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The San Francisco call., 1897-05-11

CUoD INVESTMENT.
VI MASON ST., NEAR WASHINGTON.
NT0OA 2HOUSES, ROOMS AND BATH
u iUOO. each; 46-fooE frontage through to
rear street; pays $500 per annum and sure to
increase in value.
EAsToN, ELDRIDGE & CO.,
63S Market st.
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DARGAlN-PAGE ST.
ID ONLY $50 PER FRONT FOOT; 137 :6x
1875; Page St, Ashbury; choice neigh bor-
hood: this is the most desirao and cheapest prop
erty offered on park panhandle.
Particulars of HOOKER & LENT,
IA Post st.
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Additional Classified Advertise.
ments on Page IL.
mAnkIAGn LICESsAs.

alAhkIAGE LICESoEs.
The following arriage licenses have been
issued by the County Clerks office:
John z. NJ Dona d and Martina Richter, 27-1s.
Gary w. Hugnes AMI Ellen F. Handley, $50.
Frederick Koch and Elizabeth Kuhn 47-36.
NJ. J.. Resented and Agnes Smedberg. 24-20.
Robert c. yan and Huida A nderson 1921
Carl Eppier and Clara Gu oerso !, 24-24
rr1es Johnson and Anna Olsen 2S-29.
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WESTERN ADDITION FLATS.
w PAYS 20 PER CENT NET.
d. cSnn FELL ST, NR. LAGUNA {; LOT 27:6
epOCUU. xl2O: double fronta-e; 3 IA Fell
an on Linden ave-: su ubstantially built; always
rented; cement sidewalk; street accepted.
EASrON, ELDkIDGE & CO,
6SS Market St
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CITY REAL ESTATE.

LINE CORNER RESIDENCE
GOLDEN GATE AVE.
0 HSnn TWO-S STORY BAY-WIN DOW
Il OOOU. house OF 8 rooms and bath: co.,
Golden Gate av-. and Scott St !; lot 25x 1886;
mortgage of $4,000 can re main: see this to-day.
EASrON, ELDkIDGE & CO.,
63S Market st.
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HOTELS.

DROOKLYN HOTEL. 2OS-213 BUSH ST.
- board and room 81 to 81 per day. Sc to Sl3
per week; choice rooms 80 cents TO 81; suite
service Zee coach CHARLES MONTGOMERY
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C16n0 AIRES 11a MILES FROM RED
u COO. wood City; mus be sold; make Of
fer: all fenced; small house and barn. all fenced; !;
4 acres orcharI; choice location.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-11

DACIFIC HEIGHTS RESIDENCE.
MUST SELL TO CLOSE AN ESTATE.
REDUCED FROM $4,000.
aANp1Ms =; 5ToaY BaYWdS n Sa,S
grand marine view; choice neign orhoud; street
hituminized nd accep. ed; lot 27x125.
EASTON, ELDkIDGE & CO.,
638 Market sk
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1S0O CHOICE 1O-ACRE TRACTS IN THE
sDOOO. Bernal estate subdivision: good soil !;
de .ightfu climate: cheapest properly In the vi
Qae
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DOR SALE OR EXCHANGE IN COUNTRY
real estate-A new farm, modern house
and lot; $50 0. Address 2. 0. box "a, Fruitvale,
Alameda County, Cal.
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EOR SALE AT BARGA OR EXCHANGE
j -5s5 acres; stock and fruit ranch; 3 miles
from Oakland; s5 in cnoice fruits: fue buildings:
pasture land; we'll watered piped to house and
barn: stock, farming tools, etc. BENHAM &
THOMAS. 465 Ninth ST., Oakland.
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DRESSES So Up; CAPES 81 UP; WRAP
IL pers soc up 43l Minna ST.
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OAKLAND FURNISHED ROOMS.
ARGE SUNNY RO MS: GALINDO HOTEL.
IL Oakland: board optional sth St., OF Broadway
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nORS0 10 ACRES IN SAN MATEO;
ID ~. choice location; cheap.
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AkLAND ROOMS AND BOARDING.

