The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 29, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN. FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER: 29, 1895. 7 DECEMBER 29, 1895 AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER.—Herrmann, The Great. CALIFORNTA THEATER—“The Widow Jones.” At the French Ball.” OPERA-HousE—“Around the World OPERA-Housk.—“Ixion; or, The Man of ~High-Class Vaudeville. 'S.ATcAZAR.—“The Black Crook.” UGH THFATER (OAKLAND) — *The to-morrow even MECHANICS' PavinioN—Fidella Verein Prize Masquerade, Tuesday, December 31. SBCOT THE Churrs—Daily at Haight street cre Liock east of the Park. o BAY DisTRICT TRACK.—Races to-morrow. GOLDEN GaTE PARK—Golden Gate Park Ban d LES. o-morfow (Mond earny st., at 10 0'c December | S ock, ———— e CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. A barber and a jeweler fought a duello at | Temescal. The socialists_of the City will give a ball at | the T eet Temple on “the evening of New Year's day. The annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Commercial Travelers' Association came to an end yesterday. A special edition of the New York Rider and | Driver on the San Francisco horse show has been published. Miss ‘Ada Lee Bascom wright, has made & hit in Neéw York with her melodrama, ¥ Gir Bicycles will be charged on and aiter . y 1 tween certain sp , & California_play- a carriage fee ext, except be- The report of the rec banded Grand Jury on the Board of was handed to the s ary of the Jatt yesterday. in the day a for grand | ars ct track yester- | axim,Ramiro, n and ¥ to c demands. wer and amended L )0 de , was arrested by for smugg Ford, & prisoner in the City Prison is preliminary examination for at- der hi throat terday morning and is in a awai tempting t ~The stockholders of La Candelaria Mining Company held an annual meeting in this Cit and decided to begin a legal contest in the City of Mexico against Daniel M. Burns for | sion of the mine. The impending beer war among the breyeries is likely to result in & combination against the English syndicate, the San Francisco Breweries (limited).” Local ¢ ssion malt houses have | been drawn into t ht. .~ M. C.Merker of Rochester,N. Y., now in a Poriland, Or., hospital, threatens to sue the Bouthern Pacific for D00 for injuries re- ceived at Port Costa at the hands of Conductor Hubbard, who assanlted him. Mrs. Charlotte Perkins-Stetson has beem in- vited torepresent California at the Woman’s National Suffrage Convention, which will be held in Washing! n the latter part of next month. She has accepted the honor. Porter Bros. & Co. 315 Davis street say they will resume business January 1, 1896 Their creditors agreed to & p accept four notes running six, twel and twenty-four months respective Rey. Henry Varl in the Christian of don that he “i with the climate people of Califor- nia, that “intemperance and | kindred ills literally blight the land.” | Fudge Bahrs has discharged James Gleason, who was sentenced to six months in the ng burglars’ tools in his in love to th L possession. red the law under which Gleason was arre: i was unconstitutional. The Gold Mining Exchange of San Francisco was organized yesterday with several promi- nent men as charter members, Its purpose is to bring owners of mines and prospects into di- rect contact with capitalists willing to develop mining properties. Captain Whitney, who was drowned at Half. moon Bay Tnesday, was a veteran of the Re- bellion ana the Mexican War,and arrived at San Francisco 1n 1836. His two mates, who Jost their lives with him, were San Franciscans ahd Knights of Pythias A .woman said tohave been one of several imported _into_this country by “Little Pete" .ang another Chinese, under the guise of At- lanta Fair actresses, has escaped from a China- | town den, and has found a refuge in the Pres- | Dbyterian Mission on Sacramento street. ‘An attachment for $1820 was served on John F. Byxbee, the lumber merchant, in the suit of the North Pacific Lumber Company yester- | day. that amount $820 is for materials | furnished and $1000 on a_promissory note for | the sum executed fo the plaintiffs by Byxbee. ee _young society favorites, Miss Mabel Rg(g.