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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1899-11-14
UPHoLSTERING
AND
Furniture Repairing.

Mr. Thomas G. Rust will give his special
attention to the Upholstering Business, and
Furniture Repairing. Old hair aud shuck
mattresses made over. l will also make the
Folding Hair Mattress, which can be folded
and handled with ease. l also have sample
line of Upholstery goods, which / have just
received from Baltimore. These samples are
taken from some very fine patterns. Cali'and
make selection.
N. BIN connection with the above / will
continue to Rcnovatc Feathers, and mat
4rcsses will be called for by my assistant
anywhere within 10 miles of Charles Town,
and safely returned. will NJ so buy and sell
secondhand furniture. Rcferance can be
given In this line in Charles Town and in the
County. Have been in this business for, D
number of years. Perfect satisfaction given.
Place of business Congress ST., 2 doors west
of the Baptist Church. Parties outside of
town having feathers to renovate and mat
tresses to make over please notify inc by mail.
Nav 23-6m. THOMAS 6. RUST.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1899-11-14
Music Lessons.

MISS BERTHA A. RUHL win continue
to teach Vocal aud instrumental Music at
her residence on the corner of Samuel and
Liberty streets. Any one wishing Careful and
Thorough instruction at II very Moderate
Price will do well bY engaging her as their
Instructor. March 81.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1899-11-14

Hoods Pills are non-irritating and the
only cathartic to take with Hoods Sarsa-
Darilla
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1899-11-14
a tteart b sturdy b an or. :.

But what about the blood which the
heart must pump at the rate OF 10 times
minute7 If the heart is to be sturdy and
the nerves strong this blood must be rich
and pure. Hoods Sarsaparilla makes
sturdy hearts becauseit makes good blood.
1t gives to men and women strength,
confidence, courage and endurance.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1899-11-14

Flow Are Your IKTdneyss
nS PF ,aE aooSs 5 5sPg9ga6gs Pls us %
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1899-11-14
Give Me a Bid.

I offer my services to the public US an auc-
fioneer. with county and corporation license,
and solicit a share of patronage. Having
uad considerable experience, guarantee sat
isfaction. Charges reasonable.
CHARLES RISSLER,
Jan. s. 1897. Charles Town. W Va.
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PALACE HOTEL WILL
HAVE ITS THEATER
MANAGER KIRKPATRICK HAS
ASKED FOR ESTIMATES.
He Returned Last Evening After
Having Inspected the Big Play
Houses of the East.

The Palace. Hotel theater is to be a
thing of the immediate future. So says
Colonel John c. kirkpatrick, manager Of
the Sharon estate. who returned last
evening after a month spent in visiting
the big hotels and theaters of the Eastern
States.
From the way matters look at pres
emit said he, Il think l may say the
theater will be built and it will be one Of
the finest in the land. While in the East
called upon several prominent archi-
tects and they became more enthusiastic
than | myself after l had described the
MOTEL and its possibilities from an archi-
tectural standpoint.
requested two of these architects
one in Chicago and one in New York-to
prepare estimates for me as soon as they
possibly could, and | expect them out here
within six weeks continued Mr.. Kirk
patrick. we will have 70 80
measurements for them out here and this
We will do at once
The theater will be built in the Jessie
street end of the hotel and will require
all that end of the building. There will
be an entrance from Jessie street another
the hotel from the court. We have every
thing here TO make one of the finest the
alters in this country and at much less
expense than at first thought. l confess
! have come back more enthusiastic than
when l left
Colonel Kirkpatrick could not say how
soon work would be begun, but thought
not long after the receipt here of the
estimates he has requested.
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the following cast of
CONFERENCE OF CHARITIES.
Cooperative Woodyards to Be Estab
lished Here.

