The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 16, 1895, Page 7

) > THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 1895. 7 XE 16, 1895 "CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. Condensed City news on seventh page of the ALL Brief City items are {0 be found on this page of the CaLL every day. No Chinese are to be allowed in the parade on the Fourth of July. A local concern has been manufacturing bi- cycles for the past week. cis D. Eisen died suddenly of heart resterday morning. cond Artillery Regiment went to Ukiah for a week’s camp. uichers will make an extraordinary display in te Fourth of July parade. Locsl flems, bright and brief, can be found on this page of the CALL every morning. The Oceanicsteamship Belgic sailed for China d the Australia for Sydney yesterday. » Country Club gives itsannual bullshead Lreskfast at its clubhouse at Point Reyes to- day A plan for the new park lodge has been sub- to the Commissioners and accepted by Hali the lottery tickets sold are counterfeits and many of the so-called lottery companies are ‘bogus affairs. Surveyor-General Green is maturing s plan to provide large public farms to be worked by the unemployed. The whaleback steamer City of Everett will make her first start on the Panama route from this port June 29. Only when lottery tickets are taken toa bank 10 be cashed will the duped holders find that they were counterieit. Time-tables of the railroad companies are published free of charge in the CALL for the ac- commodation of readers. Chief Crowley condemns the fake lotteries which decelve the innocent and rob them of their hard dollars. The Gr « of California, U.A.0.D., will hold its thirty-first annual convention at St. Helen ng June 18. The members of the Vete: men’s Association held th outi Mound ye for to-day are y temperature , & street_contractor, assaulted reet Inspector George W. Elder yesterday and was badly worsted in the encounter. s Buck, 340 Fiith_street, attempted to commit suicide last night by dose of creosote. 1le will probably die. W. H. Carter, & longshoreman, was knocked down by an eléctric-car on Mission street and sustained injuries that may prove fatal. following horses were winners at the Bay ct aside, imp. Santa Belia, 2, McLight, Mestor and Tillie S, ervian-Montenegrin Literary nt Society will fa It and ace Episcopal Joseph Cook is ists &nd Metho- r was held feted by dists. The Institute for Practical Chri its first meeting last Tuesday, and rogrammes P for several weeks' meetings were arranged yes- | terday. jeo, from Victoria, which arrived yesterday, were refused landing by the Immigration Com” sioner. wholesale merchants of the City took T eighth annual outing yesterday. They picnicked at Glenwood, in the Santa Cruz Mountains. N.S. Harrold of the Stockton rights-of-way committee for the Valley road discussed im- portant matters yesterday with the railway's chief engineer. The Co-operative Commonwealth, being fos- tered by Leura de Force Gordon and others, has adopted a coustitution which is similar to that of the Altruriang. The Market-street Reilway Company is pre- paring to begin work on an addition to the eiectric power-house on the corner of Bryant and Channel street G.J. Burger has d the Superior Court to set aside ajudgment against him, issued by i e Pedce Cook after hehad filed & solvency. t Muirhead, & bhoatman employed by Henry Petersen, was iatally stabbed last night on East street by Ned Muguer, a former member of the Fire Department. Conductor Scheel is reorganizing his orches- tre. Hels to give Sunday conceris of popular and classical music at the Columbia Theater, beginning next Sunday. Inspector Geffeney yesterday found on a Japanese immigrant on_the steamer Mexico anotber certificate issued by the cooly immi- gration bureau in Japan Henry Wischmeier of Redwood City, who is in the Receiving Hospital suffering from gas asphyxiation, had two charges of forgery booked ageinst him yesterday. Behrend Joost was sued yesterday by Jacob Heyman, who seeks to recover $1220 93, al- leged balance due on a contraci for the sale of some real estate on the Corbett road. Stockholders of the Valley road who have not | yet signed the pooling egreement have been ed that they cannot they call and append their names. An enthusiastic meeting oi the Alamo-square Improvement Club was held last night at which the Supervisors were scored for their neglect in effecting the improvement of Alamo Park. A committee of nine tobe drawn from cer- tain c associations will be appointed rtly to investigate municipal abuses, es- v in Tegara to securing creditable city streets. A. 8. Neuberg threatened the life of Justice of the Peace Groezinger for deciding s suit against him yesterday, and the Judge only es- caped by climbing out of a window in his chambers. Nora McManus, wife of Frank McManus, bet- ter known as the “King,” will hereafter trans- sct business in Ler OWI name as sole trader. A decree to this effect was issued by Judge Hebbard yesterday. Manager Alfred Bouvier returned from Paso Robles in the early part of the week and is already hard at work arranging for the coming season at the Caifornia and the Baldwin.