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Free baths; f.f& room; fire grates in every room; «ll night, CUSHMAN, | AMUSEMENTS. (GRAND OPERA-HOUSE TELEPHONE MAIN 532 CROWDED EVERY NIGHT. MATINEE TO-DAY. Immense Success of the Third Edition of ALADDIN JA. DON'T MISS THE IRISH CAKEWALK. | USUAL POPULAR PRICES. Good Reserved Seat In Orchestra at Thure- day and Saturday Matinee, 25 cents. Branch Ticket Office, Emporium, GRAND OPERA-HOUSE-~Special. THURSDAY APTERNOOK, March1,at 3:18 | FOURTH ‘Grand Symphony Concert | HENRY HOLMES, 70 MUSICIANS IN THE ORCHESTRA. Reserved Seats—%c, 50c, Tc, $1 and $1 5. Bale begins at Sherman, Clay & Co.'s THIS | (SATURDAY) MORNING, at 3 o'elock. Walhalla’s Anniversary. Walhalla Lodge of the Rebekah branch of the Odd Fellows will this evening cele- | brate the twelfth anniversary of {ts insti- | tution by an entertainment and ball in | the banquet-ball of the Odd Follows' buflding. _————— “The Proof of the Pudding.” It you don’t belleve the balance of the old saw, o to Zinkand's and eat one of those fam- ous dinners. . e G e Died From His Injuries. John Lane, who was Injured at the Un- last night at the City and County Hos- pital. fon Iron Works on last Wednesday, died | FRANCISCO CALL, h one of ti !Efi"'fi dfllstlnce from the scene of the SATURDAY, WELLS-FARGO THE WAR R Judge Barry Again Decides in Favor of the People. Avaricious Corporation Cannot Legally In- crease Rates. ELLS, FARGO & CO. have again met defeat in their effort to evade the burden imposed upon the corporation as a com- mon carrier under the provis- fons of the war revenue laws. Ever since the enactment of these laws litigation, in which Wells, Fargo & Co. appeared as de- fendants, and in which the plaintiffs went into court to combat the shifting of this burden upon their shoulders, has dragged its weary length through the, tiresome and endless technicalities of the law. Each time the defendant corporation met defeat and its duty toward the people |'and the Government was pointed out to | it anew. With that persistence, however, which is born of avarice, it continued to dety the law, as litigation, if. properly handled, is cheaper than obedience to the mandates of the contested statutes. Justice of the Peace Barry yesterday handed down an opinion in the case .of G. B. Benham against Wells, Fargo & Co., which was instituted to recover dam- ages for the refusal of the corporation to accept a package for shipment without there was first affixed to the manifest, evidencing the transaction, a revenue stamp, as required by law. In his opinion Judge Barry sustained his decision here- tofore rendered in the case of Costley against the corporation, and ordered that judgment be entered in favor of the plain- e oc $10_ ana costs of action. . Judge Barry holds that the corporation is con- | clusively responsible for the payment of the tax, and that the law makes it man- datory upon the corporation to bear this burden and not shift it upon the shoulders of its patrons, “for the words seem so plain as not to need any authority.” Cannot Raise the Rates. Although the point was not in issue In the case at bar, Judge Barry virtually decides that-the threat of the company to raise its rates for the transportation of goods if forced to pay the war tax, in order to ‘“‘evade the duty imposed upon it by act of Congress,” is plainly illegal, and says that this course could not prop- erly be encouraged by any court in the land. Judge Barry's decision reads: This s an action by G. B. Benham against Wells, Fargo & Co., common car- Tiers, engaged in the business of carrying freight. goods and merchandise to and from different parts of the State of California. The question involved, outside of the ques- tion of damages, is as to the construction of schedule A of the war revenue law of the United States of 1898, entitled ‘“‘An act to provide ways and means to meet War expenditure, and for other purposes, approved June 18, 18%,” which reads as fol- 1o It shall be the duty of every railroad or steamboat company, carrier, express company.or corporations or persons whose occupations are to act as such, to issue to the shipper or consignor, or his agent, or person from whom any goods are accepted for transportation, a bill of lading, manifest, or other evidence of receipt and forwarding for each ship- ment received for carriage and transporta- tion, whether in bulk or in Loxes, bales or bundles, or not so enclosed or inclosed; and there shall be duly attached and can: celed, as is in this act provided, to each of said bills of lading, manifest or memor- andum, and to each duplicate thereof, a stamp of the value of 1 cent. “Provided, that but ome bill of lading shall be required on bundles or packages of newspapers when inclosed in one gen- eral bundle at the time of shipment. Penalty for Non-Obedience. “Any failure to issue such bill of lading, Exp: FEBRUARY 24, 1900 MUST OBEY EVENUE LAWS [ e i ok 2 >+ eOeDed e PedeIed i o > L R I JUSTICE OF THE PEACE BARRY. manifest or other memorandum, as herein