The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 6, 1895, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1895 11 CATEST OAKLAND NEWS Aaron Krauss Drowned in the Presence of Thousands of People. - 4 FELL FROM A BURNING RAFT. Walter Lambert Holds a Recep- tion Before Departing for San Quentin. Aaron Krauss met his death on the ni of the Fourth of July by drowning in Lake Merritt. Although he was less than a hundred yards from over 50,000 not more than a dozen of them people, knew of his danger and death. In the early part of the evening Mr. Krauss, accompanied by a friend, Levi Strauss, came over from San Francisco to witness the illuminatior Being a per- sonal friend of Henry Vollars, who had the fireworks in he asked per- mission 20 ats from which the ¢ y tock vlace. request was granted, but not willingly. He was told of the d r, but he the warning. His friend the float in charge of George Woodward, ed on the east side of the evard. Iy upon the beginning he raft on the extreme ing the rockets to ry direction. Those 1n charge it would be almost impossible to the display on account of the e of the rafts. But every precau- and they cheedm to amme all right until , when the raft upon ocated caught fire. )dward’s efforts to ex- in. They shouted help, and_George Atkinsen’s steam nch immediately started toward them. ame wildly excited, and in ped into the water, t to him. At the f the fireworks on the raft enveloping the place in dense Nothing more was seen of Krauss. tayed on the raft ana was removed by a boat. At thetime the of Kra id not know whether he ior not. Some thougk ndered to the shore. o 3 ing the body of Krauss recovered by a dredger. The deceased resided at 1017 Post street, Francisco. He was a single man, about 40 years of age. Levi Strauss & Co. had employed him for the past fourteen years. which was lo lake, near the b 1t : s Anticipates a Contest. morning at 10 o’clock the Board of rvisors will meet as a board of equal- on to hear any complaints against the sment rolls as prepared by Assessor Iton. All complaints must be filed with the County Clerk. Asyetno protests have been entered, but several extensive corpor- ations have had their agents at work for some time getting figures so as to be able r Dalton expects lling to substan- T Sug izad Dalton said in relation to the ma All 1 ask for is a square eal. I believe that the County Board of zation intends to do the right thing by my assessments. 1 ciaim that I have made a fair as ment all over the coun and if ne 1 am going to battle to Yeste ¢ ave it mai ned. Of course Lanticipate u conte: vect to see some applica- tions Yor n fil to-morrow, and then I will know how toact. At present )1 cannot say what course I shall pursue. YYou see everything depends upon what the other side is zoing to do. If necessary 1 lemploy an attorney to make the ain my figures. Ido not be- lie will take snap jud ment on me in this matter. If a figh made I want time to prepare my case and secure my witnesses. Iam in earnest and provose fo make a showing if my figures | are attacked.” Taken to San Quentin. Walter Lambert, the ex-clerk of the Po- lice Court, was taken to San Quentin yes- y to serve five years for taking money from the In the morning he held a ttle reception at the County Jail. He emed to Quite a number of friends gathe at an early hour to t him. risoner thanked them for stand: | | ing ) v had done. He emnly ed that upon his release om prison he was going to turn over a w leaf and lead a diffe He said nt life. T drove Lambert to ded the train a special request | 1ds on the et-s s that place. that he meet none of t to San Quentin. At first he decided that he woula stay i the County Jail until his appeal to the S ior Court was settled. His attorney ed it best that he go to prison at 50 as to have his sentence commence. | peal will be taken ju ame. | ably be a year beio ed in the case. Four Horses Roasted. in a stable at 822 Thirtieth street | is morning so badly burned four t City Veterinary Surgeon Pierce ed them_to be shot. | e Fire Department arrived upon | the fire had already reached the | and they were snorting with agony. | they could be loosened they ‘were | £0 badly burned that it was thought best | to shoot them to end their suifering. The | property belonged to John Pegmen, a dray man. Each horse was insured for $125,an the total ance upon the barn and its | sontents was § | Y lrother Walter at St. Mary’s. | Brother minold, who has been presi- dent of St. Mary’s College in this city for re time, has been appointed to the di- | ectors the Sacred Heart College 1n | n Fra 0. Brother Walter, an emi- t Catholic scholar, will succeed him. was one of the firss young men who | | & course at St. Mary's, graduat- in 1869. Since then he has taught in s Catholic schools on this coast. Ities are metaphysics and phil- , but he is also well versed in his- d literature. As a disciplinarian he a great distinction. Oakland Briefs. The funeral of the late Mrs. Margaret L. vt took place yesterday afternoon from Liome on Eighteenth street, near West. esidents in the district about Twenty- avenue got up yesterday morning and found their homes surrounded by a ke. The cause was due to a large main the Oakland Water Company flurseing ing the pight. _ Mre. J. W. Tompkins, wife of City Clerk Tompkins, returned from Cazadero yester- very seriously injured. She was vn from a stage coach, sustaining both Iracture and dislocation of the hip. ALAMEDA. mstable H. W. von Kapff will leave evening for Los Angeles to arrest