The Conference of Charities was held
Wednesday in the east parlor Of Golden
Gate Hall. which had been generously do
mated for the purpose Eighteen charit-
able organizations were represented, pre-
sided over by Harold Wheeler.
The principal business transacted was
the proposition to establish a central CO.
operative woodward, where deserving men
could obtain work. If found necessary,
two or three more will be operated under
the one management. The plan was re-
garded as solution of the tramp prob
lem, and on this subject Professor F. A
Fetter of Stanford University addressed
the meeting.
DR.. Dorothea Moore advised co-opera
tior with the railroads in the endeavor
TO rid the country of the Objectionable
fraternity. and cited Pennsylvania as
having accomplished good results with
the aid of the railroads. A committee
will be appointed by the president TO take
the matter of Woodyards in hand.
1t was also decided to establish CEN
trail medical bureau where the district
nurses and physicians may cooperate.
The district nurse system of the confer
ence has been uniformly successful and
it may be extended. There are now forty
seven cases being cared for by the asso-
citation. eighteen of which are new.
The financial report for May showed
S4S4 10 on hand May !; subscriptions, SIPS;
total, s612 Is Expenditures-Drugs $21
district nurses. $57 so; solicitors fees.
$3.50; total s73 so. Balance on hand
June l. 1888 35
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swept the ship fore and aft. A wave that
broke aboard over the stern carried me
off the bridge into the waist of the YES
sci and | and the starboard watch were
nearly swept overheard. From that time
up to June 5 we had the usual weather,
but in latitude SO degrees north, longitude
III degrees west, on the date mentioned,
we ran into Northwestern that lasted two
days. That was the last of our bad luck
and we made port without any more mis-
haps."
The Wynford brings a large cargo of
making the run from Hamburg and las
days from Antwerp.
The fast steamer Humboldt which used
TO, run between San Francisco and Eu-
reka, has been making a record for her
self on Puget Sound. On her last trip
round voyage in seven days six hours.
The Humboldt has thus set record that
the other vessels in the trade can shoot
at FOR some time to come.
During the voyage to Skaguay the mo-
notony of betting on each days run was
broken by marriage: 1t was an i'm
10 the wedding had ever met before they
boarded the boat. The first day out from
Seattle Captain Bonnifeld made G. H.
Terrence of Oakland and Mrs Purdy of
was a case of love at first sight and a
few hours later they went to the skipper
and asked him to marry them. This Cap
tain Bonnifield proceeded to do and soon
made them man and wife. Purser ]. j.
Carroll and First Assistant Engineer j. S.
hughes of the steamer were groomsmen
for Terrence and a Mrs. Brooks, one of
the passengers. was bridesmaid for Mrs.
Purdy. The groom is said to own valua-
BILE mining property in the Klondike and
on the arrival Of the steamer at Skaguay
he and his bride started at once for Daw-
son.
Captain Dedrich of the schooner De-
fender starts for Eureka tomorrow to
superntend the Quitting of Hind Rolph
& Co.'S new schooner James Roph. He
will take a crew with him for the same
firms new four-masted barKentlne Will
liam Carson. Captain John Piltz will be
the master of the William Carson
Chief of Policc /. w. Lees spent nearly
all of yesterday on the steamer Alameda.
He questioned all the officers and crew
and went carefully over the ground COW
cred by his men in their search for the
missing box of 5000 sovereigns (S25, 00O)
Whatever conclusions the Chief arrived
at he is keeping religiousy to himself and
is going to make another inspection OF
the vessel to-day. So far not the slightest
trace of the money can be found, nor can
any satisfactory explanation of how 1t
was spirited away be given.
The Santa Fe Railroad Company has let
a contract for the construction of a tug
boat to the Fulton Engineering and Iron
Works She will be about the size of the
tug Active and will be very powerful. She
will be used in towing the company s
freight barges from PoiSt Richmond to
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-09
HEALTH OFFICIALS WILL ACT
City Will Provide Nurses for Small
pox Patients at the Maclean
HoSpital

The physicians who have charge of the
Maclean Hospital made application 10
Mayor Phelan. Auditor Wells Supervisor
Holland and the members of the Board of
Health yesterday for financial assistance
in fighting the smallpox disease that has
broken out in the hospital. At present
there are seven persons suffering from the
disease in the institution. Inasmuch as
the hospital is under strict quarantine and
no one is permitted to enter or leave the
place, the hospital physicians insist that
the city provide immune nurses and take
such other steps as will aid in the reeov-
cry of the patients already infected and at
the same time assist in stamping out the
disease
The petitioners were given every assur-
ance that their wishes will be complied
with, and the officials of the Health De-
partment were instructed to take such
steps as to them seem necessary in the
premises The new Pesthouse will be
ready for occupancy by Saturday night
and will be utilized for the reception of
smallpox cases should any new cases be
reOOrted.
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ROBBED THEIR EMPLOYER.
Charles Rochelle and Thomas Mu-
lane Arrested for Stealing Shoes.

