The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 29, 1895, Page 8

8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1895. BUCKLEY'S FABIAN POLICY It Is Adopted to Gain Additional Strength Without Friction. MEETING OF THE TWENTY-FIVE. Responsibility for Disciplining the So- Called Disloyal Members Again Shifted. While the Buckleyites are not permitting ow under their feet, they the gr to are proceeding with the plan of entrenching themn in their self-assumed position as the e representatives of the Democratic party of San Francisco with a slowness-and 4 deliberation that are some- what trying to the more impulsive mem- side of the divided Democratic those who are nearest to the leaders he Junta’s adversaries this conservative course to be the result of thought- ful premeditation, and is due principally to two causes. It is beiieved that the any overt act directly antagonistic sloyal members, as they are con- long y termed by the more tactful the Buckleyites, can be deferred, the larger will be the number who will voluntarily return to the banner r which y and Maguire to drive from the Raine; cNab- tion. Another reason for action is that nong 1a hope that a compro- and coalition may be effected. Ever since the rable public disrup- tion of been the committee it has the “regular’’ committee with_reference to the it was dubbed by { of ta ction in_ the matter o cre; Joseph Rot tment of thi not announced till h is also to have n campaign, is claimed, have| ce and jomed the hange of heart is | of the fact | 1g 2 major- has the gates recog- ed in the State convention. here was a meeting of the campaign | i membership committee of twenty-five | dnesday night av California Hall, at | hM.J.D 2 presided and twenty present. The principal ed was the filling n the general committee and at course of action should be taken in the way of disciplining the “disloyal’’ members, who are now affiliated with the Junta. Some were in favor of at once expelling trants and filling their places, | the moderation that it wa§ ould afford to be displayed by - who had alrezdy gained the victory prevailed, and it was finally decided to re- fer the whole question to a sub-committee of four. The new committee was in- structed to draft resolutions embodying the whole matter and present the same to the commi twenty-five at its next meeting, W was set for Monday next, “alifornia Ha S these resolutions be adopted they will then be submitted for final action to the general committee, which wiil hold a meeting about the middle of the coming week. FOR A MOTHER'S MONEY What the Will Contest Over Mrs. Jane Duff's Estate De- veloped. One Son Married Under Age and There Was Perjury in Securing the cense. The contest over the will of Mrs. Jane Duff, who died recently at her home on Fair Oaks street, gives promise already of more than one interesting development. In the complaint filed looking toward breaking her will so that the sons might share some of the'large fortune with their | door. his son, Charles O'Byrne. They will tes- tify that Mrs. Duff was of sound mind and acted under no undue influence at the time. TO CATCH SMUGGLERS. No Posts Being Established on the F Northern Border Because of Boundary Troubles. Captain A. Ross Cuthbert of the Cana- dian mounted police, who has been patrol- ling the northern Alaska frontier, near Fort Cudahy on the Yukon, has arrived here. He denies that the Canadian Govern- ment is establishing posts on the boundary in connection with the boundary dispute. Troops have been sent by Canada to Fort Cudahy, he says, but that was because dutiable goods were being brought by boat up the Yukon and over into Canada. Among the smuggled goods, he says, there was much whisky, and this has been traded to the Canadian Indians in ex- change for their furs, and thus they are being taught to be drunkards. The whisky was the worst possible to imagine, and §1 worth of it would not infrequently secure $100 worth of furs. Since July, when the detachment ot troops went to Fort Cudahy, over $7000 in gotd-dust has been collected in Canadian duties. The total number of rounted patrolmen in the Canadian border service is 1000, and they ride the line from Manitoba to British Columbia. They look after the Indianson the reservations, as well as prevent smug- gling and also catch flecing criminals from the States. The patrolmen correspond to the Royal Irish constabulary and are a fine body. Graduates of Cambridge and Ox- ford are numbered among them. Their work is very hard, being carried on in all kinds of weather, and the privates never get over 75 cents a day. Theyare, Captain Cuthbert says, of great value to Canada. HE WORKED FOR COLLIS, A Tipsy Young Man Creates a Scene on a McAllister- Street Car. He Smashed a Thanksgiving Cake and Then Was Thrown Off by the Conductor. He boarded the McAllister-street car that left the ferry nine minutes to 12 o'clock yesterday, at Kearny street, being escorted to the rear platform by a man who wore the Stanford color. “I make it a rule never to carry tipsy people,” said Conductor Alexander Stew- art, “because I remember the time during the Midwinter Fair when an intoxicated man made a great nuisance of himself in my car and spoiled a handsomely dressed woman’s gown before he could reach the But this young fellow looked so very