The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 27, 1895, Page 4

THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, ATURDAY, JULY : 1394, CAPITAL CITY RACES, Fast Time Made in the Pace of the 2:30 Class. PATHMONT THE WINNER. Peter W, the Favorite, tured the Two-Mile Trot. Cap- CONTEST OF FOUR-YEAR-OLDS. McZeus Took First Stamboul Belle Second in the 2:25 Class. SACRAMENTO, Car., July 26.—The first event of the fifth day of the Sacra- mento race meeting was a fo! ear-old 2:25 class trot for a purse of $1000. The talent was considerably at sea in the bet- ting before the first b L lected Silver Bee as favorite at §20 against $23 it switched the cut, and as the horses scored for the word the field was selling Money and | After it bad se- | led, Bijou coming fast. At the mile it was Flora G by a half length, with Peter W coming from the rear like a demon. At the mile and quarter Peter W headed the game little mare, Bijou in third place. At the mile and a half Peter W had three lengths to the good, with Flora G second, Bijou third and Bonnie Ben fourth. In the stretch Bonnie Ben picked himself up and got third place. Peter W won by a length, with Agnew’s black stayer secont_l, giving Peter W the closest finish of his career. Time, 4:51%4. 5 In the repeat Peter W had the best of it all the way through. He sold at $40 and the field at $8. Bonnie Ben finished sec- ond and Bijou third. Time, 4:56. Peter W got first money, Bonnie Ben second, Flora G third, Bijou fourth. el e SALT LAKE EMBEZZLEMENT, Gambling and Extravagance Caused a Cashier’s Downfall. SALT LAKE CITY, Urawm, July 26— M. R. Cummings, cashier of the Utah Commercial Savings Bank of this city, isa defaulter. An expert accountant is going over the books of the bank and has dis- covered a shortage of $10,000 so far in Cummings’ accounts. It is said the de- falcation will considerably exceed this | sum when the full investigation is com- pleted. Cummings admits taking funds belonging to the bank and has turned over to the directors scrip and securities of various kinds, which partly cover the stealin Gambling and extravagance are the cause of his downfall. S ggas GOLD AT MURPHY CREEK. A Rich Find Causes Excitement Among Miners. SPOKANE, Wasx., July 26.—A big strike that has just been made in an entirely new | oz TRACKS FOR WHICH RIGHT OF WAY| 1S ASKED e S.F.& S.JV. Ry.. b s C.P.RR ANEW ROAD IN STOCKTON. The People’s Line Menaced by the Corral Hollow Franchise. LIKE THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC. Scheme to Shut Out the Competing Rallway and Grab the Water Front. The action of the Stockton City Council Monday night next upon the Corral Hol- low Raiiroad franchise along Mormon and Stockton channels is being awaited with | deep interest by the Valley road people and others whose suspicions have been aroused by the peculiar request then to be passed upon. The Valley road engineer and directors are puzzled to know what is behind this application for a franchise from a company purporting to have no other end in view than the construction of a railroad from tbe mines in Alameda County to Stockton’s water front. They have not placed themselves, however, in a position of open opposition to the fran- | chise. And yet, in a few words, there has grown a belief hard to overcome that the Southern Pacific Company has a fingerin the pie. The Corral Hollow men want pretty AVE - — S — i — - — why they had protested against the grant- ing of the franchise on that portion asked for which will run between the tracks of the Valley road and the water front. If the franchise is granted as origi- nally asked for it will ver%uriouuly inter- fere with business of the Valley Railroad, as the tracks of the Corral road would then be between the tracks of the Valley road and passenger and freight depot of the steamship company. This would be a great drawback, as there-might be a train on the tracks of the coal road at the very time that the Valley road train wanted to make a connestion with the steamers. This difficulty has in a measure been obviated by the representatives of the Cor- ral Hollow road by agreeing to take off 100 feet of the track asked for. This would leave but twenty-eight feet of track be- tween the Valley road and the wharf, but just how this stort track will be of benefit to the coal road the representatives of the other road cannot see, claiming