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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26

Barney Mckinley came over from
Butte TO spend Christmas with hi
family.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26

Buy your clothing and furnishing
goods at M. L. Aschheims and you will
save money ON every article purchased.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26

Twenty-Five per cent. discount on all
holiday goods at Hammerslough's.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26
It's a natter
of Taste

Your dinner; but 1t will certainly taste
better or seem better IL you top II on
with a glass of fine old wine-wine that
will gladden. your heart this merry sea-
son, even II you are the crustiest old
curmudgeon in seven states.
Our buyer knew what he was doing
when he purchased our stock of Wines
and Liquors. No cheap adulterated
stock can find a resting place In our
cellars. You do not want to buy 1t.
and we do not care to sell 1t.
Look over our list and see II there is
anything you need for Christmas:
Whiskey, Olympia, five years old,
w per salio1 w II Mcnraver old 70 W
Reliable, per gallon. ............ rs
whiskey Finch's Golden Wedding
Rye, per gallon. .................. rs
Brandy. Fine Old Cognac, per gal
Brandy. Grape. Five Years Old.
per gallon. ........ .......... 8 80
Brandy, Blackberry. for Medicinal
use, per gallon........ ........... so
Gin, Old Holland, per gallon. 90
Rum, New England, per gallon. rs
Rum, Jamaica, Extra Good. per
Rock and Rye. Nice Drink. per
Wines. Angelica. Old Port. per gal
Wines. Sherry and Resisting. per
RallOn... 1 20
Wines, Claret, Five Years Old, per
gallon. .......... ......... ........ oV
Raspberry Wine. Sure to Please,
per SdllOn. ............ 20
Burke's Imported Stout, per dozen so
Bass. Ale, per dozen. 2 so
We also keep a full line of bottled
beers.
Remember our line of Candles and
Nuts for Christmas.
MaCCallum & Cloutier,
50l-503 Park Avenue.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26

Many Anaconda people enjoyed
Christmas dinner at the Montana.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26

There will be no German services II
the NJ. z. church as announced.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26

Charley Newman has been confine,
to his room for several days.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26

For good home cooking go to Crow
ley's Oyster house. 321 f. Park avenue
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26

For a good fry go to Crowley s
Oyster hose. 321 +. Park avenue.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26

Holiday goods less than cost for mex
three days at l.. A. Kings.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26

Underwear. lower prices than ever al
Aschheims.
Miss Galbraith OF Deer Lodge is at
the Montana.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26

Initial Linnen and Silk Handke
chiefs at Aschheim's.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26
ABOUT The CITY.

ABOUT The CITY.
Tom and Jerry at the Mint.
Trunks and valises at Aschheim's.
Milwaukee beer at DAILY & Marron's.
Suits from $500 up Aschheims-
Eaths-Moniana hote barber shop, &c.
Or. Chrisman extracts teeth without pain.
Oscar ]. Craig of Missoula is In this
city.
Neckwear for the Holidays at Asch-
helms.
Mems shoes for everybody at Asch-
helms.
Full line of New Years presents at
Kepplers.
Underwear. lower prices than ever at
Aschheim's.
Miss Galbraith of Deer Lodge is at
the Montana.
Silk Mufiers the choicest In the city
at Aschheim'se.
Overcoat from the cheapest to tie
best at Aschheim's.
Initial Linnen and Silk Handker-
chiefs at Aschheim's.
Holiday goods less than cost for next
three days at L. A. Kings.
Charley Newman has been confined
to his room for several days.
Thar. NIL ho LIZ,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26

Silk Mufiers the choicest in the cit.
at Aschheim'se.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26

Overcoat from the cheapest to tt
best at Aschheims.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26

Full line of New Years presents a
Keppler's.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26

Neckwear for the Holidays at Asch
helms.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26

Mems shoes for everybody at Asc
helms.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26

Oscar j. Craig of Missoula is in tn
city.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26
Or. Chrisman extracts teeth without pain

Eaths-Moniana hote barber shop, y
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26

