The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 20, 1904, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCOQ (CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER >0, 19, NIPPON' IS THRILLED BY THE HEROISM OF ADNHRAL TOGO'S MEN Daring L\ttdgk& on| the Battleship Sevastopol. — Commander Yezoe Killed by Slav g Shell. i brave bee stopot harbo the ide the fire Jap- Licutenant x E these at- to gain e mander Hi- Y E s blown t g jce Admi Togo's | s bottle up Port Ar- th . traditions of Japan jer Yezoe's flotilla of torpe- d & unde ing repairs when ir nd fight )n this vessel he steamed the rendes i, finding that the othe n had g begged and- gained 3 3 n the attacks. Then he through the snow storm o = eded in locating the Beviates to which he was able to . enough to liear the Russians KILLED BY A SHELL. fired Then he went « & nd torpedo. A e m the Sevastopol struek him i abdomen, cutting his body in 1 mmander Yezoe's remains w ght back to the fleet, They ¥ brought to Japan for put rment Nakahara went to the : disabled torpedo boat \ »een under the command of 1 e Nakahc who, with five others, was kille§, and submitted to a ds Nakahara's boat was hit repeat »ut he succeeded in rescu- a ma y of the w of Naka- hori's & 1 i f in the attacks th d be assigned t is probable that Admiral Togo will soon 1 leaving a jumior B a the final operations a the blockade. It Is ex- pected g0 will be summoned by the Emperor to Tokio, where he will be gi splendid public receptions. TOGO'S MEN EXULTANT. T = mpaign of ten n s coneidered equal to any in 1 story naval warfare. He has 1ah nstantly under the necessity of = & the vessels of his fleet for se nst the Russion Second Pacific Squadron. The admiral and his me e withstood storm, stress and exy The men are in & Itant er date of December 1s miral Togo says The is no room left to doubt that t emv's ships in the harbor of r totelly unfit to believe p Sevastopol has been dis- ur terpedo attacks, which to but pass frnal been obtained and no data on has yet ms being conducted in It is certain an torpedo boat intact in the har- wuarters east six Ru e SICKNESS AMONG JAPANESE. Disease Resembling Bubonic Plague Menaces Oyama’s Troops. HUASHAN 18.—It is reported Dec. that w form of sickness has broken out among the Japanese, re- stmbling bubonic plague. The ense cold of the last few dzys has obliged the Japanese to aban- don some of their advanced posts and cc quer Russian scouts have been alble to raid clear to the Japanese main positions A Japanese observation balioon was scen to-day reconnoitering the Rus- sian fromt —e LOSES FOUR TORPEDO BOATS. Cost to Japan of Attacks on the Bat- tleship Sevastopol. TIENTSIN, Deec. 1%. — A junk which arrived here to-day from Port Arthur reports that four Japanese tor- yredo boats were destroyed during the sttacks on the Russian battleship Se- vastopol, which, they say, has now scught refuge under Golden Hill. —_——— 11’s the chap who says he doesn't care for flithy lucre who is always wanting to borrow a quarter. | | | | | Vlllage ot Dapindu Seized by Slav Soldiers. Japanese Outposts ' Repulse Night Onfalls. MUKDEN, Dec. 19.—The village of | Dapindu has been occupied, after a sharp fight, by a detachment of R Cossacks and borderers ke. Otherwise all has long the front. been quiet Four Japanese suffering from frost | bite of the hands and feet have volun- tarily su i to the Russians. The anese, like the Russians troops, are living in dug-outs, six men in a house. They have apparently a supply of clothing, principally >se padded coats. recently captured a Jap- anese er dressed in a Russian uni- form as he was quietly riding along the R n frontal position. He sa- luted as he passed the Cossacks, | ing perfect Russian, but the i ks, suspecting something wrong, | tried to stop him. He -an, but was | capturea | TOKIO, Dec. 19. Manchurian Headquarters, in a report dated De- cember 18, says i On the night of December 17, be- tween and 11 o'clock, the enemy made attacks against our out- ts in the neighborhood of Santaok- untzu and also advanced at one o'clock in the morning, to the vicinity of Sinlungtun and Tunghaisengkou. The enemy was entirely repulsed. “The enemy, With heavy guns, in the ghborhood of Sufangtai, commenc- g at 2:20 o’clock on the afternoon of Dec 18, fired eighty rounds from cannons against the neighborhood of the Shakhe Railway bridge, but the cannonade did not injure us.” Bt Russian Ships Off Cape Town, ember CAPE TOWN, Dec. 19.—Sixteen presumably of the Russian, squadron have been sighted twenty-five miles out, steering south- ward. It is supposed they will call Delagoa Bay, where colliers have ready arrived AR ST il RS, BRIDE BY WORRY oV ATTEMPTED MURDER Rejected Suitor s Charge of Buck- shot Through Window at Wedding Party. WATERLOO, 1l., Dec. 19.