The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 30, 1895, Page 11

THE SAN ¥RANUISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST- 30, 1895. 11 LATEST OAKLAND NEWS, Bank Officials and Attorneys Struggling for Priority of Lien. BOND ELECTION TO-MORROW. Secretary Coglan’s Deposition Taken at Sacramento—Two Maln Points. Is OAxLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,] 908 Broadway, August 29. The land manipulations of J. F. Turner, whose deals have been made in all parts of the State, were being discussed in Judge Ogden’s court all to-day. Turner was in the courtroom and appeared to be the most disinterested person in the room, as a host of attorneys sought to throw some light on the transactions that have caused criminal charges to be placed against him in San Francisco. The prineipal issue involved is as to the priority of lien of the American Bank and Trust Company and the Sather Banking Comapeny upon a dozen pieces of property throughout the State. In addition to this there are the claims of nineteen different defendants to the suit, including the Regents of the State University and the Qakland Bank of Savings. The suit is brought by J. J. Fagan, cashier and trustee of the American Bank and Trust Com- pany, to foreclo on preperty located in n Francisco and in The deeds to this v Turner to Edwin to the bank. The 00 and it isa very difficult case to handle, as there is a clash of interests on every hand. Attorney Eels, who represents one of the interests in the case, explained. to Judge Ogden that the main point was the estion as to the priority of the lein upon the property. The Sather Bank was a y to the negotiations with Turner on me lands, and there are many other victims who advanced money or made land deals with Turner involving the same property. There is hardly a limit to the complications, and there will be of ne- cesity prolonged litigation in all the coun- ties where the deeds have been recorded. Oakland, Berkele seven other coun broperty were « Fretwell and amount involve HOPE FOR CONSTABLES. Ex-Justice Van Paterson Gives Views. The constables and Justices all over the State will derive a ray of hope from the opinion of ex-Supreme Justice Van R, Paterson, to whom they have intrusted the task of fighting the measure before the Supreme Gourt. Judge Paterson said to-day: I contend that the act is invalid for the foi- lowing reasons: It delegates to the District Attorney an authority to determine what fe His shall be allowed in certain cases. It makes 1im an arbiter, The Legislature canuot dele- g8 Again, the constitution re ires the Legisla- ture to fix the fees of township officers on & basis of population and duties to be performead. Instead of doing that it passed an act which is applicable to every district in the State without regard to the duties o1 the officer or the popu- lation. Then, the new bill decreases the compensa- | tion in many distriets so that the people are leit without peace officers, as the latier cannot perform the duties without being money out of pocket. The actisa premium upon neglect of official duty. The constitution guarantees to the people certain officers and the Legislature cannot indirectly do what it could not do di- rectly; in other words the Legislature could not say there should not be a Justice of the Peace or constable in any township. It is sdmitted the mct increasescompensa- ertain officers during the term for y were elected. That the Legisla- authority to do under the consti- = Two or three Judges have declared this act 1 8s to their counties. Solano isone. In Clara County the Judge took the v act might be good for one cou not good for another. The ac ne. It has no ind ndent provisions 1 an elementary principle must either nd or fall as a wh confident the apreme Court will dec! OUT ¥FOR BONDS. The Good Roads Assoclation at Work in Earnest. The Good Roads Association of Alameda County is working hard for the success of the refunding of the municipal bonds to be voted upon next Saturday. Every day the association is issuing a circular to the peop The following is the portion of to-day’s article: It 1s a curious fact that the only serious ulty that the refunding proposition has to is’ the apathy of those who favor it. nized opposition there is none. But the voters forget that this election is different from an ordinary election. Under ordinary circum- stances the candidate receiving the greatest r of vo s elected, and those who re- om voting merely waive the privilege 0osing among_the candidates, and do not affect the result. But at the bond election an afirmative vote of two-thirds is necessary, and every voter who stavs away from the poils is really voting ageinst the bonds. Apathy, always to be deprecated, is inexcusable here. §iThere are some, however, who oppose all issues of bonds, who are opposed to the pre proposition merely because it calls for an of bonds. To such it ought to be sufficie: point out the fact that the propositio ed on next Saturdey does not in: creation of any new indebtedness. The propo- sition merely amounts to