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chants Exchange that Mr.. Wilson was
taken in, and many were the amusing
tales anent his mode of address told
by persons whom he had accosted
Lend me FIVE till sell me San Fran
cisco gas stock" he was reported to
have said to one broker.
Il t'ink I'll dine at de Saint Franks
ter day" he yawningly remarked to a
commission man, AN ye'll erblige me
by pungling up four-ninety, as 1 have
only 10 cents of de five bucks necessary
for de meal"
Whittier goest thou?" he oueried
another man of puts and calls who was
Fastening along Montgomery street.
ITO the Palace grill for luncheon" was
the condescending response. Can't go
wild We jest now" said Mr.. Wilson in
tone denoting regret, but we kin tell
Alfonso ter save me usual chair till /
gifts dere. BY de by. couldn't We ac-
comerdate me wild a small piece of sill
yer ter tip Alfonso wild? All me dough
is yaller."
He was buttonholing an astounded
elderly stranger on the street when
the policeman approached from the rear
and tapped his shoulder Get from,
behind me, Satan,' he said without
turning his head; don't yer see I'm
busy savin' dis lamb from befn' f1eeced
When arraigned before Judge Mogan
he asked for time to prepare his de-
fense. Me counsel can't draw up me
brief till he has disposed of a tree
million dollar will case" he said. "an'
widout his help 1t would be unsafe fer
me ter Derceed."
When Informed that he will be SEN
fenced to-day he expressed intention to
appeal to President Roosevelt AN T
don't like ter bodder him. he said, till
he has fixed up dis muss atween de
Skibbies an de Rooshans."
John Woods. Arthur West and Sidney
Smith came from Los Angeles together
and dwelt in lodging house at Fourth
and Howard streets until last Saturday.
when Messrs. Woods and West were ar
rested and jailed on a petty larceny
complaint filed by Mr.. Smith. who
averred that while he was under the
influence of an anesthetic and UNDER
going surgical operation they, or one
Of them, extracted $40 from a purse in
a pocket of his pantaloons The oper-
alton was performed at free clinic at
Third and Howard streets, and the de-
PENDANTS held the complainant's clothes
while the surgeons were at work on
him. Judge Cabaniss sifted down the
evidence until he ascertained that West
was innocent of the theft so West was
dismissed and Woods held for further
examination.
Patrolman Koegei reported that he
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NEW MAN COMING TO
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
General Manager Calvin Ap-
points j. O. RhOadeS Pur-
chasing Agent.

General Manager E. E. Calvin of the
Southern Pacific Company yesterday an
nounced the appointment of j. o. Rhoades
to the position as manager of the pur-
chases and supplies department of the
corporation He succeeds the late Rich
ard Stevenson and will enter upon his
duties on June 15. Rhoades has been the
purchasing agent of the Oregon Short
Line for ten years, and previously to that
he held a similar position with the Un-
ion Pacific. He is regarded as one of the
most experienced men in this line of rail-
road work.
Another appointment made yesterday
was that of w. c.. Edes to the position
of district engineer of maintenance OF
way. He has been connected with Chief
Engineer Hoods department., and will
hereafter report direct to General Super
intendent Palmer Of the northern district
of the road.
Passenger Traffic Manager Charles Fee
of the Southern Pacific Company re-
turned yesterday from Portland. where
he attended the traffic conference and
visited the Lewis and Clark Exposition.
Referring to the latter yesterday Mr..
Fee said that it was a credit to the West
and is deserving of support from Califor-
mans, who are represented at the fair by
an excellent exhibit.
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had faithfully carried out Judge Mo-
gan's instruction. delivered last Satur-
day in open court. that the dog which
bit Mrs. Mary Deneayis seven-year- old
son be led forth and executed in pres
ence of the wounded child But ere
the canine was shot to death, the
patrolman added. he leaped upon and
fastened his teeth in the chest of big
brother of Master Deneavi, who was
holding a rope attached to the animal S
neck The execution took place at 2
n m. saturday at the intersection Of
Vermont and Fifteenth streets, and was
witnessed by a large and approving
crowd.
William Schimpelfenig was intoxi-
Gated on Kearny street when he fell
against a curbstone with such violence
that patrolmen Skain and Ward feared
his skull was fractured. And he didn't
fracture even his name." said Judge
Mogan, remanding Mr. s. for sentence.
Among the aliases under which Elsie
Redwood has been registered on the
prison books are Elsie Montrose
Gladys Landsborough. Violet Hide
brandt, Dorothy Desplaines and Evan
geline Edgecombe. She dwells at Sec
ond and Howard streets and is pro-
found student of Laura Jean Libbey
Her sentence for disorderly behavior
will be pronounced to-day by Judge
Mogan.
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Top Of Head Covered with
Scales Which Peeled off,
Taking Hair with Them.
CURED BY CUTICURA
Now Six Years Old with Thick
Hair and Clean Scalp.
Cure Permanent.

