The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 1, 1895, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1895. THEY SUE THEIR MOTHER, Two Daughters of the Old Bernal Family Go Into Court. THE HOMESTEAD IN DISPUTE. The Mother Alleged to Have Appro- priated Twenty Acres Which Were Held in Trust. Elodie C. Macdonald, wife of D. B. Mac- donald, and Jovita B. McKinnon, wife of William B. McKinnon, have brought suit against Geronima Ruffina de Bernal, their i interest in twenty mother, claimin acres of land in the old Rancho Rincon de las Salinas y Potrero Viejo, now a live part sco, bounded in lemany avenue and of the City of San vart by Islais Creek, - the Ocean road. The allegation is that the mother re- ceived a deed to this twenty acres years ago to be held in trust for heirs of her Lusband; that husband died without mentioning t ict or disposing of it in and tha: the mother has since the prog as her own and s, which are said to forma The plaintiffs sue aimed keeps the r told in the complaint elius de Bernal settled upon Rincon de las Salinas y Po- He died November 6, 1850, efore a patent to the land arrived. It e, however, in the name of his son, s de Bernal, and to his ing the father, being in finan- ancho trero Viejo. creditors, conveyed the interest of him- f and wife, by quitclaim deed to the hole tract to Mariana Higuero. There 10 consideration, it being understood she wasto hold it in trust. On October 22, . Jose Jesus Bernal, the son, married Geronimo Ruffina and thereafter, on_May 24, 1870, died, leaving | sides his widow, three children, a son, Jose C. Bernal, (the latter generation irops the “de’’) and two daughters, Elodie C.and Jovita B. About February 1857, Mariana Higuero reconveyed the land to the grand- mother of the plaintiffs, Carmina Sibrian de Bernal, and the father of plaintif. se Jesus, reserving the twenty acres st trust for the benefit of the heirs. gust 31, 1859, she delivered a deed of 3, gift—there being no consideration—of the twenty acres to Geromima Ruffina de Bernal, mother of the plaintiffs. | The plaintiffs declare that their mother took the deed with the full knowledge that it was to be held in trust, that she has said so. The grandmother conveyed all ber title in the land to her son, the plaintiffs’ | father, in 1870. She died in September, 188 ving the plaintiffs sole heirs. Their father made no will for the twenty acres. The administration of his estate has been closed. Jose C. Bernal, the son, conveyed his interest to bis sisters, the plaintifts, In their complaint they say that the de- fendant has held possession of the tract for the heirs of Jose Jesus Bernal since June 3 , and has received large revenues theref. claims exclusive ownership of the tract and refuses to acknowledge the trust or that the plaintiffs have any interest in the land. Following is the description of the prop- erty in question: Commencivg at the northwest corner of the Académy Trect at a Stake in the west line of Alemany av thence runuing along the fence of Pioche's land north 45 deg., west 2.70 chains; thence south deg., ‘west chains; thence north deg., west chains, to the stake on he € Creek, thence following up said creek 1k 565 dey 5 chains; south { deg., south 45 d. east 239 ns to the d; thence y e 0 line of the Ocean House roa n north 83 e north 833/ deg., east3.61 chains; deg., east 2.87 chains to the Aced- 50 min., east 5 chains; thence north 70 deg., east 2.38 chains to the point of beginning. Judge Coffey yesterday made an order setting aside his previous order of August 14, which suspended the powers of Gero- nima R. de Bernal as executrix of the last will of Carmina S. de Bernal. NEWS OF THE INDUSTRIES, Activity in the Shops, With Many Factories Working Overtime, Japan, Central and South American Trade Increasing—Wave Motor Power. A visit to the various industrial estab- lishments of the City develops the fact that a majority of them are enjoying a satisfac- tory condition of business, while a number have had to do considerable night work to keep up with orders. The Alte Iron Works of this City are con- structing the iron work for the Gerlach wave motor, which is being built at Capitola, Santa Cruz County, by the Gerlach Wave Motor De- velopment Company. The motor will havea paddle surface of 720 square feet, which is ex- pected to give over 400 horsepower. The com- pany is showing its faith in the undertaking by the expenditure of about $19,000 on the plant. They state that the motor will develop power at a cost equivalent to coal at 25 cents a n. The Union Iron Works have a number of aunc important contracts on