provided, shall subject such railroad or steamboat company, carrier, express com- pany or corporation or person to a penalty of 30 for each offense, and no such bill of lading, manifest or other memorandum shall be used in evidence unless it be duly stamped as aforesaid.”” The decision in the case now under con- sideration _turns on the proper comstruc- tion of schedule A, quoted above. It will be observed that it is the duty of the com- mon carrier to issue to the shipper a bill of lading or other evidence of receipt, a legal receipt, which is a stamped receipt. | If the common carrier should refuse to issue a stamped receipt, it must pay a pen- alty of $50 for each offense. When we find that Congress has in such a case provided that for violation of this enactment liabil- ity in the sum of $50 shall attach, the in- ference {s irresistible that a penalty wi intended to be imposed on the common car- rier and not the shipper. It is plain to me that it is the intention of Congress to require the express companies to deliver to the person offering for ship- ment any goods or packages, a receipt for the same, and it requires =aid receipt to have attached to it a revenue stamp of 1 cent. It is the duty of the express com- pany to deliver to such shipper a full and complete receipt; and a receipt would not be full and complete or legal unless it had attached to it & canceled revenue stamp of the value of 1 cént. It is true that the express company. the defendant, has a right to dstermine within reasonable limits what its charges would be for the transportation of goods through its office, but the right to determine and make reasonaable charges for transportation of goods iz, in my opinion, a different thing from the increase of rates which has hith- erto been deemed reasonable for the pur- pose of evading the payment of the tax directed by Congress for the raising of rev- enue for carrying on the war. No Encouragement for Evasion. 1 do not belleve under any view that may be taken of the law, that uny court could properly encourage any Dperson OF COrpora- tion in thus evading a duty which is cles ly imposed on it by the act of Congress. Tt may be burdensome upon the defendant to have to pay the tax. But as it is im- posed clearly by the lawmaking power, it is the duty of the court recardiess of con- sequences to enforce it. It is admitted, and it is conclusive so far as this action I8 concerned, that the charge of 30 cents was tendered by the plaintiff, and it is conceded by the pleadings that such charge was the regular and usual charge for such services. What these principles and rules are, and what the result of their application here, are already determined so far as this court is concerned. The Superior Court has and I am bound by its_ decision. No. 7620, | spoken, In Costley vs. Wells-Fargo, tice Court affirmed by Judge Troutt, Oc- tober 22, 15898; also opinion of Superior Court of Michigan, affirming judgment of the court below: the foregoing decisions are overwhelmingly to the point as to which [ cite them, namely, that it is the duty of the express company to furnish a proper | legal stamped’ receipt. It is evident that the express company is obliged to affix the stamp and pay the tax. The words seem €0 plain as not to need any authority. Judgment for the plaintiff for $10 costs. ROBBERS BOLD ECURE MONEY AND JEWELRY Daring Hold-Up on Bryant Street. Frank Connell, an employe of the South- ern Pacific Company, who lives at 363 Grove street, was held up by two men at Seventh and Bryant streets a few nights ago and robbed of $271 and a gold watch and chain. The robbers wore masks and were armed with long revolvers. The victim of the daring hold-up had returned from San Jose on a freight train and was on his way home when confront- ed by the robbers. One of them, in lan- guage more forcible than elegant, ordered him to throw up his hands under penalty of being made a subject for the Coroner. After gazing at the two revolvers which were menacingly pointed at him, Conueli, realizirig that the men meant business, obeyed the command. The robber who acted as spokesman then passed his pistol to his companion and at once proceeded to search his vic- tim. In Connell's inside vest pocket he found a bunch of bills aggregating $271, which the robber appropriated, as weil as a gold watch, whic Connell prized dearly on account of its being an helrloom. After “apologizing” to Connell for taking the e mep ordered him to "get’ ing riddled with bullets. Evi- to escape with his life, Connell leaving the scene. I)I:e.d OIB the hi{hw‘ymeral, alon ryant street, and, g".‘:‘;‘f" n.n“ Omf:m oegel and Tracy, mesting P onia them of what had occurred. They made a thorough search of the vi- cinity, but without Eetting a trace of the wever, foi ‘masi men. They, Mo e robbers had used, a ng to holdup 11 descrives the man who ordered him to throw up his hands as being about 5 feet 10 inches in height. He wore a black coet and a black derby hat and weighed about.170 pounds. The other was *0 0404040404 0404040+4040+0 ?00000000 404040 | @404040 404040404 040404040 +04+0+04 040404040+ 0+0+040+@ DISORDERS OF MEN. Stric tly Reliable. Dr.Talcott & Co. mw-?