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The San Francisco call., 1897-12-14
WORKING FOR GOOD ROADS

organization Of the League and an
Increase of the Board of Directors.
At the meeting of the Goodroads
League at l6 Post street yesterday after
noon it was decided to increase the mum
Der of directors o forty and the prese t
board was EN- powered to make appoint
ments 10 iii the positions so created. II
i expected by this move 10 have each
SCI aloriAl district in the State represented
on the board.
communica ion was received from the
agent of the Nils building offering the
league rooms in that building free O:
charge, which offer was accepted and a
vote OF thanks tendertd for the generosity.
The secretary was instructed to make the
necessary arrangements for the removal
10 the new quarters.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-14

The narrow gauge carries the heavier
portion of the traffic in Alameda and the
complaints regarding 1be manner in
which the system is conducted have been
long and loud.
have been running since Senator Fair
built the road and are obsole te and en-
tirely out OF date.
In some Of the coaches the lights con-
st of two small kerosene lamps, totally
inadequate TO light even a small narrow
gauge car, and in the smokers used by
early morning business passengers the
seats are small and cramped.
Master Car.repairer Gee has been given
orders TO begin at once on the changes
that Will make the narrow-gauge as well
equ pped as any running through the
suburban towns across the bay. The
cars not now in active use will be taken
10 the repair-shop and fttei with the
latest improved lamps, the seats will be
changed in the cara that now have
lengthwise benches 50 as to conform to
the newest of rassenger-cars, and other
Improvements will be made 10 bring the
coaches up TO the required standard.
One of the most important changes that
was contem plated, however is the convert
ing OF the local portion OF the narrow
gauge through Alameda into a broad
gauge.
The com pany does not desire to change
the road beyond Alameda, and 10 make it
possible TO run both broad and narrow
gauge trains over The line will lay third
rail from the mole to the Hlgh-street ter
minus of the system so that both through
and local lines can be accomT cd a ted.
This change VIII probably not be made
until the filling Of the mole, an enterprise
now in progress. is com p eted
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-14
FAT FEES TO BE CUT.

Recorders Copyists Must Not Charge
for Printed Forms Already Paid For.
City and County Attorney Creswell has
flied an opinion with the Board of Super.
visoTs to the effect that She custom in
vogue in the Recorders office of permit
ing copyists to charge full rates for print lie /
form books where they do no more than
fill in dates, names and amounts, is Illegal.
He holds that where the county has
paid the coat of printing the forms the
copyists have no right to charge for labor
they do not perform.
The opinion is given that the Recorder
has his option whether or not 10 order
printed forms or blank books.
The effect of the opinion, if acted unop.
will be that a mum Der of fat positions in
the Recorders office will be far less yalua.
bic than they are at present.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-14
ADJUSTMENTS

IAhn"TN 7HFATER Italian Grand Opera.
FoHNIA IHEATER.-Gtalian Opera
IL n BlA 1htA1hK- "A MIX Whit. Flag"
NokosCo's OrERA-HoUst- Bcol,s' Rabv
.loANAR HEATER Will She Divorce Him?"
1INoLt OPERA HOUSE. Rip Van Wiakle'
oRFFFUM-Hich-C -Clas. N;uL,-v,n-
, oLYMPTA-C Corner of Mason and Eddr s,.oo.-
LoSion Ladies' Military Band. QUO
,'CsH ST 1HEATER.-" south Before the War"
NbhRoN.-GraIId Concert
Trio BATHs.-BathinC and Performances,
AF HCTks AND CHUTEs FREE THEATFR-
4 Fening. e-' @i'siHOou anu
-AeIflC COAST JOCKEY C1uR-Races today
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-14
A Now Elevator Boy,

The appointment of William H. Virgins Jr.
as elevatoI-boy in the Appraisers store has
been confirmed by the Treasury Department.
Mr.. Virgins formerly a workman in the
United Stn'es branch Mint in this city and
resides at 4l6 Austin street. The new e.eyator
since Mrs. Morse resigned has been operated
by Harry II. Falk. The salary is 5000 a wear
Mr.. Falk was appointed by Collector ], ck-
son under the civil service rules He sad
yesterday he was not aware that he had been
displactd d.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-14
ALASKAN
OBJECT
LESSONS
Fine Display at the Ferry
Opens To-Day for Public
Inspection.
PLjNS FOR THE EASTERl TOUR.
Stops Will Be Made at Salt Lake,
Denver, Lincoln, Omaha and
Council Bluffs.
PERMANENT AGENCY IN CHICAGO.
Advantages of San Francisco as an
Quitting Point for the Yukon to
Be Heralded Abroad.

