The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 30, 1902, Page 34

84 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1902. . URGE ADOPTION OF BOND [530E Campaign Committee Holds Big Mass-Meet- ing at Alhambra. i Epeakers Tell of How Oity Will Profit by Geary- Street Road. adiar Il ol The Campaign Committee, representing the different labor unions and the im- provement clubs of the city, held a rous- iig mass-meeting =@t the Alhambra Theater last night. The purpose of the gathering was to urge the passage of the bond issue transferring the franchise of | the Geary-street railway into the hands | ©of the city | The large theater was packed to the | ®oors and even standing room was at a | premium. Mayor Eugene Schmitz acted | s chairman of the evening and intro- | Quced the several speakers who discussed &t length the advisability of the munici- pal ownership of the Geary-street road and the benefits which the taxpayer would derive by its acquisition. | Mayor Schmitz was a little late in ar-| riving at the meeting and H. A. Mason, secretary of the Campaign Committee, called the meeting to order and in a few | words told his listeners why they had gathered and spoke of the purposes of the organization. i Shortly after this the Mayor put in an wppearance. He walked up the aisle of the theater to the tune of a lively march which the band struck up and at once took his place on the stage. The crowd cheered and demanded a speech. MAYOR MAKXES ADDRESS. The Mayor responded with a brief ad- @ress in which he expressed his pleasure | in being back in San Francisco once | egain and receiving such a reception at | the hands of his fellow citizens. He then epoke of how he had alwa favor of the charter an ership in general, ers that he would do all in his power to ¥ the proposed bond issue through at | coming election | r Samuel Braunhart was the er of the evening. He devoted his time to citing facts relative to the| way in which the city would be benefited by the ownership of the Geary-street | road. He assured the audiencé that in the of the faflure of the project to him seemed impossible, the cit spose of the franchise at a and thus get back all that! spent in the equipment of the | P. H. McCarthy, president of the Build- ing Trades Council, was the next orator rthy spoke in a confi- he issue and tried to! fmpress the house that defeat was out of the m. He briefly summed up the different elements that have been laboring in behalf and expressed his opinion that the vote should be five to| ove in its favor. i McCs further staied that in epinion an attempt would be made on the part of the Ge reet corporation to keep the working away from the polls or Tuesday thus better their own McCarthy cautioned the cit gens to be and stand to- | get r the bond issue | would be ca by a handsome major- | ity FACTS CITED BY SPEAKERS. McCarthy s followed by former Su- | rles Wesley Reed. Reed de- | to statistics and explained went along. He spoke of how | et corporation was trying e voters that the ownership the city would increase the great burden of ex- time forth a few figures h showed huw much the corporation out of the road. In 1900, 4, the gross earnings of vere $178.000, and after all 1 been § out of this sum 1 left $78.500 make this with improved E equally well and in a few years | would be fully paid for and then | ve a handsome profit | the road. | among them the water York. N. B. Greensf then took the floor and made a few remarks concerning the | acqyisition of the Geary-street franchise. | He impressed the voters with the import- ance of working hard to carry their point | and cautioned them against being led | estray by any of the numerous circulars | which the corporation had been distribut- | ing broadcast for its own benefit. William J. Wynn, E. J. Livernash and E. P. E. Troy also spoke at length on the | issue at stake 1y broker p amid Ssuccess e bond issu loud cheers for the MORE MEETINGS A’;E CALLED. Richmond District Improvement Club Adopts Resolutions Favoring Bond Issue. i There will be three big mass-meetings | on Monday night under the auspices of | the Canupaicn Committee and the Bufld- | fng Trades Cou for the purpose of urging the adoption of the bond issue and | giving the city the control of the Geary | street road. One wiil be held at 927 Mis- sion street, another at Pythian