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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1895. 7 AMUSEMENTS. pEALDwI THEATER.—*The Case of Rebellioud COLUMRIA THEATER—“The Ensign.” CALIFORNTA THEA' ‘A Black Sheep.” MoROSCO'S OPERA-HOUSE — “ Under the City Lamps.” TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE—“Maritana."” ORPHEUM—High-Class Vaudeville. PROF. O. R. GLEASON—The Champion Horse Tamer, at Central Park, Sunday, Angust 4. BOARD oF TRADE Ex#IBIT.—575 Market elow Second. Open daily. Admission free. BAY DIsTRICT TRACK.—Races. XCURSIONS. ust, 4—Japanes PICNICS AND Er CaMPo—Sunday. Oarnival. Aerial TAUCTION SAL By EAsTON & ELDRI sday, Atgust 6, alesrooms, 638 Markcet sireet, at August 8, CITY NEWSWIN BRIEF. Judge Wallace has rejected bonds offered for Louis Sternberg. A family allowa: paid to Mrs. A. N. The pet Dynamite Cr fhe winners at Addie M, Serap ford. 0f $1000 & month Wil be dissolntion of the Atlantie filed yesterday. yesterday were G, Boreas and Han- on isco Presbytery decided yes- & church extension sinking Boston is the pur- rest in the Pioneer 1 of Alameds is suing to she deeded to & young from box 513 yesterday afternoon 1200 Kentucky street. The ve is detained at the Beulah 1t her elopement with C. T. ried man. Mutual Benevolent Soclety will anniversary of the discovery of t Cctober. S er Bureau forecasts for to-day in ancisco: “Fair, slightly warmer weather est 1o north winds.” e Al Hayman Company has decided to give a series of five classical concerts at the lusion of the Mechanics’ Fair. Green, an_employe at the racetrack, nga fight with John Murphy, the horse. er, bit & piece off Murphy’s ear. e Merchants’ Association will next make a move to cause the removal of all signs and bulletin boards from the sidewalks. Lawrence Vincent,an suctioneer, was ar- rested yesterday on the complaint of F.C. n,on the charge of felony embezzlement. ect of establishing an athletic park m Island is likely to be abandoned, organizations interested will not frater- es L. Davis, a broker, has filed a com- against the Market-street Railway Com- , demanding $10,000 for injuries sus- ed on June 6. near appoach of the meeting of the mpic Club for the purpose of selecting a nominating committee has given politics & boom in the club. The San Francisco Schuetzen Verein will e & banquet next Wednesday evening at the ch to the crack rifie team that recently re- m New York. yer Strauss’ friends are discussing a plan ling & council of Congregational churches the consideration of the justice or injustice of his expulsion. ompany B of the Police Department kas resented Ceptain Short, mow retired, with isomely engrossed resolutions, testiiying heir esteem and respect. Populists of this county are entirely reorgan- izing and will havea new County Committee of 144 members, each Assembly district to be represented by eight delegates. 'he suit of W. 8. Morgan to recover $121 20 the Pacific Coast Association of Fire is for a stenographer’s fees has been dis- ed by Justice of the Peace Groezinger. E. A. Hensick passed a silver bill raised from $1 to $100 in Livermore yesterday. He was arrested, and Secret Service Agent of the Treas- ury Harris will bring him to Sen Francisco. The record in the Stanford cese was filed in the United States Circuit_Court of Appeals yes- terday. The Government will probably have & chance to present its case enew early in Sep- tember. One of the charges against Leo de Cardons, ex-bookkeeper in the Street Depertment, of passing fraudulent demana warrants, was dis- missed by Judge Campbell yesterdey,on tech- nical objection. The decision of Solicitor-General Reeve on certain provisions of the Chinese exclusion act considerably widens the scope of that law. The opinion was rendered at the request of Collector Wise. The promoters of the Folsom-street boule- ward expect that the Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors will take some action concerning the §80,000 appropriation for the boulevard to-night. Edward Falkner, a railroad laborer in search work, had his skull frectured and his in the Southern of | the most powerful company, but the See See Yups Are Now Quiet, but an Outbreak Is Hourly Expected. TEN CHINESE NOW IN CUSTODY. Consul-General Li and Presldent