The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 24, 1895, Page 8

P THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1895. BUYER & REICH FOUND TO BE INSOLVENT, An Attachment Levied at the Instance of Creditors. CAUSE OF THE FAILURE Attributed Mainly to the Ex- tended Litigation Over Instrance. THE LIABILITIES AND ASSETS. The. Latter Expected to Fall Consider- ably Short of the Firm's Indebtedness. Buyer & Reich, the old and well-known importers of fancy goods, hosier: worsteds, ribbons, etc., at 221 and Bush street, were yesterday forced to sus- pend business, whether temporarily or permanently will only develop when a full statement of their affairs is obtained and presented to their creditors for their con- sideration. The suspension was caused by the levy- ing of an attachment by the Sheriff on a suit brought by Daniel Meyer, the banker, to recover $31,585 42. This amount includes most of the local claims inst the embarrassed firm, which are assigned to the banker to simplify pro- ceedings. In detail these claims are as Daniel Meyer, cash loaned, $7500; Paris and American Bank ioan, $18,000; S. W. Rosen- §2500; Coates Thread Com- urchased, $2408 44; Edward berger & Kalisher, for ces, $500; Clarke Mile End Spool Cot- ton Company, ¢ California Cotton Mills Company, goods, $475 16. Among other local clzimants are Lows Taussig and Louis Hauser, each for $500, cash loaned. So far as can now be ascertained the liabilities of the fi d to be some- thing over $100,0C vhile it is expected reach not to exceed stock in trade and follow London, (Lamited), loan ger portion of indebtedness and whom were Julius Kah tunate firm, and the s them. The tuation described to irm is composed of Leopold Reich nd both stances the firm i that they referred all inquiries regarding ffairs to their attorney, who made statement: thirty years in business in g mur They be- ear Sutier, as and about fifteen e trade, e 50 unfortu- ire, and owing hat the fire was of in- origin the insurance compenies re- fused topay the insurance moneys. The result s » period ot litigation extending over twen- 1y-one months, On account of this the business of the firm suffered materially: The fire nat- 1ly caused & 10ss of more or less of their reg- 1 “business, and the failure to receive their A couple of years nate as to suffer heav founde: insurance for this lomg period handicapped Lem seriously. Notonly were the payments ayed for an unusuel veriod, but in some of the ¢ases the full RMOUNT WAS NOL TeCo! As & result they were forced during this trying time to meke loans to tide along, and the in- terest on these were an additional burden they were compelled to carry with the many others. They endeavored to weather the storm by every honorable means available, but the cawme to-day when they were attached. firn been to aeal 1y with everybody and on their solicitation local creditors have consented that the Castern creditors shall not be frozen out, but 1hat all the creditors shall be treated alike. All expedition will be used to arrive at defi- nite information concerning the firm’s afairs. An inventory of the stock wiil be taken and the book accounts will be examined and then some basis of settlement will probably be arranged. Of course the pro possible, the firm shall con the impartial treatment for all the creditors, and in this have aiready been promised the co- operation of their local creditors. It will be eral days before the exact condition of ngs can be ascertamned. As showing the estimation in which the firm is held it is only necessary to call at- tention to the fact that the heavy cash loans which figure in the attachment pro- ceedings were made without other security than the firm’s notes An additional feature that served to hamper the members of the firm was the prevalence of serious illness in each of their fam: To the mercantile conmunity the failure was a great surprise, for though it was known that they were hard pushed at times, pending the litigation over their in- surance, it was generally believed that the receipt ot their insurance placed them in easy circumstances. FLECTRIC LINES 70 AUK New Systems Open Throughout the Western Addition. Elaborate and Confusing System of Transfers for Them—Ellis-Street Cable Abolished: An extensive change will be made to-day in the electric street car service of the Western Addition. It is likely to cause confusion at first to patrons of the lines, for a new transfer system will go into effect at the same time and the service itself will be altogether different from what it has been. The lines affected are the Ellis, O’Farrell, Devisadero, Fillmore, Turk and Eddy street electric roads and the exten- sion from Page street to Ninth avenue, south of Golden Gate Park. It was thought by the Market-street officials yesterday that the new lines will not be guite ready for operation before 10 A. M., as some odds and ends of construc- tion remain to be completed. The cable has been discontinued on the Ellis-street line and the Broderick-street road, from Lllis to Oak streets, will be abandoned per- manently, the electric cars turning into Devisadero street and continuing to the Park along Page street. The Elfis and O'Farrell street sery- ice will be as follows: Starting from Ellis and Market streets, along Ellis street to Hyde, along Hyde street to O'Far- rell, out O'Farrell street to Devisadero, thence south on Devisadero street to Page, thence west on Page street to Stany Returning, from Page and Stanyan str t 1o Devis dero, running north on Devisadero street to Ellis, thence east on Ellis street to Market. On this route the following rather com- _lifia(lleu system of transfers will be estab- ished : Out-going cars — Receive transfers from northbound Fourth-street cars and westbound Markel-street cars at the cotner of Elis and orne an honorable | d.