The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 20, 1902, Page 4

THE SAN FBANC]SSO LL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 190 —_——————————— | ad {0G-dNION MEN ON THE STAND Coal Strike Commission Hears Other Side of Case. Stories Told of Alleged In- timidation, Violence and Boycotts. SCRANTON, Pa., Dec. 19.—Non-union men, some of their relatives and others to the number of thirty appeared before the anthracite coal strike commission to- day and told their stories of alleged boy- cotts, intimidations, dynamiting and vio- lence in various forms during the strike. Each witness called was a sufferer In one form or another at the hands, they al- jeged, of union men. Four witnesses said attempts were made to blow up their | houses, one of the witnesses was threat- | ened with bodily harm, several were | beaten, one was shot in the leg and every | one stoned, boycotted or hanged in effigy. | One school teacher testified to having lost his position because his father did mnot strike. Joseph H. Dugan testified that he was requested to give up his membership in | & temperance society because he remained at work doing repairs and acting as a watchman. He wept while on the witness stand as he told of how the society or- dered him to leave after many years of pigasant social relations with its mem- bere. He was very active in the society, he said, and drilled many of those who | have grown to manhood In the military | branch of the society. He said he had been stoned and otherwise’ badly treated | and added that a good flubbing would | not have hurt half as much as the action of the society in throwing him out of | the order. The boys he had drilled in | the society stoned him on the highway. James Mitchell said he was expelled | from the Hibernian Society because he | worked during the strike as & repair man. | He did not consider it “‘unfair” work be- | cause he did not mine any coal. He had been a member of the society twenty-six or twenty-eight years and at a meeting | one night during the strike the question | of his unfairness came up and the mem- | bers present unanimously voted to ex-| pel him. | Other witnesses testified to having been | hanged in effigy one or more times, that | grocers, butchers, milkmen and icemen | refused to serve them because they were | afraid their business would be boycotted | and that they were severely beaten and | soeially ostracized. | The commission will meet at 9 o’clock | to-morrow morning and will adjourn at | 11:45 o’clock for the holidays. Most of | the commissioners wili immediately leave or their homes. CHINESE CANNOT LAND NOR CAN HE GO HOME Insane QOriertal in a Peculiar Posi- tion Besides Being in Con- finement. SEATTLE, Dec. 19.—Confined in a bis- cuit. tank, deep in the dark hold of the | British ship Oweenee, is Ah Foo, the in- | sane Chinese steward of the ship. Al-| though his suffering must be intense, he | cannot be landed and placed in decent | quarters. Neither, it appears, can he be transferred to a foreign vessel to be | transported to China. Captain Burchall | saw British Consul Pelly to arrange, if poesible, some means of getting the Chi- nese back to Ching. Pelly, however, | stated that he was helpless in the matter, which would have to be settled by the | immigration officials. “The case is without precedent,” said | Urited States Immigration Inspector | Fisl, “and we cannot act without speclal instructions from Collector Ide. The Chi- nese was shipped at Hamburg and if he was landed at this port the captain of | the ship would be fined $1000. It may be that it can be arranged to transfer him 1o @nother vessel to be taken to China, the ship-owners paying the expenses.” R WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—Minister Hart at Bogota has cabled the State Department that | & recent Government decree provides for a progressive reduction of 10 per cent monthly in the export duties of Colombia, beginni; - | X ginning Jan- | ADVERTISEMENTS. IT IS IMPORTANT To Enow What You Are Taking ‘When Using Catarrh Medicines. Catarrh is the short route to consump- tion, and the importanceswf early and judi- clous treatment of catarrh, whether lo- cafed in the head, throat or bronchial tubes, cannot be too strongly emphasized. The list of catarrh cures is as long as | the moral law and the forms in which they are administered, numerous and con- | fusing, from spr: inhalers, washes, | ointments and salves to powders, liquids and tablets. The tablet form is undoubtedly the most | convenient and most effective, but with nearly all advertised catarrh remedies it is aimost entirely a matter of guess work as to what you are taking into your sys- | tem, as the proprietors, while making all | sorts of claime as to what their medi- | cines will do, always keep it a close se- cret as to what they are. The success and popularity of the new catarrh cure, Stuart's Catarrh Tablets, is largely because it not only cures catarrh but because catarrh sufferers who used these tablets know what they are taking into their system. Stuart’s Catarrh Tab- lets, being composed of Red Gum, Blood Root apd similar valuable and antiseptic ingredients, are pleasant to the taste snd being dissolved in the mouth they take immediate effect. upon the mucous lining of the throat, nasal passages and whole respiratory tract. The cures that Stuart’s Catarrh Tablets have accomplished in old chronic cases of catarrh are little short of remarkable, and the advantage of knowing what you ere putting into your stomach is of para- mount importance when it is remembered that the cocaine or morphine habit has been frequentiy contracted as the result of using secret catarrh remedies. Stuart’s Catarrh Tablets meet with coR- dial approval from physicians, because their antiseptic character render them perfectly safe for the general public to use and their composition makes them a common sense cure for all forms of. ca- A dragtiote. sell th t 50 b2 geists sell them a cents for full sized packages. . T ‘“—h-mi-.-hfl Laxative “Tablets ey GE00 8 teld L ene Gag 4 | burn of Iowa, “| of this bill, and is transported, or being LYNCH MUST STAND TRIAL ON HIGH TREASON CHARGE Grand Jury Indicts Member of Parliament Who + Fought for the Boer Cause. (S ONDON, Dec. 19.—The Grand Jury summoned to consider. th: indictment | of Colonel = Arthur Lynch, member of Parliament for Galwa. who was' arrésted on June 11 on the charge of high treason in connection with the part he took in the South African war, where he is alleged to have commanded the Irish brigade, returned a true bill to-day against the defendant. The Lord Chief Justice, Baron Alverstone, in charging the jury, re- marked that it was sixty-two years since a Grand Jury had to deal with such a charge, which was the highest crime known in law. Colonel Lynch’s trial at the bar !s expected to begin on Janu- ary 20. EERCE R John Roche Goes to Prison. LDUBLIN, Dec. 19.—John Roche, mem- ber of Parliament for Galway, was sen- tenced by the Criminal Court at Roscom- mon to a month’'s imprisonment, in de- faull of bail, on the charge of unlawful assembly. Decision Against Labor Union. LONDON, Dec. 19.—After a long trial in the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice the case of the Taff Vale Rallroad Company against the Amalga- niated Society of Raflroad Servants, In- volving many questions of the utmost im- portance to trades unionism, resulted to- day in a verdict in favor of the plain- tiff. The latter complained of malicious P | t kCOl\lMANDER OF, THE IRISH BRIGADE IN THE SOUTH AF- RICAN WAR. = i molestation, picketing, intimidation, etc., during the strike of 1900. The Judge T gerved his decision on the question' of cdamages until the next sitting of the court. e e e S S S RO} PURE FOOD BILL PASSES HOUSE Forbids Shipment or Im- portation of Adul- terated Food. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—The House to- day passed the pure food bill by a vote of 72 to 71. There was not a quorum pres- ent, but the point was not raised by the opponents of the measure. The speakers to-day were Richardson of Alabama, Hep- Gaines of Tennessee and Schirm of Maryland, for the measure, and Chandler of Mississippi against it. The bill inhibits the introduction into any State or Territory or the District of Columbia from any other State of Terri- tory or from any forelgn country, or the shipment to any foreign country of any article of food or drug which is-adulter- ated or misbranded. The above inhibition is made to apply to any one shipping, de- livering or receiving within the regions named only such food adulterated. Adul- terations in the bill are defined as foi- lows: In the case of drugs, if sold under a name recognized in the United States-pharmacopia, and the drug differs from the standards of strength, quality or purity as determined by the test laid down in such pharmacopla at the time of the investigation so that its strength or purity falls below -the professed standard under which it is sold; if it be an imitation of, or offered for sale under the name Ot another article, and in the case of a confection- ery if it contain terra alba, barytis, tale, chrome yellow or other mineral eubstances or Toods, s e 5 Wwhen any substance is mixed w %0 as to lower or injuriously affect its quality or 80 that such product when offered for sale shall tend to deceive the purchaser. ' It any substance or substances have been substituted so that the product when sold shall tend to deceive the purchaser. If any Vi constituent of an article has been wholly or in part sostracted. - 1t it be an imitation for or offeréd for‘sale under {he distinct name of another article. 