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The San Francisco call., 1898-07-14
MidWeek Theater Notes.

Faust is having a big run at the Alcazar this week. The piece has never been more perfectly staged as re- gards mechanical and electrical effects than it now is. MT. Morrison in his fla vorite role is at his best, and in Miss Florence Roberts he finds lady capable of bidding for first-place honors, in her very excellent rendition of the character of Marguerite.
 At the Columbia the Frawley Company will continue in the amusing comedy: "Lost-24 Hours" for the remainder of the week, including Saturday matinee. The members of the company are doing excellent work and the play Is very laugh able. On Monday night 1t will give way to Liberty Hall" a prettlly told com story, by R. c. Carton, which calls for a greater amount of character work than any play yet put on by the company. Payne and Maude Winters as the eccen- tric brother and sister, should be partfcu- larly fine. The advance sale of seats Is good.
 "Fatinitza'' at the Tivon is drawing well, and is very prettily presented, both in the singing and acting. It will be succeeded next week by requested re- vival of Planquette's popular work, The Bells of Bonneville" which will be given in the usual good style of the manage ment.
 The attendance at Morosco's Is good proof that the patrons of the house are highly pleased with the presentation of 'The Romany Rye. IL hah,,. IS aply + acted,
 The Chutes will have one of the great est events in its history this day and evening, in the celebration Of the Fall of the Bastile Elaborate preparations have been made for the very delightful occa- sion.
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being proven that they had no connection

being proven that they had no connection with the. crime. Kovalev, however, had confessed the crime to the man who closed the prison door upon. him and he was returned to the scene of the tragedy for trial. The strongest witness against him was ZakreWskei. and when the jury the prisoner guilty of murder of the first degree. The law was allowed to run it's course and the man, who on the night of December 29, 1894, murdered an old couple while they slept, went to the scaffold to his end.
 All of these facts Zakrewskei testified to yesterday on the stand, but he made no mention of the effort of Lees to cheat him Of the glory accompanying the arrest Of the murderer as well as the reward o1ered by the Governor. Lees will also probably refrain from mentioning the facts when he takes the stand on behalf of the State to-day.
 That Is another story. Kovalev had no sooner been convicted than Lees took a trip to Sacramento to collect the reward. In Sacramento, however deaf ear was turned on his pleadings for the reward. It was carried to the Supreme Court. and there it was held (the court failing to go into the merits of Lees claim) that, in any event. he was not entitled to col murderers and all criminals and even in the event that he was instrumental in securing kovalev's arrest, he had only done his duty and must content himself with the salary he received for that work, a salary, In the mind of the public, much too large for man unable to properly fulfill the duties involved in the position he occupies.
 Notwithstanding the fact that everyone acquainted with the circumstances sur. rounding the arrest of the murderer or the Webers is cognizant of the fact that Lees had nothing to do with the arrest Of Kovalev, that official refuses to surrender the. glory, even though his heart was broken when the courts refused to give him a reward that in justice was not his. He had not earned 1t and if he had, the answer to the paragraph of the complaint in which it is stated that Lees had noth- ing to do with the arrest, the Chief simply Lees, did not arrest, nor participate in the arrest, of Ivan Kovalev." That Is all the defense he makes, but the world will un- derstand. He tried to patch up his fame" but miserably failed.
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DR. M'NUTT
 NOT INSOLVENT Says His Reported Fail- ure Is Untrue. A TRUST DEED REDEEMED PAYS A DEBT IN FAVOR OF THE
 JOHNSON ESTATE. The Alleged Sacrifice of the Sanita- rum on Sutter Street in
 Favor of Creditors
 Denied.
A TRUST DEED REDEEMED
PAYS A DEBT IN FAVOR OF THE
 JOHNSON ESTATE.

