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AN ACTORS INGRATITUDE-
Samuel King Convicted of Stealing 6
Pair Of Shoes From William
Mohring

For the next few months the rialto will
miss the attractive presence OF Samuel
King, a vaudeville artist at the Chutes.
as he will be relegated to-day TO the Sc
clusion of the County Jail by Judge Con-
Ian.
King and William Mohring OF 149 Taylor
street, an actor at the Olympia. used 10
do the rialto together. About two weeks
ago King called upon Mohring and asked
him to do something for him, as he was
starving. Mohring gave him a pair Of
shoes, which he told him he could "soak'
and spend the proceeds In getting a
square meal. King got 80 cents on the
shoes and obeyed Mornings instructions.
A few days later King again felt the
pangs of hunger, but instead of asking
Mohring to help him, he was ungratefui
enough to go TO Mornings room and
steal pair OF tan shoes valued at 81 so,
which he soaked for 81 so. King did
not visit his usual haunts, and Mohring
did not come across him till Monday aft
ernoon, when he saw him on the ferry
boat crossing from Oakland. Mohring
waited till King got outside the ferry
building. and then he grabbed hold of him
and held him until Policeman Ingham ap-
peared. The officer heard Mohring' s
story and placed King under arrest on a
charge of petty larceny.
King appeared before Judge Conlan yes
terday morning. After listening to Mohr-
ing's evidence the Judge convicted King
and ordered him 10 appear for sentence
this morning.
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NEvILLs EXToRTIoN CASE.
Supreme Court Evidently Not Salts
fed That Crime Was Committed.

The Supreme Court has reversed the
judgments in the cases of Elsie Williams
and A. Azhderian. who were convicted OF
the crime Of eXtorting $1,000 from w. A.
Nevills, the millionaire mining man. 1t
will be remembered that Nevills and the
Williams woman were extremely friendly
according TO the testimony at the tiial.
The two parted after time and she he
came familiar with AZhderian. who was
the foreman on one OF the mining man s
Fresno farms. The relations between
Nevills and the woman were renewed at
various times. and OF one occasion he
gave her 5000.
The prosecution claimed that Neyjus
parted with the money under fear, the de-
PENDANTS having threatened to expose the
relationship between Nevils and the
woman II he did not do so. The de-
PENDANTS were convicted Of eXtortion and
appealed to the Supreme Court. In their
appeals they laid special stress upon
tions TO the trial jury.
on this point the higher court says that
the Instructions given did not correctly
present the law Of eXtortion. A slight
fear on the part of the prosecuting wit
ness was not sufficient. THE statute can
only mean that the unlawful use OF fcrce
or fear must be the operating or control
ling cause which produces the consent
II some otEer cause were the primary and
controlling one in inducing the consent,
then there would be no eXtortion." The
Justices Of the Supreme Court, however
seem TO take a different view of the case
from that Of the trial jury. They review
the testimony. which shows that the
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the vessels ready Tor sea to-day. All the
union men that could be procured were at
work. but more hands were wanted 10
expedite the job. SO eight non-union men
We're put 70 work. The union men refused
10 work with them. and then the cOntrac-
tor got indignant and refused 20 discharge
the "ScabS.' Then the union men walked
out and the transports are heing finished
as quickly as possible with non-union
men. Trouble was feared between the
strikers and ''scabs.' and Officers Dillon
and Dover were sent down from the Har-
Dor police station, but there was no need
OF their assistance. The trouble viii
probably be adjusted to-day
The steamer Elihu Thomson will prob
ably be flying the house flag of John Ros-
enfeld's Sons in a few days. The vessel
was practically sold last Monday. but
there was some hitch over a small matter
and IL had not been Strengthened out yes
terday. The Thomson will continue in the
coal trade and Captain Whitney will in
all probability remain in command
\ lighter in tow Of the gasoline launch
Jennie c struck the collier Progreso and
started one Of her plates. II viii cost the
owner OF the launch considerable money
TO repair the damages.
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ANOTHER "JACK"
IN TIE HANDS
OF THE POLICE
Bumps Into Passing
Women.
HE IS CAUGHT IN THE ACT
PATROLMAN WILSON TAKES
HIM INTO CUSTODY.
HE IS CAUGHT IN THE ACT

