The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 13, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1895. 7 JULY 18, 1885 AMUSEMENTS. COLUMBIA THEATER—“The Senator.” TivoLl OPERA-HOUSE—“Tar and Tartar." CALIFORNIA THEATER—“The Old Homestead.” MOR0SCO'S OPERA-HOUSE—“The Prodigal Daugh- ter. ORPHEUM—Array of Novelties. ALCAZAR THEATER.—“Hamlet." Bay DISTRICT TRACK.—Races. ETATE BOARD OF TRADE Exn1BIT.—575 Market et, below Second. Open daily. Admission free. TRAL PARK.—Sunday.July 14. Prof. O.R. Gleason, King of Horse Tamers. PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS. FaMILY EXCURSION To SANTA CRUz—Saturday, July 13, RENCH NATIONAL CELEBEATION.—Sunday, uly 14, at Shell Mound Pa ‘1. Camro—Sunday, July Boating. etc. CITY NEWS IN BRIEE. 14--Music, Dancing, Condensed City news on seventh page of the ALL The Troquois Club held its weekly meeting last night. Brief City items are to be found on this page of the CALL every day. The St ociety met yesterdsy and discussed Mary has been missing There is a long list of & under the new Board, of H and brief nce Sund: Local items, right this page of the C. ed for a new school- be advertised for. v of the First Unita- les of incorporation. ¢ Patrick McDonough asking f the Public Pound hasbeen de Force Gordon and E. T. Hicks . rumor of & plot for & socialist urray was arrested yesterday on his wife of cruelty and fail- e Coon, whe is charged with abus- 1 it became imbecile, has not d. tro is not yet satisfied that the pro- Foster for Election Commissioner s legally made. wing horses won at the Bay District y: Little Bob, Don Gara, Installator, do and Remus. bles of the railroad companies are published free of charge in the CaLL for the ac- commodation of readers, v. Max Levin, ot Winnipeg, Manitoba, isa ate for the rabbiship of Congregation h-Menachim Streisand. Antone Foders, a dealer it poultry and game, was arrested by the Game Warden yesterday. He sold five doves out of season. are sending in encouraging reports in e to the first call of the Commissioners ements under the new law. Hugo Goldsmith is tired of his contract for furnishing supplies to the City, and he will provably e pormitted to assign it. The steamer Gaelic, which arrived from the Orient yesterday, brought the latest advices from the sealing fleet in Japan waters. A Finnish family named Hoagland, living at the corner of Pennsylvania and Nevadastreets, are destitute and both parents demented. Treasurer Widber yesterday appointed Peter Deveny deputy fee clerk and Max Wauschauer was promoted to the position of bookkeeper. Citizens are proposing to raisc a fund by ptions to_prosecute the Solid Eight of npervisors for selling out to the Market- street Railway Company. The third regatta for the Hammersmith & Field trophy will be held to-morrow over the San Francisco Yacht Club House course and the race will be one for blood. President F. W. Dohrmann of the Merchants’ Association protested yesterday against the un- fair rejection of street cleaning work by Street Superintendent Ashworth. Chong Wai, the Chinaman who was shot on Dupont strest Thursday evening, yesterday identified Mook Tai, s highbinder, as the man who committed the crime. The resultof anelection in Siskivou County has been changed because the election officiai of one precinet were hungry, and took the bel- 1ot box to dinner with them. reme Court has decided that if a ges its own course, those below who it of its waters have no redress. ot tamper with the act of God. one rancher remained yesterday who refused to sell a right of wayto the Valley road at a point north of the Sianislaus River. Grading will begin at Stockton next week. The San Francisco Schuetzen Verein has taken upon coming home of the victorious t ifornia shooters who have been meking reputations in the East. County Clerk Curry expects t0 secure posses- sion of the stolen Fair will next week. He has just returned from u trip to Santa Cruz, haring or its object the recovery of the document. Mann, president of the Al Hayman arrived from New Yark yesterdey morning. He says that he has booked all the newe: attractions in the East for San Fran- cisco. Attorney-General Fitzgerald, in reply to_a query trom State Controller Colgan, says the last general revenue act does mot siter the methods of redeeming property sold for delin- quent taxes. Rev. Max Levin, & eantor from Winnipeg, Canaga, conducted’ the services for Congrega- i Menachim Streisand, on Minna street, Mr. Levin is a candidate for the in that church. The Pacific Mail Company_ yesterday depos- ited the money due the members of the crew lost on the Colima with the clerk of the United States Circuit Court. The heirs-at-law can pro- cure the money by proving their title to it. Sult will be begun to-day by the Church- vement Club egatnst the Market- Company to compel forfeitare of the stolen Church-street right of way, under a stolen franchise granted by the Solid Eight. The raisin men of California are taking a deep interest in the appeal from the decision