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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-30

In a short nominating speech. Pete
Bader placed before the convention Tor
the office OF coroner. Alder. Bien OF
Deer Lodge. Mr.. Bien was likewise
nominated by reclamation.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-30

tor David A. Speaker who. he said. was
well qualified in every particular 10 MI
the office. Mr.. Speaker was also nom
by reclamation.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-12-03

precisely the same as it was published
this morning, but expressed willing
ness TO go more into detail. She says
that Mantel was not a caller at their
home in San Francisco and was not
known to her father. She admitted that
before she left home she took her faith
er's revolver. anticipating trouble, as
Mantel had recently been very threaten
ing in his language toward her.
I'VE kept our wedding a secret" she
said this morning, and intended to do
so for some time. About a week ago my
husband told me that 1 was not his wife
and that our marriage was a sham, and
talked as though he would like US to
part company. I could not entertain
such an idea for a moment, and when he
than 1 could stand. Before / shot he
had struck me. and then 1 concluded it
was time to defend myself. l do not
know the name of the man who married
US in San Jose, but we went there from
San Francisco. On our return / did not
tell my mother, but / have the certificate
and can prove that everything was
legal"
swore to the complaint to-day before JUS
tice of the Peace Morris, charging Mrs.
Anna Mantel with the crime of murder.
The remains of the dead man are laid
out at the Morgue in exactly the same
posture as they were found by the Dep
uty Coroner His right hand is in his
trousers pocket, and this fact will be used
to offset the claim of the woman that she
did the shooting in self-defense, and that
her husband was in the act of striking her
when she fired the fatal bullets:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-12-03

time. Mentan's age is given as q and
hers as 90. Both claimed California as
their nativity, with residence at San Ra-
fael.: They did not stay in San Jose, as
no. trace of the couple can be found at
the. hotels. Mentel or Mentan or Mantel
two names, for the records of Recorder
owens office show that the recorded IL
cense was mailed. according to instruc-
tons, to w. f. Mentel on November IS.
Yesterday morning DR.. Porter told Mrs.
Mantel, now in Jail at Oakland, that her
shots were fatal and that she was a muir
deress. He did not tell her in such blunt
language, but he conveyed the fact to her
very forcibly, and. girl-like, she affected
maintain. She expressed for few mo-
ments neither sorrow nor satisfaction,
but when darker pictures of the future
passed before her she broke down, cried
bitterly and asked to be left alone.
The parents of the young murderess
went over yesterday morning and spent
several hours with their daughters Mr.
Beth left the jail at lunchtime, but the
mother was closeted with her child till
evening. From Annals lips they learned
for the first time, so they both declare,
the story of her infatuation for and mar
riage to William Frank Mante
I The wound inflicted on herself imme.
diately after shooting her husband Is 40
more, serious. than was at first supposed
The bullet glanced off the skull and left
no permanent injury. This morning DR..
removal to the County Jail, where she
will remain until tried for her crime.
Beyond little fever and excitement not
at all unnatural, the girl is in her usual
health and able to converse intellisently.
She repeated the story of the shooting
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-12-03

The police have in their possession the
woman'S hand Satchel. She claimed that
1t contained evidence proving her mar
riage to Mantel. While the officers Will
not permit an examination of the con-
tents, they assert there is nothing in the
satchel that will throw any light on the
tragedy. There is an election card of
John w. Glass, City Justice of SanDJose,
and number of business cards or Miss
Lizzie Keegan Of 1874 Powell street, San
Francisco.
The police are searching for mysteri-
Gus woman who visited Alameda to-day
and viewed the body of Mantel, after
which she told story to Bruno Steinmetz,
member of the Alameda Fire Depart
ment, which may throw some light on the
case. The identity of the woman Is kept
a profound secret, although it is known
she is resident of San Francisco.
She said Mrs. Mantel dressed her hair
early yesterday afternoon. During the op-
Grafton she told Of her troubles with her
husband and said she was going to Ala
media to find him and kill him. The wo-
man says she took the girls pistol from
her and only returned it when Mrs. Man
tel promised she would not carry out her
murderous threat.
Drs. .Buteau, Keyes and Lubbock per-
formed an autopsy on the remains this
evening and traced the course of the bull
lets. The Coroner's inquest will be held
Tomorrow evening
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-12-03

