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The San Francisco call., 1897-09-09
PUPILS Of
A SCHOOL
PLUuDERED
Parents of Scholars at the
Polytechnic High Com
plain.
bUVkS AiD lWlM MliN IAkEA.
Even Lunoh-Baskets Are Pur-
loined by the Crafty
Thieves.
4 WATCH HAS BEEN INSTITUTED.
Principal Bush Says the Trouble Lies
in Holding Both Day and
Night Schools There.
4 WATCH HAS BEEN INSTITUTED.

For some time past the parents .of
scholars of the Polytechnic High School
have been complaining to the principal of
the institution and to the Board of Edu-
cation regarding thefts of their children's
books and clothing, and the matter has
come to such a pass that a systematic
watch has been put on the school TO DIS
cover the thief or thieves.
Not only have books, papers and hats
mysteriously disappeared. but lunches as
we'll. and the marauders have been so
bold in their work that even locks on the
desks do not stop them.
The Polytechnic High School is in fact
two schools, one running during the day
and the otner in the evening, anu it is to
this circumstance that the principal of
the day school attributes the thefts.
ut is next to impossible TO prevent
this petty tnieving in the Schools"
said Principal Bush yesterday. I'VE have
done everything in our power to guard
the day pupils, but it see ms almost hope
less task.
"a notice was sent out three weeks ago,
and period set aside, during which time
the pupils were obliged to put their names
in their books, and secret mark by which
their property might be identified. The
DOSS anu SlTlS cannot take tnelr DOCKS
home every night as they are very heavy.
ANY pupil who wishes to go to the
trouble is at liberty to leave his or her
books in the principals Office. Many of
them avail themselves of the opportunity.
This is the only high school in the City
that has night school in the same build
ing, and it is for this very reason that
the pupils belongings are in danger.
81 made an objection TO the Board OF
q hn Of riI1c, ha nj,
in this building. The board promised at
the time 10 make good all the losses sus-
tained by the pupils, but the pupils have
to take the promises Tor what they are
worth.
Il know Mr.. Fitzpatrick uses every effort
to protect the day scholars property, but
he can do no better than we can"
Mr.. Bush had the following notice placed
In the yards, the halls and class rooms:
NOTICE
Many losses oil books have been reported.
Pupils are cautioned to exercise much care
and watchfulnesS IN order TO guard against
loss. As far possible desks should be locked.
W w. BUSH, Principal.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-09
NEW TO-DAY.
-STATE--
ELECTRO MEDICAL
INSTITUTE.
Cor. Market, Powell and Eddy Sts., S. F.
ENTRANCE, EDDY ST.
New and Successful Methods for Cur
ing Disease.

THIS NEW TREATMENT IS PARTICU-
L larly adapted to the cure of chronic diseases
of every character, such as diseases of the
heart and nerves which prOauce persistent
head 4ches. dizziness, loss OF memory, hutter-
ing or palpitation of the heart difficult breath
ing and smothering sensations. Diseases of
the stomach, liver, bowels, kidneys and urin-
airy organs invariably yield 10 thi, new treat
ment. All kinds OF tumoIs and morbid
growths, external or internal, are quickly, per-
manentiy and painlessly removed without the
use OF knife. Cancers of every form and Of
the most malignant type are permanently de
stloyed and every trace OF this death oduclEg
disease is eradica ted from the system by this
new ectro-Medicai cure. For all classes o..
nervous diseases, and particularly in ailments
of omen, peculiar o her sex, the new Elect o.
Med cal Treatment is a certain balm For men
who are paying the penalty for eXcesses and
too fast lille it is sure restorative and abso-
lute cure. This new Eectro-Medical Treat
ment as administered by The doctors of the
state E. Electro-Medical Institute, imparts new
lie into the whole bode, it invigorates the
weak and dormant ORGANS, all their natural
strength returns, the mi I'd becomes bright and
active. The muscles firm and strong, in fact
the whole body is filed with new life and
vitality, bringing to men and women The
physical aud mental health which itjjs nece,-
sary 20 possess to be alive to all the pleasures
ana enjoymants OF life.
Consultation is Tree. Also advice by mail
free. Those living out of San Francisco may
write for sym ptom blauk
Address STATE ELECTRO MEDICAL INSTI-
TUTE, 3 Eddy street, S F.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-09
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF,
Ir Thursday: fresh westerly winds.