‘ sition is that, if | ue in business, | butat all events they will endeavor to secure To-Day | | | i | street | sporting element. Market streets; receive transfers from south- bound Powell-sireet cars at Ellis and Powell streets; receive transfers from north and south bound Leavenworth-street cars at Eilis and Leavenworth _streets; receive transfers from southbound Devisadero-street cars at the cor- ner of Devisadero and O'Farrell streets: issue transfers to westbound Carl-street cars at Clay- ton and Page streets; issue transfers to west- vound Park and Ocean cars at Stanyan and Page streets. Incoming cars—Receive transfers from east- bound Park and Ocean cars at Stanyan and Page streets; receive transfers from eastbound -street cars at Clayton and Page streets; ue transfers to northbound Devisadero- s at the corner of Devisadero and streets; issue transfers to north and southbound Leavenworth-street cars at the corner of Leavenworth and Ellis streets ; issue transfers to northbound Powell-street cars at the corner of Powell and Ellis streets; issue transters to eastbound Market-street cars and southbound th-street cars at the corner of Market and Ellis streets. For the Turk and Eddy street lines the following notice has been issued : From Pow street to_Devisadero, running on _Devisadero south to Jackson ; returnsng, irom Jackson and Devisadero, running m Devisadero to Turk, the iMason, along Mnson to Eday, thence along EAdy to Powell. Transfers—Out-going cars: Receive transfers from ¥ ner of Eddv and Market strects; issue transiers to north and south _bound Fillmore-street cars : corner of Eddy and Fillmore streets; re- fers from east-bound Ellis and Farrell street cars at the corner of Ellis and Devisadero streets; issue transfers to west- bound Sacramento-strecel cars at the corner of Sacramento and Devisadero streets; issue transfers to eas the corner of Devisade Incoming cars—Re bound Jackson Jackson and De and Jackson streets. ve transfers from west- eet cars at the corner of adero streets; receive trans- | fers from eastbound Sacramento-street cars at the corner of Sacramento and Devisadero sue transfers to westbound Ellis and O'Farrell street cars at the corner of O'Farrell and Devisadero streets; receive transfers from | | north and south bouna Fillmore-street cars at | the corner of Turk and Fillmore streets; issue transfers to eastbound Market-street cars at the corner of Market and Turk JICK HALLIVAN 15 DEAD Peaceful Ending of a Rather Tumultuous Career as a Sport. Was the Object of Much Public Denun. | [ ciation, but Had a Circle of Warm Friends. Jack Hallinan isdead. Yesterday morn- ing the well-known sporting character and | one of the proprietors of the Market-street | resort, the Cremorne, succumbed to pnen- monia, from which he had been suffering for several weeks. The disease found ready refuge in a constitution already un- dermined, and from the first his friends saw that his death was o matter of a few weeks at most. His dem occurred at the Baldwin Hotel, but soon afterwara the remains were removed to the residence of his sister, Mrs. Kate Livingstone, 71114 Ellis street. Among sporting men and a certain class of theatrical performers Hallinan was one of the best-known men in the City. F 1 ana Eddy streets, west on Eddy | est-bound Market-street cars at the cor- | bound Jackson-street cars at | was only apparent. In a short time new and gaudier pictures than of old were painted on the front of the house, and the name Cremorne was :uvrhmted by that of Midway Plaisance. Under the new name, but the same management, the house has been doing its usual good business, dem- onstrat:ng that Holman and Hallinan were hard men to down. Among his associates Hallinan was well sgoken of, and a number of sports gathered about the closed entrance of the Midway yesterday to discuss the viriues of their deceased companion. He was said to be generons to his friendsand forgiving to his oes. He leaves a widow and two sisters, from the residence of one of whom, Mrs. K. Livingstone, he will be buried Tuesda; ‘THE SIERRA FORESTS. Their Preservation for Beauty and Use Discussed by the Sierra Club. The Sierra Club met last evening in the Academy of Sciences building and listened to several interesting reports upon the | State and National parks and the forests of the Sierras. Professor Joseph Le Conte presided, and stated that the club had met to consider the important question of the preservation ! of our timber and the care of the National | and State parks. The rainfall, so impor | tant to our State, is dependent upon the timber. If the timber were destroyed for the use of mankind it would not be =0 bad, {but it is the wanton destruction that | makes the matter so serious. For