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WOULD TREAT THE CORPORA
TON "FAIRLY."
Two Very Interesting Letters to Editor Dod-
son Of Red Bluff on the Subject Of
Passes A Singing Slap for
Western Journalists.

to he
of
vnem denms of
Mills
Mr.
GOOD
Mr. Bryan according Judge Iawo
debt ed
n is
discomfort Of
Bryan
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travel Of the uncommon class is burden to
those who pay, and # there such thing
eternal and exact justi ce equivalents would be
measured in money. Then the man who wi thhe Id
cri ii ci sm Of the cond ct Of a railroad simply
because he hoped for free transport ia t ion would
have to ask the railroad to pay him for hi s
ST lence and the true relati on would be unmi is
taxable. On their part the railroads are DO
ing the best they for the country. They
have problems to solve whi ch the public does
not They constantly trying to solve
them in the interest Of the best and the most
profi table service to their patrons If
nal and exact justice could be done railroads
would seldom be crit C i zed. They would never
be sub ject to hostile gislation, and what
ever service they asked the hands Of the
press they would pay for and whatever service
they rendered the gentlemen Of the press would
be paid for in return. The Bryan inc ident i S
not one whi ch any Journalist afford to
criticize. Mr.. Bryan is fellow journali ist
and is doing simply what other journalists do.
Yours very truly,
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-29
tSpecialiZatiOn.'

Miss Anna Strunsky, a student of Leland
Stanford University, will address the Ameri-
can Branch S. L. p. this evening. at Washing
ton Hall, 35 Eddy street The title OF her adj
dres is specialization in Vocation under
Capitalism
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ZWN<

of
unbeve of
and his fellow journalist William Jennings Bryan Here No.
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Woe Unto Them That Do Evil-and Are Caught

wi tn any indi vic dual who has charged you wi tn
lying Mr.. Bryan's posi- tion in this matter is
just respec table any other journalist
the Uni ted States, and the Of the
exchange Of cour tesies between newspapers and
the railroads is universal. Yours very truly,
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-29
OfFicg
CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD CO,

LAND DEPARTMENT.
o. arH etooa
soshar sUiLo,mo
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OFFICE
CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD CO.

LAND DEPARTMENT.
ROOM NO. 7e. FLOOR.
eUIloIhe.
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PROPOSALS.
PROPOSALS FOR
PAPER FOR THE PUBLIC PRINTING AND


PROPOSALS FOR
PAPER FOR THE PUBLIC PRINTING AND
BINDING.
SEALED PROPOSALS viii be received un-
til January 1S 1898, at 10:30 o'clock A M for
PRINTING and BINDING for the year end end
ing 2Sth of February, 1S99 the said proposals
tracts TO be made by the Joint Committee OF
Congress on Public Printing to the lowest and
best bidder for the interest OF the Government.
the committee reserving to itself the right to
reject any and all bids, as its Judgment of the
best interests of the Government may dictate
Detailed schedules of the description, guam
tity and quality of the paper required accom-
panied by samples and blank proposals. and
comply, can be obtained by addressing F. w
Palmer, Public Printer, Washington D. C.
The contracts will be entered into for sup
plying such quantities of paper as may be
needed during the year, and no more
The estimated quantities set forth in detail in
5000 reams machine-finish printing paper,
24x3S
Is 600 reams machine-fnish printing paper.
9Sx4s
$1,000 reams sized and super-calendered white
or tinted printing paper, various sizes.
sizes and weights.
260O reams ecolored writing paper. various
1000 reams cover paper. various sizes and
weights.
$4,000 pounds best plate paper.
125. GOO pounds best map paper.
100000 pounds fine coated wood-cut paper.
$500 reams manila paper. various sizes and
weights.
100, 600 pounds glazed bond paper.
10000 pounds artificial parchment, various
sizes.
1000 pounds parchment deed.
10000 sheets cardboard, various celors,
sizes, and weights
2.30O 600 sheets bristol board, various colors,
sizes, and weights.
1900 reams first-class ledger paper, white or
blue laid or wove, various sizes and weights.
5000 reams second-class ledger paper. white
or blue, laid or wove, various sizes and
weights.
ZOO reams tissue and copying paper.
So reams blotting paper, any required color
or weight
$50 reams tar paper, 24x96.
945 reams plaid. marble, and comb paper,
$50 reams typewriter paper, various sizes
and weights.
S65 reans cap, letter and note paper.
100 reans white French folio 17x22.
1000 sheets parchment 15x21.
Proposals viii be received for one thousand
reGrns more.
BY direction OF the Joint Committee of Con-
gress on Public Printing:
F W. PALMER, Public Printer.
Washington. December %, 1897.
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ASSESSMENT NOTICES
WITTRAM PROPELLER COMPANY
i-,al nj. Of - !,