Castle, on Market street, and the third at Seven- teenth and Noe streets. Many prominent speakers will address the gatherings on the issve. The Richmond District Improvement e ————— | i | etreet. MISS LURLINE SWANSON EVINCES GREAT TALENT IN DRAMATIC RECITAL She and Her Clever Sister, Daughters of a Well- Known Pilot, Prove -Charming Entertainers at Performance by Carrie Belle Moulton’s Pupils N | PILS OF MISS MOULTO: CLEVER DAUGHTERS OF A WELL KNOWN PILOT WHO MADE A i HIT LAST. NIGHT AT A DRAMATIC RECITAL GIVEN BY THE PU- -t HE puplils of Carrie Belle. Moulton gave their annual dramatic’ re- cital last evening at.Steinway Hall and acquitted themselves to the satisfaction of a large audi- ence. The programme, which ~included monologues, sketches, dialect. recitations and vocal and instrumental music, was harmoniously arranged and artistically rendered. The feature of the entertainment was the representation by Miss Lurline Swan- son of Leah in the curse scene from “The Jewess.” Miss Swanson is a girl of great personal charm, and her undoubted dra- matic ability was great advantage. Her frenzy shown last night to | of anger | ? upon discovering that Rudolph was, one | of the bridal pair upon whom she had |{Cameron, Miss Olga Friedman, Miss Irene been invoking heaven's blessing was a bii of acting worth going far to see. Dur- | Dickson, !ing this presentation Miss Alma FHink | Alice Ferem, Miss Mabel McNally, Miss Frank {‘Grace Riley, Miss Mae Sims, Miss Gladys sang Gounod’s “Ave Maria.” Ferem took the part of Rudolph. In addition to her dramatic power Miss | Lurline Swanson is an accomplished | Mi — g0los rendered during the first part of the programme by her sister, Miss Alice Swanson. Alice . and Lurline Swansony are.- th daughters of Captain Alexander’Swanso one of the boldest and bravet Francisco's bar pilots. Of his tWwo bonnie lassies Captain Swanson is most proud, and not the less so that they have been erdowed with ‘talents which add to their | charm as members of society. The ‘“‘Suwanee River” and “Comin" Thro’' the Rye,” rendered in pantomime, opened the second partof the programme. This was a decided novelty and put to the test the dramatic skill of the young people taking part. Those that contributed to the pro- gramme were Miss Lurline Swanson, Miss Alice Swanson, Harry Taylor, Miss Mabel Thcler, Miss Ruth Taylor, Miss Mildred Batchia, Miss Myrle Colby, Miss Nella Miss Henrietta Tucker, Miss Goeggel, Miss Genevieve Meherin, Miss Erline Piatt, Miss Norman, Miss Proll, ss M. Rosamond Meherin and John pianist and accompanied two mandolin | Hanna. L e e e e lowing resolutions: “Whereas, An election is to be' held next Tuesday for the people to decide if they wish to issuc bonds to the amount | of $700,000 for the construction and equip- ment by the city of a modern electric railway on Geary street when the pres- ent franchise expires; and “Whereas, Under municipal ownership | bords are issued only for the actual cost of conmstruction, thus relieving the com- | munity of the heavy burden of -watered stock and bonds common under. private ownership, and as public ownership re- moves the incent for. the corruption of our Legislaturcs, Boards of Supervis- o es, so prevalent in our city' and State in the past; therefore, “Resolved, that we earnestly request all citizens to vote ncxt Tuesday in favor of the issuance of bouds for a municipal rcilway on Geary. street; and be it fur- ther “Resolved, that we earnestly request all | citizens to vote on Thursday for the fol- lowing charter, -amendments: Number oue, which will enable the people to vote on the acquisition of a municiual water piant next spring; number three, which | 'will ‘permit the Geary street municipal | road to be extended to the ferry, and number six, which provides for a fair sal- ary for the Assesor.” INVALID WOMAN BECOMES VICTIM OF DEADLY GAS Amelia Wassermann, Sufferer From Nervous Diseases, Is Found Dead in Her Bed. : Amelia Wassermann, an invalid, who had been treated by Dr. Lustig for sev- eral months for nervcus diseases, was asphyxiated in her bed last Friday night at the family residence. 