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superintendent of transportation for
the Virginia Midland Railroad and
year later was made superintendent of
the Long Island Railroad. The end of
the year found him assistant to the
president of the Baltimore and Ohio.
one year later he was acting general
manager of the same road, and in the
next six years he became successfully
third vice president, second vice presi-
dent and first vice president He was
elected president of the entire system
in 1887, retaining this position for one
year. few months after his retire
ment as president of the Baltimore and
Ohio he became associated with the
firm of J. p. Morgan & co. and assumed
the direction of that company's railroad
enterprises. From that time until the
moment of his tragic death today he
remained one of the commanding hg-
ures in the railroad world.
Spencer was a resident Of washing
ton, but his business headquarters
We're in this city At the time of his
death, in addition to me Southern, he
was president and director In the Ala
bama Great Southern Railway, the
Cincinnati, New Orleans and Pacific
Railway, the Georgia Southern and
Florida Railway Company. and the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company He
was a director of the Central Railway
st. Paul Railway Company, the Erie
Railroad Company. the Northern Pa
cific Company and other corporations.
MORGAN DEEPLY AFFECTED
Philip Schuyler was a member of one
of the oldest and best known New York
families. being a grandson of General
Schuyler of revolutionary fame. and
was graduated from the Harvard
Scientific School and served with dis
tinction In the Army of the Potomac
during the Civil War. He lived at
Ardsley- y-on-the- Hudson and was a di-
rector of the New York Life Insurance
and Trust Company of TINS city.
News of the death of Samuel Spencer
in the Southern Railway wreck reached
j. p. Morgan just as he was about to
enter Grace Church to attend the spe-
cial Thanksgiving day service.
When the news of his friends death
was told him Mr.. Morgan kturned
deathly pale. Sam Spencer heAalmost
shouted My God, man, is Sam Spen-
Ger dead?" He was taken away in a
carriage.
BALTIMORE. Nov. 29.-Charles d.
Fisher was one of the foremost citi-
zens of Baltimore. He was one of the
founders of the grain exporting firm of
Gill & Fisher and had extensive busi-
ness interests in the South. Redwood
was member or the brokerage firm or
Jones & Redwood.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.-The special
train bringing the corpses of victims
of the Southern Railway collision ar
rived at 10:40 tonight. 1t carried the
bodies of President Samuel Spencer,
Philip Schuyler of New York, Charles
D. Fisher and Frank T. Redwood of
Baltimore and an unidentified negro
porter. The body of d. Watts Davis.
telegraph operator. was taken off the
train at Alexandria.
H. B. Spencer, son of the president
and sixth vice president of the road.
was coming north at the time of the
disaster and reached the wreck about
two hours after its occurrence. He
left there so as to reach Washington
in time to meet his mother. who had
been summoned from New York, and
arrived at $3.50 o'clock tonight.
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FAIR WIDOW WILL
WE'D DEN|CkE

Acquitted of the charge of man
slaughter by a jury of his peers, Ernest
Dericlse is free to wed next month
Mrs. Clement, the beautiful Californian,
widow of a British army officer.
Mrs. Clement was, on her way to
San Francisco for an immediate we'd
ding. when, after the April disaster.
Denicke as military guard killed
Lombard. On the decision of the jury
which heard the trial of the case de-
pended the young widows happiness.
The last day of the trial she appeared
in the courtroom, hanging on every
word of the closing arguments and
never removed her fixed gaze from the
face of the twelve men, who must de-
eide the fate of the man she loves.
Denicke. worn thin and haggard by
the strain of the possible loss Of his
freedom and his beautiful bride. says
Mrs. Clement has at no time doubted
he acted in self-defeuss IN killing Lonl-
bard, and that tne postponed wedding
will take place without unnecessary
delay.
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POLICE: MEN ANNEX
R|CKARD' Gun
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.

