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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, AMUSEMENTS. scTATIWIN THEATER.— Woblthacter Der Men- chheit.” COLUMBIA THEATER—“The Senator.” (_ MOROSCO'S OPERA-HOUSE — “ By Order of the TIVOLI OPFRA-HOUSE—*“Martha.” [ I deville. M ACDON ATER (OAKLAND)—“The Case of Rebel " commencing Tuesday, Au- gost 13. STATE BOARD fon free. baseball and ber 2 1o 14. _ PICNICS AND E bition by Captain F. H EXCURSION TO SAN t hern P gned the Josephine George Whittell has 1e E. Platt trust t of the John 8.Doe hed & £20,500 es- The Pres: officers on the Dr. Case has be 11 thé Treasury o The Man: tion of rs’ Associa- orporated. h his last sermon urch this even- ¢ yesterday and filled b they made for that ld wants a au established ife of renowned lec- at Plymouth Church the defendant in a suit ted daughier to recovera awnmore sailed for Central n by way of Portland and track yesterday were y, Joe K, Wheel of ch to the Manufac- ciation may be or- soon. evidence for t st the City and Spring be reorganized m, Watt, Magee, ill resign from the meeting of the Board of Prison yesterday. ructed to pre- were in ing over 50 rday dispu sbend and Stanton in an inter- toward the Southern or Bureau 1300 Japanese to fill their places. A dog o d Kar) fur manufacturer, v i Judge-Conlan’s hold of Miss ng on her s teeth in her leg. ion for the opening next month. on for the_coloneley of ing the s prec ame the choice of the of cted because he retused to run. v has been formed to bore for oil ract in Contra Costa County. t there, end if fou 1 be of great in n to exis charge the selec- liated colleges will coming week. It is divided ing or Sutro’s offer of r the purchase of a tract of es been arrested by ne was before arge, and_the ne of $50 or days in jail. get Johnson, saloon-keeper, Harri- t end Madison avenue, arrested on ges of disturbing the peace and one of gar language, was ordere: y Judge Conlan nsive conduct in Heads are likely to fail in the Federal build- Places are wanted for Democrats, so the ors of Hulls and Boilers, pervising Steam Vessels, Superintendent of ervice and L ¥ Surveyor nvestigated. e Bouth Side Improvement Club denies the orship of the resolutions credited to it ina ing paper yesterday. The resolutions i on asked for the retention of the son the Ocean boulevard, because they ent the sand from drifting.” ition to force George H. Lee into insol- was filed yesterdey. The petitioners the amo s of their claims are: Meyer & 4 50; Neuberger. Reiss & Co., dstein Brothers, $415; Max Fin® ; D. Samuels, $5 60. ew patrolmen were sworn in yester- s fills up the seven vacancies caused eni resignations. Theyare Augustus ter; millwright, 31 years of age; Adolph O. Juel, porter, 33 years of age; and Peter Doherty, teamster, 34 years of age. he police b ascertained that A. J. White- nen, the convicted forger, who made an elo- t speech to Judge Wallace in moving for w’ trial, about & week ago, made the same to the Governor of Michigan with suc- and to the Governor of New York without n attempt to compromise the Knox, Comp- Muilin suits for $500,000 each against ern Pacific has been unsuccessfully Byron Waters, claim attorney of the fe mffered to reiustate the A.R. U. wen and pay them their wages irom the time of the strike. Q. Brown Jr. of the clerk’s office for upervisors was notified yester- 1t had been granted for an in- game at cards, which the widow's lawsuit and legal whist. d to him by the Martin will € ai s d to be very fascinating. He will publish it here and expects a big run. Attorney-General Fitzgerald isspreparing to bring suil against the Eouthers Pagific fail- raad Company for the recovery of sixty acres of land on Mission Bay. The land was granted {0 the reilroad in 1868, they agreeing to make it:the terminal point of the road. They were &l<0 to- spend $100,000 within thirty months. Q?Se of these conditions have been complied vith. Forty-three graduates of the Normal S assembled in the oid High School ,~em§f§’y"fi§ be examined. in order 1o determine the six best fitted for immediate appointment. There were examinations in spelling, sarithmetic