Man- Benchelon on a charge of grand lar- He is accused of having stolen a i watch and some money from Victor ndstrom last January. Benchelonisserv- a sentence of six months in Los An- County, which will expire next Mon- horse For Stealing an Egg. George Zeigler of Blanding avenue aught Maurice Weiss Jr. in his chicken- 4 | special favor always shown them. for battery, who in turn had the boy ar- rested for larceny. The matter will be brought before the Justice’s court. Reckless Discharge of Firearms. Some reckless individual dischargzed a thirty-two caliber revolver on the Fourth about 9 o’clock in the morning on Regent street. The bullet crashed through a window-pane in an upper-story front room of the residence of M. 8. Taylor and em- bedded itself in the wall. The family had only a few minutes hefore vacated the room and no one was injured. Eulogy on Fred Douglass. George Washington Dennis Jr. of Alameda will deliver a eulogy on the life of Frederick Douglass Monday evening at the Bethel Church, Oakland.” Mr. Dennis is a representative man of the colored race on this Coast and is an entertaining speaker. Brief News Notes. The Alameda Orchestral Society, the leading musical organization of this city, will resume practice next Thursday even- ing under the leadership of Professor Vogt. Versailles avenue, from the present ter- minus at Buena Vista avenue through ex- sessor Smith’s property to Harrison avenue, is being surveyed preparatory to its opening and extension. Lloyd Brown, son of School Director C. A. Brown, whose sudden_demise oc- curred at Los Angeles on Monday, ex- pressed a wish bet%re his death to be cre- mated, and accordingly his body was incinerated in that city Thursday. Angelo Duperu, who was conductor of the ill-fated car of the electric line which ran through the Webster-street drawbridge into the estuary several months ago, has been promoted to the position of a: nt superintendent of the Alameda and Oak- land Electric Railway. Since the comple- tion of the two loop lines traffic has in- creased to the exten{‘that an assistant be- came a necessity. The firm of Smith & Higginbothom, which for several months has been con- ducting the Boulevard stables at the speed track, has dissolved partnership, with G. E. Bmith as its successor. BERKELEY. Herman Whitney, a gardener in the em- ploy of W. F. Booth at the corner of Dana street and Bancroft way, was found dead in his bed on the night of July 4. He had been ailing for some time past, and after having returned from Oakland, where he had gone to celebrate the Fourth, ate some green apples, which are supposed to have caused his sudden demise. Little is known of the dead man, ashe had been in the employ of Mr. Booth for only about a month. He was 35 years old and a native of Canada. At the Coroner’s inquest held last night it was found that his death was caused from acute pencarditis. Honor to Professor Greene. Professor Edward L. Greene,who has been for several vears past chief of the botan- ical department of the University of Cali- fornia, and whose resignation from that office took effect on the 1st inst., received a letter yesterday from the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, informing him that the faculty of that institution had decided to_confer on him the honorary degree of L.L.D. Professor Greene resigned his professor- ship at the university in order to accept the chair of botany at'the Catholic Univer- sity of America in Washington, D. C. He will leave for his new field of labor in about two weeks. Crescent Club’s New Quarters. The Crescent Athletic Club has com- leted negotiations with the Odd Fellows or the leasing of Unity Hall, which will at once be converted into a gymnasium for the use of the club. It has heen decided to use the aunditorium for the gymnasium, and to erect a movable partition along the front of the stage. Some of the apartments off the stage will be utilized as dressing- rooms, while the stage itself will be fitted up with furniture, bookcases and other conveniences for the use of club members. Whiting Memorial Services. Word was received in Berkeley yester- day that a memorial service in honor of Professor Harold Whiting and family, who were lost in the Colima disaster, was held in the First Parish Church, Harvard quare, Cambridge, Mass., on June 25. 1he pulpit decorated with palms and tlowers, while a large wreath marked the pew formerly occupied by the Whiting family. The address was delivered by Rey. Mr. Peabody. Broke His Leg. John Sheehan, a resident of West Berke- ley, bad one of his legs broken on Thurs- asy by falling from oneof the buildings at the stock yards, where he was engaged in wetting down the roofs to protect them from possible fires. Pleasant Tea Party. Mrs, Clara Partridge gave a tea party at her home on Haste street on the evening of July 4, at which Messrs. Hughes and Beers, the prospective university students who tramped from Los Angeles to Berke- ley, were the honored guests of the even- ing. Professor Haines,chemist to the Chicago Board of Health, says he has found the Royal Baking Powder the purest and strongest, and superior to all others in every respect. g European Idea of Our Women. We all know what England and other countries of the Old World think of the American girl, who has been publicly de- scribed, discussed, analyzed unceasingly over there for the last few years. What the trans-Atlantic opinion is of our women generally has not been so freely divulged, and is not, therefore, familiar. But edu- | cated