The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 4, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO GALL,. THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1895. 7 .~ APRIL 4, 1895 CITY :NEWS IN BRIEF. The valley road to-day. The to-dsy.. : Bids for the valléy road engiires ‘will soon bo asked for. S Fair_weather. may be: hoped for the greate part of to-day. % A non-unionm crew_was Ida Schnauer yesterday: Bright city news items are always found on the seventh page of the CALL. ous regardless of .cost. = Redlick stock, Temoved to 1132 Market street. The Wachusett arrived from Nanaimo yes terday after an exceedingly rough voyage. - The first intercollegiate ball game of season will be played at Berkeley on Satur. The revenue cutter Bear came over from :ru 0 yesterday to. prepare for her northern | rip. Stephen T. Gage yesterday retired from the board of directors of the Southern Pacific Company. Railroad time-tables are published in the CALL for the accommodation of the public free of charge. The Supreme Court has decided that the will of a married woman is good even aiter subse- quentmarriages. The funeral of the late Father Fitzpatrick of All Hallows' Chureh took place on Monday and was largely attended. The executors of the Ryer ertate have finally effected compromises with all contestants ex- cept Christopher Ryer. polo tournament opens st.Burlingame put on the schooner Bros. bership and Producers’ A ph A is residence on Harrison street: Chomas, who . represents Louis n the Wasserman-Sloss -suit, has moved psuit. . It iS DOW on argument. or ‘Sutro_wants citizens to appear before him and give their viewsabout'th rack ordindnce, or'street pavem: The: State. Board of Trade will ssk the farm- ers-of “the State to_contribute seed grain for the drought-stricken districts of Nebraska. A meeting. of the direcfors of the Manufac- turers’ “Association will be heid in the Mills buildipg to-morrow afternoon at 3:30 o’tlock. Sherlff Whelan depies the charges made by the State Board of Examiners that his bilis for conveying insane patients to the asylums were excessive. Charies 8. Rice, the variety actor, was yester- day held by Judges Low- 10 snswer before the Superior Court for murdering Cora Everett on Mareh 17. John ‘McAuliffe, a_jockey, got judgment in Justice. Groezinger's court for $94, for riding the horses of Frenk Van Néssin races at the Bay District Track. out a -warrant yesterday for the man: of the Market-street Cabl the charge of battery. ! The Butchers® Board of Trade gave $250 | toward the expenses of tire Los Angeles excur- sion and entertzinment of the:trip proposed by the Half-million Club. Mantel - Marshall' and ‘Herry Wilson were arrested ght for. stealing a box contain- ing’ $5 h of opium from an express- wagon on February The Board of Superyisors:in‘committee of the whole yvesterday resolved to require the Water Commit 0 propose & schedule of water rates 10 b 1€d to the board. A'movement is on foot toinduce immigration the East; and &n exhibition' of the Staté’s ces at the Atlanta Exposition is pro- jected as an incentive thereto. which th late Judge Mesick ran nd faildd to pay was before sterday on & suit for the recov- ery of the emount, something over $2000. police raided the San Francisco Public ¥ and arrested-nine ng in mining stock, the prices y n apparatus or device. mmandér F. J. Drake's ng Sea,” at' Y. M.C. A. ng, if you wish to learn ries and other northern sea Attorney. E. S..Salomon, y_embezzlement by Mrs. ny street, was called in terday and continued street Railway Company yester- d everybody by taking up its artell street, recently laid, and will now ask leave in regular form to put them down agai The police have-secured a lady’s. bicyele, | which was found abandoned on the ¢cean Teach the morning after the Stagg murder, and believe & woman may have been "connected with the crime. The suit of John Foreman against William H. Beatty to recover damages for failure to bring suit until & claim was outlawed- was up for trial in the Justices’ Court yesterday, but the plaintiff got lost in the crowd. The police were notified yesterday of .the dis- appearance, on March 27, of Edward Went- worth, owner of the American Cafe, 1077 Mar- ket sireet, and as he was despondent at times it is feared he has committed suicide. There was an exciting: struggle in Judge Coffey’s court yesterday morning over tn¢ possession of Ethel Rynder, between her foster- mother and the Sociéty for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. -The mother won. This evening, at the Y. M. C. A. Hall, corner of Mason and Ellis streets, Lieutenant-Com- mander F.J. Drake, U will lecture before the Geographical Society of the Pacific on “Recent Developments in the Bering Sea.” Lieutenant Drake, who is in command of the United States steamer Albatross, has ob- tained new and important information, show-. ing ‘the influence of the Kuro Sivo, or warm stream of Japan, on the movements of the fur seals. Wren_and Nelson of the Union .Handball _Court_defeated -Purcell and Dillon of the Occi- dental Court at the latter court last