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10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1896. A POPULIST ON WATSON AND BRYAN State Secretary Bush Speaks for the “Middle of the Road.” SAYS VOTE FOR WATSON The Vital Issues of the Party Mr. Bryan Refuses to Discuss. THE TIGER WILL BE SICK. A Call to the Party to Stand by Watson and Save the -Popu- list Cause. There is a large majerity in the Populist party of California which is disgusted with the action of the St. Louis convention and which is not disposed to let the party be wholly digested apd assimilated by the Democratic tiger. They will stand by Watson for Vice- President at least, as this is all that is left to them. Most of the party leaders take this stand. One of tnem -is R. E. Bush, secretary of the Populist State Central Committee, who expresses his attitude in the tollowing manner: ¥ Ii Watson, then Bryan. Let events come. If Sewall should insist, and if Bryan should continue to demand Sewall’s indorsement, we, the Populists, may yet have a straight ticket. Who knows but that the voters of this Nation may- even elect and seat a Populist President to succeed G (old) Cleveland? The Great American Nation in the first ceh- wury of its ‘existence spoke four times; and then spoke only in the thunder tones of war. Must Americans always speak by bloodshed ? No, and in fact the voies of 1892 and 1894 are merely the unsteady efforts of an aroused people endeavoring 1o determine public. poli- cies by displacing poliucal administrations. And the action of our National Convention in naming Watson is an indication of a more di- rect control in the future by the people of public policies through the initistive and Teferendum. There are those who prefer a straight ticket, and for this reason a straight ticket was in our opinion the best preparatior for an endur- ing public approval of the political demands mentioned in our Omaha piatform of 1896. But our time as straight-qut Texans had not come on July 25, Our time is now come, fellow-Populists. The fight is now on between greedy selfish- ness and htman life. As individuals you and I were lost in the great mass of citizens who awaited the decision of that last.conventio But our party grows. Qur duty is upon us, burden, & responsibility greater than th: thrown'at us by the Democrats of Chicago. Remember you not their cry in public, ““Here, indorse our men, or you Populists by your re- fusal do endanger the cause of silver?” Now Populists say with the Southern delegates, *“Vote for Watson, or you Democrats by refus- ing are endangering the cause of American liberty.” Who now says that Populists alone are responsible for the election or defeat of McKinley? Are we in a majority? Were we ever responsible alone? A political party, unless it is dead, is ahead of its platform. ~A candidate is usually up to his party and always should be abreast of his platiorm. Mr. Bryan is reported to have said that he will not discuss some of the issues in the People’s party platiorm of 1896. What are these issues? Iiitis true that the Democratic tiger has swallowed Populist silver ideas will not the tiger be torn to pieces when the silver fulmin- ate explodes by the idea of Government own- ership and operation of public utilities ? Of course, Populists know that persons and private corporations do business jor private gain and that taxes cannot be levied for pri- "embrace all matter not embraced in the vate purposes directly. You know that public corporations, like towns and school districts, do collect taxes and do make & private profit for their citizens. The large number of cor- porations that are in politicsare of anothar sort. They are quasi-public corporations, These not onlg make profits, but they do so by means of the backing they have from the Gov- ernment, which other citizens and other cor- porations do not have. A privete citizen cannot coin money or con- demn and take private property for his use. 1f the Federal tax of 10 per cent per annum on the issues of State banks were removed by Con- gress—as desired by many Democrats in 1894-85—numerous State banks would issue benk currency, as they did before 1866. Na- tional banks ‘to-day issue such currency, and because of the scarcity of money issued by the General Government, this currency is and would be used by b trade. Mr. Brya ds on his platform in opposition to this bank money; but the Bank- ers’ Association for years has been clamoring for the complete control of the issuance of money h;l;the banks instead of the Govern- ment. The bankers point to the Clearing. house statistics to show that 92 per cent of the business of the country is now done by bank discounts and bilis of exchange, etc., and argue that the banks shouid be given full control ot the issuance of the money. In a negative way the banks, through the scarcity of money and their endeayor to keep it scarce, are using the Eower to coin money for the gain of their stock- olders. Therefore the discount charged by the bank is virtually a tax