nice and neat and appeared to bea gentleman, so I let him come aboard. *‘He wasn’t so far cone but he could walk and talk and know what he was | about. But he was very young, and per- haps this was_the first rood time he had | ever enjoyed in that particular fashion. “After awhile & noticed that he was try- | ing to get up a flirtation with the lady who sat next to him. She got up and took an- other seat. “By and by he stuck out his silver- | handled crook cane as one of the passen- | gers walked to the door, and the cane al- most threw the gentleman to the floor. I spoke reprovingly to the young man and he zave me an impudent answer. And the next time I came through the car he reached out with his cane and tried to trip me. “Itold him then he would have to get out and walk. He swore and used profane language. I stopped the car and ordered him out. He raised his cane threateningly and declared he would stay. I took hold of him as gently as_possible under the cir- cumstances and added vhysical force to moral suasion. “Gripman Bakerfield saw_what was up and came in to help me. We tloored the young man and took away his cane, but not before he had done some damage with it to the other passengers. One of these had been downtown aiter a big Thanks- giving cake. He was cairying it out to ;fls home on Scott street and it lay on his ap. *‘Smash went the cane into the cake,and then there was no cake, only fragments of one—and those rather scattered. Bakers- field caught the young man by the head and I 100k him by the feet, and thus we carried him out and stood him on the street near Larkin. As we carried him out the man whose cake had been smashed returned the blow with intcrest on the skull of the culprit, but it didn’t seem to hurt him much, for as the car went on he was standing in the street holding outa nickel to me and crying aloud: “‘Here, give this other nickel to Uncle Coll I work for him, and I know he wants it." ‘‘But, of course, I had taken his fare once and did not want the nickel. 1 felt sorry for the man with the broken Thanksgiving cake, but he didn’t seem to care.”’ a. sister, it was alleged that Mrs. Duff had been incompetent, and that her daughter, Mrs, Mary Pfeiffer, had unduly influenced her to cast the sons aside without a cent. It was furthermore alleged that the will ‘was not duly executed in accordance with law; that when Mrs. Duff was younger she was a really amiable woman, but as years came on, so the sons set forth in their complaint against their sister, the mother changed altogether and became filled with smbitions for her children, particularly George, whom she wished to marry an heiress of some good family. By reason of such ambition for social position George claimed his mother disowned him because he married a girl not quite up to the old lady’s high notions. As to the other sons, Thomas Edward and John Francis, it was stated they were away from bome a great deal of their time, which made the mother feel badly toward them. Qn top of all this was the alleged undue influence of Mrs. Pieiffer, who was accused of making faise statements about brothers, and by so doing had them di ,nheriud to have all the money for her- self. The answer which has been filed by O'Byrne, Romaine & O’Byrne denies all these allegations in fuil, and goes so far as to claim_that perjury will be exposed at the hearing of the case, which a few days since was set for January 9 in the Superior Court. The attorneys for the defense have been working on the case since their an- swer was filed, and now say they have an array of interesting facts regarding perjury and other developments of the conlficu The defendant’s attorneys claim that Mrs. Duff was of sound mind up to the time of her death, and that she was a most superior woman, very able in the adminis- tration of affairs. As to her son George, the defense expects to prove on trial that he went directly contrary to his mother’s wishes. Before attaining the.age of 21 years he married a Miss Buchanan. and that incensed his mother. In order to obtain George’s license for mar- riage an oath must have been taken that he was past 21 years, and therefore perjnry was committed by somebody. Anyhow, Mrs. Duff asserted that George brought disgrace on her name by marrying before renuhingéhe legal age, and 1t was then she deciared She would leave him out of her will and deny him any part of her estate. The defense claims to have sufficient evidence to prove that the other sons were guilty of disgraceful con<uct, riotous and intemperate living, and refused to recog- nize her on the street. The will was m: SRLE St THEY'RE NEW WOMEN. And the Mother Smiles Complacently, but the Father Groans. *“If I do say it, father, we've got three of the smartest girls in the country!” As she spoke Mrs. Oldkind’seyes beamed with pride and pleasure behind her gold- rimmed glasses. “They are smart,” her husband admitted without any perceptible reluctance, *‘but what put that idea into women, anyway ?”’ ““Mrs. Simpson was speaking atout them the other day. ‘Why,’ says she, ‘Mrs. Oldkind,’ says she, ‘vour daughters are those new women everybody's talking about now. There’s Mary studying to be a doctor at a medical college, and Martha hard at work in a law school, and Abigail prominent in woman cuffrage and temper- ance reform. If they aren’t new women,’ says she, ‘I'd like to know who the new women are, anyway.'”’ “Yes, they're new women, all right enough,” he said, reflectively. “By the by, Mary wrote me to-day asking me for $50 for a special course in the something or other with a Latin name.” “What a student she is! But I'm afraid she’ll work too hard. She’s so ambitious!”’ said the anxious mother. *‘8he wants to take everything in sight, that's certain. Let me see. Martha's ex- pense check is due to-morrow, isn't it? It was $100 last time, and I don’t suppose it has fallen off any, has it?” *It's only $100, father, because she won that schoiarship, you know, ffom all those men. She’'s a new woman, every inch of her, is Martha.” ‘1 received a letter from Abigail to- ds{. t0o,” he continued. “She says she will be up at the capital a week longer on that temperance legislative committee, and she thinks she can worry along on $25 if I send it.” “She’s doinfi a wonderful work, Abigail is,”” the mother said proudly. “They're all doing wonderful work. They're all new women through aud through, every one of them. I tell you, father, the men of the country must wake up or these new women will be ahead of them in every- thing. Just think; there's Abigail up thereat the capital now introducing bilis —just think of it—introducing bitls! There'sa new woman for you—introduc- ing bills in the Assembly!"’ _“Yes, mother,” her husband said, with a sigh, as he added a little column of figures he had jotted down before him, “these new women are wonderful creatures. They can introduce bills all right, but when it comes to payin’ ’em, there’s noth- by Colonel John O’Byrne, and the signin by Mrs. Duff was witnessed by him an ing perceptible the matter with: the ola man.”—Harper’s Bazar. NOW ADVANCING ON CUBA, Forty Local Men En Route to As- sist the Struggling In- surgents. HUNDREDS READY TO FOLLOW. The Captain of the Irish-American Vol- unteers Talks Confidently of the Future. Any doubt heretofore existing in the minds of some people concerning the sin- cerity of the Irish-American Cuban Volun- teers, organized for the purpose of assist- ing the insurgents now struggling for ireedom in Cuba, must in the light of recent developments fall of its own weight. They are sending men to Cuba as rapidly as is consistent with their safety and that of the men at the head of the movement. Some are going East by rail, while others have been shipped by steamer to Colon. The first party will rendezvous at some given Atlantic Coast point, while the volunteers traveling by sea will remain at Lieutenant Frank Lorrigan of the Cuban Volunteers. . Colon until a sufficient number are on band to authorize the Cuban agents in | chartering a yessel for their conveyance to the 1sland. During the past ten days some forty men have started for Cuba. Singly and in squ of two and four they have gone, their object in thus traveling being to at- tract as little attention as possible. Those journeying by sea have not been particu- lar as fo the manner of reaching Panama. Some have gone as deckhands on coast sailing vessels, while others have traveled by steamer. The last rezular steamer to Panama carried no less than eight volun- teers, only two of whom were booked as regular passengers. From Colon to the nearest Cuban point is a mere matter of two or three days’ sailing. It is not determined, however, just where they will land, for recently the Spanish Government has estabiished a double coast guard, rendering the landing of men a difficult and perilous undertaking, How- ever, those who will take charge of the ex- pedition at Colon are thoroughly familiar with the geographical situation and confi- dent that they can land on Cuban soil in spite of Spain’s entire navy. The originators of the San Francisco movement are not particularly vleased at the treatment received from the Cuban headquarters in New York. They have been expecting such aid as would admit of the entire company of 500 men embarking at the sume time. Asitisthe men are be- ing sent off in small batches, necessitating an enormous expense which must bein part borne by them. Wednesday last, however, they received news from the East that arrangements were being per- fected as rapidly as possible to transport not only the remainder of those on the local roll but @s many more as would like to cast their lot with the struggling patri- ots. Inthe meantime they will continue to_send away such numbers of men as might be ordered. It is quite possible, according to Captain Robinson, that the local organization of Cuban volunteers may be cut in Lalf. The Venezuelan Government, through its agents, has made overtures for as many men as can be furnished, provided Eng- land should continue its attempt to grab certain disputed territory of the iittle South American republic. “We are in this fight to stay,” said Captain Robinson yesterday, ‘“and are expressly organized to antagonize John Bull, hoping always to strike him a blow full in the face, but nothing loth to hit below the belt should the occasion demand it. The movement recently inaugurated in this country embraces all men of Irish birth or parentage, and all true Americans who love liberty for liberty's sake. This movement is.being extended to Canada, Australia, England, Scotland, Wales and every British dominion