The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 1, 1895, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 189 LEAGUE OF FIREBUES, A Startling Confession Made by a Gotham Incendiary. ADJUSTERS IMPLICATED Claims to Have Been the Tool of a Gang of Insur- ance Men. HAVE CAUSED MANY BLAZES. One of His Fellows Said to Have Been Tortured to Death as a Traltor. NEW YORK, N. Y., May SL—Morris Bchoenholz, who was arrested recently on a charge of arson, has made a statement to the police which will probably result in the arrest of a dozen or more insurance ad- justers. Tt is alleged that Schoenholz con- fessed to firing at least half a dozen houses in this city and Brooklyn by prearrange- ment for the insurance men. One fire in Yonkers was all prepared and ready whe it was prevented by accident. The fires tiat panned out were all set with benzine on the bladder pian, This plan is as simply as it is effective. The doomed store or flat is sprinkled with alcohol, and a bladder filled with in- flammable stuff is suspended from the ceil- ing., Then it is set on fire, and when the flames reach the bladder there isan ex- plosion which destroys the property and every vestige of the manner in which the fire was set at the same time. A sumilar result is obtained by turning on all the gas and letting one jet burn. The explosion point is reached in due time. These are the flash fires that so long puzzled the police and firemen. Morris Schoenholz 'was the expert who did the business, but was himself simply the tool of a gang of fire adjusters. Another member of the gang named Hirschkopf has also made a confession. The firebugs, according to Hirschkopf, are oathbound and have regular headquarters, The conspiracy is known as the “Dark Secret,” and each member was duly ini- tiated. Shoenholz is said to have been the head or “chief mechanic” of the gang which fired the West Side apartment houses and whose headquarters were in a saloon on Suffolk street. According to Hirschkopf, who fled to San Francisco at the time of his indict- ment several months ago, Schoenholz tried to burn to death Simon Rosenbaum, who was suspected of betraying the conspiracy after a fire which he started at Lynn, Mass, Rosenbaum, who was formerly the “chief mechanic” of the Isaacs gang, was the principal witness against Adjuster Grauer in his trial last February. Rosenbaum then testified that he knew one member of the gang who was driven insane by torture by fellow-conspirators, who suspected that he was a traitor, CYCLERS IN A SCANDAL Contestants in the Chicago Road Race Accused of Fraud. Scores of Riders Lessened the Dis~ tance by Cutting Across the Course. CHICAGO, Irr., May SL—A mammoth scandal to-day ended the career of the world-famous Chicago road race. Sworn statements made to-day put nearly 10 per cent of the participants in the so-called race on record as contemptible sneaks. How many more of the remainder of the “racers” will go into the same class is yet to be determined. It was a wholesale fraud, on a scale probably never before equaled in the history of cycling races, or for that matter in races of any kind. The trouble is that this year the race ‘was not a straightaway, and that the 450 contestants literally by dozens and scores deliberately cut the course instead of going round the full turn at Evanston. It isclaimed that only thirty- one of the first 100 to finish, among whom was the winner, Homer Fairmon, were noted as having passed the limit mark at Evanston, and that no note was ever made of the other sixty-nine men at that point. The fellows not in the first handicap are supposed to have done even worse. Aside from the scandal in regard to the race as a whole, Referee Thomas F. Sheri- dan had his hands full to-day receiving protests from the riders against the award- ing of prizes to Fairmon and Emerson, the first prize and time prize winners re- spectively. It now appears that neither of these men will be given the place which was assigned to them yesterday. However Fairmon may come out, it is almost certain ‘Emer- son will be disqualified. All thetestimony shows that Emerson did not ride the course. ON THE EASTERN TRACKS, It Was @ Great Day for the Favorites at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 3L.—At the Fair Association park to-day three favorites were lucky. The dump of the day was in the fourth race when Libertine, one of the starters in the club members’ handicap, ran unplaced with a lotof dogs. Libertine carried a world of money at 10 to 9 and 4 to 5, but did not keep anywhere near tne lead at any time. For the great race to- morrow Faraday and Clifford are best liked, though Lamplighter and Dr. Rice bave friends. One and & sixteenth miles, selling, Our Mag- ge wolnigrlnfls Pope second, Klllgbnm (h&:fi. me, 1:49. Five and a half furlon maidens, Jilsey won, Mr. third. Time, 1:083. One and a sixteenth miles, selling, Daily America won, First Chance second, {mbueo third. Time, 1:48}4. Five and a half furlongs, Magnet won, Dora ;lo‘grood second, Frank Farmer third. Time, One mile, selling, Shining Bell won, Prince second, Black Satin third. Time, 1:44. CINCINNATI, Onto, May 31.—Latonia races. Weather hot; track fast. Attend- ance 2500. A special sweepstake match between Halma 114, Thorp; Lissak 114, Perkins; Simon W 106, Martin, and The Commoner 104, A. Clayton, for 2 purse of $3500 was made to-day to take place next Wednesday at Latonia. Seven furlongs, St, Il secon Stafta third. e, 1 n?;f? i e 0. il %mme vi-gch won, Judith second, Five furiongs, Helen Mar won, Helen Kell eecond, mnni: Clyde third, Time, 1:08%. ! for two-year old adiz second, Dr. G [ One and a sixteenth miles, Egbart won, Ter- rapin second, Jane third. Time, 1:481. 'our and a_half furlongs, Moylan won, Joe Clark second, Loki third. Time, :56. ROBY, IND., May 31.