\ru, Miss M‘:yme Nevada Heffron and Miss | Hortense Neilson, have elected the stage asa profession. They will appear at one of the lo- cal theaters during the coming week and im- mediately after leave for the East, where they have engagements with leading companies. — Chute-Shooting To-Day. The programme for to-day at the ‘‘shooting the chutes'’ grounds is a particularly attrac- tive one, including, as it does, such exciting feats as a high tight-rope walk in thg after- | noon; and in the evening, by lime light, & tremendous trolley slide by the intrepid aeronaut, Professor Emil Markeburg, who re- a balloon -ascension hanging by Eex:‘fl‘yc{fl,'gfid who, in his exhibition this even- ing, will ‘descend on a long incline, hanging by hts teeth to the wire, from a point above the top of the ehutes and ninety feet from the | ground, alizhting, with & somersault, in the - water of the lake below. The children will “find ample amusement between the chutes und the new merry-go-round, a free ride upon the latter baing given to_each child. The cus- tomary band concerts will continue afternoon *. and evening, and the boats will skip, dash and bounce with the usual exciting and exhila- rating effect upon all the chute-shooters. ——e————— Philip Yung Insolvent. Philip Yung of the Creamerie Restaurant has filed a petition in Insolvency. He owes $3091 06, and he has no assets with which to ay. Most of his indebtedness is included in Eook accounts, the largest being one for $465 in favor of the Italian Swiss-Colony, and there is lso an unsecured note in favor of Rosina Yung for $1681 16. ——————— A Pool-Seller Sentenced. John Stayson, alias Stencil, the pool-seller on Ellis street who pleated gu’flQy 0 201-:1:: 1 ordinance, appeared for sentence ;g:emgn Joachimsen yesterday. The Judge sentenced him to psy a fine of $20, with the alternative of twenly days in the County Jail. The fine was taken from the bail money. ALONG THE WATER, FRONT. Vain Chase After a Swindler Who Got ‘Away on the Australia. HE ROBBED HIS EMPLOYERS. Lieutenant Werlich of the Cruiser Philadelphia Suspended for Six Months. The sailing of the steamer Australia for s | Honolulu was delayed yesterday owing to the northeast gale. When Captain Houd- lette zave the signal to go astern the wind caught the big ocean liner and jammed her against the wharf. The tug Vigilant went to her assistance and soon the Australia was heading down the bay un- der a full head of steam. Just as she got under way, Arthur Wheeler of the Wheeler Publishing Company ran down the wharf waving a warrant in his hand, He was after Otto Herman on a charge of | obtaining money under false pretenses. When he found that the swindler had escaped him he was very angry and vowed vengeance. According to Wheeler, the runaway went to the Wheeler Publishing Company and secured a position as adver- tising solicitor. He brought in quite a number of contracts and secured liberal advances on them. Wheeler says he dis- covered that Herman was a swindler when too late, and the warrant for Herman'’s ar- rest is now in his b unserved. Among the passengers who went awa, on the Australia were Colonel Harry J. Fisher, is returning to Honolulu ent in California. He nds for yearsand iscon- tional Guard. nd M. a prominent sugar and John A. Buck, vice-president e National Ice Company, were also passengers. Deep-water rs are very scarce and bave jumped from within a_few days. rners and masters are kicking vig- but it does no good as *‘Poor 3 knows that for once he has_the up- per hand and he intends to keep it. Brit- e now arriving here have their men £3.10s a em will desert when ning a vessel at $15 is Jack ot th 1-known shipping mas- 1ght on the rise in wages. He contracted to supply the Benjamin L. Packard with a crew at $15 a month. At the time the contract was made that her cargo was dis ed and the vessel repaired. Now deman , and Captain Allen in- ts upon getting them at § McCarthy says he is “'between the deviland the deep- sea’’ sailors. The steamer Progreso has discharged the last of her Panama freight, and she is now going into the coal trade between here and Puget Sound. Captain Anderson will | 1ain in command, and a more careful d conscientiors master it would be hard industrious up oil- ay v hunting kins and rubber boots for his northern bark Elliott succeeded in getting to sea yesterday. She has been ready for nearly a week, but there was trouble over the stevedoring bill and the vessel was libeled in consequence. Mat- ters were adjusted yesterday and the cap- | tain lost no time in getting away. One of the drivers for the E." K. Wood Lumber Company had a peculiar experi- ence yesteraay. A horse used as a leader was hitched to a post near a lumber pile. The animal got tired of doing nothing, and, lying down, went to sleep. The driver of a passing wagon cracked his whip at the horse, and this so scared the animal that, in its efforts to getup and away, it fell overboard. Frank Neymeyer jumped in after the horse, and after con- siderable trouble got it to swim under the wharf