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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23
Marhsmam Richards accidentally Shot

STOCKTON, CAL. Nov. DE. S. Rich
ards, the crack shot OF the Stockton Gun
Club, was seriously wounded while out
shooting yesterday near his home at West
ley. In some unknown manner his gun
was accidentally discharged, the bullet 60
ing through the young mans arm and
severing an artery in it. The flow of blood
was stanched and Richards made his way
home, surgical aid being summoned on his
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OYER An EMBANEMEN7.
L. Chandler Badly Injured Neo
CapitOta.

u. CHunUIeF -BHdfU IWJUTeu NeU7'
Capit0td.
CAPITOLA, CAL, Nov. al. Chan
dler of Davenport's Lending, while driv-
ing from Santa Cruz yesterday morning,
met with an accident that came near
being fatal. When at Britton's place, on
the hills above Sequel Creek, the check
line got caught over the shaft of his cart,
and the horse, with MFR. Chandler, backed
over the bluff, which is about seventy-fve
feet high. They rolled down into the
creek. Mr.. Chandler's back was badly
hurt, his hand lacerated, and but for fall
ing into the water he would likely have
been killed.
The horse was cut loose from the cart
and swan across the creek landing safely.
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due on an adjustment of It's former suspen-
sion is given as the reason. The total lia-
bilities are about $61 900, with assets which
will in time pay in full. The. company
suspended first in July, 1898, and reopened
in November, 1894, arranging for time on
Its largest obligations.
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Nc,y vhatcom Bank Failure.

NEW WHATCOM, WASH, Nov. o.
The Puget Sound Loan, Trust and Bank
ing Company failed to open its doors this
morning, pursuant to vote of the direc-
tors. Inability to meet the next dividend
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23
Sues the Great Northern.

SEATTLE, WASH, Nov. 22.-Michael
McMaurice. formerly conductor, sued the
Great Northern Railroad to-day in the SUI
perior Court for $4,000 damages for the
loss of foot sustained IN an accident at
Sultan City.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23
HUDSON MEDICAL INSTITUTE,
Stockton, Market and Ellis Sts.

KIDNEY Remedies are now sought for by
many men, because so many men live rapid
lives-use up their kidneys. If you wish to
have your kidneys put in good order send for
our Kidney Regulator, or better, learn some
thing about your kidneys and how to make the
test. The book, ga knowledge of Kidneys"
sent free.
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TAINTED BLOOD