night, and the game between Donnelly and Mahoney and Bonnet and Purcell ended in & scene of great excitement. Attorney James Alva Watt was discharged by the’ directors of the People’s Home Savings Baiik as_sttorney for the bank, and the deposi- tors will probably sue Receiver Sheehan and his bondsmen for the money expendéd by Mr. Sheehan. William Coleman and William Russell, ‘alias Wilson, were yesterday held by Judge Camp- bell to answer bef the Superior Court on the charges of robbery and burglary in $15,000 bonds each, $10,000 each on ihe robbery charges and $5000 on the burglary charge. it wes éasy seiling for the talent at the track yesterday, six straight favorites winning. Tod loane and Bob Isom each rode two of the wins ners. Ledette filly won the opening event, fol- lowed by Mulberry, William Pinkerton, Flash- light, Empress of Norfolk and Reelization in the succeeding races. BMrs. Eliza Wildrick, 1108 Folsom _street, swore out & warrant in Judge Joachimsen’s court yesterday for the arrest of Joseph Goldy and Laby Cohn on the charge of petty larceny. Goldby is an expressmen and while he and Cohn were removing her furniture on March 25, she alleges, they stole & gold watch from & satchel. Captain McFee of the Salvation Army has made & report to the Superintendent of Public Echools of the goods and money received from the school children for the city’s sick and desti- tute. They contributed nearly $4000 in eup- lies and money, saving hundreds from abso- ute want. Mr: Moulder is much pleased with the-report. 7 9 The suit between the various heirs and ex- ecutors of the estates of L. L. Baker and Robert Hamilton, the senior members of the old hard- ware firm of Baker & Hamilton, has been finally settled by the decision of Judge Seawell justrendered. The suit was an amicable one, and was brought for the purposeof adjudi- cating the rights of all parties, aiter the death of the two old hardware men. The police were notified yesterday of the dis- appearance of Kdward Wentworth, part owner of the chemical works, 93234 Harrison sireet, end owner of the American Cafe, 1077 Market street. He has not been scen since March 27, and he was despondent st times. It is feared promoters’ committee meets |~ THAT STREET-PAVING J0B, Mayor Sutro Desires to Be Fully Advised in Re- gard to It. 'WILL LISTEN TO ARGUMENTS, Citizens Invited to Give Thelr Views on the Bituminous-Rock Ordinance. The people of San Francisco are notas a rule easily surprised, but they are sur- prised that such a jobas that which passed the Board of Supervisors by a vote of eight to four on Monday should be foisted upon them by their servants. The people are not only surprised, but they are indignant at the thought that any eight men could be found who by their votes would frame an ordinance that would turn over to the giant monopoly, the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, the entire street- paving system for two years—an ordinance that bars out competition and prevents the greatest good to the greatest number. The people had reason to believe that the Supervisors would as a whole work for their interest, to the end that there might be material improvement and advance- ment in this, the metropolis of the Pacific Coast, but they were surprised beyond measure that the means by which the | streets might be improved and the city beautified should be turned over to as| great corporation, thus depriving the me- chanies and taxpayers of the right to com- pete for work which they undoubtedly are as capable of performing asany corpora- tion. By competition the people obtain the | best results in public work and the people | are indignant that an attempt has been | made to shut out competition for at least two years. | But the people have one hope and that | is that the Mayor will see the enormity of | the job that is contained in this ordinance and that he will exercise the power with | whieh he is vested by placing his veto | upon it. t Mayor Sutro has expressed himself as unwilling to act hastily in passing upon this most important matter and he invites | all persons who are interested in the ordi- | nance to npfen before him and express | their views for or against it. _This opportunity will give the people the | right to show why the Supervisors should not deprive them of the right of competi- | tion. When seen yesterday Mayor Sutro said: “I have made up my mind not to give any intimation at this time as to what ‘I may do with the so-called bituminous pavement ordinance. Whether I shall veto the ordinance or whether I shall ap- prove it I am not ready to say, but 1 am | ready to saf’ that I shall not reach any de- cision until I shall have heard all sides and can determine what is for the best inter- ests of the city.” It was suggested that in all matters of | great importance to the people an oppor- | tunity should be given them to offer argu- | ments for or against a proposition. Thatis whatI intend to do. Iregard this as a most important matter, and I want all the lightI can obtain to enable me | to reach a proper determination.”’ Then after a_moment’s reflection the | sider‘thli: matter and to listen to what the e have to say.' P"l?ge bituminous rock order was the sub- jectof an earnest and prolonged conference vesterday between Mayor Sutro, President 3ordan of the Jordan Bituminous Rock Paving Company and others, who say that the order, if allowed to become & law, will practically abolish competition in the lay- ing of bituminous rock pavements here. Mr. Jordan said to the Mayor that his company would be obliged to go out of business here if such sweeping orders as the one just passed were to become laws. The order in his judgment gave a mo- nopoly of the business to the Santa Cruz Rock and_Paving Company and to the Southern Pacific. The objectionable clause in the order is as follows: Further, the rock used shall be in the condi- tion as taken from the mines in its natural state, 1 bulk and delivered on the streets where the work is beinfx done, and without having been previously disintegrated. After the discussion of the clanse pro and con Mayor Sutro said that he would certainly investigate the matter thorough- ly. The meeting then adjourned. It is the ?iuion of those who are inter- ested that Mayor Sutro will certainly veto the order and thereby defeat it, as it will be impossible to secure the necessary nine votes to pass it over the veto. = The significance of the order, a section of which has been quoted, is not recog- nized by most_readers unless they under- stand the condition of affairs at the pres- ent time. Bitumen thatis laid here comes from several mines located in Santa Cruz, Kern and San Luis@®bispo counties. Every comgan operating mines in these coun- ties has been and still is doing business in this city on a large scale, The greater por- tion of bitumen from San Luis Obispo is brought here on vessels, and in order that it m:iht. be sacked the crude material is heated. 5 1t was found necessary to adopt this plan because the crude material placed in the holds of vessels invariably became caked to the extent that it could not be removed without being mined. In order, therefore, to compete with other companies in the disposal of bitumen in this city it was necessary to do that which the new order just passed by the Board of Supervisors ex- pressly forbids. Supervisor Dimond said yesterday that the order would not, in his judgment, be passed over the Mayor's veto, which, he thought, could safely be relied upon. “I do not_believe in shutting out compe- tition,’” said he, “and this order, as it is now framed, will certainly have that effect. I have heard a great deal about a combina- tion in this bitumen rock business with the Southern Pacific, and if the statements of rival concerns are worth anything there seems to be some truth in the assertions. All I can say is that I am opposed to the order because, in my opinion, it will have a tendency to destroy competition in the laying of bituminousrock pavements.” THE SUIT OF A JOCKEY. Claim Against Horse-Owner Van Ness for a Long Series of Winning and Losing Mounts. The suit of John McAuliffe, a jockey, against Frank Van Ness to recover a claim of $243 alleged to be due for riding the de- fendant’s horses in the races at the Bay District Track was tried before Justice of the Peace Kerrigan yesterday. The suit brought into court quite a crowd of sports and horse-owners, who testified as to the racetrack regulations with re- gard to iqcke s and their pay. McAuliffe had filed a bill for a long suc- cession of mounts, charged at $5each for races lost and $25 when winning. He had also a claim of $53 for services about the stable at $1 per day. Mayor added: “But you know there is no particular haste in this matter, and itis Dot my desire to act hastily. *‘No special time will be set to hearar- | guments for or against the ordinance. I shall be glad to hear any one who has any | knowledge on the subject at my offics in | the new City Hall aiter 10 o’clock in the forenoon. It would be asource of great | pleasure if parties representing both sides would meet there at the same time, so that | Secretary Milroy of the Bay District Track testified that when a boy is em- ployed at the stable regularly his further compensation for riding a race was $5 for lesing and $10 for winning. When the driver is not regularly employed, how- ever, the compensation is $10 for races lost and §$25 for races won. This conflicted with the jockeys’ sched- ule of rates. Van Ness had a counter- claim of $75 for fines which he paid for SWHETHER I SHALL VETO THE READY TO SAY, BUT I SHAL ORDINANCE OR NOT I AM NOT L NOT REACH ANY DECISION UNTIL I SHALL HAVE HEARD ALL SIDES,” SAID MAYOR SUTRO. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] each might hear what the other had tosay. In that way each side would have an o) portunity to refute what the other might advance.” The Mayor risingto his full height,his face showing that he felt a deep interest in the subject under consideration, said: “I realize that thisis a very important mat- ter to the people of this city, and for that reason am willing ‘to hear full discussion before reaching any decision, but I will say this,” and tapping the palm of his left hana with the back of hisright by way of emphasis, ‘‘whatever that decision sznll be it will be fair, be it fayorable to the peoPle or be it favorable to the octopus. 