— Masic and Drama. J.C. Davis of Rochester, N. Y., was booked at the City Prison yesterday, on the felony charge of passing a fictitious check, and he will have to answer to abouta dozen similar charges altogether. Property-owners are complaining about an abandoned electric road on Fell and Baker streets, near the 'park panhandle, and Super- intendent of Construction Lynch says it will & likely be removed. ¢+ Thomas M. Scott, driver of the Receiving Hospital ambulance, died yesterday morning from the effects of the injuries sustained by him by the capsizing of the ambulance at the Sutro baths last Monday. Mrs. William D. Northrop hes sued the South- ern Pacific,Company to recover $50,000 for the death of her husband, & switchman, who was killed at Fourth and’ King streets through elleged negligence of the company. <keth and her London solicitor, H. L.L\:'(}I l}{,ennd Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sharon ar. rived imm New York yesterday. They will make arrangements for the dissolution of the Sharon trust that is to take place soon. Mrs. Isabella J, Martin, the mother of “‘Baby John,” who lost her suit against Mrs. Henry Martin, has filed a sensational suit chlrgiug ¥.B. Pond and Arthur Rodgers with bribing i-:mrs in her late case. Shedemandsjudgment or $250,000. Dr. R. Beverly Cole gives hew York Colley of Physicians and Burgeons first rank in the colleges he has been visiting in the East. He will urge the crection of & magnificent struc- ture for the affiliated colleges of the University of California. The San Francisco Wasp which has entered upon & new volume has & new hendln% that is artistic and attractive. It has more intrinsic merit as a work of artand as an emblematic creation than many productions in other illus- trated papers. The committee of arrangements of the Native Sons for Admission day celebration has re- ceived reports from Sacramento that the pro- gramme of the day will be unusually elabor- ate. Sacramento citizens will entertain their visiting guests royally. The executive committee of the California Press Association met last evening at_the Occi- dental Hotel and discussed some important uestions. The members present were: J. A Icher, H. A. McCraney, W. H. Mills, E. B, Willis, T. W. Sheehan, C."F. Montgomery and A. B. Lemmon. W. P. Sullivan Jr., 8 dry-goods dealer, yester- day filed & Fetiuan in insolvency. His liabili- ties amount to $15,793 and thereé are no assets. His creditors are all New York firms, with one exception, J. C. Cullen of this City, in whose debt he stands for the sum of $1575. The faflure is attributed to liabilities contracted while petitiener was 8 member of the firm of Sullivan, Burtis & Dewey. wallowing a | Japanese passengers on the steamer Mex- | et stock certificates | ARDUNDTHE WATER FRONT e | The Whaleback City of Everett | Will Go on the Panama Route. JAPANESE FROM VICTORIA, Dismasting of the Ship Big Bonanza, Bound From Baltimore to This Port. The Oceanic steamship Australia sailed yesterday for Sydney, via Honolulu, with | ofsaid account, for the following reasons: residuary legatee and devisee of said Charles Moeglmg deceased, hereby contests and objects to the allowance of the first account rendered in the matterof the estate of said deceased and filed herein June 8, 1895, and contests and objects to the allowance of each and every item First—That said account is not signed by Adolph Prinz, the executor of said estate. Becond—That £aid account is not made under oath. i Third—Thet there is no statement of the | daily receipts and disbursements of the saloon | from the time said executor took charge until the saloon was sold to F. A. Lorenz by order of the court, Fourth—That said account is not & full nor a correct statement of the admiuistrationin this: (a) That it gives Do statement of juagments | against the eatate unpaid; (b) that it gives no | statement of debts due the estate and unpaid; (c) that it gives no statement of the resl estate belonging to the estete; (d) that it does not give a full statement of afl money paid out, nor of all the money collected; () that it does not state the true condition of the estate. i Fifth—That said account places to the eredit | of said executor as having been paid out $407 34, whereas said $407 34 has not been | disbursed, but is now in the bank. | Sixth—That there appears in the said account | a shortage of the executor in the cash stated as McGLAUFLIN & CO. SPLIT, The