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The San Francisco call., 1897-01-24
PART II.
ness or hope

Life's compensation, after all, estab-
fishes an average that is fair.
The doleful story just related is offset by
another one, for on the opposite side of
the street is the home of a man who
started life where the other ended i'll a
saloon, and yet to-day stands respected,
honored, reve-ed in his community and
among his fellow-men.
From a wretched doggery on the water
front, he has persevered, worked, studied
and employed politics to the end which
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Odd Pets Of Our Society People
The Fennne Mind San Francisco nclnes to Birds, Cats
Small DOGS as a General Thing

Professor Jordan also makes a speciality
of studying, and incidentally .petting,
these queer little creatures, and many
specimens Of different varieties partake OF
his hospitality from time to time.
Mayor Phelan says, tersely and decided
ly, that he "has no pets" Now an office
holder possessed of any patronage who
has no ''pets" whatever is certainly sui
generis, but the statement is encouraging,
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has given him respectability, wealth and
renown.
On his way up he met the other going
down, both on the same path, but going in
different directions: one to fame and for
tune, the other to infamy and misfortune.
Where politics elevated the one it ruined
the other; to one it brought sobriety, to
the other intemperance; to the one it in
spired an am mbtion to higher life, the
other i. dragged down to lower; to one
political life meant healthier growth, to
the other it was poisonous; to one bless
ing, to the other a curse. What to the
wife and children of one was a shipwreck
at sea, to the wife and children of the
other was a voyage of profit to new and
bounteous cline. Thus in politics as in
everything else in this life do we find COM
pensations we'll averaged.
JUDsON RRJTsIE
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-24

A Russian physician asserts that the
pain of neuralgia, if superficial, can be re-
lieved at once by throwing beam of light
from bright arc light upon the affected
part
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Russia is stated to make the best isin-
glass. II is obtained from the giant stur-
geon, which inhabits the Caspian Sea.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-09
MAY LOSE HER CHILDREN.

Mrs. Annie Crosby Begins 20 Trembie
at Possibility of such Calamity.
Mrs. Annie Crosby was in fearful mood
in Judge Coffey's court yesterday because
she feared that she was abolt TO lose GUS
;ody of her two little daughters, who are
called Adeline and Rosa Shawl.
According to the testimon Mrs. Crosby
has had varied career. She was married
to Nathan Lindenbaum about twelve
years ago, but left him and he obtained a
divorce on the ground of desertion. Aft
erward she lived with Shawl, in accord
ance with what he declared was com
mon-iaw marriage" and by this union she
had two children, whose control is now in
question.
Less than a year ago the woman left
Shawl AMI married T. L. Crosby, which
led Shawl to interfere, and a his sugges-
tion the California Society for the Preyen-
ton of Cruelty to Children applied for
letters of guardianship.
Attorney Tread well insisted that Mrs.
Crosby as the mother of the children as
prior right to their custody; that she is
now a married woman and is leading a
good lie; that any mistakes she made in
the past ought not to be held UP against
her; that she will take better care of the
little ones than any one else, and will
give them more affection than any
stranger could possibly bestow.
Judg Coftey said he was no: willing to
decide the case without hearing testimony
touching the manner in which Mrs.
Crosby is now living, and intimat ed that
he was not disposed to award the custody
OF the little ones to either of the parents
as at present advised, but that he would
look further into the matter next Monday.
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SAN Diego WATER CASE.
The Company Cannot Compel
It's Patrons to Use the
Meters.
An Interpretation Of the Rate 0rdi-
nance by the Supreme
Court.

decision of the Supreme Court handed
down yesterday affirms the judgment of
the lower court in the case of V. X. Shaw
against the San Diego Water Com pany.
The case grew out of different interpre-
tations OF San Diego city ordinance in
regard to the water rate and is of consid-
cradle interest to The people of San Diego.
By the ordinance it is provided that GER
tain rates shall be charged by the wat r
company Tor the water furnished to prl-
vate parties, but there is also a proviso
which gives owners of property the privi-
iege of either paying according to these
rates or demanding a meter. The COM
pany put a meter in Mr.. Shaw's house
without his having asked for it. and at the
end OF the month a bill was brought in for
$1I GU. This Mr.. Shaw refused 10 pay. but
offered The company So 60, which was the
amount he had formerly paid and was ac.
cording 10 the family rate" provided for
in the ordinance.
The company held for its original bill
and threatened to shut The wafer off from
Mr. Shaw's house. Shaw brought action
In The court to enlo!n the company from
refusing to let him have water, and iud O.
ment was given in his favor.
Inc water company appealed the case
to the Supreme Court, which in the de-
clsion yesterday held that Mr.. Shaw was
right in his claim AMI that the water
company cannot force property-owners to
pay the meter rate. The court said that
the ordnance was trifie obscure on the
point, put the intention was that the peo-
pie should have the right to demand a
meter. In case water is wasted by any
one the company can bring charges and
can get redress from the courts, but the
mere assertion that 30 much W ater wa 8
used is not sufficient excuse for putting in
a meter.
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A STRONG WOMAN.
How a Prominent Veterans Wife Ac-
quired Great Strength What De-
termination Will Do.
From the Times sun, Denver, Colo

