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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-26
A PHOTOGRAPHER LEAVES,
EfSio Caboni StartleS the Italian
Colony by Suddenly Dis
appearing.
Not Seeing Him for a Week, His
Creditors Attach His
Gallery.

There is considerable gossip in the Ital-
ian colony of this city about the disappear
ance of Efisio Caboni, photographer, who
did business at 800 Montgomery avenue.
Mr.. Caboni, who is somewhat of bohe-
milan, is an all-around good fellow, SO say
his friends. He plays the piano and the
guitar, has an excellent voice, which he
uses with good effect In rendering some of
the works of Italian composers, is All ex-
cellent dancer and a very agreeable con-
versatonalist.
The photographer about a week ago ap-
peared at his office and discharged an en-
ploye for having, it was said, destroyed
certain negatives. The following day the
it is said, threatened to make certain reve-
lations, when Caboni replied you are a
good fellow; you will go to work again"
Several hours after this Caboni informed
his employees that he was suddenly called
away into the country and would be absent
two days. He then went away from his
lodgings, carrying two large valises. Since
seen him here, but it was reported that on
the afternoon of the day he went away he
was seen at Oakland in the vicinity of the
SiXteenth-street depot.
The day before he went away he in
formed P. Forzani, a jeweler engaged in
business on Dupont street, near Broadway,
and to whom he was indebted in the sum
of $3.50 for diamonds, that in the course of
few days he would pay him, but he failed
to keep his promise, and when Forzani
learned that he was no longer at his place
of business and could not be found he Sc
cured the services of A. Ruef, who had the
Photographic gallery attached, and a
Sheriff's keeper now is on hand when any
one comes to sit for picture or take away
dozen cabinets or panels. Carlo Sbrarra,
an employe in the gallery, came in with a
second attachment.
Now there are many stories going the
rounds of the Italian circle which will not
be very fiattering to Caboni if he hears of
them, and one is that he took pictures, and
that certain of these were not of the kind
that are exhibited in the parlor, and that
it is on account of these that he has alb
scented himself. 1t is also limited that the
recent developments in the North Beach
horrors were an accelerating motive in the
photographer coming to the conclusion
that he had to go into the country.
There are others who say that there is
nothing in these rumors, but that in an
eccentric mood he has gone into the
country to marry some country lassie. and
that he will soon return and surprise his
friends by presenting Mrs. CabOni to
them.
His principal creditor, Forzani, says tn at
he does not know what can have induced
him to go away, that he did not press him
for the money. and that his debts in the
aggregate did not exceed $500. He did not
think man would run away to avoid
paying that amount, but that he placed
the attachment on the place to secure
himself.
At the gallery it was stated yesterday
that Caboni was in the country and it was
not known when he would return.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-26
CITIZENS READY FOR A MASS-MEET

