The San Francisco call., 1898-03-16
He and Denny Oliver Want Satisfaction and
 Get 1t.
Two Young Fellows Meet With Unexpected Pun
 iShnent.
BOTH OF HIGH LINEAGE.
What Resulted From an Opprobrious Epithet Applied to George Kent
 Hooper.

Considerable whisky and a slight sense of offended dignity are the pri- mary causes that led the scions of two prominent and wealthy San Francisco families to the dungeon last night. Young Robert Hamilton and his friend and companion, D. J. Oliver, com monly known as Denny, the Duke" on account of his noble ancestry, he being a nephew of the late Marquis D. J. Oliver, wandered into the office of the Occidental Hotel some what the worse for dining.
 Staggering up to the desk they pro- ceeded to gaze at the register and were soon in an animated controversy as to whether there were one or two regis ters in front of them. Finally Hamil- ton, introducing himself to George Hooper, who was on watch at the time, appealed to him to settle the dispute. MT. Hooper told him there was but one register there. This did not seem to satisfy Hamilton and he started to ask a lot of questions, the tenor of which reflected strongly on the sanity of young Hooper.
 The latter gentleman, at last becom- ing tired of the nonsense, told the two young fellows to go about their busi- ness and leave him to attend to his This was more than the naughty son of the house of Hamilton could bear and, leaning over the desk, he conf dentially told MT. Hooper that, in his opinion, that gentleman was something exceedingly unpleasant, which statement was promptly an- swered by stinging slap on the face. Now, MT. Hooper is youth of slight physique, while Hamilton, the man whose face he slapped, tips the scales at considerably over 200 pounds and was furthermore assisted by the valor of his friend, the doughty Denny" whose courage has long since ceased to be a matter of question, therefore the bystanders held their breath to see what would happen next and they saw it.
 His eyes flaming with rage and his whole person swelling with the virus of the insult that had been put upon him, Hamilton took one step toward MT. Hooper, then stopped, and, vowing he would have satisfaction, rushed to the elevator, followed by his faithful Denny, bent on going to Major Hooper, Georgie'S father, and informing him that his naughty son had not played fair, but had hit Robbie Hamilton real hard in the face.
 The two valiant seekers for ven- geance found the major seated in his room, and, knocking at his door, forced themselves past him when he opened 1t and seated themselves on his lounge, where they introduced themselves and proceeded to unfold their tale of woe.
 You say my son slapped your face" said the major, when Hamilton had fin- ished. Well, aint you big enough to resent it? What kind of man are you anyway to come up here to me blubber- ing like a big calf? Go down and lick him. if you can, but get out of my room anyhow. You should be ashamed of yourself"
 The majors visitors, however, re- fused to take the hint and he was finally obliged to call a porter to throw them out of his apartments.
 They then went downstairs and were ordered out of the house, policeman escorting them. On the sidewalk they started to abuse the officer and a large crowd collected, which brought the major again on the scene.
 He settled the matter by ordering them both under arrest and sending his son down with them to the California street Police Station to prefer the charges. At the station they both re- fused to give their names, Oliver tell ing the sergeant he was a capitalist without @ country and Hamilton regis tering as Hansen, gold-seeker, of Dyea, Alaska. They were booked for using vulgar language and disturbing the peace and locked up in a cell with sev- eral other common drunks.
 In about an hour Hamilton's wife ar rived in a coupe and going up to the cage, roundly abused Oliver for lead ing her husband astray and then bailed her misguided better half out, leaving his companion to fare as best he might
 Hamilton finally softened her down and persuaded her to lend him $20, which he put up for the benefit of his henchman and the whole party left the prison, though it was noticed that Oli- yer took one way home and MT. and Mrs. Hamilton another Oliver was at one time clerk in the City Hall. He was finally discharged.
 The two young fellows have been making themselves obnoxious to the guests at the different hotels along Montgomery street for some time past