The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 24, 1895, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, 9 < LATEST OAKLAND NEWS, A Really Quiet Wedding Cele- brated in Classic Berkeley. DEAF MUTES ARE UNITED. Attempt to Kill in Court—Elaborate Preparations for the Fourth. Miss Dora Westfall and Harry Lincoln mond, both graduates of the Deaf and Dumb l}istiluli(\n of Berkeley, were united in marriage at Clarement, North Oakland, yesterday. = ) Westfall has never uttered a word in her life, while her husband has not talked since he was five years old. Their Jove for each other SPrung up some years ago when they were school-children to- gether, and ever since they have been de- | votedly attached to each other, ’1jhe marriage ceremony was rather a unigque one. It took place at the residence of ex-Senator H. J. McK usick on Clare- mont avenue. ev. Mrs. Wilkes of the First Unitarian Church of Oakland per- Harry L. Raymond and Miss Dora Westfall, the deaf mutes, who were made one yesterday. [From photographs.] formed the ceremony, which was inter- preted by Professor Wilkinson, principal of the State deaf and dumb institution, An Assault in Court. There was an exciting scene fora few minutes in Judge Lawrence’s courtroom in East Oakland on Friday morning last when “Mrs. Ahrans, a woman of some stature, attempted to shoot Manuel Duarte. parties for some uarte arrested xisting between the two tim Mrs. Ahrans had for malicious mischief, On the moraing mentioned the two par- ties appeared in court, and before the Judge arrived they began to tell their trou- ble to a couple of constables. The discus- sion between the two grew hotter and hot- ter. Mrs. Ahrans finally lost her temper and began to speak of her enemy in un- complimentary tones. Duarte answered her accusations as best he could and succeeded in stirring up her anger to a high pitch. She turned to Con- stable Welden and exclaimed: “I'll kill him! T'll shoot him! T'll blow the top of his head off!” With this she put herhand into her pocket. The Constable grabbed hold of her to take her weapon away, but she proved a match for him. The bystanders immediately jumped to his assistance and a lively tussle ensued. The woman clung to her revolver for dear life, and it was only after a desperate struggle that they succeeded in getting it from her. EKnights of Pythias Preparing. ven Sunday does . not stop the prepara- for Oakland’s big Fourth of July celebration. Yesterday morning the com- mittees appointed by the Knights of Pythias to arrange for the entertainment of their brother Knights, held a meetin, in Pythian Castle. Progress was reporteg on all sides. Arrangemeuts are being made to banquet and entertain over a thousand visiting members, who will come from all parts of the State. The entire First Regiment of San Francisco will be in attendance. The committee on float reported that they will havea representation of Damon and Pythias. The’Columbia, Calanthe, E and East Oakland temples of Rathbone | Sisters bad representatives present at the meeting who signified their willingness to degorate the two halls to be used in the day for banqueting and entertaining the visi- tors. The general Fourth of July committee on decoration has called for bids for dec- orating the telegraph and telephone poles on Broadway, Jor stretching flags across the principal streets and for lighting Twelfth street, from Broadway to the lake, with Chinese lanterns. The bids will be opened this morning. Constable Welden Arrested. Constable Welden of East Oakland was arrested Saturday on the charge of bat- tery sworn to by Michael O’Day. Thelatter was driving along East Twelfth streét, when his horse became unmanageable and ran away. It was stopped by Welden, who demanded that O’Day pay for some slight damage caused by bis horse upset- ting some fruit on the sidewalk. This he refused to do. In the parley that ensued the horse ran away a second time, demolishing the wagon attached to it and several others standing in the street. O’Day became so angry at his loss that he swore out the ‘warrant. Grass Fire at Piedmont. An extensive grass fire back of Piedmont caused great alarm to the residents.of that section yesterday afternoon. A gang of men with sacks, after a hard_straggle, succeeded in extinguishingit. Nodnmggc was done with the exception of destroying several acres of pasture. BERKELEY. Will Schmidt, the street contractor, has got himself into a squabble with the Town Trustees and K, G. Easton, another con- tractor. The trouble arose on last Friday evening when the bids for grading a por- tion of Shattuck avenue were opened before the board. Schmidt’s bid, as Clerk Hans- com read it, was 37 cents a cubic yard for doing the proposed work, while that of Easton was 30 cents. In accordance with the custom that street work should go to the lowest bidder. Easton was awarded the contract. Schmidt made no complaint at the time of the reading of the bids, but on the following day endeavored to make his | a friends believe that the seven was a one, and that his bid was 31}{ cents per cubic yard rather than 37)¢ cents. The figures have been examined by seve- ral prominent business men of the town, who declare that the figure following the 8isa 7. Schmidt persists in declaring that it is a eems that there has been bad blood | 1, and he proposes to demand the contract, as with his culvert.bids added, which are less than those ot Baston, his figure is the lowest. ' Building Boom. No less than twenty-five fine residences are now under