for pflvnu})urpowl. The issuanee of National money is one of the most important of public utilities. Taxes are paid in money. There must be & sufficient smount of money provided by the Government for the use of its citizens in business, whereby the citizen may-labor without hindrance or discount and from the results of his iabor pa his tax. See section 3 of the Populist plan on fi'nlnce. Will Mr. Bryan discuss this ques- tion But the greater number of quasi-public cor- porations are engaged in providing the public with “gas, water, electricity, fares, freights and telegrams and phones. All of these cor- porations are run for gain and all depend upon their power to condemn their right of way and their privilege of fixing their rates so as to earn & good dividend. These corporations are in politics to protect their special privi- leges. “As Benton said of the National bank of his time, “You cannot beil thet cat.” And like that 0ld bank these corporations by vari- ous means escape taxation. «an these modern corporations be controlled at all excent by ownership and operation by either city, county, State or Nation? Will Mr. Bryan discuss this issue? His.very refusal to discuss the ques- tion of taxation for private gain will lead to & full discussion thereof. Populists know that ‘the power to tax is the Fower to destroy,” and the most hideous tax s an ivdirect tax. Populists know that the Goyermment can control only what it owns, not what owns it. Therefore be ye ready for a straigat campsign on basic principles. 1f Watson, then Bryan. Our Populist Vice-President is uota nonen- tity. Watson stands for Populism, and Pop- ulism stands for the 12,063,4% > fomilies in the Unitcd States whose yeariy incomes are under $3000 (see Arena. pege 660, March, 1896). Watson anuounces that he wiil not withdraw, Says he: *If Mr. Bryan (and the Democraey) did not Want our support Senator Jones had no busi. ness at 8t. Louis. If the Demoerats (and Mr. Sewall) are _so unreasonable as to refuse us Populists of the South (and eisewhere) any recognition at all, tnat fact wounld show that the real pury of the apparent adoption of our principles is to kill our party and not to enact \hosménrinclples into the law. Juiy 29, 1896. R. E. BusH. A GIFT IN VILW OF DEATH. Judge Coffey’s Decision as to What Makes It Legal. In passing on the case of the estate of Patrick Curtis .vs. Reddy, Judge Coffey yesterday rendered a aecision as to what constitutes “‘donatio causa mortis"—a gift in view of death. His Honor said that in order for such a gift to be valid, five conditions must ob- tain—first, the gift must be made with a view to the donor’s death; second, the donor must die of the present ailment; third, there must be an actual delivery to the donee; fourth, there must bean ac- ceptance of the gift; fifth, all the elements must concur or transpire during the life- time of the donor. Judge Coffey also saia, however, that the Probate Court had no }urhdicuon or power to decide a question of title to prop- erty in a proceeding of this kind. > ‘he application of the plaintiff was therefore denied and the citation dis- missed. MAIL LIMIT REVISED. Weight of ¥ourth-Class Natter Is Finally Fixed at Four Pounds. Postmaster McCoppin was yesterday no- { tified by the department at Washington that in future fourth-class mail matter must not exceed four pounds in weight. The ruling is regarded as an important one for the reason tnat heretofore printed or written official matter regardless of weight has been accepted at the various offices. The circular of the Postmaster- General reads as follows: Section 320, Postal Laws and Regulations, is hereby amended in accordance with the pro- visions of the act of Congress approved June 8, 1896, to read as follows: Ihat maileble matter of the fourth class shall first, sec- ond or thira class which is not 1n its form or na- ture liable to destroy, deface or otherwise damage the contents of the mail bag Or harm the person of any oue engaged in the postal service. and is no above the weight provided by law, which is hereby declared to be no: exceeding four pounds for each package Lhereof, except in case of single books welghing in excess of tuat amount, and except for ks and documents publisae. or circulated by order of Congress, or printed or iwritten official matter emanating from any of the departments of the Government or from the Smithsonian insti- tution, or which Is not declared unmailable under the provisions of section 3893 of the Revised Statutes as amended by the act of July 12, 1878, or matter apperiaining Lo iotteries, gift concerts or fraudulent schemes or devices. Postmasters, except at the City of Washing- ton, D. C., are instructed to decline to accept for mailing packages offered to them weighing in excess of the limit provided by law, whether such packeges are presented as free matter by officers of the Government, under the penalty label, or prepaid as third or fourth class mai- T. The limit of weight does not apply to second- class matter mailed