TAINTED BLOOD-InpuTe DIOOu, uuC
to serious private disorders, carries myriads OF
sore-producing germs. Then come sore throat,
pimples, opper-colored spots, ulcers in mouth,
old sores and falling hair. You can save trip
to Hot Springs by writing for Blood Book" to
the old physicians of the Hudson Medical In
stitute, Stockton, Market and Ellis streets.
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DUST THE CURRENT BEFORE
you go to bed. That's the way You do
with DR.. Sandens Electric Belt. It is the
only belt made that can be regulated, and
makes the use of the electric current deep
pleasure, as you see your strength growing
each night. You absorb certain amount
OF electricity into your body every night,
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these functions. 1t builds up vigorous
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If you are weak or ailing try this famous
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drugs known to man. Study this subject
as practical business matter. and. as Won
would like evidence. read the little book
Three Glasses of Men, which is free.
SANDEN ELECTRIC CO..
$50 Market Street. San Francisco.
Opposite Palace Hotel. Office hours; 8 A. NJ. to
$3.50 p NJ. Sundays, 10 to l.
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been made caused large extension OF the
area of production. The available market
was soon crowded, and in that sense over
production exerted it's influence. The
catastrophe was completed by the advent
of hard times throughout the world. As
it is fact that the market has been vastly
extended since that time; that California
does not produce sufficient to supply even
the present depressed demand OF the
United States for the special articles Of
luxury produced here and nowhere e4e in
the country; that our products are even
finding a market in the densely populated
countries over seas, and that as the won
derful profits secured few years ago were
from market much smaller in proportion
to the producing area than now, we are in
better condition now, other things being
equal, to make large profits than we were
when the profits were really much larger.
When hard times pass, therefore, we may
expect to enjoy something ike resump-
ton of the large profits OF a few years ago.
Every intelligent person to whose atten
ton these large returns were called was
simply being shown what he could accom-
plish by employing the means adopted by
with one man might be possible with all
men. This is not strictly true, but it is
useful in stimulating all to do as well as
the best by showing what the best is. Cali
fornia has received far more benefit than
harm by the publication of phenomenal
returns from farming. And the hard
times, by compelling farmers to be more
economical and diligent. have raised the
standard of farming in this State far above
that of the flush times.
The Eastern people who were really Bit
ten by California land sharks were those
whose avarice and greed made them feed
with their money the disastrous boom
that ragged from San Diego to San Jose in
1857. In this foolish use of their money
they had no idea of cultivating the soil
and making an honest living OF course
they were stripped of their pelf as they
deserved to be, and ever since that time
have been denouncing California as
fraud, its lands as worthless and its land
dealers as knaves. A gambler who
''squeals" when he loses is contemplate.
Intelligent people of the East should
know that the present depressed prices of
land in California, taken in connection
with the past history of wonderful profits
and their inevitable restoration on the re-
turn of good times, make this the best OPP
portunity that has ever come for investing
in a home here and proceeding wisely to
develop its highest value.
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the club were not exactly what the title sug-
gested and that it was an organization for the
purpose of protecting members horses from
thieves, concluded to join and put up his So
admission fee In a few days he received a
notification that there would be meeting of
the club at place named and that his pres
ence was wanted.
to enter the door was closed behind him and
locked. The president of the club banged his
fist on the desk and rising said Members of
the Horsethief Club. ST Bar.ons brown mare
has been stolen. hereby appoint Jack Thomas
and Jim Bowers to go on the trail and report
next Saturday. The meetin' is hereby ad-
journed.'
"With as little ceremony as it was opened
the meeting broke up and the members de-
parted without further comment. The minis
ter was prone to make inquiries regarding the
method OF dealing with the issue before the
house. but received no satisfactory informa-
ton. On the morning of the following Satur-
day he was notified to be present again and
complied. Upon arriving at the meeting place
he found the same men there again. Jack
Thomas and Jim Bowers were there also, hav-
ing come back the night before. Again the
president put his fist on the table with a bang
and called the meeting to order with, we are
now ready to hear the report of the commit
tee of two Bowers got up, threw cud of to-
bacco behind him and answered, we met the
horsethieves two miles this side of the Kansas
line, all of which is respectfully submitted
The meeting is ad journed,' howled the presi-
dent with another smash at the desk, and the
members filed out perfectly contented.
1.-THE minister this time was thunderstruck.
Did Mr.. Barton get his horse back% he asked.
"'Certainly,' responded big fellow.
"Well, what did they do with the thieves%
".Nothin''
"'Can it be possible that they will not be
brought to justice?'
"'Oh, that'll be all right, parson.'
"Well, what did the committee of two do
after they came up with the offenders?'
"'Left em where they fell, for the coyotes
"This, gentlemen" concluded Mr.. Crocker,
"shows how the morse used to stand in early
days"
Ex-Congressman J. A. Louttit of Stockton,
the builder of the Lodi road from that city, is
at the Lick. He gives the condition OF railroad
building around the slough city as follows:
'The Valley road now has thirty-one miles
of track laid and the cars running. Billed
freight has already been sent out over 1t.
"The Corral Hollow road has over six miles
finished, and has obtained the last right of
way to the coal mines, a total distance from
Stockton of thirty-two miles. The cars are
running on the six miles now. The road is be-
ing pushed on at the rate of more than a mile
day. There is considerable speculation as to
where the other terminus will be. OF course
one will be in Stockton.
"Mv line, known as the Lodi road. is pro-
crossing rapidly. The men are now at work
putting the grade up from IL inches 10 feet
higher. Sixteen miles were finished on the
original grade. 1t is being finished up at the
rate of half mile day.
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PECULIAR CONVERSATIONS.

