The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 10, 1896, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1896. -1 FALDWIN THEATER.— CALIFORNTA THEATER b COLUMBIA THEATER— ost Paradis 0's OPERA-HoUsE—* Tivor: OpEra-Housk.—“Ixion: or, The Man of the W heel.” : OxprErM.—High-Class Vandevilie. 2 SROVER'S ALcAZAR.—" My Precious Baby. Tre—Daily at Halght street s to-day. AUCTION SAL By Jomx H. FRENCH — This day (Friday), Wt ne S eweity, et 221 Montgomery s £ 10:30 A e Fix Co—Thrusdav, January 16, | BY Vox Estat at Salesroom, 513 California sireet, CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. he railroad cese were inter- neral ual meeting of the Children's Hos- eld yesterd was 1 have been effect- Corrigan. s of the Ladies’ Protection held yesterday 1 lecture at the Geary-street on the Armenian ques- | wntow aged b interpreters for the ensuing year Mayor and Judges Slack | 1g regulations for 1896 have at last Washington. Fiity copies are at m-house. | of Aaron Gorfinkel, leaying &n es- | tate valued at $5000 to various relatives, has | been filed for probate. | Mayor Sutro and Mayor Davie of Oakland | held s conference in order to arrange for an enti-funding bill convention. John Francis Griffin was found guilty of robbery in Judge Wallace's court yesterday. He will be sentenced Monday e Blum estate is sueing for the possession of held by Judah Boas, which, it is ancisco it Tain; eather indication to-day are: Cloudy, and fo stationary temperature; f inds. xt Monday at Metropolitan Temple. & eeting will be b o arouse sympathy he Armen Mayor Sutro will | e been chosen on of Marine at Washington on the s 10 the Na eers, 10 be h st. A big crowd a opening dey at Ingleside track horses iere Wyoming, Unity, W Fortune, Burmah and Pepp Trolle: run to the top of Mt. Tamalpais, able-cars, a8 Was pro- | posed. The survey for the road was begun yesterd t has sustained the demurrer of ius Jacobs to the com- Heydenfelc The pol for 1 night arrested nine bicyclists ting the recent bleycle ordinance, probibits them from riding at & faster " les an hour. The Street Committee of the Board of Super- rs has recommended an aporopriation of 000 to beg! < on the paving of Folsom th bituminous rock tive committee of the Civic Fed- ed a resolution yesterday protest- inst the removal of Superintendent 'y the Board of Health. as Upson, alias Joe Johnston, the bogus k u, made a vain vlea for mercy w Jail to serve six months. J. Ferrer, collector for C. D. Bunker & Co., om-house brokers, was yesterday held to r before the Superior Court on three es of forgery in $4000 bopds. e Brewers’ Protective Association mem- patch up their internal troubles in eet and combat what they regard as on enemy, the labor unions. Secretary George P. Keeney of Bimetallic Union left for Washing- last night to attend the conference ver leaders 10 be held there January 22, e are good chances of a lively row in the Manuiacturers’ and Producers’ Assoctation, | caused by Director James Sproule’s efforts 0 | fead from the position of secretary. | V. R. Castle of Hawaii arrived from n, D. C., yesterday on a trip to his c. He favors the Spaulding resolution for - annexation of Hawaii to the United States William McDaniels has secured a writ of ha- beas corpus from the Supreme Court upon which he hopes to escape from the Humboldt ty jail. He was arrested for stealing & gher, proprietor of the Hotel r the scalp of Frank Diwyer im to lay $50 on a horserace, aining from gambling for twenty-six 1 upon illegal fishermen at Bould ear the week and caotured four fish- oats, & lot of fish and 600 fathoms tar 1 nets., Goodland of London, & hunter who has bear, d and mountain lions in is in the City, en route to Zealand to Kill wild pigs ty Cornelius King, who died m, leaving his estate con- ash to his two nephews King, vesterday begen 1,000 Danje ezzled R21 from the and who was arrested erday. has made i He is incar- esident of this City, z thrown from a street- , has commenced a et Railway Com- > damages, s of St. Vincent de Paul’s Society | at the Cathedral and decided to )0 on a prorata s among the parish councils, which will ive it to the deserving poor. The F Commissioners yesterday made | several appointments, transfers and promo- tions, and it wes announced that the Scannel monument would be unveiled on Sunday after- 1oon in Laurel Hill Cemetery. It is understood that a differential rate of $3 aton on freight to New York will be mein- tained by the Pacific Mail in its new edvanced tariff. only hope left for shippers of “low” commodities is the clipper-ship line, The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon listened to Professor Da- vidson's Teport on the aangers and the necessi- ties of the harbor. It was decided o print the report and hold & special meeting to consider it, The Rix Compressed Air Machinery Com- pany has filed articles of incorporation. Its capital stock is £50,000, ali of which has been subscribed. The directors are Edward A, ce R. B. Rix, William A. Hewett Rix, I , Pat- Charles Lawson, a sailor, who on January 4 hit John Curtin, the keeper of a sailors' Loarding-house on Main street, over the head with & revolver, was vesterday held to answer before the Superior € 1 1000 bonds on narge of asseult with o deadly weapon. telegram was received yesterday by Dr. ou, Minister of Salyador in_this