The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 28, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1895. % -MARCH 28, 1895 JUST. ABOUT THE WEATHER. The marine gentleman with um- brella aspread, braced sharp u and lurching forward in the teet. of & soaking rain squall.should be happy in weather so eminently fitted for sailors and ducks, but he is_probably growling because the " wintry sunshade he has just *bor- rowed” will occasionally get full of the gele and.drag him off an even keel. . However, he ma storm, because the shower will pass away in a clearing up for to-day, with a stationary temperature and brisk to high southerly winds, shiiting to westerly. LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEL California orange trees are being sent to Cape Town, South Africa. Steamer rates heavily cut to Puget Sound and Alaska points by rival lines. A fire in Gaskill & Regan’s tinshop at 117 Minna street last night did $200 damage. Charles W. Welch falls to be declared secre- tary of the Board of Education by a tie vote. ‘The board of directors of the valley road will g0 to Stockton this evening on & trip.of inspec- ton, Charles L. Lair bought the -northwest corner of Sutter and Devisadero stréets yesterday for 20 Vice-Principal Itsell is' transferred from the John Swett Grammar to the Washington Gram- mar School. Anditor Broderick refuses to audit the salary ©of George Beanston as secretary of the Board of Education. The Board of Fire Underwriters of the Pa- cifle have issued a circular boycotting non- board companies. Thére was a small blaze in Clot & Meese’s foundry at 129 Fremont street last night. The amage was $100. = The Merchants' Association is making ar- rangemehts to assist in the Santa Barbara and Los Angeles fiesta. The Fish and Game Commissioners met yes- terday and decided to give more attention to the game of the State. The relatives of Frank L. Smith, who left his 8000 estate to his brother Terrance, have com- ined to break the will. The ship Two Brothers went tosea yesterday with a mixed “scab” crew—six Japanese anda four Cape Verde Island natives. The Australia brought no tidings of the miss- ing bark Colusa which sailed from Puget Bound for Hongkong 113 days ago. weather the Byron Waters of San Bernardino has been { eppointed to succeed W. S. Mflllrmugh as claims attorney for the Southern Pacific. The People’s Bank directors began to curtail expenses yesterday by reducing Attorney Wait's salary from $500 to $100 a month. Maggie Russell was on trial before Judge Belcher yesterday for the murder of her hus- band. Her defense will be self-protection. By the Australia, which arrived yesterday, 1t wes learned that an attempt was made io burn the whaling-bark Gayhead at Honolulu. Fresno's Board of Trade sent A. R. Briggs as & delegate to the Merchants’ Association to ar- range for the Los Angeles end Santa Barbara fiesta. A dastardly attempt to destroy the works of G. P, Little & C Mission street, is being fuvestigated by Fire Marshal Towe and the police. Colin M. Boyd was seated as & member of the Board of Fire Commissioners yesterday, vice A.J. Martin. The latter will contest in the courts. The real republicans in Hawail are angry because the Advisory Council usurps the authority of the Legislature which was elected last year. The case against Albert Forrest, an scrobat, charged with employing a minor to perform at the Orpheum, was dismissed by Judge Low vesterday. Mrs. Josephine Stateler, who was shot by her husband on Tuesday night, was much im- proved last night and the doctors think she mey recover. Herman Oelrichs is appointed guardian of his son bearing the same name in_order to pro- ect the child’s interest in the estate of the teg {tie James G. Fair. W lliam Ziegler and Henry Mullin, who were sted on suspicion of being implicated in e shooting of Walter Blake, were released from custody yesterdey. In the case of Wasserman ageinst Sloss, be- fore Judge Trouttyesterdsy, Max Wasserman, the plaintiff, wason the stand and told his side of the stock transaction. The preliminary .examination of Dr, A. T. Dickson and Alexander Forbes, charged with the murder of Maud M. Whiteley, will be held before Judge Conlan on April 3. The Half-million Club held an enthusiastic meeting in_the Chamber of Commerce yester- day. The speakers urged united ection in de- veloping the resources of the State. A Chinatown guide gota beating on Mason end Ellis streets yesterday morning for insult- ing.a young lady, and reported to the police that he had been neld up by footpads. Frank T.Shea rather sharply answered the fihs of Smith O'Brien and Theodore F. ist, who are suing him for slander. The two plaintiffs are ex-employes of his office. Frank W. Day, & brick-layer, preferred to marry Sadie Cook vesterday rather than go o jail. Justice of the Peace Groezinger tied the knot and Day was released from custody. The Provisional Government of Hawaii is suspicious of & number of Japanese students who recently landed at