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EVENTS ON THE TURF.
Twelve Thousand People Attend the
Races at Ingleside.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. WEATHER
warm, track slow. Twelve thousand
people viewed the racing at the Ingle-
side track to-day. Lucky Dog cap
tured the Shreve cup in romping fash
ion, stepping the first half in 0:4S15.
Five of the six favorites won.
Six furlongs, purse, Libertine won,
Yankee Doodle second, Lady Diamond
third. Time-1 :1634
One mile, purse. Perseus won, Peter
the Second second, Earl Cochran third
Time-1 :45.
Six furlongs, selling, Moylan won,
Arapahoe second, Petrarch third. Time
LII.
The Shreve & Co. cup, one mile, 500
and cup valued at $500 to winner,
Lucky Dog won, st. Lee second, Aqui-
mas third. Time-1:43
Seven furlongs, selling Greyhurst
won. George Palmer second, Arrezzo
third. Time-1:31h.
One and one eighth miles, selling,
Red Glenn won, Little Cripple second,
Minnie Gee third. Time-1: :59b
AT NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 1-Resurts: ::
Six furlongs, selling, If won, Mollie B.
second. Liseitta third. Time-1:19.
Six furlongs. two-year- -olds, Alvin w.
won, Maxine Elliott second Jack Hayes
third Time-1 1874
One and onequarter miles. selling. Lii
nette won, Chugnut second, Farmer
Leigh third. Time-2:11H.
New Years handicap for three-year-
olds, 81 900, one and one-sixteenth
miles. Scribe won, Grayling second, Ray
H. third. Time o1I
Six furlongs, selling, High Test Won,
Pearson second Oldham third Time
1:19a4.
Six furlongs, selling, Princess Bonnie
won. Rosy second, Loyal Prince third.
Time-1 :20A.
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The Car GreetS President Faure.

PARIS, Jan. president Faure re-
ceived a telegram from the car, IN
which the Russian Emperor, in addition
to the usual New Year greetings, eX-
pressed his good wishes for the prosper
ity of France Among the pleasantest
recollections of the past year, the car
concludes, "are those of my charming
soiourn in your beautiful country, the
memory of which is ineffaceable."
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SAD DEATH.
Albert Nathan Welcomed the New
Year and Then Expired.

Apparently hearty and well when the
New Year came in, and enjoying the
footing Of horns, the shooting Of pistols
and firing of crackers, Albert Nathan,
the seventeen year-old son of Samuel
Nathan, and one of the most popular
employees of Charles T. Nathan & Co.,
enjoyed only a brief half hour Of the
new year he had SO joyously welcomed.
When his brother Henry went to the
family residence at 315 P street abot y
midnight Albert was footing a horn to
celebrate the advent of the new year
and begged his brother to fire his re-
volver. While there was still charge
in the weapon he asked to fire that and
after doing so again footed his horn
and went to bed.
A few minutes later he was taken with
vomiting, and asked for some powders
always kept on hand for him, since he
had been under the care of some of the
best physicians of this city and San
Francisco, who had treated him for
heart disease. After taking the powder
he declared himself better, but in a
minute or two told his mother that he
was dying.
Everything that could be done by the
family, who were assembled at his bed
side, was done, but a few moments later
he breathed his last, dying peacefully.
He had been an employe of Charles
p. Nathan & Co. less than a year and
the esteem in which he was held by the
firm caused them in that time to raise
his salary four times voluntarily, and
another raise was promised him when
he left the store on the night he died.
On Christmas day he received as a
present new suit of black clothes and
contrary to the custom of the Jewish
faith he will be buried in them to-mor-
row at his eXnreSS request
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Murdered His Wife.

BOSTON, Jan. 1.-Samuel Whitaker
a shoemaker of North Cambridge, al
3:3O o'clock, shot and killed his wife
Catherine. by blowing the top of heI
head off with a shotgun. He then at
tempted to suicide by cutting his throat
with a razor. He was taken to the Cam
bridge Hospital in a critical condition.
He is about 30 years old, and his wife
few years younger. Whitaker had
been drinking.
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The Dim Past.

Professor Qecturing)-Oxygen. gentle
men, is essential to all animal exist
ence; there could be no life without it.
Strange to say, it was not discovered
until a century ago. when
Student-What did they do before it
was discovered, professor ?-Household
Words
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Squelched Him.

Your money or your life," he hissed.
The girl, who was taking advantage of
the gloamdng to mount her wheel
frowned. Sir" she answered, with a
trace of irritation in her manner, "if
felt that it were necessary for me to be
held up / should employ regular in
structor. Good evening. Detroit Tri-
bune.
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True.

