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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER vw;vfis,; 1206 MAR L ON'S R4 ,AR}\ 'l 3 Goiden Gate Ave. VERY LATEST Straight Front, Hand-Made SAPPHIRE CORSETS $3.00+ $15.00 D 10 Gea‘f‘fiKSt., \ "7 CHESTER F. WRIGHT, Foyal Worcester Con ect-Fitting Pariors. STATEMENT THE — DITION AND AFFAIRS New York Plate Glass i IN‘L’ANGE COMPANY ATE OF NEW e A. D. e be that day. as the X DANZIGER, President re me this Slst CK. Notary. Publie. J.D. MAXWELL CO.Gencral Agent T.E. JANES, Asst. General Agent, 421 California St., San Francisco | FOR BARBERS, BAK- ers, bootblacks, bath- houses, billiard tables, y-makers, eanners, BRUSHE paper- peinters. shoe !u:usflc- sta- ers, tanners, taliors, etc. BUCHANAN BROS., Brush Menufacturers, 609 Sacramento St hangers . -~ HINDS BODIES OF A MANIAC'S THO VICTIMS | Los Angeles Coroner Proves| the Truih of Higging' Confassion e Uncovers the Mangled Remains of the Insan: Man's Mother and Aged William Sheehan. ——— CUPID’S BUSY HOLIDAY SEASON AT WOODLAND Five Couples to Be United in Mar- riage During the Present Weelk. Dec. 22 WOODLAND. Oscar White- | Teachers Elect Officers. LOS AN LES, Dec —The Southern | California Teachers' Assoctation lstened a by Buperintendents Thomas M. Greenwood this morn- whic the fo it uded its labors oliowing officers B 1t; Miss second vice presi- a0 2 Pn"‘a-- ADVERTISEMENTS. ALL RIGHT IN BISCUITS But a Poor Medicine. Common soda is all right in its place rdispensible in the kitchen and for washing purposes, but soda r intended for medicine, and peo- se it as such will some day P 1‘ne crmmcn use of soda to relieveheart- sour stomach is a habit which = of people practice almost daily, is fraught with danger. ¥y temporary relief, and in ch trouble gets worse he stoma acts as a_mechanical frritant he walls of the stomach and bowels, cases are on record where it accumu- 141« in the intest causing death by onitis. recommends as the cure for so: stomach ) the daily use after meals preparation, sold by the name of Sluar(- These tablets are pleasant to the T Ppeptones ments necessary to good and which all weak stomachs Dyspepsia Tablets used regu- r meals digest the food pmm?:. roughly before it has time to sour and poison the blood and nerv em Dr. Soerth states that he in rariably uses and recommends Stuart's Dy spepsia Tabiets in ail forms of stomach derange- ment, and finds them a certain cure mot stomach, but by under iy for sour - Srompt digestion of the f0od they erenis a healthy gp,ma, increase flesh apg strengthen the action of the heart and liver. They are not a cathartic and contain no viclent drug, but are intended only for stomach diseases and faulty digestion,and generally acknowledged to be the most reliable cure for any stomach trouble, except cancer of the stomach. Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets now enjoy an international reputation and popular- | ity, and are sold by druggists everywhere in the United States, Canada and Great | adway’s Pills Purely vegetable, mild and reliable. Cause ect digestion, complete absorption and thtul regularity. For the cure of ail disorders of the Stomach, Liver, Bow: Kidneys, Bladder, | reguiarities, Sick Headache, Biliousness, Con- stipation, Piles AM all derangements of Internal V! 25c a box. At Druggists, or by mail RADWAY & CO., New York. ] FIRE DESTKOYS A DAIRYMAN’'S HOME | i | NEAR SAN JOSE AND FOUR SLEEPING CHILDREN PERISH IN THE FLAMES’ 4+ { 4—Mrs. Rueff. 5—Ma ¥ burned. é—Louts pabe in a window. of wood babe saved the hus- ldez, a hired man e heroic efforts of band and William V" Rueff. who had come from Germany about eight months ago, ted the Golden West Dairy, at the corner of Al- viso road and Hamline street, two miles l.nmmg from the ro MR. AND CONRAD RUEFF AND THEIR HILDREN, FOUR OF WHOM MET DEATH IN THE FIRE THAT DESTROY HOME. MRS. RUEFF AND HER INFANT CHILD HAD A NARROW ESCAPE AND Tk LDREN WERE BADLY BURNED. - o Special Dispatch to The Call. had been milking bt the screams of ) from the barn. Th with flames window. A k tchen door, but him back, but not before h was made f re drove twenty minutes the Conrad Rueff Saves His Wife and Three-Weeks-O:d Babe and Is Restrained by Neighbors From Rushing Back to His Deatn