1 shall be very careful not to allow my per- sonal feelings or my personal interest to. enter into the matter, as I wantto do exact justice to all. “Iunderstand that it has been said that this ordinance would give certain parties a monopoly of street {mving‘ That is an- other point on which I desire information, and shall study it closely to enable me to reach a correct conclusion.” At this point Colonel William C. Little, the Mayor's business agent, entered the that he may have committed suicide. He is 62 years of age, 6 feet 3 inches tall, spare build, and leans a little forward, full beard, quite long, and sandy color mixed with gray, blue eyes. . The remains of A. Scherfenberg, a tailor, were found hanging from, the window. sill of his room at 225 O’Farrell street yester- dey by Fred Grambout. The old man had invested $100 in a German lottery and lost. He was 8150 behindhand in -his payments on & sewing-machine, so he grew despondent and hangod himself. Scherfenberg was.60 years of age, and Jittle is known about him by the sccupants of the house, although he has lived Shere for years. office and overhearing part of the conver- sation, remarked “that ordinance is ille- f‘l The whole matter ought to have been eft open to competition.” Responsive to a question the Mayor said : “I hardly think that I shall ukz expert testimony in relation to the material to be used, as proposed in the ordinance, as I believe that Iam fully advised as to that, but I want to repeat that it is not my de- sire to act hastily in this matter and that I will not say anything that any one could construe as to what I shall doin to the ordinance. I still have a week to con- Auliffe, imposed while riding the horses of other owners. He had been compelled to pay these fines in order to vlace the driver in position to ride again, as he could be otherwise barred by the rules, One of these fines was for ‘‘beating th flag,”” which McAuliffe testified that he had done under instructions. This was not proven, however. ; The court gave him judgment for $94 and costs. —————— THE BUILDERS' EXOHANGE, Annual Meeting and Election of Board of Directors. The annual election of the Builders' Ex- change was held at the exchange rooms at 16 Post street yesterday. Much interest was taken in the election, as was shown by the fact that 265 votes werecast. The polls opened at 10 o’clock A. M. and closed at 2 ». M. The successful candidates were: T. B. Bibley, Joseph Wilson, A. Kendall, ‘W. B. Anderson, Thomas Elam, 0. E. Brady, Oscar Lewis, Thomas Butcher, John T. Hayes and James McInerney. Robert Mitchell, S H. Kent and %V B. Morris were the judges of election. —_———— 0il Is Going Up. There was an advance in the price of coal oil, gasoline and like commodities yesterday which visibly affected the market of the world, the raise being more marked in the East than on this cosst. The reasons given for this sudden S e e e e crude oil whic] as n r&uuy advancing for the past six monm‘?u ————— mu\om coin has no ring. Observe the ring of the Almighty Dollar (C; . EFFORTS TO AID HOME INDUSTRIES APPRECIATED, What a Prominent San Francisco Merchant Says of the “Call.” RAPHAEL'S, 9, 11, 13, 15 Kearny street, San Francisco, April 3, 1894. Charles M. stopped. Francisco journal. I like your cerely yours, S Shortridge, prietor of the CALL---Dear Sir: me pleasure to call your attention to the fact that upon my return from the East a few days since I found. that as we approached San Francisco the CALL was the only paper that found sale at the stations where the train I learned from the dealers also that it was more in demand Editor and Pro- It affords than any other San The new CALL and its proprietor were pretty generally canvassed among the passengers, and the consensus of opinion was, I assure you, highly flattering to yourself and to the great newspaper under your control. While in the East I heard the CALL talked of a good deal; while in the past it was well thought of in business circles there, it now has a prominence which it never had before. idea of making the CALL a thorough California newspaper by devoting the front page to coast and local news; that was a very bold and clever move on your part. the success of your paper has to be made in California, I see you are taking the right means of making it thoroughly Californian and a champion of Pacific Coast interests. Wishing you continued prosperity, I am, sin- As SHERIFF WHELAN ANGRY, He Objects to the Charges Made by the State Board of Examiners. His Bills Were Not Excessive, but Were for Actual Expenses Incurred. The announcement from Sacramento that the State Board of Kxaminers,in pass- ing upon certain bills, had discovered a mare’s nest in regard to exorbitant charges, which had been made in sworn-to bills turned in by the Sheriffs of different counties, caused some feeling in Sheriff ‘Whelan’s office yesterday. The