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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-27

ing ,he most attractive showing in the parade.
AS the procession moves around the stand on
which the judges committee is placed, critical
eyes watch the m0narchs and their retinues, the
categorical figures and the floats, with a view to
selecting the prize winners. From the central
points the mummers parade to the various
wards for smaller prizes are to be won in all
parts of the city.
Most OF the clubs have a fund to which the
members and their friends subscribe throughout
the year AS the cash prizes are worth strug-
Cling for, the busy brains of the cIubmen who
are TO parade the great day are at work for
the entire twelve months designing something
III the costume line that win surpass everything
that has been seen in the streets Of the Quaker
City in the history Of the mummeTs festival
AS may be expected, the result OF all this plan
ming and execution is that the mummers turn
out in the most eccentric looking. as well as the
most magnificent costumes that ingenuity can
devise and money procure.
1t is necessary for the king who marches at
the head Of a club to be a robust mon
arch, for the amount OF drygoods he Is called
upon to support from his shoulders dur
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-27

ing his brief reign would tax the strength OF
San6ow. No king need look for a share OF
the prize money unless his robe stretches from
curb to curb of Philadelphia's widest street
Many Of the robes, gorgeous creations in rain
bow cOlors, not only reach from side of the
street to the other. but trail behind the wearer
for a distance of half city block. That is.
they would trail were it not for the small army
Of pages, costumed in colors to match the royal
robe. whose business it is to support the kings
train. Without the retnue that carries his huge
trailing garment, the monarch would be aHc
chOred to the street, for it would be impossible
for the strongest man to walk with the enor-
nous weight Of embroidered silk satin that
is suspended from the shoulders of one of the
hummer mOnarchs. When the procession passes
through narrow street it is sometimes diff
cult for the pages to stretch the robe so as to
relieve the king of his mass of finery, and when
the day has happened to be warm one. kngs
have been known to faint from the exerton OF
struggling on with the gorgeous incumbranS
attached to their shoulders.
Each monarch is preceded by a brass banl
and followed by members of his court. Among
the motley collection of attendants that folIowa
in the kings train women's costumes predom7
mate, the size of the feet of the wearers and
their masculine stride betraying the fact that
they are masquerading in the costume of a SCI
that is not their own. Fun Of tn harmless sort
prevails all along the line of march. Time was
when the jollity was not always strictly within
the bounds of proprietv but this is no longer
tolerated, and PhIIadephians of all classes may
now view the parade or join in it without any
fear OF losing their seIf-respect.
Interspersed with the regular marching con-
tngents are allegoricaI floats, men from the
mining districts in quaint regaIia, dragon men.
flying machines whose only motive power il
supplied by the trousered legs that protrude be-
meath them, and men stills in various cos
tunes representing historical characters So
the procession moves along, TO the accompani-
ment Of blaring brass instruments and the ex-
change of showers Of chaff between the mum
mers and the spectators immortal gods jostIing
blond wigged gOddesses. and jostled in their
turn by black faced minstrels white faced
clowns and court TESTERS AT night the city Is
Illuminated, red fire burns on almost every
street corner, the magnificent robes, more mag
nifCent still in the blaze of the cOlored lights
are paraded once more. and the revelry con-
tinues far into the night.
The next day Philadelphia resumes it's normal
aspect of a staid old town, to continue so for
364 days more.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-27
COHPUNCHER AND LOCOMOTIVE.

At the Hoffman House recently. Colonel Cody
told this story He said:
IN my town out West we've recently put in
a new railroad. which attracts a good deal OF
attention One day a young cowpuncher from
one of the remote ranches came into town and
there saw a train for the 1rst time in his life
One OF the boys knowing his ignorance, planned
il so that the cowpuncher found himself near
the track Just as the far-off whistle OF an ap-
preaching locomotive was heard.
The cowpuncher soon began to show signs
OF distress His restiveness increased rapidly
as the train approached until. when the roar
and the blanket Of dust from the sliding wheels
enveIoped him, he rose in his stirrups, scared
half to death.
The engineer, taking In the situation. leaned
hack out of his cab window just as the train
stoned and shouted at the top Of his lungs:
cit out Of the way you o-nery coWpuncheri
I'm goin' to turn around!
THAT was hint enough for the cowpuncher.
Shaping his spurs into the TANKS of his bronco.
h. was over the hills IN twinkle The last
saw OF him was q little red ball on the fur
thest horizon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-27
THE EARLIER BIRD.

