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PANHANDLE ESTIMATES.
Appraisements of Property to Be Con
demned Made Public.

The report of the Panhandle Commits
sion was opened yesterday by Clerk Rus
sell at the offices of the Board of Super
visors and was inspected by hundreds of
property holders in the proposed condem-
nation district. The report shows that
the blocks bounded by the following
streets were appraised as follows:
No 72-Fell. Van Ness. Franklin and Oak
10 l41-Fell. Franklin. Oak and Cough.
iG' no n7-Fen, Oak. Cough and octavia,
No 21o-Fen. Oak. ootavia and Laguna.
No 22G-Fen. Oak. Laguna. Buchanan. 1885,
No, 2S7-Fel Oak, Buchanan and Webster
No 2ss-Fell. Oak, Webster and Fillmore,
No. 86s-Fen. Oak. Fillmore and Steiner.
No 87s-Fer. Oak. Steiner and Pierce.
No 437-Fen. Oak Pierce and Scott
No 44S-Fen. Oak. Scott and Devisadero
No. 51e-Fell. Oak, Devisadero and Brod-
erick, $126. l12 CO.
s14s, $50. go ''
No Fourteenth and Thirteenth avenues.
Fulton and streets. s41, 425.
No 369Fourteenth and Thirteenth avenues,
B and streets, S21. $50.
No 296-Fourteenth and Thirteenth avenues.
B and streets $24, 625.
No 271-Fourteenth and Thirteenth avenues,
Point Lobos and streets. s3l.25o.
No. 1s4Fourteenth, Thirteenth and Point
Lobos avenues and Clement street, $42 $50.
No 169-Fourteenth and Thirteenth avenues,
California and Clement streets, s3s. .565.
No S4-Fourteenth and Thirteenth avenues,
California and Lake streets. s37.25s
No. 1-Fourteenth and Thirteenth avenues
Lake and Mountain Lake s9SOO
Grand total real estate and improvements
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San Francisco that regularly elected dele
gates have not been permitted to confer
with other regularly elected delegates on
the order of business. l expect, by my
statement, to show my reason for asking
q, vote in favor Of the propositions that 1
shall urge upon you this evening. I have
placed. the selection of these officers who
have not been selected by a certain eau
Gus Of this convention before another eau
Gus can be held and shut out from
the consideration of those names. l have
put next the selection of county COM
mittee, because il has not been passed on
by the caucus. l made the motion in this
form because somebody might move to
have my report laid on the table. l wish
to know whether the county committee
delegates or by delegates from other dts
tricts, who have been repudiated and who
have been foisted upon us. / want it de-
termined here and now whether this pri-
mary law, which l had hand in making
was a false pretense TO the public or
whether 1t means something different In
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convention; whether it was proper to run
blanket ticket for the county committee
and to run the business of the Republican
party and shut out us delegates, who have
the same right, morally and otherwise to
be here. I say, gentlemen, you are facing
a crisis in the history Of the Republican
party. While the county committee does
not amount to much, yet 1t will establish
a principle. 1t means the destruction Of
the Republican party. And l say now, if
that is the kind of Republicanism you
gentlemen wish to foist upon us-to ex-
pect me and fourteen other delegates to
stand and say we have no voice in a
convention pledged to carry out certain
Delegate Tauszky of the. Fortieth
raised the point that the original report
contained no provision as to the manner
of selecting the county committee and
therefore Ruefs amendment specifying
the mode and method of its appointment
was out of order. The chair ruled
against the point
A little fuel was added to the fire by
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Strong Men Named to
Represent the Party
at the Polls.
Wells for Auditor Heads
the List Nominated at
Odd Fellows Hall.

For Auditor Asa R. Wells
For Treasurer Louis Feusier
For Assessor Albert Heyer
For Tax Collector Joseph II. Scott
For Recorder William 2. Tiffany
For City Attorney Chas. II. Jackson
For District Attorney, Alfred P. Black
For Public Administrator
John Farnham
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Delegate George w. schell, who stated he
believed that the majority should rule
and that the minority would have to sub
NIT, let the consequences be what they
might. Howls greeted the assertion, and
the oc chair nearly broke his cane trying
he pleased to term Mr.. Ruefs threats.
Ruef disclaimed any intention of max
ing threats. He withdrew all the amend
ments he offered except order of business
No. 3, referring to the manner of select
ing the county committee. The chair
ruled that the section standing alone
would be ruled out of order on the point
not to be outdone, and reintroduced the
amendments as whole and insisted upon
The viva voce vote was decidedly against
the amendments and the rollcaIl was de-
manded. The vote was: Yes, 81 81; No.
Before the motion on the original re-
port could be put by the chairman Reuf
got the floor again and started another
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-04
PEOPLES Party Convention.