and grammar. The standing of each candidate in these three studies will determine whether or not she shall continue on through the re- mainder of the examinations. Joh the B | leum in two of her tan! AROUND THE WATER FRONT The Bawnmore Goes to Sea With a Heavy and Bulky Deckload. END OF THE COAST SHIPS. Morgan O’Brien’s Flery Steed—The Whaleback Steamer Progress- Ist Docked. After several days’ delay the Bawnmore got away for Central America and Peru. by way of Portland. She was fearfully loaded, and presented a unique appearance as she steamed out yesterday, with her upper deck piled with lumber, and with eleven passenger-cars, two large surf-lighters and a tugboat mounted upon the heavy tim- ber. She was to have sailed Friday, but upon representation of the marine in- surance people that the great deckload was insecure, she was detained by an order from the Custom-house until the officials were satisfied that the miscellaneous deck freight was better fastened. | Notwithstanding these precautions it | was the opinion among shipping men that | recent h‘mssacres of their brethren by the savage fanatics do not deter them from their journey, : ORDERED INTO (CUSTODY. Mrs. Bridget Johnson Shows a Contempt for the Court. Mzs. Bridget Johnson conducts a saloon on the corner of Harrison street and Madison avenue, and on Friday she was arrested on two charges of disturbing the peace and one charge of using vulgar language. Her husband, Peter, was also arrested on a charge of disturbing the peace. They gave bail and were released from custody. The cases were called in Judge Conlan’s court yesterday morning, and the court- room was filled with residents in the neigh- | borhood to give evidence against the John- sons. The Judge dismissed the case against Peter, as all the neighbors testified that he was a peaceable man, but the charges against Bridget were continued. She was so voluble and offensive in court that the Judge ordered her into custody. She was taken to the City Prison, but about an hour later the Judge relented and allowed her to go on $10 cash bail. ———————— DECORATIONS FOR THE FAIR. ‘White, Light Blue and Pink the Pre- vailing Colors. Yesterday was a busy day for those in- terested in the opening of the Mechanics’ Fair. The booths were springing up with remarkable rapidity. The management this year is paying particular attention to the decorations, and at the last meeting it was decided to give the gallery two coats of white paint. TRIBUTETO DR, W, W, CASE Mrs. Joseph Cook to Address the Women’s Home Mis- sionary Union. REV. MR, PULLAN'S DEPARTURE. Dr. Willlams Will Glve a Sermon to Skeptics This Evening. Pastors Called, Cantor David S.Davis of the Taylor- street Synagogue has introduced some im- portant innovations in the musical services of the congregation. The August number of the Treasury of Religious Thought, 2 magazine having a large circulation in America and Europe, | contains a sketch of the life and repro- | duced in full a Thanksgiving day sermon of W. W. Case, the popular pastor of the Howard-street Methodist Church of this City. It states that he was born in New York in 1838, was educated in that State, and received his degree of doctor of | divinity from Mount Union College, Ohio. He served as superintendent of the public schools of Dunkirk, N. Y., at the age of 19‘ [Sketched by a *‘Cali” artist.} THE BAWNMORE WITH HER DECKLOAD OF CARS AND BOATS. the steamer was peculiarly conditioned for so long and roundabout a voyage. She was really under the Grace Brothers’ charter, who for some reason let that fact remain in the background, and she went to Portland with 600 tons of petro- . This was a por- | tion of her original cargo taken aboard at | Payta, Peru, and will be discharged at Portland. She only had in her bunkers 160 tons of coal, which will last her to Nanaimo, when she will fill up for her southern trip’s consumption. Her oil- burning apparatus had been taken out and she will fire with coal in the future. Captain Metcalfe of 1533 Union street, Alameda, emphatically dentes the rumor of overloading. He said last night that the Bawnmore left port a full ship and | fully