The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 15, 1895, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1895. —————————— e — TO-DAY THERE WILL BE WAR ONTHE MARSHES Duck - Hunters Out in Force to Invade Pre- served Lands. POSSIBILITY OF TROUBLE Clubs Determined to Defend What They Consider Their Rights. THE SLOUGHS ARE BLOCKADED. A Hint That Dynamite WIll Be Used and Force Wiil Be Met by Force. . The duck season opens to-day, and the late trains leaving last evening were crowded with men, gum boots and dogs. The birds are reported to be plentiful on the marshes, and there oughtto be wild ducks enough in the markets to-morrow to give half the City indigestion. But the duck-hunters who went out last night were not elated over the prospects of big bags. In fact those who went to the Suisun marshes felt more as if they were going to war than hunting ducks. ‘Whether the battles they will fight will be legal fights or just the old shotgun sort depends. There were two sorts and sets of hunters on the late boats—the aristocrats belong- ing to the gun clubs, and the larger class that proposes to invade the preserves and shoot ducks wherever they find them. Under a law passed by the last Legisla- ture the hunters not interested in preserves claim that their title to the ducks on the marshes is as good as anybody’s, and they intend to use the new privileges to the ut- most, and just in proportion to the aggres- siveness of these sportsmen the club men will resist. They say the law is unconsti- tutional; that no Legislature can take from them the exclusive privilege of shooting on lands leased by them. The Teal Club has blockaded the two sloughs that give en- trance to its preserve, and if the obstrue- tions are not enough to keep outsiders from the well-baited ponds deputy sheriffs and gamekeepers will put in another check. Among the men who do not belong to the preserve clubs are several who have said they would not be prevented from shooting on the marshes. [f they find the sloughs blockaded they say they will blow up the piles with dynamite, and will not leave the marsh unless they are arrested by the proper officers of the law. Of course there is every probability that the fight will be made in the courts. The trespassers, so termed by the clubs, will be warned off the marsh, and, if they do not go, will be arrested and the legal rights of the case will be determined by the Judges. But there is always grave danger when young men with contrary views and conflicting purposes clash.with guns in their hands. In past years the club waraens in order to avoid court trials have contented them- selves with spoiling the shooting for tres- passers. If a stranger came on the marsh mcouple of keepers were sent out to keep track of him. Whenever a flock of ducks threatened to come within range these keepers would shoot and scare them away. If this course is pursued to-day there is a strong likelihood of trouble. The unwritten law of the field is that no hunter shall interfere with another man’s shoot- ing, and when a man’s chances for a bag of ducks is deliberately spoiled he is very likely to lose his temper and make things warm for the spoiler. The leader of the unattached sportsmen in this fight is E. J. Bell. He will make the fest to-morrow. He has established an ark near Espinosa station and proposes to maintain it as a hotel for the accommo- dation of men who like to shoot ducks and cannot pay from one to three thousand dollars a vear for the privilege. . He is on the marsh now. Quitea number of sportsmen went with him, and he says he will protect his guests in the enjoyment of their sport, consequently he will be the first man arrested for trespass. ““We are going out to shoot ducks,” said one of Bell’s iriends yesterday. ‘“We are not going out looking for a fight or any- thing of the sort. We are law-sbiding men, and are only doing what the law gives us a right to do. We presume that the club men will keep within the law themselves and not interfere with us. If we find we are mistaken in this we will act accordingly. If we find navigable streams blockaded we may remove the objections. ‘“‘Coionel Mendell, the Government’s officer in the premises, has stated publicly that the blockading of a navigable slough is a violation of the t'ederal law, punish- able by fine up to $5000 and imprisonment, and we will prosecute any person who vio- lates the law to our injury. Of course, if any of us should find a man in his own blind by a small pond we would not get beside