The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 15, 1895, Page 26

26 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1895. Interesting Items From Important Points in Alameda County.'K[[_[_W[;CH]N[S[ THM][. IS NO PLACE FOR THEM, Illiterate Portuguese Refused Registration Under the New Amendment. VAN PATTEN'S INJURED NAME. Thinks Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars Will Restore His Standing. He OARLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCIECO CALL,} 908 Broadway, Dec. 14. | The trouble over registration cezused by the educational amendment to the consti- tution commenced to-day. It iz known that there are hundreds of Portuguese and Jtalian residents in this county who have been naturalized, but who can neitber read nor write. Some have had naturalization papers for years, but bave never attempted to register. Now they cannot do it unless “learn to write their own name and read the constitution. afternoon five naturalized Portu- citizens of San Leandro applied to Olerk Jordan for registration. The most notable of the quintet was Manuel who is a sort of ncbleman in the s Portuguese settlement. Rose has the, culty was with the Sheriff a ‘orced from his wife, but he the o Haywards, and ned to shoot if molested, but he dged without bloodshed. d when he was asked y was being rotests, however, Portuguese were mar- Joseph Herrscher, a San ian who spent a small for- - last November in obtaining about v votes as his successful com- her and Rose did lots of it mandamus suits, and ex- intention to spend $5000 if e their registration recorded. ason for the hurry of Herrscher v next there is to be an election in San I to bond the town for $10,000 for a munic- t plant. The fight is a very keen 1e_supporters of the gas and the Board of Trade, and it is npany that ey nes necessary cessary to make up the two-thirds vote v the m asure. PUTATION. Van Patten Thinks Twenty-Five Thou- sand Dollars Will Repair His. OAKLAND, Car., Dec. 14.—Henry B. Van Patten has brought suit against C. Weleh, J. H. Thomas, Mrs. Prisci Mr. and Mr: damages for an Frank Ash, for $25,000 ged conspiracy to ruin break up his family ly damage his good name and tten created much in- nths ago, owing to many prominent nd church were on was arrested on a ruin of his 3 g James Ty- se, after being informed that th his daughter were tten was ination before Jus- Tyson was afterward rrest and imprisonment and separation from children caused reat mental anguish, and disgraced njured his good name. The Van Pat- tens are a branch of a very wealthy East- ern family, TIRED OF PARTNERSHIP. One of De Witt's Dupes Has a Receiver Appointed. OAKLAND, Car., Dec. 14.—Widow Mc- Manus filed 2 suit to-day against Widow- betrayer De Witt, or Madison, wh now in the County ,asking to dissolve the business partnership existing between her and the man and for the appointment of a er. i recei The widow jewelry business in S nento and now she wants the stock divided. The prop- erty of the vpartnership consists of elry and silverware now in the hands™ of the Chief of Police of Oakland. | It is alleged that the defendant has not devoted his time or ability to the business of the copartnership as agreed. for the reason that he is confined in the Alameda County Jail on 2 charge of felony. She alleges that the stock of jewelry that is now in the hands of the police is likely to deteriorate. De Witt is being visited Jaily by several other widows whom he has swindled un- der various pretexts and is now in jail for getting $1000 from a Temescal widow. King of the Fish Gang. OAKLAXND, CaL., Dec. 14.—Barchi Per- ata, the leader of the Sporting Life gang who was convicted a few days ago of se- verely battering a Chinaman, was sen- tenced by Judge Wood this morning. In passing sentence Judge Wood said, “Itis very satisfactory thata jury has at last convicted the leader of this infamous gang. If you had your deserts you would De in prisen nine-tenths ot the time. The sentence upon you is a fine of $330 or one | day'simprisonment forevery $2.” Notice of | apveal was filed and, as usual, the bond Wwas put up. To Be Opened Monday. OAKLAND, Car., Dec. 4.—Monday after- noon &t 1 o’clock the exposition will be formally opened. Two hours earlier all tle steam whistles in town will be sounded and again at 2 o’clock will the signal be re- peated. These signals will be blown for thirty minutes. One of the leading fea- tures of the week’s show will be the musi- cal entertainments that bave been pro- vided. _The ladies of the Ebell Society have de- cided to have a literary afternoon either next Friday or Saturday. The jollowing committee was appoinfed to arrange for the programme: IH. A. Redfield, Miss Mollie Conners of the Oakland Saturday. Night and F. R. Porter of the Echoes. Smilie’s Injunction. OAKLAND, CAL., Dec. 14.