The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 26, 1895, Page 7

THE FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE £6, 1895. 7 WEDNESDAY. JUNE 26, 1895 CITY NEWS IN BRIEF, Amelia Sternseber, a girl of 17, has invented @ carfender. > Roos left last week for the Eastern urope. sh ship Drumcliff arrived yesterda: fter a tempestuous voyage from Liverpool The first cremation took place yesterday i the new crematory at Odd Pexl)lows'yceme‘t:ryy.m The Sperry Flourmills at South Vallejo will (I-A::u operations for the season this morn- Briti The workmen 21d City Hall Qays. engaged In tearing down the are finding many relics of early Editor Marcus D. Bornck passed away sud. denly yesterday e C tvely t fenly yes y after a comparatively short The board of directors of the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Association of Californi last evening. o Th‘e Superintendent of Streets has found fault with the contractor who ismacadamizing Cortland avenue Chief Sullivan of the Fire Department has fssued the usual warning to householders to Prepare for the Fourth. Michael Farrell, a_Potrero hotel-keeper, fell from his window early yesterday morning and fatally injured himself. any has reduced handise going from rnia points to Utah, Julius Meyer, charged with per- ed for & dismissal and the motion r advisement. 11i's letter on secret societies coived here. The decree must be d in this diccese. oroia and Oregon District Synod of 1 heran church has decided to organize a German mission at San Diego. Judee Conlan opened court yesterday morn- ing with Ambrose Watson as clerk and E. P, Mogan &s prosecuting attorney. The following horses were winners at the track vesterday: Red Idle, Ali Baba, Lady Jane, Tar and Tartar and Mount Air. Azter belong- the Pacific Mail Company arrived yes. sShe will run on the Panama route. orge W. McNear, the owner of the Sperry 1ls at South Vallejo, predicts & good for the wneat-growers and millers of the 3s iow unae The new iron freight steamer ing to terda ¢ contract for the illuminated arch on t street has been signed by the Fourth of itee and work on the structure has ds have introduced a new game in ations. They go in pairs and while ssks for alms the other wields a sandbag behind. rgurovich, a picturesque old fisher- Telegraph Hill, says he has found the and only cure for consumption. He treats patients frei Rev. D : Krauskopt of New York, the traveler end lecturer, talked to a large audience last evening at Temple Emanu-El on “An Evening With Tolstoi.”” Nelson Bennett, member of the Republican ational Committee trom the State of Wash- ington, favors San Francisco as a candidate for the convention. J. A. Williamson, ex-United States Land Commissioner, is in California to advocate the Valley railroad extension to Moraga Valley, Contra Costa County. Property-owners have called the attention of Mayor Sutro to the new oitumen pavement on Broderick street, between Clay and Washing- ton. They say it is too soft. Three of the harbor employes were removed yesterday, and it is promised that in a short time three wharfingers and three collectors ‘Will be dropped from the roll. The Fire Committee of the Board of Super- visors yesterday decided in favor of the de- mand for fire engines for the outside districts of the City to the number of six. The new Institute of Applied Christianity to Socialism discussed the relation of employe to | employer in the lecture-room of the Third Cone gregational Church last evening. A resort, to be known as the Isle of Monte Cristo and the counterpart of Coney Island oa the Eestern coast, is to be established at Me- Nears Landing, on San Pablo Bay. A warrant was sworn out rday for the arrest of Leo Jentzsch, barbe: 6 Sixih street, for keeping his shop open on Sunday, June 16, eontrary to the provisions of the recent act. Auditor Broderick will refuse to aundit the warrants of Game Warden Mooian because the Superior Court of San Diego has decided the law cresating the office to be unconstitutional. John Coughlin, alias McCarthy, alias Cardy, Y b'uglsr, played the insanity dodge in the City Prison yesterday morning and was locked up in a padded cell in the Receiving Hospital, The members of the Stomatological Club have tendered their rooms to the State Dental Asso- ciation during its convention, beginning Jul e club will discontinue its clinics until Aug Governor Budd will call & convention of all the County Supervisors to meet in San Fran- ciseo next month. The object is to raise funds for a California exhibit at the Atlanta (Ga.) ex- position. Miss Susan Anthony says that California is just ripe for » sufirage movement. Two parties sve already embodied it in their platforms, and another such recommendation will assure its passage. Great preparations are being made in yacht- ing circles for the coast regatta for the San Francisco challenge cup. An attempt