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The San Francisco call., 1897-04-15
Rate War Bre,ring at senute.

SEATTLE, WASH. April 1.-THE Cana
dian Pacific Railway has formally with
drawn from the traffic association trust
1t has been out two days, having severed
all connection with the organization last
Monday in compliance with a notification
served upon the chairman of the Traffic
Association by Rotert Kerr of Winnipeg,
the Canadian Pacihc's general traffic man.
ager. The roads local agents have been
notified to the same effect, and it is re-
ported that there is already a cut-rate war
brewing at this point between The Cana
dian Pacific and other transcontinental
lines centering here.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-15
CASH FOE sEs1rLE,s TREASURY
Seren National BANKS Mast Pay City
aud County TdIex.

SEATTLE, WASH, April l4-Iu 1891
and 1892, seven of SeattIe's National
Banks resisted payment of city and
county taxes on the ground of an Must
and exorbitant assessment. Through the
weary length of the city, county and
State courts the case dragged its way, the
decisions in each instance being recorded
in favor of the banks. Now, however.
the. Supreme Court of the United States,
to which tribunal an appeal was ken,
reversed judgment, and the institutions
defendant must forthwith nav the full
levy-a grand total of about S65, 600.
The money comes at very opportune
time, especially as regards the municipal
ity, whose exchequer has grown painfully
low of late. The banks fought the assess
ment mainly on the ground that COM
peting capital, such as mortgages and
loans given to private individuals and
com panies, was not taxed at all; that
bank shares were taxed for their full
value, whereas other property was taxed
on only about go per cent.
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Conricted at Rea,y,od C{tu.

REDWOOD CITY, CAL. April IA
Edward Maywald, charged with an assault
with deadly weapon in shooting man
named Nichols, was this afternoon con-
victed by jury in the Superior Court.
The jury recommended him to the mercy
OF the court. The assault for which he
was convicted was one of several COM
mitted at about the same time at the
Jersey Farm near San Bruno year ago.
On one charge he was tried, convicted ana
sentened to serve year in San Quentin.
AS soon as he was released ne was i'm
medlately rearrested and the present
charge placed against him.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-15

SACRAMENTO. CAL. April l4-Chief
of Police NJ. NJ. Drew is in receipt of
letter from Mayor Hubbard directing
him to instruct his officers that stringent
measures must be adopted TO entirely
suppress gambling. Proprietors of houses
in which illegal games are run must be
arrested and officers stationed at the doors
of suspected places to enfore the law.
As the patrol force of the city includes
but twelve men, six of whom are on
duty at night and six through the day,
it is believed that the day force wiih be
required TO do extra duty to fill the re-
qufrements of the letter. AT all events
gam bling in this city will become dead
letter proposition.
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son Di.oo Want. ,he Y,,,-nu,

SAN DIEGO, CAL, April 14.-At spe-
ciai meeting of the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' Association last night the men,
bers practically agreed to pledge the city
for the $1,000 guaran tee necessary to secure
the encampment of the Southern Cali
fornia G. A. r. for San Diego this sum-
mer. This practically insures the en-
campment for this city. and Commander
Dill says he expects at least 5000 visiting
old soldiers and families and an encamp-
ment of $50 tents. The camp will open on
August and continue ten days.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-15
Odd Ferro,cs at Phenis.

PHOENIX, ARIz-, April 14.-The Terri.
torial Grand Lodge OF Odd Fellows
adjourned to-day. 1t is probable an as
semby of Rebekahs will be organized in
Arizona. The following were named as
grand officers for the ensuing year: Emil
Marks, Bisbee, grand master; J. ]. Hill,
Tucson. deputy grand master; Louis Sui
tan. Globe. grand warden: George A.
Mlntz, Phoenix grand secretary; A, R.
kllgore. Williams, grand treasurer; n. A.
Morford. Phoenix, A. P. Perry, Kingman
and b. Robinson, Prescott, grand trustees.
Jerome, Yavapai County, was selected as
the place of the next session.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-15
DKowNED AT s,ANFoRD FARM.
Peter EIkfns Loses HIS Fife Whife
Bathing In q Lake.

SAN JOSE, CAL, April .14.-Coroner
Secord was notified this evening that
Peter Elkins, one of the riders at the
Stanford horse farm, had been drowned
about O'Clock this evening, while bathing
in the lake. The information in regard to
The accident was meager. 1t was stated
to rescue him, but without success The
Coroner will go 10 the Stanford farm in
the N orring to hold an inquest. The de-
ceased formerly resided near Lawrence
station.
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stanford Prof-ssor,s GOOD Fortune.

