The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 23, 1895, Page 7

+ — e N e e IR e e e B THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1895 AMUSEMENTS. BAXPWIN THFATER.— The Bauble Shop. A Tragedy Rehel 1an of the World. MOR0SCO'S OPERA-HOT TIVOLT OPERA-HOY CrPREUM—High-Class Vaudeville, MECHANICS' FATR.—Larkin street, near Market. ZATEBOARD OF TEADE EXHIBIT.—575 Market eet, below Second. Open daily. Admission free. BAY DisTRICT TRACK.—Race: CALIFORNTA STATE FAIR—Sac [ < bers e 1n ATR—Sacramento, Septem: erns has been i the Sausalito esterday received $671 subs T benefit. Mrs. Alfred Coed is suing her husband for divorce because he objected to her going to loc X ee men in a erous burg- at the publie u Francisco e cases against ald Jr., which were pend J have been drop The agr: Univers lection nics’ Fair. 18 plan to 1 the cold. Associat n nary work for the big Pavilion in Novem- ige T v ordered W. C.Isaacs,a d under bonas at v has been relieved of the charge ional Insurance Compeny, ransierred to Cesar Alameda County) hop- to dispense with Japa- loy white people to har- at the call the direction uit against John others, involv- un yesterday fined Deckhand g a dog on the apitan. Samuel Worden was fined r abusing s hor rns will arrive from the Easton big revolt among his y Maho: Deing Colonel E sed to be ex- tates courts ing annex will programme m the Souther Farm s City shows line is et near the g_bitterl ain to alter the successful, take wide from W. are Sucra- brated . G. for the exodus day is to be ce 3th and 10th of September. ng of the Civic Federation e held in the assembly is evening. 1t is hicago plan. Charles Kane, who was kicked by a day and had a portion o t tal, nce of his recayery. better luck at the track orites showing in fro were Gondols, May M Air, Bloomsbury and Mamie ctor of St. Luke’s, as & wel- . racation, on Wednesday ome of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W. H. Hammon predicts fair , growing cloudy and foggy ry temperature, with winds growing brisk in the ¥ be looked 1o th ha tly organi n dollars sapi- d in this City to handle the surplus oil of Los Angeles by run- ning it to San Pedro in pipes and_conveying it 10 Sun Francisco by tank steamers. Attorney-General Fitzgerald has rendered an opinion in which he staies that a claim by a private corporation for merchandise sold 108 ty is invalid when one of the members of corporation is a Supervisor of the county. has been an election in the Signal Corps Second Brigade, to fill the vacancy by the resignation of Captain Hanks, st Lieutenant Boardman was made captain 1 First Sergeant Perkins was made first lieu- nant. Suit was brought against the Pacific Bank, restraining it from paying further nds until & deposit of samuel Montague of London, Eng., for the benefit of a ‘ashington payee is adjudgeda pre- n and paid in full. . Beverly Cole expresses his opinion he site for the Afiiliated Colleges. He he Southern Pacific is exercising t of influence, though in which direc- unwilling to state. Dr. Cole also [ cellent reason why the Sutro site &hould be accepted. Labor Commissioner E. L. Fitzgerald while in Los. Angeles investigated s co-operative store, which h vs is the most_perfectly con- ducted establishment of the kind he ever knew of. He will forward a_description of the establishment and its business principles to the University of Chicago. The lawsuit over the Surveyor's fees for work yne on the sewer system in the Richmond ct ras developed technicality that may op into a chance for the property-owners ape paying their assessments on the that the work was not legally done. Merguerite D. Harrigan is suing the ne Life Insurance Company of New York for %10,000 on a_policy held by her former hus- " Jonn T. Hope. The compauy refused to insurance, alleging that one premium d unpaid at Mr. Hope's death, but the Tin the suit alleges that no notice had ceived that the premium was due. Officer Dowd of the Harbor Police, who is gifted with a pair of quicksilver heels, 1an & race withi H. Robinson of the Southern Pa- Failroad <-am§nny in Alameda yesterday. There of The race was for $250 a side, anfi although owd was traine }J)’ Jl!(;jk bb((:(’l'eee\;y,grleye yus sprinter, snd paced by a p - g gics badly in 320 yards. <eph Steele, & boy between 4 and 5 years of was frlgminlly}burncd apout the body, s, legsand iace yesterday afternoon. He iaying in the yard in rear of his parents nce at 496 Eleventh street, when his s caught fire, His sister saw him and rushed to his aid. with & bed quilt, which she wrapped round him and extinguisbed the He was teken to the Recelving Hospi- He may recover. Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Associa- s sent” a letter to A. J. Holden, the icai meanager, who proposes to erect & theater-on Howard street. The associa- 1 czils attention to the fact that nearly ersthing wanted in the construction and furnishing of the theater can be purchased from California manufacturers, and requests ;nn California products be given the prefer- nce. fa hound, he was beaten ) tickets ata | Fire Depart- | ALONG THE WATER FRONT, State Harbor Tugs and Fire Department Will Work Together. THE FERRY BRIDGE LANDING. Distribution of Money Collected for the Survivors of the Schooner White. The representatives ot the Franks es- tate were in attendance upon the Board of Harbor Commissioners yester- day, and discussed the proposal of the State to secure the north corner of East and Market streets fora terminus of the ferry foot bridge. Some time ago the Com- missioners proposed to straighten East street to a line drawn from the northern corner of Clay to Market street. This re- claimed space would have a frontage on Clay street of 150 feet, on East street of 125 feet, and on Commercial of 60 feet. South of Commercial street it wou!ld have a front- age on East street of 50 feet, and on Com- mercial of 40 feet. The space required for a bridge landing is a right-angle triangle clipped at its southern point by Market street, which gives a frontage on that thoroughfare of 18 feet. Its frontage on East street is 60 feet, and on Sacramento almost 80 feet. It is also proposed to throw the curve of the Sacramento-street cable line, which is a constant menace and a nuisance to foot passengers and vehicles, north of the bridge landing and away from Market street. The Franks brothers do not take kindly to anvthing like an even exchange, and it is evident that their valuation of the cor- ner desired by the State will be no small figure. They hold that it is the best- paying property in the whole City, and | while the trade would add a large increase | of street frontage and more area to their | significant in value. Mr. Cole held that the new frontage north of the proposed street for the cable { line would be of no inconsiderable value to the block, but the attorney of the estate in- sisted that the cars running close to the sidewalk, as they would in the narrow thoroughfare, would destroy what com- mercial value there might be in that frontage. “The cars and the bridge landing itself | will shut in that locality,” said he, *‘and the people passing by will simply go up and down the bridge stairway and never see that frontage.” President Colnon pressed them to set some valuation upon the space in ques- | tion, but without success. “If we are to | buy a horse we must have a price puton | him,"” said the Commissioner. | “But I have the horse and I am not anxious to sell him,” returned the lawyer. | Mr. Colnon suggested that as the bridge would not be built until the completion of | the great ferry building two years hence | the matter could go over for the present. | Commissioner Chadbourne stated that the board was determined to build the bridge and the landing would be either on the north or south side of Market street. propert Chief Sullivan of the Fire Department was, {rreseul at the meeting of the board |and_he was told that it was the desire of | the Harbor Commissioners that their tugs should work in bharmony with the City Fire Department when possible. A tele- phone message from the Chief would call the tugsto any part of the water front where depth of water would permitto go, where the firemen would go aboard and the vessels would be under the control of the Chief and bis assistants. Mr. Chad- bourne stated that the Harbor Commis- sioners refused to send the tugs north of Powell street only because the water was too shallow. Chief Sullivan expressed himself perfectly satisfied with those ar- rangements and promised the hearty co- operation_of the City Fire Department with the Harbor Commissioners in case of fires within reach of the tugs. A communication was received from the Chamber of Commerce complimenting the board upon the building of a better and stronger system of wharves along the water front of San Francisco. H. N. Campbell was appointed whari- inger in place in place of C. E. Ellsworth, term expired. The money collected among merchants and shippers by Al White for the benefit of the schooner White survivors was dis- tributed to them yesterday. The amount ised was $671, and was_expended as fol- lows: E.W. Bail, who is in the hospital with