The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 17, 1900, Page 3

OWNERS OF BONDS ESCAPE TAXATION Supreme Court Decides Against the City in the Germania | Trust Case. 9@ It Holds That the Securities of Quasi Public Corporations Are Not Assessable Under | the State Law, Davsin HE. HOSPITAL. no deduc- | rendered |and other quasi public co e van 1s allowed rom the va ssess and tax r thereof, as would _be to 1 and treated ted it cannot he cases where red all over would be impos- 2 property 0 derive no of the lower in the State urities would ! greal money t the more subjects @ greater must be oge taxable. Where, invested in s is exempted e onerous be- se who are 00000‘04‘«»040@00&0000000000000000&0409004—0—“ ==HAT comes from being afiicted with | & fried truffle appetite with a fried bacon purse,” sald Frank Baker, as he sat in the California-street police | station yesterday morning. After loosen- ing the band of his trousers to permit his alimentary canal to get all the good possi- | ble out of a $2 25 meal that had landed him in jail he continued: ‘‘My appetite Is not congenital. Jt is the result of luxuricus environment in days some time past and | starvation days just over. I am equare, however, squarer than the meal that has | given me both pleasure and pain, and in | the name of its memory I swear to pay | the 60 due.” Baker, formerly a general utility man at | *e LEFT THE HOSPITAL WITH A LARGE APPETITE AND A SMALL * FINANCIALLY EMBARRASIED » 22 Baker’s Cormorant Appetite Paralyzes the Steward. O+ st e 00 eteoste0doeioie the Pacific Union Club, swung Into Swain's bakery on Sutter streat yester- day morning for a “bite.” With an ele- gance born of lnniassflc!a(i(m with gen- tiemen of the clubs he gave his order. Mush and cream, bacon and eggs, tender- loin steak, lamb chops (frenched), straw- berries and cream, cheese from Switzer- land, gdates from Persia, figs from Smyrna, a bottle bearing a war stamp, and a cigar, fragrant and fat and_tay at 50 cents, composed his “bite.” Picking up his check he advanced to the counter | roprietor in nis | and extended $1 65 to the open palm. The bill called for $225. A brief controversy was closed with the Fcli(’e whistle and Baker away to jall. “Can’'t get away with a batch of stuff like that every day,” THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MAY 17,. 1900, EXTRAORDINARY APPETITE OF HUNGRY CONVALESCENT e e e e e e e o s ENDEAVORED TO SATISFY HiS TREMENDOUS APPETITE, * * - EMBARRASSED BY A‘STRIPED PANTS L Coprer, B e S ° , he said. “Circumstances will not permit. | I have been at the County Hospital for four days. The first morning when I was driven from the officers’ table to which I had aimlessly wandered in to the pa- tients’ dining room my apetite fled. Since then my dreams have been of the old club days when the bread was baked and the cold tea was not used for lye to clean the kitchen tin.” As Baker finished his muslns the proprietor of the restaurant entere: the station and dismissed the case. you so much,” sald Baker ““1 don't owe | In farewell. “You have my $165, but as | our charge was not unreasonable I will | labor to repay you, but you must wait until my hands are turned to some re- | munerative pursuit.” VAST HORDES IRE DEPENDENT UPON CHRITY Crowd the British Govern- ment’s Relief Camps in India. Women Indorse Hudyan. | LONDON, May 16.—Dealing with the famine in the central provinces of India, which have an area equal to that of tria and a population of nearly 11,- 000,000, and which were formerly most prosperous, the Daily Chronicle’s corre- spondent at Bllaspur writes: The demand for Government assist- e is unparalleled. In one district 40 per cent are dependent on the Siekar for thelr daily bread; in two others the per- centage is over 30. In the whole area ere are 1,500,000 people with no other urces of subsistence than Government rity n the eastern division, where the crop failure was the most complete, we have | nad the best of opportunity of seeing the | antic organization evolved for grapling | with the famine. The abomination of des- | here. Not a toiler is seen in | When the last rain fafled and | ie peasantry saw the young rice} asted by the flerce August sun, | the shoots they were left without resources and the few silver o famil crowded thousands. NEW YORK, May 16.