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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-09-29

ALAMEDA CAL, Sept 2S.-Wah Kee. a re-
ca.citrant chinese lauudryman. who refused
10 obey the laundry ordinance, was fined $50
with the alternative of serving TWENTY-FIVE
days IN jail. At first he thought he would pay
his fine but subsequently changed his mind
and today decided 10 go to jail. as he thought
his lime at 81 day pretty good wages.
Christ Ell cOpal Church celebrated its quar-
ter century anniversary this evening. 4
musical programme was rendered b. chorus
OF fifty male voices, including st. Luke's choir
from San Francisco.
An organization OF young men, under the
name of the Alameda Guardsmen, VIII be per-
fected tomorrow evening.
Judge Morris had a vagrant boy of only Is
years of age brought before him to-day, aud
does not know what To do wi p him. He is
too young 10 be sent to jail, out what to do is
puzzle lie says hi, parents reside in Sacra-
meJtU.
The Recreation Club has taken in over
twenty new mem Ders his week and there are
many app .ications on file
Carita Chapter OF the Eastern Star will give
an entertainment On Wednesday evening of
next week.
Work viii soon be resumed on the LAYING of
track on the flled-in portion of the narrow
gauge mole
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-09-29
Auct ons and Sales.

Won Rhein & Co. are preparing an auction
catalogue to be submitted during the early
part of next month.
G. H. Umbsen & Co. report the sale of the
following parcels at their auction held Mon
day last:
Southwest corner Fulton and Laguna stress
with lot 50x1 10, and improvement is rel ting for
sos sold for $4,000; subject 10 court confirm
alton. House OF ten rooms and lot 70x133, at
1912 Dolores, S795C. with an ''if." Three ten
ements and lot 1880, renting for S21, at As
Jessie street, $1l50; subject to court con-
firmation. Lot u :6X137 Is, on south 81 10 Of
Fulton street. ITO leet west OF Scott, $4,000
with an oil" Lot 65Xl15 and I'm proyements
renting for $58, sold for 5000; subject to court
rooms ami lot 17:2x7O at 422 Greenwich
Str ct, 1928 with an 'if."
EasIon Il Eldridge report the following sales
as m ade NJ their auction yesterday:
South line of Pacific, "a west of Jerome
alley, lot 26x167:6. twO-story building, $IO,-
$50; south inc OF Fulton, 1877 IS west of Scott,
lot 81 :6S137 IS, $1,000; nor tneast line of south
lark 2l2 southwest of Second, lot 22x9S,
with three-story house. $4,000; north line OF
Hill 105 west OF Noe, lot 25x112, with two
story house, 1890; north line Twenty ninth
1871 g east of Dolores. lot Sd :6x114, with house
of IL rooms, $500; southeast corner of
north line D to c, between Thirty-hrsL street
and Thirty-second avenue, lot 240x6o0, $lO,-
600; west line Of Colingwood, 70 north 4, +
Eighteenth, lot 40 AXIS with house of six
rooms, $4,000; nor theasterly line of Moss, 100
northwest OF Folsom. lot 50x75, with two
story bui. ding $500; northwest corner OF B
street and Skin avenue, lot 81 :6x100, $500.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-09-29
NO BUSINESS IN JAIL.
A Prisoner Released because of the
Decision Knocking Out Courts
Sta ding.

OAKLAND, CAL, Sept. 2S.- The opinion
recently rendered by Judg 5 Hall and
Ogden that the Berkeley Justices courts
had no legal existence has already Injured
10 the enetit of one prisoner.
Several months ago Joe FAss was con-
VIC e of petit larceny before Justice GEN
Try and senter ed to 100 days in the
County Jail. To-day his attorney applied
for Il writ Of habaas corr us on the ground
that the prisoner had never been legally
tired and sentenced, and Judge Ogden
granted The writ. There are several
other prisoners i'll the County Jail who
have decided to ask the court for similar
favors.
Several couples who were married d.
tie Berkeley Justice are also little in
doubt as to whether or not a cloud does
not hang over the proceeding. They
have been advised that such doubt ca n
not ex st, but the point has not yet been
finally decided.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-09-29
COOPER INDICTED AGAIN.
Another True Bill Found Against the
Bogus Nobleman.


