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The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29
BIG DOG LEAPS FROM
CAR AND HITS FLAGMAN
Animal Jumps Suddenly From Train,
knocks Crossing Man Down and
Breaks His Wrist.

OAKLAND. Dec. 2S.-J. R. Gamer
on. a fagman at the railroad crossing
at Thirteenth and Webster streets,
was knocked down to-day by a large
dog that leaped from the baggage
car door OF a Webster-street local
train as the ar passed the spot where
Cameron was standing. The fall broke
the hagman's right wrist.
The dog had been in charge of
trainman, who swung open the door
as the train was approaching the sta
ton. Seeing a way TO freedom, out
leaped the dog. striking Cameron and
sending the fiagman down in a heap.
The animal rolled over In the street
gathered himself together and ran
kiyiing down the thOroughfare before
the injured 7agman realized what had
struck him.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29
DIES IN BED
OF A STREAM
Body of Aged James Moran
Found in San DeandrO Creek,
Exposure Bringing Death
MISSES FOOTING IN NIGHT
Girl Discovers Remains and
Runs Screaming to Parents,
Who Send Word to Coroner
Oakland Office San Francisco Call.
1sFo Ip,ooIu-ox- hoo %

lIIS Broadway, Dec. Is
Tho dead body Of James Moran, an
old resident Of san Leandro. was found
in pool in san Leandro Creek shortly
before O'Clock this morning by Petcina
Santos, a I4-year-old girl, who resides
on Alvarado street. at the foot Of which
the body was lying. Moran, who was 19
wears old. had evidently become con-
fused in the darkness and had fallen
over the bank of the creek in the night.
The body was found leaning against
the bank OF the pool with the head and
shoulders out Of the water, showing
that the old man had not been
drowned, but had died from exposure
after sliding into the water. from which
owing to his age he was unable TO IS
cape.
.Petcina Santos, who found the body,
was badly frightened and ran home,
screaming that there was a dead man
in the creek" After she had become
calm enough to tell her parents what
she had seen Deputy Coroner Morgan
was notified and the body was removed
10 the branch MOrgue.
DR.. J. P. Tormey performed an au-
topsy this afternoon and he found
that Moran had died from exposure.
The inquest will be held at 10 o'clock
next Sunday morning.
For thirty years the old man had
lived alone in a little two-rOOm house
on the Mulford Landing road End he
was seen last night as he got on the
Haywards car and started toward his
home about o'clock. At that time he
was returning from visit 10 his
brother. Darby Moran. who lives at SO1
Jefferson street.
The deceased was unmarried. and
besides his brother he leaves one sister,
who also resides in Oakland The body
has been removed TO James McManus'
undertaking parlors and the funeral
viii be held from the home Of Darby
Moran.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29
HARTMAN PREPARING To
ANTICIPATE COMPETITION
Has Mapped Out Route for Electric
Line Between Stockton and
Fresno.

Fresno.
Although frequent stories of the pos
sibilities of Stockton and Fresno. being
connected by an electric line have been
repeatedly denied by those whose
names have been connected with the
reported projects, it is again rumored
that L. H. Hartman of the Southern
Pacific Company is prepared to under
take the construction of a line between
those two cities, and ii is said that that
project was what prompted him to re-
Gently acquire the majority of the stock
in the Stockton Street Railway Com
pany, whose office is soon to be moved
to this city.
Frank w. Webster, former chief
clerk of the construction department Of
the United Railroads, who recently re-
signed to accept the suDerintendency
of the Stockton street road, and Henry
Lynch, who has just retired from the
head Of the construction department of
the United Railroads, have been in
Stockton for several days looking care
fully over the street road The latter
it is said, is to be completely over
hauled in the near future, and the
plans for the improvements are to be
prepared under the direction of Lynch
While in the Slough City Lynch and
Webster have beeIt inspecting outlets
from the southern end of Stockton. 1t
is reported that surveys southwark for
several hundred miles in the direction
of Fresno have already been made. and
the work of construction of an extern
sion of the street road in that direction
could be inaugurated on very short no.
tice. Those who pretend to know as
-sert that Hartman has made alf prep
aration for this new line in order to
anticipate any similar enterprise that
might be projected by other parties.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29
ARREST HUMAN
OPIUM JOINTS
Chinese HehbinderS Stock Up
With a Quantity of Hop"
for Prisoners in County Jail
CLOTHES FILLED WITH 1T
Chew Gong, Wong Kong and An
Louie Attempt Big Smuggle
of the Drug Into the Prison
Oakland Office San Francisco Call.
1II8 BrOadveqy. Dec q

