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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-01-20

Descriptive Bits From q st. Paul
Mans Letters Home.
These letters. rs they trickle in from
the Philippines, are giving an idea,
gradually clearer, Of the life and condi-
tions of the American soldiers in the
Pacific islands. The following extracts
are from letters to his family ut Fort
Smelling. MIMI, by G. A. COPYRIGHT.
chief clerk to Captain Jones, quarter.
master Of the post. One describes visit
to the cathedral.
1T is the finest church I ever saw
and ono Of the largest. 1t has magnifi.
cent oil paintings and statues Of real
gold. some with precious gems. In the
ono l visited there are several domes,
one nearly az high as the one at Wash
ington. But, after all, what do you
suppose tho church is used for? Bar.
racks for the Spanish. Ono had bis bed
just In front of the altar, another slept
in a confessional and their blankets
are spread all around tho ediflce. Guards
arc placed at all the valuable paintings
aud images. In one church there is an
image of Jesus valued at $l75,OO0 in
our money. 1t is about three foet high.
The display of gilt, gold and silver fur
nishings is very rich and costly.
"While was waiting for shower
! to pass watched some native children
playing. One boy had OH derby hat.
don't know where he got it, but do
know that that was everything be had
on Another little hoy was dressed just
In a coat, but they were as happy as
anybody and played just like the boys
and you and Ruthie. In our yard here
we have several cocoanut trees, two
olive trees, one quite large banyan and
several others that we DO not sac at
home. Flowers are in profusion, come
Of the 6neet orchids, rare lilies, ferns as
tall as the top Of our porch at home,
but none 80 sweet to me as our rose or
tho old fashioned pink. The animals
they have for heavy loads are the buf.
faloes you have seen in the menageries
40 rare and wonderful beasta They are
generally fat and sleek. Tho musk oxen
plow the rioefelds and draw the carta
have 40 come every morning.
II have two large warehouses and a
paved court full Of stores. and 1t Ia
come and go oil the time, everything
from steam engine to tack have
Ave storekeepere, six teamsters and 40
! laborers and do the clerical work for the
whole Doodle myself. / don't think I
, could get home on the O'Clock car by
q long shot.
1--WE are living in q house formerly
occupied by the commander Of the Span
ish barracks. We have two carriages to
take US back and forth. It is near the
head of the botanical gardens, once
called the finest In the world, but now
In ruins There are still some very
pretty palms left and flowers without
number. Bread Ia 20 cents q loaf. eggs
J 20 cents q dozen, fresh beef Is cents
! pound. If 1t was not for the commissa1y,
We would fare poorly. l have got 80 I
don't care for ice; would rather drink
the filtered water without It. and I
know that IL 10 better for st.
Paul Pioneer Press.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-01-20
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Lana Ofhce Ut 81. cloud, Nlnn., Dec. ~, 1875
Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing-named settler mas flied notice of his
his claim, and that said proof will be
made before the clerk district court at
Little Falls, Mimi, or January 2stt: 1899:
e1a sell. section 2, township 13l. range 81.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon, aud
cultivation of, said land, viz:
Albert KEENAN,, John Hanson, John p.
Anderson, Frank Renlich; all of Gushing,
Mimi.
NJ. D. TAYLOR,
Register.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-01-20
RIBBON EMBROIDERY
ATTRACTIVE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIBED.

Pretty Things For Church Fairs and
Holiday Gifts - Photograph Frame
decorated with Ribbon ana Span.
gles-A Talking Scent sachet.
Embroidery with narrow ribbon 10
such an effective and comparatively
rapid way Of carrying out designs for
the bellishment of small objets do
fantastic. such 40 opera and work bags,
saohets. frames. etc., that . couple OF
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-01-20
The telephone companies pay
$4,000 taxes to the state this year.

