The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 23, 1895, Page 8

i SRR i i & THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1895 _E_______—_____________________'___————————————— THERAW SUPERVISORS Rough Politics at the City Hall by the ; Solid Eight. G0O0D OFFICERS DEPOSED. Their Places Filled by Men Who Are Incompetent or Worse. THE MAYOR'S VETO DEFEATED. The San Joaquin Road Petitions for Right of Way Into the City. The ax of the solid eight of the Board of Supervisor: vesterday, and seven official he: fell in the basket. The movement was swift and effective, and the meeting of the municipal fathers adjourned amidst confusion. There was a good deal of excitement, some serious accusations of the corrupt use of power thrown out and an exchange of caustic insinuations be- tween the rival factions after the members had vacated the chamber. ion of removals came up on a pervisor King, seconded by gner, and provided for the dismissal, after May 1, of certain muni- cipal employes and the appointment of their successors. 1t was known that a nefarious combina- tion had been made and that some re- movals were in contemplation, but it was scarcely believed that the hardy politicians of the solid eight would go to the extent of displacing first-class officials for the pur- pose of giving positions to men who were incompetent, or worse. The first change provided for in the reso- dution was that John S. Enos, the capable rand vigilant Prosecuting Attorney of Po- Mice Court No.1 should be deposed, and that Charles A. Forbes should be ap- {pointed his successor. Mr. Enos was at one time Labor Commissioner, and made so excellent a reputation that all who have hela office since that time have been compared to him, those interested wishing that his equal might again appear in that off In every public trust held by Mr. E has discharged his duties faithfully defiance of the civi age, and the ethics of decent politics, Mr. Enos was turned down to make way for a favorite of the solid eight. ] . H. Wakeman, who has served the i nd county well as prosecut ney in Police Court 3, had to give one Edmund Mogan, who boards at Supervisor K hotel. o cause against J. H. was secuting attor- hout a pre- These were the three most important changes made oy the solid eight in their blind effort to bring disgrace upon the public service of the city. were made as follows: M. M. Dugan, head janitor new Hall, successor George L. Murdoch; A. dler, janitor Auditor's and Treasurer's offices, successor Joseph Fitzpatri J. A. Sullivan, night watch- man new_City Hall, successor Herman Kihn; J. M. Dolan, driver police patrol- successor P. Stevens. to know the reason for said Supervisor Hobbs, nation, ‘‘as no charge for otherwise has been these removal. ale with in ncompetenc brought against these employes. man of the Building Committee I think I should be consuited as to the removal of my clerk. It is evidently a combination of the three Democrats with five cans against a helpiess minority “1 call the the fact,” said Supervisor Dimond, ‘‘that I am a Democrat and propose to vote against the resolution.” “The gentleman from the First,” cried Hobbs, shaking his finger at King, “isa Democrat, though he was elected on the Republican ticket."” The solid eight evidently did -not intend to treat their colleagues in a decent or proper manner, and so rushed their scheme to a conclusion. The cry of “question” was raised by Wagner, with others in the chorus, and the vote was taken with the following re- sult: Ayes — King, Benjamin, Hirsch, Dunker, Morgenstern, Wagner. Noes— ond, Taylor, Spreckels, Hobbs. Supervisor Scully excused himself from voting, though he has always stood with the solid eight. , As the roll was being called and as the persunnel of the detestable ‘‘solid eight” was disclosed, some one started a ripple of derisive handclapping, and it spread throughout the meeting chamber, the peo- ple in the lobby scoffing audibly at such action by such pothouse politicians and ‘ward statesmen. The San Francisco and San Joaquin Val- ley Railway Company, by Claus Spreckels, president. and Alexander Mackie, secre- ta; sent the following communication asking for a right of way through the city as outlined: Beginning on the northeast side of Fourth street, opposite the junction of Fourth and I1li- nois, thence across Fourth, along Illinois to the southwesi side of First avenue south, for- merly known as Honduras street, P street south, formerly known. as St. John, from the southwest side of First avenue to the north line of Twelith avenue south; thence in a gen- eral southerly direction across Twelfth avenue south, Thirteenth avenue south, Parnassus avenue, Latonia street and Thornton avenue to Railroad avenue opposite the center line of Twenty-first avenue south; thence along Rail- road avenue to the north line of Twenty-sixth avenue south; thence in & general southerly direction under Thirty-sixth avenue south, Thirty-seventh avenue south, Thirty-eighth ayvenue south, Thirty-ninth avenue south, J street to the east line of J street; thence along Evatt street to the county line, with the rights 1o lay, keep and maintain_ a single.or double tracks of siandard width thereon, and to ope- rate thereon a railroad propelled by steam, electricity or other motive power for the trans- ortation