—The appli- cation of Robert Smilie for a permanent injunction against John L. Davie to re- strain him from keeping Harrison street open to the water front will be argned before Judge Ellsworth next Wednesday. It has been transferred from Judge Greene’s depertment, where it was orig- inally set. 'Cross Conntry on a Wheel. ASHLAND, Carn., Dec. 14. — George Loher, who left here several months ago * to cross the country on a bicycle, returned home to-day. He came back by train, and says he went through on his wheel to New York, but was not at all anxious to return the same way. At the Macdonough. OAKLAND, CaL., Dec. 14.—Hermann the Great will open a four nights’ engage- ed considerable notoriety and is pos- | - RECORDOF CONSUMPTVES r of the court and | emed to think | er bis batch of Portuguese is that | ro to decide the proposition | available vote will be | - | ment for a city than a record of all people -2 | havi Thomas, G. P. Lowell, Mrs. Wolfenden | Ithough | discharged | vested $500 in a | ment at the Macdonough Theater Tuesday night, and there will also be a matinee Wednesday afternoon. For the first time in Oakland he will produce his hypnotic illusion, Trilby. This is a popular-price engagement. HISTORY OF A DAY. Alameda County Happenings Told in Short Chapters. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, 908 Broadway, Dec. 14. A special meetingof the Board of Superyisors will be held on Monday to take action relative to the condemnation of land for a new road in Murray Township. J. A. Fitch of Alameda hassued W. H. Noy of the same place for ¥3000 damages, alleging that he was beaten with a club by the defendant on the 6th of November. | Thomas F. Madigan sued the Judson Manu- facturing Company to-day for $25 dam- 25, ages. He says he lost two fingers of his left hand twelve years ago while in the defendants’ employ. J. H. Summerhayes, the San Francisco grand juror who has been illat the County Jail and under treatment by Dr. C. M. Fisher, is much improved to-day. He isstill quite ill and re- quires considerable special attention. Mills College Conservatory of Music will give | their semi-annual concert st the college on Monday evening, December 16. An_interest- | ing programme has been arranged which will be rendered by the students of the college. There will be & grand minstrel performance next Saturdsy night in the Macdonough The- | ster under the auspices of the High School | children which in merit will equal any per- | formance which has been given in that house. | | Thesuitof Mrs. Agnes I L. Potter against | her brother over ceriain property conveyed to | him on condition that he would lead a temper- ate life has been compromised. This suit in- volved tne deed in which the name of Mrs. Potter was erased from the record. | The attorneys for F. M.Smith give notice of | ntention to move for a new trial of the suit | | brought by W. H. Hamilton in which judgment | | was given plaintiff for some $500 rent of & Chi- | | cago house leased by Smith during the World’s | | Fair which it is claimed did not come up to | what was repre: {It Is Vigorously Opposed by, | Those Interested in Real Estate, ’ }.Unless Made Compulsory Throughout | the State It Will Do More Harm Than Good. OAxLAND OFFICE SAN FrANCISCO CALL,) 908 Broadway, Dec. 14. | The real estate men are not at all pleased with the provisions of the pending or- dinance requiring all physicians to register consumptive patients. The measure, was | being passed in a hurry a week ago when Dr. Buckland, who is also & Councilman, checked its rapid career. | Since that time the matter has been looked into, and it is found that such a | system of registration prevails in very few | cities. The main objection to the ordi- | nance is that while the proposed registra- | tion would do no good or serve no practi- lcal purpose it would do the city a great | | deal of harm unless it were in force every- | where so that comparisons could be drawn. | “Icannot conceive of a worse advertise- consumption or consumptive dis- eas said the president of oneof the largest realty syndicates this afternoon. | “I do not think the Board of Health re- i alizes what it means, and I do not consider it a matter for the Board of Health to deal | ‘ with. If a State law were to be passed | aking it compulsory in every city in Cali- | fornia, then there could be no great objec- tion to it, but to indiscriminately recister | rbody whom every doctor thought | was consumptive would be folly. I believe | are fewer consumptive people in | Oakland than in any other city in Califor- | nia; but this can only be. shown by com- | parison. If this re ration be ordered, | the locality of tal would be ruined | from a business standpoint. as it would be | | rezarded as a regular death region. | “Dr. Buckland, I see, opposed the ordi- | | nance when on its final passage and | | blocked it awhile. Ithink as he does. It | |is_bad enough 1o have any such disease | | without having 