Sheriff had been mentioned among those whose bills had been investigated and cut down. It was stated that in conveying six boys to the Preston School of Industry from this city the Sheriff’s bill amounted to $77. This was reduced to$72 50. Another charge was $49 for conveying two insane patients to the asylum at Napa, and this was cut down to $30 50. The bill of $18 50 for con- veying F. T. Gagan to the Napa asylum was chopped down to $1150. In each o these cases the Sheriif had sworn that the bills were accurate accounts of expenses incurred, and, according to the reports from Sacramento, Whelan and other Sheriffs who bad turned in accounts which were cut down are liable to prosecution for perjury. Sheriff Whelan was in an indignant mood when spoken to yesterday regarding these reports from the capital. He said: Why, it is farcical to speak of prosecution in connection with such matters. I have not turned in a bill that was not & lefmm-te one, and I deiy Mr. Pratt or any one else 1o point to one single item that is not a proper one in any of my bills. 1 know for a fact that some of my deputies bave paid money out of their own pockets in necessary cases, and have not included the same in their expense bills. Take the case of the six boys who were conveyed to the Preston School. The Board of Exuminers say that the deputies left Jone at 9 o’clock in the morning and should have arrived here at 4:10 P. M. Now, the train on which the deputies came back was delayed at Tracy three hours, and they did not reach here until after 7 o’clock. They took their supper on the boat crossing over, and the supper iiem is one to which the Board of Examiners took exception. To my mind the whole thing is a paltry piece of business. When 1t comes t0 scaling our bills for two or three dollars and crying out that there is something crooked going on I consider that those engaged in the business might be better employed. Take the insanity cases to which they object in the matter of smail items, They simply want charged the railroad fare and bare meals on the rond. I only wish one of the Board of Examiners had to take & patient to the asylum and undergo what our Deputy Gi.roy does. Some of the patients have to be treated very leniently in order that they may not get ob- streperous and create a scene. If they want anything which their disordered fancy may suggest to them it is better to get it for them than to have a scene and to cause the deputy in charge more trouble. My deputy has told me of many instances where he has purchased little things out of his own pocket to quiet a lunatic rather than arouse opposition with the unfortunate and create a scene. All these things should be taken into consideration, but it is evident that Mr. Pratt, the secretary, or some one wants to pose as an_economist, with but very littie ground upon which tostand. I know my deputies have turned in honest re- ports, and I have sworn to them, and I repeat, that I will stay with them. To falk of indiot: ment for perjury is the worst kind of twaddle. In reality the expense account is not against the State, but ageinst some of my deputies, who I know have paid out money in many in- stances where no charge was made. ‘SURPLUS REFINED SUGAR. It Is Caused, Says a Refiner, by the Low Tariff in Force. A Higher Duty Would Obvlate the Need of the Annual Shut- downs. The shutting aown of the big refineries in the East, by which some 8000 men were temporarily thrown out of employment, will have no effect on the local business of the Western Sugar Refining Company. Such is the statement made by Secretary Robert Oxnard of that company. He said: This shutdown has no particular signifi- cance. Isee the dispatchesin the paper vari- ously attributed the cessation of operations to the ‘breaking of machinery and the amount of surplus refined sugar on hand. In the one case operations will be resumed as soon 8s the machinery is Tepaired. and in the other as soon as the stock of surplus sugar has been reduced. Those shutdowns occur umusltlg‘ and we shut gdown here oneor two mon '‘ar. The gnnmn of the country have a capacif much in excess of what is” actually needed under present conditions, as_the low tariff of 40 per cent nl;fl‘orm :::&oenduuhnlx‘ol n‘ und o1 foreign ined su; O a ge protection. If the u'x?fl were | | i higher the home production of sugar wounld be encouraged and extended, and California alone would furnish & much larger supply of beet sugar. Our shutdown, for instance, would be much shorter if it were not that Chinese-grown sugar refined in Hongkong and imported from there supplies part of the demand. Hongkong being a frec port the supplies used llwg the refineries there cost them much less an ours, in addition to which they pay only from to $7 per month to their laborers, making a little over 10 cents aday in gold, while we pay our men 20 cents an hour for the same class of labor. Sl Enocked Down by a Foreman. David Cornfoot, 2208} Fillmore street, swore outsa warrant in Judge Joachimsen's court yesterday for the arrest of “John Doe,” a fore- men of the Market-street Cable Company, on & charge of battery. The employes of the com- pany had done some work recently on the street and yesterday were hauling off the debris. They only took the large rocks and were leav- ing piles of finer stuff on the roadway. Corn- foot asked the foreman to clear away this stuff from the front of his residence, but he refused. Cornfoot got & shovel and was throwing the stuff among the big rocks, when the foreman struck him in the face with & club, knocking him down and leaving a wound to show the effect of the blow. SLOSS WANTS A NONSUIT The Complaint Does Not State Facts Enough For an Action. Attorney Thomas Admits for Argu~ ment the Charges Made. The plaintiff’s side of the Wasserman- Sloss case has closed, and Mr. Thomas, who represents Mr. Sloss, has moved for a nonsuit and has spent an afternoon in ar- guing upon his case. In his motion he makes the points that there is no evidence of fraud on the part of Mr. Sloss; that the transaction is at best only a simple breach of contract, and therefore is barred by the statute of limitations, and finally that even were the allegations made in the complaint true they do not constitute a legal cause of action. Asto the first contention, Mr. Thomas argued that frand, legal or actual, must be proved by the person making the allega- tion. This, he said. the plaintiff had not done. He had admit that there was no actual frand on Sloss’ part, and there- fore the fraud, if any there were, was merely constructive fraud. Even this had not been proven, and it therefore reduced the action to one for breach of contract, or for money due, and in both these instances the statute of limitations barred any claim which the plaintiff might have. As to his last contention, that the com- laint did not state a cause of action, 'homas admitted for the sake of argument that what had been charged was actually true, Granting that Wasserman had sold the stock to Sloss, he said, it was known when he did it that it would be used for purposes which were not exactly contem- lated by open business methods. It was, in other words, for the purpose of bribery of one kind if not another, and Was- serman was well aware of the fact. Grant- ing this, he said, the court had no right to entertain such an action, and must dis- miss it. in’l‘he arguments will continue this morn- g ———————— THERE WAS NO TROUBLE. The California-Street Railroad With- draws Opposition. The work of laying the tracks of the Sutro road across the California-street. Cable Company’s roadbed at Central avenue, where -the trouble occurred on Tuesday morning, proceeded yesterday without opposition of any kind. As stated by the California-street railroad people on Tuesday they will make no further oggoni- tion nor interfere in any way withthe crossline. All that they want is, according to Super- intendent Harris, a just arrangement so thae if nni damage is caused to their road- bed bg the heavy cars of the Cliff House road they may be secured against loss. Both sides yesterday seemed in an amiable frame of mind, and as far as the California - street 10ad is concerned the Sutro people will probably have no more trouble. There may bea again tween the Sutro people and the Market- street Cable Railway Company when the new tracks reach the spot where there are several he-vfl{ laden cars t in- the line of the track which is to be Iaid. Mayor Sutro says the cars have been placed there in order to cause trouble, and,as there seems to be no reason why they should be there, his contention seems reasonable. s ni i, Stabbed by a Boy. George Dreyer, & longshoreman, who lives at 745 Brannan street, was stabbed 1n the breast by a boy named William Miller. Miller, who is a silver-plater, was charged with assault to commit murder. Dreyer was treated at the Receiving Hospital. —_————————— Langley’s Directory is out and is now being delivered. See it. It's a beauty. GAGE LEAVES THE BOARD. He Is No Longer Among the Southern .Pacific’s Directors. NEW BOARD TO THE FRONT. C. P. Huntington Will Be Re-Elected to the Presidency . To-Day. The Southern Pacific Company held its annual meeting yesterday and elected the following board of directors: Oharles F. Crocker, George Crocker, Thomas H. Hub- bard, C. P. Huntington, H. E. Huntington, Charles C. Lathrop, N. T. Smith, T. E. Stillman, John C. Stubbs, A. N. Towne and Russell J. Wilson. There were two changes made in the personnel of the old board, George Crocker being substituted for his brother, William H., and Charles C. Lathrop taking the place of Stephen T. Gage. Not much significance can be attached |- to the first mentioned change, but the retirement of 8. T. Gage will be in the nature of a surprise to many. Since the death of Senator Stanford, Mr. Gage has gradually drifted to the back- ground in the management of the com- pany’s affairs until lately it would be diffi- cult to define his exact position and duties. It is true that he has been the representa- tive of Mrs. Stanford, but aside from at- tending the meeting of the board of directors he has cut but little figure in the executive work about the big building, hile Mr. Gage