of freight and passengers for the erm of fifty years from date. This communication was referred to the Committee on Streets. The reasons of the Mayor for vetoing the Church-street franchise were given in the following communication: Gentlemen—On February 14, 1895, the Mar- ket-street Railway Company filed its applica- tion for a street-railway franchise along Church street, commencing at Sixteenth street, at its intersection with Church street, thence run- ning along Church street to Ridley street, end along Rialey street to Fillmore street. The petition was accompanied by a draft of the proposed franchise. On March 23, 1895, your honorable board considered such -petition, and, in accordance with the Legislative act of March 23, 1893, re- golved to offer the privilege sought for therein for sale at public auction. ¢ 3 Thereupon a notice was published in theSan Francisco Daily R?;ort, setting Monday, 3:30 ».M., April 15, 1895, for the reception of bids 1n open session of your honorable board. At the date and place last named the petition was finally considered by the board, and order 2858 was passed, therein accepting the bid of ‘the applicant and granting the franchise to it for $605. ‘This last ordcrn}%sa) is now before me for my approval’as Mayor, according to the con- $olidation ect. In this respect section 68 of tnatact, Hughes, being service spirit of the 1 found | Other changes | As chair- | ¢ ”Republi- | ntleman’s _attention to | our fundamental law, declares in substance as follows: Every ordinance or resolution of the Board ot Supervisors providing for “the grant- ing of any privilege”” shall, after its introduc- tion- be published for five (5) days and after its passage “shall, before it takes effect, be = presented to the president of the board for his approval. If he approves. he shall sign it; if not, he shall within ten (10) days, return it to the boa with his objections in writing.” e On April 17th inst. a request was made me to fion. John A.Russell, clerk of this boul, for a copy of said order 2858. Thereaiter complying with my request he has forwarded me a copy of the same. This order thus sent me on its {ace purports to grant a privilege over certain public streets in this city to a corporation. It therefore becomes a subject for the cog- nizance of the Mayor and his approval is essen- tial to its validi The Legislative act of March 23, 1893, is merely & mandate of the law commanding that franchises shall be sold instead of being sub- ject o the mere caprice of the granting au- thority. There is nothing in its language or in its spirit to take away from the Mayor his power onsibility over the disposition of munic- nchises, nce, as all these proceedingshave occurred » I presided pver the board and are within my knowledge, and as the law imposes on me the duty of action in relation to this order, the same has been duly considered and my assent thereto is withheld. The municipality on October 3, 1893, passed order 9240, declating the conditions ‘on ilroad franchises may be granted in conditions are set out in ten sections, ich are supposed to contain all things neces- sary to be observed and complied with on the oné hand by the grantors ot the franchise, and on the other by the parties in whose favor the grant is made. , | " Section 1 of order 9240 specifies the fran- chisz to exist for a definite number of years, but the franchise under consideration states that the term shall run coequal with the terms of some franchise owned by the Market-street Railroad Company. Section 2 provides that the road may be operated by various means, but that, prior to ricity being used, the consent of the Board pervisors shall first be obteined. Order (the present franchise) quotes sections of the general law about constructing and repair- ing tracks, and which are more clearly set forth in sections 3 and 6, but leaves out as of o importance the portion of section 2 above quoted. l.‘ovnm 3 of order 9240 defines the methods of operating roads according to yarious means ; it specifies that for cable roads lot shall be three-fourths of efers again to that portion of ) giving the Board of Supervisors au- thority, aiter the granting of the franchise, to erect poles along the route. 3 This part is ignored and omitted in section 3 of this franchise and the width of the slot is in- ereased to seven-eighths of an inch. Section 8 of order 9240 specifies that the rights conveyed are (first) subjecg to the gen- eral laws now in force, or such other laws and regulations as may hereafter be made; (sec- ond) that vearly statements shall be made and 2 per cent of the gross rvcm%s shall be paid to the credit of the Street Department fund; (third) that $40,000 must be expended within one year on construction, etc., after the pas- sage of the order; (fourth) and the construc- tion of the road pe completed within three years from and aiter the passage of the order, the cars to be run at specified intervals, also specifying the liability of the company for sub- sequent street improvements. This franchise or order 2858 ignores items 1,2,3 and 4, and quotes & portion of the general laws regarding paving, etc., between the tracks, unless other- wise ordered by the Board of Supervisors. Section 5 of order 9240 authorizes the au- thorities to pave or sewer, but 50 8s not 10 ob- struct the free passage of the cars. Omitted in this franchise. Section 6 of order 9240 says it shall not be lawlul to run cars at more than eight miles per hour. Section 6 of this franchise says nothing bout rate of speed, but requires the compan file a promise to permit mail-carriers to ride on 7 specifies the rate of tax per car. entioned in this franchise. on 8 says work to be commenced within ear from passage of order, and to be com- within _eighteen months thereafter. franchise is silent on this point. tion 9 requires that bonds be filed to ntee the carrying out of the terms of the Th anchise exacts no bonds. quires materials necessary in the construction of the road to be of California manufacture, but this franchise is silent on that point. 