The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 7, 1895, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1895. ENGLAND'S TEAM WON ‘Teemer and Rogers Beaten in the Rowing Match at Austin. EXCITING TO THE END. The American Champions Led | Until They Neared the Finish Line, ‘WORLD'S RECORD LOWERED. Bubear and Barry Outlasted Their Antagonists—Hanlan's Fast Race. AUSTIN, Tex., Nov. 6.—The weather was fine to-day and a large attendance saw the regatta races. The great eventof | the day was the final heat of three miles with turn, double scull, for the world’s | championship and a purse of $1000 be- | tween Eagland’s champions, Bubear and | Barry, and America’s flyers, Teemer and | Rogers. Both crews were in the pink of | condition, and the course, with a gentle | south breeze blowing over it, was all the : sportsmen could desire. | The start was made in excellent style, | Teemer and Rogers taking water slightly anead. Bubear and Barry followed, and a few sweeping strokes sent them ahead of the Americans, and as they passed the first quarter stake a full boat’s length of daylight was petween them. The Ameri- cans were pulling straight up the course, sticking to their oars at a thirty-eight clip. At the three-quarter stake the English were only hali a boat's length ahead. Bubear and Barry were evidently not Was Popular in San alarmed and pulled away with a beautiful F ; : 5 : rancisco. stroke. The Americans continued to gain | on them, and both crews rounded the e mile and a half flag together. | Down the homestretch they were neck- and-neck. At tne three-quarter stake the | English had forced ahead about half a boat’s length. The Americans again spurted, and as they neared the last quar | ter flag the boats were about even, and kept that way until within an eighth of a | mife of the home line. At this point Bu- bear and Barry spurted, and, with a fifty five stroke, crossed the finishing line at | least a couple of boats’ lengths ahead. The official time was 17:40, which breaks the world’s record of 18:02 | The second event was a single-scull trial | heat, three miles, with three turns, four | times over the course, between J. Gaudaur, Hanlan, Peterson, Rogers and Teemer. | Peterson led off, with Rogers second. It | was a steadily pulled and pleasing race, | with several changes in the relative po- | sitions of boats until the last stretch was | reached. In the last turn of the stake | Gaudaur led, Rogers second, Peterson | third. Teemer had dropped out and on | the home dash Hanlan pulled out, leav- | ing Gaudaur, Rogers and Peterson to | finish, and they crossed the hne in the | order named. Time, 19:41. | CORRAL HOLLOW I¥ LI, Progress of Construction of That | Important Railroad at tockton. Valley Road Officials Delay Their | Visit—Rev. Ray Palmer Resigned. i | 6.—The Corral ently be forced | condemnation proceedings itect £ of San Iran- f-way across his property | city at tr Hoslow Company will v to institute nst Arc cisco for a rig located in th Kohl n coup by the ompany, the owner to-day put a men to work building a fence | _around the lot and by night it was in- closed. Tke otber rtments of the r: “work are in iively operation. Tie been strung out all the way to French | Camp, and track-laying will soon be com- | mencea outside of the city. The west trestle bridge across Mormon Channel is finished. Iroad have | - VALLEY EOAD OFFICIALS. They Will Visit Fresno Before Going to 2 Stockton. STOCKTON, CaL., Nov. 6.—The visit of the Valley' Railroad officials to this cf bas been postponed untii Friday, in order | that the visit to Fresno might be made | first. The party, which will arrive PFriday morning, will be coreposed of President Ciaus Spreckels, Vice-President Robert | Wall, Chief ineer Storey, Directors Payson, Magee, John D. Spreckels, Leon | Bloss and General Solicitor Preston. ‘Twenty-four hours will be spent by the party at this point, and the lines in the | city and the one beine bult through the ~country to the Stanislaus River will be thoroughly inspected. The material yards will also be visited and a trip over the company’s property made. -~ TALKED T00 MUCH POLITICS. Rev. Ray Palmer of Stociton Resigned His Pastorate. STOCKTON, Can., Nov. 6.—Rev. Ray Palmer, pastor of the First Baptist Church, has tendered his resignation to the trus- tees of the church. The pastor has been very active in politi- cal work of late and some of the congrega- tion are dissatistied. Mr. Palmer is an orator of more than local note, and will probably go upon the lecture platform for ~the American Protective Association. — Editor Broadbere’s Will. | STOCKTOX, Car., Nov. 6.—Fhe will of George R. Broadbere. the deceased jour- nalist, has been filed for probate by James A. Loutitt, attorney for the widow. Thefjinstrument was holographic, being written by the deceased in iead pencil on two pieces of copy paper. The principal value of bequest is an interest in his mother’s estate in England. el S Building a Breakwater. SANTA MONICA, Car., Nov. 6.