In California trust is being or
ganised to control the prune market.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-01-20

How to Drive Away Mice.
Powdered oalnphor placed in the
haunts of mice will drive them away,
az they dislike the smell.
PICTURESQUE MANILA.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-01-20

A Bellevue surgeon the other day sub.
dued maniacal sailor after five police
men had wrestled with him in vain.
The doctor told the policemen to release
the powerful man, and as they did so
he caught the patients eye. The strong
man stopped in the middle Of the street
and eyed the doctor in wonder. His eye
lost it's fire, and he followed the doc.
tors movements to 'T." The doctor
walked around the sailor, waving bis
arms all tho while and keeping his eyes
fastened on the sailors. He was hypno-
tizing him, and he coon put him to
sleep. The freq show entertained q
crowd Of people, and after the ambu-
lance rolled of with it's hypnotized bur"
den skeptios did a whole lotof thinking.
Organized War on Cats.
A secret Anticat league dourishes In
the most fashionable quarter OF the city.
The aristooratio Angora and the patri.
clan Persian cat out in the back yard
singing to the moon die suddenly. Their
bodies, still and voiceless, are found in
the yard next day, and not until then
IL it known that the official Bo1gia Of
the Anticat society has passed that way.
The active warfare on the felines Of tho
smart set was only begun recently, but
the havoc wrought has struck terror
into the hearts of the cat show exhibit
orA JOSEPH RUSSELL
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-15
NOE VALLEY
TERROR|zED
BY TOUGHS
Police Appear to Be
PoWerless.
DEPREDATIONS OF HO0DLUMS
LIVES AND PROPERTY ARE IN
JEOPARDY.
DEPREDATI0NS OF H0oDLUMS
Long List of Outrages Heaped Upon
a Helpless Family, While the
Authorities Afford No
Protection.

For several years the residents of Noe
Valley have been terrorized by the depre-
dations of a gang of hoodlums, and the
police, though fully cogniZant of the eX-
istence of the gang and the names of
most if not all the members, are either
powerless or unwilling to suppress the
marauders. Affairs have reached such a
stage that persons are openly attacked
with even harder treatment if they dare
lodge complaint against the offenders.
The members of the gang range in age
from u to 25 years, and they have dis
played extraordinary ingenuity in devils
ing methods of destroying the peace and
property of the people in the neighbor-
hood.
Few have escaped the attentions of this
gang, but one of the greatest sufferers
is David Fleischman, a simple-minded
huckster and junk dealer, who lives with
his father, mother and sister at Ill Jersey
street. The elder Fleischman is 80 years
old, totally blind and entirely helpless.
The mother is but a few years younger,
bent nearly double with weight of years
while the sister is a cripple. This family
own the little cottage they live in, and
as the son has been IN too feeble health
for almost a year to follow his ordinary
occupation, they depend entirely upon a
COW and a few chickens for their exist
ence. But the hoodlums seem determined
within the past three weeks they have
brought into service a parlor rifle. with
which they practice on the Fleischman
poultry with deadly effect. A few days
ago the COW was shot and suffered from
the wound for several days. Two dogs
owned by the family have been shot and
repeatedly stoned a pet cat and her kit
tens killed and the members of the family
themselves boldly threatened with exter-
mination
The ringleaders of the gang are three
brothers named Grove, a fellow named
Singewold and two Smith brothers, all of
whom live in the vicinity of Twenty
fourth and Sanchez streets. They have
repeatedly set upon Fleischman, stoned
him and threatened him with death. One
day, when Fleischman had his COW up on
the hillside grazing, he was set upon by
hoodlums and severely stoned, the animal
being cut with the missiles as well. Since
then he has not dared to take the COW
out to Craze, and his mother and sister
are compelled to go out and cut grass,
bringing it to the stable in sacks.
But that is only a tithe of what the
family has suffered. One night some
months ago, the old lady was in the kit
chen. when a rock weighing over a pound
crashed through the window and struck a
shelf within a few inches of her head. At
another time the family was seated at the
supper table. when another huge rock
sailed through the window, carrying away
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-15