in- stance, trees 250 feet high and 12 feet in | diameter are frequently cut and destroyed | in order to secure one or two cuts for shakes and the rest is left to decay. | He said that the Federal Government | should recall all the beautiful timbered Eaectiunsz of the Sierras and protect them | | for the benefit of ali mankind. Professor Le Conte then called upon John Muir of Yosemite Valley fame, who | presented his report, in which he said: I will tell you of what I saw last summer during & six weeks' saunter in the Sierras. When four vears ago I saw the National Park the entire landscape was seared and disfigured bevond description by rire and sheepmen, Vhen I returned last summer I was agrecebly surprised to see the entire landscape restored | toits natural and original beauty, and all due | to the care of Uncle Sam’s soldiers. The park been well policed Ly Pederai soldiers. I a peculiar-looking flock, not of sheep, but | of sheepish-looking men. These fellows bad threatened all kinds of things if the soldiers interfered with them and their sheep, but they welked very mildly before the commander, who gave thiem to understand thatif they were found with their sheep agnin on the reserva- | tion they would be severely punished. Mr. Muir described what has been done | by the enterprising citizens to secure the k and then to defend it. He said we have a glorious cause to advocate when we take the position of defending those grand trees. Mr. Muir stated that the forests must be permitted to grow again with all their growth and underbrush and grasses in order to secure the rainfall so necessary | to the farming industries of the Sacra- mento and San Joaquin valleys. He sai The only part of thet beautiful million-acre park thatlooks frowsy, dirty and_woebegone and trampled out is the Yosemite Valley. That | which should be the most beautiful is the most ulsive so far as naturai features are co ned. I believe that the Yosemite Vall | should be given back to the Federal Govern- ment. Itisa partof the great park, but still is apart from it. Ido not think that a single | animal should be turned loose in that valley and I do not think that the Commissi | should permit those fences to be 1 | that now surround the hayfields. The hay and grain should be hauled into the valley for the | stock. | __Professor W. R. Dudley of the Stanford | University said he wished to substantiate | what Mr. Muir had said relative to the | soldiers in the National Park. A very few JACK H LLLINAN. [From a photogruph taken s:veral yeors ago.] nearly fifteen years his name has been as- sociated with that class of amusements which have so often come under the ban of the respectable element of the City. Hallinan’s career was far from being sprinkled with roses, and seversl iimes he was forced by public sentiment to close up his place, but always he bobbed up se- renely and continued business at the same old stand. Hallis was born _at Dunkirk, N. Y., forty-one years ago. While scarcely out of his teens he emigrated to Virginia City, then in the heyday of its prosperity. Here he engaged in the prosaic occupation of blacksmithing. Here, too, he imbibed the love for a sporting life, of which there was then an abundance in Virginia City, and after six years at the forge he concluded that the smithy afforded too slow a life, and he deserted his calling and Virginia City to come to California. He immediately settled in San Fran- cisco, where he identified himself with the Wielding the sledge- hamumer had given him an unusual amount of muscle, and being naturally active he became noted as quite an athlete. This fact threw him in to some extent | with vandeville performers, from whom he imbibed the idea of starting a show of his own. His first venture was on_the south si of Market street, between Fifth and Sixth. This establishment he called The Elks, and from the first it was liberally patron- ized. It was not a high-class show; in fact it was possessed of all the symptows of a dive. This did not prevent it from being a paying investment, and after four or five years of increasing patronage Hal- linan felt the need of more commedious quarters. At this period he was joined by Ned Holman, and together they opened the Cremorne. This establishment was also a financial success from its openinig. Iv survived numerous agitations and denunciations, and on several occasions the proprietors found it prudent to close the place for a few weeks “for repairs.” During the re- cent anti-dive agitation the Cremorne ap- parently succumbed to popular clamor. Its doors were closed and the windows were boarded up. The death of an obscure pugilist as the result of a blow delivered by Dan Creedon, the Australian, in a box- ing match at this place probabiy pre- cipitated the result. I‘houg}: Creedon was exonerated the true nature of the house ;\_’xs necessarily disclosed in the investiga- ions, The passing of the Cremorne, however, soldiers can control and protect very large tracts of land. He said that during the summer he spent considerable time on the boundary of the park in Kern and Tulare counties. He found in several places large numbers of young sequoia gigantea, which, if allowed, will grow and in time become magnificent trees. Still, many say tnat this kind of tree is dying