The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 13, 1895, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1895. AN UNCLATHED BAGGAGE SALE. SPECULATIVE PURCHASES OF OLD TRUNKS AND ODD PACKAGES. SHE BOUGHT BABY CLOTHES. APPARENT DIFFERENCE IN WEIGHT | BEFORE AND AFTER THE SALE. An auction sale is being held on Main street at which all the varving forms of humanity in financial distress are repre- sented. Itis th feited baggage. Almost everything that any one is apt to carry with him when traveling, or sent as a matter of personal convenience, is being sold on account of unpaid charges. All of the hotels and several of the transfer companies furnish the material, while W. E. Fisher & Co. do the selling. the score and valises without number. It is all personal property, and each | carelessly toss it ten orf sale of unclaimed or for- | There are hundreds of trunks | and thousands of packages, small boxes by | opened, sounded the trunks with their knuckles and pinched the bundles of bed- ding with experienced hands. They were looking for bargains. Hanging over the | Tow of chairs reserved for women was a ingy broken straw sombrero on a pair of diminutive antlers. The tag attached bore the words, *‘S. F. Curtis and family, rooms 55 and 56; due, $50 30.” This was evi- dently the collateral security afforded by Mr. Curtis and his family for the bill due the hotel. There were rows of sole-leather trunks, many of them bearing dusty tags with name, room and amount due. There were |iron stanchions, b of canned fruit, empty barrels, carri; gear, slabs of marble, bundles of umbrellas’and canes, wicker baskets full of clothing, undeniable seachests, little lunch-baskets, sewing- machines, foreign-made chests and all of | the thousand and one kinds of transport- | able material which the population of a big city is apt to leave behind through for- etfulness or deliberate purpose to de- raud. Some of the purchasers made fairly good finds. One old man bought a valise for $1 and found in it a ringset with bril- liants. The stones looked like diamonds. Another bought a little square wooden box. } It looked so much like the boxes in which | gold is shipped by the express companies that the price ran up to §2 50. tained gravel. There wa: agement di | ing the v: t con- me peculiarly careful man- d'in the method of show- ges and boxes. ac Two section to the bench hefore the auctioneer. No matter what the size, style or descrip- i being shown, the two roaned and grunted lifted from the floor to was fvmspecti\'e value. s sold one of the por- n his left hand and teen feet, where it porters invari: when it was be the bench. This After the article w ters would take it trunk, package, box or valise tells its own | fell lightly as a feather. This was the ac- SHE WAS HUNTING FOR A BARGAIN. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] story when opened by the purchaser, who, at a small auction price, hopes to find a gold mine. The professional purchasers of second- | hand property were present at yesterday’s sale in force, and were re-enforced by more than a hundred speculative citizens. There were arranged in separate divisions the roperty from the several hotels and trans- er companies, and it was plain that the hotel from which a particnlar lot was sent had much to do with the prices paid for that lot. Auctioneer Butterfield was alternately Before the Sale. [Sketched by a “ Call” artist.] pleading and demanding that some reason- | able price be offered for the particular ob- ject which he was selling, but there was no means by which the outsider could deter- mine the value of the article which he was purchasing. If a trunk it might contain bricks or old books or clothing or dia- monds or gold, and it was the cupidity of the purchaser, based upon the appearance of the article, that raised the price every time. The sale was conducted on the second After the Sale. [Sketched by a **Call” artist.] floor and the background of the crowd was comprised of the most nondescript articles that could be imagined. Near the end of the room stood what seemed to be an extra sized coffin. Onitstop perched an eagle with outspread wings, making strong the suggestion of a hovering buzzard. Flanking one side of the inclosed space sat a crowd of women—a most: peculiar Jooking lot—for whom the signs ‘‘Hands Off” had no terrors. They peered throngh lasses and from under frowsy bangs into e corners of the bundles that were half | tual value; and the countenance of the purchaser rarely failed to show his appre- ation of the difference in weight. Now and then a pathetic side showed up. | There was one little bundle in | bag. One of the women, with a face that promised little of sympathy. received or to be bestowed, bid eagerly. Then she opened the bag. She found a half dozen pieces of dainty baby clothing. Each stitch and fold represented a sob or a smile from some woman. The careful | folding and the tissue paper wrapped | around the smaller articles showed the care that filled the sender’s heart. This was an unclaimed packa, old for charges by a transfer company. 