Out IN the neighborhood of. SIG Hilbert
street the North :Beaehers are talking: of
the secret marriage of Anna Beth, the 20
year-old girl who shot a: man over in
Alameda Thursday afternoon and then
said he was her husband. And she tried
to kin herself, too. It was a strange story,
and they are trying to recall details and
incidents of the past few weeks: leading
down from November 2, the day of her
wedding. She married him and then
shot him-and they can't understand it.
To the people around Mason and Fill
bert streets Anna Beth was .'the proud
young girl, living quietly at home with
her folks, going out never alone, but al
ways with her mother or: younger sister.
1.-THE pretty Beth girls were nice but
not very sociable,'' a lady of the neigh
borhood said yesterday. 80 Rather reserved
and distant. They dressed well and We're
apparently careful of their associates.
They never seemed to have any gentlemen
company OF to go around: much. Il can
imagine Anna married. That child. And
to shoot him, too. Took her. fathers
revolver and killed the man who i'll
treated her" -.
And so the girl from sic Filbert street
announced her marriage with pistol
shot and the man she welded lay dead at
her feet. The. honeymoon arose in myS-
terry, shone in secret and waned in the
powder smoke of tragedy. The name
of William w. Mantel was never heard in
that locality until his wife, now in the
Alameda County Jail, shot him down
Thursday evening No one there mas any
recollection Of the young man who soli-
cited for medical works and collected
doctors bills. He and the woman who
took his life evidently kept their matri-
InoniaI secret we'll in the Beth vicinity.
:: When a reporter called at the Beth
house yesterday the entire family was
absent, having hurried to Oakland at the
first news Of the tragedy. The people ltv-
ing in the same building where is located
the room Of the Beths hardly knew wheth-
er such family existed or not. While they
were struggling with a defective memory
Miss May Beth, the younger girl, returned
home and unhesitatingly spoke Of the af-
fair.
II never saw William Mantel in my
life said she, NOR did 1 ever hear of him
before last night. My sister kept her Sc
cret from US all. I assure you it was a
sad surprise to my father, mother and
myself 1 have always been the constant
companion of Anna, and 1 never saw any
thing in her words or actions to make me
suspect that she was keeping anything
from US. We are all in the dark. How
ever, 1 know. Anna is not the girl who
would permit any man to abuse and ILL
treat her.
:: The. ignorance of the Beths regarding
their daughters matrimonial venture may
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-12-03
TEACHERS TO
APPLY To THE
HIGHER COURT
Taking No Chances
on Their Salaries.
GALLAGHER'S NAME KISSED
WARM MASS MEETING IN GOLD
EN- GATE HALL.
WARM MASS MEETING IN GOLD
EN- GATE HALL.
A Fund Has Been Subscribed and the
Courts Will Be Requested to
Enforce Payment of
Salaries.

The school teachers of this city, at a
meeting held in Golden Gate Hall yester-
day afternoon, unanimously decided to
sue the Board of Education for their No
vember salaries.
At about half-past o'clock yesterday
afternoon the little music hall on Suffer
street looked like a woman'S rights as
semblage. But 1t was not a womans
rights gathering, and a closer look at
the stormy sea of veXed faces would
show that these were not the kind of
people usually found at such meetings.
They were the pretty schoolma' ans of
San Francisco, and they had assembled to
see if there was not some balm in Gilead
after all, some rest for the weary and
some money for the moneyfess. They
had not borrowed Diogenes' lantern and
started in search of an honest man; they
are too well acquainted with the
School Board to start on any such FOOLS
errand, but they did want to find some
method of getting their salaries for No
vember = those salaries earned by the
sweat of the brow and castigation of the
rising generation.
Christmas, with its bright vacation
days and open hearts, is at hand, but the
School Board has decreed that there
shall be no consequent indigestion in the
families of the teachers. There will not
be salary enough to buy stick of can
z.
caused the stormy session in Golden Gate
Hall yesterday afternoon, and there was
not School Director who dared come
near enough the building to attempt an
explanation. Once during the meeting
the name of Director Gallagher was cas-
ualy mentioned, and the chorus of hisses
and groans with which 1t was greeted
would have made that worthy feel ike
lead ten-cent piece with hole in it.
The meeting was formally opened by,
Albert Logan, principal Of the John
SWEET School, who suggested that Super
intendent Webster be placed in the chair.
Mr.. Websters election was unanimous,
as was that of Mr.. Marks of Everett
School for secretary. The chairman
then introduced Mr.. Bartlett, a teacher
who is also well versed in ways of laws,
School Boards and other queer things.
cat the opening of the fiscal year" said
Mr.. Bartlett, 1.-The School Board practi-
cally makes contract with each teacher
for one year. This is always the first
contract made and 1t has therefore prece-
dence over any contracts entered into at
later date We have, therefore, the
first claim on all moneys held by the
board or at its disposal. ! suggest, that
we appoint committee to employ
competent attorney, who will petition the
Supreme Court for an injunction and a
writ of mandamus. The former will re-
strain the board from paying moneys to
outside creditors before our claims are
satisfied, and the latter will order 1t to
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-12-03
BITUMEN FOR POLK STREET.
Merchants and Property-Owners De
clare for a Better Pavement.

