The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 26, 1895, Page 11

‘'THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1895. 11 LATEST OAKLAND NEWS, C. R. Bennett to Be Tried Again for Shooting at George Gray. PLEADED ONCE IN JEOPARDY, J. L. Wetmore, the Capltalist, Falls a Vietim to Sunstroke at Livermore. C. R. Bennett, ex-secretary of the San Francisce Society for the Suppression of Vice, will have to undergo a third trial for the shooting of old George Gray. Judge Ogden yesterday set aside the verdict of the jury which recently found Bennett guilty of assaunlt to murder, and granted Bennett a new trial. On the first trial of the case the jury was informed that it might bring in any one of five verdicts, including assault with a deadly weapon, and it promptly found the ex-secretary guilty of that offense. The charge was assault to murder. On that occasion Judge Ogden set the verdict aside ana granted the defendant a new trial on the ground that the case had been conducted in a manner unfair to Bennett. ) The second trial resulted, as stated, in a verdict of assault to murder. The ground on which the second verdict was set aside was that the convietion of assault with a deadly weapon on the first trial acquitted Bennett of the charge of assanlt to murder, and that therefore the latest verdict was placing him in jeopardy for a crime of which be had been purged. The court, after hearing the arguments of counsel, took their view of the case and gave judg- ment in favor of a new trial. District Attorney Snook who has given much time and attention to the caseis much dissatisfied with Judge Ogden’s ac- tion in the matter and will at once appeal the case to the Supreme Court. Attorney Kowalsky, who was special counsel for the prosecution, asked that Bennett’s bail be raised from $1000 to $2000, but the court thought the former sum sufficient and re- fused the application. Bennett is still confined in the County Jail for want of bonds. Since his second conviction he has not been able to find sureties to guarantee his appearance when wanted and is performing the dutiesofa trusty, under Deputy Sheriff White. Rev. Shaw and Miss Anthony. Susan Anthony and Anna Shaw lectured last evening to a crowded house at the Congregational Church. A large crowd stood in the aisles and in the hall- way throughout both the addresses. Women were greatly in the ma- jority, although the men had been es- cially invited to attend. Anna Shaw’s lecture was full of bright comparisons and on the men. At times e grew ite eloquent, and her audience, both n and women, burst into cheers. She 1d how the bad element had power over the good. She said: The cause of the great power of the bad ele- t is on account of its being so well or- ganized. The few unorganized people cannot effect their work. The good people are good, terrificaily good, but good ior nothing. If you' want 1o be good, you must be good for some- thing. She went on to argue at lengtiz upon the usnal woman suffragist questio i know that 1if liquor were able to affect why would not women’s affect it in an opposite She told of the good effect of the women’s votes in Wyoming; of how much more good men and women could do in a united vote, and of woman keep- ing her character spotless and unstained even if she did get into politics, etc. Foley’s Elusive Wealth. James J. Foley, the Oakland pioneer who died a short time ago, imagined that he was immensely wealthy, and had im- pressed his friends with the same belief. is estate, upon being given to the widow by Judge Frick yesterday, was found to consist of only the old homestead on the corner of Lincoln and Peralta streets, West Oakland. t is a strange case,’’ said Attorney Mc- 1 have known old man Foley for and I always believed he was a Ithy man. When he came to me to have his will made out he spoke of his mines in Arizona and his_bonds. We thought he had a quantity of United States bonds put away, 43 he was a very saving old fellow. When we made a search for the property we could not find a thing except the homestead to be administered upon. IJumes Foley came to Oakland in 1849, He bought the place where the old home- stead now is, and a city grew up around him. It was thoaght by all who knew h that he was worth over $1,000,000. A thorough search has been made for bonds and money, but as_yet no trace of any- thing has been found. : J. L. Wetmore Sunstruck. J. L. Wetmore, the well-known capitalist of Oakland, is suffering from a severe case of sunstroke aud is in a precarious con- dition. He was stricken at his country home near Livermore last Friday afterncon. On account of his age the very intense heat was more than he could stand. His life was despaired of for a short time by the physicians in attendance upon him. At first they thought that it was a mere case of heat prostration, but upon diagnosis they found it to be a genuine case of sun- stroke. . As soon as he could be moved Mr. Wet- more was brought to his home at Pied- mont, where he lies in a serious condition. Because of the patient’s age and the sever- ity of the case the ghysicmns _think that it will be some time before he will fully re- ver. Everything is being done that ;‘1)«:5 cal skiurymn dgevisc to dgestroy the ef- fects of the stroke. Lambert’'s Defense. Walter Lambert, who is being tried on a charge of embezzlement for misappropri- ating the funds in bis possession while acting as clerk of the Police _Court, is put- ting up a noyel defense, which his attor- ney claims is a slllx;ah w;x;nel;. mHesi:;%; mo which may nis :\t:-tl :fig cit;gsy, but that of Bailiff Sam I.