637 Devisadero The discovery was made at 7:30 o'clock yesterday morning by the mother of the young woman, who detected the cdor of illuminating gas and traced it to her daughter's room. The unfortunate woman had been dead for some hours. One of the gas burners was turned part- ly en. )Her family does not think that the toung woman committed sulcide. Al- ihough an invalid with a distressing mal- ! ady, she was more than ordinarily cheer- ful on Friday evening when playing cards with her mother. At 10 o’clock she re- tired, apparently in the best of spirits. The gas burner, from which the deadly fiuid was escaping, was peculiar, by rea- son of the fact that when the match was { first applied to it a current of air in the pipe would blow out the flame of the maich. Miss Wassermann was 30 years of age. —_———— Petitions in Insolvency. Petitions in insolvency were filed yes- treday in the United States District Court as follows: J. Laporte & Co. of Hollister, labilities $8083, no assets; J. Cazeux, San Francisco, liabilities $600, no assets; F. B. Freeman, San Francisco, liabilities $584, o] ) | Club met last night and adopted the Zol- no assets; T. C. Hood, farmer, Gold Run, Piacer County, liabilities $3936 76, assets $226. —_————— TARRIES AT SAN JOSE. Mayor Schmitz Pays Visit at the Garden City. SAN JOSE, Nov. 29.—Mayor Schmitz and Mrs. Schmitz of S8an Francisco spent tc-day in San Jose. The Mayor, on his way home from an extended Eastern tour, stopped here so as not to arrive in San | Francisco ahead of time and-upset the arrangeggents for his reception. They 2me in"on the morning overland and re- mained until 4:20 p. m. Mr. and Mrs. Schmitz registeréd at the St. James and bad many callers. In the afternoon Schmitz enjoyed a ride about the city with friends. He called on Mayor Worswick and other prominent politicians. With these he chatted of the bright outlook' in the East, especially the iabor - situation. —_—— Independent Foresters’ Deputies. The deputies for San Francisco of the Indeperdent Order of Foresters recently arpointed by High Chief Ranglr Orvin §. Cooper of Vallejo held their first meet- ing in the hall of Court Golden Gate last Friday night and organized by the elec- tion of the following named as officers for the year: George Q. Stewart of Court Diana, president; A. E. Cohn of Court Yerba Buena, vice president; J. Knudson of Court Diana, treasurer, and 0. K. Brown. of Court Acacia, secretary. The high chief ranger was present and gave his views at length as to what he ex- pected of the deputies during his term. Some of the deputies suggested plans for the work to be performed. These include two or three monster rallies, two or more hig class initiations, entertainments and balls. The high chief ranger announced that Deputy Stewart had been commis- sioned a deputy of the supreme chief ran- ger and that headquarters for the order will be opened in this city shortly and be placed in charge of the new supreme dep- Gty —— Will Give One Concert. Miss Lillie Lawlor, a San Francisco mezzo-soprano, who has been studying under eminent vocal instructors in Brus- sels, Paris and London ror the last five years, is in the city and will give a single concert before her return to Ku- rope. On Monday evening, December 8, she will sing at Native Sons’ Hall, her numbers including compositions of Gluck, Reis, Faure, Frank, Hollman, the ‘“Bal- lad du Desesperes,” poem by Henry Mur- ger and music by H. Bemberg, and sev- eral English songs. The Minetti String Quartet will assist and Fred' Maurer will side at the plano. Seats will be on sale at Sherman, Clay & Co.’s on and after next Friday morning. " —_— Hasburg's Gold 75c. Further reduction in quantities. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market street. . * of Sam COLORED MAN GET3 DIPLONA Dr. Thomas Nelson Grad- uates From Cooper - College. S First Man of Hs Race to Go Through Medital School Here. N Dr. Thomas Nelson has the honor of being the first colored man to receive a diploma from-a medical school in this State. He graduated from Cooper Medi- | cal College of this city a few weeks ago South, where he was born less than a profession among the people of his own color. At present he is in Los Angeles, visiting his parents -and receiving the con- gratulations of a large number of friends, | both of his own and the white race, who | know witk what high honors he left the Cocper institution. gospel, a man of undoubted ability and .with but one ambition—to spread the light fruits of his struggle for education. He was born in the South, but migrated to this State