The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 20, 1895, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1895. COLIMA'S DECK LUMBER, Manager R. A. Schwerin Tells How He Inspected It. WAS THE SHIP TOPHEAVY? Conversation With Captain Taylor Before the Ship Left Here. A. Echwerin, vice-president and gen- al manager of the Pacific Mail Steam- ship Company, was the only witness before the Colima court of inquiry yesterday. He estified : Question—Did_you have any conversation with any one before the steamer eailed with re- gard o' the Colima being cranky? Answer— No. . —Have you any idea how many people were on the Colima when she leit Mauzanillo?. A.— No; but I can furnish you with that informa- tion the records of the company. q you plesse ao that? A.—I will. I 1o make & statement_in regard to 1saw, in the MORNING CALL ion reported to be one lor of the Colima to the ted to taking the ship 1thatshe was topheavy and quoted as saying unless he took her out I would put some other _captain on the ship who would. Under oath Istate that this_is so0. According to my usual « I oug inspected the sbip 0 sew, and aiter the inspection hed 1 turned to ptain and saia Dewspar IThadw effect k out on the grou that ] was uch gratified to hear d it shall be my endeavor not ip in present conditior omake her look better.” as I bade him good take good care of your ship and your you had experience atsea? A.— steen years as an officer in the navy. has been testimony concerning the the Colima. Did you inspect the linspected them and saw that equipme the boat ou t and provisions, and when the ship left here every fall in the boats was e boats ready for service. This i my inspection of all our steam- leaving San Francisco on sa h the captain, superintendent a tment. comment on the boats think it proper for er hoa lashed ur of 2 moment t nesses, testi- 10 10. Will h he thinks 1 8s to speed ¢ xplain the ? A from zero to 10—z 10 a hurricane. The nt the light airs and ber on the upper ‘A.— Ishould say ight guard raiiaround Istood on the t, and told him I wanted orward shroud g to an awning stanchion. There that the steerage passengers use the ship for loafing, and I wanted the > the greatest precaution to Jrevent meeidents to anyof the passengers. fe then and there ordered the fe-line as I directed. Was that lumber Inshed? A, ; as far inary weather was concerned. In sea- = there are two classes of lashing; one her is for bad weather or 1 security is er on the uppe in any way to make If 1 had any such r gone e time I d her. It might said that @ ship should not ge 1o ig, that they ought she moes to sea because ence they ¥ have you avy deck- h & conling ker coal iy ording to my wl- ryivors have gone to their des- as adjourned until next P M. S AN INTERESTING SUIT. It Will Have a Eearing on the Lia- of the Colima’s Owners. ing enit is now in progress tes District Court before The greatest admiralty State are zed in the e, and fic Mail any is watching the out- terest. In the case fail Company is almost tion as the defendant at mer Emily and of the estate of Charles Or., vs. Albert A . Milton Andros and Naihan H. Fr: ppear for the plaintifs, | and Charles and C. P. Eels for the o is the owners of the art of 1893 the Emily, 0 of general merchan- dise and a full passen, this port for Coos Ba the st Captain Roberts espied the steamer Bawnmore bard and fast on a rock. He went to_her assistance, pulled her off the rock and into a place of safety 3 Several tuzs were sent from sist the Bawnmore, but Cap- 2oberts would not let go and elected to tow the coliier into port. This he did successfully. On arriving here Roberts left the ship and Captain T. W. Lucas went out in charge. During this second attempt to reach her destination the Emily was tost and Charles Robinson of Marshfield lost his life. In their answer to the complaint the owners of the Emily pleaded that the ves- On 'the way up sel was lost through “peril of the sea,” and | . also that they were liable for no damages further than the value of the wreckage re- covered. In fact they said to the piaintiffs in the suit: *“Take whatever isleft of the smily and her cargo, for thatis all you will ever get out of us.” In his argument before Judge Hawley yesterday, Nathan Frank held that the Emily was unseaworthy at the inception of the voyage, and furthermore cited authorities to show that the owners could not limit their liability. “If the Emily was unseaworthy owing to poor storage of cargo or if the captain in charge was not a competent man,” said ¥rank, “then my clients are entitled to damages in the amount prayed for.” Another point raised by the plaintiffs in the case is the fact that the Emily deviated from the regular course in order to tow the Bawnmore into San Francisco, in spite of the fact that there were a couple of tugs in attendance ready to perform a like seryice. e APPEAL FOR RELIEF. The Pacific Mail Steamship Com- " pany Asks for Exemption Frxom Liability. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 19.