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‘the same footing, 5 -Mr. ‘land’s valune. - after which Mr. :." hesitation he handed it to me. + . saw in that R 14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1895. THAT BITUMEN CRDINANCE Mayor Sutro Will Listen to Parties Interested This Morning. ALL SIDES WILL BE HEARD. Owners of the Rock Still Filing Pro- tests Against Granting the Monopoly. Mayor Sutro decided yesterday to fixa time for a formal hearing in the matter of the bituminous rock monopoly ordinance and sent out notices te all parties inter- ested to appear at his office at 10 o'clock this morning to state their case. v The matter has excited the liveliest in- terest not only among bituminous-roc producers but among contractors, and it is likely that the hearing will attract a goodly number of them. Contractors as well as the bituminous- | rock men are crying for a fair field and no other favor, but they do not want to be under the thumb of any one concern when bidding. Tobe sure, if the monopoly ordinance becomes law, then those Supervisors who are responsible for it would be bound to | make proper allowances for the figures that the monopoly might demand, so that, as far as a mere scale of figures is concerned, it does not so much maiter to the con- tractors, seeing that they would all be on Pacif the Southern Railroad being the real contractor of them. But the average man of business frets under these conditions. It is the people at large, the city and the city’s streets that have the principal inter- est at stake. The ordinance is cunningly devised and appears wonderfully innocent upon its face, insomuch that such a keen and far- sighted man as Mayor Sutro needs call for light upon it. But the men who have bi- tuminous rock to sell and who know their competitors were quick to see through its subtlety to where they were to be side- tracked and quietly left out of the busi- ness. They began to file protests immediately upon the order being printed, and these Pprotests have continued to follow one an- other into the Supervisors’ room, even after the order was adopted. Another was W a filed yesterday, explaining that the order, | if made a law, would create a monopoly, of which the Southern Pacific would be the chief beneficiary. Mayor Sutro reiterated yesterday his de- termination to hear the whole matter thoroughly before he would pass judgment, and that he would do that which the facts and justice to all parties, and first of all to the city, whose interests he is requirea by his high office to guard, shall require of him. The hearing will begin at his office this | morning at 10 o’clock harp. PLEDGING FOR THOUSHADS As Attorney, “Nobby” Clarke Would Fare Exceed- ingly Well. A Prominent Cigar Manufacturer Tells an Interesting Story. The attempted South San Francisco and | San Mateo County land grab published exclusively in the CALL of Sunday and of Monday has attracted widespread at- tention among real-estate men, property- owners and the legal fraternity. They all concur in the opinion that the scheme, if ‘such it can be termed, is almost withouta parallel in the history of the State. The magnificent afidacity and matchless nerve of the man who originated the idea commands the admiration if not the respect of those familiar with the case, “Nobby”’ Clarke seems to be the central figure in the case so far as profits go, as he was to get not only three-fourths of what might be recovered, but also a handsome weekly allowance from each applicant. It was stated at first that Clarke was to re- ceive 10 cents an acre per month as a sort of retainer’s fee, but that is now found to be incorrect, if the story told by M. C. Dunn, a cigar manufacturer on Market street, is to be relied upon. & novel experience with Alfred “Nobby” Clarke. All that prevented it from be- cewing financiall; strous was the with- drawal of his appl ion for 160 acres of land contained in section 27, commonly known as South San Francisco. “A friend of mine told me,” said Dunn yesterday, ‘“of a lot of land in South San Francisco which I could get: merely for the asking, and di- rected me to Mr. Clarke. on Clarke he told me that he would get the Jand for me, if I would give him 75 per cent of