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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-11-04

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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-11-04

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HARD TO KEEP OUT.
Chinese snealsing Into the United States
 Through Mexico.

Chinese snealeing Into the United States
 Through Mexico.
 San Diego, Gal, Nov 25.-Evidently another move is on foot for the unlaw- ful importation of Chinese into this country from Mexican territory. Tues day Customs Inspector Wadheim of Tia Juana, caught two more Chinese just this side of the boundary line, trying to sneak into this country. Ex.Collector Fish is authority for the statement that from 300 to 800 Chinese get into this city every year from below the line with out detection. The government does not allow sufficient men to patrol the boundary line, and 1t is therefore impos- sible to capture every Chinese that tries to cross. The country is fairly easy to travel anywhere along the line, and a shrewd Chinaman need have no fear of being caught
 It is said that the Chinese get into Mexico by steamer, some by transship- ping at San Francisco, without landing, and others who cross the Pacific into Central and Southen America and work their way up.
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william Shaw Convicted.

St. Louis, Nov, 25 William Shaw, charged with coin sweat.n-, has been convicted by the United otates district court. He will be heavily fined and re- ceive a sentence of five years imprison- ment. The case was one of the most famous ever tried i'll the United States court and has attracted attention ill gov ernment circles throughout the entire country on account of the many possibil- ties for swindling that the full operation of the scheme worked by Shaw invol- ved. James Wilcox an accompliee who said he came from Indianapolis, turned state's evidence and it was on his testi- mony that Shaw was convicted.
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| altE G&0 weeds in every- body's garden, and no garden was ever plant ed in W hic h weeds did not insolently pre- 6 sent thcm- selves. They come without invitation and , without a wei come. If you recognize them as weeds and If you have sense enough to know that weeds chok e flow CTS and pull the weeds up, root a II d b ra il c Il you will save the flowers.
 T h ere arc weeds in the
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Orders Six New Vessels.

Glasgow, Nov. 2b.-The Herald of this city says an American steamship line has ordered six Atlantic twin screw
 liners, two of Hawthorne 6 Leslie of Newcastle and four of the Clyde Bank Shipbuilding company. It is added that they are intended for the Belgian Amer ican service, and they will fly the red star flag. The vessels to be built at Newcastle are, it appears, to be cargo boats 530 feet long, and the other four are to be passenger ships 56o feet long.
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Denied a Transfer.

Jefferson City, Mo, Nov. 25.-The supreme court en bano has denied the motion of the Pacific Express company for transfer of the case against it re- garding the payment of the war revenue stamps to the Federal court. In the motion the defendant claimed that as the proceeding was to determine the construction of Federal statute the United States court had original juris- diction. The attorney for the company filed their bill of exceptions to the rul. ing of the supreme court and the case will probably be appealed to the Federal cn11rt
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HEAVY LOGS IN THE
 BALDWIN HOTEL FIRE.
Tho Insurance Is Only A Mite Compared to the cost-Number of Victims
 Still Unknown.

