For. Commercial Museums.
, At; a, special meeting of; the ; Merchants'.
Association yesterday a resolution was
Swamt Vivekananda;. the Hindu monk
who represented the religion of India at
the World's ' Fair, will lecture on Sunday,
March 4, at 3 p. m.at Golden Gate Hall,
625 Sutter ¦ street; subject. "The Science
of Religion.". Admission free. •
Don't brcome a drunkard; vie whiskey mod
erately. Jesse Moore "AA" Is the purest.
The Kepner Murder.
The preliminary examination |of Gilbert
Adams on the charge of murdering, E. S.
Kepner in the barber shop 44 O'Farrell
street was commenced before Judge Con
lan yesterday. Julius Pundt was exam
ined, as he was to leave for. the Philip
pines. He testified that when he entered
the shop Kepner was on top of Adams,
punching him. Adams fired a shot and
Kepner rolled oft ¦ him. Adams then
jumped to hiß feet and ran out of the
shop. The case was continued till next
Wednesday. ¦ ;. .. ¦¦¦
\ Swell: Mardi Oraa photo-
graphs in the Sunday .Call to-
morrow. . You cannot afford to
miss them.
Compliment to General Wood.
' The boardof directors ; of the Olympic
Club at. its ; last regular . session elected
General Leonard Wood.U. S. A., an hon
orary member; of the. institution. When
General Wood was ln San Francisco years
ago serving his country as a surgeon In
the army he was a popular member of the
club > and a recognized • leader ln football
circles.
Come Just to. Look
- Great Bargains;
Ctiinaware
Crockery
' ' Glassware - \
. . . \ Lamps .
Ornament*
MoYeltie* ¦
Clocks
Come Just to Look.
Great American Imp ortiiia Tea Go.
Stores Everywhere. • '
soo Stores. .'
¦entire, afternoon. Mrs: Craven-Fair
in the crowd and so was' Charlie .Fair,
.but • they did not speak as they passed
along, and -once the Fair heir- a«ked,
pointing to. his alleged stepmother, "Who
is that wonian?'! -• • ' • • •
Attorney W. W. Fpote was the first
witness called into the room, i He told of
conversations had with Simpton with ref
erence to the ' Sausalito ceremony, and
also of the written statements- and affida
vit made by the magistrate. He testified
that his clien.t, Mrs. Craven-Fair, had
told him of the civil marriage when he
first became Interested in the: case,
George Knight, one of the opposing
counsel, related how the plan was con
cocted to entrap Mrs. Craven-Fair,' and
how she had jumped into the pit with bctn
feet. Knight was followed by J. J. Ler-'
man, Mr, Fopte's law partner, who" cor
roborated the testimony at Mr. Foot©,' and'
also told of' his trip, to Sausalitb with Mrs.-
Craven-Fair in. search of evidence, of the
ceremony. • : "• . ' . • •
Simpton Will. Be Wanted Again.
Judge Sirnptoh was before the Jury for
over an hour, and When he was dismissed
he was instructed to hold himself in readi
ness," as he would be wanted later on. A.
Sylva. who claims to have engineered the
conspiracy for the Fair heirs, said before
he went Into the jury room that it wouid
take him a week to tell all he knew. lie
had not completed his testimony .when an
adjournment was taken to Monday after
noon. • • • ' " - -
- During the progress of the Investigation
Lafe Pence sent a note in to the District
Attorney -requesting that Mrs. Margaret
Craven-Koehler be permitted to testify fet
once,- as she desired to leave the city. Mr..
Byington decided that Mrs.- Koehler s evi
dence would not.be required. She- will
leave to-day for her home In St. Louis ard
will not appear again in the pending liti
gation. ' -
SAN". FRANCISCO Js now thoroughly
aroused over, the menacing evil of
Ihe racM^urse. The proceedings at
vhfr session of the Police Committee
of the Board of Supervisors on
Thursday left no douht of the Issue or.of
t*ip character of the men who are seek-
S to nakethi.clty: again the feeding
ground of the. gamblers. There was but
one argument advanced in favor the
remarkable measure presented by Super
visor 1 oWn .and t v«v that was met by
an cmj-hatic protest from the men who
ar* -demanding the reopening of the gl
cantlo garabSing den. J6uper\-lsor Tobin
has placed himself In an extremely awk
\i\nrd :ind unfortunatp position.