1e woman that bought it repacked the little thing and left the auction-room. There was another feminine purchaser, { who, for $1 50, bought a mammoth Sara toga trunk. At the close of the sale this trunk was handled by one of the porters, and when it reached the fioor below to be delivered to be its new owner it was any- thing but entire, and the papers and ragged | pieces of clothing that stuck out through | the broken sides convinced her that she | had made a bad bargain. She left the | trunk on the premises. | After the sale prospective buyers for the | remaining days of the auction prowled laround the baggage and bundles, doing | their best to predetermine the valuesof the several articles. Unfortunately for their | speculative scheme, the employes of the | auction firm prohibited any search into the trunks or packages that might be a pyofit- able guide. ANOTHER CRISIS. The New Zealand Insurance Company Will Retire From the Compact To-Day and Cut Rates. Another crisis in the insurance troubles is expected to take place at noon to-day, when the resignation of Hugh Craig, gen- eral manager of the New Zealand Insur- nce Company in the United States, will e effect. About two weeks ago Mr. Craig tendered his resignation to the Board of Fire Under- writers of the Pacific, and generally known as the combine, and to-day the term re- quired by the board’s constitution for the resignation to go into effect will expire. The complaint of Manager Craig was that he could not employ agents on salary in such cities as Oakland, San Jose and Portland, Or., as explicitly demanded by his company’s rules. That is, the board in its by-laws conflicts with the New Zealand peog]e's methods of business, and it came to be a matter of choosing between the board and -the home office. Mr. Craig de- cided to abide by his company’s instrue- tions, and in doing so had to resign from the combine, of which he was a promineut organizer, being a member of the commit- tee on constitution. He asked to be excused until a cablegram from the New Zealand office would reach him in reply to his detailed account of the sitnation, but the compact would not grant him temporary relief. As no reply 1s possible for some "weeks, the New Zea- lan‘;l Company will be out of the compact to-day. Then, of course, It will be an object for attack should Manager Craig cut rates. He will “protect his business,” or in other words conduct his office in competition againstothers. His company will be inthe | field with the Continental, the Pheenix, the Home- and the Northwestern National in open warfare against the combine. Itisill wind that blows nobody good, for at this time the public can get reduc- tions of 60 per cent on dwellings and other risks, not for one year only as before, but for three years, with a contract that the policies shall not be canceled. — e The phosphate mines of Florida number 106, and they yield more than 500,000 tons of phosphate annually. ta burly negroes brought the goods from their | telescope | est She had little | competition and bought it for 40 eents. | NINING FOR GOLD N THE CITY. WORKING THE SAND BEYOND THE CLIFF HOUSE IN A Suc- CESSFUL WAY. THE PROCESS IS A NEW ONE. OVER ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS AS THE RESULT OF FIFTEEN Days’ LABOR. The announcement that gold-mining is | being carried on almost within the corpo- rate limits of San Francisco will be re- ceived in an incredulous manner by most people, although some are aware that in- | effectnal efforts have been made from time | to time to work the beach sands here for many years past; but when it is authorita- tively announced that not only is mining of this character being carried on, but that it is being done successfully, visitors to the scene of operations are likely to be many for some time to come. For some years an old squatter who holds a beach claim out beyond the Cliff House has day after day patiently toiled along with shovel and pan, eking out a bare livelihood by extracting the precious gold which has for centuries past been deposited on the shores by the tides and currents of the bay. His primitive means of extract- ing the metal have, as in all similar at- tempts, alone prevented success. Old, ex- perienced miners have asserted time and again that the entire coast from Alaska to Cape Horn is full of free gold, but that its successful amalgamation was the sole ob- stacle to working it. Several weeks ago a recently invented amalgamator was quietly taken out to the beach and put to work. The machine itself looks like a peculiarly constructed churn, with a revolving cylinder inside upon which cup-like projections are notice- able. The principle upon which it works is to keep the mass of sand which is dumped into it constantly stirred