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The San Francisco call., 1899-05-11
THE BISCUIT COMBINE.
John G. Hanrahan Discusses It's
Many ADVANTAGES.


John G. Hanrahan of the brokerage and
banking firm Of Dean & Shibley, New
York City, is a guest at the Palace. Mr.
Hanrahan represents the Eastern under
writer's who wrote the stocks and bonds
Of the Pacific Coast Biscuit Company,
which viii include no less than seven
cracker companies.
he has devoted his best energies to
bring about this gigantic enterprise and
now that his efforts have been crowned
with success he feels a sense of gratifl.
cation at the outcome. In discussing the
subject last evening Mr.. Hanrahan said:
There is no speculation about this new
organization. 1t is a purely business
proposition It will be the policy Of the
company TO avoid any rise in prices. The
securities. some Of which are now being
pIaced on the market at par will be in
such shape that it viii be unnecessary TO
innate prices in order TO bring about
revenue In fact; by combining expenses
Will pc considerably reduced. Advantage
viii be taken Of the cheapest market by
combined purchases A large export
trade. will be built up which will materi-
ally increase the income of the Dlants
and strong fight will be made to get
great feature Of the combination will be
an agreement with Eastern factories not
to come west Of the Rockies with their
goods and We will not trespass on thelr
territory.
"A fine chance Is afforded to secure an
interest in a good profitable business on
the Pacific Coast. IT is the first property
on the coast offering securities in Cali
fornia manufactures 10 the public We
have received the approval of Eastern
capitalists guaranteeing to carry out \
proposition. in which the coast is Vitally
Interested n -
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FORD HAS NO POLICY.
Attorney General Says the
Commissioners Dictate His
Action.

SACRAMENTO, May 1O.-Attorney
General Ford was asked by The Call
correspondent tonight if he intended
to obey the instructions of the Railroad
commissioners and ask Judge Morrow
to dismiss the grain-rate cases. He
was asked, also, if, as Attorney Gen
eral of the State. and hence attorney
for the respondents in the case, he will
not also be attorney for the plaintiff
the Southern Pacific Company, if he
makes the request demanded by the
Railroad Commissioners
In reply, Attorney General Ford gave
the following statement, adding that it
was all that he desired to say upon the
subject at this time:
Il have not as yet received any off,
cial notice of the action of the board
to which you refer, and I am not GER
tain, therefore, as to the precise ma
ture of its directions, except such as l
have gained knowledge of through to-
days papers. 1 can only say generally
that the Board of Railroad Commits
sioners and not the Attorney General
must determine the policy to be pur-
sued with reference to the so-caIled
grain-rate case. 1 shall do nothing in
the matter until my return to San
Francisco and am officially advised as
to the instructions that have been
given me by the board
Whatever L may do in the matter
will, of course, be done for the board,
and as it's attorney, and because of in
structions from it. The constitution
and the law have clothed the Board of
Railroad Commissioners with certain
powers and make it the duty of the At
tOrney General to render such legal
services as the board may require of
him. The performance of this duty will
be the measure of my act in the prem
ises"
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letting so-and-so go?" queried Mr.. Kill
burn. He is your appointment, Major
Harney." 81 am agreeable said the
him to oblige Major Mclaughlin" That
name was passed. ''Weu l think we can
drop this man. He was appointed by you.
Mr. Herold. What do you. say?" again
asked Mr.. Kilburn. Drop him-drop him
by all means if you want to-, said Mr..
Herold, with a smile, II appointed him
to oblge George Knight" And so il went
on for ten minutes before Commissioner
Kilburn was able to find places for the
two sWeepers.
An elderly woman named Mrs. Meyers
slipped and fell on the turntabie at the
foot of Market street yesterday. She was
removed to the Harbor Hospital where
II was found that her left hip was broken.
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about the things which most closely con
ceTu her future happiness. If she is sub
iect to any weakness Of the delicate, spe-
cial organism Of womanbood, make it your
business TO see that this IS properly cor
1ected and that she starts upon woman
hoods career with full wOmaniy strength
and capacity. She will bless you for it all
her life
There is no need OF examinations " and
local applications" Sound professional
advice may be obtained free Of charge, by
writing TO Dr. R Y. Pierce, chief consulting
physician to the Invalids' Hotel and Surg
ical Institute, of Buffalo. y. Y, whose
thirty years occupancy of this position
has made him recognized among the most
eminent of living specialists IN the treat
mcnt Of wofnans diseases.
Every case submitted TO him by mail re-
Ceives careful consideration. Efficient and
inexpensive home treatment is prescribed
whereby delicate, feminine complaints may
be promptly alleviated and cured. Dr.
PieTccs Favorite Prescription IS the only
proprietary medicine in the world designed
for this special purpose by regular physi-
cian-an educated. experienced expert
Miss Cora !. Russei, Of Leemont, Accomac Co,
Va III a letter 20 Or. Pierce. SAYS: From April,
I6q5 uutil the following October. suffered Sc
vereiy from painful menstruatiou. For about
Aelve hours before the appearance OF the menseS
Fh1uld feel giddy, have a severe headache. pain
IN my back in fact felt as if every bone in my
body was breaking. Nothing did me any good.
j wrote 80 Or. Pierce and he recommended his
Favoritc Prescription and after using three
bottles Of 1t am glad to say All cured"
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weapon and vagrancy. Attorney Mack
represented the defendant, and when
Prosecuting Attorney Carpenter offered
the ordinance under which the arrest was
made as evidence Mack objected on the
ground that according to the Judges
ruling in the racetrack cases the ordi-
nance was unconstitutional, and he de-
sired to have all the rights of the defen-
dant conserved.
The Judge turned red in the face and
lost his temper He said brusquely, "Oh,
go on and overruled the objection, Mack
asking that his exception be noted.
Several witnesses were examined, and
the case was continued till to-day
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Laumeister Promised His Vote to the Lawyer
and Was Assured Railroad Friendship.
The Southern Pacific Company Forces Its Serceabe Railroad
Commissioners Into the Open to Avoid the Danger Of
Penalties Which May Aggregate Millions Of
Dollars if the Suit Be Lost

