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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-12-26

The month ol Decrmbrr. has been the
busiest in the history OF III, Webster
post Office. Nearly 100 letters aad
packages have been Registered at the
office. For the past week it has requi I'd
three mail sacks TO accommodate the out
going mail each day. So far this month
1876 money orders have been sold. TAX
inE out iour Sundays and Xuus Give
holidays the Office has averaged Is
money orders per day, For the past
month the work in she ofice4has incrrns-
ed to such a degree that PostmnStrr
parlimun haS been Obliged TO add AT
other clerk 10 thpIOrcpa already employed.
The splendid business al tine ofi,p il a
sure indication OF the improved tintIrial
condition ot the patrons ot the Office
over iormer years. Not Il package has
lie the Office misdirprtrd or in bad CON
dition, and not urr has iailed OF d~.livpry
that has arrived at The office.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-12-26

Earl, the oldest child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. Terpena, has been quitesiek the ptst
week with a combination OF ailments
W hopping cough included, but is now on
the road TO recovery.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-12-26

The wife OF ID. Robinson, a prominent
lumberman OF Hartwick, n. Y, was sick
with rheumatism Tor five months. Ia
speaking Of it Mr.. Robinson says-ham
berlaiu's Pain Balm il the only thing
that gave her any rest from pain. For
the relipf OF pain it cannot be beat.-For
sale at 80 nts a bottle by +. Ross X Go.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-12-26
Gray Goose GuIch.

Regular Correspondence.
Sylvester Pantx- Button hns been cor
fined to his the past week on nc
COUNT Of the temporary arrangements of
his lower north limb. He went against
the game at the grocery storr alter eio.
sing hours, and now one Of hi- legs is
longer than--
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-12-26

The fire bell il HOW in place ON the
Ochsenreitrr 4 Small building. M bet
ter location could be selected for the
reason that besides being centrally To-
cutrd the building is OF solid brick and AZ
next time YOU hear it's voice, put on your
clothes and hustle.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05

Sturdy, executive officer; Lieutenant
Thomas II. Phelps, navigator; heutenants,
E. J. Dorm, f. H. Sherman, w. P. Rose,
w. w. Buchanan; ensigns, A. c. Dieffen-
bach, George Malliston; naval cadets, E.
A. Elder, A. A. Pratt, ]. S. Doddridge, III.
A. Pearson, j. L. Sticht, f. l.. Chadwick;
A. w. Kinds; surgeon. Joseph G. Ayers;
paymaster, A. w. Bacon past assistant
surgeon, NJ. M. Pigott; chief engineer,
Joseph Trilley; past assistant engineer, w.
B. Cunning; assistant engineers, r. e.
Carney, J. r. Robson; first lieutenant OF
marines, T. G. Prince; pay clerk, HI. I.
Varral; acting boatswain, P. W. Doyle;
acting gunner, L. J. G. Kuhlwein; acting
carpenter, William Mcdonald.
The battery of the cruiser is composed OF
four S-inch rifles for the turrets, fourteen
6-pounder rapid-fire rifles, ten 5-inch and
eight 1-pounder rapid-tire rifles, She also
carries sixteen Whitehead torpedoes. Some
idea of how fast this shlp-destroyer can
fight may be known from the 1acI tnat
these pid-firing guns are capable Oh pelng
discharged several times minute. "a D.
inch rifle can have four shells swinging
through the atmosphere simultaneously
and the Olympia thlrty-tWo pieces % .inot
style of ordnance can juggle perIect
shower of balls in the air when she starts
in to give an exhibition OF her quaE1lca-
tons by pitching tons of metal over the sea.
The Olympia is a large vessel-so large
that her four hundred people are almost
lost in the many compartments that non,
eycomb the great structure. She is all
ladders and doors, down and through
which one goes amid the archaeological
spaces from the upper works to the store
rooms and magazines lying near the bot
tom of the hull, and down in the far deeps
where the firemen feed the great Unsuitable
furnaces, where the steel stem is splitting
the waves at twenty-five knots. She is
veritable machine, this latest addition to
the feet Steam hydraulic. or electrl-
cal power moves everything NOV
able aboard of her, from her helm to
her battery, from her great search
lights to herself. The old-fashioned man
of-war fades from recollection beside her,
and the long-ago gunner would be lost
among the springs, valves and pipes OF
those deliberately harnessed turrets. The
Olympia will remain at Santa Barbara as
part of the floral festival show which
takes place on the 18th inst, after which
she will visit the ports further south. She
will return to Mare Island and prepare for
her trip to Honolulu, where she will be the
flagship of Admiral Beardslee, relieving
the Philadelphia.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05
THE BLAKE SHOOTING.
Frank Harding and Carlotta Cohasss
Arrested on Suspicion.