‘I{ic:er!::ears that Lambert and Mitchell were both in the habit of receiving the city’s money and squaring the account at the end of the month by giving personal checks for the balance either way. It appears that Mitchell generally had to givs the checks, and Lambert claims that the bailiff had no right whatever to receive ublic money and _that the money was egally his own and that in taking it he was embezzling from Mitchell if from any one. His attorney will ask for a dismissal of the case on that ground. A Park for West Oakland. The people of West Oakland are advocat- inga p}:lbl‘l)c park for that section of the city, and an organization to be known as the West Oakland Park Association is be- formed with the avowed object of ing hing the project through. Councilman “osu. vsrbo ives in West Oakland, is in vor of the park, and will bring the mat- {:robetore {he city fathers at their next meeting. No site has been selected as yet, but there are numerous locations which could be advantageously utilized. ALAMEDA, It is a foregone conclusion that the elec- tion for Chief Engineer of the Fire De- partment will not take place on the 20th of July. The City Trustees will assume the responsibility of nppmu".mg this offi- cer. Trustee Leydecker has introduced an amendment to section 3 of ordinance 175 providing that all salaried officers of the Fire Department shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees and all elective and ap- pointive officers shall hold office only at the pleasure of the board. The Trustees voted an appropriation of $25 Monday evening for the hire of extra liose carts and men on the Fourth to bet- ter respond to alarms. A Painter Injured. William T. Adair, a painter, fell from a new building on_which he was working at the corner of Fulton street and Eacle avenue on Monday. He was at work about the gable, and losing his foothold, slid down to the eaves, and being unanle to arrest himself, dropped to the ground, sustaining a fall of about thirty feet. He struck on a loose pile of dirt, so that the force of the concussion was lessened, but as it was, he lost consciousness, and in that state was carried to the office of Dr. Bull on. Central avenue, the examination disclos- ing a dislocation of the right hip. He was aiterward removed to his home on Post street, but did not regain consciousness until about 8 o'clock. He is a married man and about 32 years of age. Mandler Sues for Damages. Fred Mandler has brought suit in San Francisco to recover $5000 damages from the San Franeisco and North Pacific Rail- way Company, claiming that a conductor of the company unnecessarily used force and threw him off the train at Schuetzen Park, near San Rafael, on the occasion of the bakers’ picnic on the 9th inst. Verein Germania Election. The Verein Germania of this city has elected the following officers: Charles Abt, president; Oscar L. Mysel, vice-president; Albert Kaehler, recording secretary; Con- rad Usinger, financial secretary; Frank Kalis, treasurer; Stephen Ruf, director. The next event of general importance will be the ““Country Fair” next month. Replaced by aNew Building. George C. Keli is replacing the hay and grain shed which recently went up in smoke with a new building not quite the size of the former structure. He expects o be in occupancy of the new place by the first of the month. Funeral of Mrs. Sousa. Mrs. Mary Sousa was buried yesterday in St. Mary’s’ Cemetery from her home on Bay Farm Island. She died Sunday from typhoid fever and left surviving her a hus- band and five children. Personal Mention. Congressman Hilborn of this district will leave shortly for Honolulu with his family. Tt is authcritatively stated that it will not be a pleasure jaunt so far as he is concerned. He thinks'the Hawaiian ques- tion will be an important issue before the next Congress, and desiring to understand the facts wants them at first hand. Court Commissioner Colonel George Babcock is ill at his residence in this city iufigring from pains in the back part of his ead. Mrs. E. 8. Puterbaugh has departed on a six months’ trip to_Honolulu on a visit to her sister, Mrs. Lowell, daughter of Robert McChesney of Central avenue. BERKELEY. There is more trouble between the saloon men and town officers over the liquor license law. The last Board of Trustees overthrew the long-standing ordinance re- quiring $200 annually for liquor licenses, and substituted an ordinance requiring only $100 per year. At the meeting of the present board on last Friday evening the action taken by the former board was rescinded and the old order of zhin%s restored. Yesterday afternoon Deputy Marshal Rawson, under the orders of Marshal Lloyd, arrested F. J. O’Brien, one of the six saloon-keepers who are now selling liquor in Berkeley without licenses. O’Brien holds a permit from the retiring Board of Town Trustees for a license under the $100 law, but his request for the license under that ordinance was not made until J. W. Striker, the former Marshal, had closed his books to be turned over to his successor, Lloyd. In consequence O'Brien, as well as the other five, has been selling liquor merely on his permit to secure the license. He claims that his delay in mak- ing application for a new license is in part due to the upsettled condition of the law sovernin saloon men. He has been con- ucting his business without a license since April 29. A few days ago O’Brien offered the $100 required by the ordinance under which his permit was grantea and it was refused, and his arrest yesterday was due to the desire of the town authorities to make a test case as to whether the six men who have their pbermm under the $100 ordi- nance will be required to pay the ad- ditional $100 per year, as provided for in the pew ordinance. The other five men who are conducting their saloons solely on ermits are John J. Higgins, Joseph irschfield, D. A. Landregan, Peter Unda and Daniel Duggan. Marshal Lloyd said yesterday that he in- tended to return the $100 paid by Munson, the Adeline-street saloon-keeper, for his license issued under the $100 ordinance, which the board refuses to honor. If he declines to accept the money he will be either arrested or his place of business closed. O’Brien was released on his own recogni- zance by Judge Lord, and the date of trial will be set in accordance with the desire of his counsel, James Garrity. It has been decided not to take any action in regard to arresting the other five saloon men until the case of O'Brien shall have been tried. Waterman Reappointed. 