"My baby was six weeks old when
the top of her head became covered
with thick scales, which would peel
and come off, taking the hair with it.
Itwould soon form again and be as bad
as before. Ny doctor said it was
Eczema, and prescribed an ointment,
which did no good. then tried Cuti-
eura Soap and Ointment. washed
her head in warm water and Cuticura
Soap and gently combed the scales
off. They did not come back and her
hair grew out fine and thick. She is
now year and half old, and has no
trace of Eczema"
MRS. c. w. burgess, Iranistan
Ave-, Bridgeport, Conn.,, Feb. II, 1893
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WIDOW CAN GET NO SHARE
OF HER HUSBANDS ESTATE
Amelia Harrington Loses Half Interest
I'm $4,000 Through Failure to Intro
auce Certain Technical Evidence.
duce Certain

The Supreme Court decided yesterday
that Amelia Harrington was not en-
titled to any part Of the $4,000 estate
left by John p. Harringto She was
married to the decedent forty years
ago in Michigan. He came West and
engaged IN mining, sending back money
at irregular intervals for her support
After a time the remittances ceased
and, concluding that, he was dead, she
married a man named Carley.
Two weeks after her wedding she
separated from Carley on discovering
that Harrington still lived. When the
latter died she sought 10 secure a
widows share OF the estate At the
first trial she neglected to introduce as
evidence the law OF Michigan which
provides that a marriage such as hers
is void Jud gment was given against
her The law Of this State provides
that such a marriage Is "voidable," but
not void.
Mrs. Harrington instituted second
action, presenting the necessary evil
dence but 1T was held in the Superior
Court that the irst decision was a bar
to another action and the Supreme
Court sustains that view.
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MAN WHO SwINDLES WOMEN
is ONCE MORE IN TROUBLE
Otto III. MOhr Arrested on Complaint of
.Annetta Gerard on Charge of Mis-
demeanOr Embexx1emenf

Otto II Mohr. was arrested yesterday
by Detective Cody on a warrant charg-
ing him with misdemeanor embezzle-
ment. 1t was issued on complaint of
Annetta Gerard, 111S Hyde street. She
alleged that Mohr represented to her
that he was organizing a company, and
on May 2 he borrowed her gold watch
for a day. He did not return it. and
she found that he had pawned 1T.
Mohr has been In trouble several
times for passing worthless checks
Another of his schemes to get money
is to make love to servant girls. and
after promising to marry them borrow
money from them TO pay taxes or
something else. 1t Is said that his wife
recently obtained a divorce from him.
Detective Cody says that warrant
will be sworn to this morning charg-
ing Mohr with obtaining 500 by false
pretenses and that others are to be
heard from. Mohr gives his occupation
as an electrician.
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Ballinger Trial Proceeds.

The remaining juror to try the case
of Captain George t. Ballinger, charged
with felony embezzlement, was chosen
in a few minutes in Judge Dunne's
court yesterday morning, Judge Hart
presiding, and the trial proceeded. The
evidence of Lewis Hunter, taken at the
former trial, was read to the jury, as
he has left the city. He paid the check
in question to the defendant. William
G. Schroeder. president of the Cali
fornia Art Glass Bending and Cutting
Works. who is the prosecuting witness,
was under cross examination when
court adjourned.
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Miss Pearl Lee, whose pretty face was
surrnounted by a towering coiffure' went
buggy riding last Sunday with John
Kelly. a good-looking young railroad man.
and at the maiden's suggestion they VS.
ited the home of her sister, Mrs. Corn
wall. in the 200 block or Folsom street.
where they were arrested for disturbing
the peace.
Mrs. Cornwall, the complainant, told
Police Judge Mogan that Pearls visit
70 her was entirely unexpected. as there
had been no communication between them
indeed, she might as well confess a
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DISAPPEARS WITH woMAN's CoIN.-vio-
let Lloyd. 100 Fifth street. obtained warrant
from Police Judge Mogan yesterday for the
arrest of Harry Rice alias Raymond Ballard,
ON a charge of grand larceny. She said he was
her friend and yesterday morning he oisap-
pcared, taking with him $50 in gold and her
sealskIn sack. The police say that Rice was
only recently released from San Quentin, after
plitted In Nevada
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IDENTIFIED AS BEN CURTIS.--The body
Of the man who fell dead the sidewalk last
Saturday in front of 154 Golden Gate avenue
was identified in the Morgue yesterday as Ben
jamin Curtis by his widow Curtis was a
Howard street. AUTOPSY Surgeon Bacigalup
found valvular heart disease to be the cause of
death.
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PROFESSOR DISCUSSES
WELFARE OF BEAS7O
ministers Listen and One Says AnlnaS
May Be Immortal.
WOMAN NPREFERSDOGSTO TO CHILDREN

