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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
THE RAILROAD IN LINE,
1t Will Help In Making the
Pavement Exhibition a
Success.
Paving Materials Shall Be
Carried Free.

The Southern Pacific Company has de-
cided to lend its aid in making the exhibit
ton of paving materials at the Mechanics
Fair in this City success and with that
end in view resolved to carry exhibits of
paving material to and from this City free
of charge.
Recently the Merchants Association ad-
dressed communication to the railway
company, asking that it would assist and
take an interest in the show of materials
for pavements. The letter impressed the
merits of the case upon the railroad men,
who thereupon determined to encourage
the merchants and others in their struggle
for better streets.
Agents at all stations on the Pacific sys-
tenn were notified yesterday by G. F.
Smurr, general freight agent of the COM
pany, as to how they should act with re-
gard to exhibits of paving material for the
fair. The circular to agents was to the eff
feet that such exhibits shall be transported
free to the fair and back again, although
there are restrictions, which appear as fol-
lows:
Shipments of paving material for exhibition
at the Mechanics Fair, under the auspices of
the Merchants Association, should be for
warded to San Francisco at regular rates, con-
signed to the exhibitor and charges collected
on delivery.
Consignees or exhibitors must surrender to
this companys agent when returning ship
ment, the expense bill showing charges to the
fair, accompanied with the certificate of the
secretary of the Merchants Association, coun-
tersigned by the secretary of the Mechanics
Fair, setting forth that property has been on
exhibition and not changed hands, when con-
signment will be forwarded to original ship
ping point free of charge. Agent must make
reference to original forwarding, also onward
expense bill and secretary's certificate taken
up"
Agent, San Francisco, will refund all charges
for transportation to the fair by form ID, at
taching thereto original expense bill, secre-
tary's certificate and receipt of consignee or
exhibitor on form n, and forward all to
freight auditor with daily report in the usual
manner.
Consignees or exhibitors who have paid
charges to the fair on articles that at its close
are found to be worthless by reason of their be-
ing unfit for return transportation or COM
mercial uses. on surrender OF expense BILL ac-
companied by certificate of the secretary of the
Merchants Association, countersigned by the
secretary OF the Mechanics Fair, setting forth
that property has been on exhibition and not
changed hands, and is unfit for return trans
portation-will receive from this compnny's
agent the amount paid for transportation of
the property to the fair.
Agent. San Francisco, will refund all charges
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airy the sum of $4,000. Upon learning the
result of the venture Mr.. Dieckhoff, as he al
leges, presented the ticket for payment to E.
Fox Co. This payment was positively re-
fused. The cash was not forthcoming on pre-
sentation of the literal l. o. U. of E. Fox & Co.
Mr.. Dieckhoff, according to his story, became
importunate and urged immediate liquidation
or an acknowledgment of insolvency.
This was the status of the case, as alleged, on
March z. On thatdate, says Mr.. Dieckhoff, he
was offered by the representative of E. Fox &
Co. $500 to say nothing publicly about the de-
fault or to further urge his claims for the bal
ance due him, $14, 800. To this proposition
Mr.. Dieckhoff says he refused to accede and, as
ne says, still refuses to accept 1t in liquidation
OF his claim.
Altogether the affair possesses the aroma Of
pure, unadulterated fraud by E. Fox g. Co. on
the public, and may possibly shed the rays of
strong Drummond light on the secret workings
OF the E. Fox Co. Lottery. This should be
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07

