The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 6, 1896, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1596 THURSDAY. .FEBRUARY 6, 1896 AMUSEMENTS. FALDWIN THFATER.—Grand Opera—* Mignon.” CALIFORNIA THE. “Hendrick Hudson Jr.” COLUMEIA THEAT! en and Womea. E—*Sins of the Night.” he Gentle Savage."” udeville. Arsbian Nights” and Morosco's OPERA-HOU TIVOLT OP) ORPHEUM.. GROVER “Joe's RA-HOUSE High-Cla s 1s.” Brsm-st. Cnele THEATER. Tom's NOUGH THEATER (OAKLAND)—“Hamlet.” e GATE Ha Concerts, Friday afte! SHOOT THE CHU ©one block east of t Pac1¥ic Coast Jo, Daily at Haight Street, e Park. = Races to-day. ¥ Co.—This day Thurs- iiinery Store, 708 arket CITY NEWS IN BRIEF, Pietro Gori, anarchist, explained yesterday what he understands by anarchism. The Gold Mining Exchange made some im- portant additions to its by-laws at yesterday’s meeting. The nual election of officers of the Master Painters of the Pacific Coast was neld last evening. The Park Commissioners have accepted - plans for a fine bridge on the main driveway in the park. Rosie Silverwise, a child 8 years of age, fell Jast evening two stories upon & cement fioor, fracturing her skull. Twenty-one youths were arrested yesterday afiernoon d evening on charges of violating the new bi e ordinance. The trial of the suit or William J. Kennedy against his wife for divorce was begun be- fore Judge Slack yesterday. 1 The twelve companies of the First Infantry | Regiment of the National Guard will be or- dered to the armory on Page street. Joe Terry, Eckert, Installator, Gold Dust, Clara Wilson and Wheel of Fortuile were the winners at the Bay District yesterday. The overdue British ship Inchkeith, on which 8 per cent reinsurance was paid, arrived at Vancouver, B. C., from Java yesterd The coast defense steamer Monterey sailed for Ban Diego yesterday morning. She will take part in the Washington’s day celebrations. The local American Railway Union last even- ing passed & vigorous resolution demauding that Congress do not pass the railroad funding bill. Max Popper says that Chief Sullivan ad- mitted to him that Rainey was the only man who could pull the tics. The Valley road has awarded a contract for grading from the Tuolumne 1o the Merced River and levied the fifth assessment of 10 per cent. The Police Commissioners last night fined three patrolmen, one $100, another $50 and the third $20, for violating the rules of the depart- ment Edward R. Swain has been appointed to suc- ceed the late A. Page Brown as architect for building of the Herbor Commis- Fire Départment into poli- Mrs. Ballington Booth has addressed the peo- i California on_the matter of finding em- for Pl ployment e pardoned prisoners who are tle, who has been ordered i the revenue cutter Bear, :amer Walia Walla from terday. cooler Thursday; the official forecast for to- nqrtherly day’s weather is: official, W. H. Hammon. , collector for the Indianapolis any, was arrested for embez: h he acknowledged he lost by the races. Corinne will give the newsboys the gallery at the California Theater Friday night. Tick: ets will be distributed to-morrow from the old Wigwam Theater at 3 . Thomas W. withdrawn from Mayor Sutro’s bond to faith. fully carry out the terms of his francnise to conduct s road to the Cliff. John Gormanu, & miner from Idaho, yesterday preferred & cherge of grand larceny against Albert Ivison, s confidence man, for robbing him of $43 on Saturday night. The Healy inquiry is drawing to a close and be followed, in a1l probability, by an in- igation into alleged misconduct and in- ency on the part of Lieutenant Daniels. The case of Mrs. Hannah McNally, 1218 York street, charged with cruelty to animals and eruelty to children, was again condnued in Judge Cempbell's court yesterday for a week. The divorce suit of Veronica Baird sgainst her husband, Benjamin H. Baird, in which the husband is charged with habitual intemper- ance, was on trial before Judge Sanderson yesteraay Mrs. Bertha Dale, charged with the murder of Mrs. Katie Gauch, January 28, was arraigned in Judge Campbell’s court yesterday, pleaded not guilty and her preliminary exaiination was coutinued for a we The jury in the case of Hampton vs. the Ocei- dental and Oriental Steamship Company went out on & tug yesterday to locate the hulk of the City of Chester. Her exact location wasa material point in the case, Attorney Goodfellow argued before Judge Angelotti, in San Rafael, yesterday that Sidney M. Smith must stand by his agreement with ther directors of the San Francisco and North Pacific Coast Railroad. The Board of Health has passed an order re- quiring street railway companies whose lines have been convertec ToRas to fill up the slots on the ground that they are a menace to the public health. terday by Tnomas Gibson of Roseburg, Or., to recover from Barclay Henley jocketed by Howard Mcsherry while he was i‘lenle)"& partner, and which belonged to Gib- son. The Traffic Association has issued compara- tive tables of freight rates between San Fran- cisco and the Northwest,showing the wide difference between the all-rail route and that of the Northern Steamship Company via Port- land. The case of Cantain John de Winter of the ship M. P. Grace goes to the jury to-day. This 16 the third voyage which has been foilowed by the eaptain’s arrest for brutality on reach- ing port. Itis the first case that