tiyis: shall $140,000 be paid this year in a lump or shall the pay- ment be divided into forty cr}\\a‘n parts and one part paid each year for forty years? This ought to be a sufficient explanation to put an end to all opposition. Colgan’s Deposition. The deposition of Secretary Colgan of the State Board of Equalization was taken vesterday in the suit brought by Assessor Dalton against the Supervisors. gan testified that there was no meeting of the board held until the 15th of July. On that date he read the minutes of meetings held by the board between January 7 and July 15, including the entries of the exten- sion made by him. The minutes of the 15th show “Myi'nubes of preyious meetings read and approved. ”’ Itis claimed that this approval of the minutes *‘of previous meet- ings’”’ approved the entries made by Mr. Colgan. It is also claimed that as the State board met at San Francisco June 29, in which they authorized the secretary to srant extension applied for, therefore, fxe had a right to make entries of such ex- tension. Both of these claims are denied on the part of the Assessor. Presbyterian Convention. The members of the Oakland Presbytery opened a two days’' convention at Dr. Coyle’s church to-day. The subject of the convention is, *The Work of the Holy Spirit.”” To-day’s programme is: 10 A. M.— Bible-reading and prayer; ‘“The Day of Pentecost,” Rev. F. Rhoda; address, ‘““The Holy Spirit in Bible Study,” Rev. J. C, Burgess. 2p. Bible-reading and prayer; “The Holy Spirit in the Acts,” Rev, E, F. Fish; address, “The Holy Spirit in Bible ’reacfunx,” James Curry, D.D.; address; “The Holy Spirit in All Church Work,” Rev. F. 8. Bush. 7:30 p. v.—Bible-reading and prayer; “The Holy Spirit in_the Epistles,” Rev. R. Logan; “The Holy Spirit Anointing for Service,” Robert F. Coyle, D.D.; consecration service, Rev. H. H. Rice. Disarmed an Officer, Officer Sill has been off duty for three days, and at the police office to-day it was stated that he had the gri . A man named Scanlan tells a very different story. Btanlan, it is stated, was approached by 8ill and the policeman attempted to take him into custody without telling him what crime he had committed. Scanlan resisted and Sill hit him on the face with . his club, Scanlan then gave the officer an sll-round thrashing, took away his club, most pungent Mr. Col- | his gun and his star and went home. It was reported to-night that Scanlan had turned over the officer's accouterments to the Chief of Police, but at the City Hall nothing can be learned except that Sill has the grip. William Lair Hill Explains. William Lair Hill, one of the Oakland attorneys who conducted the water-front cases on behalf of the city, was surprised to-day toread in THE CarLn a San Jose dispatch that he was sued with others as having been a party to an alleged fraud committed by Thomas White and C. M. White. The plaintiffs are Silas and Lucy Shirley, an old couple over 70 years of age, who reside at San .Fose. Mr. Hill said the $60,000 was undoubtedly an error and should have been $600. e further stated that the story without an explanation was calculated to do him a great injustice. A Marital Complication. A vear ago J. 8. Wylie of Brooklyn had some misunderstanding with his wife, Mrs. Wylie brought a suit for diverce and employed a detective to watch her hus- band. The differences were adjusted and the couple resumed marital = relations. Now the detective hasbrought suit against both Wylies for the value of his services. A Livermore Case. George Collier, a young man from Liver- more, was on trial to-day for an attempt to commit a felonious assault on Miss Estelle Haneen of Altamont. Collier induced the young lady to take a buggy ride and when near Greenville she claims he attempted the assault. Dr. McLean Indorsed. At last night’s: midweek prayer-meeting at the First Congregational Church a series of resolutions expressing the congrega- tion’s appreciation of Dr. McLean's ser- vices and their grief at his going were unanimously passed. Police Muster. Chief of Police Lloyd held a private con- ference with the entire department at 2 o'clock in the Council chamber. After- ward the men assembled on_dress parade in front of the City Hall and were photo- graphed. HISTORY OF A DAY. Alameda County Happenings Told in Brief Chapters. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,} 908 Broadway, August 29. Della Holland was to-day granted a divorce from Sidney Holland on "her cross-complaint charging cruelty. In the suit of ‘Rose E. Rymal vs. Archibald Rymal the plaintiff has secured a decree on the ground of desertion. . H. Hill asks for special letters upon the estate or J. T. Chamberlain, the dairyman, who committed s de. The estate of the deceased is valued at $1700. Thomas Hars brought suit to-day to fore- close & mortgage upon property given by J. E. McElrath, to secure the payment of & prom- note for $1000. falone, principal of the Salt Lake High ed the High School building in this city to-day, and will spend a day or so on this side of the bay. George W. Arper, an assignee of a claim against