The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 4, 1896, Page 4

4 ’ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1896. SENSATIONAL SUIT AT LOS ANGELES A Daughter of the Late Allen G. Thurman Is Defendant_. AFFAIR OF RELATIVES. She and Her Husband Accused of Maliciously Causing an Arrest. FANNIE HOLLIDAY'S PLAINT. Wants Heavy Damages- for Having Spent Several Days in a Prison Cell. LOS ANGELES, Car., Feb. 3.—Attired in deep mourning, a daughter of the late Hon. Allen G. Thurman of Ohio, Mrs. M. P. T. Holliday, and her husband, Edward T. Holuday, known as “Bug’’ Holliday in baseball and sporting circles, sat side by side in Judge York’s courtroom this morn- ing, as defendants in a $25,000 damage suit brought against them by Mrs. Fannie L. Holliday. The plaintiff is a slender woman, and did not look with an amiable glance at her relatives. The occurrence which led to this suit took place last August, when the arrest of the young woman was caused by Mr. and Mrs. Edward Holliday, She claims her arrest was malicious and not justified by the facts. For some reason, which will no doubt materialize during the trial, the wife and the distant relative of the same name-were bad friends, and their feelings culminated in a series of pyrotechnical word battles which upset the nerves of the ex-base- ballist and his wife. They told the District Attorney that Mrs. Fannie Holliday had threatened to burn their furniture and kili them,and upon their representations a complaint was filed in Justice Young’s court. Mrs. in jail for eight days, when she obtained | 1He was married eighteen months ago, and Fannie L. Holliday was arrested and kept | her release from captivity througn the | habeas corpus route, The Hollidays were still afraid that their relative would shoot, stab or kill them, and immediately had her arrested sgain. The young woman was kept -in custody for three. hours under this com- plaint, when she was released upon motion of the District Attorney. In their answer Mr. and Mrs. Holliday admit the arrest, but claim that they were justified in the course they pursued, and that although Mrs. Fannie Holliday was released, it was not done until her, attor- neys had promised the attorneys on the other side that she would not attempt to carry out the threats that she had made. LOST OF CAPE FLATTERY Shipping Men Certain That the Burning Vessel Sighted Was 7 the Ninevah. Believe That the Crew Took to the| Small Boats and Were Cap- sized in a Storm. PORT TOWNSEND, Wasn., Feb. 3.— The description received to-day of several unusual features in the rieging of the yes- sel sizhted burning off Cape Flattery on January 28 by the barkentine Modoc confirms the belief that the unfortunate craft was the Brtish bark Ninevah, lum- ber-laden, from Vancouver for Syduey. ! No particular effort will be made by the tugs here to tind the derelict, although if sighted she will be looked carefully over with a view to saving anything thathas | | from May 26, 1879, unti! May 22, 1889, ot been consumed by the flames, There are two theories regarding the total absence of life aboard—one, that the crew took to the small boats in the hope of getting ‘ashore, and the other that they were taken off ‘on some outward-bound “ vessel. If the first surmise is correct, there is little doubt but that all found watery graves, as the storms have been particularly severe sincé the middle of January. TRUCKEE'S GAY SEASON Zero Weather Restores to the Ice King His Frozen Realm, Toboggan Slide and Skating Court Are Again Thronged by Pleasure- Seekers. TRUCKEE, Car., Feb. 3.—A meeting of the directors of the Ice Carnival was held to-day to consider important matters in connection with the carmival. It was de- cided to lengthen the toboggan chute con- siderably and make other improvements which will greatly add to the attractive- ness of the palace. 3 To-day has been exceedingly cold, the highest the thermometer registered being fifteen degrees above zero. To-night is the coldest since the carnival opened, and with tbe mercury several degrees below zero skating for the balance of the week will be unexcelled and the ice men, who have been doubtful as.to the outcome of " the winter’s crop, are now satisfied that they will fill their huge storehouses. ‘When interviewed to-night on the ice palace and toboggan slide Director-Gen- l:ral McGlashan said to a CALL correspon- ent : “We bave the weather just as we have wanted it for two wesks, and now we are in & position to show the people just how an ice palace should look when in its best condition. We are all very enthusiastic over the carnival, and