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The San Francisco call., 1896-12-20
E,.rskn Damaaa Suits.

EUREKA, CAL, Dec. 19.-The seventh
suit growing out OF the Mad River railroad
bridge disaster near here last September,
was commenced against KorbeI Brothers
of the. Arcata and Mad River Railroad
Company to-day. The plaintiff is Daniel
Holland. who wants $25. 600 for the loss of
his daughter, Annie, who was killed in
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-20
Failed for a Large Sum.

DES MONIES. Iowa, Dec. 19-Randall,
Selby & Bell, agricultural implement
dealers. failed for $i25,O00 this morning.
The concern has many branch houses.
No statement of assets has been filed.
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-20
Suicide of James Clover.

ST. LOUIS, No., Dec. 10. james Clever,
brother of ex-Congressman John M.
Glover, shot and killed himself at $3.50
o'clock this morning at his home, Glib
Ella avenue. The bullet entered his tenn
pie on the right side and lodged in his
leaves widow in destitute circumstances.
No cause is known.
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-20
Chnaed bn n Mon.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Dec. 19.-The Sher-
iff of Larue County was given lively
chase by a mob tonight, who sought to
lynch George G. Pierce and John Howell,
the alleged assassins of Farmer Pierce two
months ago. The prisoners were hurried
to Elizabethtown, and at l A. NJ. took a
train for Louisville, arriving at 2:30 A. NJ.
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-20
Santa Rosa Beats Uktah.

UKIAH, CAL, Dec. ia match game
of football was played at Railroad Park
here today between the teams OF the Santa
Ross High School and Ukiah High School.
The score was AZ to in favor of the Santa
Rosa boys.
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msss Miss Barton a Guest of Honor.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Dec l9.-Miss
Clara Barton, president of the Red Cross
Society, was the guest of honor tonight
at the Red Cross bazaar which is now be-
ing held at the Waldorf
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differ Fitz and Jim.

LONDON, ENG. Dec. 19.-The Boiling
broke Club offers to put up purse OF
$4,000 ($15, ,O00) for fight between Corbett
add Fitzsimmons, the fight TO take place
in the clubhouse.
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the wreck. Negligence in having failed to
keep the bridge in repair is alleged. The
amounts demanded in damage suits now
PENDING against the company aggregate
S79 500.
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MEN, WOMEN, OLD AND YOUNG. If
ailing or suffering from any disease what
soever, seek relief and cures where they
are positively found
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-20