—The Pa- cific Mail Steamship Company has filed a petition with Judge Brown of the United States Distriet Court, asking for exemption from liability for all damages occasioned ulate you on the | Captain Taylor re- | s of the boats were there, ineluding about two and a half | top of the lnmber | first officer to0 | p where, in the | er list, sailed from | surrender to the court for the benefit of those having claims against the company its interest in the wrecked vessel and freight money earned in her last fatal voyage. Samuel H. Lyman was to-day appointed trustee to receive the transfer of interest and hold it for the berefit of creditors who might prove their claims. The court di- rected that an order be made commanding all persons claiming damages by reason of the wreck to present their claims to Com- missioner Thomas Alexander on or before | October 1 next. A HUGE MEMORIAL. Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald’s Pro- posed Petition for a Japanese Restriction Act. Although the Japanese cooly labor in- vestigation has been practically con- | cluded Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald | does not propose that the matter shall be | dropped. When he started out to look | into the cheap labor question it was not | with the idea of being able to deport cool- Iies, or even convict Japanese contractors ! who have been importing coolies from { Japan and Victoria, but rather to gather | statistics on which to base a memorial to Congress to pass a restriction act that will shut Jap laborers out of the State. He has | secured the data to show that Japs are be- | ing brought into the State on contracts either written or implied, that cheap cooly laborers are crowding white laborers out of the field, and that thousads of Japs are being employed, while thousands of white men are idle and in want. These facts will be arranged within a few days. Mr. Fitz- gerald will at once circulate a petition for signatures along the entire coast. He will e th petitions in all the prominent places in the larger cities and in every | newspaper office in the interior towns. | When Congress meets Mr. Fitzgerald ex- pects to present more signatures for a Jap- anese restriction act than were presented against the railroad refunding bill. ANOTHER DESERTED BABY, | Little *“ Elsmere Welson” Is Now in the Care of Sis- ter Julia. | | | Strange Action of a Middle-Aged | Woman—No Clew to the Littie | One’s Parents. | R There is a new member of the household of babies which Sister Julia has under her care at the Infants’ Shelter, 579 Harrison street. It isa wee bit of a baby only three weeks old, and arrived in a rather mys- | terious manner on Tuesday night. The little one was not taken direct to the Shelter, but was left at the drugstore owned by Dr. J. F. Dillon, at the corner of Fourth and Harrison streets. Sister Julia was first made aware of its existence and forlorn condition about 9 o’clock Tuesday evening, when she was summoned to the door by the bell ringing. | On the step stood a middle-aged woman, who was apparently laboring under strong She informed the sister that she had found an infant lying on the door- step of a house on Harrison street, near Fourth, and taken it to Dr. Dillon’s drug- store. She wanted to know if the sister would take it in. “I told her,”’ said Sister Julia, “that T | would look into the matter and send for v. She saidshe was known at the tore and that I could there tind out e was. 1 did not know then that ied to induce a Jad v to take the infant, but the { lady was not satisfied with her story. Al- though 1 look after-deserted and friendless little ones, 1 always investigate a case first, so I sent one of my nurses to the drug- store. She found the baby, but not the ! woman. | “The baby was dressed in very neat white garments, and its tiny head was buried in u pretty pink and white lace cap, which was perfumed. A warm, black, woolen shawl was wrapped around it. To this | shawl Dr. Dillon told me a piece of paper as pinned, upon which the name ‘Bls- w mere one corner of this slip of paper was a ten- dollar gold piece. Thatis all the doctor would tell me about the infant coming into his possession. It is the third or fourth case th. | through him.” “All I know about the matter,”’ said Dr. | Dillon yesterday, ‘‘is that a little before 9 o’clock, while I was busy with customers, | T noticed a well-dressed middle-aged | woman with a baby bundled up in the | store. She spoke about finding a baby, | and I referred her to Sister Julia. She went out and it was not until afterward that I noticed that the infant had been left behind. Soon after Sister Julia telephoned me, and later sent her nurse down for the baby. Idid notat first give her the slip with the name on it,as I wanted it for future reference. As she insisted upon getting it, I sent it to her. “As for the $10, I took it from the paper for safe keeping. As for knowing the woman, I say emphatically that I do not. I cannot remember ever having seen her before. It is true that babies have been left here before, and I have always seen that they were properly cared for. That is something I cannot help, but I suppose the reason is that