The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 5, 1896, Page 8

THE SAN FRA NCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, | ELDER'S WARRANT WIS HELD OUT, Auditor Broderick Puts the Demand in His Drawer. RESULT OF AN OLD FEUD The Sidewalk Inspector Collides With the Street Super- intendent. LACKS ASHWORTH'S SIGNATURE A Legal Battle Between the Officials Is Promised Over the Delayed Salary. The prospects of a bitter legal battle between Superintendent of Streets Ash- worth and George W. Elder, the sidewalk inspector of the Board of Supervisors, over | the y of the latter, are excellent in vie nt happenings. feud of long standing exists between the two officials, and Mr. Ashworth appears to be venting his spite on the Inspector by withholding his signature to the latter’'s warran As the Auditor will not sign aemands nst the junds of the Street Depart- without the signature of the Super- tendent, Mr. Elaer goes. without his men ous to Elder’s appointment by the ard of Supervisors, his cessor, In ector Reid, received his salary regularly, e warrants being signed by Mr. As worth without a protest. When Eider’s appointment was made known to Ashworth that individual in'me- | diately stated that there wasa question whether he would sign his warrants, as he did not recognize the right of the Board of Supervisors to appoint men whose pay came out of the funds of his department. His excuse for signing Reid’s warrants | was that tue latter was an old man and that he did not care to stop his salary. Of course the impropriety of spending | the people’s money out of sympathy for the man to whom it was paid did not seem to strike Mr. Ashworth as being out of the way. A few days ago the Board of Super- visors sent down Elder's warrant for his first month’s salary, and the paper was promptly returned by Ashworth without the nature which woula have insured the attaching of Auditor Broderick’s and made the warrant exchangable for $100 at the treasury. Then the Supervisors signed the war- rant and sent it to the Auditor, but the watchman of the Treasury put it in his w and there it remains. vas on a hunt for his warrant vesterday and speediiy located it in the Auditor’s office. He demanded to know why it had not signed with the other warrants and told that as it was on the Str tment funds and lacked the sig the Superintendent of Streets it was no in legal form and must be held up unti signed by Ashworth, **While I believe the Superintendent of Streets to be wrong in the matter,” said Mr. law points it out to me and hold this warrant until the matter is fixed up. 1 right,” rejoined Elder; “but I not Ashworth to sign. The z of the warrant to him from the rd of Supervi s was all the legal and that was necessary, and that is all he will get. If he intends deprive me of my salary to satisfy the animus he has against me I will go to the courts for relief and force him to pay whatis justly due. for along period without a kick of any kind, and this fight he is making is not against the office, as ne claims, but against me personally. My reports on some of the bad jobs that have been passed by some of his men have angered him, ana he is trying to get even.” PUNCTURED h SERSKTION It Was Brought From Hawaii by Passengers Who Arrived Yesterday. A Naval Clash Alleged to Have Been Imminent Over the Case of Colonel Ashford, A sensational report was brought to this City by passengers who arrived from Hon- olulu on the steamer Alameda yesterday. It was asserted that England was en- deavoring to coerce President Dole into allowing Colonel Volney O. Ashford, who had been deported from the island on con- viction of misprision of treason, to return to Hawaii. The reports went so far as to intimate that President Dole had appealed to ‘Washington to prevent the expected coercion on the part of Great Britain, and that in consequence a clash between Brit- ish and American naval forces was threat- ened at Honolula. The utter absurdity of these stories was shown by the fact that Colonel Ashford has been confined for nearly nine montfs in the French Hospitalfof this City, suffering from a variety of ills, which culminated in a paralytic gtroke, and for six weeks past his nourishment bas been given by means of a tube. At the present time he is undergoing some slight improvement, but was not in condition to be interviewed. His brother Clarence, however, is thoroughly familiar with the colonel’s affairs. Speaking of them yesterday he said: “My brother having been convicted by nilitary court of the offense of mis- prisicn of treason (failure to disclose his alleged knowledge of treason committed by others), the British Government, to whom he appealed, represented to the Hawaifan Government that the conviction was rendered upon insufficient and illegal evidence and reques that the convic- tion be set aside and the sentence founaed thereon annulied. I understand that that request has not béen finally answered . by the Hawaiian Government, though negotiations have been proceea- ing between the two Governments upon the topic for some months. The claim that my brother has repeatediy or at all psked permission to land in Hawaiiis ab- solutely false. He has never asked per- th 8 De- | Broderick, *I must do my duty as the | to | He paid Reid’s salary | mission and never will ask, and would not accept it.” . 