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The Washington bee., 1898-12-10

IrCH THE GRANDEST SCENERY IN
FRlcA ALL TRAINS VESTIBULED,
TcTgIC LIGHTED, STEAM HEATED.
MEALS SERVED IN DINING CARS.
hlOY SIXTH AND B STREETS.
Iheiuls lu effect October 10, 1897.
M. daly-Clncinnati and ST. Louis
Sold train tor Cincinnati. Pullman
4 10 CINCINNATI, eXiHgton, Louisville,
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The Washington bee., 1898-12-10
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The Washington bee., 1898-12-10
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The San Francisco call., 1898-03-11
BULLETS
 FLEW IN 4 Attempt to Hold Up Cesar w enker at
 His Counter. He Drew a Revolver and Opened Fire on His
 Assailant. The Shots Returned and Lead Showered in Every
 Direction. A BYSTANDER JOINED. He Was Shot Through the Coattails. The Robbers Made Good TheIr
 Escape.
DER JOINED.
He Was Shot Through the Coattails. The Robbers Made Good Their
 Escape.

Last evening a man entered the gro- cery store at the corner of Fifteenth and Guerrero streets, kept by Caesar Wenker, and, drawing a pistol, ordered the proprietor to throw up his hands.
 Wenker refused the request, and backing into an alcove, where he keeps his beer, he, too, drew a pistol and opened fire.
 The robber answered with his revolv- CT, and bullets began to fly in all di- rections A bystander attempted to seize the robber by the arm, when he turned around and shot at the new conner, the bullet passing through his coat.
 Backing out of the saloon. the daring robber ran up Fifteenth street, and turned into Dolores, where he was joined by his pal The two men then turned down a side street and made their escape.
 Officers from the Seventeenth street station in citizen clothes have been out searching for the men. Captain Gillen thinks he knows who the men are, and he expects to land them before morn ing.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-11
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The sixty days for which the notes were l drawn passed, but they were not paid. The morning of the Saturday on which the new officers were to be appointed Ed Noblett came to me again and said Thomas had assured him l could be ap-
 pointed and asked that when 1 was chosen 1 would tear up the notes. I said
 I would do nothing rash, but would wait
 while. and I made no promises.
 1 was not appointed, and the following Monday 1 went to the Mayors office and demanded immediate payment of the two notes. He said he did not have the money, but would have it by o'clock. told him I could not return for it and gave my opinion of him in very positive language. A little later Harry Thomas was in Eos
 ters saloon and told those who were
 there that I had given ''his old man" a 1 told the Mayor l would be at the cor
 ner of Eleventh and Broadway at l
 forthcoming then it would be unfortu-
 nate. The Mayor said he hoped I did
 not intend to shoot, and replied that I
 preferred to kill him by inches.
 1 was at the appointed place at the hour named and Harry Thomas gave me
 $200 in the presence of witnesses. I had the notes photographed for various req sons.
 I did not loan the money for a position on the police force and l would have col lected it whether I secured the appoint me a position and I made no effort to purchase one. l have no fight against the Thomases, but Harry has been doing some talking and I think it Is time to set myself straight in the matter.
 Ed Noblett, who is said by Kesler to have acted as a sort of go-between, gave his version of the affair to Call reporter yesterday. He said:
 I have known Mayor Thomas and his son Harry for long time, and some time ago Harry asked me where he could bor- row some money. I named over a num- Der of people I knew of who made a busi-
 ness of loaning money, among them was Kesler. This man Kesler has been shay ing warrants for q long time and Harry thought he would be a good man to go to.
 He asked me where Kesler could be found and 1 told him he was employed
 at the exposition. I was going in that direction and Harry asked me to see Kes- Ter and tell him to go up to the City Hall and see Harry. l did so. telling him that Thomas wanted to borrow some money. ! That is all the connection I had with the affair. Kesler's assertion that I went to ! him the day the appointments were made and advised him to destroy the notes is absurd. 1 only saw him that once about it
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-11
AFTER THE MARCH HAREs
Fast Dogs That Will Fly Over the Ingleside Park Sward To-
 MorroW.

