The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 12, 1896, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 18Y6 SIN JOSE'S BANK WILL BESUME Important Meeting of thei Full Board of Di- | rectors. \ THE CAPITAL INCREASED | A Solvent Institution and No Need of Going Through Liquidation. | WILL BE STRONGER THAN EVER | Commissioner Kilburn's Statement of the Concern’s Resources and Liabilities. SAN JOSE, CaL., March 11.—At a meet- ing of the board of directorsof the Com- | mercial and Savings Bank this morning it was decided to open the bank and resume business in a few days. Tt horized capital of the bank is $1,000,000, of which only ),000 has been paid in, and it was | decided to call in $200,000 and increase the paid-up capital to $500,000. The full board | was present except Director Whi Bank Commissioner Kilburn afternoon: “‘The bank is perfectly solvent, and that there is no need of going through liquidation. The matter is now in the hands of the directors, and as soon as a few | minor details can be arranged the bank will open for business. The Commissioners are perfectly satisfied with the outlcok. | After throwing out all questionable se= curities there remains a good surplus, The bank will be stronger than ever, and | that is saying a good deal. The trouble was due to the fact that the bank was tied | up by some large loans.” Commissioner Kilburn this afternoon gave out the following statement of the bank’s condition: he autk £0,366 66 Real estate.... Stocks and bonds...... ans and discounts ividend d loss.... Total A | The determination of the directors to | me is a source of gratification to the people of San Jose, none of whom have | lost faith in the pank on account of its recent ternporary embarrassment. -— AROUND THE WOKLD ON FOOT. Fritz Meyer 1s Trying to Win a Wager of $2000. JOSE, CaL., March. 11.—Fritz er, a German pedestrian, who is walk- ing around the world on a wager of $2000, arrived in this city last evening and was | tendered a reception by the Turners at | their hall last evening. He walked from Gilroy yesterday and this morning left for San Fran- cisco. The terms of the wager 1s that he | must accomplish the trip in two years and filty days. Meyer left New York on August 16 last. He passed through Phila- delphia, Baltimore, Washington, Rich- mond, Atlanta, New Orleans and then over the Southern Pacific lina to Cali- | fornia. | From San Francisco Meyer goes by | steamer to China and thence he will walk | through that country, India, Afghanistan, Peraia, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Africa, Continental Europe and return from Liver- | pool by steamer to New York. He expects | to finish his walk October 5, 1897. Beg- | ging .is not permitted, and Meyer must | earn what he can en route by singing and piano-playing. Two years ago Meyer walked from New York to San Francisco in 165 days. e sl SAFE BEHIND THE BARS. Halberstadt, the Desperado, Is Brought From Bakersfield. SAN JOSE, Car,, March 11. — August | Halberstadt, alias George Miller, the highwayman who held up Charles Berry- | man on February 20 on the Los Gatos | road and relieved him of a gold watch and $10, is locked up in the County Jail. He | was brought from Bakersfield by Deputy Sheriff Gardner, where he was arrested Monday on information furnished by Sheriff Lyndon. Halberstadt has_ been positively identified by Constable Haley and Officer Monroe as the man who escaped from them amid a fusillade of shots. Berryman is equally as sure he is he right man. After robbing Berryman Halberstadt was arrested by Constable Haley and was turned over to Officer Monroe, while the latter hunted up Berryman to identify him. As soon as Haley was gone Halber- staat broke away from Monroe and fired two shots at him. A running fight en- sued in which several constables joined, but Halberstadt escaped. A POPULAR OFFICIAL. Agnews Insane Asyium Trustees Ree Elect 7. 5. Montgomery. SAN JOSE, CAn, March 11.—T. 8. Montgomery was re-elected secretary and treasurer of the board of trustees of the Acnews Insane Asylum to-day. An un- usual feature of the election s the fact that the majority of the board is Demo- cratic and Montgomery is a Republican. The re-election of Montgomery is a great | disappointment to local Democratic poli- | ticians. The trustees present at toe | day’s meeting were Chairman Curnow | and Trustee White, Democrats, and Trustees Hale and Upham, Republicans. | Trustee Gould, a Democrat, was absent. EARL LINCOLN'S DEATH, The Southern Pacific Alleges the Boy Was Beating His Way. SAN JOSE, Cax., March 11.