—The Southern Pacific engineer corps, in charge of Engineer Gillett, is making tests of granite found in the Sama Cinyon, which is on the line of the proposed extension of the line from Port Angeles to Ventura. There is a mountain of the rock over 2000 feet high, on which tests are being made | for the purpose. | matter of her husband’s estate, making | been doing from her. | larities in the sale of the furniture of the | I now in possession of the Fidelity Trust | | When I have re | in 1847, | Interior Department. | ingsof the Northern Pacific Railroad for with the object in view of using it for 0 breakwater purposes, it being the com- pany’s intention to start work on a breaks water here whether the Governmen- makes moves or not. The tests as far at made have proved the rock to be suitable e g SENSATION AT TACONA. Widow of H. C. Clement Prefers Serious Charges Against Her Co-Executor. TACOMA, Wass., Nov. 6.—Considerable of a sensation was sprung yesterday in the direct charges made by Mrs. Mary J. Clement, widow- of H. C. Clement, who filed exceptions to the final report in the The serious and grave charges against her co- executor, the Fidelity Trust Company, and its attorneys. She claims they have had sole manage- ment and control of the estate and have kept all knowledge of wkat they have She charges irregu- Grand Pacific Hotel whereby goods that cost $30,000 and inventoried for $10,000 were sold for $4000. She says that con- siderable of the furniture of said hotel is | Company and its agents and servant: and they have refused to allow her to in- spect the auctioneer’s returns. She charges, upon information and be- lief, that certain rentals received by her co- executor have not been accounted for in their report, that the company has re- ceived over $55,000 belonging to the estate, and, as shown by its final report, it has used the money in its banking business | for profit to itself and has refused to ac- count to the estate for such profits. She charges that certain real estate has been sold below its value and the consider- ation money has not been fully accounted for. The officers of the bauk are P.L.| Wallace, J. S. Baker, P. C. Kauffman and | H. C. Wallace, the Democratic politician. MAS: D, P, BOWERS DEAD. The Eminent Actress Succumbs to Pneumonia at Phila- 1 delphia. Brief Story of Her Life on the Stage. PORTLAND, Or., Nov. 6.—Manager H. | C. Bowers of the Hctel Portland received | a dispatc h to-day stating that his mother, | Mrs. D. P. Bowers, the eminent actress, | had died in Philadelphia last night of | pneumonia after a brief illness. 1 Mr. Bowers left for Philadelphia to at- : tend the funeral, which takes place next Tuesday. | Mrs. Bowers left two sons and one daughter, H. C. Bowers of Portland, Wal- ter Bowers of New York City and Mrs. E. V. Bennett, manager of the Arlington Ho- tel, Washington, D. Mrs. D. P. Bowers was well-known to | | many of the play-goers of San Francisco. As an actressin the strictly legitimate line | she achieved great success and held a lead- ing place among stars until a few years ago. It bhas been said vf her that she be- | gan life as an actress at 16 and wasa mother at 18. i She was a woman of quick intelligence and marvelous charm and sounded the | very depths of feeling and run the sweeb of life’s gauntlet. Mrs. Bowers played Juliet success. Her Juliet posse: nature of a girl with the pa break of a woman, | In the heydey of vouth and success she | realized Charlotte Cushman’s ideal Juliet, | and played it to the Romeo of that great | Mrs. Bowers always contended | that Charlotte Cushman’s Romeo was the | the greatest on the stage. She did not | even except that of Edwin Booth. | Her father used to say that none of his | seed would “‘ever beg bread.” Inan inter- view not long since Mrs. Bowers said: his faith of my father I have realized. hed my last round the good angel of my life has lifted his wings over and floated me into sunskine agzain.” This was illustrated several years after | the actress’ marriage (a second marnage) ! to the scientist, Dr. Brown. who insisted | that she leave the stage. They lived in | good style in London until his scientific | experiments exhaustea their money. | ‘hen she consulted Manager Pheeps at | Saddler’s Wells Theater, and signed to | olay Julia in “The Hunchback.” Her ess was great and immediate and a ble engagement at the Lyceum fol- with great ‘ 1 the simple | ionate heart- | | suc | profi lowed. Mrs. Bowers was the daughter of Rev. W. A. Crocker, an Episcopal clergyman, | he was born at Stamford, Conn., March | 12 1830, and was married to D. P. Bowers | Bowers died in 1857, She subse- | quently married Dr. Brown of Baltimore. | Mrs. Bowers made her debut at the | Arch-street Theater, Philadeiphia, in 1847 as Pauline in the “Lady of Lyons.” Her | London debut was made in 1861 at Sad- | dlers Wells Theater. | She played several engagements in San | Francisco. The first ofie in 1852 is remem- | bered by many of the old time patrons of the play. «Early in the seventies when the California Theater was so widely known for the excellence of the actors and merit | of the playeérs on its stage Mrs. Bowers played an important engagement. It was during this visit to San Francisco that she waseltcted an honorary member of the Bohemian Club. Her membership was proposed by Henry Edwards and sec- onded by Thomas Newcombe, who was | then city editor of THE CALL and president of the club. i kit SIAGE-ROBBER CONFESSED. Adolphus Frick, a Hold-Up. Lodged in the Portland Jail. PORTLAND, Og,, Nov. 6.