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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-09
THE BANKERS CONVENTION.
Three Days Session in the Chamber
of Commerce Rooms.

The California Bankers Association will
hold its sixth annual convention in the
rooms of the Chamber of Commerce on
the 18th. 10th and nth inst. It is ex-
pected to be very large gathering of
men interested in the finances of the
country, and all matters relating to cur
rency will be discussed. The address Of
welcome will be delivered by Mayor Phe-
Ian and the response falls to J. M. Elliott
At the conclusion of the convention the
members of the association will make an
excursion to the top of Mount Tamalpais
The officers of the organization consist Of
the following gentlemen:
]. ]. Valentine, Wells. Fargo & Co.'s Bank
president: ]. M. Elliott, First National Bank
Of Los Angeles. vice-president: = W. Kline
Crocker- Woolworth National Bank, treasurer
r. NJ. WEIGH. San Francisco Savings Union
secretary Executive council-James A
Thompson, Donoh9e- Kelly =, Pankins Company.
Of Oakland; ]. E. Ward. First National Bank
Of Modesto; L. w. Burris, Santa Rosa Bank:
A. Goldstein, Farmers Bank of Fresno: G.
Aitsehul, London, Paris and American bank
Himited): H. H. Hewlett, First National Bank
Of Stockton; C. S. Brooks. Rldeout Bank Of
Marysville; NJ. J. Daniels, Oranges Growers
Rank of Riverside.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-09
HAS BORNE FRUIT.
A Strict Watch Being Kept on Chi
nese at the Mail Dock.

The exposures made by The Call with
reference to the audacious manner in
which Chinese brokers suborn perjury for
the purpose of landing coolies at this port
have borne good fruit. Yesterday Sur
veyor Spear requested Deputy st. John to
issue an imperative order that no one be
allowed hereafter to visit steamers on
which Chinese are awaiting a landing
without a pass countersigned by the Sur
veyor of the Port
The close watch which has been kept
for the past few days has resulted in the
exclusion from the Mail dock of a
Chinese hanger-on named George Brown.
Brown has been in the habit of acting as
a go-between for Chinese coole brokers
and their slaves and has been Carving
letters for them to and from the steamers
for a cash consideration.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-09
SKATER IS COMING.
He Will Be Given His Old Com
nand Of the Department
Of California.

Major General Shafter is expected in
San Francisco in about two weeks. He
has applied to be assigned to his old COM
mand, the Department of California, and
It is generally conceded that his request
will be granted In that event. Colonel
Babcock. now on his way to San Fran
cisco from Manila, will be his adjutant
general, he having filled this Office under
General Skaters previous administration
of this department.
The assignment of General Shafter to
the Department of California WILL of
course, retire General Merriam to his own
department the Columbia his Jurisdiction
having been merely temporarily extended
over California during the war with
Spain.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-09
A WORTHY CLUBS BENEFIT.
Woman's Professional and Univer-
sity Club Will Be Beneficiary Of
an Entertainment.

Society-and especially the club So
ciety-of the city will turn out in numbers
Wednesday evening, September IA. to at
tend the benefit to the Woman's Profess
sional and University Club at Alhambra
Theater. This club, but recently organ
lied. has been promised the patronage on
that evening of nearly all the prominent
clubs of the city. A number Of clubs have
taken boxes, while others will buy, up a
number of seats. The benefit promises to
he a perfect success in every way.
The Woman's Professional and Univer-
sity Club has met with astonishing sue
months the members have comfort
able quarters in the Press. Club building.
where every afternoon and evening some
one another's society. The members are
ali either professional or university
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-09

nifying the many alleged hardships that
the men, Of the regiment are suffering.
If this be the case. when the papers
1t is said that three of the sergeants of
the regiment who have been doing much
to stir up the men and make them dis
The companies of the Sixth which have
been at Benicia, Santa Cruz and Alcatraz
will arrive at the Preside to-day.
Private Charles Zuger, Company K,
post hospital yesterday Of typhoid fever
Nine more soldiers were taken yester-
day from the division hospital to the Red
a total of twenty already being cared for
by the Red Cross All of these men with
one exception are convalescing from fever.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-09
Preside N Otes.