I have treated a great many cases among poor women out of charity, and that is why T am singled out in these matters. From the dress of this | infant I should not conclude that its par- nts were poor. It is another peculiar case, that's all.” | ACROSS THE SANTA MARIA, | A Massive Steel Bridge to Be Finished | This Week for the Southern | Pacific Railway. | The long steel bridge across the Santa | Maria River at Guadalupe, Santa Barbara | County, will be finished this week by the | Southern Pacific contractors. When com- | pleted this bridge will rank among the | best of its kind on the Pacific Coast, though it is not regarded by Chief Engi- neer Hood of the Southern Pacific con- struction department as a particularly striking bit of engineering. The railway down the coast has been completed to Guadalupe, and erading is | now being dome further south in Santa Barbara County. Building this bridge has been rather slow work and it delayed con- struction of the line quite a good deal. Just as soon as it is all together and trains can run across the river, which will be in about two weeks from now the constraction trains will go to the front with material, | and track laying will then be resumed. | The gap below is a matter of something | like fifty miles which will not take long to | cover, provided the railway company de- | termines to push the work. This, how- | ever, is a doubtful question at present, and | the railroad officials will not say how soon | trains may run down the coast line to Los | Angeles, The Santa Maria bridge has seven spans | 180 feet each in width, resting on solid | piers of masonry. The sixth span was put | Into its place yesterday and the force of | builders are raising and moving the last link in the massive chain of steel trusses up to where it shall stand upon the piers. . The Strongest Men Grow Weak Sometimes. The short cut to renewed vigor is taken by those sensible enough to use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters systematically. It re-establishes impaired digestion, enables the system to assimi- late food, and combines the qualities of a fire medicinal stimulant with those of a sovereign pre- ventive remedy. Malaria, dyspepsia, constipation, rheumatic, nervous and kidney complaints are cured and averied by it. by the wreck of the Colima, and offers to ! who lives | Welson® was written. Wrapped up in | Las reached me as coming | GRASSHOPPERS AT WORK, The Pests Are Stripping Vine- yards at Novato in Marin County. HATCHED BY HOT WEATHER. They Eat Parls Green and Grow Fat on It—Their Advance Unchecked. The vineyards and orchards in Marin County are threatened with destruction by swarms of grasshoppers that have made their appearance in that section since Sun- day. The present hot spell of weather seems to have hatched the pests by the millions. At Novato they are advancing upon the vineyards in swarms, and their course is marked by barren ground and bare grapevines. Every spear of green grass and every leaf is devoured by the advancing columns. The first appearance of this pest was on the old De Long property, now owned by the Novato Land Company. R. D. Hatch, the foreman of the ranch, hastened to San Francisco yesterday to consult with Mr. Filcher of the California State Board of Trade and Mr. Lelong of the State Board of Horticulture and learn whether any- thing can be done to exterminate the ad- vancing foe. He brought with him a grape vine that had been stripped of every particle of leaf and green bark. On Sunday it was in full Grape Vine After the Visitation of the Grasshoppers. foliage and covered with young grapes. Now nothing but the fibrous and woody parts remain. Mr. Hatch is sorely troubled, as the pests have attacked a beautiful vineyard that covers 100 acres, and he has every cause to fear that the other vine- yards on the property as well as those in | the county will be destroyed before any- thing can be done. He said that the grasshoppers are still very young and their wings have not come out yet, but they get there just the same. He first noticed them on Monday. They were traveling by millions down from the pasture lands. The front of the column | was as straight as the alignment of a com- pany of soldiers and extended for haifa mile or more. They were headed for the green vine- yards and nothing could stop their prog- ss. The little pests were, and are, so thick that people and stock walking along crush the hoppers at every step. "They fell upon the first Tow of vines in the 100-acre tract, which they destroyed in avery short time. Then the next row fell victim. A noticeable feature is that the | hoppers clean up one row of vines before attacking another. The first to appear | have increased alarmingly in size, and | their appetites and destructive ability has | increased correspondingly. The numbers are rapidly increasing, and now the hop- | pers vary from a kernel of wheat to the | tip of a lead pencil in size. They give | promise of a very large growth. As soon as their wings come out it is be- lieved they will rise and spread overall the vineyards and orchards