5 Clarence Ashford declined to discuss the threatened naval incident, saying that when his brother was ready to return to Honolulu he wou'd do so. At present, however, the probability of his early re- turn was very remote. — OLNEY UNINFORMED. He Knows Nothing of the Alleged Coercive Action of Great Britain. WASEINGTON, D. C., June 4.—THE CALL correspondent asked Secretary Olney to-night if the State Department bad re- ceived any notification from Honolulu concerning Volney Ashford, who was ex- patriated from the Hawaiian Islands for complicity in the Hawaiian revolution of 1895. It wasreported that Ashford bad been refused landing on the island, and being a British subject, had appealed to his Gov- ernment, and that the English Premier had demanded that President Dole per- mit Ashtford to land. Secretary Olney replied: “I have heard nothing of the matter.” Another State Department official was more communicative. He did not wish to be quoted, but said to THE CALL corre- spondent: “Isaw a press dispatch intimating that Great Britain would send a man-of-war to Honolulu to enforce the demand that Ashford be allowed to land, and also the statement that the Hawaiian Government in that event would appeal to the United States for aid. I think there is no foundation for either sensation. I donot think that Great Britain would take this much interest in the case of a participant in the Hawaiian revolution, nor do I be- lieve that the United States would inter- fere in behalf of President Dole’s Govern- ment. This is only my individual opin- ion. Up to the closing of the department at 4 o'clock we had received no advices I CORBETT WILL B0% The Olympic Club is Arranging ! for an Evening of Fistic Sport. The Champion Will Appear Before His O1d Friends Ere He Departs. The Olympic Club is arranging to give a | special boxing night in its gymnasium | prior to the departure of Champion Cor- bett for the East. R e o hort, through whose untiring efforts the club scored such a marked suc- cess in its boxing tournament which was | beld at the Pavilion a few weeks ago, is | now engineering tbe present scneme. The doctor states that the entertainment will be for members only, and that a first-class evening’s fistic sport may be looked for. As there are a large number of the old members of the eclub who are anxious to see their old favorite instructor and cham- pion of champions once again in Ting cos- tume, James J. Corbett has consented to appear in a friendly setto with one of the members or his old sparring partner and | trainer, Billy Delaney. | ~ Corbett has always retained a warm spot | in his heart for the Olympic Club, and it goes without saying that his appearance within the ropes where he first made his | mark as a boxer will be the signal fora cheer such as has not been heard within | the grand structure since the night that the news of his victory over the once fa- mous John L. Sullivan flashed over the wires and. feill on the ears of the large wd that was waiting in the gymnasium ne welcome information. interest now taken by sporting men istic has got the tongues of aternity a-wagging. There is quite a sprinkling of ‘“manly s’ in the City at present, and the | clubs wiil not have to look a great distance | for talent. | _Tom Sharkey, who defeated | Wednesday evening, has a conclusion that he is good enough to meet any of the heavy-weights, barring Jim | Corbett. | Sharkey is certainly wise in excepting the champion from the number of star per. | formers, any of whom he is now ready to | meet in either a finish fight or a limited contest. | Among the heavy-weights of the present | ! day t ere is one man, who lives not far from the center of the City, who, although Laving remained very quict during the re- | cent spell of pugilism, is only too anxious | to give Thomas Sharkey, or any other man, for that matter, a little fistic inter- view. Joe McAuliffe and his manager, Professor Barney Farley, are prepared, at |'a moment’s notice. to attach their sizna- | tures to any articles