San Francisco, Nov. 26 A careful estimate of the loss by the Baldwin ho- tel fire places the total amount at $1,- 900, GOO, on which at the outside there was not over S15o, 900 insurance. The insurance of $50, GOO carried on the ho- tel was ridiculously small. The reason for this lay in the high rate charged and the fact that the underwriters did not care to carry large line on building built of wood and brick, with no brick dividing the wall, and but one outside wall of brick. The insurance on the l stocks of goods in the burned structure and the store fittings amounts to $72,- 250.
 The victims as far as known are : J. l.. White capitalist, residing at the hotel 1; Lewis Meyers, secretary of the La Tuya Bay Gold Mining company; John J. Carter, associate judge at the California Jockey club; Tate Pryor, sheet writer for J. J. Carroll.
 The missing are J, M. Lithead, purser of the City of Sydney; Mr Andrews, cashier of the Baldwin grotto; w. w. Benehley, an employeof the grill room.
 The injured are: Simon Seymour, se- verely bruised; James Collan, hand cut badly; Charles Lowe, scalp and hand cut; Bridget Mitchell, broken ankle.
 In the list of missing persons, the two ehambermaids and Tate Pryor have | been accounted for. Mrs. Andrews and two children, guests at the hotel, have not been seen since the fire and their names have been added to the list of missing.
 It will be some time before an accurate list can be obtained as it is impossible to make search of the burning ruins at present.
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health garden of many man and woman. The doctors call them disease germs. If you have sense enough to distinguish them from the flowers of health and root them out, you will be robust, healthy and happy. The most dangerous of all the weeds ill the flower garden of health is that deadly creeper consumption.
 There has never been but one medicine that would choke out this weed, root and all That medicine is Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It acts directly on the lungs through the blood, driving out all impurities and disease germs, and uilding up new and healthy tissue. 1t restores the lost appetite, makes digestion and assiini- lation perfect, invigorates the liver, puri- fes the blood and fills 1t with the life-g -giv- ing clements of the food and tones and builds mp the nerves. It sustains the &C., ton of the heart and deepens the breath ing, supplying the blood with life giving oxygen. Medicine dealers sell it.
 "A doctor, who is considered an expert on lung troubles told me had consumption and could not live long, " writes Mrs. James Gatieid, v Mary Street, Hamilton, Ont., Can. Three bottles of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cured me completely
 Free. Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Med- ica1 Adviser. Send q one-cent stamps to cover mailing only for paper-bound copy. Cloth bound 3I cents. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce. Buffalo. N. Y.
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Opposed to Expansion.

Washington, Nov. 25 Andrew Car negie is quoted as saying the following as he left the White House where he had all interview with the president:
 "Colonial possessions will weaken rather than strengthen this country. We go out of our way in search of trouble. Why not go on as we have, prospering, and at peace with the world ? am bitterly opposed to the whole pro- grammo, and can say no more. 7
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Rough Riders, Aion Recovered.

Phoenix, A. T, Nov. 25. Captain Bob Brow, of Prescott, has located the noun tain lion Josephine, which was taken through the Cuban campaign by the Roosevelt rough riders. The animal has been missing since it reached Chicago, en route to Arizona, and the Pinkerton detectives have been at work on the case with the result that Josephine was found few days ago in Indian Territory. The lion will be shipped to Arizona.
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Convention Masonic Templars of America. Hot Springs. Ark, Nov. 29 to Dec. 6; one fare for round trip. S3 65. Dates of sale Nov. 26, 27 and es inclusive; return limit, Dec. 10.
 Farmers National Congress. Fort Worth, Es Texas, Dec. to 14 one fare for round trip Sf290 Dates of sale Dec. and 5; return limit 21 days from date of sale.ss White River Conference M. E. Church South, Clarendon, Dec. to T; rate of one and one- third fare for round trip ion certificate plan. Dates of sale Nov. 28 10 Dec, inclu- sive; return limit. Dec. 10. EzI Please remember that the Cotton Belt Route is now prepared to name Winter Tourist Rates to the Southeast, for the season 1s9S-99.
 Also Holiday Excursion rates to the South east, the rate to be one fare for the round trip. Dates of sale Dec. 20 to 21: return limit 50 days from date of sale, Tri-State Medical Association Meeting, Mem. pnis, Tenn, Dec. 20 to g. For this occasion the Cotton Belt Route will sell tickets at one and one-t third fare for the round trip Tickets on sale Dec. 19 to 22. return limit Dec. 26
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CHAPTER VI.
The Sheriff.