Frank Harding and Car1otta Cohassa
Arrested Suspicion.
Since the shooting of Walter Blake, city
editor of the Stockton Independent, in the
rear of the Palace Hotel, Detective Byram
and Policeman Ryan have been steadily
working on the case.
Last Saturday, while pursuing their in
vestigations, Byram had the good fortune
to capture, after hot chase, Harry Hank
and John f. Sullivan, alias Patterson,
who were caught robbing room in the
lodging-hous OF Jean Caweau, 156 Third
street Hank and Sullivan are now await
ing their preliminary examination before
Judge Low.
Byram and Ryan thought that Harkins
bore a close resemblance to the descrip-
ton of the man who shot Blake. They
have since found that the two burglars
roomed at 543 Howard street, and yes
.terday they made two arrests in that house
which may prove important.
They arrested Frank Harding and Car
lotta Cohassa, an Indian woman. Hard
ing is said to be the lieutenant who got
considerable notoriety several months ago
by announcing that he was going to China
to lend his assistance to the Emperor in
driving.the Mikado's troops from his terri
tory.
No charge has as yet been made against
Harding and the woman, and the officers
are reticent on the subject of their arrest.
1t may be merely in connection with Sulli-
van S and Hark's cases, or it may have
something to do with the Blake shooting.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05
Yale'S
La FreCkla.
Death to FreckIes.

Nine. M. Yale was recently
asked the question which of
her discoveries she consid-
cred the most wonderful"
Her reply was as follows: La
Freckla, becauseit unmasked
my own face from a filthy
mass of freckles and gave me
the beautiful rose leaf COM
plexion which you see and
which has been admired by
the people of every ma
ton. Before I discovered La
Freckla / was a freckled
face individual, disguised
with my own appearance.
To-day I am the envy of
every woman who looks at
my skin.
La Freck1a will remove
any case of freckles in exist
ence and leave the skin as
transparent as crystal. One
or two applications remove
tan and sunburn. It takes
from three to nine days to
destroy every trace of freck-
les. 1t is the only remedy
known to the world that does
this. Now is the time to use
La Freckla, as it strengthens
the. skin, removes and pre-
vents freckles and sunburn.
500 per bottle. Sold by all
druggists or
NINE. NJ. YALE, Temple of Beauty,
LAG State St., Chicago.
REDINGT0N & CO., Wholesale Drug
gists, san Francisco, are supplying tho
dealers of the Pacific Coast with all OF
my remedies.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05
SAVED FROM THE SEA,
Two Fishermen Were Nearly
Drowned Below the
Cliff House.
Picked Up in the Nick of Time
by the Steamer Gipsy's
Long Boat.

Domenico Besana and Henry Peurella,
two fishermen, narrowly escaped drown
ing yesterday afternoon, and but for First
Mate A. c. Jansen and the crew of the
steamer.Gipsy's longboat the men would
have found resting place in Davy Jones'
locker.
The men went outside the heads early in
the day, although the seas were running
high and the bar was covered with white
caps. The surf was rolling and tumbling
and throwing up great clouds of spray on
the beach below the Cliff House, and
farther out a long swell was running. Be-
sana's boat was caught in the swell and
half filed with water. The fisherman lost
his head and oars at the same time, and
began to shout wildly for help. At about
the same time Peurella's boat was capsized
and the fisherman managed to reach
the keel of the overturned craft,
and he chung to it for dear life.
Both accidents were seen from the shore
and the hfe-saying service crew started TO
the rescue of Peurella. Scarcely was the
lifeboat launched when it was over
turned. While the crew were struggling
in the water an attempt was made to
launch another boat, but had the fisher
men had to depend on the life-saving sta
ton both men would have been drowned
The steamer Gypsy, bound in from
Santa Cruz, came along at this juncture
and the longboat was lowered and pulled
toward Besana. 1t was a dangerous trip,
but the heavy boat withstood the attacks
OF the waves and the fisherman was landed
safely on board the Gypsy. The steamer
then went after Peurella. The crew of the
longboat made a second venturesome
voyage and the second man was saved.
Succor came to him none too soon, for the
man was exhausted and could have held
on but few moments longer.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05
STILL ARGUING.
Contentious For and Against a Nonsuit
in the Wasserman-Sloss Case
Continue.

