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The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18
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days explain system and if it is satisfactory the spanking chair will be purchased institution Colorado State Reforma- the strapped barrel when they are to be spanked
 T favor the spanking system for all penal institutions said Warden Hoyt exceptions good healthy fashioned thing in the world for peo- pie male female behave themselves will half ably administered the worst ncorrgibity they have got out at the in dustrial school had of that would to
 those ye girls who locked up in the dungeon and here There will be no and no more bread and abide by the rules of the place or here be trouble that trouble would consist The first the three that would be called the and spanked real hard with paddle would allow other operation, business. l gir
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18
GRAND HOTEL BAR.
One of the Model Resorts of the Pa
 cific Coast.

San Francisco is remarkably well equipped in respect to resorts where business men, mining men, society gen tlemen. club members and bon-vivants daily gather to discuss the affairs Of the day over the brimming glass. but none enjoys the widespread and enVi- able fame that attaches to the Grand Hotel bar, which is operated by B. J. Foster and "Ned' Fay under the firm name of Foster & Fay.
 These gentlemen, who are masters In their art, are deservedly popular among their patrons, who represent the best known men in local business and min ing circles. With the latter class the Grand Hotel bar has become faVorlte rendezvous. The equipment or the bar is perfect in every respect. and all it's appointments are elaborate and com plete.
 MT. Foster was for years connected with the Cliff House and Ned Fay was for thirteen years manager of the Palace Hotel bar. They have labored hard to please their patrons and sue cess has rewarded their efforts.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18
James A. McMahon, Bridgs Builder.

One of the leading contractors in San Francisco is James A. McMahon, the well known builder of wharyes, bridges and massive structures of every de- scription. MT. McMahon has been in business here for twenty-five years, and in that time has earned an envia- ble reputation in his line
 MT. McMahon has done a vast amount of work for the Harbor Com missioners. He constructed the Pa cific- street wharf, one of the best and most substantial wharves ever built. The piles are incased in steel cylinders filled in with concrete, by which the term of their servieeabiiity is material ly increased. Other notable achieve ments of his are pier No. F of the Fol som-street wharf and Broadway wharf 2. He also erected recently an i'm mense beet-sugar plant at Salinas
 MT. McMahon has done an immense amount of bridge building, railroad grading and piling in various parts of the State. He is well and favorably known in conseQuence
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18
De Lano Bros.

Among the prominent firms identi- fled with the shipping industry of San Francisco is that of De Lano Bros, the prominent brass, copper and sheet metal workers at 21 Spear street. The firm makes a speciality of marine work and does a very large jobbing business The superiority of their workmanship has been frequently demonstrated and is always in evidence on the principal ocean liners and the steamers of the various steamship companies in this port. The members of the firm are very popular in shipping circles.
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NPANK1NG is in vogue at the reformatory at Buena Vista, Col, Warden Hoyt
 enecua that the prisoners who acted like des
 Jperadoes and brutes when they obliged conform ~ the rules behave themselves like gentlemen
 C. P. Hoyt, the the that it copyrighted patented and that therefore school people liberty it if desire The placed the State home because they the point of incorrigbty the hope that omaton will be effected before they become hopelesy rigble
 Since exploited the the board in all its phases until they sion that the plan thing worthy of trial though just when it will be formally
 
 At the Girls Industrial School of Kansas, situated Ioit, they have what called spanking girls strapped in the chair the chair does the The asked
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18
MEssRs. CUTIE & FRANK.
Representatives of Leading Fire and
 Marine Insurance Companies.

Among the underwriters of San Fran cisco none occupy q more prominent position than Messrs. Cutie 6. Frank, having for the last twenty-five years had only the representation of sterling companies with worldwide reputa- ton.
 The Magdeburg Fire Insurance
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18

More than 15, ,o00. 900 visits are paid an- nually to London pawnbrokers, or, to be more exact. 41.100 a day on an aver age. The number of pledges deposited throughout the country Is said to amount to 19o,ooo,o 900 every year.
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of the good that can be accomplished in her profession. But she never fails to denoLnce the frauds and impostors who are constantly destroying peoples faith in the genuine
 Mrs Whitney ascribes her success to one fact: T am a born medium-not made" she says.
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tention to details. The success of the firm is the result of wise management and that it enjoys the confidence of the community is attested by its immense business.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18

