The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 12, 1895, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1895. THE SOLID EIGHT TO BE FORMALLY WARNED. If They Persist in Their Work They Will Be Impeached. S0 MUCH IS DETERMINED. Action of the Citizens’ Defense Association in the Matter. THE CIVIC FEDERATION IN LINE. The People of San Francisco Will Not Allow Their Servants to Sell Them Out. BThe Solid Eightof the Board of Super- visors are to be expressly warned by the Citizens’ Defense Association against the | consummation of the unlawful act they have entered upon in the matter of the Ocean House road franchise. If they persist in their course, proceed- ings looking toward their impeachment for malfeasance in office will be immedi- ately begun. This was determined upon at a meeting | offered for them. of the executive committee of the associa- most money for it take it. The very pur pose of the law is to prevent the Super- visors from jobbing these valuable privi- leges away to people and corporations of their own choice and to their own profit, and to secure to the City all the value But a franchise for a street railway, which under the conditions of its sale must be operated as extensions of and adjuncts to and in connectiow with the Market-street Railway Company, limits the bidding to that company. “Further than that, as THE CALL points out,” continued Mr. Clement, “the board has forgotten its legislative function and become the mere ministerial agent of the Market-street Company in this business. Indeed it so announces itself in this adver- tised resolution as pointed out by THE CarL. Here is the language of the resolu- tion: And whereas, it is proposed to grant under the comditions and restrictions imposed in the draft of an order sub- mitted by said company with its appli- cation, filed on July 1,1895, * * * a tranchise for a street railway along, over and upon the streets, highways and premises hereinbefore mentioned; there- fore, etc. “Think of it a moment. In the matter | of granting a valuable franchise, which the law expressly declares must be of- fered to the highest bidder without re- strictions, the Supervisors declare them- selves as about to ‘grant under the condi- tions and restrictions imposed in the draft of an order submitted by said (Market-street Railway) company.’ “The attorneys for the Market-street STEUART MENZIES. tion held sterday afternoon at the office | Railway Company then, it seems, prepare of Henry L. Clement Esq., one of its|the orders which it is desired the Board of members. These are the members composing this Solid Eight: Joseph King, First Ward. Peter A. Scully, Second Ward. C. E. Benjamin, Third Ward. Alphonse Hirsch, Fourth Ward. E. C. Hughes, Sixth Ward. Chris Dunker, Seventh Ward. A. W. Morgenstern, Ninth Ward. Edward L. Wagner, Twelfth Ward. The sction of the Supervisors in this matter has become the topic of conversa- tion at all hours of the day and every- where throughout the City. The meeting of the members of the Citi- zens’ Defense Association was not a public one. It was held in Mr. Clement’s private office and was called to do business and not to create impressions through the re- ports of speeches that might have been made. It will be remembered that Henry N. Clement was the attorney who appeared before the Street Committee of the Board of Supervisors a few days ago and made a pitter fight against Behrend Joost and his application for this same franchise. What Henry N. Clement says, therefore, should have more than usual weight. Mr. Clement was seen immediately after the conference. A copy of THE CaLwof ‘Wednesday morning was before him. Glancing over it he said: “THE CALL has made out its case. It is perfectly clear and absolutely convincing. | Isay this as one who, you know, acted as counsel for certain property-owners along the line of the Joost electric road, who were opposed to his being granted that franchise. It seems that I very effectually won my case. Butin granting the appli- cation of the Market-street Company, the *‘Solid Eight” of the Board of Supervisors have clearly trangressed the law and laid itself liable to impeachment proceedings for malfeasance in office—not in granting the application, but in the manner of granting it. They have hedged the grant about by conditions such as wholly destroy or nullify the intent of the law. “This was the opinion of the membersof the Citizens’ Defense Association who have been in consultation over the matter. The Carn has clearly set this forth. See this language of the resolution as it appears here,” said Mr. Clement, reading: Resolution No. 12,610 (third series).