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The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01
ESTATES IN PROBATE.
Three Wills Placed on File With the
County Clerk.

The will of Franz Joseph Metzler, who
died December 13 was filed for probate
yesterday. The testator directs that an
estate valued at $4,000 be distributed
among his children.
The will of Joseph A. Morgan who died
recently leaving property valued at $l0.000
has been filed for probate. The testator
gives his widow. Rebecca Morgan, life
estate in the property and at her death
directs that the estate be distributed
among three children.
The last will of Eleanor ~. Carlisle,
who died December 25, has been filed for
probate. An estate valued at 900 is dis
posed of as follows: To Mrs George G.
$500; to F'r,,-|,a b McComb of Wilmington.
Del $4,000; to dB8erge Jenkins p;,s and agnest .s
late Sarah Brink sister of her late hus-
band. $1,000 each; to the children of the
late David Carlisle, $4,000 each; to the
children of the late Horace Carlisle
the sum of $1,000; to the children
of the late Maria Demmon of Will
mington, Del. $4,000. and the residue of
the estate to the California Women's Hos
nit9l
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01
Lieutenant Price Laid Up.

Lieutenant William Price of the Seven
teenth street police station, who had re-
Gently been appointed by the Chief OF
Police to take charge of the unruly Chi
namen in the Mongolian section of the
city. is laid up at his residence with Sc
we're cold. which he contracted in driv-
ing the highbinders, cutthroats and all
round thugs into the sewers of China
town.
Since Price was assigned to the. China
section he has labored day and night in
the discharge of his duties until at the
time he was taken i'll he had succeedd
in driving every blackleg out of the Chi
nese strongholds, and the entire section
had become as peaceful as though. there
never was a. drop. of human blood shed
by the welding of "A Mongolian hatchet.
Price is looked upon by the Chinese out
laws as the only man on the police force
who is not afraid to wade right into their
strongholds and scatter them. He has
overtaxed his strength and through want
Of sleep he had to take to his bed few
days ago and temporarily give up his
work.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01

leak of every telephone message to and
from that gentleman and sought such
use of the information so obtained as
would be harmful to Mr.. Young.
When the T. c. Walker blew up in the
San Joaquin The Call service gave IL a
prompt and full account, upon which 1t
issued an extra. The Examiner force was
summoned to get out an extra, also, but
the CRATER who had charge of the tele-
phone leak proposed to find out what The
Call was going to do, and was at once
plugged on to The Calls wire at the
switch board. and heard the orders t.
sued for an extra, down to the minutest
detail, even to the complaint about the
slow action of the pot for melting the
stereotype metal The time lost in this
eavesdropping let the Examiner pressman
get away, so that no extra could issue
from that office.
Extending the examination The Call
found that three decoy conversations he'd
between the Call Office and different peo-
pie were accurately leaked on to the
wire held by the inventor of the Exam
iner's method of violating the confidence
and betraying the trust put in the Pacnc
Telephone and Telegraph Company.
1t was found that messages over the
wires of that company were as much at
the disposal of an enemy or rival of the
sender or the receiver as if they were
shouted from the housetops or posted on
the public billboards.
1t was found that the instruction given
to the operators who handle the out of
town business over the Sunset wires is
to take down verbatim every conversation
held over those wires, and that every con-
versation is Transcribed, indexed and pre-
served in the telephone office The COM
pany cannot plead that this is for the
purpose of determining fha foo
the sender of the conversation for use of
the wire, because the rate is fixed by the
time occupied and not by the number Of
words used.
This is a portentous record when one re-
fleets that it is indexed and in the possess
sion of a corporation which puts the mes
sageS sent over it's wires a the service
of any one who wants them plugged to
his phone. 1t is disquieting to thousands
to know that the switchboard of the cor
poration is as public and open to buy
ers who have no right to what they get
as the meat block of a butchers stall in
the California Market. 1t is alarming
that any and every message is subject to
leakage and that there is no privacy nor
confidence possible, and that this is not
the result of accident, of induction of cur
rents or chance contact of wires, but of
a regular system devised and hourly car
ried out by the employees of the company
and under the noses of it's officers.
Many patrons of this telephone COM
uany, out of abundant caution, have pri-
vate wires and phones and to make Sc
curity doubly sure some have these un-
der assumed names for the purpose of
complete seclusion from their business or
official cares, and yet controlling such
communication as they wish But The
Call is prepared to show that in no case
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01