have every reason to feel proud of our efforts. “1 was talking to a gentleman from Montreal, to-day, and he reluctantly told me that although he had seen numerous 1ce palaces this was most unique original method of building one he ever seen or heard of, and"in his opinion it was superior in most respects tothe method of building with block ice.. 5§ you,” continued Mr, McGlashan, | | | | { using its best efforts and_will endeavor to | French was 66 years of age. {uary 1829, * In 1849 he sailed for San Fra “‘we have the chief attraction in California to-day and the people will soon find that out.” 5 - The interview was interrupted by a E:ny headed by a Mormon elaer ffom Salt Lake, who wanted to see the famous' rocking stone. SN 3 Mirth and gayety reigns in the skating- rink to-night and all sizes and conditions of people are whirling around the elliptical court of ice: : Even watching a skater is amusing and interesting, as one sees the novice sudden- 1y havingiis feet taken from under him or else frantically attempting to catch one of the numerous posts at the side of the rink. On the other band are expert skaters, gracefully gliding and turning, cutting figures in the icy floor and fully conscious of heir importance.’ The toboggan slide is the Mecca of a large following, who never tire of this ex- hilarating sport and who seem to grow more enthusiastic each trip. The toboggan runs fully an eighth of a mile, and people who live along the slide use this means of gaving the trouble of walking home. Next Saturday has been set apart as Knights of Pythias day, and several if not all of the grand officers of that organiza- tion will be here. The management is Much inter- manifested, as the local lodge Pythias is very strong. make this 2 memorabie day. est is bem? Knights o B Suicide of a Seattle Officer. SEATTLE, Wasn., Feb. 3.—Orazed by the weight of his shame and disgrace Merchant Patrolman Albert A. Merrill, who was arrested some days ago by the police for an unnatural crime, stood in his office in the Olympic block this morning and blew his brains out with a revolver. Merrill bhad up to this time borne a good reputation both as a man and an officer, eaves a widow and babe. He was35 years old and has resided in Seattle seven or eight years. WAs DISCOVERED BY DOLBEAR. Professor Roentgen’s Wonderful Feats in | Photography Not New by Any Keans. BOSTON, Mass.,, Feb. 3. — Professor Roentgen is perhaps the last of the army | of inventive geniuses who find after their laborious investigations are brought to a successful conclusion that there *“is noth- | ing new under the sun.” 3 In conversation . with Professor A. B, Dolbear, the noted physicist of Tufts Col- lege, regarding the recently published ex- periments in photography by means of light of slow vibration, it was brought out that as early as May, 1892, Professor Dol- pear had performed many photographic experiments by the aid-of the same agent | as used by the German professor, and ob- tained results quite as remarkable. He went still further and succeeded in photo- graphing through wood an inch in thick- | ness by the ether waves set up by the sim- | ple sparkling of astaticelectrical machine. Professor Dolbear published the theory | on which his remarkable results were | based in the science department of a lead- | ing monthly magazine in April, ‘1854, | under the heading “‘Bleetricity and Pho- | tography.” This article gave proof that Professor Dolbear used exactly the same | process as did Professor Roentgen, andi | that the identical results of Professor | Roentgen were proved and given to the world in Meay, 1892, by Professor Dolbear, though first recorded in public print in | April, 1894. Professor Dolbear secured his | results without the aid of a Crook’s tube, | simply by the sparking of an ordinary | static electrical machine in the atmos- | phere, and in perfect darkness. | sl i, SUICIDE OF STEPHEN B. FRENGH. | Was Well Known in California in Pioneer | Days and Afterward a Police. Com- missioner in New York. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 3.