II never want to hear anything about
a woman's extravaganza" said Mr..
Meekton'S wife. "A woman always
tries to get more for her money than
man does for his That's true was
the answer When We went to the the
alter last night your hat and sleeves en-
abled you to occupy twice the space
that I did."-Washington Star.
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Bare-knuckle Fight.

1t was rumored last night that a bare
knuckle fight between a white man
named Donahue and colored scrapper
was to take place at late hour at a re-
sort few miles down the river. Every
effort was being made to keep the mat
ter quiet
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PERSONAL MENTION.

Senator Eli Denison of Alameda is at
the Golden Eagle.
Mr. and Mrs J. r. Curnow of San
Jose are at the Golden Eagle.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Clark of Stockton are
stopping at the Golden Eagle.
Mrs. c. NJ. Mcdonald, Past Grand Vice
Templar of the order of Good Templars,
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Match at 10 bluerockS:
"Berkey's Airship. "

A rack-shamble wooden contriyance
of some kind lies half submerged along
side the bank of the American River
near the Twelfth-street bridge The ma
tives out that way, when asked what it
is, reply that it is Tom Berkeys air.
ship
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BLUEROCK SHOOTING.
Scores Made Yesterday by Capital
CITY Club Members.

A few members of the Capital City
Bluerock Club had little practice on
the grounds at the American River
bridge yesterday. The wind was too
strong for good shooting, but some fair
scores were made as follows:
Match at % bluerocks, unknown
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Suicide at Newark, N. j.

NEWARK IN. j., Jan. 1.-B. J. Scan
Ian. general agent for Orator +. Wood
ward, proprietor of the Kemps Balsam
Manufactory at LIE Roy, n. Y, COM
mitted suicide at the Continental Hotel
this morning by taking poison.
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The word nickname is supposed by
some to have been eke-nam or addi-
tional name; others connect it with the
German name for wood imp, a nicken
or necken, tease name. these supernat-
ural beings being the Pucks of German
mythology. Globe Democrat
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A Prodigy.

What though he scarce can read or write
And is the dulest boy in school?
What though his teacher looks upon
Him as hopeless fool?
The other boys look up to him
He's envied by them all,
For be IL known that he's a star
When it comes to playing ball,
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Sir Charles Tupper.

LONDON, Jan. 1.-Sir Charles Tup-
per. late High Commissioner of Canada
in London, has postponed the date of his
departure from England for Canada un-
til February 4th.
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HUI

Nothing has ever been produced to
equal or compare with Humphreys
Witch Hazel Oil as CURATIVE and
HEALING APPLICATION. 1t has been
used 40 years and always affords relief
and always gives satisfaction.
1t Cures Piles or HEMoRRHoIDs, External
or Internal, Blind or Bleeding and
Burning; Cracks or Fissures and Fistulas.
Relief immediate-cure certain.
1t Cures BURNS, Scalds and liberation and
Contraction from Burns. Relief instant.
1t Cures Torn, Cut and Lacerated
Wounds and Bruises.
1t Cures BoILs, Hot Tumors, Ulcers, Old
Sores, Itching Eruptions, Scurfy or Scald
Head. 1t is Infalible.
1t Cures INFLAMED or CAKED BREASTS
and Sore Nipples. 1t is invaluable.
1t Cures SALT RHEUM, letters, Scurfy
Eruptions, Chapped Hands, Fever Blisters,
Sore Lips or Nostrils, Corns and Bunions,
Sore and Chafed Feet, Stings of Insects.
Three Sizes, 2sc., soc. and $I.oo.
Sold by Druggists. sent postpaid receptofprice
HUMPHREYS NED. CO., Ill d Is william St., Eew York
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stock carried over of 1924, go pounds
The increased holdings for rise are
in the Western markets and by farmrs
in the country.
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Impoverished blood causes that tired
feeling Hoods Sarsaparilla purifies,
enriches and vitalizes the blood. giving
new life and increased vigor and vital
ity.
Hoods Pills are easy to take, easy to
operate. Cure indigestion, biliousness,
headache.
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Equal to the Occasion.

The Nurse (proudly presenting a
large headed bald and cross-eyed first
born)-Don't you think he's splendid?'
Mr. Gottleft (who knows the fond
mother is listening, taken aback, but
equal TO the sion)-Er-ah-really,
/ heard he was a fine big boy, but had
no idea he was such monster. Illus
trated Bits.
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The Queens Speech.

LONDON, Jan. 1.-The Queens
speech opening Parliament will, it is be-
Iieved, refer to a closer union between
Great Britain and the colonies.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-03
IRISH NIGHT.

