The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 15, 1895, Page 8

8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1895. FLIGHT-OF A MURDERER. Search of the Santa Clara Sheriff on the Steamer Gaelic. WAR NARROWLY AVERTED. The Assassin of Lum DI Escapes. | An Officer’s Ignorance Saves Trouble. The Occide¢ntal and Oriental steamer Gaelic sailed for China and Japan yester- | day afternoon with very few passengers | and a large volume of ht. mong the ubb, Captain Bid- | d Lieutenant William M. McKelvey, , G. Matsuo, Mrs. Lange and | ldren, and the Chevalier de Kontski | ohama, and ‘Thomas. M. Boyd fur‘ Yokobama. | Just before the steamer sailed the Sheriff f Santa Clara County appeared on the | dock and wanted to know where. Chew Ah | Fong was. There was nobody on the dock who could give the Sheriff the desired informa- engers. were I, C. ( tion, so the officer went on board witha | Chinese guide to point out ‘the hunted | man. The Sheriff and the Ch an | searched the ship and then went ashore with the firm conviction that the mur-;‘ soh the steamer. | have hunted the | the Sheriff, “‘but I have b | cate my man. You see, I got here too to make the search I woud like to have made. | ““Well, you have only a suspicion that rer is on board ?”’ I have a direct charge that he n I find him among “hinese who are. on 1 you muster the steerage passen- . T didn’t examir who went on the steam “Well, don’t you know that that was the | 1d your man?”’ I could do that.” was extended to the reriff that he had the right men, and that if the Chinese swer to the roll- of enlisti every Chinese h Santa C to mu: er ih ager on the going to be | because of the ab- sence of one Chinaman you can bet that | the ineers will get in and rout him Then the Sheriff went to work. He went Detective Gibson and asked if such could be done. ou have a warrant, yes,” said the to hings If officer of Durrant fame. : ; “I've got a warrant all rignt,” replied the officer. n Anderson, the ,-.came up and was recited At this juncture Capt detective of the Mail doc the predicament of the Sheri to him. “‘Why,certainly ’ said Anderson, “if the get him for you. now being hauled in, an stop the ship is here is the gentleman if the steamer now."” Sheriff rushed up to Stubbs ana explained the case. On the night of May 3, he said, Lum Di was shot by Chew Ah Fone at Mayfield, and the authorities of Santa Clara County had evidence that the murderer was to take passage on the Gaelic. Mr. Stubbs assured the Sheriff that the ship had been searched by the ship's officers ‘and 1o one who was not a pas- senger on the regular list had been found. As Mr. Stubbs spoke the gangplank was hauled in and the Gaelic began to back out into the stream. }It’s too late r Chew Ah Fong ,” said the Sheriff, “but s on board just the same.” | lic went out into the stream | unmindful of the Sheriff of Santa Clara and the murderer she carried away. Had | the Sheriff understood his business and; attempted to stop the boat another serious international complication might have arisen between Johnny Bull and Uncle Sam. The Gaelic is a British ship, and the Sheriff’s ignorance saved him from twisting the lion’s tail and thus immor- talizing himself. FORMING A BIG COMBINE Transcontinental Railway Mag- nates to Agree on Pas- senger Rates. The Southern Pacific Notified of an Important Meeting of All the Lines. General Passenger Agent T. H. Good- man of the Southern Pacific Company re- ceived a dispatch yesterday from Chicago which informed him that a meeting of all the lines interested in transcontinental passenger traffic would be held in Chicago on May 23. The telegram was signed by B. D. Caldwell, chairman of the temporary organization, who stated that the report of a committee recently appointed on plan of organization would be considered and other business would be transacted at the meeting. The meeting was first cailed in Novem- ber last for all lines in the transcontinental passenger business to form a general asso- ciation. Since then, however, this propo- sition has been found altogether imprac- ticable, the proposed combination being too unwieldy to be managed or bound by one set of rules. The many varied inter- ests could not be subserved "at one and the same time, and consequently the