in that lo- cality. Mr. Hatch has hunted in the hills to find where they come from and has con- cluded that the grasshopper eggs are hatching all over the pasture lands. Iithe hot weather continues for a few days { longer it is feared that enough wiil be brought into life to cause a great decrease in the size of the crops. Those already in existence will cause much damage. The extinction of the grasshopper ap- pears almost out of the question. Several years ago, when this pest destroyed the crops in various parts of the State, innu- merable experiments were made in this di- recuon, but all to no practical purpose. Tar, coal oil, ditches and heavy smoke proved too expensive. Spraying with paris green in quantities sufficient to destroy grasshoppers also destroyed the fruit and vines. Before Mr. Hatch left the vineyards he green into flour paste. This paste was spread on boards the entire length of the vineyard between two rows of vines. ‘When the young grasshoppers reached the board they stopped just long enough to eat all the paste, poison and all, and then attacked the next row of grapevines. “Kill them? Not much,” said Mr. Hatch. “The stuff seemed to sharpen their appetites, and they attacked the next row of vines with renewed vigor.” 1t has been several years since grasshop- pers haveswarmed in Marin County, and their appearance now 1s regarded with alarm by the people having growing crops in that section. MERCHANTS WHO INQUIRE They Doubt the Begging Methods of the Army of Heaven at Hand. Its Captain Insists That It Must Be Voluntarilly Sup- perted. For some years the charitable of the City have been contributing to the support of the Army of Heaven at Hand. Re- cently it has developed that the activity of this organization has interfered with the usefulness of institutions intended to ameliorate the condition of the poor, and friction has ensued. 8ince the Co-operative Commonwealth has taken charge of the Free Labor Burean of the State, at 215 Sansome street, 2900 men have enrolled their names among those anxiousto get employment. A few hundred have been put to work. There is )I"mmise of work for several hundred more. here are many, though, who have no hope of immediate employment. What is worse, they are actually “suffering for the necessities of life. An attempt nas been made to help these men. Mrs. M. E. Simonds, one of the directors of the Co- operative Commonwealth, has devoted herself to the success of the new labor bureau. Her sister, Mrs. Rose Meachem, is sklso prominently identified with the WOTK. “Everywhere we went,” said * Mre. had his men mix a large quantity of paris | ' Simonds yesterday, ‘‘we found that we had been precededgy the soldiers of the Army of Heaven at Hand. Who they were no- body knew. They only knew that the men claimed to belong to a religious organiza- tion, and the merchants helped them.” The complaints of Mrs, S8imonds have been re-enforced by the wholesale merchants along Front, Davis and Battery streets. A representative of the commission firm of | A. Levy & Co. of Washington and Davis streets was among the objectors. “I’d like to know who these fellows are, anyhow,” he said. “They drive down here in their soldier clothes with a rattle- ! trap of a wagon and ask us to give them something. They are polite enough and tell us they want the things for the Army of Heaven at Hand. If I have had any- thing handy, a box of abples that may not keep long, a sack of potatoes that has ripped open and lost part of its contents, or anything else that is not in the best marketable trim I have told them to take it along. “Other firms along the street have done the same thing, They have got enough to Keep a gocd-sized army alive, but I have never heard any more of the army, and I have been wondering whether or not we have been 1mposed on. Itlooksto me as if they were a lot of healthy beggars who are getting an easy living ogt our generos- ity without working for it. ““If this is so I think it is time tocry quits. There are too many worthy unem- ployed men in the city who are anxious to work for us to be able to support in ]uxuri a crowd of lazy men who will not worl merely because they are lazy and have the effrontery to demand a good living of the world.”” The Army of Heaven at Hand, which has caused all this disturbance, is situated on Channel street, between Eighth and Ninth. The army is under the control of General Stephen Maybell and Mrs. Mary Maybell, his wife, and consists of about a dozen persons. The land upon which they live is a part of the grant made to the railroad by the State. On it are a number of ramshackle buildings in which the “army’’ is housed. Here they live, having been given a long lease at a nominal figure, and it is here the supplies are brought that come from the contributors to General Maybell's diminu- tive host. At present General Maybell is at work ona chapel. He hopes to have it com- pleted in about ten days. He is working on it with one of his soldiers. *‘The Bible says a man should give up a tenth of his goods to the church,” said General Maybell. ““But there is no 10 per cent