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The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30
ROUGH TIMES
 ON THE ALAMEDA
STORMY SEAS ENCOUNTERED
 DURING THE TRIP.
Heavy Gale Was Run Into and the Cargo Was Shifted.

The Australian mail steamer Alameda reached port last night after very rough passage. She was looked for early in the morning, but she encountered head winds from the time she left Sydney, which accounts for the delay.
 It was very rough all the way up from Honolulu and, the stout ship rolled and pitched terribly. Tuesday night 1t blew a hurricane, and when the passengers got up in the morning they found the vessel with such a list to starboard that prom enading the decks was only possible to the surefooted. During the night the coal and cargo had shifted little and caused the list.
 The Alameda got in in time. however, to send her English mail east on the overland train last night
 The following cabin passengers came up on the Alameda:
 sydney-John Hay yr., T. B. Llghttoot and wife, F. statham. c: Jorgensen. John sturgess Mrs. Berghaus. l.. R. Higgins and wife, John Craig. Rev, Coleman. J. Gregory and wife, A
 AuckIand-N. Cowles.
 Honolulu-Dr. P. J. Aitken wife and daugh- ter, Rev. C. K. Brown and wife Miss Per Blethen, Miss K. Cornwall, A, L. Colsten, P, W. Christian Miss L. Duncan. J. L. Doty, II. Dillingham;, Mrs. M. Frear s. R. French. Miss French Mrs. H. Gum and child. c. A Howard Jr Miss c. Hanngan, Mrs. A. s. Humphries. G. Kluegel. Miss J. King, H. Kluegel. Mrs F. Lansing and son, w A. Pears, T. J. Penifeld and wife. Miss Patch. R. c. Scott, St. c. Sayres, Miss M. A. Smith. R. W. Shingle. Cap tain Trpp, Miss Watson, J. D. Merten, J. Medau, B. F. McCulloch, B. H. Mitchell and wife.
 F. Gregory Is a prospector from West Australia. He is going to the Klondlke to see whlt the prospects there are like. Rev. Fa/er Coleman of Melbourne Is here on visit. Otto Riedel, from Apia, is a member of the big German firm which represents the Oceanic Steamship Company in Samoa. and J. L. Doty was United States Consul at Tahiti. MT. Doty made a stopover at Honolulu and Is de- lighted with his visit to the Paradise of the Pacific.
 Mrs. Graham. the popular stewardess of the Alameda, was the recipient of a number of valuable presents from pas sengers on the down trip of the steamer. day or two after the passengers landed at Sydney, N. S. w., first one and then another of those for whom she had made the trip pleasant remembered her. Mrs. Graham has been long time on the Ala meda and is deservedly popular.
 The fact that the Alameda was to bring up half a million in treasure was not commented on in the Sydney papers. Everybody was afraid that if the news got out 1t might tempt q Spanish filibus- ter to attempt her capture. The gold is here and will go to the Mint to-day.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30
RUFFIN HAD
 TWO WIVES The Divorced One Came
 as a BOarder. DISCOVERY IN SAN RAFAEL
DISCOVERY IN SAN RAFAEL
MRS. EVA RUFFIN ASKED FOR
 AN EXPLANATION.
She Was Told That the Guest Had Been Her Husbands Former Wife = They Left
 Together.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,

91S Broadway. June %.
 Eva Ruffin, a handsome young woman, who is now residing with her mother in this city, was granted a divorce to-day from Richard ". Rufin. because of many acts of his which do not become an hon. orable husband.
 About a year ago Miss Mitchell board ed with Mir and Mrs. Ruffin at their home in San Rafael. The guest remained with them throughout one summer. and finally departed for the East. This de- parture, however, proved to be only a ruse to throw Mrs. RufIin off the right track, for Miss Mitchell only went as far as Sixteenth street and then returned.
 A little later Mrs. Rufiins suspicious that all was not right in her husband s conduct led her to make some inquiry, and she discovered that on one occasion Richard Ruffin and wife" had registered at a San Francisco hotel. As Mrs. Ruffin had never been there she asked her hus- band for an explanation, and Rutfin stated that Miss Mitchell had forced him to write the word wife" under threat of exposing his duplicty.
 This explanation led to another, which fairly astounded Mrs. Eva Ruftin. Her husband told her that prior to his mar riage with her he had been the husband of Miss Mitchell, and that they had been divorced. This was the first time Mrs. Ruffln knew she had married a man who had previously tried nIatrimony and failed.
 After these discoveries Ruffin left Oak land for Bedding, telling his wife he was going to Shasta. While at Bedding he was accompanied by the lady whom he said was his first wife and who had boarded at their San Rafael home. After floating Q few 'Ioans" in Bedding, on the preteXt of a mining scheme. he attempted to leave the State, and was arrested and taken back to Bedding. and since that time nothing has been heard of him. Mrs. Ruffin was given permission to resume her maiden name of Eva Nelson.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30
A Bicycle Collision.