customers for the benefit of their social,
political, amatory official or business
enemies or rivals who are willing to pay
the price of the treachery and violation
of privacy.
The first offense which attracted the at
tention of this office was committed by
an employe of the telephone company at
Sausalito. Call reporter had sent in
exclusive information of the attempted
murder on lne Chispa, and Immediately
the telephone operator repeated 1t to the
Examiner correspondent. On investiga-
tion the operator admitted this offense
and was discharged. This incident caused
quiet and searching investigation into
the methods of the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph Company and its subordinate
corporation, the Sunset Telephone and
Telegraph Company. The former
handles the local business of San Fran
cisco, the latter all out Of town business.
The result of this investigation will
startle the community and spread abroad
feeling of dtstrust and unsafety Sew
eral sporadic leaks were found, but on
chasing them down they We're found to
be no parts of the main system. They
consisted in the results Of chummy gossip
between an occasional woman reporter
and some of the telephone girls In fol-
lowing them up it was discovered, how
leakage, as extensive any one wished
to have it who was willing to put up
At last it was found to be in the Exam
iner office. An employe of that paper de-
vised it, and when lie had it in working
order was instructed to go on and per-
feet it. For that purpose he was sup
piled with theater tickets, money for sup
pers and entertainments. His work was
to secure control of the operators and
convert the switchboard into an adjunct
Of the Examiner Office His newspaper
work consisted in sitting with a telephone
to his ear and listening to messages which
were leaked on to his wire by simply
bringing it's plug into contact with the
wire tina: he wished to tap. In this way
news reports to the other papers were
stolen, private conversations between
business men, politicians, public officers,
men and women, husbands and wives,
nave been taken off, written down and
Kept in the Examiner office for use in the
Kind Of Journalism practiced there.
4 prominent State official had a CONVEX
sauon over the Sunset wire with the
warden of San Quentin relative to Dur
rant Whlle that noted prisoner was there.
hach ofncial was alone at his end of the
WIRE But the operator at the switchboard
leaked every word onto the Examiner
wire and the conversation appeared in
that paper next day.
Inc pubic recalls the difficulty en-
countered in the final disposition of Dur
-ant pouy' The undertaken in charge
u At received a Sunset message from the
asaaeha crematory that 1t would be re-
celVed there and incinerated. Within five
minutes an Examiner reporter was at his
once asking when the body would be sent
10 Fasadena, and when the undertaken
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01
THE law safeguards the inviolability
i Of letters sent through the nnaiIs

THE law safeguards the inviolability
of letters sent through the mails.
Their seal may not even be broken
to further the ends of Justice, ex-
cept in the manner which the courts have
determined and in respect for private
rights. The law, in a long line of stat
utes and decisions, has thrown protection
around communication by telegraph. The
rights of sender and receiver are defined
and trespass upon them is at the peril of
the trespasser. The tapping of telegraph
wires to secure Illicit possession Of the
messages they carry, for the benefit of
other than the person sending and the one
receiving them, is made felony, and is
punished penalty. The interests Of So
ciety and civilization are now so depend
ent upon modern methods of inter-com-
munication, the mail, the telegraph and
the telephone, that any violation of the
trust assumed by either method is an
Offense, not only In itself, but by supply
ing facility for other offenses, makes the
one guilty of ii a possible accessory to a
wide range and great variety of crimes
If 1t were needful that the law protect
the privacy Of letters and Of kilograms
and of the telegraph wires, which offer
peculiar facilities for tapping by the i'm
possibility Of guarding them on the des-
erts, mountains and lonely reaches over
which they stretch, there is much more
necessity that the law stand guard over
the telephone.
It is in use in millions Of homes for COM
munication between members of the fam
ily and in that relation carries every day
messages of domestic confidence, MANY
Of which disclosed would throw society
into a turmoil 1t is used in confidential
communication and between business men
and their correspondents, agents and Gus
toners. 1t is profitably employed by the
daily press in gathering news, in sending
orders to reporters and correspondents for
exclusive information, the inviolate own
ership of which is a valuable considera-
ton TO newspaper. So universal has be-
come the employment of the telephone
and so general is the public confidence in
the privacy Of it's use that ii is safe to
say that violation Of that privacy is a
more serious offense than the opening of
letters unlawfully or the tapping of tele-
graph wires. kilograms can be sent in
cipher and letters can be written in cryp-
tograms. But neople do not talk in cipher.
Communication by telephone is carried on
as freely as though the parties stood face
to face.
The possibility of a leak in the tele-
phone carries disquiet and CONSERVATION
into every home, public office and busi-
ness establishment where the use of that
instrument has become a necessity. A
telephone company is an important trus-
tee Of the whole community patronizing
it, and violation of that trust is an Of
fense Of such aggravated criminality as to
require the most drastic reprisals.
Through being made the victim Of
such betrayal of this trust The Call has
been led to use the means OF demonstrate
ing that the administration of the tele-
phone company in San Francisco is cor
rupt to the core and its service a gigantic
spy system and organized betrayal Of it's
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01
The Insane Cause Litigation.