and Edison never had reason to sus-
pect that they were in the same social
set with Mr.. Herrin, and they were
naturally inquisitive to know the
meaning of the invitation. But they
accepted it and went to the home of the
lawyer.
Herrin is something of an entertainer
When the entertainment had pro-
gressed to the stage generally known
as Waiter, another bottle" Herrln re-
vealed the secret Of his invitation.
Herrin asked Commissioners Ed
son and Laumeister point blank to
vote for the Blackstock resolution.
The Southern Pacific lawyer was per-
suasive, insistent. "Of course" he
said, "there will be a furry in the
newspapers for a while, but it will
soon blow over, and anyway, you
know where your friends are"
That is one way in which c. P. Hunt
ington has taken the Southern Pacific
Company out of politics. Commissioner
Edison refused to do as he was COM
manded Commissioner Laumeister
agreed and accepted with his agree
ment the brand of a discredited and
dishonored public official. Edison never
again accepted the hospitality of Mr..
Herrins home The subsequent con-
ferences among Laumeister, Black
stock and Herrin have already been
related.
The reason which has made the
Southern Pacific Company force Lau
meister and Blackstock into the hu-
initiation of public shame is a serious
one. In the grain rate case" there are
many enormous interests to the rail-
road involved The question of costs
is a great one, as the Southern Pacific
Company does not care to pay anything
when it can avoid it. And there is the
problem of penalties. If the resolution
of the Railroad Commissioners, adopted
in September, 1895, and fixing the grain
rate, be valid the Southern Pacific
Company will probably be forced to
pay enormous penalties for violating
the law. The question is a mooted one,
but the Southern Pacific Company is
fearful that a judgment would be
against it and it seeks to avoid the is
sue by making the Railroad Commits
sioners obey it's commands.
The State constitution provides enor-
nous penalties for a violation of any
resolution adopted by the Railroad
Commissioners. Every violation sub
jects the offending corporation to fine
not exceeding $20,000 and every officer,
agent and employe to a fine not exceed
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TN HE startling expose of the secret
conferences held among Railroad
Commissioners Blackstock and
Laumeister and William F. Her
rim created yesterday a sensation
1t seemed beyond belief that pub
lie officials, having in their care so
many vitally important interests of the
people of the State, would so openly
dishonor their positions, bring shame
upon themselves and lay bare, by an
indiscretion, the efforts of the Southern
Pacific Company to use public officers
as creatures of corruption. Astounding
as was the audacity of these Commis-
sioners in making the home of Herrln
their rendezvous for discussions of pub
lie business, the whole story has not
been told.
Laumeister and Blackstock went to
the residence of the railroad lawyer not
only to discuss rates that would be ia
vorable to the Southern Pacific Com
pany and to drink Herrin's wine and
eat his food but one of them at least
knowingly and willingly accepted the
dictation of the attorney to do what
the Southern Pacific Company demand
ed. There has hardly been a more COM
plete debasement Of public honor in the
history of public men in California.
The story is interesting.
Before the adoption of the first
Blackstock resolution, which rescind-
ed the resolution of September, 1895,
Railroad Commissioners Laumeister
and Edison called upon NJ. NJ. Estee
to discuss with him railroad freights
and matters incidentally important to
the business of the board. At that
meeting the Blackstock resolution