—Nine-Sixteenths of a mile, AI'White won, Hannon second, Harriet H third. Time, 5754, Seven-eighths of a mile, Lady Rose won, Mary T second, Miss Mayme third. Time, 1:32. Thirteen-sixteenths of a_ mile, Teeta May Ton, Velix second, Buenos Ayres third. Time, ‘Three-quarters of & mile, Sepondoline won, Katie B second, Joco Sot third. Time, 1:17. One mile, Billy McKenzie won, Kindora sec- ond, Uncle Jim third. Time, 1:4514. KILLED ON A RACETRACK. One Jockey Meets Death and Several Others Are Injured. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 31.—Several accidents occurred in the racesat St. Asaph to-day. Dick Corbley, a white jockey, who was riding Kirover, was killed. He had been in the rear. He suddenly commenced rid- ing hard and was overcoming his field rapidly when the horse went down. Two horses fell over Corbley’s mount. The boy probably struck one of the fence rails, as an ugly gash was cut in his head and his back was broken. Bunch, who was running ahead of the field, fell at the same time as Kirover. He broke his leg and was afterward shot. CharlieR was one of the horses that fell on Kirover, and his jockey, McLaughlin, ’| had his collar-bone broken. Tom McAleer’s Wheel Race. LOS ANGELES, CArn., May 8l.—Tom McAleer’s attempt to break the 100-mile bicycle record to-day proved a fiasco, ow- ing to the bad state of the weather. The wind was so strong that the pace-makers despaired of setting a pace fast enough to break the record at the start. McAleer was plucky, though, and rode like a demon. He covered nearly twenty-five miles the first hour and while he kept up at about a 2:30 gait he worked hard enough for a 2:20. The three tandem teams that did the pace- making were ready to quit long before Mec- Aleer was, and when 58} miles had been reeled off McAleer was so groggy that he was compelled to throw up the sponge. He covered 50 miles in 2 hours, 17 minutes, 80 4-5 seconds, breaking the coast record, which was heretofore 2 hours, 20 minutes, 1214 seconds, held by Stevenson. His rid- ing time was 2 hours, 46 minutes 2 2-5 seconds. Dirnberger’s Kecord Breaking. LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 31.—To-day be- ing the last day by the L. A. W. for record trials, and the Syracuse riding team being anxious to start on the national racing circuit, Dirnberger made only one trial to- day, being for the two-thirds of a mile of 1:1145. He did it in 1:09 45 easily, and all the officials said he could cut that time two seconds. He was again paced by the great quad, and stuck to it as if tied there. He made the first third in 35 1-5 seconds, and came up alongside the quad at th finish. Trotting and Running. SAN BERNARDINO, Oirn., May 31.— To-day’s races drew good crowds. The five-eighths dash was won by Selkirk, Hello second. Time, 1:0334. In the trotting and pacing heats Colton Maid won in three straight heats, Dollie second. Best time, 2:2414. The one-quarter mile and repeat race for ponies was won by Lady Greensleeves. Time, :243{—:2417. Running, one mile, Mustesa won, Slaugh- ter second. Time, 1:483;. Needs a Strong Breeze. LONDON, Exa., May 31.—Howard Gould has sent a dispatch to the Associated Press saying that his yacht Niagara was fairly beaten yesterday in the race off Lowestoft by Lord Dudley’s Inyoni in a very light wind. He added that he thinks the Niagara, like the Vigilant, needs a strong breeze. The next race in which the Niagara will compete will be off Harwick on Jung 3. Johnson and Zimmerman. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., May 31.—A dis- patch to the Union from Boston saysa matchrace is being arranged between J. 8. Johnson end Zimmerman. The first pre- liminaries were talked over at the Wal- tham meet, and thereisa great probability of a successful result of the negotiations. The purse will probably be the largest in the history of wheeling. California Colts Going East. SACRAMENTO, Cavn., May 31L.—John Mackey, superintendent of J. B. Haggin’s Rancho del Paso Breeding Farm in this county, will leave for the East to-morrow with seven carloads of thoroughbred year- ling colts, to be sold at auction in New York. The colts are by Mr. Haggin’s greatest sires, and are the cream of his great breeding farm. Sprinter Crum Is Exonerated. CHICAGO, IrL., May 31.—The committee of tne Western Intercollegiate Athletic Association to-night exonerated John B. Crum of the Iowa State University from the charges of professionalism preferred against him in the East: He was declared an amateur in the fullest sense of the word, Corbett Preparing to Train. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 31.—Jim Cor- bett has gone to Asbury Park to begin his preparations for training for his fight with Bob Fitzsimmons. He intends remaining there until July 1 at least in order that he may be in good condition when the time and place of the battle are announced. Tug-of-War Contest. HEALDSBURG, CAL., May 31.—A tug- of-war between the Windsor team of heavyweights and the Healdsburg team was had in this city last night for a purse of $100 a side. Healdsburg won., Time, 46 min, Won the Oaks Stakes. EPSON DOWNS, Exe., May 31. — Sir James Miller’s bay filly La Sagesse won the Oaks stakes to-day. On the Diamond. BALTIMORE, Mp., May 31.—Baltimore 16, base hits 18, errors 1. Louisville 8, base hits 12, errors 6. Batteries—Clerk and Hoffer; Welch, Zahner and Inks and Luby. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 31.—Washington 10, base hits 16, errors 2. Pittsburg 5, base hits 9, errors 3. Batteries—McGill aud Stock- dale; Sugden, Killen and Hart. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 31.-New York 11, base hits 10, errors 2. Chicago4, base hits 9, errors 8. Batteries—Schriver and Clark; Moran and Hutchinson. OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. Important Changes Among Postmasters in California. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., May 31.—Post- masters have been appointed as follows: At Ohatsworth, Los Angeles County, Levi Lovelock, vice F. H, Coffeen, removed; at Olive, Orange County, Theodore Danker, vice F. L. Carr, resigned; at Polaski, Fresno County, P. A. Camphell, vice M. A. Morrisey, removed; at ‘Wasiago, Santa Barbara County, Charles Church, vice E. G. Hitchcock, resigned. Mr. George Carlton of San Jose is at the Oxford Hotel. A. M. Everett of Congressional. San Francisco is at the —_— Whitelaw Reid Returning. LONDON, Exc., May 31.—The steamship New York of the American line which sails from Bouthampton to-morrow will take among her passen, . Whitelaw Heig, [ *c28ers M. and Mrs. AN INTERESTING TANGLE, Mrs. Weiss Leaves Matters Worse Than at First Appeared. HER VERY SUDDEN DEPARTURE. Neither Her Costly Furniture Nor Her Piano Had Been Fully Pald For. Dr. Johanna Weiss, alias Mariana Jauny, alias Mrs. White, alias Mary A. Stone, alias Mrs. Marks, left matters in even a worse condition than at first ap- peared. It now turns out that she not only borrowed money on her furniture from two money-brokers and sold the same to a furniture dealer, but that neither the furniture nor the piano were fully paid for, having been bought on the in- stallment plan, and but a small portion of the price having been received by the merchants from whom the purchases were made. Claims are now being made on the part of the original owners for the recovery of the goods or their value. The piano was bought from Benjamin Curtaz & Son in December last. Mrs. ‘Weiss was waited on by H. J. Curtaz and paid $100 down on the instrument, agree- ing to pay $15a month until it was fully paid for. She met her obligation in Janu- uary and February, but made only a par- tial payment on the March installment. At the time she departed she still owed a balance of about $200. H. J. Curtaz states that she was the last woman in the world he or any one else would have suspected of being engaged in a swindle. She made no pretense of wealth or influence, and even made a larser first payment on the piano than had been demanded. She had her two sons with her, and they all gave evidence of being a well-educated, genteel family. Mrs. Weiss volunteered the information to Mr. Curtaz that, much to her disappoint~ ment and against_her approval, her sons had gone into the dairy business, but were making money at it. She said they had no need to work, but were too ambitious and independent to rely on her for their maintenance. These sons have also disappeared, and it is said that many creditors have good cause to mourn the fact of having enjoyed their patronage. According to George H. Perry, the at- torney for Charles Levy & Co., the latter have, under existing circumstances, the best claim on the goods in dispute. He asserts that the purchase was made by his clients May 11, two days before the mort- gage was given to Bler & Regensburger. Mr. Perry goes further and claims that even did the mortgage antedate the pur- chase of Charles Levy & Co., the mort- gagees would have no claim against the {m\sen_v on the purchasers thereof, and he holds that the same is true as between the Burchaser of the piano and the lessors, enjamin Curtaz & Co. The mortgage and lease on the furniture and piano, re- s{meqtively, were made by Mrs. Johanna Weiss, but the goods were purchased by Charles Levy & Co. from Mrs. White, Mr. Perry claims that thus his clients had no knowledge, either constructive, by vir- tue of the records, or otherwise, that the property was in any way incumbered. And when the case is triea he proposes to urge this point on behalf cf his client, that thelease and mortgage are only good as between the parties to them, but not against an innocent third party. Re- course for the mortgagees ang leasors lies only against the other contracting party, Mrs. Weiss. This point has never been decided, Mr. Perry states, in the courts, and it promises 1o be & most interesting issne. ATCHISON RECRGANIZED, New Lease of Activity Signified by the Deposit of Bonds. Extension bf the System to Connect With the Valley Road May Follow. A New York press dispatch dated yes- terday announced that $67,000,000 of Atchi- son, Topeka and Santa Fe general 4 per cent bonds had been deposited with the joint reorganization committee, or $2,000,- 000 more than a majority. Some two years ago reseivers were ap- pointed for the Atchison and other roads connected with the system, notably the Atlantic and Pacific and the St. Louis and San Francisco. The failure of this great railroad to raise money in Europe to meet the interest on its bonds came at a time when many people in California were ex- pecting an extension of the system to San Francisco. Now that the scheme for re- organization has been made effective the work of extending the line to this City or to a point connecting with the Valley road will not, in the nature of things, be much longer delayed. Early in April of this year Wheeler H. Peckham, ward King, C. C. Beaman and W. H. Rossington, representing the road and the Union Trust Company of New York, together with George K Peck, general solicitor of the Atchison system, inspected the properties of the corporation and paid a visit to San Francisco. When asked at th#t time concerning the further extension of lines in California they in- formed the Caiy that everything would depend on the success of the reorganiza- tion then prevailing. The importance of direct connection with San Francisco was appreciated, but pending negotiations with creditors it was deemed best not to discuss the question. Moreover, the representa- tives of the Atchison were at that time the guests, in a sense, of the Southern Pacific, and were constrained h{ rules of hospitalit; from speaking of possible connections wit| the Valley road. Ever_since