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William Walker shipped his entire
string of horses to Hot Springs last
night and will campaign them through
the Mississippi valley during the sum-
1ner. He expects to return to Ascot
next season and says that the present
season has been good one, as he sent
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-06-22
COTTON SPECULATION.
Bucket Shop System Most PernieIous
Form of Gambling.

Without In anywise minimizing the
evil influences Of other forms OF gamo-
ling, We wish to emphasize the state
ment. that dealing In cotton FUTURES
as il is now carried on by the average
operator Is the most pernicious eVll In
the south today. This is particularly
true of the so-called Bucket SHOPS,
where the man Of small means can FISK
his stakes and take his chances on
each turn of the big wheel manipulat-
ed at headquarters in New York, New
Orleans and Liverpool. The bucket
shop is a serious menace to the future
welfare of the country. All forms or
ora eambline are hazardous and detrimen-
tai to the morals Of the community
and the future Of the nation. The
south has lost millions OF hard earn
ed dollars this winter through the me-
dunn Of bucket shops, private wire
houses and the big cotton exchanges.
1t Is better to have roulette wheel
on every street corner where the man
of gambling proclivities can risk his
dollar in the open than to permit the
existence of a single bucket shop,
where behind closed doors our young
men can be induced to risk their sal
aries at a game where all the CARDS
are stacked and dealt out against them.
We have no word Of criticism against
the legal exchange where men leglti-
mately engaged in the cotton business
can place their purchases or sales for
future receipt or delivery Of the ac-
tual commodity. Under existing con-
ditions the buyer and the seller are
forced to operate in the future to a
great extent, but the people who buy
or sell, dealing alone in paper or chalk
marks, risking their money on pure
ly gambling proposition. should be
stopped by the laws Of the country.
The evil of gambling In cotton fu-
lures has been most severely condemn
ed by the judges of our superior and
supreme courts and this system or
gambling has been construed by the
courts as the greatest evil of modern
times and the most pernicious. II II
Is to be checked, 1t must be done
through the development OF a public
sentiment which will be so strong as
to enforce effective legislation by the
representatives Of the people In the
various general assemblies Of the dif-
ferent states.--Cotton Journal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-06-22

fact that Major Burr had once been
accused of a similar offense, would
predispose the public mind to believe
the new accusation; and they hoped,
not unreasonably, that the scornful
silence with which he had treated the
former charge would still be persevered
in. Toward General Washington espe-
cially, they calculated that Major Burr
would maintain q naughty reserve;
and in the worst aspect Of the case,
they had provided a mode of escape
for themselves, by shifting the pater-
nifty of the story to other shoulders.
No specter rose up to warn them from
the purposed wrong. In a cozy room
Of a comfortable hotel, a dark william
Gus plot was concocted: and when the
deed was done, the two companions,
in seeming unconcern, pledged each
other In a cup of rosy wine. and sepa-
rated with careless words upon their
lips-the one 10 mingle unabashed with
the gallant defenders of a holy cause,
the other to enjoy the dreamless sleep
of peaceful innocence.
TO BE CONTINUED.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-06-22
A Clerk to Every Laborer.

There are more clerks than any
thing else in the canal zone. On
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-23
WANT STREET GAR.
FRANCHISES.
Devisadero Street Associa-
tion and Parkside Transit
Company the Petitioners
ROUTE IS CHANGED