—Mrs. | Wenzel Freichrich, a bridé of one | short week, died to-day from worry over an attempt at assas ing her wedding ceremony at the home her father, George A. Guc {in this city. After the clergyman had | pronounced the words which made | her a wife and the merry had le: the parlors for the dining-room, a shot was fired through a window. The a in is unknown, but Mrs. Freichrich believed him to be a re- jected suitor and refused to be com- forted. She feared that he would re- turn when he found his effort had been unsuccessful. ! Several persons were saved from death by the merest accident. The would-be murderer's gun was filled { with buckshot, avhich spread as it en- {tered the room which the wedding guests and the bride_and groom had left but a2 moment before. The rents of the deceased are griefstricken and Guckes has offered a large reward for the apprehension { of the man who firea the shot. —_———— Army and Navy Ordes WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—Under orders of the War Department Ser- geant of the First; Class Thomas E. Brower of the h()s{ulal cOrps, now at San Francisco, will be sent to the army and navy general hospital at Hot | Springs,. Ark., to relieve Sergeant of the First Class Adam Korn. - Sergeant Korn will be sent to Fort Lincoin, N. |D., 10 relieve Sergeant of the First Class Martin Rose of the hospital corps. Sergeant Rose will be sent to Angel Island, Cal., to the department of recruits and casuals, thence to Ma- nila, Philippine Islands, on the first avallable transport. Private William B. Puffer of the Fifth Battery of field artillery at the Presidio, San Fran- cisco, will be discharged from the ! army by the commanding officer of his station under the provisions of section 2, general orders, November 8. nrdern to naval officers—Paymas- ter's Clerk O. F. Cato is appointed clerk in the navy, December 17, for duty on board the Independence at Mare Island navy yard. ——————— Telegraphers Not to Strike. MONTREAL, Dec. 19.—The Cana- dian Pacific Railway officials an- nounce that they have come to an| amicable agreement with the Order { of Railroad Telegraphers, which de- | sired certain changes In the schedule, The California gift ADVERTISEMENTS. YO SE€EM I T€ LEGENDS By Bertha H.Smith and Florence Lundborg An illustrated volume for the holidays. Rendered and illustrated with poetlc feeling, vet dignified and impressive. Price $2.00 net. Postage 10c." PAUL ELDER ® CO. 238 POST STREET - - SAN FRANCISCO book f the vear. 20 sination dur- | DENOUNCE WAR [POLICE MUST PROVE { bl Al T | ! 4 IN FAR EAD [ Factions in \luwm\ (dll on Workingmen to Overthrow e OTHER DEMON: AR | \ | | Feared That Agitation Will Cause the Government to| Adopt Repressive Measures ERSBURG, Dec. 19.—The fete ddy passed without any uritoward demonstrations in St. Peters- ST. PE Emperor’s burg, but was marked by a continua- | though | tion of the disorders, they were not as serious as on Sunday. The feature of the Moscow demon- siration was the distribution of a vio Moscow lent proclamation of the Social Demo- | cratic Labor party describing the whole country as being in a state of mourn- ing and tears fer the sacrifice of life in the Far East for the aggrandizement of the Romanoffs, picturing the Gov- ernment as driving the people to star- | vation and calling’ upon workingmen to enter ceaselessly upon a war for overthrowing the tyrants. Other dem- onstrations are reported from various localities. In consequence of the agitation the advisers of Emperor Nicholas have dissuaded him from his contemplated trip to the south of Russia to bid fare- well to troops being dispatched to the Far East. s an indication of the temerity of some of the extreme Liberals in the campaign now waging, 108 of the lead- ing writers for Our Life and other St. Petersburg have openly drawn up an indictment against the action of the police at the demonstration in the Nev- Prospect on December 11. Conservatives are afraid that the ill-advised of the extremists will drive the Government to adopt re- pressive measures just when a distinct victory over the reactionaries had been won and a liberal regime has been in- augurated. The renewed activity in revolutionary circles already has caused many arrests, ROSTOFFONDON, Deec. 19.—Local representatives of all the various ranks course of life, including workingmen and many ladies, have held a big banquet here at which speeches were made in favor of imperial reform, liberty of speech, education of .he masses and afmpesty of political prisoners. At the conclusion of the banquet resolutions . similar to those passed by the Zem- stov conferences at St. Petersburg were adopted. There were no disorders of any kind. ————— MANY SCHOONERS Ml G ON THE ATLANTIC COAST | Great Fears Felt For Vessels, Whose | Crews Total Sixty Men. ST. JOHNS, N. F., Dec. 19.