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The San Francisco call., 1899-07-21
ACCUSED OF THEFT.
Harry Kispert, a Jeweler, Charged
With Robbing His Employer.

Harry Ktspert, a manufacturing jeweler
employed by Shreve & Co, wholesale deal
ers at Market and Fremont streets, was
arrested last night by Detective Graham
and charged at the City Prison with petty
larceny.
For some time past Shreve & Co. have
been missing small quantities of gold, and
suspecting that Kispert was the culprit
they decided to place a watch on him.
Yesterday, it is claimed, he was seen to
appropriate three small pieces of gold, and
was Immediately taken to task. kispert
first claimed that he had taken the gold.
intending to make it into ring, but
finally admitted his guilt, On being told
that he was to be punished for the al
legged theft Kispert asked permission to
wash his hands. During the temporary
absence of the men who had detected him
Kispert secretly left the place. Last even
ing he was found at his home in South
San Francisco and taken into custody.
Kispert says the arrest is all mistake,
and claims he will be able to establish
his innocence when the case is heard In
the Police Court.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-21
Sam Rainey Is High in the Favor
OF the Examiner.
Scheme to Send Hearst to the T. s. Senate Pfelan a
Rival Assembly District Meetings Tonight
to Organize Republican Clubs

Sam Rainey. once the despised boss
of the San Francisco Democratic polit-
1cal machine. is now the trusted ally
of the Examiner. Gavin McNab whose
praises were sung by the Examiner, is
no longer exalted as an apostle of pu-
rity and reform
Committeeman belonging to Jasper
McDonald's band of one hundred, the
five score whose authority to boss the
party in San Francisco was derived
from the Democratic State Central
Committee. cannot understand why
Gavin Mc1ab gets the cold shoulder
and Rainey the confidence of the EX-
aminer.
To account for the change of front
and the reappearanoe of Rainey as con-
4identiaI adviser of the Examiner, the
story is told that w R. Hearst desires
to be elected United States Senator from
California The insiders know that
Hearst entertains no admiration for
Mayor Phelan, and both the outsiders
and insiders know that the Mayor re-
gard for Hearst is too slight for calcu-
lation. 1t is obvious to all who care
TO study the drift of politics under the
surface that Mayor PheIan is in train
ing for the United States Senate. He
expects that the Democratic party will
some day be restored to power in Cali
fornia, and that during the restoration
a Senator may be chosen
Phelan has lungs, money and amol-
ton. He is not destitute Of brains or
lacking in self-esteem. AS an all
around taIker and d liner-up he can
hold his own with the hardest or the
FOUNDERS. Hearst does not care TO in
Vite a controversy with a young man
rOssessing all these accomplishments.
He would prefer to see Phelan destroy
himself by getting on a high horse ana
riding rough shod over the regular or
ganiZatiOn of the party. A SagaclouS
politician atfirmS that this is the mean
Ing of the RaIney- Examiner conOlne
Phelan is TO be puffed up, lauded and
heralded as a leader above the party.
In the fullness Of his pride he Will de-
mand the right 10 name the ticket OF
the regular convention, and falling TO
obtain this prerogative Will head an IN
dependent movement.
Hearst would be highly pleased at
the sight Of Phelan boiling the conYen-
ton and joining the Independents. A
candidate for United States Senator
must show a clean record of fidelity to
the party. Boilers seldom win the Sen
atorial prize. Even Republicans who
often treat the party lash with SCOrn
do not forget that D. NJ. Burns joined
the -Partisans, and that his treach-
cry gave to the Democrats the Legis-
lature which elected Stephen NJ. White
to the United States Senate.
If Phelan could be forced into the at
titude Of a bOlter through the smooth
work OF Rainey and the Examiner,
Hearst would consider that a great
point had been gained. 1t is we'll un-
derstoOd that Hearst expects the Ex~
aminer TO secure for him a pliable dele
cation from California to the next
Democratic national convention. Ru-
NOR has reached the Committee of One
Hundred that Hearst wants a delega-
ton that can be used by Boss Croker.
The alliance Of Rainey and the Ex
aminer is the leading topic of discussion
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CHINESE BABY PRIZE WINNERS

ing throng of ladies from the audience,
an intermission being announced to
afford an opportunity for a closer IN
spection of the gayIy bedecked midgets
The Chinese mammas and papas were
inordinately proud Of the attentions
showered upon their offspring, and the
parents of the prize winners made no
effort to conceal their delight. SIX
prizes were awarded, three for boys
and three for girls. In addition sew
eral Of the babies were selected as
worthy of honorable mention The
winners Of first prizes were given gold
medals made in Chinatown, the sue
cessful contestants being Loui Tow
and Yung Wing. The second and thlrd
prizes consisted of jeweled headdresses
for girls and Chinese caps for the
boys.
The juveniles were in their glory and
fairly outdid themselves. frankie
Buttner, the three-year-old cakeWaik-
er, and little Margaret Cronin won new
laurels, while blanche Trelease and
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SULLIVAN IS NOT THE MAN.
Mrs. Lecari's Recollection Was Not
Good as to the Masked, Would-Be
RODDeT'

