The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 12, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1895. T SATURDAY AMUSEMENTS, PALDWIN THEATER.—* Trilby.” COLUMBIA THEATFR— Robin Hood.” \Yoroscos OPERA-MOUSE—‘Bertha, the Sewing- T1V011 OPFRA-HOUSE—*La Travista.” CrrE¥ry—Hizh-Class Vaudeville, GROVER'S ALCAZAR. PEOPLES on-in-Law.” .—wAfter Dark.” ROARD OF TRAD: o the local Italian ca Italian ss-meeting was held is the official ¢ Officer, will soon the Grand Jury. of Central Califor- cs’ Institute last night. received expert testi- ked work in the Street De- fire was turned in from box treets, at 9:31 P. M. a small blaze in the Cali- 1t 213 and 215 Mission street gun for the forward turret will arrive here early . has sued W. R. Hearst for 1e of two stories furnished vant and Agnes J. Brown have i to the asylum by the Insanity ociety will not give cash ing chrysanthemum show at and Producers’ Associa- committee of five to the es at the Bay District ves- Will, Navy Blue, Treachery, Ke. and a H. Milis of the Central Pacific replies to e mineral lands committee tion. has opened a new y veteran printer, co: suffocating himself at rsday night. *n of porous asphaltum found near Santa Barbara County, has been Mining Bureau. Tuesday morning. er has occupied two days in i tiet title to the Lick 1 continue on Mon- Carroll has decided that cannot ride on transfers wed the time limit to f the Peac 1, a hatter, and William Lynch a at district police ts in their pos- vidson has sued the City 5 as & member of the appointed to establish a orth Pa- from the k road and pais railroad president of the ) i, has returned Pikes P Mount Tan ial T the sell of sted in South San Fran- t ¥ on sus- e attempted c station and f Sciences t v to Joseph n who has_been lyphics of Yuca- on arranging for the Astoria and Company talks of new line running early thirty miles and g, and is to ng the bank \ HOME FOR INEBRIATES. The Supervisors Decline to Accept It as a Gift. The Finance Committee of the Board of ervisors has recommended that the r of the Homeof the Inebriates jn t to the City and County be declined t¢. The real obstacle in the way tance is the fact that the City r just such a purpose, and the first ps to erect a building on it have been en. This practically settles a matter has ed a great deal of feeling in in quarters. derations on all sides of the ter w careiully weighed at the meet. of the nce Committee yesterday and embodied in the following report of the board: ced of trust, your committee is reluc- pelled 10 state, cannot be accepted ity and County, the Legislature at its »ssion having mede it the duty of the board to provide funds for the erection of & building. The sum of $35,000 has been set aside in the next tax levy for that purpose. The erection of the new home will practically bolish the old home on Chestnut and ton streets as a semi-public in- om. During the last few years most its public business has been switched into other channels. The patients de- tained for examination by the Insanity Commissioners are now kept in the City Receiving Hospital mat STATE FLORAL SOOIETY. Special Prepaiations DMade for the Coming Chrysanthemum Show. State Floral Society held its monthly esterday in the Young Men’s “hristian Association building. Professor il Jepson of the State University vered an interesting address on -‘The ife History of a Fern.” He began with e inception of the fern in the leaf mold and followed its progress to perfection. The committees in charge of the coming chrysanthemum show at the Palace Hotel reported that it will be the best ever made. It will be held on November 4, 5and 6. A special programme of music is in prepara- tion. The committee decided to depart the usual custom of offering cash Certificates of merit will take the of money in making the awards. hibits of remarkable merit will be i The Los Gatos ivited to participate in the exhibition Blaze From a Cigarette. Carclessness in throwing away & cigarette stump cansed a fire in the California Saw Works, 213-215 Mission street, at 6:39 P.x vesterday. The building occupied by the saw Works is a threestory brick, belonging to J. Peiers. The dumage 10 the contents was about $200 and to the building $50. The slarm was turned in from box 26: ————— Sealskins Released on Bonds. Bonds for the release of the sealskins on board the recently seized sealers Bowhead and Wi ter were signed by the owners in the United States District Court at the rate of $9 2 skin, making the entire amouut about | and took comn SHIP CAPTAINS RETIRE, Three Well-Known Skippers Have Returned to Private Life. IT MAY NOT BE PERMAMENT. They Were All Popular With the Traveling Public and First- Rate Seamen. There has been a general shake-up among masters of stgamers along the wa- ter front, and some of the most prominent skippers in port will retire into private life —for the time being at any rate. Two of them are masters of the largest ocean steamers sailing in and out