SECTION 1. The Sheriff shall be elected by the people, and he shall hold office for two years. He shall receive an annual salary of eight thousand dol lars, which shall be in full compensa- ton for all official services required of him by law; but said salary shall be exclusive of the compensation received by him from the State for the delivery of prisoners to the State prisons, and insane persons to the State asylums for the insane. He shall have all the pow CTS conferred, and shall discharge all the duties imposed upon, the Sheriffs of counties by the general laws of this State.
 Sec 2 He may appoint the follow ing deputies and employees, who shall each respectively receive the following annual salaries:
 One Under Sheriff, twenty-four hun dred dollars; one Attorney, eighteen hundred dollars; one Chief Bookkeeper, eighteen hundred dollars; two Assistant Bcokkeepers, fifteen hundred dollars; ten Office Deputies, fifteen hundred dol lars; fourteen Bailiffs, twelve hundred dollars: one Chief Jailer at Branch Jail Number One, eighteen hundred dollars; ten Jailers at Branch Jail Number One, twelve hundred dollars; one Superin- tendent of Branch Jails Numbers Two and Three, eighteen hundred dollars; sixteen Guards at Branch Jail Number Two, six hundred dollars; one Matron at Branch Jail Number Three. nine hundred dollars; six Guards at Branch Jail Number Three, six hundred dol lars; one Commissary to act for all jails, fifteen hundred dollars: one Driver of Van, nine hundred dollars; and one Bookkeeper, for all said Branch Jails, fifteen hundred dollars.
 Sec. 3. The Sheriff may designate the services to be performed by his depu- ties
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CHAPTER V.
The County Clerk.

SECTION l. The County Clerk shall be elected by the people and shall hold office for two years. He shall have all the powers conferred, and shall dis charge all the duties imposed upon, the County Clerks of counties by the gen. eral laws of this State, and in addition thereto shall attend and act as Clerk of the Police Court. keep the dockets and registers thereof, and take charge of and safely keep all books, papers and records which may be filed or deposited in his office pertaining to the Police Court. He shall receive an annual sal ary of four thousand dollars.
 Sec. 9 To aid him in the discharge of his official duties, the County Clerk may appoint Chief Register Clerk, who shall receive an annual salary of twenty-four hundred dollars; a Cash fer, who shall receive an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars; twelve Courtroom Clerks for the Superior Court who shall each receive an an- nual salary of fifteen hundred dol lars; five Register Clerks, who shall each receive an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars; ten As sistant Register Clerks, who shall each receive an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars; sixteen Copy ists, who shall each receive an annual salary of twelve hundred dollars; and four Clerks for the Police Court, who shall each receive an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars.
 Sec. 8. For copies of papers furnish ed and certified by him, he shall charge not more than eight cents for each one hundred words. For certifying copies which are not prepared by him, he shall be entitled to charge twenty-five cents. and also forty cents an hour fo1 the time exceeding one hour necessarily occupied in comparing such copies. He must certify all papers presented tc him which are copies of any document paper or record. or portions thereof. ir biS cI1ctOdy
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CHAPTER Tx.
The San Francisco Law Library.

SECTION l. The Supervisors must provide, fit up and furnish, with fuel,
 lights, stationery, and all necessary conVenlences, attendants and care, rooms convenient and accessible to the Judges and officers of the courts and of the municipal government sufficient for the use and accommodation of the San francisco Law Library, established under an Act of the Legislature of this state entitled: An Act to provide for increasing the Law Library of the cor poratlon known as the San Francisco Law Library, and to secure the use of the same to the Courts held at San Francisco, the Bar, the City and Coun- ty Government and the People of the City and County of San Francisco" ap- proved March 9th, 1870. The Supervis- ors must appropriate. allow, and order paid out of the proper fund such sums
 as may be necessary for the purposes aforesaid; and all sums lawfully ap- propriated and expended pursuant hereto shall be paid out of the proper fund on demands duly audited, in the mode prescribed by this Charter for auditing other demands upon the treas ury. The County Clerk must pay monthly to the Treasurer of the San Francisco Law Library such moneys as he shall collect under the Act referred to for the benefit of said Law Library.
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Sec. 15. The Police Judges shall adopt all necessary rules and regula- tions for conducting the business of the Court.
 Sec. 16. No attorney shall appear in said Court to prosecute or defend per- sons charged with offenses unless at the time of his appearance he be quali- ned to practice law in all the courts of this State
 Sec. 17. The term of office of the Po- lice Judges elected at the general cleo tlon held in the year eighteen hundred and nnety-eight shall terminate at the hour Of noon on the first Monday after the first day of January in the year nineteen hundred, and they shall at said time be succeeded by the Police Judges provided for in this Chapter: and all proceedings pending in said Court shall be transferred to the Police Court created under this Charter. and the Judges elected as herein provided shall have and obtain Jurisdiction of the same.
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c,acations and drawings shall b'

