The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 12, 1902, Page 7

THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1902 - I &seLasco S THAL, Market Street, Near Eighth. Phone South 533 TO-NIGHT—ALL THIS WEEK. MATINEES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. The Charming Comedy Drama, SUNSHINE OF PARADISE ALLEY! DON'T MISS THE GPEAT SPECIALTIES | INTRODUCED THIS WEEK. PRICES Eveninss - _10¢ to 30c Matinees 0c, 15c, 25¢ Next Week—"A DARK SECRET.” uRAN OPERA | 1% &9 House ND TO-MORROW | [ LAST TWO NIGHTS OF “THE CHRISTIAN.” Week Beginning MONDAY EVENING Next | THE FRAWLEY COMPANY In Charles Coghlan’s Dramatic Melodrama, “JOCELYN” | | cluding WILTON LACKAYE, | EVA D ISON and EU 15c, 25c, 5oc, . 25c and 50c All Matinee: Great Cast, ALICE JOH! N, E GENIE THAIS LAWTON POPULAR PRICES—10c, Orchestra Seat: 5. | between two or more persons to defraud DAN KEVANE ACCOMPANIES I B ® Continued from Page Five. ! nia and the defendants. The court has the right to require the District Attorney | to prosecute the case under the law. It | has an officer appointed to prosecute, paid | by the city and county to prosecute; re- quired by his oath to prosecute. There is | no allegation about that in this petition. | | If you e a petition which was based on fraud—and collusion is fraud—it | is a singular conception, as I said be- fore, of the office of the writ of prohibi- tion, to say that any kind of collusion or fraud will be examined into by the court to determine whether the court has juris- | diction of this class of cases. It is an attempt to divert the judicial attention from the real issue to something which has no merit, no bearings and no place its consideration. | Collusion is deflned to be an agreement of his rights by the forms of to obtain an object forbidden by | law, as for example, where husband and | wife !lude to obtain a divorce for a! cause not authorized by law. It is an of- fense against the court. It is contempt | of court = only case on that subject | that 1 have found in this State is directly | a vers law | against the gentleman. That is the case | MATINEE TO-DAY (SATURDAY), JULY 12 Parquet, any seat, 25c; balcony, 10c; chil- | dren, any part excepi reserved, 10« | A VAUDEVILLE HUMMER! Valerie Bergere and Company; James J. Morton; The Rosseaus; Russell Brothers and Company, and ths| Biograph. Last times of James Thornton, Linton and McIntyre, Mr. and Mrs. Waterous, and Avery and Hart MATINEE TO-DAY. GOOD R ERVED SEAT 25c. for all performances up to Sunday, July 20. THEATRE eccasco &y, ported by HITTLFSEY. Breaking Dramatic LIKE IT." SAN FRANGISCO'S LEADING THEATRE Curtain rises evenings at 8:15—Matinees at 2. | CHARLES FROHMAN Presents HENRY MILLER, MARGARETANGLIN SPECIAL COMPANY. | DAY—To-Night—Last Time. ony Hope's Delightful Romantic Comedy, ADVENTURE OF THE LADY URSULA. | Week—Oscar Wilce's Lendon, New York and San Francisco Comedy Success, *“The importance of Being Earnest,” Greates the Last Miller Season, | 1 day and Saturday. THE Next Success of TIVOLE EVENINGS AT 8 SHARP! MATINEE SATURDAY AT 2 SHARP! LAST TIMES—DON'T FORGET. THE IDOL’S EYE MONDAY, July 14, Great Revival of THE SERENADE. NOTE. — The GRAND OPERA SEASON OPENE on MONDAY, July 28. Reservation of Seats for the Season begins DAY, July 14, at 8 a. m. PULAR PRICES—25c. 50c and Telephone Bush 9, 75 PEOPLE ARE COMING 300 MILES TO SEE OUR GREAT TRIPLE BILL, «POUSSE CAFE,” «ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA,” | «A ROYAL FAMILY. ,-8ay or to to-morrow’s MATINEE. | Children at matinees, 10c. California LAST TIMES OF THIS PLAY, TO-DAY AND TO-NIGHT. MR. FREDERICK WARDE And Hie Powerful Company in FRANCESCA DA RIMINI TO-MORROW NIGHT, THE LION’S MOUTH Mr. Warde's Second Big Production. SEATS READY. CHUTES! Fulton Street and Tenth Avenue. MODERN VAUDEVILLE EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ROSCOE_ AND SIMS; THE EDGERTONS: KELLY AND__VIOLETTE; CARROLL EROTHERS. HILL AND "WHITAKER: MOVIN THE SISTERS MEREDITH AND NEW G PICTURES. DAILY AND NIGHTLY!—DON'T FAIL TO SEI Hardy Downing lzmp the A HOST OF ATTRACTIONS GROUNDS! Loop. Phone for Seats—Park 23. CALIFORNIA LEAGUE GAMES. THURSDAY. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, 3:15 P. M. SUNDAY, 2:30 P. M. SAN FRANCISCO vs. SACRAMENTO. RECREATION PARK. Eighth and Harrison sts. nce Eale of Seats, 5 Stockton st. iC Bathing, & N .. ncluding adm! | held | power | his first point. | plaint upon of Murphy vs. the Superior Court, 84 Cal., 562 In that case they said that even if alleged collusion goes to the question of jurisdiction, it is a fact which the court below, under the cases cited, having juris- | diction of the subject matter, may deter- mine whether it exists or not, and it was | that “when an inferior court has | to determine jurisdictional facts, | its determination cannot be coliaterally attacked upon an application for a writ of prohibition.” I think that presents the objections aris- ing on the face of this petition. Mr. Campbell then cited a number of authorities in addition to those cited by | Mr. Preston, as he said, to give the | other side a chance to examine them | during recess. At 2 p. m. Attorney A. | A. Moore commenced his argument on | behalf of Gage. He said in part: BAD CASES MAKE BAD LAW. | Mr. Moore—May it please your Honor, it has often been said that bad cases make bad law. I suppose that really means that the hardship of a particular | case necessitates, with the present com- | mercialism of the legal profession, the presentations of law which are unsound. The demurrer here presented, your Honor, goes to the case _really for the ab- sence of facts. the other matters stated in the demurrer may be disregard- ed as being embraced in the general speci- fication of the demurrer that the facts stated do not makg a vase for the issu-| ance of the writ. | Briefly stated, the contention of coun- sel in that regard is, first, that a Jus- tice of the Peace, or any judicial officer, when sitting in his capacity of magistrate to hold an examination, 1S not a judicial officer and exercises no judicial functions | whatever, notwithstanding the fact that | they are constitutional officers, provided for by the constitution, and their func- tions are provided by law, which are in their nature entirely judicial. That was The next point—curiousiy enough, swap- | ping situations—was to stand upon the | soundness of the views expressed by us. In the habeas corpus proceedings the po- | sition of the learned counsel was that while a complaint, sworn to in Los An- geles County, filed in that court, charging | all the jurisdictional facts, was regular | on its face, yet notwithstanding that, by habeas corpus in another jurisdiction, the | defendant there standing charged with crime upon a complaint regular on its face, with a distinct gvérment under ocath’ of all the jurisdictional facts, couid be enlarged by the writ of habeas corpus, because, s he said, one of the facts juris- dictional was not the statement of a fact; it was untrue, and as we there pointed out, if on a complaint in Los Angeles charging one with the publication of a libel, the accused in another jurisdiction could be enlarged on habeas corpus. be- | cause, as he said, the party libeled did not reside in_the county where the com- plaint was filed, and he could not be enlarged on habeas corpus upon any other fact jurisdictionat, extending even to the ludicrous degree that he might be enlarged because he pleaded that its le- gality consisted in the fact that he was not guiity. WRIT CANNOT INVADE. He has abandoned all that heresy, and pow, because there is a complaint before | Judge Fritz charging jurisdictional facts, 2s he claims, he says, your Honor, by the writ of prohibition, cannot invade that statement of the jurisdictional fact, and that jurisdictional fact must be left to that forum to determine — curiously enough, to a forum having no judicial functions, as_he already claimed. 1 apprehend the rule to be that on ha- beas corpus, if the complaint upon which the accused was arrested states the juris- dictional facts—the venue, if you please— and this is a part of the venue, as to the matter here under discussion—that that is a matter of defense, if it is incorrectly stated, that the prisoner may make man- ifest for himself. Indeed, the law goes further, because as to all matters which are jurisdictional, a§ to the venue and as in this case, the residence, the State would be obliged to prove before the de- fendant was required to open his mouth, | the fact upon which the jurisdiction de- ! pended. He stands on the proposition now that the jurisdictional facts stated in the com- plaint cannot be inquired into. I say there is just what there is in the relation of the writ of habeas corpus and the writ of prohibition, or rather the analogy. The writ of habeas eorpus will never en- large an accused person when the com- its face 1s regular and charges the jurisdictional fact. I say nev- er; I mean on that brancn of the subject- matter. The writ of prohibition will not permit a court of concurrent jurisdiction or any | other kind of jurisdiction, when once the | jurisdiction has attached, upon a com- plaint charging all the jurisdictional facts, the law will not permit another court of concurrent jurisdiction to entertain juris- diction of the same subject-matter upon a contrary averment. It all runs by par- ity of reasoning. The same reasoning that supports one view supports the other view. If it be the law that these gentle- men could not be enlarged by the writ because the complaint made before the Justice in Wilmington Township charged the jurisdictional fact—the residence—it has to be the case that that complaint | having been first filed it is bound to be ————————————————————— NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. DRUGGISTS MUST BE CHARY. They Sell All Kinds of Hair Prepara- tions, and Fear to Discriminate. 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Hotels CHARGES AFFIANCED HUSBAND _WITH VIOLATING HIS PROMISE — LSIE VOIGHT, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ‘George Voight of 122 Valley street, sought the assist- ance of the law yesterday with the object of compelling Roderick McNeil to carry out his alleged promise to make her his wife, or failing that to er the consequences. 