The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 5, 1896, Page 7

- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 1896. 7 Parpwry THEATER CALIFORNIA THFATER CovuNpia THEATER—". Morosco's OPERA-H Wife. 3 Tivor: OrErA-Housk.—“Ixion: or, The Man of Widow Jones.” French Ball.” The Runaway “lass Vaudeville. +Our Boarding House.” (OAKLAND) — Rice's THEATER Gate Park Band olden ces to- AUCTION SALES. Ax & Co—Monday. January 6, By E. S. Srx Farnitnre, at corner Mission and Seventh sts., at 3 ; SHER & C January 6, 8 Pos' 3 . CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. ng of the California Teach- 1 yesterday. ald was sworn in last even- Warfield at the California Anderson, & clever young ° her debut yesterday afternoon of the Occtdental the court last night, was e Fair will have demu out the contests to the | filed conviet and & victim to ied in & cell in the City £ | track ctor, ead, under pi exhaustive e titute, an the Monroe D: has pre- or the forgue. t was ban- star by fora erand | an Associa- | for the bene- r to-day is: “Increas- ospects of unsettled nary tempernture d, 2414 Pn(‘ifi(‘_ avenue, esterday for the re: Olen from her resi- he body of George W. Cook 's jury blamed Charles k had been run among local n Temper- of the next ennual 3 al court against Alex- er Newbert for stealing £ eedom, which was run ), were dismissed yesterday. s of Percy and Hamilton, architects, ccepted by the trustees of Howard an Church and work is to be vigor- ed on the new edifice at the pan- Robert Phillips were booked Prison last night on a charge of into the pawnshop of Adolph Op- , 405 Dupont street, on New Years M. C. Meeker, who was put off the train Benicia last month for refusing to sign name to identify a return ticket, has brought eui Southern Pacific Company for £10,000 damages. The Oregon Railway and Nayigation Com- Jns, bes goue into competition {or way-port reig passenger business between this and Portland, and another rate war is d in consequence. eck property-owners have petitioned : the bridge obstruction and r-way to_commerce 0 that to the land which borders and is adjecent thereto. The lodging-house of Mrs. Jennie Handley, 828 Geary street, was entered by a_burglar ly yesterday ‘morning and $230 stolen rom the trousers belonging to Jeremiah Me- 1ack, coal dealer, one of the lodgers. > next woman’s congress will open May 4 i continue one week. Miss Susan B. An- ¥, Miss Anna H. Shaw, Mrs. Potter Paimer, Sllen M. Henrotin and Mrs. Charlotte Stetson will be among the speakers. . Kennedy, foreman of the San Bruno , was thrown out of his buggy at Van ess and Golden Gate avenues last night, b his horse shying, and had one of his . He was taken to the Recelving iavits have been filed fn_the United s Circnit Court by Special Trustee John v0od Jr., contradicting the charges made sthim by Agent Thomas K. Stateler of the ational Bank and Attorney Robert B. Mitch Peter Lane was befors Judge Belcher to be arraign on sev charges of felonious assanlt. rney, Carroll Cook, moved to aside formations on technical Bet T S, &) e motion was taken under ad- xt Saturday. t has denied a writ of e case of Frank Kloss, er of William Deady. e of death. This means 10 eweit the result of his instead of in the County adings of th 1 suit again led in th. hern Pacific in its ¢ Railroad Commis- rai_court yesterdny, egle of to-morro; 1 move to strike 0y’s big batch of eneral Fitzgera he records the comw 1w r saloon-keepers were very indignant | y learned that ceriain brewers bad ng steam beer to ¢ omers at dif- nnounce that 1 10 recognize Workmen's Union and thereby 11 to rolling. H. Moore, a_civil engineer, 60 ve Val a street, v ons he geve for his . sickness and old age. In two letters a4 he asked the Masonic | fraternity, to which he belonged, to look after | his burial and care of bis son. The charter memt Exchange m terday mor suicide we rs of the Gold Mining rday, Walter Turnbull presiding, J. F. it officiating as secretary, It was decided that the annual election of officers would be held on the second Monda in January. On account of tho pressure of people aesiring to become members of the ex- | change, the membership limit has been raised | from 50 to 100. A NEW POLICE STAR. Commissioner M. A. Gunst Banqueted | and Presented With a Star by His Friends. Police Commissioner M. A. Gunst was banqueted by a number of his friends at the Maison Riche last evening in honor of | the first anniversary of his appointment to office. The principal event and the oec- casion of the gathering was the presenta- tionto the Commissioner of a beautiful diamond police star, fittingly engraved, Judge Garber making graceful