shortly after the birth of his son. He located in Los Angeles and while there laid the foundation upon which the scn builded his desire to do all he could for: the colored race, namely, a good scholastic education. The son seconded his father's efforts and when opportunity arose was fitted in every way to matricu- late.at Cooper College. He studied hard while there, and, it is said, left the col- lege with a knowledge of medicine and surgery that fits him for a high place in the ranks of medical men. cbtain a chair in a medical college: in the Sunny South and thus place himself in a position to enable, the colored youth to enjoy. the knowledge he has gained aftér years of toil. ‘There are a number of colored men but they are all graduates of the South- ern hospitals, where a negro is not given the opportunities to advance himself in his chosen profession he obtains in this State. In addition to his skill as a physi- cian and surgeon, Dr. Nelson possesses a fine presence. He is tall and slender and not very dark and a fine conversationalist —in fact, he is in every way fitted to do honor to t i 1 he prgte n he has chosen. PERSONAL MENTION. Dr. A. H. Sweeney of Fresno is a guest at the Grand. is at the California. L. R. Vance, a naval contractor of Val- lejo, s at the Occidental. moen Bay, is at the Russ. S. F. Lashells, a mining man of Biggs, is emong the arrivals at the Grand. Clinton’ L. White, an attorney of Sac- ramento, is registered at the Grand. . | W. H. Dahle, superintendent of the wa- ter works at Tonopah, is at the Russ. James P. Adair, a furniture manufac- turer of Grand Rapids, Mich., is at the Palace. tion Thomas J. Kirk is here from Sac- ramento and is at the Palace. : Chris A. Vanda, superintedent wof ‘the eating-houses of*the On%x‘\lflhvn‘ Line, is at the Russ. His head ers’ are at Albany, Or. s 3 E. L. Mine, a contractor for the Gov- ernment, who has charge of the construe- tion of the fortifications ‘at Fort Baker, is at the Russ. —————— Injunction Violators Sentenced. NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 28—Judge Par- tinge in the United States Circuit Court to-day handed down.a decision in the case of the linemen of the Cumberland Telephorte Company who have been on trial for contempt of court during the re- cent strike in this city. Six- were found guilty and given heavy sentences in prison and five were discharged. Dur- ing the strike the telephone company was granted an injunction by Judge Partinge prohibiting the strikers from cut- ting the wires, interfering with mail cars or assaulting the nonunion men who were employed by the company. The in- junction was repeatedly violated and eleven of the strikers were arrested for cutting wires and beating employes of the company. e LD i Resigns After Long Service. EAGLE PASS, Texas, Nov. 20.—J. M. Johnson, general manager' of the Mexican International Railroad, has resigned after nineteen years of service. President Met- calf is now in New York and nothing is known as to Johnson's successor. W. O. Jennings, superintendent of the mechan- Jerome J. Water has been appointed. Bl AT Artist Snydon Sentrnced. ROUEN, France, Nov. 29.—Snydon, the French artist, who on September 22 shot and killed M. David, the well-known steck broker of Paris, while the latter was walking along the sea front of Etec- tat, was to-day sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment at penal servitude. ‘Wages Are Increased. TOPEKA, Kans., Nov. 20.—The Santa Fe management announced to-day that &ll the erployes in the planing mill of the road would have their wages 1n- creased from 12% to 14 cents an hour. The new scale goes into effect December 1. PR TN Receiver for an Estate. LONDON, Nov. 20.—A recelver was ap- pointed to-day in the Bankruptcy Court for the estate of Colonel G. W. A. Fitz- The appointment was made on the pe- tition of a judgment creditor for $450,000. T < Y Runs Into Switch Engine. FULTON, Ky., Nov. 20.—A fast pas- senger train, No. 203, on the Illinois Cen- tral, ran into a switch engine here early ‘to-day. Fireman Walker and the ex- press messenger were hurt, but the pas- sengers escaped injury. Fighters on Hunting Trip. WILLOWS, Nov. 2).