ALAMEDA, June 29.-About 9:30 o'clock last evening there was collision be- tween tandem bicycle, on which were by R. H. Palmer of l122 Court street The tandem was demolished, but it Is be- lieved the riders escaped unharmed. Fall mer. however, was thrown heavily to the ground and rendered unconscious. He was taken to a physicians office and re- storatives applied. He was painfully in- jured about the face, but will recover. It Is said that he was riding without a light and was on the wrong side of the street. On the other hand, he claims that the tandem had no light.
 Red Cross Baseball.
 ALAMEDA, June 2s.-A game of base ball for the benefit of the Red Cross So- ciety has been arranged for Saturday afternoon, July g, at Encinal Park, be- G. w.. of this city and Athens Parlor of Oakland. A great deal of sport is an- ticipated, as the men on both sides have about an equal lack of knowledge of the national game.
 Alameda News Items.
 ALAMEDA, June 29-Rev. F. s. Brush has been disabled for. some time from a painful injury to his foot, resulting from a trifiing knock given 1t while using @ rocking chair. He is obliged to use crutches in getting about.
 Marriage licenses have been issued for Charles O. Tilton and Florence G. Hoag and Junea Roman and Tina Vergez.
 Thomas Gardiner, the city street sprink- Ter, reports that he was held up on the county road near Fruitvale on Sunday night and robbed of diamond ring and a gold watch worth s125. There is no clew to the thief.
 Treasurer Wheeler will pay all the war rants drawn against the $500 appropriated by the City Trustees for the use of Com pany G. He finds that he has no dis cretion when a properly drawn warrant is presented to him.
 Mrs. D. ". Martin was painfully in- jured in a runaway accident near Camp Barrett last evening. Her husband was also bruised considerably.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30
BURNED TO DEATH.
A Young Wife the Victim of Kero-
 sene Explosion.

OAKLAND. June 29.-Mrs. c. w. Groom was so seriously burned last night by the explosion of a kerosene stove that she died a few hours after the accident
 Mrs. Groom lived with her husband at DanYille. They were married about two years ago, and have a little child. Last evening as she was preparing supper it is supposed she turned on the kerosene and left the stove for a minute. When she returned and applied the match there was an explosion. which proved fatal. Mrs. Groom is the daughter of William Simp- son, a rancher, of Pleasanton. She was only 9 years of age and was very popu- lar in the country district around her home.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30
PIONEER KIMBALL DIES.
Built Many Early Residences on Both
 Sides of the Raw

OAKLAND, June 29.-Levi w. Kimball, a pioneer, died at his home last night He was born in New Hampshire seventy two years ago. and came to California with his brothers, who were builders and contractors in early days. They erected the old Mcclure Military Academy, the Brayton School and the First Methodist Church in this city They came to Oak land at about the same time as the late Frederick Delger, and, like him, invest ed in real estate and thereby became rich In 1867 the deceased and his brothers pur- chased the old Spanish grant known as the National Ranch, near San Diego, upon which National City has since been laid out They were largely interested in the development of the olive industry in Southern California.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30
Francis Still Heals.