— ‘Whereas, application has been made to this board by the Market-street Railway Company to construct, lay down, main- tain and operate for the unexpired terms of the respective franchises heretofore granted for its line of street railroad on Mission street, Mission-street road and Telegraph or New County road, as exten- stons of and adjuncts to, and in connec- tion with said line of railroad, a single or double track street railroad, etc. “It entirely robs the law of itsfintent, which was to place every such grant upon the open market without restrictions and let the man or corporation offering the | Supervisors shall pass. The board assem- bles, the order is presented and the Solid Eight vote aye. That is all there is to the formula. This is purely ministerial and is unlawfal. “This is the ground gone over by the Citizens’ Defense Association at the meet- ing this afternoon, and with my advice steps will be immediately taken to prevent the consummation of the unlawful act. If it Is consummated then other steps will be taken looking to the impeachment of the Solid Eight. “It was not deemed wise,” continued Mr. Clement, “to proceed to more heroic measures at this stage of the proceedings. The board has clearly broken the law, to my mind, in the advertisement of this proposed grant, from which I have quoted and which is now running in the official paper its course of ten insertions, as re- quired by law. “It will be a difficult matter to convict these gentlemen in any case, as they will bring to their aid all the influence and all the kinds of influence that the railroad company and their political pull can fur- nish. Therefore, a strong case must be brought against them in order to secure conviction. So far only the moral wrong | has been committed—the intention, as advertised, to disregard the law. Itcannot | be said that any one is as yet actually injured. *I have advised, therefore, that the exe- cutive committee of the Defense Associa- tion fortify itself at once with all the in- formation available in the matter; then that a letter be addressed to the board, as a board, warning it that what was contem- plated to be done as set forth in this ad- vertisement was clearly unlawful, and that if they persisted in carrying out their in- tention proceedings would ' certainly be brought against them in the courts for malfeasance in office. With this warning they could not plead ignorance and by any other means make a play for sympathy. ““The fact is,” continued Mr. Clement, “‘this grip upon the majority of the Board of Supervisors which the Market-street Railway Company maintains, insists upon maintaining and always has maintained has a much deeper import to the company now than seems to be generally under- stood. It does not seem to be known that the franchises held by the Market- street Company are about running out, Beveral of them have but two orthree yearstorun. In a very few years, there- fore, this whole big system of street rail- ways will be under the direction of the Board of Supervisors—that is, subject to its regulation, to be taxed as it should be, and required to pay a certain percentage of its gross earnings into the City treasury, as street railway companies in every large city are required to do. Why, theim- mense earnings of this company should be a big item toward the sum of the running expenses of this City. But if anybody sup- poses that the Market-street Railway Com- Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov't Report Roal ABSOLUTELY, PURE Baking Powder e pany is going to come under the con- trol of the City officials tamely and meekly and without an effort to wriggle out, it is an evidence of a lack of intimate knowledge of that company and its meth- ods. The company is already working by indirection and underhand means to extend its lease of these franchises. This very language which is employed in the adver- tisement of every extension of franchises they ask for, ‘To be operated as an ad- junct te, in conjunction with,’ etc., For the unexpired terms of the respec- tive franchises heretofore granted for its line of street railroad on Mission street, is a bit of jugglery in words which I believe is directly framed to serve them in thisim- pending struggle. The question has al- ready been raised, I believe, as to which end of the franchise is the real franchise, the ‘extension’ granted within a few years, or the franchise granted 23 years ago. The old franchise may have been buta mile or so, while the ‘extension’ covers twice the distance. With the expiration of the