is also being made to establish an annual midsummer interclub race. Charles Meanwell, secretary of the Steam- boat and Rigeers' Association, swore out a warrant yesterday for the arrestof Howard Haley, the ex-treasurer, on the charge of mis- demeanor embezzlement. The Swedish-American National Union starts off with a membership running into the thou- eands. Consul Lund sends a congratulatory telegram to the King of Sweden, to which his Majesty sends a gracious reply. Secretary Hoffmann of the Masons’ and Builders’ Association made a statement for his Bociety in regard to the fight with the master carpenters. Fecling is high between the two trades around the Builders’ Exchange. Mayor Sntro is to announce the appointment of the four Election Commissioners at noon on Monday., It is said that he will appoint Messrs. Denman and Phelan, Democrats, and dessrs. Castle and Foster, Republicans. The Union for Practical Progress adjourned after adopting resolutions of sympathy with the family of the former secretary of the union, John M. Wallis. Woman suffrage will be the topic of discussion at the next meeting. Fhe members of the Viticultural Commission will carry on the work of the commission after 1t will heve ceased to exist on January 1. They are framing & bili providing for bottling and blending brandy in bonded warehouses. Hubert Jennings, 14 years of age, threw a plece of ice at & gripman on & California-street car yesterday, which crashed through the glass in the door and scared the passengers, He was arrested and charged with malicious mis- chief. Through the intercession of Labor Commis- sioner Fitzgerald the United States Attorney- General has ordered the dismissal of all the cases against the strikers in the recent railroad disturbances in the northern part of Cali- fornia. On last Saturday the Sheriff °s deputics drove the Uszynski brothers from & house formerly owned by their mother, and turned the prop- erty over to the street-contracting firm of Flinn & Treacy to satisfy & judgment for street-pav- ing work, the Peace Barry yesterday decided l?cfi{h case in favor of the tailors, hold- . ing that patrons of them were engaged in a which was unlawful and they could ver their money, although no consider- ation was given. Dr. George L. Fitch takes occasion to reply to the comments made upon his course in the Fourth of July literary committee by Miss Busan B. Anthony and iss Anna H. Shaw. He itches into the new woman and eays he has ly commenced. The Park Commissioners have decided favor- ebly upon the petition of property-owners to gllow them to erect lights on the driveway from the fair grounds to the ‘ocean. The mat. ter is in the nands of Commissioner Rosenfeld snd Buperintendent McLaren. Judge Groezinger yesterday decided to sus- tain the City and County Attorney’s demurror in the suit of Malloy & Broeder against the Supervisors, which cceks to hold them indi- Jiduslty liable for debts for supplies. The case was dismissed, but msay be appealed. J. C. Davis of Rochester, N. Y., was yesterday held by Judge Joachimsen to answer before the Superior Court in $2000 bonds on the charge of passing a fictitious check upon W. K. Vanderslice & Co., jewelers, He has now Dbeen held on three different charges. Reel Terry, the attorney who offended the court in the Levingston case on Monday, apolo- gized to Judge Joachimsen yesterday and was purged of contempt. His Honor passed some pevere strictures upon Wallace Bradford, who declared after adjournment that he believed that the court had been “fixed.” AROUND THE WATER FRONT The Aztec, a New Iron Steamer for the FPacific Mail, Arrives. BIG TIMBERS FOR A DREDGER. - Commodore W. L. Merry Upon the Distances In Pacific Ocean Navigation. The new 3500-ton steamer Aztec arrived yesterday in ballast, nine days from Aca- pulco. She is one of the two vessels re- cently purchased in England by the Pacific Mail Company for freight service between San Francisco and Panama. She sailed from Barry, in Scotland, March 9, making the passage to Panama in fifty-one days. A strong rivalry exists between the up- coast steamers, and the people of Eureka are getting the advantage of the cut in fares. The Pomona still holds to the old rate of $10 for a cabin passage, but the North Fork and National City have re- duced the rate to $6. The Humboldt left yesterday with a still lower cut of $5. The schooner General Garfield yesterday brought down from Grays Harbor a load of the longest timbers ever brought to this ort. They are from 120to 130 feet in ength and 20 by 20 inches at base, and are for a large Government dredger now being built at Hay & Wright's shipyard, Oakland, for work on the Sacramento River. El Campo was decked out in holiday at- tire yesterday and was crowded with ex- cursionists from Healdsburg, Santa Rosa, Petaluma and way stations. The occasion was a reduction of railroad fares from the §[cun!s named to the pretty little grove on arin shore. The excursionists were made up principally of women and children, but there was a %eueral sprinkling of men, The day was_all that could be desired and it was most delightfully spent. Captain Johnson of the steamer Whites- boro, which sailed yesterday, was struck by a hawser while getting underway and knocked overboard. He was rescued and taken on board his vessel somewhat shaken up, but not badly damaged. This isa bad season for deep-water ves- sels and every ship that comes in from a long voyage reports the severest weather ever known, especially in the south tem- perate zone. The British ship Drumcliff, Captain Davies, arrived yesterday, 139 days from Liverpool, after a tempestuous passage. She sailed February 6 and had to put into Holyhead the next day for shelter. She made another start on the 9th and on the 19th encountered a gale that blew away half of her sails. The blow lasted steadily for two weeks and Captain Davies states that it was the hardest he ever experi- enced. Off the River Plate in the South Atlantic they encountered a fearful thun- derstorm, which lasted a day and night. The lightning flamed around the vessel in- cessantly and she being iron, it was a mir- acle that she was not destroyed with all bands on board. A gale came on next morning which tore away almost all their remaining sails and the foretopsail yard. For over a month the storm continued so fiercely that they were unable to replace the lost spar, and had to battle with the tempest without it. The storm followed them all the way around the Horn until the vessel was well up in the Pacific. Several men were in- jured during the bad weather, but fortu- nately no lives were lost, though a com- plete set of sails was blown away. The cruiser Philadelphia, ‘which left Honolulu on the 17th, has not yet arrived, and it is supposed_that her starboard en ine, which was disabled on the trip to i{onolulu, is yet in a weak condition, ne- cessitating slow speed. Commodore William L. Merry, speaking of the opinion held by some people that the Nicaragua canal might divert commerce, shows Ev the following statement that the effect will be just the contrary:| The pnblicnlion of the “Pacific Ocean Pllot ») {obtained by the efforts of the Chamber of Commerce) has enabled me to officially prove the correctness of my assertions in this respect. Some three weeks since a letter was ad({‘ressefl, at my suggestion, by the Chamber of Commerce to Commander Sigsbee, United States Navy, Hydrographer, Navy Department, Washington, réquesting him to delineate upon merce from all Eastern Asiatic ports passes close in front of it, including Shanghai, Kobe, Nagasaki, Foo-chow-foo, Amoy, Hongkong, Canton, Singapore, etc. Steamships have a long pull across the Pacific without coaling, and when calling here on their way t0 Atlantic ports via canal they will have part of their cargo for this port, discharg- ing it while coaling and replacing it with cargo for Atlantic ports, thus duplicating freight earnings to that extent. In the pam- Tl\let on the Nicaragua canal, to be soon pub- ished by the Chamber of Commerce and Boards of Tradée of the Pacific Coast, these matters will be more fully dis- cussed than is possible here, but what I have written should dismiss from an intelligent mind the idea that the canal will divert Asi- atic commerce from San Francisco. I demdr, however, to one idea expres: in the Wash- ington dispatch of the 15th inst., nlludln? to this important feature of the canal question, of such striking advantage to San Francisco. 1 do not consider that the shortest trans-Pacific route will decrease the strategical import- ance of the "Hawaiian Islands. That island re- ublic dominates geographically the North Pacific Ocean. With a developed commerce and a splendid naval station, in a_healthy oli- mate, YKe nation that controls the Hawaiian Islands will largely control tne maritime com- merce of the Pacific ocean. The fact that itis not directly on the shortest navigable line to the Nicaragua canal cannot change this. The interests of the Hawaiian Islands will be reatly developed by the opening of the canal. t is not necessary that Homnolulu shall be on the shortestline of navigation to the canal to produce this result. The ship Oimara arrived at Queenstown from the Columbia River in 137 days with 43,516 centals of wheat loaded by fialfour, Guthrie & Co. valued at $33,700. The steamer Walla Walla came in yes- terday from Puget Sound with eighty-six cabin and seventy-two steerage passengers, among the latter four convicts from Sitka bound to San Quentin to serve terms of imprisonment from two to six years. MANUFACTURERS ~ MEET, The Association a State Organ- ization, Not Purely a Local One. Stockton, Sacramento and Vallejo Offer Inducements for the Gun Factory, The board of directors of the Manufac- turers’ and