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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-20
WHO TOOK EN-?
Unexplained Disappearance of AImshouse
FREIGHT.

Unexplained Disappearance of AImsh house
Freight.
A little sensation has leaked out in
the Health Office. On the day before
Christmas Mrs. Balsere of 2713 How
ard street called at that Office with a
small box that she desired to have taken to
Mrs. Mary Lyons, then an inmate of the
Almshouse. 1t was placed on the counter
with other articles bound for the same place
and as it disappeared with the others the
suppoSition was that it had reached its desti-
nation all right
a few days ago Mrs. Lyons left the Aims
house, and happening to visit her bene-
factress, Mrs. Balsere was asked by that
lady if she had received the box and en-
joyed its contents. She was much surprised
of course, and gave her good friend like
surprise BY telling that she had not received
such box Mrs. Balsere thought il WAS
time to investigate, and called at the Health
Office yesterday for that purpose. Her
statements of course spread the surprise for
none OF the attaches OF the Health Office
had seen the box since its first appearance
and never dreamed but what it mad been
delivered as directed.
Inquiry was put on foot at once. and it
did not lake more than few minutes to
discover the empty box In a dark recess un-
der one or the unirequented counters, where
II probably never would have been noticed
but for the search. Mrs. Lyons address
was torn off, and all but few useless
articles were missing. 1t originally con-
tanned bottle of wine. cakes, crackers,
oranges and apples, trade dollar, pair of
WOODEN stockings and a blue plush purse
containing 81 80 gold piece.
At the time the box was presented at the
office there was then among the attaches a
young man named Herbert Furlong. 1t was
his duty 10 see that all matter intended for
the AlmshouSe was sent there. Since that
time he has been replaced by soma one
else, and Health Officer Keeney has sent for
him to come to the office and explain the
mysterious miscarriage of the box
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-20
HIDDEN EVIDENCE.
Serious Charges Against Insoi-
vent Liquor Men.

Morris Kaempfer and S. Bamberger. who
conducted lQuor-stUre on Market street.
near Third, up to a few weeks ago, when
they filed a petition in insolvency, were ar
rested yesterday on a charge OF concealing
evidence in those proceedings.
Some time ago, Judge Levy appointed
Louis Simonson of - Stevenson street re-
ceiver of the insolvent firm. The creditors
claimed that Bamberger and Kaempfer had
not produced all their books and papers in
court and were cOncealing them in order to
defraud by presenting a falSified account.
SO search warrants were sworn out and
placed in the hands of Officer Ii. II. Hand
ley for service.
The policeman went to COS Baker street,
which had been given as kaempfer'S resi-
dence. He found that there was no such
number on the street, but going to the resi-
dence OF Bamberger at l717 Octavia street, he
was more successful. Handley searched
the house and seized the following books
and papers:
One book marked goods in bonded ware
house; book Endorsed notes and bills
payable and receivable; ten Sunset Route
shipping receipts; a statement of stock on
hand December 70, 1886; miscellaneous
papers; check on the Chemical National
Bank for sS47 so; draft on the MetropOli-
tan Bank for S157 %; draft on Charles
DtnHeHy OF chicago Tor SlZ34 OJ, and
draft on [. Green of Chicago TOR 1913 80
1t is claimed that the evidence IS seized
will show that the insoiventS have failed to
account for 5000 worth of property Saon
after the accused were locked up at the City
Prison they were interrogated by CALL
reporter, but refused to make any statement
hey ond the assertion that they did not know
why the charge had been placed against
them. Receiver SimonSou brought the
charge under Section 1875 of the Penal Code,
which classes the concealment of evidence
as a miSdemeauUr,
kaempfer and Bamberger secured their
release from custody by furnishing bond
in the sum of $1,000, with l.. Atschul and
L. Dittenhoefer as sureties, but Joseph j.
Dunno, the attorney for the creditors, says
that additional charges may be preferred,
declaring that they We're doing big business
in this city for many years, with receipts
running up t. an average of $1,000 a month,
and that in January. 1890, they cOnspired to
defraud their creditors.
The attorney says that they would pur-
chase large quantity of liquors aud gave a
proniSsory note. payable in thirty days, ar d
place the goods in warehouse. They
would tlen Oppose of their liquors by selling
the warehouse receipts which are negotiable.
Another charge is that after procuring
goods on thirty days credit they shipped
them to New York, where Kaempfer's
brother, Adolph, is charged with having
secretly disposed of them,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-20
A FALSE REPORT.
The sprechels Do Not Want to Sell Their