—Several schooners, belonging on this island and which were driven off by the gale of | December 11, are still unreported. Their crews total sixty men. It feared they have been lost. WOODS HOLE, Mass., Dec. 19.— The three-masted schooner Richard S. Leaming, Captain Hatfield, lies sunk on Long Shoal, with her mizzen- mast broken off half-way. There are no signs of the crew. The Leaming went down in Sunday’s blizzard. She was bound from Windsor, N. 8., Philadelphia. The crew of the Muskegete life-sav- ing station, which put out to the vessel vesterday, found no one on board. The schooner’s boat was missing, but the life-savers men from the vessel caped in such a storm. crew of s . could have es- MAN WITH 57 CENTS ADVERT S FOR WIFE Hopes to Borrow Money to Pay for Wedding Suit, License and Pastor’s Fee. PITTSFIELD, Mass.,, Dec. 19.—Ars thur Redda has advertised in the lo- | cal newspaper for a wife. He men- tions no qualifications and offers no inducements in return. Rodda is anxious to borrow money | for a Wwedding suit. He says that he has saved 57 cents for the wedding trip and that he knows where he can get sufficient funds for the marriage license and a rentonable clergyman'’s | fee. ——— WHITE M AND COLORED WOMAN DENIED LICENSE County Clerk in Reno Refuses to; Issue Permit to Wed to 4 California Couple. RENO, Dec. 18.—Paul Mark, a Bel- | gian, and Mrs. Belle Johnson, a ne- gress, who were refused a marriage license in Marysville, Cal., a few days ago, arrived in Reno Sunday even- {ing and requested a license of County | Clerk Fogg. They were told by the £ounty Clerk that it was against the ,!aw for a colored person and a white | person to intermarry, and that they could not have the license. e FORMER STANFORD STUDENT SENT TO COUNTY JAIL Member of Sigma Upsilon Fraternity | Given Sentence of Six Months | for Stealing. | SAN JOSE, Dec. 19.—Ellis Sand- vig, alias Sorville Sandy REllis, a former Stanford student, was to-day received at the County Jail from Santa Clara to serve a six months’ sentence for stealing a bicycle. Sandvig was quite prominent in student ‘affairs a few years ago. He was a member of the Sigma Upsilon Fraternity. —— e ‘Wants Kaiser to Arbitrate. GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Dec. 19.— | Antonio Flores, former President of Ecuador, has been appointed Minister to Germany, with the special purpose of urging Emperor William to accept the designation of arbitrator in the ‘boundary dispute between Ecuador and Colombia. S BN PRCI EO A Guaranteed Cure for Piles. Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Plles, will refund money it PAZO m'rmuwmmn-u days. Russian Fatherland, | Liberal papers of | is | for | have little hope that the| She carried a | | | Contlnued From Puge 1, Column 7. was introduced bearing solely upon the | | written report of Commissioner Hutton, are that for many] years last past there has been conducted in the eight blocks {bounded by Sacramento street on the south, Padlfic street on the morth, | Stockton street on the west and Dupont | | street on the egst, oyer one hundred places where gambling, to wit, fantan and lottery drawings, hgg been contin-; ually taking vlace. “The existence and oberations these places have been in violation of the statutes of the State and some of the ordinances of the city and county, and has led to numerous scandals, mur- | ' ders and charges of corruption against ! he police and other city officials. “These places were operated with none but police interference up to Jan- . uary 28, 1904, when Wee Ong Tong,! claiming to be a corporation, cem- menced an action in the Superior Court to restrain the police from mak- ing any efforts in the direction of the suppression of \Chinese gambling in the above mentioned locality. “His Honor Judge Carroll Cook, by injunction, restrained the police on} that day from further interference. The injunction was continued in force { from time to time by his Honor Judge Murasky, and on the 27th day of Sep- tember, 1904, the action was dismissed without prejudice, it developing at | that time that. Wee Ong Tong was not a corporation and had no standing court. ING INCORPORATES. “'Between the time of the commence- | ment of that action and its dismissal | the Wee Ong Tong did incorporate, and on the 28th of September, 1904, it com- menced another action, and his Honor | Judge Cook issued another restraining order. An answer was filed, the case | set for trial, and it resulted in judg- ment being rendered for the defend- ants, and on November 7, 1904, the in- Junction was finally dissolved. “The Police Department was thus powerless to act between the 28th day of January, 1904, and the Tth day wof November, 1904, “The evidence produced before us shows that these concerns run with a very large profit, and that a weekly contribution is made to two different funds by each of the said gambling establishments, $5 per fan tan table per week being paid to a concern known as the ‘See Yups,’ which we are | informed is used for the defense of any one charged with murder arising out of the highbinders’ war, or any- thing incidental to gambling. Another | $5 is paid to some other fund, which we believe to be what is commonly known as the ‘gamblers’ association fund.’ The lotteries paying other sums, the whole aggregates a large sum per month. | “We are inclined to think that the | final resting-place of the money is not at this time susceptible of legal procf, but is sealed in the minds of those who handle it, and they will commit per- Jury about its disposition out of per- sonal interest and fear of death at the hands of their assoclates, but we he- lieve some part of it is used for cor- rupt purposes. “In April, 1903, information connect- ed with gambling was given, and we are informed that it resulted in the murder of a party connected with the information by reason of rewards of- | fered and we suppose paid therefor by the eight men who control the gam- bling assoclations, each of whom was charged with and one has already | been convicted of murder. The cases of the others are still pending. One other was put on trial, which was stopped in its midst by the charge of one of the jurymen that he had been given $150 to bring in a verdict for the defendant. COURTS ARE BLAMED. “Sporadic attempts have been made to stop the continuance of the above gambling. We find that it has been and can be stopped by the police when not interfered with by the courts with- out at all impairing police efficiency or | the detection or prevention of crime in other parts of the city. “That it has existed at all Is a mat- ter of public shame and a blot on the &00od name of the city. It seams in- tolerable to us that at this stage of civilization, where law is supposed to prevail, the condition of affairs in Chinatown for yvears past hag existed. “The evidence before us absolutely fails to substantiate in any degree that either his Honor Mayor E. E. Schmitz or Mr. A. Ruef received any part of the fund above mentioned or acquiesced in any way at all in the gambling in Chinatown, or that they were in any way connected with the failure to suppress it. ‘“We find that the reports of the ser- geants who haye been detailed in Chinatown for the last two years show a surprising uniformity in the number and character of arrests and the amoudnt of fines collected, and that while 95 per cent of the gambling is carried on in Chinatown by Chinese and 5 per cent by Caucasians, still not 95 per cent of the arrests were China- men. On the contrary, quite a dispro- portionate large percentage of the ar- rests were of white men, charged with having lottery tickets in their posses- sfon. “We find that the Police Department is hampered considerably in the sup- | { | 1 played and in securing evidence suf- ficient to obtain a conviction. “It has been claimed that the sup- o+ FREE FREE PLUM PUDDINGS e O f . MINCE MEAT. WITH I SUNDAY CALL SMALL ADS. PACKI!?G COHPANY‘C 2 FAMOUS BRANDS. lree With Enry Small Ad in Sunday Call. See&ncllAd_mforlmh« of THEIR INNOCENCE. Commissioners File Findings in Chinatown | Case and Hutton Accuses Eight of Force the Czar and His Advisers | 'prelsion of gambling in Chinatown might lead to an increase of crime in ‘R ~\'l‘u,\b]mlssh.meu, independent of that which | other parts of the city. * SQUAD 18 SUFFICIENT. “We belicve that the squad kept | there for years last past has been suf- ficient in numbers to -stop gambling If it were not so sufficlent it would need but the temporary presence of a| ‘ few more officers to suppress it. But| if it required many moré men it will] not do for a police department to say | ‘that crime by the wholesale should be talerated in one part of the city be- | cause a policeman while there sup-| | pressing it might hava prevented an | jisolated violation of law elsewhere | | where crime is but of infrequent oc- 1 currence. “It is the plain duty of a police de- (punment to prevent known violations ‘of the law. A bare fear that a crimg| may be committed in one place canno? cxcuse a failure to suppress kno“-nf crime by the wholesale in arother. | “We are of the opirion that never, | except in remote instances, have propec efforts been used by the Police Depart- | ment in the suppression of gambling ! in Chinatown when they have been | free to act without interference by the | courts.” | ] HOWELL'S FINDINGS. Commissioner Howell's report differs | from that of his associates only in the conclusion, which is as follows: I “I believe