SEATTLE, WASH, April 14.-Edwin in
Chaplin Starks OF Stanford University,
who represented that institution for the
past two years on tie marine-dredging g
expeditions conducted by the Young
Naturalists' Society and the University Of
Washington, has been employed by the
division of ornithology and mann ology
in the United states Department of Agri-
culture. Mr.. Starks is sure OF a bright
future in the fields of natural history. He
has made fishes a speciality, and has de-
scribed over twenty new species as the
result OF his PUGET Sound researches.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-15
Nearly the Entire Village
Reduced to Smolder-
ing Ruins.
FIremen Work Against a Strong,
Wind, but Keep the Flames
From Boulder.
The Cor Fl Igration Star ted by Coal
Oil Explosion-Losses Amount
10 About $4,000,

OaN Ia SISO SAl., n pIll IA oio-
astrous fire started by an explosion OF
coal oil wiped out nearly the entire vii
lage of Lorenzo this afternoon. Lorenzo
is practically part OF the town oil
Boulder, being known as Old Town. The
buildings destroyed were about the first
built in either town, and include cd
landmarks that had become familiar TO
every body who visits Boulder.
The fire started in ]. o. Boyce's resi-
dence and soon com unicated to other
houses alongside owned by p. G. Smith.
The residence of o. r. Bascomb owned
by Charles Peoples of SCOTS Valley, was
the next to fall, and then the fire spread
to Lorenzo Hall, the upper portion OF
which is occupied by lodgerooms. The
wind was carrying the flames northward,
though there was not strong wind blow
ing.
The Lorenzo Hotel was the next TO go.
1t was occupied by Morrill, & Seidlinger
and owned by II. E. Gardner of Santa
Cruz. Hartman's hotel and livery stable
were caught, despite the efforts of the
fremen 10 save them, and seeing that
these buildings were bound to go atten-
ton was devoted TO saving the rest of the
town.
Supervisor S. H. Rambo's store was
saved by an extraordinary effort, and
Blum's cottage also escaped the flames.
The total losses will am mount to about
1000, and insurance has been so far re-
ported on the following buildings: Smiths s
house, $500; Lorenzo Hall. $500; Hart
mans hotel and stable, $1,000.
The fire department acted promptly,
but the location of the buildings and the
situation of the fire-plugs worked against
them. Their efforts, however, saved the
spreading of the fire into the town of
Boulder proper.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-15
HOPE Fok TIE WILLzPA.
1he Stranded Tesseps HuH and Ma
chiMery Map Be Sared.

1he Stranded Tesxeps Hau and Ma
chts,erD MnU Be Sared.
TACOMA, WASH, April IA. - The
steamer Edith returned to-day from its
trip north, on which it conveyed the
stranded passengers of the steamer Will
lapa from Bella Coola TO Dyea, their des-
tination. Captain Roberts is in consulta-
ton with the officers of the Alaska Steam
ship Company 10 deter mine whether an
other steamer shall be chartered and the
opposition to the Pacific Coast Steamship
Company continued. The steamer, if one
is chartered. will be larger than the Will
lapa; possibly it will be the Sehome. now
tied up here.
Its returned officers say the hull of the
WilIapa was in comparatively good condi-
ton when they left, and they believe it
will be comparatively easy to save the
machinery with modern wrecking ap-
pliances. The vessel was not yet broken
and the engines and boilers were still IN
DOSltiOn.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-15
Bath. for miu Ynu.,,

MILL VALLEY, CAL. April 14-There
is plan on foot to establish bathing re-
sort on the lands of Captain William N.
Shelley, near Mill Valley. Captain
Shelley is one of the prime movers of the
enterprise. which includes the building
of bathing houses in the marsh
near Mill Valley Junction, on the
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-15

main line of the North Pacific Railroad,
about mile from Mill Valley. Captain
Shelley is one of the pioneer pilots OF San
Francisco Bay, and it is his in ntention TO
interest others in the project and form q
company to put the thing through. His
properly IN the marsh is irably suited
lor the purpose, and Mill Valley is with
out sucn resort at the present time.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-15