Delta Hall was crowded last evening when the president of the meeting an nounced that the drawing for the Satur- day and Sunday coursing at Ingleside park was in order.
 The selections were made in the usual form, and the drawing Of the forty-eight nominations resulted as follows:
 P. Carneys Annie Daily vs. Dr. Van Hum roy vs. Caro- & London's Fair Rosalind; J. Quane's Captain Morse vs. J. Smiths StaI Ruby; Thompson &,Lowe's Victor vs. M. Sul- livan's Sir John Arnott; T. Cronins Johnny Occidental vs Thompson & Lowe's High Borr Lady; J. Deans Moondyne Bate & Frank Count of Monte Cristo H. Devine's Gilt Edge G. Heuer's Blue Jay; J. Baddeley's Lady Brothers Log Boy vs NJ. Nealon's Rita; j. McCormicks Rapid vs. Caro & London's Uncle Sam T. Cooneys Right Bower vs. W. Joyner' $ Cookoo; D. Leonard's Bendalong vs. F. White s Go Slow; Dr. Van Hummers Just Eclipsed ys D. Horrigans Mountain Hawk; M Rogers Sly Boy Vs. r. Carney s Nelly Daily; P. OConnelrs 6 Valley Star vs- W Ryans Swinnerton; Thomp- son & Lowe's Patria Deckelman X Pa mario Old Glory; pr. Van Hummer Van Neda vs F: Browns Alma: c. Pintos Hercules vs Dr. Van Hummers Van Cloie; J. J. Heney' s Murnane's Valley Maid vs T. Cronin's Mag net; M Michalik's Fireball vs Lynch X Ma ber's Dakota; J. McCormicks White IiIv ys E. Tierneys Senorita; J. Byrne's Nelly B vs. J. Byrnes Mohawk.
 The prizes are as follows: s22O first. SIS second. S60 third, three S95, six $15 and twelve S2 50.
 Immediately after the first rundown of the open stake tomorrow a draw will be held for the consolation stake which will be run on Sunday.
 In the weekly report of the doings of
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bulk of the Alaska travel that should come to this coast by way of San Fran cisco has been diverted to the northern ports, and this city is getting the ''go-by' to its great detriment. As a consequence the local merchants are suffering severe ly, where they should be reaping golden harvest by outfitting many thousands of people going to the gold fields. It was desirable that something should be done to give the San Francisco merchants chance. and bring some of the travel from the East this way.
 Mir Stubbs listened. and then explained that the rate war was all on account of troubles between the Canadian Pacific and the Great Northwestern, which had been cutting rates until now first and second-class rates from St. Paul to Seat tie are $20 and BIO, with the prospects of another cut of one-half by the Huh inst. He said his company could not meet this kind of cutting. as it could not recover business for profit, the same as a mer- chant, and cannot afford to run at a loss. Another reason given was that such a cut wanted would ruin the Southern California and Mexican travel People would come over the cut-rate line and take steamers to the southern parts of the country, and any increase in Alaska travel would not compensate for this loss. He maintained that the Alaska travel has already begun to decrease, and furtheremore, Seattle is the natural route to the gold fields.
 MT. Johnson, of one of the transporta- tion companies, thought that the natural route was from this city to St. Michael by steamer. He held that the trails are dangerous to travel. He took issue with MT. Stubbs on the point that the travel Is nearly over, for according to his esti- mate at least 50 900 people are booked for the valley of the Yukon. and he believes that If the Southern Pacific should make a fight for this travel the majority of these would go north by the way of this city. It would mean much to the local merchants, for these people would have to take in with them about 75,O00 tons of provisions.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-11
Saws He w ell Knew From Whom His Son BOr-
 rowed Money.
Edward NOblett Said to Have Acted as the Co.,
 Between.
DENIAL OF THE CHARGE
The People Of Oakland Anxious for the Grand Jury to Make Thor
 Ough Investigation.

