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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-19

From Unrecognixed Heroes.
And what for the man who went forth
for the right, -.
Was hit in the battle and shorn of a
limb?
Why honor for him who falls in the
fight, ~" "~" a-~-t-.~r-.'-
Falls wounded of limb and crippled
for life;
Give honor, give glory, give pensions
for him,
Give bread and give shelter for babes
and the wife.
But what of the hero who battles alone,
In battles of thought where God set
him down,
Who fought all alone and who fell
overthrown?
l tell you 'twere better to cherish that
That soldier who battles with thought
for sword,
That climbs the steep ramparts where
wrong has control,
And falls beaten back by the rude
trampling horde.
All, better to cherish his words and his
worth,
Than all the Napoleons that people
the earth.
Joaquin Miller.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-19
-
he says the. same,

An ma she reckons that he's got in
terest in the claim,
Fur if it hadn't bin fur him I wouldn't
a bin me, Ho
But bin somebody else's kid in some
strange family,
Because once on the coolest night he
thinks he ever saw,
Twas him that went to Babyland and
picked me out fur ma.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-19
Remarkable Calf.

A backwoods preacher discoursed on
the parable of the prodigal son, and in
alluding to the fatted calf, which was
killed when the prodigal returned, he
said: Brothers and sisters, you must
remember that this was no ordinary
calf. but on the contrary it was very
extraordinary calf, selected because it
had neither spot nor blemish. and had
been the pet of the household for
many years." sfts u
Bank President-sAre you aware the
cashier has taken a half interest in a
yacht? -
Director-we had better see that he
does not become a. skipper.
The WATERFOWL Times says that the
spectacle of horse grazing in front
yard, while a goDsalkept him from stray
ing by holdinggthe halter, did not at
tt act so much attention as it would II
the goose hade not been "tailor's
goose" weighing about 20 pounds.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-19
October Party.

october rarity.
October gave a party;
The leaves by hundreds came
And Ashes, Oaks and Naples,
And those of every name.
The sunshine spread a carpet,
And everything was grand,
Miss Weather led the dancing,
Professor Wind the band.
The Chestnuts came in yellow,
The Oaks in crimson dressed;
The lovely Misses Maple
In scarlet looked their best,
Ard balanced all their partners,
And gayly f1uttered by;
The sight was like rainbow
New fallen from the sky.
Then, in the rustic hollows,
At "hide-and-seek" they played,
The party closed at shutdown,
And everybody stayed.
Professor Wind played louder;
They flew along the ground;
And then the party ended
In jolly hands around"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-19

"Shall money control this govern
ment?' will be the great issue in 1900.
Direct legislation would settle this ques
ton and settle it right. Read Bond
and Industrial Slavery" Price Is cents.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-19

first, then secure the sides and ends.
An ingenious woman could utilize
pair of quilting frames as curtain
stretchers by fastening the lace to mus
lin strips at the ends and sides of the
frames, and rolling as tightly as pos
sible.
In the stretcher proper the expense
of clamps might be avoided by boring
holes in both pieces of the framework
and inserting pegs or pins to keep the
stretcher in place. Try them.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-19
"PRESSING HIS SUIT"

rendered very grateful to the patient,
who wants something, but don't know
just what.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-19

When is a doctor most annoyed
When he is out of patients.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-19
Labor Welcomes Them.

A representative of the Chicago Re-
tail Merchants association, in meet
ing of workingmen at Chicago Com
mons, appealed to them for aid in The
battle with the forces of concentrated
greed" At the close of his appeal, an
old man arose and in a simple, earnest
manner said to the speaker I'VE bear
you no malice, Mr.. Merchant, but now
is your turn. Thirty years ago the con.
centratiOnr of capital in machinery be-
gan to crowd down men of my class,
and we appealed to you for sympathy
and help You plainly told us that it
was the law of the survival of the fit
est which had overtaken us. You were
right. You small retail dealers and
manufacturers realize now how right
you were. The trusts and the monopo-
lies have pushed you out of business.
and you find you must consort with
| labor against the combinations OF CAPT.
| tai. You call the trusts concentrated
greed No doubt you are right We
won dispute the fact that they arc
| open to at least that inference, and t:
prove our good will and sympathy
move the following resolution in ycnr
behalf:
Whereas, Misery loves company,
thele fore,
Resolved that we welcome tho retaii
merchants and small manufacturers to
the ranks of the unemployed
The initiative and referendum retires
money from politics. The best book
written upon the subject is Bond and
| Industrial Slavery" Price Is cents.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-19