out. Professor Dudley gave a long descrip- tion of the seventeen National parks in the Rocky and Sierra ranges of moun- tains. While on his trip he met a number of hunters and valley tarmers, They live far below in the lowlands. They are sworn enemies of the sheepmen and are in favor of forest reservation by the Govern- ment. He called attention” to the red- woods of the coast and said that these | magnificent trees are being rapidly de- | stroyed. He suggested that some society | get hold of a section of redwood timber | and hold it in trust asa park. In time | the other redwonds will be swept away, but California would still have a sample of the redwood left. ————————— The Cauary Bird and the Rat Fought. Joseph Thompson, a deputy clerk of the | Criminal Court and at one time a promi- | nent candidate for the mayoralty of Balti- | moze, has a canary of which he has al- | e | ways been proud.” He is prouder of the | littie bird than ever now on account of the | fact that last Thursday night, after a des- perate fight with a rat, the little feilow came off victor. Just before the family retired to rest Thursday night at their residence, 1321 North Eden street, Mrs. Thompson placed the bird-cage on the sideboard in the dining-room. During the evening a half- | grown rat forced himself inro the cage, | and proceeded to devour the bird’s food. This was the beginning of the trouble. The canary flew from its perch and the battle began. | It was afier midnight and the household | was buried in slumber, so no_one saw or iheard the fight. But when Mrs. Thomp- | som came in the dining-room the next | morning she found a dead rodent with its four feet in the air lying on its back on the floor of the bird-cage, while the canary was singing merrily from its perch above. The beak of the bird had pene- trated the eye of the rat, entering the brain and causing instantaneous death.— Baltimore Herald. . Chinchilla, it seems, is to be the great fur this season in town, says a London ex- change. BENSON CASES FIZLLE, Years of Prosecution, and a Compromise the Result. CONTRACTS NOW SIGNED. Both Sides Agree to Withdraw From the Federal Court. ORDERS FROM WASHINGTON. Finale of a Hard Legal Fight Involving Alleged Gigantic Land Survey Frauds. The so-called Benson land survey cases, which have been in the Federal courts for several years, are at an end at last on a compromise. The compromise hasalready been agreed to by both the Government and the deputy surveyors, whose names have appeared so often upon the calendar of the United States Circuit Court, both as defendants and plaintiffs. The Government has two sets of cases against Benson et al., one criminal and the other civil, and, on the other hand, Messrs. Perrin, Glover and Reilly had some civil suits against the Government for money said to be still due them. New contracts for the correction of about $30,000 or $40,000 worta of surveys, alleged to have been fraudulent, have been in the office of Ascistant United States Attorney Knight during the past week, and signa- tures have been attached to them by both Mr. Knight, on behalf of the Government, and the clients of Attorney Joseph Camp- bell'for themselyes. The meaning of this proceeding is that the Benson cases on Sudge McKenna's calendar for the coming term are not to be prosecuted. Mr. Knight said as much yesterday afternoon, and John A. Benson admitted later in the day that a stipulation had been entered into by the respective counsel to that end and that the new contracts | bad been signed. S I'he criminal cases pending trial in the Circuit Court were eight in number. Four were in the name of the United States | against John A. Benson and others; two | against M. F. Reilly and others; one against James R. Glover and others, and one against George H. Perrin and otners. The ‘et al.” in the Benson cases proper meant the Deputy United States Su ors supposed to have been associated with John A. DBenson, attorney and civil en- gineer, and the sameflegal phrase in the other cases stood for the bondsmen of the deputy surveyors. The civil cases were against Glover and Reilly and also Deputy Surveyors John D. Hall, John W. Fit patrick, Charles Holcomb and Charles W. Sawyer. Ex-Congressman George C. Hazelton first began negotiating with Commissioner S. W "inmoreux of the General Land Office at Washington on behalf of the bondsmen of Reilly, Hall, Fitzpatrick, Holcomb and Sawyer, a little over a year ago. In their names he offered a stipula- tion agreeing that the contractors should make resurveys of the rejected and sus- pended surveys. This proposition was referred to Sur- veyor-General Wiii H. Green for his recom- mendation, and as, Mr. Green reported that he could sece no objection to the offer of the bondsmen the proposition was sent | to Secretary Hoke Smith of the Interior Department, with Mr, Lamoreux’s recom- mendation that it be approved and for- | warded to the Attorney-General for his action. During the s{\ring some correspondence between the Department of Justice and United States District Attorney Charles A. Garter of the previous November was transmitted by Attorney-General Olney to Commissioner Lamoreux, in which it appeared that, anticipating the action of the General Land Office, a telegram had been sent to Mr. Garter instructing him