Tom and Jerry at the Mint.
Trunks and valises at Aschheim's.
The morning call., 1895-02-23

and a effort to recover the surplus may be
made. AS Mr.. Watt was not under bonds
he is comparatively safe in the event of
litigation ever this phase of the bank S
muddled affairs.
With Mr.. Sheehan it is different, how
ever, and as Attorney General Fitzgerald
has given an opinion to the effect,that he
drew his salary without warrant of law
proceedings will be commenced by the
Bank Commissioners to make him return
the entire $4,000 he drew while acting as
receiver. The members of the commission
would possibly feel inclined to compromise
the case, but the opinion of the Attorney
General leaves them only one course to
pursue, and that is to insist upon the re-
turn of the entire sum drawn by Mr..
Sheehan while he was acting as receiver.
When that money is repaid Mr.. Sheehan
can apply to the board of directors of the
bank for relief, and they may allow him
some compensation, but the amount will
have to be approved by the Bank Commits
sioners.
After the affairs of the Peoples Home
Savings Bank were placed in the hands of
the Bank Commissioners, President Kill
burn expressed the opinion that Mr.. Shee-
han was drawing his salary without war
rant of law, and that consequently Mr..
Watt as the legal representative of Mr..
Sheehan had no standing as an employee
of the bank. The latter, however, had the
laugh on the commission, as he had drawn
his salary in advance, before Commits
sioners Fuller, Magee and kilburn took
charge. The latter applied to the Attorney
General for advice. They asked if they
had right to fix the salary of the attorney
for the bank, and whether their action in
the cases of J. Alva Watt, attorney, and
John f. Sheehan, receiver of the wrecked
Peoples Home Savings Bank, would be
retroactive.
Acknowledgement Fitzgerald has pre-
pared his opinion, and it will be submitted
to the commission to-day. His conclusions
are as follows:
First-That the Board of Bank Commissioners
has no power to employ an attorney for an in
solvent bank; but the banks attorney, if he is
a salaried attorney, is an employe of the bank
within the meaning of the statute, and the
fixing of his salary as such employee is one of
the duties enjoined by law on the Bank Com
missioners.
second-The appointment of Mr.. sheehan by
The morning call., 1895-02-23

made his preparations accordingly. He
was under no bonds and drew his salary in
advance up to the end of last month. He
knew that the Bank Commissioners were
only awaiting reply from Attorney Gen
eral Fitzgerald in order to cut his salary
down from $500 a month to nominal fig
ure, so he had resolution introduced in
the board of directors doing away with the
position of a salaried attorney and making
the pay so much for each opinion given
and so much for the actual work done.
Mr.. Watt is consequently no longer attor-
ney for the bank and the expenses of that
institution are therefore $500 month less
than since the time Mr.. Sheehan assumed
control.
While acting as attorney for the bank
Mr.. Watt drew about $500 as his salary
The Bank Commissioners consider this
twice as much as the services were worth
The morning call., 1895-02-23
KNOWLEDGE

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tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter thanothers and enjoy life more. with
less expenditure, by. more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
It's excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax.
alive; effectually cleansing the system
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all druge
gists in SOC and ST bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The morning call., 1895-02-23
Death of Elias Monroe Block.

After illness of about two weeks, Elias
Monroe Block died of heart disease at his resi-
dence, 1913 Larkin street, last Thursday even
ing. The deceased was member of the Cali
fornia Pioneers Society and proprietor of the
Carmen Island Salt Works, with offices at POI
Front street and mill on Battery street.
He was born in Schnihan, Bohemia, June 49,
1928, and was II years of age at the time of his
death The. old steamship Mantle brought
him from Panama to San Francisco, and he
landed here July 5, 1919.
Mr.. Block was brother of Tax Collector
James n. Block, and leaves surviving him
widow, two daughters and son.
The pioneers will furnish pallbearers for the
funeral, which will be private, and will take
place on Monday next from the residence.
The morning call., 1895-02-23
NEW LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
AN ORGANIZATION THAT WILL
DISCUSS Books AND
LIBRARY WORK.
INTERCHANGE OF IDEAS WILL Re
suit IN MUCH GOOD TO
THE PATRONS.

