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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and Improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others 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 a perfect lax"
ative; 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 drug.
gists in SOC and 81 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 oferesA
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-03
MRS. BELLS BILLS.
They Are Being Exploited in Judge
Coffey's Court.


The claims of d. Samuels against the
estate of Thomas Bell were before Judge
Coffey yesterday. The claims aggregate
over $4,000, and reach over space of
nearly ten years. The claims were all
acknowledged by Mrs. Teresa Bell, the
widow, but though she contracted them
she refuses TO pay them.
Inc claims from every source which are
before the court amount up to over $780,
0OO, and the contention of the claimants
IS that some OF the valuable real property
belonging to the estate should be sold to
assist III the payment. Mrs. Bell does not
want to sell any of the real estate, for, she
says, there are funds sufficient TO pay all
claims If the creditors will be reasona BILE
Experience has led them to believe, how
ever, that Mrs. Bell does not want to paw,
and so the suit is being pressed.
As sample of the claims against her.
and the extravagant manner in which the
widow spends money, the bill of F. F.
Butler, the milIiner, may be cited. The
bill includes the months from February to
October, 1892, and it shows that she pur-
chased ninety-seven hats in that time.
There are lace hats, black hats, gray. green
and brown hats, sailor hats, bonnets, der
| bys, felt hats, theater hats, street and call
ing hats, hats with plumes, with aigrettes,
with flowers and with ribbons, hats for
herself for children, for friends, hats re-
trimmed, reshaped, remodeled; hats big
and little, cheap and expensive, plain and
with all manner OF ornaments upon them,
and the total is $1201. She has not paid
the bill yet and Mr.. Butler is one of the
claimants. 1t will be week before all the
anxious creditors are satisfied.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-03
SAY II WAS BROKERAGE,
The Courts Opinion of the
Montgomery Marriage Pre-
liminarieS.
Mrs. Morrison Is Not Allowed to Re.
cover in Her Suit for Com
pensation.

Judge Daingerfeld has decided the suit
of Mrs. Morrison against Mrs. Rodgers by
declaring the contract entered into by the
parties, and which is the basis of the suit,
an illegal agreement. The suit was for
$2S0,000 for services rendered by Mrs.
Morrison in bringing about a marriage
between Mrs. Rodgers, then Miss Green,
and the late Alexander Montgomery.
At the time of the contract the then
Miss Green had Montgomery promise
that he would marry her, but as he seemed
unwilling to fulfill the promise given she
secured the Offices of her sister IN the mat
ter, and her sister brought about the Join
ing OF the two. Mrs. Morrison elaine d
that her sister had promised her ample
compensation for her services, and al
though she came into over 81 900, 900 by
the marriage. she has never recognized
the obligation she was under. The con-
tention was that the contract was Illegal
as bein q marriage brokerage contract
and this view of counsel was adopted bv
the court. The contract is therefore set
aside by the sustaining of the defendant S
demurrer. and In rendering his decision
Judge Daingerfield says, among other
things:
II montgomery kEOWU o. plalntn s.
contract before h is marriage he probably would
have never married the defendant At any
rate the contract is of class whose object is
generally best achieved when the contract is
secret. 1t is no answer to say that he was
morally bound 10 marry the defendant The
contract is substantially like q marriage brok-
erage contract. When Montgomery declined to
keep his promise to marry, the defendant could
not compel specific performance of the con-
tract. The law does not compel marriages of
this kind, but gives damages for breach OF
promise.
II he chose to pay the damages rather than
consummate the marriage, his legal obligations
would be fulfilled upon such payment. What
his moral obligations were we do not know
and are not concerned with. The parties were
as far apart legally when plaintiffs aid was
invoked as they would have been If no promise
or cohabitation he'd ever existed. At this
stage plaintiff succeeded in procuring new
contract. The transaction was essentially one
of marriage brokerage. Courts look askance at
agencies that are most effective when the fact
of agency is most secret. Hired agents must
not interfere with the sacred affairs of the
heart, unless they can rely upon the good
faith and business honor OF their principals
without hope OF aid from the courts.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-03
SOLICITORS GET TANGLED.
The Harbor Commissioners Have
Chinese Puzzle on Their Hands.