of the Board of Appraisers in the Zante cur- rant case to the United States Circuit Court. They say it will entail & loss of a million dol- lars to the State if the court upholds the appraisers. Thesuit which John J. Coffey has himself been prosecuting against his wife has been de- cided against him. He was plaintiff and at- torney for plaintiff in an action for divorce upon_ the ground of infidelity, but in the court’s opinion the case egainst Mrs. Coffey Was not proven. Attorney Fitzgerald has been asked by the Benk Commissioners to render an opinion con- cerning the law passed by the last Legislature restricting the use of the term “bank.” The question involves the right of pawnbrokers, saloon-keepers and others 1o use this term in connection with their business. The twenty-fifth annual convention of the California State Dental Association concluded its four days’ session yesterday, and adjourned to meet at Santa Cruz next June. Dr. J.L. Asay of San Jose offered in a paper on State dental law, a correction of the evil worked by students whom be termed illegal practitioners. Attorney Highton announced yesterday that he had forgotten the provisions of the code when drawing up the complaint for divorce for Marie Burroughs. He had neglected to state that she had resided in the State for a year prior to the beginning of her action, and e begged the court to allow him to amend by adding that fact. The prosecution of Joseph A. Ferris, the Scott-street fruit-dealer who was arrested for arson by Fire Marshai Towe several days ago, was ended in Police Judge Low’s court yester- day by the dismissal of the charge. Although the Fire Marshal and Detective Handley testi- fied to the finding of traces of kerosene in the store the court did not think the evidence was sufficient to hold Ferris. Richard J. Dowdall, & druggist at Nineteenth and Valencia streets, has_been quietly trailing the murderer of Eugene Ware for months past and is about to close in upon three persons whom he suspects were guilty of the crime. Recollections of the mysterious crime are re- vived by Mr. Dowdell’s strange story and in to- day’s CALL he reviews his detective work and talks about the persons suspected of murdering the drug clerk at the St. Nicholas' Pharmacy. The law which was passed by the last Legisla- ture requiring barbers to close their shops at 8o'clock each evening and 12 x. on Sunday is to be tested. Louis Jentzsch, & hairdresser at 336 Sixth street, was convicted in the Police Court yesterday of violating the law in keeping open during Sunday afternoon. He gave notice of taking an appeal, and says that he will, if necessary, the case to the Supreme Court. A JOKER IN THE SPUR Grabbing the Ocean Boulevard to Carry Loam to the Park. THE RAILS MUST COME UP. | Why the Southern Pacific Is So Obliging to the Park Commissioners. A PRIVILEGE LONG EXPIRED. Steam Tracks Maintained Without Authority Calculated to Spoil a Famous Drive. There was a point to be gained two years ago when the Southern Pacific asked and received from a complaisant Board of Su- pervisors the privilege to lay its tracks on the Ocean boulevard. The privilege was obtained—despite the protests of Adolph Sutro and others—on | the plea that it was necessary for the| Southern Pacific to operate a steam road into the Midwinter Fair grounds. Now the privilege has expired long since, but still the tracks of the Southern Pacific obstruct the Ocean boulevard. In Septem- ber, 1894, by the terms of the temporary franchise granted, the Southern Pacific | should have removed its tracks from | Golden Gate Park and from the Ocean | boulevard. Then a plea of convenience to | the Park Commissioners was entered, and | when Mayor Ellert had abo ut made up his | mind to tear up the tracks by main force | the pleaders for the Southern Pacific went | before the Board of Supervisors again and | secured from the board a forty days’exten- | sion of time. This extension of time was granted solely to enable the Southern Pacific to enter upon its philanthropic work of hauling loam and street-sweepings to Golden Gate Park at a sacrifice of time, money and con- venience to itself, as was loudly pro-| claimed. | Well, the park needed the street-sweep- ings and_the loam. N d into | the question very deeply at that time and | no one objected to the extension of time. It was granted in the name of the park— | the people’s Yz;.ygmuml. But by and by that forty days expired. | It expired last December, to be exact. And still those uct what is destined | to be one of the City’s most famous drive- ways, the Ocean boulevard. And_the | plea is still the park. The ereat phila; thropic Southern Pacific is still carrying street-sweepings and_loam into Golden | Gate Park over these Midwinter Fair spur | tracks ‘“‘at a loss.” | By the way, how great is this loss? little calculating ought to fix it, near! not exactly. | { | | i The Southern Pacific is paid | by the Merchants’ Association $5 a car- | load for hauling the street-sweepings from | Fourth and