and territory where the sons of Ireland areto be found. Welded together in a solid phalanx in which hate 1s the strongest of the many magnets that d us to a com- mon cause, it will be remarkable indeed if an opportunity cannot be found to force England into a fight which must result in breaking her power.” Scarcely a day passes but that new re- cruits offer their services to Captain Rob- inson, either to assist Cuba or to resist England’s inroads on Venezuelan terri- tory. Ex-United States soldiers have ap- peared by the score, though Captain Rob- inson,and his able lieutenants have fought shy of the majority of them, fearing least some might prove w0 be spies. The or- ganizers of this movement are not taking any chances of being overhauled by Uncle Sam. They realize that their undertaking is hazardous in the extreme, and for this reason are careful to admit no man to their confidence who is not a known and sworn friend to Ireland. THE VETERAN FIREMEN. Reunion of the Men Who Ran With the Old Machine. The men who ran with the old machine, the members of the Veteran Firemen's Association of California, held their first grand ball Wednesday evening in Odd Fellows’ Hali. It was a pleasant event. During the intermission G. Pohlmann sang “When We Ran With the Oid Ma- chine,” and the entire assembly joined in the chorus. The bail was arranged by the following committees: * Committee of arrangements—J, H. Mahoney (chairman), John B. Lauda, Stephen Bunner, Wiliiam Raubinger, Fred Heufman, Richard Harrold, Fred A. Will, Thomas Cornell, Gus Pohlmann (secretary). Floor manager, Al Harris. Floor committee—M. M. Baker, John Me- Greevy, W. H. Miller, W. A. Scoilay, J. Bero hime, Tawrence Dunn, G. W. Bayfauther, W. H. Driscoll, F. Terremorse and J. ¥. Moran, Reception committee—Miss Lillie H. Coit, Miss Marie B. Mshoney, Judge R. Tobin, Michael Skelly, Chief D. Sullivan, General W. H. Dimond, Chiet P. Crowley, Captain W.Y. Douglass, W, McCann, Captain M. Bulger, Colonel D. M. Burns, Supervisor Chris Dunker, E. B. Vreeland, Hon. S. G. Hilborn, D. dé Bernardi, A. E.Davis, Coloniel H.J. Burns, J. W. Orndorft, Colonel 'A. A. Andrews, G. R. B. Huyes, Captain Johu Short, George Birkhatds, 0. ¥.Willey, P. Connor, Dr. C,C. 0'Donnell, J."Glynn, J. ¥, Plagemann, Albert Lo, Jestun, George R . Cooney, Thomas Sawyer, Le Sellinger, Henry Kohn, Chief Lawton, Oakland Fire De- partment; Chief Krauth, Alameda Fire De. partment; Captain J. H. Pharo, J. F. Brendal, J. W. Scott, Henry Campe, John Fay, Charles Wilson, John Foley, Joe Dieves, J. Surryhne, Thomas Cunningham. Among those present were seen: Senator and Mrs. J. H. Mahoney, Miss Marie Mahoney, Mr. and Mis. William McMann, Colonel and Mrs, A. Andrews, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Liddie, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Will, Mr. Mr. and Mrs. William Raubinger, Mr. and’ M Ala Harris, P. Conner, Miss Florence 0'Couner, Dr.and Mrs. C. €. 0'Donnell, J. Berolzhime, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Tucker, R. Harrold, Miss E. E. Harrold, Miss Millie Harrold. Miss May Harrold, P. James Aitken and Mrs, C. Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. P. Gian- nini, B. Meyer, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Henry, Mr. and Mrs. D.J. Fieming, Will ¥leming, Miss Abbie Keyes, Miss Aunie Fleming, Charles Muller, James Pennycook, Mr. and Mrs, W. Fahrenkrug, Miss Bertha Fnhrenkrug, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Buck, Mr. and Mrs. John L. Williams, Joseph Marshall, Mr. and Mrs. M. Barman, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sawyer, Miss Sarah’ Kearny, Miss Momie Sawyer, Mr.anda Mrs. Stephen Bunner, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Chris. Dunker, Mr. and Mrs. A,J. Jessup, Mr. and Mrs. L. Rau binger, Mr.and Mrs. James Hannah, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Henry, J. I. McKeown and Miss Mary McKeown, George Carlisle and Mrs. E. O. Putzman, Miss Emily Putzman, George Burk- hardt, the Misses Clara and Amelia Burkhardt, Miss Margie Carter, John H. Wise, Miss Margie Kohn, Miss Nettie Kohn, Thomas Cor- Ylell. Miss F. Hill, Captain M. Bulger, Charles Curry, Fred Rothganger, J. J. Skenn, Mr. and Mrs. Terramose, Mr, and M Miss Mary McCarthy, Mrs. C.W. Smith, Charles Quinn, Miss H. Andrade, Miss Agnes La- yarre, Miss Julia Lavarre, W. A. Scolley, Miss Nonie Dunn, Mr. and Mrs. G. Spruce, Miss Bertha Fahrenkrug, Charles Wilson, M. Breen, Mrs. John Roberts, Mrs. M. Dolan, Mr. and Mrs. L. Dunn, Mrs. L. Sleshenger, H. D. Pohlman, Miss Lucy Pohlman, Miss Bertha Collins, Mr. and Mrs. Terramose, Mr. and Mrs, David Fleming, Miss Mamie Fleming, Mr. and Mrs. A, K. Cooney and Miss Cooney, Mr. and Joseoh Fox, Mrs. P. Crowley, Miss Daisy Crowley, and others. FAVCR A PUBLC MARKET, The Merchants’ Association Mak- ing Efforts to Establish One. W, H. Mills’ Convincing Answer to an Argument Made to Discourage the Project. 