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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-08
TRIED TO KILL
HERSELF AND
HER CHILDREN
Italian Woman's Des-
perate Deed.
WANTED TO DIE IN PRISON
TURNS ON THE GAS TWICE, BUT
IS DETECTED IN TIME.
When Her Three Children Are Taken
From Her She Attempts to
Beat Out Her
Brains.
WANTED TO DIE IN PRISON
TURNS ON THE GAS TWICE, BUT
IS DETECTED IN TIME.

Mrs Pirto Palo &c Cleo, who attempted
to kill her husband on Hinkley alley Mon
day night with a Ratchet because he,
wanted TO take her three children from
her, attempted to end her own life and the
lives Of the children in the City Prison
Tuesday night.
Ever since her arrest she has been
afraid that the children would be taken
from her and given into the custody Of
her husband. She had fled from him from
Seattle in February last owing, as she al
legged to his ilI-treaIment, and came to
this city with the children. He only re-
Gently ascertained her Whereabouts and
came on here, and as soon as she saw
him she attempted TO Kill him with a
Ratchet and succeeded in cutting his scalp
open.
She was arrested for assault TO commit
murder and the case was called in Judge
TreadweI's court Tuesday and continued
till to-day. She and the children were
confined in the matrOn's apartments, an
about 10 o'clock Tuesday night Matron
Wrght's attention was attracted by
strong smell of gas that came from the
dCrmitory, where the woman and three
children were. She entered the dOrTnitory
ard found one of the gas burners turned
OIL full. She turned off the gas and ex-
planned to Mrs. Cleo how to use it, as she
believed that she had turned it on in igno-
rance. About an hour later Mrs. Wright
had again to enter the dOrmitOry owing
to the strong smell Of gas and discovered
that the woman had again turned on the
gas
AS 1t was believed that the woman in
tended TO commit suicide and take her
children with her, she was removed to the
women's cell in another part of the prison
and the children were left in the dormi-
tory. She declared yesterday morning
that she did not know how to use gas and
had no desire re iniure her children, as
she loved them too much, but her story
was not believed, as she declared to Vic
tor Demartini, the Italian interpreter,
that if the children were taken from her
she would kill herself.
Yesterday morning Judge TreadweT on
being, apprrised Of the circuumr[sstances
the husband. AS soon as the wife was no.
tilted of the fact she became hysterical
and attempted to beat her brains out
against the bars of the cell. She tore her
hair out by the roots and acted as if she
were out of her mind. Sergeant Wolf de-
tailed a "trusty' to watch the cell so that
any attempt made by her to commit sui
eide might be frustrated.
The people on HinkIey alley say that the
woman was very kind to her children, and
she had secured a position in a canning
factory so that she could support them.
She claims that she had to leave her nus
band owing to his cruelty.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-08
CONDUCTORS WILL PICNIC
IN SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS
First Annual Reunion and Family
Excursion of the
Order

The first annual picnic and family ex-
cursion of the Order of Railway Conduc-
tors of the Pacific Coast will be held
Wednesday, June q, at Sunset Park, in
the Santa Cruz Mountains. 1t is intend
ed to make the affair a general reunion
of conductors and their friends, and I'M
derthe auspices of Eel Captain Division
No. 115, il bids fair to be one of the most
enjoyable occasions of the year
A good band has been engaged, and as
there will be no liquor of any description
sold on the ground, it is expected that the
pleasure of the day will be of nature
that will attract none but well-behaved
people. who will take part in the pro-
gramme of games and dancing that has
been arranged by the committee.
The committee of arrangements is com
posed of C. D. Phelps of the North Pa
cific Coast, w. J. Hunter of the Cali
fornia and Northwestern. George Smith
of the Coast Division of the Southern Pa
cific. George Colgrove of the South Coast
Division of the Southern Pacific and Ed
Dillon, general yardmaster of Oakland
representing the Western division of the
Southern Pacific.
The start will be made from the ferry
landing at the foot of Market street on
the narrow-gauge boat at S:45 and a stop
will be made at Park street. Alameda.
Returning, trains will leave the park
at and $50 p. m. Tickets for the excur-
sion and picnic will be sold at 81 each.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-08
GIMM IS GRATEFUL.
Beneficiary of Sundays Cycle Meet
Has Gone Home.

