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The San Francisco call., 1898-12-03
ALUMNI HONOR THE
 FOOTBALL ELEVEN
HOUSING BANQUET AT THE MFR:
 CHANTS CLUB.
Cochran the Target of Applause-The Team Entertained by the Grad uates of the State
 University.

Never before has so much rattling noise emapated from the Mercantile Club as last night, the occasion of an alumni ban Quet of the. University of California in honor of Garrett Cochran and the blue and gold football team which won the signal victory from Stanford on Thanks giving.
 Between courses, during courses, sand wiched in between glasses, came a va riety of noises and yells that made the roof of the building vibrate to the rhythm of the rah, rahs. Graduates of antiquity were there shoulder to shoulder with the freshly made alumnus, and all joined in the apotheosis of the football team, Coach Cochran and Captain Hall.
 For seven years the university gradu- ates have nursed their latent enthusiasm for a victory, and last night it let loose with more than natural vigor. Gathered around the board were Chief Engineer Storey of the Valley road, Charles Wesley Reed, Frank Carpenter, George Pardee, Mayor Phelan, R. w. Davis, George Cad wallader, Carey Jones. Elliott McAllister, prominent alumni. The faculty all yelled and hurrahed, and not single occasion was lost to pour praise and gratitude into the ear of Cochran.
 Cochran was the target of all the ora torical arrows. D. A. D'Ancona, president of the Alumni Association, presided, and nlS nrSt trlDute was a mixture or SlOrlH- cation of the University of California and the football team. He introduced Gar rett Cochran, who made a few remarks advisory to the football team and pro- phetic of future victories. He was inter- rupted by calls of Cochran for 99 until the hall rang with the cheers for his re- turn.
 Percy Hall was then called upon and in few fitting remarks thanked all for their good will and pledged himself to do all in his power to sustain the record of the team of 1S98 Everard Brown told how he labored in the East to secure the serv ices of Cochran, how Princeton men sent him to New York, to Philadelphia and his search for Cochran, and how he fin ally tracked his game and forced the contract upon him. Again came "Coch ran. Cochran; we want Cochran;
 hat,' arose and paid tribute to athletic sports, mems sana in corpore sano. He was Justify cheered. President Kellogg spoke of the victory, the necessity of with the battlers of the gridiron.
 The toast of the evening. ''The Blue and Gold" by John R. Glascock, was poetic tribute to the colors of the University of California. In a short speech, full of elo- uuence and power, he exhorteu all to con- centrate their efforts to the advancement of the university.
 tained the banqueters He said: Hast year I said football was not very good game, This year by opinions have ,unier- gone a very great revolution. To-day we and before sitting down I wish to express my thanks to the football team for hav- ing wrought the change"
 Others who spoke were Warren Greg ory. James Hopper Charles Wesley Reed; Walter Magee, Pete Kaarsberg and George CadWallader.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-03
EMPEROR'S TALL GRENADIER

"There was nothing unusual in the German Emperor selecting Chiemke, the tallest grenadier in his army, to accom- pany him on his spectacular visit to the East,"s said an ex-English officer. "be- cause he expected to visit people who might easily be impressed by size. When England has had occasion to send Com missoners to any of the savage tribes with which she has had dealings she has usually selected tall men as escorts. Chiemke is six feet ten inches, and I have no doubt that his height duly inn pressed the. Turks. When the German Emperor returned in 1889 from his first visit to Constantinople he sent the Sultan a complete set of kettledrums, which he intrusted to Lieutenant Pleskow, who is nearly seven feet in height. There was an amusing story told of Pleskow short walking trip and he lost his way, He looked over a seven-foots garden wall and asked girl who was picking gooseberrles to direct him which road to take, The maid seeing only his head and assuming from its height that it's owner must be on horseback, told him to ride first to the right and then to the left. That story clung to Pleskow.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-03
COMBINE OF ALL
 -. TEMPLATE INTERESTS
Projected New Company Will Have a Capital of Fifty Million Q no11arS