Any one who having seen Mrs. W. R. Mattox
OF Pueblo, Colo, one year ago, shou meet
her again to-day would be sure TO notice the
change in her appearance, and their greetin 2
would doubtless be, How well you are LOOK.
| ing"
inquiry, 81 feel stronger and am in better
health than / have been for years"
Mrs. Mattox is the wife of veteran of the
late war and lady much respected by all who
have the p easure of her acquaintance.
For years she has been a semi-iuv valid, with.
out ing able to really locate the source ol
her trouble
| lou g-suffering wcm in Fort Dodge, Iowa by
the OF DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People, Mrs. Mattox determined to try them
as she was suffering from gre at weakness ar d
general debl.ity, iollowi a severe attack OF
the grippe. Sne procured some and com
| menced using them, according to directions
Alter taking eight boxes cure was effected
and she reioiced to find herself new woman
"JusI think she said 81 am "a years old
and just as far back as can remem Der have
been a sufferer from prostrating OK head
aGhes They were always considered herad-
itary in our family, and now thanks to D..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale Poop e. am en-
trey free from these te,rib. e headsches"
Her son, young man well known in our
city, where he is an earnest worker in mis-.
sion schools and the Young Mems Christian
Association, has been a sufferer from stomach
trouble and general de bility to such an extent
as 10 often render him unable to attend tc
business
He is also much benefited after taking two
boxes of these pills, having regained strength
and flesh.
Or. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People con
! tain in condensed form all the elem 'nts ne
cessary to give new life and richness 10 tile
blood and restore shattered nerves. They are
| an unfailing specific for such diseases as loco
motor ataxia, partial paralysis, ST. VItus
dance, sclatca- neuralgia, rheumatism. nery-
ous headache, the after effect OF la grippe
palpitstion of the heart. pale and sallow com.
piexions, all forms OF weakness, either in m ale
or female Pink Pills are sold by ali dealers
| or will be sent post paid on receipt OF price
so cents a box or SIX boxes for So SO (they are
never sold in bulk or by the 10O), by address.
ing Or. Williams' Medicine Company, Sche.
nectady, N. Y.
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.DEBS WORKED
WITHOUT PAY
His Position in the Worden
Case Satisfactorily
Explained.
An Interesting Budget of News
= the Labor Council
Meeting.
Members of the Coast Seamen's Union
Claim That Sailors Are Not
Scarce.

At last nights meeting of San Francisco
Labor Council an interesting letter from
Eucene V. Debs TO George w. Montieth,
explaining the apparent apathy of the
American Railway Union TO the fate of
Salter d. Worden, was read. The labor
leader stated that when the American
Railway Union was merged into the Social
Democracy its finances were in a very bad
condition. and that he, among other Off
GERS, had worked about two years without
any salary. Further than this he had
himself assumed many of the obligations
OF the union. Under this condition OF
affairs it was naturally impossible for any
financial aid to be rendered Worden
through this source, although the letter
was profuse in expressions of symp ,thy
for the cond em ned and hopes for the best.
Delegate Furuseth of the Coast Seamen' s
Union made lengthy report in which he
deplored the fact that from time to time
reports of scarcity of seamen along the
water front and corresponding increase
IN wages have been published.
"Tnese repor,s,'' he says, ''are alto.
gether erroneous and will tend 10 make
matters worse. Men are very plentiful
just at present, and $50 per month is the
wages generally offered. Once, in an oc.
caslon of extreme urgency, S25 was paid,
but this is an isolated case.
THE spreading OF these rumors will ne.
cessarily have bad effect as 1t will food
the city with men from points along the
coast, and as men get more plentiful WORK
will become scarcer with the natural re.
suit that We shall soon have hundreds OF
desperate men willing to ship at any price
tffered."
Delegate Davis of the Musicians Union
reported that no satisfactory arrangements
have yet been made with the proprietors
of the Zinkand and Pabst cafes who are
employing non-unIon musicians, and that
the Ocean Beach Pavilion also employ a
non-union band on Sunday afternoons
A letter will be sent out from the Labor
Council tc the affiliated unions calling
their attention 10 this state of affairs and
requesting them TO act accordingly.
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IMPORTED BAGS.