it, or rather 75 per cent of the This I agreed to do. The papers were properly filled ont and signed, spate at the bottom for my name, request- ing me to sign it. Thinkingit only a mem- orandum of some kind, I thoughtlessly did s0. “Thenext day I remembered how quickly * he-had slipped the last paper into his desk, . and it occurred to me that I had not even read it. I went to Clarke’s office and de- manded to see the paper I had so thought- lessly signed, and without the s!ithest What I a{)er literally took my breath away. I had pledged myself to pay him no *-"Jess than 10 cents an acre per year for the first year, 20 cents for the second year and B0 cents an acre for the third year and every year thereafter until the case was settled. Of course, I dropped to the scheme t once and +also out of it. Just think of it. In three years I would spend over in fees alone. Idon't blame Clarke for trying to get all he can, but I do cen- sure myself for ever signing a paper the contents of which I had not read. - “Of course I scratched my name off at once, and also made him give me a paper * fo the effect that I had no connection with any land for which he is attorney, nor ob- - ligated in any way to Lis offce.” he experience of Mr. Dunn is but that of every other man who has filed an appli- cation for a homestead in South San Fran- cisco and San Mateo County. Mr. Dunn states that the paper at the time he signed it contained the signatures of twenty or Mr. Dunn had | When I called | larke handed me a neatly | * folded np, type-written sheet, with enough 7 & twenty-five people. Most of them were property-owners and it would be an easy matter to force paymept for smallamounts. As attorney Clarke #hs and may still be in a position to comfel these people to pay | exorbitant sums of money for years to come, though the decision in the Umteg | States Circuit Court last Monday practi- | cally kills all hope of ever recovering one | foot of the property applied for. - [ THE BLAKE SHOOTING. Frank Harding and Carlotta Cohassa Arrested on Suspicion. Since the shooting of Walter Blake, city editor of the Stockton Independent, in the | rear of the Palace Hotel, Detective Byram and Policeman Ryan have been steadily | working on the case. f | Last Saturday, while pursuing their in- vestigations, Byram had the good fortune | to capture, after a hot chase, Harry Hark |and John F. Sullivan, alias Patterson, who were caught robbing a room in the lodging-house of Jean Caweaun, 156 Third | street. Hark and Sullivan are now await- | ing their preliminary examination before | Judge Low. | * Byram and Ryan thought that Harkins | bore a close resemblance to the descrip- | tion of the man who shot Blake. They | have since found that the two burglars | roomed at 543 Howard street, and ves- |,terday they made two arrests in that house which may prove important. | They arrested Frank Harding and Car- lotta Cohassa, an Indian woman. Hard- ing is said to be the “lieutenant” who got conaiderable notoriety several months ago by announcing that he was going to China | to lend his stance to the Emperor in | drivinglthe Mikado’s troops from his terri- No charge has as yet been made against Harding and the woman, and the officers are reticent on the subject of their arrest. y v in connection with Sulli- van’ ases, or it may have something to do with the Blake shooting. SIED FROMTHE SEA Two Fishermen Were Nearly Drowned Below the Cliff House. Picked Up in the Nick of Time by the Steamer Gipsy’s Long Boat. Domenico Besana and Henry Peurella, two fishermen, narrowly escaped drown- ing yesterday afternoon, and but for First Mate A. C. Jansen and the crew of the | steamer.Gipsy’s longboat the men would have found a resting place in Davy Jones’ | locker. The men went outside the heads early in the day, although the seas were running | high and the bar was covered witb white- | caps. The surf wasrolling and tumbling | and throwing up great clouds of spray on | the beach below the Cliff House, and farther out a long swell was running. Be- | sana’s poat was caught in the swell and | half filled with water. The fisherman lost | his head and oars at the same time, and | began to shout wildly for help. At about | the same time Peurella’s