The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 12, 1896, Page 8

8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1896 STANTON WANTS 10 BE A MARTYR, Chafing Under’ the Legal Fetters of the Circuit Court. Strong Talk of Defying the Restraining Order of Judge McKenna. WILLING TO BE SENT TO JAIL Some Interesting Comparisons of Grain Rates Submitted by the Southern Pacific. Dr. James I. Stanton, Railroad Commis- sioner of the State of California, young, bold and impulsive, 1s chafing under the legal fetters in which the commission is bound by the temporary restraining order 1ssued by United States Circuit Judge Mec- Kenna more than a year ago, and which enjoins the commission from making any changes in the rates of the Southern Pa- cific Company. In fact Chairman La Rue is also fretting over the state of innocuous desuetude into which the commission has been placed, but being older and more conservative his impatience is less manifest. Commissioner Clark, however, preserves his imperturbable attitude without any apparent effort, and yesterday calmly and with just a shade of interest listened to the sensational, almost revolutionary, tenor of the discu: his two colleagues. It was before the commission had been | formally called to order that Dr. Stanton suggested that everything ought to be done by the commission to test the power of the Circuit Court to effectually tie the hands of the commission. He wanted the commission to make a reduction in rates despite the order of the court. His econ- tention was that while the court might restrain the commission from ecarrying out any particular order it had established or publisned, it did not have the power to anticipate and prevent any future action of that body. He declared that he was willing to risk being pronounced in con- tempt of the court, and that “he was not even averse to being sent to jail so long as the rights of the people, as represented by the commission, would be protected and enforced. ‘While Chairman La Rue agree with his colleague thav it was a hardship on the grain-shippers particularly and on all merchants generally to have the powers and status of the commission kept in un- certainty for so long 4 period of time, he said he did not see how the situation could be cleared unul the court rendered its decision in the pending case. To take any action now that might be construed as contumacious, he said, micht only prejudice the mind of Judge McKenna ‘in connection with the case which he now bad under consideration. Dr. Stanton explained that he did not desire to have uny action taken for the mere purpose of defying the Federal Judge, but was only anxious to ascertain in proper legal course just what the status of the commission is. If it could be tied up as it was now, he thought it might just as well be abolished. | While this rather exciting exchange was going on Commissioner Clark simply list- ened, grinned a bit, listened and grinned. | ‘When Chairman La Rue called for order | routine business was at once taken up, | and the matter of testing the Federal ju- | dicial power over the commission was not | even referred to. The first commurication read was 4 brief self-explanatory note from C..F. Smurr, general freight agent of the South- | ern Pacific Company, to which was at- | tached a long series of tabulated figures | indicating from the amount of labor in- | volved in its preparation an earnest and sincere desire on the part of the railroad | to make amends for iis I-don’t-want-to- play-in-your-yard policy of the past year. The epistle was as follows : Sax FrANCISCO, Cal., Nov. 11, 1896, | Samuel Newman, Secretary of the State Board of | Railroad Commissione:s—DEAR SIR: In com- pliance with your verbal request of yesterday I take pleasure in hana: A statement showing rates current September 17, 1895, compared with retes named in the Commissioners' tariff of same date and rates current November 9, 1896, between goints in territory covered by your memorandum. The statement inclosed with the note shows some significant comparisons in a manner never presented, and which are additionally interesting in view of the source whence they come. Afew of these ion of the situation by | | ing you herewith a | rain in carloads | comparisons are Lere given: GRAIN IN CARLOADS AND IN CENTS PER TON OF 2000 POUNDS. gomers’s Hotel on S2cond street, was cleaning the skyhght in the roof of the kitchen vester- day afternoon, when ne fell through it, carry- ing the skydgnt with him: He foll a distance of about twelve feet. He was badly cut on the forehead, but Inekily escaped without any broken bones. 