The Devisadero Street Improvement
Association filed with the Board of SUI
pervisors yesterday petition that a
electric street car line beginning at
rage and Scott streets, thence along
Scott street and curving into Duboce
avenue, thence along Duboce avenue to
Noe street, thence along Noe street to
sixteenth, thence along Sixteenth to
Church, thence along Church street to
Eighteenth, thence along Eighteenth to
valencia street, thence along Valencia
street to Twentieth, thence along Twen-
tleth street to Potrero avenue.
The petition calls attention to the
fact that there is at present no direct
crosstown line connecting Richmond
with the Mission district, and the ex-
tension of the present line on Devisa-
dero street would relieve the conges-
tion of travel on other lines and would
prove of inestimable value to the dis
tricts referred to.
The Parkside Transit Company filed
an amended petition for grant of a
franchise to run its proposed street car
line along Nineteenth avenue instead
of Twentieth avenue, as described in
the original route, for which a fran
chise has already been granted by the
Board of Supervisors. The route of the
road will be as follows:
Commencing at Ocean and Corbett
avenues, thence through private prop
erty to Nineteenth avenue, to II street
and to w street, thence to what would
be the line of Market street If extended
thence to the Great Highway.
The route also provides for lines on
Forty-sixth avenue, T and v streets and
Thirtythird and Thirty-ffth avenues.
The petition was referred to the street
committee.
The Parkside Realty Company also
filed petition for permission to lay
temporary railroad tracks along the
route described in its petition for a
franchise for the purpose of transport
ing lumber and building material to
the Parkside district, which is to be
opened up for settlement. The company
is. engaged in grading the land and
will lay pipes for water, gas and sew
erage purposes and also install poles
and wires for supplying electricity for
lighting purposes.
Property-owners on Post street, be-
tween Larkin and Leavenworth, petit
toned the board TO advertise for a
franchise for street railway on the
two blocks described, to be operated by
overhead trolley and connect with other
lines, SO as to secure service to Market
street. The petition was referred to the
utilities committee.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-23
DISASTER LEAVES
GIRL DEMENTED.
Days .of Terror in April
Unhinge the Reason of
Miss Fanny Sisinvine
TO GO TO ASYLUM

The terrors of the earthquake and
the frantic search for many days for
her family so worked on the mind of
pretty Fannie Sisinvine that she is now
demented. For a long time her family
has tried to care for her at home, but
at last it became necessary to turn her
over to the public authorities. She will
this morning.
Pathetic circumstances came to light
in the story of the unfortunate girls
condition The parents assisted by two
other daughters have been striving
daily to keep the family secret from
respectable people, and the condition
of the daughter to them is more griev
Gus than would have been her death.
The sight of the gray-haired father
taking his daughter to the police sta
tion was one that aroused the sympa-
thies even of those who are compelled
daily to witness the darker side of
human existence.
There is one ray of hope that the girl
will recover her reason. 1t is clung to
with fervent prayers.
Miss SiSinvine had gone to spend
few days at some springs near Monte
rey a short time before the earthquake.
and following the terrors of the shak-
ing of the house in which she was stay
ing was the report that all of San
Francisco had been destroyed. Her
father and mother and sister live at
121SB Fulton street, and the conclusion
that she reached was that they had all
met death. 1t was several days before
she received word concerning the well
fare of her relatives, but the awful sus-
pense had done its work, and the words
of love from the old parents and the af-
fectionate caresses from the sisters
failed to take the load from her mind.
DR.. A. H. Wright, a nerve specialist,
has been treating the girl, but at last
he advised that she be turned over to
an institution where she could get bet
ter care than at home 1t is alleged
that she has a desire to kill herself. but
this is denied by her family. Neither
her actions nor her talk indicate a seri-
Gus degree of insanity.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-23
NEW SCHOOLHOUsE.
TO De. ERECTED.
Supervisors Appoint Archi-
tects to Draw Plans for
the Sunnyside Building
WORK TO BE BEGUN