and into shallow water near Main street. It was afternard hoisted to the wharf by means of a derrick and slings. Officer Courneen of the harbor police made a clever capture yesterday. Lucius Jasquay is a hotheaded Frenchman who is reaay to fight on the slightest provocation. Yesterday he got into a row with Thoraas MecDonald and laid him out with an iron rod. He was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon, When the prisoner was in the cell Cour- neen began to think the name was famil- iar. He looked back over the old warrants and there he found one, about three months old, charging Jasquay with bat- tery. He knocked Fretis down with a brick on Jackson-street wharf, during a quarrel over some fruit. Jasquay was again brought from his cell and the second charge was placed against him. The harbor police are looking for an ex- soldier named P.J. Enright. His friend John Cerveney thinks he has falien over- board and been drowned. Cerveney and Enright were paid off yesterday and went atonce to the ferries, intending to go East over the Oregon line. As they were pur- chasing their tickets Enright complained | of feeling ill and went across the street. He has not peen seen since. Cerveney thinks his friend is either drowned or has been unfairly dealt with. The police think Enright has gone away on a drunk. When the American ship Iroquois ar- rived here from Philadelphia on the 18th inst. the crew made a great outcry against Chief Officer E. C. Este. They re- Jated horrible taies of the mate’s cruelty on the high seas. Before a warrant coutd be secured for his arrest Este disappeared. Since then he has kept quiet, but afew days ago he secured a position as mate on the American shiE St. Nicholas, now load- ing for New York. Sailors on the beach say they will not ship under Este, so the chances are that the vessel will be con- | siderably delayed in retting away. It is rumored on the water front that Lieutenant P. J. Werlich of the Philadel- phia has been let off with a sentence of six months’ sus{;ension on waiting orders. This carries with it three-fourths pay. Of course this 1s only the recommendation of the court-martial, but the chances are that the Secretary of the Navy will con- firm the findings. At the time of the trial THE CALL said the court would be lenient. Lieutenant Werlich could cer- tainly not have expected better treatment. He was charged with being under the in- fluence of liquor while on duty. COLLATERAL HEIRS. Stanford’s Outside Legatees Making a Hard Fight Against Belng Taxed. Dr. Taylor argued the Stanford collat- eral inheritance case before Judge Coffey nearly all of yesterday afternoon. His principal contention was that whatever the force of the law, the court could col- lect nothing until the estate had been set- tied up and was ready for distribution. He spoke, 100, of a discriminative element in the law, and the formation of a taxable and an nntaxable class of heirs which the constitation bhad no knowledge of and.no place for. A. N. Drown followed and closed the Stanford side of the case. He argued that the court had no jurisdiction in the mat- ter. A Probate Court, he said, had jurisdiction over all probate cases, but his, he said, was a _siecisl matter, and while Judge Coffey might try 1t in his ca- pacity as a Judge of the Superior Court, as a Probate Judge he could not -do so. He also argued that under the law as framed, ince then the Packard | a man named John | the function of the Assessor and Tax Col- lector were added to those of the Superior Judge, and he believed the liberty taken with existing methods was unlawful. Elliott McAllister, who drew up the original law for the Legislature, then fol- Jowed to argue on the constitutionality of the act. He cited decisions, from the Su- preme Court of other States commenting on and upholding just such a law asis now in California. 'He argued that the right of a collateral legatee to inherit was not so much a rightas a constitutional privilege, and like the voting franchise, the State could make such regulations re- garding it as it might see fit. The case is not yet submitted, but will be argued fur- ther. —————— SOME RAILWAY RECEIPTS. Statement of the Market-Street Com- pany’s Branch Lines. The Market-street Railway Company rendered a report to the Board of Supervi- secrs yesterday of the earnings of certain street railway lines under its control, to- gether with the amounts due the City out of these receipts under the terms of the franchise. The gross receipts of the line on Fourth street from King to Kentucky street,thence upon the latter thoroughfare and railroad, | from