and ap- propriate remarks in behalf of the donors. The following gentlemen were present: Police Commissioner Tobin, Hon. M. M. Estee, Judge J. D. Murphy, Hon. H. S. Foote, Henry Ach, Al Bouvier, H. T. Creswell, Chief Crowley, Sig Greenbaum, E. R. Lillienthal, Phil Bartn, John Mec- Carthy, Joreph Rothchild, M. A. Gunst, JoLn Van Berger, A. Hooper, M. Schweit- H. Sinsheimer, 8. C. Buckbee, M. zenste Captain Wittman, C. L. Asher, John Malowel. M. Stone, A. 8. Esberg, L. Guggenheim, Sig Stern, Harry Veuve, Major McLaughlin, Thomas H. Willia amuel Saxe, James C. Nealon, Ach and Harry Creswell took ling the position of master of "monies, and at their call a number of gentlemen present spoke in a felicitous manner of the young Police Commissioner ALONG THE WATER FRONT The Steamer Afridi Brought a Very Big Cargo From the Orient. SHE REPLACED THE BELGIC. Trouble Brewing Over the Repairing of the Government Steamer McDowell. Among the arr v yesterday was the British steamer Afridi, under charter to the Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company. She takes the place of the Belgic for this trip, and on her return to Hongkong will load for Europe. The Belgic’s repairs will then be completed and she will resume her regular run. The Afridi brought no passengers in either n, but there was 4748 tons cargo stowed away in her hold. her crew are fourteen Koreans who cted as firemen ever since the steamer went into the oriental trade. The Afridi is designed for a carrier. Great space and the rapid handling of cargo seem to have been the main objects with her builders. Accompanying this she has good steaming capacity, and dur- ing the run of 16 days an4 12 hours from Yokohama an average of eleven and one- half knots an hour was maintained. She is owned by the Mogul line and was built at Newcastle-on-Tyne about twelve months ago. She is 360 feet long 46 feet wide and 23 feet 4 inches deep. Captain Thomas Golding, R. N. R., who is in command, is better known on Puget Sound than he is 1n San Francisco. He was captain of the steamer Mogul in the Northern Pacific line until that vessel was purchased by the Japanese Government to be used asa transport during the war. The Afridi %uncu after a tribe of Hindoos in Northern ndia. Tue steam schooner Sunol, which was bar-bound at Coos Bay, arrived in port yesterday. Captain Walvig says the storm encountered during the latter part of December was the heaviest he was ever in. The mouth of Uolumbia River was reached all right, but the bar was break- ing heavily and the steamer was headed foreea. Then the storm came up, and the Sunol was swept fore and ait. One of the boats was washed away. some of the standing rigging snapped, the bul- warks were stove in and the cabin was flooded. The steamer was driven back as far as Coos Bay and Captain W vig ran in there for shelter and repairs. The vessel was fixed up temporarily and then she was headed for San Francisco. She docked at Little Main street and after discharging will go on the drydock. It will vrobably be a week before she gets away again for Yaquina Bay. era will both be open to the public to-day. At 1 p. M. all the oflicers and men will be ready to receive their friends and a big crowd of visitors are exvected. Henry Peterson, the oarsman, will run his launch Amy at regular intervals and ell the boat- men in the bay will be on hand to carry excursionists. The British ship Godiva arrived from Cardiff yesterday after an eventful voyage. On September 19 last she was caughtin a hurricane, and considerable damage was dore. One of the apprentice boys was washed overboard and drowned. It was in latitude 34 south, longitude 47 west that tne fatality happened. A heavy sea swept the main deck, and before J. Phidds could catch a rope he was carried away. He was 17 vears of ageana a native of Ireland. The Fulton Iron Work’s and the head of the quartermaster’s department of the army are at_outs. The trouble is all over the steamer McDowell, and some one will be a heavy loser Lefore the matter is settled. About three months azo the sternpost of the McDowell showed signs of weakness, and the contract for a new oneand a new Zeiss propeller was let to the Fulton Iron Works. The first post made was too small, and the foreman of the shop was discharged by the com- pany. The mistake was rectified. and a few days ago the steamer began running to Angel Island, Alcatraz and the Presidio again. It did not take the engineer long to find out that something was wrong. The shaft does not fit closely into the sternpost, and in consequence the wheel almost floods the ship every trip. Again the propeller acts splenaidly when going ahead, Eut