The Spreckels Do Not Want to Sell Their
Sugar Refineries.
John ID. SpreckelS was seen Yesterday
with reference TO the New York telegram
concerning the transfer of the Spreckels
refnerieS in this city and Philadelphia to
the American Sugar Refinery Company and
to the question whether or not there was any
truth in the report gave most emphatic
no"
II read the telegram you refer to-" said
the gentleman, land can say there is Eot
one word of truth in the entire report. We
not only do not want to sell. but the Ameri-
can Refinery people, who are said to be so
anxious to buy us out, have never even
made a proposition to that effect. The story
is utterly without foundation, and is put in
circulation for the sole purpose of booming
the stock of our Eastern rivals. The tele-
gram, too, bears the stamp of untruth upon
lis face. 1t is good enough to place yalua-
ton of a million each on the two properties,
while in point or fact our refinery here is
worth all of S3,000,000 and our Philadelphia
property in the nelghbOrhood of S., Geo. 600.
1t is hardly necessary to add that even if
there were the slightest foundation for the
telegram We would not hand over $780,
600 OF paying property for quarter of that
amount"
Adoipn Spreckels was equally pronounced
in denying the correctness of the report, and
stamped it as absurd and ridiculous.
Touching another subject the latter gentle
man admitted that the Hon. G. Mclean,
Chairman of the Union Steamship Company
of New Zealand, arrived on the Monowai on
Sunday Tor the purpose of comforting with
them regarding their steamship interests.
The Oceanic and the Union steamship COM
panies are jointly interested in the mail con-
tract between this port and Sydney, and 1t
is possible that an understanding Will be az
rived at between them, whereby a fort
nightly instead of Il monthly service will
be inaugurated.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-20
CIGAR-FACTORY SEIZED.
4 Bundle of Unstamped Weeds Furnish
the Officers n CIew.

Bundle of Unstamped Weeds Furnishes
the Officers Clew.
The rookery at 110S Stockton street, where
Lam Tong carries on cigar business, is
now under close surveillance by Internal
Revenue collectors while he is trying to ex-
plain "no sabe" innocence of the law.
The place and contents were seized yester-
day afternoon.
Dave Levy was stationed in front of the
place all day yesterday watching for some
conclusive evidence that Lam Tong sold
unstamped cigars. At last a Chinese boy
came out of the place with bundle wrapped
in paper. Levy made dive" for him
and recovered some of the cigars. He then
kept the store guarded until United States
Deputy Marshal Maloney and Special Agent
Eldridge arrived.
Lam Tong was arrested by the Deputy
after hard fight, while the seized goods
amount to about 111,000 cigars and 1850
pounds OF tobacco, the Chinese boy having
had about fifty in his bundle. The Internal
Revenue officers think there is no case
against Lam Tong, but the United States
Marshal is of the opinion that the case is q
clear one, with certain conviction.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-20
NOT LEGALLY SUFFICIENT.
The TiIden Disbarment Case Decided on