up, beat- | ing it so that the friction disturbs the sur- face of the gold particles in such a manner as to render it easily susceptible to the action of the quicksilver. The point at which the experimental work has been done is about three miles below the Cliff House, and as a result of about fifteen days’ labor three chunks of amalgam are now at the Mint for analysis, which it is confidently believed will de- velop a value of from $1000 to $1200. George Harrmann, the president of the company which has been making the ex- Esrime‘:xts‘ was seen at the rooms of the State Board of Trade yesterday, where one of the machines mentioned is on exhibi- tion. “It only requires four men to each one of the amalgamators,” he said, “two of whom are required in the actual opera- tion while two more are necessary to wheel sand. One of the machines will run from twenty to twenty-five tons of sand a day. We have been working about a mile be- vond the Ocean View House, where efforts have been made for years, but without success, to work out the metal. We esti- mate that the results of our labors so far show a net profit of about $2 50 per ton in all the sand we have worked.” The iflulemeu interested in the matter are making their arrangements to press the work on an extensive scale, and will put four or five more machines on the ground in a few days. They have secured 4500 feet beach front for their operations, and say that the cost of working the sand will not exceed 50 cents a ton. J. A. Filcher, secretary of the State Board of Trade, is much interested in the matter, | and said yesterday that he saw no reason | why thousands of men should not be able to make a living in this manner. “There are inexhaustible quantities of this black sand all along the coast,”’ said the Indians on Klamath beach, nown, have for years been about the only ones who have been able to suc- cessfully extract it. The amalgam which is now at the mint will_have been assayed by to-morrow, and then we will have | actual figures to present the public.” Some optimistic prospector once said | that there was enough gold in the Sacra- mento basin to pay the national debt, and if the present experiments turn out as successful as they appear to be, the pros- pector’s dream of “getting at this gold may e on the verge of fulfillment. TRON MANUFACTURERS MEET SOME REASONS WHY LOCAL TRADES ARE LANGUISHING FOR A REMEEY. S16Ns THAT THE CONVENTION NEXT WEEK WILL BE OF WIDE BENEFIT. Interest in the manufacturers’ conven- tion, which will meet in this city at the Chamber of Commerce next Tuesday, is on the increase. The manufacturersof the metropolis and of the State at large are alike thoroughly aroused to the need of concerted action. Representatives of the iron manufac- turers met yesterday afternoon at the office of the Union Iron Works. William E. Palmer of the Golden State Iron Works presided. The meeting was very harmoni- ous and gave evidence that the iron men intend to make their trade a feature of the convention. They decided to have three papers on the iron industry read, the first on “Loyalty Toward One Another and Toward Home Industries Generally,” the second on “Freight Rates” and the third on “‘Specialties in Manufacturing Instead of Generalities.” A committee of five were appointed to draft the papers, consisting of Tames Spiers of the Fulion Engineering and_Shipbuilding Works, G. W. Dickie of the Union Iron Works, Robert 8. Moore of the Risdon Iron Works, J. W. Kerr of the Streger & Kerr foundry and W. P. Sullivan of the Pacific Rolling mills. The maunfacmri% jewelers state that on fine goods the Western manufacturers cannot compete with the East, but they hope to induce the convention to take steps to enable them to successfully manu- facture the cheaper goods on this coast, which at present they are unable to do. The cigar-manufacturers contend that they could manufacture cigars here with white labor to a good advantage, inas- much as they import all their best tobacco direct from Cuba, like all Eastern manu- facturers, if the cheaper grades were raised in the State. They see no reason why good tobacco for filling purposes cannot be raised here. “The clothing-manufacturers will report to the convention that their retail trade will only supgun _home manufacturers to the extent of filling-in sizes,” said Secre- tary Barnet. 'the advisory committee of the Manufac- turers’ Associatien will meet thisafternoon at the Chamber of Commerce, when the final arrangements for the convention will be discussed. A full attendance is ex- pected. The American Concert Company will tender the convention an invitation to at- tend the concert at the Pavilion on the evening of March 19, for which occasion a special programme will be arranged. ————— Thinks a Bond Clerk Necessary. District Attorney Barnes has:come to the conclusion that the only way to get proper bonds in the cases of persons who come before the Superior Courts on indictments or other- wise is to have a bond clerk attached to his office, whose duties shall be to look after such matters, He sent & communication to the Board of Su}verflsors yesterday asking the a pointment of such & clerk at a salary ofs?