OARD AND ROOMS IN FRCITV ALE; PRI-
- vate family; home somforts guaranteed. Call
cor B ray ave. and Old c unity roaj, F. uitvale.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-27

which her brother had brought upon
the name had broken her heart com
pletely. and that st. Louis would see
little OF her thereafter. But every one
supposed that. with inexhaustlblc
wealth at her disposal. she was trying
In seclusion to dull the pain that ter
rible chapter had caused her. The dec
laration made In court that she was
without money to pay her debts or
meet the ordinary demands OF living.
startled the st. Louis people who had
known how unbounded the Duestrow
fortune was, and set the gossips again
to talking about the strange girl who
had fallen heir to II all. When old
Duestrow died there was found an en-
traordinary. hut none the less fortu-
nate provision in his will. II set forth
that: IF at any time during the life
either of them should need money'Yb
meet unexpected embarrassment. not
due To extravaganza, neglect or fault
OF the person so In need. the trustee
shall have power to exercise his dis
erection. and may pay from the resi-
duary estate q sun or sums not to ex-
coed 10000" II Is upon the strength
Of this provision that Miss Duestrow
appeals for money. as her brother did
when he was fighting for his life In the
Sc. Louis courts He got 1t then. 1t
may be that the sisters request will be
denied now. though there Ia no other
person In the world who has a vestage
of a claim to all these millions ex-
cept herself. HIT the reason that she
gives for being thus In want tends to
fortify even further the belief that an
evil genius haunts the Duestrow fam
lily and its money.
1t was not a falling of In the values
OF the Duestrow holdings which brought
their own"" to such a pass. II was
none OF the ordinary causes which
sweep away fortunes. II seemed rather
to have been a distinct intent OF Fate.
and the instrument. a tempest. A
little more than a year ago.. on the eth
of May, 1896. to be exact. a cyclone
swept across the western country.
spreading death and destruction as It
sped. The splendid Duestrow home,
in Lafayette venue. st. Louis. already
saddened by death and then Swallowed
by an awful crime. lay In the path OF
the whirlwiud. Other dwellings. null
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great distress. not only to meet OK.
penses already incurred. but to pro-
vide for her ordinary expenses Of liv-
Ing. She has no other means whatso-
ever that can be applied to the payment
ct such expenses. inasmuch az 81 has
been Obliged to anticipate the income
which she receives quarterly under The
VIII OF her father But there stands
a fine and perhaps impossible point Of
law In the way of Miss Duestrow get
ing this bagatelle which she asks for.
Before resorting to the courts she made
request of the trust company to let her
have the money. But the ghost OF her
brother and his crime confronted her.
The officers OF the trust company stu
died and studied over the old mans
will. and the longer they studied the
graver their doubts grew, whether. hav-
ttpUgg IRa1jid to Arthur Duestrow' in &C.
his unexpected EMBARRASSMENT the
company has not exhausted It's power
Of discretion as trustee. What re-
strains the trust company from grant
ing Miss Due rows request ia the
fear that Duestrow the elder intended
to make so, 900 the limit Of his allow
ance for the meeting OF unexpected
embarrassments," and that In paying
they cancelled all claim which the three
heirs might have under that singular
provision Of the will.
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THE GIN LAW"
FIRST BIow at Liquor Dealing Amons
Civilized Nations.

