The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 3, 1895, Page 14

You are not intoxicate . n now,’are you?” | he police are now calling a halt upon such proceedings. Within the past few days at An investigation of the premises led to the belief that the burglar Ead effected an 14 +*HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1895. Many Witnesses to Testify About the Well-Known Politician. i MAHONEY HAD BEEN DRINKING. | The Fire Commissioner of Other Years Makes Some Candld Confessions in Court. The trial of Martin Keily’s Iibel suit | st the Examiner was concluded in e Daingerfield’s de ment of the | urt yesterday, and at 6 o’clock | submitted to the j demanded damages on ac- count of charge, published a couple of | vears ago, that he had improperly ob- tained and sold a fire engine that belonged | to the City, and this he second trial he has had—a verdict against him being given byaj in Judge Slack’s court more than | a year ago. | All the old features of the case were re- viewed last week, and the evidence sounded like a political story from some “old time entombed’ ; but yesterday the plaintiff introduced new features in the! ,Will leave that for the court to de- cide.” “The commission was composed of five members, wasn’t it?” “Yes, sir. There were three other mem- bers and Kelly and myself. That made five."” “Four Democrats and one Republican? And isn't a fact that yoa four opposed Mr. Kelly and always voted against him and that he was alone?” “I cannot say that.” 4 ‘‘Have you any recollection on the sub- ject 2" I recollect that Mr. Kelly was a kind of an under dog in the combination.” Mr. Foote-—There was a combination, was there? “Well, there were four of us that went to one church and one went to another.” ““Was that all the combination there was—on churches?’ Morgenstern resumed. “That is all so far as [ am aware of. There_were Frank Edwards, Sam New- man, Fisher Ames, Dan Mahoney and Mr. Keliy. Poor Mr. Kelly was a kind of a solitary cuss, and I “always pitied the under dog.” 3 “You still have the same feeling of pity for the under dog?”’ “‘}ie is not under now, that I am aware ‘This was the end of Mr. Mahoney’s testi- mony and Attorney Foote asked if there was any other subject on which he would like to discourse. “‘Not that I can think of now.” Other witnesses for Mr. Kelly were ex- Supervisor Abner Doble, Timothy R. Sul- | livan, clerk of the Police Court, A. Rulof- son, Peter Foley and A. Levy. The attorneys occupied nearly all the afternoon in débating the case, and there JUDGE DAINGERFIELD PILED UP A FORTIFICATION OF BOUKS WHILE MR. FOOTE s Nz 7 \ B 7 \ /) = .46;;//4«44 [SemsseN I 2 0 P 2 | LAW- ADDRESSED THE COURT. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] evidence about Mr. Kelly’s personal char- | acter and his reputation for truth, honesty | and integrity. £ fifteen witnesses Fourteen or called, and in re! asked by Attorney Bates or Attorney Mor- | genstern they established for Mr. Kelly an | ial court reputation that many a man knocking at the gates of glory. On the ss-examination W. W. Foote may not have shaken the testimony | very much, but he frequently shook the | building and sometimes convulsed the court. James T. Cullen of 345 Fremont street testified that he had obtained a job on the water front throngh the influence of the Fremont Club. e had known Mr. Kelly for twenty years, and he declared that M. | Kelly’s reputation was good. | Mr. Foote found that the witness had been employed by the Harbor Com- missioners since June 22, and. he asked: “DIiid Mr. Kelly help you to get that job?"” | ? “No, Mr. Colnon gave me the place.” +Did you ever meet Mr. Colnon before?” | “Yes, in Sacrament: “Didn’t meet Mr. Kelly?” “No, Mr. Colnon gave it to me through Governor Budd.” i “You didn’t see Mr. Kelly at Sacra- | mento?”’ “No.” What did you work at before last June 2?7 *The lumber business.” “What before that?” was an attache of the Senate.” | n what capacity ?”’ | ““Messenger for the State Printer.” " ““WWas the printer a Democrat?"’ “No, a Republican.” *“Was the Senate Democratic?” “No, but a good Democrat appointed me.” “Wasn’t it Mr. Kelly?” No.” )id yvou ever do politics for Mr. Kelly 2" “No.” “With him?"* | “Yes, for years, and with many others.” | aiel J.” Mahoney, the ex-Fire Com- | oner, is the drayman who took the | fittings of the fire engine from the cor- | poration yard. He told about that work ! and spoke well of Mr. Kelly. | “You were formerly a Fire Commission- | ere you not?” Mr. Foote began. | | “Friendly with Mr. Kelly?" “Yes, and with yon, too.” 2 “How many times have you ever spoken to me?’ “We met at Boulder Creek—had several conversations, and you were very friendly.” | There was a sort of free and nnreserved | glensnnuy in Mr. Mahecney’s manner as e testified, and this eventually brought out an insinnation from Mr. Foote that the man had been drinking. The insinua- | tion was met by a frank confession. ‘“Here are the weighing tags,’’ said At- torney Foote. *‘Did you sign these?'’ “ILdon’t know,” was the reply. ‘‘Any- body could have written my name to them. I could write ‘Billy Foote.”” There was an abrupt pause and the at~ torney looked intently at the witness, *“What have you been doing this morn- ing?" was the first c-1estion. “I was at Stockh.on last night, but T didn’t see the Governor.” Mr. Foote stepped within the railing and laid his hand in a friend'y way on the arm of the witness. Then he asked, in & soft, confidential tone: “Have you had anything to drink this morning?” “Yes, and last night also,” said Ma- honey. “*Are these two of the tags for the brass that vou hauled away for Mr. Kelly ?”’ “I don’t know whether they are brass, copper, or anything else.” 4 “Or greenbacks—in your present frame of mind you couldn’t tell whether you hauled brass or greenbacks?"’ Mr. Morgenstern—You are & sober man now, aren’t you? “I'hope I am.” Mr. Morgenstern—You know just what you are talking about? There was hesitation of & moment, and then the witness replied: “I am not ssying anything.” | of our car facilities, an were frequent interruptions with inci- dental debates on the issues thus brought | up. Judge Daingerfield piled up the law- | Woodside would not leave her husband, were | books before him in legal defense of the | even though on several occasions they ran onse to the questions | rulings thathegave, and before this bar- | out of provisions and have had to go sup- ricade the lawyers talked away. After aeliberating twenty minutes the jury returned a verdict in favor of the de- fendant. CROCKER WS COURTERLS Received the Ashbury Heights Committee With Smiles and Promises. The Colonel WIill Visit the Car- Deserted District and Inquire Into Its Needs. The Ashbury Heights and Stanyan- street Improvement Club went into per- manent organization at its meeting last evening at the residence at F. W. N. Lang, 130 Carl street, adopted . a constitution and elected a board of officers. George W. Hansborough presided, and R. F. Hard- ing, on behalf of the committee appointed at a recent meeting to remind the Market- street Railroad people that their Carl- street franchise called for a fifteen-minute service, submitted a verbal report. He said that the committee had seen Colonel Crocker, who promised to visit the district personally and inquire into its needs and rights in the matter of street railway ser- vice. Colonel Crocker had promised noth- ing, but the committee had been favorably impressed, and believed that he would eventually grant t he desired service. The secretary read the following resolu- tions, the ado(;j:(ian of which was deferred until after Colonel Crocker’s promised visit, on a plea from Mr. Harding which stated in substance that it would be un- diplomatic to stir up the powers in the cornstalk building pending their promise to conform to the franchise under which the road was constructed: Resolved, That it 1s the sense of the residents of South Side, in mass-meeting assembled, that the Market-street Railway Company has shamefully ignored our requests, preferred through a committee appointed at our last ses- sion, August 21, 1895, relative to the re-estab- lishment of car service for the accommodation of the people of this section. We condemn the company for the withdrawal feel that its sole mo- tive was not because of its failure to pay ex- penses, but because of some other ulterior pur- pose. It is our opinion that such purpose was to de- feat the selection of the Sutro site for the Afliliated Colleges. If thisin truth were the motive of the company’s withdrawal then we denounce its action as a direct assault upon our property values, against our personal com- forts and against the best interests of San Francisco. Resolved, Seeing that we are to be made vie- tims of a soulless greed, and our rights over- ridden by a corporation whose officers seem de- void of conscience, that this meeting should at once appoint & committee of five for tha pur- %"" of instituting proceedings before the oard of Supervisors and before the courts to declare absolutely forfeited the franchise of the company for its disregard of the law and for its abandonment of the