1t incorporated in public | records.” The ordinance will probably come up again next Monday night, but there is not much probability that it will pass, as there wili certainly be some arguments | made. The members of the Board of | Health are unanimous in demanding its | passage, and in this connection appears | | the little practical joker that is apparent | in everything that concerns the various | municipal boards of this city. The ma- | jority of the Board of Health are ap- | pointees of Mayor Davie, and the Council | are non-partis so that the measure is | hung between its merits, politics and the arguments of those most interested. | JOHNT, CRELLIVIS EAD, | The Prominent Oakland Banker Expires Suddenly at His Residence. President of the Central Bank, He | Was Widely Known as a Financier All Over the Coast. OAKLAND, Car, Dec. 14—Jobn T. Crellin, the president of the Central Bank, | died at his residence on Oak street to- night. Although he had been ailing for ‘\some time, it was not thought that the |end was so near, and at no time until yesterday was his condition regarded as | very serious. To-day his illness took a decided turn for the worse, and this even- ing he breatbed his last. John T. Crellin was one of the best known men in financial circles on the | coast, and his investments are in several counties. For many vears he has donea great deal toward building up Oakland | and making improvements on his prop- | erty. When the Central Bank was organ- ized about five years ago Mr. Crellin was elected a director, and owing partly to his able financiering and that of the late Cap- tain J. C. Ainsworth, the bank rapidly came to the front rank. Captain Ains- worth was president of the Central Bank until the time of his death, which occurred about a year ago. John Crellin was elected president, and it is a noteworthy fact that, although the Central is the youngest bank in town, its first two presidents have died after a comparatively short term of office. He took an active interest in the affairs of the bank untila few weeks ago. TBere will undoubtedly be a keen fight before his successor at the Central Bank is ap- pointed, as there are several bankers who are known to want the control of a bank, and some exciting work toward gaining their point has already been made public. D. Edward Collins, a heavy stockholder in the Central Bank, recently bought enough stock in the California Bank to in- sure his being elected president at the election one month hence. Should Mr. Collins desire to succeed Mr. Crellin in the Central Bank it would materially alter the outlook for the California. Mr. Crellin leaves three children. He was the brother of Thomas Crellin, who owns the Crelin Hotel on Washington street. The deceased was 67 years of age. | | parties, and the war is on in earnest. | be ample. CLOSED THE GRAB-BAG.. Mayor Davie’s Reasons Local Attacks on His Policy. for NO BANKERS' SECRET FUND. Predicts That Many Will Show Their Hands Before the Next Muni- cipal Election. OAELAND OFFicE SAN FRANCIECO CALL,} 908 Broadway, Dec. 14. The ranks of the Populists are more divided than ever. One wing is led by Mayor Davie, and the other is composed of the members of the party who are generally supposed to be under the leadership of Eugene Hough, a labor orator of much local note. These have now been re- enforced by a large detachment from all Several attacks on the Mayor's policy have lately been published in the Populist organ, and the bone of contention is the charge that the Mayor stood in with the bankers and mortgage-holders and set the tax levy at $1, thus keeping down all the funds and minimizing the amount avail- able for expenditure among workingmen for city improvement. The presence of a clerk in the Mayor’s office is also objected to, as it is claimed that he exercises an influence in a_direction where it is not desirable. It has been openly charged that a deal has been made between the Mayor's office and the | bankers by which & fund is set apart by | bankers and other large taxpayers for the | purpose of keeping watch on all money spent, and ultimately showing at the end of the fiscal vear that a dollar tax is suf- | ficient for this city. | “The whole trouble lies in a nutshell,” said the Mayor to-day. “In the first place | the city funds bave been a free-for-all grab-bag for politicians for the last twenty years and more. The reports snow each year that if the expenditures were made | in the same spirit of economy that charac- terizes a business man a dollar tax would Of course, it leaves no margin for steals, or for the employment of polit- ical workers in the various departments. It is because this source of illegitimate revenue is cut off from so many that so much kicking is being done. The funn; vart of it is that those who are now howl- ing the loudest are those who were so anx- jous for a change a year ago. They laid their