0. D. Waterman, principal of the Berke- ley High School, has been reappointed a member of the Alameda County Board of Education for two years. Personal. Mr. and Mrs. Waterman left yesterday afternoon for 8tockton fo be in aitendance at the Stockton High School alumni re- union. POTRERO AND THE SOUTH. New Manager at the Western Sugar Re- finery—Various Ymprovements Going On. Donald Rothmaler, formerly of Brook- Iyn, N. Y., has succeeded R. H. Sprague as manager of the Western Sugar Refin- ery. Hehas had a long experience as a sugar refiner. It will take about a month yet for the repairs to the steamer Columbia to be com- pleted at the Union Iron Works. 4 The new cooler of Miller & Lux at Butch- ertown is about finished. A. B. Patrick & Co. have rebuilt the shed destroyed by fire some time ago. Martin Holje has made several thousand dollars worth of improvements at his glue works. The Market-street Railway Company is ding its lot on Railroad avenue at South s::ll‘l Francisco. The hill to the northward of the Potrero Grammar School is being taken away to fill the lowland on the south of the school. —————— OIPRICO SECURED BONDS. After Getting Out Himself Katzauer ‘Went to His Friend’s Assistance. Ferdinand Ciprico of the Foss-Ciprico gang of Chinese-certificate counterfeiters was released on bonds yesterday. Ever since his arrest he has been irying to secure bail. Katzauer was the last one to get out,and he secured his bondsmen through the assistance of the Selizmans of New York. Once he was at liberty he went to work to secure Ciprico’s release. The attempt was crowned with success, and late in the afternoon the prisoner was released. The principal bondsman was John McMuliin of the 8an Francisco Bridge Company. Katzauer was in the corridor to greet his friend when he was set free by the Marshal. 8ix New Fire Engines. The Fire Committee of the Beard of Super- visors met yesterday and despite the pressure brought to cut down expenses for the coming ears decided to make a demand for & place on ‘u new tax levy for six new fire ines for the outer districts of the City. LAW WILL BE INVOKED, The Oakland Board of Health to Be Taken Into the Courts. PAUL SCHAFFER'S MUTINY. He Refuses to Call a Meeting at the Instance of Mayor Davies’ Appointees. Paul Schaffer, secretary of Oakland’s Board of Heaith, whose scalp Mayor Davie particularly desires, broke into open mutiny last night, and in spite of the fact that three of the Mayor's appointees had instructed him to call a special meeting and were present to take action no meet- ing was held, and the rooms where the board are wont to congregate were dark and dreary. s Secretary Schaffer received a notice from Drs. Larkey, Bradley and Selfridge to call a meeting, the avowed purpose being to remove Dr. Mayon as Health Ofhcer, Paul Schaffer as secretary and S. 8. Smith as sanitary inspector. He consulted with an attorney on the matter, and was advised that the boord as it isat present consti- tuted is illegal, and that the three medicos who called the meeting were not qualified or authorized todo=o. On this showing he locked up the office at 6:30 and went home. The three doctors who had called the meeting were the only ones who appeared, and they left after satisfying themselves that no one else would be on hand. Dr. Bradley announced that it was simg‘ly a subterfuge on the part of Secretary Schaffer and the other two members, that the meeting was not regularly called. *‘They are cowards and afraid to come into the open and meet us,” said Dr. Bradley, “but we will force them to meet us face to face before long, and then some- thing is likely to drop.” There are others who believe that something is likely to drop and among them are Dr. Akerly, the president of the board, and Dr. Sarah Shuey, who was removed by the Mayor when she voted to reinstate Secretary Schaffer after he had been ousted at the in- stance of the city’s chief executive. “I have been advised by my attorneys that Drs. Bradley, Larkey and Selfridge do not legally constitute & majority of the board,” said Dr. Akerly, “and so neither attended the meeting that they had in- structed Secretary Schaffer to call, nor paid any further attention to them. I think the courts will be called on to decide who has the legal right to the seats. I shall not recognize any one of them until their legal status is established.” Dr. Sarah Shuey was seen last evening and asked why she was not present at the meeting. She said: Why, there was no legal meeting of the poard.” Ihave not been informed officially of any board meeting. Of course it was said that Drs. Bradley, Selfridge and Larkey had ordered a meeting called, but Secretary Schaffer would not comply with their request. He went to his attorney, as we did to ours, and found that the =o-called new members were not le&llly appointed and that therefore they had no right to call a meeting. No, sir; 1 am not going to give up my