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The San Francisco call., 1903-12-31
THRUSTS REVOLVER INTO
FORMER EMPLOYERS FACE

John Carlson Habos Grudge Against D. Fagan, Employing
Electrician Who Had Discharged Him. and Is Prevented
From Committing Murder by R. Phelps, Who nerferes
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-31

NAPA Dec. 3O-Robert Preston. aged 10
years, is suffering from a bullet wound in the
foot caused by the accidental discharge OF his
rife The bullet passed through his foot, in
hicting a serious wound.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-31
LAC shinping InteIIigence

ARRIVED.
Wednesday, December 80
schr Orient. Sanders. II days from Colum-
hia River
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-31

Effie Miller was an interesting char
acter in Judge Fritz's court yesterday.
She was found by Policeman George
Douglass inhabiting a room at 102515
Dupont street. EfFie wore a kimona
and slippers made of straw. The place,
which has a historic past. is now ten
anted exclusively by Chinese. Miss
Miller was handsomely gowned in black
silk when she appeared in court and a
picture hat crowned her head She told
Judge Fritz that her purpose in visit
ing the house was to secure the medi-
cal attendance of a Chinese doctor. The
policeman thought her intentions were
otherwise.
Miss Miller offered a defense. She
said she was engaged as housekeeper
for a landlady on O'Farrell street. Per-
sonally she looked like a half breed
Chinese, but in replies to the ques-
tions of Judge Fritz she said she was
born in Ireland. Bailiff Conlan was
called as an expert He has probed the
heart of Chinatown until it bled in
great big blotches. After he had eyed
the woman he concluded she was a
Caucasian.
The complaint missed the statutory
provisions in vagrancy cases by one
day and Judge Fritz was compelled to
dismiss her.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-31

Owing to the enormous
demand for the tape meas
ure, offered as a premium
to Want Advertisers in
last Sundays Call, another
supply was ordered and
the offer will be renewed
next Sunday in order to
give every Want Adver-
tiser the opportunity to
secure one of these handy
articles.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-31

A good many spirit manifestations
come after a visit to the bar.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-31

California calendars and diaries. Good
for New Years. Sanborn, Vail & Co.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-31

Solomon Kempe appeared yesterday
on perjury charge before Judge Fritz.
Kempe went to Alaska during the
Klondike rush on money furnished him
by ten or twelve people in this city.
They claim that Kempe found gold in
various claims and located them in his
own name. The prosecution wishes to
evoke the law of equal dividends be-
tween finder and a stalker. The case is
pending in the civil court, and as but
tress defense Kempe has been hailed
into the Police courts. Judge Fritz has
set the case over until January 5, hop
ing that some settlement between the
interested parties may be made.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-31
PARTICULARS DEMANDED.

such statement or list Of contracts. which
must he sent in no later than December 81.
lumber IS TO be used. and viii be the only
evidence which can be considered by the Build
INK Trades Council that any contract viii be
exempt under this rule.
Trusting you viii appreciate the urgency Of
an immediate reply ! remain yours truly.
7. II. PRATT,
Secretary B. T. C. Of Alameda County.
BY this action the Building Trades
Council viii tie I'D the use ' lumber
from the Puget Sound yards until the
men who are now doing the tallymen' S
work there become members Of the
Tauymen's Union. The council does
not claim that these men are not union
men. but that they are not members of
the Tallymen's Union. J. 3. Bowen, the
business agent of the Building Trades
Council said tonight;
The Council does not want the Puget
Sound Lumber Company to discharge
these taIlymen, but simply to require
them 10 join the Tallymen's Union.
This the company has refused to do, so
the council has sent out notices to the
contractors stating that il win not
sanction the use of lumber from the
Puget Sound Company's yards until all
the tallymen employed there are mem
bers Of the Tallymen's Union"
II il comes 10 a fight the council is
prepared 10 carry it TO a finish George
w Fisher. the manager Of the Puget
aSound Lumber Company, made tae fol-
Z
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-31