Europeans, notably Britons, French- men, Germans, Italians, whether they have traveled here, or observed our wan- dering sisters abroad, make no secret of their views; are inclined, indeed, to seize occasion to enlighten us on the subject. Their concurrent testimony is that our women are spoiled—spoiled by the con- stant flattery, indulgence and homage of | all their masculine kindred, associates and acquaintances. They deprecate the con- ssions continually made to them, the Our friends across the water say that they are treated as superior beings; that what we call appreciation of them is little less than worship t it injures us as well as them; that it n time, injure both Irrepar- ably. They are in dead’ earnest and seem to be deeply troubled that we do not estab- lis h a much-needed reform. Europeans base their idea of our treat- ment of our women on their treatment of their women. Between the New World and the Old World there is, in this respect, a mearked difference certainly. Their view is one of comparison. 1f they are right we must be wrong. We are entirely con- scious-of the great consideration we give women, of the dcferenco we pay them. We do not regard ourselves as in excess but the Europeans as deficient in this re- gard. They should imitate our example, we hold, not we theirs, which to our mind, would be retrogressive. We are pained, when abroad, at the degradation of the sex in the rural regions; at their lack of education and opportunity; at the man- ner in which they are kept down. The Old World seems to consider women in- ferior; its conduct toward them indicates this; and many foreigners avow it, and in- sist on it. We put women on our level and do the best we can to make them com- fortable, independent and contented.— Harper’s Bazar. R e e Amos 8. Brackett of Seco, Me., has just started life afresb, when nearing the age of threescore and ten. Ie has been a night watchman for forty-four years, and has retired. The world will look different to him. e Don’t Get Scared 1# you should hear that in some place to which you are going malaris is prevalent. To the air poison which produces chills and fever, bilious, remittent and dumb ague there is a safe and thorough anti- dote and preventive, viz, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. The great anti-malarial specific is also a ouse with an efi stolen from one of the nests. He han Fed the youngster rather 'ovu_ghly, and, as a result, the father of the Weiss boy yesterday had Zeigler arrested remedy for biliousness, constipation, dyspepsia, rheumatic and kidney trouble, mervousness and debility. THE NEW POTRERQ SCHOOL The Grammar Grade Well Provided For in the New Building. MANUAL TRAINING A FEATURE. Mayvor Sutro and the Board of Education Will Inspect It Saturday Morning. City Architect T. J. Welsh has about completed his work on the Potrero Gram- mar School, and is ready to turn over the new building and the reconstructed old building, both of which are connected by a glass-inclosed corndor, to the School De- | partment. The buildings occupy a lot | 150x200 in area, that extends from Ten- nessee to Minnesota streets. The old structure, with its many alterations, its eight classrooms, its cooking-room and its department of manual training, faces on Minnesota street, while the handsome new building, finished in the colonial style of architecture, faces Tennessee street. The cooking-room is one of the most at- \ Guess ’er clock is all right and to get up and zhen struck ten times for me to go ter bed. Clock u.:ai be off—I may be off. Clocks don’t drink beer, but I do. T'm off. If clock was tight I'd ask you to get off. As clock is sober, keep yer sheat and let ’er clock have good time, and I'll get off fur more beer. Shix times—ten times—clock all right. Goo’ night, colored woman with sober clock — farewell!” — Detroit Free Press. . ———————— A Prompt Diagnosis. “Look here,” she said defiantly as she strode into the detective’s office, *‘my hus- band's missing.” “Youdon't say so!”’ “I don’t say 80, don’t I? Well I'd have you to understand that I do say so and what's more you heard me say so. And I don’t propose to stana here and be contra- dicted by any man that lives.” , She paused for breath and the officer murmured : ‘1 don’t mean any offense.” “If that ain’t like a man! What differ- ence does it make what you mean? You don’t suppose I care what you mean? You've got your husiness to attend to, haven’t you? ~ All T ask is that you mind it and not ask fool questions and make silly remarks. Where's my husband 2’ “Why, how do I know where your hus- band is?"’ 4 “0f course you don’t know where he is. You're not paid for knowing where he is, areyou? I haven't been up to the tax col- lector’s office twice a year for the last twenty—I mean ten—years paying m; share of your salary to look after just suc! cases as this?” Vell, ma’am, I don’t know where heis, but I've got a clew.” “Youdon't say s0.” . “The first thing to doisto look for a THE NEW POTRERO GRAMMAR SCHOOL. [From a photograph.] tractive features of the school. It is| Iccated in the garret, and is built on what | is known as the ‘‘demonstrator’s plan.” | There are rows of inclined seats, so ar- ‘ ranged that while a class is giving an ex- | hibition of the culinary art the remainder | can sit and look on without being in the | way. The arrangement is similar to that of the lecture-room of a medical college. | The new building also has a classroom | built on the “demonstrator’s plan,” and is | justly the pride of Principal Fanlkner. | his