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Feliciana sentinel., 1891-02-28
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The morning call., 1891-12-16
A GOOD BILL.

Senator FELTON, has proposed an amend
ment to the Ocean Mail Subsidy A ct which
prohibits pooling by any line that receives
national subsidies. This is good bill, and
we trust that the Southern Pacific Senator
will give it his support. Under this proyis-
ion the Pacific Mail Steamship Company
will be compelled either to abrogate its con-
tact with the Southern Pacific and other
railroad companies in respect to freight
rates or to renounce the subsidy the act con-
fers. There would be more interest taken
in the bill IL the relations between the
junior Senator and his senior were better
understood. There was certainly a belief
in Sacramento last winter when FELTON, was
elected that Stanford had given him active
support. FELTON, had declared at various
times during the canvass that he would not
spend any money to procure an election, but
no one who knows anything of the charac-
ter of the men who went from De Young to
FELTON, believe they did SO without consid-
Grafton. They were not, as they NAV have
been in the Stanford canvass, pledged to
FELTON, in advance. In other words. they
had not been branded in the spring. Where
the inducement came from that led to their
vote for FELTON, may not be precisely known.
but of the inducemeDt there can be much
question. Under these circumstances. Sem
ator FELTON, is not the man that California
would put forward to conduct an attack
upon the Southern Pacific work. The SUBJ
sidiZing of land and water transportation
companies has been fayorite method OF the
The morning call., 1891-12-16
THE TREASURY WATCHDOG.

The report comes from Washington that
Holman Of Indiana will lie at the head of
the Committee on Appropriations. This
means that no money will be let out of the
Treasury except for necessary purposes.
There are certain fixed expenses of the Gov
ernment that will be provided for. but there
are other matters that will depend upon the
committee. The last Congress provided for
bounty on sugar-Deets produced in the
United States, but it remains for each Con-
gress to appropriate the necessary money.
The Shipping Subsidy Act is more in the
form of a contract, which Congress is bound
to fulfill. But such projects as establishing
a gun plant In California, the prosecution of
work on coast fortiications, the adoption of
the Secretary of the Nays plans for new
war-shipS and improvement lib the postal
service depend largely upon the Chairman
Of the Committee on Appropriations. The
bill appropriating 100000 to the Worlds
Fair will come before the House as sep
arate measure. Still the policy adopted by
the Committee on Appropriations will have
a good deal of influence in determining the
fate of separate measures. A Congress
which goes before the country on the single
issue of economy Will most likely be con-
siStent in its own expenditures.
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GAN AWFUL ARRANGEMENT"

number of papers, both on this Coast
and in the East. are growing hystercal
over certain statement made by the
twenty-year-old son of Mrs. J. Ellen Eos
ter, the well-known lecturer. This young
man was recently arrested for gambling, at
Cornell University. and brought to Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, for trial and fine. In mitiga-
ton of his Offense he there pleaded that
since he was 8 years old he had never
known what home was, saying: Mother
has been in politics and have been left to
shift for myself"
This sounds very pathetic, and certain
class of writers have FASTENED to draw a
touching picture OF this young man. ruined
by his mothers neglect. AS one editor puts
it. "the hearthstone grown cold, home in.
fiuence shirked, home pictures turned to
the wall, the son left to 60 to the bad,
while the mother" did what? The thing
that she was probably best able to provide
for and educate that son, and to further the
cause that aims to save from ruin the sons
of many hundreds. in this land of mothers
who are not sin politics"
This lawful arraignment" as one editor
calls 1t, Of Mrs. Foster. is not whit more
awful than the arraignment that might be
made, and is not of many a mother who is
Tin society" while her son is left to fol-
low evil ways. The unthinking howl over
the shortcomings of sons of famous mothers
Is on par with that raised over the evil
dongs of minister's sons, when such go
wrong. In point of fact statistics show
that an enormous majority of minister's
sons go right. and are filling positions Of
trust in the land, and the sons and daugh-
tiers of our prominent women have, on the
whole, turned out exemplary citizens, but
when such has fallen the fact that his
father was preacher, or his mother a lee
turer or an advocate of reform, has been
rolled as sweet morsel under the tongue
Of the newsm0nger.
Thousands of boys who have lived
through neglected childhood, and, even
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A SLIPPER PILED VIGOROUSLY.