1llS Broadway. Dec y
Three Chinese highbinde~s, taken 10
the County Jail this evening. had Sc
creted about their persons sufficient
opium 20 supply the entire Chinese
colony there. consisting OF half hun
dred or more. with the soothing druS
for some time to come.
One had the crease in soft felt hat
filed with il. while in the crowns OF
the hats OF all il was sticking like bats
in a garrct and was plastcred "a thelr
capaC CiOus sleeves like gum saved Tor
second chewing
One had some in his SHOES and the
iailers were finally so aroused over
their discoveries that they made lhe
men divest themselves Of their entire
apparel and gave them complcts
change.
The men arrested are Chew Gong.
Wong Kong and An Louie. Chew
Gong is a notorious hatChet man ana
has a long criminal record and server
eight years in san Quentin for roobety-
All three drew their pistols in ms
Joint of All Lee Ong AT
PleasantOn last night and ON his COM
plant they were arrested TO-DAY 4I
Centerville. He charges them Win AZ
tempted robbery. It is believed thtI
after finding out that they were 70 oe
confined in the County jan thcy
stocked themselves up with opium N
order 70 dispose of it at Il hlgh hSute
to their coUntrymcu inside.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29
SAYS HE WAS ROBBED
BY TWO UNKNOWN MEN

William Ehrenpfort. a well known
citizen residing at sol Fillmore street,
reported to the police yesterday that
he had been robbed during the after
noon of $1400.
According to his story he went to
the German Bank, where he drew out
the money, which he placed in a
handkerchief and then stored 1T away
in an outside pocket of his overcoat.
He then proceeded downtown to the
Russ House bar where he suddenly
realized that his money was gone. He
told the police that he recalled two
men following him down to the hotel
and believes that they stole the money
from his oyercoat pocket.
A description of the men was given
to the detectives. who, however. have
little hope of apprehending them.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29
REPORTS ARE FILED IN
RICHARD SIBRIAN'S CASE
Police Inquiry Complete I'm Prepara-
ton for Inquest, Which VIII Be
Held by Coroner Mehrmann.

OAKLAND, Dec. 2S.-The body Of
Richard Sibrian, who died in the City
Prison from a fracture OF the skull,
was removed TO his parents home in
Alameda to-day. where the funeral
was held. Reports concerning tie
young mans movements before he
was found in a stupor at Thirteenth
street and Broadway, together with
the official police records in the case,
have been procured by the Chief of
Police for use tomorrow evening at
the inquest, which Will be held by
Coroner Mehrmann.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29
ANSWER CALLS
AS FIRE BURNS
Telephone Girls Stay by Their
SwitchbOards, Though Flames
Lick the Sides of Building
CALMLY CONTINUE WORK
University French Laundry De-
strOycd Through Blaze Start
ed by Spark in Drying-ROOm
Berkeley Office San Francisco Call,
PAS Center Street. Dec. %.

2l4S Center Street. DEC %
With flames licking the sides of the
building In which they worked, two
young hello" girls stood at their posts
in the telephone office this evening and
answered calls as If nothing was hap
pening. The girls are Miss Mary Stew
art and Miss Ida IIOllenchrist. When
the fire broke out in the laundry next
door the rest of the office force fled.
but the girls named weren't a bit
frightened. even when the heat began
to turn the place into Hammam bath.
and the sky was lighted up for miles
around. Mothers and fa the.s ard
brothers came along and insisted upon
them leaving the threatened building.
but they would not move. Instead they
calmly sat at the switchboard and said
hello" to everybody that wanted
number 1T was rather warm" said
the girls afterward. but there was
really no danger of us burning up.
The fire broke out in the University
French Laundry. corner of Shattuck
avenue and Bancroft way. While run
ming in front Of the building to rescue
his sister from the telephone office.
which he thought doomed. Francis Is
grigg, j High School student. was cut
on the forehead by a piece of falling
glass. The wound required the ser
vices of a physician to mend Fire Chief
James Kenny had a narrow escape
from instant death. While driving the
MarstoE hose wagon out of Addison
street into Stanford place he ran into
Key route" train. just as it was
coming to a stop. The horse was
knocked down and the car damaged.
but Kenny escaped unhurt-
The laundry is a total loss to Capde-
vile Bros. the owners. The fire was
caused by spark in the drying-roOm.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29
Orders HoodIums to Leave Town.