him and spoil his shooting; but if one of us got there first and was in posses- sion of a choice position we would ex- pect our rights to be equally respected. “If the pond is big enough so that more than one can shoot without interfering we will take the best position that is left, and anybody who attempts to prevent us will very likely have cause to regret it. The ducks on the marshes belong to no one man or set of men. We do notinjure any- body’s property and we believe there is no law to prevent us having our day’s shoot- ing, even if we cannot afford to belong to luxurious clubs.” The Mallard Club that fought for the privilege of free shooting last year will keep up the fight under the new law. Charles W. Kellogg, president of the Cordelia Club, in speaking of the right of the club to the enjoyment of leased marsh- lands on the Suisun marsh, said: “The position in which the Cordelia Club finds itself is simply that of having to maintain its rights to that which it has paid for and to which it has a just and legal claim. In other words, we lease the lands over which we claim the exclusive right to shoot. We have leased them for some years. We have goneon under our lease and made certain valuable improvements. We have built about four miles of fence and gone to other expenses which amount in the ag- gregate to quite a handsome sum. We lease these lands from the Chamberldin estate and vpay a rental for them. “‘Now, the question is a very simple one. ‘Will or will not the law protect us in the enjoyment of our property? I have no hesitation about that matter. There can be no doubt but that we are justly and law- fully in possession of the land,and I am sure the courts will uphold us i the ex- ercise of our rights. The injunction which we obtained last year against trespassers a on our club grounds is still held under con- sideration by the Superior Court of Solano | County. It may be decided at any time; | that is, dissolved or made permanent. However itshould be held we, as a club, propose to invoke the full arwn of the law to protect us in the right to these grounds. “Any one coming on our lands to.day or at any time will pe served at once with legal notice and brought into court. We are all prepared to make a legal fight to the end for our rights. There may be some costly ducks bagged on our grounds this season.” The matter will soon be settled one way or another. Both sides are anxious for a test, and any sportsian who finds himself in the toils of the law may be sure of plenty of supporters. The army of sportsmen who cannot get away in the middle of the week are wait- ing anxiously for the news from the first clash of the opposing hunters. DEATH OF A J. MOULOER Pneumonia Caused His De- mise After a Very Short Iliness. Began as a Miner and Ended as Superintendent of This City’s Public Schools. A. J. Moulder, Superintendent of the San Francisco Public Schools, died early yesterday morning at’ his residence, 812 Bush street. His death was caused by pleuro-pneumonia and he had been ailing for some ten days. Last spring he was attacked by pneumonia and never fully recovered. During the past week he re- mained quietly at home under the doctor’s care. Three days ago he was so low that slight hopes were entertained of his recov- ery. About midnight on Sunday he be- came very weak and died a short time later. Andrew Jackson Moulder was born in ‘Washington, D. C., March 7, 1825, and was 70 years old. He graduated from Columbia College. His first work as an educator was in the capacity of tutor to the family of Robert L. Randolph of Virginia. In the spring of 1850 he came to San Francisco and for a time tried his luck as a miner in different parts of the State. Later he returned to this Oity and joined the editorial staff of the Herald as a re- porter. He was on that paper when it made its famous fight against the Vigi- lantes. On the death of William Hamili- ton he became managing editor. In turn he was succeeded by M. G. Upton. For a time he worked on the Alta. In the early days he was regarded as one of the very best newspaper men on the coast. Deceased began his long political life in 1854, when he was elected to the office of Controller. Two years later he was elected State Superintendent of Schools. He was re-elected to office, and held the place till 1862. He was one of the strong advocates of founding a State University. When the institution was established he was named Moulder’s successor to fill the office till the next general election, which is almost