December 1, 1s4s the market stood as fol-
lows ir San Francisco:
-Four, $27 per barrel beef, $50; pork, $50 ;
butter, 80 cents per pound, and cheese, 20
cents.
During the greater part of the year 184S San
Francisco had been almost entirely deserted
for the mines. The school closed; the news
papers-two in number-ceased pu plicstion
and times in the village were dull; but things
were lively in the mines. individuals made
$4,000, $4,000 and $l5 900 in the space of a
lew weeks. One man dug out $12 900 in six
days Three others obtained $4,000 in a sin gle
day. In one instance five loads OF earth sold
for $3.50, which yielded, after washing $l6,-
600. The common instrument first made use
OF to dig with was butchers knife, so butch
ers' knives suddenly went up to $50 and $50
apiece.
On the strength of these successes and on
account OF the scarcity of supplies, everything
went up in price enormously.
Flour at one time sold as high as 5000 per
barrel; eggs sold for 81. So and So each; in
terior sugar, tea and coffee at 81 per pound.
Medicines were-say laudanum for instance
81 per drop-actually $40 was. paid for a
dose; and $40 was paid for pill or purge
without advice, or with IL from $50 to $780,
Picks and shovels ranged from $5 10 SIS each.
No man would give another hands turh
Tor less than SO. and the commonest labor,
when it could be secured at all, was from 1926
10 $50 per day. During this time many Yalu-
able cargoes arrived in the bay, but the sea-
men deserted for the mines. The goods were
somehow, landed, but there sbeing no one to
take care OF them they wen left to be de-
stroyed by the weather.
In the meantime real estate greatly en-
hanced in value. Within the first eight
weeks after the "diggingsp had been fully
opened $250,000 had reached San francisco
in gold dust and within the next eight weeks
$500, 600 more. These sums were all 10 pur.
chase, at any price, additional supplies for the
mines.
a great deal of the Grafton was remi.
niscent and included word sketches oil
General KearnY, California's first Ameri-
can Governor; Lieutenant Washington
Bartlett, San Francisco's first American
Alcalde, and Colonel Geary, her first
Mayor. In conclusion he spoke as fol.
lows:
The Jenny Lind Theater, for the time, was
magnificent structure. II could comfortably
seat upward of 1000 people and was up tc
date in all its appointments. The following
year 1882 the City purchased IL for City
Hall, which it remained until the new City
Hall was furnished and equipped.
The scenes that have been enacted here
would fill Volumes but we cannot tarry to de.
scribe them; we have other work before us.
We are now about TO lay the cornerstone oil
the most important building in the City. 1t is
to mark new eraDf this northern part For
several years the .ravages of time have been
markedly visible in this section; wear and de-
cay have not been retarded or repaired.
But now new life is to be infused into this
district and ere long the ring OF the hammer
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the wall of his CELL He was discovered,
however, IN time to prevent his escapS,
and was fined by the mayor yesterday Ior
defacing property and returned to his
bread and water diet. Roberts is the nal
OF the tramp Green. who ATTEMPTED to
break ont OF the station house last week.
The action of the city council In an
propriating $40. 900 to extend the Princess
street sewer TO King street, thence west
10 Alfred. meets general approval. There
is Httie doubt that all property owners
along these streets will avail themsel yes
or the opportunity offered to tap the
sewers The proposed sewer will drain
large portion OF the city, and there is
little doubt that it is the forerunner of a.
general system of sewerage in the city.
1he various measures adopted by the city
council Tuesday night require an ex-
penditure of S14,627.
Saturday Woodbury. Forest team, of
orange county, will play game of ball
at the Episcopal High School, near this
city, with team from that school.
Capt. George A. Mushbach and Mr. J. T.
Beckham arein Staunton attending the meet
inEs OF the directors of the Deaf Dumb and
Blind Asylum and the Western State Hos
pitaI.
In the corporation court yesterday a
final decree was entered in the case of
f. E. Phillips against J. p. Phillips.
MIS- Elizabeth Shinn, an old and we'll
known resident, died at the home of her son.
in-law, Mr.. John p Clarke, on Duke street.
yesterday. The decea sed, who was eighty "
eight years OF age, was much beloved for her
many acts OF charity. The funeral will
take place tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock
In the police court yesterday Edward
Green and j. I'll. Roberts were ordered To
De placed on bread and water diet and
BUD Washington, colored, was sent to the
gang for ninety days, under the vagrancy
act.
At meeting of the Alexandria Per
petual Building Fund Association Mr. Park
AgHew was elected president JuStus Schnei.
der, secretary, and NJ. b. Harlow. treasurer
The old trustees and examining committee
were reelected.
Since last reported so 900 herring and
2,50o shad have been received a Fishtown
Herring sold at So to 1925 per thousand
and shad at 81 2 to S15 per hundred.
Col. L. C. Barley, on account OF business
engagements. wlilno be able TO accDmpany
Gov. O. Ferrali on his trip to North Carolina.
Rev. Fl. L. Hout will hold public meeting
IN the NJ. E. Church South tonight. He
is said 10 be a fine orator
Mr.. william HeaIey and Miss Maud
Denegria of Washington secured a marriage
license from Clerk John s. Beach of the
corporation court yesterday, and repaired
10 the parsonage Of st. Mary's Church
where they were married by Rev Father
Bowler. Thecouple returned to Washington
after the femony.
The attorneys repre- senting the st. Asaph
race track people left here last night for
Richmond, where The habeas corpus case
OF Lacey will be argued today be fore the
court OF appeals.
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OYSTER AGAIN INVOLVED.
Gave Money and Wagon to an oleo-
margarine Witness.
Second OF the Gases on t he Indict ments
Returned by the Grand Jury.
Lawyer Davis Facetious.

