The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 27, 1895, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1895. e et THE CORTE MADERA GRANT District Attorney Foote In- structed to Investigate Alleged Frauds. J.S. M'CUE THE COMPLAINANT. Innocent Purchasers of the Lands Will Be Protected by Uncle Sam. All The old Corte de Madera land grant is to be investigated by United States District “oote. Instructionsto thateffect were ed from acting Attorney-Gen- eral Whitney yesterday, and no time was lost in sending word to J. S. McCue at his home in Corte Madera to come to the Dis- trict Attorney’s office and tell all he knows about the old grant that was issued by Secretary Teller during President Arthur’s administration. The patent to this grant covers Point Tiburon, the terminus of the San Francisco and North Pacific Railway, Belvedere, all the land running overas far as California City, and also that running up to and be- yond Reed’s station on the San Francisco and North Pacific line. Some time ago suit was brought to set aside the grant on the ground of fraud, but later it was discontinued. Morris M. Estee was the special counsel employed, and he, after a careful consideration of the matter came to the conclusion that nearly all, if not all of the present owners of the land were innocent holders and that their claims had been allowed by the United States courts. Mr: Estee is of the opinion that fraud was used in securing the grant, but could not see his way to proceed with the matter. ‘When McCue was in Washington, about @ year ago, he drew the attention of the Government to the existing state of affairs. Nothing was done, and then he wrote to the Attorney-General, asking that a suit be 1nstituted by the Government to vacate the patent. It is this letter and another telling him to take whatever steps he may think proper that were received from acting Attorney-General Whitney by the District Attorney yvesterday. “Yes, I want Mr. McCue to call upon me as soon as possible,” said District Attorney Foote yesterd. vant him to give me all the information in his possession, and if there is any case I will ask for special counsel and proceed with the matter. ms to be no doubt but what thd atent was obtained by fraud, but be hard to prove that in the case of the present b I have talked over the matter with Mr. Estee and he says that there is no case unless we can_prove that certain holders are in possession by it d. “What we will have to do in the first place then is to discover who are in pos- session knowing that a fraud had been trated when they secured the land. Ty we in an action for the w. ent. I will probably be able to make a ¢ in a day or two when I have had a erence with Mr. McCue.” A RELIC OF OLOEN TIMES, Old Fire Cart Now in the Pos- session of the Exempt Firemen. The Hose on the Reel Is Made of Leather and Is Still in Good Condition. A relic of ancient times, mute reminder of the days when San Francisco depended upon volunteers for protection against fires, is the old hosecart recently discov- red in one of the old warehouses of the Southern Pacific Company. Since it was turned over to the Exempt Firemen and given a place of honor by can find any such 1 will atonce be- | acating of the | now, after nearly a third of a century, it has again-come into prominence. The hose is nearly 250 feet long and is made of leather, resembling that used for soling shoes, and is copper-riveted through- out its entire length. Loops of leather riveted on every few feet throughout its length serve as handholds for the firemen to. move it easily, as the nozzlemen re- quired. It was made by Cook & Sons, manufacturers of leather hose, and H. B. Cook, who is now the chief deputy in the Tax Collector’s office, was a member of the firm. R Ry A SAORILEGIOUS THIEE. He Robs the Poor-Boxes in the Roman Catholic Churches. A sneakthief is devoting his attention to the Roman Catholic churches in the City, and has been mean enough to rob the boxes for contributions to the poor and needy. In the latter part of last week he at- tempted to open the poor-box in St. Pe- ter's Church, on Alabama street. He had evidently been scared away, as in his hurry he had broken the false key in the lock and had dropped a “‘jimmy” and other tools on the floor, where they were found. About two weeks ago a pewter vessel and |a brass ornament were stolen from St. | Ignatius Church. It is supposed the thief had lhought he had got Eold of a silver vessel and gold ornament, and when he found his mistake he threw them into | the brush near the top of Haves street. They were found there by a man yesterday morning and taken to police headquarters. The police have been endeavoring to find the thief, but so far without success. LABOR BUREAU'S WORK, Special Railroad Rates for Men Sent Into the Country. Sacramento Is Driving Out the Hobos and Ordering San Fran- cisco Laborers. | Within the past ten