The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 30, 1896, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1896 Carvor Farnw ~ Feb; COLUMBIA THEATER MoRosco’s OP¥raA-Housk— T1vor: OpERA-HOUSE.~“Ixion; or, The Man of the Whee SHooT one block ea: Eay Dier BARRETT Dia \ CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. tate is suing to have the §3400 estate ck Moran escheat to itseli. ill continue to enjoy pastoral till the close of Mrs. Davidson'’s trial. Judge Seawell has decided that the direciors of the Honey Luke Lend Company were legally e oy ’ is the particular brand of weather redicted for to-day by Forecast Officiel A. Meadie The C treet market case of cruelty to chickens came up yesterdey in Judge Cam bell’s court. i \c Presidio Beach by a soldier yes- terday forenoo The railroad in its suit against the “‘stop- over" suitors hes commenced to put its wit- ne: stand. appeared in the test of the rimary election Jaw by an appeal from Judge an Dyke’s opinion. The Supreme Court has reversed its jude- ment in the case of Hannsh Butler against Ashworth ana others, The estate been filed for proba: Captain Healy testified in his own behalf yesterday at 1 to the charges Rev. E. H. Jinks was instelled at Ness Presbyteri Dr. the Van m for the benefit which is da: bo con insugurated a orted in 11 thus be ctive er, vesterday at the Yuug 4’ Lanz Quang with the he result of a quarrelina robbed: Willlam Klindt on near Jackeon, on Monday 0 Everett street, was found e deughter, Sadie, Judge Low yeste ar for sentence t for resistance to the ristian Temperance tion. own local actor, for the Preven- He is charged hild. 11 begin now to Collector of the Port W e & census of the Chinese here, All that 1 be necessary will be to make separate tered and unregistered, Chi- nese. The police want owners for four boxes of igars, a iarge box of Old Virginia cheroot end an overcoat, which well-known thiew: were trying to_sell and are believed to hay been stolen. J: " The Catholic Educatio e on held its first open session 1 >po last even- ing. The house was crowded, a; ally clever and interesting papers were read. It wasa | laaies’ night. A person T s coming rom Prosecut! Judge Jo- rehim mon; missed in that court. Trial of the suit of the Carson City Mining pling toextort Compeny against the North Ster Mining Com- for $52 ore taken out of a dis- | d Grass Vall e, began 1n the United tates Cireuit Court yestérfiay Market Inspector Ben s was under in- vestigation by the B 1th yesterday, and aiter hearing which was rather favorable to the accused official, the matter wes taken under advisement, Advice to bond-bidders has been received at cost of exchange on New York, and or teenth of 1 per cent premium is fixed a minimum. lired Tobin of the Hibernia Bank is in New. York negotiating the purchase of United States ‘bonds ana will buy at least §1,000,000 worth. es R. Kelly, president of the bank, stated vesterday that the institution refused to enter bond syndicate: Henry J. Croc the Maurice Casey and Harry Lambertson bought an old-fashionea brass- d writing. . Crocker beczme owner by matching, and_then discovered en spring, which revealed drawers con- y and jewelry. , engineer in charge of the train and killed Mrs. Furey near Ocean View on Monday, was arrested by Sergeant John B. Mertin yesterda; manslaughter, and was cased recognizance by Judge Conlan. The Southern Pacific Company, on its coast on his own ivision, daily violates the City ordinance | prescribes the speed of trains within the ¥ limits to be not more than eight miles an hour. Trains are run mnot less than fifteen les an hour and as high as thirty miles. Judges McKennus and Morrow have enators Perkins and White in be- need of proper sccommodations d new Government buildiug. upervising architect has been throwing the blame for the delay in his plans upon them. wh « Alexander Wallace of the steamer Costa Rice. ch arrived yesterday, was knocked down by a boarding-wave during the trip down the coast and severely inj e was im- mediately removed io St Luke’s Hospital where he was found to be fearfnlly margle end crushed. He will probably die. W. C. T. U. FIGHT. The Saloonman Gives Advice to the Imperiled Corner Grocer. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union has not found its progress in secur- ing signatures to the petition for the divorce of the saloon and grocery a trium- phal march. Opposition is being met on the part of the corner grocers and their friends. The recent issue of the Saloonman con- tains the following: Such & bill, if passed, would strike a deadly at the most remunerative department of | thousands of groceries scattered roughout the City. These groceries are v dependent upon the bars at the back for treir profits,. Were they deprived of this source of revenue, it is doubtful whether in the majority of instances they would not be compelied to go out of business altogether. result has alrendy appeared in the decay of this class of business in New York and Chicago, where it was once orre of the flourish- ing industries, ana sll through the enactment of one-sided and perniclous icgislation, like that now proposed to be enacted here. Our grocerymen must remember that the contest will be & hard oue, and that war will be waged to the bitter end by their opponents. They must lose no time in realizing that the ques- ticen involved is one of paramount importance; that the iufluence which will be prought against them in the Legislature is powerful and will fight with the energy born of fan- aticism. They must fight with the same political weapons that will be used against em. of an unknown young man was lued at $20,000 to her children, has | t was given last night | lor lost over- | 15, was | Association, s pre. | zation for $10,000 | nd was ordered o | s owners of corner | from peopie who have had cases dis- | ry informing them that along | scriptions they must deposit the | on the charge of | ALONG THE WATER FRONT, | Stories of Storm Told by the Coasters That Came in Yesterday. THE TfiAYEn‘S MAIDEN VOYAGE A Disabled Schooner, Thought to Be the Free Trade, Seen Off Cape Mendocino. The old bark Germania, which arrived from the north yesterday morning, reports that on January 19, off the Mendocino coast, during a fierce southeast gale, the schooner Free Trade from this port was seen with her jib carried away. Both ves- sels were laboring hard and no communi- cation was had with the disabled schooner. of the steam-schooner Sunol, which came | in Tuesday, that a lumber-laden schooner | was seen with flag inverted as a signal of distress. She was under a double-reefed foresail and appeared to be disabled. The Free Trade was at that locality and in | about the condition described. | The little schooner Bessie K staggered in her rough trip from Albion. Her cabin of lnmber. Wh left the less heavily and managed to escape the fierce southeaster. The schooner Wi e & Wing, from Coos Bay, had her hands full for twenty-seven { days struggling with a series of heavy s. Her cabin was flooded and the deciload shifted by the constant pounding of tne seas. The schooner J. M. Coleman, which ar- rived erday from Tacoma, is another craft with an interesting experience. She was seventeen days on the passage and, her cargo shifting, her starboard rail was under the water. The new schooner C. A. Thayer, from Eureka, a short time ago came in on her maiden voyage, and her first experience with the Pacific will last her a lifetime. For five days she was hove-to, with the seas going over her continually. She lost some of her new white sails and much of her prettiness in that terrific storm. She wes only saved from foundering by the use of oil bags, which deadened much of | th‘ov rce of the pounding seas. street Iron Works, in a sworn statement filed with the Board of Harbor Commis- sioners, says that during the last five years his firm has done over $12,000 worth of work for the State. No commissions were ever paid for any work until Julius Haste, the lare State Superintendent of Tugs and Dredgers demanded them, the firm re- | luctantly submitting to the extortion. Mr. Deacon also states that ex-superin- tendent Wiiliam Cruse aid not receive a centin commissions from the Main-street Iron Works. Yesterday afternoon a small lad named John Gleuson saw a body floating in the water off Beale-street wharf. Anxiouns to | earn the $10 bonus given by the City for such discovery, ke hastily pulled off his clothing and plunged into the cold waters | of thebay. He swam to the corpse, took it in toy and brought it to the whari. Somebody threw the enterprising boy a rope which he fastened to the prize,and | then several sailors from a vessel lying sai near hauled the remains up on the dock. When the Morgue wagon arrived the sailors demanded a portion of the $10, and the Coroner’s men promised them several dollars for their labor of about a minute, telling young Gleason at the same time of this award. The boy, shivering from his | dition of affairs. The $10 was rapidly slipping throuzh his fingers before he re- ceived it. And to further muddie matters his three boy companions were loudly clamoring for a recognition of their claims. Morgue man, “where do I git off? a-goin’ to give the whole wharf a that $10, why just take the divide it up among them all.”” And the corpse-finder turned his back in disgust and stalked up the street. | The remains are those of a sailor lost off | the British ship Ancaios on the night of | January 15. iece of stiff and | Lachee, at Folsom-street wharf, fell down | the hatchway Tuesday night and broke | his left leg. The revenue-cutter fleet is getting ready 2t Main street for this season’s work. On he Perry and Rush carpenters are making repairs, while the Bear is mounted high up sel, but, being built especially for bucking the Arctic ice as a steam-whaler, is un- usually strong. Her trame is strength- ened with heavy oak beams, and her stern is sheathed with iron. As she stands-in the dock she tips the scale at 1600 tons. Notice is given that freight will be re- ceived for the North Pacific Coast Railroad | at Lombard street on Thursdays. 