plans for a change, but although Pardee threw out the old Board of Works his man Nelson did not reach the throne. *‘The fact that Dalton beat Leckie, the railroad man, for Assessor, and that I beat | Nelson, Pardee’s man, for Mayor, starteda | new political conundru- and by stirring | up this strife the old-timers hope to solve | it by creating dissatisfaction and stepping | into the breach. | *‘The statement abont the bankers is as absurd as the part that relates to me is false. The bankers pay a large amount of texes, and if they, as citizens, I'ke to em- ploy an expert to keep them informed of what is going on so tbat they can save | money, they are just doing what every business man in town is doing—saving a cent wherever possible. They have not employed a clerk as yet to my knowledge, and the talk about a fund being placed at my disposal is false. No man with a child’s knowledge of politics would utter such a stupid statement. “However, they may rave and rave; there is no election until March, 1897, an there will be lots of show-downs before that time.” WANT O MORE SALOONS West Berkeleyans Think That Twenty-Eight in Their Dis- trict Is Enough. A Burial Controversy Between the Coroner and Undertakers—Notes of Interesting Events. BERKELEY, CAL.,, Dec. 14.—An anti- saloon agitation has been inaugurated in | West Berkeley. In wards 6 and 7, which include the west end of fown, there are twenty-eight saloons, while there are only two others in the remaining five wards of the town. Residents and property-owners in the two wards which have the enty- eight saloons are disposed to think that | the undue number of liquor establishments | in their territory is working a serious in- jury to that part of town. A number of ‘West Berkeleyans are preparing a petition for presentation to the Board of Town | Trustees, asking that no more licenses be issued for saloons in Berkeley. i Professor William Carey Jones at the last meeting of the Town Board stated his opinion that licenses should not be granted when a petition of protest is received. His | sentiments received indorsement from five | other trustees of the board in_the vote re- jecting the application of J. Munson for a license. Burial Controversy. BERKELEY, CaL.. Dec. “14.—Coroner Baldwin and the local undertakers have | had another tiff. The difficulty this time arose over the case of Charles Starr, who met with sudden death last Tuesday and whose remains were taken in charge by the Coroner. It seems that Durgin & Bleakeley, a local undertaking firm, had | received orders from a sister of the de- | ceased to take charge of the funeral, and | that later Aibert Brown, at whose place of | business is the branch morgue, had re- ceived an order from William Starr to con- duct the burial. Subsequently the brotherand sister both signed an order countermanding all pre- vious orders, and directing the Coroner to deliver the remains to Durgin & Bleakeley. v'his the Coroner refused to do, and the burial was conducted by Albert Brown., This caused Durgin & Bleakeley to de- mand an explanation, and a decision as to who had jurisdiction over the case. Mr. Brown states that he received an order from the Commissioner who has charge of the soldiers’ burial fund on the Coroner for the body, and that the Coroner was bound to recognize the authority of the Commissioner. Petition for Bonds. BERKELEY, CaL., Dec. 14.—The peti- tion to the Board of Town Trustees, re- quired by law, to call an election for the &upose of submitting the proposition to nd the town for morey to be used in the erection of a wharf and school building is being circulated in West Berkeley. The petition is at present in charge of W. R. Dickerson. In two hours yesterday he secured the signatures of forty citizens. He met with but one absolute refusal, although two who were not taxpayers did not sign for that reason. The petition will remain in West Berkeley the coming week, when it will be circulated in other sections of the town. Associated Chariti BERKELEY, CAL, Dec. 14.—At the regular monthly meeting of the Asso- ciated Charities, o be held on Monday | be selected from among evening, the directors’ report will be pre- sented, and a paper on the objects of the society will be read by Rev. George B. Hatch, pastor of the First Congregational Church. Will Not Go South. BERKELEY, CaL., Dec. 14.—The Stan- ford Mandolin’ Club telegraphed to the University of California Glee Club to-day that they haa decided not to accompany them on their proposed trip to Southern California during the Christmas vacation. Interesting News Notes. BERKELEY, Car., Dec. 14.