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The San Francisco call., 1897-10-06
Two Boards of Supervisors
Now Before the Supreme
Court.
Many Friendly Bets Being Made
That the Old Supervisors
Will Win.
Will Mayor Phelan Resign7 A Dis.
puted and Much Discussed
Question.

The Justices of the Supreme Court Ike pt
themselves secluded all day, but not one
decision was rendered, so ousy were they
over the conside rat ton of the "alI" i'm
portant question, which OF the two con-
tending Boards of Supervisors will be
recognized.
The august body was up to its eyes, so
to speak, in unraveling the mysteries of
the codes and previous decisions.
There were any number of friendly bets
being made on the outside as to the de-
cision, the old board being on the ong end
OF the string. The bets consisted chiefly
of a hat, cigar or a social cocktail with
lunch thrown in. Why it is that the old
board is the favorite would be hard to tell,
but such is the fact.
The court will probably render it's de-
cision tnis week. Under the law the court
must sit in Los Angeles next Monday,
and, considering the gravity of the situa-
ton, it will undoubtedly decide the issue
before it leaves on Saturday for the land
of orange blossoms.
While this is the uppe.most thought at
the present time there is still another
lurking in the breasts of the appointees of
the old board. Should the new me m bers
come out victorious It is conceded on all
hands that not one of the Rainey clique
would be kept in office month.
There are others who are bold enough
to assert that his Hon. Mayor Phelan
would resign in big heap of disgust at
the ingratitude of Supreme Court in not
sustaining him in his present peculiar
position. The position OF Mayor Phelan
with the old board would be something
like the one over which Mayor KaIloch
presided, or rather did not preside over.
The Supervisors of that period ran the
city as if there was no such thing as a
Mayor. The Objectionable official was kept
busy defending himself and mis- office in
the courts OF the city the greater portion
of his time. II the old board should get
in Mayor Phelan will be kept warm in
his office for the balance of his term, or it
will not be the fault of brevet Mayor
James Britt and his concreted seven ad-
herents. As TO the tax levy it rests on
this decision, and whichever way it goes
decides the tax levy.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-06
WELLS OF CRIPPLE CREEK
He Believed That Case Was
Invinoible in the Roped
Arena.

Among those who witnessed the physi-
cal culture contest betW cen Billy Elmer,
the thespiaI pugIlist and Dick Case at
Woodward's Pavilion was James H.
Wells of Denver, moneyed man, a
stranger in the city, man who had
made a large fortune in Cripple Creek
and had no desire to tempt or WOO for
tune on the Kiondike.
Shortly after Elmer's defeat Wells met
Case Look herel'' said Wells after the
formal Introduction was over and they
had had several drinks. Il believe that
you can lick any man in the world of
your weight"
II am satisfied that l can do that very
thing" answered Case. There is no
man that l fear of my weight, not even
the doughty Walcott"
Several days after this conversation
Wells met some friends of Young
Dempsey in a resort, who boastingly pro-
claimed that Dempsey could DO Case.
Wells hotly dlsclalmed that Dempsey
could do anything of the kind.
Dempsev's partisans asserted that he
could, and the storm b came a tempest.
"Ill tell you what I'll do" said Wells,
rs he wiped his perspiring forehead. "Pll
bet $3.50 that you can't do Case"
Dempsey's friends covered the money,
and it was arranged that the bout should
House.
Thursday several vehicles drove up to
BIankens resort. Among those first to
alight was Case.
Look here, Henry" said Case, address
ing the veteran proprietor OF the roadside
inn, 1--WE would like to inspect your gym
nasium."
"Very well, Dick" said the genial
Blanken, 'you can inspect anything /
have around here"
The keys OF the gymnasium were given
TO Case. The gymnasium is upstairs. The
! party went up.
Blankeu, busy about the inn, heard a
resounding thud. He rushed upstairs and
! into the gymnasium, aud found Case
lying on his back. Dick had been knocked
out in the tirst round.
| Wells of Cripple Creek had been given
! the double cross.
And the thing is the talk about town.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-06
KNIGHTS IN C0NCLAVE.
Ten Templar Communicates
VIII Meet in Los Angeles
This Week.
Preparations for the Reception of the
San Francisco Delegation Have
Been Made.