Only the well-posted man about town or
the professional gambler declined to play
the lotteries.
During June not quite 100000 worth of
lottery tickets were sold on the entire Pacific
Coast, including all the lotteries and all the
counterfeit tickets in circulation. This is
still shamefully enormous figure and
shows that there are still about
zoe, 900 greenhorns and dupes. or farmers"
as Chimmie Fadden would call them, in
this part Of the world. Evidently these
farmers" need some more inform alton
about the lottery swindles. There is al
ways an abundance of evidence at hand.
Consider again the e. Fox & Co. swindle,
with headquarters in this City in the Co.
lumbar building. Fox has many aliases
He is well known in the East by the police.
THE CALL recently published fac simile
Of his sWindling circulars and tickets pub.
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money sufficient to guarantee the payment
of any prizes that may be drawn by this
ticket
And this is no lie. It Is solemn truth.
But it is meant to be a lie. What makes it
truthful is the statement, "An amount
sufficient to guarantee any prize
that may be drawn by this ticket" for OF
course that ticket and every other ticket
issued by this man Fox (alias frost, alias
Floyd, alias Stiles, etc., is as likely to
draw prize as the moon is likely to rain
silver dollars. But this quoted paragraph
is meant for a falsehood. 1t is meant to
signify that E. Fox & Co. have on deposit
at the bank mentioned sum of money
equal to the amount of the advertised cap
ital prize.
And the bank in question, over the sig
nature of its president, as shown by the
accompanying fac simile reproduction, de-
clares that E. Fox & Co. have less than
$3.50 to their credit at the Metropolitan
National Bank.
The same state of affairs is true concern
ing the Missouri National Bank of Kansas
City, as shown by the communication,
reproduced here, from the cashier of that
bank.
From the st. Paul Daily News of March
10 the following extract concerning the
Fox swindie is reprinted in this official
circular;
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matter" said the Chief, "or at least refrain
from advertising these illegal fake lot
teries,we could soon get the business under
our heel in this City.
81 suppose it will be impossible to stamp
out the traffic entirely. any more than it is
possible to make men stop stealing.
Whenever scamp can find greenhorn
with little money there is going to be a
transfer of that greenhorn's money into
the clutches of the scamp, whether through
the sale of lottery tickets or any other con-
fidence game. We can hardly hope TO
put stop to that sort OF thing,
but if THE CALL will only keep up its fight
a little longer / am in great hopes that
every intelligent man and woman in the
City will soon become aware of the fact
that the best lottery ticket ever sold in this
City is very questionable coupon, to say
the very least, and that nine-tenths of all
the other tickets are palpable, transparent
frauds"
Following these words of the Chief it
seems timely to draw public attention to
ticket 69012 of the Honduras National
Lottery Company.
According to list of advertised prizes,
as published in all the newspapers of San
Francisco except THE CALL the morning
after the drawing, June 8. that ticket was
the winner OF $40 prize.
A. Gradwell of this City paid 81 for that
ticket.
He was very happy man when he read
In the newspapers that he had won prize
of $40. He waited few days until the off,
cial list came along and verified the figures
published in the newspapers.
Then Mr.. Gradwell took his ticket down
TO Metzger & Franklin's big Office in the
Wells-Fargo building on New Montgomery
street and opened his pocket-book for the
forty big, round dollars to fall into it. He
Just handed the ticket to the cashier and
pointed to the corresponding number on
the official list. Then ne stood calculating
what he would do with the money.
And he might be standing there yet, If
he had concluded not to leave till he got
his $40. He never got it. He never will.
Metzger & Franklin repudiated the ticket
and refused to pay the $40.
Then he took his ticket up 10 Grant
avenue, to one Walter P. Cakes, another
accredited agent of the Honduras Lottery
Company. Cakes also repudiated the
ticket. And this identical ticket passed
through the hands OF Cakes before it
reached Mr.. Gradwell. It was Walter p.
Cakes that put the ticket on the market.
Now he repudiates it, and all the world
knows that even the Honduras Lottery is
@ swindle.
Mr.. Gradwell wants his $40. He has
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07