room will be devoted to the uses of | science. It is fitted with a sink, water, gas, | a darkroom for the use of amateur ph‘»[ tographers and ‘close’’ blinds. In con- nection with this room is a fully equipped | laboratory, where the children will be per- mitted to make experiments for them-| selves. On the top floor is the sewinz-room.te‘lit i s large and airy, beautifully tin adorned with a fireplace and furnished | with comfortable little chairsand tables. On either side of the fireplace are neat, antique oak cases, containing 140 pigeon- | holes, for the reception of workbaskets. Principal Richard D. Faulkner has ele- | gant apartments at the right of the main entrance, which consist of a reception- room, office and library. Within reach of his deskis a row of electric bu tons and speaking tubes, which connect | with every department. In the basement of the old building is | located the mechanical arts department. | This is thoroughly eqnipped with work | benches and 2 fuli complement of tools. | The new building is a marvel of com- | pleteness. Alteration did much for the old | one, but in the new the architect gave full | rein to his progressive ideas. The six large classrooms have been so arranged as to all have a southern exposure, the chil- | dren, when at work, receiving light from the left side alone. Thus all cross lights, =0 injurious to the eyesight. are avoided. The three uFSer classrooms are con- nected with sliding doors, making it possible in case of a large gathering to throw all three into one. To 1acilitate this plan the teachers’ platforms sre made portable. Stereopticon work having found such a large place in our schools the windows of these classrooms have been supplied with “‘close” blinds, so that in a moment dar! ness can be secured at midday. The win- dows are also so arranged _as to make ven- tilation possible without draughts. | Each floor is supplied with fire appa- | ratus. There are fire escapes from the upper story. The observatory-room is so situated that the yard and both inside | entrances can be under the eye of the rincipal at the same time, and an upper g'-lcony for the review of sports in the bituminized playground—the only one of the kind in the city. In the girls’ yard an extensive flower garden has liyeen started, and in the sheds a ringway has been pro- vided for exercise. In the boys’ piayground space has been reserved for physical culture, which will | be under the supervision of Robert Booth. Among the gymnastic anarlms there will be a horizontal bar, climbing pole and rings. Sheds have been provided for rainy davs, where the little ones may play de- spite the weather. Mayor Sutro and the Board of Education will visit the new school to-day upon invi- tation of Mr. Welsh. The total cost of re- modeling the old structure and building the new is $26,450 50. | | | | The Clock Was All Right. There was a colored woman and a pack- age on a Brush-street car the other even- ing, and if anybody wondered what the package contained the mystery was soon solved. She hadn’t gone over two blocks before the clock in the paper box on her lap struck twice. Everybody looked at the woman, and the woman looked down at the clock, and there was a general feel- ing the worst was over when the clock struck the hour of 4. This created a laugh all around and the striking and the laugh aroused a man who was dozing on a seat near the door. “Wash ’er matter?’ he asked, as he looked around the car in a dazed way. No one answered him and he was about to doze off again when the clock went at it and struck six times in the most painful and deliberate manner. “Whash zbat—six o’clock?”’ asked the man as he started up. “It’s my clock,” said the colored woman, as she turned the box top side down. “Did your clock strike shix times?” “Yes, sir.” “Then what your clock wanter strike shix times for? I thought it was shix o’clock in the morning and time to get up. Goin’ to strike agin ?’ “I—I hope not, sir.”’ “Sodo I. Clock no bizness to strike shix times and wake me up. If zhat clock strikes any more—"" It struck some more. It went ding! ding! ding! ten consecutive times thought the woman was tossing it up and down in her efforts to stop the noise. ““Was zhat your clock?”’ demanded the man as he rose up and held on by the door casing. *Yes, sir, but—"" “Never you mind!” interrupted the man, “zhat clock struck shix times fur me | Indian campaigner. motive. I think I've found out why your husband left home. If I learn any more T'll let you know.” And he dodged into his private office and bolted the door.— Washington Star. il S Gl In every receipt calling for baking pow- der petter results and more wholesome food will be obtained by the nse of Royal than any other, because of its greater leavening strength and absolute purity. MADDENED T0 THE DEED, Sir Edwin Arnold’s Nephew Murdered by an Infuriated Young Wife. Unable to Stahd His Brutal Treat- ment, She Shot Him Through the Heart. A strange story of a woman’s vengeance | in far-off India is brought to this port by the steamer Rio. Janeiro, which arrived at an early hour yesterday morning from Hongkong. The victim was J. F, G. Lester, acting superintendent of police at Godra, in the Panch Mahals district, and the nephew of gir Edwin Arnold. The woman was his wife, a dawvghter of Colonel Braham, an old They were married in Bombay about five years ago, had a large circle of friends in the big English dependency and moved in the smartest set E in Bombay. Early in May Lester and his wife had established a camp