—Adolphus C. Frick, the Klamath-Ager stage-robber, who was captured near Klamath Falls last Sunday, was brought to Portland to-day and lodged in jail to await trial. He has confessed his guilt. The Sheriff and Dis- trict Attorney were on the stage when the hold-up occurred. Frick is an old offender. He served one | term in San Quentin for 2ssaulting a man with a rock. He was arrested at Klamath Falls last August on the charge of horse- stealing and_ bound over to the Grand | Jury. Last Friday night he made his es- cape from the jail by sawing off two iron bars. On Sunday morning he at- tempted to rob the stage, but after a hot skirmish with the Sheriff the robber was arrested. —— e INDIAN LANDS DISPUTE. The Red Men Near Klamath Falls Hold a Council. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Nov. 6.—The Tndians of the reservation held a council a few days ago to take action on the dis- puted boundary and road land-grant ques- tions. That these questions arenqt settled is interfering considerably with the work of allotment in severalty, as the road grant takes up nearly 100,000 acres of land within the limits of the reservation, to ‘\yl;ich the Indians think they should have itle. The.indefinite description of the bound- ary lines in the treaty is also a prolific source of dispute. CaptainI. D. Applegate has been unanimously chosen by the In- dians to defend their interests before the (i SR Northern Pacific Earnings. SEATTLE, Wasu., Nov. 6.—The earn- the month of September, recording to the report filed in the Federal court, were | say that all messages will be delivered the | and that over the entire system trains are &4%.783'26: total disbursements, $1,409,- PACIFIC COAST NEWS, Strike Situation on the Great Northern Takes a New Turn. ENJOINED THE STRIKERS Judge Hanford Orders Them Not to Interfere With the Running of Trains. TRAINMEN STILL CONFIDENT. Members of the A.R. U. Declare They Will Win the Fight With the Company. % SPOKANE, Wasn., Nov. 6.—The strike situation on the Great Northern bas taken a new turn to-night. Word has just reached here that United States Judge Hanford, sitting at Walla Walla, ha. is- sued an injunction against the sirikers, restraining them from interfering in any manner with the property of the company or the running of trains. This was expected several days ago when Judge Hanford was here, but for some reasons the attorneys of the railroad thought best not to secure the order then. This places the matter in different light, and would indicate that the railroad peo- ple feared the strike. The A. R. U. men say that things are coming their way and that they will win the fight. They claim that they are unable to get any telegraphic communication with the leaders in the East; that although they have sent a num- ber of messages none of them have been delivered, and that the Western Union is standing in with the railroad. This, of course, the Western Union as well as rail- road people deny most strenuously. They same as of any private person. No more men went out at the Hillyard shops to-day, but all the bridge carpenters are still out. It was reported this morn- ing that twenty men went down to fill the places but came back, refusing to go. tt work. The railroad people still insis: there is no strike except as it e minds of the few who have quit work here, t that running on time. The passenger from the East is reported in on time to-night, and freights have only been a little off the regular schedule. The . R. U. people still continue to hold and have appointed a They are in session to- yard, but the resultof the meeting has not yet reached the city. BUTTON JURY DISAGREED The Slayer of Gustave Boehm at | San Bernardino to Be Tried Again. Conservative Men Say He Can Never Be Convicted of the Crime. SAN BERNARDINO, CaL.,, Nov. 6.— Charley Button, the slayer of Gustave Boehm, must stand another trial, as the jury, which remained out all night, has failed to agree and been dismissed. The foreman inforir ed the court that the jury stood 6 to 6 in the case and there was no possibility of an agreement. The court immediately dismissed the jury, and on application of the District Attorney set the case for trial Monday, December 16. Pub- lic opinion is divided on the case. Many conservative men say. that it is useless to try Button again. They believe | he cannot be convicted, as it has been over i two y2ars since the homicide took place | and the main witnesses were drunk at the | time and remember very little of the oc- currence. After the jury was dismissed one of the members said to a CALL representative: “‘Had it been possible to convict Button of a lesser crime tkan manslaughter we would have probably rendered a verdict on a compromise, ag those who believed him guilty at all did not think he was guilty enough to be punished for manslaughter or innocent enough to be turned loose. It is my opinion that he will never be con- victed.” - MOVEMENT OF LOS ANGELES OIL. There Are P/en\ly of Cars Available for Shippers, but Additional Tanks Are Needed, LOS ANGELES, Car., Nov. 6.