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The San Francisco call., 1901-10-25
SPRING VALLEY
FILES NEW PLEA
Alleges That the Water
Rate Ordinance Is
Invalid.

BY stipulation of counsel on both sides
the Spring Valley Water Company filed
Yesterday in the United States Circuit
Court an amended complaint, substitute
ing it for the original one filed several
months ago against the city to prevent
the enforcement of the ordinance reduc-
ing water rates and adopted several
months ago.
The amended complaint sets forth that
the works, right of way, lands, pipes, i'm
provements and other property of the cor
poration are of a value largely in excess
of s35 900, 600; that the aggregate interest
bearing indebtedness secured by mortgage
is s13, ,075 900; that the interest necessary
to be paid during the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1902, will amount in the aggrs-
gate to not less than 500, 900: that the
operating expenses for the same period
will aggregate $450,OO0. and that the taxes
will amount to $250, 900. The complaint
gives the value of capital stock issued as
Sl4 900 .0OO divided into 700 shares, each
of the par value of 800, all of which is
The allegation is made also that the
passage by the Supervisors of the ordi-
nance cutting down the water rates de-
preciated the quoted market value of the
shares from the normal of s97 to $S3 and
$50, representing the usual range of fiuc-
tuation, thereby causing a loss to the
stockholders of $1,S42,00O in the market
value of the shares 1t is set forth that
the owners of the stock are entitled 10
an income of per cent per annum upon
the par value of the stock, and that per
cent per annum would be a fair remuner-
alton in the premises.
1t is alleged that the ordinance of April
l, 1901, Is unreasonable and was adopted
in an illegal manner; that section / of
article XIV of the constitution of ths
State of California is void; that the ord;-
nance is in violation aof the constitution
of the United States because it denies to
the complainant the equal protection of
the laws, and that it attempts to deprive
the plaintiff of property without due pro-
cess of law and to take away private
property of the complainant for public
use without just compensation.
The court is asked to restrain the de-
1endant from enforcing the ordinance
pending the judicial determination of the
matter.
The complaint is printed and contains
about rs 900 words.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-25
Eggers Club Formed.

A club formed in the interests of Fred
Eggers. Republican candidate for Super
visor, was organized at Armory Hall,
Page and Cough streets, last night. One
roll eyerx Shd istryt he,n rhe
meeting was called to order by Thomas
c. Wilson, who stated the objects of the
club. Augustus Tilden was elected chair
man and empowered to appoint an execu-
tive committee to institute a vigorous
campaign in every district. ]. w. Tamm
was elected secretary and treasurer
G. Pratt, Joseph Sheerer, ]. c.. Stevens
and others. The club adjourned to the
call of the chair
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-25
SCHMITZ' VOICE FAILING.
Shouting in Empty Halls Tires Labor
Union Candidate.

Union Candidate.
/ Not only is Eugene E. Schmitz, the La
Dor candidate for Mayor losing ground In
| the campaign, but he is losing his voice
as we'll Under the strain of shouting at
small meetings in an endeavor to excite
that enthusiasm which is so necessary to
establish the public confidence in any
husky and refuses to respond to the will
that manipulates the Schmitz glad hand
at all Union Labor gatherings
Mr. SchmitZ was scheduled to address
six audiences last night, but when four
speeches had been delivered the Labor
standard-bearer decided to call it Off In
this respect he followed the example of
many of his hearers who, after listening
to the voice, sadly retired from the arenas
in which Schmitz was doing his oratorical
turns
At Washington Square Hall the Italian
colony, including the usual large per-
centage of youthful card-seekers was in
evidence when Schmitz arrived. A gentle
man by the name of Alberara abused the
employing classes to the evident delight
of his hearers in choice Italian. He in
formed the scavengers present that
Schmitz thought as much of them as he
lads whistled 1iercely. When Schmitz took
the stand there was slight demonstra-
ton and when the murmur died awav
Schmitz retailed his stale jokes about
Tobin's polo pony and told of his own
love for the downtrodden workingman
by the audience through the aid of in
terpreters, who led the applause at the
proper moments. Among the leaders in
the demonstrations of applause was A B.
Treadwell, the ex-Police Judge who hay-
ing been turned down by Martin Kelly
has cast his piratical junk upon the sea
of Labor politics in search of prizes.
The next place visited by Schmitz and
his orators was B'nai B rith Hail. where
a meeting of the Coopers' Union was in
progress. The meeting was very light i
but the Schmitzian voice did not rest on
that account Other speakers were ]. f
McEntee and G. w. Getchell, nominees
for Supervisors.
The same speakers appeared later at a
meeting of the Brotherhood of Teamsters
in the Turk street temple There was a
good sized crowd present and every point
made against the Employers Associa tion
and each reference to the strike. which
Schmitz said would be impossible under
a Labor regime were listened TO with
rapture. A brief address to the Garment
Workers in the Alcazar building com
pleted Schmitzs campaigning for the
night.
SchmitZ was billed to talk at Power,s
Hall, at Turk and Pierce streets. and af
Pix1ey Hall. at Polk and Pacific streets
by j. F. McEntee. John Murphy. r w
Roberts and G. w. Getchell Little an.
thusiasm was manifested
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-25

