The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 22, 1896, Page 28

28 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 2! , 1896. MADE A CAUSTIC BEPLY, Goodall, Perkins & Co. in No Mood to Make Any Con- cessions. W. B. CURTIS IS TAKEN TO TASK. No Change Likely to Be Made in the Rate Situation Between Here and Eureka. There is & war cloud on the horizon, and there are andications that it is about to hover over a field of battle in which Good- all, Perkins & Co. and Traffic Manager Curtis of the Traffic Association are to be the contending forces. Some littie time ago the S8an Francisco Board of Trade called a meeting of the various commercial bodies of this City to take action on the alleged discrimination of rates in favor of Portland, Or., as against San Francisco in the Eureka (Cal.) tratfic. As a gesult of this conference a committee of four was appointed to wait upon Goodall, Perkins & Co., the local agents of the Oregon Railway and Naviga- tion Company, the alleged offending car- rier. Instead of making a personal call on the representative of the company named Mr. Curtis was delegated to draft and send a letter to the firm calling atten- tion to the matter and proposing a remedy. This was the letter he sent: Messrs. Goodall, Perkins & Co., Agents 0. R. & N. Company, City—GENTLEMEN: At the confer- ence recently held in the s of the Board of Trade by representatives from the following organizations of this City—the Chamber of Commerce, Board of Trade, Manufacturers and Producers’ Association, the Traffic Association, Merchan ciation and San Francisco 3 1 —at which you were repre- sented, a committee was appointed to confer with you in reference to the discrimination in rates which your line is maintaining between Portland, Or., and north coast ports south of there, notebly Eureka, as against San Fran- cisco. The committee, after due deliberation, begs permission to make to you the following re- quest. We contend that San Francisco bein but 216 miles from Eureka as against 520 miles from Portland to Eureka is entitled to the lower rates. We request, therefore, that rates from San Francisco to Eureka shall be ad- justed on & mileage basis, San Francisco rece1v- ing the benefit of her geographical position. Tn refutation of press reports in both Port- land and Eureka papers we wish to here state that we have no demand to make, nor was any demand ever made, that the service between Portland and Eureka be discontinued. We would be plessed to hear from you on the proposition as outlined above at as early a date as practicable. To this the following caustic reply was sent on Friday William Boswick Curtis, Esq.. Trafiic Manager, c Association of California, San Francisco, Cal.—DEAR SIR: Yours of the 16th, requesting that rates from San Francisco to Eureka as sgainst Portiand to Eureka be adjusted on a mileage basis, in order that San Franciseo may enjoy the adyantage of its geographical posi- tion, was duly received and noted. Your first complaint wes that the rates from Portland to Eureka were $1 per ton, while the rates from San Francisco to Eureka were ma- terially higher, and you contended the rates should be the same. When at your meeting the other day we ex- plained that the $1 rate from Portland to Eu- reka had been established by the Portland | office in_consequence of their understanding that such rate was current between San Fran- | cisco and Eureka. As soon as this error was pointed out the rates were adujsted so that substantially the same rates are now in effect irom San Francisco as from Portland to Eu- reka. There is a rate of $1_per ton in force on flour, feed and mill stuffs from both points to Eureka. The low rates now in effect to various points on the coast are War rates. e rates are not based on mileage—if they were the rates from San Francisco to Coos Bay would be higher than the rates from Poriiand to that point. but they are not, and the rates from Portland to 8an Francisco would e as lowas in the reverse direction,instead of bemng two or three times higher as they are. Do _you contend that rates to all points &hould be made on a mileage basis or only in cases where it works to your advantage? And is distance the only factor to be considered in | the fixing of rates? Should