that it will t:tnl{1 shut them off from the water front. The Valley road directors feel that the City Council, having given them the fran- chise, is morally bound not to do anything that would block thsir business in any way. The matter will come before the Council next Monday night when the g:opercy-owneu along the water front will present to press their protests. It is thought that with the abandonment of the 100 feet in front of the sheds of the Naviga- tion Company and a spur track on_ Stock- ton Channel to the Union Mill the Council will be inclined to grant the Corral Hollow road everything else it has asked for. THE SPRECKELS CASE, Arguments on the Injunction in the Suit Against Rudolph Spreckels Be- gun Yesterday. The motion to dissolve the injunction against Rudolph Spreckels in the suit brought against the latter by his father and d | SACRAME NTL mazeCxon rave . oo 7 \, : AVE l S T i e DIAGRAM OF THE RAILWAY TANGLE IN STOCETON, SHOWING HOW THE CORRAL HOLLOW ROAD ATTEMPTS TO CIRCUMVENT THE VALLEY RAILROAD. for $20, Silver Bee $13 and Director Prince $0. Stamboul Belle got the advantage and led to the half, where McZeus passed to the front, but lost the lead by a bad skip at the opening of the stretch. McZeus evened up at the seven-eighths and gave the mare a thrilling finish, but the score- board read, Stamboul Belle, McZeus, Lady Thornhill. Time, 2:21. In the second heat Stamboul Belle had slightly the lead to the quarter. On the first turn Silver Bee went altogether to the bad. Director Prince and Lady Thornhill followed suit, but recovered quickly and forged 2head. There were several breaks on the backstretch, and when the half was reached McZeus headed the bunch by twelve lengths, with Stamboul Belle and Lady Thorrhill fighting for second posi- ion. Down the stretch McZeus had time enough to stop for a bowl, and passed un- der the wire ten lengths to the good, Stamboul Belle capturing second aftera drive and a hot contest with Lady Thorp- bill. Time, 2:19%. In the third heat Stamboul Belle took the lead, but went wrong. Director Prince followed her example, and also made a bad break on the backstretch. At the half McZeus had the race won, with Stamboul Belle coming fast. McZeus dia not have to come fast enough to raise the wet. Stamboul Belle took sec- ond, with Lady Thornhill third. Time, 2:20%. In the fourth heat Lady Thernhill ran a tie to the quarter, and led by a neck at that point, but on the backstretch she made a mistake and McZeus went tu the front, winning first money easily. Stambout Belle, who went to pieces on the first turn, but settled down, coming in fourth, cap- tured second money, she having taken the first heat; Director Prince took third money. Time, 2:21. In the second event, a pace for all ages in the 2:30 class, Phenol sold favorite at $20, Pathmont brought $13 and the field §13. There were eight starters. Ruby M sgcured a slight advantage, but Phenol went into the lead before the quarter was reached and was never headed, winning with a trifle to spare. Ruby M was second and Cary 8 third. Time, 2 Pathmont got a slight advantage in the second, but the gray mare was in the lead at the quarter, and retained her place well down the homestretch, where Pathmont ranged alongside and in a hard drive lifted her off her feet near the wire, coming in a winner, with Phenol second, Javelin third, Time, 2:14}4. Pathmont sold at $20 and the field at §7 at the opening of the third heat. Path- mont and Phenol went to the quarter like a double team, with Javelin in third place. Up the backstretch the leaders fairly flew, with Phenol creeping up aninch at a time. Just beyond the half Pathmont’s hobbles | broke and he ballooned, while the gray shot to the front, apparently a sure win- ner, but Javelin was coming fast down the stretch, The gray held her own to the seven-eighths, and there went to pieces, Javelin winning-the heat, with Welcome second, Cory 8 third. Time, 2:20. At the quarter in the fourth heat Phenol took the lead, with .