The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 22, 1896, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1896. ARY 22, 1896 AMUSEMENTS. CALIFORNTA THEATER—* In Old Kentucky.” CoLuMBIA THEATER—“The Eusign.” Morosco's OPERa-HousE—* A Man Without a Country." TivoL1 OPERA-House.—“Ixion: or, The Man of the Wheel.” OrrHEUM.—High-Class Vaudevilia. GROVER'S ALcazaR.—*Wolves of New York.” MACDONOUGH THEATER (OAKLAND)—*Camille,”” SpcorTHr Cnures—Daily at Halght street «re Llock east of the Park. PACIFICCOAST JOCKEY CLU: —Races to-day. " AUCTION SALES. BALDWIN & HaswoxD.—Thursday, January 23, - Terat 10 Montgomery st. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. Architect A. Page Brown died yesterdsy at B . The Fireman's Fund Insurance Company elected a board of directors. Judge McKenne puts a stop to the reading of the Pattison committee report. Mr. Hammon of the Weather Bureau tells in to-day’s CALL all about the rain. dish mutilation was perpetrated upon a Monday at 43 Jessie street. Lo Pierce, the all-round Berkeley ed at Santa Barbara yesterday. The Chamber of Commerce held its annual meeting at the Merchants' Exchange yester- day. The Veteran Volunteer Firemen’s Associa- tion held its annual installation and banquet last evening. Baldwin’s object in borrowing §510,000 was to improve his property and give employment to workmen. “Fair, colder” is the prediction for to-day’s weather as, promulgated by Local Forecast Official A. McAdie. The winning horses at Ingleside vesterday were: Summer Time, True Blue, Lizzie H, | Three Forks and Nephew. tors’ Home Mutual Building and iation has incorporated, with a capital stock of 1,000,000, A defelict was blown up in the China Sea by the steamer Coptic while on her way from Hongkong to San Fraucisco. 1 W. F. Geimann and Michael Shan- 1 were promoted by Chief Crowley yester- the position of cor, s ect Shea of the C | r the interior of ing of the commissioners ! bine say eer they com: gainst of the e crew was_swept over- drowned. | Brewers' Protective | interesting _figures | this State. lers at 422 | assignment for | D ¥18,000. ater manager, | »f wide regret s in this City. 1 have to be T prevented any of rom making fast enough igned to be the fastest weter is being built for Tahoe by the Union Iron of the Manufacturers’ and Pio- n have decided to hold an | ion and an election next| the Wheeler & Wilson Ma- | agent, is on his way to| + 10 explain a shortage in bis | ompson. the aged news-dealer, n the Receiving Hospital ying the water-pipe in his | f the nefarious North will to-night con- of recommending the d patrol wagons similar | ew York. & millionaire Chinaman of this » several hundred thousand machinery to the Orient to 1 gold and silver mines. alias Edward Heywood, con- has secured a new trial Court on errors which his ed and was responsible for. irm and Philip Waitz, who insulted xteenth street Monday, were ed by Judge Conlan of dis- and will be sentenced to-day. , who says he is the son of an . swore out a warrant in t vesterday for the arr charge of grand larcen: as affirmed the decision v which the directors of pay to Matthew Me- | of adeposit he had 1n owley received n dispatch last night | at_Detective Harry Reynolds | the steamer on Thu ay E | | saughey, who is wanted here , who shot his wife in Novem- is throat in the City Prison had the charge of assauit to the youth who smashed a town because he wanted to e dismissed by Judege yesterda as two gentlemen ed 1o take care of him. H. Tin Foo, one of the presidents of the Chi- nese Merchants’ Association, and who was ar- Tested under suspicion of being mixed up with Sam Yick’s Postoffice thefts, is 110w believed by he postal inspectors to be innocent. In the case of Margaret Heckle against the Southern Pacific Company, & suit for damages for the killing of Claude Heckle in Anderson, Ebasta County, on September 9, 1893, a verdict for defendant was rendered yesterday. Firemen are complaining of the fact that the compelled to use the Clarke gong and pay per auonth for it, when the regular alarm bells, if they were permitted to stand, would be sufficient to call them to fires. Captain Pederson of the bark McNeer and H. G. Thompson, the managing owner, are at log- gerheads. The latter has chartered the vessel 10 R. G. Chandler and the former toa Seattle firm. Pederson