Fair Thursday fresh westerly winds
The orphans of the City visited Mains Circus
IN body yesterday afternoon.
Thieves have been plundering the scholars
OF the Polytechnic H gh school.
The Board OF Education has declared to-
morrow holday IN the public schools.
Edward Roiker and Pierre Dou;ilet gave an
artlstlc concert at 223 Sutter street last night
The Pacific Coast Women's Press Association
yesterday elected officers for the ensuing year
The ladies' of the Methodist Chinese Mission
yesterday resued another slave girl from life
OF shame.
Judge Wallace is expec;ef to decide the case
VI I.l rItch vs.. the Boaro OF Supervisors to-mor-
row morning.
Contractors may be denied payment on bills
rendered the Board OF Education for last
months work
me Lincoln Monument League has pro-
Vluea an interesting programme OF soldierly
contests at the Presidio for tomorrow.
a charge of assault upon a citizen against
Mounted Policeman ". H. Hanley was dis
missed by The Police Comm ssionerS last night
d. Z. Hutchins of 326 OFarrell street is con-
graduating himself tnat he did not take a
iaulty prescription that might have killed
him.
Oak-street property owners win ask the
MARKET street Company to remove thirty
o4oeks OF unused cartrackS or resort 10 suit
10 compel the removal
Judge Curtis of New York and D. NJ. Delmas
spoke for the defendants IN the Fair-Craven
case yesterday. They bitterly denounced
some of the opposing counsel.
The discrimination OF Figel con-
tinued yesterday. The witness refused to
answer some of the questions put to him on
the ground that il might tend to incriminRte
him.
United States Attorney Foote is of the opin-
ion that If Judge Wallace should oust the
whole Board OF Supervisors Governor Budd
would have the right appoint the new
board.
The testimony in the proceedings to disbar
Attorney John l. Boone in the United States
Circuit Court was concluded yesterday afte T
noon, and Judge Morrow took the matter
under advisement.
The Baroness Won Turkheim made a formal
demand yesterday to be arrested on the way
rants issued last March charging her with
malicious mischief, but no one appears 10
know where the warrants are.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-09

VISITORS to the city should not fail to inspect
s. d. q. Gump's gallery of paintings and different
departments Of art goods, pictures crockery and
glassware
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-09
dward Xavier RoIker and Pierre Dou
iliet Make Their Debut.

dward Xavier Rolker and Pierre DOu-
iliet Make Their Debut
Edward Xavier Rolker and Pierre Dou-
lllet, a lyric tenor and pianist made
their first appearance before a San Fran
cisco audience last night and created a
more than favorable impression. The
concert, which vas given at the new hall,
223 Sutter street, was we'll attended and
the audience displayed considerable en-
thusiasm.
Douillet, the pianist, is a player of
uncommon vrtuosity. The Chopin
"Scbef 20" in b minor, the 'Nocturne'
in D fiat and the "Polonaise" In A fat by
the same com poser were played in mag
nificent style, quite equal. in fact, 10
Pachman's Interpretation of the same
com positions. In the Bach 'Toccata'
and "Fugue" DouilIet displayed a fine,
firm touch and the WeberTausig "Invita-
tion 10 the Dance" which presents i'm
mense technical difficulties, was played
in a light and airy manner. Liszt's H un-
rarian Rhapsodie No. % showed i'm
menSe work.
playing lay las night in his scarcely
entering enough into the individuality OF
each composer. He made little or no
difference between Bach and Grieg, and
in the Grieg "Humoresque" the humo9
was conspicuous by its absence. A little
"Goyatte" in D minor, of his own COM
position was tuneiul and bright.
Rolker the tenor. showed himself TO be
d pretty singer, possessed OF sweet ear
upper ZONES. HIS efforts were decidedly
artistic, though he vent in very heavily
for effect. Hantei's recitation and aria
from "Jephtha,' "Waft II r, Angels. :"
was an accomplished bit of work, and the
vocalist won encores Tor several other
numoers which included selections by
Gounod, Hinrich-, r. Strauss and Tosti.
+ ederic Maurer Jr. was The accompaniat
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-09
SUED FOR TAXES.
A Case in Which All Banking IncOr-
tDoratiouS Are Iuterested

A Case in Which All Banking Incor-
porations Are Interested.
Alfred Thurman, on behalf of the City
and County of San Francisco. began suit
yesterday in the United States Circuit
Court against the Bank of British Column
bia to recover $36, 165 ALLEGED to be due by
the bank as taxes to the City and County
OF San Francisco on the assessment made
by the Assessor. The Assessor was not
satisfied with the statement handed in by
the bank officers, and made an assess
on loans on stock and bonds and on $685.
900 set forth to be especial fund held on
account of branches which the bank
contended were not legally taxa Bile.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-09
RESCUED FROM SLAVERY.
Ladies of the Chinese Methodist Mis-
sion Aid Another 6irt to
Escape