Many suits recently Instituted by the
State Lunacy Commission against the
relatives and estates of insane persons to
recover SIS a month for each inmate dur
ing the entire time of confinement are
now on hearing before Judge Coffey. An
aggregation of lawyers representing the
various relatives and estates are conf
dent that the States claims will be de-
clared invalid.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01

are these devices proof against the Ex-
aminer's invention of this graft. How do
Mayor Phelan, Governor Budd and other
prominent officials like to know that they
have not had privacy for a single message
they have ever sent under the supposed
security of these wires and pseudonyms?
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01

public distinction that might come to
him. In few minutes an Examiner re-
porter appeared at the gentlemans house
and asked why The Call wanted his
picture, and demanded 1t for his own
paper and tried to extort information as
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01

sought to evade the question the reporter
said: You have just had telephone
message from Pasadena"
The Call telephoned gentleman in
Oakland for his photograph, expecting to
use 1t in connection with contemplated
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-10
Soldiers Stole Chairs.

clinton Z. Rutherford and Gaylor Craw-
ford Of the Twenty second Infantry went
into Days saloon, Third and Howard
streets, yesterday and each took a chair
and walked with it to secondhand store
on Howard street, where they were Of
fered Ior sale, DAILY notified the police,
rested the two soldiers and booked them
at the City Prison on a charge of petty
larceny.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-10

A Chinese who was a passenger on the
train from San Jose yesterday afternoon
was standing on the platform of a car
when the. train reached the depot. A
sudden lurch of the cars made the Chi
nese fall to the ground. He struck on his
head and was taken to the Receiving Hos
pltal in an unconscious condition He
was suffering from conclusion of the
brain, and doubts were expressed of his
recovery.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-10

Latest 2a>mzy ond Havy Ne1vs.


metropolitan Hall. Rev. w. D. McKinnon,
chaplain ms Of : the First California Volun-
teers, VIII deliver an address for the
subject Of the lecture will be 1.-The Cali
fornians in the Philippines" This will be
the only public address delivered by the
reverend chaplain during his stay in Cali
fornia- Tickets may be procured at the
Monitor office. room 7, Flood building.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-10
BRAVE SOLDIERS AT
THE BANQUET BOARD
MRS. A. S. TOWNSEND ENTER
TAINS A FEW l<EROES.
Flags and Silver and Crystal Flow
ers and Glittering Lights Make
the Table Beautiful.

Mrs. A. 8. Townsend, the soldiers true
friend, gave an elaborate dinner last even
ing at her home on California street. II
was patriotic dinner, and the glorious
stars and stripes which many of the lazy s
guests followed to victory were used WIN
exquisite effect to beautify the elegant
home and lend effect to the banquet BOARD
Exquisite crystal and gorgeous silver
glstened on the table, and in the MIDST Oh
1t all were long-SIemmed crimson carnd-
tons and delicate ferns arranged IN deil-
cate Venetian and old silver vases; Inc
name cards were tiny tents topped Win
miniature flags, and the boutonmeres
sisted of single crimson carnaton ana
sprlg OF maidenhair tied with a narrow
tri-colored ribbon. The conservatory open
ing off the dining room looked IKE d DIT
of enchanted ground, with its little 1alfy
lights twinkling in the midst OF the many
palms and rare eXotics.
Mrs. Townsend received her guests as
N. j. Rattigan. The charming hostess
wore an elegant gown of white brocade.
The jupe was perfectly plain cut, with
demi-train, and the decollete corSage was
finished off with exquisite ducheSSe lace.
magnificent collar of pearls and a dia-
mond cross were the only ornaments
worn.
Seated at the table were: Colonel c. II.
Murphy, W. j. Martin, Colonel V. d. Du-
boce, Lieutenant II. e. Curzon, Lieutenant
Commander Allen, Captain ]. ". +. Diss,
Colonel ]. M. Gassaway, II. G. McPike,
Mrs. H. c. McPike, Mrs. Bessie I. Smith,
Miss n. J. Ratugan and Mrs. A. 5. Town.
send.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-10

The Old Government Whisky is a
harmless and wholesome stimuIant.
made from carefully selected grain;
pure, old, mellow.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-10

If you are interested in Spanish visit
Professor Halls class, just forming at Y.
M. c. A, 4:30 Monday afternoon.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-10
ADVERTISEMENTS.
HOUSE excepting
GOODS!

