The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 5, 1895, Page 12

12 THE SAN FBANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 35, 1895. & COMPETITOR IN GOAST TRADE. THE WHALEBACK CITY OF EVERETT ARRIVE FROM PUGET SOUND. CARRIES COAL FROM COMOX. A FORMIDABLE RIVAL To THE LocaL | LINERS—AN EXPERIMENTAL TRIP. The whaleback steamer City of Everett, of which much has been written since she was launched from the place the name of which she bears, arrived in port yesterday morning with 3800 tons of coal for the Southern Pacific Company. She 1s a curi- ous specimen of marine architecture, and her arrival brought down great crowds to the water front to get a peep at her. She | came from Comox, B. C., stopping at Port Townsend to take on board twenty-three passengers. She eighty-four hours from the former place and sixty-two hours was | the best quality of stone, or art: cane, and he can attest the seaworthiness of the craft. 3 “The Everett is the thirty-ninth whale- back which has been built, and the fortieth vessel is now under construction at our vards at West Superior. We started to ?mild the Everett when things were boom- ing on the sound, but as the boom petered out we finished her up for the New York and Tampico trade. If business warrants we will keep her on the coast, and ma; build more vessels. Forty vessels, includ- ing 130,000 Lonnafie, is a pretty good record for five years, and you can judge from that whether the boats are a success. We are in competition with no class of vessels, or with all classes, as you like. All vessels are in competition for that matter, and we are in it with the rest.” The Everett sailed yesterday afternoon for Port Costa, after Janding her passen- gers, VIOLATING AN ORDINANCE. A Property-Owner Who Put Down a Plank Sidewalk. A case of interest to property-owners, being the first of the kind, will be heard by Judge Low in a day ortwo. Yesterday morning George H. Oulton, a Deputy Su- perintendent of Streets, swore out a war- rant in Judge Low’s court for the arrest of Michael Higgins, a property-owner on Glover street, between Jones and Leaven- worth, on the charge of “willfully and un- lawfully reconstructing and laying down a sidewalk which was net reconstructed of al stone, tlagging or a id_portion of Glover street nd sidewalk being within the limits men- ioned in section 3 of order No. 1588 of the phaltum, concrete or bitumi- | HUST DO THER WORK BY DAYLIGAT. SUPERVISORS STOP THE GRABBING OF STREETS DURING THE NIGHT. FORTY-EIGHT HOURS' NOTICE THE CHURCH - STREET RAILROAD FRANCHISE Has Not YET BEEN DECIDED. The Board of Supervisors have put an end to the grabbing of streets by corpora- tions or any one else capable of such acts during the hours when law-abiding citi- zens are asleep. At their meeting yesterday an order was passed to print prohibiting all persons, companies or corporations from commene- |ing work on the public streets under any franchise or privilege until notice is served | of their intention so to do at least forty- cight hours before the public streets are | torn up or disturbed. Violation of the 2 7 L2 Zs- 4 LA g ~ THE WHALEBACK STEAMER. [Sketched for the “Call” by W. A. Coulter.] from Port Townsend. Among the City of | Everett’s passengers were: Captain Alex | MacDougall, inventor of the whaleback and general manager of the American Steel Barge Company of New - York; J. B. | Crooker, who represents the interests of | the Rockefellers on the ¢ ; A, W. | Thompson, cashier of the American Steel | Barge Company; James Smith, superin- | tendent of the Frontier Iron Works of D troit, which furnished the vessel's engine Hugh Calderwood, who superintended the building of the ship; and several promi- nent citizens of Everett and their families. Messrs. Crooker and Smith were accom- panied by their wives. The vessel came up the harbor flying the blue peter from her foremast, a pennant with her name strung from {he meinmast and her signal flags streaming from the mizzen, while the stars and stripes floated at the peak. The low sullen sound of her siren awoke the echoes in the surrounding hills, and people rushed out from all points wondering what strange craft had invested the waters. All the ferry-boats saluted the new comer and an opportune blast set off at Gray’s quarry on Telegraph Hill lent warmth to the welcome accorded to the whaleback. A longshoreman wanted to know what warship that was and a face- tious Custom-house official told him that it was a Japanese cruiser come to shell Chinatown. He believed it and spread the tale among the Italian fishermen, and there was great joy on the seawall and drinking of claret and