only pos- sible prospect would _be one of dissatisfac- tion and discord. Now it is proposed to organize four associations of railway pas- senger departments that will have the de- sired effect of setting a standard of rates for the traveling public to pay without the least fear of reductions. The plan is to form a Missouri River Association, a South- western assenger Association with head- narters at St. Louis, a Transcontinental >assenger Association and to reorganize the Western Passenger Association, which affects California. It will be discussed at the Chicago meeting, and as the general sentiment favors combining, prospects are very fair for a comprehensive compact that will cover the whole country and put an end to cutfing passenger rates for a long time to come—so long at least as the rail- way corporations pool their issues in a common cause. Vice-President J. C. Stubbsof the Scuth- ern Pacific Company has been in Chicago and St. Louis for nearly two weeks, and has a great deal to do with the work of or- ganizing the combine, It is likely he will remain and attend the meeting on May 23 at Chicago. —————— A MISSING BOY. Mrs. Sophie Olsen’s Only Son Thought to Have Been Drawned. Arent Olsen, the 12-year-old son of Mrs. Sophie Olsen, has been missing since Sun- day, and his mother fears he has been drowned. The mother lives at the corner of Kearny street and Hinckley alley. She is very poor and the missing boy is her onli; child. At 1 o'clock Sunday she sent him to the water front to gatherdriftwood for the fire, and he has not since been seen. When be left the house the boy wore a | John | Fillmore street. Th eray suit with long trousers, heavy shoes and a blue cloth hat. His mother says he was a good boy who never stayed away from home at night. FIVE BOY BURGLARS. ‘They Confess to Breaking Into Seven Different Houses Within the Past Xonth. Five boys whose ages range from 13 {0 18 years appeared in Judge Low’s court yes- terday to answer to charges of burglary. Their names are John O’'Keefe, Eddie Mc- Qnuaid, William Pierce, Sam Schneider and Keefe, and they were as hardened alot of youngsters as ever appeared in the dock. It came out in evidence that there wasa gang of fifteen of them banded together to plunder houses. They had as a ‘“fence” ake Schneider, a tailor on Tehama street, who was practically the leader of the gang and engineered théir movements. They confessed to breaking into the fol- lowing houses within the past four or five : 1611 Bush street, 2016 Van Ness reet, 930 Ellis street, Broadway and 1104 v admitted there were several others, but they could not remem- ber them. They were all held to answer before the Superior Court, ) Schneider, ‘“the fence,” will appear in Judge Low’s court to-day to znswer the charge of receiving stolen goods. THED TO THIST FACTS Queer Statement of the Mc- Clintock Shooting Dictated by Somers. Attorney Ames Offended by Re- fusing to Swear to a Falsehood. The strange veins of double-dealing, falsehood and still more serious charges which have been revealed in the suit of Loomis against Somers to recover $100,000 for malicious prosecution, now pending in Judge vaingerfield’s court, continued to crop out yesterday. Witness Fisher Ames was on the stand all day,and round him Attorneys Rix, Mhoon and Watt waged incessant war. Occasionally through the sharp volleys of objections could be heard stray scraps of testimony from the witness shedding more or less light on the springs of action which | are moving the present bitter controversy. There was considerable sparring over the admission of the testimony of Mrs. Tread. well in the case of Ames vs. Treadwell to recover the amount due for personal ser- vices. It was shown, however, that she had de- nied that Ames was employed in the case against Loomis, that she had wanted to be a witness and that she had wanted Ames to be a witness. In this connection Ames had offended her because he had refused to go on the stand and swear to a lie. The nature of the lie required was gathered from a curi- ous statement of the line of prosecution which was to be submitted to Ames for his guidance in prosecuting Loomis. The statement was written in the handwriting of Mrs. Somers, but it was shown that it had been dictated to her by