in going astern it seems to have no power over the vessel. In approaching Clay-street wharf Captain Stofin has to stop the McDowell about three wharves away in order to gain control of the steamer. According to arrangements made by the general, the McDowell was to have made a couple of trips to the stations to-day. These orders were countermanded late vesterday, ana instead the men from the Fulton Iron Works will spend all day and all night in trying to rectify the mistakes made. The steamer has not yet been ac- cepted by the quartermaster. Captain Allen will not go outin com- mand of the Benjamin F. Packard. He will remain in San Francisco as the prin- cipal witness in the libel suit against the tugs Sea Queen and Hercules for running the ship on Mission Bay rock. Captain McClune will take the Packard to Europe and thence to New York. Darby, Leydon & Co., the contractors, are busy getting Fair's water-front lots ready ior the winter storms. Extra clus- ters of piles are being put down and it is thought there will be ;o landslides. A great deal of the land is now above high water mark and the contractors are mak- ing rapid progress with the remainder. The old steamer Gipsy is again to be put in commission with Captain Leland in command. She will take the piace of the Coos Bay and will run every Tuesday ana Friday to Santa Cruz, Moss Landing, Mon- terey and Soquel. . g A’ queer looking craft attracted consid- erable attention at Jackson-street wharf yvesterday. She was originally intended for a stern-wheel steamer, but was pur- chased by George B. Tolian and others and fitted up to work the tailings in the Sacramento River. The name of the com- pany owning the strange outfit is the Golden Sand Placer Mining Company, and it expects to make a big haul of paying debris in the various rivers that run into the Sacramento. The boat will be towed up to the American River by the steamer Constance, and there operations will be begon. A description of how the boat will be operated has already appeared in THE CaLy. A MOCK QUARREL. How the Meat and Milk Inspectors Trapped a Butcher Selling Immature Veal. The health officials, and particularly the milk and meat inspectors, are chuckling over their ciever ruse to trap L. 8. Svloman, a butcher, for selling immatuare veal, and incidentally over the sensation, a mock quarrel, which formed a portion of the play created. g Soloman was taken into custody by Milk Inspector Dockery soon after he left his establishment on Friday morning to drive to the market with his load of calves. "As it was desired to catcn him in the act of selling the calves, Meat Inspector Davis, on being shown the veal at the police sta- tion, said with a great show of indignation that tho calves were entirely fit for food and that Inspector Dockery was over- stepping the bounds of his duty in inter- fering with the inspection of meat., 2!igc:‘ls twenty years of life in San Fran- The wordy war that followed was vcry‘ amusing tothose who knew the real facts The cruisers Philadelphia and Boston | of the matter, but was taken seriously by several bystanders who looked for active hostilities, but were disappointed. After Soloman had delivered his load he was rearrested, and yesterday pleaded guilty in the Police Court. The publicity given the affair was very displeasing to Health Officer Lovelace, who called the inspectors before him yes- terday morning and read them a lecture in a mild way, at the same time giving them instructions to work in harmony to- gether whenever possible. Yesterday the inspectors were hobnob- l‘ung together in company with Veterinary Surgeon Creely and calling each other “Ben” and “Jim” iz a manner that looked more like friendship than enmity. NORTH BEACH SCANDAL. Woman’s State Federatlon Committees Will Report on This To-morrow. The committees appointed at the last regular meeting of the Woman’s State Federation will report next Monday to that organization. The matter they have in hand promises to be interesting. It isin the way of dis- coveries they have made during their two weeks’ investigation. The North Beach scandal will be brought up and several revelations are likely to be made. Yesterday a special meeting was ! LOSS OF THE ARCTURAS, Another American Vessel That Went Down in the Recent Storm, THE CARPENTER WAS DROWNED After the Cables Parted the Bark Drifted Ashore and Soon Went to Pieces. Another wreck has to be added to the al- ready long list of disastersin the recent storm. One by one the old-timers are strewing their bones along the shore line of the Pacific Ocean. . The latest addition to the list of wrecks is the American bark Arcturas. She was THE AMERICAN