course of construction within the town limits, several of which Will cost upward of $12,000 each. Two of tge houses now under way belong to members of the university faculty, one to Professor Irving Stringham and the other to Professor C. C. Plehu. The real estate transfers have not in- creased in proportion to the number of houses being built, as many of the new structures are being put up by old resi- dents and property-owners. The trustees of the Presbyterian church will soon break ground fongleir new build- ing, to be erected at the corner of Allston way and Ellsworth street, the cost of which will be about $17,000. The old Episcopal church has been re- moved from its original site to a larger lot | further up Baucrofi-\my, and the work of building the addition will be commenced this week. Church Services. Dr. Kellogg-Lane of Oakland, who filled the pulpit of the Baptist Church Sunday, the 17th inst., occupied it again yesterday. The lady has been asked by the trustees of the church to fill the pulpit until a per- manent pastor shall have been secured. Professor Blackledge, the recently ap- pointed vice-principal of Bates’ Gym- | nasium, preached both morning and | evening at the North Berkeley Congrega- tional Church. Rev. Eliza Tupper-Wilkes, an Evangel- istic worker, preached yesterday morning at Stiles Hall, under the auspices of the Unitarian Church. Will Arrest Saloon Men. Following out the order of the Board of Town Trustees, that all saloon men refus- ing to comply with the newly passed | liquor license ordinance requiring that a | fee of $200 annually be paid for the keep- of saloons be arrested, Marshal Lloyd | will this morning arrest those who come | under that head. The liquor men claim that irjustice | is being done to them in attempting to i exact another $100 for this year, since they already hold yearly licenses for which they paid_§$100, under the previous ordinance, and it is their purpose to fight the matter in the courts. | ALAMEDA. The funeral of William E. Probst was held yesterday aiternoon from the hall of { Alameda Parlor, N. 8. G. W., corner of | Paxk street and Santa Clara avenue. The funeral, one of the largest held in Alameda lin many months, was conducted under | the ritual service of the Native Sons. The | hall wouid not hold one-third of the crowd and Park street and Santa Clara avenue were blocked with friends and sympathiz- ers. Delegations were present from the Letter-carrier’s Union and Whidden Hose Company, of which the deceased was a member. The pall-bearers: were chosen equally from the letter-carriers, firemen and Native Sons, all of these organizations sending beautiful floral pieces. Flags were at halfmast from the fire houses and Na- tive Sons’ Hall and Whidden Hose Com- pany building at West End will bein mourning for a month. The interment wasin Mountain View Cemetery. Noodle Girls in Alameda. Noodle girls are operating on this side of the bay, and one of their intended vic- tims was John Fradsham of Oak street. They come on this side of the estuary after having exhausted their talents in Qakland and are looking for victims. The Verein Germania. The semi-annual meeting of the Verein Germania will be held this evening and ! new officers will be elected. A social is | programmed for July 29, when the verein will.hold _a *‘county fair.” The annual icnic will take place at San Lorenzo une 30. | Encinal Yacht Club. J. 8. Hanley and son sailed yesterday in the yacht Ca@rice as far as the Petaluma drawbridge. The Caprice was the only boat of the Encinal Yacht Club fleet to make the trip, as many of the club’s mem- bers are absent from the city. OPIUM FACTORY SEIZED, An Important Discovery is Made by Internal Reve- nue Agents. The Factory Was In Full Blast—Two Out of Five Chinese Ar- rested. Ah Jung and Wong Chung are in the County Jail charged with the illicit manu- facture of opium. They were caught in the act of preparing the drug at Irvington by internal revenue agentswho went there | from San Francisco last Saturday. At the same time the entire paraphernalia of a | five-furnace factory was confiscated, and | with it nearly a thousand poundsof opium. The arresting officers were Chief Deputy | Internal Revenue Agent Bert M. Thomas | and Deputy Internal Revenue Collector | Cavan. | _ The factory has been under surveillance | for some time past, and Thomas was only | awaiting a night on which it would be in full swing to make a raid. Everybody connected with the revenne agents’ office knew that the factory was located some- where in or near Irvington, and that it | wes in full blast twice a week, but | on what particular nights no one knew ex- | cept the Chinese themselves. n Saturday aftérnoon the much coveted information that a considerable quantity of crude opium had been shipped from Chinatown to the factory was given to | Agent Thomas and he accordingly de- termined to try nis luck that night. He and Cavan caught the last train, and getting off at Niles, drove in a bufigy to | their destination. The factory was found in the rear of a Chinese laundry, and there the two prisoners and three others were hard at work. The latter escaped through a back door and disappeared. The five furnaces were all at work, and in the pans over 100 pounds of the arug was cooking. Over 500 5-tael tins were packed and ready for shipping, and a large quantity of half-cooked stuff was found in buckets. The plant is the largest and most expensive that Agent Thomas has seized for a long time. Ah Jungand Wong Chung will be taken before