Oakland's poodle Councilmen are en- toying brief immunity from censure while the citizens are engrossed with the newer scandal involving Mayor Thomas and his son, Harry, who are alleged to have used their influence to secure the appointment of J. w. Kesler to a position on the police force for consideration.
 This exposure, following on the heels of the water job, has worked the. peo ple across the bay into an exceedingly ugly frame of mind, and among all classes there is a unanimity of senti ment that official corruption must be stopped-and at once. However, the people have every confidence in the in tegrity of the Grand Jury and they are willing to trust the ferreting out of wrong doing to that body, believing that the guilty will be brought to jus tice in due time.
 Mayor Thomas and his son, who is also his Secretary, make light of Kes- ler's charges and say they court the fullest investigation, but the Dear Jim" letter, written by Harry Thomas to Kesler. which the would-be police man has made public, is a source of no little annoyance to them In fact, the MdyOI HdS Sldlcu llldt IL Ndo lllulS- erect" on his sons part to indite such letter.
 Kesler made a detailed statement yesterday, In which he emphatically denies Mayor Thomas assertion that Thomas did not know whom his son was to borrow the money from because the note was blank when he indorsed it. Kesler says he had the note drawn up by his daughter, and that it was reg ularly filled out when it was presented to Thomas for his indorsement.
 Kesler's statement is as follows:
 I sent in my application for appoint ment on the police force on June 22, of last year. Mayor Thomas had known me for years and when l spoke to him about the appointment he promised to do every thing in his power to assist me. He told me 10 undergo the medical examination right away, so I went to Dr. Dunn. the Health Officer. and said 1 wanted to be examined. Dr. Dunn said he would ex- anime me with the other applicants, but when I said the Mayor had told me to be examined at once, Dr. Dunn granted my request.
 On July 10 Ed Noblett came to me at the exposition, where l was employed, and told me that if l wanted to get onto the police force 1t would be good plan to loan the ThomaSes a little money. Mob lett said they wanted S2oO immediately l told him 1 did not have that amount, but I would see what l could do.
 During the noon hour I went to the City Hall Rnd saw Harry Thomas. l asked him what the trouble was and he replied that they were in a hole, and that the Cali fornia Bank would sue them unless they met a claim at once He said they needed $200 I asked if it would not do If l went to the bank and went security for them. Thomas replied that such a course would not do, but that if I would let him have S1G0 at once it would save him. ] asked to See his father, but he said the Mayor was
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in her room. While she was making investigation Anderson was busy en- tering a room in the upper floor and stealing everything portable. Alto gether he visited nine rooms and stole clothing and jewelry valued at S40O.
 The stolen valuables were placed in two valiSes, and awaiting a ble opportunity Anderson quietly left the house. He sold part of the property to a second hand dealer on Howard street, and the remainder to pawn broker in Oakland.
 Immediately after the crime was dis covered the Iandlady of the house not flied Captain Spillane, who detailed Ryan and ODea to find the thief With only a faint description of him the detectives located him last night and placed him under arrest. Subse- quently they recovered nearly all of the stolen property. wore a suit of clothes which he had stolen from the house.
 q guess I'm up against it, coolly re- marked the prisoner when questioned by the detective. All l want is chance to plead guilty.
 Anderson said he had joined Jesus ChriSt's Army several weeks ago, as he was hungry, and knew that the mem bers would not let him starve.
 After being initiated" he laugh ingly remarked "I struck the main guy for handout and he gave me single meal ticket. I then donned the uniform of the army, and made big hit by telling the guys on the streets that I had accepted salvation and intended to lead a better life. The officers of the army got stuck on my ability as spieler, and they just threw bouquets at my feet. That simply knocked me silly, and I thought I was Swiftwater Bill or some other speedy guy.
 When I rented the room in the house on Sixth street I meant to be dead straight, and would have been so if the landlady hadn't left the doors wide open. I couldn't resist the temptation, and, shedding my uniform, I entered the one nearest me.
 ''Oh, such pickup Nothing but swell shoes and hats and a cane that would have knocked the king of dudes silly. I just copped 'em off, and went to the next room. The same easy graft nothing like it in the Klondike, l thought. After getting all the stuff in sight, I packed it in my grips, and while the landlady was looking for some things she had lost 1 quietly ducked my nut.
 Its tough to be pinched for doing lodging house, but I guess l will have to stand it..
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-11
TO BE NO CUT IN OVERLAND RATES Mr. Stubbs Says the Southern Pacific Cannot Stand
 One. Local Business Men Request the Railroad Com pany to Give
 Relief.