--lm Men Only. cured in one week at office or four weeks' bome Taints, every form of Weakness a specialty. ‘We are always willing to wait for our fee until cure Is effected. Full information cheerfully mailed #040404040404040404040404040¢0 about § feet 6 inches tall and weighed about 13 pounds. He was dressed in a dark suit of clothes and also wore a derby hat. Both men had their coats buttoned up to their chins. ported at police headquarters several de- tectives were sent to arrest the palr. Ac- companied by Connell, they visited the water front, expecting that the robbers would sitempt o leave the city. After wait whom ht was one of the individ- uals who keld him up. He was taken into custody and at once removed in the patrol wagon to police headquarters, where he was recognized by Detectives Ryan and O’Dea of the Southern Station as “Jack™ £nnis, an all-around crook. Notwith- standing that Connell was almost positive that Ennis was one of the robbers, the suspect proved that he was in the Cit and County Hospital, visiting a alc] friend, at the time of the holdup. He was then allowed to go after being told that his presence was not desired In this eity. e thou, Unionized Newspapers Preferred. The Labor Council at its meeting last night adopted the following resolutions and appointed a committee of ten to pre- sent the same to the Supervisors at their meeting on Monday: Whereas, The clerk of the Board of Super- visors, in advertising for bids from newspapers to do the city printing, let it be known that blds would not be recelved from any news- paper that is not entitled to use the label of the Allied Printing Trades Council; 3 whereas, the Board of Supervisors at an ad- journed meeting last Wednesday evening in- structed the clerk to readvertise for bids from non-union newspapers; therefore be, it Resolved, By the San Francisco Labor Coun- cil that we protest agalnst this action and de- mand that no paper not entitled to use the union label be selected as the offictal paper of this city and county. Resolved further, That the Mayor and the Board of Supervisars be furnished with & eopy of these resolutions. The delegates from the Coppersmiths’ Union complained of the action of the heads of the Union Iron Works for adver- tising for coppersmiths in the Eastern States and when they got a sufficient number here they discharged the old hands who have been identified with the union, As a solution of the trouble it was decided that the subject matter be referred to the law and legislative com- mittee with Instruction to urge a bill be fore Congress requesting that all Govern. ment work be done in Government yards. e g Don’t You Want a Carpetf A very good carpet at a very low figure? Of course you do. And, of course, ther just one place where these two_elements agree. at is the Indianapolis Furniture Company, 750 Mission street. . ————————— Next Symphony Concert. The fourth of the series of symphony concerts under the direction of Henry Holmes will take place at the Grand Opera-house next ursday afternoon at 3:15 sharp. The programme, the best yet oflered.rfs as follows: Overture, n- s Ca.ve‘(‘ségdendelu)sohn); 'gmff\ony in o . 61 umann); symphonic poem, “f)n?-s:e Macabre” (Saint 53:.;); overture, “Oberon” (Weber). The sale of seats will begin this morning at Sherman, Clay & Co.’'s at 9 o'clock. plbun s U S Beat His Divorced Wife. Mrs. Amelia Marcowits, 420 Larkin street, swore to a complaint in Judge Cabaniss’ court yesterday for the arrest of her divorced lmll-unli Hm%m f battery. They were ‘witz, on the charge of ba vorced th: and she got the ree weeks custody of the two children. He went to Thursday night and asked her and because she him Immediately after the robbery was re-| some time Connell espied a man | B e T R S PPN | | | | | THE FRIEND OF MICHAEL ANGELO. Copyright, 1900, by Seymour Eaton. BIOGRAPHICAL STUDIES FOR GIRLS. BY CHARLOTTE BREWSTER JORDAN. % IL—VITTORIA COLONNA. (1490-1547.) Those who remember the prominent dates of history through their association with other important events will be as- sisted In remembering the time of Vit- toria Colonna, the celebrated Italian woman poet, by bearing in mind that she was contemporary with the three great forces which brought about the Renals- sance—viz.: The spirit of adventure which bore fruit in the time of Columbus, the invention of printing and the consequent revival of classic learning. She was born Jjust two years before Columbus discover- ed America; she was the friend of Tasso and his literary constituency, and she so softened by thelr friendship the tempera- ment and work of the rugged Michael An- gelo that her influence was indelibly stamped upon the maturer work of this king among artists. At the time of Vittoria Colonna's birth (1490) the family estates, already very large, had been greatly enriched by a gif Qo000 4690000000000 00 VITTORTA COLONNA. ymany of her husband’'s