A very singular thing to be noted in
California is the peculiar fitness of each
strange natural condition to all others.
Let us analyze those appertaining to San
Francisco as an mplification of the gen.
eral fact, and observe how harmonious
these relations are and how vitality they
affect and contribute to the necessities and
comfort of the people.
1t might be supposed, segregating one
fact from the others, that the absence of
summer rains would produce here the dis
agreeable conditions attending drouth in
the Eastern States, and that as the rains
are confined to four months of the year we
would have floods and q continuous sue
cession of dismal days in winter To
count eract the absence of rain in summer
we have fogs and moist Winds and floods
are avoided in the rainy season by the TACT
that the precipitation, compared with that
in the East, is very small. Thus, while
the Atlantic seaboard has from sixty to
eighty inches of rain during the year we
have only twenty-five to thirty inches
here. That is to say, we have eight
months of weather without any rain, during
which time the people may pursue their
pleasures anu UuSiutSStS WltuOuC us
hindering and damaging presence, and
four months with greater number of fair
days than are enjoyed in the East during
the same time. We have no gray days in
winter. They come in summer, when they
are welcome.
That, to begin with, is an extraordinary
fitness of conditions. Another is found in
the seemingly providential relation be-
tween the winter climate and the topog-
raphy OF San Francisco. If. instead of the
soft, warm rains that we have we should
get snow, sleet and ice, the billy parts of
the City would be uninhabitable, and they
happen to be the most desirable. The
views which they command are unequaled
for variety, breadth and grandeur by any
other city in the world. That is very
happy fitness of conditions.
In place from whose winter all harsh
conditions are absent and in which bland
sunshine invites to outdoor recreation, the
people, not forced to remain in stuffy
houses, are impelled to exercise the free
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COUNTY MONEY.

Judge Dougherty of Santa Rosa has rem
dered decision that will serve as valu-
able precedent for controlling the discre-
State. The decision is that although
country treasurers may deposit public
money under certain conditions imposed
by the code, the funds, wherever they may
be, must be ready to the hands of the Au-
ditor, the District Attorney and the chair
man of the Board of Supervisors when
ever, in the pursuit of their duty, they
demand an accounting of the money which
the reports of the treasury show should be
on hand.
There is probably not a Judge in the
State, whether he be on the Superior or
Supreme bench, VINO will question the wis
dom of this decision. The history of
county and municipal government on this
coast has furnished us with abundant proof
that custodians of public moneys may
abuse their opportunities for placing out
of their actual possession the money
entrusted to their care. The disgrace
Jul revelations from Tacoma show that
the City Treasurer used in the most shame
full manner the banking privilege which he
assumed, and that certain banks connivcd
with him in the swindles to which that
practice gave rise. Similar troubles, of a
less ignominious kind, have been known
in California. 1t is the rule here that
banks refuse to connive in the crooked
schemes which are evolved from the
cupidity or rascality of public treasupers.
All the same, Judge Dougherty's decis-
ion will prove useful. 1t is not likely that
an appeal will be taken from his ruling,
but should that happen, we may depend
on the Supreme Court to uphold it. No
treasurer can claim the right to say that
the local government of whose money he
has been made the custodian has not pro-
vided him with a safe means of keeping
it, and that in consequence he must seek a
safe deposit in some bank. He accepts his
Office with a full knowledge of the
responsibilities which he assumes.
He is privileged, if the safeguards
provided by his governing body are in his
judgment insufficient, to make special de-
posits in safe banks, but such deposits are
returnable on demand and are made at the
treasurer's risk; they can never be term
deposits and can never draw interest. This
does not relieve counties, cities and towns
OF the duty of providing adequate safes and
vaults, but the absence of such precautions
does not relieve the treasurer of the
smallest part of responsibility,
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dom which they are permitted to enjoy.
They would not be content with the SIM
pie blessing of sunshine and physical lux
ury-the higher senses must be gratifed.
From every quarter of the globe the most
alluring and luxurious Towering and
ornamental plants have been assembled
here and they are cultivated in gorgeous
profusion. AS though nature was not
satisfied with a prodigality so rich as to
make it possible for US to adorn our gar
dens and parks with Towering plants
which bring to. US the nter-blooming
habit of sub-tropical regions, she has given
us singularly picturesque topography,
which we have had the wisdom to utilize
by means of splendid drives traversing the
view-commanding eminences which adorn
the City.
With a condition which produces out
door bloom In winter come other vegetable
products equally grateful to the senses.
What could be more welcome than the
midwinter crops of strawberries and
oranges which, with roses, callas and hell
otrope, are so graceful adornments of the
midwinter table? Added to these are the
later and more luscious grapes of autumn
and their genial product, pure and whole
some wine.
And SO go these strangely welded, ad-
mlrably fitted conditions which bring COM
fort to life and zest to its aims There is
not lack without its compensation, not a
single misadjustment in all this intricate
machinery, not natural condition but
that IS pleasant in itself and that aspires
to its highest utilization for physical, men
tai and spiritual needs. That Californian
who, in the enjoyment Of these advan-
tages, falls short of the highest standard
OF human intelligence and worth, arms
the cynic with reason for declaring that
there is nothing good in humanity.
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THE MAss-MEETING.