has really come to trial. The second open session of the Catholic reading circles was held last evening at Metro- politan Hall. Clever and interesting essays were read by members of the circles, and the session was made otherwise interesting by in- strumental and vocal music. The police officers who arrested bicycle riders yesterday evidently had not read “the new ordinance. The prohibition against going more than six miles an hour applies only to street crossings, as Chief Crowley would in- form his officers if they took the trouble to ask. At the directors’ meeting of the California Schuetzen Club Park and Building Associa- tlon, held last evening at Eintracht Hall, the following officers were unanimousiv elected: President, John Ulschifi; vice-president, P. Jacobs; treasurer, H. A. Kuhis; secretary, Otto Burmesster. In an interview yesterday. John T. Doyle gave a most lucid explanation of the relative status of the Government bonds issued to the Central Pacific Railroad Company and those jssned by that corporation, showing the Gov- ernment’s lien was v\nunllf a first mortgage, and takes precedence over all other obligations of the company. FELL TWO STORIES. Rosie Silverwise Severely In- jured by a Tumble. Little eight-year-old Rosie Silverwise, while playing in an unfinished house on Fourth street, near Welsh, fell last even- in: from the second story down upon a hard cement floor. She was found unconscious and carried to Ler home at 504 Fourth street by a lady passing by, who chanced to see her fall. Drs. Terry and Rosencranz were sum- moned, They worked over ber until 9 o'clock, and at that time she was able to speak and move her limbs. She fell on her head, fracturing the skull at the base.of: the brain. The doctors believe there is every chance of ber recovery Tue fatoér, 1. Silyarwise, a second-hand clothes dealer, said Rosie bad been play- z In tue building with several other children of ths neighborhocd, and was throwing pieces of wood down through an opening in the floor, when she lost her ba.ance and fell twenty feet or more to the ground. Littie brisk | ed last night by the forecast | ALONG THE WATER FRONT The Walla Walla Made Record Time in Her Run From the Sound. CAPTAIN FRANK TUTTLE HERE Three Captains With the Same Name Who Are Troubled Over the Coincidence. The Pacific Coast Steamship Company’s Walla Walla arrived from Puget Sound ports yesterday in the remarkably fine time of 58 hours 45 minutes. This is the second best passage on record, and Cap- tain Gage is jusuy proud of it. Captain Wallis, the commander of the Walla Walla, is at present in the East attending the annual convention of the Master Mari- ners’ Association. Captain Gage hasnot made a voyage as master for many years, and he is naturally proud to be able to show the rising generation of masters that he has not forgotten how to handle a ship nor the shortest and safest course from Flattery to the Golden Gate. Among the passengers on the Walla Walia was Captain Frank Tuttle, who has been appointed to the command of the revenue cutter Bear. He is well known in San Francisco, having been for several years master of the revenue cutter Hart- ey. Heisonreof themost popular mas- ters in the service, a thorough seaman, and a_better man to succeed Captain Healy in the command of the Bear could | not be found. Capthin Tuttle will assume | | weeny and F. T. Newberry have from cable into electric | Suit was brought in the Superior Court yes- | ! Moel Tryvan. command at once, and Captain Tozier of the Corwin wiil take his place on the Sound as superintendent of construction. Desertions from the United States steamer Adams since she came down from Mare Island have been very numerous. Over a dozen men are missing and squads of sailors are patroling the front on the lookout for their runaway companions. The Monterey also lost a number of men, but as she sailed at 7 A. M. yesterday for San Diego any of her crew who are cap- tured will be put on the Adams. The schooner Alexander got away for Alaska with a cargo of general stores yes- terday. She is the first of the cannery fleet to get away and goes to Kodiak for the North American Commercial Com- pany. There are three captains on the water front with the same surname and it causes them endless trouble. There is Captain Jones of the British ship Kilmeny, Cap- tain Jones of the British ship Aigburth and Captain Jores of the British ship Strange to say, they are all consigned to Meyer, Wilson & Co., and that tends to complicate matters. When Jones of the Kilmeny is wanted the chances are that the messenger sent out to hunt him up nine times out of ten will bring back Jones of the Aigburth or Jones of the Moel Tryvan. They also em- loy the stevedoring firm of Stewart Menzies & Co., and that gives rise to fresh complications. Captain Jones telephones that he desires certain information in re- gard to the handling of his cargo and there has to be half a dozen questions and answers before the real Jones is located. The captains themselves have got so tired of the endless conflicts of identity that they have come to an understanding. Cap- tain Jones of the Kilmeny is now known as No. 1,” Captain Jones of the Aigburth as “No. 2" and Captain Jones of the Moel Tryvan as “No. 3. Any message ad- dressed to Nos. 1, 2 or 3™ in future will | always find the rigit Jones. The British ship