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20 SATst iorcisco chkonicoee sinrtJAX CgrOBER 22 1893 GMSMRGES Iccnsations Against Oatgrowth of Pacific Bank Troubles What the Ex Director Says in Reply A Most Emphatic Denial Is Entered A Claim That the TVnoIe Affair Is Diek McDonalds Spite-work The charges against Sherman a former director of the Pacific Bank and presidento Los Angeles Consolidated Kail road which were published exclusively in the Chkosicxk yesterday together with an interview with Mr gherman in which he declares that Dick McDonald is responsible for the serious accusations made against him have been supplemented with other charges of a like serious nature The reports which hare been current about Mr Sfieraan include charges of arson and the moral responsibility for the death of an employe who perished in his burning buildings at Prescott A ten years ago the swindling of an English syndicate company in a cattle deal the corruption of legislatures and dishonesty in the appropriation and use of corporations moneys in which corporations he held official positions To ail these charge Mr Sherman entered an emphatic denial and accused Dick McDonald of the responsibility for their circulation The new charges which were spoken of yesterday are grave There are four accusations As a proof that Mr Sherman used money tq influence legislation and to corrupt the City Council of Los Angeles it is claimed Dicfc McDonald being responsible for this claim as Mr Sherman assertsthat Sherman made a statement to the officers of the Pacific Rolling Mills Company of an expenditure of 250000 for corrupt purposes The Pacific Polling Mills had a contract for the construction of rails for the Los Angeles Consolidated Railway and the statement was made because of this contract it is said The second of the new charges is a claim put forth by Dick McDonald that certain guarantees given by Sherman and others connected with the Los Angeles and Phoenix corporations backing certain of the securities of these companies had been abstracted and Sherman according to McDonalds belief is the man who caused these papers to be taken Another charge is that Dick McDonald claims to have certain canceled certificates of depojit with the Pacific Bank which were made out in Shermans name and passed through certain banks in Phoenix and Sacramento with Shermans indorsement on them This money Dick McDonald is said to claim was used to corruptly influence legislation The fourth of the series of new charges is to the effect that certain machinery and property was removed by Sherman from Los Angeles to Phoenix and used in the construction of the electric railroad system of the Arizona capital In connection with this accusation it is also charged that certain cars were rebuilt at the car shops of the Consolidated railroad iir Los Angeles and sent to Phoenix and that both of these transactions were concluded without the consideration and without the consent of the parties in interest at Los Angeles Sherman enters his denial to all these charges He asserts that Dick Mc Dona sees that he is irretrievably lost and endeavoring to drag down others with fim having a special hatred towards Sherman Mr Sherman was found by a reporter for the Crxokicxx last night and with reference to the charges reflecting so severely upon his honor made the following statement The new issne of the consolidated bonds was made in the early portion of llast year Three thousand bonds were Issued valued at jiwueacn wnen wis issue was made our company was requested to make a showing of the value of KaiWaAnf nAinni a ntir tmTortw Tn this statement we showed the miles of trackage and the amounts expended for rails ties paving machinery rolling stock etc As the rolling mills were largely interested in our securities a copy of this statement was furnished their officers When it reached a point in the negotiations as to how much we should call our al estate and franchises worth the mat er was referred to different men in the irectorate of the rolling mills and by em referred to their agent inLosAn les who was then superintending the plet ion of the contract After some delay it was agreed that 250000 would be a fair valuation for all ur franchises and all onr real estate mong other realty that the company wns is a full block of land on which is ocated one of oar power houses and marine and car shops adjoining the Grand Central depot of the Southern Pacific Com ny Then thereJs the real estate where i ur Maple avenue power house is located ther realty is scattered about the city in various localities where onr car sheds and lorse car barns are situated The real es tate alone is worth fully the amount al lowed and certainly some Value should lie attached to franchises coveringnearly die whole city of Los Angeles and run i ing for a term of fifty years It is untrue that any money wal used with the Citv CounciL With reference toihe charge that guar antees had been abstracted from the Pa fc