boat was capsized, and the fisherman managed to reach the keel of the overturned craft, and he clung to it for dear life. Both accidents were seen from the shore, | and the life-saving service crew started to | the rescue of Peurella. Scarcely was the lifeboat Jlaunched when it was over- | turned. While the crew were struggling |in the water an attempt was made to | | launch another boat, but had the fisher- men had to depend on the life-saving sta- tion both men would have been drowned. The steamer Gipsy, bound in from | Santa Cruz, came along at this juncture | and the longboat _was lowered and pulled toward Besana. It wasa dangerous trip, | but the heavy boat withstood the attacks | of the waves and the fisherman was landed safely on board the Gipsy. The steamer then went after Peurella. The crew of the longboat made & second venturesome voyage and the second man was saved. Succor came to him none too soon, for the | man was exhausted and could have held on but & few moments longer. | STILL ARGUING. Contentions For and Against a Nonsuit in the Wasserman-Sloss Case Continue. 5 it Argument in the Wasserman-Sloss case | in Judge Troutt’s court was continued yes- | terday, Attorney Thomas concluding his motion for a mnonsuit and Attorney Nougues occupying the remainder of the | day in combating it. Attorney Galpin will close for Mr. Sloss. At the close of Mr. Thomas’ plea for a | nonsuit Attorney M. A. Dorn, for Wasser- | man, rose and asked the court whether it ; would be necessary to reply. | Judge Troutt thought that the motion | for a monsuit was, in his opinion, very | material. Dorn asked to what points he should specially direct a reply, and the court answered that all the points made by Mr. | Thomas seemed to him worthy of con- siderasion. These points were: That the transaction was at best only a simple breach of con- tract, and therefore barred by the statute of limitations, and that even’if the allega- tions made in the complaint were true | they did not constitute legal cause of action. To these points, therefore, Mr. Nougues addressed himself until the court rose. | The case will go on next Monday. o el Tt BEATEN AND ROBBED. Joseph Lang, an Old Man, Terribly IIl in Consequence. Joseph Lang of 648 Mission street, is seriously ill from a brutal beating he re- ceived from a robber on Tuesday night. | About 11 o'clock, while Mr. Lang was preparing to retire for the night, the door- bell was rung violently. He went to the head of the stairs, pulled the front door open and walked into his bedroom. He was sitting on the edge of the bed when a strange man entered, and, without sayin, a word, gripped him by the throat an threw him to the floor. He kicked him and choked him into unconsciousness. When Mr. Lang recovered consciousness the man had disappeared, and had taken i with him $1 50 which Mr. Lang had in his pockets, The robbery was reported to police head- quarters, and an effort is being made to capture the man. ————— Glasgow in Scotland, Moscow in Russia, and Ajan on the Pacific coast of Asia, are at about the same distance north of the equator, but the average winter tempera- ture of (}Xa.sgow is 38.8 degrees above zero, of Moscow 14.7 above and of Ajan 1.1 de- grees below. Yet many still cling to the idea that the coldness of winter weather depends chiefly on distance north or south of the equator. Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report ABSOLUTELY PURE ~ OAKLAND'S BUSINESS MEN They Meet in Social Harmony Around the Festal Board. ALL FOR MUTUAL PROTECTION. The Business Interests of Oakland and Other Topics Ably Discussed. An event which means much to the commercial interests of Oakland and the welfare of her business men took place last night in Masonic Temple, on the corner of Twelfth and Washington streets. It wasa banquet given by the members of the Mer- chants’ Exchange of the city across the bay to their friends. Although the exchange has only been formed within a year it has met with en- couraging success in all branches of trade, and the representatives of various busi- nesses who were present last night gave ample evidence of the fact that the men filed into the banquet-hall. George L. Fish, president of the Oakland Chamber of Commerce, occupied