Jack the Bumper" is the latest freak
10 fall into the hands of the police. His
other name is Harry Ockey. He is a
hanger-on in the tenderloin, and his pecu-
liar manifestation of degeneracy is bump
ing into women who may happen in his
vicinity.
Ockey was arrested Monday evening on
Turk street, near Market, by Officer VIII
son, who had had his eyes out for several
days for the bumper" He caught him a
minute after Ockey had bumped into one
lady passerby and just as he jostled an
other. The prisoner, who feigned drunk
enness the moment he saw the policeman,
was sent 10 the City Prison. where he was
booked for disturbing the peace.
Any number OF respectable women have
complained lately 10 the police OF similar
treatment in the same neighborhood in
which Ockey was arrested. The appear
ance OF their aSsallant and his method Of
attack tally with that OF Ockey and the
pastime in which he was engaged when
arrested by Patrolman Wilson.
In the Police Court yesterday morning
when the case Of Jack the Bumper" was
called, Ockey presented an uninviting ap-
pearance. de Is a pop-eyed man, about
stopped in the back. His head is thatched
with thin patches of hempen hair, he has
wisp OF mustache and a heavy growth
Of stubble. His clothing was faded and
shiny and his hands needed washing.
Officer Wilson related 10 Judge Graham
what he had seen Of the actions of the
defendant just before he placed him under
arrest, swearing positively that there
could have been no mistake in Ockey's un-
pleasant attentions toward the women,
The policeman was so busy taking care OF
his prisoner, who Immediately feigned
drunkenness, that he could not overtake
and summon the frightened ladies as wit
nesses.
Ockey took the stand in his own defense.
He did not deny that he had done as the
policeman testified, but said that he did
not remember IL.
We'll" said his Honor, Twill you say
that you didn't? It's your word against
the officers"
Il don't know, Judge" he replied. "I
was drunk and / don't know what I did"
Ockey could produce no witnesses to his
character and was unable 10 show that he
had any means Of gaining a livelihood
The court found him guilty and ordered
him 10 appear this morning for sentence.
The police are OF the opinion that Ockey,
who Is a stranger 10 them. has method I'm
his madness. They believe that his rude
addresses to women are moves in the line
Of pocket-picking rather than amatory
advances.
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CAR EMPLOYEES FILE
MONSTER PETITION
REQUEST SUPERVISORS NOT TO
RECOMMEND LOWER FARES.
Further Argument on the Proposed
Orders Results in Judiciary Com
mittee Postponing Action.

The judiciary Committee of the Board
of Supervisors met yesterday afternoon
10 consider the protests of the streetcar
companies and their employees against the
passage Of the proposed ordinances reduc-
ing car fares TO seven and eight tickets
for % cents to workingmen and school
children during certain hours of the day.
l.. Whiteman, an employe of the San Ma
teo road, presented a monster petition
signed by about 1000 employees of the va
rious lines in this city. requesting the
committee not TO recommend the orders
for passage. The petition stated that 1t
was the opinion OF the signers that their
wages would be reduced if the lower rates
were put into effect.
Chairman Byington remarked that the
companies must be very deSpotic If they
We're using the proposed orders as loop
hole TO lower wages, and turning TO Sec
retary Clayton OF the San Mateo road.
said:
is your line waiting to reduce wages II
these orders are passed?'
Il am not prepared to say what my line
will do" answered the secretary, but II
will certainly have 10 protect itself in
some way, and do not know what the
directors will do
G. T. Smith, cashier of the San Mateo
road, an illustration, said that the re-
ceipts of the road for one day were $3.50 80.
The road carried 20 per cent of the total
number of passengers between the hours
when the lower fares are TO operate,
amounting 10 about $171. If the reduc-
tions are carried IL will occasion a loss
OF $4,000 during the working days in one
year. Last year $4,000 was paid to con-
ductors and motormen and their wages
would have to be reduced to meet the
loss of revenue, or else 2S per cent more
travel would be required TO make up the
loss.
To a question of Chairman Byington
as 10 who had prepared the petition Con-
ductor Whiteman stated that he and sew
eral others had secured the signatures
Motorman Williams of the San Mateo
road disclaimed that he had been forced
to come and protest at the instigation Of
his employers, but he had done so OF his
own free will.
E. p L. Troy argued that reduced car
fares would result in an exodus TO the
suburbs and receipts would increase. He
argued that because the Market Street
Railway Company did not appear to pro-
test IL was tacitly I'm favor of the reduc-
carried at least S5 per cent of the travel
ing public the plea OF bad investment
which the other lines had advanced
should not hold.
After the discussion Supervisor Aigel-
finger said that though he was In favor
OF the orders when first introduced he
had changed his mind since It had been
made clear to him that wages would be
reduced If fares were lowered SUPER
visors Attridge and Black. who were
present by invitation, expressed them
however, as Supervisor Phelps was alb
sent and a vote would have resulted in
Byington for and Aigeltinger against the
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GETS A WIDOWS PORTION.
Mrs. Ella Fowler Compromises With
Her Late Husbands Heirs.

