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The San Francisco call., 1896-05-31

diamonds trumps. North to lead
T. Z. Otis, president of the New Jersey
Whist Association and whist editor of the
Newark IN. - News, in an article of May
Goth says:
''The Brooklyn Whist Clubs con-
gressional' team again defeated the short
suit team of the whist club of New York
City Friday evening of last week. 1t was
the modern game of whist (long suit
against that camphor-s soaked game that
was put away twenty years ago upon the
curiosity whist shelf. The individual
playing strength of the winners and losers
was about equal, with slight advantage
as regards experience with the latter.
One of the brightest players of this New
York whist team remarked after this game
that in order to win against good PLAYERS
they must change the system which they
now play"
R. B. Galley, president of the Linda
Vista Whist Club of Oakland, is visiting
the whist clubs of Portland, Tacoma and
Seattle. He reports great interest in the
game in the Northwest.
THE CALL suggests to the tournament
committee in charge of affairs at the
Brooklyn congress that they notify every
team or pair that enters tournament
that they must play their cards at the
whist table as the law directs "well
toward the center of the table, and not
allow them to be dropped down on the
very edge.
r. +. Foster, whist editor of the New
York Sun, says the whist-players OF the
Union League Club in Philadelphia have
at last succeeded in getting permission to
indulge in their favorite game within the
walls of the clubhouse. They have agi-
tated the card question for several years,
but always unsuccessfully, it being the
opinion of many members that cards OF
any kind would be followed by gam bling
in some form. In such clubs as restrict
card games to whist, this has never been
the case. Whist is about the poorest game
in the world to gamble at.
The Trist Duplicate Whist Club of this
City has very novel scheme on foot fol
entertaining Eastern minister's and giving
them the style of game they prefer, oil
whist as you like it," Since the organ,
ization of this prosperous little club the
whist visitors from different parts of the
East who have been entertained have such
a great variety of play the whist commit.
tee found it necessary to arrange severa
systems of polyglOt play and have each
system numbered. The visitor is handed
these numbered cards, when he selects the
style of game he prefers; then he is pro
vided with partner. The club is fortu.
nate in this respect. They have one gen
eral all-round whist athlete who can speal
the language OF the game in seven different
tongues.
The 1896 series of ladies' nights at tn,
great Hamilton Whist Club of Philadel
phia closed Monday evening, May Is, aftel
long series of delightful whist evenings
Mrs. Robert Lowrie won the Hamilton
souvenir for the high score of the season
These enjoyable reunions will start il
again early in October.
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A few of the students of the Trist Dupli-
cate Whist Club are trying all the fads
that the whist wind" (as Mrs. Atwater
calls it) blows this way. One that seems
to have more merit thanlthe balance COM
bined, and is no doubt trick-winner, IS
the irregular opening lead from your best
suit to call for trump lead through an
honor turned. The team in practice that
hopes to represent the club at the Brook
lyn Whist Congress has extended the
principle little.
The modus operandi is as follows: First
we will state the principle, which Is:
When you are the opening or original
leader and an honor is turned on your
right and you want to lead trumps, but
much prefer to have lead of trumps come
to you through that honor, make call
in your opening lead. This is done by
selecting a card from your strongest suit
which your partner will know is not
conventional lead.
For example, you hold king, queen, ten,
nine, seven of hearts. Queen of clubs
turned to your right. If you opened with
the ten or nine it would, of course, be an
irregular lead and, no doubt, your partner
would know it at once. In making this
lead you ask your partner, when he gets
in, to lead you a trump, and the best one
he has, regardless of mum Der.
The extension of this principle is: With
any other card turned, you being fairly
strong in trumps, you make the irregular
lead from your best suit just the same.
You say. partner, the minute you see
my suit is probably established get in, il
possible, and lead me a trump and in your
lead tell me how many you hold, the
usual way in answer to call.
The following deal came in play at a
compass match at the Trist Duplicate
Club rooms visitors night last week, and
is beautiful illustration of this play,
Two north and south pairs, Mr.. Singer
and Mr.. Sutton, Professor Havard and
partner, who are trying this play, MADE
twelve tricks each; the most that was
made by any other pair playing the same
way was eight tricks:
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GALLAGHER HEIRS AGREE.
They Accept $50, 900 From the Cathol
Church and Stop Litigation.


