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hotel. I was obliged to accept those
in the annex, where my baggage had
been sent. Sine* then, however,
I have secured rooms where the color line
is not drawn. In Australia, throughout
the United States and in England l have
stopped at the leading hotels, and this is,
the first time such a thing has ever hap
pened to me. Even when here before I
stopped at the Baldwin and no objection
was ever raised."
'. Mr. Ascher, one of the proprietors of
the hotel, when questioned about the
pugilist's assertions, said: "There is ab
solutely no truth in the charge
that we drew the color line on
Peter Jackson and refused to assign
him a room in the hotel, or
that his name was erased from the register
because of any objection made by guests
of the house. Jackson registered and was
assigned rooms m the Annex, to which
be made no objection, and his name was
scratched off the register simply to avoid
answering innumerable questions by curi
ous people who might happen to see it.
The Annex, though under the same man
agement, is a lodging-house apart from
the hotel and has its own clerk."
The pace of the Baldwin Hotel register
bearing date o' Tuesday, September 21,
shows unmistakably that a name — un
doubtedly that of Peter Jackson has
been partly scratched out and the name
"VV. J. Simmons, Spokane," written over
the erasure. The capital , 'P" and small
"k"are quite distinct, though the other let
ters are iterated. Opposite tbe name
"room 11" is written, which is the room
Jackson supposed he had engaged and the
number of the room he was assigned in
the annex.
Diligent inquiiy failed to find anybody
at the hotel who had any remembrance of
"W. J. Simmons, Spokane," when he ar
rived, where he is now or what he looks
like. The bellboy en that floor has no
recollection of Simmons, and all the clerks
can remember is that he left the hotel the
day alter he registered.
As to '.he Annex being apart from the
hotel, there is a passageway between tne
two cuildings, and it is asserted that
cuests of the former pass in and out
through the hotel proper.
To add to Peter Jackson's cup of bitter
ness Thomas Sharkey, the whilom pride
of the American navy and aspirant to
heavy-weight championship nonors, has
also drawn the color line and positively
refuses to meet Jackson or any other col
ored man in the ring. Dollars and dia
monds seem to have made the ex-sailor
haughty, for who ever heard of
a well-regulated man-of-war with
out one or more negroes among
tne crew who messed with the whites
and in every respect were on terms
of equality with their clearer- skinned
shipmates, and treated by them as their
equals? Surely Shurkey has messed with
colored men on board ship before this,
and his sudden assumption of dignity
will cause a guffaw among those who
know him best.
"I will fight any white man living," de
clared Sharkey yesterday, "but I draw
the color line."
"Do you mean to say you refuse to meet
Peter Jack-on?" he was asked.
"Yes; I positively refuse to fight Jack
son, or any colored man, for that matter.
Mind you, I do not regard Jackson an any
harder game than the others, but I will
not meet any colored man."
W hat his objections to colored fighters
were he wouid not say, nor would he
vouchsafe an explanation as to how a
candidate for the championship could
make any distinction in his opponents.
When asked about a meeting with
Charley Mitchell, Sharkey expressed him
self as entirely w.liing togive him a battle
should a sufficient purse be offered.
"I'm not in the business for my health
or glory, and I am willing to fight any
body for a side bet and a percentage of
the receipts before any reputable club,"
said be.
Sharkey expects to leave for Vallejo
soon, where he has many friends.
It A On A L ACCOUNTS.
Government Receipts Will Exceed the
Expenditures for This Cal
endar Year.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Sept. 27.— The
September monthly statement of the Gov
ernment receipts and expenditures will
show a material decrease in the deficit as
compared with August. The increase that
will be shown in receipts from internal
revenue sources seems to justify the ex
pectations of the treasury officials that by
January 1 next the deficit, will have been
reduced to a nomiual amount. The excess
of expenditures over receipts so far this
month amounts to something over $3,
--250,000 but is expected tha; by October 1
this excess j will have been reduced to
$3,000,000 or less, making the deficit for
the first quarter of the fiscal year about
$28,000, COO.
Internal revenue officials call attention
to the fact that already the receipts irom
internal revenue exceed*. d those of last
year by about $0.0.0,000, and confidently
predict that by January 1 tnis increase
will have reached $7,000,000, and possibly
$8,000,000. The receipts from customs so
lar show no material gains, nor is it ex
pected that any material improvement
will be shown until after the first ot the
year. The expenditures on account of
the Pacific railroads at the beginning of
the year will be exceptionally heavy. On
January 1 there will be due matured
bonds of the Central Pacific to the amount
of $10,61-, 120; Union Pacific, $15,919,512;
Kansas Pacific, $1,423,000; Central branch
of the Union Pacific, $320,000; Sioux City
and Pacific, $1,62*5,320, 'making a total of
$29,904,952. In addition to this amount
tne interest payments on January 1 will
aggregate, approximately, $7,000,000. If,
however, the offer of the reorganization
committee of ihe Union Pacific is ac
cepted, about $40,000,000 would be added
to the available cash in the treasury and
would reduce the January payments on
the account of the Pacific railroads by
about $17,000,000.
