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The Portland daily press., 1895-12-13
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

n Ii the S a n ia
~ Clausian Knic-
Knacs for the
Christmas stockings are
in the basement.
You'll feel like a child
again yourself after a tour
of this most interesting
part of the store. 'Twould
be a callous heart indeed
that wotld not catch some
of the spirit OF Christmas
from all this wealth of
jouvenile delights.-,we
recommend you to in
clude the basement in
your next visit.
Rows and rows OF dolls
from all the doll factories
in the world. Dolls of
aristocratic mein with
wardrobes fit for a prin-
cess. Dolls in dainty
dimity dresses and quaint
Normandy caps. Dolls
with no clothes at all and
paper dolls.
All the newest games
including "Waterloo"
Napoleon" and yankee
Doodle" Iron toys, fire.
engines that really squirt,
hook and ladder trucks,
battleships, drays and
C art S with galloping
horses. Magic lanterns
that are good for some
thing" steam engines
powerful enough to make
a sewing machine go,
banks that never open
till they're too full to
hold any more, whips
and drums and horns and
tops,-- its a long list and
a bright one.
One table is full Of
Books,--all c h i | dren's
books from SC for a
81 n | e Mother Goose
story to a big thick book
of two hundred pages or
SO, stuffed full of pictures.
at 3oc.
There are other things
in the basemen of inter-
est to you personally.
Cut glass for instance,
the largest stock in the
city, Japanese cups and
saucers and Delft dishes,
Worcester and Doulton
and Billeek china, Cha.
hng dishes and brass tea
kettles. In the basement
are the Indian Baskets,
hundred styles at 25c.
Birch Bark articles, Jap
anese wooden and papier
mache things, wrought
iron articles etc. Can
you afford to skip the
basement ?
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-13

Maine InterdenomiDational Com mission
The following officers have been elected
for the ensuing year President, Rev.
William Dewitt Hyde, D. D., of Bow
doin; vice president, Rev. E. 7. Adams,
of Lewiston; secretary and treasurer,
Rev A. T. Dunn, of Waterville. The
following executive committee was
chosen: W. Dewitt Hyde, Rev. E. T.
Adams, Rev. I. H. W. Wharf of Ellis
WORTH and Professor A. W. Anthony oi
Lewiston.
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-13
EXTRAORDINARY RECORD.
Over 1000 Pupils Kept Out of Portland's
School for Over Two Weeks-The Present
Term-some Interesting Figures and
Estimates.

ScHool Tor over Two Weeks-Ine iesoH'
Term-Some Interesting Figures and
Estimates
The closing of Portland schools during
the present. term because of sickness or
fear of sickness has been more extensive
than ever before, or for many years at
least. 1t began with the West school
mack IN October, and at the present time
the Park and Chestnut street schools are
closed. The following facts were fur
nlshed by Superintendent Lord yesterday :
The West school was closed October Sd,
because of diphtheria and remained
closed till October 22nd, a period of two
week and half. In this school there are
one hundred and eight pupils in the
grammar department., and one hundred
and eighty three in the primary. total
of two hundred and ninety y-one
The Butler school has been closed
three weeks because of the demand for
sanitary Improvements and previous to
that the Board of Health ordered one
room closed for two weeks. In this room
dIo loTVJ pupllS l1loy were k6DU OUT OIL
school for five weeks and the whole school
of five hundred pupils were kept away for
three weeks.
The Chestnut street school has been
closed as follows: The kindergarten,
twenty five pupils, two weeks; Miss
Bakers room, thirty-flve pupils, two
weeks; the whole school. four hundred
pupils, two and one-half weeks.
The Park street school, with two hun
dred and eighty eight pupils, has been
closed for four days. These computations
are made up to the end of this week.
I Altogether, at the least calculation, 1890
pupils have been kept out of school for
two and one-half weeks; 500 for three
weeks and small numbers for larger
periods up to five weeks.
This is really an extraordinary record.
There hasn't been more than an average
amount of sickness, but there has been
much more than the average demand on
the part of parents for sanitary reforms.
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-13
Stevens Silver Co.

are making some great offers during the
holidays. Specially low prices just when
many put on little more profit Willis
A. Gates has the local placing of their
goods at 573 Congress street. Call on
him.
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-13

+. c. White will have his annual Christmas
tree erected in his store Saturday, Dec. 14th,
and he will present gift from it to all his
customers purchasing goods to the amount of
fifty cents and upwards 1t
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-13

No Christmas and New Years table
should be without bottle of DR.. Siegert IS
Angostura Bittsrs. the world renowned ap-
petizer of exquisite flavor. Beware of
coun terfeits.
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-13

F. o. Bailey & Co. will sell at o'clock today
the brick house. No. 199 Spring street.
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-13
THE PRESS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TODAY.