2 At its last meeting the Merchants’ Asso- ciation took up the project of establishing a public market in this City, whereby the producer and consumer can meet and do business without the intervention of the middleman. The advantages of a public market were set jorth recently in Tue CaLL in an interview with W. H. Mills. It was argued by the merchants that free markets are a success in the East, and there is no reason why one or two should not be a success in this City. The Merchants’ Association took up the matter in earnest, but there seemed to be two or three obstacles in the way. The first was that the commission merchants would fight the project and bring strong influences to bear upon the Supsryisors, who would have to establish such a mar- ket. It was feared that the argument that the commission merchants cause thousands of tons of produce to be dumped into the bay while hundreds of people in this City are almost starving to death because of the high prices of the necessaries of life would be of no avail. A second obstacle was the belief that there are not enough small farmers in the vicinity of San Fran- cisco to supply a large publie market with vegetables, and that the gardeners near by, who peddle around the City, would prove a dangerous rival to such a market. In order to secure further information a committee was instructed to make inquiry, and a letter was addressed to Mr. Mills. His reply, which is given below, is a com- plete answer to the second objection. He wrote: In reply to yours of November 22 I inclose herewith’ a "copy of an interview pub- lished in THE CALL of recent date. I have re- cently made an inspection of the Sacramento Valley and my observations convince me that San Francisco should have a free market; that a large number of persons who have planted lands in_garden stuffs or who are raising poul- try and dairy products would get a reasonable Frlce for their products if there was one place n San Francisco where they could sell by their own agents; thatin their locality a number of producers could join together and employ agents to sell their produets. . 1 have taken some pains to ascertain what mefly ople of San Francisco pay for garden stuff, fordairy products, for breadstuffs, etc., and discover that while the producer is pro- ducing these things ata loss, so far as the prices paid for them he commission men 20, the consumers of San Francisco and the rest of the State are paying & very large price. The interview discloses some instances. I found on the Sacramento River, upon certain reclaimed lands and other lands reclaimed irom aforesaid condition, a capacity for the production of 20,000 pounds of potatoes to the acre. Itisnot unusual to hayve potatoes sell for a cent a pound, which would be $200 per acre, and yet a farmer informed me that the rices at which he was enabled to sell potatoes id not yay tor their eultivation. Ishould be much pleased in a private inter- view to meet your committee and give it the benefit of any information 1 possess on the subject. THE CiLL interview, however, pre- sents the full round of the theory. ATTACKED A MINK BOA. Pussy Mistook It for an Enemy and She Made the Fur Fly. A woman and man were sitting in the waiting-room of the Staten Island ferry, waiting for the gates to open to admit the passengers for the next boat across. The woman had taken a mink boa from about her neck and laid it carelessly down in her lap. The suarling face of the stuffed mink, with its vicious little glass eyes, looked defiantly over the edge of her lap into the room. At a little distance the station cat was contentedly making her toilet by alternately licking her paws and giving her face a vigorous rubbing. 8o ab- sorbed was the cat in _her ablutions that she was not aware of a pair of bright little yellow eyes fixed intently upon her. After a minute or two, however, Tabby seemed satisfied that her appearance wasas it should be. Then she deigned to take a Jook around the room to see what was going on. Suddenly her eyes ceased their 'aimiess wandering and became riveted on a spot in the direction of the lady with the boa. This was followed by a nervous twitching in the end of the cat’s tail. There was evidently something interestin, there, and all indications pointed towar trouble of some kind. The cat stared at the gleaming little eyes, while her tail increased the violence of its twitchings. Themink, when it came to staring, was more than able to hold its own against the cat. The latter seemed to realize this. She slowly rose from her haunches and began to steal out of the line of vision of the little eges. meanwhile keeping her own fixed on the snarling face | was much longer than the time of rest be- and for years has observed Thanksgiving day by holding a reunion and sheoting for ALONG THE WATER FRONT, Arrival of the Old Bark Don Carlos Lenking Like a Sieve, A BODY FLOATING AT SEA. Captain Gibson’s Black Panther With an Inclination to Eat Up Its Benefactor. Thanksgiving day came to the water front in clouds, mist and a p netrating drizzle that failed to arise to the dignity of | a rain, but made rubber overshoesand um- brellas things devoutly to be wished. How- ever, the occasion was observed bLoth ashore and afloat, and the brown roasted | turkey, with the accompanying rich red blob of cranberry jelly, garnished the chop- | house windows. Inthe houses of them | that live by the ships and down in the cozy cabins of the idle vessels, swinging lazily at their moorings, Thanksgiving cheer was the spirit of the time and place. All offices and places of business were closed and a Sunday quiet was over all, But few visitors patrolled the docks, and the_ usually energetic tugs