Estimating i tie deficit for the next three
months at $17,020,000, exclusive of the
_aymeiit on account ofthe Paciticraii
roaus, the available cash balance in the
treasury at the close oi the hrst half of
the fiscal year would be about $10 000,000
in excess of the present figures, or $225,
--000,000. This would be a net loss for the
■ix months of $15 000,000. Summing the
situation the treasury officials confidently
predict tbat beiore the close of the calen
dar year the receipt** will fully equal or ex
ceed the needs of the Government.
Facific Coast Feneione.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 27.—Pen
sions have been granted as follows:
California: Original — Benjamin C.
Wooiley, Clipper Mills; Henderson H.
Harvey, Stockton; Sidney H. Wilson,
Oakland; -Max Miller, Castroville; James
S. Way, Bogus; Jravulla A. Wilcox, Los
An-el-s; Robert K. Hall, Sjldiers' Home,
Los Angeles. Additional— William H.
Green, L"*** Angeles. Supplemental —
Jefferson Wright, Arroyo Grand *.
Oregon: Original— William H. Hawes,
Portland; David Wolfe, Drain.
Washington: Origiua — John R. Doo
ley, Clear Lake. Additional — Abraham
Ford, Ortmg.
Condition af the Tre as sir i.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 27.—
day's statement of the condition of the
treasury shows: .Available cash balance,
*2_5,0_8, 458; gold reserve, $147,275,287.
TRIES TO AID
HIS PARTNER
William Charles Testi-
fies for the Defense
of Luetgert.
Tells How the Caustic Potash
Was Bought to Cleanse
the Factory.
Attendance at the Murder Trial of
the Sausage Maker Breaks
All Chicago Records.
CHICAGO, 111., Sept. 27.— The leading
event oi tbe dny in the trial of A. L. Luet
gert was the testimony of William
Charles, Luetgert's business partner. He
explained why, as he claimed, the caustic
potash in which the body of Mis. Louise
Luetgert is alleged to have been dissolved
was bought. According to Charles' atory
the potash was purchased as the principal
ingredient of a quantity of soft soap to be
used in cleaning up the big factory pre
paratory to its sale to an English syndi
cate. The witness said be suggested this
method of putting the factory in shape
himself, and that Luetgert, acting upon
the suggestion, ordeied a barrel of caustic
potash sent to the factory in March last.
This was about the time the defense
claims the negotiations were pending be
tween Luetgert and Davey, the mysterious
Englishman, who is said to have repre
sented the syndicate and who borrowed
something like $25,000 from Luetgert.
Cnarles also offered an explanation of
tbe apparently barricaded door to the
basement stairway by telling about a
chase for rats, in which a small dog was
an active participant. He said that the
factory had been infested by lais for some
time and that an effort had been made to
get rid ot them. The evening of April 30
he and Luetgert, with others, were in the
basement, when a terrier which belonged
to the witness got after a rat- Charles,
Luetgert and the others moved boxes,
barrels and other obstacles to aid the dog
in his chase, and the boxes and barrels
were hurled in a pile against the door.
The barricade of the door was uninten
tional, he said. Charles says chat besides
caustic potash, two or three barrels of tal
low, a quantity of grease and some
chipped bone, which was to be used in
making the soft soap, was delivered at the
factory. He said that he aided Odorofski
and Levandowski, the two laborers em
ployed in the factory, to place some of the
stuff in the middle vat. He also saw
Frank Bialk in the factory at the time.
The caustic potash was put. in the vat,
and Luetgert said he would see to turning
on the steam and boiling the stuff.
Charles said be met Luetgert in a saloon
opposite the factory on the evening of the
night Mrs. L :etgert disappeared, and
Luetgert said ne was going over to the fac
tory to turn on the steam. At 9 o'clock
the same ni.ht Charles said he went to
the basement of the factory and found
Luetgert .here and the steam turned on.
The mixture boiled over once or twice
and spiashed upon the floor, he said. The
following day he visited the factory base
ment and saw the mixture in the vat. The
allow was in one portion of the vat, and
the grease or lard had collected in another
part of the vat by itself. Luetgert again
turned on steam in the mixture, the wit
ness said.
On cross-examination by Stale's Attor
ney Deneen Charles denied he had "doc
tored" the books of the concern so as to
show a yearly profit of $30,000. This line
of cross-examination was objected toby
the defense, but the court permitted' it
for a lime, the evidence being a complete
denial by Charles. He acknowledged it
was he who introduced Promoter Dsvey
to Luetgert, but he said he was deceived
by the man as well as Luetgert.
Frank Dialer told of seeing Mrs. Luet
gert wringing her bands on one occasion.
It was during tbe latter part of April and
the witness declared Mrs. Luetgert arid the
business was broken up and everything
was gone and that she was going away
also. Later the witness said Mr.Luetg crt
promised to attend tbe wedding of his
daughter in June and make the pros
pective bride a present.
The crush around the criminal court
building to-day was something fearful. A
number of extra policemen had to be
placed on duty to assist the court bailiff in
keeping back the throng that clamored
for admission and they had their hands
full. It was *bnly with the greatest diffi
culty that those having business in tba
courtroom could gain admission and
many who had tickets entitling them to
enter the courtroom were compelled to
turn away because of inability to force
their way througn the crowd.
No criminal trial that has teen held in
Cook Couniy has excited so much interest
as the present case. The anarchist case
was the record-breaker until the trial of
ihe sausage-maker began, but it is in the
second place now. Among the spectators
10-day was an Esquimau from Alaska,
whose home is near the Klondike. He is
in Chicago exhibiting Klondike doss.