United States Commissioner Heacock to-day and hand- ed over to Marshal Baldwin. o e The Wonderful Human Fish. One of ihe oddest human freaks that ever saw the light of day in the United States or, possibly, in any other country, is Herman Schepler, who was born at Cleveland, Ohio, In 1884. At last accounts the little fellow was living with his parents on 8t. Clair street in the above-named city, and was as bright and_happy as boys of his age usually are. He; n has a hand- some, inteliigent,lookin%lfcace and shapely, sunburnt hands. In t, to all out- ward appearance, he is an. ordinary boy, but those know him best say that the only msnrts of his anatomy that are cove: with common hu- man_skin are his face, neck, hands and feet and that the other portions of his body are literally incased in tiny, dark- blue fish scales. From the neck to the ankles this wonderful coat of mail so thoroughly covers the body that not the slightest section of skin bearing any sem- blance to that of the human being is visi- ble. The family were perfectly horror- stricken when the little ‘‘fish baby’’ was born, and for more than seven years man- to keep the matter a profound secret. owever, little Herman’s plhymates finally learned that their companion was & verita- ble fish. This soon leaked out and the matter became public. I understand that doctors and professors who have recently examined the are unanimous in pro- nouncing bim to be the “eighth wonder of ‘the world.”—8t. Louis Republic. | OAKLAND'S HEALTH BOARD. Mayor Davie Made Appoint- ments That Astonished the Allopaths. HOMEOPATHS ARE IN POWER. Drs. Curtls and Rogers Are Suc- ceeded by Drs. Selfridge and Larkey. The Okland Board of Health was given another tnrn by Mayor Davie last Satur- day evening and the board is now in full possession of the homeopaths and the allo- paths are sad. Late yesterday afternoon Dr. Rogers and Dr. Curtis, two of the recently ap- pointed homeopaths, handed their resig- nations to the Mayor with the request that they be immediately accepted. The Mayor had evidently. expected this move, for he had the appointments of their suc- cessors already made out. His new mem- bers were Dr. J. M. Selfridge and Dr. A. S. Larkey, both well-known homeopaths. These two, with Dr. Bradley, who was ap- pointed a few days ago, form a majority of the boardjand will control the patronage. Dr. Curtis says that he resigned because he had signed Paul Schaffer’s petition to be retained as secretary of the board be- fore changes took place. To fulfill his ob- ligation to the Mayor for his appointment he would be compelled to'vote for Schaf- fer’s dismissal in case such a matter was brought up, and the only honorable way out of the position was to resign. It is expected that a special meeting will be called this evening, when the changes desired by the Mayor and which were frus- trated by Drs. Shuey and Beckwith will be carried out. Paul Schaffer’s head will fall and E. W. Thurman, who was ousted to reinstate the old_secretary, will be returned to the office. Dr. Mayon will give way to Dr. Rogers as health officer, and Sanitary - Inspector Smith will be su- perseded by some friend of the Mayor. It is not improbable that the Mayor will be called upon to fill two more vacancies on Monday, as Drs. Fisher and Akerly, the two remaining allopaths on the board, are being urged by their friends to resign at once. The situation is likely to be further com- plicated by Secretary Schaffer, who will not give up his position without a fight. He was appointed for a year and believes that under the law he cannot be removed without cause. He will probably refuse to give up his office if ordered to do so by the board and will take the matter into the courts. 0DD FELLOWS' MEMORIAL. Tributes of Respect to Honored Mem- bers Who Died in the Last Year. Memorial Hall, 0dd Fellows’ building, was well filled yesterday afternoon by members of the fraternity assembled to observe annual memorial exercises under the auspices of San Francisco, Apollo, Ophir and Sargent lodges. The ceremonies were simple and im- pressive, beginning with an organ volun- tary by H. M. Bosworth, The intro- ductory remarks by the president, James Linforth, P. G., and the secretary, J. W. Perry, P. G., were brief. A hymn was sung by the choir and audience and a prayer offered by the chaplain, J. H. Simpson. The Plymouth male gnartet, composed of Frank Coffin, George A. Rice, Dan M. Warde and Charles L. Parent Jr., first sang ‘‘Hark, Hark, My Soul” and the dirge, ‘“‘Abide With e.”’ Retween | eulogies the guartet ssn;i “I Would Not Live Alway,’ “Still, Sti | With Thee” and “Good Night, I'm Going Home.” The last was given with touching and beautiful effect. A. P. Block, P. G., paid a tribute to the memory of John T.Grant, P. G., of San Francisco Lodge No.2. E. Larde, P. G., spoke of J. M. Moore. J. H. Moore, P. G., eulogized John H. Crocker and George W. Petersen of Apoflo Lodge No. 123. F. W. Jaeger, P. G., dwelt in fitting speech on the memory of W.J. McLaren and Antone Beck of Ophir Lodge No. 171. General remarks were made by John Leffler, P. G.. of Sargent Lodge No. 368. This lodge was singularly fortunate during the year 1894 in not losing a member by death. Memorial tributes consisted of simple recitals of leading events in the career of each departed member, and mention of strong points of individual character dis- layed in and out of the lodge. In the fives of the men whose memory was re- vered many examples were cited of true courage, tender charity and alert human