.-yah wac smiling geefuly
iaAA goodness" he exclaimed, Il got my
fs 4.sll, in ahead Of Poe'sr'
Or -. -. happy smile he turned 10 partake Of
--e tshle o'hOte provided
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

the applicants ability to write a cor
rect report upon the conditions pre-
sented in a hypothetical case. In
marking the report, consideration will
be given to form, handwriting, gram
mar and spelling.
Arithmetic will be confined to pri-
mary examples.
All applicants for this examination
must pass a physical and medical ex-
animation, to be held at the Hall OF
Justice on the evenings Of January Is,
IA, 15, 20. 21 and %, 1904.
All applicants must also qualify un-
der the conditions Of the athletic test.
to be held In the gymnasium OF the
Olympic Club January 26 and 27, 1904.
Applicants failing to qualify before
the board Of medical examiners or IN
the athletic test will be barred from
the written examination
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
SIGNALS TRAIN
WITH HIS BODY
lnebriated Young Man Throws
Himself Across Tracks and
Barely Escapes Awful Death
CREW RESCUES THE YOUTH
John Cox Pleads Guilty to a
Charge of Drunkenness and Is
Given Lecture by the Court

ALAMEDA, Dec. 26.-Failing to stop
an oncoming train by waving his hands
at the locomotive, John Cox, an in
toXicated youth, deliberately lay down
across the rails, and when the train
was brought to a sudden stop the ten
der of the engine was but a few feet
from the form of the inebriated young
man.
CoX's reckless and sensational per-
formance occurred this morning short
ly after l o'clock, while the last local
train on the north side line was pull
ing out from Park-street station pre-
paratory to rounding the Fruitvale
horn" and going to East Oakland to
lay up for the night
Cox had started to walk to Fruitvale
by way of the railroad and when near
Everett street and Railroad avenue felt
that he was to- tired and weary to
continue the journey on foot, and con-
ceived the risky plan of making a flag
out of himself and bringing the train
to a standstill so that he could get on
board. After the train was stopped
the crew dragged the intoxicated youth
from the track, notified the police sta
ton and Cox was soon resting in
celia This morning he appeared before
City Justice r. B. Tappan, pleaded
guilty and was lectured by the court,
who said:
"If YOU have any notion of following
the profession of a fiagman the first
thing you must learn is to keep sober
and secure a flag and not attempt to
use your body as such. If you do not
do this you will lot make a success
of the calling, for you will not re-
main long enough above the ground to
learn it. You are taking a backward
step in life by indulging in liquor to
excess. You are young, a--d I am sorry
to see you starting wrong, and also re-
gret that 1 am u. able punish the
person who sold you liquor. I will dis
miss you this time and trust that you
will never appear before me again un-
der similar circumstances and that you
will not repeat the offense." ..
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
IUCCLES WITH
UNION FUNDS
w. c. French, President Bridge
and Structural IrOnwOrkerS,
Arrested and Freed on Bonds