of agreement that may be pleasing to Sharkey. The latter need not look to the East for an opponent as long as McAuliffe is in ) the land of the living. True, McAuliffe has been defeated by Jackson, Slavin and Goddard, but it must be said in behalf of the “‘Mission Giant” that there are very few men in the fighting business to-day outside of Corbett and Jackson who are in McAuliffe’s clas: If Joe would keep himself in anything like fair condition he could find any num- ber of men of meanswho would back him against Sharkey, Slavin, Maher, Fitzsim- mons and others who are now looking for high honors. , It is said that Corbett has asked Sharkey | to travel with him as his sparring partner. Thomas should, most assuredly, avail of this opportunity, because one vear of his life as a pugilist of m'§n aspirations could not be put to better advantage than meet- ing and boxing with the cleverest heavy- weight that ever stepped between ropes. Corbett would teach Sharkey points in the game that the latter has never dreamed of. No one will question Sharkey’s game qualities. He is as brave as a lion and as strong as an ox. All he requires to make him a topnotcher is a year's instruction under such a polished artist as James J. Corbett. Sharkey’s style of hitting is cramped. His body does not go with a blow, but Corbett will quickly remedy the sailor's defects and in one year’s time make him a fighter and a terror to all those ‘‘big guns” who are now anxious for a “‘crack’ at the pride of the navy. —le FATE OF TWO SNAKES. They Wereat the Bottom of a Mine Shaft When Notice to Quit Was Served. A Yorest and Stream correspondent tells a South African snake story. Two snakes were at the bottom of a sixty-foot mine shaft. The snakes were each about ten feet long and of one of the most poisonous species, known as mambas. Now, miners and ten-foot mambas do not agree very well, and this is especially true when both are at the bottom of a mining shaft. The miners whose claim had been jumped sent a messacze down to the snakes with orders to come up. The message was a bottle of dynamite with a lighted fuse attached. The snakes obeyed the sum- mons at once. . They came up the perven- dicular shaft with such speed that they shot up thirty feet above the opening of the shaft. When they came down they were somewhat mixed. The two tails hed in some way got tangled into a square knot, such as sailors tie. The snakes wanted to go in opposite directions, but the efforts were in vain and they fell to and stung one another to death. The Korest and Streaw does not vouch for this story. It would have been all right to have the snakes Liown out of the shaft, but the sailor’s knot sent it to the column where the camptires flicker. ——————— The Season’s Family Execursion. | ORGANIZED FOR PARTY HARMONY Eight Hundred and Twenty Republicans of the Thirty-Fifth. YOUNG MEN OF VIGOR. The Club Began Life October 29 With Only One Hun- dred Members. PURE POLITICS A. PRINCIPLE. To Meet Twice a- Month Until MoreE Frequent Assemblages Become Necessary. | The Thirty-fifth Assembly District Re- publican Club, organized October 29, 1895, with 100 members, has grown to a member- anthority. Therefore, Weaver asks. that Reddy be removed and he reinstated. Attorney-General Fitzzerald has sanc- tioned the bringing of the suit in the name of the State. e CRUELTY TO A MOTHER. How a Blind 0ld Lady Was Dumped on the Sidewalk. Mrs. Schaffer of Clipper street, near Sanchez, applied to the Mayor’s office yes- terday to know if her sister, Mrs. Pierson, who lives at 927 Twenty-third street, and is well off could not be compelled to con- tribute to the support of her blind and aged mother. She was informed that the Mayor could do nothing for the old lady, and that having daughters capable of sup- porting her she was ineligible for the Almshouse. For some time past the sisters have been wrangling over the support of the aged mother, who is in feeble health and has not long to live. Mrs, Schaffer is a widow with five children tosupport, and it is as much as she can do to provide for them. Mrs. Bahrs, who lives on Twenty-second street, near Folsom, has & husband and no | children, but she refuses to be burdened with her mother. Mrs. Pierson is well-to- do, and is said by her sister to be building herself a fine home on the Mission road. For the last few weeks the mother has been residing on tolerance with Mrs. Pier- son. Yesterday Mrs. Schaffer complained to the Society for the Prevention of Cru- elty to Children that the evening previous Mrs. Pierson had gathered together some bits of furniture that belonged to her mother and calling an express wagon had ordered them to be hauled upon it, and