Inch Keith, on which eight guineas per cent reinsurance was paid, arrived at Vancouver, B. C., yester- day. She was 140 days_out from Java and until she was spoken off the coast of South A_nfierica was considered a very doubtful risk. Edward R. Swan was appointed archi- tect to the Harbor Commissioners yester- day. He takes the place of the late A. Page Brown, but will receive no remunera- tion from the State, as the arrangement is that the estate of the deceased architect must pay him. Quite a fleet of coasters got in yesterday. The fair wind brought in eight schooners and one bark, all lumber-laden. They all escaped the southeaster. Captain McLeod, of the bark Rufus E. Wood, was a proud man last night. He had broken the record for the round-trip to the sound and back, having taken a load to Nanaimo, B. C., discharged it at its des- tination, took on another and got back to | San Francisco all in 19 days 5 hours. The owners of the bark have a standing offer of a suit of clothes to any of their men who makes a round-trip in 25 days, and $100 and a suit of clothes to any master who makes it in under 20 days. Captain Mec- Leod has secured the latter bonus. The ship Elwell is close behind the Rufus E. Wood, and should she get in within the next few days, the record will be broken again. HALEAND NORLAUSSCASE Argument of Judge L. D. Mc Kisick Yesterday for the Plaintiff. Alleged Errors of the Supreme Court in Its Reference to Testimony in the Case. In the Hale & Norcross mining suit yes- terday afternoon Judge L. D. McKisick, one of the attorneys for the plaintiff, in his closing argument reviewed tne find- ings of the Supreme Court when it sent the case back for rehearing. He held that the written opinion of the Chief Justice in some instances was most remarkable and seemed to come from an imperfect re- view of the testimony taken in the lower court. He Ttemarked that the records of the case nowhere, either by plaintiff or defendant, makes any men- tion of the discount on silver, but the Su- preme Court’s opinion returns the case for a new trial with instructions that the di count on silver should be allowed. Coun- sel said that that matter was too remark- able and to foreign to the case for com- ment. To show that Chief Justice Beatty was wholly mistaken as to the Hale & Nor- cross ores assaying $2 in silver to $1 in gold. Judge McKisick read from the tran- script of evidence whicnshowed an aver- age in the different assays of about 45 per cent in gold and 55 per cent in siiver, a widely different result from the calcula- tions of the Supreme Court. The evidence also shows that the battery and car assays were the same as to the proportion of gold and silver. The reason why the car assays were higher than the battery assays was not explained in the first trial, but is now ex- plained by J. R. Ryan’s testimony that a portion of the gold remained in the bat- tery and did not show in the assay. In the first trial this information, said coun- sel, was purposely suppressed, the bat- tery assays were incorrect and the court was witlfully deceived. When Ryan was superintendent of the mine the railroad-car and mine-car assays did not differ more than $1 or $2 per ton, the former being the higher, to wit: Rail- road, $55 50, and mine, $51 40. This showed that the mine-car assays were more correct. When Robert P. Keating | over the Mayor's veto, aus was superintendent he did nothing when the returns from the mill were falling down. That wae the® unfaithful servant. ‘When Ryan took charge he sent a man to the mill who watched the returns. That wus the faithful servant. The plaintiff asked for a verdict upon the report and testimony of the faithful servant. Counsel in his argument referred to about 10,000 tons of Consolidated Virginia ore in 1895, when the railroad-car samples averaged $57 56 ger ton and the battery samples $55 10. Theore worked up to 83.30 per cent of car assays, while the plaintiff claimed only 75 per cent of the Hale & Nor- cross ore. 1f Hale & Norcross rock had been permitted to make such returns, this suit would never have been star ted. . All through his argument Judge McKis- ick called attention to the Supreme Court’s erroneous references to the testimony given in .the lower court, showing that the records of the trial, seemingly, had been imperfectly read. This morning Attorney Wood will begin is argument for the defense. GOLD MINIG EXCHANGE Some Important Additions Made to the Association’s By-Laws. M. F. Tarpey Considers California the Greatest Gold Field in the Entire World. The first monthly meeting of the Gold Mining Exchange of San Francisco was held yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock in Assembly Hall of the Mills building. President Turnbull presided. The mines and mining committee of- fered the following very important addi- tions to the bylaws: ARTICLE XLIV. REQUIREMENTS GOVERNING THE SALE OR DEVEL- OPMENT OF i PROPERTIES, All applicants who desire to have mining properties which are to be developed or sold placed upon the book list of the exchange shall fill out a descriptive blank (which shall be furnished by the secretery of the exchange) giving extent of improvements, if any, char- acter of the mine, kind and value oi ore, title, and any other information which may be re- quired, and_shall pay an application or a list- ing fee of $20. The