The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 8, 1896, Page 8

= CISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1896. GRANGERS' BANKATTACHED Ex-Congressman Louttit Sues on a Certificate of Deposit. PARIS KILBURN'S STATEMENT. He Does Not Think Other Creditors Have Lost Confidence in the Institation. ! irs of the Grangers’ Bank, th the af A6 51 X st the instit ut of an attachment on. which course taken by ex- ressman Louttit yesterday, may pre- | tate a c: which the bank has been | ving to avoid for some time past. When the bank closed its doors, through a lack of business to support it, a meeting of a majority of the depositors was held and am agreement reached not to push matters out to allow the directors time to tr; se its airs and see whether an arrangem cou not be made to settle wit he depositors in full. n the directors set | s due the benk | n the doors closed | s been brought in, making with | t on band a total of $50,000. lently expected that by Jan- e for which the next meet- ing of t d of ectors was set, the §100 000 due depositors would be on and that on the 15th the doors would e thrown open so that depositors might get their mon or the amountnamed. Paris Kilburn was sed when told of the ac- by Mr. Louttit. itit a few days ag hen f institnting a sait,” he ined the situation, and were hopeful of getting | t necessary to settle in full with by the 14th inst. He seemed ere the other creditors whom | of the ma o give the | ance to get the affairs of the | pe. 1zes in the directory to take 1g set for the 14th inss. ken of, and it was hoped that if | d le the bank | Of course | p matters he other | ago, willing, as I heard speak ectorsa c nk place at were & n settle the matter by gi ver tt by payir eans at its com- | depositors will th inst. their de- | urn state r that as far | w there w. e st ond what appeared | as Daniel Meyer | rties had showed an ultim justmen a stay of pro. why the confidence | be Jost. INSURMNCE, TIME-LINIT Important Appeal in the Federal | Courts in the Phinney Case. Mutual Life's Contention That Pre- miums Should Have Been Paid for the Full Period. A very mportant point to in olved in an appeal just taken to the United States Circuit Courtof Appeals, The case is the elaim of Mrs. Nellie Phin- ney, executrix of the estate of Guy C. Phin: of Seattle, Wa: st the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York for a $100.000 policy. Guy C. Phinney was one of the best known and most reliable business men of the Puget Sound metropolis, and built the Butler block on the corner of Second and James streets there, one of the first fine buildings to go up after the great fire of June, 188 He also owned an extensive tract of suburban property known as Green Lake and the electric line which runs to it On September 24, 1890, he took out a $100,000 policy in the insurance company, for which he was to pay an annual pre- mium of $3770. tract between him and the company on its face obligated a payment of the preminm for a period of twent, iowever, ior some reason the com instructed its agents not to receive a second premium | from Mr. Phinney, though his first had been paid and accepted. Three years after taking out the policy he died, and his demise was reported by his widow to the company in due forni. The company refused to pay the insurance, | on the ground that the policy was void, by | reason of the first premium having been | forfeited. Then a suit was brought to col- lect the $100,000, and the jury of the United States Circuit Court gave a verdict to the plaintiff of $97,0 It is this verdict which the company now, as plaintiff in error, is endeavoring | to have set aside, and its appeal, the transcript of which was filed vesterday | with Clerk Frank Monckton, is based upon | a series of exceptions tothe coart’srulings as to the admission and exclusion of evi- dence, and its refusal to instruct the jury that the twenty years’ obligation was a condition of, and the very essence of, the | contract. The court is charged with error | in sustaining the objections of Mrs, Phin- ney’s counsel to the testimony of Dr. J. B. Eagleson, the medical examiner, and F. 8. Stemson, the general agent of the company; also the evidence of Agent A. B. Forbes, who had been instructed by the company to refuse tke proffer of the second premium. 1f the appellate tribunal decides in favor of the company it will be equivalent to a | declaration that the obligation of the com- | pany to pay the $100,000 was based entirely | upon the condition of the contract re- | quiring the annual premiums to be paid for the full period of twenty years. With this, though, is associated the question of whether or not the company itself, in re- fusing to accept the second premivia. did of its own act forfeit the tenders of pre- miums made to it so long as the life of the policy-holder continued, and also the one | of whether or not the company is bound in equity to make some compensation to the executrix for the confidence and good | faith of her husband. 