of San Fran- cisco and the other biggest tug on the Pacific Co: case of the latter his friends and the own- ers of the boat say it is a serious illness that causes his temporary retirement. One of the others retires of his own volition and the other is going to take a long vaca- tion. The three skippers are Captain Harry G. | Morse of the Oceanic Steamship Com- pany’s Alameda, Captain William Ward of the Pacific Mail Company’s steamer City of Peking and Captain Dan Haskell of the Captain Harry G. Morse. [From a photograph.] | big Spreckels tug Fearless. They are three of the best known and best liked commanders in San Francisco. Captain von Ottendorif, who has latterly been_stationed on the Zealandia up at Martinez_will succeed Captain Mor Captain G. G. Trask, who has been chic officer of the City of Peking, will succeed Captain Ward and Captain Clem Randall is temporarily in charge of the Fearless. Whether these changes will be permanent or not time alone will tell. Captain Harry Morse is a general favor- ite with the traveling public. He has been a shipmaster for over twenty-five vears, and nearly all the time he has been trading to this port. Year: i the employ of Goodall, Perk commanded the ola steamer Dakota, running in the Puget Sound tr he took charge of the George after she was launched from Roach’ yard, and then about ten ye: overto the Oceanic Ste and of A E the Australian traveling public he is very popular, and it was no unusual thing for passengers to so arrange matiers as to make the round trip “with Captain Morse.” He is tired of the sea, however, Pacific Coast. ers of the Mail Company say he isonly going away on a vacation, but just how long the vacation will last they decline to s The gallant skipper grew up in the service of the Paci- fic Mail Company, and when the Peru was launched from the Union Iron Works and fitted out for sea he was placed in com- mand. He remained on her until Captain Seabury retired from the rd-breaker China and_then Captain Ward was pro- moted. When Captain Searles retired from the City of Pe i took his place and Captain Seab; his old position on the § Captain Dan Haskell is one of the ablest and best known pifots on the coast. His friends in shipping circles will be sorry to hear that he is a very sick man and that it may be a considerable time before he is back at his old post. Of the new commanders Von Ottendorff is the best known. He commanded the Zealandia when she was one of the mail- boats running to Australia and remained by her when she was laid up. Trask is well known as first officer of the Peking and Randall as master of the V nt. Other changes among skippers are: Cap- tain J. Silovich takes command of the Vigilant, vice Randall, and J. F. Trowren of the Reliance, vice Silovich. ALONG THE WATER FRONT The Belgic Has Been Floated and Taken to Yokosito for Repairs. y went back to A Cargo Valued at Half a Million Arrives on the Kotik From the Arctic. The efforts of the men who were attempt- ing to float the Belgic have at last been successful. The steamer went ashoreon a sandy beach near Yokohama overa month ago, and up to yesterday cvery attempt to move her was a fatiure. When the spring tide came, the last and successful attempt was made. The big liner has been towed to Yokosito, where she will be docked for terporary repairs. Thence she wiil probably go to Hongkong and be perma- nently fixed up. It will be at least six months before she is back on her old run. The Belgic is owned by the White Star line, and leased to the Occidental and Oriental Company. The ship Dominion has been getting ready to load lumber for Australia, and as there was a.slight leak forward, a diver was sent down yesterday to examine her forefoot. He found that the damage was only slight, but the vessel may have to dock for repairs. She brought a cargo of coal here from Sydney. _ The steamer City of Pekinz came off Hunters Point drydock yesterday aiter a thorough overhauling, and the big whale- back City of Everett went on the ways at the Union Iron Works. Outof the water the City of Everett looks more like a cylinder than anything else. On the beginning ot its ninth year the Coast Sealaen’s Jjournal has this to say about itself: We have longsinceoutlived the space allotted to us by the prophets at our birth, but we feel as young as ever. Time has bestowed upon us théwisdom of age end the spirit of youth in inverse proportions. As we grow older in years and experience we grow youngerin cour- age and hope. The intellizent readers, sea- men and landsmen, will mark in the Journal to-day the same lusty spirit and light-footed ambition which distinguished its debut in the maritime arena. Eight yvears ago the world laughed good-naturedly at the stripling, un- armed, except with a just cause, and untrained, except by native intelligence, who tackled the antique giant of meritime law and usage. Then the Journal laughed, too, and with never & fear of the joke—and it 1§ laughing yet, with