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14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1895. BOLD BRIBERY PROPOSED. Some Startling Revelations Made by Harbor Commis- sioner Colnon. SHARP REPLY TO LANIGAN.| Practical Politics the Term for a Corrupt Partnership Pro- posed. The controversy between Harbor Com- missioner Colnon and Edward Lanigan serves to create great interest in political | circles. Mr. Colnon was seen at his home last | night and consented to express his views on the matters of difference which have arisen. I really have nothing to say of or to | Mr. Lanigan further than this, that his statements are in the main false and with | scarcely a foundation in fact. I am too busy with the affairs of my office. My duties engage my time and attention to a far greater extent than his duties seem to | engage him. | “In regard to San Francisco politics I | may say that I might have formed alli- ances with local politicians, but I did not. Some of these politicians come to me with | propositions purely financial in their | nature. | “In one of these propositions I will say I that the cool suggestion was made that| there would be as much as $400 a month \ on one appointment. Of course, not wish- | ing to do practical politics on this basis, [} refused to entertain any such a prop-| osition. i I immediately went to Dr. Morse of the | Board of Health and warned him to be | very careful in the matter of appointments, | as I had been approached on the subject, | as above stated. Dr. Morse can tell you | more about this matter. | T was approached in other matters and | solicited to engage in ‘practical politics’ in ; another appointment, an important ap- | pointment under the Board of Health, | where the sum of $1000 a month was repre- | sented as the profits, if I could control | and secure the appointment for the person desired. Dr. Williamson will bear me out aiso in my statement as to warning the | Board of Health. | “So far as Lanigan is concerned I have | nothing to say except that he appearsonly | to have an ambition to become a local po- | litical boss. Here, of course, our natures | diverge, as I have no desire to become a | politician. If I was so considered I should | deem it my duty to persuade my friends to think me something else—almostanything else. | “Of course Lanigan’s statements regard- | ing myself are false. As regards my nephew, he sails from this port next week. %1;: statements in this regard are entirely alse.” WORK OF GREAT ARTISTS, Photographs of Master Pieces at Mark Hopkins In- stitute. Renowned Painters Represented in the Rare Collec~ tion. The most interesting collection of pho- tographs of famous masterpieces of art ever brought to San Francisco is now dis- | played at the Mark Hopkins Institute. The . collection embraces 110 specimens selected by various artists from the cata- logué of Braun & Co., the celebrated pho- | tographer of Paris. After the local artists | had gone carefully over the lists and designated just what was needed for the school and the students, the president of the association, James D. Phelan, ordered the photographs. ‘The old masters as well as modern paint- ers'of the greatest rencwn are represented by the following photographs, among many others: Thomas Couture, “Decay of Rome,” from the Louvre. -Claude Lorrain, “Seaport at Sunset,” Louvre. Theodore Rosseau, “ Forest &t Fontaine- bleau,” Louvre. Leonardo de Vinci, “The Virgin,” Louyre. Henri Requaneh, “Moorish Execution,” Louvre. Paul Veronese, “Last Supper,” Louvre. Jean Baptiste Corot, *Morning in the Coun- try,” Louvre. rans Hals, “Archers’ Repast, 1627,” Louvre. Eugene Delacroix,; “Le Naufrage de Don Juan,” Louvre. Murillo, “Shepherd,” museum, Madrid. Velasquez, “Head,” museum, Madrid. Peter Paul Ruben, “Descent from the Cross,” Antwerp. Rembrandt Van Ryn, *‘Burgomasters, in Council,” Amsterdam. Anton Van Dyck, Princes Marie Stuart,” Amsterdam. Joseph M. W. Turner, R. A., “Fighting-ship Temeruire,” museum, Kensington, Raphael, fifteen photograpis from the decoration of the Vatican. John Constable, R. A., “Country Road,” Museum, Kensington. Thomes Gainsborough, por:rait of Biddons, National Gallery, London. Michael Angelo, ten decorations from the Vatican. Bastien Le Page, four pictures, Paris. Chavennes, four pictures, Paris. Lentonette, *Deliverance of Andromede,” Hermitage Gallery, 8t. Petersburg. Miilet, “Shepherdess.” M. Baudry, three outline drawings in pen and ink. A. Duren, drawing, in museum at Vienna. The entire collection will remain on ex- bibition at the Institute for the next three weeks. Mr. Martin, the secretary, regards the donation as one of great value to the students and one of much interest to the public. THE