original franchise the City has the right to appropriate a certain vortion of the gross receipts, but this line has been extended for miles, and for the bigger part of it the franchise continues for years, and the question is raised as to how the division may be made?' Orcan it be made at all? “With these questions impending it is very necessary that the citizens should see to it that their representatives do their duty to the City, look after its interests, and decline to be the easy tools of the corporation. As a mem- ber of the Board of Freeholders I took pains to insert a strict provision in the City charter directed at this matter, and the requirements of that provision is one of the weighty reasons for the adoption of that document, for under the loose provi- sions of the consolidation act the City is almost at the mercy of the corporations.” Joseph Britton, president of the Citizens’ Defense Association, said yesterday after- noon after the meeting: “When we move we want to be certain of our ground and to be morally certain of winning. We don’t want to bark merely; this association is not formed as a mere alarmist. We mean to be effective and leave examples, an impress that will serve a purpose. For that reason I am in favor of waiting until this Solid Eight shall have done the unlawful thing they say they are going to do, and then we will proceed and impeach every man of them. I am not wholly in favor either of warning them, allowing them to retreat and fix up some other jug- glery of words that will serve their pur- pose equally well, but behind which they can hide and escape the penalty. They ‘| know what their duty is, and if they want to take chances on defying the law I be- lieve in allowing them to do it and then see what we can do. Iam not so eager for the fray, however, as to want to rush into the courts until I am sure of our case. If they sell this franchise under the condi- tions advertised, however, [ have to sey that I shall be ready to proceed.” Stuart Menzies, who as a member of the executive committee was chiefly responsi- ble in bringing about the meeting of yes- terday, said: “These eight members of the Board of Supervisors have put their necks in the halter. It needs a good strong yank on the rope to cause them to realize it, and I am in favor of giving it that strong pull. ““We have seen &all along that they were little more than the paid agents of the Market-street Railway Company. They have now laid themselves open to prosecu- tion, as THE CALL in its reports has made so clearly apparent. “It is now time for the citizens to act,”’ The Civic Federation held a meeting last evening to discuss the same topic. George T. Gaden, the secretary, made a report, in which he called attention to the need of active resistance to the machinations of monopoly in high places. “It is all we can do to stem the tide,” he said; ““we can hardly hope to turn it aside, but now that we have a Mayor and a news- paper with us we can better hope for some real results.” Mr. Bingham said that a good case could be made in the courts against the delin- quent officials. A plan of proceedings to prosecute was discussed, but the members refused to give the details. The following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That the clean administration of Mayor Sutro is commended by the Civic Feder- ation as pure, fearless and aggressive, and tending to introduce honest business methods into our municipal affairs; that all good men, irrespective of creed or party, should aid him in every way possible, and give him the en- couragement he so richly merits in his magnifi- cent fight against wrong whether intrenched in office or appearing in corporate form. Curtis Hillyer resigned as secretary for the reason that he could not give the time required to the duties of the office. James L. Case was elected to fill the place. The following new members were elected: Captain W. F. Cook, Dr. 8. F. Long, Frank Dillingham, W. H. Davis, Rev. E. J. Du- puy, Rev. M.J. Fergusson, Stuart Men- zies, Joseph Britton, James H. Bingham, W. H. Jordan, J. Taylor Rogers. Gavin McNab will be invited to attend the next meeting to advise the federation with regard to crookedness in the street department and what shall be done with regard to it. LITTLE AH 800 AGAIN, The Habeas Corpus Suit Dismissed—Sul See Applies for Guardianship. A new complication arose yesterday in the case of little Ah Soo, the four-year-old Chinese girl who was claimed by three Chinese women as their offspring and whose sale was prevented by the interven- tion of General McComb, representing the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Letters of guardianship were granted to Mr. McComb and the habeas corpus suit brought by Chariey Hung was dismissed by Judge Troutt. The end was not yet, however, for when Mr. McComb returned to his office after a day in the couris he found on his desk legal documents issued at the instance of Sui See, who wanted him to give reasons why he (Sui See) should not be the guar- dian of the child. McComb =aid he did not have the pleasure of Sui See’s acquaintance. ——————————— The Child Acrobat. The case against John Morrissey of the Or- pheum, charged with allowing a minor 10 per- form, was heard before Judge Campbell yester- :?