Somers, show- | ing his animus against Loomis, although | he knew he was innocent. The object of the statement, which was to throw the onus of aggression upon Loomis, ran as follows: The prosecution will show that Joseph Me- Clintock was employed by Calvin Somers asa detective to ascertain whether one George Hudson, an attorney of this City, had in his ‘possession a volume of testimony, part of the record of the Superior Court; that MeClintock was introauced to Somers by Loomis§ that not- withstanding McClintock’ was employed directly by Somers, Loomis was meeting Mc- Clintock and endeavoring to have McClintock report to him such progress as he might make in his employment: that on the day of the de- fendant’s committing the crime Loomis ex- | pected to meet McClintock st the Dividend saloon ou Leidesdorff street for the purpose of having McClintock report to him; that Me- Clintock did not desire to report to Loomis, but went directly to Somers at his plece of residence; that while McClintock was there Loomis entered, and finding McClintock re- porting to Somers said, “What, you here?” and subsequently remarked, *'I have a bone to pick with McClintock”; that Loomis proceeded to iu(n in the conversation between Somers and MeClintock, and accused McClintock of not doing his duty, that McClintock replied that whoever said he had not done his duty told a lie; that for this outspoken remark Loomis | tantly rose and, aiming at the head of Mc- ntock, proceeded at once to “pick the bone,” and shot McClintock in the jaw, fracturing it. Ames’ examination consumed the re- mainder of the da; PAYING DIVIDENDS. Very Encouraging Reports of the Hutch- inson Sugar Plantation Com- pany’s Affairs. At the annual meeting of the Hutchin- son Sugar Plantation Company held yes- terday at 327 Market street reports were presented that show the condition of the company to be more prosperous than at any time during the preceding five years. The plantation is at Kau, Hawaii. It covers 55,000 acres of land, 5000 of which are in sugarcane. The remainder is pas- ture land, on which roam 5000 head of cat- tle and 500 horses, colts and mules. The secretary reported that the crop for 1894 was about 5000 tons. The season at the 1slands was the dryestin five years and the rice of raw sugar in the market was the owest ever known. In spite of all this the company had re- sumed the paymentof monthly dividends for the first time in five years. Last month the first dividend was declared, and the prospects are that they will be continuelf every month liereafter. The stockholders feel very much encouraged. At the meeting yesterday 31,000 out of 50,000 shares of stock were represented, and the old board was re-elected. They are: Claus Spreckels, president; John A. Buck, vica-president; Nicholas Ohlandt, Myer Ehrman and Leon Sloss. J. D. Spreckels & Bros. Company is the treasurer, and E. H. Sheldon is the secretary. e POOLING THE STOCK. The Valley Road Management Is Rap- idly Arranging the Financial Affairs of the Company. The directors of the Valley Railroad will return to the City to-day from the San Joa- quin Valley, where they have been con- ferring with citizens’ committees and in- specting the country in which_the road will be built. In their absence President Claus Spreckels is busily occupied with the stock certiticates which he has to sign. The following letter was sent out yester- day to subscribers, calling their attention to the stock-trust agreement: THE SAN FRANCISCO AND SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY, May 14, 1895. The pooling agreement adopted by scribers to the capital stock of the gl\.fl Fran- cisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway Com- any at a meeting held in the Chamber of Commerce on Agrfl 5,1895, 15 now ready for signatures at the oflice of the company, 321 Market street. Please cail at your earliest con- venience and obiige, yours very truly, CrAUS SPRECKELS, Chairman, E. F. PRESTON, Secretary. ———————— There is a gigantic “rocking stone,” or balanced bowlder, on the pinnacle of Tan- dil Mountain, Buenos Ayres. Itis 24 feet in height, 99 feet long, and will weigh twenty-five tons. ———————— What Is It? To Santa Cruz Mountains and return for $1 00. Next Sunday morning boat leaves foot of Mariet street