—Certain newspa- pers g made the statement that Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, had said that no turther help was needed in the famine, the New York committee of one hundre Baby Dead by Her Side. —Mrs. H. Barsamian, | to find nnamed girl | though there is a | was suffocated in United States bonds as an emergency fund and that this fund is increasing at the rate of $40,000 a month. The review of the order shows that since its organiza- tion in 1877 there has been paid to the beneficlaries of deceased members $60,000,- 000. The reports of the other supreme offi- cers were presented and referred to the proper committees, The members of the Supreme Council will go on an excursion by steamer to Quebec to-morrow night, arriving at that place on iday morning, and remain there all day, viewing the many points of interest in that old-fashioned city. They will return to this city in time to resume business on Saturday forenoon. The ses- sion will last eight or nine days. Past Regent George W. Dixon, repre- sentative from the Grand Council of 1i- fornia, was appointed to-day upon two of the importan committees. INTERESTS THE PEOPLE OF THE_PAClFIC COAST Representative De Vries Speaks of His Possible Appointment to the Board of Appraisers. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTONy May 16.—Representa- tive de Vries, who has been mentioned | as likely to be appointed to the Board of General Appraisers at New York, when 8\‘:(‘(-\! to-night concerning the matter, sald: “The Board of General Appralsers is composed of nine members, no more than five of whom shall be of the same politi- cal party. There is no member of this board appointed from any State t of Illinois and it is but just that the Pacific | Coast should have a representative on the board. The present vacancy must be filled by a Democrat. Since it has ap- peared from the press that Mr. Bynum will not be confirmed by the Senate, mem- bers of the California and Pacific Coast delegations have urged my appointment and acceptance of the placa. The matter has assumed no definite proportions and could not until the appointment of Mr. Bynum was acted upon by the Senate. All discussion has been subject to such action. At present no definite conclusions have been reached.” Members of the board receive a salary of $7500 per year and serve during good behavior. The House Committes on Public Lands | THAEE LIVES ARE LOST IN A HOTEL FIRE A Porter Performs Heroic Work and Rescues Many From Death. e CHICAGO, May 13.—Three persons were killed, one is missing and thirteen were injured as a result of the fire which early to-day destroyed the Hotel Helene at 110- | 114 Fitty-third street. Five of the injured | | will probably die. The dead: | CHARLOTTE PETERSON, dining room glirl, found in her room burned to a crisp. [ | , LENA (surname unknown to police), found burned almost beyond recogmition in the room with Miss Peterson. 8. G. McHADDEN. Seriously injured: W. E, Horn terribly burned, leg broken; will die. E. E. Tarvis, burned; recovery doubtful. Elizabeth Florence, internally injured and skull fractured; unconscious; recov- 9. B. en, inter ing from thira-story - windows = JUmP- ternaiy injured; Jumped thom Bl atany window; will die. 3 : i Miss Helen Joseph, badl overcome by smioks. " L) Druised and Stella Neilwolski, chambermaid, jumped from first floor; overcome by smioke and i ur}dn}‘n;\e’rfidly. 5 cNeil, porter, burned about Miss Sarah Hutchinson, a high luz;':l teacher; injured in fi — nj n falling from nd giimes Costin, fireman. cut by falling s. Mrs. Bruce, overcome by smoke. DR. EILMER'S SWAMP-ROOT. DO YOU GET UP WITH A LAME BACK ? Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable. FIGHT AGAINST CRITICISM OF THE PRESIDENT Friends\of McKinley to Pre- sent Minority Report to Methodist Conference. —— CHICAGO, May 16.