The Peoples party held its municipal
convention last evening at Pythian Castle
and adopted platform favoring the en-
forcement of the provisions Of the new
charter, the assessing of the wealthy to
the fullest extent, economy in the manage
ment of public affairs, the establishing
of a. fund to provide labor for the un-
employed residents of the city,, municipal
ownership Of all public utilities. the
abolishing Of the contract system in pub
ton. a new sewer system for the city and
the establishment of salt water plant
for sewer flushing and street sprinkhng.
The party nominations will be made
Friday night.
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ADVERTISEMENTS

The new watermelon color at ''Keith's'
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After reading his proposed amendments
+31ief mounted the platform to address the
convention. Cheers from the gallery and
the rear Of the hall greeted him. Chair
IL, IN order to facilitate the business Of
{be tiT1' evening Ruef himself pleaded for
1uiet and especially any adverse noise
Wis preparing to give him. In speak
Ese ne TO his motion to amend the order Of
business he said:
sbo history Of the Republican party in
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- IGHT candidates for office at the
- hands Of the voters OF San Fran
cisco were nominated last night
- IL. tl,n z Ra1n11h hlLnan NunIcinal L.on-
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Diseased Cow Killed.

Chief Market Inspector Witzeman. as
sisted by Police officer Butterworth, yes
terday afternoon visited the public pound
and condemned a cow that was in the
last stages of tuberculosis. The diseased
animal was at once removed to the bone
ward. where it was killed. Last Saturday
the cow was found in the vicinity of the
Odd Fellows Cemetery and removed to
the pound. AS the owner seemed ignorant
of the diseased condition of the cow the
health authorities concluded not to pros
ecute him.
u,hA non, rraternnelnn color at ..Keith, s,,s
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-09-16
by cHAUNcY c. HoTcHKIsS

copyright. 1897. by d. Appleton & Co. All
rights reserved
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FACTS ABOUT GOLD.
which stager Intelligent
People.

