The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 4, 1896, Page 5

ESNOW THAT SAVED THE STATE, Nature's Ingenious Way of Heading Off a Cold, Cruel Frost. TH FRUIT NOT HURT A BIT. Buds and Blossoms Kept Warm Under the Big, White Weather Blanket. THE SCENES ABOUT THE CITY. All the Suburban Hills Were Covered, and the Views Were More Glorious Than Ever Before. It was a snowstorm that saved the State | om frost, That might sound absurd to people un- :ainted with the climate of California, “astern States, and even in some ierra districts, snow is 1 ed or accompanied by weather cold that people burn their houses down by overtaxing the heating abilities of the | £s family stoves I Yet every cold weather man knows that | snow is warm. He finds it out when the neighbor’s ainous son reaches him un- der the ear with a missile of the beautiful, and his own boy, pitcher for the baseball nine at school, tackles him from ambush on the other side. Shoveling snow away from the sidewalk within three hours after according to city ordinance require- another thing that gives an im- ession of the warmth, but that is not ctly sciertific. Sheep buried in snow would not freeze. That has been taught in New Engiand The plan of thus burying the an- has ols. for protection from the cold :ver been resorted to by the New I nd farmer, however, for it would be h trouble to go out and dig them up at feeding time. s the snow that keeps the g too now let, and sometimes for the belated and storm-bound calf. The fra- grant, the incomparable arbutus—the flower that greeted the Pilgrim hers when they were looking for something good to eat—raises its tiny bud even be- he lingering snow got out of the en the boys and girls come troop- and the fragrant and incompar- in California the red snowflower s existence among the winter-locked ain crags, and scientific men and of culture risk their necks in climbing to capture it. So snow is warm, though unlike a good other things it can never be warmed ed the fruit crop, for it taway. Of course the Cali- id not bury the fruit trees, buds and all, in order to keep them warm. It did not aet as if it haa taken a season’s engagement to save the grass, nor as if i were promoting the sheep industry or try- z to hatch out trailing arbutus ation 1n this State was to moisten the ground and warm up the atmosphere in a meteorological way. This gentle process wouldn’t do at all in he snow would only protect what it could cover, and thke ac- companying cold would destroy the buds hat shoot forth in a Cali- was sufficient here, 8 colder climate, he city were covered,and snow on the roofs until late in the ills about the City liked their new esand kept them on all day. Tam- ited & majestic appearance, louds hung over it all day. om the San Francisco hilitops from the high buildings was as im- anc posing as it was movel. Twin Peaks seemed higher than ever, the Mission Range looked like an importation from the Sierras, and the foothills beyond Oak- land and Berkeley could not have been prettier than they were. Distant Mount Diablo loomed up grand and'radiant in the sunlight. Only one inch of snow fell, but a careful estimate shows that even that amount of snow, placed within the reach of thesmall boys, broke 856 windows in the center of the City. Snow fell at sea as fast ason land. The il ; The Snow on the Steeple of the First Pres)yterian Church at Oakland. [From a photograph taken jor “The “Call.”] crews of the Progressist from Victoria, B. C., and the George Loomis from Ventura say that it was so cold outside the bar that the flapjacks froze on the pan. “I never saw the Pacific Coast line pre- sent such a near approach to the Atlantic Coast as it°did Monday morning,” said Captain Pinkham of the Progressist. “There was snow in all directions, and the vessel was plentifully besprinkled with it. The snow was not so bad, but when the hail came down the men began to growl, and all hands wanted to seek shelter. It was the coldest reception I have yet re- ceived on this coast.” “You bet your life it was cold,” said Captain John Johnson of the schooner Shasta. The vessel was lying oft Sausalito, and when John awoke and started to get under way he found the ropes froze in the blocks. The skipper bad just got back from a trip to Vallejo, and while there had learned a wrinkle or two from Commodore Aden of the Piper, Aden, Goodall & Co. fleet. He seized the kettle of boiling water, and at once proceeded to thaw out the ice, He finally succeeded, and the Shasta got under way. With the schooner in the