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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-25
AN IDEAL RESORT.
Beautiful Camp Taylor, With Its Many
Attractions.

Beautiful Camp Taylor, With Its Many
Attractions.
Camp Taylor, on the line of the North
Pacific Coast Railroad, twenty-nine miles
from San Francisco, affords, for the prices
charged, more attractions than any similar
resort in the vicinity of the City. 1t is
situated in magnificent grove of pine
redwood, laurel and madrone trees,
through which runs beautiful stream,
affording opportunities for fishing, boat
ing and bathing, as we'll as Offering many
charming subjects for the artist and
amateur photographer, for the latter of
whom darkroom has been provided.
Forty cottages, a three-story hotel of
forty rooms and an unlimited number of
tents provide accommodations for many
guests. Graveled drives and walks sur
round the hotel, and some of the most
picturesque drives in the State over good
roads can be taken from Camp Taylor.
The ocean is ten miles away, approached
through the grounds of the Country Club
and Bear Valley. San Rafael is thirteen
miles south. Bolinas Bay, Lagunitas
Creek, Petaluma and Sausalito are all
within easy distance of the camp.
One of the most enjoyable features of
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THEIR PRESIDENT HoNoRED.
A Handsome Silver Service Presented
to s. Peckerman.

A Handsome Silver Service Presented
to s. Peckerman.
s. Peckerman, president of the Congre
CATION Beth Israel, was the recipient OF an
entirely unexpected honor on Sunday
evening, the anniversary of his sixtieth
birthday and his fifth year of service as
president of the congregation.
Rabbi M. S. Levy and the board OF trus-
tees OF the congregation called at his resi-
dence, and after being pleasantly enter
tanned by Mr.. and Mrs. Julius Won Vliet,
the son-in-law and daughter of Mr.. Peck
erman, who acted as host and hostess on
the occasion. NJ. ]. Franklin, on behalf OF
his colleagues of the board of trustees, pre-
sented Mr.. Peckerman with a combination
set of solid silverware, consisting OF thirty
pieces, as a mark of appreciation OF his
services to the congregation. In addition
to having served as president for five
years, he has a record of fifteen years OF
continuous and conscientious service as a
memb Der of the board of trustees. In his
presentation speech, Mr.. Franklin paid
due tribute to the efforts that President
Peckerman had always put forth to adj
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A UNANIMOUS CALL.
Green-Street Church Wants Rev.
Flawith to Remain.

Green-street Church Wants Rev. f.
Flawith to Remain.
Rev. F. Flawith has received unanl'
nous call to the permanent passionate 81
the Fourth Congregational Church on
Green street. Six months ago he took UP
the work on North Beach as acting pastor.
The opinion of his con gregation is that he
has succeeded.
The church members in large numbers
last Wednesday night, and without
dissentient word. called him by a standing
vote to be their permanent pastor. No
reply has yet been given By Mr.. Flawith.
and the church is awaiting his decision
During Rev. F. Flawith's incumbency, the
male members of the congregation have
been organized into "Men's League to
apply their Christianity in the most prac-
tical and unselfsh way. So far as their
means permit they feed destitute families,
clothe the poor and provide medical aid
for the needy and sick. 1t is their purpose
to see that no young man in the vicinity
of North Beach shall be left helpless and
alone IN sickness. providing they know his
case is needy one.
They have helped several cases OF des-
titution and provided medical advice for
those too poor to pay for it.
The pastor of the Fourth Congregational
Church believes in the teachings OF Pro-
lessor G. D. Heron. 1t has needed some
courage to uphold these views and follow
them, and in the practical way, and the
congregation, by its unanimous call to the
acting pastor, has shown that it indorses
the carrying out of Professor Herron's
views. The members of Green-street
Church state in fact that they have stepped
out of the old tracks and that they are
satisfied with they new way.
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vance the interests of the congregation
and attributed the great progress made
during the past five years largely to the
personal interest taken in the affairs Of
the congregation by it's presiding officer
AS showing the progress made, it was
stated that the present membership is
about 200, and the attendance at the Sab
bath school 800.
Rabbi Levy made few appropriate re,
marks, and then all were invited to sup.
per. This was followed by brief post.
prandial speeches, among those who took
occasion to pay tribute to the honored Off,
cial being his grandson, Charles Van
Vliet, lad of IA years.
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The Excitement Still Continues
in That Wild Winter
District.
ALL TRAINS ARE THRONGED
It Costs ST to Sit in a Chair-More
Railroads and Hotels to
Be Built.

