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WHO VOTES THE STOCK,
The Changers Bank Directors
Threatened With an In
junction.
Probable Trouble Over Voting Stock
of To.day's Meeting of Share.
holders.

The stockholders of the Changers Bank
will probably run against snag at their
meeting to-day. 1t is understood that A.
D. Logan, the largest debtor and the larg-
est shareholder, will serve the bank with
an injunction against voting his stock,
which was long ago assigned to it as par
tial security for the large sums he loaned
himself while president of the institution
Mr.. Logan owns 22o0 of the 10000
shares, and until Mr.. La Rue was elected
president last year filled that position for
many years. While in that position he
managed to loan himself about $175, 900.
He owns number of warehouses and in
way was rival in business of the bank.
As security for the money he borrowed he
gave some of these warehouses and as
signed about 1900 shares of his stock.
As 8 debtor 1t is much to his interest to
have something to say in how the wind
ing-up of the affairs of the bank shall be
conducted.
The shares having been assigned to the
bank, the directors will naturally claim
the right to vote them in the interest of
the stockholders and the creditors, and if
there are any close votes in to-day's meet
ing the question of who shall vote Mr..
Logan's shares will be matter of con-
sequence,
The meeting to-day of the shareholders
will be the first since the banks suspen-
cin
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seaman and careful navigator. They as
sert he was not drinking man, and char
aCterize he stories of his being drunk at
the time the ship went ashore as base fab
relations. Captain William Philip Jr. of
the British brig Strathdon voices their
sentiments as follows:
SAN Francisco, Jan. 10, 1896.
In the morning papers of this City there ap-
peared an account of the loss OF the British
ship Janet Cowan, the article dealing with
various allegations purporting to be made by
the crew of the wrecked vessel The reporter,
while he calmly accepts the gospel OF these
statements, II ever they were really and Truly
made, makes no bones OF recording, almost in
the same breath, that the men who spoke in
This way acted as only set of unprIncipled
dogs. lOoting the masters cabin and store
rooms directly they got chance, and leaving
the mate helpless and disabled in the lazarette.
On the testimony OF these men the character
OF man placed in command of large ship,
valuable property and the lives of thirty men
is ruthlessly slandered and feel that the man
or men who wrote these heartless fabrications
should learn the grand axiom, ode mortuis
nil nisi bOnum."
The allegation made by the correspondent or
reporter shows how ignorant these writer's OF
sea stories may be OF the and seafaring
men. Chief officers do not tender advice gratis
ana recommend their superior officer in COM
mand to follow in the wake of schooners
or other craft; nor do gentlemen criticize
their superior officers stubbOrnness insobriety
particularly, II that individual happens to be
dead aud unable to defend himself. Ship
masters frequently fifteen or twenty years
older thai their chief officers, and from this
fact alone can be supposed to know more about
the working OF a ship, at any rate, than any
one else on board
The loss of the Janet Cowan brings, as usual,
the 81 told you so" man to the fore, and what
manner OF man is more obnoxious or self
opinionated?
have never had the pleasure of meeting
Captain Thompson, but the testimony OF his
friends and acquaintances in this town | take
up the cudgel in behalf of an English gentle
man who lost his life in the heroic efforts of
saving other lives and valuable property; and
no more unfeeling and degenerate action can
be INDUCED in than that Of vilifying man
who is dead and whose mouth is sealed until
the great judgment day, when happily the re-
porter who wrote those outrageous Statements
viii have TO appear and take his eternal medi-
cine.
In conclusion, I would add that if had the
hearing Of the naval court these same pilfer-
ing seamen, if thieves they be, those models of
sobriety, the passenger and chief off Ger. wonld
receive but scantt. mercy at my hands. That
they owe their lives TO the clemency of the
Almighty is a recognized fact. How wen thew
have repaid that merciful extension is also too
patent. WILLIAM PHILLIPS JR
British brig Strathdon.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
CLARKE's INsOLVENCIEs.
He May Not Be Able to Put in His Own
Petition.