"Sir Harry Cooper, the bogus noble
man, against whom the Grand Jury short
time ago found an Indictment on charge
OF trying to pass fictitious paper, is hav-
ing the Goals heaped upon him. Whatever
hopes he may have had to escape by
technically Trial on r cuarge of having in
HI, % session anks and seals of the
New Zealand Bank wer- dissipated yes
terday, when the Grand Jury found
true bill against him on tie same charge,
Coopers rial In the Police Court on the
charge took place some time ago and re-
suited In his being held to answer before
the Superior Court. Since the trial it was
learned that the complaint on which he
was brought before the court was faulty.
inasmuch as it alleged that the blanks
and seals found in the defendants posses
SIGN belonged to the Bank of New Zea-
land, Limited" the addition OF the word
Limited" constituting the error.
l. was in order TO be sure that "Sir
Harry" did not escape on such a techni-
caIity that the Grand Jury brought in an
Indictment against him.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-09-29
A DANG ROUS FIRE.

Burning Sacks Atnk Big Smoke at
the Giant Powder Works.
OAKLAND. CAL, Sept. IS "A fire was
discovered this afternoon among large
stock OF sacks at the Giant Powder Works
The flames were seen some distance away,
and II was reported hat the works were
on fire. Other powder works telephoned
10 offer helu If necessary, but it was stated
by the officials at the Giant that the flames
We're confined to a pile OF suIphuric acid
sacks and refuse and that there was no
danger. The fire wa quickly subIued,
but no buildings were reached.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-09-29

River, touches on the San Joaquin and is
watered by three systems of irrigation-the
Turlock irrigation district, the Crocker-Hu f-
man system and private ditch in which the
Mitchell estate is the principal owner Both
The Southern Pacific and the San joaquin
Valley roads are i'll proximity. The initial
transaction will be the offer at auction
early IN November OF 10, 600 acres a. the town
OF Atwater, all under irrigation and some of IT
planted in grapes and sweet potatoes, OF which
latter as high as 240 sacks have been raised
t. the acre and are known on the market as the
standard OF the coas. Although largely IN
fruit and grain, grain land prices Will form the
ha SIS OF saIas
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-09-29
'UCiION SALE OF HORSES.

from snout to TAIL was captured in the bay off
Harb View yes erday morning by Captain
V. Maggie and three fishermen. The men
were fishing Tor sea bass with net, and wnen
the big map-eatcr struck the moshes it raised
terrible commoion. For nearly an hour the
fishermen battled with the shark and at last
succeeded III drowning it by getting a rope
under Its fins and pulling II to the boat, where
an oar was poked down its throat. The shark
destroyed about 800 fathoms OF netting before
il was killed. The big fellows jaws are armed
with rows of formidable teeth. 1t is on x
hibitiou at the American Union Fish Com
pany's place ut LA Merchant street The
shark weighs 400 pounas,
Thirty millions of wooden spoons are
manufactured in Russia every year.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-09-29
Country Lands.

Easton, E bridge & Co. are appointed gen.
eral agents in California of the L, j. Rose
Company, limited, of London, owner of The
original Sunny Siope vineyard, winery and
other property at Pasadena. The place origi-
naly comprised $500 acres which, with the
were taken over by the London
company for $1,000, 600. About 1000 acres
have been disposed of and the remainder will
be placed on the market by the agents. Negotia-
lions are now pending Tor the sale of the large
winery and vlneraFt, including the stock OF
wines. The remainder of the property Is com
some vacant land available for the same pur-
pose. A Los Angeles syndicate has been or
ganized TO purchase $50 acres of the orange
orchard and the remainder of the property is
being offered on special credit terms extend
ing over five years at per cent.
The J. w. Mitchell estate, consisting of 49,
90 acres in Stanislaus and MERGED counties,
in the vicinity of Turlock ana MERGED, has
been placed in the hands of McAiee Brothers
Of this CITY. The property lies Oh the MERGED
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-09-29
HAVE ENOUGH LICENSE.
Liquor Dealers Deny That They Are in
Favor of an Increase.

Favor of an Increase.
The Protective Association of Liquor
Dealers deny emphauca.ly that it is in
favor of higher licenses, and at meeting
held Saturday resolutions were passed de-
claring the reports which appeared in the
Chronicle and Daily Report OF Septem Der
"A, TO the effect that they did favor sucn
increase, to be untrue.
The meeting Re erred to, according TO
the resolutions, was meeting of the di-
rectors OF the California Protective Assoc
cation, composed exclus vely of whole
sale liquor The California State
Protective Ass citation of Liquor-dealers,
com posed OF retailers was not IN any way
represented at said meeting. This asso-
citation of retail lIquor-dea!ers is unalter-
ably opposed 10 an Increase of the License,
believing that such increase would operate
strongly against the interests of the retail
trade and would De inim cal to the whole
sa ers and brewers as well.
The whoesa dealers also deny that
they took the action attributed to them.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-09-29
Too Weak TO Be Moved.