& per month. ————— “THE GLACIAL EPQCH.” Professor Joseph Le Conte Lectures in Y. M. C. A. Auditorium. Professor Joseph Le Conte of the Uni- versity of California gave the first of a series of three lectures on “The Glacial Epoch in California” at the auditorium of the Y. M. C. A. last evening. The lecture, which was illustrated by maps and charts, was devoted mainly to giving an account of the formation and course of the glacial currents. Professor Le Conte stated that these siow-moving ice currents carried with them masses of rock, and bowlders have been found as far as 700 miles from the section where their peculiar kind belonged. As a result of this action of the currents bowlders which came from Canada are found in the State of New York, and in Central Ohio bowl- ders have been found which originally lay north of Lake Superior. Chunfis of cop- per, 2 mineral which is found in quantity in only one section of the United States— Northern Michigan—have been picked up near St. Louis, over 700 miles south. e ATCTSTOS PEPPER MISSING. AN ELDERLY MAN WHo HAS MYs- TERIOUSLY WANDERED FROM HiIs HOME. HEe THREATENED To Enp His LIFE ‘WHEN HE CouLp No LONGER ‘WoRK. Augustus Pepper, a partly paralyzed man, 66 years of age, left his home at 1019 Valencia street, since last Wednesday. His relatives believe the old man has commit- ted suicide. Pepper is a French Canadian, and is one of the oldest residents of the Mission. He came there in 1867, and for the greater part of the time since he has worked in sawmills. For the last ten years he hassbeen unable to work on account of in his legs. ife is a baker,and for yearsthe two kept a bakery at the corner of Twen- ty-third and Dolores streets. For the past Augustus Pepper. [From a photograph taken by William Shew fifteen or twenty years ago.j year Pepper has kept this store while his wife ran anotner shop at 1019 Valencia. The old man hes become auite feeble of late, anda two months ago the Dolores- street shop was sold. Since then Pepper has lived at 1019 Valencia. He has fre- uently said that when he became a bur- len on any one he would take his own life. On Wednesday last Pepper shaved him- self, dressed in his best clothes and left the house at 12:30 p. M. Before he left the house he kissed his grandson, Arthur Spencer, and gave him a pair of gold- rimmed spectacles to give to his mother. Pepper went to the home of Mrs. M. G. Beirne on Twenty-third street. Shortly afterward he boarded a Valencia-street car bound for the ferry, and he has not been seen since. His relatives have hunted for him in all directions, but no clew has been obtained. Pepper is aman about 5 feet 8 inchds in height, thin from old age. When walking he spreads his feet wide apart and walks slowly, stepping apparently to the side. His eyelids droop heavily over his eyes. He is bald, clean-shaven and_has false teeth. The tips of the two middle fingers of the right hand have been cut off. Pep- per is dressed in a suit of dark brown white shirt, white standing collar and black derby hat. He is neat in appear- ance. His face is much thinner and more sunken than when the accompanying pic- ture was taken. Besides his wife, Pepper left behind him his son, Warren Pepper, two daughters and several fifandchildrcm His daughters are Mrs. H. L. Folsom of 326 Clipper street and Mrs. A. G. Spencer of 324 Clipper street. —_— e Maine’s Winter Mosquitoes. “Stopping over night at a little Maine hotel that stands on low ground near a marshy pond,” said the commercial traveler, “‘on a cold night, with three feet of snow on a level out of doors, I thought I heard a mosquito’s note. Of course it didn’t seem to me possible that mosquitoes should be humming about in midwinter, but soon I felt an unmistakable bite an saw several of the winged terrors flying between me and the light. ‘* ‘Oh. they’re mosquitoes sure enough,’ said the hostess in_answer to my question. ‘They come from the cellar, We have ’em all winter long. It's the lightsat night that bring ’em upstairs. They’re kind o' sluggish at this season and ‘don’t bite as hard as they do in summer, but sometimes they’'re pooty vexin’ to folks not used to summerin’ and winterin’ with em.’ ”’—New York Sun. —~—— The cost of an ironclad is about $400 a ton. This includes guns and all equip- ments. NGO- PERCENTAGE PHARMACY, 853 MARKET ST, Bet. Fifth and Sixth, oy SOUTH SIDE. Remember, No Percentage Paid for Phy- siclans’ Prescriptions. Paine’s Compound and Hall’s Catarrh Cure.. 60c Garfield Tea and Lane’s Medicines.....20c, 40c, 80c Bromo Seltzer. ....... 20c, 40¢, 75¢ Powdered Borax, per pound 15¢ Hood's, joy's or Parson’s Sarsaparilla......... 65¢ Meliin’s Food Small 85c, large 55¢ Beecham's, Ayers’, Cutler's or Hood’s Pills... 