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The San Francisco call., 1898-12-10
INDIANS WELCOMED
 THE VISIT OF J0UlLlN
GIVEN THE FREEDOM OF THE
 RESERVATIONS.
The Artist Was Kindly Received in the City of Mexico and by the
 Various Indian Tribes.

Amedee Joullin, the artist, arrived In the city early yesterday morning and was welcomed home by his fellow-painters. to study the habits, customs and legends of certain tribes of Indians in Mexico, Arizona and New Mexico. He was dili- gent in the pursuit of the much-coveted information and accepted with pleasure jos and the Cliff Dwellers. The freedom of the reservations and large extent of contiguous territory was extended to the artist by the aborigines, and his oppor- tunities to sketch undisturbed were as devoid of limit as a Palace Hotel poker game.
 Mir Joullin will remain in San Fran cisco for several weeks perhaps, but his sketches will not be unfolded to the gaze of the public until he is established in New York studio.
 was kindly received and entertained by the Commercial Club. At the 'Enchant- ed Mesa" he found opportunity for re- fiection. In the City of Mexico, where an art school, attended by a. thousand schol- ars, receives the support of the Govern three months. He found many European painters and several American artists in the city of the Montezumas.
 In polite circles of Old Mexico the fashion of employing capital A in art is respected and MT. Joullin was offered many inducements to establish perma- nent residence in the ancient capital. The desire, however, to return to San Fran cisco in time for the Christmas jinks of the Bohemian Club could not be re- rail and saluted the owl on his arrival in
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-10
TOTS IN FANCY DANCE.
Interesting Entertainment at the Charity Bazaar-Good Things
 CnrninC

The management of the Charity Bazaar at Mechanics' Pavilion promises several warm numbers for to-night's pro- gramme. The bazaar is in good run ming order and by next Monday night the booths will all be erected, and the management has secured some novelties for the stage calculated to take the town by storm.
 Last nieht the graduates from Miss Clarke's dancing school were the chief attractions. Fourteen children, ranging from a miss in her teens" to two little people hardly out of long dresses, kept an appreciative ~-,dience interested for an hour. Mime. Sanderini, the dramatic prima donna, made her first appearance since her recent illness and showed that her voice had lost none of that power and sweetness which made her Euro pean favorite dozen years ago.
 To-day the troupe of plantation dar- kies, direct from "Ole Virginny." will make it's first appearance in this city, and will be heard every afternoon and evening during the run of the bazaar. A letter was received yesterday afternoon from Gen. eral Merram promising the presence of any troops under his command for the bazaar at any time the management may want them.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-10
OPPOSED TO BITUMEN. Polk-Street Merchants Favor a Com bination Pavement Which
 Will Not Soften.

The bitumen pavement as laid on Mar ket street has not found unqualified favor with the merchants of Polk street. and at meeting of the Polk Street Progress sive Club an improvement upon it was suggested
 It has been observed that while the bi- tumen Is much better than the old basalt blocks 1t is deficient in many ways On a hot day, for instance, the surface of the pavement becomes soft and each heavy dray makes a row of deep ruts. Atten- tion was called to the pavement in front Of w; B. Bradbury's residence. which Is much cheaper and appar- ently far more durable. It is made of the ordinary basalt blocks, set a few inches below the street grade. The inter- stices are filled with gravel and the whole is covered with a coating of bitumen The members of the club consider this far superior to the bitumenand concrete, and recommend that Polk street, from Sutter to Jackson, should be paved in this way. The club will keep the pave ment Tn repair for term of years in case it is adopted.
 It is also recommended that the gas lamps designating fire boxes on certain corners be done away with and that the upper half of the arc light globes be stained red to serve the same purpose This will save the city the expense of a number of useless gas lamps.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-10
HAMMERMEN SEEK
 THE RATCHET MEN
POLICE RAID CHINESE LAW VIo-
 LATORS.
Fantan Men Escape, but Five High binders From Suey Sing Tong
 Arrested for Vagrancy.