—The reason the Standard Oil Company is not purchasing more oil is because it has no place to store it, and the quantity on hana is held because arrangements have not yet been completed for its shipment. The company has forty oil-tank cars in this territory this side of San Francisco. The Union Tank Line, which is the branch of the Standard on this coast, controling the company’s cars, has placed them at the service of the Southern Pacific Company and any person having oil stored in the oil regions desiring to ship it can ob- tain the use of these cars, simply by pay- ing the freight to the Soutisern Pacific. The Oil Exchange is handling as much of the output as its facilities will admit of. 1t is likely that four new 1000-barrel tanks will be built in the near future at the stor- age grounds on Buena Vista street, There is no advance in prices of oil, but pro- ducers expect an increase before the month is out. —_—————— BURGLAR AT SANITA BARBARA, Two Places Entered and Some Goods Stolen. SANTA BARBARA, Carn, Nov. 6.— There is no longer doubt that a profes- sional burglar is undertaking to make a livelihood in Santa Barbara. Last night the shoestore of Burson & Lamb was en- tered by breaking a pane of glass in the window of the repair shop. One hundred dollars’ worth of shoemakers' tools were taken, weighing about 100 pounds. From the size of the tracks the robber was a man, accompanied by a smallboy. Blood found on the window-sill, floor ana goods indi- cated that one of them cut his hand in opening the window. Some time during the night Sherman & Ealand’s buu:hersfiop was entered by cut- ting the screen in a widow. The burglars in this instance got only twenty pennies. f o Benjamin Douglass Il SANTA BARBARA, CaL, Nov. 6.— Benjamin Douglass was taken suddenly ill yesterday with symptoms of apoplexy. He is a little better to-day, but his daugh- ter, Mrs. Charles Fay, now on her bridal trip in the East, has been wired, and Mr. and Mrs, Fay will probably return here next Sunday. . GOLD STORIES DENIED. A Letter From the Yukon Falley Says the Wealth 1s Not There. SEATTLE, Wasu., Nov. 6.—Some of the fabulous stories of gold discovery and wealth in the Yukon Valley are setat naught by a letter written by Daniel Dono- van from Forty-mile Post to Joseph P. Carroll. Port Gamble, this State, saying: “We are 34 degrees west. Yukon Basin is not by any means the country it is rep- resented to be on the outside, ana the large fortunes made here in a few years that they tell us about are all exaggera- tions. The most money ever taken out here by any one man was $18,000. Many a man has put in from three to six years here, working hard all the time, and to- day is in debt to the Alaska Trading Com- pany for provisions. Flour costs $40 per 100 pounds, bacon 75 cents per pound, beans 50 cents per ponnd,coffce 1, suear 55 cents and other edibles in proportion.” - EVENTS AT STANFORD. The Sequoia’s Director — Specimens of Japanese Fish. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CaL., Nov. The class of '97 held a meeting this afternoon and elected M. G. Furbush to the directorship board of the Sequoia. A collection of rare fish specimens from Japan has been received by the Zoologleal Deparument. - The collection was made by Otaki, a graduate Japanese student of the college. His work while here was of a very hizh order, and on graduation he was immedi- ately given a high position in the Japanese fish bureau. As yet his donation to the Stanford col- lection has not been carefully examined, but Dr. Gilbert expects to find many choice specimens in it FAUT-GRONERS SESSION Weinstock’s Resolution Did Not Meet the Views of Russ Stephens. The Objector Points Out the Ills That Would Follow the Dumping Scheme. SACRAMENTO, Cav.; Nov. 6.—The sec- ond day’s session of the California Fruit- Growers’ Association convention was occu- pied almost entir by a continuation of the subject of co-operation among fruit- growers and the marketing and manage- ment of fruit sales in BEastern markets. Mr. Weinstock of Sacramento introduced the following resolutions which provoked a spirited speech from Russ Stephens: WHEREAS, Resolutions having in view the perpetuation of the California Fruit Growers’ and Shippers’ Association, the continuance of the bureau of information and the establish- ment of one open_ and iree auction salesroom in each L‘usw% auction point have been adopted by this convention; and whereas, it being of great importance to the growers of this State that contentions such as existed dur- ing the past season shall cease, and that all in- terests shall unite for the common good. Therefore be it Resolved, That the chairman of this conven- tion appoint a conference committee of seven members, who shall be chosen so as to repre- sentall of the interests of the fresh deciduous fruit industry of this State; and be it Resolved, That such committee shall meet