About 100 commercial persons and busi- ness men assembled in the Chamber of Commerce yesterday in a special meet ing called by Vice-President Nelson of the Chamber of Commerce.; those present were members of the Chamber, Mer- chants Association and the local Board of Trade The object was to have con- ference with J. c. Stubbs of the Southern Pacific Company to see if something could be done to regain some of the trade that is now being lost in consequence of the rate war among the northern railroads and the Southern Pacific's determination to maintain the old rates.
 MT. Stubbs was present, and, for some reason best known to those who wanted to ask something of the representative were excluded.
 Later it was learned MT. Nelson stated that in consequence of the cheapness of the fares on the northern lines and the high rates on the Southern Pacific the
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-11

'I will meet you here at 2 o'clock to- morrow and will have another list of names to present." said Sharkey, and I think we will agree upon some good man; all I want is a fair shake.'
 Sharkey and his trainer, Tim Me Grath, made their escape from the par ty and Graney, who felt rather put out because a referee was not selected, said he was satisfied that Sharkey had not the least intention of selecting any per son until to-day.
 You see, the fellow is suspicious"
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-11
------- --------------- The Mckenzie Musicale.

The friends of the Mckenzie Musical Society filled Odd Fellows Hall last evening to its utmost capacity. The occa- sion was the tenth invitation musical and hop of the society. The musical pro- gramme was wonderfully elastic-that Is to say. it embraced both the classical and the topical, ranging as it did from the ''Intermezzo" from the "Cavalleria'' to My Coal Black Lady" Sheriff R. I. Whelan with his comic selections made the hit of the evening. P. J. Grodjens, c. Jacklin and Miss Minnie Powell also came in for generous share of the applause. The musicale was followed by the hop and many enjoyed the dancing.
 Rheumatism. kidney & liver diseases cured Dr. Gordin' sSanitarium, 5t4Pine nr Kearny S. F. Cal
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-11
COULD NOT
 RESIST THE
 TEMPTATION Another Mem Der of Jesus Christ's Army
 Goes Wrong. Enters a Lodging-HOuse and Robs a Mum Der
 of Rooms. Frank Anderson, a Young Man, Booked on Several Charges of Burglary. WANTS TO PLEAD GUILTY. All the Stolen Property Recovered by Detectives Ryan and
 O'Dea.
Frank Anderson, a Young Man, Booked on Several
 Charges of Burglary.
WANTS TO PLEAD GUILTY
All the Stolen Property Recovered by Detectives Ryan and
 O'Dea.

Another member of Jesus Christ's Army has gone wrong.
 His name is Frank Anderson, aged p years. Last night he was arrested by Detectives Ryan and O'Dea and was locked up in the tanks in the City Prison To-day he will be formally charged with burglary.
 Several days ago Anderson. who was dressed in the uniform of the army visited a lodging-house at 11S Sixth street and rented a room. Soon after his advent in the house the landlady missed several articles which she had
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-11
The Popular California PugIst That He in Fine FeHe ar
WoOdWard's Pavilion.