not the character | of the service be also considered? The comparatively new, large and_modern steel steamer Pomona, costing some $250,000 and with 8 speed of fourteen to fiiteen knots per_hour, makes about eight round trips per month between here and Eureks. Because there is an old vessel, like the Blanchard for in- stance, which we believe was purchased by her present owners for some $12,000, carrying | freight between Eureka and Portland at ruin. | onsly low rates, must the Pomona make still lower rates 'between San Francisco and | Eureka? We should judge thereis an average of fif- teen to twenty vessels per month seiling from San Francisco to Eureka, while there are about two per month from Eureka to Portland, and these are small, slow and irregular. At even rates, with these advantages, are we to infer that San Francisco cannot hold her own? 1f an opinion from us in this connection | would not be considered presumptious, we would suggest that fthe interest: of the mer. chants of San Francisco is not best subserved by antagonizing its patrons, even if they are, 10 a limited extent, its rivals. Nor do we think there is any advantage 1o be gained by at- tempting to crowd a transportation company which is friendly and furnishing splendi service for very inadequate returns into an antagonistic or uniriendly position. A perusal of a recent article in_the Eureka Standard over the signature of the president and secretary of the Board of Trade of Hum- boldt County indicates the effect of the agita- tion gotup by your association and which, we think, was and is ill advised and prejudi- cial. Permit us to say that our company is not responsible for the cause which has produced the effect regarding which you complain. On the contrary it was forced on to us sgainst our wish and juterest. We are now trying to do what every prudent and sensible business man would do ‘under like circumstances, namely, protect himselfand his business. It has been pretty well understood that you have been fostering and fayoring the outfit that is principally responsible for the condi- tion of things regarding which you now com- plain. TUnder the circumstances’ it seems un- generous, not to say unjust, to hold our com- Ppany.responsible. _Itmay not be amiss to mote in this connec- tion your very commendable efforts in trying to obtain terminal rates on shingles from Eureka, vie San Francisco, destined We | beg to observe, however, that in calling atten- tion of the people of Eureka to this matter you advised them that certain vessels which you name will carry shingles at the rates referred t0, while you appear to have fargotten that the steamer Pomona has been carrying shingles for & year atlower rates than those you name, as you will note by the inclosed rate eircular, & | copy of which, we believe, you have on your | es. Permit us to call your attention to the fact that Eureka is 437 miles from Portland and not 520, as stated in your favor before us, Yours truly, GOODALL, PERKINS & CO. S.—Whe have addressed this letter to you instead of the committee who signed that to which this replies, agreesbly to Indorsement thereon. THEY STEAL ANYTHING. An Organized Gang of Petty Thieves Around McAllister and Baker Streets. Petty thieves have been infesting the neighborhood of Fulton, Baker, Lyon ana McAllister streets during the past few weeks, and it isa fortunate landlord who finds his doormat in the morning. It is almost certain that the newspapers, milk and bread left in that neighborhood are carried away by the thieves. On Thursday last they became bolder, and prosecuted their nefarions work at midday. They entered the house of T. J. Campbell at 1813 McAllister street apd, nothing handier being in sight, carried away four batteries used in furnishing the electric service. The police have repeatedly been notified of these petty and annoying theits, but have as yet been unable 10 prevent them. —————— For Ladies Only. Colonel Andrews of the Diamond Palace de- sires us to state before closing his establish- ment that he wishes to inform the ladies that they can turn in their old gold chains, brace- Most diall; e invite the ladl f our city. also, :l!'c %?sralr.frylevzad-? t% anr;sn;"s passing through all the courtesies of our house are ten: without