VCfren he took the unusual step of lntro
du-cir.g a resolution In behalf of the racing
gamblers he assumed that the petitioners
ropresented horsemen, horse breeders
acd honest sportsmen, who should be pro-
BOAST OF THE GAMBLERS.
/MPUDEXCE 'and con
fidence .characterize, the
assault, which the gamblers
of Ingleside are now making
on the people of San Fran
cisco. These harpies are
boasting on the streets, in
the haunts they frequent and
in the . public places of the
citx that they have already
"fixed" twdzrl Supervisors
to •¦'. v-otc for their iniquitous
measure on Monday next:
These • announcements . are
outrages upon ihc mat who
will be called upon to pass
judgment upon., the , gam
bling or din ance. • . Is I there
an v member of ¦ the board
who is wilting to. admit that
he is pledged to a measure
before he. has heard its mer
its or demerits discussed f
tected with an assurance of a reasonable
interest on their Investment and encour
aged in the pursuit of a legitimate indus
try. Assuming these matters Supervisor
Tobin found satisfaction ln the thought
that the city would be a gainer by $4000 a
year ln licenses. ¦ ,\\ ."¦
To his disgust and dismay the men who
asked for the reopening of Ingleside re
pudiated emphatically all of his assump
tions. ' They made no claim to represent
horsemen- They candidly arid with the
utmost frankness declared that the wishes
of the legitimate horsemen for j a short
racing season would not suit them in the
slightest degree. More than that, they an
nounced that the demands of the horse
men were antagonistic to their own, as
they are seeking profit from the bookmak
ers and .the gamblers and not from the
horse owners and breeders.
These men were audacious in their de
mands on Thursday and it is fortunate
for the people of the city that they were.
By stating their position frankly they left
no shadow of doubt upon the question.
They demanded the longest possible sea
son, as every added day,. Attorney Dora
said candidly, means added profit.' And
the petitioning gamblers, seemed thor
oughly to- understand to whom they were
speaking. They addressed ail their ap
peals, protests and demands to Supervisor
Tobin.' whom they, knew possessed two
votes fn the committee.' his own and that
of Supervisor Reed, who had sacrificed
his' Judgment on this occasion to the su
perior ¦ racing intelligence of Supervisor
Tobin. .. :. a .•
¦When Tobin .announced the proposition
of a dally license of $100 the gamblers
protested. .They exact $100 . a day, and
frequently $120, a day from every book
maker at the track, but they object to
paying $100 a day themselves. They are
ln the business for profit and they de
mand all that the traffic will bear.
When Supervisor Tobiri Informed them
that the racecourse could not be opened
.except by specific permission each time
from - the Supervisors, another howl of
protest w-as raised. Tobin said the game
Savings and Loan Society,
Solicits loans on mortgages or trust deeds
at lowest market rates. 101 Montgomery.*
Death of L. S. Bowden.
ANGELS ' CAMP, March 2.— L. S. Bow
den ¦of .West t Point, this county, died at
his - home < Monday, of last week of .apo
plexy. He was an < old resident of that
place '¦¦ and a prominent Mason. He' was
buried under the. auspices of that order.
No Store Window Extensions.
Mayor Phelan yesterday vetoed the or
dinance passed by the Board of Super
visors permitting the extension of store
windows six inches over the sidewalk.
The reasons for his objection are that any
extension of a show window Is a virtual
taking of a part of a public street for pri
vate purposes and that it is contrary to a
provision of the charter.
Fine Art Exhibit.
An interesting exhibit of fine art is now
in progress at -Native Sons' Hall, culled
from the collection of the.S. & G. Gump
Company, and composed of some of the
finest works of modern art In their pos
session. There are -many studies in oil
and- water colors,, vases and other pot
tery ware. Lovers of art here are taking
a decided Interest In the collection. *
Let's print your catalogue. Our printing sells
your goods. Mysell-Rolllns, 22 Clay. •
ANXIOUS TO HAVE THE
LIGHTS AT ALL TIME
San Francisco Improvement Club As
sociation Will Hunt TJp Revenue
for the Supervisors.
The San Francisco Improvement Club
Association met last night at B'nal B'rith
Hall, George R. Fletcher acting as chair
man and I. Schwartz secretary. ]
The bylaws prepared by special commit
tee were read seriatim and adopted.