owns the controlling interest, T. H. Redington, the confidential man of Dr. Bomerset Robinson, the retired navy surgeon, who recently died at Paso Robles, and who was left & portion of the estate of the deceased, is Iying seriously ill at the Lane Hospital in this City. Stratton, special counsel for the Board of Harbor Commissioners, has adyised that body to proceed with the signing of contracts for the new ferry depot. He thinks Attorney- General Fitzgerald is in the wrong. The mat. nevertheless be carried to the Supreme Beauty| Found The Officers of the Steamer Coptic Blew Up a Derelict at Sea. TROUBLE ON THE MNEAR Louis Williams Lost Overboard From the Schooner James A. Garfield. The Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company’s steamer Coptic arrived from Hongkong via Yokohama and Honolulu a day ahead of time. She made the run from the Hawaiian Kingdom to this port in 5 days 17 hours, beating the best previous record. At Honolulu 1350 tons of cargo, 360 Chinese and 270 Japanese were discharged in fifteen hours and the steamer was ready to sail six hours before her advertised time. The Coptic only brought 35 cabin pas- sengers and 65 Chinese and 3 Japanese for San Francisco. Among the former was J. Remusat, an attache of the French con- sulate at Shanghai About the only excitement of the run of the Coptic from Hongkong was the blow- ing up of a derelict. In the China Sea the hulk wa3s sighted, and the captain of the ocean liner thought it dangerous. A boat was called aw; and when the steamer had come to a stop Chief Officer Sealby was instructed to go and blow up the derelict. On closer examination it was found to be the remains of a three-masted wooden ship, but there was nothing to show its name or nationality. A charge of dynamite was lowered into the hold, a train was laid by the men, and when Ofticer Sealby fired it everybody pulled for thetr liv A few seconds later there was a dull explosion, a small fountain of water sprang into the air, and when it subsided the derelict was gone. The bark McNear, which arrived from Departure Bay yesterday, had a livély time of it outside, and her owners are go ing to have an equally interesting time in n Pa et Sound it took the ves- four days to get to San Fran- cisco, and during that time she has been in almost every storm that has raged along the coast since last December. She was driven back again and again, and had it not been for Captain Pederson the men would have taken command and run the vessel back to Port Townsend. Now that the bark is safely in port there is liable to be some litization as to who will control her. G. H. Thompson is the managing owner, but Captain Pederson holds the controlling interest. The former has chartered the vessel to R. D. Chandler 10 carry coal from Vancouver Island, while Pederson has agreed with Seattle parties to take 8 load of lumber to Aus- tralia. Thompson says he has befriended Pederson. ana the latter says Thompson not only wants to run the ship but the master as well. In the meantime the Mec- Near will discharge her cargo and the question of the charter will be settied in court, The British bark Sharpshooter, which | was wreciked in the Gulf of California and towed here by the tug Fearless, was sold | at public auction vesterday by the Unitea States Marshal. Bidding was lively and finally the hull was knocked down to J. Johnson for $2260. It igunderstood that the purchase was for A. P. Lorentzen & Co., and that the Sharpshooter will be re- fitted and put in the Hawaiian trade. The schooner James A. Garfield from Grays Harbor losta man overboard during the gale that proved so disastrous to the steamer Noyo. It wasin Iatitude 40 deg. 19 min. north, longitude 125 deg. 15 min. west, and a heavy sea swept over the ves- sel and carried Lonis Willlams overboad. An attempt was made to lower a boat, out it was smashed into small pieces against | the schooner’s side. The cabin passengers by the steamer Coptic were: | | P. M. Blanchard, Dr.T. H. Clark, Mrs. G. M. Ha Bishop A. E. Medicott, J Miss G. Suthon, Re e ander, G. Binford, L. B. Quick, T Miss Daniels, J.' 8. Hay rien, B. Rosenthal, George B. S D. Weldon, | Miss Belle Carter, Miss ( F. Kalp! | Brathwart, E. ler, J. Vocklander, Rev. El M. H. R. Harris, J. J. Oswald, W, E Dr. W. P. Turner, Mrs. N. W} Utle: child and