‘Welcome second and Pathmont, the favorite, in third position. On the backstretch Pathmont walked by Welcome and took second place. When within a few feet of the wire Phenol left her feet, but shot under a half length to the good, with Pathmont second and Ruby M third. Time, 2:16. Pathmont took the next two heats after exciting finishes, in 2:193 and 2:20. Phenol took second money, Javelin third and Ruby M fourth. In the third and last event, the two-mile trot, Pilot Lemont brought $40, Peter W $43 and the field §22, with lots of money in sight. Pools were selling fast and furious. ‘The bunch got away with Peter W acting badly. At the quarter it was Flora G by two. Jengths, then Bijou, Peter and La- mont. At the half the little black still | sight. | this city will leave for there in the morning. | mining district in British Columbia, | twenty miles north of Trail Creek, has | caused inter ] L excitement among mining | men in this section of the country, and al- ready a wild rush has begun for the new | | gold fields: | . Two well-known prospectors were the | overers of the new district and the | specimens they brought down with them | | fairly glittered with gold. The find was made at the head of Murphy Creek, and they report mountains of the rich ore in A train load of excited miners from RIVERSIDE'S ORANGE CROP : Over Four Thousand Carloads | Shipped During the | Past Year. Frult-Growers Rejoicing Heavy Ylelds and Falr Prices. Over | | ALESSANDRO, Cawn, July 26.—The orange shipments of Riverside County for Down the stretch | the past year will probably exceed 4000 | carloads. Riverside City and vicinity {alone sent out mnearly 3000 carloads. | Oranges, at an average, have been an ex- | cellent crop and of fine quality. Fair prices have been realized, and growers are | well pleased with the year’s results. Among the other products of the county | which yielded heavily were almonds, | plums, strawberries, blackperries, rasp- berries and figs. } The apricot crop was light, but of excel- lent quality, and in the majority of cases | has been dried by the ranchers. Offers of 7 cents, and as high as 8 cents, have been made for dried apricots, but few sales are reported, owing to a general feeling that dried fruit is, just now, good property. | Peaches are beginning to ripen, and will | bring from $15 to §20 per ton green. The | prospects for })runes are good, and the | trees are well loaded in all the orchards | of the county. No offers have been made | as yet for prunes, but the impression ex- ists that they will bring good prices green. Large quantities of barley hay are being baled throughout the county, and the supply will exceed the demand for a time at least. Sales of baled hay are not heavy as yet, and are only in the local markets; | few shipments have been made. The grices paid range from $7 to $8 per ton elivered. Grain is generally of fair quality, but | not a_very large quantity was nmdnced here this year. LR SANTA BARBARA SHAKEN., A Sharp FEarthquake Shock Swayed Buildings in the Flower City. SANTA BARBARA, Cav., July 26.—The sharpest earthquake shock experienced in Santa Barbara for ten years occurred at 4:10 this afternoon. The shock did no damage as far as heard from, but was of sufficient violence to cause a considerable shaking up of old buildings and to be dis- tinctly felt bY people walking and driving, It brought all the merchants out into the streets. News from San Miguel, the seat of the recent disturbances, is awaited with interest. The direction of the shock was from north to south. There were two shocks, but the second followed the first so closely that they ap};eured as one. The first shock was very shght and the second quite strong, with a duration of not more than two seconds. Persons at the Arlington Hotel state they saw the building sway erceptibly and the chandeliers swung Eack and forth. The bellboy of the Arling- ton, who was on the thira floor of the building at the time of the shock, says that it rocked decidedly. Some of the walls and the plastering of the rooms were slightly cracked. Dwelling Damaged by Fire. Fire caused by the explosion of & lamp did $100 worth of damage to a one-story frame bnilding at 404 Church street last evening. The building is owned by J. Patterson and is occupied by L. Rafell as a residence. .| coul | nearly all the available water front in | Stockton, and franchises for railways | through many streets, across many blocks along Mormon Channel’s bends and curves and up and down the harbor. Not entirel | satisfied with all the concessions, they as| | for permission to lay a track beside the | Southern Pacific rails and the Valley road line down to the landing place for passen- gersteamers. Nor is this all.