= During the present week the Knights
Templar Will hold department conclave
IN the city of Los Angeles On
that occasion ten communicates will
be present Los Angeles Comman-
derry No. has extended an invi-
tatlon to Golden Gate Commandery No.
10 OF this city and has requested it to give
an exhibition drill on that occasion. The
invitation has been pied and the COM
mandery will leave this city for Los An
geles on a special train this evening, and
will arrive al It's destination to- morrow
afternoon at $50 O'Clock.
On arrival of the commandery in Los
Angeles the entire department of South
ern California will be formed III line, re-
ceive the commanderY and escort it to a
hotel. The sir knights will be the recip-
tents OF individ nal attention. In the even
ing they will give an exhibition drill, to
be followed by a reception and dance.
On Friday morning q special train
Will take the knights over the kite-shaped
track. The return will be made at P NJ,
and in the evening AL MalaikaI Temple,
a. A. o. n. NJ. S., will hold a ceremonial
session. SATURDAY., the following day, an
excursion viii be made to Santa Catalina
Island. The afternoon will be devoted 10
boating. bathing and fishing, and in the
evening there will be an elaborate recep-
tio1, banquet and bail. The commanderies
VIII leave the island Sunday morning, GO
TO Los Angeles and take the train for
home.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-06
WANTED TO SCARE HIM.

Viola Cunning Arrested on Charge of
Assault to Murder.
Viola Cunning, the wife of soldier now
in Florida, was arrested last night by Po.
licemen F. +. Doughcrty and z. Sullivan
on o charge of assault to murder.
Viola has been living with Harry Sohl,
a porter ct Netoma street for about two
weeks, and has been drinking cheap claret
10 an imm moderate extent Last night she
wanted 20 cents from Sohl to buy more
claret and be refused. Then she got mad
and ordered bin ont of the house.
Rather than have row Sohl went out
into the yard and Viola followed him with
a revolver in her hand and fired two shots
at him, but her aim was unsteady.
Dougherty and Sullivan heard the shots
and they found Viola with the revolver in
her hand.
When she was taken 10 the City Prison
she could do nothing but laugh, and said
she meant only 10 scare Sohl.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-06
HELD FOR BRIBERY.

Chan Chung, Chinese Gambler, Made
Attempt Upon the Wrong Nan.
Chan Chung, Chinese gambler, was
yesterday held to answer before the Supe-
rior Court by Judge Joachimsen on a
charge of bribery, in $1,000 bonds.
On July Chung. who kept gambling
establishment at 925 Washington street,
sent for Sergeant Perrin, who at that time
was in charge of the Chinatown squad.
The sergeant went there, accom- panied
By Policemen Bonner and O'ConneIl and
a citizen named Raphael.
Chung expressed his pleasure at meet
ing the sergeant and slipped two So gold
pieces into his hand. The sergeant looked
at the money and asked Chung what he
meant.
Il don'twant you and your men to be
breaking into my place" said Chung,
land arresting my patrons; so when you
think of doing SO, just send me word and
it will be all right"
In the presence of the others the SER
geant marked the two gold pieces as evil
dence and promptly placed Chung under
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-06
SUGAR DUTIES,
Two Important Circulars Issued by the
Treasury Department..

Two Important Circulars Issued by tn e
Treasury Department.
Two important circulars were received
at the Custom-house Monday from the
Treasury Department at Wash ington with
reference TO the duty on sugar. The first
deals with consular certificates and is as
follows:
Every invoice OF sugar must be accompanied
by certificate of the United States consu lar
officer at the port OF shipment to the United
states, naming place and country where the
merchandise was produced and in the case OF
refined sugar naming also the country of pro-
ductlon OF the raw sugar, moiasses or syrup
used IN the refining.
The liquidation of entries OF sugar not ac-
c0mpanied by such certificates shall be suS-
pended and the estimated duties shall include
amount sufficient to cover the additional
duty 10 which sugar may be apparently liable.
The second bears upon sugar assisted
by export bounties and reads as follows
In view of the information thus far recei ived
as to the opera tion of the law of the Neither
lands now in force concerning the excise on
sugar, II appears highly probable hat sugars
exported from that country receive export
DOuuues equal to the so-cailed discounts or
premiums specified in that law, viz: Raw su-
gar 30 forms per 100 kilogrammes; refined
sugar, > 81 fiorins per 100 kIlogrammes.
Pending further inves tigation of the matter
the liquidation of all entries of sugars I'M
ported from or produced in the Netherlands
shall be suspended, and the duties shall be es-
tlmeted IN amounts sufficient to cover addi-
t1onal duties equal to the above specified
bounties.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-06
SANTA Cruz
WOULD COME TN
Many Of Them Would Like
to Join the California
League.
Captain Deveaeaux Registers a
Kick Against the Tourna-
ment Management.
Futile Efforts of Napoleon Fagen to
Secure Stanley Of the
Reliance.