the seat of honor at the table. On his right hand sat Mayor J. L. Davie, Arthur &Tilmn, E. R. Hearn, Naval Officer John P. Irish, Congressman S. G. Hilborn, F. A. Leach, edifor of the Oakland Enquirer; Fred M. Campbell and Frederick Becker. On Mr. Fish’s left-hand side were: R. M. Fitzgerald, Ben Morgan, City Attorney; J. K. Piersoll, Senator George C. Perkins, Congressman Warren B. English, W. R. Davis, ex-Sheriff Mc- Killican, Georgze E. de Golia and George Fairchild. The menu, which was heartily appre- ciated by the guests, was as follows: OYSTERS. Eastern on the half-shell. SOUE.. Consomme i cups. RELISHES. Olives. Anchovies. Pickles. ENTREES. Chicken fricassee a la poulette. ‘Bouldin Island asparagus. COLD MEATS. Roast Turkey. Spring Chicken. Boiled Ox Tongue, Boiled Ham. Fillet of Beef. Celery. Deviled Ham Sandwiches. Pate de Foi Gras Sandwiches. Vienna Rolls. SALADS. Chicken a la Mayonalse. DESSERT. Punch a la Romaine. Swiss Cheese. Cream Cheese. Fancy Cakes. Assorted Crackers. Fruits. Cate Noir. In_opening up the speaking of the evening President Fish made a few intro- ductory remarks. He said that the pro- ramme of the evening was somewhat ong, and he therefore refrained from say- Shrimp. Crab. BANQUET GIVEN BY THE MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE OF OAKLAND. whose capital is interested are alive to | pressing needs of the day. Every arrangement had been made to entertain in a hospitable manner the 250 guests who had been invited to attend. The large banquet-hall in the temple had been appropriately decorated for the occasion, Ei’;me were two rows of tables, and amid the glitter of cut glass an sheeny silverware peeped forth green sprays of madenhair ferns and fragrant spring blossoms. At the head of the banquet-hall a floral arbor had been ar- ranged, in which the members of a string band ensconced themselves and rendered pleasing selections in the course of the evening. Long before 8 o’clock the anterooms ad- joining the banquet-hall were crowded with Oakland’s business men. In addition there were many prominent citizens who took a deep interest in all that pertains to the newly formed Chamber of Commerce. The invited guests were as follows: John L. Davie, N. A. Ball, J. K. Piersol, G B. Daniels, George E.de Golla, L. C.Beem, J.'B. Tallman, Richard Jones, J. Seulberger, James Coakley, W. Coakley, Albert Brown, Byron Rutley, F. W. Stromberg, X. B. Norton, F. 8. 0 A S| Alex 1. Smilie, 3. W. Nelson, Henry Gould, George W. Arper, . Palmer, Letter, Palmer, Lehnbardt, William Moller, B Coward, H. ¥. W. Searing, Charles Wagner, M. Isaacs, McDonald, Con Reuter, Johmston, Henry Reuter . Buswell, A. Jonas, B. Rothenberg, M. Jonas, R. Porter, R. ¥ . A J.F. W. Sobst, 3. Rohan, P. A, Lamping, ¥. Barnett, R.W. Edwards, C. 7. Fi C. A. Sessions, . Ol James Maclise, I L, George H. Carleton, Fred M. Campbell, D. W. Standeford, - W. Wilson, James Milier, L}. M. Fitzgerald, M. Lissner & Co., H. Mubr Jr., ¥. Mubr, F. W. Fields, A. Fibush, H. H. Co C. W. Kinsey, C.'L. Hewes, Theo. Gler, 3. Harfest, C. L. Ingler, G. F. Emery, H.T. Atkinson, E. Humphrey, Warren B. Engli Qeorses Paae™ George C. Perki W. R. Davis, James Moftitt, F. Delger, i ¥. A.Heron, s Protessor G.'Albrecht, E. A. Wollitz, A. J. Rosborough, W. F. Wollitz, H. Richards, R. Franke, W. F. Batchelder, William Franke, F. Kuhnle, Gard F. E. Orr, C. H. Rice, 8. R. Osgood. J. J. White, Ernest 0sgood, George Roeth, G. T. Burtchell, ¥. J. Edwards, . Crowley, C. Westover, H. A. Cole, J. T. Latimer, P. W. Carroll, L. Burgelin, George E. Fairchild, W. Smith, F. K. Mott, George Carruth, 8. Samuels, J. T. Moran, George L. Fish, John Martins, V.8 Phelan, .G Audrlen, 2. unt, am E. Moore, W. A. Rouse, C. D. Pierce, Walter Meese, H. P. Dalton, Fred Becker, J.0. Miner, H. D. Cushing, D. A. Sinclair, F. R. Girard, R. W. Merrick, W. V. Witcher, . J. Moftitt, F. Sinclair, John P. Irist, 3. P. Lemoge, G A. Leach, W. D. English, Da Volce & Koertner, . .. Dalton, Piiny Bartlett, John Gelder, J. W. Phillips, C. K. Marshall, Henry Hayes, W. G. Manuel, Robert Smilie, C.'H. Brosnan, Max Schulze, W. 0. Buckland, H. White, William Watkinson, J.'C. Westphal, W. A, Dow, M. Scharman, 3. R. Capeli, H. Hershberg, W. D. Heltman, H. 