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PURGING THE LISTS.
Numerous Changes Among the Accepted
Roll of Election Oficers Made
Yesterday.

Yesterday.
At the meeting of the Election Commits
sioners yesterday objections were filed
against the following election officers on
the ground that they served two years ago
IN precincts where Irregularities were dis
covered:
John Archer, Tenth of the Thirty-irst; !;
E. Murphy, Sixteenth of the Thirty sixth; /;
Richard Giblin and Arthur Mcclure. Four
teenth of the Thirty third; James M. Ma
honey, Tenth of the Thirty first.
Objections on account of non-residence
n the precincts from which they were ap-
pointed were filed against E. @. Thatcher,
Fourteenth of the Thirty-sixth; T. H.
Shea, First of the Twenty-eighth T. ].
Fellows, Sixth of the Twenty-eighth; John
f. Kelly, Seventh of the Twenty-eighth;
M. Corwin, Sixth of the Twenty-eighth.
Vacancies on account of removals were
filled as follows: John Fahey, Tenth of
the Thirty-irst; Charles Kane, Seventh of
the Thirty-ninth; III. ]. Anson, Sixteenth
of the Thirty-ninth; A. Cavagnaro, Four
teenth of the Forty-third; Otto c. Cappel-
man, Third of the Forty fifth; Thomas
Walsh, Eighteenth of the Thirty sixth;
William II. Gerran, Sixth of the Thirty
second
The following were dropped from the
lists on account of non-residence in the
precincts for which they were appointed:
James Gallagher, Seventeenth of the
Thirty-eighth III. Jenkins, Second of the
Forty-third; P. j. Higgins, Twentieth of
the Thirty Leon Van Vliet, Third
of the Fortieth.
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Commotion on a Car.

omen shrieked and children ran madly to
s anu ITO IN Market-street car early last even
lng between Stockton and Powell streets
fassers on the sidewalks had their attention
atlracted and peered curiously at the moving
ngures .i ana listened to the unusual commo-
l.o1l; .lon; woman grasped conductor con-
t stuasively ana another seized him and threw
a,,o. auous as II De were feeble child. The con-
uucsor .ls' hao surprise in both cases. At Stock
tfn .1n street lady and gentleman stepped on
ons,S eno sar ana declined to go inside. When the
collecting fares the lady fell in fit. Alter ra
-, .i,ne I sne recovered. Her misfortune caused
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PREC|TA VALLEYS WANTS
The Residents There Insist Upon
Various Needed Improve
mentS.
Extending the Car Line-Police Pro.
lection and Better Streets
Demanded.

The residents of Precita Valley are
wide awake and active, and intend that
the nelghborhood in which they live shall,
as soon as possible. have the benefit of all
modern Improvements. Electric lights,
police protection, better streetcar service,
improved streets, sidewalks and sewers
are some of the things urgently needed.
At the meeting last night of the Precita
Valley Improvement: Club in Graham
Hall, President S. A. Byrne in the chair,
the railroad committee reported that the
prospect was favorable for soon securing
an extension OF the electric line from it's
present terminus at Folsom and Twenty
sixth streets to Precita avenue.
Steps are also being taken to get the
City to make an appropriation for the i'm
proyemeht of Bernal Park, which, by the
expenditure of comparatively small sum
OF money, could be made one of the most
attractive and popular features of the
valley.
A letter was read by the secretary am
nouncing the incorporation of the Precita
valley organization in the San Francisco
association OF Improvement clubs.
1t was stated that the unsanitary condi-
tlon OF the sewers in the neighborhood
would be shortly attended to by the Board
OF Health. The sewer at Bryant and
Iwenty-sixth streets was ludicrously de-
scnbed as being on stills and nuisance
to the public health. Sidewalks are
needed from Twenty street to Ala
bama for the benefit, especially, of the
hundreds of school children by whom the
street is traversed daily. The matter will
pe brought to the attention Of Superinten-
dent OF Streets Ashworth.
Daniel Sullivan, Henry Behrens and
joseph Wizard were appointed commit
zee on park and street Improvements and
Messrs. Wizard, MCCARTHY and Behrens
were selected to make canvass of the dis
trlct and thus increase the numerical and
and moral strength of the club.
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PAUL NEUMANN is ILL.
Ex-uueen LiIiuoka1ani's Adviser Comes
Here for Treatment.