The ladies of the Chinese Methodist
Mission rescued another girl from life
OF slavery. The girl has been for five
years in a house of evil repute on Spot
ford alley, near Washington street. a few
days ago she sent word to the Mission
that she wished to escape from her bond
age. and arrangements were made for the
consumm alton of her desire yesterday.
The arrangements were all made so
cleverIy that n difficulty was encoun-
tered in effecting the rescue. The girl
went shopping esterday afternoon, and
by appointment Mrs. Lake and Miss Lake,
accompanied by Sergeant Perrin and
squad, sauntered into Chinatown at the
same time. When the bevy of Chinese
women was met, one of them gave signal
that sae IN Ght be known, and Miss Lake
walked up and led her away. The Chinese
men gaped at the proceeding, but made
no hostile move.
The gill rescued is petite and rather
pretty, as Chinese girls go. She has been
with her late masters about five years
She is the third one rescued from the
house within three months.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-09
A Sad Case.

James A. Hagerty walked into the office of
the Eureka Society for the Protection of Chill
dren yesterday. leading his two little children,
James A. and Carrie, and un folded sad story
TO Mr.. Hoibrook. He stated that he had lust
arrived from Vallejo, where he tried 10 fild a
hume sor the little ones, but was unsuccessful.
He also said his wife was an immoral woman
children cruelty. After listening To his story
Mr.. Hoibrook sent the children to the Mount
ST. Joseph Infant Asylum until the case couid
he lnnkad iiifn - N-N
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-09
Welburn Arraigned.

Osca N. Helburn, cx-Collector OF Internal
Revenue, appeared in the United States Dis
trict Court yesterday morning for arraign.
ment on forty-three charges of embezzlement
His counsel, Gavin McNab, interposed a
demurrer on the ground that the indictment
does not specifically state that Welburn re-
ceived the money which lie is charged with
having illegally retained and appropriated to
his own use. The court took the matter under
Amusement.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-09
P.ends Not Guilty.

Captain Charles A. jerks OF Troop A, N. G. c.,
pleaded not guilty in Judge Conlan's court
Yesterday morning to the cnarge of cruelty to
animals preferred against him by Secretary
Hoibrook He waived jury. and the case was
sci for trial next "Wednesday.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-09
ADJUSTMENTS.

;.
BALDWIN THEATER.- The Heart of MARYLAND"
COLUMBIA TREATER- The Twelve Tcnpta-
tiUns'
AoRosco's orERA.HousE- The raudv Fifth"
AIcAzAR 7HEATER.- Tho First Bora" and
Lest for Day"
1JVoLI OPERA HOUSE, Pagiiacci"
ORFHEUN-High- Glass NauGevu.e.
oBERoS.-Grand Concert
SuTRo BATHS Bathing and Performance,
IHE CHUTEs AND CHUTEs FREE THEArER-
Great Vaudeville Company every afternoon and
evening.
NJ MECHANICS PAvIIIoN-Mechanics' Fair now
oper.
CIRCUs-Eighth and a'rison streets
PREsTDIo Observation-Disclosures Tournament
tor the teneht OF Lin DIN N Monument League
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-09
TWO NEW ARTISTS.

ADVANCES made on furniture and pianos, with
or without removal. J. Noonan. 1017-1O23 Mission
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-30
SALADS AS A DIET.
Most wholesome Food and Should Be
Eaten EvNry Day
ITO BE ooNTINUED.J

Most wholesome Food and Should Be
Eaten EvNry Day
"The beauty and wholesomeness OF
the salad should commend 1t to every
American housekeeper," writes Mrs. s.
T. Rorer in the Ladies' Home Journal.
81 do not refer to those highly sea-
soned combinations Of hard-boiled eggs
and mustard, but to dainty dinner OF
luncheon salads made with a dressing
of olive oil, few drops Of lemon juice
and a light seasoning Of salt, garlic and
pepper.
"The salts necessary for the well be-
ing of our blood are bountifully given
in these green vegetables. Then, too,
it is a pleasant way of taking fatty
food. All machinery must be well
oiled to prevent friction, and the Won
derful human engine is not an excep-
ton to the rule. Look carefully to 1t
that YOU take sufficient fatty food.
1.-THE Americans do not use enough
oil to keep them in perfect health.
While butter is served in some families
three times a day, and is better than
no fat, Its composition is rather against
It as compared to a sweet vegetable oil.
Fats we'll dlgested are the salvation Of
consumptives, or those suffering from
any form Of tuberculosis. For these
reasons a simple salad composed Of any
green vegetable and a French dressing
should be seen on every well-regulated
table S65 times a year. Those who live
out OF town can obtain from the fields
sorrel, long docks, dandellOns and
lambs quarters for the cost of picking.
Where desserts are not used, and
wish for health's sake, they might be
abolished, a salad with a bit Of cheese
and bread or wafer or cracker, with
a small cup Of coffee, may close the
meal. Where a dessert is used the
salad, cheese and wafer are served just
before It, to prick up the appetite that
It may enjoy more fully the sweet. At
a large dinner the salad is usually
served with the game course"
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-30