a | death. Valdez grabbed him and dragged he was badly house consumed, y and nothing re- lc g oclderfng pile of ashes. to the window ot dren that were burned to the chiidren. F vere: Carl, aged 10; Katle, aged sleeping. Barbara, aged 7, and Conrad. aged and two in They were probably suffocated and never window in. The room was full of smoke awakened the horrible death and the flames could be seen eating their was All occupied one way through the paper-like partitions. The smoke had evidently rendered t Youngest uncogscious v g Mary, aged these he 3 The girl red to the \h—guo “rhis held. and a dental burning the fire and uest b\' Wi the lo Ilia g0 back \‘ Hrz the hired man, who was the ¢ Tot' no rial witness Gelicat been kept Ruefl. who was the second wite of —— e ise. T z her husband, was the stepmother c in the st The sto trying to get his w The win. | the children except the babe. She is at pipe passed ‘ g and dow of her room on H.v n "‘19.{ t side | the home of her brother's sister and is it was in contact the fire | was broken in, and finally the woman, ed by grief. Louis and Mary are stavted with the {nfant in her arms, was rescued O'Connor_Sanitarium. The boy 1s et aid b arise shortly | , Rueff then tried to enter the front door - badly burned, but the girl may bef i bviey i i 11k | 10 et to the other children, He broke All of the children were born in ( MESOre 5 O CGoax. ever nE 10 milk | the door in and was ebout to enter the , where their mother died two the cows. T! v were a little | geething furnace, which meant instant s @i ittt B I e e 2 e S e | The heavy rains of the last wee standstill. raised the water so high that it wa teamsters Abr!‘: lf\‘ h?ld the %A}a! The cabl quarrymen assembled at o’cloek brnerty rm!"aal “‘r:;‘i ,i;‘fi{‘:: afternoon to draw their wages, but anfl all travel will be compelled to go by Were unable to get a cent. They had | way of Lnymn\nlo azr»d to q\m work if they were not paid ane = Cs a have been patd Come Along. ogglo. aggregating | weeks his men AR Hon. E. V. Spencer Gets Into Contempt of Court at Susanville. S R Wields His Cane Vigorously in an Effort to Prevent His Incarcer- ation by the Sheriff and Deputies. ——— SUSANVILLE, Dec. 2—Hon. E. V. Spencer spent one hour in the county jail vesterday. His incarceration was the re- t of an exciting episode in Superior Judge Kelly's court. Mr. senterced to twenty-four hours’ impris onment for k"n\emp{ but before the edict of the court be carried into effect he gave the Sheriff and two assisting of- as Tommy man whom had defrauded him out of $1. The fellow had promised Tommy that if the latter left $1 in a certain spot he would receive in exchange a bottle of ‘'ommy deposited his dollar, and he went to get the whisky he the eoin nor the bottle. sought out the man who had and tried to shoot him. The bystanders disarmed found neither Then he end one to the jury, and the doubt as to a portion of into court to have it Mr. Spencer, as attorney ! efense, interrupted the reading times and finally the court threat- | ened to commit him for contempt. This aroused the ire of the oid lawyer. In forcible language he declared he had lived In Busanville forty years, that he had never been in jail and/never expected to be, and there were not enough men in town to put him behind the bars. Then the Judge ordered the Sheriff to imprison The lawyer wielded his cane | lustily, and it took the combined efforts of three men to put him under lock and key. Each of the three showed marks of the encounter. After the attorney had been in prison one hour the court relented and restored him to freedom. Judge Kelly and Attorney Spencer have been énemies for some time. A year ago | they came to blows in the Judge's cham- bers and for some time thereafter the at- torney was debarred from legfl pncv.Ice It is feared that the feud may lead to a more serious clash between the two. ‘ ] Xmas Presents at Berwin & Gassner’s. For furs ladies should go to Berwin & Gassner, as this firm m:kes every, p.r- | ment from the best fur skins. ——e—e— Ferry-Boat Wrecked. COVELO, Dec. 22.