foreground and a fishing-boat trying to make up lost time, the Marin County hills with their snowy tops and Alcatraz standing out bold and defiant, the passengers from San Rafael, Sausalito and Tiburon were able to enjoy | one of the finest panoramic scenes seen in San Francisco in years. A coal famine was tnreatened in the New City Hall for a few hours yesterday morn- | and more than one official did his work wrapped in his overcoat until a new | supply of fuel had been burried to the | municipal building by the contractor who | furnishes 1t. | The first janitor who went into the base- Hy | utus wishes that itjaadn’t bloomed | The , ment to replenish his scuttle saw that the bunkers were very nearly empty, and to sure of keeping his part of the building n he built a rousing fire and rushed back for more. The other janitors soon ard of the scarcity and grabbing their ets flew to the basement. Within a few minutes there was a wild scramble for the few remaining chunks, and dust-begrimed but triumphant janitors toiled back up the stairs laden with the precious fuel. Those who came late were compelled to be content with screenings and dust, and morethan one fire smold- ered and smoked in consequence. Later, a new supply arrived, and the chills were chased out of the offices. | S o ACROSS THE BAY. | he Oakland and Berkeley Hills Cov- ered in White—Hall at Hay- wards. OAKLAND OFFICE SaN Fraxcisco CALL,) 908 Broadway, March 3. | Alameda County was completely cov- | ered with snow at daybreak this morning. Snuch a night has not been witnessed here for ten years. The snow fell during the early morning and the air continued so cold it the hills were white throughout the ay. The fall began about midnight and con- tinued until 4 o’clock when it began to hail and rain. About5 the storm cleared off | covering. Hundreds of people arose early | and went out on the cars to the foothills PAPA'S WELCOME HOME TWE HEAVIGST SUFFERERS. = 1ed a0 Twin Peaks and the City Hall Tower as Seen Yesterday Morning From the Mills Building, With Some of the Effects of Warmth That a ‘“Call” Artist Discovered in Show. | L Z auver / '"EVAHEY.‘Y ‘ag oS N\ & R W - NOTHING LIKE [T [ REING 3 DRESSED' []] ASTREET CopneR INCIDENT be hundreds of mementoes of Oakland’s snow experience. One of the prettiest sights presented was the view out Broad- way with the Grizzly Peak in the back- ground. Senator Beard of Warm Springs says the fruit has not been injured in his vicinity by the storm. and left the county enveloped in a white | P. J. Keller, the nurseryman, thinks that very little damage has been done to | fruit. | J. B. Merriman, the grocer, said he did junction with the picnic was not approved, owing to the expense that is attached to the purchase of traps and the construc- tions of grounds suitable for sport of this kind. The funds that will accrue from the excursion will materiaily aid the asso- ciation in fighting the legal battles that are pending between the sportsmen at large and the preserve shooting clubs. The Pacitic Kennel Club wil hold its monthly meeting this evening at the Occi- dental Hotel, and as there is business of much importance to be transacted, a large attendance is expected. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] SNOWY HILLS ENCIRCLING THE BAY OF SAN FRANCISCO. to indulge in the pleasure of tramping in ana palying with snow. In the city the snow was beaten down by the rain until it was ot more than two inches deep, and this dis- apoeared when the sun came out. Out in the foothills there was snow in the drifts | several feet deep and people were enjoy- ing the unusual freak of the elements | throughout the day. The old residents of the city are begin- [ ning to recall all former experiences of the | same nature. One old resident said to-day that on December 31, 1882, there was a heavier fall of snow and the thermometer went down to 18 degrees below zero. Sleds were built and all Oakland went for sleigh rides New Year’s day. This experience has never been repeated in Oakland. The spectacle of the city enveloped in snow drew out the amateur as well as the professional photographer, and there will | not think the fruit trees were injured to | any extent, as the snow protected the | blooms from frost. He did not believe there had been any weather severe enough to nip fruit or nut trees as yet. There was a violent hailstorm at Hay- wards this afternoon, and its effect was | seen on the apricot trees. About an inch and a half of hail fell, and the storm lasted nearly an hour. . ON BERKELEY CAMPUS. The Unlversity Co-Eds Think That Snowballing Is Not Proper Sport. BERKELEY, Cavn., March 3.