The trial will probably last for another
month.
TOURISTS DISAPPEAR.
Two American Travelers Thought to
Be Held for Ransom by Swiss
Bandits.
TOLEDO, Ohio. Sept. 27.— Harry Toller
ton, aged 20 years, son of Attorney B. W.
Tollerton, and Professor Daniel J. Homes
of Meadville (Pa.) College, have been
traveling in Southern Europe since June,
but now no one knows where they are,
and circumstances indicate that both are
held by Swiss banditti, who are demand
ing a ransom for their release.
They were last heard from on Septem
ber 8 at Martigny, Switzerland. A few
days previous to tbat time they had re
ceived sufficient funds through Geneva to
provide them with money for the rest of
their trip to Berlin, where both were to
enter the university on the 22d of this;
month. ;y-',
Mr. Tollerton received a cablegram from
Professor Holmes dated Lucerne, request
ing an immediate remittance of $1000 by
cable to Cologne. * He cabled to the United
States Consul at Lucerne for iniorma
tion as to the whereabouts oi
the young men and asked if any
trouble had befallen them and also cabled
to Holme** for particulars. The reply
from the Consul was indefinite and un
satisfactory, and tbat purporting, to be
from Professor Holmes was even more so.
A second demand for $1000 was made on
the 231 of this month, asking that the
money be cabled to Lucerne.
Last Saturday a third demand was
male for an immediate cable of $500 to
Lucerne and the remaining $500 by mail.
To-day a message was received Irom As
sistant Secretary Day at Washington to
the effect that the Minister at Berne and
the Consul, Horgen, bad been cabled to
make a searching investigation. ';*'
THE SAX FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1897.
GREATER NEW
YORK POLITICS
Henry George Nomi
nated for Mayor by
United Democracy.
But He Will Not Accept If
Tammany Indorses the
Chicago Platform.
William J. Bryan Sends a Letter
Ursine* Harmony With Free
Silver Principles.
NEW YORK, N. V., Sept. 27.—
most important development in the
Greater New York political situation to
day was the unanimous nomination of
Henry George lor Mayor by the United
Democracy, composed of numerous free
j silver and Bryan clubs.
Mr. George once polled 63,000 votes as a
labor candidate for Mayor of New T. ork.
His strength if he should accept would be
drawn principally from the Democratic
vote. The United Democracy also adopted
a resolution condemning the action of the
State committee in refusing to reaffirm
the Chicago platform and in nominatinn
as candidate for Chief Justice of the Court
of ADpeaU Allen B. Parker, whose parly
fealty is so doubtful that he is popularly
believed to have voted against the Bryan
and Sewall electoral ticket last year.
The convention nominated John G.
Boyd for Comptroller and Winfield S.
Overton for president of the Municipal
Council.
A belief Is current that Mr. George will
not accept to-night's nomination if Tam
many indorses the Chicago platform.
On the other hand, the old time Demo
cratic leaders prefer to ignore the silver
question altogether. So the Democrats
are as much worried over Henry George
as the Republicans are over Seth Low.
Tbe Republican Assembly district lead
ers of the borough of Manhattan met to
night and, after a long conference, de
cided to place in nomination at the city
conv-ntion these names:
Mayor, Benjamin F. Tracy; Comptrol
ler, Ash bei P. Fitch; Counsel, Ross Ap
ple ton.
At a meeting of the executive committee
of Tammany Hall to-day the roll oi As
sembly districts for nominations foi city
and county officers was called, with the
following results: Mayor— William Scher
mer. George B. M* Clellan, Charles J.
Knox: President of the Borough— Georce
W. Plunkett, Charles F. Allen; Comp
troller— A-hbel P. Fitch.
Much stir was created in political cir
cles to-day by the publ. cation of a letter
purporting to have been sent to Colonel
William L. Brown of the New York Daily
News by Hon. William J. Bryan urging
that the municipal campaign in Greater
New York should be run in harmony with
the principles and declarations of the na
tional organization. The letter says:
i A triumph of the Democracy of Greater New
| York, except under the auspices of the issue
: that animates the party, will have the same
! moral eft* ct as a renewed and affirmed tri-
I umph o: the agencies led by Senator Hanna.
; When parties cease to represent certain fixed
principles the supreme prerogative oi the
ballot becomes prostituted to a contest be
j tween organ'zations for the spoils of office
I and the enjoyment of success.
To this prostitution of the ballot may be
| ascribed every chapter of shame and corrup-
I tion iv the history of American municipal
government. It is better to have a government
by the Republican party, responsible to its
j declarations, than government by Democratic
! partisans without responsibility to Democratic
i principles. The Democratic party la the party
j of home rule, and home rule does not mean
j irresponsibility to the nation. The great
I cities are part "of tbe State and country. They
i are the granaries, treasuries, clearing-houses
j and capitals of culture and science. They are
'■ created not of themselves, but of the whole
j people's toil and progress. Therefore, it Is un
j natural and artificial to avoid responsibility to
national issues and political cowardice and
| political crime.