the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe went into Southern California and did so much to promote its own busi- ness and develop the country about Los Angeles and San Diego, a strong pressure has been exerted in favor of completing the s{s\‘.em by extending the romf‘ to the bay of San Francisco. Vfimn the true his- tory of negotiations with Mr. Huntington comes to light it may be shown that vast subsidies were paid to check the spirit of progress which once animated the Atchi- son. It is known that a rough or prelimina; survey of the country between Mojave an 8an Francisco was made and ferminal ground on the eastern shore of the bay examined. . Men of Boston and New York who freely invested their money in_the bonds of the siubem and saw the gradual extension of the road from Atchison to Topeka, thence on to the Arkansas Valley and west to the Pacific Coast, as well as east from Kansas City to Chica; 0, conceived that ultimate success would be achieved when the road reached San Francisco. Forsome reason, not yet understood by the public or the stockholders, building operations stopped. Confidence gave way to doubt and the great corporation passed to the control of receivers. Now a new turn in affairs is about to be made. The creditors have expressed their confidence in the joint executive committee by depositin onds to the value of $67,000,000. In aflec% they say to the committee: “Go on, now, an handle this property as your judgment | 12 directs. If new equipments and new ex- tensions are demanded use the earnings and resources of the company to make the system profitable.” YOUNG WOMEN'S SOCIAL Enjoyable Hours Spent in the Christian Assoclation Hall on O'Farrell Street. The Delsarte and elocution class of the Young Women’s (hristian Association gave a social last evening, at which there was a large attendance. The programme was made up for the most part of the talent within the association, under the direction of Miss Minnie Hartley, teacher of the Delsarte clags, 5 The programme consisted of musical and literary selections, and when it was finished participants and guests alike were invited to partake of refreshments. The entertainment opened with a piano solo by Melville Ellis. Mrs. Sarah B, Cooper spoke on the use of time, and how famous men and women have husbanded it as well as the round dollar. Other num- bers were: A recitation, “When Jack Comes,” by Miss Effie Baird; an Indian- club drill” by Misses Wixon, McGraw, Largerson and Musgrave, a duet by Miss Ethel Ingal and R. Smith, & recitation by Miss Ida Parisier, a solo by Miss Haverly, & pantomine song by l\{iss Bond an tableaux by Misses Ingalls, Bell, Powell, Largerson, Wixon and Kunde. The entertainment furnished a most en- joyable evening for the 200 people present. FOR THE FOURTH. ‘Work of the Committees in Charge of the Celebration—An Anonymous Letter. Three sub-committees for the Fourth of July celebration met last night at the executive committee headquarters in the Mills building. The literary committee discussed the order of exercises for the day and decided on a part of their programme. The exercises will open with the singing of the doxology by the audience. Prayer will be offered and the song ‘‘America”” will be rendered by Pro- fessor Mackenzie's Choral Society. Presi- dent of the Day King will make a few re- marks introducing D. Gilbert Dexter, the orator for the occasion. ‘The Star- spangled Banner” will be rendered by the horal Society and then a patriotic_ad- dress will be delivered. The committee has not yet selected the person to make that address nor settled the rest of the programme. A meeting to complete the programme and select the other speakers will be held on Monday at 4 o’clock. The printing committee discussed pro- -ammes and advertising, but came to no ficision, and will meet again on Thursday. Of the regalia committee no quorum was present. Committee meetings will be held next week as follows: Monday—Finance, 2 P. M.; decoration, 4 P. M.; fireworks, 8 . M. Tuesday—Printing, 4 P. M. s Wednesday—Entertainment, 2 P. .; parade, P. M. The following anonymous letter was found tucked under the door of the office of Edwin L. Forster: Mr. Forster, Grand Marshal—DEAR Sir: I pro- pose We meke the celebration this year a good, old-fashioned Fourth of July by having arches of evergreens and flowers placed at_ different points of the parade—one at Golden Gate avenue and the other on Van Ness between Washington and Clay, thus honoring the memory of Washington and Clay. Let usmakea grand flower fiesta, and the Fourth is the day to have it. Have the citi- zens decorste their residences and places of business with flowers and evergreens. Have in the Krocassion Washington at Valley Forge, and have the school children throw flowers in his path. Have the procession startfrom the ferry, up Market street, to Golden GCate avenue, to Van Ness avenue, to Clay, counter- marching from Clay to Market, and dismiss the procession; also have the school children stationed on Van Nessavenue, between Wash- ington and Clay ; and when Washington arrives at that point instruct them to cheer and throw flowers at him. The procession would be & grand sight on Van Ness avenue, The excursion committee ought to run trains from Los Angeles and San Jose. That would bring Easterners to view San Francisco. In fact, we want new faces and new blood. We must make the City look grand on the Fourth by means of illuminations and flowers. That will atiract strangers from all parts of the East. Ifyon will carry out my idea they will come to the City by the thousands. Iknow what Iam talking about, and don’t you forget it. Truly yours, TRUE-BLUE AMERICAN. ANOTHER FENDER. An Invention of Eugene Reiley, a Cali- fornia Pioneer of Redwood Canyon. Eugene Reiley, a California pioneer re- siding at Redwood Canyon, near