infant, Mrs. Fauhurst, Mrs. Loisett The steamer Czarina has put into Rio de | Janeiro with her machinery out of order. She was purchased by the John D. | Spreckels Bros. Company to carry coal | rom Marshfield and was on her way here | from Pensacola, Fla. | Owing to the delay in getting papers port nearly all the American sealers will | go out under the British flag this season. | Among those now fitting out and which | ill fly the Union Jack are the schooners Emma & Louise, Lily L and Edward E. | Webster. Their owners say that they are f : not going to risk seizure on their return to | €0Mings, as he is only temporarily at the | port and be put in the same box as the Bowhead and Sophie Sutherland. VIAY FOLLOW HIS FRIEND The Confidential Man of Dr. Robinson Is at Death’s Door. Left a Fortune While Lying Seriously Il in the Lane Hospital in This City. J. H. Redington, who was for years the confidential man of Dr. Somerset Robin- son, the eccentric ex-naval surgeon who recently died at Paso Robles, and who comes in for a large share of the valuable estate of the deceased,is on what will probably prove his deathbed at the Lane Hospital. Dr. Robinson, who was well known in naval circles for years past, was very much averse to the presence of human beings other than members of his own séx and never permitted women to come near his abode if he conld avoid it. After his retirement from the service, nine or ten years ago, he picked out two men as companions for hisdeclining years who cherished the same feelings regarding the gentler sex as himself, and these formed his company and bodyguard to prevent the incursions of praedatory fe- males. One of these was T. H. Redington, the msan who will hardly live to come into possession of the fat legacy left him by his late friend. Redington remained with Dr. Robinson until about two months ago, when a throat disease, that had been making rapid inroads on bis strength for some time past, made it necessary for him to seek a specialist for relief. He came to this City and went to the Lane Hospital, where he has since been an inmare. A recent operation deprived him of the power of speech, and it is hardly believed he will survive much longer. Telezrams that came yesterday aporised him of the fact that his employer was dead, and that he had been generously remembered in the will. The siock caused by the sad news affected him scriously in his enfeebled state, and the physicians at once pre- scribed absolute rest, and allowed no visi- Purity Cuti'cura Sold throughout the vorld. British depot: ¥, Naws BEET AXD Soxgr - Kina Ay * Forr Drvo & Cusi Cor., Sois Propay Bosiono g 8. a0 > tors to see him. —————————— Truly Shattuck’s Flight. —_— i land.~ She is reported to have left last Sunday. The supposition is that she is fleeing irom the reach of subpenas to compel her to_testify in the suit ageinst her mother which is 10w pending beforo Judge Belcher. Should she ave gone to Portland, she will be subpenaed when the steamer arrives there. and_held un- til she can be reached by the Sheriff of this City. TIN FO00’S GOOD NAME. Postal Inspectors no Longer Suspeot Him of Complicity With Sam Yick’s Postoflice Larceny. It is not likely that the postal inspec- tors will try to make a case against H. Tin Foo, whom they arrested a few days ago in the hope that he would enable them to catch Sam Yick, the letter-thief. Sam Yick has not yet been caught. H. Tin Foo1s one of the two presidents of the Chinese Merchants’ Association, and stands very high among his people. Noman in Clinatown believes that Tin Foo had anything to do with the pilfering of the letfers of Fung Hai & Co., Tsue Chong Wing Mon Kee & Co., and Chong Ying Lung & Co., snd Postal Inspector Munro also stated yesterday that he thought Tin Foo did not have anything to do with the Postoffice larceny. Tin Foo's explanation that he was not aware of Sam Yick’s crookedness secms to have been quite satisfactory. The inspec- tors were working at considerable disad- vantage in this affair owing to the talka- WAS ALMOST ENGULFED, The Steamer Noyo Caught in Last Sunday Night's Southeaster. LIFEBELTS WERE DISTRIBUTED. Very Few of the Passengers Ever Expected to Reach Land Again Alive, The gale of Sunday night raged along tbe coast and in consequence all the ex- pected steamers and sailing vessels are | overdue. The Walla Walla from Puget