Producers’ Association of Cali- fornia met last evening, H. T. Scctt in the chair. There were present: G. W.Sny- der, Louis Saroni, J. P. Currier, A. Mc- Laughlin, R. 8. Moore, W. F. Bowers, A. Sbarboro, M. J. Keller of Oakland, and L. R. Mead secretary. A communication from the San Fran- cisco Lithographers’ Mutual Benefit Asso- ciation indicating its members’ desire to join the Manufacturers’ Association ina body was received. The point was made that they could not join as a body and it was resolved to invite them to join as in- dividuals. It was ordered that a meeting of the members of the association be called ior August 6 at 10 o’clock to consider the new by-laws. The meeting will be held at the association’s offices in the Mills buildine. Mr. Currier suggested the adoption of a distinetive label for California-made cigars and for all California-made goods. He re- marked the difficulty experienced by the consumer in learning whether articles ex- posed for sale were really of California manufacture and thought that some in- signia, such as the picture of a bear, should be generally used to distinguish such articles. Mr. Keller suggested that each firm rep- resented in the association shonld have the fact of its membership inscribed on its letter-heads and that retail dealers who patronize home manufacturers be supplied with cards announcing that fact. The matter was finally referred to the commit- tee on promdtion. Mr. Scott brought up the matter of the Boston gun factory, which has decided to locate in California. It wishesto settle in San Francisco, but has been offered grounds and freight from Boston by the cities of Stockton, SBacramento and Vallejo. These inducements amounted to about $2500 and the understanding was that if the association would raise that amount San Francisco would be the site of the new factory. hardly came properly before the meeting as the association was a_ State institution and not a purely San Francisco organiza- tion. Mr. Scott had promised, however, to bring the matter up. A very one-sided discussion followed and it was decided not to interfere in the matter of a choice of location by the new industry so long as it comes to this State. The gun manufac- Mr. Scott thought the matter | MARCUS D. BORUCK DEAD, The Well-Known Editor and Politician Expires at His Home. THE END CAME UNEXPECTEDLY. Heart-Fallure the Direct Cause of Death — Record of a Busy Life. Marcus D. Boruck died at the family residence, 2125 California street, at 10 o’clock yesterday morning. Although Mr. Boruck had been ill for some time and himself and family and physicians felt that it was a fatal illness, yet death came rather unexpectedly. They expected the end to come soon, but not so soon. Even the deceased was surprised when he saw the end coming. But he passed away peacefully and without complaint. He had fought very bravely for life dur- ing his illness, and the family’s physician, Dr. Fiske, was even more courageous in mustered out. For years he held the office of secretaryship of the old Volunteer De- partment and was a conspicuous member of the board of delegates. For years, too, he was very active in insurance circles and his paper, the Spirit of the Times, divided itd turf interests with insurance matters. He served one term as president of the State Agricultural Society. 1n 1854 he was prominent in politics of the Whig faction, and in that year ran for the Legislature, but was defeated. He also ran once as an independent candidate for the State Senate and received 1200 votes in his district. When the old Whig party dissolved he identified himself with the Republican party, which began to gain its strength in 1856. He remained a_stalwart henchman of that party ug to his death, His services in behaif of that party were many and of great assistance to it. He filled the offices of Secretary of the State Senate and clerk of the Assembly for sev- eral terms, and was secretary of the State Republican Committee during a number of campaigns. When General John F. Miller represented California in the United States Senate Mr. Boruck was spoken of as Secretary of the Senate, but the question of locality was brought up and & man who lived nearer to the National capital re- ceived the appointment. His last office of trust was secretary to tke. late Governor Waterman. Charles M. Chase, in_speaking of his former partner, said: ‘“He was a man of stanch friendships, and his fealty to his party was too well known to need any comment. Aside from this, he was a man of great benevolence. Asa public-spirited citizen he was always on the side of law, order and morality. He was devoted to his hope that the partial recovery of his patient might be accomplished than were the dying man and his family. Dr. Brey- fogle was the consulting physician. The members of the family were present at the death, with the exception of Mrs. Schussler, who