Officers Naylor and Meredith of Ser geant McManus' posse, armed with ham, mers raided the Chinese gambling clubs on Ross alley last night, while Lieuten- ant Price with Policemen Chappelle, Nor ton, Slattery and Bonner invaded the dens of highbinders. Owing to warning given when the police entered the alley none of the fantan players were captured, but the special squad succeeded in arrest ing five Chinamen who are known to be hatchetmen. They were charged with Vagrancy.
 Armed with search warrants Naylor and Meredith took their sledge hammers and broke in the doors of all the so-called merchants clubs on Ross alley. Spies stationed on the outside give the xxi yi' as soon as the police entered the street and a general scramble of the fantan players hunting the numerous getaways followed. By the time the four or five doors to the different clubs had been concealed and the visitors to the places had made their escape. At the Chinese Mutual Protective and Benevolent Asso- citation, S1912 Washington street, the po- lice, after breaking in three doors, reached the gambling room just in time to see the corpulent manager throw the last bit of evidence down the sewer. He turned on them with an astonished air and inquired in an innocent tone: 'Wassa mallah? Me no sabe talk. Me no gamble"
 The special squad fared better. Several places were entered without success un- til the old quarters of the Suey Sing Tong at 1906 Dupont street were raided. Here the officers found An Sing, An Sow, An Cong, An Ping and An Yung, all of whom are well-known highbinders, who had been warned to leave town. Their pictures are in the Chinatown Rogues' Gallery and the police are convinced that they can secure convictions on the va grancy charge.
 The Chinese Consul yesterday made a move in the highbinder war in progress at Los Angeles. The tongs have been fighting there for some time. The Consul sent a proclamation lasr night by ex- press warning the highbinders to stop their war and act as good citizens of their adopted country.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-10
TWENTY MINUTE SOCIETY.
An Interesting Reception to Be Given
 by Its Members.

" ttS 44C1lOCl5-
 reception and sale of holiday articles will be given by the Twenty Minute Society of St. Luke's Church this afternoon and evening at the residence of Miss Murisons, 2234 Pacific avenue. Elaborate preparations have been made to make this affair a success and a de- lightful social occasion. Among the young ladies who will assist are the following:
 Mrs. William Ford Nichols, Mrs. William Hall Moreland. Mrs. William Carson Shaw, Sidney NJ. Smith. Mrs. John F. Swift. Mrs. Norris, Mrs. Carroll G. Cambron. Mrs. George Herbert Kellogg, Mrs c. l.. Maynard, Horace Hill. F. A. Rodgers. L. F. Monteagle. Theo- George H. Buckingham. Alfred l.. Black. w. F. Thomas, Hartland Law Charles E. Gibbs. Webster Jones, W D. Grissim, Mrs. James Carolan, Mrs. Philip Caduc Mrs. Frederick H. Beam. Mrs. George Powers. Mrs. A. Fl. Phelps. Mrs E. A. Bruguiere, Mrs. John Simpson, Mrs. Charles Behlon, Mrs. George w. Kline, Mrs. Worth, Mrs. General Babcock, Mrs. Henry Scale. Mrs. Harvey Anthony Mrs. " s. Wat Jannet Bruce, Miss Agnes Simpson, Miss Grace Kellogg Miss M Prininger. Miss Hays, Miss Sophia Sullivan Miss Carter. Miss Eleanor Miss May Hoyt. Miss Sophie Colman. Miss Edith Moody, Miss Della Davidson, Miss Jessie Wright, Miss Helen Kline, Miss Russell, Miss Sara Clark, Miss Helen Smith, Miss Nj. Heath. Ann Field. Miss Emily Carolan. Miss Evylin Stpy2r Miss Florence Davis, Miss Florence StI1s,s Miss Ruth Loring, Miss Jean Nokes. Miss Ellen Guigon, Miss Alta Bedding. Miss Laura Farnsworth Miss Newell Drown. the Misses McClung Miss Smithson. Miss Daisy Sabin Miss Hazel King. Miss Leontine Smith. Miss Anna Rodgers, Miss Cora Johnson. Miss Gertrude Eels, Miss Maude McGee, Miss Cecil Burke.
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probable. What we Jews have suffered for, labored for, must not vanish thus be- fore selfish anticipation of material ag- grandizement. Our Jerusalem is in our hearts. What reek we of the sterile hill- tops, where rival Christian sects shed each others blood?
 Our Jerusalem is a city at peace with itself, a temple of God, in which all peo- pies shall erect their altarS to him. This Is the prophets ideal, wrested from ideal ism to become the realization of the dreams of the world"
 Rabbi Isidor Myer of Congregation Ohabai Shalome, Bush street, near La guna, in his sermon this morning at 10:l5 o'clock will speak in favor of Zionism as against the ground taken by his brother reform rabhiS
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-10
A CORPORATE COMMUNION. Gentlemen's Sodality of St. Ignatiu,
 to Hold Its Annual Services.