8o far as the Erescng phase of the case goes, though, the equity of it may not be | reached, as the Court of Appeals will | | probably be required only to pass upon the questions of law involved. MORE ENGINES FAVORED, The Fire Department Will Transfer a Lot to the Police Department. The Fire Committee of the Board of Supervisors decided yesterday to favor the petition of the Chief of Police asking that steps be taken for the transfer of the Fire | black color. A condition of the con- | Department lot on the south side of O'Far- rell street, near Devisadero, to the Police Department, for the purpose of securinga location for a new police station. The same course was taken with a com- munication from the Board of Fire Com- missioners recommending the passage of an order authoriz the organization of four steam fire engine companies for relief and emergency purposes, and the appoint- ments for the same at $140 a month each, and repealing order No. 2881, UNIFORMED CALL-BOYS. The Attendants at ihe Palace Hotel Now Clad in Blue, Silver and Gold. The entire force of colored callboys at the Palace Hotel, to the number of thirty, in the rotunda and on the various floors above, appeared yesterday in brand-new uniforms. The clothes which the force has hitherto worn have been of a very dark almost It was uniform for all, but not-so handsome as the new garb, The cloth of the latter is dark blue, the buttons silver and the braid bespangled with gold. A line of this gold braid runs down the trouser’s legs. The braid also describes several ares, parabolas and other movements on the coats. Altogether the uniforms are quite an improvement on the old. They were evolved by a local tailor on an order given him by the management some time ago. On one side of the coat just above the chest 1s the word “Palace” and on the other “Hotel.” The dark skullcaps bitherto used on which are the initials “P. H.” are retained WOMEN T0 ELECTIONEER, Suffrage Associations Will Can- vass the State on Their Own Account. W. C. T. U. and Ministers May Not Be Allowed to Participate in the Campaign. Women representing the Amendment Campaien Association and the State € frage Association met yesterday afternoon at Golden Gate Hall and discussed plans for the conversion of California’s voters to a belief in the fairness of woman suffrage and to the support of a legislative amenc ment enfranchising the women of this State. It was the consensus of opinion that the Women’s Christian Temperance Union must not be identified with the work, for fear that the greatluboring classes ana the liquor element would not give their sup- port to the passage of a measure actively advoeated by an organization that many of them, from lack of appreciation, have long looked upon with disfavor. advisement looking to the enlistment of some prominent man in the work of can- vassins the State in conjunction with the extensive lecturing campaign soon to be started by the Rev. Anna § it every county in the State to arousea amendment. It was intimated that hould a man lecturer be engaged it were better not to have a minister, so that the ses of the people might not be deterred n getting a_sermon. A native Californian, me well-known lawyer or business man that could embellish his facts with humor- ous touches—such would be, in the opinion of some of the women, the proper | person_to precede or to follow the Rey. Anna Shaw and attract to the lecture-halls | men that might not be drawn there by a woman speaker. The live topics of the day may be taken {up for brief discussion at subsequent meetings of the two associations, so that the members may by using such informa- tion in their conversation with men cause a greater respect for their appreciation of current facts, and in that way convince the actual voters of woman's ability to use the 1 ballot intelligently. | Encouraging reports from Redlands, | Placerville, Ukiah, Ventura and Santa | Barbara were mentioned as an indication | of the interest felt in the suffrage move- | ment. | Mrs. Thompson of Stockton told what | baa already been done in San Joaquin |in behalf of the sufirage question. She | said that she has obtained 1200 subscribers for a National paper that is to devote a page of this month’s issue to the subject of | the suffrage movementin California. The | ot it hasriphariiono) she explained, | would be willing listeners to the advocacy | of the passage of the suffrage amendment; | they wait only to be oreanized in suffrage | associations or clubs, as the W. C. T. U. has deemed it expedient to remain in the background. Mrs. Chambers of Vallejo declared that with a five days’ notice Vallejo’s largest | hall, accommodating 1600 people, could be | filled at 50 cents a head to hear Anmna | Bhaw on the sufim?'e question. She added | that the three Vallejo papers, while not | advocates of the movement, had given | very generous