Charles Neuman appeared in Judge
Conlt.n's court yesterday wrapped in a
quilt with both eyes blacked and limp
ing heavily He was arrested on the
charge of battery. He is the man who
assaulted the Kingdom of Grea Brit
ain, Ireland and Wales by taking a
smash at his Majesty, King Edward,
through the medium of his local consul
Forthwith he went out and tried to
beat up a fellow boarding house keeper
who offers shelter to sailormen. Tues
day night Neuman went on the war
path again and invade the peaceable
resort of Billy Murray on whom he
had paid an unclublike visit 'Bill'
was waiting his arrival with a bung-
starter. After the whole thing was
over the peaceful Bin had Neuman ar
rested for battery.
Judge Conlan called the case and the
defendant stepped on the stand. The
Judge asked him What is your case p
He answered, II have no case, am the
defendant" The Judge was nonplused
for a moment and then awarded his de-
cision. You are discharged" he said.
you have had trouble enough" and
Neuman left for the hospital for re-
pairs.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-31

Enthusiastic love of sport brought
Edward Barnes and L. c. Stanton, teel-
phone linemen, into Judge Mogan's s
court yesterday They wanted to see
the Corbett and Hanlon go, but in
spite of the chilly weather were unable
to cough up the toll. Early Tuesday
they got into the Mechanics Pavilion
with a days rations under the pretext
of little wire pulling and twisting
They climbed way up among the raft
ers and roasted like little brides. But
Just before the fight the cautious Nor
ris Levy spotted the nestlings and
called them down literally and hgura-
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-31

Attorney Archibald Campbell has
turned his shield. Nearly all of his
legal career has been spent on the de-
fense Now he is trying to secure the
conviction of Peter John for the al
legged embezzlement of 800 from Gin
tore Tesocala, who conducts .he restau-
rant at 325 Post street. Tesocala wished
to give a Christmas remembrance to
his mother and framed it in the shape
of a draft for $100 He fntrusted the
money to Peter John and the latter
took it to the bank and got the neces-
sary paper of credit. Tesocala says
that thereafter Peter John misused the
money. The case was hardly heard
yesterday before Judge Fritz because
the prosecution needed the banker tC
testify to certain facts regarding the
transaction. 1t Will come up on Sat
urday. All the parties concerned are
Greeks, except the attorney
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04

People have found 9 way TO get to-
State street. but they have not found:
g way to reach places aearer home.
# The South Side elevated road has
been the greatest gamer ~ the strike.
Like the street car lines it has been
supp osedly carrying all the passengers
It could. Before the strike It's trains
were packed with 85, 900 passengers!
daily That was supposed to be the
limit Of its capacity, but since the
strike began it has IN some way man
aged to rake in 25O, 900 nickles daily
thus more than doubling Its supposed
capacity.
hat will be the: result when the
strike ..il is settled Will it be possible
Tor the elevated to again raise the cry
OF inability" when its patrons demand
better accomo dation and seat for ev-
cry. fare? IS: ~ .ss5 81.
The fact is the public have learned
something about transportatio possi-
bilfties, and 1t Is not likely to take ex-
cuses for action from the railroad COM
panies II their representatives In the
city council can force action. More
than ever before has it served to brine
the transportation issue forth as a local
campaign issue. Municipal ownership
will find many a new friend in the
ranks of the STRAP hangers unless the
service is materially improved. !. The
public now know what is possible.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04

in the civil war, and was afterwards
provisional governor of Mississippi in
the reconstruction period and United
States senator from that state.
Young Ames has just shade of re-
semblance to his grandfather, and he
has the old generals faculty for at
taching friends to himself. Young as
he is he has q record in which he
ought to take good deal of pride. He
was a lieutenant in the Massachusetts,
militia when the war with Spain broke
out. He went to the front with his
regiment and came out of the Porto
Rico campaign lieutenant colonel.
Then he went home and served three
years in the legislature, and now he is
in congress.
When Ames was stationed at Camp
Alger early in the spring of 1898 he
was engineer officer of the camp, and
in the course of his duties he had
good many scraps, owing to the fact
that, though merely lieutenant, he
sometimes had to give directions to
officers of regiments of much higher,
rank. One of his troubles as with Rep
resentatfve Dick, who was lieutenant
colonel of an Ohio regiment The two
had not met since till the opening day
of congress, when they happened to sit
side by side in the street car leaving
the capitol. They matched pennies for
the fare and made up for good. =. S.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04