'or two or three years Elsie Voight has lh»(i.\\'l(h her sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Christian Olsen, who have a comfortable home at 138 Chenery street. Roderick McNeil, the only son of Stephen McNeil, contractor, of 688 San Jose avenue, has paid court to Elsle for several years, and on April 4 last he pro- cured a marriage license, which, it is claimed, his mother cast into the fire. It is said that the McNeil family ob- jected to the marriage, but Mrs, McNell, Koderick’s mother, denied that she had any objection and declared that she had not_destroyed the document which was of such paramount and urgent importance to the young- woman who had placed her honor in young McNeil's keeping. Mrs. McNeil, in denying responsibility for the destruction of the license or a de- sire to keep him away from Miss Voight, came out with the assertion and declara- tion that her son himself took the docu- ment and tore it up. 2 At the same interview Miss McNell con- tradicted her mother and emphatically said that her brother did not destroy the license, whereupon the angered Mrs. Mc- Neil shouted at the young lady, somewhat inelegantly if forcibly, to “Shut up!” and followed her command with another as- surance that her son had torn up the license himself. PARENTAL PRESSURE. Therefore there is some doubt left as to who it was that destroyed the paper. In view of the assertion that the family ob- e e e the law that this court here will be pro- hibited from entertaining jurisdiction of the same subject-matter upon an aver- ment of residence which is directly to the contrary. The next point made by the accused is that there is no collusion. Not that. I withdraw that. His point is that collu- sion is not an_offense. It is not, contra bonos mores. Why should these defend- ants be carried to the deserts of Wil- mington? This is an independent jurisdic- tion. This is no bar to the jurisdiction of the Justice’s Court in Wilmington Town- ship. GAGE’S INTERESTS. The next and last proposition on behalf of the accused is that Henry T. Gage has no berneficial interest, no interest to be served at all here which is beneficial to him, and therefore has no right to in- quire into it, and that this merry game, which by their demurrer they admit to be going on, shall be allowed to proceed um- trammeled and unprohibited by the law of the land because, as they say, he has o beneficial interest. Originally this writ, being a very old writ, coming down—I belleve High says that the first treatise written on it was by Glanville in 1100 and something, wheré it was a strongly prerogative writ and one which could issue even at the petition of a stranger. Now, with all the quib- blings on the writ that have come down from those former generations there is still the beneficial interest that any citi- zen of the commonwealth has to see that the laws are obeyed and that matters of | public right shall go forward. As we will find as we proceed, mandate and prohibition run along very closely alifed lines, one being a counterpart of the other. I think it would be more con- venient to take up the particular ground that have been urged by this demurrer scparately at the conclusion of what 1 shall have to say upon the general dis- cussion of this kind of subject matter. Foundational in this matter is this sec- tion 9, article I, of the constitution of the State of California. Theré is provided by that an elective alternative jurisdle- tion. It is a jurisdiction that in a proper and common sense is concurrent, but at the same time, technically and closely corstrued, it is purely and simply an elective or optional jurisdiction. It might be wise to hark back a little to determine what is meant by that constitutional pro- vision giving jurisdiction in the county where the libeled party resides, or, In the disjunctive, in the county where the pa- per is published, to see.what the consti: tution-makers had in mind and what evils they scught to remedy at the time of the adoption of the constitution.’ That mat- ter was discussed at considerable length. There was a section proposed to the con- stitution giving jurisdiction alone in the county where the newspaper was pub- lished. I suppose it is not disrespectful to say that even in so strongly a dignified and deliberative a body as a constitu- convention what we are aceus- tomed to call the bulwark of our liberty, the power of the press, had a very con- siderable influence. Sufiiciént to say there were men found there to introduce a section in the constitution providing that in case of libel by the Fub ishers of newspapers the venue should lie in the county of publication, ignoring all the ancient rules that a man.ought to be tried on the scene of his crime, making it pos- sible that a newspaper published on the shores of the Pacific might libel a man residing in Inyo or Kern or Modoc or some_of the rémotest inland counties of the State, and he, even though he might be of slender means, aithough of hotor. able reputation, would be obliged to swal- low his wrath and submit to the injus- ce, leave his family and his means of liveli- liood and go to San Francisco or Sacra- mento or Fresno or some one of the large caities for the purpose of punishing in his own home the manufacturer of his ex- ireme misfortune. Attorney Moore closed the proceed- ings by quoting from the Constitutional because he would hot be able to | YOUNG GIRL WHO WANTS YOUNG McNEIL TO FULFILL HIS PROMISE. 