the estate of Hugh Slicer, has given notice that he will demand an accounting from James Sta: dministrator of the estate. The suitof Clara Remien for a divorce from Henry J. D. Remien on the ground of cruelty { wes heard to-dsy before Judge: Ellsworth. The chief contention was over & division of ein will give its second an- ark on Septem- erman singing rancisco will be kland Turn Vi reunion in Shell Mouna 5. All the turner and ns of Alameda and Sen F ndance. the Kahului was discharging coal at ¢ whar! yesterday one of the recipilating -the hoppers and damage nual 1 ts broke, buckets heavily to the deck. Muc was done, but 1o one was injured. on, the junk-dealer, caught by v with a large quantity of garden | hose in nis possession, pleaded guilty in Ala- meda to three charges of petty larceny, and was sent to the County Jail for eighteen months. William J. Mershall, who has just completed | a term of six years atSan Quentiu, where he was sent from_ Yreka for passing counterfeit coin, was transferred to the County Jail to-day to serve thirty days more in lieu of the pay- ment of a 1000 finie, which was also a portion of his sentence. In answer to the interrogatories taken before s Commissioner af SonorsFyolnmne Coumty, Dr. P. . Bromley, one of the subscribing and only surviving witness of the will of the late Dr.T. H. Pinkerton, has stated that when the same was executed, on the 27th of October, 1891, the testator was of sound mind and not acting under threat or duress. Oakland Parlor, ) anied to the Seeramel and. The members hav vet decided what kind of uniform they will wear. Many | members seem to favor & dark suit, witha | white vest, tie and a hat with & black ribbon. | The headquarters of this parlor will be in the Supreme Court rooms in the Capitol. RELIABILITY OF EXPERTS An Oakland Movement for the Appointment of State Examiners. y the Presidio Chartered Accountants Should Be Required to Take an Oath Like an Attorney. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FrANCISCO CALL,} 908 Broadway, August 29, Charies F. Lutgen of this city will go be- fore the University Regents shortly and ask their indorsement of a movement to place chartered accountants under the same obligations as an attorney. The present movement will eventually take the form of a bill to be submitted to the next Legislature asking that a board of examiners be appointed and that char- tered accountants be required to pass an examination that shall cause them to be what their profession calls for. They will alzo be required to take an oath similar to that required of an attorney. At the pres- ent time there are hundreds of so-called expert accountants in the State not quali- fied to hold such a responsible position. “Chartered accountants are men who occupy very responsible positions,” said Mr. Lutgen, “and several men are in prison in this State through evidence fur- nished by them as experts. Considerable weight is attached to expert evidence by both jurors and Judges and it is only right that they should thoroughly understand their business,” The present movement is meeting with much indorsement. -~ .———— MRS, ARNOLD'S PURSE. James Brennan Under Examination for Stealing It. The preliminary examination of James Brennan, charged with grand larceny in stealing a purse containing $40 from Mrs. M. A. Arnold at the entrance to the Grand Southern Hotel, was commenced before Judge Low yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Arnold testified to-seeing the old man Brennan and two young men close behind her when she missed her purse. One of the young men was Harry J. Lock- wood. She related the facts as already published about Lockwood hapding her back the purse and the pursuitof Brennan. Lockwood, who is also charged with the same offense, testified that he never saw the old man Brennan or the other young man before the day of the theft. }{e was passing at the time and heard Mrs. Arnold call out that her purse bad been stolen. He follpowed Brennan and his companion and saw Brennan pull something out of his side pocket and hand it to the young man. Lockwood said to the latter, “Drop that purse!”’ but he threw it into the gar- den of a house and ran. Lockwood picked up the purse and handed it to Mrs. Arnold. There appeared to be some silver in it, but Mrs. Arnold said that two $20 gold pieces were missing. : Detective Bainbridge handed in Bren- nan’s record, which ‘showed that he bad served several terms in San Quentin for robbery and burnlng. The attorney for Brennan was granted a continuance {ill to-day as he wanted to produce some witnesses. OMIE TO THE RESCUE. He Orders a Train Gateman to Accept a Punched Ticket. WANTED TO CHARGE TWICE. An Incident That WIIl Hasten the Test Case Regarding Fares. QARLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCIECO CALL,I_ 908 Broadway, August 29. The legality of collecting fares on Sev- enth street will probably be tested in a short time on account of a complaint made to the Mayor by Mr, Downie of Ninth street. Two days ago Mr. Downie purchased a ticket to go to San Francisco. He