a year off. There are eight Republicans and four Democrats ou the board. The salary is $4000 a year. The Superintendent of Schools has two appointments, an assistant superintendent and a secretary. Madison Babcock has held the office of assistant superintendent for eight years and under both political parties. On ac- count of his popularity and his thorough knowledge of the duties of the place he is well spoken of for the position. The funeral services will be held to-mor- row (Wednesday) morning at 11 o’clock at Trinity Church, on the corner of Bush and Gough streets. The many friends of the deceased and his family _have been invited to attend the services. The interment will be private. The public schools will be closed. FAIR TRUST DEBATE. Attorney Deering Takes Up the Argu- ment on the Side of the Trus- tees. The argument on the hearing of Charles L. Fair’s test case in relation to the Lick House property was continued yesterday. Attorney Wheeler concluded at 1 o’clock, and then Attorney Deering took up the opposite side of the case, arguing on the side of Attorney McEnerney, that the law under which the trust is being attacked by Charles L. Fair did not receive the re- quired number of votes in the Legislature. “We are not in this country,’” he said, “imbued with the idea that our legislators are beyond the possibility of error. We do not think that the powers that be can do no wrong.” Mr. Deering went, like Attorney Wheeler, back through the Engiish common law to substantiate the points that he made. He reviewed the magna charta, the habeas corpusact and other good old institntions of the law, in showing how laws have been made. Attorney McEnerney has not besun to talk yet, and it is anticipated that he will go back even further than the other law- yers have, 1f he has to begin with the Ten Commandments. THE HORSES BOLTED. Serious Accident to a Funeral Party While on Its Way to Holy Cross Cemetery. A serious accident happened to a funeral party yesterday afternoon while on its way to the Holy Cross Cemetery. The funeral was that of Dominick P. Duncan, 1415 Lyon street. At China avenue, on the Mission road, the steam roller is at work and the noise frightened the horses driven by Charles McGreevy, liveryman, on Howard street. The horses shied and the reins broke by the sudden pull given by McGreevy. The horses started down the road at a gallop. In the carriage were Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Burns, 2116 Howard street, and a granddaughter of the deceased. The lit- tle girl became alarmed at_the shouting of the men and opening the door jumped out. She rolled over and over and was seriously cut and injured internally. Mr. Burns also jumped out, but escaped with a shak- ing up. Mrs. Burns remained in the car- riage and escaped injury. McGreeyy sprang from his seat and ran to the horses’ heads, but he stumbled over a pile of bricks and fell in front of the horses. One of the horses kicked him on the left side of the head, inflicting a long deep gash, and the wheels went over his body." The horses ran for about a mile anda THE LATE PROFESSOR A. J. MOULDER. as a member of the first Board of Regents. In the latter partof the sixties he visited England and the continent of Europe. On his return to New York he was engaged by J. W. Simonton as assistant manager of the Associated Press. In Philadelphia he metand married Miss Bourneville, a daugh- ter of Dr. Bourneville. On his return to 8an Francisco he em- barked in the mining stock business and became a member of the San Francisco Stock Exchange. His partner was Charles Hamilton. Afterward he was instru- mental in starting the Pacific Stock Ex- change and became its secretary. He re- mained in the stockbroking business until 882, when he was elected City Superin- tendent of Schools. He held office till 1886, Afterward he became secretary to Mayor Pond and continued with him for four years. After Pond went out of office the deceased dropped out of public life for a time. He obtained a clerkship with the executive committee of the Midwinter Fair while they were doing the preliminary work. He dropped that for a more lucra- tive position in the Mint. Last November he was again elected City Superintendent of Schools, 5 Through all his political career deceased was a stanch Democrat. Personally he was very popular. Deceased leaves a widow and five chil- dren. The eldest son, A.B. Moulder, is married. The other sons are Hamilton and Bayard. The daughters are Louise and Charlotte. It was not