much munching of macaroni thereat. Captain Bucknam, who is in temporary command of the whaleback, is “shore™ captain for the American Steel Barge Com- pany, the owners, builders and operators of all the round-deck craft. He speaks in highest terms of the latest addition to the fleet and says that the trip down wasa most pleasant one. ““We have on board 3800 tons of coal,” said he, “and we brought down besides thirty-three in the crew twenty-three pas- sengers. Although the vessel is not in- tended as a passenger-boat, still there was nothing but the greatest satisfaction e: ressed at the manner in which she be- aved. We had a heavy gale, too, on the way down, but she rode through it like a ull. In rough weather we made twelve nots, and for a spurt reached a speed of fourteen and a quarter knots. On the en- tire trip we averaged about nine knot: Her mean draught is 19 feet 6 inche Going back to Comox we will put in 1700 tons of water for ballast, and this, with her coal-bunkers full, will give her a draught aft of 16 feet, and 13 feet forward.”” On the deck are four'big turrets, each containing two hoisting engines.. The vessel has eight hatches, which open nearly the entire length of the ship, and with her superior hoisting facilities it is estimated that she can be discharged in two days. Her engines are triple expan- sion and of the most modern designs. The deck is protected by heavy wire cables stretched from iron stanchions at intervals of about fifteen feet. It is impossible by this arrangement for any water to remain on deck. 5l‘he main house rests on two, immense turrets set on the after part of the deck, from which two gangways run for- ward to the bridge, on which is the cap- tain’s room, pilot and chart house. Four metallic lifeboats rest on the deck, ready for use at any moment. Steam steering- gear is used, and the anointments all through are most thorough and up to date in every particular. The coming of the Everett recalls the passing of the whaleback Wetmore. When | that unfortunate craft came to the coast about three years ago it was predicted that there would be a revolution in the freight- ing business on the coast. Old mariners shook their heads and said she would not do, and when she went on the rocks in Coos_Bay they said: “I told you so.” The Everett is not much larger than the ‘Wetmore, being a little over 1 tons net, but she is stronger and especially adapted for the ocean trade. She will form the crucial test for the “coming” vessels and if she is a success more vessels of her class will be built on the Sound. Like the Wet- more she has a round stern and her bow ends in a snout. “The Everett is an ex) coast,” said Captain MacDougall, inventor of the whaleback. “The Wetmore was built for the lakes, but if she were properly handied she would have proved the worth of the whaleback. It was not her fault that she went on the rocks. The whale- backs have been severely criticized on the | coast, but their critics have been owners of other vessels whose trade the new ships might injure. 3 “The whalebacks have been a success on the lakes and also on the Atlantic, where they have rode through storms which have wrecked vessles of otfier models. Captain Bucknam has been twice through a hurri- | riment on the general orders of the Board of Supervisors.” Artificial stone sidewalks were laid in front of the houses on Glover street with the exception of the one owned and occu- pied by Higgins. He putdown a plank sidewalk and was arrested about two weeks ago by a policeman. When he appeared before Judge Low he said he had been un- able to get a contractor to put down a stone sidewalk, so the Judge gave him ten days to complg with the ordinance. This failed to do, and yesterday Deputy Oulton swore out the warrant for his arrest. DR.V.J. STEARNS IN HIDING ALL EFFORTS TO LOCATE THE MISS- ING PHYSICIAN PROVE FRUITLESS. AFFAIR THAT Is BECOMING A MysTERY—WHAT His , FRIENDS Say. AN The continued absence of Dr. Victor J. Stearns, who has - been sued by Mrs. Bridget Ramage of 417)4 Third street, for $10,000 damages for breach ot promise of marriage, is the subject of considerable speculation among his friends, who are now beginning to think that his disap- pearance is mysterious. “I cannot imagine where he can be,” said his business agent, Mr. Levitsky. “If Dr. Stearns’ sole motive in keeping in hid- ing were to evade service of summons in Mrs. Ramage’s suit there might be some excuse in keeping his retreat secret, but when his property interests are allowed to suffer by reason of his absence, the doctor’s | continued absence must be regarded as significant. He has disappeared as