Preliminary steps were taken yesterday
morning toward organizing an association
having for its object the advancement of
libraries and library work. The meeting
was held at the Free Public Library. :.
There were present: J. c. Rowell of the
library of the University of California !;
E. H. Woodruff of the Leland Stanford Jr
Library; H. f. Peterson of the Oakland
Free Public Library; ]. w. Harbourne of
the Alameda Free Public Library; F. j.
Teggert of Stanford University; Andrew j.
Cleary of the Odd Fellows Library; L. B.
Wetherbee, assistant librarian of the Mer-
camille Library; A. NJ. Johnson, assistant
librarian of the Mechanics Institute
Library; George It. Clark, librarian of the
San Francisco Free Public Library, and
Joy Lichtenstein, his assistant.
Mr.. Clark the temporary chairman
stated that the purpose of the meeting was
TO form an organization of librarians of the
entral part of the State with a view to
discussing at stated periods matters con-
qected with books, periodicals and library
work. be also suggested that others, who
are not Librarians, but who have an inter-
est IN all that goes to make up good
library and are in sympathy with the
movement should be admitted as men,
bers.
Mr.. Johnson was temporary secretary
Alter the matter of organization had been
discussed Messrs. Clark, Wetherbee, Cleary
ana Johnson were appointed a committee
on constitution and bylaws.
1t was decided to call the association the
Library Society of Central California.
This, said Mr.. Clark, sis to distin-
gulsh 1t from society of a similar charac-
ter In the southern part of the State''
1T seemed to be the sense of those
present" said Secretary Johnson, "that
the membership should not be confined to
librarians and their assistants but that all
who are in touch with the movement
should be permitted to join. This would
allow trustees and directors of libraries,
authors, writers and ali who love books
and literature to attend the meetings and
offer suggestions that in the end would
facilitate work and result in benefit to all
who use the libraries
1t is probable that the fees and dues will
be merely nominal, possibly not more than.
81 year. The meetings will be held
monthly.
The morning call., 1895-02-23

the board of directors of the bank as manager
Whlle he was acting as receiver under the ap-
polntment of the court was not such an ap-
polntment as Mr.. Sheehan could accept and
act under. In acting as receiver he disquai-
NED himself TO act as manager. The positions
are inconsistent with each other and cannot
De held at the same time by the same person;
nor could Mr.. Sheehan when discharged as re-
celVer because OF the fact that his appointment
was Invalid fall back upon the alleged appoint
neht by the board of directors as manager to
Justl1y himself in drawing q salary from the
pank as such. Furthermore, whether acting
as receiver or manager he had no authority to
NIX ms salary or pay himself any money what
ever as compensation for his services as such
receiver or manager nor had the board of
directors any authority whatever to fix his
salary.
1t also appears that the Bank Commissioners
dld not fix any salary for Mr.. Sheehan as
manager at the time of the alleged appoint
ment or any other time and that the board has
now no power to fix a salary which will relate
back to such alleged appointment and that,
therefore, any salary paid or received by Mr..
sheehan under the circumstances stated was
paid and received by him without authority of
law.
1t is no wonder, therefore, that Messrs.
Sheehan and Watt are in no enviable state
OF mind. A little bird has whispered to
them that the ak has fallen and trouble is
upon them. Mr.. Wattfeels bad over the loss
of fat income of $500 month and Mr. Shee-
han is in quandary as to what his bonds
men will say should they be sued for the
recovery of his back salary. As Mr..
Sheehan acted on the advice of Attorney
Watt, and as Acknowledgement Fitzgerald
has utterly discredited Mr.. Watts legal
propositions, it will probably occur to Mr..
Sheehan and the directors of the savings
bank as matter of self-defense to secure
some more trustworthy adviser.
In the meantime the expenses are eating
deep holes in the resources of the wrecked
bank and the depositors are becoming
more and more impatient and respondent
in regard to their prospects for getting
their money.
The morning call., 1895-02-23

lures of the Legislature as outlined in the
CALL, and whether any steps would be
taken to stop the pay Of the attaches.
He said: Il must decline to be inter
viewed upon that subject, as it has never
been brought to my attention, and conse-
quently have given it no thought"
Gould the State Treasurer legally re-
fuse to cash the warrants issued to the
attaches of the Legislature if il was shown
that their pay was useless extravaganza
II must decline TO answer that question
also. as l have given it no thought. [
never even knew of the question being
raised, and the first intimation OF the sub
ject | had was upon reading this mornings
CALL. l should think it was a matter
which came strictly in the province of the
Legislature, but do not care to say any
thing upon the subject as it has not been
brought to my official attention. If l am
called upon for an opinion l will give one,
but as yet l have not been called upon and
consequently have not considered the
matter"
The morning call., 1895-02-23
SHE STRUCK ON
SAUNDERS REEF.
The KEEL AND BOTTOM OF THE
OCEAN SPRAY CRUSHED BY
THE ROCKS.
LOST A BOAT AND ANCHORS.
FILLING WITH WATER SHE CAP
SIZED AND THE CREW WERE
DROWNED.

