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The San Francisco call., 1899-07-22

to have worked well, for the ship came
into port looking as spick and span as
though she had just come out Of the dry
dock.
There was one fatality during the voy-
age. Edward Crawford of Company A,
Twenty-third Infantry, jumped overheard
when the Indiana was 80 miles from port
and was drowned. He was a California
boy, and his sister, Mrs. Alfred Terry,
lives at 1910 Mission street, and another
sister, Mrs. James Glassford, at 28 Grove
street
Crawford was under the deluson that
he had been hypnOtiZed and was going
to San Francisco under cOmpulsion to be
killed. He made several attempts to kill
himself, and when the Indiana left Ma
Mia Sergeant Kay of the Twen ty-third
Infantry was detailed to watch him.
While the transport was in Nagasakl,
Kay and Crawford were standing on the
starboard side of the ship watching the
town. Somebody called the sergeant
away, and when he came back crawford
was gone. The vessel was searched from
stem to stern but no trace of the miss
ing man could be found. Divers were
sent down and the bottom in the vicinity
of the ship searched in all directions with
Just before the Indiana sailed for this
port II was rumOred that Crawford had
been seen in the streets Of Nagasaki, so
him 4 few minutes before the anchor
was pulled up Crawford came alongside
IN a sam pan ana iIulIctlldlelE bt6clil lclt-
ing Of the splendid time he had had in
Nagasaki It was then sailing time and
as there was no sign Of Sergeant Kay
the Ship went without him. He viii prob
ably come along on the next transport
that touches at Nagasaki.
Upon leaving Nagasaki Crawford was
given in charge of Private Mike OBrien
and he kept a vigtlant watch over the
unfortunate man. Last Thursday it was
very rough and O'Brien and Crawford
were the only men aside from the craw
on the deck. They were marching up and
down when all Of a sudden Crawford
and making a rush to the rail jumped
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OPPOSED TO CRUELTY.
Excellent Work Performed by the
Animal Society's Officers.

Three days ago the Society for the Pre-
vention Of Cruelty TO Animals held its an
nual election of trustees, and Thursday
the latter organized, with n. P. Cole as
president, Colonel John p. Jackson as vice
president, James S. Hutchinson as treas
urer. Charles 3. Holbrook as secretary
and Martin Stevens as attorney for the
board. DR.. Iver Jacobsen, DR.. c. Maso-
erO and DR.. Egan were elected as the
veterinary surgeons for the society. Four
Of the old members, J. 5. Godeau, II. G.
Stindt. A II. Stevenson and Il. c. COrdel,
were appointed as special officers. Eleven
new members We're elected.
The secretary's report for the month
ending July 19 showed Z25 cases Of cruelty
reported, involving 428 animals, and 223
cases We're investigated. This resulted in
% prosecutions, with z convictions.
The total Of the fines imposed by the
Police Judges amounted TO $40. During
the month the secretary collected S1722, Of
which $S7l 10 was disbursed, leaving bal
ance Of $3.50 90. The trustees heartily in
dorsed the proposition Of the lady mem
bers to give an entertainment, the pro-
ceeds Of which are to be devoted to pur-
chasing badges for the youthful members
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MORE CORPORATION
ASSESSMENTS REDUCED
DODGE DISCOVERS ERRORS IN
HIS ROLLS.
Reductions Aggregating Nearly $3,-
100000 Made on Franchises
and Bonds.

Fortunately for the corporations, Asses
sor Dodge has succeeded in finding error'
in his assessment books affecting then
to the extent of 81 2,9744S No mistake!
have been found save in corporation lig
ures, as the following notice filed with tht
Board OF Supervisors after hours OF
Thursday evening will show:
Bonds of the Los Angeles Lighting
Company amounting to $1,000 should
be Cancelled; sold before first Monday
in March.
way Company enormously assessed at
s76i. 1855. should be $607 1856.
San Francisco Savings Union, erron-
eousIy assessed at $6,77S,533 on bonds,
should be $4 369,094, deducting 81, ,409.-
439 which is the amount of stocks not
assessable.
Savings and Loan Society, errone-
ously assessed for s1,1S3,244 for bonds,
should be 1868 ,052.
California Safe Deposit and Trust
Company, enormously assessed at
$50 600 for bonds, should be $4,000.
Germania Trust Company, errone-
ously assessed for $50, 100 on bonds,
should be $1,000.
WASHINGTON DODGE,
Assessor.
Ry J. C. Corbett Deputy.
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SICK SOLDIERS
HOME FROM THE
PHILIPPINE WAR
Transport Indiana In
From Manila,
A SOLDIER COMMITS SUICIDE
WHILE INSANE, ED CRAWFORD
JUMPED OVERHEARD.
How Sergeant Jones of the Tennessee
Regiment Captured a Filipino
Flag-Motley Crew on
the Indiana.
\ SOLDIER COMMITS SUICIDE
WHILE INSANE, ED CRAWFORD
JUMPED OVERHEARD.