How Athletic Brooklyn Girl Chas-
tised Her Brutal Sire.
Miss Jennie Eyeline Foster of PIT Divi-
sion avenue, Brooklyn, n. Y, has achieved
distinction as young woman who first
used slipper on her father, James Arson
Foster, because she caught him, so she al
leges, beating her mother, and then had her
father arrested and fined for resenting the
slipper strokes by striking her. Miss Fos-
ter is a large-eyed, ruddy-lipped brunette
of stately form and fashionable attire. Her
home is in one OF the best residence sections
of the Eastern District and the family moves
in good circles. She is about 20 years old.
According to Miss Fosters story, as told
younger sister we're asleep in their room
when they were awakened by an uproar in
their mothers room. The younger girl said
in terrified whisper:
ITS father come home drunk and beat
ing mother"
I'm soon stop that" said Miss Jennie,
and stepping lightly from the bed she
stopped moment TO pick up her slipper
and lett the room. A moment later a tall,
white-robed girl, slipper in hand, entered
the mothers room and saw, she says, her
father, James Anson Foster, beating his
wife.
Without a word of warning the girl sprany
at her father. twisted his head under her
lett arm and then and there administered
chastisement of a nature which must have
made him feel that childhood's happy DAYS,
with all their tingling memories, had come
again, for the slipper was piled vigorously
and the heel with every stroke left an i'm
preston. Foster broke away from the
angry girl as soon as he could. Then, she
says, he struck her, and when she renewed
the attack on her he rushed downstairs to
get carving-knfe. as the only suitable
weapon with which to defend himself.
When he returned the younger sister had
also entered the room and in the ensuing
melee. it is said, she too was struck by her
father, who, however, was soon disarmed
and subdued by his athletic daughters.
On making the necessary affidavit she was
granted warrant for her fathers arrest,
and Court Officer Dunn was sent to serve
it. He found Foster standing up and talk
ing amicably with his wife. whose forgive
ness he had evidently deemed 1t advisable
to secure. His daughter, however, did not
share her mothers forgving mood. but ac-
cording to the World, testified in court
against the parent she had several hours
previously ehastised.
All that Justice Goetting did was to fine
MIR. Foster So. The defendant, in paving
the fine. said he had never been in court be-
fore and hoped lie never would be again.
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" THE Bitter BITTEN"
William Foreman Talked Too
Much and Is in Prison.

William Foreman, smoOth-fa faced, would
be gay lothario from across the bay, Ian
guisheS behind the bars of the City Prison,
charged with placing an under-age girl in a
house of ill-fame on Ellis street. His incar-
ceration is due to the fact that he was some
what akin to the parrot which talked too
much. Foreman entered tina station YES
terday and gave the information that Matte
Hook, who lives with her father at the cor
ner OF Mason and Union streets, was in the
house of Amelia Austin, better known as
French Amy" and that she was not yet
of age.
The Austin woman was arrested, as was
the girl, and taken TO the station, where
charge of harbOring an under-age girl in her
house was placed against the former and vag-
rancy against the latter. Foreman came to the
City Prison when the women were being
booked and now regrets his action, for
upon seeing him the entire story came to the
surface, and he figured in it to such an ex-
tent that he was himself arrested and
charged as above mentioned.
Matte Hock's story is that she was walk
ing along Market street on Saturday even
ing with another girl when she was accosted
by Foreman, who also had a companion.
After a short time spent In walking around,
the girls were taken to room on Turk
street, and Matte Hook was kept there by
Foreman carrying oil one OF her shoes On
Monday he took her 10 French Amy's'
house. saying he would take care of her,
and he then tried to collect $40 from the
landlady for procuring the girl, but finally
compromised on 50 as the other inmates Of
the house ridiculed him.
Finding that lie was likely to lose his
victim, he decided to inform on the Austin
women 10 crafty his spite, and the result
was his own incarceration. Seeing some of
the reporters around the prison, he ap-
preached them on the subject of suppress
ing the publication of his case, and his tone
and manner would have done credit to
south of Market street tough. He said
Say, dere, yeZ fellows; don't say any
thing bout dis bisness. It's all lob put
up on me, see! l amt got no stuff wild me,
but my old mans wort bout $50, 900 and he's
goin' to croak soon. seei | kin fix it all up
den and square dis case. My folks is well
fixed. and I'm in wild all desc Bohemian
Club fellers."
The Club fellers" were represented by
lot of young would-be bloOds with SPRING
bottom trousers and red neckties.
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Worth a Guinea a Box"