ficTBank Mr Sherman said There were certain guarantees given by myself and others connected with the irious corporations Vfi th regard to cer tj in securities referred to some of the larantees were signed by rayself and me by other members of these corpora ti ins Some were given to the Pacific Bank a td some to others who purchased our rarities Many of these guarantees have to en returned by mutual agreement and ec me of them still exist One of the guar a tees which is held in LoV Angeles is signed fey PV McDonald and others It is pot true that any of these guarantees have been taken except when canceled by the mutual consent of all parties eon ceraed With reference to the canceled cer tificates of deposit mentioned it nay be 1 true that some may bare been issued In my name and in the name of others who were connected with the Pacific Bank and these certificates may have been sold in Aider to raise money to keep the Pacific Bank afloat If any of tbem were sold in Sacramento I am not now certain As or ther bank at Phoenix it was for many years the Arizona correspondent of the Pacific Bank and being an officer in the Phoenix Bank some of these certificates may have been used there Of this I am sot certain but if such be true the Pacific Bank received full value and none of the money was used to corrupt legislation In regard to the charges that certain machinery And other property was shipped from Los Angeles to Phoenixit is true that shipments were made continued Mr Sherman but not until after the full value had been appraised and full credit given to the Los Angeles corpora tion At the time this arrangement was made agents representing the Los Angeles bondholders were present and everything was fully agreed upon and a written release and consent given by the trnstees John McKee and 8 Dora There was nothing in this font what was perfectly business like and no machinery was sold by the Los Angeles corporation except such as ifwas not using and the money thereby obtained was Invested in other property for the Los Angeles corporation as required by the articles of incorporation and the deed of trust ETAPIN THE LAW SALOON KEEEBS POSINGr EESTAUBATEUES AS Bogus Dinners Served is the Back Booms Drinking in Seclusion REVUE LEAKAGE Quinns Deputies Become Careless liquor Dealers Make False Returns Tie Active Pnil of Internal Eev enue Broker 1 Bea Causes Trouble Down town saloon keepers have found an amusing method by which to evade the new law against side entrances and back rooms Several of them are now maintaining pseudo restaurants and those who wish the seclusion of a backroom and want to get into one by a side door may do so by ordering a dinner He may order what he wishes However elaborate or extensive the course however dainty his palate he can be accommodated but he will have such a dinner as he never saw before and he will not be asked to pay for it The saloons like the dives do not like the new law As the divekeepers suddenly found profit and diversion in selling icecream soda so the saloon men in so calleu first class places have quite as suddenly turned to be keepers of restaurants Some of the most disreputable and dangerous saloons in the city have alleged restaurants attached to tbem but by that fact they are exempt from the operation of the law They have their back rooms curtained but they are to all intents and purposes closed The other saloonkeepers wish to avail themselves of the privilege extended to their more fortunate associates bnt they do not wish to undergo the expense necessary to the establishment of a restaurant They provide a bill of fare however and from that one may order what he wishes The plan was illustrated in a down town saloon yesterday A young fellow went through the ride entrance into one of the back roams He drew the curtains and the obliging waiter was there a moment after the button was pushed He smilingly asked the visitor what he would have to eat An elaborate dinner was ordered The young fellow Was evidently an epicure He wanted the fullest of courses and included in it every oainty known to the art of the chet He was evidently in a iiurry for he ordered all the courses at once and the waiter seemed to act as if all who dined there werfe in the same sort of a hurry The order was given but the waiter seemed to think something was missing or had been forgotten Ana by tne way actaea the man in the back room bring me a gloss of whisky it was simplv wmskrv His dnntine propensities were neither as fastidious nor as exacting as those he evidently possessed in eating The waiter diappeared for a moment just long enough to secure a drink lhen be drew forth an ordinary tray On it was everything the man in tue Dacs room naa orcerea ana very much more There was bread but it wai made of wood There were soap fish meats of several different kinds and everv delicacr told of in the bill of fare All of them were of course in imitation of the real dinner and they were ridiculously in miniature The