The fine exhibit Of the Alaska Trade
Committee will BE- opened at 9 A. NJ. to-
day for public view. The exhibit is
housed in one OF the wooden buildings 10
the right of the main entrance to the ferry
at the foot of Market street.
Arran have been completed
for the Eastern tour Of the committees
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-14
Cars Will Be Better Lighted
and the Seats Made More
Easy.
REPAIRS TO BE STARTED At ONCE.
The System Will Be Converted Into
Broad Gauge in the Near
Future.

1t was decided in the Southern Pacific
offices yesterday to make sweeping and
radical changes in the Alameda local
narrow-gauge system in accordance with
the popular demand that the residents OF
the south side of the Enclnal City be
given equal facilities with those on the
north side.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-14

was the address, "Mrs. H. E. Cotton, San
Franci CO, CAL"
AS Mrs Haberlins gave no one author
lty to put anything in the house. she
com mum lcated with the police Detec-
tives Ryan and O'Dea were detailed on
the case, and suspectirg that the trunk
ana basket were the products of some
burglary, they had them removed to the
CITY Prison vending furt her invests ication.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-14
Wantto C.me West.

Secretary J. A. Filcher OF the StaIe Board Of
Trade says that the correspondence of people
in the East who desire TO come 10 this State 10
md homes and establish in business is double
mat OF last year. One OF the latest TO m ke
inQu uiry is a firm whose mem bers wish to erect
Ii > poke wheel factory IN this city. The
desired in formation will be forwarded at once
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-14
Ais ops Body Recovered

The body of f. S. AlsoP, who fell overheard
last Sunday from Greon-street wharf, was
recovered yesterday forenoon and taken to
the Morgue. The deceased was laundryman
by occupation and "a years olu. He resided
at IL Tay or street The deceased was subject
To epileptic fits and was seizsd with one while
fishing On the wharf.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-14

1t was shown that if $2), 900 can be
raised Immediately the committee can
cover the country fairly well with adver-
uslng matter, appoint agents at the OBJ
lecuye points and an effective campaign
can be carried out; but immediate &C ion
VIII be necessary to make the work eff
fective.
Thomas Magee Jr., in looking over the
exhibit at the Ferry building stated that
1t vas superior to any of the exhibits i'll
other cities on the coast. He has kindly
offered to furnish the committee with
number ofarticles pertaining to the klon-
dixie which viii 20 East in the car and be
left IN the Chicago and New York offices.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-14
WERE THY STOLEN

A Trunk and Telescope-Basket Left in
Vacant House.
Mrs. Haber!ing owns a vacant house at
111S Howard street. Sunday some person
or persons took larre trunk and tele-
scope basket to the house and locked the
front door with n paddock. On the trunk
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-14
PicknnCkat Charrnh

Alvin Talbot. who was arrest ted Saturday for
stealing purse al Clay and Sansome streets
from Mrs. L. Rosenburg, 1921 Clay street. was
looked at the City Prison yesterday by De-
tecuves Reynolds and DinAn on d charge OF
grand larceny. The purse was found upon
Talbot when searched.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-14
AUCTION SALES

Cember u, Furniture, at 40 Post street a, n
O'Clock. ~ 'ee' d. II
- fAsToN ( ELpRID IDeE--This day, December
O clock. 0' d. II
-AA g. II. CMBs IN & Co W ednesdav December
-, cal Es;ate, IA il NJ ont gomery street a y
By FRANK W BUTTFRFIFTD-Wednesd no
cemher Is, Persian and turkish Rugs. a 21s / ost
street, at ESQ AMI 10 T. NJ ''
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-14
Must PAY the Rnnds

Deputy United States District Attorney
Schlesiuger yesterday notified W. A. Dawes
and A. W. Robinson, bondsmen for James Cul-
verson, the absconding counterfeiter that II
they do not pay $500, the amount OF the
bonds into court b lore the end of this week
suit will be ins tiluled against them
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-14

teen othar cases were called and a jury
trial was demanded in each. The JUDGE
aid that this was a busy season of the
year for merchants and az he did not care
TO drag them from their stores to serve as
jurors. he would continue the cases until
January 10
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-14
No New Trial.