—Ex-Police | Commissioner Stephen B. French com- | mitted suicide this morning at his home | v_shooting himself through the- heart | with a revolver. He died instantly. Mr. | The cause of the deed is supposed to be business reverses, of which he spoke to his wife several days ago, remarking that his luck had been bad and that she would ba as well off without him. | It was learned at the house to-day that his health bad been good of late, but that he had been despondent and moody. Stephen B. French was born in the town of Riverhead, Suffolk County, N. Y., Jan- cisco to visit the gold fields. "After work- ing in the gold mines he conducted a hotel in San Francisco, and afterward ran a vessel between San Francisco and the Sandwich Islands. Later he started a store in Marysville, and made and lost two or three fortunes within five years. Sunbsequentiy he en- gaged in mercantile life in. thiscity. In February, 1876, he wasappointed A ppraiser of the Port of New York by President Grant, He was a police commissioner N MONROE SALISBURY'S STRING. The Owner Will Devote More Attention to Mining Than Racing. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 3.—It 1s said that Monroe Salisbury, the California breeder and turfman, who enjoys the dis- | tinction of having brought out a champion trotter each year since 1893, will mot follow the circuit this year with a stable of flyers. He has engaged M. E. McHenry to train and drive for him, and it is said by those who are in a position to know that Salis- bury will intrust the campaigning of the Pleasanton farm string to the Freeport reinsman, while he gives his personal at- tention to gold mining interests at Cripple Creek. Alix, 2:033, is wintering at Red Oak, Towa, while te, 2:043¢, Directly, 2:09}4, and most of the other winners in Salis- bury’s stable, are quartered at Lincoln, Nebr. McHenry may make the Nebraska track his training groufd in preference to going to California to prepare for the spring campaign. Itis also stated that Salisbury’s string will be small and select this season, last year’s policy of carrying a stable of fifteen or twenfy horses about the country not having been profitable, e 3 BALL-PLAYERS PROSPEROTUS. The National League Starts With a Good Working Swrplus. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 8.—A special to the Sun from Washington says: Presi- dent Young says that he has about con- cluded to reappoint four of the umpires and add three comparatively new men to g.;g. the staff. . ““Of course,” he said, ‘“‘we shall have Lynch, Keefe, Emslie and Tim Hurst with us again, ana Sheridan, who was formerly in the National League, but who officiated in the Western League last season, Then 10 THE SURMIT * OF TAMALPA Grading pfi the Scenic Line to Be Commenced on Wednesday. W OREMEN ARE ENGAGED Eastland Station Will Be the Terminus and Contain the Power-House, MAY BUILD TO BOLINAS BEACH, A Branch Likely to Be Extended From the Mountain Heights to the Ocean. MILL VALLEY, CaL:, Feb. 3.—After menths of planning and surveying, work is to be commenced in earnest upon the Mill Valley and Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railroad. The California Construction Company has secured the contract to do the grading, and a large force of men will be put at work on Wednesday: A great | many laborers are flocking" here in the hope of securing work, butthe construc- tion company has already employed the necessary number of men, It has been decided to build the power- bouse on the Cushing tract just above Eastland station, and contracts are soon to be let for the necessary machinery and electrical appliances for generating power, At a meeting of the stockholders held on Saturday, Sidney B. Cushing was elected president of the road; David McKay, vice- president; Louis L. James, secretary, and the First National Bank of San Francisco, treasurer. Louis R. James, the newly' elected sec- retary, said to-day that the graders would be put at work Wednesday. The location party has been out a number of days and is rapidly pushing its part . of the work, It is hoped that the road.will be in run- ning order in time for the large summer travel. 1 While the projectors of the enterprise will say little about the extending of the road to Bolinas itisgenerally believed that they will do this as scon as the road is in running order from Mill Valley to the summit of Tamalpais. The cost of con- structing the road from the top of the mountain to Bolinas is estimated to be about $120,000. Le Roy G. Harvey bas for 2 number of vears been attempting to interest moneyed men in the scheme of building a railroad to Bolinas, and his estimates have reached past the million mark, while a branch o] the electricroad will cost but little over $100,000 to construct. Bolinas has one of the finest beaches on the coast and is now a town of consider- able size, considering the fact that its only communieation with the outside world is by stage coach. If the mountain road is| constructed to Bolinas, one of the finest parts of Marin County will be opened up. The terminus of the road will be East- land station. The idea of purchasing the O'Shaughnessy tract near Eastland sta- tion and building a large depot has been giveu up, g 'LOND LFEIGHTONS FUNERAL. Representatives of Royalty Follow the Kemains to the Graue. LONDON, Exa., Feb. 3.