committee on mines and mining shall examine and pass upon the application and statement and, if necessary, shall also person- ally examine the applicant. If the property be considered meritorious by the committee an expert mining engineer shall be appointed by the committee on mines and mining, who shall proceed, as soon as convenient, 10 the property for the Furpose of making a proper examination, and he shall submit a written report to the said committee, a detailed state- ment of the condition of the property as the result of said examination. Previous to the expert proceeding to make an examination of mining property the owner of the said property shall enter into a bond, option or agreement to deliver such property 10 investors upon such terms as may have been agreed upon by and between the mine-owner and the mives and mining committee, The cost of the expert examination shall be torne by the applicant, but it shall not ex- ceed the sum of — dollars per day and actual traveling expenses. Anamountoi money ap- proximately covering the cost of his expert examination must be deposited with the secre- tary of the exchange before the departure of the expert, Should the committee on mnes and min- ing, after the examination and inquiry above provided for have been made, then déem the property submitted to its consideration to be meritorions and a safe investment it may enter into mutual arrangements, on behalfof the exchange, with the aforesaid applicant for Such material assistanice as may be thought proper. It shall be the duty of the committee on mines and mining to inform the apolicant, at es carly a date as possible, what its decision may have been. If favorable to the property under consideration arrangements shall be made for selling the same by bond or securing money for development purposes. All moneys advanced for development purposcs through the recommendation of the exchange shall be expended under its supervision; except the partty so investing shall elect to diréct the ex- penditure of his money to suit his own ideas. For consummating & sale of mining property 2 commission of not less than — per cent shail be added to the price of the property, and said ission must be paid at the time of sale, hall have been agreed upon to the secretary of the exchange, by the person in Wwhose behalf the sale is made. A fee of not more than 50 per cent of the sell- ing commission may be allowed a member of the exchange who makes the sale on the consum- mation of & sale, but not more than $3'4 per cent shall be al'owed a non-member. When required, the secretary shall furnish non-members copies of reports of mines listed on the exchange books, and reported upon by the committee on mines and mining, at a cost not exceeaing 25 cents per folio. A member sball have the grivilege, owever, of obtaining a Teport from the book list at his own expense. The secretary or his assistants shall not furnish Teportsto any one at the expense of the ex- change. From the time the exchange shall enter into a contract for the promotion or sale of & prop- erty, all the details of the transaction shall be open to both the seller and the purchaser. The resolutions as read were unani- mously adopted. During the discussion which followed M. F. Tarpey stated that the aim of the exchange should be to pre- vent the burdening of the public as far as possible with bad investments. He be- lieved that there were plenty of people seeking legitimate investments in Cali- fornia gold mines, and, from his observa- tion, he thought California would prove to be the greatest gold field in the world, not | excepting South Africa. His remarks were received with much enthusiasm. The president announced that the rooms of the exchange would be ready for public business about the 15th or 20th of the current month. The exchange unani- mously agreed that a fitting public open- ing should inaugurate the work of the ex- | change, and that the Governor, public officials and the leading mining and busi- ness men of the coast be invited to attend. The president was directed to appoint a committee on reception to attend to the necessary details. The meeting thereupon adjourned. SOUTH SIDE IMPROVEMENTS. The Fight for the Paving of Folsom Street Will Be Continued. The representatives of the South Side improvement ciubs held an enthusiastic meeting at George D. Shadburne’s office, 415 Montgomery street, yesterday after- noon. They denounced the action of Mayor Sutro in vetoing the resolution providing for the improvement of Folsom street and passed by the Board of Super- visors. It was decided to continue the agitation 1n favor of a modern pavement on Folsom street from the water front out the Mission way. The following resolution ‘was unanimously passed: WHEREAS, The Board of Supervisors adid unanimously pass a resolution appropriating $35,000 for the bituminizing a portion of Fol- som’ street; and, whereas, hls Honor the Mayor aid veto the avpronflntion against the wishes of the entire south-side Mission dis. tricts, therefore be it Resolved, That we, the executive committee | of the combined Folsom-strect and South Side clubs, do request the Board of Supervisors to pass this resolution appropriating $35,000 thus do justice to a section long neglected, and which, according to his Honor’s statement, pays taxes on $96, The following were appointed a