15¢ Malted Milk Small 40c, large 80 Kennedy's Discovery Hammond's Celery Compound, the great nerve and blood tonic. Pure Norwegian C. L. Oll. 200 Citrate Magnesia and Piso’ 2 SR Cooper's Skin Soap, the best skin soap—no coloring matter In this soap. .. T8 Dall's Hair Vigor Restores Gray Hair......... 65¢ Dr. Peake’s Catarrh Cure. ... $150 Syrup Figs and La Blache Powde: I 8bc ‘Trusses—others ask $6t0 $15—our price $1 75 to$5 Electric Belts 3 5 Galvanic or Faradic Batteries. $5, $7 and 810 2~ The above may be had also at The Ferry Cut Rate Drug Store, No, 8 Mar- kot Street, at same price: FAIR'S CAST-OFF BOY I§ AT HAND. GERHARDT STICKS TO HIS STORY. HE WILL PLAY A WAIT- = ING GAME. SILENT IF THE WILL STANDS. IF 1T Is BROKEN THE YOUNG MaN ‘WiILL CoMERz FORWARD AND MAKE His Cramm. If what William Gerhardt tells is strictly true Charles L. Fair must keep to the centerof the stage in the great play for the iate Senator Fair’s millions. It was thought that a new hero for the drama had been found, one who might draw the full blaze of the calcium light and allow “Charley’’ to drop for a period into the shadow—and incidentally relieve him of the incubus that is fixed by the will itself to the star part—the loss of all if the will stands. No matter how the will is broken, if it be broken, it would serve the purpose of the son and daughters, and probably no questions would be asked concerning him who broke it. The man who attempts to break it takes all the chances of loss in case of failure, and as any number and variety of children and widows not named in the instrument have only $50—their stipulated legacy—to lose, it might be con- sidered a better speculation on the part of anv such to make the attempt. For, despite the factthat the Fair will case has been in the courts with an army of lawyers for several weeks past, it is as well to keep in mind the fact that no con- test has as yet been filed. Mr. Knight says they will contest the will and, as Marc Antony once remarked, and repeated it over and over, ‘‘he is an honorable man.” That is -as far as the contest has gone. If a new claimant should come forward with only $50 to lose and a few scattered millions to gain, it were natural to pre- sume that Charley Fair would greet him cordially, politely point the way and, nlthougK a millionaire, say, with hat in hand, to the $50 legatee, “After you.” He would doubtless be willing to “‘stand good” for the fees of all those high-priced attorneys now listed in his own cause, and a few more, if the young man insisted. But now comes ‘‘Curly Bill”’ Gerhardt and says as a man who speaks by the card: By your leave, good sirs, the boy will re- main in the wings and watch this play.” It is not notoriety, then, that James G. Fair Jr.—now 19 years of age, and already erhaps feeling the weight of a name that Eis mother does not wear—is seeking. One can easily see why this young man might not enjoy turning his face toward the calcium light. Ellen Stevens, his mother—twenty years dead to her old associations, living a quiet and retired life upon the $20,000 of old Senator Fair's money handed to her by John Mackey— might not like it either. ut it is a principle of law that even lay- men know that a mother cannot sign away the rights of her child, and if there is a James G. Fair Jr. the bond counts for nothing. He has a good standing in court for an_attack upon his father’s will, who cut him off with $50 and a burden—the name of James G. Fair Jr.—that must turn the Euhlic eye askance down all the years of his life. So Gerhardt, who claims to know all about it, says that the unbidden boy will stand aside and see the game played out by the others. If the will is broken he has but to step forward into the light, with “Curly Bili” Gerhardt and Jim Showers and perhaps Ellen Stevens, if necessary, by his side and claim a million or two. With this much even oblivion might be purchased. If the will stands what dust has gathered over this incident of the old Comstock days will not have been much disturbed. “Curly Bill’’ Gerhardt is a plain man, and when asked yesterday what reply he had to make to the ‘“Before God I do not know’’ of Jim Showers with regard to the whereabouts of J. G. Fair Jr. said, with a simplicity that might call. up pictures of the old Comstock days, *‘He merely lies. Jim Showers is the man who will pro- duce the boy ‘James G. Fair Jr.’ when the proper time comes,” he said with convine- g confidence. ‘He 1sthe only man who knows where the boy is, and from what he said to me [ know he intends to bring him to the front. “Now as far as the original document is concerned, whereby Fair was released from any further claim on the part of Miss Stevens, I can say this: I had the paper which Showers (rcqluently read. That document was placed in the safe of Ger- hardt & Derby in Virginia City. “About five or six vears ago Derby, who was an official of the Alta Mining