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The San Francisco call., 1898-03-29
VALUED LIFE AT LESS THAN TWO DOLLARS For That Sum Charles Gates Is Clubbed
 to Death. Joaquin Eslaba Calmly Confesses the Brutal
 Crime. ChoKed the Tamale Vender Before Beating In His
 Skull. THE VICTIM A CRIPPLE. Murderer Arrested While Trying to Make His Escape Across
 the Bay.
Choked the Tamale Vender
 Before Beating Tn His Skull.
THE VICTIM A CRIPPLE.
Murderer Arrested While Trying t' Make His Escape Across
 the Bay.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
 sos Broadway. March 2S.

The killing of Charles Gates, the crip- pied tamale maker, by Joaquin Eslaba was a brutal example of what bru- tai instinct is capable of. There does not appear to be a single suggestion of intelligence in the crime. It was planned coarsely, was carried out
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-29

coarsely and the murderer's attempts to hide the traces of crime were equally coarse.
 The crime was a horrible butchery- murder Is too dignified name for 1t. Never has such evidence of an insane desire to kill a fellow man been eX- posed in the Oakland Morgue as is presented by Gates. One-tenth of the blows showered on the old mans head by the piece of gas pipe would have been sufficient to cause death, but Es- laba wanted blood.
 As soon as Eslaba was arrested he began to confess and he has been con- fessing all day. lis official confes- sion was made to Prosecuting Attor- ney Malvin and is as follows:
 o 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 f 4 4 4 o ''I live at SO7 Market street, San
 Francisco"
 What is your occupation?" ''I was in the tamale business < there"
 Did you ever work for the man 4 that was murdered last night?' f
 No, 1 never did. We worked to-
 gether in San Francisco
 How did you come to go to the 4 murdered mans place of busi- ITO get a job"
 What took place after you got < there?'
 "yYe sat talking about the tamale 4 4 business, and about o'clock d man 4 + and woman came. I think the < 4 womans name Is Grace Galindo. 4 The man, I link, works In the 4 4 Macdonough building We were all 4 4 drinking. About 1:15 or 80 o'clock 4 4 the man and woman left. Gates ! 4 and I continued talking, and I 4
 asked him to leno me some money. < 4 He said business was poor and <
 that he could not let me have any < < money. He asked me why I did < 4 not go to the next corner and sell <, 4 tamales. TheT he said, Why don't < 4 you go back to your wife,? I said 4 ! I left her once and I would not go '
 back He then asked me about !
 some money tha- I once owed him. | I said 1 did not think it was right < < for him. to send bill for B 50 to 4 4 my boss. when l only owed him f
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-29
ST0cKT0N STEAMERS

Leave Pier No. 3. Washington St., at
 D. daily. FREIGHT RECEIVED UP TO 5:3o P NJ Accommodations reserved by telephone. The only line selling through tickets and giv- ing through freight rates to all points on the Valley Railroad.
 STEAMERS: T. c. WALKER, CITY OF STOCKTON. Telephone Main sos. Cal. Nav and Impt Co.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-29
The Unitarian Club.

ALAMEDA, March 2S.-The regular fortnightly meeting of the Unitarian Club will be held on Wednesday evening. Be- sides the musical feature of the proceed ings there will be paper read by Pro- in the Elementary Schools to be fol- lowed by discussion of the subject by those in attendance.
 Exchanged Shots.
 ALAMEDA, March 2S.-It is reported that a sharp fusillade took place last evening in a residence on Santa Clara avenue, near Willow street, in which an angry husband, an unwelcome young man and supposedly faithless wife were
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-29

Bottles are now being made of paper under a German patent. They are for use particularly on shipbeard. where heavy weather works havoc among glass re- ceptacles.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-12-01
A GOOD WITNESS.