Honolulu. The young Japs look very much like trained soldiers. United States Senator Perkins addressed tHe Half-million Club in the Chamber of Com- merce yesterday on the importance of support- ing home manufacture and home industry. H. St. F. Black of the firm af John G. Miller & Co., the Chicago clothiers, is at the Palsce with his wife. They will spend a few weeks at Mon- terey and other resorts before returning home. A mnew quarry, the largest in the State, has been opened near Hunters Point by Warren & Malley, who twill use the rock to fill in the Ala- neda mole and the Fair property at North each. Eugene V. Debs addressed the sailors at their hell yesterday. In the course of hisremarks he sdvocated & stronger and more perfect unipn and a continuance of the war against corporations. ‘Warrants were sworn out yesterday for the arrest of Harry Corbett, saloon-keeper, Ellis treet, and John P. Glynn, saloon-keeper, ourth and Mission streets, for selling pools outside the racetrack. The racing at the track yesterday, although muddy, resulted in some exciting finishes, Betting on the different events was tame. The winners were: Myron, Sir Riginald, The Lark, Ursula and Whitestone. The Occidental Handball and Racquet Club will meet to-morrow-night 1o consider a propo- sition from Phil Casey, the world’s champion, foramaich, halfto bé played in Brooklyn, N, Y., and half in this city. The schooner Anita, which was supposed to have & gold brick on board, stolen from the Ybarrs mine, arrived in port yesterday. De- gpite diligent search made by the customs officers no treasure was discovered. The Pacific Cycling Club will ride to Toca- Joma next Sunday. weather permitting. The Pacifics have had ten club runs this season already. The Pacifics intend to have a club run every available Sunday this season. The schooner Ellen Johnson, which came in yesterday, had on board & party of guano-dig- gers from Clipperton Island. They had con- sumed all their rl’ovhionl and were on the verge of starvation when rescued by the schooner. Joaguin Miller returned yesterday from Honolulu on the Australia, having left without any of his effects and without giving notice to anybody except Minister Willis. He scorches thé Dole Government and declares that it is republie only in name. Friedlander & Gottlob, managers of the Co- Jumbia Theater, sent the following note -to Claus Spreckels, president of the new railroad compeny: Permit us o contribute our mite toward the success of of the San Francisco and " San Joaquin_Valley -railroad, by offering to furnish a gold spike that is to be used in the laying of the first rail. Miss Hobart gave a private theatrical at her home on Van Ness avenue, corner of Washing- ton street, Tuesday evening. Many of the most prominent amatenrs in tne city assisted at the entertaimment. In one of the large parlorsa stage with specially prepared scenery was ar- ranged. A Spsnish scene and a negro charac- terization were the special features of the evening. The case against Albert Forrest, acrobat, charged with %mplo ing & minor child at the Orpheum, was heard before Judge Low yester- dey. Forrest testified that the boy was his brother-in-law. He had not been employed by anybody, and received no remuneration. He wes being trained as a musical acrobat and lhomughfy enjoyed it. The officers of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chil- dren, who prosecuted, admitted that they could B:‘ prove employment, and the Judge dismissed e case. ABOUT ALL PAID. VALLEY ROAD DIRECTORS WILL LEAVE FOR STOCKTON THIS EVENING. - THE INTERIOR WIDE AWAKE. OFFERs oF AIp Frow IN From THAT SOURCE IN GREAT NUMBERS. T\he subscribers to stock in the valley road have almost all paid in the first in- stallment of their assessments. Secretary Mackie said yesterday that but a very few had not been heard from in this respect, and it was believed that ultimately the proportion of subscriptions which were not made good would be very small, if, in fact, there were any to be included in this class. The board of directors is making its arrangements for the proposed trip of in- spection to Stockton to-night, and word comes from that city that preparations are being made there to afford it every facility in its search for information. The trip may conclude Friday, or it may be neces- sary that the board shall remain over a day longer. In the stirring times which have marked the career of the new road within the past two weeks or more, this city and Sacra- mento have been the principal points of interest and the country has in a measure been relegated to the background. Itmust not be supposed, however, that friends of the road in the interior have either lost interest in the project or in any manner relaxed their efforts to help the plans along. The daily mail which reaches Secretary Mackie is a large one, and in looking over a portion of it yesterday the following ex- tracts from letters taken at random were made which show that the interior is well abreast