The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 24, 1896, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1896. A MONSTER 1S IN THE CITY, Twenty-Two Draft Horses Poisoned in Their Stalls. MISCREANT UNEKNOWN. Ten Horses Owned by the Arctic 0il Company Died Since Sunday. POISON GIVEN IN WATER. Supposed to Be the Work of the Fiend Who Mutilated the Horse on Jessie Street. -two longing to the Works bave been poisoned in nin the past few d ten of them h: ince Sunday. The others are ¢ and some of them™may die ee veterinary surgeons are in attendance, but they are entirely | itied as to the characterof the poison- The officers of the Arctic Oil Company declare themselves to be wholly in the dark as to how the poisoning was done. 1f some one has done the thing with in- tent they say they cannot guess who that some one is or what the provocation. | The police have been informed and y terday ted the works and made an | in , but they could get no clew, There has been considerable gossip in the neighborhood of the works, since the horses began dying, that a young man re- | cently employed abo got into trouble with discharged a few days ago, is under suspi- cion. That, however, is denied by the officials of the company. One of them said last night: “We have had no trouble with any of our employes that I know of, but I do not care to sa; I think abont this just now. It might be premature. Following so close upon the atrocious mutilation of borse in the stable of Thomas Hark 43 Jessie street, the police are inclined to believe that some monster who finds fiendish pleasure in in- flicting pain upon the horse has developed in the City. This seems the more probable from the fact that the Jessie-street ontrage is siill a ery so far as the perpetrator is con- cerned. In neither case has any motive for wreaki ngeance upon the owners of the been made apparent. fasoero, who is the chief surgeon in attendance at the stable of the oil works, is of the opinion that the poison has been administered to the horses in the water. He intimates, although he does not di- rectly decliare, his belief that the horses have been deliberately poisoned. “This.is another of those strange hap- penings that T met with once or twice be- fore in miy experience,”” said Dr. Masoero last eveming. *“The mutilation of the horse in Jessie street is something beyond my understanding. “With all my experience it makes me shudder to witness the sufferings of these horses. Tam inclined to believe that the poison was given them in the water. I cannot say just what the poison is. The symptoms were somewhat peculiar, Iwas first called to attend these horses early Sunday morning. There was then thought to be but one horse aifected. I found him suffering great psin. The roof of his mouth and his lips were quite white. He died on Monday, but by that time six or meven others had taken sick, exhibiting the same symptoms. They died in quick succession. Three died yesterday. Two others died to-day. I am afraid another ‘will follow, but T hope that the others will recover, as I find them somewhat better to-night. “Three horses belonging to Captain Grifliths, secretary of the company, were in the stable on Sunday and were taken sick with the others. They were two handsome carriage horses and a saddle horse. They were removed to the cap- tain’s private stable on Rincon Hill. They are better and will recover. “No, there need be no fear of an epi demic of disease among horses,”’ contin- ued the doctor. “There is no mistaking this as being a case of poisoning. When I saw the serious nature of the case I in- sisted upon the company calling in some other veterinary surgeons, as I did not ‘wish to bear the responsibility alone. Dr. Archibald and Dr. Robbins were sum- moned, and we have consulted over the case. Ialso sent portions of the stomach ana intestines to a chemist for analysis, ‘but can get no report upon it for a week ;yet. There are nine horses in the stable »mow, all suffering more or less. One and iperhaps more may die.” The Arctic Oil Works are located on :Illinois street in the Potrero. At night 'the buildings are tightly locked up, and it would require some ingenuity to get into the yards ana much more to get into the stable after dark. The watchman at the place responded last night to an energetic hammering upon the gate, and in answer to questioning said: ““The stable is very carefully guarded by 2 special watchman all the time, and it would be next to impossible for any one to get at the horses without detection in he night. 1In theday, however, it is quite different, as the stable is open and em- ployes have access to it. Since the horses began to die the force of watchmen has been increased until there are now five. The loss is considerable—the horses that have already died could not be replaced for less than $2000. I do not know of any men having been discharged lately or there being any troubie with them.” bosses and was Niantie Parlor Officers. Niantic Parlor No. 105, N. 8. G. W., installed , and | t the stable, but who | matter the following new officers at Yosemite Hall, Native Sony bifilding, on Mason street, Tties ireasurer; trustees—Joseph B. Keenan, L. F. Byington and F. B. Galindo; surgeons—Drs. G. W. Clark, 11'and H. Damkroger. After the regular meeting a banquet was enjoyed. ARTS AND CRAFTS. Proving a Most Gratifying Success. There is no abatement in the