st the pound rate of post- age, or at the rate of one cent for each four ounces, nor wili it be enforced at present against. matter fully prepaid with postage stamps affixed at the first-class (letter) rate of postage. - Special instructions will be issued to the postmaster at Washington, D. C. ‘WILLIAM L. WiLsON, Postmaster-General. — A NEW TRANSFER POINT Western Addition and Kearny- Street -Cars Exchange Pas- sengers. The Change Will Take Effect on Satur- day and Many Will Be Bene- fited. Over a-year ago the officers and mem- bers of the Merchants’ Association peti- tioned General Manager Vining of the Market-street Railway Company to issue transfers to its patrons on several of the large street-car lines. Several committees from the association called upon the man- ager, and in several instances they ob- tained consessions at new transfer points. ‘Wednesday another concession was ob- tained from the general manager which will be hailed with pleasure by large num- bers living in the Western Addition and the Mission. The following letter from Mr. Vining is self-explanatory: Sax FraNcisco, July 28, 1896. Merchants’ Association, Mills Building, City: GENTLEMEN—We will, on August 1, commence & trial of tne plan suggested by your associa- tion of giving transfers from easibound Sacra- mento and Jackson-street cars to southbound cars of the two electric lines running upon Kearny street, aad also giving transfers from nortnbound cars of said electric lines to west- bound Sacramento and Jackson-street cars; subject, however,. to the provision that passen~ gers traveling on the Sacramento and Jackson- street lines, upon tramsiers received from northbound connecting ears, will not be given transfers to southbound connecting cars. This last mentioned provision seems to be the only practicable mesns by which the mak- ing of round trips for a single fare can be pre. vented; and as Kearny and Powell street have only two streets beiween them we believe that it will be practicable for our conductors to en- force this provision without requiring, as it is necessary to do upon our Filimore-street line, that transfers shall ‘be issued only at the time when the fare is settlea for. As stated in previous correspondence, we have been yvery anxious to comply with the wishes of your associntion upon the subject. It was unfortunately the case, when the matter was first presented for consideration, that the traffic in transfers then existing con- stituted so grave a difficulty as to make it im- possible for us at that time to comply with your request. Now that the attention of the public has been called to thi§ evil and it has been so strongly condemned by public opiuion g8 to lead to the enactment of an ordinance making the trafficin transfers illegal, we believe that the situation has been so greatly improved that we can now adopt the above-mentioned change with advantage to all concerned. With pleasure that we are now able, as above stated, to comply with your request, I remain as ever, yours sincerely, E. P. VINING, General Manager. In acknowleaging the favor the associa- tion’s letter stated : These additionsal transter facilities will ce:- tainly be of great benefit to and much ap- preciated by the merchants on Kearny street as well as the residents of the Western Ad- dition, and. no doubt, by the publicin general, and we hope the trial will prove so satisfactory to all concerned that the service will be permanent. 1n order that the traveling public may not make a mistake one sentence in Mr. Vining’s letter requires explanation. Pas- sengers traveling on the Sacramento and Jackson street lines on transfers issned on the Mission or Third streetelectric cars on Kearny street will not be given transfers to the Powell-street cabié-cars bouad south nor to_the Fillmore electric line bound to the Mission. This is to prevent peopie from boarding a Mission-street car and riding to Powell or Fillmore retrans- fering so as to reach Market street or the Mission on one fare, or, in other words, riding around the loop. The Merchants' Association officers are in hopes that before lon« transfers will be issued between the Market and Kearny street lines. A DOG THAT HOWLS, Edwin Mohrig, Proprietor of a Cyclery, Arrested for Maintaining a Nuisance. Edwin Mohrig, proprietor of a cyclery at 110 Golden Ggte avenue, was arrested ‘Wednesday afternoon on a warrant charg- ing him with meaintaining a nuisance. He at once gave $40 cash bail. Mohrig owns a dog which he keeps in the eyclery and numerous complaints were received by the police from residents on Jones street and the avenue near the cyclery about the howling of the animal. They declared they could not sleep at night and when they complained to Mr. Mobhrig he told them he had a perfect right to keep a dog if he felt so inclined, and refused to take it away from the cyclery. Policeman Connolly was detailed to in- duce Mobrig to stop the howling nuisance, but Monrig told him he would stand on his rights as a citizen and taxpayer to keep a dog