M Murphy, the racing judge.
 Graney had hardly finished naming his men when Sharkey interrupted him with the statement that his selections were very poor and that they would not go with him, etc.
 Who are your men, Tom?" asked Graney.
 Well, they are all good people," re- piled Sharkey, "and you can pick any one of them you like. Here they are: There's Billy Harrison, a dead honest
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fellow; Tom Lansing, Spider Kelly, Frank Carr, John Quinn, Jim Quinn and Solly Smith
 Graney objected to every person named, especially Harrison, who, Graney said, was altogether too good to act as a boxing judge.
 Several names were mentioned, but Sharkey was obdurate. He wanted to go home and have a good sleep and as a parting salute said that he would dream over the matter.
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All I fear for is that Sharkey will not fight according to our agreement which says that there shall be no hitting in the clinches If he stands off and makes a clean, open fight l shall be the first to congratulate him if he whips me; that's all I have to say"
 Last evening Eddie Graney, in be- half of Choynski, met Tom Sharkey and the managers of the National Club, according to appointment, at s o'clock at the Baldwin Hotel, with the
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Graney remarked, "and I am satisfied he thinks if he had named some man whom I may favor, jobbing would be resorted to. However, we will meet the bold Sailor tomorrow at o'clock, and then a referee must be selected, and that's all there is to it.''
 Betting on the fight at Crowley & Raggett's was quite lively last even- ing. Choynski was selling at even money, and it is thought that meek Jo- seph will be strong favorite this even- ing when the pools will close.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-11

TOE CHOYNsKI, otherwise known
 as Easy Going Joe" will meet the
 perfect Hercules. Tom Sharkey, this U evening in Woodwards Pavilion
 Never before has Choynski trained so faithfully for a boxing contest When asked how he felt Choynsl1i, in his mild and unassuming way, replied Never better in my life If Sharkey whips me I shall have no excuse to offer on the score of con- dition, as I am perfect in that respect.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-11

the leash, which will appear in Satur- days sporting department of The Call. the probable winners in the rundown at Ingeside and Union coursing parks will be named. In last week S selections The Gall mentioned as winners nine out of the thirteen courses of the first rundown of Saturdays meeting at Union coursing park, and named the first, second and third winners of the final.
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away attending to some Christian En- deavor business. I then told Harry would do the best I could for him and went away.
 July 13 1 had s1OO. which I took to the City Hall. I had the note for that amount already drawn up and gave 1t to Harry Thomas to sign and to get his father s indorsement. He took the note and said he would get his father to sign it. A little later he came to the exposition with the note properly signed. and l gave him the $100.
 About two weeks ago I loaned Harry Thomas $100 more on a note similarly eX- ecuted. If the Mayor says he merely signed a note to accommodate his son, and did not know from whom he was borrowing, he is not telling the truth, for my daughter wrote out the notes and my name was on them before they were signed by the Mayor.
 Soon after loaning him the second $100 I received a letter from Harry Thomas, which l still have, and which reads:
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-11
WILL COMPETE FOR A TROPHY. An Athletic Contest Will Be Held at Verein Eintract Hall by
 Rival CompanieS

An athletic contest for a handsome sil- yer trophy will be held in Verein Ein- tracht Hall this evening at o'clock by Companies F and G. First San Francisco Regiment Boys Brigade, of Howard Street M E. Church, and the Cadet Corps of the Third Congregational Church. The contest will consist of running, wrestling, jumping, tug-of-war etc.
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.ioo+ of selecting a referee.

object of selecting referee.
 Sharkey was first to speak and, ad- dressing Graney, said: Well Eddie, who have you selected for referee? l am anxious to settle this question as quickly as possible, as l must get back to my training quarters right away"
 Graney hesitated a few moments and then replied, Well, Tom, my men are Jim Mcdonald, Hiram Cook, Charley Gagus. Ed Holman, Phil Wand or J.