got on the train at Berkeley, and as soon as he was seated he saw a friend on the street to whom he wished to speak. He got off the car and talked about half a minute to his friend, and when boardirg the car was re- fused admittance. He showed his ticket, but the gateman refused to recognize it as it was punched. Mr. Downie said some- thing about its nct having done any duty, but the gateman was obdurate and toid Downie to go to the office and get another ticket. Justat that moment Mayor Davie walked past the gate where Downle and the gate- man were arguing. Downie called to him. “What's the matter?” asked Davie; and Downie explained. “Get aboard,” said the Mayor. ‘Don’t pay any attention to this man. Get aboard.” “Tnere is an ordinance in this city,” said his Honor to the gateman, “that prohibits the collection of fares on Seventh street, and it provides for the arrest of any one demanding it. Now if you want me to arrest you just try that little game on, and if you don’t, behave yourself and don’t say another word.” The gateman behaved himself, and Mr., Downie went to the City without paying two fares and the Mayor walked off. “There is some talk of the ordinance being unconstitutional,” said the Mayor to-day, ‘‘but the best vlan to determine its constitutionality is to testit. But what- ever may be the case regarding the pay- ment of one fare there is certainly nodount about requiring a man to pay two. Iam now taking legal advice regarding the fare- collecting on Seventh street, and in a day or two 1 shall be prepared to act.” LATE NEWS OF ALAMEDA Interesting Law Points volved in the Dunn Title Suit. In- Five-Mile Invitation Handlcap Road Race—King’s Daughters Entertainment. ALAMEDA, Cav., Aug. 29.—Some inter- esting law points are involved in the case of James Dunn against the city of Ala- meda, involving the ownership of two strips of land, each 75 feet, covered by Centennial and Kings avenues. The ac- tion of Dunn is to restrain the Street Superintendent from appropriating the two strips in question as public highways. The municipal authorities, however, claim that the land had previously been dedi- cated to public use, but had been illegally fenced in by Dunn, whose harricades were torn down by Street Superintendent Frod- den, a proceeding resulted in the injunc- tion proceeding. The plaintiff was beaten on his first con- tention, but suddenly changed his plan of campaign, and a continuance was ordered to await the arrival of Eastern witnesses in support of his second contention. It was claimed that the offer of the stripsas public streets eight een years ago not hav- ing been accepted the owner could claim to the center of the street, and under this original unaccepted offer Dunn continued in the right of his predecessor and fenced in the land. The ruling of the court on this point was that Dunn bad no title to the street. Counsel then claimed ownership by ad- verse possession continuing for more than five years, the offer as public street not having been accepted until 1890. On the latter claim City Attorney Taylor main- tains that the statute of limitations does not run against a municipality for the ownership of streets. Sold Under Foreclosure. TUnder Sheriff Harlow, as a commis- sioner, sold this morning in front of the courthouse in Oakland the property of Dr. ‘William P. Gibbons, on Park avenue, south of Central, and on the northeast corner of Pearl street and Central avenue, under a decree of foreclosure to the Alameda Sav- ings Bank for $12,329 26. On an Assigned Claim. C. F. Carlson has obtained a judgment for $1750 and costs in the Justice court against G. E. Smith on an assigned claim of Mrs. Mary Marshall. The judgment is secured by an attachment of $15 due Smith from the Alameda Driving Association, Smith was formerly manager of the speed track, Funeral of Mrs. Greene. The funeral of Mrs. Adeline E.Greene took place this afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Baptist Church on Santa Claraavenue. There were many handsome floral pieces. The remains were interred at Mountain View Cemetery. Converted Into Stores. The old West-End school building has been moved on rollers to a site on the west side of Webster street, between Railroad and Pacificavenues. It will be fitted up for stores, and the upper story will be con- verted into a hall. Phonograph Exhibition. The King's Daughters of the First Con- gregational Church will give an amusing entertainment in the lecture-room of the church to-morrow evening. The pro- gramme will consist of shadow-pictures and an exhibition of the phonograph. ——————— SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO. Todd to Again Take Up the Extension of Railroad Avenue. Dr. David B.Todd of South San Fran- cisco, who is the agent for the Masonic Hall Association - there, will make another determined effort to have Railroad avenue extended from Eighteehth avenue to the San Bruno road. A resolution favoring it was adopted by the Board of Supervisors last November, but the protests entered put it off for the usual six months. Shoitly before the Board