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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-27
TWO DESPERADOES WOUNDED
CoNFEDERATES SAVE ONE FROM
CAPTURE.
Hold the "ursuin@ Officers at Bay
and Succeed in Gaining a Hid
ing Place in the
Woods.
speclal plspatch 70 rae call.

TACOMA, March 26.-Four masked
robbers raided a store at Montesano on
Thursday night. On Friday night they
blew open the safe in the postoffice at
Shelton, forty miles away, and obtain
ed $500 of Government money. A large
posse was formed yesterday and track
ed the bandits through the Mason
County forest. The posse is headed by
Sheriffs Vogtlin and Huss of Mason
and ChehaliS counties. Last evening
part of the posse came upon the robbers
near Kamilchie and a fight ensued. The
Deputy Sheriffs and robbers jumped
behind trees and shot at each other for
half an hour The Deputy Sheriffs had
the advantage in numbers and succeed
ed in shooting two robbers, one of
whom was captured. The other limp
ed away, and was protected by his cCT1-
panions, who held the officers at bay.
Going a short distance. the robbers
seized hand car on the Grays Harbor
branch of the Northern Pacific Rail
road and would have escaped had not
an approaching train stopped them
The posse was largely increased to-
day. and every road through the dense
forests of Mason and Chehalis counties
is being guarded. Both Sheriffs are
determined to continue the hunt until
hunger brings the robbers out of their
hiding place.
The captured bandit is not danger
c,usly wounded. He is now in the Shell
ton jail He refuses to give his name
or reveal the identity of his confeder-
ateS
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-27
Action Will Probably Be Taken
by the Supervisors To-
Day.
Plans for Permanent Correction of the
Evil Must Give Way to Some Measure
for the Temporary Relief of the
Unfortunate Inmates.

He has no redress and to object IS use
less. Under one of it's many laws the
city or State may arrest leper run
ming at large and he must forsake the
home he may have made for hlmsel1
and live under a sieve-like roof, IN
rooms where carpets are unknown and
where pictures and wall paper are
strangers; between walls whose shell
ter is piece of sarcasm and through
which the winds play as they would
through a pasture fence.
And then when the disease-ridden
patient grows tired of the draughts
that whistle around him he may go out
in the yard and walk from one angle
of the enclosure to the other, for MS
world is bounded by the wall around
the rotting old shell the city says he
must call his home. There is no escape
for him except through death, and ne
must sit idly waiting for the end with
out even the poor privilege of making
himself comfortable The city has no
money to spend on the Pesthouse. It's
appropriation has been cut from year
to year to keep down the total While
other funds swelled, and now there is
not even enOuoh to pay for an extra
nurse Last year when one Of the in
mates lay almost dying the Supervi-
sors added $500 to pay one OF the UNI
fortunates for acting as nurse, but
most of the sum was taken up in car
ing for some extra smallpox patients:
Every one admits the place is a dis
grace to the city Every one admits
that as a hospital it is a sham and a
mockery. No one likes to hear it called
a prison, and .-et it is worse than one,
for there is no escape, no sanitation, no
comfort, no hope-nothing but long,
weary wait for the grave.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-27
FRENCH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY
Board of Directors and Physicians
Were Elected Yesterday.

The election of the board of directors of
the French Benevolent Society was held
Yesterday afternoon and evening in Ma
tive Sons Hall. The polls opened at 3
%, m. and closed four hours later. There
were 662 ballots cast. Seventeen names
appeared on the ballot for directors. Fiji
teen were to be voted for. They were as
follows: Berger, Berges, Bernou Boo
queraz. Games, Chartrey, ,Duvergey, Des-
barats, Fabregue, Gerhardt, Legallet, La
coste, Lemoine, Reiss, Remond, Serveau
and Vasselin.
the lowest number of votes were not elect
ed. The remainder will constitute the
board for the ensuing year.
DR.. de Chantreau was elected hospital
6reiIa were recommended to the board
as city physicians; Until yesterday 1t had
been the custom for the members to elect
the city physicians, but just previous to
the election the assembly passed an
amendment transferring that power to
the directors and giving the members the
privilege of recommending them.
The other candidates for city physicians
were Drs. E. r. -Berges. E.; Calderon, E:
0. Jellineck, f. Levin, G. IL. Parent and
s SuSSman.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-27