OAKLAND, June 29.-Healer Francis continues to hold meetings every night in the tent at Fourteenth and Broadway and many cures are reported. There is d large attendance every night, and al though there are some failures, many are found who gladly testified to having been cured of deafness. partial paralysis and, in one instance, of blindness in one eye.
 Dr. Sawyer Goes South.
 OAKLAND, June 29.-Rev. pr. Sawyer, who succeeded Rev, Edwards Davis a few months ago at the Central Christian Church. left to-day to accept pastorate at Watsonville. Dr. Sawyer had some trouble about his salary with the Oak to accept the southern church. which is said to be fiourishing financially.
 Bonds Taken Slowly. |
 OAKLAND, June 29.-The subscriptions in Oakland to the 3 per cent war bonds have not been so rapid as was expected. First National Bank report that there is the least demand for the bonds Of small denominations.
 Oakland News Notes.
 OAKLAND. June 29.-Austin Bailey the fire man who was injured at the SiXth-street fire alysls and is now delirious. pr. Kttchings thinks the accident caused a blood clot on the
 Ed We'll was fined s2o to-day for cruelty to a cow. In crossing a street near Haywards he pulled the rope on the cows horns so cruelty that the horns were partly terked off the ani- 1naTs head. A warrant has been issued for his father for the same crime.
 The Fifth ward supporters of Mir Davis or ganized last night for the campaign. It was stated that the Second ward club roll has .l1 names and the Fourth ward over POO
 Attorney P. F. Dunne of the firm of Dunne & McPike was quietly married in this city to Miss Annie Haehnlen by Rev. Dr. Ritchie of St Pauls Church
 The condition of Senator Eli E. Denison is practically unchanged, and although his physi- cians remain in constant attendance they be- lIeve that he will recover.
 c. H. Redington has brought suit against A. H. Breed to recover a judgment for S5625. The transaction has passed through several hands and concerns the transfer of block of land in Highland Park
 pr. and Mrs R. F. Coyle were rendered a reception In the parlors of the First Presby- terian Church last night They have just re- turned from the East and were received by a large gathering of their parishioners.
 Chief of Police Fletcher will recommend to the Police Commission that revolver of some particular style be adopted by them, and that all members of the force be required to pro- cure the regulation weapon.
 Edmond Sather, while firing a toy cannon, was badly burned yesterday by the explosion of the same. He bending over the toy to see why 1t didn't go off.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30
Teachers, Convention.

Two cars of teachers left yesterday to attend the meeting of the National Edu- cators' Association at Washington, D. C.. There were about seventy in the party On the return trip, which Is an excur- sion, a stop will be made at Omaha, giv- ing the teachers an opportunity to see the EXpOSition.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30
Robbery Not Shown.

Martin Fogarty and Frank Sullivan. two hard working boys, were arrested June IS on charge of robbery, preferred by Richard Hilker. a laborer living at 10311 Gilbert street. Hilker alleged that the boys knocked him down and stole S5 cents from him. When the case was called yesterday Hilker did not appear. and the Judge discharged the defendants,
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30
TO EXPLORERS, MINERS AND spoRTsMFN
Via Sausalito Ferry.

The Miner, Explorer or Sportsman wants general medicine that will keep in any climate and not be spoiled by wettng in water salt fresh Such medicine is Rpans abules of the standard sor put up in boxes of six vals, each vial securely cored and containing six Iabules They cost fifty cents box or two dollars for live boxes May soak week in water without wettinp the medicine Can be had of any druggist or by mail from the Ripans Chemical Company. No. 10 spruea Street New York
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30
Bie Imnortation of oniun.

There arrived by the Coptic Al cases of opium prepared for smoking. which, at the price of sl5 per pound. duty paid, is valued at s264 500. The duty amounts to $15S,7 This opium Is only for smok- CTS. and Is intended for use in the United States.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30
WASHINGTON, D, C., Jun

men:
 WARRINGTON, D. C., June 2s, 1898.
 Collector Lynch, San Francisco. Cal; Tax pSSaf theV sba do on tbe n1orninr of tbe Tst of July, if they have not been able to procure the adhesive stamps necessary for the trans action of business. In reply attention is called to the last three lines on page "-7 the first three lines page of the war revenue law further that in all cases where the party has not affixed the stamp required by law upon or transferred at time when and at place where no collection district was established, 1t shall be lawful for him or them. or any party having an interest therein, to affx the proper stamps thereto" The language, Where no col lection district was established" is construed and held to be the same as if 1t read, Where no stamp deputyship or agency was establish ed, and where for that reason 1t was impos- sible to procure the stamps and where the failure to afix them not due to any will full design to defraud the United States to evade or delay payment thereof, the taxpayer may in such cases be relieved by the Collector from payment of the penalty. It is held that the law does not require impossible things to 1t was not possible to procure the stamps 1t Is not insisted that business shall stop and vendors shall by reason thereof withhold goods from the market but that legitimate business may be transacted and the stamps required on goods disposed of under such circumstances may be affixed by the owners thereof, or par ties interested therein and in cases of con sumption the retail vendor shall make sworn return of the facts to the Collector of Internal Revenue, who shall assess the amount of tax due and collect the same under the rules and regulations provided under the law. Taxpay- admonished that this urgency regula- tion does not in any way excuse them from the duties imposed upon them by the statute struments and things required to be stamped under schedules A and of the war revenue law of 1898, and neglect to perform any of the reasons as above stated will render the tax payer liable. to the penalties provided therein.
 N, B. SCOTT. Commissioner.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30
Is Heir to an Estate in Germany.

