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8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1896. THEY SAWTWO MEN RUN Fresno Boys Who Were Near the McWhirter Murder Scene. THE STORY TOLD BY A STUDENT Edward Perkins Talks of What He and Pearl Stellberg Knew About the Murder. Edward Perkins of Fresno is a student at the Dental College of the California State University, which department hasits head- quarters in the Donohoe building on Market street. He is one of the two young men who are said to have seen the McWhirter murder- ers running from the scene of the tragedy, and sensational assertions of what they might prove in court have been circulated during the past few days. It has been 1 that they would swear to the identity of the men that they saw running, but according to a statement | made for TE CaLL by Perkins there is no foundation for that rumor. District Attorney Snow of Fresno has been in this City, and according to a dis- petch sent from this City to a Fresno paper he was engaged in looking up this new evidence. It was stated that on the night of the murder two boys and two girls, who were well known in Fresno, were in an near the McWhirter residence when crime was committed and by whom the sran so closely in their flight that | ere recognized. e information, it was suggested, had | heen withheld at the time of the trial on | account of the desire to avoid publicity, Kdward Perkins, one of the young men referred to, is studying dentistry in the lo- | cal college. “Oh, T ain’t going to tell about that,” he said yesterday in response to a CALL repre- sentative's inquiry. *I do not want to get into trouble about the case.” He was asked whether it was true that he could identify the men that he had seen running from the place of the mur- der, and then he said: “Oh, no! I have never said any such thing as that. Pearl Stelling, a young man who is now living at Santa Ana, was with me the night of the murder and we were near the McWhirter house. We| heard the sound of a pistol and Pearl said to me, ‘There’s been some shooting.” Then somebody came running toward usanal | thought at first it was some horses, they mede so much noize, but in a few seconds ‘we saw two men. “There were two men and only two who | lectured on the subject at the Methodist ran near to where we were, but of course I | preachers’ meeting yesterday, suggested | could not say that there were nototners concerned in the shooting. It wasimpos- sible to see who the men were and we | who were in San Francisco, to come_at SCHOOL OF THEDLOR, | California, Rev. Robert Bentley, who | could only tell that there were two men |students would there there. We could not see enough of the | facilities for studying the dead languages. men to enable us to recognize them and I | haven’t theslightest ideaas to how the men ‘ paper: “We need such a school and need | looked. | “Anything that we could have told | that there should be a prospect of solid would have been of no advaniage in a | financialsupport before steps were taken murder trial, so we did not say anything | for inaugurating the school, but Rey. Dr. about what we saw. I mentioned it to esomebody awhile ago though and now it has become public. All that I can tell about the case is that there is no doubt in my mind that McWhirter was murdered. He did not commit suicide.” A dispatch sent out from Fresno yester- day says: ¥ District Attorney Snow, when interviewed in the matter, denied most emphatically that the object of his visit to San Francisco had any connection with the McWhirter case whatever. | He further stated that no new evidence of an important nature had come into his posses- sion. Mr. Snow was at a loss to know how the rumor started, and he believes that it wasa political canard, The gentlemen alleged to have been accesso- ries to the crime with Heath, who was tried twice on the charge of the murder of McWhir- ter, are quite prominent in this section of the State. Both are lawyers, one having occupied the Superior bench in this county a few years since. The other gentleman is practicing law in 8an Francisco. While littlé credit is placed in this latest re- port concerning the crime, it is generally be: lieved that some important developments will arise at no distant date. The suicide theory, which was at one time sccepted by many peo- ple, finds little or no indorsement at the pres- ent time, the general belief now being that McWhirter's death was a cold-blooded murder. While the testimony of Perkins ana Stellberg may have no direct bearing on the murder case it may figure in the suit for insurance if that should be brought up again. McWhirter’s life was insured for $50,000, and the claim was defeated on the ground that the man had committed sui- cide. PUTTING UP HIGH FENCES The Effect of Declaring Invalid an Ordinance of the Su- pervisors. There Is No Limit to the Altitude at Which Mural Advertisements May Loom. “Yes,'”’ said Assistant Chief Dougherty 'of the Fire Department, “the bill-posters are putting up twenty-foot fences all over and we cannot do anything to stop them, for Judge Seawell has knocked out the or- dinance