Dominican Monastery his life. Martin
Lacy, aged about 40 years. together with
others, went to bathe in the straits. When
IN the water his com panions heard him
call Tor help, bu. before they could reach
him he sank. Every endeavor was made
TO nnd the body, but up to a late hour to-
night 1t had not been recovered. The
deceased had been here only a short time,
having lived In Porta Costa prior to his
arrival here.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-15
Santa Barbara Lad Injur,d,

SANTA BARBARA. CAL. April IA
A horse belonging to II. L. Williams and
hitched on DE la Guerra street, nea,
State. broke Its hitching rein yesterday
and started toward Anacapa street. In
the street stood little son of Senior Car.
rillo, who was unde cided which way to &c
to escape the runaway. He went one
way and the horse went the same. The
little boy was struck and knocked sense
less. He was picked mp for dead, but wa.
found to be only very severely injured.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-15
KING COUNTY REIMBURsED.
Er- Governor McGrdtU Settles a Shortag
IA HE ShrieraItv Account,

ff Hts ShrieratV Accountf,
SEATTLE. WASH, April 14-John b.
MeGraw. late Governor of Washing ton,
who was recently found short in his ac-
counts as Sheriff OF King County, has ar
ranged satisfactory settlement with the
authorities. Lately he has been verifying
the reports of the expert accountants and
tomorrow he will deed 10 the county in
trust Sl4, 600 worth of property to secure
the payment of $S7l0 the amount of the
discrepancy. Though outlawed from the
standpoint of both civil and criminal
prosecution. Mr.. McGraw at no time
sought to shirk responsibility, having an
nounced upon the discovery uf the short
age that he would, as far as remained in
his power so to do, make reparation.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-15
Sacramento Rseer Pirate, Captured.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, April 14.-Frank
Kelly and Harry Wagner, the members of
the gang OF river pirates who for year
past have had their headquarters on a
houseboat On the Sacramento River and
have committed scores of depredations in
this vicinity, appeared before Judge Hart
this morning for sentence. Kelly re-
ceived term OF fifteen years andihis
partner. Wagner, was sent up for twenty
five years.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-15
saeramsn,o Monev.Iena.r In Trouble.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, April IA. Charles
Heisen, capitalist who conducts a
money-loanipg establishment in this city,
was arrested to-day, charged with forgery.
on complaint sworn to by w. J. Hull,
who is employed as locomotive engineer
by the Southern Pacific. 1t is elaine /
that Heisen presented an order on the
Southern Pacific Company for Hulrs
wages, which the latter claims he had
not signed, as no money was due the
money -ioaner.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-15
Foreclosure Suit commenced.

LOS ANGELES. CAL, April IA suit
in equity was filed here this afternoon in
the Federal court on the part of the Bos-
ton Safe Deposit and Trust Company
against the San Diego Land and Town
Company. 1t is based on an issue of
$780, 900 of bonds, on which it is alleged
the interest has been defaulted. Fore
closure is asked, as we'll as the appoint
ment of a receiver and the sale of prop
erty. The suit is joint one a. ainst the
company and Receiver Lanning.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-15
kntohts of Pvrhta, Defegat...

SAN JOSE. CAL, April IA. Limberg
and III. 7. Bennett have been chosen dele
gates by San Jose Lodge. knights of
Pythias, to The Grand Lodge K. OF P,
which meets at Hanford next month.
Charles E. Schroeder and F. l.. Donohoo
were selected as alterna ties.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-15
MOSQUITO VIsITS VISALIA.
6ged Patriarch of the Digger Indians
appears among Hhifes.

6ged Patriarch of the Di1ger Indians
appears among Hhites.
VlSALIA, CAL, April 15.-There ap-
peared at the local land office on Saturday
MOSQUITO, the patriarch of the Digger In
dians in this section. He came from his
home in squaw Valley to receive Gov
ernment land patent for quarter section
granted his son, now dead, years ago.
This is the first time Mosquito has been
down from the hills for thirty years. He
Is l15 years old, never wears shoes or
stockings, is nearly blind. and cannot
speak word of English. His stopped and
crippled manner of walking, his very
dark and wrinkled visage and his queer
clothing made him an object OF curiosity.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-15
Sausafito Ferry Changes.

SAUSALITO, CAL, April 1.-The North
Pacific Coast Railroad has issued a notice
to the effect that the boats leaving San
Francisco at 5:45 P. NJ. and those leaving
Sausalito at 7:10 A. NJ will be discontinued
on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this
week.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-15
Hoard or Health Officers,

SAN JOSE, CAL, April 4.-Dr. George
W. Seifert has been elected President of
the Board of Health and DR.. William
Simpson Secretary and Health officer.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-15
IT is DEBILITY.