Sound ports was twelve hours behind time lost night and the Noyo was double her usual time in making the run from Fort Bragg. Very few captains who have arrived dur- accounting of some mining property and for , damages. He claims he purchased from them for $27,000 some wining claims in the El Dorado region in Lincoln County, Ney., under certain conditions of payment. He de- veloped the mines at once, and before he had paid for them they were worth $250,000. The defendaats, Le says, upon learning this, took forcible possession, and now he is suing to have them ejectzq, foran sccounting and for damages. ————— — A PAULIST ORATOR. Rev. Arthur P. Clarke to Be Heard Here on Washington’s Birthday. Extensive preparatious are being made for the Young Men’s Institute celebration in this City on Washington’s birthday. On account of the uncertainty of the weather there will be no outdoor demon- stration. Exercises will be held in Metropolitan Hall, and the arrangements are being made to make these of a high order. Rev. Arthur P. Clarke, one of the Paul- ists, a celebrated speaker, has accepted the invitation to deliver an address. Father Clarke is a grandson of a notable soldier associated with Washiugton in Revolu- tionary times, and his address will be of special interest. The following standing committees have been sppointed to arrange the details of the celebration: Committee on programme—J. F. Cai- laghan, T. H. Fallon, Samuel Haskins and G. M. Kelly; committee on decorations— [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] The Steam Schooner Noyo Battling Against the Southeaster Off Point Arena. After Her Engine Fires Went Out Life - Belts Were Served Out to the Passengers. tiveness of the Chinese, particularly the members of the firm of Tsue Chong Wing Mon Kee & Co. They went after Sam | Yick as soon as they learned he had taken | their mail, and compelled him to go to Sutro & Co. ana make gocd a $10 check he had cashed ther: IRES O HS WAY i The Wheeler & Wilson Agent Is Supposed to Be Going to Bridgeport. He Owes Nearly $20,000, and His Property at the Local Store Has Been Attached. agent of the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Company, failed to report at bis office, 1368 Market street, yesterday, and the place has been attached. The story of Mr. Ayres’ disappearance was told in yesterday’s CALw, but there was an intimation that the man might possibly be on hana in the morning with $19,990 to liquidate his indebtedness to the company. He did not appear, however, and the risk of seizure on their return to | and the Sheriff has a deputy in charge of | all those goods which the missing man might ¢'aira as his own. Mr. Dunne, the bookkeeper of the | Wheeler & Wilson Company, is adverse to | zoing into details as to Mr. Ayres’ short- head of the local concern, and unless he 1s | instructed by the main office at Bridge- | port, Conn., he will not talk of the ac- | counts. However, he felt he conld say that Mr. Ayres had left the City and neither he nor | Mrs. Ayres knew where Mr. | gone. He did not doubt tuat the missing man had started for the East, and that he might be on his way to Bridgeport, Conn., to straighten out his affairs with the home office. Mr. Ayres' position in this City was mainly that of a buyer of goods, at bed- rock prices, from the Wheeler & Wilson Company. He ran into that company’s debt through elsewhere purchasing ma- chines for making buttonholes. The ma- chines he sold on the instaliment plan, and lately, during the business depression, he found it difficult to make collections. IS HE INSANE? Samuel B. Thompson, the Aged News- dealer. Makes Things Lively in the Receiving Hospital Samuel B. Thompson, the aged news- dealer, who was held by Judge Conlan on Monday to answer before the Superior Court on three charges of felonious as- sault, was placed in one of the steel tanks at the Receiving Hospital to await his preliminary examination on other charges Last evening he became so violent that his hands were manacled behind his back. Thompson had distinguished several times by :'eleasin% himself when strapped in his cell in the City Prison, but he found the steel handcuffs beyond his power. He appeared determined to do some mis- chief, and by contorting his body he suc- ceeded in wrigeling his legs through his locked arms, which brought the