putting the old lady in along with the fur- niture had ordered the man to take his load to the residence of Mrs. Bahrs, on Twenty-second street. & The expressman acted acgording to Mrs. Pierson’s instructions, but on arriving at V. E. Northrup, President of the Thirty-fifth Assembly District Republican Ciub [Drawn by a “Call” artist from a photograph by Bushnell.] ship of 820 actnal resident voters in the | district. | About the organizers who held their original meeting in Stanford Hall, corner of Valencia and Twenty-eighth streets, were soon gathered as councilors and di- | | rectors the older and more experienced oliticians of the district, who eagerly | .ent their assistance to help make the club a prominent factor of a powerful political party in this City. Whether their | expectations have been realized may be | determined largely from the growth of the club, forin politics numbers combined with unity of purpose is the criterion of strength. Starting with the idea that the club | should have more in view than the work | of one great campaign, a permanent o ganization was effected, with V. F. Nor rop as president, C. M. Depew, vice-pres dent; R. H. Stafford, secretary, and C. L. | Hedemark, treasurer. In addition to | these officers the club has the following strong executive committee of twenty- four: James McKnight, D. F. Mul phy, Perry J. Smith, W. W. Pherson A. Grant vi M J Kelley, PyC. Fran i Torrello, W, Collin Debenham, Plumbe, D, Vi in M Dean, R. 8. 1 the honse Mrs. Bahrs showed no desire to welcome either her mother or the furni- ture. The goods and the old lady were therefore dumped down on the sidewalk | and according to the statement of Officer McMurray of the Society for the Preven- tion of Cruelty to Children, who investi- gated the case yesterday, they were all left out in the road for some time. Finally Mrs. Bahrs took ber mother in, but she threatens to return her to Mrs. Pierson. Mrs. Schaffer wants to know if there is not some means of preventing the old lady from being carted about in express wagons, The society can do very little for her, as 1ts jurisdiction does not_extend to people in their second childnood. General McComb advised her to place the case in the hands of an_attorney, and finding no redress at the Mayor’s office, she left, stating that she intended to fol- low the general’s aavice. FOR THE RAILROAD. The Supreme Court Reduces the Dam- ages in the Warner Case. The Supreme Court yesterday reversed the judgment of the lower court in the case of Willis T. Warner against the Southern Pacific Company and sent the | case back for a new trial. In the Superior % | Court the plaintiff was awarded $5000 damages for being ejected from a train at Fresno. The opinion holds that the employer C.L Hedemark, Treas CM Depew, V.Pres. . R.H Stafford, Sec'y._ Officers of the Thirty-fifth Assi embly District Republican Club. Valencia street and there in a comfortabiy furnished and commodions hall the mem- bers assemble from time to time and in lit- tle groups discuss the political issues of the day and the possibilities of the local field. But hereaiter regular meetings will be iield on the first and third Fridays of each month. As the campaign nears its climax the club will meet every Friday evening. In anticipation of an exciting season of torchlight processions and street parades the clu groboses soon to organize a uni- formed branch, composed of the repre- sentative, vigorous, younger men. Throughout its experience the aim of this club bas been to stand for pure poli- tics, and that idea has been impressed upon each prospective member. THREW WEAVER OUT. Superintendent Reddy of the Alms- house Said to Hold Office Illegally. P. L. Weaver, through his attorney, Henry E. Highwon, brought suit yesterday sgainst Superintendent Reddy of the Almshouse, asking that Reddy be removed from office and that he, Weaver, who formerly filled the position, be restored to power. . Itis alleged that Weaver was illegally removed from office and for political rea- sons. He says that the meeting which or- dered his decapitation was not a legal one and that there was no justcause for the San Jose and return §1. Iroquois Club out- ing. Trainleaves Third and Townsend 9 o'clock, I + | Sunday, June 7. Valencia-street station 9:10. action. Reddy is claimed to have forcibly ejected Weaver from the Almshouse without due cannot be held responsible for the uali- cious acts of his employe except to repair the damage inflicted, provided that the employer does not ratify the malicious acts. The conductor’s action in this case was judged to be malicious, and compensa- :9ry damages should be allowed, not puni- ive. { Inillustration, it