Greater New York will be the uncrowned
j capital of America. The Democrats of New
i York have a responsibility not only to them
■ selves and the greater city, but to their party
and its living principles and the nation. This
j election is the most important and i-.tluenii.l
| political event between 1896 and 1900. •
To suggest that the Democratic party plat-
I form lias no place in this contest is to admit a
; doubt of its wisdom, and places the Demo
cratic party on a par with the fallacy ol non
political government. The issue is the life of
the party, not the garment, and to alter or de
duct from the declarations of the assembled
party is mortal Injury, nor have battalions
I which fought now on one side, now on an
| other, now shoulder to shoulder as friends,
now bayonet to bayonet as enemies, a place in
I honorable war.
MOU3TAPHA WAS ANGRY.
The Retiring Turkish Minister Went
Home Without a Diplomatic
Good-By.
NEW YORK. N. V., Sept. 27.— A Wash
ington special to the World says: The
officials at the State Department were
surprised to learn to-day through private
sources that Moustapha Boy, the recently
recalled Turkish Minister, had sailed for
Constantinople from New York early last
week. The Secretary of State received,
about ten days ago, a formal and exceed
ingly brief notification from the Turkish
Minister that he was about to proceed di
rect to Constantinople. The State De
partment was also curtly informed that
Seifeddin Bey, first secretary of the lega
tion, would act as Charge d 'Affaires until
the new Minister should reoort.
The Sta.e Department officials deny
that anything but the most cordial rela
tions exist between the representatives of
the two countries, but this denial is natur
ally weakened by the fact that Moustapba
B-y in leaving the country omitted all
tue courtesies usual under such circum
stances. His last visit to the State De
partment occurred about the middle of
June. He then bade the officials a formal
adieu and left for New York Cily. It is
said the retiring Turkish Minister held
ibe officials of the State Department re-
sjoiisihle for his failure to carry out (he
mandates of the Sultan regarding the pre
posterous claims against American
citizens now residing in the Orient.
Another source of coin plaint is said to
be the Minister's inability to stem the
tide of public opinion regarding Ar
menia. jafeMrß-iiyj-ty-in-?
EEICIIMAXX'S BAD TEXTURE.
The Great Barytone, Finds It Easier to
Lose than Make Money Mere.
.NEW YOJIK, N. V., Sept. 27.-Theo
dore Reich ma nn, the, ..great barytone,
thought be would make a million on .the
outside, He saw America from , the stage
of the Metropolitan Opera-house; every
body here seemed to.be millionaires.
Now', he. is iv trouble. The great inter
preter of Wagner an I favoiite of the
court at' Vienna became a silent partner
in the wine firm of Bostwick, Reeck & Co.
When* Retch matin returned to* Vienna,
.alter his triumphs here, the firm got into
financial troub es. ■„■'"'..
. Reictimann also invested $100,000 in real
estate in St. Mark-' place. Henry and
Fritz Eckel of France, wine-dc: have
attached that property to recover a bal
ance of $8507. Reichmann denies that he
was a partner In the firm, but he has dis
covered, anyway, that it is easier to lose
$100,000 than to make - a million in
America.
IOWA FARMER'S
AWFUL CRIME
Kills at Night His Wife,
Six Children and
Himself.
Victims Shot and Clubbed to
Death After Retiring to
Rest.
Motive for the Tragedy a Mystery,
as the Home Was Considered
a Happy One.
CARROLLTON, lowa, Sept. 27.— Tbe
slaughter of a mother and her six chil
dren occurred at tbe home of John
Borcker, a farmer living eight miles
northwest of here, last night. Boecker,
tbe fiendish husband, completed his
bloody work by sending a bullet into bis
own head, inflicting a fatal wonnd. The
family were prosperous Germans and as
far as is known had lived happily. No
motive for the tragedy has been disclosed.
Blocker's victims are bis wile and these
children: Caroline, aged 14; Christine,
aged 9; Henry, aged 8; Lizzie, aged 6;
John, aged 3, and an infant. All are
dead but Henry, and the latter cannot re
cover from his wounds.,
Boecker's brother, Henry, who lives
about twenty rods away, went to the
house at 9 o'clock this morning .nd was
the hrst to know of the tragedy. Boecker,
with his wife and baby, slept in a back
room and their corpses lay on one bed.
Tbe wife had been shot in the neck with
a shotgun, which stood in the corner; the
baby had been shot and its head crushed
with ths butt of a revolver. The man,
still breathing, bad a bnilethole high up
on the forehead and by bis side was a
Smith & Wesson six-shooter with two
chambers empty. Upstairs Henry and
L zzie lay on a bed with two bulletholes
in their heads, the latter dead, the boy
still breathing. In the opposite corner of
the same room Caroline, Christine and
John were found dead with a bullethole
in tbe forehead, though Caroline had two.
Late this afternoon the bodies were still
untoucned, tho Sheriff and Coroner being
occupied in arranging for the inquest and
other preliminaries.
It is undoubtedly a case of murder and
suicide. AH but two of the children met
with instant death, for the blood clots
were under their heads and they lay as
calmly in repose as if in sleep. All except
Henry, who is not yet dead, were attired
in nightrob.s.
The wsapon Boecker had borrowed from
his brother, Henry, last Thursday, re
marking that he wanted it to kill rats in
the cellar. It is now recalled that Boecker
had since then practiced target-shooting.