DurDan passengers
daily, sand-it was not hard matter to
increase the carrying capacity of this
road to nearly double that number.
The Pittsburg & Ft. Wayne. the Chi
cago & Western Indiana, the Chicago
& Eastern Illinois, the Monon, the
Grand Trunk, the Lake Shore & Michi-
gan Southern. the Rock Island and the
Chicago Terminal all run suburban
trains. The normal capacity of these
roads is about 200, 900 passengers daily,
but inside "a hours after the strike had
been called this capacity had been more
than doubled. : ...
It has been profitable season for
these steam roads. Communication
tickets are sold on all of them at about
one-half regular rates of fare, but the
enforced patrons have not taken to the
Communication ticket idea. They buy
trip tickets and watch the newspapers
for signs of peace on the street railway
lines. Because of this the income from
suburban traffic on the steam roads has
tripled on many of the roads.
The North and West sides of the city
are not so we'll covered by steam roads
and strike on the street railway lines
of either of these sections would be
much more serious matter for the pub
lie than is the present trouble on the
South side. =:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04

point OF numbers the 5000 men out
Is but small compared to strikes in the
building trades, which the city has had
within the past two or three years.
But the number of people directly or
indirectly effected runs into the hun
dreds of thousands. In fact it effects
all Of the South side, with it's 100000
population. 1t effects sthe business and
social life of all of these in one way or
another.
Though figures can tell but little of
such a strike, here are few that are
representative. Of the City Railway
company's employees more than 5000
are out; the calling of the strike
stopped, for time at least. every
one of the 1874 cars operated by the
company on it's 800 miles of.track. The
daily receipts Of the company average
a trife over $19,500, and of this sum
$4,000 was paid the men now on strike
as wages. 1t is estimated that the in
crease asked by the men would amount
to $140, 900 for the year. This sum rep
resents just about the amount lost in
receipts to the company by a seven
days tie-up.
BY exercising the imagination some
idea Of what such a strike means to
Chicago may be had from these figures.
The fact that SO large number of cars
and so many miles of track could be
operated profitably necessarily means
the accommodating of large popula-
ton. Had the strike occurred on the
lines of the Union Traction company,
operating the lines on the West and
North sides of the city, it would have
been three times as big as it u.s..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04

A New York magistrate has suggest
ed fund for prisoners wives. The
unfortunate women and children who
are deprived of support by the impris.
onment of the husband and father fire.
Quently suffer much more than does
the man upon whom the punishment is
inflicted. Justice and the welfare of
the community demand q penalty from
the wrongGG1f, and the wives and
children who incidentally suffer are
not considered in the matter at ALL
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04


their way up through service in the
Office at London, or in minor places
in legations. Sir Julian Pauncefote,
when he came to Washington, had
never held a real diplomatic post in his
life. He had grown gray. as an under
secretary in the foreign office and was
strictly an Office man. Sir Michael
Herbert likewise, although he had
served as secretary of legation both in
Washington and Paris, had spent
years IN the foreign Office; and he had
never served even as minister before
he came to Washington as an ambas-
sadOr. 81 3: Is. .5 ss
Sir Mortimer Durand, on the other
hand, has had strictly diplomatic
career Of the strenuous sort He has
trained his mind and sharpened his
wits by conflict with the machiavellian''
intellects OF the Orient, and Washing
ton is by far the most civilized most
that has ever fallen to his lot. 20. rs.
Sir Mortimer comes. from FANNY
that has been In the Indian service for
generations, and that doubtless. ac-
counts for the bent Of. his mind. I4ia
training Win stand him in good stead
IN Washington now, FOL. questions ~
fecting oriental countries are coming -,
more and more e the front III. Amer.
can diplomacy
iii Il .I1flT Tru 81, ~ 81
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04