insured. He continued : “‘Her hull bas been insured at Llovds for the past eighteen months, and her entire cargo has been written at a safe margin by | responsible companies at ordinary rates. Her cargois & miscellaneous one, and com- prises all sorts and forms of general mer- chandise. The only deck cargo she carries are twelve bobtail cars that weigh about | ve tons and measure twenty-one. y lashed and fastened, | as the ship is perfectly staunch and | | has 12 feet of freeboard the absurdity of | | the stories is patent. There is not the | wildest chance of combustion from petio- | leum gas.” | The Bawnmore is a stanch vessel, but | her progress and return will be noted with | considerable interest in marine circles. Among the owners of wooden coasting vessels the advent of the big foreign freight steamers is a subject of much concern. The Bawnmore, Peter Jebsen and Pro- gressist will carry over 4000 tons of coal apiece, and can make two and three trips a | month between this port and the nortliiern mines. | The sailing barks and_ships with only half that tonnage, making one trip a | month, will soon find their occupation gone. With the summer lumber freight and the winter coal cargoes piling into the | steamers there is no other place for the | wooden hull except in the boneyard, where thev will all fetch up sooner or later. The whaleback steamer was lifted on to the Hunters Point drydock yesterday for the purpose of having her leaking plate re- paired. Much difficulty was experienced in fitting her peculiar box-shaped body to | the blocks of the dock, but it was finally accomplished, and it is safe to say no such | a marine form was ever seen out of the water. The schooner Monterey, which is iri the habit of smashing into wharves, yesterday | plunged into Beale-street dock, carrym% away the planking and damaging hersel; around the bow. She was fitted with a gasoline engine and the crew, who are proficient with sheets and halliards, find themselves at sea with an engine, and the machinery often runs things to suit itself. A large headlight will be placed on the end of Fishermen’'s wharf for the use of the nightly navigator. Morgan O’Brien, the well-known water- front expressman, has an ancient horse that is t0o old to be coltish. However, he forgot his age yesterday, and rushed down on the dock at a scorching pace, and caused the arrest of his owner by a special officer for fast driving on the wharf, O’Brien’s abuse of his fiery, untamed steed at the Harbor police station was horrible to hear. Among the ships bound for San Fran- cisco are several that will be new-comers to this coast. The Dirigo, the first steel shi built in this country, is now on her secon trip to sea. The Italian steel ship Cara- bona, which left Glasgow a short time ago bound to this_port, is making her maiden voyage. The French bark General Millinet and the British barks Glenfinart and Monkburn are three more new ships that will arrive in a few weeks. The steamer China, which sails for the Orient next Tuesday, will take out a party of Preshyterian missionaries, now in this City, baving arrived from St. Louis yester- day morning. The party is composed of the following- named persons: Rev. Lacy L. Little of Little Mills. N. C.; Rev. %v' McS. Bu- chanan of Richmon&, Va.; Dr. and Mrs. George C. Worth of Wilmington, N.C.; Miss Annie Dowd of Aberdeen, Miss.; Miss Mary B. Torranceof Charlotte, N. C.; Miss Pauline Du Bose of Soo Chow, China; Miss Florence Patton of Mexico, Mo.; Miss_Elizabeth Talbot of Versailles, Ky., and Miss Josie Woods of Tsing Kuing Pu, China. They are enthusiastic in their The effect will be beautiful, for the white will contrast with the many colors of the ground floor. The vacant spaces on the walls will be covered with paper roses of delicate hues, principally light pink and blue. The music-stand will be a special feature and great pains will be taken in its decorations. It is elevated about three feet higher than the stands of previous years. ~The booths are very beautiful, many being designed in Greek and Moor- ish styles. MY HABEQLACY OFWATER, The Basis of the Suit Against the City and