notices in their columns. Mrs. Marshall of Oakland presented the paper of the afternoon, and her ideas occasioned various expressions of opinion ! as to the best way of broaching the subject of suffrage and woman'’s rights. Discretion ana greattact were advocated by some in mentionine the matter to men. Others thought it should be talked about even though men be bored. But Mrs. Smith, who expressed some very clear cut views upon the subject generally and upon the way men should be approached, said that all women are not intelligent an more than all men are, and the unintelli- gent or unthinking women must be edu- cated to an appreciation of the benefits to be derived, and then women and the intel- ligent men should exert their efforts upon the unenlightened members of the present voting sex. She also thought women should begin at home to make their con- verts among their husbands and brothers. Mrs. Marixlll‘s views were slightly pes- simistic re’garding the expression to men of women’s suffrage. She feared that in many cases through injudicious and per- sistent mention of women’s rights the cause was depreciated in the eyes of the very persons who have it in their power, through the ballot. to create or defeat the institution of woman suffrage in Cali- fornia. She affirmed that women want the ballot not for the hollow privilege of at- tending the Polla. but soleiy to assist the deserving of mankind and to put the honest and worthy in office. She thought that the Native Sons ought to wish to see their school-time companions sharing with them the privileges that equal taxation and similar education entitled them to. Colonel Dickinson of Oakland was pres- ent and discussed the paper. His thought was that by a display of familiarity with important current questions women could best convince men of their capacity for the contemplated part they desire to take in State and municipal elections. The Rev. Mr. Graham, chaplain of San Quentin prison, will be asked to present at the next evening meeting of the associa- tion his paper on Venezueia. ——————— Inspecting Ovegon Lines. W. G. Curtis, engineer of the maintenance of wey depertment of the Southern Pacific Com- &ny, and Assistant Manager N. H. Foster left ast night for Portland. gl‘hey will make an inspection of the Southern Pacific lines in Oregon with a view of improving the con- dition of the o tl A Newspaper Mortgage. A. C. Freese, as special administrator of the estate of John A. Goldsmith, has brought suit inst F. W. Kelly, administrator of the estate of James P. Kerr, late proprietor of the Breeder and Sportsman, to foreclose a mort- gege upon that paper for $6878. INTHE TREASURY VAULTS, Ninety-Three Millions on Com- mercial and Fifth Streets. THE GREATER PART SILVER. Money That Might Be Available to the Government in Case of Emergency. The call for bids for $100,000,000 worth of | bonds, information of which has coine in a dispatch from Washington, naturally directs publicattention to the money or its | equivalent which the United States Gov- ernment now has on hand, particularly in this City. In the Sub-Treasury on Commercial street there is now locked up in the vaults $40,905,182 53, and in the United States Mint on Fifth street there is on hand a re- serve of gold and silver bullion and coin amounting to ,318 69, Of the $40,000,000 kept in convenient sacks under combination an? time locks in the impenetrable vaults of the Sub- Treasury, which is all coin, $12,117,000 is in | measure. Sanborn of the Burlington was appointed to draft an agreement suited to local con- ditions. This committee, however, was given to understand that the document from the head representatives in Chicago should not be mutilated, so that all that could be done was to add new sections demanded by the peculiarities of the local situation. A report will be presented at & meeting to be held immediately. The agreement from Chicago is observed by the agents asa secret communication, and the most they would say about it was that it peremptorily prohibited dealing with brokers, and made the penalty for reduction of passenger rates a very drastic . Under the new rules it will be almost impossible for the ticket agents to make a reduction in rates. e STUDIES AT ST. MARY'S. The Christian Brothers Preparing to Reopen Their New College. The Christian Brothers have announced that they will reopen St. Mary's College in Oakland to-morrow, when studies will be resumed in the various collegiate depart- ments. When studies were discontinued by the Brothers the doors of old St. Mary’s Col- lege in this City closed perhaps for the last time. Now the handsome building across the bay is ready to receive students, and so the faculty and pupils will have a happoy and very comfortable home with all the latest improvements introduced after the fire. With the reopening of the burned col- | lege structure the Christian Brothers ex- pect to have round them a largely in- creased attendance