They Must Be Packed Separately for
the Convenience OF the Appraiser.
A circular has been received at the Gus.
tom-house from the Secretary of the
Treasury announcing that in future i'm.
porters will be required to have bags OF
foreign and domestic origin packed sepa-
rateiy, in order that their character NAV
be readily determined a. the Appraiser :
stores.
with the view, however of allowing i'm
porters sufnclent time to comply with
this requirement the regulations of April
q, 1884 (section Ia. .9l2a which require an
examination OF the egai mum Der of PACK.
a es and sucn an examination OF the con.
tents as will reveal The character of the
bags contained therein, and the finding of
the Appraiser to be the basis for the "a.
sessment OF duty on the bales not exam
ined, now in iorce. will be continued for six
months from October 1, 1897.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-09
FAKBR SHARKBY
and GODDARD
A Battle Between Them
Will Be a Regular
Frost.
The Sporting Public Has
Had Enough of the
Sailor.
News That the Men Have Signed
Greeted by All With
Derision.

There is some doubt whether Joe God
dard has been signed o meet Iom Sharkey
under the auspices of The Knickerbocker
Club in this city next Novem ber.
As stated in yesterdays CALL. Zeke
Abrahams received dispatch from New
York Thursday evening. The dispatch
was signed Teddy Alexander and read ::
Goddard has arrived and signed articles,
which l have mailed You. Forward $500
for expenses. Goddard leaves to-mor-
row."
Thursday night THE CALL received a
dispatch from its Boston correspon dent,
stating that Goddard had arrived in that
city Thursday and left for New York In
the afternoon to meet his manager, Billy
Madden.
]. J. Groom of the National Club. in
speaking on the subject said: II don't
think that Goddard has signed articles 20
meet Sharkey. We have always under
stood, in fact, we know that Madden rep
resents Goddard and We have been doing
business with him.
The news that Goddard had signed arti-
cles 10 meet Sharkey did not create much
interest in sporting circles Yesterday.
Sharkev is dead frost, pucilIstcallv
speaking, in this town, and will not be
much of a drawing caro-; in fact, it Is
doubtful If a club handling him will
make its expenses.
Sharkey's exploit with Fitzsimmons
killed him with the San Francisco public
1t would have been tar better Tor him if
he had acted like man and acknowi-
edged fairly and squareiy that he was de-
Ieated by FitZsimmons instead of robbing
the Cornishman of the laurels of a we'll
earned victory. If Sharkey had done this
he would not to-day be without friends in
San Francisco.
There never was bigger and more
transparent fake perpetrated in the ring
than that performed by Sharkey. He
showed himself 10 be pugilist devoid of
courage, and his last fight here finished
him with the sporting public. Good
people ii it were advertised that the show
won ID be free.
When pugilist violates all the ethics
of the ring, asserts that he was foued
when struck fair blow, falls 10 the floor
and clumsiIy Stimulates pain, all of which
Sharkey did, he certainly has monu-
mental presumption to ask patronage
from the public.
Some few neopie say that they admire
the braZan effrontery of the sailor, but it
is an effrontery that the public doesn't t
like and won't stand.
On the night when Sharkey seconded
Connolly in his battle with Zeigler, Shar-
KEY was received with derisive cheers and
shouts, and some one in The audience per-
tinently asked how much he wei he'd.
When it was announced at the Dixon
Smith battle that Sharkey and Goddard
had been matched it was greeted with
Kisses and other utierances of scorn.
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DUST EXCESS In TEAS.
Important Ruling by the United
States General Appraisers
in New York.
More Than Ten Per Cent of Dust or
Pannings Will Be Cause for
Rejection.