Tho Entertainment at Metropolitan
Temple Promises to Be Success.
The entertainment in honor of Irish
Night" at Metropolitan Temple, March 10,
promises to be great success. The COM
mittee of arrangements met last night in
Mr.. Kavanagh's. southeast corner OF Grove
and Steiner streets. Considerable progress
has alread been made with the preIimin-
aries, but final drafting of programme has
been deferred until next meeting.
The popular and efficient band of Sacred
Heart College will form the orchestra.
Miss Georgiana will give overtures on the
organ. Mr.. Grennan will play cornet
solo. A distinguished mandolin club of
seven ladies will perform. Master Arnold
Grazer TN characteristic Irish cosrume)
and Miss Gracia Nolan will figure in fancy
dancing. Such high class vocalis,s as
Miss Rooney, Miss Kirby, Mr.. Woods,
Mr.. Hynes and Mr.. McAuiffe will sing.
Father MacFadden, In his own mimi.
table style, is expected to electrify the
audience. Everything promises to make
the event great attraction. The highly
charitable purpose OF the entertain m ent
makes it always seasonabie.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-03

CATION and improvement Company, Mr..
Corcoran's attorney, Arthur L. LevinsKy
and G. r. Alien. coal dealer. spoke briefly.
They claimed that the coal was mercy
used as ships supplies, that it was not
merchandise; that even if it was mer-
chandise, 1t originally came here from
foreign port, and paid toll wnen it was
transported across the wharf on arrival, and
should not, therefore. pay second toll on
being transported back again TO the COM
panies' vessels. TIE total amount sued
for by the board was $l93. which, how
ever, was an overeshmated amount.
The board agreed. on consideration, TO
pay $1O0 as settlement in full, the de-
fendants to make known their determine
ton at Thursdays meeting.
Mr.. Corcoran conteuded that the regu-
latious of the board did not provide for
any such tolls, and that the transporta-
tion companies received no notice thereof.
The regulations stated that tolls should
be paid upon the companies cargo. where
as the coal was not cargo, but ships sup
plies. 1t was manIfestly unjust to ask
them to pay tolls. when neither before
nor since had any been exacted.
Secretary Keegan insisted that tolls
were always charged upon coal used for
fuel purposes. and that the Dunsm uirs
complied with this regulation without
murmur.
1--WE complain said Mr.. Corcoran,
"that this is an attempt to make US liable
without giving us notice. Had we had
notice we could have settled the question
of liability"
Mr.. Lavlnsky put this hypothetical
case: Say the coal is delivered on board
one of our steamers for use as fuel, and
that Just as the steamer is about to sail
she springs leak and all the coal end
merchandise have to be removed to
another vessel. We are then met with a
toll for carrying the coal across the
wharf"
Mr.. Allen also maintained that tolls
were never mentioned when he supplied
the coal 70 the steamers. Ii he had known
that such charge would be made he
would most certainly have regulated his
price accordingly.
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A BIC FAMINE IN OPIUM
The Visible Supply of the Drug
in Chinatown Almost
Exhausted.
Treasury Agents MAXI a General
Contraband War Against 1t
Wherever Found.

There is no telling where the price OF
opium will go to if the special agents OF
the treasury refuse to raise the siege
against the article. There is a practical
famine OF the drug in Chinatown. and as
the consignments In the warehouses are
under contra aband Just now, the prospect
OF immediate supplies are not auspicious.
The action of the Treasury Department
in tying up all bonded consignments pend
Ing an investigation of the manner in
which the drug was imported has had the
effect of dscouraging further shipments
for the present. An order for $3.50, 900
worth of the article from Reseno e. Co. of
Hongkong has just been Cancelled by
Swayne & Hoyt, the custom house
brokers. This shipment was due here
about the last Of May.
AS far as can be learned, there is very
little opium coming on the next two
steamers. The Coptic is due here on
March 20, but there is none OF the drug in
the cargo manifest.
The treasury agents are still keeping
waichfuI eye on Chinatown. A liberal
construction of the ruling made by the
agents in relation 10 the consignments in
the bonded warehouses, should it be up
cid by the department after the investi-
CATION is comp leted, would probably leave
every pound of the drug in Chinatown
liable to seizure, lpasmuch as almost the
entire local supply that clears through the
regular channels is distributed through
the Medium of one or two Chinese firms.
Wherever pound of opium is discovered
on the counters of Chinese merchants it
i, being temporarily declared contraband
and carted away to the Appraisers build
ing.
Special Agent George E. Charming filed
a report with Collector Wise yesterday of
this sort of seizures up to date. Tee docu-
ment shows that over 2400 tins of five
taels each have been locked up already.
The list OF these seizures is as follows:
Quong Fon Tai e. Co., 1856 Dupont street,
602 Tins; Chew Ying Lung d. Co., 738 Sacra-
mento street, 80 tins; Song Wo & Co., 723 Sac
ramento street. 90 tins; Sun Kwong Chong &
Co., 40 Sacramento street, 2S4 tins; Tai
Hing. 1016 Dupont street, tins; Sue Wo &
Co., 941 Dupont street, 80 tins; Wing Tuck a.
Co., 739 Sacramento street, 507 tins Shue-
Wuen Hing e. Co., 839 Dupont street. 3 tins:
Chy Tung & Co., $40 Sacramento street, IL
tins; Kwong Lun Hong & Co., 639 Sacramen to
street. 434 tins; Tsue Chong Wing d Co., 637
Sacramento street, 273 tons.
It is expected that in another week
opium will be worth $40 pound in China
town.
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STATE SUES FOR
TOLLS ON COAL
Transportation Lines Object
to Double Charges
Made.
Litigation Delayed for a Con.
ference With the Harbor
Board.
Probability That Some Agreement
Will Be Soon Reached Out.
side of the Court.