—News has reached Berkeley of the death in Arizona last Thursaay of Daniel Landregan, a na- tive of the town and a respected citizen. Several university students, among whom are J. F. Allen '97, Fred Fairchild ’99, Galen M. Fisher '96, and Loy H. Mil- ler 98, will speak at the West Berkeley Presbyterian Church to-morrow evening. Mr. Tape, a Chinese, will sing. _ Mrs. Captain J. T. Morrison is confinea to her home on Addison street with a severe attack of neuralgia. The swing cars on the Groye-street line, which have been running for several weeks past, will be withdrawn to- morrow and through cars put on. After two spirited meetings of the senior class of the Berkeley High School yester- day the following officers, who are to serve during the graduation period,were elected : President, J. L. Kennedy; vice-president, Charlotte Henley; secretary, George Brehm; treasurer, Lucy Dewing. ALAMEDA'S WAR ENDED. No More Open Letters Between the Health Board and School Board. Church Services To-Day—Funeral of the Late C. H. Shattuck—A Class Party. ALAMEDA, Car., Dec. 14.—There is not likely to be any more sensational an- nouncerents or publications from the Board of Health or the School Board re- garding the physical condition of certain of the teachers in the public schools. The Board of Education demanded proof or a retragtion, the Board of Health communi- | cated with its president in an interview of upward of an hour’s duration, and as no retraction was made public, it is believed the interview had significance in the direction of furnishing proof. At any raee, members of the Board of Education intimate that there will be no further pub- licity given the incident. Church Services. ALAMEDA, CaL., Dec. 14.—At the Uni- tarian church this morning Rev. G. R. Dodson will preach on “Christian_Science and Mental Healing.” Rev. W. W. Scud- der of the First Congregational Church will preach in the morning on “The Pil- grim’s Spirit”; in the evening on “Christ’s Picture of a State of Readiness.’”” The vresiding elder, Rev. H. C. Christian, will preach at the Chestnut-street Methodist Church, and the Rev. Edwards Davis at the Christian church in the morning. In the Santa Clara-avenue Church the pastor, Rev. J. J. Martin, will preach in the morn- ing on “The Office of the Trinity”; in the evening on “What the Scriptures Say of the Children of Abraham.” At the Park- street Methodist Church Rev. F. D. Bo- vard will take for a subject in the morn- ing “The Christian’s Peace,” and in the evening Rev. M. C. Briggs will occupy the pulpit. Funeral Services. ALAMEDA, CaL., Dec. 14.—The funeral of Hugo Schroeder will take place to- morrow at 9:30 o’clock from Odd Fellows’ Hall. It will be conducted by Columbia Lodge No. 40, of which he was a member. Tne_funeral of C. H. Shattuck will be held Monday at 1 o'clock from his late residence, 1729 Central avenue. Rev. G. R. Dodson, pastor of the First Unitarian Church, of which deceased was one of the founders and at the time oi-his death a trustee, will officiate. The pallbearers will r. Shattuck’s employes. Smith Discharged. ALAMEDA, CaL., Dec. 14—G. E.Smith, the horse-trainer, charged by F. Blan- chard th selling stolen” property, was discharged from custody and acquitted by Justice Morris yesterday. The horse sold by Smith to Blanchard belonged to Reichart of East Oakland. Smith pur- chased it from some boys, one of whom, John Cane, has in turn been arrested and charged with having sold the horse to Smith without first having taken legal steps to find the owner. A Class Party. ALAMEDA, UAL., Dec. 14.—The gradu- ating class of the Alameda High School, numbering thirteen members, gave their class party Friday night. To emphasize their contempt for superstitions they se- lected that evening for two reasons—it was Friday and the thirteenth of the month. ADAM AND EVE EXPELLED. Two Paintings Refused by the Art Com- mittee of the Exposition. OARLAND OFFICE SAN FRrANCISCO C.u.n,} 908 Broadway, Dec. 14. During the early part of to-day two large canvases were covered in the art gal- lery of the exposition. They had been sent ostensibly for the purposes of exhi- bition, but as they were declared by ex- perts to be merely sensual daubs they were refused by the executive committee, and this afternoon they were taken home. They were painted by Jacob T. Gallman, who is the senior member of a firm of car- riaze and sign painters. One was a repre- sentation of the Garden of Eden. Eve was pictured as standing up handing an apple to Adam, who was sitting down under a tree. The serpent was in the tree hissing into Eve’s face,’and in the backgrofind were some tropical trees. The coloring throughout was lurid, and according to R. D. Zelland, who is on the committge, no man with' the slightest knowledge of art would have sent such a picture. Superintendent Sharp said that the at- tention of the committee was calied to the 1ctures and they were at once ordered to be turned to the wall. “I don’t think Gallman expected they would be ac- cepted,” said Mr. Sharp, “for when he brought them in he said there would be a few dollars in it if I could give them place. I said I had no authority in the matter and referred them to the