The members of the Gentlemen's Sodal- ity attached to St. 1gnatius Church will meet tomorrow morning at their chapel on Hayes street, and then will march in solemn procession to the church, where they will receive holy communion in a body The day is the anniversary of the feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary. to whom the Sodality is especially dedicated.
 On Tuesday evening next the annual meeting of the society will be held Re librarian for the past year will be read after which officers will be elected for the ensuing year
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-10
A Race Against Fire.

After ten-days fight to avoid death the crew of steamer from Spain recently arrived in Baltimore. In midocean it discovered that flames were raging in the vessels hold For ten long days the crew bravely fought the flames. If men would fight consistently against disorders of the stomach and diges- tive organs, there would be fewer premature deaths. The best weapon for such fight Is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It is the greatest of tonics, and the best of remedies fer kidney. liver. bladder and blood disorders
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-10
Divorce Suits Tiled.

Fergus J. Stewart has applied for a divorce from Minnie Stewart, alleging in- temperance as a cause of action. Annie Craven has sued Robinson Craven for a divorce. The plaintiff alleges failure to provide as cause of action. Suits for divorce on the ground of cruelty have been filed by Martha Gross against F. W. Cross and John A. Johnson against Mary A. Johnson; on the ground of de- sertion by Ada BetZ against George Betz Holmen.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-10

also made a statement of his losses be- fore notary. He first mentions a num- Der of fancy silver-mounted toilet articles contained in the bedroom. In his dining room were complete silver tea service, and at least three hundred pieces of chi naware of the choicest iknd He then enumerates the various articles of cloth ing, furniture and jewelry contained in his rooms, all of which were lost. He has made, thorough search, but nothing was found save few ruined books and two or three dresses made useless by fire smoke, soot and water.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-10
May Have Killed Himself.

Jacob Hirschbaum, aged 9 years, living at 1881 Eddy street, is missing. He has been Respondent of late, and his mother fears he has done away with himself. He is described as being of medium height and fair complexion. He wore a dark gray suit,
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-10
This Weeks Wasn.

The pages of this weeks Wasp are filled with witty and humorous skits and catchy sketches. The special articles are timely and pungent. Teresa Duval con tributes social notes of exceptional inter- est and Mulrooney writes in his inimit able style of San Francisco lawyers. The atrical affairs of the week are comment ed upon and the editorials are timely and pointed.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-10
OTTO BENDIX'S
 PIANO RECITAL

An interesting piano recital was the one given in Sherman 6 Clay's Hall last night by Otto Bendix. The programme. which was excellently interpreted, was fine one, including the ''Sonate Tragic of E. A Mcdowell Gan important American work, new to San Francisco), Mozart's c minor Fantasie, a prelude by $. Rach- aminoff and Schumann's "Etudes Sym phoniques.
 Zurich Is the great distributing point in vd for Aroeriparl iU1n0rfS
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-10
WALLER FURNISHES
 FIGURES OF HIS OWN
THE DIRECTORS REPORT MADE
 PUBLIC.
Kilpatrick's Estimated Deficit of $3oo,ooo Apparently Cut
 in Half.

School Director Sam Waller has fin- ished the School Boards statement of it's affairs, in which it is intended to dis prove the $500 900 deficit alleged by E. c. Fitzpatrick, the Grand Jury's expert A copy of the report will be submitted to the jury on Monday night.
 Following is MT. Walters statement:
 The following financial statement is practi- caliy correct and is indorsed within s2.000 GOO or s, 000, 900 by the figures of the Auditor and Superintendent of Schools:
 Appropriation for fiscal year 1S96-97 241 PIT 25 Deduct special appropriation for Mis-
 sion High School. 200, GOO co
 Net appropriation .................S1o S1 o4l PIT 25 Amount permitted by law to be
 pended in first half of fiscal year.. $520, ,638 62 Indebtedness contracted by old board
 shown by the records in first
 half of fiscal year................... 650, ,06S 10 Amount expended by old board in K
 cess of allowance. ..--.............. 12s.42s 4s Add half month November, 1896, sal
 ary withheld by last board.......... 37973 10
 Total $167, 402 5S The above is the exact amount of the deficit left by the last board. The following state ment shows the actual condition of the School Department fund on December ], 1898: Deduct back salaries paid teachers. 100, coo %
 Balance for conducting depart.
 ment .$1, 132, ,140 co Allowance for five months. .......... 461 7e5 O0 Total expenditures to December l.. 535,S4S 7s
 Amount of deficit to date.... s73.62 7s If the board had passed the teachers
 demands for the month or Novem-
 Der the deficit would amount to-. $162. .923 7s Amount of bills not passed HOOD %
 Total s173. 1928 7S The figures represent the present condition of the school funds. and they will not be materially changed at the expiration of the term of office of this board.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-10

will remedy the defect by amending the law so that the bureau may be vested with the power of administering oaths.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-10