1¢ it be mixed, colored. powdered or stained in a manner whereby damage or Inferlority is concealed. : 1f it contain any added or poisonous ingredi- ent_which may render such article injurious to_health. 3 1t it is falsely Jabeled as & foreign product or imitation of another substance of a previously established mame, or which has marked or patented. If it consists in’ whole or in part of & filthy, decomposed or putrid ani- mal or le substance or any portion of animal for food, or if it is the product of @ diseased animal or onme that has dled otherwise than by slaughter. ~ The last section of.the bill provides that any article of food or drug that is adul- terated or misbranded within the meaning transported from one State to another for sale, or if it be sold in the District of Co- lumbia or the Territories, or if .it be im- ported from*a foreign country, shall be liable to confiscation by a process of libel for condemnation in the United States’ courts. Such goods, it is also provided, hall not be sold in any State contrary to ‘the laws thereof. ‘Engine Fractures Man’s Skull, PORT COSTA, Dec. 19—W. A. Cow- cerey, an attendant at the Stockton asy- lum, met with a serious accident which may prove fatal. He was waiting for a train and while crossing the track was struck by & yard engine., One leg was broken and his skull was fractured. =~ TOWER PRESENTS HI5 GREDENTIALS American Embassador Is Received by Em=< peror William. BERLIN, Dec. 13.—Embassador Tower presented his credentidls to Emperor William at the palace to-day. All the members of the staff of the embassy were present. The Emperor received the Embassador in the presence of Foreign Secretary von Richthofen and General von Knesebek and talked with him for from fifteen to twenty minutes. The Emperor said he was convinced that the cordial relations between Germany and the United States, which had always existed, would con- tinue. The Emperor also remarked that he felt especially interested in the St. Louis Ex- position. Although Germany’s exhibit would not be large it would be very good in quaiity, for instance in goldsmithing and in art. He gaid he would select from fhis palaces interesting pictures and other art objects, but he considered it hardly worth ‘while for Germany to send a great machinery exhibit, for -the reason that the Dusseldorf and St. Louis expositions came too close together. The Emperor laughingly alluded to some'of the inci- dents of Prince Henry’s trip to the United States. Embassador Tower presented the mem- bers. of the embassy, First Secretary Dodge, Naval Attache Potts and Military Attache Biddle, to the Emperor. Several gentlémen of the court then accompanied the Embassador to the Empress’ recep- tion-room, .where in the meanwhile her Majesty had received Mrs. Tower. The Empress asked Mr. and Mrs. Tower to be seated and talked some time with the Embassador. The members of the United States embassy were driven to and from the palace in royal equipages. Tower has been conducting business with- the Foreign Office for a week. It was remarked that nof precedent was re- membered of an Embassador;doing busi- ness before the presentation of his cre- dentials. The Emperor after receiving Tower gave a farewell audience to M. Tiamiriazeff, the Russian Privy Coun- cilor, who has long been Russia’s finan- cial agent here, and who is returning to St. Petersburg to become Finance Min- ister Witte's first assistant. ‘M. Tiamiria- zeft represented Russia In the negotiations for the existing commercial treaty. He is expected to return to Berlin in the spring and negotiate a new treaty. Proper Papers in Pretty Boxes. An appropriate gift to any lady, a box of fine writing paper, from 50c upward. Stationery Department, Sanborn, Vail & Co., T4l Market street. Open evenings, * ——e . New York at Santa Bar 3 SANTA BARBARA, Dec. 19.