In du wast the
the m
who
tfOn." In the on owed
Tim
ana was not
the came he
fin
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GOODNESS" had existed-for some time,
the cause Of which il was hardly neces-
sary TO recount, as II had no direct bear
ing on the case there under adjudication.
Therefore she was considerably surprised
by the call and somewhat puzzled to ac-
count for il until Pearls demeanor con-
veyed enlightenment. The young lady's
manner clearly indicated pride in her
possession Of Mr.. Kelly and desire to in
innate that more than one feminine men,
Der of the Lee family could find a
worthy member Of the opposite sex to
lead her TO the hymeneal altar. Mrs
Cornwall, however, respected her posi-
tion as hostess too much TO exhibit an
noyance at the silly showing off, and
not until her sister gave her a piece Of
her mind" ''called her every name in the
calendar" and abused her up hill and
down dale did she summon police aid
10 preserve her rights as chatelaine
Goodness knows she would be as glad
as any one else TO see Pearl settle down
IN matrimony. and she would be the last
person On earth TO put a spoke in her
(Pearls) wheel" but she could not stand
everything. No. she did not want any
body sent 70 Jail, but she would like to
have her home protected from recurrence
Of the complained Of invasion
Case dismissed.
David Flynn, superintendent of ele-
vators in the Crosby building was among
those who attended the Red Mems picnic
last Sunday, and while returning on the
train he requested the negro car porter to
enliven the journey by raising his voice
in song. The colored gentleman declined
and blows were exchanged. Mr.. Flynn's
nose was so violently smitten that it
emitted blood and his adversary was pros
trated by a straight right punch on the
left jaw Officer w 7 Byrnes of the
State railroad police arrested Mr. Flvnn
and booked him for battery. and Judge
Cabzniss continued the case till next
Thursday
Miss Annie Wood and her brother and
her best fellow stayed so late at a. ball
they attended last Saturday night that
they decided it would be needlessly cruel
10 awake the lady's parents from slurnber
10 admit her to her home. so the trio
went to the blacksmith shop at Eighth
and Howard streets wherein. her brother
is employed, and there they started fire
and sat down 20 interchange reninis-
cences OF the dance and otherwise while
away time till they could go to their
respective homes without disturbing other
inmates thereof. While thus engaged
they were espied by PatroImen Hyland
and Seguine, who suspected burglary and
acted accordingly. Miss Woods com
panions uIlgallantly fed and left her to
be arrested. but Judge Mogan redeemed
the credit Of his sex by discharging her
from custody.
George Hubert's sister, Mrs. Andrew
BudZileni, dweIls with her husband At
123 Larkin street. and there it was that
George and his friend Wesley George
were arrested at 2:30. o'clock Sunday
morning and booked for burglary, af-
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-13

MURINE EYE REMEDY cures Eyes:
makes Weak Eyes Strong. Soothes Eve
Pain Doesn't Smart
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-13

Photographic war. Our finest platino Paris
panels, So per dozen: cabinets So per dozen.
Imperial Studio 744 Market street.
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Try the United States Laundry 1904
Market street. Telephone South 420-
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Rush in your printing orders before the
strike. Edward Knowles Co.. "a Second St
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George Hubert's sister, Mrs. Andrew
BudZilenL dwells with her husband at
123 Larkin street and there it was that
George and his friend Wesley George
were arrested at 2:30 O'Clock Sunday
morning and booked for burglary, af-
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Patrolman KOegel reported that h.
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roots The admonition of Genesis is that
man shall subdue the earth, he declared,
and at one time it was thought that this
meant the subsection of other men. 1t IL
only recently that men have learned the
better and higher meaning, and the rail-
roads are doing much toward its accom-
plishment.
In closing he said:
II believe in peace, In the leaving of each
individual 10 work out his own destiny,
regulated only by the laws of his own In
dustry. rather than in the laws OF legisla-
lures of men. / was a soldier in the army
that fought to save the Union In my youth,
and now rejoice that in my old age I am
a soldier in the army developing the earth
Preservation OF Forests.
Mr.. Pinchot, the next speaker, referred to
the necessity to railroads OF the preserya-
ton of the forests. The United States is
behind other nations in the protection of its
forests, he said. and the railroads could
greatly assist in remedying this condition
of things. Mr.. Ernest Gerard of Belgium
was the next speaker. He spoke of the
great economic development in this coun-
try and Europe and paid high tribute to
the railway guild. At the conclusion of his
address he proposed the health of Mr.. Ely.
Mr.. Louis Weissenbruch, general Secre-
tary of the permanent commission of the In
ternational railway congress, was then in
troduced. Mr.. Wefssenbruch made his adj
dress in English He stated that he had
railroad men, His address was heartily
applauded. Mr.. w. r. Allen. secretary OF
the American section of the congress, was
then introduced. Mr.. Allen bowed to Mr..
weissenbruch, and declared that he believed
In reciprocity, and that he had learned
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SIGNALED ABROAD
HOUR OF MIDNIGHT IN WASH
INGToN FLASHED OVER WIRES.