generally known in the School Department that Superintendent Moulder was very sick, hence the news of his death caused widespread surprise. Cir- culars were at once mailed to the princi- &ull of all the schools apprising them of . Moulder’s death. _There will be a meeting of all the prin- cipals of the grammar nncf primary schools at the rooms of the Board of Education this afternoon to take action in the matter of cloah‘? the schools as a mark of respect to Mr. Moulder’s memory. . According to law the Board of Educa- tion has the power of appointing Mr. T e AR RN A Stz 007 iy BIESReald SH w SRR AR St rster i O ol il S D 100 i R o half before they were brought to a stand- still by some pedestrians. The little girl and McGreevy were taken to their respect- ive homes and medical aid was summoned. THE health of most women and men isin the underwear they wear. Jaros Hyglenic Under- ‘wear—'nough said. Morgan Bros., 229 Montgy'* ————— FISH WARDEN'S POWERS, Judge Campbell Will Hear Arguments of Counsel To-Day. The question of the powers of J. A. Mo- gan, the Fish and Game Warden, was in- volved in the case of John Garibaldi, charged with battery in Judge Campbell’s court yesterday. The Warden went to the fish market on Washington street on Oc- tober 2 to weigh some striped bass delivered l]}y Wells, Fargo & Co. to the American ish Union. e was refused permission to open the boxes, as he did not have a search warrant, and when he persisted Garibaldi, who is an employe of the union shoved him out of the market and tol him not to come there again.. Attorney Rossi, for the defendant, de- nied that Garibaldi had committed battery upon the Warden, and contended that the jatter had no righ to break open a box without a search warrant. He was simply a peace officer, and was not clothed with any greater powers. Attorney Mogan, who appeared for the ‘Warden, said that he would be prepared to show that the Warden had a perfect right to enter an open market and cause any box to be opened in furtherance of his duty. All that the Warden desired was to have his righte defined. The case was continued till to-day, when the question will be fully argued. e JAros Hygienle Underwesr is one underwear that is comfortable, absorbs moisture, keeps folks well. Morgan Bros., 229 Montgomery st.* e Rev. Dr. R. S, Storrs is just 74 years old. He has been pastor of the Church of ‘the Pilgrims in Brooklyn forty-nine years, GEORGE WASHINGTON LIED A Paleface Stole His Bride and He Sought to Be Revenged. THEN GEORGE PREVARICATED,. The Man Named After the Father of His Country Got Five Years for Perjury. George Washington told a lie and he is now in San Quentin in consequence. It happened away down in Arizona and the .'Tndge Wwho heard the case called it per- jury. The sentence was five years at hard labor. George Washington is an Apache In- dhan. His home was at Florence, Pinal County, Arizona. There he had a hand- some squaw and a happy home until Alec Barker, an employe of the United States Land Office, put in an appearance. Alec won the squaw’s affection and war was declared. Everything went against the Indian and finally he gave up housekeeping and be- gan meditating on revenge. Several times he tried to waylay the surveyor, but failed. Then he hit ‘on"a brilliant scheme. He swore out a warrant for the arrest of Bar- would only be a matter of time when a better car service would be assured. ‘It may be two years before the comple- tion of the college,” said Mr. Rankin, sand in the meantime we must suffer. Thata decision of the Supreme Court should affect the running of cars every fifteen minutes is a thin excuse the company makes to hoodwink this community.” W. B. Wakup belieyed nothing could be done until a suit was begun against the company to forfeit its franchise. “If we pull up a few rails on Carle street,” suggested G. W. Hansborough, “perhaps that would be effective.” “I will furnish_the crowbars for such an undertaking,” said Mr. Lange. “The only way to get a better car service, gentlemen,” said Mr. Rankin, ‘‘is to cause the company to fear losing its franchise. The first bald excuse was that the road did not pay. When a community has had a good car service and then is deprived of that service it is a direct insult to the com- munity and implies that it is of no conse- quence. The station that has been built on Clayton street for the convenience of passengers must have been erected by a man under the influence of intoxicants, because he has made it inside out.” The following resolution was