at 8:45 A. M. sharp, Iroquois Club duting. * MRS, WORTHINGTON TALKS On Trial for Her Life She Pleads Her Past Irre- sponsibility. HEARD FOR THE FIRST TIME. Her Counsel Make a Declded Hit by Calling Her to the Stand. BFor the first time since the tragic shoot- ing of Henry Baddeley in 1893, his slayer had an opportunity yesterday to tell her feelings in the matter and explain the cir- cumstances leading up to the rash act. Acting under the advice of counsel she had hitherto refrained from testifying. Yesterday, however, her attorneys, Haskell and Guilioyle, resolved on a bold coup and called her to the stand. William Worthington, the defendant’s husband, was first on the stand vesterday and cross-examined as to his knowlege of his wife’s peculiar mental and physical condition at the time of the shooting. The prosecution failed to shake his simple statement that his wife’s health was abnor- mal at that time, and that she had been led away by her naturally weak and con- fid]ing nature in her dealings with Bad- deley. His testimony was born out by that of William Gaynor, Ed Jennings, Mrs. Sarah Dennis, James Griffin, Flizabeth Brennan, Mrs. Worthington on the Witness- Stand. [Sketched by a “ Call™ artist.] Dr. 8. 8. Stambaugh, Otto tum Suden, C. R. Holliday, John F. Hanlan, Dr. Alexan- der McBoyle and T. A. Rottanzi. The medical testimony as to the possibility of | such a crime being committed by a person in Mrs. Worthington’s condition was par- ticularly strong for the defense. Mrs. Brennan, the defendant’s sister, testified that Mrs. Worthington’s uncle bad died in an English insane asylum, that a sister of herself and the defendant had died at an early age, having been “soft ’ and afflicted from birth with apha- sia, caused by brain trouble, and that Mrs. Worthington herself had always been considered weak-minded by her family. She was unshaken by cross-examination. Mrs. Worthington herself was called. In a weak, faltering voice she told the story of her connection with the shooting. She admitted the strange fascination ex- erted over her at first by Baddeley and how her feelings had changed to disgust and positive repulsion. “I was sick in my head all the time,” she said simply, “and he would come round bothering me. One time he insulted me by proposals, and I tried to shoot him. I aimed at him three times, but I did not hit him. Then I saw him watching the house, and 1 thought—I don’t know what 1 thought. My mind was a blank. He dogged me around.” The defense then proceeded to question her as to the events more nearly preced- ing the tragedy, but the apparent agit: tion and weakness of the defendant-wi ness prevented their getting very far in this iine. Mrs. Worthington will be on the stand again this morning. A NON-FOULING ANCHOR. The Cutter Perry’s ‘Mudhook’” Never Entangles Itself in Its Chain. How to keep an anchor from fouling with its chain is a problem that has been occupying the minds of nautical experts for ages and many kinds of “mudhooks” have been molded looking to a solution of the problem. The revenue cutter Perry carries on her port bow an anchor invented by an officer in the service which comes near solving That A Non-Fouling Anchor. the difficulty. The end of the iron stock of the implement is bent down and in to- ward the shank. This prevents the cable from winding itself around the stock. Another change is made in the cutter’s anchor in that curved pieces of iron extend from the lips of the flukes along the crown, further preventing the chain from catching on the corners of the spade-like points. By these new features the anchor always comes up from the moorings clear and ready for ing and securing for sea. FOR CLEAN SCHOOLS. The New Board Making Close Inquiry Into the Condition of Things. The new Board of Education has entered upon a spring housecleaning campaign. Under the direction of the Committee on Buildings and Grounds Superintendent Moulder has sent a circular to principals requiring them to answer a good many questions touching the condition of the schools with regard, chiefly, to their clean- liness. He wants to know if the rooms and hallways need whiteming, or if the ?uildings need paint, or the ,yards plank- ng, etc. The answers are expected to be returned before May 20, and they will be submitted to the board at the meeting following. ! treasury $30,000. Nervousness, Headaches, Sleeplessness. S A \ Nt g_ \\\\ Indigestion NATURE'S BUILDER AND TONIC RELIEVES IMMEDIATELY 9 Kidney, Liver and Stomach Troubles. 