-dnz afternoon. The minor was Martha Mar- netti. tne cnild acrobat. evidenice the Tudge dismissed the caoe o the grounds that the complaint did not state facts sufficient to constitute a public offense and there was no evidence showing the age of the child. The case nflinn Martha’s mother for the same offense will come up to-day. The Fire Department. The Board of Fire Commissioners m et yes- terday afternoon, when the resignations of John Dingnan, hoseman of engine 16, and Ed- ward G. Black, messenger of the department, were presented and accepted. Patrick Noone was appointed hoseman of engine 16, William Matheson, driver of engine 8, was fined five days’ pay for careless driving. ————— Another Dunn Letter. Another letter was received by Coroner Hawkins yesterday from the person who signs “Nettie Chase,” in which is repeated the sto; of the persecution of C. W. Dunn. It has the earmarks of a fake in its composition, the writer's only desire 10 be Fots iy Seleamnariog dols Wiliave STORIES OF CORRUPTION. Policemen’s Stars Said to Be Hawked for Sale by Supervisors. JOE KING IS MENTIONED. He Emphatically Denles the Re- port—Tobin and Alvord In Ignorance. * The politicians who confine their atten- tions purely to matters municipal yester- day discussed various versions of a story that positions upon the police force were being sold, and that the heads of the de- partment were actually considering the advisability of arresting the persons in power alleged to be principals in the un- holy traffic. It was stated by the political gossip as something having a suggestive bearing upon the rumored official corruption that one supervisorial member of the place-bar- tering combine in the board had recently lifted a $10,000 mortgage from his house— an amount of money he hardly could have realized from his position. Then again, it was said that the corrupt combine in the Board of Supervisors had raised the price of police positionsfrom $300 and $400 to $500 and that this increase in the commercial value of the star and helmet had given birth to variations of the simple truth thus stated. One story had it that Supervisor Joe King was to be arrested on charges of hav- ing sold positions on the force and thata warrant was out for him. Commissioners Alvord and Tobin, when seen last night, both denied knowledge of any charge having been made against Su- pervisor King. ‘1 do not know Mr. King,” said Mr. Tobin. “I never met him to my knowledge,” said Commissioner Alvord. And Supervisor King himself had this to say in denial of the rumor that he had been selling police positions: “Idon’t know any of the Commission- Supervisor King. ers. I never recommended a man for a place on the force in my life, to my knowl- eage. Four or five days ago I got an application for my brother - in-law, who wants to get on the force, but I don’t think T recommended him or signed his application, although I mnF have done so and then have forgotten sall about it.” Captain Lees also denied knowledge of the story in any of its forms VISION' OF THE RED FLAG Fears Inspired by the Exist- ence Here of the Commonwealth. Meanwhile the Co-operationists Are Eking Out but a Meager ExIstence. There was a report circulated yesterday that a band of red-flag socialists and an- archists is in this City plotting a bloody revolution. When the matter was thor- oughly looked into it proved to be nothing more than the fears of a few persons, based vpon the existence here of the “Co- operative Commonwealth”—a mere hand- ful of struggling unfortunates, who form- erly held meetings in the old German Church on Geary street. The *‘Co-operative Commonwealth’’ was started about two months ago by Mrs. M. E. Squires of Portland, Or., and E. J. Jeffries of Seattle, Wash., in this City in the stone building at 219 Geary street, and has not had a career of phenomenal suc- cess from a business point of view. It was the intention at first to utilize