—The sev- eral inches of snow that were on the ground this morning seemed to make the day a lively one on the streets of Berke- ley. Snowballs were flying at an early hour, and each pedestrian or driver of a wagon was greeted with a volley of the cold missiles. On several buildings of the town a quan- tity of snow was gathered, and people who passed zlong the sidewalk beneath were vigorously peltea. The sport was kept up until late in the day, new supplies of snow being received from the hills after the snow within the town had all melted, and as a result of the day’s amusement tbere are many spoiled hats and a goodly quantity of damaged neckwear in the town. A large number of people climbed the hills where the snow was much deeper and where it remained throughout the day. ALONG THE WATER FRONT The Water Question Before the Harbor Commissioners Again. Sailing of the Monowai Delayed on Account of the English Mail. The Harbor Commissioners did not hold a meetinz yesterday. President Colnon was on the sick list, while Colonel Chad- bourne was on a visit to Sacramento. Com- missioner Cole was the only member of the board on hand, and he at once adjourned after receiving a telephonic message from the president. There was very little business to be trans- acted in any event. Superintendent of Towboats and Dredgers Brown was ready to report that auring February the Mark- ham and the Irwin and dredgers1and 2 has used 105,830 gallons of water. This, at City rates, would have cost the State over $185, while Goodall, Perkins & Co. are only charging $97. The full statement of the matter will be discussed at the next meeting of the board. The free fruit market would have again come up, but nothing new could have transpired. San Joaquin County sent in a Among the co-eds of the State Univer- sity there is a good deal of indignation at an account published in a morning paper of to-day of a ‘“‘snowball battle,” which never took place, between freshmen and sophomores. The story tells of a defeat of the sophs by bloomer girls, and the co-eds are inclined to resent the 1mplication that they indulged in such diversion. THE GUN AND DOG. Sportsmen’s Protective Association’s Picnic—The Kennel Club. The Sportsmen’s P:otective Association met last evening in the K. of R. B. Hall and decided to hold a picnic at Schuetzen Park in April. The suggestion that was offered at a re- cent meeting by a member to hold a blue- rock shoot, open to members only, in con- 8emion signed by 122 farmers, and Tulare range No. 1also sent a similar one, asi- ing the Commissioners to act. The secre- tary of the hoard will send the stereotyped answer to the effect that the board has lo- cated the space, and that as soon as the fruit-growers and merchants get together and form some plan for a free market then the Commissioners will be only too glad to co-operate. g There will be a full meeting of the board to-morrow, and tlie chances are that some decision will be arrived at 1n regard to the matter. The steamer Willamette Valley in tow of the Bonita oaght to arrive here to-mor- row morning. She passed Hueneme at 11:30 A. M. yesterday and was then making six knots an hour. At that rate she ought to be hereabout noon Thursday. Her new crankpin is all ready for her and‘about Saturday she ought to be ready to sail again for Mexican ports. 5 The ship John Ena, flying the Hawaiian flag, but owned in San Fraucisco, ha made one of the fastest trips in years from this port to Sydney, N. 8. W. St wheat here and made the run a fifty-six days. This is not anything like record time, as the Strathdon,.then the Queen’s Island, made itin forty-one days and the Port Jackson in thirty-nine days. | Still for the time of year the passage was a swart one and the owners of the vessei are more than satisfied. The Oceanic Steamship Company’s | steamer Monowai will not geta Friday next. The steamer Umbr the English mail was late in reac! York and in consequence the mail will not | get here on time. Should the trains get | across the mountains without a blockade | the steamer will leave on Friday at 2 p. a. IRISH SOCIETY WILL BUILD Delegates Meet and Decide to Erect a Hall in This City. A Corporation Will Be Formed and Stock Issued for Sale—An En- thusiastic Meeting. | There was an enthusiastic gatherine Jast | night of delegates to the convention hav- ing in charge the erection of a lar re hall in San Francisco for a headquarters for the different Irish-American