—Robert Fitzsim- mons and James Jeffries, the pugilists, arrived to-day from San Francisco and will spend a week in this vicinity hunting geese With local sportsmen. FREE TO THE PAILY CALL READERS. BEGINNING NEXT SUNDAY. The Newest Fad. Quite the Rage. o ““CARTOONS IN COLOR” By Oscar ‘Holliday Banghart, the re- nowned young New York artlst. Free to Call Readers. One Each Week. ", Collect. the Series of Twelve Beautiful Carto:ns in Color. 2 — and within a few weeks will leave for the | { quarter of a century ago, to practice his | Di. Nelson's father is a minister of the | among his people.and to give them the He hopes to | wearing the title of doctor in this State, | Charles F. Grant, a merchant of Napa, | $. A. Guiberson Jr., a merchant of Half- | -State Superintendent of Public Instrué- | ical department, also has resigned and george, a son of the Duke of Cambridge. | NEW THENTER BEPUBLIG OFENS Premiers of the Play- house Greeted by a Great Audience. The Reynolds Stock Company Makes a S:rong Bid for Popular Favor. T il 1 The' King is dead, long live the King! The old Metropolitan Temple, made fa- mous by the strenuous preaching of the | | flery Dr. Kalloch in days gone by, has been hustled off into the world’s great | garret of forgotten things and in its place | has-risen a new temple to Thespis called the Théater Republic. The new playhouse threw open its doors for the first time last evening and offered | to the orilliant audience seat from orchestra to gallery and overflowed into the aisles and i fover. It was like a real New York first night, too, with its bewildering show of smart evening gowns and its chattering groups of Tuxedoed men about town be- tween acts. | Barely a month was allotted for the transformation and yet wonders were ac- complished. The interior of the building was first gutted of all save the balcony. ;Thfls was altered and a gallery added with a separate entrance. Then a wide lobby | was constructed, with a winding stairway ! leading up to a handsome foyer on the ! main floor. A fire-proof wall was also | built across the eastern end from base- ment to roof, with a large proscenium | opening to the stage. |' The auditorium was a blaze of light and i cheery color, the decorations being in white, ivory and Pompeiian red, while i rows and bunches of electric lights shot out their dazzling rays from every imag- inable nook and .corner. This atmosphere of cheerfulness will ‘do much toward making the new theater popular. | All the work of decoration is not yet completed and much yet remains to be | done in finishing up the foyer and ap- proaches, but enough has been accom- | plished to insure forgiveness for the com- | paratively few things lacking. Behind | the curtaln every convenlence has been | provided, from bright, comfortable dress- | ing ‘rooms to carpenter shop and paint bridge. A The opening attraction was “The Sport- ing Duchess,” -intrdducing - Harrington Reynolds and his new stock company. There are_some good names in the cast, but aside from Mr. Reynolds and his wife and two local favorites most of them are new to the far West. i The production was a very satisfactory | one in all essentlals, though the usual | hitches -of a 'first night were now and | then in evidence. The stagehands were green, the drop curtain would not work [ smootbly and the waits:between acts were | interminable. In the case of a heavy pro- | duction like “The Sporting Duchess,” with its four acts and eleven scenes, this was unfortunate, and it was after midnight | when the final curtain fell. These draw- backs, however, are easily remedied and | in a night or two a smooth and inter-| esting performance may be counted upon. | |' Mr. Reynolds revived many pleasant | memories of his long association with the Frawley company by his easy, nonchal- ant and natural interpretation of the vil- lainous Major Mostyn, while his wife, | Blanche Douglass, won much favor as the | breezy, unconventional Duchess with | i‘sporting proclivities. 