privileges extended to it by the generosity of this municipality. Resolved, That the organization recently formed called the “Sunset Club” is not the rep- resentative of the property of this section. The election of officers resulted as fol- Jows: President, George A. Rankin; vice-president, F. J. Koster; secretgry, A. J. Fritz; treasurer, F. W. . Lang. Bx- ecutive committee—George W. Hansbor- ough, R. T. Harding, Eugene Fritz, D. L. Westover and William Richardson. A number of petitions to the University Regents asking that the Sutro site be chosen for the Affiliated Colleges were fxver_x to the members by George T. Gaden or circulation and signatures among their friends and acquaintances in the Ashbury Heights district. e Pennsyivania is almost three-fourths the size of limoun. A Fierce Fire Broke Out in the ! LimeStored in the After Hold. ‘WAVES COULD NOT QUENCH IT. The Cargo and Deck Load Were Burned—What Goods Washed Ashore Were Stolen. Fire and not water completed the de- struction of the tank steamer Bawnmore. Not a particle of her deck load started and | there was not a drop of water in the hold twelve hours after she went ashore, but when the waves beat her down to star- board the water rushed into the cabin and forecastle and when the hatches came off the sea got into the tanks. In the after tank there was a large quan- tity of hme and as soon as the water i reached it the flames broke out. From | tank to tank the flames spread and soon the hull and iron decks were red hot. The streetcars, lumber and boats were soon in | flames, and although each succeeding sea | that broke over the ship would put out the fire it was only temporary. The heat of the hull was sufficient to start it again and in a short space of time every bit of wcod~ work about the steamer was burntout. In | consequence, when the tug Monarch | | reached the stranded vessel there was { nothing to do but leave her to break up. | When the Monarch left San Francisco for the scene of the disaster she took along, besides Captain Metcalf, Lioyd’s surveyor, George Ross, the shipwright, and ten men. The latter were to assistin fixing the ap- | pliances by which the Bawnmore was to be i towed off.” It only took a few minutes to ascertain that the once stout oil steamer was in her grave and that it was only a question of time when she would go to pieces. Her machinery is still intact and with proper appliances it may be saved. “The guwnmore is a total loss,” said George Ross yesterday, ‘‘and as she was only insured for half her value the loss will come very heavy on the owners. As she was engaged in carrying oil, the rate of insurance was very high, so Captain Woodside took half the risk himself. The cargo will be a total loss, but whoever buys { the hulk may make a few dollars out of it. The steamer went ashore in the sand and 1snow firmly imbedded in it. Every sea makes aclean sweep over herand she is going ashore piecemeal. “W hen the lime caught fire that was the beginning of the end. It only took a few hours to completely gut the vessel. “‘There is one thing I am going to tell you that you can gamble on. The people { who live within twenty or twenty-four miles of where the Bawnmore went ashore are born wreckers. They stole everything in sight and Captain and Mrs. Woodside and the men were actually hungry when we arrived. These Oregon men and women had pilfered all their provisions. Mrs. ! Woodside was reduced to one gown and Captain Woodside had a pair of shoes, no socks, a pair of trousers and a shirt and hat. Everythirg else was stolen. “Mrs. Woodside lost her last wrapper in | a mysterious manner. It waswet with the salt water and she put it over a chair that | washed ashore to dry. She kept a watchful eye on the garment, but as it was on the open beach and no onein sight she thought she could walk away a few vards to speak to her busband. A few minutes later she | looked around and both dress and chair were gone. Talk about thieving, why those people up there could steal the teeth | out of your head. | “Captain Woodside is going to remain | by the wreck until it is sold. The auction | takes place to-day, and when that is over {he will come to San Francisco. Mrs. ' perless to bed. She and her husbana will probably reach San Francisco about | Thursday next.” ] In a letter to a friend in this City Cap- | tain Woodside bas this to say: Between land sharks and sea sharks the Bawnmore has had a pretty bad time of it. When the cargo began to float out of the hold before the fire a number of casks of beef broke | open. This brought the sea sharks around. | and they finally got so voracious that they would snap at anything floating in the wat | What escaped the sea became the prey of the 1 land sharks. They swooped down from God knows where, and everything that floated ashore they seized and carried away as their lawful prize. They stole our provisions, our | clothes and everything they could lay their i hands on. In fact, i believe they would go out | and steal the wreck if it were possible. 