with the city in point of en- thusiasm. From Visalia comes the following: The Board of Trade of the city of Visalia is formulating an offer to you, and will be ready to submit such offer through a committee of leading citizens within & few days. The com- mittee also desires to submit to you maps and statistics relative to population, arable land and present business of the east side of Tulare County. As they do not desire to annoy you by premature applications and offers they re- quest that you set a date on which you will give them a hearing. Rights of way are frequently offered the board in Iocalities which it is thought may be available. Here is a sample letter of this kind : 8AN FRANCIsCo, March 19, 1895, Directors Valley Railroad: It has been sug- gested to me that the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad may be located sc as to reach tidewater at or near the mouth of the San Joaquin River, then approaching San Francisco by boat. Should such location be contemplated, I beg to direct the company’s attention to the Rancho Los Medanos, belong- ing to me, as embracing land suitable for the company’s purposes, and obtainable without cost. It has afrontageon the bay with forty feet depth of water, and I offer to donate to the company ten acres fronting on the bay shore and right of way all through the ranch. Antioch’s business men think that a mis- apprehension exists regarding the depth of channel at that point, and write regarding this and other matters to the board as fol- lows: Instead of eighteen feet of water at this point there is, for a distance of ten miles west of Antioch, from thirty to sixty-five feet. We can sssure and convinee you that for about $8000 the entire channel to San Francisco can be made to admit any vessel drawing twenty-six feet of water. Our advantages are superior to those of Port Costa as the water is fresh, no teredo, a straight channel, not & rock, stump, orany hidden danger to navigation. Please gTant us an opportunity to present facts; it is all we ask, believing we can ghow it tobe the only interior point where the new road can compete with Port Costa as a freight terminus for the wheat of the San Joaquin Valley. From Visalia comes a letter regarding subscriptions to stock, in which the novel suggestion is made that they be paidin labor. The writer says: 1 am satisfied considerable subscriptions can be obtained in labor. Money will be outof the question, 8s the people here are simply pro- ducers, and everybody knows that producers nowadays have no money. A gentleman living near Tipton gives encouraging views of the outlook in that vicinity: 1 can say that if a railroad is built through here the poople will furnish right of way and depot ground free, and I think I can grade thirty or forty miles of road with my own horses for stock in the railroad company. If it shall go through any of my land I am willing to furnish depot grounds and grade the road free through my land. Ithinkall the people will help build the road through here. They have been robbed long enough by the Southern Pa- cific. Itnink the people of San Francisco had better wake up if they don’t want to make a graveyard of that beautitul city. I hope it will not be a failure this time. Martinez has heard of the hearings ac- corded Stockton and San Jose and is now moving in the same direction. In a letter, under date of the 15th inst., a statement is made that a committee was appointed ata recent meeting to consult with the board, and this committee now writes asking that a date be set for the same. An indication of the growing feeling in favor of railroad development in all parts of the State is afforded in a letter from Los Angeles County, in which the writer says: The people in the vicinity of Maynard are getting very much interested in the matterof a railroad, and Ibelieve they would do & great deal of work inthe way of grading, besides giving some roney. I believe now is the time to commence operations. We need a railroad very badly, and are tired of the iron hand of the Southern Pacific. Two-thirds of all the merchandise used in this valley is hauled in ‘wagons over the rough mountain roads from Los Angeles, which is cheaper than to pay the rates of freight charged by the railroad. Director Francis Upham was in a retro- spective mood yesterday, and in a general ‘way ran over the trials of the Traffic Asso- ciation when it first took the field in favor of the road, and contrasted the feeling of relation now noticeable on all sides with the despondent outlook a few months ago. “Just at present,” said he, ‘“‘the point considered by most people is whether this road will prove a paying investment or not. We have passed the period of uncer~ tainty as to the buildingof the line, as everybody practically admits that it’s con- struction is now a certainty. “In regard to this matter of the invest- ment being a good one I want to call your attention {o some statistical information gathered by the Traffic Association, but