76N THOUSMRD SUED 05, | Water-Front Brick-Handlers and | Their $8000 Benefit | Fund. An Injured Member Wins One Suit and Will Bring Another for Big Money. Recent and current events on the water front have forcibly demonstrated the fact that the brickbat is harmful not only as a projectile, but as a peace-destroyer when the handling thereof is made the basis of a labor organization. The water-front handlers of brickbats are in trouble. Peter Maguire is the man who suffers, and in a iew days he will bring suit for damages in the sum of $10,000. In 1887 some of those who were em- ployed in handling bricks on the water front, loading vessels and otherwise, or- ganized a protective association. Benefits in case of sickness orinjury and protection to the members from wage-cutting were the primary objects of the organization. The charter membership numbered forty- seven, and new names were added to the roll at every meeting. The contributions to the treasury were liberal and regular, considering the kind of work performed and its remnneration. Askort time ago there was $8000 and over in the society’s official repository, and the story of varied woes which follows has much to do with these funds. When the Brick-handlers’ Protective Association was organized, the intention of its founders was to confine it exclu- sively to the Irish nationality. They were all Itish, honest, sincere and hardworking. The members and the bricks they handled pursued the even tenor of their way for years. Their reserve and benefit funds increased, and when any part of the anatomy of a member came in serious contact with a falling piece of compact clay, or he was injured in any other man- ner, the savings of the association tided him and his family over their temporary This seems to meet with the statement Tuesday night very much wearied after | was flooded, the galley swept clean into the sea and her deckload of railroad ties went plunging and banging around in the | air and water like the Colima’s fatal load 2 almost all of that deckload had If-foundered Bessie she labored liam Deacon, proprietor of the Main- | work in tne water, was aghast at this con- | “Say, young fellar,” said Gleason to the | I yer | George Bounds. a sailor on the ship on the drydock. S8he is a small ves- difficulty. But there came an end to this harmonious state of affairs, and for the cause thereof the Irish members look to the admission of the Swedish members. ‘“There can be no doubt about 1t,’” said Attorney Keys yesterday. He has charge of Mazuire's damage suit, and has already obtained a judgment for $160 against the association, the amount judged to be due Maguire as benefit dues while suffering from an inf’ury. “Yes,” he continued, “Maguire tells the truth, and it is emphasized by the fact that the Irish membership in the organiza- tion—the society being originally exclu- sively Irish—has decreased from fifty odd to five. Their places have been taken by the i Swedes. Tam freeto admitthat the Swedes were tcomuch for the Irishmen. Thelatter admitted them to their association, accord- ing them all its privileges, but while they were napping the new members succeeded in getting in a new clause in the con tution which virtually accomplished their undoing. ““That obnoxious amendment referred to whisky and its social uses. It was written to read that any member who was seen at any time to be under the influence of liquor was liable to summary expulsion. It even went so far, I am informed, as to make ita | supreme offense for a member to be seen drinking promiscuously. Therein exists the cause of Mr. Maguire's downfall. He fell off a barrel-head, on which he was seated in solemn meditation, and sustained a fracture of one of his legs. The commit- tee, on investigation, said it was a case of plain_drunk, but eyewitnesses io the | downfall said that Mr. Maguire was sober | when he took his tumble to the floor and, incidentally, to the significance of the con- stitutional amendments,which the Swedish | members had succeeded in incorporating.’”’ | Whether Peter Maguire was drunk or sober he won bis case, and as soon as the | appeal is decided he will sue the organiza- tion for $10,000 damages. By reason of being laid up for several weeks on account of his accident and being refused aid from the $8000 in the benefit fund, he and his family are in destitute circumstances. His case will be brouzht up before Judge Sanderson on the 5th of February. G. Hanekomph, a Swede, is now the president of the association. BRONZE BUST OF GRANT, | It May Be Placed Near the Museum in Golden Gate Park. Amount of Money in the Fund—The Collection Committees Appointed in 1885. It is not definitely settled that the Grant monument in Golden Gate Park will be placed on the knoll near the Starr King | statue. Cornelius O’Connor of the Grant | Memorial Association had a conference with Park Commissioners Austin and | Scott vesterday, and it may be decided to erect the monument on a site near the | Park museum. | The bronze bust, from Munich, reachea here a few days ago, and was unpacked at Rupert Schmid’s studio last Tuesday. Directions were given by Mr. O'Connor yesterday to have it transferred at once to the Casino in the park, where a proper guard will be placed over it. Messrs. Reichert and O'Connor, the act- ive surviving members of the exccutive committee, do not expect to encounter any | difficalty in raising money sufficient to | complete the monumententerprise. When the project was first advocated by the press and leading citizens of San Francisco a fund of $100,000 was contemplated. Among the subscribers were Leland Stanford $5000, James G. Fair $1000, J. C. | Fiood $1000, Claus Spreckels $1000, Aladka | Commercial Company $1000, W. O’'B. Mac- donough §1000, and many others for | smaller amounts. Iti now to ask the subscribers who made their subscriptions with the expectation that an expensive monumert would be i | | | | | thing will be called for to carry out the | plans. For three years or more after the death of A. J. Bryant it was not known that there was any money deposited to the credit of the fund. Finally Mr. O’Connor found a bankbook showing that Mr. Bryant had deposited $2300, all the money | collected, in the Anglo-California Bank. It is understood that the Anglo-California | Bank will such interest on the deposit as would ordinarily acerue to a trust fund, and this amount will materially assist in completing the monument. As a leaf of history in connection with the monument scheme it may be men- tioned that the executive committee met at the Palace Hotel October 1, 1885, and | defined the boundaries of eighteen collec- 1 districts and appointed the following ct committees to solicit subscriptions and secure money : 3 istrict: Hecht, H. Harrey, Con O'Connor and Charles Kohler. Second Distriet: Insurance—D. J. Staples, L. Bromwell and 1. Gutte. Third District: Federal offices—S. M. Taylor, 8. W. Backus and M. H. Hecht. pFourth District: City and State ofticers— ouis Hoitz, J. J. Flynn and E. Bauer. Fifth Disir] i , J. F. Eng- Haight, Julins Bandman, E. Wertheimer, E. Ehrmann, John W. Allyne and C. D. 0’Suilivan, Seventh District—D. D. Shattuck, George W Wheaton, Edward Cruze, W. ¥, Whittier, Le: Strauss, [homas Hayes, C. M. Yates and’ R. D. Carroll. Eighth District—Moses Helier, J. D. Grant, Louis John Rosenfeld, William Steinhardt, Sloss, N. B, Forbes and Henry Payot. Ninth District—G. W. Granni Donahue, Gustav Sutro, John D. Cole, E. W, Newhall, Dr. Gates and G, Tenth Districi—0. F. Willey, Walter E. Dean, 8. H, Seymour, J. Flavin, M. H. de Young, John W. Philip McGovern, James A. Johnso Behacfter, n, W. F. Ra, Bridge, David Bush. phael Weill, George Moffati, M. Price, W. E. Twelfth District—D. A. Macdonald, A. W. it, Sidney Smith, W.J. Adams, A. W, Star- right & Bowne. teenth District—W. T. Coleman, J. D. Spreekels. F. A. Gibbs, Frank Durham, William T. Garratt, Irving M. Scott, Mark Sheidon, Joshua Henay, Columbus Waterhouse. Thirteenth " District — Jerome Stanford, P. Beamish, Ira P. Rankin, Charles Plum, A, F. Nye, H.' M. Black, Justinian Caire, Count Smuth, Peter Hopkins, J. H. Within, Fifteenth District—A, L. Baneroit, F. 8. Chad- bourne, Supervisors Gilleran and Heyer, Ja- bez Swan, C. C. Beamish, E. Black Ryan. Sixteenth District—H. B. Russ, John H. Wise, B. P.Flint, J. F. Knox, M. Skelly. Seventeenth District—J. J. O’Brien, Henry Pierson, W.J. Henry, P.J. Nolan, James Far. quaharson, David McKay, John Nightingale. Eighteenth District—John Morton, James McCord, Dr. C. F. Buckley, Charles Ackerman, E. Dinsmore, W. B. Bradbury, Gladding, Mc- Bean & Co. The report of the proceedings published in_tbe Bulletin of October 2, 1885, con- tained this paragraph: “All of the men assigned to districts will be given a book which will be signed by the executive committee, and no one but those who have books will be empowered to collect. It was decided to issue a handsome cer- tificate to every subscriber to the fund.” ————— Transferred to Los Angoles. The petition of