is said that should an | engineer run his engine close to a street | erossing in crder to frighten streetcar pas- sengers the railroad company cannot vroperly be held responsible beyond com- pensation for whatever actual damage oceurs. Neither is a merchant responsible should an employe wantonly and maliciously drive over some onae ‘in the street. The act is entirely that of the driver, and the merchant can only be made to pay for the actual damage done. In the Fresno matter Warner may ob- tain compensatory damages, but the court bLolds that $5000 is too much. Justice McFarland fathered the opinion, with Justices Henshaw and Temple con- carring. ————— Annapolis Students. ANNAPOLIS, Mp., June 4.—The follow- ing are among the members of nextyear's first clase who have been selected for the engineer division, and they will remain at the academy this summer, continuing their course in steam engineering: Peter L. Praw, Illinois; Henry Jensen, Wiscon- sin; Robert W. Henderson, Ohio: Hilar Williams, Indiana; Clarence S. Kemvfif‘: California; Robert C. Bagby, Missouri; George Van Orden, Michigan; Andrew T. Graham, Illinois; George Weber, Arkan- sas; Irwin F. Landis, California. THE BUCKLEYITES REPUDIATE BUCKLEY At Least Andy Clunie Did and the Boys Ap- plauded Him. A REPORT AND A SPEECH The General Committes Orders Headquarters at Sacra- meato. AN ANTI-A, P. A. RESOLUTION A.]. Clunie Paid His Respects to Mc- Nab, Daggett and Gould in Pointed Words. The Buckley general committee filled B’nai B'nth Hall last evening with its big but brief meeting. A more important meeting wil! be that of the 161 State Convention delegates at Pythian Castle ‘this evening. The meet- ing last night heard and aporoved the re- port of the executive committee, and heard a brief and pointed speech by An- drew J. Clunie. As the primary is over and thereis noth- ing else to do until the State Convention does its work with local politics, the inter- est and fortunes of the faction are mainly bound up with the convention delegation. In effect the meeting of Jast night con- sisted of a respectful bow of the executive committee to the general committee, acknowledging and emphasizing the theory that the former body is the ser- vant of the latter and that no boss or little Junta of bosses is seeking to run things to the exclusion of the sovereign people. When Chairman Rothschild bad made the proper parliaméntary passes and Sec- retary Daniel Maguire Gavigan had con- sumed much time reading the minutes of the last meeting, when so much was done and so many resolutions adonted, ex-Sen- ator M. J. Donovan, chairman of the executive committee, proceeded with his report. T The report recited the organization of the committee April 21, the carrying out of the details of the primary election ordered by the general committee, at which 161 delegates to the State Conven- tion were elected. It aiso told of the order that all delegates must pledge themselves to carry out a policy in support of free silver, in opposi- tion to the funding bill and in opposition | to the A. P. A. The resolution about the A.P. A. adopted by the executive commit- tee was as follows: Resolved, That we oppose any union of church and state, and we recognize loyslty, intélii- gence and honesty as the main requirements of good citizenship, and we denounce any attempt to create a relizions qualification for office s unjust and unconstitutional. Resolved, That we are unalterably opposed to the principles announced by the American Protective Association and denounce th me #s un-American and_opposed to the principles of the constitution of tne United States. The report recommended that thes: resolutions be adopted by the general committee as part of the political creed of the local Democratic party. The report was adopted with applause. Mr. Donovan announced that he had one to Sacramento and filed with John Markley, secretary of the State Central Committee, the credentials of the delega- tion as required by the State Convention call and received a receipt therefore. He expressed the satisfaciion of the executive committee at the big turnout of voters at the primary. He further stated that while in Sacramento he had looked about for headquarters, and found one or two desirable ones, and said that the matter ought to be attended to. Mr. Donovan was cheered, the executive committee was ordered to attend to the headquarters business, and the Buckley- ites will have a big delegatién home when the roar of the convention begins at Sac- ramento. The audience began calling, calling for “Clunie!” Andy got up and volleys of “Platform!” arove him to thestage. There he said a few things pointedly and the first