The transport Indiana arrived from
Manila via Nagasaki yesterday. She
brought up 125 sick and conyalescent SOL
diers. twenty-five cabin passengers, fif-
teen Filipino men, women and children
for the Omaha Exposition and six stow
aways. The transport has been nine
months on duty in the Philippines and
in consequence brings back as motley a
crew as has ever reached port. She has
twenty-six Ffhpinos in the engine-room.
twenty-six Filipino cabin boys, twenty
one Filipino sailors, a Boer fireman, a
French boatswain, some Japanese and
Chinese mess boys. a couple of Arab
deckhands and sprinkling Of all the
Caucasian nationalities. They all seem
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Pushing the Corkscrew Line.

is pushing the construction Of the cork
screw line by setting gangs of men TO
work on both ends of the turn. The San
some street section is almost laid, and
yesterday a gang Of men started in at
Sixth and Market streets tearing up the
old rails and making the course clear for
the tracklayers TO commence digging the
presence of the men at this end of the
road had the effect of soaring off the
ghost bobtail cars that have been bobbing
up and down on Sixth street for the past
twenty years. With the introduction Of
the electric cars on the corkscrew line the
bobtan cars will be relegated to the wood
pile and the limping nags TO the boneyard.
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sHoPLIFTER CAPTURED.
Eva Rea Arrested in the Emporium
With Stolen Articles in Her
poSeaSSiOn

Eva Rea, a housekeeper. 40 years Of
age. living in the Eagle House on Third
street, near Mission, went to the
Emporium yesterday afternoon prepared
to steal She had a dress on with pock-
cts all round it and a deep cloak.
Special Officers Allen and Tilden
watched and suspected her and followed
her TO her room They returned to the
store and in half an hour she made her
reappearance, and they caught her in
the act" When searched she had a silk
can of beans in her pockets. She was de-
tained till Allen went to her room, where
a. handkerchief, which she had stolen on
her first visit She was taken to the City
Prison. where a charge of petty larceny
was booked against her. All the articles
were booked as evidence.
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Captain Seymour and Detective Egan,
and frequently boasts that he controls ne
that is turned he knows about, and unless
his share is forthcoming the fortunate
grafters are thrown into jail. To make
his position more secure he hovers about
the police court. boasting of his pull with
the Judges and Offering TO square any
of the police
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Only Two Left.

Yesterday was the fftieth anniversary of
the arrival in this harbor Of the Daniel
Webster with f1fty-nIne passengers. The
vessel left New York February 3, 1849,
came around the Horn and was under
command of Captain Jacob G. Pierce. OF
those passengers there are but two who
can be accounted for, Henry D. Hudson.
past president of the Exempt Fire Com
3anv. many years ago q prominent mer-
chant of this city but now retired, and
Thomas Steers.
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Will of I. n. PORTER.

The will of I. H. PORTER, who died a few
DAYS ago at San Jose, leaving an estate
valued at $4,000, was fled for probate
yesterday. The entire estate Is devised
to decedent's widow. j. E. AiZerais Is
appointed executor, to serve without
bonds.
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Of the Bands of Mercy, now being or
ganzed under the direction Of the ladies
of the society.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-22