FIRST Bfow at Liquor Dealing AmonS
Civilized Nations.
This famous gin law" passed In
1886, In interesting as the earliest Sc
we're blow at liquor-selling among civ
ilized nations, says Popular Science
Monthly. 1t levied a tax of 20 shillings
"a gallon on spirits and a license of ESQ
for any one selling or dealing in 1t.
And, being In advance Of public opin-
ion. It failed. much as other more
stringent prohibition laws have failed
In our own day. For the cry was at
nee raised that It taxed the poor mans
gin and let the rich mans wine go
free. Every wit, every caricaturist had
his fling at It. Ballads were hawked
around telling OF the approaching
death Of Mother Gin. The liquor shops
were hung with black and celebrated
uproariously Nine. Geneva's lying In
state, her funeral, her wake and so on.
The night before the law went into
effect, Sc the contemporary journals
say, there was a universal revel all
over the country. Every one drank his
I'LL and carried home az much gin be-
sides as he could pay for. To evade
the law apo%thecaries sold It In Walls
and small packages. sometimes colored
and disguised. generally under false
labels. such as Collie Water" Make
Shift" Ladies' Delight" There were
printed directions ON some Of these
packages-e. g.: Take two or three
spoonfuls three or four times q day.
or as often as the Mt takes you" In
formers were very prominent and ex-
ceedingly offensive. inventing snares to
catch law-breakers, for the sake Of the
heavy rewards. and spying and sneak
ing around in a way particularly dis
tasteful to the English mind. The
mere cry OF Liquor spy was enough
to raise a mob in the London streets,
and the informer was lucky II he es-
capped with a sound thrashing ard o
ducking In the Thames or the nearest
horse pond. Indeed. such an cutlery
was made about the matter that the
ministry became very unpopular. and
the law was not enforced after two or
three years and was largely modified In
1743. after seven years trial.
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Louis Is absolutely and utterly penni-
less. Stocks. bonds. houses. lands
vast holdings of every sort and descrip-
Jon-are hers. and yet she hasn't the
wherewithal to pay u cabman for
trundling her to her dressmaker's.
Millions OF her money lie at interest,
piling up enormous profits day after
day; but for all that penuary stares
her in the face. So far as ready money
goes h might better be the woman
h sits at the street corner and all
day long holds tut a tin cup for aims.
She Is the sister OF Arthur Duestrow.
who in February last was hanged in
st. Louis for the murder of his wife
and child, the only millionaire. too.
who ever suffered death upon the gal
lows. Her name Is Hulda Duestrow.
Louis Duestrow, their father, died In
1892 and left his great fortune In the
| keeping Of the Union Trust Company.
| There were only three heirs to divide It
then-the widow. her son. Arthur
Drestrow. and the girl. who now holds
title to the wealth and yet Is poverty
stricken. The mother died nearly a
year ago. Perhaps 1t was as well she
did. The murderer himself. and after
him his baby. whose life he took. would
have been chief heirs to all the mil
lions which now stand in the sisters
name, and Of which she can touch no
single penny without the express per-
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-27
AN ANCIENT LOVE LETTER.
II Was Written by u King OF Egypt
Many Years Ago.