CHICAGO, Nov. 2s--"Tex" Rickard.
Goldfield fight promoter and Nemesis
of Billy Nolan, finds Chicago is more
lawless than Nevada and that man
who carries a gun to protect himself
from hold-ups cannot tell the hold-ups
and the police apart.
Rickard attended bali last night.
There was a mix-up in which score Of
guests We're involved. TEX" stood on
a chair TO get better view of the per-
formance. A dozen policemen came on
the run. They overturned Rickard' )
chair. AS he fell he drew forty five
automatic. He was arrested before the
thing could go off and this morning
paid SIS for carrying It.
Il am going to New York on the next
train was all he said.
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MERCHANT
PASSES AWAY

P F. Butler. who had lived in San
Francisco many years and was promi-
nent In Irish circles, died at his home
at SIS Eddy street on Wednesday, after
a short Illness He was II years and
IL months OF age, and had been en-
gagged in the wholesale and retail
mercantile business since coming to
this city. He was a native of Water
ford Ireland, but came to this country
when a young man and built up large
wholesale millinery business in San
Francisco.
The funeral will take place at 10
O'Clock this morning from St Mary's
Cathedral
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no MAKE BIG cLEARING

VICTORIA. B. l.. Nov z9--<4 contract
has been entered into by the Canadian
Pacific Railroad with the Vancouver
Island Development Company to clear
10000 acres of land in the Esouimalt
and Nanaimo Railway grant on Van
couver Island. recently acquired by that
railroad The work Will cost in the
neighborhood Of $I5.000.000
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HOLDUP MEN BEAT
4 JAPANESE

While returning to their home at
1915 Cough street. at l o'clock this
morning, N. Olake and X. Nakani. Jap
anese house cleaners, were held up by
three armed men, one of whom was
negro. Search of the Japanese proved
they had little or no money, One of
the thugs was so angered at this that
the butt of his revolver. Nakani man
aged to flee and notify the police. who
had the injured man removed to a
hospital.
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PORT OF CALL AT VANCOUVER

VICTORIA, B. c., Nov. ga Winni-
peg special says Sir Thomas Shaugh-
messy states it is the intention of the
Canadian Pacific Railroad Company ul-
in keeping with its pro-
gramme of development on Vancouver
Island, to establish a port of call for
the Oriental liners at a good harbor
on the Vancouver Island coast and
build a railway across to Victoria or
Seymour Narrows, to facilitate the
of mails and cabin pas
sengers of the Far East in the journey
across the continent
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AUTHOR AND SOLDIER DEAD
Brigadier General George w. Baird
Expires at Ashville, N. c.

NEW YORK. Nov. 2s.--word was re-
ceived last night of the death at Ashe-
ville N. c., of Brigadier General George
W. Baird. u. s. A., retired General
Baird was born in Connecticut in De-
cember, 1889. He served In the Civil
War and on the Western frontier, par
ticipating with gallantry in several In
dian campaigns. The latter years nf
has life were spent in the Paymaster
Generals department. General Baird
was the author of book on General
Miles Indian campaigns.
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The Original LftfIe Beaefeencfa Pub
Ifca Company of san Francisco

The following are the capitals November %.
1900. No T2Gi $4,000 sold IN san Fran
cisco Cal No 1894 $1,000, sold IN san Fran
cisco. Cal No. 1902 5000. sold in san Fran
CISCO Cal Nos 3o0-4l:iS each $500. sold in
san lose and San Francisco. Cal
The following were paid By the a. & F. Com
uanr FOR C)cfofpr 25, 1906: II. J. Bailey icon-
trscfor5 residing at PAS thirteenth street San
Francisco. Cal. sI250; August \. Wailenberg
fmefal worker residing AT 1923 Hearst avenue.
uorleiev CAL 8125o: collected by the Canadian
Bank of Commerce. san Francisco. Cal. for eli
ent $3.50. A. NJ. Schfveley, 1000 Fifty fifth
street. Oakland Cal, $3.50
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EUREKA,s ENGINEER DRowNs

