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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-09
NANNY" WRITES
AND GRILLS The
BENCH AND BAR
Voices Her Opinion of
Executors.

Some months ago Nanny" Pleasant
ceased her vigil at the House Of
Mystery" and went to live in ''Geneve
Cottage" as she pleases to call her little
home at 2309 San Jose avenue, and out
of the surroundings Of Geneve Cottage
Nanny draws inspiration for the
greatest roast and expression of adverse
opinion of Judges and lawyers that has
yet escaped her pen. During the hearing
of various matters IN relation to the
Bell estate, Judge Coffey recently
charged Nanny" with too much inter-
ference in the Bell household. Now
Nanny" comes back, and in a letter
points out what size terms Judge Coffey' s
fnsincerity and the crookedness of
lawyers who have plucked Bell plums
until their pockets bulge.
"MaInmy's" letter reads
Judge Cohey-I wrote TO your honor asking
an interview: I called according to the ap-
pointment made b. the man in your chambers
Tor my answer ana found all doors in the
courtroom locked. Then I called the next
day and the doors were still locked. Then
called again the next morning l found the
courtroom door was open and walked in and
sat down and Mr.. hurry came out Of the back
room. back Of where you sit in court, and asked
me what I wanted there and how got IN
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-09
POLICE JUDGES.
-Four eIectedN
COMMEMORATE WORK
OF THE REGISTRAR

Registrar J. Steppacher is deserving Of
the warmest thanks of the community for
the very efficient manner in which the re-
turns of Tuesdays election were handled
by his office and furnished to the public
and the press. One has but faint con-
ception of the stupendous task before The
Registrar in arranging for and conducting
an election-the registration, the map
ping out of the various districts the To-
eating of the hundreds of precincts the
selection of the officers of election, the
erection of the voting booths and their
care, and many other matters that keep
large force busy day and night for many
months.
Mr. Steppacher has been exceedingly
painstaking in all his arrangements and
not a single little detail has escaped him.
He has been ably assisted by an excel
lent corps of deputies, most of whom are
veterans in the office of the Registrar
Mr.. Steppacher, who enjoys the esteem
and confidence of men of all parties, made
exceptionally good appointments of pre-
cinct officers, as was demonstrated by the
admirable way in which the returns were
received at the City Hall, both by teIe-
phone and by messenger. There was
comparatively little delay, and there
was no dereliction of duty reported from
any direction.
The Registrar and his deputies have
performed their arduous labors in SPLEEN
did manner and are entitled to the high
est commentator. Mr.. Steppacher has
shown himself to be a very capable off,
Ger, and his excellent work on Tuesday
augurs well for the future.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-09
Successful Raid Follows the
Expose by The CALL
Six Players and a Fine Faro Layout Cap
tured and Carried Off to the City
Prison as a Result Of the Haul.

paradise and at a signal from the posse
in front break in the rear door with a
sledgehammer.
One by one the gamblers showed up to
play their quiet little game, and they
tripped lightly upstairs and gave the
password to the lookout at the door.
When Captain Whitman concluded that
the gamblers were at their game he gave
his men the signal and they charged
across the street and up the flight of
stairs leading to the resort.
Several well aimed blows from a sledge
hammer in the hands of Whitman splin-
tered the massive door and before it's
shattered fragments fell to the richly car
peted hallway Doorkeeper Brooks was I'M
der arrest and the Captain and his men
were upstairs ready to assault the door
leading to the private gambling room.
Before the gamblers had time to make
their escape or even clear away the evil
dences of their guilt the police had
broken open the frail door and placed
them under arrest They had successfully
secreted all their money in their pockets,
but the faro layout lay uncovered on an
oak table which was kept as a substitute
for a regular faro table because of police
inspection. The raiding posse searched
the house from top to bottom, but did not
succeed in finding anything save vacant
rooms ana Weu-Supplleu SlueDOdL 10. 11NA-
IDENTIFY It was a light night at the coy re-
treat.
AS soon as it became known that the
police had raided Joe Harveys den
crowd quickly gathered in front of the
doors, and the policeman on me beat had
his hands full dispensing it.
The news of the raid spread rapidly
on the tenderloin and before Captain
Whitman and his prisoners arrived at the
City Prison several inquiries were made
over the telephone by parties who were
anxious, for obvious reasons, to ascertain
the names of the gamblers who were ar
rested.
I'VE had very little trouble in making
the raid" said Captain Whitman at the
City Prison as the gamblers were being
booked. Sergeant Shea and Patrolman
Barry effected an entrance by breaking
open the rear door, and we smashed in
the front door We had them cornered
fore and aft, and if there had been any
body else gambling in any of the rooms
they could not have made their escape"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-09