religion. We believe a man should ive up everything, his life, his soul, his fiod_\'. Then he can hope to be pure and good and being without sin to live forever. For you can readily understand,” he said, ‘“that in heaven there is no death.” General Maybell seemed averse to telling of the begging tours of the soldiers of his “army.” e insisted that the army was kept up as was any other church by volun- tary contributions, and it was through these that he expected tolive without labor to the end of time. MISSION IMPROVEMENTS Some of the Many New Build- ings Going Up in That Neighborhood. A Club Organized for Better Sewers and a Boulevard Along Pre- cita Avenue. The Mission and south side of San Fran- cisco generally is experiencing a marked revival in real estate values. This is caused by the extension of streetcar lines tion and activity of improvement clubs and the erection of new buildings, most of which are to be pretty dwelling-houses. Among those now in course of erection are: A two-story frame awelling at Seven- teenth and Capp streets. The owner is Margaret L. McNamara. The building is to cost 0. A residence on Brannan street, adjoining the Church of St. Rose. It will cost $3430. The owner is Rev. D. Nugent. A frame dwelling at Fourteenth street and Julian avenue, belonging to Mrs. Bridget Costello. Tt is to cost $1700. A one-story frame, containing three dwellings, on Mission street and West avenue, belonging to C. A. Clinton. 1t is to cost $2870. A store is being put under his house at Eighteenth and Guerrero streets by Judge Hornblower, A cottage is being built on Chattanooga street by M. Bannon. St. Luke's Hospital, at Twenty-eighth and Valencia streets, is to be enlarged. Michael Dolan is building two five-room cottages at Nineteenth and Hartford streets. They are to cost $3000. Martin Johnson is putting up a $3000 two-story dwelling at Twenty-fourth and Utah streets. The California Saw Works are to put up a building on their property at 213 Mission street which is to cost $3044 50. The Precita Improvement Club was or- ganized last Saturday evening. Its pur- pose is to get better sewers and a boule- vard along Precita avenue and Twenty- seventh street. Through the courtesy of the Mission Journal the following matters of interest to those living in the Mission have been obtained : 129, Young Borromean Council No. Men's Institute, held its semi-annual elec- tion Monday night. N. J. Hoey was | chosen as president; R.J. Dowdall, first vice-president, and P. F. Dillon, second vice-president. Rev. W. 8. Bovard, Methodist Episcopal address on Saturda; fore the Epworth Eas(or of the Trinity “hurch, derivered an evening, June 15, be: League on ‘‘The Verbal 3ob.” The lecture was given in the church and was largely attended by mem- bers of the congregation as well as by the league. The Trinity auxiliary of the Women'’s Home Missionary Society held its annual service on Sunday evening at Trinity Church, corner Sixteenth and Market streets. Rev. Mr. Bovard preached a brief sermon on the necessity of upholding the Civic_Federation in its work against the practical politicians. The reading of the reports of officers, addresses on the work of the society and music made up the re- mainder of the evening’s programme. A mock trial, with Rev. John Martin of Grace Church as Judge, is to be given by the Epworth League at Trinity Church on Friday evening, June 28. There will be an excellent musical programme as well and a small admission iee will be charged. The Preliminary Examination of J. C. ® Davis Commenced. The preliminary examination of J. C. Da¥is of Rochester, N. Y., on the charge of felony in passing a fictitious check was commenced before Judge Joachimsen yes- terday morning. g The case was that of Jacob Macowsky, jeweler, 211 Kearny street, who sold Davis a gold watch and other articles and re- ceived in payment a draft on the “*Ameri- can Exchange Bank, New York,"” for $200. Macowsky was placed on the witness- stand. As he did not sell the articles, but one of his clerks, the case was continued till this morning, so as to have the clerk in attendance. The defendant was represented by Attor- ney Frank M. Stone, and an argyment took place between him and Proseéuting Attorney Dare as to proving that the “American Exchange Bank of New York" only existed in Davis’ imagination. The Prosecuting Attorney promised to have proof that there is no such bank in New York. e England has 80,000 barmaids. the promise of better streets, the forma- | Felicities and Intensities of the Book of | JUGGLING WITH JUSTICE Disappearance of a Felony Complaint and Warrant of Arrest. J. H. LONG THE DEFENDANT. They Are Supposed to Have Been Stolen From Judge Campbell’s Court. An extraordinary thing happened in Judge Campbell’s court yesterday in the shape of the disappearance of a felony complaint and the accompanying war- rant of arrest. The presumption is that they were stolen, but by whom is a mystery. Yesterday morning Attorney Martin Stevens appeared in court with James Carroll of faro-bank fame. Stevens pro- duced a complaint which was sworn to by