Harry Farquharson was elected by ac
clamation to fill the vacancy cf recording
secretary. In order to assist the Super
visors in their quest for possible revenues
a committee of three— Harry Farquhar-
Bon.. Grattan D. Phillips and I. Schwartz —
were appointed to support the chairman in
his' labors of Investigation. During the
next month the committee will exert
themselves toward this end and if they
are successful the Supervisors will be
asked to rescind their 12 o'clock light reso
lution. '
GIRL THROWN THROUGH
A GROCERY WINDOW
Annie Egan, Daughter of Detective
Egan, Loses Control of Her Bi
cycle, With Dire Besults.
Annie Egan, the 14-year-old daughter of
Detective Egan. met with a serious ac
cident yesterday afternoon. She was rid
ing a bicycle down the hill on Page street
when her feet slipped- from the pedals and
she lost con trol of the wheel. She called
-to a man to help her and he tried, but
failed. She stuck . on the wheel till It
crashed against a grocery on the corner of
Octavla street and she was thrown off
into the window,
w The u w^ s taken to the Receiving
f m,n P i fl ln i, the , ambulance, where It was
k 2 J? aXa X her left le S was fractured and
she^had been cut on the. face and body
v » th . c broken Her Injuries were
attended to and her father . had - her sent
v v ilO.i 10 ." 16 at 1725 McAllister, street. If
she had • been • thrown against the wall of
the . grocery instead . of the window it is
probable that she would have been killed-
EX-CORONER HILL
MUST PAY ALIMONY
His Wife Is Granted an Allowance
by Judge Sahrs Pending
Suit. .••
Dr. Edwin E. Hill, ' ex-Coroner of the
city and county, has been ordered- by
Judge Bahrs to pay his wife, Mrs. Mary
Hill. $75 a month during the pendency of
her action against him for maintenance.
A short time ago Dr. Hill filed suit
against his wife to set aside certain deeds,
on the ground that they were placed in
her hands in trust and that she refused
to reconvey them on demand. Mrs. Hill
forthwith sued her husband for mainte
nance, and the action was partly heard
yesterday. Mrs. Hill admitted that her
husband had paid some of -her bills, but
contended that the sum he gave her was
inadequate for her support. Judge Bahrs
said that the testimony satisfied him that
Mrs. Hill was entitled to -alimony, pen
dente lite, and in addition allowed Mrs.
Hill $100 for counsel fees and $50 costs.
UNHAPPY COUPLES
ENTERTAIN JUDGES
Suits for Divorce, for Maintenance
and for Children Prose
;r, cuted.
Emma C. Manassa has petitioned the
Superior Court to annul a decree of di
vorce granted her husband, F. 1». Man
assa, on August 26 last. Mrs. Manassa
was an inmate of Agnews Asylum when
the divorce was granted, and being unable
to answer the suit she contends that she
was divorced without cause.- Jud»je Dain
gerfleld will determine the merits of her
petition, and yesterday continued the caao
for twenty days in order to obtain addi
tional testimony corroborating or refut
ing her contention. -
Judge Seawell yesterday continued the
hearing of the case by which .Charles
Krause, treasurer of the Tivoli, ssek-* to
gain the custody of his. minor, child, who
is now living with her mother, Mrs.
Delphina Krause. Mr. and Mrs. Krause
were divorced some time ago nnd Mrs.
Krause was awarded the. custody of the
child. Krause now claims that Mrs.
Krause is not a fit and proper person to
have the little girl's custody. His lawyers
endeavored yesterday to establish their
contention that Mrs. Krause was being
sSSorted by David Helbing at 706 Polk
street and also tried to show that she
had been intimately associated with the
late General Ezeta. Mrs. Krause denied
both allegations and produced several
witnesses who testified, as to her love for
her child and the proper manner in which
the youngster was being reared. The case
will go on again this morning. ¦¦
Marie L. Burnett was granted a divorce
yesterday; from Marius Burnett •on the.
ground of desertion. „. . . „.
Suits for divorce have been filed by Mrs.
T. M. Mills against C. J. Mills for deser
tion, and Annie E. Asch against Philip
Asch for infidelity. Maria Mollnari has
sued Pietro Molinarl for maintenance. ;)'/;.;
EMPORIUM ROBBERS
ARE STILL AT LARGE
Two' lien Resembling the .Much
\ Wanted Pair Seen- by a Boy '
Near San Mateo. .';'•¦
The police are still looking for Bryan
and Bernard, who gof.away with a'largc
sum of money from the Emporium, where
they were employed. It Is believed that
they are in hiding not far from this city,
and their capture is momentarily expected
by Chief Sullivan.