sympathy. The services were attended by a large number of ladies from the Rebekah lodges- The Patriarchs Militant, Canton San Fran- cisco No. 5, made a creditable impression, NEW CRICKET CHAMPIONS, Bohemians Pass the Alamedas in the Race for the Cup. Defeat Encountered by the Paclfics In the Golden Gate Match. Captain Robertson of the Bohemians covered himself with glory in the match played at Alameda yesterday, as his club has practically to thank him for beating the champions. During the game he scored 105 runs for once out, and in addition to this obtained nine wickets for twenty-four runs e little over two runs per wicket, a most unique performance. The champions won the toss and sent in the Bohemians to bat; Captain Robertson and Bowhill opened the inning, and so well did they play that sixty-seven was scored before a wicket fell, Bowhill then being bowled by a full pitch by Ward Jr. for a well played twenty-two. The rest of the eleven were unable to get into double figures, the inning closing for 106, Robert- son scoring fitty-six, showing first-class cricket and not givimg a vestige of a chance. Captain Hood and Morey opened the inning of the Alameda, but Morey soon lost his captain who was smartly caught by Sugg at cover point. Hogue and -Slo- man made a little resistance and put on twenty-five during their partnership and saved the side from total an: ation. Burbidge was the only other Alamadan to obtain double figures, the inning ending for seventy-one, leaving the champions thirty-five runs in arrear. In the second inning of the Bohemians four wickets quickly fell for twenty-one runs; then Webster was joined by his captain who made a little diversion for the champions in theleather-hunting line until ‘Webster was unfortunately run out for the second time and stumps were drawn then leaving the Bohemians victorious b thirty-five runs on the first inning. This victory places the Bohemians in the lead for the cup who have five and a half points in their fagvor against the Champions’ five points. The score: BOHEMIANG. Dr. Bowbfll b. Wand Jr.... |'W. Bobertson c. Hogue'b. A. Reynolds c. Morey b. Sloman . [ A. Webster run out... 9 H. H. Cookson ¢. Hood b. Ward Jr..] 0 8.'B. Martio b, Sloman. s 0 . Irwin c. Morey b. Sloman. Sl W. Reeves b. Ward J el A.'W. Sugg not out 20 Extras.. 4 Total -108 ALAMEDAS. ” J. Morey b. Robertson. . 8 E. Hood c. Sugg b. Cooksol e R. Hogue b. Robertson. . Beil E. Sloman c. Cookson b 14 E. T. Randail ¢. Reynolds b. Robertsoy Lo . Ward Jr. st. Martin b. Robertson.. iy J. H. Halton b, Robertson. A | A. Burbidge b. Robertso e G.G. Lewis b. Robertson 0 ard Sr. c. Webster 2 H. J. Cronin not ont 8 EXIT2S. .0 eeeennen 1 Total.......... Y S PR AL BT BOHEMIANS—SECOND INNING. Dr. Bowhill c.and Ward Jr. b., Sloman.. 8 A.Reynolds c. and b, Ward Jr. 5 3.°G. Odell, b. Sloman, 0 Webster, run ont. 23 0 40 4 79 At Golden Gate the Californias enter- tained the Pacifics to the extent of a. de- feat, which is the first victory the former club has scored this season in a cup match. The Californias went in first and'put up a score of 165, a grand total. J. C. Robertson made 76 in the very best of style, which score is a record for an individual one in a match. he Pacifics in their first attempt were all dismissed for 55. Casidy, who made 28, and J. J. Theobald (14) were the only ones to show any form. In the second innings the Pacifics made 60, J. Theobold in keeping up his form in scoring 22 was the single instance of a double-figure score. The Californias thus won their cup match by an innings and 50 runs. The score: CALIFORNIA CRICKET CLUB. A. Price b. Cassidy.................. 4 W. Stewart c. Cassidy b. Hufferdine. 14 J. C. Robertson c. Brown b. Hufferdine. 78 W. J. Robertson c. Brown b. Cassidy. i C. Townsiey ¢. Goggin b. Brown. 18 G. Van No, and b. Cassidy. 8 F. A. Anson c. Cassidy b. Harbou 11 J. Halton not-out. 13 J. Lewls b. C: [ A. Gellatly c. B; 0 Extres.. Total PACIFIC CRICKET CLUB—FIRST INNINGS. E. D. Brown b. Townsley . J. Myers c. Van Norden b. e e TRAVELING IN OOMFORT. It Was His First Ride in a Sleeper and He Made the Best of It. The old man had just arrived at hisson’s house from the country, says the Rehoboth Sunday Herald. ““Well, father,” said the boy, “Ihope you came through in the sleeping-car, as I told you to and bad a good night’s sleep.” The old man smiled a sickly, sarcastic smile. “Oh, yes,” he said, “I had a good sleep, first-rate sleep; went to bed early.” “Did you wake up during the night?” “‘Only twicet ; only went to sleep twicet.” *“‘Say, father,” said the young man, “you’ve got two great bumps on top of 'yom-"forehcnd. ‘What have you been do- ing? “Them’s the two times I woke up. Passed another train both times, an’ when I heerd the bif engine wh’zzin’ by an’ the bell ringin’ thought ’twas a fire an’ jumped up slam ag'n the ceilin’. It’s [ucky I was awake one time, though.” *“‘Why, how so?” . “The high an’ mighty importer that laughed when I ast to go to my room early in Sae evenin’ was sneakin’ off with my boots.” A “Why, he was only going to shine them for you.” “0h, go ’way,” said the old man never ast him to shine ’em. Anyway, took ’em to bed with me after thai never slep’ another wink. Say, Henry, ou ain’t got an’ eld pair of suspenders, gava ye?” 5 “I guess I can find a pair for you—yes.” “Busted mine tryin’ to put my panta- loons on lyin’ down. Done it,” though. Got all dressed laying flat—boots, panta- loons, coat, collar, necktie—hull business.” “Why didn’t you get out of the berth to put on your collar and coat?” “Wimmin in the car. Got a handy place where I kin wash up, Henry? There was a well o' water in the car an’ I pumped some, but the train was goin’ so fast I couldn’t stand up to the sink. Say, Henry, what time’s dinner ready? I'm 2 hungry 1bin eatin’ my whiskers.” “Didn’t you get breakfast in the dining- car, as I told you to?” “Oh, yes,”” said the old man. “Oh, yes; but T didn’t want togo it too expensive, go I told the feller I'd just take a cup of coffee an’ some buckwheat cakes.” “Pretty light breakfast, that’s so,”” said Henry. “Yes,” said the old man, “light break- fast—two pancakes.’ “Well, come downstairs and we’ll fix up something to eat right away. You mustn’t wait for dinner.” “Charged me a dollar,” continued the old man. “Feller sat next to me eatin’ grapes an’ oranges an’ oysters an’ stewed chicken an’ biled eggs an’ I don’t know what all. When we got back in the bed- room-car I told him [calc’lated that break- fast he et cost $13. An’then he told me breukfast was $1, anyway, w'ether you et much or little. You' oughter wrote me about that, Henry.” “Well, father, a man can ride prett; comfortably nowadays after he gets mg fo it,” said Henry, as he started to lead the ';)ld gentleman to the bathroom for a wash. *Oyes, oyes, a man can ride all right when he knows how,” replied the old man, sand the smile lasted until he started to wash his face from the faucets over the bathtub. —————————— Sad Fate of an Accomplished Parrot. Mr. and Mrs. V. J. Shimek of this eity mourn the death 6f a parrot, which is said by some to have been the only Bohemian- speaking parrot in America. The bird, which was named Victor, was a native of Texas and was brought to Baltimore seven months ago asa present to Mr. Shimek, It soon became a great favorite among the Bohemian visitors to the Shimek home and also endeared itself to the family. In Bohemian the bird addressed theé heads of the family, respectively, as ‘‘pa” and “ma,”” and fluently used other Bohemian words in making known its wants or in sagely making appropriate remarks in the way of asking or answering questions. Always of an inquisitive mind, on Thursday curiosity conquered the parrot, and it began an investigation of an un- lighted gasoline stove on which a number o? irons were resting. The first tweak at the iron frame broke the bird’s bill, and another strong pull at the stove toppled the weight of the iron over on the parrot. When the stove was righted Victor's life- less body was found crushed beneath it. Cremation was the end of the tragedy, the bird’s body being tenderly taken up and incinerated.—Baltimore Sun. A stove for burning coaldust has just been invented in Germany. This fuel gives intense heat. The total production of beet su Belgium, Germany, France, lands, Austria, ungary and wged:er for last year was 3,687,000 tons. r in ether- THE INDUSTRIAL WORLL, A Decided Improvement Is Apparent all Alon_g the Line. NEW PLANTS ESTABLISHED. San Franclsco Alone Manufactures Over $150,000,000 Worth of Goods Annually. It is gratifying to note a general im- provement in nearly all lines of manufac- turing in this City. In some instances the increase of orders is so marked that it amounts to a rush, and the force of work- men has been doubled. When the time comes that everybody patronizes home in- dustrial institutions there will be few idle workmen in the State. The benefit of a large capital in a busi- ness is beginning to be felt since the Wash- burn-Moen Wire Manufacturing Company bought out the California Wire Works. Business with this company is rapidly in- creasing, and the present plant is kept constantly up to about its full capacity on orders. In addition toa 35-ton cable de- livered to the Howard-street road, one of thirty tons was delivered yesterday for another section of the same line. This company has orders on which its factory force is working aggregating over half a million pounds of wire rope and cable. They report prices still advancing in the East for material. Mr. May of the Union Meat Company of Portland, Oregon, and Seatile and Tacoma, Washington, one of the largest firms in the West, is in the City, with a view of es- tablishing here a large plant for the curing, packing and canning of meats. His com- pany contemplates the investment of sev- eral hundred thousand dollars in plant and e%:upment. Mr. May says thereisnoreason whatever for the importation of cured meats from Chicago, or from anywhere else, fo California. We have cheap and abundant productions and the advantage of ctimate, which is a factor of great con- sideration in the business. The Pelton Water Wheel Company sup- plied & few months ago two wheels aggre- gating 600 horsepower to the Silverton mines in Colorado for running an electric transmission plant, the operation of which has been so satisfactory that a duplicate of the plant has now been ordered. This company have also an order for a 400-horsefiower station for the Concheno mine in Mexico, together with an electric- light plant for the mine and works. They report also several other orders from Mex- ico and Central America, which compels them to double up their force, and they are now running their works both night and day. L. P. Degan, the leather and belt manu- facturer, is shipping a big 36-inch belt to the interior for an electric plant, and has secured the contract for nishing the State prison with all belting anda leather used in that institution. The California Art Glass Company is turning out some very handsome designs in illuminated glass signs for