Louis Gimm, the beneficiary at the cycle
meet given at the Olympic track last Sun
day, left for his home in the East last
night, the meet having realized sufficient
funds for him to do so. Before going he
visited many of his friends here to return
thanks for their kindnesses in his behalf.
Gimm expressed his gratefulness to the
public, the press. racing men and all
others who helped him in his hour of dis
tress and says he shall never forget their
many favors to him.
The Association Racing Board may lose
its popular chairman, W. l.. Loos, who
has resigned his position here and may go
East shortly.
John Leavitt is visiting the factory of
his agency in Cleveland.
]. w. Kingsley of the. Olympic Wheel
men is sojourning in Siskiyou County.
Henry Murgotten, once prominent in
San Jose cycling. is now ships writer on
Neither San Jose nor Sacramento has
announced any intention of holding a
meet on the Fourth of July. and the rae
ing men NAV find themselves without the
customary holiday outing.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-08
CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, June 7.-Dr. Nathaniel
Law. DR.. Harland Law of San Francisco
are at the Netherland. J. L. Howard of
San Francisco is at the Imperial. w. T..
Hovey and wife of San Francisco are at
the Manhattan. Charles S. Drury of San
Francisco, j. l.. Oakley of Oakland are at
the Cosmopolitan. L. r. Abadie wife
and son were passengers on the ST. Paul
for Southampton to-day
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-08
Feast of the Sacred Heart.

The feast of the Sacred Heart will be
celebrated in st. Francis Church on Val
be at $50 and 1880 a. m. In the evening at
1870 the rector, Rev. Z. Caraher. will
preach on ''PleadingS of the Sacred
Heart" after which the congregation Will
be consecrated to the Sacred Heart.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-08
CALIFoRNIANS In WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, June ii. M Alexan-
der and wife of Oakland are at the Well
ington; w. 7. Schabley of San Francisco
is at the st. James
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-08

ACCEPTED STREETS-H., City. The
aggregate of accepted streets in San
Francisco, which includes pavements of
all kinds, is 176 miles There are many
miles of streets that have not yet been
accepted.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-08

NOT PREMIUM COINs-R. ]. B.. Au-
burn. Cal None of the coins described
in your letter of inquiry command a pre-
MUM.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-08

CHICAGO FRESH. o. s., City THE
two big fires in Chicago" occurred Sun
day, october 6, 1871, and Tuesday, July Il,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-08

OvERTIME-C. H, Carriers. Cal. This
department is informed that those who
worked at the navy yard, Mare Island.
during the war with Spain and were al
lowed overtime will be notified by mail of
the date when such payments will be
made
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-08
The Rio arande Western Railway

Take pleasure in announcing the inauguration
June l.. 1899. of a complete dning-car service
between Ogden and Denver on all transconti-
mental trains. Service a la carte. General Of
fee, ID Montgomery st.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-08

There are many limitations of DR.. Siegert's
Angostura Bitters-most of them dangerous.
The genuine is a household remedy.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-08

Special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men by the
Press Clipping Bureau (Alleh s., $40 Mont
gCmery street Telephone Main 1912
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-08
AUCTION SALES.

BY Wells Russell & Co-Thursday %. 10 a.
Mission and Fremont streets planning MN Machinery
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-08