SEATTLE. Nov. 2s.-Nicholas de
Jausserand. second assistant engineer
Of the Globe Navigation company's
steamer Eureka. was drowned last
night in falling from gangplank that
led from the wharf TO the boat His
BODY was discovered this morning.
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NaPA PIONEER DIES

NAPA, Nov. 29.-James McGee, a
we'll known pioneer. of this city and
county. died here Wednesday at the resi-
dence of his daughter, Mrs. Charles
Carbone, on First street, after several
days serious Illness Last Sunday night
McGee had an attack of paralysis and
failed steadily. The deceased was born
in New York and was n years of age.
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TRoLLEY AND ENGINE COLLIDE

: DAYTON, O., Nov. so.-A traction car
or the Dayton and xenfa line, filled
with suburbanites and people from
Xenia, was struck by a Cleveland Gin
cinnati, Chicago and st. Louis freight
engine, about midnight, and eighteen
persons were injured, none of whom
will die. The accident occurred at the
Ludlow-street crossing. The engine
struck the car almost in the center
and hurled It into Ludlow street. out
OF the path Of the engine
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Mrs. MARGARET BLUNT DIES

ALAMEDA, Nov. 29.-Mrs. Margaret
Blunt, wife of Thomas Blunt, and for
twenty five years a resident of this
city. died this morning at her home.
2133 Encinal avenue. Surviving her,
besides. her husband, are two daugh-
ters and a son-Mrs. Nellie Spangen-
burg, Mrs. Josephine Pierce and Charles
Blunt
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DEATH OF AzEL p. HATCH

CHICAGO, Nov. 29.--Azel p. Hatch,
who was attorney for the Worlds Co
lumbian Exposition and was considered
an authority on corporation and mining
law, died here Wednesday. He was one
Of the founders of the company which
published the Chicago Herald and the
Evenins- Post.
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Miss NJ. Short. cottage $50. Camp
Lobos. San Francisco.
Miss Magda J. Steinkannp, Rescue,
FL Dorado County, Cal.
Miss Ella Wilson, care Heynemann
& Co, Page and Fillmore streets, San
Francisco.
The contest is open to all who need
the money and can furnish satisfactory
references. Information setting forth
the merits Of the contestants, their
needs. aims and aspirations will be
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Friends Of contestants are invited to
write to the Contest Editor, giving rea-
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or that contestant succeed in winning
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Francisco Send us your order by mail,
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RAILROAD AGENT DIES

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 2s.-Captain
Edmund Berkeley of Atlanta. general
agent of the Seaboard Air Line Rail-
road Company, died today as the re-
suit Of an operation.
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A YOUNG HoME-BUILDER

The picture presented today is that
of Reuben Bebergall OF No. 1886 Bryant
street. Mr.. Bebergall is a very de-
termined and energetic young man
who is the main support of a family
that was burned out of house and
home last April with never a cent of
insurance. Reuben is anxious to help
his mother to furnish the house in
which the family is now living. and
he counts on having enough friends to
help him to win some of the big purses
offered by The Call for such purpose.
Meyer Goldsmith, manager in San
Francisco for Joseph Beckel & Co.
makers and importers OF corsets, says
in behalf of this young man:
Reuben BebergaII can be highly
recommended for honesty and integ-
rity. He has been in our employ for
years and still acts in that capacity"
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APPROXIMATIONS.
100 numbers from S1465 to $685. inclusive
being 80 numbers on each side OF the number
drawing first capital Of $450OO 500
100 number from $500 TO 634O0, inclusive
being so numbers on each side OF the number
drawing second capital Of $4,000. s36.
100 numbers from 999t-5 TO 100000. / to g.
inclusive. being 80 numbers on each side Of
number drawing third capital Of $4,000. $24-
TERMINALS
999 numbers ending with 10, being the last
two figures of the number drawing first capital
of S45. 600 $12.
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two figures Of the number drawing second capi-
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IN o CO, ESTABLISHED NAY. 1900.)
Following are the capitals Thursday No.
Cal., .Marysville. Sacramento and San Francisco
fo14 -oco. sold IN Jackson. Cal 1862 S10o0
soid IN Petalums, Alameda. CAL. and San Fran
cisco; 300 and 41SS each MIN $500 sold in Val
leJo Oakland and San Francisco
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Flows
Your StOmach?'