Argument in the Wasserman-Sloss case
in Judge Troutt's court was continued yes
terday, Attorney Thomas concluding his
motion for nonsuit and Attorney
Nougues occupying the remainder of the
day in combating it. Attorney Galpin
will close for Mr.. Sloss.
At the close of Mr.. Thomas plea for a
nonsuit Attorney NJ. A. Dorm, for Wasser-
man, rose and asked the court whether it
would be necessary to reply.
Judge Trout thought that the motion
for nonsuit was, in his opinion, very
material.
Dorm asked to what points he should
specially direct reply, and the court
answered that all the points made by Mr..
Thomas seemed to him worthy OF con-
sideration.
These points were: That the transaction
was at best only simple breach of con-
tract, and therefore barred by the statute
of limitations. and that even if the allega-
tions made in the complaint were true
they did not constitute legal cause of
action.
To these points, therefore, Mr.. Nougues
addressed himself until the court rose.
The case will go on next Monday.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05
THOSE T0RTON| DINNERS,
The Late Judge Mesick's Valet
Tells About His Masters
Habits.
MISS MoLLIE" NOT CALLED.
After Argument by Counsel the
Case Is Given to the
Jury.

At the examination yesterday OF the case
of Shain, assignee of the claim OF Pierre
Carrere & Co., proprietors of the Mason
Tortini, against the estate of the late
Judge r. S. Mesick, before Judge Hunt
and jury, testimony on both sides was
adduced and argument by the opposing
counsel closed the days proceedings. The
mysterious ''Miss Mollie" was not called.
S. Constantine, partner of Pierre Carrere,
testified to the firms account with the
late Judge for dinners, wines, leash" and
walters service, corroborating Carrere's
testimony of the previous day. He swore
to the absolute correctness OF the books
produced and explained that the size OF
the items was accounted for by the lavish
ness of the Judges orders. Executor OF
the Estate G. A. Maxwell testified that he
was administrator of the Mesick estate.
The plaintiff then rested.
Ex-Judge CARRIER for the estate then APP
piled for nonsuit chiefly on the ground
of the informality of Shain's claim to rep
resent Carrere & Co. His application was
denied
J. c. Rivers, for thirteen years Judge
Mesick's valet, was the first witness for
the defense. He declared that he had
known of Judge Mesick' visits to Tortoni's,
as well as to other leading restaurants, and
had sometimes been prevented from seeing
him at Tortoni's through the action of
Carrere and his employees. Ultimately he
gained his way to his employer through
the aid of the police. His employer, he
said, would go to dinner there with friends,
frequently with ''Miss Mollie," whom he.
knew as Miss Mary or Mollie Collins.
The Judge, he said. did not drink as
heavily as he had been credited with doing.
He would remain four or five hours at
table, but he had never known him to
order more than two pint bottles of wine
when alone. He would eat frogs, oysters,
steaks or roast beef, but not much OF any
thing at one meal. Sometimes he would
stay several days and nights at Tortoni's.
Rivers said he was the Judges banker in
the way of keeping his money and doing
it out for him. He had ordered dinners
for him, in one case going as high as $3.50,
and had paid bills amounting to $1,000 and
even $500 at one time at restaurants. On
June 8, 1892, he had paid Carrere $1460 in
satisfaction of claim. The witness had
inherited half of the Judges estate, the
other half going to Mrs. Maxwell.
An attempt was made by means OF Wit
ness Joseph Lacosta, a waiter, to show the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05
OAKLAND'S BUSINESS MEN
They Meet in Social Harmony
Around the FeStal
Board.
ALL FOR MUTUAL PROTECTION.
The Business Interests Of Oakland
and Other Topics Ably
Discussed.