Private Duckworth, Company A, First
Tennessee Regiment, and Colonel Smith
have had a clash of arms, with the re-
suit that the soldier has been threatened
with punishment. Duckworth represents
an Eastern paper in his native State, and
has persisted in sending back to his home
accounts of the discomfort existing among
the men and charging upon all of their
petty grievances. He was ordered by
Colonel Smith to stop sending such re-
ports, but refused to do so, and 1t is
said that after he had been warned to
desist he Immediately filed a report mag
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-09
Verdict on the Whitelaw.

The United States Inspectors OF Local
and Foreign Steam Vessels have conciud-
ed their investigation into the cause of tho
loss of the steamer Whitelaw by fire on
the 4th of March of this year at Skaguay.
and returned report yesterday to the eff
feet that the fire was caused by sponta-
neous combustion of oiled sacks and
clothing among the effects of the passen-
gers The steamer was total loss. Her
value was $50 900. The value Of the cargo
was unknown.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-09
THE CHAMPIONSHIP
TENNIS TOURNAMENT
THE PACIFIC COAST DOUBLES
AT SAN RAFAEL TO-DAY.
All the Teams Entered Play in the
Same Glass and Are Evenly
Balanced.

The championship doubles tournament
of the Pacific Coast will be played to-day
on the courts of the Hotel Rafael The
entries are not large, but some good
matches are promised on account of the
evenness of the playing of the teams
which will participate.
The Hardy brothers, the present cham
pions, and the Whitneys, will not play
in the tournament. This will leave the
field open for the second-class men en-
tirely.
Pitcher and Freeman of Stanford Uni
versity will try for the prize honors, and
it is very likely that they will carry off
the championship Both men have been
playing tennis constantly for the past
three months and are in splendid condi-
ton. In the South they won every tour
nament they entered.
The California Tennis Club will enter
Weihe and Adams, the pony" team, of
which great things are expected. Cheese
Walter are other teams which will wear
the colors of San Francisco. Alameda
will be represented by Hunt and Stark.
Bowen and Holmes and Murdoch and
and Spencer will wear the colors of the
Oakland Club.
The interclub rivalry Is one of the ele-
ments which will make the tournament
interesting. The teams are evenly bal
anced with perhaps the exception of the
Stanford men, Picher and Freeman, VINO
stand in a class of their own, somewhere
between the first and second classes.
The ladies' tournament, which is al
ways held at the same time with the
doubles championship, may not teke
place on account of the paucity of en-
tries.
The greatest rivalry exists between
Nicholson and Murdoch and Weihe and
Adams, both of which teams are slated
for places by their favorites. 1t was not
known until last week that Pitcher and
Freeman intended to enter and the
pony team and their brothers from
across the bay are now filled with pain
and unpleasant feelings, for the silver
cups on which they had set their hearts
seem to he nassing out of their hands
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-09
Caught in the Act

William Carson, an ex-convict, was ar
rested at an early hour yesterday morn
ing by Policemen Colen and Douglass,
and later was booked at the City Prison
on charges of attempted burglary and
having burglars tools in his possession
Carson was discovered In the Grosvenor
House on Suffer street by the elevator
boy hiding in one of the bathrooms. When
searched skeleton key and a picklock
were found in his possession.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-09
His Room Looted

G.. H. Jones a switchman on the
Southern Pacific, living at $50 Fourth
street. reported to the police yesterday
that his room had been broken into dur
ing the night and all his clothes and other
personal property had been stolen. Moth
ing was left belonging to him except a
soiled pair of cuffs.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-09

committee to look after the interests of
all soldiers en- route to their homes who
may be in need of help. In the East
these committees are known as soldiers
comfort committees. While the letter
will be presented to the meeting of the
directors, still it is not likely that any
action will be taken, as these matters are
ciety, and, further, this CITY is not oil the
line of any route over which soldiers
would pass going to their homes.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-09
wants Her Property Returned.

Mrs. Elizabeth Floyd has brought suit
In the Superior Court to annul a deed
held by her son, Thomas L. Floyd, and his
wife. Mary Ellen, and to recover property
conveyed. valued at $500. The plaintiff al
leges that the deed was made at time
when she was SICK and she was under the
impression that she was signing her will.
She claims the defendants took ADVANTAGE
of her condition.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-09
He Committed Suicide.