Dr. w. F. McNutt, who 1t was claimed was financially embarrassed and com pelled to sacrifice his real estate interests III order to satisfy the demands of his creditors, denies the report as groundless and without the least foundation of truth.
 In speaking of his alleged failure last evening he said: Every line that was published about my being in financial straits is false The entire report was based upon conference that Attorney McEn- erney had with the trustees of the Johnson estate this afternoon, concerning the proper adjustment to be made relative to my gaining possession of the lot situated on the southerly line of California street. aboVe Van Ness avenue, the site of my former residence
 Just prior to J. c. Johnson's death I gave trust deed on the property in his favor. the agreement being that the money obtained would be devoted toward removing the building on the site to Sut- ter street and the proper alterations and additions made in converting the entire structure to suit the purposes of a nrf vate sanitarium. The money obtained from the building was to be devoted to the payment of the value of the deed given me to Johnson. This agreement was strictly adhered to until the time of Johnsons death. when, In the adjustment of his estate, my property was included as portion of 1t.
 Tt was to regain the possession of the lot that my lawyer held a conference this morning." said McNutt, with the trustees of the Johnson estate After a short deliberation I concluded to deed over another piece of property in order to be released from the necessity of sacrific- ing the site of my old home on California street Beyond this transaction, how ever, there was nothing done as there was absolutely no need for me to ar range my estate to the satisfaction of supposed creditors, because beyond the Johnson heirs, l have none
 "The remark that the sanitarum ,s included in the property dceded to the Johnson estate for the release of the California-street property is untrue The building, which at present includes my home, was never in better condition financially, and it is the last possession that r hold that I would think of dis posing of. The demands of the trustees of the Johnson estate have already been satisfied and the deed given by me to Johnson personally Is redeemed, which means the full payment of my entire in- debtedness. Beyond the public record of the redemption of this deed I don't think that the public has any right to meddle even mortgage a piece of property 1t is my own business, and should be consid- cred such by those prying into my affairs to find -loophole for general gossip
 The reported indebtedness of Dr. Mo- Mutt Is $40 GOO nearly three-fourths of which is claimed to be held in mortgages by the various city banks.
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Why the Governor Dis
 trusts Him.
HOW MAC BUNK0ED MAGUIRE
A COMMITTEE TO SHELLGAME
 THE FAITHFUL.
No Primary to Be Held, but Dele gates Will Be Appointed by the Confidence
 Men.

A meeting of the committee of one hum dred, which has taken upon itself the task of doing the thinking for the twenty-five or thirty thousand Democrats of this city, has been called for next Tuesday evening.
 What the programmers intend to do they have kept to themselves. It has leaked out, however, that no primary will be held, but the delegates to the State and municipal convention will be appointed. Whether the county will stand for this remains to be seen. One prominent mem Der of the one hundred, who yet believes in the Democratic doctrine that the ma iority should rule, recently remarked that he did not intend to remain on the com- nittee unless the party could be united. As he very tersely put it, he did not ln- tend to belong to a faction of the party. It seems that the only chance of an united party is to hold primary. The Harney- ties or Raineyites, as the purifiers ana Pharsees delight to call them, have ot- fered to hold a primary with the officers chosen by the one hundred, and under such restrictions and regulations as they may direct and establish. But at this proposal, the Braunharts, Peppers and McNabs. in the language of Honore An nanias Laine's euolgist 'sniffed con temptuously'' and loftily said that 1t would be impossible to hold fair prim- ary in San Francisco.
 Tn virtually saying that the masses were unable to think for themselves, these gen. tlemen have declared that government py the people Is a failure. They eVloently know a good thing when they see II ana intend to use the power which they Iool- tshly think they have.
 It Is said that the "entente cordlale does not now exist between the Governor and "Whispering' Gavin, and the reason for Budd's distrust of the willy Scot may be explained in the following story, which has been told around for same years past It is as follows:
 "Before the Democratic Convention or 1894 assembled, the delegates from thls city were instructed by the appointing power. to vote for Judge Mcguire for any position to which he might aspire. It was not known then whether he would desire to be returned to Congress. or make the race for Governor When the convention met, Budd and Barney Murphy were the leading candidates. McNab was m Buad camp. After a thorough canvass Of the city delegates, he discovered that great many of them would vote for Murphy 1T Magi,ire was not in the race. He there upon announced that to prevent this 1t was necessary to put Mcguire into the fight. He at once wired the Congressman. got his consent and placed him in nom nation. knowing that he would be slaughtered, and doing it for the sole pur- pose of helping Budd. Budd knew this. he is a shrewd man and good 1udge or human nature. He knows that man who would betray friend would do the Judas" act again, hence his distrust or Gavin "
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TO RACE FOR RICH STAKES.
Valuable Purses Offered by Union Coursing Park on Saturday
 for Greyhounds.