obligations or suggestion of purchase. And 00000 @OOCOTIVE ANNOUNCEMENT. Not only are they welcome without being b“ya"d but. GTUeQI 0RO week. turn. Al invited. ered NOTICE. The big store a bower of beauty. Nature contributes her share this Palms and flowers at every Watch our announce- ment Thursday next. have something for you. SPECIALS FROM ALL DEPARTMENTS In order to let our regular customers get the benefit we place a limit on some of the follow= ing specials. LIGHT AND DARK FLANNELETTES, :121,;. yards to each customer. None sold to ealers. Special, 4c Yard 10 CASES OF 10-4 DALLAS BLEACHED SHEETING—Limit, 5 yards to each cus- tomer. Special, 15¢ Yard FANCY DRESS GOODS, in stripes and plaids, 386 to 42 inchés wide, regular 50c goods. Special Monday, 25¢ Yard 100 PIECES OF WASH BSILKS, large lines of patterns and colors. Special Monday, 25¢ Yard SPRING l_lgVELTIES. FANCY DRESDEN SILK, very latest nov- elty. Per Yard, 8$1.50 GROS DE LONDRES SILK, fancy floral de- signs on a three-toned ground, big assort- ment of colorings. Per Yard, $1.00 BROCHE SUITING, 42-inch, silk mixed, very pretty designs in swell colorings. Per Yard, $1.50 MIXED SUITINGS, in silk and wool, Dresden effects, a real novelty. Per Yard, 8$1.25 LADIES' CARRIAGE PARASOLS, solid frames, black silk Gloris, black crook- bandles. Plain, 50c; Ruffle, 75¢ LADIES' CALICO WAISTS, laundered collar and cufls, stripes and figures, full back and front, big sleeves. . Price, Each, 50¢ LADIES’ COTTON HOSE, fine Maco yarn, plain and Richelieu ribbed, large assort- ment of tan shades and fast black, high- spliced heels. Price, Each, 25¢ LINEN EFFECTS, all cotton, but look like linen and just about as zood. PLAIN LINEN ORGANDIE, 28 to 30 inches wide. ____ 10c to 25c Yard PURE LINEN, colored dots and stripes, the most popular spring fabric. 50c to 81.35 Yard THREE SPECIAL ITEMS NO. L SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE CLOAK DEPARTMENT. SPRING NOVELTIES. SHEER INDIAN DIMITY, 30 Inches wide, a great varlety of artistic designs. are welcome—all are We may The Cloak and Suit Department bright with newness and decorations. We most cordially ask you to inspect our collections of Capes, Jackets and Suits. Courteous help to show you and answer questions. 25 LADIES' TAN SINGLE CAPES, fancy braid trimming all around, 22_inches long, collar made of fancy ribbon. This cape you want to see. Reguiar value $7 50. Our Price, $5.00 20 LADIES' TAN CAPES, turn-down collar, fancy braid all around, fancy silk lined, 32 inches long. Must be seen to be appreci- ated. Regular $10 cape. Just to start the season we marked it $6.50 25 LADIES' TAN JACKETS, high collar, but- tons on side with two large pearl buttons. fapcy silk lined, trimmed with small pearl buttons. 24 inches long, sizes 32 to 40. Regular price $15. y Our Price, $10.00 LADIES' WIDE WALES SEPARATE SKIRTS, black and brown, rustle percaline lining, velvet binding around bottom, 5 yards wide. This skirt is cheap at $7 50. We are going to place it .on sale Monday morning at : 85.00 25 LADIES' SEPARATE SKIRTS, black and white checks, rustle percaline lining, velvet binding aroubd botiom, 6, yards wide. qualities. BB LI u Belie. 6600 From $1.00 to $10.00 Each FROM THE CLOAK DEPARTMENT FOR MONDAY ONLY. NO. ‘IL NO. III. Price, Yard, 25¢ SPIRAL CORDED DIMITY, 28 inches wide, daiuty patterns and solid colors. Price, Yard, 15¢ PRINTED DIMITY, 27 inches wide, 100 de- signs, fast colors. ' You wiil be surprised to see such pretty patterns. Price, Yard, 8% NEW EMPIRE FANS, in black and colors. 53¢, 50c and 75¢ Each CHIFFON AND LACE COLLARETTES, in cream, pink, blue and black. $1.50 to 83.00 Each WBRITE SWISS EMBROIDERED COLLAR- ETTES. 83¢c, $1.25, $1.50 and $3.00 Each MILLINERY GOODS. Complete assortments in NARROW SPAN- GLED AND BEADED EDGINGS, all the new sbades, to go with Dresden Silks and new Dress Goods. From 15¢ to $1.00 Yard A3 See show windows. 