Church and Stop Litigation.
The heirs of Mrs. Ellen Gallagher have
ceased to contest the distribution of the old
lady's property. A compromise has been
reached and Archbishop Riordan has agreed
to deed to the heirs property on the corner of
Fourth and Folsom streets. valued at $50, 900
and bequeathed, with other real estate to the
Catholic church by the deceased This ar
rangement is said TO be agreeable to all con-
cerned
When Mrs. Gallagher died a little over a year
ago she left an estate valued at $ISO.OOO. over
which she had named Father Nugent as ex-
ecutor. He applied for letters testamentary,
and the heirs entered protest, claim ing that
he had used undue influence in securing a
large bequest for the church. The evidence
showed, however, that Mrs. Gallagher had acted
in accordance with an earlier expressed wish
of her husband.
The heirs were dissatisfied and again pro-
tested the recent compromise being the re-
suit. Mrs. Gallagher's brother, James McCul-
lom of Ireland, her two nieces, Mrs. Rose Kelly
of Ireland and Mrs. ]. Dowd of Philadelphia
and her nephews, Peter Collins and James Col
Inns of Philadelphia, are the only heirs Their
living at distance from this City was one of
the inducements to save expenses and COM
promise.
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Suspicious Characters Arrested.

At an early hour yesterday morning officer
J. F. Murphy, on Mission street, near Sixth,
met James Herbert and Joseph Rundling, both
young men, carrying heavy package Contain
ing clothes hooks, door bells and other articles
of house hardware. AS they could not give an
explanation as TO where they obtained the
stuff he took them to the police station. 1t is
believed that they are of the number who for
some time past have been entering and strip
ping vacant houses of all portable valuables
which could be sold for junk. Owners for the
property found are wanted at police head
quarters
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SWEEPING REDUCTIONS
INACCURATE
OUR GREAT
SACRIFICE CLEARANCE SALE!

We begin MONTH
LER THAN USUAL this account of the TREMENDOUS
QUANTITY OF GOODS TO BE DISPOSED OF which, owing
exceptionally and backwadnesS
of the is of such magnitude that WE ARE COMPELLED
TO SACRIFICE CONSIDERATION VALUE impera-
tive necessity of forcing out this surplus
Below few sample quotations from
Silk Departments which emphasize the MATTER
OF ECONOMY NO LADY CAN AFFORD MISS ATTENDING
THIS GREAT SALE EARLY the lines offered ALL NEW,
FRESH UPTO-DATE STYLES which have marked down
for clearance
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A MERE FRACTION OF CURRENT RETAIL PRICES
SILK DEPARTMENT!

~
dow pm 65cto ward
% ON o ard
o
At SO Cents yard.
rom to yad
"a
and o &c yard
reduced
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WHISTLETS.

Continued experiments with the low
lead from ace and four or more small show
the lead of the small card Fourth best) to
be a winner, regardless of trump-holding; !;
and the lead is becoming more popular
This changes the relative value of king or
queen in second hand when only once
guarded. Should second hand treat these
cards in plain suits the same as trumps?
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is EN- bellished with face like some myth
illogical god, serpents trailing their sinewy
folds, making up a splendid background.
The whole is inlaid with mother-of- pearl,
creating the impression that it was the
work of the Aztecs.
Mr.. Collier has been offered almost fab
ulous sums for this relic, but declares that
he would not part with IL for any consid-
Grafton. Mr.. Collier has also come into
possession of the costume worn by John
Mccullough in the first act of Richard
I'll, which he prizes very highly.
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OWNED BY BLACK HAWK,
Edmund Collier, the Actor, Has
a Knife Once Carried by
This Chieftain.
Presented to Forrest for His Excellent
Interpretation of Indian
Character.

Edmund Collier, renowned in the theatri-
cal world as clever interpreter of the
legitimate, is now playing to large houses
in this City. he is the proud owner of a
scalping knife once the property of the
famous indian chief Black Hawk:
1t is not so m uch on this account that
Mr.. Collier treasures the rusty, blood
stained blade of steel with its exquisitely
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~LittIe Fires"

This afternoon ct 3 O'clock Rev. W. A. Gardi-
per will deliver an address before the Young
Mems Christian Association at their hall, Ma
son and Ellis streets, on the subject Little
Fires" Mr. Gardiner presents his subject in a
most able interesting manner and never fails
TO please his audience Seats free TO all young
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WITH THE WHIST-PL AYERS.

Howell. Whitfield & Hamilton will have
to revise their table of probabilities.
President Theo Schwarz of the Ameri-
can Whist League has issued call for
the annual meeting of the executive COM
mittee. 1t is to be held at the Oriental
Hotel, Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, N. Y,
at IL o'clock in the forenoon of Saturday,
June 20. Congress opens on the 22d.
A very unusual occurrence took place at
a whist table in the rooms of the San Fran
cisco Whist Club the other evening. The
hands given below were dealt, and ten
tricks out of the thirteen were taken
By one suit-trumps. 1t occurring at a two
table duplicate game with the est players
in the club, makes 1t still more interesting.
The deal was as follows:
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BLACK DRESS GOODS
at % Cents.