Townsend streets to the site of the Midwinter Fair. True, the route is rather a roundabout one, the train going first to Baden and there turning about northward, past Lake Merced and via the Ocean boulevard to H street. | Now the Park Commissi and | others who have been pointing out the | generosity of the Southern Pacific in baul- | ing a car of street-sweepings over that long | distance for the paltry sum of $5 have em- | phasized what a roundabout route the sweepings have to travel in order to reach the park—at $5 a carload. But, really, there is not so much loss in this circuitous | route when you come to look into it as one | might imagine. | This route leads past both pumping sta- | tions of the Spring Valley Water Com- pany, located on the old Rancho Laguna de ]a Merced. And it isa profitable part of the Southern Pacitic's business in this neck | of the woods to carry coal and other freight | to both these pumping stations. And, | from the main track at Baden there has been for years a branch road running to | the northernmost of these two pumping stations. And now, when this philanthropic cor- | poration carries the street-sweepings to Golden Gate Park at $5 a carload, these | same cars, by way of avoiding any un- necessary expense in the charitable work, | are made to traverse the route behind a | regular freight train to the pumping sta- tions. Then, from the pumping stations at_Lakeyille, northward (over the tracks laid only and especially for the Midwinter | Fair) to the Ocean Beach House, over the lands of the Spring Valley Company, and | from that point still northward to H street | along the Ocean boulevard, is a distance of perhaps four miles, more or le Hauling five cars of street-sweepings a day a distance of four miles for $5a car- load is really not such a very great philan- thropic piece of work. Indeed there i even a very fair profit in it for the philan- thropist. | Making the estimate as liberal as pos- | sible, credit the Southern Pacific with hauling these five cars the full distance, and allow them half a day to doitin,all for $5 a carload. That means a crew of | three men and coal for five hours. Pat the coal down at $6. That is too much for the haul and the grade, but let it be a lib- eral estimate. Item, engineer’s pay for half a day, $3. Item, fireman’s pay for same, $2. Item, brakeman’s pay for same, $150. Total, $12 50. Any one who knows what engineers, firemen and brakemen are paid on the | Southern Pacific road will know how very | liberal is this estimate. But let it stand. If you subtract the total of it from the total of five carloads at $5 a carload you will see that there is a profit. Not an enormous profit, to be sure. Only $1250 a day, $375 a_month, $4500 a year. More than some of the employes of the Southern | Pacific receive for their services, and surely | enough to repay, in some measure at least, the philanthropic efforts of Mr. Hunting- ton’s charitable corporation in carrying | street-sweepings to Golden Gate Park—to | the people’s pleasure ground. So much for the claim that the Southern | Pacific only continues its spur tracks into the park for the accommodation of the Park Commissioners. The road to-day is operated at a very bandsome protit, con- | sidering all things, and for a year past | that spur road has netted even a larger | profit. It has been a matter of dollars, not of charity, this continuance of these spur tracks in the park. “But if the public insist upon it we will have these spur tracks in the park removed n_gnce,”l’axk Commissioner Austin has said. When first the matter was made public in THE CALL a few days ago all the officials interviewed declared their readiness to have the spur tracks—the three spur tracks, they were careful to state—removed from the park grounds. But then, this would cause & big loss to the Merchants’ Associa- tion and to the park itself, these same offi- cials pointed out. It would be a shame to rob the park of the benefit it was deriving from the street-sweepings as a cultivator. U(ch these representations Tue Carn held aloof for the time being. It was un- willing to be a means of impoverishing the park by robbing it of the street-sweep- ings—a contingency that would surely happen. it was claimed, in case these three spur tracks were removed from the park. But still, it was continually iteratea that if a public demand was made these three spur tracks would be removed from the ark. H And always the conversation was abott the “three spur tracks’’ in the park and never a word about the three miles of track that disfigure the Ocean bouievard. All reference to that was keptin the back- | stipulated that the tracks should be re- | power to have these Ocean boulevard tracks | in danger of losing his position because he | change of venue. |THE SHOOTERS’ RETURN. (It Will Be an Occasion of Rejoicing | next Monday evening, and the San Fran- ground, while lots of talking was done about the “three spur tracks' in the park. And therein lies the “nigger” in this particular “woodpile.”’ It was to secure this road from Lakeville along the Ocean boulevard to H street that the Southern Pacific made its first fight before the Board of Supervisors in August of 1893. At that time Adolph Sutro protested vigorously. *Itwill be an outrage to let them Jay tracks on the Ocean boulevard,” he said then. And he went to the board and stated his objections to the temporary rivilege asked forat length. And when Mr. Sutro found the Supervisors meant to firanl the request he then urged that the oard demand a personal bond from Mr. Crocker and Mr. Huntington for the faith- ful performance of their part of the con- tract—the removal of their tracks at the expiration of the period named in the reso- lution. But the Board of Supervisors ae- clined to act upon Mr. Sutro’s suggestion, The Southern Pacific asked for and wanted the privilege of laying trackson the Ocean boulevard. They got it. The Southern Pacific wanted an Ocean boulevard connection between its Lake- ville and_its Cliff House Railroad. Mr. Sutro and others objected. The Southern Pacific got what it wanted. ““We have only given them the privilege conditionally,” said the Board of Super- “In"a year from now they must remove their tracks. It is so nominated in the bond.” And so it The resolution of the Su- pervisors is very clear and explicivon the point that these tracks must be removed at the expiration of one year from the date (;fr 3v.he resolution, which is September, 893. But the tracks are there yet. To-day the Southern Pacific is operating a line clear from Baden to the terminus of its Park and Ocean branch. Part of that line runs along—not merely parallel with, but actually on—the Ocean boulevard. At the time the connecting branch was built—ostensibly for the Midwinter Fair's accommodation alone—it was urged that Forty-eighth avenue, or any other thor- oughifare except the Ocean boulevard, be taken by the railroad company. But the Ocean boulevard was already graded and partly macadamized. There- fore the Ocean boulevard was not only more convenient and more valuable a route, but the Southern Pacific was saved the extra expense of a little gradi And the public—but the rights of the public | were not considered. *Of course it was an outrage,” said Mayor Sutro last evening, ‘‘to ever permit a railroad to be built on the ocean dr way, and it is still a greater outrage that these tracks are still there and the road still being operated, when it was express moved within one year. “I am not sure that the Mayor bas the removed. I think the Park Commission- ers claim to control the boulevard. How- ever, I shall look into the matter, and ii T am advised that the Mayor has theauthor- ity to t up those tracks you may rest assured that they will be torn up in short order. | “Of course, the cry of bringing street- sweepings and loam into the park may amount to sometliing, but no quantity of cultivating soils in the park will pay the public enough to compensate for the loss of the Ocean boulevard.” Mayor Sutro is correct on this score. No matter what the benefit to the park may or may not be by reason of the loam and sweepings it receives over the Southern Pacific tracks it cannot be great enough to compensate for the obstructions to the | Ocean boulevard. The tracks must be re- moved. The “Royal” Baking Powder is recom- mended by the best chefs and authorities on cuisine in every land. Its sale is larger than that of all other cream of tartar bak- | ing powders combined and it has more friends among housekeepers than any other similar article. . —— MAY LOSE HIS PLACE. Constable Creed Accused of Beating a Boy Most Unmercifully at a Picnic. Constable John E. Creed of Sausalito is beat a boy of tender years. Things are to be made exceedingly warm for him by the parents of Joseph McLeod, a boy who re- | ceived a severe beating at his hands. A picnic party from Sausalito and San Francisco was having an enjoyable time at Schuetzen Park recently. Joseph McLeod, one of the party, got into a quarrel with another lad. Creed stepped up to the boy and told bim that he was under arrest. “What for?”’ the boy asked in surprise. “Never mind what for,” repiied the con- stable, as he dragged the boy away. “I've been waiting for a chance to fix you, and | now I'll do it.” Young McLeod says that when Creed got him away he fired his pistol at himand beat him with a club unmercifully, and as | a result the lad has been confined to his bed for a week on account of the beating. His parents are highly indignant at the action of Creed and have retained an attor- ney to prosecute the case. An affidavit has been filed in which the lad states that he cannot secure a fair trial before the Sausalito Justice and wants a Among All the Riflemen of the City. The San Francisco Schuetzen Verein held a meeting last night, and the upshot of it all was that there will be a big recep- tion given the California marksmen when they return from their victorious trip East. It is expected that the team will return cisco Verein has