cannot be said to haye been in an antagonistic position to the interests which are now in the ascendent in the management of the road, it was a gxelt{ well recoinized fact that his powers ad been greatly circumscribed, and that whereas he at one time had enjoyed thedis- tinction and title of president’s assistant he was being gradually relegated to the rear, the process by which this was accom- plished being unostentatious but remark- ably effective in its operations. It is but a short time back when “‘Steve” Gage, as he is familiarly known, wielded a wonderful influence. He was possibly closer to the late Senator Stanford than any other man, and is in many of his char- acteristics strongly like the Southern Pa- cific’s former president. Like Senator Stanford, Mr. Gage enjoyed the friendship of hundreds of the em- ployes of the road. He has the faculty of making friends and retaining them. ‘While in Fower he was always accessible to the most humble employe, and it may said truthfully that his treatment of uestions which affected their interests ‘was generally fair. The retirement of Mr. Gage is not attrib- uted to any disagreement with Mrs. Stan- ford. Mr, Lathrop, who succeeds Mr. Gage on the board of directors, isa brother of the lady named, and it is said that he has suddenly develoged unexpected ambi- tions, The ties of blood would naturally favor him in any desire which he mighten- tertain to secure recognition in the coun- cils of the company. “Steve” Gage has been one of the mnst gwtnresque igures in the history of the outhern Pacific Company, if the ‘“‘big Stephen T. Gage. [From a photograph.) four” who built it be excepted. He was born and reared on a farm in what was known as the Western Reserve in Ohio, and helped his father till the soil until he had attained his twenty-first birthday. In the winter he attended the district school and in the summer worked on the fm:fix, at times doing odd jobs about a saw- mill. 3 Z ; Family Circle and Gallery, 100. After reaching his majority Mr. Gage | ees Saturd: Bunday. caught the goldgfe'ver, ang. with hundreds ug n.:lgdszlvmtfl A -yw- fl)ur. M > of other young men, determined to seek his fortune in the far West. It haslong been his boast that in the trip with an ox team from St. Joe, Mo., to this State he made the fastest trip ever accomplished. He first settled in Placerviile and went to work in a sawmill, where he remained for a time, but soon turned his attention to mining, in which he met with but little success at that time. Adter a while he was elected to the Legislature, and while a member of that body was largely instru- mental in causing the removal of the county seat from Coloma to ‘‘Hangtown’'— as Placerville was then called. He was afterward Sheriff of the county for a term, and then turned his attention to freighting between Placerville and the great mining camp of Virginia City, in which business he acquired a comfortable fortune, but subsequently lost it all in mining specula- tions. At the time of the building of the Cen tral Pacific road Senator Stanford brought Mr. Gage down to Sacramento and subse- ?uenu to this city, where he became the former’s personal representative. After the death of Mr. Colton he had chlxfia of the purchase of coal, but when C. P. Hunt- ington assumed power the bureau of pur- chases and supplies was organized and R. P. Schwerin was placed in charge, reliev- i{‘gg Mr. Gage of his duties in that connec- on. At ¥emrdn ’s election 1,136,000 shares out od 1,209, outstanding were repre- sented. The election of president will occur to- day, when the board meets for that pur- pose. It is said that there will be no oppo- sition to the re-election of C.P. Hunting- ton. NOT A BRILLIANT SUCCESS The New Red Street Lamps Cannot Be Distinguished Half a Block Away. ‘When the Merchants’ Association of this city, backed up by the officers of the Fire Department, reque: the Board of Su- pervisors to have the street lamps nearest to fire alarm stations painted red and sub- stitute red glass for colorless panes, it 'was with the'idea that they would prove a signal by day and a beacon by night to direct those in case of need to the nearest signal station and save the necessity of having to inquire on all sides, ‘“Where is the nearest signal station?” The frame work of the lamps has been Kinced the desired color, the red glass has ken the place of the white one that forms the upper part of the lamp, and the carmine lamps have been placed in proper position, but they are like a certain militia company, of which the captain once saids | “They look well on dress yarade, but they! are not worth a cent in action.” By day- light they look well, but in the night time| they cannot be distinguished from any other lamp at a distance of half a block. 