'RED AND' BLACK BEADED AND OO PANGLED YOKES, in all shades and 50 o0t SPEfiIALS FROM ALL DEPARTMENTS Speclal inducements for this week. We will place a limit jon some lines to insure equal distribution. STOCKING DARNERS, led wood. enameled WOOl pecial Monday, 4c Each CELLULOID PERFUME NOVELTY, a Cel luloid Basket with a bottle of cologne. Special Monday, 15¢ Each BLACK CORD HAT ELkAuTIG—l\Ve mgke an jal this week at by extra spec! S0 Yara LADIES' MUSLIN GOWNS. made of good heavy muslin, tucked apd eémbrolaery trimmed yoke, clmhlrlr: mqllg on neck, front and sleeves, good value at 75c. Special Price, 500 Each LADIES' TAN COVERT-CLOTH. SUITS, ‘all wool, reefer jackets 24 incheslong, Skirts lined and 5 yards wide. A limitea quantity, 50 it will be well to see them early. The regular price of these Suits'is $12 50. plain and black | Gardner, and the old horse cut a wide 50 DOZEN LADIES’ MUSLIN embroidery, trimmed bottom. x0od heavy musiin, tucked with two-inch Special, 30c Pair DRAWERS, tons and straps of same $5 00. 40 YOUNG LADIES' ALL-WOOL COVERT CLOTH CAPES, tan only, 16 inches long, collar pointed and trimmed with gllt_but- Special Price for Monday Only, $3.25 silk, Bicou sleeve material. Value 50 LADIES' TAN JACKETS, ripple back, 23 inches long, three-quarter lined with fancy (very new), breasted loose front, four large pearl but- tons, sizes 32 to 8. ~Value $6 50. Special Price for Monday Only, $4.2 25 LADIES' double- jet aroun 5 VELVETEEN CAPES, foches long, trimmed with ribbon ruche and collar, ribbon streamers, bow down front, lined ‘with fancy silk. Value 5 00. $5 00. Special Price for Monday Only, 83.75 16 25 small buttons down LADIES' TAN KERSEY JACKETS, rip- Pple back, double-breasted loose front, four iarge pearl buttons, trimmed with braid and all silk lined, sizes 32 to 40. a perfect gem. Weconsider it cheap at $20. Our Price, $7.50 tront, braid on sieeves, This jacket is Our Price, $15.00 GATHERED IN BY PEPPER, The McLaughlin Stake Proved a Gift for. Pat Dunne’s Brown Horse. SERVICE BACK' IN THE RUCK.| Magnet Furnished a Rare Exhibition of Speed—Dolore a Very Hot Tip. I The second of the California Jockey Club’s long distance events, the McLaugh- lin stake over the cup distance, two and one-quarter miles, with a guaranteed value to the winner of $2000, was decided at the Bay District track yesterday. The talent picked the wrong horse, for they plunged on Service and Pat Dunne’s brown horse Pepper won easily. Although the game shows symptoms of approach- ing sluggishness, the attendance was | good considering the threatening state of the weather. The big event of the day, ;which was third on the card, called out but five start- | ers. All were devoid of class, with the exception of Pepper, but his recent per- formances have been nothing to exult over, and although treated very leniently by the handicapper, who gave him the light impost of 100 pounds, the general public. fought shy of him. The stable folks, however, could not let 3and 3% to 1 go by and jumped aboard. Service was the popular choice, the books holding him at odds varying from 4 to 5 to 7 to 10. Fred Gardner with 97 pounds up was backed down a couple of points from sixes, and Doyle, one of the other light- weights of the party, had his price cut from 150 to 50 by an intermittent play. Little Bob, the surprise of the race, was a 25 to 1 chance. + There was very little dickeringaround at the post. When the flag fell Shields on | Service went out in front, followed by Fred | swath for a mile and a_half, when his sus- | picious forelegs began to burn and he| began falling back to the rear. 'ochran on Pevper then made his move, and going by Fred Gardner showed the route the rest of the way, passing the 1udges an easy winner in 3:59}4. Two | lengths away Little Bob, who 'rinished gamely, left the others and took second place.” Gardner finished in the show. Close finishes during the day were fow. Four out of seven favorites got to the wire in front and all struck rather easy game. ;ljus track was slow, preventing any fast ime. . The crowd was treated to a rare exhibi- tion of sprinting powers in the last race of the day, a six-furlong run. Dan Honig’s grand horse Magnet was one of the en- triesand ruled a4 to5 choice in the betting. Pitted against him_were George Miller, Bellicoso and Sister Mary. The big chest~ nut son of St. Blaise left his field as though they were standing still, and running with mouth wide open and ears pinned back as though savage at being restrained, fairly romped in the easiest of winners in 1:141;, a remarkably fine performance. George Miller finished in the place. ¥ Monrae Johnson's mare, Clara Johnson, Was a slight favorite over the other crabs in the opening six-furlong selling sprint, but failed to get a mark. Linville,a4to1 H chance, led most of the way and won easily from O'Fleeta. 