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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-15
To Haul Garbage Away.

The garbage problem has been settled
temporarily and q contract has been
awarded to A. B. Tenant to haul the
refuse away to place somewhere in Con-
ira Costa County. A platform will be built
at Sixteenth-street depot and the carts will
dump from it into specially prepared cars
1t will then be hauled to place called the
Highlands on the other side of the county
line and deposited there.
Miss Lane Withdraws Her Application.
Miss Frances Lane handed in letter to
the Alameda County Law Association in
which she made some sarcastic illusions
to the discussion caused by her application
for membership. She asked leave to tenn
porarily withdraw her request to be ad-
mitted as a member. It is und erstood
that her future course will depend on
whether the club shall decide to limit its
membership to males only.
Wasting Water at AIvarado.
There will be mass-meeting tonight at
the Tabernacle for the purpose of denounc-
ing the pumping at Alvarado whereby
100000 gallons of water are daily sent into
the bay. 1t is the outgrowth of visit to
the scene last Sunday by delegation OF
Oaklanders. Ex-Mayor Mark Weber will
preside and several rafting takers will be
present. A brass band has been secured
| and the public are invited.
SchOOI Directors groceries.
School Director Moody gave note to his
grocer two years and a half ago to pay for
provisions, and as it has not been paid
the grocer has sued him. Moody filed a
demurrer to the complaint because the
word sat" was written ito" The Judge
promptly overruled the trivial point and
! ordered the case tried.
Was His Bartender.
IT Parhiere who is pronriator of tho co
loon at Golden Gate where Sewer Inspec.
tor Lyon created some excitement yester-
| day with gun, says ne was not at home
at the time, and that his bartender was the
one in charge. Barbiere says that Lyon
was given no drink in his saloon.
Will Be a Phantasma
At a meeting of the directors of the
Woman's Exchange this afternoon it was
decided to present at the Oakland Theatel
| on the evenings of August %, % and "a
with matinee on the latter date, the phan-
| tasma tableaux arranged by j. w. Sher
man, and which were presented in very
successful manner in Alameda last week.
Switch Engines Collide.
Two switch-engines at Port Costa colIided
yesterday afternoon and were badly
wrecked. One car was thrown off its truck
and the main line was blocked for a snort
time. The wrecking train went up from
West Oakland and cleared the wreck.
The Tax Scandal.
The County Tax Collector will bring
action to recover the $500 he paid into
the treasury should it appear that the
money was taken during a previous adj
ministration. Myron Whidden claims to
have some evidence in allegiance that will
clear him entirely before the Grand Jury.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-15
,a7a, CHANGING HIS STORY.
Louis MuhIner Tries to Make His State
ments Agree.

Louis Muhlner Tries to Make His State
ments Agree.
Louis Muhlner, the young man charged
with shooting Miss Jennie Lewis, is be-
ginning already to contradict his first
stories and is trying to make them con-
form to facts told by the friends of the
dying girl. At the City Prison no one is
allowed to see him but his relatives. He
was visited to-day by his mother and
sister-in-law. He is evidently laboring
under a great mental strain, and did not
seem to appreciate the sympathy extended
him by his mother.
The police have secured the evidence of
witnesses who saw Muhlner almost on the
spot when the shooting was heard. T his
explodes his story of having left an hour
before. To-day he SAID he left about a half
an hour before the time when Miss
Lewis was shot.
The dying girl is at the Receiving Hospi-
tai and remains unconscious. This after
noon she opened her eyes for minute
and looked as though she wished to speak
She did not say anything, but soon closed
her eyes and assumed the same appear
ance she has worn since Monday evening
The doctors have ceased attempting to
probe for the bullet, which is imbedded in
her brain. They pronounce the case hope
less and death only the matter of some
hours.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 14.-Chief
Moore of the Weather Bureau has been
advised that L. A. Muhlner, the observer
at Point Reyes light, Cal. was arrested
and sent to prison in San Francisco yes
terday for the murder of a young girl at
Oakland, Cal, on the day previous. Upon
being informed by the foreeaster at San
Francisco that the murder was a brutal
one, and manifestly without justification,
Mr.. Moore Immediately telegraphed in
structions to drop Mui1ner from the rolls,
and not to give him the months extra pay
to which he ordinarily would have been
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-15
POLIOE-O0URT GRAFTERs.
Two of Them Discharged and the Other
Plead Not Guilty.