Policeman Coleman of the Pacific Coast So
ciety for the Suppression of Vice was notified
OF a case at $50 Suffer street, which needed
attention. Upon calling Mt the residence he
was notified that Miss Mabel Wheeler, who
was the cause of his visit, was too weak to be
moved At the advice OF physician she was
allowed TO remain, and report of In i'm
proyement in her condition is daily expected.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-09-29

Alameda County ". c. T. u, will speak.
a meeting will be held to- night at the
First Baptist Church to take final action
upon the incorporation of the church.
Rev. John Covie, ID, the new pastor OF
trinity NJ. E. Churca, BeTEeIey, received
Splendid ovation Sunday last when he
preached his iuitiatory sermons. His address
IN the morning was on The Power OF the
GoSpeI reception is to be tender, Dr..
CoyIe and his family at Trinity Church par
lois IhursdaY evening OF this Mesk.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-09-29
California Quartet Concert.

The California Quartet, assisted by Cyrus
Brownlee Newton. reader and impersonator;
Mr. and Mrs. Tobin, from bone, Miss Alma
Bergland, soprano, and Miss Moilie Pratt the
well-kuown accom- PIANIST. will give a concert
in Westminster Presbyterian Church, Page
ana Webster streets, Friday evening, Octo-
Der B.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-09-29

Herman Olerichs has brought to this city a
duck dog kntwn a, Chesapeake Bay re-
rriever. This acquisition TO canine society
arrived yesterday from Baltimore, and
is knnneled at Bridges stables on Pest
street The dog will have a chance to dis.
play his qualities as retriever in
in shooting althe Tule Bcllu Club next
Friday. Messrs, Ellison, Work and Web
STIR, ,ne three crack shots who ted at the Ia
ternational shooting match in Europe some
months since, are in San Francisco. and will
participate in the shooting at the Tulle Belle
Club.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-09-29

The largest bird IN the world is the con-
dor. Condors with a spread of wing of
eighteen 70 twenty feet have been shot in
the Andes.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-09-29
FOR SAN JoSE. los GATOS e. SANTA CRI8

CTEAMER ALVISO LEAVES PIER DAILY
- Sundays e1cepted) at 10 NJ Alviso dali;
Saturday exceptedl at P. NJ. Freight ana
Passenger Fare between san Francisco and
Alviso. soc: to San Jose Use. Clay st., Pier l.
~ w. Santa Clara Str san Joss
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-09-29

A ManE Eating shark Caught.
man-eating shark, measuring nine feet
Middletown transcript., 1897-03-20
USE OF snREDD ED COZ.

Goldfish is one uf the most economi-
Cal fish to buy. People with small
means shoald study to prepare this ex-
cellent fish.
1t may be used for fish balls by mix.
ing the dry shredded fish with six times
its quantity of mashed potatoes 1.-THE
potatoes having been boiled without
salt;l add small pieca of butter and
one egg. This. is for IA half-pound box.
Form it into ball size of an egg, fat
ten them little and fry brown into
fat.
Shredded cod may be creamed by lay
ing the fish for one minute in col d
water; then inciose it in towel and
press out all the water. Melt one tab
lespoonful -four; stir and cook few
minutes; add one pint of hot milk; stir
and cook to creamy sauce. Then add
the fish and pinch of white pepper,
and, if necessary, salt. Serve in bor-
der of mashed potatoes; sprinkle over
one tablespoonful fine chopped parsley.
This is for half pound package. Care
should be taken not to let the fish boil
in the Sauce.
Middletown transcript., 1897-03-20

