The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 12, 1895, Page 5

THE SAN FRAN JISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1895. 5 THE POINT LOBOS TRACK, lllegal Street Railroad Work Stopped After “The Call's” Expose. THE OLD FRANCHISE VOID. Remarkable Actlon of the Market- Street Company in Richmond District. Richmond District inhabitants have re= cently witnessed a series of most aston- ishing phenomena. Tuesday a hundred workmen began to lay streetcar-tracks on Point Lobos ave- nue, between Twelfth and Thirteenth avenues. They dug down to the official grade, laid the sleepers, the ties, and put on a portion of the rail before the sun went down. This was the first phenomenon. It was sudden and startling. Richmond inhabitants wondered what next,and went to bed in a state of expectancy. Wednesday morning the gang of men was reduced to less than a dozen. This was considered as strange a phenomenon as the first—the change was so sudden. Thursday morning there appeared an article in Tae CaLL calling attention to the fact that the Market-street Railway Company had no legal right to lay tracks on Point Lobos ne. This was not in the nature of a startling phenomenon, for Tre CALL can be depended upon to espouse the taxpayers’ cause at all times and ex- pose the misdeeds of the Southern Pacific— | or any oth: c corporation—whenever there is need for it. followed the publication of whether because of it, f it—was the most astonishing tire series of phenomena. Before had been set to work with s, to bury the railroad v laid and restore the thor- to its old unofficial grade. rprising that even the Southern hould so suddenly swoop down a public thoroughfare and seek to e up a right of way by force of pre- ption based upon an invalid franchise. urprising that even the Southern Jould dare attempt such a game late and enlightened day. as more surprising, however, to have But w It was s It w: r the work had been started. Yet the as not reduced with the in- of abandoning the franchise company did not own or the e hundred men had already per- At least 8o much it is fair to pre- e from the statement made by H. H. | h, the superintendent of construction | e Market-street Railway system, who z force of 100 men reduced to less | a dozen within twenty-four hours | come upon this single section of raiiroad track between Twelfth and Thirteenth avenues. They will wonder what that isolated link means, untouched as it is, ana having no end nor beginning. “But the files of THE CaLL will be in ex- istence then, and reference to them will disclose to these future explorers an at- tempted piece of street-stealing that will make them blush for the past, or it is to be hoped that it will. UNREQUITED LOVE. Why James Godfrey, a Marine Fireman, Was Badly Beaten by Two Young Men. Thomas Tracy and Peter O'Keefe ap- peared in Judge Conlan’s court yesterday to answer to a charge of assault with a deadly weapon, but the case was con- tinued, as James Godfrey, the complaining witness, was not yet able to leave the hos- pital. Godfrey was suffering from erysipelas, | and a few days ago it was thought that he | would die, but he was rapidly recovering yesterday and will have to answer to a charge of mayhem. The trouble arose out of Godfrey’s pas- sion for Catherine Nugent, the keeper of a private boarding-house at 28 Minna street. Godfrey is a marine fireman and when in the City pressed his suit upon Miss Nugent, but she gave him no encourage- | ment, as she preferred Tracy. : One day last January Godfrey forced his way into Miss Nugent’s room and de- manded that she should marry him at once. She refused and he threatened to kill her. Her screams brought assistance, and Godfrey was taken to the City Prison. He was fined for disturbing the peace. ' He left Miss Nugent alone until last Friday, when he again forced himself into her room and demanded that she should marry him. She screamed for help and cy and O'Keefe ran to her assistance. ht ensuea, during which Godirey took hand in his mouth and severely Godfrey got the worst of the fight and from a wound in the right arm erysip- | elas set in. Godfrey claimed that Tracy and O’Keefe struck him with an ax, but this | they denied. | A fig HVENUS ROM CARRARA, Rupert Schmid Has Com- pleted His California “Poppy.” A Californian Artist’s Pictures Are Greatly Appreclated In Germany. Rupert Schmid has just returned home | from a long European sojourn, most of it | spent in the quarries of Carrara, where he | put that newest type of beauty, the Cali- | fornia Venus into pure white marble. He | has also made a number of bustsand | medallions of California celebrities. It was seventeen years since Rupert Schmid had visited Europe before, and | many things struck him on his flying visit ITHE DENTISTS' ELECTION, Dr. I. W. Hays President and Dr. Russell H. Cool Vice- President. ONE LADY MEMBER'S PAPER. The Clinics and Banquet Complete a