days the State’s Free Labor Bureau has furnished employ- | ment to 350 people. Yesterday was the | busiest day that the employes of the | bureau have experienced since this depart- ment has been opened. A special car with fifty grupe-pickers was sent to the raisin vineyaras in Fresno County. The car was in charge of J.J. Tobin Jr., son of ex- Labor Commissioner Tobin. On Septem- ber 1 and 3 two more carloads of fifty men each will be sent to the same district. Sato, the Japanese contractor of Pleas- anton, is out of employment. The burean has sent about 200 hop-pickers to the yards of the Pleasanton (Alameda County) Hop Company, where Sato was once the chief of the laborers. The white hov-pickers will | be provided with board and lodging in | tents for 30 cents a day by the Co-opera- | tive Commonwealth. i D. P. Durst of Wheatland has ordered | | forty hop-pickers to harvest his crop. In | speaking of the class of people who are applying for work in the hopyards, Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald said: It is a better lot of people than ever went to the hopyards before so farasIcanlearn. Whole families are asking for a chance to secure this kind of work. Besides being able to earn good wages at easy work 1t gives them a chance to have an outing in the country that they could not otherwise afford, for they will take tents | and camp out. In the hop districts the weather | is always fine, and hop-picking is a sort of pic- | nic. There are a number of schoolteachers who are out of work asking for placesin the hoprards. Many clerks also desire to get this kind of work. ‘Within the past few days many orders for skilled laborers have been received from people in Oregon, which shows that the bureau is becoming known outside of the State. A curious feature has been brought to light through the Labor Bureau. Orders are being received from people in Sacra- mento for help, which is scarce at the capital. At the same time the people of | | Sacramento are sending to San Francisco | for workmen they are trying to make ar rangements with the railroad company to ship out of that city a large number of the unemployed. This would seem strange but for the explanation that the unem- ployed of Sacramento are nearly all ‘hobos’’ and tramps, who will not work if they can help it. They clamor loudly for work, but pray that they will not secure any. It is this class that the Sacramento | AN OLD FIRE DEPARTMENT RELIC FOUND ;IN A SOUTHERN PACIFIC WAREHOUSE. IT WAS MADE FOR EMPIRE ENGINE COMPANY NO. 1. them in their hall on Brenham place it has been visited by many of the veterans whose pride it was in the days zone by, -when at the alarm of fire they flew to their places on the drag and strove with might and main to win the “Fox Tail.” The historic relic was built for theoid Empire engine No. 1, the name of which was subsequently changed to Broderick No. 1 after the death of Senator Broderick. Probably the most notable fire in which the old reel did service was the great Brannan-street fire which occurred on the night of November 28, 1876, and which de- stroyed the old German Hospital and a great amount of valuable property. The Broderick No. 1 was one of the star companies—the volunteers. Its house was on Sacramento street west of Kearny, and many were the times that this piece of equipment, now such a curiosity, led the procession when the possession of the “Fox Tail” was the reward for the com- pany which should reach the fire first. T'he late Dave Scannell was the foreman of the company then, and Tim Bainbridge, now in charge of the criminal records in the office of the Chief of Police, was a member of the company. The engine for which the old cart carried the Liose is now at the Almshouse, where it is kept for fire protection. > It was found in the Soutbern Pacific warehouses on Brannan street by George T. Bowen and Assistant Chief Dougherty. They immediately communicated with H. 0. Roeers, superintendent of the ware- house, and were referred to E. P. Vining, who presented the old cart to the Exempt Firemen. In early days, when the old volunteer fire brigades were mustered out, the Chief distributed a number of these carts to citi- zens for their own protection. The one now in the possession of the Exempts fell into the hands of Michael Skelly, one of the old pioneers, and he lost track of it over twenty-eight years ago,and Eeople want to get rid of, but they have eard such favorable reports of those sent out by the Labor Bureau that they are sending their orders to San Francisco for skilled and unskilled laborers. Deputy Dam yesterday had an inter- view with General Passenger Agent Good- man of the Southern Pacific Company, which resulted in his securing special pas- | senger rates for all the hop-pickers the bureau will send to Pleasanton, Wheat- |land and Newcastle. A special rate has | been obtained for grape-pickers who go to Fresno. Yesterday