—The friends of Pres- fdent McKinley in the temperance com- mittee of the Methodist General Confer- ence, who made a losing fight against the adoption of the leading paragraphs in the report which criticize the President and censure him for his acceptance of the Griggs decision In the anti-tanteen law, will take the fight to the floor of the con- ference in the form of a minority report, substituting other paragraphs for the ob- Jectionable sentiments. Dr. J. E. Price of the New York Con- ference, who submitted a minority report from the sub-committee, will present the matter to the conference-to-morrow. It will be sigried by over a score of the mem- bers of the committee, and, it is said by fts champions, will have strong support in the conference. ‘The majority report of the sub-commit- tee on all matters before it, including the criticism of the President, was adopted Almost everybody who reads the news- papers is sure to of the wonderful [ ; cures made by Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the t kidney, liver and bladder remedy. | It is the great medi- cal triumph of the nine- b teenth century; = dis- covered after years of g scientific research by Dr. Kilmer, the emi- - nent kidney and blad- der specialist, and is wonderfully successful in promptly curing lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou- bies and Bright's Disease, which is the worst form of kidney trouble. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp=Root is not reo- ommended for everything but if you have kid- ney, liver or bladder trouble it will be found just the remedy you need. it has been tested in so many ways, in hospital work, in privats practice, among the helpless too poor to pur- chase relief and has proved so successful in every case that a special arrangement has been made by which all readers of this paper who have not already tried it, may have a sample bottle sent free by mail, also a bock telling more about Swamp-Root and how to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. I by the general committee to—dag_ after a | When writing mention reading this generous long fight on several paragraphs which referred fo the attitude of the church on | Offer in this paper and the license question. h'I‘hu repolrzmlndorsenv send your address to total abstinence on the part of e mem- | b - bers and ministers of the church and fra- | DF- K”‘““;‘&C" 'Bf&“ ternity with other societles and organiza- | hamton, N. Y. tions in the cause of temperance. regular fifty cent and Homeof Swamp-itoow.| In regard to the liguor traffic it Indorses e et ot the ‘eplacopal address | Gollar sizes are sold by all good druggiata. Sin ana ‘deciared that licensing 1t logal: log_of Secrotary Loog fo sin,” and declar t licensin - | ter was a eulogy of y og for izes it. In contrast to the condemnation buiahln’ liquor from the American. naval ships and yards. of the President on the anti-canteen mat- Sacks-Cutaways E are making them to order for %13.50 from any of these fashionable, styl- ish and durable materials : black cheviot blue cheviot indigo blue serge new light blue serge and clay worsted Each of these cloths is a $20.00 quality. Suits made from this quality of material in the same manner as ours are selling to-day amians have fig- ers here, at Visalla and on India famine relief sent the following | to-day took up the department big tree Thomas Morgan, policeman, back in- bill introduced b; Jured. a clear com- your druggist, by letter or in person » Write your symptoms. LARS AND TESTIMO- ¥ B3 H n be made comfortable € e glasses with new ¢ adjust I Fact €. Phone Main 1 OPTICIANS /by rot™scprrine SCENTIFIC 642 MaRKEeT ST. insTRUMENTS ses. Quick AXATIVE: i DR.HALL’S KEINVIGORATOR| o 5 ooy QELS e : T T T, o hours, cures Emissions, Impo- Gleet Fits, Strictures. Los: 04 R Manhood and all wasting efleots of seif-abuse Or excesses. Sent sealed, $2 bottle; 3 botties, $5; rure any case. Address HALL'S PTITUTE, 8% Broadway. Oak Tor wale st 1078% Market at. Siscases quickly cured. Send Kuaran| MEDICAL IN- Hh:d. ACITL Also Tor tree bask. me. CaTaLOGUE FREE. | by ADVERTISEMENTS. FOR MIDDLE-ACED WOMEN. the “Change of Life” by Lydia E. Pink~ ham's Vegetable Compound. ““DEAR MES. PINKHAM :—When I first wrote to you I was in a very bad con- dition. I was passing through the change of life, and the doctors said I had bladder and liver trouble. suffered fornine years. to dome any good. Since I have taken Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- pound, my health has improved very much. I will gladly recommend your medicine to others and am sure that it will prove as great a blessing to them | as it has to me.”