—The South- ern Pacific Railroad Company to-day filed | an answer to the suit brought by H. M. Leonard for $100,000 damages for the death of his son, Earl Lincoln. Young Lincoln was run over and killed at the Fourth-street depot in this city on July 27, 1893, and it is alleged in the | complaint that he was pushed off the | train by a brakeman. The answer is a | | the body of Yee Yuck Nam, the Chinaman | laudatory of City Attorney W. E. D killed by Wong Mow Chee at the | -anch, about five miles from this last evening. Several Chinese were ned, and the testimony showed that the killing was cold-blooded "and premedi- tated. The jury returned a verdict charg- ing Wong Mow Chee with murder, Gee Ah Lung, the man who was wounded, was brought to the Receiving Hospital. He is shot through the right arm and in the back, and it is thought the latter wound will prove fatal. thatzs Hannah Park Granted a Divorce. SAN JOSE, Can., March 11.—Hannah Park was this morning granted a divorce from William C. Park on the ground of failure to provide. She is awarded the custody of their fifteen-year-old daughter and $20. per month alimon n were married in San Francisco in 1879. Abont a year ago Park deserted his wife. Ser g A Democratic City Convention To-Night. SAN JOSE, Ca arch 11.—The Demo- cratic City Convention will be held to- morrow evening at Germania Hall. It will be composed of eighty delegates, twenty from each ward. TELLTALE PISTOL FOUND Concealed Under a Bunk Formerly Occupied | by Ratten, Accused of Killing ; Two Japs. | SACRAMENTO, CaL., March 11.—Slow- | yet surely the strands of the rope which | j | will probably end the mortal career of | Simon Raten are being twisted, and every | day brings to light new evidence that | he killed the two Japanese, for whose death he is incarcerated in the County Jail. Yesterday Mrs. Landshourgh, daughter | of Mr. Rutter, on whose ranch Raten was | arrested, made a search of the bunk which | the latter had occupied while working on the ranch, and, snuely hidden in the straw | of the mattress, found an almost new American bulldog. pistol of 38 calber, | two chambers of which have been lately discharged, as evidenced by the fresh pow- | der marks, and refilled with fresh car- tridges. She also found a small tobacco sack of 38-caliver cartridges lying in the | straw near the weapon. | Raten when confronted with this new evidence abso'utely denied that the weapon | belonged to him and claimed that some | one was attempting to job him. It will be remembered that both Japs were shot with & 38-caliber ball and that each man was shot but once. Itisalso that Sheriff Johnson has suc- eeded in gathering other evid ence which | s even more convincing than this. | | L0S.ANGELES BIEAWIST, The Rev. Hiram W. Cummings Is Declared to Have | Two Families, Sensational Indictment Returned by a | Grand Jury—He Has Left the | City. LOS ANGELES, CaL., March'11.—A re- | vised version of ‘‘Minister’'s Wooing'’ de- | veloped in connection with a Grand Jory | indictment to-day. The jury rendered its final report this afternoon, after being in session seventy days, and was discharged. The report filed consists of a review of municipal affairs and one criminal indict- ment, the crime charged being bigamy. The name of the culprit is withheld, pend- ing arrest, but it leaked out that the per- son named in the indictment is Howard W. Commings. The allegations upon which the indict- ment is based are that Ferguson left his | wife somewhere in the Eastabout three | years ago and came to California, where Cummings. Here he formed the acquain ance of Elizabeth Cogswell, whom be | wooed and wed. A child, now over2 years old, was born as a result of the union. | Cummings preached at University,a sub- urb of this city, and peace reigned in his | household until Mrs. Cuammings learned | of his former marriage and change of name. On advice of her brother, P. F. | Cogswell, she bezan divorce proceedings. | Cummings left for parts unknown. boast- | ing, it is asserted, that he was too smart to be caught. Mrs. Cummings’ brother brought the | matter before the Grand Jury and in- | dictment resulted. Warrant for Cumming's | arrest was issued, with bail fixed at $2000. | He is believed to be in New York, and it is | doubtful if he will ever be brought back. That portion of the Grand Jury’s report | dealing with municipal affairs compli- | ments the majority of the city officers on the way in which the business of their offices is conducted. It is_especially | unn. | Very litile faultis found with any of the | officers, although several small irregulari- | ties are pointed out and suggestions made | for rectification of eviis, It is suggested, in view of the marked | difference in many instances between the | assessed valuation of personal property on | the county and city assessment rolls, that city and county assessors make compari- sons of personal property assessed, so as to make assessments uniform on both rolls. -The jury just discharged is considered the best the county has ever had, although some indictments made by it have already been knocked out in the courts. —-— BURIED ALIVE IN A SEWER. 4nton Pusi Narrowly Escapes Death by Suffication. LOS ANGELES, Car., March 11.