Jannary 1,1894, to January 1, 1895, are placed at $26,782 61, of which the City’s share at 2 per cent amounts to $535 65. The receipts of the Metropolitan Railway Company from November 1,18%4, to Jul SEEKING STAGE HONORS, Three Favorites Abandon the Drawing-Room for the Footlights. ENGAGEMENTS NOW SECURED. Will Make Their Professional Debut Very Soon, After Which They Will Go East. The current year so near its end has pro- duced a score or more of aspirants for the honors which come to those who achieve success behind the footlights. Many of these young Thespians were society favor- | ites who saw more to be desired in mimic | tragedy and comedy than in the allure- | California talent ! ments of the ballroom. is much sought after abroad, and conse- ly | quently, with one or two exceptions, they 31, 1895, are stated to have been §$30,116 90, ' have all secured profitable engagements. closing of one or both of these schools in time, for the property on which they stand is becoming too valnable for school pur- poses, but the board should consider the matter carefuliy before acting. As the law now stands the board only has the right to lease the ground for ten years. It will be hard to find a tenant to erect ex- vensive buildings on a lease of that length. It would be better, it appears to me, to wait until the Legislature can be induced to give the board power to_execute a lease for twenty years so that a desirable tenant can be obtamed. In the meantime the board can gradually make the changes de- sired. The Linzoln school fills a much-felt want in this City, and I would be sorry to see it go at this time.” WATER ON. THE BRAIN. Governor Budd Calls on Ex-Judge Baldwin, Who Is Now Slowly Improving. Code Commissioner and ex-Judge F. T. Baldwin of Stockton, who has been unwell at the Palace forover a week past, is slowly recovering, though he is by no means yet a well man. Governor Budd -called on his old towns- man yesterday on his arrival here. He did not see the Judge, for no one, except those in attendance, can do that, but he was received at the rooms and there made inquiries and tendered his best wishes to Mrs. Baldwin. Judge Baldwin does not talk much, and TR BEL ROCHE. HORTENSE NIELSON. MAYME NEVADA HEFFRON, [Drawn by a “Call”’ artist from recent photographs.] and from August 1, 1895 to October 31, 1895, $5,128 67, a total of $35,245 57. Of this sum the City receives $704 91. The Omnibus Cable Company's re- ceipts from December 1, 18 November 30, 1895, are_given as $18,838 5, the City’s percentage being $376 76. | FORD'S. ATTEMPT T0-DIE The Painter Who Shot His Wife Last Month Yesterday Cut His Throat. The Wife, Just Out of the Hospital, Comes to Visit and Nurse Her Dying Husband. Last November John E. Ford, the paint- er, fired three shots into the body of his wife, Lizzie. This was at the Roseaale lodging-house, 321 Ellis street. Yesterday the law of retribution began to operate upon the man wno tried to murder his wife. He was taken from the City Prison to the Receiving Hospital with his throat gashed by a razor. And the | same hand that shot his wife wielded the razor. Lizzie has recovered, but John will probably die. Only a day or two ago_the wife left her sickbed at St. Mary’s Hospital. Yester- day afternoon, in company with her sis- ter-in-law, she visited her dying husband at the Receiving Hospital. Husband and wife appeared to be thoroughly reconciled and at their meeting yesterday were quite affectionate toward each other. John was waiting trial for the murder- ousassaultupon hiswife. Remorse preyed upon him and hedid the act that wil probably obviate the necessity of a mun- dane court passing judgment upon his sins. About 4 o'clock in the morning Ford began to shave himself.” One of his cell- mates asked bim what he was doing. He said he was shaving, because he wanted to appear at his best before Judge Campbell in the morning. After shaving, Ford crawled under one of the benches on which the prisoners sleep, and drew the razor across his throat. One of the ‘‘trusties,” some minutes later, on looking into the cell, noticed that Ford was missing. He gave the alarm. Sergeant Shields and Corporal Parrotte ran into the cell and the sergeant, while looking under the bench for Ford, struck his head against it and cut his scalp in three places. Ford was dragged from under the bench and hurried to the Receiving Hospital. Dr. Fitzgibbon found that the slash was nine inches long. The larynx had been cut through and several arteries and veins and the.external jugunlar severed. The wound was sewed up, but the doctor ex- pressed a grave doubt as to Fogd's