Jesus Machado Apis, Feli- ciano Willhams et al. for confirmation of the Rancho La Jolla in San Diego County was or- dered transferred to the Southern District yes- terday by United States District Judge Morrow on the ground that both the land and witnesses were located ther s S L gton. The Gift of a Good Stomach 1s ome of the most beneficent donations vouchsafed 10 uz by nature. How often it is grossly abused! Whether the stomach is natorally weak, or has been rendered so by Impradence in eating or drink- ing, Hostetter's Stomach Bit.ers is the best agent for its restoration to vigor and activity. Both di- gestion and appetite are repewed by this fine tonic, which also overcomes constipation, biliousness, malarial, kidney and rbenmatic allments and ner- 'youszess. Itis not deemed proper | reared to pay the full amount, but some- | Railroads—A. J. Bryant, L | lish, Max Popper, A. M. Ebbets | and der Denismore. Sixth District — Captain_ Merry, Robert er. eventh District—Charles Lux, Davis Bros., | THE COSTA RICKS TRIP, Swept by the Seas of a Furious Gale on the Northern Coast. A STEWARD BADLY INJURED. He Was Knocked Down by a Huge Wave and Crushed Against the Iron Bulwarks., The bright, summery weather yesterday brought in a large fleet of coasters, and by them came accounts of the gale that last week blew furiously off the Oregon coast and around Cape Mendocino. All of these vessels experienced more or less rough treatment in the high winds and seas that raged over the ocean in that locality. Amorg the smaller fry of the fleet were two big coal steamers—the Costa Rica and the Peter Jebsen, from Departure Bay and Nanaimo respectively. They both had a stirring time of it, being delayed about forty-eight hours by the strong sontheast gale, but the Costa Rica had an especial experience with the tempest. Off ! { should have been eligible at that time. The ballots thus cast for the candidates not eligible to office could not, therefore, be counted. CENSUS OF CHINATOWN. Collector Wise Will Now Begin to Take Lists of Both Registered and Unregistered Chinese. Now that he has learned what the Treas- ury Department requires, Collector of the Port Wise has decided to set his Chinese burean to work at once and take a census of Chinatown. Mr. wise had been supposing that the department wanted precise data as to the sex, class and age of the Chinese, and asked for blank books to be furnished so as to facilitate the work, but instructions have been received advising him to simply procure separate lists of those who are registered and those who are not. The bureau would have begun taking the cen- sus yesterday, but it had not quite com- pleted its steamship reports. It may start 1o-day. 5 From Chief Deputy Internal Revenue Collector Loupe it was learned yesterday that there are about 27,000 regisiered Chinese in this City alene and 55,000 in the district. This revenue district comprises all California south of Sacramento. How many unregistered Chinese there may be nobody knows. They have been constantly ‘smuggled into the State over the Mexican boundary, itis said. In Los Angeles Inspector J. D. Putnam has prepared a fairly complete list of the Chinese there and he has a record of a large number of unregistered Chinese. Chinese who have not been registered may be deported 2t any time; also those who are registered but who have beern THE STEAMER COSTA RICA IN THE RECENT SOUTHEASTER. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] the mouth of the Columbia River she be- gan to encounter u heavy sea and Captain James McIntyre put the vessel’'s head squarely into it. The twenty-year-old Costa Rica is one of the stanchest craft in the Pacific, and she drove her sharp metal | nose through those big rollers with grace and ease. But she did not wholly escape the visita- tion and the vengeance of the waves. The seas dashed aboard heaving tons of furious water around the house and among the alleyways on deck. But everything touched by the waves, except a hand steer- ing wheel near the stern, being of iron and unmovable, no particular damage was | done. The wheel was of wood and ex- posed and movable; the sea “didn’t do a thing to it,” nor to its accompanying bin- nacle and compass. A few splinters in the deck told where it once stood. Several of the crew did not escape the savage charge of the billows and itched around against the metal bulk. heads and bulwarks and more or less se- verely injured. Alexander Wallace, the second steward, on the morning of January 26, was knocked down and frightfully mangled. He was carrying a tray of dishes along the deck, between the cabin and galley, when a huge sea came over the bows. The reat flood of water rushed aft, catching Wallace in the covered alleyway, between the engine-house and the ship’s side. He was