Lipton's world-famed teas. Free sam ples all December. Macdonalds, 1120 Mar ket.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-10

< IT. AUL M. NIPPERT, who was p elected president of the Cali fornia Associated Cycling
 Clubs at the annual meeting
 { held last Saturday night at the
 ! Olympic Club, was born in Terra
 ! Haute, Ind. and has been a res-
 ident of California since 1872. He
 is prominently identified with insur-
 ] ance interests in this city, and has
 long been known as an active
 ] wheelman, though not affiliated { with any of the organized clubs.
 ! Ex-President Charles Albert Ad- ans has turned over all the af- , fairs of his office to the newly elected president, who will assume charge at once.
 Mir. Nippert is decided acouisi tion to the ranks of the organized { wheelmen, and will infuse new life into the Associated Cycling Clubs. { He will announce his appointments { of committeeman some time next , week, and immediately thereafter ] will set to work to build up the { association. S q c . e ppQ q ouuu
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The San Francisco call., 1898-06-03
FILCHED BY
 ITS OFFICERS = =. How the Pacific Express Is Looted. MANY IN TIE sTEALINas III
SENSATIONAL STORY TOLD AT
 A PUBLIC TRIAL.
Chief Bookkeeper Mason Tells How :. Big Legislative Corruption Sack Is Paid Out !. Yearly. .:
Special Dispatch to The Call.


 OMAHA, Neb.a,; June 2.-The official investigation of the nuddle in which it is claimed that the Pacific Express Company has lost s2oO.oOO through the connivance of some of it's chief officials, commenced in earnest to-day.
 It was the. preliminary hearing of Hon.. w: F. Bechel of Omaha. The charge against MT. Bechef was that he ernbezzled. s3000 of the company $ money. For the past fifteen years Bechel was chief auditor of the com pany His assistant was T. K. Sudbor- ough. who is under arrest under a simi- lar charge. Andrew Hunt chief clerk to President Morsenian, is out: on a bond for a similar complicity. Morse man has not been charged formally with criminal connection with the affair though. permitted to resign his office along with MT. Bechel some time since. @
 The case . was opened by the State putting w. E. Mason on the staad. He has been chief; bookkeeper of the com pany for many years. His testimony was that since 1883 the Pacific Express Company had paid about $10.000 a year toward influencing Legislation at Lin coin. He said this money was usually drawn on the order of the President at St. Louis every year in instalments of from S3000. to $5000 at time. To make his books balance he was instructed by the head officials to force balance Part of this money, he said, was con-
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-03
Following the Soptiogo
 BoDbdrdnent States men Talk of Peace.
Count de Rascop, the Spanish
 Ambassador at London, Makes Y Frank Admissions.

