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The San Francisco call., 1895-12-18
The Country Itching for War.

"Ten, fifteen or twenty years ago it was
members of the Democratic party who
were constantly bringing forward some
belIigercnt suggestion-wer twisting the
British lions tail and indulging in other
buncombe proceedings-while, as the party
responsible for the government of the
country and the enforcement OF its foreign
policy, the Republican organizations and
the Republican leaders could be counted
upon to view all issues OF this KIND IN
dignified and conservative manner.
'HIt is hard to saw lust when the change
took place, but about the first term OF MI.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-18

Balance 1854 II remaining IN the hands OF Louis
Sloss Jr., treasurer.
Against this balance draft has been
drawn by the Washington committee
amounting to 1852 II, which closes the ex-
pense account and leaves the committee
1888 short.
Herewith is list of percentages col
lected to defray expenses of delegates, etc.:
AL Hayman & Co., per cent of $1,000, $50;
SIT so; Examiner. 31s per cent of $500,
$3.50; Charles NJ. Shortrldge, 215 per cent of
$4,000. $3.50; United Carriage Company,
pany, & per cent of 5000, Coleman $50, $3.50,
SIS: Blake, Moffitt & Towne, 5 per cent of
500, So; Buckingham & Heeht, 3 per cent OF
amount OF subscription, 500; Davis Bros. per
OF 5000, $io; Occidental Hotel, -s25;
$12 so; E. R. Lilienthal, 5 per cent on $3.50,
$12 so; Lowenberg & Co., 5 per cent on $1OO,
$5; Sherwood Sherwood, per cent on 500,
Wi William Q. English, 5 per ~ cent t. on 500, SIS;
Sperry Flour Company, per cent on $500
$40; Stein, Simon & Co, 5 per cent on 500,
Soaf 5S Fierce E per- cent ON
$12 so; E. C. Voorhies, Sutter Creek, all OF
subscription. $25: Sing Fat Co., 5 per
cent on s1o 500 S9 s sS5n 8 sebs bgckf Eros
S. II. Frank & Co., per cent on $lOO So: E.
B. Pond, 5 per cent on 500, So; Tubbs Cord
age Company, per cent on $3.50, $12 so;
Greenbaum, We'll d Michaels, 5 per cent on
500, So; Hale Bros, 5 per cent on 800, $5;
Michalitschke Bros. e. Co., 5 per cent on $50,
So so; Ferguson & Curley, per cent on $1OO,
$5; w. X. Vanderslice. per cent on $780, So;
c. F. Curry, per cent on $500, $25; Goodfel-
lows Grotto, per cent on $500, SIS;
Mark Strouse, per cent on $50, So so;
Roth & Co., 3 per cent on 500, So; Carroll
d Carroll, 5 per cent on 800, So: Mil
ler & Lux, per cent on $3.50, $12 so;
Newman & Levinson, So so; Columbia
Theater, $50; Captain Goodail, 1926; Johnson
Locke Company, $5; II. S. Crocker Company.
$40; Brown Bros. & Co., $25; NJ. A. Gunst &
Co., $25 H. Dntard SO so; Sachs Bros. 1912 so;
J. j. O'Brien, $40; Neustadter Bros, $12 5O
Payot, Upham e. Co., SIS; NJ. E. Frank, SIS
Kohlberg, Straus & Frohman, 81 so; Lick
House, $12 so; LIE Count Bros, So;
California Fireworks Company, $5: Dali
Iemand Co., $5; Hilbert Bros, IS;
S. Solomon, So so; Goldberg, Bowen & Co.,
SO; Carlson, Currier e. Co, So; Ed S. Spear &
Co., So so; Reiss Bros e. Co., So so; Wilson
Dining-rooms, $5; Shrelve & Co., $12 SO; The
New Creamerie, $5; Haas Bros, So; GetZ Bros.
& Co., So so; Spencer, Stanley e. Co., So; Yates
& Co.. So so; Coblentz, Pike e. Co., So so;
Meinecke & Co., So; Miller, Sloss & Scott, So
George T. Mayr, $12 so; Russ Estate, $5
Total, $3.50.
Donations made to Louis Sloss Jr. direct:
San Francisco Breweries, Limited. $50 90
LOUIS SlOSS u CO.-.. 20 w
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-18
SPORTSMEN IN COUNCIL,
Duck.ShooterS Who Will Fight
Alleged Game Protec.
tors.
An Association That is AntagoniStic
to the Salt.Marsh Pre-.
serves.