—Mgs. Geo. H. JUNE, | 901 DeKalb Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Relief Came Promptly ‘‘DeaAr Mus. Prxgsaym:—I had been under treatment with the doctors for four years, and seemed to get no better, I thought I would try your medicine. My trouble was change of life, and I must say that I Dever had anything Doctors failed help me so much as Lydia E. Pink- | ham's Vegetable Compound. Relief came almost immediately. I have better health now than I ever had. I | feel like a new woman, perfectly strong. I give Lydia E. Pinkham's | Compound all the credit, and would | not do without her medicine for any- .thing. 1 have recommended it to | several of my friends. There is no | need of women suffering so much for | Mrs. Pinkham’s remedies are a sure cure.) — MAEALA BUTLER, Bridge- | water, IlL. i Another Woman Helped | «Dgar Mrs. PrvgsaM :—I took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound | during change of life and derived great benefit from its use.”—MARY E. JAMES, | 188 Coydon St., Bradtord, Pa. reason of their do- t ut A n iliation was ected six weeks ago by the British Con- but it did not last long. nglish woman and he an Ar- | L Two Letters from Women Helped Through | I had | cablegram to Lord Curzon: | ¥ Mr. de Vries and or- Committes of 100 citizens, formed hers for | dered that it be favorably reported, with | Mrs. Adella Lawson, badly bruised. | famine rellef. Newspapers feport you say no | two amendments. The more important of | The loss to the building and furnishi | more funds needed. Cable full facts at our ex- | these couples with the condemnation pro- | Was 34, James McNell, the hotel por- | pense. The reply received is as follows: SIMLA, May 15.—Willlam E. | ceedings provided the authority in the | Secretary of the Interlor to purchase the groves for $125,000. The bill will be re- Dodge, Chair- "N Ve ‘or] 80 far from no more funds being need- 7 ed, every dollar is of service in saving life. A postoffice has been established at Re- We have five and three-quarters millions on | Villa, Alaska, with Willlam D. Harper as | rellef. Many In extreme destitution, All help [ Postmaster; M. A.!8. Simmons has been gladly received. +LORD CURZON. |&ppointed postmaster at Concow, Butte County, Cal., vice R. Simmons, re- moved. OPENING OF SUPREME COUNCIL OF ROYAL ARCANUM Past Regent George W. Dixon of Cal- ifornia Appointed on Two of the | Important Committees. | Bpectal Dispateh to The Call. MONTREAL, Province of Quebec, May 16.—The twenty-third annual session of S e—— | the Supreme Council of the Royal Ar-| S Pa £ | ssengers Injured. canum opened here to-day at the Hotel | LAY’I’%}E:'ILLE -&:y 18. j—The south- Windsor. Representatives from tw o o | three Grand Counclls and provinces were | Dound stage from gcouha to },kllhanlv- | Jerses, the supreme regent. submitted his | foidk blunging along In the darkness annual report, which shows a membership | gtruck deep rut, throwing the three of 200,130, there belng a net eain of mavn L B - than 7000 members during the past Fuaengers from !hi cxix‘tslde;ems. KThe It shows also that $1.000.000 wan iy er | moured are Geon e ney and Frank Emerly. PRETTY GIRLS GIVE FIREMEN THE LAUGH HE firemen of engines 8 and 15 were the victims of a practical joke sup- @ | The abstract of the conditions of na- | tional banks of San Francisco on April 26, as reported to the Comptroller of the Currency, shows the average reserve to have been 33.54 per cent, against 36.62 per | cent on February 13. Loans and discounts | increase from $16.652833 to _ $17,048.363; | stocks and securities decrease from $1,444,° {917 to $1,350,239; gold coin from $4.160,415 to | $3,543,941; total specle from $6,052,341 to $4,- | 662,600; lawful money reserve from $6,070,- | 620 to' $4.678.777; tvidual ~deposits | creased from $16,228,094 to $16,725,650. posed to have been perpetrated by fair maidens of the Hamlin School, at the corner of Gough and Jackson streets, yesterday afternoon. They responded to a telephone call informing them that the institution was in flames, but when they arrived on the scene all thoughts of heroic rescues and daring deeds were quickly dissipated by the ringing out of a jolly “Ha- ha!” Who sent the mysterious message s yet conjecture, but the fire laddies went home convinced that they saw guilt in some of the smiling girlish faces and