com- pletely as if the earth had swallowed him =ed Attorney J. D. Sullivan, counsel for Mrs. Bridget Ramage, stated yesterday that he had caused a close search to be made for Dr. Stearns in order to serve summons upon him, but thus far he has not succeeded in locating the physician. ‘‘My opinion 1s,” said Attorney Sullivan, “that he is in hiding in this city, notwith- standing a_report that he had gone to Arizona. He has considerable property here, and I cannot believe that he would leave it to take care of itself merely to escape summons in the suit.” ‘“We cannot account for Dr. Stearns’ long absence,’”’ said one of the members of the Olympic Club yesterday. “He used to come here every day to play chess, but since the filing of the suit against him he has not been seen. He was known to be a very sensitive man, rather high strung and quite peculiar. “He appeared at all times to' fear notoriety, and I now believe that he has gone into retirement in order to escape the Jjoking of personal friends at the plight in which he finds himself, He has queer hobbies, one of them being fhat he is a great hypnotist. So earnest was he in vropounding hypnotic doctrines that we used to think him a little ‘off in the upper register.” 1 cannot imagine what would keep him from sending for his mail any- how, for some of it must be important. If he is alive he is certainly acting like a crazy man.” Mrs. Ramage, who brought suit against the doctor, has now determined to allow the matter to rest, leaving to time the solution of Dr. Stearns’ somewhat peculiar disappearance. —————— DELicATE as a hothouse flower — the flavor of dishes made with Dr. Price’s Bak- ing Powder. pe el TAKEN TO TULARE COUNTY. Theodore K. Murray to Be Tried There for Felony Embezzlement. Deputy Sneriff Harrelson of Tulare County called at police headquarters with a warrant for the arrest of Theodore K. Murray, cattle-buyer of Porterville, Murray was arrested about two weeks ago at the racetrack on a charge of felony embezzlement, preferred by Cox & Clark, wholesale butchers of Sacramento, who allege that Murray had misappropriated $5600, a portion of the money placed to his credit for the purchase of caftle., The case was uaigned to Judge Conlan’s court, but will be dismissed this mornin, and the Deputy Sheriff will leave with lL,!"ut\-fln;é for fulare County, where he will . BPONGE Fiber Gov, Blotting is best absorbent known. Mysell & Rollins, 521 Clay, soleagents.* ordinance is made a misdemeanor, pun- ishable by imprisonment for not les$ than sixty nor more than 180 days. The ordi- nance also provides that the notice must be posted in a conspicuous place in the office of the clerk of the board. The recommendation of the Street Com- mittee that Herman Schussler, the en- gineer of the Spring Valley Water Com- o | PANY, be requested to attend the meeting | of the committee on Thursday, March 7, for the purpose of giving his views regard- ing specifications for the construction of San Francisco pavements, was accepted by | the board. The board reconsidered its action in awarding the contract to pave Guerrero street from Fourteenth to Fifteenth. Supervisor Hobbs presented a resolution referring the matter of the defective sewer- age of the Hall of Records, complained of by the new City Hall Commissioners, back to the guardians or the new City Hall. When the resolution instructing the clerk to advertise for bids for the franchise of an electric-road railroad on_ Church street from the intersection with Sixteenth street to Thirteenth street and along that thoroughfare to its intersection with Fill= mde street was reached Supervisor Hobbs moved that the matter be referred to the board as a committee of the whole, and his motion was accepted without comment. A resolution was adopted, in pursaance of a communication from the Board of Health, comJ;eIling property-owners in the Richmond district to connect the sewers on their properties with the main sewers as soon as practicable. Darby Laydon & Co. were granted per- mission to explode blasts for the purpose of grading and removing rock from pri- vate grogerty on Winthrop street, between Lombard and Chesinut. Bonds in the sum’ of $20,000 to cover any damages sulting from the explosions were given. - The width of sidewalksin the district south’of the park, embracing the section from First to Forty-eighth avenues and from H to W streets,inclusive, was fixed at fifteen feet. The width of sidewalks on Jessie and Stevenson streets, running threugh Mis- sion block 27, was established at nine feet. E. L. Christin and W. E. Murphy, prop- erty-owners on Hayes street, sent ina com- munication stating that