A large mum Der of sportsmen assembled
last evening in the K. of R. B. Hall.
Mason and O'Farrell streets, at special
call of the Sportsmen' Protective Asso-
clation. President w. J. Ahern addressed
the meeting at length and said that the
object of soliciting the cooperation of the
sportsmen at large was to check the rapid
growth of a foreign system of alleged
sportsmanship that was inimical to the
sporting interests of this county.
"You must not forget that in unity
there is strength" said Mr.. Ahern, land,
therefore, if this association will continue
to be successful in the future as it has
been in the past we must have your finan-
cial support.
'We. as a body of gentlemen sportsmen,
have been called 'pot-hunters by the
money aristocratic clubs that are of the
opinion that the birds of the air and the
fishes of the waters belong only to the rich
men of the country.
This language may answer well enough
in the older countries, but according to
the constitution of America the poor man
has some rights. and one of those is the
right to shoot and fish, provided he does
not trangress the laws of the country.
LAS regards the shooting of wild fowl
tide waters, the law gives every sports
man the privilege of shooting thereon.
and until this law has been proven uncon-
stitutional by the highest court of this State
l cannot understand why or how any
sportsman can be punished for trespassing
upon such lands. One o. our mem bers
was arrested on two occasions by what is
called the San Pablo Duck-shooting Club,
for having trespassed upon lands which
the law states are open to sportsmen to
shoot over.
He was acquitted of course, bnt think
he has excellent grounds upon which to
enter suit for damages either against the
county or the club that caused his arrest.
1--WE are law-abiding citizens, and it is
not because we cannot afford the pleasure
of shooting wild ducks or quails on week
days that we must be branded by our rich
and influential brothers in field sports as
poachers and law breakers"
After the president of the club had fin
ished speaking Robert Boyer. president of
the Mallard Club that recently defeated
the eal-Cordelia Club in the Superior
Court of Solano County in suit brought
by the last-named club restraining GER
tain members of the Mallard Club from
trespassing or certain parts OF the Suisun
marsh, said that the Mallards proposed
from the start to fight every inch of
ground, and so far they had been success
full beyond all question.
II tappened to meet one OF the attor-
neys employed by the Teal Club day or
two ago." said Mr.. Boyer, land I asked
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-18
THE STOLEN STOCKING.
A Christmas Story of the Days of Kin
Arthur.

A Christmas Story of the Days of King
Arthur.
One Christmas eve, long ago, a stocking
was stolen in merry England.
1t was in the time of Arthur and his
Round Table, when stockings were pre-
cious and offenders against them were
soundly scourged.
The King and Queen Guinevere were
holding court at Caerlon, when Gwendella.
forest girl, sought their presence.
81 was this day to have wed noble
knight" she sobbed, "but some one has
stolen my stocking"
"Then you shall have another" quoth
the King, mirthfully.
''There is no stocking that can fill the
place of the one stolen.'
'Be not too positive of that" spake
Queen Guinevere, kindly. "In what did
your stocking differ from all others in
our domain?"
''Why, it was spun of pure silk and en-
broidered with threads of gold"
"Ha, ma, hap laughed the merry King.
"'Tis but too true, as our purse can tes-
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-18

Then the King told them all the tale and
babe them hunt the culprit down, and
promised that he would bestow upon the
knight who did the service crimson scarf
clasped with two golden apples.
And" said the Queen, 'artfully cast
yonr eyes to the stockings of all the dam
sells you meet, that she, upon whom this
gift has been bestowed, may be found out
aud punished" And so, the knights went
forth and rode away.
But presently the great knight, Sir
Lancelot, strobe into the hall. And
when he beheld Gwendella he smiled, and
the girls face took on hue of scarlet, for
she remembered in him the knight she
knew.
And he turned to Arthur and Queen
Guinevere and said:
"This maid l love full we'll, and as l was
coming hither from the tild l gave her a
stocking as a pledge that, should she not
hang 1t by the mantel-tree on Christmas
eve, l would wed her on this day."
"8ut the stocking is stolen," said the
Queen, in husky voice.
"Stolen but yesternight, though"
pleaded Gwendella, upon her knees.
"a broken pied ge, blighted heart"
murmured Sir Lancelot, and he hung his
head and stood away from the girl. And
so he fingered until the Queen dismissed
Gwendella. Then Arthur and the Queen
condoled with him in his feigned grief.
But Guinevere knew that Sir Lancelot
had stolen the stocking; for had she not
given it to him for fortunes in the jousts,
and had he not sworn to give it unto her
again at the Yuletide? Nor did he break
his faith.
But Arthur never knew the truth, and
unto the end of his reign the knights OF
England sought for the stolen stocking up
and down. And merry gentlemen, unto
this day, who hold in memory King Ar
thurs name, oft turn their heads about
when ladies cross the streets, for they
would serve full we'll the behest of so good
and true prince. And honest ladies,
knowing of the theft, with timorous guile
oft toss their petticoats away to prove that
they wear not the stolen stocking.
A. Beckenbaugh, in n. Y. Truth.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-18
Words of Wisdom.