The Harbor Commissioners Have a
Chinese Puzzle on Their Hands.
The runners for the Pacific Transfer
Company and Morton's Special Delivery
had another battle royal yesterday, but on
this occasion it was Morton who was on
the defensive and the transfer men were
the aggressors. The whole matter is very
complicated and there will be a lively
wrangle over it at the meeting of the
Harbor Commissioners this afternoon.
TREY L. Ford, the boards attorney, is to
give an opinion. and the chances are that
all runners and solicitors will be barred
from the wharves while a ship is docking
and the passengers landing.
The present status of affairs is about as
follows: The Pacific Coast Steamship
Company rents Broadway wharves l and
from the State, and for a considera Iion
they grant the Pacific Transfer Company
the exclusive ri ght of working their steam
ers, and also those of the Oregon Railway
and Navigation Company. The San Fran
cisco and North Pacific Railroad Company
rents part of the water front and one of the
ferry slips from the State, and for a con-
sIderation 1T also gave Morton's Special
Delivery the privilege Of working the
steamers.
When Morton's men invaded the Broad
way wharves Superintendent Bennett of
the steamship company ordered them off.
Ihey refused to go and were put off. Then
Morton got out an injunction, and when
the case came to trial the court held that
the exclusive use of the front could not be
granted to any one firm or individual.
Ever since Morton's runners have been
sWarmlng on the steamship Company's
wharves, and in order to secure the trade
the transfer men have to board the steam
ers in the bay.
The new phase in the case came up yes
| terday. MortOn's men were working the
steamer Tiburon, and one Of the Pacific
Transfer Company's men jumped the
fence and began soliciting. The attention
OF Agent A. +. Magrain was drawn to the
| matter and he ordered the runner off. He
refused to go and a lively scramble ensued.
The Morton men went to the agents as
sistance, and Gus White, the Transfer man,
was thrown out. Then other runners
came up and demanded admittance, but
the sight OF Sergeant Tom Mahoney soon
quelled the disturbance.
Immediately after the trouble was over,
General Manager Whiting of the railroad
company wrote a communication to the
Harbor Commissioners demanding that a
big board fence be put up and that no
one be permitted on their wharves with
out permission. The Commissioners are
now in a quandary, as according to the
ruling of the court they cannot bar any one
from the wharves, nor can they grant the
exclusive use of any portion of the front
The matter will probably be carried to the
Supreme Court.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-03
A CARPENTERS VICTORY
Contractor Hansbrough Agrees to Pay
Standard Wages on the Haight-
Street School,

The organized carpenters and joiners OF
this City have won victory. Contractor
&. w. Hansbrough, who has the contract
to erect the eight-classroom schoolhouse
on Haight street, near Masonic avenue,
has come to terms, and the carpenters who
were called off the job Saturday night re-
turned to work yesterday morning. The
strike that threatened to be lasting and
annoying was quickly settled by the con-
tractor acceeding to the mems demand for
higher wages.
When the carpenters went to work a
week ago they were a little uneasy, be-
cause they feared that Hansbrough would
not pay the standard wages of So day
minimum. On Saturday night their fears
were realized by the contractor paying but
50 so. The situation was reported to
Business Agent johnson, who called the
men out and told them not to return to
work until the trouble was settled.
An account of the difficulty was pub
lished in Sundays CALL and 10000 carpen-
ters and innumerable other union work
men watched for the outcome with keen
interest. The union had only few weeks
before adopted rule that So should be the
wages for days work of eight hours, and
this, being City work, was about the first
large job to cause trouble en- the score of
wages. There was great surprise that
Hansbrough, who before he became con-
tractor was union carpenter, should by
his action become "cheap" man.
Early yesterday morning Business
Agent Johnson, representing the District
Council of Carpenters and Joiners, was on
the ground, accompanied by the men he
had called out, the men going back for
their tools
Hansbrough was there ahead of them.
The conversation between the contractor
and the business agent was brief and to
the point, the former readily agreeing to
pay the standard wages demanded. Five
minutes later the whole force was at work
again, making the chips fly and the ham
mers ring. Ali the carpenters are delighted
that the threatened trouble should have
been averted so easily and speedily.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-03
FRANK GOBEY DEAD.
Pneumonia Cuts Short the Well Known
Saloon-Keeper's Life.