3 With Rey del Bandidos, 8t. Lee and Yankee Doodle scratched, the second race, over a mile, proved a soft spot for Kamsin. lets, etc., and get something new and stylish in exchange. -3 He was a 4 to 5 chancein the ring, and, | traveled, won ridden out from Scar- passing Belle Boyd on the far turn, fairly rolled in. Rebellion took the place just as easily from Dare Dollar. The game but unlucky Walter J seems to have experienced a change of fortune, for he again scored & winning bracket in the fourth event at six furlongs. Starting with post odds of 6 to 1 he was away well and disposing of srametta by the time the stretch was reached, and disputing every inch of the road to the wire with Herman- ita, the second choice, finally won by a nose. Artist, the 7 to 5 favorite, was third. ; The telephone horse,”Hello, has another jumping ‘race to his credit. He was played down from twos to 9 to 10 to win the steeplechase, and leading from start to finish passed the finishing post a couple of lengths before Tom Clarke. The two-year-old sprint with ten starters developed one of the hottest tips that has been passed around of late. - Dolore, a filly from the stable of Naglee Burk, was ham- mered down frem 6 to 1 to 8 ‘to 5, and, passing her field before a furlong had been borough, & 15 to 1 shot, who seemed to suddenly inherit much speed. CONTEST FOR A TROPHY. League of the Cross Cadets Invite Boys’ Brigade Officers to Their Entertainment. The companies of the League of the Cross Cadets are preparing for the contest for the “Montgomery trophy,” to take place at the Mechanics’ Pavilion Friday even- ing, April 10. Already the boys execute the movements with a precision and alac- rity that is pleasing to their instructors and they are strengthening their nerves for the individual drill. Colounel W. P. Sullivan has charge of the military part of the programme and is using his best endeavors to make it a grand success. General Graham of the Presidio, having been invited to review the cadets, re- sponded that he would be happy to re- ceive the honor, and he will be the guest of the cadets. Cfiphlnu Thorp and Riell; and Lieutenant Miley of General Graham’s staff will also be present and act as judges of the competitive drill. Invitations have been sent to General Dimond and staff, General Warfield and staff, and_the field, staff and line officers of the First Regi- ment, National Guards. 2 The ofticers of the Boys’ Brigade have also been invited to bethe guests of the cadets. One of the most pleasing features of the evening will be the presentation of a set of National and regimental colors to the cadets. The colors are the gift of Ignatian Council No. 35, Y. M. I The i_:‘rgsentntlon will be made by the Hon. J. . Sullivan on behalf of Ignatian Council. Although the League of the Cross Cadets have been in existence.but two years, this is the tenth *American flag that will be presented to them. —— COULD NOT MORTGAGE. The Title to Trust Property Vests in the Trustees. In the suit of A. V. Fatjo, a trustee of the estate of L. H. Bascom, against George Swasey, who had a mortgage claim against it, the Supreme Court has something to say on trusts. L. H. Bascom died in 1881 and he left his property in trust for the benefit of h is children. One of them, Mrs. Swasey, mrngn%edtger interest in the real |:irop- erty, an e mortgt? Was assij t hery'hush-nd. ‘When sought %o”h“‘: the trust terminated and the property dis- tributed b¥ foreclosing ‘his mortgage, the court decided that the title vested in the trustees, and the land could not be mortgaged by a beneficiary of the trust. The court says: “We conclude that the trust was valid in its ereation, and the title to the property, subject only to the A PRINCE OF PHILATELY, Hiram E. Deats' of Flemington, N. J., a Recent Visitor to This City. EXHIBITED SOME OF HIS GEM! His Collection of Stamps Worth More Than $150,000—Plates of St. Louis. Among those who may be said to rank with the princes of philately in this coun- try is Hiram E. Deats of Flemington, N.J., who was a visitor