—Th&%ar- mored cruiser New York arrived from San Francisco to-day at noon, making the trip in twenty-two hours. It is stated that she will remgain in the Santa, Bar- bara Channel for ten days, - V , Blags, | ing In Anderson, twelve miles south of BUSY BANDITS - ALARM SEATTLE Criminals Cause a Reign of Terror in the North. Policemen Suffer From the Amazing Operations of Robbers. s Speclal Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, Dec. 19.—Seattle is at the mercy of highwaymen and burglars. Every night develops from three to five cases of holdups to say nothing of nu- merous burglaries and thefts. The police seem . absolutely helpless. Even officers on their beats are not safe, as Joseph Marshal of Georgetown, in the southern part of the city testifies. He cannot figure out exactly how it hap- pened, but a gang held him tp last night while he was walking his beat, took his revolver, handeuffs and & few dollars and told him to go home. Georgetown is now thinking of reviving its vigilance com- mittee. Thurston R. Ficks, a boy of 15 years, while in front of his home was stopped by two men and robbed of $6. A gag was thrust into the boy’'s mouth. The men wound stout cord around the lad's knees, strapping them clcsely together. They carried him to a nearby stoop and securely fastened him to it by moré cord, tied into hard knots around his chest. Half an hour later his father, George W. Ficks, found him almost unconscious. Masked burglars entered the home of J. .B. Blake at 6503 Meadow place, Green Lake. Blake, his wife and his father were home at the time. Before they real- ized what had happened the intruders had them prisoners. They were roughly seized by the masked men and bound fast to chairs. Pillow slips were thrown over their heads. Blake recently returned from the Klondike and is said to have a farge number of gold nuggets. The burglars tried to find these, but they were not in the house. Office buildings in the business section of Seattle form a new field for the opera- tions of robbers. Last night at 10:15 o'clock two men held up P. J. Donohue, a well-known architect, on the second floor of the Pacific bloek and after re- lieving him of all the money he had with him—90 cents—ordered him to make a hasty departure. H. Reif of 1529 Ninth avenue had a fight with highwaymen on Plke street, in the business section, but the highwaymen got away. Reif saved his money. SAN MATEO'S ELECTION FRUITFUL OF CONTESTS Men Who Were Candidates for Public Office Enter Courts With Complaints. REDWOOD CITY, Dec. 19.—Four elec- tion contests were commenced in the Su- perior Court here to-day. An elector named Cull contests the right of J. H. Mansfleld to the office of Sheriff. This is tire second contest to be filed against him, the former having been commenced by the defeated Republican candidate, R. S. Chatham. Swift, Democrat, who was defeated by forly-three votes for County Clerk, con- | | testa the election of Schaberg. The other contests are over township offices. Brown, Democrat, seeks to defeat Coleman, Re- publican, on a recodnt for the office of | Supervisor, while Parsons, Republican, contests the election of Booth, Democrat, | for Justice of the Peace. The action of | Chatham against Mansfield is now being tried here before Judge Murasky of San Francisco, sitting for Judge Buck. ——————— All Men Need Diaries, So bear that in mind when buying his Christmas gift. Memorandum books, wal- lets, cigar cases, match boxes, inkstands are what men want. All lettered in gold free of charge at Sanborn, Vail & Co.’s, | 741 Market s%reet. Open evenings. - — e FIRE DESTROYS A HOUSE WHILE SUIT IS PENDING| ———— | District Attorney of Shasta County | Seeks the Cause of a Blaze. REDDING, Dec. 19.—A handsome dwell- Redding, that is involved in two lawsuits, one of G. B. Bales against his wife and | one of the wife against her husband, | was destroyed hy fire at 3 o’clock this morning. The interestéd parties were in attendance at court‘here. District Attore ney Dozier has begun an investigation as to the cause of the fire. Dales brought suit against his wife for restitution. of his half of extensive com- munity property, which he alleged he was forced to deed her by the wife’'s son by.a former marriage. The husband got judgment yesterday. Before the judg- ment could be recorded the wife sued for divorce, asking for all the property and $50 a month alimony. Last evening in Redding the husband and stepson came together. The stepson was arrested on a charge of battery. ———— Commencing Sunday, December 21, local service will be resumed via, Alameda mole between San Francisco and, Alameda, High street, the ferry-boats on Narrow Gauge route leaving on the old schedule, 15 minutes before and after the hour. Oakland passengers will still take the Broad Gauge route. The express boat and trains to Oakland pier, Broad Gauge, will be continued until further notice, * ————— Canadian Line to Have Control. SEATTLE, Dec. 19.