Boecker was 34 years old, and for over
twenty years had lived In the same neigh
borhood, in fact on the same farm. He
lias been regarded as a prosperous farmer,
and only recently bought a 200- acre l arm
a few miles from the old homestead. Yes
terday he attended Catholic services witb
his family. Later be was visited by a
neighbor, who says that when he left the
Boecker home in the evening they were
seemingly a happy family, and not a pre
monition of the awful tragedy enacted a
lew hours later was given by Boecker or
any one of the household. Members of
his father's family say he had no family
troubles; bis financial affairs were in
good shape and they can assign no motive
for the terrible crime.
On the other hand it is said that John
had disagreed with the old folks and
Henry over the occupancy of the farm on
which John lived, and this is assigned by
some as the cause of the trouble which
culminated in murder and suicide.
MAY CAUSE A CONTROVERSY.
Roosevelt Orders the Old Warship
Yantic to Cruise on the
Great Lakes.
NEW YORK. N. V., Sept. 27.— A
special from Washington to the World
says: The old ship Y'antic, now at Boston,
may involve this country in a diplomatic
controversy with Great Britain. Assistant
Secretary Roosevelt to-day directed that
tbe Y'antic be taken to Montreal and there
delivered to the representatives of the
Michigan naval reserve for use by the
Detroit division on Lake Michigan. This
action will present once mure the question
of the right of either England or the
United States to maintain a naval force on
the great lakes.
The subject was pretty thoroughly ven
tilated a few years ago when the law
officers of the Government decided it
would be a violation of the agreement
between England and this country to even
build a warsuip at any of the lake ports.
Much surprise was expressed to-day in the
State and Navy departments that Mr.
Roosevelt should have authorized this
voyage of the Yantic. It was hinted he
must have issued the order without con
sulting the President or getting the ad
vice of the State Department.
WANTON AND UNJUSTIFIABLE.
Verdict of the Coroner's Jury Investi
gating the Slaughter of the Strikers
at Latimer.
HAZLETON, Pa., Sept. 27.— Coro
ner's jury which investigated tha death
of the strikers at Latimer in Deputy Coro
ner Coffman's office this evening, after an
hour's deliberation, rendered the follow
ing verdict:
That, from tbe circumstances of tbe case and
from evidence offered, the said Clement Pla
tock, with others, came to his death by gun
shot wounds on September 10, 1897, at the
hands of Sheriff James Martin and his depu
ties, and in this we, the iurv. ao all agree; and
we, Phil J. Boyle, Thomas "T. Thomas. Barton
Frees and Peter McKlernan, of this jury, do
further say that the said Clement Platock, with
others, was marching peaceably and unarmed
on the public highway; that they were inter
cepted by said Sheriff Martin and bis deputies
and mercilessly shot to death ; and we do lur
therlind that the killing was unnecessary, and
could have b*cn avoided without serious in
jury to either person or property ; and we find,
finally, that the killing was wanton and un
justifiable; but in this we, George Maue ana
F. J. Mac.Veal, of this jury, do not concur:
and we, the jury, do furtner say that there was
such strong suspicion of unlawful violence at
the hands of some person or persons unknown
to this jury as to make this inquest necessary.
Mull Ins Will Read » Paper.
CHICAGO, 111., Sept. 27.— Among the
papers to be read at the twenty-eighth
annual meeting of the Fire Underwriters'
Association of the Northwest, which will
be hell in this city next Wednesday and
Thursday, will be one entitled. "Under
writers' Associations Generally," by C. p.
Mullins of San Francisco, manager of the
Union Commercial Company of England.
Death of Major E. J. Merrill.
FARMINGTON* Me., Sept. 27.— Major
Edward I. Merrill, aged 70. died Sunday
after an illness of several months. He
was the secretary of the Ways and Means
Committee of the national House of Rep
resentatives. He was quite 'well known
in Washington, having been the assistant
librarian in the House of Representatives
and secretary of the Government printing
house.
FE VER CASES ON
THE INCREASE
A Result of the Warmer
Weather at New
Orleans. : .^ (
•'- — — > ; .
*
Heat, However, Has the Effect
of Reducing the List of *
Deaths.
Professor Metr, Directing: the Work
of Sanitation, Makes an En
couraging Report. "-'■
NEW ORLEANS. La., Sept. 27. '—
Warmer weather in the past two or three
days has had the effect of increasing to
some extent the number of new cases of
the prevailing type of yellow fever, but it
has equally bad the effect of sending down
the death rale. There were twenty-three
cases on Saturday, seventeen yesterday
and up to half past 6 o'clock to-day
twenty-one cases. But there were only
two deaths on Saturday, none on Sunday
and two to-day. Present experience, there
fore, proves that warm weather adds to
tbe number of cases but reduces the mor
tality, while cooler weather diminishes
the number of cases and enlarges the
death rate.
Physicians and authorities to-night
generally agree that the situation isstead
lly improving. They believe the chances
are giowing more remote every day of an
epidemic and that there is little likelihood
that the disease wi'l assume before cold
weather a more virulent form than at
present.
Professor Me:z, wbo is at the bead of
the work of sanitation, and who superin
tends jthe fumigation of all houses, said
to an Associated Press reporter to-night:
"Some little figuring that I have do
discloses that there have been up to 6:30
to-night exactly 158 cases. Of these nine
teen have died, and I am able to state
this evening that thirty-eight have actu
ally been discharged as entirely recovered.