slumbered in their slips. Even the bay was without motion and the great ships hung at their anchors silent and motionless. The bark Don Carlos, Captain Colby, arrived Wednesday niznt, forty-seven days from Acajutla, Mexico, in a bad con- dition. The old craft began to leak soon | after leaving the southern port, and only by constant efforts at the pumps was she kept on top of the water. The crew took turns at their ceaseless labor, watch and watch, and the watch on deck at work low. At times the water gained on them | to such an extent that it seemed her fate was sealed, but the pumps wouid begin to empty the flooded hull and the vessel take | a new lease of life. | | By reason of her watérlogged condition | anad the unfavorable weather her progress was slow and it looked as if the food | would run short. By care, however, the | crew was enabled to arrive off this port, when they were towed into harbor none iown five Thall 13, C. Perry 39, J. Fowler 16, Poindexter 85, W. Flannigan 38, Van Sieberst 26, W. H. Sieberst 36, William Osborn 38, Captain Fil- mer 42, William 0'Malley 40, F. Haskell 40, G. Ungerman 42, W. Oversireet 21. Cordell 36, J. Morgan 24, Charles Bone 37, W.P. Filmer | 37, D. S. Brigrs 40, F. Monnahan 11, M. Claus- | senius 29, Lientenant Ramm 39, William McKaig 13, G. Claussenius 41, H. Fresh 42, A. Gehret 43, P. Bannan 39, R. L. Radke 19, J. Noo;’lou,fl 38, A. de Bonner 30, Colonel 8. J eret chednls G HOW HERRMANN TRAVELS. The Magician Intends Henceforth to Shorten His Journeys. Herrmann, the magician,.travels with a luxury which is almost as great as that which magicians in the ‘*Arabian Nights' were able to conjure up with a wave 9! their wonderful wand. A large part of }11! life is spent on the road and the magician has lavished a fortune in fitting up and decorating his private car, the ‘‘Addie Herrmann,”’ named in honor of his wife. Coupled to the coach is a palace horse coach in which Herrmann carries his horses, a four-in-hand drag, an English tandem rt, a steam launch and other possessions. Speaking of his travels yesterday Herrmann said: “I am getting old and” will not travel as much as [ have done. I have made my season extend through forty weeks, but after this year I shall travel only thirty weeks each season. The rest of the time will be spent at my home on Long Island Sound.” POLICE FORCE CHANGES, A Station to Be Built Soon Near the Richmond Dis- trict. ‘ayior 35, Lieutenant Sturtevant 39, F. 46, A. Fetz 41, G. W. Adams 20. Considerable Speculation as to Who the New Sergeants and Detec- tives Will Be. The appointment of Sergeant James W. Gillin as captain of the new police district has given general satisfaction in police cir- cles and he was warmly congratulated by his brother officers and personal friends yesterday on his deserved promotion. He has always stood high in the estimation of his superiors for his bravery, efficiency and intelligence, and it.is felt that the new and important district could not have been too soon. On November 1, in Iatitude 27 north and | longitude 127 west, the man at the wheel | saw the body of a dead man float past | the bark. The remains were closely | wrapped in canvas and apparently had | been buried at sea. Attached toor near | the floating remains was a piece of plank | or spar, which, if fastened to the ccrpse, appears strange, as a body prepared for | burial on shipboard is weignted to sink | immediutely. The presence of the canvas | opposes the idea that it was a castaway | who had died clinging to the plank. Captain Colby ana his officers believe that it was the "body of the late Captain McGuirejof the bark Oakland, who was" buried at sea in that vicinity during that | vessel’s last trip up the coast to this port. It will be remembered that Captain Me- Guire died at sea under peculiar circum- stances, and after the remains were buried the first mate accused the steward of | mutiny, and the latter in turn alleged that the mate had poisoned the captain with laudanum. The Don Carlos was owned by the late Nicholas Bichard, the eccentric old mari- | ner and ship-owner, who died in this City several months ago. The whaleback steamer City of Everett arrived yesterday, fourteen days from Pan- ama, with 2000 tons of cargo. She brings the news that fever is raging in Guatemala | to a less extent than in several other Cen- | tral American ports. While docking at Lombard wharf a hawser parted, the severed end striking Second Officer Hast- ings on the ankle, knocking him down and | injuring the limb quite seriously. Captain Gibson of the Everett procured a highly prized pet in the shape of a black anther in Central America. The animal 1s about six weeks old, a beautiful creature and quite tame. It however has several little characteristics which cause its owner to regard it with suspicion, namely, a burning desire to chew the leg off the cook whenever that person feeds it, and an in- clination to spit fiendishly at its best friend. The bark S. G. Wilder arrived Wednes- | day from Honolulu. Part of her cargois | 486 cases of canned pineapples, which isa new exportation from the Hawaiian Isl- ands. It is thought that this mode of marketing the frait will form an import- ant part in the island exports. Itis learned by s private letter that'the cruiser Baltimore was to have left