—The Times to-day says: There is no longer any doubt that the action of the White Pass and Yukon Route in transferring its general offices from Seattle to Vancouver, B. C., is made with the intention of transferring that property to the control of the Canadian Pacific Railroad and by the transfer plac- ing the trafiic of the Yukon district in the full Ccntroly the Canadian line. ANNOUNCEMENT. On account of the phenom= enal sales and unprecedented demand for the SUNDAY CALL of December 7th and 14th, being, importuned by those who failed to get the. Banghart art pictures “D0O- ROTHY” and “WHEN CUPID HOLDS THE REINS,” which were issued fr:e with the is- sues of those dates, we are pleased to announce that another supply has been re- ceived, and all those who failed to get the first and second can not only procure i United Bollés and Bulger after they had taken ! them, but insure themsclves the possession of the entire set by subscribing to the SAN FRANCISCO CALL. WITNESS SCORES FRANK J. KANE Says He Returned Ward to Place She Was Taken From. ol 20 o Claims Secretary Made Affi- davit Which Was Not Based on Facts. The question of the fitnegs of Frank J. Kane as secretary of the. Society for the Prevention of Vice was under discussion in the Probate Court yesterday, where a petition for the revocation of letters of | guardianship granted him over the per- son of Sow Jun, a Chinese girl, aged 10 years, is being heard. The petition was filed by Mrs. Willlams, matron of the Oriental Home at 912 Washington street, in whose custody the little girl has been since her rescue from a brothel two years ago, notwithstanding’ that shortly after the little one's rescue Kane was appoint- ed her guardian. The, question of Kane's fitness was raised recently by his attempt to secure the child and place her in the custody of 2 Chinese named Chin Ah Chang, who keeps a saloon at the corngr of Washing- ton ,and Dupont streets, and who, the misslon people assert, desires the custody of the girl in order to give her to the woman from whom she was taken’by the mission people. It is claimed also in the petition that. Kane is possessed of an irascible temper and has no suitable place to take the child to in the event she is awarded to his care. Concerning Kane’s method of doing business, Mrs. Anna Young, who was called as a witness, said: Two years ago I went to Mr. Kane and asked bim to help me save a young girl named Lil- lian Young, whom I had raised from childhood, but who had left my home to work for a fam- ily. I learned that the family for whom she was working had a poor reputation, so I sbught the aid of Kane. He told me he would see about it, and I left him feeling that he woilid attend to the matter. Two months went by and the girl still remained with the same fam- ily and I again sought Kane. He told me that it was necessary for him to heve $21 to pay for legal services. I paid him the money and he filed a petition for guardianship over the girl. He did not secure the services of an at- torney, but signed the petition himself, and in an affidavit attached said the girl was poor and without friends who would defray the ex- penses . attached to guardianship proceedings. He was appointed guardian and e few days after allowed the girl to go back to the place from which I wished her taken. Miss Margaret Lake, a missionary at the the Oriental’ Home, testified that she made inquiry regarding the person Kane named 'as the one with whom he wished to place Sow Jun and found that . the so-called merchant was in reality the keeper of a saloon and desired the custody of the girl in order that he might turn her over to the woman from whom. she had been taken. Miss Lake said that while they took Chinese women | rescued from brothels into the home, there was little fear of the children at the home being contaminated, as the wo- men and children were separated. The women, said Miss Lake, were sent back to China if they so desired, or were given an opportunity ‘to marry. “Usually,” said | the missionary in response to a question from Attorney /Crowley, who represents Kane, ‘“‘the