WITTRAM PROPELLER COMPANY-OfHce
and principal place of business, 327 Market
ST. San Francisco, California.
Notice is hereby given that at meeting Of
the Board of Directors. held ON the 10th day of
December, 1887, an assessment (No p of one
m cent per share levied upon the capifaI
stock OF the corporation, payable immediately
in United States gold coin, to the secretary al
the office OF the company at the above address
ANY stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the 10th day of January
1905 will be delinquent and advertised for sale
al public auction. and unless payment Is made
before will be sold the 10th day of Febru-
ary 1885, to pay the delinquent assessment, to-
gefher with costs of advertising and expenses
Of sale BY order OF the Board of Directors.
CHARLES A HUG, Secretary.
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LEGAL NOTICES.


NOTICE TO CREDITORS-Estate of DAVID
K MEACHAM, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned.
Administrative of the estate of DAVID *.
MEACHAM deceased, to the creditors of and
all persons having claims against the sail de-
ceased to exhibit then with the necessary
vouchers, within ten months after the first
publication of this notice, to the said admins
tratrix at the law Office of r. ". HENr, her
attorney at No. COS Clay street II the city
and county of San Francisco. State IF Cali
fornia the same being her place for The trans
action of the business of the said estate in the
city and county of San Francisco, state Of
sOPHRoNIA E. MEACHAM. administrators
of the estate of DAVID X MEACHAM, de-
ceased.
Dated at San Francisco, December 1897
r w HENT, attorney for administrative
COS Clay street
NOTICE of railroad observation-disclosures
to the statute in such made and pro-
yided notice is hereby given that the Pajaro
Valley Railroad Company and the Pajaro
written consent Of the stockholders holding
more than three-fourths in value of all the
stock of each of said corporations respec-
lively and by agreement of the respective
boards of directors of said corporations made
and entered into in accordance with such con-
case made and provided. have consolidated
and amalgamated their capital stocks, debts
properties, assets and franchises under the
corporate name and style of the Pajaro VAL
ley Consolidated Railroad Company
Dated at San Francisco. California the
tenth day of December, A. d. 1897
BY order of the board of directors OF the
BY T. H SHELDON Secretary
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MorrIaee LiceDses.

Michael ]. Sarraille and Lulu Love, 21-1s
Lorenzo Luchetti and Angelina Gaddi S2-ie
c. W. Mclaughlin and Allie E. Banks. 37-27
3. f. Holmes and Anna E.. MeDermott 24-92
Louis H. Menke and Nellie s. Mueller 37-2S
NJ. A. Froment Jr. and E. &. Niekerson 24-24
Frank NJ McNulty and Olive E. West. 22-1e
G. s. Patton and Catherine Donovan 2S-22
George w. Foust and Lydia O1cese 32-20
Howard B. Gates and Amelia Levinson, 1890
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ALASKA ENTEhPRIsEs.

ALASKA Caisson Mining and Trading Com
pany, office No. 81 Crocker bid, S. F.-The
company proposes river mining for gold in
Yukon river by means of a superior invention
TO establish sawmin and machine shops and
work with great profit in other directions
Call or write full particulars Shares $40
Subscription book noH omen -
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RORN
MARRIED.

HARRIs-HAAs-In this city. Decernbar 10
1897. by the Rev. Isidore Myers of the Pnsb.
street Temple. Loe Harris and Minnie Has
both of San Francisco.
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BIRTHS MARRIAGES DEATHS.