Very Busy Day of the Con-~ vention. The interest in the dental convention yesterday was centered in the election of the following-named persons to serve for the ensuing year: Dr. 1. W. Hays of Grass Valley, presi- dent; Dr. Russell H. Cool of Oakland, first vice-president; Dr. F. W. Metcalf of Sac- ramento, second vice-president; L. Van Orden of San Francisco, third vice-presi- high noon for a group photograph and looked as pleasant as they knew how. The corridors were filled with interested dentists and anxious patients at the clinic in the forencon. Dr. A. H. Wallace of Oakland gave an exhibition of porcelain- face gold bridgework, using a dummy jaw having two abutting teeth on which to hang the bridge. e process leaves the front of the inserted teeth,well exposed, while the gold support is hidden in the background. - Dr. Wallace also demonstrated a speedy and perfect extirpation of pulp from the mouth of a patient, which he performed with a sharp stick of orange wood tipped with carbolic acid, after the nerve had been deadened by cocaine. Dr. J. P. Parker of Santa Cruz demon- strated that condensation could be ob- tained by hand pressure, filling the cavity of an eye tooth of a patient in the demon- stration. The ogeration of gold building, demon- strated by Dr. A. F. Merriman Jr. of Oak- land, attracted every member and visitor in the corridor. The cavity filled wasa B 5 |1 terior and very difficult t g officers, which resulted in the selection of | Ths oner 3 sl The operation showed the different nses of three mallets, the hand, automatic and mechanical, each of which he claimed to be necessary to the particular work for which it is designed. Dr. A. H. Mories, of Alameda occupied the morning hours with a_patient whose teeth required the application of various scientific instruments. that the gang of men had merely been | to Munich, Paris and Vienna. In fact he duced because there was no desire to | does not guite know which disgusted him sh the work. It was also stated that the | most, that in Sonthern taly Old World M B - | customs sti inger, or that in the rest o attorney for the Market-street road was | fi UCf 50" Nieitiecque peculiarities of negotiating with the Park Uommissioners, | greqq and speech that distinguished one who had already agreea to sign permis- | nation from another, are fast vanishing sion for the road on Point Lobos avenue, | away before modern improvements. and that in a day or two the section of the | *“It's like going back 2000 or 3000 years to (defunct) franchise that required the con- | g0 to Carrara, ’ besaid. *They still use ox- sent of the Park Commissioners to the | teams to haul the marble, and urge the DR. I. W. HAYS OF GRASS VALLEY, THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE DENTAL ASSOCIATION. [Sketched by a “ Call” artist.] dent; Dr. W. Z Kine of San Francisco, re- | cording secretary; Dr. W. C. Reith, corre- sponding secretary; Dr. Thomas N. Igle- hart of San Francisco, treasurer. During the busy operations of the dent- ists at clinics the groups of witnesses were startled b_vnloudgwniling cry that made the nervous ones shudder, but had no effect on the dentis A lady was losing The election was held in the afternoon cattle on with a goad. They prefer it, too, construction of the road would be secured | 1o actually a railroad was built for the in writing in & formal and legal way. But the most surprising thing of all was after the expose in THE CALL yes- | y morning, a gang of men was put to | work to bury all traces of the unlawful | k of Tuesday’s big gang and Wednes- | ’g little gang. That was the astonish- | ing part of it—that the Southern Pacific | should prove so amenable to public ex-| posure and lay down its hand without | even a struggle. | “learly the Market-street Company had | it to lay down even the block of ck on Point Lobos avenue that 1 covered up. Aswasshown Cari, the Supervisors 1ted a franchise for Point Lobotavenue he Ocean Beach Railway Company in | une, 1893. Now the Market-street Com-‘ is, of course, the successor of that de- | It was under the terms | nchise of 1893 that the Mar- | Company attempted to steal | )bos avenue. | it is very clear to the non-legal mind | the franchise to the Ocean Beach Rail- Company has lapsed and is now void | i worthless. The following provisions | t enactment read very clearly and to | int: Fourth—That work to construct the railroad | t be commenced within one year from the leted within three years thereafter. —That the grantee, its successors and assigns must, within twelve months from the | date of this order, expend in the construction | of =aid railroad, or in the acquisition of prop- | erty therefor, at least $10,000, and must, with- in three months thereafter, file with this board evidence of such expenditure. Sixth—Upon a failure to comply with these conditions the rights hereby granted shall cease and terminate. | Nothing is more