1 : The reason for this is that the red glass is so far above the light that it does not show the color, and 1t is onlg when one| runs up against one that the difference in lass can be noticed. These lights should so arranged that any one at a distance of ablock or more could see that they ay red ones. As itis now, they are not the beacons that the promoters’ thought there would be. - ———— Those Flower Peddlers’ Licenses. ™ The License and Orders Committee of the Board of Supervisors met yesterday afternoon and the anteroom gnd the adjacent hallways were crowded with applicants and redolent of certain social strata of Italy and Greece. . The committee decided not to raise the prica for peddling flowers on the streets, but decided also not to fnnt any such licenses free of churg: in the future. The:Chief of Police will also be instructed to not allow flower peddlers to remain at any one place for any length of MARRIED WOMEN'S WILLS, A Subsequent Marriage Does Not Nullify Them ‘as in the Case of Single Women. The fight over the will of Clara @. Comassi has established a precedent which may be of value to will-making women of this State. Mrs. Comassi made. her will in June, 1877; her husband died in December, 1878. In May, 1886, she adopted Mabel Eric and in August of the same year she married again, but was soon divorced. In July, 1892, she died and ‘her adopted daughter contested the will successfully in the.Jower court, for it was held that by her second marriage she nullified the will, The Sl}f\reme Court has reversed this de= cision. ' The statute states that the will of an unmarried woman is revoked by her marriage,:and as. Mrs. Comassi was not unmarried when she made her will the case therefore. does not come under .the statute. The fact, as was urged, that her riod ‘of singleé ‘blessedness between the eath of her first husband and her mar- riage to the second made her an unmarried woman before the law, the Supreme Court refuses to consider. 5 T — Traffic. Association Meeting. The Traffic Association held a meeting yes- terday at which the resignation of .Hosmer W. Leeds as secretary was accépted and Charles M. Yates was elected to fill the vacancy. There 'W7as-& poor attendance of members and for this reason action on° mportant questions which are pending was deferred until the next meete ing, to be held two weeks hence: NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. ’ CALIFORNIA THEATER Az Ha¥MaN & Co. (Incorporated). ....Proprietors —TTOsNIGET-— Every Evening, Including Sunday, ™Y Matines Sapurday;: - BELASCO & FYLES GREAT DRAMA OF LOVE AND WAR : THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME. More Populai Than Ever. Theater Crowded Nightly. Management of CHABLES FEOHMAN. . SEATS READY TO-DAY FOR NEXT WEEK, SECOND AND LAST OF “THE GIRL | LEFT BEHIND:ME.” 4 Mges. ERNEsTINE KRELING Propriétor & Manages LAST NIGHTS | SECOND WEEK RECEIVED LIKE A NEW OPERA. H. M. S. PINAFORE' Special Matinee Saturday, April 6. Monday, April S—BOHEMIAN GIRL, Next Opera—LITTLE ROBINSON CRUSOE Popular Prices—25¢ and 50c. . 'MOROSCO’S GRAND: OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theater in America. WALTER MOROSCO. ...Sole Lessee and Manages THIS EVENING AT 8, AN ELABORATE PRODUCTION Of Henry Pettit’s Greatest Success, “HANDS: ACROSS THE SEA!” Last Week and Great Success of ~——GUSTAVUS LEVICK— EvVENING PRIcEs—326c and 50c. ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Street, Between Stockton and Powell. Commencing To-Night, Monday, April &, 9—NINE NEW FACES—9 THE ELECTRIC QUARTET HE DILLON BROS, : NETTIE BR ‘And reiained i New Aots, making an Entirely New Programme, THE _NAWNS, JOHN A. COLEMAN, BRUET and RIVIERE, . KALKASA, MAZUZ AND ABACCO, LINA AND VANL Reserved Seats, 250; Balcony, 100; Opera Chairs and Box Seats, 50c. CIRCUS ROYAL . And Venetian Water Carnival, Corner Eddy and Mason streets. CLIFF PHILLIP! Proprietor and Manager GRANDEST AMUSEMENT ENTER- PRISE IN AMERICA! Bareback and Fancy Riding. Lofty and Ground Tumbling by the Champions of the World. Aerial and Acrobatic Acts by the best artists known o - the profession. Gorgeous Aquatic Pageant. Pyro- technic and Electric Novelties. Feats of Swim- ming by the World’s Champions. Specialties by Europe's Greatest Artists. Commencing Saturday Evening, April 6th, Box-sheet opens at Joy’s Drug-store, Baldwin Hotel, Monday, April 1. THE MOZART SYMPHONY CLUB OF NEW YORK At the Young Men’s Christian Association Andi- torium, Mason and Eilis streets, THURSDAY EVENING, April 11. First appearance of this world-renowned Musical Club, consisting of the - following artists: Otto Lund, violin soloist; Theo. Hoceh, violin: Richard Stoelzer, viola; Mario Blo- deck, violoncello: assisted by Miss Cecll Tty parts Mlle. Zoe de Vielle. Tickets, 50 cents to all the house; on sale at Sherman, Clay & Co.’s. will be the musical treas of the season. They have been n?;“m to crowded houses throughout the country. MACDONOUGH THEATER (OAKLAND). Three Nights, ning TO-NIGHT, EMILY BANCKER And Co. presenting the Big Musical Comedy Hit, Popular Price your seats. RURNING & RUNNING RACES! RACES! CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACRS, WINTER MEETING, ° BAY DISTRICT TRACK, COMMENCING SATURDAY, OCT. 27, 1894 Races Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, ‘Thursday, Friday and Saturday—Raim or Shine. Five or more races cach day: thogate. Races start at 3 eary street cars pase