Burnett Sheehan of 1197 Bush street,
who is a grandson of ex-Judge Wallace,
reported to the police yesterday that' while
he was picking popples in San Mateo
County, near the Union Coursing Park,
about half a mile from the electric car
line as it passes to the park, .yesterday
morning he saw two young men sitting on
the- ground: -One of them called to him.
and said. "Here, sonny, get me a paper,
will you?" Sheehan replied that he did
not know where to get a' paper; and then
the man said: "All right; we will get one."
Then the man asked him it the Emporium
was closed to-day. , Sheehan said he did
not .know. Then the second man. said to
Sheehan: "Don't say anything about this,
now." Sheehan then became frightened
and walked away, and when- he waa a
short distance from the men he heard on*
of them say: "Hurry up, now; hurry up."
Sheehan looked back once and saw - the
two men standing up, facing away from
San Francisco. ¦¦
Sheehan says the man who did moyt of
the talking to hhn looked like the picture
of Bernard shown him by the police. That
man had dark curly hair, dark gray,
trousers with holes in them, shoes without
strings, dark complexion, dirty face; black
soft shirt, sleeves ripped, brown soft hat
with full .crown. The second man wore
blue overalls, all torn;. white shirt, Com
plexion and- hair lighter than the other,
man and stouter. Both men were about
five feet nine or ten' inches^ Each man
carried a sack on his back. The men were
putting on false mustaches when He lirst
saw them. " Wren and Dinan -were at once
dispatched' to the scene, »but up "to a iat«*
hour last night they had not succeeded in
locating the pair. •
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MISS SAIDEE E.. WALSH, A SWEET SONGSTRESS.
<jn? CONCERT will be given in Maple
// \\ Hall of the Palace Hotel next
fl <^ Wednesday evening by Professor
Joseph Greven, the event being the
introduction and semi-professional debut
of Miss Saidee E. Walsh, a contralto well
and favorably known in vocal and society
circles in this city.
Miss Walsh Is possessed of a voice pro
nounced by critics to be one of deep, rich
timbre, and In consequence the young lady
has been besieged with many flattering
offers from managers of the leading opera
troupes throughout the country. "\Vhllo
traveling through the Orient- Miss Walnh
sang to many exacting audiences, always
meriting their hearty approval. The
Count of Turin, heir presumptive to the
throne of Italy, has publicly indorsed Miss
Walsh's' singing and declared it of high
merit. Miss Walsh helped to make the
Circus Maxlmus in this city a success,
acting as leader in that event. ' v v
The young lady has several offers /or
professional engagements now under con
sideration. Miss. Lily L.:Roder, Hugh N.
Callender, Charles W. Betts and H. Wln
fred.Goff will assist at the concert.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
coin has been actually collected from the
banks on which the urait.s are drawn. It
has been the custom upon receipt of these
checks to pin them to the tax bills they
are intended to settle, and pending their
collection and ' for' the lack of a. better
place' to put them they have been thrown
into a waste paper basket attached to the
counter near the cashier's desk.
Took Checks While Curtaz Figured.
Quite a number of checks were taken in
Thursday by Cashier Curtaz, and when
the lime arrived to balance his accounts
for the day -the waste basket contained
paper representing teverai thousand dol
iars. • ZZ4,<-"- .
•While Mr.. Curtaz . was busy adding a
column of figures the new Janitor put in
an appearance. He was intent upon mak
ing a. record and boasted that he was go
ing to keep the Tax Collector's office
cleaner and neater than any other depart
ment in the building. ' -.--.
TneV baskf tiul ot checks was the first
thing that attracted his attention. .He
lifted it from its hook, dumped its con
tf-nts :into the furnace in tlie basement
and returned it to its 'peg without being
noticed. Then he went about raising the
dust in total ignorance of the fact that he
had consigned a small fortune to the fire.
The Loss Discovered.