He May Not Be Able to Put in His Own
Petition.
There was to have been a meeting of the
creditors of Alfred Clarke before Judge
Slack yesterday, but there was hitch in
the proceedings instead and so the meet
ing went over. The meeting was to have
been in pursuance of Clarke's voluntary
petition in insolvency recently filed.
When the case was called Attorney
Olnev asked the court to strike out
Clarke's voluntary petition, as he was
already insolvent. Clarke has for two
years and more been struggling through
the courts under an involuntary petition
in insolvency filed by his creditors and
not by himself. Clarke thought that by
filing a petition of his own he could head
off a great deal of this litigation but the
motion of Mr.. Olney made yesterday
shows that the voluntary petition will not
supplant the involuntary petition with
out fight.
The case went over to give Clarke an
opportunity to argue in his own behalf.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
A RAILROADS NEGLECT.
Result of Leaving a Splintered
Crossing Between the
Rails.
Mrs. Mary Heckle Is Suing the
Southern Pacific for the Death
of Her Son.
A bit of neglect on the part of the South

A bit of neglect on the part of the South
ern Pacific Company in constructing a
crossing at Anderson station in Shasta
County cost the life of Claude L. Heckle, q
brakeman, and has caused lawsuit for
$4,000 damages from his mother, whose
only support he was.
The crossing at Anderson was like great
many more-buiit by laying boards be-
tween the rails-but the particular one in
question was not finished as the law di-
reefs. The ends of the boards must be
beveIed off so that no sharp corner will
present itself TO any one walking along the
track, or if this IS not done the roadbed
must be pallasted up to a level with the
boards for the same reason. The crossing
at Anderson was not beveled off, nor was
the roadbed raised to cover the step, and
on account of this neglect the brakeman
was killed.
The brakebeams of passing cars used to
catch i'll the ends of the planks, and it was
not long before they were torn and splin-
tered and the loose slivers of wood stood
much igher than the rails. On Septem-
Der 8, 1895, Heckle was at Anderson, and
that night he started to couple the detache ed
sections of a long freight train. He was
walking down the track near the crossing,
intending to couple two cars, when his
foot struck the splintered end of the planks
of the crossing and he stumbled forward.
The end OF the train he had intended to
couple was upon him before he regained
his footing, and throwing him down, the
cars passed over his legs. Both his feet
were cut off, and he died two days after.
An action to recover $4,000 damages
was commenced by the mother of the
brakeman, and the case came on for trial
before Judge Daingerfeld yesterd ay.
Delmas IL Shortridge appeared for the
plaintiff, and Joseph Campbell, for the
railroad, opposed them. Mrs. Heckle was
called to the stand to tell the condition of
her son, and the care he received just after
the accident. She said her son had been
her only support. Walter H. Dudley had
been examined under oath some time
ago, as he expected to be absent from the
City when the trial came up. He was still
absent, so Mr.. Delmas read his deposition
until he came to that part telling what the
injured man had said to Dudley after
the accident, and telling how the &C
cident occurred. Mr.. Campbell objected
to this, and the jury was allowed to go IN
til the lawyers could argue the question OF
the admissibiIity of the testimony.
Heckle's statement of how the accident
occurred, made just before he died, will be
an important portion of the plaintiff S
case.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
DELAWARE sINGLE-TAxERs.
DR.. r. S. Law of New York Predicts
Success for the Reformers.

success
DIR. r. S. Law. prominent mining in
vestor of New York City, is in this City
for a few days. and will remain on the
coast for couple of weeks or more. DR..
Law though a man of considerable wealth
and much activity in the mining indus
try, is also an enthusiastic single-taxer.
Just before he left the East for Califor-
mia he made tour of Delaware, where the
great single-tax battle is now going on,
and made speeches in all of the larger
cities and towns. He brings to the single
takers OF San Francisco most cheering re-
ports of the Delaware campaign.
eve simply can't help winning in that
State" said he yesterday. Already we
have made 10000 converts out of the &c. 900
voters in the State, and 5000 of these we
can depend upon for all emergencies. The
election is not until next fall, and our
campaign Is going along with enthusiasm
in the State, and we keep twenty-five good
single-tax orators there continually. The
meetings are surprisingly well attended.
talked to crowded houses, to audiences
that numbered over 1000 men and women.
Congressman Mcguire was we'll received
there and did splendid work. 1t is the
same in both parties. Both Republicans
and Democrats attend the meetings and
become converts. Congressman Mcguire s
name is cheered now wherever mentioned
in Delaware. The single tax will surely
prevail in Delaware at the fall elections"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
The DEADLY TONSILITIS..
A New Enemy of Childhood
Abroad Among the City'S
Homes.
Marked Prevalence of the Disease
Among the Very Young-The
Knife often Required.

Child-life seems hedged about with dan
ger. Group, diphtheria and whooping-
cough have long terrorized the fathers and
mothers of the City's future men and wo-
men, and now, as though there were not
bugaboos enough, comes tonsilitis. grim
and mysterious, to profane and disturb the
sacred happiness which ought to reign
within the sanctuary OF the home.
DR.. Robert A. Mclean, when spoken to
on the subject, said he had met with a
large number of cases of the disease since
the commencement of the present winter.
At the same time he did not consider the
disease in any sense epidemic. In fact
every winter he had been obliged to attend
large mum bers of cases of tonsilitis, prin-
clpaIly among children.
DR.. L. f. Lord said he had noticed q
greater prevalency of cases among very
young children this year than ever before.
Further, he said:
do not believe there is any prospect of the
disease becoming epidemic, but it certainly is
unusually common at present, and am at a
loss 10 account for the fact. AS a general rule
IL may be stated that tonsilitis in children
comes from neglected or unsklllfully treated
sore throat Parents ard nurses attempt TO
cure the children under their charge by en-
pioying simple gargles, bands OF iiennel ana
otner household remedies good enough IN
their way, but not always sufficiently effective.
Alter a season OF this unscientific treatment
the child's nature may be able to throw on the
affection, but III many cases the Inflammation
temporarily allayed in the. larynx passes TO
the tonsils, and then the dreaded tonsillus IN
mild or violent form. as the case may be, is
the result.
When the disease is well adv anced and the
tonsils are liberated the most efficie II remedy
Is amputation OF one tonsil or both, as the case
may require. This operation was formerly at
tended with some degree OF peril, owing 10 the
danger OF severing the carotid artery, but now
newly invented instrument is used. which
sIaSps ana elevates the tousil, leaving the
artery entirely out of the range of the knife.
IonslIIltls IS seldom fatal, except in where
t the uleeraion IS so wide spread as TO involve
me carouo artery. In this event no time
should be lost in having an operation per-
forged, which may prove successful unless
ina ysceration be too far advanced
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14

Major Charles Radford of Virginia was
stu under sentence of death for shooting
Charles Simmons, banker at Cali. Rad
iord was to have been shot a month ago.
but the United States Consul interfered
and the matter of the killing is being again
investigated.
Superintendent of Towboats and Dredg-
ers haste OF the Harbor Commission is in
trouble, and Commissioner Cole saws his
mead Is likely to fall. In return Haste in
Slsts that the Commissioner has been
uoWn on him ever since he was appointed
anu seeks every opportunity TO injure
nlm' Inc charges against Haste have
oeen preferred by w. Deacon of the Nam
street Iron Works, and yesterday after
noon PRESIDENT Colnon and Commissioner
I ~ bourne were investigating them.
haste says Deacon is prejudiced against
MN because OF a quarrel they had over an
ar pump year aeo. Anyhow, the
charges have been made and the superin-
tendent will have to clear himself at the
meeting to be held this afternoon
The yacht Jessie will so on the drydock
tomorrow and will be prepared for her
voyage to the Columbia River. A few
Gays ago it looked as though the deal
would fall through, as Marlborough de-
manded $4,000 cash, and the pilots could
not raise the money. They paid $4,000
down, and finally at the last moment
some wealthy resident of Astoria put up
the balance. As soon as she reaches AS
toria the Jessie will be put into commits
sion as n Columbia River pilot boat.
The loss of the British ship Janet Cowan
was t e one topic of conversation among
British shipmasters yesterday. One and
all praised Captain THOMPSON as an able
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
A Useless Plea of Guilty.

Frederick ]. Traweek was married in Marin
County first, where he welded Madeline Fair
fax in 1898. Then in year and a half, hay
ing left his wife and hearing that she had
secured a divorce, he went down into Gala
veras County and married Viola Peck. He
then came 10 this City and was arrested on
complaint of his first wife on charge OF
bigamy.
He pleaded not guilty first, but on the adj
not guilty and pleaded guilty yesterday morn
ing He was then informed by Judge Wallace
that the court had no jurisdiction over the
case, and attorney and client left the court
room, the one free man and the other much
perplexed.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
THE VETERAN VOLUNTEERS
One of the Associations That Turned
Ont !. Z the NJ mt II,I,..il;.,s<

One of the Associations That Turned
Out at the Monument dwelling.
Through error the name of the Vet
eran Volunteer Firemen's Association
was omitted from the report of the
unwilling of the Scannell monument
in Monday mornings paper. As matter
of fact the turnout of this society was one
OF the features of the event It's officers
are: President, j. H. Mahoney; first
vice president, ]. S. MARSHALL second
vice-president, G. Carlisle; third vice
president, J. Hayden; recording secretary,
W. A. Scollay; financial secretary, Gus
Pohlmann; treasurer, w. Fahrenkrug;
board of directors, F. A. Will, 5. Bunner.
w. Raubinger, L. Cornell; trustees, w.
McMann, c. bunker, w. S. Edwards
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ALONG THE WATER FRONT,
Rough Experience of the Steamer
Australia in a Hurri.
cane.
TWO BOATS SWEPT AWAY.
Comments of British Ship Captains on
the Loss of the Janet
Cowan.
TWO BOATS SWEPT AWAY.