Birth. marriage and death notices sent bv
mail will not be inserted They must he
handed in at either of the publication Offices
and be indorsed with the name and residences
of persons authorized to have the same pub
Hshed
BORN.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1S 1897 to the wife ~
c. II, Sargent. a daughter
Won DER ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS %, 1897. to
the wife Of Dick Won der Mehden a son.
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EDUCATIONAL.

HEALD'S Business College, "a Post. Book
keeping, business practice shorthand, typ
lng telegraphy- languages, English branch
es, electrical, civil & mining engineerinc sur
NeSifls, assay1ng, navigation etc; 20 teach
er-- cay ana eve. sessions; catalogue mailed
a o~nCOA o. physical culture and elocution
MACINTOSH, pupil of Professor G. w
Baynham, Glasgow. Scotland, and graduate
% toi me 0cnooi OF Oratory Philadelphia, Pa,
-0e ---eL- OLIlce days, Thurs. p. m, Sat a m
LADY teaches piano and mandolin thorough
~, ooc an hour; excellent pianist and ac-
Tgeodlnp9nlst gedd for entertainments a-.d vocalists
l2OS Octavia st.
AaRES. Business College, 325 Montgomery st. !;
Individual instruction in shorthand, typing
pooKkeeping, telegraphy, etc; life scholar
snip, sou low rates per week and month.
BOOKKEEPING is no college on
eaTth whose course is as thorough as mine
70 weeks only required; rapidity at fig
ures a Speciality. TARR, S35 Market rm- 572
ENGINEERING school; civil, electrical, min
ing, mech, survey. assay, archit-; day & eve.
est. 1864 VAN DER NAILLEN. 9SS Market
LUNTS dancing academy, 800 Post ST. juven-
lie classes Sats., P. M; private lessons
daily, 1890 to s. adults class Monday evegs
VOICE culture, plano; Paris graduate; French
opanlsh new classes; 81 me. 109 Taylor st.
FLUTE mandolin guitar lessons; club: 81
monthly. PROF. GASTALDI, 40 Lombard.
BOOKKEEPING, arithmetic. writing. gram
mar Day night; s. mo- 1904 Market, op. Sth
MISS CANDLES dancing school; adults class
saturdays P. NJ. S17 Devisadero St
FISK teachers agencies in 10 cities; teachers
wanted now. 420 Parrott building.
LADLUM School of EIocution and Dramatic
Art 92S Sutter st.
oIo LARkIN-Branch Office of the Call Sub
scriptions and want ads taken.
SAN FRANCISCO Business College 1885 Mar
ket st: IA positions in 60 103 in 81.
BELASCO'S Lyceum School of Acting-PuDIIs
rehearsed on stage. Alcazar building.
GUITAR, mandolin, piano and vocal lessons:
IS month. Mary Westhaus. 80 Fifth st
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DIED.

MISUNDERSTANDING 21. 1897, John Altenus
father of Mrs. L. NJ. Hoefier and John Al.
teInus Jr., aged 62 years. (Sew York papers
please copy.)
- The funeral viii take place this dav
CFhursday). at O'Clock, from his late resi-
lows Cemetery.
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MUSICAL INsTRUMENTs.