The hour of midnight at Washington was
heralded to every part of the civilized world
last night by the Secretary of the Navy on
the exhibition grounds of the American rail-
way appliance exhibit, and hundreds of del
egates to the international railway con-
gress, assembled In front Of huge map,
watched the progress of the signal as it
went from city to city. In the space Of
seven seconds every city shown on the map
knew it was midnight In the capital of the
United States and flashed on the map an
Acknowledgement thereof This is the first
time in the history OF the world that sig
nal has been sent all the way around the
world and returned to the place of sending.
And the fact that the sending and acknowl-
edgment only occupied the space OF seven
seconds is regarded as wonderful tri-
umph for the telegraph managers.
There were thousands OF spectators at
the exhibition grounds as the guests of the
exhibit managers to witness the sending
Of the signal. A huge map, forty feet wide
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gee, W. H. Marshall, w. F. Merrill ]. G..
Metcaif. r. Montfort Frank w. Morse. H.
U. Nudge. ]. e. Muhlfield. w. ]. Murphy,
E. 7. D. Myers. J. II. Olhausen, c. f. Par
ker, G.. L. Peck Ralph Peters, r. Pitcairn,
A. II. Plant, G. II. Platt. G. L. Potter, s.
M. Provost, C. e. Pugh, C. H. Quereau. ].
Ramsey. jr.: I. G. Rawn, G. w. Rhodes, F.
C. Rice, M. Reibenack, A. A. Robinson, Z.
e. Schaff. A. M. Schoyer. A. III. Smith.
Samuel Spencer A. B. Starr. George w.
Stevens. A. ]. Stone. J. C. Stuart. A. W..
Sullivan, A. H. Swanson. Thomas TAFT B.
Thomas, j. w. Thomas, jr.; M. Trump, j.
]. Turner E. H. Utley, e. Van Etten, J. T.
Van Wrinkle. Theodore Voorhees,, A. NJ
Watt, C. G. Waldo. J. f. Wallace J. M.
Warner. ]. M. Whitman. T. F. Whit
tlesey, Rollin n. Wilbur, Daniel Will
lard, H. r. Williams. b. l.; Wincheli.
William Acwort. DR.. Bella Agai. %. 8. AL
len. Arthur Alvin. G. c. c. Ambt. G. A.
Anderson. Rafael Angulo. ]. A. Aspinwall.
George r. Baer. r. c. Bailey. c. w. Baker,
Frank Barr, David s. Barry, George NJ
Basford, John N. Beckley, w. H. Board
man. Juan DeBona. George w. Boyd, j. H.
Bradley, c. T. Bronson. J. Alexander
Brown, NJ Buhler. Philip Burt e. w.
Byrne. George H. Campbell A. J. Cassatt,
Coolidge. Joseph Crawford. James H. Doug
las, Arthur w. Dunn. Hugh w. Drummond,
George F. Evans, Vice President Fairbanks,
G. Farmer. r. l.. Fearn, s. M. FELTON,, w.
W. Finley. Fairfax Harrison, III. T. Hodg-
son, w. w. Hoy. Marvin Hugh;tt. Edward
J. Keen. Frederick McDermott, T. S. Nc
EVAN. Benjamin McKeen, Hugh McI.ach-
yeagh Clarence H. Mackay. N. d. Maher.
M. Maruejouls. Carlos Maschwttz. John r.
Meany. Secretary Morton, Secretary Taft.
Clifford Pinchot, George A. Post, George ~.
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Warned and Discharged.