positions were found for | thirty-five ‘'men on contract work in this | City. Positions were found for thirty women. ————— THE OPPOSITION TICKET. Olympic Club Members Divided on Candidates for Two Offices. The Olympic Club opposition ticket has been brought out, as was expected, and both it and the regular, so called, are now hung up in the clubhouse and bein worked for by their adherents with a wilf. The only difference in the two is the candidates for leader and for one direc- tor, E. N. Short on_the regular ticket being opposed by Dr. Bryant for the former office and Frank O0'Kane being ovposed to ‘W. W. White for the latter position. The second opposition ticket hasnot as yet made its appearance, though its advo- cates have by no means given it up and are looking for some one to take the initiative in putting the matter before the members. They are expected to declare themselves in a day or two. Free This Week. 12 BIG PRESENTS—ONE GIVEN WITH Each Pound of Our EXTRA VALUE 50-CENT TEAS. GREAT AMERICAN IMPORTING TEA CO.’S, 52-58 Market street, 8. F., Headquarters, BRANCH STORES EVERYWHERE. i REV, GEORGE WATT 15 THE CO-RESPONDENT. Developments in An- thony McLean’s Suit for Divorce. RESULT OF A REVIVAL. Mr. McLean Took the Un- known Traveling Preacher to His Home. HIS TESTIMONY IN THE COURT. The Husband Declares That His Troubles Date From Mrs. Mc- Lean’s Visit to the Fair. Rev. George Watt, an evangelist, is the co-respondent in the divorce suit of An- thony McLean against Carrie McLean. Mr. McLean, who is the chief engineer at the California-street Cable Company’s power-house, resides at 1804 Hyde street. He is 40 years old, and his wife is of about | the same age. 10, 1881. In the complaint Mr. McLean charges his wife with being unfaitkiul to him, and he bases all his troubles on the zeal which The marriage was on April street, near California. This he did by ar- rangement with the proprietor of the place. Then he took %is wife into the adjoining room and questioned her about Watt. She insisted, though. that her ac- quaintance with Watt had not been con- tinued after the time for which she had already been forgiven by her husband. All of the actions of McLean were not peaceful, according to the testimony, for the witness stated that on one occasion he obtained a piece of gaspipe in the cellar and would have killed his wife if he could have got back into the house. 7 Mrs. McLean chose to be diplomatic on that occasion, and she locked Eer husband out until his wrath had subsided and the gaspipe had been returned to its place under the house. The husband was asked, on cross-exam- ination, about conversations with various people. It was alleged that he had told of some unknown man who had been secreted in a closet of the house during lunch time one day, but McLean declared positively that he had never made any such assertion. Additional evideuce against Mrs. Mc- Lean will be offered to-day. CERTIFICATE FORGERS. The Prosecution Has Closed and Cip- rico Will Take the Stund on His Own Behalf. When the case of F.D. Ciprico was re- sumed in the United States District Court vesterday the first witness called was Col- lector of Internal Revenue 0. W. Welburn. He was shown a genuine and a forged cer- tificate and asked to point out the differ- ences. This he did in a lucid manner, but incidentally remarked that the forgery was a very clever one and was passed as —_——— ANTHONY AND CARRIE McLEAN, THE PRINCIPALS IN THE DIVORCE CASE ON TRIAL BEFORE JUDGE HEBBARD. [From a sketch made in court by a “Call” artist.] impelled him to take Mr. Watt, the travel- ing evangelist, to stay at hishouse in July, 1894. Mr. Watt, he affirms. paid undue attention to Mrs. McLean. The wife con- fessed as much, he says, and though divorce proceedings were begun at that time the offense was condoned. The couple then lived in happiness until Mr. McLean discovered that the clergyman was continuing his attentions. Private detectives were set to work, and on their reports the husband has informed the court of the days and the exact hours of clandestine meetings, of strolls about the city, in the parks and even on distant Bernal Heights, the conduct always being indicative of mutual affection. Mrs. McLean filed an answer, making a general denial of the charges. She also resented a_cross-complaint, chnrgini her usband with cruelty and asking for a divorce on that ground, and also wants a community interest in real estate on Twenty-third street. The trial of the case was begun yester- day by Judge Hebbard, who denied a re- quest for a hearing behind closed doors. Mr. Watt, the clergyman, was in the court only a short time yesterday, but he will be a witness in the case. He has not much of a clerical appearance, looking more like a_prosperous business man. He is apparently 40 or 45 years old. The entire day was taken up in the ques- tioning of Mr. McLean. “I was very much interested in