—The large ferryboat on Eel River, at the crossing of the Ukiah wagon road, was t«»d-v carried away. Spencer was | was on | tened tbe life of a | Do not delay. shoe bargain good and st right in the right place. e and women to-morrow for °1 % a pair, the assignee shoe sale of the Boston, Market street, near Fourth. | | SANTA BARBARA, This week the greatest the world. You can wear l?“\ have rec understood wh men quit that if they full before <Christmas they rn to work after the holidays. nothing. urrridhanmy e e, BHER Workmen Demand Their Pay. Dec. 7 % and a longer were paid would re- DR. MEYERS & (0. Cure Afflicted Men UICKLY and PERMANENTLY, Oldest, Largest and Best Equipped Medical Instity and Most Extensive Practice. Founded in 1884. Consultation Free at Office or by Mail. WE MASTER wasting dis- eases, unnatural drains, lesses, ete. WE CURE special and other contracted diseases, including Contagious Blood Poison, Stricture, Varico- cele, Hydrocele, Rupture, Piles, Diseases of the Kid- neys, Spine, Bladder, etc. Aillments which have be- come dangerous and chronic by bad treatment or neglect yleld quickly to the skill of our speclalists. PAY WHEN WELL guarantee. DR. MEY- ERB l CO will let the pa- tient deposit the price of a cure in any bank in San , to be d after he is entirely well. If it is not convenient t:z do d:hh ts may ma in Honthly instaliments. M.l REMEDIES AND APPUANC[S FREE TO PATIENTS. HOME GURES A SPECIALTY .15 »5 connot call. arite for private book, diagnosis sheets, free advice, prices and other particulars. Correspondence solicited. Al letfers confdential. a.svuon l 73 u.:j‘mrs'rm Hours—$ to § Daily. 5 m“* ‘Mhm&m | Amount of fififififi g adies’ Kid Gloves | The gloves handled by latest style, with the proper t what is more important all, the) gloves are imported by us dire from the 1 vrers n Iarge quantities, and we are reiore able t hem at a pr ce far below that charged by other retailers. ses’ Kid G ine A new shipment of these gloves ISt 3 pair guaranteed and fitted at the counter. We e or- ders for any amount. By preser f s with one of these orders they can exchange them s at our . of counter. very simple, changing, etc. Silk Wa sts This makes the doing away esenting w1 ‘5 00 T\V.H"d Fla Waists, Our p"'C{ 8:‘.0() Finer grade Crochet Worsted $7.50 to $10.00 Exte'frm g $2.00, $2.30 and Feathsr Boas. rades alsg at (e,; . a2.00 = 87.50 210,90, £4.00 | RS 00 i !" 00 Ostrlch . 2 Sofa Pillows, Etc. Handkerchlefs & I\eckwear, He i andkerchiefs, hed box Embroidered box S 7 ' Store open evenings until Christmas. ! Stamping Free on all Go ds erh’ J' us to bz embroidered. Lesscns gmw in ’mrnzi V. y 707-109 POGH ST 1220-1222-1224 MARKET ST UNITED STATES BEANC‘K. STATEMENT | e STATEMENT CONDITION AND AFFAIRS s i, sty CONDITION AND AFFAIRS FIDELITY x» DEPOSIT el Scottish Union and National COMPANY LTIXOPE‘ I THE STATE OF Qe K% INSURANCE CONPANY day, as = on *1*5 of the 9, and provisi t Ditieal € de r ndensed as per b.l'\l by the Commiss Cash Cash Market Value Bonds owned by Cash in Cnmlam Otfice LIABILITIES Losses adjusted and unpaid Losses in process of AdJu:(men( ‘or in Suspense ... Gtoss premiums on Risks running ar or less, $1.224.378 64 e 4,063,484 02 1 Liabilities _INCOME. received for pre- Total Income.........cccvivaranne EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for Losses Dividends to Stockholders Paid or allowed Yor Commi: Brokerage Puid for Salaries, charges for officers, Paid for State, Natwonal and Local v Interest and @ TOEID .ooonosssocccsnsasosssssossssosse 40,444 0 on Bonds, Stocks, Loans, a All other payments and expenditures 18,431 14 | ail other sources - e Total Expenditures................. PO ® | Total INCOME -.ooeecoreeeermmmeennes 230,78 @ EDWIN WARFIELD, President. H. E BOSLER, Secretary. Stubscribed and Sworn to before me this 13th uary, 1900. | RED. S. AXTELL, Notary Public. FRANK L. GILBERT, GENERAL_AGENT, ROOMS 24-25 TENTH FLOOR, MILLS BUILDING, San Francisco. EXPENDITURES. nditures Manag me, this FOWLER. Notary Public. cures Emissions, lmw‘l:eney. Vari- PACIFIC COAST DEPARTMENT ¢ cocele, Gonorrhcea. b Strictares. Lost Manhood & R. C. MEDCRAFT, Genera! Agent, Crcesses. '.:l.a' = bottie: 3 319 California Strect S. F. bottles, $5. cure —— | dress MEDICAL 55 SAN FRANCISCO CITY AGENTS: Prradwey, Oskiand Cal Aleo for mie st #33% | MANHEIM, DIBBERN & CO., Beid tor tree 217 Sansome Street, S. F. THE WEEKLY CALL, $1 PER YEAR