NEW JOCKEY CLUB. The Contracts Have Been Let for the Grand-Stand, Clubhouse and Other Buildings. The Pacific Coast Racing Association is rapidly getting everything in shape for its first meeting, which will take place in No- vember. Contracts for buildings amount- ing to $55,000, in which is included the grand-stand and clubhouse, have been let, work on the first-named structure begin- ning yesterday. “While the new racing course may not cover so much territory, in point of actual acres, as a few of the Eastern institutions of a similar nature, it will certainly be the peer of any in point of equipment, and vastly superior to anything west of the Missiesippi,” said the association’s secre- tary yesterday. “The grand-stand is to be completed not later than October 12, the material for its construction being already on hand. The track will be finished in ten days, giving us about two months in which to put the course in tip-top condi- tion for racing. “The plans for the clubhouse are mot quite complete yet, but will be ready for the builders during the next ten days. The association will also build twelve hand- sgome cottages for the exclusive use of horsemen. These buildings will cost $1600 each, and will be fitted with aill the mod- ern conveniences. There will be stable accommodations for 800 horsesto begin with, and plenty of room left for addi- tional stables, should the occasion demand it. Mains are now being laid connecting the track with the Spring Valley Water Company, and electric wires strung that | XIV. | Presidio is somewhat divided. “Prince William and | Mrs. | | will give all the light needed during the winter months. “The total cost of the buildings now con- tracted for will approximate $100,000, which warrants me in asserting that it will | be one of the handsomest courses in Amer- ica.” LEVINGSTON'S BOOKS, | They Are Sald to Have Been Badly Kept, but Show No Shortage. Unity Lodge of the Independent Order of B'nai B’rith at its reguiar meeting last night had under consideration the suspen- | sion from office of Jacob Levingston, the late financial secretary, but, so faras the investigation of the books of the suspended officer has gone, no indications of a short- age have been found. It is now confidently stated by the mem- bers of the lodge who expressan opinion at all on the subject that Mr. Levingston has not done anything that warranted the reports current for about two weeks. t was learned last night that his sus- pension from office was due really to neglect of duty in not keeping his books properly, and not to any suspicion that there was anything wrong in his accounts. Indignation was general among the members that any member of the lodge should so far forget his_fraternal obliga- tions as not only to divulge the secret business of the lodge, but should give cur- rency to what tbey denounce as an un- truth without foundatio: THE MONUMENT GUARDED General Graham Hasan Armed Detail at the Soldiers’ Graves. No Removal of the Inscription Un- less Ordered to Do So by Superiors. No sooner had the reports reached the Presidio post Sunday morning of the anti- railroad mass-meeting, held at Metropoli- tan Temple Saturday night, than it was decided to do something to protect the monument over the soldiers’ graves in the cemetery there, with its inscription, “Murdered by Strikers.”” General Graham ordered a corporal’s guard of three sentinels to be placed on duty at the monument all the time, with a guard tent. This action was inspired by a fear that some effort might be made to | efface the inscription. The sentiment of the soldiers at the General Grabam is rather pooular with the rank and file of the post, because of his amiable treatment of the men who do not possess West Point credentials, commissions and shoulder-straps, and the boys are largely inclined to justify the action” of their com- mander. General Graham, when seen at his resi- dence last night, said he would not re- move the inscrintion unless so ordered by his superior officers, and as to the mass- meeting of Saturday night, he would pay no attention to it until its action was for- mally communicated to him, and then he would answer. He discussed the incident with apparent military candor in the fol- lowing: I had no animus in putting that inscription on the monument. I simply did what I thought it was my duty to do. What do you suppose the public would have thought of me if I had ordered it to be in- scribed “Killed in a Railroad Accident,” or something like that? Would I not have been charged with cowardice? Would not people {)m‘e A.:nid that I was afraid of my own convic- ions? All this matter I made public on March 22 last in my letter to the citizens of Sacramento. I then told them just what had been done and communicated the wording of the inscription, and it was all published at that time in one of the Sacramento papers. 