the re- ligious work,” said the husband, ‘‘and I contributed a good deal of money toward it. Mr. Watt came-along and I volunteered to have him stay at my house, He wasa good-looking, umooth-talkin& man, and my wife amf[ were impressed with him. “Almost immediately my wife become infatuated with the man, though. *‘She went to the Midwinter Fair with him on July 2, 1894, but she told me she was going with a lady from the Mission, a schoolteacher. I stayed at home and took care of the child. She got home very late, and then she told me that the cnbYe;cnru had broken down. At the fair, she said, she and her friend bhad gone to see that vulgar muscle dance. Two days later she went to the fair again, and she then told me that she and her friend had seen the muscle dance performed by a ‘woman. “It was afterward that I learned she had been out with Watt instead of with the schoolmistress.” When the relationship of the preacher and Mrs. McLean was discovered Mr. Mc- Lean locked his wife out of the house and refused to live with her. He began suit for a complaint, but afterward he forgave his wife, and she returned to live with bhim. While these troubles in the family existed the McLeans lived a part of the time at 1207} Bush street, and the rest of the time on Hyde street. The clergyman remained only a short time at the McLean residence, but it is charged that _after he went away he fre- uently met Mrs. McLean. The husband ‘flunher stated that after Mrs. McLean was a second time accused by him of improper conduct, the following letter was received, addressed by Mr. Watt to Mr. McLean: 227 SECOND STREET, CITY. ! Saturday night, 10:30 P. M. Dear Sir—I wriie this note to ask you to par- don me for all the trouble I have caused you. Noone asked me to write this, neither does any one know. It is late and I am bringing it to Mr. Cameron to give to you to-morrow. ‘Whether I have your pardon or not you may rest assured I will give you no more trouble in the future, either lrectlz or mdh‘ectls. At the same time I wish you to understand that no criminal relations” bhave ever existed between your wife and myself, and you may in this respect put all confidence iu her. ‘What has been done cannot now be undone, but in future all correspondence will be severed. For your own sake, your children’s sake, your wife's sake, better {et the thing drop and never be mentioned again. Again asking your pardon for the wwl am, yours sincerely, GEORGE WATT. “I told my wife,” said the witness, “‘that 1 knew all about her actions, and she said that if I didn’t want her to live with me Mr. Watt would take her. She said she could live with him on a potato a day, but 1didn’t seem to be in it at all with him in that respect.” erie Mr. McLean declared that to obtain evi- dence against his wife he engaged two of Curtin’s detectives and secreted them in one of the rooms of a restaurant on Polk genuine nine times out of ten. With a magnifying glass he showed where the sig- natures differed and also the variations petween the stamps on the genuine and forged article. All his testimony was put in under protest. J. D.and N. R. Harris Jr. of the Secret Service Divition of the Government fol- Jowed the Collector and_described the arrest of the forgers in Wells, Fargo & Co.’s building. Z[gl?ey were the first to enter the room in which the men were at work, and it was J. D. Harris who hand- cuffed Ciprico. Bert M. Thomas, Deputy Internal Rev- enue Agent, corroborated both Welburn and Harris, and then the Government rested. Carroll Cook, the prisoner’s at- torney, was not ready to goon with the defense, so the case went over to this morning, when Cigrico will go on the stand in his own behalf. W. KRELING ESTATE SUED The Widow Claimed to Have Transferred Property She Did Not Own. Heringhl Indorsed a Note and Now Wants Land Deeded Back as Security. The estate of William Kreling of Tivoli fame is placed in the peculiar position of having transferred property worth $4000, to which it is said to have no claim, to a per- son asserted to beequally as unentitled thereto. As the natural result of this singular condition of affairs the original and pre- sumably real owner of the property has instituted proceedings to regain possession of his own. The plaintiff in the case is Aaron Herin- zhi and the defendants are Thomas Mc- owan and Ernestine Kreling, executrix of the estate of William Kreling. In the latter part of April, }893. McGowan had business with a man named John Conley. Conley gave the former a note in the sum of $750 for attorney’s fees. Being a friend of William Kreling and Heringhi Conley went to the former and asked him to indorse the note. Mr. Kreling agreed to do so, accordinfi to the complaint, if Heringhi would dee him (Kreling) the property in question as security for his indorsement. Heringhi, believing the note would be indorsed when presented, executed the required deed. Afterward Kreling, for