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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-19

old orchard and the new orchard which
Mr.. Palmer planted not long ago. This
finishing touch to Log Cabin Firm
makes that property mucn more deslra-
BILE than ever. Its 657 acres are laid
like an English parterre. Senator
Palmer is fond of nice houses When
he went to Washington he did not rent,
as most statesmen do, but bought lot
and put mp his own brownstone palace
on Mcpherson Square.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-19
seemed ReasonabIe.

ION what ground" asked the court
''does the petitioner base his demand
for changing his manner"
ION the ground" replied the petit
toners attorney, that he was not con-
suited when his parents, who were
Methodists, gave him the name Of John
wesley, He now wishes to have. 1t
legally changed, to Roger Williams, so
he can Join the Baptists quietly and
without attracting undue attention.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-19
BANNERS NEW HOME.

Worlds Fair President Has a Hand.
come Residence Near Detroit.
Ex-senator Thomas w. Palmer, who
was the president Of the Columbian
Exposition Commission, Ia building a
new house on his wonderful farm near
Detroit The house will be thiag of
beauty, and will be the only perfectly
fireproof dwelling in the country round
about 1t. The architecture Is to be OF
the colonial type, the material Of red
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-19

there was a small ocean between her
and the center Of the street, says, a
New York paper. What shall l dor
she thought to herself, looking anxious
ly around. "Just step on my foot
madam" said an audible voice, answer.
ing her mental question. In front Of
her stood a rough-looking workman,
his foot In the middle Of the gutter
stream and his hand outstretched. She
took the hand, and, with the utmost
courtesy, almost with an air of chivalry,
she was handed carefully across.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-19

Managing Editor-Send the chief ar
fist out on that suicide story, will you !
kssistant-Not safe, I'm afraid. He's
drunk to-day. Managing Editor-That
so? Well-then have him make pos
ter for us!-Truth. .,,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-19

Gallantry in the Rough. !,
1t was just after a severe rain. The
cutters were flooded. She WAS tired
after her shopping expedition and anx-
ious to get the first car for home, but
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-19
VENTILATED SHOES.

They Have Reen Invented by a Salt
Lake City Genius.
Mr.. Matthew Hilgert, Of Salt Lake
City, has invented a ventilated shoe.
The shoe has Illuminated insole having
three air channels leading from COM
mon source in the heel. The hole in the
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-19

Everything is easy after you once
learn to ride a wheel" Eyes; you're so
badly smashed up in the effort that you
can stand anything then."-Philadel-
phla North American.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-19

How people long for undisturbed
peace, as they grow Olderl And how
the band plays on just the samel
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-19

heel is supplied with a spring acting
ON the principle of bellows, and at
every step the air is forced through the
channels provided and around the'shoe
nv the motions Of the foot
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-19

O. o. F.-CALDwELL LODGE, No. TO- Hall new
brick building. Regular meeting Wednes.
Nv evening each week. Visiting brethren
cordially invited to attend. Il
"A E. GIBSON, W. G. MCKENZIE,
Secretary. Noble Grand
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-19

UNCAMPMENT.-TEAPL EEcAMPMEET, No. 8,
III l. o.. o. F. Meets the second and fourth
Gonday in each month at Odd Fellows Hall
Visiting Patriarchs made welcome.
AK STEUNENBERG JOHN ZEHNER,
hta- Scribe. Chief Patriarch,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-19
Professional Cards
JOHN T. MORRISON

lTT0RNEY AT LAW-All legal business will
a have prompt and careful attention. Office
Caldwell Butchering Co. building, upstairs.
Cara w6II. Idaho. -
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-19