AT SHERMAN. CLAY & co.'s, the musical
headquarters of the Pacific Coast, is the
place to buy pianos and organs; new pianos
from Sl15 to S1400: second hand from $50 up
representatives for Steinway q Sons, A B.
Chase, Emerson. Ludwig, Smith & Barnes
pianos and Estey pianos and organs. Corner
OF kearny and Sutter SITS.
AT factory prices until January /; our large
monday stock must move quickly without
son, Chase Bros. Dewing Bros McT)onaId
all pianos guaranteed THE ! DFWTTG
Co, ID floor Flood bldg. Fourth & Market
ABSOLUTELY the oldest and largest house
west of Chicago is KOHLER & CHASE'S s.
70. Is and 80 o'Farren st. Pianos. organs
aIIu al other musical instruments of all
grades and prices Terms easy: prices low
est Everything possible done TO please and
satisfy the customer.
CHANCE of a lifetirne-Pianos of all grades
can be had from US on easiest possible
terms; installment payments, until January
BENZ. CURTAZ & son, Curtaz block, It Is
I6. 70 O Farrell st; established AZ years.
CoNOvER, slightly used, $3.50
SteinWay, slightly used, $275.
Chickering, second hand. 800
Large stock, lowest prices. rent, installrnents
The F w. SPENCER CO, sS3 Market st
20 SECOND hand pianos, square and upright
al your own price and on your own terms,
Tor one week only; we must have room for
new stock. SHERMAN, CLAY & co, cor
OF Sutter and Kearny sts.
REMOVED-Mrs DR.. Scott. 4IG C;earv ST 1o1r
1l04 Market. female complaints and diseases
OF the eye permanently cured or no charge
treatment by mail; inclose stamp.
PIANOS at cut prices improve the opDortu-
nifty; agency famous Haines Bros Bush &
Gerts and Bollerman. VIM c. HAMILTON
successor to A. l. Bancroft & Co.. S24 Post.
LARGE stock of steinway chickering and
s125 to $3.50 at HEINE & CO, 1856 Ellis. r M,
c. A building; SHAW agents.
GREAT sale Of fine rosewood guitars for holt
warranted si0. Sl2 80, s15 and 500 MAU
NAIS MUSIC CO, 769 Market st.
FINE Decker & Son piano. good as new. very
MAtvA1s. 7ss Market Marx uefish'S' st 80 to $50
SMALL upright. $s5: fine large upright, sI25;
Steriing $50; 10 other good bargains. BOW
ERS & SON, % and 25 Fifth St
SOHMER & Co. Byron Mauzy. Newby, Evans
Briggs, and other pianos; see our rent plan;
no interest first year. Sos 80, s12 Post.
ADMINISTRATOR sale-Must sell pianos at
immense reduction for cash install
nents- EATON ESTATE, 1856 Market st.
fee. 1S11z Mission ST.
s14o-Elegant upright piano for sale on IS in
stallments. 221 Leevenworth st.
BARGAIN-Nice upright cheap. sCHMITz, 1s
McAlltster st, rear Hibernia Bank
PARTY going East must sell fine upright;
cost $500. R. %, 1921 Van Ness ave.
s55-Fine, large upright; sacrificed for cash.
1851 Folsom, cor. Tenth.
HORNUNG'S new style pianos; most perfect
brilliant, powerful tone 2i6 Post st.
KINGSBURY dse7 modeD is the piano you
want. J. HARRY SCOTT, 526 Hayes ST.
AN elegant upright piano sacrificed for cash
Room Y, Flood bldg.
SUPERIOR violins. zithers, old and new II
MULLER, Tnaker, repaireT. Latham place.
KNABE pianos: new scale: new styles
KOHLER & CHASE. 30 OFarrell St
AT Sherman. Clay & Co.'S only viii you find
a stock OF new Steinway pianos.
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ALAMEDA ADVERTISEMENTS.
ALAMEDA REAL ESTATE.

ALAMEDA REAL ESTATE.
JUST like paying rent.
$l150-Colonial cottage, 4 rooms and bath.
SlSO0-HandsOme cottage near station.
-SoZ5O-House of rooms all modern convent
ences.
s2e5o-Coloniai cottage, 6 rooms; fine grounds
MARCUSE & REMMEL, Bay st. station
lbroad gauge), Alameda; e2S Market st., San
Francisco Open Sundays and holidays.
CHEAPEST and best in America-The Weekly
Call sent to any address in the United States
or Canada year for 81 So postage free.
ALAMEDA HOUSES TO LET.
NEWLY furnished cottage to lease cheap to
responsible party; large rooms, bath, gas
modern improvements: fine view city and
pay IA Central ave, bet. Fourth and Fifth
- SIS: nlIth-st station narrow gauge:
BERKELEY REAL ESTATE.
FOR sale cheap-An ideal students home in
the beautiful Berkeley hills, only 2 blocks
from the university; price $3.50. o. G. MAY
q Co. Berkeley.
PROPERTY TO EXCHANGE.
81 acres near Niles, for rooming-ho 200
600 lots, from $50 to ........ .. 20 600
70 houses and lots, from s1250 to ...... IL, 900
~ ranches all sizes, from 800 to ....... 80 900
70 houses, Oakland and Alameda, $1,000 to s, 0OO
4oo business places, from $25 to ........ 1000
What Have You TO Offer?
ID g DECKER, 1920 Market ST., opp. Fifth.
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HOTEL Ramona s130 Elils-Home comfort
and couyeuiences; rooms soc to 81 30 per day
MRS KATE s. HART, manager.
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BY ORDER OF THE BANK OF WOOD
LAND.
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SHERMAN apartment House. % Eighth st.,
near Market furnished and unfurnished.
10S EIGHTH-Pleasant sunny rooms. 81 25 per
week and up.
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SELECT WINES AND LIQUORS.