H. W. Preston, Treasurer of the town of
Victor, one of the principal camps of the
Cripple Creek district, is at the Grand.
Mr.. Preston is president of leading alb
stract com pany and is interested in mining
property. He thinks Cripple Creek the
greatest gold country on earth. In speak
ing of it he said:
There is nothing like it anywhere, and it is
getting better all the time. You can't miss it
there, no matter what you take hold Of There
is money in everything. The district is spread
ing, too. Some ten miles below Victor, at an
altitude $500 feet lower, is a new camp, called
Marigold, where some good gold discoveries
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STANFORD COLLATERALS
Heirs Appear in Court to Argue
on the Tax Ques.
ton.
It Is Argued That the Law Is Discrimi.
native and Therefore Uncon.
Stitutional.

The Stanford estate was before Judge
Coffey yesterday, or at least that part of
it which is involved in the collateral in
heritance tax.
The collateral heirs had been cited to
show cause why they should not be COM
PEELED to pay tax aggregating $3.50, 900,
and they were all present by attorney to
answer the call. There appeared for the
heirs Frank Spencer OF San Jose, A. N.
Drown, Russell ]. Wilson, DR.. Taylor and
Mountford j. Wilson, and opposed to
them was District Attorney Barnes.
Walter Hinkle was there, too, to back up
Mr.. Barnes, and E. McAllister, who drew
up the law and worked for its passage,
was also on hand.
The principal contention of the repre-
sentatives of the heirs was that the law is
special. discriminative and unconssitu-
tonal in a number of other ways. They
also contend that, even granting the law
is all right, the estate is not now in a con-
dition to pay anything. 1t was argued
that any law which makes one class OF
heirs to an estate taxable and another
class, heirs to the same estate, not taxable
is discriminative. The instance of father
and son inheriting from brother and
uncle was cited.
The father and brother IS not taxable.
Ii he dies and his inheritance is to him or
his heirs the son has all the rights of the
parent so far as the inheritance is con-
cerned, but the sons inheritance, if it be
over the limit, is taxable. Here, it was
argued, are two heirs with equal rights on
tie estate. yet one is taxable under the
law and the other is not
Arguments of somewhat similar na-
ture touching the constitutionaIity of the
law were made by other counsel, and the
case was submitted.
The beneficiary interested most deeply
in the result Of the case is the Stanford
University. That institution was left
about $3.50, 0O0 and its tax is $125, 600.
The other collaterals are relatives in vari-
GUS parts OF the country, to each of which
Stanford left 500, 900.
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At EMMANUEL CHURC \,
Regular Christmas Services Will
Not Be Held Until Next
Sunday.
The Workers Work, but the Absence
of Theodore Durrant Seems
to Be Felt.

