The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 17, 1896, Page 11

—_— THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1896 11 Interesting Report of Important Up-to-Date News Items in Alameda County. AWFUL DEATH AT BERKELEY, Young Girl Crushed Under the Wheels of a Local Train. WAS KILLED INSTANTLY. The Wheels Passed Over Her Neck and Severed the Head From the Body. THERE WAS BUT ONE WITNESS. Little May Quill the Victim—The Train Went on to the Next Sta. tion—Who Is to Blame ? BERKFL Cav., Feb. 16.—May Quill, 8 girl of 13 years, who lives with Mrs. Michael J. Powell at the corner of Macee venue and Aliston way, Berkeley, was istantly killed by the 7 o'clock south bound local train this evening while at- fempting to alight from it near Dwight ay station. The wheels pa: aver her completely severing it from her ody and crushing it beyond all descrip- tion. No other injuries to her body were sustained save a few bruises. Her cloth- Ng was not even tattered. There were no eye-witnesses to the tragic death, so far as can be ascertained save Sadie Miller, a voung girl who also lives Mrs. Powell, and who wasin company h the unfortunate girl when the acci- dent took place. Some friends of Mrs. Powell had come over from- San Ira 0 to spend the day in Berkeley, and when they were about to leave May Quill and Sadie Miller asked if they could accompany the callers to the local. Leave was granted, and as they de- varted for the train Mrs. Powell admon- ted them to take care and_return home beiore it got too dark. With a fond em- brace she bid farewell to the children as went tripping merrily up the street toward Berkeley station. This last she heard of them until the news of May's death came to her. Instead of re- ng atonce, the two girls boarded the 1 and rede to Dwight way. the accident took place. iie states that she saw May when she lled. On account of her extreme Miss Miller seemed urable to givea clear statement as to how it occurred. She say ay and that she herself got off all So great was her confusion that could not state whether Ma: eany attempt to alight before the train started or whether she herself got off while the t a standstill or was she could say was I Luttrell, who~ was *jin in at the ime of the acci- thing of the accident until reached Ashby avenue, the ation beyond Dwight way, when a boy came running through the car and told me that some one was injured. I stopped the train and told the engineer to back up until we were within _seventy-five hty feet of where the body lay. 1 De brakeman there in charge of the remains and then went on to the male. The boy who told me of the accident said that the girl who was killed was stinding on the lower .step of the car when the d remained there until he boy said that he if, to which E to.’ I saw he train talking to run from Bergeley but had no knowl- nce of the accident. *Asto the report that the train was late not stop at Dwight way h of time, I will state that no truth in it. I can swear ve or eighty people on, and every one had on or off. The crowd large, and special precau- s taken on that account. I was ide of the train and the 1 on the other when the engineer naled to go abead. That every one ple time | am positively certain.’” eman Aldrich, who was left in ge of the body after the train had ed up, stated that be had no knowl- edge of how the accident took place, and that so far as he was able to learn from what people said, it was purely accidental and due to carelessness on the part of the girl. % One statement is to the effect that the dead girl had left a package on the train and was returning to get it when the train started and in her effort to jump off was thrown beneath the wheels. This reportis not credited, however, as | cret society. the package alluded to has not been found. There are several conflicting statements with regard to the case. 'Some say that the train did not stoo long encugh to ad- mit of every one cetting off, while others state that ample time was given. It isthe general supposition thut the girl was at- tempting to see how long she could stay on the moving train and yet get off sately. The point where the accident occurred was about half-way between .Blake and Parker streets, or about 500 feet from Dwightway Station. The roadbed is per- fectly smooth at this point, skowing that the girl must haveslipped off the steps or between the steps of the two cars. A lit- tle farther down the track thereis an.em- bankment on either side, which would bave had a tendency tothrow her beneath the wheels had the aceident occurred in that vicinity. The body lay apparently in the very same position in which it had fallen, as the clothing was only slightly disheveled and no limbs were fractured. There was no scattering of crushed parts of the head farther than two or three feet, and her life-blood lay in & pool between the heavy rails. ' i The dead girl’s father, who keeps & gro- cery at the corner of Twaqty-sxxth and Alabama streets, San Francisco, was at once notified of the accident, but up till a late hour to-night had not arrived. Her mother is not living and she was the only daughter. She was living with Mrs. Pow- ell and attending Bt. Joseph’s Convent in West Berkeley. She had been living m Berkeley onlg Since July, and passed her thirteent ay last September. An inquest will !d over the remains to-morrow morn- Died at the Asylum. OAKLAND, Car, Feb., 16.