4 jected to the union, it would seem as though that license episode bore slightly in favor of the explanation given out that McNell had disappeared from view on ac- ccunt of parental pressure. Affected by the running away or the hiaing of Roderick McNeil are the re- spected parents of the girl, the father and mother of the betrayer and the weeping giri herself, who is under the shelter of her much-troubled sister, Mrs. Olsen. Elsie said yesterday after returning to her héme from Judge Mogan's court, where she applied for a warrant for the arrest of Roderick on a charge of be- trayal: 1 really would prefer to say nothing about the sad affair. The most that I can say is that 1 intend that he shall marry me. He has courted me for some years and I trusted him. No, no; I cannot talk about it. Oh, he shall marry me—he must. He promised, and he shall keep his word. I can say no more. Mrs. Voight, the girl's mother, was seen at her well-equipped and cozy home, 122 Valley street. She is a woman of remarkable charac- ter, highly respected in the neighbor- hood, where she has lived for twelve or more years. The home shows her to be a housewife of refinement and. the be- havior of her children proyes her an ex- emplary guardian. FORGIVING MOTHER. This mother of a large ramily is a free- thinker and visits no particular place of worship, though she has no prejudices against the religious belief of others. She believes in the word ‘“truth” and ‘good- will” toward all mankind and is of a gen- tle, forgiving nature. Even in the ex- tremity of her daughter’s situation this peaceable woman has not a harsh word to say against the young man who has brought sorrow and’ disappointment to a home that hitherto has been free from domestic _turbulence or scandal. Mrs. Voight said yesterday: I had the greatest faith in the you ’ Intentlons. He gave my daughter an engage. ment ring a long while ago, and now without word or warning he tas gone away, I con- sidered him a nice young man, but T noticed of late that he acted at least peculiarly. He promised to see my daughter last = Tuesday night, but he failed to keep his word, and she found out from the R. C. Jones Lumber Com- pany, where he was employed, that he had gone’ away, and that determined her in the proceedings that were commenced in court, I Tegret to say that for the last month we haye not had the same idea aboutshim that we had formerly. I understand that his mother burned up the marriage license. My daughter went to Mrs. McNeil and explained her condition, but'she spoke very angrily to her and told her that she had destroyed the license. Kisle wil be 21 years of age next November, while Rod- erick McNell came of age about two months ago. Although Mr. and Mrs. McNell live to s 1 "have mever, fo my knowledge, even Mrs. McNeil was at her home at 688 FORMING LINES FOR THE BATTLE Registration Is the Most Important Duty at Hand. Ewell Executive Committee of Union Labor Party Recognized. The first and most important duty de- volving upon every unregistered voter of San Francisco is to register immediately. Every citizen should be registered in am- ple time to vote at the primary election on August 12. The registration to date is comparatively light; but the Republican Primary League, which has done most of the work so far, has perfected a system which will largely increase the ennoll- ment on the register. The old battle against’ the bosses will be renewed at the primary clection, and there is a gratifying. prospect that San Francisco will win as splendid a triumph as that recently achieved by the forces of good citizenship at San Jose. The voters have already demonstrated their ability to down the bosses at a general election. 