Captain Devereaux of the Santa Cruz
niae. who has been in the city since Sun
day, returned home yesterday. The cap
tain remained over to secure additional
ball players for his aggregation. He was
hopeful of Strengthening the nine by sign
ing new man, but in this undertaking he
was unsuccessful.
Concerning the proposition of Santa
Cruz joining the California League this
season the captain said:
Il am unable to say what we shall do.
If it were not so late in the season we
should certainly affiliate with the new or
ganization. There are a number of our
men who insist that the club should join
the league. We feel that the games here
after at Central Park will be Poorly at
tended, owing to the strong hold that
Recreation Park has upon the people.
The liberality of the management OF the
latter grounds in giving 90 per cent to the
players is TO be commended. 1t should be
an incentive for first t-c.ass ball playing.
"Our nine at the com mencement of the
season was able to compete and com pete
successfully with any team IN the tourna-
ment. Several OF our PLAYERS have been
crippled, but the tournament committee
has not permitted US to sign new men
W i
so. Hereafter propose to sign a good
man whenever l can find him."
The happiest man in town, next to
Solly Smith, is Colonel Robinson. The
colonel feels highly pleased at the great
success which attended the opening OF
Recreation ParE Sunday. "Our success"
said the colonel, exceeded all expecta-
tlons. The game was snappy, and there
wasn't dull moment in it. 1t was played
in the quick time of one hour and forty
minutes. OF course the grounds were not
in the best condition. By next Sunday
they will be very much improved. All
the old time lovers of the game were on
hand.''
Napoleon James Joseph Fagen, man.
ager of the California Markets. has made
overtures to Matt Stanley, the new
catcher of the Reliance. 10 play in that
nine. Stanley will remain with the Reli-
ance. No less than seven players of the
Gilt Edge and Reliance niEes have been
approached and offered positions on the
tournament teams Not an offer has been
accepted. The managers of the Gilt Edge
and Reliance say that these uffers have
been made for the purpose of crippling
the teams.
Jack McGlvnn, manager of the Olym-
PICS, is On the outlook for new men.
Wait" said Jack last night, land see
the makeup of my team in the next
game 1t will com prise some speedy men.
Gilt Edge and Reliance will have to play
ball to beat US out
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-06

chief steward of the Australia, is on
pleasure lent.
The steamer Faralion is TO be taken off
the Dyea and Skaguay route for the time
being and will make one trip at least to
another goldield. She will come to San
Francisco for an overhauling and from
here will go to San Diego to take party
of Southern CalifoInians to the Copper
River. 1t is expected that fully 1000 men
will winter up there this year and will be
ready to make their way into the interior
next spring. Those who have already
started will make their homes on the
boats which took them up Those who
will go up on the Farallon will take up
the necessary material with which TO
bulld houses.
The Harbor Com missioners at yester-
days meeting empowered their purchas-
Ing agent 10 buy all the lum ber and plies
required by the board in the open market
al the lowest rates.. This is done in order
to push the work now in progress and at
the same time comply with the restrain
ing order sued out in the Superior Court
by the Pacific Pine Lum ber Company.
The contractors on the ferry depot are
behindhand with their work and the
board instructed the architect to notify
them that il more speed wa. not MI ade the
contracts would be declared volG and the
work would oe completed by the Commits
sioners al the expense of the contractors
bondsmen.
John Dowd of 1908 Webster street fell
down the hold ot The ship Cyrus Wake
field yesterday and had his back very
badly hurt. lie was treated at the City
Front Receiving Hospital and later was
taken to his home.
John Batchey. a blacksmith, while cut
ting a horseshoe was struck in the left
breast by large splinter and was severely
injured. the iron was removed and the
wound dressed at the Branch Hos pital.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-06
New Divorce Suits.

Suits for divorce have beer filed in the Office
OF the County Clerk as follows:
Frances L. Williams against David L. Will
liams for failure 10 provide, Louis ]. Traung
against Mary F. Treung for intemperance. w.
j. Penny against laurina Emily Penny for de-
seruon, Catherine Paine against Alfred j.
Paine for infdelity.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-06
WE'RE NOT STAGE-ROBBERs.
Unpleasant Experience OF Two Youn g
Men From Oregon.