Oakland, has invented a fender for electric and cable cars which, he thinks, is superior to all other designs yet submitted by reason of its simple mechanism and the ease with which 1t will scoop up an obstruction. It is a self-worker, constructed of steel and in the shape of a triangle inlaid with a set of springs. Itis made to run within half an inch of the roadbed, and this fact alone Mr. Reiley considers a big advantage. Mr. Reiley has been_an inveutor for a good many’ years, and a number of his gutents are in use all over the United tates. Some years ago he invented a wate-pipe coupling, which was received with general favor, ———————— THE Royal Baking Powder as every cook knows, is always to be relied upon. Itis one of the greatest aids she has. Sheis always able with the least trouble to make the very finest biscuits, cakes, muffins and crusts. Many a cook’s reputation has been made by the delicious things she has been able to make with it. A Rat’s Cat Mother. Joshua Sliferof Bolivar, in the Middle- town Valley, Frederick County, has a cat which is at present nursing a young rat as carefully as if it were one of "her own off- spring. The cat has two Kkittens, and one ay she killea an old rat and then caught ayoung one and carried it alive to iar nest, presumably for the kittens to eat. Instead of devouring it, however, the kit. tens made iriends with the stranger, and since then the old mother cat has treated the rat as if it were one of the family. Strange to say, the rat refuses to leave the kittens, even when the old cat goes away. The cat fondles and narses the rat in the most natural manner. A day or twoagoone kitten was seen at a rear teat and the other at the front, while the rat was in the middle, pulling away for dear life, and the old cat as unconcerned as if nothing un- usual was going on.—Baltimore Sun. ———————————— In the thirteenth year of George II an act was passed for the suppression or races by ponies and other mnll) and weak horses, by which all matches for any prize under the value of $250 was prohibited under a penalty of $1000, to be paid by the owner of each horse unning, and by such as advertised th late, and by which each horse entered to ru A 5 years old is obliged to carry 10 stone; if 6, 11, and if 7, LONG-DISTANCE POWER, A Sudden Boom in Schemes for Transmitting Electri- cal Energy. MOST OF THEM YET IN AIR. Many WIIl Awalit the Trial of a Few Important Plants Soon to Be Operated. A new kind of “hustler” has arisen and within the past three or four months he has been rapidly multiplying and filling the earth. He is the promoter of new electrical enterprises, and especially just now the promoter of schemes for the long-distance transmission of electric power. The air of California, and the whole Pa- cific Coast for that matter, has all at once become filled with talk about setting up water-wheels in lonely mountain places and making them give light and cheaply turn other wheels in fowns miles away. From Shasta to San Diego men are or- ganizing, or trying to organize, local or San Francisco companies to utilize in this way the water-power in particular local- ities. A few of these power-transmission en- terprises nave been successfully organized by business men of capital and the work of establishing them has been actually be- gun. The rest are yet in the air and many of them will remain there for a long time. But the interesting fact is that the State is full of “inquiry” in this direction, and consulting electrical engineers and agents of manufacturers are kept busy answering questions in person and by letter and mak- ing preliminary estimates of cost. 'hese are the men who quickest feel the pulse of the electrical business, and+ what they say shows that this business field was the first to feel the revival of business con- fidence and to feel a new life. It is now a very active field and competition is keen and increasing. Big and little companies that make dynamos, motors, transformers, meters, conductors, wire and the hundreds of other things in the way of harness for electricity have agents here who are after every rumor of & new railway, light, power or other plant, an® they keep to them- selves every pointer they get to avoid send- ing a lot of competitors after their customers. Local mannfacturing estab- lishments are rapidly going into the manu- facture of electrical machinery. While the actual business done is mainly with new railway and lighting plants and new buildings, the activity over power transmission is the most interesting if not lheb 1x_mosc important thing to the general public. The transmission of electric power has just entered upon its second stage. For years it has remained in the stage of the- ory and experiment. érent public interest has always been taken in the theory, and there has for years been a general and almost an enthu- siastic confidence in the prophesy of elec- trical engineers that the vast amount of power running waste in _hills and mountains, everywhere would be cheaply utilized by transforming it into electrical energy and taking it long distances to where 1% would be practicable to use it. In this State it has long been a popular and somewhat inspiring idea that the power in the streams and reservoirs of the Bierras wouid li{;ht the towns of the valleys and foothills, and so cheapen power in them that industries would be stimulated. But there have been and there are yet many practical problems to be so]ved{:e— fore the long-distance transmission of Eower can be placea on an_exact business asis. While it has recently been demon- strated to be practicable over compara- tively short distances, each new plantis yet, in a considerable degree, an experi- ment. Exact percentages of loss in transmission and other practical problems cannot yet be nguxed out certainly when 50 or 100'miles