When l first came to Jamaica, the sur
roundings of that lovely tropical island
seemed to my unsophisticated eyes to for
bid the conventional ghost. The tiny
wooden boxes, bright with creepers and
gay with green and white paint, that for
surely neither space nor attraction to a
properly constituted apparition, says a
writer in the National Review.
1t was a surprise, therefore, to find that
in the daily life of the negro population
"Duppies" occupied a very considerable
and, indeed, dignified position, and were
not only recognized as q serious fact, but
were to be spoken Off, indeed, it was
advisable to speak of them at all to
strangers-with fitting reverence. Even
the more educated were not above Turk
ing belief in their existence, while for the
ordinary negro, that there were Duppies
around him was as undoubted truth as
the clear sunlight in which he lived.
Now, it is the general idea of English
people, even of those who have lived all
their lives in the West Indies, that a
"Duppy' is simply the negro equivalent
for our ghost" but after many and pa
tent inquiries from the negroes themselves
this found to be a mistake.
To be exact, true ''Duppy," although
an apparition, is not the spirit or soul, but
only the shadow of the departed, the soul
being perfectly QlSt1ncC from Its Duppy
and going to heaven or hell, as the case
may be, leaving its shadow or Duppy to
finger behind on earth, where, unless
exercised by certain ceremonies, it may
work mischief, or, at best, cause annoy-
ance to the living. For instance, the soul
of notorious evil-doer, a noted Obeah
man, for example, is supposed by them,
naturally enough, to go straight to hell for
his crimes, but his Duppy will remain be-
hind him; only, being the shadow of a
bad man. it will partake of his vicious
qualities, and probably become trans
formed into Rolling Calf" that bugbear
of all negroes. A Rolling Cali" is very
terrible creature, that haunts the hillsides
and lonely places, TO the terror of travel
ers. 1t has fiery eyes, and is accompanied
by the sound as of clanking chains. Apart
from this, it is shaped much like an ordi-
nary cow, and to be caught by one is death,
with the additional horror of being forced
afterward. to become a "Rolling Calf"
ones self. One chance of escape, however,
remains to the unfortunate victim. The
Rolling Calf cannot run up hill, and
therefore if slope can be reached so that
one is above instead of on a level with or
below this terrible pursuer, safety is in
sured. Possibly some dim remembrance
of the African buffalo and its habits lies at
the root OF this strange tradition, for 1 be-
heye buffalo cannot charge uphill.
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warning to people who invest in such things as

warning to people who invest in such things as
lottery.
Surely, everybody in California ought to
know that the Fox & Co., the Stiles or the
frost lottery tickets are mean and petty
swindles, and, indeed, not many OF them
are sold in this City at present. Only the
man who could be swindled by the gold
brick game or the shell and pea fraud
would buy Fox ticket, or San Domingo,
either But there was a time when the
San Domingo's were selling like hot cakes
in this City.
This was Immediately after the daily
newspapers published the long and glow
ing accounts of the great winning made by
Saloon-keeper Rademaker. 1t was SOL
EMMY set forth, in words that cost 81 a
line in the morning newspapers, that
Rademaker had won $32, 900 in the San Do
mlngo Lottery Company. How the people
did flock to that mans bar for few weeks.
OF course, Rademaker never won cent
from the San Domingo lottery, because the
San Domingo is fraud. There is really
no such lottery. 1t never had drawing
and it never awarded prize. What it did
do was to pay Rademaker for the use of his
name.
But the swindle was too big one for
Rademaker. He couldn't keep it to him
self. He told few friends on the quiet.
They told other friends on the quiet, and
every man about town who knows all he
ought to know, knows that the newspaper
advertisements about Rademaker's big
prize winning was fake, and fraud and
lie. Rademaker never won cent.
But how the San Domingo tickets did
sell for few weeksl
No one buys them now to speak OF. The
big business at present is in counterfeit
tickets. The Epson gang, with John &.
Fritz and Paul Miller for agents, are get
ting rich out of their operations.
OF course, their operations will not con-
tinue very long, for the police are deter
mined to drive them out of the business.
Yesterday Detective III. J. Wright made a
sudden descent on Upson's headquarters
at 1877 Fourth street with search warrant,
but, of course, the search proved futile.
Searches almost always do. The business
has reached that point now when no lot
terry tickets are kept on the premises. A
man who sells lottery tickets hires box
at the bank. This is safe from police sur
VIGILANCE and not inconyenient for the
dealers.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
FRAUD ALLEGED.
Piquant and Unique Experience Of Mr..
DieckhOff With E. Fox & Co.'s Lot.
terry. Wholesome Food for Reflection
for Others About to Invest in the
Wheel. He Bought a Winning
Ticket, but Failed to Secure the
$4,000 Prize.