posi- tion until it has been legally shown to me that Lam not entitled to it. The other members say the same thing, and so it looks as though the matter will not stop short of the courts. It is said that the matter will be taken into court at once, and that the officials whom it is proposed to depose will make a bitter fight to retain their positions. Should all the doctors who have been ap- pointed and resigned or been removed since Mayor Davie went into office make a fight for their offices, the legal snarl into which the board would be thrown would require a corps of judges to entangle. WILL PAY ALL ITS DEBTS, The Finance Committee Will Recommend the City to Clear Its Books. The First Attempt at Apportioning the Funds Makes Little Progress. Nearly all the members of the Board of Supervisors were present at the meeting of the Finance Committee last evening to consider the apportionment of funds to the several departmentsand institutions of the City government. Chairman Taylor of the Finance Com- mittee presided, and the committee had scarcely gotten under way when he was confronted with a battery of motions and amendments from Supervisors not mem- bers of the committee. He called a halt to inquire who was fix- ing this tax levy anyhow. Wagner said the whole board had a hand init. A resolution had been adopted to that effect at the last meeting. “'I have no objection to you gentlemen beinF present,”’ said Mr. Taylor. “We shall be glad to hear your suggestions, but this is the business of the Finance Com- mittee. If any man wants to take my part of the work I will be glad to escape it, but, as it is, Tam not prepared to hand it over to the board. After we get through with it you can look it over and make what changes you please, but with everybody making motions we might sit here forever and reach no conclusions.” Three men can do somelhinf with this thing, while twelve would only create confusion.”” The resolution referred to by Wagner was called for and read, and it was found to merely ‘‘invite the members to be present for consultation.” So the other members subsided. Auditor Broderick had an engagement elsewhere, and was not _present, and, asa result, nearly all the items were passed after some discussion without change, although there was a general disposition to take exception to them. The estimate for the Almshouse was an exception. The Auditor had fixed it at $80,000, the same as last year, but it was raised to $90,000. The provision for the City Receiving Hospital was also increased $2000, making it $11,000. Superintendent Hewitt of the police fire alarm and teiexrlyh system, was given a hearing in behalt of his department. He sgid they were demanding $10,000 more than they had been apportioned by the Auditor. e said the system was in need of re-enforcement to such an extent as to make the increase almost mandatory. Five linemen had been added to the force, some fifty new boxes were needed, 100 miles of wire,a great many new poles and gongs were necessary. No new circuit had been made for ten or eleven years and It was not safe to leaye the wires as loaded as they are at present. A broken wire leaves so many houses un- protected that it was a great public danger. He then went on to explain that $20,000 would be needed to fit up the fire-alarm office in the dome, but he was promptly suppressed on this topic. “'ghe dome is not finished,” said Chair- man Taylor, “and it will be quite time enough when it 1s to consider this.”” Chief Sullivan of the Fire Department cgmel up uoa:owith l_pls'a lorl&x;; uisi- tion for $830, as against $544, of the Auditor. Chairman Dunker of the Fire Committee had been squeezing the depart- ment until there was a slight surplus this ear, but the fact is that it is in a disgrace- inl condition. New buildings, new engines and new men were called for. The com- mittee was disposed to agree with him, but the matter was passed until the Auditor might be heard from. There was & decided disposition to in- crease the estimate on the salaries of the Supervisors when they came to that item, but good naturedly allowed it to pass, The estimate on the schools, which is cut by the Auditor $200 below that of last year, there was a general disposition to increase, but Chairman Taylor said that the funds for schools had been regularly increased for years, and was now very high. He thought it would be well to pass this, too. Outside of the Auditor’s estimate there are matters and things to be proviaed for— the enlarged police force, care of parks, sewers, etc.—amounting in round figures to $1,000,000. In _addition to this Chairman Taylor declares that provi- sion must be made for the indebtedness of the City amounting to a deficit of near, $100,000 for this year, including the hold- over salaries and the pledges to the con- tractors under which they continued to furnish supplies, and the $210,000 of last vear. All the members favored putting all this in the tax levy. 7 The committee adjourned until Thurs- day evening next. PLACED UNDER BOYCOTT. Juror Wellington Made to Suffer for His Conscien- tious Vote. Members of the Unions Propose to Take a Hand Against the Rallroad. Recent developments in connection with the celebrated trial of the two railroad strikers, John Cassidy and John Mayne, before United States District Judge Mor- row and a jury, on the charge of having conspired to interfere with the United States mails and to interrupt interstate commerce, have aroused organized labor. After a protracted trial lasting nearly five months the jury disagreed, standing ten for conviction and two for acquittal. One of the men who stood out for acquittal on conscientious grounds and for reasons