Before you marry, be sure of house
wherein to tarry. When industry goes
out at the door, poverty comes in at the
window. A good paymaster never wants
workmen. A good wife and health are a
mans best treasures. A bride for the
tongue is necessary piece of furniture.
What children hear at home soon flies
abroad 1t is no use hiding from friend
what is known to an enemy. Silks and
satins put out the kitchen fire. When
there is room in the heart there is room in
the house. Seek not to please the world,
but your own conscience.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-18
Interest Children.

Children must be interested. The per-
sons and places where they find the keenest
interest are those to which they will attach
themselves. II the parent and teacher will
fail to preoccupy the field, the dangerous
outside influences are sure to do it. To
make noble, pure-minded Christian men
and women we must preoccupy the baby
from its cradle to its teens.-Golden Re-
view,
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-18

nonnoa ",ano uiLuge consis,s Vi .wenty iccks
one filled up or obscured. 1t is 900 feet
long, sixty high and seventy-four broad,
and almost twenty feet aperture in each
arch. 1t is supported by eighteen piers or
solids, from thirty-four to twenty-five feet
thick.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-18

The following resolutions were adopted ::
Resolued That the thanks of this committee
are due and are hereby extended to General N
p Chipman, Hon. R. A. Fried rich, H. q. Os-
borne, Colonel George A. knight, M. II. de
Young, f. A. RAIDER, Lipman Sachs and D. A.
Hale for the able and dignified manner in
which they represented the interests of San
Francisco before the Republican National
Committee in Washington, d. C.
Resolped, That the thanks of this commit
tee be rendered to the press of San Fran
cisco and of the State for the able and ener-
getic manner in which they advocated the
claims of San Francisco as the place for hold
ing the National Republican Convention of
1896.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-18
SLIPPERS and SHOES
Are the best and most useful Presents you
make for the holidays.
DURING The HOLIDAY SEASON
-.
WE WILL MAKE a =.
GENERAL REDUCTION
ON ALL OUR SHOES.

We have several lines of the Latest style Shoes
that will close out at cost TO make room for our
spring stock. -
in stores that only carry or two widths. In our
store YOU have trouble carry ths largest
stock of any house the Pacific Coast and can TIT
any foot from A AA to ZEE.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-18
The following resolutions we're adopted ::

Bills paid by Hon. A. P. Williams....... IL 5
kilograms paid for by Wendell Easton... 16O
Rent donated by Chronicle.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-18
A FINANCIAL STATEMENT,
A Clean Report of How the Con-
vention Funds Were
DisburSed.
The Executive Committee Is Still
Little Short of the Amount
Expended.

The executive committee appointed for
the purpose of making arrangements to
bring the Republican National Convention
to this City met recently and prepared its
report.
Although the delegates to Washington
were particularly economical there still re-
mains bill of 1888 which must be paid
before the committee can be discharged.
The following itemized statement presents
the disbursements and receipts clearly:
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENT
or THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Receipts
Voluntary subscriptions and collections
Paid to Louis Sloss Jr. direct ............. rs
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-25

ATLANTIC CRY, N j., July .s.-The
councils committee to investigate the
cause Of the recent disaster at the
Casino, by which 1000 Elks were pre-
cipitated to the floor below and many
badly injured, reported last night
The report does not attempt to FIX the
responsibility, but merely says that
the disaster was caused by a rotten
beam.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-25