part of the blind and upsetting the lamp.
fortunately it was of metal and did not
preak, else the house would have been
destroyed.
The night of the Sd of last July Fleisch-
man saw several of the gang in the yard
near his front door, and thinking they
up over the windows that day, decided
II would be better not to interfere with
them. A minute later there was a ter
riflc explosion, shattering the front door,
shaking the house like an earthquake
and badly damaging the walls. The
young fiends had filled piece of gas pipe,
on one end of which was an iron cap,
with powder, and plugging up the other
end fired 1t with fuse close up against
the door. Fleischman has the shattered
internal machine now as an exhibit of
Time and again the house has been sub
jected to a bombardment of rocks, marks
of which are plainly seen. The family is
afraid to show a lamp at a window at
get.
Worst of all, the company which had
insured the ,Fleischman house learned Of
the bombardment and explosion and can
celed the policy. Since then FletSchman
has only been able to insure the place for
a trifling amount, and that at an exor-
A favorite amusement of the gang is to
drop a huge bowlder on a brood of tiny
chickens, Just to see how many they can
kill and MAIN. One night not long ago
Fleischman saw four of the gang, all full
grown, sneak into his barn, and the fam
fly remained awake all night, expecting
momentarily that the place would break
into flame. The following morning they
found that the cow had been milked dry
by the toughs and their revenue for that
day shut off.
FIeischman and others have reported
the gang TO the police times innumera-
BILE, and officers have been sent out to
investigate but never an arrest is made.
About two years ago Fleischman says he
went down to get a warrant for the Grove
brothers, but the prosecuting attorney to
whom he applied said it would cost him
$40 to procure the warrant and have the
case prosecuted. Fleischman would not
be bled, and the warrant was not issued.
He does not know the name of the prose
cutting attorney who tried to hold him
up.
Since the hoodlums have brought the
rifle into use, Fleischman, fearing that
his entire flock of chickens would be de-
stroyed, and knowing that 1t was useless
20 expect any protection from the police,
told his troubles to Secretary Holbrook
of the Society for the Prevention Of
Cruelty to Animals, and that officer is
conducting a thorough investigation. He
has the names of the gang, young and
old, and expects to have ample evidence
against them in a few days to secure
the conviction of the entire crowd.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-15
JUSTICE AND NOT
CHIVALRY PREVAILS
CHARGES AGAINST JOHN PLUM
KETT DISMISSED.
Mrs. Samuels Struck Him First and
the Insurance Man in His Ex-
citement Hit Back.

Judge NIogan yesterday dismissed the
charge of battery preferred against John
Plunkett, general manager of the Penn
Mutual Life Insurance Company, by Mrs.
Rebecca Samuels.
The Judge briefly reviewed the case and
said the testimony showed that Mrs. Sam
uels had struck Plunkett first, and that
when a woman fights she unseXes her
self" Punketts demeanOr while on the
witness stand had impressed the Judge as
that of q highly nervous man. and he
came TO the conclusion that Mrs Sam
uels' blow excited the insurance agent.
who in his nervousness struck back. The
only censure Judge Mogan had for Plum
kett was conveyed in the Judges refec-
tion that he considered Piunkett very
forward"
Mrs Samuels had Plunkett arrested on
the 4th Of April on a charge of battery,
claiming that she was visiting at the home
Of her grandmother when Plunkett en-
tered and began to abuse her. His Ian
Euage maddened the lady and she slapped
his face. The alleged blow for which the
arrest was made was, in the opinion Of
the court, in defense Of the lady's smack.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-15
APPRAISING
COMMITTEES
APPOINTED
Supervisors Advance
Panhandle Scheme.
THE MODE OF PROCEDURE
ENGINEERS AND REAL ESTATE
MEN SELECTED.
Work of Estimating the Cost of the
Proposed Improvement Will Be
Begun at an Early
Day.
THE MODE OF PROCEDURE
ENGINEERS AND REAL ESTATE
MEN SELECTED.

The Street Committee of the Board Of
Supervisors met in special session last
night and took the first definite step
toward the advancement of the park pan
handle extension and the Mission sewer
movements. Two expert committees were
appointed-one to appraise the value of
The property within the limits of the pro
posed panhandle extension and the other
to estimate the cost of a new and COM
plete sewer system for the outlying dis,
trlCtS. After Supervisor Aigelt1nger calIed
the committee to order he stated that
the members of the committee had fully
discussed the proposed action ana mao
informally agreed 10 appoint .. n; Omo-
sen, Joseph Howell, Henry {. RoDlnSoh'
AL Raish and S. ii. Kent TO appralse the
value Of the real estate and improvements
In the tract.
Supervisor Aigelunger's list was quickly
ratified and then he presented another
list naming three expert engineers 10
estimate the cost of a new sewer system
They We're T.. +. GTunSky, MarSden Man
son and City Surveyor TIlton. supervisor
Holland brought up the question. OF com
Densati0n Ii was the work of only
few moments to settle this point. super
visor Holland suggested that the fee to
he pafd every member of both appra1Sing
committees be fixed at $500, and the sug-
gestion met with the approval of every
member of the committee.
The appraisers were instructed TO nave
their report to the Board of Supervisors
In readiness by May is. This will give the
committees ample time to fully investi-
gate both matters, but 1t Will be neceS-
sary for them to commence their labors
at once.
When their estimates are filed with the
clerk of the board the Supervisors will
then set q date on which TO hold the
bond election to raise the money to carry
ont both plans 1t is understood that the
board will fiX date during the months
Of July or September.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-15
POWER OF SUPERVISORS.
They May Open or Close Streets at
Their Pleasure.