At a meeting held recently in the Ap-
praiser's Office in this city by m merchants
and brokers in the tea trade, the senti-
ment was expressed that 1here should be
more uni ormity in the manner of testing
tees i'm ported into the United States.
Complaint was made that teas re eiected by
all examiner in one part of the country
were accepted by another examiner. This
and other similar facts have disturbed the
trade, and demand has been made for
uniformity. At the meeting Temporary
Examiner Toohey was asked whether he
would reject tea which was superior to the
Government standard on five points yet
tell below the standard on the point of
dust, and he replied that If the excess of
dust was not too great he would admit the
goods.
A circular received since then from the
treasury Department would indicate tn st
Mr.. Ioohey was too lenienL in his iudg-
ment, and that an excess of more than 10
\ per cent OF dust will be sufficient to ex-
seeAude the goods. The circular contains
the decision of the Board of General Ap-
pralsers n New York City III the matter
OF certain teas i'm ported from London and
condemned for excessive dust. The fol-
lowing extracts from the decision Law
down the law:
1t IS urged that the requirements for India
ana Ceylon teas that the maximum nercent
age OF dust or fannings must be restricted TO
10 per cent whe1 slfted through a No l6
sieve would exclude the finest grades of sucn
teas, which result was not intended by the
act 1t was also coutended that much of that
condemned as dust was needle lsai and thai
the regulations instructed examiners not to
consider as dust the needle leaf which ma
pass through the sieve. We are of the opinion
that the requirement. that certain teas must
not contain over 10 per cent OF dust that ,riI
pass through No. 16 sieve is as much a part of
the standard as the standard package OF tea
itself While in purity and fitness for CON.
sumption the said teas not i lferior tn the
standards, we find that they contain more
tnan 10 per cent of dust, and we conseouentIv
find and decide that they are below the stand.
ards prescri bed by law. The protests are &C.
cordingly overruied.
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/. LAMPS MADE
BEFORE GAS
Pastor of the First Christian
Church Refuses to Pay
an Exorbitant Bill,
The Company Admitted That
the Bills Seemed Too Large,
but Refused to Lower.
The Church Will Be Lighted With
Candles-Rev. Mr. Ford Snaps His
Fingers at the Company.


The members of the First Christian
Church and the San Francisco Gas Com
pany are indulging in slight dispute
about the size of the gas bills. Which
will come out ahead it is hard to say.
The gas company says 1t knows the bills
are too large, but for all that unless the
bills are paid at once the First Christian
Church will have 10 go without lighting
as far as il is concerned. The Rev. Frank
Ford, the pastor of ihe church, cheerfully
1flis them TO go ahead. Lamps were
used before gas" he says land L guess
they will serve our purpose Tor the pres
ent; if not we can have electricity put IN. +"
Mr.. Ford claims the charges have been
exorbitant and that the company haugh-
lily refuses 10 listen 10 reason. The first
meter they put in registered too little and
they took it out. This last one registers
too much. and they refuse 10 do anything
at all. Tne trustees have refused to pay
until the mistake is rectified, the gas COM
pany won't hear OF doing anything Tut
collecting the money they claim is due,
and consequently the gas will be shut off
entirely.
No bill was presented for July. the COM
pany claiming that the meter did not reg
lsIer the full amount OF gas consumed.
1USy tnen put IN 8 new meier, anu at Inc
end OF the month found that the church
had consumed over $40 worth of gas. and
accordinPly put in a Dlll for the preceding
month for the same amount, making IN
all SO for the two months. The next
month the bill vas even more, and the
trustees demanded thBt the meter be fixed.
This the company refused to do unless 1t
WAS at the expense OF The church.
Professor Sturges visited the adjuster of
claims and the bills for the preceding five
years We're gone through. 1t was found
that they did not average So a month.
The al iuster sad be was very sorry, but
he couId do nothing. The bills, he ad-
mitted, were rather large, but they would
have to be paid just the same Then, Mr..
Stnrges SAYS, their claim went through
the hands of almost every official IN the
company without doing any good.
The pastor snaps his finger at them and
tells them TO go ahead. ''If they care to
sue me, ali well ana good; but at any rate
we will not have gas IN this church
again.
Last night the church gave social and
1t was lighted by candles only. and the
services next Sunday evening will be held
IN the Sunday-schooi rooms and the same
manner OF lighting will be observed.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-09
THE WELBURN CASE.
Ex- x-Depnty Nellie O'Brien Swore That
Welburn Shaved Her Salary.