in this City for some- thing more than a week, and who left on Friday evening for Pasadena, where he and his wife spent the winter. There is probably not a collector of stamps of any note in any part of the world who has not heard of Mr. Deats and his wonderful col- lection of United States postage, revenue and envelope stamps, his Mexican and British North American treasures, and his exceptional accumulation of United States Postmaster’sstamps and Confederate regu- lar and local issues. Mr. Deats is possessed of sufficient of this world’s goods to make him indifferent to the financial side of any occupation or fancy he may choose to take. up, so when he makes the announcement that he is a farmer from New Jersey it is rather with the air that Miss Anna Shaw said would be assumed by the new man, who wonld take the greatest pride in being considered one of the toilers of his day. While Mr. Deats resorts to farmwork when the fancy moves as one of his pre- ventives for ennui, he also nurses an intellectual fad in order that he may not come to consider that life -is not worth living. Semi-occasionally, ashe confesses, he publishes a paper at Flemington, de- voted to the local history of that im- mediate section. But for ail round diver- sion he finds stamp-coliecting and all that pertains thereto the most fascinating, satis- fying and lasting. His strongest predilec- tion, however, in this connection is for philatelic literature. He collects everything that is published on the subject, from a newspaper clipping to the most expensive edilionsi luxe of a monograph of some country’s stamp. An idea of the extent of his indulgence in this is obtained when it is stated that his dupli- cate philatelic papers number more than 200,000 copies. These are used for making exchanges with other collectorsof phila- telic literature. He is 'a subscriber to every philatelic Elper published to-day in every part of the globe, including some from Johannesburg, South Africa; Bom- bay, Calcutta, Hongkong, Australia, Eu- rope, Mexico, Canada and South America. The work of looking after the details of his library and the extensive cor- respordence entailed in this and the collecting of stamps is performed’ by a stenographer. Mr. Deats deprecates all consideration of the financial side of philately, at least 80 far as his individual possessions are con- W A4 N N execution of the trust, vested in the origi- nal trustees, and is now vested in the plaintiff.”’ Swasey was the successor of one of the original trustees. IF YOU ACHE or get hurt, have sore throat or tonsilitis, try Mitcheli’s Magic Lotion. ot H. E. De:ts, Who Has a Collection of Postage Stamps Worth $150,000. < [From a photograph.] cerned, though he admitted that his pos- sessions of stamps could not be bought for $150,000. During his visit to this City he was the guest of Frank Koenig, the president of the Pacific Philatelic Society, the local branch of the American Philatelic Asso- ciation. Mr. Deats was specially invited to meet the members of the society at its regular meeting on Tuesday evening last. There were present as guests besides Mr. Deats, M. Samuels and H. €. Bartlett and the following members of the society : President Frank Koenig, Secretary H. B. Phillips; Will H. Crocker, president of the Crocker-Woolworth Bank; Henry J. Crocker, W. E. Loy, W. A. Cooper, G. Folte, Alired Greenebaum, Mr. Howland, g\l'. Skensc_hovp. A. H. Weber and Dr. E. 8. After the regular business of the meet- ing had been disposed of Henry J. Crocker exhibited his collection of plate numbers of United States stamps printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, which lacked not more than twenty plate numbers to be complete. Even the high- value newspaper stamps were in evidence, though the $100 copies lacked the imprint and plate number. Many of the plate numbers were shown attached to half sheets of the stamps. Then Mr. Deats took a hand at enter- taming his hosts and made a display of rarities such as had never before been seen in this City. He was one of the few col- lectors of the country who was fortunate enough to get copies of some of the St. Louis stamps found at Louis- ville, Ky., as described in the Christmas edition of THE CALL. And partly as the re- sult of the