1 know thatthese soldiers were killed by five of the prominent strikers. The query was finally put to him: “I suppose the proper course for the men who object to the inscription to take is to com- municate their grievance to Secretary Lamont, is it not?” “I have nothing to say as to that,” he answered. “I am not their counsel. The inscription will remain as it is until I am 1 ordered b; That is al NCREASG ATTENDACE The Mechanics’ Fair Attract- ing Large Crowds Every Day. my superiors to change it. ] Many More Novel Features Than During Years Previous—Excel- lent Music. There is a daily increasing attendance at the Mechanics’ Fair. In many respects the exhibits are ahead of those of previous years. The novelty of many of the features is sufficient in itself to excite a renewed interest in the ex- | hibits, and, taken as a whole, the fair abounds in attractions superior to those of many years before. The machinery exhibits attract much at- tention. As a practical working demon- stration of the degree of mechanical per- fection attained on the coast they possess a manifold interest. Visitors from out of town spend most of their time around the machinery. In the industrial and mer- cantile departments the standard of pre- vious years has been cast in the shade, both in the quality of the exhibits and the taste with which they are arranged. The immense building was thronged during yesterday afternoon and evening. It wasa reEresemntive though ever-chang- ing assemblage, and during the evening brilliancy was added to the scene by the handsome toilets of the ladies 1n attend- ance. Excellent music was furnished by Scheel’s concert band during the afternoon and evening, and at no time were there many vacant seats around the band stand. Following were the selections rendered: Afternoon—March, “Oberst Mussinau”(Carl); overture, “Norma’ (Bellini); waltz, “Danube Waves” (Ivanovici); aria, from operetta “De- serter,” French hornand oboe solos (Conrad), by Messrs. 1. Reiter and Dickmann; quadrille, “Girofie Girofla” (Strauss); overture, ‘‘Robes- glere" (Littolff); waltz, “Seid Umschlungen Millionen” (Strauss) ; characteristic piece, “The Mill in the Black Forest” (Eilenberg); selec- tion, “Ritter Passman” (Strauss); ““La Chaise au Lion”—The Chase of the Lion: Kolling). Evening—DMarch, “Emperor William” (Fried- mann); overture, “Die Stumme von Portici’ (Auber); waltz, “Jolly Fellows” (Vollstedt); “Evening Song” (Schumann); medley, “On the 01d Plantation” (Isenmen); overture, **Zampa’ (Herold); waltz, “My Dream” (Waldteufel); trombone solo by F. K. Tobin; selection, ““Rigoletto” (Verdi); character piece, **Ulanen- ruf” (Eilenberg). Christian Co-Operative Society. The organizers of the World's Christlan Co-Operative Society met last evening at 23} Bixth street toperfect the or- ganization of the association, which was recently incorporated. The following were elected as the board of directors: G. W. Wilderman, D. McRae, L. W. Spencer, Thomas J. Weaver, Jacob Knudson, C. An- derson, Mrs. A. Anderson, Mrs. R. Kincaid, H. G. Derbeum, C. K. Welch'and J. D. Moreland. The officers elected were: President, G. W. Wilderman; first vice-president, L. W. Spencer; second viua)l’esldenl, Mrs. R. ncaid; secre- tary, Donald McRae; treasurer, T. J. Weaver. After considerable discussion upon minor de- tails, & constitution and by-laws was adopted. Among other features, it was decided that no member of the society shall be allowed to use or sell tobacco or liquors of y kind. Any Christian over 16 years of ag oman Catho- lics excepted, are éligible to membership. e In the seventeenth century religion was the chief theme of the caricatures. Other themes were the Reformation and Lows ELETA 15 READY TO MOVE. Only Waiting for Reina Barrios and Carlos to Take a Step. GUTIERRFZ SHOWING HIS HAND. He Has Cut Down the Educatlonal Fund and the People Are Already Dissatisfied. When General Antonio Ezeta sent a proclamation vo his faithful followers in San Salvador to the effect that he would be back to their shores in a short time he did not anticipate the offer of Reina Barrios to assist Carlos Ezeta back to the presidency from which he fled in the night with such a color of cowardice and left Antonio to encounter the wrath of Gutierrez. “I received last night,” said Ezeta yes- terday, “‘a letter from one of my confiden- tial friends in San Salvador, a letter which stated that Barrios of Guatemala was ready to assist my brother Carlos in re- govering therepublic. If Barrios does this it will only make my brother's downfall more humiliating, for he will surely fall after that. “When the insurrection broke out the San Salvadorans were unfriendly with the Guatemala people, and as a matter of course they are yet. Do you suppose that the most valorous people in Central 9 months old. Officer McMurray of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children é‘i.'i?