City, Mr. Castellanos, Minister of Foreign Af. < at San Salvador, which states that General Ezeta has organized a filibustering expedition and 1s now hovering around the port of Costa 20,000 damage suit has been commenced /st the Selby Smelting and Lead Company ttorneys John E. Ritchie and Delmas & Shoriridge, on behalf of W. H. Moorehouse, a inter, who was nearly killed by the com- 15's machinery at 416 Montgomery street eptember. rence G. Pierce secured a divorce from d W. Plerce yesterday because her hus- had been convicied of & felony. In May, he was convicted in the courts of New ‘ork of grand larceny for stealing a lady vin. He was sentenced to three years' onment. he machinery of the secret service division of the Feceral Government, and also that of the Departmenr of Justice, h been put in motion 1o have C. D. Harson arrested. Harson was the principal witness for the defense on M-D. Howel's first trial. His whereabouts are not yet known. Ithough rates of dividends have been re- duced by the savings banks, new accounts are being opened daily with the various local say- ings institutions by working people with un- precedented rapidity. The bank managers say that in their experience they never saw such signs of prosperity AMOong the masses. The land-grant dispute between the Govern- ment aud tie Oregon and California, involvine iands embraced in both the Northern Pacific and Oregon &nd California_grants, and which Judge Gilbert of Poruand decided in favor of filed last September by Mrs. Henrietta | - yesterday and was sent to the | of the | puty Fish Commissioners made a success- | n Isl- | K Reardon and A. Barnard. | MEAD FIRES HOT SHOT, The Secretary of the Manufac- turers Replies to James Sproule. FIGHTING OVER PROF. SMITH A Demand to Have a Director Re- moved From the Investigating Committee. L. R. Mead, secretary of the Manufac- turers’ and Producers’ Association, does not propose to sit quietly by and permit Director James Sproule to assert that the affairs of the association have been mis- managed and neglected; more than that Mr. Mead is radically opposed to having Mr. Sproule’s friend, Professor Emory Smith, late of Stanford University, being put into the association as manager of the organization. The trouble started & week or two ago, when it became rumored among the di- rectors that Mr. Sproule was making an effort to oust Mead and his assistants from the oftice and put his friend Emory Smith in to manage the affairs. The first public indication that there was discord in the ranks was on Tuesday, at the meeting of the directors, when Sproule requested that the directors go into secret session—*‘exec- utive’’ session, as he termed it. Several of | the directors opposed secret sessions, but his request was respected and the repre- sentatives of the press left the room. The secret session was short, but long enough for Mr. Sproule to make a speech, in which, it is said. he advocated a change in the management of the association and that a manager be employed to run the business. He made a failure, for his-mo- tion was so amended that the substitute bore no resemblance to the original mo- tion. By tne amendment the chair was directed to appoint a committee of three to investigate the work ot the association in the past and the efliciency of the man- agement. On this committee were ap- {min(ed James Sproule, M. J. Keller and V. F. Bowers. iven the substitute failed to remove the sting of Sproule’s dart. Secretary Mead had in his pocket a letter from Sproule that caused him anything but pleasure. The principal feature of that letter Mr. Mead regarded as a reflection upon him, and how far he was correct may be judged | from the letter itseif, which reads: * * * Without any prejudice whatever to your good self, for whom 1 have the greatest Tespect—both personally and in & business way—l must say, with all possible emphasis, that I am in favor of a radical change in | the detail management of our association’s affairs. We are languishing, and with the limited time at your disposal to keep hold of | matters it is more necessary now than ever be- | fore 1o resolve our affairs into a state of perma- | nent efliciency Looking around for a man in whose ability, | energy and foresightedness, in whom I, for one, could have confidence, 1 have not been Smory E. S who, I believe, has been to see ou and quite a number of the'direetors of the association. We need a manager to take full charge of matters under the direction ot the board—a man who will be every hour of the day on deck, with the interests of the associa- tion solely in mind and in hand. Ishall give the gentleman named such earn- est advocacy as 1 believe the needs of the asso ciation and his eligibility warrant. Mr. Mead took all this with as much race as the circumstances would permit, ut he rave vent to his feelings yesterday upon reading a published interview with Mr. Sproule. In the interview the latter says that he bas no personal feeling against the former, nor is he making a canvass for Professor Smith in_particular for the position of manager. was reported as saying: My resolution was an expression of my be- lief thet the association was in need of some person who couid devote all his time to the advancement of the interests of the as- sociation, * * * Tne difficulty lay in the fact that Mr. Mead did not have time to attend