rat or house of entertainment, bearing
the name Of Mouche dor. Besides the
sanded salon, with its marble tables
and its buffet, presided over by giddy
damsel Of forty, there is a dining
chamber up stairs, so low that a tall
man standing upright can almost touch
the ceiling with his head, and so badly
lit by a narrow window that light of
some sort is necessary even by broad
day.
In this upper chamber, one foggy af-
ternoon In autumn, three years after
the occurrence Of the events described
IN the last chapter, man was seated
alone and busily writing at one of the
wooden tables.
The man was about forty years Of
age, corpulent, with jet-black hair and
mustache, but otherwise clean shaver.
He wrote rapidly, almost furiously,
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-30
CHAPTER XIV.

N ono Of the mar
row Partisan
streets in the near
neighborhood of
the Seine, close TO
quays and old
bookstalls, fire.
quented by the
litterateur out at
elbows and the
bibliomaniac, there
is an obscure caba-
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-30

Counting done on a tandem ought to
result In double safety match.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-15
Slain with an AK.

Sioux Falls, S. D., Dec. 9-Weltering
in his own blood, and literally hacked
to pieces with an ak which was found
in the next room, the body Of Roy
Erickson, maker of wicker baskets,
was found shortly after midnight in
an old shanty on Main avenue. The
police were raiding the place for an
other purpose when the horrible dis
covery was made. In the next rsem
sat the two men who are now behind
the bars for the murder. One is Will
liam West, whose daughter Erickson
is accused of having ruined, and the
other is James Garrahan, the owner of
the shanty. Garrahan made confess
sion to the chief of police, in which he
implicated West in the killing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-15
Prize Fight Ends Fatally.

London, Dec. s. Walter Croot, of
Newcastle, England, who was defeated
for the bantam weight championship
of the world at the National Sporting
club Monday night by Jimmy Barry, of
Chicago, died Tuesday morning of the
injuries which he received during the
ed of severe punch over the heart,
and then crushing right handler on
the jaw. Barry and his second, Tommy
White, were charged at the Bow street
police court with manslaughter and
were locked up in cells. All the pris-
oners were remanded for week, bail
in each case being accepted in the sum
of $50.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-15
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Ex-Congressman James S. Cotheran,
of Abbeyville, S. c., died in New York.
Seventeen of the 80 cities of Massa-
chusetts held their municipal elections
and in the majority of cases the re-
publicans were successful.
Rev. John w. Atkinson, pastor of the
M. E. church at Haverstraw, N. Y, died
at the age of SO years. He was the au-
thor of the hymn, "We Shall Meet Be
yond the River"
DR.. B. P. Reynolds, one Of Chicago's
oldest and best-known physicians, died
at the age of 65 years.
Chief Justice Conway, of the Wyo-
ming supreme court, died in Cheyenne.
Osborne Mem. Kavanagh, third secre-
tary of the British embassy. died in
Washington of typhoid fever.
James Wood celebrated his 101st
birthday anniversary at Portsmouth,
N. H., in company with his wife, who is
80, two sisters who are over 80, and two
sons and one daughter.
Rear Admiral Joseph F. Green, U. 8.
N. (retired), died at his home in Brook
line, Mass.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-15
FOREIGN.

The Cuban insurgents captured the
town of Guisa and in the battle 800
Spanish soldiers were killed.
President McKinley's message to
congress is praised by Premier Sagasta
of Spain.
France and England will have NJ
trouble over the upper Nile country.
France having agreed to accept the
ituation.
A gold trust has been incorporated at
Jersey City, j., under the name of the
Menlo Trading company.
Actual starvation must have come to
Dawson, for 5000 men were coming
out over the trails from the Klondike.
At cabinet council in Madrid Pre-.
mier Sagasta said that In the event Of
the United States attempting to inter-
fere in Cuba 1t would find the govern
ment prepared to defend the rights and
honor Of Spain.
Two soldiers in the imperial service
invaded the palace of the sultan in
Athens and made an attempt on his
life.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-15
A Spanish Garrison AnnihiIated.