collection by judicial proceedings and the
forced sale OF property. lt Is useless for you
and me or anybody else to say that deposltors
in banks and other creditors ought not TO pur.
sue this course when q crisis comes or Is APP
pretended for they always have pursued Il,
and always will unless human nature 15Ser
should be changed =.
cial. commercial and industrial affairs vio-
lar.tly disturbed by the fear that the govern.
= ert would not be able to maintain gold pay
~ .nts and that our currency would descend to-
silver basis. You saw the operations OF in-I
q .stry interrupted, banks failing. great com.l
ercial houses unable TO meet their opnga-i
tions, credit seriously impaired, mills and fac
tories closed and thousands Of laborers thrown
out of employment and o state Of panic and
business disorder prevailing in every part o.
the country. IL q mere doubt as TO the kind
of money we intended to us9 produced these
distressing results, what. think yon, would be
the probable consequences OF del1berats oe-
termination upon tho part or our people 70
adopt silver nonometa1liSta es permanent
system? The imagination can scarcely cen.
ceive the deplorable stats or society that
wor1ld Immediately follow the announcements
Of such policy. end viii not attempt TO de-
Il Il &c cannot mi be possible thas In the closing
wears of tn nineteenth century and In this
SSreat and free republic tho people themselves
viii initiate the bad eE1mple set by the cor
rupt potentates Of Europe, who have made
their names forever odlous IN history ~ de'
baginQ the money Of their subjects end rob
bing the Industrious poor OF the Just rewards
Of their labor The greatest crime short Of
absolute political enslavement that could be
committed against the workinganan In this
country would be to oonfscate his labor foT
the benefit Of the employer by destroying the
value Of the money in which his wages are
paid but, gentlemen, this irreparahle wrong
can never be psrpetrated under our system Of
government unless tie laboring man himself
assists in forging his own chains.
And now, gentlemen, having submitted, as
briefly and as plainly as the naturs Of the sub:
iect would permit, some Of the REASONS why
think your Interests demand the maintenance
Of a sound and stable currency, thank you
most sincerely for yotz kind end patient Es'
tention and win detain you no longer
Middletown transcript., 1897-03-20

quantity, and many housekeepers
could, il they would, lay in sufficient
supply to last month and thus ret
only avoid waste of time, but also gain
advantages that the small buyer
always loses.
A great many housekeepers, are sim
gularly thoughtltss about this, and
every time meal is to be prepared
something is lacking, and off to mar
ket somebody must go. Every s ore
closet should be kept supplied with salt,
pepper, spices, herbs, tapioca, maca-
roni, molasses, bicarbonate of soda,
baking powder, cream of tartar, flavol-
iEgs, vinegar, gelatin, barley, -four,
tea, sugar, c3ffee, choc. .,late, eggs,
breakfast cereals (f used,) starch, blu
ing, sal soda and soap. All dry groc-
cries and cereals should be kept in glass
pottery or mineral vesselss The store
room ehould be cool, dry and well ven-
tilated. Heat and moisture, lack of
ventilation and insects are the enemies
of all cereals. Nearly all kinds of food
supplies absorb aavors and odors, to a
greater or less degree; chocolate. cocoa,
tea, flour, butter, milk and eggs being
especially apt to partake of their sur
roundings. In buy ing, the best goods,
as a rule, are the cheapest in the end.
Flour especially should always be Of
the best quality.
The outward marks of good flour, as
given by Miss Parloa, are pleasant
odor and a yellowish tinge. To test it.,
wet small quantity with cold water
and work into rather tiff dough. If
it becomes smooth and elastic, and
when drawn out emits little crack.
ling sound, it will make good bread.
Fresh -four is hard to handle, making a
s'runny" dough; but the bread will. be
peculiarly sweet.
Middletown transcript., 1897-03-20
A Good Example,

The action Of the. silver Republicans
in deciding to make the money issue
paramount sets a good example. to the
gold Democrats, the Baltimore News
'(Dem. says: "They must keep them
selves in readiness to support, not mere
ly by assenting vote, but by active work
and friendly counsel. any effort which
may be honestly put forward by the in
coming administration to place the
finances of the country upon sound
basis. They would stultify their course
In the contest of last year if they allow
ed party considerations to have SO much
as a feathers weight in comparison with
their duty upon this issue of transcend
emit moment.
Middletown transcript., 1897-03-20
rhe ONLY Good paper Curreney.

All propositions for the retirement OF
the legal tenders and the abolition Of
the treasury reserve as feature Of our
currency system are coupled with the
demand for a banking system that would
afford large note circulation. one more
responsive to the fiuctuating demands Of
business and one whose reserve would be
maintained by banks which would be
compelled By the conditions Of their
existence and by law to protect their
notes. and which, through their discount
business, have the necessary machinery
for increasing their reserves or decreas-
ing their liabilities Such banking sys-
tenn would provide the paper currency
which the American people wonld rather
handle in their daily transactions and
carry about as pocket money than specie
Iron Age.
Middletown transcript., 1897-03-20
KITCHEN CHAT.