life of Matthew S. Croll a machinist
working for the Risdon Iron Works, last
night. James Henry fired two shots from
boarding house in the Potrero Thc
two men have had trouble ovee
the strike. Their disagreement culninatf
ca In the shooting affray. Henry pulled
his pistol and fired pointblank at Croli
Inc hrSt shot struck purse in CrolPs
pocket 1t fattened against some silver
coin: The second bullet went through
Crolls coat without inflicting any damage
Inc report of the shooting attracted fhe
attention of Officer James Fay, who
paced Henry under arrest on the charge
of an assault with intent to commits r111To
der. Ia
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-25

IT filing the certificate of nomination
"A with the Registrar, Thomas D. Rior-
dan, chairman, and A. K. Daggett
II secretary, of the late Republican con-
vention committed an error which is
causing the Republican nominees consid-
cradle discontinue The mistake opens
the way for the nominees on the Demo-
cratic or Union Labor party to contest
the election of every Republican whom
the people may choose at the coming elec-
ton.
Section 11S7 of the Political Code re-
quires that the certificate of nomination
shall be signed by the secretary and
chairman of the convention and that the
secretary and chairman shall make oath.
before an officer authorized to administer
the same, that the matter stated in such
certificate is true to the best of their
knowledge and belief, and that a certiti-
cate of the oath shall be annexed to the
certificate of nomination. Chairman Rior-
dan was evidently so absorbed in contem-
plating the emOlumentS which would ac-
crue to him as attorney for the Public
Administrator office that he neglected
to comply with this provision of the Po-
lftiCal Code.
Chairman Riordan and Secretary Daggett
merely affixed their signatures to the GER
tiflcate of nomination without taking the
trouble to swear to the truth of the mat
ter contained in the document.
Failure to have the certificate of nomi-
nation properly sworn to is not the only
irregularity which will jeopardize the Re-
publican nominees claim to office to
which they may possibly be elected. The
Political Code requires that the conven-
ton shall appoint committee to fill all
vacancies on the ticket. No such commit
tee was appointed and In consequence,
when two nominees for Supervisors re-
signed from the ticket, the Republican
County Committee named Joseph s. Ny
land and Frederick j. McWilliams to fill
the vacancies. The nomination Of these
gentlemen is so irregular and so fragrant
a violation of the code that it is extremely
doubtful, in case of their election, II the
court will permit them to hold office.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-25
CALL ISSUED
FOR A GERMAN
MASS-MEETING

To the German-speakin
voters of San Francisco, ir-
respective of party aff11ta-
ton.
Fellow Citizens: A grave
crisis is at hand in the mu-
n1c1paI affairs of San Fran
cisco, the dangers of which
must be averted on the COM
ing election day. Upon you
rests the responsibility
whether or not this deter
mination shall rebound to
the best interests of our
commonwealth.
The administration of our
city government, which, dur
ing the past two years has
worked with a remarkable
improvement in our public
household, in striking con-
trast to the conditions pre-
Va1Ifng in former periods of
our municipal history, ap-
peaIs strongly to the civic
intelligence of every tax
paying voter, irrespective of
party. 1t inspires the hope
and desire that our city af-
Ia1rs may receive the same
intelligent and progressive
consideration in the future,
n fxuv
principles of the charter and
that they may never again
be diverted into the worm
out channels of corruption
and bossism. From this
point of view the demands
of party lose their binding
force and the voter should
be actuated by only one de-
sire to contribute his share
to the fullest realization Of
the beneficial results how-
ing from clean government.
Guided by such consider
atfOns the undersigned have
come to the conclusion that
the best aid to honest, clean
and efficient public service
can be given by the election
of Hon. Joseph S. Tobin as
Mayor and that of his asso-
ciates to the other munich
pal departments.
For that purpose n mass
meeting for you, feIIow-cit-
izens, has been arranged for
next Wednesday,, the 3Oth of
October, at Metropolitan
Temple, and we express the
hope that all Independent,
HberaI-minded and patriotic
citizens of our tongue will
aid in the success of the
demonstration for Tobfn and
clean Goyernment. 1t is not
party that calls you; 1T is the
call of civic duty.
CHARLES A. ZINKAND.
OSCAR HOOKS.
EMIL POHLI.
WILLIAM T. HESS.
II. HESTAHL.
AUG. HANSEN.
AL G.. WIELAND.
H. NJ. WREDEN.
w. j. j. MUHL. O.
DIR. FIR. KUCKEIN.
ROBERT CAPELLE.
HENRY EIKHOFF.
III. Won KONSKY.
DIR. THEO RETHERS.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-25
Stabs His Rival