- The coal- | miners have gone so far as to make a bold proposition to cross the Valley road- track atan angle and after continuinga short distance in the direction of the passenger landing switch back again with a line along the water front that would inter- vene between the passenger depot of the Valley road and the steamer landing. | “Icannot for the life of me understand | why a railroad for carrying coal can want | that place,” said Chief Engineer Storey of | the Valley road yesterday. “If those peo- | ple A:,ul a franchise to build there they put a train of freightcars on the track and shut us out completely from the | steamer passenger landing. assengers | on our road could not then get to the boats without walking up and down two blocks. Anyhow, that sidetrack would absolutely ruin our passenger depot. I don’t know, of course, what the City Council may do | in this matter, but the cool attempt to get a freight siding between us and t?xe lace where passengers land has completely astonished me. *‘What can those people mean, anyhow? They have been acting in a way that causes | us a deal of trouble. Of course we are not in any way opposing the coming of an- other railway into Stockton, but in this case there isa great deal to think over,” Mr. Storey produced a map of Stockton showing the route of the Valley Railway, the Southern Pacific tracks, and the medn- dering lines of the proposed Corral Hollow road as asked for in the application for a franchise now before the City Council. The Corral Hollow route on the map enters Stockton on Hunter street and immedi- ately swerves to the right along Mormon Chanriel and down Hazelton avenue along- side the Southern Pacific rails. Continu- ing toward the harbor it follows one bank of Mormon Channel a distance of ten blocks and then heads off for everything in sight on the main harbor, going dewn Har- rison street to Weber avenue, where two lines are run, one for a long ‘stretch on Mormon Channel, another to take in the busy yards, mills, etc., and Stockton Channel. Switching back on Weber ave- nue a line is laid out beside the Southern Pacific and Valley road routes to Madison street, which ends at the steamer passen- ger landing. % It is on Weber avenue, and at this par- ticular point, where some scheming is made apparent. For it is there that the coal mine railroad crosses the Valley road tracks to form a freightyard between them and the passenger landing. The Corral Hollow lines are made to cross the Valley road tracks exactly eight times in a space little more than ten blocks square. This fact in itself has aroused many suspicions, since the cross- ings would hamper to a very great extent the operation of the Valley roaa. “Just what the Corral Hollow Company wants with a line down Hazleton avenue from the water front I cannot imagirfe,” Mr. Storey added, as he pointed out a line in_an opposite direction from the harbor. “The Southern Pacific franchise on that avenue will expire in a few years, and then——’!mssibly an exchange could be made. The map of itself is very good evidence that opposition is intended for the Valley road. The lines are so run and woven around_the route now being constructed .by the Valley road they look like a trap to ensnare the competing railway. Then the Hazelton-avenue branch going nowhere would serve as a most convenient connec- tion for the Southern Pacific to make with the valuable Mormon Channel frontage and the many Corral Hollow lines down to the harbor. After these things would come to pass the coal mine railway could make connection with the Southern Pacific at Tracy and still run coal into Stockton, but in such event the Southern Pacific would have a veritable monopoly in that city. PROTESTS WILL BE HEARD, Stookton's Council Will Attempt to Adjust . Differences, STOCKTON, Car., July 26.