The second Of the cases uuder the oleo-
margarine law Indictments was brought
TO trial in Judge Coles court. criminal
division, No 1 yesterday afternoon and
will be concluded this morning. The de-
fendant on this occasion is WQEes C..
Prather, formerly OF the firm of Prather
Waters, No. 235 Twelfth street south
west. Messrs; Jere n. Wilson and Henry
+. Davis again defended the accused.
In the exanlih3tion of the jurors the
court put the usual Questions as 10 whether
any member Of the panel had formed or
expressed an opinion as to the guilt or
innocence OF The defendant. Mr.. Davis
asked that this query be supplemented with
one asking the Jurors whether they were
not aware that tia pending case was one
in series that had been instituted at the
request of prominent produce dealer in
the city.
The court refused to instruct al re-
guested, maintaining that his pre- vious
instructions covered the grounds thor
oughly. An exception was noted by the
counsel for the defendant.
The prosecution that was conducted by
| District Attorney Arthur A. BrDey in
person followed closely in the line of that
| in tue first case, when the jury returned
a verdict of not guilty against William
| Matthews. AS on that occasion, the first
| witness was Harrison Nesbitt. clerk from
| the local office OF the Internal revenue
| bureau for this district.
| Detective Carter again testified that he
| and John Enrght had gone to the store
of the defendant and Enright went in tc
| buy butter. This was on October % last
| The butter or oleomargarine purchased
| was offered in evidence.
''Who gave you money to make your
| rounds" asked Judge Wilson.
| "James F. Oyster, the butter dealer
! was the reply.
Whose carriage did you use?'
1--WE used one of the business wagons OF
Mr. Oyster"
/ .'How did Oyster come to give you tht
money to make the Investigations?''
Tue district attorney objected and Judge
| Cole sustained him. -
"He might well object" ipterposed Mr.
| Davis facetiously ut might show the
| cove ernments ally to be in an oyster
| Stew
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SEE VICTORY IN DELAWARE.

Single Takers Listen to Predictions
of Success.
The meeting of the Single Tax Club
last night in Typographical Temple was
interesting and spirited.
President Biller introduced Mr.. E. F.
Magee as the speaker of the evening. he
said to bring the single tax close to the
people, and get them to understa nd it, one
must illustrate it by practical examples.
Mr.. Thomas F. Monahan, who has repre-
sented the Washington organization. and
been engaged in the active campaign in
Delaware for the past three months. told
of the victory which is sure to come next
November in the little State. The Single
takers would control the coming constitu-
tioual convention which would declare
that all taxes for State, county and munic-
ipal purpose should be raised only from
land values exclusive of improvements.
Remarks were also made by Mr.. Wilson,
secretary of the Associated Charities; Mr.
Newt berg. and others.
Mr.. F. l.. Siddons, to whom the credit
of arranging the excellent programs is
due, announced that at the next meeting
the club would be addressed by Mr.. A. c.
Queensberry, on the Final perseverance OF
the saints"
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of the building. and the children ascend
and descend the stairs three times day.
One OF The modern improvements al
this ancient edifice is that the stoYepipe
runs through the very narrow spaceway
of the landing. and is said to be so hot
sometimes that the children keep shy
OF it, but it has constant opportunity OF
setting the woodwork In its vicinity on
fire The danger was slightly decreased
by putting in a terra Gotta pipe. but there
is always the danger of setting the landing
on fire, and cutting off communication
between the upper aud the lower floors.
NEARLY FOUR HUNDRED EXPOSED
There are 3S1 children iu this school,
house, nearly 200 OF whom are on the
upper floors.
They are mostly pupils Of the lower
grades, from the first TO the sixth, and
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Welded AT CHRIST CHURCH
Miss Ramsay and Mr.. Faliaferro
Married at Alexandria.
Tramp Makes a Desperate Attempt
to Break Jail-Approval of Coun-
ellis Action on Sewer

One OF the prettiest weddings ever wit
messed in historic Christ Church occurred
last night at O'Clock. 1t was the mar
riage OF Miss Lucy Ramsay, the pretty
duaghter OF MIR. G. William Ramsay, of
Alexandria, TO Hou. Thomas Seddon TaIia-
ferro, jr.. mayor of Green River, Wyo.
The altar was beautifully decorated
with lilies and palms, aud the church was
crowded with many friends and relatives.
The bride entered the church leaning upon
the arm OF her father, aud was preceded
TO the chancel rail by the ushers and
maids OF honor, and groom and his best
man. Rev Bergman Green. pastor. Of
flcIated, assisted by Rev j. Thompson Cole,
formerly assistant pastor OF Epiphany
Church, Washington.
The bride wore wedding gown Of cream
white satin, veil with pearls, and carried
brides roses. The maid OF honor wore
white organdie with pink ribbons, and the
bridesmaids, pink orgaudie with pink rib
bons, and carried bridesmaids roses.
The groonl's best man was Mr.. William
Peterkin, son of Bisbnp Peterkln, and the
maid of honor Miss Recca Ramsay, sister
of the bride. The usbers were Messrs.
Charles Minncgerode c. w. Wattles, w
j. Boothe. l.. Gardner Boothe. Z. S. Lead
beater, jr., and John Leadbeater. The
bridesmaids We're Misses Halle Taliaferro,
sister OF the groom; and Halle Ramsay,
sister OF the bride.
After the ceremony reception was held
at the residence of the father OF the bride
and later the bridal party left for a
tour through Mexico. Among the guests
present from a distance were Senator Clark
and wife. Mrs. Deucator Warren and daugh-
ter, and Miss Slack, Representative MandeIl
and Hon. and Mrs. Robert HoTner. all of
Wyoming: Mrs. Taliaferro, mother OF the
groom. and Miss Peterdn.
Dick Burnett, who assaulted James Cook
as reported III The Times, was yesterday
committed TO Jail in default of payment of
$12.
j. Fl. Roberts. tramp who is detained
in police station on a bread and water
diet. attempted at an early hour ycsterda '
morning to escape by digging hole through
the wall OF his cell. Roberts had been al.
lowed when placed in the cell to retain q
saw-gauge, which he claimed he used al
his trade. and il was with this that he
succeeded IN removing large portion OF
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were panic to occur nothing to save them
could be expected from their intelligence.
Miss Julia Grant, the principal, showed
The Times over the building yesterday, and
there were noted many bad breaks in the
upper walls and floors. Especially is this
true of the southeastern room where the
floor is sunken and the wall on the north
east is bulging.
The condition OF the building is. however,
nothing less than could be expected. 1t
was erected in 1867 and has had but very
little repairing except the ne w coat of paint
of recent date.
1t is probable that immediate steps will
be taken to provide quarters for the pupils
until the building can be made reasonably
safe.
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--
REFUSED AN INVENTORY.
Van Riswick Collectors Allege Ths
Relatives Hold Valuable Articles.