both feet and a portion of his hands gone, was given $200; E. J. Voisinet, $125, and four other sufferers $67 apiece. One man who escapea injury was given $58. A finely engrossed testimonial in parchment was ordered prepared for Dr. A. Dickinson, the heroic pBysician of Wood Island, who attended the frozen men alone and without E fiem medicines and appliances for his work. The crew of the schooner James Town- send, wrecked Sunday morning on the Mendocino coast, arrived here yesterday on the steam schooner Point Arena. Cap- tain Jensen states that they left Fort Bragg Saturday evening in tow of the steam schooner Noyo and soon encoun- tered rough weather. The night was dark and foggy and the sea ran high. Early next morning the tow lines parted and the vessel began to drift in the heav; swell on to the beach. When she strucl the crew took to the rigging, and all that d and the following night they re- d in their insecure positions. ng the sea had gone down and the mate meanaged to launch a boat and reach the shore. beach near Point Arena lighthouse, and soon a number of people from the town | came down to the scene of the wreck. A raft was sent off to the vessel and all the men were with much difficulty res- cued. The schooner’s cook was exhausted and would have been lost if Professor Frank A. Butts of the Point Arena schools had not swum through the surf to the ves- sel with a line and assisted him to reach the beach. The James Townsend was soon i:rushed by the breakers, and is a total oss. The hydrographic office in this City gives notice that a rock with three fathoms of water on it has been discovered on the north side of Bonita Channel, about 350 feet outside of black buoy 3 and 1in line with red buoy 2. Jx-Congressman Thomas J. Geary was out in the bay yesterday in his handsome new 19-foot gasoline launch. Her engines are of two horse-power and will steam about seven miles an hour. She was built by Twiggs at the foot of Third street, and is the prettiest craft imaginable. Mr. Geary will take her to Inverness, where he domi- ciles his family . during the summer months, and the little boat will be soon cutting over the quiet waters of Tomales Bay. JAPANESE NOT WANTED. An Order for Two Hundred White Hop- Pickers for Pleasanton. The investigation of the Japanese cooly labor guestion held at Pleasanton, Ala- meda County, several months ago by Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald has begun to show good results. At that time it was shown that most of the work in the hop- yards was being performed by Japanese cooly contract laborers. This was particularly the case upon the Jarge Pleasanton Hop Company’s ranch. Mr. Lillienthal, the president of the com- pany, vesterday asked the Labor Commis- sioner to send him 200 white hop-pickers from the Free Labor Bureau. This meant that white laborers will take the place of | property the addition is comparatively in- | Any place may be condemned for that| purpose and a valuation fixed upon the | Next | The schooner went on the | gils Giaughlin, Walter Stillwell, Hencs Var. the Japs in the eastern part of Alameda County. Mr. Lillienthal preferred families and men who will furnish their own board and camp. He promised to pay goo: wages. As the Hops are picked by the hundred pounds the best workers will make considerable money. Mr. Fitzgerald was greatly pleased with this order. Another order tor fifty grape-pickers was received yesterday from a raisin-grower in Fresno County. They will be sent down in a special car within two or three days. ACCIDENT OR SUICIDE. The Body of an Unknown Man Found at the Foot of Harrison Street. The body of an unknown man is lying at the Morgue. It was found at the foot of Harrison street, at 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon, by Jose Zemmet. The body bad been in the water probably eight hours. All that would lead to identifica- tion found on his person was a leaf torn from a notebook, on which was written: #8AN FRANCISCO, June 27, 1895. Mr. Keller—DEAR SIr: Please give bearer, J. O'Brien, what we agreed on swift rigs, and oblige W. O’BRIEN, The deceased undoubtedly was a labor- ing man, between 60 and 65 years of age, and about 5 feet 7 inches tall. e is dressed in a shabby black diagonal coat, a striped flannel shirt, and trousers of dark material. His beard is sandy, sprinkled with gray, and he has a black, heavy head of hair. AN INSURANCE: COMBINE, Franz Jacoby’s Agency Trans- ferred to Cesar Ber- theau. Other Consolidations Are Expected to Follow—The Rate War Responsible. The Prussian National Insurance Coin- pany has