borne down under the torrent and hurled here and there against iron doors, ladders and stanchions with great vio- lence. The bigh rail of the steamer pre- vented his inert body from being washed overboard, but the pitch, roll and jerky motions of the vessel flung the imprisoned water around the deck with great force. Aiter the deck had Lecome partially clear the first officer from the bndge noticed what he took to be a bundle of rags lying in the scuppers. Looking closer he saw the water around it turning red. On making his way to the spot he found the luckless steward lying on his face unconscious and_ bleeding from a dozen deep wounds. He had been gashed across the back, abdomen, limbs, his head battered, nose and ribs broken and tie breastbone crushed in, besides being bruised all over the body. Captain McIntyre states that it seems almost in- credible that the man should have been mangled in so short atime and in that meanner. The unfortunate steward was placed in | his berth and everything possible done for | him, but that was little, as no ordinary | treatment could relieve those frightful in- juries. He held on to bis tray and a large coffee-pot, which was battered out of | shape, and it is thought that some of his | knife-like cuts were caused by falling | against_the sharp edges of this utensil. he rocking of the vessel in the terrible | storm intensified the disabled man’s sui- ferings, though he was unconscious part of the time. Upon the arrival of the Costa Rica yes- terday morning Wallace wus taken to” St. Luke’s Hospital, when his injuries were examined and attended to. The ph gave it as his opinion that the patient could hardiy recover, as in addition to the severe wounds, cuts and fractured bones a broken rib had punctured one of the lungs, causing air to escape into the chest. Wal- lace 18 & native of Scotlana, aged about 45 years, LIMITS OF A PROXY. They Do Not Include the Right to Transfer Stock So Held. The suit of Lester H. Jacobs, B. H. Bancroft, W. C. Hamilton and Curtis Hillyer to have removed certain directors of the Honey Lake Land Company has been decidea by Judge Seawell in favor of the directors whom the plaintiffs sought to oust. The election was held on August 3, 1895, and the plaintiffs were all present, Jacobs representing T.. L. Hardee, who owned 49,950 shares of the stock. Jacobs then transferred 10 shares to himself, 10 to Curtis Hillyer, 10 to Bancroft and 10 to W. C. Hamiiton, in order to make them eligible as candidates, and leit the remain- 49,800 shares in Hardee’s name, with him- self as proxy. W. B. Lake, F. W. Lake, F. D. Peterson, F. H. Culver, E. C. Humphrey and Joseph Harrison were elected, but not until the votes of the plain- tiffs had been rejected. The candidates voted for by the plaintiffs would have been elected had the rejected votes been counted, and so they sued to have the di- rectors placed in office removed. In rendering his decision Judge Seawell declared that the proxy given by Hardee to Jacobs did notauthorize him to make any transfers of the stock which he held as proxy, and that, therefore, the plain- tiffs were not gualified to be elected. The subsequent ratification by Hardee of this transfer of Jacobs aud not have the effect of rendering the plaintiffs eligible as di- rectors at the time of the election. They convicted of felonies may be deported un- der the McCreary act. PEOPLES HOME BANK, An Effort to Preserve the As- sets of the Institution Fails. M. H. Sherman Granted Time to Amend His Answer—Attorney Flournoy Indignant. The directors of the People’s Home Say- ings Bank heid an exciting session in the Mills building yesterday. Coutrary to the advice of the attorney, John Flournoy, and in disregard of a minority protest against exposing the assets of the institu- tion to danger of loss, the majority granted M. H. Sherman’s application for sixty days' time to amend his answer to the bank’s suit for foreclosure on his property | in Arizona. It was pointed out clearly in the discus- sion that it was the duty of the directors to preserve the assets of the bank, but four of the directors—Phelps, Thornton, Dorn and Fremont—voted in favor of giving Sherman the time desired. A resolution in favor of referring the ap- plication, in the usual manner, to the at- torney, was rejected on the ground that the legal adviser would report against it. As far as can be ascertained, Stone, Davidson and Truman favored the refer- ence on the ground that the advice of the attorney should be followed on all ques- tions pertaining to suits in court. It is open talk that Mr. Flournoy will not obey the resoluticn granting time for Sherman to amend the answer. The at- torney is so indignant that he will disobey the order and refuse to tender his resigna- tion, which will force the four