Plead NOT UuIIty.
The six men accused of being "grafters"
around the Police courts appeared before
Judge Conlan yesterday. Albert Fried
lander demanded a jury and he was
ordered into custody and his bonds in
creased to $500.
James Mccartney, Thomas Moran and
William Tannian pleaded not guilty and
were granted weeks continuance. John
Powers and William Kelleher, two young
lads, were discharged from custody, as it
merely from curiosity and promised not to
be found there again.
Policeman Wagner yesterday arrested
J. W. Pence, who gave his occupation as
laborer, for lettering in the corridor out
side the Police courts, making the eighth
arrest since Monday.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-15
CHINESE PEDDLERs ARRESTED
A San Rafael Judge Gives Them a Lee
ture, With Costs Attached.

A San Rafael Judge Gives Them Lee
ture, With Costs Attached.
Seven Chinese vegetable and fruit ped
dlers who vend their wares from Sausalito
to San Rafael, were given dissertation on
the rights of a county to collect licenses by
Judge Gardner at San Rafael yesterday.
Four of them paid SIS each for the lesson,
and one, who seemed too dull or unwilling
to appreciate the Judges remarks, went to
jail. The other two promised to call to-day
say and were allowed to rest on their own
recognizance.
The arrests were made by John E.
Creole, marshal of Sausalito, and John
Mahan, constable. Some of the Chinese
have been peddling without licenses for
six months, but hereafter they will be
watched more closely.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-15
A CHASTITY Specter

Disease is ever, but In no form is 1t more to be
dreaded than in that Of the formidable maiadies
which attack the kidneys and bladder. Brights
disease, diabetes and gravel may alike be pre-
vented, if inactivity of the kidneys is rectified in
time with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, sovereign
also in cases Of rheumatism. dyspepsia, constipa-
tion, malaria, billousness and nervousness
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-15
TENNIS TOPICS.

Saturdays Tournament Will Bring Out
Some Good Players.
The tennis tournament at the Lakeside
on Saturday is the topic of interest among
devotees of the game just now and it is ex-
pected that it will attract many spectators
to the club grounds, corner of Durant and
Alice streets, on that occasion.
1t is probable that some warm matches
will be witnessed in Saturdays tourney,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-15
local Letter-carriers' Union for the benefit
OF the widow of the late w. E. Probst.
QUONG SUES BIRTHDAY.
committeeman Suggests the Occasion
as Suitable for the Restoration
of Peace

To-day is the twenty-ffth anniversary
OF the Chinese Emperor, Quong Sue.
Consul-General Ii Yung Yu has had
posted about Chinatown proclamation
requesting the Chinese to display the flag
OF the empire and in other ways keep a
suitable observance of the day. He
suggests that this will be an appropriate
time for the settlement of all existing
difficulties and the restoration of peace
between the See Yups and Sam Yups.
A meeting of the Six Companies has
accordingly been arranged, to be held this
afternoon, at which it is hoped by the
leading Chinese that satisfactory agree
ment can be arrived at and the boycott Of
the Sam Yups be declared off.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-15
Deny. Having Been Cruel.

The management of the American Steam
Laundry, 2120 Lombard street, denies the
employee to Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald.
1t appears from a communication that the
wages paid are up to the average and the
treatment accorded the employees is uniformly
humane.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-15
OFFICIAL ECONOMY.
Supervisors Travel by Boat to Save Rail-
road Fares.

road Fares.
The Supervisors went to Sacramento to-
day to be ready for the meeting of the
State Board of Equalization tomorrow, at
which it is proposed to raise the entire
assessment of Alameda County. The Off
Gals all crossed to San Francisco and took
the boat to the Capital City, as they said it
was cheaper than spending the county s
money on railroad fare. The difference
for the five Supervisors is about So As
SCISSOR Dalton and County Clerk jordan
went up by train
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-15
NEW ro-pAY-DRY GOODS.
= SIXTEEN r
To-day ID CL EARANCE BARGAINS TO-

ASTOUNDING that making the final days OF our
follow.
selected for clearance
AT A PRODIGIOUS SACRIFICE!
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-01-24
THE WiMBERLY TRIAL.
4 Musd-i's Confession of Hnrrifying e
Inhumanity