It was not until Curtaz prepared to lock
up for the night that the olunder was dis
covered. When he peered into the waste
basket and saw no checks his hair stood
up and he had to grasp the coupter for
support. Inquiries were made of the of
fice force, but none of the clerks knew a
thing about the checks. The banks and
the Clearing-house were hurriedly noti
fied of the loss, and for a time it was
thought that the Tax Collector's office had
been robbed.
A force of clerks was put to work
checking up the tax stubs to ascertain the
amount of the loss and the names of the
taxpayers whose checks were missing.
The task was nearly completed when th*,
record-breaking Janitor was questioned.
It was thought that he might possibly
have seen some stranger around the office
whose description might lead to the detec
tion of the supposed thief.
Janitor Confesses.
The Janitor had seen no suspicious
Btranger and knew nothing about any
checks. Then he was shown the basket
from which it was thought the precious
paper had been abstracted.
His confession and a tableau followed.
All the taxpayers whose checks wen
burned were informed bright and early
yesterday morning. Several of them
drew new drafts during the day and set
tled their accounts. Others are expected
to do likewise to-day. A fresh janitor
took charge of Mr. Scott's office yester
day. .
The Tax Collector says that the blunder
wus almost inexcusable, and that while Ix.
caused him the loss of considerable sleep
it will be straightened out without injury
or inconvenience to any one.
WHETHER Slmpton of Sausallto
is a perjurer or a saint Is- the
question now before the Grand
Jury. The Inquisitorial body
.commenced an investigation
yesterday afternoon of the sensational
charges and counter-charges growing out
of the Craven-Fair litigation now pending
before Judge Troutt and in which is- in
volved, the reputation for truth of- the
Marln County magistrate, A. Sylva, hts
adviser and guardian, and Mrs. Nettie R.
Craven-Fair. f . ' .
One Oath Too Many.
;As Slmpton has sworn to two state
ments—one that he did and the. other that
he did not perform a marriage ceremony
making Senator Fair arid Nettie Craven
man and. wife— it would appear that from
any point of view he has taken an oath
once too often. If his latter story that
Mrs. Craven-Fair offered him a bribe to
swear to his first declaration is true and
the Grand Jury takes that view of it,' the
central figure in the Craven-Fair litiga
tion stands a chance of being forced to
defend herself in a criminal- action. On
the contrary, if her story is given credr
ence, all the Fair attorneys, all the Fair
heirs and all the friends, acquaintances
and employes of the Fair heirs and Fair
attorneys may awaken some morning and
find themselves In jail, for she says .they
are all conspirators, striving to crush her
with the power of the wealth which has
fallen into their hands from .the estate
of the late Senator Fair, whose widow
she claims to be. • ' ;
•Indeed, It is a pretty mess. v
. \ Failed to Recognize Mamma.
•A host of witnesses, attorneys and de
tectives hovered around the corridors
outside the Grand Jury room during the
Attorney Sylva Says It Will Take a Week |to
Tell Details of the Plot to Entrap - ; :,
HE THOUGHT THE CHECKS
WERE ONLY WASTE PAPER
Janitor in Tax Collector's Office Burns
.. $3000 Worth of Drafts.
Took them From the Cashier s Desk and Dumped
-Them Into a Furnace Before the Blunder
: :: <¦ Was Discovered.
' jr N overzeaJous Janitor in the' office
A of Tax Collector Scott destroyed a
/ 1 basketful of certified checks Thurs
f\ day afternoon representing between
. ¦ A $3000 and $*/>;> in taxes -that had
been paid during the day. The knisht of
the dustpan and broom took the basket
from almost before, the eyes of Cashier
Oscar Curta2. carried It into the basement
and dumped its valuable contents Into the
furnace before any one in the Tax Collec
tor's office knew : what had happened.
Not Good at "Hefting."
The Janitor, whose identity has been
carefully guarded, was recently appointed
by the Board of Public Works, presuma
biy upon the recommendation of . Mayor
Phelan. He had probably learned from
his sponsor the art of "hefting" coin.: but
when It came to determining the value of
a. basketful Of ce f tifieJ . eh»<*k* by th«?
Mayor's . favorite process he failed com
pletely, and for the reason that :t was not
weighty he Jumped at the conclusion that
Its contents were valueless -and better
burned and out of the :way. : .• :
According to a system .in vogue in' the
Tax Collector's office the receipts are not
Klv4?n far taxes paid by check until •' the
CLEVER CONTRALTO TO
SING AT A CONCERT
passed approving the Senate bill apprtv
priating $200,000 to the Philadelphia Corn-
merclaj Museum to complete Its collection
of foreign samples and to obtain commer-
cial Information for free'dlstrlbutlon'to
the trades bodies of the United States.