of boys and young men, as their many stanch friends have iven flattering assurances of continued ggestions.were made and taken nunder | haw, who will | general interest in and support for the | from attending through apprehension of | v | lars, about $3,000,000 in currency and the balance in fractional and un-current coin. The reserve in the Mint is known as the bullion fund, and consists o Gold coin $2,473,895; silver coin, $36,851,742 71; gold 5,043 52, and silver bullion, 732,637 44. Putting tozether the available treasure, coin and bullion of both the Commercial- street and_ Fifth-street institutions, there is a total of $33,185,451 22, which the Gov- ernment might possibly utilize in case of grave emergency. The $12,000.000 in the Commercial-street vaults, however, is at present included in the gold reserve. Of course, no notice has yet been re- ceived by Campbell B. Berry, the Assist- | ant United States Treasurer here, regard- ing the $100,000,000 bond issue, as there has not been time enough yet, but he ob- served yesterday that he did not doubt the | truth of the Washington telegrams. He | added in explanation: | 1 should not be surprised to receive an order | atany time authorizing me to accept bids for the bonds {n conformity with the planadopted by the Becretary of the Treasury for their sale. | It seems to me that there should be little | trouble of disposing of the new issue at home, with the high rate of 4 per cent as an induce- ment. Financiers regard Government bonds | | 8s the very best kind of an investment and | | easily negotiable. | We are st some disadvantage in this city be- | cause of our remoteness. Clearances are made | in New York for all points east of the Missis. | sippi, and in consequence when we do busi- | ness with the East money must be transferred | by exchange. The rate of exchange fluctuates | more or less, and the balance of trade is | against us, a8’ money goes from West to East | instead of from East to West in bnsiness. At | present, however, I believe exchange is at | par, so that it ought not to cost anything addi- tional to buy bonds here. Among several bankers the explanation | was given as to the apparent discrimina- tion against San Francisco that it was purely a business proposition on the part of the Government. As President Hell- | man of the Nevada Bank put it: 1 It was simply & matter of business, the Gov- | ernment posing in the light of a private iodi- vidual or corporation, requiring all expenses | o be met in addition’ to the currant rate of value bid for the bonds. It 104 was bid by an investor here the cost of sending the money to Washington, if any, would have to be paid | in addition. Were the Government to make an allowance or discount on subscriptions at this end of the country it would be more economical to dis- pose of the entire holding in the East, where the higher rate was obtainable. At present exchange on the East is at par—a circumstance in favor of local bidders. Since Mr. Campbell succeeded Colonel John P. Jackson as Assistant Treasurer $9,000,C00 of gofd has been shipped from this City to the East by the Government, which is at a rate of about $500,000 for every month. ASHWORTH DEMURS. He Objects to tho Suficiency and the Legality of the Accusation Against Him. A demurrer to the accusation against Thomas Ashworth was filed in Judge | Slack’s court yesterday. The grounds for demurrer, as set forth, are technical in character. It is alleged that the accusa- tion does not state sufficient facts; that it does not charge wilful or corrupt miscon- duct; that it *‘does not state the facts con- stituting the offense in ordinary or concise language, nor in such 2 manner as to en- able a person of common understanding to know what is intended’’; that no direct charge is made and that the document is generally insufficient and defective. RAILWAY AGENTS COMBINE. The Local Men Organizing Under Per- emptory Rules to Maintain Rates. The railway ticket agents of this City, having disbandoned their old society, are | industriously endeavoring to come to some mutual understanding that a new associa- tion may be established at the earliest possible day. They held a meeting Sunday afternoon in the Palace Hotel and took up the dis- cussion of a dphm of orgenization. The agreement and instructions for local pas- senger associations as formuiated by the Transcontinental Association at Chicago were read, and a committee consisting of S. H. Perkins of the Santa Fe, M. M. Stern of the Canadian Pacific, and W. D. | from floor to floor. SACKS OF GOLD IN ONE OF THE VAULTS. [There is §11,000,000 piled up here in $20,000 sacks. The bezes on the shelves contain currency.) gold, a little over $25,000,000 in silver dol- {support. Brother Genebern will he su- perior of the college. THEY FELL FIVE STORIES, Miraculous Escape of Two Elec- tricians in the Parrott Building. The Rope by Which They Slid Down Had by Some Means Become Loosened. Frank