From Fame a London newspaper.
Mr. s., chemist OF Liverpool, received a bill
for the amount of 2Ss from Thomas Beecham. st.
Helens. Mr.. s.. being at the time In pecuniary
difficulties, pondered for considerable time how
to meet the demand. AT last bright Idea flashed
across his mind and he said joyfully:
"Yes, will send Beeeham box of his own pills
he says himself they are worth guinea a box
and seven shillings in cash."
This he did. In the course Of few days great
the surprise of Mr.. st find that Beecham
had forwarded the receipt attached to which were
the words, cash only in future Thomas
Beecham.'
In the United States Beecham's Pills are also ad-
yertised as universally acknowledged TO be "worth
a guinea a box'-but that they are for sale by all
druggists at rs cents.
Beecham evidently thinks ii best to hedge against
such bright fellows the Liverpool druggist
turning up this side of the water
The morning call., 1891-12-16
MUCH-MARRIED MUGRAGE.
Forced to Marry One He Is Now Accuse

Forced to Marry One He Is Now Accused
of Bigamy.
Henry Socrates Mugrage's love of women
has plunged him deeply into the meshes of
the law. On December 9TH he was arrested
on the complaint of Mary Hall, who claimed
that he had betrayed her under promise of
marriage. The case was fixed up bv
Mugrage's marrying the fair Mary with
Judge Joachmsen presiding rs God Hymen.
Yesterday tall and statuesque blonde.
with more than the average amount OF
facial beauty, came into Warrants Clerk
Pistolesi's office and made complaint for the
arrest Of Henry Socrates Mugrage, upon the
charge of bigamy. She gives her age at N
years, her residence at 1913 Seventh street.
Oakland, and says she married Henry
Socrates three years ago. The much-mar-
ried Mugrage is painter by trade and the
has painted the horizon of his future in a
very sOmber tint
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, !
WEATHER bureau.
S,S FpAN,Ts,, naret,ber Ia 1901 J

SAS Francisco December 10, 1891.
Weather Conditions and General Forecast.
The disturbance on the upper coast shows more
decidedly this evening. the barometer having
fallen from one TO two teuths of an inch in the
western portions OF Oregon and Washington.
There is. however. a general though slight rise IN
the pressure over California, except az Eureka
where there is a fail OF tenth Of inch, With
threatening southeast wind and partly cloudy
weather The depression appears to be affecting
the Slope from Northern California northward.
and it anticipated that rain VIII fall in that sec
tion by tomorrow evening and that the wiuds viii
become brisk 10 high on The coast by tomorrow.
The high pressure area is over Utah. and an ad-
vance oi the storm-trough would force II south
ward leaving passage for the depression north OF
Washington.
The highest temperatures to-day ranged from 20
TO rs in southern California, from 80 to 20 in
Northern California, the PECULIARLY being that the
former occurred at keeler while the latter is re-
ported from Eureka. Throughout Oregon and
Washington there was 4 generally nigh tempera-
tuTe. the maximum reported being So at Roseburg.
Force st Till & Z. NJ. Wednesday.
For Northern California-Fair: cooler preceded
by stationary temperature; prevailing southeast
winds: probable rain tomorrow night.
For Southern CalifOrnla-Fair weather; cooeri
Light northerly winds.
For oregon and NaShington-Fair, except light
rain III western portions; cooler exccnt stationary
temperature in portions Light south TO east
winds. becoming brisk coast
For Utsb-Fair; warmer: probable ram and
cooler Thursday. kuBERr l. KERKAM.
Chief OF Division
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"HANDSOME CHARLIE.u
Sudden Death of Charles III. Wilson, TIN
Unknown Jehu.

