.Company to-day ceased to ex- ist as an Individual organization. The formal and official transfer of the Wag- ner Company under the terms of its merger agreement with the Pullman Company was effected this afternoon at the offices of the Wagner Company in this city, $20,000000 of stock of the Wag- ner Company being transferred to Pull- man Interests, and an equal amount of Pullman stock transferred to the Wagner people on even terms. The offices of the combined interests in New York City will be those heretofore occupled by the Wagner Company, and the officers of the Wagner Company will for. the present and possibly permanent- ly maintain their relative positions. Webb becomes a member of the board of direc- tors of the consolidated companies. _——— Burnett handed down an opinion this aft- ernoon in the action brought by Willlam rowne, as representative of the le of Renwood, against James ¥. Cown and others to restrain them from opening a salgon in the town. Evidence was put in at fhe trial to show that deeds to lots in the town given to purchasers by the May Be Floated on the Next High Tide. i Special Dispatch to The Call LONDON, Dec. 20.—The Hamburg ana South American line steamer Pelotas, trom Santos for Rotterdam, is the vessel which went ashore near Dungeness soon after midnight last night during a heavy storm. She was laden with coffee and haq eight passengers on board. In spite of the heavy weather prevalling the Dungeness lifeboat succeeded In reaching the steam. | er and remained with her all night. The Pelotas is so far inshore that she is left almost dry at low water. Hep sternpost and rudder have been washeq away. The urmln of the Pelotas refused assistance and Is rapidly jettisoning h Our road will be|Eight Indictments were placed agalnst | May Open Saloons. f:w:?i .;{:":“T,:’.r‘;;::::x :hn" and 1t e': liing stock, but we ex- | him by the Grand Jury, covering short- | SA, Dec. 30.—Superio = ® next high nta Fe trains will run on it | 4pe for about as many years. Jie was | BANTARO o nia oo | tide. The gale, however, continues. ~ The Hamburg-South American iine is 1n no way connect th the H American line. amburg. ——————— RAILWAY MAN’S SUICIDE, Auditor Rogers of the Chicago and hey < con hi En 4 o San Francisco would be | sued and the county recovered the short-| SALINAS, Dec. 3).—The big Spreckels | cused were present {rom Grass Valley.| LONDON, Dec. 30—Rudyard Kipling | B oonich moovidrn st qocained a amn';ipf;: oo their own, and in like manper we would | age. Westlake in the meantime has re- | Sugar mill near this city has broken all | Grimes will defended by ex-District| anq his wife and two children are con- | be no sale of intoxicating liquors in the 2 S. Mich.. Dec. 3.—Ay. bave what business we pick up between | malned in the County Jall, stoutly deny- | previous records for crushing beets. Up | Attorney A. K! Robinson. fined to thelr rooms, suffering from in- | town. Other deeds did not contain the | Jitor Uriah B. Rogers of the Chicago ang e d Sacramento for thelr train. On | ing his gullt but asserting he would di- | to last night the greatest tonnage for & SPATDE fluenza, but there is no anxlety felt as to | clause. Judgment was given for the de-| West Michigan and the Detroit, Grapng t irough business we would get a | vulge the names of the gullty parties If | welve-hour run was a little over 1400 tons. Suit Rankin. thelr oonaits fendants. Raplds and Western railroads commmy portion of the proceeds and vice versa. | be wasentto Statewprison. |t R e e however. | .LOS ANGELS, Dec. .—Harry Wyat, | heIF Sondition. —— sulcide, this oon by ~shooting Dimens “We sha not ave ol yards on the short 0, e cases havin en - . . * = " 01 t north side of Stockton Channel at all, | dismissed, Westlake was discharged from | Over 1500 tons were crushed, and for a | manager of the Los Angeles Theater, to- Will Succeed Wadleigh. New Raisin Combine. S m.'pnfll, P ey f,"‘:'l';."ll his but will use the yards of either the Santa | custody, but was soon relrrefleseon an- | twenty-four-hour run 2970 tons. With the | day filed a sult for $2000 damages against a8 in- Fe or coal roads on the south side. That | other phase of the case. On preliminary beets at are now in the bins and those McKee Rankin, the theatrical man, for SALT LAKE, Utah, Dec. 30.—George W. Heintz has been appointed general pas- FRESNO, Dec. 30.—The proposed plan stantaneous. ~Despondency over g | iliness probably caused uE f a combine in which raisin growers and the deed. means a bridge across Stockton Channel | hearing he was held to answer. His bonds- | that are yet afield and coming In every | falling to comply with a contract to play = Rogers had been appointed au r. £ the Government, will give lts consent. | men are endeavoring to get an acquittal, | day 1t will be some time before the fac- | his company at Wyst's theater. The | Wesiers Reliwar clective Jommrande | packers shail be equally represented Eas | he” newly consolidated Flerre. Maromelot “As for the :lghll!‘ :gu:vti'nbelweon here | for In that event they will seek to regain | tory closes down for the season. company appsared at another theater in ¥, uary been laid before ng o resno and | system. elte cramento, & Ha leces have Iwuefl!lon of the surety money. Westlake a been secured in Bacramento County, a: s considered almost a martyr, and a con- The largest beet yield on a small acre- age was reported to-day as that of O. S. this city. i el Mr. Heintz has been acting general - lensar ngen( since the retirement of »"1 ‘Wadleigh several months ago. Kings County packers, and after a His- cussion in a favorable spirit George B. Btk gty Wanted for Burgla; ha met with no trouble in San Jo: viction is thought to be very doubtful. tle. On eight f land 262 Noble, Thomas H. Lynch, Charies Ki Ty. quin. The people In Sacramento County | = ———— g AT T Dl LTI Sixlkars (Wlings i Ashisshia: of Hantord, W. M. Griffin and C. G. Bon. | SAN LUIS OBISPO. Dec. 0.—City yap. are taking great interest in the mudy Mrs. Langtry Sails for America. of 22% tons to the acte. 8T. ETIENNE, France, Dec. 30.—At a Rights to Award Contract. ner were appointed a committee to_con- | $hal Cook this morning wired to gay There will hbe r:’o‘ trouble 'm‘: u&e pro~ LrVE.RPOOL 20.—The Cun ——— meeting of the striking miners to-‘d-y it SANTA CRUZ, Dec. 30.—Judge Smith (er.n: the l-u'hjeczd‘wnh the Raisin Grow- {,‘" ll}c arrest of '"am Dougherty, 'tnlll: Jm:r‘.nnfmror:."rn'rsacomr:hn;er:n:moruom 71 otiier Tacania. D“whlih oty hwera Grimes Held. :e:’dymt“ pess S c:mme:fi‘:l. to-day decided & case which is of interest | &&5, Association directors next Monday. | here for larceny and against wi thers s it will follow a section line. 1 for New York to-day, n Cross, the president of the M , has among het pas- sengers Mrs. 0 actress, AUBURN, Dec. 30.—The preliminary ex- amination of Tom Grimes, who shot and owners submitting the dispute to arl tration. to municipalities. G. W. Peckham sued the city of Watsonville to annul a con~ The L&ro}ecl involves the purchase of ail existing plants at a fair valuation and concerted action by packers. s strong evidence of being a a gang of burglars. Dougherty wy be brought bere on o-mOrTOW's traln,

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