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 delivered to the contractor; ,+,o,
 Al inc same time with the execution of the contract the contractor Sha1 eA- ecute to the City and county & gnu 9e liver to the Secretary of the Board d hond in the sum named in the notice for nronosaIs. with two or more suin- oienf si1reties to be approved py the
 Roard or shall deposit with the oecre- tary a certified check upon sotaS e SJ tho
 vent bank for said amount 1o! lue faithful performance oI .ne +nen law
 No surety on any bond, otner ei.am rd r1ies fully authorized surety cohipaLiies' shall he taken unless he snail De q payer of taxes on real propelly nS assessed value of which, ovei i, above all membranes, IS equa ,ds amount to his liabilities on all poIius on which he may be security to the | City and County; and eacn suleey HEY shall justify and make an a1noavlt IhOa | which a form shall be printed upoiI said bond), signed by him, l,i.a,,1 lnds rto
 assessed upon the last AssessaiIis ., his Book of the City and County III HIS own name for real property in an amount greater than his liaolllty oil r;tt, aI | bonds on which he is surety to the Olly | and County, and that the taAes 6a H such property so assessed are not oe | linGuent. .h +,roa
 within which the work shall be coIu- menced, and when to be completen, as
 was specified in the notice inviting plo- 1 posals therefor Upon the recofnihe.-. | dation of the Board the Supervisors may extend said time; but in no event shall the time for the performance oI said contract be extended by the Su-
 pervisors more than ninety days pc yond the time originally fixed TOT lts completion; but, on the unanlil'@us us
 recommendation of the Board of Pupiic | Works, a further extension may pS
 granted by vote of fourteen members of the Board of Supervisors. In case CT | failure on the part of the contractor | to complete his contract within tue | time fixed in the contract, or within | such extension of said time as is hereln provided, his contract shall De Yolu, | and the Supervisors shall not pay or | allow to him any compensation for any
 work done by him under said contract
 and in the case of the improvement or streets, no assessment shall be maoe l for the work done under sald contract | Sec. P. The work in this Artlcle pre- | vided for must be done under the dl-
 rection and to the satisfaction of the Board of Public Works; and the mater | ials used must be in accordance Wlln | the specifications and be to the satlS- faction of said Board, and all contracts | provided for in this Article must con, | tain a provision to that eHect, ana l also, that in no case, except where IL
 is otherwise provided in this Charter.
 will the City and County, or any de-
 partment or officer thereof, be liable | for any portion of the expense, or Tn
 the case of improvement of streets, | for any delinquency of persons or
 property assessed.
 When said work shall have been
 completed to the satisfaction and ac-
 ceptance of the Board, it shall so de-
 clare by resolution, and thereupon the Board shall deliver to the contractor l a certificate to that effect.
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CHAPTER VIII.
The Police Court.

SECTION 1. There is hereby created and established in and for the City and County of San Francisco a Court to be known as the Police Court of the City and County of San Francisco. Said Court shall consist of four Judges, who shall be elected by the people and hold office for four years. They shall each receive an annual salary of thirty six hundred dollars. They shall be electors of the City and County at the time of their election, and must have been such for at least five years next preceding such time. No person shall be eligible to the office of Judge of the Police Court who is not at the time of his elec- tion qualified to practice in all the Courts of this State, and who has not been so qualified for at least five years next preceding his election. The Court shall be divided into departments known as Department Number One, Department Number Two, Depart ment Number Three and Department Court may hold as many sessions of the Court at the same time as there are Judges thereof. The Judges who shall be elected at the first election under this Charter shall so classify them selves by lot that two of them shall go out of office in two years and two of them in four years.
 