Frank Gobey, the well-known saloon
keeper, died yesterday at his home, 236
Sutter street, from pneumonia. He was
i'll only three days. Gobey was born in
Canada nearly fifty-seven years ago and he
came to this coast in 1850. Like the pio-
neers of those times. he went to the inte-
rlor and followed mining for twelve or
fifteen years with varied success.
With sufficient capital he came to this
city and started in the saloon business,
which he and his brother, Jesse Gobey,
have followed ever since, acquiring con-
siderable fortune. In 1877 Gobey estab-
lished the saloon at 228 Sutter street, and
his patrons have made his name known
all over the coast. Gobey leaves daugh-
ter, who is now in Rhode Island visiting
his mother and sisters. He went East re-
Gently to see the family and returned only
three days ago. 1t is believed that he con-
tracted the disease while crossing the
mountains.
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him if the depositors did not get dividend
soon he would resign.
G.. Conani, a real-estate man and de-
positor, gave it as his opinion that the Pa
cific Bank property was worth more than
has been offered for it.
!. A. Foster offered a resolution to the
effect that the depositors urge the Bank
Commissioners to demand OF the directors
of the bank that the expenses of manage
ment be reduced to 5000 a month. This
was unanimously adopted.
A vote of confidence in the committee
was adopted.
A depositor made the statement that
General Sheehan had told him he would
resign very soon.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-03

day. Masonic Hall. South San Francisco.
Thirty-fourth, Harmony Hall, Mission and Ere; I;
Thirty-sixth, Eighteenth and Castro; Thirty
seventh, Cough and Market; Thirty,elghth,
franklin Hall, Fillmore, near Bush. Forty
irst-Thursday, Hyde and Union; Friday and
saturday-Polk and Vallejo. Forty-second.
Thursday, 80 O'Farrell; Friday-Paclhc ana
Leavenworth: Saturday = 1914 sacramento.
Forty-third, $40 Bush; Forty-fourth, GOA Lom-
bard
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-03
Confinement and Hard Work

Indoors particularly in the sitting posture, far
more preiudicia to health than excessive muscular
exertion In the open air. Hard sedentary workers
are far too weary after Office hours TO take much
needful exertion in the open air. They often need
a tonic. Where can they invigoration more
certainly and thoroughly than from Hosetter's
recruit the xbausted force Of nature. Use also
for dyspepsia, kidney, liver and rheumatic all
meQtS,
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-03
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
GRAND HOTEL.

olh ~ ~ II
J A Doestin, Palo Alto
] Klenk. Stockton
Capt J Heggenn. Berkely
A Lucie, San Leand-o
II ID Morton. Or
Miss ] NJ Foote, Chicago
Miss w Dayton. Or
S Richard, Los Angeles
Annie Musin, MusIu Co
G A Smith, CORTLAND
A Lasher, Washington
J A Faron, N Y
C Snyder, n Y
f. Randall & W, Walnut
B + Cobb, Chicago
w p Collins. Portland
J 4 Jackson, l. Angeles
w Z Carlson, Chicago
] + Holme, New York
A B Glascock, Yosemite
Miss Mccartney, Sacto
Mrs G + Oliver, S Jose
E e Hall, Los Angeles
w $ Turning, Martinez
J A White, Saticy
CO'Connor, Ukiah
o Prlschower, Cloverdl
J B Iverson. Salinas Cy
r. A Long, WILLOWS
r l. Day, Willows
PALACE
S w Taylor Jr, n Y
Miss B Bergman, Portlt
r Alexander, Vancouver
J B Wright, Sacto
J Foster. Wis
8 + Bacharach, CHM
Miss T Hoffheimer, CHM
w c Fredrick&w, ,StLoul:
G A Morrison, Los Ang
Mrs Coleman, Burlingme
G G Babyan, Boston
+ n Hall, Los Angeles
Miss c A Scott, Phtla
8 Unman, n Y
BALDWI
o G Schulze, Dixon
Miss M Coleman. N Y
II Mitchell, Portland
J III Fitzpatrick, Oregon
j III Woods 81 VT, San
Leandro
J Doud. Portland
FL Holland, Salt Lake
EZ Hebert, Salinas
Miss G Smith, San Diego
b Morgan, Seattle
f. Crawford. Portland
Miss NJ Dixon, Woodland
NEW WEST
Mrs Kistney, Los Angels
w Fl Rand, Sacramento
S Grossi, Fresno
l. n Bowrcy, Columbus
d Nicolson & T, Portland
Henry Kruger, Portland
c Fl Clark, Or
+ Steer, Seattle
Il O'Connor, Mariposa
J Ryan, Gilroy
G Pettarson, Oakdale
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Consider that he shaves z
times a week. I5o times a
year-I5o pleasant thoughts
Of your kindness and good
judgment in selecting a
shaving stand for his Christ
mas gift.
Isn't it worth the differ
ence between it's cost and
that of some trife represents
ing merely beauty ?
Delivery: You set the day,
we'll do the rest; promptly.
Carpets Rugs Mattings
CALIFORNIA
FURNITURE COMPANY
IN. P. Cole 6 Coz
117-123 Geary Street.
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MILD
Cigar
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90 9 . o o o . . Q . 60
sss
:::s:: 80:

has the most delicate flavor-is
Wholesomest-is THE THING to-
day.
The New "Estrella" are all NEW
CROP Havana; all bright colors-
some dark but not dull; ALL MILD.
Every cigar banded.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-03