The initiative and referendum retires
from politics. The best book
written upon the subject is Bond and
Industrial Slavery" Price Is cents.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-19
A POOR WIDOW
COMPELLED TO
SUE CORR|GAN
Paltry Sum Involved
in the Suit.

Ed Corrigan the discredited racetrack
gambler and turf Jonah, is to be hailed
into the Justice Court, where he will be
made much against his will, the central
figure in a suit wherein he figures as
man who seeks to defraud poor widow
of her small earnings. While the amount
of money involved is not large it means
much to the woman who is the plaintiff in
the action, and at the same time it serves
to expose for the benefit of the public
the true character of the late director
general of the Ingleside gambling resort.
The action in question is suit in at
tachment filed yesterday in the Justice
Court against Corrigan by Mrs. Gertrude
Rayfield proprietress of the Oceanside
House, near the Ingleside track The
amount of money sought to be recovered
is $50 SO.
Less than a year ago. alleged in the
complaint, Corrigan went to Mrs. Ray
field and contracted with her for the use
of seven stalls in barn connected with
the Oceanside House. He wanted them,
he said, for the accommodation of sew
eral horses which he did not wish to
stable at the racetrack. For the use of
the stalls he agreed to pay monthly
rental of So. He was given possession and
used the stalls for the purpose stated for
a period of seven weeks, incurring an in
rented from Mrs. Rayfield kitchen con-
nected with the hostelry for the use of
his help. For the rent of this kitchen he
agreed to pay 81 per day. He had possess
sion of the kitchen for forty-nine days,
thus mourning an Indebtedness of $40
When Mrs. Rayfeld sought to collect
what was due her from Corrigan he put
her off first with one excuse and then
with another, though it was represented
to him that his refusal to pay seriously
embarrassed the landlady. After spend
ing weary days and months in an endeavor
to collect what was due her Mrs. Rayfeld
was finally forced to accept the cOnclu-
sion that the master of Hawthorne in
tended to defraud her. In her distress
she applied to Attorneys William b.
Crocker and Eugene d. Sullivan and they
undertook to force payment by means of
suit and attachment. The suit was filed
yesterday and Corrigan will be required
to tell under oath why he seeks to avoid
payment of debt to a defenseless
woman.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-19

4 the Washington end of the hatchet-
~ mems line it is reported that c. P.
~ Huntington and his associates in the
- business of landing coolie labor into
the United States are trying to undermine
Chinese Inspector Gardiner of this city
reliable authority from Washington
states that the charge has been made that
DR.. Gardiner willfully misinterprets Chi
nese letters introduced in evidence. and
solely for the purpose of preventing the
landing of applicants and of besmirchng
the regulations of Meredith, Huntington
and their official and other hackers. The
plot leaked out in time, however, for the
friends of the doctor and for the mission
ary societies to take the necessary steps
to counteract this stab in the dark and
they will endeavor to secure the publca-
ton of the translations of certain letters
found on the person of a Chinese mer-
steamer China several months ago. These
letters were from a Chinese broker to
another person, and spoke of the manner
in which the ring had succeeded, through
the influence of the Pacific Mail, in land
ing a large number of Chinese persons
who were not entitled to admission into
this country Names of the persons land
ed were given and the means by which
they had been landed were set forth fully.
resorted to successfully and the price of
landing a Chinese person was stated to
be from $40 to $50, the money being paid
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-19
PACIFIC MAIL
PLOT EXPOSED