interest | and the financial success of the enterprise is now assured. Each dzy since the open- inglarge numbers have been in attendance. A first and casual glance gives little idea of the fascinating character of the display, as orderly characteristics of an art exhibit. of confusion. The design is to make a display that in its variety will appeal to every one en- | in any of the diversified branches of | anaicraft of printing. In | s & show intended to appeal more | directly to those engaged in these depart- | ments, and in order that all who are kent | by their employment from visiting the ex- | { hibit during working hours ma opportunity to examine the display, the | zuild has decided to open the same, free | | of charge, on Sunday -irom 10 A. 5 { . M. This will be the last aay of th hibition. On Friday evening K. P. Garnett will talk informally about book plates and posters, and on Saturday evening Messrs. Bendix, Landsberger and von der Mehden | will in turn render musical selections. | It is the hope of the gmild that this en- | terprise will prove but the foreranner of a series touching on various special branches | of handicraft and industrial art; such as metal work, Japanese art, wood work, ete. | Subscribing members of the guild pay | $5 a vear, which entitles them to admission | to all exhibitions held under the manage- ment of the guild. This is a new fea- | | comprises men actively engaged in the different arts and handicrafts connected | with the art: ‘STABBED BY REEL TERRY, E. V. Phillips Slightly Wounded in a Brawl on the i Street. A Midnight Encounter in Which a Knife Was Used Without Seri- | ous Effect. | E. V. Phillips was taken to the Receiv- | ing Hospital last night suffering from three kpife wounds inflicted by Reel B. | Terry. Stockton and Market streets at about 11:45 o'clock, and was the result of a row. : | Pnillips was at one time a newspaper reporter. Later he became secretary of the Pilot Commissioners. Terry is an at- torney and a son of the late Judge David B. Terry. Mr. Terry is said to have been the aggressor in the trouble of last night | Both men had been drinking and they came out of a saloon on the corner of Ellis street together, each surrounded by friends. Phillips made some remark that Terry re- sented. Terry jumped at Phillips with an open knife in his hand. His first biow cut open Phillips’ temple. The wounded man struck Terry, who staggered back and the shoulder. The two men clinched at this. They were in a tight embrace for a second. Then | Phillips threw Terry heavily to the ground and began pummeling him when friends interferred. Phillips was bleeding profusely, and bis friends advised him to quit. He slowly relinquished his grip on Terry’s throat, si g: 'Ge"t up, you — coward. I'll give you your life,” Then he was taken to a drugstore on the corner. Terry was led by his friends to the back room of a neighboring saloon, but soo left there. Phillips’ friends rang for the patrol- wagon. Before it arrived they boarded a streetcar with him and went to the Receiv- ing Hospital. There it was found that he had received three wounds which were only superticial, Phillips’ friends declared to the sur- down in the street and hurt himself. ———————— . The Old Louvre Sign. The Supreme Court has decided that theO 1d appeal now pending on the question is settled. Suit was brought to have it compelled to do so, and judgment was rendered in favor of the laintiff, the dproprielors of the Louvre on owell and Eady strects, As the Old Louvre sign was not taken down, they had the proprietors cited for contemnt, but the contempt proceedings have been dismissed, as the appeal is still gundlng, and the removal of the sign cannot be proctired indirectly by contempt proceedings while direct proceed- ings with that end in view are in the courts. —————— Ran Away From Home. Mrs. Mary O'Brien of 113 Vallejo street is searching for her son, Edward O'Brien, who has been away from home since Tuesday night. The lad is 14 years of age, and his mother says itis & clear case of runaway from home. Ed- ward was & pupil at the Washington Grammar School. —————— A Socialist Meeting. The Society of American Socialists will hold a meeting this evening in Mozart Hall for the discussion of “The Coming Great Railway Trust and Its Power Gver Politics.” The speakers are Edward B. Payne of Berkeley, J. R. Robinson and Joseph E. Scott. The Gum Barrel and the Gum. Last week a Bradford man who was hunt- ing saw an immense Jumg of spruce gum on a tree. He attempted to knock it off with his rifle, and the gum was transferred from the tree to the barrel of the gun. The man’_then tried to bite the gum from his rifle, but his lips suddenly froze tothe cold steel. After considerable shouting he at- tracted the attention of companions, who thawed him loose.—Portland Press. —————— His Domestic Trouble. A colored witness 1n the Superior Court last week stated that he was unable to tes- tify as to a certain occurrence because he Lad & ‘‘domestic trouble” just about that time. “What was the domestic trouble?” asked the examining attorney. “Well, to tell the truth, boss,” said the witness, ““I was in the penitentiary jfor stealin’ a cow.”’—Brunswick Times. Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov't Report oYal SETHD Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY. PURE - STARVED FOWLS day night, W. E. McCreery, D. D. G. Y., being the installing officer: William A. O ast president; M. Mordecai, president; ay Cook, first vice-president; W. E. Carroll, second Vice-president; Thomas J. Bridger, third vice-president; ¥. F. Sarcandi, marshal; Parker Morrison aud Frauk MeAllister, senti- nels; J. F. Eggert, recording secretary: A, W. | Borchei nanctal secretary Wallace, The Antique Exhibit on Pine Street Is | | being manifested by the general public in | | the exhibition of all that pertains to the | | art and craft of printing at 424 Pine street, | here has been no attempt to give it the | In consequence the first impression is one | | ture of this unique organization, which | | The cutting occurred at the corner of | rushed at_Phillips again, cutting him on | geons that the wounded man had fallen | Louvre need not take down its sign until the | N THE MARKET, Charges of Cruelty in a Poulterer's on Clay Street. OREGON CONSIGNMENTS. i | Delayed by Washouts, the | Starving Birds Ate Each Other, |TO BE SOLD FOR HUMAN F0OD. Secretary Holbrook Says the Health Department Grossly Neglects Its Duty. Arrests for cruelty of an unusual nature are to be made at the instigation of the | Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Chickens that had partially | eaten each other alive had been offered for sale in a Clay-street market. Secretary Holbrook accuses the Health Department of gross negligence, as in addition to the cruelty the case involves the sale for hu- man food of what he considers little better than carrion. As M. McCurray, assistant secretary of the society, was passing the Clay-street | market yesterday afternoon he noticed a | number of coops of chickens being deliv- | ered from a wagon at the stall of H. Fo- | 1 dera. The condition of the birds wassuch | i that he thought at first of arresting Jacob- i son, the teamster who was delivering the | consignment, but, deciding that it was | better to have a witness, he telephoned | ! for Secretary Holbrook, who was soon at | the place. Speaking of it afterward Mr. | Holbrook said : | 7 It was the worst sight I ever saw. The chickens were wounded, dead and dying in the coops, many of them ecrushed and choked to death. Some of them had been so crushed that the bones were shattered and distorted out of all shape, but they were still alive, and others had had the skin torn off their backs and necks, and though they were breathing the other famished chickens were pecking and eat- ing their live flesh. Some of the coops | were upside down, with the‘trushed heads | hanging through the bars. It wasa case | of the survival of the fittest, for some of | the birds that were crushed out of all sem- | blance to a chicken in shape were still alive. “And that was intended for human | food. There was not a bird there,alive or | dead, that was fit to eat. The chickens | that were not mutilated were parched and | | famished, and they had been so bruised | and terrified that they were all sick and | feverish and liable to ‘make any one sick | who ate them. There were about fifteen | coops and they were heaping the chickens | | out of them, dead and dying, on the side- | walk. I made them kill those that were alive to end their sufferings. an at Fodera's nd said he had | not to pay for the mutilated chickens that | were dead. He had taken the consignment | asit had come in from Oregon and would | only have to take the live ones. ‘Throw the dead chickens in a hole,’ he said to the | ! boy. Idon’t know what kind of a bole he | meant—a tamale hole, probably, for I no- | ticed he gathered them up, dead and dying, | all the same. You may be sure that he did not throw them away. People will eat | those chickens, and it’s a shame that the | Board of Health permits it, for they are | not fit for human food. “The chickens arrived at Fourth and | Townsend from Oregon in a palace car, which holds about 4000 of them. They | were consigned to a firm on Battery street, the name of which we do not know, but | we can easily discover that to-morrow. The man Jacobson, who was delivering them, claims that the car wasdelayed in Oregon by a washout ana that the chick- ens, in their hunger and thirst, trampled on and crushed one another, but they must have been too tightly packed. There is supposed to be a trough of water run- ning beside. each tray in the palace | chicken-cars, but half the time the men in attendance are too negligent to turn the | water on. We have often found cases of coops of chickens arriving here with their throats as parched as a bit of dry leather. ‘At Fourth and Townsend streets these particular chickens were bundled out of | the palace car into coops. Jacobson said to me, ‘Every one of the trainmen last night wanted a chicken when they found the state they were in.’ ‘What did they want them for? I asked. ‘They were not fit for food.” It seems, though, that the trainmen were willing to risk eating them. “Fodera had apparently bought fifteen coops of the consignment from the com- mission agent, and as the business houses | were closed by the time we had got through killing the wounded chickens, we were obliged to dsfer further search till to- morrow. We mean, however, to make a test case of this chicken business and see if we cannot make the men at this end re- sponsible.” Jt is Secretary Holbrook’s opinion, based on previous experience, that any convictions the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals can secure wiil never put an end to the evil. It is the business of the Health Department,’’ said Mr. Holbrook, “If it would take charge of that kind of thing and appoint a market inspector like Dockery we should have no more of these cases of cruelty and carrion. The Board of Health does not pay any attention to what is sold in the markets. In the whole department there is but one man who does his duty, ana that is the milk inspector. If the Health Department would ‘Dockery’ the markets we shourd not have any more barbarities of the kind we discovered to-day.” A LIGRRYS NEW EBh Officers of the Mercantile Library Promise to Wipe Out the Debt. President Magee’s Eloquent Address. Treasurer O'Brien Reports $10,000 Subscribed. The forty-third annual meeting of the Mercantile Library Association was held last evening, the revorts of last year’s offi- cers were received and the new officers in- stalled. As the members feel that a bright future is opening for the pooular old insti- tution, there were present a larger number than there has been at any meeting in years. 5 The report of the reliring treasurer showed that the receipts had been §15,- 921 45, of which $9161 85 was subscribed, $5000 by Mrs, Phaebe Hearst, $1000 by J. L. Flood, $1000 by A. B. McCreary, $1000 by 8. C. Bigelow, $500 by J.J. O'Brien, $200 by Adam Grant, $200 by Levi Strauss, and the rest in small sums from $10 up. ‘The expenditures were $12,465 33, of which 3-:1[)5: 60 went for interest on the library’s 8. Librarian H. R. Coleman reported the total membership at 1170. During the past year the following well-known _citi- zens, who were life members, had died: W. A, Br: ly, J. A. Donohoe, Jacob Bacon, C. W. Kellogg, N, Bichard, William Nor- ris, Maurice Dore, J. G. Eastland, Georze W. Gibbs, T. C. Banks, Abner Dibblee, F. N. 1lassey and Ira P. Rankin. During” the year 1474 books had been purchased and 153 donated, making the total number now on hand 70,259. After the reading of the report Colonel A. H. Craig, in the absence of President T. H. Loughborough, installed the new officers, as follows: President, Thomas Magee; Vice-president, low; treasurer, J. J. O'Brien; Charles J. King; corre: 1 s Y, William Doxey; trustees— Colonel T. H. Craig, Sheldon G. Kellogg, T. R. Bannerman, J. B. Reinstein, T. P. Woodward, Julius Kahn, George H. Cabaniss, Miss S. D. Hamlin and brs, Edward May. Mr. Magee delivered an eloquent ad- dress, that was received with frequent ap- plause. He said, in part: Montaigne, in one of his essays, said that he had a grievance against time, because he was by it prevented from meeting Julius Cwmsar, Socrates and many of the other great men of antiquity. Many of us feel similarly about the few great immortals. Think of meeting and talking with the mightiest Julins Cesar —“death having no congnest over thatcon- queror”—or to meet the contemplative and se- vere Milton, the Titanic Eschylus; the moral and kingly poet, Sophocles; the blind Homer, Pericles, the old Grecians and others like in kind, the flames of whose acts or works will uever cease to illuminate the world. But if you did so meet them would you really know them better? Ifin the body and DISASTERS AND DEATHS, Sixteen of the Crew of the Ameri- can Ship Roanoke Were Disabled. BATTERED ROUNDING THE HORN Two Sailors Fell From Aloft and Were Killed and One Was Lost Overboard. Death and disaster seem;to have followed the American ship Roanoke from the mo- ment she left New York on June 20, 1895. The following is the captain’s short but graphic description of the voyage: Sailed from New York June 20, 1895. _June 29, G.W. Dobbins, & native of the United States, fell from the mizzen royal yard and was killed instantly. Was forty days to the equator. Got the south- east trades in 5 N, and lost them in 18 S., and from there to 44 8. had heavy seas. August 26, latitude 42 S., shipped a heavy sea which disabled eight of the watch on deck. August 28, Oscar Spennet, a native of Fin- very hard gales’ and ol y - g A ,’/_. It v' = Far[l Wy %1’94 < U e i The American Ship Roanoke on Her Way Here From Rio de Janeiro Under Full Sail Before a Freshening Breeze. [From a photograph.] again alive, and you could engage these men in ordinary conversation, would you thus know them best? No, their works as authors, or their deeds as men, either as soldiers, scien- tists, philosophers, painters, sculptors, archi- tects, or what not, are the immortal part of them; their bodies were as those of other men. We uncover our heads when e get into ordi- nary company. How reverently ought we to uncover when we enter a library which has become, from its contents, however humble 1ts architecture, a temple of the mighty dead. No riches are so permanent as those you ecan acquire through the mind and soul; thieves cannot break into or steal this wealth. And I here call attention to a point which I have never seen discussed, and that is that mentel appetites are the analogue of physical appetites in this respect; that, if you cultivate a taste (and the yvoung are constantly doing this) for tongue-tickling but _indigestible mix- that please the taste but yleld no ment or & minimum of that only to the such appetites will incrense, and the esult will be that good but plain materials of which the best physical and mental structures | are built, are finally left wholly out of the bill of fare, flabby muscles, pale complexions, shriveled skins, bad livers and bad hcarts succeeding where there should be heelthy bodies, clear complexions and vigorous circula- tion. The mind is similarly starved by the constant perusal of weak novels or other poor literature. 