prospective husband pays the | homd a sum representing a year’s board for the woman he sele¢ts as his wife. It amounts to about $60.”” : Dr. John E. Gardiner, the Chinese in- terpreter, gave evidenee in favor of the Home. The case was continued until a week from next Friday. HOT RIVETS BETWEEN ) DECKS OF FUEL SHIP Edward Kane and Robert Gibson Tell the Inspectors About Progreso Explosion. The taking of testimony in the matter of the explosion on board the fuel ship Pregreso was concluded yesterday by States Steamboat Inspectors the depositions of Edward Kane and Rob- ert Gibson, patients in the Presidio Mil- itary Hospital. Kane testified that he was at work with hot rivets on the inside of the vessel near the fuel tank at the time the explosion took place. The force | seemed to come from forward of the bulk- head in the fuel tank. Robert Gibson testified that he was at work on the starboard side, which was opposite to Kane. He had been driving red hot rivets up to half an hour before the explosion. . He admitted that there was a forge between decks for heating rivets, but denied that it was lighted at that time. He averred that the rivets were heated in a forge on the deck. RN R v H. J. Rogers Buys Progreso. ‘The wrecked hull of the steamship Progreso ‘was bought yesterday at an auction held in the Merchants’ Exchange by H. J. Rogers of Oak- land, who paid $12,200 for what the recent ex- plosion left of the former collier. —————— CLAIMS HUSBAND TOOK NOTE FOR LARGE SUM Mrs. Woener Brings Suit for Inter- est in Paper Received for Share in Estate. Marie Woerner, wife of Adolph Woer- ner, filed a suit against her husband yes- terday to recover a half interest in a note for $33,333, which she claims her hus- band assigned to her in 1896, a' short time after he had assigned his interest in the estate of his father, the late David Woer- ner, a well-known cooper, which he turned over to his brothers in consideration of a note. Mrs. Woerner says the note was in her possession until November of this year, When, she alleges, her husband by stealth and deceit obtained possession of it and fled to Nevada, in which State, she al- leges, he commenced divorce proceedings against her. She asks that the courts here issue an order restraining Woerner from negotiating the note pending the trial of the suit to determine her interest therein and for an injunction restraining her husband from proceeding with the di- vorce suit. —_——— Contests His' Mother’s Will. Harry S. Abramsky filed a contest to the will of his mother, Sarah Abramsky, yesterday, alleging that at the time it was executed she was under the undue influence of her sister, Rebecca D. Mor- ris, to whom she left half of her estate. The estate is worth less than $10,000, Abramsky contests the will on behalf of himself and two other children of Mrs. Abramsky, to whom she willed the other halt the estate. . it TS G L Flowers and Ice. Contrasts of California and the frozen East fllustrated beautifully in Christmas Wasp. Send it to Eastern friends. B —_——— She Is Purged of Contempt. Miss Donaldina Cameron of the Chinese Presbyterian Mission was purged of con- tempt by Judge Dunne yesterday morn- ing and the. argument on the writ of ha- beas corpus in conhection with the girl Ah Fat was continued till December 27, pending the decision by Judge Troutt on thd_matter of guardianship, which will be argued December 24. Henry Miller and Ferris Hartman are con- St elfng of the Sole side of teaecty sy Letter, of the comic side o! muulcflfe-umd:. - = "-nd JAPANESE SHOT BI A CHINESE S. Isozaki, a Cook, Is Instantly Killed on Jackson Street. Believed to Be a Reprisal for the Murder of a * | Sam Yup. A subject of the Mikado was killed on Jackson street, near Stockton, yesterday afterncon, his slayer being a Chinese, [supposed to be a member of the Sam| | Yops. | The murdered Japanese was S. Isozakl, | a cook employed in a Japanese boarding- house at 1016 Stockton street. He was walking along Jackson street toward Stockton a few minutes before the noon hour yesferday, carrying a basket with provisions on his arm. Just as he passed | the entrance to 735 Jackson street a Chi- nese came out and fired two shots at him, both bullets taking effect, one in the left leg and the other in the right breast. Sergeant Cook and some members of | his squad heard the shots and hurried to the scene. Police headquarters was also notified and Detective Riordan was soon on the spot. They learned from Ernest | Grubert, 25 John street, and