4 special from Raleigh, under date
OF January 10th says: The trial Of
Jack Wimberly for the murder of his
Young daughter, lana, began today.
George Mills, the dead girls uncle,
who was convicted of her murder and
is under death sentence, was on the
witness stand for a long time He
said that he murdered his niece; that
when it was discovered that the girl
was about to become a mother, her
father said: George, you must kill
her," and that her mother said:
George, we have been very good to
you and you must put her out of the
way" Mills swore that Vim berly
told him to take the girl to desert
ed house and that if he left her alive
and returned worse fate would be-
fall him. that he gave her laudanum,
and when she became sleepy he crush
ed her skull with blows.
He thought she was dead and went
to Wimberly's house and told him so.
Wimberly searched for blood-marks
on Mills and made another daughter
wash them off. Wimberiy and his
family made plans to divert suspicion
from Mills, and then sent abC1t the
neighoOrhood telling that lana was
lost. When she was brought back,
almost dead, her father said: "She
is not dead; why did you not kill her,
as | tod you?"
Mills told a very straight story.
He said he and Wimberly had both
sworn to lies. and that when he was
removed from jail to save him from
the lynchers he had told another lie
in saying a negro woman had murder
ed the girl.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-01-24
A Step Backward.

The Baltimore Sun comments as fol-
lows upon the proposed county gov
ernment bin pending in the Legisla-
ture:
$50 far as the material interest Of
the people is concerned, the passage of
Mr.. Ewart's bill would be a step back
ward. Before the election Of the
county commissioners, who control
the fiscal and other important affairs
of the county, was devolyed upon the
Legislature, in many of the eastern
counties of the State, where the color
ed voters are in the majority, ignorant
and venal commissioners were fre-
quently elected, the result being too
often corruption and a squandering of
the money of the taxpayers until
county credit reached low ebb and
county warrants sold at discount
which was disastrous to the people,
discredita BILE to the county, and finally
resulted in an increase of taxation
which in some cases amounted almost
to confiscation. The only redeeming
feature in the EWart bill is that it
provides fo- minority representation
on the boards of trustees to be chosen
by the justices of the peace in each
county, but this will be but slight
stay against return to bad county
government in Eastern North Caro-
lima,
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-01-24
LETTERS BY EXPRESS.
The Postofffce Department Will Re
Quire that They Be Stamped

The Postofffce Department Will Re
quire that They Be Stamped.
The Postoffice Department will in
short time issue a circular to express
companies warning them against car
rying matter in envelopes without a
stamp, as it is frst-class matter, and,
according to the law, should not be
transported unless enclosed ia a
stamped envelope.
This action will be taken to prevent
express companies from carrying lot
terry advertisements. Quite number
of lottery circulars and other matter
sent through express companies have
been sent to the department by re-
ceivers of such matter. The lottery
companies, since they have been pro-
hibited from using the mails, pay
twenty-five cents TO express companies
to send letters that, if transported by
mail, would cost only two cents in
postage. Where the lottery people
send them in stamped envelopes by
express the Department. has no redress.
Frequently the express companies car
~ this matter to certain points on
their lines, and then mail it to its desti-
nation. The attention of the depart
ment has been called to such cases.
Government Inspectors are now in
vestigating the violations by express
companies of the postal laws, and are
endea9oring to secure specific cases
against them.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-01-24
BUTLER Is THE BULL DOG.
The Republicans Move Around at His
Command,


Command
While in Greensboro a few days ago
a prominent State politician gave a
a description of the present Legisla-
ture He said it was enough to make
a dog sick to see those big, and hith-
erto influential, Republicans rui ming
after Butler. They will absolutely
sit and wait at his door an hour or
two to see him-waiting their turn.
Butler is monarch of all he surveys;
he holds the reins and he's driving
the coach exactly where he wants
it to go.
Not step is taken without his
consent. He has mapped out all the
work and the boys must toe the mark.
He has Walser by the throat-appCints
all his committees: WInkS and WalSer
winks; spits and Walser spits-I tell
you it's a mess"
"Why did Mott get out Of the way?"
he was asked.
"On the same principle that the
bull got out of the way of train =
afraid he would be run over. Boyd is
still on, but he is scared, too. He is
like the boy going through grave
yard at night-whistles to keep up
courage. The fact is, Mott and Boyd
are too brainy for that crowd. If
they possessed some other attributes
| could mention they would raise
shinny and one of them come out
ahead, but, poor fellows, they are
lacking in this "
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-01-24
DASHED TO DEATH,
Fearful Fate of a Young Couple Flee
ing From Flames.
n YEAR IN ADVANC Z.