the contracting firm of Flynn & Tracy had secured their signatures to a contract for street_work on Hayes street, between Fillmore and Steiner, by false representation in stating that they had secured the names of a ma- jority of owners on the block. . The petitioners asked that they be re- lieved from the contract so that they can get the benefit of public competition for the work. Referred to Street Committee. A communication from the associated creditors of the city and county asking that their petition requesting the board to dis- countenance the holding of a special elec- tion for the sed charter, and which was referred by the Finance and Judiciary Committee to the Committee on Elections, be referred back to the former committee was referred to the Finance Committee. _Labor Exchange, Branch No. 26, peti- tioned the bonrse to authorize the City Treasurer to issue city warrants or non-in- terest-bearing bonds of small denomina- tion to the amount of $1,000,000, making them receivable for all taxes and dues to the city and county, and that the Superin- tendent of Streets be instri®ted to employ all men who are willing to work for said warrants, giving them three days’ work per week until such time as private enterprise be sufficiently recuperated to absorb ail applicants for employment. This was re- ferred to the Finance Committee. The recommendation of the Street Com- mittee that the name of Stevenson street, from Sycamore to Twenty-first, be changed to Lexington avenue was accepted. The Fire Department sentin a communi- cation recommending that $100 be paid to Hugh Quinn of truck 1, who was injured in a fire on October 1, 1894, and was unable 1o perform his duties for over two months thereafter. The department also asked the Supervisors to advertise for bids for 500 single and 500 double hydrants, and also 500 gates and a like number of bends, to be delivered in lots as required by the depart,- ment. Referred to the Committee on Po- lice and Fire Department. The communication of property-owners in the Flint tract, calling attention to dam- age to the streets by contractors, was re- ferred to the Superintendent of Streets with instructions to investigate, ascertain the amount of damage and those to whom the blame can be laid, so that suits may be begun for the recovery of whatever sum is necessary to place the street in good con- dition again. 4 Te- People’s Bank Creditors Sue. The California Safe Deposit and Trust Com- pany, as assignees of claims against the Peo- ple’'s Home Savings Bank to the amount of $657,049 06, has brought suit against the bank for that sum. The claims are those of most of the dissatisfied creditors, and run from small amounts up to thousands. For defend- ants the bank as a corporation is named; be- sides the directors and all the stockholders, from each of whom is demanded a share of the whole sum proportionate to his or her interest in the bank. GIRLS AND THE STENTOR. The Former Mnke the Audiences at the Academy of Sciences. One thing notable about the meetings of the Academy of Sciences is the number of young women or girls who attend. The audiences are always composed more than half of women, and the great major- ity of these might very properly be called girls, and very pretty girls, too. The men of the audiences attending the lectures are old and gray and bald. The exception to this rule last evening in a rather small audience, however, was just two. It is not certain, therefore, that they came to hear the lecture, if the character of the other part of the audience will be remembered. But that an audience gathered to hear a lecture on “The Structure and Life His- tory of the Infusoria, as illustrated by the Genus Stentor,” should be more than half composed of San Francisco bright and vivacious young women ought not to be lost,sight of in the prevailing contention about the ‘“‘new woman.” The lccturer was Professor H. P. John- son. He began his address by saying that he had given three years’ study to the stentor, a microscopical animal of very low order that is to be found everywhere in still or slowly running water; is trans- parent, but of varied and beautiful colors, swims' by revolying and multiplies by lengthening and diviging itself. The professor entered into the minute details of his experiments in studying the nucleus of the stentor—how he- cut the little thing in_slices and subjected the slices to his inquiring microscope and found upon the bodies of the nuclei other nuclei so small that they might be com- pared to a hazelnut besidé a_ footbail, and almost impossible, us it might seem, he said, the stentor, the full-grown stentor, might grow