The Board of Supervisors adopted
Furey's resolution yesterday Appoint
ing Smith & Stone as architects for
the proposed Sunnyside School, to be
constructed under thes bond issue, at
Hearst avenue and Forester street at
cost of $4,000.
supervisor Wilson introduced a reso-
luton providing that all schoolhouses
to be hereafter erected under the bond
issue when erected in locations outside
of the fire limits shall be constructed
of wood, and all school buildings erect
ed In locations within the fire limits
shall be class A structures; also that
the construction of all school buildings
provided for under the bond issue be
commenced Immediately
The resolution was adopted under a
suspension of the rules.
1t was decided to request the Mayor
to enter into lease for a lot on the
southerly side of Fell street, 165 feet
westerly from Cough, at the monthly
years. with a privilege of two years
additional, the same to be used for a
public morgue and Coroner's office
City Engineer woodward filed a COM
munication stating that no records can
be found in his office to show that Of
fetal grades have been established on
Beacon and Thirty-f1rst streets between
Castro and Diamond streets. Wood
ward also returned without comment
the petition of property owners for the
removal of fences obstructing Thirty
first and Beacon streets and for the
prevention of further excavations by
Gray Brothers quarry and the repair
Ing of the damage done to Beacon
street.
The claim of Cuyler Lee in the sum
Of $1l21 for an automobile furnished
to the Mayor on April 20 was referred
to the finanace committee.
The board ereeeived, notification that
the thirty-fourth annual meeting of the
American Public Health Association
will be held in Mexico City on Decem-
ber-1 next
The request of the Police Commission
that an ordinance be passed imposing
a, lesser. amount of license tax on gro
GERS and retail dealers who sell spir-
ituous and malt liquors in quantities
less than a quart than the $500 tax i'm
posed on saloon keepers was referred
to the license committee. The COM
munication says that the so-called COM
mercial quart contains less than thirty
two ounces and is therefore not a
standard quart, and those who sell the
commercial quart must obtain permit
from the commission to engage in such
business and to pay the license pre-
scribed by the existing ordinance.
Seven ordinances granting spur
track permits were laid over for one
week. -
E. w. Mcclellan filed the written con-
sent of w. H. Crocker. Crocker Estate
Company. Crecker Realty Company, the
Crocker National Bank and the Sharon
Estate Company to the firing of small
blasts of powder to wreck the Palace
Hotel walls
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-23
FIND POWDER IN
WOMAN s ROOM.
Clew of Police May Assist
in Solving the Mystery
of Mrs. Davis Death
HUSBAND QUESTIONED

Dissatisfied with the results Of the
preliminary investigation made by the
deputy coroner of the circumstances
surrounding the mysterious death OF
Mrs. Erna Davis in the house at 1897
Turk street Saturday afternoon, the Po-
lice Department yesterday took up the
investigation, searched the house, and
found a quantity of white powder hid
den away in piece of newspaper in the
room which had been occupied by the
young woman The powder is now in
the possession of the police and will be
subjected to a chemical analysis to de-
termine It's nature
The theory. first accepted. that Mrs.
Davis death was due to heart failure.
was exploded Sunday night by the re-
port of City Chemist A. c. Bottle that
large quantities OF aeetic acid had been
found in the stomach, which was sent
TO him for analysis He stated that
death had undoubtedly been due to
acettc acid poisoning. and it was on
the strength of this report that the "a
vestigation was taken up by the aux
thorities
Mortie Davis. the husband of the de-
ceased, was taken to the police head
quarters last night by Detective Ed
Wren and subjected to a close question
ing, but was unable to throw any light
on the manner in which the poison
found in his wife's stomach could have
been procured or administered. and in
spite of the report of DR.. Bottle con-
tinued TO assert his belief that death
was due to heart trouole. Davis gave
his address to the authorities as 1891
Turk street instead of 141S O'Farrell
street, where he has spent consider
able portion of his time for some
months.
Il left home Saturday morning at
- oT- -x<-I~s
time there seemed to be nothing wrong
with my wife She seemed to be per-
fectly happy, and as 1 was leaving the
house she called to me to be home
early. / was notified about o'clock
that she was dead She had been suf-
fering for years with heart trouble.
never heard her threaten to commit sui
eide Before our marriage she was Miss
Erna Christian She had been living in
San Francisco about six years"
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-23
GIRL ANSWERS QUESTIONS.