Iivered a very eloquent address on the
work of the corps and paid a most de-
serving tribute to the noble women who
had successfully carried on the work
which had been commenced fifteen years
before This was followed by a short
programme of entertainment which was
made up of vocal selections by Miss leila
Cook, Mrs Powell and the singing of
song dedicated to the corps by Mrs. Alma
z. Keith, in the singing of which Miss
Emma Keith, daughter of the composer,
led There was also an address of con-
graduation by Colonel c. Mason Kline of
Lincoln Post, after which there was pro pro-
party in the other. During the evening
there was presented to the corps beau
tiful Illuminated address of good wishes
prepared by H. w. Mortimer of Lincoln
Post, chairman of a committee composed
of the gentlemen named, c. ]. Hanley, Z.
Mason Kline, ". NJ. Hilton and George
H. Stevens, and subsequently an immense
crystal punch bowl with silver ladle and
six dozen lemonade glasses from Lincoln
Post The celebration closed with the
serving of a toothsome collation..
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-27
INTERESTING COMPILATION.
What the Weather Bureau Knows
About April.

The following data for the month of
April, covering a period of twenty eight
years, have been compiled from the
Weather Bureau records at San Fran
cisco:
TEMPERATURE = Mean or normal
temperature, So; the warmest month was
that of 1889, with an average of 80; the
coolest month was that of 1898, with an
average of 80; the highest temperature
was 49, on the 14th, 1888; the lowest tenn
perature was 40, on the 7th, 1891; average
date en- which first killing frost oc-
Cured in autumn, December 10th; aver
age date on which last killing" frost &C.
CURED in spring. January 18th.
PRECIPITATION Gain and melted
inches; average number of days with OF
of an inch or more, Z; the greatest month
ly precipitation was 1906 inches in 1880;
the least monthly precipitation was 10
inches in 1875; the greatest amount of
precipitation recorded in any twenty-four
consecutive hours was 2.21 inches on the
18th and goth, 1880.
number of clear days, u; partly cloudy
days, r. cloudy days, s.
WIND-The prevailing winds have been
from the west. The highest velocity of
the wind was AZ miles from the north
west on the 23d, 1871.
Station, San Francisco. Date of issue,
March 23 1899. G. H. WILSON,
Weather Bureau.
Killing frost before December 81 has oc-
CURED but six times since the beginning
of observations.
Killing frosts have been observed in
ten years out of the whole number that
observations have been taken.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-27
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Pain Conquered; Health Re-
stored by Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
LETTER TO MRS. pIsxEAw NO. sa,649I


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time, no appetite, pains in my back and
bearing down pains and a great suf-
ferer during menstruation. After tax
ing two bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound felt like new
woman. lam now on my fourth bottle
and all my pains have left me. / feel
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and would recommend your Compound
to every suffering woman. hope this
letter will help others to find cure
for their troubles. :" = Mrs. DELLA
REMIcKER, RENSSELAER,, IND.
The serious ills of women develop
from neglect of early symptoms. Every
pain aud ache has a cause, and the
warning they give should not be disre-
garaed
Mrs. Pinkham understands these
troubles better than any local ply
sician aud viii give every woman free
advice who is puzzled about her
health. Mrs. Pinkham's address is
Lynn, Mass. Don't put off writing until
health is completely broken down
Write at the first indication of trouble.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-27
California Commanderv.

Last Friday night the Red Cross de-
gree was conferred on several candidates
by the following named officers of Cali
fornia Commandery No. 1, F. and A. M
]. s. Frazer, commander; ]. Tonningson
generalissimo; H. B. Ream, senior warden;
Frank w. Titus, captain general; Edward
B. Church, prelate; Thomas Morton
treasurer; II. T. Graves recorder
Charles Bone, sword bearer: j. F. logan
warden; George w. Perkins, sentinel; c.
w. Taber, standard bearer.
After the ceremony there was a ban
quet, which was partaken of by more
than fifty sir knights.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-27
creegan Sent to Folsom.

James Creegan, the forger. who was
sentenced to two years by Judge Dunno
Saturday, was taken from the City Prison
yesterday afternoon by Sheriff Martin
and started on his trip to Folsom Peniten-
tiary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-16
WORK FOR WAR VETERANS
Red Cross Society Finds Employment for
Needy Ex- Soldiers.
Many Sent TO the Ice Fields on tho
Hudson Riyer-other.
Need Aid.