|HE numerous grafters and bunko
men who allied themselves with
John Sweeney on account of his
alleged pull" with the police are
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They taxed everything heavily, even
to a mans wife.
while bull fighting is unknown here
in Manila. cock fighting is the uniVer-
sal amusement. and here such an
event attracts as much attention ana
is accompanied by as much excite
ment as a baseball or football game
in the United States. There are no
finer game cocks in the world than
those of the Philippines. and the ma
tives are experts in handling the feath-
cred pugilsts. Here every native owns
number Of game cocks, and events
are of daily occurrence An open court
or some plaza was usually selected
for these events during the Spanish re-
gime, for then they were licensed by
the officials, but now they are accom-
panied by less excitement. lest our au-
thorities relegate the pastime to obliv-
ion along with the street gambling and
other evils. When once it becomes
known that such an event is to occur
the natives gather in great crowds and
betting is lively. The birds are pro-
vded with long knife-like spurs, and
they usually fight to a finish. the van
pushed bird generally being killed, and
then trampled under foot by the
crowd Such is one of the principal
amusements of the Fiipinos. A short
description of the way most of the bet
be out of place. Out of respect of
earthquakes the houses are low built
and without glass windows. Thin sea
shells set into lattice frames serve for
glass, and the whole side of a house
generally slides open in these frame
sections. Cloth. not plaster. covers the
walls and ceilings, since. in times OF
earthquake, it seems to mind its own
business better than the plaster, which
would at once throw itself on the neck
of the baby or into the midday meal
Gas pipes aren't allowed. and the water
mains which bring in the city's supply
from up river run along the ground
on smooth cross ties. for earthquakes
are so epidemic that a small shake will
make the old residents, who saw the
city fall to pieces back in the sos.
turn pale and either run for the street
or get under the door jambs. Almost
as famous as the earthquakes are the
typhoons. which are born away down
to the southeast of the Philippines, and
come slowly swirling up the back
coast till they find a break in the
mountains, and cross into the China
| sea. as a rule, about 80 miles north
! of the capital.
| I'm Manila there are three seasons.
| the cool. the hot-dry and the wet. From
| November to March the afternoons ara
| fresh and the nights cold. From March
| till June are the sitting days of per-
| petual heat. but as June gets under
| way the thunder storms begin. and,
! later on. they gradually merge into
| the rainy season of July to October
those months when boats are at a
| premium for street service and ty-
phoon signals are always hoisted. Just
now the weather here is very nice.
and we all hope it will continue so.
although it looks like we are going
to fool around until the rainy season
| sets in and then there will be more
| soldiers die in one month than the in
| surgents can kill in year. We all
| hope. though, that before many weeks
| we will be on our way home"
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TWIN BRIDGES AFFAIRS
Graduation Exercises of the
Public Schools.
IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS
An Excellent Programme Was Pleasantly
Rendered by Pupils-The Maggie
Gibson Dredge Has Been
Completed.

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Twin Bridges, May s.-The gradua-
ton the other evening of the eighth
grade of the public school was a bril-
liant affair. The exercises were held in
Normal hall and speak volumes for the
teacher, Miss Nellie Page. Each of the
graduates was we'll drilled, showing
that Miss Page had taken considerable
pains to make the event a success. The
stage was decorated with the class col
or, Nile green, Old Glory and house
plants. Miss Janet Davis. superintend-
ent of county schools, and Trustees
Newell, Wilson and Seyler occupied
prominent seats on the rostrum. Miss
Page rendered the first number on the
programme, which was a march, played
the music and took their seats. The
teacher then made a few remarks APP
propriate to the occasion. She stated
that the class had chosen Longfellow
as their poet. Miss Annie Thomas then
read the biography of the class poet in
very pleasing manner. This was fol-
lowed by the reading of Paul Flem-
ing's Resolve" by Henry Cline, which
he did in remarkable manner. An
other pleasant reading was The Lad
der of st. Augustine" by Miss Helen
Pennington Mrs. HARRISON, a teacher
in the primary department, then ia
vored the audience with a beautiful solo
entitled winter Lullaby The essay
THE Mountains of the World which
was read by Miss Lillian Eastman
showed careful study and much thought
on the subject. Miss Lena Newell then
followed with recitation, Little Girls
tall" in a charming manner. The friends
of this young lady predict a brilliant
future for her, as she is an elocution-
list of more than ordinary ability. Amos
Seyler delivered an essay, Gold, the
Most Precious Metal which was ar
excellent production. The next number
on the programme was a song by the
young ladies of the sixth grade. Miss
Lottle Templeton had an essay or
| Commerce" which was well received
| The manner in which the subject was
| handled indicated that Miss Templetor
was well versed in the commercial his
tory of the world. Ralph Emery, who
is called the "Billy Bryan of Twr
Bridges, selected for his subject "Oul
Duty to the Republic and delivered al
oration that is seldom equaled by {
| boy of his age The audience was mex
| favored with a solo by Rev. Reed, en-
titled mid the Green Fields of Vir
ginia" Ervine Mountjoy read an es
say on America One Hundred Years
| Ago" which was a true picture of thu
good old days and did great credit Il
the writer. A beautiful recitation, 9TH
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A LETTER FROM MANILA.
Boys Patiently Awaiting the Time TO
Come Home.