of distance are concerned. Buffalo now badll{v ‘wants power from the big new plant by Nia, alls, but the power company will not yet risk the investment necessary to reach and supply Buffalo and offers only to sell power cheap at its water-wheels if Buffalo wants to take it home. This conservatism of capital is the rea- son why the projects of brinflx:g power to San Francisco from Clear Lake in Lake County and from Blue Lakes in the Sierras will wait until the Buffalo and other experiments are made. But the success of the experiments at Portiand, Redlands, the Bodie mines and a few other places, where from twelve to twenty-five miles have been covered, has warranted the various new enterprises which contemplate providing power and light to towns in the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys and in the foothills. So they have suddenly sprung up in numbers and the second stage, that of practical business, has just been fairly entered. Sacramento is to be the first town to get river power from a distance on a large scale. The big plant near Folsom is to be ready for operation in four or five weeks, and then & horsepower will be kept pumping into Sacramento over twenty miles away to run the trolley lines and give light and power.' The new company is invading the field of the gas company in the ligh% business, and lively competifon is promised. Power to run motors of any size will be sold to evex;ybody who will buy it by the kilo- watt. . The South Yuba Water Company is get- ting ready to do big and interesting things in =~ Placer County. It controls an immense water system in Placer and Nevada counties, and has practically un- limited power at its command, and it can be utilized cheaply at high heads. The company exgects to have in operation by August 1 aé) ant that will light Newcastle, Penryn and Loomis. It will begin with 150 horse-power and a $25,000 plant, with water used at 460 feet pressure. The company is said to plan invading Sacramento, twenty-two miles from Rocklin, with light and power, and a scheme to operate an electric road from Marysville to Newcastle, along the foot- hills, is being much talked about. Another enterprise that has passed the stage of talk is one to supply power to the big groups of mines about the region of Grass Valley and Nevada City. This com- pany, which is composed of miners, pro- poses to sell power to mines for miles around at $75 per horsepower per year. Heretofore the power used at the mines has been mainly water-power, sold by water companies at from $125 to $150 per horsepower. 1t is in the mining regions that the use of electric power will naturally be most rapidly developed, and many minlnfi!co_m- ‘panies are now figuflng on establishing plants for their individual use. One of the most interesting schemes that have been launched is that of the San Joaquin Power Compan{, which is per- fecting g}olnuobfln light and powerinto Fresno from one of the forks of the San Joaquin River, forty-three miles northeast of Fresno. This company is composed of Fresno capitalists. 2 San Francisco company, of which Charles Webb Howard is a member, has arran to supply electricity to Bakers- field from a f|:lmt in Kern River Canyon, several miles from the city. hea s These are the only new enterprises in this line which are re ed as having gassed the stage of talk. Several are in he air of Southern California, and a half dozen echemes to electrify Stockton from the Sierras have come to the front since the railroad boom began. b e o The interests and inquiry in this field is increasing and more may give promise of reality soon. Messra. Tapidl; denni Hassen and Hunt, the well-known elec- trical engineers, say that power transmission " plants ing put in and = especially the one ‘at YFolsom, are the pioneers and that rugid development in this field will await their practical operation when the problems ‘of cost, efficiency and methods can be beiter answered. The suc- cess of these early enterprises wiil make capitalists less cautious, and two or three years from now airy copper lines may be running from the Sierras to half the towns (l): the Sacramento and San Joaquin val- ys. the few now be- G00D SAMARITANS, Special Services of Praise and Thanks- giving to Be Held at Their First Anniversary. The Good Samaritan Mission was opened 8 year ago at 249 Second street by Rev. William J. Kip Jr., the grandson of the late Bishop Kip. To-morrow its first an- niversary is to be celebrated with special services of praise and rejoicing over the tell- ing results that have rewarded the efforts of those who have labored so hard to make the mission a success. The work of building up the mission was difficult at first, as the district had been deserted by the churches, which moved westward, and the people had grown out of attending divine service. Now there are eighty families, comprising over 300 people, attached to the mission. There are eighty - seven communicants in the church and 197 children attend the Sunday- school. From the first the residents of the dis- trict were in strong sympathy with the movement and assisted the growth of the mission materially. From the boys of the Sunday - school a choir of twenty - two voices was made. This adds materially to the attractiveness of the service. The mission does not confine itself to work on Sunday. Its five rooms are open every day, and many youths take advan- tage of its reading-room and room for games each evening. During the last few months the daily attendance has averaged forty. Clubs have been established to pro- l\;ide culture as well as amusement for the 0yS. Special services for men are held every Friday evening, at which many laymen assist. A sewing-school for youna irls and a cooking-school for women and older irls. are also features of the work. The rotherhood of St. Andrew, alay organiza- tion, and the Women’s Auxiliary have been largely instrumental in making these a success. The mission expects in a few days to be given the lease of a piece of land near its resent situation. 