'Dr. Fitzgibbon dressed his wouuds &t the Recéi ospital. "FATHER YORI - | His Lecture Next Wednesday Evening | Will Be Made a Notsble One—To | Aid the Carniyal. Father Yorke's lecture for the benefit of the carnival of the Golden Gate at. Metro- politan Temple next Wedanesday evening, November 19, promises to be .oneof the most entertaining and interesting that the reverend speaker has delivered in the course of his many lectures in this City. The title of the lecture is ‘‘The Warder of Two Continents,”” which will afford | him a very broad scope for saying those | pungent things for which he is noted. An invitation has been extended to Mayor-elect James D. Phelan, to preside at the meeting. The list of vice-pre: ! dents who have also been invited will in- clude the names of M. H. de Young, Charles M. Shortridge, A. M. Lawrence, M. Greenblatt, John D. Spreckels, Major Frank McLaugblin, Hon. William Alford, Hon. William P. Lawlor, 8. M. Short- ridge and others. A special invitation has been addressed to all the candidates who were participants in the last election, | whetner successful or otherwise. One sec- | tion of the hall will be entirely reserved for them, so that the general pubiic will be able to see the ensembie of candidates who presented themselves for their suf- frages on election day. A number of other interesting and novel features will be introduced to make the occasion of the lecture s notable one. FOR THE NEWER CHARTER The Point Lobos Improvement Club Swings First Into Line. Its Members Will Donate Their Labor in the Election Booths If Necessary. A meeting for the election of new officers | for the coming year was held by the Point | Lobos Improvement Club Tuesday ai | Crosthwait’s Hall, on Fifth avenue, near | Clement street. There was no opposition |in the choice, and the following were | elected: George R. Fleicher, president: Luke | Battles and C. M. Dillon, vice presidents; W. P. Johnson, secretary; George A. | Nichols, financial secretar; Chris Mohr- { manm, treasnrer. Executive committee— | R. M. Wood, T. Green, Joseph Preston, | James H. Dever, H. F. Prien, Luke Bat | ttes and Felix McHugh. Finance com- | mittee—W. T. Lyon, J. W. Russell and M. | H. Crosthwait. 3 | Thedelegates to the Associated Improve- | ment Clubs are George R. Fietcher, J. H. | Dever, H. T. Prien, Luke Battles and W. | P. Johnson. Dr. Washington Dodge, Supervisor-elect, | was proposed for membership in the club | and his name ordered placed on the rolls. | | The secretary offered the following reso- | Intion, which was accepted: Resolved: That the Point Lobos Improvement | Club, representiug the citizens of Richmond Distriet, do favor the adoption of & new City charter, and further agree to furnish the | necessary election ofiicers for the eightcenth, | nineteenth and tweotieth preciucts of the | Fortieth Assembly District without expense to | the City. | | Mr. Fletcher stated in this connection | that he understood 1t would cost between | $20,000 and $40,000 to hold a new charter election, and if the City treasury wsas at | low water the friends of the proposed in- { strument in the 315 precincts of the City could well afford to donate a day’s labor i the election booths. There were 15,891 residents who stood by the defeated new charter and surely they would stand by the proposed measure. BRITISH INVESTORS. The Manager of the Laguna de Tache Rancho on the Feeling Regarding California Mines. 8. J. Menzies of Liverpool, Englard, manager and one of the leading owners of the Laguna de Tache rancho in Fresno, ne and Kern counties, is at the Palace. He says that the outlook for the British capital in the western part of the United States is good and that it is especially good in California. The European holders of Atchison, To- peka and Santa Fe stock do not like the Kansas decision recently made, curtailing their rights, as they understood them, and throwing the road again into the hands of a receiver. “The people over there,” he said, “have but one law, and they cannot understand these conflictions. They will prefer to stay out of railroad stocks alrogether if many such divisions happen. Kansas is the worst of all States for investment and is so considered. It iscrank-ridden and | | _ Sax Francrseo OR OAKLAND WRARF.|| OR SOUTH VALLEIO. Pomt Costa. BENICTA | NG o) s, 55| H g 23 | 23|l 53| o it 52 | ge |232| &5 || 2 | 2 iz Sp i T2 |l Bmd 2 B I| :2 128|328 | < z S H s K ‘B -1 B Il I8 g 374 | : 8 Z g g z | ;& ; 5 2 125 763/ 5 | 125 100 | 125 | 100 bt i 200 140 || 175 110 | 190 120 200 “ 130 210 160 o 100 ‘\ 230 160 1. 2a0 175 |1 250 220 | i b3 {1 r00 'f’u.’. {| 810| 290 | 300 i | 200 (3 " 5 | 190 || 2a 22 Raymond || 200 | f,‘,fi hjmerh | 280 200 1l 300 | 265 il 315 | 290 While the Commissioners’ tariff con- tempiated only an 8 per cent reduction on therates of September 19, 189, many of tbe reductions made by the Southern Pacific Company represent a cut of 33 per cent. This was the airect result of the advent of the Valley road. The statement also presented figures from the various points mentioned to Sacramento and Marysville, but these showed no changes in the churges of the Southern Pacific Company as they existed a year ago. This communication and attacbed state- ment were ordered filed after the Commis- sioners decided to incorporate them in their report. The Valley road schedunle of passenger | rates was approved, and a communpication was read from J. E. Isaacs, an attorney of Redding, Cal., asking if the commission had jurisciction over the Motntain Mines Railroad of Shasta County, as he desired 10 file a complaint against the road. Secretary Newman informed the. board that he had