was thoroughly discussed, and Com
missioner Laumeister declared that
he did not intend to vote for it. Lau-
meister was thoroughly in earnest.
He said to Estee, with every show of
sincerity, that if he voted for the
Brackstock resolution he would be
ashamed to remain in the State. He
evidently understood then something
of the seriousness of such a vote.
After the conference with Estee Com
missioners Laumeister and Edison re-
ceived a most unusual and startling in
vitation. 1t was to visit the home of
William F. Herrin. 1t is currently be-
lieved, and until the revelations of yes
terday was believed with some reason,
that William F. Herrin does not tran
sact public business at his home. He
has an office, and a cOmmodiOus one,
downtown. Commissioners Laumester
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-- HE hlghblnder must go. Inc edlct
% has been issued and the plan of at
n tack formed. Mayor Phelan has
II been called upon already to make
the initial move, and the moment
he gives assent the human tigers
of Chinatown will be compelled to scatter
to the four winds.
The method of attack is based upon an
intimate knowledge of things as they
exist in Chinatown. Workers in the mis-
sions and humane societies assert that the
highbinder could not exist in San Fran
cisco were it not for the countless houses
of Chinese prostitution. The yellow des-
peradoes prey upon their inmates for
food, money and shelter between whiles
when they are not numbering their fell
lows. This fact has led those who are in
terested in the scattering of the high
binder to believe that the most effective
way to reach that end is to cut off his
base of supplies. Acting on that theory,
a number of well-known local workers
for morality will meet this afternoon at
room II in the Sherman block, Clay and
Montgomery streets, and form a commit
tee for the publication of many things in
the city, one means to that end being the
suppression of the dens of prostitution
in Chinatown and the clearing out of the
murderous tong men. In line with the
attorney who has clients in Chinatown
who have suffered at the hands of high
binders, has already addressed a letter
to the Mayor. 1t reads as follows:
SAN FRANCISCO. May g. 1899
To the Hon. James D. Phelan, Mayor of
the City and County of San Francisco,
State Of Calfornia-Dear Sir: Experience
has shown that Chinese houses of ill
fame are not only nuisances in them
selves but the main support of high
binders and other law-breakers. That
when these resorts suppressed murder
and Iawlessness ceases in Chinatown; that
the lawless If deprived (by the closing of
these resOrts) of their sources of revenue
from the tlackmailing of the inmates of
these dens soon disperse and relieve the
city and county of their presence; that
these house, are not only nuisances but
prisons filled with slaves held as chattels
for sale as we'll as hire And all of this in
free land.
Therefore 1 attract your attention to
these facts as we'll to the fact that sec
ton of an act for the suppression Of Chi
nese houses of Ill fame approved March 81,
1866. makes it your duty 10 suppress these
houses.
Believing that this matter has not been
brought properly to your attention hereto
fore, now await your action. Very re
spectfully NJ. NJ FOOTE.
No reply to this letter has reached Mr.,
Foote probably for the simple reason that
Mayor Phelan has hardly had time to
look into the law in the case and make a
reply. Mr.. Foote hopes to have 1t. how
ever in time to-day for presentation at
the Sherman block meeting. The law he
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Peculiar Dismissal of the
Wong Tan Case.
COIOnel Eddy DenounCes 1t as
an Outrage and Will Ask
Grand jury Action.