—Anton Pusi was buried alive by the eaving of a sewer pit at the corner of Second street and Broadway this morning and was rescued by the efforts of his fellow- laborers. Pusi was at the bottom of a hole over twelve feet deep when the un- boarded sides of the pit caved, crushing | him to the bottom, face downward, and covering him two feet deep. His companion, who was working at the | surface, jumped down with a shovel and | began heaving out the earth. For eight minutes Pusi remained underground, not knowing how ueerly he was interred, ana every moment feeling the scanty supply of air growing less, In speaking of sensations while under- ground Pusi said they were something awful until he felt the shaking of loose dirt and knew that rescue was close at hand. His only fear was that he might faint. Finally the buried man's head was un- covered just in time to save him from suf- focation. ~Aside from a severe mervous shock he is all right, —_—— A HIGH-PRICED SEKVANT. The Spanish Vice-Consul Sued by His Secretary for $22,500., LOS ANGELES, Cav., March 12.—F. C, Marvella has begun suit in the United States District Court against Vice-Consul iode Amo Gonzales for $22,500 for B s as secretary and companion for four years. Marvella alleges that De Amo, as he is best known in this city, was the represen- tative of Alphonso XII, King of Spain, on January 1, 1891. On that day De Amo general denial of the complaint, and sets forth that the boy was beating his way | and that the company is not liable. It asks that the case be dismissed. | —— | COLD-BLOGDED CRIME. { 4 The Coroner’s Jury Investigates the Kill- | ing of Yee Yuck Nam. | SAN JOSE, Car., March 1L—Coroner | Secord held an inquest this afternoon over; made a contract with him to be his con- fidant, secretary and advisor for four ears, at a compensation of $10,000 a year with board and’ clothing and perquisites thrown in. | Marveila admits that he got the board | and clothing all right, but the $10,000 per annum failed to materialize, wherefore the suitand the sum claimed. Marvella fur- thermore states that De Amo has left the country, | of | publican party of this county. W. Ferguson, known here as Rev. Hiram | he represented himself as Rev. Hiram W. | A REPUBLICAN DEADLOCK The Third Congressional District Committee Unable to Agree. THE QUESTION OF PRIMARIES. Earl, Taylor and Morrow Determinedly Arrayed Against Ingler, Mor- rison and Long. OAKLAND, Cat., March 11.—There is a deadlock in the Alameda Counto members the Republican Third Congres- sional District committee. For two hours they tried to get a motion through deciding what they shall recommend to the committee next Saturday as the ex- pression of the views of this county re- garding the appointment of delegates to g0 to the State convention to name dele- gates to St. Louis, and each time the vote was even. The proceeding were somewhat of a sur- prise to those who had been led to believe that the committee stood five to one against primaries. It was developed that there had been no change in the opinions of the members since last Saturday and after many vain attempts to arrive ata recommendation the attempt was aban- doned and the members adjourned to the call of the chair. There was some prohability of a motion dispensing with primaries prevailing, but just before taking a vote County Clerk Jordan handed in a petition asking for primaries signed by over two hundred prominent Republicans. C. L. Ingler attempted to throw discredit on the petition by saying he had spoken to some of the men mentioned and they had spoken differently. This somewhat nettled Frank Jordan, and after he was given permission to speak he made a speech that completely disoraganized any attempt to put through’a resolution giving the committee the power of appointing the delegates to Sacramento. “I presume you want to hear both sides of this question?” said Jordan, “and I represent, I am sure, the opinions of thou- sands of voters of this county when I say that you six gentlemen cannot afford to delegate to yourselves the power that be- longs to more than 8000 Republicans of this county. If you do not call primaries you will arouse indignation and dis- trust, and I tell youcandidly you cannot af- | ford todoit. The voters will not peacsfuily and tamely submit to youracting for them. This is an important matter, and is one for the voters to decide, I have tested the Ipulse of public feeling and I know that two-thirds of the voters want primaries. By shutting off the voters vou are acting unwisely. It is just such actionsin the past that have brought into existence numerous non-partisan movements that have helped to disrupt the legitimate Re- AllTam asking in this matter is fair play. I am as desirous of harmony as any one and am as good a Republican, and I wish to repeat that you cannot afford to ignore the rights of the voters on this occasion. | As a citizen and as a voter I demand fair | play, and with thousands of others I ob- | Ject to your usurping the power that by | right belongs to us. We want a voice in | naming the men who shall name our next | Republican President, and if we are to re- | main a united