gone into the Cesar Bertheau Agency, and Franz Jacoby, its old man- ager, has been summarily dropped. Jacoby had been Pacific Coast manager of the concern for a good many years, and his father held the same position before him, so his removal has caused consider- | able comment among insurance men. For a cause to account for the change insurance men are almost unanimous in the belief that the recent rate waris re- sponsible. They also believe that the same cause will be responsible for more changes of the same kind. The ratio of expenses and the premium incomes of the local agencies have been too near the same figure for months back and the companies can retrench only by cutting down ex- penses. It costs but little more to run two companies than to run one, and stiil less in proportion to run three or four in the same agency. The rate war has been, in_effect, like a candle burning at both ends. In the re- duction of the rate the companies lost in their premium incomes sometimes as high as 50 per cent. Where before the pre- mium income reached $20,000 a month it dropped suddenly to $10,000 and $12,000. Daring all this time the losses ran from $6000 to $8000 and there came no decrease in the losses with the decrease in the income. This state of affairs made it imperative that the loss ratio should be reduced by taking omly the safest risks, and this policy mni]er reduced the premium in- come until the profits of the insurance business were extremely meager. Asitis now most of California and all of San Francisco has been worked out, from the standpoint of an insurance man, and most of the new policies now being written are from the Northwest. The Prussian National has not been in particularly high favor in insurance circles since the wrangle over the payment of the losses at the Buyer & Reich fire. The local insurance men determined to contest the payment of the losses, and for some time they held together in this determina- tion. Jacoby finally weakened, howerver, and the Prussian National paid the claims against it. This action met with a storm of opposition at the time, and it was still remembered in the various offices even after all claims were ordered paid by the court. The Cesar Bertheau agency has now the Hanoyer, Germania, United Fire of Phila- delphia, Fireman’s Insurance of Baltimore and the Prussian National. There are other agencies where the companies have been grouped in just the same way, and it is expected that within a few weeks more companies will follow the example of the Prussian_ National, and will crowd in together in the larger agencies. OCEANIC PASSENGERS. Steamship Mariposa Sails for Honolulu, Auckland and Sydney. The Oceanic steamship Mariposa sailed for Honolulu, Auckland and Sydney yes- terday with the following cabin passenger list: For Honolulu—Robert Cowes, Mr. and_Mrs. Sidney Clementson, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Egan, Mrs. A. Fuller and son, Miss C. M. Fuller, Rev. illiam Ferbeck, Daniel Hanna, W. A. Irwin, E. P. Judd, Miss Florence Kelsey, Mr. and J. Lelande, Rev. Frincis Marx, Miss A. 3 , Mrs. J. G. Rothwell, Theodore Rich- ards, George E. Rugg, Prof M. M. Rev. William Shoemaker; [ C. T. Wi C-G.H.; W ;anerhoma. P. L. Wooster. The w M Thomas Ellison, Thomas J. Ellison, A. H. Postiethwaite, Miss F. Whitsted. For Sydney—W. Percy Brown, J. A. Chaj man, Miss Alice Chapman, C. H. B. Corbett, W. 0. Campbell and wife, L. Feldmann, Mrs. Fg H. Garthwaite, three children and nurse, James T. Gibson, William J. Garland, Miss M. Hay- ward, Miss Hoban, A. Hoadley, John Huston, W. N. Hires, J. L. Irwin, H. C. Lacey and wife, Stephen Laver, C. A. MecDonald, E. Mills, ‘Al bert H. Owens and_wife, James Orkney, Miss ley, Miss Hilds Whiteside, Rev. Herman Young. For Sydney, join at Honolulu—William Terry, W. P. Whitley. Detective Hanna goes to Honolulu with papers for the arrest of Edwin A. Cattley, accused of having robbed a companion in this City several weeks ago. Hawaiian Consul-General Wilder takes a short vacation down to the .islands and will return on the Australia October 9. TICKET-SOALPERS BEATEN. The Southern Pacific Evolves a Plan to Fight Them. General Passenger Agent Goodman of the Southern Pacific Company has issued an order to all the conductors on the rail- way to the effect that all first-class single tickets sold at full tariff rates between points in Oregon to Nevada, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico, including El Paso, or from California to points in Oregon or any other of those States shall be limited to thirty days, and @il such tickets now un- used