The passengers on the steamer Australia
which arrived from Honolulu yesterday,
had very rough experience. Ten hours
after the big vessel was under way a hur-
ricane came up which lasted until the
coast of California was reached. Sea after
sea broke over the steamer, and Captain
Houdlette is now open to confess that he
never knew what a magnificent sea boat
the Australia was before this voyage The
seas ran mountains high and every once
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
The Junta Takes Up Max Pop
per's Scheme Of Voting
Through the Mail.
THE WAY TO GET A BIG VOTE.
If the New Election Commission Fail
the Postal Plan Will Have
Its First Trial.

The Junta is ready to hold it's little
family primary for the election of new
general committee now. Max Pepper, w.
P. Sullivan, Samuel Braunhart and Gavin
McNab, the active and ostensble leaders.
and John Daggett, Sam Rainev and the
other anti-Ruckley powers in the back
ground, are waiting only for the decision
of the Supreme Court on the legality of
the new election commission.
1t having been arranged that the election
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
BAR ASSOCIATION OFFICERS.
Robert Y. Hayne Chosen President 70
the Ensuing Year.

Following is list of officers of the Bar
Association elected at the meeting held
January IL, to serve for the year 1896
Robert Y. Hayne, president; William H.
Fifeld, senior president; a. q. Free
man, Junior vice president; e. B. Holla-
day, recording secretary; Warren Gregory,
CORES bonding secretary; John M. Bur
nett, treasurer; Alfred Wheeler. NJ. B.
Kellogg, w. a. Plunkett, E. H. Rixford,
w. T. Herrin, trustees.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
Willing to Come Back.

Chief Crowley received dispatch yesterday
morning from Detective Anthony, New York,
that ex-District Attorney Page of this City was
willing to return without raising any obiec-
tions The probability is that Anthony would
leave Mt once with his prisoner. Page is under
Indictment for embezzling $4,000 belonging to
en- insane ward.
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AUCTION SALES.

Pv Jorx II. French. - This day Tuesday,,
Watches, Jewe,yy, etc, al ~ montgomery ST.
RV To~ RHEIN Co.-Thursdav. January Is,
Real Estate, al Salesroom, 5l3 California street,
at . o'clock
IAsroN & FLDRmGE.-Tuesday. January 81.
Real Estate, at SIS Market street, at u O'Clock
noon.
BALDWIN 4 HAspdOND.-Thursday, January %,
Real Estate, 81 10 Montgomery 81.
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Thirty.ninth, 242-459; Fortieth, s23691:
Forty-frst, 4S9-941; Forty-second. 190-293 !;
Forty-third, 203-34S; Forty fourth, 366-536;
Forty-ffth 251-3S5.
1t is not now anticipated that the State
committee will meet before the latter part
OF February.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
ADJUSTMENTS.

Baldwin THEATER.-''The Love ChsSs'
CALIFORNIA THEATER-" OtheIlo'
COLUMBIA THFATER-"The senator
MoRosco's OPERA HOUSE, Long Lane
Trvo1T OPERA HousE.-'sIxion; or, The Man OF
the " heel
ORPHEuM-H igh-CIass Vaudeville.
IRovrR-s ATcAzAri-'. Ny Precious Baby"
v1AvI HA1T-2s04 Van Ness avenue" Health
Talks 20 mothers and daughters, tomorrow
afternoon. NJ , 80 o'CocR
SHOOT THF CHUTEs--D1liy AZ AI"-SH' s'iee0
CLe l!ock cast OF the Park
PACIFIC CoAsrJocEEY CLUR.-Races,
Willmar tribune., 1896-12-01
HE DEFlES UNCLE SAM.