from this to a size almost to be | seen by the naked eye. And to all this the young ladies listened with vivid eagerness. ONE OF THE BLYTHE FEES, THE FIRM OF NAPHTALY, FREID- ENRICH & ACKERMAN ARE WELL PAID. THEY ARE AwWARDED $29,500 IN PART PAYMENT BY THE COURT. Another big attorneys’ fee has been drawn from the ample coffers of the | Blythe ecstate, this time in favor of | Naphtaly, Friedenrich & Ackerman, who represented Mr. Pennie, the then | Public Administrator, into whose hands | the immense estate was consigned while the litigious factions fought over it. That the labor of the Public Administrator’s at- | torneys must have been long and exceed- | ingly arduous is evident from the fact that | | and expression. WITH MUSIC, SONG AND ELOQUENCE, ROBERT EMMET’S BIRTHDAY ROY- ALLY CELEBRATED BY IRISH CITIZENS. HIS MANY VIRTUES EXTOLLED AFTER NEARLY A CENTURY THE PATRIOT'S MEMORY STILL REVERED. Irish song, Irish music, Irish eloquence and Irish patriotism ran riot at Metropoli- tan Hall last night. It was the anniver- sary of Robert Emmet, and the great au- ditorium was crowded to the doors by those friends of the Knights of the Red Branch who yearly join with them in re- calling the memory of the valorous young Irishman. The American and Irish flags, with a life-size picture of the hero whose virtues and whose glories have so often been sung were conspicuous among the decorations. Emmet was a young person. He flour- ished during the latter part of the last cen- tury and the first of the present. Pos- sessed of all the valor, genius and patri- otic fmpulses of his people, he headed an insurrection against English rule; but the movement was unsuccessful and the daring young liberator was executed. The Irish have for nearly a hundred years revered his memory, and on March 4 of each year they give expression to their feelings.” That ~was the purpose that called several thousand citizens of Irish blood to Metropolitan Hall last night, and the manner in which they enthused over their ideal shows that his memory is still very green in the Irish heart. Colonel J. C. O’Connor presided and in his opening remarks fiaid a glowing tribute to the memory of Robert Emmet, who, he said, had he'led a successful instead of an unsuccessful revolt for Irish liberty, would have been regarded as the George Washington of Ireland. He said that there was something about the name of Emmet which appealed to Irish sympathy and affection, and the anniversary would be celebrated until the end of time. Miss Julia Heffernan played the Irish airs very cleverly and Miss Flossie Con- ners sang ‘‘Asthore” in fair voic The Plymouth male quartet, consisting of Messrs. Coftin, Rice, Warde and Parent, rendered three delightful selections in their own perfect way. Joseph J. Dwyer was the orator of the evening. His address was out of the ordi- nary. It dealt with the character of Em- met and the influence of his life upon all time, and was superior in point of thought He said in part: “Within the last two weeks we cele- brated the anniversary of the most illus- trious man in the history of all countries, George Washington. To-night we cele- bate the anniversary of one of the most distinguished sons of Ireland, Robert JER CELEBRATION OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEENTH ANNI- VERSARY OF ROBERT EMMET’S BIRTHDAY. [Sketched by a “Call” artist at Metropolitan Temple last night.] the fee allowed them is $29;500, with half a promise of $30,000 more. The fee is allowed by Judge Coffey, by. consent of and upon the suggestion of Florence Blythe Hinckley herself. She is just where the attorneys want her—tired of litigation and willing to compromise. A letter from W. H. Hart to Pennie was submitted in applying for the order, and upon the showing “of this letter the order was made. The fetter is as follows: A. C. Freese—DEAR Sir: It is now nearly twelve years since Mr. Blythe died, and Mrs. Hinckley has had but little of the estate. The litigation has been serious and long continued, and she now desires to close up the estate as Tapidly as possible. have had a conference with Messrs. Naph- taly, Friedenrich & Ackerman, and they ave agreed to consent to final distribution upon their being paid at this time $29,500, leaying a balance of $30,000 subject to your appeal in reference to their fee. This is satis- factory to Mrs. Hinckley, and I therefore re- quest that you pay to Messrs. Naphtaly, Fried- enrich & Ackerson the sum of $29,500 on ac- count of their fee, and that same be paid forth- ith. FLORENCE BLYTHE HINCKLEY. ‘W. H. H. HART, " "Attorney and counselor. GARBER, BisHOP & BoalT, of counsel. The letter is signed