in whole or part may be redeemed at a proper value upon application to the general passenger department or local agents. This Plnn will abolish almost entirely the scalpers’ ufimess, and it is aimed directly at them. Instead of selling the return half of a ticket to a scalper under the new rule it may be sold at a rebate to the company. . Voluntary Drunkenness. Barney Juchter, the teamster, who, while drunk, accidentally shot Grace Jago, the niece of Contractor Rooney, was yesterday held to Iay Judge Low on the charge ot assault leadly weapon in $500 bonds. The Judge decided that voluntary drunkenness ‘was no bar to criminal negligence. e e ‘Wants to Change His Name. James Taylor wants his name changed to James R. Hardy. He has carried on business at 127 Montgomery street under the latter name, and he says that confusion arises from the fact that it is not his true name. PLANS OF LOCAL NATIVES, All the Parlors Busy for the Admission Day Cele- bration. COSTUMES FOR THE PARADE, About Two Thousand Members of the N. S. G. W. WIII Go to Sacramento. FEvery meeting of the twenty-one local parlors of the Native Sons of the Golden West from now till the day of departure for Sacramento will be almost entirely de- voted to completing preparations for the Admission day celebration. Several of the parlors have already finished their jabors in this direction, but most of them have yet much to do and the local joint committee is using every effort to see that enthusiasm does not flag. From present indications it is expected that not less than 3000 members will be in line in the parade of Saturday, September contribute seventy-five men and a drum corps of six pieces to the parade. . Dorado Parlor No. 52 will sup;il'{l contingent of sixty natives, arrayed in blue coats, white duck trousers, blue belts, white caps, blue ties, and white and blue striped windsor shirts, with crowning decorations of Japanese parasols. The costly new banner of this parlor will mounted ona stand of faney black iron, embossed with dull brass, ornamented with spiral and'scroll work of the latest design. The Foothill Owls of this parlor will _carry their emblem on a standard fancifully decorated with the carnival and N. 8. G. %V colors—green, red and orange. Their headquarters in Sacramento will be lavishly decorated. The huge stuffed grizzly which was part of ornia’s World’s Fairexhibit will be given a prom- inent position in the decorations. The First Regiment Drum and Fife Corps will provide music for the parlor in the pa- rades, and astring band will furnish music during receptions, entertainments and for dancing at parlor headquarters. Lemon- ade, icecream, cold tea and punch will be served members and friends at head- quarters. 2 Stanford Parlor No. 76 will be headed by Roncoiveri’s band. Its members’ attire will comprise blue coat and trousers, white cap, blue silk tie, white linen shirt and collar, white duck vest, Japanese para- gol. This parlor has decided not to take part in the parade on the evening of de- parture from the City as a parlor, but in- dividual members who desire to parade can do so. The parlor asa body will leave on the 4 o’clock train on the 7th of Septem- ber. During its stav at SBacramento rece; tions will be held at Turner Hall, the head- ONE OF THE ARCHES, FIFTY-S8IX FEET HIGH. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] 7, when the local parlors will march in a body to the ferry to take passage for the capital city. The route of the procession will be from Mason and Market streets to Kearny, to Bush, to Market and then to the ferry. Arrangements are now being made to have all the business firms along the route burn colored fires during the passing of the paraders and most o% the G. H. S. Dryden, Chairman of the Finance and Parade Committees. merchants have already signified their intention of carrying dut the suggestion of the committee working on the matter. Itis expected that in addition to the members of the order about 1500 of their relatives and friends will depart on the 7th of September for the scene of the cele- bration. Round-trip tickets are to be sold at $2 50, and will ‘be obtainable from the members quarters of the parlor. A special concert will be given at the parlor’s headquarters on the afternoon of September 9and in the evening of the same day the parlor will bold its grand ball. . Headquarters at Sacramento have been secured by the various parlors up to date as follows: Mission Parlor No. 88, Senate chamber. Sacramento County parlors, Assembly chamber. eri‘xfl'flle No. 6, Secretary of State’s office. Oakland