at an early date and shall request the attendance of all interested parties, with the view of harmonizing such conflicting interests as may exist; and be it Resolved, That all commercial shippers, fruit- growers and other persons be, and are hereby, respectiully requested to respond to any re- quest of such committee for attendance #nd lend to it their most earnest support and aid in its efforts to carry into effect the expressed wishes of the fruit-growers, as set forth in the resolutions adopted by this convention in re- lation to the matter of establishing consoli- dated auction salesrooms free to all buyers and auctioneers at the various Eastern points, In his address Mr. Stephens, who is one of the most prominent and best-informed fruit-growers of the Sacramento Valley, said the disposal of the fruit crop of the State was in the hands of afew buyers and sellers. If the producers hoped for any better- ment of their condition, he said, they must make themselves independent of any organization that in the past has controlled their interests. He scored the bureau of information. He said it rushed carload after carload into New York in order to cause a glut in the market so as to crush out competition and the few growers who dared to stay out- side of the combination. What the State needed, he said, was buyers and not com- binations, He complakied of the methods of the bureau of information, saying that the daily reports sent out said so many cars to New York, so many to Chicago, so many to Boston, and five to other points. ““Where are those other points?” he asked. He said it was against the best in- terests of the fruit-growers, He did not propose to turn over his property to the tender mercies of one or two individuals. He had taken part in an election yes- terday, he declared, and got snowed under, and he had no doubt that when the vote was taken on these resolutions he would be snowed under again. He said the fruit- grower was hoodwinked all the time. He was to have a five-day car service, which was to rectify all the ills we ever had. “Did any one profit by it?"’ he asked. “Yes,” he answered; ‘‘the big shippers who could ship in twenty-car lots. The small shipper could not take a whole car, even.” He insisted that dumping all the fruit in Chicago was against the grower. Some of his fruit was sold in Chicago at $1 70 a box and was reshipped to New York and sold for $5. The location of the auction-house in Chicago, he averred, had been changed so that it was inconvenient and could be reached by only one line of railway lead- ing to New York. H. Weinstock said with the consent of his second he would withdraw the preamble, and he hoped his friend Stephens would support the resolutions. R.D. Stephens then asked that the last paragraph of the resolution be stricken out and he would then supportit. H. Wein- stock consented, the change was made and the resolutions as*amended were then adopted unanimously. The remainder of the afternoon and evening sessions were consumed in a dis- cussion of the raisin industry of the State, which is conceded not to be in the most flourishing condition and the committee on transportation reported a material re- duction n refrigerator car rates. e Surveying Government Land. SANTA MONICA, CaL, Nov. 6—A party of Government engineers started to- day to make the surveys, plats, etc., for the unsurveyed Government land lying between the Boca de Santa Monica and Arroyo Mallibu ranches. This is a beauti- ful wedge-shaped piece of land with five miles frontage on ‘the ocean, which for some reason or other has never been sur- veyed. On the land are many squatters who have improved their claims. The en- gineers are camped in Las Tunias Canyon, PACIFIC COAST NEWS, Kovalev to Be Tried for Insanity by a Sacra- mento Judge. ACTS LIKE A CRAZY MAN. He Did Not Even Remember Who His Witnesses Were Nor What They Knew. JACK BRADY'S JURY SECURED. The Trial of the Train.-Robber Will Be Devoid of Any Dramatic Incidents. SACRAMENTO, Can, Nov. 6.—The leading question to be decided in the Ko- valev murder case at present is not as to the guilt or innocence of the defendant, but his mental condition; and until that decision has been rendered all other pro- ceedings will be set aside. For several days past it has been ap- parent that Ivan Kovalev’s mind was either wanderingor that, like Fredericks, he was endeavoring to impress that fact upon Judge, jury and spectators. At all events, his actions have been such that Julige Johnson has decided to impanela jury who will be called upon to render a verdict as to the sanity or insanity of the prisoner, When Judge Johnson’s court opened this morning, Major Anderson, counsel for the defense, addressed the bench, stating that for the past two days he and_ his associate, Senator Hart, had been unable to hold any intelligible communication with the pris- oner. The prisoner’s demeanor in the courtroom would intdicate that he was sub- ject to some ailment, both mental and physical. His counsel said they would not dare to put him on the witness-stand in his pres- ent condition. The prisoner could not re- member even the