on the point of breaking down and
making a complete confession.
GIRL ANSWERS QUESTIONS.
you want to know what Ralph did
on the day Pftzner was murdered, Au-
gust 20?" asked Margery Ryan through
the lattace of her cell at the Southern
station yesterday afternoon. That
was our birthday, Ralphs and mine,
don't remember what he was doing
that day, but believe he was working,
he had just returned to- work He
didn't buy me a birthday present, nor
take me out to dinner or anything,
though
The girl who was the consort of
Ralph Scanlan was talkative. She was
willing to be interviewed in her cell,
and glibly declared her belief in the in
nocence of her friend" of the charge
of murder She admits freely, however,
that he robbed A. J. Eaton of a gold
watch.
What did you say to him when he
told you he had robbed Eaten?'
i told him he oughtn't to have
done It"
Now, Miss Ryan. do you believe he
committed the murders"
Him commit a murder2" Margery
responded lightly, that coward?" Miss
Ryan can put a bit of scorn into her
laugh, but it might be the scorn of the
actress. That coward commit a mur
derl'' 1t was humorous TO the girl.
What would you think if you knew
he was q murderer"
i don't know" she replied. She was
puzzled by the suggestion.
CONDITIONING YOUNG WOMAN.
1t is trite to accuse all young women
who find their way into jail of being
pretty, but the saying is justified in
MdrprdrU Of
type She is Is, she says; IS on the day
on which Scanlan became 20 and on
which Pfitzner was beaten to death in
his little McAllister street shop. where
the commercial traTeler, Murphy saw
Scanlan few moments before. The
girl has had a hard time of life during
those eighteen years and her expert
ences make her look older, but the ex-
periences have not smoothed the dim
pies out of her cheeks nor taken the
brightness out of her big brown eyes
My mother died when l was g." said
the girl, and I haven't seen my father
since. l have a brother, aged 13, who
is in Santa Barbara at some home, and
sister, whom l lived with till the fire.
when she went to Sacramento. l have
heard since that she got married 1
don't know about her. / have worked
for years: l was in Weinstock- -Lubins
for a while; then l went into the
telephone company at South station.
I lived then at s45 Mission street
l was a telephone girl for year and
a half, and after the fire went to work
at the Park exchange. / met Ralph
last winter at the bellboys' dance and
we have been together since the fire
He never spent much money on me-
II may be presumed, judging by the
type TO which Margery Ryan belongs,
that if she had finery she would wear
it. She had none on yesterday. Her
blue skirt and jacket were not new,
nor was her black ''peek-a boo waist,
She wore no Jewelry.
Miss Eh1e Carey, the girl who knows
Miss Ryan, is reported to have told
the police that Margery boasted to her
that Scanlan was killing men to supply
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-23
WAGON DEMoLIsHEs THE MoRGUE.

A hay wagon ran into the election
booth used as temporary morgue
next to Mowrys Hall on Laguna street
yesterday morning and demolished the
structure. The driver made too sharp
turn in trying to pass the booth. which
stands in the middle of the roadway
and has no right to be there. Eight
bodies of persons that had met violent
deaths were laid out in the booth at
the time and the roof fell in on them.
Deputy Coroner Markey had the bodies
removed to room in Mowry's Hall
and secured carpenters to rebuild the
booth. The accident demonstrates the
necessity of building new morgue.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-23
CITY WAS 4 BLUR.
TO THEIR EYES.
Brief Stay of Lieutenants
Vulte and Anconne Filled
With Many Adventures
AUTO is TOO RAPID

Lieutenant OF Marines Nelson p
vulte and his companion, Lieutenant
w. Anconne, who <tarriedAfor a brief
season at the ST. Francis Hotel, have
discovered that San Francisco moves
too rapidly to be seen intelligently
from a whizzing auto They also
learned several other things during
their short stay ashore from the battle
ship wisconsin, among them that even
though dinner ordered at the hotel is
not eaten, 1T must be paid for; further
more, that the bay of San Francisco is
decidedly wet
Saturday evening the Heutenants
registered at the st. Francis, but did
not occupy room. They signified
dering a plentiful meal, came to the
conclusion that eating was a waste of
time. Both left the table and sauntered
toward the door. They were detained
by polite waiter. who explained that
1t was customary to charge for dinner
though IL had not been served. With
out protest the officers paid. but de-
cided that a glimpse of the ruins was
more important than the meal and
walked out.
An auto standing before the hotel
was requisitioned and the lieutenantS
entered it. They were gone from the
hotel several hours. during which the
auto look Jnem over the prlnclpdl
streets. On returning to the hotel the
officers declared that the auto was too
rapid, for they had been unable to
see anything but a blur during it's
flight. The cost of the ride was pro-
portionately unsatisfactory and it was
decided to hire a hack for the ride to
the water front.
When the hack reached the wharf a
launch was engaged. Lieutenant An
when he suddenly discovered that
Vulte had disappeared. A shaft from
the launch's light showed a cluster of
air bubbles on the surface of the bay.
Vulte's head popped up through the
cluster. AS he came to the surface the
boatman deftly twisted a boathook
through the clothing of the submerged
officer and hauled him on the boat The
lieutenant was bundled up in tar
paulin and he sat close to the engine
of the launch during the trip to the
Wisconsin.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-23
ASSOCIATION INCORPORATES
FOR ADVANCEMENT OF CITY
Legal Status Is- Secured by the POtrero
Commercial and Manufacturers
Improvement Organization.