10 TEST CNIC POWERS. Wallace Bradford Asks the Courts for a Perpetual Injunc- tion. | In the present juncture of municipal | curtailed credit an interesting suit was filed yesterday by a citizen, who expects the City creditors to intervene, asking the Superior Court to enjoin the City officials from incurring indebtedness for the next fiscal year. The suit is entitled Wallace Bradford vs. The City and County of San Francisco, and then follows the namesof the indi- vidual Supervisors and William Broderick and James H. Widber. The plaintiff sues as a taxpayer, and re- cites the fact that the Board of Supervisors | in July, 1894, estimated the sum to be paid out of the general fund during the present fiscal year at $2,601,757, including an item of $1,803,760 to be raised by taxation, and levied a tax 0f $0.5643 on every hundred dol- {‘ar)s of taxable property assessed at $320,- The complaint then recites that the reve- nue of the City and County for the year | will not exceed $2,503,000; that up to May 1, 1895, the claims against the City aggre- gated '$2,423,000, and that after (his had been satisfied there only remained in the He further maintains that the salaries Erovlded by law will amount to the sum of 140,000 for the months of May and June, 1885, and the sum of $280,000 will be largely in excess of the aggregate amount of the money in the general fund on May 1, 1895, and all other sums 1o be paid into the gen- eral fund in the fiscal year; that the board largely overestimated the receipts and underestimated the expenditures. Then he recites the amounts required for the various fub]ic institutions. aggregat- ing about $145000, and states that the board is taking steps to order supplies, although it has already exceeded the reve- nue provided in the sum by about $205,000 —all this without the assent of two-thirds of the qualified electors required for the incurring of any indebtedness exceeding the income provided for such year. The complaint prays for an injunction against the Supervisors levying for the deficiency on the next fiscal year asunjust, illegal and oppressive. He declares that the Supervisors, Treasurer and Auditor have sofemnly pledged themselves to carry out such a levy whereby he estimates that such a deficiency for t!vne year 1894-95 will ensue to the amount of $350,000, of which $145,000 will result from the action of the said defendants in causing the needed sup- plies to be furnished. Therefore Bradford asks that the Super- visors, Treasurer and Auditor be perpetu- ally enjoined from incurring any further indebtedness or imposing further expenses ::d“}: Cit; d;iflng May and Juge. é:%i om levying any tax for the fiscal year of 1895-96. Y & Co., met with a probably fatal accident yesterday. He was turniog his wagon aside at Sansome and Market streets, to avoid a streetcar, when one of the hind wheels caught in the cer track and was wrenched off. The wagon capsized and Magorty was thrown to the ground. Three heavy boxes fell upon him. He was taken to the Receiving Hospital, where it was found that hisskull wes fractured. He lives at 8 Haight street, and as he isan old man, his recovery is doubtiul. = =y HOTEL ARRIVALS. GRAND HOTEL. Mrs R Sanders, St Paul Dr G W Cox. Or J W Hartzell, Stockton J D Bancroft, Chicago J H Batcher, Sacto H B Tomkin, Loomis W H Bartlett, San Mateo Mrs A Bonnheim, Sacto G Morgan, Duncan’s L A Jacox & w, Sacto C M Weber, Stockton Wi Ash, Berlin W A Ryan. Los Angeles W Nicholl, Dutch Flat DriSchmidt,Newcastle J Calkins, Cal W H Lomoz, Stockton F B Granzer, Alvarado J E Murphy. Stockton O M Ladd & fy, Denver R H Milley, Monterey T F Brown, Colfax J Clemeshire &w, Pleas- M B Martin, Pacheco anton G W Pierce, Davisville W M Gibson, Stockton J T Sulllvan, Santa Cruz Dr B Warren, N Y J H Wythe Jr, Los Gatos JF Wilson, dau &m,Ariz J B Hopkins & w, Napa W H Peck, Carson L B Seymour, Petaluma 1 B W Conklin, Salinas J 3 Roche, Sioux City J G McMillan, San Jose CRowell, Fresno Anderson, Lodl J D Simpson, Los Ang A Haines, Madison C L Russell, Tulare I T