imperfections. His last achievement, however, strained even her loyalty. As ‘general-in-chief of the armies of Lombardy (at the age of 35) he betrayed his allies in a treacherous lot which he had originated against the Emperor Charles V. As a reward for his infamy he was accorded the rank of gen- eralissimo of the imperial forces in Italy, a gratification which he _did not live to enjoy for a year. When Vittoria heard rumors of her husband’s base part in this transaction she wrote him a letter be- seeching him to abandon the project, in- sisting_that she would far rather be the wife of a_loyal and upright man than of a king. By the time this letter reached Pescara he was alpeady beginning to feel disastrousTeffects from his three wounds at Pavia, which, combined with the un- easiness conseéquent upon his treachery, caused this Italiap Benedict Arnold to ex- perience a sudden and premature falling away of his strength. In alarm he sent for his wife, whom he had not seen in three years, but while hastening to_join him she was met with the news of his death. s st eiedteirdeioe® | T I L S 2 RO R et ] of many beautiful towns and castles from of Vittoria’s father, It was in_ome of these newly acquired strongholds, the castle of Gondolfo, whose wooded heights overlooked the lake of Albano and the gal'cluresquely walled but gloomy town 0![ arino, that the baby Vittoria was born. | She was not destined, however, to remain | long in this feudal retreat, where the tur- | bulent Colonnas and their kindred, the | Orsinis, raided and harried each other’s | fiefs, much in the manner of the bor- der warriors of Scotland. i In order to cement more firmly the | shifting allegiance which the princely | Colonnas had sworn to Ferdinand, King ragon, this moaarch arranged a mar- riage between Vittoria, then a child of 4| years, and hs subject, Ferdinand d'Ava- | os, son of the Marquis of Pescara, a lit- | tle boy of her own age. As this childish | betrothal was dectded upon with about as much sentiment as a feudal lord would | display in bartering his serfs, it is rather | surprising to learn that the openly mer- | cenary transaction turned out most fa- | vorably for these princely children. Im- | mediately after her betrothal Vittoria was | sent to the island of Ischia, the home of her future husband, that she might be educated with him under the care of the widowed Constanza d’Avalos, Duchess of Francavilla, the young Pescara's elder sister. This remarkable woman, by royal appointment, had Leen made Gov- ernor and Chatelaine of Ischia, one of the | most important keys of the kingdom. In | this cepacity she showed rare prudence | and energy, and as an eminently cultured woman gathered to her island home the finest Intellects of the day. In this de- lightful atmosphere Vittoria and Ferdi- nand developed congenial literary tastes and passed most huvgie),v and affectionate- ly the days of their betrothal. When they reached the age of 17 their marriage was celebrated in_Ischia with much pomp and ceremony, The flower of | Ttaly, sailing homeward in their beauti- fully appointed boats from the island wed- aing, pronounced the bride and groom to | be mentally and physically of the noblest | patrician tipe. Among the tamily archives | n the Colonna palace is to be found a most painstaking document setting forth the merits, color and price of the elaborate gifts exchanged by the bride and bride- rroom. e two-year honeymoon fsllow- ng this brilliant wedding has frequently been alluded to by Vittoria as the truly happy part of her life. At the end of this time Ttaly was about to enter upon that {eflod generally xnown as the second dark age in her history. During the three years between 1453 and 1496 Naples had been governed, more lit- nnllidlunderod. by five Kings. Milan, too, proved a tempting bone of con- tention for which the Ki; France and Spain were carrying fare, the Pope siding with Spaln while Venice aided France. When one considers zelfl_v ferment was but typical of the upheavals convulsing all of Ttaly one can better comprehend & stase | of affairs which urged the voung Pescara to leave his bride, buckla on his shicld | bearing_the ancient motto “With this or on this” and join his father-in-law in the | flelds of Lombardy. In the early part of | his career flying visits home, which grad- | ually became more hurried and less fre- | uent, relieved the sternness of his life. | e was left for dead upon the field of | Ravenna, but recovered from his wounds | during a imprisonment at Milen. | While here he diverted himself somewhat | after the fashion conspicuous in Mariber- ough by writing a “Dialogo d’Amore,” In- | scribed to his wife. Her reply. in a poem | 112 lines long, s noteworthy, not so much on account of its Ingenious elegance and | triteness as because it Is the first of her | writings upon which her claim as poet was founded. In Ischia Vittoria strove to prove harself as true a soldier's wife as she had been a ler's daughter, and beguiled Pes- cara’s absence her studies with the noted