Ex-uueen Liliuokalani's Adviser Comes
Here for Treatment.
faul Neumann, the Honolulu attorney,
who is legal adviser to ex-Queen Liliuo-
kalani and who was Attorney-General dur
ing the last years of her reign. has come to
this City for medical care at the request OF
his twin brother, Edward Neumann, the
weli-known local chemist and police court
interpreter.
MI. Neumann is q sick man. All day
yesterday and last nignt he was confined
to his rooms at the Palace, where his
brother remained carefully watching by
his side. DR.. LoyeIace was called soon after
the arrival of the patient. The Honolulu
physicians pronounced Mr.. Neumann s
aliment to be diabetes. How long he will
remain here or where he will go next is
not known even to his brother, for he has
not conversed about his plans or about
hawaiian affairs since he arrived.
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he auspices Of any one OF the political

the auspices Of any one of the political
parties.
The greatest sufferer from the fiends
acts is probably w. Nicholson of 617 Ellis
street, who has had several glass doors on
his carriages broken, as if cane had been
jabbed through the pane, and when he
hired out $l400 carriage for the first
time to carry some politicians at politi-
cal ratification the panels of that new car
riage were scored along one side as If it
had been held against a buzzsaw.
So annoying is this petty injury. to
stablemen that they are not over-anxious
to hire out valuable horses or carriages at
street parades, particularly when the pro-
cession smacks of politics.
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Clerks Office. By the provisions set forth
IN the decree Mrs. Taaffe is granted di-
vorce because of her husbands desertion.
She IS awarded the custody OF Randall,
ner minor son, and property IN Santa
lara County worth about S35,000 IS de-
clared to belong to her personally and not
20 De considered as community property.
Inc Iaaffes' home was on large fruit
ranch down near Mountain View, in Santa
CARA County. The domestic relations. 1t
is stated, had not been harmonious for
period of year or more.
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Hennessy Held to Answer.

P.J. Hannessy, arrested two days ago for pass
Ing a counterfeit silver dollar on tomale
vendor, was held by Commissioner Heacock
yesterday for trial in the United States Dis
against the law. He was convicted October
81, 1884, in the United States District Court
on teiony charge of false registration and
sent to San Quentin for three years. In 1897
he was charged and convicted in the Superior
Court OF assault and given five years in the
same prison.
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few yards of an outlet, thus becoming a
mere well or cesspool in the middle Of
street, No other city would tolerate it.
To stand over one of the manholes of that
Walnut-street sewer is as much as a
mans life is worth"
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Large Opium Importation

Tho Belgic, which arrived from China yester-
day, had on board the largest opium importa-
tion recorded at this port within the mast
twelve months. There were ass cases averag-
case and appraised at So per pound The
value OF the importation is about $ll5 900.
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An Irish Eraneelist.

tomorrow afternoon at O'Clock Thomas A.
baley OF Belfast Ireland, who is on a tour
aho ar, upu sne world will address young men at
on true Liberty and How to Obtain IT. MRS
r frlncess = Long of Kentucky will sing a solo
py speciai request. Seats free 10 ali young
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The Fatal Current Strikes the
Luckless Youth Through a
Pair of Shears.
HIS MOTHERS BITTER GRIEF
She Last Saw q m Alive Sitting
With His Little Brothers at
the Midday Meal.

Death, mysterious as the midnight dark
ness ana sudden as the lightning's flash,
cut the thread of young boys life yester-
day afternoon as he sat at his work, not
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-01
THE TAAFFE DIVORCE.

The Mother Awarded the CUSTODY of
Her Little Boy.
Judge Hebbard's decree in the divorce
case OF Mary ]. Taaffe versus William F.
Taaffe was fled yesterday in the County
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BAPTIST preachers and Rev. A. p. A. Hude
son is the subject Of strong article in Barry's
Star.
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Colombia investigation closed.

The investigation into the cause of the
Colombia disaster was resumed before Super
ising Inspector Birmingham yesterday Cap
tain Alexander of the Santa Rosa and Captain
Won Helmes of the Orizaba were the only wit
nesses called. Their testimony wag to the eff
feet that the currents off Pigeon Point were
shore. The fog signals were not to be relied
on, as they did not always whistle. Captain
yon Helms said he once anchored off Pigeon
folnt ana then sent a boat to the shore to
learn MS exact position and also to ascertain
why the log signals did not operate No more
witnesses Will be called. Captain Birmingham
expects TO render decision within ten days.
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lslIH!5|!s!iN NIl!Es 1 E1S
COffGeS
III, Spices
SO Good
So Pure
A Beautiful Piece of Chinaware
Given to Each Customer.
Great American Importing Tea Go.
Great American Inp0rtila Tea Go.