purchases made of them he was able to make up two complete plates of six stamps each of these extremely rarelabels, the least rare of which is worth $250 an the rarest $2500. His exhibit included plates I and IT and two stamps of plate II1. Plates I and I1I consist of three 5 cent and three 10 cent stamps, and plate II of one 5 cent, three 10 cent and two 20 cent stamps. The last named plate is easily worth $10,000 and the value of all the copies of these smm&sunhown by Mr. Deats is not less than $15,000. In addition Mr. Deats showed no_fless less than 120. copies of the New York 5-cent stamp, 8 label of which most col- lectors would be glad to possessa single copy. He also showed proofs and reprints of the same stamps. In these were repre- sented about $1000. i Before the meeting adjournea flash light photographs were taken of those present by both Dr. Clark and Mr. Koenig, each of whom had come prepared witha camera. IS SHE PERSECUTED? Mrs. L. K. Grimm, Wife of the Princi- pal of the Eureka High School, Charged With Grand Larceny. Mrs. L. K. Grimm, wife of the principal of the Eureka High School, surrendered herself at police headquarters yesterday morning. She was booked at the City Prison on the charge of grand larceny and was at once released on her own recog- nizance by Judge Low. In October, 1895. Dr. Arthur Marten of 118 Grant avenue swore outa warrant in Judge Low’s court for Mrs. Grimm's arrest, alleging that she had stolen his office fixtures and furniture. On Monday Dr. Marten called at police headquarters and said he had just learned that Mrs. Grimm was in Eurcka. He wanted a tele- gram sent at once to the Sheriff there to arrest her. Chief Crowley investigated the case and decided that the circumstances did not call for such extreme measures. He accordingly wrote to'the Sheriff, and received a reply that Mrs. Grimm would leave by the first steamer. . According to Mrs. Grimm, Dr. Marten's action is a piece of petty persecution. In 1893 and 1884, she said, she kept a lodging- house at 903 Sutter street. Dr. Marten was one of her lodgers, and he left owing her over $300 for rent. She procured a lien on his office fixtures and furniture, and in April, 1894, when she gave up the house, she wrote to him to -cail for his effects and nay his bill. She received no re{-ly. and the fixtures and furniture we sold to liquidate the bill. - REFLECTIONS ON - WISE, Moore Says the Collector With- held Information Against Williams. Caused the Arrest of Wong Sam After He Had Given Evidence Unfavor. able to the Inspector. Wong Sam, charged with importing Dong Sun Yet, a Chinese giri, for immoral purposes, was held in $500 bonds by United States Commissioner Heacock yesterday. The evidence was strongly against the ac- cused. It was clearly shown that he had been engaged-in the highbinder business, and was a generally all-around bad China- man. Major Moore, the special agent of the Treasury Department, was the chief wit- ness yesterday. His evidence was more of a reflection on the management of the Custom-house than it was on the charac- ter of Willlams, the inspector whose life is made a burden by the many charges that have been made against him. His report against Williams was made to the Treasury Department on January 18, 1896. On January 31 he received a let= ter from Secretary Carlisle to the effect that the information had been turned over to Collector Wise. Wong Sam was one of ' the chief witnesses against Williams, yet he was not arrested till February 11. The inference drawn from this evidence was that there was a conspiracy against Wong Sam. The court held that the question of conspiracy did not arise in the case. It was a question of Wong Sam’s guilt, and upon this issue the judgment was rendeied. Y ——————— It has been calculated that a ten-bare reled machine-gun is equal in intensity and endurance of fire to an entire come pany of infantry at full war strength. f\smatt Broadway, New York, druggist has this sign hanging outside his store; it’ marks the new era of drug selling, | Is it any wonder that he has to enlarge his quar- ters, that his clerks are busy, and that his store is one of the most popular along the leading ‘thor- oughfare? : ou can afford to trade with a druggist that hag such a motto as that,