Van RiSwick Collectors Allege That
Relatives Hold Valuable Articles.
Messrs. Peyton Gordon and Walter @.
Clephane, collectors in the estate OF the
late Mary Van Riswick, filed report yes
terday in which they said that Mrs. Martina
Carr, the cayeator Of Mrs. Van Riswick's
will, has presented them a list OF articles
said to belong to her mothers estate but
which Mrs. Availla Lambert has in her
house at No. 1919 Massachusetts, avenue.
Mrs. Lambert also has some of the estate
belongings at the family residence in Oak
land, it is claimed.
The collectors made a demand on Mrs.
Lambert, through her attorneys, to take
an inventory OF the articles in question,
they said, but they were refused pernis-
sion to do so, Mrs. Lambert denied that
some Of the articles were in her possession
while others, she said, belong to her.
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FACED Death EVERY DAY.
-Four Hundred School Children Ex-
posed to Imminent Danger.
IN THE BOWEN BUILDING
School Board Condemns the RAM
shackieStructure-F That Have
Sunk and Walls That Buige-A
Landing Like Al Death Trap-Other
Architectural Eccentricities.

The Anthony Bowen School, otherwise a
death trap for children, has been officially
condemned by the school board.
The school Is for colored children and is
situated at the southeast corner of Ninth
and e streets southwest. That the con-
demnaLion has not come sooner is all the
more remarkable as sometime ago. when
a fire drill was ordered. the idea was
abandoned for fear the children escaping
from phantom fire would break their
necks down very realistic rotten stair
way.
The appearance of the building is given
IN the accompanying cut II is very old
structure, but has been repainted lately
into somewhat respectable condition so
far as the color goes. but inside a Times
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CRISP AND SMITH HERE.
They Are Equally Confident of the
Outlook In Georgia


Outlook In Georgia
Judge Crisp, who has been engaged for
some days past in a joint discussion with
Secretary Hoke Smith on the silver qGes-
ton, reached Washington yesterday So
did Secretary Smi tn.
The Judge is far from a well man. He not
only suffers from a bad throat but his old
trouble has come back on him. On the
advice OF his physician, Dr. So Owers, Judge
Crisp retired early last night without being
subjected to the cue estioHs OF the ne wspaper
interview wer. His son, Charles F. Crisp,
jr., however, says the outlook FOR the
silver cause in Georgia is most nattering.
In fact there Is not in his opinion one chance
in ten for the sound money men to capture
the next legislature.
Secretary Smith takes an entirely dif-
ferent view of the situation. He says the
indications are that there will be about
stand-off, half and half, as it were.
He predicts delegation to the ChiCa go
convention composed of half gold and half
silver men.
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nenta, Alumni, to Ranopet