CaDtain Gilin and Detectives Graham
and fitzgerald, after careful lnvesu-
CATION of all the facts surrounding the
arrest of Daniel alias Pop sullivan
&C befnp one of the masked men who or
dered de- ALI hands up and did the shoot
ing at the store of Lecari on the san
Bruno road on last Monday night, were
compelled to turn him loose last evening
The Mission Police Department, in order
to give Lecari and his wife fair chance
to Identify Sullivan, had him placed
among five of the trustees at the Central
station yesterday. They at once ldentIned tel
him as being one of the masked men who
entered the store. Not quite. satisfied
with this proof Captain Gillin instructed
his detectives to make a further 1nVesu-
CATION of SuIlivans whereabouts on the
night of the hold-up. $1,000,
Acting on these instructions Graham
and FITZGERALD ascertained from reliable
persons that Sullivan was elsewhere on
the night in question. With this lnforma-
ton at hand Captain Gillin ordered the
discharge of Sullivan from custody.
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Have Agreed to Corner Over Five
Million Grain Bags.
The Price Has Already Advanced and May Jump Still
Higher An Overdue Ship From Calcutta
Complicates tie Situation

there has been no appreciable advance in
pii ptiGtS so far, there IS no telling WhaI
lnose not bound by the agreement. Will
nave been sold. There is no doubt that
tthe farmer will be called upon to pay a
HIShet rate than he is paying now.
Another circumstances that is affecting
the market to considerable extent is
the fact that four or five million bags
are on the British ship Macduff. now 162
days from Calcutta. Her destination is
Portland, Or, where the demand for bags
ever, is felt at her non-appearance as
vet and only 90 per cent reinsurance has
been offered The average trip is about
l25 days: and should the vessel fail TO
materiaIize the bag situation would be
further complicated. A large per cent of
dealers as not being for sale until all
other bags are disposed of.
1t Will require about 5000 900 bags to
move the barley and wheat crops in this
State. Oregon, Washington and the con-
tigUouS territories. and should the Mac
duff never arrive 1t would mean the tak
ing up of all bags now on hand or IN
process of manufacture, with hardly
enough to go around. If the, Macduff does
not come in two weeks, the price VIII
saws one of the importers who has sub
Scribed to the agreement ms, ne ar
CUES. will place the handlhS oL pdSs OI
Another feature of the bag situation is
the fact that signers Of the agreement
are selling bags, not pledged. TO outSld-
ers, and il is said that the latter are puy-
inc them on a speculation. foreseeing that
TIE price is boqnd to go hi his4er bae Wnen c6H
cred Nv the contract One of the biggest
importers denied that there was any bag
~ is not our intention" said he, TO
raise bags to any unreasonable price. We
simply have come to the cohCluSi0Il ina ina
we must stop selling at loss. Ihe ar.
rival Of the Macduff Will settle the WnQIe
affair, ifi - and nd with her cargo there will be
bags enough to supply the de dema4di nan ma
tnriaIiv aiIl adyance. We do not want the idea
to 90 out that we are trying to squeeze e
the farmers for that is not our nIeIg io1v
nrina and if is to prevent further losses
that we have subscribed to the agree
ment.'
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NHERE is every likelihood that the
prfce of grain bags will rise 10
high figure before many days nave
il passed This result is III Coi'S0
ouence of q combination mace oE
about fourteen of the large importti eoo doo
private holders. whereby oNeI
baqs have been cornered or set asioe 10
- tor rising market. The combina-
ton was formed two weeks ago, ana 'he
nrice has already advanced from
eighth to one-fourth of a cent the IuiI"s
rate now being 5s4 cents per bag.
The agreement. entered into by Baltour'
Guthrie & Co. Cutter & MoseleN' NeNiHe
& Co., S Koshland & Co. AmeS q li"l
ris, Meyer & Wilson, GirVln * Eyre 'ilu
half a dozen smaller holdeFS ""o ilt.
bought bags on speculation, contempiates
the sale of all bags mt so set aside. Alter
that the latter may be sold, but only pF
nerroission of A committee appointed from
among the dealers who are IN the COLI
bine.
It is a well-known fact that the pag
market has been in demorailzed colloi-
ton ever since last year, when on account
of the shortage in crops the dealers lost
vast amounts of money and were LETT
with large quantities of bags on their
hands The price this year has peen as
low as cents, which, 1t IS Claimed 10
lower than the importing price, Inal -
including interest long storage and insur-
ance This price recently advanced TO
5a8 cents. and slowly stiffened to 59s ana
5as cents The dealers say it is TO guard
themselves against loss this season that
they have agreed to lock up oyer 1000
900 bags by temporarily Withdrawing
them from sale. They diSciaim any lnten-
tion of forming a trust to force prices up,
but say they have simply combined as
measure of precaution. One large I'M
nOrtar in discussing the situation said:
1--WE have not combined to force prices
up, but only to guard against future
losses Something has TO be done, and
il was decided that the best way out OF
the difficulty was to remove a certain
number of bags from the possibility OF
sale If there was any combination 10
raise the price bags would be selling at 10
cents each to-day.
The fact remains. however, that though
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Social Councils officers.