decided to bear all the expenses of its entertainment. All Schuet- zen clubs and club members are to be in- vited to be present and swell the chorus of German songs and shouts of praise which will ring from water front to festal hall. They will all form in garade order, and the shooting kings will be placed in car- riages and escorted up the street by their brethren in arms. The jolly company will march to the halls of the San Francisco Schuetzen Ver- ein on Bush street, and there a sumptuous repast for 1000 people will be laid out. It will be an all-night affair of congratula- tion, of compliment, of anecdote and of good cheer. e SOLD DOVES OUT OF SEASON. Antone Fodera, a Poultry-Dealer, Ar- rested by the Game Warden. A. Fodera, a poultry-dealer in the Clay- street Market, was arrested yesterday after- noon by the Game Warden and charged at the California-street station for selling doves out of season. Heimmediately gave bonds and was released. & Fodera had five doves in kis stall when the Game Warden saw them. The latter paid the purchase price and immediately afterward placed the dealer under arrest. Fodera’s plea was that he did not under- stand the law. He thought the open sea- son for doves, so far as the dealers are concerned, began on July 1. As the hunt- ing season only openson that day the birds cannot be exposed for sale for several weeks later. The dealers felt very sore over the arrest of Fodera and said they will make a test case of it. According to them, there is one law for the rich and another for the poor. A rich man can siaughter doves for pastime and afterward give them to nis friends, but a dealer dare not expose one of the slaughtered birds for sale. . A Light Fire Record. The fire alarms vesterday were only for small blazes. The first one, from box 62 at 8:45 A. ., was for a chimney fire at 46 Everett street. There was no dameage. The alarm at 9:30 A. M. was from box 135, and called the_ department to 1470 Pine street. itch kettle overturned in the factory of the Golden Gate Yeast Company d caused a damage of $100. The factory is owned by the associated breweries. AROUND THEWATER FRONT Arrival of the Pacific Mail Steamers Gaelic and San Jose. THE SATURN FOR LIVERPOOL. Grain Ships and Tonnage In This Port for the Cereal Year Just Closed. The steamship Gaelic arrived yesterday morning from China, making the passage across the Paci minutes. This time beats the best steamer record by 2 hours and 15 minutes. Among the passengers were: Mrs. A. S. Moore, daughter of P. B. Cornwall; Mrs. Alexander Center, wife of the general agent of the Pacific Mail; Mrs. Dr. Long, who had been in Yokohama for a year; Bishop John McKim of the Episcopal Mission in Japan, now on his way to at- tend the National Episcopal Convention soon to be held in Minneapolis; Hon. L. 0. Smith, formerly a member of the Swe- > in 13 days 8 hours and 44 | and_besides all these an opportunity to stroll over the pretty hillsides or lie under the oaks. The railway managers are mak- ing arrangements for aquatic exhibitions, such as life-saving, etc., and intend in other ways to make El Campo one of the most attractive resorts near the City. THE IROQUOIS CLUB. Recent Changes in the Election Laws Are Freely Dis- cussed. The members of the Iroquois Club held their weekly meeting last night, presided over by Vice-President Wall. The newly appointed Election Commissioners, James Denman and P. M. Wellin, were both present. SRl The treasurer’s report on the last picnic ven by the club created something of a reeze during the early part of the meet- ing. Frederick Raabe made a few heated | remarks and insisted on being heard despite the raising of half a dozen points of crder and intimations that bouquets were not in order. His wounded feelings were finally soothed by a motion of Louis Metzger and the meeting proceeded. A report on the recent changes and pres- ent status of the election laws was read and some of the rulings discussed by Popper and Wellin. The meeting then adjourned. —_————— THE ATLANTA EXHIBITION. Governor Budd Asked to Recommend the Reimbursement of Counties. The State Board of Trade proposes to have California make a good showing at T+IE SATURN, WHICH SAILED FOR LIVERPOOL. [Sketched by a “ Call” artist.] fie i = » wht dish Senate, on his return home from a | Atlanta. trip-around the world. The steamer San Jose came in yesterday twenty-three days from Panama. The steamer Saturn sailed yesterday evening for Liverpool with 40,000 cases of salmon, 500 cases of fruit and 1000 tons of barley. From Liverpool she will go to Boston. She is expected to reach England from this port in sixty-five days. The following are the latest hiydrographic notices to mariners: Halfmoon Bay, buoy moved—The rea can buoy, No. 2, shown NW. of SE. reef, is moved to the bearings: Sail Rock (E. tangent), NW. 14 W.; Widow Woods’ house, NNE. 37 E. Off Bolinas Bay—Duxbury reef, buoy moved —Duxbury reei black can buo{ 1§ shown moved 800 meters NW. from its former posi- tion. Fort Bragg Landing—Buoy