BARK ARCTURAS T TOTAL LOSS AT AT WENT ASHORE AND BECAME A SANTA ROSALIA. held at the headquarters of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union on MecAllis- ter street for the purpose of making ar- rangements to bring to this City John G. Woolley, the noted temperance lecturer, and Helen M. Gougar of {ndinna, who will give a series of lectures. Mrs. E. G. Greene, State evangelist and superintendens of mothers' meetings for the Woman's Christian Temperance Unior, will address and instruct all mothers along these lines. ELECTION COMMISSION Supreme Court Is Expected to Pass Upon Its Rights To-Morrow. Validity of the Recently Enacted Pri- mary Law Must Stand or Fail With the Old One. The Board of Election Commissioners has not as yet arrived at a decision as to what action it will take in regara to the primary elections. The time is becoming shorter in which they shall select trom the various pre- cinets of the City thirty names on the last assessment-roll as nearly as possible from the several political parties. This selection must, according to the new law, be made auring the month of January. It will take a staff of about fifty men for twenty-five days to accomplish this work, and as their authority to act is not estab- lished, and as Auditor Broderick refuses to either pay them any salary or that of any of their help until their right to act is es- ished by the Supreme Court, they are waiting anxiously for a decision. If the latter be opposed to the validity of the law then the Mayor and other offi- cers who are ex-officio members of the Election Commission as proyided by the old law will bave to do the clerical work themselves or voiunteer to pay out of their own pockets the wages of theé people they employ for that purpose. The mere clerical services for drawing these names will cost the City about $5000. The impression has got abroad that the general primary law is to stand or fall with the Election Commission law, but this is regarded by legal lights as a mis- take. The two laws are claimed to be dis- tinct. The idea has arisen because of the fact that the same principle is involved in both cases. One being considered uncon- stitutional the otier is likewise, because they both provide for special legislation with reference to the carrying on and con- ducting of elections. Considerable interest is being felt as to whether or not, in case the Election Com- mission bill be declared unconstitutional, some public-spirited official will find a means of having the constitutionality of the primary law, its sister bill, testea ‘and save the City the needless expense of pre- paring for primaries which will never be held should the law ultimately be declared unconstitutional. The test case is now before the Supreme Court and the impression is thata deci- sion wil be reached early this coming week. It is the case of Denman against Auditor Broderick. ——————— Champagne Imports Into San Francisco. The Paris Figaro complimented Califor- nians on their refinement and discrimina- tion of taste, owing to their preference for fine wines, and refers to the large importa- tions of Pommery Secinto California. If the consumption of high-grade wines should prove a criterion to the standard of culti- vation of a_people, the Californians have again merited this compliment for the vear just closed, as may be seen from the following statistics, compiled by Mr. A, Vignier, from custom-house records for the year 1 Pommery. Mumm.. Dry Monopole. Roederer..... Veuve Clicquot. . Moet and Chandon Perrier Jouet. Irroy... Sundries 100 1,713 15,921 Pommery Sec Is also most in demand in London and at the select resorts on tie Continens of Europe. s HEATER A PAIR OF . wlih initials A, L. K.; reward of Reliirn 10 414 Steiner st. : opera glass $5 to finder. | built in 1866, in Kennebunk, Me., and in | became the property of W. J. Adams, | the well-known lumber-dealer. She was | one of the bezt-known traders on the coast, | and in spite of her age was considered per- | fectly safe and seaworthy. About two | years ago she was laid up in Oakland Creek, and when again put in commission | her seams were found to be all open, 5o a | thorough overhauling was given her. | Wuile Iying on the mud flats a sailor | who had made a trip around the Horn on her in 1868 was a frequent visitor to the vessel. He searched the null again and | again for $1200, which he said had been | stolen frum him and secreted in the frame- | work of the ship by his messmates. Ac- | cording to his story, the money was gained in a gambling speculation, but though every man on the Arcturas atthe time was searched the money was never found. After the