The merchants and property owners on
the line of Polk street from Suffer street
to Pacific avenue are of one mind in so
far as the requirement. of Polk street is
concerned One of the chief objects now
before the Polk-street Progress Club
is to have the basalt blocks taken up and
a pavement of bitumen put down in
stead. The members say that Polk street
as a business thoroughfare is among the
most important in the western portion of
the city, and as such should be provided
with modern pavement.
1t is being urged by some of the mem
bers of the club that as private streets
In almost all parts of the city have been
paved with bitumen there is no reason
why Polk street should be longer neglect
ed. This street is one of the Oldest out
side business streets in the city and yet,
provement of 1t by private contribution,
It has received less from the public treas
ury' than any other business street IN
the city. In the. meantime there is no
is as much subjected to heavy teaming,
as it is the main route to the northwest
ern. portion of the city as also to the
Preside and Black Point military reser-
yationS.
One reason why the repaving Of this
street with bitumen was not sooner ad-
vocated was because some or the prop
erty owners had thought that the heavy
traffic which passes along that way would
SO cut UP the modern pavement as TO
make it too expensive on the taxpayers
to keep it in repair. But now tnat Mar.
ket street has received coating OF OIL
rock there are no further oDJecllons Iaiseu
to following suit on Polk street. At all
events the Progress Club is determined
to urge the matter before the incoming
Board of Supervisors in the near future.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-12-03
resent ug our November warrants. This

present us our November warrants IElS
is the quickest and safest method"
Several of the teachers took the tioor
and concurred with Mr.. Bartlett. In fact,
about the only dis" ting voice came
from ex-Superintendent Babcock in the
rear of the hall. He said he was satisfied
that the salaries wou.u all be paid with
out any difficulty. If this board could not
do it the next one would.
w. D. Kingsbury got up in opposition
to Mr.. Babcock and favored immediate
action. I'VE have submitted to so much
already" he said that Boards of Edu-
cation actually seem to think they can do
just as they choose and we will not dare
say anything. For months the employees
of the Office of the board have been get
ting their warrants on the 1st OF the
month, while we are forced to wait until
the 5th. This thing has gone on long
enough, and I move that a committee be
appointed to employ counsel and take the
necessary legal steps. If this body, does
not take action as a whole 1 know that L,
for one will file a suit for my salary.
Mr.. Kingsburys motion prevailed and
committee was appointed, consisting of
C. H Murphy of the Polytechnic High
School. L. Bartlett of the evening
schools, Albert Lyser of the John SWEET
Grammar School, w. D. kingsbury OF the
Horace Mann School, Miss Agnes Man
ming of the Webster School and MISS
Emma Stinson of the Whittier Primary.
The teachers will assess themselves per
cent of a months salary to pay the ex-
penSeS of the suit.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-12-03
BOYS TAUGHT TO SEW.
Interesting Exhibition by the Pupils
of Sunshine Sewing School

The pupils of Sunshine Sewing School
entertained their friends and relatives in
their hall, 934 Harrison street, yesterday
afternoon. The occasion was an exhibit
ton and fair to demonstrate to parents
the improvement made by their children
after few months training and instruc-
ton.
The hall was thronged. An informal pro-
gramme of music and recitations had
been arranged and was successfully car
ried out under the direction of Mrs. E. Q,
Smith. The pupils are boys and girls Of
tender years The lads are taught the art
of sewing on buttons, against the day
such an accomplishment may be of use
to them. The ladies in charge were pleased
with the interest taken in their exhibition.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-12-03

Eclipse Expedition to India in $685. Pho
tographs of places of interest visited dur
ing the trip were exhibited by means Of
lantern, and the speaker, aside from
his subject matter, gave bright descrip-
tons and anecdotes concerning portions
of the Orient and their people. The ex-
by Mr.. Pierson. and to him is due the
credit of the magnificent photographs
taken of the eclipse, from point 220 miles
inland from Bombay, by Burckhalter, and
displayed last evening.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-12-03
This Weeks Wasp.

Profusely illustrated with pen sketches and
half-tones and crammed from cover to cover
with humor this weeks Wasp Is an excep-
tionally entertaining number Sailor Sharkey' S
coronation as the pre-eminent star of the
American stage vice gentleman-a -pugi-
list Corbett is the subject of cartoon in col
ters Teresa Doane discusses interestingly Girl
Bachelors and Matinee Favorites.'' Mulrooney
criticizes in his inimitable way the doings of
the reformers and the City Hall incumbent who
is so busy adnniring himself in the window he
has time to attend to his duties. A notable
feature is a fine full-page photogravure of the
men who led the Baldwin fire fighters.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-12-03
Our Friends.