which will be quite appropriate at this time, “A couple of years ago we made a careful analysis of the annual report of the South- ern Pacific Company, from which we gath- ered the information that the grossearn- ings of that company within the State were about $10,000 per mile, and the earn- ings in the San Joaquin Valley were at least $12,000 per mile, while a careful esti- mate shows that the proposed line (or that portion of it lying in the San Joaquin Valley, at least) can meet operating ex- penses, fixed charges and pay a dividend of 6 per cent on paid-up capital upon gross earnings of less than $5000 per mile. The roads in Towa earn annually in the aggre- gate less than $5000 per mile, while those in Kansas fall a little below $3000 and those in Nebraska are about $3700. “In the estimate we made of a line from Stockton to Bakersfield we reached the conclusion that a track could be laid with 63-pound steel rails, with ample terminals, sidetracks, water-tanks, good buildings, shops, roundhouses, turn-tables, and fully equipped with engines and other rolling stock for a large traffic for an actual cash expenditure of something less than $20,000 per mile. “The operation of the road will be as economical as in any portion of the United States. The grades in the valley are no more than sixteen feet per mile, admitting of the hauling, if necessary, of forty-five to fifty freightcars with one good locomotive, which is double as many as the same power will move on the average road east of the Rocky Mountains in summer and three times as many as in winter. A ton of coal will move at least twice as many tons of freight in the San Joaquin Valley asin any of the States bordering on the Missourt River. : ‘It is safe to estimate that the same labor East will accomplish no more than two- thirds as much as it will in the valley. There are no storms during nine months in the year and but few in the other three. Less repairs to tracks, bridges, buildings, machinery and rolling stock will be re- quired, because every condition, climatic and otherwise, is more equable than in any other portion of the country. “The country the road will penetrate will afford it a good traffic, and as we will be compelled to meet comparatively small expenses I see no reason why the line should not only pay, but pay well.” DISCUSSING ROUTES. J. T. Peters Favors That Traversing the Santa Clara Valley. The question of the route to be chosen for the new valley road from this city is in- teresting many people in the State. Said J. T. Peters of Santa Clara yesterday on the subject: There seems to be some considerable rivalry between Stockton and San Mateo, Santa Clara and San Benito Counties. These two sections are now bidding for the road. Stockton is offering to subscribe so many dollars provided that it be put on the main line; Santa Clara and adjoining counties offering’ so many dol- lars, no matter whether on the main or branch line, 5o that it is & competing line. Asfarasl am interested I hope thatboth lines may be built, and there is no doubt but what in the course of time there will be a line built out through Alameda or Contra Costa counties. ButI{fail to see the object of build- ing the line to the city of Stockton, either now or in the future, as the val ley road would not only have 2 strong competition with the lines of Southern Pa- cific, but would have the San Joaquin River as & competitor, and would be in the same position as the Southern Pacific is now at Sac- ramento and Stockton — operating between those points and San Francisco at a loss. Stock- fon is not in the proper place to succeed in get- ting on the main line of the San Francisco and San Joaquin road. It woula hardly pay the valley road to build its road on that line at a cost from $35,000 to $65,000 per mile. Every available pass through the Contra Costa range has been surveyed more than once, and the estimated cost of building through any of this chain of mountains has been estimated at from $60,000 to $70,000 per mile. and that with heavy grades, Take the route through the Santa Clara Val- ley trom the China basin; it is almost a level valley clear to the Pacheco Pass, and would not cost over $25,000 to $30,000 per mile for the first 100 miles. The remainder, to the center of the San Joaquin Valley, would not cost_any more, exccruu( o cross the mountain, which would not in any great sum exceed that of building across the Contra Costa range, and the grade would be but little heavier, if any. Should this road be built through San Ma- teo, Santa Clara and San Benito, these coun- ties would double in population in two years, The high prices of transportation now charged by the Southern Pacific cause thousands of acres of the best land in the southern portion %t i&;finm Clara and San Benito counties to e idle. “EXAMINER.” Additional Subscriptions Bent to Aid the Peo- z ple's Road. Although the Examiner only opened its subscription list for shares in the ‘‘people’s road” stock a day