at Champaner, at the foot of Pawngher Hill, in the Panch Mabhals, and seemed to be enjoying them- selves splendidly. On the morning of May 8 Lester decided that he would move the camp to the summit of the hill, 2500 feet higher up. The incidents that followed led directly up to the tragedy. Mrs. Lester objected to the climb and begged her hus- band to allow her to return to her home in Bombay. He was obdurate and she was | compelied to obey. The last piece of camp furniture was placed on the top just before the fall of the evening. Angry words passed between man and wife. " He turned away, and, in a sudden access of rage, the woman picked u}) a_small rifle standing close to her, placed the muzzle close to his back and fired. Without a groan Lester fell face forward on the ground dead. Half way down the mountain was the camp of a Mr. Littledale, and on the morn- ing of May 9 one of the native servants of the Lester party rode down to him with a letter from Mrs, Lester., In it she stated that she had killed ker husband, and wished to have the authorities notified. She recited the story of his latest action and concluded by saying that she could bear his continued brutal treatment no longer and had taken this means of ridding herself of his presence. Upon receipt of the news Mr. Littledale and Lieutenant Elderton proceeded to the Lester camp, where they found the dead man and the murderess. The woman acted hysterically for a time and appeared to be out of her mind. Mrs. Lester was taken to Godva iail, and made a full statement of the whole affair. She expressed no sorrow for her deed. AR S R A Charge of Perjury. George R. Percy, who was a witness in the Police Court examination of W. W. Wilson, charged with wrecking the printing office of Fisher & Wagner, 954 Howard street, several days ago, will have to answer to a charge of })er'nry. Yesterday a warrant was sworn out or his arrest on that charge. At the examina- tion Percy swore that Wilson was not in the neighborhood of the gflnllng office when the outrage was committed. This statement, it is claimed, is in direct variance with what is known to be true, hence the issuance of the warrant. e Sunset Cycling Club. Captain Morrison of the Sunset Cycling Club has completed the list of runs for the club for the month of July in pursuance of instruc- tions issued at the mecting last Monday night. The first run was made last night to the Cliff House and the second wiil be made to-morrow to Berkeley, via West Oakland. The remainder of the runs will be made as follows: On the 11th to the Cliff House; 14th, Haywards; 18th, band stand; 21st, Ingleside; 25th, Clif House, and 28th fo Colma. —— Arrests on Minna Street. There wasa lively scrimmage at 28 Minna street last night, which resuited in the arrest of two men. JamesGodfrey had a quarrel with Tnomas Tracy, and when the two were strug- fi““ upon the floor Godfrey bit Tracy’s right- and ring finger to the bone, and in retaliation Tracy gave him & severe drubbing with his fists, Police officers were called in and God- frey was arrested_and charged with mayhem, "rvh le a charge of battery was placed against racy. . The Brethren or Dunkards (Progressive number 8089, ) MORE MONEY FOR JACK, The Wages of Deep-Water Sailors Raised to Twenty Dollars. LANDLORDS IN THE FIGHT. The Rate to Go Still Higher—Demand for Ships the Cause—Trip of the Lakme. The wages of deep-water sailors on for- eign ships in this port have been raised to $20 a month, and at a meeting of the Sea- men’s Landlords’ Association Wednesday afternoon it was decided to raise the ad- vance to $50 a man. The wages of sailors have been ranging from $15 to $17 50 a month for the last two years, and in that time it cost Jack from $5 to $7 50 to get a berth on board any ship. The sudden demand for foreign and American vessels to carry away the syndi- cate wheat which has been stored so long in the Port Costa warehouses created a demand for men, and the natural law of supply and demand sent the price of the sailor up in the scale. It issaid by mem- bers of the executive committee of the association that wages before long will be adyanced to §25. ‘When sailors were scarce in years gone by “blood’’ money came into vogue, and it cost the ship all the way from $10 to $50 and $60 a man. Then sailors became a drug on the market; ‘‘blood’’ money was done away with, and the sailor instead of the ship was taxed. In all these years it never occurred to the boarding-house mas- ter to raise the wages of the seaman. Twenty dollars a month seemed to be the standard price, and when the rate was changed it was not in favor of the sailor. The advance has always been $10 a month since the passage of the Dingley act, or $40 for a trip around the Horn, the duration of which is estimated at four months. If the boarding-house masters attempt to carry out their ‘‘advance’’ scheme they will come into conflict with Uncle Sam. Chief Deputy Parker of the United States Shipping Commissioner’s office said yes- terday that no vessels, either foreign or American, could pay more than $40 ad- vance. “The Dingley act especially provides against that,” said Mr. Parker. “No ship can give an advance of more than $40 in this or any consul’s office, and a violation of the law by secret means is punishable by 2 heavy fine.” ““It is true that the wages of sailors have been advanged to $20 a month,” said Sec- retary Hankin of the British Consul, *‘but I bad not heard of the advance bein raised to $50. The Waterloo, which sai!eg on Wednesday, paid $20 and $40 