handcuffs in_front instead of behind. The only thing in the cell he could tamper with was the water-pipe. He tore nhis clothing in shreds and then broke the pipe. The water poured into the cell and the noise sttracted the attention of the attaches of the hospital. - The flow of water was stopped and Thompson was dragged out of the steel cell and placed in a padded one. . A suit of old clothes was procured and he was made tc don it. He remarked that it was the first bath he had had for a long time. When he was held to answer on Monday his attorneys stated that-they would have him taken before the Insanity Commis- sioners, as they believed he was insane; and Thompson is doing everything possi- ble to confirm that belief. e Page Has Returned. Detective Anthony arrived in the City last night from New York with J. D. Page, ex- District Attorney, who was indicted by the Grand Jury for embezzling $4342 belonging 1o Lewls Lichtinger, an_insane ward. Page, on Reports hdve it now that Truly Shattuck hes taken passage on the Columbis for Port- being asked at the City Prison if he had any statement to make, replied in the negative. Alvin D. Ayres, general Pacific Coast | Ayers had | | ing the last few weeks have a more thrill- | ing experience to tell than Captain Levin- son of the Noyo. The steamer was caught | in the southeaster, part of her deck load of | lumber was washed away, the remaining | 100,000 feet was jettisoned, the waves took | command of the vessel and the engine-i room was flooded. The fires under the | | boilers were drowned out and the pas- sengers were told to get lifebelts. Just when things were at their worst the steam schooner Albion hove in sight and gave renewed hope to the crew. She remained | alongside of the disabled eraft for twelve hours and then stood on her way. The Noyo wasout from Fort Bragg thirty- six hours when caught in the gale off Point Arena. She had on board the | following passengers: Harry Witberg and wife, J. J. Mcllison, A. Olnes, Mrs. Baul- leud, E. Olsen, D. Dondon, George Don- dero, E. Meach, J. Blain, John Ketchum, 1J. Brown, P. Everson, Miss G. Goldech, | Mrs. Steoferd, Harry Hoight, Miss B. | Kimball, Mrs. Campbell and Fred White. ot one of them was hurt, and the only | person on board who bears any trace of | the hurricane is Purser Littlejohn, who was struck on the head by a piece of flying | tamber. | | In telling about the storm yesterday | Captain _Levinson sad: *“When the | | steamer left Fort Bragg a heavy sea was running, but we thougnt nothing of that, | | and all’ Sunday morning we made fair time. Sunday afternoon the wind began | to increase until at midnight it was blow- | |ing a hurricane. Some of our deckload | was washed away,and I ordered the re- mainder jettisoned in order to save the | | vessel. The fires in the engine-room were | | drowned out, and. as our position seemed | desperate, I ordered the passengers called and- told them to get on lifebelts. The | crew behaved splendidly, and never | shirked obeying an order, even though it | | was at the risk of their lives. In the | morning the storm abated somewhat, and | the Albion stood Ly us untii we got our fires relit and were once more under steam.” “It was an awful voyvage,” said one of the passengers. “The waves carried away | part of the deckload, but it was not enough to help the steamer. Then a huge wave came along and flooded everything. The fires under the boilers went out and in a few moments the Noyo was helpless. Captain Levinson ordered the deckload | thrown overboard, and while this was being done a piece of lumber flew out of the hands of two of the men and a splinter from it struck Purser Littlejohn in the forehead. ‘“*Captain Levinson managed to put tne vessel about, but the attempt to set sail was a failure, as no canvas could with- stand the force of the gale. It wasthen that all the passengers were warned and we started out to_get lifebelts on. Some of the women and children were too sea- sick to move and they had to be helped into places of safety. During the whole dread};ul time Captain Levinson never lost his head, and directly the Albion was sighted he flew signals of distress. She came within hailing distance and Captain Lundquist said he would stay by us. He did so until the gale went down and our men were able to pump out the engine- room and get