pistes were small and their contents smaller The knife and fork were of the size used by children as toys The only thing on the tray which was real was the whisky The whole business was laughable It was a snbterfuge of the poorest kind but it has caught the fancy of several of the saloon keepers and is taken quite as a joke by the men who like to drink and do not like to stand before the bar The saloon men still maintain their back rooms and their bogus dinners seem to be the only excuse A CAT CAJCSED IT A Serious Stabbing Affrmjr an West Mission street George HYLee was arrested late last night and booked at the southern police station for assault to murder The complaint against him was made by William Yarrow a lkarber Yarrow jf as passing a saloon near the corner of West Mission and Potter Streets with an apprentice employed by him The latter kicked a cat into the saloon Two men named James Hurley and George Lee came out of the saloon and attacked him In the atrugele Hurley and the barber were stabbed the former in the wrist the latter in the back Yarrows wound is considered serious Lee was arrested shortly after midnight and taken to the receiving hospital where Yarrow identified him as his assailant The Old Tramp Slrlns The old British steamer Sinus which has been lying up at Martinez for several months was towed yesterdayto an anchorage in the stream and will be taken to Oakland creek to day to be laid up there The Sinus was formerly the Scandinavia and has been engaged in tramp work On this coast for nearly three years PEKSONAt NOTES A toutitt a Stockton attorney it recis terea at me raiace Cundtff a leading merchant of Riverside Is at the Grand Professor Earl Barnes of Stanford University is a guest at tne urana I Johnson a merchant of Fort Bragg is a guest at the California Goodrich has returned from a trip to New York and is at the Palace 1L ttelwig a representative of the Vandals road is a nest at the Baldwin TTlllet Slocum a wealthy Kelseyvllle mining man is stopping at tbe Baldwin CWilder and party are at the Occidental en route from New Yort to Honolulu Riffle superintendent of the water worn atPortland is registered at the Grand John FinneU one of the largest land owners in California registered at the Palace from Napa Among the guests at the Baldwin Is Mals feldt a prominent banker and capitalist of Hanover Germany For the past month it has been known amonfr the Internal Bevenus brokers that a cloud was gathering which would eventually break over the head of some individual The individual was generally recognized as a certain prominent broker but the matter was kept very quiet It Is only within the last few days that the facts have leaked out All manufacturers and dealers in intoxicating liquors and oleomargarine haveto pay a special tax to the United States The tax must be paid In advance and is due on July 1st of each year The dealers are given the month of July in whkh to pay the tax has not been paid during that time a penalty of 50 per cent is added It often happens that a dealer forgets to renew his license in time Oftener he delays matters and does not come forward until the time of grace has passed In such cases the tax of a wholesale liquor dealer will have increased from 100 to 150 while that of a retailer will have jumped from 25 to 37 50 Many liquor dealers attempt to shirk this penalty If they admit that ther were in business on July 1st they will have to pay the 50 per cent penalty If on the other hand a man does not start in business before July he cannot be expected to get his stamp before that time For such persons a special form has been printed On this form the liquor dealer states The undersigned John Jones being dnly sworn according to law declares that on the day of he Intends to engage in the business of wholesale or retail liquor dealer And that he has done no business for which he would be liable to pay a special tax without having paid the same except as above This form is changed for different kinds of business In all cases it must be signed by the party going into business and sworn to before somebody capable of receiving an affidavit Each year a number of men try to get the special tax stamps by presenting these affidavits The officer should and usually does look np the mans name in the pre vious years book If a man did business up to July 1 1S93 it is fiardly probable that he would quit for twcT three months and then begin again TTTrcsmada that claim investigation would probably show that the dealer bad neglecteoto get his license in time and then to sn oid paying the heavy penalty was wilQngJto swear to a lie If it succeeded he would not only save the penalty but his stamp would cost him only a portion of the tax for the entire year If the clerks in the internal revenue office exercise proper vigilance the fraud could not occur If they are willing to take things for granted and are allowed to let their offire rnn with as little work as possible the Government will be