societies of the | City. The K.R.B. Hall prescnted a lively scene when tne convention was caiied to order. Colonel Thomas F. Barry was elected chairman and Daniel E. Conlan secretary. | Messrs. O'Reilly, Doran and Deasy were appointed a committee on creden eremiah Deasy spoke strongly favor of the proposition to buiid a ball. He said that a building should be put up that | would at once be a credit to the Irish cit zens of San Francisco. He hed no doubt but that 1f all the Irish societiesin tue City should unite they woull be able to build a hall from popular subscription and without calling on their respective | treasuries. The idea was to form a corva- ration under the laws of the State and is- sue stock. Captain Deasy of the A. 0. H. ad vocated a federation of all the Celtic societies of the City. All the members of the organi- zation which herepresenied would become stockholders without any hesitancy. Colonel Barry. Frank T. Shea, 1. F. Al- ford, Thomas Gamnford and others made | speeches in support of the hali proposi- tion. Delegates were present from the following societies: Division 4, A. 0. H., Alame Division 13, A. 0. H., San_ Franci: Knights of St. Patrick, Division N Pattick’ 3; St Alliance, Division N. Patrick’s | Mutual Alliance; County Monaghan Clu County Leitrim Club; Board ot E Knights of Tara; Gaelic Football Club R. B. Rifles.” | Permanent officers were elected as ful- lows: President, Colonel Themas F. vice-president, Captain Jerom treasurer, Charles O'Brien; recor retary. R. J. O'Reiily; finan Dan E. Conlan; sergeant-at-aris, L. Flynn. REV. BERTON’S DENIAL He Says His Wife's Statements Re- garding His Conduct Aro Utterly Untrue. Rev. J. D. Berton, the gospel mission preacher whose wife stated that he had deserted her, leaving her destitute, states n reply that she refused to live with him and Eis leaving was virtually her choice. He also avers that she is not respon- sible for her statements and emphatically denies all of her charges against him ¢! wrong doing. Barry D & Denis Body of an Unknown Man Found. The body of an unknown man was found in avacantroom at 816 Sansome street by the janitor yesterday morning. The bLody was considerably decomposed. It isthatof a man about 35 years of age, 5 feet 11 inches in height, and weighing 180 pounds. He was | clothed in s double-breasted sack coat of brown material and gray trousers. Tac remains were removed to the Morgue. An examination showed that heart disease caused death, and that the man had crawled into the buildiug to die. e~ A Card of Thanks. The National Brotnerhood of Electrical Workers, at their lasi regular meeting, ten- dered a vote of thanks to the manager, Mr. Green, and officers of the Edison Lightand Power Company for tneir kind and generons disposition to the union at their first auniver- sary ball, which was given i 1. 0. 0. F. Hall on February 15, which was, beyond a doubt, the finest electrical display ever given in a hail in. San Franeisco. Also thanks to Captain Spillane and Captain Wittman. 1 ar T0 GET HART'S FEES BACK Jere Lynch Is Suing the Hale & Norcross Direct- ors. AN ANTAGONISTIC ATTORNEY. His Appointment Said to Be Needless and Opposed to the Company’s Interests. Jere Lynch has commenced suit against the directors of the Hale & Norcross Min- ing Company to recover, for the company, $5000 paid to W. H. H. Hart as attorney for the company in the big Hale & Nor- cross suits. The defendants in the case are Nat I. Messer, Charles H. Fish, William F. Lyle, George R. Wells, W. H. H. Hart, Herman Zadig, John W. Twiggs, William Edwards, A. G. Garnett, M. A. Cachot and the cor- ration itself. The first-named defend- :ts have been directors. Inghis complaint Lynch alleges that on June 16, 1892, the board of directors then in office reteined Hart as attorney for the company in the suits then going on. The company was a defendant, but, the com- plaint says, it was only a nominal defend- ant, and the suit itself was brought in the company’s interests. This being the case, the company, although a defendant, was well represented by counsel for plaintitf, and there was no need of having any spe- cial counsel to protect 1t. In the :ace of these facts, the complaint zoes on to say, Hart was retained by the directors as the attorney for the defendant corporation. The resolution, the passing of which retained Hart, provided that he was to receive $2000 in cash, $1000 when the e came before the Supreme Court for ument and $2000 when the case was tinally decided. ~Afterward when the de- fendants, the