some reason un- explained, declined to indorse the note. Heringhi not knowing that Kreling had refused to indorse the note made no appli- cation for the return and cancellation of the deed. After Kreling's death in December, 1893, his widow discovered the deed among his papers. It was then, so the plaintiff asserts, that McGowan went to Mrs. Krel- ing and represented that the deed was given to secure the note and if the latter 'was not paid the deed was to be trausferred to him. Mrs. Krelling thereupon trans- ferred the property to McGowan, and now Heringhi, having learned that Kreling did not indorse the note for §750 and was never liable or responsibie for the pay- ment thereof, wants to get his l};OP' A. Ruef erty back. N, H. McPike an are bringing the suit. — ,THE VALLEY ROAD. Chief Engineer Storey Returns From a Tour of Inspection. Chief Engineer Storey of the, S8an Fran- cisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad re- turned yesterday after an absence of sev- eral days, during which time he has in- spected the progress of work done all along the line up to date. During his tour he visited Madera, Hanford and other po{g:s south and on Sunday he was in Stocki He stated yesterday that all the work thus far has been done in a satisfactory manner and that it is progressing rapidly. His tour of inspection, he said, was a very sat- isfactory one. The progress made, he said, had been fully detailed in THE CALL’S dis- patches from Stockton. A SWELL CHINESE WEDDING. Many Americans Are Invited and Par- ticipate in the Festivities. A big Chinese wedding feast took place last evening at the Sum Wo restaurant on Dupont street, between Sacramento aund Clay. There were fifty American invited guests and ninety-five Chinese. The bride- groom was Chung Wing, in the employ of Louis Morgenstein & Son of this City. Chung purchased his bride about ten days ago and then invited his friends to his wedding, which took place yesterday morning. Immediately after announcing his engagement Chung received the pres- ents sent to his’ intended bride according to Chinese custom. Every one who sent a resent received an invitation to the wed- ing, and judging from the number of guests Mrs. Wing must have received 145 presents. The dinner was an elaborate one, being served in American style. The features of the evening were champagne, cigars and firecrackers—principally the latter. The wedding ceremony consisted in the bride’s chassezing through an assemblage of 200 male Chinese, with a fan hiding her face, and a benediction of theconplegby a priest. All the guests came in carriages and after the dinner the {mrty adjourned to a Chinese theater, where the remainder of the evening was passed WCTIM OF THE BIG IR E. F. Steir, a Harness-Maker, Commits Suicide in a Lodging-House. The Brannan-Street Conflagration Had Swept Away the Accumu- lations of Years. The muffled sound of a pistol shot in a lodging-house at 1228 Market street, about 5:30 o’clock last evening, was the means of disclosing the suicide of E. F. Steir, a vrominent harness and saddle-maker of 514 Fourth street. According to the story of the proprietor of the Jodging-house, Steir came there at about 8 o’clock yesterday morning and procured the room for the day. Nothing more was thought of the lodger until last evening when the shot was heard, anéd upon investigation he was found sitting on a chair, both hands grasping the rungs in a spasmodic manner. Blood was flow- ing profusely from a wound in the right side of the head. A pistol, a five-chamber weapon, which showed by its brightness that it had been recently purchased, was Iying by his side with one chamber empty. It had been unnecessary to use more; the first shot had done its deadly work. Steir came to this City about twenty years ago and started a harness-shop at 550 Fourth street, and ultimately toofi A. Weitner in as a partner. They did busi- ness under the name of Steir & Weitner, but they had trouble and the partnership was dissolved. By close attention to business Steir man- aged to amass property to the value of about $12,000, but the big fire which re- cently swept his district robbed him of all he had taken so many years to accumulate. His property was insured in the Magde- burg Insurance Company for about $3000, but his friends state that the organi- zation alleged that he had saved a _ considerable amount ' of stock and refused to pay the olicy. He immediately instigated a suit for the recovery of the money due, but it is still pending. He had the papers and deposi- tions of a number of witnesses on his per- son when he killed bimself, showing that as yet he had not settled the matter. A few weeks ago he again had trouble with ‘Weitner, his ex-partner, which culminated in an exchange of blows and resulted in his being arrested for assault and battery. He was releasea on bail and was to be tried yesterday on that charge, but as he did