changed—The P. 8. whistling-buoy shown off Fort Bragg landing is changed on the charts to a red whis- tling-buoy. Crescent City Harbor—Buoy erased—The red bell buoy “C. C.,” heretofore shown NW. from Whaler Island, Crescent City harbor, has been erased from the charts. Puget Sound, Quartermaster Harbor, new buoy—A red nun buoy, No. 2,is now shown off Point Piner shoal, on the bearings: Mlnry Island, 8. tangent, E. % S.; Maury Island, W. tangent, N. 14 W. The brig Salvador sailed yesterday for Champerico with $16,036 worth of cargo, including 420 cases of dynamite, 300 bar- rels of flour, 100 cases of beer and 10,250 'Pounds of beans and peas. The steamer Lakme sailed for the Arctic with $14,045 worth of supplies for the whaling fleet. The bark 8. C. Allen sailed for Honolulu with a cargo valued at $27,870, including 106 barrels of flour, 75,824 pounds of sugar and 1598 gallons and 18 cases of wine. The grain cargoes cleared from this port during the cereal year 1894-95 by the “big four” firms are as follows: G. W. Me- Near, 48 ships; Eppinger & Co., 48; Bal- four, Guthrie & Co., 43; Girvin, Baldwin & Eyre, 20. Trubenbach & Co. cleared one cargo, which made the total for the year 60. Of this number only four were loaded for account of owners. The general rate was 25 shillings, fifty-three ships taking that figure. The remainder ran from 21 shillings 6 pence up to 35 shilling. Thirteen ships were chartered prior to arrival. Three clearings in August, one in October and nine in the first six months of this vear. Gne ltalian and ten American wooden ships cleared. The rest were iron and nearly all British. Vessels representing a tonnage of over 375,000 tons are now on the way to this ort from various sources. The steamer 1. V. Webber, 1341 tons, will load for San Francisco from New York; the Samaritan 1987 tons, at Hamburg; the Irmgard,fi‘zfl tons, at Honolulu, and the Kilmony. 1569 tons, to is load at Newcastle, Australia. From the last port there will come 105,000 tons, from Swansea 80,000 tons, from Liverpool 26,000 tous, from New York 23,800 tons, from London 14,700 tons, from Newcastle-on-Tyne 10,100 tons, from Ant- werp 12,200 tons, from Baltimore 11,900 tons. At the meeting of the Board of Harbor Commissioners next Tuesday a committee from the Produce Exchange will protest against the Jowering of the free period for freight to remain in the grainsheds on the seawall from thirty to ten days. A com- mittee from the warehouse people will be in attendance to protest, in turn, against this protest, censequently a lively and eloquent t'me may be expected. By the Gaelic_it was learned that the splendid yacht Eleanor will soon arrive in this port” from the Orient. She is the property of J. Slater, the millionaire mer- chant of Boston, who is sailing around the world with his family and a party of friends. The vessel 18 a three-masted steamer, and carries a crew of fifty men, and is one of the finest craft afloat. After remaining here a short time the party will visit Sitka, Alaska, and then return home around the Horn. EL OAMPO'S OHARM, A Chance for a Pleasant Outing on Next Sunday. Sunday promises to be a particularly en- joyable day at El Campo, the popular resort on the bay, as special arrangements have already been made for the reception and amusement of crowds who are ex- pected to visit that lovely spot. /2 The San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad Company will have the ferry steamer Ukiah running between this City and £l Campo beginning at 10:30 a. M. Later trips to the seaside resort will be made at 12:10, 2and 4 P. M. and the return tripsat 11:15A. M., 1, 3 and 5p. m. That all visitors on pleasure ben: may thor- oughly enjoy themselves, there will be music, a dance in the pavilion and every facility for fishing, boating and bowling, | have been run from the Stanislaus to the With this end in view Secretary J. A. Filcher sent a query to Governor Budd yesterday asking him whether he would recommend in his message to the next Legislature some appropriation to reimburse the several counties for the ex- penditures made by them in sending ex- ibits there. A favorable reply is ex-| pected. — e RECORDING FAIR'S WILL, The County Clerk Expects to Secure the Stolen Paper ‘Next Week. CURRY'S TRIP TO SANTA CRUZ Detectlve Curtin Tells of His Con- nection With the Case Up to Yesterday. The officials interested in the recovery of the stolen Fair will are sanguine that the document will be again in its proper place in the City Hall and its purloiner behind the bars in a very few days. They refuse to deny or confirm any of the many rumors and clews which float ‘about the corridors of the mumicipal building. The latest story has it that ex-Deputy County Clerk Eddie Casseriy knows some- thing about the theft of the missing paper. The theory is based upon certain state- ments alleged to have been made to Chief Deputy Piper by Detective Davis. Cas- serly indignantly denies being any wiser than anybody else and Detective Davis claims to have made no statements to Piper. Thursday morning County Clerk Curry was missing from his office. The watchers at once jumped to the conclusion that bis absence had some connection with the missing document. This idea was strength- ened when all his deputies and friends pro- fessed ignorance of his whereabouts. Late last night the following dispatch was re- ceived A CRUZ, CAL., July 12.