The Supreme Court in a decision hand
ed down yesterday has upheld the action
of the Board of Supervisors In the matter
of closing the westerly end of Turk street.
This thoroughfare as originally laid out
between Masonic and ST. Josephs ave-
nues was 100 feet wide. In April, 1897, the
board passed an order declaring the
northerly 81 feet 3 inches to be closed and
vacated. Several owners of land abutting
on the southerly side of Turk street in
stituted proceedings with a view of hav-
ing the action of the board rescinded and
a judgment annulling said order. upon the
ground that the board had acted in ex-
cess of it's Jurisdiction.
They had asserted that they had been
damaged by the closing of the street, and
that the order complained of did not pro-
vide for any compensation for such dam
ages. A demurrer to the application was
sustained by the Superior Court, from
which an appeal was taken. The Su-
preme Court says:
THE act of the Board of Supervisors in
determining that street shall be opened
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-15
Caledonian's Ladies Night.

Last evening the Caledonian Club held an
open meeting in Scottish Hall on Larl1in street.
and 1t being ladies' night there was a large
attendance of lady relatives and friends of
the members. For their entertainment the
officers presented most enjoyable programme
Of select numbers, which included airs the
bagpipes by Lindsay, the Highland piper in
full costume; piano and cornet duet. Mr.. and
Miss Fairgieve; vocal selections by Mrs. Segar,
Mrs. Tuly Mr.. Warneli and William ].
O'Brien; coon songs by little Claire Vex an
amusing conversation by the well-known ven
triloquist, John =. Dwyer with his friend
Casey; clog and buck and wing dancing, Misses
Lillian Rhoads Viva Anderson and Annie
Burg specialties by Messrs. Franklin Cath
cart and ]. o. Fraser, and instrumental music
by NJ. Meagher The appreciation of the eff
forts of the entertainers was manifested by
many recalls.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-15
MARINE FIREMEN's FUNDS.
Ex-Treasurer Dougherty's Examina-
ton on the Charge Of Embez-
element

The preliminary examination of John
Dougherty, ex-treasurer of the Marine
Firemen's Union, on the charge of felony
embezzlement was commenced before
Judge Conlan yesterday afternoon He
was defended by ex-Judge Ferral.
Patrick Rodgers, ex-financial secretary
of the union, testified to having given
Dougherty the $l1U0- alleged to have been
embeZzled, and to obtaining Doughertys
receipt for the money. Andrew Ryal. the
present financial secretary, testified to
having made a formal demand upon
Dougherty for the return of the money.
AS the other witnesses for the prosecu-
tion were not present 3. o. Young, an eX-
pert on handwriting, was put on the stand
and testified that the signature on the re-
ceipt for the money was not In his opin-
ion in the defendants handwriting. The
case was continued till Monday
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-15
ADVERTISEMENTS.
What a Little Faith Did
FOR MRS. ROCKWELL.
LETTER TO MRS. PrNkHAM NO. 69,ss4l

q was great sufferer from female
weakness and had no strength. 1t was
impossible for me to attend to my
household duties. L had tried every
thing and many doctors, but found no
relief
MY sister advised me to try Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
which l did; before using all of one
bottle felt better. kept on with it
and to my great surprise L am cured.
All who suffer from female complaints
should give it a trial. "-MRs Rock
WELL, 1909 S. DIVISION ST., GRAND
RAPIDS, MICH
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-15

or closed, or widened or contracted or
otherwise improved, is a legislative act
performed in the exercise of the power
which has been conferred upon the mu-
nicipality by the Legislature to enable it
to provide for the welfare of it's citizens,
and although the board is called upon to
exercise its judgment in determining
whether to authorize the Improvement,
such judgment is not the exercise of any
judicial function, but is the conclusion
which they form in the exercise of the
discretionary power that has been in
trusted to them, and upon a consideration
of the public welfare and demands for
which they are to provide
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-15

Acting under instructions from Captain
Spillane Policemen Tyrren and Esola yes
terday afternoon raided the rooms of the
Kentucky Lottery Company in the Par
rott building, after buying 30 worth Of
tickets They seized a number of tickets
and drawings. ]. J. Mills and Frank Ad-
ans were arrested, the former for selling
lottery tickets and aiding and abetting a
lottery, and the latter for aiding and abet-
ting a lottery. The company has been
six weeks in the business.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-15
From a Grateful Newark Woman.