Detectives Dillon and Anthony have
concluded their investigation into the
death of ]. C. Martin at 22s Golden Gate
avenue Tuesday morning and have re-
ported to Captain Bohen that in their
opinion 1t was case Of suicide. This ends
the matter as far as the police are con-
cerned.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-09
Soldiers Comfort Committees.

What the Red Cross Society is doing
here for the soldiers boards of trade and
other commercial bodies in the East are
doing for Uncle Sans boys. This is
shown by letter received yesterday by
the local Chamber of Commerce. The
letter is from Frank s. Gardner Of the
New York Board of Trade, and the writer
requests that the chamber appoint a
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-09
Catherine corbett,s Estate.

FrankJ- Corbett was granted special let
tiers of administration upon the estate of
his mother, Catherine ]. Corbett, yester-
day. The bonds of the administrator
were fixed at $1,000.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-09
Federal Rankruptcv.

Charles Nemetz filed petition In bank
ruptcy yesterday in the United States
District Court His liabilities are $1423,
with assets nothing.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-09

Alice Xix writes about the "Last
Of the Kahunas" in next Sundays
Call.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-09

rheumatism. kidney. liver diseases cured. Dr.
Gordin. Sanitarium. 514 Pine.nr. Kearny. r. Cal.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-09
Lurline Salt Water Paths.

Bush. Lariin sts.; swimming, Russian, hot &
old tub baths; salt water direct from ocean.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-05
Ex-Governor Mcconnell In Boise.

Ex-Governor Mcconnell arrived
in Boise last Sunday from Washing
ton city and will remain there sew.
eral weeks. He is now in Idaho on
official business in connection with
the proposed opening of the Fort
Hall reservation. There are num-
Der of the Indians at Bliss and some
at other localities that be will en-
deavor to send back to the reserva-
ton 80 that they will be entitled to
the annuity in Gaze the pending
treaty with the Indians may be rati.
fed by the senate.
The Bliss Indians, the governor
states, are the remnant of tribe
that was nearly all murdered at diff
ferent times. On one occasion some
men who had a ferry got into dis
put about the number of Indians
that could be killed with a large
swivel gun they had. To settle it,
they got the Indians in a bunch
under. the bank, attracted by some
thing shown them. and then dis
charged the gun into the crowd.
Both barrels were loaded with pistol
balls and the slaughter was fearful.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-05

to the gallows, and al you have to
do il to sit there, trusting to the
faithful little beast beneath you and
trying hard to think. of every thing
except the Internal bottomless
country below you.
And yet people cross this awful
trail in search of gold, or on pay
to search for it, and to follow in
the pursuits of business, and have
been doing so for ages from the
appearance of the hoof.beaten and
foot-worn path. No doubt a portion
of the trail was chiseled out in the
days Of the Aztecs or possibly by
those who come before them. When
one is fairly over, the firstthought
is how to get back without repe,
tition of the agony. Some have
not the nerve to return by the same
route. but prefer to 60 around by
the Suez canal or any other route
but that one. It is said that men
have turned gray and become 40
changed during that awful seven
mile ride as to look like somebody
else. Great precaution is taken
that no two trains should meet, and
to insure this the trail must be clear
before venturing on it. The guides
say that most people would lose
their head if permitted to see the
country they must pass over; hence
they will not consent to take you
over unless you agree to do just as
they tell you, and above all to pray
and cross yourself, but not forget
to keep squarely in the saddle.
By and by l will come to the in
sects and people of this country,
but am not done yet with my ex-
plorations and researches. | have
recently made valuable discovery
of prehistoric work of art that
will bring fame and possibly some
money to the Observatory, and for
ever settle question as to the origin
of some of the present races of the
earth, and solve a mystery that has
been the labor and aim of the stu.
dents of prehistoric peoples and
their prehistoric ancestry.
l am again in the foothills of the
Rio Grande, near the base of the
Black Range, on the New Mexico
side of the line. 1t has not showed
any here this winter, and larks and
many other kinds Of birds have
their Southern homes in this coun-
try. The days are now about like
they are at Ketchum in the early
part of September. The tarantula.
RATHER, vinegaroo, centipede and
ella monster will soon be lounging
in the sunlight on the warm side OF
the rocks, waiting and watching for
somebody to come along and sit
down on them. Ishall endeavor TO
not be here about that time. Adios.
LEoNIDAs LYRE, LII. Phi. DID.
(Late of the Ketchum Observatory.
Feb. 20, A. L. D. 1898.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-05