1f the remains of the good old ship are sold on Tuesday I may get to San Francisco by ‘Thursday. Mrs. Wooaside is well, but I wish 'she was safely at home. She would not leave the ship after we struck until I left it with her, and now she says she won't leave the beach until I do. George Ross will tell you all about the fire which broke out in the after hold. Captain Woodside has a number of pri- vate interests in San Francisco and the chances are that he will settle here. If he i does the firm of Woodside & Co. will build | a new tank steamer in Belfast to take the place of the Bawnmore. She will be placed | in the oil trade between here and Peru and | Captain Woodside will manage her. In his letter the skipper says that his com- pass was affected by the iron in the cars that were piled up near the binnacle and that the ship went on the rocks when he | thought he was twenty miles off shore. A SOCIETY EVENT. The Fall Opening at O’Brien’s Literally Captures the Town. That O'Brien’s openings have really come to be considered society events and are eagerly looked forward to by those who wish to keep in touch with the very latest correct styles was forcibly demon- strated by the multitude which turned out yesterday in response to the announce- | ment of the beginning of the firm's open- { ing display of new fall dry zoods. In fact, one was strongly reminded of a first night at the theater by the number of prominent society ladies encountered, and their expressions of admiration and de- light showed that even their most sanguine expectations were more tban realized in | the wealth of indescribably beautiful new goods displayed. But this is not to be wondered at, for the Messrs. O’Brien have really outdone themselves in their prepara- tions for the coming season, which is say- ing a great deal when former stocks are considered. In explanation of the extraordinary re- sults attained J. J. O’'Brien stated that his firm has every faith in the stability of the era of better times now dawning on Cali- fornia, and in buying the new stocks for their mammoth stores here and at Los Angeles their unusually enormous pur- chases had given them a first choice from the best products of the world’s greatest designers and manufacturers at figures that otherwise would have been simply impossible. s a natural result the firm’s offerings combine in the highest degree the three points most sought after, viz., correct styles, superior qualities and extra values, and any lady who fails to attend the oren- ing this weei will miss not only one of the most elegant, complete and attractive dis- lays of fashionable goods ever collected, ut also one of the events of the season. RECKLESS DRIVERS ARRESTED. The Police on Street-Crossings Stopping a Dangerous H: For several days past the police have been paying special attention to the drivers of vehicles who dash recklessly over etreet- crossings. Many complaints have been made of the danger pedestrians encounter _while walking across the thickly traveled it. least a dozen drivers of this alass have been sent off to the lockup under arrest. Yesterday was a particnlarly lively day in this respect, and half a dozen drivers were arrested. Nearly all went out on bail, but there is no doubt that nearly all will have to pay fines when their cases come up in the Police Courts, SUED FOR HIS WIFE'S BOARD, Riding-Master Captain Dilham Again in Trouble With His Wife. Captain Joseph Dilham, riding-master for the First Troop Cavalry, was in hot water before Justice of the Peace Groezin- ger yesterday. Landlady Annie E. Poole had a suit against him on a $90 board bill. The bill accrued at the expense of Mrs. Dilham. As Mrs. Dilham is suing her husband for a divorce, the question of the settlement of the bill was, of course, a very delicate affair. There was no question that Mrs. Dilham had boarded at 26 McAllister street full $90 worth. She admitted it. So did every- body else. The captain’s point was that he had notified the wide, wide world, and Mrs, Poole, in particular, not to rent to Mrs, Dilham any rooms, as he had provided apartments for her on Post street. Mrs. Dilham