—Edward Hubbard Campbell ‘diea at Napa asylum to-day. For many years *Ned’ Campbell was known in this city as proprietor of the Dirigo saloos. He was an active member of the Elks and A, 0. U. W. till more than a year ago, when his mind gave way and he was committed to Napa. He was44 years of ageand lsaves a widow and family. Thrown in the Ajr. OAKLAND, CaL., Feb. 16.—James but poor May didn’t.” | t off until after the | was the | 1 It was | when they were attempting to alight that | that she und May had ridden to | had | | surreptitions 1 | | unigue entertainment. Mooney was struck at Twenty-third ave- nue tuls afternoon by a San Jose local. The engine struek him in the ribs and threw him into the sir and he alighted on his head. He was badly cut, and at the Recexv;ng}iospiml, where his wounds were dressed, it was not thought that his in- juries are dangerous. DEMANDED SPEECHES. Audience at Morosco’s Give a Rousing “Good-By’’ to Brinker ana Miss Hall, H.. Coulter Brinker and Maud Edna Hall closed long engagements at Moros- co’s Grand Opera-house last night. Miss Hall has played the part of the lovely heroine, and Mr. Briker has been the manly and maznanimous hero so success- fully that they have won warm places in the - hearts of Mr. Morosco’s clientele. Knowing that it was Brinker’s last ap- pearance, the audience would not let him slay dead last night after he was kiiled in the second act. From all over the house came cries for a speech. The cries became a roar, and the curtain had to go up. Mr. Brinker made an effective little farewell talk, though his usually clear voice could hardly be heard at first. He was greeted with cheers and cries of ‘‘good-by’’ and ‘“‘good luck” asthe curtain fell. : A similar ovation was tendered Miss Hall in her last scene.. She could respond only by pretty bows and kisses thrown from from her finger tips. STILL DIGEING FOR GOLD. Four Men Have Obtained Per- mission to Prospect on Certain Lands. The The Last Place Worked. Over Near the Jute Mills in East Oakland. Is OAxLAND OFFIcE SAN Fraxcisco CALL,} ; 908 Broadway, Feb. 16. Under an old oak tree near the jute mills in East Oakland four men have been digging for more than a week., They {sank a shaft about four feet square and twenty feet deep. An old well-digging derrick was used to hoist out the earth after hand labor failed, and the scene looked like business, as severaljpeople were attracted to the neighborhood and began to sink holes for themselves. For some time there has been a quartet of men going about the city digging on unfrequented spots for hidden treasure. A few weeks ago they were at work in West Oakland in the yard of a house where a young Italian was found dead last | Wednesday. A little later they appeared | at the cotton mill at Twenty-third avenue, but failed to discover amything. Their last place was at the base of an old cak tree near the jute mills. The three elder laim that they are from New York, ere they received information leading them to believe they would find hidden fortunes in Oakland. ~ They came out and | secured the assistance of a man in Ala- | meda, who pilots them around. J. H. Macdonald knows somethingabout the treasure-seeking operations, although | he smiles when asked about the treasure. | The land which the seckers work on is { owned by San Francisco parties and Mr. | Macdonald is agent for the property. For a year or more the men heve been digging iriously and at night. In the morn- ing big holes would be found in the earth, but no diggers could be seen. Twice their operations were so extensive thatlarge oak trees were uprooted. A short time ago one of the men, named Cunningham, came to Mr. Macdonald and secured permission | to dig, eince which time the work has been | prosecuted ip the daytime. | The story behind the search for buried treasure is the old one which has so often started credulous peopie forth with their picks and shovels to make excavations in all kinds of places. It is said that the treasure was the booty of a couple of pirates, or at least of robbery, and that it was buried. Aiterwards one of the two was killed and the other imprisoned, and while in prison he confided to a cellmate | the story of the gold. It seems probable that the old pirate story will stimulate occagional treasure-digging in Oakland for a score of years to come, «ORDER OF BONBONS." A Novel Entertainment to Be " Given by the Encinal City Society Ladies. Alameda City Officials Wind Up the City Hall Festivities With a Banquet. ALAMEDA, CaL., Feb. 16.