Last evening Deputy Taylor. assisted by
Grand Recorder Wallis as grand marshal
installed the following officers of Social
Council No. 46 in Coloma Hall, Native
Sons building. for the current term of
six months: Miss K. 1. Goodell, past
councillor; w. NJ Sullivan. councillor;
George W. Smith. vice councillor; Mrs. K
A Adams, instructor; W. F. Gibson, Sec
retary; A. G. Baker, assistant secretary;
F. Ushaus, treasurer; Mrs. j. 5. Coggins
prelate; Mrs Alice Goodall. marshal; Mrs
J. Hanley, warden; Mrs. Minnie Drossell
guard Mrs. S. Crouch, sentry; R. T.
Baccus F. c. Adams and w. J.
'Shaughnessy, trustees. After the cere-
monies there was an adjournment to the
banquet hall, where a collation. was
served and there were music, songs and
speeches.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-21
ADVERTISEMENTS.
SCRE:IA IA0lE[)
WITH eczema
Baby's Skin Red and Raw. Doc
tors Medicine was Painful and
Useless. A Stranger Advised
CUTICURA. Cured in a Month,
with Skin Smooth and Fair.

Ny little daughter, when six months old,
broke out with Eczema. took her TO doctor
and he pronounced it s' Moist Eczema" and
prescribed for her. She screamed when put
the medicine on her, and 1 stopped using it.
1t was indeed very painful. Her skin was all
red and raw, and moisture coming from it all
the time. A perfect stranger to me advised
me to use CUTICURA remedies. / got CUTI-
CURA SOAP and CUTICURA (ointment), and
they entirely cured her 1Djthirs a month She
is twenty-three months old to-day, and her
skin is like piece of silk, and fair as lily.
MRS E. j. KANE, 815 Ohio Ave,
Oct. 7, 1898. Kansas City, Kan.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-21

-
N attend the cakewalk carnival
matinee given in their honor
yesterday afternoon. and for
three solid hours sat entranCed with
the brilliant spectacle that passed and
repassed before their wandering eyes.
1t was as though they had heen ad-
mitted to the abode of the fairies for
a brief peer at the wonderful things
they had been told about but never
dared hope to see. The changing
scenes. with all their gorgeous color
ings. was Ike a panorama and held
their attention as though they had
been put under hypnotic influence.
but not altogether SO: for at intervals
the spell was broken and the moving
figures Of the floor, blazing with gold
and tinsel, were greeted with spOnia-
neous bursts of applause. all the more
complimentary because sincerely
given 1t was a great day for the lit
tie folks who were being entertained
as the guests of The Call and it was
A great day for the Juvenile artists
who contributed TO the entertain
ment as well as the grown-up pro
fesSiOnals.
The carnival management was pre-
pared to receive a big crowd, but 1t
failed 10 realize the magnitude of the
task it had been asked to assume.
There was an early gathering in the
street in front of the Pavilion long
before the hour for the opening of the
doors. and the moment the portals
were swung upon their hinges rush
was made for the interior that con
tinued until long after 2 o'clock. The
half-dozen ticket takers on duty work.
ed as they never worked before and
as they hope never to have to work
every child in the city had swOoped
down upon them armed with a Call
coupon, and all clamorous for admis-
sion to wonderland
They came in hordes, some accom-
panied by their mammas and others
by their papas or elder sisters and
soma apparently alone, but fully con-
tident of their ability to take care of
themselves. BY some unexplained
miracle the management finally sue
ceeded in finding seats for all by the
time the signal for the entry of the
grand opening pageant was given.
Led by Miss Pearl Hickman, the chief
drum major. attired in her glitterIng
uniform and carrying a staff as
symbol Of her authority, the process
sion moved out upon the floor and
the hypnotiZing process was we'll un-
der way. The king and queen in their
chariot drawn by half a dozen kar-
Iequns satisfied all doubters that
they were really viewing fairy spec-
tacle and they proceeded to settle
down 10 full enjoyment of the feast
In the center of the floor, near the
entrance TO the Pavilion and in full
view Of the audience, a large inclosure
had been arranged for the competitors
in the Chinese baby show and their
parents. and from the tiers of seats by
which they were surrounded the group
of Orientals presented a peculiarly
gorgeous appearance. The little Chi
nese babies had been carefully pre-
pared for the beauty test and looked
as handsome and pretty as paint and
cosmetics. together with splendid be-
teweled headdresses and beautiful silk
en- garments, could make them. Next
were the juvenile cakewalkers and
fancy dancers. They were the center
of attraction, and after the judges had
made their awards the little Celestial
beauties were surrounded by an admir-
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-21
rhirtu-second District.