advance. ‘‘There are several ships up the river which will be down in a few days, but if any sailor_asks for $50 he will not get it. The captain may give the advance outside of the office, but he will take big chances if he does, for the penalty for an infraction of the Dingley act is a very heavy one. A similar attempt was made some years ago, but it was never tried on through this office.” The steamer Lakme is lying at Mission- street wharf 2 taking in supplies for the Arctic Ocean. She is toact asa tender this year for the fleets of Liebes Bros., James Anderson, Roth, Blum & Co., J. McKenna Jr., J. & W. R. Wing. The vessels to which the Lakme will e stores are the bark Northern Light, ner Alexander, Rosario, Horatio, William Bayliss, Navarch, Triton, Jean- ette, Karluk'and Belvedere. All but the last three named vessels have been in the Arctic for two years, and nothing has been heard from them since the latter part of Jast fall. A letter was started across the ice at that time and it reached McKenna’s office a little over a month ago. The only news it conveyed was that al! hands who were wintered av the mouth of the McKen- zie River were well and four whales had been caught. The Lakme will go as far north as possible—to McKenzie River un- less the winter fleet has passed out of the ice. She will return about the latter part of November. Waar Is Gorze Oy - i~ EvLecreiciry. — Will electricity supersede steam for both freight and passenger railroad traffic? A most valuable presentation of the subject of the substitution of electricity for steam in railway practice has been made before the American Institute of Electrical Engi- neers by Dr. Louis Duncan. Dr. Duncan gets at the crux of the present issue by drawing a distinct line between the pas- senger side and the freight side of the ques- tion of transportation. In passenger travel the receipts of a road are increased by running trains at short intervals and at high speeds, and this is a condition pe- culiarly favorable to electricity. On an electric line short trainsequally distributed over the track give a greater station effi- ciency, and the lowest cost of equipment of both station and live. With steam, on the contrary, the cost of hauling a given number of passengers between given points is greatly increased when the numoer of trains is'increased. The efficiency is less, and the cost of equipment and of train service is greater. A recognized authority states that doubling the number of engines for a given traffic increased the cost of transportation about 50 per cent. On the other hand, with freight traffic, the con- ditions of greatest economy are reached when trains of maximum weight are hauled by a single locomotive. The ten- dency of late years has been in the direc- tion of increasing the size of the locomo- tive, the capacity of the cars and the length of the trains. These changes have neces- sitated more solid and expensive road beds, heavier rails and fenerul strengthening of bridges. The outlay has been enormous. but the decreased cost per ton mile for freight transportation has shown the wis- dom of the change. In the last twenty years the amount of freight transported per train mile has more than doubled and the expenses have decreased more than half. The passengers per train mile, on the other hand, bave decreased, and the expenses have been reduced only very slightly, notwithstanding the great econo- mies that have been exercised. These and many other pregnant facts go to show that Dr. Duncan speaks advisedly in main- taining that the freight traflic will be well looked after by steam for some time to come, but that the assenger _service will n be ver argely and in time entirely electricniv. The trend of passenger traffic has been in the direction in which electricity is the most economical for transportation. Freight traffic, on theother hand, has gone in the direction where electricity becomes the most costly. Up to the present the steam roads have ignored the competition of electric roads or they have fought them. To-day they cannot afford to do either. In a few years electric roads will have ab- sorbed practically all the local traffic and will begin to cut into thmufih transporta- tion. The only safety of the steam roads is to make an ally of electricity before it is too late. Many ‘high-s] electric roads bave been projected on paper and mainly for atock-g‘obbmg purposes, but as show- ing what the electrical locomotive is com- mercially capable of to-day, Mr. Duncan makes mention of an electric road in course of construction in Maryland on which a speed of sixty miles an hour will be made by cars outside the city limits. Probabiy this road will be the first to solve the de- t‘axled'tproblem of the interurban rapid ransit. Erecrric Locosorive HEADLIGET.