commit- tee to interview members of the Roard of Supervisors in respect to the paving prop- osition: George D. Shadburne, A. B. Ma- guire, George L. Center, F. W. McEwen, oseph Kelly,C. H. Rogers, 1. Swartz, Cap- tain Raffertv. The meeting then adjourned, to meet again at the same place at 3:30 o’clock on Friday. ——— En Route to the Almshouse. J. J. Benson and Deniel O’Leary were brought from the Ukiah Insane Asylum last nignt to the City Prison where they were booked “‘en route to the Almshouse.” O’Leary is nesarly blind and Benson is paralyzed from the effects of a gunshot wound. About eighteen months 8go Benson, who is an old man,in a fit of jealousy fataily shot his wife and then shot himself. After he recovered it was shown that :a v{n insane and he was sent to the Ukiah sylum, | plaintiffs’ counsel, FVIDENCE FROM THE SEA A Jury Dragged for the Bones of the Sunken City of Chester. SHE IS FIFTY FATHOMS DEEP. Going Over the Course Which Ended So Disastrously That Foggy Morning. . Strike a line almost due north from Fort Point, and a cross line to the north of east from Poiut Bonita, and where the two bearings intersect is the spot over the grave of the old City of Chester. For nearly seven years she had slept peacefully in the tideway, fifty fathoms deep, but her rest was broken for a moment yesterday, when grappling-irons were let down to find if she stiil lies cradled in the place where she went down in August, 1888. The seekers after information were the principal figures in the trial of the suit of the Hampton children against the Occi- dental and Oriental Steamship Company. They demand damages for the loss of their | more. parents, who were drowned after the 'Was soon no spare breath in the jury asit pulled stolidly at that seemingly endless line. Finally the rope stopped. It was up and down, so the end juror made it fast to a stay until a future course could be decided upon. In the meantime the tug, rising upon a long, lazy groundswell, solved the problem herself by snapping the rope, It broke somewhere away down under water, and when the end came over the rail it was found that the rope had been fairly pulled apart. There was no cut or chafe about it. “That rope_ought to hold 500 pounds,” said Captain Metcalf, and Captain White- Jaw was willing to swear on anything that his best grappling-iron was fast in the rusting iron rigging of the Chester. The frayed end of the rope was cut off and kept as ‘‘exhibit A,” and after the tug had been brought around and once more put head to tide and in the point of the three ranges another iron was thrown over, this time by one of the jurors, and the twelve peers each took a turn at feel- ing the line as it disappeared rapidly un- der the water. J. F. G. Jackson was the last man on the line. As he held it theiron struck bottom. | He pulled it up a few feet—it stuck. He let it down and tried again. Once more it resisted. “We've got something again,” he said, and again the jurors crowded | round the little rope that ran down among 0 one knew what sights or sounds. here was something weird and uncanny in the feeling for the bones of the ruined vessel, so far beneath where there were Iife and sunshine. Then the line was turned over to White- law, and he had the tug moved here and there, while he pullea and hauled on the rope, and then with a grunt of satisfaction he commenced to reel in hand over hand until the iron came up to the rail once The hook was unchanged, but the bit of baling rope by which it was lashed “We’ve got her,” said Captain Whitelaw, as he and his man hauled hard on the line. collision which sent the Chester to where she now lies, on the bottom off Lime Point. There was Judge Hunt, bis clerk, his bailiff, his stenographer, the twelve good men and true who are to decide the case, defendant’s counsel, some of defendant’s witnesses, one of plantiffs’ experts, some of the jurors’ friends, Captain Whitelaw, who was to find the sunken vessel, Captain Metcalf, who commands the Oceanic, Pilot Meyer, who brought her in on the fatal morning, and some boxes brought by counsel for the defense, the contents of which were after- ward used to stay the appetites and slake the thiret of tne wreck-hunting party. The case had reached that point where 1t became necessary to know the exact spot where the Chester lies. Plaintiffs’ attorney, T. M. Osmont, contended that she lay in close to the fort, showing that the Oceanic had been running in close to the south shore, and was therefore off her course. General Barnes, for the defense, attempted to prove she went down close to Lime Point, showing she collided with the Oceanic over by the north shore, and that the Oceanic was therefore in her proper place in the channel. Captain Whitelaw, the wrecker, swore he had located the hull of the Chester in fifty fathoms near Lime Point, and he said he could go there any time and drop a lead on her deck. General Barnes supplemented this with an offer to take the court and jury out to the point and see Captain Whitelaw drop his lead, and the offer was immediately accepted. The Vigilant had a tow on hand for the morning, and so when she finally drey up at Mission pier the whole party had as- sembled. Facetious comments had been passed back and forth as to the court’s ability to have the tugboat up for con-. tempt, but the difficulty of getting her to the courtroom