Water Company. Large Majority of Those Who Suf- fered From the Recent Fire In the Sult. Gunn & Koscialowski are working up a strong case against the City and Spring Valley Water Company on behalf of those who suffered from the great fire six weeks ago. Claims amounting to several hundred thousand dollars have been assigned to the firm and evidence of the strongest charac- ter is being amassed. A largze majority of those whose property went up in smoke and was leit in ashes have joined in the suit and much interest is being taken'in the proceedings. Witnesses are being listed by the dozens | who will testify that the water supply was inadequate. Members of the Fire Depart- ment, Police Department, Fire Patrol and private citizens will testify that the water supply was such as to hamper the fire engines in their operation and also thet the streams in several instances fell short of the second story of the burning buildings. It has also been ascertained that some of the four-inch mains were so crowded that an inch stream could hardly pass through them. Many of the old mains which have been replaced, it is claimed, will bear out this statement, if any further evidence was needed in corroboration of that of the firemen and other responsible persons on the spot during the conflagration. J. D. Martina, who conducts the meat market on Fourth street for his sister, Mrs. C. Cuneo, said, in speaking about the dam- age suit yesterday: ““All those who have been spoken to about joining iIn the suit against the City and the water company are red-hot to get even. A few whose losses were covered by insurance have hungback, but my sister tells me that they have all joined in and will make a strong fight. ‘““There is no reason why they should not defeat the water company. There is & pile of evidence showing that the water supply was poor, that the pipes were too | small or too rusty and that the engines could not fill the hose. The pumps were absolutely powerless and sucked wind. Even the firemen became disgusted and threw down the pipes in two instances which came under my notice.”” Mrs. Fogarty, Mrs. Dugan, Mrs. P. D. P. Flynn, C.E. Bheery, H. P. Morgan, D. L. Chartress, M. M. Tiernan and many others who were interviewed on_the subject ex- pressed themselves as being determined to get satisfaction for their losses from the Spring Valley Water Compang or the City. Between thirty and forty have become parties to the suit, so it is stated, and, hav- ing much to gain and nothing to lose, they will exert themselves to multiply evidence bearing on the inadequate water supply and the defective character of the mains. It is asserted on good authority that some of the mains were so badly corroded that less than one-quarter of their proper flow could passthrough them. Those who are interested in the suit assert that all the evidence they ueed, and more, has been volunteered. They have no doubt as to the issue, —————— Typewriters for Cogswell College. The Cogswell Polytechnic College of San Francisco decided to open shorthand and type- writing classes. Alltypewriters were inspected and thoroughly tested, and the directors laced an order with Leo E. Alexander & Bro., 18 Sansome street, for eleven (11) late-im- work, and state that they will o to their future dangerous field of labor even though 1 they go to their death, The stories of the roved New No. 3 Smith Premier. The New 0. 2 Smith is the highest model of improve- ments in the art of typewriting. . and two years later joined the Erie Method- ist conference. In 1864 he was transferred to the Wis- consin conference, where he had charge of some of the most important churches.in that State. He was afterward transferred | to Cincinnati, where he held the pastorate of the Mount Auburn Church for three years. He was then called to the First Church of Akron, then the largest and most important Methodist church in Ohio. He was next called to the position of pre- siding elder, and while serving the church in that capacity for four years resided at Oleveland. His next post was the pas- torate of the First urch at Adrian, Mich., and he was afterward called to the Central