c ONE slight attempt has been made on the At
lantic seaboard to stamp the candidacy of Mr..
- Henderson for Speaker as sectional.
Perhaps no candidate for the place has been less
a sectionalist than he
Natural politics requires that where the strength OF
the party lies there should be the expression OF its
choice for Speaker If those who have the power and
right OF expression choose to exercise il.
When the Democrats carried the House in 1874,
the first time after the war they owed their victory
to changes in the West and though the South had a
majority OF the members, that section would have
been poweress except for the West In recognition
OF this the Speakership to Michael c. Kerr OF
Indiana the ablest his party has had in the
West He died not long after assuming the Office
and there being other in the West OF stature re-
quired for the place it went to Randall of Pennsyl-
vania.
The Republicans have had two Western Speakers,
Colfax of Indiana and Keller OF Ohio Now the
might OF the party is so definitely in the West that
those who represent it have chosen indicate their
wish, not for section, but for the party and the
country.
Mr. Henderson is the beneficiary of that choice,
and that his election will be for the partys good no
observer can deny. Already the evidence is abroad
that he is as popular in the East in the West and
General Bingham OF Pennsylvania, who was expected
10 nave DeeH HIS COupGulO, goes over 10 HIS stan
dard ally, Carrying twenty votes with him.
Henderson represents to exalted degree the stall
wart Western feeling which is the countrys highest
inspiration. He was hardly a voter when he left a
leg on the battlefield at Pttsburg Landing, and he
and Colonel Thompson OF the New York Highland
ers were the only two who hardly waited for their
stumps to heal and for nature to store up blood in
place OF that they spilled to go back into the army
and lead regiments to the end OF the war
Recent martial events have in way dimmed the
valorous achievements of such men in the great
battles, where more men were killed in day than
have been in the ranks in all our junior war.
All the more that the sting of feeling has been
drawn OF the history OF that far time do the PEG
pie seem to appreciate the mighty things done then
Surely the Northern enthusiasm which greets General
Joe Wheeler, the Confederate cavalry leader, and
Mosby, the Navarro and Murat combined of the
Southern army can rise to so full tide as to reach
this grizzled veteran of the Union army and give him
as reward for his military and civil service to his
country the leadership OF the House
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-08

Important-Best eyeglasses. specs, 10 to
40c. Look out for 10 4th St, next stovestore.'
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-08

Pennsylvania papers declare the spring frosts in
that State did not nip enough apple blossoms to lay
a dead robin on, but inasmuch dead robin could
be laid on single blossom 1t is clear the language has
more OF poetic e~aggeration than is commendable in
a horticultural report
Ii is about time make ready for the celebration
Of the Fourth Of July. and among the reports that will
make the day jubant there should be one announcing
that sufficient has been raised to assure the
early erection OF the Dewey monument
Naaafa and his chiefs do not seem to be successes
as rebels but, judging from the prices they are OBJ
tanning from the powers Tor obsolete arms, they would
make rapid fortunes as junk dealers.
Dreyfus pretty nearly the only pebble on the
beach at Devils Island when the dispatch boat Goe-
land bore to him the official notification OF the dec-
sion OF the Court Of Cessation.
1t takes no prophet predict that the hardest blow
that will be landed during the OF the coming
Fitzsimmons- Jeffries fight will be the public
pocketbook
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-08

Gertrude Atherton's new story,
"Cupid the Golden," will be in next
Sundays Call.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-08

WAITING TIME-A. H. H, Santa
Rosa, Cal. If your employer has dis
charged you and has not paid you, you
have your remedy in the Justices Court,
where you can commence an action
against him, but you cannot expect to OBJ
tain payment for the time he is detain-
ing me here till it suits him to pay me-"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-08

STREET RAILWAYS-H., City. The
several car lines of San Francisco cover
nearly a hundred miles Of the streets.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-08
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

HALF DIME OF 18Th, City. The
selling price Of a half dime of 1S41 is from
% to so cents.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-08

The experts who predicted prolonged fight over
the Speakership of the coming House OF Represen-
tatives already hedging their prophecies, for it
now looks if Henderson would virtually have it
before CONGRESS meets.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-08

Cal glace fruit SOC per lb at Townsends.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-08

have your remedy IN the JUSTICES court,
where you can commence an action
against him, but you cannot expect to OBJ
tain payment for the time he is detain-
ing me here till it suits him to pay me-"
THE WINNER-T. E. H, Oakland, Cal.
AS the two players in casino had
agreed to play the hand out before count
ing. and both made enough points on the
last deal to reach the number that would
count out the one who held cards would
count first and go out. In case there We're
no cards then the one having spades
would count first. In the case cited A,
having three points 30 make and 5 seven
points, and A making his three-big ca
sine and ace-B making eight, must have
had cards and was entitled to count first,
and A won.
BEET SUGAR-D. R., Los Angeles. Cal.
The following is a list of the beet sugar
works on the west coast and the cost Of
each, as we'll as the capacity: Spreckels
Beet Sugar Company, Salinas, Monterey
County. cost of mill $4,000 900, capacity
$500 tons of beets per day; Western Beet
Sugar Company, jacksonville, Santa Cruz
County cost 81 900 000 capacity 1900 tons;
Crockett Works, Crockett, Contra Costa
County cost $500 600, capacity 100 tons;
Union Works Santa Barbara, Santa Bar
hara County cost $500 900, capacity 500
tons; Alvarado Works, Alvarado: Ala
media County cost S500OOO. capacity 100
tnne: Pacific Works, Ventura County, cost
90 o00 400 capacity 1000 tons; Alamitos
Works Orange County, cost SSC0,0 ca
nacitv 800 tons; Chino Works, Los An
PeIes County, cost 81 100000, capacity 1000
SonS. la Grande Works, Oregon. cost
sS56 600 capacity $50 tons. The average
rim for the season is about 100 days.
About nine tons OF beets will produce one
ton of sugar. During the year ending De
cember 1885, on account of drought the
production of beets was small and some
of the factories were not operated.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-08