Emmanuel Baptist Church will not hold
special services to-day. The regular
Christmas exercises will be merged into
next Sundays services. the reason for
this change is not given. It is merely an
nounced that the devotions customary to
Decem Der Is will be celebrated December
90 instead.
With the exception of Theodore Durrant,
the condemned murderer of Blanche La
mont, there is little or no change in the
active personnel Of Emmanuel Baptist
Church. Nearly the same people who took
part in last years Christmas festival were
on hand yesterday preparing for the chill
dren's celebration. These same people
will later in the week prepare the church
proper for the Christmas service.
The same ladies and young girls who
visited Emmanuel Baptist Church on that
fatal morning of April last for the pur-
pose of identifying Gods house in honor
of the living Christ, but who got no fur
ther than the threshold OF the sacred edi-
foe which by one person had been SO ter
ribly desecrated, assisted in yesterdays
preparations and will do similar work
for mex. Sundays exercises.
The one figure absent, he who has been
described as The leader of all such work,
was Theodore Durrant It is questionable
if he was even thought of in the hurry
and bdstle incident to arranging a Christ
mas tree for Sunday-school children, yet
just the same, those engaged in the work
seemed inspired by sense of duty rather
than that joyous eagerness which is popu-
larly supposed to permeate the hearts and
souls Of Christian workers.
One year ago to-day Durrant was an
active participant in the Christmas cele-
bration. To-day he is under sentence of
death with little, if any, hope of ever
again mingling with those who celebrate
with song and praise the Christmas of
1895.
The lecture-room of Emmanuel Baptist
Church presented gay scene last night.
From until 8 o'clock Santa Claus, that
good old friend of the children, held full
sway. The principal feature of the even
ing's entertainment was a pretty little
play with tableaux called "For Christmas
Sake" Miss Tabor made an excellent
grandmother, while Miss Magee was all
that could be expected Of dutiful grand
daughter.
The evenings entertainment and Christ
mas tree were under the direct supervision
of Miss Daisy Wolfe, and to her is due
much of the credit of its success. The reg
ular Christmas services will be held Sun.
day next.
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FOR CONFIDENCE WORK.
John O'Brien Has Two Crimes Charged
Against Him.

John O'Brien Has Two Crimes Charged
Against Him.
John O'Brien, alas Sullivan, alias Car
roll, alias Cummings, was booked at the
City Prison Monday by Detectives Dillon
and Crockett on tie charges of obtaining
money by false rretenses and grand lar
ceny.
O'Brien is q well-known confidence man.
On December II he went to Mrs. Daily,
who keeps grocery at 527 Mission street,
and represented himself as friend of her
cousin, w. B. McHave. an engineer on the
whaleback steamer City of Everett. He
engaged room in her house and borrowed
$40 from her and that was the last she saw
of him.
On Thanksgiving day he met William
Rowland. machinist living at 73l Harri-
son street. and introduced himself as Cap
tain Sullivan of the ship Cape Horn
Pigeon. He told Rowland he wanted .
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Publicly Dunned.

Mrs. Della Montague. 7OS O'Farrell street, ap.
peared in Judge Campbell's court yesterday to
answer charge of disturbing the peace. The
complaining witness was Mrs. O'Brien, wife of
attorney John P. O'Brien. 1t appeared from
the evidence that Mr.. and Mrs. O'Brien for
merly lived in Mrs. Montague's house. She
sued them for $3.50 rent but the case was de-
cided against her, as Mr.. O'Brien put in coun-
ter claim for legal services rendered. few
days ago Mrs. Montague met Mrs. O'Brien on
Market street and dunned her for the rent. in
presence of some lady friends, and had used
boisterous language. The Judge fined the de.
fendant $50.
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should remain public hi ghways and free,
and he relies particularly upon the consti-
tutional provision that no tide lands
within two miles of any Incorporated city
or town should be conveyed to private
parties.
The filling in of the basin, the gas COM
pany contends, will damage it at least $15,-
600 worth.
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of Lafayette and Minna streets, when she was
run over by grocery wagon. One OF the
wheels passed over her abdomen and she was
rolled over and over. She was taken to the
Receiving Hospital by her mother, who lives
at 12O91a Howard street, and DR.. We'll exam
ulously escaped without any serious injury,
and she was taken home.
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machine on his vessel and Rowland took
him to his home and Hospitality enter
tanned him. He slept there all night ana
in the morning stole Rowland's gold watcn
and chain, which he pawned.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-25

Telephone charges in France are to b,
reduced to GENES for three-minute con
versation within radius of fifteen miles
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-25
Narrow Escape of a Child,

Myrtle Newman, two and half years old,
was playing yesterday morning on the corner
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-25

Books for anything they will fetch ut the
Auction Store, TAT Market street.
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CAPITAL.
Amount Of Capital Stock, paid up in
Total Assets.
LIABILITIES.