Lee of the Sam Yups Are in Danger. The Chinese fight is still in progress in Chinatown. It is not a highbinder war, be- the Consul has been insulted. Eggs have been thrown at him, and his escort pelted with garbage. Nothing but blood can wige out the insult, and sooner or later the blood will flow. *‘In 1878 there was almost a similar war- fare. The merchants and the working peo- ple were opposed to each other. Asa re- sult thirty men were murdered before a truce was called. More fighting and mur- dering is now at hand.” The case of Mook Tai, charged with the murder of Chong Wai at Washington and Stockton streets, a few weeks ago, was called in Judge Conlan’s court yesterday morning. When the court opened about 200 Chinese were waiting in the corri- dor and streamed into the courtroom. Judge Conlan looked surprised at the in- flux of Chinese, and asked Attorney Rior- dan, who is special prosecutor, what was the matter. The attorney repliea that the Chinese were evidently friends of the prisoner and there might be trouble. The Judge immedaiately ordered Bailiff Kelly and Policeman Bean' to clear the courtroom of the Chinese, which was promptly done. The Chinese stood in the WHERE THE MEMBERS OF THE SEE YUP WERE ARRESTED. cause the highbinders have nothing what- | ever to do withit. There is not even asem- | blance of the well-known fueds in the | present instance, but the law of an eye fo: an eye and a tooth for a tooth is being enforced. It isa question of clan against clan, which the police consider all the more perilous. Nearly all the Chinese in California are Cantonese. The Sam Yups are financially Yups have the numbers. The latter are composed of the Ning Yuens from the Sun Ning district, the Kwong Chows from the Sun Wai district, the Hop Wos from the Hoy Peng district and the Shuey Hings from Yen Peng district. The two latter were formerly one company, but recently they have split and formed two societies. Besides these there are two other societies in one combination called the Yourng Wo and Yen Wo. These are in no way identified with the fight, so that in reality it is a war to the death between the Sam Yups and the See Yups. The peculiar part of the whole matter is that neither Mook Tai, the man accused of murder, and Chong Wai, wbo was shot, are of any consequence. The former was a servant for a family in the Mission, while the latter was a cook. The clans took it up, however, the Consul-General was drawn into it, honsehold was arrayed against household and all Chinatown settled into & state of armed neutrality. The fight broke out last Wednesday night, buv Sergeant Shea and his posse aided by the re-enforcement sent down by Chief Crowley has been able to keep the mob in control. Chief Crowley detailed extra men to gerve in Chinatown, and when they ar- rived Sergeant Shea placed a man on every street corner. The arrest of the ten members of the Lee Yups depressed that delightful society nndpwhen the police fixed the bail at $50 in pockets émptied while aslecp Pacific yards, on Fourth and yesterday morning. The Press Club held a meeting last evening etw entucky streets, ch nominations for the coming election ubmitted. It was aleo decided to extend e membership limit and to revise the consti- and py-laws. re Marshal Towe continued his investiga- day into the cause of the fire at the ancisco Cooperage Company’s premises on Wednesday evening, and so far has found that it was accidental. 16 State Supervisors are slow in appropriat- ing the money, they subscribed to the fund for sending s California exhibit to the Atlanta fair, and e call has been made for them to hurry up with the cash. Congressman Hilborn has returned from the Sandwich Islands and reports that the consti- tutional Government cannot last long, owing 10 its enormous expense, and that the Queen will probably be restored to her throne. Mrs. Stanford states that the prospects for the university at Palo Alto were never brighter. Arrangements bave been made to cheapen boarding rates. Two hundred applications for admission were rejected through want of room. The letters received from the various counties of the State by George P. Keen ocal secre- tary of the American Bimetallic League, indi- cate, he says, that the coming silver conven- tion