under which we weretaking down the fences that exceeded ten feetin height.” Beyeral montbs ago Chief Sullivan noti- fied the owners of land on which fences higher than ten feet had been erected for advertising purposes that their fences were there in violation of an ordinance of the City and that they mustcome down to the height mentioned in the ordinance. In some instances the ordinance was com- plied with, but where it was not the Chief caused the fences to be taken down, and continued 1n this work until stopped by an order of court, an injunction having been prayed for by Mrs. J. Dunphy, who is in the bill-posting business, and whose nterests were affected, Recently Judge Seawell made the in- junction permanent, and in his decision eid that a person had a right to erect on his premises such strizcture as he deems proper as long as he does not injure an- other. He held, further, that there is no question of the power of the municipality to establish in thickly settled portions of a city certain limits within which it may vrohibit the erection of wooden buildings, but that it has no right to make the same regulations in reference to rural or unset- tied portions of the city where the spread- ing of a conflagration to other property could not possibly be affected by the erec- tion of sucgnoslmcmres as fences. The offense under the ordinance, he said, is not_in the erecting of fences more than ten feet in height, but selely in placing an advertisement thereon; that if | | school would soon be a reality, as forces cause for a penalty. Ordinances of a mu- nicipal corporation, he said, if not reason- able are invalid. . ='‘They have got an army of men build- ing fences all over the City outside the fire limits,” smd the Assistant Chief, and as they are building them between buildings they will carry a conflagration as readily as if within the fire limits. ROSS JACKSON ILL. The Popular Journalist Slowly Re- covering at His Hotel From a Severe Sickness. The many friends of J. Ross Jackson, the genial bohemian and all-round good fellow, will be giad to hear that he isre- covering from a severe attack of illness. Mr. Jackson dropped out of sight a little over three weeks ago and since that time he has been constantly missed about town. His colleagues in the journalistic profes- sion marveled that he should have beld himseif aloof from the Press Club, until they learned of his sickness. When he began to feel unwell Mr. Jack- son went down to Gilroy Springs, thinking that the water would improve his condi- tion. Instead of mending under the in- filuence of the mineral waters he rapidly became worse, and at last alarming symp- toms showed themselves. At this juncture be telegraphed for his and daughter, i once to him. They found him very iow from abilious disorder and kidney troubles, but with careful nursing they got him upon his feet, and he so far improved as to be able to return home ahout a week ago. The San Francisco physicians found that the whole trouble came through ihe nerves from a disease of the eyes, and a specialist }herformed a_delicate” operation on Mr. ackson’s right eye. The patient did not respond 1o ether, and consequently was semi-conscious while the oculist removed the eye and made a complete examination, all of which occupied just an hour. It was found that the eye could be suved and so it wag put back, but the strain upon the nervous system was prostrating. Since the operation, however, Mr. Jackson bas been steadily improving, and he hopes to be quite recovered after a short while. For the preseut he 1s compelled to sit in a darkened room at the St. Nicholas Hotel, and as the doctors deny him to friends, be takes things philosophically and moralizes with himself on the follies of life. Methodist Pastors Desire Such an Institution for Cali- | fornia. Rev. Robert Whittaker Gives Bap- tist Ministers Some Hints on Conferences. Methoaist Episcopsl circles sare deeply nterested just at present over tbe ques- | tion of founding a school of theology for that the school ought to be opened not later than August and that Berkeley would be an excellent location for it, as have university Rev. Ur. Case said in discussing the | it at once.” Rev. Dr. Carroll thought | Kerby assured the meeting that the had for some time been at work which would result in tbe means being forth- coming at the proper time. During the course of the- meeting a resolution was unanimously adopted ex- pressing hearty indorsement of the work of the deaconesses. Congregational Meeting. Professor J. H. Goodell addressed the Congregational Club yesterday on ‘“The Times—Is There a Remedy ?”’ On the one hand, the speaker summarized the unsat- isfactory social, commercial and political conditions of the present day and on the other hand he described the fever for re- forma_and ,reorganization. The professor urged unselfishness as belng the only medium which could make the fever for reform produce practical results in chang- ing prevailing conditions. fiev, F. Flawith said it was all very well to talk of selfishness outside the churches, but selfishness of the deepest dye was to be found inside the churches, "He added that many churches were little more than money-getting corporations. Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper said: “I think selfishness is the root of all sin. When people in the churches tamper with their own consciences they are injuring the cause.” Rev. Mr. Hood thought the picture was drawn in too dark colors and Chaplain Rowell said he found great unselfishness in church circles. ' Baptist Ministers, Rev. Robert Whittaker yesterday morn- ing offered the Baptist Ministers’ Confer- ence suggestions on “How to make our denominational meetings more spiritually effective.” Lengthy and uninteresting reports were stated to be one reason for the decline of spirituality at these meet- ings. Mr. Whittaker not only suggested abbreviating the reports, but added that the conventions should be more spiritual in character. His suggestions were heartily indorsed by the pastors present and the bope was freely expressed that they would be carried into effect at the B‘Efi“ Conference which will occur in Oakland next October. Presbyterian Pastors. Expository preaching was the subject of a paper read before the Presbyterian Ministerial Association yesterday morn- ing by Rev.T.F. Day, D.D. The doctor regretted the decline of expository preach- ing and urged preachers to saw their own wood by studying the Scriptures pro- foundly in the original instead of taking ideas from ready-made textbooks, THE CATHODE RAYS. Professor Sanford’s Lecture Before the Academy of Sciences Last . Evening. Professor Fernando S8anford of Stanford University delivered a lecture at the Acad- emy of Bciences last evening on “Cathode Radiation.” The story of the discovery of the cathode rays was told, with a discussion of the va- ristions of theory concerning the rays. Roentgen was given little credit for add- 1ng anything of great importance to scien- tific knowledge. Roentgen attracted popular attention, said tne lecturer, by taking bone shadows, which to scientific men is a matter of little importance. Any scientist, before the pnglicntinn of the results of the Roentgen experiments, would have known that it was possible to obtain the bone shadows:| bimthodogrnphy; but it was Roentgen ‘who happened to think of doing the work which has attracted the attention of the people. : Apparatos The professor exhibited some toillustrate his lecture. He was intfix d to with close attention by an audiente as large as the hall could accommeodate. —————— A PARK FOR THE MISSION A Proposition to Purchase the Old Jewish Cemetery for a Public Park. ONLY $200000 NECESSARY. Opinions of Leading Citizens as to the Wants and Necessities of Their Section. The people residing on the southern por- tion of this peninsula have commenced to make their presence known in the com- munity. This by demanding that their portion of the City, known as *‘the Mis- sion,” shall be recognized in the distribu- tion of the loaves and fishes, so to speak. A thorough canvassof the entire Mission district among the residents and property- owners would meet with but one expres- sion of opinion as regards their claim, and in fact clamor for improvements. They want a High School for their chil- dren in their own section of the City. They consider it unjust to be compelled to send their daughters from the extreme southern limits of the county to Scott and Geary streets to the Girls’ High School, or to Powell street between Clay and Sacramento to the Normal School, or to Bush and Stockton streets to the Com- mercial High School. In the case of the boys, they have to go to Sutter and Octavia streets to attend the Lowell Boys' High School. And in any and all cases two carfares have to be paid to reach the majority of any of the higher schools since the economical and thrifty Southern Pacific discontinued giv- ing transfers to the Sutter-street line at Mission and Ninth streets. Having started the high school agita- tion, and with a fair prospect of getting what they have asked for, the Mission people have now gone a step farther and want a public park. There is some logic in their claim tbat for years they have been subscribing to the fund for beautify- ing and improving the northern and western portions of the City by giving the people of those sections parks and schools. The scheme on foot now by the Mission people is to have the Supervisors make provisions in this year’s tax levy for the gurchase of the old Jewish cemeteries, ounded by Dolores street on the east, Church street on the west, Eighteenth on the north and Twentieth on the south. NORTH. EIGHTEENTH STREET (560 feet). 3 o 3‘2 el Home of Peace Cemetery. S '3 = 2[5 gl E] A 8 2 z s 3 [ = = | 3 I 0 NINETEENTH STREET. ¥ 2 5|8 old £z Congregation Sherith Israel & 2 Cemetery. 