defrauded out of a great deal of money It is common rumor among the brokers that already during this last year there are a number of liquor dealers who have been allowed to swear falsely in order to avoid the payment of tbe tax It is not charged that the clerks neglected to take cognizance of the flagrant errors jn the application In a small retail place kept by a man who is utterly unknown it would be quite easy to think that he was opening up a new shop especially as the mans statement to that effect is given under oah But it does seem odd that revenue fficials should be willing to take it for granted that a large wholesale house which had been in business for years should suddenly drop out for a month or six weeks and then resume again Yet such would seem to be the case The books of Collector Qmnn upon being overhauled by an inspector showed a number of such cases These have all been reported to the Secretary of the Treasury and the offenders will undoubtedly be punished The penalty is very severe To the tax the man who makes a false application has to add 100 per cent Thus a wholesale dealer whose tax is 100 per year would bave to pay 200 if he fal sified his returns The retailers special tax stamp would cost him 50 instead of 25 If the department decides to press matters the man is liable to a criminal action for perjury the punishment for which is a fine not exceeding 2000 and not more than five years imprisonment Besides this the offender is prohibited from giving testimony in a court of the United States until the judgment against him has been reversed A case that has excited special com ment is that of the internal revenue broker Rea Mr Rea attends to the revenue business of a large number of firms Among these is the Eisen Vineyard Company of Fresno For years they have retailed wine at their winery and for years they Lave bought their special tax stamp This year it is said they sent Mr Bea 23 with which to purchase their stamp It is said that he forgot to do so At any rate it was not until August that be applied for the stamp With the penalty it would cost 37 50 Mr Rea did not intend to be 12 50 out of pocket Instead of this the story goes that he made an affidavit swearing that the Eisen Vineyard Company had not been in business on July 1st and wanted a stamp for the rest of the year For it he paid only 22 and some cents In his returns to the Eisen Vineyard Company he charged up the full 25 Another of Reas customers is Dellepiane Co 425 Battery street Ever since the department decided that commission merchants shipping wines to foreign countries were wholesale liquor dealers Dellepiane Co bave bought their special tax stamp both as wholesalers and retailers These cost them 125 This year they neglected to pay the tax in July as is required This according tjj tbe gentlemans own statement was the fault of George Alferitz the book keeper The latter gentleman afterward gave Mr Rea the commission to pay the tax Mr Rea signed an affidavit that the firm bad done no business in Julr and got tbe two stamps for 114 19 This made the tax 10 81 less than if it bad been paid in July and 73 31 less thahil the penalty owing had been advanced Tor the wholesale stamp Rea paid 91 67 instead of 150 The retail stamp cost 22 92 instead of 37 SO The work of paying the tax Jay with me said George Alferitz the bookkeeper of Dellepiane Co yesterday I saw Mr Rea early in July and 70ke about the tax bnt Rea said there was plenty of time as the dealer had tbe whole month of July ia which to pay Then I went Into the country and forgot all about the tax I did zfot get back till the 1st of August When found that the tax was not paid I went to see Eea I thought that a day or two did not make any difference buthe said It did He told me that he would fix it though and I gave him 125 Of this 100 was for the wholesale liquor dealers stamp and 25 for the retail dealers I gave him the money on August 2d In the afternoon he brought in the stamps I did not look at them but gave them to a boy to nail up 1 did not know they were for only eleven months till an internal revenue inspector came to ask about them Bea says he asked me if I had sold any liqnor in July He claims that said Xo I dont know anything about that I do know that I gave Mr Eea the fall 125 It seems queer that if I only wanted to pay for eleven months I did not demand the 10 81 back Afew days ago the department made us buy stamps for a full year and pay the penalty besides That makes as 312 50 out of pocket We have asked for the return of the 114 19 originally paid and will get It in the course of time If there were any ialite affidavits made Mr Alferitz continued our firm did not make them In fact we did not know that they were made The entire business was intrusted to Mr Rea Another case in which Mr Rea was Interested was that of a prominent saloonkeeper on Market street This gentleman forgot to get his license The story cur rent among the brokers is that he went to the clerk