to compromise the Benson cases in the fol- lowing words: Secretary of the Interior concurs s recom- mendiug compromise in the Benson cases. You may therefore stop summoning witnesses. See that contract for compromise is such as to insure performance of terms. Mr. Garter did not, however, carry out the telegraphed instructions, for the rea- son that the other side was not ready. Benson was desirous of having several de- tails attended to in the_ General Land Office and made a visit to Washington for that purpose. A continuance was accord- ingly arranged for by Assistant District Attorney Knight. Recently instructions have been received at the District Attor- ney’s office from Attorney-General iHar- mon authorizing the compromise to be entered into based upon Mr. Hazelton’s form of stipulation. The proposition Mr. Hazelton mads on behali of his clients provided for complete resurveys, subject to the acceptance of the Surveyor-General upon being examined and approved by a special agent. The amount involved in these alleged survey frauds was probably §$400,000. The surveys were made between the years 1880 and 1884, and covered a little over 1,000,000 acres, principally in Los Angeles, San Ber- nardino, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Fresno, Mendocino and Tuolumne coun- ties. Colonel William H. Brown was then Surveyor-General of this State and N. C. McFarland of Kansas was Commissioner of the General Land Office at Washington. During President Cleveland’s first ad- ministration his Land Commissioner— Sparks—soon achieved a National reputa- tion by his attemot to show that his pre- decessor's administration had been grossly corrupt. Several letters were received by the President from out 'of the way places in Arizona, New Mexico and other Terri- tories charging that wholesale land frauds had been perpetrated, and some of these letters were very severe upon Attorney- General Garland, The author of these letters was subse- quently discovered to be Sparks himself, it is currently reported. Sparks was very bitter against Garland and called the De- partment of Justice a “‘Department of In- 1‘ustice" in connection with some strictures he made respecting_the Guilford case, in which the Northern Pacific was a defend- sons, ex-County Surveyor, and James C. Cole, Deputy Surveyor, of San Bernar- dino County; J. A. Bernal, Deputy County Surveyor o! Los Angeles County, several other surveyors and about 100 settlers of the two counties named. The settlers were anXious to have the surveys ac- cepted. he instructions of Attorney-General Harmon to District Attorney Foote urging a compromise of the Benson cases are based upon the advice of his predecessor, Mr. Olney, to Secretary Hoke Smith, and the willing consent of the Interior Depart- ment in consequence. A decision by the United States Ciicuit Court of Appeals had just been rendered favorable to the Gov- ernment and establishing the validity of the indictments against Benson. The civil cases are to be compromised as soon as possible, and unless some particular end can be served by keeping the criminal cases on the docket for a while longer, nolle nrosqu's may be entered at any time by the District Attorney. HIS REASON TOTTERING. Eugene Pardini Being Carefully Watched in the City Prison. Eugene Pardini, the Washineton-street shoe-dealer, is being closely watched in the City Prison, as it is feared he will at- tempt again to commit suicide when the opportunity offers itself. He is evidently not in his right mind, and keeps talking loudly to himself in his native tongue, to the annoyance oi the other prisoners, whom he prevents from sleeping at nights. He is also restless, and continues to walk about the cell, and at night over and on top of the others. Between 9 and 10 o’clock Friday night he got hold ot a cane belonging to Captain Lane. He was kissing the end of it and trying to insert it into his mouth. The attention of one of the ‘‘trusties” was called to his actions, and the cane was taken from him, as it was thought he might attempt to thrust it down his throat, as he did with his spectacles. Japtain Lane wil! have to do without his cane in future. The cell was carefully searched and everything removed that might help Pardini to end his life. WAL ON STREET O, An Idea Postmaster McCoppin Is Eager to Have Adopted. Some Correspondence Anent It Between Him and Postmaster-General Wilson. There has been considerable corre- pondence between Postmaster Frank Mc- Coppin and Postmaster-General William ‘Wilson’s department at Washington rela- tive to a plan Mr. McCoppin has in view of zing the street railway facilities of this for the collection and distribution of mails. Experiments along the same line have been made in 8t. Louis, Chicago,Brooklyn, Boston, Philadelphia and Cincinnati,and the author of the Wilson tariff is partial to the idea. Mr. McCoppin has an eye on the future, and hopes before a Republican President shall succeed Grover Cleveland in the White House that the new depot of the Southern Pacific will have been completed and station D become the orincipal place for the dispatching of outgoing letters and the distribution of incoming mails, Station D is at the foot of Market street, and the principle Mr. McCoppin is pro- ceeding upon is that the postal business