1 B TWENTIETH STREET (560 feet), SOUTH. The area of this is sufficiently large to make a suitable park. The opinions of some of the many residents in favor of this plan is here given: John D. Daley of 900 Guerrero street, well known as an active citizen, said: “Why should we not have both a high school and a F“k? ‘We bave been fpnying taxes all our lives for the benefit of other people and we of the Mission have got comparatively nothing in return. The taxes this year will be the same as those of last year. Well, all right, what of it? Suppose the taxes are a little high, the veople get the benefit of it in the end. We do not want to live in adobe houses all our lives. We want good modern houses, good plumbing, good sewers, fiood streets, the best of schools for onr children and suitable parks for breathing-places and recreation. What do we live for if not to enjoy health and happiness for ourselves and secure the same blessings for our families and neighbors. Let us have the park by all means.” These sentiments were fullz indorsed by J. H. Roy, who resides on the 8an Bruno road, J. L. Vermeil of 2851 Howard street, F. H. Johnson of Fifteenth avenue, on San Bruno road, and H. A. Clifford of Bacon and Harvard streets, Judge Van Reynegom, who was the first to propose the removal of the ceme- teries from the Mission some ten years ago, is heartily in sympathy with the present movement. He said: “I know of no place in the City any better adapted for a park than that now mentioned. Itscontour could not be sur- passed. It is centrally located and well rotected from the westerly winds and ogs. The sun shines in that little valley when the other fptu-'.iom of the City are enshrouded with fog. Asregards the ex- pense, that is nothing when compared with the benefits to be derived from it asa park. And again, this %nrk will not be for a day or a year—it will be for all time to come. “As it is now the Mission people have no guhlic paris. There 1s a little patch of land measuring 520 feet by 245 feet down on Harrison and Treat avenue designated a public park that is not improved or beautified, and to find it would require a guide or a map of the City. ‘At the time that I started the removal of the bodies from the cemeteries out there [ was ?lpposed on all sides, but by reason- ing and arguments I convinced those o; posed to me, and now I am thanked on all sides for the stand I then took. Iam now in fayor of the City buying the ground and making an elegant park out of it.”’ John H. Grady, & real estate agent who resides at 330 Twenty-third street,and who is president of the association now advo- cating the high school question, said when spoken to on the park question: ““Why, of course I am in favor of it. We have a right to claim it. Let us. see whether the Mission people are entitled to a park and a high school or not. *The assessed valuation of property between Market and Twenty-sixth streets is $96,000,000. On that there is paid in taxes $2,000,000; expended in improve- ments on the same section $45,000 yearly. En! How is that for fair play? Now don‘t you think that we have done our share in beautifying and improving the City for our neighbors. It would be no more than rieht that our neighbors should There is again a very serious dechne in the incomes of the clergy of the Church of England. Last year £100 of tithe wasonly worth £73 13s 34d, but this year it has had a further drop to £719s63/d. The large drop this year is due to the ‘serious fall in the signg are effaced these ceases to be the | the price of wheat in 1895, let us have some of our own money back for improving our section. % "I,mking at it from a conservative point of view I think the two blocks mentioned can be bonght for $100,000 each or $200,000 for both. The land is considerably under grade, and inasmuch as it has been used s & cemetery might not be as desirable for residence us it is for a public park. ‘Hence it shou!d be acquired at once—or rather as soon as the money can be raised by taxation for the purpose.” YOUNG PATRIOTS. Enthusiasm of Valentine Holt Society, Children of the American Revo- lution. A meeting of the Valentine Holt Society, Children of the American Revolution, was held yesterday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. Dr. H. W. Yeamans, 711 Taylor street. The meeting, which was large and en- thusiastic, was opened by the singing of the “Star-spangled Banner” and a salute to the flag in these words, I pledge my allegiance to the flag ana the Republic, for which it stands, one and_indivisible with liberty and justice for all.” The president, Mrs. S. I. Hubbard, announced that since the previous meet- ing 8 new member had been enroiled, Helen Madlaline Keeney, the four-month- old daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Keeney ~and great - great-great - grand- daughter of Brigadier-General Laughlin Meclntosh. On motion of the vice-president, Sara C. Bancroit, the following resolution in recog- nition of the gift of a flag presented to the society by Mrs. Leland Stanford was adopted by a rising vote: Resoived, That we, the members of Valentine Holt Society of the Children of the Revolution, recognize in this gift another instance of the kindness of heart that has ever prompted the donor in promoting tue happiness and interest of children, and we wish to convey to her the hope that her life may be prolonged many years, and that she may bring to fruition the Plans and purposes of the noblest undertaking of her own and her husband’s life—the found- ing of