Yesterday the schooner Ocean Spray,
which was found derelict off Rodega Bay
and towed into this port last Sunday, was
lifted on the Merchants and Ship-owners'
drydock at the foot of Main street and the
true cause of her misfortune was for the
first time made known.
That she bumped on Saunders Reef the
night she worked out of the cove known as
Iversens Landing is apparent from the
crushed condition of her bottom and keel.
Her forefoot, or lower end of the stem,
is gone, leaving jagged, leaky hole, and
aoout amidships the false and true keels are
gone for about ten feet. Here was the
worst damage and it is evident that the
vessel began to leak after the waves swept
her clear of the sharp rocks that pierced
her hull.
In the bottom amidships, half way be-
The morning call., 1895-02-23
A VEREIN JINKs.
Ostrich Night En1ivened by Some Wis
Birds.

Ostrich Night En1ivened by Some Wise
Birds.
An ENJOYABLE jinks was given last night
at the rooms of the San Francisco Verein.
corner of Post and Leavenworth streets,
some $50 gentlemen being in attendance,
comprising a large proportion of the mem
bers of the club and many of their friends
The entertainment was designated as an
ostrich night, and birds of all natures and
characters were given positions of prom
inence on the stage and elsewhere.
King Moas I presided in the person of
the well-known attorney, a. Ruef, who ar
ranged the programme and sired the meet
ing. Papers were read by Henry Branden-
stein ('Bohemia"), Arthur Bachman
C'Birds"), Max Sloss 'Reforms'') and Mr.
Perutz ('Pursuit of Pleasure"). A clever
skit was the dispensation by f. S. Heller,
in which various foibles of the mem bers
were wittily caricatured. Some funny
stories were contributed by Clarence Wal
ter.
Among the features of the evening were
dances by Messrs. Gerstle, Sloss and
Greenebaum, and by Louis Greenebaum
attired as a Turkish houri, and song by
Joseph Sloss dressed as French premiere
The remarks of President Hecht and the
sire were particularly entertaining.
The morning call., 1895-02-23
REVIEWED THE TROOPS.
Militia Inspected by General Dimond
and Legislative Committee.

Militia Inspected by General Dimond
and Legislative Committee.
A review of the National Guard troops
that marched in the parade was held on
Van Ness avenue Immediately after the
procession disbanded. The militia marched
from the scene of laying the cornerstone
along Post street to Van Ness avenue, and
there formed with right of line resting at
California street
The review took place at Bush street,
where General Dimond and the legislative
committee stood and inspected the men.
Brigadier-General Dickinson was at the
head of the brigade, which consisted of the
First and Third Infantry and Second Ar
tillery, First Battery, Fifth Artillery from
Oakland, the Signal Corps, First Troop
Cavalry and Light Battery A of San Fran
cisco. In all there were at least 1900 men
in line. Ranks were broken after passing
the reviewing-st and the young mill
tiamen went to their respective armories.
The field, staff and line officers of the
regiments, troops, ETC., the legislative
committee and the division and brigade
The morning call., 1895-02-23
SUPPOSED TO BE BURGLARS,
Two Men Arrested in Connection With
San Jose Crime.

n san Jose CrIme.
Early yesterday morning two suspicious
characters were taken to the City Prison
on suspicion of being implicated in a
burglary committed at San Jose. They
gave the names of James Watson and
Charles Wilson, and, although the detec-
tives are not certain they have the right
men, both will be held until somebody
comes here to identity them as the couple
who looted Michael Phillips residence in
San Jose last month.
Shortly after 2 A. NJ. Policeman Fred
Smith noticed Wilson and Watson on
Market street, and as they acted sus-
piciously Smith watched them carefully.
He followed them to the Standard House,
where with the assistance of Sergeant
Tobin, he arrested them. The suspects
had each pistol under his pillow, as well
as silver spoons, two watches and some
jewelry. They pretended to know nothing
about the pistols or trinkets, but as one
weapon, the watches and spoons have been
Identified as some of the San Jose booty
The police do not believe them. The pris-
Dners answer the description of two fellows
suspected of the San Jose burglary.
The morning call., 1895-02-23

