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The San Francisco call., 1898-05-04
FELL OFF HIS BICYCLE.
Joseph Hemphill of Alameda Prob
 ably Fatally Injured.

Joseph Hemphill. relative of Dr. John Hemphlll, pastor of Calvary Presbyterian Church, met with a serious accident yes terday afternoon while riding his bicycle down Jersey street.
 The young man, who is engaged in the Alvarado Sugar Works, came to this city to visit a friend named James Lawson, at Twenty-sixth and Douglas streets. After spending an hour or so there he started homeward. and when he reached Castro street he fell from his wheel, sus- taining bad injury to his back He was conveyed to the City and County Hospital by Officer Anderson in the Seventeenth-- street ambulance. Here he w;ts attended by Dr. c. Treuholtz, who found him un- conscious and paralyzed from his hips downward. On being examined 1t was discovered that his spinal column was badly injured. besides his having sus- tained injuries to his head.
 He was visited by his two brothers, Charles and John. who are employed at Supervisor Morton's coal yard on Geary street.
 At a late hour last night little hope of his recovery was entertained by the physicians at the hospital
 Hemphill is young man, aged 24 years. and has been three years in the country He Is native of County Tyrone, Ireland.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-04
The Waters Heirs Lose.

Judge Troutt yesterday granted non- suit in the case of Margaret Mulcahey and others against Hezekiah Dow. admin istrator of the estate of Elizabeth Waters. The contention was made by the plain tiffs, who are relatives of Arthur Waters, the husband of the decedent, that when he died four years ago they were not informed of his death. and that his widow in that way came into the possession Of all of his property. Inasmuch as the plaintiffs in the action tried yesterday were unable to prove that there had been any ii gular procedure in the settle ment c he estate of the husband. Judge Trout: 2, cred that Judgment of non suit E. tered.
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noon, however, he made the statement which opens this article.
 Harry Piper declined to have any thing further to say about the matter. He declared that there was nothing further for him to say.
 The Auditors office was besieged by the money brokers yesterday, but Frederick could do nothing toward sat isfying their claims. The only warrant of Piper that he could give up was that for February, the later ones being tied up pending the decision of the test case brought by Mayor Phelan. The three brokers, to each of whom had been as- signed this warrant, finally agreed to divide the amount 1t represents between them It was learned that Piper ob- tained an aggregate of $l950 on his last three warrants, instead of $500, as re- ported yesterday.
 The claims of J. Boas. with whom Piper had made a duplicate hypotheca- tion of the warrants of T. L. Doran, V. were settled by the three deputies named assigning their May warrants to BOas. Boas threatened Monday to criminally prosecute these men if his claims were not satisfied.
 IL is believed that this exposure will tend to lessen the practice of hypothe- e ting warrants, at least by the deputy County Clerks. No man will be more f,I ratified, if this proves to be the case, than Auditor Broderick He declares that the practice has become a nuis- ance to his office as it takes the entire time of one man for two or three days to keep proper track of hypothecated warrants,
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-04

If a Spanish warShip had cast a shell into the City Hall it would probably not have caused more surprise and consternation than did the exclusive publication in The Call yesterday Of the peculiar financiering Of Chief Dep uty County Clerk Harry Piper It was not second as a sensation to even the Widber defalcation
 It has been no secret for the past few months that Piper had been play ing the races heavily, and rumors had been current of questionable manipula- tion of his warrants, but no one had any idea of the magnitude of Piper g operations.
 It now appears from information ob tained from one of the deputies in the County Clerk s office that not only the money he wrongfully procured from the money lenders. but he bor rowed the salaries Of a large number of the deputies who served under him and also played and lost this money on the ponies. It was impossible to in duce any of the sufferers at the hands of Piper to make any statement yes terday, as they were still in hopes that their loans would be returned.
 Piper's losses on the race track were variously estimated yesterday about the City Hall to be from $10000 to s50- coo. It was stated that he dropped" s2000 on May W alone in one race. She lost by a nose.
 County Clerk Curry takes Piper's downfall very much to heart, and was inclined to be very reticent in refer ence to the matter. Late in the after
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-04
TO PROTECT
 THOSE WHO
 WILL FIGHT To-Day the Red Cross League Is to Muster
 It's Forces. Promptand Generous Ac- ton Now the Keynote of Fife ctive Work. Two Appeals to Which Cali fornia Will Now Eagerly
 Respond ALL AT HOME MAY HELP. A Fund Must Be at Once Provided to Equ,p the Sanitary
 Corps.
Two Appeals to Which Cali fornia Will Now Eagerly
 Respond
ALL AT HOME MAY HELP
A Fund Must Be at Once Provided to Equ'p the Sanitary
 Corps.