I'M a result of the startling expose
IN made by The Can a few days ago
IN the police swooped down on Joe
Harvey's Mason street Monte
Carlo last night and unprecedented
a coterie of high-class gamblers tickling
the magic strings of fate and smuggling
their crisp bank rolls against as fine a
faro layout as ever came honestly into
the hands Of the Police Department.
Captain Whitman and Sergeant Shea,
assisted by Patrolmen Gillen, Phillips and
q. F. Berry, made the successful raid,
and as a result Asa Hamilton, Billy Dor
ner, Henry Wittam, Sid Johnson, Edward
Brooks and a. /. Brown were carried off
10 the City Prison, where they were all
booked on charges of entering gambling
resort.
When the gamblers arrived at the City
Prison. they were still suffering from the
surprise attending the unexpected raid
which was augmented by the announce
ment that they would only have TO fur
nish $40 bail apiece. Three or four of the
bunch reached down into their pockets
TO produce the necessary coin just as If
they were standing at some bar ordering
refreshments. Silly Dormer quickly drew
forth the bail money for the crowd and
they walked out O, the prison triumphant
~, leaving Captain Whitman and Sergeant
Brown to inspect their faro layout.
When The Can first exposed the gam
blers and opened Chief Lees eyes to the
fact that an unlawful establishment was
being conducted by Joe Harvey at 143
Mason street under the sobriquet OF the
California Club, the venerable Chief
secuted the idea, and when Captain Witt
man and his posse broke in on the gam
blers and found them INDUCING IN the
pleasures and pains Of seductive faro they
were possibly surprised.
The police had planned the raid for
Tuesday night, but the election kept the
gamblers away, and it was decided to
wait until last night. Promptly at
o'clock Captain Whitman and Sergeant
Shea appeared with their assistants clad
in citizens clothes. They lOitered about
the neigh Sorhood for some time and then
took positions in doorways across the
street from Harvey's den Of iniQuity TO
watch the gamblers enter the place.
Sergeant Shea, who has engineered
more than one successful gambling raid
in Chinatown, was detailed to station
himself in the back yard Of the gamblers
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-09

NIT suicide by jumping off the
Olympic pier, but was rescued before
his plunge into the ocean had a fatal
termination.
Yesterday morning he went out to
the beach in time to see George Green
and his trainer during their early
morning walk. He talked with them
for some minutes, but gave no intima-
ton that he contemplated suicide.
From the nature of his conversation
Green formed the opinion that Lind
was harmless crank. After taking
several drinks at the resorts along the
beach the man disappeared.
About o'clock Engineer Ellery
Willis of the Olympic pumping plant.
while examining the pier, glanced
along the beach to note the force and
effect of the storm. About a hundred
yards south of the pier he noticed
man lying in gully of the sand dunes.
Some twenty feet from the body was
an empty bottle which had contained
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-09

carbolic acid. and the burns on the
mans mouth and lips left no doubt as
to the manner of his taking off. The
manner in which the wet sand was dis
turbed gave evidence that Lind had
suffered untold agony before the fatal
draught had completed its work. He
had rolled and kicked and clawed into
the sand over a surface fully twenty
feet square before death relieved him
from the torture of the burning poi
son.
The BODY was removed to the
Morgue, where it was identified by
means of some business cards in the
clothing. From acquaintance of the
suicide living near his cobbler shop 1t
was learned that he bet heavily on the
wrong end of the Sharkey-J effries
fight and seemed very much downcast
over his losses. He has been drinking
heavily since the fight. He leaves a
wife. The inquest will be held this
morning.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-09