fact that he had had a preliminary examination. He did not know where his witnesses could be found | or what they would testify to. Major Anderson had watched him closely yesterday for hours at a time and he could not detect any indication that the prisoner understood what was being said. He also called attention to sections 1367 and 1368 oi the Penal Code, which provide for a jury to pass upon the sanity of a aefendant in such cases. After a few pertinent ques- tions relating to Kovalev's prison life and demeanor, Judge Johnson sent out for Doctors Ross, Simmohs and Huntington, and they made a private examination of the prisoner which resulted in the recom- mendation thet a jury be impaneled to test the question of Kovaley’ssanity. The members of the criminal jury and the host of witnesses were excused until next Monday night. - JACK BRADY'S TRIAL. He Is Not the Hero in Court He Assumed on the Koad. MARYSVILLE, CaL., Nov. 6.—Consid- ering the prominent part train-robber and outlaw Jack Brady took in making crimi- nal history several months ago, it might be expected that the court scene in his career would be replete with dramatic in- cidents and surprises. Not so, however. Brady at large, with half of the officers of the northern part of the State on his trail, and Brady in the toils, where imagi- nation plays but little part, are two en- tirely different personages. Brady has none of the criminal in his appearance. He is quiet, pleasing, un- assuming and as innocent almost any country boy who rides into Marysville on Saturday afternoon to do a little shopping for the old folks. It has taken three days to secure a jury, but the | panel was completed this afternoon and the trial will commence to-morrow in earnest. Several trainmen who were wit- nesses to the hold-up near Wheatland on the night of March 30 last are already here, prepared to give their testimony. Among them is the fireman who was shot during the melee which resuited in the death of the big robber. Browning, and the killing of Sheriff J. J. Bogard. The fireman has recovered from the wounds he received that night, though he still complains of a peculiar sensation in his leg where one of the flying bullets struck him. Tt is said the prosecution will roduce witnesses who will testify that rady lived at the Mechanics’ House in this city for two days preceding the train robbery. 5 It is also asserted that the landlady in Sacramento who was depended upon to swear that Brady was an inmate of her home at the hour of the train robbery, has notified the defense that she cannot tell any such story. The names of the jurymen who have been sworn to try the case are: T.J. O’Brien, Charles O. Sawtelle, David Brad- shaw, D.C. Cuddeback, Conrad Gorttwal, Price Blackford, George Beilby, 8. C. Traynor, Joseph Ogden, George Collier, W. L. Norton, D. N. Jones. THE BIG BLYTHE BLOCK, General W. H. H. Hart Indicates Something of What It Is to Be. Mayor Sutro Will Veto the New Fire Ordinance and Give It a Chance. It would sppear that the new fire ordi- nance is as full of objections as the street- paving ordinance and bituminous-rock ordinance, some of which were pointed out to Mayor Sutro yesterday by General W. H. H. Hart. General Hart appeared before the Mayor as representing Florence Blythe Hinckley. He stated that Mrs. Hinckley proposed putting up a fifteen-story building on the Biythe block and was, therefore, interested in the ordinance, which not only limits the height of buildings to 130 feet but specifies and stipulates of what they shall be built, scarcely any of the materials mentioned being products of California, while the State, or at least the Pacific Coast, affords the best building material. It requires that the yellow pine of Colo- rado and of Maine be used, but no word about Washington and Oregon spruce pine nor of California redwood—the only woods used in this market. It also stipulates the use of Aberdeen (Colo.) stone, and in the schedule as to brick, tile and marbles to be used for the purpose of determining the tensile strength and crushing force of these materials used, not a California marble, not a California tile, not a Califor- looking as | a brick is mentioned, nota metal madein San Francisco or the State is mentioned in the schedule. : Mr. Hart said the ordinance had been prepared too hastily. It was drafted from Kidder, a very nice young man, an au- thority on Colorado stones. It mentions Connecticut freestone, of which there is not a foot used in San Francisco except in the Flood residence on Nob Hill. “If this ordinance is allowed to stand,” said Gen- eral Hart, “it will discriminate against every California product of every nature and description. “And yet the same Board of Supervisors found fault with your Honor in reference to your franchise sim- ply because you have been forced to get materials from other sources that you could not get here in the marketatall Instead of designating certain stones the ordinance should require that in buildings of certain heights there should be certain thicknesses of walls, and that material should be used of certain tensile strength. Then there would