All cooks do not understand the diff
ferent effects produced by hard and
soft water cooking meats and vegetab-
les. says the "Home Queen.n Peas
and beans cooked in hard water con-
tanning lime or gypsum will not boil
good and tender because these sub
stances harden vegetable caseine. Many
vegetables, like onions, boil nearly
tasteless in softwatel because all the
flavor is boiled out. The addition of
salt often checks this, as in case of on
ions, causing the vegetables to retain
the peculiar flavoring principles besides
such nutri itcus matter as might be lost
in soft water. For extracting the juice
of meat TO make broth or soup, soft
water, unsalted and cold at first, is best
for it much more readily penetrates the
tissue; bu; for boi ing where the juices
are to be retained, hald water or soft
salted water is preferable, and the meat
should be put in while the wafer is
boiling, so that the pores may be sealed
up at once.
Z. :. r,,,~, r.,.r f.x,ranc hx tf,<.
Middletown transcript., 1897-03-20
Our Wonnan's
.....Colun1n

O0tfOit Eco L 1885,
"Well," she said, after a moments
reflection. 81 washed my two children
and got them ready for school and
saved button on Johnny's coat and
mended rent in Nellie's dress. Then
I tidied up my sitting room and made
two beds and watered my house plants
and glanced over the morning paper.
Then l busted my parlor and set things
to right in it and washed some lamp
chimneys and combed my baby's hair
and sewed button on one of her little
shoes, and then l swept out my front
entry and brushed and put away the
childrer1s Sunday clothes and wrote a
note to JohnDy's teacher, asking her to
excuse him for not being to school on
Friday. Then l fed my canary bird
and gave the grocery man an order and
swept off the back porch, and then l
sat down and rested for few minutes
before the clock struck 9. That's ALL"
"Alll" said the dazed lawyer, "Ex-
cuse me Judge; must get my breath
before call the Eext Witness"
Middletown transcript., 1897-03-20
UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANKS.
,TS54 I89P.
! ! 79
uxoLusrYr or pAxK,s owN NorEs on HANp.

These diagrams show that In Scotland
there is about 90 per cent more Of cur
rency in circulation in November than
in February. In Canada there is 30 per
cent more currency in circulation in Oc-
lober than in May. In the United States
there was only per cent change in cir
culation during the two years 1894 and
1896, and the most Of this change is 40
counted for not by the changing needs
for currency at different periods of the
year, but by the sales of United States
bonds, which made it convenient for
banks to increase their circulation. Mr..
Root thus explains the changes in Cam
.da and Scotland:
For instance, on comparing the cir
alation of Canada and Scotland, the
rst thing noticed is that in Scotland
here are two upward movements one
Illuminating in May and the other in
NoYember, while il Canada the former
movement = entirely absent and the
Middletown transcript., 1897-03-20
INFERloRlTY OF OUR OWN AS COM
PARED WITH SCOTCH AND CANA
DIAN CURRENCY SYSTEMS.

Need For More Money to Move Crops Is
At Once Supplied In Other Countries,
but Not In This-Red Tape, Cost and
Delay In Obtaining Currency Make Our
System Ine1astic and Increase Rate of
Interest In August and september-Bet-
ter Banking and Currency Systems Alone
Can Rid Us of the Silver Question.
Secretary of the Treasury Windom
said in his treasury report for 1890:
"In my Judgment the gravest defect
in our present financial system is it's
lack Of elasticity. ~ The demand for
money, in this country, is SO irregular
that an amount of circulation which
will be ample during ten months Of the
year will frequently prove SO deficient
during the other two months as to cause
stringency and commercial disaster.
The crops Of the country have reached
proportions so immense that their move
ment to market, in August and Septem-
ber, annually causes dangerous alb
sorption Of money. The lack Of a sufi
cient supply to meet the increased de-
mands during those months may entail
heavy losses upon the agricultural as
well as upon other business interest. ="
How hard and inelastic is our present
unscientific currency system, or lack Of
system, is apparent when comparison
is made with the currency systems of
other countries. In pamphlet recently
issued by the sound currency committee
Of the Reform club Mr.. L. Carroll Root
illustrates the relative elasticity of 90
different banking systems in 16 different
countries He says:
"The data secured includes weekly or
monthly statements of the outstanding
circulation Of the leading bank currency
systems Of the world. The period COW
cred in each case is the two years 1894
and 1895. The method Of preparation
of diagrams has been to take the mini
mum circulation of the period as base
line and to reduce the amounts on other
dates to percentages of this. In this way
a common measure has been secured,
and comparison of one diagram with
another is facilitated /"
We reproduce below three of Mr..
Roots diagrams which show in strik-
ing way the great difference in elasticity
of currencies in Scotland, Canada and
the United States.
BANKS OF scoTLAND-TEN BAEEs-