The programme for Union Coursing Park on Saturday and Sunday is made up of a veteran stake with eight entries, an all-aged stake of forty-eight entries. and a consolation stake. Seven hundred and ten dollars is offered in prizes.
 In the principal stake the appordon- ment is: s125 to winner, s75 to runner-up, $50 to third; three prizes of $3O six Of $la and twelve of s5 each. In addition to these there will be the customary spe- cials. In the consolation stake the nrst prize is sSO, second s20, third $15; three of s1o each and six of $2 50. The draw re- suited as follows:
 Curtis & Sons skyrocket: Bartel Bros. Border Ruffian vs. T. Woods Active Evan & AnaeT- ser mont; E. V. sulivans Bed of Stone vs. J. M MoNelrs Master Glenkirk.
 pembraEe AaSe Iiehn' kehnels sylvanus ITa Kennels Brandy and Soda ys H. Badwins Grass ys RqpRsf 6T FasS FSfFeG of Argyie); Curtis & Sons Miller's Maid ys Pembroke Kennels Terrona: Lareey ,1y odS S Rock L. Austin's Douglass vs. J. J. Warren,s Sweet Lips Portals Our Boy EGmonds ga !osh Mornn. ner GfoTy TiESs Thili Ts E. pePpfs salivans M
 Edmsonds; EtIrs Forget vs. J. J. Edmonds' Master Hanszs Mas; HinneaPoIis; Nj aIHH Bartel Bros Border Valentine vs T. Buffers Susie, J, H; Peri go Mayower vs KeTrigap kady sanS4s spo4ts rnanc Pasha Kennels Arapahoe vs. J. Flynn s Hicks; J E. McEldowney,s The GGsso0n Ia.s,. xs Royal F Buck vs D. and R. scotts pr. Norman; Ryan & Anderson's Kilboy vs E.; V. Sulii- tia vs T H. Smiths Bendgo B. V. Sullivan $ skybal vs E. and I,. R. seStt.s S,r Mystery l,i La iiWan's Mira Monte; B. & s. Kennels Beauty Spot portars rt,i ghtnirs son vanS psshS Fsr ker Pasba Kennels Gallant Foe vs. B. & s. Ken nalts Belle of Seville.
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which the islands have had an unenviable

which the 1SlanCS nave nau an uneuNldpIe reputation.
 Mr Thurston said that there are now about S5, 900 coolies from China and Japan sugar plantations. Of these 5000 are what are known as contract laborers, that IS, chattelS who have been induced to leave their native lands under contract to labor in the cane fields for a stated period for certain small wage. When asked what effect these cooles under contract would have upon free white labor coming rom the States, the gentleman hastened to say that the contract system Is rapidly dying rnent between the contractor and the la- borer that the latter shall be under opllS gation to pay to the former the price or the fare from the coolies' home to the islands We hope" said MT. sThurston,
 that the effect of annexation Will De t0 increase the scale of laborers' wages all over the islands. We are sure that whlte men can go there and make a gooo Ill lV1tlg, HE, for all the presence or those WHO dFe Ho" doing the work"
 What Is the general run or wages piiu Al .tTba average wage is SIP 50 a month and found, The straight wage Is about ST:
 It is on such wages as these that they expect to induce white laborers to leave the States and go to the islands, where they will have to compete with coolles. thousands of whom are under contraGt for length of time flor passage money
 After a little further conversation about the great possibilities of the new territory when the Government makes the neces- sary improvements and the people With
 money flock there for investments, the
 gentlemen hurried away to pack up Tor the trip to the new Territory
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A Popular Excursion to Santa Cruz

On Sunday, July 31, the Southern Pa cific Company will run an excursion from San Francisco to Santa Cruz at the popular rate of s2 for the round trip. Five hours will be allowed excursion ists at the charming city by the sea, giving ample opportunity for visiting all points of interest and for taking a dip in the blue waters of the Pacific.
 This excursion will be under the per sonal supervision of Colonel William H. Menton, excursion passenger agent, Southern Pacific Company.
 Residents at intermediate points on the narrow gauge will also be given an opportunity to avail themselves of low rstes to Santa Cruz on this date.
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The Murderous Soldier.