Church of 8an Francisco, where he remained the five years allotted to a Meth- odist minister. He was then called to the Howard-street Church, of which he has had charge for the | E:nst three yearsand which has extended to | him a unanimous and urgent nvitation to remain the next two years. The Treasury pays a high tribute to Dr. Case’s success as a leader of organized forces for good. His picture is on the frontispiece and by a sin- gular coincidence that of his old-time friend, Philip Phillips, thesinging evangel- ist whom President Lincoln once encored,is found on the same page as the doctor’s bio- graphical sketch. Rev. Fred V. Jones of Parsons, Kans., has received a unanimous call to the San Mateo Congregational Church. Dr. Chapman, formerly pastor of the EKast OQakland Presbyterian Church, bas Cantor David L. Davis. been called to the Market-street Congre- gational Church of Oakland. Rev. J. 8. Thomas, pastor of the Fiith Presbyterian Church of Cincinnati, is visit- ing his parents at Palo Alto and will preach at Plymouth Church next Sunday morning. = Rev. H. H. Wikoff will give an address at Plymouth Church this morning in the interests of the Congregational Church Building Society, Dr. Williams' sermon this morning will be on ‘A New Command- ment.”” This evening he will answer the arguments of skeptics in his discourse, “The Bible. Will It Stand?” Miss Morse, the leading soprano of the Howard Presbyterian Church, has returned from a vacation of five weeks spent at Portland, Or. i The Presbyterian Ministerial Union will discuss “Univerafiy Extension” to-mor- row morning. r. Thompson of the Occident will lead the discussion. Misses Minnie and Genevieve Oveatt will sail* for China via Vancouver on the 7th prox. The ladies intend to devote the remainder of their lives to missionary work in that land beyond the sea. A farewell reception will be tendered them at the Howard Presbyterian Church on Friday evening, the 30th inst. Rev. Fred B. Pullan will preach for the last time at the Third Congregational Church this evening. He has been the pastor of that church for nearly five years and has relifined'in order to accept the astorate of the Pilgrim Church at Provi- ence, R.I., which he will assume Se tember 1. He will leave for his new field of labor on the 20ch inst. Progress 1§ reported in the matter of organizing a Presbyterian Sabbath-school Association. A meeting of superintend- ents of Sabbath-schools and others inter- | ested in the movement will be held at Cal- 1895. vary Church on Friday evening for the purgose of perfecting the orp‘nnhntlon. £ The Woman's Home Missionary Associ- ation, comprising the unions of the vari- ous Congregational churches about the bay, williofii an all-day session, commenc- ing at 10 A. M., on Thursday. The meet- ing will be held in the missionary-room of the Young Men’s Christian Association building. Miss g‘ ellie Flynn has accepted the posi- tion of leading soprano at Trinity Episco- pal Church, and will assume it as soon as a successor is found for her at Plymouth Churth. reception will be tendered to Rev. A. H. Briggs, the delegate sent by the San Francisco District of Methoaist Episcopal Churches to the recent convention of Ep- worth Jesgues et Chattanooga, at the Howard-street Methodist Church on Fri- day evening. g’lrs. Josef»h Cook, wife of the famous lecturer, will join her husband next month in his tour around the world. She will be in San Francisco a few days en route, and will doubtless address the Woman's Home Missionary Union of Plgmouth Church on its anniversary, the 10th prox. The dedicatory services of the Grace Con- gregdtional Church at Fitchburg will be held this afternoon at_8 o’clock. The ser- mon will be given by Dr. J. K. McLean. Dr. F. H. Foster, Dr. George Mooar, Dr. ‘W. C. Pond, Rev. W. W. Scudder and S. C. patterson will assist in the dedication. The Congregational church at Kn{wards will hold a meeting after the regular ser- vice this morning, the object of which' will be to call a pastor. The committee of nine members of the First Congregational Church at Oakland, with Judge J. M. Haven as chairman, ap- &ointed to select a