Losses In process OF Adjustment or In
Susp ense.
Losses resisted. including expenses.
Gross premiums on Risks running one
year o. less. 1858, 236 IL: reinsur-
ance SO per cent.
All other demands against the Com
pany...- OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Total Liabilities.
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STATE M EMIT
UNION CASUALTY And SURETY
COMPANY

OF ST. LOUIS, IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI,
~ on the 3lst day of December, A. D. 1894 and
for the year ending that day, made TO the In
slrance Commissioner of the State OF California,
pursuant to the provisions of sections $40 and Gil
of the Political Code, condensed per blank fur
nished by the commissioner.
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INCOME.
EXPENDITURES

Net amount paid FOR Losses. .....S
Paid or allowed Tor Commission or
Brokerage
Paid Tor Salaries, fees and other
charges for officers. clerks. etc
Paid Tor State, National and local
All other payments and expenditures.
Total Expenditures. g
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1895-07-30

ter, but it carries very little of
its old-time life. Judge Burns,
who used to run the big white
hotel at the head of Main street,
lies in his narrow home over in
village churchyard, and the fine
hotel over which he used to pre-
side is now In ashes.
1t is twelve miles from Fourth
of July canyon to Yellow Jacket
over trail, that runs through a
dense growth of timber. All the
merchandise, machinery and sup
plies for the mines of Yellow
Jacket is packed by the ever
faithful and accomplishing mule.
and in these late days it seems
like reviving the past to see a
long string of these well-loaded
animals vending along the noun
tain trail, while Mexican or
Greek follows them, singing or
calling vengence upon the head
of the mule or donkey that dares
to lag or leave the path.
In Yellow Jacket camp there
are two mills working Yellow
Jacket ore. There is also be-
sides the men working on these
two mines placer camp below
the town, at.which there is now
engaged a force OF 25 men. AL
together about $50 men are en-
ployed at Yellow Jacket.
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MORSE, July 25th, 1895.
avino is in full blast

HhOINAo1<s - ny @ooh1, 1COcs
Haying is in full blast.
Mrs. Edwards, who has been
visiting at ]. D. Woods has re-
turned to Salmon.
Messrs. Thos. Groves and
Chas. Matley have gone into
partnership.
Messrs. Mead & Lewis have
dissolved partnership.
A new residence is being built
on Miss Jennie Cochran's ranch.
Ben Borjison's team ran away
Monday, bruising him up quite
severely.
Jas. B. Morrow is fencing his
desert claim and sowing it to
alfalfa.
Miss Maud Johnson has gone
to Corrinne, Utah.
w. G.. Sweet was over from
Bayhorse last week.
-NASBY.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1895-07-30
Installation of Officers.


Last Tuesday evening Silver
Leaf Rebekah Lodge No. q, l.
o. o. F., of Challis, installed
the following officers
N. G.-Mrs. G. Funkhouse.
V. G.-Mrs. A. G. Bomar.
Treas.-Mrs. o. E. Penwel.
Sec.-A. G. Bomar.
Chaplain-Miss MaDle Funk.
house.
r. S. N. G.-J. G. Finnell.
L. S. n. G.-Axel Olson.
Warden-Chas. Wilkinson.
!. G,-M. M, Sweet,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1895-07-30