PITTSBURG, Dec 2.-Representatives of all the tinplate manufacturing concerns in America met at the Lincoln Hotel, this city, to-day for the purpose of arranging preliminary details of the combination that is to unite all the tinplate interests on this side of the Atlantic.
 . The combine will be formed on lines entirely different from any yet effected in the United States. The new company will have capital of $50 900 900, divided into s20 900 900 preferred stock and s30 900 GOO common stock. The greater part of this will be represented by. the value of the plants which are to be taken into the com bine, but there will be left enough stock over and above the value of the plants to provide a working capital of $5 900, and this latter will be furnished in cash by men not interested in the tinplate busi- ness.
 The work of appraisement will com .mence next Monday, when twenty of the plants will shut down (ten of them beng located in the West and ten in the EasO. On the following Monday twenty other plants will be shut down and an invoice of their value taken in the same manner.
 When the apprafsements have been completed a general meeting of the stock holders will be held to elect directors and fix upon a city for the location of the gen eral offices of the company. At present Pittsburg seems to be in the lead for this honor.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-03
NOT A SIMILAR CASE.
A Horse Thief Need Expect No Mercy
 in Texas.


 The oId-fashioned Texan had by some strange apportioning of fate been put in a room at crowded hotel with a divinity student from an Eastern college, and they soon established a conversational footing between themselves, though the Texan couldn't quite understand why the young man wouldn't take a nip for a night cap.'f- Before they slept the talk turned upon the customs and morals of Texas, as xemplified in lynching, he young man arguing against 1t.
 'sGee whfz, you don't reckon we oughtn to hang hoss thief, do you?" the Texan exclaimed in tones of horror, but without profanity. out of deference to the char acter of the other side.
 Most assuredly not" But what ought we to do with him Not let him git loose?"
 Let the law take it's course"
 "Mebbe it'll miss fire and the cuss'n git away"
 That is not your fault If the law says he is guiltlesS you must accept the de- cision and forgive the sinner"
 Thar ain't no authority fer that, Is thar?"
 .'The Bible"
 "Thars nothin' thar that covers the ground"
 "oh, yes, my friend" replied the stu thief on the cross was forgiven"
 For some reason the Texan seemed to choke a moment, till he caught his voice again.
 LAW, here, young feller,' he ex- claimed in tone of approximation, 'that wasn't no hoss thief and the Texan was so serious about 1t that the young man had to laugh in spite of himself.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-03
PICKS UP A RICH PRIZE. British Steamship Tows the Bark La
 Escocesa to Port.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2.-The Brit ish steamship Marstonmoor, Captain Angus, which sailed from Baltimore November 29 for Rotterdam, arrived at the Delaware breakwater to-day, hay ing in tow one of the richest prizes picked up at sea in some time. She lowed in the British bark La Escocesa. which was bound from Iquique to New York, laden with about 2000 tons of ni- trate of soda, valued at about $65 ,000. The prize was picked up twenty-four hours previously to the eastward of Cape Henlopen.
 From Captain Angus 1t was learned that the bark when sighted was in charge of the chief officer. Captain Evans, her commander, had died of brain fever on September 22 She was in helpless condition. having experi- enced a heavy gale on November 29. The decks were swept, pumps smashed
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-03
ROBBED HIS EMPLOYERS. Edward Sullivan, Stock Clerk of the White House, Arrested for Theft.

Edward Sullivan, 17-year-old boy, em- ployed at the White House, was arrested yesterday by Detective Dillon. He was taken to the City Prison, where he was locked up. Neither Sullivan nor Detec- tive Dillon would talk when questioned regarding the arrest.
 Sullivan was employed so 1t Is reported, as a stock clerk in the White House, and had worked in that capacity for some time. It is said that he has stolen goods to the amount of between $500 and 5000. The boys parents are poor people and respectable. and it is reported that no charges will be preferred against him. Raphael We'll, the president of the com pany, when seen last night regarding the arrest of Sullivan, admitted the boy s guilt, but stated that on account of his age no charges would be made against him by the company He will be released from custody to-day.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-03
HANCOCK MAY BE
 A TRIPLE MURDERER
He Is Now. Suspected of Being the
 Slayer of Colorado De- facfiva