or so ago already sub- scriptions are coming in steadily. The ac- count is as follows: TO THE Shy Subscriptions previously geusto Examiner. Sent yesterday, Marc Friedlgnder, Gottlob & Co. Miss Lillian Sheridan Theodore Knepper: Total thus far......... HE YELLED FOR HELP. A Chinatown Guide Punished for In- sulting a Young Lady. The few people who happened to be in the vicinity of Ellis and Mason streets about 3 o’clock yesterday morning were startled bya man’s cries of “Help! Mur- der! Policel” A rush was made to the corner and among the first to arrive were Sergeant John Martin and Policemen Butterworth and Maher. They sawa Chinatown guide, who had the appearance of having been struck by a cyclone. He said he had been held up by two footpads, who struck him with a “black-jack,” and would have killed him if he had fiot yelled for help. The otficers made an investigation, and soon found that the guide was romancing. He had insulted a young lady recently and three of her male friends hnspened to meet. him iesberdny morning and proceeded to ive tim a lesson that he will not soon orget. I% is one of the numerous instances re- gomd to the police of a similar character y men who have ‘“‘an ax to grind.’” ————— The Children’s Home Society. Rev. Dr. W. Gregory, district superintendent of the Calffornia Children’s Home Society, met ‘with members of the local board last evenin at the First United Presbyterian Church an discussed the work of the mctean The society is incorporated and is organized for the pur. ose of rescuing and finding good homes. for seaumte and homeless children. It maintains no institution, butseeks to supply the childless home with a homeless child. Dr. Gregory trav- aln all over the State in the performance of this uty. ———— Her Condition Improved. Mrs, Josephine Stateler, who was shot at 212 Eddy street on Tuesday afternoon, was resting easy at the Receiving Hospital last night. Her condition improved very much yesterday, due toa good constitution and careful nursing. The doctors are not satisfied that her brain has not been injured by the bullets, and there is & fair chance of her recovery unless blood poison- ing sets in. —————— Crocker’s Directory Out. The publishers of the above directory are not attempting to gain sympathy or sub- scriptions for their book by making state- ments under erroneous headings in the daily papers or by throwing mud. Crocker’s Direcwri employed the can- vassers who had worked on the old direc- tox:{ for many years, and their experience and capability in that line is a guarantee of the faithful performance of their part of u;etwosk. thus making it the ?0?: com- ete directory in every respect that has zve! been nbfiuhed in Sy-n Francisco. = Crocker’s Directory contains many novel features never before used in a direciory in this city, all of which have been highly ap- preciated by those who have carefully ex- amined it. The publishers challenge comparison of their book with any other that may be issued, and are perfectly willing to abide by the decision of the public as to their re- spective merits. The edition is limited and parties desir- ing to obtain copies of the Directory should subscribe at once. ARRIVAL OF THE SCHOONER ANITA, THE LOST GOLD BRICK OF THE YBARRA MINE Not FouND ON BOARD. GUANO ISLAND MEN RETURN. MIXTURE OF RACES IN A ScaB CREW — DEBS ADDRESSES THE SAILORS. The anxiously awaited schooner Anita arrived five days from Ensenada yesterday noon, but without the golden brick that was stolen from Riveroll & Co. of the Ybarra Mining Company at Ensenada on the 20th inst. Upon the arrival of the little white schooner in the bay she was boarded by W. A. Boole, one of the owners of the mine, with officers armed with a search warrant, and the vessel was thoroughly gone over without finding the lost treasure. The missing piece of metal contains §12,687 27 in gold, and is a part of one month’s output of the mine, the $870 worth ful gale that raged at that period in that locality. She w§§ commanded by Captain Backus and was manned by a crew of twelve men, belonging to this port. She was of 1137 tons burden, 187 feet long, 38 feet beam and 25 feet in depth, and was built at Bath, Me., in 1873. DOYLE AND THE PASSPORT. It Is Denied in Honolulu That He Sought One. The statement which appeared in the CaLL of the 5th inst. that Chester A. Doyle had been refused his passport from Hawaii is denied in Honolulu. F. B. McStocker, deputy Coliector of Customs at Honoluly, asserts that Mr. Doyle did not apply at his office for a passport to leave on the steam- ship Australia. S Tgle report was brought to this city by one of the men who came here on the Australia. The CaLy's correspondent, George Manson, had nothing to do with it. J. P. Callaco, chief clerk of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, denies that as a creditor of Doyle he sought to have a passport re- fused to that gentleman. OOOPEMIMONY. Ho Seriously Objects to Maintaining Two Households. Mrs. Rose Cooper made