A warrant was issued by Police Judge
Cabaniss yesterday for the arrest of
William c. French, president and busi
ness agent of the Bridge and Structural
Ironworkers' Union, Local No. 81, on
the charge of felony embezzlement..
The complaining witness is C. ]. Prahl,
vice president of the union.
1t is the custom of the union to set
aside 500 to defray the funeral ex-
penses of a deceased member. George
Nottingham, alias Wells, the ex-con-
vict and footpad, who committed sui
eide on the morning of October 10 in
his divorced wife's bedroom, 120A Noe
street, by shooting himself through the
heart. was a member of the union and
on October Fl the union ordered 800
to be paid to his relatives to defray
the expenses of his funeral It is al
legged that the money was handed to
President French with instructions TO
pay it to Nottingham's parents, who
live at Walnut Creek, but it has been
ascertained that French kept it.
Prahl, while obtaining the warrant
for French's arrest, stated that French
was suspected of embezzling other
moneys belonging to the union.
Nottingham and his younger brother,
Walter, committed several daring rob-
berries at Point Richmond and Berke-
ley on Saturday night, October II.
They were pursued by two Deputy
Sheriffs and a number Of shots were
exchanged. Walter was arrested at
the residence of his parents and made
a full confession.
George, who had been employed as
a riveter at the new Fairmount Hotel,
came to the city and went to the resi-
dence of his divorced wife's parents at
12OA Noe street, where she vas living.
He slept on a lounge on Sunday night
and about 5 o'clock Monday morning
went outside and got morning paper.
He read about his brothers arrest and
confession and walking into his di-
vorced wife's bedroom asked her for
giveness and shot himself through the
heart.
Sheriff veale of Contra Costa County
and Detectives Ryan and Graham of
this city were on his trail and reached
120A Noe street shortly after Noting
ham had committed suicide.
French was arrested last night and
taken to the City Prison. He was i'm
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
NAN is KILLED
BY LOCOMOTIVE
George Werdinger, a Millhand,
Struck by the West Berkeley
Local at University Avenue
DIES IN THE AMBULANCE
Speeding Engine Throws Vic
tim From the Track and He Is
Unconscious When Found
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
Ills Broadway, Dec. 26.

Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
111s Broadway, Dec. 26.
George Werdinger, a millhand who
resided at 623 Bristol street, Berkeley,
was struck by the West Berkeley local
train at the University avenue cross
ing this evening at o'clock and was
50 seriously injured that he died in the
ambulance while being taken to the
Receiving Hospital in Oakland.
Werdinger was on his way home from
work. and it is supposed that he did
not see the approaching train until it
was too late 10 get out Of the way. The
locomotive threw him several feet from
the track He was unconscious when
the trainhands picked him up. The
ambulance was called and he was hur-
ried to the Receiving Hospital, but life
was extinct when he was laid on the
operating table.
Werdinger was so years old and ma
tive Of Maryland. He leaves a wife and
several children.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
Labrousse's Trial Set.

The trial Of Edmond de Labrousse,
charged with murder, was set by Judge
Dunno yesterday for January IS. La
brousse shot and killed his former
sweetheart, Miss Marie Jordan, while
she was entering her mothers home on
Sacramento street, near Hyde. She had
rejected his proposal Of marriage owing
10 his irregular conduct.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
TnDrovement Club Officers.

The Market Street and Eureka VAL
lev Improvement Club at a recent
meeting elected the following officers
for the coming year:
President. r. c. Clark Cre-elected); /;
vice president, Behrend Joost; secre-
tary William E. Dubois Cre-elected); {;
treasurer, NJ. c. Gimpel (re-elected); !;
sergeant at arms, Cornelius Crowley
(re-elected); delegates TO the Fedora
ton Of Mission Improvement Clubs, R.
c. Clark, William E. Dubois, Behrend
Joost. T. N. Ritter; alternates, B. z.
Loomis, Hamilton J. higgins, Frank
Ryan.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
FOR POLICE
FORCE PLACES ORDERED
Commission Announces That 1t VIII
Be Held on January 80 in
Girls High School.

The civil service examination for po-
School on Saturday, January 80, at 1
p. m. There are now nearly 200 ap-
plications on file and the time for re-
ceiving the same will end on January
at p. m. The board has issued the
following to guide applicants:
The scope and weight of the exam
ination will be as follows: General
knowledge of duties, 6; writing Of re-
ports, 8; arithmetic, l; total weight,
10.
General knowledge of duties will
cover the charter, the municipal ordi-
nances, the penal code, and general
knowledge of police duty.
Writing of reports will be a test Of
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
Injured Cash Boy Improves.

OAKLAND, Dec. 26.-Willie Kuhl,
a cash boy, whose skull was fractured
while at play, is in a fair way to re-
cover. DR.. j. N. Shannon, who, with
DR.. A. II. Williams and DR.. A. S. KEEL
ly, operated on the boy, reported to-
night that the patients condition was
quite favorable.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
Sheriff Holds Paintings

The two paintings, THE Finch
House" and The Casa Del Mar" be-
longing to Charles Rollo Peters. which
were attached by the Kennedy Rab-
john Company for a debt of $576 81.
were removed from the Bohemian
Club to the Sheriffs vault yesterday.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
Returns to His Church.