wits and scholars of the day and by | devoting herseif to the education and | moral development of her adopted son. | Alphonso d'Avalios. the cousin and heir of | her husband, Vittoria discovered in this beautiful but somewhat wayward boy a | 2 fine intellect and the . of a nable | man. ese she so carefully develc that the little tamed lon soon loved her as a son, became a brave, renowned mar, and m:oom upon his gentle, child- less as the mother of his moral ure. '-.Atl far as le Vittoria kept herself e Sy By T ¥ portions of his life which mods hb‘to-‘ of a ted lern rlans condemn. Descendant herself long dl‘nnltrlo\u line nof Lorinnmsn Snd sharing the FLEAR s | devoted romantically over At the age of 36 the Marchioness of Pes- | Martin, the Colonna Pope, a great-uncle | cara, always better known by her maiden name of Vittoria Colonna, became a widow and spent the next ten years of her life in writing poems of despair While these sonnets show a great im- provement over those written to while | away the time in her Ischian retreat—as all work gains in strength under sorrow's rn discipline—they still lacked the forceful hand of a great poet. One hundred and thirty-four in all, the changes are rung with amazing ingenuity upon the virtues of the ferocious Pescara, one son- net even going so far as to express the widow's metrical fear that she might not be sufficiently prepared to be admitted into the same heaven with her incom- parable spouse. Those who bring heavily the charge of Insincerity against thes poems, which were eagerly awaited by the literary populace and jealously handed from king to cardinal, must remember that ‘at this time the sonnet, despite its artificial restrictions, was the acknowi- edged vehicle of the thought of the day: that the lothsome detalls of Pescara's cruelty probably never pierced the insu- lar solitude of Ischia, and that Vittoria, who had seen hé® husband but seldom since he became a professional warrior, lived largely upon her memories of their romantic youth. During the latter part of her life the Marchioness became deeply interested in the more progressive religious views stir- ring through intellec later sonnets known as the ale” show plainly the broadening touch of the renaissance. Several medals which we: struck of her at this time show her in the full bloom of her power and attest the adoration of Italy. She lived to see three editions of her poems published, coples of her sonnets being as eagerly snufh! as the book of the day In our circulating - brary. She was, owever, utterly un- spoiled by the adulation of the contempo- rary poets, wits, diplomatists and other officers of state or church, because her mind was set upon higher things. The last ten years of her life were hal- lowed by the pure Iriendshlr of M el Angelo, The grace and delicacy of Vit- tol earlier sonnets now gained in force and inspired the great arist to wield the poet’s pen with the same boldness with which he had used the chisel and th brush. She also did much to soften ti harshness of the artist's religious view: and his biographers record with satisfac tion that the last few years of his embit- tered life were sweeteried by the compan- fonship of so noble a woman. One of Michael Angelo’s sonnets pays this appre- ciative tribute to her benignant influence: If it be true that any beauteous thing Raises the pure and just desire of man From earth to God, the Eternal Fount of all, Such I believe my love; for as in her So fair, in whom I all besides forget, I view the gentle work of her Creator— 1 have no care for any other thing Whilst thee I love. Dissensions in the Eternal City, In which the Celonna chiefs took up arms against the Pope, combined with the pre- mature death of her adopted son, the Marquis del Vasto, so preyed upon Vit- toria Colonna’s streneth that she went in- to the retirement of a convent as she had done at the time of her husband's death. Here, in the convent of St. Ann¢ he died in 1547, In the fifty-seventh year of her agg. She was attended to the last by her fafthful comrade, Michael Angelo, whoge remaining years were lived in the memory of this most honorable friendship. In these dn‘;! Vittoria Colonna’s grace- ful and polished poetry would scarcely gain acceptance In the current magasines, for it lacked the originality and creative force of genfus. Nevertheless it was quite on & par with the work of Tasso and his conlemgonrles. and was closely_modeled after the work of her master, Petrarch. Judged by the standards of the time, which polished the shell at the expense of the kernel, her sonnets proved the one point of unanimity in faction-spiit Italy. which led her numberless o ns and the title of the divipe in , with he same enthusiasm with which it be- stowed upon her contemporary, Raphael, the title of the divine in art. | | A complete history of the Senatorial elections of Califor- nia will appear in next Sun- with day’s Call, of the Semators. This article will be worthy of preservation by every citizem of the Golden State. + s s Sl ettt rb bt s