—The funeral of Lord Leighton, president of the Royal Academy, took place here to-day. The pallbearers included Lord Salisbury, the Duke of Aberdeen and W. E. H. Lecky, the historian, Behind the caffin were rep- resentatives of the Queep, the Prince of ‘Wales, the Emperor of Germany, the King of Belgium and the academies. Follow- ing these wasan immense procession of notable persons. The body was placed in the cryptof St. Paul’s” Cathedral’ beside that of Sir Christopher Wrea. bt i, GERMANX’S CIVIL CODE. Minister Nicldring Urges Its Passage in the feichstag. BERLIN, GerMANY, Feb. 3.—The Reich- stag began the debate of the civil code to- day. Herr Nieldring, Imperial Minister of Justice, urged the passage of the meas- ure withont delay, but Dr. Rintenlen, leader of the Centrist party, proposed that it be referred to a committee. If marriage were divested of its Christian character, he declared,-the Centrists would oppose the whole bill. Dr. von Cuny, National Liberal, advo- cated the ndopdon of the measure with slight amendments. g A Riot at a Bullfight. QUERETARO, Mex., Feb. 3.—Another riot took place during the progress of a bull- fight yesterday, resulting in the almost complete destruction of the bull ring and the serious injury of seyeral performers and spectators. The crowd became en- raged because the bulls would not fight and began throwing boards and rocks at the performers. .The latter retaliated and a pitched battle occurred. A number of persons engaged in the riot have been arrested. LA U SIRG . . No Entente With ttussia. ° PARIS, France, Feb. 3.—The Messenger says that Baron de Courcel, the French Embassador to Great Britain, has beea in- structed “to renew the discussion of the Egyptian question with Lord Salisbury, France hoping to profit by the coolness between England and Germany and to ex- dite England’s evacuation” of Egypt rance, the paper says, has no entente. with Russia upou the Egyptian question. 3 [ e, Dunraven to Confer ith Wales. LONDON, ExG., Feb. 8.—The Chronicle will to-morrow say that Lord Dunraven has gone to Sandringham to confer with the Prince of Wales, as commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron, before deciding what his final step would. be in the matter of tke finding against him by the commit- 1 propose to give Hardi Henderson a chance. The -other member of the staff will be Willy Weidman.” We start the year with a good working eurplus in the treasury after paying every obligation. The much-talked-of hard times have not been noticed at the league treasury depart- ment, and we have bad no occasion to sell bonds or issue emergency certificates.’” — Bprinter McClelland’s Challenge. PITTSBURG, Pa,, Feb. 3.—E. C. Mc- Clelland, champion foot-runner .of - the world «t five to twenty-five miles, issnes the following challenge: 1do hereby challenge any foot-runner in the world to run me a series of three footraces for the championship of the world. Let the ais- tance be five, ten, fifteen, twenty or twenty- five miles and the races for a side $1000 8. lld: n hite) 8. He says thie races may take place eium-l eelin; in Pittsburg or Wh tee of inquiry of the New York Yacht Club, £ —_— Prince Henry’s Body Arvives. LONDON, Exc., Feb. 3.—The British warship Bienbeim, with the body of Prince Henry of Battenberg, arrived gt Plymouth to-day. It is announced that the Emperor of Germany will send Prince Aibert of Prussia, with a detachmeént of the Garde duCorps, to attend the funeral, : 4 5 ‘Ttalian Officers Released. ROME, ItALy, Feb. 3.—A dispatch from Massowah says that King Menelek has re- turned ten officers who were detained by him when the Italian column of Colonel Galliano were allowed b‘V‘ the Abyssinjans to evacuate the town of Makalle. e New Federal Officers. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 3.—The § | freedmen in the Cherokee nation, nomnations of Patrick W. Nagle to be United States Marshal of Oklahoma and of John A. Marshall to be District Judge, John W. Judd, United States Attorney, and N. M. Brigham to be United States Marshal, all of Utab, were ordered to be favorably reported by the Senate Judiciary | Committee to-day. IN THBE SUPREME COURT. Argument Concluded in the Famous Long Pension Case. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 3.