Com- pany, began juggling with the funds of the concern. During this time he had tihe Fair paper in his possession and just before the collapse came wrote to me_ that he in- tended to sell the safe of our old firm. He said he would take the contents, among which was the document signed by Miss Stevens releasing Fair from any further claim, to his ranch near Reno. That paper is still there but eannot be had by any one but myself, as I took the precaution of placing it in an envelope indorsed by my- self, Just as soon as the will is broken the boy w’i,ll be produced along with the docu- ment. 2 “Will Derbyigwe that paper up to any one but yourseli?” ‘“He can’t. Although heisno longer in Virginia City he has the papers stowed away where he can get at them atany time. That particular document he would give to noone but myself, as there was a dis- tinct understanding that the paper should never be given to any one but me. “Derby.” he wenton,‘ is now in Atlanta, Georgia. _If the boy is brought forward I will be willing to go there, if necessary, to wet the paper which will prove his parent- age. Ido not believe such a step would be necessary though, for the paper I would want is among other effects on his ranch near Reno and I think I could get it by simply writing for it. There is one thin sure, that paper will never be produced, nor will the boy, unless the will is broken. It kind of looks as though it would, though, don’t it? And when I produce the apers 'l bet anything Jim Showers will gave the boy.” = 3 There are a few good lawyers in the city who have not as Pret been engaged on either side of the will case, and these take about as much interest in watching its un- folding as do those directly employed. A little case in Judge Slack’s court esterday caught the attention of a few of {otb the ins and outs. The affidavit of publication and of adjudication in the in- solvency case of Henry Foote was shown by his xm,orne{, Mr. Pistolesi, to have been lost. Judge Slack, upon a proper showing, allowed them to be substituted by eertifi_ed copies. They were the essential papers in the case. It is Judge Slack before whom Mr. McEnerney ispleading this same Pa‘mt in behalf of the “stolen or abstracted’” will of James G. Fair. He asks to be allowed to substitute the stolen papers with a certi- fied cop¥. & 3 Some lawyers say that this is practically a judgment for Mr. McEnerney and the executors of the Fair will asthe issue is the same. The lawyers in opposition, how- ever, hold to the contention that a will is not a paper in the meaning of the code. Judge Sfieck will settle this question with a few frigid remarks next Saturday. Another Mine to Reopen. The James Watson hydraulic gold mine, situ- ated near Igo, Shasta County, work in which ended for some time, will resume gfimfl“flmnmy. The Debris Commis- sioners at their last meeting granted & permit for the work on the showing by the owner, J. C. Valentine, that the debris would be properly taken care of. - GREECE MAY TAKE A HAND. Peter G. Camarinos of Honolulu to Cause President Dole Trouble. The Government of Greece will in all probability take a hand in the adjustment of affairs in Hawaii, anent the matters con- cerning the attempted insurrection of January 6. There are several Greek sub- jects in and around Honolulu who have been made to feel the resentment of the Dole Government because of suspicion that cer- tain Greeks were in sympathy with the ex- Queen. Among those who have fallen under the ban of the ruling powers are Peter G. Camarinos, a brother of Demetrius G. Ca- marinosof thiscity, and George Lycurgus, a cousin of the Camarinos. Both of these gentlemen are subjects of the King of Greece and have been engaged in business on the island of Oahu for a number of years. Peter Camarinos hasbeen deported and will arrive here on the steamer Arawa next Thursday. He has large business in- terests in and near Honolulu. He is a com- mission merchant, with an extensive trade and correspondence and owns two large orchards not far from Honolulu. When he learned that he had been ordered deported on a certain day he tiled a vigorous pro- test. He also wrote a full account of his troubles to hisbrother in this city, the letter arriving here by the Mariposa. - Demetrius Camarinos immediately telegraphed the Greek Consul-General "in New York in- forming him of the sitnation and the plight of his brother in Hawaii. The Greek Con- sul replied by telegraph that the matter was of such a serious nature and of such great international importance to the king- dom of Greece that he could not personally take any action in the matter without first informing the Greek Foreign Office of the case and obtaining instructions of his Gov- ernment. Mr. Camarinos of this city yes- terday said: “If my brother is deported and is pro- hibited from returning to Hawaii it will cause him great financial loss. He has valuable property and a prosperous busi- ness