IL Was Written by u King of Egypt
Many Years Ago.
Once upon a time-before Rome was
dreamt OLA king OF Egypt wrote to
IA king of Babylonia asking his daugh.
ter's hand In marriage. The king OF
Babylonia, being a most unrOmantic
parent, declined to enter into any such
arrangement until he had substantial
proof of the royal suitor's w~orthiness
and honorable Intentions. Then fol-
lowed a long correspondence. which.
wonderful to relate, was very much
like the correspondence that ensues
today when q European monarch takes
1t into his head to get married. They
died, did these two kings. and thirty
five centuries rolled slowly yer their
graves, and the world grew to be vast
ly different from what II once was and
yet remained vastly the same. In the
year 1883 a peasant woman seeking an
tiquities among the ruins near the city
of ell-el-Amarna found O number OF
tablets written in the cuneiform char
acters. In the course of time these
tablets reached the hands Of one Hugo
Winckler, a young Assyriologist, who
translated them, among others. n
10Y from the press of Reuther &
Reichard of Berlin, there has Just
been issued a little book entitled THE
Tell-eI-Amarna Letters" The Nibmu-
aria referred to below has been iden-
tilted with Amenhotep, who reigned
over Egypt about 1415 b. c. This Nib
muaria had married the sister OF the
Babylonian king, Kallima-Sin. and.
polygamy being much In vogue at that
time, had expressed a desire to marry
KiIlimar-Sin's daughter also. The
B~abylonian king, however. hesitated.
because he did not know how well
his sister had been treated.
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the carriage window, while a familiar
voice addressed her by name.
She looked round, as she stood reach
ing down some parcels and a small
handbag from the net above her seat,
and recognized John Sutherland.
They have sent me to meet you," he
said, stretching out his hand. II have
a dog cart waiting outside the station
to drive you down."
She took the outstretched hand Gag
erly. quite forgetful Of the angry words
with which they had last parted, and
cried in a broken voice:
ooh, Johnnie, is he better?"
The young mans face looked grave,
indeed, as he replied:
He is about the same. He is very
weak, and has been asking for you. But
come, let me look after your luggage,
and then we'll hurry down.
There were few passengers and little
luggage by the train, and they found
M~arjorie's small leather trunk standing
almost by itself on the platform. A
porter shouldered 1t and following him
they passed out of the station and
found a solitary dog cart waiting with
a ragged urchin at the horses head.
A few minutes later Marjorie and Suth-
erland wGs driving rapidly side by side
through the dark and rain washed
streets OF the town. At last they
drew up before the gate of the manse.
With an eager cry. half a sob, Mar
jorie leaped down.
I'm put up the horse and come
back" cried Sutherland.
Marjorie scarcely heard. but, opening
the gate. ran in across the garden, and
Knocked softly at the manse door, which
was opened almost instantly by Mysle,
the old serving woman.
The moment she saw Marjorie she
put her finger to her lips.
Marjorie stepped in. and the door was
softly closed. Mysie led the way into
the study, where a lamp was dimly
burning.
ooh, Mysie, how is he now?"
-The old woman's hard, world-worr
face vas sad beyond expression. and
her eyes were red with weeping.
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titudes of them, the houses OF the poor
who knew no life but toll. were spared.
But when the storm had gone the Dues
trow homestead lay in ruins In the
pathway of desolation. The one refuge
left to the wretched girl whose life,
young as 1t was, had been 30 darkened
with the curse, was a wreck. as her hap
piness was. More than that. There was
not a single dollar Of insurance money
with which to undertake the labor Of
rebuilding the. place, SO that she might
have a shelter Of her owl.
The furniture, wearing apparel-ev-
erything that the hapless child owned
In the world, save the gigantic fortune
which lay snug and untouchable In the
hands of the trust company, was ruined
and worthless when that day was done.
She hired a temporary dwelling place,
and set about the work of making the
old home habitable again. 1t was a
long task, and when 1t was over there
were bills amounting to over $25, 000
against the heiress OF the Duestrows.
The income which Is hers by the pro-
| visions of the will Is $4,000 a year, but
this had been spent In one way or an
other incident to the burdensome pro-
cess Of living, and the creditors, when
they knocked at her door and asked
for their dues. found her penniless.
And that was not the whole story.
In addition to the injury the storm had
wrought there fell to her the duty OF
providing for the burial of her broth
er's body after the hangman's knot had
wrung the last vestige of life out OF 1t.
The lawyers had taken the last of his
money. That increased by $500 more
Miss Duestrow's load OF debt. so that
the total which, with vouchers. she ad-
mits to the consideration OF the court
Is 26.450. Unless" the petition says
"the trustee exercises It's discretion and
grants her application for ~$l0,O00-oi
: her own money-she will be subject e
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tnat she was the one to blame. lie was
SO much wiser than she and he knew so
much more Of the world and he loved
her so much that he would never
sci her amlss. Majorie did not consent
to his wish. for it is M. in a
that We can wipe away the deeply in
stilled prejudice o ia lifetime. but she
finally promised to think 1t over and
see him again.
lie walked with her to within a quar-
ter Of q mile of the clergyman's gate,
then he left her.
During the rest of that day Marjorie
was not until she had gone to bed at
night th"t she was able to think dis
passionately of the interview.
The next day she went to meet the
Frenchman again. The moment he
saw her face he knew that in leaving
her to reason out the problem he had
done well.
She came forward with all the conf
dence of q child. and said:
Monsieur Caussidiere. since | love
you, | will trust you with all my
heart
Oh! the days which followed: the
hours of blissful. dreamy joy! Mar
jorie went every day to meet her lover
each day found her happier than she
had been before.
He was good and kind, and her love
for him increased. his reasoning seemed
logical as well as pleasant, and 1t was
beginning to take IA firm hold Of heI
accordingly.
What he might have persuaded hei
to do it is difficult to imagine, but an
event happened which for the time be
ing saved her from precipitation.
She had left her lover one day. prom
Using to think over his proposition FOL
an immediate secret marriage, and give
him her decision on the following
morning.
She walked along the road with he
head filled with the old and still per
picking problem, but the moment sh'
reached home all such thoughts wer'
rudely driven from her head. She foun,
Mrs. Menteith in the parlor crying bit
terly. Mr.. Mentlth. pale and speech
less. stood by her side, with an opel
telegram in his hand.
What Is the natter" asked Mar
jorie.
Taking the telegram from the min
inter's unresisting grasp, she read a
follows:
Send Marjorie home at once. Nj
Lorraine is dangerously ill.,"
The girl sank with a low cry upo
the ground, then with an effort she ros
and cried:
Let me 60 to him; let me go home!
Not once that night did Marjorie re
member Caussidiere or her appoint
ment with him on the following day
Her one thought now was of Mr.. Loi
raine. She hurriedly left for home.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-27
Built Up Wood.