apparent than that | there WAS an utter “failure to comply | with these conditions,’’ each and all of | them, and that “‘the rights hereby granted” HAVE ‘‘ceased and terminated.” “Work to construct the railroad” was NOT *‘commenced within one year from the date of this ordinance.” The “grantee, its successors’’ nor “as- signs” did NOT ‘“‘within twelve months from the date of this order expend in the construction of said railroad or in the ecquisition of property therefor, at least ten thousand dollars,” nor any other sum. Nor did the grantee or its successor file with the Supervisors any “‘evidence of such expenditure.” In the light of these facts no presentday permission of the Park Commissioners can legalize an ordinance that has ceased to 2xist by its own terms. And the Southern Pacific must have known this before it sent » gang of 100 men to digup Point Lobos wvenue and lay that single block of track. Some people think the big gang of men was put to work that single day justasa bluff to make a play in the stock market ind scare the holders of the Sutro Cliff House bonds. If that was the purpose of :he big gang then the purpose fell flat, for 20 one was scared. Before the news had lairly spread THE Cars had exposed the whole plot. ‘Whatever may have been the ulterior motive of that big gang of 100 men the real purpose of the Market-street Company was ‘0 steal a right of way out Point Lobos wvenue to the Cliff House under cover of ‘hat defunct franchise. Whoever doubts ‘hat doubts the evidence of his own senses secause it is more profitable to be a “rail- toad man.” It is also in evidence that immediately apon TeE CALL’s expose that the old fran- thise was void the Market-street Company mu_fed to build and covered up what it had nilt. / But there is that block of railroad rack, buried from human sight as it is. | to be impressed with this result o of this ordinance, and the same must be | marble, and it is never used. I did not like it at all. That sort of life may be icturesque, but give me American com- fort ” And then, apparently to show that there is no rose without a thorn, the sculptor expressed his regret at the loss art is sus- taining elsewhere in Europe. “All the picturesque old peasant dresses are vanish- ing, and every one is beginning.to dress alike. You can no longer tell what country vou are in from the costumes; in fact, the picturesqueness is going out of the life with modern improvements.” So profoundly did Mr. Schmid appear im- rovement and rapid communication that he added, ““Artists will soon have to use nothing but grays to depict the universal sameness.” Munich, the sculptor considers, has ret- rograded since he was there last, but Berlin has gone forward by leapsand bounds toward a knowledge and appreciation of painting and sculpture. “There are some good artists in Munich, though,” he ad- mitted; “men of many different nations who have identified themselves with the place. | __“One of the faremost is Toby Rosenthal. He sends very little of his work to America, for it has a ready sale in Germany. The Empress recently bought some ot his paint- ings, and ordered more; at least that was what I heard. He only had one little can- vas unsold in his studio when I was there, | and_that was not quite finished. The | model was a little blond-headed boy, and | the painting was an exact likene: nd was full of sentiment and expression. “By the way,a man I did not see in Munich was David Neale. Some nonsense has been said about the influence 1 used upon him with regard to the Wells statue. There’s not a word of truth in the rumor, | which many people seem to_have believed. | It is true I often saw David Neale before | going to Europe, but we never once dis- | cussed that statue, and in Munich I did not even see him.” = While in Munich Rupert Schmid modeled | an Indian of the North American variety, which was at once purchased by a club. “But Indians are no longer a novelty, for since Buffalo Bill traveled they are as well known over there as they are here—better, perhaps,” he added. “One thing that impressed me was that the Europeans are making great strides in art, and are always seeking something original. Every little town in Germany and Italy seems to waat vo have its monu- ments to Emperor William and Bismark or Garibaldi, Mazzini or Cavour, There are between four and five hundred statues of Garibaldi alone. Some villages have two of them, but they are all different and all artistic. Even when they have to put up a building that is only intended to be useful (such as a railway station) there seems to be a rage to make it at, the same time ornamental.” “Poppy,”’ as Rupert Schmid persists in calling his Califorma Venus, is still at Carrara. He met with several disappoint- ments_in mnkinf her. Once when the figure began to enlarge from a block of the whitest marble, it was found that the beautiful stone was marred with one black