affidavit before Judge Hunt Tuesday that her divorced had failed to pay her a penny of the $20a month alimony awarded her by the court last October and askea that he be com- | pelled to provide for her maintenance. | The delinquent ex-husband, David F. Cooper, is a well-known printer, who at | yarious times had begu a partner is several THE ANITA IN PORT. [Sketched for the “Call” by W. A. Coulter.] of gold concentrates. which the Anita brings being the remainder of the thirty days’ earnings of the 10-stamp plant at Santo Dominge. Captain Aas of the Anita brought the bar safely to Ensenada and transferred it to the company’s officials, from whom it was stolen, it is thought, by an office era- ploye named Allen Pratt, who is in jail awaiting examination for the theft. The schooner Ella Johnson arrived yes- terday, eighteen days from Clipperton Island, with twenty-four tons of guano. Her trip was a failure in the matter of re- turn cargo, as she was unable toload at the island, having no suitable lines and machinery for that purpose. As the fault is alleged to be with the charterers of the vessel, a suit will probably be brought against them by the schooner for _damages incurred by a profitless voyage. Butif her business venture was a failure, her humane work was not, for she found the twenty- four guano diggers on the desolate island on Z)Ee verge of starving to death. All their food bad been consumed, and the few birds and fish they caufiht were hardly sufficient to sustain life. the schooner had been delayed by adverse winds ar foggy weather, she would have found a scene of horror upon her arrival. A warrant was sworn out yesterday charging Captain Brokaw of the Spreckels Tug Company with an assault with a deadly weapon, Tuesday afternoon, upon Alfred Dixon, an Examiner re(forier. at the Oceanic dock. The alleged weapon used was Dixon’s cane, which Brokaw snatched from its owner’s hand during the melee. The Examiner has retained Gar- ret McEnerney for the prosecution, and the accused is charged with assault with a deadly weapon for the purpose of prevent- ing (?nptnin Brokaw from pleading guilty and submitting to a fine for simple assault, it being imagined he would do so if the charge were set low in the criminal scale. The case will come up this morning at 10 o’clock in Judge Low’s Police Court. The ship Two Brothers went to sea yes- terday with a crew of Japanese and four Cape Verde negroes, and the résult of this startling commingling of races within the narrow confines of a xhiF's deck should, from its strong eternal-brotherhood-of- man feature, settle the sailor labor troubles for all time. : President Eugene Debs of the American Railway Union addressed the Seamen’s Union in their hall on East street yester- day afternoon. In his speech he expressed himself in_stron, sa'm athy with the present strike and held that the cause of a sailor struggling for living wages was iden- tically the cause of an enfmeer or any workingman. He pleaded for a strong, a complete, a perfect union of all laborers into one great federation. He said: Let there be mno aristocracy in labor, only equality. Let there be broad-minded- ness and charity. Be swift to forgive. Don’t take the bribe of the soulless corporations, who will buy, use and then despise Son. They will congeal and coin your blood. Oh, how Cheap is human flesh in their estimation. The corporation speculates upon your de- graaation and perpetuates the slavery of your condition. A greater calamity than losing a job is losing independence. The squalid tramp on the hig;nuy is in & measure free, but he who has sunken manhooa forever is socially and morally dead. A great labor day is coming when tge workingmen shall march in solid phalanx celebrating their mighty victorfv. Move on, brothers of the sea, your mission is noble. A jail or even a noose may be on your road, but go forward together, pullmhmfimer, mighty {n your union, an you will win. THE MISSING BARK COLUSA. She Sailed ¥From Puget Sound for Hong- Kong and Is Long Overdue. The bark Colusa, which sailed from Pu- get Sound for Hongkong 113 days ago, has not arrived at her destination, and fears are entertained that she has been lost with all hands on board. Yesterday was con- sidered at the exchange to be her last day of probation, and no message coming from the missing vessel, she was to be given up. However, her owners, J. F. Smith & Co., have extended the time another week and are sure she will be reported somewhere. They believe she has been blown out of her course and will come in safely. She sailed from the Sound about the time of the departure of the lost Montserrat and Keweenaw and, Xke them, caught the fear- / printing and publishing concerns. but is at present an employe of Crocker & Co. The present difficulty is the result of transferred affection on the part of Cooper, who is now wedded to another. He objects to having to maintain twe households, The case will come up Friday in Judge Hunt’s court. ACTORSIN I@l’!i‘l‘_ABERNACLE