—Some of the leading ladies of Alameda are getting up a They are mem- bers of Unity Circle, a society connected with the Unitarian Church, and their show will take place Tuesday evening at Armory Hall. It is called “an open meeting of the intluential order of bonbons,” and will be a travesty on an initiatory session of a se- The ladies are to appear.in chocolate-colored faces, and are to be pre- sided over by a ‘‘worthy high caramel.” They are to be designated by such fanciful names as ‘‘Sister Taffy,” ‘“‘Sister Marsh- mallow,” *Sister Peppermint,” etc. A number of old-time Soutbern melodies will be introduced in the olio. The music of the piece is by Theodor Vogt and the libretto by E. C. Davis, both residents of Alameda. Miss Noble’s Testimonial. ALAMEDA, Cav., Feb. 16.—On March 3 a testimonial concert will be given Miss Pearl Noble at Linderman Opera-house. Miss Noble bas for years appeared at char- itable and other functions, both as a cor- net soloist and a vocalist, and has even gotten up and conducied concerts to re- plenish church funds, yet thisis the first time any effoft has been made for her per- sonal benefit. A pumber of taleated peo- ple will appear, including Samue! Adel- stein, flute soloist; . Esther McCumber, reader; Carrie Judd, solo whistler; Char- lofte Gruenhagen and Mr. Johansen, violin soloists; Miss Featherstone, piano soloist; Mrs. Fonda, contralto; Pearl Noble, cornet and soprenosoloist; Maud Noble, trombone soloist. City Officials Banquet. ALAMEDA, CaL., Feb.16.—The series of celebrations and formal proceedings mark- ing the completion and -occupancy of Al meda’s new City Hall came to an end Sat- urday night with a banguet in the library- room. Only city officials and members of the local press were present. The occasion was one of great pleasure to the partici- pants, and on closing it was decided to make the occasion one of annual obsery- ance, and the company will meet again in exactly one year, at the same place and for a similar purpose. An Alamedsa Wedding. ALAMEDA, Car., Feb. 16.—Miss Emma Boehmer was married Saturday night to Charles W. Logan’ of Oakland. “The bride is 2 daughter of one of the pioneer resi- dents of Alameda ard the owner of the most valuable business sites in the city. The ceremony was performed at 8:30 o’clock by Rev. G. R. Dodson of the Uni- tarian Church. The newly marrted couple will make their home in Oakland. PADEREWSKI AS A TEST. A Chance to Prove If Oakland Is Is Really a Musical City. EDITOR HIGHS CONUNDEUM. Politicians Are Now Engaged Piaying Both Ends Against the Middle. OArLAND OFFIoE SAN FrANCISCO CA!.L,} 908 Broadway, Feb. 16. This city’s musical taste is about to be tested. Next Saturday night the great Pole will give one concert at the Mncdop- ough Theater, and, as usual, the admis- sion fee is placed at a figure that will ex- clude all those whose preference for a new bonnet is greater than that of high-class music, and who cannot afford both. Oak- land is proud of passing as a musical town. She is full of musicians, and debuts and complimentary concerts are more numer- ous than they are across the bay. There is more professional rivalry, more com- mercial competition and, withal, more musical organizations than the orainary person is aware of. Signor Minetti caused a great commotion about two years ago by refusing to play with the Oakiand orches- He said some uncomplimentary things and they rankled in the minds of some, while they were upheld by others. As in politics, so in music, Oakland is di- vided, and jealousy holds a generous sway. Musical eriticism has degenerated into ‘a system of copplimentary advertising for the pupils and patrons of the writers, and has long since been so regarded. A pro- fessor from Chicago came here a few months ago, gave the school children and local singers a few lessons in chorus sing- ing, and wound up with one of the grand- est concerts ever hegrd in Oakland. He did not meet with much favor by the professionals and was looked upon by some of them in the.light of a shyster. But the concert left no doubt asto his merit, and after he had gone from whence he came there was a zood deal published about ‘“‘superficiality’” and ‘‘unsafe sys- tems.” Whether he was a genius or an ape is still doubtful to some