vein, ‘which disfigured Poppy’s right shoulder. Another partly chiseled figure also revealed a flaw in the marble; but finally a block which revealed no imper- fections was found, and now Poppy is chiseled in marble as white as snow. The figure will be shipped to California in the course of the next few weeks. A quantit; of other work which Rupert Schmi has brought with him is still in the Cus- tom-house. —————— The Coopers’ Union. The Journeymen Coopers’ Union, which has about 560 members, met last night and re- ported business, mostly winework, as fairly 0od. The following officers were installed: g‘. A. Michels, president; J. C. Peterson, vice- president; William Colbert, financial secre- tary; Conrad L. Ochs, recording secretary; H. J. Cronin, treasurer; M. Burns, marshal, and C. Tingberg, J. Belgin and J. Dunphy. trustees. A Lodging-House Attached. The lodging-house of Mrs. E. M. Tobin, at 215 Kearny street, was taken possession of yester- day by Sheriff Whelan by virtue of a writ of with closed doors. The rivalry for the of- fice of president began in a caucus in the corridor. The friends of Dr. Cool for the first honor in the association did most ex- cellent work for him, but the quiet work of the Hays faction had been done in the early part of the convention. An informal vote was taken as a sort of feeler resulting Hays 28, Cool 26. Fifteen new members instantly rushed to the secretary’s desk, where they deluged him taking their initiation fees and secured the privilege of voting. Six of these went to Cool and the other nine to Hays, mak- inEthe vote Hays 37, 37, Cool 32. r. Cool smilingly submitted and ac- cepted second place. The only paper of the day was by Dr. C. a mouthful of teeth in the north corridor, but she was so completely under the influ’ ence of nitrous oxide gas that, like one who cries in sleep, she did not know the cause. She lost her teeth and stepped out of the chair with a pleased expression and hearty thanks to Dr. Bliss for a painless operation. Dr. J. L. Asay of San Jose was to have read a paper, but was excused owing to the lateness of the hour ana the anxiety of the majority of the members to attend the banquet at Delmonico’s. The banquet was the jolliest event of the convention. Covers were laid for forty of the members, who, under the guiding hand of Dr. Russell H. Cool, the new first vice- president, turned their thoughts and their | speech out of the channels of dental labor MISS C. E. McELROY, THE FIRST WOMAN DENTIST TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE DENTAL ASSOCIATION, (Sketched by a ‘“ Call” artist.] E. McElroy of 8an Quentin, on “Children and Dentistry.” The paper was so free of technical terms and so full of a vigorous defense of the little ones in the dental chair that it was received with a storm of applause. The discussion of the paper was purflcl})ated in by Drs. Marion,Ward Craig, W.J. Younger, L. Van Orden, De Crow, Mories and Metcalf. Miss McElroy is a graduate of the Uni- versity of Michigan, but has since made California_her home. She was the first woman to join the State Dental Association. She believes in the power of personal mag- netism and genial nature in the treatment of children, as she expressed in her paper. Dr. L. L. Dunbar and Dr. Walter F. Lewis were elected at a conmittee meeting as delegates to the American Dental Asso- ciation, to meet at Asbury Park in August, 1896. The effort will be made by these delegates to bring the American Dental Congress to the Pacific Coast at its next succeeding meeting. The resignations of Drs. L. Bush and C. attachment issued to the Chicago Clock Com- vany. Mrs. Tobin, it is claimed, had purchased future explorers, in excavating Point “ab~e avenue to the official grade, will household ioodu irom the firm, on which she still owes $1182. As the money was not forth- coming resort was made to the courts, G. Bush of San Francisco, George Earl of San Di:fgo and F. O. Jacobs of Oakland were offered and accepted. The dentists posed on the Mint steps at and plied their teeth. The feast was of that satisfying character which dentists enjoy who believe that good living is necessary to a successful career. It was 10 o’clock when they reached the cigars and the speeches and’ the midnight hour had tolled before they even thought of leaving. The toasts and those responding to them are as follows: “The California State Dental Association,” Dr. J. A. W. Lundborg; “The Presidentjof the Californ! Dental Association,” "Dr. Lu- ther A, Teague; “The President-Elect,” Dr. J. W. Hayes of Grass Valley; *‘The San Francisco Dental Association,” Dr. W. Z. King; “The Santa Clara Valley Dantal Association,” Dr, W. de Crow; “Our_Papa,” Dr. Max Sichel; New Members,” D . F. Merriman Jr.; “The 01d Guard,” Dr. William J. Younger; silent toast, drunk standing, “‘First President and Those Who Are With Him”; “The Members From the Interior,” Dr. A. H. Palmer of Napa; “The