here on_ the 19th inst. will be & most en- thusiastic gathering. The owners of cycleries in this City have de- termined to resist the payment of the quar- terly license _fee of $15 recently imposed on them by the License Committee of the Board of Supervisors and have formed an organization to fight it in the courts. Richard Rice, barber, Greenwich and Baker streets, was found uuconscious in bed yester- day morning from gas asphyxiation. He had accidentally not turned the gas entirely off. He was taken to the Receiving Hospital, where he gradually recovered consciousness. Two more jurors, making six in all, were secured in the Durrant case yesterday. They were Walter 8. Brown and Charles P. Nathan. Witness Clark has written{rom Boston that he was mistaken &s to having seen Blanche La- mont on & Valencia-street car on April 3 last. The Fire Commissioners yesterday, owing to the action of the Harbor Commissioners in re- stricting the use of the fireboat Governor Markham to the gro!eclmn only of State prop- erty, organized the hose company attached to it into engine company 30, to be stationed at Ashbury flesgms. James C. Jordan’s protest against discrimina- tion shown in depriving him of the chance to bid on contracts where public funds are used in payment was before the Street Committee of the Board of Supervisors s'elterdly, and they rofessed not to understand what he mesnt by iscrimination. Collector of Customs Wise has recelved wora from Washington that the appeal in the Zante currant case has been allowed. The matter will now be carried to the United States Circuit Court. The Board of General Appraisers has held that currants from anywhere in Greece outside of Zante are not Zante currants. An important meeting of the Philosophical Union o?lhe Univegsity of California will be held at_Berkeley the 30th of this month, at which Professors Josiah Royce and Sidney E. Mezes, two distinguished native sons, will dis- cuss Professor Royce's book, “The Religious Aspect of Philosophy.”” The meeting is ex- pected to be of exceptional interest. The Election Commission héld a meetin| ¥ rday, at which discussion took a promi- nent part and at which nothing was done. The old fight between Jake Steppacher and O. L. Swett for the chief deputyship was on again, and six ballots were taken, but as the dead- lock still remained the commission adjourned withoutdoing anything. Commissioner Castle is making Steppachers fight and Foster is backing Swett. Denman and Wellin are hang- 1ng back until there is a1 sgreement, corridor and talked excitedly among them- selves. Attorney Riordan said that under the | circumstances he would suggest that the earing of the case should be postponed ill Monday, as in view of the excitement in Chinatown and the presence in the cor- ridor of so many Chinese it would not be safe to proceed. The Judge acted upon the suggestion of Attorney Riordan and continued the case till Monday. FOR MORE IMPROVEMENT, The Merchants’ Association Discusses Several Bene- ficial Measures. A Proposition to Remove All Signs and Obstructions From the Streets. Every member of the board of directors of the Merchants’ Association was present at the semi-monthly meeting yesterday. A report was made that two of the street- sweepers had been knocked down and injured, one bya butcher’s cart and the other by a Geary-street cable car. Messrs. Freud, Osborne, Doane and Fusenot were appointed to see that the injured employes were properly taken care for, and that they were compensated for their injuries if the driver and gripman were to blame for the accidents. Edward 8. Spear & Co. of 31 Sutter street, and Benjamin Cohen of 435 Montgomery street, became members of the association. HIGHBINDERS IN ANTICIPATION. each case they were still more surprised. To give bail in_one case was eas, enough, but wnen it came to ten and perhaps twenty and no Sam Yup merchants to offer assistance it became a different ques- tion, so the following notice was posted all over Chinatown: Make no more disturbances. The case of Mock Tai has been postponed. Do not deal with the Sam Yups, but get your goods elsewhere. Boycott them. That is the better way. Ten of our men were arrested this afternoon and we do not want that to happen again., We want you to