Sudden Death of Charles III. Wilson, the
Weli-Known Jehu.
Charles II. Wilson, better known as
Handsome Charlie" the well-known
hack-driver, has held the ribbons over a
team for the last time. Yesterday he was
found cold in death, lying in his bed at ZIG
Stockton street, and an autopsy showed that
he had died of heart disease.
His death, while sudden, was not entirely
unexpected, as he had spoken to some of
his acquaintance few days since, saying
that his heart had been troubling him for
some time. Wilson was a well-kn0wn char
acter in the city, having been a jehu for
many years, his patrons being principally
among the deniZens of a certain class of
houses and the gided youth Of the city pat
ronizing them. Besides this the man had
a rather eventful history.
He was sent to San Quentin on June u.
1886, on seventeen-year sentence, for kill
ing his mistress, Lena Bowman, in Suffer-
street clearinghouse on January 2, 1886.
Wilson's department was, however, so good
that he was pardoned by Governor Water
man, and left San Quentin August %, 1880.
having served little over four years of his
sentence. He returned to the city and re-
sumed his trade, which he continued until
his death, He was 50 wears of are
The morning call., 1891-12-16

Southern Pacific, and now a Senator who is
believed 10 owe his election to Stanford in
PRODUCES a bill TO deprive the Pacific Mail
Company of its subsidy from the National
Government, unless it retires from its ar
rangement with the Southern Pacific Com
pany. The thing looks somewhat mixed,
but OF course no one who knows and ad-
mires Felton's independence of character
would suspect him of having introduced the
bill simply for effect
The morning call., 1891-12-16

without being afforded the advantage of a
college education. such as young Foster
was receiving have grown to useful man
hood.
We do not know what plea the young men
who were gambling in company with Fos-
ter urged in mitigation of their offense, but
apparently he is the only one who adopted
the course of seeking to lay the blame of
his own shortcomings on his mothers
The morning call., 1891-12-16
STILL AT WORK.
The Photographers Refused to
Leave Their Places.
Out Of Eight Hundr-- Men on the Pacific
System Only Six Complied With Chief
Comstock's Order.

All the telegraphers' did not strike. OF
800 men on the Pacific system only six had
quit work up to o'clock yesterday after
noon in accordance with Deputy Chief
COmstock's order OF the day previous. OF
this number two are again at work and the
other four are new men in the employ of
the company. The men doubt Comstock's
authority to order a strike, and affirm that
he has received no direction from Chief
Ramsey.
Assistant General Superintendent Pratt,
when interviewed concerning the situation,
said:
There is no general strike among the
telegraphers, and there can be no concerted
move in this direction while our men fee
toward the company as they do at present
Comstock'S combination order and appeal
may influence u few of the new men to quit
work, but, as rule, our telegraphers are
men who have spent many. years in the
service of the company, and are we'll salts
fed with its treatment
GIVEN HOUSEKEEPING ROOMS.
MANY of our men are given housekeeping
rooms III the station buildings. If an agent
gets station i'll some small town where
school facilities are pO0r and he is DESTROYS
of educating his children, we transfer him
to more civilized locality. During the past
yobI JNtlJy-slA operators nave DcSn moved
at the expense OF the company on this ac-
count. The men are not slow to appreciate
this treatment, and from hundreds | have
promise OF continued service.
An operator on the Western Division,
whose name | do not care to mention for
reasons which are obvious, telegraphs me
that the men of this division are all at work
as usual, and have no idea of striking. On
the Salt Lake Division three men have left
their places. Two of them were about to
be discharged On the Shasta Division only
one man responded to the order, and the
two Coast Division men who left this morn
ing are back at work. This is the extent of
the strike as far as l am advised, and |
guess that if anything alarming had taken
place | would hear of it,
TOWNE HIGHLY INDIGNANT.
General Manager A. n. T0wne says that
COmSt0ck's strike order was sent out on the
18th inst, and that he knew nothing of the
telegraphers' demands until Monday, the
14th. The Deputy Chiefs order is dated
Oakland, December 18th, and the confer
ence with Messrs. Towne, Fillmore and
Pratt did not take place until the day after
The morning call., 1891-12-16
GRAND JURY MEETING.