MONEY SAVING STORES:
I344 Market ST. I46 Ninth st.
25Io Mission st. zIS Third st.
40 Sixth ST. 2ooS Fillmore St
oI7 kearny st. 065 Market st.
1910 Polk st. 5000 Sixteenth st.
52I Montgomery ave. Io4 Second st.
333 Hayes St 32so Mission st.
81 Market st. (Headquarters), S. r.
1853 Washington st. 6Io e, Twelfth st.
I3i San Pablo ave. oI7 Broadway, Oakland
1855 Park ST.. Alameda.
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for by your honorable body for the erec-
tion os new and suitable buildings to ac-
commodate the pupils of said Webster
Primary School within the territorial
limits assigned thereto and that no in
come or amount of revenue can be real
lied from the rental of the buildings or
premises annexed thereto for the benefit
of the School Department, we, the Grand
Jury of the City and County OF San Fran
cisco, do most respectfully request that
you, the Board OF Education, do not de-
clare the buildings of said Webster
Primary School to be unfit and unsafe for
school purposes. And we, the Grand
jury, do hereby most solemnly protest
against said proposed action on your part
as being unjust to the children heretofore
attending said Webster Primary School,
it not being in the public interest that
said school buildings shall be closed from
further use or service to the School De-
partment of this City and County at this
time.
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k The Tower of London is said to be the
Oldest building in Europe
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Crooked Township Lines Explained.

Crooked Township Lines Explained.
"There is reason for most everything"
said Cumberland County man, when he
was asked how in the world they came to
have such a crooked line between two
towns in his county, there's a reason for
this crooked line. You see, some of our
towns established, in pioneer times when
land was abundant and people were few,
had big territory which was afterward
sliced off 10 make new towns. 1t was so in
the case you mention and when the cutoff
was made people along the line of division
were of different minds as to which town
they wanted to be in. So the Legislature
drew straight line between the two parts
and then provided that persons dwelling
on lands adjoining either side of this line
might be in one town or the other as they
should decide within ninety days after
passing the act. Some went one way and
some the other and the line was all skewed
up to accommodate them" m."-Lewiston
Evening Journal
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FRoM and alter this date the hnsiness of sell.

rhon anu aiter tliS daJe the business OF SELL
ing Weisbach lights in San Francisco win be
conouclea by our San Francisco retail depart.
ment at the address below. where ali commn.
ncatlons should be addressed No other per
SON In San Francisco is authorized to handle
our gooos ana we caution the public against
purchasing from unauthorized parties
WELsBAcH COMMERCIAL COMPANY.
August L. ia EiIis strasst =
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The Laurada OFF.

PHILADELPHIA. July 1.-THE
steamer Laurad,a "a which has become so
we'll known as Cuban 6libusteriDg
vessel, left her dock to night. She
cleared for Port Antonio. Jamaica.
Capt. W. W. Ker. counsel for her owo-
ers, the John D Hart company, said
this afternoon that the steamer would
stop at Key West for cargo of ice.
When the captain said this be wink
ed bis weather eye, lay back in his
chair and laughed heartily at his joke.
Then be said: 1--WE don't admit that
this trip is a 6libusseriug expedition.
We wont have any Scandiueyiaus in
the crew they can't be trusted. The
captain, two mates aud three engineers
will be white. but the rest of the crew
will be American colored men. They
will get extra wages and can be depen-
ded on to work, fight and keep their
mouths shut. When the cargo of ice
is put aboard at Key West, the vessel
will steam around the coast of Cuba,
so as to give the crew chance to see
what the island looks like. Then she
will finish her trip, load up and come
home again.
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Mr.. Dupre's Views OF Dignity.