one was in favor of the executive com- mittee. “I believe that the executive committee of this body 1s the best one the party has ever had,’” he said, “and Senator Dono- van as chairman has added a great deal to the weight of the body before the people of San Francisco. *‘He has not a desire to usurp power as some chairmen and some executive com- mittees have had, and understands that you are the governing body of the party. If you give way to the principle that the executive committe should run the party it will go back to the condition it was in under the reoiganizers, when a few men took all power into their own hands. “The condition of the party in San Fran- cisco is not one that now promises success in November. I dont want o see any Junta and anti-Junta business; [ want to see a united party.” Then Clunie denied that Buckley con- trolled the organization and talked about Daggett, McNab and Gould. “The so-called Junta has sent out circa- lars saying that Mr. Buckley dominates this organization. I want to repudiate that statement, and I think that every member of this committee will repudiate it. I believe that we are all opposed to one- man power. This committee is not domi- nated by any one man, but the other organization is dominated by three or four men as bad as Mr. Buckley. *‘I do not desire to go into personalities, but when it is known that the man who chiefly controls the other side is John Daggett, who was read out of the party a few years ago, we will receive fair con- sideration. ‘‘Another leader on the other side is Mr. McNab, who does not appear to be one of the men whom the Democracy of the State wants as a leader. The record of the ‘re- organizers’ shows that McNab was read out of the party by tne votes of Jeremiah Sullivan, Samuel Braunhart and almost every representative man who claims to affiliate with the Junta of San Francisco. “‘Both of these men have been read out of the party as traitors to the party and the principle, and it _is these men who are saying that you and Icannotsitin a Demo- cratic convention.” Frank Gould, Clunie said, was mixed up with the local trouble, was identified with one faction in favor of which he was prejudiced and pledged, and he was not a 1it person to preside over the convention which was to decide the contest. He was unfair, biased and under the control of Gavin McNab, who was nota leader of the Democracy in 8an Francisco orin any part of the State. Mr. Clunie mentioned Senator White and Lieutenant- Governor Jeter as candidates for the con- vention chairmanship. “Nobody in the party doubts my De- mocracy. " I have placed myself in this organization because I see in it the men who have done the work of the party for years, and I tell you the party cannot af- ford to ignore such men. *““These statements about Buckley’s con- trol are wholly false, and the members of this committee ought to go about among its friends and say that, no matter what baly | the papers say, we are not under the con- trol of any man. “The question of Buckleyism is dead. The issues that will arise at Sacramento are National issues, and this delegation is pledred to silver. It has at its head the Honorable James I. Stanton, who, as the people know, would not identify himself with this organization if he did not be- lieve that this delegation represents the sentiments of the people on the railroad question. “The Junta has nominated Judge Ma- guire for Congress by the wonderful ability of Gavin McNab, but [ carnot per- ceive the consistency of it after the Junta had declared that Mr. Maguire was not fit to represent the party in the National convention. That proceeding will not catch any flies or fool anybody.” WHen Clunie had been applauded again the committee adjourned to the cail of the chair. MALAYS ARE PIRATES, But Their Crimes Are Much More Care- fully Conducted. In the Malay peninsula piracy has de- clined considerably since the expedition of twenty years ago, but Perak, Salangore and Romhow still distinguish themselves now and again by a little undisguised business of this kind. In China the two great hotbeds of buccaneérs are the places which have been celebrated in this direc- tion for centuries—Amoy and Canton. The Amoy people proper, who speak the Amoy dialect and live in the walled city, are very quiet, peaceable and orderly, and have a pronounced antipathy for fighting, whether on sea or shore. But back of Amoy is the mountainous district of Tongan. 