There, therelore, remain only 101 cases,
and while I would not like to undertake a
statement of the number of those prac
tically on the way to recovery, the death
rate among them with present conditions
will be small. The death rate to-night is
barely above 12 per cent."
The deaths to-day were: Fred Bachus,
1033 Felicity street; J. H. Cherry, 1120
Fourth street.
Of the cases reported this evening six
were found in the. Home for Homeless
Men, a charitable institution. Three
cases were also reported collectively to
day from Bayou road, in the Gennin
family. These cases, however, are con
sidered mild.
Of the two deaths the Cherry case was
reported several days ago, and the patient
had received very careful treatment; but
his case was considered a bad one. His
people aie poor and they did not attach
much importancs to his illness, only call
ing in a doctor a few hours before his
death, when they saw the patient was
rapidly sinking.
Dr. John Guneras, the Marine Hospital
expert, arrived here to-day. He does not
care to see any of the patients in New Or
leans who are suffering with yellow fever.
He believes that the Board of Health here
lias taken tbe most effective means known
to science to stamp out the disease; be
lieves tbat the sickness is in good control
and expresses the belief that it is of a
mild type. He does not believe that there
is a particle of reason for _■ widespread
alarm.
At the meeting of the Board of Health
this afternoon it was decided not to quar
antine against Galveston. Action on the
matter has been deferred until Drs. Oli
phant and Swearingen, the latter of the
Texas Board, have had a conference,
which had been arranged to take place
next Wednesday.
easier f'eei.i.\g at mobile.
Efforts to Statntt Out the Disease Attesting
Il'ith Success.
MOBILE, Ala., Sept. 27.— The report
for Monday has greatly raised the spirits
of the people here. Tbey accept it as in
dicating that the efforts to surround the
disease and stamp it out are meeting with
success.
Three new cases were reported at noon
for the previous twenty- four hours. The
only death reported was th at of Florenne
Barlow, 23 years. She lived on El
mira street, near Lipscomb. She was en
gaged to be married next month, and
during ber sickness her fiance was not
permitted to see her nor attend the
funeral, the regulations being so strict
that none outside the physicians, clergy
and undertakers may approach fever
ca*es<
A summary of the situation is as fol
lows: Total cases to noon 54, total deaths
8. discharged 26, remaining under treat
ment 20. The report sent out Saturday
night that there was fever at Biandon
Springs and Womack Hill, in Cuoctaw
County, Ala., is denied on unimpeachable
authority. *-£!8$
Mrs. Alma Kirach, living on Savannah
street, near Dearborn died to-night.
Traffic is resuming here with rapidity.
The steamboats are supplying the people
of nearby counties that have modified
their quarantine. None of the Dusiness
houses, whether wholesale or retail, are
closed, and all are doing some business,
although several thousand of the well-to
do people have departed to escape the
fever.
GRATE SITUATIOV AT EDWARDS.
Mayor Matcliff Is strielem and Much
.. (drill Is J- fit.
EDWARDS, Miss., Sept 27.— Twelve
new cases? of yellow fever were reported
here to-day. Mayor Ratcliff was taken
down with the fever this morning. Late
reports from Dr. Champion at Champion
Hill are anything entouracing.
Many of the sick in town ore so
seriously ill as to cause great anxiety to
their relatives and fri-nds. , The great
alterations in the temperature — hot and
cool nights — work a great hardship on the
sick. There have been all told 168 cases
and six deaths here and eight cases in the
country adjacent.
Goad thasjeing for Ocean Springs.
OCEAN SPRINGS. Mias., Sept. 27.— N0
new cases, no deaths and only five cases
left under treatment, is a very good show
ing for the health of this little city.
Camp Fontainbleau is now complete as to
the reception and entertainment of refu
gees. The patients there are doing well.
To-morrow the first batch of refugees will
be allowed to depart for their respective
destinations.
Epidemic Spreading at Biloxi.
" BILOXI, Miss.. Sept. 27.— The yellow
fever situation here to-day does not seem
to be improved. There were quite a num
ber of n a w cases reported and one death,
that of David Chin, and the epidemic
seems to be spreading very rapidly.
One of the cases reported to-day is that
of T. F. Gill, a prominent business man,
The Board of Health report: Total fever
cases to date, 114; now under treatment,
65; new cases, 17; total deaths to date, 5.
The fac-simile y*7^ <___TVi ■?** "on every PP CT
signature of (*4a/yzfJ^iM of CASTORIA.
CLOSE CALL FOR
THE PRESIDENT
His Narrow Escape From
a Serious Runaway
Accident.
Saved Through the Nerve of a
Resident of Adams, Massa
* chusetts.
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Horses -Drawing the Chief Magis
trate Were Dashing: Down a Hill
; When Caught.
ADAMS, Mass., Sept. 27. — President
McKinley had the narrowest kind of an
escape from what would probably have
been a serious runaway accident this
morning, only the nerve of F. G. Warren,
who jumped for the horses, who had be
gun todash down a steep hill, saving him.
As it was, the President received quite a
shock, and in jumping from the carriage
he was severely shaken up.
The President, Miss Mabel McKinley
and W. B. Plun_ett started out early in,
Charles T. Piunkett's trap, drawn by Mr.