Republican county you must do nothing to excite distrust.” P. M. Fisher followed and told the com- mittee tnat if they took upon themselves the naming of delegates to the State con- | vention to nominate the delegates to the St. Louis convention they would be doing something for which they were not elected. He deprecated [ngler’s suggesion that it was ‘‘a small matter,” and said: “‘Twice through such tactics as you propose to | pursue I have seen the Kepublican can- didate for Mayor in this strong Republican city receive less than 1000 votes. Con- sider well what you are doing. This is the first gun in a big campaign. Fire it honestly and truly. Give the voungest Rengublican a chance to register his vote.”” iles Doody and F. A. Campbe!! spoke against primaries, but it was evident that the first speakers had created a powerful impression. All kinds of attempts were made to frame a resolution that would at least convey some idea to the Congression- al committee as to the general desire of this county, but they all failed. Tne rollcall always showed Earl, Taylor and Morrow \'on&g against Ingler, Morrison and Long. Morrow said that he would vote against primaries providing the other side would agree to sclect the delegates from names suggested by the various dis- trict clubs. This could not be agreed to and the only motion passed was one to ad- journ. The Alameda men will go to the meeting of the Third Congressional com- mittee in San Francisconext S8aturday, but they will have no report to make. VICTIMIZED BY A JOKER, Young Men’s Christian Associa- tion Presented With a Bogus Check. It Was Drawn Up Over the Signature of Wendell Easton, the Real Estate Agent. Wendell Easton, a man prominent in real-estate circles, is anxious to locate the heartless practical or criminal joker who forged his name to a $17,000 check and then presented it to Secretary McCoy of the Young Men’s Christian Association. A few months ago the management of the association started out to raise $100,000, no pledges to be binding until that sum was secured. The officers worked ardu- ously to that end. Liberal contributions were made from time to time until they reached $83,000. A check purporting to cover the balance was received as stated. Secretary McCoy immediately went in search of the supposed benefactor of his institution, and meeting him on the street thanked him cordially for his charitable act. Mr. McCoy did not mention the $17,000 | check, and Mr. Easton, supposing that his | brother had donated some small sum to the institution, accepted the proffered thanks and returned to his of- | fice. Last evening, however, when | questioned by a CaLL reporter Mr. Easton | disclaimed having issued the check and immediately sought Mr. McCoy in order to disentangle the matter. Upon seeing the check he pronouncea it a forgery, greatlz to the chagrin of the secretary, who bad foreseen nothing but smooth sailing in the association’s future. Mr. Easton is hichly indignant at the liberty taken by the miscreant who signed his | name to the check, and intends to ferret him out and have him punished for his ruthless pragtical joke. Yestergny'a unfortunate affair wiil in no | way aftect the financial standine of the | institution, and the directors and trustees | are greatly encouraged over the success of | their efforts. There is but little question that the lance of the money needed to free the ‘stitution of all indebtedness will come from a general canvass among business men of the City, for great interest has.been aroused, and the association’s work in its varied branches is exceeaingly popular. . Itis probable that the Grand Jury will investigate the matter of the forged check. ——————— McDONALD 18- ACQUITTED. The Felony Charge Against Him Was Not Very Strong. ’ Dick McDonald has taken one more step toward freedom, and now he 1s almost in | sight of his release. He was acquitted of the charge which has been on trial before Judge Bahrs for the past three days. The last charge against McDonald was one of felony for having falsified the books of the bank by entering up a check for $100,000 made by Coiumbus Waterhouse and supposed to have been deposited only to make the apparent assets of the bank sufficient to carry it over the Bank Com- missioners’ inspection. The check was deposited by Waterhouse. but it was not proved that Dick McDonald had accepted it, entered it, or was in any- way a party to the transaction. Upon this | state of facts Carroll Cook argued that Mc- } Donald should be acquitted, and the jury apparently coincided with this view. It took only about three minutes for it to reach a verdict of acquittal. This morning Mr. Cook will ask for a | dismissal of the other charges against Mc- | Donald, and from remarks made by the | District Atiorney it is not unlikely that his motion to dismiss will be granted. At any rate the prospects for McDonald’s re- ALONG THE WATER FRONT, The Sturdy Revenue Cutter Bear Has Shed Her Old Black Coat. HER POLAR CUB