keep quiet and we will win in the end. Keep quiet and do not strike until ordered. Needless to say there were no more ar- rests. Chinatown was almost deserted last evening. The theaters were very slimly attended and few Chinese loitered on the streets. The guides and special policemen were on the alert, and no two of them ever left their districts at the same time. Chief Crowley haa a number of extra men in three of the alleys and a “special” who knows every highbinder in Chinatown kept watch and ward over the consulate. Should it ever come to open warfare the lives of Consul-General Li Yuen Yeu and the president of the Sam Yups, Lee Li Chuen, will be in danger, as they are plamed for the whole trouble. . The pre- lim:nary trial of Mock Tai will bring the matter to a head. “If this trouble is not settled, and that speedily, some of the best blood in China- town will be shed,” said Lywman J. Mowry in talking about the matter. “This is not a highbinder warfare, but a case of tong against tong, and the feeling is bitter. For the first time in the history of Chinatown Consulting Engineer Ernest McCullough was authorized to contract such bills as were necessary to cover the expenses of a paving exposition at the Mechanics’ Institute Fair. The committee on trade and finances was instructed to obtain suggestions from the members of the association upon such matters as they are interested in person- ally. 1¥he committee on public affairs was in- structed to endeavor to have the Super- visors straighten out the tangle regarding " the July sweeping bill of $8000. Notice was given that at the next meet- ing the subject of removing all sign boards on and projecting over the sidewalks will be discussed. A plan suggested is that the merchants will call upon all owners of such obstructions and have them remove their signs. The association -proposes to gradually cause the removal of all obstruc- tions in_the streets, telephone and tele- graph wires inciuded. B Suit Against the Flint Estate. J. C. MacDougall of 8an Diego filed a come plaint in the Superior Court yesterday demand- ing $335 for the board and care of William C. Flint during the latter's illness. The suit is directed against Mrs. Annie G. Flint, the ad- ministratrix of the estate. Mr. Flint died on Juflnlr’y 25, 1891, and there was a contest of his will, an estate of about $20,000 being in- volved. The MacDougall claim was rejected by the executor of the estate. Cut on the Scalp. A. W. Russell, & switchman, living at 708 Seventh street, quarreled with a woman named Lizzie O’Brien in a lodging-house on Seventh and Mission streets vesterday afternoon. The ‘woman seized a caseknife and inflicted an ugly wound in Russell’s u-.nlgl He was taken to the Receiving Hospital, where the wound was dressed and stitched by Dr. Fitzgibbons, WILL NOT PAY LICENSES, Bicycle-Dealers Organize to Fight the Quarterly Tax of $15. A TEST OF THE ORDINANCE. The Assoclation WIII Also Trace Stolen Blcycles and Prose- cute Thieves. The owners of cycleries in this City have determined to resist the payment of the quarterly license fee of $15 which was recently imposed by the License Commit- tee of the Board of Supervisors, and they have formed an organization to fight the matter in the courts. Yesterday morning about eighty of the small bicycle-dealers and representatives of all the wholesale houses dealing in “wheels” met at a bicycle-shop at Golden Gate avenue and Leavenworth street and effected a permanent organization, of which Samuel Backus was elected presi- dent and A. Lobe secretary. The new organization is called the San Francisco Bicycle-dealers’ Protective Asso- ciation. Its primary object is to raise a fund to be used for defense in case any arrests of dealers are made for refusing to pay the license. There will be no lack of money, either, for one wholesale house subscribed $1000, and it is said that $10,000 or $15,000 can be raised at short notice should so much be necessary. ““The fact of the matter is,” said H. F. Wynne, who conducts a small bicycle- store, “‘that there is a distinct prejudice in certain quarters against the man who rides a wheel. “It is not that we object to paying a license on our business, but we object to ?aying one anywhere near as large as $15. know men