The latest news from Havan;
dispels the accident theory concern
ing the Maine disaster. It has beer
proven beyond a doubt that th'
United States warship and $50 o
her gallant officers and seamer
were purposely blown up by a sub
marine mine. placed there by treach
erous Spaniards. Probably thu
work Of Weyler's agents. A fen
hours more will bring out the off
cial inquiry and then the course Of
the United States regarding the
adjustment of matters with the
Spanish Government will be known
and that will mean declaration o.
war by the United States, and the
independence of Cuba.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-05
War Talk.

Governor Rogers of Washington
has ordered that the ten companies
of infantry and two of cavalry com.
posing the National Guard of Wash
ington shall be Immediately recruit
ed to their fullest extent.
In bis sermon Sunday Rev. DR.:
Parkhurt in Madison Square Pres
byterian church, New York, said /:
"If the situation is such between
Spain and Cuba that we ought, as
Christians, to 60 to the relief of the
Cubans, Why, then let US CO."
Gen. Nelson A. Miles, of the U. s.
Army, accompanied by Rear-Admi.
raj Phelps of the Pacific coast
squadron, U. s. NJ, left Washington
city last week for San Francisco,
where they went to look into the
preparations being made to defend
that port in case of war.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-05

BY its decision in the case oil
Blaine county against Lincoln
county, the supreme court brought
long contest 10 a close. 1t was
remarkable not only for the stub.
bornness of the fight but for the
peculiar problem presented by the
language of the act with respect to
the court house property. The leg
islature seems to have had an ap-
portionment of the value of the
property in view when it directed
that an appraisement should be-
made, but the law simply provided
that the value should be added to
Blaine's ratable proportion of the
debt. It made no difference how
much was added to Blaine after the
amount to be paid by Lincoln to
Blaine was determined, as Blaine
assumed the entire debt and was to
receive from Lincoln the latter's
proportion of the total. The court,
therefore found that the fixing Of
the valuation was an idle act, and
the court house is left out of the
calculation entirely. the effect being
to give the property to Blaine With.
out any compensation to Lincoln for
the latter's natural proportionate
interest IN it,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-05

II now seems that We are rapidly
drifting into a conflict with Spain
If the United States does not declare
war, Spain will, judging from all
present indications. The charge
that Spanish treachery caused the
Maine disaster has wounded Cas-.
titan pride and generated feeling
of defiance which has infused them
with warlike spirit. Nothing short
of war with the Uuited States will
avenge their national honor. The
Spanish people are 80 enraged
that either the failure of the gov
eminent to resent what they con-
slider as the gross insults on the
part of the United States, or the
loss of Cuba without fighting, that
it would result not only in the over
throw of the cabinet, but also of
the throne, and the people would
turn out en- masse under some rec
ognized leader to fight the United
States.
Don Antonio, the husband of the
Infanta Eulalie; the Duke of Gala
bria, son of the titular King of Ma
Piles, and several other royal Princes
have volunteered their services to
the Queen if war is declared against
the United States, while money is
pouring in from every side into the
national fund started by the wealthy
grandee, the Marquis of Villamayor,
with a check for 100000 for the
purchase of cruisers, torpedo-boats
and ordnance.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-05

President Woodruff of the Nor
mon church. celebrated bis ninety
first birthday at Salt Lake, Tuesday.
The Venerable church man 10 re-
ported to be in the best of health
and with everything in favor of his
living to reach the century mark.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-05
Estray Notice.