not put in an appearance the case was postponed until to-day at 10 A. M. This state of affairs, coupled with the fact that a suit for the recovery of $1239 had been instigated against him by 8. H. Frank & Co., wholesale leather-dealers, for goods received and money advanced on his stock, is thought to have unsettled his E. F. Steir. [Sketched by a “Call” artisty mind, and _it is believed that it was in a fit of despondency that he was tempted to take his life. 3 Mrs. Rosencrantz, with whom Steir has been boarding on Fourth street for the past eleven years, is at a loss to under- stand his sudden action, and but once did he drop the least hint of his intended action and that was last Saturday. He owed Mrs. Rosencrantz considerable money, and asked her for a piece of paper as he wished to draw up a note for them both to sign. 5 He frequently imagined that his ene- mies were trying to kill him, and he would et up in the night and wake the house- Eold and ask them to look under the bed and in the back yard as he thought a man was lurking there. He has no relatives in this City, but it is understood that he has two brothers some- where in Germany. AN EXOELLENT RECORD. Out of Nearly Twenty Thousand Letters Handled Only One Missent. One letter missent to 19,411 pieces prop- erly dispatched. This is the remarkable record of the clerks of the eighth division of the Railway Mail Service, and has called for a letter of commendation from the an- th orities at Washington. To acauire this groficiency has taken months and years of practice and study on the part of the railway postal clerks,and has helped in no small degree to improve the efficiency of the service. Another feature is that this record was made not by men who had plenty of time to carefully case each letter, but principally by men on long runs, where a twenty-bour watch is not uncommon, such as the Ogden and San Francisco and Albuquerque and Los Angeles runs. To Superintendent Flint also is due much of the credit, for this record shows that the local head of the system must have watched each man carefully to prevent any idle or careless work. THE GUARDSMEN'S MONEY Captains Will Ask for the Full Legal Quarterly Allowance. THEY WANT $100 A MONTH. A Comblnation to Test the Colonels’ Agreement to Submit to a Reduction. Like ripples spreading from the splash of a stone, one little incident is likely to disturb the quiet which has settled upon the local militia, and the storm will burst again over the City regiments. This is the time for the captains to send in their demands for the quarter ending September 30. They have always made out their demands for $300, and they see no reason to do differently this year. Ac- cording to the agreement made between the colonels and the board of . location the quarterly allowance will only be §75 a month, or $225 a quarter, and upon this state of affairs will start all the trouble. The law of the State guarantees to each company $100 a month for its maintenance. Thus, it is claimed, cannot be cut down by any agreemert made by the colonels with- out consulting their captains, and to which the captains did not assent, and therefore the captains claim they are not bound by the compromise in any way. Besides that, no cnpmin would ever have agreed to allow his allowance to be cut down, for it is a well-known fact that no City company can be run even on $100 a month unless the strictest economy be practiced. ‘What the captains are to do under the circumstances is just now troubling them. If they can all stand together the plan is to allow the money to remain in the ex- press office, unless it be the full amount, and so let the guard remain penniless until the \‘exinF question has been settled. This will be all right should the captains all stand together. but if only a few refuse te draw their money they can and will be dealt with for insubordination, and they will not be long for the guard. The general impression is that if the amount appropriated wiil not support the guard at its present size, it is the duty of the board of location to adhere to its origi- nal announcement—that the companies should be brought within the limit, regard- less of political fear or favor. Even those who fought the proposed mustering out of any City company, or the destruction of any of the local regiments, are beginning to believe it would be better were some of the local companies run together in some more serviceable formation than these bob- tailed regiments. There is not much fear among the officers, however, that any more companies will go from San Fran- cisco until some of those in the interior are dealt with. But even should the San Francisco companies be further reduced by one or two, it will at least give the re- maining ones a sum sufficient to keep them going. ‘What money the guard of this City now receives almost all is devoted to armory rent and armory expenses. The plan in the First