or a dozen dogs. As the police could not compel Mohrig to part with his dog M. Marcom, 117 Jones street, swore to a compiaint in Judge Conlan’s conrt yesterday charging him with maintaining a nuisance. Own- ers of dogs will watch the result with interest. Pinkus Harris, father of Benjamin Harrls, the messenger-boy who was kiiled some time go by failing down the elevator shaft of & building at the corner of Stockton street and Stockion; place, has sued William F, Wiison and Charlex L. Taylor, owners of the building where the aceidest oceurred, for £50,000 dawm: ages, alleging that it was because of careless- ness on the purt of their empioyes that thy o pioy e boy OLYWPLC CLB BOXING NIGHT, Corbett Will Referee the|. Bouts Qutside the Ring. CLINCHING IS BARRED. Van Buskirk’s Future Depends on the Result of His “Go” With Davis. SEATS WILL NOT BE RESERVED. McArthur Will Mske His Debut as a Professional Against Green. The Olympic Club gymnasium will be taxed this evening with the patrons of fistic sports who are eager to see the con- | Among the large gathering that will witness tghe con! nta wkul be officers of the army and navy and many prominent citi- zens who have already purchased tickets for the entertainment. CHECKING THE BOOKS. The Acts of Ex-Superintendent Weaver of the Almshouse Still Under Investigatiou. Though P. L. Weaver has not occupied the position of Superintendent of the Almshouse for some time, having been Temoved by the Board of Health after a long investigation, his acts while in power are still under scrutiny, and for some time past Superintendent Reddy and members of the board have been engaged in check- ing up the books of the institution. This action was the outgrowth of a rumor that reached the board that just rrior to bis removalr Mr. Weaver sold a arge amount of junk that bad accumu- lated about the place and failed to turn in the money received from the sale, A junk-dealer at Tweith and Mission streets, who had bought an old boiler for $5 and a quantily of scrapiron and other old metal for $18 more was unearthed, and his books record the fact that he had pur- chased the stuff from the Almshouse. 1t was said that other materials had been sold to various other dealers, but thus far this statement has not been verified. The amounts the junk man claims fo have paid for t. e refuse metal have not yet been jound entered in the books, and the ex-Superintendent will be asked to pro- duce some record or proof that he turned the money over to the proper autherity. ——————— Jailed for Contempt. R. P. Merillion, whom Juage Hebbard a few s 80 fined $100 and sentenced to two days n jail for coutempt of conrt, yesterday paid his fine, having completed the service of the term of imprisonment, ) Some of the Professional Pugilists Who Will Box at the Olympie Club Entertainment This Evening. [Drawn from photographs.] tests between pugilists. of all sizes and | weights, Ticl« ts have been selling so rapidly that Director Short is of the opinion that the sale will have to be closed early this even- ing, as only those who can be accommo- dated with seats will be permittea to en- ter within the buildine. Seats will not be reserved for any person, and as a conse- quence those first in will be tirst served. The performance will commence promptly at 8 o’clock with an eight-round contest between Rochette and Butler. Superintendent Kennedy and some of the directors, with a physician, visited the pugilists at their respective training quar. ters yesterday,and found them in splen- did condition. Davis has trained with a view of winning this fight; he has stated positively that it will be his last. He is in straitened circumstances, and realizes that defeat will mean to him hard walking be- tween this City and Omaha. Van Buskirk, his opponent, is so confi- dent of winning that Ee has been gambling on himself. He thinks that a good blow on the neck will send Davis to the happy dreaming zrounds, and as the Omaha man is easily stunned from a jaw or neck blow, Van Buekirk will enter the ring confident of packing away the loniend of the purse. If he proves successful he will be offered 00d inducements to meet Jeffries, the Eiz ‘IA)I Angeles pugilist, in a ten-round out. Referee Corbett, who will be seated on the outside of the ring, says that he will instruct the contestants before they enter into a fistic argument that when he orders them to break away they must do so im- mediately, and that the fighter who will persist in holding on will be ordered out of ;:‘u ring and the fight declared against im. Corbett says further that as the contests will be under Queensberry rules a pugilist can hold an opponent with one hand and hit with the otber. This rule is not satis- factory to the directors of the club and in all probability they will instruct Corbett and the boxers this evening that clinch- ing of any description will nct be tolerated and that the contestants must “break” when so0 ordered by the referee, or other- wise leave the ring. Corbett has no favorites among