Men From Oregon.
The police are rendering every assist
ance to The Deputy Sheriff from Mendo-
cino County in trying to locate the stage
robbers. but they are handicapped by hav-
ing three or four entirely different descrip-
'tions of the TWO men.
Early yesterday morning Policemen
Sullivan and Tyrrell arrested TWO tail
young men with broad-brimmed soft felt
hats and locked them up in the tanks
at the City Prison.
Chief Lees interviewed them yesterday V
morning and they informed him that tn ev
belong to Oregon and we're in that State at
the time of the stage-robberies. The
Chief wired TO the address in OREGON and
received a reply confirming the statement t
o: the two men. They were imm mediately
released from custody.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-06
Iron for valley Road.

The Valley Road let contract yesterday a.
a very low price TO John F. Merrill of this city
ior 1000 tons OF railroad iron to be used IL
compile ting the track TO Bakersfield.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-06
Frank Release e d.

The United States Grand Jury reported to
United States Judge de Haven yesterday that
they had ignored the charges against c. E
Frank, accused of selling cigars without a
bond and OF refi!ling Habana cigar boxes with
Chinese cigars.
The defendants bonds were odered released
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-06
ADJUSTMENTS.

ADJUSTMENTS.
BALDWIN THEATER. My Friend from India"
COLUMBIA THEATER- sue"
NoRoscos OPERA-HoUsK-' Monte Crlsto"
A1cAzAR THEATER French Flats"
4lNoL1 OPERA HOUSE, Rigoletto.."
oRPHEUM.- High Glass Vauaevule
oBERorg.-Grand Concert
GOLDEN GATE HALL-Camilla Urso, Thursday,
October Id
SOIko DEMONSTRATING and Ferformances
IHE CHUTEs AND CHUTEs FREE THEATER--
Great Vaudeville Company every afternoon and
evening
AUCTION SALES.
BY ]. BARTII-Thursday. october z, Art
Goods, at Lbs Kearny street, at l and 1880 p. NJ
Weather.
Rain Wednesday; brisk, high southwest
winds
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-06
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

al ems Foot Ease powd er for the feet IL cures
painful, swollen, smarting feet and instantly
lakes the sting out or cornS and bunons. It's the
9! eAtest comfort discovery OF the age. Aliens
foot-EaSe makes tiRht-fitting or new shoes feel
easy II Is certain cure Tor sweating. callous
and hot tired. ching feet. Try IL to-day sold
by ali druggists and shoestores. By mail for 25c,
in stamps. Trial package FREE. Address Allen
,, OlInsted. LIE Roy, n. Y.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-06

Lawbreaking Cinnamon.
Judge Cook has continued until the 18th
inst. the cases of Chun All Chon and five other
Chinese arrested on q charge of illegal fishing.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-06
To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Qunine Tablets. Drug
gists refund the money If it fail to cure, 25c.t
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-06

There's notch that nothing g
fills as well as a bookcase desk
limited room, books to pre-
serve, need of desk.
The thing is to get a book
case desk chat isn't spoiled by
gaudy carvings and gingerbread
work.
We have it-picture above.
Four book shelves = two below, two
above.
Pigeon-holes inside.
Broad writing-leaf.
a little heading on the upper shelf. 2
touch of carving in the top.
The rest is piain-good taste, high fin.
Ish, low price.
Roll top Office desks that you
can depend on, $40 to $3.50.
Roll tops that roll, drawers
that draw, slides that slide.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-06
ALL CHRONIC And PRIVATEDIsElSES

Are thoroughly cured a nd permanently eradi-
Gated from the system, leaving the mind and
BODY in pure and hea!thfuI conditio
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-06
NERVES! NERVES! NERVES!
Weakened Nerves and Initiated Blood

Make up the most serious problem for sufferers
TO solve.
Doctor Sweany has solved this problem for
thousands of Others and ne can solve it for
you. Scie is, not 5 Soldiers, must save the
nation. The overwork, over-study, anxiety
and excuses pecu liar TO American adult life
and indiscretions of American youth cause
terrible drain on the vital forces.
1t is this drain that Doctor Sweany's won
deriul method of treatment counteracts and
cures. He restores shattered nerves. purifeS
and cleanses impoverished and diseased blood,
and physical and sexual power is restored to
tull force and activity The mental faculties
are also brought back 10 full appreciation OF
the various enjoyments of life.
Nervous Prostitution and morbid suscep-
tibilities to excitement are positively cured
by his nequaled treatment together with
such symptoms as melancholy, irritabilIty,
sleeplessness, distress in the head, nervous
dyspepsia and all other symptoms of nervous
d debillty
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-06
DOCTOR SWEANY.