is in New York City. The eldest daughter, Mrs. William Reding, ar- rived here some two weeks ago, and has been an almost watcher with her sister Florence and Mrs. Boruck at_the bedside of the patient. Leland 8. Boruck, the only son, with Miller, Sloss & Scott, re- mained away from business yesterday morn- ing, and, with his sisters and mother, was at the bedside when his father passed away. The physicians pronounce the direct cause of death to be heart-failure, though the deceased had been a sufferer for some time from dropsy, which was acutely ae- THE SOHOONER GENERAL GARFIELD UNLOADING A CARGO OF BIG TIMBERS, : [Sketched for the “Call” by Coulter.] the July United States pilot chart of the Pacific Ocean the great circle or shortest route from Eastern Asia to Brito, the Pacific terminus of the canal, and to continue the jllustration until the Nicaragua canal bill has been enacted, or longer if deemed advisable. Commander Sigs- bee has taken great interest in the matter, and, discussing steamship routes only, makes public officially “the following distances in Pacific Ocean navigation: Unbroken great circle route, Brito to Yokohama (laying over the Americ: qontnent ||an orest possible gi Yokohama..... Knots. Honolulu Lo Yokohama....... Excess in distance via Honolu i over route via San Francisco................ Nothing can more clearly illustraie that, 873 with the completion of the "Nicaragua canal, San Francisco will become the port of call for Asiatic commerce to and from the Atlantic via canal. The same remarks apply to San Diego and Eureks, Humboldt County, the latter port being only sixty knots from the correct great circle, which bere infringes on the land. =~ Yo- kohama is properly used as a potnt of depart ure to illustrate the matter, because the com- tured by the newcomers is a shotgun of a new patent which is said to be a very fine arm. . Secretary Mead suggested that the_asso- ciation incorporate, and Messrs. Mead, Bowers and Sonntag were a%pointed to in- vestigate and report as to the advantages or disadvantages of such a course. Mr. Sbarboro stated that Goldberg, Bowen & Lebenbaum had #offered to set aside aday upon which only California Pmducts should be exhibited at their stores, f the association approved. A committee consisting of Messrs. Sbarboro, Currier and Saroni was appointed to wait on the firm and notify it of the association’s approval. Mz. Currier remarked that one of the largest dry-goods houses in the City had decided to make July Fourth a day for the exhibition of home products only, and he believed that the idea.of a Cnli¥omia day in the retail stores was growin% in favor. Snmdples.ol petroleum, olive oil and con- densed milk of California manufacture were shown, and the board adjourned to meet next ’fuesday evening. ——————— Election Commission Adjourns Sine Die. The Board of Election Commissioners met ;euurdl‘y morning and approved the hold-over ills before it and adjourned sine die. The meeting was without incident. tavated by a severe attack of P ast winter. In fact, he had never fully recovered from that sickness. The funeral will occur on Thursday of this week, but the arrangements have not yet been made and will be decided upon probably this morning. Marcus D. Boruck was during his life- time identified with State and ng affairs, and his name was_ever prominentamong the list of those who came to this eoast in the days when the gold fever was yet epi- demic. He*was not in the strict sense a xi]iouzer. but he only lacked one year of that distinction. He came here from his native State—New York—asa youth of 18, arriying in 1850, After his arrival he was employed in the Custom-house for auite awhile, and in 1856 he became joint proprietor with Charles M. Chase of the Firemen's Journal. It was in connection with this journal that Mr. Boruck found a congenial occupation, that of journalism. He re- mained with the journal until it was four i’_gua later_merged into the Spirit of the imes, which has been the paper with which he was identified up to tge ast, and which was the leading turf paper of the Btate. Mr. Boruck early connected himself with the Volunteer Fire Department and was a member of Comvany 4 until it was MARCUS D. [From a photograph.] BORUCK. the interests of the City and State. I be- lieve his last act of benevolence was to lecture on ‘The Press’ for the benefit ot the Woman’s Hospital. His life was full of such acts. Being possessed of a posi- tive nature, he naturally had many ene- mies as well as friends, but the latter were by far in the majority.”” Mr. Boruck leaves a widow, thgee daugh- ters, Fannie, Florence and Belle, and one son named after his old-time friend, the late Senator Leland Stanford. FAVORS SAN- FRANCISCD, Nelson Bennett, Member of the Republican National Committee. Talks of Presidential Conventions, Free Silver and Thriving Tacoma. Nelson Bennett, member