—Wkhen the argument of counsel in the cases of Mattie P, Baltzer, executrix of Herman R. Baltzer, et al. vs. the State of North Caro- lina, which was. begun in the Supreme ‘Court this afternoon, shall have been con- clnded some time this week the court will adjourn for the usual February recess to reassemble on the first Monday in March. These cases involve the validity of an amendment to the constitution of the State of North Carolina adopted in 188C, Before this case came on fo be heard James C. Carter of New York concluded the argument in the famous pension case of .}udfa Long of Michigan, who sued for a writ of mandamus to compel Commis- sioner Lochren to restore the rating of his. nsion to $72 a month, he (Lochren) hav- ng reduced it to $50 a month. The Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia re- fused the writ and Judge Long brought the case to the Supreme Court of the Unuad_‘smgea, Mr. Carter was retained by the legislative committee of the National Encampment, G. A. R., which is aiding Judge Long in his effort to secure the re- rating asked because of the benefit such a. decision would be to many members of that organization now on the pension rolls. LA Ay HISTORICAL RBOOKS FOR SALE. Hubert Howe Bancroft Offers His Céllec- tion to the New York Library. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 8,—More than GOAOOQvqumes of books and manuseripts, forming the Hubert Howe Bancroft li- brary, almost wholly historical, which are in Ban Francisco, have been for some time for sale. The owner recently offered the collection to the trustees of the New York Public Library, which is_the outgrowth of the consolidation of the Astor, Tilden and’ Lenox foundations, for $300,000, although he says it is well worth §500,000. . Alexander land is chairman of the library’ committee. When seen by a re- porter Saturday he said: ‘‘We have con- cluded -to recommend that no purchases be made, as we do not believe it advisable to take the books at the price asked. Kur- ther than this I am not in a position to give a critical judgment on the library.” ——— TO GRANT THE ARID LANDS. ZIntroduction of a Bill in the Interest of Irrigation. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 3.—Repre- sentative Hartman-of Montana to-day introduced a bill granting to California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, ldaho, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, North and South Dskota, all | the arid fands within their borders. Any land requiring artificial irrigation to pro- duce agricultural crops is to be deemed “‘arid’’ or *‘desert” land, and the proceeds.| of the sales of any of such lands by each of said Statesis to be used only for the reclamation of other desert lands within the limits of such States. fiodmmdma Cherokee Award Money. ; WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 3.—The United States Court of Claims. to-day ap- Exoved the mutual agreement entered-into y counsel for distributing. theé -Cherokee award money. The Secretary of the In- terior is empowered to appoint three com- missioners to make an enumeration of the Upon that being ascertained, each freedman is to receive not to exceed $266 34 out of the $903,365, and any excess is to go to the Cherokee nation. ———— Retaxing the Cc * WASHINGTON, D. O., Feb. '3.—In the case of the State of California versus the Bouthern Pacific Railroad Company the Surreme Court to-aay made the following order: “It appears that costs in this case bave not been regularly taxed, and it is ordered that the matter be referred to the | clerk of the court to tax the same, upon reasonable notice in writing to both par- ties, stating the day and hour appointed for snch taxation.” ! s R e ] Repair of Naval Vessels. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 3.—The Speaker laid beiore the House to-day a communication from Secretary Herbert re- questing an appropriation of ,000 10 be immediately available for the repair and construction of naval vessels. The original appropriation for this purpose is nearly usted, but $80,000 of it remaining for work already or to be hereafter authorized. e Cireuits of Justic: WASHINGTON, . C., Feb. 3.—~The ap- pointment of Justice Peckham to a seat on the bench of the Supreme Court of the United States necessitates a partial re- assignment of Justices to the several cir- cuits and the following changes wére an- nounced to-day by the Chief Justice: Jus- tice Peckham to the Second Circuit, vice Brown; Justice Brown to the Seventh Circuit, vice Harlan; Justice Harlan to the Sixth Circuit (his original circuit). S To Teach Deaf Children. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb, 3.