1 have always been a subscriber to the Mer- cantile Library and I always will. Itisnot a great library, measured by libraries in great cities elsewhere. I ask for many books that I do not find either in it or the Mechanics' Library, but it it,as a library, all that San Franeisco will allow it to be.’ It hesnot by any means all—or nearly all—of the books its best friends desire it to i vet the stores of books in it are still magnificent, and I here assert that every member who really desired to acquire solid intellectunl wealth of any kind has carried away from this library §20 mentally for every dollar he has spenton his membership pecuniarily. The library is in debt $70,000. The board of direators and myself propose this year to make a large hole in that debt, and thereby, instead of having its receipts swallowed largely by in- terest, to add and add largely to its stock of good books, which are as faithful, ever hope- 1ul, uncomplaining, elevating companions as man or woman can find in the world. The evening’s exercises were closed with a short address by Lovell White, one of the oldest members and an ex-president, who gave an interesting account of the library in times gone by, when it wielded a great influence in a social and literary way. SET HIS CLOTHES AFIRE, Samuel B. Thompson Is Still Willing to Be Declared Insane. He Keeps Up the Supposed Imposition, but the Police Insist That He Is Shamming. Samuel B. Thompson, securely manacled and confined in a steel cell in the Receiy- ing Hospital, succeeded in starting a fire early yesterday morning and barned up a portion of his clothing as well as destroy- ing & heavy pair of shoes. Before being placed in the cell his clothing was thor- oughly searched and nothing was found in his pockets. Thompson declared that he had slipped one hand out of the irons and by rubbing two sticks of wood together he caused sufficient friction to start the fire. Where he could have optained the wood is a mystery, which he refused to divulge. Police Surgeon Weil, who has observed Thempson closely, does not believe the man is insane, ana his opinion is borne out by Bailiff Kelly of Judge Conlan’s court, who said yesterday that Thompson admitted to him he was acting a part so as to be sent to an insane asylum instead of to the penitentiary. Thompson said he had been in an asylum three times before and knew just how to fool people. At 12 o'clock yesterday Judge Sander- son, who had considered the matter of Thompson’s sanity, ordered him remanded into the custody of the Sheriff. Thomgson has already been held on three charges of an attempt to commit a felonious assault, but he has yet to stand his preliminary examination on the more serious charges of felonious assault. He will, therefore, have to be kept in the City Prison for some days yet. Captain Robin- son declares that he will be so closel guarded that no further attempts at sui- cide will be possible. Thompson told Bailiff Kelly that if the police would rest satisfied on holding him on the three charges of attempt he would be willing to be tried in tbe Superior Court because he would get a light sentence. ————— All Agree. GREAT AMERICAN IMPORTING TEA CO. Sells Crockery, Chinaware, Glassware and Tinware. CHEAPEST OF ALL. TRY THEM. Very Pretty Dishes. Very Cheap Prices. 52 Market street, S. F., Headquarters. BRANCH STORES EVERYWHERE. land, fell from the foretopsail yard to the deck and was killed. August 28, B. G. Palm, a native of Denmark, fell from the foretopsail yard overboard and was lost. August 29, kept the ship off for Montevideo, having but eight men on deck. Could not fetch that port, so kept on for Rio de Janeiro. Arrived at Rio September 16 and put sixteen of the crew in the hospital, and sailed again October 28. Had strong easterly gales to 40 south. From thence to Cupe Horn had variable winds and fine weather. Was thirty days from 50 to 50. Had strong westerly gales west of Cape Horn. Got the southeast trades in 33 south and 96 1‘5‘.9“ Alnd had them strong and carried them to north. ‘Was nineteen days from 50 south 80 west_to, the equator. Crossed the equator in the Pa- cific January 4 in 117 west. Got the northeast trades in 3:10 north and carried them to 22 north 128 west. From there to the Farallon Rocks had southerly winds and fine weather, with & very heavy swell from the southwest. Sighted Farallon Rocks January 21, 87 days from Rio and 213 days from New York. When the Roanoke was reported there was a flutter in the quarantine office, and Dr. Chalmers at once notified the Board of Health. The vessel was known to have been in Rio de Janeiro, and in that port both yellow fever and smallpox were epidemic. Dr. Williamson responded to the quarantine officer’s call, and together they visited the ship. Not a singie case of sickness was found on board, and in spite of the troublous times and the storms she had passed through the vessel looked more like a yacht than the biggest American merchantman afloat. Captain Hamilton reported that while he lay in Rio de Janeiro there had been six deaths from_ yellow fever and 141 from small- pox, but as the vessel had been eighty- seven days on the way here and there was no sign of disease aboard it was decided to allow her to enter. 