of the Repub- lican National Committee from the State of Washington, was interviewed at the Palace Hotel last evening. Replying to questions he said: When the committee meets to fix a time an place for holding & convention to nominais candidates for President and Vice-President I shall endeavor to aitend the session. Yes, I am in favor of holding the convention in San Francisco, and if there appears to be an: chance of bringing the convention out here shall 80 cast my vote. San Francisco is my first choice and Denver my second. If we can- not ]gez the convention here and Denver should develop strength I shall vote to hold the convention in that city. Should neither San Francisco nor Denver be in the race I shall vote for Chicago. This answer I have given in substance to many correspondents who have written to me to ascertain my choice. Our people on the Pacific Coast do not seem to l!} reciate the magnitude of a National Con- vention of the Republican party. The crowds that assemble are simply immense. The dele- ates themselves constitute a small percentage. lubs and special delegations come in rewi- ments, and spectators assemble by thousands toswell the throng and increase the enthusi- asm. Ban Francisco is a large city, well :al;‘lfigedmwlghyflgf ho‘m‘::?d restaurants, and apable of ng oare of vi;}‘t'oru ‘}xm could c?lmel. 1 i S ere is a great deal of silver talk in Wash- ington. Public sentiment has undergone a marked change in a few years. The Chamber of Comamerce of Tacoma passed resolutions voring the repeal of the silver-purcha: clause of the Sherman act. At that rected the paper of which I am proj rietor, the Taeoma Ledger, to sustain silver. The course of the paper was opPosed by the Chamber of Commerce. Iwent {o the State conventfon at Sgaklne Falls last October as an advocate of the free coinage of silver. Inthe committee on platform we could not mgree, so the contest was fought out on the flobr of the convention. We won 1o the extent of getting a resolution adopted declaring in favor of coining the Amerlean product of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1. The country about PugetSound {8 prosper- ous and Tacoma is going ahead as a shi ping int. The Northern Pacific steamship xl’ne is oubling its steamer service between the Sound and the Orient. Three fine steamers have been Plylng in this trade for two years and the business now ‘jusnnea the employment of three more steamsh! lead smelting works in Tacoma is doubled. Operations in meat packing have been largely increased this year. I am_informed and be- lieve the information to be corect, that an order has been received in Tacoma for 700,000 barrels of meat for shipment to Vladivostock. Russia is accumulating supplies for the men employed on the Siberian railroad and other operations in that region. Mr, Bennett nfienks well of minin, velopment in the Cascade range. and copper mines of great merit have been opened and the promise of further activity in the working of mines is gratifying. Mr, Bennett went to Washington from New “York. He 1s actively engaged in impor- tant busiress pursuits, being proprietor of the Tacoma Hotel, as well as owner of the Tacoma Ledger. e —.——— In 1871 it was decided that a bankrupt could not sit in the House of Lords. n, time I dl!- . The capacity of our de- old Special Baggage Notice., Round-trip transfer tickets on sale at re duced rates at our office oNLY. One trunk, round trip, 50 cents; single trip, 35 cents, Morton Special Delivery. 31 Geary street, 408 Taylor street and Oakland ferry depot.* MORE POOR PAVEMENTS, Even the Street Superintend- tendent Finds Fault With a Contractor. CEMENT SMOTHERED IN SAND. Bitumen on Broderick Street That Is Too Soft—The Mayor Called On to Act. The people who live on Cortland avenue have asked that the avenue from where it is intersected by Folsom street down to San Bruno road be made passable for teams. The Supervisors ordered the ave- nue macadamized, let the contract to T. H. Norton, and the specifications required that there shall be a course of rock not subject to the Rattler test six inches deep, broken into pieces as near as possible six inches each way, a course four inches deep of uniform size smaller than the first, a stratum of two inches of still smaller rock, and a top dressing so small that it will pass through a half-inch screen. Itis also provided that each layer shall be well watered and rolled before the next course is put on. Recently complaints have been made that the work is not being done according to specifications. An examination of the work for two blocks south of Folsom street shows that the rock used is much larger than the specifications call for and that no water nor roller has been used. “That will be all right when the last course is put on and it is rolled,”’ remarked Superintendent Ashworth, when his atten- tion was drawn to the matter