'The lease will be for our or five years. The mission will then need $5000 for a building. In its new quarters it will have a gymnasium, as nothing of the sort can be found in that vicinity except in saloons. There will be other improvements. To-morrow Rev. Mr. Kip will hold the morning service. He will devote his ser- mon to telling of the work accomplished by the mission, and outlining what is hoped for the future. The Bishop will conduct the evening service, which begins at 7:450’clock. There will be special music and a number of baptisms. The public in general is specially invited to the services. GERMAN OPERA. Ysaye’s Agent Undertakes to Bring Wal- ter Damrosch and Siegfried Wagner Here Next Season. B. E. Johnson, Ysaye’s agent, was jubi- lant, although mysterious, last night. “I have just concluded the greatest mu- sical deal that has ever been made in San Francisco,” he said, with beaming satis- faction, “and the contract is herein my pocket.” ‘When requested to give details Mr. John- son communed with himself awhile, and finally remarked: “I have no objec- tion to stating that I have just telegraphed to Walter Damrosch, arrang- ing for him to bring out his full German opera company here next Novemer. Siegfried Wagner will be with the com- any, and will conduct alternately with Bamrosch. Marie Brima, Alvary and all the stars of last season will be in"the com- pany, as well asa number of new artists, and every one of Wagner's operas, with the exception of course of “Parsifal,” will be performed in mag- nificent style. Damrosch has been in com- munication with me, but matters were ly settled to-day. \%en asked somewhat dubiously on what local stage he contemplated mount- ing the great music dramas, Johnson tri- umphantly declared that he had backers who were going to erecta suitable building. “The stage will be half as large again as that of the Grand Opera-house, and will be suitable in every way for Wagner opera. Rich men in this City are supporting the enterprise, Who? Well, they are modest and do not care to have their names in the paver, but I give you my word that every- thing is settled and that in November the season will open.” WELSH SUNDAY-SOHOOL. A Creditable Entertainment Given by the Children Last Night. Two delightrul hours were spent by the members of the Welsh Sunday-school So- ciety and their friends in Cambrian Hall, on Mission street, last night. The children of the Sunday-school were the principal contributors to the pleasures of the evening, though the efforts of their elders were well received by the large auai- ence. Tothe little ones, however, is due the most praise. They deported them- selves in a manner highly gratifying to their instructors, and the proud parents may be excused an augmented feeling of ride in the exceptional talent displayed y_their little ones. The children ac- quitted themselves in a truly creditable way throughout, being self-possessed as wefi as thoroughly drilled, and the singing and recitations were received with salvos of applause. Tge programme was enacted as foilows: Violin solo. -Frankle Johnstone Address. Chairman Attorney Q. Jones ... Miss Cressy o Littie Maid”.. 5 .. Lizzie Hughes Song. aday Johnsione Recitation. Miss Minnie Rowlands Rong, “Daddy” (by Tequest).......Mrs. Hope Jones Violin soio Susie Johnstone ghes ..C. M. Elliott (encore) aiiss Zeliah Cooney (encors) . Mrs. Hope Jones Flood Did Not Plead. John W. Flood, charged with embezzlement as cashier of the Donohoe-Kelly Bank, was in Judge Wallace’s court yesterday to plead, but in the absence of hisatforney the matter went over until Monday, when it was peremptorily set for 12 o’clock. —_———— TaE greatest adepts in culinary art are particular to use the Royal Baking Pow- der only, and the authors of the most pop- ular cook-books and the teachers of the successful cooking schools, with whom the best results are imperative, are careful to impress their readers and pupils with the importance of its exclusive employment. —_———— Sample of Parisian English. A Paris physician who was summoned the other day to attend a sick child left di- rections which a neighboring French drug- st had translated for the benefit of the nglish nurse in charge of the child. These are the directions, with the English intended in parenthesis: (1) To distend the children of other children (to isolate the baby from her sister). (2) Not many flowerin theeat and not give him that STILL IN THE BALANCE, No Decision Yet in the Appeal of the Hale & Norcross Suit. AWAITING A VERDICT YET. Another Month Ends and the Su- preme Court Remains Wrapt in Silence. _Considerable interest exists over a deci- sion expected from the Supreme Court in the celebrated suit of Fox vs. the Hale & Noreross Mining Company, involving over $1,000,000 and having collateral bearing no monetary issues of vast magnitude, Yesterday was the last day of May and the date when the Justices of the Supreme Court are wont to clean up the arrears of their arduous work, in view of the stipula- tion that before drawing their salaries they must file an affidavit that no canse filed within ninety days remains in t! undecided. And yet no decisi handed down in this suit yesterday. The case was decided by Judge Hebbard in favor of the plaintiff, Fox, in 1893, and has been before the Supreme Court ever since in one form or another. It has been resubmitted and argued in bank, but the immense issues involved have rendered Egculmr_care necessary on the part of the igh tribunal. It is stated that no less than three opinions have already been written and rejected upon deliberation. In one case, it is alleged, the wording of the