1t is shown above, this franchise, as granted, does her not embrace the nditions re- quired by law,or does contain them in an altered form. Before the passage of this franchise the | agents of the Market-street company had forci- bly seized the blocks embraced within the grant and, through its agents, in the midnight hour, tore' up the pavement and commenced laying its track until stopped by the author- i The burglar who enters your house at night and abstracts your property cannot escape punishment by coming into court and offering 10 pay for the stolen property, nor should a eor- poration which has committed grand lare be permitted to come before the Board of pervisors and offer to pay for a privilege which had unlawfully appropriated beforehand. 'he street should first have been restored to its original condition, and then, if & fran- chise was asked, it should, under these circum- stances, have been refused, or if granted at all | 1d have contained all the legal restrictions in order 9240; but under no circum- should a franchise have passed ver- m as submitted by J. L. Willcutt, secretary he Market-street Railway Company, and enciosed in his letter to the board dated Febr ary 14, 1895, and drawn up by the shrewd la vers of the law department of the Southern Pa- ic of Kentucky, leaving out nearly all the re- strictions imposed by law and by the regula- tions of your honorable board. For the above reasons, I, as president of this board, object to order 2858 and hereby veto the same. Respectfully submitted. ApoLPH SUTRO, Mayor. Taylor moved that_the veto take the regular course, and Wagner moved an amendment to_ have it placed on file. Taylor explained that it was unusual to lace vetoes on file. Wagner insisted on is amendment, which was carried by a vote of eight to four. Relative to the action of the last Legisla- ture in repealing the revenue law of 1873-74 providing for the collection of taxes for city and county Surposes between the sec- ond Monday of July and the first Monday of August, extending the time of collect- ing taxes to the first Monday in October, thus precluding the possibility of pay- ing municipal indebtedness for the first four “months of the fiscal year, as heretofore, City and County Attorney Creswell wrote to the effect that the new act, dated March 28, 1895, unmistakably repealed the old one, and the law must be enforced and obeyed. He held that if any derangement of the municipal finances should result from this action of the Legislature the responsibility must rest with the lawmakers. The As- sessor had commenced making assess- ments of personal property under the act of 1873-74 prior to its repeal. According to the old law the expenses of the government of the city for the first few months of the fiscal year were paid as they accrued from the taxes collected from July to August. The communication was referred to the Judiciary Committee. City and County Attorney Creswell gave an elaborate opinion on the much-dis- cussed water question in answer to ques- tions propounded by the Water Committee. | Sutter. After the reading of the opinion, which is appended in condensed form, it was re- ferred to the committee now struggling with the water rate: Question—Has the Boord of Supervisors the power to provide for and create a water fund for the sole and only purpose of paying de- mands for water supplied for municipal pnr- poses? _Answer—The power to gather revenues and divide them into separate funds was granted by the consolidation act and acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto. These acts name the funds that shall be created and how the money in edch shall be used. A water fund or a hydrant fund is not one of the funds created by ihese acts. The Board of Supervis- ors can only do what these acts give it the right to do. The right to create such a fund not havin n given no power exists for the creation of such a fund. Question—What is the effect of section 6 of the act of March 7, 1881, wherein it provides for the establishment of equal and uniform water rates, and in that connection whether or not the provision of section 10 of Resolution No. 10,049 (third series Municipal Reports 1893-64, appendix, page 111) wherein a sliding scale of water rates isfixed, based on the amount of water used, is equal and uniform also whether under scction 1, article XIV, of the constitution of this State the (hoard has the power to fix water rates without regard to :lhiedpm“"om of section 6 of said act as afore- Answer—The effect of section 6 6f the act ot March’ 