is the way people in China say
Good Morning The greeting of
almost every nation is an inquiry
after health. The Chinese have the
root of the matter. A strong stom-
ach is the foundation. Look after
this organ and the general health
cares for itself. Man is so consti-
tuted it cannot be otherwise. 1t
is the mission of
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ALI Hallows Church, Exeter. England,
700 years old. has been torn down in
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(OrEnnfxed IOOz.D

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The Committee 10 supported by popular sub
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rendered
AFFILIATED with the Committee are one hun-
dred and sixty commercial organizations Of the
State, with a membership OF thirty
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ballot TO be cast in favor of any con-
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Railway President Killed
IN Rear-End Collision

Continued From Page /, Column /
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lAILY CALL UNCIUDING SUNDAY
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SOME JUDICIAL HAIRSPLITTING.

HE judgment Appeal district
under which gambling for merchandise the slot machines
gazed may be described broad in and
another 1t is broad because although the courts decision
founded cigars the opinion fact all
varieties and shapes gambling where the banker the behind
The slot machine pays in articles OF trade barter and not in coin
other form Of money 1t is because rigid and
nheable which presumed have
the purpose prohibiting all gambling
slot machines whether money kind.
Lawyers will tell you that the followed long line Of
decisions and the rule OF construction that limits general words
class category the words that have
Immediately preceded them The law prohibits the operation Of
banking game by OF slot machine for checks
representatives of value The holds that
general representatives of value" limited by those
which preceded of OF coin,
currency exchangeabe credit opinion of Justice
that if the Legislature had prohibit gambling
for merchandise such words anything OF value would
This is pelous ground. which class for instance,
United States bond Gomez Would pocketui of oil stock, for
example be cassed thing OF value merely representative
It might very easily be either neither both
greenbak representative OF value and nothing else,
but weny-doa gold piece 1t the thing of value itself
The gold double eagle worth $40 whether coined not
hen the scope the courts decision be stretched include
gold Representatives value gold bullion
certainly does fall that class Under the decision it
any lawful gamble slot machine for ac-
OF of gold
that articles of merchandise may
money credit depends very largely the
the community In Missouri ackknive form of currency.
Among the Indians only thing Of value but
representative depends very
prevalence of the swapping habit AS of fact these
actions in cigars very frequently assume form of credit The
pays that may redeemable
tobacco beer other merchandise coin.
decision public calamity The stopped,
necessary Legislature 1t likely that anybody
will broke gambling the slot machines for ham and eggs
pork and beans other things of value No wants to win
drayoad apprehend that gambling for precious
wy likely gain any serious headway before the
Legislature
may alay angry pas
of the Oakland slot machine who threatening
to declare this favore of
diversion denied them while other communities suffered to
indulge without check the hanerng to be real devsh at FIVE
throw.
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III HAT kissing scene in the head
line act at the Orphcum may be
explanatory of why its six feni-
nine participants are billed as widows.
To advertise them as anything else
might be provocative of both ridicule
and censure. Spinsters are not sup
posed to know how to meet oscula-
tory onslaught with reciprocal relish,
and whatever knowledge of that kind
wives may possess is not properly
for practical demonstration in public
Without shocking prudery, however, a
widow could do what every one of
that comely half-dozen did when Ed
ward Clark invited their lips. So
there was nothing intrepid about him
advertising them as widows, nor is
there anything extraordinary about
their passive acceptance of such
designation. May be they are not
widows at all, but in setting them be-
fore the public the proprieties have
been observed. Nor does it make
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,EAE 'z1LSnN GA2TZg