Spanish Premier Gets Excited In Dr.
cussfnE the Situation IN Cuba.
NEW YORK, Nov. 26.-The World
prints statement by Senior Jose de
Armas-C Cardenas, diplomatic agent of
the Cuban republic, who claims to have
visited Spain to negotiate for sale Of
Cuba to the Cubans. The purchase
price, he asserts, was to be 500, ,OO0, 600.
he describes two interviews with Pre-
mier Canovas He says that Canovas
promised reform If the Cubans would
abandon the fight. Cardenas suggested
that an arrangement be made by which
the United States guarantee the fulfill
ment Of SPANS promises. At this, Ca
nOvas burst out:
'tNeverl A nation Of tradesmen
guarantee the word Of Spain? Never
The United States are responsible for
every thing that Is taking place in Cuba.
They are the true authors of the war,
aud I guarantee you that It Spain loses
Cuba the United States VIII pay Spain
what Cuba IS worth. The Mora dam.
ages are now costing them dear. The
mdemnities which Spain has asked Of
them amount to . hundred times more.
They threaten Europe with the Monroe
doctrine, and Spain, in the interest d
Europe, viii take up the gauntlet Dc
not speak to me about the United States
med,ating. Spain viii fight, and il
they do not wish the Spanish Gag Il
float IN Cuba they VIII have to obtain il
- q s.s
Willmar tribune., 1896-12-01
THOUSAAuo DEAD
WEYLER's MEN NET WITH FEAR
z Full SLAUGHTER,

.AeoordIag to- nm Account Brought 70
Jaeksonvills By One of 11aeeos Aides.
Dynamite 1LI1e Expioded by Insar-
8. ssnts-Other Cebaa News. "e@.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Nov. 27.-Colo-
mel Jose Reyes, de-de-camp of Gen.
eral Maceo, wounded and en- route to
New York for medical treatment and
with dispatches to the junta, passed
through here Thursday. He says the
fighting in the Rubi hills Of Pinar del
Rio was the most sanguinary battle Of
the war. He claims that 2,0OO of Wey-
ler's men were killed in two days and
twice as many wounded
Weyler went into the field with 35.-
GOO men in three columns, one of 1900
under himself, one of 10000 under Cen
eral Echague and a third of 10000 un-
der General Munoz. They found Ma
Geo entrenched in crescent shaped
range OF hills. When at the foot of the
hills the Spaniards were
Met With q w'therins Fire
that cut gaps in their ranks. Maceo's
men shot from behind rocks and trees
and gradually gave way before the
Spaniards, who, encouraged by what
they thought to be victory, hotly pur-
sued Suddenly a deafening explosion
rent the air and scene followed some
what like the mine horror at Peters.
burg during the civil war. Horses and
men We're blown high in the air and
fell to earth dead and mangled. The
dynamite mine was touched off by
John Linn, formerly of this city, who
is Maceo's electrician. Maceo then let
loose his dynamite guns, prepared by
Linn, and more havoc was wrought. In
;he mine explosion Colonel Reyes says
Weyler
Lost Seven Hundred Men Killed
and 500 more in the charge, besides
1.60O wounded. Next day Maceo,
knowing of the reserve force under
Weyle-, retreated to even a stronger po-
sition. There he was attacked by the
column under Echague, who was
roundly thrashed and driven from the
field, losing 800 men killed, besides
1900 wounded.
Next day Aaceo retreated again,
maneuvering all the while to entraI
Weyler into field that had been
honeycombed with dynamite.
Meanwhile, however, General Wey'
Ter, hearing that there was danger o1
an uprising in Havana, because Of hi:
failure to crush Maceo, fastened bach
to that city.
Willmar tribune., 1896-12-01
GONE TO TRY IT AGAIN.

General Wey1er Leaves Havana to Re-
suma Command of Spanish Forces.
HAVANA, Nov. 28.-Captain General
Weyler has left Havana on board the
Spanish cruiser La Gszpi for Mariel.
province of Pinar del Rio, where he
will resume personal command of the
Spanish forces operating against the
insurgents.
Later reports show that Captain Gen
eral Weyler arrived safely at Mariel
and Immediately started for Artemisa
From there the captain general went
on to Vuelta Abajo by train, leaving
the cavalry and Brigadier General
Calixto Ruiz to join him later.
General Echague is recovering from
his wound in the thigh It has beer
determined upon medical consultation
not to extract q ball General Weyle1
is accompanied by nis chief of staff
General Escr1bano. and his aide-de.
camps.
Denies tho Story of Defeat.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press called upon the chief of staff here
and informed him that a dispatch re-
ceived in New York from Jacksonville
Fla, stated that General Weyler, dur
ing the recent campaign in Pinar de
Rio, lost 700 men killed and 1,60(
wounded BY the explosion OF an msur:
gent mine, and that {. 200 men of the
Spanish force were killed and 4,0G
wounded during the two days fighting
in the Rubi hills. The chief of stat
stated that there was no truth in tht
statements made, that NO mines wert
exploded by the insurgents. that ther'
had not been two days fighting ani
that the report Of the engagement
cabled to the Associated Press at tn.
time was correct in every particular.