{’ & home for the little ones at the Intants’ er. - DEMOCRATIC FAOTIONS. Branches of the Iroquois Club Organized. Colnon-Lanigan Fight. A branch of the Troquois Club in the Forty-third Assembly District will be or- ganized at California Hall on Bush street next Thursday evening. Temporary or- ganization will be effected next week in the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth districts. This will complete the temporary organi- zation in the City, and then Max Popper will call the officers of the various clubs together and proceed to form a permanent organization. The Democrats, or at least the factions of the party operating with Max Popper, have determined to make a vigorous effort to sustain the law establishing the new Board, of Election Commissioners. Among the lawyers engaged in behalf of the Com- missioners are D. M. Delmas, P. G. Gal- pin, Gavin McNab and D. I. Mahoney. The fight in the Democratic camp be- tween E. L. Colnon of the State Harbor Commission and Edward Lanigan of the United States Internal Revenue depart- ment was the talk of partisans at the Baldwin last night. Colnon had some champions in Lanigan’s territory. One of them expressed his opinion thus: “Lanigan is not a Democrat. He was out fighting Donnelly, the regular Demo- cratic nominee for the State Senate, and helped to elect George Williams, a Re- ublican, It was at a time, too, when emocrats were needed in the Legislature to elect_a United States Senator. He fought Haley, too. at the last election. Hirsch, of the Solid Eight of the Board of Supervisors, is Lanigan’s brother-in-law. How did Hirsch get there? Why, Deegan, who was on the committee oi twenty-one to select nominees for the Board of Super- visors, brought in a minority report recom- GENERAL ANTONIO EZETA, WHO WANTS TO LIBERATE HIS COUNLRYMEN. [Sketched from life for the * Call” by Nankivell.] America will care to look up to Guatemala as their protector? At the present time the Gutierrez crowd is paying $10,000 a month to Barrios as a tribute, but they say it is for the purpose of advancing the rail- road project. That is all rubbish, how- ever, and it is nothing more nor less than tribute—tribute for Barrios, who is feared by Gutierrez. I suppose as soon as it is learned that Barrios is not friendly with him the tribute will be cut off, and that will naturally hasten the trouble. Gutierrez is trying to keep the San Salvadorans in ignorance, and in order to do this he has had the school fund cut down one-third. This action alone has occasioned no end of distrust in him, and the people are very" much dissatisfied with his action. “They already hate Barriosand are iearn- ing o hate Gutierrez. Of course there are a great many of the inhabitants who hate him already, but just as soon as he begins to cut off the educational advantages that hatred will be increased ten fold and Carlos will feel its effect, ‘“For a time Barrios and Carlos were bitter enemies, but Barrios now sees that the Government of Gutierrez cannot last long and he is quite willing to help Carlos now. The people are dissatisfied and it is a good time for a revolution, but the one which threatensto occur cannot be lasting, as the aid of another, and what the San Salvadorans call an uniriendly Govern- ment, will cause more dissention than any- thing that exists now.” “Have you any plans to execute after Barrios and Carlos enter San Salvador?”’ was asked of the general. “Yes, I have. but I do not care to dis- close them, as it might have some effect on the treaty that was made at Amapala, in which it was agreed that all the Central American countries should unite and assist each other to put down civil war. One thing 1s certain, and that is I will be there and ready to fight assoon as anybody is. I have so arranged things that when it comes to the struggle I will be in such a position that I will Jose nothing of my rights, nor will my people and followers suffer. I have got some missions to perform down there and I will attend to them as soon as the time is ripe. In the letter that I re- cently received I also got some other in- formation that I cannot in iuufice to my- self disclose, but a move will be made soon and I will not leave a stone unturned to have my Elams carry to the letter. “The whole case can be summed up ina few words. The San Balvadorans are not used to looking to another country to get protection, and