Bullock, RedwoodClty W Whittington, Tulare G D Plato, Modesto R Effey, Santa Cruz_ W B English, Cal J ¥ Cooper, Santa Cruz C G Painter, San Diego DN Hershey, Yolo J M Levee, Valiejo 1 Engel, Cal E H Ford, Santa Cruz 1r EPReed & w,PetalumA L Burbank, San Jose F Buckner, Highland W F Brown & w, Cal W B Haskell, Petaluma J A Gill, Sacramento RUSS HOUSE. Mrs T S Tobey, Boston J S Morrison, Bakersfleld G W Morrison, Wis W J Hotchkiss, Healdsbrg ‘W H Crooks, Gertrude Eli Snider, Davisville JAVelasquez&w,S Diego Thos Taylor, Utah C S Oliver,Olympla O 8 Towne & w, Chicago M W Savage. St Louls Miss R B Newton,Bukers- MrsJDSmith, Bakersfield _ficld W Hughes, Bukersfield R E Fisk & s, Mont F Smith, Berkeley J Sullivan, Berkeley G W Whitman, Concord S W Johnson, Concord C B House, Stockion J L Talbott, Stockron J V Deveney, St John LW Moore, Antioch Mrs M J Durand, Towa C H Hoimes, Kellogg J J Wightman, Ohlo A Allen, Arizona Mrs J B Armstrong, Cal H W Long, Trackee Miss Gerrelis, San Jose D A McKay & w, Cal G W Brewster, Paso Rob R P McGleney, Cal ¥ L Morse, Stockton H G Ellis & w, Sacto G W Kerr, N Y City D Cholfant, N'Y City E W Kerr, NY City W E Vaughn, Colton Mrs Clark, Redding € H Davis, Redwood A Waddell, Sant Craz __ Miss Smith, San Miguel PALACE HOTEL. Mrs C H Phillips, Cal W E Smythe, Chicago Miss Hammond, Boston J Porgade, Boston H I Wilson, Butte W Phelps. N Y 83 Menzles & d, Engld | 1 M Barbour, England & w, England N P Chipman, Red Bluff “ox, Madera Mrs Meier, Portland Mrs E Eising, N Y Mrs K H Wade,Coronado E S Bogert, US N Miss Wade, Coronado J R Davis & w, Neenah H Krans, N Y J G Booth & w, Truckee Mrs E K Graham, H I H P Gray & w, Chicago W G Blatt & w, Mich G Rebel, Antwerp Mrs Lane Jr, Chicago W _J Beache & w,Topeka C J Rellly, Denver L Rodgers, Salinas O M Ladd & w, Denver LICK HOUSE. J B Berges, Bakersfield J C lier, Sacramento H Lewis, Santa Rosa S H Barnhisel, P Robles A T Lipmsn, Berkeley Mrs L H Garrigus,Salinas S Jewett, Bakersfield G S Berry, Lindsay W E Duncan, Oroville Mrs J W Moore, Cal T W Wood & w, Sulsun J P Abbott, Antioch T W Wood Jr, Suisun L W Schutliff, Ogden H B Hickey, Alblon Miss Rossi, Lodi R H Bramer, Woodland G D Dornen, Fulton J Copeland, Vallecita CJ Trer, N J F Andreas, N Y H Smith, Modesto F M Miller, Fresno Mrs Breu, Hollister G V Northey, Sulphur Ck Miss A Breu, Hollister § NEW WESTERN HOTEL. C H Bennett, Los Angs G B Hart, Portland J F Neison, Nevada City H Thompson, N Y © W Harthon, N J City S Hamond, Central City ¥ Steele, Providence,R I T Mason, Boston J Sprague, N Y B Devrlll, Chicago F C Hill, Stockton , Chicago Peasler, Brooklyn P Clark, Vermont ——————— His Skull Fractured. William D. Magorty, who drives a wagon for BB(,'IIKXE.C‘AIIIIUIL:,I Me %fltfll(l:mfl. Louisvl, Ky arnes, Cincinnat iraham, Salem, 20 Little & w.Long Isld o e L W McCoy, Chl TH Walte, Angel Island 4 Sydenham, Bhiladel I T BALDWIN J P Andrews, Modesto E J Molloy & f, Chicago A C'Wette & w,Aberdeen C Cunmngham, Ukiah 7T Sevex. H Silberstein, Chicago A B Dowdeil, St. Helena J Adams, Olema W H Wilkinson,San Jose J M lall, Los Angeles H Kaus, N Y J H Burten, N Y er,Los Ang C S Ryde, Vallejo HOTEL. THE DEACONESSES. Meeting of the Home Mission Society. A New Badge. A meeting ot the deaconesses’ board of the Home Mission Society of the Methodist Episcopal churches of this City was held yesterday afternoon in the Japanese church, Mrs, L. J. Sims, president, pre- siding. The superintendent of the deaconesses’ | home at 315 Castro street, Mrs. HelenI. | Benson, presented her report, showing in detail the amount of work done during the past month. The work of the deaconesses 18 to visit the sick, the poor and the di: tressed under instructions from the pastors of the several churches, render such aid as | they can, and teach those they visit to be Christians. They visit all creeds, and while they teach Christianity they make no proselytes. The deaconesses are four in number, and they have under their care at this time five students, who are preparing | themselves for the work their teachers are engaged in. ' The superintendent stated that with the approach of the close of the school year wo X had increased in a marked degree, thas excellent lectures were being given by ministers, and that the churches are taking | a