Three outlaws escaped from jail at
South Enid, Ok, by knocking the jailer
senseless.
Eastern manufacturers met ON the
Goth and advanced the price Of nails 50
cents per keg.
Edward v. Hunt, of Argentine, Kan,
was run over and killed by Santa Fe
train Of 0lathe.
]. Fred Temple, q civil engineer, was
drowned while bathing in a reservoir
at South McAlester, l. 4.
Tho annual meetinc of the akla.
bomo pross association u;,I bo boI,d ,F,Tt
| Ell Reno August ia and II. ~
Prot D. II. Robinson n nrofesso, IN
the Kansas state university for twen.
tv.six years died on tbe o,st
rv.coshier Gov ~ tha a.t,r..
na,r,tt ma ! honl, bos hoor o,rostad ~,
49, ..a. v.yv shaS.,as. 49, ''''" w
A. s,,,n. ~ AIN. v..u s
y, ra,us ,ros -, on,o,,,, v,o,nasa FL S
n,. ,Jas n %u' = ,naaai . "usao1 "A0
p'ry .As "''. $3.50 's,o',.,
rour ,nen were instantly Nii'ea oy
'ra,n While crossing 'he railway track
~ @'lllaMs1own' mass In . DlggY'
A cyclone struck the country near
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-25

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, July 23.-One
hundred negro laborers engaged BY B.
H. Hopkins for Birmingham, Ala.
agent to 60 to- Central America to
work on the construction Of new
railroad were to have departed yester'
day morning, but at the last moment
refused, they being told that they
were being carried to Cuba to Aght for
or against the Spaniards. The negroes
were much wrought up over the sub,
ject and could not be persuaded that
their employers did not intend to dupe
them. Mr.. Hopkins has contract to
furnish 1000 negroes at the rate OF 100
week, but now fears that their
credulity will prevent him from filing
more than small part Of the order.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-25
A COAL COMBINE.


A Gigantic Pool Formed, Embraclns TIL
Mines In Five Southern States.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, July ss.-With
In the next three months the manufac
turers Of the south arc to feel the grasE
OF the biggest coal combine ever
formed. III 10 to embrace and control
almost the entire output Of nearly oil
the mines in Virginia, Kentucky, Ten
nessee, Georgia and Alabama, the TO-
tai value Of which is nearly $50, 900, 900,
and this is to be the capital stock Of
the organization. The avowed purpose
Of the organization is to advance the
price OF coal to all consumers, but espe-
cially to manufacturers, Is per cent
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-25
Big Melon Crop in Oklahoma.

GUTHRIE, Ok, July s3.-The recent
wet weather has been very favorable
to watermelon growth and the Okla
homa melon crop will be enormous
Melons Weighing forty pounds and
over are now retailing here at Is cents.
Thousands Of acres are about ready to
ripen and within few days the Santa
Fe will be running daily trains Of mel
ons out Of the territory.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-25
WALTERS PLIGHT.
Minister Eustis' Efforts to Secure
Justice Unavailing.
TIE EX.COySUL A VERY SICK Nan.
The Two Kansas Senators Stirring Up the
state Department to Prompt Action
Tho Deportation Of Walters
Stspson, Paul Bray.


WASHINGTON, July 2s-The nego.
tiations with the French government
respecting the case Of ex-United States
Consul Waller, who is now under con-
finement In French jail at Marseilles,
are in most unsatisfactory shape, and
this too, in spite OF the best efforts OF
the department exerted through Am
bassador Eustis to secure justice TOR
Waller. 1t is becoming evident that II
anything is to be accomplished 1t will
be only BY the display Of much more
determined stand than has yet been
assumed BY our government
Letters received here from the
prisoner show that he Is still sick
man, suffering from congestive chills
and much weakened and debilitated
from his confinement and the change
in climate.
Great pressure has been brought to
bear upon the state department to in
duce 1t to secure justice for Waller,
and many prominent men have inter-
ested themselves in the case. The two
senator's from Kansas, OF which state
Waller is citizen, have been particu-
larry energetic, and Senator Martin
mas called IN person at the state de-
partment to urge prompt action.
The department some time ago in
structed Mr. Eustis, our ambassador
at Paris, to make a thorough invest.
CATION OF Walters case, to see him and
procure copy OF the record OF the
court-martial showing the EVIL
dence on which Waller suffered
the extraordinary severe SEN
tence OF confinement Tor twenty
years The ambassador has not
been very successful in executing his
instructions, though 1t appears he has
done all In his power to carry them
out For one thing, the French gov
eminent has absolutely refused the
ambassador the right to see Waller
personally; very extraordinary atti-
tude to assume where the rights OF an
American citizen are concerned.
Then 1t has failed SO far to supply
the ambassador with the desired copy
OF the courtmartial record in order
that our government might satisfy IT,
self OF the sufticiency OF the evidence
on which Waller was convicted. 1t Is
said by Walters friends here that alto
gether the proceedings were extremely |
and travesty upon justice.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-25