An event which means much to the
commercial interests of Oakland and the
welfare of her business men took place last
night in Masonic Temple, on the corner OF
Twelfth and Washington streets. 1t was
banquet given by the members of the Mer-
chants Exchange of the city across the
bay to their friends.
Although the exchange has only been
formed within year it has met with en-
couraging success in all branches of trade,
and the representatives of various bust
nesses who were present last night gave
ample evidence of the fact that the men
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05
THAT BITUMEN ORDINANCE
Mayor Sutro Will Listen to
Parties Interested This
Morning.
ALL SIDES WILL BE HEARD.
Owners of the Rock Still Filing Pro-
tests Against Granting the
Monopoly.

Mayor Sutro decided yesterday to fix a
time for formal hearing in the matter of
the bituminous rock monopoly ordinance
and sent out notices to all parties inter
ested to appear at his Office at 10 o'clock
this morning to state their case.
The matter has excited the liveliest in
terest not only among bituminous-rock
producers but among contractors, and 1t Is
likely that the hearing will attract a
goodly number of them.
Contractors as well as the bituminous-
rock men are crying for fair field and no
other favor. but they do not want to be
under the thumb of any one concern when
bidding.
To.be sure, if the monopoly ordinance
becomes law, then those Supervisors who
are responsible for it would be bound to
make proper allowances for the figures that
the monopoly might demand, so that, as
far as a mere scale of figures is concerned,
it does not so much matter to the con-
tractors, seeing that they would all be on
the same footing, the Southern Pacific
Railroad being the real contractors back
OF them. But the average man OF business
frets under these conditions.
IL is the people aG large bHe CITY anu tHc
city's streets that have the principal inter
est at stake.
The ordinance is cunningly devised and
appears wonderfully innocent upon its
face, insomuch that such keen and far
sighted man as Mayor Sutro needs call for
light upon it. But the men who have BIZ
luminous rock to sell and who know their
competitors were quick to see through its
subtlety to where they were to be side
tracked and quietly left out OF the bust
ness.
They began to file protests Immediately
upon the order being printed, and these
protests have continued to follow one an
other into the Supervisors room, even
after the order was adopted. Another was
filed yesterday, explaining that the order,
if made law, would create monopoly,
of which the Southern Pacific would be
the chief beneficiary.
Mayor Sutro reiterated yesterday his de-
termination to hear the whole matter
thoroughly before he would pass Judgment,
and that he would do that which the facts
and justice to all parties, and first of all to
the city, whose interests he is required by
his high Office to guard, shall require of
him.
The hearing will begin at his Office this
morning at 10 o'clock sharp.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05
The Great Danubian c,te.b.

one species alone has managed to take
of the Germans, the true silurus. from
which the family as whole derives its
name of siluroids. 1t occurs in the Danube
and other Eastern rivers but has never
made its way into the Rhine or any stream
to the, west of it. Except the sturgeon,
the wells is the biggest land, will venture
to add, the ugliest) of European fresh
water fishes. Its huge. gaping mouth. its
soft. Shiny skin, its SIX big barbels. and its
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05
THE PROTECTED THROUGH THE
BARBARA
[Sachcd By uhrl

harbor a goodly squadron, than which no
better steams the ocean. The Charleston,
San Francisco and Monterey are floating
testimonials of the mechanical skill of the
artisans that build by the western sea, and
the Olympia, following in the wake of her
noble sisters, completes the marine quar-
tet. What full-tone melody of war the
thunder bass of this fourfold battery will
boom along the deep!
The crew of the vessel taking her first
lesson in naval tactics is composed of %
officers, 332 sailors and So marines. The
officers are: Captain, John T. Read, COM
manding; Lieutenant-C Commander E. w.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05