George Schaeffer, George Wallace aES
George Matthews were arraigned in the
Police Court before Judge Kimball this
morning, to answer to a charge of disor.
derby conduct. According to the testimony
of two officers. an intoxicated woman was
under arrest and was at the box. when
these three defendants formed around the
box in crowd Those in the crowd were
told to go away. as they were not needed.
As they remained after this order the three
defendants named were arrested, and taken
to the station house.
Each of the defendants declared they had
not been told to go away.
you were told with the whole crowd to
keep away" replied the Judge you young
men ought to know you had no business in
that crowd. The officers did not need your
help. This arrest will be warning to you
and others not to gather about patrol boxer
when man Is under arrest.
Il will take your personal bonds thif
time. But the next 'drne you get In . sImt
lar crowd you will be fined"
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white lights the operator in the city flashed
back a signal in red and green lights show
ing that the circuit was complete. The red
and green lights burned for moment at
map and then died away, the exhibition be-
ing over.
The remarkable demonstration was at
tended by thousands of delegates and guests
of the railroad congress, who cheered at
the conclusion of the test. Admiral Ches-
ter and the officials of the telegraph COM
panies were heartily congratulated at the
success of the test.
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by twenty-five feet high, was prepared by
the hydrographic Office of the Navy Depart
ment and erected a stand of boards In
the center of the exhibition grounds. The
cities were marked on the maps by mean
descent lights and included almost every
city of Importance in the world
The sending of the signal was done by
companies, In cooperation with the naval
observatory. 1t required the expenditure of
vast sum of money to secure the proper
connection. the Postal Telegraph Company
alone having made up three wires directly
through to San Francisco for this purpose
The signal was sent east and west situl-
taneously.
Rear Admiral Chester in Charge.
Rear Admiral Chester. director of the OBJ
servatory was in charge of the exhibition.
He explained briefly what it was intended to
do. and at II :5J o'clock Mr. Stuyvesant Fish.
president of the American section of the
International congress- introduced Secretary
Morton, who pressed the button that closed
the circuit simultaneously with the clos
ing of the circuit the lights on that part of
the map showing the United States and
that the signal was received instantaneously
at all these points The flashes continued
at intervals for five minutes, and at ex-
actly midnight. Washington observatory
time the signal started around the world.
The lights flashed all over the map one
after the other, until every one was lighted.
1t was explained by Admiral Chester be-
fore the signal was sent that the war In the
far east might operate agfnst its success.
but this did not seem to have affected The
conditions In the least. AS the signal OF
midnight was flashed from each city By the
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French through his dealing with the MEM
bers of the congress. He made his address
in French, which was thoroughly enjoyed
by the foreign guests, cries of tires bien
and ''oui. our being frequent interruptions
to his remarks. Those Americans who did
not understand French applauded the sem
timents which attracted the attention of the
they knew what 1t was all about. The
evenings festivities were brought to close
by the acceptance of an invitation from
Mr.. George A. Post of the railway appliance
exhibit to attend the exhibit and witness
eake-walk that was to be given
Those at the Dinner.
Those present at the dinner were:
c. H. Ackert, r. II. Ashton. w. f. Allen,
Fl. w. Ashley, w. w. Atterbury. ]. A. Bar
nard ]. NJ. Barr, w. G. Besler, C. w. Brad
ley, w. G. Crimson. G. r. Brown. e. r.
Bryan, c. w. Buckholz, w. H Canniff. d.
D. Carothers. E. c. Carter, James C. Cas-
SELL c. Peter Clark, C. S. Clarke, r. Il.
Clarke, M. C. ConnOrs, S. T. Grape. ID. f.
Crawford, George II. Daniels, +. A. Delano,
A. r. Dice, c. f. Doyle, Charles B. Dudley.
P. H. Dudley, Howard Elliott. Theodore N.
Fish, F. s. Cannon. w. A. Gardner. w. A.
Garrett, George 8. Gatchell. A. w. Gibbs,
C. A. Goodnow, C. d. Gorham. w. M.
Greene. II. s. Haines. A. Hale. C. D. Ham
mond, J. T. Harahan, Charles NJ. Hays, H.
T. Herr. s. Higgins. A. ]. Hit. ]. NJ. Hood,
II. f. Houghton, C. H. Hudson J. b.
Hutchinson. s. p. Hutchinson. Edward p.
r. Henley, NJ *. King. E. +. Knibioe. J.
Kruttschnitt. George B. leighton. L F.
Loree George X. Lowell. James McCrea.
w. Fl. McDoei, r. HI. McGuigan. H. L. Ma
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Schriver. John S. Schriver. Willard A.
Smith, James L. Taylor George Westng-
house, Hugh M. Wilson. ]. l. Wood and
William H. Woolverton