committee. Iam told that the drawing is execrable, and i:_e’rtaln]y I never saw such figures in my life,’” Mr. Gallman, the artist, is very angry at the rejection of his pictures. ‘““The picture of Adam and Eve,”” he said to-day, “is an exact reproduction of the cut in an old Bible, and is painted faithfully to the original. ‘It is a nude, of course, bnt I have seen many pictures far more loud in character admitted to first-class exhibitions. I have taken them to my workshop, and will find some other means to exhibit them.” ‘The second picture sent by Mr. Gallman was a painting, the original of which is based on the romance of Constance de Beverley. It represents a nun wbo had escaped from a convent and was recap- tured, on trial before a tribunal of monks. One of the monks is 1n_the act of tearing hercloak off her and revealing a con- siderable portion of the figure. It was considered by the committee to be no more aworkofart than Adam and Eve, and was also rejected. C—————— The most beautiful and costly bicycle in the world is probably that which was re- cently presented by a cycling club of Milan to the Slueen of Italy.” The wheels are of pure gold. & Detectives Show How Mongolian Butchers Have Lost Business. THE EFFECT OF COMBINATION. J. Le Maitre, Who Supplies the French Hospital, Accused of Buying Chinatown Beef. Two detectives, engaged by the Butch- ers’ Board of Trade, have been watching the Chinese dealers in beef for the past two weeks. Their work was to find out how much meat was being handled by the Chinese and incidentally who the cus- tomers of the Mongolians were. The sale of beef in Chinatown has caused considerable hard feeling among the butchers. Until July of this year the Chi- nese jobbers were handling about 250 car- casses every week. Their principal cus- tomers were the retail merchants, who bought the choice pieces cheap. Soon these men found that the Chinese were entirely controlling the market for cheaper grades of meat, and that their patronizing of Chinese, while apparently an economy, was really suicidal. To remedy this it was decided to revolu- tionize the market. The wholesalers were asked to agree not to furnish the Chinese jobbers any more meat. They refused, claiming that tue Chinese had a large trade among their own countrymen that was too valuable to be idly thrown away. A compromise was effected later. ““A resolution was prepared by which the wholesalers were to promise to sell only to the Chinese for Chinese consump- tion,” saxd Sam Hammond, president of the Butchers’ Board of Trade, in explain- ing the matter. “Any Chinese butcher selling to a Caucasian was to be black- listed and refused the privilege of buying his meats in Butchertown. At the same time it was declared an infringement of the rules of the Board of Trade for any white butcher to buy from a Chinese. This meant a fine of $50. “In just four weeks every Chinese meat obber in San Francisco had been black- isted. They bad all sold to white butch- ers, and the wholesalers lost the entire Chinese trade, the bulk of which went to the abattoirs at Baden. But the retailers were also forced to tuy their meat else- where than in Chinatown. “The effect on the Chinatown meat- trade was instantaneous. From handlin 250 beeves and about 450 sheep each weel their business fell to the handling of fifty beeves and 150 sheep. The other carcasses were handled as they had been in the be- ginning, by whites. This added materially to the prosperity of the Caucasian butch- ers, strengthened the market, and thus was of benefit to the wholesalers.” Incidentally, Mr. Hammond gave a very interesting account of the growth of the butcher buisness in Chinatown. It seems that, originally, the Chinese ate only pork, pouitry and fish; but about fifiteen years ago a slight demand for beef began, The Chinese meat-dealers bought small pieces of the neck and the quarter from the white butcher and retailed them. The demand grew, and they would buy a whole quarter. Then they found that the whites would take the loins, the ribs and other choice bits at a large advance in propor- tion to the price paid for an entire side, and they began to sell these to the white butchers, and to keep the poor meat for their own countrymen. The Chinese were satisfied with a smaller margin on the sale of & carcass than would allow a white to live. Besides they bought cows so old or diseased that the white butchers would not handle them. But the loins even of these animals could be used and were bought by the whites. The thrifty Chinese reached out and ex- tended their trade so far that the white butchers found themselves forced to pat- ronize the Chinese in order to be able to compete with their fellows. This state of affairs has been stopped. The concerted action of the wholesalers and retailers effected the change. Re- cently there has been some grumblin, among the whoiesale butchers of the