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2.-John Hancock, the convicted burglar, who Is accused of murdering Egelke and Edminston in Southern Nevada, may be called upon to answer to another charge of murder com mitted in Denver, Colo. in 1895. March 19 of that year Detective Moore was shot and killed while taking two prisoners to the police station. The mur- derer made good his escape and until the present time the crime has been shrouded in mystery.
 Mrs. Colter of Orange now comes for ward with, the Information that Han cock in a burst of confidence confessed to her that he killed Detective Moore He was then traveling under the alias of F. A. Benton. Telegrams received in this that a man named F. A. Benton served a term in the Colorado Penitentiary for burglary. Hancock and Benton may be one and the. same man.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-03
KANE ST-4L AT TT. Continues to Swear Out and Serve Warrants on the Women of
 Bacon Place.

Secretary Kane yesterday swore out seventeen more warrants for the arrest of the women on Bacon place, charging them with keeping houses of i'll fame.
 Thirteen of the warrants were served last evening and the women were charg- ed at the California street police station, leased on $500 bonds All the women ar- rested last night have been placed under arrest during the past week. number of times on charges of vagraINy and keep return to their houses Kane swears out new warrants.
 Henry Ach, who is employed as attor- ney for the property owners, was pres ent last night when the warrants were served and did all in his power to see that the women the officers wanted were found. Four of the women were sick last night and not in the houses. so but thirteen of the seventeen warrants Co lld be served
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-03
JAsPAR ROBERTSON, DEAD.
The Well Known Attorney, Attacked by a Painting Spell, Expires
 in A Few Minutes.

Jaspar Robberson, a well-known attor- ney, whose practice has been confined largely ito the police courts, died in the back room of saloon at Polk and Mar ket streets at about midnight last night.
 Robberson was passing down Market street with a couple of friends when sud denly he stopped, telling them that he felt faint and would like to rest for awhile; They took him into the saloon and asked the bartender for chair. Robberson sat down, breathing heavily. and after a few minutes expired. Death is attributed to heart failure He was unmarried and occupied room at 240 Montgomery street.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-03
Fell Off a Trestle Bridge.

James Steinbacher. boy aged years, while walking on the trestle bridge of the Southern Pacific Railway at Twenty-ninth and Dolores streets yesterday afternoon fell to the roadway underneath breaking his right arm in two places. He was con- veyed to the City and County Hospital where Dr. Tillman set the injured limb. The boy was considerably shaken up by his fall and may have received internal injuries which could not Be ascertained at the time of his reception at the hos- pital
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-03

male patient in the only cot in which a patient could find accommodation. In consequence of this crowded condition over twenty applicants had to be turned away during the day, as no room could are APO male patients now in the hospital and the female wards are also full. Under these conditions the hospital authorities are sorely perplexed as to what they are to do with the other applicants who may apply to-day and in the future until some of those now in the hospital vacate their places
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-03

THERE ARE SOME MEN WHO BELIEVE
 \ themselves so strong that they can resist the powers of the Creator. These men are con stantly fighting nature. They overload their ston1achs, overharass their nerves, drink to ex- cess smoke to excess. abuse themselves in some form or other. The result is the same in the end. Abuse yourself and you are sure to pay the penalty. It Is this abuse that destroys. Now, if this suits you take the advice of ex- perienced men and seek a certain cure. HHd- van is the great Remedy treatment. Hudyan is certain. Hudyan cures varicocele. partial impoteney, hdyrocele, failing manhood. It has been used by many, many men. and they have sent in their testimonials: If you wish to read them .e
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-03
Stricken With Heart Disease.

SAN QUENTIN, Dec 2.-Peter Coutts of Napa, who has been on the jutemll police force for two years, dropped dead of heart disease in his room at o'clock this evening. He was unmarried and 29 years of age. The remains will be sent to Napa for interment.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-03
NostaIgia Leads to Suicide.

ANAHEIM, Dec. 2.-Mrs. William Geh- bert, while homesick for Germany, hanged herself in barn last night at her home west of town. She fixed the rope over beam placed her head through the moose and stepped from ladder.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-03
Tries to Cheat the Gallows.