people, while plenty pronounced him to jbe the one, and as many declared him to be tne other. The discrepancy in judgment represents the range of musical culture in Oakland. Now there is a chance to determine whether music is a fad here or whether love for 1t is deeply grounded. There is considerable speculation as to the result of the Paderewski concert. Many predict utes are drawn out by unnecessary con- tinuances and useless demurrers, and juries are demanded in cases where the law leaves it discretionary with the court, and many other tactics are resorted to that tend to operate against the dignity of the court and all concerned. In his deal ings with Chinese lottery men and liquor- license violators and white gamblers he those accustomed to a more plastic bench. In doing this he has aroused a strong op- position. Being young, he has probably shown some haste at times, and he has made some mistakes. The Superior Court has rectified them, and no one has‘suf- fered. When a man is held up to appro- brium by a few because of his firmness toward elements antagonistic to the well- being of society he deserves the moral stupport of the community. Judge Wood has it, and if he were to o before the elec- tors to-morrow he would be retuén%. 5 Chinese Mission Servicea. OAKLAND, CaL., Feb. 16.—The Califor- nia Chinese Mission of the American Mis- sionary Association held its ninetgenth annual meeting in the First Congrega- tional Church this evening. Rev. Dr. Mc- Lean, president, delivered an adaress, and recitatipns and addresses were given by several Chinese members of the mission. Political Equality. OAKLAND, CAL, Feb. 16.—The Politi~ cal Equality Society of Alameda County will hold their regular _meeting at the Al. bany Hotel, Monday, Februany 17, at 2 ®. M. The public isinvited. SPUR TRACK TAKEN UP. It Has at Last Been Removed From the Limits of Golden Gate Park. The Work of Grading the Ocean Boule- vard Is Progressing—An Ereo- naut’s Narrow Escape, The spur track in Golden Gate Park is a. thing of the past, and before the close of the month the rails will be off the great ocean highway. During the week a gang of men, acting under instructions from the Southern Pa- cific, commenced the work of tearing up the rails and ties in the park, and at the close of working hours on Saturday had removed them and a portion of those that were on the boulevard. “‘The removal of the spur track,’ said President Austin of the Park Commis- sioners yesterday, “‘has put a stop to the delivery of street sweepings for the park. We need all we can get, but we can’t get it now. There is a likelihood that the steam t line of cars on H street will be converted into an electric line, and if that is doné an —rnr S S g IH’ (T A m A G iy A ;{-\t\f@flbl\“.filfi I 4;'11 g The Jute Mill Under the 0:d Oak Tree in [Sketched by a : mnllflflflfil”“!\‘!fla_ WW o I e I R TR (N 1 .fl‘“ ”Nmmfiw:@ ‘:]w hh e im”“ il } A A ' kast Uakland, Where the New Yorkers Are Digiing for Treasurcs Buried by Pirates. “Call artist.”] failure, others success. The number of those who profess to be lovers of music would fill the Macdonough many times Should there be anything less than considered a very second-rate town, mu- sically. The decision of the Supreme Court pub- lished in this paper a few days ago, which it is held definitely decides in favor of two- year terms for county officers, has caused & big flutter in this ultra-political commu- nity. Office-holders are in a ¢ilemma and they are on both horns of it. If they ac- knowledge that their four-year aspirations cannot hold and commence to make a campaign to succeed themselves it will greatly add to the vigor with which those who wish to do the succeeding are making their fights. On the other hand, if the office-holders fold their hands in assumed security and do nothing they may realize too late that the opportunity for another term bas gone by. As no move can be made to get the matter before the Su- preme Court on a specific issue before the time for making nominations the situation is rendered very complex, and whatever is done will have'to be done with a rush on the eve of the election. This being the case the air is full of the names of candi- dates, and everybody who is accustomed to make a dollar out of politics is laying glam. The ten-to-one chance that the Supreme Court may decide in favor of four-year terms gives a beautiful chanceto the political gamblers to perform the trick known as “playing both ends aguinst the middle,”” and they are taking hold of it with an energy that would be commend- able and surprising in any other cause. Gavin D. High, who took proprietary right of the historic old battlefield known as the Oakland Times to-day, was trying to propound a