ing From Flames.
Thomas Whitridge and his young
wife were almost instantly killed
on Jan. 10th at their home in
West Blddle street, Baltimore, while
fleeing from flames that enveloped
about O'Clock by a policeman, who
discovered fire in the rear of their
house. Mr.. and Mrs. Whitridge were
on the second floor and tried To escape
hy the stairway. but the smoke and
flames drove them back. While the
tlames were approaching them with
awful rdpldity they stood at a window
watching the efforts of the fremen to
raise ladder for their rescue Their
cries could be heard, although hidden
most of the time by the dense volumes
of smoke that rolled out of the win
doWS. The dremen worked frantically
and ran up ladder, while others be-
gan to stretch the rope nets across the
sidewalk.
Scorched and blinded, Mr.. Witridge
caught his wife around the waist and
grasped the ladder with the other
hand before a fireman could mount to
the window. In his excitement or be-
cause he could not sustain the weight
of both, Mr.. Whitridge released mis-
hold upon the ladder and the two
forms plunged to the pavement, twenty
feet below, striking on their heads.
Mrs. Whitridge was instantly killed
and Mr.. Whitridge died half an hour
later, without regaining conscious
ness.
Mr.. Whitridge was son of Mr.. John
a. Whitridge, and was associated
with his father in the banking and
brokerage business. Mrs. Whitridge
was formerly Miss Bessie Shoemaker.
They were married not quite year
ago.
Mr.. Whitridge was consul Of Chilli
and Vice-Consul of Denmark in Balti-
more. He was member Of the Balti-
more Club and one of the most promi-
nent men in Baltimore society. He
was a governor of the Bachelors
Cotillion Club.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-01-24
STATE NEWS.
Fresh News Items from Cherokee to
Currituck.


The long distance telephone will
soon connect Charlotte with Sails
bury.
Two gentlemen are in North Caroli-
ma from Germany Investigating our
mozanite beds.
The increase in the value Of taxable
property in the State during the past
year was 81, 20O,000
Theodore Summer, aged 10, son of
Frank Summer, large Asheville dry
goods dealer, has mySteriously disap-
peared.
The News & Observer says the con-
ditlon Of young William Henry Barn
hili, Of Pitt county, who went crazy
over religion at the Methodist confer
ence at Durham is much improved.
The Sheriff of Wake county has
completed his State-Uax settlement,
paA ing n S26, 972
The Republican and Popullst con-
teStantS for seats in Uhe Legislature
will be successful in nearly all cases, ii
is believed. ruere are eighteen Of
them.
Governor Carr has pardOned Albert
Maus hcld, who was sentenced from
RaEir court u the peulurntIdry for
horse stealing a large petition pray
iHg for the pardon, was pre-euued To
the Governor
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-01-24
THE NEW TEMPERANCE BILL.
A Law the Fusion Legislature Will be
Asked to Make,