Dissolution Follows on the Heels of the Big Wheat Deal. SENSATIONAL THEORIES RIFE. Dr.Marc Levingston Thinks Senator Falr Knew Nothing About the Transaction in Cereals. L. W. McGlauflin & Co., the brokers who handled the Fair syndicate wheat, THE CITY OF EVERETT. [Sketched by a *“ Call” artist.] - a large passenger list and well loaded with | cargo. Among those who went down to the Hawaiian Islands were C. A. Spreckels, | Rev. Joseph Cook, the eminent divine, and | Trving M. Scott Jr. | The Pacific Mail steamship Belgic sailed for China and Japan with a large cargo | and » full passenger list, among whom was Hon. Stephen Bousal of the American | | legation at Tokio. The United States cruiser Philadelphia | arrived from Honolulu yesterday and pro- | ceeded to Mare Island, where she will go | on the drydock and receive repairs, of | which she is in great need. The Pacific Coast steamship Mexico came in yesterday from Sound ports, and among her steerage passengers were six Japanese, who were refused landing by the Immigra- tion Commissioner. Their case will be considered to-morrow. x The whaleback steamer City of Everett, now at Nanaimo after a cargo of coal, w | leave this port for Panama June 29. She is chartered by the Johnson-Locke Mer- cantile Company to run on that route as a freight and passenger boat. Over4000 tons of merchandise are awaiting her on the | wharves of the Panama Railway Company. There is some speculatiobn as to” how the | big boat will handle herself when she gets off the Mexican coast and perchance find a gale like the storm that overwhelmed the | | Colima. The ship Big Bonanza, which sailed for | San Francisco from Baltimore, returned | May 7 to that place, dismasted and badly disabled by a hurricane. | The following description of the storm and its effect is taken from a letter from Captain Bergman, her commander, re- ceived here: We struek a hurricane in latitude 37 deg. 18 | min. north, longitude 60 deg. west, which Tobbed us of our principal spars and broke our new iron foremast below the deck and strained the ship ver: consldcnblg; 50 much 0 that we pumped by steam with both pumps frem 8 | P.o0 of the 281h till 11 A. M. of the 29th of March before it showed the first sign thes we gained on the waterin the hold. The hurri- cane occurred four days after the tug let go of us off Cape Henry, and it took me thirty-nine dnys to get back 6 Cape Henry, but we had to make a large detour in order to meet favorable winds to return with. The gale lasted a little over two days, while the cyclonic disturbance of the center which i dismasted us only lasted about three or four hours, and, adding to tbe unpleasantness of the whole affair, it was so pitch dark that I could not recognize & person standing alongside of me except by the voice. Looking upat the maests that were left, though not being able to make out the spars on account of darkness, we conld see the St. Eimo fires on the extremities. When our bowsprit and foremast were carried awey I wes standing on_top of my afterhouse, alongside the forward kyhght. and though 1 heard the terrible crash and knew something uncommon had happened I could not see what it was that caused the noise until a big flash of lightning revealea to my gaze a sickening spectacle. There was the iron mast lying across tle led rail, the l’i%gin still holding it, and having smeshed both lifeboats on top ot the forward house as it fell across them, the water pouring into the hole left by the mast, | forit broke underncath the deck, and heavy seas sweeping over the whole ship without in- | terruption. The broken end of the foremast working up and down just above the hole it had left made it dangerous for any one to attempt to work undernesth it, therefore before we could think of nailing up the hole we had to get rid of the mast, which was no easy matter under the cir- cumstances before described, but when the gale moderated the ship leaked but very little. We Fumged only about twenty minutes in twenty- our hours. * We lost bowsprit and jibboom, en- tire foremast from truck to keelson, main mg; gallant-mast and mizzen topgallant-mast, wit yards and sails attached to all the spars. and the monkey gaff. It is announced from England that the Admiralty has decided to recommission all the vessels belonginz to the China squadron whose period of service expires during the year, without requiring them to return to England. The list, according to a service journal, consists of the first- class gunboats Pigmy, Plover and Ledpole, all comparatively new vessels; the sgonp Daphne, first commissioned in 1889; the dispatch vessel Alacrity and the third-class gunboat Esk. Relief crews will be sent out from England, probably in one of the new first-class cruisers which will brin, back the time-expired men. The Lords o the Admiralty