Detectives Ryan and O'Dea yesterday
afternoon arrested Charles Rochelle, the
expire fighter. and Thomas Mulane,
both of whom were employed as porters
in Lucke's shoe store at $50 Market street,
and booked them at the City Prison on
charges of petty larceny. For several
months past Mr.. Lucke has been missing
expensive shoes from his stock, and about
two weeks ago reported the matter to
Captain Spillane of the Southern station.
The latter detailed Detectives Ryan and
ODea on the case and they succeeded in
recovering a dozen pair of fine patent
leather shoes which the two culprits had
disposed of. The stolen footwear had not
been sold to secondhand dealers or
pawned but were given outright to
ances for song. Armed with this evi-
dence the two officers yesterday went to
the store and placed the young men under
arrest. They at once confessed and adj
mitted that they had been Systematically
robbing their employer for two months.
They could not say how many shoes they
had taken in that time, but they apprO-
priated only the most expensive makes,
those selling from 81 per pair upward.
Mulane, who is % years old and unmar-
ried had been in the employ of Mr.. Lucke
for seven years. Rochelle was taken by
Mr.. Lucke about three months ago as an
act of charity. He is married, his wife,
who is an estimable young woman. resid-
ing at 217 Eighth street.
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Captain and Starboard
Watch Nearly Lost.
WASHED INTO THE SCUPPERS
VESSEL AND CREW HAD A VERY
HARD TIME OF 1T.
G. H. Terrence of Oakland and Mrs.
A. Purdy Of San Francisco Mar
ried at Sea on the Steamer
Hum boldt.

The British bark Wynford. which ar
rived from Hamburg via Antwerp yes
terday. had a very rough passage. She
was caught in storms in the. Atlantic,
rode out a hurricane in the Pacific. the
captain and all of the starboard watch
were nearly washed overheard and then.
when right off port. she ran into north
wester that lasted two days.
In his report Captain Cutler said: We
had more than our share of light and
variable winds the first part of the voy-
age. On one occasion we We're becalmed
for fourteen days. We rounded Cape
Horn on March 20, and then our troubles
began. We had a succession of gales,
which eliminated in hurricane on April
u in latitude SO degrees % minutes south,
longitude 81 degrees west. There was a
very high cross sea and the waves broke
clear over the vessel flli!ng the decks TO
the rail. 1t was impossible to move about
and two OF the crew who made the at
tempt to go forward were thrown against
the bulwarks and severely injured.
THAT storm had no sooner died down
than another came up. On April %. in
latitude 81 degrees south. longitude 81 de-
greeS 70 minutes west, We had a gale from
the southwest. There was a heavy head
sea running, and as it broke aboard it
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-09

CHOSEN TO PRESIDE AT
THEIR ANNUAL MEETING
. EV. EDWARD PAYSON
HART, senior general super
intendent of the Free Method


HART, senior general super
l~ intendent of the Free Method
y " list church, who is to preside at
the coming session of the Cali
fornia Conference to be held at Beulah
Park. East Oakland. commencing June
10. is a native of Vermont.
DR.. Hart chose law as a vocation in
life, but before finishing his studies he
experienced conversion. which event
led him to enter the ministry. He was
successful from the beginning and
filled some of the most important
charges in Illinois and Michigan.
being elected a delegate to the General
Conference repeatedly. In October.
1874, he was elected one of the general
superintendent of the Free Methodist
church and has been reelected to
that position six times. He is an
eloquent preacher and an excellent
presiding officer Mr. Hart has al
ready presided over four conferences
on the Pacific Coast. and after presid-
ing over the California Conference in
Oakland will leave for the East, his
itinerary taking in Colorado, Kansas.
Missouri Illinois, Indiana and Ken
lucky.
The California Conference embraces
all of the State north of San Luis
Obispo and Fresno counties. 1t is to
be held in connection with a camp
meeting. at which a large attendance
is expected.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-09
ST. PETERS SCHOOL.
Literary Exercises and an Operetta
Rendered by the Pupils.