yesterday. “But, the contractor is required to roll each course,”” remarked. Mr. Ashworth’s chief deputy. “Well, I'll look into this,” added the Superintend ent;'still I have a deputy, Mr. Clark, who is looking after this work every day. The rock you speak of certainly should be of the size required, and it shall be. Now I want to say that in a block be- yond the two mentioned, samples of the cement he used in laying the gutter way was shown me. It was so poor that on last Saturday I sent Norton this letter: You are hereby notified that the work being done by you on Cortland avenue must con- form to the specifications under which such work was ordered. A strict compliance with the specifications will be insisted upon and I W%ll not accept the work if it is done other- wise. 1 have been furnished with a sample of the concrete work done by you, which I find very inferiorin quality. Ishall positively refuse to accept the concrete work unless the same be of the proper character and in conformity with the specifications for the same. In answer to a question as to the in- feriority of the work, Mr. Ashworth re- plied: ““Too much sand; too little ce- ment.” George T. Gaden, the Mayor’s expert, said that he has had his eye on this work for some time, but that it had not yet been brought officially to his notice. He added: ‘L shall look into this job and the lay- ing of the sewer, which has been cov- ered as rapidly as constructed. I have not had any opportunity toexamine the sewer- work as it progressed, because all kinds of obstructions have been placed in my wa; of ascertaining if street and sewer wor are properly done. The office of the Su- perintendent of Streets has refused to advise the Mayor's office of work, and Mr. Elder, who represents Supervisor Spreck- els, has been denied the right to examine books and documents in that office that re- late to streetwork.” To-day the Mayor received a letter from ‘W. N. Shaw, as follows; Would you kindly send one of your experts to look at block between Washingion and Clay, on Broderick, {\lsl asphalted by Raisch & Co. It is very poorly done, entirely too soft. Last Saturday it was badly cut up by teams, and on Sunday a steam engine had to roll over it to remove the cuts and Tuts in it. By attending to this promptly you will oblige the property owners who have to pay for the work. Mr. Elder examined the block in the afternoon, and his report is that the pave- ment is too soft and has been laid with bitumen in violation of the rule that such pavement should not be placed on grades that exceed 8 per cent. E. L. Hempel, who owns property at the corner of Clay and Broderick streets, sai “This is a bad piece of work, and the ma- | jority of the property-owners, if not all, will protest against its acceptance. The pavement is 8o soft that when wagons rest on it the wheels sink, and it was so badly cut up on Saturday that on Sunaay the contractors had _to roll it down to hide the poor work. When the work was com- menced I, with the consent of the prop- erty-owners, asked Buperintendent Ash- ‘worth to appoint me inspector, but he re- fused. He told me that as a property- owner I could look on.” Yesterday afterncon an express wagon passed along that plock and in making a turn the wheels turned up portions of the bitumen an inch and a half above the level, leaving a deep rut. MEYER'S CASE ARGUED, His Counsel Moves for a Dis~ missal of the Charge Against Him. It Is Claimed That the Words Upon Which the Action Rests Were Irrevelant. When the case of perjury against Julins Meyer was opened before Judge Murphy yesterday, Andrew Clunie, his attorney, moved for a dismissal on the ground that the prosecution had shown no good grounds upon which to hold the defend- ant for the charges against him. This, of course, immediately provoked argument, and the point raised was taken under the advisement of the court during the after- noon. Should a decision favorable to Clunie’s contention be rendered, the case against Meyer will end. Should an ad- verse decision be rendered upon the mo- tion, however, the defense will proceed to submit its evidence. The point to which Mr. Clunie confined most of his argument was that the an- swers made by the defendant to the ques- tions propounded to ascertain his fitness to serve as a juryman, ana upon which the perjury case is based, were not material to any issue in the action, were rendered while the accused was not under proper oath and cannot in any manner be classed as _perjury. He argued that under the code the clerk of the court has no right to swear a juror until an issue is raised by a challenge from one side or the other. Assistant District Attorney Piexotto contended that the answer of the accused, when he said he had no knowledge of such places—gambling nlnces«mlslef the di- rection of the examination, by raising the presumption that the rospective juror was in no