in the Internal Revenue office and tendered 25 He was told that the tax would cost him 37 50 as he bad not paid in July The gentleman in ques tion remarked something about going to a place with as exceedingly torrid climate before he would pay the extra 12 50 and retired to consult Mr Rea That settled it Mr Rea promised to use a mysterious pull that he was fond of talking about An affidavit was sworn to stating that the saloon keeper was just opening up his place of business This was taken to a second clerk who of course believed it and Mr Rea paying 22 took tbe saloon man his stamp The rumors concerning this transaction were corroborated yesterday The saloonkeeper went to the country he says and his barkeeper neglected to pay the special tax in time On his return he went to Collector Quinns office and found that they wanted a 12 50 penalty Then I went to Mr Rea ie said I told him I wanted a special tax stamp Then he made out the affidavit that I was just about to begin the retail liquor busi ness Mr Rea signed the affidavit but I did not On October 14th the saloon keeper In question was made to pay the entire tax ot 25 by the department with the 12 50 penalty added This makes him severely out of pocket The Eisen Vineyard Company has also been forced to pay not only the tax but the penalty They will all have to take their chances of getting the money paid for the first stamps back The three instances given above have been reported to the department at Washington In addition to the payments already made the offenders will in all likelihood have to pay another 50 per cent penalty A penalty of 100 per cent is usually exacted by the Government when a tax is avoided by fraud Already a 50 per cent penalty has been paid This leaves another 50 per cent to be called for When Deputy Internal Revenue Inspector Bert Thomas who was credited with having made the investigation was pressed about the matter yesterday he admitted that tbe cases mentioned above bad been referred to the department They had as yet received no orders to proceed against any one legally It is within the limits of a vague probability that there will be no prosecution although Broker Rea may be debarred from the privilege of negotiating revenue matters Mr Rea bad no right to sign those affidavits for any of the firms Mr Thomas said They read I John Jones have done thus and so Thev should therefore be signed John Jones or John Jones by Rea attorney in fact An affidavit reading I John Jones have done this and signed Rea for John Jones really means nothing4 Then the clerks were at fault for accepting these affidavits was asked Mr Thomas did not like to admit this He said that as Mr Bea was a recognized revenue broker tbe affidavits he presented were accepted without scrutiny It was taken for granted that they were all right where in ordinary cases a careful examination would be made Mr Thomas admitted that instructions were daily expected from the department concerning the matter A Policy for a Quarter of a Million CTJETIN DYNAMITE EXPLOSION A Feature of the Lata Occurrence Heretofore Unnoticed John Curtin who was so frightfully hnrt by the anarchists dynamite explosion in front of the Curtin boarding house a couple of weeks since has cause to rejoice over one feature of the matter at least Even before his recovery his claim against the California Mutual Benefit Society of which he was a member and whose offices are in the Murphy building of this city was settled full and to his entire satisfaction This society seems to appreciate the fact that a claim promptly paid is doubly paid as the following named gentlemen who have been paid within the past week and before their recovery can testify Edwin Barclay a prominent citizen of Berkeley John Schoolcraft a large contractor of this city who resides at the Denver House Thomas A Goodwin a Jamter residing at 161 Second street oseph McDonald a stableman at 120 Fourteenth street and Arata an Italian citizen of 513 Greenwich street Upon casual Inquiry this company may be found to be doing much good in the prompt payment of claims during these hard tunes and worthy of the patronage ot the public Something New in Assurance Contracts TEJP AB0UHD THE WORLD Art Series No 4 COUPON 2 Numbers Changed Dally SSEJffi OE liEIKO ISt COUPONS of the same series and ot different numbers together with 5 two cent tames and yoo will receive John Stoddards Portfolio of Photographs For fall particulars page NOTE Subscribers who bring their coupons and stamps to the Chronicle ofiice will receive their Portfolio of Photographs at the time Orders sent by matt will filled from Chicago and the Portfolios should be received in ten days from time order Is received at the Cheox icls oScffin San Francisco Address all orders 6AS ITiAlf CISCO CHBOXICIE Coupon Department Issued tj the Equitable Life In ierestinff Intcryiew IWitlL AWalz A Wala was interviewed at his office in tbe Crocker building yesterday In regard to a new and very interesting