they will not tolerate the man as a friend who was once their enemy. Carlos left them when he needed and they have not forgotten that either. Iam m:xxtlg:dvnnhge of all those things and I feel that the time is not far off when I will be able to liberate my people m what threatens to make them slaves to another country.” Eloped, Leaving Her Children. The wife of Harris Goldstein, slipper manu- {facturer of 2247 Mission street, eloped Friday with Charles Reese, & r, leaying be- hind two smsll children, one of whomis only mending Hirsch, Skullyand Wagner. And what did Deegan get? “Why, Sam Rainey put him in the Mint. When you get In- side you find that Rainey is_behind Lani- gan and Buckley is behind Rainey. Some of the boys may be deceived, but the older heads know what'is going on.” A Lanigan chnmgion was_just as out- spoken concerning Colnon. e gave vent to his feelings in this style: “What right has this man from Stockton to say that Lanigan’s men will be removed from the Board of Health? What right has Colnon to speak for Governor Budd? ‘Why don’t he attend to his duties as Har- bor Commissioner and let Board of Health olitics alone? Did not his paper in tockton go over to the SBouthern Pacific Railroad camp?”’ GRAND LARCENY CHARGED Oscar Evans Arrested for Holding Up Women at the Point of a Revolver. Oscar Evans, 21 years ot age, caused con- siderable excitement on Sixth street on Saturday night. He procured a revolver and about 10 o’clock started out to rob and plunder. Between Folsom and Howard street he met Mrs. Quig, who was on her way home. He presented a revolyer at her head and ordered her to hand him her purse on pain of instant death it she refused. Mrs. Quig is a lady of strong physique and Ehe hit Evans a resounding whack on the jaw with her fist and told him to get out or she would call the police. Evans took her advice. _Evans a few minutes later met Mrs. Ade- line Carroll of 1058 Howard street and scared the wits out of her by shoving the revolver into her face and demanding her purse. She could not give it to him ‘quick enough, the more so as it was empty. Evans had just left her when she met Policeman Fraher and told him what had happened to her. Sheand the officer went in search of the rob- ber and saw him run into a saloon. Fra- her followed and overtook him as he had reached the rear door. The empt; purse was found in his pocket. He was ked on the charge of grand larceny. Evans appeared in Judge Joachimsen’s court yesterday m i peeid Ay y morning and his case was ——————— Says He Gave a Mortgage Away. William F. E. Segeleke has filed a. petition in voluntary insolvency. He owes $3000. | Sege- leke declares that while intoxicated he assigned :E oo vfi:;z :.g; to Mrs. Clara French, owner 560 Teoives Bt treet Hotel, and he will sue A Family Jar. 3 GREAT AMERICAN IMPORTING TEA CO’S Stores are selling MASON FRUIT JARS At greadly reduced prices. REVIVAL OF BASEBALL Crack Eastern Teams Will Play the National Game at Central Park. OCTOBER 12 TO DECEMBER 15. Brooklyn, St. Paul and Indlanapolis Teams Coming—May Re-Form the League. If aseasor of baseball with four of the best teams the country affords engaged in it will revive interest in the National game in California to an extent that will make it a paying proposition, next season will see the California league re-formed and baseball will be restored to its old position as an amusement feature of the out-of-door season. Briefly told that is the plan of J. 8. Barnes, manager of the Minneapolis base- ball team, and a number of local baseball enthusiasts whom he has interested in the scheme, Central Park, where the game flourished in days gone by, will be the scene of the attempted revival. It has been leased for a season of two montbs and as soon as the circus now playing there is out of the way the work of remodeling the grounds will be commenced. The diamond will be put in first-class condition and the grand stand will be refitted. The season is to open October 12 and close December 15. By the time for the opening it is in- tended to make the place as good a base- ball park as any city affords. It1s the plan of Mr. Barnes and his as- sociates to bring to San Francisco the Brooklyn and St. Pau! teams, a team composed of picked players from the West- ern League, and if possible, the Indianap- olis team, or if that cannot be secured, another fully as good. The four teams will play a regular league schedule of games, and should the venture prove a success, an effort will be made to reorgan- ize the old California League, as stated, bringing into it, if possible, the same cities that comprized the old league, in the effort to permanently re-establish baseball on the coast. Manager Barnes of the