based on the character of the testimony was B. ¥. Wellington of 425 Washington street, 2 dealer in seeds. According to the statements of the men on trial and the 200 odd men under indict- ment for the same offense, the Southern Pacific was extremely anxious, for obvious reasons, to see the accused convicted. For the past few weeks a rumor has been current that the Southern Pacific, or rather its minor alliances in the interior, were operating a quiet buteffective boycott on Mr. Wellington, and that a counter movement has been inaugurated by the labor unions to protect Mr. Wellington. ‘When he was asked to state whether it was true that his goods were being boy- cotted through the influence of the rail- road people, he absolutely refused to make any statement relative to the matter. finrry A. Knox. who was president of the Sacramento branch of the American Railway Union at the time of the strike last July, and who is conducting a shoot- ing gallery at 344 Third street in this City, as he has been unable to get work at rail~ roading, said: ‘“That rumor is correct. The Southern Pacific is boycotting Wellington, and the boys are doing all in their power to offset the railroad’s influence. know what I am talking about, and bave my informa- tion from a perfectly reliable source. “One little incident will show how the thing is being operated. Mr. \Voll.nmn‘ previous to tfm conclusion of the strikers' trial, had been doing quite a business with a certain interior firm which was closely allied to the railroad company. After the trial was over this business fell away to almost nothing. On making inquiry as to why he was getting no orders from the firm, the reply was: ‘Wellington, we didn’t like the way yow -voted in the strikers’ case.’ “‘On learning of the situation of affairs I thought the Feast the labor unions could do to show their afiprecinion of the hon- esty and courage Mr. Wellington displsyed in the conspiracy case would be to pur- chase his goods whenever they needed anything in that line, and to advise all their friends to do the same. With this end in view letters were sent to the unions in Los Angeles, Ban Jose, Stockton, Sacra- mento and other places in the State, call- ing attention to the matter, and it was also thoroughly made known to all labor union memiers and their friends in this City. I shall also call the attention of the Labor Council to the subject.” HOTEL ARRIVALS. NEW WESTERN HOTEL. Miss L Ackley, Montana Mrs Ackley. ¥ord, Alabama. Mrs Bowhay, Seaitle W H Eilis, Boston J 'S Sprague,'N ¥ SD Abavior, Oakiand A Below, Dixon J Kearney, San Jose J Cassidy, Alameda A Derbey, Los Ang J Willett, Boston lisworth, Aulanta T Quade, N ¥ 3 ins, Phila J Francis, Richmond T Stockton, St Louis LICK HOUSE. G A Smith, Portland Mrs W H Lindlg. Sac J A Hicks, Sun Jose 1 B Enri IW J Monaban, St Louis BALDWIN HOTEL. Mrs M Thompson, San Miss E Thompson, San Luis Obispo Luis Obispo ¥ Graves,S LObispo F A Lyon, Sacramento A Hunter, Vallejo F Howard, Gardner Stielena 8 H Brukett, Seattle Id,Stockton X 1 Burns, San Jose ve, Seattle C W Willisms, Seactle . Santa Cruz_ W H Hilton, Glen Ellen PALACE HOTEL. JCMcCauhlan, NY C L Webb & w, Seattle Mrs M E Bradiéy, Mich Mrs K N Bradley, Mich § H Barton, N Y W Outhout Jr, G G Kimball, Red Bluft J Fowler & w, N Bennett, Tacoma F T Norris, Bay City G H Apple, Sacto CF Young'& w, Belfast J N Burke, Sun Jose ¥ M Hine, Phosnix t Lonis H H Knapp, Nepa W M Hale, Alaska P Keystad, Alaska L Samuels, N Y F G Harper, Burlington GRAND HOTEL. J E Hall, Santa Rosa W H Tupper, N Y 8 Stone, Ukiah A W Bridges, Brooklyn T Miller, Cazadero J Hall, Norwich H Engwright, San Jose E ¥ Eiliott, Bakerstield W Lampert, Sacramento Mrs TAGilbert, Petaluma F C Cramer, Sacramento L C Akins, Sacramento J R Hillwan, Sacto J H Topley, Vallejo P H Blow, Vacaville MrsW Lawrence,Sonoma C A Gowen, San Jose Miss O Lawrence,Sonoma. I L Foster & w, Cal J B Burdell & w, Cal J A Sincloir & w, Cotia H G Turner, Modesto Miss Hamilton, Liverm J A Gill, Sacramento M Cody, Sonoma F'J Brandon, San Jose CEDavis,Col RivInAgey G Buckstall, Livermore CE Heyer &w,Haywards H R Peacock&w,Travers J F Clack, Sacramento F H Rowland, Vallejo n, N Orleans Hiss B Rowland, Vallejo WKlinch: M Balley Jr, Phila Miss Hall, Alamo. A D McEihany, lowa B Moore, Riverside M Evens, St Paul W L Prifchard, Sacto Miss A E Brash, St Paul B A Holly, Vallejo © 8 Carver, Syracuse G C Holberton, Stockton EJ Niles, Los Angeles F L Pratt & 1, Bacto Miss M Morgan, Oroville Mrs McCullotigh &d,Yolo Miss M Jumes, Oroville H M Fish, Chicago RUSS HOUSE. J M Dickson & w, Ferndl C N Thompson, Tomales A Lowe, St Louls P Mooshead, Santa Rosa. G S Easton, Stockton O P Berry,w & ¢,Mt View W _Allen, Seattle J W Hinds, Lincoln J J Livernash & w,Healsg H C Taber, St Maria W F Sawyer, St Maria T S Castro, Salinas W Brandon, Petalumu G Albert, Benicia J P Kiein, Willows Carrle E Felton, Boston 3 Cocking & w,Jackson _ A Anialie, Glasgow H C Murphy, Healdsburg C McLachian, Healdsbrg 3 Sibbaid, Nevada E G Bettis, Cal A McCabbin, Cal C W Braper,Monte Cristo C Culver, Seattle M Donile, Seattie Mrs ¥ Fredson, Seattle G Barrett, Los Angeles D A Ross, Fort Bragg Mrs A Collins & ¢, Boston J Willett, Boston J A Hardin, Santa Rosa Healdsburg be & w, W Collins, Alaska J Prendis, Cuba. L Dean, Keno W Moran, Fresno C € Hemori, Ohlo ‘H Smith, Reddin E X Van Imoeger,Redng ————————— the present visit of Encke’s comet has, in the skilled hands of Backlund, placed Mercury, so to speak, in the weighing gcale. e have thus learned that this globe, though no doubt a considerable one, is still much less than the earth. Encke's comet demonstrates that thirty globes as massive as Mercury would