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The San Francisco call., 1898-10-12
ADVERTISEMENTS.
ADVERTISEMENTS. SENT FREE TO MEN The State Medical Institute Discovers 8 Remarkable Remedy for Lost
 Vigor.
ARE SENDING FREE A TRIAL PACKAGE
 TO ALL WHO WRITE.

Free samples of a most remarkable remedy are being distributed by the State Medical Institute, Fort Wayne, Ind; It cured so many men who had battled for years against the mental and physical suffering of lost manhood that the insti- tute has decided to distribute free trial packages to all who write. It Is home treatment and all men who suffer with any form of sexual weakne-1 resulting from youthful folly, premature loss or strength and memory, weak back, Var1co- cele, or cancellation of parts can now cure themselves at home.
 The remedy has a peculiarly grateful effect of warmth and seems to act direct to the desired location, giving strength and development just where 1t is needed, It cures all the ills and troubles that come from years of misuse of the natural functions and has been an absolute suc cess in all cases. A request to the State Medical Institute 193 First National Bank Building, Fort Wayne. Ind, stating that you desire one of their free trial pack ages will be compiled with. The institute is desirous of reaching that great class of men who are unable to leave home to be treated and the free sample will en- able them to see how easy 1t is to be cured of sexual weakness when the proper remedies are employed. The in stftute makes no restrictions. Any man who writes will be sent a free sample, carefully sealed in a plain package so that its recipient need have no fear of embarrassment or publicity. Readers are requested to write without delay.
The San Francisco call., 1898-10-12
JOSEPH BALCER MISSING.
He Entered Saloon and Has Never
 Been Seen Since.

The officers of the Eureka Society for the Protection of Children are tnveStigat- ing a peculiar case in which a married man disappeared in a mysterious manner on the 18th ut. The mans name is Jo- seph BaIcer, whose family, consisting of a wife and two little children, live at , Hanover place. On the date mentioned he and his wife were walking along Mar ket street, near Sixth, and he complained of not feeling well. Excuse me for minute" said he, 1T will return and over take you a little further down the street: Balcer passed into a saloon and that is the last the wife has seen of him. She went back to the saloon and inquired for her husband. but no one had noticed him enter.
 Balcer worked in a canning and pack ing company and was well thought of. It is believed that he did not have much money when last seen.
 The wife cannot account for his strange disappearance. She said that there was nothing in the home life nor in his busi- ness affairs that she knew of that would cause him to leave so suddenly. The be- lief is that something was the matter with his mind. Mrs. Balcer Is nearly dis tracted and not in a position to carry the search any further, so she applied to the society for help.
The San Francisco call., 1898-10-12
ALL ABOUT FIGHTERS.
Spider Kelly and Fred Muller Have Been Matched by the
 Western Club.

The directors of the Merchants Ath- Ietic Club are figuring on great contest this evening for the welter-weight cham pionship between Al Neil and Young Fitzsirnmons, who will box eight rounds at the clubs monthly entertainment The wrestling match between Steve Vicini and Maurice Lea should also prove very inter esting, as the athletes are well versed ln 
 The Western Athletic Club will give It's next fistfc show on November IS. Spider Kelly and Fred Muller were matched yes terday to box twenty rounds, and Jock ev'' Maynard and Kid McFadden have been also matched to box twelve rounds. It will be remembered that Maynard de feated McFadden at Woodward s Pavilion not very long ago fin a ten-round contest. The referee awarded to him a favorable decision because he scored the greater number of points.
 The Excelsior Club is in correspond ence with Gus Ruhling, and according to President Kennedy the prospects or a match between Ruhling and Joe Kennedy, the heavyweight who defeated Stelzner recently are very favorable. The club intended to match Jack Bonner against Kennedy. but as Bonner is at best only a strong middle-weight, the directors thought a contest between Ruhling and Kennedy would be a much better drawing card. Doubtless Professor Watson will take Kennedy in charge.
 Tom O 'RouTke has written to a friend in this city that he will start for the West some time in the latter part of November. He expects to arrange match between Pulto, the Australian, and Dixon in this nit
The San Francisco call., 1898-10-12
BODY FOUND WITH A
 SHOT IN THE HEAD
AN UNKNOWN MAN WHO MAY
 HAVE BEEN MURDERED.
More Probable That It Is a Case of Suicide Committed at the
 Waters Edge
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,

Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
 sos Broadway, Oct. Il.
 This morning the body of a man was found in the bay about half way down the broad gauge mole. The deceased Is of middle age and very heavy build, and the mystery of his death is greatly added to by the fact that he had been killed by bullet wound. No one has yet identified the remains, which are at the Morgue and where an inquest will be held tomorrow evening.
 The body is apparently that of a for eigner, either German or French. The face is full and there Is semi military mustache. dark brown in color, and the head is almost entirely bald, with the eA- Ception of d little dark hair over the ears The deceased wore cheap pepper ana
 Coroner Baldwin on examining the re- mains could not determine whether death resulted from drowning or from the bull let wound in the head. He is strongly inclined to believe that death was caused by the shot. as the bullet entered over the right ear and came out through the middle of the crown of the head. " hen the body was found the wounds appeared to be fresh and the deceased had not been long in the water.
 In the pockets was found gold filled watch with a cheap chain and gold monds and rubies. In one of the trousers pockets was. found an envelope Of Shreve, Barber SS Co. of San Francisco. w hen this firm was communicated with they could throw no light on the matter ex- cept to say that yesterday a man called at the store and after purchasing a re- volver, asked to have the weapon loaded. The request was denied, 1t being against the rules of the house.
 About a year ago Philip Lamoreau, a member of the firm of Remillard Com pany, went to the extreme end of Frank lin street wharf and shot himself through the head It was believed at the time that his idea for choosing such a peculiar place was that as soon as the shot took effect he would fall into the water and His corpse however fell onto the wharf, where 1t was found, and it is prob able that in the he; case of the man found though there is nothing to show that the man was not murdered and thrown over o0a6G m m heT9 %S 465ng t6 ,d id ms P6Gke5 IFS nsed 10 assist in idantifNing him
The San Francisco call., 1898-10-12

About a year and a half ago I stopped drinking coffee and took Pos tum Food Coffee, and after a few fail ures because of improper cooking, final ly had 1t made strictly according to directions (which is easy), and found it of such charming flavor that I have kept up it's use ever since.
 Strange as it may appear, the rheu- matism disappeared entirely, and I have not had a single attack since. Moreover, my family have all taken on some good substantial flesh, so that we feel Postum is not only 9 delicious drink in the taste but that we are liv- ing evidences of its healthful proper ties.
 The preparation of any sort of food or drink is an important, essential part. find that many people who have tried Postum go at the preparation in a careless way; that is to say, they put it on the stove and let it stand a few minutes, and think it should be done. We put Postum on in cold water. It takes about E minutes before it begins to boil, then we allow 1t to actually boil b minutes, which. as you say, brings out the delicious flavor and good food value"
 Mir. and Mrs. Miller of this city are using Postum right along. Mrs. Miller has been great sufferer from dys- pepsia, had to give up coffee entirely on that account. She enjoys good health now, since using Postum Food Coffee.
 MT. and Mrs. Hervey of Auburn were troubled in the same way. and have been cured by Postun1. Say they never were so well
The San Francisco call., 1898-10-12
NO ..c.o.D." OR "DEPosIT" scHErlE