That Metropolitan Temple was crowded
to overlooking at the anti-funding- bill
mass-meeting last evening counts for little.
San Francisco, from her teeming popula-
ton, could send audiences large enough
to fill a hall of that size on al
most any occasion. But the char
acter and intelligence of the audience,
the eminence and influence of the speakers
and the earnestness that marked every
stage OF the proceedings do count for some
thing. 1t was a representative meeting.
It spoke the voice of San Francisco, de-
handing the rights of California and the
maintenance of the claims Of the Nation
against the cunning schemes Of corporate
monopoly seeking to defraud the Govern
ment and plumber the people.
Good as was the effect OF the meeting last
night it will be of little avail in the strug-
gle against the funding bill unless fol-
lowed by immediate and continuous &C.
ton. The monopoly is fighting for its
life and will fight hard. 1t has many able
men at work for it and moreover, it has
the advantage of the field of battle. Wash
ington is on the other side Of the
continent, and the Eastern people
have felt little of the blighting effects
of the Southern Pacific Company. They
do not see that the funding bill would be
an injury to them. They are ignorant of
the dangers and evils that Turk within it.
A campaign of education, therefore, is
necessary in order to win. We must make
clear to Congress that the people of the
whole country are interested in the ques-
tion and that whoever votes for the fund
ing bill will have to answer for it to his
constituents at the next election.
To carry on the campaign of education
throughout the country and strengthen
the hands of our delegation at Washing
ton, men and money are needed. San
Francisco must do her share in providing
them. There is no time to be lost and
there should be no tagging. Let all who
believe that honest debts should be hon
estly paid join the movement TO enforce
that principle against rich corporations as
well as against the poor.
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SELECTION OF LAND.

A member of a colony which recently
came to California says that before he left
the East his banker warned him to be-
ware of land sharks, as worthless land
in California had been sold to ignorant
persons at large prices. 1t is fact that
this impression is somewhat general and
that there is some foundation for it. 1t is
also fact that when the colony industry
was at its height in California from eight
to twelve years ago the projectors of
colonies sent out printed matter giving
glowing accounts of profits which had
been secured. 1t is time that an exam
ination of these matters be made.
When the colony projectors were send
ing out their circulars it is true that Won
derful profits were being made. These
ran all the way from 500 to $1,000 and over
to the acre, and numberless authentic in
stances of such returns were collected and
published by boards of trade and cham
bers of commerce in various parts of the
State. That these reports were true was
an absolute fact. These profits did not by
any means represent the average returns
throughout the State, but they did make
an accurate showing of what could be
accomplished in California at that time
under a combination of favorable condi-
tons. These were a great demand for
special products, prevailing good times,
perfect adaptation of place to the article
grown and the most scientific cultivation.
The large profits were made principally
on raisins, olive oil, berries, apricots,
prunes, oranges and almonds.
1t will be noted that these are all luxu-
ries and that hence the demand for them
had to fall when hard times came. Further
than that, the enormous profits which had
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"An Old Rhyme" which will be sung by Nine:
dedicated by the composer to Mrs. Kehrleln.
PERSONAL