1t is proposed now to rout the taxeaters and corrupt push politicians at the primary polls. The Primary League clubs in the several districts are devoting special energy to the duty of promoting tne registration of voters. Citizens should bear in mind that the law requires new registration throughout for the coming election. UNION LABOR PARTY. The intelligence comes from Sacramento that Charles . Curry, Secretary of State, has ruled that the Union Labor party of San Francisco, represented by the execu- tive committee, of which A. H. Ewell is | chairman, is entitled to a place on the official ballot. The petition of the De- laney or Carl Spelling faction has been rejected. The executive committee, which has gained official recognjtion, has given Mayor Schmitz constant and active sup- port. The petition filed at Sacramento authorizes the Union Labor party to cre- ate conventions tonominate candidates for Congress 1n the Fourth and Fifth dis- tricts, also candidatesfor Railroad Comi- missioner and State Beard of Equaliza. tion in the bay district. The petition re- cently accepted by the Election Commis- sloners authorizes the Union Labor party to create a local convention to nominate Senators, Assemblymen, Superior Judges, Justice of the Peace and Superintendent of Schools. No doubt the workers in the Union Labor party will join in the good cause of urging every voter to register at once. REPUBLICAN PRI.M.AB‘Y LEAGUE The board of directors of the Republi- can Primary League met at headquarters last night and adopted the following resolution, introduced by A. Ruef: Whereas, An ordinance of the city and coun- ty of San Francisco provides that all laborers employed by the municipality shall receive at least $2 50 per day as wages. Whereas, The laborers employed In Golden Gate Park have heretofore received only §2 ver day; and Whereas, There is a serious legal question as to whether the ordinance of the Board of Supervisors can in any wise control the action of or the wages fixed by the Park Commis- sloners. Resolved. That the honorable Board of Park Commissioners be respectfully requested to re- consider the establishment of the wages of laborers in Golden Gate Park, and irrespective of whether or not the ordinance applies they be respectfully asked to fix said wages at $2 50 per day, as provided in said ordinance. The following resolution pertaining to registration was introduced by Emmet Barrett and unanimously adopted by the Directors: Resoived, That the attention of all voters 1s hereby called to the fact that the important election of this year is the primary election which is to be held August 12, 1902; that no one can vote at any election this year unless he has registered since January 1, 1902; that registration closes on August 2, 1902, and that precinct registration will take place in every precinct of the city on pext Monday and Tues- day, July 14 and 15. FORTY-SECOND DISTRICT. The Republican Primary League Club of the Forty-second Assembly District held an enthusiastic meeting last night with 140 present. Myer Jacobs, president, opened the meeting with a clean cut statement of the issues of the campaign. Speeches were made by Norman W. Hall, George R. Wells, E. G. Knapp, T. H. M Carthy, C. E. Arnold and George W. Lewis. All the speeches were received with hearfy applause. Over 200 names were added to the roll. The meeting ad- journed to convene again in two weeks. THIRTY-FIFTH DISTRICT. The Thirty-fifth District Primary League Republican Club met last night at ¥xcelsior Hall, 2315 Mission street. A large assemblage was present, but owing to the illness of I. J. Truman, president of the club, most of the important busi- ness on hand was held over until the next meeting. George W. Elder presided over without delay. A committee of three was appointed for this purpose and speeches were delivered to those present | COnsisting of flve members in each pre- to have them exert all thir efforts in | cinct. favor of quick registration in order that distribute notices requesting voters of the they may vote at the coming primaries. The club is in a flourishing condition. Nearly 400 names are now on the register, and the number is rapidly increasing. The officers of the club will meet mext B0 20 e ) San Jose avenue when seen, and in dis- cussing the disappearance of her son and the warrant issued for his arrest at the instance of Miss Voight, said: I had no objection to the marriage. saw my son Roderick He did not say that he was going away. he had dome so I would then have everything. He came of age last May. having destroyed the marriage license. erick, nimself. tore it up. Here Miss McNeil contradicted her mother, whereupon the lady told her to “skut up” and repeated her former state- ment that her son himself had destroyed the document. éontlnulng Mrs. McNeil said: I deny having sald anything against the girl's name, for I knew nothing about her. I could swear to my that I don't know where my son is. I thought a great deal of my boy; I was crazy over him, and now he has destroyed my life. I cannot speak. I am nervous. I am ill, and, indeed, his absence has made us all crazy. What has become of him I cannot imagine. .I have no prejudice against the marriage on'religious grounds; in fact I am quite agreeable to the marriage tak- ing place. I last last Monday morning. 1t known I deny Rod- ADVERTISEMENTS. I THE ONE WITH THE IMP—How in the world do you and happy this dreadful trying weather ? keep your baby so quiet THE ONE WITH THE CHERUB—Why it's the easiest thing in the world. 1 take Convention, page 342, and Judge Sloss continued the argument until Monday at 10:30 a. m. 2 o | a CASCARET Candy Cathartic every night at bed-time.- It makes mother's milk mildly purgative, keeps the baby's bowels cool and regular, stops sour curd and wind colic. They work while you sleep, you know — greatest blessing for nursipg.mothers. 