Regiment has been to estimate the armory expenses of every quarter, in- cluding rent, gas and water, and this was divided by five, the number of companies then in the regiment. The total for each company generally amounted to $270, and this was deducted from each quarterly al- lowance before any other expense. Then there came out of the remaining $30, $15 a quarter, which was paid as company dues to support headquarters. The re- mainimg $15, or $5 a month, was turned over to the company to procure ammuni- tion, buy uniforms and repair old ones and to repair the arms. Under these circum- stances the company fund had often to be encroached upon to keep the companies above water. In the Becond Regiment the rent of each company amounts to an average of $225 a quarter, and then must come the gas bills for each company-room, a share of the salaries of two armorers and the dues for headquarters. When these are paid the remaining dollars of the allowance are not many. If they be reduced to $75 a month the City companies cannot keep up unless the State supplies armories for them. These questions will be brought up if the captains succeed in persuading each other to let the funds alone unless they are for the full $100a month. Should the reduced allow- ance be drawn from the express office it will amount to an acceptance of that amount as correct, and it is not likely that the amount will be raised again in a hurry. The First Kegiment is the one most vitally interested in the question of reduc- tion, for even now, with only four com- panies in the Market-street armory, it cannot keep up the rent. Captain Mar- shal’s company, which was recently trans- ferred to the Third Regiment, is prepar- ing to leave for the Golden ate avenue armory, and then the three companies remaining will be left to bear all the ~expenses them- selves. This is impossible, and means that the old and oft-mooted question be- tween the regiment as a whole and the Nationals will be brought up once more. Only this time it must be settled. Either the Nationals must go to the Market- street building or the companies there must go to Ellis street. To both of these solutions of the difficuity there is a storm of opposition, whenever they are brought up.. The Nationals will not leave the armory which they own, and the other companies will not go to the Ellis-street huilSinzA for there is not room. The drill floor there is a very small one and is waxed for dancing, so all drills have to be upon the street. Street drills arenot in favor with any officer who values ac- curacy. The instructor cannot see indi- vidual mistakes, and so they go uncor- rected. Should the Nationals successfully fight removal, however, the other com- panies of the reziment cannot long remain together, and if the First goes out of ex- istence and the Nationals are attached to the Second or Third regiment, the old question will again appear in the distance to breed discord. Altogether the present condition of the guard in this City is like the smoldering of a volcano. Fire is likely to break forth at any time, and when it does the Board of Location and Organization will have to meet again to consider militia affairs. ENSIGN McFEE RETURNED. His Scheme for a Social Farm Meets With Approval Throughout the Country. Ensign and Mrs. McFee of the Salvation Army returned from Bakersfield and way stations yesterday, where they have been visiting the past few weeks, lecturing on the rescue and sociai work of the army. Ensign McFee reports that the citizens of that district are qnite enthusiastic over his proposed ‘‘social farm,” and that numerous newspapers in that section have taken up the idea and are giving consider- able space in their respective papers to placing this subject before the public. His scheme is to procure a section of land in some oi the marine counties ad- jacent to San Francisco Bay and starta colony for the unemployed, and the army will take care of the poor and unemployed of the county or counties donating the land until they can find something better or become convinced that the land will furnish them a living. G Several prominent citizens of this City —_— O AR Baking Powder have indorsed his plan as a laudable one, and the army is now contident that before another year has passed it will see Ensign McFee's scheme in full operation. There_will be a hallelujah wedding sol- emnized in the army barracks on Market street on,September 3. The contractin, arties are Captain Charles Danner an adet Alice Nichols. Staff Captain Mc- Intyre will officiate. uge banners heralding the event are being painted and will shortly swing in the breeze, while preparations for the event are rapidly nearing completion. A Jarge at- tendance is expected. FILLMORE'S’ ENEMY. The Charge Against Andrew J. Colling to Be Heard on Friday. Andrew J. Collins, who was arrested on Saturday for threatening to kill General Superintendent Fillmore