—The House Committee on Education: ordered a favorable report on the bill to aid in estab- lishing schools in the States and Terri- tories to teach speech and vocal languace to deaf children before they are-of school age. The measure appropriates $100,000 for €éducating not less than 100 teachers who are to be sent to State and Territorial schools when established. 2 AR FIGHTER AND AOTOR. Jim Corbett’s Qualities Form the Sub- Ject of Discussion. One evening Nat Goodwin and Harry Hamilton, a London wit, were at the Gar- rick Club. The crowd attacked the Ameri- cans for threatening to send James Cor- bett, actor, over to England’s revered stage. i “Well, what do you play him for?” queried Goedwin, always warm to fight for the Yankee side of a question. * “Can he act?" drawled Wyndham. “No,” quoth Nat, “but he can lick any man on earth, bar none.”” This was an.agreeable interruption to the train of thought and Goodwin, who is a fine boxer, also a fiery and untamed ad- mirer of asry Jimmie, launched out into a technical disquisition upon the tactics, the science, the physique and the achieve- ments of James Corbett, prize-fighter. ‘‘He has ali the agility and intelligence of alightweight and the force of a heavy- weight fighter. His constitudion 18 such that he fights with his bead, his heart, his muscles and his might. He is not a usher of a fight, but he is greatin de- ense. He is so quick with his brute force,” went on Nat eloquently, “*so quick he could dodge bullets; you couldn’t kill i at a pif uietly ex: m- _iltaon.—l’l:nburg Ifi spatch. ————————— % Pope Leo’s Boyhood. He spent his_childhood in the simple surroundings: of Carpineto, than which none could sh:lpm-, as every one knows who has ever visited an Itallan country gentleman in his home, Early ' hours, constant exercise, plain food and farm - terests made a strong man of him, with plenty of simple common-sense. s ‘As a boy he was a great walker and climber, and it i saia that he was exces- sively fond of firdlni, the only form of | svort. afforded by that part of Italy, and ‘practiced there in those times, as it is now, not only with guns, but by means of nets. It has’ often been said that ts ‘and lovers of lom come more uently from the) mountains and -the seashore .| than from a flat inland resion.—Marion Crawlford, in the February Century, SHNTA CLIRH - CROWERS LOSE Flight of P. H. Foster, a - Fruit Buyer of San- Jose. MOURNED BY CREDITORS. He Leaves the Country Without Paying for Numerous Consignments, DENOUNCED AS AN IMPOSTOR. The Firm He Pretended to Represent Denies 'l;hat It Had Any Deal- . ings With Him. SAN JOSE, Car., Feb. 3.—P, H. Foster, who dealt in green and dried fruits under the firm name of P. H. Foster & Co. in this city for the pasttwo years, is being anx- iously sought for by'a number of creditors. About ten days ago Foster and his family, after selling off their household effects, left the city, and are now supposed to be in Honolulu. A vyear ago Foster had a young man named Fisher associated with him in the business, but this past season Foster con- ducted the business himsell. He repre- sented himself to be an agent for the great fruit-buying firm of -Delafieid, Mc- Govern & Co., of New York, Chicago and Ban Francisco, He bought largely of growing crops and as soon as the fruit was delivered he would make a small payment on it, It is thought that Foster has mulcted fruit-growers to the extent of several thousand dollars. In dne case- Foster bought dried prunes from E. McKee, a rancher near Santa Ciara, amounting to $1418, paying $1062 down, He subsequently paid another $100, but owes $254. As Foster had represented that he was buying for Delatiéld, McGov- ern & Co., the bill was sent to the firm’s New York headquarters, but was returned with the statement that the firm had not aythorized Foster to buy fruit, Only on one occasion did the firm do any business with Foster,and it now holdsa bill against him, e DECIDES FOR THE CITX. Judge Reynolds Dissolves an Injunction Restraining Street Improvements. SAN JOSE, CAvr, Feb. 3.—Judge Rey- nolds this morning dissolved the tempo- rary injunction issued to J. H. Flickinger and others to prevent Charles W, Fay, the contractor, from improving East® Santa Clara street, from Third to Eléventh. A short time ago the Common Council awarded the contract for improving East Santa Clara street, with a bitumen pave- ment'on a concrete basement: to Fay at an estimated cost of about $40,000, the cost of improvements to be levied on abutting property-owners, Flickinger and other large property-owners at once procured a temporary injupction, restraining Fa; from beginning the work. They ciaime: that the sfreet had beer once improved at the cost of abutting property-owners, and that the cost of the present improvement should be borne by, the City. They also attacked the constifutionality of the law under which the contract was let. Judge Reynolds held that the letting of the work and levying of assessment was legal and ordered that the injunction be dissolved and the suit dismissed. It is understood that the case will be appealed to the Supreme Court. B e L SETTLED OUT OF COURT. Suits Involving the San Jose Brick Com- 2 pany Dismissed. SAN JOBE, Car., Feb. 3.