be no trouble.” Chief Sullivan of the Fire Department, who was present, stated that there had been no haste in the preparation of the or- dinance; that it had been under considera- tion for three years; that the ordinance had been prepared by the local chapter of architects and afterward submitted to Mr. Cushing of Cushing & Hamilton, and he was warned that if anything was wrong with it he must take the blame. He(Chief Sullivan) admitted that there were objec- tions to certain sections of the ordinance, but it bad been printed, and to have it vetoed and reprinted would cost $450 more —it had already cost that much. The Mayor said this was a question in- volving millions, and he would not hesi- tate about vetoing it on account of $450. it ought to have been more carefully pre- pared in the first place—he would certainly veto it. “I would call your attention to the fact,” said General Hart, “that where persons here in the far West and in cities of this size undertake to construct modern build- ings, it is absolutely necessary that they take into consideration the life of the building and the wants of the City thirty years hence. That is to , if a modern building is to be erected and constructed as nearly fireproof as the experience of the present age will dictate, the persons con- structing the same must go to excessive expense in a small City like this to make the building good enough for a City of a { million population. Therefore, you ean | readily see that & person who has a large amount of property, for instance a block, would not have money enough within his own coffers to put up such a building— the money fmust come from elsewhere. The capita inquires and reasons that in « building of such and such height there will be rents sufficient to make the return of his money certain. Butif you are going to limit the property-owner so that he cannot erect an opera-house or a hotel, or have rooms enough to secure an income | sufficient to pay the interest upon the capital invested, he will say, ‘I cannot lend you the money.’ & _ “The principal fanlt I have with this | building is this: Section 7 provides for two classes of buildings, but neitoer of them are absolutely fireproof. The Mills building would come under class A. Itis not a fireproof building. It is faced with stone that melts at 312 de- | grees; its trimmings are of . wood, its bannisters are of wood and some of its supports are of wood, while the par- titions to which the lath are nailed are of wood. We propose to erect an absolutely | fireproof building consisting of metal ex- | clusively throughout. Why should we be | compelled, and all other buildings made | absolutely fireproof within the range of human ingenuity, to come . down to the level of class A? Class A buildings are limited to 130 feet in height. Bur we are going to build a better building than is re- quired in class A. Why should we be re- stricted to 130 feet?” Mr. Sutro said he was not dispgsed to limit the beight of buildings. General Hart said . that they would be satisfied with 175 feet, which would give them their- fifteen stories, and be did not see why the proprietors ‘of the Crocker building (170 feet), the Mills building (154 feet), the Chronicle building'(135 feet) or the Spreckels building (306 feet) should bave a monopoly in the matter of height. He said if the ordinance stood as it has been passed they could not put up the Blythe block, as they could not get the money. The Mayor thanked General Hart for calling his attention to the defects of the veto it. BENEFITS ONTHOUGHT. Conferred on Munkind by the Use of the Bicyecle. ‘What is food for one man is poison for another, and the bicycle craze is bringing despair to the heart of the laundryman. | With the popularity of bicycle suits and outing costumes the white shirt and the starched collar and cuffs bave fallen into disfavor. Summer is usually the harvest time for the laundryman, but this year his | trade is much less than usual, and is hardly up to the winter standard. And he puts all the blame on the bicyclist, who wears his knickerbockers and his negligee shirt all day and all the evening, and, though the weather is scorching, refuses to melt starched collars and ruin shirt bosoms which bave been laundered with care. The difference caused by the bicycle is felt strongly by the laundries which” have to depend largely on the “boarding-house” trade for their work. Nine-tenths of the patrons of these laundries are young men employed in downtown offices.” Last year and before that they appeared at their work with linen ot immaculate whiteness and as stiff as the laundryman’s starch could make it. In the sweltering summer days it cost money to preserve this appear- ance, for it required two collars, a pair of cuffs and a shirt each day. Asa conse- quence the week’s Jaundry bill on these articles alone amounted to at least $1 50. ‘With bilis of this sort for each of the thausanas who live in boarding-houses the laundries prospered. This year it is different. The young man no longer wears starched linen. He goes to his work arrayed in anegligee shirt, and in the evening he does