THE SENTINEL gives herewith a
synopsis of the temperance bill. Pc
tition for which committee OF the
Winston-Salem w. @. T. Q. is getting
up to be sent to the North Carolina
Legislature. The passage of this bill
will be urged by the advocates of tenn
perance in the General Assembly and
they express themselves as being hope
full that the bill will become law.
There are those who claim that it will
pass the Senate, but are doubtful
about it's ability to pass the House.
The bill is modelled after the one now
in operation in Mississippi.
''By this bill, if a majority o. the
qualified voters in any township, or
city, town or village petition the
board of county commissioners or the
authority of the municipality against
the granting of license to retail liquor,
such license shall not be granted; nor
shall license be granted to any per-
son to retail liquors in less quantities
than one gallon, unless the applicant
shall first produce petition for the
issuance of such license, recommend
ing the applicant to be of good reputa-
tion and sober and suitable person
which petition shall be
signed by majority, exclusive Of
those who may sign counter petition,
Of the qualified voters resident in the
district where the liquors are intended
to be sold.n This is the heart of the
document. 1t also requires that the
names OF the petitioners for license be
published, aud, license having been
gained by petition, that the dealer
give bond to keep an orderly place: be-
fore the license is issued Licenses last
only year and are not transferable.
Violation of the law forfeits license.
A license may be revoked, if the au-
thoritIeS deem a dealer unfit. Debt
for liquor not collecLable. Liquor can
not be sold to minors, Indians or hab-
itual drunkards. Any candidate who
uses liquor for political purposes, is Ii
able to Indictment. Card playing, dice
throwing, billiards, pool, etc, pro-
hibited in saloons. There will be no
screens in dram shops, and if carried
on at all, business must be conducted
in the front part Of building. There is
a provision against itinefant venders
and Importation of liquors by water
crafts or railway trains.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-01-24
Fruit cre-s Badly Damag d

Reports from Juis aud .Id jpinin-
counties are to the effect that ffuiI
trees in many sertious We're badly
damaged by the recent heavy sleet
Up near the mountains thinner of all
kinds is said to b. badly broken. In
one section of Wilkes county the
Chronicle says that whoe orchards
now have the appearances of almost
entire destruction. Limb all broken
and split and the wrecked appearance
is almost enough TO diSnearten one.
The damage to several fine orchards,
it is estimated, will be from $500 to
81 900. The old saying THAI IA hard
sleet indicates a good fruit year will
hardly hold good in many places, for
the reason that the trees are too bad
ly d9maged.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-01-24
Bond Of state treasurer wor, h.

The bond Of William II Worth,
State Treasurer elect, has been made
mp. The bund~man are as follows:
From Durh ,m-Julian 5 Carr So :
600; w NJ. Morgan, $4,000: ) L.
Morgan. so, 900; L A Carr, $4,000;
b. n Dakc 80 OoO; w ishinLlon
Ddkt. S25. O0u: George w watts so
900. Frrm High Pnlnt-J E @pai
Cox, $4,000; J, Wrlch. 10000: J j.
Cox. s.. 600; J e Walker. ol Astfs blro,
s. 900; John L Worth of NJ Atrv,
S25. 900; Herbert w. Jackson. Of Raj
eigh $4,000; total, $3.50 600. The
bond is witnessed by Geo. W. fhamp
son. cashier OF Commercial and Farm
ers' Bank, Raleigh
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-01-24
Will be Tried on it's Merits.

Messrs. Watson and Manly returned
from Charleston, S. c., recently. They
succeeded in staying the temporary
injunction against the Winston cigar
cite manufacturers as proposed and
hoped for by the American Tobacco
Company.
The attorneys for the Winston
firms and the trust agreed to take
depositions in the case early in the
spring or summer, probably April or
May. No argument was made before
Judge SimOnton yesterday. The case
will now be tried on its merits and
will probably be heard in Greensboro,
before Judge Simonton.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-01-24
A Salary of $4,000 a Year.

The stockholders Of the Blackwell
Tobacco Company held their annual
meeting in Durham last week, when
President Carr submitted a most
gratifying report, showing that the
year 1894 was the next largest in vol
ume of business, and largest in point
of profits, since the organization of
the Company. Col. Carr was reelected
President at a salary of ten thousand
dollars a year, which bv the way, IS
probably the largest salary paid by
any North Carolina institution, or
received by any North Carolinian
living in the State The capital
nf Blackwell's Durham Tobacco Co is
81, O0O, 900, upon which dividend. pay
able at once in cash, was declared.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-01-24
Rev Mr.. Robinson,s New Home.

Rev. @. w. Robinson, who recently
moved from Winston to North Wilkes
boro, writes as follows to the North
Carolina Presbyterian: Il am now
very pleasantly located at North
Wilkesboro. Will have charge of the
two Wilkesboro churches and Edkin.
Representatives of the two Wilkes
boro churches met US at the depot last
Thursday and gave US very cordial
reception. We were very kindly cared
for until our household goods were
placed in our new home. The first
evening .tat home," warm supper was
sent in and many nice things to last
for days to come. l trust God will
graciously bless the new relationship"