CRAZED from financial reverses
due to a passion for plunging on
prizefights, o. T. Lind, a shoema-
~ ker. whose home was at 1888
Devtsadero street, committed suicide
yesterday on the ocean beach near the
Olympic pier by swallowing the con-
tents of a small bottle Of carbolic acid.
Heavy losses on the Sharkey -Jeffries
fight are said to have been the imme-
date cause of the cobbler's desperate
act.
Lind chose an ideal day for such
grewsome work. The sea was running
high, the breakers beating on the sand
dunes. which Lind had chosen as the
scene of his self-destruction, while the
rain came down in torrents and the sea
moaned a requiem. Lind had been
habitue of the beach for some months,
although he carefully avoided disclos-
ing his identity to any Of those with
whom he became acquainted. About
two months ago he attempted to COM
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-09
SUICIDE OF A SAILOR.
Because a Barkeeper Refused to Give
Him Whisky He Hanged Him
self to His Bedpost.

John Weyde, a sailor hanged himself to
his bedpost yesterday morning in his room
at 213 Steuart street, because the barkeep-
er downstairs refused to give him drink
of whisky on credit.
Weyde had been on a spree several days
and before going TO his room on Tuesday
night begged the barkeeper, Olaf Person,
for drink. Person told Weyde that he
had all that he could stagger under COM
fortably and advised him to go to bed.
The sailor went upstairs muttering his
displeasure, and appeared to be very de-
spondent.
John Hussman, his room mate, went up
ton bulletins, and when he returned at
o clock in the morning, found Weyde's
dead body hanging to the bedpost.
Weyde was unmarried, a native Of Rus
STA, 40 years old.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-09
A SHORT SESSION.
School Directors Meet, but Transact
Little Business.

Last nights meeting of the Board OF
Education amounted to nothing more than
adjournment. Although eleven members
of the board were present there were nc
matters of any Importance for considera-
ton, and after the regular list of bills
was allowed the meeting was out
September and October claims amount
ing to s10,7S1 25 were ordered pail.
The resignation of Nora Daily as JAM
tress Of Garfield School was accepted and
Mrs. l.. A. Kimball appointed to the posi-
ton.
Leaves of absence were granted to the
following: Mrs. S. r. Coons, c. w Robv
f. G. Baird. Mrs. j. II. Wallace and c.
A. Templeton.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-09

Customs Collector Jackson was notified
yesterday by the Secretary of the Treas
ury that he had granted the application of
Charles Searle to establish and maintain
Beale street, on real estate owned by w
r. Whitaker. The Secretary requires a
bond of $4,000.
The object or the establishment Of the
new warehouse is to meet the incomine
Santa Fe traffic, that railroad being about
to build it's depot in that vicinity Mr..
Searle says the road will be landing
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-09

rarely shows IL
ritation, when ev-
cry nerve is quiv-
ering and she
hardly knows how
to hold her head
up.
The nervous
condition, head
ache and weak
ness, which are the
results of irreg-
ularity or a dis
eased condition of
the woman1y or
gans, can be en-
tirely cured by the
use Of DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescrip-
tor 1t regulates
the functi s F.,
stops enfeebling
drains, strength
ems the nervous
system and pro
notes the gene@ |
health of the en-
tire body.
Sick women are
invited to consult
DR.. Pierce by let
Ter, free of charge.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-09
CHINESE FESTIVAL CLOSES.
See Yups Wind Up Their Celebration
With a Big Parade.

The five day festival of the See Yup
Society came to a close early this morn
ing. A grand parade took place about
IL o'clock last night through the principal
thoroughfares of the Chinese quarters,
several hundred Mongolians participant
ing. Huge, grotesque figures represent
ing ancient Chinese deities, were at
streets were brilliantly lighted and the
spectacle was very striking. Early this
morning, the figure of the joss, Ouong
Coon. in whose honor the celebration was
being held, was reduced to ashes and the
ceremonies were at an end.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-09
VANDERBILT WILL Is
OFFERED FOR PROBATE
Witnesses Testify as to the Genuine
ness of Their Sigma
lures