FIGUREHEAD, Lieutenant-Commander Turner of the Naval Battalion Receives the Comanche. One of the busiest places on the water front is in'the Main-street slip, where the Tevenue service cutters are getting ready for the coming season in Alaskan waters. . They are the Bear, Rush and Perry, and when they steam out through the heads for Bering Sea they will be almost new vessels, 8o thoroughly have they been overhauled and repaired. The Rush and Perry have had their upper works made new and new decks putin. A new set of although it is doubtful if he will ever again appear before the footlights. FOR THE NEW CHARTER. | The Freeholders Will Discuss Their Document at a Public Meeting To-Night. Two thousand invitations have been sent out for the quarterly meeting of | the Merchants’ Association this evening | at Beethoven Hall, 336 Post street, near | Powell. These invitations have been sent | to all the Judges and officials in the Fed- | eral, State and municipal departments of | the government. The Mayor as well as the Board of Supervisors, the Board of | Education and all the City and County | officers have also been invited to attend the meeting. Invitations have also bcen sent to the various improvement, corsmer- | cial and charitable organizations of San Francisco. All the members of the Mer- chants’ Association, comprising 337 busi- | ness firms, as well as other proniinent fax- payers and citizens, have been requested to attend this meeting. The Richmond Improvement Club, the Van Ness-avenue Improvement Club, the Folsom-street Improvement Association, the Highway Improvement Committee, wnd many other associations of similar character have replied that they would gladly attend the meeting. ; Responses have also been received from all of the Freeholders who framed the charter that they would attend the meet- THE REVENUE CUTTER BEAR THAT SHED HER BLACK COAT FOR WHITE. the block he decided that nothing buta $horough overhauling would ever place t ‘e block in sanitary condition. Dozens of open vaults, which threatened the health o: the entire neighborhood, were foundy and the lack of sewerage was apparent from the stench arising from the block. The property was recently sold by the Market-street Railway Company to pri- vate individuals, and the lack of sanitation is attributed to the corporation in not having the sewers put in. The Board of Health will address the Board of Supervisors on the subject and request that the block be resurveyed and the sewer facilities be placed in good shape. The tract contains a large nume ber of old and rotting buildings toat wiil probably be condemned by the health authorities as a menace to the public. . Suing ““The Call” for Alleged Libel. The libel suit of John G. Chase ageinst Charles M. Shortridge, proprietor of THE CALL, is on trial before Judge Johnson of Sacramento, who is presiding in Judge Hunt's department of the Superior Court. -[Sketched by a “Call” artist.] = — ) H. A Lok, lease by the end of this week are very bright. MANY CENSUS MARSHALS Those Who Will Enumerate the School-Children of This City. The Long Vacation Has Been Changed to Conform With the Mer- chants’ Ideas. By a resolution passed by the Board of Education at its meeting Jast night the long vacation of the public schools was changed to conform to the ideas of the Merchants’ Association explained in a re- cent communication addressed to the £chool Directors. The resolution read as follows: Resolved, That the first_term_shall begin on January 6and end on June 19, with a vaca- tion of two weeks from March 13 to March 30. The second term shall begin on August 3 and end on December 13, with a vacation of one week from October 9 to October 19. Director Clinton objected to the resolu- tion on the ground that the teachers and parents of the pupils had not been con- sulted on the matter, but after Director Murdock expiained that the subject had been thorougnly discussed in committee of the whole he withdrew his objection and the resolution passed. After a warm debate the following list of census marshals was accepted: Chief Deputy George A. Adams, W. T. Greg- ory, F. W. Filley, F, Drucker, Brown, James Gray, Frank Foley, J. Danilzity, F. R. Smith, C. Palmer, George Buckmeister, A. W. MacPherson, C. €. Purdy, Frank Rooney, R. E. Low, Charles dMadison, W. T. Donovan, E. McCormack, Charles Shaefer, L. B. Marks, E. W. Houghy, W. White, F. R. Griffith, D. Zeimer, H. Worden, G. Gilfeather, B. W. Seca- well, W. B. Smith, Henry Goldberg, E. N, Bush, B. D. Rickey, T. F. Meagher, James Tuttle, George B. Koons, 8. M. Williams, A. Kronberg, D, McCarthy, P.'A.Kennedy, J. C. Bernstern, W. P. George, D. C. Smith, Leon Henry, J. Cur- leit, G. W. Baker, George W. Lewis, William Gorfukle, The City Board of Examiners made the following recommendations that were adopted: That Miss Nellie A. Morse be given a State educational diploma in the grammar grade; that Miss Clara A. Adams and Miss Nellie Hussey be granted gram- mar erade certificates; that the high school certificates of Lawrence Taaffe and Mrs. Maud Hartley be renewed; that the prim- ary grade certificates of Mrs. Sophie Wig- and be renewed. shus The Committee on Classification made the following recommendations that were adopted: That Miss Louise N. Freese be elected a teacher of penmanship in the Business: Evening School ; that Miss Lillie McMahon of the evening substitute class be assigned to the Lincoln Evening School as an extra teacher without a class to do substitute work and to assist the Ermcu?nl at a salary of $50 per month; that Miss Sophie Athearn be appointed a teacher in the evening substitute class. 