A case was set for trial before Justice of
terday afternoon, the decision in which
will indirectly involve sums annually
amounting to thousands of dollars. The
amount directly at issue in the case before
the Justice was small. The parties con-
cerned were the State Of California, as inn
personated by the Board of Harbor Com
missioners and Charles r. Allen, the
California Navigation and Improvement
Company and the Union Transportation
Company.
The State Board of Harbor Commission
ers levied q charge of 5 cents per ton
against the parties named for coal carried
across the docks to be placed on board OF
steam vessels. The same coal had al
ready paid toll of cents per ton to bs
landed. The defendants claimed that the
coal carried to the vessels was to be con-
sidered as supplies, not being intended for
cargo, but being shipped for consumption
in the furnaces OF the steamers to furnish
steam to propel the vessels. They refused
to pay the toll ON tie ground stated, apd
the Harbor Commissioners thereupon be-
gan suit some months ago. The case was
to have been heard yesterday, but it did
not come off, for the lawyers thought that
perhaps it would be better to talk the mat
ter over fully with the Commissioners
first.
This conclusion was made known to
Justice Barry, who set the hearing for
March 10 at 10 A. NJ, when it will take
place If some understanding is not
reached in the meantime. From the City
Hall the attorneys went to the Board of
Harbor Commissioners rooms. "a meeting
of the board being in progress.
TREY l.. Ford made the statement, at
the conference which ensupd, that the
coal in question was delivered across the
wharves to the transportation companies
in question from 1892 to 1894 Then III. ].
Corcoran, manager OF the California Nayi-
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HYDRANTS FOR OCEAN VIEW.

The Request of the Improvement Club
Has Been Complied With.
The house. e.owners and resid ents of
Ocean View are considerab bly, happier since
the Supervisors have placed extra hy-
Grants along the principal streets of that
settlement.
This additional precaution against fire
had become a necessity in consequence of
the many additional residences built there
within the past six years.
To protect the property in that section
an engine-house had been built and an
engine and horsecart located there, but
the service this apparatus could render
was limited to a few streets in conse-
quence of the scarcity of hydrants. This
drawback has been guarded against by the
additional hydrants.
At meeting of the Ocean View I'M
provement CLUB held at Taylor's Hall on
Sunday. committee was appointed to
cooperate with the Sunset Improvement
Club in the opening OF Nineteenth avenue
from Golden Gate Park to the CorSett
road, and from there through Ocean View
to the Mission county road. This would
give direct outlet to the people of Ocean
View to the park, Ingleside racetrack and
the county road.
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WILL ALL
.."CONVEN
THURSDAY
Final Preparations for
the Big Postoffice
Meeting.
MEMBERS OF SIX BODIES
NOTIFIED.
Strong Resolutions to Be For
wafded to Washington
Soon.
WORK SHOULD BE STARTED AT
ONCE.
Congress to Be Asked to Make an
Appropriation So That There
Will Be No Delay.