Yes. it is debility. and you should con-
suit the best doctors ON the coast. II you
do consult the Hudson doctors, these
doctors will advise the real thing--Hudyan
remedy treatment.
Hudyan remedy treatment is as certain
to cure you as you are certainly in neesl of
it. Hudyan cures those cases of nervous
disorders brought on by dissipatio n, bad
hours, abuse. If you abuse your nerves
you weaken them.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-15

Victor E. Starr of San Diego were ap-
pointed by Governor Budd yesterday as
tru tees under the new Normal School law
passed Dy the late Legislature.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-15
Normal scl.oo. Tru,tees Named.

SACRAMENTO. CAL. April A.
Thomas c. Toland OF Ventura, J. L. Dry
den Of National City. W. R. Guy of San
Diego. John G. North of Riverside and
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Your back is not strong, 1t pains you +,
so does your shoulder blades. Now and
then you feel as if hot waves of steam
were pouring over and through you; then
you will be cold again, chilly; crawling
chilly cold kind o. settles all over you.
Sometimes premature weakness is also
felt; your legs will wobbie and seem to
kick out; you will be seasick in a second
and then it is over.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-15
Dsafh bv DroDming at B.nicia.

BENICIA, CAL. April IA sad acci-
dent yesterday COS. lay brother OF the
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-15
COMBINATION Wonderful Values
POCKETBOOKS. in this depart

ment.
Combination Pockelbooks. embosset
leather and plain, with silver cor
ners 80. 2sc
Morocco. Calf and Fancy Leather
regular price S5c, 81 and 81 25 sac
The same in high-grade Seal, Alligator
and Laest Leathers; regular price
81 so, 81 rs to SO 25 5.......Sl *
CTATE0NFQY Hur"s Paper uNano
leon," "Eariy English. :,
Royal White and kid Finish" al
zes -. l0c quire
Envelopes 10 mach, 20 Tor III
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-15

TOILET Everything that
.Acooeeo,:oo should be on beau
accessories. tvs table.
La Blanche Face Powder box 25c
Murray d Lanman's Florida Water CSC
Cashmere Bouquet soap.
PACKERS ar soap p-.-.-.................l l215c
Roger d 1allet's Pesu d'Espagne Ex-
tract ::.-.. ............ 75c
GosnePs Cherry Tooth Paste. 25c
Sozodont --..-...........44c
Large Vasell me .t....-..-............... 7c
Genuine Virgin Brand French CASTLE
soap, SID Dar. ....... lae
Genuine Tetlow Gossamer Pow Ger lCc
Genuine Tetlow Swan Down Powder - 7c
Imperial Tooth Powder l7c
Kirk Jergen'S and FePs Soaps, regular
3 for Csc per box. - -17c
Imported Bay liun, from CSC cto.....ISc
Rosifoam -, ntifrice, a delicious tooth
WASH rom o1l zoe TO- ..-.--............... 13c
Imported 1ooth Brushes worth 15c Sc
Grow Nail Brush, bone hand.e, winged,
"Deroy" Ia.ent Cur ing Irons frtm l5c 10 Sc
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-15
3 MEMS Including allthe
| WEARING latest block S
: APPAREL. and new shades

-ROOk During this sale we will
OCD,T sell all books at at least 20
ULF IL per cent discount from
publishers prices, and in
many instances much
IOyUer
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-15

40U0 Ro.is satin-tinish Crepe Tissue
Paper. ....................1 1Oc roll
Crepa Paper Lamp Sh hades, with flowers 43c
Spa ding's Official League Base balls. csc
Mexican Grass Hsmmocks. " 4Sc
Practical Typewriters, wor $50. - 81 "a
Child's ..Ideal Sewing Machine SO az
Little Helper CarpAt Sweeper nc
Child's Solid oak Desks 67c
,oys' Wood Wagon, 11x21. iron axle use
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-06
Mr.. Davis Protests.
sequences