7,1881, is to prevent consumers of water befng charged different rates. Section 10 of Resolution No. 10,049 provides an equal and uniform water rate. Rates are equgl and uniform when every one using the semd quan- tity of water underlike conditions is charged the eame. The constitutions of most of the States require that taxation shall be equal and uniform. It has always been held that this rovision “does mot inhibit the Legislature om, nor deprive it of, dividing the objects of 1 taxation into classes, but only commands it to impose the same burden upon all in the same class. (Case of City and County of Sacramento vs. Charles Crocker, 16 Cal., 123.) The objection cannot now be urged that meter rates and house rates, when different, are not fixed as the constitution requires is because the Supreme Court in the case of the Spring Valley Water Works vs. the City and ountz of San Francisco, decided in 1890, held that the rates might be different in such cases. Section 6 of the act of 1881 is constitutional. The Supreme Court decided that ‘‘water rates must be fixed by the Board of Supervisors pur- suant to the premises of the act of 1881.” The Finance Committee presented an elaborate report on the condition of the finances of the city, and requesting the City and County Attorney to_petition the Supreme Court for relief. ~ This action was based on the declaration of the contractors furnishing the city with supplies and ma- terial, to the effect that they will cease fur- nishing the same after April 30 unless pro- vision is made for their payment. The opinion of the City and County Attorney relative to the decisions of the Supreme Court, to the effect that all liabilities in- curred and required to supportthe govern- ment must be met by the revenue pro- vided for that year, and that all expendi- tures in excess thereof are illegal and can- not be paid out of the funds of any suc- ceeding year, was recited at great length. Continuing, the report said : There will be a deficiency of about $350,000, of which $140,000 is for salaries carried for- ward from the preceding fiscal year, the sal- aries for June of that year being paid outof the revenues for the ‘year. The deficiency proper for this year will aggregate in addition about $210,000. This, with the deficiency of $210,000 of former yesrs will make a grand to- talof about $£500,000, all of which, with the exception of salaries of $140,000 noted, and expense of the board of election commissioners for the last two preceding elections of $207,- 000, are for material and supplies required for the conduct and maintenance of the publie in- stitutions. Our merchants, annoyed and subjected to great loss and inconvenience, have determined that the municipality shall not be maintained by their goods, wares and merchandise unless their demands for the same are recognized as valid claims against the city and county and are therefore compelled, as they are expected to know the law and condition of the treasury, to refuse to furnish any supplies after the 30th day of this month. The report concluded by urging the necessity of immediate action, and a reso- lution was adopted to the effect that it is the duty of the board to take all means in its power to prevent such an unfortunate condition, imperiling the maintenance of our government; also that the City and County Attorney be requested to take such proceedings as may be required to bring about a speedy decision as_to whether de- mands for material can be allowed and payment provided for in the levy of the succeeding year; also to represent to the Supreme Court the necessify of obtaining a decision in the matter on or before April 30, as after that date no supplies will be furnished. The following petitions were referred to the Committee on Streets: Property-owners on Broderick street pro- tested against the grading of that thor- oughfare, between Union and Filbert and Filbert and Greenwich streets, and prop- erty-owners on_ View avenue, between Twenty-first and Elizabeth streets, pro- tested against the remacadamizing of the avenue. Property-owners on Cherry street, between Washington and Jackson, peti- tioned for sewer connections, and L. Andre called attention to the dangerous condi- tion of Stockton street, between Post and A petition from property-owners on O'Farrell street, between Scott and Devisadero, protested against the manner in which the Market-street Railway Com- pany laid its rails on this street. Baldwin & Hammond tendered a deed from the Crocker Estate Company to the city and | county for certain property on Beulah | street, to be d(-dimueJ for the purposes of }1\\ thoroughfares; other petitions re- erred to the regrading of Leavenworth street; release of contract for paving Brod- erick street, between Post nng Geary; re- moval of a house that obstructs Lynch street, between Leavenworth and Hyde. A resolution was adopted whereby the Mayor as ex-officio president of the board was relieved of the labor of certifying by his signature as each bill passed by the board the fact of the passage so that the Auditor and Treasurer may be advised of its passage be repealed. Supervisos Hirsch introduced a new ordi- nance to regulate the speed of streetcars during certain hours on certain streets. It provided that no street railroad car shall be propelled