SAN QUENTIN, Dec. 2.--Albert L. Knott, under sentence of death for the murder of barber of San Francisco, to- day attempted to commit suicide by cut ting an artery in one of his arms He was discovered by guard in time to remove him to the hospital and save his life.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-03
Rabbi Myers to Preach.

Rabbi Myers will preach at the Bush s,1 eet Synagogue at 11:15 o'clock this morning. He will take as the subject of, his sermon, "The Attitude of the Jews fo Gertiler
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-03

and boats carried away, together with the fore and mizzen masts. According to the bargain made by Captain Angus the settlement of the case of salvage Is to be left to arbitration.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-03
Joins the Western League.

CHICAGO, Dec. 2.-Buffalo to-day be- came a member of the Western League of baseball clubs, having severed its con- nection with the Eastern League amic- ablV e
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-03
County Hospital overcrowded.

Mot a single vacant bed in the City and County Hospital is the notice posted up on the blackboard by Dr. Tillman yes terday afternoon as he placed the last
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-03

EIGHTEENTH REGULARs-S. M. H., City. For information as to the present location of Company L, Eighteenth United States Regulars; you will have to send a letter of inquiry to the office of the sec retary. of War at Washington, ID. C-.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-03

CROTIAN LABORERS-J. G., City. An article in regard to the strike. or the Cro- tian laborers in the Hawaiian Islands appeared in the San Francisco Call on the 17th of November, 1898. and another on the 22d of the same month.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-03
Guardian for Jockey Devin.

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 2.-The Superior Court here to-day awarded to Thomas H. Boyle, the turfman, the guardianship of Jockey Deyin
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-03
STRIKERS BLOW UP
 CARS WITH DYNAMITE
First Acts of Violence at Dallas, Tex, Since the Motormen
 Walked Out.

NEW YORK. Dec. "A Sun special from Dallas, Tex, says: At o'clock to- night one of the cars of the Dallas Con- solidated electric system was blown up by dynamite at Elm and Austin streets. A half-hour later another car was blown up at Munger's Factory, two miles farther east. stick of dynamite a foot long was found at the scene of the second ex- plosion. No passengers were in the cars The motormen were injured and the cars badly wrecked.
 These are the first serious acts of vio- lence since the strike of motormen on the consolidated system began on Novem- Der 10
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-03

A WOMAN's RIGHTs-N., Oakland A wife in California has the right to dis pose of her individual and separate prop erty as she sees fit, without interference on the part of her husband. It she has nephew living in St. Louis, Mo-. or else where she can deed a piece of property. to him, providing, of course, that 1t IS her separate property.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-03
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HUDSON. MEDICAL INSTITUTE,
Junction Stockton, Market and Ellis Sts.,
 San Francisco Cal.

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The San Francisco call., 1898-12-03

LIEUTENANT GovERNoR-ELECT A. E., City. Jacob H. Neff, the Lieutenant Governor is a resident of Auburn Placer County.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-03

SUPERvISORS-A. S., City. Supervis- ors in the city and county of San Fran cisco are elected under the provisions of the act of March 30, 1872, which says that Supervisors shall be elected by a plu- rality of all the votes cast at an elec9on for such in the city and county or san Francisco" The twelve receiving the highest number of votes are declared elected, as they are elected from the city at large
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-03

Reassembles in February. LONDON. Dec. 3.-Parliament will re- assemble on February 2.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-03