of Bupervisors adjourned for its summer vacation, Dr. Todd and Grand Secretary George T. Shaw of the Odd Fel- lows, who is also president of the Masonic Hall Association, went before the Streets Committee and called its attention to the fact that the time of the protests had ex- Si[ed, and the members of the Streets ommittee then expressed themselves as being in favor of the system and said they would recommend its ordering, Dr. It was never &rn::ed. howe:?r. l;‘l a}t:or- ney, supposed representin, eet at the corner of Railroad and Egshuent.h avenues, having made objections, and varions excuses were afterward offered to “’Fhm the board’s oversight. he_fill from the Potrero to South San Francisco and the paving of this thorough- fare and etceteras, have cost the property-~ owners fully $300,000. Speaking of the ex- tension idea, Dr. Todd said yesterday: 1 do not think it will be difficult now to have the avenue extended, as many of the property- owners who ?mmud against itatfirst are now in favor of it. The large estates, like the Hearst, Crocker and Kittle p: rties and the Hudson tract, have never said anything one way or the other,solam led to believe the; are not opposed to it. The Market.street Rail- way Company owns the old Bay View tract out there, and if the avenue was extended it would be very likely to extend its electric line and do something with thet property, probably con- wverting it into some sort of pleasure ground, A little street work and some building improvements are constantly going on in South San Francisco. Twelfth avenue is being graded between M and P streets, and P street between Eleventh and Thirteenth avenues, and M street between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, are being macadamized. —_— LATEST BERKELEY [TEMS, Professors Royce, Le Conte and Mezes Will Talk on Philosophy. Protests Made Against the Assess- ment List of Dalton—News Notes of Interest. BERKELEY, Carn, Aug. 29.—At the fifty-second regular meeting of the Philo- sophical Union to-morrow evening, Dr. Josiah Royce, professor of the history of philosophy at Harvard University, and an alumuus of the U. C. class of '75, will deliver an address supplementing, and in some points modifying, the doctrines of his book entitled “The Religious Aspect of Philoso- phy.” His subject will be “The Conception of God.” TFoliowing the address there will be remarks in comment by Dr. Sidney E. Mezes, U. C.'84, professor of philosophy in the University of Texas, and by Dr. Joseph Le Conte, head of the department of geology at the University of California. Great preparations are being made for the occasion by the union, at whose expense ur. Royce comes for the sole purpose of discussing his ‘Religious Aspect of Philosophy,”’ which work the union has been reading during the past year. N xt week, on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings, Dr. Royce will give ad- dresses on the more technical points of his book. These speeches are intended to be for the exclusive benefit of the unien, though permission to attend the same may be gained by referrinfito the proper au- thorities. The place of meeting to-morrow evening will be Harmon gymnasium, on the university campus. Protests Against Assessments. At the meeting of the Board of Equali- zation last evening protests against what were claimed to be too high assessments were entered by the Alameda Water Com- pany and both'of the street railway com- panies. In the case of the water company the Assessor had raised the valuation $5000 over last year's figures, without any im- provements baving been made on the property or any rise noted in its market value. The Te'egraph-avenue electric line was ussessed at $10.000 per mile for each track, making $20,000 per mile for both. The claim was presented that the cost of construction of the road was less than $5000 per mile, including poles, wires, ties and rails. E No action was taken with regard to low- ering the valuation set upon their proper- ties, but the protests made were taken under advisement. The board finds that somne of the most valued residence ions of the town are assessed at very low figures; and that while values have declined in some por- tions of the town and assessments justly lowered other sections have greatly in- creased in value. The result of the assess- ment would seem to inicate that the to- tal valuation for this year will be several thousands below that of last year. Interesting Notes. The college Young Men’s Christian As- sociation will give a reception to the men of the freshman class at Stiles Hall to- morrow afternoon from 4 to 5:30. The pupils of Miss Edith Russell will give their first conz‘plimentury song recital at the home of C. P. Hoag on %Valnut street to-morrow evening. John E. Budd, U.C.,'74, a brother of Governor Budd, visited the university this morning while on his way to Stockton from a southern trip. Several valuable coins, used by the in- habitants of the Malay Peninsula prior and up to 800 A.D., were recefved yester- day by the librarian from Mr. Wildman, editor of the Overland Monthly, to