Minneapolis team, and the prime mover in the present scheme, is a baseball man of wide experi- ence and is well known on the coast, par- ticularly in the Northwest, where he man- aged at different times both the Spokane and Portland teams when the Northwest- ern League was in_existence. He organ- ized the Western League this season, and has been very successful in handling the Minneapolis team. He will bring with him for the experimental season here such players as Comisky, the great fire base, who guided the destinies of the St. Louis Browns every season that they won the American Association pennant; Irwin, the shortstop, and Muillane, the pitcher, of the St. Paul team, both players with fine rec- ords, will be among the stars who will en- deavor to infuse into the bleachers their old-time enthusiasm. ; The agent of the enterprise, who is in the City looking after Mr. Barnes’ inter- ests, said last evening that as many of the best players from among the 1895 talent as can be secured will be brought West for the coming season. Althougn it is too far distant for the game schedule to have been prepared it is thought probable that the Brooklyn and St. Paul teams will be the two that will meet in the opening game October 12. AGREED ON ACOMPROMISE Hard Feeling Created by a Damage Suit in the Justices’ Court. Attorney Porter Ashe Patched Upa Truce After a Deal of Hard Talking. The suit of Joseph Harris against the California Jockey Club in the Justices’ Court is creating a good deal of bad feel- ing on both sides. Yesterday one of the Justices was dragged into the matter and the outcome looked lively for an hour, till Attorney Porter Ashe heard of the matter and effected a compromise. Last May Harris got into trouble at the Bay District Track over a pool ticket and the management ejected him from the place. Harris brought suit for §299 dam- ages. A week later he was ejected from the track again, and another damage suit followed. Both cases were assigned to Jus- tice Kerrigan's court. ‘I'he other day Harris was auizzed by a friend because his cases were before Justice of the Peace Carroll. “They’re not,” he protested. before Justice Kerrigan.” “You don’t know the condition of your own case,” said the friend. ‘““Go out to court and see.” Harris made inguiry and sure enough he found that both cases had been transferred before Justice of the Peace Carroll. At once he entered a vigorous protest. “Because,” as he explained, ‘I knew that Justice of the Peace Carroll had a compli- mentary ticket to the track, and so, of fiqurse,l did not want my case tried by im.” Harris might have got into serious trouble on account of the way that he was talking “They are about the transfer of the case, but Attomefi Ashe heard what was going on and hhrrie out to court. He explained how his client felt about the matter, said he was perfectly satisfied himself, and suggested that under the circumstances perfilpa ought to be done. Justice of the Peace Carroll was rapidly growing very indignant over the insinua- tions made by Harris. He flatly refused to retransfer the cases to Justice Kerrigan again. Attorney Ashe finally put the matter in such a way that the court consented to transfer the second case to Justice Kerri- gan after he himself had heard the rest of the argument on the demurrer to the first case. Harris gave a reluctant assent to this compromise. Several important points on the rights of track-owners to eject their patrons from the track come up in the cases, so they are being watched with a good deal of interest. FRESNO RAISIN-PICKERS. Japanese, Chinese and White Men Will Harvest the Crop. The people at the State Free Labor Bureau were quite disappointed yesterday upon the receipt of the following telegram: FowLER, Fresno County. Do not send the men until you hear from me. 'NELSON & AHLBRECHT. Preparations had been made to send fifty grape-pickers to the raisin vineyards to-day by a special car. The delay is caused by the cold weather in Fregno County, which has set the harvesting back. However, the men will be sent as soon as there is work for them to do, and the same firm has ordered about 100 men besides the fifty mentioned as soon as the harvest is ready for the pickers. Several other large vineyardists in Fresno County have ordered about 400 men fror the bureau, and these will be sent out as fast as wanted. . “Yesterday Deputy Dam received word that 200 Japanese coolies had been sent from Sacramento to work in the vine- something’ Eard: in Fresno County, They were sent Yy a Japanese contractor who has been gathering up the gang from the hopyards in_the Sacramento Vnfiey where the crop is light and laborers numerous. There is a susgmon that some of the Japs were