that gambling can be ef- fectively and permanently suppressed | in Chinatown, but I also believe that a | large force of men continually on duty | | would be absolutely necessary to ac- | complish this purpose. Whether or not | the Police Department of this city is in , a position to spare a sufficient number | of men to effectively accomplish this | result I am not prepared to say, be- | lieving the matter is one which rests ! entirely within the judgment of the‘ Chief of Police. There are other viola- | tions of the law continually pceurring | ry in this city which require the constant | attention of the department. There are | large and populous districts that are | almost entirely without police protec- | tion, and I certainly question the pro- | priety or advisability of stripping many | of the beats in this city and increasing | the danger of other crimes, probably | of more s¢ridus import to the whole community than the gambting in Chi- natowh. “I1 find that the Police' Department Is; serfously hampered in all of its efforts | to suppress the practice of gambling in Chinatown by the difficulties encoun- tered in entering the places where fan- tan is played and in securing legal evi- dence sufficient to obtain a conviction. “While the investigation held by this commission dealt with the administra- | tion of the Police Department in China- | town solely, I desire to say, in conclu- sion, that, inasmuch as a great deal has been said tending to implicate many officials and others in the corrup- tion believed to exist, no evidence of any kind or nature whatsoever has been introduced before this com-! mission tending in any manner to di- rectly implicate any officials of this city and county, or of the Police De- partment, or any citizen of this cny‘i in any participation in the corruption | fund.” NO COLLUSION SHOWN. ‘The report signed by Commissioners Howell and Hutton exonerating Com- | misioners Drinkhouse and Reagan is as follows: “We find that no evidence was pro- duced before us tending in any way to show that either Police Commissioner John A. Drinkhouse or Police Commis- sioner Thomas Reagan ever received any part of the Chinatown gambling corruption fund, nor were they at any time in collusion With any of said gam- bling-houses or those who directly or indirectly operated the affairs of the same. The above Commissioners, be-| ing interested, do not sign this finding.” The reports of the Commissioners were shown to Chief of Police Wittman last evening. He said he could only say ' that Commissioner Howell's report re- garding the number of men it would take to effectively suppress gambling in Chinatown agreed with his views. “I have long sought 200 addmnnal\ policemen,” said the Chief, “but have been unable to get them. Many dis- tricts are now pleading for more pro- | tection, but I am unable to give it to them. I have always heid that (he safety of the taxpayers of this city— of its white citizens—is of more Im-! portance than the morals of the Chi- nese, and though I always have and will continue to exert myself to pre- | vent the Chinese from breaking the ! law, it is a difficult task with the few ' men 1 can spare for the work. “At one time I placed 120 men in Chinatewn ;and succeeded, for a time, in stamping out gambling, but the minute the forct was reduced to guard | the interests of the whites, gaming commenced again. 1 have discussed | this with -the commission and they have azreed with me that it was best not to leave y portion of the city uncovered, but to do the best I could l with & small force. This I have done ) and will eontinue to do unless directed by the commission to, enlarge the Chi- natown_squad to such proportions as ; wiil: enable night inspection of every inoolc and - cranny into which these Orientals erawl to indulge vices."” i e in their pression of gambling by the difficulties | FALSE FLOOR COVERS of entering the places where fantan is MUCH S‘“)LEN PROPERTY io!etn Find Further Evidence of the Thieving Propensities of © Arizona Couple. PRESCOTT, Ariz., Dec, 19.—When officers had on last Sunday unloaded the seventh drayload of plunder which Fred Roemer had stolen and cached in the old brewery bullding they thought their work completed. On further investigation of the prem- ises, however, to-day a new floor was discovered in the building, which they decided to take up to see if any- thing was hidden beneath it. To their surprise a large cellar was found con- taining nearly as much plunder as 'u recovered Sunday. ——— To Cure a Cold in One Day bor Himself admits he can-play the piano you can play it with the aid of the ¥ better than ..Metrostyle Pianola.. He says: “The Pianola is perfection; plays abso- lutely faultless; free of any kind of nervousness® Paderewski has indicated, and the Metrostyle enables any per- son (musician or otherwise) to follow the indication—the exact tempo, note by note. phrase after phrase, together with accentuation, just as he played the piece. The Metrostyle is found on the Pianola only, yet the Pianola costs no more than.other players—$250. Time Payments if Desired. Exclusive Agents San Francisco and Vicinity KOHLER & CHASE (The Largest Music House on the Coast) COR. POST ® KEARNY STS. THIEE WRITES 10 0IS VICTIM Tonopah Club, Which Was Recently Robbed in Daring Manner, Gets Queer Letter Specia! Dispatih to The Call. ——— RENO, Dec. 19.