re- covery. The bloody razor was found under the beneh. It was evidently new and the mystery is how Ford got possession of it. Captain Robinson wrote this question on a piece of paper and held it up to the wounded man’s eyes. Ford wrote back that a prisoner in the adjoining cell had leit it there three weeks ago when he was taken to the County Jail. This is not credited, as all the other prisoners said they never saw it before. The prison of- ficials believe that Ford’s wife or his sister gave him the razor on Friday night as he had previously asked for one to shaye him- self before appearing in court. He had written two letters which were found in his vest pocket. One was ad- dressed to his wife at 107 Taylor street and the other to Mr. Graham, 129 Grove street. ‘They were inclosed fn envelopes of the Baldwin Hotel. The letters are closed and if Ford should die they will be handed to the Coroner. L5 Ford was asked in writing why he had cut his throat and he wrote, ‘‘Despon- dency.” He had been addicted to drink for years and drink and jealousy caused his attempt to kill his wife. After he shot her he jumped out of & two-story window and severely injured his back. —e—e————— Board of Trade’s New Quarters. The Californis State Board of Trade has en- gaged permanent headquarters for its exhibit in the old Builders' Exchange building, at 16 Post street. Previous to packing the Califor- nia exhibit for the Atlanta Exposition, the rooms were on Market street below Second, but the manager thought that the location was too far from the streets traveled the most by pedestrians. Since the exhibit has been at Atlanta the office of the Board of Trade has been in the Crocker building. On the 31st inst. the fair in the South will be closed and Manager Filcher will at once pack up and return the stock to this City. The directors have been looking around iof Déw héhdguarters and consider themselves fortu. nate In being able ta secure the old exchange. There is & large amount of floor room and the skylights will show off the products of the te to advantage. The premises will be put in order at once. | | 4 The latest theatrical debutantes to aban- don the drawing-room are Miss Hortense Neilson, Miss Mabel Rocha and Miss Mayme Heffron—all well known in local society circles. They will make their first | public appearanceas one of the iocal thea- | ters next Friday night in “A Celebrated Case.” A feature connected with the | debut of Miss Heffron and Miss Neilson is | that they will accompany Miss La Faille | in January next to Washington, where the | three will become members of the ‘‘Heart | of Maryland” company. Thisdrama was written by David Belasco, playwright and | actor, who is well known in this City. With the addition of these young ladies | the cast will be made up almost entirely of California talent. Miss Heffron is the talented daughter of Thomas Heffron, who was for many vears a popular hotel-keeper in Virginia City, Nev. Mr. Heffron now resides 1 this city. Miss Neilson 1s from Nashville, Tenn., ana is a charming type of the Southern beauty. She is a niece of General Neilson, who fell fighting 'for the Southern cause during the rebellion. Miss Neilson's fam- ily have resided in Nashville for over a century. A perfect blonde, with large, expressive eves and a clear, melodious voice, Miss Neilson may consider herself well equipped for the profession she has chosen., ¥red Belasco has had charge of her training for the past two months and speaks most encouragingly of her work. e considers her one of the .coming foot- light favorites. Miss Mayme Nevada Heffron comes fromn Virginia City, where she was for a long time identified with amateur theatricals. She has evidenced great versatilitv, though she shows a decided fondness for refined comedy. In “A Celebrated Case,” how- ever, she will play the emotional role of Madeleine. The last of the trio of charming young debutantes is Miss Mabel Rocha.” This young aspirant for histrionic honors is a bit more ambitious than her co-seekers after fame. Immediately following her appearance next Friday night she will go to New York and organize a company of layers of her own for a piece that is now ing written for her. Mies Rocha is ver- satile to a marked degree, though she pre- fers emotional parts. Edmund Crane, one of the youngest act- ors identified with the profession on the coast, will accompany the three young ladies East. Incidentally it may be re- marked that Mr. Crane will also make his first professional Bpéfieanmce on Friday night next. He is down for the difficult role of Lazare, a part made famous by Lewis Morrison. Mr. Crane