An interesting entertainment was given
last night by the pupils of ST. Peter $
School in the large hall on Florida street,
near Twenty-fifth.
The programme consisted of two parts,
the first being devoted TO literary exer-
cises as follows:
Opening march, orchestra; salutatory. Eu-
gene P. Gleason: Welcome Tonight (White(.
choir: Discovery Of San Francisco Bay
CWhite). Michael E. Tobin; vocal, solo The
Organ Grinder Harris), Robert ]. O,Connor;
dialogue, ''selt-Interest. or Where There's u
WIN There's Way" James F. o'Rourke,
solo, Blue Bells OF Scotland" Farmer) H.
J McFee. accompanist W. A. Dunno; "Didn
Know What Spoke Charles S. Campbell;
-Anvl Chorus WerdD choir; Independence
Bell" Michael P Harron; How He Answered
an Inquiry.'' Chester 4; Pinkham!; Ray r
John + Ashe, R J. O'Connor; concert reading.
Bells OF Shandon," seventh grade; military
drill by st. Peters School Cadets, NJ. p Har-
ron captain; medley of Irish airs. orchestra.
An operetta entitled THE Sons of Lib
erty'' was the last number and evoked
much applause for the clever way in
which the participants acquitted them
School Cadets. Captain NJ. P. Harron
commanding, was also an interesting
feature.
The opecetta had the following cast of
characters:
General Putnam. Colonel slocum. of the Con-
tinental Guards, Thomas G. Mcguire. George
T Welch; Major sniffn of His Majesty
Guards. Joseph H DOYLE; Joe Mason. Nat Hale.
Hiram Tucker Sas Story James Dwyer, the
boys of rs Frank j. Sullivan. James F.
O Rourke. William A. Dunno. william F.
Flynn, William J. Foley; Simple Peter, sup
posed dolt, Arthur E. Curtis; Tom Payson. a
Continental Guard, Arthur A. Swan Hans
Schneider young Hessian soldier. Harry J.
Pinkham: NJ T Stomach. Billy Brakebea m,
Harry Hash & CO. professional tramps James
{. O Donnell. William D. Hughes. John May;
village boys Continental and Hessian soldiers,
guards, etc.
The exercises will be repeated tonight
at the same place,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-09
viii Petition for Open Streets.

Residents and property owners on the
northern slope of College Hill will petition
the Board Of Supervisors for an opening
Of East Park street and Richmond avenue
into Patton street. To accomplish this
Improvement it will be necessary to first
obtain an appropriation of $500. The
streets and avenues mentioned are clus-
tered about Holly Park site and in their
present condition are useless in so far as
affording means of egress and ingress to
this portion of the Mission district.
At a recent meeting Of the Holly Park
Improvement Club Thomas ONeil, H. E.
Vinkler and Frederick Bothman were APP
pointed a committee to wait on the super
vsors and urge the appropriation.
In the line of improvement 1t is pro
posed to erect a hall in which all public
meetings may be held. The required funds
will be raised by subscription. Several
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prominent residents have promised sub
WHOLESALERS ANNUAL
FROLIC AT FL CAMPO
An Odd Programme of Games Has
Been Arranged for the
Picnic

Inc annual frolic of the wholesale trade
OF the city at Ell Campo on Saturday
promises to be jollier than ever before. A
list of games has been prepared odd
enough TO interest the most staid of NOR
tails, and the programme will include
something for every one who attends.
l ne wholesale merchant will be expect
cd TO lay aside his dignity and, with the
brokers' and retail merchants who may be
there, JON in game of throwing hoops,
IN which the men with steadiest nerve and
surest eye will win. The comm ercial trav-
elers, bookkeepers and desk clerks will be
boys again. and their prizes will go to the
most skillful in game of marbles.
obstruction races have been planned for
boys, in which the prizes will not neces-
sarily go to the speediest sprinters For
the little girls there will be an odd race,
in which cakes of fancy toilet soap will
be placed at intervals about the track
picking up the most cakes of soap The
. best of this race will be that each little
girl will keep all the soap she picks up.
There will also be four boat races, one
for girls under Is, another for ladies over
that age. third for boys under 16 and a
fourth for men. An attempt will be made
TO confine the entries in these races to
persons connected with trade in San Fran
cisco.
The fat men and fat women will be re-
membered. The babies will have their
sport in candy distribution. in which
each will get a bag Of sweeues; Then
ards band to entertain them. ard the en-
tire picnic will have a chance at the 300
presents which the wholesale merchants
have contributed as gate prizes.
Many wholesale houses have put up the
sign. This store closes on Saturday June
TO- for the merchants picnic" For those
who can spend the day at F. Gamma there
is a boat that leaves the Tiburon ferry at
$3.50 o'clock. There will be another boat
at o'clock for those who have only half
day to spare.
As the tickets for the round trip are so
: cents, and there is absolutely no expense
TO the picnic management for prizes,
there, will undoubtedly be large surplus
receive whatever is left over of the picnic
funds after the expenses are paid.
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LAMBARDI SINGERS
In BELLINFS " NORMA