that a secret will be spoken in whispers for some time to come within the walls of the Hamlin schoolhouse. About 3 o'clock the engine companies received a telephone call. As they dashed down the street the firemen saw girls on the fire-escapes and in the windows, with looks of terror on their faces. Everything indicated that a terrible holocaust was imminent. Some dashed Into the building, while others connected the engines with fire-plugs and stretched lines of hose. Captains Whittaker and Russell led the men up the stairs to fght the blaze. Hardly had the firemen entered the building before the faces on which had been written fear took on broad grins and the forms dropped back from the windows and congregated in the halls, where the ‘“ha-ha” was handed out in large packages. Every one In the place fessed absolute ig- norance as to the mysterious message, but Captain Russell says that a pretty name passed around in an undertone and that he has a clew to work on. Last night the affalr was explained at the school by saying that some- body had seen smoke arising from the roof and that the fire companies were ") summoned. The captains state that no such explanation was made to them. Y AR TR SR ARk ter, was the first to warn the sleeping oo- cupants of their danger. He carried Helen Joseph down a swaying ladder from the third floor and then, amid the cheers of the onlookers, returned to the second floor, where a woman was lying unconscious, with her clothing on fire. He carried her to the window and dropged her into the arms of Policeman Wolf. Then MecNell himself staggered back into the smoke. A policeman_mounted to the shoulders of & brother officer and, clambering over the window ledge, caught McNeil by the feet and dragged him from the room. He soon recovered consclousness. Mrs. Bruce, with one arm around her infant child, 'was clinging with the other arm to the ledge of a second story win- dow. Smoke was pouring out in smother ing clouds. Three policemen, a blanket, rushed into the flames which were darting from the basement windows just in time to catch the woman and her child, when they dropped. Mrs. Bruce was badly burned, but had succeeded in pro- tecting her baby, so that not one hair of ugn?end had been injured.l i 6 rescues were nearly al accom- plished before the firemen arrived. The fire started in the basement and spread with great rapidity. But for the heroic action of Porter McNell every per- son in the bullding would undoubtedly have perished. There was only one en- trance to the building, and the greater number of the guests had to escape as best they could through the windows. GENERAL PINZON GAINS A VICTORY OVER REBELS Revolutionists in Colombia, Com- manded by General Uribe, De- feated at Lebriga. Special Cuble to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1800, b; Publshing Company. 3 e Tl PANAMA, May 16.—An officlal cable from the Governor of Cauca reports that @ victory has been obtained by General Prospero Pinzen over the revolutionary forces commani;g by General Uribe at Lebll-e‘gn, in the Department of Santander, on May 14 No officlal confirmation or details have’ been received by the Gov- ernor here from the War Minister in Bo- gota. —_—— RELIEF OF KUMASSI. British Force to March to the Gold Coast Capital. PRASHU, Gold Coast Colony, May 16.— Four hundred Hausas have mobilized here, with fif: bers of tho AShant! god mines. Tne ess of the force will advance to Kumassi. The Cape S‘::t‘nlht column is hump‘ up pro- n The tibesmen are # arms against the friendly Bekwals. The Ashantis are In considerable force at Ku- massi. in San Francisco for $20.00. " To prove our claim we would like to give you our samples and you can compare them where you choose. All we ask is that you compare them with anything up to $20.00. This guarantees the cloth ab- solutely. - You know our guaran- tee for the making : Money returned if you want it; or Clothes kept In repair free for one year. When you order one of thest suits you are fully protected. Do you not appreciate buying made-to-order clothing on this M principle? Suppose you get our samples—they are free. Qut-of-town orders filled for made-te-order clothes— writs for samples ; fit assured by our self-measuring blank. SNWO00D ‘718 Market Street and Cor. Powell and Eddy.