conundrum last night. He wants to know why # newspaper man should never be supposed to have a dollar. “I'm here,” said Mr. High to a few friends who had gathered to welcome him into the local field of journalism, “and I've bought this paper and paid forit. Al ready I've been asked several times where I got the money from to make the pur- chase. Ihave said that I have been in active newspaper work for tifteen years and that it was possible I might have raised a few cents. This seemed to be too incredible to believe, and only produced a laugh. Then some one asked me if L.had got the necessary coin from my wife, and others suggested that I had not paid for it. XNow, what business is it of anybody's? 1 own this paper, and I paid for it, and I can’t ungerlland why it is that a news- paper man should be ‘supposed to be sys- tematically bankrupt.’’ i Mr. High is new to Oakland journalism, Wheh he has been here six months he will be able to answer his own question and will also be able to explain-the cause of people’s inquisitiveness. The opposition to Judge Wood of the Policé Court is the kind that strengthens him whom it would hurt. Since his elec- tion Judze Wood bas shown a marked an- tipathy toward dalliance with justice. He is firm almost to obstinacy. Scores of cases that should be settled in a few min- | crowded honse Oakland will hereafter be | | effort will be made to have the sweepings | hauled over that line after the passéngér | traffic is ended for the day. *‘Up to this time no arrangemeats -have been or are likely to be made for the con- veying of that necessary article to the | park. I am of the opinion that in future contracts for street-sweeping a clause will be intreduced making it obligatory upon the contractor to deliver the sweepings in the park.” Last Tuesday Contractor Buckman started a gang of men and teams to grade the ocean boulevard. The work was started at the northern end near where the track of the Park and Ocean Railroad turns north. The grading will be con- tinued in a southerly direction until the. county line 1s reached, and before the end of April there will be ready for the use of the pablic one of the finest roads in the State. The railréad company will, it 13 expected, move its track to theeast a short distance in order that the boulevard may be extended in a straight line toward the north, The cars of the three lines having each a terminus at the beach were crowded to excess all day long, but during the fore- neon they carried an immease number of Chinese, ‘men, women and children, ali in holiday attire. They visited Sutro Heights, the baths, the beach and many of them went to the park in the afternoon. Quite a number of the richer class went out in carriages and attracted a great deal of attention. E Adolph Sutro was the purchaser of the electric tower in_Golden Gate Park that was recently pulled down by order of the Commissioners. ‘He is having the iron structure taken to pieces and transported to the Heights. It is his intention toerect it at some point.not yet decided upon, but it will probably be put on the lli\lidwny Plaisance in the vicinity of the lirth wheel. During the afternoon the grass on the hillside northeast of the Sutro nursery was set on fire by some careless individual and it burned over several geres of ground be- fore it was extinguished by a number of men in the employ ot the Mayor. The hothouses were barely saved. In Golden Gate Park there was a very large number of people and the drives were crowded with vehicles and cyclers, The work of cutting the' trench for the tunnel that will be under the main drive is progressing rapidly. A great deal of work has also been done recently in the grand court where the band stand is to be located. Thousands of people in the: Haight- street grounds witnessed the successful balloon ascension by Professor Earletrom, Wwho, after rising a certain height, hung by his toes from a trapeze. He rose anut 2500 feet and made a safe landing as the foot of Clarendon Heights. He stated that when he reached the highest point the atmosphere was ve:—iy much warmer than it was on the ground. Just before the balloon went up Profes- sor Markenburg, a balloonist, who was firing to produce hot eir to inflate the sphere, had a narrow escape from being burned 10 death. The benzine in a tin bowl from which be was feeding the fur- nace caught fire and communicated to his pantaloons, setting them in flames. A nimber of men who were near by seized him, rolled him in the sand and in that way extinguished the flames. One of his bands was blistered, but beyond that he was not injured. has shown a firmness that bas surprised |. HAS ACCEPTED THE CALL, Rev. Philip Graif, M.A,, Is Pas- tor of the First Free . Baptist Church. RENOWNED PULPIT ORATOR. The New Pastor Is We!l Known in Ministerial Circles Both Sides of the Continent. OAELAND OFFICE SAN FrANcIsco CALL, 908 Broadway, Feb. 16. } At the close of his sermon to-night at the First Free Baptist Church, Rev. Philip when the youngster was piloted by Harry Griffin, the leading light-weight of Ameri- ca? Were they aware of it and did they mark up the inferior rider to mislead the patrons of these joint-? On. seven of the other starters in this event wrong jockeys were givenout.. Pop- injay, a 100 ‘to 1 shot at the track, was likely considered a more tempting bait at lower odds, and whether through igno- rance or not the rooms held him at 8 to 1. At3:55 p. M. the poolrooms gave Ferris Hartman as the winner of the second event, which mistake was not recuified until nearly an hour later. At the same time Unity was given as the second horse. Against Wyoming, the actual winner of the race, 10 to 1 was laid, while at the track he was 15. There were eignt starters, and wrong riders were given in five in- stances. 'n the third event seven started, and on five of the horses the poolrooms had wrong riders. In the race following Pat Murphy, a 30 to 1 shot at the track, had the enticing price of 8 to 1 laid against him. The fifth race was also prolific of odds and jockeys that must have been brought down with the north pole from the furthermost Arctic regions by Dr. Nansen instead of having been received from Messenger & Co. of San Jose, Bor- deaux, a scratched horse, the ‘‘commis- sion houses” had a starter with Jones up and 10 to 1 laid against him. Sea Spray, whojhad fives about her at the track, was at the short price of 2 to 1 Rev. Philip Graif, M.A, Who Has Accepted the Pastorate of the First Free Baptist Church of Oakland. [Drawn by a “Call” ertist from a photograph.] Graif, M.A., announced his acceptance of the recently tendered unahimous call to the pastorate. Rev. Philip Graif has had a long and practical experience in church work and is known on both sides of the continent. He has also been a renouned promoter of Christian Endeavor work. Since his con- nectlon with the First Free Baptist.Church the work has prospered remarkably and the people showed their attachment for him some weeks ago by tendering him a unanimous call. s Several years ago Rev. Philip Graif founded a young people’s society at Lock- port, N, Y., shortly after Father Clarke devised the basis of Christian Efdeavor work, According to the data it is highly probable that Clarke was among the first ten ministers to expound the endeavor movement. well spoken of asa platform and pulpit speaker, and his lectures on his travels abroad have attracted wide attention. Those who heard his discourse before the Stanford University or his paper before the Midwinter Fair Religious Congress on “Modern Pessimism and Christianity” pronounced them masterpieces, both in thought and style. Recently he was presi- dent of the California synod and for the past five vears he has been closely identi- fied with the moral interests of this city. During the Mills meetings here he was secretary of the ministerial association and prepared an elaborate notice of the proceedings that is highly prized. In his pulpit Rev. P. Graif never uses a scrap of paper nor does he employ the memorieta method. ‘He simply pours out a stream of thought and language, and ssesses remarkable magnetism. In col- ego hefigured as a class poet, and gradu- ated from Gettysburg University. In hijs new pastorate he follows closely such emi- nent divines as Drs. Penny and Rowell. Steps are about to be taken to secure an eligible corner lot on which to erect a new church edifice, Under this new alliance the church is looking forward to a period of renewed activity. The new pastor has been for five years the president and leader of the large Chau- tauqua Circle. He isalso a post-graduate as Ph.D. of the University of California, and is now preparing a work on education that has already attracted much attention. WINK THE OTHER ~EYE Poolroom-Keepers Continue to De- ceive the Public and - Justice. Good Jockeys Posted to- Ride Poor Horses and Odds Sadly Out ‘of Line Laid. The poolrooms, or ‘“commission houses,” as the gamblers who conduct these places please to term them, continue running in open defiance of the law. Day after day clerks, who sooner or later are tempted to gamble with their employers’ money, together with newsboys and messengers, are’seen in or around these dens mingling with the lowest ‘class of the criminal type. The wheels of justice revolve slowly and' they are allowed to ‘exist—a dark page in a fair City’s history. Ever since the opening of the present Ingleside meeting these gambling resorts have been