way acquainted with gambling or gamblers in this City. He argued far- ther that the posecution had shown there had been perjury committed and that it was the duty of the defense to show either that Meyer had not sworn falsely or that if hedid 50, it was an honest mistake. The matter will be aecided this morning. —————— Camera Club Slides. The exhibition of slides from the Minneapolis and Philadelphia Camera Clubs was held in the rooms of the Califosnia Camera Club last even}ni. The slides from Minneapolis were particularly interesting, as they included not " only scenes from the city itself but views from the surrounding lakes, rivers aud mountains. Among the Philadelphia Club’s slides were some views from the frozen regions of Green- lend and from the icefields of the northern seas. —————— Stole a Bicycle. Edward McVeagh stole a bicycle on June 19 from the store of Eugene E. Piguet, 230 Kearny street, and yesterday was held by Judge Joach- imsen to answer before the Superior Court in $1000 bonds on the charge of grand larceny. —_—— NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. PEESo e giuts odimprommemsont S FRICOLANDLR GOTTLOD & co- (2353 AYD MAMAGERS *++ Oh, they are wise ‘Who advertise In Winter, Spring and Fall, But wiser yot Are they, you bet, Who never let up at all. That Is the Reason Why We Do So Much Adver- tising to Praise THE FRAWLEY COMPANY, The Best in the Country, And the Charming Comedy-Drams, ” «YOUNG MRS. WINTHROP! Now Crowding the House to the Doors. Reserved Seats— Night: 15¢, 26¢, 50c and 766, Matinee: 15¢, 25¢ and 50c. Monday Next—The Great American Play, “THE SENATOR.” Debut of Helen Kelleher. COLUMBIA THEATER. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 27th SPECIAL BENEFIT ~——OF THE— PRESS CLUB 0f San Francisco,. ASSISTED BY THE PROFESSIONAL TALENT FROM THE BALDWIN, COLUMBIA, CALIFORNIA, TIVOLI, MOROSCO'’S, ALCAZAR, ORPHEUM and CIRCUS ROYAL. RESERVED SEATS. $1.00 Nowon sale at the Box-office of the Columbia Theater, or at the Club Rooms, Thurlow Block. CALIFORNIA THEATER AL HAYMAN & Co. (Incorporated)..... Proprietors MATINEE TO-DAY AT 2 P. M, ~——TO-NIGHT AT 8.—— DENMAN THOMPSON'S PLAY, THE OLD HOMESTEAD Mansgement of E. A. MOFARLAND, DOUBLE MALE QUARTET. In New Songs and Harmonies. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Mes. ERNESTINE KRELING Proprietor & Manages EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK ! ELABORATE PRODUCTION 0Of Czibulka’s Romantic Opers, “AMORITA” SUPERB CAST ! Enlarged Chorus—Augmented Orchestra Under the Direction of -ADOLPH BAUER—— MONDAY, JULY 1, The Glorious Comic Opera Success, —“TAR AND TARTAR I"’— Popular Prices—25c and 50c. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theaterin America. ‘WALTER MOROSCO....Sole Lessee and Manager THIS EVENING AT EIGHT, FOURTH WEEK OF THE EMINENT Author—Actor—Manager, "WALTER SANFORD. In His Great Scenic Melodram; “THE PACE THAT KiLLS EVENING PRICES—25¢ and_500. Family Circle and Gallery, 10c. Matinees Saturday ana Sunday. : ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Street, Between Stockton and Powell. Tremendous Success of Our New Bill! DAN SHERMAN'S JAY CIRCUS 00, ! MILLAR BROS.” FAMOUS DIORAMA! SHERMAN AND MORRISEY, SHORT AND EDWARDS, THE WRESTLING PONY, MAJOR, LES FRERES MARTINETTI, and Other Great Stellar Acts. Reserved Seats, 25¢; Balcony, 10¢; Opera Chatry and Box Seats, 50¢. CIRCUS ROYAL And Venetian Water Carnival, Corner Eddy and Mason streets. CLIFF PHILLIPS. ....... o JOE HOLZ.... LAST NIGHTS! Positively Last Week of THE GREAT WATER SPECTACLE and CIRCUS — CIRCUS This house will close | YOUR on Sunday evening to|LAST CHANCE 0 T make alterations for the SEE IT | production of TO SEE. ——GRAND AND COMIC OPERAS. POPULAR PRICES—Evening, 15¢, 25¢ and_50c; Saturday Matinee—Children 15¢, Adults 25c. MISS SHAW AND MISS ANTHONY. METROPOLITAN TEMPLE, THURS- DAY, JUNE 27, 8 P. M. «THE FATE OF REPUBLICS.” ‘World-famed Lecture by REV. ANNA H, SHAW, THE PRESENT_ STATUS OF THE SUFFRAGE QUESTION. Address by MISS SUSAN B. ANTHONY, Admission, including resérved seat...... .50c Tickets may be secured at Sherman & Clay's Music-store, cor. Sutter and Kearny sts.,, on the 24th, 25th, 26th and 27th, and a; the Temple on the evening of the lectures. METROPOLITAN TEMPLE. GRAND MIDSUIMIER CELEBRATION ¥ THE— —o0; SWEDISH AMERICAN NATIONAL UNION OF CALIFORNIA. Good speaking. Choir of 75 voices. Nations Costume te. Admission. ..10 Cents RUNNING RUNKING RACES! % RACES CALIFORNIA JOCREX CLUB RACES, SPRING MEETING! BAY DISTRICT TRACK. Races Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and or Five or more races each day, Races startat 2:30 cars :fix sharp. McAllister and Geary street pass PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS. GRAND PICNIC AND FAMILY REUNTON, ANCIENT ORDER UNITED WORKMEN, FAIRFAX, MARIN CO., THURSDAY, JUNE 27, Tickets, 50c.; Children, 25c., fare and park,