- 40 Cents
SERGE, former
will be o. at
me be out at ayard
LADIES' WAISTS On; GIG ANTo PURCHASE LADIES'
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Every man should read the advertisement OF
Thomas Slater on page 26 of this paper.
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20 AsHBURTON ROAD

soUTHsEA, Eng, May z, 1861
To the Whist Editor OF The CdIL-DEAR SIR: To
"Cavendish" is due the invention of the pen
ultimate from long suit. I advanced on this
and introduced the penultimate from five, the
antepenultimate from skin other words the
fourth best for the lead. (See page S5, cart of
the exact date when first adopted this sys-
TEN of play, but it was about 1872 or 1873. I
had well tested its value before wrote about
it. To call for trumos in the original lead
played as early as 1870, but limited this call
to when holding ace, king and small con-
sidered that with other cards the call would be
puZzling as regards the lead. The 'change of
suit' l first practiced in Nova Scotia about
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HI, z.
CO, ], 10, 9, z, 2. d.
n-6-
Four of Spades trnmps. South to lead.
1.-THE winning caro- is underscored.

Score: Ms, y; E.-W, ].
In answer to an article in THE CALL a
few weeks ago Major General A. w. Dray-
son writes as as follows:
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S.-A, 10, 4, 3
H.-A, ], g, 2
CO, 8
Do, ], 4
The oasis., 1896-07-25

Several of the rabid free silver papers in Arizona have commented upon sample Mckinley < Hobart shirt bosom sent them, and have as serted that no one in town would wear one. They simply lied. Arizona has many voters who will wear Me- Kinley shirt bosoms, and who will vote for Mckinley. Wednesday TIE OASIS received one. MT. j.. T. Brickwood donned it, and in q little while he was oyerrun with inquiries from staunch free silver republicans who believe in bi-metallism and know the republican party only can secure it, who wanted shirt bosom just like it. All in- qnirers MT. B. referred to c. F. All bright & Co.,, l51 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, who will send them for ten and fifteen cents each, accord ing to quality.
The oasis., 1896-07-25

Tuesday evening the track of the N. NJ. & A. railway between Fairbank and Benson was under water from an overflow of the San Pedro river, and the first bridge north of Fairbank was carried away. The train fom Benson due at Nogales at nine o'clock that evening was until eight o'clock We'd nesday morning getting through, and when it came the Southern Pacific was reported interrupted by washouts west of Tucson.
The oasis., 1896-07-25
MORALES NOTES.
Mexlcan poIlars, 5ll Q B.

sd Massey, the well known mining man is in Nogalcs.
 They are trying to reopen that smuggled carpet transaction.
 Try that delicious ice cream soda at the fountain Of Chenoweth X Mix
 Tuesday Mrs w F. Oyerton was quite i'll. She has since recovered.
 Captain L. w. Mix returned from trip te lIermoslllo Sunday morning.
 For Yankee notions of all sorts send toF. Von Borstel Guaymas, sonora. Yesterday Sehor lsmael Padilla of santa Ana, was visitor at Nogales- Ice cream Sundays and Thursdays in tne ladies dining room at the Hotel Cazabon.
 Doctor and Mrs. F. M Crandle of Fort iIuachuca, were visitors at No gales yesterday.
 Deputy t. S. Marshal Al Ezekiles was down from Tucson the latter part of last week.
 For staple and fancy groceries Of tAe best quality order of F. Won Bofstel, Guaymas.
 Last week Mr. F. R. HogSa went oyer to l.ochiel to put up q windmill fer Colin Cameron.
 Go to F. Von Borstel Guaymas, So- nora. for hardware and mining imple- mcnts of all kinds
 Wednesday evening Joha Benedict returned from Tucson, where he had been visiting some time
 Wednesday morning Geo. Weiland came up from Minas Prietas to visit few days with his family
 Tuesday Doctor Wclles received letter from Dr. Chcnoweth. He was in Chicago with his bride.
 Monday evening Mr. Geo. chyle re- turned from Blsbec where he had been visiting a couple Of weeks.
 Last Friday eyeningT r. Brodorick went to Calabasas to attend dance tliat was held in that burg
 Mr P. E. Doyle. who has been quite ill, was on the street yesterday for the first time in several weeks.
 BoRsi At Nogaies, Arizona, July 2Oth, 1896, to the wifeof J. J. Bushard of llermo,illo, sonora, a son.
 Last Saturday morning Mr Prank Wright came up from Minas Prietas, and will remain here several days.
 Wednesday morning MT Geo. E. Bent started for Guanaiuato, to en- gage miners for work at Fl Plomo-
 "A New Earth" will be the subject of Rev. lTealds sermon at the Congrc- gational church tomorrow morning.
 Tuesday morning Miss Pastora Jof- froy, who has been visiting relatives at Ures. Sonora, returned Co Nogalcs.
 Pocket Kodaks for sale by Chcno- wctli & Mix. Win take orders for larger sizes. Call and sec samples Of work.
 Monday morning Mir F. Becker went to Tombstone and Rucker Cali on to visit friends there week or ten days.
 Tuesday morning Mrs. Herbert J Wood, who has been visiting her mother Mrs. Reddoch, returned home to Benson.
 Tuesday morning MT. Geo. E. Bent, manager of the National Mexican Mining X Developing Co.,, came up from Altar.
 Monday six men and fourteen bosses were engaged in raising a heavy tele- ,l,opr ,fI, mn NTarlats oeaptto ,,aor
The oasis., 1896-07-25