Pedro Para and Francis Iojo, Chileans
quarreled about a woman in Hinckley
the back and cut him over the eve rrhn
knife -wielder was arrested on. charge
of assault to commit murder and Toio
was treated at the Harbor Emergencyv
Hospital. His wounds are not fatal
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-25

INJUNCTION AGAINST BARK CUTTERS
United states Circuit Judge Morrow issued
a writ or Injunction yesterday against PearIev
maxwell, T. A Mckee and The Needle Rock
company TO restrain them from removing 500
cords OF tan oak bark from the shippin1 sta
ton at Needle Rock Mendocfno County, The
bark Is ALLEGED to have been cut from Gov
ernment timber. - -AS-- 80
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-25
TOBIN LEAGUE FORMED.
Thirty Fourth District Organizes for
Mavoralty Candidate.

A Joseph S. Tobin League was formed
last evening at Harmony Hall, in the
Thirtyfourth Assembly District. The fol-
lowing officers were elected:
President, Charles D. South; vice presi-
dent, L. ]. Welsh; secretary, Thomas F.
Afford; treasurer, d. Barry; sergeants-at-
arms. Michael Martin and James Healy;
executive committee, Dr. William McCar-
thy, ]. p. Hare, Steve V. Costello, James
OConnor, William Hynes, Harry Smith
and P. S. Higgins -
One. hundred and forty-fve members
signed tho roll
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-25
Engrossed Resolutions

There IS onsexhibition in the show win
COW OF s. n. Wood & Co. on Marker
street, a set Of beautifully engrossed resoe
Kinley, which were adopted b., lanes
Garfield Post of the G. a. r and which
VIII be forwarded to Mrs. Mckinley
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-25
Mahoney Club organized

The friends of A. B. Mahoney. the Re
publican nominee for County Clerk. resid
ing in the Thirty-seventh Assembly Dis
trict, organized a club to further his IN
terests in that district last night. Colonnl
Thomas O'Neill was elected Chairman an
Robert Fitzgerald secretary. Headu1ar-
ters have been engaged at the corner ~
Page and Devisadero streets
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-25
Free Democratic Barbecue

A Democratic picnic and barbecue will
be given Sunday at Glen Park Everv-
thing will be free and all the candidates
on the Democratic ticket will be presant
The barbecue will commence at 12 O'Clock
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-25

DR.. c. c. ODonnell is still In the fight
for Mayor and will certainly win. Re
sure to vote for him by writing his name
ent column for Mayor
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-25

Dl en- C5c5Lr-D CIGARS SEIZED.-Customs In
spector Saclzett seized S47 srnuggled ciesr Ii N
Seroay slowed away under Joss altar in the
IOreeasue OF the steamship City of Pekfng
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-25

Every original package of Jesse Moore Wb,s-
key is guaranteed absolutely pure by Jesse
Moore HINT Co.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-25
United workmen Hold Celebration.

united Workmen Hold Celebration
HANFORD. Oct 24-At the fair being
held here the Ancient Order of United
Workmen had their celebration TODAY.
There was very large attendance. Ad-
dresses were made by Past Grand Master
Charles F. Shook of San Francisco and
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-25

Bullet Flattened Against His Purse.
purse containing silver coin saved the
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-25
LIQUOR DEALERS HOLD A LONG
SESSION AND DECIDE AGAINST
INDORSE1ENT OF. CANDIDATES
Tobn Develops Strength the Campaign Progresses and Wins
Public Favor by Manly Talks Citizens the Several Districts
D. w. Delnas Will Speak to the People This Evenino

~ HE CALLS prediction that the
Liquor Dealers Association woulo
not indorse any candidate was
III verified yesterday. The associa-
yifh Ia
The Lamar register., 1901-04-10
Indian Maidens Inter-
Marry with the
Whites.