the pugilists who are slated to appear inside the rubber-roped square and according to his own words, the contestants who will Fut up the best fight will be awarded a avorable decision. McArthur and Green will certainly show up well. This will be McArthur’s first a pearance as a professional pugilist and his many friends are anxious to see hcw he will acquit himself in front of the sturdy young fellow whom Champion Corbett predicted a few vears ago would be a champion of the class he represents. Rochette and Butler will not dally on the wayside as they are representatives of a fraternity of fighters who believe in rushing things and getting through with their work us early as possible, ahoney and Smith are so exceedingly clever that it would not be safe for any judge of fight- ers to venture a prediction as to which of the bantams will take the long end of the green. Smith is stronger than Mahoney and having an advantage in being several years younger than his opponent the bet- ting in the poolrooms favors the ex-ama- teur champion bantam. OUT FOR SOUND MONEY Railroad Men Urged to Combine in the Interests of Commer- cial Prosperity. Mine-Owners Said to Be at the Bottom of the *““Silyer Mzdness ” Rising in the West and South. Sound-money clubs are being organized among the railroad men ot tiis City. They will be part of a ceatral organization, which will have branches in every town where there are a sufficient number of railroad men to form an auxiliary body. The work of organization is now going on simultaneously all over the United States in response to the following appeal sent to every railroad employe in the country: You have before you an opportunity such as has rarely been given to. any cless of men in history—the opportunity to be the controlling influence in saving your sountry. There is no State ‘in the Union in which, if yOu vote as & unit, you cannot turn the scale in any ordinary election. In the present crisis 1t rests with you to oppose s solid front—a bul- wark of reason and of patriotism—to the flood of free-silver madness which is rising in tne Western and Southern States. What interest have you in helping those Who, blinded and led astray as they are. pro- K“e to raid the treasury and bankrupt the ation only to make our mine-owners wealthy? Certain classes may not care what wreck may come to the country’s commerce if only they can get cheap doliars for their crops. The miner may be willing to see the United States sink to the rank of a third-class posver, bankrupt and dishonored, if only the output of his mines be doubled in value ig*him. But what is this to you? Your interests are bound up with the permanence of.our com- merciel prosperity. For your honest work you want—and have a right to get—your pay in honest dollars. What will you profit by a de- Ppression in wages and an increase in all that your wages have to buy? Do you want to gex your pay in dollars worth 50 cents apiece? Therefore, organize! This is no question of Republican or Democrat. but of your own pro- tection as wage-earners. Organize for the preservation of sound money—in defense of your own wages—in support of the country’s Pprosperity and the country’s honor! Atevery shop and every division point on every railway in the couniry there must be a Railway Men's Sound Money Club. Ii you, Who read this, are personally willing to_take hold of the work of organization in r local- ity and the work of e?:c-un‘ our fellows for their and your own benefit, write to_the - way Age, Chicago. Until the central organiza- tion of the Railway Men’s Sound Money Clubs is perfected, we will send you all the informa- tion and literature you require, free. Let railway men of every class act together. It is as noble & cause as ever man put his hand to. Organize now and work, and when Novem- ber comes and free silver is defeated, the Ko le will know that the railway men did eir part nobly for the country’s salvaf . ‘Wants to Be a Trader. Rebecca Singerman has petitioned the Su- perior Court for permission to become a Sole trader. She .alleges that her husband by reason of a lack of business ability is unable to support her, and that she therefore desires to enter the clothing business on a capital of $1000, earned by herselt before her marriage. LOOKS BAD FOR PRIVATE KELLY, His Preliminary Examina- tion for Murder Con- tinued. DAMAGING TESTIMONY. Several Witnesses Saw the . Defendant With a Razor . in His Hand. SOME TELLTALE BLOODSTAINS The Hearing Will Be Resumed This Morning When Czp‘ain Vo,jdes Will Bs Examined. The preliminary examination of Private James Kelly of Battery E, Fifth Artillery, charged with the murder of Private Joseph E. Quinn at Fort Mason on Friday night, July 10, was continued before Judge Conlan yesterday afternoon. Prosecuting Attorney Mogan conducted the prosecution, and R. Porter Ashe and Attorney Runcil, an ex-army officer, ap- peared for the defendant. Private Harry Mills testified that he was in company with both Kelly and Quinn on the night of the murder. About 8o'clock