No. 50, Supreme Court chambers. Placer County parlors, State Printer’'s office. Rincon No. 72, Grangers’ Hall, Tenth and K. Pacific No. 10, Pythian Castle, Ninth and I. Alcalde No. 134, Red Men’s Hall, Tenth, be- tween J and K. Stanford No. 76, Turner Hall, K, between Ninth and Tenth. G‘flden Gate No. 28, Pythian Castle, Ninth and L. California No. 1, Liberty Hall, Foresters' building, I, between Seventh and Eighth. Woodlend No. 30, Unity Hall, Foresters’ Se(luo No. 160, Concord Hall, Foresters’ building. San Francisco No.49, basement of Pioneer building, Seventh, between J and K. El Doredo No. 52, Smith’s Hall, Seventh, be- tween K and L. Piedmont No, 120, Pioneer building. Quartz No. 58 and Hydraulic No. 56, Jacobs Hall, J street, between Tenth and Eleventh. "S!Dtck!on No.7, Hale building, Ninth and K streets. Amador County parlors, Pommers Hall, Ninth street, between I and J. Vallejo Parlor No. 77, Chickering Hall,J tween Eighth and Ninth. h San Fraacisco No. 157, 0dd Fellows’ building. Mystic Turks of National Parlor, Dennery residence, Seventh and N streets. Hesperian Parlor of S8an Francisco, Atkinson College, Ninth and K streets. Olympus Parlor of San Francisco has asked for headquarters, and will grobabl be placed in the Red Store building, street, between Seventh and Eighth. National Parlor No. 118 will go to Sacra- mento seventy-five strong, and will parade in a costume similar to that worn at other celebrations, and by which the parlor has become distinguished, consisting of a black silk shirt, black trousers, with gold seam; black cap, with gold buttons and cord, and an orange-colored sash. The badge worn will be an orange-color rosette, with tassels, surmounted by a gold eagle. The headquarters of the parlor in Sacramento will be at 825 J street,.and will be taste- ONE OF THE ARCHES, FIFTY.-EIGHT FEET HIGH. [Sketched by a “Call’* artist.] of the transportation committee of each parlor, or from the committee who will be in attendance at the ferry. As near as can be learned at present, such tickets will be honored on all trains from Ban Francisco, both regular and special, on the 7th, 8th and morning of the 9th of September. 'Re- turning, tickets will be received on all trains of the 9th, 10th and 11th. Golden Gate Parlor No. 29 will probably have sixty men at Sacraménto. Their parade uniform will comprise striped silk shirts, with white background, black trousers, straw hats, white belts and white §lovel, and each member will carry a apanese sunshade. It will be led by a drum corpsof seven pieces—five drammers and two fifers. San Francisco Parlor No. 49 promises to fully decorated. Refreshments will be served. The parlor will parade with the other San Francisco parlors on Saturday night to the special train, and will be headed by a corps of three fifes and two drums, Korper's Bad Luck. 8. Korper, the fur manufacturer, who has achieved notoriety lately by being the sup- posed owner of the anti-bloomer dog and was fined $50 by Judge Conlan on Monaay, wes the victim of an accident yesterday morning. While crossing Bush street, on Kearny, he was knocked down by a buggy and had his scalp severely bruised. When taken to the Receiv- ing Hospital he appeared to be suffering more no‘m t%'a’ shock to pe. system than the gmlm to his scalp, HINGES ON A JUDGMENT, The Richmond District Sewer Assessment in a Legal Tangle. SURVEYORS IN A DISPUTE. If the Decision Goes One Way Prop- erty-Owners May Save a Big Sum of Money. The assessment levied to pay for the construction of the sewer in the Richmond District is getting into a bad tangle in the courts, and the indications are that some of the big property-owners may find a chance to escape paying their assessments. Something like $90,000 is at stake. The trouble grows out of the dispute be- tween ex-City and County Surveyor Fitz- hugh and City- and County Surveyor Charles Tilton over the fees for the survey of the work. When the original survey was made in the spring of 1892 Tilton was in office. He submitted plans, specifica- tions and a map of the work that was to drain the district to Bakers Beach. Before the work was started a dispute arose as to whether the City had a right to run the drain through private property. John Brickell and Sarah McKendry led the fight in the courts on a test case. The matter was finally taken to the Legisla- ture to be straightened out. A bill was passed 1n favor of the City and once more the Board of Supervisors tackled the job. City and County Surveyor Fitzhugh was in office then and he took a hand in touch- ing up the plans and annexing others that