lIr. Editor: In your this weeks issue You
say Judge Earle should either resign the
Judgeship, or get out Of the Senatorial race.
Why this widespread belief ,ha; it is so un-
digui6ed for Judge to be a candidate and
discuss issues before the people affecting their
welfare? Is his Office so much more diguihed
and elevated than other positions that he vo-
lales o great improperly by opening his
mouth except on the judicial bench! Or is II
because he sits on the life and liberty of the
people that he must not descend to their level?
That it is disgrace to that august judicial
gown that he must keep away from the peo-
pie while he wears il. 4 Governor sits also
upon the life and liberties of people and he
eau go on the stump, and nothing is said
about violating improprieties, and yet, when
ever Judge comes out as candidate the
editors hold up their hands in holy horror at
the terrible descent from the bench to the
people Judges duties, as you we'll know,
is largely bemmed in by statutory law, and
he only applies that law as be finds it.
Where is the starch and dignity of his Office
more tnan other people who hold lofty posi-
tions? The President of the United States
holds the most exalted position of any one
in the gift of the American people, and yet
he discusses issues sometimes with them,
either by letter or in his personal capacity
Is he undigni6ed in so doing? All Offices are
derived from the people, either direct or
through their representatives. No officer, is
above the people in any shape or form. The
curse of the day is starch and red
tape In this respect we have descended large
ly from the ways Of the fathers when they es-
tablished this government. Benjamin Frank
lin was the best type of simplicity and dig
pity in his day that know Of. He truly
represented what man should be who holds
ao exalted office, and yet be was on q level
with the people in all their doing. To say
that Judge ia above the people is in keeping
with the sixteenth century. When he is off
the bench, that is, not actually discharging
his duties, he is out Of them, and can engage
in anything they do. If the political field is
disgrace for Judge to enter it, it is also a
disgrace for any one else The principle is
Just the same There is not the least impro-
pretv q Judge to enter politics while on
the b, o. Let him conduct himself like a
gentleman and that is all that is required Of
him. Undigni6ed for him to appear before
his peers, because he is a Judge That will
do I know. J. E. DuPre.
Pisgab, S. c., Jaly II.
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Worms That Live In the Eye.

This is not so improbable as it may
seem, but only people who live in tropi-
cal countries suffer in this way. The
worm in question is a mere thread-one
of the hlaria-and looks like a very lit
tie piece of vermicelli, but when ex.
amined under a microscope it is seen to
have a round head and pointed tail.
It has been found in the eyes of Eu.
ropeans who have lived on the Kongc
and ir similar countries. The eye be.
comes more or less infla1ned and swollen
until the worm is either extracted OF
migrates CT its own accord.
This migration is one Of the pecullarl-
ties of the "'loa," as it is sometimes
called. It goes from one eye to the 9th
er, passing under the skin at the back
Of the nose. 1t will be seen in one eye
for u day or two, then it will disappear,
but few days later reappear IN the 9th
er eye.
Il does not always remain upon the
surface, in the conjuctiva (its usual
abode) but occasionally makes a tour OF
the whole of the organ of vision
Strand Magazine.
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KILLED WITH AN AXE.
Robert Lowry Mortally Wounds
his Wife and Shoots Frank
Preston.

Information was lodged in the sherff's Of
fee Wednesday afternoon of bloody tragedy
at Scottsvile, about six miles below Mayes-
vile.
On Tuesday afternoon Robert Lowry, COL
ored, became uraged at his wife, Rose Lowry,
and attacked her with an ak. y i!h murderous
intent. He struck her in the head with the ak,
injecting a what is thought will be NOR
tai wound. Discarding the ak, after she bad
fallen to the ground, weltering in her blood.
he drew knife and attempted 10 cut her
throat, but Frank Preston, the step father OF
the woman, interfered and prevented the
consummat,on of the murderous deed.
Lowry then got his gun and shot Preston in
the face, tearing away portion of his cheek.
Preston escaped without further injury, al
though it is said that Lowry fully Intended
killing him, as we'll as his wife
Lowry left the neigbborhood at once aud
has not been seen since, although efforts have
been made to apprehend and arrest him.
A warrant for his arrest is now in the sheriff S
hands, and no efforts will be spared to bring
him to justice.
The latest information received yesterday
was that Rose Lowry was still alive.
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The Notification.