directors to remove him for endeavoring to protect the property of the institution. On the other hand it is maintained by the majority that Sherman will pay the note of $25,006 and that the action of .the board will not in any manner delay the payment. Sberman wishes, 5o it is said, to prevent judgment against his wife. There is ap- prehension, however, that the time de- sired will be used to set up some defense against the bank which is not at present disclosed. WILL GET A ROOM. Reply of the Harbor Commis- sioners to the Board of Health. The Board of Health has received the following reply to its requestto the Board of Harbor Commissioners for facilities for examining meat and milk that comes into the City from points across the bay: Sax FRANCISCO, Jan. 27, 1896. J. Boardof Hea!th—DEAR SIRS: Your communica- tion in'regard to the inspection of meat and milk of this Citv was placed before this board o-day. and wes referred to our chief en ) gineer, Mr. Holmes, o confer with the Milk Tuspector and sscertain what faeilities you desire. Secreta: il Very respectfully. L. KEEGAN, ne NEW TO-DAY. WONDER WORKERS F. Morse and I. H. Harl, Committee of the of the State Board of Harbor Com- NEW TO-DAY. ¢« Pure and Sure.” Ve BAKING PSWDER. “The results obtained by the use of Cleveland’s Baking Powder have always been satisfactory.” FANNIE M. FARMER, Principal Boston Cooking School, ands DINGER I NOT DEATH Exists in the Downtown Monte Carlo of the Local Pool- Sellers. There Is but One Small Exit Out of Which to Battle in Case of a Panic. The downtown poolrooms are again running in full blast. They have managed to overcome the apparent reluctance of the California Jockey Club to give them the use of a wire from the Bay District track by having the news of the races sent them from San Jose, where it is received by direct wire from the track. Under these circumstances, and unless the California Jockey Club adopts the same stringent measures as did the Pacific Coast Jockey Club when it leased the only wire out of its track, the poolrooms will continue in active operation, wreck- ing the morals of the public. The eight pool-sellers who had influence enough to make Supervisor King intro- duce a measure to license their business and wealth enough to stand repeated ar- rests for violating the Ellert ordinance have joined in one vast establishment and have opened up for business on Anna street, back of the Columbia Theater. They believe that on_ account of their establishment being off the main thor- oughfares they will be permitted to ply their nefarious trade, and they have fitted up the old Baldwin stables with all the paraphernalia necessary to their business. TLere is one thing, however, that they have overlooked, and it is probable that in this they have made a vital mistake, as they have placed themselves in the hands of Fire Marshal Towe, who has the power and the natural inclination all good citi- zens have to prevent the endangering of human life. The new room covers an area of over 3600 square feet, and the only entrance and exit, for that matter, is but twelve feet wide. The law requires that all rooms, halls or places of amusement should be provided with adequate exits, irrespective of the point of entrance. In this gambling resort yesterday more than 2000 people were packed at one time, fighting, cursing and inhaling the fetid at- mosphere in their endeavor to get next to the beokmakers’ stand. The situation at all times from 2 o’clock to 5 in the afternoon was a menace to the safety of every individual present. The cry of fire or a brawl occurring at al ime, both of which are strong possi- b es, would mean a panic, which must naturally result in injuries and deaths. A CALL reporter wedged himself through the crowd on a tour of investigation, and it took him twenty minutes to reach the pool-sellers’ window and return. In the NEW TO-DAY. JANUARY SALE —OF— DESIRABLE and SEASONABLE GOODS Througheut Every Department ab Prices NEVER BEFORE S0 LOW! We only ask an inspection. The price and quality are bound to be irresistible. Specials. Note the prices and be assured that there are others fully as attractive. Gloves. ) 1200 pairs Ladies’ 4-Button English Walking Gloves, in tans, browns and English reds, a facsimile of the Dent Gloves. These gloves are erfect in every respect: we fit them to the hand, and are splendid value at $125 & pair. For this sale the price is 75c a Pair. Corsets. e 450 pairs Ladies’ Extra Long Waisted 6-Hook N.and 1. Corsets, made of splendid quality tm- ported binck sateen, with two steels 0a- each side »nd extra-bound bust: finished with siik- embroidered top, and handsomely embroidered both top and boitom with colored sflks; in all sizes, 18't0 30. ‘The best Corset in the world at $1.50 a Pair. Disbans 8500 pieces FIRST-QUALITY Satin-edge Rib- bons, in all colors, at_the foillowing extraordi- narily low prices. These goods should not be confou ded with inferior qualities, as they are pertect goods of the BEST quality’: No. 2, ¥g lnch wide, Sc a yard, 50¢ a plece, No. 3, # inch wide: 614 a yard, 80c a plece. 