Plnnkett'i black • coaching pair. The
drive was very enjoyable until the steep
hill near the residence of J. C. Chalmers
was reached, when the hame-strap of the
off horse broke, his collar came off and
the horse stumbled and fell into the ditch,
tbe nigh horse jumping into a gallop and
dragging his prostrate mate to his feet.
Just then Warren, who was passing, ran
into the street, grabbed the horse by the
bridge and checked his progress, while
the President jumped Irom the trap.
' In a moment the horse was' under con
trol ana the danger was over. Miss Mc-
Kinley, owing to a spinal difficulty, is
unable to walk easily ani- was not able to
leave the carriage. She remained seated
in the trap. The President and Mr.
Plunkett at once walked to the Plunkeit
residence. They were not at all excited
and said that the danger was slight.
One of the single teams from Mr.
Piunkett's stable was sent immediately
tor Miss Mabel McKinley, and in a few
minutes she was safely ensconced in the
Plunkett residence. The President and
Mr. Plunkett started at once with another
pair of horses and continued their ride.
This accident created a breeze of excite
ment in the village, but it was soon over.
Mrs. MiKiniey, since her stay nere, has
developed lite a severe cold and re
mained indoors all day. It is not thought,
however, that the coid will prevent her
going back to Washington at the time
scheduled for the departure of the Presi
dent.
SHIPS' iUPPJEs DUTY • FREE.
Quantity of Wines, Liquors and To
bacco Which May Be Taken
From Bond.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 27.-In ac
cordance wiib the Dingley tariff act, the
Treasury Pipartment today issued im
portant regulations governing supplies for
consumption on either foreign or domes
tic vessels that may he withdrawn from
bonded warehouses Iree of duty or inter- J
nal revenue. '-Reasonable quantities of I
articles of every description" are, under ;
the Dingley act, permitted to be with
drawn free of .amy or internal revenue
taxes, but it is deemed advisable by the I
Secretary of the Treasury to limit the
withdrawal of wines, liquors and tobaccos
to the following schedules:
Imported wine or beer, five gallons per
month for eac!) officer and cabin passen
ger; Imported cigars, fifty per month; im- !
ported tobacco, on ■ pound per month for |
each peison on board; domestic distilled |
liquors, half a gallon permonth for each
person and half a gallon per month addi
tional for each officer and ' passenger;
domestic fermented liquors, six gallons
per month for each person on board and
six gallons additional for each officer and
passenger; domestic tobacco, one pound
for each person and an additional one
pound per officer and passenger; domes*
tic cigars, fifty for each person and titty
additional for each officer and each pas
senger. '*■ " ! '*'"*.^ : :r y- : 'y.':...
hew TO-DAY.
NO PAIN! NO PAIN!
ff§i)- TEETH
li $5.00
,„ fe FULL SET.
jrJTt*^ .-77-
-*jd*o Extracting Free.
See our new Combination Plate. It ls the thin-
nest, lightest, stiongest and roo'est' plate road*-.
It dots not Interfere with Hie taste or speech nor
make the mouth sore.
WARRANTED FOR TEN YEARS.
TEETH WITHOUT PLATES.
Our specially is Crown and Bridge work. We
make them ln Gold, silver, Aluminum and Rub-
ber from $- .0 per tooth.
C-___.rp__Y.X : »XX-t->X-l.X<-SX-9
Makes the Filling. Crowning and all other Dental
Op rations Absolutely Painless.
Amalgam Fillings : SOc
Platlna Killings ......81.0ft
Pure Gold, from .1.1)0
'--'-Karat (fold Crowns 95. 0 ft
OPEN EVENINGS. "..
Chicago Dental Parlors,
24 SIXTH ST.. NEAR MARKET.
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AMmwdm* '■■•■
DOCTOR SWEANY.
TEN YKARS OF SUCCESS PRACTICE
at 737 Market ttreet. San Francisco, has
stamped him as the leading specialist of the
Pacific Coast in the treatment of ail I Chronic,
Nervous and Special Diseases of both men and
women. Entire or partial loss of manly power
and vigor in young, mid.ile-a.ed or old men posi-
tively restored. Weakening drains which sap the
vitality, destroy the health, cause paralysis, in-
sanity and premature death, quickly and perma-
nently stopped. Private diseases of every name
and nature curea
Write if you live, away from the city. Book,
"Guide to Health," a treatise un all the organs
and their diseases, free on application. Corre-
spondence strictly conlidentiaL Addreis F. L.
t s\\ i-.a.n V, 737 Market street, San Francisco, CaL
_*"*_-*w TO-DAY"
j tlfiKr*
:Ncoß*-onAT_t> B_j_y _gP|& W -BUB
LEADING CASH GROCERS.
SPECIALS FOR THIS WEEK.
* — — — •
Hams (Our Choice), Eastern. . . Ilk 11)
Best California Hams tie lb
Perfection Baking Powder. . . 25fl lb can >
Butter, Fresh Creamery . . . square 48c I
Castile Soap (Cal.) 8 cakes 25. J
Gold Dust Washing Powder 15c
Maple Syrup (Old Fashion) ... 69c ,gal
Vote Maple Sap.
Whisky (Long Life Brand) 63c bot
From Dalltuand A Co., Chicago.
Smoke Royal Princess Cigar (Uavana) 5c
TELEPHONE SOUTH 292.