fire under the boilers. Then we came on to San Francisco and arrived yesterday morning.” The N’t’)yo does not seem to be much the worse for the gale she went through, but shipping men say that the escape of both vessel and all on board was little short of miraculous. GAME-DEALERS FINED. Three of the Men Arrested for Selling Wild Ducks Pleaded Guilty. Judge Joachimsen was very lenient with the men who were arrested for selling game out of season. Threecf the game law offenders pleaded guilty yesterday and were fined $5 each. Their names are, E. Paolini, A. Boldachi and Philip Laurel. It was stated that the dealers in game intend to conlinue in the business of buy- ing and selling birds, but as Game Warden | Mogan has his war paint on it is presumed he will continue to arrest all those who transgress the game law. The season for the sale of wild ducks and quail ended on the 15th inst. : A large consignment of wild ducks, which were shipped from Clarksburg a few days ago to a commission merchant, arrivef in very poor condition, and as a consequence the lot, consisting of mallards Bnd canvasbacks, was dumped into the ay. . Barney’s Mining Claims. Alfred 8. Barney is suing Daniel Murphy, H. Brawn, John Apple and F. Monaghan for an Charles Healey and W. J. Davis; commit- tee on printing—F. A. Sullivan, J. T. Foley and E. V. Sullivan; committee on publicity—R. E. Fazackerley, M. F. Silk |and J. T. Foley; committee on invita- tions—R. Tobin, S8amuel Haskins and J. F. Callaghan. MAKIKG A SHORT CUT Judge McKenna Finds a Neat Way Out of a Di- lemma, He Admits the Entire Pattison Re- port as. Evidence in the Railroad Suit. Judge McKenna decided yesterday morning to consider as read all the report of the Pattison committee, the reading of which would take up nearly a whole month in the injunction suit brought by the railroad company against the Railroad Commissioners to prevent the latter from reducing freight rates. Ex-Judge Hayne, for the Commissioners, argued on Monday last that the railroad attorneys were pleased with the delay in trying the case by having the 1500 pages of the report read, simply that they felt strong in the fact that they had been granted a restraining order, which, he in- timated, would be more pleasing still if the reading could be continued ad infini- tum. The court believed that counsel on either side could decide on those parts of the voluminous report which would be neces- sary in the arguments and that they could be stipulated when the contestants” would come together again on February 3. The_decision of the court, to all appear- ance, is satisfactory to all concerned. At- torney Herrin, in his arzuments to date, has held that lie believed speedier progress could be made by not wading through a lot of testimony that could have no bear- ing on the issues. He believed that it would have been better to get up pleading and to have proceeded to the taking of testimony. This, he claimed, wouia have brought forth a final decree even sooner than a decision could possibly be had in a preliminary injunction. Between this date and February 3 it is expected that the factions represented will be able to present their arguments, picking out those portions of the report material in the case at issue. NEW PATROL WAGONS. Two Covered Vehicles Similar to Those in Use in New York to Be Recommended. At the meeting of the Police Commis- sioners to-night Commissioner Gunst will submit for the inspection and considera- tion of the board photographic views he has just received from New York of the patrol wagon in use there by the Police De- partment. The views are ‘hree in number. One shows the wagon from a side view, and the other two the rear—one with the seats in position and the other with stretcher in use. The wagon is much lighter than those now in use here, and 1t serves also the pur- se of an ambulance. The seats can be owered when necessary and a swinging stretcher placed in the body of the wagon so that the patient is freed from theannoy- ance and inconvenience of jolting. Another advantage the wagon possesses is in having a roof over it with covers front and rear, which are kept in a roll on top, and are lowered during rainy weather. 