whom they were given by the Sultan of Johore. Injured at the Whart. Charles Walfindinger, a teamster, while hauling a load of redwood timber over the West Berkeley wharf this morning, was thrown from "his seat on the wagon and severely injured about the face and head. The accident was occasioned by the drop- ping of the wheels into a crack between the planks and sinking to the hub. ———————— AT OCEAN VIEW, The Improvement Club and the Water Question, At a meeting of the Ocean View Im- provement Club, held at Hughes Hall yesterday, the repert of the committee ap- pointed to draw up a request to the 8pring Valley Water Company, for the purpose of having mains and hydrants put in the streets for fire protection, reported as follows: At the present time there has been but one small main put in on ‘Plymonth street- o the main pipe that supplies the city at large; that all residents residing east or west of Plymouth street can only secure water at the manholes, the one on Capital street near Sagamore, and the other on Broad street, between Capital and Orizeba. All other residents residing east, ‘west, north or south of these manholes have to lay private water-pipe from 100 to 1000 feet ;o rtelncu their property, 88 the blocks are 980 eet long. When applicants apply to the water com- pany for water at their office, they are told that there are 80 many tops already that no more can be put in at the manhole for fear of burst- ing the pipe, as the pipe is now very old and slmost rotten. As a consequence the applicant has to beg permission from his neighbor to tap his private water-pipe, and if refused he is compelled to sink a well or to borrow water from the neigh- bor; thatif the water company finds a neighbor etting water, the water is at once cut off. any property-owners who have from 900 to 1000 feet of water-pipe have from four to eight others attached to their hi nch pipe, and can get no water while others are drawing. As for fire protection, we have none whatever. In case of a fire, and we have had & large number of them, all that can be done is to seek safety for the family, if that is possible, and then stand and 1ook at' the destruction of your property. The committee reported that it had re- ceived semi-official information from the Fire Commissioners that they were ready to furnish a steam fire-engine just as soon as mains were put in'an hydrants estab- lished where necessary. The committee was instructed to wait on the water company at its earliest con- venience and urge its request in order that fire protection could be obtained at once. A committee was appointed to wait on the new Board of Health and ask it to compel the owners of vacant lots at the station to fill in the stagnant water pond that exists there. Also to request from the proper authorities that a branch of the Free Library be located at Ocean View. ol S T O Doctors Lose Their Overcoats. A sneak thief entered the doctors’ room in the Receiving Hospital yesterday morning and stole two overcoats. One of them contained a case of instruments valued &t $35. The police were gdotmed as soon a8 the theft was dis- covered. HOME PRODUCED TOBACCO Finest Quality of the Smoker’s Weed Can Be Grown in California. MILLIONS IN THE BUSINESS, Experiences of J. D. Culp, Who Spent Years Perfecting the Process of Culture. Tohacco-growing in California ‘is one of many industries that are yet in their in- fancy in this State, but which may in time become one of as great magnitude and importance as any that depend upon climatic conditions, soil qualifications and the energy of the farmer for development. That tobacco can be raised in California is no longer a mooied question, as is dem- onstrated by J. D. Culp of San Felipe, Santa Clara Oounty, the pioneer and larg- est tobacco-raiser in the State. Mr. Culp has on exhibition at the Me- chanics’ Fair a quantity of tobacco grown on his ranch at San Felipe, and there shows the process of grading and stripping the tobacco and making cigars, the quality of which is pronounced excellent by smok- ers well qualified to judge the merits of the weed. Mr. Culp was raised on a tobacco planta- tion at the East where he acquired a thor- ough knowledge of tobacco culture. He came to California in 1859 for the purpose of embarking in the business. That year interest of developing the tobacco indust: in California to the {gllsct extent. i =The committee on new 1ndustries of the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Associa- tion has investigated Mr. Culp’s process of growing and curing tobacco and has made a very iavorable report, and a number of the principal tobacconists of the City have expressed the opinion that tobacco-grow- ing according to the Culp process can be made a great success in California. THE FREE LABOR BUREAT. The Anti-Japanese Petition to Congress Sent Out To-Day. Beveral weeks ago complaint was made to the Labor Commissioner that the laborers were being worked on the county roads over eight hours a dey and in viclation of the State law, The Commissioner sent a letter to the Board of Public Works of Oak- land in which he inquired as to the hours that laborers were employed upon public work.: On the 27th the board sent the fol- lowing reply: At aregular meeting of the Board of Public Works, held on the above date, your communi- cation in reference to hours of Iabor of street employes was ordered answered as follows: In the past the laborers of the Streets Department have worked for nine hours per day, but are now bemi‘only required to work eight hours perday. 