to a subordinate official of the Custom
house.
The letters were placed in the hands of
DIR. Gardiner for translation, and when
the result became known to the persons
entitled to know it there was much per-
turbation of soul among certain officials.
The papers were examined by Special
Agents Smith and Linck and the originals
and the translations were sent to Wash
ington, and are now in possession of the
Secretary of the Treasury. The Secretary
or two ago whether such letters making
the reflections on the Pacific Mail Com
pany and others were in his possession,
and he replied that they were but that
their contents could not be made pubic
at the present time.
The plot against DR.. Gardiner is or
about the caliber of a primary ward meet
ing. He is accused of being incompetent ten
as an interpreter and translator of Chi
nese, and of misinterpreting letters and
other documents while actuated by re-
ligiouS bigotry against that people. Or.
Gardeners reputation as Chinese
scholar is national. his knowledge of the
vernacular extending to all the dialects
represented by the Chinese in America.
competency or malice was to be backed
up by substituting for original Chinese
documents falsifed copies, containing
matter which would prove their charge
against the doctor. But this scheme was
thwarted by the fact that Dr.. Gardiner
had enlarged Photographic copies of the
letters made for his protection, and upon
Treasury of his reason for so doing the
Secretary ordered the bill paid out of the
Government funds.
The letters show conclusively that the
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-19
BOLD CROOKS
LOCKED UP IN
THE TANKS
Accused of Stealing
Valuable Booty.

Through the efforts of Detectives Ryan
and O'Dea. of the Southern station, three
ex-convicts are locked up in the tanks,
accused of stealing $500 worth of goods
which had been placed in charge of the
Southern Pacific Company. Early Sun
day evening several boxes of silks and
other dress material were turned over to
the railroad company to be shipped to the
interior. The boxes were duly receipted
for and placed on the wharf at the foot
of Market street A short time afterward
one of the clerks in the employ of the
railroad company went to get the boxes
and was surprised to find them gone. He
made an investigation, with the result
that he learned that five men were seen
climbing over the wharf from rowbOa.
and taking possession of the goods They
then lowered the boxes into their boat
and quickly rowed away from the scene:
The robbery was at once reported to the
police, and Detectives Ryan and O'Dea
were detailed to arrest the thieves. BY
dnt of inquiry the detectives ascertained
that the boat which the men used In get
ting away with the boxes was stolen from
q bOatman near the sugar refinery.
Last night Ryan and O'Dea arrested
three eX-convicts who they say were i'm
plicated in the robbery. Their names arc
Jean Grossette, Harry Williams and John
Ryan. They are opium fiends, and are
known as desperate men. To-day The de-
tectives expect to capture the other men
who were implicated in the crime. In
Grosette's room, on Mission street, por-
tion of the stolen property was found.
After being locked up Grosette made a
confession in which he declared that Will
liams had planned the robbery and
threatened to Kill his accomplicas If they
revealed his name to the police.
Williams was released from Folsom
about three months ago, where he had
served a four year term Tor robbery.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-19
AMPLE POWER
FOR A MODERN
ELECTRIC PLANT
Contracts Signed for
Machinery.

The energy displayed by the Independ-
ent Electric Light and Power Company
of San Francisco gives assurance that
the immense plant for the generation Of
light and power will be installed and
ready for active operation within ten
months.
The company has closed a contract with
Babcock & Wilson for boilers to develop
5000 horsepower.
Mcintosh q Seymour Of Auburn, y. Y.
have contracted TO supply the company
with three engines of 24OO horsepower
each, and two engines of $50 horsepower
each. The contract specifies that com
pound and condensng engines contain
ing the latest and best appliances shall
be furnished.
The Westinghouse Manufacturing Com
pany obtains the contract for the dyna-
mos, which are to be directly connected
with the engines.
A contract has been entered into with
the Standard Underground Cable Com
pany tor cables TO be used in the distri-
button OF light and power.
Before these important contracts were
signed the experts and engineers of the
recently Incorporated company made a
thorough study of the latest types of ma
chinery and appliances. Claus Spreckels
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-19