MR.. EDITOR:-The publication of
the Luning letter in your valuable pa
per has caused considerable comment
on the part of parties engaged in cof-
fee-raising While not wishing to COM
ment upon the letter, the thought
arises: What are we coming to? A
company having for five years been in
the experimental stage, finding the
business improbable, conclude to sell,
and SO advertise the property. They
are denounced as unpatriotic. Is that
not going too far? Shall people shout
for coffee culture and get nothing but
assessments, and by their actions en-
able others to unload on the unwary?
| am one who does not believe that,
except under certain conditions, coffee
will pay as an investment on these ISL
ands. The exceptions I make are gen.
tlemen situated like J. M. HOrner. He
can get a maximum of labor at mini
mum of cost, and Chinese, Japs and
Portuguese. They cultivate small hold
ings, do the work principally them
selves, live economically, much more
so than we understand economy, but
they don't experiment, and they make
better living in the sense, that they
are more independent, they have no
boss to drive them or dock them for
lost time. The end is not yet; there is
too much pressure, and as you re-
marked about there being Tin reference
to certain transaction card up the
sleeve, there is a card undeveloped as
yet, in the cultivation of coffee at a
large profit" There are great many
places in the world where gold exists
and is found, but cannot always be
probably worked. Yours truly,
JOHN NJ DAVIS.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-06
Merit

Made and Merit Maintains the confidence
of the people in Hoods Sassaparilla If a
medicine cures you when you are sick; If
it cures your neighbors and your friends
when they are ailing; if it makes wonder
full cures Of many diseases everyy7A ere,
then beyond any question that medicine
possesses merit. That is just the truth
about Hoods Sarsaparilla. Prepared By
accumulation, proportion and process un-
known to other medicines, it has curative
powers peculiar to itself. We knew it
possesses great merit because it has
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-06
"WHOLLY OWNED"

The case of the China still
creates considerable interest, and
some very intelligent laymen are
not able to understand, among
other matters, why the Supreme
Court could hold that the China
was wholly owned" by Col. Mac
farlane, as the statute declares she
must be, when he distinctly stated
that only the legal title was in him
self, and the real owners resided
abroad. For the Court, or for a
lawyer to make the opinion OF the
Court clear to the mind of the Law
man, would require little essay on
the history of the origin and growth
of law, governing such cases. BY
however, putting another case, it
may be better understood, that is,
the nature of the difference between
the real owner and the legal owner,
as Col. Macfarlane claimed to be
in the case Of the China. 1t A.
sells suit of clothes to B. for S25
and delivers it, and B. puts it on,
but does not pay for it, who is the
legal owner of the suit, A. or b. !
A. made it, furnished the cloth, and
1.-THE labor, and has received nothing
for doing so. Who. is the ''owenr'
of the suit, until B. pays for it!
The law says B. is the lawful own
er, and A. cannot touch it. He
may sue B. for the price agreed
upon, get judgment against him,
and issue execution, and if he can
find the suit sell it at auction, and
take the proceeds. And B. may,
even if he does not pay for the
|suit, sell it, pocket the money, and
Iif he is impudent enough, invite
1.-THE unfortunate A. to ''smile" with
him out of the proceeds. And il
lib. chooses to sell the suit, for sec
Iond hand stuff, before he has paid
for it, the ole clo' man gets good
little. IF B. should say to the Gov
lernment Assessor of Taxes, Il have
not paid for this suit, you go and
tax the tailor for it, the Assessor
would reply, s|your title is good
enough for me.
The law holds that the suit is
Sswholly owned" by B. At the
same time A. has a strong moral
lclaim on it, but does not own it.
Strictly speaking, no man is the
exclusive, or real owner of any
property in his possession, SO long
las he is in debt. The law holds him
to be trustee for his creditors.
| When, therefore, a man shows {
bill of sale of vessel, or of a horse
or a watch, the Court will not g
behind that title, except in case
: that have no bearing here. If i
did, all business would soon b.
thrown into confusion.
If our law had declared that il
order to register foreign vessel
Al
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vi ade

Cures, not once or twice or hundred
times. but in thousands and thousands
of cases. We know it cures, absolutely,
permanently cures, when all others fail to
do any good whatever.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is known to possess
merit or the power to cure disease; it is
known to be the best building-up medicine
on earth; it is known to be honestly adver-
tised, and for these reasons the people
buy and take Hoods Sarsaparilla almost
to the exclusion of other preparations.
In fact, Merit Made and Merit Maintains
the confidence of the people in
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-06
Brushes
That
Are
Brushes

We have just received the largest
importation Of fine HAIR, TOOTH,
LATHER and CLOTHES BRUSHES
ever brought to this country.
For the past century the finest bris-
tie brushes have been made in France,
and today France turns out more first
class brushes than all other countries
together.