Oscar D. Pile. the soldier from the Sixth California Regiment who fired two shots Tuesday night at Policemen Dower and Bailey and wounded Charles J. An derson. a barkeeper, appeared before Judge Mogan yesterday for his prelimin- ary examination on charge of assault to murder. As he was not ready to. pro- morrow.
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Philip Nolte, a butcher, was arrested at the instigation of Viola Hill and charged at the California Station with grand lar ceny. .
 The latter accuses the prisoner with having entered her room at 724 California street and relieving her of purse con-
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THIS MORNINGS FIRE. Coffin's Pattern Works Damaged to the Extent of Four Thousand
 Dollars

At 12:45 this morning a fire broke out in the rear of Alfonso Coff1n's Pattern Works, 133 Beale street The flames were seen by Night Watchman Roberts, who thereupon turned in the auxiliary alarm from box 51
 The building, together with that of the Dlamond File Company adjoining, was damaged. N. A. Elliott's foundry was scorched.
 The damage to the pattern works Is es- timated at between s4000 and s5000.
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Policy of the New America, by Henry Norman, Special Commis- sioner of the London Chronicle, in next Sundays Call.
Had His Leg Broken.

George Langton of 459S Eighteenth street met with serious accident last evening. He was riding a horse along Seventeenth street when the animal stumbled and fell. Langton was thrown off, his left leg being broken in two places. He was taken to the Receiving Hospital. where the injured member was set
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Coin for the Band Fund.

SAN JOSE, July 13.-Seventy-four dol lars in coin was turned over to the local Red Cross ladies this morning as a part of Mayor Martins guarantee toward Eighth Regiment The amount guar anfeed here is s100. It will be forwarded to the regmental officers at Camp Bar rett.
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CAFE SPRECKELs. 18th hoor Call building, has changed hands; now under management of Mir. Albert Wolff formerly proprietor of Maison de rOpera, Oakland. Regular lunch, with wine, 75c dinner, with wine. sl
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LEES SEES
 HIS FAME
 DECREASING Effort Made to Patch Up His Record.
IVAN KOVALEV'S DETECTION.
AGED CARPENTER, NOT THE
 CHIEF, INSTRUMENTAL.
Head of the Department Doesn't Like to Lose the Glory and Is As sisting In Fighting
 Claimant.

Who to patch up his fame-or fill his purse Still pliers wretched plans, and makes them
 worse;
 Like gypsies lest the stolen brat be known. Defacing first then claiming for his own.
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Seeks a Divorce.

Kittie L. Roberts filed suit for divorce from her husband, William R. Roberts. yesterday As cause of action the plaint- lff alleges desertion.
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Henry W. Chapman writes on How to Succeed as Salesman, in next Sundays Call.
Supervisor Sheehan Hurt.

Supervisor Sheehan has been detained at his home several days by Q painful in jury to his knee, which he sustained last Monday evening. He attended the cele- bration given by the Sunset Improvement Club and while attempting to board a moving car fell and was seriously hurt. It is feared that the injury may disable him for a long time.
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Mrs, Annis Montague Turner, Who Will Take Part in the Fall of the Bastile Celebration at the
 ChuteS This Afternoon.


  in andh of Aner of of In of
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Accused of Purse Stealing.

Try the "Koh-I-Noor" lead pencil and you will have no further use for others.
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Advances made furniture and pianos, with or without removal. J. Noonan. 017-1O2S Mission
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All About Bicycle Riding and Training, by Champion "Jimmy" Michael, in next Sundays Call.
The true northerner., 1898-10-26
Among the Magazines.

There is marked difference between
paternal and protective government.
Paternalism means doing for people;
protection means guarding the oppor-
tunity for the people to do for themselves.
These two forms of government are fire.
quently confounded, and those who are
opposed to protection per Sc usually be-
cause they do not understand it, make a
special effort to create the impression in
the public mind that the two are ident-
ical; that protection is only another name
for paternalism, and that paternalism is
necessarily bad. Both of these state
ments are wrong. Protection is as diff
ferent from paternalism as democracy is
from despotism. But it is not true that
paternalism is always bad. Whether
protection or paternalism is the better
policy for nation depends entirely upon
the state of civilization.-from GUroN' s
MAGAZINE for October.
The true northerner., 1898-10-26
THE WAN REVENUE ACT.
Congress to Reduce Taxation 20 .
Peace Basis.