NOluOu Ill IL =
house, except for a short time under
Speaker Reed. The privilege then was
abused so that the lobby had to be
closed again, but Speaker Cannon be-
lieves he can restore the privilege I'M
der restrictions which will make. it
generally acceptable without abuse.
At present members of the house are
in an embarrassing position frequently
through the absence of any retiring
room where they can receive callers.
If one of them receives a card from
somebody whom he wishes greatly t.
see he must go out into the public
corridor, where he is apt to be set
upon by dozens of individuals whom
he has been trying to avoid. There is
no compromise. Either he must give
up the caller he wishes to see or else
take his chances with the crowd.
Speaker Cannon proposes that hereaf-
ter when member wishes to see a
friend he can invite his caller into the
speakers lobby, where both can sit at
their ease, while the undesirables
storm and fret outside. /
Only few days ago William Alden
Smith received card from a person
who was described to him as half seas
over. He sent out word that he could
not be found. A little while later a
card came from constituent whom he
was anxious to see. He went out to
meet his caller and ran plump into the
arms of his drunken friend, who
promptly flashed William Alden
Smith campaign button he had been
wearing fourteen years and proceeded
to borrow two dollars on the strength
of it. :
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04

tiquated overhead trolley and cable sys-
TENS are the rule all over the city.
From one o'clock until morning even
these lines are dispensed with and
horse cars substituted on such through
lines as are operated. The belated in
dividual who is caught downtown af-
ter one O'Clock at night has no other
choice than to ride in a stuffy little
horse car. If ne lives anywhere near
the end of the line it is close to morn
ing when he gets home. 4
The majority of the cars operated are
of antiquated pattern, and in: these
even standing room is at a premium
during the rush hours of the morning
and evening. For the past five years
the policy of all the companies seems
to have been to await franchise devel-
opments before making improvements
The companies claim that large prof
its are not possible from the operation
Of street cars in Chicago This may,
in part, be true. The city is expanding
in territory at so rapid rate that the
operation of lines In the sparsely set
tied outskirts may be at a loss, though
even that is hardly probable as the
lines can be run at but small cost.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04

the most interest
ing Of them is
Butler Ames, the
grandson of Ben
jamin F. Butler,
w h o r e p resents
the same district
the doughty old
general represent
ed for years just
after the war. He
is not only the
grandson Of Gen.
Butler, but he is
the son of Adel-
bert Ames, who
was a major gen.
-1. -
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the laurels of debate between them.
There has been nobody else who could
quite touch either of them; and they
were fairly even match. It was in
evitable that the two should clash !;
and the row came in the heat of de-
bate. Hepburn thought Cannon made
his remarks needlessly personal. Can
non couldn't see it in that light, and so
for many months these republican
gladiators never spoke as they passed.
It looked as though the feud would
be lasting one; but year ago when
Cannon announced his candidacy for
speaker Hepburn, like the big-minded
fellow that he is, walked into Cannon's
headquarters one day, held out his
hand and exclaimed: Joe, I'm going
to vote for. you." That was one of the
early things that set the tide flowing
toward the Illinois man, and now that
congress is at work and he has
achieved the ambition of his life he
signalizes the reconciliation by asking
Hepburn to put him in nomination in
the house-which, of course, Hepburn
does cheerfully.
There was a Significance in the Incl
dent that was not generally under
stood. but it meant a great deal for
party harmony during these coming
two years. Hepburn will come very
close to being the republican leader on
the floor. He's little outside the or
ganization, just as Cannon was during
the Henderson regime; but Cannon
was the real leader then in spite of his
isolation.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04
A party of Chester gunners, VIII