of the Southern Pacific, appeared in Judge Joachimsen’s court yesterday. The hearing in the case was fixed for Friday next. E. Black Ryan of the law department of the Southern Pacific_received a letter yes- terday from West Oakland, in which the writer informs him that he has notified the Police Department of this City that An- drew Joseph Collins. who is under arrest for having made threats against the life of General Superintendent Fillmore, was at one time a resident of Woodland, Yolo County, and that his conduct there earned for him a very unenviable reputation. In the letter the writer makes some very serious charges against the moral charac- ter of Collins, and asserts that while living in that town he made threats to kill people there. ARRESTED BY A WONAN, Mrs. M. A. Arnold Follows and Captures James Brennan, an Old Man. She Charges Him With Belng Im= plicated in the Stealing of Her Purse. Mrs. M. A. Arnold, who had her purse containing $40 stolen from her pocket while entering the Grand Southern Hotel on Seventh and Mission streets last Tues- day morning, has proved to bea woman of nerve and determination. Two young men and an old man were suspected of being concerned in the theft. The old man ran down Seventh to Minna with a erowd after him till he was cap- tured by Special Officer McLaughlin. He was taken before Mrs. Arnold and she identified him, but the crowd jeered so badly at McLaughlin that he allowed the old man to go. Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Arnold was walking along Market street, between Third and Fourth, when she saw the old man. She determined to Lave him ar- rested, and followed close behind him. He turned down Fiith street and went into a saloon. She patiently waited till he came out and followed him along Market to Sixth, down Sixth and back again to Mar- ket, and along Market to City Hall avenue. ‘While on his trail sLe told about a dozen different men that the old man had stolen her purse and asked them to arrest him, but they paid no attention to her. She became desperate, and at City Hall avenue she went up to the old man and politely asked him if he remembered her losing her purse. He reluctantly admitted that he did. “Well, now,” said Mrs. Arnold, “there is a man in Chief Crowley’s office that I think stole my puarse, and vou would oblige me greatly by going there with me to see if vou can identify him.” The old man demurred, but she talked to him so pleasantly that he finally con- sented. As they were walking along the corridor to the Chief’s office they met De- tectives Dillon and Crockett, and Mrs. Arnold told the detectives to place the old man under arrest. The detectives have been working on the case, and they romptly took the old man to the City grison and booked him on the charge of grand Jarceny. He gave the name of James Brennan and his occupation as la- borer. He denied having had anything to do with the stealing of the_ purse, but blamed the two young men. One of them, Harry J. Lockwood, was arrested last Thursday, and Mrs. Arnold expressed her determination to arrest the other young man whenever she sees him. Lockwood declares that he is innocent. He states that he saw one of the thieves throw the purse into a yard and he went after it and retarned it to Mrs. Arnold. FRIEDLANDER'S RUSE. An Attempt to Gain Admission to the Bar on a Manipulated Document. A. A. Friedlander attempted to obtain a license yesterday to practice law, but he was quickly shut out of the Supreme Court by the commissioners. Friedlander was arrested some time ago for Police Court capping and for obtaining money from Nathan Martin by represent- ing that he was an attorney and had a pull with Judge Belcher. Both of these cases are pending in Judge Conlan’s court. Last April he attempted in the Superior Court to gain admission to the bar, nis certificate being signed by Attorneys Dinkelspiel and Nagle. He was unsuc- cessful, and yesterday the same paper was presented in the Supreme Court. The sig- natures were the same, but the date was changed from April to August, and “Su- preme Court’’ was substituted for the name of the Superior Court. Commissioner Searls declined to give the applicant a hearing. - The Wilmerding Sale. The executors of Jellis Clute Wilmerding have obtained Judge Coffey’s confirmation of the sale of personal property for $219,787 33. — e NO «BARGAIN «SPECIAL or «MARK DOWN SALES” ‘We have but the one price, and that all the time. The inducement to buy of us to-day was the same yesterday, and will be to-morrow—Factory Prices for honest goods. We are not sellinganything at less than cost, but we do sell all our shoes at just what they cost the retaler. Wecharge you no more than we charge him for them. You put the retailer’s profit in your pocket when you buy of the Big Shoe Factory Re- tailing at Factory Prices. \ ROSENTHAL, FEDER & CO., 581-583 MARKET ST., Open till § P. M. Saturdays till 10,