CHICAGO, July 13.-Hon. Wm. J.
Bryan reached the Clifton house at
$50 o'clock this morning from the
residence Of Mrs. Lyman Trumbull,
where be and Mrs. Bryan spent Satur-
day night aud Sunday. He looked
feesher aud brighter after bis day Of
uninterrupted rest, aud wore the air Of
a man who had just experienced bath
aud shave 10 the lobby Of the Cliff
ton, Mr.. Bryan met Senator White of
California add the other members of the
sub committee of the committee of noti-
fcasion, who bad come by appointment
to have chat about the arrangement for
giving formal notice Of Mr.. Bryau's Sc.
lection by the Democratic convention.
Mr. Arthur Sewall, the vice presiden-
tiai candidate, was also present. and
after Mr. Bryan had finished shaking
bands with the score of people who
gathered about him in the lobby, he
and others went to room No l, where
the presidential candidate had mis- head
quarters during convention week.
The subcommittee spent an hour With
Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. Sewall, and the re.
suit Of all their talk was a determiaa-
ton to postpone the date Of notification
until some time after July 2l, the date
first named. The members of the sub
committee said after the meeting that
the date would undoubtedly be during
the second week iu August, and that
New York would be the place. 1t was
Mr.. Bryau's suggestion that the Motif
eaton should be in the metropolis. and
everything indicates that 10 change
should be made. 1t was found that the
ub.committee could not we'll make any
definite arrangement for notification in
view of the absence Of details. Mr..
Bryan told the committee that he want
ed to change bis plans and would like
to 90 to his home in Lincoln as soon as
possible. Just after the meeting ad-
journed be expressed his intentions ou
this subject TO Southern Associated
Press reporter:
Il am going to Salem, His, my old
home" be said "and will remain there
two days. From Salem, will 60 d.
rect to Lincoln, probably BY the Mis-
souri, Pacific, and will stay there aud in
Omaha until the arrangements for my
notification are made Ny plans are
uncertain yet"
Mrs. Bryan will accompany her hus-
band to Salem and Lincoln.
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Big Tobacco.

Nr. H. Il Evans, Of Spring Hill. brought
u tobacco len. 10 his office his morning That
is a carosity Il measures 81 inches in
length and 90 inches in width. Mr.. Evans
has twelve acres of fine tobacco, but he is too
modest and :ruthful q man to say that the
leaf brought is one Of the smallest he could
find in the field 1t was the largest to be
found, and was selected as curiosity. The
middle leaves Of his tobacco average IN size
about q TO 80 iaches in length with pro-
portionate width. The Spring Hill section is
one Of the coming tobacro regions OF the
State, and nearly every tobacco man who has
travelled through the Spring Hill section has
predicted that in time better tobacco and
more of it will be grown there than in Pud-
ding Swamp.
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The State of South Carolina.
COUNTY OF SUMTER.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
SUMMONS FOR BELIEF.

COWpttHsl l<'t|I ~ oC".
Sebastian ". james md Wilians j. J1mes,
plaintiffs, ngainst -NartAa i. Ferguson,
Edith Hogus, H9rtenss Hill, Ethel Jones,
Carrie PanAnin, Gertrude Panknin aaa
Hattie Il Panknin, Defendants.
To the Defen dants abe7e named:
You are hereby summoned and required TO
answer the complaint in this action, which
has been this day filed in the Office OF the
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the
said County, and TO serve copy Of your
answer 10 the said complaint on the sub
scribers at their office in the City of Sumter,
in said County and State, within twenty days
after the service bereef, exclusive Of the day
of such service; and if you fail to answer
the complaint within the time aforesaid, the
plaintiff in this action will apply to the
Court for the relief demanded in the COM
plant.
Dated at Sumter, S c., July Ii, A. D.,
1896.
HAYNSWORTH &HAYNSWORTH,
Plaintiffs Auoroegs
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Telegraph Briefs.

ORANGEBUkG, July l2-Bart Spen
Ger and Emmett Dibble are missing from
their homes and the parents are 10 deep
distress. A ncte Informing the families
of their leaving. and stating further
that all efforts to discover their where
abouts would prove fruitless, was found
at the home of one of them. Efforts
have been made, however. but 90 clue
has been found. The boys are each ~
years of age. the former 5 feet inches,
red hair and Aorid complexion the
latter 6 feet, fair complexion, very
slender. stoop-sbouldered They may
be very ordinarily dressed to avoid re-
cogDition. Search is still being made.
ATLANTA. July pa two year-old
child named Spears drank an ounce OF
potash in solution to-day aud died. Its
mother was using the potash for some
domestic purpose and as she turned to
attend 20 som methipg else the child swal-
lowed the poison.
CHICAGO, July 1l.-Seuator Jones,
OF Arkansas. was elected chairman of
the national committee tonight and
Hugh Wallace. of Washington, son.in.
law of Chief Justice Faller, temporary
chairman.
CHICAGO. July ~ "A pic Ric train
on the Wisconsin Central was wrecked
at Altenheim. ~ miles west Of this
city this evening Five persons were
killed and six injured.
LONDON. July 13-The Valli of
Crete recently consented that the Brit
ish consul at Canea, assisted by the
commander of the British feet there,
should be allowed to distribute British
subscription for the relief of Cretan
sufferers regardless Of creed. The Ger.
man, Russian, Austrian and Italian
diplomats at Constantinopls objected to
the distribution, and Lord Salisbury
has Instructed the consul to abandon
the work of relief.