aclearer but no whit less appreciative sense of the humorous. We begin another vear with the same course mapped out and the same goal ahead. We have no roving commission to seek prizes in uncharted waters, no contraband to smuggle through the blockade, but just a plain irciggl. en open sea, & windward port and a good ship to beat up in. The Journal has grown in influence dur- ing the past nine years until now it is the most powerful labor organ on the coast. The Russian steamer Kotik arrived from Petropaulovski yesterday after a fair run of thirty-thr e days. She brought one of the most valuable cargos that has come to San Francisco this year. It consisted of 17,920 sealskins, 227 sea-otter skius, 13 land- otter skins, 16 sable and 12 fox skins. Al- together the consignment is worth in the neighborhood of half a million dollars. Among the passengers who came down on the Kotik were the agentof the Russian Fur Comvany and his wife. Mr. Malovan- sky has broughit down with him two fine full-grown cinnamon bears, which he in- tends presenting to the Park Commission- ers. The big brutes are as tame as kittens. The agent says the seal-poachers reaped a harvi Russian and British cruisers were away nearly all the time in Eastern waters. When the Kotik sailed the British cruiser Porpoise and the Russian cruiser Yakut were at Petropaulovski. The manager of the Crystal baths has registered a protest with the Harbor Com- issi, The pipes that carry the salt s sanitarium are strung along under Powell-street wharf. He accerd- ingly does not want that structure cut in two because it wiil put him to great ex- pense to again reach deep water. SUICIDE OF A PRINTER Thomas J. Foard’s Self-In- flicted Death From Suf- focation. Letters to the Coroner and His Friends Tell the Reasons for the Deed. Thomas J. Foard, a veteran printer who had worked on nearly all the local papers for the past ten years, was found dead in bed at his lodgings, 425 Kearny street, yes- terday morning. 9 landlord of the place detected the odor of gas coming from the room, and calling Policeman Love they broke open the door. Foard was found lying on his back in bed, with a small rubber tube con- nected with the gas jet clenched between his teeth. The following letter was lying on a table: Sick, weary and worn out T give of life and seck rest. Mineis a There is only one way to come into 1, but there aré many ways by which t. th | 1o, b let the verdict of your jury be. It s at it is better 10 bear the ills we have to otherswe know not of. But beyond 2ve there are no ills, we are taught to believe. Oh. moon-crowned night. pallid and sad ! 1s there no soo.hing balm, Drown in t Must 1 thus gri Twin sisters — and Sleep— our arms. 1that harms, full harvest reap— 1 still longer grieve, still longer weep? Members of the Typographical Union of San Francisco will attend to my burial. The **boys” that I am weil “bestowed” in t plat, where lie many of my old pi tes who long since gave up the measured” their Jast “string.” cems to be no room for old people anywhere except in the grave, and even there the new man and the new woman may crowd them outand bid them *‘move on.”” We are told to “‘eat, drink and be merry, for to-morrow ye die.” Most mortals are will:ng to eat and drink and be merry, but very few are willing to die. In vouthful days and in old age *Tis food and drink our thonghts engage; And when the race of life is run, What more than food and drink is won With ail onr Loil? And thus doth end as was begun Our mortal coil. ~ THoMAS J. FOARD. The deceased also left the following note, addressed to Secretary Benoist of Typographical Union No. 217 Will you see to it that one more 0ld veteran is put away in proper order and with good justifieation. 1 owe 50 cents per capita ducs. Please pay it, and you will find_in my room a nice cane and umbrella, which I give you in payment. FOARD. Foard was a brother of J. McDonough Foard, editor and proprietor of the old Golden Era magazine, which has a place in the literary history of California. Though aCFrimer by profession he was a clever and, indeed, accomplished writer, his verses and articles finding their way into magazines. He was a contributor | to the Golden Era in its palmiest days, when Bret Harte, Joe Goodman, Charles Henry Webb, Laurence and others of the well-remembered literary band made that publication famous. Atonetime he would v type side by side with Bret Harte and | in turn would occupy himself with writ- ing. And so old Tom Foard was one of that early intellectual coterie about whom literary folk like to chat nowadays. Foard was 69 years of age and a native of Maryland. 'his was not his first at- | tempt at suicide, as he was found asphyx- iated in the same room several months ago. The body was taken to the Morgue. U. 8. COURTS CALENDAR. United States Circuit Court. [Before McKenna and Gilbert, Judges.] Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company vs. Ore- gon Improvement Company; order to show cause dismissed. [Before McKenna, Judge.] Edward Riley_vs. 0. M. Welburn; defena- ant given until November 1 to plead. Adjourned to Monday, October 14. United States District Court. [Before Morrow, Judge.] United States vs. George Short; passing coun- terfeit coins; continued for the term. United States vs. A. J. Tooney; passing coun- terfeit coin; arraignment set for Monday, Oc- tober 14. Adjourned to Monday, October 14. Sl e To-Day’s ‘News Letter.” The edition of the News Letter to-day shows more conclusively than ever that San Fran- cisco can handsomely support a fearless, clean and independent weekly journal. Its edi- torials are by our foremost public writers, and as for society news it is acknowledged in our best circles that the news published in these columns is from within and not from without the “pale,” for which reason the greater credence i5 given the News Letter over its con- temporsries. Among to-day’s topics are: “The Vanderbilt-Marlborough Scandal,” “Are We on the Eve of & Mining Boom$” “Durrant’s Manifestations of Moral Mon- strosity.”” “flow to Stop Lynching.” «“San Francisco Society in New York." “Major Daling’s Former Romance." “Baron yon Schroeder’s Famous Adventure With His Dachshund.” “Wakefield Baker's Experience With a Monkey Wrench.” “Mammy Pleasant’s Protest.” Stuart Taylor's Romance.” “To Be a Successful Bicyclist.”” “The Latest Craze of Crested Gloves.” These are but a hundredth part of the topies which are discussed in the brilliant pages of our foremosi we A ubvtiact el S S Caught Robbing a Man. James Stevens and two other men were seen robbing C. Ryan, a laborer, on Jackson street, near Montgomery avenue, early yesterday morning by Policeman Freel, who gave chase and eaptured Stevens after firing three shots at him. Stevens was booked at the California- street station for grand larceny. : rs' st around Covpper Island, as the | MASONIC GRAND LODGE, Edward Myers Preston of Ne- vada City Elected Grand Master. THE NEW JUNIOR WARDEN. Flourishing Condition of the Order in the State—New Lodges in the South. The principal officers of the Grand Lodge of Free Masons now in gession in this City were elected vesterday afternoon. They are Edward Myers Preston, grand master; William Thomas Lucas, senior grand warden; Thomas Flint Jr., junior grand warden; Edward Coleman, grand treasurer; George Johnson, grand secre- tary. Grand Master Preston isthe presi- dent of the Citizens’ Bank of Nevada City, and one of the most prominent members of the Masonic lodge of that place. He came from his native State, Michigan, to California, in 1863, locating in Nevada City. His nameis known in connection with the Preston Reform School at™Tone, he having introduced the bill while a member of the Legislature that established the reformatory. Mr. Preston is the author of the resolution introduced in the Edward Myers Preston, Grand Master of the k. and A. M. of California. [Sketched by a “ Call” artist.) Grand Lodge for the establishment of the Masonic Widows’ and Orpbans’ Home. He was elected junior grand warden in 1892, and successfully filled the offices of senior warden and deputy grand master in the natural order until called this session to occupy the grand master’s chair. Deputy Grand Master-elect Thomas Lucas is one of the best-known Masons in the State. He is a practicing physician of Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, where he has lived for the last sixteen years, and is a member of Guadalupe Lodge No. 237. He passed through all the chairs of the subordinate lodge and the wardens’ chairs in the Grand Lodge. Senior Warden-elect Thomas Flint Jr. is a prominent member of the Masonic ana Native Sons’ organizations, having filled the presiding chairs in both orders. He is a resident of San Juan and a member of xas Lodge No. 46. Grand Treasurer Edward Coleman has served in this office for three consecutive terms and was unanimously re-elected. He is a resident of this C:i but until a few vears ago lived in_Grass Valley, where he “was prominently identified with Masonry. His great popularity in the brotherhood made opposition to his re- election impossible and his election was assured. Grard Secretary Georze Johnson was unanimously elected to office for the fifth time. He is considered to be one of the most atle Masons in the order, as evi- denced by his repeated election. He filled 2ll the cnairs in_California Lodge No. and has been a Mason for a quarter of a century, ‘hough comparatively a young man. The office in which a contest always oc- curs is that of junior grand warden, as it is the first step in the succession to the chair of grand master. Judge F. M. Angelotti of Marin and ifarry C. Bush of Alameda were the candidates. The popularity of these young men was so equal that in’ the first two ballots they stood only one vote ahead of the other. On the third ballot, however, Judge Angelotti received an elec- tive majority. The new junior warden, who \\-ifl be