DIR. Ruggles OF California, a member
of the State Board OF Health, must be
thanked for the kindly way in which
he has commented on our sanitary
conditions.
Whatever our political views are. We
are all agreed that our own Board of
Health has done superb work in the
past, and by its thorough knowledge OF
the situation, and aggravating energy,
has met successfully every threatened
invasion of disease Senator McCand-
less should admit that this opinion is
correct, even if his sensitive nature is
lacerated and his artesian wells of
sorrow squirt thirty feet from the
ground, because of the reckless Junk
citing trips taken by the board in
showing such men as DR.. Ruggles just
what we are doing.
As our Board of Health has only a
local reputation, and is unknown to
the public on the mainland, the testi-
mony of a disinterested party, capable
OF forming a sound judgment in the
matter is OF the highest value.
The unfortunate appearance of
typhoid fever among the troops has
naturally raised the question OF the
cause of it's prevalence. The doctors
have promptly taken the matter In
hand, and propose to make the most
thorough and scientific investigations
OF the history of the disease in these
Islands, and report the facts. DR.. Rug
gIes' statement that typhoid fever
cannot find Judgment, unless actually
encouraged, bred and nursed.' is very
positive.
The value of DR.. Ruggles' testimony
depends. of course, upon his ability to
sift out the evidence on the subject;
as he has not been able to personally
make psychological examinations.
He has, we are told, an excellent repu-
tation i'll California, and his testimony
as a state official will have force and
conviction that the testimony OF our
local physicians, highly reputable as
they are, will not have.
The bad sanitary conditions OF parts
of the city are well known. No one
disputes the fact. Good sanitary con-
ditions will be established before long.
Tt is we'll understood in the microbe
world, that Honolulu is not kindly
port. The microbes who have escaped
death from the Board of Health, have
n1aced a notice in the ship channel,
which can be read by all travelling
microbes in vessels: Don't come
ashore, mean place, no gentlemanly
treatment by Board of Health, try
some other place"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-12-01
ARE OTHER COUNTRIES.

Below is the sorrowful tale of "a
man without country" 1t must
sorely distress the souls Of our strug-
Cling jingoes that such an one was per-
mitted to exist, and in very unpa-
triotic way refuse 10 whoop it up for
one country only. The jingoes would
like, of course, TO suppress such stuff as
immoral literature" 1t is an alarm
ing symptom of the rapid decay of Am
ericanism when Mr.. Kipling's words
are permitted to enter the homes of
those who believe in only one country
In the dim dawnlight of the waking
world, when life in blindness
wrought,
And savage tribes in the uncleared
land for food and freedom fought;
There rose a singer among the clans,
in the glare of the desert sun,
And he found his home wherever he
strayed-for he knew that life is
One.
He dwelt with the tribes of the marsh
and moOr-he sat at the board of
kings;
He tasted the toll of the burdened
slave, and the joy that triumph
brings;
But whether to jungle or palace hall
or white-walled tent he came,
He was brother to king and soldier and
slave-his welcome was the same.
* = *
There has risen a singer out Of the
East, in the clatter and chatter and
strife;
The babble of markets and blur of
print-the turmoil men call Life.
He came to the task that was set for
him: and scarce was that work
begun
When he knew that the world is "a
building yet-and the power that
builds is One.
He knew by the spirits countersign
that Teuton and Celt and Greek,
Kafir and Pathan and Rajput king, the
self-same language speak.
Face to face he has talked with each
they have given him of their best,
He has made his home on the sea and
the land, and brought the East to
the West.
0 singer of men and the hearts OF men,
you have called the soul by name,
You have followed its path through
the changing world. 1t is not for
ever the same.
And whether you travel to Northern
SHOWS, or the Southern sea and
sun,
You will find, as you found in tine
ages past, that the heart of the
world is One.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-12-01
THE QUEENS HOSPITAL.

Judge Perry's decision in the matter
of the title TO the lands OF the Queen
Hospital is a serious one. It gives the
property to Colonel Rookie. The Judge
has shown strength Of character and
uncommon fearlessness in deciding the
case against the wishes and hopes OF
according to the law, as he under
stands il, and we applaud him for TAX
ing no thought of public opinion. The
case Will be appealed, and the decision
may be reversed If ii is, We shall all
be glad OF it. Let the law be supreme.
Should Colonel Rookie finally win,
we hear that he is disposed to make
very liberal settlement of the matter
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-12-01
SUGAR AND SCIENCE.