great deal of interest in the work that | the deaconesses are engaged in. She cited a number of cases she had visited, particu- larly at the Home for Incurables, where | the inmates, who by reason of disease are unable to move, declared that their visits were like sunshine. Like the young ladies of the Fruit and Flower Mission the dea- conesses distribute flowers, fruit and deli- cacies to the sick, and also distribute read- ing-matter, and in addition act as nurses to rich or poor. Mrs. Benson during the meeting received a silver badge, on which is engraved **Dea- coness Bible Training Class,”” and exhibited it to the ladies of the board. “The car companies,” said she, “refuse to allow us to ride free on the mere evidence of our dress probably because it1s so much like the ordinary street dress, but I think they will let us ride on these badges.” —————— THE ORIENTAL BOARD. Progress of the Chinese and Japanese Missions In This City. The Oriental Board of Chinese and Jap- anese Missions, Mrs. L. P. Williams presi- dent, met vesterday forenoon in the Japan- ese M. E. Church on Pine street. The missions are in charge of Mrs. Hewitt and Mrs. Howell. The former has five girls and two babies 1n her charge and the latter has twenty scholars in the mis- sion school and nine girls in the rescue aome. ., Each of these missionaries visits the fam- ilies of the nationality to which she is as- signed and teaches them Christianity. At the Chinese Mission, where Mrs. Howell is making her house to house visits, the school is in charge of a_Chinese minister, who instructs the pupils in the Chinese language, as it is a custom that a child of Chinese parents born in this country must be taught the - e g! e language of his par. ) | In the schools scholarships are founded; the amount for such being $30 a year. The | auxiliaries of the M. E. churches pay for as many sclmlnr!higs as they desire and send one pupil to the school for each $30 paid. PROTECTING THE RIVERS, Hydraulic Miners to Be Sued for Not Complying With the Anti- Debris Law. A suit under the anti-debris law will be begun in the United States District Court | to-day. | During the last session of Congress an act | was passed which requires all hydraulic | i | mines to be examined by the Anti-debris Commission. All mine managers and mine-owners have to file a petition to have | their mines examined, and those failing | are liable to fine and imprisonment under the act. | The North Bloomfield Mining Company, Wwhich operates on the banks of the South | Yuba River, has been derelict in this re- spect and Uncle Sam will now proceed to enjoin it from being operated until the commission can inspect the ground and ascertain whether the navigability of the river is endangered. In talking about the matter yesterday Assistant United States District Attorney | Knight said: | . Ttis the first time in the history of California | that a suit of this kind has been rought. The owners of the North Bloomfield mine must obey the law, however, and we will compel theim to operate their holding under the super- vision of the California Anti-debris Commission, Their impoundings to keep back the tailings and other works to secure the navigability of | the river will have to be put in thorough order and so maintained, and then the case will be | dismissed. — NO- PERCENTAGE PHARMACY, 953 MARKET ST, Bet. Fifth and Sixth, FIVE DOORS ABOVE HALE BROS. | .7 — | One of our Customers. We Belong to No Combination of Druggists or Physicians. 50 PER CENT SAVED 0¥ PRESCRIPTIONS, £5 Vig Pay Ho Percsntags to Physicians. Quinine Pllls, 2 gr. per 100, 25¢. 8 gr. Homeopathic Tincrures and Peilet iz Allcocks and Belindonna, Plasters. 10 Loia Moatez Cream und Yale's Hair Tonic. 65 Urange Blossom aad Celery Beef and Iron.. 75 Chichester’s Pennyroyal Pills. . 150 Maltine plain and with C. L. Ofl. 85 Witchhazel per pint. MR T Camelline Cream de 1, vinaCream 35 Pinkham’s Compound and Beef Tron Wine, 7§ Schiffman’s Asthma Cure and Nestle's Food 40 Clt Magnesia, Lune’s and Garfield’s Tea. 20 Purs C. L. Ol and Cuticura Salve 40 Cutlcura Resolvent........... 70 Trusses, others ask §5 to $15, our price..... Silk 8¢ ngs - 15”%2?) Joy’s, Hood's or Parson’s Sarsaparilla. Same prices as above at ¥\ Rate Drug Store. No. 3 Market stret,