Carroll. The Judge signed the complaint and warrants, and handed them to Clerk O’Brien. The complaint charges Attorney James H. Long with felony embezzlement, the amount being $820, and the warrant was for his arrest. Judge Campbell fixed Long’s bonds at $1000. The trouble dates from the arrest of W. E. Paulsell on April 15, 1894, for the rob- bery of Uarroll and Weber’s faro bank on Market street. When Paulsell was searched at the City Prison, $840 in gold was found in his pockets. The money was trans- ferred to the custody of Property Clerk Cullen. - At Paulsell's preliminary examination in the Police &urt, Long appeared as special prosecutor on behalf of Carroll and \i’eber and took charge of the case till Paulsell was held to answer before the Superior Court. arroll and Weber laid claim to the $840, and on May 25, 1894, Long presented an order to Property Clerk Culien, signed by Judge Wallace, for the money. It was hanfied to him, with the exception of $20, which was retained as evidence and is still in Cullen’s possession. It is this $20 that Long was charged with having em- bezzled. Shortly after Attorney Stevensand Car- roll left Judge Campbell’s court, Attorney Long made his appearance. Hetold the Judge that there were no grounds for issuing the complaint. He had repaid $500 of the amount, and showed a receipt bear- ing out his assertion. The balance of $320 he had retained to pay for his fees as special prosecutor in the case of Paulsell. e asked the Judge to delay the service of the warrant till this morning to give him time to find sureties, to which the Judge consented. In the afternoon it was discovered that both complaint and warrant were missing. Clerk O’ Brien said he yave them to Prose- cuting Attorney Forbes, and the Prosecut- ing Attorney said he returned them to O’'Brien. Then O’Brien recollected that when he went to lunch, after the court had ad- journed at the mnoon hour, the com- laint and warrant were on too of hisdesk. f{elocked the courtroom door, but when he returned from lunch the door was un- locked. O’Brien did not miss the papers until | some one asked to see them, and then he could not find them. He came to the con- lusion that during the time he was at lunch some one haying a key to the court- | room door had entered and stolen the | papers, but who he was he was at a loss to | Imagine, as six or seven people were pos- sessed of keys that opened the door. Judge Campbell said he had no idea of what could have become of the papers. He was loth to believe that they had been stolen and thought O’Brien would yet find them in one of the drawers of his desk. When he signed the complaint he asked Stevens, not knowing who the defendant was, if the man was in town and Stevenrs replied in the affirmative, adding that he could easily be found. His first knowledge that it was Long was when Long spoke to | him in court about it. As there is neither a complaint nor a warrant Long could not be arrested. It remains to be seen whether Carroll will | swear to another complaint. THE FOURTH AT STOCKTON. A Day That Will Be Devoted to Aquatics, Athletics and Cycling. Tug - of - War Contests Between Teams Composed of Men of All Nations. The citizens of Stockton do not propose to be outdone by their sister cities in the way of amusement and general festivities on the Fourth of July. A grand athletic and water carnival will be features of pleasure and interest to the thousands who will attend the celebration in that city. The citizens’ committee and the Stock- ton Athletic Association have joined hands and the celebration will be of an athletic character as well as a grand water carnival. In the evening of July 3, in Stockton’s handsome pavilion, there will be an inter- national tug-of-war contest, in which teams representing Canada, England, Amenfca, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Scot- land and Denmark will participate, the finals to be pulled off at the field-day games. On the morning of the Fourth, after the arrival of steamers from San Francisco, crowds will assemble on the banks of the | river to witness aquatic sports. Stockton | claims to have the finest watercourse for | boat-racing in California. The water is as smooth as glassat all times, and the course, which has been surveyed (two miles with a turn), is so laid out that spectators on the banks will have a clear view of the races from start to finish. The races will consist of a senior four- oared barge, a junior four-oared barge, with cups }zor both first and second place in each event; a single-scull race for seniors and a single-scull race for juniors, with gold and silver medals for first and second place respectively. Already the various clubs in San IKrancisco are in training for the races. The South End senior crew, winners of the coast cham- pionship of 1894-95, will undoubtedly row in the senior race. The Olympics will probably enter their champion junior crew, and it is expected that the Acmes, | Ariels, Pioneers and Dolphins will enter | erews in both races. 