1inch wide, BY4c a yard, 80c a plece. 114 inches wide, 10c a yard, $1 a plece. 174 inches wide, 16¢ a y°'d, $1 50 plece, b, 20c & yard $2 a piece. Cure... 43 No. 16, 214 inches wide, 25¢ a yd, $2 50a piece. WONDER Conel VRt “FAILA: No. 22, 8 {iiches wide, 25¢a yard, $2 50 a piece. WONDER Toothache DEOPS. ........... NEVEHPFAIL see Our e WONDER Corn Cure. .. ... . % NEVER FAILS. WONDER tinimen:, : Never such designs— BANISHES PAIN. Sole Agents for Dr. Charcot’s Nerve Pills, $1 a box: 6 for $5. Mail orders promptly attended to. THE WONDER DRUGSTORE (FLETCHER & CO.), 1028 Market Street. TR R S T e T R SRS S R T A Never such values ‘As arenow being shown. A& Mall Orders promptly filled. NEWMAN & LEVINSON, 125, 127, 129, 131 Kearny Street. BRANCH STORE—742 and 744 Market Street. event of a panic what would be the result? A couple of thousand people, frantic in their respective endeavors to gain the only exit from the place, would crush and trample each other to death. There is a law which prohibits the main- tenance of any establishment with exits that are dangerous to life and limb, This law ought to be enforced. e . Police Commissioners. The Police Commissioners met last night and dismissed a charge of violating the rules of the department against Policemen D. A. Syl vester and John W. Durkin. The resiznation of Policeman John E. Keegan, to take effect to-morrow, was accepted. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. t Tfl%‘é}’sfiéfi' Méhr IN The Fast Horses %,’;fi' o OLD | The Funny Piek: Desowx. KENSEL GV NOTHING APPROACHING THE CROWDS EVER SEEN BEFORE. Next Monday—CORINNE In “HENRY HUDSON JR.” Seats Now Ready. BALDWIN THEATER AL HAYMAN & Co. (Incorporated)..... Proprietors SEATS NOW SELLING For the Famous MARIE Tavary Grand Opera Co.'s Season, Commencing Next MONDAY NIGHT, Feb. 3. Aewlio Ghalte, FRICOLAMOER.GOTTLOD & o+ 1£3383 AND MATAGLRY: YOoU HAVE SHOULD, EEN SEEXN The Great Crowd Last Night—They Actu- ally Blocked the Street to See the FRAWLEY COMPANY “MEN AND WOMEN" SEATS—15¢, 25¢, 50¢ and 75c. 9 - ALCAZAR Easily the Best Comedy To-day on the American Stage. “X CANTING SCOUNDREL” Theater Crowded With the Fashion of San Fran- clsco—Delighted—Smiles and Tears Mingled. MATINEES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. PRICES—10c, 15c and 25c. Night Prices—10c, 16¢, 25¢, 35¢, 50c. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE Mms. ERNESTINE KRELING Proprieor & Managee L AST NIGETS Of the Brilllant Success, “IXTOIN!” NEXT MONDAY EVENING, FEB. 8, A New American Opers, “THE GENTLE SAVAGE!” Book by Estelle Clayton and Nym Crinkle. Music by E. L Darling. INDIAN, MEXICAN, COWBOYSCENES, The ’49 Mining Camp Fandango, Popular Prices—25c and 50c. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theater In America. WALTER MOROSCO, Sole Lessee and THIS EVENING AT EiGHT, First Production in This House of Vincent and Aldrich's Sparkling Comedy Drama, “THE EDITOR!” And of all the Editors in Town The Most Entertalning ! EVENING PRICES—250 and 500 Family Circie and Gallerv. 10c. Usual Matinees Saturday and Sunday. ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Btreet, Between Stockton and PowellL. TO-NIGHT AND DURING THE WEER A BRILLIANT AUGMENTED BILL! MONS. DE BESSELL, HEELEY AND MARBA, RACHEL WALKER AND—— A PEERLESS VAUDEVILLE CO. Reserved seats, 26¢; Balcony, 100; Opers chalry and Box seats, 50¢. NEW BUSH-ST. THEATER. 12—PERFORMANCES—12 Commencing Sunday Matinee, February 2. Cook Twin Sisters. Unele Tom’s Cabln, Direct from Academy of Music, Philadelphia. 50—P.ople—50. 20—Ponies, Donkeys, Dogs—20 ADMISSION—15, 25, 35, 50 cts. ‘Matinees Sundays, —v_v:;nudnys. Saturdays. 2% Box Office open 11 4. M. t0 & P. X. SEE THE BIG PARADE. NOW THE SUN SHINES Shoot thz r1t7!mtes and Trip the Trolley! ernoon and Evening. 10 © EN TS Merry-Go-Bound Ride), 10e CALIFORNIA PSYCHICALSOCIETY LECTURE by MR. J, J. MORSE of London on “Some Fundamental Principles of Psychic Science.” Golden Gate Hall, 625 Sutter st., FRI- DAY, January 31, at 8 o'clock ». x. Tickets 25¢, at Sherman & Clay’s and Doxey’s Boo. store. RACING! RACING! RACING! ADMISSION Children (including CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB. ——WINTER MEETING—— Beginning Thursday, January 28, BAY DISTRICT TRACK. Racing Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sa.urday. Rain or Shine, FIVE OF MORE RACES EAOH DAY. Races start at zz:wzm sbarn McAllister and Geary street cars pass R. B. MILROY. THOS, H. WILLIAMS S‘{;, Secretary. President.