brought from Victoria, B. C., especially to do this work. Mr. Dam’s informant stated that the coolies were under contract at 50 cents a day and to board themselves. The Fresno raisin-growers require about 1500 laborers to gather their cropsand a number have, it is said, made contracts to have the work done by Japanese and Chi- nese coolies. = A vineyardist at Newcastle wrote yester- day that he would soon have thirty-five acres of grapes and a lot of figs to gather. He has been obliged to use Japanese and Chinese to do tie work heretofore, but this year he will send to the State’s Free Labor Bureau for his help. g -~ THE VALLEY ROAD. Securing Material Before the Winter Sets In. Bids were opened yesterday afternoon for additional lumber to be used in con- structing the Valley road to the Stanislaus. They will probably be passed upon at the meeting to be held to-morrow. “‘Bids are being called for at this time so that there may be sufficient material on hand before the winter setsin. When we shall have plenty of material on hand there will not be any delay in the progress of the work,” said Engineer Storey. FLOWING WELLS OF OIL Some Rich Deposits Just Dis- covered North of Liv- ermore. Petroleum and Gas Found In Large Quantities—Prospectors at Work. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRrANCISCO CALL,) 908 Broadway, August 19. | A discovery has been made at Livermore that is creating as much excitement as the new electric-road project. On the ranch of Joseph Brown, about four miles north of the town, oil and gas wells have been bored, and evidence has lately been given that both exist in enormous quantities. Yesterday morning a party went over the property and made a critical inspection. Among them were Mr. Aylward and J. H. Dungan, editor of the Livermore Herald. “First of all we saw a gas well situated in theside of a hill. Itis piped with an 11-inch pipe to a depth of 208 feet,” said Mr. Dungan to-day. ‘‘A derrick stands over the well with a pump attached, which was lowered into the well and the water pumped out to a depth of twenty feet. The top of the well was then plngged up tightly for a few minutes, after which a piece of inch pipe was inserted and the gas lighted. It burned for several hours. The gas, so far as we could detect, is odorless. ““We were next taken about 100 yards into a ravine o the oil well. There were two holes, one eleven and one fourteen feet deep, and although both were plugged up, the oil was coming out and emptying into a large pool. The oil was dark and rather heavy, and almost odor- less. On the opposite side of the hill is a large salt water smi"f'n The gas and oil wells were opened up by the great earthquake of 1868. About nine years ago Dave Guttman formed a com- pany, and it made preparations to prospect on an extensive scale, but the sudden death of one of the backers caused the work to be abandoned. James Farley sunk a well in 1868, about a mile east of Mr. Brown’s wells, and when he lowered a candle into into it there was a heavy explosion. For the past nine years nothing has been done, but the recent discovery of welis flowing in large quantities has created fresh interest and capital is being procured to develop the products. Prospectors be- lisve that there is a lake of oil in the vicinity near the surface, as when drivin over the ground there is a peculiar soun: as if driving over a hollow place, About a quarter of a mile north of Brown’s glace James Ford sank a well for water, ut brought up as much oil as water and abandoned the well. The oil wells are not very far from the coal fields that are now bein g worked. Ex- perienced oil prospectors are going over the ground, and much will é:epend an their report. So far they are corvinced that the indications point to & very rich deposit of both oil and gas. THE OLYMPIC OARSMEN, They Will Soon Have a New Boat- house and Boats to Fill Xt. The boating annex of the Olympic Club is rapidly taking its place as a recognized element of the athletic organization. It already has a serviceable membership and the boat is nearly ready to be turned over when there is a place to keep her properly, and all that is now necessary is to find a site upon which to erect a boathouse. The question where the boathouse should be erected is a vexing one. Sites on both sides of the bay have been looked at and have met with favor, but as yet there has been no choice. One or the first places in- vestigated was a site in Sessions Basin, at the head of Oakland Creek. It was argued, however, that Sessions Basin was too far away, and so that site was let go for one on this side of the bay. A good place down near the Union Iron Works was found, but again_objection was raised because there