The merchants also recommend that the,
bill be amended so as to appropriate fc'* -
000 to the Pacific Commercial Museum.
PROBING THE CRIMES IN
THE CRAVEN -FAIR CASE
Grand Jury Begins Investigation of Simp
ton's Contradictory Affidavits.
was such that it should be watched, but
being watched is just what the gamblers
do not want. But when the provision
giving to any and every association that
asks the privilege of racing and gamb
ling was read the gamblers said nothing.
This concession was something more than
they had dared to ask. The resolution is
carefully worded, and provides for con
tinuous racing and track gambling from
one end of the year to another. Such an
outrage has never before been attempted
upon the' people of San Francisco.
Competent lawyers have looked into the
matter and they are of one opinion that
the ordinance provides for continuous rac
ing. And this is the measure that Tobin
uses as his first distinctive act and policy
in public life. It is charitable to believe
that .he has been made the victim of
some crafty schemer's _ imposition. The
proposed law In whatever aspect it may
be. viewed is simply intended to create
for the local and Eastern track gamblers
a monopoly of their vicious and criminal
trade in San Francisco, shutting out all
other gamblers and giving to the Ingle
side sharpers the entire field in which
to pluck the' gullible and ruin the un
wary.-
It is little wonder therefore that the
community is aroused in protest and in
dignation. The boasted reforms of char
ter administration are turning into the
reality of new evils and greater outrages
upon the city. The promise of an honest
and decent government is being made in
the fulfillment of public crimes. The re
establlshment of Ingleside means an in
flux of Eastern gamblers to this city, an
increase in dives and public immorality,
a tremendous stimulus given to crime
and new temptation placed in the way of.
the youth of this city. For these reasons
the men of business, merchants, com
mercial-men, bankers and tradesmen are
emphatically in opposition' to the out
rageous proposal. Ministers, clergymen,
men of affairs, people who are in touch
with the moral currents of the city are
raising their voices and exercising their
influence in protest. One class of men
sees the terrible loss that will be inflicted
on the city in thefts of money and the
trial of criminals. Another class know*
of the far greater evil of wrecked and
dishonored lives, homes destroyed, fam
ilies disgraced and men led to the pen
itentiary or the morgue.
And the men who are making these pro
tests insist upon being heard. They will
appear before the entire board on Mon-
Ministers and Merchants IA/111 WaltUponthe
Supervisors to Protest Against the Pro
posed Outrage on the City.
Public Indignation Follows the- Scheme;
to Re-establish Ingleside's Crime- >
Breeding Den. : .
CITIZENS FACE THE EVIL OF
CONTINUOUS TRACK GAMBLING
day to state their cause and plead that
the welfare of the city be not Jeopardlzea
by this far-reaching and powerfully vi
cious institution. The men who will plead
will have much on their • side. They will
have the support* of the Mayor, who is
an open, aggressive and uncompromising
opponent of public gambling. They will
have: the recorded admission of Super
visor Tobin himself that the racecourse
is a great.; evil, which needs constant
municipal supervision and regulation.
They will have the admission of the peti
tioners that they represent nothing but
that which means profit to them through
the bookmakers and through them the
deluded public. . •"' . . _
. The men who will plead to _ the Super
visors not to disgrace themselves and dis
honor their administration can: say that
the advocates of the proposed measure do
not represent a single horseman or
breeder or legitimate sport. Armed with
these arguments they will have ¦ influence
before the board and may be sure that
they will be received with that considera
tion to which their cause is entitled.
WHO PAYS THE LICENSE?
HTHE only argument of -
JL fered in defense of the
revival of the gambling den.
of Ingleside is that the city
will be made richer by $4000
a year in licenses. Ingleside
has already, cost the people of
San Francisco a sum reach
ing into the hundreds' of
thousands of dollars in the
trial of men alone zvho
owed their downfall to the
snares 'and temptations of
the track. Leaving utterly
out of consideration the :
enormous amount of money
which has been stolen from
public offices and private
firms the municipality has
suffered a tremendous loss.
Is a repetition of the outrage
worth the price?
Hales.
Hale*
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