BERKELEY. June 29.-For the fourth time since he has been in California Carl c. Heinrich. teacher of German in the Berkeley High School, has succe @ded in locating lost estate in Germany for a California heir. The fortunate individ- ual this time is Charles Folz Of 201j Berkeley way. student in the middle class of the Berkeley High School. NolZ has been studying German lately under Professor Heinrich. Some time ago VolZ happened to mention casually that his mother. Mrs Margaret Sullivan, had a letter at home which came from Ger value. The professor took the matter in hand and found that Volz, who left Phryzheim, Germany. in 1861, had an es- tate there. As q consequence young Volz has been requested to claim his property.
 Will Use Shattuck Hall.
 BERKELEY, June 29.-The ladies of the Berkeley branch of the Red Cross Society will serve their Fourth of July supper in Shattuck Hall instead of at the headquarters in the Hinkel block. This change has been made possible through the generosity of F. K. Shattuck. who to- day offered the society the use of the hall free of charge. Supper will be laid in the large banqueting room adjoining the main hall. and served from till 10 o'clock. Tickets are to be on sale to- morrow at headquarters and at different stores in the town. Over 1000 have been printed and the Red Cross workers are anxious to dispose Of them all.
 University Register Is Issued.
 BERKELEY, June 29.-The register of the University of California for the year 1S97-9S was issued to-day. It is printed this year, for the first time, at the Uni versity Press, on the college grounds, and contains 100 more pages than usual The summary of students at the end of the book shows a total of 1865 In the colleges at Berkeley and 2391 in the entire univer- sity. The numbess last year were 149S and 2213, respectively. The proportion of women students in the colleges at Berke- ley Is much larger than ever before.
 Municipal Finances.
 BERKELEY, June 29.-Town Clerk Hanscom has prepared a statement show ing the revenue and probable expend- itures for the town of Berkeley, from July 1 to November l. The statement was prepared for the finance committee of the Board of Trustees, and shows that at the end of the fiscal year the munici- pal finances may be short by $4000. The entire revenue is estimated at 4733; the expenditures at $1ST9.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30

at the same time taking occasion to score Hilker for bringing such a groundless charge against two respectable boys.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30
RAILROAD TRAVEL. SAN FRANCISCO AND NORTH PACIFIC
 RAILWAY COMPANY. xxbaron Fsr1ys Feet of Market S.

SAN FRANCISCO TO SAN RAFAEL. WEEK DAYS-73O s:0O 11:00 a. m.; 12:35 3:3O 5:l0 6:30 D. m Thursdays-Extra trip at Il 80 p. m. Saturdays-Extra trips at 1:5O sGNDAYsIS:6o, s:so. u;oO a. m; 1aO, a;so, 500, 6:20 p. m.
 SAN RAFAEL TO SAN FRANCISCO. WEEK DAYS-6:10. 7:5o, 9:2O, 11:10 a. m.; 12;45. $40 5:10 p. m. Saturdays-Extra trips at 1855 D. m. and 6:35 p. m. SUNDAYS-S:1O. $40, 11;1o a.. m; 1:40. $40, 5:00 6:25 p. m.
 Between San Francisco and schuetzen Park same schedule as above.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30
MORE ABOUT THE
 NEW WAR DUTIES
COMMISSIONER SCOTT MAKES
 AN EXPLANATION.
What Must Be Done When Merchants Are Not Able to Procure the Stamps Designed by
 the Law.