CERVERA'S FLEET-J. H., City. If won will look at the files. of The Call during the early part of July. 1898. yoS will. find accounts of the destruction c5 Cervera's fleet as it attempted to escape from Santiago harbor.. The account or E Is naval fight, as detailed by "F1ghtlng SOD July g, will give you a good idea or the movements of the ships and the dls- coYery of the Spanish vessels.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-03

 no provision for Amendment except by the unanimous consent of the thirteen States. Three proposals of amendments failed to receive the unanimous consent, therefore the convention of 17S was summoned and it framed a new constitution. If you .Wlll read the constitution you will see what the scope of the first ten amendments were The constitution went into opera ton by being ratified by the different States, nine being sufficient for its estab-
 A VALUABLE HALF-DOLLAR-S Sub scriber, Sacramento, Cal. A half-dollar of the United States minted at New Or leans In 1888 is desired by dealers, who offer from SIP to $25 for one. The partic- ular one desired has the letter between the lower line of the bust and the upper part of the date. Do not mistake the orna- ment which loops the drapery. on the bust for the letter O. Half-dollar pieces of that date without the letter as described are worth only their face value.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-03

THE CONSTITUTIoN-S A. M, City. One of the principal defects of the ar ticles of confederation was that there was
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-22
IN HOLDA'S WOOD.
uow Old Father Christmas Was
Yorn-The German Legend
of Kriss Kringle.
HRISToPHE H R E r
RY ESTHER SINGLETON.

n r IS PHI e r
was greatly dissat-
isfed with his
home. He was an
imaginative lad,
entirely out of tune
with his surround
ings. He lived in
q little wooden
cottage, curiously
carved, that gave
him some delight
Il Il.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-22

held rosy ribbon attached to a sill
yer car, which they drew along and
upon which what appeared to Chris
topher the most wonderful thing he
had ever beheld- "a glittering tree.
Queen Holda gave to each one pres
ent gifts from the Wishing-Tree, and
then she said impressively: "We have
one more gift. Kriss has given him.
self. He is to go out into the world
and carry the blessings of our Revels. d"
Then she called her Snow Children
and, speaking to them in her snow
language, which none but herself and
her little people can understand, or
even hear-so low, so soft, so melodl-
GUS is it-bade them prepare Christie
pher for his long journey.
First they murmured into his ear
until he grew drowsy and fell asleep,
and when he slumbered they folded
around him rich, red robes and man
tie bordeted with ermine, and placing
on his head tall peaked cap, bound
around it wreath of holly. They
powdered his long hair with snow,
they fastened long white beard to
his chin and above his lips gentle
curling mustache. Then they called
the Wind and all the other Snow Chill
dren, and they took hands and danced
and sung, and hailed him cold Kriss
Kringle, Father Christmas.
Awaking at the merry peals Of laugh
ter and jollity, Christopher stood
amazed.
Queen Holda explained it. "Father
Christmas, she said, "you have slept
hundred years in my enchanted
wood. You came into my forest hard
and selfish youth. You have seen our
Revels and our gifts each to each, and
you gave yourself to us. While you
slept my Snow Children robed you,
and now send you as my representa-
tive subject out into the world where
I cannot go, for I must ever dwell
within the limits and haunts of Elf
land. You shall travel far and wide
at.the happy season of the year. Your
Wishing-Trees shall never fail when
YOU carry Christmas greetings to the
children with the message OF Peace on
earth, good will to men. :
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-22
Opera House Sold.

A deal was consummated in
Birmingham Saturday whereby the
O'Brien opera house and hotel
property at First avenue and
Nineteenth street was acquired from
the Whelan estate by A. L. Fulen,
weid0r and Henry Badham, both OF
Birmingham, Mr.. Fulenweider being a
capitalist and Mr.. Badham cashier of
the Berney National bank. The Whe.
Ian estate was paid s22, 900, and mort
cages amounting to $37, 800 were as
sumed by the purchasers. The new
owners propose to add two stories to
the building, now four stories high.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-12-22
Christmas For the Old People.

Give grandpa big, cozy arm char,
with sides projecting at right angles
from the back, to shield him from
draught and cold.
Or, give him soft, warm, many
colored rug, which he may always ind
at hand when he retires to take his
afternoon nap.
Give grandma knitting bag, if she
affects that industry, made of rich
brocade and delicately lined and per-
fumed.
4 Or, give her big wicker arm chair,
cushioned and padded, and fitted with
pockets at the side to hold her spec
tacles or needlework.
Or, give her the daintiest and whitest
of lace caps, ornamented with box
of violet, or lavender ribbon. which
will 60 we'll with her white hair.