0. Trowbridge, J. M. Bassett, Butler & Miller, 3. F. Towle, Thomas Mulvaney, James H. Budd, Charles Weidessham, Frank Barnett, A. Schienter, E. Salinger, M. Schleuter, Charles Hart, M. Salinger, . G, Clift, Robert Daiziel, M Donald, H. C. Taft, R.'W. Kinney, ¥. Rels, L.E. Hal, Charles Cotton, L. Lagoria, William Slater W.'A. Holcomb, Alex Woods, ¥. Nichols It was close to 9 o’clock before the guests ing too much. He'was pleased to see the business men of Oakland meeting in har- mony together. It was upon them that the future of Oakland depended, and it was time that they recognized their mutual interests. It was in the spirit | of harmony and the interest of municipal Erogre!slhflt the Chamber of Commerce ad been formed. So far the Chamber had found the business community en rapport with it in advancing local trade in every way. He holped that the good feeling thus aroused would grow and add more, month after month, to the city’s welfare. Mr. Fish read a letter from Claus Spreck- | els in which the writer expressed his re- | gret that he was unable to be present at the gathering. He said that iliness pre- vented him from attending, but that his s{’mpathy and feeling were with the mer- chants of Oakland in their efforts to pro- tect and build up their trade. Another distinguished invited guest who was not_present was Governor James H. Budd. e was on the programme to re- sgond to the toast of “‘Our State,” but at the last moment he was compelled to send word that he could notbe present. The toast, though, was ably responded to by Senator George C. Perkins, who had been scheduled to speak to the toast of “Our Commercial Interests Abroad.” Mr. Perkins’ remarks were impromptu, but they were delivered in the happy vein for which he is noted, and were applauded by the interested listeners. In response to the toast of the San Joaquin Railroad Hon. W. R. Davis made a happy response. He said that it was en- couraging to note the spontaneity with which the people of the State had taken to the road, and asgisted it in every way, He trusted that the enthusiasm in the good cause would not' die out, and he did not betieve that it would. Aboveall things he wanted to see the road touch Oakland. ‘While Stockton was going to receive the benefit of the road in its beginning the speaker wanted to see Oakland get what it deserved, and he had no doubt but that it would. The city could rely upon the ma{lagemem of the road to do what was just. One of the most interesting responses of the evening was made by George de Golia on the subject of the ‘“Business Interests of Oakland.”” In part he said: As a resident of this city for many years let me voice the mutual satisfaction we all feel that at least upon one matter of public interest and importance in this city all the busi- ness men of the city have come to- ether. While it may be unpleasant, yet it is a fact that we must all recognize, that sel- dom, if ever before, have as many citizens, Tepresenting as many interests, come together in harmony, seeking only for the general good, the dewlcYmml and progress of ourcity. And 1 congratulate you, as well as the city, upon the unity of purpose and harmony of action at this time. In this organization we find all the progres- sive, active, enterprising merchants of our city organized to better, to advance the interests of the city and at the same time advance their own interests and protect their rights. Let us foster, encourage and protect home enterprises, buy from our own merchants, keep our money at home. With the above end in view let us do what we can to discourage un- fair and unjust competition. Let us create a sentiment that the city government will recog- nize, so that legisiation can had wi this’ end in view. And, finally, let us lay aside all personal displeasures, antagon- isms or private grievances. Letus take ex- ample from sister cities, many of whom are far in advance of us in the way of public enter- prise, and harmoniously and concertedly work and act for the advancement of our efty,in which advancement we each and all are bound 1o participate. The other toasts of the evening were as follows: ““The City of Oakland,” responded to by Mayor Davie; “Commercial Organ- izations,” responded to by