hand other than overnment work. They are constructing a twin-screw boat 150 feet long for passenger gervice on Lake Tahoe. Also a steamer to ply between Rio Vista and Sacramento and two new packets for this City and Vallejo. There is also under construction at the works an oil transporting steamer designed to carry 6000 barrels of oil, and eleven steel barges for the Amoor River in Siberia, each 240 feet long, constructed to carry 500 tons freight on five feet of draught, 1 { The Pacitic Works of the Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Company at North Beach are etill rushed with orders and are being worked overtime on orders from Japan, Central and South America and also with Mexico. The main business office of the Union Iron Works was recently removed to 222 Market street, near Front, where they now have com- modious and elegantly equipped offices. The Midas Gold-saving Machinery Company has recently shipped one of its gold king amslgamators to Randchester, Wyo., another 10 Marysville, two on the outgoing steamer for New Zealand, and one each to the Globe mine, Trinity County, and the Vanderbilt mine, Mariposa County. The company has orders in hand for twenty more amalgamatois, on which nu-kmncmnasnopn are rushing construction work, L. P. Degen, leather and belt manufacturer, recently furnished the Mutual Electric Light and Power Company all the belting for the equipment of their new plant,including one immense bLelt, twenty-four inches wide by Seventy-seven feet in iength. Mr. Degen reports E“Hrvn good and the factory running full and The Keogh Meuufscturipg Cowpsny bps just for a four- | ow. | alties and wishing to save it from ! rom in rents, the amounts of which | the plaintiffs do not know; that she now | bank of Islals | deg., east .70 chains to a large | secured a contract for manufacturing an im- mense reclamation pumping plant for a Sutter Island company. The pump has a capacity of 2,000,000 gailons per hour, and will be equipped with a 150 horsepower triple-expan- sion condensing engine. This company is also shipping & 600,000 zallons per hour pumping plant to Soledad. The California Drilling Company of this City Will be an important factor in the development of the oil industry of the State. They will also make the borings for a large number of arte- ¢ian wells in this city now about being con- tracted for, On the last steamer the Union Gas Engine gt_)mp&ny shipped a large gas marine engine to Svduey, Australia, and during the week sent a 25-horsepower engine to Daggett for the Con- fidence mine, a 13-horsepower gasoline engine to Cache County, Utah, and a large pumping plant to Healdsburg. This company recently made a test run with the gasoline engine road Wegon just completed for J. W. Stanford. The trial trip was entirely satisiactory | The Pacific Const Co-operative Cigar Manu- i facturing Compa reports a gratifying increasein trade, due largely, they think, to the local agitation'in favor of home manufact- ured goods. The Merralls hydraulic quartz mill will be making exhibition runs on ore nextweek at 47 Fremont stree . The Unior]Photo-Engraving Company has | just turned out some hali-tone work, one plate | being six feet in height. This is the largest | piece of hali-tone engraving ever produced in America. | _The Pacific Saw Manufacturin | Tunning its factory np to full capacity on orders “for its specialties. It reporis s beiter trade than for the past two yen ,WV. 8. Townsend. manuiacturer of California | glace fruits, is making large shipments to the Fast, where the demand for the products of his | factory is steadily increasing. The Pelton Water-wheel Company has re- ceuily furnished the Celifornia Powder Works | with an additional wheel for their works near | Santa Cruz and the quite novel application of water-wheels in_this connection may be of in- | terest. Directly back of the powder works is & + hill, the top ot which isatan elevation of 460 | feet’above the site of the works. | ton wheel working under a low head is used to | pump water from the river to the reservoir on the hilltop, from which the water is conveyed s small Pelton wheels scattcred o rious departments of the factory. The Risdon Iron Works recently constructed | a hoisting engine for the Merced Gold Mining | Company, Mariposa County, which has & hoist- | ing speed’of 2500 feet per minute for a depth | 01 2000 feet. | H.Bohls & Co., tobacco manufacturers, re- | port a lurge increased demand for the product of their factory. Recently they have filled 1 large ers for Montana, Uiwah and farther ea hey now employ about forty people in works. The