5 { Among the single-scullers it is probable that Frank Duplissea of the South Ends, Frank Butler of Stockton and Len Haus- sler of the Dol})hins will meet. The citizens’ committee also intend to have the old-time professional oarsmen show that they have not forgotten how to handle the spoons. Henry Peterson, ! Charlie Long, Bill Growney and Jack Dunphy will probably row in the profes- sional shell race. In the barge race the famous crew, Dan Dougherty, Bob Mc- Dowell, Billy Thomas and George Duplis- sea will be matched against a Stockton professional crew. In the afternoon of the Fourth field-day sports under the sanction of the P. A. A. will take glmo at Goodwater Grove, at which handsome gold and silver medals will be offered. The list of events is as follows: 100-yard dash; 220-yard dash; 440-yard dash; "120-yard hurdle; putting 16-pound | shot; throwing 16-pound hammer; running high jump; running broad jump; standing broad jump; pole vault; one mile walk and pole vault; high jump and 100-yard dash for Juveniles under 15 years of age. Also bicycle races as follows: One-mile novice, scratch; one-mile class B handicap, and one-mile class A handicap. In the sprints Gill, Wand, Butz and other Olympians will take part. In the bicycle races, the Imperials, Olympics, Bay Citys and Acmes will participate. e day’s festivities will close with a grand display of fireworks and a Venetian water carnival on McCloud’s Lake. There will be all sorts of boats, gondolas, etc., in the evening’s entertainment. ‘The South End Rowing Club of this City is assisting the Stockton A thletic As- sociation in its efforts to make the athletic carnival a success. The oarsmen will go up on the evening of the 3d in a special steamer, returning the day after the Fourth, Transportation at reduced rates will be furnished by the steamboat lines, and every accommodation for the care and handling of private boats will be furnished by the association in its new and commo- dious clubhouse and boathoases. John E. Budd, brother of the Governor, president of the association, is giving to the proposed carnival his personal atten- tion. Heisably assisted in his work by Gus G. Grant, the energetic secretary. TESTING HEAVY LOCOMOTIVES. Two Big Freight Engines on the Steep Central Pacific Grade. Superintendent Fillmore received a re- port yesterday concerning engines 2010 and 2011, which are being worked together to haul heavy freight across the Sierra Ne- vadas. These two engines, the largest freight engines owned by therailroad com- pany, weigh eighty-five tons, and the train they were attached to weighed 820 tons. The engines had been worked singly, but thisis the first time they have been used together to haul a freight train. The test is a severe one, it being over the Cen- tral Pacific, between Sacramento and Rocklin, the steepest grade in the system. The report received was to the effect that the engines worked well, and the train was making from twelye to fourteen miles an hour between stations. TAK LEWY FOR NEXT YEAR, It Will Run Considerably Above the Dollar Limit. A General Expansion All Along the Line—Modern Streets and Schools Cost Money. Auditor Broderick and Clerk John A. Russell of the Board of Supervisors are just now sitting up at nights formulating the schedule of financial desires, if not necessities, of the several departments of the City government—this to be presented for the consideration of the Finance Com- mittee at its meeting on Friday. The estimates, as already submitted by the heads of these departments, are of such dignified proportions that the idea of the dollar limit has long ago been released and gone its way among other back num- bers. Auditor Broderick, in glancing over the tall figures last evening, said that if the expectations or plans of the departments | were reasonably met the tax levy as a whole could not fall below $2 25, including the State tax—about $1 61 for the City and Countv. “With the big levy for the City Hall, the levy for the new Kearny-street City Hall, the great increase in the demandsfrom the Btreet Department made necessary by the roposed Folsom and Market streets and Y’an Ness ayenue imorovements, the mod- ern notions and methods of street-sweep- ing, the amplification of the police system, the modernizing of the schools, the meet- ing of the big expenses entailed on the City by the new revenue law which neces- sitated the taking of the assessment, or a large part of the work, a second time, the payment of the salaries handed over from the present year, together with a large in- crease in the ordinary running expenses of many of the offices, will run the total of the levy up to that amount. “On a tax valuation of $330,000,000 this would net about ,000. About 5 per cent of the amount is not realized, which would knock off about $280,000. The ex- enses of the City are about $6,000,000. here are other sources of revenue, such { as licenses, fees, etc., which will make up the amount. The hope of the administra- tion is to come out without a deficit next year such as embarrasses the close of the present fiscal year. The deficit this year will fully amount to §200,000.” The whole schedule will probably be completed to-day and will be considered item by item by the Finance Committee on Friday. .