—County Clerk rry of San Franeisco, accompanied by errand was in connection with the will with the late Senator Fair's name, which was purloined from the office of the County Clerk of San Francisco, and which has apparently become an object of barter, “‘sight unseen.” Mr. Curry is Certain that he is on the right track and in a few days will have the guilty person. Mr. Curry returned to this City last even- ing and spent several hours in his private office in consultation with two of his depu- ties. When questioned about his absence he said: “I have been down to Santa Cruz to see if Lcould not make arrangements to secure the Fair will. During my absence I have accomplished much and now everything looks favorable for the recovery of the document. 1 expect to have the will by the end of next week.” “Is ex-Deputy Casserly implizated in the matter?” +I saw his name mentioned in connec- tion with it in the evening papers, but that is all I know about it,” was the reply Real Estate Agent Matthews of Santa Cruz, who approached Charles Fair con- cerning the stolen will, does not relish the notoriety his action has gained him. Itis undoubtedly through him that Mr. Curry is working to recover the document. Detective John Curtin has finally made a complete statement as to his connection with the bartering of the missing docu- ment. He states that he was put in a false position by some published state- ments concerning him. “I will tell you,’” he said yesterday after- noon, ‘“‘how this thing first came about. I had not heard of any offers to return or re- produce the will haying been made to any of the attorneys in the cuse, when a man, The reports of the, official Government | whose name I of course cannot give, came investigations of baking Royal to be stronger an other. VALLEY ROAD BUILDIN, Materials for Construction Coming Into Port Aimost Daily. The Surveying Parties Are Doing Good Work Down the San Joaquin Valley. Still another cargo of railroad ties came into port yesterday from the Mendocino forests consigned to the Valley Railway, and during the day the heavy redwood timbers were transferred to a barge for removal to Stockton. The steel rails, fish plates, bolts and nuts began to move up the river yesterday, and every day now will see new arrivals in Stockton Channel, where Valley road supplies are piling up with remarkable rapidity. “I am pleased, of course, that the ma- terial has begun to show up in large quantities at Stockton,” said Chief Engi- | neer Storey yesterday. ‘‘But what I would like to see is this material stretched out as fast_as it arrives, that is, laid upon the roadbed down the valley. Grading will begir. next week, as THE CALL has already stated, and I hope there will be no delay in rushing the work ahead from the start. One lady in Stockten who refused a right of way gave up yesterday after suit had been entered against her to condemn her property. 3o that much is out of the way. ““There is only one man now—a rancher— who holds out, and I suppose his case will have to go through the courts, which may cause some delay. The railway took about eight or ten acres of his ranch, and he was offered $85 an acre for the land, and the same amount for damages. But he wanted $6000 for dnmaEes, which is more than his ranch is worth. *‘The surveying parties down south have passed Tulare City, andare working south- west from that point. One of them will continue on toward Bakersfield, while the other one will return and run a secondary line oyer the territory already covered by them. The party under Mr. Graham is still working on the Tuolumne River for a fiood crossing, and 1 expect it will soon ecide on one and then start out for the Merced River. “It is very slow work for the engineers between the rivers. Already four lines Tuolumne River, each one. directed to a different crossing. The reason for this is very plain, when you come to think that one crouing would cost $40,000 or $50,000, while another location for a bridge would be so far superior that the cost of spanning the river might not be more than $25,000 to $30,000. If great care be not taken in find- ing the best crossings, it is evident the cost of building the line might be easily ad- vanced $1000 a mile. “‘Anyhow the engineers have got such a good start of the business that they will be able to keep far enough ahead to avoid de- lays, and, if no hitches occur in the matter sowders show the | to me and said he had reason to believe | purer than any | | held for a ransom. the Fair will was stiil in existence and I asked him some questions and .his answers satisfied me that there were three or four parties be- hind