Pacific Stomotological Gazette,” Miles L. rland; “The Ladies,” Hon. W. C. Bailey; “The Dental Department, University of Cali- fornia,” Dr. L. Van Orden; “The Dental Board of Examiners,”” Dr. Thomas Morffew, g It is said_that there are thirteen families in New York each of which has over $500,000 invested in diamonds.; SUTRD TAKES HIS STAND,| — The Mayor Refuses to Turn Down Election Commis- sioner Foster. A NEAT POINT OF LAW NOW. He Says That the Action of the State Central Committee Was Illlegal. Mayor Sutro has thrown the gauntlet to the ®epublican State Central Committee, and has refused to turn down Samuel Fos- ter, whom he appointed as one of the four Election Commissioners. His reasons for refusing to withdraw his appointee are that he thinks that he is a good man for the place; that those who condemned him did not represent the voice of the State Central Committee, and that they had no right to reject his name. The law says that the State Central Com- mittee shall have the power to accept or reject the men of their party named by the Mayor. When Mr. Foster was named P. B. Cornwall, chairman of the Republi- can State Central Committee, said that the power to accept or reject was in the hands of the executive committee of the State Central Committee, but this conclusion was found to be a hasty one. Thecommit- tee of the whole thought otherwise and so acted. It was soon learned that Mr. Fos- ter was persona non grata to many of the members, much to the indignation of his friends and Mayor Sutro. The Mayor, in refusing to appoint a suc- cessor to_Foster, introduced a neat point of law. He says there was not a quorum present at the meeting at which Foster was rejected. There may have been a quorum present, as far as_the transaction of any ordinary business is concerned, but not for action on the a ,pointmcnt ot Elec- tion Commissioners. hen acting on that question Mr. Sutro and his secretary, Tay- lor Rogers, argue the committee is a State body and must conform to the laws gov- erning such bodies.. One of the laws is that a quorum must consist of a majority of the members of said body, and it is on this point that the Mayor declares that the rejection of Mr. Foster was illegal. A quorum was present as far as the State entral Committee was concerned, but not as a State body. The result will probably be an action to mandamus the Mayor to appoint another Commissioner. The protest of the executive committee of the Republican State Central Commit- tee against the Mayor’s nomination of Samuel Foster as Election Commissioner was still the talk among Republicans yesterday. The proceedings were taken in execu- tive session, hence there was a general desire to know how members stood. THE CALL ascertained from an authentic fource that the vote was recorded as fol- ows: In favor of the motion to protest—Corn- wall, Cooney, McQuaid, Kerr, Sonntag. Against the motion—Montague, Dodge, Dennery, McNab. Excused from voting—Asa R. Wells. It was sug osed when the meeting was called that APr. Cornwali fayored the con- firmation of Mr. Koster, but his opinion was probably changed by the evasive an- swer to the direct question as to whether the nominee voted the Republican State ticket at the last election. ‘When the opponents of Foster disclosed their strength in the meeting, his friends wanted an adjournment to some other day. This proposition was voted down, and also a motion to adjourn until 7 o’clock, of the same day. Then it was proposed to send for Foster, but that proposition was like- wise rejected. Henry L. Dodge maintained that if Foster voted against Estee he meant by so doing to express his dislike of Dan Burns, and that the act should not be regarded as disloyalty to the parly. He classed Foster as an Independent Republican. Mr. Sonntag was afraid that the same independence might be again manifested if Foster should be chosen Election Commis- sioner, and it might be directed the second time against the next nominee of the party for Governor. Montague spoke highly of the mercantile standing of Foster, and was quite well sat- isfied that he would perform the duties of Commissioner in a proper manner. Among the candidates highly indorsed for Election Commissioner is H. 8. Mar- tin,a man of means and a good Republican. His friends assert that the Republican State Central Committee would take pleas- ure in contirming his appointment. Leading Speakers Invited to Attend the Local Conven- tiom. If systematic and persistent effort counts for anything the coming silver con- vention called to meet in this City on the 19th of August will be a largely attended and enthusiastic gathering. Letters are received daily at the offices of the Pacific Coast branch of the Ameri- can Bimetallic League from all parts of the State, showing that there isa keen in- terest on the silver question. Many of these letters contain inquiries as to the manner of ferming local leagues. As a