in this City who receive $50 to $150 a day whose license is not nearly so large, and it is not just thata man who takes in from $4 to $10 a day from the rental of wheels should be forcea to pay such a tax, especially when the great wear and tear on his stock is considered. ‘‘Another thing, the rate of $15 is set as a minimum and if we do not fight that it will jump to $30 or more very soon. The thing is unjust and should be stopped now as well as any time, “In attempting to collect this license i\_{:.l}ees has got himself very much dis- iked. ~‘We went before the License Committee to get the license reduced, and theremet with the prejudice against wheelmen which 1 spoke of, Supervisor King was very impatient. He wanted to know if it was not owing to the wheels that the Market-street Railroad had been forced to ments. The federation will make another fight for the new charter before the Legis- lature which will be elected next year.” The society’s work is hindered to a great extent by the absence of Irwin J. Truman, the president. He is an accepted juror in the Durrant case. Represeutatives of the federation have made repeated trips to the country. They bave come back with favorable reports, in all instances. The farmers, these representatives state, are ready to assist the movement. W. D. Case Jr., the secretary of the federation, has visited several of the small towns in behalf of the society. He would not talk upon the subject. Mr. Case would but confirm the statement that the society had finally decided to organize for political reform over all the State. It is not the intention of the federation members to ut up candiddtes for election, at present. E‘his action will depend largely on their success at the coming election. HIS SKULL FRACTURED. and Edward Falkner Sandbagged Robbed. While Asleep in the Southern Pacific Yards. While asleep in the yards of the South- ern Pacific Railroad Company at Fourth and Kentucky streets yesterday morning Edward Falkner was struck on the head with a coupling-pin and 60 cents and a knife were taken from his pockets. He was taken to the Receiving Hospital in the ambulance in an unconscious con- dition. Dr. Weil found that he was suf- fering from a fracture at the base of the skull” which might prove fatal. When Falkner regained consciousness he said he came from Tennessee a short time ago in search of work. THE FIRE BOAT MARKHAM It Will' in Future Be Used Only For Protecting State Property. As a Result, Hose Company No. 1 Has Been Organized as an Engine Company. The Fire Commissioners and the Harbor Commissioners have had a falling out about the fireboat Governor Markham. During the Scott & McCord fire at the foot of Steuart street,on September 13, 1894, Harbor Commissioner Chadbourne ordered the fireboat away after all danger to the property of the State was passed. Since then there has been a disposition to take the fireboat away at all fires on the water front, and now the captain has received in- structions not to respond to any fire alarms except when ‘State property is en- dangered on the water front between Chan- nel street on the south and Powell street on the north. Hose company 1 has been attached to AROUND THE WATER FRONT The Al;rivals of the Steamships Mariposa and China Yes~ terday. DR, CHALMERS' FIRST DAY. New Landing for the Stockton River Passengers—-The Log Raft Gets In. The Oceanic steamship Mariposa arrived vesterday morning, twenty-two days from Sydney and five days from Honolulu. Among the cabin passengers were Ed- ward Bourdois, ef New York, and his bride, who until the 16th of last month was Miss Aliette Parker, daughter of D. 8. Parker of Apia, Samoa. Miss Emily Soldene, the actress, came up from Sydney and Congressman Hilborn and family arrived from Honolulu. The passenger list of the Mariposa was as fol- lows: From Sydney—E. Wiesenthal, H. Willis, Jerrold Joseph and wife, H. Cockshutt, Dr. James Totherick, Hugh Lander, James Cooke, Dr. Gunther Nagel, wife, three chil- dren and maid; Miss Emily Soldene, Wil- liam Emery, Mrs. Shainwald, N.Jacobs, L. Haskell, Charles Macdonald, Edward Mears and wife. From Auckland—Frank Grace, Robert Byles, L. Wellstead. From Apia—E. Bourdois ani wife, Cap- tain Addington, George Ball. From Honolulu—Mrs. Fraser, Mrs. and