LONDON, June 3.--Count de Rascon, the Spanish Ambassador in London, who has been interviewed on the sub ject, admitted that war means ruin for Spain, and he said: fThe sentiment is growing. in favor of seeking an honor able peace, which America, considering her unpreparedness for a war of inva- sion,: would also welcome in preference to a protracted struggle, involving heavy sacrifices of money and men. This being so, hope a basis; of under standing may be. found leading to peace.".- ::
 Yesterdays news: and that which comes this morning has. brought no fresh feature in the situation except increase the mystifcation as to wheth- CT Admiral Cervera is really at Santi- ago de Cuba The Madrid correspond dents of the morning papers make the point that the persistence with -Nich Senor Sagasta and"Captain Aunon, the Minister of Marine, assert Cervera' S presence there is a mere. attempt to mislead the enemy. On the other hand; it is argued that Admiral Cervera if Admiral Camara could succeed in en- tering another. western harbor, thus employing::tw two American squadrons in the work of blockading, Spain'S policy of delay would be. assisted. But for the negative evidence that Admiral Ger vera has not been seen elsewhere, Lon don opinion leans to the theory that he escaped from Santiago harbor-: either before. Sunday or possibly under cover of the torpedo. maneuYers. Sunday night
 In any case, it is said. that Admiral Sampson will soon take steps to solve the mystery finally so far as Santiago is concerned. ..:.:..'. .;t: .-.-:
 With regard to the report of Euro pean intervention, the Vienna corre- spendents of both the Daily Chronicle and Daily News deny that the Austri- an Government has received any fresh communication from Spain. It: would appear, therefore, that any efforts in this direction are being. made only in France, where they are apparently the most likely to succeed.
 1t is understood that NJ. Hanotaux and other Ministers regard the present situation as intolerable. Protracted war, besides destroying commerce, would necessitate postponing the com ing exposition. It is hoped that the France and the United States will smooth the way to French intervention, in which, certainly, Austria and per. haps England or other powers will join. Russia, it is asserted, would be willing to undertake the office of mediator to save France the necessity of becoming prominent. .
 The Standards Madrid correspondent
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; NEW YORK, June 2.-The Herald's Washington correspondent telegraphs: The friends of Commodore ". s. Schley are indignant to-day at the apparent disparagement by the Navy Depart ment of that officers ability and trust worthiness in superseding him in the chief command of the American naval forces of Santiago. de Cuba. Rear-Ad- miral Sampson has arrived off that harbor, and while he flies the rear admirals flag, and Commodore Schley flies that of a commodore, the latter of f1cer is in command of a division of the fleet, while Rear-Admiral Sampson has charge of the entire fleet and has au- thority alone to direct its movements.
 According to the friends of Comnno- dore Schley this is rather rough on that officer, for the reason that Rear-Ad- miral Sampson is acting under what is termed in the navy "a gunboat com mission"-that, is he was appointed as acting rear-admiral by the President while Commodore Schley's rank is that of commodore by virtue of the Pres ident's commission.
 Commodore Schley is on the naval register as Acting Admiral Sampson g senior by two numbers. After having bottled up Cervera in Santiago de Cuba, his friends insist he should have
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-03

says: At to-day,s (Thursday's) Cab1- net council a dispatch was read assert ing that Admiral Cervera was still at Santiago. Senor Sagasta denied. the story of a night attempt by the tor tpede- boats against the American fleet.
 It is rumored. that Captain Aunon, Minister. of: Marine, has received a dis patch concerning the state of Admiral CerNera'S ships which has not been communicated to the press. General .Correa, Minister of War. said: :'There is no doubt whatever that Admiral Ger yera's squadron is at Santiago. All though it is not known, there is no doubt that Admiral Cervera was on the Cristobal Colon. as reported in private dispatches"
 The Madrid correspondent of the Standard says: The Madrid papers are much elated over another repulse suf- fered by the American fleets.
 According to official advices the forts and batteries at Santiago. de Cuba were undamaged and not a single Spaniard was killed or wounded, and not a single shell struck the Spanish cruiser Cristol- bal Colon. Fl Heraldo regrets that the Spanish fleet was not sent to the Phil ippineS instead of Cuba.
 PORT: AU PRINCE, June 2.-No fresh news has been received from San tiago de. Cuba this afternoon. The re- port or an attack upon the city by the insurgents is not confirmed and ap- pears to- be without foundation.
 MADRID, June 2.-Despite the state ments of the newspapers that Admiral Cervera was not present at the bonn bardment of Santiago de Cuba on Tuesday, Captain Aunon, the Minister of Marine, in an interview to-day de- .clared that Cervera hoisted his flag on the. Cristobal Colon in. order to di- rect the Spanish operations, "the sue cess of which is principally due to Ger vera. who has given proofs of high strategic ability"
 CAPE .HAYTIEN, Hayti, June D. No direct news has been received here to-day from Santiago de Cuba, except a reiteration of the reports. of: the dreadful destitution of. the inha abitants there. It is:said that now even the of- ficials are: unable to procure normal supply of food:
 The armament of the various bat teries at Santiago de Cuba is supposed to be as follows, not including the new earthworks behind which there are modern guns::
 Morro-Four- modern guns and ten eighteen and twenty-four pounders . Blanco-!-Nfne smoothbore eighteen and twenty-four pounders, of little &C., count, and two small mortars :. The Estrella battery-Ten smooth- bore guns.
 .Cayo Smith-Several modern guns. The forts are mainly of brick and stone constructed a. century ago, al- though. there. are evidences of new earthWorks being thrown up.