come nome.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. P Brnton of 322
South jackson street have received a
very interesting letter from their son,
Wilmer, who is a corporal in 3 com
pany of the 1st Montana volunteers.
The letter was dated from Caloocan
about the middle of March, and is as
follows:
I'VE received mail by the Coptic via
Hong Kong yesterday. and were very
glad to get the papers containing an
account Of our fight with the insur-
gents. 1t seems funny to us to be
reading about our exploits this long
after they occurred, but it is nice to
have our praises sung anyway. we
are still lying in the trenches before
Malabon, with Caloocan as our base of
supplies. Our hospital is also at CAL
ocean, occupying the depot, but all of
the sick and wounded are sent into
the reserve hospital in town. The in
surgent trenches extend along our
front in an irregular line all the way
from 400 to 1000 yards apart. They
take advantage of every piece of tim
Der to cover their movements, and con-
sequently it is hard for us to know
just how they are situated in regard
to numbers and artillery.
I'VE are getting plenty to eat now,
in fact we are getting better rations
in the field thar we did in barracks.
We get fresh meat about five days
out of the week and plenty of fresh
bread and potatoes. The troops are
in very good health, as we are con-
sderably higher than the city and the
air and the surroundings are much
dryer. Dysentery has sent quite a few
of the boys back to the hospital. but
it is not prevalent among the men,
In fact the troops are healthier out
here than in town, for it cannot be de-
MED that Manila is an unhealthy city
With it's open canals and bitches
flooded and flushed by the tide. it can
not be made a clean city, for more dirt
is brought in than is taken out. What
Manila needs is a system of drainage
patterned after that of New Orleans
the discharge of which is washed into
a deep water reservoir. Manila's low
level makes any other impra cticable
Yet there have been some wonderful
changes. The streets are now clear
and the town presents a new appear
| ance. We have a board of health
which is looking after the sanitation
| of the city and carrying on the work
| of Kidding it of its dangerous places
| The present trouble will go long way
| toward getting rid of most of the I'M
| healthy portions of the city, as large
| numbers of bamboo huts and dirty
| markets nightly go up in smoke. IT
fact, the resident portions of the toWr
have several times narrowly escaped {
| serious contlagra ton through the in
surgents destroying their own homes
in an attempt to destroy stores belong
| ing to the government The rule o
our military government is being eX
| tended to the civil offices of the city
| Taxes, licenses and other internal rev
| enues are being collected by our Off
| 1ia1S and tha iS n hp
| tended soon. At present the old Span
ish rates, with some notifications, ar
| in force. but when we assume perma
nent authority here new rates will b
| established The internal reVenu
rates of the Spanish We're oppressive
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WOULDN'T GIVE THEM UP
Branagan Refuses to Surrender
the Keys.
TWOCOMM ISSIONERS NOW
Most Of the Street Force Quit Work.
Mccarthy Has Appointed j. j. Cotter
to the Position and the War
Is Still On