on Califor- nia street between Kearny and Mar- ket; Clay street, between East and Kearny; Howard street, between Seventh and FEast; jackson street, between East and Montgomery; Kearny street, between arket and North and East streets; Mis- on street, between Seventh and East; Montgomery avenue, between Union and Montgomery streets; Polk street, between Post and California; Post street, between Dupont and Market; Sacramento street, between Kearny and Market; Sutter street, between Dupont and Market; Third, between Market and Folsom; Washington street, between Montgomery and East; at 4 higher rate of speed than six miles an hour, between 4 o’clock and 7 0'clock .M. ; also that all franchises hereafter granted must come under this lJaw. The penalty for violation of the order is a fine of not ex- ceeding $500 or imprisonment not exceed- | for the country officers, bears no resem- | ing three months. : The resolution was referred to the Health and Police Committee. A resolution was introduced by Super- visor Dimond in regard to the order, which requires all street railroad companies to adopt and place a buffer or appliance to dummies of street railroad cars to prevent loss of life, as provided in order 2072 of the board. Under this order it is provided that no streetcars should be operated unless each car with dummy attached be provided with a suitable buffer to remove obstacles from the track. The guards now in use were approved by the Health and Police Committee. Mr. Dimond’s resolution called for a re- consideration of the order, as the buffers so adopted have not been effective; also that the attention of the railroad company be called to the provision of the order, and that they be required within thirty days to file with the board a photograph or plan and description of the buffer proposed to be used, which will be required to push and pull any person or obstruction on the track on one side thereof, and on approval by the board of the buffer to put the same into use within sixty days. A resolution - was introduced by Super- visor Spreckels that Adolph Sutro be granted permission to use wooden poles and wires on California street from Central avenue and Williamson street for the Sutro electric railroad to the ocean beach. In the original franchise it was stipulated that iron poles should be used, but upon urchasing the ones that had been erected the rket-street Railway Company r. Sutro wanted permission to use them. The resolution was adopted. Bids were ovened for the printing of the delidquent tax lists. There were three bidders—the Bulletin, Post and Report. The bid of the Bulletin was 13 2-5 cents, the Post 10 cents and the Report 13 cents. The matter was referred to the Printing Committee. When the bituminous-rock ordinance, in which it was represented there was a “job” in behalf of the Southern Pa- cific Company, and the passage of the same over the Mayor’s veto, came up, Su- pervisor Hobbs moved that it be passed. Bupervisor Hughes thought the order was not properly drawn and he was of the opinion that the Mayor had made some sensible suggestions which would bear looking into. ‘There was a slight misunderstanding as to Mr. Hobbs’ motion at first, and an ex- planation bad to be made as to how the vote should be cast. After matters had been explained a vote was taken, with the result that the veto was eustained. The ‘“‘solid eight” recog- nized the fact that they lacked a vote, and so fell in line gracefully. The Market-street Railway Company in- vited the Board of Supervisors to examine the new wire guard for street railroad cars which would be on exhibition to-day. Colonel G. H. Mendell presented a de- mand for the payment of his services as a member of the board fo devise and provide a system of sewerage for the city. TuERE is no baking powder which pro- duces such sweet and tasteful food as the Royal Baking Powder. SHE IS NOT MRS, FORSYTH The Young Woman Found at San Jose Was Mrs. M. H. Moore. SHE IS NOW IN THIS CITY. G. W. Forsyth Sticks to the Bellef That His Wife Was Drowned. Mrs. G. W. Forsyth, the young woman who mysteriously disappeared recently, has not been found either in San Jose or Watsonville, as variously reported. She is still missing, and her hushand still sticks to his belief that she is held down by rocks or some other obstruction beneath the ocean waves. The woman who was taken for Mrs. For- syth in Watsonville and in the Garden City proved to be quite a different person— a Mrs. M. H. Moore, who lives at 118}¢ Ellis street, in this city. Mrs. Moore went down to Santa Cruz County on some pri- vate business and suddenly beceme the victim of most extraordinary circum- stances. Telegrams flashed all around her, all the country folk heard of her —as Mrs. Forsyth, of course— and everywhere she went she was an object of curiosity. Sheriffs and constables were at her heels with all kinds of scrutinizing glances, and after such an experience she was glad to be home again last evening. “I was angry at first, but it made me mad,” said she, “‘the way I was annoyed. When I went into one town and left my horse at the barn the hotel proprietor came to me with a serious face. . "(‘lThey want you,” he said, shaking his ead. | ~‘Then he told me thatI was Mrs. For- syth and had run away from my husband. I said my name was not Forsyth, but Moore, and told him there must be a mis- take. But the whole town was out to see me—men, women and children. There was a telegram before me in Wat- sonville. It read, ‘Arrest her re- gardless of expense.’ I registered my right name at the hotels, but the sheriff, or_constable, or whoever he was, would insist that T was Mrs. Forsyth. The story was started that I was looking for my runaway husband and he asked me about it. Itold them my husband died in St. Louis two years ago and I was a widow, but he was not satisfied. One time I was Mrs. Forsyth, running away from her husband, and the next thing I was search- ing for my contract husband. I came back to the city and the first thing I did was to call on Mr. Forsyth. ‘‘He told me he did not send the tele- ram to arrest me at Watsonville and | new nothing of what had taken place to annoy me so much.” The missing woman is not 21 years of | age, while Mrs. Moore says she is 28. There is a slight resemblance in their | faces, though the full face of Mrs. Forsyth whaich did not happen to be photographed | blance to that of Mrs. Moore. G. W. Forsyth, the disconsolate hus- band, was only too glad last night to be | able to state that it was not his wife who | had been found in the country, for he still places absolute faith in her loyalty to him, | and it was a great relief to know that she had not run away. | “I am convinced that my wife is drowned, and is caught somewhere by the rocks or spikes of some lumber in the wa- ter. I traveled all along the main shore looking for her body, and searched the Golden Gate and ocean beach. The light- house-keeper told me she could not wash | out to sea, and might be found on the Berkeley shore. “*She was not a member of Emmanuel Church,and I don't think she wasever there. She attended the First Baptist church on Eddy street probably a dozen times, but | was not a member of the congregation. | My wife was a Methodist and used to go to Mr. Filben’s church on California street. 1 don’t expect to ever see her alive. I'm sure she is dead.” A WORLD OF DECEPTION, Manufacturing Sham Reputa- tions for Skill in Flood and Field. Dummy Trout, Deer and Panther *for Men Who Draw the Long Bow. In the rear of a blacksmith’s shop on Pacific street, above Dupont, a peculiar business is carried on. The casual visitor who penetrates this dingy retreat is con- fronted with a carpenter’s bench, a turner’s lathe and a shelf stocked with paintpots. The occupation of the tenant of this pe- culiar den seems a blending of studio and curiosity-shop. But it is a business man who runs it, and one who makes his living by the weaknesses and vanities of hu- manity. He is a tall, venerable-looking person, long haired, and wears a little woolen cap perched on the top of his head. He is a native of Birmingham, and served histime as an apprentice to a bogus ancient armor factory in that city of shams. Thereisa humorous twinkle in his deeply set eyes, and a c\mninf, mysterious smile visits the thin lips, as if the man knew lots of stories about other people which he could tell if he chose and which would make them ridiculous. “This is my busy time,” said the an- cient. ““The fishing season keeps me hard at work. You don’t see any rods or creels or implements of that nature about here, of course not. Yet I am an angler of an- glers, and have made more reputations than the sporting reporters who publish with unhesitating faith anything the fish- erman tells him.” . Now, the visitor, looking very naturally incredulous at this statement, the ancient pursued his discourse: *“You see every Saturday the pictures of fishermen with monstrous fish hanging u beside them, or clusters on the ground, or hanging from their wagon. that is to ‘make assurance doubly sure.” You see, I am a reader of Shakespeare, and brm§ the camera’s evidence to those oral declara- | who has charge of the German class at the man would have a hard time of it getting along in the world. It grows on 'em, too. Fishermen who were content at first with an ordinary string of trour, now want their dummies as big as I can make ’em.” “Surely, you did not lahd that mon- ster!” says a friend who has seen the pic- ture. “Oh, slick jaw, what a fisherman you must be!” ““What better proof do you want than the picture?” says the other fellow, and then when the famous angler appears ‘on ’change’ he is treated and cigared b; those who want to know_what fly he used, and all the thrilling history of this re- markable achievement. “‘As soon as the fishing season is on the wane the deer season comesin. I have a fine trade in this line, and keep in stock everything from a spiked buck to a stag of ten. Hunter leaning on the slaughtered deer, hunter packing a slaughtered deer to his house, hunter in the act of skinning slauchtered deer—it is all the same to me: I can pose ’em with a selection from what I call my deer park, and I defy any one to tell the deceptlon. Pshaw, talk about the newspaper men making reputations! I have built up more hunters and anglers than any sporting reporter that ever lived. I have got this basement full of deer, and will have them all brushed up and painted fresh by July 4. “You observe this block of wood I am working on now. That’s not going to be a deer. No, sirre; something greater and %rander than that. I will tell youa secret. here