Eastman Bros. Bancroft.
Owen. Moore & Co.
j. r Libby.
Rines Bros.-2.
H. II. Hay Il Son
l.. w. Cleveland.
Larrahee's Write Store-2
Stevens Silver Co.
Hooper son & Leighton.
Notice hereby given.
The Chapman Nat. Bank.
White Shoe Store.
FINANCIAL.
Geo. f. Duncan.
Hutson &. saunders.
ADJUSTMENTS.
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-13
The Fatal Card.

New Wants, To Let For Sale, Lost. Found
and Similar advertisements will be found under
their appropriate heads on Page 6.
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-13
NOTICE.
The Chapman National Bank

The annual meeting of the Stockholders ~
the Chapman National Bank of Portland NJ VI
will be held at its Banking Rooms on T1esds;v,
the 14th day of January; 1885, at 10 o'clocl,
suing year. and the transaction of any W. other eer
business that may legally come before o'ttIs t,,a
meeting CHESTER II. PEASE. Ca,nisr
Portland, Dec, 14,.1s95. decl3td
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-13
Special Friday.
]. R. LIBBY.

Boys one aud one ribbed
Hose in 6, z, 1-2, s I-9. Re.
duced from 25 cts. to 10 cents
per pair.
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-13

Baby cried,
Mother sighed,
Doctor prescribed 4: Castorias
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-13
Special Friday.

Rows, All Wool Ribbed Hose,
in 8, 8 l-1 only. Reduced
from 25 cents to Is cents per
pair.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-11

directors. Out of total number of 120,.
900 shares sc, 683 were voted.
Shareholders of the Northern Railway
held their annual session and elected as
directors for the ensuing year II. E. Hunt
ington, w. II. Croker, Charles f. Croker,
N. T. Smith and G. G. Lathrop. As MANY
as 127, 400 shares out of total stock of
lbs, $50 were voted.
G. P Huntington, II. E. Huntington, G.
F. Croker, r. II. Hubbard, N. T. Smith,
G. G.. Lathrop and A. n. Towne were
elected directors of the South Pacific Coast
Railway. The total stock consists Of
10000 shares, and of these $500 were
represented at the meeting.
The Southern Pacific Railroad Company
of California held its annual meeting ana
reelected its board of directors, who there
upon organized as follows:
Charles f. Croker, president; II. e.
Huntington, vice-presldent; ]. E. Gates,
second vice president; n. d. Smith, treas
urer; J. L. Willcutt, secretary; Charles G.
Lathrop and A. n. Towne.
The Geary street, Park and Ocean Cable
Railway Company reelected its board Of
directors as follows: Charles T. Croker,
president; Adam Grant vice-president;
N. D. Smith, treasurer; ]. L. Willcutt, Sec
rotary; K. F. Morrow, II. E. Huntington
and f. S. Douty.
The different interests in the Southern
Pacific Company were not interfered with
in their representation on the respective
boards of directors. Everything in the
management continues as before.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-11
THE WATER RATES.
Some Questions Referred to the City
and County Attorney for His
Opinion.

The Water Committee of the Board of
Supervisors held another of its sittings for
the discussion of the water rates and the
relation of the laws thereto last evening,
but got no further than discussion. The
water company was represented by Messrs
Kellogg and Booker and the full committee
was present.
Mr.. Taylor held to his plan of raising the
rates on the hydrants of the city to the
proportionate relief of the ratepayer and
to the fixing of the uniform rate, to all con-
sumers as required by the text of the law.
Mr.. Kellogg expressed the belief that this
law was unconstitutional, but the mem
bers of the committee would not go into
that question, believing that they must
follow the law as they find it.
Two resolutions were passed asking the
advice of the City and County Attorney,
first as to the right of the committee to
levy tax to meet the water bill, such as
would follow the raising of the hydrant-
rate from 81 so, as now, to $40, and, again,
as to their right to fix uniform rate to
the ratepayer, to take the place of the
sliding scale which runs from 80 to IL cents
in favor of the large consumers.
1t is expected the opinions will be at
hand by next meeting night, and that
then the committee will determine upon
rate
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-11