—Last Satur- day a number of the property-owners along the water front met the representa- tives of the road and the Council to explain | | mother regaeding the disposal of the Paahau plantation stock is being argued before Judge Slack. Attorney Ach oceu- pied nearly all of yesterday afternoon in arguing that the transfer of the stock by Claus %preckels was legal, even though Mrs. Spreckels, who is accredited with a community interest, was not a party to the rant. Delmas & Bhortridge will present ae other side of the case. VALLEY ROAD TELEGRAPH, The Pacific Postal Company ' Secures the Contract for a Line. Construction of the System WIll Be Carried Forward With the Rallway. The San Francisco and 8an Joaquin Valley Railroad Company has decided to close a contract with the Pacific Postal Telegraph Company to build and main- tain a line of telegraph along the road. For the present it'is rather indefinite how extensive this new system of tele- graph lines may become in the course of years—quite a8 much so as the future de- velopment of the Valley road itself. But it has been ascertained that first of all a single wire will be run from Stockton to Bakersfield. Connection will be made at Btockton with the Postal Company’s wires to S8an Francisco, and a private line will then be extended to the railway head- quarters on Market street, therelg making a continuous sfi’stem from this City down the road to Bakersfield, taking in every town and station on the way. Arrangements are almost completed be- tween the railway company and the Postal Telegraph people, and as soon as construc- tion of the road extends an{ appreciable distance the latter corporation will begin to erect its poles and stretch its wire down the valley. The intention is to keep the telegraph line built up to the front for the purpose of keeping the construction man- agers in communication by wire with the head offices. Acting President Robert Watt stated yesterday that the %uesl-ion had been fully discussed and decided at the last meeting of the board of directors. A contract between his board and the Postal Company will be signed at the next meeting and then submitted for signatures of the telegraph representatives. Two propositions had been made the Valley road—from the Western Union and the Pacific Postal concerns—and the latter was accepted. Chief Engineer W. B. Storey stated that there will probably be twenty stations on the road from Stockton to Bakersfield, wlhered telegraph operators will be em- ployed. . EIGHT STEEL BRIDGES. Very Extensive and Costly Improve- ments for the Southern Pacific. The maintenance of way engineers of the Southern Pacific Company have begun construction of a steel bridge over the deep gorge known as Lower Cascade in the Sier- ras. The old wooden truss bridge will be destroyed, and in its place will stand a modern steel structure spanning the gorge for 208 feet and over 100 feet high. This bridge has been designed in the heaviest and strongest materials used in bridge building. It will rest on massive piers of magonry upon bluffs on the sidesof the gorge there to stand against the elements. Similar improvement in the main bridges of the Southern Pacitic railways in Califor- nia is now under consideration, the engin- eers having come to the conclusion that the old wooden structures cannot be left standing with any degree of safety much nger. Wwo modern steet bridfi‘u have been de- signed for gorges in the Tehachapi Moun- tains. Two more will be erected near Red Bluff, one at Santa Paula on the Ventura and aunother across Duncan streetin Francisco. The reconstruction of the rail- way's bridge system is regarded asa very large undertaking, involving the outlay of a tremendous amount of capital. NEW TO-DAY. ETWEEN - YOU AND US 20, 2 4 There’s a bond of friend= ship, caused by our tiny prices, that makes us in= separable friends. To-Day A Couple Hundred Boys’ Suits, Sizes 4 to 15 years, In new and pleasing . col= orings, in serviceable fab= rics, at $1.50. OPEN TO-NIGHT TILL 10:30. Raphael’s (INCORPORATED), A San Francisco Honse Ran by San Francisco Boys, 2 Entire Buildings, 9 11, 18 and 15 KEARNY STREET. BELVEDERE'S HIGH JINKS, August the Third Will Posi- tively Be the Night of Nights There. Grand Preparations Are Belng Made for the Finest of Aquatic Parades. The most important meeting of the ex- ecutive committee of the ‘Night in Venice” carnival, to be produced at Belve- dere August 3, was held last night at the residence of Eugene Davis, on the pretty promontory. The heads of all committees were present, with the exception of H. L. Searles of the conveyance committee, who was represented by Dr. George K. Frink. Director-General James 8. Hawkins pre- sided. The finance committee, through Chairman Ball, announced that the sum of $1005 10 had been subscribed, which was $5 10 above the amount required. J. D. Maxwell, chairman of the press committee, stated that the following resi- dents of Belvedere would receive the quill drivers: C. 0. Per