the old German church as headquarters for the | oppressed and needy of the land, and to do business on purely a co-operative basis, by which the members would pool all their efforts and returns and work out an ex- istence, share and share alike. The scheme was to sell whatever available labor the commonwealth controlled for the best an it mighy bring in the market, and hen divide the aggregate compensation. Bat it did not work as it was hoped. Mrs. Squires, when she came here from Portland, went to C. J. Behlow, the owner of the premises, and commenced negotia- tions for occupancy. She had no money, she said, but thought she would be able to pay in a day or two. Mr. Behlow’s terms, however, were cash. Unbaffled, Mrs. Squires went to the agents of Mr. Behlow, 80 the story goes, and by some means ob- tained, with twelve other commonwealers, possession of the premises. Shortly atterward George Sells, whose name has become more or less familiar with the public through his connection with similar movements, was made mana- fiar of the commonwealth, and when Mr. ehlow grew extremely pressing in his de- mands for some pecuniary return for the use of the premises Sells was equal to the occasion with alistof names of weil-known citizens, who, he represented, would stand b{ the commonweaith and cover the item of rent. This did not quite satisfy Mr. Behlow and he complained to Captain Douglass of the police, charging the commonwealers with unlawfully occupying the bnildiz:ig. The captain explained to him he could do nothing and that if Mr. Behlow had good grounds he could begin eviction pro- ceedings against the alleged trespassers by the usual methods of law. Finally, however, the collector for Mr. Behlow’ agents succeeaed in getting them to move out after some little trouble. The headquarters of the ‘‘Co-operative Commonwealth” are now at 56 Natoma street, the south half of a dark-red, tumble- down, two-story frame building there now serving that purpose, There are nine members altogether living there, nearly all Germans, eking out a wretched exist- ence, doing odd joi- whenever the oppor- tunity is tgein, and sleeping the distress- the president of the Wage-workers’ Union, which is another organization of struge gling laborers. M. Sells is reported as being now inter- ested in a co-operative railroag scheme, his object being to enlist the financial support of railroad employes, as shareholders in a railroad enterprise which is called the “‘San Diego, Pacific and Eastern Railroad,” and by which he proposes to constructa railroad from San Diego to Salt Lake City. Mr. Joyce remarked that he saw Mr. Sells in town a few days ago. But poverty and disputes over a meager exchequer are not the only troubles which have made the existence of the common- wealth one of vicissitudes. Certain alarm- ists have charged them with being social- ists of the red flag order, and are hounding them in the hopes of being able to prove that they are preparing to precipitate a reign of blood and terror. Even some of the anarchists complicated in the Haymarket riot of Chicago are said to be working in harmony with these poverty-stricken un- fortunates, and the awful Schnaubelt is again charged with being in the near vicinity. These fears are based upon some dis- torted reports of the movements and ex- prtessmns of these so-called red flag social- ists. _ It seems that by some means an adver- tisement had been inserted in_several Eastern papers, presumably by Manager Sells, reading something like this: Wanted—Any person applying to 219 Geary street, San Francisco, Cal., can receive board, Jodging and clothing and his pro rata share of the net profits by doing two hours’ work per day. Apply to “Co-operative Commonwealth,” San Francisco, Cal. Persons naturally continued to respond to thid advertisement in a desultory sort of way some time after the commonweaith had removed to 56 Natoma street, and sub- jected the present occupants of 219 Geary street, Mrs. J. Maguire and her daughter, to some annoyance. Mrs. Maguire reports that on Tuesday a rough-looking man came there, saying he had seen the adver- tisement and insisted upon being admitted into the house: in fact he did walk in, she says. She was not at home at the time, but her daughter was, and the latter was so frightened that she went to the back door "and called Mrs. Augusta L. Ohm, a next-door neighbor living at 217%4 Geary street, telling her that a ‘man had broken into the house. Mrs. Ohm went out to call Policeman Car- roll, who just then, however, did not hap- pen to be on that beat. By that time the stranger concluded