There has come into use a method Of
''building-up" boards by gluing or ce-
menting together thin slabs of wood
of different kinds. so placed that the
grain Of the various pieces is crossed.
It is claimed that not only extra
strength, but also extra fexibility and
durability are thus obtained. Doors
made of the prepared wood are said
to be stronger than mucn thicker
doors made OF ordinary wood, and they
do not warp. Packing-boxes and
trunks are also made Of this material,
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sented no unusual phases. At differ
ent stages OF the eclipse photographs
were taken by means of a camera at
tached to the eye-piece Of the telescope.
One taken at SAL o'clock, the maxi
mum stage. proved to be the most near
ly perfect. 1t showed plainly a sun
spot near the center of the suns sur
face, and the outline of the eclipse was
clear. 1t is here reproduced by the
pen and ink process.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-27

mission Of the court. Duestrow's awful
deed diverted the riches from their
destined channel and took away from
them, maybe, all power they ever
might have had to bring happiness to
any n 1t Is not surprising that even
thus soon after the commission OF his
crime and its expiation complications
should arise to wake In the minds OF
superstitious people the belief that the
curse of blood Is on the Duestrow mil
lions and that naught but difficulty,
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-27

At Dearborn observatory, Northwest
ern University, Professor George w.
Hough watched the recent eclipse
through Its entire period. The big tele-
scope was not turned on the sun In
the hope Of astronomical discovery,
but to accommodate the Evanstonians
who wanted to observe the phenomena.
According to Professor Hough's OBJ
servations the eclipse began at 1875
o'clock and ended at 9:47:33. II pre-
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Resented the %indignity-

Resented the indignity-"What made
you quit the club, Billy?" Reason
enough. I can tell you. l worked FIVE
years to be elected treasurer and then
they insisted on putting In a cash regis.
ter."--Detroit Free Press.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-27
CHAPTER XVII.

L WAS u raw, wet,
windy night when
Marjorie arrived at
the railway station
of ID u M e s.
Scarcely had the
train reached the
platform when the
figure Of a young
man leaped upon
the footboard and
looked in at
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discomfort and unhappiness can ever
attend them hereafter. The plea OF
Hulda Duestrow for a little pocket
money out Of her millions is a begin
ming and thousands of persons who be-
lleye In signs and omens will watch as
time goes on to see the great fortune
crumble, and disaster follow wherever
its dollars are spread. When at last
the murderer "a hanged and she
alone was left of the family which but
a few short years before had been so
envied for its riches. she withdrew
herself from public view almost en-
tirely. And small wonder! People whO
knew declared that the shame
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-27
SHE Is POOR YET RICH
PREDiCAMENT OF PRETTY MISS
HULDA DUESTROW.
Sister OF the Man Hung In ~. Loui.
for the Murder Of His wife aud
child Wording OF Her Fathers WIN
the Cause OF Her Present Poverty.

ORTUNE. power
~, riches and that
s%tupendous enigma,
the law, play
3 II x FRANKS
with humankind.
but never a strang-
-" 800 .hop thai of
which this story
tells. The richest
young woman In
the rich city of st.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-12-08
COMMISSIONERS PRocEEDJSGs.
ELKo. Dec. G, 1897.

ELKo, Dec. G, 1897.
The Board met pursuant to ad-
iournment. Present.. P. Wool
verton, II. M. Reed, and Stanley Rigs
by.
The minutes we're read and ap.
proved. ....-.
Money counted and found to agree
with the Auditors books.
Bills against the county considered
and allowed.
The board on the petition of the
citizens of Lamoille appointed J. B.
Gheen, j. p. upon his fling the nee
essary bond and taking the oath of
office.
The petition Of taxpayers of Noun
tain City asking the board to repair
the bridge at that place was granted
and Sam Tippet, J. 3. Hall and
Hank Smith we're appointed to over
see and manage the repairs.
The bill of J. W. Puet was rejected.
The board ordered that in future
no INDECENT shall receive assistance
from the county by way of transpor-
tation or otherwise except in cases of
extreme emergency. 49,. =.
In compliance with the wishes of
large number OF the actual residents
and business men Of the town of Elko
the board of county commissioners,
for the use and benefit of the town of
Elio. do hereby ordain and establish
an ordinance to better preserve the
peace and order of said town to wit:
That each and every person under the
uge of 1e years who shall be round on
or upon the street within the limits
OF the Town of Elllo, State of Nevada,
at any time in the night efter the.
hour OF 8 o'clocl: p. m. unaccompan-
led by parent or guard ~, or not in
the discharge of some duty, shall be
guilty of a misGemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof, shall be punished
by imprisonment in the county Jail
not to exceed one day, or by fine
not to exceed five dollars.
The board adjourned until Monday,
January 5, 1893, ....