Hobson-How did you enjoy your summer trip, Bagley?
 Bagley-Hada delightful time. Gained 130 pounds.
 Hobson = One hundred and thirty poundsl l don't believe it.
 Bagley - Don't you? Well, here it co,rnes down the street. Just wait a moment and I'll introduce you.
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shall answer only one more question to-day. So be careful what you ask" Yes. papa" Well, go on." Why don't they bury the Dead Sea?"- Household Words
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Bob (to Tommy, who has just been panked)-Tommy!
 Thomas-Yes.
 Bob-Don't you wish you were an ironclad ?-Harper's Bazar-
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-24
SUCCESS IS ASSU.sED. Great Returns Promised From the Richter Benefit This Evening.

The entertainment for the benefit of the widow and orphans Of the late Captain Reinhold Richter, who was one of the few to be killed in the battle at Manila, will be held this evening in the Mechanics Pa vilion. Captain Richter, it will be>remem- call was made for volunteers to go to the front in the war with Spain, and when his company was in action before the capital of the Philippines he was at the front until laid low by. bullet from the enemy. As soon as his death was announced his old friends in this city de- cided that the gallant officers family should be remembered in a fitting man. ner. A beneficiary entertainment was deemed the most fitting recognition of bis subject was only too glad to be able to lend helping hand. As result the af- fair promises to be a success.
 Those who attend will be amply re- warded, for the programme has been ar ranged with care. The features consist Cadets band, marching review by the soldiers of the Kansas Regiment, athletic exercises by the Verein Eintracht, the San Francisco Turn Verein and the Olym- pie Club, gun drill by the Naval Militia, vocal selections by the Police Choral So- ciety and numerous other attractions. Besides these there will be refreshments served in the several booths, and the en- tertainment will conclude with a dance. The chairmen of the committees having the arrangements in charge consist of the following well known gentlemen: Colonel Thomas M. Cuff. executive and finance; Colonel A. Huber, advertising and press; Colonel George R. Burdick, entertain ment; General R. H; Warfeld, music; Captain A. L. Siebe. refreshments; C. w Heyer. floor; Colonel D. E. Miles. treas urer; Major l.. s. Schmitt, secretary.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-24

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ADVERTISEMENTS.
THEY WANT TO TELL
These Grateful Women Who Have Been Helped by Mrs. Pinkham.

Women who have suffered severely and been relieved of their ills by Mrs. Pinkham's advice and medicine are constantly urging publication of their statements for the benefit of other wo- men. Here are two such letters:
 Mrs. LIZZIE BEVERLY, 25S Merrimac St., Lowell, Mass, writes:
 It affords me great pleasure to tell all suffering women of the benefit have received from taking Lydia E. Pink hams Vegetable Compound. lean hard ly find words toexpressm my gratitude for what she has done for me. My trouble was alteration of the womb. Twas un- der the doctors care. Upon examina- ton he found fifteen very large ulcers, but he failed to do me good. took sew eral bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound, also used the Sanative Wash, and am cured. Mrs. Pinkhams medicine saved my life, and I would recommend it to all suffering women.' 2
 Mrs. AMOS TRoMBLEAY, Ellenburgh Ctr, N. Y.. writes:
 "I took cold at the time my baby was born, causing me to have milk legs, and was sick in bed for eight weeks. Doctors did me no good. I surely thought would die. I was al- so troubled with falling of the womb. I could not eat, had faint spells as often as ten times a day. One day lady came to see me and told me of the benefit she had derived from taking Lydia E. Pinkham's medicine, and ad- vised me to try it. I did so, and had taken only half a bottle before was able to sit in chair. After taking three bottles could do my own work. l am now in perfect health"
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-24
A NINETEEN HUNDRED CLUB.
Members Will Prepare Themselves
 for Visit to the Exposition.