W. u. Farren and +. Groenendyke. eX-
ecutors Of the Will Of the late D. D. Fow-
Ter. have obtained permission from Judge
Coffey 70 compromise the claim Of Ella
Fowler. the widow OF the decedent, vino
was disinherited by him.
The compromise is 70 be formally effect
ed in accordance with an agreement
reached December 13 BY its provisions
Mrs. Fowler Is 10 be paid $l4O0 in cash,
and there will be assigned TO her one
third OF the 10000 shares of the capital
stock Of the Castle Dome Mining Com
pany. a one-third interest Of the estate in
the Aspen Consolidated Mining Company
OF Kansas City and one-third Of any other
properties that may hereafter be found
TO belong 20 the estate.
+. u. Fowler and Nellie Bennett. adult
heirs and devisees OF the deceased. D. d.
Fowler Jr. and Lizzie Fowler, minor heirs,
and Kate Farren, devisee, all agree 10
the terms Of the compromise.
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SERVICES WERE SIMPLE.
Little ostentation Attended the Fun
eral of the Late Robert
Duncan Milne

Simple in the extreme was the funeral
Of the late Robert Duncan Milne. which
took place yesterday afternoon from the
parlors of the California Undertaking
Company, Powell street. There We're no
floral tributes about the bier and there
were no pallbearers to escort the remains
TO their final resting place. Many who
knew the deceased as a writer of verse
and short stories attended the funeral
services, but there were few real mourn
ers and few tears. Some were there who
knew the man in life, admired him and
We're truly grieved for his untimely end
The funeral services were conducted by
Rev. r. Eastman Of the First Presby-
terian Church. The remains were in
tered in the Masonic Cemetery in a plat
belonging 10 Mrs. Roberts
Coroner Hill inquired into the cause OF
death yesterday and a verdict was re-
turned that ii was purely accidental.
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II. ARITHMETIC OF THE OFFICE
Lesson No. 7-English Money.

English invoices are in pounds. shillings
and pence. To change the values Of Eng
lish currency TO the values in dollars and
cents is an interesting arithmetical exer-
else. We must first understand clearly
the meaning Of the par of exchange and
the variation in currency quotations.
The par of the currency of any two
countries means among merchants the
equivalency of a certain amount OF the
currency of the one in the currency Of the
other. supposing the currencies Of both
countries 10 be OF the precise weight and
purity fixed by their respective mints.
Thus, according to the mint regulations Of
Great Britain and France S1 sterling Is
equal 10 25.2 francs, which is said TO be
the par between London and Paris. The
exchange between the two countries Is
said TO be at par when bills are bought or
sold at this rate. When Gl I'm London
buys more than 25.2 francs exchange is
said TO be in favor of London. The par
of exchange between Great Britain and
the United States is "a SO 2-3; that is, El
sterling Is worth 81 SO 2-3. Exchange Is
quoted daily in New York, Chicago and
other cities at 4.6 or 4S7Iz, or 4S9, etc.
for sight bills and at slightly lower rates
for sixty-day bills. These are the two
kinds OF bills usually bought. The sixty
day bills are as good as cash when they
reach London, but they are cashed at
discount from their face values II pre-
sented before maturity. II is sufficient
for the student TO understand in this con-
nection ID that the value of English
money expressed in dollars and cents may
vary from day TO day, according 10 the
condition of the money market; (2 that
TO pay an English invoice we go to a
banker doing foreign business and buy
a draft on London (called a bill OF eX-
change) and send II 10 our creditor; (0
that this draft may be payable at sight
in London or IL may be payable in sixty
days.
Find the value Of ca 1ss Sd in dollars and
cents when the rate of exchange is 4.SS5.
To solve this problem We must first re-
duce 1Ss Cd TO the decimal OF a pound.
This is done by changing 1Ss Sd TO pence
and dividing By 240, because there are 2iO
pence In a pound; 1Ss 6d=222d: that is,
222-24Oths of a pound, which is equivalent
to 925 pounds.
Then ca 1ss 6d=e4925. and to reduce
this to dollars and cents we multiply 1926
by the rate Of exchange, which Is given
as ASS. The work will be as follows:
4925
1855
24625
39i00
3g4O0
1900
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Dropped Dead.