by Mrs. Hinckley herself. ——————— ArE we to have free silver? Brighter than silver or gold is the record made by Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder. —————————— HINDOO HOSPITALITY. The Host Cannot Dine in the Same Room ‘With His Guests. In his private capacity the Hindoo is fre- quently very hospitably inclined. The fact that his caste prejudices preclude him from eating with Europeans does not always pre- vent him offering an invitation to dinner— his idea of English hospitality. This consists in his driving his gueststoa hotel and paying for dinner,while he awaits its consumption in another part of the house. It takes one some little time to get used to this mode of procedure, but after a while one sees the propriety of accepting the kindness in the s?u'it which prompts it.—Chambers’ Journal. e —————— AMERICA LEADS THE WORLD. JUST 80 WITH THE TEAS, COFFEES, SPICES, CHINAWARE, CROCKERY, GLASSW ARE SOLD BY THE GREAT AMERICAN IMP'T TEA CO,’S STORES, Brutus, ‘His life was gentle an Emmet. One was an American, the other was an Irishman. One was syccessful, the other was unsuccessful. What we honor and love in the one we will love and honor in the other. It was the aspirations of both to free their respective countries for all time. ‘“Emmet was ‘born during the American revolution; he was at school during the French revolution; he was exf)elled from school for his connection with the Irish revolution.” Here the orator eloquently pictured the struggle for national liberty in Ireland; how the country had been brought to the verge of ruin by having its factories de- molished, its schools closed and its na- tional religion proscribed. He declared that the men who had participated in the struggles during the dark days of 1798 and 1803 would ever be held in sacred memory by the Irish people. He spoke of the pa- thetic incidents in Emmet's life, of his love for his country, of his splendid char- acter and noble, self-sacrificing nature. “‘Standing by the side of Emmet’s name- less grave,” said the speaker, “the Irish may say of their heroas Anthony said of the ele- ments so mixed in him that nature might stand up and say to all the world this was aman.” No good thing is ever done in vain and so while Emmet’s body perished his example lives; the star of his blameless character shines white and eternal and who knows but one day his broken sword may be needed and leap to swift and ample ven- geance.” Miss Mary L. Kimball’s selections on the harp—all old Irish airs—aroused the senti- ment of the audience and round after round of applause were evoked. Miss An- nie Daly’s rendition of “Erin’s Flag” was also flatteringly received and encores were demanded and given. Miss Catherine Black and Messrs. G. V. Woods and D. Man Loyd were the other contributors to the programme. Greetings were read from an Emmet-day gathering at Chicago and the audience dis- persed after singing ‘“God Save Ireland.”” THE “HUSTLER" SUSPENDED, Other Mining Permits Granted by the Debris Commissioners. The permit for hydraulic mining in the Hustler mine, near Cherokee, Nevada County, was suspended indefinitely by the California Debris Commissioners at their regular meeting yesterday. Thereason for the suspension of the license is_ a broken dam, which will no longer retain the de- bris. The mine has two dams connected with its works. There is an Iinmrd\or.h olr upper dam, which is very small and shal- lo‘\?enud not adequate to retain the waste. Below this is a much wider and higher re- taining dam, but it isso badly broken as to be entirely useless, and therefore no mining will be permitted in the Hustler. After the proper and necessary showing had been made to the commission permits for hydraulic mining were granted to the Shealor mine and the Kate Gray mine, situated near Volcano, Amador County, and to the Fine Gold mine, situated near Vallecita, Calaveras County. 3 There are many applicants for permits to come up for consideration at the next meeting of the commission as well as pro- tests against the continuing of operations by certain mines, the retaining works of which are said to be defective WHO WERE HIS CELLMATES ? for Particulars Vincent’s Death. A most unique search for parties whose identity is unknown by those seeking them is now in progressin thiscity. A well- known lawyer is conducting it, and he is endeavoring to locate his parties by means of advertising in the personal column of the newspapers. The persons sought affer are not known as to number, but on the 24th of October, 1886, they oceupied a cell in the City Prison with one James Vincent, who had been arrested for some offense. On Vincent