will also join the ‘Heart of Maryland” company at Washington, thus completing the galaxy of California talent, upon whom the suc- cess or failure of the piece will largely de- pend. Crane is possessed of a good pres- ence and voice, and withal is ambitious, so there is little reason to doubt his ulti- mate success. BABCOCK 15 WONDERING. The Sui)erintendent’s Ideas Upon the Webster and Lincoln School Question. He Cannot Understand How the Pupils, if Consolidated Out, Can Be Disposed Of. Superintendent of Schools Babcock is wondering what will become of the 1200 or more pupils of the Lincoln and Webster schools in case the Board of Education should decide at its next meeting to close up these two institutions of learning and attempt to find other accomodations for the pupils. “It strikes me,” he said yesterday, “that it would be a great mistake at this time, in the middle of the school year, to close up these two schools, for it cannot hardly fail to put the pupils back in their work. Besides, I hardly see where, in that part of the City, room could be found for all the scholars. There are three rooms va- cant in the Whittier school, ¢ne in the Longfellow, and eight in the Jefferson, but these twelve apartments will not do for over 1300 pupils. It is proposed to fill up classes in other schools with those who are left, but this will possibiy result in crowding, and besides will throw out a majority of the thirty-five teachers who are now employed in the Lincoln and ‘Webster schools. Miss Manning, princi- pal of the Webster school, has been in the department twenty five years, and is as competent a teacher as we have. “Mr. Hamilton, who has charge of the Lincoln school, is also an old and experi- enced teacher, and has shown his capa- bility for handling the class of pupiis who ttend the Lincoln. *Of course we must look forward to the talking is not encouraged by his physician. It is the desire to keep him asquiet as pos- s1bl The Judge has water on the brair, and medicine is now being given bhim to absorb it. This absorption, it is expected, will take place gradually, and the veteran law- yer will improve in the same ratio. *‘He knows his condition and under- stands everything perfectly,” said his phy- sician, Dr.” L. C. Whitney, last evening. “He walks about a little, not infrequently coming from his bed to the adjoining room and sitting for twenty minutes or such a matter by the fire. T think there is novlyioubt he will improve pretty steadily ow. Judge Baldwin is 57 years old. NOT A SPECIL VENRE The Civic Federation Wants a Jury for Ashworth Out of the Jury-Box. No Buckleyites or Sympathizers of the Boodlers to Be Drawn by Sheriff’s Deputies. A repetition of the former trial of Street Superintendent Thomas Ashworth in the Superior Court will not be countenanced by the Civic Federation this time if the members of that organization can avoid it. Considerable dissatisfaction was evinced during the last trial at Judge Murphy, who ordered Sheriff Whelan to secure a jury from the City at large instead of drawing the names of the jurors from the regular panel in the possession of the County Clerk as the law provides in such cases. . Captain_Stewart Menzies, speaking for the Civic Federation, said: Isee no good reason why the selection of a jury to try Mr. Ashworth should be drawn in any other manner than that of any other case triable before a Superior Court. And thisisas the law provides: To draw the namesoutof the box instead of ordering a special venire to be selected at the will and whim of Sheriff Whelan’s deputies. How 1n the name of high heaven can it be expected that men who owe their places to Buckley in the Sheriff’s office are going to se- lect men to serve on a jury which will conviet Mr. Ashworth of incompetency or corruption in office when it is menerully known and ac- cepted that Ashworth is the candidate ot the very man who gave the Sheriff’s office to Whe- lan? Asa matter of course there is a sensitive feeling or sympathy existing between the two offices, because the conviction of Ashworth would add to the downfall of Buckley, if such a thing could be now necessary, as 1 consider him already politically dead. But the vultures who fattened at his crib are anxious to again restore him to power for their own good. But this we will Elsfl for the present and attend to such as can and the Ashworth case. By getting a good, fair jury, will be_obtained out of the ?ur)flbox, Mr. Ash- worth Wwill have a fair trial, and this is all the Civie Federation desires. Anything less will not satisfy the people of this Ci!;. As to the former trial before Judge Murphy