grand master three years hence, is a native of California, having been born in the county where he ably presides as Superior Judge. Heisa Na- tive Son of the Golden West as well as a prominent member of the Masonic broth- erhood. The forty-sixth session of the Grand Lodge will close to-day after the election of the remaining officers. About 400 aele- gates are in attendance, a somewhat larger number than ever met before, From the grand secretary’s report it is learned that the order in the State numbers 17,500 in 261 lodges. There have been 2522 degrees conferred and 391 new members initiated. The increase has been greatest in the southern portion of the State, where three new lodges have been organized, namely : In Whittier and Corona, Los Angeles County, and in Consuelo, Sgn iego County. All official reports show the order to be in a ilourishing condition thyoughout the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge and a greater interest manifested by the individ- ual members of the order. C. B. Ackers, master of Rising Star Lodge of Placer ()oumy, expressed himseif as wonderfully pleased with the work of the Grand Lodge. *'Irepresent,” he said, “‘a lodge which, though small in member- ship, is strong in fraternity and is on a most prosperous footing. It is an old lodge, having been instituted over ferty years ago at the time when the need ot a fraternal society was most strongly felt. Through the trying period of the gold fever the little lodge remained true and steadfast and the hardy s i gained remains with us to-day. Alexander Dalt also represents a lodge of the mining district. ‘1 am master of one of the most flourishing lodges in the State,” he said. “It is Michigan City Lodge No. 47, and though having only thirty-two members it is extremely prosperous and it is constantly gaining ge.”? Liberty Lodge No. 29 of Santa Clara was represented by its present master, J. R. Shields. Mr. Shields is 2 genial soul, and though he represents one of the newest lodges in the order he seemed to know everybody and was universally known. He ‘spoke very enthusiastically of the growth of Masonry in his section. “Liberty Lodge,” he said, ‘‘is a young lodge, but it is a worker. It was organized in 1890 with just thirteen members. In spite of the unlucky number Liberty grew and is grow- ing to-day. Itis the only iodge in Santa Clara. At present we have forty members, with a brilliant prospect before us.” General C. F. A. Last, master of Los Angeles Lodge No. 42, says Masonry is having a boom down that way. *The lodge which I represent,” he said, “'is the oldest one on the southern coast. It was instituted in 1854, and at present has a membership of 225. Last year was par- ticularly prosperous with us. Our finan- cial condition is very %ood, and we have a nice sum on hand. The board of relief, of which I am president, last year spent be- tween $3000 and $3500 for charity, besides what the lodge spent ““There are five_other lodges in Los An- geles and all of them are prosperous. [ Some of them are larger than the lodge which I represent. Masonry has never flourished anywhere else in the State as it has in Los Angele: G. W. Orr represents Laurel Lodge No. 245 of Willows, Glen County. ‘There are fifty members in Laurel Lodge,” he said, “and they are all full of enthusiasm. Ma- sonry in that section is both popular and prosperous. Our lodge is not an old one, but it has been doing good work ever since its inception, and we have no reason to be ashamed of the showing we are now able to make. We are still going forward and we feel that we have aright to hope for great things from Laurel Lodge in the future.” G. L. True is another well-known Ma- son from the mining section. He repre- sents one of the oldest lodges—Ophir No. 33—of Calaveras County, and he takes a pardonable pride in the position which Masonry occupies in that section. “Ophir Lodge,” he said, “has now between forty and fifty member: It was organized away back in the and has made a steady growth ever since. Itisin a flour- ishing condition both fraternally and financially.” Keystone Lodge No. 161 of Milton, Cala- veras County, was represented by P. S. Robertson, past master, and Horace Allen, master. Mr. Robertson was greatly im- pressed with the harmony maintained at this convention. “It was certainly one of the most profitable and plegsant aifairs of the kind 1 ever attended, and I have been to a number. From the looks of the grand lodge room I would judge it isthe most numerously attended. *‘In Milton, where my lodge is located, there are not a great many people and so there could not be a strong lodge numer- ically. Otherwise, however, it is very pros- perous, and it has a brilliant future before 1t. It is not a new lodge, it was instituted during the war, and during the years since then 1t has gained a very strong foothold in the community.” There was a joliy delegation of promi- nent Masons represénting the various San Francisco lodges. E. W. Connaut, master of San Jose Lodge No. 10, was busily en- gaged between ballots in the afternoon | greeting his numerous friends. He is very enthusiastic about the status of Masonry in the Garden City.