Pacific Mail was influencing the work of
the Chinese Bureau, and that if Gardiner
and Lynch were not in the bureau the
corporation and the slave dealers would
have had everything their own way.
The Chinese brokers and slave dealers,
discounted by the breaking up of the
Pacific Mail Bureau for the admission of
Chinese passengers by Mr.. Huntingtons
line of steamers, have resorted to a new
States authorities to keen their chattels
from landing. In order to avoid the fatal
contradiction between the statements of
the immigrants on board the steamers to
the Chinese Bureau officials and the testi-
mony of the brokers' hatchet men be-
fore the bureau, thev now procure writs
of habeas corpus for passengers before
amining the applicants. The immigrant
is then taken before United States Com
missioner Heacock and tells his story. AS
it is his first story there will be nothing
in the way of any previous statement by
which he and his witnesses may be con-
tradicted and the Commissioner is often
obliged to recommend the court to allow
the applicant to land.
Commissioner Heacock spoke his mind
ter. His desire was to call the attention
of the courts to the new phase of the
Chinese iniquity. He hoped that some
means might be found whereby a stop
might be put to the practice which had
for it's object only the nuiification of the
purpose for which the exclusion act was
made a law. 1t is rather a delicate mat
tive of the United States has right to
immediate relief by habeas corpus, and
drastic measures will no doubt be neceS-
sary to checkmate the schemers.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-19
TWAS A SMALL
BULLET, BUT Il
DID THE WORK
Sudden Suicide of an
Unknown Man.

With small caliber target pistol an
unknown man succeeded in killing him
self yesterday about noon. He had en-
tered a small shooting gallery on Dupont
street, and under the pretext of taking
some shots at the target there he asked
and was given a 22-caliber pistol and four
cartridges. He raised the pistol for his
first shot, and after two or three attempts
to aim he turned it quickly toward him
self and fired. The bullet entered his
head through the right temple. He fell
unconscious to the floor and four hours
later he died at the Receiving Hospital.
There was nothing on the person or in
the pockets of the suicide which would
give the slightest idea of his identity. He
was man of medium height, sandy
hair and a small sandy mustache,
Sunburned. rough, callouSed hands.
He was workingman, from his clothes
and hands, and those who saw him just
before he killed himself say he spoke ike
a Swede. There was no money in his
pockets. nor papers nor cards of any
kind. He was not known in the vicinity
of the place where he shot himself, and
the last hour of his life he spent In drink
ing in the Dupont-Street saloons ana IN
patronizing the two shooting galleries on
Dupont street, between Bush and Pine;
His first known appearance on the
street was made from Al Whites saloon,
which he had entered a few minutes be-
fore in search of a drink. He was evi-
IDENTIFY intoxicated. Leaving Whites he
went across to VOLTS shooting gallery,
then in charge of a plucky young woman
named Agnes MacAlee He asked for u
pistol with which to do some shooting,
and as she saw he was drunk she refused
to let him have one. I'VE never let n
man handle a pistol when he has been
drinking" she afterward explained He
took a small rifle instead and made three
poor attempts at the target. He was quite
nervous.
After that the man went up the street
two doors and into a Swiss saloon, where
he said he had come for match. He was
singing a maudlin song, which the people
in the place took to be Swedish. Accept
ing an invitation to drink he finished a
glass of beer and then went down the
street to H. c. Josselyn's shooting gal
lery where he took three Indifferent
shots with pistol. Then he went up to
Wolfe's place again and once more asked
for a pistol. The girl in charge refused
TO give him one. He was told to shoot
with rifle or not at all He accepted the
rife, and tried to turn it as if he wished
to look down the barrel. The girl grasped
it and pointed the weapon toward the
! targets, with word of warning, and
after three shots he left He was evi-
/ dently drunk, and she thought nothing
of his queer actions.
/ His next appearance was at Josselyn s.
! He came in again and called for pistol
| He was given one and 1t was loaded for
/ him AS Josselyn watched him he point
ed the weapon toward the targets, drew
il back again and then again pointed it
and then. before JoSselyn could stop him
/ he turned the muZZle and shot himself
In falling he dropped the pistol on the
counter
The body was taken from the Receiving
Hospital to the Morgue, there to await
Identification.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-19
PRINTER DYER MISSING,
AND MAY BE DROWNED
INQUIRIES MADE BY ANXIOUS |
RELATIVES.
His Description Fits That of the Man
Found Drowned in the Bay Last
Saturday Morning.