3 The Roanoke took in no cargo at Rio, and as nearly all that she has aboard is rajlroad iron for the San Joaquin Valley Railroad there could be no fear of infec- tion from that source. The entire crew was also revaccinated before the ship sailed again. From the day we left New York until we reached Rio de Janeiro we had nothing but hard luck, said Harry Jones, one of the orig- inal crew, yesterday.’ ‘When Dobbins feil from the mizzen-royal a few days after we were at sea all the old- timers said the ship was going to have bad luck. Fora couple of months, however, there was nothing to bear out the assertion, and then by all tnav's glorious if it did not come on us in & heap. It was along in August and the ship was making heavy weather of it.” We were under suug canvas, but wave after wave was break- ing aboard, and the watch on deck had hard work of it dodging the water as it sweptirom stem to stern. Suddenly & heavier one than usual came rolling along, and just as the warn- ing cry came from aft it broke aboard, and the entire starboard watch was washed into the scuppers. When the watch below had been called and the disabled men cared for it was found that only three out of the eight were able to get around. Even those three bad to take to their bunks next day, and they had to be left behind at Rio. Our troubles seemed to have only just begun, however, as two days later S{benuen and Palm were lost from the foretopsail yard. Spennert tell to the deck and was killed instantly, while Palm fell overboard and was never seen again. After that we ran into a succession of gales, and when we did finally reach Rio de Janeiro sixteen of the men Lad to be sent to the hospital. A more battered, disconsolate 100k- ing set of men I never saw leave aship. The captain and the American Consul did every- thing possible for them,and they will reach home all right. It was the most disastrous and hardest voyage I ever made around the Horn, and I don’t want another one like it. Strange to_say the ship was damaged very little, but the crew made up for her escape. The Roanoke is built on exactly the same lines as the Shenandoah, and is the largest American merchantman atioat. She 'is 3539 tons gross register, and can carry over 5000 tons dead weight. Her length is 311 feet 2 inches, breadth 49 feet 2inches and desplh‘%) feet 2 inches. She was built in 1892 in Bath, Me., and is owned by Sewell & Co. of that port. Y. M, I ENTERTAIN. Borromean Council Has a Pleasant Evening With Friends. Mission Opera Hall was densely crowded last night when Borromean Council No. 129, Young Men’s Institute, entertained its friends in a delightful manner with a literary and musical programme and a laughable burlesque on “Trilby.” The audience was a warm and most en- thusiastic one, a fact which encouraged the participants in the programme to make special efforts in adding to the even- ing’s enjoyment, and for this laudable purpose a full mead of appreciation was given. Professor d’Arcy’s orchestra opened the first partof the programme with an overture that won an encore. J. H, Wid- man pleased the audience with a vocal solo, and Miss Frances O'Connor’s recita- tion was well received. _ J. A. McAuliffe sang “The Holf City” in such fine voice that he was called out again. The reading of “‘Christmas _in the Quarters” (a negro idyl) by Paul B. Hay proved a literary treat and was warmly lgplauded. The closing number was not the Jeast, for Miss Daisy V. Keane sang in a clear soprano voice with feeling, -‘Be- cause I Love You, Dear”’—a very prettily rendered ballad. The second part of the programme was “Drilby’’—the burlesque of Du Maurier's work, written for the occasion by Miss Mollie Riley. The cast was as follows: Seven-gally, Dr. J. P. McCarthy; Little Pilly, R. E. Fazakerley; Larry, J.J. Cor- rigan; Tuffy, R.J. Dowdall; Getto, J. M. Toner; Lu Lu, N.J. Hoey; Rev. Mr. Brag- gart, P. F. Dillon; Drilby, J. A. Riley; Mme. Vinyard, E. J. Coffey; Mrs. Brag- gart, M. J. Collonan. CUT IN THE LEFT GROIN. Probable Fatal Quarrel Between John Yockel and Jim Schwartz. John Yockel and Jim Schwartz, alias “Can-Can Murphy,” had a dispute on Brenham place yesterday afternoon, which waxed warmer and warmer, until finally Yockel kicked Schwartz on the leg. Schwartz drew 2 knife and slashed Yockel across the left groin, the blade entering the | peritonium and severing two of the deep arteries. As Yockel fell to the ground Schwartz fled, and the police are scouring the City for him.. It is only a question of time when he will be captured, as Policeman Wren knows all his haunts and heisin hot pursnit. Jjoseph Collins, an eye-wit- ness to the stabbing, was arrested, and will be detained as a witness. Yockel was taken to the Receiving Hos- pital in the patrol-wagon, and Drs. Weil, Thompson and Stice attended to him. There was considerable hemorrhage, and the probability is that the wound will prove fatal B Fire Department. The Fire Commissioners at their meeting yesterday on the recommendation of Chief Sullivan decided to ask authority from the Board of Supervisors to form monitor battery 2 by the election of a driver. It is pro- posed to station the battery in the house of | truck 1. Thomas Timmins was appointed hoseman of engine 14. e Did Not Walk With the Woman. E. Dunton of Naps, who was robboed on Grant avenue