seemed 1insurmountable, until W. H. Pratt, who has been Surveyor- General, and so was allowed a certain amount of license, mildly remarked that the shorthand man could take her down. Even the tug whistled and Mr. Pratt went on board and hid bebind the smokestack. It was slack water about 11 o’clock and by that time the tug had reached Lime Point., Under Captain Whitelaw’s orders she maneuvered back and forth until a flagstaff on the fort was in line with a lone peak on the lower range of hills, the tower of the Bonita light was just open from the lower hummock of Point Diablo and the big “needle’” was in line with a small white house on_the slope beyond. These were Captain Whitelaw’s three ranges and the tug was justat the point where they crossed euch other. The captain hurried from the bridge to the forward deck, while the jury gathered round in breathless interest. A common window-weight of about fourteen pounds, to which was attached a four-pronge grappling hook, was attached to the end of a coil of stout hemp rope. Whitelaw glanced round at his ranges once more. “We're right over her,” he said, and without hesitation he and his assistant heaved the grapnel over the tug’s side. It plunged downward until it seemed as if the line would never stop squirming out of the coil. Two hundred and 250 feet ran out and then fln{' feet more, and it stopped. Captain Whitelaw grasped the line and began to ‘““feel” it, as he wouid handle a fish. He hauled it in, payed it out, and hauled it inagain, until finally it stuck. He put his foot on the gunwale, and he and his man pulled hard. Then hie slackened-the rope. *‘We've got her,” he said, and band the line over to the jurors. The jurors pulled and strained, but the rope held fast. Captain Whitelaw feit it again, and after working the line awhile he said he felt the hooks slipping on some- thing which, he thought, was an iron fore- stay or mainstay, He was about to ex- plain just-how he reached this conclusion, when Mr. Osmont stopped him. “If your Honor please, I object,” he said. “The captain must not lead the jurors. They must see for themselves.” ‘The court, standing upon the bridge, issued an order nccardmily. and so Cap- tain Whitelaw retired, while the jurors hung over the side and worked at the line. They ran out about sixty feet, thinking the weight had found some new hole in the bottom, but it was only the sweep of the ebb tide curving the rope in a big bend toward the ocean. Then the jurors started to pull it in. ‘“It’s the first time we have earned our 2, said one. “It's good this jury.has a pull,” re- marked another. “Let’s select a foreman and send him down to report,” suggested a third. But the line seemed heavy, and there to the weight was torn and chafed. On the rongh surface of the weight itself were little smears of red and brown. Some said paint, some said rust, but the weight kept its own counsel as to where it had been, and the jury could only wonder. Then the tug was run ahead a bit, so the iron could be sent down where it was known there was no vessel, and once more the weight plunged its prying fingers to- ward the bottom. It could not be made to take hold, and the jury hauled it in again and sat round on the rail and discussed matters. The tug then started for the outside basin, so as to come in over the course the Océanic took the morning she collided with the Chester. A heavy groundswell was running in through the channel, and the tug buried her nose in the advancing water and threw spray over herself in a way to make the party shriek in delight, that is, all but General Barnes. He sat enthronea on a coil of rope on the forward deck examining the shore intently, until he remarked to no one in particula “I don’t feel nearly as hungry as I did when we struck these waves. I think we had better turn round.” The tug’s head was turned homeward, and under the guidance of Captain Met- calf and Pilot Meyer, she ran in on the course taken by the Oceanic upon that foggy morning in August, 1888, They assed once more over the spot where they ad grappled for the Chester, and then veered off throuch Raccoon Straits and around Angel Island. Once in smooth water the boxes brougnt by the defense were opened and the Junch was spreaad. Fred Vaughn, clerk of the court, had the only plug hat on board, so he was given the head seat at the table, and Dave Mag- ner, the bailiff, was sent around to gather the jury and the guests. Lunch was over as the Vigilant reached the wharf, and the jury was dismissed until this morning. The jury is non-committal, as befits its judicial character, but it was evident the grip that some hidden thing held on the grappling-iron had made a deep im- pression on the jurors’ minds. Captain Whitelaw swears the thing was the Ches- ter, and Captain Metcalf and Pilot Meyer say it could have been nothing else. At any rate it was something—something with a mighty grasp, just such a hold asa rusting, rotting hulk, deep in the sea, would take u&on a messenger from the world above. It was a grip like the grip of death. 