**‘San Jose Lodge No. 10,” he said, “has a member- ship of about 204 members, and we are working all the time. San Joseis a good field for Masonry, and all the lodges there are active and enthusiastic. The lodge which I represent is in a particularly flourishing condition and_has a first-class financial standing.” A.B. Hamilton and W. A. January, past masters, are also Ercsem as representatives of San Jose odge. L. Gordon, Ralph Lowe and J. T. Coyle are also from San Jose. They represent Friendship Lodge No. 210. * This organi- zation,” said Mr. Coyle, “is in a pro condition. Its membership is 161 and is constanuy growing.”’ DR, CHALMERS' CONDUCT, The City Quarantine Officer Reported to the Grand Jury. Ship Allowed to Dock on the Order of Dr. Peckham of the United States Service. Quarantine Officer Chalmers is likely to get himself into a peck of trouble with the Grand Jury and certain other City officials over his action in regard to the steamer Australia. On the morning that the vessel arrived from Honolulu the Board of Health met as usual on the report of the arrival of a yessel from cholera-infected ports. Mayor Sutro and Drs. Hart and Williamson were present. Dr. Hart regularly moved that the Australia be ordered into quarantine at Angel Island till her passengers, bag- gage and cargo were thoroughly fumi- gated. Dr. Williamson made an effort to have the passengers omitted from the order. He said they had been properly fumigated, being allowed to take baggage, and that the sea voyage had completed the destruc- | tion of whatever hostile bacteria may have existed. Mayor Sutro and Dr. Hart refused to agree with him, and when the question was put it was decided to order the Aus- tralia, her passengers and freight into quarantine. during the discussion, and when he left the rooms of tne Board of Health it was supposed that he was on his way to the water front to.carry out the order. He went to the water iront all right, but instead of ordering the steamer into quarantine he allowed her to dock and to discharge her passengers and freight. When Mayor Sutro heard of the action he expressed some very indignant phrases. Since the board has been handling vessels from infected ports he has been using his best efforts to have the laws rigidly en- forced, and to use every precaution to guard the public health. The case of the steamer Belgic thoroughly exasperated him and set him to watching the Oriental steamers more closely than ever. Some way, under Dr. Chalmers’ supervision, the Belgic was allowed to slip into dock and discharge her passengers. Subsequently it came to light that charges had been made that several passengers had died of cholera while on the voyage from China to Hono- Iulu. A report was made to the Board of Health that some of the same passengers had a great deal to do with spreading the cholera in Honolulu. Thisis only one of the reasons that has set the authorities to investigating the arbitrary action of Quarantine Officer Chalmers in_ignoring the order of the Board of Health, and allowing the Australia to dock without being fumigated. George T. Gaden yesterday “submitted the following statement of the case to the Grand Jury: The facts are_that Dr. Chalmers was_specific- ally instructed by the Board of Health to F‘ e the steamer Australia in quarantine. nsiead of so doing he accepted the instruc- tions of Dr.Peckham, United States Quaran- tine Officer of this port, and therefore Dr. Chalmers gave an order to Captain Houdlette 10 1and the passengers of the steamer. The latter order was immediately obeyed, and about sixty-seven passengers were landed %;guut 4 P. M. 'in San Francisco on October 9, Here are two questions that grow out of the above facts: First—Wes not Dr. Chalmers in duty bound to obey the instructions of the Board of Health and place the stesmer in quarantine? He is an officer of the State Government, and owes his primary duty to its laws. His obligation is to executé the laws and allow others to raise the question of thelr logality. Second—Do the statutes of the United States invest Dr. Peckham with authority to over- rule and nullify the specific instructions of the Board of Health? 