to the affairs of the association as I believe they should be attended to. Mr. Mead has often told me that he could not spare the time to personally attend to the association busi- ness. This aroused the secretary’s ire. Mead said yesterday: I do not know how Mr. Sproule got his infor. | mation that I nave not the time to attend to the business of the association. Since 1 have been the secretary of this organization, I have giver all the time that was required to the | affairs, as the association has been my hobby. It is not necessary for me o sit in the office to hours a day. Mr. Dingle, the assistant secr tary, attends to the routine and detail matters, | but i know of everything of importance that is | being done, and I direct all the business. One | time did tell Mr. Sproule that I did not have | the time to attend to a projected matter that | would have required the services of & corps of clerks, 1am not at all pleased that he should accuse me ot neglecting my duties, for thatis pract cally what his resolution and interview mean I claim, with some pride, that the association affairs have been managed remarkably well, considering the means we have had at our dis. posal. 1donot receive any compensation for Iy services as secretary, and the others in the office are not overpaid. There is another matter that I am going to bring before the president, Mr. Scott. Mr. Sproule practically made charges that the affairs are mismanaged and neglected, yet Mr. Scott puthim on the investigating committee, To this I will protest, as I object 10 having Mr. Sproule act &s the complainant and then sit as a juror on my case. 1 have sent President Scott the following letter: 8N FRANCISCO, January 9, 1896, Henry T. Scott ., President Manufacturers' and Preducers’ Association—DEAR STR: Ala meet- ing of the poard of directors of the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Associaiion of California, heid at this office on January 7, Mr. James Sproule offered the foliowing resolution Resolved, That committee of three be appointed by the chalr to consider and repor at an carly day upon the advisability of employing a munager,who shall receive instructions from and be responsible 1o the board of directors: and also, If possible, to nominate a man 10or the position who can be secured at a salary within the means of the associa- tion and assume office at the pleasure of the board. To which, after being seconded, Mr. M. J. Keller offered an amendment as foliows: Resolved, That the chair appoint a committee of three (o investigate the work of the association in the past, the efliciency of the management, and to recommend plans 100king to a repewal of the work. Wnich amendment was adopted by the board of airectors. Under this resolution you appointed a commit- tee, cousisting of Messrs, M. J. Keller, James | Sproule and W. F. Bowers. to make the investiga- tion called for In the amended resolution. As this investigation should be judicial in its character and impartial I deem it important that the members of this committee should be not only active and thoroughly well informed, but abso- lutely impartial to the end that the best interests ssociation may be promoted. I think [ am ustified in asking you to reconsider your ap- nent of James Sproule asa member of tl committer. committee |5 fntended to be and indeed it ought to be impartinl and fair, and 1 am persuaded that Mr. Sprouie is t0o strongly biased to give this work im. purtial consideration. I think I havea right to make this assertion from the conduct of Mr. Sproule, which has become a matter of record with this association, and I there- fore request that you rec nsider this appointment and put in Mr. Spronle’s place on this committee ap impartial and fair-minded man. Awaiting your reply 1 am very truly yours, L. R. Myan. So much for the charges and fnsinuations oi Mr. Sproule and the matter of having him re- moved from the committee. Now as to Mr. Sproule’s protege. He declares that he 1s not particularly interested in Professor Smith. .ook at the letter he wrote to me, in which he says, “I shall give the gentlexran named (Pro- fessor Smith) such earnest advocacy as I be- lieve the needs of the association and his elegibility warrant.” Does not that look as_though he was making Smith’s fight? | seriously question Professor Smith’s ability to fill the position of manager. Professor Smith is, no doubt, a scientific gentleman, because he was professor of the agricultural department at the Stanford University; but we require & business man and not & scientific farmer to manage this association. We want live, active men, such as we have at present—men famil- inr with the ways of the business and munu- facturing world, To sum it up, it looks to me as though Pro- fessor Smith had got out of a position at Stan- ford University and wants to get in here at salury of $250 to $300 a month, and he got his iriend Sproule to make his fight. Iwould not Mr. the Government, has been appealed to the United State Circuit Court of Appeais here. object to their making sn_ordinary applica- tion for & position, but I do protest against able to locate any more suitable man than { Mr. Sproute | any one charging neglect to the present man agement in order to make a clean sweep of this office so as to place Professor Smith in charge. Sprouls talks of radical change being necessary, vet Professor Smith,. when asked what change he had to suggest, acknowledged that he had none. It 10oks to ine that he sim- ply wants the place and Sproule wants him to Buveit. 