Griffin and J. J. Marshall, em- | ployes of the California Klectric Supply Company, had a narrow escape from death in the Parrott building on Market street yesterday afternoon. They were employed fixing up the | electric-light fittings in the building and were accustomed to slide down a rope The rope ran overa pulley at the top of the building and was made fast at the bottom. By some un- explained means the rope had become un- fastened, and when they seized hold of it on the fifth floor to siide down to the first floor they were precipitated to the basement. Fortunately they fell upon a heap of sand, otherwise they would have been dashed to pieces. _They were taken to the Receiving Hos- pital in an unconscious condition, but gradually rallied, Dr. Weil found that both were suffering from a sprain of the back, and Marshall's lips were cut. No bones were broken, and the men will soon be able to return to work. Griffin lives at Fifth and Mission streets, and Marshall at 2309 Mariposa street. Marshall had sufficiently recovered last night to be taken to his home in the ambu- lance. Griffin is still in the hospital and comuvlains of pains in his back. Both are boys about 19 years of age. In speaking of the accident last night Griffin said: “We were working on the fifth story of the building,and &t the noon bour we put on our coats to go to dinner. We had been in the habit of sliding down on a rope, which ran from the top to ths basement in the elevator-well in the center of the building. It ran through a block and was fastened at the bottom. “I cavght hold of the rope, crossed my Igss over it to slide down, while Marshail did the sameabove me. As we swung off, to our horror the rope went down with us. We clung to it desperately, but we went down at a dreadful speed. There was a scantling across the well at the first floor where we used to land and we struck against that and bounded up. Then I lost consciousness and didn’'t remember any- thing more till [ was here in the hospital.” Two things saved the boys from instant death. One was the breaking of their fall by striking against the scantling, which fortunately bent with their weight, and the other was the fact that the basement where they landed was filled with sand. How tlie rope became unfastened is so far a mystery. ——————— TO ANNUL A DEED. Joseph Simon Sues for His Grand- mother’s Property. Joseph Simon, by his mother, Caroline Simon, is suing to have set aside a deed conveying a lot on Montgomery street, near Pacific, from Sarah Simon, his grand- mother, to Annie Kasmelinski. Sarah Simon died October 16, 1894. She had taken a great fancy to Joseph Simon and bad him constantly with her. She purchased him clothes and treated him always as her favorite. When she died it was expected that her property would be left to the boy, but it was found that she had died intestate and that the Montgom- ery-sireet lot had been deeded away before her death to the defendant in the suit. The complairt alleges that the deed was secured through undue influence, the old lady not being mentally strong before her death. The court is asked to annul the deed. ——————— Telegraph operators in Germany receive $511 a week; ?:Italy.%zo & | when' they SPROULE'S EFFORT FAILED Attempts to Oust the Manufac- turers’ Association Sec- retaries. SMITH WANTS THE PLACE. The First Outhreak. in the Home Indus- try Organization Quietly Suppressed. The placid air characteristic of the meet- ings of the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Association was broken yesterday by an attempt on the part of James Sproule, the seedman, to oust the secretaries and clerks and place one of his friends in the office asgeneral manager. This matter had been brewing for a week or two, but only a few of the directors knew what was in the wind, and even when it first came up in yesterday's meeting several dia not re- alize what was coming. When the directors met yesterday there was a remarkably large gathering, nine out of the eleven directors being present. Those in attendance were H. T. Scott, chairman and president of the association, James Sproule, W. F. Bowers, L. R. Mead (the secretary), M. McGlynn, M. J. Keller, J. P. Currier, Julian Sonntag and R. S. Moore. The meeting had hardly been called to order when Mr. Sproule made a motion to go at once into secret ses- sion, which was promptly voted down until after the reguiar business was trans- acted. Mr. Keller and Mr. Sonntag ex- pressed themselves as opposed to secret sessions in such organizations. They { advocated acting wisely in open session. After the routine busiziess was transacted the reporters, Assistant Secretary Dingle and Promoter Tacey retired. Then it was that Mr. Sproule sprung his plan. He made a speech, but what he said was not reported by the directors adjourned fifteen minutes later. Some idea, however, may be gathered of what he said from the tenor of a letter he wrote to Secretary Mead sev- eral weeks