W. A. Holcomb; “Our City Council,” Walter G. Manuel; “Our Professional Men,"” ex-Mayor George C. Pardee; ~“The Ladies,” R. M. Fitzger- ald; “Our Navy,” John P. Irish; “‘Objects of the Merchants’ Exchange,” George E. Fairchild; “Banking Interests of Oak- land,” W. G. Palmanteer; “The Press,” F. A. Leach of the Enquirer; “Our Manu- facturing Interests,” J. W. Nelson; “Edu- cation and the Public Sehools,” Fred M. Campbell. It ‘was long after midnight when the festive event was ended, and the guests be- an to depart for their-respective homes. Itogether the occasion was one which will be long remembered by Oakland busi- Tness men, because it brought them together in close harmony and engendered feelings of mutual good will. The Tramp’s Opportunity. Queer things happen in this world. A tramp took refuge in an old graveyard in Georgia and prepared for a sound night’s rest, between two graves. About the hour ‘when churchyards are supposed to ‘‘yawn” he was awakened by a strange noise, and, on looking up he discove: an escaped convicet in the act of filing his shackles. As the tramp stood up the convict, in su- perstitious terror, fell upon his knees, ‘whereupon the tramp arrested him, deliv- ered him over to the authorities at the camp near by,and received a reward of $20. —Atlanta Constitution. —e——— JAPANESE Mats, 30 cents each, at Mackay's carpet and furniture store, 715 Market street. * [ THOSE TORTONI DINNERS, The Late Judge Mesick’s Valet Tells About His Master’s - Habits. “MISS MOLLIE" NOT CALLED. After Argument by Counsel the Case Is Given to the Jury. At the examination yesterday of the_case of Shain, assignee of the claim of Pierre Carrere & Co., proprietors of the Maison Tortini, against the estate of the late Judge R.S. Mesick, before Judge Hunt and a jury, testimony on both sides was adduced and argument by the opposing counsel closed the day’s proceedings. The mysterious ‘‘Miss Mollie’” was not called. S. Constantini, partner of Pierre Carrere, testified to the firm’s account with the late Judge for dinners, wines, “‘cash’” and waiters’ service, corroborating Carrere’s testimony of the previous day. He swore to the absolute correctness of the books produced and explained that the size of the items was accounted for by the lavish- ness of the Judge’s orders. Executor of the Estate G. A. Maxwell testified that he was administrator of the Mesick estate. The plaintiff then rested. Ex-Judge Garber for the estate then ap- plied for a nonsuit cheifly on‘the ground of the informality of Shain’s claim to rep- resent Carrere & Co. His application was denied. J. C. Rivers, for thirteen years Judge Mesick’s valet, was the first witness for the defense. He declared that he had known of Judge Mesick’s visits to Tortoni’s, as well as to other leading restaurants, and had sometimes been prevented from seeing him at Tortoni’s through the action of Carrere and his employes. Ultimately he gained his way to_his employer throufh the aid of the police. His employer, he said, would go to dinner there with friends, frequently with ‘“Miss Mollie,” whom he knew as Miss Mary or Mollie Collins. The Judge, he said. did not drink as heavily as he had been credited with doing. He would remain four or five hours at table, but he had never known him to orcer more than two pint bottles of wine when alone. He would eat frogs, oysters, steaks or roast beef, but not much of any- thing at one meal. Sometimes he would stay several days and nights at Tortoni’s. Rivers said he was the Judge’s banker in the way of keeping his money and doling it out_for him. fie had ordered dinners for him, in one case going as high as $150, and had paid bills amounting to $1200 and even $2500 at one time at restaurants. On June 3, 1892, he had paid Carrere $1460 in satisfaction of a claim. The witness had inherited half of the Jadge’s estate, the other half going to Mrs. Maxwell. An _attempt was made by means of Wit- ness Joseph Lacosta, a waiter, to show the Judge Hunt Hears What the Counsel Have to Say. [Sketched by a *“Call” artist.] relations between ‘Miss Mollie”” and the late Judge, but an objection to this line of questioning was sustained. Another witness who threw little light on the main controversy was James L. Patterson, a