ge ther heterogeneous materials and welding
them at short notice into an orchestra.
This does not OF course mean that anything
like the Richter standard was aimed at last
night, but any one who heard the Philhar-
monte amateurs houndering through Men,
delssohn's italian Symphony" at their recent
concert, would have found it hard to believe
that in two short months they could be edu-
Gated up to rendering anything in as finished
and spirited manner they gave MosZ-
kowsky's suite "From All Nations" last night.
The Philharmonic Society has fondness for
symphonies, and the one chosen for perform
ance last night was Haydn's ''Le Midi The
orchestra had been weeded, soto speak, for the
occasion, brass and wood being reduced to a
minimum, which lessened the chances of be-
ing palpably out of tune.
Its true that the strings were scarcely able
to compete with the technical difficulties
of the ford execution that Haydn, like
most OF the old masters, requires, but the or
chestra showed intelligent apprecia ton OF
/ the delicate beauty of the work and most OF
the symphony was listened to with real pleas
ure by the audience. In the second movement
]. Willard, the concert-master, showed consid-
cradle cleverness in performing his violin
obligato.
In all the members last night there was evil
dence OF style and expression. This was par.
ticularly evident in the before-men toned
"From All Nations" The Spanish, German
and Hungarian numbers were given, and the
first and last particularly brought down the
warmest applause; indeed the orchestra was
forced to repeat the Hungarian" number.
TWAS in RATS Evening" from Messengers
of Spring." that the performers, like so many
Trilbys stood most in need of Svengali to
hypnotic them into making music in tune.
The discord in Evening" was so general that
it was hard to point to any particular set of in
struments as the culprits. but as this was the
one blot on really agreeable concert, the au-
dienee applauded as If the Raft number had
gone smoothly.
Miss Regina Newman, the vocalist, was a
very welcome addition to the entertainment.
The timbre of her voice was penetrating and
the middle register. She phrased nicely and
sang with expression. NJ.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-11

Supervisors, in state of mastery mac
tivity, and refused to draw The smoke,
therefore, filled the Grand Jury room and
the members were smoked out. They
sought refuge in District Attorney Barnes
private Office, and the sixteen who were
present crowded into the small room.
Two new matters were principally dis
cussed by the grand Jurors. The mem
bers OF the present Grand Jury seem to be
no respecters of persons, for though they
have not yet commenced the investigation
which may end in the indictment of some
or all of the solid eight in the Board of Su-
pervisors they brought before them two
Superior Judges of this city with the idea
OF getting some information in regard to
the way the great increase of divorces in
the Superior Courts has been brought
about. Judge Wallace and Judge Hunt
were before the jury, but nothing of i'm
portance was elected from them. The in
vestigation will be continued.
possible sensation can be foreseen in
the summoning of Hermann T. A. Schuss-
Ter, chief engineer of the Spring Valley
Water Works, who was brought before
the jury yesterday to answer interroga-
tories in regard to the charges made by
Mayor Sutro that the Spring Valley Water
Company is furnishing impure water to
the citizens of San Francisco. Schussler
was closely questioned by Foreman Gagan
and other members of the Grand Jury in
regard to the condition of the water supply
of his company. He maintained that all
water furnished the city was as pure as it
could be. He denied that the water of
Lake MERGED and other places, when put
in the mains, was ever impure.
The members of the Grand Jury clearly
indicated that they would make thor
ough investigation of Mayor Sutro's
charges. The feeling of the jurors seems
to be that the Spring Valley Water Com
pany is not serving its customers with pure
water. 1t also appeared that they win Sc
cure the services of some able man who
cannot be Influenced by friends or by
money to give correct report on the con-
dition of the various waters furnished by
the Spring Valley Water Works.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-11