The State has been denied a new trial of the
suit in which John w. Deming secured $1O,-
600 damages for having been injured on one
Of the State tugs.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-14
The Ethel and Marion Sold.

The tug Ethel and Marion was sold at
auction yesterday in front of the Merchants
Exchange by order of the United States Dis
tr'ct Couri. Frank Shepherd was the pur-
chaser al $S75.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-14

GOLDEN POPPIEs,'' California calendar for
1898, Chinese calendars and Christmas cares
Tor lne million. Sanb0rn, Vail d Co., 74I
Market street
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-14

ried by San Francisco merchants are
strong points in favor of Quitting at this
point. The geogra phical position of San
Francisco and the currents of the Pacific
Ocean favor this harbor as a starting
point for Alaskan voyages.
A meeting of the directors OF the Alas
kan Trade Committee was held ye- terd ay.
George Liebes, Ed Holland II. H. Sher-
wood, II. J. Barling, J. Buckley, A. J.
Prayer, II. Sherwood and E. Engelberg
were present.
The ecretary submitted the following
nnnrt.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-10-30
CITY WORK.
Proposals Wanted for Crawling.

Sealed proposals will be received by
the undersigned for the City Council
of the City of Cape Girardeau, for
crawling Middle Street from Good
Hope Street to Morgan Oak Street in
said city. Said gravel to be subject
to the approval of the Street Com
missioner and delivered on said por-
ton of Middle Street in accordance
with Ordinance No. $50, authorizing
said work and the specifications of the
City Engineer for said Improvement
now on file in my Office.
Bidders for the above work will be
required to submitwith their proposals
a certified check payable to the City of
Cape Girardeau, in al amount equal
to ten per CEN of the amount bid: said
check to become the property of said
city inthe eventual the party to whom
is awarded the contract for said work
fails DR. refuses within the space of ten
days thereafter, to file a bond with the
City Clerk with two or more good and
sufficient sureties for the faithful per-
Torrance of their contract.
Each prOposalmust be securely seal
ed, endorsed ''City Work. and ad-
dressed to the President of the Coun-
ell.
Bids will be received at my Office in
the Court House in said city up to
Monday evening, November15th, 1897,
at I O'Clock, and will be opened at a
meeting of the City Council to be held
on said date.
The city reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
GEO. E. CHAPPELL,
Oct. 10, 1897. City Clerk.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-10-30
1.-THE Crime of 49,"

The following explanations why the
silver dollar should no longer be coined
were made in the house Of representa-
tives April 9, 1872:
1t has become impossible to retain
an American dollar in this country en-
cept in collections of curiosities.--
Judge Kelley.
The silver dollar has long since
ceased to be a coin of circulation. y
Il The gold dollar should be declared
the money unit."-Mr. Hooper.
The principal change proposed by
the bill was in more clearly specify
ing the gold dollar as the unit of value.
y = y The time has come in this
country when the gold dollar should
be distinctly declared to be the coin
representative of *he money unit
Mr.. StOurhton,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-10-30
No. 5SS.

-Nos oCos
An ordinance providing of theLevy-
ing of a Street Grading Fund Tax for
the Fiscal year endingon the Both day
of June, 1898.
Be it ordained by the Council of the
City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as
follows: HNsH@ -
SECTION ONE ~. There is hereby
levied for the fiscal year ending on the
Both day of June, 1898, a Street Grad
ing Fund Tax of ten (10) cents on the
one hundred dollars ($100) assessed
valuation on all property within the
city limits made taxable by law for
State and County purposes and by or
dinances of the City, and not by gen.
eral law exempt from municipal tax
alton: said Street Grading Tax to be
used for the purpose degrading streets,
avenues, alleys and other highways
and for the purpose of building bridges
and culvers and public sewers and foot
walks across streets, avenues, alleys
and other highways.
SECTION Two ~. This Ordinance
shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage.
Passed by the Council October 18th,
1897.
WILLIAM H. COERvER,
President of the Council.
Approved this 10Th day of October,
1897. DID
[sEAL. EWnL1AM 81. CoERvER,
Mayor.
Attest: GEO. E. CHAPPELL,
City Clerk.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-10-30
STEWARDS
Sound Logic for the Workingman to Con
slider.