waiter. Attorneys Neale and Garber argued the case, the former making a peroration afl.inst the indignity of any representative of the late Judge repudiating a just debt, while ex-Judge Garber ridiculed the claim as a robbery and made up chiefly of “a little bread to an intolerable amount of sack.” The case will go to the jury. GONE TO SANTA BARBARA, The Cruiser Olympia Bids San Francisco Bay a Brief Farewell. Her Officers, Crew and Battery. Admiral Beardslee's Flag- ship. The protected cruiser Olympia went to sea yesterday morning for the purpose of introducing herself and crew to salt water. California has sent away from her chief Sturdy, executive officer; Lieutenant Thomas H. Phelps, navigator; lieutenants, E.J. Dorn, F. H. Sherman, W. P. Rose, W. W. Buchanan; ensigns, A. C. Dieffen- bach, George Malliston; naval cadets, E. A. Elder, A, A. Pratt, J. 8. Doddridge, H. A. Pearson, J. L. Sticht, F. L. Chadwick; A. W. Hinds; surgeon, Joseph G. Ayers; paymaster, A. W. Bacon; past assistant surgeon, M. M. Pigott; chief engineer, Joseph Trilley; past assistant engineer, W. B. Dunning; assistant engineers, R. E. Carney, J. R. Robison; first lieutenant oi marines, T. C. Prince; pay clerk, H. T. Varral; acting boatswain, P. W. Doyle; acting gunner, L. J. G. Kuhlwein; acting carpenter, William McDonald. e battery of the cruiser is composed of {four 8-inch rifles for the turrets, fourteen 6-pounder rapid-fire rifles, ten 5-inch and eight 1-pounder rapid-fire rifles. She also carries sixteen W hitehead torpedoes. Some idea of how fast this ship-destroyer can fight may be known from the fact that theserapid-firing Funs are capable of being discharged several times a minute. A 5- inch rifle can have four shells swinging through the atmosphere simultaneously, and the Olympia’s thirty-two pieces of that style of ordnance can juggle a perfect shower of balls in the air when she starts in to give an exhibition of her qualifica- tions by pitching tons of metal over the sea. The Olympia is a large vessel—so large that her four hundred people are almost lost in_the many compartments that hon- eycomb the great structure. She is all ladders and doors, down and_th'rongh which one goes amid the electric-lighted ‘spaces from the upper works to the store- rooms and magazines lying near the bot- tom of the hu]E and down in the far deeps where the firemen feed the great insatiable furnace8, where the steel stem is splitting the waves at twenty-two knots. Sheis a veritable machine, this latest addition to the fleet. Steam, hydraulic or electri- cal power moves everything mov- able aboard of her, from "her helm to her battery, from her great search- lights to herself. The old-fashioned man- of-war fades from recollection beside her, and the long-ago gunner would be lost among the springs, valves and pipes of those elaborately harnessed turrets. The Olympia will remain at Santa Barbara as art of the floral festival show which takes place on the 18th inst., after which she will visit the ports further south. She will return to Mare Island and prepare for her trip to Honolulu, where she will be the flagship of Admiral Beardslee, relieving the Philadelphia. DAYS OF WRATH AT HAND The Labor Exchange Issues a Warning to the Public. Carl Gleeser Tells a Large Audi- ence How Ruin May Be Averted. Students of the labor problem and many desiring further insight into the subject, the solution of which is now agitating all classes of men, gathered in considerable force at 1159 Mission street last night. Their presence was accounted for by a cir- cular scattered throughout the city yester- day telling of impending ruin, and promis- ing to point out the way to escape it. The call was at the instigation of the Labor Exchange—a new organization, hav- ing for its object the abolishing of interest on money and the establishment of a sys- tem of check exchange, by which the laborer is paid in goods or a check which will be honored by any member of the ex- change in such goods as he may have. The meeting was called to order by Henry Warfield, who briefly outlined what the Labor Exchange proposed to do and what they had already done. He said that labor exchanges existed in twenty different States, and that California led the move- ment