The largest crowd of the Lambardi sea-
son turned out last night to hear Nor
ma an old and old-fas hioned opera that
is seldom heard in this generation. The
title role introduced new soprano a
stout lady by the name of Rossi. whose
voice wobbled like weather-cock She
is a strenuous but unmagnetic singer
Little Miss Sostigni was the AdalSisa,
and a charming one. Avedano came to
the good again in the tenor part, and
Travaglina was an excellent Orovesco.
The orchestra was notably out of time.
The double bill of "Pagliacci'' and Cav
alleria" will be repeated tonight.
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CLERGYMAN BECOMES
A CUSTOMS INSPECTOR
REV. MR.. GosS OF COLORADO
APPOINTED.
Leaves an Episcopal Passionate to
Catch Smugglers of Opium and
Cigars on the Water Front.

J. \. T. Goss. a clergyman of the Epis
copal church, was appointed Customs In
spector yesterday by Collector Jackson.
The Collector found Mr. Goss' name first
on the eligible list, he having passed an
excellent civil service examination, rat
ing at 100 per cent in geography and arith-
metic.
Mr.. Goss was recently rector Of a church
in Ouray, Colo. and came to California in
obedience to call for his health. He
stands five feet ten inches in his stock
ing feet and weighs $50 pounds The rev
erend gentleman has had no experience
in catching opium and cigar smugglers,
but it is significant that Surveyor Spear
has had the barge Office painted a pure
white The Surveyor, however denies
that he knew that Mr.. Goss was to be
appointed.
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Forthcoming Merchants Picnic.

The surplus receipts Of the Merchants
ricnic, to be given at FL Campo next Sat
urday afternoon. will be donated to the
Children.s Hospital. The affair will be
the chief trade outing of the season and
will be patronized by merchants in all the
n:arts of trade, together with their en-
ployes. customers and families. Since the
only desire is to make every one happy
nc limit is to be put on the funds employ
ed in entertaining the picnickers. The
amount already expended exceeds the ex-
renditures of past years by several hun
bred dollars, and as none of the managers
undertake the affair to make money the
surplus always goes to some deserving
charity
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Interesting Programme at the Silver
Star kindergarten.

Mrs. Elizabeth II. Wainwright, princi-
nal of the Silver State kindergarten, In
augurated a pretty Mothers
day'-yesterday afternoon in which she
was ably assisted by her teachers and the
i35 little ones under her direct charge.
After a programme by the pupils, In
which they gave an excellent exhibition
of their kindergarten songs and games
the mothers were entertained with music
and recitations. The concluding number
of the programme was "A Talk to Moth
ers." The talk was an excellent paper
written by DIR. Charles T. Abbott, and
read in Italian by Mrs. Emily Tojetti. The
mothers present listened attentively tc
the paper. in which sanitary laws were
given special attention and stress laid
upon ventilation, nourishment and the i'm
portance of cleanliness.
Among those who contributed to the
programme were Miss Venchiarutti. Nine
Tojetti DR.. Abbott and Mrs. Ida Lee
Davis.
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RETURN OF VOLUNTEERS.
Postal Authorities Holding Mail
Awaiting That Time.

he postal authorities at this point re-
ceived Geographic instructions yesterday
from Washington to hold all mail for the
California and Nebraska volunteers now
ia the Philippines, and to send all mail
for the Oregon volunteers TO Portland.
These instructions are taken to indi-
cate. as has been fOreshadowed in the
press dispatches the intention of the War
Department TO move the volunteer organ
iZauons toward their homes as quickly
as possible. II is also thought that the
Office Department dispatches will have
reached home before the first of August.
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San Francisco. She will be fitted with
one of the Wittram propellers and is ex-
pected to be speedy.
steamer Bertha will sail for st. Michael,
Golovin Bay and Cape Nome via Tn,
alaska to-day. At st. Michael she Will
connect with the company's steamers for
Dawson After landing her passengers at
St Michael the Bertha will either go on
to Golovin Bay and Cape Nome or she
will transfer her passengers to the
steamer Sadie and return to San Fran
cisco Nearly 100 gold hunters have taken
passage on the Bertha