NEW YORK, Nov. S.-The will of the
late Cornelius Vanderbilt was offered for
formal probate to-day before Probate
Clerk Washburn. All the living witnesses
to the will, which was executed June IS,
1896, and the two codicils the first Of
which was executed April "a, 1897, and the
second April 4, 1899, were present and tes-
titled to their signatures on the will and
codicils. Surrogate Varnum signed the
necessary decree.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-09
.SEMI-OFF|C|AL
FIGURES OF THE
CITY ELECTION
The Republicans Win
Three Offices.
ALSO THREE SUPERVISORS
TOTAL VOTE AS COMPARED
WITH 1896 AND 1898.
Steps Taken to Make an Effective
Republican Organization for the
Great Presidential Cam
paign of 1900.

The semi-official returns from each
voting precinct show that the number
of votes polled at the election last Tues
day was 52,008. At the general election
held in November, 1898, when Gage and
Mcguire were candidates, the total vote
of San Francisco was S72. In the ma
tional election in 1895, when Mckinley and
Bryan were running, this city cast
G. 968 votes.
From opinions expressed at headquar-
ters Of the Republican committee the cen
clusion is reached that the Republicans
are not depressed over the repulse on the
slkirmish line last Tuesday. The fact is
cited that the party elected the Sheriff,
Auditor County Clerk and Tax Collector,
and cast more than q 900 votes for Hor-
ace Davis, the nominee for Mayor.
The public WI be allowed a respite from
political agitation until next spring. In
April, probably. the agitation will be re-
sumed. Doubtless the national conven-
ton Will meet in June; hence State con-
ventions to elect delegates to the ma
tional councils will probably be held
early in May.
Following is the complete vote in tabu-
lated form according to offices:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-09
ADVERTISEMENTS.
A Cross Clerk

Is a rarity. For the most part the young
woman behind the counter is smiling and
obiiging, though her back hurts, her
side pains, or her head throbs distract
ingly. The wonder is, not that clerk
is sometimes irritable, but that she SO
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-09

All Correspondence PIIValS' AuuIoSS
DR.. R. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
uHaving used DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
zion and Golden Medical Discovery during
the past year" writes Mrs. Matte Long. OF
Pfouts Valley. Perry Co., Pa n can tTtn ,ni
I,ese have used several bottles Of Favorlte
PRESCRIPTION which consider great blessing II
for weak women. I was so nervous ana us, ois-
couraqed that hardly knew what 70 90. Au u1n
lind advice for horne-treat1nent neipeo me
rronderfiily. Thanks to Dr. Pierce"
Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure
d;zziness and sick headache.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-09

celebrated "Star of Garter"
vests and pants, heavy fall
weight, non h r / nkable,
shoulder seams covered
with silk, other seams with
worsted; cuffs and exposed
edges silk covered: button
holes stayed; handsomely
finished down front with
silk shell edge and pearl
buttons; pants are made
with French yoke band,
drawing string and shaped
legs; white and natural
gray; sizes 3, 4, 5, 6 and T..
Zach 500
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-09
waists, wrappers,
SaCQueS

these are warm goods for winter
wear; might suggest Christmas CIV
ing of good goods.
10 dozen flannelette wrappers, me-
dunn and dark colors, new patterns;
waist and sleeves lined; fitted waist
lining; made extra wide; full skirts,
braid trimming and self-ruft1es;
sizes 80 to A; the quality is first class;
the price is. $3.50 each
90 dozen eiderdown dressing sacques
in red. gray, blue and pink; crochet
edge and finished seams. 81 each
10 dozen alI-wool waists in red, blue
and black; trimmed with fifteen rows
hercules braid; waist lined through
out with fitted Innings. .......$2 each
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-09

Henry Albert Tessmen, P. P..............
August f. Meyer. 5 Observation-Disclosures.
F. Warnecke Sr., S. Observation-Disclosures.
Charles A. Wolff, S. Observation-Disclosures.
George Steinback. S. Observation-Disclosures.
Robert Goldschmidt. s. D..................
John Carter, S. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
John Camp, s. Observation-Disclosures.
henry Muegge, 5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Alfred Fischer. S. D........................
George Keck, S. Observation-Disclosures.
Joseph Ruef, S. Observation-Disclosures.
w L. Butterfeld. S. Observation-Disclosures.
II. Rosenblough, s. Observation-Disclosures.
Joseph j. Noel S. Observation-Disclosures.
Julius Inderwies. s. Observation-Disclosures.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-09
New Bonded Warehouse