with ten branches. The object avas to bring the consumer and producer closer together and to do away with interest on money. He declared that interest and not money was the “‘root of all evil.” Mr.War- field then introduced Carl Gleeser, State organizer of the Labor Exchange. . Gleeser is an interesting and earnest speaker and is thoroughly familiar with his subject. ‘‘Interest,’” he said, ‘‘was the vampire, so to speak, that was sapping the foundation of civilization. Interest was not right from a moral, religious and scien- tific standpoint.” Mr. Gleeser also paid his respects to the Southern Pacific, declaring that it would be a noble institution were it not for the fact that it borrowed the money in Europe with which to build the road, and that now it was sapping the life-blood of California to pay the interest. ‘“It should be in the hands of a receiver,” he said. After the lecture Mr. Gleeser invited any member of the audience to ask sueh questions as the subject prompted, and he would endeavor to answer. Several gentle- men asked some ver{ pointed questions about the proposed, labor exchange, in- auiring particularly into the proposition of oing away with money entirely and inaugurating the check system. Mr. Gleeser was never at a loss for a reply, and succeeded in convincing many that his scheme was not only theoretically correct, but practically so. Every person joining the Labor Ex- change signs the following obligation : In consideration of the rights, privileges, benefits and protection conferred upon me as & member of the Labor Exchange Association, and to the end that the property of said associ- ation, upon which the safety of said benefits is based, may not be sacrificed at reduced value by forced liquidation in legal tender money, I hereby promise and agree that_for any article or articles of merchandise and moneys that I may deposit in the keeping of, labor and ser- vices that I may perform for, or for any certifi- cate of deposit that I may bold on said Labor Exchange, I will accept as sufficient compensa- tion thereof merchandise, property, lngor or services of equal value and relinquish any THE PROTECTED CRUISER OLYMPIA PASSING THROUGH THE GOLDEN GATE ON HER WAY TO SANTA BARBARA. [Sketched for the “Call” by Coulter.) harbor a goodly squadron, than which no better steams the ocean. The Charleston, San Francisco and Monterey are floating testimonials of the mechanical skill of the artisans that build by the western sea, and the Olympia, following in the wake of her noble sisters, completes the marine quar- tet. What a full-tone melody of war the thunder bass of this fourfold battery will ‘boom along the deep! The crew of the vessel taking her first lesson in naval tactics is composed of 28 officers, 332 sailors and 36 marines. The officers are: Captain, John T. Read, com- manding; Lieutenant-Commander E. W. § —_— rights and liens which ma; i my favor and ageinst the Dropesis ot th asso: 323.?" by reason of said deposits, labor or ser- ———— The Great Danubian Catfish. One species alone has managed to take nP its abode in Europe, This is the wels of the Germans, the true silurus, from which the family asa whole derives its name of siluroids. It occurs in the Danube and other Eastern rivers, but has never made its way into the Rhine or any stream to the west of it. Except the_sturgeon, the wels is the biggest (and, I will venture to add, the ugliest) of European fresh- water fishes. 1ts huge, gaping mouth, its soft, slimy skin, its big barbels, and its urderous expression all- combine to znder it pec\lligtly hideous. Some speci- mens reaeh the-length of sixteen feet, and turn the scale at 400 pounds, but these figures, being fisherman’s weight, rnl_ay b§ epted by the wise cum grano salis, figot uirantee them. According to Yarrel, a Prussian specimen of silurus had the entire body of a baby in its stomach; but a noble énngm—ian catfish goes this story one better, for it is said to have con- tained “the body of a young woman with a wedding ring on her finger and a purse full of money hanging at her girdle.” I can swallow the lady, but I decline to ac- cept the wedding ring and the fiorins,— The Cornhill Magazine. 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