We ship goods fiee Of charge within 100 miles,
SUM) I'OK OATALOGUt, FKJSJfi.
1324-1326 MARKET STREET.
AND 13. SIXTH BTBEBT.
Philadelphia
Shoe CO. Ho. 10 Third St.,
Ej STAMPED ON A SHOE MEANS STANDARD Of M_a^\
1 YOU MUST BUY HERE j
OTHERWISE YOU CANNOT BUY j
the shoei we are advertising for ?_. _5, ,
for they retail elsewhere for $3 a pair. E
Thai is noi e.vaggera ion. lor here Is ihe (
! description: Ladies' Extra fine iii Kid j
Lace shoes, straight foxed, new coin toes '
and -id tips, doubln soles and low h-f-eli. It
fi made especially for oor fall trade, Ugh' *
H kid uppers and s lil, durable soles. For '
jj- this week reduced io p
j $2.25, I
AU widths and sizes. .
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— ; i
HORSE HP/NEAT, -i
HIDE \2 I WELL i
j SHOES, j/?*A MADE I
I 80c. .jjp^^^SOc. \
] 1 . *-**
something new. neat and durable In H a
School hoes, made of Horse lline*. guar- El
I air.eed for wear, square toes. pateai-leatlier al
tins, spr.nj heels and double so.es; Et! Kir
I""" "wide.- ■ -*■.*"'-? *•*
Sizes 8 tOIOJ/a ...80c 3
bi_.s 11 to 2 '. fI.OJ ' U
rountri* orders solicited. ll
j^~ Send for New Illustrated Catalogue. .'4
Address a
v B. KATCHINSKI. |
!B. KATCHINSKI. CO., g
FHILADELPHIA SHOS CO..
p 1 0 Third St.. Saa Eranclsco. m
STATEMENT
-.I —■ OF THE
CONDITION AND AFFAIRS
OP THE
Hartford Steam Boiler
Inspection and
INSURANCE COMPANY
OF HARTFORD, IN THE STATE OF CONXE<"*-
ticut. on the 31st day of December, A.- D.
| 1890. and for the year ending on thstdav, as made
to the Insurance Commissioner 01 the Stare of
California, pursuant to lie provisions of sections
810 and (ill of the To, itical Code, condensed as per
blank furnished by the Commissioner.
CAPITA!..
Amount of Capital Stock, paid up in * ■•"'- -•""-*- '•'- ■• *,'
Cash »500,000 00
ASSETS.
i Real Estate owned by Company 47.010 53
I Loans on Bonds and Mortg*K*BS 826,875 IK)
j Cash Market Value of a'i Stocks and
* Bonds owned iiv Company 1,3*4-1. 70*' 1 "
< asn m Company's Office :*U42 IS
'ash In Banks 01.75*6 Oo
Interest due and accrued on all Stocks
1 and Loans • 36.498 29
Interest due and accrued on Bonds ana _ _
Mortgages K IS] '•
■■ l'remiums in due Course of Collection., sns.mj 84
Total Assets « 2.1 10,09*: i»
— : vk
LIABILITIES. m- .
I Losses in process of Adjustment or in • ■ ei -'*A,W
Suspense li".--5 07
Gross Premiums on Risks running on»
\ year or less, 494.540 71 i reinsurance . .„__,„_
I 50 p.r cent ••••• *-..-<_• 35
Gross l'remiums on Bisks running
moi-e than one year. »2-308,572 73; ye- .„...„._._
insurance pro rata 1.-4*.j»4 bis
Total Liabilities • .♦1^02.743 10
INCOME.
Net Cash actually received for Pre- „_,„,..
mlums .— .. -• »843.080 11
Receive* l for Interest on Bonds and ,_._-
Mortgages , „•.;•■■ 17*73 27
Received for interest ana dividends on
Bonds, Stocks. Loans ami irom all
otlier sources ■■■■■ ■• 66,102 84
Received for profit on Real Estate sold 206 .>}
Received lor special mechanical serv-
ices- 2.833 1 .
Total Income .". ___________ •'*-•
-_-__-_-______■
EXPENDITURES.
Net amount paid for Losses »83,040 OB
Dividends to Stockholders 60-o >o 00
Paid or allowed for .ommlssion or
Brokerage 193,223 93
Paid for Salaries. Fees and oilier
charges for officers, clerks, etc 30,700 00
Paid for State, Local Taxes 16,417 lii
All other payments and expenditures.
■ Salaries and traveling expenses of
Managers 80,10103
Paid for Inspections 315,757 20
All other payments and expenditures.. 71^86 22
. Total Expenditure* _£fi 74 ! 232_ 40
J. M. ALLEN, President.
J. B. PIERCE, Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25th day
of January, 1807.
HENRY E. TAINTOR, Notary Public.
MANN &~WILSON,
GENERAL AGENTS,
ISE. Cor. California and Sansome Sts. .
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. jk
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HliAUC.Vnil Bore Throat. Fimples. Copper-Ka
ia*»n»t Colored Spots, Ache*. Old Sorest
■t'lce*.. In Mouth. Hair-Falling! Write COOKH
BUF.MKDI CO., 307 Masonic Te-mple^i
■■Chicago. 111., for proofs cf cures. Cupl-49
Btal, SoOO.OOO. "Wont cases cured in lfi____
RBtoBs days. 100-pago book free. KJ