passed: That the special committee appointed at the last meeting to see the Market-street Railway Company be instructed to again interview the company and then report to the executive cu{nmiu.eeA who shall be given full power to act. Mr. Rankin offered his services gratui- tously to look up the law in the matter should the company refuse to accede to the demands of the committee, and he sug- gested that the services of another counsel e secured. The first thing neceksary to do in such a case was to prepare a strong Eemion to be presented to the Attorney- eneral in order to gain his consent. The question of water facilities was dis. cussed, and the following resolution was adopted : That the executive commtttee be directed to George Washington. [Sketched by a “ Call” artist.] Francisco Rena. ker on a charge of selling liquor to an Indian. George Washington reasoned that all Americans arank whisky and that therefore his enemy would not be the ex- ception that proves the rule. *‘If Barker drinks whisky then he will give it to my squaw,” said he, and he acted accordingly. When the case came to trial the United States surveyor was able to prove that he had never sold the Indian a gill of intoxi- cants, and as there was no proof that he had ever given the woman “a drink” the case was dismissed and the unfortunate husband arrested. It was then that George Washington shone forth in all his glory. When placed on the stand “he couldn’t tell a lie"" and told the whole story. He admitted having sworn out a warrant in order to get re- venge on the paleface for having stolen his wife and justified himself by expati- ating on the great wrong done him. The Judge took a cold-blooded view of the affair, however, and the Indian was sent to San Quentin for perjury. He passed through the City yesterday. George Washington did not come alone. He was accompanied by a Mexican named Francisco Rena, who had been sentenced to life imprisonment for stage robbery. They were guarded by United States Dep- uty Marshals William BStiles and Sydney Bartlism, and were taken across the bay on the 11 A. M. steamer yesterday. Rena is a desperate character. "Three times has he stopped the stage between Florence and Casa Grande, but on the last occasion he was caught. The stage was stopped and the robber was making the rounds of the passengers when a posse galloped up. He showed fight, but the gun was knocked out of his hand, and a few minutes later he was in irons. All Rena had secured before his capture was $3 50. The Federal Judge who tried him thought Arizona had no more use for such a man, so he sen- tenced him to life imprisonment. George Washington and his partner marched aboard %he steamer in chains, The Mexican wore a large sombrero and seemed careless as to what might happen. The Indian was sullen and seemed to be always looking for a means of escape. As he was being marched aboard the Tiburon he made a movement as though to jum: into the bay. The guards closed aroun him, however, and he gave up the idea. Warden Hale says an Indian cannot stand confinement and the chances are that the George Washington who told a lie will die before his five years’ sentence has been served out. He is a splendid- looking fellow, with aquiline features and the figure of an athlete. He was dressed like a European, but his only headgear was a red handkerchief tied around his forehead. SAY THEY ARE. INSULTED, The People of Ashbury Heights Incensed at the Railroad Company. They Propose Action to Deprive That Corporation of Its Franchise. The Ashbury Heights and Stanyan- street Improvement Club does not admire the methods of the Market-street Railroad Company. At the regular monthly meet- ing last evening, held in F. W. M. Lange’s residence on Carl street, its members passed a resolution calculated to 1mpress that corporation with the fact that the re- quirements of franchises cannot be ignored with impunity, and that the residents who live in the vicinity of Carl street have certain rights, which they intend to thor- oughly demonstrate. F.W. M. Lange, chairman of the com- mittee, consisting of G. Richardson, G. W. Hansborough, R. T. Harding, J. W. West- over and E. N. Fritz, specially directed at the last meeting to interview the railway company with regard to running more cars on the Carl-street line, reported that they had seen C.W. Crocker, who said that nothing could be done until the present bond issye now before the Supreme Court was decided. “But,” Mr. Lange continued, “the com- pany have compromised matters