tions for Louis XVIII amounting to
several millions of francs when Napo-
leon escaped from Elba. After the
latter's defeat at Waterloo he took
charge of 100000 francs for him, for
by all parties his honesty was i'm
plicitly trusted When Blucher de-
manded 100000 francs from Paris il
was Lahtte again who became surety
for the amount. After the second
restoration he joined the opposition
in the Chamber of Deputies In 1890
he made his house the headquarters of
the friends of the revolution and out
of his private means supplied a great
part of the funds for carrying on the
movement which placed Louis Phil
ippe on the throne. His generous con-
tributions impoverished him to such
an extent that he had to sell all his
possessions, but the chateau was pre-
served for him by a national subscrip-
ton. For this reason of all its fam
Gus tenants his name is most inti-
mately associated with it. In recent
years it gained an unenviab1e no.
toriety as the scene of the extravagant
follies of Max Lebaudy, the brother
OF the opera bouffe Emperor of the
Sahara.
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DARIS, July 2I.-Patriotic Paris
Rians are much gratihed that the
/ threatened demolition of the
celebrated chateau of Maison
Lahtte, or its conversion into a fash
ionable gambling club, has been
averted by the purchase of the prop
erty by NJ. Simondet. He paid
$4,000 for it, but he is a rich man
and can well afford to maintain such
a residence in state worthy OF the
traditions which are associated with
1t. As the illustration shows it IS a
magnificent building and the general
opinion is that NJ Simondet has OBJ
tanned rare bargain even at the big
sum it cost him.
In its earlier days Voltaire was a
frequent guest at the chateau. Among
Its later owners were Comte d'Artois
and Marshal Lannes, whose military
talents were so highly esteemed by
the great Napoleon. But it derives
its name from a subsequent owner.
Jacques Lahtte, the carpenters son,
who achieved fame as financier and
statesman OF incorruptible integrity.
he became Governor of the Bank of
France and conducted financial opera
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A CLUMSY SYSTEM.

NITY ENGINEER WOODWARD has pointed out serious
the financial scheme formulated by the city charter
any important municipal improvement is begun
money therefor be aside in the city treasury
while the work is progress money be paid the
Thus the taxpayers compelled double
of Improvements the of 81 per
money borrowed by the and variable of
paid by the his work Of
compelled include this interest when making bids and all
comes of the taxpayer.
The system clumsy and wastefu There be
why the plan of progressive payments for partially completed
accordance with the practice of the State Habor Com
mission, should be adopted by the city There
and much injury trade large the city
for periods ranging from six months TO year
imminent prospect that William Jennings Bryan Will
Randolph Hearst lock horns for the dubious
nomination for the Presidency
the public may accept with perfect resignation
the gentlemen the least harm suggests
Of good things for the rest of u.s.
Harry Lehr has forced himself again public notice
something of role AS promoter of monkey Harry
affords diversion the public but
overstep the limit of public endurance
duct was distinctly unladylke.
Des of age suggest possession of
discretion that while she will permitted
youth very tender years she may adopt him. The
youngster good reflect that many ways
nhicting her punshments
We may that relief flour yet bread goes
loaf, the bakers threaten.
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Kissing Scene OrphGun Hit
By James Crawford.

much difference whether their alleged
widowhood IS grass or graveyard.
In addition to kissing the widows,
Mr.. Clark dances and sings with them.
and while they are changing costume
he delivers himself of a rather tedious
recitation descriptive of the vicissi-
tudes of a race track tout. That part
of the act could be pruned without
impairing the remainder.
Billy Van narrates some old gags"
in a new way and unfolds some new
quips in his old way His method has
not changed in the least since he was
last here, nor has he lost any favorit-
ism.
Carter and Bluford (slightly col
ored) present what they term "The
Act Beautiful" and its beauty con-
sists exclusively of the ladys cos
tumery, which is varied but ever gor-
geous. The gentleman personates,
besides himself, a "rube" and an In
dian, and one is as good as the other
In the "contortionistic, acrobatic,
equilibristic combinations" introduced