replied stating that the board had jurisdiction. Several bills were ap- proved, and then the commission ad- journed. b ¥ell Through a Skylight. Charles Pierson, a porter employed in Mont- i‘k’)"’m“ cannot tell what may happen ere. “‘As far as I can learn the feeling toward California gold mines is good. [ have not myself got any money in mines here, nor have my friends who are with me. There bave in times past been misrepresenta- tions in regard to the richness of mines, and this interferes with the making of sales t0 a considerable extent. Confi- dence in the mines will probably revive now. ““The feeling in favor of investments here is much stronger now that the election has been decided as it has.’” Mr. Menzies will remain in California for some little time. He first saw San Francisco twenty years ago, and has been visiting it at intervale ever since. He says he considers its growth in recent years as something remarkable. ¥ ————— Veteran Missionary and Author. Among those who will seil to-day in the Monowai is the Rev. B. C. Henry of the Presbyterian board of missions, author of “The Cross and the Dragon; or Light in the ‘Broad Eas He has been for twenty-three years missionary in China. His family accom- panies him. P — THE King of Pills is Beccham's— BEECHAM'S, edge of this unique structu A shield, | with” the American colors, is also a part orfllihis highiy prized so-called boxing ceiling. ‘_Glelor Miahling.thewnuuinuinfiudoz of the SIX HOT ROUNDS N SAUSALITO Bob Fitzsimmons and His Partner Hickey Have a Set-to. il Several Invited Guests Wit nessed the First Practice Bout. A NOVEL BCXING CEILING. The Great Fighter Says That Three Weeks', Training Is All He Will Require for the Sailor. Bob Fitzsimmons, the famous pagilist, has settled down to a hard course of train- ing in Sausalito. The snug little cottage in which he and his family are domiciled is situated on the hillside immediately overlooking the handsome and aristo- cratic quarters of the Pacific Yacht Club. The officers of the club have terdered | the pugilist the use of the club and grounds while he is located at Sausalito. When seen yesterday afternoon by a CALL representative the champion was en- gaged in the apparently pleasant task of | erecting a ceiling for his punching-bag in | the boathouse by the sea. After complet- ing his job Bob entered into conversation with his friends who had journeyed from this City to see how he was getting along in his new quarters. “You are looking well, Bob,” said one of the bays, who appeared to take a great in- terest in the New Zealander. ‘Yes,” ?uivkly replied Fitz, “and I feel just as well as I look, but you sce I must knuckle down to business, as I have only | three weeks in which to get ready for | (i o [P the interested spectators who witnessed the boxing bout between Fitzsimmons and Hickey. Miehling is confident that lShm-key will be stopped in four rounds or ess. A number of the members of the Pacific Yacht Club and invited guests will see Lanky Bob go through a bag-punching oerformance on Saturday afternoon. No doubt they wiil be astonished at his mar- velous quickness. SALVATION ARMY FARM. It Will Be Dedicated by Brigadier Keppel Next Sunday. Thé Salvation Army’s Knights of Hope Farm, a quiet place of refuze for the | voor and the outcast, sitnated in the hills near Martinez, will be dedicated next Sun- day. Brigadier Keppel and staff and Adjutant and Mrs, McFee and staff will preside. This farm is for the purpose of giving {riendless men, discharged from prison, a temporary home and employment, until permanent positions can be found for them. The farm will also take first of- fenders when the Judges will allow them to be sent to the Salvation Army instead of sending them to jail to be branded as jailbirds and convicts. The Salvationists are confident that in many cases reform can be better accomnplished :l:lllm:e.hh?n iir]lside of a prisdn, and they o n their TOVY such is the case. Skl R ———————— Must Pay More License. The License Committee of the Board of Su- pervisors decided yesterday to recommend | { | THEY FOUND A HUGE MARE'S NEST Detectives Dig Up an 0ld Story in the Fair: Will Case. They Will Show That the Sen- ator Was Not in Two P.aces at Oace | WHEN WRITING A PENCIL WILL Claim That He Was in San Rafael, Wten, According to Testimony, He Was Here. A huge mare’s nest has been dug up in San Rafael by I. Wi Lees, captain of the nolice detectives of this City, and Police Detective Seymour, in connection with tbe Fair will case. The nest, however, is notanew one. It was stirred up last summer. The only interesting featnre about it is that Captain Lees and one of his men should have gone into the coun- try on a private case. Accoraing to the story of the detectives discovery in San Rafael Senator Fair could not have been in San Francisco on the aft rroon of September 24, 1894, on which Fitzsimmons and Trainer Hickey at Work in the Quarters at Sausalito. those awful smashes I expect to receive from the sailor champion when we meet in the ring. “The last time I fought in this City I| trained at old Barney Farley's. I had just | two weeks to get into trim