Washington. October 1.-Soon after
congress meets sters will be- taken to
repeal certain portions OF the war
revenue act SO as 10 reduce taxation
TO n peace basis. The understanding
M present Is that there will be care
full selection OF the taxes to be re-
moved. and not general repeal
Leaders Of both parties agreed when
the act was passed that In case peace
was effected In the meanwhile an i'm
mediate attempt should be made to
reduce taxation.
1t Is believed that the first to go
will be the special taxes paid by bank
ers. brokers and the owners OF places
OF amusements. billiard tables and
bowling alleys. These are annual
taxes and cover the period to July l..
1900 year and a half after the con-
clusion OF peace. An early repeal Of
the stamp taxes Is also probable. This
was distinctly war measure. and the
revenue derived Is not considered suf-
ficient TO compensate for the annoy
ance Of having to affix stamps. In
case Ii Is desired 10 retain some rev.
enue Of this description. II seems prob
able that the stamp taxes on checks.
express receipts. kilograms and COM
mercial instruments generally will be
repealed. retaining those on proprie-
tary medicines and bottled wines.
1t Is believed that the extra tax Of
81 per barrel on beer, the additional
rates on tobacco and cigars, the spe-
cial taxes on sleeping apartments and
oil and sugar refiners with the general
legacy tax may be retained for some
time. The legacy tax. in particular,
Is to be fixture with needed modifi-
cations. The fax on mixed -four.
which Is considered TO be purely a
police regulation and not a revenue
producer. will be retained, but will
need amendments to make IT opera
tive.
The true northerner., 1898-10-26

Senator Foraker Believes We shOuld
Retain the Is1a nds.

There Is no more patriotic American
In America than Senator Joseph Il.
Foraker. of Ohio. He makes mis-
men, as well as the followers. but he
Is never lacking In patriotism or love
Of his country. In an address In his
state last week he said:
"The entire responsibility for the waf
with Spain rests upon the shoulders OF
congress. 1t was congress that de-
clared and delivered TO Spain an in
sulting and exasperating proclama-
ton. l could have arranged a treaty
by which Spain would have peacefully
retired from the island of Cuba. Spain
was In dire need Of money at that
time. and l believe that for less than
$100.OOOOOO she would have called her
soldiers home and given to the Cubans
such a system of autonomy as would
have rendered them practically inde
pendent"
Senator Foraker defended the course
of the administration and declared
that the time had then arrived when
II was the duty Of the United States to
infiict upon Spain the punishment she
so justly merited. Returning TO the
after effects he said:
KEEP THE PHILIPPINES.
"The great questions Of the hour are
what shall we do with Cuba? What
shall we do with Porto Rico? And
what particularly with the Philip
pines? SO far as Cuba Is concerned
there should be no question whatever.
The Cubans have earned their inde-
pendence. We have solemnly declared
not only that they are free and inde-
pendent, but also that they shall have
a government of their own choosing.
We must keep our promise and we
will. But this promise of independ-
ence to Cuba does not apply to Porto
Rico or TO the Philippines. We took
these islands by the conquest of war
and they are ours.
II do not know what the treaty OF
peace. now being prepared in Paris.
will provide. but / sincerely hope 1t
will give to the United States not
simply coaling station or a single
island, but the whole group OF the
Philippine islands. l have no fear of
the ability of our people successfully
to govern them, and | feel that 1t
would be a crime TO return them to
the government Of Spain. Under our
protection and guidance they can have
intelligence and prosperity and we
can have a base of operations In the
far east highly essential to securing
our fair share of the trade in China
and the rest of the eastern world.
Japan has stepped to the front with a
commerce that Is greatly to the ad-
vantage of all who trade with her.
The possibilities with China are far
greater. All the great nations are
struggling for their share Of the trade
to be developed when China has
opened up the communication and
commerce with the world. The United
States must have her full share In
that trade"