The IiIden Disbarment Case Decided on
Demurrer.
In the dsbarment proceedings against
Charles L. Tilden, instituted by Charles f.
Hanlon for the alleged taking from the lat
ter's Office by force of an undertaking for
the payment of money by the accused to
the complainant being for the payment of
C osts in the case of William II. Carpenter
ct al. vs.. .. NJ. Shoff, the Supreme Court
handed down an opinion yesterday sustain
ing the demurrer to the petition, and hold
ing that the objection to the legal suffi-
cheney of the charge is we'll taken.
Assuming the charge to be true, runs the
decision, the Supreme Court has no jurisdic-
ton to try an accusation OF that character,
and ii Is not until after an attorney has
been tried and convicted of q crime invov-
ing moral turptude, and the record has
been produced, that the court becomes EN-
powered to remove or suspend him from
practice.
In answer to the contention that in such
matters the court must necessarily have an
authority more extensive than the mere let
ter of the statute, TO Illustrate which view
the case of an attorney VIGOROUSLY guilty of
an Infamous crime, but acquitted through
miscarriage OF justice, was cited, the court
deemed 1t insufficient to say that no such
case exists, and admitting that ii does, it is
no part OF the courts duty to anticipate the
action OF the proper trial court, when the
attorney has not even been accused
The opinion was rendered by Chef Jus
tice Beatty, and concurred in by all the AS
Sociate Justices
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-20
The Clothes Were 1dentified.

Yesterday an item appeared in THE CALL
to the effect that supposed thief had
dropped bundle of clothing which had
been picked I'D by the Harbor Police. The
clothes were all wet and it was surmised
that they had been stolen from a clothes
line. This proved 10 be correct, for yester-
day woman who had seen the item ap-
peared at the station and identified the
articles as hers. She said they had been
stolen from the yard of her house on Tele-
graph Hill, and constituted her week )
washing. The property clerk turned the
clothes over 10 her.
Shortly after she left two other women
who had seen the item appeared and said
they too had lost clothes from their lines
Saturday. They wanted to have a look at
the bundle, but the property clerk told them
that the "early item reader caught the
worm
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-20
WAITING FOR HER ARMOR.
The Monterey stnI on the Ways Mt TIL

The Monterey stnI on the Ways at the
Union Iron Works.
But little more work can be done on the
Monterey, now on the ways at the Union
Iron Works, until her armor arrives This
is the fault Of the Government The ship is
ready for launching. Mr.. Scott says the
company will wait reasonable time, and if
her armor does not arrive the ship will be
launched and her armor put on afterward.
Last week the cylinders for the ship we're
cast and were complete success. They
are the largest ana most difficult ever made
on this coast, and could not be excelled by
any firm in the United States.
AS soon as the Monterey is off the ways
work will begin on Cruiser No. 6, and a
large force kept ON her until she is launched
Work on the battle-ship Oregon is progress
ing satisfactorily. The Union Iron Works
also has the Pacific Mail steamer Panama
nearly finished. She has been thoroughly
overhauled IN hull and machinery, new
cylinders placed in her. and she will be
ready to sail ON the Esd of this month.
The force employed at present number
1000 men, but as soon rs the Monterey Is OFF
the stocks and work begins on the cruiser
this number will be largely increased.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-20
MARKET-STREET GRADES.
Meeting of Property-owners Who Desil

Meeting of Property-owners Who Desire
the Work Done.
a meeting of the Executive Committee of
the Market-street improvement Club was
held yesterday afternoon at the office Of
Maurice Dore & Co., 412 Pine street, Maui
rice Dore acting as Chairman. The object
OF the meeting was to protest against the
present Board Of Supervisors repeating the
action of the former board ordering the
grading of Market street from its junction
with Valencia to Seventeenth. A petition
was recently presented to the Supervisors
from some OF the property-holders on the
street against the work, but the Improve
ment Club claims that these directors are in
minority, and that the grazing is anx-
iously desired by the owners of $500 feet out
Of the 10000 feet that it is proposed to
grace. A motion was adopted that the
Street Committee be requested by the club
not to repeal the order of grading, and that
each member OF the committee should per-
sonally endeavor TO interest the Street COM
mlttee in the matter
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-20
A NARROW ESCAPE.
John Il. Clancy Nearly Dies From Gas
Asphyxiation.