of the City must naturally trend toward the point of dispatch. - He is not in the habit of talking much about nor are those closely associated with him in the executive work of the Postoftice; but from the Hobart building, where the headquarters of the Market- street Railroad Company are located, it was learned that negotiations are now being made between the company and the Postmaster having in_view some experi- mentation as a preliminary. For sume reason the officials of the street railway company are also inclined to be reticent, and will not much more than admit that “there has been some talk of it,’”” and that it can be put down ‘‘among the probabili- ties of the future.” Joseph L. Willcott, who, as secretary of both the Southern Pacific and Market- street Railway companies, is interested in securing all and whatever business com- mon carriers can get hold of, has been, for some' time, an enthusiastic advecate of street railway mail transit. There is_one great advantage the Market-street Rail- way Company would gain by it, and that is in the legal status of a system of local rapid transit that would thus become a “‘post road,” and as_such beon the same footing as the mail-carrying railroads of the country in the event of any strike. Dissatisfied employes would not fail to re- member the lessons taught by the Pull- man strike. When the new depot is built the Post- office will have a room in it 90 by 45 feet in size, if not larger. This much of a room has already been agreed upon, and there the main work of the Postoffice is to be done, leaving the lighter and administra- tive business to be attended to in the new building at Seventh and Mission streets after it is completed, and in the present accommodations until then. 1f eventually the correspondence which has been ‘ussmg between Messrs, McCop- in and Wilson shall result in relieving ax Popper of some of the mail carrying to and from the various stations by trans- ferring it to the street railways, Mr. Wil cutt’'s idea of mail-boxes attached to the dashboards of the cars is to be tried. Then the City is to be so districted as. to enable the gray-uniformed carriers to collect the mails and put them on the cars as speedily as possible, all to be conveyed to station D. One of these districts, for exampie, might embrace several hlocks square con- tignous to Market street. The carrier would start at Market street and collect all the mails in the little patch on the City’s map apportioned to him and get back to Market street at an appointed time to catch a car and put _his mail in the dash- board receptacle. On this plan the entire Ci?’ would be worked. Then as to the distribution of the mails: Instead of being rattled over the cobbles as they now are in Max Popper’s wagons, they would all be placed in convenient sacks in appropriate receptacles on the cars at the foot of Market street and con- veyed to the different stations. Thus station B’s mail in sacks, properly marked, could easily be transported up Market street to the office near the City Hall; station C's almost as easily conveyed out to Twentieth and Mission streets; station ant. So aggressive was Sparks that he did not hold his position Jong, but d\mng] the short period of time he: ran the land branch of the Interjor Department he sent Special Agent Conrad, a Virginia man, to investigate the surveys which had been made in the State under Colonel Brown. John A. Benson had been a delegate in the Garfield convention,and he was the attorney for the deputy surveyors Conrad repoflcg charges o fraud against. As he was also a civil engineer, Conrad con- cluded that he was the head and front of the whole business. The result was the celebrated *Benson cases.” Benzon himself says he never actually had anything to do ‘with the survey. ex- cept as an attorney representing certain clients. He says he went East to Wash- ington a year before the surveying con- tracts were let, and was engaged on $1,000,- 000 of contracts on the Potomac flats. The Government has already lost sev- eral of its cases, notably those against Hall, Perrin and Benson and John H. McNee in October, 1892, Judge Gilbert, in his charge to the jury, saying that there wasno evidence against Benson and Me- Nee, and acquittals of all four resulted. Benson and the contracting surveyors had a big pile of affidavitsin their favor, among them being some from T. M. Par- E’s to Third and Townsend streets; station F’s to Post and Devisadero; station G's to Seventeenth and Castro; station H's to Laguna and Ivy; staticn K's to Palace Hotel, and so on. Arrangements with ali the street rail- way lines of the City would follow, doubt- less, in time, so that every station would be communicated with station A, on Polk street, via the Sutter-street system, and station J, on Montgomery avenue, by the Union-street cars. = Like all contemplated innovations, though, there are some difficulties in the way. One is Max Popper's contract, another the articles of incorporation of the street railway companies _and a third the moss of business which Postmaster Wil- liam Wilson has to get off his hands be- fore he can get around to Mr. McCoppin’s idea. There is a financial side, however, to Mr. McCoppin’s idea. It cost not less than $37,568,501 09 during the fiscal year ending June 