an institution for the education of the children of the land. On motion of Mrs. Phoebe W. Painter, the society, by a unanimous vote, adopted resolutions recognizing the courtesy of Major William B. Hooper of the Occi- dental and the kindness shown by him on ‘Washington's birthday to the members in allowing them the use of the large parlor for a meeting place and for delicacies with which he treated toe children., The president requested each member to present at the next meeting some senti- ment respecting the American flag. The meeting was brought to a close by the singing of ‘“America” and a salute to the flag. 10 BUILD A" BREWERY, That Is What the Opponents of the Beer Syndicate Propose. It Will Be Erected in San Francisco and Will Cost, Fitted Up Com- plete, $100,000. The movement against the beer syndi- cate of this City, which has for its purpose | the furnishing to retail dealers of the amber liquid at lower rates than are charged by the syndicate, which was started about two months ago, is still a tl ing of the present. Frank Marty, who is the recognized head of the movement, said yesterday that those interested are still active, “but,” said he, ‘“we have to work very quietly, because every move we make is watched by the members of the syndicate, who do all they can to prevent us if possible from carrying out our project. Stili we do not care, for we are going ahead, slowly of course, but surely, and there is no doubt but we shall succeed. “We have secured a piece of land on which we will erect a hrewery that will be of sufficient capacity to supply the greater ortion of the Ci This will cost—to uild and fit up with all that is necessary in the way of machinery, vats, barrels, kegs and everything else—something like $100,000, and what is most pleasant is that the money for the purpose will be forth- coming when it is needed. **Where arefwe going to build? That, for the reason I have already stated, I cannot Qisclose; butit is to be in the City, for those who are to be our patrons and | whom we proposed to supply with beer from an outside source are of the opinion that in a matter of this kind the money they will pay for the liquid should not be sent outside of San Francisco. ‘At the time the combination of brew- ers occurred all joined but one, and when the syndicate learned that we were nego- tiating with him he was induced to join the comtination, so we were shut oat from doing business with him. “I think it will not be long before every- thing will be in working condition.” “ONE THAT I LOVE.” She Is the Occasion of Ferrls Hart- man’s Appearance in & Tragic Role at Ingleside. 1t seems the Tivoli’s funny man can be serious on occasions. The public, gener- ally speaking, look upon Ferris Hartmar as a sparkling professional wit, devoted mainly, if not exclusively, to the light- some task of singing side-splitting ditties for the amusement of his numerous cli- entele. One Green, a horse-trainer at the Ingle- side track, has, however, had a chance to know Mr. Hartman in another capacity. 1t seems that the singing punster, when he can steal an hour between rehearsal and performance, likes to take a turn on horseback, a recreation which brings out his personal attractions to great advan- tage. Heridesa three-year-old fllly. To- mantically calied “Una” Que Amo,” or, for those who ;{refer our rugged English idiom ‘to the silvery language of Cervan- tes, **One That I Love.” ~For some reason which he did not state, since no one could oblige him to ctate it, Mr. Hartman took & notion to transfer his favorite from the Ingleside stables to those at the Bay Dis- trict track. This met with strenuous op- })osi(ion from the trainer, Green, occasion- ng frequent exchanges of rather highly seasoned compliments hetween him and 'crqe }nughur-mmng nightingale of the ivoli. At length, tired of bootless skirmishes, Mr. Hartman went to the siables and de- manded his filly. He was met with evasive pnswers. Green, it would appear, had formed a tender attachment for the win- some equine belle, and was loth to give her up. Mr. Hartman is not lacking in mettle, and straightway sought a search warrant empowering him to look for *‘Una qu® Amo,"” and, finding her, to lead her off in triumph, When he returned to Ingleside last Thursday he was armed with a formidable legal document and accompanied by two brawny policemen. = Grimly exhibiting the paper, much as the High Sheriff in ‘‘Mary Btuart’’ unfolds the death warrant in the presence of the hapless Queen of Scots, the funny man, transformed into a tragedian of ‘the first water, stalked through the stables till he founa his filly, and made off with her. & “One that I love” is staying for the resent at the Bay Districi track, and erris Hartman was last seen, apparently much at_ease, on the front steps of the Tivoli. 