 Presiding Judge who shall serve for one year. The Presiding Judge shall as- sign the Judges to their respective de- partments; but any of the Judges may preside in any of the departments in the absence or inability of the Judge regularly assigned thereto.
 The judgments. orders and proceed ings of any session of the Court held by any one or more of the Judges shall be equally effectual as if all the Judoes had presided at such session.
 Sec. 2. The Police Court of the City and County of San Francisco shall have:
 First-Exclusive Jurisdiction of all prosecutions for the violation of or dinances of the Board of Supervisors.
 Second-Concurrent Jurisdiction with the Superior Court of all other misde- meanors and of the examination of all feionies committed in the City and County.
 Third-Said Court, or any Judge thereof, shall have the same powers in all criminal actions, cases, examina- tions and proceedings as are now or
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CHAPTER III.
The District Attorney.

SECTION 1. The District Attorney shall be elected by the people and shall hold office for two years. He shall be an elector of the City and County and must at the time of his election be qualified to practice in all the courts of this State, and must have been so qualified for ;-t least five years next preceding his election. He shall re- ceive an annual salary of five thou sand dollars.
 Sec. 2. The District Attorney shall have all the powers conferred, and shall discharge all the duties imposed upon. the District Attorneys of coun- ties by the general laws of this State. and in addition thereto shall attend. in- stitute and conduct on behalf of the people. all prosecutions cognizable in the Police Court of the City and County. He shall draw all complaints and warrants in said Police Court. prosecute all forfeited recognizances therein, and all actions for the recovery of fines, penalties, and forfeitures &C., cruing to the City and County; deliver receipts for money or property received in his official capacity, and file dupli- cates therefor with the County Treas urer; file with the Auditor on the first Mondays of January. April. July and October in each year, an iternized statement under oath showing all moneys received by him in his official Cdpdcily uuTlT~ the preceding three months: keep a register of his official business in which must be entered a note Of every action. whether criminal or civil. prosecuted officially by him. and of the proceedings therein: and give, when required without fee. ad- vice to the Board of Police Commits sioners. the Chief of Police, the Board of Health and the Coroner, upon mat ters relating to the duties of their re- spective offices.
 Sec. 3. He may appoint seven Assist ant District Attorneys to aid him in the discharge of his official duties. three of whom shall act as prosecutors in the Superior Court. and shall each receive an annual salary of thirty-six hundred dollars. and four of whom shall act as the prosecuting attorneys of the Police Court. and shall each receive an annual salary of twenty-four hundred dollars. When any of the assistants of the Dis trict Attorney acting as such prosecut- ing attorneys in the Police Court are not actually engaged in work connected with prosecutions therein. they shall be at the call of the District Attorney for any service connected with his depart nent. The assistants must each. at the time of his appointment. be qualified to practice in All the courts of this State. and must have been so qualified for at le"st two years next preceding his ap- pointment. The District Attorney may also appoint one chief clerk. who shall
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his custody and safely keep all books, records. maps and papers deposited in his office. Upon demand and payment of the fees prescribed therefor by law or by ordinance, he must furnish to any one applying therefor copy Of any such book. record, map or paper certified under the hand and seal Of his office. When any papers are presented for filing or recording, he or his depu- ties shall write on the margln or each paper so presented the number offollos, the amount pau for recording the same, and shall number consecutively all instruments and documents filed in his office. He shall also perform all other duties at the time and in the manner prescribed by the general laws of the State.
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CHAPTER W.
The Public Administrator.

SECTION 1. The Public Administra- tor shall be elected by the people, and he shall hold office for two years. He shall have all the powers conferred, and shall discharge all the duties imposed upon, the Public Administrators of counties by the general laws of this State. except as in this Charter other wise specifically provided. He shall be entitled to all such fees as may be al- lowed by law to the Public Administra- tors of the counties of the State in full compensation for all his services.
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receive an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars; one assistant clerk. who shall receive an annual salary of twelve hundred dollars; and one sten- ographer and typewriter who shall re- ceive an annual salary of nine hundred dollars.
 Sec. 4. The District Attorney may. In the name of the City and County, bid for and purchase property at execution sales under judgments for the recovery of fines, penalties or forfeitures accru- ing to the Citv and County.