IF,&A. M.-EssESE LODGE, No. %. A. r, IA.
A, NJ Regular communications held at the
Masonic hall on the Saturday on or after full
moon. Members of sister lodges and sojOurning
Brethren in good standing cordially invited to
D. ' E. smrHsoN, Secretary. W. M
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-10

agent-to make him a better Judge of
signatures than bank cashier.
During his year as a train agent Mr..
Murray said be had taken up ITO tickets.
He had made three errors; Martin ticket
was one, and then two others. General
Barnes then asked how many of the re-
naming 167 We're stolen ana how many
we're scalped, but Mr.. Delmas didn't see
the relevancy of such testimony, and he
said so. Then there was a long argument
on the point, which ended in a ruling of
the court that the questions were mad
missible. During the argument General
that the test signature had been purposeiy
miswritten, and Mr.. Delmas took occasion
to remark that if such state of things
could be proven he would at once drop the
case.
John J. Wiegeliner of the California
Wine Association testified that he had
sold carload of wine to Mr.. Martin on
credit, and that he had looked up Mr..
Martin before doing so. He found his
character good, and his draft for the wine
was honored when presented.
III. c. Hubbard, the train agent for the
run between Oakland and Sacramento,
testified that he asked Martin to write his
name, but the signature thus secured was
not satisfactory. 1t was not produced in
court, however. He then had asked Mar
tin for second signature, and this proved
more satisfactory. This was submitted as
evidence. Mr.. Delmas wanted to see the
unsatisfactory one, as he was fully con-
vinced IL was like the one on the draft, but
the railroad people had lost the signature.
The case went over until next Monday,
after the arguments by counsel had been
concluded.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-10
SLAVERY IN CHINATOWN.
A Young Girl Brought From
Portland and Offered
for Sale.
She Was Rescued and Is Now an In
mate of the Presbyterian
Mission Home

The fact that slavery is practiced among
the Chinese In this City has been fire.
quently commented upon and further
illustration has just come to light.
On March % Yen King a comely Chi
nese woman, % years of age, arrived here
from Portland, Or, accompanied by Sic
Cling and Sic Puck, two hi hbinders. They
offered her for sale in Chinatown and the
female keeper Of a house of ill-fame had
agreed to purchase her for $500. The price
was SO cheap that she became suspicious,
and thinking there was something crooked
about the transaction she refused to carry
out the agreement.
Yen Kings cousins on Wednesday OBJ
tanned a warrant for her arrest on the
charge of vagrancy, so as to get her out of
the hands Of the two highbinders, and
t at night she was taken to the California
street police station.
She was released on bail and was taken
to the Presbyterian Chinese Mission Home
on Sacramento street. Yesterday morn
ing, accompanied by Miss Cu1bertson,
Yen King appeared before Judge Low.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-10
FIFTY THOUSAND SURPLUS
Masons Differ as to How the
Money Should Be Ex-
pended.
The Cemetery Managers Have the
Funis and the Relief Board
Wants Possession.

The Masonic Cemetery Association has
$50, 900 surplus on hand, end the different
lodges of the order in San Francisco have
asked TO have it dispensed through the
regular channel for charitable purposes.
This the cemetery managers refuses to
do and the order has appointed a COM
mittee to confer with them and decide on
some course satisfactory to all. The board
of relief is hard pressed for ready cash and
consequently is making hard fight for the
possession of the money in question, as the
draw upon the charitable fund is large and
pressing.
The Oriental Lodge was the first to make
a move in the premises. lis claimed that
under law passed by the State Legisla-
ture some years ago the Cemetery Assooia-
ton. since the Masonic order controls it's
own cemetery, is obliged to turn over any
surplus money derived from the sale and
care of burial lots, after the actual expenses
of the cemetery have been paid, for the
purposes OF relief.
Chairman Davis of the boa I'd of trustees
of the Cemetery Association says that the
surplus now on hand will be needed in
making proposed extensions to the ce me-
terry. and should the money be expended
in other directions it would be impossible
to begin the work at all.
Chairman Countryman and others of the
special committee appointed by the differ
ent lodges feel that the matter win be
amicably adjusted without appeals to the
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-10
RAILROAD OFFICERS.
The Results of the Election Not Ex.
actly as Was Generally
Expected.