3 A resolution was submitted by Director McElroy and carried tixing the compensa- tion of the census marshal and his chief deputy at §6 per day, and that of the field deputies at $5 per day. e BOY BURGLARS AT SANTA CRUZ. Three Xoungsters Who Have Baffled the Police for Three Months. SANTA CRUZ, Oan, March 11.—Three boys, John Weinhurst, Arch Sche- neck and Clude Ranger, were ar- rested late to-night charged with several small burglaries that bave occurred here 'during the past three months, and the police have been greatly annoyed at the skillfulness of the burglaries for such youthful operators. While they bave been satistied srecently of the iden- tity of the boys they did not succeed till to-night in securing. certain evidence. Weinhurst, 18 years old, is the leader, and hails from Washington. He is believed to have planned all the robberies, some seven or eight in number. | Since Lis return he has improved considerably, boats, including a steam launch, has been built here in the City for the Perry. The gilt scroll carving, known in marine parlance as ‘‘gingerbread work,"” has been taken off the counters and bows of the cutters and nothing but the vessels’ names in severe gothic_text ornaments the hulis. The Treasury Department, after taking | that nondescript flag, with its vertical | stripes and dusky stars (it was really red, white and black), from its fleet, finished up the good work by removing the yacht- ish ornamentation also. Now the cutters look like war vessels with the red, white | and blue at their mizzens. But the greatest change has been made in the Bear—that sturdy steamer which is only in her element when bucking the Arcticice. All her life she has been a black bear—an animal unknown where she has summered and occasionally hiber- nated. Now she sails undera traer color— white—like the grim animal king of the polar zone. Even the little wooden bear which forms her tigurehead looks more fit- ting in his fresh snowy coat. So the white Beur will be morein artistic harmony with her surroundings when next she is crush- | ing the floes with her ironclad forefoot. Regarding the proposed extermination of the seal herds in Bering Sea'as a prac- tical solution of the pelagic problem the officers of the revenue cutters concur. “Notwithstanding the humane efforts of the department to_save them, the destruc- tion of the seals will go on till the last one is dead,” said a lieutenant yesterday who has spent mapny seasons in the north, “For just as long as the skins bring a big price skillful hunters will chase the ani- mals. The seizure of "pelagic vessels only involves the Government in expense, and that, added to the expense of maintaining the patroling fleet around the rookeries, is a huge burden for the National treasury. While a cutter is capturing a schooner, a big fleet of the latter are going on slaugh- tering the seals, male and female, old and young. The presence of a British cruiser in Bering waters is a bald-headed farce, as the English officers are in sympathy with the Victoria hunters, “What specia® use is a sealskin anyway ? Only the rich man’s wife can wear oae, and why should the poor man pay taxesto support an institution that brings him no vractical benefit. Even the skins when stripped from the dead animals are sent to London to be prepared for market and are tbhe means of supporting an industry. The United States pays out money in 1ts attemp: to save the seal, then pays out | money for the skin it could not save. ‘When the seals are gone the Canadian nunters will go codfishing.” | Another overdue vesselis the bark Enoch Talbot, which is reported to be nine days out from San Pedro, bound for this port. She basa cargo of fifty carloads of Los Angeles oil consicned to the Arctic Oil Company. No information can velearned from her owners regarding her condition or whereabouts. Lieutenant-Commander Louis B. Turner, with a division of the Naval Battalion, went to the navy-yard yesterday in the tug Markham. Colonel James of the Gov- ernor’s staff was also a passenger on board the tug, and his mission was to confer with the commandant at the navy-yard regarding the monitor Comanche’s de- livery to the State. The party wasreceived by the yard officials and told that the ves- sel was at their disposal. The Spreckels Tug Company will tow the Comanche to this City next Saturday, when she