we will let that pass, but we do not wanta repetition of it at this time. We want this case to go before & Judge who will comply with the law in o far as the selection of & jury 1s con- cerned. Mind, I donotsay that Judge Murphy transgressed the law, but there seemed no necessity for ordering a special venire from the body of the County before the box was exhausted. Yetthe law gives the Judge that power. ButJudges should exercise prudence and discretion in the trial of cases, as wellas a compliance with the strict letter of the law. ‘With the assistance of Messrs. Woodhams and Highton for the prosecution as special counsel, & good jury and & fair Judge there will beno need tocomplain, no matter what the result of the trial may be, Anything less than this will be construed bfi the people as if Buckley and the boodlers stil lived and had a power not only with the poli- ticians, but also with the courts. The manner in which this City has been robbed for the last thirty years by the corrupt rings which have fed and fattened about the Street Department is a burning shame and an everlasting disgrace to the fair name of our City. And yet this thing is permitted to gojon year in and year out, and the property-owners and tugnyera slmnl‘i grin and bear it pa- ue{.‘ tly, hoping that the end may come sooner orlater. I do not wish to prejudice the case of Ash- work before che court; all I want for m{ulf. and all the Civic Federation wants, is that this man shall have a fair trial before a fair Judge and an impartial j ury drawn out of the jury- box, but_not negec!.efl b{ Sheriff Wheill?l lums of the City. deputies from th ——————— Last Howell Indictment Dismissed. There are no more indictments against Martin D. Howell of Stockton, and henceforth he can walk with head erect, enjoying the fullest vindication of the law. Altogether three in- dictments were returned by the Federal Grand Jury against Howell. On one he was tried and found to be not guilty, and another was dis- missed on a nolle prosequi some time ago. The third was dismissed on United States District Attorney Foote's motion yesterday. ————— Girl Fell Downstairs. The Coroner’s office was notified yesterday by the Board of Health of the death of one-year- old Louisa Frick, who fell downstairs at her rents’ home on Sixth avenue, between K and streets. RAVAGES OF THE GALE. Vessels Dragged Anchors and Several Were Considera- bly Damaged. HIGH WAVES IN THE BAY. Sailors on the British Ship Inver- amsay Had to Be Taken to the Hospital. A stiff northeasterly gale and the ugly cross sea that broke against the wharves all of yesterday morning did considerable damage to shipping and caused the cap- tains of a number of vessels moored to the seawall to get to safer quarters in a hurry. Tugs were in demand for about three hours, but before they could get their tows under way considerable damage was done. About the first to get into trouble were a number of Whitehall boats. They had been out to meet the British four-masted bark Strathdon, and while some of the runners who manned them got aboard their assistants remained in the boats. All managed to ‘hook’’ the vessel, and everything went well until Lime Point was reached. Then the heavy cross seas struck the small boats, and in a few minutes four of them were capsized and the occupants were struggling in the water. The other boats cut their towing lines and at once went to the assistance of the men in the water. Yesterday was the coldest day of the season and the men were almost frozen before they were got | ashore. Each and every boatman and runner who makes his headquarters at Meiggs wharf has a nickname. By it heis known, and In order to find out what he was christened wounld necessitate a refer- ence to the family Bible. The men who were capsized into the bay are known as “Tommy” Crowley, ‘“Bustie” Hart, “Blarney”’ Jobnson and ‘‘Snake” Fitz- gerald, while the boatmen who picked them up are known as “Jack the Ripper and ‘“Hiney.” The big tug Fearless brought the Strath- don in, but it was some time before she could leave her tow as the anchors would not hold against the gale. brought up off Lombard-street wharf and everything was made snug. Captain Phillips Jr., who is in command of the Strathdon, is the son of Captain Phiilips of the British ship - Pericles which was here last year. A cousin of his, of the same name, is in command of a sister ship to the Inveramsay now in port. The Strathdon was formerly the Queen’s Island, but when she changed owners the name was changed. During her run of 145 days from London three heavy storms were en- countered. One was 1n the English