to the testimony Of the witness for the
prosecution, dismissed the case.
As Oug Foon left the courtroom he was
arrested by he Sheriff of Santa Rosa on
"a warrant charging him with the crime
of murders committed there in 1892 The
information was given by Wong Tan
who is a merchant and slave dealer in
Santa Rosa. Ong Foon was tried and
acquitted, and when he returned TO the
city be swore out the warrant for Wong
Tan's arrest on the charge of perjury.
Attorneys for defendants in the Police
Courts have started in TO take advan-
tage Of Acting Police Judgd Groezinger' s
absurd decision in the racetrack cases
that the ordinance under which the ar
rests were made is unconstitutional owing
TO alleged errors in the minutes of the
Board of Supervisors.
Jung Gee, a notorious highbinder, ap-
peared before Groezinger Yesterday to
answer charges of carrying a concealed
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EDISON IS AT STOCKTON.
Confers With Citizens on the
Railroads Unjust Dis
Grimm alton.

STOCKTON, May 1O.-Railroad Com
missioner Edison spent the day here
gathering information concerning the
operations of the Southern Pacific grain
schedule against this city. He met
with several prominent citizens, and at
the conference they laid before him
facts and figures showing the unjust
discrimination against Stockton. When
seen after the conference the Commits
sioner said:
Il am informing myself. This is too
fine a country to be Disseminated
against"
DO you think the other Commits
sioners will act as fairly?"
well, 1 cannot speak for the other
members" replied the Commissioner
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-11
Spring Valley Company Alarmed

The Spring Valley Water Company has
notified Auditor Wells that it win hold
him personally responsible if its bills for
the fiscal year are not paid in full. pro
viding the aggregate amount OF the bills
does not exceed $3.50 900. the amount of the
appropriation made for this purpose The
company's bills for March and April have
been held UP by the Board of SuperVi-
sors. The notification is based on a fear
that the water fund will be exhausted
before these bills are ordered paid. The
Auditor has referred the matter to his
attorney as he does not propose to be held
responsible for any Of the acts of the
Board OF Supervisors.
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ing $4,000 or imprisonment in a county
jail not exceeding one year AS the
grain rate resolution was adopted in
September, 1895, and the Southern Pa
clflc Company has been violating it
hundreds of times every day some no
ton of the penalties which might be
exacted may be gained. The sum
might aggregate into millions of dol
lars. That is why the Southern Pa
clhc Company wants the Railroad
Commissioners to ask the dismissal of
the celebrated suit.
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NEWS AND GOSSIP
OF LOCAL THEATRICALS

The theaters offer nothing of a serious
nature this week, but quite an assortment
of more or less comic attractions. At the
Columbia Mr. Frohmans production of
"On and OFF, is remarkable for an eX-
cellent company and a smooth well bal
anced performance The farce itself will
not set the bay a-burning, but played as
1t is by this polished company it is a
more than acceptable bill.
At the Alcazar it is the piece rather
than the acting that attracts attention.
Not that His Japanese Wife" is a first
rate farce in its present shape, but in
spite of some crudities and convention
alities it presents several original and
amusing ideas. The immortality of Mr.
Greene's new work need not be insisted
upon, even for the purpose of advertising.
The matinee girl may take her mamma to
see it with perfect prudence.
The Southwel company is giving an
elaborate and creditable performance of
THE Little Tycoon a comic opera that
has not been heard here in something
like a decade.
Still the jolly "Geisha" at the Tvoll
Next Sunday evening marks the one hum
dredth and final performance. Souvenirs
will be the order of the night. "Orpheus
and Eurydice'' will commence on Mon
day.
The child vaudeville singer La Petite
Lund, is the star feature at the Orpheum.
Another amateur cakewalk of all ma
tions at the Chutes tonight!
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LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVED.

ARRIVED.
Wednesday. May 10.
Stmr Point Arena. Hansen. IL hours from
Aus stmr Siam, Raicich "a hours from Ma
naimo. .- .r, point
Reyes
Wednesday. May 10.
Stnr Aloha Jorgensen. Mendocino.
DOMESTIC PORTS.
CASPAR-SaiIed May 1o-Schr Abbie' for san
TR0WENs LANDING-Sailed May 1O-Schr
Eppinger for San Francisco. o 80.
TACOMA-Arrived May 1O-Stmr queen, Ins taiT nc
Nav g. bark Prussia, hence Apr y; Jap Tran"
ing ship Hiyei. from Honolulu. ,,os,,a
Sailed May lO-Stmr Orizaba, tor AiasA@'
stmr Olympia, for Yokohama
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China's Powerful Sword.