R. Roach} {and John T. Hooper, 118% Ellis street, who saw the shooting, that they heard a shot and on turning around saw a Chi- | | pese with a revolver in his hand firing at a Japanese with a basket on his arm. { When the Japanese fell the Chinese put | the revolver in his pocket and ran into | the building at 735 Jackson Street. | It was thought at first that the man | who fired the shots might have been a { Japanese dressed in Chinese clothes, hut Detective Ed Gibson, who was detailed | by Captain Martin on the case, at once | scouted that idea and said it was a case of reprisal. About three months ago a i Chinese, a member of the Sam Yups, was shot and killed in a Japanese lodging- house in Church. alley and the Sam Yups {had been waiting for a chance for re- | venge. The headquarters of the Sam | | Yups is at 735 Jackson street and as the | | murderer ran into that building after the | | shooting Gibs: is satisfied that he was | delegated to cHamit the deed. The police | fear that the murder of S. Isozaki may | {lead to a prolonged feud between the { Chinese and Japanese residents in the | | eity. | Autopsy Surgeon Bacigalupi found that | | both bullets ranged downward, as if the | shots had been fired from a second-smryi | | | window. The bullet that caused death | entered the right breast at the second rib, | passed through the heart and the spleen | and made its exit through the back at a point a foot lower than the point of en- | i trance, ! Picturesque Papeteries. | | A useful and pretty gift. A beautifully | | decorated box filled with useful writing {‘paper from 50c tqo $4.50 at Sanborn, Vail & | €o.'s, 741 Market ‘gtreet.” Open evenings, * | —_————— | | Killed by a Rusty Nail The death of Maurice Nessier, an eigh- teen-year-old boy, was reported to Cor- oner Leland yesterday, and an inquest | was waived in the case. The boy had been employed in the Fuller Glass Works, and ten days ago ran a rusty rail into his foot. Lockjaw set in and he died. JAPANESE SLAVE TELLS HER TALE Decoyed to California by a Countryman and Sold. * She Escapes From a Den in Fresno and Seeks Refuge Here. A Jzpanese wontan named Konami Tan- eguch! has sought refuge in the Presby- terian Chinese mission and will be sent back to Japan by Miss Cameron, the ma- tron. ~ Konami tells a touching story of her slave life. In a statement made in the mission she says: I was born in the village of Kajiraka, Japan. I am the oldest of my family, having a brother and sister younger than I My father was a farmer and I was very happy at home. V\hl‘n I.was 9 years old I went to work as a nurse- girl for one of our neighbors, as many of our Japanese children do, carrying a little baby on my back and caring for it, whils at the same time I could join in the play of the children of the village. 1 remained in this employment until I was 14 years of age, and then I Was sent to the city of Osaka to assist my grandfather in a store. Then 1 got married and after the death of my husband I went to work in a cot- ton mill at Kobe. Here a man named Ya- coto, sald to be in business in San Fran- cisco, engaged me and seven other Japanese girls to go to Formosa to work in a hotel at 15 yen per month. After we started we found that we were on the way to California. We were met at the dock by fictitious husbands so as to deceive the immigration officials. Yacoto informed us that he had to pay $400 for our landing, and he charged us $360 each for our passage money and money Which he sald he had given as bribes to police officials. We were placed in disreputable houses, one of them being on Pine street. Then I was taken to Watsonville and Fres- no, from which latter place I escaped. Thres of the girls who arrived with me died last year. Saving Your Dollars May be a habit of yours. Let us help vou along in your Christmas purchases in stationery, leather goods, pictures, frames, mirrors and fancy goods. San- born. Vail & Co., 741 Market street. Open evenings. — ce—————— ‘Will Take Minister’s Deposition. John F. Dore, a Seattle attorney, Is at the Palace. He 1s here to take the dep- osition of the Rev. Hugh W. Gilchrist, for- merly a Presbyterian minister of Seattle, now connected with the theological sem- inary at San Anselmo, who swore to an affidavit in the Douglas vs. Douglas di- vorce proceeding which is now pending in the courts. of Seattle. Attorney Dore says that in this afiidavit the Rev. Mr. Gilchrist swore that Mrs. Douglas had made a _confession to him. The Rev. Mr. Gilchrist in an interview last