1 James A, Keane was as earnest and sincere as could be desired in the role of | { Lord Desborough, and Harry Corson | Clarke -made more than most comedians -could of the sketchy bit of Captain Streat- field. Helen MacGregor had a trying task with the adventuress, Vivian Darville, but balanced the woman’'s impulses of | good and evil so nicely that she even won the sympathy of the gallery before the close: ~Willette Kershaw as the deceived wife, Lady Desborough, was also forceful and convincing, though a little overanx- | ious in-the first-act. The denunciation of | ‘Vivian Darville in the ballroom scene was | very effective. George de Long also | pleased his many friends present by his manly rendition of the role of Dick Ham- mond, the jockey. At the close of the second act the cam- pany was called out and almost buried in flowers, the ladies having more than they could carry away. Mr. Reynolds was pre- sented with a handsome floral piece and responded with a happily worded speech | in which he promised to do his utmost | to justify the warm hand of friendship extended to him. The policy of the new playhouse will be to change its bill each week, opening with | a new production every Monday night. Next week ‘“Alabama” will be offered. Falls Three Stories to Sidewalk. John Jackson, a discharged colored sol- dier stopping at the Avenue House, Kearny and Jackson streets, got up at an | early hour this morning to get a drink of water, and mistaking the window for | a door walked out and fell three stories to the sidewalk. Policemen Handley and Holmes rushed to the man, and to their surprise found that he was uninjured and none the worse for the fall ————— Meeting of Prison Directors, SAN RAFAEL, Nov. 20.—The State Board of Prison Directors met at San Quentin to-day and much routine busi- ness was transacted. As there was not a full board present no applications for paroles were considered. The question of furnishing supplies for Folsom prison was taken up and several contracts were let. Claims against San Quentin prison | were allowed. AT R Big Republican Plurality. TOPEKA, Kans., Nov. 29.—Secretary of State Clark to-night announced the of- ficial vote of Kansas for the last election. W. J. Bailey (R.) for Governor received 1£9,242 votes, and W. R. Craddock (D.) 117,148, Balley's plurality 42,004, e Jokn Dillon’s Wife Sails. LONDON, Nov. 2.—Among the pas- sengers who sailed on the steamer Umbria | from Liverpool to-day were Mrs. Dfllon, the wife of John Dillon, the Irish leader. She has been summoned to Chicago, ‘where her husband is lying ill. Schreiner Gats Political Place. | CAPE TOWN, Nov. 29.—Cronwright | Schreiner, the candidate of the Afrikan- derbund, has been elected member of the | House of Assembly for Colesburg, Cape | Colony. He is the husband of Olive | Schreiner, the writer. | S - R L TR | Harry P. Lusk. PARSONS, Kan., Nov. 29.—Harry P. Lusk, editor of the Parsons Morning Sun, died here to-day, aged forty seven, after a long illness. He was prominent for many years in Republican political eircles ' and was one of the best known newspaper men in the Southwest. g ubasiic Thomas Smith. 1 SANTA ROSA, Nov. 20.—Thomas Smith, a pioneer of 49 and a prominent citizen of western Sonoma for more than a half- century, died last night at his home 'n Valley Ford. . He came to California from Australia at the time of the gold excite- ment. | of Del CITY @ Dry Goods $10.00 Ladies’ Silk Petticoats In a well assorted lin: of fashionable colors and black selected from broken lin.s, will be marked down to sell out at once at Ten Dollars CLEARANCE! SILK PETTICOATS AND WAISTS. CITY OF PARIS DRY GOODS COMPANY, Geary and Stockton Streets, Union Square. ioonomonoooomnmn PARIS Company. : $5.00 Ladies’ Silk Waists 0Odd pieces from broksn lines in well assorted sea- sonable colorings and black; fresh goods from this season; will be placed on sale on Monday morning to clear out immediately at Five Dollars HEAP GHARGES UPON KELLEY St. Louis Authorities In- crease Number of Indiciments. Former Speaker of House of Delegates Awaits Requisition. Rl WO ST. LOUIS, Nov. 29.—Thres additional informations, alleging perjury, were filed in court to-day against Charles F. Kelley, Adolph Madera and John A., allas “Kid” Sheridan, former members of the House legates, under indictment for alleged perjury and bribery. The charges grow out of testimony given in the investiga- tion of the Suburban cases. Sheridan is already out on bonds. Ma- dera is a fugitive and has never been ! apprehended and is now charged in four indictments. adelphia. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 20.