—Stipulations were filed in Judge Lorigan’s court this afterncon whereby the suits of Denis Corkery ana F. Dreischmeyer- against the directors of the San Jose Brick Company to prevent the company from selling stock of the plaintiffs to pay an assessment of $50 per share, amounting to several thou- sand dollars in each case, levied to meet an alleged indebtedness of $153,000, were dis- missed. : Several years ago the brick company backed several San Francisco contractors, among them those building the Feil-street sewer, and suffered great loss. Corkery and Dreischmeyar fought the assessment on ‘the ground ‘that the indebtedness was illegally incurred. The terms of the set- tlement could not be learned. The suit of the Santa Clara Valley Mil1 and Lumber Company against D. Corkery, F. Dreischmeyer and the San Jose Brick Company, for $10,000 alieged to be due the lumber company for money advanced the San Jose Brick Company, was also dis- missed, In all three suits each side is to Fny its own costs and half the attorneys’ ees. e B ST, HAWKSHAWS HELD FOKE TRIAL. Detectives Who Enticed Minors to Buy Liquor Must Answer. S8AN JOSE, Car, Feb. 3.—William Morss and H. P. Hawkins, private detect- ives who have been securing evidence to convict saloon men of selling liquor to minorg, were arraigned before Justice Dwyer this morning on a charge of induc- ing Paddy Olmstead, a 13-year-old boy, to enter saloons and purchase intoxicating liguors. The men pleaded not guilty and will be tried by jury on February 7. Hawkins, who has been in “jail since ‘Baturday evening. was released on $125 cash bail this morning, “NOBCDY CAN DENY.” Joseph Howard Tells How a Califor- nian Good Fellow Died in Poverty. T Jo Howard, the prince of New York correspondents, has written a few words in regard to an old-time Califorpian who was once Tich; but who died poor in New York dast week. Those who have known San Francisco for a great many years will recognize the picture. Je It is customary, after a man has made a good speech, in'a public. entertainment,’ banquet, or whatever,”’ says Mr. Howard, ‘“for thé company to start up with enthu- siastic fervor and more or less' harmony, the inspiring refrain, ‘For he’s a jolly good fellow, which nobody can deny, which nobody can deny, which nobody can deny.” And nobody does deny it. "In 1859 I was traveling in California, and attended a fancy dress ball given in the leading theater in San Francisto., Ad- joining the baliroom was a private suppe.- Toom, not where the ‘great mulititude ate and drank, but where some thirty or possibly fifty politicians and leading men in the theatrical profession, with hews- paper men and . others were having a pleasantly exhilarating experience. The host of the occasion was the manager of the theater, and the projector of the ball, which was & great social success. 5 “During the tanquet the Mayor of the city proposed ‘the heaith of the manager, wbich was drunk in bumpers and with wild enthusiasm, for he was really a most popular as®well as most pros- perous man. ¥He responded in a few words, with no special felicity, for that was not his forte, and at the close of the room, winding up with the ol time refrain. ‘For he’s & jolly good fel ‘low, which nobody can deny,” I wasa stranger in the town, and regarded the picture_through comparatively youthiul.| eyes. I remember admiring the hand- | some face, the elegant figure, the all- thus honored by his friends and asso- ciates, and was not at all surprised | when told that this personal magnet- ism, the cheery charm of manner, added to marked ability asa business man, all steered by intelligent industry and earnest- ness of purpose, had made him very rich, §0 that he owned two theaters in San Francisco, one in Sacramento and one in Marysville, besides other property in ranch and mine, warranting his classifica- tion as Al in mercantile baoks of reference. “This week charity buried him.. Itap- pears that, more or less intoxicated by sticcess, this favorite of fortune came East ears ago and interested himself in