Miss Cook, Mrs. T.C. Smith, Karl Lutz, Mrs. McBryde, A. McBryde, E. Griggs and wife, Alla Long, Antonio Long, Miss Bishop, H. Edson, L. Breed and wife, Mrs. Moors, Thomas Benton, Miss Ho- bron, Miss Kinney, Mrs. Hiller,-Thomas Dean, Charles Allard, C. Wells, Mrs. Paxton, Miss McClelland, Theo Richard, Miss Ward, Miss Munro, S. G. Hilborn, wife and daughter, Ernest Broyer, Miss L. Chase, Miss S. Chase. The Pacific Mail steamship China arrived from the Orient yesterday, coming up the bay im company with the Mari- osa. Among her passengers were Mrs. fohn S. Hager of this City and &arty, con- sisting of the Misses Hager, Miss S. M. Burdick, Miss E. F. Swinney, M.D., and Miss E. Phelps. Lieutenant Thomas H. Stevens, detached from the U. 8. 8. York- town, where he has been serving as execu- tive officer, on the coast of China, wasa passenger.. A, Champin, the well-known traveler, returned home in the steamer. The following is a complete list of the cabin passengers: C. L. Barron, H. P. Bridge, A. Champin, Rev. J. C. Davidson, E. A. Fitzgerald, H. Hannah, W. B, Ken- nedy, R. H. Marks, T. Mitehell, W. G method of fastening marble to steel with- out. the use of brick or stone. He held that he could save weight and add strength, as well as beauty, to the proposed ferr structure if his ideas were adopted. He quoted a number of architects who recom= mended a building of marble and steel. The steamer Monticello was given & berth on the north side of Mission wharf 1, which she will take possession of Au- gust 10. The British steamer De Bey, belonging to the shipping firm that own the Bawne more and a large number of other vessels, came into port yesterday for coal. She is on {zer way from San Blas to Comox for coal. The great log raft from the north are rived last night, towed by the steamer ll\)ii_netcln, and was taken direct to Alameda oint. Their Annual Organization. The directors of the Society for the Prevene tion of Cruelty to Animals effected the organis zation, which follows the annual election, yesterday. J.G. Davis, John P. Jackson, Ira P. Rankin, M. P. Cole, Columbus Waterhouse, John Partridge, C. 8. Crittenden and James 8, Hutchinson were present. The officers of last year—J. G. Davis, president; Ira P. Rene kin, vice-president; J. Hatch, treasurer: and C. B. Holbrook, secretary—were re-elected. John Martin Stevenson were ap- V. O’'Rourke and Ive NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. o, (Al.l THEATRE! oo LAST 4 PERFORMANCES OF THE FUN CARNIVAL! EHOoOYIT'S A BLACK SHEEP With OTIS HARLAN as “HOT STUFE DON'T MISS SEEING THE TRILBY DANCE! The Great Eastern Sensation. Last Matinee Saturday. Last Performance Sunday Nexts Baldwin Theater—Monday Next, Aug. B, BP0 MUCH JONNSON, 5 0f With WILLTAM GILLETTE. ety BALDWIN | anoCoy ¢ W |INCORP HEATRE “\ PROPS. Last 2 Nights! Last Matinee Saturday} DANIEL ¥FROHMAN’S LYCEUM THEATER COMPANY! To-night (Friday)—Last Time THE CASE OF REBELLIOUS SUSAN: Saturday Matinee—Only Time AN IDEAL HUSBANDI} Saturday Night—Grand Farewell, TEIE WIFE. EXTRA—NEXT WEEK TOO wit Liam GILLETTE MUCH And JOHNSON THE ORIGINAL CO. (Management of Charles Frohman). Engagement Begins Next Nonday Evening SEATS NOW SELLING. e L s —— THE STEAMER h‘lINEOLA TOWING IN THE BIG RAFT, THE FIRST TO ENTER THIS HARBOR. [Sketched by a “ Call " artist.] take off so many of its cars recently. That sounded sort of queer, didn’t it? Then he wanted to know ‘who these wheelmen are, any way.’ General Backus replied that they were taxpayers, and that every one of them had a vote. That shut King upin a hurry, and for the rest of the time we were there he had not a word to say.” The protective feature of the new organi- zation is to be directed against bicycle thieves. When a wheel is stolen a tracer or association detective will look it up and the organization will prosecute the guilty party. Individual riders may join the as- sociation and share its protective benefits by the payment of §1 yearly. 