Internal Revenue Commissioner Scott has addressed the following telegram to Internal Revenue Collector Lynch, in re- sponse to numerous inquiries of business men:
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30
AUCTION SALES.
p. J. EARTH.

THIS DAY CTHURsDAO, June 30, 1S9S at 1o1o Page st. near Devisadero tk- elegant nearly new moo- ern furniture and carpets of above residence
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30
Dr. Sawyer Goes South,

OAKLAND, June 29.-The subscriptions in Oakland to the per cent war bonds have not been so rapid as was expected.
 The Oakland Bank of Savings and the First National Bank report that there is the least demand for the bonds of small
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-13

company that he ls entitled to a salary Of
$4,000 a year. You can't make us believe
that the management Of an insurance com
pany requires greater ability or entails
more responsibility than the presidency OF
the United States.
No President Of an insurance company
ought to receive salary of $4,000, or $780,
600, or even $4,000.
There is nothing, so far as we can learn
In the record of the Presidents OF any OF
tho great insurance companies to show
that they are extraordinarily smart men,
The companies could get just as smart
men to take the head places for from
5000 to $4,000 as they are now said TO pay
from $4,000 to $4,000 a year for.
McNalrs inquiry is all right, and IL the
head men of the insurance companies are
as smart as men who draw their salaries
ought to be, they would have furnished
the information at once. They ought to
have known first that the mere fact that
a company paid exorbitant salaries would
be no sufficient reason for shutting II out
of the State so long as 1t continued 10 fill
its contracts with the policy holders.
In the second place, they might have
known that II wouldn't help them any TO
refuse to give the information: as II is now,
policy holders will suspect that the sala-
ries paid are higher than they really are
The policy holder will naturally reason
well, II the company Is only paying fair
salaries, why should there be any hesl-
fancy in saying what they arer'
Topeka Mail and Breeze.
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-13
Trouble for the Bosses.

The fellows who are running Mr.. Le-
lands Topeka headquarters, over the
door of which are the words Republi-
can headquarters, are greatly worried
over the reports from county conven-
tions Of the election OF delegates to the
State convention. The lists coming In
show an unusually large number OF new
names. Anderson county sends dele
cation Of twenty, but one of whom has
ever been State delegate before The
bosses hired men are somewhat sur
prised at this but they are taking steps
to take care Of themselves. 1t is stated
on good authority that the railroads have
decided that they will not issue passes to
State delegates this year. The local rep
resentatiyes Of the gang are pretty well
supplied and they will rustic every proxy
possible and thus overcome any victory
which the rank and file may win.
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-13
Bank and Express War Ends.

The American Banker intlmates that
the banks have won their fight with tho
express companies. These companies
made their rates for transmitting cur
rency so high that the banks began us
ing the registry department Of the post
Office A mutual (co-operative) insur-
ance company was organized to insure
the currency in transit. This, It was
said, was an emphatic notification to
the express companies that their mo-
nopoly Of the currency carrying business
was at an end" The postal rate and the
insurance amounted to less than the ex-
press rate. The story which follows OF
the fight put up by the express compa-
MES has familiar sound. They secuted
the idea at first that the new system
would succeed. They filled the press
with terrorlzlng articles about the dam
ger Of shipping valuable matter through
the registered mail. It Is a singular fact
that the insurance department OF the
State of New York should have issued
an order forbldding the reinsurance Of
registered mail just at this juncture
We speak of this, however, as one OF
those condolences which express compa-
MES have the privilege OF regarding as
prOYldential.' The article closes with
the assurance that "the banks are not 80
wanting in foresight as to put themselves
back into the hands Of corporations
which have always regarded them
merely as prey"
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-13
The Travellers to be Examined.

Sometime ago Superintendent Belts, Of
the Connecticut insurance department,
began an examination OF the Travellers
Insurance Company. He invited the Su-
perintendents Of several Western States
to assist him. Illinois, Missouri, and
Wisconsin accepted the invitation, but
Superintendent McNall, having met with
cold reception when he proposed to
make an independent examination, de-
Clined to accept, believing that it would
be merely whitewash. The assets Of
the company were so badly scattered
that the work was divided and the Mis-
souri, and Wisconsin departments took
Kansas securities. The company has
about &l,0O0,OO0 invested In this State.