The resolutions OF the Nebraska DEM
cratic convention, prepared by Mr..
ryan. contain the following remark
BILE assertion:
1.-THE gold standard is less defensiblc now
han IL was In 1886. since the president has
onfessed its failure by sending a commit
30 TO Europe TO secure international BIZ
aetalllsm, while the inability OF the COM
1ittee 70 secure foreign aid Is added proof
hat the people OF the United States must
&C alone IL they expect relief"
Fair-minded people who credit Mr..
iryan with intelligence and try to be-
ieve him TO be candid are staggered
ny such statements-namely, that the
president has confessed the failure OF
the gold standard by sending a COM
mission to Europe to try to negotiate
international bimetallism. The state
ment involves not only n faisehood, but
one that will mislead no person who
keeps record OF political action and
declarations. The republican party
very generally held TO international BIZ
metallism in 1850, when Gen. Garfield
was president. At that time the an-
nual output of the worlds gold mines
was not over one-third OF what it will
be this year, and the output OF silver
mines did not appear TO be limitless.
They favored international bimetal-
lism because of the general belief that
there was not sufficient gold 10 supply
the worldwide money OF commerce.
Conference after conference failed.
That selected by Gen. Harrison when
president made il very clear that no
leading nation in Europe was really in
favor Of bimetallism. When the re-
publican national convention met which
nominated Maj. Mckinley, n consider
able element asked that the platform
pledge the party's candidate 20 send
another commission to see what could
be done for international bimetallism.
1t was done, and in accordance with
that pledge, the president named a
commission. Meantime the output of
the gold mines was at the rate OF nearly
S75,000,0 900 year. This year il wi be-
greater than the output OF both metals
Is years ago. Because OF this fact re-
publicans saw that there was gold
enough 10 supply the world with n
money basis. Consequently, they took
little interest in the w ,lcott commits
sion. In other words, the wonderful
increase in the volume OF gold has made
most republicans and many democrats
believe in a single standard gold.
They see no need for silver, even IL 10
could be so coined as to pass on an
equality with gold. In other words,
such men have made progress, marched
on beyond the belief that silver is USE
full as money except as il is tied TO gold.
On the other hand, the Bryanites have
been marking time, blindfolded. They
see no change since 1s06. Republicans
do. The fact that more than three
times as much gold will be mined this
year as in 1856, and nearly twice as
much as in 1906, convinces most intelli-
gent men that there is enough gold
for the standard money OF the world
at the present time, and that three or
four years hence there may be too
much. The republicans have kept prog
ress with the years; the Bryanites
have marked time with their faces to-
ward the past.-Indianapolis Journal.
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ear over the crack below the siids that
might hear If aught was amiss. Ay, there
was. A clear sound of rasping and splinter
ing wood greeted me as stopped the other
ear with my hand to keep out the surround
ing racket, and had hit the spot on which
. knife was at work.
Drawing my cutlass, with its hilt / smote
the woodwork The sound instantly ceased.
christening the slide, i drew il back an
inch OF more and sang out through the OPEN
ing:
Keep at it, my lads. and when ye have
the hole the size Of pistols barrel, Ill put
one there and give ye a quick trip TO Davy
Jones Mayhap We have heard OF Donald
Thorndyke. Well, i am he. Now mind
yourselvesl"
And now settled myself for night Of it,
putting aside all matters save the ships
safety. / was lucky to have doctor in the
cabin to care for my sick; as for myself
needed none. So long as was holding east,
/ cared little for the blow If nothing carried
away. / had hopes that the suddenness Of
the storm bespoke its shortness, but never
did / dream it was affecting my destiny.
Beyond the elements / had now little TO
fear, and, as | knew my own boat as a
mother knows her child, felt there was but
small danger OF her inability to weather the
gale.
But the tempest was not of usual temper.
It's approach, its violence and duration were
beyond common rules, and had il held aloof
but day longer it would have doubtless al.
tered the history Of the colonies, and per-
haps have put a period to my own career.
One has but to turn to history for the truth
OF this The great storm which suddenly
sprang on the coast the night of August IL,
ITS, and which lasted for more than three
days, was Of such a nature that il has been
cial mention, both from its results and its
more than fiendish force.
As have said, the absence of the bulk Of
Lord Howe's fleet had enabled the Phan-
tom to drift through the fog and from the
bay in comparative safety, and this absence
was due to an attack planned against the
French who were besieging Newport by
water, az. the patriots under Sullivan were
doing by land. The British General Pigot
was in desperate straits when Howe APP
peared of Point Judith, and, had the Eng
lish admiral been possessed Of the sluggish
and procrastinating nature of his brother
Qately commander of the British land
forces in America), he would probably have
been a day or two later, and Pigot would
have followed the example OF Burgoyne at
Saratoga and laid down his arms. As i was,
Howe arrived in the nick Of time, and the
French sailed out of the harbor to fight
him. The English took TO the ocean for sea
room in which to maneuver but from all |
could ever gather, each was mortally afraid
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PRESS OPINIONS.

r1It will become necessary, ~ Aguin-
aldo should suddenly quit, for Mr.. Fry
an 10 hustle around and reconstruct "a
lot of democratic platforms.--Chicago
Tribune.
rTMr. Bryan has gone TO California
Tor the purpose of permitting the peo-
pie TO see the only professional prcsi-
Dental candidate in the country. Chi
cago Times-IIerald.
ETThc democrats have decided that
the present prosperity Is "due TO con-
ditions," but they haven't the nerve to
claim that they arc in no way RESPONSE
bic for those conditions Chicago Post.
rvMr Bryan says that the candidate
must fit the platform. How2 Length
or breadth? And must he have protu-
berances sticking all over him TO III all
the ins and outs Of the democratic coast
line ?--Jaclson tMich.) Citizen.
rySo Mr.. Bryan is worth 100000
and half of IL Is In real estate. Why.
that's as much as Mr.. Mckinley will
make in the presidency IN his first term.
And Mr.. Bryap has made his'n by per-
sistcnt criticihm Of Mr.. Mckinley In
making his'n. Yet some folk arc never
satisfied Brooklyn Eagle fDem.).
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HOW LOUIS XIV. GOT A WIFE
A wiiIfui Little Spanish Princess
Make Up Her Mind to
Marry Him.