There is an ancient and dreadful sword In
China. 1t gives to the man who happens to
hold it the power to cut off the head of any
one he wishes without danger of punishment.
All people flee from this sword as fearfully as
stomach Ills flee before the approach OF Hos
letters Stomach Btters This famous remedy
cures all forms of stomach troubles. beginning
with constipation and ending with liver or
kidney disease. 1t will be found in all drug
stores and Il always cures.
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Annther Chinese Watchman.

Customs Collector Jackson has appoint
cd Patrick O'Neill watchman at the Hotel
de Mongolia on the Mail dock. Mr.. O'Neill
was a laborer in the Appraisers store.
A third appointment has not yet been an
nounced.
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CITING POLICE JUDGE GROEZ-
a NIGER rendered another tainted
Va decision Yesterday
"a He dismissed the case against
~ VI Wong Tan, charged with perjury
on the complaint of Ong Foon of
the Chinese Society for English
Education. Judge Groezinger's decision
was not only brief but it was also hurried.
and in rendering it he violated his word
20 Colonel Eddy, who represented The
complaining witness in the case.
The Judge, in rendering his decision.
said: 'I'l dismiss that case. 1t is
charge of perjury alleged 10 have been
committed before Judge Mosan heard
the testimony, and it is not sufficient
viii let him So"
Colonel Eddy, who represented the COM
planning witness, was engaged in "a mur-
Ger trial in one Of the Superior courts.
and was not present when the decision
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welhnrn,s Arrangement.

The arraignment OF o. NJ. Welburn was
continued in Judge de Haven's court yes
terday until next Monday on motion of
Gavin McNab, his counsel. Mr.. McNab
said he had discovered eight counts in
the Indictment that were practically the
same as counts in the former indictment
on which he had been acquitted by the
Jury Special Revenue Agent Thrasher.
now in the East, has been subpenaed as
a witness for the Government
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
You Owe 1t TO Her.

If you are the
mother of a young
girl who IS ap-
preaching t II e
time when girl
hood nerges into
womauhood do
not hesitate to
speak freely and
frankly with her
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Advances made on furniture and pianos. with
or without removal ]. Noo:-an, 1Ol7-lO2S Mission.
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- HE highbinder must go. The edict
M has been issued and the plan of at
n tack formed. Mayor Phelan has
M been called upon already to make
W the initial rnnNa aud the nnor1lent
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V HE startling expose of the secret
conferences held among Railroad
Commissioners BlackstOck and
b Laumeister and William F. Her
rim created yesterday sensation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-25

man Miss Renecke is a graduate Of the Royal
seminary for Teachers in Berlin. and has done
graduate work az Radcliffe College Other new
members OF the teaching force are Miss Helen NJ
Slade, Nassar ~ Instructor IN mathematics, Miss
LILY Garitt koliock. Ph. T. University ~ Pennsyl-
vania. and Mss Julia + Wicker Nassar, so, as
sistants respectively in chemistry and and IN The
chemical laboratory. and Miss Emile q stevenson
formerly director Of the Rockford College Gym
nasium, assistant in the gymnasium
Besides the gifts noticed In The Tribune at com
uencement time several were announced laier. 4
scholarship o. tseo. % be known as ne Ed!tl
Ferry Scholarship was given by n. VI Ferry. of
Detroit The class ~ - Al is reunion pre-
sented $40 10 the college In honor ~ IFS twenty
he -iasa5 ~ re garersi erscv,r,e,,. 60 E-e-Ss
of Reubena Hyde Walworth. 90 who lost her re
while serving AZ Red Cross nurse. have given
500 as q memorial FOR her 20 he used for the
department Of art. in which she was particularly
interested \ gift OF 49, FOR the library came
from Mrs Eiizabet Jordan Dmock The fund
for the purchase ~ books for Bible study raised
~ memory 81 me lafe trustee and treasurer oc me
College Willard L. Dean has reached the amount