means of answering these communications promptly and comprehensively George P. Keeney, secretary for the Pacific Coast, has had printed a circular giving full 1n- formation on_this point. This and a copy of the constitution for the use of local leagues is forwarded in answer to each letter of inquiry, and a large number of these documents, together with the call originally issued for the convention, are also sent to a large number of prominent citizens throughout the State each day. Special invitations have been sent to all the most prominent leaders of the East in the bimetallic movement, and it is ex- pected to have some of the best silver speakers in the country present here dur- ing the convention. Among these whom it is expected to bring out are General J. A. Williamson, General A. J. Warner, Sen- ator Blackburn, W. J. Bryan, Senators ‘Wolcott and Teller, and Henry Jones of Georgia. Other speakers will probably be Senator W. M. Stewart, Hon. Francis G. Newlands, Hon. J. C. Sibley, Irwin C. Stump, T. J. Clunie, John Mitchell, T. G. Phelps, Senator Jones of Nevada and Uni]wd States Circuit Judge Henry Cald- well. Another measure taken by Secretary Keeney was to have stereotype plates made of the original call for the convention, which have been sent to_more than 100 of the interior papers in this State. From present indications it is expected that there will be not less than 1000 regu- larly accredited delegates present at the convention, which it is proposed to have continue in session for three consecutive days, or even longer, if necessary. K committee has been appointed with instructions to wait upon the railroad peo- ple and secure half raies for delegates to the convention. The place of meetinf has not yet been decided upon, but will be shortly. It is the desire of the local executive committee to secure a hall that will not only accom- modate the delegates, but the thousands of spectators who it is expected will be at- tracted to the sessions of the convention. S St EXHIBITS FOR ATLANTA. Fruit-Growers of Southern California Prepare for the Exposition. J. A. Gorman, who has been visiting California for the past few weeks in the interest of the Atlanta Exposition, re- ported yesterday he had traveled through the southern part of the State and thor- gughly aroused the population of that sec- ion. An exhibit has been collected and will be shipped as soon as the building to re- ceive it is completed, which will be about the middle of August. Mr. Gorman said that the exhibit which has been secured thoroughly represented the resources of the State and was quite extensive, and if the County Supervisors should not see fit to appropriate funds from their respective treasuries to defray the expenses of the Board of Trade's exhibit, in any event the display from Southern California will be one of which the State need not be ashamed. ANOTHER OHINAMAN SHOT. Supposed to Be an Attempted Murder in Retaliation for the Last One. Another Chinaman was hurried to the hospital about 11:30 o’clock last night with a bullet wound clean through him. He will die, the doctors say, for the bullet entered at_the back, perforated the ab- domen and emerged through the skin just above the hi‘!). The wounded Chinaman is Chong Wy, who works in a store on the corner of Du- pont and Washington streets. He was put- ting the shutters on the window last niil;t, when another Chinaman came up behind him and fired one shot. Wy threw up his hands, while his assailant fled down Trenton street and took refuge in a little room in one of the houses there. He was {followed by two women from the Chinese Mission, who heard the shot. The room was aiterward entered by Policeman Tannin, who arrested Mock Ey, who was in bed. Ey was taken to the California-street station and registered in the small book to await identification. . Itis supposea that the assault upon Wy is in revenge for the murder of the China- man in Kum Cook alley early one morning about two weeks ago. UNEMPLOYED ~ HOPEFUL, The Men Confident of Secur- ing Positions Through “The Call.” Every Small Advertisement Attracts Crowds of Those Who Are Seekling Work. This City continues to be the headquar- ters of large numbers of unemployed men, which fact became evident yvesterday through an advertisement in the advertis- ing columns of THE OaLL stating that a young man was wanted to assist at keep- ing bar in a country hotel and to perform numerous minor duties. Inevent of any one seeking such a posi- tion he could have the same by applying at a certain address mentioned in the adver- tisement between the hoursof 12 . and 2 P. M. Promptly at noon applicants began to make their appearance and were all re- ceived, without reference to age or color. Among the crowd were mexn w. osenp;}ear- ance bespoke their respectability. They mingled and jostled each other in their anxiety to be first heard, as one man ex- plained that he was a firm