in every walk of life, and there are many such who victIiniZe weak men by blackmailing and C. o. D. schemes. Remember in particular that thls offer Is made by the Von Mohl Co.,. a com pany which is responsible and reputable in every sense of the word.
 If you suffer from Lost Manhood (no matter how caused). 6permatorrhoea. Varicocele weak ness of any nature in the Sexual Organs or Nerves, or if the parts are undeveloped or have shrunSen or wasted away, "Calthos" will re- store y6n. "Caithos" Is French discovery by Prof. Jules Laborde, famed in Paris as Frances foremost specialist ''Calthos,' is the only rem edy recognized by the medical profession as a cure for weak men, It has the Endorsement of the German and French governments. and is largely used in the standing armies of those countries.
 ''Calthos'' is put before you on its merits alone. Try 1t and put 1t to the test TRY IT FREE. Send us your name and address and days. IT WILL BE SENT IN A PLAIN SEALED PACKAGE BY PREPAID MAIL In the quiet of your home you can try 1t and see what 1t does. It costs nothing to rst this five days treatment-not a. penny There is no security required-no c. o. D. scheme-f1o backmailing propositions. All correspondence relating to the ''Calthos' department Of our business Is strictly confidential.
 We neither publish nor furnish testimonials Address applications for trial treatment to THE NON MOHL CO.,. sos E. CINCINNATI aOHIO Largest Importers of Standard Prepara- tiens tn the United States.
The San Francisco call., 1898-10-12
MRS. GOLDEN ELOPED WITH
 HER HUSBAND Her Second Husband Is Out for Divorce. SHE CONFESSES BIGAMY A LETTER IN EVIDENCE THAT REVEALED THE TRUTH. Is Now Living With the Man Whom She First Married and From
 Whom She Is Not
 Divorced.
SHE C0NFESSES
BIGAMY
A LETTER IN EVIDENCE THAT
 REVEALED THE TRUTH.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,

Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
 sos Broadway. Oct. Il.
 Mrs. Lena H. F. Harding Cor Golden) performed the peculiar trick of eloping with her own husband, although she had to leave another husband to do so. Mrs. Harding, or Golden, is the defendant in a divorce suit which is now under ad- visement by Judge Greene, and in which the evidence shows that she had com mitted bigamy in a letter written to an aunt, Mrs. Gum, who resides in West Oakland. In his testimony Dow c. Gold en, the husband of the woman, declares that after their marriage his wife de- serted him and went to Seattle with a man named Elliott k. Harding. In OCtO- Der, 1892, Golden married Lena Harding in this city, and for time they resided on Seventeenth street. For nearly six years everything went smoothly, but at the end of that time Mrs. Golden sud denly abandoned her husband and took with her her personal effects and her young child that was the issue of her former marriage.
 When she eIoped Mrs Golden went north with MT. Harding, who had broken up the peace of the Golden home by his anxiety to see his child. His affection for the child worked a reconciliation with Its mother, and as they had never been divorced Mrs. Harding Golden thought 1t no crime to go north with her first husband and live with him as though the second marriage had never taken place
 Golden started an inquiry and found sufficient evidence to convince him that he had ground to have his marriage to Mrs. Harding .annulled. He, also found a letter which contained the following strange confession and which is signed by his supposed wife:
 T find by looking into records, etc, that have been greatly fooled; that no divorce decree was ever issued. My at torney told me that I needed no papers, but l find l could not be divorced with out paying the court some $50 or so more and getting a decree paper. Also, the law requires six months to elapse before 1 could marry, and l wanted only one day. but l was in ignorance of all this.
 "I find that l am ElHOtts wife as much as ever. l am happy. The day before left, old lady Golden ordered me away and used the vilest language one can think of, insulting me and my mother and all the friends that have stood by me. Even to the baby did she talk mean.
 Poor Dow. ] am sorry for him, because he will know no happiness till she is dead and gone for he is too weak minded 10 listen to his own thoughts and desires. He is entirely under her thumb,
 LENA HARDINCS.'
 Mrs. GOlden-Harding has made no de- fense to the divorce suit, and is now liV- ing somewhere in the north.
The San Francisco call., 1898-10-12
THAT
 ARE SAID ID
 SAVE LIVES Being Now Fitted to Railroad Cars. IMPORTANT EXPERIMENTS WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THE NARROW GAUGE WRECK. In & Few Weeks a Complete Train Will Be Fitted With Devices
 and Given
 Trial.
IMPORTANT EXPERIMENTS
WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THE
 NARRoW-GAUGE WRECK.
Oakland ofice San Francisco Call.

Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
 90S Broadway. Oct. Il.
 Articles of incorporation were filed to- day by the Pacific Car Equipment Com pany, manufacturers of all kinds of de- vices designed to be used in railroad or carrier business, with it's principal place of business in Oakland. The capital stock is $250 900, of which $223 900 has been sub scribed. The directors are: J. Il. Thomp- son, A C. Rumble, w. D. Huntington, Richard Gorrill. M. L. ReQua, G. H. Strong and F. w. Fry, all of this city The incorporators own some valuable patents.
 One of the patents owned by the com pany would have prevented the accident a the narrOW-gauge mole few months ago, by which a fireman lost his Ilfe De- cause of a derailment of the traln- By a patent drop bar a train can be brought to a standstill the instant wheel is derailed. The drop-bars are attached to each of the trucks and when wheel drops either inside or out the air brakes are at once applied and the train is sud- denly stopped.
 Another device is an arrangement by which wheels suddenly locked by the air brakes are prevented from sliding This patent is also allied with the air brake and like the drOp-bar works au- tomatically. These devices have been given all kinds of tests, and enough are already made to equip one ordinary train They are being fitted to cars of the Southern Pacific Company, and as soon as ready the train will be run on an experimental trip.
 Attorney Fry, who is one of the di- rectors, says that the devices are so sim pie that railroad men invariably express Surprise that such contrivances were not invented years ago. There Is nothing intricate or difficult to understand about these things" he said, exhibiting the sample They all depend on the air brakes and are connected with them. All work automatically, and our practical ex- DeTimentS have proved their simplicity and effectiveness. Railroad men all over the country are interested in the work ing of the train that Is now being equipped and which will soon be ready.
The San Francisco call., 1898-10-12

The great French remedy. Calthos. recently introduced in this country by the Von Mohl Co., of Cincinnati, Ohio, has attracted the at tention of the entire medical profession because of the marvellous cures it has effected in cases of persons suffering from lost vitality. The Won MohI Co., who are the largest importers of standard preparations in the United States, has adopted liberal plan to reach the many thousands of men in this country who are sui ferers from lost manhood and other forms ot nervous debility. Over five thousand cures have been reported from the use of "Ca1thos'' in few months The Won Mohl Go. offers to put ''Calthos" in the hands of every sufferer free of any charge, the company paying the cost of packing mailing. etc. five days trial treat rnent of "Calthos" will be sent free in @ sealed package to all sufferers who write asking for 1t. All they require Is that you take the remedy directed.
 When you read this notice remember there Is 10 trickery behind it.. There gre dishonest msp
The San Francisco call., 1898-10-12
Miss Flood Remembered.

At a meeting of the Chamber of Com merce yesterday a vote of thanks, as ex- pressed in a resolution, was passed to Miss Cora Jane Flood for her generous gift of the San Mateo property to the people of the State as represented by its chief institution of learning. A resolu- ton in memoriam was passed upon the death of the late Mark Strouse. The
The San Francisco call., 1898-10-12
this morning had $83 on his person. age is 32 years
 Decree Determining Death.

OAKLAND, Oct. 1L-Judge Ellsworth to-day gave a decree, on petition of H. H. Todd proprietor of Park Hotel, Alameda, determining that Sarah E. B. Todd is dead and that certain real estate located on Everett street, Alameda, standing in her name was community property. The deceased was the wife of petitioner, and died in Alameda about eight weeks ago.
The San Francisco call., 1898-10-12

grant, who arrived on the Belgic last July. Hip gave Hong a package contain ing $42 and a letter in Chinese. Customs Inspector stevens selzed the letter and the Chinese Bureau. The letter proved to be a memorandum of instructions con- passenger expected from China in a few months
The San Francisco call., 1898-10-12
POSTUM CEREAL.
A SUPPOSED FRIEND
Gave Him a Case of Rheumatism.