During the past week we have opened up
large shipments of TABLE LINENS, TOW
ELS, NAPKINS, TOWELING, BEDSPREADS,
BLANKETS, C0MF0RTERS and SHEETS, and
quite a few. special items
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-10

Even we can't talk all the time. Come
Nine. Alma Keith, Phelan building.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-10
Possibly Fatally Injured

JAP STATUES last DAYS at Art Saloon.
Going East, then to Paris
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-10
General Warfeld IMPROVING.

A dispatch was received from New York
last night stating that General Warfield
is very. much improved and was able to
leave the Pennsylvania Hospital and join
his associates of the California delegation.
The various delegations have disbanded
their headquarters and are ready to leave.
Advances made on furniture and pianos with
or without removal ]. Noonan. 1O17-1O23 Mission
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-10

5 cases Extra Size WHITE ENGLISH MAR
SEILLES BEDSPREADS, Veru handsome
DESIGNS. Price, $3.50 each.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-10
TWO POINTED FACTS

Are always observable on critical ex-
animation of our laundry work, and
that is that the color is perfect and the
finish beautiful on all linen done up
here, Shirts, collars and cuffs are
laundered here in a manner that gives
all the beauty and freshness Of the
new article.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-10

g cases Fine White CALIFORNIA BLANKETS,
full size and extra WEIGHT Price, 1925
pair.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-10

Father McKinnon to Lecture.
On Tuesday evening, September 10. at
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-10

Ladies' tailor-made suits, fur capes, cloaks.
Credit. NJ. Rothschild, 33i Post St
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-10

One case 600 dOzen) GERMAN DAMASK NAP
KINS, full 26 inches square, extra double
satin damaSk. Price, $3.50 dozen.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-10

We will also have special sale this week
Of 700 pairs Yeru handsome SAX0NY and
FISH NET LACE CURTAINS all new Goods
both White and ECFu. Prices, $500,
$500 and $500 per pair.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-10

us dozen Extra Size Full BledCh9d HEM
STITCHED HUCK TOWELS, V6FU fine
quality, Price, $3.50 dozen.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-10

Is pieces Extra Qudlitu BLEACHED SATIN
TABLE DAMASK. full width, in differ
ent deSiGnS Price, $l.OO uaFd,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-10-07

An exchange sizes up the enumeration
lob as follows: 1.-THE job of census
ennmerstor which so many are neglect
Ing their work to chase, will in no in
stance pay more than 1925 and will not
average more than $75. Ennmerstors
Will be paid at the rate OF $3.50 for every
hundred names handed in. Enumera-
tors In the country will not be able to
make more than dollar q day at this
rate, no matter how good hustler he is.
Enumerators in the city will make 81 or
$3.50 day. In addition to their other
work, the enumerators must ask long
list OF questions for every name he writes
down, and makes out three copies OF
their report. The job of census taker
IS about the poorest political thing atioat
and there is more grief in connection
with it than there ia about clerkship
In railroad office. The enumerators
VIII not get to commence work before
spring and their pay will be held up
until the whole job is completed and all
corrections are made to the satisfaction
OF the department"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-10-07
O. h. G. n. Snake River Schedule.

The new steamboat Spokane, built by
the .. X. 4 n. to ply on the Snake River
between Riparia and Lewiston, is now
complete, and in service. Steamer
Lewiston is also in service, and the two
steamers VIII alternate between Riparia
and Lewiston, leaving Riparia daily ex-
cept Sunday on arrival OF train No. 4
from Portland and reaching Lewiston
next day at pm. Returning will leave
Lewiston daily except Saturday at II
O'Clock noon, arriving at Riparia at 7 p.
M, connecting with train No. 3 from
Spokane. The Spokane has been es-
pecially constructed for tho run mention
ed above, and is thoroughly equipped
with all modern appliances, electric
lights, ETC., and for speed and comfort
will excel any craft that has ever been
built for the Snake River. The Lewiston
is her steady old self.
E. w. QUARELs, Agent.
W. Fl. Hurlburt, G. P. A.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-10-07
Superior Court Notea.