will be moored in the bay at some convenient locality, probably off Folsom or Harrison streer. The Markham towed down a five steam launch from the navy-vard, which will be a part of the monitor's set of boats. The Monadnock had a successful trial trip around the bay and out to sea yester- day. She made an average speed of twelve km?ts, the machinery wofi(ing smoothly. The bark Gatherer, the first of the can- nery fleet, sailed for the Alaskan waters %Esterday, and the new pretty schoouer aranoffi—named after an old Russian Governor of Alaska—will sail in a few days. The whaling bark Lydia sailed for the Arctic and the ship Roanoke for Hon- olulu yesterday. Testimonial to E. J. Buckley. The mere announcement of a benefit to the well-known actor, E. J. Buckley, has brought his many friends out in droves, and alread the demand for seats is an assurance of & weil. filled house. Mr. Buckley is now residing in Berkeley with relatives, having returned to ing and give their views briefly upon the merits of the proposed new charter. Joseph Britton, who was the president of the Freeholders’ convention, will speak upon the charter in general. He is credited with a thorough knowledge of the ques- tion of municipal government throughout the United States and Europe. I.J. Tru- man, who was the chairman in the Free- hotders’ convention of the committee upon the legislative department, will speak briefly upon that article. The subjects of finance, revenue and taxation will be handled by Cotin M. Boyd, who has had much experience in thése questions. G. H. Umbsen will speak upon the executive department. H. N. Clement, who had charge of the article upon the judiciary, will speak briefly upon that subject. Irving M. Scott, who was the chairman of the committee in the Freeholders’ Con- vention nron the article governing public works, will address the meeting upon that question and refer to the important sub- Ject of municipal ownership of public utili- ties. The subject of public schools and free libraries, as incorporated in the new charter, will be explained by the author of that article, William F. Gibson. The in- teresting articie upon the Police Depart- ment of the City will be ably handled by George T. Marye Jr., who was the chair- man of that committee in the Freeholders’ Convention. The article upon the Fire Department will be fully explained by M. | H. Hecht, who has made a special study | of this subject, and will be of interest to every member of the department. Dr. Jerome A. Anderson will explain the merits of the article upon the Health Department of the City, and as Dr. Anderson was elected upon the Populist ticket he will also take occasion t explain the special advantages in the charter to those who believe in the prin- ciples of true socialism. Louis Sloss Jr., who was the chairman of the committee in the Freeholders’ Convention upon the Election Department, is at present sick at Paso Robles. The very important ques- tion of civil service in the new charter will be handled by its author, J. J, O’Brien. Besides these interesting short addresses upon the various articles of the new char- ter, there will be a brief special report of the board of directors of the Merchants’ Association, upon the past, present and future work of the association. The impor- tant question of street sweeping and paving will also be briefly considered, and it is expected that some action will be taken by the meeting in reference to the ques- tion of sprinkling the streets by the City. The board of directors extends a special vitation to the public to attend the meeting, but requests that all who wish to attend should be at the meeting promptly at 8 o’clock, as it is necessary to open the meeting withoui delay. A BLOCK 1S NO SEWERS An Astonishing Discovery Made by the Board of Health. The Board of Supervisors Will Be Asked to Remedy the Matter at Once. The Health Department has made the astounding discovery that in an entire City block in one of the most populous districts of San Francisco there is not a single sewer or. sanitary arrangement worthy of the name. Some time azo while going through his | district Inspector Duren discovered that in | the block bounded by Market, Valencia, Hermann and Twelfth streets, there is no sewer of any kind, though several small thoroughfareés, among them Brady, Stev- enson and Crocker streets, intersect the tract and sewers had been placed in the wide streets surrounding tne tract. The inspector found that the entire block | was iu a bad sanitary condition, and that | the lack of sanitation had rendered the | tract a veritable nuisance on a gigantic scale, in the center of one of the most sonulous districts, of the City. Health fficer Lovelace's attention was called to WiPER (b 2 ALWAYS LEADS. It is a matter of great pride to Califor- nians that STANDARD SHIRTS always lead in every point of merit. All dealers. Look for Trade-Mark. Neustaditer Bros, Mfrs., 8. F. 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