at noon Wednesday by the no- torious Ethel Brandon, says he was not walk- ing with ti stood looking in a window when she and a companion came up and engaged him in con- versation. During the conversation his pocke: was picked. [TALIAN NEWSPAPER ROW, A Jury of Four Has at Last Been Appointed to End the War. Now the Waiting Public Will Be Informed Who Slew the Abyssinians. The lively exchange of compliments be- tween L'Italia and La Voce del Popolo over the question of who slew the 10,000 Abyssinians, has at last resulted in the formation of a jury to decide which news- paper must enrich the poor of the Italian colony with the sum of $100. To defend the statement that its tele- gram came from a reliable cource, L’Tralia has named as its judges G. F. Cavalli and P. C. Rossi. The former edits L'Elve- zia and is an able newspaper man. La Voce del Popolo has secured two well- known members of the colony, A. Sbar- | boro and P. Barbieri to uphold its chal- lenge that L’Italia’s telegram narrating the deaths of 10,000 Abyssinians before Makalle was a pleasing figment of the editorial brains which sway that news- paper. During the week that the controversy has raged about the authenticity of the telegram, the two journals have said some very grelty things of one another. La Voce, in the course of some honeyed remarks relative to its loathed contem- porars, insinuated that the acting editors, Signori Almagia and Patrizi, were in danger of having their ears pulled by the management of their paper, for excess of zeal in fabricating the .telegram and after- ward backing it up by a bet of $100. This iruendo brought forth the following pro- test from the management of L’Italia: ‘‘As the magnates of the management never poke their noses into the editorial department of L'Italia, and the ear-pull- | ings to which the Swiss-Italian journal al- ludes will perhaps be the order of the day on Montgomery street, but not: at 627 ‘Washington street, so we think it well 1o draw the attention of the public to the fact | that Signori Almagia and Patrizi, who bear the editorial responsibility of L'Italia, have bet the $100 out of their own pockets.” The decision of the jury is looked for- ward to with deep interest by every one at North Beach who is conversant with the Italian ianguage. The four gentlemen who have been selected are all well known to the readers of the two papers and they all inspire perfect confidence. If they fail to come to a decision they are empowered to namea fifth juryman who shall have the casting vote. OLYMPIC CLUB AFFAIRS The Lot Adjoining the Building Will Be Leased for Ten Years. A Grand Handball Court to Be Con- structed—Boxing in the Pavilion. The Olympic Club directors have de- cided to give the handball members of the club an opportunity of enjoying a pastime which is rapidly becoming the leading feature of indoor sport. Director Short said yesterday that the intention of the directors is to tear down the two courts on the lower floor of the building and turn the space into a lounging-room. The lot adjoining the building on the west side will be leased for a term of ten years— that is, if the club can arrive at a satisfactory agreement with the owner of the property, which is now quite probable. A magnificent handball court, which will be superior in every particular to any of the American ball alleys, will be con- structed on the now vacant lot and a com- petent instructor will be engaged to teach lhedyou;ngtil:ie? ::o:r tod toss and hit ac- cording to the latest and most appr style, a la Jack Mallon. pproved he roof will be of glass, with netting underneath so as to prevent any possible damage being done by the high-ioned ball strikers. decidedly brilliant appearance, as the most powerful electric lights will shine di)wn upon the athletes wfien they are at play. A grand baxin% tournament open to the amateurs of the Pacific Coast will be held at the Mcchanics’ Pavilion under the aus- pices of the Olympic Clubin April. The club will spare no time or pains to make this tournament the grandest feature in the way of fisticuffs that has ever been in- troduced west of the Rocky Mountains. ———————— * Menticn is made in the long since pub- lished mgmoirs of the Marquis de Villiers of Paris of a wonderful spoon once in the possession of his family. This spoon was reputed to be of gold, studded in all parts with diamonds of the first water. Four inches in length, the value of this article was stated to be $75,000. Each dia- mond was the siz2 of a large pin's head, and there were some hundreds of them. pia e e A The sea is infinitely more productive than the land. It is estimated that an acre of good fishine will yield more food in 2 week than an acre of the best land will yield in a year: woman when robbed, but that he | The court at night will present a | TWO COLLEGES T0 UNITE University of the Pacific to Cen- tralize Its Schools at San Jose. TO REMOVE THE NAPA COLLEGE Trustees Take Definite Action at a Meeting Yesterday—An Enter- tainment. The board of directors of the Univer- | sity of the Pacific held a meeting at the Y. M. C. A. building yesterday. s The future policy of the university re- specting its educational department was discussed at length and it was decided to consolidate the Napa and San Jose schools at the latter place. The college at Napa will be closed at the end of this term. The reasons for this change