pastor to succeed Dr. cLean, reported at the Wednesday even- ing prayer-meeting that they had tried to secure the services of Dr. Nehemiah Boyn- ton, but failed, Dr. Boynton is a promi- nent young divine of Boston and he had the offer of the committee under consid- eration for some time. Last week he in- formed them that he would not be able to accept their offer. Rev. W. H. Tubb will read a paper on the San Francisco Young Men’s Christian Association before the Congregational Monday Club to-morrow afternoon. Itis said that he proposes to criticize the spirit and methods of the present management. Eider Henry 8. Tanner, president of the California mission of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, reports seven recent converts to that faith. Five were baptized in Sacramento and two in Fresno County. Elder Tanner's discourse this evening at Calanthe Hall, Pythian Castle, will be on “Church Organization,’”’ and he will draw a parallel between the original church as founded by Christ and that church as restored through the instrumen- tality of Joseph Smith. The committee in charge of the musical and literary entertainment to be given at the Howard-street Methodist Episcopal Church on Tuesday evening for the bene- fit of the Fred Finch Orphanage report that they have received much encourage- ment from theresponses of the business men and citizens generally. The artists who will assist do so gratuitously and the gross receipts of the evening will go to the or- phanage, which, although under the direc- tion of the Methodist church, is non-secta- rian in principle and practices. The fact that one lady alone, Mrs. Louthan, sold 150 tickets shows that the patronage is lib- eral. The programme is as follows: Organ solo, “Grand_Offertoire de St. Cecile,” Op. 10, No. 4 in F, (Batiste), Martin Schultz; recitation, “The Fxil of the Pemberton Mill” E. A, l’helBu), Miss Esther G, Macomber; tenor solo, “My Dream” (Tosti), J. E. Owens; whis- tling so0lo (selected), Miss Sadie Tibby; soprano solo, “In Seville’s Groves” (Van Lennep), Miss Miliie Flynn; cornet solo, “The Exile's La- ment” (Levy), Miss Pearl Noble; recitation, “Ladybird'’s ' Race” (Campbell Rae-Brown), sther C. Macomber; tenor solo (selected), J. E. Owens; duet for cornet and trombone, “1 Feel Thy Angel Spirit” (Hofman), Misses Pearl and Maud_Noble; soprano sclo, “Mona’ (Adams), Miss Millie Flynn; whistling solo (selected) Miss Sadie Tibby; organ solo, “Tann- hauser March” (Wagner), Martin Schultz. All the Congregational churches of this City will be represented by their pastors and a delegate from each at the Cowmcil of Recognition to be held in the chapel at the corner of Pierce and Green streets to-mor- row evening: Other ministers and laymen of S8an ¥rancisco and Oakland will be members of the council. There will be interesting exercises, and the meeting is open to the public. Chaplain Macomber of Angel Island will occupy Dr. Case’s pulpit this morning. In the evening the pastor will give a discourse on *‘Che Twentieth Century; Bellamyism, or What?” He will speak of the labor question. His prelude will deal with the sollticsl upheaval in Great Britain and the efeat of Sir William Earcourt. THE TRHFC ASSEATON, It Will Be Recrganized To-Mor- row Under New Man- agement. President Upham, Directors Watt, Magee, Hayward and Van Sick- len to Retire. The m~mbers of the Traffic Association have arranged for a meeting to be held to- morrow at their office on Pine street, with a view to reorganizing the executive com- mittee and board of directors. The programme is for Isaac Upham,.the president, to resign his office, and Direc- tors Thomas Magee, Alvinza Hayward, Rovert Watt and F. W. Sicklen to with- draw from the board. For some months past the executive som- mittee has been waiting for this intended change. Meetings were held as regularly as when the association had been doing its best work, but on every occasion it was seen that the only alternative was reorgan- ization for the purpose of perpetuating the association’s usefulness. or the time being there was very little to accomplish within t e power of the organization, and then