1 contracts for. publie work let by the City Oouncil or the Board of Public Works have the eight-hour clause inserted therein in compliance with section 3245 of the Political Code of California. The agitation of the eight-hour law has practically put a sfop to overworking the public laborers in Alameda County. On Sunday-morning a carload of fifty grape-pickers will be sent to Fresno. In the afterndon four cars, containing 200 men, women and children, will be sent by the bureau to the hopyards near Pleas- anton, Alameda County. = To-day Commissioner Fitzgerald will send to all the newspapers and labor or- ganizations in the State copies of the memorial and petition that he will pre- sent to Congress, requesting the passage of a Japanese cooly exclusion act. He hopes to secure over 200,000 signatures to the petition. L gy THE BIRD HAD FLOWN. A Burglar From Petaluma Supposed to Be on a Steamer. Chief Crowley received a dispatch yes- terday from the Sheriff of Sonoma County to arrest George Weirs, who was supposed to be on the steamer Gold, from Petaluma. The steamer arrived yesterday, and when the police boarded her Weirs could not be found, and the supposition is that he had given them the slip. Weirs was arrested some time ago for burglary in Petaluma_and held for trial in $2000 bonds. His trial was fixed for Tues- day, but he failed to make his appearance. His bonds were declared forfeited, and a warrant was issued for his arrest. The Shenff got information that-he had taken assage by the steamer Gold for this City, Eenca his dispatch to Chief Crowley. STUDIED SWIFT'S COMET. D, Culp, the Pioneer Tobacco- Grower Who Has Perfected a Process of Culture to Make To- bacco - Growing & Success in Cali- fornia. [From a photograph.] J. he raised ten acres of tobacco, but when he came to cure it and prepare it for the trade he discovered that the growing of tobaeco here and in New York were two different matters. His crop was so “strong” as to make it practically useless for consump- tion, and gxe set in to work to find wherein lay the difficulty. From year to year he experimented, changing the method of cnitivation _and gradually solying the problem. Each year he found his crop of a better i“de‘ and in a few years found a sale for his tobacco without difficulty. He manufactured all the tobacco he raised for a number of years into smoking tobacco, and, according to his statement, 81 piie& about all of that article used in California during the war period. “In 1890,” said Mr. Culp yesterday, *I found the solution to the problem upon which I had been experimenting since 1859. I raised tobacco that year that was declared by experts to be as good as that rown anywhere except perbaps in Cuba. gince that time I have had no difficulty in growing tobacco as mild as I wished, and sell it to local and Eastern cigar manufac- turers, and they use it and sell the cigars for Havana filler. 4 *‘For several years I conducted a factory store at the corner of Market and Front streets in this City, and I sold my entire output for straight Havana fitler and never heard a complaint about the guality. Dur- ing the time I made cigars I turned out be- tween 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 cigars a year, and sold the best grades for irom $65 to $75 a thousand. Since 1890 1 have raised as high as 900 acres of tobacco in a year. “California I have found by experience is betler suited to the growth of tobacco than any other State in the Union, The seven or eight dry monthsgive the planter a long season, so necessary to the cultiva- tion of the plant, with no danger of a frost at either end of it. Two crops are raised here each year, a condition which does not obtain anywhere else in this country. The planting is done in April and the harvest of the first crop commences in July. By the time the first crop is gathered the sec- ond is ready and the barvesting is simply continued. “In the year 1893 the aggrezate value of the Kentucky tobacco crop was $16,486,405. The wheat crop of California for .the same year aggregated a value of $18,471,834, requiring for its production the vast terri- the entire tobacco crop of the United States was grown the same year upon 702,952 acres. 