filed into the banquet-hall. George L..
Fish, president of the Oakland Chamber of
Commerce, occupied the seat of honor at
the table. On his right hand sat Mayor j..
l.. Davie, Arthur Wilson, E. R. Hearn,
Naval Officer John P. Irish, Congressman
S. G. Hilborn, F. A. Leach, editor of the
Oakland Enquirer; Fred M. Campbell and
Frederick Becker On Mr.. Fish left-hand
side were: r. NJ. Fitzgerald, Ben Morgan,
City Attorney; ]. K. Plersoll, Senator
George G. Perkins, Congressman Warren
Killican, George e. de Cola and George
Fairchild.
The menu, which was heartily appre-
clated by the guests, was as follows:
OYSTERS.
Eastern on the half-shell.
Consomme in cups.
RELISHEs.
Olives. Anchovies. Pickles. Celery.
Chicken fricassee a la poulette
Bouldin Island asparagus.
COLD MEATS.
Roast Turkey. Spring Chicken. ;.
Boiled Ok Tongue. Boiled Ham. Fillet of Beef.
Deviled Ham Sandwiches
Pate de Fol Gras Sandwiches.
SALADS.
Shrimp. Chicken la Mayonaise GRAD.
DESSERT.
Punch la Romano.
Fancy Cakes. Assorted Crackers:
Fruits. Cafe Noir.
In opening up the speaking of the
evening President Fish made few intro
ductory remarks. He said that the pro-
gramme of the evening was somewhat
long, and he therefore refrained from say
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05

relations between "Miss Mollie' and the
late Judge, but an objection to this line
of questioning was sustained. Another
witness who threw little light on the main
controversy was James L. Patterson,
waiter.
Attorneys Neale and CARRIER argued the
case, the former making peroration
against the indignity of any representative
of the late Judge repudiating a just debt,
while ex-Judge CARRIER ridiculed the claim
as a robbery and made up chiefly of "a
little bread to an intolerable amount of
sack" The case will go to the jury.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05

,,,nrderons expression all combine to
r 70 Il neculiarlv hideous. Some speci-
mems reach the.length of sixteen feet, and
tIlrn the scale at 400 pounds, but these
figures, being fisherman's weight, may be
accepted by the wise cum grano sails. 1
do not guarantee them. According, to
Yarrel, a Prussian specimen of silurus had
the entire body of baby In Its stomach;
but a noble Hungarian catfish goes this
story one better, for it is said to have con-
tanned Nthe body of young woman with
wedding ring on her finger and a purse
full of money hanging at her girdle." l
can swallow the lady, but l decline to ac-
cept the wedding ring and the FORMS
The Cornhill Magazine.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05
The Tramp,s Opportunity.

Queer things happen in this world. A
tramp took refuge in an old graveyard in
Georgia and prepared for a sound nights
rest, between two graves. About the hour
when churchyards are supposed to ''yawn"
he was awakened by strange noise, and,
on looking up he discovered an escaped
convict in the act of filing his shackles.
AS the tramp stood up the convict, in SUI
perstitious terror, fell upon his knees,
whereupon the tramp arrested him, deliv-
cred him over to the authorities at the
camp near by and received reward of $40.
Atlanta Constitution.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05

twenty-five people. Most of them were
property and it would be an easy
matter to force payment for small amounts.
AS attorney Clarke Vas and may still be
in position to compel these people to pay
exorbitant sums of money for years to
come, though the decision in the United
States Circuit Court last Monday practi-
cally kills all hope of ever recovering one
foot of the property applied for.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05

Honor bright, now. Folks of
Frisco-between you and US
don't you think we are doing you
a great deal of good2
Between you and us has stood
the local shoe retailer with his
mysterious prejudice against
home products. We have gone
around him and offer you our
shoes direct AT FACT OR 7
PRICES.
Between you and us there will
always be good feeling-especlally
when ALL of you have made
careful choice between the retailer
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05

Glasgow in Scotland, Moscow in Russia,
at about the same distance north of the
equator, but the average winter tempera-
ture of Glasgow is 1888 degrees above zero,
of Moscow Al above and of Alan IL de-
grees below. Yet many still cling to the
idea that the GOODNESS of winter weather
depends chiefly on distance north or south
of the equator.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05
BEATEN AND ROBBED.
Joseph Lang, an Old Man, Terribly II
in Consequence.

in Consequence.
Joseph Lang of 648 Mission street, is
seriously i'll from brutal beating he re-
ceived from robber on Tuesday night.
About IL o'clock, while Mr.. Lang was
preparing to retire for the night, the door
bell was rung violently. He went to the
head of the stairs, pulled the front door
open and walked into his bedroom. He
was sitting on the edge of the bed when
strange man entered, and, without saying
a word, gripped him by the throat and
threw him to the floor. He kicked him
and choked him into Inconsistencies.
When Mr.. Lang recovered consciousness
the man had disappeared, and had taken
pockets.
The robbery was reported to police head
quarters, and an effort is being made to
capture the man.