believer in the old adage that “‘first come first served.” ‘White men, colored men and even Japa- nese were there, some young and well- dressed, as was required by the employer, others old and infirm, ragged and broken down in body and spirit, but just asanxious to obtain the position as their younger and more fortunate companions. It was estimated that during the given hours between 150 and 200 men paid the office a visit in search of employment, the last one being a man who, figuratively spelkinF was about “‘at the end of his tether,’” if appearances are to be relied upon. “Well!” he ejaculated, '‘this is strange. Here, just this morning, I spent about -an hour looking up the ‘help wanted’ column in THE CALL, and thought I would be sure to secure a position through the number of names that I put down in my notebook, but when I arrived at my destina- tion in each case there were from fifty to 200 men ahead of me. I guess everybody in town must take THE éALL. but I'll fool them to-morrow and get there before any one else, and by night 1 feel sure that I will have a position, and it will be thanks to Tre CaLLif I do, as thatis the paper all the boys look to for informa- tion in regard to securing a position, as all the notices are inserted in good faith and not by money-making schemers.” e New California Giant Begonias. The meeting of the California State Floral Society will be held July 13 in the lecture hall, Y. M. C. A. building, corner of Ellis and Mason streets. The soe etg has outgrown its old quarters, and will hold its display of the new California begonias at the more commo- dious place. MRS, £ K, GOGGIN'S WOES, She Accuses Attorney John M. Chretien of Improper Acts. A STORY OF THREE TRUNKS. Her Husband’s Clothing Was Stolen, Too, but That Gave Her No Concern. The notorious Goggin case was recalled yesterday by the arrival of circulars signed by Mrs. Sarah W. Goggin, and stating that John M. Chretien acted under a forged ‘power of attorney in arranging for the for- warding of her effects to Scotland; alse that many articles of expensive wearing apparel were missing when the trunks grrived in bad condition and much later than she expected them. She further complained that “‘the three trunks were nailed up in wooden cases, with $1500 to be paid on them,” and her final statement was: “Mr. Goggin's clothes were also stolen, but that does not give me any concern.” These circulars were sent to Mr. Chretien and some of his friends. The purpose seemed to be the double one of accusing Chretien of fraudulent dealing and of put- ting the police on the track of the stolen goods, a list of which accompanied the peculiar document. E. K. Goggin, the husband of the lady making the complaint, was for many years connected with the firm of Francis & Val- entine. About a year agoit was discovered he had appropriated money to the amount of 520,008 belonging to that firm. The couple escaped the clutches of the law by flight to Scotland. hretien gave the sequel of the story last evening. He seemed mnot at all dis- turbed by the charge, but said, laughingly: “I was Mr. Goggin’s attorney for ten years, and helped him and his wife levant, oing with them as far as Winnemucca. %‘hey would be in _San Quentin if it were not for me, but I am the loser of $4000 through my services for them. “Mrs, Goggin gave me her power of at- torney in the presence of a Mrs. Reid of 20 Wildey avenue, and when creditors at- tached their goods which were stored in the Eagle warehouse I endeavored to com- romise with them, and succeeded in suing so_for $1500 of the debt of $3500. This took some time, however, and while the Goggins left in July I was not able to get the goods away until January, when they were forwarded throu%{ the agency of the Anglo-California Bank. They were shipped on the steamer Progreso, going via P.’inama, and 1 paid the freight of $46 my- self. “George W. Allen acted as my represens tative when the packing was done, as I was confined to my house by illness at the time, and Ralph Hoitt of Baker & Hamil- ton’s did the packing. “I had no intimation that all was not satisfactory until months later Alex Hey- neman, acting in Mrs. Goggin’s behalf, in- quired as to the validity of the powes of attorney and I referred him to the notary ublic, whose books showed that it had een issued. He also got the testimony of Mrs. Reid, the witness. It developed that Mrs. Goggin had written to Frank Cleary, but after an investigation he declined to take the case, as also did Lloyd & Wood. “The story 1n a nutshell is that she is trying to evade the payment of the §1500 to her creditors and her only excuse is that some of her effects were missing. “All the papers in reference to the case are at my office and are at the disposal of TaE CarL.” OOMMITTEES OF GUNNERS. Perfecting Organization in the California Inanimate Target Association. 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