propose to set aparta sum of £10,000 for making good the defects and refitting these six vessels and the work will be intrusted to the yard at Hongkong. THE MOEGLING ESTATE, Exception Taken to a Report From the Late Executor. A. T. Barnett, attorney for William Moegling, sole heir to the estate of Charles Moegling, who died in this City about a year ago, yesterday filed in the Superior Court exceptions to the accounts as sub- mitted by the executor of the estate, Adolph Prinz, who disappeared some time ago and who is supposed to have committed suicide. Prinz’s account of the estate was filed on a citation from the Superior Court through his attorney, George Hoeffer. The affairs of the estate seem to be in a bad muddle and the accounts, as kept by Prinz, full of errors. There appears to be a con- siderable shortage in the cash account, and there are many other errorsand objections, which are cited in Mr. Barnett's ‘brief as follows: Willjam Moegling, brother, only heir and | received by said executor and the amount paid out, the sum of $715 54. The contestant objects more particularly on the score of certain credits, which are specified at length. EAD OF FAARCIS ESEN | Declining Health Culminated in Heart Failure Yes- terday. Once an Owner in the Comstock Mines, and Founder of the Plo- neer Mill Company. Francis D. Eisen, a prosperons wine mer- chant of this City, and brother of Dr. Gus- tave Eisen, the well-known scientist, died of heart failure yesterday morning, He had been failing in health from some cause unknown for several years, but he had at- | tended daily to the demands of his large business interests. At 1 A. M. yesterday he became alarmingly ill and at 9 o'clock succumbed to the fatal attack. Mr. Eisen was born in 1826 in Stockholm, Sweden, and was educated in Bremen, Ger- many, and graduated from one of the lead ing universities of that land of learning. He came to California in 1850, an almost penniless youth, and by his own efforts amassed several fortunes. Some of these he lost by unfortunate speculations, but he left a competence to each of his four chil- dren. He was one of the early owners in the Comstock mines and was the originator of the Pioneer Mill Company. He speculated in real estate in the early history of the State, and twenty years ago started the first vineyara in the San Joaquin Valley. He brought to bear his practical knowledge of chemisiry and his familiarity with the wine industry gained in Germany upon the problem of wine- growing in the golden State, and he was signa]lf' successful. At the time of his death he was at the head of the Eisen Vineyard Company, with headquarters at 11 Stevenson street. Mrs. Eisen, who was one of the old Amise family of Sonora, Mexico, died a year ago. Mr. Eisen leayes four children, Mrs. Ralph Lopez of Balvador, Miss Mary and Miss Adelaide Eisen, and August Eisen, who has had charge of his father’s interests in Fresno for several years. The announce- ment of the funeral will be made later. THE ANNUAL BREAKFAST. Members of the Country Club Prepar- ing to Feast Off Bullshead at Point Reyes. There will be a great crowd at the bulls- head breakfast of ghe Country Club to-day. The Pacific Unio'Club are to be the guests of the occasion and have been invited to attend with their friends. A large number have signified their intention of accepting the hospitality of the younger organiza- tion. Nothing has been spared to insure the success of this the annual outing of the Country Club. Frederick R. Webster, W. 8. Kittle and Fred W. Tallant have had the preparations in charge and feel satis- fied that the breakfast will marka red letter day. Those " attending will leave San Fran- cisco on the 8 o’clock boat for Sausalito. There a special train will bein waiting. The breakfast party will reach the club- house at about 10 o’clock. Tney will find a steaming hot breakfast waiting them. Cassasa’s band will be in attendance to fur- nish music for the occasion. Return will be made on the 5 o'clock boat. —— STRUCK BY AN ELECTRIC-CAR. wW. H. Carter, a Longshoreman, Prob- ably Fatally Injured. W. H. Carter, a longshoreman, living at 25034 Clara street, met with an accident last evening, which will probably prove fatal. He was riding on a truck along Mission street, and when between First and Second, he jumped off. He did not observe an { electric-car approaching ata rapid speed, and before he could get off the track the car struck him on the neck and knocked him off the track. He was picked upin an unconscious con- dition and taken to the Receiving Hospital in the &mtro} wagon. It was found that his neck was fractured, his scalp cut and contused, and that his skull was possibly fractured. The doctors say there are a hundred chances to one against his re- covery. ———————— Death of a Musician. Charles