John Il. Clancy Nearly Dies From Gas
Asphyxiation.
John E. Clancy. bache lor saloonist,
who carries on small trade at the corner
of Twenty-second and Guerrero streets,
where he makes his home, had narrow
escape yesterday from death from aSphyXia-
ton by illuminating gas. He was discov-
cred at. O'Clock yesterday morning by a
family living over his saloon. DR.. Towns
end was called in, and after several hou RS
of had work succeeded in reyiying him 1t
is believed he will recover
He had left single jet of gas burning in
the saloon when he went to bed in a small
apartment partitoned off at one end of the
room, ana from some unknown cause the
fame became extinguished. The room was
airy and the head of the gas small else he
would have been dead by morning.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-20

its occurrence, an accurate description of
the two men was furnished. The police
started on search, and about o'clock the
City Marshal noticed two men at the corner
OF Buena Vista avenue and Eighteenth
given and were placed nnder arrest a
punch of skeleton keys was found in their
possession and also some of the stolen
Jewelty; Near the place where they were
arrested portion OF the jewelry was found,
wien, WHEN they had thrown away upon the ap-
win burglary, and cannot very well escape
conviction In view of the strong evidence
against Them The police have looked up
shelr record and have found them to be pro-
of agp - = ) wv
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-20
MISCELLANEOUS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
FROM AN OLD
VETERAN Or 7HE WAR
TO EIS
COMRADES and OTHERS
MARCH 2, 1890.

MARCH 2, 1890.
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plants I can say truthfuly that have
found The GREAT SIERRA KIDNEY AND
LIVER CURE, the only medicine that has
ever helped me, and AM HAPPY TO.
DAY. | am fast on the road to health
and can cheerfully recommend this
wonderful remedy to all my old COM
rades and veterans of the war.
DANIEL S. COOK,
BIT Eddy ST., San Francisco, Cal.
Sold by all druggists.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-20

The suit of John Applegarth against the
Changers Business Association to recover
5000 for its alleged wrongful conversion
of forty-nine horses belonging to him, to-
gether with $4,000 damages sustained. was
on trial before jury in Judge Hunts de-
partment of the Superior Court yesterday.
The defense is substantially that the live
stock was taken with his consent TO secure
certain loans OF The sum of Sl965 66, made
by the association to him
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-20
BAPTIST MINISTER'S.
They Discuss The Golden Mean
Christian Doctrine"

Ihey DISCUSS me Golden Mean In
Christian Doctrine"
At yesterdays meeting of the Baptist
ministers an interesting description OF a
missionary trip through the Northwest was
given by Rev. DR.. Dietz, the well-known
German missionary. He said that he had
been very successful in converting Germans
to the Baptist faith in Oregon, and that the
indications were favorable for many more
such recruits.
He was followed by the Rev. Mr.. Fleming
of East Oakland, who read a paper upon
The Golden Mean in Christian Doctrine"
in the course of which he said that the eX-
IRENE lines Of Calvinism on one side and of
Universalism on the other should be
avoided. In exemplifying his meaning he
took up the subject OF the sacrament OF
baptism, concerning which he expressed the
belief that his co-religonists had struck the
happy mean as between the Catholics on
one side, who hold that even infants cannot
reach heaven if unbaptized, and the
Quakers and Universalists on the other,
Who do not believe in baptism at all.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-20

Yesterday morning while the ferry-boat
Encinal was getting up steam one Of the
stop-eoeks blew out and the steamer was
temporarily disabled. The 6l5, 7:15, S:15
aud 9:l5 o'clock trips from this side, and the
6:45. AS, s :45 and 8 AS trips from Alameda
were not made, to the great surprise and
disgust Of Intending passengers.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-20

Michael Boyne. the administrator of the
estate Of John Hansen, who died in Septem-
Der. 1889. has petitioned the Probate Judge
to direct the administrator of: the estate of
Michael Lynch to convey to the petitioner
tract of land on Wool street, north of Lin
coin avenue, and valued at S94S, pursuant to
contract executed by Lynch TO Hansen.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-20
For AnnuIIment of Marriage.