National Base Ore Reduction Company, whose lant was recently com d Shell Mound, Oakland, is now receiving car- | load lots of ore for treatment from various mining sections throughout the coast. | _The Ralston Iron Works has a contract from the Government for a 12-foot iron fence, to be placed around the Presidio. Brode & Clark Machine Works have con- ts for the iron work, vaults and railings the new Alameda City Hall, and also for on work for the new barrack buildings at residio. Fink & Schindler are compelled to work their factory overtime to keep up with orders. Among the contracts on hand are the fittings for Leipnitz & Boyken'’s new drugstore, on Sut- ter street, and for Nolan’s new shoestore on Market. Union Machine Company ismanufactur- a larze amount of mew machinery for ng the extension of the plant of the Cal- Tartar Works of this City. > Oriental Gas Engine Company is build- ing a 30-hoisepower marine engine to be placed in an eighty-foot schooner., which s to be used for freighting on the upper waters of bay. This company nas also just shipped a ping plant to Tulare City and & like e ific Can Company manufactures an- | nually 35,000,000 cans. | The Dow Steam Pump Works are running full-nanded and have under way orders, Rmong them being o for a sinking- pump of the compound differential-plunger pattern, to be run by compressed air. pump will have a capacity minute to a vertical height of 300 feet, They | are aiso at work on a plunger-pump, to have a capacity of between 6,000,000 aud 8,000,000 gallonsa day. | TEN PHANTOM Company is | | tr | th | th 'VESSELS. | They Will Be Shipped Piecemeal From Here to the Siberian Coast. | | Ten phantom vessels, without shape without name and without tangible exist- | ence. are soon to be shipped from the | Union Iron Works to the North Seas. | They lie around the yards now—a rib here, ! a plate there, a pile of stanchionsin that corner and a heap of beamsin this—but they are all ready to spring into shape as soon asa master hand lays hold of their | bones. | There are now on the ways of the Union Iron Works the hulls of four vessels—an | oil boat and three barges. Two of the barges are for the Panama trade. The other is probably the most peculiar thing {that has been turned out from the shipyards of this coast. She is built for the Russian Railroad Company, that is soon to run its lines ot steel across the dreary plains of Siberia. The one under construction is, however, only a type, for uine more are to go from the Union Iron Werks and thirteen more are to come from other yards. The barges are all to be for the sole pur- pose of carrying rails, although after the road is built they may be used for any- thing else. They are all light draft boats, about 250 feet long, 36 feet in beam and § feet from the top of the bottom to the bottom of the top, or the under side of the deck. The boat on the ways is the only one on the ten which will be put together in the shipyards of the Union Iron Works. Its starboard side 1s gray and the port side red, and the barge is now nearly com- pleted. Before the skeletons of the ten barges are completed, however, the same mystic colors, red and gray, will be put upon { them, on some plates the red, on some others the gray; on some floor beams and deck beams poth red and gray, where they are to pass over the keel, and on the stanchions and ribs either color, according as they go to theright or left side, for these colors, throughout ail the ten barges, will mark the side of the vessel where the piece so colored will fit. All pieces will also be numbered, the number indicating just where in deck or side or bottom it will 2o, and as its color will show at once whether it belengs to port or starboard, there will be no fear of a mix-up eyen when the ten barges are dumped in a heterogeneous mass upon some far-away Siberian wharf. Every piece will fit in its proper place on any one of the ten barges which will be built, and the workmen will only have to pick out cne with the proper number to make a fit at once. More than this, where the deck- plates do not taper off, or where the side and bottom 1plm.es are straight, one plate will fit as well as another, and not even number or color need be consulted. In short, the barges are built exactly alike, and a plate or beam that will fit in its place in one will fitin the same place in any one of the ten. Even the rivet-holes fit one to the other, ready for any one of the hundreds of thousands of rivets which will be sent along with these ten phantom ships which will go to the north sea. The barge now upon the stocks is a low, broad, dish-shaped