564 the | eighth Assembly District Republican Pri- meeting. Steps were taken to induce all, mary League Club met last night and the citizens of the district to register | elected Charles Bliss chairman and Wil- | i i - 7 - ADVERTISEMENTS. WHY PHYSICIANS FAIL To Cure Many Cases of Female Ills. Some Sensible Reasons Why Mrs. Pinkham is More Successful Than Many Family Doctors. A woman is sick —some disease peculiar to her sex is fast develop- ing in her system. She goes to her family physician and tells him a story, but not the whole story. She holds back something, loses her head, becomes agitated, forgets what she wants to say, and finally conceals what she ought to have told, and this completely mystifies the doctor. \ Is it a wonder, therefore, that the doctor fails to cure the disease ? Still we cannot blame the woman, for it is very embarrassing to detail some of the symptoms of her sufiering, even to her family physician. This is the reason why hundreds of thousands of women are now in correspondence with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. To her they can give every symptom, so that when she is ready to advise them she is in possession of more facts from her correspondence with the patient than the physician can possibly obtain through a personal interview. Following we publish a letter from a woman showing the result of a correspondence with Mrs. Pinkham. All such letters are considered absolutely ‘confidential by Mrs. Pinkham, and are never published in any way or manner without the consent in writing of the patient; but hundreds of women are so grateful for the health which Mrs. Pink- ham and her medicine have been able to restore to them that they not only consent to publishing their letters, but write asking that this be done in order that other women who suffer may be benefited by their “DEgar Mgs. PixxgaMm:—I have been taking your medicine for two months and write to you for some advice concerning it. I am in very poor health and have been for nem:x three years. I am troubled with a pain and soreness in the back of my head and neck which develops into an almost un- bearable headache at time of menstruation. Since last August I have been confined to my bed a great part of the time. In January I was taken very sick with one of my awful headaches, and lay for five weeks in a critical condition. OQur doctors were unable to tell me the cause of my illness. Ihad a slow fever seemingly in my nerves with a marked bilious affection. I was combpletely prostrated. My physician did nothing for me but to put me to sleep, said it was thc condition of my nerves at the time of menstruation. I was advised to take Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, and would like your advice and to know the cause of my bad feelings.” — Mg=s. FeANCES 1. McCrEA, Sheridan, Mont. (April 27, 1900.) *“DEAR Mrs. PINgaAM : — I wish to testify that I have been greatly bene- fited by the use of your medicine. After taking four bottles I felt better, my head and neck were greatly relieved. After reading the testimonies in the book you sent me, I believed that I had a tumor, and a while after when something the size of an egg passed from me, I was convinced of the fact. I now feel like a new creatures can go to my work, and can eat and sleep well, a privilege that I appreciate very much.” — Mrs. Fraxces 1. McCrea, Sheridan, Mont. 35000 REWARD. — Wo have deposited with the National City Bank of Lynd? $5000, ‘which will b:&nld to any person who can find that the above testimonial letters are not gen or were published before obtaining the writer's speeial per- mission ydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. Monday night to appoint an executive committee of eighteen members, one from each district, to be present at the Primary League Clubs’ convention. The next meeting of the club will be held on the 18th inst. THIRTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT. The executive committee of the Thirty- met at Silk’s Hall last evening and formed a club. Willlam Childers was elected president. Hale Injured by Electric Car. An electric car crashed into a wagon loaded with s¥d on Powell street, near Filbert, last evening. F. W. Hale, who was driving the wagon, was thrown to the ground and received a fracture of the right leg near the ankle. He was taken liam Loewi secretary. The executive body tog the Receiving Hospital and later re- several | decided to create a campaign committee | moved £o St. Luke's Hospital M. Currie was empowered 7 o Want Assessment Reduced. H. H. Bancroft and M. T. Bancroft pe- titioned the Board of Supervisors yester- day to reduce the assessment on the lot and improvements on the southeast cor- ner of Van Ness avenue and Sutter street from $70,000 to $50,000. Thirty-eighth District to register at once. The Republicans of the Forty-fifth Dis- trict organized a club last evening. E. M. Buckley called the meeting to order. 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