Friday of last week Mounted h. spector George Webb captured Juan Romero, a smuggler, on the line west of Nogales He was disposed to resist and drew revolver. Inspector Webb covered him with Winchester and he immediately weakened. He was brought into town and Commissioner Taylor held him to appear before the U. s. grand jury.
The oasis., 1896-07-25

lin County Club.
 Yesterday morning couple of ''pe- ados" engaged in q fight on Morley avenue, and were run into the cala- boose.
 Sclor Francisco Lamarque of the firm of Bojorquez X Lamarque, at Her mosillo. was visitor at Nogales Thursday.
 Thursday morning Senor Pedro Cosca, of Cosca, Garcia X Co. of Guay- mas, passed Nogales cn route to San Francisco.
 Sunday Mir. and Mrs. Salvatore Mar tlnez, Messrs Guilebaldo Elias, r. SIcfe and Eduardo Braun went to Ci- buta on picnic.
 Saturday evening Dr. T. r. Berry, Of the IT. $. treasury department. was an arrival at Nogales, and remained here several days.
 Sunday there will be ball game on the flat near the lumber yard Two picked mines will play, the losers tc pay for a Ecgof beer.
 Wednesday morning Master Don Herrera went to the iIuachuca rancl os his father to pass couple ol months on the range.
 Unless you arc well shod you are not well dressed Go to R. Nasqucz ai the Rcd House aud hay rair Of ele gant and stylish shoes
 chambcr!aias Cough Remedy cure. colds, croup and 9hoopiug cough. II is pleasant, safe and reliable. Fol sale by Chcaoweth & Mx.
 Mr. ". B. Hunt of San Francisco representing the great tea, coffee and spice house Of schiiling & Co.,, was a visitor at Sogalcs Tuesday.
 Mrs Gee. E. Bent came mp from Fl Plomo with Mf Bent. Tuesday morn ing. and will remain at Nogales unti he returns from Guanaiuato.
 During the present week Mir. Leon Botdonaye, has been very i'll with . fever, which has delayed his departure for his home in Sqn Francisco.
 Lullcy X CaIsher, at the Casino have this week received a new combi nation pool and billiard table, direc' from the factory at Cincinnati.
 "Wednesday evening Captain Migue Bornic, manager Of Las Planchas Min ing Co.,, arrived from Fl Paso, and ol the following day went out to tn mines.
 Tuesday morning Mrs r. Herrera Miss Freda Herrera, and the IIerreri baby started for San Francisco Thel will visit in California two or thre, months.
 Just received samples Of shirts mad' to order from Sl.00 upwards. The all are a No. l shirts and fully wortl what wC ask for them Fieische Brothers.
 Monday evening Mr. A. Crawford O Santa Rosa, California, arrived at No gales, en route into Sonora, to lool over the country with view to in yestments.
 Sonora Montiio, mother of Senoriti Elena Montijo of Ilcrnosillo, arrived from the Sonora capital this week anC is visiting Nogaes, the guest of Sc noritas Ramirez.
 Miss Mariana Daz one of IIermo sillos most popular and charming young ladies will be a member of tn, party that is to arrive from the capi tai this morning.
 l1riday evening of last week Mrs. ]
The oasis., 1896-07-25