boat, with a_flat deck, flat bottom and a steering wheel set high above the deck level. Sockets to support the posts for a skeletonrail arelet into the deck around the sides, and cargo ports are let into the sides at frequent intervals. The bow is straight and knife-like, and the entrance lines are such as to make the barge take easily up{ sea she may meet in the north. She will carry 550 tons of rails when fully loaded, and these will be drawn through the cargo ports in the side and laid athwartships. The cargo ports are small, not more than two feet horizon- tally and one foot in the vertical. Inside there will be a bracket bearing a steel roller, and upon this the rails will be run in. On the deck are several large hatches to admit light and air. Fully loaded, the barge will draw four feet. The barges will be ready soon, and will be sent north without delay. California Cycling Club. The entries of the handicap of the California Cycling Club over the Haywards course are as follows: P. G, Alexander, scratch; Egelberg and Suroven, :45; Theisen and Sternberg, 1:10; Rich and Birdsall, 1:20; Coulter ‘Cardi- nell, 1:30; Norton and Reid, 1: 2:05; Zaches, 2:15; Mayo and Strahle, Joost and Tuttle Green and Cook, s 30; Gaughan and o, 2 Williams and _Thomas, Spedecker, A iarge Pel- | several large | This | Jgne : 00 gallons a | rience, and getting the date correct at last. ATTORNEYS AGAINST JUDGE Legal Representatives of G. F. Johnson Are After Judge Low. DEFENDANT'S MANY TRIALS. The Court Justifies Its Acts on Humane Grounds and Gives Explana- tions. Attorneys Donohoe and Keys take ex- ceptions to modes of procedure governing the trial of George Johnson, for cruelty to his child, recently held in Police Judge Low’s court. The following is in substance Denis Donohoe’s account of the case: On the night of September 7 George K. Johnson and his wife were arrested, charged with cruelty to 2 minor child, and lodged in the City Prison. The child was seen crying at the window of the Johnson residence at 11 o’clock that night by a police officer, and the father was found asleep in bed. He was not intoxicated and no marks of violence were found on the infant. The only defense that John- son made was that he had been working hard that day and being a sound sleeper did not know that the youngster was- out of its bed. Jonnson pleaded not guilty and was tried before Police Judge Low, found guilty and ;;nlercd to appear for sentence September On that date his attorneys, James W. Keys and Denis Donchoe Jr., moved for dismissal on the ground that the complaint rsg} defective, being dated September 7, The error was so apparent that the order was made and Johnson was imme- diately rearrested, charged with the same coffense, as having been committed Septem- ber 9, 1895. He pleaded not guilty, demanded a jury trial and was hela for trial October 24, with bail fixed at $500. The new complaint alleged that the offense had been committed September 9, 1895, two days after the date of the first arrest. Johnson was in the City Prison at that time. On October 24, the prosecuting attorney having noted the second mistake moved for dismissal. Johnson, through his attorneys, opposed the metion on the grounds that he had pleaded ther and that he had demanded a jury t and that the complaint could not be dismissed ex-parte by the court on motion of the District Attorney. ) Judge Low granted the motion of the prosecution and the defendant’s attorneys excepted to the ruling of the court. The orten-tried Johnson was immdiately arrestea—for the third time, after two di | missals—making the time of the offense eptember 7, 1895—the complaint-writer having profited by his try-try-again expe- Johnson was arraigned in court October 25, Judge Low denying the motion to dismiss | on the grounds of two prior dismissals for | the same alleged offense, notwithstanding the Penal Code distinctly says that in a misdemeanor a dismissal on motion of the District Attorney is a bar to further prose- cution for the same offense. The case was transferred October 28 to another depart- ment. ¢ took this case,”’ said Mr. Donohoe yesterday, *‘because as one of the attorneys of the British Consulate I am com- missioned to pay over to George F. John- con about $1200 coming from an estate in Ireland. ] have known the accused for some time, and he is to my knowledge a hard working teamster, a perfectly sober man and a good provider for his family. After Johnson had been in jail several days Judege Low intimated to me that he thought the man had been about sufliciently punished,and as his offense was not a heavy one, it