HOTEL.
] A Jark, Chicago
Miss l. Craulton, POrtlnd
l. NJ Washington, PIttsbg
II z During, Kansas City
III Moss, Pa
Miss f Hoffheimer, CHM
] Brum & W, Ky
! + Nj Wilson d w,Berkely
r l. Coleman. Burlingme
w h Bayley, U S n
Miss j Winston, Los Ang
G Scott & W, Phila
Col ] Harrington. ColuSa
+ 9 Lockwood, y y
Y HOTEL.
Il Hickman, Oregon
NJ Ashim, ST Louis
L r Bell, st Louis
III III Yard. Phila
+ Burton, Bakersfield
O n Burton, Bakersfield
Prof / g Londe, Montreal
] r Kershner, San Jose
NJ $ Green, San Gabriel
T. Bowen. Vallejo
G. q Williams, Portland
Mrs GBCrawford, ,Portlnd
q A Burnes, n Y
ERN HOTEL.
] Ellsworth, Los Angeles
] Erwin, Fresno
S Melcher, Columbus
w Rayefnond, Detroit
NJ Wagner & +, Portland
Il Wakefield, Or
Miss X Barry, San Jose
j Kickham, San Jose
J Kavanagh, San Felipe
D C0ney, San Mate0
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-03
GENERAL CAS|N'S SCHEME TO ASSIST EzETA

troversy. Casin has ambitions of his own
and needs Ezeta in his business
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hO LII.
] Woodburn. Sacto
Fl h James, San Jose
j ] Dunn, Cal
A ] Santo, San Leandro
A McManus, Detroit
Mrs ID Howard, Or
Il j Lucey. Fresno
o Musin. Musin co
Ed Shoaf, Musin Co
G NJ Dugga n & W, Sacto
A Hicher& w, Santa Cruz
d Linn beck & W, Iowa
+ p Logan, n Y
Il Smith d w, Oakland
Huddleton&w, n York
w Foley, Portland
Mrs + jackson, Los Ang
J J Downey, Chicago
l. Holloway. Cloverdale
Miss Memory. Sacto
ID L Mohn, jacksonville
] A Webster. Vacaville
III L Hall, King City
A G Rosendale, Pacific CIR
G ] Owens, Los Angeles
G II Dwinelle, Fulton
DIR f Flint. San Juan
G A Wiley, Danville
II NJ Richards, Sacto
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The morning call., 1895-02-22

NO VAR 1T PRESENT.
MericO and Guatemala Settling Their
Differences.

Differences.
GUATEMALA, Feb. 21.-Reliable informa-
ton received at the Foreign and War de-
partments say that it is certain that
some sort of a settlement has been
reached in the Mexico Guatemala nego-
tiations, and though the confer
ence between Mariscal and De Leon con-
tinues in the City of Mexico they are only
discussing minor details. 1t cannot be
learned upon what basis settlement has
been reached, though several high officials
assured the press correspondent that it is a
positive fact that there will be no war just
now.
QUETzALTENANao, Guatemala, Feb. 21.-
General Miron, commanding the Guate-
malan forces on the frontier. has just re-
turned from the capital, where he was
called by order of the Minister of War to
confer with the President.
He says there is now every reason to be-
lieve pacific settlement has already been
reached. Everything is quiet along the
border and the discipline among the
troops on both sides of the frontier
is excellent, and there is no reason
to fear that any act of imprudence of the
soldiers of either army may provoke con-
f1ict. General Miron denies the report
that the Guatemalan Government intends
sending more troops here for the present.
The morning call., 1895-02-22
SAN JOSE Will CONTEST.
The LATE MILLIONAIRE BARRON'S
MENTAL CONDITION PRIOR
TO DEATH.
COUNSEL FOR PROPONENTS BEGIN
PLEADINGS FOR THEIR
CLIENT.