would be no place to go to if the boathouse were located there near the iron works, or indeed at any point on this side of the bay. All the desirable trips would lead the boatmen so far away from the house that the charm of the work would soon wear away. Attention was then turned to Sausalito and Tiburon, and if present indications count for anything the new boathouse will be located at one of those two places. All the old oarsmen in the club have joined the boating annex, and it is prob- able that the swimming element will go into the new annex for the swimming waich a’food house on the water will give them. The swimming element is a large one, and it will add greatly to the strength of the new organization should the swim- mers and oarsmen meet togéther in the annex. So far the question of uniform has not been decided, but it is certain the club colors, red and white, and the club em- blem, the winged O, will form prominent features in any uniform it may select. The dues are 25 cents a month and the initia- tion §3. Membership will carry with ita right to the use of the club boats, to the boathouse and all the salt water wanted. 1t is expected that the site will be selected, the boat built and the house erected be- fore many weeks are past. ————— South Side Neighbors at War. Mrs. Johauna Ingersen and Mrs. Bridget Barry, neighbors residing on Clementina street, are settling a quarrel in court before Judge Dainger- field and a jury. Mre. Barry is charged with erecting 8 high board fence so as to shut out the sunlight from the Ingerun home, and Mrs. Barry declares that the fence is only one side of a barn that she is building. A lost air from Mozart, to words from Metastasio’s “‘Didone Abbandonata,” ar- ranged for flutes, bassoons, horns and a uartet of strings, has been discovered by rofessor Ka ann of Tubingen. [twas written in 1778 and the melody is said to be charming. BROWAR Baking Powder DEATH AMONG THE WIRES James Galloway Fatally Burned at the Top of an Elec- tric Mast. HORRIBLE SUFFERING CAUSED. Terrible Fate of an Experlenced Lineman Near Lake Merritt, Oakland. ’ OARLAND OFFIcE SAN FrANCISCO CALL,} 908 Broadway, Aug. 19. James Galloway was burned to death to- night at the top of an electric-light mast near Koscoe’s cottage on the border of Lake Merritt. The electric-cars coming in from Hay- wards at 11 o’clock reported thata man was hanging from an electric-light mast, and that his body was on fire. The patrol wagon and the Morgue wagon hurried to the spot and found that they could do nothing. The man was hanging among the wires which were apparently on fire. The deputies dare not ascend the pole as they wounld be exposed to a like danger. Word was sent to the electric_light works and the current was_turned off, and by that time a hook and ladder had ar- rived. The man was still on fire when he | was finally released from the wires. No sooner was he on the ground than the | team attached to the hook and ladder ran | away, and for several minutes it was feared grave danger might result, as the ladder was still in the air when the horses started off at a rapid rate. - When the body was released it was recog- nized as that of James Galloway, a line- man. He had evidently ascended the mast to trim the light and was at work when he was caughbt by the carrent. | His body was brought into the Morgue | and presented a fearful sight. The limbs were frightfully charred and his clothin, burned off in many places. 1 be effect of the current had been to change the whole body to a dark blue color. Galloway is a single man and a brother of Policeman Galloway of San Francisco. Galloway was about 40 years of age and was linemen in the employ of the electric light company. e William Morris, the English poet, re- joices in the possession of a prodigious memory. Given a fair start on any sen- tence in Dickens’ works, he can complete that sentence with very little deviation from textual accuracy. Were every copy of “Pickwick Paners” destroyed to-day, William Morris could, doubtless, write the book almost word for word asit now stands. KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement and tends to esz‘somfl enjoyment when rightly used. The many, who live bet | ter than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world’s best products to | the needs of physical being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid |laxative principles embraced in “the | remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas- ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect laxe ative; effectually cleansing the system dispelling colds, headaches and fevers and permanently curing constipation. 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