a little. At my special request they have builta station at the corner of Clayton and Page streets, open toward the wind, resem ling a peanut stand, and placed so that the three persons sitting in it must look away from the cars.” President George W. Rankin said: “The present service is not mueh better than none at all. The question is whether we shall sit still and allow the railway com- pany to do as they like, or have this com- munity assert its rights.” Mr. ‘Westover was of the opinion that owing to the decision that the Afiiliated Colleges will be located in the vicinity it 4 make inquiries for better water facilities in this part of town. The greater partof the people in that section obtain their water from a 30,000 f:llon tank. owned by Farnsworth & aley, but this would be insufficient in case of fire; therefore it is desirable to have this tank connected with the reservoir on Clarendon Heights, and to lay larger mains in the streets, that hydrants may be %lnced. An engine-house is to be built. on Cole street. As a result of a petition to the Street L\%hnng Committee four electric-light po. es have been dplaced on the following corners: Cole and Frederick streets, Cole and Shrader, Masonic and Page, Masonic (opposite Carl), ana two will ia glac_ed at Seventeenth and Stanyan and ullivan and Willard - streets respectively. USE our Bank Stock pads for figuring pur- ses. AS galt to the system, so 1s Bank Stock or the eyes. The Mysell-Rollins Company, 22 Clay st., make millions of bank pads. » e THE LA PAZ DISASTER, Captain John Von Helms Sends an Authentic Story From Guaymas. Sixteen Vessels Were Driven Ashore, and Nearly All Will be a Total Loss. The following letter received by Good- all, Perkins & Co., from Captain von Helms of the steamer Willamette Valley is the first really authentic news received here of the recent disaster in Central America: * GUAYMAS, Oct. 8, 1895. We arrived at San Jose del Cabo at midnight, on October 2. The signs of past heavy weather were all apparent, but we were hardly pre- pared for the awful work of the hurricane, as Telated to us t:ly the port officials. Houses had been unroofed and blown away, and whole cane plantations, in fact all that were near the river, had been carried away by the torreits. We were told. that in forty years nothing like it had passed there. At Mazatlan the storm had not.been so severe, but the sea was very heavy and washed most all of the street called the ““Olas Allas,” a promenade on the west of the town, away so that it left a sidewalk in front of the houses. The steamers Diego and Romero Rubico an- chored at the Venada Islands and weathered the storm successfully there. At La Paz it seems the heaviest of the storm passed during the forenoon of the 1stol Oc- tober. The wind blew north and northwest and the rain fell in great torrents. One hun. dred and elghty-four houses were washed away in town and sixteen coasting vessels of all kinds were blown ashore, and most of them are total wrecks. Four only—the Ocean Bird, the Nelson, the Churruca and the Star of Freedom—were saved. The steamer Czar, with 500 cases of dynamite and some San Blas freight, blew eshore and stands high and dry, though un- injured, against the bluff. The disaster to the town is fearful and it will take years for it to recover. There are over 1000 people homeless and with no means whatever and in need of flour and clothing. Six persons were drowned right in town wit rushing torrents that came from the hills. The storm seems to have reached up as far as Agua Verde Bay, twenty-five miles south of Carmen Island, coast of Lower California, and on the other coast of the gulf as far north as Aguabampo. At Santa Rosalia and Guaymas nothing was felt of the storm, though the barometer fell very low. At Manzanillo there was onlygy heavy undertow and at San Blas a heavy southerly swell with moderate southerly {nle prevailed. We were in great good luck to escape and I am sincerely thunkful. We sa1l for s};n Francisco at 5 P. M. and will be in San Francisco on the18th of October barring heavy weather. JOHN VON HELMS. The iol]owinfi dispatch was received yes- terday by the Merchants’ Exchange: A telegram dated the 13th inst., just received from Guaymas, brings the news that the Mexi- can schooner Cometa was a total loss off Alta- mura, fifteen miles north of Altata. The caj tain was drowned, but the crew was l‘vns: The steamer san Diego lost her rudder and sternpost on the Altata bar and is now repair- ing. In La Pazsixteen Mexfcan coasting