A letter from Cliff B. Rushmer of An
gels Camp, Calaveras County, received by
Coroner Hill yesterday tends to cast light
upon the identity of man found drowned
in the bay last Saturday morning. The
body had been in the water for two or
three weeks and was very much decom-
posed, the features being unrecognizable
The remains were kept the usual three
days for identification and then taken by
the city undertaken for interment.
Mr. Rushmer believes that the deceased
was Clarence Edmund Dyer, relative, a
member of the San Francisco branch of
the Typographical Union and formerly of
the Call chapel" His description of Mr.
Dyer and the clothing he wore tallies all
most to a. dot with the body found in the
bay When Dyer left Angels Camp on
April s he wore canton flannel underwear
and three undershirts. He had with him
also sllver-plated spoon with the plating
worn off the bottom of the bowl and a
two-bladed penknife with bone handle a
piece having been Clipped off the handle.
The man found drowned had on three
undershirts and two pairs of canton fian-
mel drawers, a spoon of the same de,
scription given above and a tWo-bladed
penknife but the handle was not Clipped.
Over was about feet 8 inches TALL and
the Morgue officials guessed his height
at about 6 feet. 1t is not customary to
measure corpses, and the guess may not
have been correct. Dyer was seen in
Golden Gate Park about three or four
weeks ago by a brother printer whom he
informed that he intended to leave this
CITY the next day. The missing man had
been rather queer in his actions for
about year, and it was believed among
his associates that he was losing his rea-
son.
he was seen in the park. He is unmarried
and has a married sister residing at
Gilroy.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-19
The Police Clerk, Seeming
Trouble, Goes Into Hiding.
Grand Jury Finds That the Bonds of TX
Officer BlaCkman We're Written and
Signed by the Same Person.

named William Kennedy and himself az
sureties Rood furnished a bond of $1,000
for the release of his accomplice. The
bond wa5 accepted by acting Judge Bar
ry and Blackman was given his liberty.
The following day BlaCkman left the city
and is now Supposed to be in Mexico
An examination of the bonds revealed
the fact that they were worthless. Ken
nedy it is claimed. was induced to attach
his cross to the bond on the representa-
ton that he would not be held RESPONSE
BILE in case the disgraced police officer did
not appear wien his preliminary exam <
ination was called in the Police Court.
During the investigation yesterday the
grand Jurors examined the worthless bond
and were startled by the similarity be-
tween the handwriting in the body of the
document and the signatures of Rood and
Kennedy. So convinced were they that
the bond and signatures of the worthless
sureties We're written by the same per-
son that they instructed Captain Sey-
mOur to take the document to Expert
Eisenschimmel and have him examine It.
He is to report the result of his eXami-
claimed that the bond passed through
Kelly's hand, but this. is denied by the
Police Court Clerk. Judge Barry, who
accepted it, says that he was influenced
to favorebly pass on the bond by Attor-
ney Wilson, who represented that the
sureties were responsible men.
Rood is also among the missing. The
Grand Jury is anxious to interview MIN
in order to find out if he signed the bond.
He subpenaed to appear at the in
Vestgation yesterday afternoon, and as
he was not present when his name was
him. A detective was sent to his former
address. but was told that he had moved.
The police are satisfied that he has also
left the city