Come to Halfway house, between Hal :
Icy aud Bellevue, about FebI uary 10.
1898, one red roam horse; weight about
1000 pounds; branded Q with dot in
center Of circle) ON left stifle.
Also ono bay pony; weight about 700
pounds; saddle marked. No hrauds via.
ible. q. McPHETERa
Kctchum, Idaho, Feb. 81, 1898.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-05
NOTICE.

A regular annual meeting of the Stock
holders Of the "Ketchum & Challis Toll
Road Co.. will be hell ct the Office OF
the company in the building of the .sFirs,
Bank OF Ketchum," town of Ketchum
State at Idaho, on Thursday afternoon
March II, 1898. At 4 o'clock, at which
time . Board Of Trustees will bs elected
for the ensuing year.
I. I. LEWIS, President.
Ketchum, Ida, Feb'y 81, 1898.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-05
powers.

Secretary Long has decided to
send two more naval vessels to
Cuba with forty or City tons of
provisions for the relief of the
starving Cubans. The vessels will
return Immediately after delivering
the supplies.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-05
Woman ON Political Com m ltteo.

The first woman member of a
political committee in Idaho is
Mrs. Eliza NJ. Smith of Boise, who
has been appointed to fill vacancy
on the Republican State committee,
caused by the resignation of Judge
Stewart.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-05

Hawaii will have to wait for an
uexation. Uncle Sam will have no
warships to spare for guarding her
ports against invasion by foreign
DoWera.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-05

Father Weber of Kingston. N. Y,
who said that all Catholics should
help Spain, received an Internal ma.
chine and narrowly escaped death.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-05
NOTICE TO MAIL SUBSCRIBERS.

The date printed ON the wrapper OF cash
fApsr denotes the time mp to which the
subscripttoa has been paid.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-05
COPPER BULLION LONE

BEGINNING at the initial point where II.
cation notice was originally posted tbsrr.
oZo 200 feet to corner 70: theme. 4 no
w leet to Corner 81. identical with ro,.
ner - OF the Western lode Of this sury,r.
thence SO AS W 45S feet TO corner =
U; 3 Mineral Monument No | bearsSigo
~ 40 + 1918 feet; thence \ $50 Is,W sss
feet to corner %; thence n $50 l. tOjls,r n,
corner "a thence $50 " T. IgTs ice, IA
corner ~, the place of beginning. Con-.
tuinlng an area Of IA 43g acres.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-05

HnO6sQ Di1le cure Liver Ills: eaSy 10
o take, easy to operate. 40.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-05


pared to which the Sawtooths are
a. but foothills. The trail over this
particular portion of the mountains
is seven miles in length, and it re.
quires about as many hours travel
to make it over. But you are not
allowed to look upon it. The mar
row footway is cut along the sides
Of the peaks 1900 to $4,000 feet
high, and is just wide enough for
small mule or burro to be assured
of footing, provided be watches all
the points and sticks close to the
wall: Probably no man in the world
except Spaniard or Mexican would
venture over that trail if he had
good opportunity to look down into
those awful canyons and apparently
bottomless riffs, SO deep that no
eye can fathom. No human being
has ever been down there except
those who fell down, and they may
be going yet.
The guides are very careful of
you, and explain to you how nee.
essary it is for you to sit equarely
on tho animal and divert your mind
rs much as possible from the awful.
ness Of tho occasion and not forget
to pray, while they, feeling the dan
ger of the situation. repeatedly cross
humble their prayers
and tramp slowly and solemnly
along as ii going 10 a funeral. You
are blindfolded before you are al
lowed to start in on this fearful.
journey, like a man going
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-03-05
w ESTERN LODE

Beslnning at the discovery stake ,bs,,.
IL. ~ K loo feet to 5 center end , ,hs
ozo ooU feet to corner Is, identrs ,u ui,t
corner II of the Eastern lode nj hi. ' 'nl
vey; U. ). Mineral Monument No ! bs su..
; ~ 10 r. 2s59.S feet; thence : 40 n Ves aS
leet TO corner Is; thence \ TO m " isS ~
ieet 10 corner IL; thence n $40 + aA 100, ~, -
corner Is; thence ) SO 45' l. an fss, "
corner -; thence 10 80 + I'm loo, "
corner 10, the place of beginning l;op'
tanning ali area of 1859 acres