oginion was the main objectiou,iut proved sufficient to prevent its acceptance. In the meantime there are many specu- lators on the Stock Exchange who are tak- ing advantufie of the prevalence of rumors as to the decision to deal in the stock. The price has gone as high as $1 50 a share under the influence of wild and disquieting “tips”_and bas sunk as low as 75 cents from the same cause. It is now oscillating about half way between these figures, be- iniquoted at $1 05. s a matter of fact, however, the manipu- lations of stock are understood to have been largely by small holders for specula- tive purposes, and the fluctuation in the quotations is regarded with distrust and equanimity by the principal owners. How little reliance is to be placed on “tips” as to the decision may be gathered from the statement of a stockbroker yesterday that he had been approached by an innocent friend with the guileless information *from a friend on the inside” that he had better bank on ‘“Hale,” as *‘Norcross” hadn’t the “ghost of a show.” The tip was given in all sincerity and was, of course, senseless, as the suit is Fox vs. the Hale & Norcross Mining Company, but the broker declared that it gave rise to a rumor on change that he bad said “Hale & Norcross hadn’t a ghost of a show.” Whether the rumor in- fluenced the market did not appear. b RNV R i S MaNY receipts as published still call for cream-of-tartar and soda, the old-fashioned way of raising. Modern cooking and ex- pert cooks do not sanction this old way. In all such receipts the Royal Baking Powder hould be substituted without fail. — . OHAMBERLAIN'S NICKNAME, Termed the Becky Sharp of English Political Life. The Tories make good use of Mr. Cham- berlain, but they do not all quite admire him. His adoration of rank is perhaps a little “wanting in finish,” as Mr. Disraeli once said of Lord Salishury’s satire. Most of the Tories see this and quietly smile at it. After passing over to the camp of the Tories Mr. Chamberlain boasted in a pub- lic speech of the satisfaction which it gave him to be in the society of English gentle- men. Some malign critic forthwith de- scribed him as the Becky Sharp of English olitical life. The phrase stuck (writes ustin McCarthy in the Forum), and Mr. Chamberlain was naturally displeased. The Tories of the stately old school see through all this sort of thing, and there- fore were not bitterly grieved when Mr, Asquith scored such a victory over Mr. Chamberlain. I should doubt whether on the whole he is of great value to them as an allf. If he come back soon to power he will expect a very high place in the Cabinet, and if be is not quite satisfied with what he gets he Will be sure to reconsider the situation. Except for his own imme- diate friends and faithful personal fol- lowers, I do not suppose that anybody milk Trepued (Suppress farinaceous food and also the milk as hitherto prepared). (3) Before the col of children une eponge warm (Annly hot sponge to child’s throat). puts absolute trust in him. ———— The character of Washington’s mother ig %oo.well known to need more than an al- usion. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE BY Thos. Magee & Sons, REAL ESTATE AGENTS And Publishers “Real Estate Circular.” REMOVED TO 4 Montgomery Street, UNIOY TRUST BUILDIXG, CORNER MARKET. NEW PROPERTY. Pacific ave. and Walnut st., facing the Presidio— View cannot be shut off; corner, 30x100; $4000; or any size larger. Pactfic ave., facing the Presidio—Fine view; lots 25x100; $2500; or any size; near Walnut; one block west of Central ave. Cor, 26:h and Fair Oaks—NW. corner: 85x1004 260 or 60x100. ‘Fnir Osks st., W. side, near 26th—25x100; $1500; street work done. INVESTMENTS—8$17,500 TO %$50,000. Brannan st.—187:6 feet front, 350 feet deep to Bluxome, and 187:6 on Bluxome, near rallroaq freight sheds; only 835,000. Brannan and Sixth corner; 137:6x187:6; only ,000. Investment: $45,000: large corner; 3 fronts, Fith old bulidings; shonld be torn down, and new builaing wouid pay well. Eiliast. cor.; rents $274 50; $30,000; 90x125; govered wicn six 2-story dwellifigs and nine flata; Dboth streets in good order. Brick warehouse, and lot 157:6x125, on Blux. ome st., bet. Fifth aod Sixth; only $25,000: o 275 on Brannan by 2560 to Bluxome st., and 375 on Bluxome and warehouse, $83.000. Rents $180; make offer of $22,000; sclid 4-story building; 2 stores below; Fourth' st,, near Folsom large lot. Corner on Howard st., near Third; rents $135; two stores and fiats; $18,000. NW. corner on California st., beyond Laguna; §3x80, and three 2-story and planked-basement houses, in finest order; 1800 just spent on them; renis $120; price $17,600; always rented. RESIDENCES AND LOTS—87250 AND UPWARD. Pacitic Helghts: magnificent view; residence an large lot on Washington 37,500, P Jeckson st. residence; $12,000; near Central ave.; 10 rooms and all modern conveniences; large Iot; house alone cost $12,000. ‘Washington st.; residence near Central ave.; 82x105; north side; fine residence; 12 rooms; fin. ished basement; attic; all modern conveniences; excellent Interior finish; owner selling to leave town. Pacific Helghts; for sale at less than cost: easy terms; payments as small as rent: price $7250% new house of § rooms; fine marine 2 unny; compietely finished. sFINE RESIDENCE LOTS-25000 AND OVER. Pacific ave., near Baker; magnifi 5 60 or 78 or ang size; g-glce ‘st reduced. T} 00 o N. side, bet. Laguna and B ; 40x18° $15.000° uhobstructed. maring. sian bituminous pavement laid on Broadway. Pucific aud Baker: NW. cor.; 50x132:4: 000: one of the finest residence lots on Pacifie xe‘lgxm N ¥ cor. Pacific ave. and Broderick st.; 127 ery sightly lot with view of ba; ave., near Scott st.; 08:’9:157 % 810, $10,01 Pine and Buchanan; NW. corner; 55x81:3: both, ana Pina hifuminized: $10.000. view; very $14.- Atreats sawared