he had a tussle with Quinn on the parade-ground. Several others were there, but he did not know if Kelly was one of them. “I then went toward the canteen,” con- tinued Mills, “and Quinn followed me and wanted me to fight him. I declinedand went into the canteen. About a quarter to 11 o'clock a los of us were in the can- teen, Coleman, Suliivan, Quinmn, Kelly, Kampschmidt, Whalen and others. Quinn wes still ina fighting humor and wanted to fight me some rounds for the berefit of the canteen. I told him that I would not fight within the fort, but if he had some money to put up I would meet | him downtown. “The canteen sergeant began putting out the lights and we all left. I was the first to leave and Quinn was alongside of me. When we got about hulf way between the canteen and the squadroom Quinn struck me on the chinjknocking me down, land I remembered no more. When I came'to my senses I made for the guard- house to get protection, as I was afraid of Quinn. “I saw Kelly that night with a razor in his hand. It had a dark hanale. We were in the canteen at the time, and Kelly said that if any one followed nim up and bulldozed him he would be apt to use the razor.” In cross-examination Millssaid: “What started the row between Quinn and myself was this. We were playing craps and I had won about $250. Quinn got angry at losing and refused to give me $1 I had won. When he struck me on the chin and knocked me down he must have had something in his hand.” Dr, G. M. Wells, the post surgeon, was an interesting witness. He had written everything down to the minutest detail, and he gave his evidence in the same methodical manner. said the doctor, “be- tween 11 and 11:30 in his bunk on the night of the murder. The commanding officer was with me. Kelly opened his eyes, looked up at me, turned on his leit side toward the wall, shrugged his shoul- der, and pulled the cover over him. Noth- ing was said to him at that time. We saw him later in the same bunk. We searched the bedding for weapons, but found none. I saw, however, bloodstains on both of Kelly’'s hands; one stain between the fin- gers wasabout-two inches long. I asked bim how the stains came there and he said he did not know. “The commanding officer then ordered Kelly to be placed in confinement and he suddenly changed his appearance and acted as if he. were stupid from drink.”” The doctor then described the natu.s of Quinn’s wound and how he picked up the razor, which he identified from blood stains on both sides of the blade and on the handle and from other marks. He also identified Kelly’s nat and cap, both of which were stained with blood. In cross-examination the doctor ad- mitted that none of the other occupants of the bunks were examined, but a soldier was exaniined in the guardhouse. Corporal James Collins testitied to see- ing Kelly in his bunk when Dr. Wells was examining his hands. He saw the blood stains and heard 'Kelly say he did not know how they got there. Collins iden- tified the razor as one he had given Kelly about a year ago in exchange for another. In cross-examination he said he would not swear positively it was the razor as he bad made no marks upon it, but he Was morally certain it was the same. Sergeant Winfield Smith, who was in charge of the canteen, testified to seeing Kelly in the canteen with a razor in his hand talking to Mills, but he could not identify the razor. Private E. F..Merriman was in his bunk and about 10 minutes to 11 he heard & row outside. He jumped outof bed ana went on the porcb. Just then Kelly came running np the steps without his hat or cost and went into the squadroom. “I went over,”” continued Merriman, ‘‘and saw Quinn Iyingnear the lamp post. Wheeler was beside him and 0’Donnell was holding his head. I heard Quinn say that his jugular had been cut and he was & goner. I ran tothe guardhouse and nota- fied the officer that a fellow had been cut. Then I went and put on my clothes and hurried to Dr. Wells.” Private Michael J. Coleman testified that about a fraction of a minute after Quinn was cut he saw Kelly hurrying toward the squad room. Privates Coruelius Sul- livan and Henry Kampschmidt gave un- important testimony and the hearing was continued till this merning when Captain Vogdes and two or three other witnesses will be examined. It is understood that the defense will re- serve its testimony till the trial in the Buperior Court. The Tribble Investigation Postponed. More testimony was heard yesterday in the case of Captain Tribble, who is on trisl before the United States Inspector of Hulls and Boil- ers charged with neglizence in handling the ferry-boat San Rafael. On the issue depends Captain Tribble's license as a pilot. The de- fense Inoflnml number of witnesses who were of the opinion that the San Rafael kepta straight course, and thought the captain of the Tiburon t> btame for the narrowly averted accident. No witnesses for the prosecution were on hand, but Captain White of the Ti- buron promised to have a number on hand next Monday, 1f the case was