"When l wrote to you 1 was very
sick, had not been well for two years.
The doctors did not seem to help me,
and one said L could not live three
months. had womb trouble, falling,
ulcers, kidney and bladder trouble.
There seemed to be such drawing
and burning pain in my bowels that 1
could not rest anywhere. After using
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and Sanative Wash and follow
ing your advice, feel well again and
stronger than ever. My bowels feel as if
they had been made over new. With
many thanks for your help, remain,
L. G., u ANN ST., NEWARK, N. j."
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-15
Threatened to Shoot.

Samuel Aftergast, a butcher in Oak
land. swore to a complaint in Acting Po-
lice Judge Barry's court yesterday for
the arrest Of A. Desbaum. an officer con-
nected with the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty TO Animals. on the charge of
threats to kill. Aftergast alleged that
while he was at Ocean View Thursday
buying a cow Desbaum came up TO him
and ordered him not TO appear again in
that neighborhood, and when Aftergast
told him to mind his own business he
drew his revolver and threatened to shoot
soaring two ladies who We're close by.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-15
America and Germany.

So soon as America showed her characteris-
tic frmness the German cruiser left Manila
Bay and we now protect the German inter-
ests In a like manner all stomach ills fly
before the wonderful power of Hostetter 8
Stomach Bitters 1t strikes at the root of all
diseases-the stomach, and not only cures in
digestion. constitution bilousness. liver and
kidney troubles but cures them quickly and
permanently. 1t makes a hearty appetite and
fills the blood with rich red corpuscles.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-15
Main Buildings of the Ph!odeIpbo Exposition

= o b w o he
the auspices ofue na CommrdM Museum and Franklin Institute In order
W flor p ddpm m o he t | wn
mrts h
e h
20 o@o o@oA 100000 oAoaE
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-15
Got a Year for His Fun.

.Alick Aulin, a recent arrival from Chi
cago. who amused himself Tuesday night
at Third and Mission streets by firing a
around him. was yesterday sentenced by
Judge Mogan to one year in the County
Jail being six months on each of the
charges Of carrying concealed weapon
and discharging firearms within the city
limits
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-15
Master Haug's Recital.

Julius A. Haug, a young. talented, but
as yet immature violinist, played last
night in the Young Mems Auditorium to
a small and friendly audience Miss Xena
Roberts and Herbert Williams were other
participants in the programme.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-15
Crowds at the Zinkand.

The popularity of the Zinkand is attested by
the large crowds that gather there every even
ing before and after the theater.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-15
METROPOLITAN TEMpLE

Beginning MONDAY, April II, afternoons
o'clock, evenings S:15 o'clock, Wonderful Nov.
ing Pictures Of POPE LEO XIII. and other in.
teresting moving views. by the American Bio
graph Co. Admission so cents; children Is centa
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-15
CENTRAL PARK, Market and Eighth Sts.
Ell CAMP
ERNEST HAOUETTE

VIII open his place, the palace Of
Art" 16 Post St, between Kearny and Mont.
gomery Saturday, April 18th. as a gentleman's
cafe. Merchants lunch will be served from
IL a. m. to 2 p. m.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-15
LOTTERY hooms Raided.

''99" Cleveland bicycles, $40 and $50; "99"
Crescents, $95. Leavitt & Bill, 309 Larkin.'
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-15

Ocean Water Tub Baths.
IO1 Seventh ST.. corner Mission Salt water.
direct from ocean,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-18

this closely corked for about three
weeks and then pour off the liquid
without disturbing the sediment.
A sightly-moistened clean dust cloth
is the ideal one for housekeeper, not
a wet one which smeaTs and streaks
furniture, but one that is just damp
enough to take Off the dirt. The
suitable buster is made of a cheap
quality of cheese cloth and should be
about a yard in length, there is no
reason why an ample supply should
not be in every housemaid'e5 posses
sion Even neat hOusekeepers are apt
to overlook the necessity for clean dust
cloths, of course they are not expected
to be snowy white all the time, but
when we say clean we wish to differ
entiate them from the black ones seen
in the hands of many maids. The
cloths can be washed every week so
they will present a respectable appear
ance,