contract lately introduced by the Equitable I understand Mr Wall said the reporter that your company has lately introduced a plan of assurance that costs less and gives more than any other plan ever issued Weil was the reply that depends upon bow yoa look at it The rates for regular life assurance are a fixture based entirely npon mortality rates of interest earned expenses etc We have many kinds of Contracts to suit the many desires of different people and it is the constant wish of the society and work of their actuaries to get out every kind of contract that the public demand consistent with good management Of late years there has been a growing demand for a contract which will at a minimum cost provide a maximum amount of income payable to wives or other heirs doling their lives payments to begin at the death of the assured This has resulted in the societys introducing the new plan of assurance Known as the Tontine installment policy which in my judgment is the nearest to absolute protection of any contract I ever saw What are the principal features and merits of this new policy was asked To explain clearly it will be necessary for me to illustrate by taking a man at a given age in order to fix given premium rate If a man 39 years of age pays us 3103 a year for twentv years we will guarantee his family 5000 a year for thirty years if he die or pay himself or his heirs 5000 a year for thirty years if he live and make ail the payments Understand that by this contract instead of a husband providing a large sum of money for his family to invest after his death and probably lose by bad management he provides for them an income which is absolutely sure and cannot be stopped even by tnemselves You say and payable to himself if he lives What do you mean by that questioned the interviewer 1 mean said Mr Walz that if he live and make all the payments and the results are as favorable during the next twenty years on our Tontine policies as they have been during the last twenty years he or his heirs will receive an annual income of over 5000 a year for thirty years Suppose a man makes a few payments and meets with reverses in business and cannot pay any more what does he get then He Mt a naid nn nolicv for S75O0 for each 03paid in that is more than two and one half times as much as he paid notwithstanding the protection he had of 150000 during the period that his assurance was in force ell certainly that is a grand contract How much or rather how small an amount can a man take A man or woman who is a first class risk in every respect can securela contract for any amount from 1000 to 150000 payable in thirty annual installments to himself or his heirs Can a man take such a contract and pay for it less than twenty payments Yes These contracts can bebousht in ten fifteen or twenty payments and can be made to read payable to himself or his heirs in any number ol installments I can sell a man or a woman a 250000 policy payable in hfty annual install ments ol JoUUO ou see we can go as high as a man wants to so long as the installments if discounted or converted into one cash pavment will not eicetd 100 000 A 100000 pohey payable at death is our Hmit on a single life These are certainly very attractive policiespolicies To be abie to have a company like the Equitable the strongest life company in the world act as trustee for large sums Of monev to be pavable to ones heirs for years in the future will certainly become popular wth people on tnis coastwnen once they understand them To think that if a man pays but 3408 and should die that his family will receive 5000 a year lor thirty years ana ne lives ana mates all the payments will have paid In but 68160 and will then receive for himself or his heirs 5000 a year for thirty years does seem wonderful WILL BE CADETS MILITAEY TLaNSFOE YOUNG CATHOLICS quite a largoTegiment will be the result The time for forming the com panies Has not been set nut there is already a rivalry among the varions parishes The boys who are members of the League of the Cross established at St Marys Cathedral want to have the dig nity of being called the Erst comnanv They have some very decided notions aoout tne rights oi trie catnearai boys matters of form and are ready to fight it out on that line It is quite likely that iney win oe given precedence When the companies are formed they will be conducted on lines very similar to the Boys Brigade Each will be allowed to choose its own officers All will be uniformed ana probably as infantry There will be drills of course and some of the youngsters barred by want of size may get in as drummers Ken Father York is very much Interested in the boys and their cadet company and he will see to it that they have uniforms They will also have an excellent drill master as Colonel William Sullivan of the First Regiment has agreed to show them all about military tactic As the matter is still in its iucipiency ho arrangements have as yet been made for armories and their equipments