ago, which had been perused by a number of the members previous to the meeting. In that letter he wrote: * * * Without any prejudice whatever to your good self, for whom I have the greatest Tespect—both personaily and in s business way—I must say, with all possible emphasis, that Iam in favor of aradicalchauge in the detail management of our association’s affairs. We are Janguishing, and with the limited time at your disposal to keep hold of matters it is more necessary now than ever before to resolve our affairs into a state of permanexnt efficiency. Looking around for a man in whose ability, energy and foresightedness, in whom I, for one, could have confidence, 1 have not been unable to locate any more suitable man then Emery E. £mith, who, I believe, has been to see you and quité & number of the directors of the associaiion. We need full charge of matters under the direction of the board—a man who will be every hour of | the day on deck with the interests of the asso- | ciation solel in mind and in hand. 1shall give the gentieman named such earn- est advocacy &s I believe the needs of the asso- ciation and his elegibility warrant. Mr. Sproule followed his speech by of- fering a resolution to the effect that a manager be appointed, who should take charge of the entire management of the office and be subject to the direction of the board of managers, at & salary within the means of the association, The combination did not work, for s substitute offered by Mr. Keiler was adovted vproviding that the chairman shonld appoint a committee of whose duty it should be to review the work of the association in the past and managers and to recommend plans look- ing to a renewal of the work o and objects for which it was organized. On this committee were appointed Keller, Sproule and Bowers, So far as could be iearned, Mr. Sproule refrained from using the name of the gentleman he advocated in his Emery E. Smith is said to be a personal iriend of Mr. Sproule. professor of agriculture at the Leiand Stanford Jr. University, and upon leaving his position decided that be would like to steer the association’s ship through the troubled sea of commercial uncertainty. Mr. Sproule’s efforts so far to put the pro- | fessor in command have failed. Back of all this thereis said to be another motive for discontent which extends far back of Mr, Sproule. The association was organized for the purpose of encouraging home manufactures and home industries. The very interests of the association are said to be in conflict with the personal in- terests of some of the members who, it is broadly hinted, handle Eastern - made goods. Secretary Mead is not at the asso- ciation office much the time, and the duties and responsibilities of the position fall upon the assistant secretary, F. H. Dingle. The latter has hewed to the lin upon the subject of patronizing home in dustries, and the chips have evidently dropped upon some one’s toes where they hurt. Letters have been sent to many public and private institutions in the name of the secretary demanding that bome products be used, which rnmor states conflicted with the individual inter- ests of members of the association. In several instances the writer of the letters has been sharply ecriticized for writing too freely and withouta proper understanding of the subjects contained therein. In nearly every instance his ac- tions were sustained by a majority of the board of directors. The thought has been expressed that by removing Mead, Dingle and Tacey and vutting Professor Smith in as general manager the latter could steer clear of some of the rocks thatare hidden from public view below the surface. ‘W hatever may be the true inwardness of the whole affair, there is one thing that is regarded as certain. That is that the ap- pointment of the commitiee will have the effect of putting every member on his mettle to throw more vizor into the asso- ciation. It is believed that a general over- hauling of the work done will suggest new lines upon which the association can branch out in the interest of promoting and fostering home industries. THREE MILLION DOLLARS Deed of Trust of the Los Angeles Rail- way Company Properly Executed. The deed of trust of the Los Angeles Railway Company, which represents se- curities to the value of $3,000,000, has been execated in due form ana recorded. All the holders of stocks and boxnds pooled their holdings in the Bank of California and will now receive new securities in ex- change for the old. The Savings and Loan Society, Borel & Co., the Risdon Iron Works, the People’s Home Savings Bank and various other institutions are inter- ested. It is said that the new securities are more valuable than tbe old, which means that the reorganization has been success- fully effected. e POLICE UNIFORMS, The Hack and Sick Imspectors Must Conform to the Rules. Since the new order regarding the wear- ing of uniforms by the members of the Police Devartment when on