Boart of Trade who regret the fifty beeves now sold to Chinatown by Baden though they control the sale of the other 200 head that are now being sold by the Caucasian butch- ers. It was to show that there were only about fifty beeves being sold weekly by the Chinese that the detectives were put to work. The results were very satisfactory. There are seven butcher-shops in China- town. They are conceded the pork mar- ket and no account of that was kept. Their total purchases of other meats for Jast week was 53}4 beeves, 3314 calves and 142 sheep, besides about 1500 pounds of beef that was bought in small pieces. These figures were obtained by Ue- tectives Cal. A. Burnett and Henrfi E. ‘Walsh, who for the past two weeks have watched the butcher-shops of Chinatown from 5 o’ciock in the morning till after 9 o'clock at night. According to them the largest dealer, Tuck Hing, at 746 Wash- ington street, handled only 13)4 beeves. Formerly he bought as many as 70 beeves in one week from the slaughter-houses of Butchertown alone. This man also handles 8 calves and 35 sheep. According to the detectives’ report the other six shops handled the following amount of | meat: Tee Sung & Co., 104 Washington alley, 7 beeves, 414 calves, 9 shewp. Tong Sang & Co., 30 Washington alley, 8 beeves, 2 calves, 23 sheep. e Qllon% Sang & Co., 626 Jackson street, 414 beeves, D calves, 16 sheep and several small pieces of beef. See Yow & Co., 1004 Dupont street, 7}4 beeves, 2 calves, 9 sheep. See Hop & Co. 1009 Dupont street, 6 beé"" > cE‘fi:" 371’329'7‘)'5 nt ‘street, 63{ uong ng, u becveos 6 calves 13 e TR, In order to procure these data, strict dis- cipline was necessary. Constant watch was kept on Chinatown and several times members were discovered strayingin the forbidden territory. Two members refused to pay the fine of $50 inflicted upon mem- bers for buying beef from the Chinese, and they were expelled from the association. These were J. Le Maitre of Center Market and J. Rossi & Sons, 515 Broadway. Another complication bas recently arisen, involving the French Hospital. Mr. Le Maitre some weeks azoreceived the contract for supplying the hospital with meat. About ten days ago the Board of Trade informed the trustees of . that insti- tution that Mr. Le Maitre was purchasing a portion of his beef in Chinatown, and asked them to look intothe matter. A committee was ‘at once appointed to in- vestigate. Mr. Le Maitre declared yesterday after- noon that he had not bought a pound of beef in Chinatown for weeks. He as- serted, though, that he could prove that 90 per cent of the butchers in the Board of Trade did so. The detectives in the em- K{on of the Board of Trade say that Mr. Le aitre sends his cart to Chinatown almost every afternoon and even tell the parts of beef that are put into it. Mr. Wolf, secretary of the French Hos- pital, said last right that the uality of the meat deiivered by Mr. Le Maitre was all that could be desired. Mr. Woif said also that Mr. Le Maitre had admitted buy- ing _pork in Chinatown, but said that all fl;et :utcner: did‘ tthr.:, and added that none of the meat sent to the hospital came fr the Chinese butchers. g it -“We did not assert that Mr. sold bad meat,” said Mr. Hammond of the Butchers’ Board of Trade last night. *“We said, and we can prove it, that he bought some of his beef in Chinatown. The Chinese are known as the purchasers of bad meat. Now we don’t say the meat is bad, but we do claim that you can’t be sure that all of it is good.” The Butchers’ Board of Trade 13 informed Le Maitre of twelve butcher-shops and four restaur- ants that buy at least a part of their meat in Chinatown. They bave information that will lead to the learning of the names of others who smuggle their meat out surreptitiously. FUNDS FOR THE FIGHT. A Committee Will Raise Sinews of War to Defeat the Funding Bill. At the request of the Mayor, a number of those who have taken a prominent part in the movement against the funding bill, by which the railroad hopes o put off the payment of its debts for forty-four years, met at Sutro Heights yesterday to talk over the appointment of the committee on funas, authorized by the mass-meeting re- cently held at Metropolitan Temple. Those present brouzht lists of names, which were carefully considered, tn insure against the choosing of undesirable men, and while no definite selections were made, a number of names were checked off for further consideration. Mayor Sutro said last night that it was the desire of the committee to Keep its pro- ceedings secret for the present, but that | the whole matter would be made public early this week. ——— CLOSE OF THE EXHIBIT, 0ld Masters to Remain at the Art Institute for Several Weeks. Forty Fortunate Ones in the Drawing for Pictures by Local Artists Last Night. The fall exhibit of the Art Institute closed last night. Through the kindness of C. P. Hunting- ton the paintings of