But in every church there is always a spare room somewhere and a place for each company will be found It is hoped that the proposed cadet companies will serve to increase interest in the League of the Cross Since its inception it has erown very ranidlyuntil it now has a membership of several thou sand boys it is doing a epienaia service for it holds its members to temperate lives Boys want some diversion however and the military feature is intro duced with tnat object in view as yet it is only in outline Rev Father Montgomery is heartily in favor of it and all the plans are made out A PEOHTAELE SLOP CHEST Sailors Ob the Hlc Become Large Customer The crew of the American ship Bice Captain Jordan which arrived here last Wednesday from Baltimore after a passage of 135 days were paid off yester day before United states shipping com missioner Gwin The sailors shipped for 18 a month and earned 81 on the voyage Before starting they each received 35 advance which would have left 46 a man coming to them The ship like all other well regulated deep water vessels had a slop chest and it was run in a hiehlr profitable manner As a result thesailors had very little money coming to them offset that only left a margin of 20 cents This man made a bowL His account was gone over and an error of 30 cents allowed The sailor then signed clear for a naif dollar Other sailors had a similar experience The law only allows a captain to charge a profit of 10 per cent over the original cost of articles which are sold from the slop chest Commissioner Gwin might make a big reputation for himself if he would look closely into accounts of sail ors who are overcnarged lor stop cnest goods XOCAI mBTTS tfOTES Seraflno Arata a dealer In frolU and Teyo tables has failed for 7801 94 nominal assets The Government steamer McDowell wilt leave Clay street pier at 945 this morning for Alcatral with Bishop Niehols of the Episcopal diocese The noted divine will deliver a sermon to the prisoners on the Island Plncus Fincui the clothing store clerk who abstracted a scarf pin from Harveys necktie was held to answer before tbe Su perior Court on a charge of grand larceny by Police Judge low yesterday Bonds were fixed at iVAi The OrovUle Olive Company bar been Incorporated The directors are Adol ph Ekman KPrien William Prouhl George St Clair George A McCalvy and Charles 3 Kex gerty Capital stoefc 50000 Of which 25 000 has been subscribed The charge of felony embezzlement azilnst Louis Cry the former manager of the camp wt in uucuifnvjcu ocveuiu anu ii33ion streets was dismissed In tbe Police Court yes terday He was subsequently arrested on coarge ai muuemeanor emoeiziemen Michael ttooprr one of a gang of Bussfan burglars recently arrested was takeirtoOU roy yesterday where he is wanted nn charges of astault to murder and burglary Asham Deter who was arrested with Cooper was booked yesterday on three charges of burglary Thomas Barry an employe of tbe Harbrt Commissioners belt railroad and John Hoar while making a trip in a boat under the wharves near tne Market street ferry slips met with an accident The boat atnxcfe a sunken nile and Barrv went overboard hen became to the surface there wasa deposit of slimy mud sticking to his clothes and he was nearly snsocated when rescued Detective Ejan and Officer Holland yesterday afternoon captured a very hard character on Mission pier 1 Thev believe him to be an Eastern crook The man gave theame of frank Smith He was chareed with tetit larceny A twenty dollar leather valise stolen trom i fcansorae street was found in his possession Captain Dunlevy of the north harbor police qneatioaed the prisoner verv closely anddrew out of him a statement that be had Just come direct fromSoston Oakland subscribers to the Castxsvx can receive series No 2 of the Tortfolio of Kioto graphs by presenting the seven coupons and 10 cents or five 2 cent stamps at the Cheos ICLS branch office S7a Broadway to day Losdos mrro sealskin garments at reduced prices Alaska Fur tore 933 Market street Proposition to So Organize the Boys of the League of the Cross MISCELLAKEOCS What Causes Pimples Clogging of tne pores or mouths of tha sebaceous glands with letom orpily matter The ping oi baa la the centre of the pfjnpj lcHIedabtactiCigrBborccinsdooe Kature wf3 cot anew the dogging of tie pores toco3tlanelangbeice Itifarniratloa pats swelling and redness latex pes or scatter forms breaks or Is opened the plug comes out and the pore is once mors free There an thousands of these pores in the fact alare any one of which is liable to beccoa clogged by neglect or discsse What Cures Pimples The only reliable preveotivfi and cure wbej cot due to constitutional tumor ii Cuticura Soap It contains a mad proportion of CbTlClgA the great SVin Cure which enattes it to dissolra the setaceous cr o2y matter it forms at tta mouths of the pores It stimulates the sluggish glands and tubes to healthy activity reduces infiammatioa soothes and heals IrritateoTand roughened