ves- sels and the American schooner Czar are on shore. The Czar's cargo of dynamite has been unloaded. No other news of damages to ves. sels. In the ports of Topolobampo and Aguaba there -repserlam ds-?ngu ogol d, and inm Paz 184 houses are desiroyed by the storm and rain, and five lives were iost. The wire to the coast has been interrupted until to-day, ——————— Coroner’s Verdicts. The Coroner held five inquests yesterday in the cases of people who had died violent deaths. Verdicts of accidental death were ren- dered in the matter of Peter Burke, the fire- man of the steamer St. Paul, who fell over- board and was drowned, and John McClelland, the carpenter, who fell from the roof of a build: ing at 604 Baker street and was killed. Ver. dicts of suicide were rendered in the cases of Charles R. Moody, the young undertaker who killed himself; Justus Held, the Oakland man ‘who drowned himself near the Ocean House, and T.J. Foard, the veteran printer, who killed himself by inhaling illuminsting gas. SHOT THROUGH A DOOR, Charles Beckman, Master of the Lizzie R, Accident- ally Killed. A SAILOR FOUND HIS BODY. The Capsizing of the Schooner Leads to the Discovery of the Death. Charles Beckman, master of the sand- scow Lizzie R, was shot by Charles Cramer 1ast night. The pistol was aimed in the dark, and the bullet passed through the door of a saloon before it finally lodged in Beckman’s head. It killed him instantly. Cramer is a bartender in Nicholas Sar- borich’s saloon, at 812 Sixth street. He knew the murdered man by sight, as Beckman was a frequent visitor at the sa- loon. He closed his place last night shortly after 7 o’clock and retired to his room in the rear of the saloon, where he went to bed about hali-past 10 o’clock Cramer was awakened by some one bang- ing on the door. He shouted, ‘“Hello,” and “Who’s there?”’ but there was no answer, and finally, as the noise continued, he drew a pistol and tired once. The noise immediately stoppea and Cramer settled back to sleep again. The scow schooner Lizzie R was tied up to the bank of the channel, close to the saloon, with no one on board but Charlie Freese. He was asleep below when his slumbers were rudely disturbed by the salt water pouring in upon him. The P g schooner had sprung a deak and com- menced to settle, or the receding tide had tilted her over until the water poured over the gunwale. Whichever it was, she was turning over and Freese j umped on to the bank and ran to the saloon for assistance. He found the dead body of his captain ly- infi in the doorway of the saloon. eckman was shot through the right temple. He had evidently held his head close to the door listening to what was §°i"§ on inside, for there were splashes of lood around the bullet-hole in the door. The panels were all dented from the blows of the cobblestone with which he had been hammering, and which lay beside him in the doorway. Cramer’s” statement of the affair isas follows: I closed up the restaurant at 7 o’clock and went, downtown to buy a pair of trousers. When I got back I went to bed in & room in the rear. I was awakened by aloud hammer- ing on the front door. I hollered “Who's there?” but got no answer. The hammering continued, and I again hollered, but again got no answer. As I hed been constantly annoyed by people hammering on the door and trying to break into the place,and as it isa lonely spot I became alarmed, and to frighten them away I fired a shot through the front door. Then all was quiet and I went back to bed. About fifteen minutes afterward some one sgain hammered on the door, and I asked, “Who is thers?” “Black Charlie’s partner. Open the door; Charlie's shot,” was answered, 1 gulled on my trousers, openéd the door, and when I saw him lying on tne sidewalk Iran down in my bare feet to get the night watch- man at the railroad track to fetch a doctor. When 1 got back I saw he was dying. About two months ago the place was broken into and & young man named John Harring- ton was arrested for burglary, but the case fell through. That’s all I know about it. Cramer is a guiet, inoffensive young fellow and seems very sorry for the un- fortunate affair. He had intended to give up his position on Sunday, but decided to keep on as he was short of funds. “It would have been better for me if I had left,”” he said. THE cold preventer & health-keeper. Jaros Hy- gienic Underwear. Morgan Bros., 229 Montg’y* —————— BIG SUIT OF NOE HEIRS. The Fight for Twenty- Four Mil- lion Dollars’ Worth of Land. The suit of the Noe heirs for the re- covery of $24,000,000 worth of property in the San Miguel Rancho, which was com- menced last month, is to be instituted this week. The complaint will be filed within the next three days and copies thereof will be served on upward of 7000 land-owners, in- cluding the Southern Pacific, Mayor Sutro, Crocker and Stanford estates and several companies organized to lay out additions and sell land in the district included within the boundaries of the original San Miguel grant. 