not change his cos- tume unless for some special event. In- stead he keeps it on and enjoys arun through the boulevards and parks. Asa consequence his laundry bill is less by half than formerly, and the laundryman is the one who loses, for his expenses are as great as though trace was good. *Yes,” said one laundryman, “this bicy- cle fad is costing us a good deal of money. We don’t have near so many starcied pieces to launder, and the increase inother lines is not sufficient to make up the loss. Our biils aren’t reduced as niuch as 50 per cent, but there is a big change. Some of them may haye been cut in two, but notall of them. Itisthe bicycle that has done it, there is no doabt of that. The negligee costumes that are so much worn now have largely done away with starched goods.”’— Chicago Tribune. —————— Delivered His Owu Message. One of Utica's very successful young physicians the other day received a tele- Eram irom Marcy, asking him to visit that amlet at his earliest convenience. The doctor had several urgent cases to attend to in the city before he started, and as he did not know the exact location of the house he was asked to visit in Marcy, he sent a message saying he would be at the corners at a certmin hour in the afternoon and that some one be there to meet him. Hismessage was pzepaid. He kept the ap- pointment promptiy but found no one to meet him. After making some inquiries he started for the residence to which he had been suymmoned. When he passed the little {ep¢ t to which his telegram had been sent taf young ladv who operates the key there ran out and hailed him: ‘‘Are you going in the direction of Mr. —’s farm?"’ she asked. R ‘‘Yes,” replied the physician, “I am going directly to the farm.” ‘‘Well,” replied the young lady, *here’s 2 message ‘that came for him this after- noon and which I have had no chance to deliver.” So the doctor became his own message- bearer.—Utica Courier. ————— . In many parts of Ireland there is on public-house for twenty-five inbabitants. ordinance and said he would certainly B1S FATHER'S SO An Interesting Story From San Benito County. Will the County Seat Have a Rall= road Through It? From time to time the somewhat pretty town of Hollister—which is the county seat of San Benito—has been thrilled by tales of the possibility of a competing road coming throngh one of the mountain passes in its immediate vicinity, butas y been talk, and taik only. Thereis in that vicinity a large section of very good land, the possibilities of which have never yet been fully appreciated, and if road were really an_accompli rophet could predict the pros that }:ngr;n not ensue to the reside that district. They are already grow some of the finest fruit that is produced there, and the hay is looked on as second to none in the State. The people too areenthusiasts about the future of the county, and none more so than those In the vicinity of Panoche. Among them might be mentioned the well-known and sirdy family of Ashursis. They are of good sterling blood, knowing littie or nothing of sickness. Only a few months ago though Robert Jr., oneof the brightest of them all, nearly lost his life through an insidious and wasting disease, the malig nant character of which was not appreci- ated by him at first. Nervous exhaustion was fast taking hoid of this bright speci- men of Californian manhood, and Le would no doubt have been consigned to an early grave but for the prompt and effec- tive action of the specialists of the Hud- son Medical Institute, the establishment which is doing more good than all the otner medical institutions on the coast put together. A concise statement of the good young Mr. Ashurst got may be gleaned from the following mithy letter which he wrote: PANOCHE, Cal., Aug. 13, 1895. al Institute, San Francisco, In reply to your letters I been taking your medi- and am greatly pleased Am no longer troubled with Med TLEME! cines about two we: with the results. headache or backache or deep pains. My eye- sight is very much better, blood does not rush to my head as it used to, and in consequence my intellect is much better and brighter than beiore. 1 have gained six pounds com- mencing treatment, but my bowels do not yet | move as regularly as they should. I take & tablet every night, and that may soon be ali right. 1realize that it takes time to effect a cure. Honestly, gentlemen, I would not take $500 to relapse into the state that I was in before. 1remain, yours very respectfully. ROBT. ASHURST JR. 1t is perhaps lucky that Mr. Ashurst came to the great specialists for treatment as soon as hé did, for k as & grave case. But he speaks of what wonders have been done for him, and it must be remembered that this is only after two weeks’ treat- ment. Thousandssing the praises of these really marvelous docto S. J. Bailey of Weaverville, Cal., writes: “I feel fully iestored to health and want to ex- | press my gratitude to you." Geo. H. Rice of Fort Canby, Wash.: “I am unable to speak the praise that you deserve, but suffice it to say that 1 feel in every respect as a man should. 8. M. 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