Gave Him a Case of Rheumatism.
 "I had been in the habit for many years of drinking strong coffee twice 9 day without sugar or milk, hoping by that means to moderate the effects upon my nervous system.
 "I never suspected the coffee habit had anything to do with my rheuma- tism, which was so bad that I was un- able to get about without crutches, at times.
The San Francisco call., 1898-10-12
Passed a Bogus Check.

OAKLAND, Oct. m.-Charles O'Gara, who conducts a saloon at the corner of Seventh street and Franklin, is out $15 on a check for S20 30, signed Robert Tenn pie" in favor of Orin W. Forsythe. A man by that name presented the check to O'Gara in liquidation of a bill of $4 50 and the saloon man gave him the cor
The San Francisco call., 1898-10-12
DIVORCED AND WED
 WITHIN SIX MONTHS
A PROSPECTIVE GROOM FILES A
 UNIQUE APPLICATION.
The Death of His First Wife Enables Him to Defeat a Recent
 Statute.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,

SJo bIOcLQWSAy NJCI II.
 Although not yet divorced a year Rich ard Turner Gray of Ukiah was given a li- cense this afternoon to wed Miss Nettie A. Thompson and an hour later the we'd ding ceremony was quietly performed in the parlors of the Arlington Hotel. Rev. c. Pearce of Berkeley united the couple.
 When he applied for the, license Gray kind on record in the County Clerk s office He declared that he Is 35 years old and that less than six months ago he was a party to divorce suit in YolO County Two months ago the first Mrs. Gray died at Delande Fla, and Gray further states that since that time he has not been a party to any other action for divorce. He also adds Miss Thompson has never fig ured in a divorce suit
 teacher at Dixon, but her residence is now at Berkeley When she made known to her friends the cause of her visit to Oakland there was much surprise, as the secret had been well guarded.
The San Francisco call., 1898-10-12
ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS.

San Francisco bank, and when O'Gara gave it over in a business transaction 1t found its way Into the Central Bank, who cisco bank. Word has been received from the latter that Temple has no funds in that institution, and since then O'Gara man who first gave him the check lie
 claims that he has either been deceived or there has been q forgery
The San Francisco call., 1898-10-12
 FRESHMEN CAME OUT AHEAD.
Interesting Football Match Upon the Campus of the University of
 California.

BERKELEY, Oct. Hone of the most closely contested football games of the season so far was played upon the uni versity campus this afternoon between the Olympic lightweights and the Berke- ley freshmen. The play put up by both sides throughout seemed not unworthy of veteran devotees of the pigskin.
 The two teams lined up as follows:
The San Francisco call., 1898-10-12

Amendment Number One, being Senate Constitutional Amendment No. Al (exempting certain claims against the City and County of San Francisco, and the existing indebtedness of the City of Vallejo for the construction of Its water works from the provisions of the Constitution requiring such claims to be paid from the income and reve- nues of the year in which they were incurred).
 For the Amendment? Amendment Number Two. being Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 10 providing for framing local county | government acts by inhabitants of counties for their government).
 For the Amendment? Amendment Number Three, being Sen ate Constitutional Amendment No. A fprovidirg for the creation of a Court of Claims to determine claims against the State, and to consist of three Superior Judges designated by the Governor to serve without extra compensation).
 For the Amendment7
 Amendment Number Four. being As- sembly Constitutional Amendment No. 3I (exempting consolidated cities and counties, organized or to be or ganized. or hoiding chartes un- der the Constitution, from certain leg islation in relation to counties). For the Amendment?
 Amendment Number Five, being As sembly Constitutional Amendment No. s6 (relating to office of Governor, providing for succession thereto In certain cases and removing disability of Lieutenant Governor from holding other office during ternn).
 For the Amendment?
 Amendment Number Six. being Assem- bly, Constitutional Amendment No. 3S (relating to and defining Grammari Schoois). For the Amendment7
 Amendment Number Seven, being As- sembly Constitutional Amendment No 34 Cproviding for adjournment of Legislature for not less than thirty nor more than sixty days during each session).
 For the Amendment? Witness my hand and the Great Seal State of California. the day and year first above written.
 Attest: L. H. BROWN Secretary of LS{SAL,A ----' -