be required to weigh as much as the earth. e e—— Explosions in the streets are now ina fair way to be explained. Major Cardew has discovered that there is a remarkable deposit of sodiam in some of the insulators in the boxes used for electrical supply in London. Now sodium is highly in E mable by contact with water, and, there- fore, probably sets fire to the escape of gas : e 3 Needham, Minnenpolis | sht, Santa Clara | Completed 'Plans for the En- tertainment of the Little Ones. WORK ON THE ARCH HAS BEGUN. Signing of the Contract for the Il- luminated Structure on Market Street. That the grand illuminated arch across Market street will be one of the features of the Fourth of July celebration is now a settled fact. The contract for its construc- tion was signed yesterday afternoon, and the work of building it has already begun. The arch is located just west of the new History building. When completed it will bear 800 electric lights. The net cost to the committee is $1600, and collectors will be sent out at once to secure the propor- tion of that amount which is not already in hand. In the parade the division representing the Continental army will be separated into five sections, each one illustrative of some feature of the days of 1776. Wash- ington and his celebrated generals, Lafay- ette and Steuben, will lead. One company in new uniforms will typify the Revolu- tionary army before the struggle began. The men of Company 2 have seen service, and after them, Preceded by the “Yankee Doodle uad,’”” will come ragged and worn-out fragments of the army of Valley Forge. Bands of Indians and floats exem- plifying the spirit of 1776 will close the division. The men who will appear in line are now being drilled at 620 Bush street by A. E. Florence, who will com- mand the division. Another feature of the parade will be the free distribution of food. From a float sent: out by the butchers frankfurter sausages will be distributed. Not far be- hind will be a second float typical of the producer and the consumer. It is to be sentout by Chase’s bakery, and from it innumerable small loaves of bread will be given out. A little further down the line will be the. exhibit of the Boston Farm Dairy from which milk will be distributed gratis. A meeting of the marshals of division, aids, chief aids, etc., has been called for the evening of the 2d prox. at committee headquarters. Thisis for the purpose of distributing regalia and of affording the various aids an_ opportunity of becoming acguainted. t has been reported that several per- sons have been engafied in soliciting ad- vertisements for ~ bogus “official ~pro- grammes,” notwithstanding the fact that the contract has been let to L. H. Cosper & Co. In order to prevent any further im- position on the public, the executive com- mitiee, by its chairman, W. H. Davis, has supplied to every one who is entitled to transact any business in behaif of the com- mittee written credentials, and wishes it known that any one who cannot show such credentials is an impostor. Money for the celebration continues to come in in fairly large amounts. The $100 promised by the Hobart estate was paid into the treasury yesterday and Alvinza Hayward has promised to pay an equal amount. The entertainment committee has con- cluded its arrangements for the care of the children at the park. They found Mr. Murphy, who sublets the playground, ver; considerate. ‘The food supplies whic have been donated are 5000 sandwiches, 300 pounds of candy, thirty gallons of milk and twe;(l’toy dozen cookies. There is still needed 400 gallons of milk, 900 pounds of candy an 15,000 cookies. Streetcar tickets for 1500 children have been donated, but at least 1000 more are needed. The feeding of the children at the park is to'be accomplished by establishing sta- tions in tents, each station to be numbered and one number to be assigned to each institution. In the tents paper bags of lunch will be prepared. The quota for each bag is two sandwiches, five cookies, one square of ;Eopcorn and a quarter of a pound of candy. here will be only one station for the mifk subpl{. and there eight girls will distribute it to all. For their entertainment each child will be provided with a ticket for the merry- go-round, which will be good for one ride of five minutes’ duration. A Punch-and- Judy show will also give performances every twenty minutes throughout the after- noon. Other forms of amusement are now under consideration, but the committee does not wish them made public till it is known whether or not money enough to carry them all out can be secured. FOR A NEW LIOUOR LA, A Movement to Bottle and Blend Brandy in the Warehouses. Work of the Old Viticultural Com- i mission to Be Carrled on Privately. The State Viticultural Commissioners are winding up the business of the institu- tion as fast as they can, as the commission goes out of existence on the last day of De- cember. They have only $2500 with which to carry on the commission to that time, and in order to retrench in expenses the Commissioners have given up two of their elegant rooms at 10i Sansome street, thus reducing the item of rent from $150 to $60 a month. When their business is ended they will have to turn over all their furni- ture and a very valuable library on viticul- ture to the Rezents of the State University. There is much to be done yet. Secretary ‘Winfield Scott. in discussing this subject yesterday, said: We are now engaged in drawing up alaw which we hope will pass at the next session of Congress as & portion of the tariff and revenue bill, which is sure to be presented in some shape. We wish to secure the right to blend and bottle brandy in bond. At the present