At the meeting of the newly elected di-
rectors of the Southern Pacific Company
yesterday the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: President,
C. P. Huntington; first vice-president, c.
F. Crocker; second vice-president, T. II.
Hubbard; third vice-president, J. c.
Stubbs; treasurer, n. t. Smith; secre-
tary and assistant controller, E. C. Wright;
controller, William Mahl; assistant secre-
taries, G. T. Krets and J. +. Gates.
Considerable surprise was created among
many of the railroad people by the election
of Mr.. Hubbard to be second vice president,
as it was the general idea that Mr.. Stubbs
would be advanced to that office. The
fact that Mr.. Hubbard has accepted
the position of second vice. president in
stead of remaining simply a director as
heretofore is believed to presage a more
active interest in the affairs of the corpor-
alton, and the advocacy of policy tn at
will tend less to antagonize the public tina
that hitherto pursued.
The disposition of the offices held by the
late G. L. LansIng-those of controller ana
secretary-was also unexpected. 1t was
believed that Mr.. Klink, one of the princi-
pal clerks under Mr. Lansing, would fall in
for promotion. E. c. Wright, the new
secretary, was formerly general auditor.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-10
MURRAY THE TRAIN AGENT
He Was an Expert in Sigma
lures and Hand.
writing.
SOME INTERESTING EVIDENCE.
Chirography Which Passed a Bank
Teller Was Refused on
the Train.

The plaintiffs side of the Martin case is
all in, and it rests now with the railroad
to explain why it was that good ticket
was confiscated because train agent
thought it was "scalped."
This same train agent was named Muir
ray. He was on the stand during the day
to tell how it was he detected a difference
between the signature George Martin put
on his ticket and the one he wrote after
ward for the train agent. The first was
signed at ticket window, the second was
written on a moving train, and when
Murray, the train agent, compared the
two he thought he found difference and
took up the ticket.
Under Delmas' cross-examlnation Muir
raw said he was on the run from Sacra-
mento east. He saw Martin on the train
and took a look at his ticket. He de-
manded signature, sort OF sample, and
when it was written at the rate of thirty
miles an hour he found difference. He
demanded another signature soon after
and then demanded further Identification.
II was shown Martins business card and
/ he name on his valise, but he wanted to
see drafts and checks, and when these
were not forthcoming he took the ticket up.
He was shown signature on draft-one
which had been honored by bank-and
he said it was Martins. 1t was similar to
the one that had been made for the train
agent and this was acknowledged, but
what the bank had accepted for several
| hundreds of dollars the train agent had
refused for the last fraction OF return
ticket because he thought the defendants
signatures did not look just alike.
Da1ta fhop innJlirpd into MnrrqU'l
qualifications as writing expert-as a
comparer of valuable signatures. He
found that Murray had been train agent
for year. A train agent is man who
can see scaIped ticket through two
| foot brick wall and who can reach for it
even after it has left the Southern Pacific
lines. He was promoted to this position
of train agent for five years successful
service as conductor. The conductors S
hat was worn after years of service twist
ing brake wheel. He fitted himself for
a brakeman's position by serving at the
plow for eleven years. He was farmer
then. he said, and through all these po-
sitions he had been studying handwriting
to qualify himself for the position OF train
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-10
Noble Work Being Done at the
Youths Directory in the
Mission.
TALENT FOUND IN THE GUTTER
Monsignor Nugent's Seeds Are Show.
Ing an Abundant Harvest All Over
the World.

The visit to this City of Monsignor
Nugent, the genial, kindly old man who
has devoted lifetime to aleviating the
hard conditions surrounding the waits of
great cities all over the wide world and to
successful study of the most difficult
child problem, or, in other words, the
fashioning of useful men from material in
the gutter, revives interest in the good
work IN this same line which is being
carried on by the Rev. Father Crowley at
the Youths Directory on Howard street.
This charitable institution is but the
first OF the seeds sown long ago by Mon
slgnor Nugent in Liverpool.
This eminent churchman will deliver on
next Sunday evening, at Metropolitan
Temple, lecture entitled ''Monsignor
Nugent's Story: The Waits and Strays, or
Pictures of Street Life in England" Ex-
ceedingly few men possess as much prac-
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-10
TO PRISON FOR LIFE.
Nichoias Claussen Found Guilty and
his Punishment Limited by
the Jury.