Goffrie, a well-known musician and | solo violinist, who has been a familiar figure in San Fraucisco musical circles during the past twenty years, died at Fruitvale, in Alameda S:unty, last Sunday morning. Mr. Goffrie was 74 yeers of age and was & native of Anaheim, Germany. —————— CaTAreR cured and no pay until cuerd Treatment at cffice free. 925 Howard street. * have dissolved partnership, Eugene A, Bresse retiring from the firm. As soon as the dissolution was made public all kinds of rumors as to the cause of the disunion began to circulate. The firm’s connection with the Fair wHeat deal and the sensational mysteriousness of the disappearance of their bookkeeper, Smith, invited all kinds of specu- lation. Brokers and commission mere chants discussed the subject in the privacy of their offices and exchanged views with their competitors in business nothing can shake it, that Senator Fair never knew a thing about this immense deal in wheat.” “‘But how about Fair's money ?”’ was in- terposed. “That’s just it, and you can draw your own inference.” ‘Do you mean that the Fair millions were being manipulated by the confiden- tial agentsof Fair without his full cog- nizance?”’ “That’s the question. I enjoyed Fair's confidence and I know some things that have never been made public. Fair was in Mexico, in pursuance of my advice as his physician, from January to June, in 1894, an seen any papers, letters, documents or telegrams which passed between the late Senator and his agents here during that interim. It woul(f certainly have been natural for some kind of a correspondence during the course of such an extensive | transaction, and if any one, outside of the Frivue secretary and two or three others, has seen any of that correspondence, I would like to know when and where. “Another thing: I know of my own ersonal knowledge that the Senator was ecoming dissatistied with two men who acted in an important representative ca- premises those two men would not be in their present positions. i might well ask where is the bookkeeper, Smith, and why is the Senator’s late valet, Herbert Clark, kept so close? All these questions must be answered before much of this mysterlousness is cleared up. Iam not at all loth to say I think there is much that is strange, singular and baffling in the whole affair.” i A COMMITIEE OF G Citizens Will Inquire Into Ex~ penditures of City Moneys. Directors of the Merchants’ Asso- ciation Will Make the First Move. Out of the Merchants’ Association the Good Government Club and the Civic Fed- eration a new body isto grow, a Committee of Nine to inquire into the expeuditure of the City’s moneys; to call upon the Super- visors for things that should be done, and to show up the evils that now exist, and, | when exposed, to call upon the Supervis- ors to pass ordinances to do away with them. It is a big work, but directly in line with the objects of the organizations out of which the new working committee is to grow. Nonames have as yet been offered | by the parent bodies, but the matter has | been thoroughly, if informally, discussed new committee within a very few weeks. There is an evident feeling in the mem- bership of all the societies devoted to mu- nicipal reform that the task ahead of the | new committee is of herculean propor- | tions. They base their views upon the re- | vorts of poor work that has been done in | the past and is still being done for the City no one, to my knowledge, has ever | pacity . for him, and had he lived long | enough to carry out his intentions in the ! Then again, we | THE PARK'S NEW' LODGE A Handsome Design Is Ac- cepted by the Board of Commissioners. INTENDED TO BE ORNAMENTAL. The Architect Tells All About the Plans and Interlor Ar- rangements. ‘Work on the new Park Lodge will prob- ably begin in afew days. Plans for the lodge have been submitted to and accepted by the Commissioners, and the only thing that remains to be done is to see just how much money can be spared at the present time. Park Commissioner Austin says that if there is not enough money on hand to complete the structure this year, then only the office part will be undertaken, and the residence of the superintendent will be finished next year. Commissioner Rosenfeld, however, is more sanguine than his associate, and says that work on the lodge will commence in a few days and be pushed rapidly forward until completed. He says that the plans submitted may be slightly altered to meet the financial end of the problem, but that in ageneral way the architect’s plans will be adhered to. “The building is to be in two parts,” said Edward R. Swain, the architect, yesterday, “‘one for the use of the superin- tendent as a residence and the other for the Park Commissioners. The former will be two stories in height and the latter one | story, though both