F. Schweibler of Paris is in the City
DR.. r. G. Powell of Sacramento is here
John f. Budd of Stockton is at the Lick.
I'M Knowles of San Diego is at the Lick.
I'd. Holm of Wardner. Idaho, is at the Russ.
DR.. G. A. Danziger of San Jose is IN the CITY,
Professor M. L. Driver OF San Jose is at the
Lick.
George F. Wilson of Portland is at the occi-
dental.
Senator C. Lynch of Cucamonga is at the
Baldwin.
E. P Creighton, a business man OF Montreal,
is in town.
Henry S. Tanner, merchant of Salt Lake, is
at the Russ.
oh. Baer, railroad man of Sacramento, is
at the Grand.
s. H. Rice, an attorney of Ukiah, is registered
w. A. Anderson, an attorney of Sacramento,
f. A. Boole, a merchant OF Red Bluff, arrived
here last night.
John Driscoll owner of a large foundry at
Sacramento, is here.
John Scales, mining man OF De la Mar,
Idaho, is at the Grand.
J.B. Mccullough, a business man OF Reno,
New, is at the California.
Thomas Derby, mining man of New Alma
den, arrived here yesterday.
W. ]. Gillespie, mining man of Redding, is
here, accompanied by his wife.
Charles K Lipman. the merchant of sacra-
mento, is spending Sunday here.
George B. Stevenson, business man of Van
couver Wash, is at the Baldwin.
Thomas P. Minturn, the extensive land
owner of MinturD, is at the Palace.
NIg Ca,,,
arrived here yesterday for short stay.
Theodore Springer of Chicago, one OF the
best-known commercial men, is in the City.
Malcolm Thomas and Mrs. Thomas, OF San
Mateo, came up last night and are at the
Palace.
Frank Short, editor and one Of the principal
owners of the Fresno Republican, arrived here
yesterday. He is at the Palace.
W. S. Kinney of Astoria who for some years
has been engaged in salmon canning on the
Columb ia River, arrived yesterday.
George II. Rowe, president of the Brooklyn
Press Club and Deputy Comptroller of the De-
partment of Finance at Brooklyn, is at the
Palace, accompanied by Mrs Rowe. They will
probably remain in California for some time.
Frank c. Ross one of the early residents of
Tacoma, who rose from selling newspapers on
the Kalama branch of the Northern Pacific to
be large property-holder of Tacoma, and
finally a railroad builder is at the Lick. He is
here business trip.
Among the arrivals here yesterday was A. J.
Fisk, editor of the Helena Herald, the oldest
daily in Montana. Mr.. Fisk is one of three
brothers who have long owned and conducted
that paper. 1t fills the evening field solely, as
it has always done, in the Montana metropolis,
and is recognized of the best paying
properties between st. Paul and the Pacific
Ocean. Mr.. Fisk was here year ago. He will
probably remain several weeks.
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CALIFoRNIANs IN NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Dec. Mrs. w. R.
Quinn will remain here till next April at the
Bartholdi. Charles Jost Jr. of the California
Wine and Distilling Company is at the Bar
tholdi. He brought his mother on with him,
and he will renew college friendships for
few weeks. Mrs. w. P. Morgan is at the Hol-
land with her daughter, whom she is seeing off
to school. Miss Julia Croker is at the Neither
land, with Mrs. j. L. Requa and the Misses
Requa of Los Angeles. They will remain here
for two months. Among recent arrivals are:
F. w. Lawrence, Coleman; E. Samuels, st.
Denis; c. Bertheau, Murray Hill; II. ]. Kill
gariff, st. Cloud. Mr.. I'd Mrs. NJ. II. de Young
and Mrs. George Hearst of San Francisco are
at the Waldorf