Frederick G.. Hesse has brought suit
against Martha Hesse, to whom he was mar
ried in Santa Rosa In May, 1856, alleging for
cause of action that before their union she
represented herself TO be virtuous woman,
upon which statement he relied. Her falsity
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-20
State Prison Direntnrs.

A meeting of the State Board OF Prison
Directors was held at Folsom on Saturday
evening last, at which were present MessTs.
de Pue, Sonntag and Devlin. The only
business OF Importance transacted was the
auditing of bills
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-20

in this respect, runs the complaint, was not
known to him until June, $780, when he dis
covered mat she was the mother of an ille-
gitimate child He therefore prays to have
the marriage annulled, and that he may be
restored TO the status of an unmarried
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-20

A good breeze from the northeast prevailed
outside the Heads yesterday up till O'Clock
in the evening, when it fell dead calm. Last
evening the schooner Big River was reported
at anchor outside.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-20
For Over seb 900 Damages,

F. F. Finley has filed complaint against
the Southern Pacific Company to recover
S25, 662 damages for injuries received on the
occasion of the Oakland Greek disaster in
Oakland on May 80, 1890. The plaintiff
says he was under the water several seconds
before he could extricate himself, besides re-
ceivlng several blows and wounds. Since
the accident his left ear has been almost
deaf, and he has never recovered from the
nervous shock his system sustained.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-20

THE PALACE HOTEL OCCUPIES AN ENTIRE
block In the center OF San Francisco 1t Is tn,
model hotel OF the world Fire and earth1uASs
proof Has nine elevators Every room IS laFys
hight and airy. The ventilation is perfect A basi
and closet adjon every room All rooms are easy
C1 access from broad. light corr,dors The central
court, Illuminated by electric light. It's inmenss
glass roof broad balconies carrlage-way and tropi
cal plants are features hitherto unknown IN Amert-
can hotela Suests entertained on either tne Amsr-
lean or European plan The restaurant /, this %.
IN lhecisy secure rooms in advance by telexraor
no7t san er,inc NJ CT.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-20
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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-20
Cheeseman's Specific Mixture.

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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-20

Charles Soper, an opium tiend. was ar
rested last night for carrying concealed
weapon along with his hypodermic para
phernnlia
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-20
He Carried a Gun.

BERTELING has The only reliable methods TO
I'll defective sight. APT Kearny street.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-20
PALACE HOTEL,

Sold by all druggists.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-20

II and 14Is Page st.; flats: rooms each. and
Groom house on Lily ave: total rent S72 per
month: franchise for cable-rOad out Page St..
across Market and down Potter.to connect with the
Mission-st road has been granted this is bound to
be valuable business property in the future;
lot 81 :6xl20. Further particulars OF
M'AFEE, BALDWIN & HAMMOND,
jalS 20 % 20 rs st 10 Montgomery st.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-10-29
Orange Blossoms.

sOn Thursday morning last at nine
o'clock at ST. James church occurred the
happy marriage of Mr.. John Corcoran
and Miss Katie Swift. Rev j. M. Cleary
conducting the ceremony. Mr.. Thomas
Swift and Miss Mamie Corcoran attended
the young couple. An elegant wedding
breakfast was served at the residence Of
the brides mother, Mrs. Thos Swift, i'm
mediatelY after the ceremony and large
number Of guests were invited to and en-
joyed it.
An unusually large nHmberof valuable
presents were made and this popular
young couple embark upon the sea of
married life with the friendly interest and
well wishes of large number of friends
and acquaintance. Mr. Corcoran is the
clerk of the circuit court and enjoys q
large acquaintance and friendship
throughout the town and county, while
Miss Swift is probably as we'll and popu-
larly known as any young lady in Keno
sha, having held clerkship in w. F.,
Fishers dry goods store for some years
We extend our congratulations.