OSNA0 AoBA "A kAAA " ~
slider.
The question will never be settled
until you determine the simple ques-
ton whether the laboring man is en-
titled to a gold dollar if he earns it, or
whether you are going to cheat him
with something else That is the upshot
of the whole thing. = 9 There have
been a great many battle fought against
gold, and gold has won every time. I
do not care how much you discuss it or
how many resolutions you pass, theydo
not make any difference. You must
come to the same conclusion that all
other people have-that gold is recog-
nized as the universal standard of value.
1t is the measure by which your wealth
must be tested. 1t has been and always
viii be the tombstone of measurement,
and when you depart from that and try
to figure up any other asu which
the world does not recognize you get
into confusion. Attempting to reconcile
them, it is idle to talk about. It is idle
to talk about compromising on any
other measure of value. The world will
not accept it. We have the experience
of every nation that has tried it, and it
has been tried in almost every civilized
nation. = = Do not let us try to de-
ceive the American people. Do not let
us try to make them believe by some
hocus pocus of legislation that we can
give them something of real value-we
can give them a measure of value that
is better than the universal standard of
mankind. Do not deceive them in that
regard. Let them know the facts now.
I believe that it would be highly injuri-
GUS to this country to again initiate the
currency. y I need not enlarge
upon the evils of a deprecated cur
rency. This country has felt that too
severely to require that 1 should men-
ton them. 1t matters not what kind
of a deprecated currency you have, it
necessarily entails many evils.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-10-30
TRUE DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINE.
SeRerssn, jackson and Benton Were for
Gold

6e6eF911, jackson and Benton Were for
sGold Standard.
jefferson, in 1888, wrote: Just
principles will lead to- disregard legal
proportion altogether, to inquire into
the market price of gold in the several
countries with which we shall priDci-
paly be connected in mmerrc and to
take an average from them. I very
much doubt q right now to change the
value, and especially tolessen it"
The house committee in 1921, report
ed: "It is sufficient to know, by un-
happy experience, that it's (ratio of fif-
teen to one) tendency is to rid us of Q
gold currency and leave us nothing but
silver"
The house committee in 1884, report
ed: "The desideratum in the monetary
system is standard of uniform value.
We cannot ascertain that both metals
concurrently and indiscriminately in
any country where there banks or
money dealers, and we entertain the
conviction that the nearest approach to
m invariable standard is IT'S establish
memt in one metal, which metal shall
compose exclusively the currency for
large payments"
Andrew jackson, in 1886, wrote:
There is no fraud in gold. 1t is I'M
changeable and will do its office every
where and at all times. Labor mparts
m invariable value to it."
Benton, in 1884, said in debate: 1T
(gold) has an intrinsic value, which
gives it currency all over the world to
the full amount of that value without
regard to law or circumstances 1t has
a uniformity of value which makes it
the safest standard of value of property
which the wisdom of man has yet dis
covered. Its superiority owe adj other
money gives its possessor the choice
and command of all other money"
F$aswing this debate the act called
the administration gold BILL" in
tended to put the country on a single
gold standard, was passed, 145 to sc in
the house and IS to Z in the senate, and
signed by Andrew Jackson, president
The house committee, in 1853, report
ed: Gold is the only standard OF value
by which ell property is now measured.
1t is virtually the only currency of the
country. We desire to have the standard
currency to consist of gold only, and
that these silver coins shall be entirely
~eubserrient to it, and that they shall be
used rather as tokens than as standard
coins"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-10-30
The St. Louis
Weekly
osT-DIsPATcH
Only SO Cents a Year
The Great Free Silver PdD6

The Post-Dispatch is the only Metro
polltan Paper That Champtoned the
Free silver Cause in advance OF the
Nominating Convictions. It Stands
Pat for Free Silver, for Western
Men n Measures, for the People
Against the Political Bosses, Pluto
Gratis, Combines, Trusts and Cor
poratIous Oppressed.
You will find the WEEKLY POsT-DIs-
PATCH indispensable during the year 1897.
The year 1887 Is going to be brimiul OF interest.
The incoming Of the Mckinley Administration,
with Q new Congress, elected upon Q gold plat
form, means legislation Of Q kind that will
Vitality interest every newspaper reader In the
country, and especially in the west and South.
Special attention will be paid in the WEELY
POST-DlSPATCH to this news of q national
character, and 1t will be discussed ediiorially
from the point Of view Of the West and South
as c0ntrasted with that of Wall street.
The campaign for free silver will 20 on
in 1897, and nothing can do SO much to help
along the campaign OF education as Q news
This is shown in the fact that in Missouri and
in every other locality where the POST-DIS.
PATCH has q large circulation, the gains OF
Democracy and free silver were OF sweeping
character.
The POST-DISPATCH deserves the support
OF all Free Silver Democrats because Of the
great fight it made in the recent campaign for
Democratic principles and the Democratic
ticket. Hence the Free Silver men everywhere
should rally to its support by sending in their
subscription and inducing others to subscribe
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-10-30