continued until that time. Supervising Inspector Bermingham then B‘{oltponed further hearing until the day nam SPECIAL TAXPAYERS. The Thirty Days’ Grace Allowed by Collector Welburn Expires To- Day—Many Delinguents. The special taxpayers who have not vis- ited the office of the Internal Revenue Collector during the past thirty days will find the doors closed to them after 3 o’clock this afternoon. This means a fine of 50 per cent on the tax imposed. Tkere are 11,000 special taxpay®sin Col- lector Welburn's district. Up to yester- day noon there still remained 1100 de- linquents, and it is not probable that more than balf that number will settle before the conclusion of to-day’s business. The tax is really due July 1, but Collector ‘Welburn generally gives thirty days’ race. ¥ Chief Deputy Loupe says that, beginning next Monday, special deputies will make a house-to-house cagvass. There are al- ways a few, he says, who are willing to risk a fine of 50 per cent, in the hope that they can beat the Government out of tie principal. The number who «ultimately escape, however, are very few. — SINGLE-TAX:R5 ACTIVE. Are Arranging for a Series of ‘‘ Dela- ware '’ Meetings. Local Single-taxers are arranging fora series of “Delaware’’ meetings to be held in various parts of the State. To-mor- row evening a meeting will be held in Oakland at Hamilton Hall, at which Con- gressman Maguire, Ralph E. Hoyt and others will speak. A simiiar meeting will be held at San Rafael, probably on Thurs- day of next week. Meetings will also be arranged for in San Jose, Santa Rosa and Sacramento. At the “Delaware’” meeting to be held in this City at Metropolitan Temple next Monday evening B-lEh E. Hoyt will re- late hi ‘ersonal Experiences in the Delaware Campaign,” and Congressman Maguire will speak on “Industrial Eman- cipation.” Besides these there will be other eloquent speakers who will speak briefly npon the various phases of the sin- gle-tax propaganda. FRED GARCIA'S TROUBLES He Is Arrested in Contra Costa County on a Bench Warrant. His First Wife Determined to Make Him Support Her and Her Five Children. Fred Garcia, ex-deputy marshal of Sau- salito, was locked up in the City Prison vesterday on a bench warrant issued by Judge Campbell some time ago. Garcia’s matrimonial ventures have al- ready been published. Three or four years ago Garcia eloped with the daughter of a neighboring rancher in the northern part of the State, deserting his wife and five children. The deserted wife struggled along for some time and then came to the City with her children and worked hard to support them. She did not learn till last May of her husband’s whereabouts. She went to Sausalito and found that he had married the girl he had eloped with. She told him she did not want to prosecute him for bigamy. but insisted that he should con- tribute $20 per month for the suppori of his family. Garcia refused and she placed the case in the hands of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. He was arrested on the charge of cruelty to children and was released on his own recognizance on his promise that he would pay his wife the $20 per month. He paid the first installment and then dis- appeared. K few days ago a friend of Mrs. Garcia notifiea her that her husband was living with his second wife at Lafayette, Contra Costa County. She consulted the officers of the society and the result was Judge Campbell issued the bench warrani for Garcia's arrest. Constable Thompson of Lafayette ar- rested him on Wednesday and yesterday morning he was locked upin the City Prison. The second Mrs. Garcia, with her child, arrived in the City yesterday morn- ing and visited him in prison. She de- clared her intention of standing by him. Garcia declined to discuss his troubles, but hinted that they would be of short duration. QUTSIDE IMPROVEMENTS General Activity Noticeable in Western and Southern Sections. Ridley Street Has Been Cut Through Market.Street Hill. | ‘Outside of the commercial center of San Francisco there is what may be termed a revival in the hine of sieady improvements, Beveral new dwellings have been erected and others are about to be erected in the near future. Besides those the street work | is going ahead in a quiet and steady man- ner, with a push that means that prop- erty-owners have not lost hopein the fu- ture of the Queen City of the Pacific. The contract for the further bituminiz- ing of Folsom street, from Sixth to Third, bas been let to A. B. Clute, and this work will be commenced at once and pushed to a finish. From an unsightly, uneven, shunned thoroughfare this street-has now become the fuvorite roadway for the Mis- | sion residents, either on the bicycle or in the wagon. The next movement to be made oa this | line will be to have the street lighted by | electricity. The executive committee of the Mission Improvement Club has prepared figures to show that the substitution of electricity for the gas now used on Folsom street i would result in a saving of 29 cents per night in the lighting of each block. he Potrero section is continually bein, improved, and since the Potrero Land an Improvement Company commenced its gigantic work of removing Biuerock Hill several neat dwellings have dotted the hillside. The latest building in this sec- tion is that of Cornelius Jacobsen, who is having a two-story flat built on his lot on the north line of Sierra street, between Minnesota and Tennessee. This will cost Contractor Davis is just complet- 1ng a five-room coitage on the east line of 1 Mléfl_-xrecouI lll‘el!,d zug‘een Twenty-first | and Twenty-secon T Ch t .