This is due to the fact that he has made
many new discoveries, which have no equal in
the whole realm of medical science.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-16

a rich American, according to the
following anecdote, related in Good
Words by the Rev. Donald Macleod, ID.
D., presented himself one day at the
studio of Sir John Millais, and. with
out preamble, began at once TO speak.
Sir" he said, 81 wish TO take a
present back to my wife. She says she
would like to have my portrait painted
by the very best artist in the country.
] have been told that you are the man.
When can have n sittingg"
II am at present very busy" said
Millais
$50 am ]" was the reply.
''But am a very expensive artist"
How much do you charger"
A large price was named.
shall 1 give you u check now2'
mot at all, said Millais "Imcrely
mentioned it to prevent misunderstood.
ings."
How many sittings do you require,
Five or six at the least. "
IF you can do it in fewer. 80 much
the better, for / am very busy man
AZ my time is valuable. "
-4illais enjoyed the manner in which
his own plea of being busy had been
met and aprf.nA 70 rspipt him
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-16

the frontier, but they cYuug Hgr a,
deal on reinforcements to their armies
thrlu,h risings in Epirus, A .bania anu
M c, donna.
The Turks, on the other hand, have
about 10000 good, well.equippel
troops In lluc. o. these fourty-four
battalions are red II raised In Rou.
meiis, In all nbout 80 600 men, who ar
divided into two reserve divisions.
At MOnsstir flying columns have
been formed to watch tho Setvlan
frontier, anu all the supplies po,slblt
are being pushed forward to the three
Turkish divisiuns at Elassoun. Gre.
vena and Janina. the Turkish are
weak in cavalry, having only about
5000 mounted men on the frontier.
They are very strong in artillery anu
Infantry. The transport corps lie well
organ Esd, field telegraphs have been
laid between all important points,
stiesisn wells have been bored at
Elaes0ns, aud tho broken bridges in
NJ cedonia have been repaired as much
Is possible.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-16

The following circumstance happened
in one of the towns Of Ireland A man
had been drinking until later hour ut
night before he started for home. Hon
est folk had been long in bed, and the
houses were all shut and dark. Tho
liquor he had taken was too much for
him. He did not know where to go.
He at last staggered into an empty
wagon shed and fell upon the ground
For long time he lay in the uncun
seriousness of drunken sleep and would
have undoubtedly been frozen to death
(for the snow on the ground showed tho
night to be very cold) had not others
less insensible been near him.
This shed was favorite rendezvous
for the pigs, which rushed out when the
newcomer arrived, but soon returned TO
their bed In the utmost kindness and
truest hospitality, they gave their biped
companion the middle Of the bed
Toward morning he awoke and, find.
ing himself comfortable and in blissful
ignorance of his whereabouts, he sup
posed himself enjoying the accommoda-
ton of u tavern, in company with other
gentlemen. He reached out his hand,
and, catching hold of the stiff bristles
of hog, exclaimed:
"Why, misterl When did you shave
yourself last?"-Pearson' Weekly.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-16

CoNsTANTINoPLE, April 15.- Fer
three days past the minis erisi couucil
has been In session at the Yildiz Kiosk.
According to one report Inc ministers
have failed to arrive at any decision,
but another account says the council
has agreed upon q plan OF oampAign
IN the event OF an outbreak OF hos.
tilities between Greece and Turkey.
ana ifHesh irontier incident occurred,
Edhem Pashn, the Turkish com.
mander.in-chiei, is to assume the
offensive.
Auvices received here from Salon.
leu tays That the authorities are
arming the Bashi-bRzouks there and
nj Sapina, In Albania, In the mean.
while negotiations continue with tue
representatives OF the powers to deter
mine the basis of Crelan autonomy.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-16

WASHINGTON, April l5-rho navy
department is IN a fermenS over an
ofuer TO Lieut.. Peary. tue Arctic ex.
plorer, to leave the New YORK navy
yard and take up his station at Mare
Island. Cal. Just at this moment the
ufhcsr's fisnds and persons taking al
active interest III Polar expeditions are
engaged in raising fund In New York
TO deiray the expenses OF another ex-
petition to be conuuoteu by Lieut..
Peary into the far North. 1t Ia asserted
that the detachment o the officer ON
New York Will Involve the enterprise
In failure.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-16

CHICAGO, ILL.,, April 15 -Catter H.
Harrison was formally Installed as
mayor OF Chicago this evening. He
delivered a short inaugural address, In
which he promised TO do his utmost
to give Chicago good aumi n istrstion
OF Its municipal affairs, anu promised
that all pledges he had made during
the campaign would be kept religi.
ously.
Immediately after taking the oath OF
office he submitted appointments,
which were approved by the council.