The Phelan Democratic Club of the
,rbiTtv-second Assembly District met in
he l'- han at Eighteenth and Florida streets
last night to listen to an address ln* t9g Rg
7 a%[ton introduced the speaker. who
made ma sGai an attack upon corporations, which
he he said, stab and bleed the people at a,tIl the
fha,,itae as political pirates, and warned
tT1e tTy fte Democrats not to enter into a COM
bination with corruption; During his his peTi99- ere
!.abere "a ttotr The morning glories dwell on the
hills Of twilight He was rendered a vote
Of thanks and the club disposed of some
routine business.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-21
MEETINGS TONIGHT.
A Republican Club to Be Or
ganiZed in Each As
Senbly District.

Tonight in each Of the eighteen As
sembly districts of San Francisco there
will be a meeting to organize a club IN
der the auspices of the Republican Coun-
" Committee. The meeting will be cai ed
to order in each district at o'clock by
the committeeman representing -he dis
tTCt. 1t is proposed that a permanent
organization shall be effected by the cleo
ton of a president and secretary and an
enrolling committee of five members The
roll of each club will be kept open at a
convenient place between the hours Of s
and 10 p. m. for six successive days sue
ceeding the organization.
Friday evening, July Is, each club will
meet to elect five delegates TO an advisory
central club, which shall be representa-
tive of the district organization. The del
egates to said central club will meet and
organize Wednesday, August 2, at D. m.
1t is the duty of every good Repuh
| liCan Of San Francisco to enroll his name
on the regular Republican Club of his
district. A special effort should be made
by republicans to attend the meeting
this evening and take part in the pre-
liminary organization Good government
can be obtained if the citizens will give
time to the consideration of public af-
fairs. Plainly, therefore, il is the duty
of Republicans who desire that the cItv
shall be honestly and efficiently governed
to attend the meeting in their respective
districts. If they remain at home, round
ers. heelers and place seekers may gain
a position of advantage at the outset of
the municipal campaign.
The following places Of meeting have
been designated by the Republican Coun-
ty Committee:
Twenty-eighth District-League of the Cross
armory, Second and Folsom.
Twenty ninth District - Beckers Hall IA
Third street.
Thrtieth District-Crusaders' Hail. Pythian
Castle, 909 Market street.
Thrty-frst District Excelsior Hall. Eighth
and Folsom streets
Thirty second Dfstrict-7n Brannan street
between Sixth and Seventh.
Thirty-third District-Maennerbund Hall Po-
trero avenue and Twknty-fourth street
ThIty-fourth District-Mission Turn Verein
Hall, Eighteenth street between Valencia and
Guerrero.
Thirty-ffth District-1371 Valencia street be-
tween Twenty-fOurth and Twenty fifth.
Thirty-sixth District Rolanders Hall Twen-
ty-eghth and Church streets
Thirty seventh District-MOwry Hall IVY
avenue and Laguna street
Thirty-eighth Dfstrict-1032 Golden Gate ave
nue..
Thrty-ninth District-Turn Veren Hail. s23
! Turk street
Fortieth Dfstrict-Bear Hall, Post and Fill
more streets.
Forty-frst Dstrict-Pixley Hall. Polk and
| Pacific streets.
| Forty second Dlstrict-Argonaut Hall Cali
| fornia and Hyde streets.
| Forty-third Distrlct-Californa Hall $40 Bush
/ street.
| Fortv-fourth District - Washington square
/ Hall Union street.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-21
South Side Democrats Meet.