local cigar- dealers, i The Western Iron Works of this City have the contract for the steel roof of the Claus Spreckels residence on the corner of Van Ness avenue and Clay street, and the n:.mrcauga of the Parrott building on Market street, . The ship Tropic Bird, from Tahiti, has gust discharged 100,000 cocoanuts for L. G. resovich & Co. at their shredded cocoanut factory at North Beach. The demand for the Pioneer brand of cocoanut has so in- creased of late that the firm has added a ‘considerable number of workmen to their force in the factory. The Ohmen Compound Steam Engine Company has just completed a sixty horse- power engine for F. W. Smith of t{e Tus- carora Mercantile Company of Elko, Nev., and have an order for a twenty-six horse- wer engicne from Shaw, Ingram, Batcher Co. of Sacramento, which firm was in- duced to give the preference to this home company through the influence exerted by the general movement in favor of Pacific Coast manufacturing institutions. The Perkins Pump and Engine Company has been workingh eir plant up to its fuil capacity auring the t week. 'They have seventeen more med employed than at the beginning of the year. During last week they placed two engines, including shafts, etc., in different printing-houses in Oakland, and shipped an engine to Marys- ville for the Democrat, and also shippe pumping plant complete of 8000 zallons capacity to Medara, Cal., and another to Greens Landing, onthe Sacramento River. During the past week Mr. O’Brien, man- ufacturer of flourmills, etc., disposed of a bean and Erain separator of 150 tons per day to J. D. Gove, one of the same size to J. K. Ormsby & Co., two machines for cleaning and separating coffee to Lievre & Fricke, also one of the same kind to Till- nan & Bendel, and another to W. H. Miner of this City, and a bean and grain separator to Captain Sutton of San Buena- ventura. Y The Midas Gold Saving Machinery Com- Enn has shipped during the last week two ol Kinfi amalgamators_to Spokane, Wash., and two to Quincy, Plumas Coun- ty, Cal. A large number of these amalga- mators are now being used in beach sand m'min%alon the coast. The C. H. %vans& Co. Machine Works are putting in new shafting for the steamer Zinfindel, also shafting for the Aurora, and a pair of englnes for the Alviso. This comgmy also has a contract on hand for building a steam tug for Central America and hoisting works for the Pittsburg Coal Mining Company. « ‘Woodin & Little are shipping a large number of the Gem windmills to Mexico n{ndl Honolulu, where they are used exten- sively. The Oalifornia Ink Company has had a large number of workmen employed o late in _enlarging their plant and have added five new mills, an elevator, etc., to their works. The high-grade black inks Buscta | Thie il wht turned out by them have superseded all imported inks, and they are now supply- ing all the leading printing-houses of tge coast. The Galloway Lithographing Company report business on the increase and a gen- eral desire on the part of San Francisco business men to patronize home industry. According to the census report San Francisco manufactures each year about $150,000,000 worth of . The Mare Island Goyernment Navy- yard is at present employing 900 men. The Risdon Iron Works have a large number of orders on hand from the Pacific Coast mining camps and also from Central and South America. They have just put in two new boilers for the Western Sugar Reflnerg‘ . The Pacific. Rolling-mills are makin, 4000 tons of structural steel for the Parrot building on Market street. The redwood conduits dipped in asphal- tum for wires now being laid by the Mu. tual Electric Company is a new thing. Over 800,000 feet is bging furnished the company by Francis Smith & Co. The Union Gas Engine Company has just shipped a_15-horsepower marine en- gine to Astoria, Or., one 4horsepower marine to Tillamuck, Or., an 8-horsepower stationary engine to Australia and a 4-horse-power pumping plant to San Jose, and a 2-horsepower marine engine to Seattle, Wash. Mr. ftus, proprietor of the Western Manufacturing Company, informs us that his works are pushed to the full capacity at the Freuent time. This firm makes a specialty of sawmill machinery of every escription. Among other work that they are now building arc two double circular mills for the sugar-pine country andan im- roved bull donkey for the Usal Redwood of Mendocino County. the most substantial machine on the coast, as it carries the im- -finished complete and erected on the San f | but the falling projectiles covered an area provements suggested by the practical ex- | perience of mlfimen during the last two ! years with this class of machinery. t The Pacific Coast Co-operative Oigar | Company is increasing the volume of its | output to mect the extra demand for the | products of the company occastoned by the extra call for home-manufactured goods recently developed. The Krogh Manufacturing Company this week closed a contract to supply a centrifu- gal pump, with engines of sufficient ca- pacity to deliver 10,000 gallons per minute seventeen feet high. This plant is to be Joaquin River bank. The company also shipped a pump of 2000 gallons’ capacity per minute, and another of 600 gallons to the southern part of the State. Another 600-gallon pump was snipped to the inte- rior. There has been a considerable de- mand for piping with gate valves and fit- dnfis.for mines recently. They are now building a lot to stand 750 pounds per square inch for a mine in South America. Steiger & Kerr,, foundrymen, who have