wide- xonzoned dramatic enterprises, one of which was the introduction of a fa- mous troupe of celebraied Japanese acrobats, - jugglers and trapezists, Although easy come had not been his motto, for he worked very hard always, easy go became his financial habit, for he gave away large sums of money to his friends, loaned much to comparative strangers, and woke some fifteen years ago to a vivid appreciation of & sad reality. His friend, Mr. Cash, had gone, and his other {friends {followed the example. Without tracing with unneces- sary ‘derail the good fellow’s down- ward path, let me say that no face has been sadder, no form meore familiar among the great crowd of expectants and hopers against hope on Broadway for the past ten years? than bis. - Men who knew him when he held property worth $15,000,000, men who knew Eim when liter- ally he roae on the very crest of the wave of prosperity, men who enjoved his hos- pitalities on the golden shores of the great Pacific, and others bound to him by no tie save that of good fellgwship, belped him now and then, but s help affords about as much gennine relief as a few drops of rain falling upon the parched tongue of one dying of thirst could give. £ The man was naturally proud, sensitive, kindly hLearted, as his epen- nanded generosity to people in ‘trou- ble abundantly proved, He knew the condition of his wardrobe, he appre- ciated the scant furnishings of his iife, and the iron of disappointment entered his kindly soul, piercing the innermost cockles of his generous heart, During the past three years hisdescentnto the depths of grievous poverty was rapid, and his eyes were closed at the last by thejaore or less sympathetic hand of = periunctory charity.” PILLAU THE FAVORITE DISH, How It Is Coneocted by the People of . Afghanistan. A book recently published in London, entitled ““At the Court of the Amir,” de- votes considerable space to the eunlinary methods of the Afghanistans. Pillau is the favorite dish, and is made either of fowl or lamb or mutton, or all combined. The meat is amalgamated with rice, butter, fron, cloves, onion, ginger, salt, whole veppers and dhiiey. The rice is first boiled until half-done, the onions and raisins fried and the fowl cut in pieces and rubbed with ginger and dhiey. The meat is al- lowed to remain in thisstate for two hours, when it is put in some butter at the bot- tom of the pot; over it is placed a layer of rice, then another of onions, raisins and almonds, sprinkled = with saffron and water, then a layer of meat, and so on al- ternately until the pot is filled, when melted butter is poured over the The pot is_ then -subjected toa br g heat or put in an. oven and cooked three hours. The edges of the pot are sealed with paste so that no steam can escape. The next favorite Afghan dish consists of knobs of meat grilled before o fire. Res- taurants are very numerous, but they are described as conveying an idea of filth of which tbe most imaginative Occidental cannot conceive. Even the Afghanistans do not enter them, but eat their meals out. side or carry away the cooked food. Con- fectioners’ shops are more cleanly, and are famous for iced sherbets of various fla- vors, Bread is composed entirely of flat cakes of dough cooked against the sides of earth ovens. Vegetables and fruits in summer are plentiful and cheap, —————— The Doctor and His Patient, The Parisian wits are reviving an old story about the wonderful cure from deaf- ness of a patient who was recommended to go hear “Loliengrin,” and to sit near the orchestra, by the trombones. The doctor accompanied his patient and sat beside him. All' of a.sudden, while the noise of the instruments wasat its loudest, the deaf man found he could hear. ‘‘Doc- tor,” he almost shrieked, “I cdn hear.” | The doctor took no notice. “I tell you, | doctor,” repeated the man, in ecstasy, ‘'you have saved me. I have recovered my hearing.”” 8till the doctor was silent. He had become deaf himself! his talk loud cheers resounded throth 3 around graciousnéss of the gentleman | almonds, raisins, allspice, cardomans, saf- | g8 NEW TO-DAY. Can’t blow the horn as our competitors do, but we can raise the wind when it comes § to LOW PRICES on MEN’8 AND BOYS® CLOTHING, FURNISHING GOODS and HATS. i OUR PRICES ARE ROCK BOTTOM. LOOK In our windows for STYLES § and PRICES. They will please you. Step in our storé and examine ourgoods. We can save money FOR YOU. We are after inventory taking, and as our Spring stock is now en route from New York, we need room § and money. ook 4t These Specials THIS WEEK. 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