NEW YORK, January l6.-The Red Cross
Society today continued the work Of pro-
Yiding discharged soldiers with work. Tn.
applicants were so numerous that the Of
noes OF the society and the corridors of tbA
building were crowded and the superin-
tendent of the building had to open a larg.
vacant room on the second floor for the
accommodation of those in waiting SOM.
oil the men scored to have but recently
recovered from sickness, and to be alto
gether too weak to take up hard physical
LABOR Some Were in soiied and ragged
UNIFORMS, and almost all wore some dis
uhsushing bit Of clothing-blue overcoat or
a campaign hat. They all looked 10 ha
poorly red and miserable, and they had an
oeeh enlisted men during the war.
one hundred and twenty-five We're given
work al cutting ice and sent TO the ic..
fields up the river.
The society fitted out the men with sweat
ers and Ice boots and their fare 20 the ice
nelds, at a cost of about 81 Il man Fifteen
hundred dollars have already been spen. i'm
TINS work The men will be paid 81 75 a
DAY at this work Others were given per-
inanent positions. IL is the aim OF The So
clety &c provide for skilled laborers In this
way; and of the 500 men who have been
placed by the society, many now have a
prospect OF good and permanent employ
ment. The records Of the men are Inquired
INTO as carefully as limited time will per
nit.
Young Mems Christian Association. the
Employment Bureau in Cooper Union and
olners nave asked to have the work trans
ferred to them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-16
OBJECTIONS FILED
Continued from Eighth Page}

North Capitol TO 10th streets is direct ex-
tension of one laid down on the second sec
ton plans. 1t was designed to connect
with easy grades the Reform School with
the northern end of Rock Creek Park, and
was considered important highway of
the first section plans.
The emitting of It'll street. located
through Takoma Park, conflicts with the
requirements Of the highway act, as this
subdivision was laid out under the act of
1888.
The dropping of street is not consider
ed objectionable, but it may be well to say
that it was originally located at the request
OF the parties interested.
the street located between the Lee and
Van Riswick properties was laid out along
an old road line, and is included in the bill
now pending before Congress for the grad
Ing and regulating of road from It'll
| street across Rock Creek Park.
The street running west from Bright
wood avenue through the property of DR..
waters was located on an easy line of COM
munication to the tracts lying to the west
of 18th street, which have no other good
outlet toward the city.
The avenue starting at It'll street road
! near the District line and running south
| of Rock Creek Park and was considered
| desirable feature of the Commissioners
plan.
Reimbursement of Streets.
THE eastern circular street, through the
! lands of Blagden and others, was consid-
cred feature of the first section pan; it
was agreeable to Mr.. Blagden, and it's
omission would require a complete read
justment of the streets If that vicinity.
The omission of Trenton, Brandywine
and Des Moines streets- west OF Brfghtwood
does not seem to be in conformity with the
highway act, as these streets conform to
Brightwood Park, which was laid out IN
der the act of 1888 J. >!
The same may bessIsaih of the omission
Park. . ID
The dropping of Kansas avenue, east of
Brightwood Park, makes an undesirable
break, as the avenue lis already located in
Pe e.,S, and on the second section plans
The short street last mentioned in the
associations recommendations was located
at the request of parties interested
Causes sIisats.
1.-THE basis of the entire action suggested
by the Brightwood CItizels' Association is
exactly the one which has given rise to all
the so-called 'misfit' subdivisions adjacent
to the city, and the Commissioners feel
that the map suggested by the association
| would give rise to a great many others, ex-
tending out to the District line.
| The taking out of the diagonal avenues
proposed by the association is deemed to
| be matter of general concern, and it is
! believed to be to the public advantage that
| they be retained
1.-The. cross streets were laid out by the
commissioners after very careful attention
| had been given to the question of grades,
and they are believed to meet the general
| requirements of the section, and the Com
mlsstoners are of the opinion that changes
cannot be made adyaptageously in them.
THE Commissioners would. therefore,
recommend that map b. submitted by
them, be adopted as the plan for this sec
Brightwood Avenue Citizens Association be
] not accepted"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-16
SPREAD OF CONSUMPTION
Sensational Statistics Compiled by DR.
Guerard of New York
Indications That Many Houses Are
Permanently Infected by Germs
of the Disease.