Havana, Dec. S.-The report of the
capture of Guisa by Gen. Garcia is con-
firmed. The report adds that the entire
garrison of the town, composed of. 800
men, died heroicaily without surrender
ing. Only As Spanish soldiers survived,
and they were. made prisoners by Gen.
Garcia. Gen. Garcia sent word to- the
Spaniards before the bombardment
that they would be pardoned if they
would surrender. The only answer was
shout of Long Live Spain!" and a
general volley from all the forts. The
destruction of the town was completed
in 12 hours. The Spanish official fe-
port describes the terrific effects Of the
pneumatic dynamite gun used by Gen.
Garcia. The insurgents fired 72 dyna-
mite shots on the forts. Each shot
wrought terrible havoc. The gun was
operated a short distance from the
town. Not a house remains in Gufsa.
All were blown to pieces. Besides the
dynamite gun the insurgents used two
field pieces, six and eight-pounders.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-15
DEAD.
Mrs. Mckinley, Mother of the President
Passes Away.

Mrs. Mckinley, Mother of the President
Passes Away.
Canton, O., Dec. 12.-Mrs. Mckinley
passed from life at few minutes past
two o'clock this morning with all of
her children and other immediate rela-
tives at her bedside.
She did not suffer any in her last
hours but gradually passed from the
deep palsied sleep in which she has
rested almost constantly for the past
ten days into the sleep of death.
No word could be secured from the
house for some hours before the dis
solution. Knocks of reporters as well
as those of telegraph messengers were
unanswered. At 2:35 an undertaken
was summoned and the first publicity
given of the death.
President Mckinley continued his
vigil all day, much as he has the pre-
ceding days. He sat almost constant
ly in the sick room and there secured
about all the rest he had. His atten-
ton was almost wholly given to the
patient, watching intently for the
slightest change.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-15
THE BUSINESS WORLD.
II. u. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review OF
Trnde-Earnings of the Railways.

II. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review OF
Trnde-Earnings of the Railways.
New York, Dec. 11.-R. G. Dun e. Co.,
in their weekly review of trade, say:
"The opening Of congress, with the an
nual message and reports. has not dis
couraged business, as some predicted, but
all speculative markets are stronger than
week ago. The productive Industries,
even in the season usually about the dull
est Of the year as to new orders, meet q
definite improvement In demand for i'm
port products, presumably the fruit of q
prevailing conviction that new business
will begin to crowd the works after the new
year starts. The outward movement OF
wheat and other products continues SO
heavy that foreign exchange has fallen
three-quarters Of cent, and instead obex-
ports of gold, which have marked Decem-
Der In recent years, imports would Como
If gold were wanted. Securities are adj
vancing with reason in the Increased earn
ings Of railways-$47, 085, sol for November
on reporting roads in the United States
1853 per cent. larger than last year andb.s
larger than in 1892. A strict comparison Tor
five years shows that in each Of the last
three months earnings have been greater
than in any previous year, with larger
increase in November than in october or
September.
"The sudden rise in December wheat at
Chicago to $1O9 would do harm were IL
not based on avowed contracts to ship some
millions of bushels to Europe. That fact
and the continued foreign demand In spite
Of such contracts has helped a rise Of III
cents here.
Cotton Is sixteenth stronger in spite
Of estimates ranging from 100000 to H.
000, 900 bales by well-known authorities. A
strike in English mills is no longer threat
ened, and the possibility of one at Fall
River has little weight. The demand for
wooden goods has clearly improved and
more wool has just been purchased abroad
and is being imported. While some grades
have been sold largely at prices lower
than a month ago quotations are generally
maintained.
There is more demand for iron and steel
products in preparing for railway work.
bridges and buildings next year and on
contracts for export. including one for
government bridge in Holland and others
for bridges in Japan. with large shipments
of various products to England and other
countries. Foreign contracts for 10000 tons
of rails are pending. In and about New
York bridge and building contracts call for
$4,000 tons, and Chicago works are figuring
on numerous contracts for $1,000 railway
cars. The formation of the American Steel
and Wire company Is expected to
strengthen prices and cause some buying.
Failures in the first week of December
were but s7,617,240: manufacturing, s739. 420.
and trading, $1.791.57O. Failures for the
week have been 312 in the United States,
against $50 last year, and 90 in Canada.
against 43 last year"