—Charles Kelley, former Speaker of the House of Delegates of St. Louis, who was arrested in this city yesterday as an alleged fu- gitive from justice, was arraigned in the Central Police Court this morning and ‘was held to await the-arrival of requisi- tion papers. Detective Tate, who effect- ed the arrest, was the only witness. He read a telegram from the Chief of Police of St. Louis, saying Kelley was charged with perjury and bribery. Kelley waived the right to be represent- ed by counsel, saying he would return to St. Louls without resistance and would secure counsel when he arrived in that city. et NAMES ARE KEPT SECRET. Circuit Attorney Will Not Tell of More Accused Officials. §7. LOUIS, Nov. 29.—Until arrests have been made the names of the persons against whom Circuit Attorney Folk filed information Friday probably will not be definitely known. Folk was informed to- day that former Councilman Charles C. Carroll, who is wanted in connection with the boodling cases, is in Mexico, near Guadalajara. Folk's informant stated that with Carroll is Charles Kratz, who was the first of the indicted members of the House of Delegates to flee, thereby forfeiting his $20,000 bond, and has since been a fugitive. Carroll and 'Kratz, it wage stated, are in the construction busi- ness in Mexico. - Folk declined to state whether Carroll is wanted as a defendant or as a witness. It is known that the Sheriff's deputies khave been diligently searching for him. Carroll was a member of the City Coun- cil when the Suburban bill was intro- duced. Kratz, it is charged, manipulated the deal as proposed relating to this meas- ure in the Council and $60,000 was de- posited in a trust comvany vault to be pald to certain Councilmen after the bill should become a law. The money was Kelley is in custody in Phil- F. | up his hands. AMATEURS TRY 10 OB TRAIN Two Men Make a Very Bungling Effort at Hoid-Up. Shoot a Brakeman in the Leg and Then Make Their Escape. it B0 KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 20.—Two men made an unsuccessful attempt to hold up the eastbound Chicago and Alton pas- | senger train which left here for St. Louls at 9 o’clock to-night, at the Alton station at Independence, a secluded spot im the eastern suburbs of the town. The train had stopped at the station and the two men, armed with rifles, boarded the rear end of the train there. As the train was pulling out at 10 o'clock' the two men pcovered Brakeman James . Patton with | their rifles and commanded him' to throw The brakeman refused to obey and one of the bandits shot him in the leg. The report of the gun was heard by other trainmen, who hurried to the end of the train. The two robbers were evi- dently disconcerted by the turn events had taken, and becoming frightened at the approaca of the trainmen jumped from the train before it had gained much headway. ‘The work of the bandits was very crude and they were evidently amateurs in train robbing. They were not masked ana the injured brikeman was able to give the police a good description of them. The Kansas City and Independence offi- cers are scouring the country near In- dependence with every prospect of cap- turing the robbers. The passengers wers not aware that an attempt to rob the train was being made. The train left for the East on time and the injured brake- man was taken on to Slater, Mo., his home. The extent of his injuries is mot known. Decline of Silver in Mexico. CITY OF MEXICO, Nov. 29.—Fluctua- tions of silver keep exchange continually varying. Opinions are still divided as to the advisability of adopting the gold standard. The largest business men and most bankers incline toward a gold basis. Farmers and the interior are disposed to regard the agitation in favor of a gold standard as a mere outery on the part of the interested foreigners. Business men are marking up prices to the proportion of three to one. The silver dollar is down nearly to one-third of its nominal value expressed in gold. The banks are all prosperous and business interests report excellent trade conditions. never paid and will Jy ~part of the $135,- 006 that will be introuticed in the trial of Henry Nicolaus on the charge of bribery, which is to begin next Tuesday. Nicol~ aus was a director of the Suburban Rail- way Company. eq ed Pay When Cured cisco, to be paid after he payments may be made monthly. We can cure you at home. in many instances, SAN FRANCISCO. it is not always necessary. Private book, dlagnosis sheet, frae advice. prices and other particulars. Correspondence solicited. 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