—The manager of a Southern railroad published, some time ago, a letter in which he gave his experience of the operation of the elec- tric headlight for locomotives. It appears that his road ran for the most part through very wet and swampy land, and cattle flocked to the dry roadbed as the most de- sirable resting place in the district. They would often be so numerous on the line that the train had to be brought to a stand- still, and in spite of every care, many were run over and killed, and the railroad com- pany had heavy damage bills to pay. Elec- tric headlights were put on the Yocomo- tives, and the light they gave was so bright and searching that, although the cattle insisted on lying on the tracks, there were no more damage suits for the com- pany to fight. Thia%etler was followed by many inquiries from railroad companiesin regard to the fitting of locomotives with electric headlights. Many of the com- panies were, however, deterred from pro- | ceeding with the matter by discoverin that a heavy load would have to be adde: to the already overburdened locomotive in the shape of the engine and dynamo neces- sary to generate current. This difficulty has been overcome in the production of an electric locomotive headlight that is fitted with its own engine and dynamo. These two little machines are packed away just behind the headlight, in a space about half the size of the headlight-box. Half a turn of a half-inch valve passes enough steam torun the engine, which is a compound steam turbine, and it makes no difference whether dry or wet steam is used, or whether a full head of high-pressure steam is suddenly turned on, as there is no back lash or reaction. The engine responds in- staneously when steam is turned on, and the light is steady, powerful and re- liable. " This invention naturally puts an entirely new face on the question of the feasibility of the general adoption of elec- tric headlights for locomotives. PorTaBLE ELECTRIC DRILL.—An immense amount of time is saved in large factories by a newly invented electric drill. The drill is mounted on wheels, and can be run wheelbarrow fashion by a single hand to any required spot. In the works of a steam navigation company, where there are 2000 workmen, it is now an exceptional thing for a hole to be bored with the ratchet brace. A net of electric wires ex- tends all over the place, and each shop is provided with a number of special electric- drilling machines and the necessary cables, so that any man who requires to bore holes has only to wheel the small portable drill to the work and complete the operation at his bench, thus saving much time, This drill is also used for boring holes in the decks of steamers to receive the screws holding the planking in place. It is said that with this device 8 man and a boy can bore 400 half-inch _holes in hali-inch deck- plates per day. When used for counter- sinking, the work done is from 800 to 1000 holes per day. The electric drill also makes light of the somewhat awkward job of drilling the rivet-holes for a furnace mouth. In the shiFynm the machines have proved extremely useful, not only for drilling and countersinking all rivet-holes, but also for cutting out sidelights, scuttles and hawse-pipe holes. In repairing stranded ships, too, they are very handy for drilling out the rivets of the plates to be replaces. ErLEcrrICc PARCEL DELIVERY.—At the Vie- toria station, Manchester, Eng., a new de- parture has been made in electrical appli- cation which has excited great interest. The parcel business at the station has been for some time increasing ata rate which severely tried the constantly aug- mented facilities of the management. It struck the engineer of the railroad thatvthe whole situation could be simplified by the troduction of electricity, and forthwith a miniature electric line was suspended from the girders of the roof of the latest erected parcel department. Along the rails runs an electric traveler capable of lifting and conveying a ton, although it is not ordinarily used for more than half that weight, When parcels have to be trans- ferred in bulk from one part of the depart- ment to another they are placed in a large hamper, which is liited to its place under the motor-cab and run along the rails to the desired point. The device 1s working so well that the railroad company is put- ting up a second pair of rails parallel to the first. Erectrican. Trarving.—There has been much discussion of the question of the training of electrical engineers and the chances of success offered by electrical en- gineering as a profession. The fact has been established that in these days thereis no such thing as a ready-made electrical engin A man has to go through a very laborious and highly scientific training before he can be so equipped as to do jus- tice to the profession and to himself. Some practical men, however, think differently, and . A writer in an American elec- trical journal says: *“The truth is that a first-class constructive engineer can be turned outin a yearor two.”” In comment- ing on this statement the leading English electrical organ says: “In our opinion this is very far indeed from the truth, and the sooner young men realize the fact the better will it be for the future of the pro- fession. —_—————— Held for Murder. Look Wan, the Celestial, who, it is charged, killed a fellow-countryman in Sullivan alley several nights ago, was held to answer to & charge of murder by Police Judge Joachimsen yesterday. —————— France is going to build at once twolarge cruisers of great power and speed, capable of competing with the British Terrible and our Columbia, and of overtaking the fast Atlantic liners. They will have a mini- mum contract speed of twenty-three knots, and must steam 7500 knots at twelve knots an hour without recoaling. WILL LECTURE NO MORE, Rev. Dr. Gibson Will Not Talk in Public About the “Crime of a Century.” EMMANUEL CHURCH TO OPEN, Funds Will Be Soliclted to Pay Off the Church Debt and Ser-~ vices Begin Again. The Emmanuel Baptist Church will be reopened for regular services one week from to-morrow, and plans have finally been arranged by which it is hoped to pay off the burdensome debt of $12,000 that now hangs over the church. The recent | lecture by Dr. Gibson was hardly