recently added a stove - manufacturing Klnm to their works, have one of their new ome-made stoves on exhibition in the drugstore window at the corner of Market and Third streets. They reportfbusiness on the increase, and will soon be able to fur- nish the home market with a superior home-made stove for all purposes. The McGlue Concentrator Company has just shipped two concentrators to Murray, datto, and have orders now on hand for twenty more. The Union Machine Works are doing the work on these machines. The National Brewery Company are now employing upward of fifty workmen and turning out over 100,000 barrels annually. In all machinery, printing, show cards, etc., this company gives preference to home industry. Paul B. Perkins of the Perkins Pump and Engine Company says that the home industry paper should be well greased with the oil of advertisement in order to lessen the chances of a hot journal. LVTE. SPORTING - EVENTS, The Olympic Oarsmen Want the Club to Buy Them Two New Barges. Many of the Prominent Sporting Men Away—A Ball Game for | Next Sunday. There isa lull in sporting interests just | at present Many of the members of the leading sporting clubs are out of town on their an- nual hunting and fishing tours, and littie gossip is heard about the clubs that does | not have some reference to improbable sized bear, pantber and elk, or unaccount- able catches of fish and suckers incident- ally. Several of the Olympic Club members shouldered rods and guns last week and hied themselves to sylvan solitudes and rippling brooklets in the mountains of Sonoma, Napa and Santa Cruz, and for the nonce the most enthusiastic sporting sup- porters are absent just when they are most needed to help the boys of the oaroutin | their effort to procure barges. Since the Olympic men won the barge race against the Acmes, Pioneers and Dolphins last Sunday, considerable interest in boating has arisen in the club. The oarsmen of the club who_are mem- bers of the winning crew—R. McAdams, F. Grimm, T. Martin and Martin Gilfilen, | coxswain—are confident of inducing the club to subscribe libemllg for the barges. | If successful, scull and barge racing will | constitute a popular department of the | club. The Olympic Baseball Club will meet the Pacifics on the diamond in Vallejo next Sunday. Manager Kennedy is confident the op- portunity is ripe for renewed enthusiasm in the National game, and he says if there were any suitable grounds here he would guarantee to bring out crowds to every game. This, he thinks, was shown at _the scrub game at Central Park a few days ago, when the gate receipts amounted to nearly a hundred dollars, without adver- tising. 3 Lafiies’ night for athletic sports will be held on the evening of July 16. On the Diamond. The Clipper Baseball Club defeated the St. Francis boys yesterday by a score of 35 to17. The victors are anxious for spoils in new fields | and would like to hear rrom any club having a membership under 20 ezeara of age. Chal- lenges may be addressed to Joseph Overton, 535 Stevenson street. ————— Strange Cannons of Stone. The most wonderful cannons on rec- ord are those which are described by Bry- done, whose travels in Sicily and Malta won well-deserved renown toward the end of the last century. Many factsand stories he recounts that seem strangely old-world | to us, though the date is little more than 100 years ago, so grandly did the French revolution transform Europe. Malta was full of wonders more or less droll while the knights held it, but nothing equalled the stone guns. Everybody knows that the fortifications were cut out of solid rock, but Brydone was right in saying that a Xind of ordnance used to de- | fend them was unknown to all the world besides. As we understand his description, the knights left a great block of stone where they hollowed outan embrasure in the cliff, which afterward they shaped and bored in the form of a gigantic mortar. These engines contained a whole barrel of gun- powder. That shoveled in, they plugged it with a great piece of wood, fitted exactly to the bore, as a wadding, and loaded up with cannon-balls, shells and other deadly materials. About fifty of these remarkable guns commanded the spots which a hostile ship was most likely to approach. “The mouths of some are six feet wide, and they are able to throw 10,000 pounds’ weight of balls or stones.” The range is not stated, of over 300 square yards.—Chicago Tin‘ms- Herald. —_——————————— In Siam when a funeral is passing the women take down their hair and unfasten their beads, and the men fumble around in their pockets for a little piece of metal to hold between their teeth. SOCIALISTS I DEBATE, Competition is Discussed at Length at Metropolitan Temple. BENHAM PREDICTS CONFLICT. Green Malors Believes It Is Not a Success—Mrs. Eliza Wilkes’ Remedy. “Competition” was the topic of discus- sion at the Metropolitan Temple last night at a meeting under the auspices of the American section of the Socialistic Labor party. There was not a very large audience present, but it seemed appreciative enough. Chairman G. B. Benham made a rather long speech, telling what Socialists did be- lieve and what they did not. “They did not believe in attempting to remedy existing conditions,”” he said, “by the retirement or conviction of men who had misused their political positions to the advantage of themselves and the dis- advantage of the public.”’ The statement published that the Social- istic Labor party had given its countenance to Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald -in his anti-Mongol crusade he denied. He pre- dicted that a conflict between labor and capital was imminent. 