This morning at o'clock the mus tering-in of the National Guard of Cal ifornia will begin. They are bound, probably, for Manila.
 This afternoon at 3:3A the executive committee of the Red Cross League and Sanitary Commission of California holds it first meeting. It is bound. not physically, but in imagination, for Manila, too, in honor bound to serve the soldiers who go to serve Uncle Sam.
 This sudden realization of the hopes and fears of California's men and women. this expected bugle-call to arms. is a double appeal It calls 5000 men to the Orient. It calls a million men and women to humanity's Red Cross army. It transforms civilians into soldiers, Into heroes, into martyrs. It changes society into enthusiasts and benefactors and saints. 1t is an an- swer to those who counseled the wis dom of proceeding slowly. It is trumpet to those whose hearts, whose experience, whose sympathies urged the necessity for immediate action. It Is an announcement that the time has come. 1t is an un ulistakable sign pointing to the duty which is nearest sanitary provision for the National Guard.
 The business of furthering the ob jects for which the Red Cross League was organized rests now in the hands of the executive committee, to meet this afternoon at the residence of Mrs. John F. Merrill. 1T32 Washington street. Leaders of society, organizers of charitable and philanthropic work, devotees of culture and of art, physi- sicians, bankers, ministers and business men are members of this committee, California has entrusted with the care and comfort of her soldiers.
 To-day will see this remarkable as- semblage working earnestly and faith fully, appointing committees, Sys-
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-04

What are the profits derived from the roads of the Southern Pacific sys- tenn"
 The profits? Well, you must un- derstand that such question covers a very wide range of inquiry. 1ou know, Of course, that the prohts are very small, because much of the earn ings is expended in the betterment or the roads. We expect that sometime the rates will go up or the tonnage will increase so as to give us some small return on the money invested. l have of the road into bettermentS or the property-that is, to keep the property in first-class shape and let the share holders wait for their profits.
 Do you hold any of the bonds of these roads ?''
 T don't hold single bond that came to me from the stock issues. Of course l own few shares of stock that first went to the public and were afterward purchased by me"
 What is the average bonded in debtedness per mile of the lines in this State?"
 T cannot state exactly, but 1t should be easy to ascertain that fact. 1 sup pose the books will show; at least, that is my impression"
 Gan you give us the present value of the property?"
 I think that can be arrived at. At least, I will do all that I can to ascer- tain the facts. l do not wish to con" ceal anything"
 But the aid that he rendered consist ed in multiplying words and kicking up such a dust of speculation that at the end of the day the Commissioners found not one grain of fact in all of the ehaff that had been winnowed dur ing the long hours of the session.
 Growing tired of the profitless sub ject of profits and values, Commits sioner La Rue. who acted as interlo- cutor tried a new tack
 "It is a fact" he said, that the amount of stock owned by the South ern Pacific Company this year is greater than last. Was this stock pur- chased out of the earnings of the roads?"
 ''I am inclined to say that 1t was not, I do not know where the money came from. It came from somewhere, of course, but just what particular ac- count it was taken from I cannot at this moment state''
 DO you know what was paid for this stock?"
 T cannot say that I do. I might be able to find out for you, but at this mo- ment I am unable to state definitely
 Two hours having been spent in this sort of questioning on the part of the commission and evasions on the part of
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-04
HUNTINGTON QUESTIONS PUT BY RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS

than another would be put to him Huntington would coquette with it for a moment and then branch off into some interesting anecdote of his early life, or would tell the commission how impossible 1t would have been for Cali fornia to have become anything more than an unexplored wilderness If he had not come upon the scene In time to save it and make its present popu- latiCn the happieSt and most prosper ous the sun shineG upon
 T am vain enough to think he said, that there was no man west of the Rocky Mountains who could have ac- complished what have accomplished. ," To which sentiment the commission mutely assented.
 What was the original cost of all of the properties of the Southern Pacific Company" was asked
 Now, that is hard question to an- swer," replied the magnate. You see, these roads have been built in such a way that at the present. time it would be hard for me to tell just what they cost in dollars and cents. If there is any way in which I can assist the commission in arriving at some definite conclusion I am only too willing to do so It Is my desire to do all that l can to help you out.
 Gan you tell us what these roads cost?"
 'I think SO At least there must be some way of finding out. I haven't the figures in my head, but I will do all that I can to assist you in getting them
 "Will you supply us with these fig ures?"
 'rYes; at least suppose so. I pre- sume the books will show what is wanted I want to do all that I can to help you out, for I appreciate the fact that some of the people of this State have been misinformed as to our motives and it will be pleasure to me to clear up all doubt in the matter l wish to be entirely frank with you" :"
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-04

made the trip from Sydney in g days, from Auckland in r days 16 hours B minutes, and from Honolulu in days 9 hours. While the time made does not
 break the record. 1t was exceptionally good, and Is the fastest the Mariposa has made between those points, There was a full passenger list aboard and excellent weather was encountered throughout the trip. The Alameda was sighted Wednes- day night when short distance out of Honolulu, and the two vessels stopped
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-04
He May Never Return to His Desk. Clerk Curry Says He Will
 Investigate.
Piper's Losses Estimated Between SlO,OOO and ,000-Borrowed From Many
 Deputies.

pending investigations number he has o BFe will draw of rhat dor he Clerk eaue c m Q his
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-04

feel like criminals, but helpless, inno- cent criminals, if the people do not provide for their necessities, and we are compelled to accompany them to battle, knowing in our hearts that the emergency will find us unprepared.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-04

and exchanged mail and news of the war. Purser N. c. Walton of the Mariposa says that the English passengers aboard were very enthusiastic in their cheers over the rumor that England and the United States were contemplating an alliance.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-04
Church Steps on Fire.

small blaze with but little damage took place yesterday at Olivet Presby- terian Church on Nineteenth avenue and Mississippi street, in South San Francisco. It was caused by some children playing war with matches and explaining to each other how Commodore Dewey cap- tured Manila
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-04
Mariposa,s Banner Trip.

The Oceanic Steamship Companys Mari posa reached port last evening, having finished what Captain Haywards styles benner trip day ahead of time. She
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-04
Charter Registration.

Registrar Biggy reported 104 changes of residence and forty-three new registra- lions filed yesterday for the forthcoming charter election The registration of fee will remain open every day until g o'clock, until the 10th inst.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-04
Mint Adi1ISters.

Examination for adjusters to serve In the United States Mint will be held at the Lowell High School Saturday, May T at o'clock a. m
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-04

We have also opened and placed on sale an elegant line of NEW FRENCH POPLINS, NEW FRENCH POPLIN CORDS and NEW FRENCH CRYSTAL CORDS. Price $l.25 and SI.5O per yard.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-04

NoTE-All our new impOrtatiOns Of Two toned and Black CREPONS, we are offering at $12.OO Dress Pattern.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-04
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Doctors Don't like Us! Druggists Don't like Us!
 WHY?