Ladies' taior-made suits, fur capes, cloaks
Credit. NJ. Rothschild. 1874 Post st.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-09

Jesse Moore ''AA'' whiskey is used at all prin-
cipal hospitals in the United States. Why is it
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-09
little good goods

solid wood back all bristle hair
brush. Observation-Disclosures so each
polished wood back bristle hair
brush. Observation-Disclosures. 25c each
wire hairbrush, wood back. Csc each
8-inch hard rubber dressing comb.
:..................25 c each
Colgate's elder flower soap. SC cake
Colgate's nursery powder 19c pkg
toothbrushes-your choice of many
styles and makes. each
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-09
wool cheviot dress goods, zoe yd
and popular pricing on cIoaks, fancy goods
and gloves some bazaar bits
dress goods

fancy check wool cheviots, in me-
dunn and dark colors; actual value
SOC yard; on sale to-day and until lot
Is SOlu.. .-OC y al u
our alI-wool 42-fnch navy serge has
proved a revelation to keen buyers;
lively appreciation has caused US
anxiety about getting enough of it;
there are u pieces; here to-day at.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-09

DR.. Parkers Cough Cure. One dose will stop
a cough. Never fails. Try It. Csc. All druggists. .
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-09
yelling

two lots of veilings that have thronged
the store for two days; enough left for
choice selection:
plain and dotted silk Tuxedo mesh veil
ings, in great variety Of nice patterns; in
black brown and navy yard 10c
all-silk black and colOrs, Russian, Tuxedo
and Brussels net, in plain and dotted eff
fects; grenadine veilings with large che
niIette dots in black and colors; chantilIy
border veilings in navy, gray and tan; a.
handsome assortment and variety to suit
ANY fancy. yard Csc
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-09
good gloves

fall importations show attractive
styles and colors; our gloves get bet.
ter every year; next year has task
before it.
H. b lambskin gloves. soft and pill
able as kid, guaranteed and kept in
repair free. Observation-Disclosures 81 pair
3-clasp Hte. Jouvin glove, real
French kid; in the newest shades
ana Stllcnlng -............. Sl.5O pair
2-clasp misses lambskin glove, in
brown, tan, blue, red and green......
Observation-Disclosures. 81 nair
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-09

600 yards all new fancy plaid ribbons, 31B in
wide; elegant fall effects. yard Is
1000 yards all silk fancy taffeta ribbon, i
the fall pastel colorings; cord, Persian an
hemstitched effects; ribbons made to Sc
at 45c our price until sold. yard 25
1000 yards fancy plaid and striped hair rib
bons, all silk; widths 5 to 7..........yard
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-09

I'M s a result Of the startling expose
Il " made by The Can few days ago
IN the police swooped down on Joe
Harvey's Mason street Monte
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-25

facts. It was learned that q freight
car jumped the track on q northbouod
freight and that three others followed
1t so there were only four freight cars
off the track instead of an excursion
train being in the ditch and 81 people
killed. The freight train which en-
cOuntered this common occurrence was
directly ahead of the north abound
passenger, in consequence of which the
passenger train was delayed IL hours.
No one was injured as far as could be
learned.
The railroad companies are, as a
general rule, responsible for rumors of
this kind being set sfloat. They re-
serve the facts from the public and the
gossipers take advantage of this fact
and start that report which best suits
their degree OF impression. If the
facts were made known at the time a
wreck occurs, this wild rumOr" ele-
ment would have to take to the woods
and look up snake stories. But, as it
is, with the officials as mum as
''sure thing men as regards any &C
cident which occurs on their lines,
nothing more can be expected than
that which was experienced Yesterday.
Frankness is a very admirable quality
but it ia very difficult to convince a
railroad official of this fact when it
comes to discussing q disaster on the
rail.