Nicholas Claussen has escaped with his
lie, but he must spend the remainder of it
oehlnd prison bars. The jury returned a
verdict yesterday morning. after being out
from half-past o'clock on Wednesday.
Claussen had murdered his wife-a cold
blooded murder, done in the presence of his
little son, and done, as he himself after
ward said, for fun. The evidence at the
trial showed that Claussen and his wife
had had a quarrel and that right after
ward Claussen left the house and went to
.pawnshop on Fourth street, where he
asked for pistol. One was shown to him,
and, after beating down the price to 81 so,
he took the pistol and asked the clerk to
show him how to load it. The clerk did
So ana gave him some cartridges, and,
taking the pistol, Claussen returned home.
He found his wife lying on the bed and,
without speaking, he shot her three times.
The first ballot taken showed four jurors
in favor of hanging, five for life imprison-'
ment, two for murder in the second degree
and one for manslaughter. The jurymen
were: Henry Schussler, Charles A. Slack,
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-10

tical experience with destitute and home
less children as he. and for this reason and
the vast amount of real good he has been
instrumental in doing his remarks will be
interesting and instructive.
The Youths Directory, under the di-
rectorship OF Father Crowley, IS conducted
according to the lines first laid down by
Monsignor Nugent. Since March l, 1895,
the institution has offered shelter to 461
children, many of whom we're sent by
parents and relatives, large number by
members of st. Joseph's Union and several
y the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
, Children. The following table shows
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-10
They were disposed OF as follows:

A glance at the first division of the list
will show that the work has widened
month by month. The accommodations
of the house will 1ot allow of lodging more
than seventy-tive at once.
Ten years ago the present site was pur-
chased and the present structure was built
Since that time the institution has under
gone many vicissitudes, but by generous
donations has always succeeded in sur
mounting its difficulties. Neither the
State nor the County has ever granted the
slightest appropriation, and the institution
is maintained solely by voluntary offer
ings.
Father Crowley, speaking of the work
done said yesterday: 1--WE take children
of all nationalities and creeds. The little
street arabs can always find hospitable
home open here to receive them, where
their temporary wants will be supplied
and assistance in procuring permanent
homes or employment rendered them.
"We believe here that prevention and
protection from evil ways are far more
valuable than remedy after the child has
grown to be man habituated to wrong
doing This is the cheapest method and
the best.
"We also believe that our duty of charity
lies at home as well as abroad, and here in
this City, where 10000 children are run
ming a bout the streets, shooting craps and
smoking cigarettes, we find a wide field
for usefulness.
"We have some trouble with the little
fellows at first. We have to watch them
to prevent their running away, but after
few days they acquire liking for the
place and soon begin to consider it their
home We send them to the public
schools and their teachers give always
good reports of them, saying they are, as
rule, bright, intelligent boys and easily
governed. Here our government is al
most perfect. We exercise mildness and
firmness, and only in the most obstinate
cases do we resort to corporal punishment
During my connection with the institu-
ton we have turned out 1900 boys, and out
of this number only four have proved in
corrigible Monsignor Nugent himself
says he has found much talent in the
gutter, and many of my boys hold re-
sponsible positions to-day. Much more
can be done with abandoned boys than
people think; they simply need to be
handled rightly"
The interior of the building shows that
the wants of the boys are very comfortably
provided for indeed. There are reading
rooms, billiard-rooms and libraries. The
dining-room and the dormitories are cozy
and neat. The rooms are all well lighted
and aired. A good-sized chapel is on the
second floor.
A lecture is given three times a week,
generally illustrated with stereopticnn
views Behind the building there is
large, sunny playground.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-10

Her cousins and ex-Judge Lawler, their
attorney, were also present in court. After
hearing the facts in the case the Judge
dismissed the charge of vagrancy, and Yen
King was taken back to the Presbyterian
Mission Home, where she now is.
A warrant was Immediately sworn out
before Judge Low for the arrest of Sic
Cling and Sick Puck, the two highbinders,
on the charge of kidnapping Yen King,
under section 754 of the Penal Code.
About week ago ex-Judge Lawler was
nese merchant from a life of slavery.
She had been kidnapped and traced
to Courtland, where she was found in a
horrible condition. Her abductors, upon
finding that she was discovered, lashed
her face SO as to disfgure her for life if
possible. She is now living again with
her husband in Chinatown.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-10