success- ful enough financially to insure him giv- ing more here or elsewhere, so the pro- jected tour will be abandoned and other means pursued to raise the desired amount. The general sentiment against the lecture scheme had much to do with the giving up of the trip. The general Baptist convention, which met last week at Twin Lakes, gave consid- erable time to the discussion of the Em- manuel Church affairs, and finally adopted the following resolutions, sympathizing with the church, and referring the plans for help to thelocal ministerial conference: Resolved, That we feel most deeply the finan- cial embarrassment upon the Emmanuel Baptist Church of San Francisco—an embar- rassment grelfly increased by the awful calamity which has recently fallen upon them. Resoived, That we believe the time has come to lift this debt, and we urge that the work be undertaken at once, and we will most heartily co-operate in any plan which the church and the Ministerial Union of San Francisco will adopt to this end. Resolved, That we . heartily commend our brother, Rev. J. George Gibson, pastor of Em- manuel Baptist Church of San Francisco, fe all of our churches in leading this undertaking, and we urge that he be invited by every pastor and church to present this object. Theresolutions were unanimously passed by the convention, and yesterday the Bap- tist Ministerial Union of San Francisco and vicinity met at Oakland to arranfie for some method of speedily paying the debt. It was decided to solicit the desired amount, and the following resolutions were adopted : Resolved, That & committee be appointed to take charge of the fund to be raised to pay the Emmenuel Church debt, the committee to con- sist of two members of the Mimsterial Union, two members of the church and one layman member of neither organization, to act as treasurer of the fund. Resolved, That no pledge be binding till the sum of $8000 has been actually subscribed. Rev. H. L, Dietz and Rev. L. P. Boynton were chosen from the union to act on the committee. 1t is hoped that enoungh money may be subscribed in a few months to settle the debt, and Dr. Gibson will present the matter to the various churches of the State in a tour for that purpose. It is anticipated that a large crowd will attend the reosening of the church on the 14th inst., and tickets will be issued in order to insure a quiet audience and to keep out those who come merely from curiosity. Dr. Gibson is at present anxiously awaiting the trial of Durrant and wondering whether he will be rought prominently into the case again during the trial. Heis rather tender on sevenfi points, and still insists that those papers were mistaken which stated that he ‘wears pointed-toed shoes. Obeying Ordeérs. Here isa good story which the boys in camp will appreciate, told last night at the Army and Navy Club. It illustrates an Irishman’s disposition to carry out his orders. Hugh Mc—, a son of the Emer- ald Isle, who had volunteered in the Sixth Regiment of South Carolina Infantry, was stationed on the beach of Sullivan’s Island, with strict orders to walk between two points, and to let no one pass without the countersign, and that to be communi- cated only in a whisper. Two hours after- ward the corporal with the relief discovered, by the moonlight, Hugh, up to his waist in water, the tide having set 1n since he was posted. - “Who goes there?’ “Relief.” “Halt relief. Advance corporal, and give the countersign.” Corporal—I am not going in there to be drowned. Comeout here and let merelieve you. J Hugh—Divil a bit. The leftenant tould me not to lave me post. ’ Corporal—Well, then, I will leave you in thekwuzer all night (going away as he spoke). pHug)h—HBI“ I'll put a hole in ve if ye pass without the countersign. Them’s me orders from the leftenant. (Cocking and leveling his gun).: Corporal—Confound you, everybody will hear me if I bawl it ont to you. Hugh—Yes, me darling, and the leftenant. said 1t must be given in a whisper. In with ye, me finger’s on the trigger, and me gun may go off. The corporal had to yield to the force of the argument and wade in to the faithful sentinel, who exclaimed: “Be jahers, it’s well ye've come., The bloody tide has a-most drowned me.”—Washington Post. ————————— Crispi’s Coat of Mail. Since the last attack on his life, Signor Crispi has constantly worn under his shirt a light but solid coat of mail. So a Genoese newspaper declares. The New Age recalls the fact that, after Bismarck was fired at in Berlin thirty years ago, he also wore a steel shirt next his skin. The joke about him was that he got his linen at the ironmongers. After all, it counts for something to belong to the + great unknown.”—Westminster Gazette. eSS s e The Apostolic Mennonites claim a foilow- ing of 209. DON'TBEJEALOUS A number of gentlemen who ride wheels have had their attention called to the hand- some prize which has been offered by the Celery, Beef and Iron Co. to the lady cyclist of the Coast who can write the best poem on CYCLING, and judging by their letters they think they know as much as most | |OF THE GIRLS —Not only about how to- write poetry but alsoas to the merits of DR. HENLEY’S Celery, Beef and Iron. One avers that ‘It is the best thing to ‘take along’ al- ways’’; another says, ‘‘Mixed with a little sugar and a wineglass full of hot water it is a superb ‘ bracer’ ”; and yet another writes, ‘‘ It is the best tonic and stimulant on earth.” Be patient,| "GENTLENER, In‘a few days another con- test will be opened forthe spe- cial benefit of male cyclists. .