'If they do, then the question of procedure alone is involvea. Should mot Dr. Ohalmers have placed the steamer in quarantine, thus performing his duty, and thereby giving & basis for the subse- quent order of release by Dr. Peckham? On these questions the Grand Jury should take advice of the District Attorney and be governed by the law in the case. ———— Manufacturers and Miners. The California Miners’ Association yesterday sent s communication to the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Association inviting the latter body to send representatives to the Miners’ convention, which will be held on the 14th inst., as the miners desire advice and assist- ance upon the matters of minerallands in California_and the formation of new laws affecting them. The manuiacturers will send as a committee: M. J. Keller, R. S, Moore, J. P. Currier, James Sproule and A. McLaughlin. — e The Curtis Divoree Suit. Henry G. Curtis, a customs inspector, is de- fendant in a divorce suit instituted by Mrs, Emma Curtis on the ground of desertion. Mrs. Curtis declares that she and her husband were married twenty years ago and that while she was away for her health in 18584 Mr. Curtis se- cretly obtained adivorce insutter County. That divorce was set aside on the proof of fraud, but the husband egain deserted last year. Mrs. Curtis alleges that her busband has transferred obtaining alimony. i Quarantine Officer Chalmers was present $10,000 worth of property to prevent her from i AFTER DOCKERY'S SCALP. Milk Dealers Combine to Oppose His Actions as Milk Inspector. ALL SORTS OF CHARGES MADE. Sults Flled Agailnst Him, but He Calmly Goes Ahead With His Purifylng Work. Miik Inspector Dockery is stirring up lots of trouble, and those most interested are wondering on whose shoulders it wiil fall. Since his appointment last week he has destroyed scores of gallons of so-called adulterated milk. Yesterday he had four- teen men arrested for selling the stuff. He has a pocket stuffed full of warrants. Among the names on the list are those of Superintendent Joseph King of the Inter- national Hotel; Joseph Regli and Frank Muther, proprietors of te Brooklyn Dairy; Joseph and Frank Furrar, proprietors of the Eureka Dairy, and William Illie, pro- prietor of the San Francisco Cream Depot. The milkmen have formed a combina- tion *‘to do up Dockery,” as his friends say. They are zoing to attack him from a Jegal point first. They have engaged At- torney John Flournoy to attack Dockery’s appointment to the office of Milk Inspec- tor. Flournoy has just filed his final charges against Dockery with the Board of Health. = He sets forth that Dacke: when appointed, “had no qualifications as Milk Inspector other than such as might have been possessed by any other man who had for some years been engaged as an insurance solicitor and for some months as the keeper of a restaurant; and that he has not, since his appointment, by investi- gation, analysis or study, gained any in- formation or knowledee sufficient to qual- ify him to act as an inspector of milk.” The complaint says, further, that Dock- ery ‘‘maliciously destroyed thirty gallons of pure, fresh, unadulterated milk in an Eddy-street restaurant. *‘At the time of the confiscation of such milk,” says the complaint, *J. P. Dockery was so much under theinfluence of his newly acquired power and other siimu- lants that he was not able to command ‘| and intelligently use even the little knowl- edge connerning milk which he may have sed.’” dealers have asked the Board of Health for an investigation, for the dis- charge of the lnspector and for the ap- pointment of some better qualified person. Besides this_investigation the milk deal- ers are harassing Dockery with a number of suitsat law. Suit has been brought for the thirty gallons of milk destroved on Eddy street, and for a number of gallons of “pure, first-class milk” dumped over- board along the water front. i3 Outside of these antagonists Dockery is going to have a fight on his hands when he tries to collect the salary for the place of Milk Inspector. *The Supervisors, when petitioned by the Board of Health, flatly refused to set aside any money for such ap- pointee. The Board of Health went ahead, just the same, and appointed Dockery to the office. Dockery has lots of determination and declares he is not going to let a combina- tion of milk-dealers deter him from doing his duty. He believes he will get his salary ail right out of the emergency fund. In addition to the warrants sworn out against the milkmen already mentioned, 1. J. Ewell, who owns a big dairy just across the line in San Mateo County | was arrested yesterday and charged with selling adulterated and impure milk. Mr. Ewell gave bonds for his appearance in court next Manday. The milkmen gave voice and vote to their views on the subject of pure and im- pure milk, inspection and Inspectors, in a meeting attended by more than 100 pro- ducers, yvesterday afternoon, at the Milk- men’s Union headquarters on Eddy street. Many of them disagreed with Inspector Dockery as to the percentage of cream requisite to purity. The Inspector in- formed the meeting that milk 1aust pro- ce 1014 per cent cream in order to come vithin the demand for purity. But the milkmen said they prided theémselves on producing a milk that would show 14 per cent cream. g It was the voice of the meeting that only pure mitk should be sold as pure, that the skimmed variety should be so labeled, and that half-and-half should be only what the name implied—one part pure and one part skimmed—and that there should be only two parts in the whole. The meeting expressed a unanimous de- sire, by vote, for the presence of an in- spector in their midst, but they wanted that official to insrect the milk they sold to customers and not that which ghey claimed some of the restaurants used for the purpose of weakening bad coffee, being itself weakened with bad water or other added mixtures. They expressed in their speeches the opinion "that'if proper rules | were enforced to govern the actions of the inspector, compelling milkmen to sell only ure milk, skimmed milk and “half-and- alf,”” the office of inspector would be made useful to patrons and confer a bene- fit upon the milkmen. 