raised half-breed child. who was a
great curiosity to the redskins. As
years sped by other hunters invaded
the domain of the five tribes OF the
Indian territory and married other
dark-skinned beauties. Intermarriage
In the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw.
Chickasaw, and Seminole tribes has
fourished to such an extent within
the last quarter century that the full
blood element is now on the verge or
extinction. The old men of the tribes
are becoming alarmed and have passed
laws against intermarriage. Some OF
these laws are very severe. almost
prohibitive, In fact. The young Indian
women object to these laws. because
they do not want. as rule, to marry
the men OF their own tribes. The
Chickasaws are the strictest regarding
intermarriage. A law recently placed
on their statute books requires any
white man applying for license to
marry a Chickasaw girl. first. to pro-
duce evidence that he has resided In
the Chickasaw nation two years, next
to furnish credentials as to his good
character and third. to pay $1,000 FOR
the marriage license. or course, the
girl has and sometimes takes the priv
ilege Of eloping, at the cost of losing
her right In the tribal lands and
money. and of disgracing herself In
the eyes of her relatives. Her head
right is something worth considering.
A right In the Chickasaw nation is
valued at from $1,000 to $4,000. The
intermarriage laws of all the four ma
tions named are about the same, ex-
cepting that the Chickasaw nation
charges 81 900 for n license. while the
Others only ask $40. There is good
reason for these laws. Many fortune
hunters. attracted by the wealth OF the
Indian maidens. have in the past mar
ried into the tribes. gained control OF
large tracts of land, fostered outlaws.
and raised bad families. There were
few happy marriages. and not until the
wise men of the tribes met and passed
an act making every white man show
his credentials before the license was
conditions. The character OF each ap-
plicant was carefully examined before
he was admitted. For several years
thereafter respectable and industrious
white men married into the tribes and
their children married whites. It was
SO on down the line until today the
eight, sixteenth. and thiry-second part
Indian predominates. OF pure bloods
there will be mona IN few years.
Chicago Journal.
The Lamar register., 1901-04-10
FATAL WASP sTINos.
rhey Are n Deadly Poison to Some Fec
plo.

rhey Are q Deadly Poison to some Eco
pie.
In an article on the stlngs of wasps
British medical journal cites the fol-
lowing two cases which have come
under his notice: A strong, healthy
girl of twenty-seven was stung on the
neck by Il wasp and tainted. On re-
gaining consciousness she complained
of a general feeling of numbness aud
partial blindness and vOmlted; she suf-
fered severe abdominal pain. She re-
covered in the course of Il few hours.
Two months later she was stung again.
this time on the hand. Her face be-
came flushed, she again complained Of
numbness and blindness, suddenly be-
came very pale, tainted and died
twenty-five minutes after she was
stung.
Another case was that of n girl of
twenty-five years who was stung by
IL wasp behind the angle of the jaw.
The sting was at once extracted and
ammonia applied. In n few minutes
she complained of faintness and would
have fallen if She had not been sup
ported. Her face assumed an express
sion of great anxiety and n few min
utes later she was tossing on the bed,
complaining of IL horrible feeling Of
choking and OF agonizing pain in the
chest and abdomen. Brandy gave no
relief. There was nausea. but no v0m-
iting. She rapidly became insensblc
and died fifteen minutes after rccciv-
ing the sting. The most probable cN-
PLANTATION of such cases seems to lie in
what Is known as idiosyncrasy-tha
is. abnormal sensitiveness in partcu-
lar individuals to certain toxic agents.
1t Is well known that drugs vary much
In action on different people. What is
Il safe dose for one Is dangerously
large for another The inability Of
some people to eat Strawberries or
shelltish is another instance Of the
same phenomena. The active agent Of
bee stings is generally believed to be
formic acid. 1t. therefore, seems very
desirable that we should have more
accurate information regarding the
action Of this drug on different species
Of the lower animals and through them
on man himself.
The Lamar register., 1901-04-10
beautiful
and Ricb
0ee0sI.eI.0.ss006 006.9000se0o.es.t.t.