SAN JOSE, Feb. 21.-The alleged mental
incompetency of the late Edward Barron
in his latter days, due to the prosecutions
OF Winnie Morton, the colored woman who
claimed that the millionaire was the father
of her child, was the theme which Attor-
ney Morehouse discoursed upon at this
mornings session of Judge Lorrigan's
court in the Barron will contest. There
was still the large attendance that has
characterized the sessions OF the court
during the trial, and bonnets and fair faces
were profusely in evidence among the
crowd. When Morehouse concluded At
torney Leib opened the argument for pro-
ponents, Mrs. Eva Rose Barron and her
children.
Morehouse made an eloquent plea to the
jury for right and justice in behalf of his
client. He urged that every recognized
principle of right demanded that George
Barron should have restored to him the
heritage that came through his mother, the
first Mrs. Barron. Although the propo-
nents had brought forward the greater num-
Der of witnesses the lawyer contended
their evidence, except in the case of Mrs.
Barron, did not prove sufficient degree of
intimacy, as far as acquaintance was con-
cerned, to prove anything as to the sound
ness or unsoundness of the mind of the
testator. The great mass of their testi-
mony was yalueless in this regard, as the
witnesses only had a bowling acquaintance
with Edward Barron.
The men who were in positions to OBJ
serve his inner life, to know the man and
the operations of his mind thoroughly
were the witnesses who were placed on the
stand by the contestant, continued the
lawyer. These were A. e. Davis, P. J.
Sullivan and William McWhinney. They
saw him when he was euaking with fear
because of the prosecutions of Winnie
Morton, the negro woman. Barron was
made almost crazy with anguish of mind
because of this persecution. Davis said
so, and his close business and social rela-
tons with the deceased made him the
most reliable witness in that regard that
could be procured. The will was made
at the time when this trouble was bearing
most heavily on Edward Barrons mind.
and it made it impossible that he could at
that time have had the strong mind and
disposing memory that was claimed for
him.
The argument in behalf of proponents
was opened by S. f. Leib. He urged that
the jurors were bound by their oaths not to
allow passion or sentiment to mislead
them in this matter, but that no matter
what they might believe as to the injustice
of the provisions, they must support the
will if they find that the testator was of
sound mind and that no undue influence
was used upon him.
Leibs argument was not concluded to-
day.
Court adjourned till Monday morning at
10 o'clock.
The morning call., 1895-02-22
STILL TT LINGERS.
The After Effects of the Grip Seem to Be
Worse Than the Disease Itseh

The After EHecbS VI SAC n
Worse Than the Disease Itself.
There are more weak tired ana rundown
people to-day than have been seen before in
five years and owing to one special cause; that
cause is the grip. Grip is not as severe TINS
year as in the past, but it is very prevalent ana
quite as annoying 1t leaves the person weak
subject to chills, with occasionally hashes OF
high fever, restlessness, lack OF appette, Dao
taste in the mouth and pains throughout the
body. The worst thing about grip Is getting
over 1t and, after it is broken, IL is weeks,
sometimes months, and eyfn years, before tne
person fully RECEIVERS.
Here is where the great danger, the great
dread which attends the grip arises. IL leaves
the body weak, often broken and open 10 all
attacks which may come in after years. 1t
often ruins the life.
Now, there is only one way to overcome the
after effects OF the grip, and that is to build up
the system by genuine stimulant until it re-
gains its health and strength There is nothing
which will do this as well as pure whisky and
there is but one pure medicinal whisky in
America, and that is Duffy's Pure Malt
Thousands of statements could be given con-
corning people who have been brought around
to perfect health after suffering from the grip
in its worst form entirely through its use. Care
should be taken that no other stimulant is
used in its place, for there is other that will
answer the purpose so well. Some druggists
or grocers often seek to substitute common
whiskies but in a case of after effects of the
grip YOU cannot be too Careful and should Sc
cure only the best.
The morning call., 1895-02-22
PAY FOR THE MILITIA.
The Blu to Reimburse Soldiers for Strike
Duty Has Gone to the Gorernor

The Bill to Reimburse Soldiers for Strike
Duty Has Gone to the Governor.
SACRAMENTO, Feb. Ex-senator Biggy is
happy tonight. His bill to pay the sala-
ries of the militiamen has passed both
houses and has gone to the Governor. 1t
will probably be signed and become one of
the first laws of the session. The original
bill called for two appropriations. There
was some discussion in the Finance Com
mittee. Senator Buggy therefore proposed
that the bill be divided and a substitute be
reported back. This was demurred to. but
the substitute did get back to the Senate.
1t was made case of urgency, passed in
the Senate, taken over to the Assembly,
and through the aid of Assemblyman
Brusie of that body received favorable
consideration in committee and was
passed. 1t now awaits the Governors sig
nature. The bill appropriates $142, 325 so
to pay sums due to members of the Ma
tional Guard during the strike of last sum-
mer. The other portion of the bill to
pay other expenses incurred during the
strike will come back from committee next
week.