A party of Chester gunners, who
have been hunting in Mifan county,
Pa, discovered cave in the mountain
side, few miles out from Burnham.
The cavern was explored by the hunts
men, who entered by passage about
six feet in width and, after climbing
down precipitous natural stairway,
found themselves in a large room CT
subterranean auditorium that would
seat 500 or 600 people. The flashing
of the torches revealed some very
pretty stalautites.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04

Colorado, Wyoming and Utah have
many women of1iceholders, three re-
cent elections giving the office of city
treasurer to women, two receiving the
city clerkship and one town elected a
woman clerk and recorder. Both
Idaho and Colorado have women state
superintendent of public instruction,
the one in the latter state is now serv-
ing her third term. The national SUI
perintendent Of Indian schools is a
Wyoming woman.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04

:aHng the street
railway lines on the
South side Of the
city, is the biggest
thing of the kind
the city has had
to deal with since
the historic days of
1894 when the
Pullman car trou-
bles brought Fed
eral troops into the
city by the order
of President .Cleve-
land.
Mere figures can
give no adequate
idea of what: such
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04

1sh and probably
disastrous to the
private citizen who
is possessed of a:
residence or other
buildings. Chica-
go carries no in
surance on her
many expensive
buildings, saw
with one exception,
namely, the isola-
ton hospital which
stands on a ten
acre tract of land
at Thirty-Afth and
Lawndale avenue.
This e building is
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04

SduOF, WHO IS eX-
pected. to arrive
almost any day.
Sir Mortimer
Durand-for 5 that
is the name.
seems to be q lit
tie different order
Of diplomat from
any OF h er who
b a 8 been mt
here from the
court Of St. James.
His predecessors
have all been what
are known as.
foreign Off c 9
men. - That is,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04

is about as graft
flying news as is
likely to come out
of; congress this
session. Two big,
manly, breezy fell
lows have been
hating each other
pr ty cordially
for three or four
years back-all on
account of words
unity spoken in
debate. =.
Since Reed went
out Of congress
Cannon and Hep
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04

IMAM any other sec
ton of the city
because of the
number Of steam
roads it has to fall
back upon. .
Railroads from
both the east and
south reach the
center of the city
through this sec
ton, and nearly all
of them maintain
q suburban train
service. At ordi-
nary times the Illi-
nois Central alone
carries. $4,000 SUI
h..nl,a~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04

franchise cOndi-
tons have tended
to make the SER
vice on. all lines
W ors than it
would otherwise
have been. The un--
certainty of fran
chise renewals, or
at least the basis
of, such renewals,
have been the ex-
cuse of the COM
pany. for poor SER.
vice.
This city has
practically not q
mile of under
rp@s1~d %~411Axv A.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04

The cotton crop of Alabama, Arkan-
sas and South Carolina is about 1,00O,-
600 bales, worth $50 each. Georgia and
Mississippi produce 100000 bales,
and Texas 100000. More than half
the cotton is now produced west of the
MiSSiSsippi river.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04

The snoemakers in Madrid recently
combined to encourage dancing, with
the object Of wearing out as much
shoe leather as possible. They hired
several dancing halls and charged Cd
admission. Each admission ticket
bears coupon, 20 of which entities
the owner to a new pair of shoes free
of charge at the union store.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04

~ S~S4 ~AOS~~ w
everybody except
members of the
house ever since
the Reed regime.
he m ar b | e
room, which cor
responds in the
senate to tn e
speakers lobby in
the house, has al
ways been open to
favored visitors,
and senators have
received tn cir
callers there; but.
this. privilege has
novar hoon ar.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04

Lord Salisbury will be remembered
for three things-for having defeated
home rule, for having kept the peace
between France and Britain at the
time of Fashoda, and for having pre-
vented the Intervention of Europe in
the South African war.