The transactions in the meeting OF
the Planters Association shows thai
they are in earnest in securing the
largest and most economical produc-
ton of sugar.
Their spirit and methods in contras,
with the spirit and methods of the
planters of Demerara, and CT the Brit
ish West Indies, is most commendable.
The West India planters have carefully
Stunned scientific methods, because
they have failed to grasp their value.
Each one has been his own scientist,
after the manner of the man who is his
own lawyer, and is, therefore, it is said
"a fool
The griit inventions in farming inn
plements, which have reduced the cost
OF produce, have not been made by the
farmers, but by those who were not
farmers So it has been proved by
students and writers on the subject.
The increased yields of produce in Ger
many, England and France have been
secured Through the scientific men,
and the experimental stations, con-
Quoted by scientific men. 1t is mat
ter OF common notoriety in the United
States that many millions Of dollars
have been utterly wasted in the ignor-
ant use of fertilizers by the American
farmers in following the rule, every
man his own scientist" The price Of
that great staple, cotton, in the States,
has fallen SO low that the press of the
Southern States declare that only
through the Investigations and in
structions of the experimental stations,
and the able agricultural scientists,
can cotton be made to pay.
The farmers of America planting ON
rich virgin soil, that yielded enormous |
returns, snapped their fingers at the |
"impracticable scholars, but when |
the soils gave out, they began to find |
out that their ignorance was appalling, |
to ask the scientists for help. The |
Germans only succeeded in competing |
with the French in the production of |
beet sugar, when they gave up their |
ridiculous and incOnsequential expert |
ments, and asked the scientists for |
light In their darkness. These "book-
men," as they were called, told them
how to carry up the percentage of SUI
gar in the beet, and the industry is, to-
day, the chief mainStay of the enor
nous German army.
1t is fortunate that our own plant
41,;c 1iGh O 1
example.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-12-01

OF the mind to recognize an Intelligent
locomotive Of energy.
The town is becoming metropolitan
when on the same evening it offers to
society two such high-class attractions
as the concert at Progress hall for this
evening and Nance O'Neil at the opera
house in Magda.
The little Chinese woman who has
been on trial in the Circuit Court for
two days on the charge Of murder in
the first degree in her manner could
teach a lesson to the most self-pos-
sessed and contained man that
walks
1t is due to Superintendent Buck to
say that the Government Electric
Light plant is still doing good service,
but the Interior Department is again
reminded that there is no use in shut
ting off the street lights on moonlight
nights. 4he moon is fckle.
AS General Hartweli, who has al
ways been an annexationist and is a
veteran of the Civil war has come out
with the suggestion that the hip hur-
ran Americanism is rather a political
humbug and an unreasoning creed, it
is supposed that he will be added by
the local conservators Of national pa
triotism to the list of enemies Of the |
and friends OF Spain.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-12-01
THE PASSING HOUR.

The Hawaii coffee planters must CO.
operate and economic in every way
to succeed and their plan to grow cane
on spare land is good business.
The Hawaiian Historical Society is
doing good solid and lasting work, but
it must introduce some popular feat
ures into it's meetings in order to at
tract and interest the multitude.
While individual enterprise in this
is carrying weights on the
safety value of activity, the Govern
ment is letting a few contracts for
public improvements.
The death of the soldier WardeN I'M
der the circumstances related else
where is doubly regretted as there is
likely to be indecent and harmful and
vicious gossip about it forever and a
day.
Young Mr.. Bruner, who has been do
ing such grand work on a road sys-
tenn for the Island of Hawaii ought to
have public recognition by the Hilo
Chamber of Commerce, if that body is
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-12-01
HOOD S PlilS Hoods sarsapariila. 25 &c
TOPICS
4 Paragon Of Excellence.

ALASKA IS attracting an
enormous amount of atten-
ton just now, and every line
of matter containing refer
enoe to it. is eagerly scanned
by thousands.
In view Of this, perhaps it
is not out Of place to mention
a few facts worth consider
ing.
1. The Alaska is con-
struoted upon strictly scien-
tific principals. by which low
temperature and dryness of
air are naturally and newt
ably obtained.
2. The Alaska has pre-
served fresh me ats perfectly
for three weeks IN the hot
test weather.
;. The Alaska produces
better results with less ice
than any other.
4. The Alaska possesses
the only provision chamber
free from odOr.
s. Between the outer and
inner walls there is an inch
an ] half space filled with
pure charcoal, and experience
extending over three and a
half years, has convinced
us t at the Alaska is without
doubt, the best REFRIGERATOR
IN the market, in Construc-
ton, in power to rres rye
pe1iShable goods. in economy
Of ice, and in fact, in all
points necessary TO make
hem first class in every re-
SpeCt.
We have them in several
sizes, at from SI5 to S2S and
also keep the Alaska Ice
Chests.
Call and examine at
The H0U0i0D H0IdV0Ie CA.
3O7 FORT ST.
RI. MAY g. CO.,
wholesale 0ld Reloi| GToce|S
= 50 FORT STREET. =
% p. o. Box. 40.
LEWIS g. CO..
Wholesale 0nd Retol GToceIS
III FORT STREET.
240 P. o. Box. 80.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-12-01