is a young clerk in an English in- surance office who writes home to his friends in Kent about the wild beast that are found in the suburbs of San Francisco. That piece of wood, sir, is going to be a panther, and that young gentleman, clad in buckskins, is going to pose with that anther, brought down by his trusty rifle, ng at his feet. It will send a shudder through that quiet English home; and maw and paw and all Harry’s sisters, and cousins and aunts will write to him to be careful of himself and keeg far away from the jungles of Bernal Heights. If his salary is raised next May, which is doubtful, T may have an order for a grizzly bear; but panthers in effigy come expensive and I am inclined to think he’ll rest some time on that. Come round and see me when you want to get your picture in the paper with anything "dead " beside —from a brook trout to a lion,” ani the old cynic grinned satanically as he turned toadd more crimson to the gills of a colossal steelhead. COMEDIES N~ GERMAN. Clever Presentation by Univer- sity of California Students. Members of the German Literary and Dramatic Club as Ama- teur Actors. TUnion square hall was tastefully decor- ated last evening with the yellow and blue of the University of California and overthe stage was strung in letters of gold the | words, “German Students.” The occasion | for this was the fourth annual entertain- | ment by the German Literary and Dra- matic Club of the University. There were present to witness the per- formance the relatives and many friends | of the members of the club besides a large number of classmates. After the overture Professor Putzker, University, numbering over three hundred, was presented to the audience and in a happy speech said that studies occupy near- ly all the time of the students and that their time is taken up with serious subjects, but somehow the twenty-five members of the dramatic club found time to study a play or two to present for the gratification of their friends. This, he said, was a splen did method for the students to familiarize themselves with conversational German, and the members of the club had, in their rehearsals, acquitted themselves so well that they deserved to have their names printed in letters of gold on the pro- gramme. The members of the club are the Misses Cook, Kuhls, Knerr, Kreuz, Kalman, Mehlman, Henrici Michaelitschke, Parker, E. Sanderson, C. Sanderson, Wilson, Wil- liams and Mrs. Dr. Miner. Messrs. A. H. Allen, Baun, J. 8. Drew, W. J. Drew, Girzikowsky, Hus, Larsen, | Perry, Reinhart, Rosenthal and Wharff. The curtain rose for the presentation of a German comedy entitled “A Criminal’s | Accomplice,” a lively comedy with bright, spicy dialogue and rapid action. It is the story of Froelich (A. H. Allen), a pen- sioned registrar, who, with Minna (Miss Mehlman), his wife, occupied rooms in a uiet neighborhood. Charlotte (Miss L. %nrker), the wife of a tailor, and as talka- tive as_a fishwife, pays a visit to Minna, and she no sooner leaves than Froelich en- ters and finds himself in trouble about his pension. His wife leaves him to go to market, and during her absence an un- known man (J. 8. Drew) rushes in and asks for protection from the police. He is se- creted, and after a time allowed to make his escape, but in 80 doing drops a pocket- book, which Froelich Iglcks up to prevent Lorenz the tailor (Mr. Hus) from gamux ssession of it. Froelich believes th: e by this act is the accomplice of a crimi- nal, and his life isa torment. Herman, a magistrate (A. H. Allen), visits the house to present Froelich a medal for having wescued a child, but the self-accused ac- complice escapes through a window. There is, however, a happy termination. The Un- known turns out to be a lover who was escaping from the wrath of an angry father. Everythinfi is explained and Froe- lich secures his medal. Miss L. Parker, who is an American and in the freshman class, had a most difficult part on account of the rapidity with which she was forced to deliver her lines, but while her intonation is marked with a American accent, she manifested a won- derful command of the foreign tongte. Her acting, for an amateur, was remark- ably good. The other characters were well sustained and the players showed that they had devoted much attention to char- acter, lines and situations. Their effert to please was loudly applauded. This was followed by another comedy entitled ‘The Announcement of the En- gagement of —,” written by Ernst Wich- It. The following was the cast: Frau von Grumbach Maluine, her daughter. Franz von Grumbaeh, her nephew. ‘Adelaide Hoppstengel, governess. 