%o.:‘ ot $3500, s arles Berger, at e southwest section of the City i idle in the line of lmbmvemeut(s}.nykli'd.l‘:; street has been cut through the Market hill, or what is known as the Market-street | cut. Rightin the center of this unsighti %1‘:?.‘; ust west of the Spring v IXT}G; | MPany’s reservoir is where tons of blue rock have bee: lé:l’zlui l'nytt,:i fiill ir? qv‘v‘!::‘l“fl 5 Lo -iiese vegetable gardens at the base of the hill in front of the German Husniu‘}. All this land bas been reclaimed and :tmu ran through it and neat dwellings tect and Builder W. W. Rednall, who has the contract for the new branch postoffice at. Fillmore and Sacramento streets, is building three neat cottageson Eunreka and Nineteenth streetsfor H. M. Cashman, J. J. Bradley and J. F. Bohem, the collective cost of which is $4500. Fifteenth street from Market to the base of Park Hill has been bitumihized, curbed and sidewalked, making it a first-class thoroughfare. “WELL, GO0D-BY, BOYS.” With This Parting Salute William ‘Wyman Sends a Bullet Through His Brain. William H. Wyman, a collector for the Bell Telephone Company, . wmqntled suicide yesterday afternoon by sendinga buliet through his brain. He had been drinking heavily of late, but so far as known was not pecuniarily embarrassed. About 2 o’clock Wyman walked into the grocery-store of J. H. C. Baden, Fell and Devisadero streets, and after passing a few pleasant words with the proprietor and one or two others present passed into arear room. After a moment or so he came back to the door saying, “Well, good by, boys.” A second later the fatal shot was fired, followed by a heavy fall. When Baden and his companions reached the room Wyman was dead. The suicide was a brother-in-lawof At- torney George A. Knight. Up to twelve months ago he was a reporter on one of the daily papers of this City, but since then has served the telephone company in the capacity of a collector. He was well known about town and was generally liked. Wyman’s body was removed to the Morgue, where an iuquest will be held to-day. —————— To the Asylum. Judge Hebbard yesterday committed Adolph Efsenschimel to the Ukiah asylum. The prisoner is possessed of & suicidal mania and is afraid of being seen, NEW. TO-DAY. The Power of Manhood. HEN YOU LOSE THAT power you have lost all the best ,of life. ‘I'aere is a charm gone from jyour exist- ence, and you miss it more than anything else. But when you regain it after years of incapacity your heart will leap with joy—then the bright spirit will shine forth in your eye, and the happy smile in your countenance will tell your acquaintances that you have found a new existence. Then you meet your friends with the strong clasp of the hand and the look of confidence which tell them that “here is the new-born man.” Your every action bespeaks new manhood. You are then a better man physically and men- tally- than if you had never known weakness. “You can say that I was nearly a wreck in every way, but I am now a better man than I ever thought of being” says L. L. Jaccard, the Jeweler, of San Leandro, Cal., after using Dr. Sanden’s Electric Belt. Some men feel that they are not weak, though they are not what they might be in manly vigor had they not lightly trans- ssed the laws of Nature. g‘rlfese are just the ones who most appreciate the value of Dr. Sanden’s Belt. In a few weeks they learn that it can make them twice as strong as they were. “Before I began using your Belt I thought there was not much the matter with me, but after using it a month I have found the value of good health,” says Wm. Simpson, Goleta, Cal. Electricity is wonderful in its strengthening influence. Your vitality seems to grow stronger and more buoyant every day. There seems no limit to your <nergies. You can do twice tha emount of work you formerly could, and not get weary. “I can do as much work ag any two men now,” says Lg C. Minzard, Napa, Cal. Words cannot tell of the gratitude felt by the men who have been restored to man- hood by Dr. Sanden’s Electrio Belt. Will you become one of its happy patients? You ecan learn how great has been its good work by reading the little book, “Three Classes of Men,” which Dr. Sanden will send you free, closely sealed, on request. Call or address SANDEN ELECTRIC CoO., 630 Market Street, San Francisco, ite Pulace Hotel. Oftics hours; 3 a x to 8:30 P, M. - Sundays, 10 to 1. Consu:itaion Free and Invited. . AND, Ol 04 South Browdway. | 205 Washingioh acrest.