The following relative to Cas-
ter county camps and Yellow
Jacket, is from Don Mcguire in
the Salt Lake Tribune
I'm these modern days, when
the industry of mining for silver
has fallen into disrepute. it is
well for us to know how. much
progress is being made in those
localities wherein men are striv-
ing to obtain the yellow metal
from the drift of hillside and
valley or blast it as gold quartz
from the granite or slate that
forms the mountain breast in the
wilderness. Since May 18th l
have been engaged in reviewing
the mining regions of eastern
Idaho, and now after these nine
weeks of hard work can draw
pretty fair word picture of the
districts through which | have
journeyed.
My labors have been chiefly in
Custer and Lemhi counties, but
when one calls TO mind the fac
that these counties are as large as
some of the New England States,
he may realize the extensive
field presented for investigation
I found upon reaching Custer
county that very little life was
to be hoped for during the pres
ent year in the mines of that re
gion. One is struck with the
great natural wealth of eastern
Custer. The magnificently wat
cred and wooded valley of Big
Lost river, with its 500 miles o
rich farming land its 1000 mile:
of grazing land, presents a prop
lem for the traveller who asks
why is this not thrifty com
munity, with thousands of happ,
people within it's borders !?
There is only one answer; it is
fine country, but when the silve
mines around about in the noun
tains contiguous are idle there /
no market, and no market mean
no money, and no money mean
impossibility of existence in th
valleys of Central Idaho.
Houston, is on the South sid
of Big Lost river, is the chic
town of the great valley; it
blessed with about 143 inhabit
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1895-07-30


annual examination OF teachers for. Custer
county will be held at the Court House in Chal-
lis on Thursday august s11 I !; 1885; & ,s.noo,.
Some fine ore has been struck
in the Boomerang mine recent
ly. This mine is owned by A.
G. Bomar & Co., and is located
on Mt. Estes. The ore shown
us is exceedingly rich, and wire
gold can be observed all through
the ore. The gold is nearly pure
-assaying nearly 500 per OF.
The only bad luck we wish the
boys is that they may fl nd a big
ledge of this kind of ore.
We were shown a letter writ
ten by Paul P. Lawson who is
confined in the HALEY Jail under
a death sentence, one day last
week. The letter in question
was written to Chas. Waller, OF
Custer, and it is of the most low,
vile, obscene. and indecent stripe.
He devotes the most OF his letter
to our County Commissioners,
and uses language most foul, and
and venom of angry rattle
snake. Such letter as this should
not be allowed to leave the jail for
transmission through the mail.
Lawson says he is boarding al
the Alturas House. in Haley, al
the expense of Custer county,
and is having a good time. This
letter will not help his case In
any manner. Lawson's attorn-
eys have asked for new trial,
but we can see no grounds why
new trial should be granted. L
was one of the plainest and mos
cold -blooded murders on record
Lawson had a fair trial, but by
his own testimony convicted
himself. Some of our exchang
es are trying to make it appear
that he is insane. but his actions
do not indicate that. If he is in
sane now, he has been insane al
through his life, and if he is Sc
at liberty after such a clear cas-
of cold -blooded murder has bee
proven, Courts are of little us
in guarding against crime an
protecting the welfare of th
people. We believe that the sen
tence now hanging over thi
murderer should be carried out.
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rwoF
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The following warrants against
Custer county, will be paid on
presentation with interest to
date, if presented within sixty
days from date of this notice
HOSPITAL FUND.
April Issue 1894.
No. 4.
April Issue 1895.
No. l.
ROAD FUND.
[April Issue 1894.
Nos. 27-29-29-294-30-31-
3s-33-34-35-36-37-38-
and-39.
April Issue 1885,.
Nos. 1-2-3-4-and-5.
Interest at z per cent. Inter
est commences from date of reg
istry to 10 days after date of ad'
vertisement.
j. p. SPALDING,
County Treasurer.
Dated at Challis. July 80, 1895.
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LINCOLN posr NO. IS. @. a. R.

1nsrs will be regular meetings OF Lincoln
Post No IS, Department OF Idaho. g. A. h, at
nal O. 0. r. hsii; III challts. On the ist Friday
sv,sing Of each month, at 8 o'cseck. All com
rsdss In good standing are reqcesteo 70 0e
xrssent. JAS. Fl. vANCAHP, ComniSnoer'
l.. ii. Johnston, Adjutant.