WASHINGTON, July 90. : Assistant
Secretary Of the Interior Reynolds has
decided that municipal corporation
which cared for sick soldier and
buried him as pauper in the potters
field, had no right to reimbursement
under the pension laws Had the cor.
poration cared for and buried him de.
Gently, then the claim would have been
allowed, = - :
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-25

MILWAUKEE, July ea.-At a road
house about 4 miles northwest Of this
city last night, Louis Schmidt, Jr., son
OF a westside grocer, was fatally injured
during prize fight and died this after.
noon. The other principal and spec.
tators fed, leaving only the proprietor
of the place.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-25
All Llanor Lava Renealsd

WICHITA, Kan, July ss.-Wichita
went out Of the whisky business last
night. When the city council met the
first thing that body did was to repeal
all ordinances and parts Of ordinances
relating to saloons. So far as the city
Is concerned, everybody can now go
into the liquor traffic without having
to pay a municipal tax
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-25
4 1oRNApo


Forest Trees Uprootsd and Two Person.
Killed Near zanesville. o.
EVANSVILLE, O., July 2a.-A camT
meeting was held in the auditorium il
grove west Of this city Sunday. Just
as the people were beginning . hymn
. clap Of thunder appalled, them and
rain began falling in torrents The
wind blew q terrific gale and was gyra-
tory in character. Giant trees Of the
forest, . feet In diameter, were up
rooted or twisted of at the trunk.
One heavy one was blown on the audi.
torium, crushing the building to tin
der The audience became panic.
stricken and scattered. Mrs Glen
Wilson was struck on the head by Q
beam and instantly killed. George
Deslin was caught under the tree and
died about an hour after being taken
ont Mrs Wilson had . baby Ia her
lap, but the infant was uninjured. A
son Of Mrs. Wilson was injured and q
dozen others badly hurt.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-25

WASHINGTON, July ss.-secretary
Morton has appointed Edward B. Gar
riott, Of Missouri, local forecast official
in charge Of the weather bureau in
Chicago. He succeeds Willis L. Moore,
the new chief Of the weather bureau.
Mr. Garriott was born in Ohio forty.
one years ago, and entered the service
at St. Louis in 1874.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-25
DEBATE RESUMED.
The Fourth Day of the Great
Financial Discussion.
The POINTS 50 FAR ESTABLISHED.


CHICAGO, July lS.-The Harvey-Horl
financial debate, for which Mr.. Aze
+. Hatch has the copyright, yesterday
developed into general engagement
representatives Of Philadelphia, Kan
sas City, Cleveland and elsewhere
pitching into the scrimmage, after thu
two principals had backed each Other
up to the limit.
The question Of 0. B. Gum was
"Mr. Harvey asserts that the minis
were open to the free and unlimited
coinage Of silver from 1902 to 1879,
Jefferson closed the mints in 1906 tc
the coinage Of the silver dollar, and
only 1900 Of Mr.. Harveys dollars OF
units Of value were coined up to 1910, q
period Of thirty-four years. Was this
free and unlimited coinage Of silver%
Mr.. Harvey; "Mr. Jefferson did not
close the mints; that could only DO
done by an act Of congress. Mr.. JET
ferson directed (the mints being open
to free coinage Of all kinds OF silver
coin), the mint directors to coin the
silver that came, at the option Of the
people, In 50 cent pieces and
less. 1t made no difference to
the people who brought IT,
whether they coined 1t in 80 cent
pieces or dollars, 1t was nil money.
The minis were opened to free and un-
limited coinage Of silver, but the di.
rector Of the mint, or president, might
direct what kinds Of coins should be
coined without interfering with the
principle Of law that the mints were
opened to free and unlimited coinage.
The number Of units coined In no way
affects the substance Of the unit being
the measure Of value You need not
COMA single unit, and yet by law the
37lA grains Of silver could be the unit
Of value regulating oil other coins, all
compared to 1t in legal and CONNER
cial ratio. The act Of 1873 made
the gold dollar the unit, and now, by
act Of September Is, 1889, II lsunlawful
10 coin gold dollar. So that we now
have unit Of 20 s-lO grains Of gold
and congress has said that the minis
shall not coin any Of them But, never
theless, we have gold standard be.
cause the s. and $40 gold pieces are
coined with reference to 20 s-lO grains
Of gold being the unit Of value.