Arcturas was refitted she went | from here to Puget Sound and entered into | the lumber trade. The last time she was | here a new crew was placed on board and she sailed for Vancouver Island on Septem- | ber 20. Captain James Sloane was in com- mand, and everybody expected a success- | ful voyage. At Vancouver Island the Arcturas loaded | poles for the mines at Santa Rosalia, but | before she could get away H. Cooper, the | carpenter, left her and a new man had to | be sent from San Francisco. Agent Adams | applied to the Ship-owners’ Association, which sent a man by the steamer Uma- tilla. No one seems to know this carpen- ter's name, and strange to say he was the only member of the crew drowned in the wreck. On the arrival of the carpenter the Arcturas gov under way. On October 16 last she passed Cape Flattery, and after a successful run reached Santa Rosalia on November 24. The cargo of poles was dis- charged, and, just as Captain Sloane was preparing to get his ballast aboard, the storm came up that did all the damage. 1t blew harder and harder until on Decem- ber 30 the cables parted one after another | and the bark went ashore. All of the crew with the exception of the carpenter were rescued. The body of the missing man Wwas never seen again. As soon as Captain Sloane learned that his vessel was a total loss he started for Guaymas, and from there he telegraphed to his owners as follows: Arcturas parted her cables and went ashore during a gale. Totalloss. Carpenter drowned. Cargo was discharged. What shail 1do? Ad- dress care of the American Consul at Guay- mas. The Arcturas was insured for $6000, so her owners will not lose a great amount by the wreck. She was 1007 tons net burthen, 168 feet long, 36 feet 7 inches broad and 23 feey 2 inclies deep. Captain Sloane, her commander, is well known in San Francisco as a brave and experienced master. He and his crew wiil come up on the next Mexican steamer. OLD, SICK AND FOOR. Suicide of Robert H. Moore, a Member of the Masonic Fraternity and a Stranger in the City. Sixty years old, sick, without money, and a stranger, was the burden of the rea- son given in two letters by Robert H. Moore, a civil engineer, for committing suicide yesterday morning at 1339 Valen- cia street. He shot himself in the right temple with a big revolver, Moore came here from Denver abouttwo weeks ago. Since then, being a Mason, he called on Harry J. Lask, the chairman of the Masonic board of relief, for assistance, but incidentally he informed Mr. Lask that he bad §75 in his possession, o nothing was done for him. The board would have t;l;ken steps to send bim to Denver but for that. For over a week Moore had suicide on his mind. On December 28 he wrote a let- ter, telling of his Masonic record, inti- mating that he might die at any time and asking the fraternity to look after his body.” A communication of similar im- rt he penned on the day following. On riday night he remarked to his landtady, Mrs. Klizabeth Potts, that a man in his condition might as well “blow out his brains,” and during the night his 19-year- old son, Georgze A. Moore, awoke and dis- covered his father filpomlly handling his pistol. He finaliy killed himself at’9:30 | A. M. Just before the deed of self-destruc- tion he wrote in pencil on the back of one of the letters: I, with my own hand, open the portals of eternity. In the two letters he stated that he became a Mason in this City in 1872, by initiation nto Occidental Lodge No. 22, and the next year became a Royal.Arch Mason, as a member of California Chapter No. 5. In 1883 he went to Newport, Rhole Island, where he united with St. John's { 1 Lodge No. 1, and Newpert Chapter No. 2, | according to his statements, and was still | in good standing. For eighteen months he had been sick, and he bad been advised by his doctors in the East and Denver to g0 to California. The following extract is taken from one of his letters: 1 was 60 years old November 17, ard am broken down'in health and spirits. When a man of my age is old, poor and sick, and not able to work, he 18 batter out of the world than 10 it, as he has outlived his usefulnessand a de- pendent, Poverty and old age are two bad companions. ROBERT H. MOORE. He left 2 request that the fraternity take care of his son. His son formerly lived in Oakland. DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR. The Restaurateurs of This City Must Henceforth Pay Thoir Bills in Full. The restaurateurs who feel strong in their ability to meet their bills have re- cently been holding meetings for the pur- pose of protecting the wholesale dealers with whom they do business, and inci- the restaurant calling may