evening said that if he is cafled upon he will feel it his duty to tell all he knows. —————————— Tiniest Baby Alive. Born on December 1 and weighing but two pounds at the present time is the latest baby being cared for by the Ilife- saving incubators at the ‘Chutes. e — Lieutenant Cantwell Appreciated. Lieutenant J. C. Cantwell, one of the' most affable and popular of the officers in_the revenue cutter service, has been detailed to take charge of the revenue cutters Golden Gate and Hartley, vice Captain W. H. Cushiny. e e | Phone South 292. Liquors, Gigars, Tobacco SPECIAL CUT PRICES. Come and look at our window display. [ Swest Wines, vintaze 1895. .5 bots $1.00 . Sherry, Muscatel, Tokay, Reg, 40c bottle. . Tbc; reg. Sl Andrew Usher Scofch. ... .. .qt bot $1.00 o1a Y;;:tt‘»;l Glenlivet Whisky. Reg. A Pousse Cafz, Curacao. .. .stone jug $1.00 Creme de Menthe. Reg. $1 50. Gognac Brandy, 3 Star. .. ...qt hot $1.50 J. & E. Martell, Hennessy & Co. Genuine imported from France. Reg. $2.00. Limit 2 bottles. Gocktails, ilbert Bros: qt hot 90¢ Vermouth, Whisky, Martini, Manhattan, Congressional, Gin. Reg. $1.25 . .qt bot 75¢ Hermitege Old Whisky. . . . . Pure Rye Bourbon. Reg. $1.00. Holland €in. . ... .1 rge waite bot $1.00 Pure; for medicinal use. Reg. $1.50. Lpricot Brandy. ... .- v.-..-qt hot 90¢ Imported. =Reg. $1.25. McCornell’s Cid Irish. . . . - .. .qf bot 93¢ ‘Whisky, genuine imported. Reg. $1.15. Jamalca Rum. ... ... .- ... qtbet T3¢ 0ld London Duck. Resg. $1.00. Taylor's Fin® Old whisky- .. full qt $1.00 Will give with two bottles one pack of Dlaying cards and whisky glass free. Reg. §1.25. Monogrem (0.P.S.) Whisky - . . . gal $2.50 Extra special bargain. Reg. $3.30. Knickerhocker (Kew York) Beer..... ... . -1 dez pis §1.00 Bartholomay Brewing Co., Rochester. Reg. $1.50. Limit 1 dozen. Zinfandel and Claret. ... . ..... gal 50¢ 5 years old. Reg. TSc. Wilson [y: Whisky...... ....qt bat 95¢ Extra special. Reg. $L15. --.qthot 75¢ Duffy's Malt Whisky. . . Reg. 85c. Blue Belle Bourhon. . . .. 0ld Kentucky Whisky. Rock and Rye Crystallizad . . .. Good for a cold. Reg.' The. French Ve mouth Genuine imported. Reg. Gal, Pure Brandy. ... ....... qt bot 75¢ Pure and looft 1.00. e SRR L Gelreid> Kummal ... .. .. ....hot 85¢ Reg. §1. 00. CIGERS BY THZ BEX 4 good Xmas gift at iowest cut prices. Em‘m Hams, L Bros' brand. .. .10 [434¢ Sugar-cured; guaranteed. Reg. 16c. L Saturday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. No Branch Stores. Granulated (hest cane) Sugar. 2! lbs $1.00 Full weight; extra dry. New Mixed Nu's.... .... ....[b123%¢ Walnuts, Almonds, Pecans, Brazll, Fil- berts; regular 20c Ib. i Plum Fudding............1 b can 20¢ R By S Gn by Slized Peaches, for cream. . . . 3 cans 250 TATS? i Soq7ecial bargaia; fnest quai- Preservad China Ginger. . . .Jarge Jar 40¢ Imported from Canton; reg. 50c. Point Reyes Greamery. ‘We have the trade and fri quality of Butter; reg. wo"-‘::a:-.n - Finest Creamery, our special . . square 55¢ Cream of cream; reg. 65c. Santa Rosa Ranch Eggs.... ... .doz 30¢ dB;:l Mission Eggs, 40c; reg. 40c and 45w Sliced Pineapp e 2 large cans 35¢ Imported from Singapore; efira quality; In heavy syrup; reg. 3¢ can. o * Cluster Raisins ... .. ....51b box 75¢ Fresno finest quality; reg. $1 0o. Cal. Bast Sugar Peas........2 cans 25¢ Petits Pois; reg. 20c can; limit 50c. Maple Syrup ... ... full quart hot 35¢ New arrival: pure; frem Al ‘arm, Vermont; reg. 50c bot. ot Currants (seeded, seedless) Raisins. ... @ pigs 250 Gitron, Lem n. Orange Crystallize Peels:; reg. 200 -Ib I5e Mince Mzat. ... .. .. ... _gass Jar 25¢ Home-made; reg. 30c. Mocha and Java (“ur best) Ceffee. Ip 25¢ No coffee like it in the city; reg. 3% Ib. Muhro'ms CF. Lecour?) . ... . can 2274¢ Genuine imported: reg. 30e. Ber's Temahe Catoy.. ... New Jams, Pu ity brand. . ... 3 cans 252 Raspberry, Strawberry, Black v, Quil Currants, Apricots; Hmit oe " O o™ New Sugar Corn...........3 cans 258 Sweet and tender; reg. 2 cams for 25e. Stllgg Bears, exira qualify. .. . 3 cans 25¢ ‘ode-Portwood Canning Co.; reg. 2 eans New “anta Clara Prones . 6 s e Finest evaporated Apricots, 3 Ibs., 30c, Bromange on, des-ert jully 6 kinds of flavor; reg. 13c. Table Fruifs, extra quality. . . . 3 cans 50z 2%-1b cans; Peaches, Pears, Damsons; heavy syrup; reg. 23¢ Glio d'Cliva ( ilucca) . ... 2% gal $.25 Finest importation of fure Olive Off from Toscana, Italy; reg. §1 75; limit 1 cam. -Square 47%¢ * Reg. 15c pkg. WE SHIP FREE OF CHARGE 100 MILES. 1348-1354 MARKET STREET OPP. SEVENTH., FJ ] R