The Twenty-ninth District Democratic
Club held its regular weekly meeting last
night at Bakers Hall. Addresses Were
made by r. Porter AsAe. Oscar Hooks
and Colonel Thomas Barry. In opening
ing Ing TO the meeting he received a NOTE in
forming him that if he, spoke at Braun lI,I, :
hart's meeting the rival Democratic club
only poiiteness prevented him from re-
he note
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-21
Private Windrow Must stay.

Richard Windrow, a 20-year-old private
in the Thirty-ffth United States Volun-
teers, was brought before United States
District Judge de Haven yesterday and
discharged from the army by order OF the
court Windrow's guardian had him
brought up on habeas corpus, and the
youth has lost the opportunity of visiting
the Philippines.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-21
Drunken Small Bows.

Matthew Brady, Joseph JOY and Charles
Carston. small boys, We're arrested yester-
day morning by Policeman Mcnamara on
Brannan street, near Fifth, in a drunken
stupor. When they recovered their senses
in the City Prison they said they got the
liquor from a saloon-keeper on Bryant
street but refused to give his name. The
police will endeavor to discover the sa-
loon man and punish him.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-21
PIMPLES op3FO CUTICURA SOAP

commenced to get pimples and black
heads when l was fifteen years old. My face
was covered. l spent about ten dollars for
soaps, medicine, etc, but they never did me
any good. 1 used CUTICURA SOAP for two
weeks, the pimples and blacSheads began to
disappear, and it only took three cakes of Gu
TICURA SOAP TO cure my face of those hornely
pimples. JOSEPH b. CLAMER,
Sept. u, '98. 325 Court St, Elizabeth, \. j.
Ny face was covered with pimply, rup-
tured, and itching skin. After using CUTI-
CURA soar for six weeks, all the pimples went
away, my skin getting as soft as velvet.
II. CRONIE, 223 Meirose St, Chicago, III.
Sept. 2l, 1893.
Itching humors, to-;urn-, disdgurins eczemaE, and
every spccies Of itching. burning. scay, crustcd and
pnply skin and scalp diseases With dry, thin and fall
ing hair, instantly relieved by baths with CrrI-
cUnA SoAP. gentle anontings with CrTICuRA purest Of
erloiHcnt skin cuTes end mild doses OF CUTyCUEA RE-
eoLvzxT gren,e-: OF blood purifiers ead humor cues,
when al elsc fails.
Sold throuchoutrae world. I'7TTT DEv9 Aro CHEN.
'oeT- = iNN-
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-21
Monument League Active.

4 subcommittee of the Lincoln Monu-
rnent League met last night at the office
of Judge NJ. Cooney and decided to invoke
the aid of the various improvement clubs
throughout the city in raising subscrip-
tions for the erection of the monument.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-21
Democrats Elect Officers.

The Young Mems Democratic Club of
the Seventieth Primary District met last
night at Turn Verein Hall. Many new
members signed the roll. Speeches were
made by Edward McCabe, DR.. Leek and
NJ. Schultz. The following officers were
elected: President, M J. Flanagan; vice
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-21
Eoptv-Ftrst District Club.

The regular Democratic Club OF the the
Forty-ffrst District met last nigh. IN rdii the
BANQUET han Of H. H. L9w9nfb6als bonlon ress oe
u'7Iiod the chair Favorable reports were
Teayafi recaeiVed from the precinct branches OF
the organization.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-21

The Democratic Municipal League Cluo
30 +be ,rbirtv-first Assembly District held
an Enthusiastic meeting at Teutonia HaIl
last evening Speeches were made ny =
! Barrett, j. P Mclaughlin and N -
Hassett. Mayor Phelan was lIluoIseo.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-21
Another Faction Orqa nizes.

The Thirty-first District Democratic
Club was organized last night at Wurth-
manns Hall, 25 Tenth street The follow
ing officers We're elected: President. w.
]. G. Muhl; first vice president, Sam New
mann: second vice president, Benjamin
Wurthmann; financial secretary, NJ j.
Silva; recording secretary, NJ Cellar;
treasurer, b. Sharkey; sergeant-at-arms,
James Fl. Kennedy.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-21
AAMaA ....:..... =.
eacne Democrats Meet.

P Porter; treasurer. A. D. Turner; ser
Eeant-at-arms, n. Jansen.