FINAL SETTLEMENT Notice is
hereby given to all creditors and
others interested in the estate of Sid
ney Daugherty, deceased, that the
undersigned executor of said estate
intends to make final settlement there
of at the next term of the Probate
Court of Cape Girardeau county, Mis-
souri,, to be held at the court house in
the city OF Jackson, Missouri, on
Monday, November 8th, 1897.
JOHN w. DAUGHERTY,
octSn25 Executor.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-10-30
,Restore tbe zero rrsczinC Point.

In the haste in which the democrats
at Chicago prepared their platform
they forgot TO include the plank de-
claripg in favor of restoring the nat
ural freezing point of zero Mankind
has suffered and shivered tremendously
because of this inhuman standard of
temperature, adopted undoubtedly at
the instigation of coal barons and quack
doctors. Without waiting for the aid
or consent of any other nation, let us
proceed to lower the freezing point and
to reform our climate in the interests OF
the masses.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-10-30

In addition to all the news and the cream of
public discussion, the Weekly Post-Dispatch
contains the best editorials in the Daily Post
Dispatch, Seort Stories. q helpful Woman's
Department, Gossip About Men and Women
Who Attain Prominence. Political Cartoons
and Plenty of Fun and Humnr
Subscription price, by mail, 50 cents q year.
Clubs of ten, to one address, a. per year. Re-
init by Postal or Express Money Order, or for
small amounts under q dollar send two or one
cent postage stamps-never stamps of larger
denominations Don't send checks on local
banks.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-10-30

FINAL SETTLEMENT.-Notice is
hereby given to all creditors and
others interested in the estate of Caro-
line Steimel, deceased, that the under
signed administrator of said estate
intends to make final settlement there
OF at the next term of the Probate
Court of Cape Girardeaucounty, Mis-
souri,. TO be held at the court house in
the city of Jackson, Missouri, on
Monday, November Sth, 1897.
AUGUST KAEMPFER,
octSno25 Administrator.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-10-30
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that letters of
administration upon the estate of
Eliza A. Dunn, deceased, have been
granted to the undersigned by the
Cape Girardeau Court of Common
Pleas, of Cape Girardeaucounty, Mis-
souri,, bearing date the 18th day Of
October. 1897.
All persons having claims against
saidestate arerequired toexhibit them
to him for allowance within one year
from the date of said letters or they
may be precludei from any benefit of
such estate: and if said claims be not
exhibited within two years from the
date of the publication of this notice
they will be forever barred.
L. C~ARUTHERS,
octSno25 Administrator.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-10-30

Even though the farmers may be
right in thinking that they are not as
prosperous as they ought to be, it by no
means follows that free coinage will
improve their condition. Because a man
has rheumatism is no reason why he
should take the advice of a quack doc
so- who rrescribes a big dose of ipesac.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-10-30

YOU ought to know that when suf-
fering from any kidney trouble that a
safe, sure remedy is Foley's Kidney
Cure. Guaranteed ormoney refunded.
W. H. Coerver, druggist.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-10-30

WhenWeak, Weary andWasted
rom Kidney Diseases, why not try
Foley's Kidney cure, a guaranteed
medicine. W. H Coerver, Druggis
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-10-30
From the carrollton III. Gazette.

The st. Louis Republic fooled no one In the
campaign that closed on Tuesday last. Iti
milk and water support for Bryan was very
apparent to the most careless observer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-10-30
BaIiard,s Snow Imminent.

There is no pain it will moi relieve,
no swelling it will not subdue, no
wound it will not heal. 1t will cure
frost bites, chiblains and corns. Sold
by Wilson Drug Store.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-10-30
From the springfield MO- Chroni
Gle.

U. r. Francis ear-marks will crop out in the
.. Louis Republic occsssionly as long as he
owns that slice of stock.