 for Visit to the Exposition.
 A meeting of great interest to students of languages was held last evening at the office of pr. J. M Simpson. Y. M. c. A. building, at which preliminary organization was effected, having for it's object the study of the French language under the direction of competent French teacher and. second, the bringing together of a number of persons who de- sire to visit the Paris Exposition in the year 1900.
 The club proposes to have clubroom wfere meetings will be held for lessons and conversations in French, where will French periodicals, such as Figaro, and also periodicals published in French with English ,s rsrslations for students novel features, one of which Is the use of the graphophone for home study, and also in the clubroom. The lessons. after be dictated to the graphophone. Pupils car then either take the lesson nome, where they. can listen to 1t repeatedly In the voice of the teacher, or they can visit the clubroom at any hour of the lay or evening, where they can listen to it on the clubs instrument fixing their accent The club will also correspond with the Paris Exposition. hotels, railroads, steam ship lines, etc, with view to obtaining members mel who desire to visit Paris during turing the exposition, or at any time.
 The following committee on organiza- tion was appointed, with instructions to call a larger meeting next Thursday evening, when the full plan of organiza- man, Charles Freeman Johnson; tempo rary secretary, Mrs. E. P. Jordan Mrs. Harriet c. French, Mrs. Nellie Holbrook Blinn, Dr. J. A Simpson. w. E. Little. A meeting will also be held at the Y. M. C. A, Oakland this evening, for the purpose of forming a German section of inc 1900 club
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part of Mrs Davis, but of the cause of the Jealousy she will say nothing.
 In the meantime Mrs. DaVls IS staying with a friend. Mrs. Harms. She says if her husband wishes to marry Miss John son she does not wish to stand in his way.
 '.it would be wrong for me to keep them apart" and so she is going to get her di- vorce as soon as she can. She wants ali mony too to support her two children, finally compromised on s15 month. and one months installment has been paid to her, but as soon as she received it she had to turn 1t over to the court as lees and expenses.
 Davis Is president of the Beacon Ath- letic Club of West Berkeley and mem Der of Beacon fire company: Miss Jonn- the athletic club.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-24
MONGOL|ANS
 DETECTED IN
 RANK PERJURY Scheme of L. Quong Frustrated. JUDGE HEAC0CK'S VIGILANCE NEATLY TRAPPED A PRoFES- SIGNAL PERJURER. Instead of Sleeping in Pagoda He Lodged With the
 Family Cow in
 China.
JUDGE HEACOCK'S VIGILANCE
NEATLY TRAPPED A PRoFES-
 SIGNAL PERJURER.

United States Commissioner Heacock put down his foot yesterday on daring attempt to land a young coolie by means of perjury.
 Loui Foo Ok was the youth of IS sum mers or thereabouts. He alleged that ne was native of San Francisco. and as such was entitled to land He was repre- sented by J. J. Quinn, the partner Of Thomas D. Riordan. MT Quinn had py his side as silent partner Louis Quong' president and treasurer of the Coolie lm- porting Bureau
 Quong is the Chinaman suspected or being connected with the recent leakage of important testimony out of the Chinese Bureau. MT. Quong sports hundred dollar diamond ring and pair of valu- able jade bracelets. and is a close com panlon of Lawyer Quinn, who by the by, is a close companion of the Chinese Bu- reau.
 Loui Foo OK, the boy, was placed on the story taught him on board ship to the ef- feet that his father and mother took him back to China when he was too young to was asked by Commissioner Heacock to draw plan of the house in which his parents lived in China The boy did so, and marked the rooms occupied by his father and mother and the room occupied by the family cow. The boy and his uncle slept in a pagoda temple near by
 The uncle had been excluded from the courtroom while the boy was testifying. and when he took the witness stand told his story glibly as to having been present at the birth of the youth and having lived in the same house with t--e family in Chi na after their return thither.
 Then the Commissioner requested the uncle to draw a diagram of the house in China. The witness did so and marked one of the rooms as occupied by the boys father and mother, another room as oc- cupied by the boy and another by him. self. He had designated as his room the one occupied by the family COW, and
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-24
DAVIS LOVED
 NOT WISELY
 BUT TOO WELL A Divorce Suit in the Oakland Courts. A WEST BERKELEY SENSATION MRS. DAVIS TALE OF TROUBLE AND DISSIPATION. She Accuses Miss Etta Johnson of Luring Her Husband
 Away From
 Her.