and well favored; and, beyond all, there
is the striped bass, which claims with the
turbot the title monarch of the sea. There
are trout from the creeks and large fish
from the Truckee and Lake Tahoe. There
are blue cod, red cod and green cod, smelt
and founder, tomcod and sea trout and
the matada, rock eel, for those who know
how to prepare it Spanish fashion. And
the ways in which they may be prepared
are infinite.
The bouillibaise, immortalized by
Thackeray, is royal and most pleasing
dish. Boiled cod with oyster and mussel
sauce is mostly the choice of the native of
the British Isles, and soles or turbot au
gratin are demanded by those whose tastes
have been formed in the French restau-
rants. It is not extravaganza to say that
the much-vaunted Fulton market in New
York cannot compare with the California
fsh-markets in variety and quality of fish.
The barracuda is more than an offset to
the Eastern bluefish. They boast the lob
ster and the oyster. The Pacific Coast
native is as delicate in flavor, though not
the size of the Bluepoint and the offshore
crab can double-discount the latest lob
ster that ever steamed in dish at Del
monico's. In the matter of shrimps Cali
fornia has no equal on this side of the
Atlantic, but the East scores couple of
points on softshell crabs and diamond
backs. In all other things the lenten
diner of the West has decidedly the adj
vantage.
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in northern American waters, where that
animal is undoubted king of beasts, but
the elimination of name-suitability came
when they called her little steam launch
the Cub.
The bear is a strong vessel, her hull
sheathed with heavy planking for battle
with the ice of the north and her fine en-
gines drive her many good knots every
hour over the sea. The Cub is a chip of
the old block and fit offshoot from such
a parent. It's 17-horse power engines can
send the youngster through the water
twelve or fifteen knots. In an emergency
the whelp can tow its mother, dragging the
maternal craft quite speedily against an
ordinary tide, and could be utilized for this
filial duty in case of an accident to the cut
ter The Cub is the fastest and best
equipped Government launch on this sta
ton and has beaten everything that has
been pitted against her. She is admirably
equipped for the work of the steamer on
the coast of Alaska and in the Boring Sea,
patrolling the waters and seal-breeding
islands of the north.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-11
A LENTEN REPAST.
How to Fare Well on the Product OF
Creek and Sea in Holy
Week.

Tomorrow will be Friday, SO we'll fish
the stream to-day" sang the monk, in the
days of old, when the brethren depended
upon the charity of the foresters for fat
buck and their own skill with the angle for
the tenants of lake and stream. In this
season of modification and prayer the city
markets make easy the path for the most
devoted abstainer from flesh meats. He
may obey the ordinance of his church and
yet not fare badly. He may spread his
table with choice viands and not offend.
For the nets of the fishermen are in the
bay from dawn till dark to keep pace with
the increased consumption of fish.
There is so much to choose from, so
many good things with which to furnish
forth the Lenten table, that even the most
experienced caterer must needs pause be-
fore making his selection.
He is concerned about his soup. If he
wants anything particularly rich there are
big fat turtles sprawling on the floor. Or
he may switch off to their cousin, the ter
rapin, claiming the direct diamond-back
pedigree, but which are in reality ''sliders. !"
The reptile is not interdicted. He is more
fish than flesh, and he is delicious when
prepared with even the most ordinary
skill. Putting aside turtle and terrapin,
there are purees of vegetables or the
luscious crab for substitutes. The clam,
mud or sand clam, invites his attention.
Now the latter, steamed in the SHE'LL with
garlic sauce, have the faculty of melting
appetite. Only their complete disappear
ance from the dish gives the signal to halt.
The asparagus this year is simply SUI
perb, and the artichokes are like butter.
An artichoke salad is one of the choicest
things on earth, and is ranged side by side
with cold asparagus. Yet the peas are also
inviting, SO to take them all in, the Lenten
caterer makes a Russian salad, when all
those delicious vegetables are mixed to-
gether in the same proportions, the pallor
of artichoke and asparagus serving as
foil for the light emerald of the pea. He is
fortunate if he can secure few alligator
pears to blend with this toothsome com
pound.
The softshell crab and the shrimp lie
fraternally together on the fshmonger's
STALL Both are high class, both have their
admirers, and the wise epicure greets them
with impartial affection. On the table at
the same time it invariably happens that
the diner will partake of little of both.
A curry OF shrimp may win the first choice,
because, as 1T comes steaming on the table,
it at once enlists the sense of smell, but the
crisp brown crab makes a close second.
Then there are oysters and mussels for
another variety in this line, but the oyster
at this season is apt to be crossed in love,
and is not as plump as in the winter
months.
For his piece de resistance, for the great
dish which is to crown the dinner, the field
is most extensive. There are shad, plump
fellows, to be examined, and the shad roe
baked with the fish is precious morsel.
There are halibut, white as snow, haky
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-11