3 The following committee was appointed 10 meet the Board of Health in consulta- tion upon the subject: Messrs. Vermeil, Speath, Taber, Sartori and Lowe. Death of Mrs. Newman, Mrs. Nina Newman of 1321 Devisadero street died suddenly of heart disease at her home Inst evening. ~She was the widow of Abraham Newman. who was a prominent figure in Democratic politics about & decade ago. Her age was 50 years. e B’nai B'rith Celebration. Invitations have been issued toa select few of the past grand officers of the Independent * ~ SOME FEATURES -.OF THE...... SUNDAY CALL, OCTOBER 183, 1895. “ON THE ’48 TRAIL,” somEraING NEW IN FRONTIER LITERATURE, BY CHARLES MICHELSON. “ A LITERARY DISCOVERY,” A RARE RELIGIOUS TOME IN SAN FRAN- cisco, BY ALBERT SUTRO. “ GLORY,” A JAPANESE ROMANCE, BY JOHN M. LONG. “THE EXTRAORDINARY LOYALTY oF A Frienp,” By W. C. MOR- ROW. “THE CoMING SEAsON WILL B Gay,” BY EDWARD M. GREENWAY. “RanpoMm NortEes,” BY JOHN Mc- NAUGHT. “LIGHT AND AIRY GOSSIP ABOUT MobpERN LIFE,” BY BAB. “AMONG THE Nzw BooKs,” By THECALL's” LITERARY CRITIC. “FASHIONS FOR WOMEN AND MEN,” BY MARCELLA AND OTHERS. “In CHILDHOOD'S REALM,” MARY C. JOHNSON., BY Order of B'nai Brith by the president of the 11 order, Abraham Jonas. These gen accompany the grand president to Osklui Lodge No. 258 on the occasion of the forty second_anniversary of the orderon Monday next, the 15th inst. An entertninment and banquet will be heid at the lodge. NEW TO-DAY-AMUSEMENT! . @Lfifiifi FPRICOLANDLR.GOTTLOD & G- LE33ES AMD MAMAGLRS -+ e | MATINEE THIS AFTERNOON NEXT MONDAY THE SALE AT 9 O'CLOCK WILL COMMENCE FOR PRINGE ANANIAS! First time in San Francisco. Wfl L MAYPAN AND Co flmccfiw I’ HEATRE S\ PROPS. ONLY 7 NIGHTS MORE—3 MATINEES MATINEE TO-DAY AT 2 P. M. EX'nA MATINGE WeDNE2DAY NEXT! [RILBY! ——SEATS NOW ON § Ajfternoon, Oct. 18. Grand ORI BENEFIT OF THE—— AC ORS' FUND OF AMERICA. Tirania OpersConisuy W Benefit seats ready to- Pric . Monday, Oct. 21, “THE PASSING SHOW,” Remaining Performances. A WONDERFUL PROGRAMME, The Greatest Novelty of PEOPLE’S THEATER. Howard street, near Third, GEO. F. CLAYTO .Lessee and Mar GRAND OPENING GRAND OPEN To-night and All This Week, With Dion Boucicault's Masterpiece, AEEER DARK. ill fill in the time the arama alties. Star Vaudeville Performers between the ¢ with Spe G FIRST-CLASS! c, 15¢ and 20c. MATINEE O GROVER’S ALCAZAR. MATINEE TO-DAY AT 2. Matinee Prices—10c, 15¢c, 25c. THE GREAT LAUGHING SUCCESS “MY SON-IN-LAW TEE GROVERS And the Best Cast the Comedy Has Ever Had. SUNDAY. Night Prices—10c, 15¢, 25c, 85¢, 50c Monday—*‘CONFUSION.”” TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Mes. ERNESTING KRELING Proprietor & Manages SEASON OF GRAND ITALIAN OPERA! EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK, Verdi's Celebrated Lyric Drama, “LA TRAVIATA” Qe o TR RRG e e — NEXT WEEK—— “IL TROVATORE!” REAPPEARANCE OF LICE CARL ats Now on Sale. Popular Prices—25c and 50c. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theaterin America. WALTER MOROSCO. lo Lessoe and Mauagse THIS EVENING AT EIGHT. (A 13 THIRD W Of the Iilustrious Author-Actor, MILTON NOIRIL.ES! In His Famous Comedy- Drama, “BERTHA THE SEWING- ¢ MMACHINE GIRL” EVENING PRICK3—25¢ and 502 Family Circle and Gallerv. 10c. Usual Matinees Saturday and Sunday. ORPHEUM. O’Farrell Street, Between Stockton and Powsil MATINEE TO-DAY (SATURDAY), OCT. 12. Parquet, any seat, 25c; Balcony, any seat, 1003 Children, any part, 10c. SUPERB NEW ATTRACTIONS! An Entire Change of Bill! THE FOUR SCHRODE BROS.! HAINES AND PETTINGILL, JOHN HIGGINS, AND A MAGNIFICENT COMPANY. FIRST OF THE SEASON. MECHANICS’ PAVI LION. ANNTAIT SPANISH CARNIVAL MASQUERADE. SATURDAY EVENING, GCT. 12, 1895, DOORS OPEN AT 7 0'CLOCK. GRAND PRELUDE AT 8 SHARP. GRAND MARCH AT 10. ADMISSION ONE DOLLAR. CHANNING AUXILIARY. SATURDAY EVENING LECTURES At Unitarian Church, Frankiinand Geary sts., OCTOBER 12. JOAQUIN MILLER. LONDON FOLK COMPARATIVELY. COURSE TICKE' TWO DOLLARS SINGLE A Y C To be obtained at Sherman & Jlay’s. RUNNING RUNNING RACES! fi&g RACES CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACSS, FALL MEETING! BAY DISTRICT TRACK. Races Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday— Rain or Shine. Five or more races each day. Racesstartat 2:03 .. sharp. McAllister hnd Geary street cars pass the gate.