sniffed scornfully when he mentioned these apartments. But the captain insisted on the state- ment, in order to show society that he had vrovided for his wife asa good husband and within his means. Nobody could do more, as he safely asserted. His friend, Professor E. Tronchet, fenc- The Demands of the Electric Companies Delay Matters. | POLITICS WILL BE INVOKED. Agitation on the Question of Light- Ing the Park Driveway Has Subslided. The proposition to light the main drive- way of the park is not receiving the sup- port which attended it when first the idea was submitted to the commission. Itis still being kept before the minds of wheel- men and the bicycle clubs, however, and the prospect of having a lighted drive ' to | the CIiff are not so remote as the present state of affairs seems to indicate. The principal reason the project is laps- ing lies in the impossibility of making sat- isfactory arrangements with the electric- light company. The first estimate given those in charge ‘of the matter was that thirty lights could be furnished for $300, and the company asked a guarantee that they would be kept up for at least one entrance by the kitchen window, which opens into an alley. After &-ocuring the hatchet he removed the bolt from the kitchen door, attacked and robbed Mrs. Reede and made his exit through the front door, which, in his hurry, he left open. Mrs. Reede was taken to the Receiving Hospital in the ‘ambulance. Dr. Fitzgib- bon found a severe wound in her scalp on the left side, and if the weapon had not been blunt it would have penetrated her skull. Asitis her skull is slightly frac-! tured. Her left hand is also wounded. She recovered consciousness during the afternoon. She employed three Chinese, Ah Charley cook, Ah Ling assistant cook and Tom Tuck dishwasher. When Tuck and Ling went to the restaurant to commence work yesterday morning they were placed under arrest by the three officers, and the cook was subsequently arrested. The police suspect that the trio, or one or other of them, were concerned in the burglary and attempted murder. Detective Byram has also been detailed on the case. WORK ON THE NEW TRACK Two Hundred Carpenters Now Toiling on Stables, Sheds and Grand Stands. By the 1st of November races will be run on the new track of the Calhfornia Jockey | Club. Two hundred and fifty-five men are at present at work on the buildings—grand stand, sheds, stables, fences, etc., and by year. When the plan took shape, however, the middle of October the buildings will be ST Stk = Some Beneficial Results of “The Call’s” Crusade Against the Fakes. COUNTERFEITS ARE PLENTIFUL. The Police Are Gradually Driving the Peddlers Out of the lllicit Business. Since Chief of Police Crowley’s new or- der granting a three days’ leave-of-absence to all officers who secure the conviction of lottery ticket peddlers and dealers went into effect the number of arrests have been consiaerable. And in almost every case the arrest has been followed by a convic- tion and fine. The result is that to-day lottery tickets are not sold opernly. Detective Wright, whose effective work on the lottery detail has been the means of driving such swin- dlers as Fox & Co. and several others out of the City entirely, said yesterday that since TrE CALL began its anti-lottery cru- sade the traffic had decreased gradually until now there are not 40 per cent as many tickets sold in this Civy as there was a year ago. “If the newspapers would only stop ad- vertising the lottery frauds,” said Chiet Crowley, “we could eventually, I believe, aimost rid the City entirely of the baneful trafic. But so long as people read in their daily gaper the accounts of drawings and alleged prize winnings, so long will there be some people foolish enough to throw away their money in that manner. And, of course, as long as there is a_demand for lottery tickets there will always be found some way in which to obtain them—though detection will come sooner or later, and some new method be invoked. “However, we are worrying the lottery dealers and peddlers a good deal and the traffic is more than one-half reduced. THE Cary’s influence has been felt in reducing the demand for them a great deal. Its exposure of the fake companies and fraud- ulent prize winnings and the counterfeit tickets has had the effect of opening the eyes of a great many people to the folly of throwing their money away in such a silly manner. Aside from this THE CALL has aroused a considerable public sentiment against the evil business, and I now find that many people who hitherto looked upon it -almost as