BERKELEY, Dec. 26.-The Rev. E.
w. Work, pastor of the First Presby-
terian Church, returned to-day from
Redlands, where he went a few days
ago with his son for the benefit of the
latter's health. He will fill his pulpit
as usual tomorrow.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
Street Inspector Dies.

Thomas Clarke, Inspector in the
Bureau of Streets, died yesterday at
his home. Clarke was taken seriously
i'll four days ago, during which time
he was unconscious. Clarke was quite
prominent in politics and leaves a
family.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

Leon B. Neat and Walter B. Chord
were charged with the grave crime of
burglary before Judge Cabaniss yes
terday. Neat is accused of robbing
the guests of the Plymouth Hotel of
sundry articles of jewelry and dispos-
ing of them to pawnbrokers. He was
held to answer in $4,000 bonds. Chord
stole an overcoat from the rack of
the Foresters Hall on O'Farrell street
while the owner was indulging in the
rhapsodies of a waltz with the only
girl he ever loved. In the coat was a
bank book emitting the possessor to
$17 S3 from the Hibernia Bank on de-
mand. Chord appeared at the bank
to collect the accumulated savings of
the owner of the overcoat and was
captured by the police after a fight.
He was allowed to plead guilty to the
charge of petty larceny and sentenced
to five months in the County Jail.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

he went INTO Johnson s restaurant on
this mission Friday night and was told
to come around again. When he came
out crowd of belligerent union wait
ers who have established a boycott
on the eating house despitefully used
Small. They hit him on the nose and
the jaw and called him "scab." In
self-defense he backed up against the
building and drew a revolver to fright
en- his assailants. Two police officers
arrested Small for exhibiting a deadly
weapon. Judge Fritz adjudicated the
case yesterday and dismissed Small
without hesitation.
James B. Massie and S. B. Hamilton,
who were arrested on the complaint Of
the United Brotherhood of Railway
Employees in connection with the Sc
curing of advertising for a souvenir
pamphlet, were dismissed by Judge
Cab Eclss yesterday. There were two
charges against Massie, one of embez
Element and one of forgery. The
charge against Hamilton was misde-
meanor embezzlement. George Mon
teith, the attorney for the prosecution,
stated to the court that no demand
had ever been made on Massie for the
money claimed to be due from him.
Hamilton had adjusted his financial
matter with the organization. Accord
ingly both were released from GUS
tody Glenn b. Porter, business agent
for the order gave formal testimony
to corroborate the statement of the
attorney.
The trusting sureties who signed
bond in the sum of $1,000 for the ap-
pearance of Frank Curran on burg
larry charge will have to produce the
coin. Curran failed to appear before
Judge Fritz yesterday and his bond
was declared forfeited. Curran at
tempted to replenish his stock of
shirts from a Chinese laundry south of
Market street. The watchful propri-
etor caught him in the act and chased
him to the roof of the premises. When
a policeman arrived Curran was slid
ing down a water pipe and fell an
easy victim for arrest. Curran is sup
posed to have left town, but if he still
haunts the peninsula legally known
as the city and county of San Fran
cisco he will still have to answer for
his invasion of the Chinese laundry
despite the fact that his friends will
have to pay $1,000 for his alleged
crime.
Judge Mogan received a special
message yesterday morning from a
bunch of canvasback ducks, who had
Just arrived from the mouth of the
Colorado River. They told him they
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

mediately released on $1,000 bonds. P.
H. Mccarthy Civil Service Commits
sioner, and D, Martini, a liquor mer-
chant at 437 Montgomery street, went
sureties for the accused mans bonds.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

Money is the root Of all evil" re-
marked the Wise Guy. Yes, other peo-
pies money" agreed the Simple Mug.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27
HOLIDAY DRUNKS TREATED
TO A MERCIFUL DISCHARGE
Judge Fritz Finds an Unusual Number and Gives
Them Liberty---Japanese Voator of Friend S
Trust Is Found Guty---SmaII Is Dismissed