for ten and fifteen cents each, accord ing to quality.
 Lovers of good living will patronize P. Cazabon's hotel, restaurant and short order house, opposite the rail- road depot. Fresh fish, oysters and all other delicacies in their season. Fine wines and liqnors and tie best Mexican cigars. Private dining rooms, large, fight and well ventilated, on upper ilcor, where families and private parties can be made at home. Well furnished rooms for transient guests or regular boarders Open day and night.
 Friday evening of last week Mrs ard Miss Grace Mnnroc, wife and daughter of Conductor IT. J Munroe of the Sonora railway. arriycd from Phoenix, where they have resided for the past two years. Mr. Munrce came up from Carbo to meet them. They will resume their residence at Noga- les, which place they left when they went to Phmrix q couple of years ago
 Yesterday morning pr. Figueroa, acting governor of Sonora, arrived at Nogales with Mrs. Figueroa and the little ones, en route to San Francisco, where the children will be placed in school Mrs. C. J. Gonzales was with the party. Doctor Figueroa will re- main at Nogales day or two. The ladies and children continued their journey yesterday.
 Messrs England x Mccullough are clearing away tho old buildings prepa- tory to erecting a large fine structure ! for the store nf L. IIoryileur X Co. on the Sonora side of the line. The new building is to extend through from Calle Elias to Railroad avenue and the present "almacen'' of the firm will be included in its dimensions.
 Last Friday night on the track of the N. NJ. X A. railway, Jas. B. Mix came across an orphan pup which he has adopted. There is nothing pre- possessing about the 'animile," but Jim's tender heart was touched and and now tue canine is an adjunct to the International drug store.
 The heated term turns attention to negligee shirts You will and them in great variety of style and quality at the Boston Clothing House. We alsoscll the celebrated Jack Rabbittn pants Twice the wear for the same money that can be got out of any other garment.
 This week and last the warrants fer Company C, which were unstable for about a year past, have been sold to the Phoenix agency of large eastern financial institution, and as q conse- quence the company has paid its debts about town.
 Senor Juan Y. Luken the proprietor of "l.a Labor,' one of the largest and best kept haciendas in the state of So- nora, arrived yesterday accompanied by his wife. They came to attend the bah this eycuing.
 About the first of September the Nogaes Dramatic Association will begin the work of preparation for the fall and winter season. "Riu Grande1 will be the first play presented.
The oasis., 1896-07-25

Tuesday afternoon, when the arroyo was running with water from the heavy storm, drunken man jumped in at point near Colonel Fenochio's, on the Sonora side and was carried by the swift flow to the bridge on Inter- national street, where he was lassoed and pulled out, nearly drowned.
The oasis., 1896-07-25

Among the importations which crossed the line Wednesday were four teen carloads of ore from Sinaloa, en route to Denver and Pueblo, and two carloads of garbanzos, from the Rio Mayo, en route to Bilboa and Santan- der, Spain.
The oasis., 1896-07-25

Roadmaster George Montague of the Sonora and N. NJ. & A. railways, has his hands full nowadays, with the many washouts. He keeps on the road with tireless energy, both night and day, and is at the scene of any trouble in short order.
The oasis., 1896-07-25

We Sell the Best" Drew, Selby & Go. s fine shoes, combining all the lux uries of fit, style and quality, at prices which defy competition. The Red House-R. YasQuez.
The oasis., 1896-07-25

About the first of September the Nogales Dramatic Association will begin the work of preparation for the fall and winter season. "Rio Grande" will be the first play presented.
The oasis., 1896-07-25

Mir. Frank Conan, machinist, has been transferred from the shops of the Sonora railway at Guaymas, to those of the N. M. & A. road at Nogales. He arrived Satnrday of last week.
The oasis., 1896-07-25

About the fourth or fifth of August Miss Jesus Ramirez of Nogales, and Miss Elena Montijo of Hermosillo, who is at present visiting in this city, will leave for Los Angeles, where they will spend couple of months in re- creation.
The oasis., 1896-07-25

Saturday of last week Nogales was visited by W. c. Wilkins, mining man operating at San Jose de Gracia, Sinaloa, returning from a visit in the east. He went southward on the train Sunday morning.
The oasis., 1896-07-25

MT. Fred James. president of the National Mexican Mining & Develop ing O., was q visitor at Nogales Tues day, coming up from Fl Plomo that morning. The following day he started for his home in Chicago.
The oasis., 1896-07-25

Senor Juan Y. Luken the proprietor of La Labor, one of the largest and best kept hacendas in the state of So- nora, arrived yesterday accompanied by his wife They came to attend the bah this evening.
The oasis., 1896-07-25

This week and last Inc warrants fer Company C, which were unsalable for about year past, have been sold to the Phoenix agency of q large eastern financial institution, and as conse- quence the company has paid it's debts about town