Because we give no commissions. but save that half of price of prescriptions to YOU. Because we sell the best goods for less money than others Because we expose a system of robbery that we think the public should know about the giving and taking of commissions bv some druggists and some doctors.
 While we have thus incurred the enmity of the commission druggists, and few doctors, we have made friends of physicians who do not &C., cept commission and of the public who do not want to be robbed.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-04

to run short on a piece of marble. This is all we can do now, and if these meas ures are unsuccessful another California industry will be killed by the California people"
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-04

Try our sl Eyeglasses. 7lo Market & II aeary
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-04
NO-PERCENTAGE DRUG COu 94o-o51 MARKET STREET.
NEW WESTERN HOTEL,

XEARNY AND WASHINGTON STS.-RE- IN modelled and renovated. KING, WARD 6 CO European plan. Rooms soc to S1 50 day, $ to $S week. ss to s30 month Free baths; hot and cold water every room; fire grates in every room: elevator runs all night.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-04-01
Shot His Sis er's Lever.

News comes from Herford
county of sensational attempt
of forty-hve year old man to
runaway with a fourteen-year
old girl and marry her. George
Teel is his name and that of his
sweetheart is Pauline Vann.
The young people had planned
to runway on a certain night.
The girls brother found il out.
SO he took a double barrel shot
gun, hid behind a tree and when
Teel came the boy poured load
of shot into his hide. One Of
the reasons, it is said, for the
Vann fam;ly's objection to Teel
is said to be that he is an inhdel.
Miss Vanu has been taken from
school and is now at home,
VIII re she can be watched. All
OF this happened during the
past week, ana the matter has
been settled and will not be
taken to court.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-04-01

natox, OH the Sth of April, 1865
when the Confederates were
successful in driving back the
Federal cavalry division of
General Crook. Then Sheridan
and Ord came up and ended the
hopeless struggle and the next
day Grant and Robert F.. Lee
settled the terms OF the surren
der.
The personal friendship be,
tween Gen. Fitzhugh Lee and
President Cleveland, dated from
the Presidents first inauguration
March 4, 1855. Lee headed the
divisions of the Southern mill
tary organizations in the process
sion, and throughout the whole
length of Pennsylvania Avenue
he was cheered with greater en-
thusiasm than any of the other
noted men whom the public rec
ognized.
A similar demonstration oc>
Cured in New York City four
years later, when Lee rode up
Filth Avenue, leading the vel>
low plumed Virginia troopers.
to the stirring tune of Dixie"
in the Washington Centennial
parade. On both these occa>
sions, by the way. he sat ir the
identical saddle which his uncle.
General Robert E Lee had used
on bis familiar gray war horse,
Traveller.
The day after the inaugura>
tion General Lee called upon
President Cleveland by special
invitation. The friendship then
formed ripened into all intimacy,
which from that day to this has
remained unbroken. T h
same year General Lee was
elected Governor of Virginia.
Eight years afterward, when Mr..
Cleveland was again President,
he appointed the General coll
lector of internal revenue a.
Lynchburg. the Generals home.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-04-01
% % sn ranS % ca1 S

name. If we believe that murdef
ing our men, sinking our shl
and lowering our flag is no
cause for war say so, and refe
it, as they did the Virginius al
fair, and allow our brothers t
be sold like stock for gold. Ii i
is a cause for war, let's assume
the responsibility put upon u
by the constitution, and say SO
not only to Spain but to th'
whole world. Let us not Sd,
one thing and mean another
For Gods sake let us not Span
ishize our diplomacles but rath
er speak the truth and prov'
ourselves true disciples of Jame'
c. Blaine.
READY TO VOTE.
"We can hide no longer under
the Executive wing. He car
neither declare war not refuse
it. Congress alone can declare
war. | for one am ready to vote
now. But there are those who
say that the court does not fix
the responsibility. 1t was not
necessary, that peace at any
price man cannot escape SO.
The law fixes the responsibility
1.-The explosive was owned,
located and exploded by Spain,
and Spain must answer. l shall
oppose any plan to assist Spain
to place any kind Of autonomy
on Cuba. Spain cannot be trust
ed to keep her promise and we
cannot undertake to compel her
LET us awake! Shake off the
Chinese narcotic, that locks us
in drowsy Incidence, murmuring
peace at any price; awake as our
forefathers did at Concord and
Bunker Hell; awake to glorious
war against a nation that burns
homes and murders women and
children, awake to glorious wa1
that seeks to gain for us in treas
ure orr territory, but a war to
drive the oppressor from the
continent, to set the Cuban flag
in the sky for ever, and war
that will help us for generations
to come, by giving notice that
the honor of our flag and the
lives of our citizens must be
respected among the nations of
the world"
At the conclusion of Mr..
Mason's speech, Mr.. Morgan
(Alabama) presented and secured
the passage of a resolution call
ing urcn the President for in
as to the disposition
made of Congress appropriation
Of $4,000 for the relief Of Amer>
ican citizens in Cuba and as to
the mum Der of American citizens
relieved from the fund.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-04-01