the meeting in the Chamber of Commerce
last March, when the Manufacturers and
Producers Association was formed. A
gentleman, whose name have forgotten,
took the floor at that meeting and said:
Gentlemen, | want to impress you with
the fact that you have got to look out for
the Japanese. / have just returned from
that country and 1 saw there most excel
lent variety of manufactured articles that
will some day come into competition with
the products of American manufacturers.
l give you fair warning. They are bound
to get in here and before many months
have gone by you will see the truth of my
statement They are preparing for it now.
Take care that they do not surprise YOU
"How quickly it was done. Right upon
the heels of that warning this japanese
agency was established, and 1T is growing
more powerful all the time. We must act
at once in this matter and begin on Con-
gress as soon as possible. / hear this
Question discussed all over the City, and it
is a case that deserves immediate atten-
ton. Nothing short of a general uprising
among the manufacturers and the people
will have the desired effect, and | believe
we should pre- pare to get at the bottom OF
it without delay"
Mr.. Sonntag was very much in earnest
regarding the intention of the japanese,
who, as he said. certainly have begun to
swarm over the avenues of trade in this
country with alarming rapidity. as was first
pointed out by the Daily Report. The in
slant the gates were let down they charged
upon our industries and the interests of
our working-men like so many CONNER
cial tigers bent on devouring every occu-
patton of our people.
The late Japo-C Chinese war was the sub
iect OF considerable discussion yesterday,
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merely sell about 10 per cent lower than
our competitors"
Suppose American manufacturers cut
under them ?" was asked.
''Weli, / suppose our buyers will cut
again. / cannot say just exactly how
much; perhaps not all. Of that | am not
positive You know it is a matter of COM
petition. That is all there is-to it. )"
Cannot Reynall sell at a price that
Americans cannot compete with, and
would not our manufacturers fail in an
attempt to do so?'
perhaps. You must understand that
merchants handling Reynalls lines are
disposed to get all they can for their goods,
and the cut will be just low enough to
catch the trade. They do not care to
gouge the market"
''And if Americans attempt to cut under
that rate, what them"
1--WE will have to wait and see. / sup
pose it will then be mattersof compete
ton, which is merely business you know.
We will have big assortment of samples
arrive on the next steamer and will sell
all the goods we possibly can. 1t is not
matter of drum ming. | quote the mer-
chants our prices and they buy"
Mr.. Burns is very mild-mannered and
says he will hold his agency in San Fran
cisco just as long as our merchants desire
to buy of him, and that he can give better
prices than American manufacturers ever
dreamed of
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-26
WILL SUE HER HUSbAN D.
Mrs. Peter Rafferty, Wants an
Agreement Strictly lad.
hered To.
She Was Separated From Mr.. Rafferty,,
but He Agreed to Support
Her.

Sixteen months ago Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Rafferty, decided that marriage was fail
ure and after many years of welded life
agreed to separate and maintain separate
establishments for the rest of their natural
lives.
Pursuant to their determination they
called upon Attorney John Heenan and
asked him to act as referee in the matter
and establish basis on which they could
go their separate ways without pecunlary
hardships to either His deliberations re-
suited in the following interesting docu-
ment which both signed:
This memorandum made this goth day of
July, 1894, by and between Peter Rafferty,,
husband, and Mrs. Peter Rafferty,, his wife,
both residents of the City and County of San
Francisco, State OF California, witnesseth:
That the consideration of and for this instru-
ment is the mutual consent of said husband
and wife; that they hereby agree to live sepa-
rate from one another, said separation to take
effect Immediately; that said hus band agrees
to pay his wife during her natural life on the
first day of each and every month, beginning
on the LIST day OF September, 1894, and on the
first day OF each and every month thereafter,
the sum OF $40 gold coin of the United States
as and for her support, and said wife hereby
agrees to and does release her said husband
from all liability to support her from and after
said date, except by the payment of the said
$40 on the first OF each month, as above pro-
vided; that the community property of said
husband and wife. now in the house at 1902
Mission street, shall, during the natural lie of
said wife, remain in her exclusive possession
and under her exclusive control, except that
she shall not sell the same without the con-
sent of the said husband; that the said hus-
band releases his said wife from all obligations
on her part to support him during his natural
life. In witness whereof the said parties have
hereunto set their hands on this 29th day of
July, 1894.
Apparently Mr.. Rafferty, kept his por-
tion of the agreement for a year and then
began to fall off in his payments, for Mrs.
Rafferty, has begun proceedings against
him, and within few days will file suit
unless her husband brings in $140 to settle
back Indebtedness.
A complaint has already been drawn up
and an attachment against block of stock
in the San Francisco Gas Light Company,
which, Mrs. Rafferty, says that her hus-
band owns, is now in the Sheriff's hands.
The complaint alleges that the agreement
went into effect immediately after beng
signed, and that up to last September Mr..
Rafferty, produced $40 per month for her
benefit.
Then his payment was only $50 and
finally nothing at all. Now she has de-
termined to have her money. even if the
family affairs are dragged into the courts.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-26
REYNALL'S AGENT SPEAKS.
Owen Burns Says 1t Is Merely a
Matter of Supplying the
Ia