SELECI WINES AND LIQUORS.
SEND your holiday orders to
MOHNS & KALTENBACH. % Market st. :;
largest store for family trading; 100000 gall
Ions Of old. mild wines and liquors to select
from; claret case, ! doz. quarts 81 25; Zin-
faudel, 50: Burgundy, 81 Medoc, IS; choice
Riesling, So so; Gutedel, 81; fine whiskies and
brandies, So so up. sell by the gallon or bot
tie: free delivery across the bay; charge
for sampling; country orders promptly filed :
We are not erocers, but solely wine handlers
Tel al
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-23
HOUSEKEEPING ROOMS

81 NATOMA-Suite of housekeeping rooms
with ward: rent SO month
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EMMA SPRECKELs building. 927 Market st.
S12 to $40. ASHTON, room 2l0.
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DREssMAKERS.
NINE. GOLDSTEIN-Elegant stylish dresses
IS up; dresses made over. 6 Eddy St, rrn. So.
CI,AIRYOYANTS
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-10
ANTI-CIVIL SERVICE.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Dec. 10.-A
most active movement on the part of
the Republican politicians of the third
congressional district has been in
augurated against the civil service
laws. 1t was learned today that pc
tition is being circulated among the
totes of the district asking that Con-
gress repeal or modify the law so that
The party workers may reap the
usufruct of party victory. Several
hOusand names have been already
oDtained,a and those having the petition
in charge say they will have from six
to eight thousand names to the paper
before the first of the year. 1t is I'M
derstood that this movement will be
general in the state, and that all the
congressional districts are working
the same petition. 1t is further stated
that the petitions are sent out by Con-
gresham BrOwnlOw, of the First dis
trict.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-10
THE COTTON MARKET

New York, Dec. 10.-The cotton
market opened steady with prices L
to 3 points higher, on local covering
and some new buying, induced by Il
more favorable class of cables than
was looked or. An easier eeeling
developed, however. and prices drop
ped back to last nights prices under
selling, led by Liverpool reports. In
vestment buying was on an extensive
scale but was checked by the dis
couraging outlook for print cloths at
Fail River and southern spot cotton
holdings being less conservative in
their views. At II o'clock the future
list was quiet with prices net I'M
changed. The sales to that hour were
$4,000 bales.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-10
The GuDu|S IRE Sl|IllB
In New York City Fleeing From
Cuba.
The TerrOrS Of The Bloody Island
Have Caused Them To Come
To America,

New York, Dec. 10. The Journal and
Advertiser says: IS
Weyler's policy of DETERMINATIONS
that he called concentration has re-
suited in an enormous infi,lv Of Lsl.,-s,
into New York. Hundreds, ii not
thousands of them are dying from hnn-
ger here. The number of these Is var
iously estimated at from 1900 to TO-
600. Perhaps the great majority are
absolutely without means. There are
men and women among them who were
worth thousands of dollars before the
war began, but who are now penniless.
Some of these are working as walters,
porters and seamstresses.
Emilio Agramonte, president of the
Mariti Charity association, says that
many of them have actually died
from starvation and that the majority
have preferred to live quietly in misery
rather than let their desperate wants
be known to those who could help
Them but who have in the past known
them to be people of wealth and infiu-
ence and refinement.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-10
CAN BE PULLED OUT ON THE
THE BANK AT THE WILL OF
THE OPERATORS.
Will Be Constructed IG Two Months
And Either Sent Across The
Country By Rail Or Around
The Horn By Steamer.
Other News.