mightas well be dropped. Nothing had been proven except that the child had cried at the window while the father was asleep. I was so sure that Johnson would be discharged that I got communicative, and by way of a topic of conversation mentioned the fact that I would soon pay Johuson about $1000 or $1200, a portion of an Irish estate. That was a fatal error on my part, and I can only attribute it to my youth and inexperience in criminal cases, ihis being my first and, I assure you, my ast. “There was immediately a change in affairs, and Johnson’s allezed wickedness seemed to grow in importance. *‘On the morning of September 13 Judge Low said to me, ‘Unless Johnson gives an order on you ana you accept it for a sum of money payable out of the funds that may come into your hands from his estate in Ireland 1 will give the Johnsons a heavy sentence.’ T asked how large a sum that would be. Judge Low answered, 500, or I shall give them six months apiece.’ “I know that the ofiicers and agents of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children are paid out of the fines imposed in the Police Courts, and their efforts are chiefly directed toward the arrest and conviction of persons of some means. I sincerely believe that the great energy displayed in arresting John- son three times and hanging on to the case with such bulldog tenacity after the two dismissals is owing to the knowledge of the estate in Ireland and Johnson’s in- terest in it. Once during a discussion over the payment of the money I was directed by Judge Low to go down and ‘see Mc- Comb, secretary of the society, and settle the case with him.” “The maximum fine for cruelty to a child is $500, but it must be a particularly aggravated case. “‘On account of the errors in the dating of the complaint, the trial was dragged along for weeks, and Johnson lost the_ job he had held for three years, coming up to the City Hall three times a week for a month and a balf. Once when Judge Low denied our motion for dismissal on the grounds of two prior dismissals, he angrily exclgimed, ‘Johnson is guilty, and 1f I can- not punish him any other way, I'll punish him by making him come here as frequently as possible.” And again the Police Judge added another error to this comedy of er- rors by trying the case on the same charge after dismissal on motion of the prose- cution. “L trust this is not the ways of Police Courts in the City and County of S8au Fran- cisco, but probably I notice the peculiar style of procedure because I am unused to criminal practice.” “Iam surprised,” said Judge Low, last night, *‘that reputable attorneys would re- sort to such extremes in manufacturing sympathy for their clients. In the first place the arresting officers informed me that Mr. and Mrs. Johnson were drunk and in a nude condition in the room of their home when the child was noticed crying at the open window. These same officers said they had never seen a worse case of the kind. Theinteriorof the dwell- ing was positively reeking with filth. *‘As to that $500 spoken of by the attor- neys in their affidavit, I consulted with them and the{:oncurrud in the opinion that it would be much better to have the $500 paid to the Society ior the Prevention of Cruelty to Children for the care and comfort of the Johnson youngsters than have the money collected as a fine and paid into the City treasury. I acted from a purely humane standpoint. It is true that when I learned that Johnson had $1600 coming to him from an estate in ire- land I concluded that the poor little chil- dren should get some benefit therefrom. ‘“‘The attorneys agreed with me at first, but subsequently they came back and de- manded a change of venue. I told them I would be only too glad to wash my hands of the case, but I insisted that justice be done the httle innocents. As to the mis- take made in drawing up the complaint, I felt that it was a case that could not be overiooked or slighted on account of tech- nicalities. The innocent should not suffer for the guilty—if I could help it. The poor little one needed care, and I think every mother and father will agree with me that the protection of the law should be thrown around it regardless of the law’s quibbles and technicalities. It looks to me very much as though the attorneys wanted to keep the case in tur- moil as long as possible and pile up a big fee bill, since it appears that Johnson is about to come into possession of $1500 or $1600. The comedy of errors they speak of is complicated. Let it be as it may. I shall look after the poor, helpless little children.” On motion of the attorneys for the de- fendant