Dr. Frink, Mr. Hannon, J. 8. Hawkins, J. H. Keef, Robert McG. Gill, Eugene Davis, Castle Crest; J. D. Maxwell, Corinthian Yacht Club; Villa restaurant; Hugh Hume, Dr. Haines, J. A. Parsons, J. E. Haven, J. Webster Droney, Edgar M. Wilson, josshouse. It is generally reported,” said Mr. Max- well, “that all the homes of Belvedere will be thrown open to the public, but thisisa mistake. Where cards accompany invita- tions from any resident of Belvedere the persons receiving such cards will be ex- pected to accept the courtesy extended them. Beyond that both the homes and the arks will be occupied by the individuals who own them. There ill be plenty of room for the public to witness the aquatic parade from various natural points.” In order to add to the beauty of the decoration the sum of $15 was allowed to place lanterns on the bridge and otherwise iluminate its approaches. ‘Will Powning, a former resident of Bel- vedere, but at present in Scotland, sent the finance committee a £2 money order 1\1:1 to show that he had not forgotten the former affair of a year ago. 7 _ 0Of music there will be a plentiful variety, branch, one over the San Joaquin River | in, T. D. Boardman, on fireworks, announced that he had secured a suificient quantity ‘of Fourth of July fixtures to furnish an un- surpassed %’mmhnw duglny. 2 E‘:n.gene avis and Robert McGill, a pointed as a committee to secure the prizes, have selected a handsome red and yellow pennant for the best decorated acht, the name of the winning yacht to ge emblazoned upon it. Handsome silk banners, in the carnival colors, red and gold, will be awarded the best decorated ark, rowboat and steam launch. Constable Maher will have a force of :})eohl officers in hand to direct visitors to alentines Island, from which point the fireworks will be set off. The parade will last about twenty-five minutes, and all launches and boats will be subject to the following rules: All boats to take part in the procession must assemble in the north end of the cove at 8:35, and be In their allotted places in line ready to start at 8:45 lhll’E. All launches to have a strong painter at least thirty feet long. Every launch and rowboat must be decor- ated or be debarred from the parade. There will be two launches accompanying on port or left side. These boais must be watched for signals. Red and blue torches will “be marked according to color, and as soon as one is ligh and waved from boats two torches of the same color must be lighted—one in the bow and one in the stern of every boat. A pre- paratory al will be given by the blowin. ofs l‘gfl' ‘whistle on '%.h nnohWM-;cat, lead- e procession. len one torc! out no:a"n::r must be lighted until mothefii‘;nu A"S' 3 i vely set as the date of the affair, , as the highest tide will be on, everything is shaping itself so that a! red-letter occasion will be prepared for fu- ture history to review with envy. GADEN'S REPORT. It Asserts That Little, if Any, Honest Street Work Exists In This City. War is on again between the Executive and Street departments of the City., The short-lived peace is due, according to the report of George T. Gaden made to the Civic Federation last night, to what he calls the personal attack made on bhim by Superintendent of Streets Ashworth through the columns of the Daily Report. Mr. Gaden viewed this asa challenge to battle to the death, and therefore last night presented his report on the work of the Street Department, which he had pre- viously determined to keep from the pub- lic, to the Civic Federation. After reviewing the evils attending ma- chine politics and boss rule, the report states that there are few, if any, horestly built sewers, cesspools or sidewalks or honestly paved streets in this City, and that the laws relating to these public works have been most grossly and con- tinuously violated. In the matter of street-paving, it is charged that eight out of every ten_streets in this City are improperly paved, either as to quantity or quality of material used, and numerous streets are specified where evidence of this can be seen. ‘What is termed ‘“another infamous im- position’’ on the people is the manner in which sewers are constructed. The report says ‘‘The greater part of the work done is emphatically a steal from start to finish.” esspools or catchbasins are alleged to be undersized, and by reason of this to have become choked ‘and