1t is connected with the ocean by many arms of the sea. Its soil is sterile and its resources are very few; its people, like the mountaineers, are thin, muscular, brave and resolute. Xven to-day they preserve asemi-independence of a military nature. These make their living by piracy. They and the men of Canton have learned wisdom by experience. They no longer cruise the wide seas, attacking any crafi that may come along. There are too many gunboats patrolling the coast—too many rifled guns and too many vardarms. Law and order, in the last half-century, have shot, hanged, drowned, blown up or burned at least 100,000 foliowers of the “*black flag.” To-day the work is done on a smaller scale, but on a far shrewder and safer basis. They keep spies at various places in their neighborhood, who report to head- quarters whenever some junk is to leave that has a rich cargo or carries a large amount of money. Along with this goes the information of who commands the boat, how large a crew it carries and how itisarmed. The pirates then plan to in- tercept the craft in some river or arm of the sea, or else in some shoal water near the coast, where there is no chance of meeting a gunboat and where, after the robbery, they will have a safe means of escape. Their calculations are carefully made, llgm come out right only once in four or five times. It may be that a foreign or Chinese gunboat suddenly appears on the scene. It may be that the junk they are after goes past their rendézvous with a European steamer or river launch, or may- adverse winds and tides and so does no ap- bear at the time and place figured upon. When they do make a capture they are not 50 brutal and cruel as in the old years. For the rest, any one who knows China and the Chinese will not need to be told that the booty is easily disposed of with- out risks or questions asked.—Pall Mall Gazette. A MEMORY UNEXCELLED. Charles Doirt of This City Takes the Premium for Reten- tiveness. Can Name in a Flash the Number of the Fire and Police Box of Any Street. Charles Dorr, a bartender in Colonel Coakley’s resort, out on Geary street, has one of the most remarkable memories He has at his tongue’s end the exact loca- tion of any fire, police patrol, or telephone box in the City of San Francisco. Inother words, the fire-alarm card or the telephone book is useless when he is within con- sulting distance. He has been in this country but a short time, too, and has gleaned this remarkable infarmation by simply elancing, as it were, at the written schedules. Tell him upon what street you live, and between what intersecting streets, and he will inform you with incredible swiftness hap the prospective victim is delayed by | that has ever been mentioned in print. | STO00 UP BY A POLIGEMAN Four Members of the Paint- ers’ Union in a Novel Role. SUSPECTED AS BURGLARS Money, Garments and Jewels Stolen From a Post-Street House. THE WORKMEN WERE INNOCENT An Officer Who Meant Well, But Who Unwittingly Followed the Wrong Clew. Some of the “finest”” on the police force, who are not looking for Blanther or Dun- ham, have been distinguishing themselves in other channels. One of the blue-coated officers had a very exciting experience on Tuesday, when he made things Iively in his pursuit of crime. He was “single-handed and alone,” and he held up four sturdy, hard-working men, each capable of doing him bedily injury in a hand-to-hand conflict. He Jined them up against & wall and searched their clothes for plunder suspected to be hidden | therein. It is the story of a daylight burglary— one of those the public seldom hears of unless the burglar is caught retlkxnnqed. L. Ravaret, a French artist of considera- ble means, had taken np quarters at 47 Post street, where he cccupied a suite numbered 32, on the second floor, facing both Kearny and Post streets. Tuesday M. Ravaret left his apartment, !and during his absence of & few hours some miscreant visited the place and car- ried off $62 in coin, a lady’s plush cape valued at $45, a gold necklace, a pair of opera glasses and a field glass. Other ar- ticles were likewise purioined, making a total value of nearly $600. Ravaret’s rooms were not exactly broken | into, for the burglar did his work in a neat manner, evidently having either picked the lock or else gained an entrance through one of the windows. The police were notified immediately of the theft by Mrs. Tracy, the landlady, and the only detective available was sent to the scene. ‘There was no clew, strange to say. But, |in the absence of one, there were four painters busily engaged painting the out- ward walls. They were high up in the air on platforms strung from the housetop by ropes, and they were industriously attend- ing to business. At 6 o’clock in the afternoon the painters “knocked-off” work. Their ordinary street clothes were stored away on the third floor in a closet the landlady bad given them the privilege to