Col. Fred Grant went 10
Washington last Saturday with
a letter addressed to the Presl-
dent by General Grant i'll 1885,
endorsed by General Sherman
requesting the appointment of
his grandson, Ulysses S. Grant,
to West Point.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-04-01
rheumatism Cured

NV wife has used Cham ber-
lain's Pain Balm fer rheumatism
and other household use for
which we have found it valua>
blew. ] CUYLER, Red Creek
N. Y. 81.
Mr.. Curley is one of the lead
ing merchants Of this village
and one OF the most prominent
men in this vicinity.-W. G.
PH1PPIN, Editor Red Creek
Herald. For sale by W. w.
Griggs & Son, Druggist.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-04-01
DIS NIGER AMT Err GWINE

Dey can shoot de ships wild guns,
Dey can 'splode 'em wild er mine
Dey can fight an fight an fight,
But dis nigger amt er gwine.
Dey can crowd de sea wild boats,
Dey can kill all dey can fin;
Dey can split der very th'oats,
But dis nigger amt er gwine.
Dey c;4n wallop Uncle Sam,
Dey can fns5 oni fume an whine
Dey can call, but I'll be-
If dis nigger is er gwine
F. B. A.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-04-01

Discusses o. tiAe lsIoo,4 t..Eu Nerves.
No one need suffer with neuralgia. This
disease Is quickly and perman rniy cured
by Browns Iron Bitters. Every disease of
the blood, nerves and stomach. chronic
or otherwise, succumbs to Browns Iron
Bltters. Known and used for nearly n
quarter of century, it stands to-day fore.
most among our most valued remedies.
Browns Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-04-01

Should our vessels doff their
peaceful garb of white for the
more solnb bre and warlike leaden
hue, the appearance or the navy
will be so changed that we will
hardly recognize our old friends.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-04-01
GEN. FITzHUCH LEE.
HIS BRILLIANT CAREER AS
WARRIOR, STATESMAN
AND DIPLOMATIST.

AS Consul General to Cuba. He
Has by His Sound Judgment.
Uudaunted Courage and
Stauneh Americanism, Shown
Himself to be the Right Man
in the Right Place. His
Course Satisfactory Alike to
North and South.--Gen. Lee
the Hero of the Hour.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-04-01
ALittIe Bows Trouble,

"My little boy has been troubled
every spring for the past four or five
years by an eruption covering his BODY
and limbs. 1t was so bad he could not
get on his shoes and stockings. Last
spring l heard of Hoods Sarsaparilla,
and by taking this medicine he was
entirely cured MRS. NETTIE RYAN,
Winchester, Va.
HOODS PILLS are the only pills to
take with Hoods Sarsaparilla. Cure
all liver ills.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-04-01

&c E!uca'e Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
DC. 25c. If c. c. G. fail, druggists refund money
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-04-01
Ayers Cafhartic PiH

were designed to supply q
model purgative to people who
had SO long injured themselves
with gripping medicines. Being
carefully prepared and their in
gradients adjusted to the exact
necessities OF the bowels and
liver, their popularity was in
stantaneous. That this popu-
larity has been maintained Is
well marked in the m ed a.
awarded these pills at the
Worlds Fair 1893.
so Years of Cures.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-04-01

President Polk in the White House chair,
While in Lowell was Doctor Aver;
Both were busy for human veal
One to govern and one to heal.
And. as a presidents power of will
Sometimes depends on a liver-pi1l.
Mr.. Polk took Ayers Pills I trow
For his liver, 80 years ago.