Rosa in regard to furnishing transporta-
ton from San Francisco to the picturesque
carnival of roses that will take place on
May 8, 8 and 10.
The carnival committee asked the "Don-
ahue" railway people for a special fare
from San Francisco, that a big attendance
might be secured for the rose festival.
After thinking the matter over, the rail
way managers have determined to give a
rate that ought to tempt crowds from this
city to spend day in Sonomas capital
and enjoy the rare sight of flower fiesta.
1--WE will give a return ticket of 81 on
Thursday, the day of the floral parade and
battle of flowers" said R. X. Ryan, general
passenger agent of the railway, yesterday,
''and we win put on special train at night
to carry the excursionists home after they
have seen the evening carnival"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-11
THE RETA-WOLF TRAGEDY
Several Subpenaed Witnesses
Fail to Appear at the
Inquest.
Morbid Curiosity - Seekers Who
Were Very Much
Disappointed.

An inquest in the case of Carlo Enrico
Reta, who shot Adele Wolf and then him
self in the Palace Hotel last Thursday,
was begun before Coroner Hawkins yester-
day. Many of the witnesses who were
subpenaed failed to appear, so the case
was only partly heard. None of the rela-
tives of the murdered girl were present,
but they are expected to be in attendance
at the next session.
T. J. 0'Neill, the assistant detective at
the Palace Hotel, testified that Miss VOLTS
sister called at the hotel in state of great
excitement on Thursday afternoon about
4 o'clock. She said that Reta and Adele
were away together, and that Judging from
a note sent to their home on Leavenworth
street, Reta intended to kill her sister.
An examination of the register showed in
which room the couple were, and when
O'Neill and Detective Glennon went to it
they found them dead in bed The couple
went to the hotel shortly after mid
night Wednesday.
In answer to a question asked by a
Juror, ONeill said he did not know whether
Reta and Miss Wolf were under the inf
ence of liquor or not when they arrived at
the hotel, and they were dead when found
in the room.
Frederick Dadero OF go BUSH street was
we'll acquainted with Reta. He had a con-
versation with him on the Wednesday
night of the suicide. Reta then seemed
cheerful and never said word about sui
eide. Dadero never heard of Reta being
married.
Officer Butterworth was called as a wit
ness, but he knew nothing at all about the
case. He went to the Palace Hotel in re-
Spouse to telephone message and saw the
bodies.
The Coroner's Office was crowded with
morbid curiosity seekers during the taking
of the testimony, all of whom seemed dis
appointed because the case was postponed.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-11
THEATER AND CONCERT,
Plays That Are Only Running
This Week-Some Easter
Novelties.
One Of Joseph Hayden's Sympho-
MES Rendered by Local
Amateurs.

"The Lightning's FLASH" with its melo-
dramatic situations, that keep the audi
ence on tenterhooks of surprise as to
what dreadful thing will happen next,
continues to hold the boards successfully
at Morosco's. William Burress, whose
sprIghtly acting enlivens the melo-
dramatic woe of the piece, has made quite
hit with his topical song, which is pro-
duced for the first time in San Francisco.
In one respect "The Lightning's Flash"
resembles the thrilling serials which after
working up the reader to the agony pitch
end abruptly with ITO be continued in our
next" 1.-THE Lightning's Flash" is contin-
ually showing the performers in agonizing
situations, from which there seems no possible
escape but by death, and just when the audi
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-11
ELECTED OLD OFFICIALS,
Five Southern Pacific Corpora
tionS Meet in Annual
Session.
Shares We're Well Represented ano
Various Interests Re-
spected.

1t was day of annual meetings and
elections in the Southern Pacific offices at
Montgomery and Market streets yesterday.
Five corporations affiliated with the
Southern Pacific Company elected officers
for another year, or more truly, went
through the form of re-electing the men
who have for years presided over the
destinies of these intermingled organiza-
tions with success.
The California Pacific Railroad stock
holders met and elected T. III. Hubbard,
N. T. Smith, J. L. Willcutt, c. P. Hunting
ton, w. H. Crocker, II. E. Huntington
and Charles 6. Lathrop to the board of