that there was some- thing inexplicable about the advertisement and the people answering to its address, and walked out of the house the same way he came in. Then Mrs. Ohm, who is a wealthy widow owning considerable property 1n that neighborhood, tbough her humble abode would not indicate it, began to re- member the ‘“‘strange doings’” of those curious people that previously dwelt in Mrs. Maguire’s house, and Mrs. Ohm's daughter, Annie, recalled that they were wont to hold meetings in German in the back yard there and at timessaid fearful things, which she, Miss Annie, plainly overheard and understood. These were some of the expressions, according to her: “When we are a thousand strong we will resort to force, if necessary. “We will parade the streets of San ¥Fran- cisco, and without a permit, too; and should the Yolice attempt to interfere, we will resist them to the bitter end.” Furthermore Miss Annie A. Obm stated that they were all well armed. Once she said she was seen by the Commonwealers talking with Policeman Carroll and over- heard one of them remark: “If the policeman comes here we will kill him.” Miss Ohm had also observed that all the new members who came spoke in German and would tell how far they had walked; they had their blankets with them as if they had been accustomed to traveling on foot and sleeping out at night. The only furniture they had, she said, was a stove, and she 1s sure that they are socialists of a revolutionary order, judging from their Sunday meetings in the old German church. That is all there is to it, and the few Commonwealers have been entirely ignor- ant of the awful vision of the red flag which their presence has conjured in the minds of a few observing persons. NEW ARMY ORDERS. General Vincent Denies That Any Movements of Troops Are to Be Made. General Vincent denies absolutely, in spite of reports which have recently been published, that any movements of troops have been decided upon, says the latest Army and Navy Journal. He declined to state what the recom- mendations of General Schofield were, nor would he say that any such recommenda- tions had been made.” He says that if an movements of troogs are made they will robably be decided upon when Secretary {:am(mt and_ General Schofield return to Washington from their present inspection tours. As the Journal has stated Genteral Scho- field did make recommendations regarding movements of troops before his departure on his inspection trip. These recommenda- tions were forwarded to Secretary Lamont, and that official now has them locked up in his desk. Decisive action on the recommendations made by General Scho- field may be expected soon after Sec- retary Lamont’s return to Washington. The general orders from the United States army headquarters were received in this City yesterday. They designate the following “as places of confinement to which prisoners will be sent: Alcatraz Island, Cal.; Fort Warren, Mass.; Fort Columbus, N. Y.; F Fort Monroe, Va.; Snelling, Minn.; Fort Riley, Kans.; Fort i Sam Houston, Tex.; Fort Logan, Colo.; {-“9nh(7rook, Nebr.; Vancouver Barracks, ash. SANTA CORUZ EXCURSION, A Rate of Two Dollars for the Round Trip on Next Satur- day. A grand excursion to Santa Cruz and return is being arranged by the Southern Pacitic Company for next Saturday, the 13th inst., the fare the round trip to be $2. It will be under the personal charge of excarsion agent W. H. Menton, and will leave on the narrow-gauge ferry, foot of Market street, at 7:45 A. M., and from Park- street station, Alameda, at 8:20 A. M. A train to connect will leave Oakland (Four- teenth and Franklin streets) at 7:45 A. . Tickets will be on sale at the Grand Hotel _office, July 9, 10, 11 and 12, and at the ferry ticket office the morning of the excursion. Also at the Fourteenth and Franklin streets'station, The Boys’ Brigade will be in camp at Santa Cruz at that time. The rate given is low, and it is expected that a goodly num- ber will avail themselves of the oppor- tunity presented. El e CABLE-0AR ACOIDENT. A Depression Pulley Damages a Car and Injures Gripman Kelly. There was a blockade on the Sacramento- street cable line last evening caused by one of the cars becoming disabled on Brod- ick street. ‘When a car reached the foot of the hill the grip struck the depression pulley. The shock threw the car forward on the trucks and smashed the glass and wood- work. The grip flew back, striking Grip- man Kelly in the face. The blow was so great as to break his nose and knock out several of his front teeth. e g In the year 1891 there were circulating in the United States $1,175,000,000. The gold silver and currency held in the United States Treasury at the same time would increase the nominal sum to over $2,000,- ing sleep of poverty on wooden bencues | 000,000, of their own improvlsinfi; George Sells is no longer manager, he having been de- sed owing to some disagreement over e handling of the funds of the common- wealth, so said Walter Joyce, last night, v —————————— Round Trip Rate to Byron Hot Bprings, good from to-day till Tuesday, only $3; a climatic paradise, a health and pleasure resort. Time, 3 hours by rail, [ ANTI-LOTTERY CRUSADE The Police Spreading a Big Net for Peddlers and Agents. O0AKES WAS CAUGHT NAPPING. Chief Crowley Issues an Order Proscribing the Bicycle Raffle Clubs. Oakes, the San Francisco agent of the Honduras Lottery, is the latest victim of Detective Wright, who is trying to carry out Chief Crowley’s orders to stop the lottery traffic in this City. Mr. Oakes was caught napping the other day, which is to say that Oakes was unwise and *unwary enough to sell lottery tickets to a stranger. He was arrested forthwith. This made Oakes, alias Hoag, very unhappy. He was indignant and thought it very rude for the officers of the law to interfere with his business of plucking pigeons in and around the Palace Hotel. Yesterday morning, in the Police Court, he pleaded guilty to the charge and paid his fine of $20. Oakes had previously promised to get out of the business. Now he will find it to his financial advantage to keep that promise. If Oakes should be arrested regularly about once a week and upon the third arrest given the maxi- mum fine of $100, he wonld doubtless find it more profitable to be honest. And this is about what will happen to Oakes unless he does abandon the lottery busi- ness in this City rather speedily, for the police are now thoroughly in earnest and are determined to break up the lottery traffic. Arrests and rearrests will be made from now on, and even the women and cripples who have heretofore been exempt from po- lice intecference will be gathered in the general net that Chief Crowley has cast over the whole City for the purpose of catching all the lottery traffickers. The meshes of the new net are exceedingly small and many that hitherto wormed their way out of the meshes will now be taken in the drag unless they give up their fraudulent business. Upson and his gang are still at large, still flooding the market with counterfeit lottery tickets. Upson is now under bail and the sentence of the Police Court. He has appealed to the Superior Court and will fight Judge Low’s sentence of three months’ imprisonment and a $600 fine. He will make his fight on the plea that his tickets are fraudulent and counterfeit and are therefore not lottery tickets. But his chances are slim, because the statute reads “or what purports to be a lottery ticket.” Certainly Upson’s counterfeit tickets “purport” to be genuine, or else so many of them, or, indeed, any of them, could not be sold. Upson and his gang are “very smooth people” in police parlance. There- fore it is difficult to catch them. They keep their tickets in a bank vault and sell only to those personally known to them. It is difficult to catch the big dealers and agents, for the wholesaler, who keeps his wares in the bank vault and sells only to the peddlers he knows and can trust, is practically secure from police interference. For this reason the police have mnaugurated a new plan of procedure. Now everyvbody, even the small peddlers, will be arrested. Thomas Harris of Twenty-first and Mis- sion streets was the first of the peddlers to be arrested this week. He hasbeen selling counterfeit and genuine lottery tickets in the Mission for the past year or more. He gave bail in the sum of $20 when arrested and then forfeited his bond. Mr. Harris was a patron of Upson and Oakes. He also sold Mexican tickets. But for every genuine ticket he sold he also placed three counterfeits. Mr. Harris will be compelled to seek an honest vocation, the chances are. , Trost has gone East. This means that the Fox & Co. swindle has been broken in this City. Itisn’t to Kansas City that Mr. Trost, alias Lloyd, alias a good many names, is going, for the police drove him out of there just before he landed here. ‘Wherever he goes he will not find as com- plaisant a public as he did in this City for over a year. THE CALL'S exposures and the activity of the police finally ended his career as a cheap swindler in this City. No one is weeping for his going. Yesterday Chief Crowley gave orders that the bicycle club raffle must be stopped. This is the very latest