There was more trouble in the city
hall yesterday, and to all intents and
purposes Butte now has two street COM
missioners. One week ago last night
Captain John Branagan's resignation as
street commissioner was read at the
council, but the council refused to ac-
cept it. On Saturday the mayor con-
cluded that he would accept the resigna-
ton, even if the council did not, and
he Informed Captain Branagan that on
Monday morning his successor would
be installed. The captain replied that
he was willing to give up his place and
wanted to do so, but he would not quit
except in the regular way, after his
resignation had been accepted by the
council. He said that he had $4,000
worth of property in his keeping and
his bondsmen would be held RESPONSE
bic If anything happened. He would
quit as soon as his resignation was ac-
cepted by the council and his bonds
men relea sed
Bright and early yesterday morning
Mayor Mccarthy was at the city COR
raj, and so was Captain Branagan. The
mayor demanded the keys of the corral,
barn, blacksmith shops, office, ETC., but
the captain refused to give them up.
The captain then told his street force
and drivers of sprinkling carts to go on
| to work as usual. The mayor told them
not to work. or if they did they would
! not get any pay. The captain replied
| that all who wished to work should go
| to work at once and the rest should get
| out right away. Some of the street
| force and two of the sprinkler drivers
went to work while the rest concluded
not to take chances on getting their pay
and walked out. The captain also gent
| ly limited to the mayor that he might
| also get out but the mayor didn't take
| the hint.
| Later the mayor installed ]. j. Cotter
| as street commissioner and had new
| locks put on the buildings of the street
| department. Captain Branagan visited
! the corral soon afterward and had the
new locks wrenched Off
Late in the afternoon the mayor and
Mr. Cotter accompanied by officer
| Neville went to the corral. and new
| locks We're again put on and the keys
were turned over to the policeman. AS
the sun went down Mr.. Cotter was IN
| possession of the works.
The resignation of Judge De Wolfe
was also handed to the mayor yester-
day, and it is understood that it was
accepted There was a report that Hon.
F.. NJ. Lamb had been appointed to fill
the vacancy but this could not be con-
| firmed.
| The mayor yesterday appointed elm
| ton MacNeil to the position of lnspec-
| tor of weights and measures and Pc
ter johnson to the position of pound
| master.
A special meeting of the city council
| has been called for this evening. The
| meeting is called by order of the mayor,
| but the object of the meeting is not
| known
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BUTTE News
BEGINNING GOOD WORK
First Meeting of Crittenton Res
cue Circle.
HOME UNDER DISCUSSION
Some Small City in the State Will Be
Selected as Location-Organi-
cation of the Circle
Completed.
HOME UNDER DISCUSSION

The first meeting of the Crittenton
rescue circle was held yesterday after
noon in the Baptist church, President
Mrs. E. Frakes presiding. There are 80
members in the circle, and most of
them were present yesterday. A gen.
eral discussion as to the proper mode
of procedure was taken up, and it re-
suited in the appointment of a general
reference committee, to whom all mat
tiers in which the circle is concerned
will be referred.
When Mr.. Crittenton was here, dur
ing one of the meetings about $500 was
pledged by subscription to be applied to
the workings of the circle. Yesterday
the treasurer was instructed to collect
these pledges. This money will be used
in defraying the expenses incumbent
upon the rescue and transportation of
worthy girls to the nearest Crittenton
home. Those nearest at present are at
Ogden and Boise. There are already
three girls in this city whose desires
and conditions have been brought to
the attention Of the circle, and they
will at once be put on probation" as it
were. Temporary homes will be pro-
vided for them, where they can work,
and thus prove their fitness for consid-
Grafton by the circle. Clothes have been
1 provided for one girl who is in need Of
n Christian attention.
For the present the circle win meet
I every Monday afternoon in the Baptist
church. 1t is the desire of the circle to
n secure permanent headquarters, Where
Il information and intelligence can be re-
/ ceived at all hours of the day and
night. Any one desiring to contribute
may do so. Membership in the circle is
81 per annum.
The ladies yesterday informally dis
cussed the matter of permanent Crit
tenton home in this state. They do not
favor Butte or any large city. They
would rather see a permanent home
established in Deer Lodge or Missoula
or Boulder or BoZeman. In either of
these cities the home could be profita-
bly, conducted. Their objection to a
larger city is the unlimited attractions
found, and attractions of a worldly ma
ture are not conducive of the best re-
suits in the cases which come under
their supervision. A quiet, Pretty city
where natures beauty may be enjoyed
and the fragrance of flowers and the
grandeur of healthy vegetable life are
continually to be seen is where, the la
dies argue, Montana Crittenton home
should be established.
The Butte circle starts out under yer.
favorable auspices. In the first place
most excellent and worthy Christian
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women at the helm. Again. the cost of
maintaining the circle will be compare
lively small. The women stand ready
to respond to any reasonable call that
may be made upon them. The officers
of the circle are: President, Mrs. f.
Frakes. No. Is South Idaho; secretary.
Miss Lulu LAUREL; treasurer, Mrs.
HenSley.
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Tassel's $1.00 shoe sale is now on.
Come and see what you can get for
$1.00. % West Park.
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16 pounds sugar, 81; finest Minnesota
flour. 81 Is sack: fresh creamery butter,
% cents; fresh eggs, Is cents. Cooks,
331 East Park.
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Pay your subscription to the Ana
conda Standard for one year in advance
and secure the handsome premium.
Paris of To-Day"
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Repsold select vintage wines will
grace the board of prince or lord. F. j.
Brophy & Co., sole agents. Butte.
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Ladies' fine shoes, OXfords and Slip
pers, $1.00, 75c and soc. Tasselfs, %
West Park.