Mr.. ]. Dieckhoff, bookkeeper of the schlitz
Brewing Company. st. Paul, appears to have
had rather singular, If not decidedly new
and unique, experience with the manage
ment of E. Fox & Co.'s lottery of Kansas
City, Mo.
1t is seldom q man is fortunate enough to
win lottery prize of SIS, 900. 1t is mo re sell
dom still that, after purchasing the lucky
ticket, after picking a winner from so many
thousand starters, he should have the ticket
thrown back at him as worthless, repudiated,
in fact its validity denied.
And yet such appears to be the prima facie
evidence in the case of Mr. Dieckhoffs connec-
ton with E. Fox & Co.'s lottery. Mr.. DECK.
hoff claims to have held the whole of q ticket
winning in drawing of the lottery on Febru-
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Not more than 10000 Honduras tickets are
sold here now. OF course, that is still an
UNANIMOUSLY large number and signifies that
there are 10000 law-breakers in San Fran
cisco. 1t signifies more than that, though.
1t tells that there are 10000 fools in San
Francisco who throw away at least dollar
a month.
About three months before the railroad
strike, the lottery traffic reached its height
in this City. The sales of tickets at that
time were:
hoiuuraS.-... $4o,UUU
r Ok q NO..--. 0,UUU
juarez. o,OOO
san Domingo. ...-.................-. 35,OOU
TOTAL S2OS,OOO
Following the railroad strike there were
hard times and money was scarce. Is it
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
CHIEF CRoWLEY's VIEWS.
He Says "The Calls" Exposes
Are Responsible for the
Reduction.
MORE OF THE FOX FRAUD.
The Honduras Company Repudiates
Its PriZe-Winning Ticket for
Forty Dollars.

"since THE Calls crusade against the
lottery traffic began the sale OF tickets has
fallen off so per cent in this City," said
Chief of Police Crowley yesterday.
"THE CALL has awakened a heretofore
slumbering public sentiment against the
unlawful business. That is one reason for
Its success" continued the Chief
But there is more potent reason than
that. Sef-respect and respect for the laws
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
A Family Jar.
GREAT AMERICAN IMPORTING TEA CO.'S
Stores selling
MASON FRUIT JARS
A Family Jar.
AT greatly reduced prices

At greatly reduced prices.
dozen Jars, pints, in box SOC
dozen jars, quarts, In box soc
dozen jars, half gallons, in box. ...........S soc
Inspect our Improved Jelly Glasses, Soc per doz. ;
Ice Cream and Berry Sets Of pieces, 25c, 35c and
Doc per set. Our prices for Teas and Coffees the
lowest. Buying directly from US saves middle
mems and peddler's profits.
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lished under the name of &c. F. Stiles"
and the Louisiana Lottery Company"
Following this is long circular sent out
by the authorities of Kansas City denounc-
ing Fox under most of his aliases as a good
many kinds of rascal. On the circular
are some very pertinent extracts from
Eastern papers. Here is one from the
Valparaiso Ond.) Republic:
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Wyoming's wool clip is estimated this
year at from 100000 to 100000 pounds,
and the opinion is also expressed that it
Will be OF better and cleaner quality than
in former years.
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o'e 2It'ssour. 0ohonal Bank Of Kansas Gi!,