To Judge Fritz yesterday fell the
duty of dispensing justice to the
Christmas drunks. There were eighty
three of them lined up in the City
Prison. Such a multitude necessitated
making two rows Of them. The Judge
entered on his duty cheerfully and
with a spirit of mercy that falleth like
the gentle dew from heaven.
THE warmest of holiday greetings
to all OF you," he said. Then his eye
caught sight Of an old offender. why,
how are you, Cardigan" he asked. L
thought you promised TO cut out the
booze for three months" Cardigan
shuffled uneasily. 1T was Christmas,
Yanner. and 1 couldn't help taking a
few drinks" "All right, Cardigan"
said the Judge, but you had better
overlook New Year as a celebrating
period"
Then the Judge backed up against
the desk and said TO the desk SER
geant, There is a fine. bunch. What
shall 1 do with them?" Sergeant Mel
ody suggested dismissal. 'All right, -
said the Judge, you may all go, but
be sure not to come before me again,
or I will have to take measures TO in
sure your future sobriety." The molly
crowd, men and women, packed the
elevators in its desire to escape fur
ther custody. Judge Fritz watched the
departure in a dignified manner,
winked craftily at the turnkey and
followed the mob downstairs. When
he reached the courtroom he smiled.
When Cardigan comes up again." he
said, there is going to be something
doing for him"
Y. Itagina and V. Yoko are two Jap
anese who were arrested on Dupont
street for disturbing the peace of the
neighborhood. Itagina was called up
on to furnish 50 bail, but his friend
needed $40 to secure his liberty. Both
were locked in the same cell at the
City Prison. Yoko was first to secure
the necessary funds for his liberty. He
told Itagina that the only way to lib
erty lay in giving him an order for
$19 on a restaurant where Itagina
worked. When Yoke secured the or
der he got the money, but let his friend
languish in jail. while he spent the
fund in wild revelry. Before Judge
Conlan he was convicted of misde-
meanor embezzlement and on Monday
will be given fit punishment for his
breach of friendship.
l. B. Small is of few days and full
of trouble. His wife ran away with
an ex-convict from their peaceful farm
in Oregon and he came to this city in
search of her, bringing with him three
cl,iIa.-nr. aiar,rt f-,a Il o.-.-i.---
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

he closed shop yesterday and went
looking for the ducks. Judge Caban-
iss tended to affairs during Judge Mo-
gan's absence. The case of w. F. At
kins, who made a finish for Muldoon
Mcdonald, the colored pugilist, by
shooting him through the heart on
Christmas day, was the only one of
importance to be heard. Atkins was
instructed as to his rights in the mat
ter of preparing his defense and sent
back to Jail until January 7,when he
will have his preliminary hearing on
the charge of murder.
All the implements of justice, in
Guiding the official dignity of the
court, were removed yesterday by
Judge Fritz to AZ Turk street, where
Eugene Constantine lies in furnished
room with a bullet hole in his leg.
The Judge wanted to hear the wound
ed mans version of the affray in
which he was so sorely wounded.
Some days ago Paul E. Barlow, for
merly a resident of Chicago and late
ly a visitor to San Francisco, was
aroused from his slumbers in a lodg-
ing-house at SO Stockton street by
the screams of a woman in distress.
IN a large spirit of chivalry he invad-
ed an adjoining room occupied by
Constantine and Ella Woods, a noto-
rious character. Constantine was en-
gagged in the pleasing occupation Of
beating the woman. Barlow request
ed him to cease and threatened him
with a revolver. The first shot went
through the floor and the second
struck the woman beater in the leg.
Barlow has been in custody ever
since on the charge of attempted mur-
der. Constantines story did nothing
to strengthen the charge and It may
be that Judge Fritz will allow the
chivalrous gentleman his liberty on
preliminary examination.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

Judge Mogan received special
message yesterday morning from a
bunch of canvasback ducks, who had
Just arrived from the mouth of the
Colorado River. They told him they
were waiting for him in the marshes
around Redwood City. Accordingly
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-27

I. B. Small is Of few days and full
of trouble. His wife ran away with
an ex-convict from their peaceful farm
in Oregon and he came to this city in
search of her, bringing with him three
children. He didn't find his erring
spouse, so he concluded to hunt a job.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-01-01
Wood County Reporter and the Weekly Wis
cOnSin

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ments whereby we can now offer both
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Particular attention is devoted to the
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Residence west side. Tel. No. 24S.
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in Reiland building. Grand Rapids.
High grade service at reasonable fees.
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