The Potrero Commercial and Manu-
facturers' Association, formed for the
purpose of improving the water front
and Potrero district. aiding in the up
building of the city, establishing manu-
factories and enforcing the law, yester-
day filed articles of Incorporation with
out capital stock. The directors of the
organization are Isidor Jacobs, Walter
j. Bartnett Richard Spreckels, Frank
w Marvin, G. w. Owens, G. A. Buell.
j. A McGregor, r. H. Postelthwaite, c.
w. Coburn, w. A. Doble and w. j.
Barrett
The Franklin Mutual Building and
Loan Association has filed articles of
Incorporation. with s1,000,000 capital
stock, of which $4,000 has been sub
scribed. The incorporators are ]. F. C.
LudemanN August ]. Lang. Adolph
Becker. Philip Kiefer, August H. jung
blut, f. G. Eckhorst, Charles Schlesin-
ger, r. F. RathJens. Bielfeldt H. J..
Tedde and F. j. Castlehun.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-23

Willing under the relentless in
QUESTION to which he is being sub
iected by the police, in the hope that
he will confess his participation in
the Friede and Pftzner murders, Ralph
Scanlan is daily becoming a more alb
Complete surrender of his suIIen de-
meanOr followed yesterday, when ne
was informed of the rearrest of Mar
gerry Ryan, the young woman whose
eagerness for jun<eting is alleged TO
have apurred him on to robbery and
other crime.
Pleading that he was the victim of
merciIesS and nnwsrran1ed persecution,
Seaman begged Defective Dow to tell
him II he was really in danger of being
hanged. He displayed unusual curl
Osity in the young wOman's arrest and
kept begging for details of her talk TO
the police.
Dow. bent on drawing out the pris-
oner, lent a sympathetic ear and en-
couraged him 10 talk. He told Scanlan
all about the second arrest of Mar
gerry Ryan and Of an alleged confess
sion. It was also pointed out TO him
that Efhe Corey, a refugee and girl
friend OF Margery Ryan, had told the
police that the latter boasted of the
fact that Scanlan had committed two
murders in her behalf After listening
to q detailed account of the arrest of
the Ryan girl, Scanlan began his con-
versation with Dow as follows
INQUIRIES ABOUT THE GIRL.
so you have my girl in jail again p
Yes" responded Dow; I'VE arrested
her last night because we believe that
she knows more than she has told"
Il wish she would tell all that she
knows" replied Scanlan- Il never told
her anything"
"A man is foolish to tell a woman
anything" suggested Detective Dow.
sure he is" replied Scanlan But
] never told Margery much about my
business"
TT seems to me you are placed in a
peculiar position" said Dow You
have the word of two women against
you"
II suppose this is another Durrant
case" replied scanlan. I hope that
they do not hang me. I would much
prefer that they give me life, 1 then
would have some chance of catching
the right fellow myself"
1T looks as if the evidence was as
strong against you as in the Durrant
case" replied Dow. You have been
identified positively"
"W0ULD THEY HANG ME.v
do you think that they would hang
q young man like me2" asked Scanlan.
i DO not know as to that" replied
the detective.
The conversation which followed re-
lated principally TO Margery Ryan and
70 what she had told the police Scan
Ian was deeply interested in what she
said, where she was located and how
she was faring.
During the course of the interview
Scanlan attempted 10 regain his old
Indifference. but failed. The courage
and fortitude with which he has met
other accusations were absent yester-
day Wearied of the voiceless walls OF
his dreary cell, Scanlan seemed TO be
aching for human sympathy. Solitary
confinement. with no opportunity OF
communicating with the outside world,
has brought 3 noticeable change in
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-23
FLAMES THREATEN
BOHEMIAN CLUB.

A defective broiler started a blaze
early yesterday morning which for a
time threatened to wipe out the Bohe-
mian Club a second time.
Flames were seen issuing from the
rear of the building at 1925 Octavia
street about 6:45 O'Clock, the fire hav-
ing worked it's way up through the
lathing.
BY the time the flremen arrived a
big crowd had collected outside. After
working for about twenty minutes
the department got the fire under con-
troll with streams directed through
holes chopped through the rear of the
building The damage was not ex-
tensive, Notwithstanding the duration
of the blaze.