New York, Dec. 10.--Lewis Nixon, of
EliZabethport, n. j., is TO build a stern
wheel steamboat of special design for
use on the Yukon river by the PhiIa-
delphia exploration and mining COM
pany, which is about to send an expedi-
ton under charge of Prof. Angelo
Heilpein, of Philadelphia. The party
will have eight members who expect to
spend two years in Alaska.
The new boat will he 50 feet long
over all. fifteen feet beam and three
feet ten inches deep. She will be built
in ten watertight sections and entire
ly of steel of six pounds to the square
foot, up to the main deck. II is eSti-
mated that she VIII carry thirty-five
tons on an eighteen Inch draught.
There will be two engines and one
large boiler, fitted TO burn either coal
or wood and it is expected that the
principal fuel will he dry float wood
picked up in transit The engines are
expected to develop sixty horsepower
The contract calls for the comple.
ton of the boat within sixty days
when she will he shipped across the
continent by rail or else sent around
the Horn by one of the many steamers
going to participate in the Klondike
| trade.
| Her light draught will enable hei
crew to pull her up on the bank and
| transform her into shore dwelling
when Overtaken by winter.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-10
They Ie Of.
Opening Of The Big Winter Race
Meet Yesterday.
High Glass Sport Enjoyed By A Good
Attendance Yesterday AnissThe
Book Makers Hit Hard.

The 90 day race meet at the Jockey
club began yesterday afternoon a.
3:15 o'clock, when Starter w. II. Max
wells patent gate was lifted and the
five horses for the firest race, a
straightaway half mile, shot out like
bullets from a squad of soldiers guns.
The officers of the track were all in
their places, the band played num-
Der of stirring airs and the crowd of
carriages and buggieS carried hun
dreds of visitors to advantageous po-
sitiOns in the grand stand and the gal
leries of the club house. Many prom
inent gentlemen and ladies of the city
attended.
The results oft he five events yes
terday showed the following:
First race, selling, IL mile: Little
Vulcan l, Latropia =, Trilby 3. Time,
30 3-4.
Second race, IA mile: Coley 1, Tom
my Tucker 2, Billy Boy 3. Time %.
Third race, > furlongs: Annaheim
l, Burke, Jr., ,, Dickey Norfork 3.
Time, 1:O2 IL.
Fourth race, 3-4 mile: John Baker
!, Clan Campbell 2, Gray Dog 3. Time
liz IA.
Fifth race, 1-2 mile: Tommy Tuck
er l, Joe Cotton 2, Mamie Hayes 3.
Time, 81 1-2.
During the afternoon, and particu-
larry for the first and second races the
bookers were hit rather hard and this
gave zest to the betting which prom
ises good sport for the rest of the
meeting.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-10

to Willie Schmidt, who died on July
81, 1896, in this city. The prisoner,
it is said, secured the money by false
ly swearing that he was Schmidts
brother-in-law and guardian of the
dead mans seven-year-old son. The
charge is grand larceny and forgery.
Within the past few years several
of ZanioPs wives have died, and as
their lives We're insured, the prisoner
has secured much money from the
insurance companies. He has also
since 1896 collected insurance on the
lives of his children who have died.
and also several of his deceased
mothers-in-law, all of whom were in
sured.
Zaniol made confession to Chief of
Detectives McClusky, in which he adj
mitted of having become rich by col
lecting the insurance on his several
wives, mothers-in-law and children,
but insisted that he was in no in
stance guilty of murder and thus far
no evidence has been adduced to prove
that his contentious i'm that direction
are untrue.
The prisoner says he was born in
Wiesbaden, Germany, 46 years ago
and came to this country in 1876.
The life insurance companies from
which Zaniol admits having collected
policies varying in amounts from $3.50
to $1,000 are the Metropolitan and
Prudential companies and the
knights and Ladies of Honor. He
says that he is ignorant of the anticed-
ents of his four wives, all of whom
died, he claims from natural causes.
The collections from the companies
will reach $1,000. Zaniol told the de-
tectives that he wished he had shot
himself before being arrested.