THE WHITNEY OPERA COMPANY ENTERTAINED IN THE MOR- MON TEMPLE. Ir Was oN ACCOUNT OF Miss Bay- Liss, WHoO ONCE SANG IN THE SAINTS’ CHOIR. Miss Bertha Bayliss, the young lady who plays the Countess Fillipa in “The Fenc- ing Master,” was responsible for the ovation received by the Whitney Opera Company from the saints at Salt Lake City last week. From the solitary song that Miss Bayliss sings in the opera it is made manifest that she has a very fine voice as well as a good vocal method. Being a Salt Lake girl she has sung frequently in her native city, but her chief engagement was at the Taber- /. nacle, where there is a choir of 250 voices. Two years ago she was one of the chief soloists there, and, although she did not belong to their reixgious fold, the saints were as proud of her when she returned home with the Whitney Opera Company as if she had been one of their own flock. In_ addition to buying up the house and bombarding the actress with flowers, the Mormons sent a delegation to ask if there was anything else they could do for their ex-singer. It happened that 2 number of members of the company were anxious to_visit the Tabernacle and hear the nr%an. Miss Bay- liss mentioned this casually to the saints, and, in spite of their objection to admit- ting Gentiles into the sanctuary, they at once offered to arrange a special organ re- cital for the company. No one else was admitted, and in the dim religious light of the vast building, which seats 13,000 people, the opera troupe, huddled together for company in one corner, heard a programme performed by Joseph Daynes especially for their benefit. I think some of them were a little over- powered,” said Miss Bayliss, laughing as she recalled the incident; ‘‘the building was so big that we all felt lost in it when the Mormons turned it over to us for the afternoon. You see, it was my first visit there after going on the stage, and the saints wanted me t'lg hie:l at h(;‘met,huven in their sanctuary. at was why they con- sented to do such an unusual thing as give an organ recital for a band of Gentiles.” Reginald de Koven is writing a mnew song for Miss Bayliss to sing in the first act of “The Fencing Master.' ————— Langley’s Directory has 2594 more names than the opposition. Two maps. 600D STOCK AT BEDROCK PRICES. WHAT Louis SLoSS, WHEN HE WAS IN WASHINGTON, NEEDED MOST. FOR INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE. Ir Was Nor NEecessary To TELL ‘WassErRMAN WHO WoULD Buy It. ‘When millionaires commence to fight the chink of coin or its equivalent in the rustling of valuable paper is very likely to be heard, and it is just this which lends greatest interest to the controversy be- tween Max Wasserman and Louis Sloss now pending before Judge Troutt. Wasserman admitted on the stand that he had never worked for money in his life. He was born rich, and he is still rich, and he tells of the dividends which he collected and of those which are still owing to him with an off-hand manner. Louis Sloss is still richer, and he listens to Wasserman'’s testimony with a smile. But it was in turning over the books of the Alaska Com- mercial Company that the wealth appeared in the case; it was mainly in dividends, but such dividends ‘as would make the stock gilt-edge indeed. The dividends included those numbered from 22 to 43, and were paid in the years 1882 to 1892, when the Alaska Commercial Company was in the hevday of its pros- perity. The dividends were paid on stock of a par value of $100, and were as follows: November, 1882, 20 per_cen! 23}4; November, 1883, 25; A November, 1884, 20; April, 1885 ber, 1885, 25; April, 1886, 30 35; March, 1887, 30; N T, March, 1888, 15; November, 1888, 35; April, 1889, 40; November, 1889, 30; March, 1890, 50; April, 1890, 25; November, 1890, 40; March, 1891, 20} November, 1891, 50; Febru- ary, 1892, 25; Mdy, 1892, 25. As will be seen, in no year was there less than two dividends, and the lowest divi- dend declared is 15 per cent. In one year, 1890, there were three dividends, two with- in a month of each other, and all three big percentages. 115 per cent of its par value and in no year did the earnings fall below 40 per cent, n the ten years the immense capital stock of the company was rolled over and over, and this in spite of the fact that there was a surplus fund on hand, amounting at one time to over §2,000,000. Examination of books and papers, stock certificates and dividends consumed the morning session, and it was not until after | 2 o’clock that Max Wasserman, the plain- tiff, finally took the stand. He was called to state his case, and was the first witness of _imyormnce who has yet been ex- amined. By Mr. Wasserman's testimony it ap- | peared that he represented what Mr. Sloss then termed a dormant interest in the Alaska Commercial Company. That is he held shares of the stock, but did none of | the actual work of an -active partner, and appeared in its transactions only two or three times a year when he came to collect his ample