—The Tonopah Glub, which was robbed of $600 several days ago by a man who tunneled under the building and bored through the floor under where the money box was stand- ing, yesterday received the following letter: ' “ON DESERT NEAR TONOPAH, | Dec. 16.—Tonopah Club: When in the | course of human events it becomes necessary for one person to separate others from their money, spect of the opinions of mankind re- quires ‘that they disclose the causes which impelled the separation. that wine, women and love of money have caused a good many to go wrong. A mixture of these caused us to need the money. Some dark night go back in the pas- sageway in the rear of the saloon and feel under the sill and you will find a Wells, Fargo & Co. check for $15. You understand banking business and can collect it easier than I. Use this as a pair of jacks may turn and make it more than $600. Pardon my spirit of levity. I will close by thanking you for past favors and assuring you of my best wishes. U. C. ROUGHEDGE.” The proprietor did as directed and | fcund the check. He then wrote the following letter, which he posted on a bulletin board: “To U. C. Roughedge: The check and sack were in place ana you deserve the rest because yoa earned it, and one two jacks will grind it back. If you want to take another contract we will furnish you with your own tools. “TONOPAH CLUB.” —— et If your friends are musically inclined give them some prettily bound musical literatuce or operatic ‘scores. Sherman, Clay & Co. * Clergy In Trouble In Ecuador. GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Dec. 19.— Under the new worship law, the Govern- ment has begun the prosecution of the clergy for leasing their properties. The clergy has excommunicated the rent- | ers, upon whose complaint the Govern- ment s proceeding. a decent re- | We | hold these truths to be self-evident, | | { PLATT STARTS DEPEW'S FIGHT Calls a Meeting to Urge the Re-election of the Junior Senator From New York —_— NEW YORK, Dec. 19. —Senator Thomas C. Platt has called a confer- ence of Republicans to meet in_the Fifth-avenue Hotel on Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock to taks meéasures for the re-election of Senator Depew. More than fifty invitations have been issued to leaders and legislators, Senator Platt says that this confer- | ence is called largely for the purpose of neutralizing the effect of the recent conference at which Governor Odell and many other prominent Republicans were present and which showed itself strongly in favor of Frank 8. Black's candidacy. When asked to-night whether he had invited Governor Odell to consult with him, Senator Platt replied: “Of course I have not done so. The Governor is backing the other man.” Senator Platt said that he had vis- ited Wall street to-day and consulted with a very large number of prominent Republicans, all of whom, he said, he had found to be enthusiastically iIn favor of the re-election of Senator De- pew. Regarding the conference, Sena- tor Platt said it will be attended by Republicans who are Interested in the election of a United States Senator— men from different parts of the State. “I shall not turn anybody away,” he added. I want to find out where we stand and 1 purpdie getting to the bot- tom of the matter. “Governor Odell was mistaken,” Sen- ator Platt sald, “if he belleved that Black would have a majority in the Legislature.” Ex-Governor Black came to the city from Troy to-night. When asked if the announcement of his candidacy in the Troy Times was authoritative he an- swered he was not yet prepared to make a statement of his attitude. ———— Californians in Washington. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—The fol- lowing Californians reached here to- day: At the Raleigh—Dr. Adelph Dan- ziger of San Francisco. At the Rigss —Miss A. J. Chandler of San Francis- co. At the New Willard—F. J. Bev- eridge of Los Angeles. ADVERTISEMENTS. - LADIES’ and GIRLS’ SWEATER-JACKETS Latest Patterns. .. $3.50 1o $7.50 MEN’S AND BOYS’ Sweaters and Jerseys Best values in the city Also CARDIGAN J-\LKETS $1.00 10 $5.00 #4, 85, 86 CHILDREN’S SWEATER-JACKETS And Silk Hoods............ KNI 60 Geary .. $1.25 to $2.50