Yoko- hama yesterday for San Francisco, she hay- ing been relieved on the Asiatic station by the Olympia. THE CITY GUARD SHOUT, Annual Thanksgiving Day Re- union of Company B, First Infantry. | | | | | | Members Ate Turkey and Made Some Good Scores at the Butts at Shell Mound Park. The annual Thanksgiving day reunion and prize: shoot of Company B, First Infantry, N. G. C., was held yesterday at Shell Mound Park, and notwithstanding the dismal weather the active as well asa large number of the ex-members of the old City Guard spent a joyous holiday. The City Guard was organized in 1854, prizes offered by the active and retired members. As well disband as fail to meet in re- union on Thanksgiving day, is the spirit that dominates the festivities on these occasions, and every man in the company, or who has ever been in it, strains an ef- fort to be present. f The company left the City for Shell Monnd ninety strong on the9o'clock ferry yesterday morning, in command of Cap- tain George Filmer. Upon arriving at the ranges the shoot commenced, and it Iasted until 4 o’clock in the afternoon. Members ‘who could not devote the whole day to the event managed to put in an appearance at in the lap. The cat circled slowly out of the mink’s range of view, quickened her pace for a few yards and then suddenly crouched down and began to creep along the floor. The prospects .of trouble were becoining promising. X Nearer and nearer crept the cat. She Wwas evidently going to attack the mink on its left wing.” The woman and man were engaged in conversation, evidently un- aware of the designing cat. The woman began tapping her foot on the floor, which ave the minfi’u head a bobbing motion. his show of independence and bravado seemed to aggravate the cat beyond feline endurance. _There was a sudden sp: and almost simultaneously the cat landed a swift short arm blow on the mink’s left jaw. With a little screech of terror the woman jumved ",f’ dropping the mink to the floor, where the cat promptly seized it. For a few sec- onds there was an interesting interming- ling of fur, and then the man succeeded in rescuing the boa. The cat strolled off with the air of one who had vindicated herself and the trouble was over.—New York Sun. e — Among ‘the treasures of the Vatican there is a pearl valued at $100,000. some time during the day. The committee of arrangements, com- posed of Lieutenant A.{F. Ramm, Sergeant A. McCulloch, Corporal L. R, Townsend and Privates D. 8. Briggsand A, C. Gehret, had prepared an elaborate spread of tur- key and other refreshments, upon which the marksmen and their guests regaled themselyes between their turns at the butts. Among the ex-members present were Colonel Chalmers Scott. Colonel George R. Burdick, Colonel H. H. Thrall, Colonel S. J. Taylor, Major I. B. Cook and Major Paul Rupp. Tne shooting was done at the 200-yard range at Creedmoor targets. The best score was made by F. Gebret, who scored 46 out of a pessible 50, Following are the results of the day’s shoot: Lieutenant-Colonel Burdick 41, T. Hammer- son 43, C. H. Gard 29, F. 8. Taylor 33, R. Radke 19, J. N. Wilson 39, R. E. Wilson 14, Lieuten- ant Lundquist 40, Benjamin Burdick 34, Ser- geant McCulloch 39, Corporal O’Brien 33, Geoge Sullivan 38, George Heizman 49, J. Hancock 13, Charles sarcander 21, J. R. Wear 30, J. Gilkyson 35, Major Cook 37, corgm L. Townsend 39, G. P. Rupp 42, H. ul- livan 39, Seggeant Kelly 38, F. Kelly 36, W. Hayes 41, A. H. Clifford 39, J. Miller ;4, J. placed in berter hands. He will take command December 1 and likely have Lieutenant Burke as his second in command. Burke is familiar with every inch of ground in the district and is vopu- lar with the residents, who have dubbed him “The Father of the Mission.” No official announcement has yet been made as to the location of th= five lieu- tenants. It is thought, however. that Lieutenants Hannah and Esola will re- main 1n their present stations, the former at the Southern and the latter at Califor- nia street; Lieutenant Bennett will be as- signed 10 the Harbor station; Lientenant Birdsall te the Central station, in com- mand of the Second Division, Company A and Lieutenant Burke where ke now is. at Seventeenth and Howard, Captain Gillin’s headquarters. The names of the new sergeants will in all probability be announced by Chief Crowley to-day. There is congiderable speculation among the patrolmen as to who will be the lucky ones. It is known that several of the seventy-five new men were selected Wednes night, and when they pass the phy: n’s examination their names wili be made known. Three new detectives have also to be ap- ointed. and equal interest is being mani- ested as to who will be selected. A few efficient oflicers have been doing detective duty for some time, and the three will likely be selected fromamong them. A new station will be buiit in the neigh- borhood of the Richmond district just'as soon as funds are available, which will be under Captain Wittman’s supervision. At this station stables would have to be built for the horses of the mounted policemen. It is expected that the erection of the sta- tion will be commenced within a few weeks, as the residents are working hard to obtain it. Owing to the opposition to the erection of a station on Washington and Polk streets that idea hgs been abandoned, but 