When Infanta Maria Theresa was ten
they began talking about husband
for her. But here, unexpectedly, the
little girl showed will of her own
She said she wanted to marry her
cousin, the young king Of France. She
had never seen him, except in picture,
but she had heard q great deal Of him.
Spain, which had been the most pow
erful Of nations, was beginning 10 go
downhill, and France was coming up.
1t was the most refined, the most splen
did and the wealthiest OF nations. It's
young king, Louis XIV, was said TO be
a perfect fairy prince. No one else
was so handsome; no one else had so
bold a spirit, or so gracious manners, or
wore such magnificent clothes with so
grand an air. Maria Theresa thought
be would just suit her.
And then, quite suddenly. Infanta
Don Balthazar died, and Maria Theresa
became the heiress presumptive to the
Spanish throne. Then there was no
more talk Of her marriage 10 the king
of France; II she was 10 be the queen
Of Spain, she would have to stay at
home. Then there came another sud
den change. The king, her father, de-
cided 10 marry again, and whom should
he take for second wife but that
very Mariana Of Austria, who had
been intended for his sons bride.
Afterwards, Queen Mariana had two
little sons. Infanta Maria Theresa was
no longer heiress TO the throne, and
there was no reason why she should
not leave the country. De Gramont,
the French ambassador, came seeking
wife for his young master, and Maria
Theresa's childish wish came true. She
was greatly pleased. She used to run
away from her adies-in-waitng TO the
room where hung the portrait of the
handsome French king, and curtsy TO
it, saying with a laugh:
THAT is for my bridegroom"
So the king of France, with a mag
ni6cent suite, iourneyed down from
Paris 10 the frontier Of his kingdom;
and the Spanish princess, with mag
rifcent suite, journeyedup from Mad
rid to the frontier OF hers; and there,
on an island in the BidasSoa. which Is
the boundary stream, they were mag
nificently welded. The brides dresses
filled IL large trunks. covered with
crimson velvet and mounted with sil.
yer; 90 morocco trunks contained her
linen; 80 mules were laden with her
toilet plate and her perfumes. Besides
all this, she took with her quantities OF
presents, among them two chests filled
with purses. gloves, perfumes and
whisker-cases, for her future brother
in-law, the duke of Orleans. I cannot
tell you exactly what "whisler eases"
were, except that they were made OF
leather, and that the handles of that
time went 10 bed with them on their
mustaches. Perhaps they were some
thing like curl-papers.-Isabel Nc.
Dougall, in ST. Nicholas.
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years, IL appeared, must stand and face
this bowling wind which bore against me
like living thing.
The tempest, which had come in the teeth
of q smiling day, was marked as well by
capriciousness as by violence. AS the ghast.
Illness Of early dawn broke in the east, and
gradually awoke to the fact that morning
was at hand, the wind fell as though
chopped of or as If we had suddenly shot
into the lee of a vast wall. In half sense.
less fashion, like a man under drug, tried
with fruitless efforts to shake off the feel.
ing Of utter carclessness which had fastened
TO my senses. With the calmness Of abso.
lutte indifference marked the sudden drop.
ping Of the wind, though l knew full well
that it portended an increase OF the gale,
but when, for how long. from what quarter
or with what force, the Almighty alone
knew; as for me, cared not if it blew the
vessel out of water. With the same dull in.
difference / marked our new danger and
every detail attending it, With the sudden
calm we were at the mercy OF the long,
green, foam-capped pillows which charged
toward us like moving hills. They came not,
Ike rollers, with the regular swing of the
ground swell, but every surge was the head
waters of mighty dam broken loose its
crest made up of mad, throbbing mass Of
liquid torn into shreds and cross seas by its
own weight and violent motion. The face
OF the world was a vast tumult Of yeasty,
ash-colored madness cut by the darkness OF
its hollows; terror (if could have felt it,,
not a horror; more sublime than grand,
more awful than sublime.
tTo BIZ Continued
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I cannot understand

cannot understand
The why and wherefore" OF a thousand
things
The crosses. the annoyancss. the daily
stings:
cannot understand;
But can trust
For perfect trusting perfect comfort
brings
cannot clearly see
Why life to one brings Joy. unlocked for
gain,
While to another bitter heartaches come.
and pain:
cannot clearly see:
But / can trust
Aad by and by my Father Will explain.
I cannot see the end,
The hidden meaning or each trial sent.
The pattern into which each tangled thread
Is blent:
cannot see the end;
But / can trust,
And In His changeless love am content.
cannot grasp the whole
OF life's great symphony, nor find the key
To these strange minor cadcnces perplex-
ing me:
cannot grasp the whole
But Will trust
In Him whose ways are perfect harmony.
MARY Il. Nicolls. In American Methodist
Magazine.
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rhe Red-Handed Aguinaldo Set VI
Against the First American
Citizen.