'wo new patrol wagonhs are required for the new stations, and if 1t is decided to purchase two vehicles similar to those in New York, one will be placed for use at the Central police station and the other probably at the California-street station. The use of covered patrol wagons has been recommended by Chief Crowley in his annual reports for years back. The S. F. and N. P. Election Postponed, By consent of all persons interested the elec- tion of officers by the stockholders of the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad Com- pany, which had been set for yesterday, was ostponed until February 11, three weeks Ecnce, 10 await the outcome of the legal pro- nding in the Marin County ceedings now. fore Tudge Angelotti. Superior Court FIRE ALARMS COME HIGH Extramen Complain of Charges Made for “Clarke Gongs.” the THE CITY’S POLES ARE USED. How a Private Enterprise Is Conducted Partly at the Expense of San Francisco. Occasionally the worm turns and wants to know why ana wherefore. This is the case with the firemen who are being charged $2 a month each for gongs which have been put in their homes to fill the place of the big tire bells on the engine-houses, which in many cases have been removed. Extramen who aré donnected with the Fire Department are not as a rule expected to sleep in the engine-house of the dis- trict in which they belong, and conse- quently stay at their own houses. As a great many of the 800-pound bells have been removed from the towers lately, it has been necessary for the extramen to put private tapvers in their homes, so as to be warned in case of fire. For these tappers, which are known as the ‘‘Clarke gongs,” the firemen are compelled to pay $2 per month or probably lose their job through failure to hear a fire alarm. In the eventof a high wind or stormy weather the whistle alatms are frequently of no value, and consequently private alarms are essential to the preservation of the extraman’s job. He simply has to put them in or run the risk tnat follows failure to appear at fires in his district. The non- generally results in his being “broke,” to use the term that means dismissal among firemen. Chief Sullivan, interviewed yesterday regarding the matter, said: “I regard the charge of §2 per month as very high, and have always thought that $1 would be enough. Extramen make only $35 per month ount of their positions, and they should not be expected to give up such a proportion of their earnings to be called to fires. “In a great many cities of smaller popu- lation there -are fully paid fire depart- ments, and extramen are done away with altogether, but here we have them still, and the City should pay for the electrical service necessary to warn them of fires. Of course the steam whistles are valua- ble, but if firemen want tappers they should have them, and the charges should be rea- sonable. Mr. Clarke, who is the gentleman who puts in these tappers or gongs for the firemen who want them.’" “‘Does Mr. Clarke use the City’s poles for his wires?” “I donot know; but it is probable that he does.” *‘Has he any right to use them?”” “Well, not to any great extent, that I can see, unless he has a franchise. But you had better see him about it. have no hesitancy in giving you all the the business a great many years."” Later in the day Mr. Clarke was visited at his office in the telephone building, and in answer to the not he had a franchise to use the City's poles, he admitted that he had not. “Do you find it necessary to use the poles of the City to run wires into the homes of the firemen who are compelled to use vour gongs?”’ “Occasionally; but asa rule I run them over the housetops, as most of the extra men live on the side streets, and there are no poles there that it would be possible to use.” ‘It is claimed by a great many firemen that private citizens use the gongs, and that the City’s poles are used to run the wires. Isthere any truth in that?”’ “Well, I have a few subscribers outside of the firemen, and whenever I find it necessary to use the poles of the City I use them. But that is not often.” There is a great deal of complaint among the firemen of San Francisco over this gong service and the charges are bitterly complained of. The firemen claim that Mr. Clarke’s en- terprise is conducted as far as possible on the poles of the City and that if he had not the use of them the Fire Department would have to make some provision for calling the firemen together in case of fire. Chief Sullivan is of the opinion that the City ought to have control of all such mat- ters and that the lo%est possible rates pelled to use gongs in their houses. The most general complaint 1s that if Mr. Clarke is utilizing the City’s poles to conduct a private enterprise he ought to be in a position to give a lower rate to the {]qen who are forced to do business with im. The Folding-Bed Closed. Tne Supreme Court has reversed the ruling ofthe Superior Court in the case of Grace Lewls against Joseoh T.Terry. The suitwas for damages for injuries sustained by the { Plaintiff by the collapse of a folding-bed pur- chased from the defendant. The folding-bed was purchased from Terry by a third party, from whom the plaintiff rented a room con: taining the aforesaid folding-bed. The bed closed down on her arm one even- ing and broke it, and she sued Terry, the one who sold the bed, for damages. The de- murrer was upon the kround that there was no contract of sale between the plaintiff and the defendant. but the Supreme Court recog- nizes an implied contract on the part of the salesman to sell folding-beds that are safe. The demurrer is therefore overruled. NEW TO-DAY. TH E_‘ OWL DRUC CO., CUT-RATE DRUGGISTS ! 1128 Marlet Street, SAN FRANCISCO. 320 S. S BEring Sweet Free Delivery. 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NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS, X‘KIEBLA.'!BLK.GOWLODAimm ATIDMATAGLES -+ + THERE (270 15 G A ] THING WAY | RIGHT And that is what we always aim 10 do. The Splendid Produetion Last Night of “THE ENSIGN!” —BY THE— FRAWLEY COMPANY! Will not only become TONA7IN A T X% But, as usual, crowd tie theacer, Next MONDAY—A Great Performance of PUST OSSP St A MEN AND WOMEN CHERE wlo IMCORP! PRSPS JOYOUS RETUKN Stor IN TO-NIGH 1 0f OLD | Matinee Sat'c Aproal ! ENTUCKY ! The Pickaninny BRASS BAND | The Glorious HORSE RACE 9 | - ALCAZAR “Wednesday Pop” Matineo To-day 2 P. M. Ice Cream and Cake for Everybody. Popular Novels for Ladies and Children., COMPLETE AND OVERWHELMING TRIUMPH OF “THE WOLVES OF NEW YORK ! ROOF-RAISING APPLAUSE ! VEST-SPLITTING MERRIMENT! SOUL-SOF fENING SYMPATHY! Night Prices—10c, 15¢, 25c¢, 35¢, 50c. Matinees—Wednesday ‘“Pop,”’ Ice C: and Books Froe to All; Shiurday and Sunday. Prices—10c, 150, 25c. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Mza LENESTINE KRELING Froprieios « Manages EVERY EVENING THIRD EDITION—THIRD EDITION Of the Beautiful Spectacle, [“IXION!” “IXION!” Or, THE MAN OF THE WHEEL., NEW SONGS! NEW DANCES! —NEW SPECIALTIES !— NEW LOCALISM ——IN PREPARATION— “THE GENTLE SAVAGE!” A New American Opera in Three Acts. Popular Prices—25c and 50c. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theater in America. WALTER MOROSC e Lessee and Manager THIS EVENING AT EIGHT, First Production in San Francisco of James Has- Kkins’ Great Melodrama, |“A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY I” A Story of Louisiana During the Civil War. EVENING PRICES—250 and_500. Famlly Circie and Galler, 10c. Usual Matinees Saturday and Sunday. ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Street, Between Stockion and PowalL —OVERWHELMING SUCCESS OF— OUR BRILLIANT NEW COMPANY ! D—INEW STARS!—D RACHEL WALKER, The Creole Nightingale—the Musical Sensation of the City. SISTERS DE VAN, SISTERS DE WITT, Etc. Reserved seats, 25c; Balcony, 10c; Opera cnairs and Box seats, 50c. MACDONOUGH THEATER (OAKLAND). MARIE WAINWRIGHT ! Farewell Performance To-night—¢‘C AMILLE’® Secure seats in advance. NOW THAT THE SUN SHINES Shoot the Chutes and Trip the Trolley! AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ADMISSION 10 CENTS Children (including a Merry-Go-Round Ride), 10c. PACIFIC COAST JOCKEY CLUB (Ingleside Track). FIVE OR MORE RACES DAILY. (RAIN OR SHINE.) FIRST RACE AT 2:00 P. I'l. ADMISSION $1.00. Take Southern Pacitic trains at Third and Town- send streets Depot, leaving at 12:40 and 1:15 2. M. Fare for round trip, including admission to grand nd, $1. Take Mission-strees electric ine direcs to track. A. B. SPRECKELS, President. W.S. LEAKE, Secretary. COLUMBIA BICYCLE-RIDING 3 ACADEMY, 1970 Page Streei, Near Stanyan, Parl Entrance. | The Most Elaborate and Complete Cyclery in America. » Commodious indoor Riding and Instruction Hall, fully equipped and free from all obstructions. 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