henceforth do businesson an equal basis with all com- petitors. Bome twenty of the craft came together Friday in Washington Hall, on Eddy street, August E. Drucker presiding. He explained that there was no desire on the part of those assembled to press a hard- ship on unsuccessful rivals, but that it was desirable that action should be taken to urge wholesalers to demand full payment for all goods purchased by restaurant- keepers. This unique stand is the outcome of a number of failures which have recently occurred. First, Manning’s oyster-house on_ Powell reet, conducted by Pike, failed ; then Gray’s place on Market street went under; following this came the fail- ures of Meyers’ place on Eilis street and of The Palm on Market street. In speaking of these unfortunate occur- rances las @ ast night Mr. Drucker stated to a CALL reporter: We, the men who pay dollar for dollar for the goods we buy, cannot possibly compete ageinst men who buy goods and only pay 10 cents on the dollar. We went to have the wholesalers stand firm and make these people Pay up or go out of business. At the meeting heretofore mentioned a committee of fi consisting of Messrs. Zinkand, Page, Rustemeyer, Gall and Wil- son, was appointed to interview the downtown merchants to secure their co- operation. Alread: sterday complimen- tary letters were received by Mr. Drucker, commending the action which the meeting had taken. They were signed by such firms as W. Cluif & Co., Wheaton, Brown & Co., the Wertheimer Company and the Del Monte Milling Compan: ————————— DRIVER HOOX BLAMED. A Coroner's Jury Lays George Cook’s Death 10 Him. Two inquests were held by Coroner Hawkins yesterday. One was on the body of George W. Cook, whose death on the 31st ult. was the result of being run over by a wagon driven by Charles Hook on Market street, near Steuart, and the other an investigation into the circumstances of the fate of Charles Dougherty, the sailor, run over by a train of the belt line. In the Cook case Hook was blamed for careless driving. ook has been already arrested and his case comes up for a heai- ing on Tuesday. With regard to Dough- erty, it was shown that he was under the intluence of liquor shortly before he was discovered run over by the train. From the evidence the jury saw it could not at- tach any blame to either the railroad com- pany or Mr. Dougherty. UNCLE GEORGE'S BOOK, W. “A Retrospect From the Mizzen- top” to Be the Title. George T. Bromley Will Edter the Field of Literature, Backed as a Winner. Uncle George T. Bromley has decided to settle down to a quiet life and write a book. This determination to engage in literary pursuits was not formed on the impulse of the moment, but is the result of long and profound reflection. It does not signify, by any means, that Mr, Bromley’s pur- pose is to withdraw from the activities of life, but he contemplates checking the pace somewhat and giving attention to literature as a zest. His book will be called *“A Retrospect Fsom the Mizzentop,”’ and from that out- look he will view the wake of his life. Scenes of his early life at sea have left a lasting impression on his mind, hence it Iollluws that his book is to bear a marine title. In 1831 he made his first voyage from New London to the coast of Africa, and was away {from home twenty-two months. He was subsequently a cabin boy on a Liverpool packet, and still later on the blockading fleet off Vera Cruz, in the war with Mexico. The volume will deal largely in reminis- cences of early times in California. Uncle George was once mate of a Sacramento River boat and was nine years conductor on the first railroad in California—the line from Sacramento to Folsom. He began his service on the rail in 1855. As he says: “I was a railroad man before the days of the bellpunch, and during my term as conductor three of the directors of the company died poor.” Uncle George knows how to keep hotel. As a landlord he gained renown in Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara and San Jose. He kept a tavern like the inn of which Wil- liam Shenstone wrote on the window : ‘Whoe'er has traveled life’s dull round— Where'er his stages may hve been— May sigh to think he still hes found The warmest welcome at an inn. Mr. Bromley bas stumped the State in the Republican cause, along with Timothy Guy Phelps, E. S. Lippett, George A. Knight and Judge Joseph McKenna. On his own account he has made a good many independent speeches. In the con- sular service he gassed four years at Tien- tsin, China, and gained the highest re- gord in diplomatic circles. ' During his career in the Orient he never missed a function or lost the point of a story. The book