Ole Torson. a butcher. residing in Ala
media, dropped dead last night at the
Oakland ferry. Deceased was accom-
panied by his sister and was about 20
board the 9 o'clock boat when he fell 70
the pavement and Eek bired. Some OF the
employees Of the railroad company carried
the man 10 the HarbOr Receiving HOspi-
tai. where DIR. Morrison after an examin-
alton pronounced life extinct. The Morgue
officials were notified and called at tho
hospital for the remains. but AZ the re-
quest OF F. n. DanfUrth the relatives were
allowed TO take charge OF the body. which
was removed TO an undertaking establish
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Use common-sense in writing as IN
other things. A handwriting is a life COM
panion. II cannot be changed as readily
as the fashion and dress. Therefore adopt
hand that is not based upon some local
or passing fad or fashion. Affectation Is
one Of the things TO avoid. Do not try 20
appear fancy or freakish unless you are.
Do not affect the vertical unless you can
write 1t better than any other. Frills and
ruffies in dress are all right IL we'll made
and worn with due discretion. so are
grace lines and compound curves IN writ
ing, but both demand more attention than
most people care TO. or have the time and
patience 10, take and use.
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COURSES OF INSTRUCTION.
Autumn-winter Term, 1s9e-19oo.

Autumn-Winter Term, 1899-190o.
MONDAYS and THURSDAYS:
Popular Studies in Shakespeare.
TUESDAYS: The Worlds Great
Artists.
WEDNESDAYS: Desk Studies for
Girls and Shop and Trade Studies for
Boys.
FRIDAYS: Great American States
men.
SATURDAYS: Home Science and
Household Economy.
These courses will continue until
February IS, 1900.
Examinations will be held at their
close as a basis for the granting Of
certificates.
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New Improvement Club.

Articles OF Incorporation OF the Fair
mount and Glen Park Improvement Com
pany were filed yesterday. The company
purposes improving Paramount and Cas-
tro addition. open streets. 20 construct
plants. The capital stock Is 5000, OF which
$35O have been subscribed. The directors
are: Frederick GARNER. Thomas Crouch,
]. p. Tuchey. Chris Stader. J. p. Heck,
G. Hansen and Ernest Ranestin.
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w. THREE LESSONS IN PEN
MANSHIP.

Much Of the writing OF the world Is poor
because people attempt to write a style
that is too complicated. The result is
poorness. Too many want fancy forms
they need plain ones. 1t is the old, old
story OF wanting things We do not earn
by toll. Long loops and intricate capitals
require great skill to make look well No
one but professionals should attempt
them
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Much. however, as you may be inclined
10 write prettily, II will be we'll 10 bear
in mind two things: that writing at It's
simplest IS rather difficult, and that writ
ing is a useful rather than fine art.
Both Of these facts indicate that plain
ness Is doubly desirable. IL Is much bet
ter 10 master legible style than % fail
TO master an ornate one. Few people
have the patience or perseverance 70
master a fancy style OF writing. All can
master a readable hand. ulcg!ble writing
is not unlike mumbling or lisping In
speech. Nor is IL unlike suffering.
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Fell Into the Bay.

AS the ferry steamer Bay City was
leaving on her 5:45 o'clock trip to Alameda
yesterday afternoon a man known as
George. employed as chief day cook on the
steamer. made an attempt to jump ashore
after the apron on the wharf had been
hauled up. The man miscalculated the
distance and fell into the bay. A line was
thrown him from the wharf and he was
hauled ashore, none the worse for his
ducking
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Plainness is always in good taste. Good
ness is always desirable. Writing is no
exception to the rule. The forms given
for imitation are plain and simple. Study
them critically and then try them. See
how round and wide they are. BE patient
with them at first. as they are strangers
TO you and TO your muscles. Practice the
retrace circles freely and do not use the
fingers to excess.
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Purse-Snatcher Caught.

Shortly after midnight last night officer
Morrissey and Special Con" Kelly ar
rested Henry Johnson. a barkeeper, and
charged him at the central station with
robbery. Johnson followed Mrs. A. Mey-
ers. who resides at 237 Natoma street. and
when she was near her home grabbed
her purse. which contained about SEQ. Her
cries brought assistance and the purse
snatcher was caught. He denied the theft,
but when searched at the prison the stolen
property was found on his person.
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Insenh l. Snher,s Will.