chan- nel, another in the South Atlantic and the third in the South Pacific. Little or no damage was done. The American ship Tacoma was all ready to go to sea yesterday morning and her anchor was hove short up in_ readiness’ for the tug. Before she could be given more chain she went adrift and bore steadily down upon the cruiser Philadel- phia. Luckily one of the Spreckels tugs caught'her in time and she was taken to sea. An attempt was made to dock the Brit- ish ship Ancalos at Green-street wharf, but it failed. The waves were breaking over the wharf, so the tugboat took the ship into the stream again and anchored her. The schooners Westport, Webfoot and Finally she | Melanchton at sections A and B of the seawall and the barkentine J. M.- Grif- fiths at section 1 of the seawall were all badly chafed, and the Westport, Webfoot and Melanchton lost part of their railing. The seas were making clean breaches over the vessels when the tugs Sea Queen, Red- mond and Hercules put in an appearance and after considerable trouble got lines aboard. The Westport was taken to Main- street wharf, the Webfoot was anchored off Alcatraz and the Melanchton was taken to Channel street. The captain of the bark- entine J. M. Griffiths refused to move, but he had to stop discharging, nor had he a chance to resume operations during the entire day. 3 . The French bark Duchesse Anne had a narrow escape of drifting into one of the ferry-slips. Luckily her second anchor held, but the wind and tide kept twisting her around until the two chains were badly fouled. The tug Vigilant went to her as- sistance and Jay alongside until the cables were straightened out, and then the bark was towed to a safe anchorage. The heavy weather almost caused a fa- tality on the British ship Inveramsay lying at Union-street wharf. Almost all the cargo is out and the ship is flying light. In consequence, when the stevedores went into the lower hold, they found it almost impossible to work. Theodore H. Hansen started up the little iron ladder that leads from deck to deck and Harry Collins followed him a few minutes later. When | Hansen had ascended about twenty-five feet a sudden lurch of the ship caused him to loose his hold and he fell, striking Col- lins in his descent. The latter was parti- ally stunned and, only having a short dis- | tance to fall, was not seriously hurt. Hansen was unconscious, however, and | Dr. Chalmers was sent for. He did what he could for the man and then advised his removel to the hospital. Officer Crosby of the harbor police sent for the patrol wagon and the wounded man was taken away. It will probably be a couple of weeks be- fore he will be about again. The Southern Pacific Company’s steamer Herald was another victim of the storm. She was coming down from Port Costa with a heavy load of wheat and when off Angel Island she encountered the full and for a time she was in danger of drift- ing ashore. Luckily Captain Wilson got her under the lee of the island and there her anchors held. She remained there all day and did not venture out until the tide | turned, about 5 p. m. “The steamer Apache | spoke her, but Captain Wilson said he was | all right and could reach his dock without | assistance. Patrons of the Herald were carried to Vallejo by train last night for 25 cents. George Waflles, a Clay-street boatman, | nearly lost his life alongside the cruiser Philadelphia. He took a sailor out to her, |and when Jack got on the gangplank Waffles attempted to get away from the cruiser. A cross sea swamped hisboatand be was leit swimming for his life. One of the sailors on the Philadeiphia ran out on the boom to which shore-boats are moored and, lowering himself by a rope, secured a good hold on the boatman and kept him above water until one of the cruiser's launches came alonf and helped him aboard. 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Down Sofa Cushions At cost of materials—many beautiful pillows left to choose from—If you are buying for + yourself now is the time—we cbarge for ma- terials now and give you the work. $1 50 sateen covered, now $2 50 embroidered denim, NOW. $2 75 silk and plush, now 150 84 50 plush covered, now. 3 26 $5 plush and ribbon ruffled, 3 50 Irish Point Scarfs, Etc. Scarts, squares, trays and doylles—hand-made, spachtel atitch—some have been handied and mussed—some broken assortments—s less than before Xmas. $1 60 squares, now $3 50 squares, now 3 tray cloths, now 6 scarfs, DOw.. Bargains in Silk. We are going_through the silk stocks, and on Monday will have some unusual specials for you—see show windows. force of the gale. Herrudder chains parted .