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Deputy Fish Commissioner Cross re- turned yesterday from Skaggs Springs and states that the people who reside near Dry, ‘Warm Spring, Picnic, Ranchera and Pena creeks, are strongly of the opinion that killing trout with spears is perfectly law- ful and affords far greater pleasure than angling with a rod. The deputy endeav- ored to explain to them that spearing fish was contrary to law, and that he would ar- rest all persons he found killing fish by means of spear or gaff. “Well, my dear fellow, you can do all the arresting you please, but you can’t convict one of us in this county,” retorted an old farmer who had been angling with pitchforks for many years. ‘“We are sat- isfied to allow those rod fellows to tramp over our Jands and slash our streams to their hearts’ content after the 1st of April, but dol garn it, those fancy boys from the City and elsewhere must remember that the winter is our season for fishing and we are perfectly satisfied to give the summer to lgi City boys who are content with a basket of fish about the size of your little finger; let usalone aud we won’t bother you people; we kill only what we want to eat and leave no waste.’” The deputy argued with the country fel- lows and told them that every large fish they killed meant the loss of 500 small fish to the stream it was taken from, but when he jound that argument was useless he de- parted, wondering how many years would pass away before those good-natured coun- try fellows will learn that by protecting the breeding fishes they will have streams teeming with trout and anglers from this City and elsewhere who will visit their neighborhood and leave many dollars be- hind during the summer months. Mr. Cross stated that large steelheads were very plentiful in Dry Creek and that good fishing will certainly resultin April. “I was surprised to see trout from a quarter of a pound to a poundin weight,” continued the deputy, *‘jumping at small colored flies that were dropping from the trees on the water. Those flies were evi- demly March browns. “Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, there were eight or ten anglers from this City at Point Reyes on Sunday. ‘I'hree large fish were caught, and by very Fnor handling of the red G. McGreggor ost a fish that would scale ten pounds. Paper-mill Creek rose three feet since Sun- day evening and is now running very muddy.” The Empire Gun Club will meet on Sun- day next at Alameda Point, where an arti- ficial-bird shoot will be held. Ou the same day the sportsmen of Davisville will enjoy a live-bird shooting coutest. The great event of the month in tmg-sl_motmg sports will take place on the 29th inst. at Sacramento. The Blue- Roci Club will give one of its well-patron- ized inanimate target tournaments. Tom Clark, Jack Lang, Tom Riley and J. Westwater returned from an eel hunt in Halfmoon Bay yesterday morning wetter but wiser men for having ventured such a distance 1n stormy weather for the sake of sport and fish. A few large sea eels were captured by thé fishermen, but generally speaking they caught more water than fish, The fisher- men’s provisions for the trip consisted of four bottles of hot stuff and half a dozen sea biscuiis, generously donated by Frank Anzonetti. ———— Guardian for the Munz Children. General McComb of the Humane Society, in the case of Philip and Emma Munz, 15 and 12 years of age, lrr:nled as guardian for what little money was left to them by their h who has reyoeufiy died. P-nyof themngf)‘xlzeery coming to them was in the custody of the Laurel Court Circle No. 1, A. O. F., and the rest acerued from the sale of the moiher’s fur- niture. The father joined Kelly’s army when it left here for Washington and was lostsight of at St. Louis. The family were living at 168 ‘Tehama streets i PROMISES ARE NOT CASH, An Important Point for Bidders on ; Franchises and Privileges. Gross Receipts Are Too Unstable to Be the Basis of a Good Bid. The Supreme Court has decided that the tender of a percentage of the gross receipts of afranchise is not cash in the sense of making the highest ‘‘cash” bidder. Arthur D. Thompson sued to have the Supervisor of Alameda County compelled to recognize him asthe highest bidderon a franchise, but they refused, and on appeal the Supreme Court has sustained the rul- ing. A road might be built for the purpose of stopping competition, says the Supreme Court, and the bidders might care nothing at all if the gross receipts were merely nominal, so long as the franchise was theirs and competition was stopped. The statutes contemplate cash, the court says, and a promise to pay a percentage is not by any means cash. A vision of the phantom car on Bush street must have passed through the minds of the judges as they wrote: “A franchise might be secured to prevent competition.’” One hundred per cent of the gross receipts. of the Bush-street line might be given the City and still, as the Supreme Court says, it would not by any means be cash.” A New Baseball Club. The California Baseball Club has been reors ganized under the management of Thomas Mullee, and is now composed of the fallowing players: J. McCarthy, catcher; J. Mullee, itcher and first base: J. Hall, change pitcher; . Cross, second base; George Hanley, third base; E. Keopf, shortstop; T. Buckiey, left field; T. Mullee, center field; Hugh Cannon, right field. The team is ready to receive chals .len;el from any club in the State.