Try Pineapple Sherbet Ice Cream
at the NEW ENGLAND BAKERY.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-12-01
THE REMEDY IS

Disinfectine, a preparation that is
powerful and cheap.
No danger about using it, can be OBJ
tanned at our store in bottles at TWEEN
ty-five cents and upwards
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-22
An OPERATION IN FINANCE.

g., 1c sah. thin man with gold-rimmed specs
n0 writes of stocks and bonds and
shares,
uu seus Us when quotations vex
=. len Who are bulls or who are bears.
zane In and leaned against my wall
ana promised me that he'd reveal
AtlWould listen to him, all
ne secrets OF q famous deal.
Was. he said. the nost.immense
AIansaction ever known to him
ltnough Its dollars and its cents
I'm Yolume) were extremely slim:
The Santa Fe and Erie sales
ne Diamond Match. the Alley L,
ese very tame and tiresoue tales
- @oMpared with this which he would tell
ana then. although never read
Ills anecdotes of pork and wheat
ma mining stocks. and though, indeed,
ny ignorance il quite complete
Svacstuan8 rate per cent. and price
And foreign purchase ard demand,
uHoefStO0d him in a trice
ana smiled on him and grasped his hand
0ecause l. toe. had felt that thrill
VI keen delight and pride and joy,
which no man knows or feels until.
With penny tightly clutched, his boy
NJ TWO or thereabouts has gone
A valiant as an emperor
&Ihough unattended ard alone)
~ 70 patronixe The candy store.
s Il Chicago Record.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-22
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Bishop Joyce writes In most en-.
thusiastic way concerning Methodist
missionary work in Corea.
The church in which Henry Ward
BeeSher preached his first sermon is be.
ing torn down at Clairmcnt, near Bata-
via. o. 1t has been used as livery
stable for 80 years.
AT the thirty-eighth session of the
Des Moines conference resolution was
passed calling attention to the rumors
of the existence of destructive criticism
in onr theological schools and demand
ing an inquiry into the same.
Two hundred Lutherine pastors
Of the Baltic provinces who had been
charged with administering Lutherine
baptism to the children of Lutherine
fathers and mothers who had married
members of the Greek church, have been
granted a full pardon by the car.
Miss Mary Raymond, a member of
the Epiphany Baptist church, New
York, in 1924 deposited $26.55 in bank,
intending the money to be used for the
education Of heather children. 1t was
only withdrawn this year and paid into
the treasury of the Missionary union.
1t has grown to SLIT.
A medical service was recently held
at st. Paurs cathedral, London. The
archbishop of York preached the SER
mon. The service, which was held in the
evening, was largely attended by the
medical men of London, all wearing
academical costume and accompanied
by the ladies of their families.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-22
HUMOROUS

--Actor-"Now the plot thickens.n
Voice from the Audience-'That's good;
it has been pretty thin so far."-Tit-
Bits.
1t is always surprising what people
get into exclusive secret orders when
they move to a strange town.-Washing-
ton Democrat.
-"Pa, what is the difference between
q violinist and fiddler?" Pa-"Anywhere
from one to five thousand a year. Dos
ton Transcript.
When a number Of women emerge
from q store together, one of them al
ways says to the others: "Now where
are you going?"-Atchizon Globe.
why is it, Pat. that so many Irish
men are democrats?" Faith, / don't
know. unless it's because so many demo-
Gratis are Irish."-Cleveland Leader.
-Boarder-"This chicken soup seems
to be rather weak" Landlady-.I don't
see why; / told the cook how to make it,
but perhaps she didn't catch the idea" !"
Boarder-"Perhaps she didn't catch the
chicken" Chicago News.
-Unsportsmanlike.- hyahs tell
dat football is a pow'ful rough game" !"
said Miss Miami Brown. "'Deed 'tis." !"
replied Erastus Pinkley. "Dey's gettin'
SO dey ain satisfied wifi buttin' haids
like gemmen; de las game wus in dey
got to kickin' shins!'-Washingt
Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-22
M.sic Hath Charms.