OAKLAND. Dec. Esd Marks. a
member Of the notorious Sporting
Life gang. has been given twenty-four
hours in which to leave town. Marks
told Judge Smith in the Police Court
to-day that he was arrested while
making arrangements to depart His
Honor suggested that Marks could
show good faith by continuing his
preparations as rapidly as possible
otherwise six months in the City Pris-
on would be the New Years remem-
brance for Eddie.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29
Lean Year Party.

The members of the San Francisco
Turn Schwestern are looking forward
with interest to their leap year and
SNOWFALL party, which is scheduled
for January 10. The party will be
held in the Turk-sreet turner hall
and a good time is looked forward to
by all. The proceeds will. as usual,
be devoted TO a worthy cause.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29
pinnccr,I.aih TO Rest

BERKELEY. Dec. 2S.-The fun
eral of John S. Moore was held yes
terday from the family residence, 2O26
Woolsey street. Berkeley The de-
ceased was a pioneer of. this State and
was we'll known in Berkeley. where he
resided for n number of years. He is
survived 10y his wife and three chill
drnln \.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29

honorable purpose of this county's
present Assessor to turning many bags
of gold into this county's treasury
which has heretofore been lost to said
county. Respectfully,
&c. s. MacMULLAN."
EXPLANATIONS MADE.
Chairman John Mitchell requested
Supervisor H. d.. Rowe to take the
chair in order that he might speak di-
rectly from the floor, and the Mac
Mullan communication did not change
one statement he made yesterday. He
said:
II am not responsible for everything
that the newspapers say. but 1 did say
yesterday that ! would demand an in
vestigation of this matter and / am
prepared to make that demand to-day.
When we employed Mr.. Macmillan E.e
employed him as an assistant to this
board, and not as an assistant to the
County Assessor. 1t was his duty to
report to this board his. findings and
we could then have acted upon them.
Now we are called upon to pay a lot
of bills for work that we never saw.
To my knowledge Mr. Macmillan has
never reported to this board, and for
that reason l move that all acts con-
nected with this matter be rescinded
and that II be referred to the commit
tee of the whole for investigation"
Supervisor Rowe had this to say:
Il want an open investigation so
that the people can be informed of
every move. II we had appointed Mac
Mullan in open session all this noise
enfght have been avoided. Mr.. Mac
Mullan was appointed by us to dis
cover unassessed property and was to
receive a certain commission for so
doing. l understand that he has dis
covered this property, and l believe
that we should keep our agreement
With him. thought that ii was a good
thing then and / think so now"
Macmillan announced that he had
reported his finds TO some individual
members of the Finance Committee.
but Chairman Mitchell said that he had
not been reported to.
The motion of Mr.. Mitchell that all
action be rescinded WAS carried and the
matter was referred to the Finance
Committee for further Investigation.
This will result in MacMullan being
forced to make all of his claims at once
instead cf trying to avoid public notice
by dribbing them IL one at a time in
small amounts.
Jere Il. Burke. attorney for the
Southern Pacific Company. stated last
night that in view of his confidential
position with the railroad company he
was not prepared to make any state
ment at the present time as to any
proposals made by Macmillan.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29
LAID IN THE GRAVE
WITH MILITARY HONORS
Uniformed Members of knights of
Pythias Attend Funeral of the
Late Colonel j. y. Abbott.


OAKLAND, Dec. 2S.-Colonel J. p.
Abbott, a prominent member of the
knights of Pythias and acting adju-
tant general Of the California Brigade
of the Uniform Rank, was laid in the
grave by the members of the order
yesterday afternoon, the rituallstic
services being conducted by General
c. F. McGlashan and Colonel George
Samuels and the religious services by
the Rev. Paul Stewart. More than 400
Knights, many of them in full uni
form, attended the funeral.
Following were the active pallbear-
ers: p. J. Ryan, w. w. Whitmore, r.
Bernstein, George A. Taylor, T. w.
Painter and Frank Trahan.
The honorary pallbearers were: Cen
eral II. Schaffner, General Il. A. Mer-
guire, Colonel A. Marks, Colonel G..
Schiller, Colonel T. w. Fifield and
Colonel J. c. Lohmier, all of the major
generals staff.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29
Marriage Licenses.