ought to be bright, breezy and instructive from the first chapter to the finish. The writer has had ample oppor- tunity to siudy the social or human phase of many of the illustrious men of Cali- fornia. His intellect is alert, his memory bright, and his resolution to engage a stenographer and write a book is fixed. His literary work will take much of his time, but will not compel him to neglect his duties as an honorary life member of the Press Club and the Bohemian Club. e Music in the Park. The programme for to-day’s concert in Golden Gate Park is as follows: PART L ,ancghson -Suppe Donized Massenet Gounod “Pique Dame” Selection, “La Figlin del Regimento’ Parade Militaire. Ballet music In Faust... PART II. Polonaise de concert Paul Vidal Grand a'r Varle .. . . Ramain Baryiore 8010 performed by W. H. Colverd. Seleciion, “Paglia ci *Leoucavallo Waltz, “Jolly Girls” Vollstedt Cycifsts’ galop LJUN. Spring Lot e Tl Custom-House Statistics. Deputy Collector Farley has submitted a re- port to Collector Wise showing that the num- ber of entries of imports made during the year was 20,855. This is n considerable incresse over 1894, duriug which year 19,670 was the 1 total pumber, | dentally to arrange matters so that they of | MILK FROM POINT REYES, As the distance is only twenty-five miles, it is expected that the boats will easily get here by 6 o’clock in the morning. During the afternoon all the empty cans | and stores will be collected, and then by | the aid of canvas Point R A Line of Gasoline Schooners Will Carry It to San Francisco. | | PAYS BETTER THAN BUTTER. The Nettie Low Will Inauvgurate the | Line and Other Vessels Will | Be Built. The increase in the wholesale price of milk has brought a new competitor into | the field. When the Marin County dairy- men came to the conclusion that they were not getting enough for their labors a meet- ing was held and prices were raised. Up s can easily be reached 1n time tor another trip on the third day. At present the Nettie Low is getting a thorough overhauling at Kneass’ shipyards. As soon as her repairs are completed the new state of affairs will be Inaugurated. The new boat to keep her company is now almost completed, and ste will'begin alternating with _the Nettie Low in abou: a fortnight. When the third schooner is completed there will be a milkboat going and coming every day in the week. “Point Reyes will be able to send a schooner load of milk to San Francisco every morning in the year,” said GCaptain Jack Low yesterday. “Every ounce of it will be above the standard and the chances are that one of the vessels will be called Dockery. It is simply a question of bring- ing your goods to the best market. For years Point Reyes butter has commanded a better price than any other brand in the market, and if we can produce goot butter it is a foregone conclusion that we must have good milk. Of course the making of butter will not be discontinued, but the great majority of the dairymen will now send their milk to San Francisco.” The new line of milk schooners wil 1 THE GASOLINE BOAT NETTIE LOW THAT WILL INAUGURATE THE NEW MILK ROUTE BETWEEN POINT REYES AND SAN FRANCISCO, [Sketched by a “Cald” artist.] to that time Point Reyes had not been heard from, but now it proposes to be an important factor in the milk industry. All the arrangements for a full supply have now been perfected, and in a few weeks the supply of Point Reyes butter will cease and a line of small gasoline steamers will do nothing but carry fresh milk to San I'rancisco in the morning and supplies back at night. The little schooner Nettie Low has for years been known as “the Point Reyes butter boat.”” Year in and year out Cap- tain “Jack” Low has never missed a trip, and the quantities of the “‘gilt edge” that he has carried would take an accountant to compute. Since the rise in prices, how= ever, the creameries and dairymen at Point | Reyes bave come to the conclusion that it will pay better to sell the milk in San Francisco than to make butter and cheese. They have accordingly decided to build | two sister schooners to the Nettie Low and run them between this port and Point Reyes. During the trip 1o San Francisco | gnsoline wili be used and fast time made. | dock at Jackson-street wharf, and the car riers who buy from the country producers will now have to take in those vessels as selt as the Oakiand and Tiburon ferry- oats, MORE ENGINES WANTED. The Fire Commissioners Ask for Four Additional Steamers and Engineers. The increasing needs of the Fire Depart- ment have led the Commissioners to ask the Board of Supervisors for more appliances. 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