'WILL VISIT THE HOSPITAL. Supervisors to Investigate the Sanitary Condition of asPublic Institution, The Hospital Committee of the Board of Supervisors decided yesterday to visit the City and County Hospital in company with the members of the Finance Com- mittee, some time during the next few days, to look into the sanitary condition of the City’s refuge for the sick. This action was brought about by a communication from Dr. Stahl, the Superintendent, who called attention to the urgent need for im- provements, and asked for an increased ngrroprintion tofiut the hospital in habit- able condition. He stated that not only was the institution 1n a bad sanitary con- dition, but that, on account of its age, it was growing worse steadily, and is already unfit for the habitation of "healthy human beings, to say nothing of personsin an en- feebled condition from disease S St Ex-Firemen’s Association. The Ex-Firemen’s Mutual Protective Associa- tion met last evening at 371 Natoma street and perfected their organization. Jemes Ward was made chairman, Victor de Martini secretary, and William Hopkins financial secretary. Forty new members signed the roll, making a total membership of 315. About $88 was col- lected and a committee was appointed to secure a hall for headquarters where the asso- ciation would locate permanently. A commit- tee wesalso appointed to draft by-laws and constitution. A number of lively speeches were made by several oratars present, all point- ing to a needed stirring up in municipal and political affairs in this City. ————— Yesterday’s Alarms. An alarm was turned in through box 64 at 1:30 p. M. yesterday for a burning tar- kettle in the gas company’s yards at Fifth and Tehamea streets. Beyond the lossof the con- tents of the kettle no damage resulted. The alarm from box 65 at 7:50 o’clock last evening ‘was for a small blaze ina frame dwelling-hounse at 523 Natoma street, occupied by Mrs. Amber, An overturned Jamp was the cause of the fire, The damage was slight. An alarm was sounded from box 54 at 9 p. x._for & fire, caused by sparks, in the Eagle Foundry on Folsom streel, The damage will amount to about $10, NEW TO-DAY. ¢ B. ¢ Pure and Sure.” velands KING POWDER. I have used Cleveland’s Baking Powder exclusively for several years, because I have found it what it claims to be—pure and wholesome and uniformly satisfactory.” L MRs. MARY J. LINCOLN, Autkor Boston Cook Baok. WAR WAGED ON WHEELS, Bicycles and Bicyclists in the Tight Clutches of the Law. TWENTY-ONE LADS ARRESTED. Initial Effort by the Police to En-. force the New Bicycle Ordi- nance. Cycling residents of the Mission are in a state of boiling indignation. Last night no less than twenty-one of them were cut | short in the midst of their whizzing career | and cast into prison by the hard-hearted minions of the law. Twenty-one free American citizens they were, and they pro- tested loudly as they gave in their names. F. P. Molloy, G. W. Hicks, H. Waltman, | William Neal, W. H. Mack, Alfred Coutre, Alfred Ehmenn, Emil Languetin, J. S. Brown, Albert Arens, Louis Adler, T. W. Boyd, Archibald Reid, J. T. Whelan, E. E, Burmer, 8. Bergstein, J. Utschig, G. W. Thomas, Richard L. Radkeand E. Loudeck were the unfortunates. They were ar- i rested at various times during the n((er-‘ uoon and evening, the majority being | taken in after nightfall. Captain Gillin of the Seventeenth-street volice station was kept busy entering the names of his unwilling guests on the regis- ter, while little by little the station com- | menced to take on the appearance of a bicycle warehouse. Twenty-one “wheels” of various makes and differing degrees of | exceilence, each machine tagged with a card bearing its rider's name, were dis- tributed over the floor of the station- house. In each case the wheeler was caught on the run and the wheel was invariably taken into custody as well, to be held as evidence, the officers said. The wheels, in fact, fared worse than the wheelers, seeing that the latter, for the | most part, succeeded in obtaining their | release on the payment of $20 cash bail, | while the machines were in every instance | held tight in the unrelenting clutch oi the | law, in which clutch they still remain. “Did you get that $20 yet?” asked a boy- ish voice, and a beardless face appeared at the tiny wicket in one of the cells. Young | Loudeck had caught sizht of a friend whom he had sent to his home for the cash requisite to secure his liberation. “rhe folks were out spending the even- ing,” answered the friend, whereat Lou- deck’s countenance fell; “but I guess they’il be back scon. I left a note for them.’” : “It's a shame, anyhow,”’ exclaimed Loudeck, reaay to cry with vexation. *I was creeping alonz as siow as could be, and the cop was hiding behind a tree and jumped me as I passed him.” From another cell came a wailing duet, also in boyish cadence, from the sweater- muffled throats of Masters Arens and Phelan. “*Are we goin, should like to with a groan. “I'm sure I don’t know,” responded Arens in a tone no less lugubrious. “Never mind, boys,” chimed in Arens 8r., who stood outside the wicket adminis- tering what consolation he could to hisson in bonds, “If Judge Camvbell doesn’t release you soon I'li bail you out, never fear.