The letter-carriers of the Postoffice Will
this morning deliver several thousand let
ters, in which the recipients will be noti-
lied that they are expected to be present
at the mass-meetihg which has for its
object the commencement of the work on
the new Postofice building.
Judging from the enthusiasm mani
tested 1t will be one of the largest repre-
sentative gatherings ever held In this CITY.
That it will be well worth attending goes
without saying, for there will be goodly
number of able and well-informed speak
ers, who will discuss the needs of the Civ.
and with reference to the Postoffice will
suggest the proper course to pursue to
have It's new headquarters erected and as
speedily as possible.
Those who will be invited to speak and
who have signihed their willingness to
take the platform in the Chamber of Com
merce meeting in such a worthy cause are
well known TO the people all over the
State, and many are not strangers to the
people of the United States. They are
General N. 2. Chipman, W. H. Mills,
Julian Sonntag, Hugh Craig, Colonel
John P. Irish, Oscar Lewis, J. A. Fllcher,
a. A. Watkins. W. F. Dohrmann, ].
Richard Freud and Captain W. L. Merry,
and it is expected that Mayor James D.
Phelan will have few remarks to make
upon the subject.
All the commercial, industrial and Off
cial classes of the community viii be rep
resented. Thev are all impressed with
the i'm portance of the agitation instituted
by The CALL and with the great benefit it
will be TO the mercantile, social, official
and laboring classes. The benefit to the
latter will be particularly felt, as it will
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-03
READY TO RECEIVE TRUTH
Dharmapala Says That West.
ern Intelligence Is Ready
for Buddhism.
The Apostles of the Great Indian
Founder of a Religion Will Not
Preach to Barbarians.

Such an audience gathered to hear
Dharmapala at Native Sons Hail that the
smaller rooms of Golden Gate Lodge of
Theosophists where the lecture was to
have been given Sunday night. early over
flowed, and the audience had to transfer
itself to the main hall downstairs.
The topic Of the Buddhistic apostle was
ristianity and Bndd hism Reconciled. "
He said this might seem an impossibility,
but it was not by any means. Indeed,
nearly all of the doctrine of Christ was
essentially the doctriae of Buddha,
preached 600 years before Christ was born.
If we add to Christs teachings of peace
and brotherly love two tenets-the one,
do not destroy life," that is, any con-
scIous life, and the second, directly op-
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MARRIED AT THE coNooRD1A CLUB.


evening $3.50
Voorneer performed the
couple The bride
overdress OF accordion
cofure wreath bios
bridal orchids and lilies OF the valley
mald OF honor and
Hhman Miss Alice Bachmn Miss Daisy schwSer and Miss ca
H. avenson best
Test Leon H. Cook the
with
white
Eppng Southern California
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San Francisco, March 3, 1897

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give employment to hundreds who are
now in need of work
CALLS FOR THE MEETING.
Prominent Organizations Summon
Their Members to the Joint
Conference,

OrSanlZdLtOnS SuHiHioi
Their Members to the Joint
Conference.
Three secretaries were kept busy yester-
day getting out calls for the mass meet
ing and, from what was stated, nearly all
will respond. Julian Sonntag OF the
Manufacturers and Producers Associa-
ton had discussed the meeting with sew
eral of the presidents of the otter bodies
and they outlined the business to be
transacted. On returning to his office he
caused to be forwarded at once the follow
ing invitation to Mayor Phelan, which,
without doubt, will be accepted:
SAN FRANCISCO, March 2, 1897.
Hon James D. PheIan, San Frdncisco-DEAR
SIR: have the honor to invite you to be pres
ent at meeting to be held at the Chamber of
Commerce on Thursday, March 4, at P. NJ
This call has been issued by the leading COM
mercial and industrial organizations with the
object in view of requesting our Senators and
Representatives to urge the United States Gov
ernmeut officials to Immediately issue orders
for the construction of the new Postofice
building to be located in this City. Yours
truly, JULI AN SoNNTAG,
President Manufacturers and Producers AS
socia tion.
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ARE THEY DOCTORS?
b. b. Lee and w. L. Brown Arrested d
on the Complaint of a Lady
Patient.

Mrs. Henry Motz, Prescott House,
Kearny street, swore to two separate COM
plants in Judge Campbell's court yester-
day charging B. B. Lee and w. L. Brown
with practicing medicine without physi-
clans certificate or license. In Lees case
the dates are given from June 3, 1896,
to January 49, 1897, and in Browns case
February 2S Lees bonds were fixed IN
$500 and Browns in $500.
They were arrested 10y Policeman Coogan
and booked at the City Prison. Both
claim that they can produce diplomas.
showing that they are fully qualified to
practice medicine. Lee is the doctor"
who was first called in to attend Sharkey
after his knockout by Fitzsimmons.
Mrs. Motz, the complaining witness,
says she came from Santa Monica some
months ago for medical treatment in this
City.