EX- Depnty Nellie 'Brlen SwOre 1hat
Welburn Shaved Her Salary.
The Introduction of Miss Nellie O'BrIen
as witness for the prosecution in the
Welburn case raised storm of objection
from the attorneys for the defense, they
alleging that they were taken by surprise
and complaining that the prosecution had
treated them unfairly by keeping secret
the fact that she was to be a witness.
There was quite a passage of words be-
tween Uniten States Attorney Fooie and
Messrs. McNab and Gould, but the court
deciGeI that the witness was properly on
the stand and that she might tell her story.
Miss O'Brien, who is a handsome
woman, told how she had been engaged
by Welburn as a clerk at $50 per month h
anu how she had signed vouchers for $125,
Of which she received only $50.
e,senger billiard swore that he had
collected the money on Miss O'Brien' 8
checks from the Assistant Treasurer by
order of Welburn and that he had re-
turned the money to the Collector.
After the noon recess the defense out
lined its plan of action. 1t was to the eff
feet that the Whitehurst mo ,ey was paid
to Norton for performing Whitehurst's
work while w hite hurst was sick; that no
money was ever EN- beZZed or unlawfuily
re aimed by Welburn and that Sinnott q /
demanded money from Welburn and had
threatened to testify against him unless
he were given hush money.
The trial will be resumed at IL o'clock
this morning.
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PAGES SECOND INDICTMENT.
His Lawyer Contends hat 1t Is Defe G
tive and Therefor Void.

tive and Therefore Void.
Ex-District Attorney James d. Page seems to
have luck on his side in the matter of his de.
tense to the charge OF embezzlement.
While he was District Attorney the sum of
$3O62 belonging to Louis Lichtneger, an in
sane man, was intrusted 10 his care, and
when the money was wanted Page fed the
State. He was arrested in New York, brought
back and convicted OF en- mbezzlement When
the case got to the Supreme Court a new trial
was granted on the ground that there was no
showing at the trial that demand had been
made on Page for the repayme nj of the money
No second trial has been had. the case having
been postponed from time to time at the re-
quest of the defendant. On the 1st insi. new
Indictment was found by the Grand jury and
now Attorney J. n. Z. Wilson, represen TIM
defendant, contends that this new Indictment
is detective and IN fact void, tecause il does
not affi rmatively recite the fact that demand
has been made on Page for the money al.
though such demand was actually made be.
fore the filing OF the indictment Further
hearing OF the m tier will be had next Friday.
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C. A. spreckeIs Wins a su;,.

Judge Belcher of the Superior Cour has rem.
dered judgment in favor of C. A. Spreckels
against the following named defendants for
the amounts specified: {. c. Butler. SI2. .6SI !;
Behrend Joosl, $l4, ,994; Fabian Joost, S77ll
J. A. Buck, S6340; J. w. Hartzell. S4356: N
n. Oh iandt. $3SO4; W. +. Thomas, $50; J. II.
Gilmore, $50. Tne indebtedness grew out of
Mateo Railway Company.
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living at Ais Harrison street had narrow es-
cape from being drawn into the wheels of
some machinery YESTERDAY and being ma ngled
TO death. He was employed in The Commerci
Box Factory on Third and King streets, and
the sleeve of his shirt on the left arm GO
caught in the cogwheels and drew his hand
and arm into the wheels. He rea lied his dam
ger and quickly pul ed away, but not before
badly laoerated. S injuries were dressed at
the Receiving HOSPITAL
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Only a simple AssauIt.

Mrs Isabelle Williams, the wife of "Dick'
Williams, he of Custom-house notoriety, was
allowed to plead guilty to simple assault yes
terday. The original charge an intent to
do great bodily harm, and from all account Is
she suct eeded admirably Several months ago
she threw handful OF red pepper into the
face and eyes OF her husband because of some
real or fancled offense, and at that lime there
was no doubt abou The bodily harm that she
inflicted. Now IL seems that the offense was
more of the nature oi ''simpic assault"
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-09
WILL TAKE AN OCEAN TRIP.
Miss Marguerite Lake Goes to HiIo,
Hawaii, for u Needed Rest.

Miss Marguerite Lake, deaconess of the
Methodist Mission house in Chinatown, lie ayes
this morning for Hilo, where she will spend a
few weeks in recuperating her health and
strength which have been broken down by
her close appiics ton to the work of the mis-
sion.
She will 60 on the bark Annie Johnson
which sails this morning. and will return ON
the same vessel. The work of The mission,
connec. ed with the worry caused by the re-
cent attacks of he anii-mission Chinese ha We
proven 100 much Tor her, and the physicians
tell her that she must take a complete rest
The long voyage on a sailing vessel, with the
rest to be obtained in the beautiful town of
Hilo, is expected to place her in good physical
condition again, and on her return she will re.
sumo her duties at the mission.