him. I donot think he knows any more about the will than I do, but T thought it was my duty to give the matter my attention. *“When he first came to me he asked if I was_interested in the Fair case and ac- quainted with any of the attorneys. Itold him I was not interested in the contest in any way, but that I knew the attorneys, whereupon he suggested that I see some of the legal representatives in the case, I de- cided to do so. and called on Mr. McEner- ney. When talking with that gentleman I made no secret of it whatever, and did not ask him to withhold any information in the matter. “The name of Mr. Matthews, the Santa Cruz real estate agent, was never men- tioned. The name of no man has passed my lips as being connected with this will negotiation, and, furthermore, I shall give no names until I am called on to do so by the court. I am anxious, however, to find the man who stole the will, and shall lend every assistance in my power to that end.” Meeting for Young Men. Services for young men to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. Noel H. Jacks will address the meeting for young men at the association hall, corner Mason and Ellis streets. Mr. Jacks will speak on a special theme for young men. Admission to men onl, RURNING RUNNING RACES! Q&g RACES CALIFORNIA JflfiY CLUB RACES, SPRING MEETING! BAY DISTRICT TRACK. Races Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, $¥lday and Saturday—Rala or Shine. Five or more races each day. Racesstartat 2:30 P. 3 sharp. Mcallister and Geary street cars pass the gate. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. FRICDLANDLR.GOTTLOD & Co- LESIES AMD MAMAGLRS -+ LAST TO- MATINEE DAY “TEIE SENATOR’ ‘BY THE FRAWLEY COMPANY. . NEXT MONDAY, JULY 15th, Special and important engagement by Mr. Frawley of MISS HELEN DAUVRAY ! In the First Production in San Francisco of £ ONE OF OUR GIRLS Souvenirs Fresonion ta o Lo S uTag Opening Nigh formance, 50c and 750 25¢ and 500 Ak AYMAN © o |NCORPD PROPS. ALEFORRIA THEATRE 23 Last Matinee To-day To-night at 8 = 'EAD! Management of E. A. McCFARLAND, Monday Next, July 15—HOYT'S ‘“A BLACK SHEEP!” With 0118 HARLAN and Lots of Other Good Things. ATTHE |MONDAY NEXT, JULY 15, BAL“WIH\ DANIEL FROHMAN'S | —LYCEUM COMPANY!— THEATER | FIRST WE THE CASE OF REBELLIDUS SUSAN. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Mrs. ERNESTINE KRELING Proprietor & Managse LAST NIGHTS ! The Glorious American Comic Opera, “TARAND TARTAR” A SUPERB PRODUCTION IN EVERY DETAIL. Balfe's Beautiful Work, “SATANELI.A Y First Appearance of MARTIN PACHE, Tenor. Popular Prices—25¢c and 50c. MOROSCO'S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theaterin America. WALTER MOROSCO....Sole Lessee aiid Managee EVERY EVENING AT EIGHT, SIXTH WEEK OF THE EMINEN] Author— WALTER In the London and New Yori (THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTER ! EVENING PRICES—250 Fami 10c. ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Street, Between Stockton and PowalL MATINEE TO-DAY (SATURDAY), JULY 13, Parquet, any seat, 25¢; Balcony, any seat, 10c; Children, 10c, any part of the house. Unprecedented List of New Stars! | KENNEDY and LORENZ, | THE MUHL B Cizclo and Gallery M DE FORRE:! | BARTLETT | THE MILLAR BROS., “MISS SCOTTIE, LBERT and GOLDIE, MARTINETTI. LES FRER ALCAZAR THEATER. | W. R. Datrey +evevs... Manager GREAT SUCCESS t—— THIS (THURSDAY) EVED , JULY 11 —ALFRED DAMPIER— As. “ETAMILET ! Prices—15¢, 25¢, 35¢ and 50c. PROF. O. R. GLEASON, KING OF HORSE-TAMERS. Central Park. Market and Eighth Sts., SUNDAY, JULY 14, 2 P. M. Great Contest Between Man and Horses for $500. ALSO BAND CONCERT. Admission, 25 Reserved Seat PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS. 1895. 1895. FALL OF THE BASTILLE! {FRENCH NATIONAL CEEEBRATION ! GRAND PICNIC: DAY AND NIGHT BALL! 14th OF JULY, 1895, AT SHELL MOUND PARK, Commencing at 9 A. M. and Ending at 11 ». a0 ALL SORTS OF GAMES ! GATE AND MONEY PRIZES! Electrical Illumination and Fireworks at 8:30 P. M. Admission to Park, 25 Cents. EL CAMPO, f THE POPULAR BAY RESORT, NOW OPEN EVERY SUNDAY DURING THE SEASON. Music, Dancing, Bowling, Boating, Fishing and Other Amusements. Refreshments at City Prices. Fare, round tyip, 25¢; children, 15¢, including admission to grounds. & THE STEAMER UKIAH ‘Will leave Tiburon Ferry 10:30 a. ., 12:10. and 4:00 p. . Returning leave El Campo 1. A. M., 1:00, 3:00 and 5:00 p. M. of securine rights of way. construction will not stop from the day it begins until the road reaches Bakersfield.” —_—— FAVORABLE BANK REPORTS. Statements Sent In to the Commission Are Very. Encouraging. Out of 260 banks in the State 161 have reported to the Bank Commissioners what their condition was on June 17 under the requirements of the new law. Secretary Dunsmuir said yesterday all the reports are encouraging. . It is expected that all the banks will have sent in their statements in a few days, and then the cdmmission will com- pile a table showing results. 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