sour business of selling Japanese goods
in America seems to have caused quite q
stir among the people,, said Owen Burns
yesterday. az do not see for the life of me
why they should feel SO about it. 1t is
simply matter of dollars and cents with
US and with the purchasers. If We can
supply them with an article as good as can
be manufactured in America and at the
same time sell that article at rate much
lower than they have been in the habit of
paying here believe, as we have proved,
that we will be able to sell that article.
''Mr. Reynall buys almost as much
material in America as he sends over here,
and it is likely that he will continue to do
SO. He buys cotton beer and laundry soap
here, together with other things that there
is demand for in Japan. My brother,
who is at present in the South, in the
neighborhood of Mississippi. has just pur-
chased a cotton plant, which will be en-
tirely removed to Japan. Six American
workmen will go over to teach the Jap
anese how to run it, SO that the raw ma
terial, which we will have to secure from
this country, can be made into fabrics.
'The merchants who buy from US will
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-26
THREE MORE ARRESTED.
The Police Gather in BARRIERS Charged With
the Commission of Awful Grimes.


The Police Gather in BARRIERS Charged With
the Commission of Awful Grimes.
Three more men were arrested last night
charged with the same outrageous conduct
toward little girls as the men recently ex-
amined before Judge Campbell. The
prisoners are Joseph Garcia, IS years of
age; G. U. Riso AZ years of age, and Man
uei Gomez, IS years of age. All are bar
bers. Garcia's shop is at 525 Pacific street |;
that of Rise is at AS Broadway, and Co.
1nez has a shop at 101 Montgomery avenue.
The men were all arrested on warrants
from Judge Lows court. The complain
ants are Louisa Oliver, Julia Christensen
and Eva Guinasso, little girls, all of whom
have appeared in the other cases.
The two older men are charged with in
ducing the little ones to appear before
them in an indecent manner. Gomez is
charged by the Guinasso girl with much
more serious crime, the punishment for
which is,a long imprisonment.
Rise was released early in the evening
on $3.50 bail. Gomez refused TO talk at ali.
Garcia, the oldest of the trio, protested his
innocence.
II know Louisa Oliver, the girl who
swore to the complaint against me-" he
said. "She lives just across the street.
She is a bad girl and has caused me much
annoyance by insisting on coming into my
shop. | have ordered her out many times,
and once complained to her father be-
cause she stole things when my back was
turned. 1t did no good. She kept coming
into my shop, although she did not come
into my place any more than into the
drugstore on the corner.
II never even uttered q coarse word to
the girl. l am a married man and have q
family. The girl never made any bad sug-
gestions to me that l can remember"
officer Rourke, who made the arrests
with Detective E. Bryan, says the men all
had rooms back of their shops into which
they enticed the girls.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-26
Jealous of His Wife He Fires
Five Shots With MurderouS
Intent.
CLAIMS IT WAS ACCIDENTAL
Three Of the Bullets Take Effect In.
Hicting Wounds Which Will
Result Fatally.

Mrs. Lizzie Ford, the woman who was
shot by her husband early yesterday morn
ing, is dying at the Receiving Hospital.
The attending surgeon, DIR. We'll, enter
tains not the slightest hope of her recovery,
but, to the contrary, would not be sur
prised if death occurred at any moment
Involved in the fatal shooting OF Mrs.
Ford is the DID, old story of mans jealousy
and wife's fondness for other mems society.
1t is extremely questionable, however, if
the wounded and dying woman was guilty
OF anything more than mere indiscretlon.
The clerk at the Mozart House, where the
shooting took place, and Miss dolly"
Moore, roomer at the same place. prob
ably know more about the affair than any
one, unless it be the parties directly con-
cerned. The clerk is inclined to the belief
that Ford had just cause for jealousy,
while the young lady is equally confident
that Mrs. Ford was gulltless of any wrong
doing.
1.-TWO or three days ago." said Clerk
Hoeth yesterday, "Ford asked me if l had
seen tall gentleman with blonde mus
tache going to his wife's room. At first
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-26
THE THALER CASE.
1t Is Being Investigated by the Grand
Jury.