the V.lley road had wholly eclipsed the Traffic Association. Manager Leeds went to St. Louis, leav- ing it practically without a head. Besides President Upham and Directors Magee, Hayward and Watt are directors of the Valley road, and Van Sicklen is one of the trustees of the same corporation. They have become impressed with the conviction that as they are members of a railway corporation their position cannot be logically retained in the Traffic Asso- ciation, In fact the Valley railway is what they had been working for, as it gives promise of important competition in rail- way rates through a large portion of Cali- fornia. Yet the five officers of the Traffic Asso- ciation have no intention of maifiinf: from it. All they wish for now is to be allowed to retire from its active administration. “We expect to reorganize at this meet- ing,” said Mr. Upham yesterday, ‘‘and when we resign there will be good men to take our places. After that the Traffic Association will continue as before.’’ With regard to a manager to succeed Leeds, no mah has been mentioned as a likely candidate, though the directors have sald that there would not be much difficulty in securing a good man for the office. ———————— Railway Mail Clerks. The railway mail clerks will hold their an- nual convention in Chicago on September 3 next. Over 2000 delegates from all over the United States are expected to be present, and subjects touching on the good of the order will be discussed. The delegates S8an Fran- cisco will be W. C. Hammond, Thomas A. White and E. B. ar; trom Oi:l‘sn, A.J. Mc- Mullin, and from L. L. Schmucker, The alternates will be Thomas Orchard of Ogden and A. L. Wathington of San Francisco. e ———— The Survival of the Fitiest. By retaining your baggage checks until you reach San Francisco and leaving same at any of our offices you will save money in the transfer of your 28| Trunk: 85 cents each. Morton B;:m‘xl filivery. 05'6 Market street Taylorstreet and Oakland Ferry Depot.* Chronicle building), 408 | lishing Company, the San Francis IN FEAR OF THEIR HEADS, Many Federal Officials Trem- bling Over Coming In- vestigations. THE REPUBLICANS MUST GO. All Principal Offices Will Be Filled by Democrats Before Next Election. Troublous times have struck the Federal buildings and many of the officials are trembling in their shoes. Many of the old-timers, who have been living for years on Federal pap, are to be “let out” and young men and stanch Democrats put in their places. True, some of the men who are said to be slated for retirement are Democrats, but nevertheless they are not acceptable to the powers that be and a change is considered advisable. From all accounts Senator White has quite a big finger in the political pie, and if any changes are made he will have con- siderable say as to who will be the lucky 8uUCCeSSOTs. The officers slated for investigation are TUnited States Inspector of Hulls E. 8. Tal- bot, United States Inspector of Boilers W. A. i’hillips, United States Supervising In- spector of Steam Vessels John Bermin, ham, Superintendent of the Railway Mail Service Samuel Flint and Deputy Surveyor of the Port 8. J. Ruddell. falbot, Phillips and Bermingham are said to be in trouble over the Colima in- quiry, and a special agent of the treasury is now on the way here to look into the matter. The inquiry into the collision be- tween the steamers Homer and Arago will be beld the latter part of this week and some one from Special Agent Moore’s office will closely watch the proceedings. Several akippers and engineers are after both Tal- bot’s and Phillips’ positions, and _should they be declared vacant there will be a lively scrambie tor the places. Captain John Bermingham is not at all enamored with his position as Supervising Inspector. Should he step down and out to-morrow the chances are that his suc- cessor would be John K. Bulger, at present Assistant United States Inspector of Boil- ers. He is thoroughly competent, well liked, and can secure the backing of the entire California delegation. Messrs. Talbot and Phillips are now in Humboldt County making their regular tour of inspection. The charges against