From the intermingling of the white
and the red blood in the Indian terri
tory there has grown up race nota-
BILE for the beauty and grace of its
women. The girls of the Indian terri
tory are no more the wild, untamable.
dusky beauties of early Indian fiction
than they are the wretched creatures
found among some of the tribes today
They are to all intents and purposes
on the same plane with white women
OF education and refinement, except
that the strain of wild, strong Indian
blood in their veins gives them tinge
of richer color a brighter eye. a more
lissome grace than their white sisters
possess. Reckoned in fractions of
blood, these Indian beauties are more
Caucasian than aboriginal American.
All of them. however. are Indians,
politically and socially; they hold
firmly to their membership in the
tribes. Many of them are one-quarter
or one-eighth. or even one-sixteenth
or one-thirty-second Indian: but the
red strain is stronger and shows. II
not In some lingering richness OF color
vi III lHt Vi lHt ut ltdol
in an all but indefinable fascination
and grace. the heritage of forest
people. Among them one may find per-
zect blondes, with the Indian strain
still salient and palpable. And al
though they have succumbed to the
corset of civilization. in almost all
cases they have their less trammeled
Rncestresses to thank for the blessing
of ;well-nigh perfect figures. And one
other of woman's best gifts they pos
ses; clear and low voices. with not n
trace of the cultural intonation which
is common to original Indian tom
CUES. Raised amid scenes of the
bloodless conquest of their race by the
whites, they look without concern up
on the destruction OF tribal customs
and the thinning out of old blood. To
this last they even contribute, for SO
seldom does one of them marry an
Indian that such an event is COM
mented upon in the territory as re-
markable. Before the middle of the
last century Cherokee woman one
day met hunter in the forest. She
was frightened at his white skin and
fled thinking him an evil spirit. But
he was fascinated by her beauty and
pursued her into camp. where he
learned that she was the daughter of a
friendly chief. The hunter laid seige
to the heart of the dusky belle and
finally gained her consent to marry
him according to tribal customs then
in vogue. This hunter and his squaw
The Lamar register., 1901-04-10
Contra, African Fashions.

Bangles, necklaces and belts made
of fine copper are commonly worn as
ornaments by the native tribes of Cen
tral Africa. Miss Caddick. in ier de-
lightful account of her journey in Cen
trail Africa. describes the ingenious
way in which the natives manufacture
the wire from the rough copper. They
draw 1t into the finest possible strands
which they twist on hair. The men
cut hole through tree, into which
they put piece of iron with small
perforation in it. The strip of copper
is tapered to a point and put through
the hole in the iron. The natives
catch hold of the end with kind of
pincers; then good number of them
hang on to it and pull it through.
This process is repeated through small
er holes in the iron, till the wire is
fine enough. All the ornaments are
beautifully made and the wire is ex-
tremely fine and flexible. Some of the
men wear five copper wire belts, ma
nyetas," as they are called, which fit
the body very tightly. The manyetas
are very difficult to buy. and was at
first puzzled to account for this. After
a time / came to understand that the
belts, being SO small, were extremely
difficult to get off. The poor men re-
quired time, and were obliged to use
a good deal of oil before they could
wriggle out of them. These manyetas
are very heavy. and the weight and
size greatly astonished me, as natives
usually seem to dislike wearing any
thing tight or heavy. But fashion, in
The Lamar register., 1901-04-10
Ru.kin's Advice to Girls.

The recent publication by an Eng
lish club of some letters of Ruskin to
girls recalls the establishment by him
of n rose fete in the Girls High
School at Cork. At his suggestion a
queen was elected yearly, to whom he
gave gold cross and set of books.
the latter for distribution among the
girls. Pieces of native gold and silver
and curios of interest and value were
presented by him to the pupils at
various times. One of his letters can
be read with profit by all women, not
alone girls: THE chief danger for
young girls in this great today of
their own and the worlds age is the
temptation to restlessness, whether in
curiosity, pleasure or pride. l want
them all to be earnestly, thoroughly,
thoughtfully intelligent of what Is
close to them, and under their caro-
happy, not in one day. as the happiest
of their lives, but in the daily current
of their time; and proud in rightly
knowing and rightly doing whatever
they are called upon-not by fame, but
by love-to do for any who love them,
for all who are dependent upon them"
Chicago Times-Herald.
The Lamar register., 1901-04-10
Cow Worship In Africa,

Two short marches on February 9Th
and 9th brought us to long pool of
still water. Here we found another
branch of the Magois, who called
themselves Katua. To my surprise
discovered. these people to be cow wor-
shippers and to indulge in certain rites
which We're supposed to be peculiar to
the Hindu religion. Tile origin of this
COW worship is presumably the same
with the Kntua rs with the Hindu,
traceable to the great dependence
placed upon the animal for sustenance.
The Katua eat the COW, but all their
people turn out when the beast is
killed and go through much ceremony.
They would not sell single cow.-The
Geographical Journal.