OAKLAND. Dec. 2s.-The following
marriage licenses were issued by the
County Clerk to-day: George K.
Smith, 81. and Elizabeth A. Coghlan,
%. both of Oakland; Trescott S. Wi1-
son. %, and Sadie H. Chick. %. both
of Oakland.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29
Arrested ON a serious Cbaroe

Albert King was arrested yesterday
afternoon by Detective : Tom Gibson
and his name entered on the detinue
book at the City Prison pending an in
vestigation. King is accused by Mrs.
Seymour of 1856 Market street of hav-
ing received $40O from her to play the
races and failing to make an accounts
ing
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29
TAX EXPERT. WHO IS AC-
CUSED OF TRICKING THE
ALAMEDA SUPERVISORS.

City Council became aware Of these
events, and they made some investiga-
tions of their own, and exactly the same
story was told them. Thereupon the
City Council promptly threw MacMul-
Ian and his proposition to discover"
unassessed property out into the cold,
cold world
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29

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Of remarkable and uniform cures, record
sach as no other remedy for the diseases
and weaknesses peculiar TO women ever
attained, the propTietors OF DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription now feel fully war
ranted in Offering 10 pay $500 ia legal
money Of the United States, for any case
of Leucorrhea Female Weakness, PTolap-
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not cure All they ask is fair and reason
able trial of their means of cure.
Il Used four bottles Of your Favofite Pre-
scription and one Of Golden Medical Discov-
erv.i p writes ldrs. Elmer D. Shearer. of Mount
hope Lancaster Co.. Pa. and can say ti1et am
cured Of that dreaded disease. uterine trouble.
Am IN better health than ever before. Every
oue who knows me is surprised 10 see me look
50 well n Iu1e / was so poor in health that
st times I coaid not walk To-day I am cH5ed
j tell everybody that DR.. Pierces medicines
cured me"
FREE. Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Med
icsl Adviser is sent free on receipt of stamps
70 pay expense of mailing only. Send 81
one-cent stamps fo1 the cloth-boundvoiurne.
Address Worlds Dispensary Medical AsSo-
cia ~-a. Proprietorss Buffalo, n. x.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29

The Korean is as q rule an improvi-
dent Individual in a chronic state OF
impecuniosity. He is always ready 10
receive a loan on almost any terms
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29

TGpIfcate mirrors. standing mirrors
and toilet sets. beautiful and incxpeu.
sive New Years presents. Sanborn Van
& Co.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29

honorable purpose of this county's
present Assessor to turning many bags
of gold into this countys treasury
which has heretofore been lost to said
county. Respectfully,
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29

This is ope Of the foDous sporting pic
tures given .oWoy
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

in the accompanying illustration.
That is to say, you place nine of
the pennies in a straight line, one be-
low the other and two on each side of
the third penny from the top.
Now, with the cross thus made you
may count nine in three different
ways: First, the stem counts nine:
from top to bottom; second, count
six from the bottom up to the cross
piece, and then three from the middle
penny of the crosspiece to the right;
third, count six from the bottom up
to the crosspiece, and then three off
to the left.
The puzzle is to take away two of
the pennies and leave the cross so
that it will count nine in three differ
ent ways.
Lay the paper down and try 1t.
Perhaps you may succeed, but if you
do not, take away one penny from
each side and remove the top penny
to the bottom. Simple enough, isn't
it-when you find it out?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15
Do Not FORGET.

De not forget as you go on your way
Through this busy world, with its toll
and strife,
Often a kindly word to say
To those you meet in the paths of life.
DO not forgot that smile OF cheer
May comfort heart that is sad and
drear
And brighten day that is hard and
long.
The burning words that for ever live
II may not be yours to speak or give
But there's heart and hope In a bit OF a
song.
Do not forget that wherever you go
Kindly deeds may be found to do.
No one so poor but can bestow
The help that will courage and faith re-
newt
NO one so weak who cannot give
The hand that may help soul to live
And rise again from the trodden clayl
Splendid achievements may never be
yours.
But the deed that for loves sake is done
endures,
And win blossom for ever from day to
day.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15