Superintendent Flint are that he was seen under the in- fluence of liquor and also that he winked at the packing of the mails carried by the Southern Pacific during the annual weigh- ing. The complaint was made by an ofticial who was discharged by Flint and afterward reinstated by the authorities at ‘Washington. The accusations in a meas- ure have been officially denied from the capital, but still the investigation_is being held by the postal authorities. There are also a number of hungry Democrats who want Flint’s place and they are leaving no stone unturned in the effort to securs it. The principal thing against Deputy Sur- veyor Ruddell seems to be that he and Special Agent of the Treasury Moore are not on the best of terms. The latter is a power among the Federal officials and while he has no direct countrol over the heads of departments still he can make his influence felt at any moment. Just for what particular dereliction of duty Ruddell is to be investigated no one seems to know, and Moore refuses to talk. He will neither affirm nor deny the story, and contents himself with saying nothing. Collector Wise says if there is to be an in- vestigation he has not heard of it. Never- theless, the fact remains that trouble is brewing, and Captain Ruddell may find himself in the swim along with the others. All in all, there is a feeling of great un- easiness in the Federal departments, and no man seems to know where the lightning will strike next. NEW TO-DAY. Home Again! Have you missed us ? We've been off on a vacation. But here we are, ready for business again—with a bigger, better, brighter array of fur- niture to show you than ever we had before. Look out for us—and our famous “Mission-street Prices.”” INDIANAPOLIS FURNITURE Co. 750 Mission St. THOSE WHO WisH T0 KNOoW «-THE--- GREAT SECRET OF NATURE SHOULD READ "ELASTICITY A MoDE oF MOTION." e -y S ROBERT - STEVENSON, C.E. Member of the Academy of Sciences. 50 CENTS OF ALL BOOKSELLERS, Trade supplied by the Industrial Pub- California street, and co News Company. i NEW TO-DAY. TEPARIN First Showing a=Qf== Fall Garments MONDAY, AUG. 12, WE WILL OPEN THE First Novelties ==[n== Jackets ==And== Capes, In Cloths, Furs And Plushes. The Styles are Elegant and Rich AT PRACTICAL PRICES. See Our Show Windows. SE HABLA ESPANOL. G. VERDIER & CO., SE. Cor. Geary and Grant Ave. VILLE DE PARIS, BRANCH HOUSE, LOS ANGELES. REDUCED TELEPHONE RATES. SERVICE No. 1. 01, 8950 Now, 85 50 Per Month. WITH NICKEL-IN-THE-SLOT AT- TACHMENT. Reduction over 42 per cent. THIS SEKVIUE, NOW GIVEN FOR 8550 PLR MONTH, INULUDES: Individual Metallic Copper Circuits (Two Wires) Long Distance Telephones Forty City Switches SERVICE No. 2. 014, $9 50 New, 84 50 Per Month. WITH NICKEL-IN-THE-SLOT AT- TACHMENT. Reduction over 52 per cent. THIS SERV CE, N W GIVEN FOR $4 50 PE : MONTH, INCLUDES: Combination Line Metalllc Copper Circults (Two Wires, one_subscriber on each wire) no bell-ringing interference Long Distanees Telephones Express System Forty City Switches SERVICE No. 3. 0ld, 89 50 New, 82 50 Per Month. WITH NICKEL-IN-THE-SLOT AT- TACHMENT. Express System Reduction over 73 per cent. THIS SERViCE, NOW GIVEN FOR 82 50 PER MONTH, INCLGD Party Line Metallic 1.030 7 Copper Circuits (Two Wires, five subscribers on each wirs) Long Distance Telephones Express System Forty City Switches (to each subscriber) Three hundred subscribers are now connected at this $2 50 rate. L. H. JACOBI, Contract Agent. 216 Bush st. 8AN FRANCISCO, August 8, 1895. JUST SEE THE IMMENSE BARGAINS. GARMENTS MADE TO ORDER At Prices Never Before Offered on the Paclfic Coast, This sale will continue for 30 days only for cash. JOE POHEIM TEHE TAILOR, 201 and 203 Montgomery Street, 724 and 1110 anad 1112 Market Street. S A e INDORSED BY ALL THE LEADING PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS! FREDRICK'S SANITARY TOOTH BRUSH With Torgue-Cleaner Attachment DYV G0 AROUND WITH A BAD TASTE in your mouth or coated tongue. A preventive against throat diseases. Malled to ny addzess on Tec 80 CENTS. WILL & FINCX CO., 818-820 Market St. COAL! COAL! ENICKERBOCKER COAL CO., 522 Howard Street, Near Firste