The loves and woes of Davis the plumber are just now the prevailing topic in West Berkeley. Mrs. Davis Is suing in the Oakland courts for a di- vorce, and Davis is not making much of a contest, but West Berkeley is competent to give the court points on the testimony. So 1t does not have to wait for the court records to supply 1t with the gossip of the case.
 Mrs. Davis Is asking for the divorce on the ground of extreme cruelty, and 1t Is of her specific allegations, or the princi- pal one of them, that the neighborhood Is talking.
 Mrs Davis alleges practical desertion and threats to do bodily harm, and then she proceeds to tell of the turing smiles of a fair young neighbor and how they led the faithless Davis away from his home and family and brought him finally to court. He left her for Miss Etta John son. the wife says, young woman of about 20 whom they had known for some time. Kind neighbors were the first ones who told her what was going on. She would not believe it at first, but finally she asked her husband. He told her there was nothing in the story, but when she volunteered to go over to the Johnsons and ask them she says he told ner he would kill her.
 But Mrs. Davis carried her story to the Johnsons just the same, and from Mrs. Johnson she says she learned that Davis had been worshiping at his new shrine for three years, and that he did so be- cause he loved Miss Etta to distraction, and would sooner die than leave her.
 In the early stages of his affection Davis had anything but plain sailing. It is told of him that he once was caught by the young ladys father, Chris John son, who prepared to argue with him in a way more forcible than polite. and that Davis drew a revolver from his pocket and handed it to the irate father, telling him to shoot, for in that way only would his daughter be free from the attentions being bestowed upon her. His gallantry must have touched the parental heart, for nothing further was done in the mat ter by the Johnsons, and Davis. and the young lady continued to be subjects of comment
 It was on August 30 last that the divorce was filed, and Thursday last testimony was taken by Court Commissioner Bab- cock Mrs. Davis was there and told her story, and then she called in Mrs. John son. Mrs. Johnson's testimony was sealed up and so far has not seen the light, put she declares her daughters name was not mentioned h-- the court, nor was it in any of the papers in the case. She says the suit is the result of jealousy on the
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-24
IN A CRITICAL CONDITION. Mrs. Soledad Esqueda Removed to the Receiving Hospital for
 Treatment

Mrs. Soledad Esqueda, the woman who was so brutally beaten by her husband, Miguel, was taken to the Receiving Hos- pital yesterday morning in the ambulance so that she could be removed later to the City and County Hospital for treatment.
 pr. Well found her in critical condi- tion, blood poisoning having set in. Her temperature was 104. It is probable that her ante-mortem statement will be taken by the police to-day.
 The efforts mace by the police to arrest Esqueda have been without success. Detectives and policemen who are fam liar with the Mexican quarter have been detailed on the hunt and if Esqueda has not left the city, his arrest Is only ques- tion of time.
 When Judge Conlan learned of the woman's condition yesterday morning he personally urged the police to use every endeavor to arrest the miscreant, but his interest in the matter did not meet with the encouragement he expected from the representatives of the Chief.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-24
DR. FREDERICK w. DEVELYN, Whose nEquiSlne" Discovery Has Aroused Interest in the East and Who Leaves Shnrtlu on Lecture Tour,

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The San Francisco call., 1898-09-24
This Weeks Wasp.