We are offering for to-day only:
Storage Creamery Butter, square, .35c
Fresh Creamery Butter, squares. .. .40c
Packed Creamery Butter, pound Csc
Best Family Flour, 50-fb sack. CSC
Petaluma Ranch Eggs, dozen. .35c
Choice Port and Sherry Wine, quart 25c
Full lines of holiday supplies Call and
see us. Levin Bros. Qnc.), leading cash
grocers, 1924 and 1926 Market street. No
branch stores. Phone s. 292.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-12-03
Anna Mantel Lodged in the Alameda
County Jail for the Shooting Of
Her Young Husband.
Friends Of the Dead Man Say He Was Of a
Kind and Gentle Disposition and Would
Harm NobodyA Mysterious
Woman.

be in measure explained by the fact that
she was in the habit of getting her letters
missiVes as We're not for the eves Of ber
parents were left elsewhere. For almost
a year she. had been receiving mail from
Mantel in all probability, in secret.
In the pocket of the dead man was found
card upon which was written Miss
Della Leslie, care of Miss Lizzie Keegan
1874 Powell street" To representative of
The Call Miss Keegan stated that 'Mfss
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-12-03
Independence of PORTUGAL.

Vasco da Cana Grove of the Ancient
United Order of Druids will on Sunday
night celebrate the two hundred and fifty
eighth anniversary of the independence Of
Portugal by an entertainment and ball in
Union-Square Hall.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-12-03

day booked at the City Prison on charges
of assault to murder. They are the men
who threw Guilermo Perata out of a Sec
ond-story window on Seventh street early
Wednesday morning and fractured his
skull. Perata is at the City and County
Hospital.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-12-03
Pierson Eclipse Expedition.

Charles Burckhalter of the Astronomical
Society of the Pacific lectured last even
ing to a large and appreciative audience
at the lecture hall of the Academy of
Sciences. His address was a general ac-
count of the Chabot -Pierson
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-12-03

Tint of mat and style of molding COM
bined 70 secure harmonious effect make
baaI,tifnI pictures of ordinary nrfnts.
Complete line of gold, tinted and Rem
brandt mats with frames to suit at San
born & Wallis, TAI Market street.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-12-03

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ing and purifying application for rashes irrfta-
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perspiration and many other sanative uses as
well as being the most effectual skin purifying
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-12-03
a ssault to Murder.

G. B. Calamari. Dominica Trento. G. b.
valerro and Peter Fitzpatrick, who were
arrested wednesday night, were yester-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-12-03
ri: = ADVERTISEMENTS.
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IN
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Wear old kid gloves with the finger
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For red, rough, Chapped or disco1-
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feverish palms, with shapeless nails
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-12-03

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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-12-03

The famous old JESSE MOORE WHISKY is
recommended by physicians for family and
medicinal use because 1t is pure.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-12-03
A SLAVE TO THE PUNCHING BAG,
Actress Minnie Packads Hobby the Cause Of Many Fines
for Missing Her Cue.

r in
of
had
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-12-03
flannel waists
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-14
AFRAID OF THE STATE
EXPRESS COMPANIES PUT STAMPS ON
BIOLOGISTS PACKAGES.
Quietly Attended to the Matter-Bus-
mess Men still Compelled to
Pay for Stamps.

State Geologist Blatchley found on his re-
turn to the city that the express compa-
MES had forestalled the courts action in
the suit to mandamus them to carry the of
fetal reports and aff1x revenue stamps to
the bills of lading While he was away the
companies took the packages from his Office,
affxing stamps to the bill of lading book
which he keeps Mr.. Blatchley says that he
understands the companies are carrying the
reports of the other officials on the same
terms. The suit is not to be decided until
September. Meantime the Commercial Club
has advised business men to pay for the
stamps en- their express receipts under pro-
test, on the theory that if the companies
are defeated the money can be recovered
from them, besides subjecting the compa-
MES to the penalties A number of business
men are following this advice, keeping an
account of all stamps they are required to
pay for.
The manner in which the express compa-
MES have come around" since the action
of the attorney general in bringing manda-
mus proceedings in the Superior Courts has
occasioned comment. The fact is noted that
while the companies are Fastening to affix
the stamp to all goods sent through their
offices by state officials, business men who
are in no position to put up a fight are
compelled to buy their stamps and pay cash
for them. 1t is understood now that the dis
trict attorney is preparing to bring an ac-
ton against the express companies for the
collection of penalties under the revenue
law. The law provides a penalty of $50 for
failure to affix the stamp.