dividends. He owned 1400 shares of the stock. It was the odd 400 shares of this holding which he turned over to Mr. Sloss. For what purpose he turned this stock over to the senior mem- ber of the firm can be drawn from the tes- timony only by inference. M. Sloss had told him he wanted cheap stock to help him in negotiating for the new leases. Mr. Sloss was then in Wash- ington trying to secure from the Congress of 1888 a renewal of the leases from the Russian and the United States govern- ments, allowing his comfimny to take seals in the sealing waters of Bering Sea. What Mr. Sloss was going to do with this cheap stock was a point which caused much legal sparring between the attorneys, and numerous rulings by the court, but it was finally ascertained that Mr. Sloss wished to be nbYe to sell it at bedrock prices to the influential men whom he met at Washing- ton. The price was put at $30 a share, because Sloss wished to sell it cheap himself, or at least so_cheap that the dividends would soon bring back its value into the poc! of the owner. Mr. Wasserman hatF who these influential people were who were go&ngto buy stock at bedrock prices and then help secure the new leases, but he was told that it was not necessary that he know everything. He also remarked that $80 was not by any means the value of the stock, but he was fold that at all haz- ards the influential people must have their stock eheap. The difference between $80 and the real value of the stock was his sacrifice as a ‘‘dormant”’ shareholder, but this bit of information was not received until, in their efforts on the one side to stop it and on the other side to have it spoken, the op- posing attorneys had become very deter- mined. Some letters which had passed between the litigants were read, and some material, if conflicting, statements were secured from them. The first letter was from Mr. Was- serman to Mr. Sloss, asking that as the negotiatiors had fallen through he take back the note for $32,000 which he had paid Wasserman for his 400 shares and transfer the same back again to the origi- nal owner. To this came the answer that the shares had been sold to Mr. Sloss, and he saw no reason why they should be re- conveyed to him. It was also intimated that atthe time when the shares were sold the future of the company was a speculative one and that $80 was a good price for the stock, and ‘Wasserman had been glad to take it at the time. It is true, Wasserman says, there was no actual agreement between them re- rding the sale, but he says there was an implied obligation on the part of Sloss to reconvey them should he not use them for the purposes for which they were trans- ferred. Mr. Wasserman then wrote once more, demanding the shares, and offering Bloss’ note in payment, but it was no use, and since then Mr. Wasserman has h. neither stock nor dividends from the 400 shares that should haye been sold at bed- rock prices to influential people. Does Not Live in Poverty. Mrs. Martin M. Preston of 256 Tehama street, who was deserted by her husband, an account of which was printed in the CALL of last Satur- day, said generd-y thatshedid not mean to con- yey the idea to Secretary McComb that she was living in poverty. “I am keeping boarders,” said Mrs. Preston, “and_making a living at it. I was married to Mr. Preston in 1880, in San Francisco, not in Shasta County, and we lived four years in Sacramento. He did not own a ranch at that time. While I have worked hard help e & living I never served as a waitress, though I did work in a hotel with my brother in Humboldt County last year.” ———— At the Georgia United States Experi- ment Station they have proved that the dehorning of cattle does not check milk Eruducfion. COAL YARD THE FINEST LOCATION IN CITY, ILL BE LEASED FOR A TERM OF YEARS t0 a responsible party. Address COAL, Box 134, Call Branch Ofiice. HE LATEST fiESIGNS In WOOLENS...FOR SPRING 1895, HAVE ARRIVED. H.S. BRIDGE &00. 55,255 4 ! s stairs, opp. Pal. 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THIS FRIDAY MATINEE and NIGHT, Testimonial Benefit to MANAGER GROVER. Emily Bancker and Company. Fencing-Master Opera Compeny. Tivoli Comic Opera Company, Grand Oj -House Company. s Theater Company, | Alcazar Compan 00 Hig Benefi 4 Mgs. ERNESTINE KRELING Proprietor & Manager TO-NICGHT ;ggx\ilfl-" e RY ! tire, H. M. S. PINAFORE! Gilbert and Sullivan's Most Populas Reappearance of RTHUR MESSMER. Next Opera—PRINCESS NICOTINE. In Preparation—LITTLE ROBINSON CRUSOE. Popular Prices—25c and 50c. MECHANICS’ PAVILION. MONSTER | ——MUSICAL FESTIVAL—— AND—— PROMENADE FAIR! | AMERICAN CONCERT BAND! ALFRED l{U.\'fi'_lEI(L Director. General Admission With Reserved Seat 256 ——MATINEE SATURDAY.—— GRAXD BALL SATURDAY, MARCH 30. Admission 50c—Ladiés Free. Special Prngramme_o? Hiustrated Musie SUNDAY, MARCH 31. ALCAZAR THEATER RICHARD HAZEL. Lesses BEGINNING MONDAY, MARCH 25, And Every Night, With — SATURDAY MATI} TELE TWO ORPHANS! 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