died in the cell, and e indicated that natural ca demise about. It appears, though, that there is money coming to Vincent's family in the shape of a pension for a small amount. Smallas it is they want it, however. But there is a stumbling block in the way. Unless the exact particulars concerning Vincent's death can be procured the money is not to be had. The attorney thinks that if he could find those who occupied the cell with Vincent when he died there would be little difficulty in determining whether the man died from alcoholism, violence or what. That is why a search is being made for the men who were in Vincent's cell, nearly ten years after his death. HIS PASSPORTS REFUSED. SAD PLIGHT OF CHESTER A. DOYLE, A SOCIAL LEADER OF HONOLULU. ONCcE HE Was A LIGHT AND LEADER OF OAKLAND So- CIETY SETS. Searching of James Chester A. Doyle, erstwhile leader of the four hundred in the trans-bay Honolulu yearning for Americ he cannot get away. When the steamer Australia was ready to cast off her moorings ave on her last trip from Hawaii Mr. Doyle, laden down with floral offerings from the ardent maidens of the isles, was at the wharf, gripsack in hand ready to go aboard and sail for his native land on this side of the Pacific. He had a ticket marked with a berth; he had a little money in his pocket; he had bidden farewell to his friends of both sexes and all colors, and had just stepped on the gangplank to board the Australia when— A big Hawaiian policeman’yanked him back and informed him he could not de- part so suddenly and leave all his mourn- ing creditors behind, disconsclate and un- comforted. Close by, with an exultant grin on his an soil, but face, stood Manager Colasso of the Ha- | waiian Hotel. He is Mr. Doyle’s rival in trade and his evil geni He is also Mr. Doyle’s creditor to the tune of several months’ board. se gentlemen are Japanese scholars and ha Government as interpreters in the courts. Mr. Doyle is Japanese court interpreter still. w, when he found himself with- out a passport—which had been refused on petition of many other cre ditors—and con- fronted with an officer of the law, who had a warrant to detain him, Chester A. Doyle, leader of the swell set in Honolulu, turned imploringly to the hotel manager who stood between him and the wide free world beyond. He spoke, but it was in a language which the amused bystanders could not understand. It was Japanese. Colasso considerately replied in the same musical tongue. They held a leng; bate, which was illustrated and emph with many gestures, inflective and deflec- tive. Butall of Mr. Doyle’s Japanese elo- quence was in vain. The hotel manager was obdurate. He would not yield to his debtor’s pleading. Only a few yards away were a number of gentlemen who were ready to leave Ha- waii, the Paradise of the Pacific. The Provisional Government! was glad to get rid of them. But not so with Mr. Doyle. The latter knew that some of the exiles owed many debts as well as he. Why should they be let go in peace and he de- tained, garlanded as he was with flowers ready for the voyage? The mere thought of the apparent injustice, of government’s inhumanity to man, angered him beyond control. In a moment of rage that must haye reached 150 degrees Fahrenheit he tore from his person the wealth of flowers of every hue and ground them into the soil of Oahu. He also ground his teeth with rage, the while muttering bitter impreca- tions in mellifluous Japanese. As a timely accompaniment Mr. Colasso made aggra- vating remarks in the same language. Mr. Doyle cast one last, longing glance at the smoking stacks of the steamer and then turned and walked <:|dlg‘ and deject- edly back into the city of Honolulu. ‘When he again turned his eyes seaward the Australia had sailed aw e A BANKER or a baker, which is better off? The latter if he uses Dr. Price’s Baking Powder. ———— PIONEERS ARE PROGRESSIVE. They May Adopt the Australian System of Balloting. An innovation in the procedure of de- liberative assemblies will be introduced at the next meeting of the California Pio- | neers’ Society, in the shape of a proposed new by-law which provides for the election of the officers of the society by the so- called ““Australian ballot system.” Broadly stated the pro the sccretary shall receive any list of names for offices proposed by thirty mem- bers of the society up to within ten days of the annual election; these lists shall then be printed the same as our State bal- lots; only one_ballot shall be allowed to a member and, if the one furnished is dam- aged so it cannot be used, it shall be returned and another issued in its stead, and, lastly, the California law