- Trouble Over a Watch., Harry Lichtenstein was arrested yester- day on & warrant charging him with grand larceny. The complaining wiin Charles Tennebaum. It is slleged that Lichte stein loaned Tennebaum $5 and received as security his gold wetch. LicChtenstein went to Sacramento and being hard up pawned the watch and was unable to return it when Ten- nebaum claimed it. St The San Joaquin Valley Road. A meeting of the board of directors of the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Rail- road called for yesterday afternoon was post- ‘poned until this afternoon. REDUGED T0 $2 PER BOTTLE! Any one in San Francisco using this Restorer for Gray Hair or Dandruff will receive their money k‘in full if they are I uot Satishied with results. hest I have carefully anaiyzed your Gray Hair estorer. In my judgment it is an effective prep- aration and will no injure the hair or the general heaith. I can cheerfully recommend it to your patrons._Respectfully submitted, W. T. WENZELL, Analytical Chemist. This 18 to certify that T am well acquaintéd with W. T. Wenzell, and that I consider him one of the ablest chemisfs in San Francisco and & gentleman of the strictest integri ‘A. CLINTON, M.D., Ex-member of Board of Health. opinion of Professor Wen 1 indorse Dr. Clinton's zell. WILLIAM SEARBY, Chemist. LIA ‘This is to certify that [ know Professor Wenzell and know him to be correct in every decail V. Ph. D, * The Antoinette Preparations are indorsed by many of our most eminent caemists and physi- clans. This Restorer is not a Dye, and does not stain the scalp. SIMPLES OF CRENE DE LA CRENE GIVEN AWAY. MME. MARCHAND, #Hair and Complexion Specialist, 121 POST STREET, ROOMS 32-36, Taber’s Entrance. Telephone 1349, GAN, NEW TO-DAY. WHY WASTE TIME? It Is Folly to Experiment With the Many Pians advertised. Common-Sense Will Dictate That the Copeland System, Which Ef- fects Permanent Cures, Is the True One—$5 a Month, Medicines In- cluded. It is pure folly to experiment with the variety of plans advertised as ‘“sure cures’ for catarrh and other chronic diseases when it isknown for a positive fact that there isone system, and one only, which is {nvariably suc- cessful and brings about & permanent cure. This is known as the Copeland system, The people of this Coast have known it for years, since Drs. Copeland, Neal and Winn have been established here. It isasystem that applies through local and constitutional treatment, with medicines specially adapted to each indi- vidual case. It has nothing to do with ** cures” or “remedies” which suggest quackery in their very name. It is a thorough scientific system of treatment, clean, wholesome, sooth- ing, mild and effective. It haseured thousands of sufferers, and is curing thousands every year. What good does it do a sufferer to have some physician, by the use of powerful drugs, de- stroy the mucus membrane or put the disease tosieep? As soon as the effect of the drug has pussed away the suffering returns, “‘and the ast state of that man was worse than the first.” NASAL CATARRH. Why So Much TIs bout It—Danger of Neglect. Tt may have occurred to the average reader of the aaily papers to ask why it is that so much_is eaid by medical specialists catarrh. Nasal catarrh, when neglected, brings on a train of disorders are trightial. That it is a repulsive disease every one knows, but that it is the mother of many other complaints few know or appear to ap ast of all the catarrhal sufferer him 3 A typical case of catarrh is furnished by Mr. H. Ging, a popular gentleman, who lives at 1072 Howard street. H. GING, 1072 “T had catarrh for y my efforts to get rid of it wer until I went to the Copeland Me “For & time it seemed but a heavy cold, but it soon took on & more serious character. My nostrils were almost completely closed and great quantities of mucus gathered in my throat and kept me continually coughing and hawking. “T tried many physicians and all the reme- dies I could hear of, but nothing did me any good. Drs. Copeland eal and Winn made & careful examination and I began treatment h them. To-day I feel like another manj symptoms are all gone. I cannot find words strong enough 1o express my grati- tuds I did not bel e in advertising doctors, but seeing a case so near like mine I thought I would try, and now I believe in Drs. Copeland, Neel and Winn anywa: HOME TREATMENT. Every mail brings additional proof of the success of the home or mail treatment. id he, “and all If you cannot come to this office write for a symptom blank. $5 A MONTH. No fee larger than $5 a disease. Our motto i: Cure. Mild and Painl ronth asked for an Low Quic s Treatme The Copeland Mefical Tngtitas PERMANENTLY LOCATED IN THE COLUMBIAN BUILDING, SECOND FLOOR, 916 Market St, Next to Baldwin Hotal, Over Beamish’ H. COPE L, M.D. A M.D. ALTIES—Catarrh_a: zar, Throat and Lu kin Diseases, Ch e hou 9 to8:30 p. M. Sunday Catarrh troubles and successfully by mail. “or question eitenlars. 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