10 ORGANIZE THE. STATE, The Civic Federation Will Open Headquarters in Every County. An Effort to Be Made to Galn Control of the Next Legislature. The Civic Federation has decided to ex- tend its influence in the political arena of California. The society will organize in every section of the State. This plan of action was determined upon after the executive committee of the so- ciety had investigated the feasibility of the undertaking. The officers of the society say they have fully realized that to be- come a potential factor in politics they must have the political support of the country voters behind them. Secret conference meetings of the federa- tion are held daily. The subject of ex- tended organization has received the thor- ough consideration of this committee. Before the next campaign the Civic Feder- ation expects to have headquarters in every county and re%resenuuves in every political precinct of the State. The campaign will be carried on in be- half of political reform. The farmers will be urged to vote for the federation’s candidates. o : George T. Gaden is one of the leaders in the new movement. He has realized that if the organization is going to accomplish thing in breaking nE the corrupt politi- ings of this City, the federation must have a sufficient number of representatives in the Legislature. ‘When Mr. Gaden was spoken to upon the question of the society extending its field of action he admitted that such a course had been decided upon and that there was a committee drawing up new by- laws for the society. “I have,” said Mr. Gaden, ‘“‘come to the conclusion that this will be the only basis to tight municipal corruption and to secure for Mayor of the C‘ifiy of 8an Francisco complete control of the City depart- the fireboat, and as the instructions of the Harbor Commissioners make their ser- vices unnecessary the Fire Commissioners at their meeting yesterday afternoon or- ganized the hose company into engine company 30, to be stationed at Ashbury Heights, where it will be of much greater service for the protection of property of citizens. M. J. Roderiques was appointed enfiineer of the company, Thomas Brown and Thomas Jones extramen, and all the old members of the hose company, nine in number, have been transferred to the new enfina company. he resignations of Michael Ryan, fire- man of engine 28, and Willlam Hart, fire- men of engine 3, were accepted.. A. J. Himmelman_was appointed to succeed fiyatn and William Byrnes to succeed art. ‘William Waters was promoted from fore- man of truck 3 and John Wilson from foremen of truck 1, to be engineers of the steam fire engines for relief purposes. Both were detailed to act as assistant en- gineers. Frank McCluskey and H. Ken- nedy, assistant foreman of truck 1 and truck 3 respectively, were promoted to be foremen. F. Petorious was appointed truckman of truck 3 and N. Kennedy truck- man of truck 1. el e AT METER RATES. The City of Alameda in Difiiculty Over Electric-Light Charges. Additional trouble with the municipal electric-light plant is being experienced in Alameda on account of diiliculty in regu- lating the charges. No adequate record of the past five or six months, coverinme entire period of the enterprise, has n kept, and the time of the beginning of ac- counts has necessarily been left mainly to the statements of the patrons. J. J. Balentine, who has been adjusting the affairs in connection with the plant, says that many of the patrons insist on haying meters, and the providing of these will prove an important additional ex- pense. The meters cost §12 each, and some of the patrons have demonstrated that their meter rates would not exceed 35 cents a month. It is believed, nevertheless, that when placed on a satisfactory business basis the plant will prove a paying venture and the city will have an excellent illumi- nation system. . —-——— Denies Mrs. Cook’s Charges. James Johnson of Guna station is very indig- nant over the charge made by a Mrs. Susan Cook before ‘Judge Campbell Tuesday. He states that the charges are a gross libel. Mr. Johnson denies the statement made that he is the father of James Elmer Johnson, the ille- gitimate child of Nettie Trible. ————— Lectures by Dr. Mackenzie. Rev. Robert Mackenzie, D.D., will open his course of lectures on “The Acts” on Tuesday evening, August 6, at the Y. M. C. A. These Ie‘cm‘na wt}:u bf;uuz ‘t::lepnhlle'. P’fnum?' ves them request of those who i:ngd him at the Efimm 0 ——————— FurNITURE moved, st&red, packed and hi at low rates orton Special De- ;iv‘t?rl;?d 650 Market at‘get (Chronicle