Hale & Norcross Company, should pay 1nto its own treasury a judg- ment against itself tor not less than $200,- 000, then Mr. Hart was to get $5000 more. On March 9, 1895, the complaint con- tinues, Hart was paid first $2000 and then $1000, and_then when the decision of the Supreme Court was rendered he was paid $2000 more, even though the decision did not end the case. This money was paid to the defendants, who form two boards of directors, and the suit is to make them persorally liable for it and to compel them to pay it back into the treasury. It is alleged that Hart was retained mainly to protect the interests of H. M. Levy ainst whom a heavy portion of the big judgment rests, and that Hart was given a seat in the board of directors by Levy’s influence and was selected as attor- ney by vote of Levy’s stock. His employ- ment, it is charged, was not only not necessary, but was directly antagonistic to | the interests of the company. The suit brought by Fox, it is stated, was not brought for his individual benefit, but for the benefit of the corporation, and the em- ployment of Hart under the circumstances was an injury to the cause of the stock- | holders. EXIT MORTON STREET. At 12 O’clock Last Night Every Ten- ant of That Locality Had Flitted Away. Morton street from Kearny to Stockton, with a solitary exception, is deserted. The exception is a low saloon, the resort of notoriously disreputable characters, which Sergeant Cook and his five officers are watching closely. This place, worse even than the dens of the women who lived in that locality, is doomed. “We were the recipients of many left- handed blessings to-day,” said 2 police officer last evening as the women were moving out. “One big fat fellow at first informed us that the whole thing was a huge bluff and he would be there when the police were gone. But when he saw his protectress going away, bag and baggage, he disap- peared with a curse at the Chief of Police. -We can clear out every street in town in this same way if we are ordered to do so. All we have to do isto stand at the doors and arvest every man who enters.” 10 THE QC_A_E ARTISTS, E. F. Searles Writes in Acknowl- edgment of a Christmas Souvenir. A Portfolio of Charming Sketches Centributed by the San Fran- cisco Painters. In acknowledgment of a Christmas portfolio sent by local artists to E. F. Searles the following letter has been re- ODGE, METHUEN, Mass., Feb. 25, 1896. ines D. Phelan, President_San_Franeisco ciation, San Francisco—MY DEAR SIR: ¢ great pleasure to acknowledge the NEW TO-DAY. EdouarddeReszkeé writes of THE IDEAL TONIC: « With pleasure I state that «Vin Mariani’ is an excellent tonic specially useful to singers.”, _IV-l-a"i'ied Fre;-‘ Descriptive Book with Testimony and Portraits OF NOTED CELEBRITIES. Beneflcial and Agreeable. : Every Test Proves Reputation. Avold Sabstitntions. Ask for¢VinMarianls At Druggists and Fancy Grocers. MARIANI & CO., fanan: €1 B, Housonn, 62 W. 16th 5¢., New York, | | safe arrival of the beautiful portfolio and its valuable contents sent by your association. That I deeply appreciate your own courtesy and the generosity of the thirty-s1x artists who have given me so liberally of their handi- work it is needless to say. In no more pleas- ing manner could you have shown your good- will for any benefit which you have received at my hands. Especially is it a gratification to me to strengthen in any way the link which binds me to an institution in which I shall always feel a sincere interest. The pictures will be a valued addition to my collection. Will you please extend to each one of these artists my heartiest thanks for his ;7’: ;lte’r gift and express my entire satisfaction With best wishes for the welfare of your association and with sincere gratitude for your kind remembrance of me, believe, very truly yours, E. F. SEARLES. The artists who contributed sketches for the portfolio were: Mrs. E. Barroyi, M. T. Menton, Miss Josephine Bailey, Miss S. E. Bender, H. R. Bloomer, G. Cadenasso, A. B. Chittenden, Mrs: Clara Curtis, Miss Gertrude Dorgan, Otto Emerson, Hugo Fisher, Miss Maren Froelich, J. M. Gam- ble, Mrs. Paul Goodloe, Miss A.L. Har- mon, Miss Helen Hyde. Chris Jorgensen, Amed_ee Joullin, Mrs, William Keith, H. W. Kelley, L. P. Latimer, Mrs. S. S. Loosley, A. F. Mathews, Miss Selina Ne man, Ernest Peixotto, Emil M. Pissis, C. A. Rodgers, Mrs. M. H., Rose, H. M. Seawell, John Stanton. Miss N. J. Treat, F. M. Vermorcken, Miss Lou Wall Miss Anna Briges, A. D. 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