1 “The United States produces annually about 500,000,000 pounds of tobacco. Not- withstanéing this vast production we im- &%c annually from Sumatra about 15,000,- pounds and about the same quantity from the island of Cuba. In the year1894 the manufacture of plug tobacco alone in the United States reached the enormous figure of 265,000,000 pounds. The manu- facture of cigars in the United States for the same year gave a total of 1,000,000,000. *The manufacture of mm:;kinge tobacco, cigars and cigarettes in the United States employs a capital of thirty-five million dollars. Considering the superior quality of the tobacco which California can made to produce, together with the supe- rior climatic advantages it offers for its growth, this State should absorb at least three-fourths of this great manufacturing industry. “The " tobacco section of the island of Cuba consists of a strip of country seventy- | one miles long and twenty-one miles wide. Scattered over this territory are twelve thousand ‘vegas,’ or plantations, of thirty | acres each, only a portion of ‘which is de- voted to tobacco-raising, portions of each being used for‘the production of fruit and vege{nbles also. The product of these ‘vegas,” however, in tobacco, yields an annual income of twenty-three million dollars. There are many counties in Cali- fornia which possess a larger acreage than this l]]n't.l celebrated district, which are ual apted to tobacco culture.” Mer. ‘ulp is writing a book on the cuiture of tobacco in California. It contains the information which is the result of his years of experience. The work is being prepared to enable the farmers of the State to take up the growth of tobacco with the assurance of success from the beginning and without hnfl':f to spend years in learning how to raise the plant success- fully. The work is being compiled in the the quality has since been so good that I on my ranch and had a tobacco and cigar | tory represented by 2,620,400 acres, while, Calculations at Berkeley Uni- versity Verify Its Orbit. Professor Leuschner Presents Some Interesting Data on. the Newcomer. BERKELEY, CaL., Aug. 29.—“The orbit of Professor Swift’s new comet, which was published in Tue Cary of August 27, and computed at Berkeley, has turned out to _represent the motion of the comet excep- the students’ observatory to-day. © This fact showed that the computation was not only correct, but that the observations of Professor Barnard, on which were based the calculations, were exceedingly accurate. ‘When seen this afternoon at the observa- tory, Professor Leuschner said that the report that Professor Holden was respon- sible for an incorrect transmission of the data connected with the new discovery was unfounded. Continuing, he said: “Further observa- tions by ngessor Barnard have been re- ceived by Professor Holden, and a com- parison of these with the position of the comet as predicted from my elements shows that the result is in every way satis- factory.” The aprarent motion of the comet can be best followed by means of the ephemeris giving the following position for Green- wich mean midnight: DECLINATION, NORTH. c. 23 RIGHT ASCENSION. 5 6 4 19 611 19 6 12 52 ‘Which shows as seen from the earth the || comet will continue its easterly motion and will soon_ after September 5 cease its northerly motion. While the comet at the time of its discovery was approaching the earth its reiative motion with respect tothe earth became stationary about the begin- ninfioftnisweeknnd itisnowreceding from both sun and the earth, so that this comet too will pass out of sight without having become visible to the naked eye. At pres- ent its brightness as derived from the ele- ments will decrease, but slowly so that it may remain under observation for some weeks to come. Professor Leuschner said: “The above ephemeris was telegraphed o{f early this morning, which will enable other "observatories to pick it up easily. Like Swift's comet of last year the calcula- tion of this orbit was _connected with un- usual difficulties, but I was nobly assisted in the ealculations by Instructor Pierce, Mr. Wright, fellow in mathematics, and Mr. Seares, assistantin the students’ ob- servatory.” So far no other elements agreeing with the calculations of Professor Leusehner have been received at the students’ observatory, but the close agree- ment of the above ephemeris with the last Mount Hamilton would seem to place the correctness of Professor Leuschner's ob- servations beyond doubt. Referring again to the work of computa- tion he said: “Under ordinary circum- stances it is not necessary to take into account several directions in_the calcula- tion of preliminary orbits like this one, especially when the geocentric motion of the comet is very rapid, butin this case the utmost aceuracy was necessary to ob- tain any kind of satisfactory resuits from the small arc which the comet described from August 21 to August 23 and on which the observations were based. “As to the periodicity of the comet, all that can be said now is that the small in- clination of its orbit makes it probable that the comet may return again or that it is not its first appearance. On the other hand, the close agreement between the parabolic elements deduced at the stu- 'dents’ observatory with the observations suggests that ‘the comet will pass into tionally well,”” said Professor Leuschner of | NEW TO-DAY. .. NO SEGRET . 'IN THIS WOMAN'S CASE. Birs. 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