will have attics.” “The residence portion will contain a re- ception-room, ball, bedroom, dining-room and kitchen on the first floor, with five bed- rooms and accessories on the second story. The Commissioners’ part contains the su- perintendent’s office and entrance lobby, secretary’s office, Commissioners’ meeting- room and drafting-room, together with the necessary lavatories. This portion of the buildin% will also contain a large steel vault 6 feet wide, 11 feet longand 10 feet high. The interior will be fitted up with document files and pigeon-holes for the storage of papers. The lodge will be built of stone, laid | atter the fashion known as broken ashlar. | The rafters and all exterior wood finish will be in stained Oregon pine. The roof proper will be tiled. The in- in all of them, and the outcome will bethe | terior finish of the Commissioners’ room | will be in East-coast Mexican, mahogany, | divided into large panels of leather and | brass nail work. The remainder will be | finished in highly polished Eastern white | oak. The interior finish in the residence polr(!icm will be in redwood and polished | oak. The floor of the porches will be laid in | fire tile, in keeping with the rustic appear- ance of the exterior of the building. All the plumbing will be open and after the - - THE NEW PARK LODGE DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT EDWARD R. SWAIN, over their noon lunches. Smith’s name was repeatedly mentioned, and theory was rife as to secret causes involved in the dis- ruption of the well-known firm. TLvery speculation on the subject wound up with a query as to whether the missing bookkeeper, 8 mith, could not return now that the svndicate wheat had been disposed of and the firm conducting the deal has been dissolved. But with all these rumors and speculations there may be more to the story than has yet been told, as will ap- pear in the statements of Dr. Marc Lev- ingston quoted further on. ‘When Louis C. Bresse, one of the Fair trustees, was approached on the subject his manner was unnecessarily brusque. “I do_not know anything about the transactions of McGlauflin & Co.,” he saic “I did not even know the firm had di: solved or that there was any thought ofa dissolution. In fact, 1 have not seen my brother for two days.” Do you know how Senator Fair first be- came interested in wheat?’ was a *I do not know anything about have no time to talk.” Eugene A. Bresse was asked a direct uestion about the reported dissolution of the firm and his answer was as follows: “Yes, we have dissolved and are now bringing our business to a close. Ihave been worked pretty hard for the last three years and think I deserve a rest.” “What is there in the story that Me- Glautlin & Co. got the late Senator Fair in- terested in wheat through the influence of your brother, who was his private secre- tary ?” x ““Well, I suppose people have a right to their opinions and must _express them. I do not care to say anything on the subject, however, and all I can tell you is thatT am glad to be able to take a rest. I have passed a good many sleepless nights dur- ing the last two or three years and I feel like getting away where I will not hear of wheat or any of the newspaper stories thereon. There has been so much said in the press about this matter that I am tired out. It is time a stop was called, I think.” It was obviously a sore subject to Mr. Bresse, and he so expressed himselfin as many words in concluding the interview. He would. have nothm%to say about the missing bookkeeper further than that they were as ignorant of his whereabouts now as they ever were. The™ several brokers and commission men talked to on the subject spoke without reserve. George W. McNear recalled the fact that Louis C. Bresse acted as clerk for L. W. McGlauflin before he secured the position as Fair's private secretary. He afterward obtained his former position with McGlauflin for his brother, who was subsequently taken into the business as a partner. % ‘“There is something very peculiar in the whole thing,” said Dr. Marc Levingston, one of the Fair executors under the holo- graphic will, when asked for information concerning the connection of the other trustees with McGlauflin & Co. “I have no desire to antagonize the trus- tees any more than 1 had to during the legal proceedingsincident to the probating of the will in which I am made anexecutor, but I must say there is something very strange in the whole transaction. T have been called into consultation with the trus- tees on other matters connected with af- fairs of the estate, bm‘ not on this wheat deal. I havealways held the opinion, and ed. it, and in the way of street paving, cesspool and sewer building and general contracting. The reports made to Mayor Sutro by his expert, George T. Gaden, who is an ardent member