he considered important. When the work was finished he putin a bill for $8523. Tilton had already presented a bill for $8500. Both bills “were allowed after a fashion by the Board of Supervisors and the dispute was turned over to Superin- tendent of Streets Ashworth to settle. Ashworth had assessed the property- owners on a basis that $8523 was a fair value for the surveying. ‘While the controversy was going on he paid Fitzhugh $2810. Fitzhugh promptly brought suit for the balance. ‘When the assessment was ready to be delivered the California Bridge Company, which handied the work, refused to pay the $8523 to Superintendent Ashworth. After a long wrangle it was agreed that the company should pay $5713 and give an indemnity bond for the difference, the $2810 turned over to Fitzhugh. Fitzhugh at once applied to the courts for a writ of mandate to compel Superin- tendent of Streets Ashworth to surrender the $5713. Tilton filed an intervenor for the mone; and insists on the full amount of his bill, Ashworth’s deputies were hard at work yesterday on his answer to Fitzhugh’s suit. 1t is going to cut a big figure in the com- ing decision on the case. He claims that the work of building the sewer was carried out on Tilton’s maps, plans and specifica- tions, and that if any other plans were used the work is invalid and no money can be collected from the property-owners. 1f this position is held to be correct by the court the Brickell estate, the Crocker estate and several other property-owners will escape paying some very big assess- ments still due. The Bay District race- track and several other big holdings are in the district. If the levy is knocked out the property-owners that have already paid will pool their interests in an effort to Tecover their money. Something like $50,000 has already been collected. Ashworth’s position in the controversy is that in the origingl ordinance, as drawn up by the Board of Supervisors, Tilton, as City and County Surveyor, was designated as the man who should draw up the plans and specifications. He claims that Fitz- hugh’s plans and maps were not crdered by the board, and that if they were used in the work the work was illegally done. Furthermore, he insists that Fitzhugh does not deserve any pay, because in a great measure he copied the original plans of Tilton. There was one glaring de- ficiency—he left out a large strip of land in the assessed district. The matter will come up before Judge Sanderson next Wednesday. Whichever way the court decides. there is likely to be an appeal to the Supreme Court, because big interests are at stake outside the Sur- veyors’ fight for their fees. STOPPED THE DIVIDENDS, Suit Against the Pacific Bank Over a Conslgned Deposit. Curious Breach of Banking Practice to Be Exposed in the Courts. The payment of dividends by the Pacific Bank has been judicially stopped until a little matter of a $5000 deposit made by Samuel Montague & Co., bankers of Lon- don, Eng., to be paid to a resident of the s“:l“ of Washington, is satisfactorily set- tled. Just a little while before the bank failed Montague & Co. had deposited the $5000 in New York to its credit, the money to be paid through the Pacific Bank to a Tacoma bank and by the latter handed to the payee. It gotas far as the Pacific Bank and there it stopped. Attorney E. S. Pillsbury yesterday brought suit in the United States Circuit Court on behalf of Montague & Co. to have this deposit adjudged a special de- posit for a specific purpose and a preferred claim to be paid in full regardless of_any dividend arrangements. It names J. M. McDonald and the present board of di- rectors, besides the bank, as defendants. | Its particular prayer is for the payment of dividends to be stopped until f.Re question is determined, or the sum of $5000 is paid into court pending the settlement. Judge McKenna accordingly issued a restraining order stopping, temporarily, all further payment of aividends. A DUPED WOMAN, 3 = Tina Nausbaum Complained That She ‘Was Deceived and Defrauded by Julius Thaler. Tina Nausbaum, a pretty young woman, accompanied by her attorney, Fred Frey, appeared in Judge Low’s court yesterday and swore to a complaint charging Julius Thaler, a painter and contractor. with be- trayal under promise of marriage. ‘haler had kept company with the girl for four years, and two months ago he promised to marry her, telling her that putting an engagement ring on her finger was as good as a marriage. They assumed relations of husband and wife, and she claimed she gave him $1000, all her sav- ings, to furnish a home. About a week