use. It was there that the policeman awaited their coming. “Throw up your hands,”” shouted the | representative of the detective force. ““What's the marter now?"’ asked Charles Warnick, who had arrived first to cast off his oyeralls. A. W. Franklin, Robert Burns and P. J. Lennon were close behind Warnick and with him were deeply interested in solving what the policeman was aiming at. | Not for a second did they dream that 1 they were suspected of being burglars. As a matter of iact they knew nothing about the rifling of Ravaret’s rooms. But they | had to take their medicine and be lined up | against the wall and systematically searched by the policeman. Of course nothin> but their own prop- | erty was found upon their persons. The | men are representative members of the Painters’ Union, men of family, highly re- | spected wherever known, and the experi- ence was so ludicrous to them they have | not yet had time to get angry. Thomas Downing, their employer, laughed over the episode when he was asked about it yesterday. | 3 NEW TO-DAY. the nearest fire-box you should seek in | case of a fire, or the nearest police patrol | box that would be used in case of trouble. Your Doctor will tell matter of streets and numbers ig absolute in preciseness and comprehensiveness. A party of genilemen recently made & wager of $40 that he could be caught in tue fire alarm and police patrol system of boxes extant in the City. He was put to the most trymg test and came cut victo- rious. The men who put up money on him, it is peedless to say, were not the losers. The questions asked bim were: “If 1 live on Broaerick street, between Sutter and Bush, which is the nearest fire alarm and the nearest pohice patrol box?”’ or, *‘Near what street 1s box so and 80?” Ina flash the correct numbers would be given. Mr. Dorr can also give the telephone number of any engine-house in the City and can tell you at a moment’s notice chief or marshal. The marvelous retentiveness of his memory is illustrated in any field. Give him the number of any streetcar in the City and he will tell you the street it runs on. Give hima street and he will tell you the numbers of all thecars that runon that pariicular street. Ask him where a certain house numbered so and 8o on any street is and he will say, “It is between such and such streets.’ He can tell the nearest telephone num- ber and any house numberin the City. He will tell you correctly the present number of the badee of any policeman on the force, giving you that cificer's name. Write a row of twenty or more figures. He simply runs his eye acrossit. Ask him a week or a month later and he will tell you the number you wrote without an error. . Hisknowledge of the English language is meager, but, singularly, he can spell any name which he cannot even pro- nounce, In short, whatever he sees or reads or hears he never forgets, but can tell it as he heard it any time after. He multiplies, adds, substracts and di- vides with wonderful quickness. Ask him to muitiply six figures by six figures. ana he gives you the result before you have calculated the first figure. Should a policeman tell him what beat he traverses, Mr. Dorr will inform him what fire and patrol boxes are on his beat and exactly where they are located; and the trohua patrol box system is compli- cated, there being numbers repeated over and over again. In his voyage here from Australia Mr. Dorr astonished the captain of his vessel by his wonderful, rapid and correct read- ing of signals given by passing ships. He will tell you the street above and below any street in the cit{, but to enumerate ail that his remarkable gift is capable of would fill pages. He has acquired this accurate knowledge, too, in the most de- sultory sort of way— between mixed drinks, as it were. D T The Siebe trial yesterday was taken up with the testimony of Deputy Assessors, who used much time in telling that they were not re- sponsible for the omission of the assessment of portions of the property of the Market-street Railway Company. what numberto use to call up any fire | In fact, his knowledge of this City in the ‘ 'you that Cod-liver Oil 'will make better, richer ‘blood, bring back color 'to your cheeks and put ‘on flesh where health ‘demands it; that Hy- 'pophosphites tone up 'the nervous system, relieve exhaustion and permit healthy activity ‘of mind. To obtain these results he will tell you that you must be sure to get Scott’s Emulsion, which con- tains the purest Cod- liver Ol and the largest amount of Hypophos- phites happily united by its own peculiar process and producing results which no other Emul- sion can promise. 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