The annual banquet of the Dental Alumni
Association of the National University
will be held Friday evening, 18th instant,
at Freund's Hall. The committee of ar
rangements has been actively engaged in
the preparation of this event for several
weeks, and now promise a royal good time.
Several speakers. we'll known to the men,
bers for ability to entertain, will respond
to the toasts. Among them may be men,
toned DR.. J. Roland Walton. DIR. D,
Elmer wiber. DR.. j. w. Davis, DIR. j. n. P.
Benson DR.. II. ]. Allen. and DIR. Thomas ].
Jones' DIR. Fred F. Daily will hold forth as
tuastnlaSter.
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tributary territory, he said, comprised the
three largest reservations in the District
and the settlement there could not be
increased o r diminished by an act of his own.
He refuted the charge that his cars caused
detention to rapid transit and said the
complaint was on his side. His cars were
delayed twenty-three times in day and
one time for a period Of twenty-four
minutes.
Mr. Phillips explained that this was due
10 tie-ups on the electric line.
The morning times., 1896-04-16
BROTHER AND SISTER DEAD.


y
Chicago, April I5.-Two EXPLOSIONS OF
powder this morning in one OF the build
ings of the Chicago Fireworks Company
near Crosse Point, killed two employees
and injured q number of others. The build
ing was badly wrecked and the ruins Were
almost entirely destroyed by fire. The
dead are:
Nick Burre, sixteen years Old.
Mary burTe, his SISTER, eighteen years Old.
The most seriously injured are. NJ. Sic
bert, foreman, badly burnt about face and
hands; Charles Connerton, face and hands
burned; Charles Drew, color-mixer, face
burned. All the injured will recover
The explosion occurred in a small build.
ing 24x6O feet Nick Burre was working
near the east wall OF the building filling
giant nrecrackers With gunpOwdcr Near
Dim were several girls four boys and Eo
men, besides the foreman, and all were more
or less burned.
The powder in front OF Burre suddenly ex.
pioded, and The boy was enyelOped in the
flame that shot upward.
An instant later a second explosion Oc-
CURED, and this blew down a partition
Burre's sister was buried in tie debris
and instantly killed Young Burre was
hurried nearly twenty feet, his clothing in
flames and his face so badly burned that
it bore little resemblance TO that OF q
human being He was unconscious when
picked up, and died without recOverina
consciousness two hours afterward
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The Bowen School.

man yesterday noted uneven floors, walls
out of The perpendicular, plaster cracked.
cracking. and falling and two peculiar
stairways. These stairways are opposite
the Two entrances to the bufIding front and
rear. They are difficult of ascent and
dangerous or descent, being built at an
angle OF possibly fifty degrees. misstep
is good for fall to the bottom, SO steep
is the incline.
TRAP FOR A LANDING
AT the meeting of the stairways on the
second floor is a landing six feet by six.
providing q space on which the children
al times are crowded together, and where
they are on many oCCa sions in imminent
danger. II is some what rema rkable, con-
sidering the many opportunities for dis
aster. that npne has occurred.
There are four rooms in the upper part
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RESULT IN ALABAMA.
Regarded Here as a Slap at the Ad-
mlnistrattOn.

The silver men are enthusiastic over the
outcome of the convention in Missouri.
whereby the believers of the 16 to L
theory carried the day, and the primary
elections in Alabama, where Capt. John
stone, free silverite, beat Clarke, gold stan
dard and administration candidate, for the
guberDatorial nomination
Me-. Clarke has been an active candidate
since July last and has had at his back
the support OF the administration and the
leading papers of the State.
1t has all along been predicted that il
Clarke was nominated for governor the
legislature would be for sound money and
that Gov. Oates would land in the Senate
to succeed the venerable Senator Pugh.
who is welded to the silver cause. 1t is
different now. 1t Is the general impress
sion among the knowing ones that the
legislature will be carried for silver by a
two-thirds majority and that Mr.. Pugh
will succeed himsef.
The morning times., 1896-04-16
FOR HER HUSBANDS SERVICES.
Admiral Carter's Widow Secures an
Increase in Pension

The House Committee OH Pensions has
ordered a favorable report ON the bill
increasing from $50 to $50 per month
the pension of the widow of Rear Admiral
Carter OF the Navy.
Admiral Carter was probably the only
man having the distinction of serving in
both the Army and Navy and reaching
high grades. When the war broke out
he was a commissioned officer in the
Navy. He expressed the opinion that he
. could render more valuable services in the
Army, aud obtaining leave, he went to
Tennessee, his native State, and raised u
regiment.
He passed through al the grades while
in the army, being mustered out as ma jor
general. He then returned to the Navy,
i'll which he served until his death.
The morning times., 1896-04-16
Ribbons for Medal Men.

The Senate yesterday passed Joint
resolution authorizing the Secretary of
War toissue TO any person TO whom medal
Of honor has been awarded by the Joint
resolutions OF 1882 and 1858, a rosette
or knot TO be worn In lieu OF the medal, and
a ribbon to be worn with the medaI-to be
Of a pattern prescribed by the President
Of the United States.