in hot water. Day after day horses have been chalked up on their boards that were non-starters with odds osted ' against them. Wrong jockeys ave been given, and they have in many instances commenced booking on races minutes hefore the betting began at the track, showing conclusively that the “Messenger & .” of San Jose fakeis simply a pretext for evading the law, f they are conducting their business through Messenger ‘& Cu. why did they post on their boards Saturday Donnelly as the rider of Casperin the two-year-old race In the East he is| with Reidy posted as rider instead of Jones. McClaine was up on Fortuna, while in the race he was ridden by Coady. The last race clapped the climax. There were five starters and the rooms were misinformed as to four of the jockeys. At least that is supposed. The errors have been intentional, if they would re- | sult in gain. Ed Nearney and E. H. Shirley were scratched at the track at 10:30 A. M., the race was run at 5:17 ». >, and thirteen minutes later neither horse had yet been scratched. Still with service as rotten as this Messenger & Co. are still retained to transact their business. A total of forty-three jockeys sat astride horses in the ‘six different events, out of which number the poolroom had twenty- eight wrongly placed, in addilion to havine odds and jockeys posted on three scratched horses. An unfortunate mortal who made a “‘pocket-book” and laid odds to a few straggling sightseers on a prominence overlooking the track. and was arrested, glended guilty to violating the law, and, aving no “pull,” will probably be used as a horrible example, while the tricksters downtown who deceive the public and the law from day to day, wink tha other eye as they think how nicely the “Messenger & Co.” fake is working. CHINESE INSPECTOR SHOT, A Highbinder Attemptsto Kill a Member .of the See Yup Company. A Sacramento Streetcar Plunges Over the Cobbles and Into the Big Crowd. A highbinder war with its customary lawlessness and bloodshed has again broken out in Chinstown. As a result of the ill feeling existing be- tween the various factions, Ah Ling, a member of the San. Yup Company, was nearly stabbed to death Saturday night, presumably by a member of the See Yup Company, and last evening Jue Tong, a Chinese merchant association inspector, was shot by Wong Tom, alias Wong Sing, a well-known highbinder and a member of the Sam Yup Company. The shooting occured in a narrow stair- °| way leading up into a tenement-house at 805 Sacramento street. The wounded man had just turned into the building and had started upstairs to his room when the as- sassin followed him to the doorway. With- out a moment’s warning he drew a large revolver and fired. Jue Tong fell on the stairs, and the would-be murderer, still holding the re- volver in front of him ready for imme- diate use, ran rapidly down Sacramento street to Dupont, where he was captured by Policeman.McHugh of the Chinatown squad. The Chinaman endeavored to turn hie pistol on his captor, but his actions were quickly seen and the pisto] wrenched from his grasp. The ‘hinaman was placed in irons and taken back to where tha wounded man lay bleeding on the stairs. - The patrol wagon was called and the highbinder, with his vicuim, was placed in tke wagon, the former to be taken to the California-street station and booked on a charge of assault to murder, and the latter was taken to the Receivine Hos- vital. On the trip to the hospital the man who was shot bled profusely and had to be supported by Policeman Lean. To add to the excitement when the shooting occurred thousands of jabbering Chinese surrounded the building'in which the assault bad been made. A Sacra- mento-street car came over the hill just at this time, and in an endeavor to bring the car to a standstill the gripman put on the track brakes with sufficient force to lift 1t from the tracks onto the cobblestones. Down came the car, jolting and bumping over the stones, and those in charge were powerless to- stop its rapid descent. It sped through the crowd, which ran right and left in order to escape. Fortunately no one was injured, but 1t is a miracle that all escaped. _travelers’ aid fund, WORTHYWORK FORWOMEN Eighteenth Anniversary of the Young Women's Christian Association. IN THE LINE OF PREVENTION. Rev. W. D. Williams Pays a Tribute to the Merit of the In- stitution. The San Francisco Young Women's Christian Association celebrated its eigh- teenth anniversary at Plymauth Congre- gational Churgh last eyening. The association is one of the most wor- thy non-sectarian charities of the City. Its work is 1n the line of prevention rather than cure. “Our home is always open to intelligent, seli-supporting young women, who “pay from $3 to $5 a