the case has been transierred to Judge Joachimsen's court and trial set for November 13. RAILWAY IN ORCHARDS. Electric Road Through the Richest Part of Santa Clara Valley for Fruit Shipments. The fruit-growers and vineyardists of Santa Clara County and the owners of the vast redwood lumter districts of the Santa Cruz Mountains are deeply interested in a project, now well under way, to extend an electric railroad between San Jose and the foothills on the western side of the valley, the line having for its terminal point the Saratoga Mineral Springs. The proposed road will be superior in equipment and operations to that running between Oakland and Haywards. Tt will pass through the most productive and thickly populated portion of the valley and tap a locality that produces annually more than 20,000,000 pounds of fruit. Be- vond the orchards are immense vine tracts and further in the mountains are large areas of redwood lumber country. This road will_make it possible for the producer to ship fruit direcily from_his orchard on cars to Eastern markets. It is calculated over ten carloads of lumber will be sent daily over the route. The line will begin from the broad-gauge depot in San Jose and be strictly first class, with a standard gauge, thus permitting the passage of cars from any railroad system. Combination express and passenger cars will be run during the day every half-hour and freight trains be substituted at night. Stops 1 be made at every mileand small stations will be placed at stopving points. The distance between San Jose and Sara- toga is thirteen miles. The necessity of a railroad along this conterplated route has been felt by pro; erty-owners and fruit-ranchers for several ye: but previeusly no well-organized movement was set in motion. The San Jose Board of Trade and many prominent citizens have now taken the marter in hand. They estimate that the popula- tion and productiveness of the 1egion traversed will be than doubled within five years after the road's com- pletion, property value to advance in like ratio. With such an increase San Jose will have a suburb continuous to the Santa Crnz Mountains, and the entire valley will be enriched by millions of dollars. Not only will facilities for freight and passenger service be afforded, but the resi- dents along the line will be benefited in the matter of mail, and be enabled to re- ceive the San Francisco daily papers to | read at the breakfast table. It will be pos- sible for business men of this City to reside in that delightful climate of the foothills, to leave their homes in the morning and be at their desks by 9 o’clock. = The projectors also purpose to furnish power for motors pumping water for irri- gating purposes as well as light for the illumination of vate residences. A franchise has been promised by the Supervisors; a stock company has been formed. Among the active promoters are . Hale of San Jose and J. D. Pfetch of toga. The road will be ready for traffic by June .1, 1896. The estimated cost of construction is $250,000, nearly all of which has been pledged by residents along the route. | | service will § RETURN OF THE BOBTAIL, What the Montgomery - Street People Awoke From a Dream to See. IN THE COBBLESTCNE AGE. Strong Words Spoken Unanimously by the Property-Owners Against the Old Cars. Yesterday morning people on Mont- gomery street awoke and found the bob- tail car at their doors. “What do I think of it?’ almost yelled Merchant R. C. Atkins of 123 Montgomery street when questioned. “What do I think? No use of swearing—go away till I get cool! Come around next week!” Finding the old gentleman tooindignant to discuss the question the reporter turned to his son. “My father,” said he, “is only trying to voice the sentiment of Montgomery street from Marketto Washington. While other parts of the City have been improved with good modern pavements and a decent car service we stay on those ancient bowlders you see out there and the rickety horse- cars—bobtail horsecars at that. We want improvements like Kearny street. Mont- gomery street is able te pay for it too.” “It's a shame,” said Colonel Andrews, his eyes blazing brighter than all the diamonds_1n his jeweled palace. *“I thought if ever a change came to this street it would be for the better, not worse. But look at it! The old wiggling two-horse cars were bad enough, but a bobtail—an old bobtail-car dug up from the carsheds with ‘Montgomery street’ painted onit. “Hear that heavg truck banging and thundering over the cobbles! Isn’t it enough to drive everybody ana all business off the street? The railroad company says this is