regarding the manner of voting and counting the ballots shall govern in the matter. It is expected that_the usually quiet pro- ceedings of the society will be enlivened on April 1 by oratory for and against the adoption of a political expedient in the society. ons are: That — - Mails for Australia. The J. D. Spreckels & Brothers Company yes- terday received advices from New York to the effect that the Aurania, bringing the British- Australian mails for dispatch by the stesmshi Mariposa, arrived in New York March 3 at4:5 o'clock P. M. These mails were forwarded by the New York Central train at 9 p. M. yesterday and are due here Friday forencon, the Sth inst., and the sailing of the Mariposa has been set for 3 o'clock P. x. of that day, the Sth. ——————— GENERAL HOWARD at association auditorium, Mason and Ellis streets, Friday evening, March 8, at 8 o'clock; subject, “Grant at Chatta- n00gs.” Admission 50 cents to all parts of the house. Secure your tickets at once at Sherman, Clay & Co.’s, Sutter and Kearny streets. * s, s in | PLENTY OF HARD CASH IN' HAND, MANY VALLEY ROAD SUBSCRIP~ TIONS STILL CONTINUE TO CoME IN. THE PROMOTERS ARE ACTIVE. A GRAND TOTAL OF $2,385,400 IN STOCK ALREADY Dis- PoseD OF. The promoters’ committee of the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley road held another meeting yesterday and its members reported results in the progress of their efforts to secure addition: scriptions. The committee, when it f began work, had prepared a list of seve hundred names, one-third of which w given to the members at the time and from which reports were received yesterday. ‘When these reports had been received the second portion of the list was given out, and next Friday, when these have been heard from, the last of the present batch will be distributed. There has been subscribed up to yester- day a grand total of $2,385,400, of which vas reported yesterday, the new and yet unpublished subscriptions be- ing as follows: JSohnson, $200; Wright, £500; C Zetzscke, 500; C. 8. McCartl rles Lyons ; F. Seibrethe, 3 Burr Jr., ; John T. Dowling, $1000; John T. Dowling (trustee), $1000; P. Priet, $500; William H. Birch, $500; John W. Farren Jr., $1000; Charles S. Capp, $500; John M. Manning, £500; Adolph Roos, $500: J. W. Roos, §500; Z ach McXNeb, Coulson, ward May, $3 William M. Fitzhugh ; James H. Garratt, H. Stein & Co, A. Rankin, # , Schioss & Co., $500; Western TIron Works, Seliridge, $500; Rosa Vogels- B. Young, B. Jennings, Total, $26,300. J. €8 ; Mansfield Lovell, $500. : The Bank of California, which has been named as the official treasurer of the new road, reports the receipt of $215,530 on the first a ment made, this being equi lent to 10 per cent of the par value of 21.553 shares, or §2,1 A donation of $1000 has also been ry at this institution, as also has the sum of $300 in full payment for five other shares. The general committee desires it under- stood that subscription books are open at both the bank mentioned and at Claus Spreckels’ office, and that it is unnecessary for those who. wish to subscribe to await the call of a solicitor. The pooling agreement is in an em- bryotic state. It is probable, however, that it will be reported for the consideration of the board at the meeting t . No developments have come to the sur- face in the matter of the route. All ques- tions asked the directors relative thereto are met invariably by the answer that no man can tell asy here the road will run exactly and that only after the most thorough investi on will this matter be settled. Milling Company Attached. The Columbian Milling Company was ate tached yesterday for $45 on an assigned claim of the Pacific Door Company for lumber fur- { nished. J. J. Rauer, sho had the papers is- sued, says that the company has tried to evade the payinent of its just debts by transferring its Brannan-street plant to William Hearn, and that other attachments will be placed on the property if motes for $367, falling due on the Bth inst., are not paid. Food Removes wrinkles and all traces of age. It feeds through the pores and builds up the fatty membranes and wasted tissues, the shriveled and shrunken skin, tones and invigorates the nerves and muscles, en- riches the blood vessels, and supplies youth and elasticity to the action of the skin. It’s per. fect. Beware of substitutes and counterfeits. Yale’s Origi- nal Skin Food, price $1.50 and $3. At all drugstores. MME. M. YALE, Health and com- plexion specialist, Yale Temple of Beauty, 146 State street, Chicago. REDINGTON & CO., Wholesale Drug- nourishes impoverished gists, San Francisco, are supplyin Pacific Coast with all my remedies.® * e