duty went into effect some months ago, it has been rigidly enforced except in three instances. Sergeant T. Bethel (the sick inspector), Sergeant Cornelius Martin (the hack in- sgecmr) ana Policeman Owen Gorman (his_assistant) have been accorded the privilege of wearing citizens’ clothes when a manager 1o take | three, | look into the efficiency of the present | the asso- | ciation and the carrying out ot the aims | letter. | He was recently | ! on duty, but yesterday they were notified that they must in future wear their uniforms. Mounted patrolmen have also been ac- corded the privilege of wearing caps while on duty, but yesterday they were notified that in future they must wear helmets the same as other patrolmen. -—— TAINTED MEAT SEIZED. Market Inspector Davis Makes a Big Haul in Chinatown. Market Inspector Ben Davis made a big seizure of tainted meat in Chinatown yes- terday, and as a consequence Warrants will be sworn out for the c.ffending Chinese butchers to-day. In his rounds Davis visited the estab- lishment of Duck Hing at 746 Washington street_and was rewarded by finding 300 pounds of veal which had reached a condi- tion that made it entirely ynfit for human consumption. _ : Davis saturated the meat with coal oil so that the Chinese could not possibly use itagain. He was afraid they might follow the wagon with the meat and regain pos- | session of it. The Inspecior and his deputy Ql_:en went to the shop of Lee Sung, 10} Fish alley, and seized twenty-tive pounds of diseased | meat, which they threw into the street| and saturated with coal oil. By this time an immense crowd, chiefly Chinese, had gathered, and the Chinatown equad think- ing there was a riot rushed to the scene and kept the crowd moving. Inspector Davis will swear out warrants this morning for the arrest of Tuck Hing and Lee Hing, and it is likely they will be severely dealt with, as it is not long since they were convicted and fined for the same offense. AS T SCALPED TICKETS, Federal Judge Morrow Holds That They Are Good on the Sea. The Decision Was in the Gleason Case Against the Steamer Willame ette Valley. A decision that will greatly interest transportation companies was handed | down by United States District Judge Morrow yesterday, in the admiralty case of Patrick G. Gleason against the Oregon Pacitic Railroad Company’s steamer the Willamette Valley. Its effect is to declare a scalper’s ticket good on salt water. Gleason sued for $5000 damages for being | refused accommodations on the steamer on a voyage from Yaquina Bay to this City in August, 1893. He had boughta | first-class return ticket at Portland, Or., good from Albany, Or., to San Frangisco, purchasing it of & scalper. The original | ticket had been issued to one Charles | Meyers at San Francisco. Gleascn paid | $4 5 for the portion of it which he got. | On the steamer he was allowed cabin | accommodations the first day, but on the second day he was ejected from his state- room and then refused either cabin or | steerage accommodations, being com- pelled to sleep out on the forward deck for the remainder of the voyage and to go | without food. |~ The first-class fare was $12, and the sec- | ond-class fare $8. Gleason offered to com- | promise with the purser by putting up $8 or steerage accommodations, but this | tender the purser arbitrarily spurned. In consequence of having to sleep outin the | open air and being deprived of food, the | | plaintiff showed thathe had contracted | kness, and that he was thereby inca- | pacitated for any kind_ of labor for some | | time, besides being disappointed in his | Midwinter Fair calculations on account of this sickness. The purser had $240 belonging to Glea- son in his possession, and threatened to | withhold the $12 from this, but Gleason successfully objected. Subsequently the | company’sagents refused to turn over the | $240 to ‘Gleason, and only after a deal of | trouble dia he succeed in getting his | | money returned to him. | Judge Morrow, in his opinion, holds | that the ticket entitled the holder toa first-class passage with all the accommo- dations as to staterooms and meals it called | | for; that there was nothing on its face in the shape of a contract to show that it was not transferable; that the company had received the equivalent for the ticket, and was under obligation to give proper re- turn, and that Gleason, being the posses- sor of it, was entitled to this return with- | out question. The defense made a very poor show- | ing before the court, and contenting 1tself | with merely denying in toto all the plaint- iff’s allegations confined its attention mostly to attacking the court’s jurisdic- tion, a familiar method of fighting ad. | miralty cases involving an act part of which has been performed on land and part on sea. The court demonstrates that | it bad full and undivided jurnsdiction, as the act complained of by Gleason and proved against the steamboat officers oc- curred at sea &nd therefore within mari- | ime jurisdiction, and that the sale and purchase of the ticket.had no bearing whatever upon the question of jurisdic- tion or the merits of the controversy, ‘The amount claimed by Gleason, how- ever, was not awarded to him. In the court’s judgment $300 wasa proper com- E_emmnon. and this sum was decreed in is favor. | ————— Addresses to Women. Mrs. E. G. Greene of Santa Cruz, State super- intendent of mothers’ work for the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, will give an ad. dress on ‘““Methods of Work” before the Central Union at 132 McAllister street to-day at 2 . 