onlg{ temporary, and an electric be put on. I hope that is true.” ; It doesn’t make much difference to us hotel men what kind of horsecars they give us,” said Major Hooper of the Ocei- dental, “because they only stop at street corners and won’t give transfers, Mont- gomery street has really been without a car service for years. We always send our patrons to Kearny street. I understand the two-horse cars were taken off because it didn’t pay to hire an extra horse and man, and also that an electric line will soon be put on. The owners of this prop- erty, as well as those of the Mills building and other big new houses on the street, are ready to put down bitumen and re- quest a modern car service.” . “Montgomery street wants an electric line and a bituminous pavement like Kearny street,” said G. Burnett, the drug- gist. “The idea of putting old worn-out one-horse cars running again looks like an insult to us. Fhe Market-street Railway Company is so poor that it cannot afford to ran anything more expensive than a bobtail on Montgomery street. I under- stand that somefiny Mr. Vining will either run _an electric line with switches or a single track down this street and up San- some, but that is doubtless far, far away.” I think the Market-street Compan; taking this method of getting in an elec- tric road,’’ said Mr. Morgan, the dry-goods man. “I don’t understand the method, but Montgomery street has been receiving shabby treatment from the railway people for years. No transfers and no cars, except the old, jolting borse affairs.” “Everybody wants modern 1mprove- ments on Montgomery strees,” said Mr. Bovee, the real-estate dealer, ‘‘except the railroad. They are saticfied—at least now | superannuated aifairs and start them out | | in public again. Suppose we get the Re- | | said Colone1 Young of the Russ. —with the bobtails. If not, I imagine they will put on a line of wheelbarrows.” “It’s disgraceful,”’ said Mr. Yost of 413 Montgomery street, ‘‘to dig up these publican National Convention and these | three big hotels are filled with Eastern visitors.” What a spectacle for New Yorkers, Chicagoans and St. Louisans.” “It’s the days of 49 come back again,” *I hear the Market-street Railway Com- pany is too poor to feed the extra horse,” said Benjamin Cohen, the clothier, at 431 Montgomery street. “It is a rotten piece of business,” said Mr. Dennard of Kolb & Denhard, whole- sale winemen. *Vining says the thing is | only temporary, but why put on the bob- | tails? The appearance of them is bad | enough and their use worse.” “Those one-horse cars on the street will | depreciate the value of property,” said a member of Burnham & Marsh, 430 Mont- | gomery street. ‘‘Tenants will all be ask- | ing for lower rent.”” | These interviews express the feeling of | the entire population of Montgomery | street from Jackson to Market. | = = = | IS DR. READE DEAD? | Federal Officers Look ‘With Suspicion on His Disappearance. Federal officials in this City are in- vestigating the allezed suicide of Dr. Reade, an account of whose fall from the rocks near Point Bonita was recently published. Indictments for jllegal use of the United States mails were hanging over Reade, and it is said that his disappearance was | through design and not accident. His | case will be called soon, and should his bondsmen report that he is dead, they will be asked to prove that assertion. Other- wise the bonds wili be forfeited. HEYLMAN'S BEHAVIOR. How Mrs. Read’s Uncle Reported Her Hus- band’s Suicide. Gustave A. Heylman of 62¢ Washington street, in answering a question last night, told a story that begins to throw a littie light upon the “George Reynolds Richard | Smythe” mystery so far as it concerns the | trials of Theodore Durrant for the murders of Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams. | CHURCH COUNCIL CALLED, The Park Congregational Church Asks Advice About Its Finances. A CALL TO THE CHURCHES. Alleged Usurpation by the Presbyterian ‘Worshipers Necessitates Re- adjustment. A council of the Congregational churches about the bay has been cailed for Monday evening at Park Church for the considera- tion of the financial affairs of that church. When Park Church secured the services of Rev. J. A. Cruzan, one of the most gifted pulpit orators of the coast, the out- look was bright for building a handsome edifice on the Panhandle and establishing a strongheid of Congregationalism in that section. All went well till Howard Pres- byterian Church concluded to move to within a block of the hall where Park Church bolds its meetings. The act of the | Presbyterian church was regarded as a Heylman is the uncle of the wife of “Dr.’ | Charles Read, the man whom he reported | as having committed suicide at Point | Bonita Sunday. ! Heylman is on Read’s bond. The supposition is that author of the *Reynolds” and “Smythe" be wanted, he wrote the ‘‘Reynolds’’ let- ter; that he, his wife and sister-in-law and Heylman went to Point Bonita, and there the story of his suicide was invented. The only knowledge the lighthouse- keepers had of the supposed suicide was Heylman’s statement to a keeper during the afternoon. Heylman did not report the matter to | the Coroner of Marin County, but he did vay a visit to the Mergus in this City at night. His manner of communicating his information to Deputy Coroner John Tyrrell was rather strange. This was the dialogue that passed between them: Heylman—In this the Coroner’s office? Tyrrell—Yes, si Heylman— ocean? Tyrrell—When? Heylman—To-day. Tyrrell—No, sir. Why do you ask? Is any- bady drowned that you know? Heylman—Yes; I think a friend of mine drowned himself oif Point Bonita. Tyrrell—Don’t you know whether he drowned himself? Heylman—I don’t know. Tyrrell—Was it a suicide or accidental? Heylman—He was in good spirits and I don’t know why he should commit suicide. Tyrrell — Well, Point Bonita is in Marin County. Why don’t you tell the Coroner of Marin Coun What was his name? Heylman—Well, it don’t make any difference what his name was 8o long as youdon’t have anything to do with it. Then Heylman left the Coroner’s office, and afterward told the story of tne alleged suicide to the reporters when they called on him. - s, sir. Did you get & dead body from the | Read was the | usurpation, but a protest made by repre- sentatives of Park Church resulted in a decision by a committee of comity from both churches that no restraining order could be issued because of the tardiness of the remonstrance. The present situation is explained by the following call, issued to the First, Plymouth, Third, Fonrth, Bethany, Oli- vet, Seventh-avenue and Bethlehem churches of this City, First, Second, Ply- mouth-avenue, Pilgrim and Market-street of Oakland, First, Park and North of Berkeley and the First churches of Ala- meda, Haywards, S8an Mateo, Sausalito and San Rafael: THE PARK CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF BAN FRANCISCO, CAL. To the Third Congregational Church of Franeisco, Sendeth Greeting — DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS: It is perhaps known to you that the California Home Missionary Society has | been generously aiding our church 1o the ex- | statements, and that, failing to get what | tent of £300 for the present year in the expec- tation that ours being the only Protestant organization in this part of the City our ehureh would specdily reach self-support, But soon_after this grant was made the Howard Presbyterian Church decided to remove to and erect a building only one block distant from our present place of worship. This action of our sister church renders the expectation of our speedily reaching self-support improbable. At a recent meeting of the executive come mittee of the California Home Missionary So- ciety it was the judgment of the brethren com- posing that committee that a conference of the churches of our denomination clustering around San Francisco Bay should be called to consider the present outlook for Park Churcn and give their advice asto our future action. In this judgment our church most heartily coneurs. We thereforo invite you to meet, by your pestor and_delegate, in an ecclesiastical coun- ¢il, at our place of worship in the old Young Men's Christian Association Park Branch Hall, corner of Baker and Fell streets, San Francisco, on Monday, November 4, 1895, at 7:30 o’clock P. 3, 10 lisfen to & statement of our present condition and the difficuities confronting us and to advise us as to the future action aud the support of Park Church. In view of the large number of churches in- vited, and of the vital importance of this mat- ter to'us as a church, e earnestly urge your acceptance of this invitation and prompt at- tendance at the council. Wishing you grace, merey and peace, we are fraternally yours, John'A. Cruzan, Rolland Tuttle, John k. Myers, committee for Park Churck. Dr. George Mooar, Professor F. H. Fos- ter, Rev. James K. Harrison. Rev. F. B. Perkins, Rev. H. H. Wykoff, Dr. James H. Warren, Rev. Loyal L. Wirt, Rev. John Kimball, Rev. Walter Frear and Deacon S.?. Smith have been invited to partici- pate. NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. ~EO = A HOST OF WONDERFUL ATTRACTIONS! 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