4 lot 40x100 feet has been secured on the east side of Pelk street, between Jackson and Washington, and as soon as the neces- sary plans are prepared buflding opera- tions will be commenced. —————— Two Arabs who were at the World’s Fair in Chicago have iust sailed from Bos- ton. They were over six months walking from Chicago to Boston, having lost’ all their wealth before leaving the former city. They departed from Boston in a cattle-ship, and on their arrival in Liver- ol they will continue their journey on Y:ot for home. B So_much fruit has been: raised in Cali- fornia this season that the local markets have been glutted, and in San Francisco tons of melons, pears and plums have been thrown into the sea. Tay- Zimmerman 42, E. L. Filmer 30, Lang GOLD IN DEATH VALLEY, Captain Reddy Tells About the ° New Mining Dis- trict, RICH OLYMPUS VEINS. THE Fine Gold Dust so Fine That It Blows " Away in the Wind—A Region of Promise. ‘The Hon. Patrick Reddy and hisbrother, Captain Ned Reddy, have just returned from a ten days' trip to fondsborough, the new mining district situated some fifty miles mnortheast of Mojfl.ve am_i ten | miles due east of the Goler mines, discov- ered twenty-five or thirty years ago by the man whose name they bear. The Randsborough mines also bear the name of their discoverer, a Mr. Rand, who was a famous discoverer of gold mines in South Africa. 5 “The new district was first discovered in April of this year,” said Captain Ned | Reddy, “and it already gives promise of | being one of the richest quartz and placer | mines in the State. The great drawback, | as usual with all mines in the Death Val- ley and Mojave region, is the scarcity of wood and water. There is greasewood for all domestic purposes, and when mills are built crude oil will be shipped or hauled by freight teams from Los Angeles to fur- fuel for the furnaces. “To get water in sufficient quantity is uite another thing. All water used in the camp is brought in by teams from Cow wells, some twelve miles distant. These wells are forty feet deep, and were sunk | years ago by the Goler People: It is be- | lieved that water can be had within three | miles of the mines by sinking to the depth | of 150 feet in the bed of an old dry lake. “There are twenty-five locations in the district. The principal ones are the Rand | and the Olympus. The Olympus showsa vein of twelve-foot ore that will assay from | $10 to $1500 a ton. The Rand has a shaft | down twelve feet, showing a ledge six feet wide that assays from $7 50 to $200 a ton. | " “There is free gold all over the hills, and | a man with a dry rocker can make from $6 | to $7 a day, and then not save more than 50 per cent of the gold, as it is so fine that it is blown away with the worthless dust. | “Tne discovery of the Olympus was quite | an accident. Men were on top of the hill with a horse and scraper removing the | dirt to the little mesa below, there to be | run through the dry washer, when the twelye-foot ledge of gold quartz was un- covered. g “The principal locators are John Single- ton, Bircham and the Moores. They with some others have located about all the valuable quartz ledges, but in the absence of the proper facilities for working quartz | they are running the dry washer. | “Myself and imther,” continued Cap- tain Reddy, “went from here to Mojave by | train. There we secured a private con- veyance and drove vack fifty miles over the road made by J. W. Searles in hauling | borax from his marsh near Death Valley. | “Tne road was in prime condition and we | made the trip without difficulty. We were 8ix nights in camp, and bitter cold | nights’ they were, too. The elevation is | about 4800 feet above sea level. There is | one eating-house, one saloon, three dwell- | ing-houses and fifteen or twenty tents, | There is no_rooming-house in the camp, |and I would advise men going there to carry their blankets. But in the present | state of affairs it would be well for r men to stay away until capital takes hold of the place and builds mills and sinks wells. 'This, in my opinion, will be but a | short time, as the mines are among the very best in the State.”” | _ Patrick Reddy visited the minesin the interest of a client, whose troubles were amicably settled, and the little camp is now prosperous and happy in the dawn of a prosperous day. Superstition reigns tyrannically in many rural districts in Italy. Lately a fortune- teller prophesied to a_ynung farmer and his sister, living near Noto, Sicily, that on the evening before a certain feast day both would die a violent death. Thisso afiec'ed the minds of the poor dupes that they be- came insane and rushed shrieking through the streets. A brother of these unfortu- nates then came somehow fo the conclu- sion that the calamity was due to the witcheraft of their stepmother, and in a fit of blind rage killed the poor woman with a hoe. P Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the British police force, is so called from a palace built for the reception of the Kings of Scotiand when they visited Lon- don. It was originally given to King Edgar of Kenneth, Prince of that country, for the purpose of his coming to pay annual homage, as Lord Paramount of Scotland. NEW TO-DAY. e A A A A e Where Health Is Wealth. 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