The danger of discord in the ranks of the Republican army of this State receives treat ment at the hands of the cartoonist in the cur rent number of the Wasp. and local polti- cal puzzle suggested by the evident lack of harmony between two of the most prominent leaders of the Democratic party. forms the subtect of another cartoon. The personnel of the Board of Strategy indirectly gets hard slap. which events prove Is not undeserved. Pa andom sketches treat humorously of current happenings, and In addition there some fine engravings from photographs The editorials. toucting on Mayor Pheans would-be bossism
 the Costley suit against Wells, Fargo & Co, the Botkin case and the newspapers, the at. possibilities of the Philippines. Barry's posi- fton with the labor party. and many other cur rent topics, are trenchant and to the point
 Senator Mulrooney gives an account of the in- One Hundred and finally breaks into verse
 Tabitha Twigg has something to say about and dramatic criticism complete the number
 Try the "Koh-I-Noor" lead pencil and Tn |. ,xo a t,,v<h ssuo frv. n<hora
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who was sentenced to pay fine of s2O0 by Judge Mogan recently for using vul- gar and abusive language, was yesterday held to answer before the Superior Court by the Judge in $500 bonds on the charge of assault with deadly weapon. He inn pounded two goats belonging to Gabriel Katz protested Tyrell hit him on the head with his revolver. knocking him down.
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seemed unaware of the existence of any temple in the neighborhood.
 That will do' said the Commissioners. There will be no use in calling any more witnesses 1 have not the slightest doubt that this case is a fraudulent one"
 Get out of here as quick as you can," said Louis Quong in Chinese to the uncle. That worthy retired from the courtroom and the building with a nimbleness that detracted much from the dignity of the fat rascal who had hired himself out as a professional perjurer.
 Loui Foo Ok will be deported.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-24
Thomas Thuty Hanged Himself.

Thomas Thuty, porter for a saloon at 621 Sansome street, committed suicide yes terday morning by hanging himself with a baling rope. He tied the rope through two knotholes in an outhouse in the yard, made a moose, placed 1t around his neck and kicked away box on which he had is unknown. Thuty was a native of Ger many, 60 years old.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-24
Rates on Orange Shipments.

There will be a conference of repre- sentatives from the Southern Pacific, the Santa Fe and the refrigerating car com panies at Los Angeles next month to de- very important business will be trans acted in regard to the adoption of new freight tariff. The matter will be fully discussed and fixed rates established.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-24

Everybody comes tasting our 5c lovely wines Mohns & Kaltenbach. 9 Market street.
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A Pound Official Held. Frank Tyrell, the deputy pound keeper,
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Locke's Last 75c Excursion

To Camp Taylor tomorrow. Two trains via Sausalito ferry, 8 and 10 a. m. Tickets al ferry. Good hotel lunch soc. or take baskets
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Try the "Koh-I-Noor" lead pencil and you will have no further use for others.
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LIVERPOOL and LONDON
 And GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY

nF LIVERPOOL. ENGLAND, ON THE 31ST
 " day Of December. A. D. 1Ss7 and for the year ending on that day, as made to the h. surance Commissioner of the State of Califor mia, pursuant to the provisions of sections 6l0 and ell of the Political Code. condensed as per blank furnished by the Commissioner.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-13

Washington. June IL (SpeciaD.--The was
expected to develop the usefulness Of the car
rier pigeon service IN communicating with ships
at sea and cotes at naval stations. but 80 far
the system docs not seem to have been made
much use Of or. II so. the results obtained have
not been satisfactory. Some Of the finest birds
which hive records abroad were secured by the
Government several months ago from the IA
nous pigeon cotes IN Germany. and distributed
among the principal stations along the coast
The most important Of these stations IL Key
West where there are a large number OF birds
capable Of keeping the patrol vessels of Ha-
vnna In prompt communication with the com
rnandant but go far fast yachts and torpedo
bonts seem 10 have been used exclusively In
transmitting messages between the two. Just
prior 10 the war several successful trials with
carrier pigeons were made from Havana 10 Key
West the birds having been liberated by ON
GERS OF the regular merchant steamers. The
flight OF bird is at least enc hundred miles. al
though the Navy Department has a record Of n
bird that was caught five hundred miles out at
sea from NewYork This pigeon was secured
abroad for the Government. and escaped from
It's cote In New-York and at once started for
home. three thousand miles away. Five hun
dred miles at sea II lighted on a ship and was
brought TO New-York and returned to It's cote.
The coastlne signal service through which
the Navy Department IL kept informed NJ the
movements Of ships proceeding up and down
the coast when close enough In shore to be
sighted. Is provided. a rule with pigcon-cote
equipment but so far there has been no neces-
s,y OF using them. An opportunity will be
efrorded when the Army transports leave Key
West for Santiago OF keeping the military au-
thoriflcs WaRhuCtOn informed through the
carrier pigeon system to the progress the
ships are making for the first day out. Three
four pigeons on each transport will keep
the naval officials at Key West advised IS to
the safety OF the ships until they get well
ground TO the Bahama Channel