A couple of sailors, returning from
q long voyage. strolled into the bar
parlor of public house near the docks.
Above the rumble of the traffic in the
street could be heard at intervals a
harsh, unmusical voice. After listen-
ing intently a moment one of the sail
ors turned to his companion and said:
"Eh, Jack, lad; lisa long time since
we heard that song"
"What song?"
"The one that fellows singing in the
street.-The Light of Other Days.
"Stow it," calculated the other. gruf-
fly. THAT fellow amt singing The
Light Of Other Days at all. man. I've
been listening to him. He's a-piping
The Banks of Allan Water"
Each sailor was certain he was right
and. with characteristic contemp: fol
money, wager was made-a months
wages depending on the result.
Here, Tommy" cried out one Of
the men to the little son of the land
lord; run out and get to know what
that fellows singing"
Tommy departed on his errand
which did not take many minutes.
"Well," demanded Jack, when TIL,
youngster returned. (which of us il
right?"
"Naythur," replied Tommy. grin
ming. "The feller's not singing. He
hawking fiy-papers!" = London An
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-22
TRAPPED WITH euckwnEAT.
Bears I'm Maine Are the Victims OF
Many Kinds Of Had Luck.

Many Kinds Of Had Luck.
The total failure of the beechput crop
has brought the Maine bears to the
verge of starvation, so that many sly
old animals are coming out to the clear
ings and getting shot while looking for
something to eat. Ben Kingsbury. who
lives in Tilden village, lost four sheep
lately from pen attached to his house,
and the tracks in the yard showed plain
~ that bear had committed the deed.
Last week a two-year-old cub was shot
and killed among kshavings and rot
ting timbers Of - abandoned shipyard
in Bucksport vtllsges the bear having
gone there tospiek the fat grub worms
from the deayihko6d. Two bears
went into asdeserted camp near Nor
cross. and in gnawing the spilled fat
from the floor closed the door and were
compelled to stay there until they
starved to death. Louis rancis, an In
dian, found their bodies last week and
was angry at the county treasurer be-
cause he could not collect the bounties.
Jack Gilpatrick, an aged bear
hunter, who occupies a camp on
this side Of Chicks hill, in
this town, gave up the hunt and
took in his traps a month ago and went
to shooting and poisoning bobcats be-
cause he could find no bears. Late in
October he went out for more wildcats,
and in passing through a beech wood
saw recent traces of bear that had
been scratching up the fallen leaves
and eating what few beechnuts of last
years crop he could find. The next
day Jack went down to the store and
bought a bushel Of a new kind of buck
wheat, which had large kernel. A
grain of buckwheat bears the same re-
Iation to a becchnut that SNOWFALL
does to satellite; they are shaped
alike. but one is infinitely larger than
the other. But Jack boiled his buck
wheat all right, and when he spread
it among the beech trees the next
morning a bear that wore magnifying
glasses might possibly mistake it for
beechnuts. Some hunters came along
while Jack was setting his bear traps
among the buck~heat and covering
them with leaves, and when they saw
what he was doing made fun Of him
and told about him at the post Office.
SO that everybody heard of it, and the
story got into the newspapers.
Two days later Jack took big fat
hear to Bangor and sold it for $50. Since
then he has caught two smaller bears
from the same lot, and is looking for
more. As the bushel OF buckwheat cost
but Is cents, Jack thinks it was good
investment.-N.Y Y. Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-22

Sohouse vas nag aptain to Admiral
Sir. larry Hosham when Napoleon sur
ren eeed to The English, and dined with
hirdE d the day he embarked on the
Bel lknephon He describes the EN-.
pe1f thus n = letter to his wife, late.
IL 6ublishaE Napoleon is very i'll
nS12; he il thort, with big head, the
hapds and h b are small, and his stom-
ac projechEin front. His coat is very
sh1ft at tAe back. which makes him
LOO 1idieul0is. Ills profile is good and
Ills his pictures and busts, but his full
faees h not beautiful. His eyes are
Ii ht blue. asith light yellow tint on
til iris. They are heavy and quite diff
fe$ent fron wis. thought; his teeth
an bad Bet the expression of his face
isl vsriabk and shows strikingly the
liscly and iverse passions of his mind.
Al dime s fsce expresses great hui
m.r, then udd. My darkens, and sad,
p netra in looS shows the character
q the th.ugh' that possesses him.
1e spe y fas, and passes from one
$h3ect . ano.her very rapidly. His
uewt'e sees extensive and diversi-
ed, am e we surprised at his famil-
t-ity IN a. kinds of men in Eng
nd. 0nics Inter Ocean.