an honest calling now have a consciousness that to handle lottery tickets in any way is not only dishonest but belittling and disreputable. **There are still a good many rogues who are willing to handle anything that will give them money and these are the ones that the. officers, spurned a little more to their duty, perhaps, by the promised vaca- tion, are now bringing in.” It is indeed a fact that lottery tickets can no longer be purchased in San Francisco as openly as opera tickets. There 1s great danger attending the trafficat present,and now the sales are made in dark alleys or out-of-the-way E}aces where the seller and buyer are both assured that there is no witness to the transaction. There are still a few women who peddle tickets in the Mission and in the Western Addition, but they conduct their business very secretly and carefully. The police have strict orders to arrest every lotter; THE ROAD PAST THE CASINO UNDER THE ELECTRIOC LIGHT. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] ing-master of the Olympic Club, corrobo- | rated all he said about notifying the world, and then getting what he deemed suitable apartments for his wife, pending a settle- ment in court of their domestic troubles Mrs. Poole peppered her complaint for her board bill with just a dash of Tobasco. “One day I heard screams for help,” she | said, ‘‘and I looked in their room and saw the captain bending over his wife, very angry it seemed. I hid him before the officers came, for I did not want any trouble.” The matter was taken under advisement by the court. HE COULD NOT REMEMBER The Grand Jury Fails to Get Anything Out of Mr. Colnon. Both Sides Stick to Thelr Storles, and the Investigation Is Prac- tically Ended. Harbor Commissioner Colnon failed to give the Grand Jury any inkling yesterday that would lead to identifying the men whom he charged the other day with try- ing to ‘bribe him for official positions. Ed Lanigan was present in the anteroom | ready to be called in at a moment’s ‘notice | to meet any definite statement that Mr. Colnon might make. But as Mr. Colnon said nothing, Mr. Lanigan could say noth- Ing new. Mr. Colnon did not glanceat Mr. Lanigan when he came out from the inquisition. The ‘members of the Grand Jury sighed contentedly when Mr. Colnon, in obedience to his summons, appeared promptly at 2 o’clock. They did not want any fuss and feathers by exercising the official arm and compelling his attendance. Mr. Colnon of course knew what was com- ing and faced the music as best he could. ‘When asked if there were any truth in his statement as published in THE CALL that certain persons had approached him with propositions to use his influence for a money consideration_ to get them places on the water front and the Board of Health, he answered that there was. Then came the question of the day, “Who?” All Mr. Colnon would vouchsafe was that he could not remember the names or even recall their faces, but he admitted frankly that the story of his charge as originally published in %‘nx CALL was true. } ““Can’t you give us an inkling by which either or {oth of the parties may be iden- tified "’ he was urged. Mr. Colnon said he could not. He was asked why, as a public officer, he had not done his duty and reported the matter at once to the proper anthorities while it was clear in his memory. Mr. Colnon declared that right after the man left him his face and name slipped from his memory. All sorts of questions rattled around the witness, but they proved extremely in- effective 1n stirring up his memory. After firing all sorts of questions for half an hour the Grand Jury let Mr. Colnon go. Both sides were very much dissatisfied Wwith the whole business. This ends the matter so far as the Grand Jury is concerned unless something turns “P to throw light on the identity of the alleged bribers.” The Grand Jury had banked a great deal on the assistance of Mr. Colnon in the matter, or rather on the engcutian of getting some admissioh out of him that might put them on the track of the alleged briging office hunters. Mr. Colnon’s answers have completely blocked the investigation. ey Competent authorities assert that the American-made silk hat is superior both in material and finish to any other hat of the kind in any part of the world. and when the projectors were about to | submit a bond for the cost of the work to | the Park Commissioners, the price of the thirty lights was raised to $500 a month | and a guarantee for three years instead of one was demanded. This new demand required the promo- | ters of illumination to raise a