5 Miss C. Sanderson imspector, E. E. Girzikowsky Miss L. Reddington ~W.Fy Larsen Gretehen, servant. This, as amusing as the first one, should have been presented on a larger stage as for want of room the participants were un- able to display their ability to act. Still, as a whole, it was very creditably rendered and there was in this also evidence of care- tions about phenomenal catches, which the ublic are loath to helieve. Doubting ‘homases will be confronted by these pic- tures, and the angler will say, ‘Go to, go to; dost thou not see the sun itself corrobo- rates my anecdotes of success in brook and lake?’ and so this nefarious mendacity prospers. Now take a peep at my stock in trade.” This odd character then threw open a closet furnished with a most astonishing collection. There were trout of all sizes ful study. These participants were also loudl{n plauded, and by none more so than [ rofessor Putzker. who, after the fall of the curtain, expressed ‘himself as very proud of the success scored by his pupils. Calling a clerk a ‘“clark” is ordinarily reckoned an English affectation in this country, but here is the new Standard dic- tionary iiving 1o less than twenty-one em- inent American authorities "for pro- roughly hewn in wood, then covered with paper, which was painted to imitate the aca‘l;u o: the fish. i ‘‘Just pose here,” continued this strange being, “r:@let me hang a couple of dozen of these sham trout by your side. Now mr:fixpe yourself in fishing costume, with a in your hand, and then tell me if mg of your friends who beheld a photograp! made of you with those details, could deny your right to the title of a fish killer who might give St. Peter himself odds and beat him out at the close of a day’s angling. “Do dpeople really condescend to these low and base artifices to win fame as won- derful anglers? Do they, eh? Well, it is a blessed thing they do, or else this old nouncing it that way, and among these are the names of Wendell Phillips and George William Curtis, who were -gener- ally regarded as having been masters of correct English as it should be spoken by Americans. THE cook should examine carefully the label of the baking powder and see that sho is not imposed upon. If the grocer sends anything but the Royal send it back, as one cook did five times until she got the Royal. The only safe way is for the cook to have the finest things to work with, and the Royal is not only the finest but the most economical to use, because it goes so much f er. OPEN FIGHT ALL AROUND. Ship-Owners Take an Active Hand in the Sailors’ Strike. OPPOSITION TO THE UNION. Pope & Talbot and Mighell to Join Issues With the Asso- clation. The strike of the Sailors’ Union is nearly at an end, and if it is not concluded shortly it will not be the fault of the ship- owners. A movement was begun yester- day by the shipowners, totally lrrespecr._lve of the association, which promises to bring the conflict to a crisis. It may be, too, that the movement bodes no good for the Shipowners’ Association as it is, and thelte will probably be a change in that organi- zation within a very few days. The American ship Sterling, bounq for Philadelphia, obtained a crew last Friday and all arrangements were completed for the sailing of the vessel P'ester ay. The crew had signed regularly enough, but when it came to going to sea the sailors thought that they could escape the duties of a voyage and still hold the advance of §15 a man. The men, under the guid- ance of the counsels of the union, claimed that the vessel was going on a coasting voyage, inasmuch as she was going to make a stop on the Sound. They further held that as they had been paid an advance of $15 each the owners of the vessel had violated the ship- ping laws of Uncle Sam, and therefore they were not only entitled to come ashore, but were also entitled to damages from the ship. 'fg:e Sterling’s owners took the matter to the United States District Attorney, who telegraphed to Attorney-General Olney. Yesterday afternoon a dispatch was re- ceived from Olney saying that the trip of the Sterling was a continuous one, and that the advance was perfectly legitimate. But the crew had deserted and there was no way of getting them back. Two firms have held out from joining the association. They are Pope & Talbot and Mighell & Burdrow. They handle more sailors than all the ahipfiin firms gut together outside of Goodall, gerkins Co., and their action means much to the Sailors’ Union and to the Shipowners’ Association. It was rumored yesterday that both had put all their ships into the association. There was an “if,”” however, in the contract, and that “if’’ was John Cane, the shipping agent—the man who shot the union sailor on Friday night. Pope & Talbot have been among the g}l;eatest friends the union has had, but the last act of Secretary Furuseth did not suit the firm and from the inception of the strike they have hired non-union men | through the agency of Cane. Mighetl has had Cane in his employ | since the strike of two years ago, and Cane has always found men for his ships. While Mr. Mighell is a director of the Shipowners’ Association, he has only one ship in the organization, and he 1s the managing owner of at least a dozen. If he and Pope and Talbot go into the associa- tion, it will mean an addition of at least $300 a month to the dues of the organiza- tion. They will only goin on the condi- tion of Cane supplying their vessels with men, and this means a change in the per- sonnel of the office. The Shipowners’ As- | sociation, through its directors, has not{ yet acceded to the demand, but it is said that the two firms will come very near carrying their point. PEREMPTORY ORDER ASKED. Heirs of John T. Hope Want T. Moore to Make an Accounting. Application was made yesterday to Judge Coffey for a peremptory order com- manding Thomas W. Moore to appear in court and render an accounting of moneys collected by him belonging to the estate of John T. 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