of the Civic Federation, have set the members of all the municipal reform organizations to thinking. More than that, it has set them to investigating on their own volition. Many of them have gone over the streets reported by Mr. Gaden to have been badly paved, and they have come to the same conclusion as that reached in his report, that the City has paid some very fancy prices for a iarge quantity of very poor work. The exact date or the manner of the organization of the new committee has not yet been determined upon, but it is an assured fact that it will be pushed, and will go ahead with the work. July 1 next, when the Levingston charges against the quartet of members of the Civic Federa- tion have been disposed of, one way or the other, will probably be the date of the organization. Already several semi-official communications have passed between different members of the three clubs, each dwelling ufion the necessity of such a com- mittee as the one proposed, and each giv- ing assurance of hearty co-operation in its | formation. The Merchants’ Association, which is particularly interested in good pavings and good streets, will probably take the initiative in the matter at the next meet- ing of the newly elected board of directors. CORONER'S VERDICTS. The Facts in Regard to Two Suicides and One Murder Were Brought out. Inquests into the cause of the deaths of Howard Smith and James Howard were held yesterday at the Morgue. The Cor- oner’s jury found that Smith had commit- ted suicide while insane, and that Howard came to his death ‘‘at the hands of persons unknown.” Howard Smith was the witness in the Matthews-Winthrop case who cut his !'throat the day after the inquest on Mrs. Matthews was held. He brooded over the woman’s death in Laurel Hill Cemetery and told his relatives he was afraid of im- plicating Winthrop. James Howard was clubbed to death on the 3d inst. on Howard street. So far no trace of his murderer has been found. In the case of Charles Koelling, who was killed by Frank Cratscar in front of 941 Folsom street, the jury charged Crats- car with murder. Detective Coffey said he had traced the murderer to Vacaville and there lost track of him. ; The woman who committed suicide by gas in the Baldwin annex on Ellis street was proven not to have been Minnie Meyers. She was therefore placed on the records as *‘unknown.” e To Safe Deposit Renters. The Union Trust Company of San Francisco corner of Market, Montgomery and Post streets, offers to the public safes for rent in the strongest, best guarded, best lighted and most modern vaults west of Chicago at from $4 to $150 per annum. Vaiuables of allkinds stored at reasonable rates = THERE is an article on the market seidom equaled and never excelled—Jesse Moore Whis- ky. Moore, Hunt & Co. guarantee its puriiy. * most approved custom. The costof the lodge is not definitely known, because it is probable that a few alterations will be made in the plans submitted. The new building is to stand beneath the knoll facing the present house at the park ethnce, and grading has begun at that place. ON THE ORICKET FIELD. Matches for To-Day—A Representative Team May Go East. Among the cricket events billed for to- day at Klinknerville the cup match be- tween the Bohemians and the Californias should be most interesting and weorth the journey to see, as the former are much weakened by sick members and the latter much strengthened by new blood. The Bohemians are becoming noted for putting up a good game at a critical time, and may win, although should 'their colors be low- ered there would not be much sarprise. At the club grounds at Alameda the champions will have the Pacifics as their opponents in the cup tie. A good game from everydpoint of view is expected, and should end in another victory for the champions by a small margin. Rumors are flying around that it might be within the realms of possibility that a representative team of California cricketers may be sent East to try conclusions with the different city and State teams. Of course, from a monetary point of view, this would be a dismal failure, for the expenses of a team—say of twelve—are very great, and in no one city, except Philadelphia, would the receipts meet the expenses, as the game outside of that city is not yet sufficiently popular. The idea has only just been mooted, and everything is in the nutshell state; but still, should 1t be suc- cessfully managed, the representatives of the Golden West would be equal to and better than the majority of the Eastern teams. e California Volunteers. The Society ot California Volunteers met at the Occidental Hotel last night, Captain Wash- burn presiding. The invitation to parade on the 4th of July was declined, but the veterans will participate in the celebration by joinin the procession in carriages. The