coat is safe after six; but if you have
not either you may wear a gray
striped suit, a tan derby and a red
tie if you want to. 1t doesn't really
matter"
And so you go.
The curtain rises at the Waldorf
very early in the morning-much
earlier than many of its patrons-and
it never goes down more than a half
hour before it is time to roll it up
again. The lights are always on here,
blazing, blazing, blazing like the jew
els of the women and the French gilt
cut glass and silver.
1t is great sight-a panorama in
which everybody takes part, sort of
Moulin Rouge, where we go to see
and to be seen. Best of all, it is
place where, in spite of jewels and
top hats, paint and powder and gay
waistcoats, human nature is ever on
top, sticking out of everything, with
it's thousand curious, delightful sides,
all exposed to view at once The
comedy of the nightly drama, called
'The Waldorf" is the richest in New
York; its tragedy is the deepest.
Every type of human creature that
ever existed is here.
If you are looking for a character
for novel you had better go to the
Waldorf. You will find the character
there, be it priest or actor or stock
broker, the man out of job or the
millionaire, the American, the
Frenchman or the Armenian, or only
the drug clerk on his might off," the
steady, respectable matron with six
children to bring up, the actress and
the woman of the lighter life, the
shop girl gotten up like a duchess, or
the duchess wearing a dowdy mackin-
tosh. Anything and everything" at
your service.
The first time you go to the Wal
dorf you are bit dazzled. You see
only the glitter You see women and
men going round and round that cir
cular promenade apparently aimless-
ly; women in frocks worth the price
of brownstone front; men gotten
up in exact imitation of the English
king; callow youths and gay old boys.
always walking round and round and
meeting you at every turn, because
you yourself walk round and round
and round; from the long corridor
known as Peacock Alley" into the
first salon where the band is playing
through the Louis XIV. room, with
its damask walls and gilt chairs,
where women stand staring into the
mirrors or sit glazing at one an
other; through the Turkish room.
where young men are lolling on the
pillowed divans smoking and making
love to girls who look their loveliest
in the soft red lights burning in
oriental brasiers; through another
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15
slmnIe but Effeotlue rrlok.

Into a glass dish pour water until
1t is about an inch in depth. Now,
If you stand a glass tumbler in the
dish upside down, the water will rise
in it almost as high as it is in the
dish. 1t will not rise quite so high,
because there is air in the tumbler,
and that will prevent it.
But there is simple way to make
1t rise higher in the tumbler than 1t is
In the dish. Get fiat cork and put
1t in the water; it will float, of course.
Now, light wad of paper, lay 1t on
the cork and place the tumbler over
It, AS the paper burns, the water will
rise in the glass, and will not fall
again, If you leave the glass as it is.
The reason is that the burning of
the paper exhausts some of the air in
the glass, making partial vacuum,
or empty space, and as the air pres
sure on the surface of the water in
the dish is greater than the pressure
on the inside of the glass, the water
Is forced up
1t is on that principle that what the
doctors call "cupping" is done. Into
glass cup made for the purpose they
put piece of burning paper, and at
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15
This Family is lnoorporatsd.

The Fairbanks Family of America
Qncorporated) is one of the latest or.
CARNATIONS asking for a charter. The
objects of the society are to collect
and compile historical records of the
clan Fairbanks, to hold property, to
preserve objects of interest to the
family, and to promote education of
its members in subjects relating to
the family history.
The first Fairbanks to take up an
abode on this continent was Jonathan.
but the tribe has been prolific, and
about 1000 American families have
descended from him to refute the
racial suicide hullabaloo.
In August last family reunion was
held at the Fairbanks homestead in
Dedham, Mass, and one of its results
was the Incorporation recently asking
for a charter. The idea of the So
ciety is to purchase the Dedham prop.
erty and provide for an annual in
come sufficient to maintain it as a
Fairbanks headquarters.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15
Cash of the Long AGO.

Lineal descendants of the bronze
axe of remote Celestial ancestors are
the little brass cash, the Chinese
coins. Here is how this curious pedi-
gree first worked itself out: In the
early times, before coin was invented
barter was usually conducted between
producer and consumer with metal
implements, as it still is in Central
Africa at the present day. At first
the Chinese in that unsophisticated
age were content to use real hatchets
for this commercial purpose, but after
time with the profound mercantile
instinct of their race, it occurred to
some of them that when a man
wanted half a hathet's worth of goods
he might as well pay for them with
half a Ratchet. AS it would be a pity
to spoil good working implement by
cutting 1t in two, the worthy All Sin
ingeniously compromised the matter
by making thin hatchets of the usual
size and shape, but far too slender for
practical usage. BY so doing he in
vented coin, and what is more, he in
vented it far earlier than the claim
ants to that proud distinction. the
Lydians, whose electrum staters were
first struck in the seventeenth cen
fury B. @.