1t any one can il this position better than the present ocenpant of the office I will make 10 objections to a change, but 1 will fight any attempt to clean out the oflice 50 s to make & place for Mr. Sproule’s friend. SUED BY CREDITORS. H. Collins, the Jeweler, Attached on Notes Aggregating a Large Amount. The jewelry-store of S. H. Collins, 227 Kearny street, was a ttached yesterday on claims aggregating $27,0.0. Collins made an assignment on the 2a inst. to Arthur Judis for the benefit of his creditors, and was permitted to carry on his business, but since then some of those to whom he is in- debted for large amounts have become dissatisfied at the state of affairs. he creditors who have begun suit are: S. T. Bernhard, who holds, as executor of his father’s estate,a note for $3000, and Henry Meyer, who has Coiling' note for 24,000. The latter transferred his claims to a clerk in the office of the attorneys who have charge of the case. Bernhard’s reason for beginning suit is, principally, that he was not consulted by Collins at the time that the assighment to Judis was made. That of Meyers is that the assignment is not in accordance with the law, which provides that such an act, to be legal, must be mude to the Shenff. Collins <laims to have ample assets to pay dollar for dollar, if only allowed suflicient time in which to meet his obligations, which altogether amount to about $56,000. Neither of the attaching creditors has any fault to find with the assignee, but they are dissatistied for the reasons already stated. TROUBLE OVER AN ESTATE Heirs at Law of Cornelius King Waant Some of the Money That Was Left. Will Fight the Two Nephews to Whom the Eccentric Old Man Willed Everything. Another big will contest was put well under way yesterday. It was precipitated by the death on January 4 of J. B. Fargo, administrator of the estate of Cornelius ing. Atonce the heirsatlaw and the heirs under the will became active. James and Dauiel King, brothers and nephews of Cornelius King, had been made sole heirs of the estate by the old man, who also made them sole executors of the estate. They gave way to J. B. Fargo. On his death the two boys peti- tioned to be made administrators of the estate, James being represented by Blake & Harrison and Daniel by Knight & Heg- gerty. Kate Sullivan of Watsonville, a sister of the deceased, yesterday asked for letters of administration for herself. She is repre- sented by Sullivan & Sullivan. At the same time she joined the other heirs in asking that Public Administrator Freese be allowed to handle the estate. This was to be her second choice. There are seven of these other heirs, all of whom are non-residents. Florence Carey King, Daniel King, Kate Riordan, Denis Kine and Michael King are repre- sented by Walter H. Levy, Rothchild & Acb and Joseph P. Kelly. Florence Carey Kine Jr. and Mary Machado are repre- sented by Suliivan & Sullivan and George P. Burke. The estate in contest amounts to $214,- 000 in cash deposited in various banks in San Francisco. The grounds for breaking the will will be unsoundness of mind and undue influence. Cornelius Kingdied in the insane asylum at Napa on July 24 1894. He was a char- acter. He made his money buying and selling second-hand barrels, often roll an old barrel down the street to his shop to save expressage. He specu- lated sometimes, but bought no land, having a mania for piling up cash. About 1890 he was assaulted by a foot- pad and was severely beaten about the head. This left him totally deaf and his eccentricities increased. Owing to his deafness he was continually fearful that some one was preparing to make another assault upon him. Thiseventually affected his mind, and when, in 1890, he fired sev- eral shots at a man, he was sent to Napa. Several years previous to the assauit which unbalanced him he had made a will Jeaving all bis property 0 his t%o nephews. This, it is claimed, was practically the same as another will he made five years before that. There 1s promise of a long and hard- ' fought litigation. SALMON-FISHERS ARRESTED. Deputy Fish Commissioners Capture Two Men and Their Outfits. Deputy Fish Commissioners Davis and Stearns made a raid recently upon illegal salmon-fishers on the Bouldin Island drifts and captured two boats, 600 fathoms of three-mesh nets, a lot of sal- mon and four men. The regular fishermen on those drifts do not cause the deputies any trouble, as they conform to the law and use only 714-inch mesh nets, and in several years but one man has been ar- rested there for illegal fishing. Reveral days ago word was received that parties from_the outside were fishing on the drifts with three-mesh nets and tak- ingall kinds of fish. Davis and Stearns started out with the launch, and when they airived within sight of the drifts made a run for the outsiders. No sooner did the latter recognize the launch than they began to throw their fish overboard by the hundred pounds. One boatload of fishermen was so successful as to escape after abandoning their nets and throwing the catch away. The other two boats were not so successful and the four fishers were placed under arrest. A letter received at the Fish Commission rooms in this City states that the regular fishermen who ob- serve the law are pleased at the capture. Reports from the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers are to the effect that the run of salmon up those waterways is larger than for years past. Those familiar with 1 shall presume that the work of this | fish statistics say that the run is the Jarg- est in twenty year: ———————— A Popular Railway Man Dies. The railway agents in this ecity received black-bordered letters yvesterday from the Den- ver and Rio Grande Railway, announcing the death of Captain W. F. Tibbits, traveling pas- senger agent of that line, in Denver. Captain Tibbits held the position’ of traveling passen- ger agent of the Denver and Rio Grande for eighteen years, and was one of the best-known rullway men west of the Mississippi. To most of theSan Francisco passenger agents he was an old and intimate friend from whom many courtesies were received, and to travelers a most obliging official. He died January 4. ———— He Was Disinherited. W. J. Bernard is suing John F. Bernard and Frances E. M. Bernurd for possession of a third interest in a seventy-five foot lot on Oak Grove avenue, near Harrison street. The lot was deeded to the defendants by Ellen F. Bernard, their mother, and the plaintiff claims that his sister and brother unduly influencea the mind of his mother agaiust him, and he was in con- sequence deprived of & share in the property, ———-—— There Was no Quorum. Considerable business lay upon the table yesterday awaiting action by the Traflic Asso- ciation, hut as some of the members of the as- sociation’s executive committee were out of town a quorum could not be gathered, so the meeting went over until to-day, and would | CIGAR STANDS MUST GO, Harbor Commissioners Have De- termined to Remove All Obstructions. THE NEW FERRY DEPOT AGAIN. Attorney-General Fitzgerald Is Not Ready Yet for the Con- ference. The Harbor Commissioners have finally decided that everythinz in the shape of cigar and fruit stands, offices in which bal- last men make their headquarters, and those in which dealers in brick transact their business must be moved from State property. There will be no exception to this rule, and while ali will be given time to move, they will be informed at the same time that no pull can save them. ‘When the board met yesterday a num- ber of those who have been using space on sioners Cole and Chadbourne favored the change and it was finaily decided to take action on the matter at the next meeting of the board. Cnief Wharfinger Root reported that quite a number of vessels (six) bad been anchored in the fairway by the pilots last Wednesday night. As the attention of the Pilot Commissioners has once before been called to this matter the members of the board felt annoyed over the affair. The secretary was 1nstructed to send another Jetter to inform the pilots that if they in- fringed upon the rules again an example would be made of some of the ships. Superintendent of Construction Patter- son informed the board that he hadan offer for some scales that bad been re- moved from Howard-street wharf some years ago and he wanted to know what to do in the matter. Everybouy looked mys- tified until Secretary Keegan explaired that one of the board’s tenants had put up the scales and paid no rent jor the privi- lege for five years. A biil for 3300 wassent him and he moved away, leaving the scales behind. He also owed tne Pacific Bank money and that corporation claimed the scales and eold them for $5. When an at- tempt was made to remove them the State stepped in and took possession. The sec- retary was instructed to advertise the scoles for sale as belonging to an *‘un- known owner.”2 All the contractors for the ferry depot were again in attendance, but as Attorney- General Fitzeerald had been unable to meet with Me: Stratton and Ford the matter went over again to next Tuesday. Commissioner Cole said he thought it was a pity the matter could not be settled at once. He was of the opinion that the THE FRUITSTAND ON THE BULKHEAD BETWEEN BE REMOVED BY STREETS THAT WILL COMMISSIONERS EARLY NEXT m CLAY AND WASHINGTON ORDER OF THE HARBOR ONTH. the water front free of charge were vres- ent. They were not permitted to state their case, as President Colnon ruled them out of order. In doing so he explained that the board would be as lenient as pos- | sible with all who had stands on the State property. ‘*‘There is no intention,” said he, “-of forcing everybody to move at once. Thirty days’ notice will be given to one and all, and where it would involve a hardship to insist on the thirty-day limit further time will be given. Everybody must move, however, as the board has de- termined to rid the water front of all un- necessary obstructions.” ‘“‘Hitherto the water front seems to ha been owned by everybody and anybo said Commissioner Chadbourne. **Adver- tisers have used the State buildings to suit their own purposes, and anybody who wanted to set up a cigar or fruit stand I chosen his own loeation and occupied it. The sooner this state of affairs is stopped the better. of the shipping, and everythin rectly connected with that will be re- moved.” Among the protestants was John Mc- Laughlin, who has a cigar-stand adjoining the shed over Spear-street wharf.” He an old sailor, and is known from one end of the water front to the other. During a voyagé to Alaska his vessel was wrecked. ve For days he was exposed to the terrors of | an Arctic winter, and when rescued both his hands and his right foot were frost- bitten. All three were amputated, but still Me- Laughlin manages to get around, and can | hand out a cigar or a plug of tobacco as quickly as any full-limbed man in San Francisco. “I'm willing to move if the Harbor Com- | The water front is for the use | not di- | | work ought to be gone on with and get the Attorney-General’s opinion afterward. | Commiissioner Chadbourne thought that | would be anything but a safe course to | pursue. “The Attorney-General is a mem- ber of the Board of Examiners, and is also the attorney for the Controller, and thus holds the trump card. It is better to have this matter straight at the start, and then the contractors will not have their money tied up when the work is half done. If you, Mr. Cole, will guarantee that the con- tractors will get their money I'll vote right now to go ahead with the work.” Commissioner Cole declined to enter into any guarantee, so the contractors de- parted to assemble again in the board- rooms next Tuesday. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. | Appointments, Resignations and Pro- motions—Unveiling of the Scan- nell Monument. The Fire Commissioners met yesterday | afternoon and imposed the following fines: | Joseph Shaughnessy of engine 31, ten days’ | pay for ungentlemaniy conductand vulgar s | language to agripman; William Douglass, engineer of engine 19, ten days’ pay for neglect of duty, and George Burry of truck 4, twenty days’ pay for neglect of duty. The resignations of Thomas Henritty, hoseman of engine 4; Robert Langan, | hoseman of engine 17, and Charles J. Tracy, hoseman of engine 24. were ac- cepted. Wiliiam Murphy, hoseman of en- gine 18, promotea to stoker of engine 17, and F. H. Kenny, hoseman of engine 2, to foreman of engine 9. The following ap- pointments were made: Charles Smith ONE OF THE CIGAR-STANDS THAT SIDER AN OBSTRUCTION ON BE REMOVED. Tide HARBOR COMMiS310NEK> CON- THE WATER FRONT AND WHICH WILL missioners will only give me something else to do,”” said he vesterday. “I'm a thorough seaman, and although my hands are gone, I can write and figure as well as the best wharfinger on the front. When I became a cripple those who knew me said I would become a burden on the City, but 1 said no. I started this cigar-stand, and I've made a living. Now,if the Harbor Coxmissioners are going to take it away from me, let them give me something to do.” John Rezzola, who bas a fruitstand on the bulkhead between Clay and Washing- ton street wharves, was another protestant. He 15 a cripple, 68 vears of age, and has & wife and five children to support. He has made a living on State proverty for years, but now he will have to move with the others. After the routine work of the board had been gone through with President Colnon drew attention to the mooring bits along the water front. He'said he had been in- formed by several people that they Te of nouse except in calm weather, and that when a storm came up and any strain was put on them they pulled out ‘and vessels went adrift. ‘‘In view of the fact that winter is coming on.” said he, “‘I think some action should be taken in this mat- ter.” Superintendent of Construction Patter- son defended the bits and said they stood fairly weil. His principal objection to their removal was the fact that it would | cost a great deal of money to drive moor- ing piles 1n their place. To this President Colnon rephed: *‘lf the change is neces- sary for the safety of the shirping it will have to be made and that is ali there is to the matter. It's nota question of money, but one of the safety of vessels during a gale. There is a ship unloading at How- | ard-street wharf now that the ~bits would not hold if a storm came up.” Clief Whartinger Root and Chief En- gineer Holmes were both of the opinion that the mooring bits should be replaced by piles, as the latter would give to the and W. Little, hosemen, engine 33; J. Quinlan, hoseman, engine 24; P. Gillin, John Farley and Daniel Martin, hosemen, enzine 9, and Richard Cosgrove, hoseman, engine 17. All the members of engine 9, except the permanent members, were transferred to other companies in view of the recent developments connected with the fire at Battery and Bush streets. A recommendation was made to the Board of Supervisors to pay Edward O’Neill of engine 7 $50 as compensation for injuries sustained while in the performance of his duty. It was announced that the monument erected by the members of the department in the firemen's plat, Laurel Hill Ceme- tery, to the memory of the late Chief, Dayid Scannell, would be unveiled on Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. As the late Chief's friends were so numerous no individual invitations will be sent out, and the press was asked to mention the fact, so that all who desire could be present. —————— Mills’ Marriages. Annie E. Mills is seeking to have her mar- riage with C. R. Mills annulled. She alleges that she and Mills were married in Ohio on April 29, 1889. They came to this City some time after, and here Mills became iniatuated with Elizabeth Anua Stuart. On June 19, 1894, he left his home, and efter securing & license in Alamcda County, he married her, leaving the first wife alone.” She says she has hud nothing to do with him since. The second wife is made a co-defendant, and the vlaintiff asks for $150 with which to prosecute her suit. e Drink and Despondency. John H. Smith, a teamster, living at 1211 Fillmore street, while suffering from despond- ency and an overdose of whisky, attempted to commit suicide yesterday morning by cutting his throat with a knife. He was taken to the Receiving Hospital and the wound, which is not dargerous, was stitched and dressed by Dr. Rinne. Smith was then taken to the City Prison and booked as a “drunk.” He has a wife and five small children. SIS R P e DRr. Morris, Dentist, has removed to the strain while the bits would not.” Commis- Phelan Building, rooms 30, 32 and 34. o WILL SPEAR WILD PIGS, G. Goodland, a Noted Hunter, Is Here, on His Way to Queensland. HE HAS KILLED MUCH GAME. His Story of Former Experiences at the Antipodes in Pig and Kangaroo Hunting. G. Goodland of London, Eng., a hunter who has been killing bear, deer and mountain lions in Calaveras County and other parts of the Sierra Nevada region, is at the Russ. He is an old hunter and has had some graphic experiences in going after emus, kangaroos, wallaby, wild pigs and other game in New Zealund and different part of Australia. He thinks California hunt ing quite exciing, and is well pleased with his trip. There were four in his party. They spent most of their time in the mountains near Westport. At one time they were snowed up for four days. He says they killed several of the little brown or cinnamon bear, two mountain iions, and all the deer they wanted. In speaking of his adventures, he said: [ am now on my way to Queensland end shall sall on the Alameda to-morrow. lexpect lo Lave a try at the wild pigs there. I have been in Queensland before and know what the sport 1s. Luis very exhilareting, and there is a spice of danger in it which makes it very interesi- ing. The pigs in Queensland go in bands, and | they come downu on you like & storm. You | must have & good pony or you will have no | cuance in the fray. You kill them with a long spear. Trhough these pigs come at you as though they would eat you up, they will in muny cases turn from you whetl 08t upon you, and you wiil have (o sort out your pig aud pursue him before he will come to bay aud show the met- tle that is in him. But these pigs &re not so vicious as the wild | hogs of India. These are very dungerous. They | &re big,with tremendous snouts and tusks, and asnap frowm one of thew is enough to takea man’s leg off. A hunter there hus to be very wary indeed. I'hie mae pig: of Queensland are irom two wid & balf o thrce and half fect long. They | ure all ws black as coal, and sre armid with | wng, sharp teeth. 1 have had a great deal of | enjoyment in going aiter them, Hunting the wild pigs and kangarcos now iorm the best sport to be had at the Antipodes. | But the kangaroos are protected by the laws. lhey once overran the country £o they were considered a nuisance. ‘Lhey peeled the fruit trees of ranchers and made inroads on them in other ways tuat were very distasteful to the early settlers. A law was passed offering & bounty for their killing. They disapveared so rapidly, their skins being used for boots and shoes, that in a few years the country became almost clear of them. Then shortly followed the marsupial | law, which forbade their killing. This is the law'in force now, The emu has also been protected in the same way. Time was when & man could go forth on | the desert and kill emus, if not by the dozen, | atleast in such a number as satisfied his de | sires for sport. He had to look out, too, fora | kick from one of these birds would brenk a leg. | There is yet good sportin going after wallaby. | There are & good many there. However, the vild pigs which I am now going aiter afford best of all sport. 1 shail be some time in hunting them. ) hoped to get a California grizzly while here, but did not have the time 10 chase one down. I have been in Africa, but at that time 1 did not hunt, and consequently killed no hig game in that country. Mr. Goodland expects to return to Ca. fornia at some future time for furtber hunting in the Sierras. His trip after wild pigs in Queensland will be somewhat ex- tended. OUITE AS DAY AS DUST, Arguments Presented by Counsel | in the Railroad Case. Funeral of John W. Coleman Comes to the Rescue of Judge McKenna. The It took nothing less than a funeral to break in on the tedious reading of affida- vits and arguments as to their admissibil- ity in an injunction suit brought by the Southern Pacific Company against the Railread Commissioners. Judge McKenna, ever patient and kind, Iay back in his comfortable armchair yes- terday morning, when ex-Judge Hayne resumed his argument left off abruptly the day before. Counsel, in words most eloquently spoken, but to laymen, and others, for that matter, as dry as dust, went over the ground he covered the day before. The hearing lasted until after the uoon hour, when his Honor, with a pleas- | | ant expression, unbecoming the sad nature | of vart ot 1is ruling, announced that an | | adjournment would be taken, as most of | | the leeal lights engaged in the case were | |c:|]lcd upon to attend the funeral of the | | Jate John W. Coleman, in Oakiand. The affidavit which has brought out ex- Judge Hayne's lengthy argument was uuly] hed in_yesterday’s issue of THE Can. Mr. Hiyne's endeavor was ex- pressed by Judge McKenna quite tersely in answer to an interrogatory of Attorney Herrin for the railroad company when he said: My understanding of the arguments made by the respondents is ihat the Government, being & creditor of the complainants and de. siring to protect its interests, appointed a com- mittce through Congress to investigate the af- fairs of the railroad. This committee reported back to the President of the United States, who transmitted the report to Congress. When the committee began its investigation the corpora- tion was anxious 1o get an extension of time in which to make its payments and, may be reluctantly, sent its officers before the commit- tee, where they testified, not as individuals, but as for the corporation. At this Attorney Herrin rose with a start, saying: The Southern Pacific was not indebted to the Government, in fact was in no way related to the Government and can be in no way bound by the utterasces of individuals happening at the time to b2 members of the corporation. _On these lines the arguments lasted un- til recess and will be cairied on again this morning. ————— Heavy Damages Asked. Mrs. Marion Broje, a resident of this City, through her attorney, Eugene F. Bert, has filed a suit against the Market-street Railway Company, asking that $50,315 damages be al- lowed her in conpensation for injuries re- ceived by herself in an accident which hap- pened on July 7. Ontheday of the accident Mrs. Broje left her home and took a& Third- street electric car. On arriving at Market street she alighted and hailed a Market-street car westward bound, as she intended visiting the park. Standing at the same place were two ladies, each accompanied by a gentleman. The car came toa standstiil and the gentle. men went to the dummy and the ladies en- tered tie closed portion of the car. Mrs. Broje attempted to follow the ladies, and had just reached the first step when the car started, throwing her violently to the ground and in: juring her. ——————————————————— NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. SHOOT THE CHUTEhswl FROM 1 TO 5 AND 7 TO 10:30 P. M. (WEATHER 1'§BM(TT1NG). HAIGHE STRE-T, NEAR TH& PARK. DMISSTO 10 CENTS Children (includivg & Merry-Go-Round Ride), 10¢, | DUFFY DUFFY'S PURE FOR MEDICINAL USE NO FUSEL OIL IT GIVES NEW LIFE to those who are run down in health. It makes weak, worried | men cheerful and ambitious. nuine of Send for Be sure to get the your druggist or grocer. pamphlet to MALT Roches : WHISKEY Co., NEW TO-DAY-AMUSEMENTS, [AL NAYT1AN MIN LB 5 HEATRE ™\ PROPS. EVERY NIGHT TillS WEEK, INCLUD NG SUNDAY. MATIN SATU The Charming and Brilliant Arti MARIE WAINWRIGHT Ana Her did Company In A. E. Lai Magnus' Powerful a, “DAUGHTERSOFEVE” T WEEK—2d AND LAST OF MARIE VW AINWRIGHT Monday, Tuesday, W +y and Thursday N A Magnificent Revival of YTEHF LOVE CHAS®E! Friday Night and Saturday Matinee, CAMILLE" Saturday and Sunday Nights, ‘AN TUNEQU AL M TCH" SEALS NOW SELLING. CALIRSRA 2 WEEKS’ ENGAGEMENT OF America’s Representative Tragedian, ME. LOUIS JAMES And His Excellent Company in Repertory: —TO-NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT— “MACBETH ! Sat. Mat. and Sunday Ni, “VIRGINIUS” Next Week—Monday, January 13, Second and Last Week of MR. LOUIS JAMES Monday and MARMION” hursday 2 e in San Frai Tuesday (by Wednes Friday LLO” STH™ vening and Satn:diy “ROMEO AND JULIET? s MERCUTIO. : “IHAMLET” ight Jrage ATS NOW PRIEDLANGER.GOTTLOD & - 1255es ano raneatis- - THE FOUND LOST PARADISE TO BE THE EVER PRES EST PLAY r D BY THE OMPANY Costumes ATOR” 9 ALCAZAR MY PRECIOUS BABY IN FOR A RUN. No wonder Grover’s Aleazar is Crowde 1. 1t's the only comedy in the city, and far and away the best ot the season. MATINEES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. Matinee prices—10c, 15¢, 25c. No higher Night Prices—10c, 15¢, 25¢, 35¢, 50z, TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE MEs. ARNESIINE KRELING PrOprieioc « slauages — BVERY EVENTNG =7 THE SECOND EBITION X Of the Brlll!.’.\r;:;}q.\y:’:ruf'u\ur Bur- X I TOTIN.|! 0 ——NEW SONGS!— 0 V LOCALISMS! N ———NEW & LTIES! TUESDAY EVENY ,» JANUARY 14, TH PERFORKMAN SPECIAL SCUVERIR NIGHT! Popular Prices—25c and 50c¢. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theater in Amerlea. WALTIR MOROSCO, Sole Lessee and Manager THIS EVENING AT EIGHT, Tom Craven's Famo us Comedy Drama, THE FUGITIVE! SEE The Mills By Moonlight and Realistic Shipwreck Scene. FVENING PRICES—25¢ and 5. Famlly Circle and Gallerv, 10c. Usual Maiinees Saturday anda Sunday. ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Street, Between Stockton and Po vail. Tremendous Success of Our New People. ANOTHER GREAT BILL! 6———NEW PEOPLE!———6 MASON AND HEALY, DELTORELLO BROTHERS, DUCROW AND BUSH, CARON AND HERBERT, MANHATIAN COMEDY FOUR, A MAGNITIC, Reserved seats, and Box seats, 5 PACIFIC COAST JOCKEY CLUB (Ingleside Track). COMPAN 25¢; Balcony, 10c: Opera caales FIVE OR MORE RACES DAILY. (RAIN OR SHINE.,) FIRST RACE AT 2:00 P. Il ADMISSION %1.00. Take Southern Pacific trains at Third and Towne send streets Depot, leaving at 12:40 and 1:15 P. . Fare for round trip, including admission 1o grand stand, 81, Take Missionstree: electric line direct 10 track. 4. B. SPRECKELS, W. 8. LEAKE, President. Secretary,