ALBANY, N. Y, January 16.-Accom-
panying the report of the special Senate
committee on the spread of tuberculosis in
the state IS an interesting and somewhat
sensational report upon the spread of con-
sumption in New York city, written by
Arthur r. Guerard, MD, of New York.
DR.. Guerard made a special investigation
of the conditions in the fourth and sixth
wards, taking particular attention of Peli,
Mott, Chatham. Cherry, Mulberry and Bax-
ter streets and the Bowery.
In the fourth ward, with a population of
1S,323 perSol.s, there are 663 dwellings only,
an average of 27.6 persons to each house.
In 24S out of the 663 dwellings, consumption
was found. there being in three years oil
cases. The doctor says:
Many of these houses have had one or
more cases every year for three consecu-
tive years, some of them having had as
many as eight to eleven cases during this
period. Several houses, in which one or
more cases of tuberculosis have been
ported in the last three years have had
deaths from the same disease in them for
eight or nine years. Such houses would
seem to be permanently infected and should
be thoroughly renovated from top to bot
tom, or better, condemned and torn down.
They are old houses, in bad sanitary con-
dition, some of them rear tenements, and
densely packed with the poorest and FL
thiest class of people, some of them being
used as cheap lodging houses.
I'm the entire city, as a summary made
Tor hVe years shows: Total number of
dwellings, 81 ,S2s; number of dwellings in
which deaths from tuberculosis occurred,
18TH; percentage on total, 22.94.
Houses with deaths in one year, 14.479;
total deaths in same. 15.511; deaths per
house, 1.07.
Houses with deaths in more than one
year, 1922; total deaths in same, II, 232;
deaths per house, 2.61.
These facts win be used in forwarding
the bill for consumptive home"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-16
MIR. RYAN'S CASE DISMISSED.
Court Denies Injunction to Prevent
Transfer of stock.

BALTIMORE January 16.-Judges Wickes
and Stockbridge today denied the injunction
recently asked for in the Maryland circuit
court by Thomas F. Ryan of New York in
which the petitioner sought TO restrain the
transfer of 1900 shares of the stock of the
Seaboard Air Line Company held by trus-
tees under a pooling agreement. The petit
ton was dismissed and Mr.. Ryan was or
dered to pay the costs.
The stock in question was recently sold
tc syndicate headed by John Shelton Will
Jams of Richmond and it's transfer involves
the control of the Seaboard Air Line sys-
tenn 1t is understood that the purchasers
agreed to pay $500 per share for the stock
which Mr.. Ryan claimed had been pre-
viously sold to him for $l25 per share. The
action of the court in denying the injunc-
ton clears the way to a transfer of the
road TO it's new owners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-16
Late Naval Orders.

Lieut. G. T. Emmons has been retired.
Lieutenant Commander w. W. Kimhall
has been detached from command of the
Caesar and ordered to command the Glacier
instead of to Havana
So much of the orders of Pay Inspector C.
w. Slamm as directs him to report as fleet
paymaster on the Chicago has been re-
voked.
Lieut.. F. L. Chaplin has been detached
from the Indiana and ordered to the bureau
or equipment relieving Lieut.. A. Reynolds,
who is ordered to the Richmond.
Lieut.. G. H. Stafford has been detached
from the Pensacola and ordered to duty at
Guam via the Yosemite.
Mate f. Muller from the Richmond to
command coal barge No. for charge of all
coal at Guantanamo.
Lieut.. ]. A. Bell, from the New York navy
yard to duty at League Island navy yard.
Lieut. L. M. Garrett, from the New York
navy yard to the Indiana
Lieut. D. Coffman. from the Prairie to the
Marblehead.
Lieut. W. S. Seccombe, from command of
the Glacier and ordered home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-16
DISORDERLY CONDUCT.
various Persons of Both sexes Ar
rBfgned on Charge,

Judge Kimball had number of disorderly
conduct cases before him this morning
Both sexes were represented and
the customary tints and colors Penalties
of 50 fines. with the usual alternative OF
fifteen days Imprisonment, were given GU;
to Phiilis Jones, who was disorderly on Van
street; John Herney, who made Pennsyl-
vania avenue ring with profanity; James
Robinson, who said he was guilty of bad
and indecent language on 18th street ana
Samuel Luster, Michael Barrett and VII
liam Beach, who raised a rumpus. respec-
lively, on the avenue. Potomac street and
X street
Ell Snowden got a larger dose He plead
Cd guilty to being particularly loud ttno
boisterous on NJ street, and was required
to pay SIS or serve sixty days
After Snowden had been thus disposed of
another batch of the same sort of people
were aTraigned. Ruffin Erket got off with
81 or six days; William Thornton and James
Lee received IS each of fifteen days; James
e. Williams paid dollar and John Henry
Morris Ganey Daniel Lynch, Arthur Saitz
and John Baum forfeited s. collateral
apiece,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-16
ANNUAL ELECTIONS.
Financial Corporations Choose Di-
rectOrs and Trustees.