surfaces sad restores tbe skin to Its orlgtsal purity This is the secret of its wonderful success Tor bad complexions red roogh hands and shapeless nails dry thin and filling hair scaly and irritated scalps and simple baby blemlshts ft is wonderful If Is preserringtpurifyiiig and beautifying to a degree hitherto cninotf a among remedies for the skin and complexion Sale greater than the combined sales of all other skin and complexion soaps Sold throughout the world roTTEK Dbco asd Csxair Coxr Sola Pnv oxlefors Boston Vomen full of pains aches nd weaknesses find comfort strength and renewed vitality Ia Cuticura Plaster the first and onm pain killing nerye strengtheninj piaster when ail else fails TflElITBBOH The Largest Retail Dry Goods Stare la the City Great Clearance Of Ik tabs SMptnfs Imported Cloaks Capes from 85 to 65 Capes from 11Q to 75 Gapes irom125 to 85 Gapes from 1145 to 1115 Domestic Cpes and Jackets Ladlea Military Capes in Kersey Cloth all colors edged with Fur or Braided fromllOnpwafcL Ladies Extra Fine Quality Seal Plush Capes with handsome Silk Lining Worth Collar from 15 upward Large variety of Jackets in all different styles of material and color from 5 upward A Special Jacket of AU Wool Cheviot in Reefer style with large sleeves Worth Collar trimmedvWith Electric Seal i urt au sizes ior eacn HIS CKLLAKKO vs Cr rfl The League of tbe Cross the fccal tern perance society young Catholics organized by Kev Father Montgomery fs to have a new and interesting feature Plans are now under way to introduce into it a military organization and to make of the thousands of boys in the society young cadets The proposition has met with general favor among the Toonz fellows and there is already on foot a rivalry among the different parishes as to which shall have the honor of forming and maintaining the first com pany The idea is not by any means a new one At different times the boys of several Catholic churches have formed them selves into military companies The Boys Brigade is now a military organization generally popular among the boys of manv of the local Protestant churches hut the new organization will be larger than anything of its kind ever attempted before in the city It is being organized in the firstlace to stimulate and hold the interest of the boys and in the second to keep constantly beore their minds the thought of patriotism and their duty to the Stars and Stripes The league of the Cross is an organization whose membership is constituted by boys of ail sizesand ages The proposition to make them cadets very naturally met with instant favor but all cf them cannot be members ot the military companies They become members ot the league as I soon as they receive confirmation When that sacrament of tbeir cnurcb is given to them they make a promise not to touch intoxicating drink or to go near ji place where it is sold Some of the ysare confirmed when they are very young so they will have to wait a while before they can wear anything like TJhcla Sams uniform The matter has been discussed inde tail and it has been decided to restrict the membership in the cadets to boys who are 5 feet 4 inches or over In height The little fellows will have to erow or as has been suggested they may form junior companies It is the Intention to form a company In every parish and when that is done GREAT STOCK New Fall and Winter UNDERWEAR HOSIERY jGLOVES NECKWEAR FANCY SHIRTS ETC ETC The Largest and Besc Stock ever shown in this city LOWEST PRICES In Many Years PleasdCail and Examine TvKircns 1ML13 ill2llfr MBS i 3 Goods seat freato au parts of Uirlty and suburban towns Samples sent oa application Particular attention bald tf ilaU Orders RIPlWEdCO NWCornerofPostand KearaySts MEN MEN ENTERTAITOSNT Free for All PmLAxnntopr iLLs it that evert mas in around or visiting the city shall be amoved Instructed and entertained free aci evening at Dr IJebtg Companys grand Qlns trated lebares will be riven at tne new lector hall and rtJienm of the LiebiaWorid Dispensary 401 Kearay street corner Pine nightly tree Consultation free Grandest Museam of Anatomy In the West Hodelsetsecretsoflifaandwondera of mankind all representative of the present year 1 893 jnst Imported at great expense rrora Frinca ilnsenm open aU day Medical and Surgical offices of theDr UeMj Special Doctors far Mea 400 43euy street aa Iranclsco e4 or write JOHTS Privata Dispensary PRIVATE CHP05IC AXTJ iTEBVdCS IMS eases OT MEX cured JJook oa PrlT DIseap sent tree to all tmo desctlhe their trouble Patients enred at home Terras reasonable Hours 9 to 3 aaily 630 to 630 evenings Ban day 10 to 12 Cfrtsnltstloa free and sacredly confidential Call or address wltn stamp ItOSCOE Keif C1VTT 86j Kearay Street San Francisco KS JBewsre of strangers who try to talk to yoa about your disease on the street or elsewhere They are cappers or iteerers tat swindling doctors Rupture Positively Cured DE AKTHOBTS HEBBTA CUBE accczBSOx to DE DE 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