week for their board and room. This includes the use of the laundry, sewing-room and sewing- machines, heating and lighting the rooms, the reading-rooms, library and parlor, and admission toall classesand entertainments of the association,” says the secretary, i\liss Helen Van Winkle, in her report for 895, A branch of the work is the furnishing of luncheons at 3 cents apiece to working girls, at 514 Howard street and 517 Davis street. The treasurer’s report for the year clos- ing January 1, 1896, is as follows: Receipts—Balance on hand January 1, 1895, $699 58; memberships and subscriptions, $319; donations and collections by relief com: mittee, $2825 40; collected by United Work- ers, 514 Howard street, 926 32; collected by United Workers, 116 Davis street, $2210 51; collected at public meetings, $255; ndvertis: ing in annual report, §150; board, $6222 45; 900: Mary ' A. Crocker trust, $3000. Totel, $17,508 26. Disbursements—House expenses, 87789 65; relief committee, 1282 50; missionary, How- ard-street lunchroom and’sewing class, §2. 571 45; Davis-street lunchroom, $3204 31: class in cooking, $97 50; classes in physical culture and elocution, $347 30; sewing and training ciass, $130 47; insutance, taxes and repairs, $703 43; printing, $167;0 travelers’ aid, $900; jndustrial committee, $37; balance, $277 63.” Total, $17,508 26. Mgs. 1. H. MORSE, Treasurer. Audited and approved. E. J. Bowex, Auditor. The managers are: Mrs. C. D. Farquharson, Mrs. J. L. Martel, Mrs. F. A. ljnnh, Mrs. William E cker, Mrs. 1.8. Van Winkle, Miss 1. Clark, Mrs. William J. Gunn, Mrs. J, &. Fillmore, Miss H. L. Reed, Mrs. W. C. Pond, Mrs. M. J. McDonald, Miss Mary Farqubarson, Mrs. Wendell Easton, Mrs. B. M. Gunn, Mrs. H. S, Welch, Mrs. J. Spruance, Miss M. Scott, Miss C. L. Gould, Mrs. M. God- ley, Miss Alice Crane, Mrs. J. 4, Cruzan, Mrs. 3. Hemphill. The officers for 1896 are: Mrs. L. C. Redington, president; Mrs. Wil liam O. Gould, first vice-president; Mrs. George W. Prescott, second vice-president; Mrs. J. F. Merrill, third viee-president; Mrs. M. P. Jones, fourth vice-president; Miss H. Van inkle, recording secretery; Mrs, George P, Thurston, corresponding secretaiy; Mrs. L H. Morse, treasurer. Directors—Mrs. L. C. Redington, Mrs. Wil- liam O. Gould, Mrs. G. W. Prescott, Mrs. J. F. Merrili, Mrs. M. P.Jones, Mrs. G. Kittle, Mrs. H. J. Sadler, Mrs. George P. Thurston, Mrs. A, R. Baldwin, Miss H. Van Winkle, Mrs. L. H. Morse. Trustees—J. F. Merrill, chairman; W. E. Brown, A. B. Forbes, W. F. Whittier, C. 8. V. Gibbs, E. B. Fond, George W. Prescott. Attor neys—Jjudge E. D. 8awyer, W, S. Goodfellow. Auditor—E. J. Bowen. Consuiting physicians W. H. Griswold, M. D., Adelaide Brown, M. D. The honorary life members are: Mrs. H. V. Alexander, W. E. Brown, Robert Baliour, Mrs. P. D. Browne, *Charles Clayton, *Charles Crocker, *Mrs. Charles Crocker, Wil- liam H. Crocker, Mrs. William H. Crocker, Mrs. George Crocker, James V. Coleman, Mrs. A. M. Easton, R. B. Foreman, *George W. Gibbs, Mrs. William O. Gould, Alexander Guthrie,; C. P. Huntington, *Asa Harker, Mrs, George Hearst, Henr; i 0. Mills, *Mrs. D. 0. Mills, *Edgar ) Merriam, R. H. McDonaid, Thomas Magee, *H. M. Newhall, G. W. Prescott, Mrs. G. W. Prescott, Mrs. L. G. Redington, *Leland Stanford, Mrs. Leland Stanford, Mrs. Irving M. Scott, Claus Spreckels, Mrs. Henry T. Scott, Miss May Scott, Mrs. A. L. Stone, Mrs. H. B. Williams, A. B. McCreery. *Deceased. . Rev. W. D. Williams’ sermon to the association was on the text, “Who could find a virtuous woman, for her price is far above rubies?” He said, in part: An eminent minister, addressi: able audience in London, said: “But even you, my sisters, though only women, may yet find some duty to perform.”” That was one estimate of women and a common one. Here is an. other. On the marriage of Queen Victoria famous poet wrote Prince Albert these words: Esteem that wedded hand less for the scepter than [ e ring, And hold her uncrowned womanhood to be the royal thing. That is the nobler estimate; uncrowned womanhood is regal. The Bible, the reservoir of the rights of man, is the storehouse of the rights of Woman. She is presented on a plane of equality. The Bible from “Paradise Lost” in Eve to ‘‘Paradise Re~ gained” in Dorcas is the friend of woman. Between those points we have honorable mention of Sarah the beautiful, Ruth the lov- ing, Hannah the devout, Deborah the patriotic and Abigail the wise. ese represent the best and highest qualities of humamty without reference to sex. ‘Ihe rights of woman! What are they in the light of this chapter? The right to labor and to pray, the right to comfort in distress, the right to bless when others blame. 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