guarantee of E$18,()00 instead of one of $10,800, and this | increased risk they were unwilling to take. The matter will be made an issue of the next election, however, and when it comes "o choosing a Supervisor to represent the Richmond District, and the people at Ocean View and south of the park, he must be in favor of lighting up the Cliff House drive through the park or his election will be very uncertain. ‘When lighted the road will have about fifty lights strung along from Stap?'an street to the Cliff. A big arc lamp will be placed at every turn in the road, and these turns follow each other rapidly enough to keep the entire driveway well lighted. Permission has been granted to the pro- moters of the scheme, and the only re- striction is that the wires be laid under- ground as far out as Strawberry Hill. From there to the Cliff the wires can be strung in the air. Mayor Sutro and A. P. Hotaling, the wine man, have been named as bondsmen, l;nt thg b?_mtthas not been igned, and unless the light company re- g‘fcnei its demand it may not be su%?gn{lted for some time, but the road will be lighted and all the beach people, all the cycleries and all the wheelmen are waiting and working for it. STRUCK WITH A HATCHET, Murderous Attack by a Burglar Upon Mrs. Dora Reede,. Geary Street. Three Chinese Employed In Her Restaurant Are Arrested on Susplicion. A murderous attack was made upon Mrs. Dora Reede, a widow, by a burglar in her restaurant, 432 Geary street, at an early hour yesterday morning, and u}x? is now in the Receiving Hospital in a critical condition. She slept on a lounge in one of the rear corners of the restaurant, which was pro- tected by Japanese screens. The front door opens onto Geary street, and the kitchen is 1n the rear of the restaurant, being connected by a door. Mrs. Reede before retiring on Sunday night bolted the front door, but did not lock it. She also bolted the door leading from the kitchen to the restaurant. She was awakened about 5 o'clock by a blow on the head from some instrument. She sprang from the lounge and blindly cYuk:hed at the murderous burglar, who struck at her again, Shethrew up her left hand and received the blow on it. In the struggle she caught hold of something which she- thought was the queue of a Chinese. She heard the burglar grope for a satchel containing about $75, which she kept under the lounge, and after getting it he disappeared. She had no ogportumty of getting a good look at the burglar, as the first blow on her head dazed her. Her screams for help attracted the atten- tion of the people living in the lodging- house above the restaurant and they hur- riedly ran to see whatwas the matter. They found the front door open and on entering the restaurant they saw Mrs. Reede stretched out on_the floor uncon- scious and covered with blood. Policemen Douglass, Dinan and Duane also heard her screams and were quickly on the spot. They found an old hatchet on the floor with marks of blood upon it, which was without doubt the instrument used by the burglaz. upon Reede’s head. The completed. The contractors are pushing the work as rapidly as possible, and when the stables, with accommodations for 800 horses, are finished there_will be at least half that number of equine celebrities on the grounds. Mr. Spreckels said last night that the work is progressing very satisfactorily, and he thinks the grounds will be in good con- dition by the time the meet opens. The ironwork on the grand stand is very satis- factory and all kinds of crowds can be ac- commodated. There have been no additional entries since those published a few days ago, though many more are expected before the track and stables are in readiness. The entries show that we will have some-of the representative equine bloods of the land with us when the races open. The contractors at present have between 250 and 300 men working-at the track, and it is predicted everything will be in readi- ness by the latter part of the month. —_—————— MIGRATION OF BIRDS. Professor Loomis Talks of the Aerial Voyagers. An attentive and appreciative audience listened to a lecture on ‘‘Aerial Voyagers” at the Academy of Sciences last night. Leverett M. Loomis, curator of the de- fiartm%m of ornithology, was the speaker. e said: The disappearance of swallows in autumn puzzled Aristotle.. The only explanation he could think of was that they retired to holes and slept during winter. The Royal Society, inthe time of James L, informs us “that it is most certain that swallows sink themselyes to- ward sutumn into lakes.” The first Ameri- can writer to