The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the American Security and Trust Com
pany was held this afternoon to elect a
board of directors for the ensuing year. The
following were chosen: A T. Britton, c. J.
Bell, Henry f. Blount, S. S. Burdette, W.
M. Coates, Robert Dornan, Daniel Dono-
van, c. c. Duncanson, Matthew G. Emery,
James E. Fitch. John E. Herrell, John N.
Hutchipscn, John s. jerks. John A. Kas-
son, George L. Knowles, John r. Mclean.
c. j. Milne, c. S. Noyes, c. F. Norment,
M. NJ. Parker, Henry E. Pellew Robert
Portner, John Sherman f. c. Stevens. A
A. Thomas. Ward Thoron, w. S. Thomp-
son. John W. Thompson, Henry A Willard
and Joseph Wright.
Mr.. F. G. Stevens, who is president of the
West End National Bank, was elected in
place of a Philadelphia director, who re-
signed
The board met Immediately after the cleo
ton and elected all the old officers for
another year.
The Mutual Protection Fire Insurance
Company of the District of Columbia at
the annual meeting of the members held
today at its Office, 1406 G street northwest,
elected the following trustees for the en-
suing year: William Ballantyne, n. w.
Burchell. VIM S. Thompson, S. H Kauff-
mann, James L. Norris, James E. Fitch,
Bell.
Inc annuai meeting or the poncy holders
of the Mutual Fire insurance Company was
held today in the company's office, in the
Marble building, 9th street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue. The meeting has been
looked forward to with great interest by
Washington firanciers and business men,
owing to the well-known fact that there
was considerable bad feeling existing The
Indications were at o'clock that the ticket
for board of managers today that would
receive an overwhelming majority would
contain the names of Matthew G. Emery,
George T. bearing. William A. H Church,
Timothy w. Murphy, J. Harrison johnson,
Samuel HI. Walker, George c. Walker.
The two latter gentlemen succeed Messrs.
Jesse b. Wilson and James w. Barker
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-16
Committed to Jail i'm pefauIt.

LClu Wilson. tall young colored woman,
charged with stealing money, notes and
other valuable securities from j. c. F.
Keller, was held to await the action of the
grand jury in $500 bonds by Judge Scott
today. and committed to jail in default. The
charge against Lulu will be grand larceny.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-14
Your Face

Shows the state of your feelings and
the state of your health IS we'll. I'm
pure blood makes itself apparent in q
pale and sallow complexion, Pimples
and Skin Eruptions. If you are feeling
weak and worn out and do not have q
healthy appearance you should try
Acker's Blood Elixir. 1t cures all
blood diseases where cheap Sarsaparil-
las and SO called purifiers fail: knowing
this we sell every bottle on q positive
guarantee. M. II. Webb druggist.
Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets are sold
on q positive guarantee. Cures heart
burn, raising of the food, distress after
eating or any form of dyspepsia. One
little ia blet gives immediate relief. %
cts. and so cts. M. 81. Webb, drug
gist.
Acker's English Remedy will stop a
cough at any time. and will cure the
worst cold in twelve hours, or money
refunded. % cts. and so cts. M. II.
Webb druggist.
Moki Tea positively cures Sick
Headache, indigestion and constipa-
ton. A delightful herb drink. Re-
moves all eruption of the skin, produc-
ing a perfect complexion, or money re-
funded. 25 cts. and so cts. M. b.
Webb, druggist.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-14
Best ALL Year Route to California

Is the Southern Pacific. The travel
ing public can easily understand this
when it Is known that this is the only
line running coaches through to Cali
fornia points without change, the only
line running tourist sleepers direct
from FL Paso to Los Angeles and San
Francisco, the only line running pull
man palace cars direct to the above
named cities without transfer and the
only line running buffet cars, thus en-
aiding passengers to obtain their meals
at hours convenient to themselves.
Seventeen hours shorter time to Los
Angeles than by other lines.
No changing cars during nights,
enrOute.
Parties going to the Pacific Coast
for q rest should make al note these
facts.
T. E. HUNT,
Com'l Agent.