Colonel Bryan says it takes much courage to
fight trusts in this country as it did to storm the
heights around Santiago which is only rhetorical
way OF saying the colonel himself is bigger man
than Roosevelt.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-08

Admiral Dewey does not propose to be 1ionzed by
the British He prefers to wait and be eaglezed by
his fellow countrymen.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-08

Some enterprisng gentlemen have challenged the
French to automobile to be held in this coun-
try within the future, are to have another
international complication on our hands before long
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-08

What is the matter with Hanna? Some say it is
rheumatism, others that it is Foraker.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-08

One of the most satisfactory accomplishments Of
the time is the promptness and the efficiency with
which the report OF the Beef Inquiry Court has been
canned enbamed and buried
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-08
NOT A SECTIONAL SPEAKER

c ONE slight attempt has been made on the At
lantic seaboard to stamp the candidacy of Mr.
- Henderson for Speaker as sectional
Rerhans M candidate Tor the MACE has been less
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-08

With many a rivulet high against the sun,
The facets of the glorious mountains flash
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-08

n ISPATCHES from Wichita announce that the
| J Trans-AIississppi Congress, assembled in that
- city has adopted by large majority resolu-
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1899-05-23

ma bye wybudowany mad brze-
giem jeziora. Amfteatr ten ma
bye 1900 stop dlugi 700 szero-
XII, maja sic ma MIN pomiesclc
siedzenia dla 100000 os6b'
Budynek ten, kt6ry po karnawa-
le ma sic stac wiasnoscia miasta'
stanie pomiedzy instytutem sztuk
pisknych pomnikiem Logana
ma sic nazywac stadium. Ma bye
2 pietra wysoki 400 robotnikow
pracowac bedzie przez 4ry
miesiace mad jego wyko6czeniem.
w olbrzymiej arenie maja sic
odbyc ,,igrzyska olympijskie".
q urzedu zdrowia.
w zeszlym tygodniu umario
W Chicago 1896 os6b; o lo7
miej, niz W tygodniu poprzedza-
jacym, a 81 mniej, nia W
odnosnym tygodniu zesziego
roku. Osob pici mezkiei umario
225, a ze1skiej III. Dzieci we
wieku niespeina roku umario 81,
dzieci we wieku ID lat 69,a osob
iczacych przeszio go lat, "a. Ma
dyfterys umarlo IA os6b, ma "a
palenie pluc 40, ma tyfus 5, ma
grype 1, ma szkarlatyne %.
Samob6jstw byio 2, a innych
gwaltownych wypadk6w smierci
16.
Urodziio sic zas W zesziym
tygodniu 459 dzisci, a mianowi-
Gle 232 chlopc6wi 227 dziewczat.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1899-05-23