ago Thaler deserted her for another. e To Arrest a Creditor. A warrant for the arrest of George T. Johnston of Catalina 1sland has been sworn out by Murphy, Grant & Co.on a charge of fraud. The firm has also brought suit to re: cover $2074. It is represented that a year ago the firm received a letter from Johnston, which he stated that he intended toengnge in the general merchandise business in Pheenix, and that he desired to bestow his patronage upon the firm. The man claimed that he had & capital of several thousand dollars, and was ) free from debt. Goods were sent to Pheenix, Ariz., and Johnston never ;fnid for them. The creditor was found at Catalina Island recently, living in ali the summer luxury of the place, and the order for his arrest was issued. FUNERAL OF STEPHEN W. LEACH. It Will Take Place at Laurel Hill Cem- etery To-Day. ; The funeral of Stephen W. Leach, the veteran actor who died Wednesday morn- ing at Oakland, will take place at 2 o’clock to-day. Among the papers belonging to the venerable actor was found a deed toa lot in Laurel Hill Cemetery. W. 8. Goodfellow, Dr. Benjamin R. Swan, Mr. Jackson, Benjamin Clark, Stewart Menzies and some others who were steadfast friends of the actor in his greatest needs have decided that simple ceremonies at the grave will be most fit- ting. There will be some ceremonies at the cemetery, and the friends of the old actor may take the Sutter-street cars to reach the burial plat. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. COLUMBIA THEATER. FRIEDLANDER, GOTTLOR & C0., Lessees&Managers THE SILVER QUESTION ¥ WITH OUR BUS We Are Always Ready to Accept Gold for Reserved Seats at Popular Prices. THE STOCKW ELL SEASON HENRY E.DIXEY, MAURICE BARRYMORE, L. R STOCKWELL, WILLIAM G. BEACH and ROSE COGHLAN. A TRAGEDY RFHEARSED,” “NANCE OLDFIELD” “‘A MAN OF THE WORLD.”” TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE MEs. ERNESTINE KRELING Proprietor & Manages LAST NIGHTS Of the Artistic Rendition of “THE ROYAL MIDDY” —NEXT WEEK: “THE BLACK HUSSAR” Popular Prices—25c and 50c. L NAYPTAN AnD Co, NCORP'D PRORS. 1 EATRE Mi. JORN H DIREW ! Only 3 More Performances HYTHE BAUBLE SEHOP! MATINEE TO-MORROW (SATURDAY), NEXT WEEK——— “THAT IMPRUDENT YOUNG COUPLE,” By Henry Guy Carleton. B Seats Now Selling. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theaterin America. WALTER MOROSCO....Solo Lesses and Managae EVERY FEVENING AT EIGHT, ——HERBERT HALL WINSLOW'S—— Famous Comedy-Drama. “A CRACKER-JACK!” EVENING PRICES—25c and 506, Family Circle and Gallerv. 10c. Usual Matinees Saturday and Sunday. ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Street, Between Stockton and Powell. TO-NIGHT AND DURING THE WEEK { A PEERLESS VAUDEVILLE BILL! ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME! LAST THREE NIGHTS —oF THE— FAMOUS JORDAN FAMILY! WORLD-FAMED STAR FEATURES! Reserved aennsb;l.bc; Balcony, 10c; Opera chalrs and Box seats, b TWENTY-EIGHTH INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION ——0F THE— MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE NOW OPEN. GRAND CONCERT Each Afternoon and Evening by an Orchestra of Forty Musicians. PROF. FRITZ SCHEEL, CONDUCTOR. ADMISSION: Double Season Ticket. Adult, admission, daytl 5 Children, admission, daytime, 15¢ Season Tickets to Members of the’ Institute, half rates. Forsale at Library, 31 Post street. RURNIRG m RUNNING RACES! RACES CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACES, SPRING MEETING! BAY DISTRICT TEACK. 5 00 3 00 150 50c. 25¢. 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 sireet cars pass the gate. EL CAMPO SPECIAL! Sunday, August 25, at 1:30 P. M. JOVEL AQUATIC EVENT! A TROUPE OF genuine South Sea Island swimmers, divers and canoe-men, just arrived on American bark Galllee, from Tahiti. Natives of Fijian, Samoan, Hawatian, Society and other Sonth Pacific Islands, in exhibitions of trick and fancy swimming, Kanaka diving, under-water swimming, exciting races, grotesque races, and & humorous tableau, entitied The Disappearing Missionary. Fare, as usual, 25 cents. Bouts leave Tiburon ferry, foot of Market stroet, 2010:30 A. M., 12:10, 8 add 4 P. 3. Returning, leave El Campo at 11; 15 4. 3., 1, 3 and 5 P. M. THE TUG “ETHEL AND MARION™ ‘Wil take visitors to the man-of-war “OLY MEIA,” TO-DAY, FRIDAY (last day), commencing at 1 o'clock: half-hour trips from Clay-st. Whart. Y AT TRACTIV ES IPAVILION EXHIBITS EMBRACING DISPLAY oF ELECTRICAL POWER TRANSMITTED FROM ———FOLSOM THERNE LAV FACIIN G . THE GREAT AMERICA CONCERT BAN N ] D FREE TRANSPORT AT\ON EXRM\BNT S « FOR EXCURSION Vis FUA- E