Mr.. Pillsbury, refreshed by a night of
sweet repose, proceeded on his way of
words and addressed himself sometimes
70 the court and more often to Mr..
Hayne, who acted as the picador OF the
legal bull-ight, jabbing into the baited
animal questions rather in the nature OF
satirical comments upon the railroad side
Of the controversy than inquiries for in
formation.
Mr.. Pillsbury died gameIy in the ring
at 3:15 P. NJ. and the spectators were dis
missed. This morning Mr.. Hayne, with
fire in his eye and snorting defiance at the
locomotive, will paw up the arena and
lower his head for the battle shock.
Mr.. Pillsbury handled millions again
yesterday afternoon. He argued that
taking the Attorney-General's method of
presenting the question the excess of gross
earnings of the road over operating ex-
penses, including additions, improvements
and betterments. was 1924, 500 SO in 1895,
and SO, ,558, ,S73 II in 1894, decrease of
$1.31l, 1854 81.
Leaving those millions to rest and draw
interest for while the speaker turned to
the consideration of the constitutionahty
of the California law. He cited the Mime
sofa statute, which had been held invalid
and void because 1t provided tor rates
which should be conclusive. The Cali
fornia law expressly provides for conclu-
sIve rates everywhere. If, under the
Minnesota statute, the Board of Railway
commissioners could establish only con-
elusive rates the same would be the case
under the California statute.
Suppose tnat the Board of Railroad
Commissioners of this State had added a
proviso when establishing the % per cent
reduction to the effect that the question of
the reasona bleness OF this 25. per cent
reduction might be inquired into by any
court OF competent jurisdiction, such a
prOYIso would be of no force or effect
because it would not be within the scope
OF their power, their constitutional
authority being to fix conclusive rates and
none other. Even if the rates were fair
and reasona bic their inclusive character
would not be changed by that presump-
ton.
The Minnesota statute was declared in
valid because it made no provision for
ascertainlng the reason aoleness of the
rates after declaring that they were con-
elusive. In the California constitution
there is no provision for determining the
fairness of the rates liked by the Raj iroad
Commissioners.
If the conclusive provision in the con-
stitutlon is valid what business have we
here in court inquiring into the reason
ableness OF the reduction?" asked Mr..
Pillsbu7y. The only thing to do is to
eliminate it
The case of Pollock against the Farmers
Loan and Trust Company was cited to
show that Chief Justice Brewer had re-
ferred to the debates in the constitutional
convention, and al so to the arguments ad-
dressed 10 the legislatures Of the several
States, in order that he might determine
precisely what was meant by direct taxa
ton.
Judge McKenna remarked that the Cali
fornia constitutional convention commit
tee reported the amendment without the
conclusive character, that having been
added by an amendment after the COM
mittee had reported. The court added
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-10

that Mr.. Herriu had contended in his
argument that no commission would have
been appointed by the constitutional con-
vention unless the rates to be fixed by the
commission would be deemed conclusive.
The constitution itself shows sufficiently
without the aid of the debates that the
rates were intended to be conclusive
Mr. Pillsbury concluded his argument
With the hope that the court would grant
an injunction against the Railroad Com
mlssioners until the question of the rea-
Sonaoienes should have been determined
by the courts.
Mr.; Hayne will begin his argument on
behalf OF the people TINS morning.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-10
The Fire Department.

The Fire Commissioners yesterday accepted
the designations of Charles F. MeDermott of
engine 80, James Spellman and George Taylor
OF engine Is. ]. ]. Murphy or truck 5 was put
on the pension list at half pay. j. J. Harrigan
of engine 81 was dismissed from the depart
ment for drunkenness. Wallace Jameson and
Steve Spellman of engine 6 were tried for
drunkenness and insubordination. The charge
of drunkenness was not sustained. but they
were each fined fifteen days pay for insubor-
dinatiOn. =
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-10
Stole a Money Order

Gustave R. E. Braunschweiger was convicted
in the United States District Court yesterday
of extracting money order from letter and
cashing 1t. The order was for $50 and came in
q letter addressed to Edward Braunschweiger
a nephew of the prisoner, and for whom he,
formerly worked. Sentence was reserved untilt
Monday.