40 lokomotyw dla kolei sybir.
skiej.
= Skutkiem wylewu rzeki
Wo}gi, czesc gubernii astra.
cha6skiej jest zalana wods.
: w Londynie by}o wczo.
raj nadzwyczaj zimno. W GO.
rach Westmoreland padaf
snieg.
= Podczas cwicze6 wojen.
nych W Metz, W obecnosci ce-
sarza Wilhelma, spad1o z koni
2 ofcer6w i zabilo sic ma miej'
scu.
= We Westinghouse PREY.
stspiono do budoWy novel
drukarni zwiszkowej.
= Najwyaszy sad zwiazko-
wy odroczy4 swe posledzenla,
wydawszy wyrok W 519 spra.
wach.
= w Sioux Falls odby} sic
wielki mityng Niemc6w, ma
ktorym protestowano przeciw
zawieraniu przymierzy Stanow
Zjednoczonych pa1stwami
europejskiemi.
- Konsulaty ameryka1skie
W San Juan i W Manili costa.
na zniesione.
= Eksprezydent Cleveland
z}owi} W Sobote ma wedke 125
funt6w ryb,
- Rozesz}a sig pog}oska, ae
ameryka1ski krazownik ode.
troit" aostal zatopiony przez
kanonierke pa6stewka Nicara'
qua.
- Admiral Schley ME prze.
stale bye przedmiotem owacyj
re strony mieszka6c6w miasta
Omaha.
= Transportowy parowiec
"Warren" przyby} do Manili.
Ma pokladzie okretu znajdo.
walo sic 25 ofcer6w i 1905
szeregowc6w.
- Do Biaiego Domu przy-
byla waryatka, kt6ra chcia1a
przekonac prezydenta, re tylko
ona zaprowadzi pok6j powsze'
chny ma ziemi,
- w Brooklynie zniszczy}
pozar na rogu ulic Freeman i
Eagle kilka dom6w. 60 rodzin
zostaio bez dachu mad giowa.
- w odleg}osci 5 mil cd
Hammond, Ind, wylecia}a W
powietrze fabryka prochu bez'
dymnego, W miasteczku Hess
vile.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1899-05-23
Kawiarnia -piekf0.

"Piekielkiem", ochrzczone
So niekt6re kawiarnie W wick.
szych miastach, ale nazwa ME
stoi W zadnym zwiazku 2 tizy'
ognomia tych lokali, bo to SO
naizwyczajniejsze sale re sto.
likami marmurowemi, otwarte
przez Gala noe, gromadzace
gosci rozmaitych sfer ma mnieJ
lub wiecej-dobra kawe,poncz
lub koniak-i ma tenn koniec.
Ale Paryz, ten silacy sig ia
najsubtelniejsze ekscentrycz'
nosci grod zycia i uzycia, zdo:
by} sic W dziedzinie kawiarnl
ma cos, CO juz ME podziw, ale |,
nawet strach cbudza. T@'Cafe
Inferno, kawiarnia bulwaro.
wa, kt6rej wpstrzne tax Jest
osobliwe, re W zdumIenle
wprawia nietylko cudzoziem-
COW, ale nawet samych, DO
najdziwnieiszych juz wybry'
k6w przywykiych mies1' y!
ka1c6w nadsekwa1skiej stoll'
cy. Juz sam portal tel kawiar'
nj W swojej niezwyk1ej struk-
turze zdaje sic uzmyslasviac
wejscie do piekiei, skad pur'
purowy odblask wieczystego
ognia meczarni kladzie sic
krwawym refeksem ma scla-
mach westybulu. Niewypowie-
dziany LEX ogarnia kazdego,
kto przestapi pr6gtego lokalu.
z kazdej kryj6wki, z kaadego.
ksta duzemi, aarem palaceml
oczyma patrza nan wstrstne
maski. Monstrualne we've wija
sic po gzemsach powaly i
miejscami zwieszaja swoje 10y
ohydne tuz mad giowy gosci.
Potworne karly o ksztaltach
dyabelskich wyglsdajs z poza
stolikow, te zas zrobione z ma
wp6l przezroczystego materya'
lu, zmieniaja ustawicznie bar
we. Ca}y widok przera2a i
oszo}omia do ostatecznych gra.
granic. Sluaba nosi ubranie
barwy szkar1asnej i oczywiscie
wszystkie odznaki dyabelskie,
jak rogi, ogon, a zamiast tree
wik6w kopyto kodskie. Ably
spotegowat jeszcze illusys, ae
istotnie przebywa sic " pan
stwie szatana, cd czasu do cSa'
su przecisga przez sale lekka
mg{a i W powietrzu rozchodzi
sic slaba won siarki. Nadto
chwilami przerazliwe wycie
potepiedc6w i jeki oiar, pie.
kielna wrzawa tax groznie
wstrzssaja nerwami obecnych,
ae ma te odglosy najcze6ciej
wiele osob wynosi sic cicha-
czem z sail.