members o the organization are so scattered throughout the country that a_sufficient force cannot be concentrated in San Francisco to make an effective display. L, . Greer Harrison to Speak. William Greer Harrison will deliver a lecture on “Shakespeare’s Geography end Shake- speare’s New Woman,” under the auspices of the Geographicel Society of California, next Tuesday evening, at Golden Gate Hall. ————— A New Department. Furniture moved, stored, packed and shipped at low rates by Morton Special Delivery. Only experienced men em- Eleoyed; equipment first class. Offices, 31 ary street and 408 Taylor street. * ———————— A rattling remedy for rheumatism was tried on an old farmer in Springfield, N. J. For several months he had been bedridden with the disease. Six tightly corked bot- tles of water were placed on the stove. In half an hour they exploded, causing the terrified patient to bound from the beg and tun downstairs. The rheumatic pains have left him. NEW TO-DAY. A SHOE CO. HILADELPH STAMPED ON A SHOE MEANS STANDARD OF MERIT. DO YOU RIDE A BIKE? The popular pastime of the present is to ride & Bioycle, and no more health-giving exercise can be found. Tt is adapted for old or young, and of late the ladies have taken kindly to it, and whether they wear skirts or bloomers it is necessary for them to wear leggins. 1 recognizing that fact we have put in s fine stock of Long and Knee Lege gins, and, as usual, we will sell them lower than our competitors. The long leggin that comes up over the knee we will sell for $1 50, and the leggin that reaches to the Knee for $1.00, which is 50 cents per pair cheaper than they can be bought for eisewhere. Remember, it will pay you to trade With us, 88 We Can save you mouey on every articl of footwear yon require. Ladies riding bicycles require Bicycle Shoes specially made for that purpose, &s the regular shoe or Oxford Is not adapted for riding, and es- pecially on bicycles with rat-trap pedals. We have a very fine Ladies' Low Cut Bicycle Shoe, made of a finé kangaroo kid, that fits the foot well, and can be guaranteed for wear, and which we will sell fop B2.50. These shoes are unlined, are easy on the feet, and are just the thing for ladies who wish to wear coms fortable shoes. Ihey retail elsewhere for $3. Men's Low-eut Bicyele Shoes. . $2.00 Men’s High-cut Bieyele Shoes. . $2.50 ‘This Is the season when Russet Oxfords are !2 demand, as they are easy and cool on the feet an Dresent a very Datty appearance. We have a coms plete stock of Tan Oxfords and Southern Ties om hand, and we will sell them at the lowest marke| rates. We are making a special drive of Ladies' Tan-colored Russet Goat Oxiords, with pointed toes and V-shaped tips, which we will'sell for $1.285. These Oxfords are hand-turned and require n breaking in, and we carry them in G D snd widths. @~ Country orders solicited. #&Send for New Lilustrated Catalogue. Address B. KATCHINSKI, 10 Third Street, San Francisco. PHILADELPHIA SHOE CoO. REDUGED T0 $2 PER BOTTLE! Any one in San Francisco using this Restorer for Gray Hair or Dandruff wilk receive their momey in full if they are not Satisfied with results. Mme. Marchand—DEAR MADAM: At your re. quest T have carefully analyzed your Gray Hale estorer. In my judgment it is an effective prep- aration and will 1ot injure the hair or the general health. I can cheerfully recommend it to your This_is to certify that I am well acquainted with W. T. Wenzell, and that I consider him one of the chemists in San Francisco and a gentleman of the strictest integrity. C.'A. CLINTON, M.D., Ex-member of Board of Health. 1 indorse Dr. Clinton’s opinion of Professor Wen- zell. WILLIAM SEARBY, Chemist. This 18 to certify that T know Professor Wenzell and know him to be correct in every detai W. H. LOGAN, Ph.G., M.D. The Antoinette Preparations are indorsed by many of our most eminent chemists and physie cians. This Restorer is not a Dye, and does not stain the scalp. SINPLES OF CRENE DE LA CRENE GIVEN AWAY. > MME. MARGHAND, Hair and Complexion Specialist, 121 POST STREET, ROOMS 32-36, Telephone 1349. HONTGONERY & GO, GROEERS. For the ensning week we quote: CHOCOLATE. Ghirardelli’s Eagle, per 1b. Baker’s Eagle, perlb.... Ghirardelli’s Eagle, ground, 1-1b. tins. Ghirardelli’s Vanilla, perlb............ COoCoA. 3 Ghirardelli’s Breakfast, per tin Baker’s Breakfast, per tin. Fry’s Homeopathic, per tin. Epps’ Homeopathic, per tin. Taber’s Entrance. ‘We are the only house in the city that sells Schweitzer's Cocoatina, ‘‘the queen of cocons.” 31 Sixth Street. 118 Third Street. 1645 Polk Stree. SAN FRANCISCO. STORES N.B.—Store closes every evening st 7 (SEALED) MAILED FREE, 103 pages, cloth-bound, on Lrrors of o’clock, except Saturday. Youth and Diseases of Men aud Bnanm..,. Address Dr. LOBB, 28 North Fifteenth Street, Phlladelphia,