build- ing) and 408 Taylor street. * Norris, F. B. Nichols, Lieutenant T. Stev- ens, U. 8. N.; J. Witkowski, E. Walbawn, Dr. and Mrs. L. Harvey, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Kirby, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Sothern, Mrs. Bailey and three children, Mrs. J. 8. Hager and maid, Miss Hager, Miss A. Hager, Miss E. Hager, Miss L. Dufort, Miss 8. M. Burdick, Miss_B. F. Swinney, Mrs. A. D. Hail, Miss A. E. Morgan, Miss E. Phelps and_servant, Miss A. Hum- phreys, Miss J. F. Stone, Mrs. W. P. White. Yesterday the new Qunmnnna Officer, "Dr. Chalmers, came down to the water front and was introduced to commerce by the veteran officer, Dr. Lawlor. The first day was a busy one for the incoming doc- tor, as two mail steamers, a tramp from Mexico, another from the north, and sev- eral sailing vessels were the arrivals for the day. At a meeting of the Board of Harbor Commissioners yesterday a communica- tion was received from the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Association commending the board for their expressed intention of using California material in the new ferry landing and of changing the plans of the same to exclude foreign material. Engineer Holmes submitted plans for an upper gangway for the passengersof the Stockton river steamers. He explained that the business of these boats had grown s large that more and better accommoda- tions should be provided for the people using that popular means of transporta- tion. ThePruposed gangway would be a sort of gallery above the floor of the wharves, where passengers boarding the boats would be above teams and freight- handlers. It would not cost over $1000. Architect Pelton was present and went into fuller explanations regarding his B JOAQUIN MILLER POET OF THE SIERRAS, ‘WILL HAVE A BRILLIANT STORY IN NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL ENTITLED “COLONEL SHORT A LITTLE LONGER” Those who enjoyed the exquisite humor of last Sunday’s chapter will appreciate this sequel of the story. rm! COLANER.GOTTLOD & o_i@fi.?m‘j What and who is this new woman, This latest of the fads? Why, she’s the ene who every day Fails not to read the ads. READ THEN OURS SEE The Glorious Naval Drama, BY THE FRAWLEY COMPANY, “THEHE ENSIG N TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Mes. ERNESTINE KRELING Proprietor & Manages EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK WALLACE'S ‘Ballad-Opera, “MARITANA!” ~——NEXT WEEK!—— “VEARTELALY FIRST APPEARANCE OF GEORGE H. BRODERICK BASSO. Popular Prices—25c and 50c. e MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theater!n America. WALTER MOROSCO. ...Sole Lesses aud Manages EVERY EVENING AT EIGHT, Second and Last Week of JOSEPH J. DOWLING In the Big Eastern Success, “UNDER THE CITY LAMPS I EVENING PRICES—25¢ and 50c. Family Circle and Gailerv. 10c. Usual Matinees Saturday and Sunday. ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Street, Between Stockton and PowelL TRENEXDOUS SUCCESS OF OUR NEW BILE: A Revelation in Yaudevilie Enterprise ! THE FAMOUS JORDAN FAMILY, THE_MARTINETTIS, KENNEDY and LORENZ, JOHNNIE CARROLL, MAUD HARRIS, MUHLEMANN TRIO, Reserved seats, 25¢; Baicony, 100; Opers cnairé and Box seats, 50c. CENTRAL PARK, Sund.ayi T.&‘:gust 4athy POSITIVELY LAST APPEARANCH OF- PROF. OSCAR R. GLEASOR, WHO WILL MAN-EATING STALLION. DIXIE, Tna24-foot pen, armea '® only with a whip. OUTLAW will again be handled. EXHIBITIONS OF ROUGH RIDING AND BRONCO BEEAKING. Admission, 25c. Reserved Seats, 50c. RUNNING M RUNRING RACES! RACES CALIFORNIA JOCK—EY CLUB RACES, SPRING MEETINGI BAY DISTRICT TRACK. Races Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday—Rain or Shine. Five or more races each day. Racesstartat 2:30 P. M. sharp. McAllister and Geary street cars pass the gate. e PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS. EL CAMPO. EXTRA ATTRACTION NEXT SUSDAY, AUGUST 4th, ' Cmnmencuig at 1:30 P. M. JAPANESE AEEIAL CARNIVAL! Pretty Phantasma in the Air! Lifelike Forms of Human Beings, Birds, Animals, TFishes and Grotesque Objects Floating Thm\xh Space. FARE AS USUAL——25 CENTS, Steamers Ukiah and James M. Donahue ‘Will leave Tiburon Ferry 10:30 A. M., 12:10, 2:00 and 4:00 p. . Returning leaye El Campo a¢ 11:15 3:00 and 5:00 ». M. [ i i g