Coliax Milling Co. VS.. ]. b. Holt
Judgment.
Burell We Taylor ct al. Order of de
fault.
Snake River Valley r. II. Co. VS. 10
seph Apgar ct al. Order for jury.
X. l.. Barton ct al VS.. w. s. Hall ct al
Judgment.
Garfield Hdw & Mercantile Co Va W
Ii Marble. Bond.
SRV RCovs Apgar ct al. Dana.
Ees awarded Apgar for $3.50.
rev cAsEs FILRB.
Ha tie VanDorn VS. VIM VanDorr.
Divorce.
Second Natl Bank of Cslfsx VS. II P
and j r Cromwell. Foreclosure.
Security State band VS. d S Jenkins
OF ux. Foreclosure.
Garfield Hwd q Met Co VS. Jas Cor
man, VIM Richardson and T B Richard
son. Garnishement.
Barker & Strobbe VS. Chas NJ John
son ct al. Money due.
PROBATE COURT.
In re estate of Dennis Roycroft. Hear
ing of Petition for order to sell or mort
gage real estate continued to Oct. 6.
In re estate OF Janson P Davies. Hear
ing of petition of Achilles j. Davies for
letters of administration set for Oct u.
In re estate of Jas G Templeton. Hear
ing of petition of JAS G Combs for let
ters of administration set for Oct Is.
In re estate of Cora A Armstrong.
Edward j Armstrong appointed admin
istrstor. Bond Approved, appraisers
appointed.
In re estate of Andrew j. Chase.
Hearing of final account continued to
Oct. 20.
In re insanity of Rodney Morrison.
Commitment.
In re estate of Harris w. Crees. Order
to sell wheat.
In re estate of Nicholas Jacobs. Order
scIIiHR apart homestead.
In re estate of Elzina c Wheeler
Order.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
j. L. Smick and Mary Befus of Endi-
,ott.
Jas. II. Worthy and Minerva Cronk
If Elberton.
Fred Robson and /. n. Mccall of
)akesdale.
&. &. Cole and Ida Hamilton of Endi-
oft.
Frank S. Gorde and Mayo Warbur-
on of Oakesdale.
Spectacles in time save eyesight. DR..
" hite can fit spectacles to any ewes.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-10-07
Phone 81.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Land Office at Walls Walla, Wash,
Sept. 2nd, 1890
Notice is hereby given that the follow
lng-named settler has filed notice of her
intention to make final proof in support
or her claim, and that said proof will be
made before VIM. A Inman, u. S. court
commissioner, at Colfax, Wash, on Sat-
urday, October DIST, 1899, viz
SARAH JANE HODGES,
widow of VIM. W. Hodges, deceased
who made homestead entry No. 1894, for
the se14 OF Sec. Z, TIP. IA N. r. Al L. w.
M.
She names the following witnesses to
prove her continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said land, viz A. j. Whit
ten, j T. Smith, Sam Brown, and G. w.
Hill, all OF Pullman, Wash.
JOHN NJ. HILL, Register.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-10-07

THE HERALD's new press has ar
rived, and will be in operation
within.a few days. The addition
of this press will enable the HERALD
to turn out with despatch all work
that may come to it. At no time
during the eleven years the HER
AID has been published has it been
favored with the amount of work
that is being given it at present,
and we promise to keep the facil.
tiles of the Office up to the demand.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-10-07

The county commissioners have
fixed the county tax levy at 1897
mills, divided as follows: Current
expense fund, 5.63 mills; road fund,
/ bridge fund, /; school fund, 2;
sinking fund, 2.32; INDECENT SOL
.diers fund, 90. The state levy was
GO2 mills, a total of state and
county levy of 10 mills, five mills
higher than last year. Residents
of Pullman city have added to this
a municipal tax of 10 mills.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-10-07
TO THE FARMERS.

buy wheat on salary, and not
on commission; that is the reason
| give the farmers all there is in it.
Come and see me before you sell,
and we will have a little talk about
1t any way.
G. W. FORD, Agent,
Phone 81. Pullman. Wash.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-10-07

CITY election will occur Decem-
Der 9th. There will be four coun-
.cilmsn, mayor, clerk, attorney,
treasurer, and health officer to
elect. The councilmen whose terms
expire are Jaberg, Staley, Clark
and Sanborn. Henry, Ruply and
,Gaddis hold over.