'he complaint and numerous copies thereof which have been in preparation for weeks past were all but finished yester- day. Oneof the last items to be added was a chronological catalogue of the latest transfers made in the district, as shown by the books in the Hall of Records. Attorney Koscialowsky, the principal attorney for the Noe heirs, claims that the United States in such a transaction is not different from an individual, and it is so set forth in his argument and that of Judge Alexander of Sacramento. ————— BSAVE a little and get sick—wear Jaros Hygienic Underwear and keep well. It’s the underdress of protection. Morgan Bros., 229 Montgomery st.* WHIST WITHOUT STAKES, Play Opens at the Trist Dupli- cate Club To-Morrow Evening. Letters of Encouragement From Enthuslasts in All Parts of the World. The Trist Duplicate Whist Club, the opening of which is expected by its found- ers to sound the death knell of stake playing in whist clubs of 8an Francisco, will hold its inaugural tournament in its elegant quarters in the Wenban building, Sutter and Mason streets, this evening. When the San Francisco Whist Club was formed some years ago by P.J. Tormey and others, the idea of playing for the pure love of the game and not for stakes or monetary consideration of any kind was the main one. A vrovision to that effect was carefully incorporated in the by- laws, but by some unexplained means it was eliminated when the constitution and by-laws went to print, and the completed laws made their appearance without it. Efforts were made later to rectify the mistake, but without success, and the failure led vo a split in the club which re- sulted in the formation of the new organi- zation, the opening of which takes place to-night. There was no mistake in the drawing up of the constitution and by-laws of the Trist Club and playing for stakes of any description will be debarred from its quarters as long as it exists. The club is named after Nicholas B. Trist, the great New Orleans authority on the game. P. J. Tormey, president of the Pacific Coast Whist Association, who was one of the most active in the formation of the Trist Club, said yesterday that while the playing for stakes, however small, was the almost universal custom among Whist organizations throughout the world, he believed that it datracted from the vaiue of the game and led some to play more from the desire for eain than from the ‘pure pleasure of whist. “Our project has received the greatest encouragement from all of the greatest whist authorities and enthusiasts through- out this country and Europe,” he said, ©among them being Cavendish (Henry Jones), the great English author on whist; General A. W. Drayson of England, Dr. William Pole, F. R. 8., author of “Pole on Whist”; Henry K. Dillard, the blind player of Philadelphia; Cassius M. Payne, editor of “Whist”; Eugene S. Elflott, founder of the American Whist League; Theodore Schwarz, president of the Ameri- can Whist League; Fisher Ames of Boston; Walter H. Barney, vice-presi= dent of the American Whist League; Judge W. H. Pritchard of Tacoma; Kate I. Wheelock, the great woman player, who has been called the ‘‘Queen of whist’; Charles E. Coffin. a well-known writer on the game; C. D. P, Hamilton of Easton, Pa., author of the most exhaustive work on the subject published;: G. G. Willard, resident of the Chicago Whist Club, the Emzest whist organization in America; Nicholas B. Trist of New Orleans, after whom the club is named, and many others. ——— e e NEW TO-DAY. We're Hitting Hard! The Clothing trade has felt our knock- out prices. We fight fair, but we are fight- ing to win your trade, by giving the Best Clothing at prices never before seen in San Francisco. Here are a few: | $10. Men's Suits, in Serges, Cheviots and Case simeres. The very latest in. Fall designs. Cannot be duplicated elsewhere. Worth $15.00. ) I $10. Men’s Fall Overcoats; the latest Antumn Styles, in Meltons, Beavers, Serges and Cheviots. Handsome and stylish. | $1.95. 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