30 for the single item of “routes” in this country, according to Auditor George A. Howard’'s report to Secretary Carlisl T e e The crocodile will sometimes go without food for a year. Upon waking up from a nap of this duration he is something to be avoided. THE BAY DISTRICT RACES, Caliente, a Son of El Rio Rey, ‘Won the Produce Exchange Stakes. FERRIS HARTMAN HAD TO RUN. In an Exciting Finish Tod Sloane Got Wawona Home a Head in Front of McLight. Riley Grannan had a fair day of it, landing some good bets placed on Caliente and Miss Gebtry. Joe Ullman, the well-known Chicago turf- man, backed Flirtilla for the place in the last race. J. E. Terry, the owner of Caliente, is reported to have won $3500 over the youngster’s vic- tory. He was backed in the poolrooms all over the State. Chevalier, who had the mount on the mare Miss Ruth, that fell below the furlong pole in the first race, was shaken up badly, but not seriously hurt. Jack Richelieu warmed up so full of run that, although it was his first time out, his owner, Barney Schreiver, had & good-sized bet down on him. He was never a contender in the running. For some unknown reason Reidy pulled Grady up soon after the flag fell, losing several lengths. After making the turn into the back stretch he rushed the colt to the front and, it is said, covered the quarter in 224 seconds. Dan Honig’s clever lightweight, Garner, gave racegoers a sample of what he can do in the saddle, when he was beaten out but a neck on the 20 to 1 shot Clara Johnson by Jerry Chorn on the 7 to 10 favorite Ferris Hartman in the fifth race. Why owners will start horses in the condi- tion Royal Flush was in is a mystery. The horse was so sore in one of his foreankles that he did not want to put the leg down on the ground, muck: less race, and money bet on him was simply thrown to the cogs. The son of Three Cheers is a game little horse and it cer- tainly looks as though he was worthy of more consideration on the part of his owners. Colonel Dan Burns, one of the owners of Mt. McGregor II, was standing on the steeplechase course, opposite the judges’ stand, at the finish of the stake race, and was positive in his assertion that the colt carrying the Burns & ‘Waterhouse colors finished ahead of Caliente. This opinion was shared in by Presiding Judge Burke, who also placed Mt. McGregor II in front. But, as the custom has prevailed at the Bay District that the majority ruled, and Judges Trevathan and Brough both agreeing that Caliente was first past tie finishing post, the son of E1 Rio Rey had his number hoisted. In addition to its regular programme of six selling and conditional cvents the California Jockey Club offered the Produce Exchange stakes, for two-year-olds, as an extra attraction, and racegoers turned out in full force, the largest crowd of the meeting being in attendance. There seemed to be no scarcity of coin in the meeting ring, for thousands of dollars passed through the bookmakers’ hands. The racing was above the average, the different events all being well contested, and close finishes were the genera! rule. The talent enjoyed a profitable day, as four of the favorites and two second choices landed purses. All interest of course centered in the stake event for the two-year-olds, at five and a haif furlongs, which saw twelve spanking good youngsters go to the post, the winner drawing down $700. The bet- ting favored Mt. Gregor 1I, and the El Primero stable’s pair, (,galiente and El Pri- mero, each being held at 234 to 1 when the bell tapped the horses out. The betting apout the others was lukewarm, with the [:ossible exception of the Corrigan entry, Camellia, and Pacheco’s Masoero, who had many friends. There was but slicht de- lay at the post, Ferguson sending them away well bunched. Mt. McGregor 1I was the first to show in front and running well in hand as he headed the bunch into the stretch, it looked all over as to the result. Following him in close order were Masoero, Road Warmer and Caliente. Adong about the sixteenth mark Mt. McGregor ,II began his old trick of trying to run out, and fifty yards from the wire despite Martin’s efforts he tolted, swerving almost to the outside fence. This cost him the race, for Caliente came game and strong next the rail, under Chorn’s persuasive riding, and took the prize by half a length in the ordinary time of 1:09. Camellia was a_ good third, about two lengths away. The winner carried top weight, 123 pounds, and showed himself to be a colt of the improving kind. The opening five-and-a-half furlong dash was gathered in easily by Nervosa, the 214 to 1 favorite, ridden by Tod Sloane. Arctic, with Maitin in the saddle, took the place as easily from Myron. Miss Ruth fell over a furlong from home. Barney Schreiber’s campaigner, Jack Richelieu, came out after hissummer vaca- tion and was made a 3 to 2 favorite for the next race, at the same distance as the opening event, and was badly beaten. Miss Gentry, the second choice, led all the way and won eased up. with the 50to 1 shot May Day in the place, three lengths before the favorite. Potentate was scratched out of the fourth race, over six and a half furlongs, and the flying Sister Mary was delegated to carry the coin, 9 to 10 being lfer post odds. She was third to Grady and Vinctor when the stretch