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el
c"-r/
Kansas ctas-yvo. Aprit42e 1Iee47
4 whom - may ncerp,
GO searning that E.~Fex
4efe1e1cee usans she came of this Bank
&c We Deg to state that have re-.
questeo Dem to d. scontinue the use Of onr
pame.-lu thi -mapuer Yonrs 1870 ~o'AouI
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Poultney Bigelow is the first American to
be elected member of the Royal Society
Of Literature.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07

FANCY GINGHAMS, 80 inches
wide, the kind for shirt waists,
light, dark or medium colors,
pretty plaids, dainty cheeks, ETC..
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07

BRIGHTON GINGHAMS, the kind
for aprons and Children's play
dresses, blue, brown or green
checks. sale price. ..
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Ladies' Muslin Under-
wear.

Made well with liberal quantities
OF trimming and materiaI-made to
INTO wear wel1-and to sell for about
double such prices a these:
LADIES' CAMBRIA DRAWERS,
fine quality, tucked and insertion DOC
trimmed, also hemstitched, were ~
50c, sale price. Observation-Disclosures. Pair
LADIES' MUSLIN DRAWERS,
tucked, insertion and deep en- FSC
broidery trimming, regular prices ~
81, 81 25 and 81 so, sale price,. Pair
LADIES' MUSLIN GOWNS, good
heavy muslin, V-shaped neck, FSC
tucked and embroidered yoke, re- 10
duced from 81 to................ Each
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07

FANCY DUCK SUITINGS, the
pretty soft-fnished kind that falls
In graceful folds and washes TO
look like new, from csc yard to
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07

TWILLED FLANNELETTE, wear
ing qualities, warmth and pretti-
ness combined, light grounds,
checks, dots, stripes, etc., floral
effects, instead of i0c or 1212c
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
Ladies' Underwear.
Concerning "Duppies."

for transportation to the fair, in the manner as
noted above, for shipments returning.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07

VIGOUREAUX RICHIE, another
member of the challie family and
one of the most desirable cotton
dress stuffs of the season, reduced
from l2lhc
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Linen Crop.

ALLLINEN HUCK TOWELS, these
are 20x40 inches and hemmed, a
rst-rate quality and all linen,
nplU
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Wash Fabric Crop.

TOILE DE LAME, an up-to-date
material resembling challies, light
and dark grounds, in handsome
patterns, sale price Will be........
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07

Ga CHENILLE COVERS, the usual
ST. 30 kind. for large tables, o0 I 90
brilliantly colored patterns, re-.D IL -
duced to- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Each
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CHECKED CRASH TOwELING,
extra wide (22 inches) and all
pure linen, pure white, with red or 6
blue checks, worth 18c a yard, L
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SCOTCH TENNIS FLANNELS,
full 80 inches wide, about rs per
cent wool, an ideal fabric for out
ing-dresses, shirts. ETC., new pat
terms, subdued color effects, re-
duced to, .......,........
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NOTTINGHAM LACE CURTAINS,
white, 31a yards and As inches in q 90
size, and would be about right at ID =
81 so pair sale price. ........... Pair
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HOuse-furnishingC Crop.

NOTTINGHAM LACE CURTAINS,
tapped, 3 yards long, and now only.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07

CHENILLE PORTIERES, very
heavy quality, with fringe and
wide dadoes, tan. peacock blue, q Q.50
old rose and dark green, Sd 50sD j.
value, now. Observation-Disclosures. Pair
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Q ' AteoeR. essr
HtsRf c NuMPF. v. ps,s,J
2 o cOviNGToH. cAs-s.
: 3 WOOD ass' c.s-ss
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FANCY SILK EMBROIDERED
CASHMERE SCARFS, yards OEC
long, prettily fringed with wool 10
or silk. The colors are cream, And
black, cardinal, light blue, pink, 6OC
tan and mode. Observation-Disclosures. w
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