A Committee Chosen to Draft a Final
Report.
Fourteen of the nineteen men on the
County Grand Jury, which has been de-
clared by the Supreme Court an invalid
body, met at O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
After an hours secret session Jurymen
Henley, Lynch, Cubery. Holbrook and
Kennedy were chosen as COMMITTEES TO
draft final report. The jury then adj
journed to meet again at the call of Foreman
Henley. For nearly an hour the COMMITTEES
remained in deliberati0n upon what course
to pursue. 1t was finally decided to draw
The morning call., 1891-12-16

Wong Ii. Celestial hailing from Port
land, Oregon. was brought to the Receiving
Hospital yesterday suffering from a badly
confused back and perha ps Spinal injury.
1t was learned that Ii was riding on Cali
of the city. At Devisadero street he at
tempted to step from the moving car in a
manner ''allee same Mclean man." but did
not know the trick, and was thrown vio-
lently to the pavement with the above-men-
toned result
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Enrineers, Grieyance.

The Engineers Grievance Committee had
a long conference yesterday afternoon with
General Superintendent Fillmore, which
will be continued this afternoon, when il is
expected to settle the differences now exist
ing between the company and the engi-
neers. Ii is understood that the usual com
promise will be brought to bear, as the only
means OF settling the present difficulties.
Mr. Fillmore said, after the meeting that
the matter would probably reach settle
tn da,r
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O'Clock p. N. BRANCH OFFICES; no Market
street near Kearny, open until IL O'Clock midnight;
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THE CALLS CALENDAR.
NOTICED
DkcEMHER. 1901

Any Of our patrons l7lo fail to find THE
NORNLNG CALL for sale By train-5oys
ir'i, confer q fdror By notifying this office OF
Aeloct, naming tie date and train.
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SCRoFULA is more formidable enemy than
either consumption cancer alone, for scrofula
combines the worst possible features of both. 1t
Is cured by Hoods Sarsaparilla. the blood purifier.
The morning call., 1891-12-16
Mrs. wins,ow,s SOOTHING svrr,,,,

Has been used over nifty years by millions OF moth
ers for their children while teething with perfect
1t soothes the child, softens the gums al
lay PAIN cures wind eoic regulates bowels and
Is the best remedy for diarrhea whether arising
from teething other causes For sale by drug
gists in every part of the world. BE sure and ask
for Mrs. Wins!ow's Soothing syrup. Twenty-Five
cents bottle
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custom-House appointment.

Charles A. Sankey has been appointed a
clerk and messenger in the cashiers office of
the Custom-house. vice E. A. Reynolds,
promoted.
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THE MORNING CALL
OFFICE

Has larger circulation than any other
newspaper published in San Francisco.
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es. SWANS. 2l3 Suffer street.

No SAFER REMEDY can be had for Coughs and
Colds, or any trouble of the Throat than Rrolcn"
Bronchial Troches." Price 25c. Sold only in oores
The morning call., 1891-12-16
Didn't Know the Trick.

up report as to various municipal matters
investigated and make several recommends
tons in reference to necessary reforms.
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Auction SALES TODAY.
WEATHER REPORT.

ErExI4rRE.-By N. }. simmons, at 1873 Fifth
St 81 Ii O cock