1, She will address the mothers’ meeting of ihe Central M. E.Church Thursday at2:30 p. . All women interested in mothers' work aré cordially invited to both meetings. NEW TO-DAY. WHAT PEOPLE NAY ABOUT THE NEW REMEDY Mitchell’s { Remarkable Pain Eradicator.” An Extrordinary Compound.” :"wonderlul How Quickly it Acts.” 55 Works Like a Charm." . “Bave No Dread of Felons Now." “It is Named Just Right.” “A Perfect Marvel of Certainty.” “Doan More Than is Claimed for It." Effect Was Like Magie.” Try itif you ache or get hurt, havea Sore Throat, Head Cold, Burn or Neu- ralgia. Can’t hurt a child. Be sure and read the directions. Fill & small teacup with Lotion; when balf evaporated cover and keep for EXTERNAL USE. When dry ada Lotion to cover the sediment and use for Rheamatism, Neuralgia, Sprains, all pains, and Sciatica or Asthmatic troubles. CARROLL COCK'S DANGER, Judge Wallace Will Have Him Up on Next Friday Morning. TO0 MANY QUESTIONS ASKED. His Honor Objected to Too Long an Examination and Trouble Followed. The case of Frank Ray, charged with robbery, was the cause of a sensation before Judge Wallace yesterday, and as a result Carroll Cook is bending low under the weightof a contempt charge, for which he will be sentenced Friday. ) The case was progressing slowly, with the defendant on the stand, when the court warned Cook that he would not allow the guestions Cook was asking. The case was taking too long, the court said, and it did not see the object of the line of evidence Cook was pursuing. r}nlly ore question was stopped by Judge W a!_IaceA “I will not allow that,” he said. 24 don’t see the object of that question ex- cept to waste time.” Cook was on his feet at once. I object to the language of the court,” he said. “I take exception to such re- marks made in the presence of the jury.” “You are in contempt, sir,” said his Honor. “You are guilty of contempt of this court and I order you to appear here at 12 o’clock.” Cook tried to make some explanation, bat. Judge Wallace would listen to none, and so the case of Ray proceeded quietly until 12 o’clock, when the jury was let go and the contempt case came up. Immediately upon the retirement of the jury Judge Wallace proceeded to read the adjudication of Cook’s contempt. Once more Cook tried to explain, but no expla- nation was allowed. He asked that an order to show cause be issued upon which he might be cited, but this, too, was de- nied, and only an order to appear for sen- tence Friday was allowed in the proceed- ings. fieing in contempt it was not supposed that Cook bad the legal capacity to con- duct Ray’s defense in the afternoon, but he rose from his chair at the opening of court in the afternoon and asked the court’s permission to proceed. This was granted and the case went on. Ray was accused of robbing Nicholas Orth of $3. Orth owed him that amount, o and as the debt was not paid Ray hunted for Orth and having stood him up with a revolver, relieved him of the amount due. He was arrested on a charge of robbery, and after a day’s trial the jury failea to agree and was discharged. A Victoria Passenger Lost. The steamer Walla Walla arrived from Puget Sound ports last night with & mystery on board. At Victoria, B. C.,8 Mrs. L. A. I " took passage and bosrded the stear She has not been seen since by any of the officers do not know w 1o think. The purser says she ne ashore again Victoria as it was , but_other bers of the cre 1 to t jumped overboard. s o much about the woman and no description of ber could be obtain: fers e e The Band Was Free. Nick Brown, leader of the People’s Palace band, states that he received only £12 from the Dempsey benefit, and that sum was used to cover losses of some of the bandsmen who can- celed other engagements for the evening. Mr. Brown and most of his men gave their services Tee. il WINTER CLEARANCE SALE! BLACK DRESS G00DS! Immense Reductions! 65 pieces 40-INCH IMPORTED FIGURED GRANITES To Go at 40¢ a Yard. 35 pieces 44-INCH EDFORD MOHAIR SUITINGS To Go at 65¢ a Yard, 25 pieces 44-INCH PRIESTLEY'S NOV. ELTY SUITINGS To Go at 75¢ a Yard, 21 pieces 4-INCH JACQUARD AN - LEIL NOVELTIES, 10 styles, i To Go at $1.00 a Yard 365 Iv{‘_Fdl.\I';‘:;ANTS, from 2 to 6 yard lengths, Sold at Half Priee, SE HABLA ESPANOL. G. VERDIER & CO., SE. Cor. Geary and Grant Ave, VILLE DE PARIS. BRANCH HOUSE, LOS ANGELES.