time the American distiller of brandy or whisky cannot remove the liquor from’ one portion of the bonded warehouse to another and bottle in bond as is done in Canada; and no American bottled goods bear the Govern- ment stamp, the same as the goods in wood do, One reason why the Canadians have worked up such a trade for bottled whisky in this country is that they have what corresponds to an internal revenue stamp over the neck and cork of their bottles, which practically affords & Government guaranty of yurlv.z. am in- formed that the American whisky distillers will nndoubtedly move to secure the passage of a law similar to the one that we want re- arding the right to bottle whisky in bond, but Ydoubl if they would care to have the blend- ing provisions which we desire, as they would only wish the right to reduce proof of whisky before bottling. AMONG THE UNIONS. Marine Firemen Take No Action on the Colima Inquiry—Coming Bar- bers’ Picnic. As a matter of policy, the Marine Fire- men'’s Union has not yet decided to take any action on the Colima investigation, though it is the general sentiment among its members that the investigation has not been satisfactory. As one of them said, while the union was in session at Irish-American Hall last night: “It won’t do for people whe are employed largely by the Pacific Mail Com- pany to have too muich to say. If we open THE CHILREN'S FOURTH,| our mouths a general policy of discharg- ing all union men might be adopted by that great monopoly as a matter of logical consequence. S0 you see that for our self preservation we are forced to keep silent. “During the year as many as thirty fire- men have lost their lives—nineteen in the Colima disaster and the other twelve being divided between the Montserrat and the Keweenaw. It has been a very unfortu- nate year in this respect. “On the other hand, we are fortunate enough to be alive and can report good times. Out of the 1000 or more men in our union as many as 900 of them have em- ployment.” The meeting last night was devoted mostly to a discussion of benefits. The union allows a burial benefit of $75 to each man and a shipwreck benefit of $50. As none of the bodies of the nineteen men drowned when the Colima went down have been recovered no burial benefit has been allowed, because the fund is distinctively a burial fund. Ramon Aviles, the engineer’s store- keeper of the Colima, is the only one who can claim the shipwreck benefit, being the only survivor beionging to the union. The firemen will have a picnic at Glen Ellen on July 7. _The Barbers’ Association is making great ]\rcfiar:uions for iis picnic, to be held at Harbor View Park on Sunday, July 14. Its main features will be shaving aud hair- cutting contests during the afternoon. and fireworks during the evening. The association met last night and elected officers. It was reported that the Sunday closing law was working all right. At the meetingZof the board o% directors of the Musicians” Union yesterday it was decided to take no notice of the anony- mous circular which had been sent to each of the members, charging the directors with monopolizing most of the work them- selves and insinuating that Secretary Smith was playing the autocrat. The board thought it would be time to notice charges of that character when they were made in a responsible and formal manner. The Scheel question was considered to to be of such a delicate nature as to be left gntirely with the union when it meets to- ay. The furniture-workers last night had a eery gloomy report—work scarce and poor | pay. The ironmoiders and stone- cutters report some slight improvement in the demand for their classes of work. ———— . ND ROOM FOR FIREBUGS, The Vigilance of the Local Authorities Too Keen for Them. San Franclsco One of the Best Fire-Protected Citles In the " United States. Fire Marshal Charles Towe is wroth over an apparent attempt to create the impres- sion that the City is in serious danger from a band of ‘organized firebugs, one paper having gone so far as to suggest thzat the recent fires of known incendiary origin may have been the work of a body of con- spirators similar to that which has been operating so disastrously in the East for the past ten years. “This is all wrong,’ said Marshal Towe, “and only serves to make the mindsof peo- ple uneasy without good cause. is in reality no ground for apprehension so far as the danger from a general incendiary epidemic is concerned. “There is no city in the United States better protected from fire or from the work of firebugs than San Francisco, despite the fact that our Fire Department is not con- ducted on the approved metropolitan plan of having its employes exclusively in the service of the department.” Mr. Towe then entered into the details of the recent fires at the Presidio, 769 Mar- ket street, 1130 Valencia street and 1084 Geary street, and continued : “I'have gone into these details for the purpose of showing that in each one of these cases there was a different motive. Had these fires been the result of the oper- ation of an organized gang, the metbods would have shown more or less similarity, but in each of the instances cited the modus operandi differed radically from one another. ‘I have no deubt that some of the East- ern conspirators had their eyes on this City as a good territory for their nefarious practices, but they were scared off in the very inception of theirplans. About six weeks ago I was informed that one of our prominent merchants had been approached on a proposition to have his place well in- sured and then have it destroyed by fire. But the dastardly schemer struck the wrong man. I got the tip, but before any- thing further could be done the individual had disappeared, having evidently taken alarm at the manner in which his over- tures had been received.” The Fire Marshal concluded with a warning against the use of Chinese rockets as opposed to those of American make, and "expressed the belief that all roofs should be wetted down when the Fourth comes along to prevent loss by fire. Pinch, Pinch, Always pinching the feet,— common machine-sewed % shoes. Buy them large they pinch, buy them small they pinch. If they don’t pinch, there are tacks in them orj waxed threads with disa- greeable odor. There’s none § of these in Goodyear Welt § Shoes. They are soft, flexible, easy, sweet, and clean. Your dealer can tell you of these, if he will; ask him. 2@ Goodyear Welts are LEATHER SHOES — not rubber. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. PERSONS DESIRING TO SUBMIT PROPO- sals for palnting the University buildings at Berkeley will receive specifications by addressing the undersigned, J. H. C. BONTE. Secretary University of California. Berkeley, June 25, 1895. AUCTION SALES. INDIANA AUCTION COMPARY. Office, 821-28 Mission street, bet. Fourth and Fifth. TO-MORROW. Thursday...... -..June 27, 1895, At 2 o'clock P. a, ‘We will sell, by order and for account of the pres- THER, ent owner, Mr. H. GUN’ The Golden Ruls Bakery and Conl@ctlone;y. LOCATED AT 26 SIXTH ST. This place of business has been established 25 years and Mr. Gunther has been the owner for 9 years. He has now decided to retire from business entirely, and this will make a spiendid opportunity for someébody. INDIANA AUCTION COMPANY. JACOB SCHWERDT, Prop. H. J. LEUTHOLTZ, Auciioneer. There | | | | Office hours 11 A. M. to or NEW TO-DAY. VOMAN'S SUFFERING. RELIEVED BY MAIL. HOW IT IS DONE. How a Woman Works for Her Sex. [SPECIAL TO OUR LADY EFADRXS.] Seated at her desk in the bureau of correspondence, this wonderful woman opens her letters from all parts of the world. A few extracts from their con- tents tell the story. — FROM IowA. _“Iam in a very bad condition. My courses have stopped from catching cold, and-the pain is fearful.” Iam all bloated up; and the pain inlower E:lrt of my body is terrible. My back and head Zyache all the time. What shall I do for it? " Miss L ¥ FROM NEW JERSEY. FRrOM OHIO. L4 FROM ILLiNoIS. s FROM PENNS'LV'N'A. at Mrs. Lizzie DeCline, 224 Grand Street, Jersey City, relates her miserfes resulting ‘from womb trouble, from which she was re- lieved and cured by the timely use of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege- table Compo She ends her letter by saying, “I owe all to you.” Mrs. Newton Cobb, of Manches- ter, 0., writes: “I used cight bottles of your Vegetable Com- ound, snd I am bappy to eay it as cured me of painful menstru. ations and backache. 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Oh, thank yorf, thank you'” The above extracts from many hun- dred letters received daily by Mrs. Pink- ham, at Lynn, Mass., go to show how easily ailing women can obtain advice and relief. Write to Mrs. Pinkham. ~ Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Co.ae pound, the most successful female medi- “cine known to the world, can be obtained of any druggist in the land. WE MUST VACATE OUR PREMISES, OUR LEASE EXPIRING, And we have concluded rather T0 SACRIFICE THANTO MOVE Our Large and Complete Stock of LADIE' AND GENTLEMEN'S SHOES We ask you to give us a call at your earli convenience to be convinced that we are disposing'of our brilliant ard well assorted stock at prices never before heard of in this community. DEASY BROS,, 875 Market Street. I~ WATCH THE BLUE SIGNS. TEY The San Francisco Laundry. 33 Geary Street. Telephone Main 5125. LI PO TAI JR.’S Herh Sanitarium, No. 727 Washington St., Cor. Brenham Place, above the plaza, San Francisco, Cal. SAN FrANCISCO, June 1, 1895. 618 Geiry street. After three vears of acute suifering from bron- chitis and insomnia and having been treated dur- ing this time by physicians of both the old and new schools without the slightest improvement I con- sulted Dr. i Po Tai Jr., who at once found the direct cause of the trouble. After a course of treat- ment with him I can pronounce myself cured. [ feel I owe my life to hisskill. DOR. NG, Weak Men andWE)men HOULD USE DAMIANA BITTERS, THE great Mexican Remedy; gives Health and Strength to the Sexual Organs. —— T LEGAL NOTICES, i by given by the unde ned, sdministratrix of the estate of ALBERT HELMKEN, deceased, to the creditors of and all persons having claims againse the gaid deceased, to exhibit them, with the neces- uchers within four months after the firs publ i dminisira- trix a the office of M. STUART TAYLOR, 1360 Park street, Alameda, California, which said office the undersigned selects as her place of business in all matters connected with the said estate of AL 3 ceased. BETTY F N, administratrix of the estate of deceased. Dated Alameda, June 20th, 1895. JUTICE TO CRECITORS. — ESTATE OF SUSAN E. KERBY, deceased. Notice is here- by given by the undersigned, administrator of the esiate of SUSAN E. KERBY, deceased, to_the creditors of, and all persons having claims against, the said deceased, to exhibit them with the Deces: sary vouchers within ten (10) months atter the first publication of this notice, to the said adminis. trator, at his office, room 4, Phelan building, San Francisco. the same being bls place for the tran- saction of the business of the said estate in the City and County of San Francisco, State of California. Administrator _of the' eatate of SURLY’ ministrator e estate of SUSAN KERBY, deceased. o Dated at San Francisco, June 19, 1895. MYRICK & DEERING, attornéys for Adminis- trator, 14 Sansome st. S K4 E.