St. Francis of Assisi and St. Gregoire wili remain on exhibition at the institute for several weeks. Then they will be taken to New York and placed in Mr. Huntington’s new residence. These pictures have not yet been seen in New York. They came direct to San Francisco from Europe. The exhibition closed with a drawing for forty pictures painted and presented by | Jocal artists. The following named people | drew winning numbers: | W. F. Walker, Id. Mrs. E. Whitney, Bishop, Mrs. J. L. P, fmlmen Mrs. Mrs. A, W. Best, W win, C. Jorgensen, . Bald- C. Paddock, T. R. Ripley, W.D. Clark, W Jones, Charles Goodall, Mrs. E. Martin, Miss N, L. T; . H. Yea- mans, Mrs. A. H. Voorhees, A. Gerberding, Miss G. Dorgan, C. W. Kellogg, G. H. Hopps, C. E. Grunsky, Mrs. Ira Plerce, E. J. Coleman, E. G. Lukins, C. H. Abbott, Otto Lebahart, Hugh Burke, Mrs. W. J. Dutton, V. Artsimovitch, C. J. Cebrion, C. Bennett, A. uiton. ——————— WEIGHING A PENCIL-MARK.—*‘Scales are now made of such nice adjustment,” says The Railway Review, ‘that they will weigh anything, to the smallest hair plucked from the eyebrow. They are trinmphs of mechanism, and are inclosed in glass | cases, as the slightest breath of air would | impair their records. The glass cases have a sliding door, and as soon as the weight is placed in the balances the door slides down. Two pieces of paper of equal weight can be placed in the scales, and an autograph written 1n pencil on either | piece will cause the other side to ascend, and the needle which indicates the division of weight even to the ten-millionth part of a pound and less will move from its perpendicular. A signature containin, nine letters has been weighed and prove to be two milligrams, or the fifteen thou- sand five hundredth partof an ounce, troy. MISS ANTHONY 1S COMING Suffragists Jubilant Over .the Prospective Arrival of Their Leader. PREPARATIONS FOR CONGRESS. Women in Government Will Probably Be the Theme for Discussion in May. There is zeneral rejoicing in the camp of the women suffragists because their commander-in-chief, Miss Sugau B. A_n- thony, has declared her intention tp assist in the spring campaign in California. +‘She hassaid i correspondence: ‘“Come to the Woman's Congress? Of course'I will. I wouldn’t miss it for anything. No one can keep me away.’’ 5 It has been known for months that Miss Anthony’s popular lieutenant, Rey. Annp H. Shaw, would arrive from the East in March to make a tour of the State in the interests of suffrage, and that she would be the chief attraction of the Woman's Congress, but because of Miss Anthony’s age and delicate health 1t was not expected that she would ever again cross the conti- nent. Another visit from her was considered in the light of one of those things ‘‘too good to be true.” She has signified in no unmigakable terms her intention to come, howeVer, and great is the joy consequent upon the pronunciamento. The announcement was made at the meeting of the executive board of the Woman’s Congress Association yesterday. There were present at the meeting Mrs. John F. Swiftand Mrs. Nellie Blessing Eys- ter, new members of the board, inaddi- tion to a quorum of those who have already seen a year or more of such ser- w’f‘(l‘x'e first week of May was fixed as the time for the congress of 1896. Previously it has been heid the third week of that month, but owing to Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper’s intention to_attend the meeting of the Federation of Women’s Clubs in St. | Louis the latter part of May that time was | chosen. 5 | tion of officers will occur the third week The annual meeting for the elec- of May as formerly. The theme for discussion by the next congress was the subject of prolonged con- sideration. *“Woman 1n Government’ seemed to be the favorite topic, although no vote was taken. £ The enthusiasm of the fair members of the board was intensified by the news that an auxiliary to the Woman’s Congress had been formed in Ukiah as the result of Miss Shaw’s labors in thal town. Committees were appointed to arrange some of the details for the assemblage, Mrs. Ada Van Pelt being chosen for chair- man of the committee, whose duty it shall be to secure an auditorium for the occa- sion, and Mrs. George T. Gaden the double duty of chairman of the programme and press committees. The next meeting of the board will be held early in January, after which there will be regular meetings each week untit the opening of the congress. z The keynote of the meeting was enthusi- asm, and the board is sanguine of the con- gre:ls of 1896 being the most successiul yet eld. The triangular bridge at Crowland, in Lincolnshire, which was probably intended as an emblem of the Trinity, is the most ancient Gothic structure remaining entire in the kingdom of Great Britamn. It was erected about the year of our Lord 80. NEW T '0-DAY. WEAK MEN. 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