The will OF Joseph Lewis Sober. who
died December 13. was filed yesterday for
probate. Tho testator bequeaths $3.50 10
his aunt, Guadalupe Salcido: 81 each 70
his brothers. Adolph and Emil Sober, and
the residue OF the estate, which is valued
at $4,000, in equal shares to Caroline Iver-
sen. Miriam Paturel and Louisa Hunt
Sober, brothers.
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spacing. The pen may be raised in mnk-
ing p. and r. BE sure you see the
forms clearly before attempting % make
them.
The plate OF G's shows how these simple
forms may be modified In almost endless
ways. In fac1 there Is no one way that
seems best suited 20 all. You should se-
lect or invent the styles you like best and
then perfect them Good writing may
differ and yet be good.
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The Original Little Louisiana Co. of San
Francisco-Drawinp December Is. 1899.

No. e7.2s4 wins $500. sold in San Franciscoi
No. g. 90 wins 5000. sold in San Francisco;
No 75l WINS 5000 sold in san Francisco: No.
q ss5 wins $500. sold in san Francisco; Nos.
- SCI and 50 O66 each win $3.50. sold In San
Francisco. Cal: Nos sS9s. L. us. SS. 0S3 Sc, S55
and ss eSl each win 800 sold IN san Francisco.
sacramento. Cal. and Portland. or.
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ORIGINAL Guatemala Lottery.

The following are the numbers Of the
principal prizes drawn in the City OF Qua
temala on the 18th day OF December. 1889,
OF the Original Guatemala Lottery: SO3,
b7qel sSqsl 4OS19
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One OF the first requisites 20 good writ
ing Is good pens (neither very coarse nor
hne), good paper, good ink (biack Is best),
good table or desk, not too high. and a
healthful position OF the body The hand
should not be twisted. nor allowed to rest
heavily upon the side.
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Great bargains. Closing out children's
books, games and dolls. cheap. Sanborn.
Vail & Co., 741 Market st.
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The student will notice that the decimal
1852 Is writtSn d paGAmaru; g,i ~ ,he rs paced
pound-925. We multiply by for the
first product; by for the second. but in
multiplying by we omit all figures in the
multiplcand TO the right-thus: s times )
are 40. carry 4; times are 16 and are
20: put down and carry 2. and so on. We
simply go one place TO the right I'm each
instance TO find out what to carry.
The work OF reducing pounds. shillines
and pence 10 equivalent values in dollars
and cents can be greatly shortened by the
following rule for reducing shilllngs and
pence to the decimal of pound
Write one-half of the shillings for the
first figure OF the decimal; multiply the
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Albums and Toilet Cases.

Toilet cases with celluloid fittings, al
buns, work boxes and collar and cuff
boxes in great variety. Good values and
at all prices. Sanborn, Vail & Co., al
Market street.
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Hints and Answers.

Lesson No. sd sl2s7. (9 $50 q Cd
sl7s a. Cs) $50 40. (9 s2Ss 50. QO) $40 II.
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same friendly relationship existed be-
tween Nevills and the Williams woman
after he had parted with his $1,000, and
that he freely and voluntarily gave her
$500 later on. The lower court erred In
admitting considerable immaterial evl-
dence calculated TO injure the defendants.
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II is useless to acquire knowledge un-
less you have a little common sense with
which TO season Il.
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SHOP AND TRADE STUDIES FOR BOYS.
Copyright, 1890 Seymour Eaton.

pence by for the next two figures; IL the
last product Is between u and IS add one,
II between 36 and IS add 2 II the shill-
ings are uneven add 20 the second deci-
NAL figure.
Now let us apply this rule TO our prob
lem. We have the following sum In Eng
lish money:
e. 1ss Sd
=4g25
Divide the shillings by 2: this gives us
3. Multiply the pence by and add / and
we have %. or the complete decimal .g25.
This is much easier than reducing TO
pence and dividing by 24O
Take an example where there Is an un-
even number Of shillings:
e3 13s "a
=3629
367e
The rule says 20 add TO the second fig
ure OF the decimal when the number OF
shillings is uneven.
The student will now proceed TO reduce
the following amounts in English money
to dollars and cents:
1-E2 los Cd: rate OF exchange 40.
2-e6 12s 4d: rate OF exchange 4S7
3-E7 2s 10d: rate OF exchange ass
4-E9 1Ss sd: rate OF exchange 40.
5-&7 15s Cd. rate OF exchange 4S75.
6-f4 IS Cd; rate OF exchange 4st.
7-E36 los I'd: rate Of exchange 4SS5.
S-G30 lbs Cd: rate Of exchange 4s9.
9-f4S los l0d; rate OF exchange 491
1O-&42 lis I'd; rate Of exchange 40.
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24O5Seo5

The result is, therefore. s24 06. We can
save time in such solutions II we adopt
what is known as the contracted method
of multiplying decimals:
4g25
5.SS4
1900
3940
394
.024