have a clear conception of the migration of birds was Rev. John Bach- man, the friend and collaborator of Audubon. In his well-known essay he tells us that many of the summer birds of Canada and New Eng- land pass the winter in the Carolinas and along the Gulf coast, and that others go still further south to the Bahamas and West Indies. Hardy birds, like the snowy owl and saow- flake, come from the Arctic regions to spend the winter in New England, taking the place of the summer visitors that had departed. He knew that some birds migrate during the night time and that others migrate only during the day. }Ke was & seeker, also, after causes, holding that birds go south to avoid the cold of win- ter orto find more congenial and abundant food, the latter bem_%l stronger principle than the former. When, however, he en- deavored to account for that mysterious fac- ulty which enables birds to make their long journeys and always return to their nesting Pplades he was compelled to fall back upon that magic word that has so long done service ‘among ornithologists to cover up their ignor- ance of the matter—“instinct.” —_——— A Family Jar. GREAT AMERICAN IMPORTING TEA CO.S Stores are selling L MASON FRUIT JARS At greatly reduced 1 dozen jars, pints, in box 1 dozen jars, quarts, in box. 1 dozen jars, half gallons in box. ————— " Monthly Mortuary Report. The Board of Health reports 438 deaths for last month against 527 for the corresponding month of last year. The deaths were classified as follows: Zymotic, 41; constitutional, 97; local, 220; deyelopmzntal, 89; violent, 39, and unascertained, 2. There were 19 casualties, 17 suicides, 3 homicides and 33 still-births. The death rate for the month was 1.33 per thousand, on a basis of 330,000. prices. -50¢ ———————— A Small Blaze on the Wharf. A fire was discovered under the whart, near the Union Iron Works, last night short after 8 o'clock. An alarm was turned in at box 514. The damage was about $20. The cause of the blaze is unknown. . More than half the entire cultivated area of Great Britain is now occupied by per- manent pasture. Alsulng.y o Feddler, regardless of sex, and they are fol- lowing out this order to the letter. The Honduras lottery fake has decided to send no more high-priced tickets to San Francisco. A great many of them have been seized by the police, and this makes not a little Joss to the company. Other lottery companies are also getting wary of San Francisco, and about the only tickets which are now circulating here to any ex- tent are the counterfeit tickets. The own- ers of these have nothing to lose by police seizures beyond the cost of printing, and this is so trivial compared to the haugsama profit of selling a worthless bit of paper for from 25 cents to $5 that the counterfeit lot- tery ticket business may be said to be in a flourishing condition in this City. It is almost impossible for the police to eradicate this counterfeit ticket traffic, for the reason that no capital is required to conduct it, and the plates from which the tickets are printed each month are so cheaply engraved that they are destroyed after every issue is run off. Indeed, the man who buys a lottery ticket to-day is a tenderfoot of the worst kind, and could get more satisfaction for his money by casting it in the bay and watching the coin sink to the bottom. ——— It Has No Equal FUNERAL NOTICE. A I OFFICE OF THE GRAND SECRETARY, GRAND LODGE, F. AND A. M. OF CALIFORNIA. The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of California will hold & special com- munication in the King Solomon's Hall, at the Masonic Temple in this City, on SATURDAY, the 7th inst., at 2 o'clock P. 3., for the purpose of con- ducting the funeral of our late esteemed and be- loved brother, the M. W.". WILLIAM CALDWELL BELCHER, Past Grand Master of the Jurisdiotion, The Grand Officers, Past Grand Officers and members thereof, and the officers and members of tha several lodges In this jurisdiction are hereby notified and requested to be in attendance. By direction o the Grand Master. GEORGE JOHNSON, Grand Secretary. University of California—$40,000 to Loan. LANK APPLICATIONS WILL BE SENT Bibon reauest . No application for less than $10,000 will be considered. Applications must be sent, in duplicate, to Regent Albert Miller, 633 California st.. 8. ¥ J. H. C. BONTE, Secty. Berkeley, ugust 23, 1895. ALL TYPEWRITERS g&;fifl_&tha SMITH nm“ LEO E. ALBXANDER & BRO., 218 Sansome Street. NOTARY PUBLIC. ;‘;:nl;‘b‘;a. Hotel, Residence 1620 Fell sta 'K;’l: JONPRITR G. A. DANZIGHEHR ATTORNEY - AT - LAV, 21 CROCKER BUILDING.