in ]I'Immlu u and if he cannot per- sonally manage it he will be practically ruined. “As to the reasons for my brother’s deportation I cannot speak with certainty, but I think I know of one reason at least. Some time ago Mr. Sombrero, brother-in- law of Wilcox, wrote a letter to the latter and had it sent from here with my mail to my brother. I think the Government got hold of that letter and read it, and the fact that it was sent in my brother's care caused suspicion to be cast on him, thus giving an excuse for precipitating the envy and ill feeling that already prevailed. “As to my cousin, Lycurgus,” continued Mr. Camarinos, “he has been ordered de- }mr(ed. too, but he does not want to go. {e has asked the Government to punish him ins However, he may come by the Arawa also.” Lycurgus kept a wayside house or resort near the railroad a few miles from Hono- lulu. It was here that the revolutionists and their leaders often assembled to discuss their plans and partake of the refreshments afforded by Lycurgus, who has long been a favorite host with the epicures of Hawaii. Lycurzus was suspected of knowing all about the plots and plans of the revolu- tionists, hence he fell under suspicion and was ordered into exile. CHURCH-STREET FRANCHISE THE MARKET-STREET RAILWAY COMPANY CARRIES AN IMPOR- TANT POINT. ADVERTISEMENT FOR B1DS ORDERED BY THE SUPERVISORS LAsT NIGHT. The Market-street Railway Company has practically secured the coveted franchise for an electric road on Church street from Fillmore to the Sixteenth-street connec- tion. The right of way in question is that of which the company took forcible posses- sion one day and night several weeks ago. There was an adjourned meeting of the Board of Supervisors last night for the pur- pose of taking action on the matter of the much-debated franchise. A resolution presented by the Street Committee order- ing the clerk of the board to advertise for bids for the franchise, no bid less than $500 to be considered, was laid before the board, which thereupon went into committee of the whole, with Mr. Hughes in the chair. The resolution provides that the franchise shall be advertised for ten days and shall be let to the highest bidder on the 8th prox. A. R. Gunnison, M. J. Donovan, Thomas F. Haggerty and C. E Meyers addressed the board for and against the resolution. Mr. Gunnison said: ‘I represent Church street property and properiy-owners, and I wo\lls plead with this honorable board not to grant the franchise as set forth in that resclution. The men who control the Market-street Railway Company have broken faith with us time and again. We donated $1900 toward the grading of Church street, on the strength of the promise that we should have a street rail- way from one end of Church street to the other. If the Market-street Railway Com- pany wants a franchise over all of Church street and will guarantee to build the road we will do all we can to help them get it. But if they are permitted to hold the three blocks in question we are blocked for all time, for no other company can then se- cure through right of way over our street.” M. J. Donovan combated Mr. Guuni- son’s views. He said: “We of Fillmore street do not want to hurt the people of Church street, but we want that franchise granted in order that we may have con- nection between Fillmore street and ¢ teenth. There are moral aspects to this case. none.” Thomas F. Haggerty was of a different opinion. *Mr. Donovan is simply throw- ing sand in your eyes,” he said. ‘‘There is no sense in talking about the moral as- pects of anything connected with the cor- poration, which came like a robber in the night and took possession, and now asks this honorable body to sanction its act of vandalism. They are simply incorporated highwaymen, who care not one iota who su%fers so long as they gain.” C. E. Meyers was the next to address the board. He said: “I hope, gentlemen, that you will not do us the injustice of granting this franchise and blocking Church street forever. Give us one square deal and show the people that you are with them once ina while and not altogether with the corporation.” Supervisor Hobbs spoke briefly against the resolution, after which the committee arose and reported progress. Supervisor Benjamin then moved that the resolution be adopted and the clerk be instructed to advertise for bids. The resolution was adopted by the foliowing vote: Aves—King, Scully, Benjamin, Hirsch, Hughes, Dunker, Morgenstern, ‘Wagner. Noes—Dimond, Taylor, Hobbs. enry Warfield and Carl Gleeser, repre- senting the Labor Exchange, addressed the board on a_proposition that the city issue $1,000,000 in warrants or small non- interest-bearing bonds, receivable for taxes, in order that idle workingmen may be em- ployed on public improvements. ————— Brought Here for Burial. The remains of Mrs. M. E. Day, the wife of Captain S. A. Day, U. 8. 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