1t Is Being Investigated by the Grand
Jury.
Edward Neumann, official interpreter of
the courts, was called by the Grand Jury
yesterday to translate in certain case the
testimony of lady who preferred to speak
German. The case is one wherein the in
dictment of Julius Thaler is sought for be-
trayal and failure to fulfill a promise of
marriage. The complaining witness is
Tillie Nusbam. The case was heard in
Police Judge Lows court last June and
there dismissed. On the first hearing
Thaler admitted that he had wronged the
girl, and promised to make reparation by
marriage ii he was given thirty days time
The time was allowed, and extended to
fifty days but he did not keep his word.
When he was arrested the second time
Judge Low dismissed the case.
The story told by witnesses to the Grand
jury yesterday was to the effect that the
girl. by. hard work, had accumulated about
$500, which Thaler borrowed on promise
of marriage. She also gave, on his promise
to wed her, the utmost proof of her affec-
ton and confidence. After the dismissal
OF the proceedings in Judge Lows court
Thaler scoffed at the promise to repair the
wrong he had done. The witnesses In the
case seemed to be good people.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-26

Brown, were met in the parlor by the
groomsand his best man, DR.. O. w. Jones.
The ceremony was performed by the Rev.
DR.. Mclean.
The house was approximately and taste
FULLY decorated with evergreens and flow
ers for the occasion, and music and dane
Ing were the features OF the evening. At
midnight an elaborate supper was served.
Inc presents were numerous and costly.
Among the invited guests were:
- Mr.. and Mrs. D. Comstock. Mr. and Mrs. A. J..
VOL, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. R. Brown of Sacramento.
Mrs. W. E. Bond of Tacoma, Wash, Mr.. and
MRS. Charles s. Wolf, Mr.. and Mrs. B. r. Albert
son. Mr. and Mrs. f. Dober, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
sheath, Dr.. 0. w. Jones, George Fisher, Master
Mayland Whipple, William Mccall, Mr.. Long
streth, Henry Sully, George Waschle, Quo
Schoii, Earl Halsey, Mrs. Holder, Thomas and
Ernest Holder, Captain Fred Eisenmenger and
Aaron Nathon
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-26
.LOVES|cK AND DESPERATE {,
Young Thomas Marquis of Ala.
media Attempted to Drown
Himself.
He Jumped From the Steamer Bay
City While on His Way to
San Francisco.

"Tom" Marquis, a clerk in the employ
of Levi Strauss & Co.. and son of the
architecht John Marquis, who has an
office at $50 Kearny street, attempted to
commit suicide by jumping from the
steamer Bay City yesterday morning. The
young man is said to have been disap-
pointed in love, and when he left his home
in Alameda to catch the $3.50 A. NJ. boat he
was respondent. When the ferry boat
was off Goat Island he handed his purse
to friend, and with the words PLEASE
give this to my father" he plunged over
board. He was caught in the wash from
the steamers paddlewheels and went down
twice before the boat with rescue
party reached him.
There was considerable excitement
aboard the Bay City when the cry imam
overheard" rang out. Captain J. Lee saw
the young man leap into the water, and
without waiting for the captain of the
steamer to slow down he rushed to the
hfeboat and began getting the falls ready
for lowering. The mate came up to him
and in pompous tone said: Stand a-one-
side please and let a sailor attend to that.
Lee has been to sea for the last forty
years and has been a master for thirty
years. He is still laughing over the idea
of the mate of ferry-boat knowing more
about lowering a boat than he does.
Young Marquis seemed moody and out
of Sorts" said Captain Lee. He paced
the deck for quite awhile, then lie seemed
to make up his mind, turned on his heel
and wake d aft. Had he gone forward and
jumped off from the bow the wheels would
have made short work of him, but he
dropped In from the stern, and it was then
a question OF sink or swim. He is good
swimmer, and had the backwash of the
steamer not overcome him he could have
kept afioat for twenty minutes.
when they got him aboard he was
taken into the engine-room, and q good,
strong drink soon brought him around.
He went back home on the steamer that
brought him to San Francisco, and the
chances are that he will never tempt the
waters of the bay again."
Thomas has not been we'll for the past
five days" said Mrs. Marquis last evening,
"and l think his illness is due TO over
work. We urged him not to go to the City
this morning. but he started at the usual
early hour. He tells me that after he went
aboard the boat terrible pain seized him
in the forehead, and the next thing he re-
membered he was struggling in the bay.
The cold water brought return of reason,
and he was able to help himself and keep
from sinking until he was rescued. He is
now under the doctors care, and we have
to watch him carefully"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-26
IN A JURYMAN's HAT.
The Missing Paper Alleged TO a'e
Been Taken by Clerk obrieh
Is Recovered.