™” This ray of hope seemed to comfort the boys, who resigned themselves io the cir- cumstances as gracefully as they could. The officers state that they are able to prove a manifest violation of the bicycle ordinance in each case. Either the boys were riding too fast or nezlected to ring their bells when crossing points at the in- tersection of streets, so the officers claim, and an interesting scene in court is an- fici};med when the offenders come up for trial. The cyclers claim that they have been singled out by the police as easy game, since a man can be arrested on a bicycle with the greatest facility by merely upset- ting his equilibrium, and, as one boy in bloomers remarked pithily, *The more men they pulls in the better their chances is.” Others claimed that the California Wheelmen'’s Club is the special object of the policemen’s persecuting zeal. At all events, the devotees of the wheel are in- volved in a test case, which will serve as a precedent for the future. One young man, who was arrested, com- plains of his treatmentat the Seventeenth- street police station. He says that al- though not riding fast he was putintoa cell by an officer who cursed him in a rude way. Hesaid: “I asked for permission to_telephone to my emplover so that I might explain the cause of my delay, but this favor was refused; my request being greeted with derisive taunts. They also refused to let me send a messenger to my friends so that I could get bail.” to stay here all nmight, I know ?”’ inquired Phelan, A Genuine Philadelphia Joke. At a public dinner in Philadelphia some years ago, the presiding officer, with a cigar in hand, asked Mr. Evarts for a match, meaning that that gentleman should hand to him the box just beyond on the table. ‘When Mr. Evarts said, ““I have none,” the presiding officer rejoined, “Very well, I shall have to introduce as the matchless orator from New York.” And yet some people say that Philadelphia is “slow.” —Green Bag. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. m m o Ano Ca, INCORPD HEATRE ©\ PROPS. S=TWEERK SEASOIN! Matinees Wednesday and Saturday. The Famous MAR! TAVARY GRAND OPERA CO. Under the Direction of CHAS. H. PRATT. NIG SMIGNO! 3T T xs ‘CAVALLERIA K EXT WE . “LUCIA’ and * Monday. VALLERITA RUSTICANA" Tuesday. MIGNON RTH at pop. prices) . ht AL YA wCo., |NCORPD PROPS. TO-NIGHT ——— ] EK ONLY! i ONLY MATINEE SATURDAY! KIMBALL Opera Comique Organization Of 60 People and the Peerless CORINNIE, In the Big Operatic Extravaganza, “HENDRICK HUDSON, JR.” orgeous Costumes, Beautiful —A Perfect Production, February 11, THOMAS Commencing TUESDAY ME. IS X D 11 ‘HRICHAR ALE. CALIFORNIA THEATER—Extra. IGNACE PADEREWSKI ——THREE PIANO RECITALS—— To be given as follows: ebruary 12, ry 14. according to location, TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE MRS. ERNESTINE KRELING, Proprietor & Manager YAH!—YAH YAH ! YOU BET IT'S GOOD! The New American Opera, “THE GENTLENAVAGE” MIRTH! —MUSIC!—DANCE! the Fan Dance! The Mexican Fandango ! The *49 Mining Camp Melange! SPLENDID CAST New Scenery !—Correct Costumes! A Typical Mexican Orchestra. EVERY EVENING- Secure Your Seats in Advance. Popular Prices—25¢ and 50¢c. Linbio Ghealiz, FRIEDLANDLR.COTTLOD & (- 163523 A rarastas REMEMBER-THE LAST WEEK oF THE FRAWLEY COMPANY “MEN AND WOMEN I** See Saturday and Sunday papers for our next great attraction. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theater in America. WALTER MOROSCO, Sole Lessee and Manager THIS EVENING AT EIGHT, First Production in This City of the Great English Melodrama, “SINS OF THE NIGHT!” By the Famous Author of “Wages of Sin,” “Woman Against Woman,” etc. EVENING PRICEI—25¢ and 500 Famlly Circie and Gallerv. 10c. Usual Matinees Saturday ana Sunday. ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Street, Between Stockton an1 Powall TO-NIGHT AND DURING THE WEEK A Grand New Vaudeville Offering! FAMOUS COMEDIANS AND SINGERS! CARROLL JOHNSON, BILLY CARTER, EMMONDS, ENMERSON AND EMMONDS, RACHEL WALKER ——AND—— A Celebrated Company of Artists. Reserved seats, 25c; Balcony, 10c: Opera chatey and Box seats. 50c. NEW BUSH-ST. THEATER. 12—PERFORMANCES—12 — TO-NIGEIT — Cook Twin Sisters. ~ Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Direct from Academy of Music, Philadelphia. 50—People—50. 20—Ponies, Donkeys, Dogs—20 ADMISSION—15, 25, 35, 50 cts. Matinees Sundays, deeflhya. Saturdays. A& Box Office open 11 A. M. 10 4 P. M. SEE THE BIG PARADE. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENT!: N . ALCAZAR Challenge Doublo Funny Bill This Week! THE ARAQLMIGHTSV “JOE’S GIRLS.” LAUGH ENOUGH FOR A MONTH! MATINEES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. Matinee Prices—10¢c, 15¢c, 25¢. Night Prices—10g¢, 15¢, 25c¢, 35¢, 50¢ Next Week—“THE WHITE SLAVE.” GOLDEN GATE HALL. SYMPHONY AND POPULAR CONCERTS ——BY THE—— San Francisco Symphony Orchestra FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT 3:15. Sololsts Mrs. J. E. Bermingham, Xr. W. A, Colverd. SECOND CONCERT FRIDAY, FEB, 7. Course Tickets on sale at 308 Post street. MACDONOUGH THEATER (OAKLAND). America’s Representative Tragedian, ——LOUIS JAMES. —— TO-NIGHT, ““HAMLET"'; day, ‘“MAC- BETH’’: Sat. Mal 'ROMEO AND JULIET"; +at. Evening, “OTHELLV.” Popular Prices. LOTS OF FUN! SHOOTING THE CHUTES and TRIPPING THE TROLLEY Afternoon and Evening. ADMISSION 10 CENTS Children (including Merry-Go-Round Ride), 10 PACIFIC COAST JOCKEY CLUB (Ingleside Track). FIVE OR MORE RACES DAILY. (RA OR SHINE.) FIRST RACE AT 2:00 P. I'L. ADSMISSION $1.00. Take Southern Pacific trains 4t Third and Towne send streets Depot, leaving at 12:40 and 1:15 P. . Fare for round trip, Including admission to grand stand, $1. Take Misslon-street electric Lime direcs 1o track. A. B. SPRECKELS, President. W.S8. LEAKE, Secretacy.