useless, endan- gering the health of the City. Attention is also called to ‘“‘the infamy of {arivate contracts” for paving and side- walk construction, whereby it is stated i ““the rights of taxpayers are abused and the property-holders’ are robbed—not be- cause the laws are defective, but because the heads of the departments are a law unto themselves." In conclusion, aftar urging the Civic Federation to lead in the battle of sweep- ing ‘“‘the last vestige of municipal corrup- tion from this fair City,” the report says: We have a Mayor who stands by th and who cannot be bought off or ighelg.ll;%t and, above all, and perhaps the most certain means of finding out all municipal iniquities, that mrchllgm. the daily press, in the co 3peunm'1n of )l‘ e 8an f):n:‘eim CALL, which en- leavors show u e dra; the vitals of the cgmmunllig.on Tonting buwn Mr. Gaden’s report was discussed, but no definite action was taken on it, though he was highly commended for his work. ——— BIG STAKES TO BE GIVEN. Plans of the Pacific Jockey Club for the Coming Meet. From fifteen to twenty stake races, with purses aggregating $75,000 or more, will be given by the Pacific Jockey Club at the meeting that begins on November 1. A large force of men is now working on the track, near Ingleside, and construction of the grand stand will be begunin the near future, The matter of gaining entries was dis- cutu.d ata meeting of the club held last evening, and confidence was, expressed thntl‘vin;l: the attractions offered no trouble ‘woul experienced in inducing many of gl;ehxt Eastern stables to oompe\% at Inyglo- “And what s more,” said A. B. Spreckels, one of the directors of the club, ?‘we are not going parading about the East blowing a horn to draw Eastern capital to aid us in carrying out our enterprise. Every dollar tha the club will need to run the track and pay the purses it advertises to }ny, is now deposited in local banks ready for use wl‘nn the time comes. ‘The statement has veen made that the Pacific Jockey Club is an Eastern concern, and that any profit_that may accrue will minm_hmrn pockets. Such is not the t by any means. 1t is a thoroughly California concern, . backed . by : €alifornia capital, and only one man in" the direct- orate is from the East. Our track, which 1s modeled after that at Hawthorne, will be run up to the standard of any track in the country, with more liberal purses and :étakes ,than have before been given in this tate,’ ONE MORE PIONEER GONE, Hon. Charles H. Gough, Who Helped Frame the First City Charter, Is Dead. Hon. Charles H. Gough died at his resi- dence, on Francisco street, on Thursday. He was a native of Maryland and 67 years old. By Mr. Gough’s death Ban Francisco loses still another of the pioneers whose lives and works have done so much for the City and State. In the old days Mr. Gough helped to map out the City's boundaries. Gough street was named from him and Octayia street received its title in honor of his sister. At one time Mr. Gough was compara- tively wealthy. He was a liberal man, always ready to help a friend in need, but like many early Californians he lost his property oy unfortunate litifntion. Dur- ing his career Mr. Gough held several ilr.xln- e gonant positions of public trust. elped to frame the first City charter and represented one of its districts in the State Legisiature. He was also for a number of years an employe of the Harbor Commise sion. The deceased was for many years a mem- ber of the Exempt Fire Company and of the Veteran Firemen, but his membership had lapsed before his death. For ten years consecutively he had been president of the Old Friends, and the funeral, which will take place at Metzlar’s undertaking estab- lishment, 638 Washington street, will be under the auspices of that societg. Judge Robert Ferral will deliver the address. —————— Died of Heart Disease. August Hahn of 2017 Bush street died suad- denly of heart disease,at 44 Parker avenmue, last evening. He was visiting at his son’s resi. dence at the time, and while the mi? sat engaged in conversation the father suddenly collapsed in his chair and died. The U. S. Gov't Reports show Royal Baking Powder superior to all others, ARE YOU A FRUIT GROWER?? THEN WRITE FOR OUR PRICE ON FRUIT PAPER. PROMPT SHIPMENTS GUARANTEED. . BROWN & SONS PAPER MANUFACTURERS, SUCCESSORS TO S. P. TAYLOR PAPER CO. 414-416 CLAY STREET. R R e W S S T 0 s