2 Green Majors was the principal speaker. His subject was “Is Competition a Suc- cess?’ There was one form of competition, he observed, which would make man happier and the world better, namely, a competi- ticn of brains. He proceede That is not the kind of competition which ‘we have to-day, however. What we have now is the competition of a low cunning wherein the man who produces the least accumulates the most. Capital has accumulated in combi= nations and grown to such a magnituae of power as to dictate the legislation of mankind, As a result of the competition of to-day ware- houses are groaning with their fullness, and yet people are going without food, homes, clothes and prospects. The reason the world has not been made bet- ter by a healthy competition of intellect is that its economics have all been wrong. Ican't conceive why a man who produces weslth should not have the enjoyment of it. If you ask whatare the burdens upon society to-day the Jhuper and the criminal and the ne'er-do-well are pointed out. The fact is that the millionaires are the great taxes upon so- | ciety. The time is fast coming when society must destroy the millionaires or the million- aires will destroy society. The speaker analyzed the material pro- cesses of society in production, distribu- tion and consumption, and opined that the only solution of the problem was the Government to own and operate all the machinery of production and distribution. He would also have all protit done away with, and the Government own all the land, giving to no individual any other title than a leasehold. He continued: Competition has not been a success. This competitive system has produced & hoggish de= sire in each man to own the earth. 1t mesns war, and war means destruction. The people of this country to-day are flfl,OOD,OOO,BeOO in debt, and the interest on that much amounts to more than they can possibly pay. How then can they-ever be expected to pay the principal. He was followed by Mrs. Eliza_Tupper Wilkes, who had a scheme which would remedy the great evils of the day. This | was the exercise of the individual will over circumstances. She said in substance: Ido not know that I am a socialist. I know nothing of political economy, but I do know that there is no political alchemy which will transmute leaden wani« iulnfol len results. I believe in the indiviauai and in that divine quality in man which we ca:l soul. Here on this planet I see an u undant excess of everything and yet there arc i undreds of thousands who arée suffering w T think we've made a dreadful bungle of living, but L do not think any right result can be brought about by outside measures alone. No legisia- tion of “itself can ever bring about any very remarkable ends. Iam not eager for a state of society which will take away from the in- dividual will its impulse and opportunity. I quarrel with the competition of to-day because it does not give to the individual a full oppor- tunity. The survival of the fittest is but the triumph of the brute qualities—the bulldog nature gets to the top, while the finer, more tic and higher spiritual natures go under. t never will there come a time when a man who is not the master of his own passions can hope to conquer. here is a better time coming. It will be brought about by the triumph of the human will over circumstances. Do not overlook the moral basis of ail reforms and remember that no representative Government can be expected to be better than the individuals who compose the Nation. Mrs. Anna F. Smith took some excep- tions to what Mrs. Wilkes had said. She believed that conditions were more re- sponsible for vice than practices, and read an extract from a speech which Mrs. Frances E. Willard delivered at the last Woman's Christian Temperance Union Convention in London to show that Mrs. Willard had at last awakened to the fact that the poverty of the masses has more to do with their degradation than has their intemperance. - THE VAULT IS A WONDER. A New York COlearing-House to Have a Strong Treasure-Box. A New York firm of safe-makers is put- ting the finishing touches on what is said to be the strongest vault in the world. It will be placed in the New York Clearing- house in a few days and will be both burglar and mob proof. It will weigh 650,- 000 pounds, the outer doors alone weighing 20,000 pounds each, Expert safe-breakers could not force an entrance under eight days, even if allowed the use of the high- est explosives. i The plan of this great treasure-box isa series of vaults within a vault. More than $200,000,000 in gold can be stored in it. Special compartments have been made to receive bags of yellow metal, each having a dynamite-proof door. There are 250 compartments, some of which are for the millions of checks that pass through the clearing-house annually. The vault is 11 feet 6 inches high, 24 feet 314 inches wide and 16 feet 8 inches deep. A truck will have to be built to carry it from the plant on the east side to the clearing-house.—New York World. PBODOBODODODODOVOB OV IODOVBOVODOVED LEA & PERRINS’ SIGNATURE printed ~9 @ is now BLUE, diagonally across the OUTSIDE wrapper of every bottle of The Original and Genuine WORCESTERSHIRE, as a further pro= tection against all imitations. Agents for the United states, JOHN DUNCAN’S SONS’, N. Y. VIV OIVOTOVOT LT LRIV VOB VOV OV TOVARE r [ ¢ : ¢ ¢ i ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ §