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16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1896. HAMMOND I GREAT DANGER, Governor Budd Appeals to President Cleve- land. PROTECTION DEMANDED. Apprehension That Hammond May Be Imprisoned for Many Years. BRITISH PRISONERS RELEASED. The President Urged to Resent Dis- crimination Against Americans in South Africa. ct of President Kruger in re- soners and sending trial, and at the same san prisoners in close confinement, \anging the current of blic sympathy in this country for the | While Americans stand ready to applaud people for resisting invasion, and particularly British invasion, they will not submit without protest to discrimination anywhere or by any people against Ameri- = Wi st thought to be wild rumor, the product of excitement, to the effect tbat John Hays Hammond and other Americans were in great danger, ns out to be fact, corrobor eral messages direct from South Africa. It is almost incredible that President Kru ative of Penusylvania, who served in the Union army during the war, forget this country as to sin- -rican citizens for oppression, ident muy be surrounded by | lings who have poisoned his presented the facts. ses of in California are | Governor Budd and Pres- ould take measures as as possible to should so fa people Itisg o citizens to know that | ing messages of appeal > telegraphic correspon- eatest interest. To R. P. Hammond this | e from Wiltzee in London: ement. His po- iers all right. Strong | States Government in his cessary forthwith. Wiltzee (later) e fro; n Connor at Johannesburg says: e influence at Washington on nerican prisoners. My fears of ion sre now confirmed. be sentenced to several Push Washington.” following the receipt of ice from London Colonel A. Andrews, on behalf of the Mexican Ve sent the following to President nd, President, Washington, the Mexican War most | e American protection for Ameri- South Africa. John Hays Ham- mond, & distinguished mining engineer, and other Americans are in prison. His father was & gallant officer in the Mexican War. COLONEL \DREWS, Representing Mexican Veterans. To the Governor of California this ap- peal was sent: SAX FRANCISCO, January 17, 1896, Governor James H. Budd, Stockton, Cal.: W you telegraph to-night urging President Cleve. 1and to cable immediately to President Kruger di Pretoria, Africa, in behalf of my brother, John Hays Hammond, and other Californians rcerated there. Extremely important. you also take the initiative and cable Please answer. R. P. HAMMOND. Responding to the foregoing earnest re- quest, the Governor last night sent this dispatch to Washington : President, Grover Cleveland, Washington, : chief execntive oflicer of the , T most respectfully ask for s State, arrested and impris- oned by the authorities of the South African republic, the protection of the United States. If Britisn subjects, with arms in their hands, are allowed to be carried to England for trial, and the Americans arrested heid for trial in blic, will our Government submit to such discrimination? JavEs H. Bupp, To bring every possible influence to bear General Hammond forwarded the follow- ing message: will yourself to Kruger. To the 8AX FRANCISCO, Jan. 17, 1896. Mark B. Hatch, Secretary Aztec Club, Washing- ton, D. C.: Mining Explorer John Hays Ham- mone, Johannesburg, in danger. Englishmen liberated. Americans imprisoned there. I ask club’s assistance for son of the late Major R.P. Hommond. Answer. R. P. HAMMOND JR, The friends of Charles Butters, the Cali- fornian arrested in the Transvaal, are in a state of great anxiety regarding him. Yesterday they received word from two different sources to the effect that he, John Hay Hammond and six others had been segregated from the others under arrest and placed in solitary con- finement, where their property and even their lives were threatened. A long tele- gram to this effect was sent to Governor Budd last night from Berkeley urging him to insist upon. the National Govern. ment taking immediate steps to protect — e NEW TO-DAY. the lives of the prisoners until at least they had had a fair trial. “They are not guilty; I know it,” said the relative of Mr. Butters last night. “My brother has no inclination for poli- tics, and this is only part of a scheme to work out old jealousies against successiul foreigners. “In the present warmth of feeling these people are quite likely to take out these prisoners and shoot them offhand. Tnere isno American Consul at Johannesburg, and Consular Agent Mannion I know to be utterly incompetent. “The only hope for these Californians is for Cleveland to take a strong stand and see to it that American lives and rights are protected. This is a time when the many friends of the arrested men hope that the press of this country will stand by them and urge the necessity of fair a2 ph was stated by Mr. Butters’ friends that the reports were meager, owing to di: organization among the wires and heavy expense. Each word cost over two dollars to transmit from Johannesburg to the Pa- cific Coast. THE TRADES UNIONS. The Granite c:;xeu H:\'e Adopted a New Schedule of Prices For Their Work. C. Landstrom, D. Nordstrom and G. L. Holmes were tormally seated in the Trades Council last evening as delegates from the Journeymen Tailors’ Protective and Be- nevolent Union. Communications were received from Carroll & Tilton and the Raphaels, stating that they are not and will not purchase any dry goods from the firms in Rochester, N. Y., who are at present at war with the United Garment Workers. The council bas sent letters to all the City clothing- dealers, asking that they discontinue pat- ronizing the Rochester firms if they are doing so. The council is preparing for a grand labor-union mass-meeting, which will be held on the evening of February 14 at 1159 Mission street. The purpose is to reunite all the trades unions under the Trades Council. At that meeting plans to form a basis on which this can be effected will be discussed. A special meeting of the granite-cutters was held last evening to consider a schedule of prices for work arranged at a previous meeting. The schedule was pre- sented to all the branches of the union in the State and approved. Last night the revised list was adopted. A committee, consisting of John Grant, James Kane, J. Craig and J. Middleton, was appointed to meet the leading conuractors for a discus- sion of tbe adopted prices. It is believed that the new schedule wili be accepted by the stone contractors. The committee will report at the next meeting. HUNTINGTON A MILKMAN Alpers Calls California a Cow That Is Milked Seven Times a Day. American Socialists Pay Their Re- spects in Fiery Terms to the Southern Pacific. Some heavy verbal blows were dealt at the octopus by the American Socialists at their regular meeting at Mozart Hall last evening. Mrs. Anna Smith presided. She ex- plained that J. H. Barry and other speak- ers were unavoidably absent, and that the | programme of the evening would be car- ried out on Friday evening. The subject of discussion was *The Southern Pacific Railroad and Its Methods.” John W. Reynolds said: I have some views on the subject which, while they are shared in by the community at large, are not approved by & body that has the ower t0 do much good—the Committee of Fifty. Iwas struck by the remarksof W. H, Mills at the meeting of the Manufacturers Association. He believi few middlemen might find their interests injured, but the great majority wonld be bencfited by a free public market. 1wonder whether it has oc- curred to that gentleman, who is a supporter snd employe of C. P. Huntington, that the free public Tallroad is a parallel case, and that he occupies the position of a commission man? It is because the Southern Facific is a glaring exemple of the injury that is worked for a community that it is chosen as the subject | to-night. With such corporations in power we are becoming & country of masters and slaves. You are aware that & meeting of piotest was held December 7 asking Congress to defeat the funding bill, whereby Huntington aims to get & lease of another fiity years of life. It is a pity that a committee Appointed by that meet- 1Ng to carry out its will should totaily disre- gard it. The act ison a par with that of Con- gressmen who ignore the expressed sentiment of their constituents. Nevertheless it devolyes upon us as American soclalists to continue the agitation of the question of municipal own. ership of railroads. The monster petition has been by no means uscless, but we must follow it u Dr.J. E. Scott said: The Southern Pacific is an example of the power of corporations. 1 doubt if any cor- poration in ‘existence has a firmer grasp upon a section than it has upon Californis, From a residence in Armenie I am able to com- pare the depredationsof the savage Kurds with those of the Southern Pacific. Tne South- ern Pacific is less merciful than the mans, for its tortures, apparently more refined, are longer drawn out. I have surprised my ministerial brethren by attributing the Arme- nian sufferings to the rapacity, not the re- ligious fanaticism, of the Turks, a rapacity fully equaled by that of the Southern Pacifi Charles Alpers said: There 1s no country the sun shines on that has not felt the grip of raiiroad corporations, Yet there is scarcely a civilized country on the globe that has not put its government ‘in pos- session of the railroads. There will be no strikes when the Government has control of the railroads, for there will be no occasion for strikes. C. P. Huntington is a milker and California a cow milked seven times a day. There is nothing more dangerous in this world then a congregation of rich men. It is I who, through Supervisor Taylor, agitated the ques: uon of limitation of high buildings. Iliness and death are in the shadow the high buildings cast upon the low. The Russ House is worth £100,000 less than it was before the ercction of the Mills building. Why, men, the rich men, will buy up the fresh air soon and charge you 'two bits a smell 1f you don’t look out. Great is your responsibilily. If you vote for the funding bill you may be not far from the rope. You deserve it as much as does the man who originated it. Barnaby Dougherty said: You sign awey your own liberties. You did 80 when you turned your back on greenbacks. Mr. Shannon expressed the opinion that there was no hope for the people from Con- gress. “Grow and organize,” said he, “‘and when the time comes that you are strong enough take the offices yourself. This may sound like treason, but American patriot- ism is treason nowadays. The Nevada people got tired of a horsethief and nis gang and got up one fine day and hung them. It's time for-you to do something of the kind_yourself. If what Senator Stewart says is true Grover Cleveland de- serves such a fate.” Bkt Thomas Bates predicted a revolution as the solution for the problemsthat confront laborers. ‘‘After the smoke of battle has cleared away there will be pleasanter homes and more of peace,” said he. Mrs. Anna Smith protested against revo- lutionary seutiments. “Knowledge of our needs will bring about desired changes without a drop of blood being shed,” she said, and dismissed the meeting. us —————— .The Empress of China has a great pas- ion for jewels. It used to be illegal for a Chinese woman to wear diamonds, but the present Empress changed all that by per- sisting iu ber fancie. REASONABLE, rapid, reliable printers and Rinders. TheMy‘so‘lu;w!Co..g; 1 s ul- | T0-DAY'S PROTEST AGAINST FUNDING. Delegates to the Great Convention Have Arrived. THOSE WHO WILL SPEAK., Mayor Sutro Thinks Some Have Been Influenced to Stay Away. PROGRAMME OF THE MUSIC. Some Strong Arguments That Will Be Advanced by Mayor Davie of Oakland. Those who attend the great anti-funding bill convention at Metropolitan Terple, which begins at 10 o’clock this morning, will hear some of the foremost opponents of President Huntington of the Southern Pacific Company tell the audience why the bill should be defeated and how the object can be accomplished if the people stand together and demand from Congress the action that the committee of fifty believes the people of California have the right to expect. The delegates, who come from all parts of the State—one from this county and many from that—began to drop in yesterday and a number called on Mayor Sutro to confer with him and learn just what action is ex- pected to be taken. Dr. Robert Brown of Sacramento, who heads a delegation from that place, bad a long conversation with the Mayor and told him many things re- garding the feelings of the people of the capital city that pleased the chief execu- tive and some that did not. He said that there was no questioning the fact that the people of Sacramento are almost unanimous against Huntington and the funding bill, but that through fear of the railroad power and influence many are afraid to express their senti- ments, believing that some punis will surely be visited on them if the This aroused the Mavor and he d clared that the days of the railroad power were about over, and that in the near future the citizens of Califorria could lift their heads and voices and call th ouls their own without fearof consequences. ‘‘As matters now stand,’ “we are in a worse condition than we would be if a foreign fleet or army was at our doors. A foreign enemy might bombard San Francisco and burn afew Louses or destroy | a few crops, but with the octopus we have | an enemy that is slowly strangling us and giving us no chance to fight back. “That enemy must be defeated thi or we will be slaves for the next fif . | 1 cannot understand the apathy of tue | peovle in this matter. They must know | what they are coning to with the ventila- | | tion Huntington’s schemes have had in the | press, and yet they stand idly and_allow | | the saddle in whici Huntington will ride | for {fifty years to be fastened on their | | backs. 1 *“The railroad has been working tochoke | off this convention and may succeed in keeping some delegates away, but the re- sult will be the sume—we shall have | prominent men enough, who can neither | 2 bullied nor bought into staying away, to | show Congress the feeling on tnis coast, | and that is all we want. Of course the public will be there, and I expect to see a | crowd that will not be able to get inio the | gallerie i ( ‘It may be that the railroad will send | | some of its hirelings to disturb the con- | vention, but that will only have the effect of helping us, as it will show what desper- ate straits the octopus has arrived at. “‘Governor Buad has beep asked to pre- side over the convention, but as yet we | ave had no word from him.” | A number of speakers have been selected | for the occasion, among them being John T. Doyle, Henry E. Highton, Morris M. istee, J. M. Bassett, Mayor Davie of Oak- | land and Taylor Rogers. The music for the occasion will be fur- nished by Cassasa’s bana, ard the pro- gramme is as follow: Overture March, “King Cotton Red, White and Blue” ierman “Vollstedt -Conterno 2 anne Mayor Davie of Oakland, who will be one of the principal speakers will have many arguments to advance against the passage of the bill. In a recent interview he said: I am ovposed to any refunding bill, said | Mayor Davie. The Central Pacific should be | compelled to pay up when its obligations fall | | due, or the Government should take the road | | and operate it asa puolic_highway. llere the | Government is now endeavoring to borrow | #100,000,000 for thirty years at 4 per cent, | &nd it proposes under this funding bili w give | the railroad company the loan of $30,000,000 | for 100 years at 2 per cent. This is of favoritism that s totally unjust. If the Government cannct make the Central | Pacific come to terms then let it step in and | pay the first mortgage bonds of $27,000,000 | and teke the road for\the amount of the goy- ernmental indebtedness. ~ The Govermment | ought to operate the road as the State of New York does the Erie canal. The State built the water-way and appointed collectors to collect | mileage tolls from every vesscl that navigated the canal. The vessels took out a license and were charged so much for every mile. Now, if every community, district or individal on the Paciiic Coast were given the same privileges in operating trains over the Central Pacific Rail- roud it would result in a material reduction in the cost of transportation. Motive-power com- panics would be formed to haul trains from the various sections, and every neighborhood could join in the ownership of one or more cars. Take. for instance, Fresno, with its raisins; Yapa and Sonoma counties and the Livermore Valley, with their wines. Haywards would have its own fruit train. They could have slow or fast freight, just as the shipper pleased. On the Erie canal there are a dozen or more tow- ing companies who pay the State of New York 80 much for the privilege of operating on that waterway. They charge vessels 50 much per mile and the system Las proved very satisfac- tory and transportation is very low. Let the same principle be appiied to the Central Pacific if it is operated by the Govern- ment. It would prove to be & great advertise. ment for the Pacific Coast and the people of this State could get their products to market with some margin left over the cost of trans- portation to repay them for their labor ex- pended and capital invested. The Government ought to own all the great rail highways be. tween the Pacific and the Atlantic. We do not want any refunding, whatever happens. The burdens'borne by thie people of this State on account of the railroad rates are already too heavy, and the idea of continuing them unto the next two generations should not even be thought of. UNION LEAGUE CLUB. New Board Elects Officers—The Presi- dent Appoints Committees, The new board of directors of the Union League Club, consisting of George Stone, D. T. Cole, 8. W. Backus, C. M. Short- ridge. Harry N, Gray, Charles G. Clinch, J. C. Currier, Reed Jones, W. D. Sanborn, George H. Pippey and Frank A. Vail, met Jast night and organized. George Stone was elected president; Charles M. Short- a character ridge, first vice-president; D. T. Cole, sec- ond vice-president; George H. Pippey, sec- retary, and Charles G. Clinch, treasurer. * President Stone, on agsuming office, an- nounced the following standing commit- ees Auditing and finance committee—J. C. %‘;f{mr (chairman), S. W. Backus and F. A. House committee—Harry N. Gray (chair- man), Reed Jones and W. D. Sanborn. Committee on political action—} rving M. Scott (chairman), &, B. Carpenter. M. 1. Hecht, Wendell Easton, Harry N, Gray, Robert A. Friecrich and M/ Cooney. Sgeaking of the second contest in the club, President Stone said last evening that his election had no bearing whatever on the canvass of any candidate for the United States Senate. While the club would take an active part in the next cam- paign as a supporter of the Republican cause, National and State, and even local, the organization would not indorse any man for nomination. Members of the club, as individuals, would, of course, be free to express their preference, but the club would keep out of all factional and personal controversies. Since the election last Tuesday fourteen new applications for membership have been received. It is known that President Stone gave earnest consideration to the selection of the committee on political action, and friends of the new administration predict that the committee will exercise more than ordinary influence in the next political campaign. BANKS IN SALOONS. How the Salvation Army Raised Money to Pay for Christmas Dinners. The Salvation Army Christmas banks which were placed in different saloons and offices throughout the City have preved quite a financial success. The money col- lected in these banks has been used in de- fraying the expenses of the Christmas din- CLEVER CRODK CAUGHT. He Forged Certified Checks on the Anglo-California Bank. JUST OUT OF SAN QUENTIN. Coincidences That Point to His Connec- tion With the $22,000 Nevada Bank Swindle. Captain Lees hasa fine collection of newly forged checks, cashed by one ot the clever- est swindlers going. Some coincidences between them and their cashing and the big $22,000 bank swindle of last month may develop the fact that the man who carried it out has been caught. The Pinkertons yesterday arrested in Utica, Y., the forger of Captain Lees’ checks, which were drawn on the Anglo-California Bank. On the 31st of December, 1895, a man representing himself to be H. Dean went to the office of Cook & Sons, tourist agents in Chicago, and purchased from John Hutchinson, the manager, a European ticket and a letter of credit. In payment he presented a check drawn in the name HENRY E. ARRESTED CHEC SMARIES, FORGING ON SAN IN UTICA, FRAN 1SCO B [From his photograph in the Rogues’® Gallery.) ner and assisting the worthy poor women and children, a great many of whom would have otherwise known nothing of good cheer. It is only a few days since the banks were taken to headquarters. ‘Cheir contents, to- gether with the collections made at the Ingleside racetrack, amounted to severai | hundred dollars, and the army is warm in praise of the kindness shown hfv prietors of the different establishments where the banks were placed UDOPERS O A STRIKE They Refuse to Accept a Reduc- tion in the Rate of Their Wages. The Pacific Cooperage Company Wanted to Make a Cut of 10 to 20 Per Cent. The Pacific Woodenware and Cooperage Company, whose factory is on Sixth and Channel streete, has become mvolved in serious trouble with about. two dozen of its employes, who are now out on a strike for the old rate of wages. Lastevening the difficulty was taken up by the Journeymen Coopers’ Union and the Trades Council. Unless the company straightens out the matter before long it will find that it has locked horns with the entire labor element. | From what could be learned it seems that about twenty-four members of the Coopers’ Union were employed in the com- pany’s mills'doing piecework. Last week the foreman announced that the company had decided upon making a | general reduction upon all work done by the piece. This reduction amounted to from 10to 20 per cent, and the operatives de- cided that they would not accept the new rate of wages offered hy the company. The executive committee of the Coopers’ Union was sent for immediately, and the stand taken by the operatives was indorsed and the men ordered to quit work. Every man took off his apron and walked out without further remarks. A special meeting of the Journeymen Coopers’ Union was called for last night, and a good attendance was the result. The striking coopers stated their griev- ances, and said that before the reduction they were not making more than a living. Machine piecework, they said, is always more or less uncertain, and the profits of several weeks' steady work are always eaten up by a few days’ or a week’s en- forced idleness while waiting for work. To have accepted a reduction in their wages of from 10 to 20 per cent would be the next thing to starving to death, especially when the cut takes place in the dull months of the winter, when work at its best is always more or less uncertain. The executive committee also made a re- port of the part it had taken in ordering the men out on a strike. After listening to these statements the union decided to uphold the strikers, and its delegate to the Trades Council went into that body, whicn was in session in the same building, and re- ceived further indorsement. It is stated that unless the company straightens out the troubles before long other union men in its employ will be called out. = All Agree. GREAT AMERICAN IMPORTIN Sells Crockery, Chinaware, Tinware. CHEAPEST OF ALL. TRY THEM. Very Preity Dishes. Very Cheap Prices, 52 Market street, S. F., Headquarters. BEANCH STORES EVERYWHERE. 3 TEA CO. Glassware and the pro- | jof E. B. Rambo in favor of H. Dean on the Anglo-California Bank of this City for $1820. E. B. Rambo is manager | here for the Winchester Repeating Arms | Company. The check was certified as cor- | rect by Philip N. Lilienthal, cashier of the | Anglo-California Bank. utchinson sent the check in here to Charles E. Stokes, agent far Cook & Sons, under the Palace Hotel. and he in turn | deposited it to his own account at the Crocker-Woolworth ~ Bank. When the check was presented to the Anglo-Cali- fornia Bank through the Clearing-house last Wednesday it was immediately pro- nounced a forgery. Not only was Rambo’s | name forged, but that of Lilienthal. Captain Lees was telephoned for, and he wentdown and made an examination and immediately telegraphed to W. A. and Robert Pinkerton at Chicago and New York. They act in all such cases for the Bankers' Association. This telegram was followed up with other information, and Captain Lees became certain, from the description of Dean, that he was one Henry EaDesmaries. Then came a tele- gram from the Pinkertons that Dean had attempted to negotiate the letters of credit in Boston January 10. Yesterday Pinker- | ton telegraphed as follows: “Dean arrested | Uttea, N. Y., this morning; has Cook’s ticket on person.”” | In answer to t Captain Lees tele- | sraphed his congratulations, and sug- | gested that as the owners of both forged names reside here it would be better to prosecute Desmaries her | Captain Lees, in explaining how he came [to be certain that Dean was Desmaries, said that in 1881 one Henry E. Desmarie: a clerk in the Oriental Banking Corpora- tion of London, left its employ. Shortly after he turned np vnder the name of John Boyce in New York at the office of Laidlaw & Co., the agents of the Bank of California, | and I)resenled a letter of cred:t for £30,000. While clerk in the bank he had extracted some blanks and fi)'ed one out. With that letter of credit he cbtained from Laidlaw & Co. £5000. From there he fled to Paris, where he had formerly been a bank clerk. Laidlaw's people determined that Boyce was Desmaries and. got on his track, with the result that he ‘vas arrested and taken to England. He pleaded guilty to the charge at the 01d Bailey, and thrcugh the influence of his relatives and on ac:ount of the trouble it would take to bring witnesses from New York, he was sentenced to only four months’ imprisonn.ent. His father is a distinguished justice in the Island of Mauritiu An English family came to this country many vears before and settled in New Jer- sey, where two daugzhters were born. The amily returned to England and there one of them was married to Desmaries while he was in the bank. After the expiration of his sentence Des- maries came to San ¥rancisco accompanied by his wife, sister-in-law and one child. In March, 1894, he was sentenced to two and a half years in San Quentin fora clever attempt to swindle Hellman Brothers & Co., private bankers, out of £2500 on a forged letter of credit. This time he came under the name of John Matheson. When he was arrested for this he had gone with his family to Oroville and there had agreed to purchase a ranch front Spperior Judge Grey. To pay for it he drew a draft for some $7000 on his father, the Judge in Mauritius, and the draft and deeds were placed in escrow to await collection. On his arrest the deed was returned to Judge Grey. Desmaries went to San Quentin for the Hellman forgery, and wae released from there cn the 13th of last November. While in prison he made the acquaintance of a ynuns convict, who gave him a letter of introduction to an uncle in this City, a poor workingman. Desmaries mmmediately worked off a forged check for $10on the uncle. This check was signed with the name of E.B.Rambo, the same name signed to the check presented to Cook & Sons in Chicago December 31, On the same day, December 7, he went to N. Friedman & Co. of this City with a forged check in his own favor, purporting onitsfaceto be certified and drawn on { the Anglo-California Bank. They knew his history, but he cozened them into be- lieving that he really intended to reform. He purchased from them a lot of furni- ture with which he said he was going to start a hotel up in the country, and paid for it with the check. There was a balance of some §30, which he received in cash. Captain Lees said that he believed that Desmaries went East on the evening of December 7 on the money he had raised. “I was struck, of course, with the name Dean, and the possibility of Desmaries’ connection with the check of the bank of Woodland on the Crocker-Woolworth Bank raised from $12 to $22,000 last month by a man going under the name of A. H. Dean,” he said.. *‘But from the description sent us of the Chicago Dean he is nothing like the man who took the office in the Chronicle build- ing and presented that check. Of course, it is a singular coincident that that forgar went under the name of A. H. Dean and Desmaries took that of H. Dean in Chi- cago.” Desmaries left San Quentin November 13, worked off the forged checks of §10 and $685 on December 7. Decernber 31 he pre- sented the forged check in Chicago. Dean took an office in the Chronicle building December 4, went to ‘Woodland December 9, two daysafter Des- maries swindled Friedman & Co., and obtained a check from the Bank of Wood- land for §12 on the Crocker-Woolworth Bank. This he raised to $22,000, deposited it in the Nevada Bank, and on the 1Sth of December drew the amount out. ALONG THE WATER FRONT. Narrow Escape of the River Steamer Mary Garrett Last Thursday. W. Colnon Attempted to Convince the President of the Harbor Commissioners, The river steamer Mary Garrett had a very narrow escape in the southeaster last Thursday night. Her engine-rooms were flooded, and it was only the heroic work of the firemen that kept steam enough on the boilers to get the vessel out of the heavy swell. It was a day of misfortunes for the ves- sel. On her way down from Stockton she stuck on a mud bank for eleven hours, and it was consequently about 6 p. M. before she arrived here. From her dock at Wash- ington street she went to the Pacific Mail Company’s wharf to unload flour into one of the China steamers. The wind and sea were too much for her, however, and the captain determined to return to Washing- ton street. On her way back the vessel got into the trough of the sea and rolled 80 heavily that the stays of the smokestack parted. {\'hile temporary repairs were be- ing made the waves broke over the steamer continuous!y and flooded the engine-room. Had the firemen deserted their posts at that time tue chances are tnere would have been a wreck to chronicle. As it was the Mary Garrett got back to Washington- street wharf, and sailed for Stockton as soon as the gale subsided. T. P. H. Whitelaw, the wrecker, is hav- ing considerable trouble with the forty-ton gun carriage for the Lime Point fortifica- tion. He got it across the bay on a lighter all right, but the moving of it up the hill has proved a serious ta The heavy rains of the past forty-eight hours have made the ground so soft that the huge maéss of iron has sunk into the earth and a derrick will have to be erected to raise it onto the rollers again. The W. J. Roach is discharging at Beale- street wharf, the Eulomene went to Oak- land and the Godiva has moved from: Main street to the Mail dock to finish discharg- ing. The steam schooner Caspar will be Iaid up at Beale street for six weeks to get new boilers and the Westport will receive a thorough overhauling at Main street. Considerable damage was done by the rain on the Oregon dock yesterday. Thursday night's storm opened p the roof of the shed and in consequence the rain poured in on the Eastern goods awaiting transhipment. There is likely to be con- siderable discussion between the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company and the Harbor Commissioners as to who shall foot the bill for damages. A man_calling himself William Colnon resented himself at the office of the Harbor Commissioners _yesterday and asked to see President E. L. Colnon on “some important matters.” “Did he say his name was Colnon?” asked the gentle- man from Stockton, and when assured that that was the name given he remarked, “Well, Ididn’t know there was another Colnon in existence outside of my own family.” The man was shown in and seemed to know all about the president of the board and his family. Just as he was recounting some interesting incidents of his career Chief Engineer Holmes and Chief Wharfinger Root dropped in. They recognized the man at once, and as he had not seen them they backed out and beck- oned to Mr. Colnon. _Abouta month ago this same man was William Holmes and on the strength of the name he got §350 from the chief enginee: to pay his fare home. A fortnight ago he was William Root and on the same showing got §5 from the chief wharfinger. This was all told to President Colnon and he went back laugh- ing into the room where “William Colnon’’ was sitting. A few minutes later William asked his namesake for 50 with which to get back home, but the president of the Board of Harbor Commissioners, strange to say, had not even a 5-cent piece to spare. Willlam retired discouraged. but Pprobably succeeded in gaining the confi- dence of some one else before the night was out. RESIGNED VOLUNTARILY. Why Secretary Casey of the Public Library Left His Position. The resignation of Secretary E. J. Casey of the Public Library caused no surprise among the trustees of that institution, as they had known of his intention to 2o into.some other line of business for more than a_ year past and had_experienced some difficulty in keeping him from giv- ing up his position several months ago. The office was a eood one, paying $150 per month, but Mr. Casey be}ie\'efl that he could do better in other lines. Librarian Clark said yesterday that there was not the slightest dissatisfaction with the manner in which the ex-secretary had conducted his work and that his resigna- tion was a_ great disappointment to the members of the board of trustees. ‘‘He was the financial officer of the board,” said Mr. Clark, “but his accounts were in every way satisfactory. I know that Mr. Casey intended to Tesign a year ago and that the trustees persuaded him to change his mind,” Trustee Lilienthal also confirmed the statement that the secretary’s resignation was entirely voluntary. ——————— Captain de Winter Indicted. Captain John de Winter of the ship M. P, Grace was indicted by the Federal Grand Jury yesterday for beating with a revolver a seaman named Gustave Waywood while the latter was in irons. NEW TO-DAY. Ordinary Shoes hurt. Goodyear Welt Shoes don’t. Ask your dealer why. Goodyear Welts are leather shoes, not rub- ber. They are made in all kinds IROQUOIS AND RAILROADS, Lively Fight Among Dempcrats on the Public Ownership Question. WILL HOLD A MASS-MEETING. Governor “Jim” Budd to Be Asked to Tell What He Thinks About the Matter. A fight was precipitated in the Iroquois Club by the funding bill last night. C. Reynolds introduced a resolution shat a mass-meeting be called under the auspices of the club to denounce the bill, an_d that Governor Budd be invited to give his ideas on the advisability of the Government ownership of railroads. Mr. Reynolds spoke at length on the subject. He told of the fnany wrongs the Pacific Coast had suffered through .tpe iniquitous greed of the Southern Pacific, and declared that Governor l’vnfhl had explicitly made known his opinions on this matter so fully that his speech would have great effect, especially as it would have the indorsement of the Iroquois Club. Mr. Reynolds had hardly got to his seat before John Heenan was wildly protesting. He declared that governments were not able to manage railroads successfully. Italy’s railroads were a great source of ex pense, he said, and the entire East agreed in condemning the idea of the Government king the management of the Central Pa- c He therefore moved that all that part of Mr. Reynolds’ motion referring to the Government ownership of railroads be eliminated. Robert Boyd seconded Mr. Heenan’s motion and the trouble was started. 3 ‘A half dozen men were demanding recog- nition of Chairman Gildea at once. It soon developed that Mr. Heenan was in a vast minority. Max Popper wanted Mr. Reynolds’ original motion carried. Mr. Reynolds protested that it would be a very serious mistake to have it go out through the country that the Iroquis Club was not prepared to indorse the Government ownership of a transcontinental line. Here Isidor Jacobs presented a timely suggestion, which met the approval of the club, but was very distasteful to Messrs. Heenan and Boyd. He thought Mr. Heenan was laboring under a mistake as to the feelings of the club. They wanted the Government, he said, to own a trans- continental line and not to run a railroad. He presented as an amendment to Mr. Heenan's amendment that a committee of three be appointed to arrange for s mass- meeting, under the auspices of the Iroquois Club, to protest against the funding bill, and that Governor James H. Budd be re- quested to address this meeting. This, he said, wonld enable Governor Budd to choose his own subject. Even this did not pt Mr. Heenan. He moved that the whole matter be laid over till the Republican Congress had acted on the funding bil 1d no one_to second his motion . Jacob's idea was adopted without one enting voice. Mr. Reynolds wanted the committee of three instructed to request Governor Budd to speak on *“The Government Ownership of Railroads.” As the time for the special order of business had arrived he was de- clared out of order, and Professor James H. Simmons of the High School spoke on the “Educational Features of the New Charter. Mr. Simmons protested particularly against that portion of the charter which would require all teachers to be graduates of the State University. This, he pointed out, would debar graduates of Stanford from places, and would be likeiy to raise religious troubles by discriminating against those educated in sectarian schools with- regard to their qualifications and ties. Mr. Simmons was voted the thanks of the club. Mr. Reynolds once more urgea that ““Governor Jim Budd” be asked to speak on the “Government Ownership of Railroads.” It was decided, on Mr. Popper’s suggestion, to have him speak instead on “The Advisability of the Gov- ernment Ownership of One Trans- continental Line,” Mr. Heenan alone voting “no.” On Mr. Heenan’s motion it was decided to discuss as the special subject for next Friday the advisability of the people own- ing any line of railroad. The following committee on mass- meeting was appointed: Max Popper, Senator W. H. —_— s Taking a list of 100 pantomimes pro- duced throughout London and the prov- inces, it is seen that “Dick Whittington” heads the list with seventeen, while *‘Cin- derella” and ‘“Robinson Crusoe’’ are next with thirteen each. Last vear “Babes in the Wood” was first with eighteen and “Dick Whittington” and ‘Cinderilia” came mnext with el each, while in 1893-94 ‘“‘Aladdin’’ first with fourteen and “Robinson Crusoe” and *“Dick Whit- tington” next with twelve each. NEW TO-DAY. When Paderewski Comes HE WILL PLAY THE STEINWAY PIAND SHERMAN, CGLAY & C0, Cor. Kearny and Sutter §ts., Pacific Coast Representatives. HEALTH RESORTS. 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