was reached, but passed them and ‘won with something to spare by half a length from Vinctor in 1:20}4. Grady tired during the run home and was beaten by Charmion for third place. The Schreiver colors were seen to the fore in the fifth race, a handicap for two- ear-olds, at five and a half furlongs. Ferris Hartman was backed down from 4 to 5 to 7 to 10,and in a hard drive beat Clara Johnson, a 20 to 1 shot ridden by Garner, a neck, with Billy McCloskey third, a head further away. The Elkton stables’ jumper J O C added one more to his list of victories in the steeplechase. One to two was accepted about him in the ring, and although he won, Mestor, the second choice, gave him a race, the favorite havinz a few pounds up his sleeve at the finish. Go!d Dust fin- shed third. The mile and a farlong handicap con- cluded the day’s sport, for which McLight, carrying top weight, was made a 3to5 chance. He depleted the talent’s ex- chequer to quite a vast extent, for in an exciting driving finish Tod Sloane on Wawona, the second choice, who had made the running, beat him out a head in 1:5414. Flirtilla, backed down several points in the betting, was a fair third. SUMMARY. Fifty - fifth day. Saturday, Weather fine. Track fast. 285, EHT RACE_En pot ot e . ; three-year-olds a s $250. Time, 1:08, . et b el Ind. Horse, weignt, jockey. St. 240 Nervoso. 100 (T. Sloane)..3 248 Arctic, 108 (W. Murtin), 246 Myron, 100 (E. Jones) 1122 Comrade, 107 (Shaw). Sylveste, 108 (McClal 133 Arno, 108 (J. Chorn). 274 Modesto, 109 (Maexli 886 Podigo, 199 (C. Sloane). 246 Miss Ruth, 104(Chevall November 22. Str.s Fin. A’{' o ¥ Winner, Elmwood 5 Nerva. Betting: Nervo: , Arctic 5, Myron 15, Arno 6, Bodles 40, Syiveates 20, Modest 50, Comrade 15, Miss Ruth 415, 286 SECOND RACE—Five and a half fur- . longs; selling; three-year-oldsand upward; purse $260. Time, 1:08. Ind. Horse, weight, jockey. St. Str. 241 }(Iu Gentry, 1 D"(E. Sl ones) ... L4131 233 Wy Dav. 0 (rackiing.. & 817 Jack K(cheuefx. lunz.v. " as “ Chorn)........ 5 33 31 3n 4n 33 sy)l 42 6 5 Start good. Won easily. Winner, J. P. Wool- 's b. m.. by Chesapcake-Sunshine, T erting: Mies Gentry 9 to 5, May Day 50, Jack Richelieu 8to 2. McFarlane 5, Royal Flush 6. THIRD RACE—The Produce Exchange 287, sinices: Ave and a halt fariongs; two-year- olds. Time, 1:09. Ind. Horse. weicht, jockey. St. 14 Str. Fin (@sgcattente, 123 (. Chorm, 6 64 4y In 242 lount McGregor IT, N aety u 20 2 Cemelia, 105 ( en 814 Bk 32 6;{’ 3:/3“ on 9 504 236)Castanerie, 118 (Shaw) 2% '8 g{h 268 Viersark, 106 (Reidy).12 Nt @4DRod | Wammer, 118 Caheriny ihs Firshy 115 (Y. Sloane) SREE T ba (5o 8 ) Start good. Won driving. Winner, El Primero stable’s ch. ¢., by EI Rio Rey-Hettie Humpbrey. Bettlog: " Ciliente and EI Primero coupled 234, Mount McGregor 1 25, Camelia 4, Masaoero 5, Road Wermer 12, Castaneite 50, La Flecha 15, Catherine the First 20, irene E 100, San Marcus 100, Vicksburg 400. 98K, FOURTH RAC « all ages: purse $. Ind. Horse, weight. jocke (¥127)Sister Mary, 109 (W. tin).. (1375) Vineto 272 Charmion, 109 (Sna 261 Grady, 81 (Reldy).. *01d index Start good. Won handil: b. m., by imp. Woodlands-Sister. Betting: Sister Mary 9 to 10, Vinctor 2, Charm- ion 30, Grady 18 to 5. 28 FIFTH RACE—Five and a half furlongs; ix and a half furlongs Time, 1:20%4. St. 5 Str. Fin. ar- 3 35 2» 1 3 2r 35 2?‘ 44 4 3 FER TR B W, ‘Winner, W. B. Sink’s . handicap; two-year-oids; purse $350. Time, 1:08%2. Ind. Horse, weight, fockey. St. % Str. Fin. 261 Ferris Hartman, 115 (J. Chorn).. 2 In 236 Clara Joiinson, 87 (fi;n;n(er .3 3h 2a 177 Bully . McCloskes 2 Bergen).. 4 415 415 31 275 Vera, 100 (E. jon 1 1% 1 144 Instizater, 103 (1. Sloane; La Vienta, 112 (McClain)...2 52 5% 6 Start good. Won criving. Winner, B. Schrefb- er’s b. g., by imp, Woodlands-Honora. Betting: Ferris Hartman 7 to 10, Clara Johnson 15, Billy McCloskey 12, Instigator 7, Vera 25, La Viente 4. 99(), SIXTH RACE—About one and o halt . miles; selling; steeplechase; purse $400. Time, 3:23%3. Ind. Horse, weight, jockey. (2567 0 C. 137 (J. Johnson: St. 8. Str. Flo. 2 27 13 18 256 Mestor, 143 (Hennessy). 23 256 Gold Dust. 157 (Spence)....A 11 3§ 8§ 256 Nellie G, 138 (Cairns). 1 23 420 450 273 Adulante, 126 (Stewart)....6 6 6 515 224 Wyandotte, 132 (Kidd).....4 615 56 6 Start good. Won easily. Winner, Elkton stable's ch. g., by Apache-lrene. Téttng: 4 0C 110 2, Mestor 2%, Gold Dust 20, Nellle G 20, Wyandotie 25, Adelante 60. 9Q] . SEVENTH RACE—One mile and s fur- ) L. long; handicap; three-year-olds and up- ward; purse $400. Time, 1:54%4. Ind. Horse. weight, jockey. St. 35 Str. Fin. 271 Wawona (T. Sloane) 3 17 21" 1A (271)McLight (J. Chorn). 44 R 20y 255 Flirtilla. 90 (E. Jones).....1 28 4 3§ 271 Imp. Ivy, 87 (Reiay)...... 11 4 Start good. stock fars Betting imp. 1v Won driving. Winner, Mokolumne ch. g., by imp. Sir Modred-Typhoon. Vawona 3 Mokight 3 to 5, Flirtilla 6, 20. PETE. Hang the dog that lies in the sunlight drawing the heat of the day Drawing the heat and the cussedness—and the flies—of the broiling day: Ki-yi-ing whelp in a fever dream of a ripping chase in the hazel: Baking his brain ing semi-nasal. Snift-snift-sni and blurting betimes, twitching his ba hide in the heat— eat of the languid day— That good-for-nothingest canine, Pete! 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