On Saturday last an afternoon paper
published sensational story. charging
Police Court Clerk Thomas OBrien with
making away with certain papers mucn
wanted by the Grand Jury in the case OF
the proprietor of the Baldwin House
against j. H. Linehan for perjury. A
morning paper published similar story
Sunday, though in much more exaggera-
ted form.
Last night J. B. Turngate of the District
Attorneys Office visited Mr.. O'Brien and
informed him that the missing paper had
been found. A grand juryman had
thoughtlessly placed the document IN his
hat and only discovered it yesterday.
Mr.. O'Brien is very indignant that a
story should be published which was
founded on no stronger evidence than
hearsay. He has not yet determined what
action'he will take concerning the publ
cation OF the untrue stories, though he
will probably make it interesting for some
one.
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and it was the general opinion that Japan's
success in thrashing frightened and flee
ing enemy has put into her composition
an element of braggartism that has pos
sessed her of desire to conquer the whole
world both commercially and from stand
point of territorial area.
A traveller who has just returned from
Japan says: 81 went among all classes of
people in that country and found that the
ambition OF the nation was to possess the
patronage of the American people, yet the
only class that can assist Japan in bring
ing this result about are the working in
hablIants. They have by their wonderful
faculty of imitation made it possible to
supply this market with its demands, yet
they are themselves kept in the most pro-
nounced state of poverty and want.
Here in America the people who keep
the machinery of government in motion
and who by their toll and labor perform
the functions Of industry are educated and
improved along with the rest of the COM
monwealth. l saw there race of people
who simply depend upon the head of their
Government to make governing laws and
whose whole lives are given over to that, so
they may simply live and exist in country
whose emoluments are gobbled up by the
executive heads. Women are made pack
horses in the fields and men are kept in
ignorance of the value of education until
the weight OF years SeLtleS upon IQeIu anu
they go down to the grave decrepit and
prematurely aged by endless toll. They
are the instruments through which the
Government of Japan may be able to effect
its better standing in the world and who
in return receive nothing but the right to
be slaves.
''If the people of the United States are
to be driven to distress by such nation of
primitive men, it is about time we had an
administration that would take some steps
to change the conditions. Japan boasts of
her progress. 1t is true that among the
very best people of that nation there is a
decided improvement yet her common
people are not improved in the least visible
respect. They are still beasts of burden
and children of ignorance. Writers on
pauper labor have no conception of the
depths of degradation among them. and it
will be at least a thousand years, at the
present rate of progress, before they are
on a par with the very scum of this coun-
try. | visited some of the best homes in
Yokohama and found nothing but COM
bination of idleness and scarcity of educa-
ton. Those who have no particular stand
ing are workmen at the miserable salary
of from 81 to So a month. They are devoid
of the elements of manhood and their
sense of virtue would shock an Indian.
Even the serfs of Russia revolt at the pow
erty that confronts them and the lives of
slavery that they lead, but in Japan they
are contented with their scentless flowers
and an ambitious Emperor"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-26
MIGHTY MORGAN'S FIAT TO THE RAILROADS.

If tho local branch confesses absolute
ignorance Of If. so does Vice-President
CAKES and Secretary C. J. de Soda. In
auiries elicit from these gentlemen no
more satisfactory replies than at is news y,
to me-" Meanwhile, the American Kali al,
wav Union is increasing its numbers very
rapidly, and many of the discharged con-
ductors have been accused OF belonging
to it.
nection WITH the foregoing story is that the
railroad employees of the country claim ain od to
represent voting strength OF 1000, GOO,
and the American Railway Union, through
its officers, plainly declares that all IL
wants is that /. Goo 600 voters.