agony in games of chance and within the past six months has grown to considerable proportions. It takes the place of suit clubs, but is far more popular than they ever were. The plan is to sell 150 tickets, ranging in price from 1 cent to $1 50. The tickets are chosen by chance and the purchaser must pay whatever sum he finds marked on his ticket when he takes it from its en- velope. Then when all the tickets are sold the raffle takes I;]are and the bicycle is awarded to the lucky man. Chief Crow- ley says this is clearly against the law and it has grown to such dimensions that he means to stop it. Some of the larger bicycle club men have combined and will contest thelaw. An arrest will be made, and if a conviction is secured, as Chief Crowley feels confident there can be, then the bicycle club will be known to be under the ban of the law. Ask Your Shoe Man What he thinks of Goodyear Welt Shoes,— If they are soft, pliable, comfortable, wear well, fit well, look well. Ask him all about them. If he answers you honestly, you will always buy GoopvEAR WELTs. 155" Goodyear Welts are LEATHER SHOES— not rubber. (19) GO TO THE “NEW LOUVRE,” 8 to 14 O'Farrell Street. 'W'E HAVE REMOVED THE “LOUVRE” from the old basement under the Phelan building and now occupy the finest quariers above n tl EUBOLPA HAGEN, FELIX EISELE, Prop's. NEW TO-DAY. MAKE YOUR DOLLARS DO DOUBLE SERVICE AND BUY YOUR CLOTHING For Man, Boy or Child —AT— HYAMS, PAUSON & CO, 34, 36, 38and 40 Kearny Street, e 25 and 27 Sansome Street. Mo Diftrence! Price xactly the Same! HYANS, PAUSON &.C0, 25 and 27 Sansome Street, ——AND—— 34, 36, 38 and 40 Kearny Street, MANUFACTURING CLOTHIERS Selling Direct to the Consumer. STATENMENT ——OF THE—— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS ——OF THE— PEHENIX INSURANCE COMPANY. F_BROOKLYN, IN THE STATE OF NEW York, on the 81st day of December, A.D. 1894, and for the year endiug on that day, as made to the Insurance Commissionor of the State of California, pursuant to the provisions ot sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank fur- nished by the Commissioner. CAPITAL. $1,000,000 00 Real estate owned by Company......$ 399.000 00 Loans on Bond and Mortgage 126,050 00 Cash Market Value of all Stocks and Bonds owned by Ce Cash In Company’s 1,175 84 Cash in Banks. 521,178 73 Interest due and ace and Loans. 3 9, Interest due and accrued on Bonds i and Mortgages. .. 2,060 78 Premiums in due tion.... 700,673 59 Rents'di 3,770 95 Installment 237,614 38 Total Assets --.$5,783,243 40 LIABILITIES. Losses Adjusted and unpaid Losses in process of Adjustment or in Suspense..... Losses resisted including expenses Gross premiums on Fire Risks r ing one year or less, $2,164,600 54, reinsurance 50 per cent............. Gross premiums on Fire Risks run- ning more than one year, $5,203, 067 00, reinsurance pro raia. . 2,753,665 23 Due and accrued for Salarie: .8 258,508 468 47,425 00 1,082,300 27 2,266 66 PADY...ienenss S s . 20367844 Total Liabilities. .$4,347,842 08 INCOME. Net Cash actually received for Fire .$4.485,788 43 Mortgages - 6,536 Received fof st and dividends o on Bonds, Stocks, Loans, and from all other sources. 162.185 82 Received for Rents. 16,455 15 Total Income. . ,669,911 38 EX Net amount paid for Fire Losses ( cluding $265,648 99, losses of pre- vious years 182,754,172 44 Dividends to Siockholders. 00,000 00 Paid or allowed for Commission or Brokerage... . 624,337 98 Paid for Saleries, fees an - charges for officers, clerks, etc 308,143 28 Paid for State, National and taxes.... . 7887651 All ocher payments and expenditures 361,914 22 Total Expenditures................. FIRE. Losses incarred during the year... ,759,261 00 Riss and Premiums. | Fire Risks. | Premiums. Net_amount of Risks written during the Year..................|$391,997,922 %5,07,841 43 Net amount of Risks expired during the| ................. | 502,717,702| 6,301,275 57 rce. December 31, 1894 573,154,804 7,457,667 b4 GEORGE P. SHELDON, President. C. C. LITTLE, Secretary. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22d day of January, 1895. JOHN H. DOUGHERTY, Notary Public. A LADIES' GRILL ROON Has been established in the Palace Hotel (%, ACCOUNT OF REPEATED DEMANDS made on the management. It takes the piace of the clty restaurant, with direct entrance from Market st. Ladies shopping will find this a most @esirabie place to lunch. Prompt service and mod- erate charges, such as have given the gentlemen's Grillroom an international reputation, will preval in this new department. | — YATENT S oa BesT Ocraneo B DEWEY & CO.,, 220 MAnKer 8T, 8. Foy CAbe A »