Representative democrats who Cd
dressed the Chicago platform meeting
at Cooper union, New York, extolle,
expressed sympathy with his revoi
against the authority OF the Unite'
States. They held him up as one
the worlds great patriots, hero an,
an idol, and crowned their demonstra
ton in his favor with three cheers foi
he rebel chief.
The resolutions adopted by the meet
ing declared that the war carried on b,
the United States, whose sovereign
authority over the Philippines is recog
nized by all the nations of the earth, I,
restore good order and give good gov
eminent to the islands, sis a grossly i'm
moral assault on American principles OF
government and cruel and brutal at
tempt to crush n weak people who art
bravely contending for their natura
and God-given right OF self-govern
ment," and condemned the action OF
President Mckinley ''in conducting the
most cowardly and unjustifable wal
carried on in the history of the repub-
lic"-not even excepting the war car
ried on by President Lincoln A5r the
preservation Of the dnlon. The speak
ers and resolutions also affirmed the
principles contained in the Chicago
platform of 1896 and urged the IRE.
nomination and election of William
Jennings Bryan, so that free govern
lnent shall not perish from the face OF
the earth"
The democratic party thus, in gath
ering which must be regarded as IN
every sense representative, has given
free rein once more 10 its Unborn sym
patty with treason and sedition, and
has proclaimed its adherence TO the
cause Of a barbarian, simply because
that barbarian happens to be in revolt
against the United States government.
That party knows him to be n boodler
who, after melting his countrymen TO
revolt in 1897, sold them out for $400,-
600 in cash.
1t knows him TO be brigand who de-
manded $7,000,000 from the Spanish
government as ransom for the Spanish
prisoners in its power.
1t knows him 10 be a pirate who
seized, looted and burned a peaceable
merchantmen.
1t knows him TO be a murderer who
has killed Americans and loyal Fill
pinos, after decoying them into his
camp.
1t knows him TO be n savage who has
encouraged his followers TO the mu-
tilation of the bodies of dead Ameri-
can soldiers.
1t knows him to be an incendiary who
sent emissaries into Manila that they
might burn and loot the town and mas
sacre all the Americans, Europeans and
friendly natives whom they found
there.
1t knows him TO be an assassin who
dispatched confederates 10 the Ameri-
can camp with instructions TO turn
upon those who had received them and
stab them in the back.
1t knows him TO be all this, and yet
the democratic party, merely because
the people OF the United States elected
that n republican should be intrusted
with the maintenance of this nations
authority at time when Aguinaldo
chose to defy that authority, sets up
this creature as the idol that, in the
campaign of 1900, is to share its adora-
ton. devotion and honors, equally with
William Jennings Bryan.
Sc let it be.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
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Equal TO the strain.

One Of the most imposing objects on
earth is the bass drummer in brass
band. Arrayed in full panoply. and
hammering with might and main on
both sides OF the huge structure stick
ing out in front of him. he is an awe
inspiring and feaT~compclling spectacle.
IL is related Of bass drummer in the
Blimtown brass band that when thy
band was playing and marching one
day at the front of a political proces
sion. dog, belonging probably 10
some man Of the opposite party. rushed
out barking furiously. and singing out
the man with the big drum as being tie
heavy villain. so 10 speak. made a dash
for him. The drummer without re.
moving his eyes from the far-ofi depths
Of space into which he was gazing
straight ahead. missed just one beal
With his heavy drumstick he hit the
dog n blow that knocked IL entirely
out Of the action. and went ahead
drumming. as before. "YeA. sir" sai d
the Blimtown historian. in speaking OF
the incident afterward. che knocked
that dog down andicnme In on time on
the next beat! There amt another
man alive that could have done iti"-
Golden DAYS
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GyThc Ohio democracy seems 10 lcac
toward Bryan; but which way does Nc
Lean?-.Albany Argus (1)em)-
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M. Identity E.,nblirhed.

Merchant Have you collected that
bill OF j. Smith?
Collector-Ilave | collected IL?
called nt the house and found that
seven J. Smiths lived there Six de
clared they owed notnlng and th~
seventh kicked ME GA. OF the hoyse.
Nerchant-~That's the onel Go right
back and get the noreyl--Pos'.s.
Globe