are that the new conditions of education on the const, such as the opening of the Stanford University, somewhat reducing patronage, and a conviction on the part of the trus- tees that one school of college grade wounld serve the requirements of the denomina- tion. The school at San Jose known asthe San Jose College, and located at College Park, will henceforth be known as the University ot the Pacific, with its affiliated schools, the conservatory of music and the school of art, also located at College Park. By this arrangement all graduates of Napa College and all degrees issued by the institution will be recognized by the new university. | The Napa property, consisting of college | buildings, halls and about twelve acres of land, will be put on the market at once. | By a condition of the consoliaation | the'endowments of Napa College are to { be held in special trust to establish a | Methodist theological seminary in San Francisco when the time shali be deemed advisable. When the present subscrip- tions are collected the entire debt on both institutions will be wiped out, and the new university will thus Lave an endow- ment of $50,000. In connection with the readjustment, | Dr. J. N. Beard, who has been president of the combined institutions, presented his resignation, to follow out a plan of study abroad. He will leave next week. The trustees present were: Jere Leiter, T. C. McChessney, H. M. Bland, H. W. Stephens, H. B.” Heacock, Dr. F. F. | Jewell, San Jos: R. Willis, 8. M. Tool, Eli McClish, T. B. Hutchinson, 8. E. Hol- | den, F. J.'Norton, N J. N. Beard, J. A. Percy, Dr. E. R. Dili¢, 1. J. Truman, | Dr. Johm' Coyle, Dr. Thomas Filben, San Francisco; Dr. E. D. McCreary, Stockton; Rev. E. P. Dennett, Santa Rosa; Rev. A. H. Neebam, Pacitic Grove; Rev. D. | Buck, Sacramento; Rev. T. H. Woodward, | Petaluma. | Anentertainment was given under the | auspices of the Epworth League at the | residence of Dr. Filben, 1201 Taylor street, last evening, when the following pro- gramme was rendered : Organ solo, George H. Fawcett; contralto solo, Miss Esther Needham; cornet solo, Miss Nellie Shipley; soprano solo, Miss R | iano solo, Miss Gussie Mast | gess; tenor solo, C. M. Elliott; contr | Miss' Needham; instrumenta: trio, M gess, Miss Stickney and Miss Shipley; soprana | £olo, Miss Mast; violin solo, Miss Stickney. | Refreshments were served during the | evening. The Trial of W. E. Price. The trial of W. k. Price, charged with send- ing obscene literature through the mails, wiil be commenced on February 12. Price was to have been arraigned before Judge Morrow yesterday, but his attorney asked for further time in which to present his argument on the demurrer to the indictment. st i ot 0 Shot Himself. Albert Morath, a German laborer, was found dead in his room at the Chicago Hotel yester- dey morning. He had shot nimself. The man was about 40 years old. The proprietor of the hotel said he bas been out of work for a Jong time, and lately has become very despondent, NEW TO-DAY. Centuries ago, peo- ple used to fear what they called the pes- tilence. ‘‘Black They feared it as eople now fear the &xolefi and Yellow Fever. And yet there is a more terri. ble thing than any of these. There is a thing thdt causes more misery and more deaths than any of these. Itisthe commonest trouble that human beings suffer from. It is so common that nine-tenths of all the sickness in the world is traceable to it. It is merely that simple, common thing—constipation. There is no telling what it may lead to, but it is sure to lead to something bad. Its im- | mediate effects are unpleasant in the ex- | treme. It makes people listless, gives | them headaches, makes the digestion poor, causes dizziness, loss of appetite, loss of sleep, foul breath and distress after eating. | All this merely because Nature has been imposed updh, and has been refused the little help she needed. This little help is furnished by Doctor | Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. Ome pill is a entle laxative and two a mild cathartic. 'here are two remarkable things about the ‘‘Pellets.” One is that they never gri| the other that they cure ‘There is no other medicine that does cure permanently. VYou can take any other medicine you like, as long as you like, s2d if you stop, your trouble will come back quickly, and the chances are the trouble | will be worse than it was before. This isn’t true of Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. You take them until you get yourself into perfect working order, and then you stop. You don’t have to take any more * Pellets” unless after a while you do something that deranges your digestive system again. We are not guessing about these facts, and we don’t ask you to take our unsupported word for it. Thousands of rople ave found that they are true, and have 1est1§gd to them. Let the druggist who says that some- thing else is ““just as good ” sell that some- thing else to somebody else. Don’t let him | trifie with your health for the sake of a | little more profit to himself. World’s Dispensary Medical Association, N Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. AT A[IQ_TION ! Closing-Out SALE Of DIAMONDS, WATCHES, JEW. ELRY, CLOCKS and SILVER. ‘WARE to the highest bidder. NO Reserve, BARRETT & SHERWOOD, 9 and 11 Geary Street. SALE COMMENCES SATURDAY at 11 o’cloek and 7:30 evening. STORE TO RENT. | | | | | rmanently.