tween the keel and water-line, is another
hole, caused by the vessel rolling heavily
over on her port side when a receding sea
dropped her on the reef. The plapking is
started here and there on the bottom of
the hull, and the stem is crashed and
splintered, showing how severe was the
blow the schooner received when her fore
foot struck the rocks. The iron bolts
which held the false keel in place are bent
toward the port side, showing that the YES
sci dragged sidewise over the reef
The vessel was undoubtedly running out
to sea on the port tack to escape the strong
southeaster that always made the landing
unsafe, and rounding the end of the reef,
which lay closely on her lee, she struck
and foundered over the rock until she
reached deep water. She had lost her
Roadway and was drifting helplessly
toward the broken water that indicated
the continuation of the reef, and Captain
Omundsen hastily let go both anchors as a
last resource. In the heavy gale and sea
she dragged and lost them.
Swinging clear of danger the vessel was
brought under and floundered over the
rock, finally reaching deep water beyond.
1t Is believed that Captain Omundsen,
finding his vessel leaking and not feeling
in any immediate danger, steered for San
Francisco. But the increasing volume of
water inside the hull made her topheavy,
and while sailing along, probably in fair
weather and a light breeze. she suddenly
went over. Having no boat, which in all
probability went adrift the first night, as
the fragments were found on the beach
near the landing, the men were washed
from the hull by the waves and drowned.
In her exposed position on the drydock
it can readily be seen that the old vessel
is hardly worth repairing, and that her
sale would not pay for the coal which the
tug consumed while towing her into port
Her sails are gone and the wire rigging is
worn out. The condition of her interior
could not be learned, as the discourtesy of
the tugboat and drydock employees kept
the valueless old hulk clear of visitors.
Iversen, the principal owner. will let the
schooner go by default, feeling that the
towage bill will be far in excess OF her
worth.
The morning call., 1895-02-23

&C. Gunther treasurer, H. ]. Seitz, J. H
Schumacher, Eugene c. Croughwell, II.
Abraham.
Reception committee-H. Z. Farmar
Ga%tns William m samne CHARLES pT w.
Meusdorffer, A B. Chaquette, J. d.
Schroeder, Emil Sober, D. Sanders, George
Miller.
Among the grand officers present were:
Grand Marshal Homer Prindel Of San
Chief Aid to Grand Marshal Joseph How
ell, Assistant Chief Aid H. c. Schroeder,
Assistant Grand Secretary L. P. Poweson,
District Deputy Grand President John
Schroth; Grand Trustees E. w. Frost of
Eureka and J. z. Dockery.
THE labor question is not more import
ant than the pure food question. The lat
ter can always be settled by using Dr.
Prices Baking Powder.
The morning call., 1895-02-23
THE Ell DORADOS' DANCE.
Their Ball Given by the ParIor at Ma
tionaI Guard Armory Hall.

tlOnt1 [AIiloEy HILL
Ell Dorado Parlor No 50, n. s. G. W.,
closed the day with a grand ball at Ma
tional Guard Armory Hall. There were
fourteen dances, and the music was excel
lent. The grand march was led by Mr..
Daniel Batteaux, the president of the par
lor, and Miss L. Hemme. The hall was
elegantly decorated for the occasion and
the gallery was thronged with spectators,
who gazed with pleasure on the merry
throng below.
The president distinguished himself as
floor manager and the following commit
tees acquitted themselves with credit:
Floor committee-Emery ?. Gates Will
C. Hacke, Frank A. Smith, J, Fred Swall
Fred r. Stroh, II. f. Neunaber, Henry G.
Schroeder, John Oscar Gantner, L. Kuttner,
Alex Mann.
Committee of arrangements-J. G. Jolly
(chairman), Ed n. z. Phelan secretary,
The morning call., 1895-02-23
The Wastes of Siheria

Are not more barren of comfort than the waists of
those who suffer from dyspepsia, from liver com
plant or from kidney trouble. But in Hostetter S
Stomach Bitters they can find relief. So can the
malarious, the rheumatic, the neuralgia the feeble
and the old. Use with persistence this remedy
with a career of over third OF century. wine
glassful three times day.