for ny match ; with Billy McCarthy. Although I was | not by any means perfect wien 1 faced | my opponent, 1 was perfect enough for the hi.ht I expected to have. I will take | three %eeks for the sailor. I think that| willdo me or else I am greatly mistaken | in my man. I know the sailor is as strong as a fighting bull, but that don’t cut any ice with me. I think I can stop him. “Ihave had deallngs with rushers dur- ing my time and I managed to stop them before they got too gay. But this sailor | may be the wonder of the age for all I know. Well, we shall wait and see what kind of stuff be is made of.” Fitzsimmons was feeling a bit stiff in his nether limbs yesterday. He had taken an early morning spin over severai miles of country and felt sore in the muscles of his thighs, but he expects to work the stiffness out in a day or two. Not having the bag-punchine apparatus exactly completed for business he did not | give those present an opportunity of see- ing him punching the leather oval, but a six-round boxing bout with his sparring partner, Dan Hickey, satistied those who witnessed the set-to that -‘Fitz” is as) speedy as ever with his “‘dnkes,” and can administeran awfol blow when the occa- sion demands a li tle extra force in the delivery of knockout goods. During the latter part of the exhibition Bob started mn to josa bis sparring part- ner in a good-natured manner. . “‘So you are the champion sailor who is going to knock Fitz into a cocked hat, are you?”’ queried the big fellow, as he “struck’ a fighting attitude and dashed at Hickey, who quickly stepped to one side and missed catching a right-hand punch that would have made him feel anything but pleasant. Hickey, who is a very clever expbnent of the manly art, is but a child in the bands of lanky FitzA The big New Zea- lander, who by the way is now a full- fledged American citizen, will engage the services of one of the heavy scrappers about town next week. He does not pro- pose to engage In any severe exercise this week, but during the secona and last weeks of his training he will go right at his men, and it goes without saying tha the pug.lists who will have to take their medicine daily in the shape of punches will well earn their salaries. Martin Juliar, who is Fitzsimmons manager and adviser, is a very unassum- ing and pieasant fellow, who will make many friends among the sporting frater- nity. He said in reference to the fighter’s method of training that he rises at 7 A. a. and then takesa spin over the roa.s, re- turning in time for breakfast at 8 A. . During the day bag:punching, sparring, boat-rowingj swimming, etc., will form the rincipal training which Fitzsimmons will indulge in during his sojourn in sunny Sausalito. Julian said that he expects to have the new boxing ‘ceiling—which at first sight resembles a wheel of fortune—in 1ts place by Saturday. This new- and decidedly novel arrange- ment was made in the East specially for the great fighter. When in position flags of all nations can be placed around the ] | 1y mpic Ciub, and wife were among | ] - that the llcenses of circuses be raised from $25 to $150 per day, and that sideshows be iaxed $25 per day. balls were granted the Indepen&ent Rifles, Norwegian Relief Society and the United Lodge of the Order of Hermann's Sons. CHARTER AND PRIMARIES Resolutions Adopt:d by the Democratic County Com- mittee. A N:w Primary Election Law to B: Suggested to the Next Legis- lature. W. P. Sullivan presided at a meeting of the Democratic County Committ e last evening in room 17, Flood building, and introduced the Zollowing resolution,which was adopted unanimously: WHEREAS, This committee has at all times promised to the Democratic party that it | Would use all its inflnence and efforis with the Democrats who might be elected to office in this City 10 obtain from them for this com- mittce the right and privilege of distributing fairly among the sctive Democrats of the Party in eacn of the cighteen Assembly die- Iricts the patronege of the respective offices 10 which the Democrats should be elected ; and whereas, the party has succeeded at the last election in electing many Democrats to office, having under their control large and valuable patronage; therefore be it Resolved, That all the Democrats elected as aforesaid be at once cfiicially communicated With by the secretary, requesting them 1o in- form this committee in_writingon or befora Monday, the 224 day of November, 1896, what part or portion of the patronage of their re- spective offices they wl?l tender to this com- mittee or the general committee of the eighteen Assembly districts for distribution in said districts among the active and worthy Democrats of the party. The following, introduced by M. C. Has- sett, wasaiso adopted : WIHEREAS, A vast majority of our citizens are in favor of the adoption vf & new charter for the government of this City as soon as it can be framed and passed npon by the voters ;:",l,m"u'med by the Legislature; therefore, Resolved, That the campaign committee of the Demoeratic Dll'!f conter with the Republi- g:l‘x. "L’gmtv Ccz’xim ux“ un'd otheir political ons with a view of agreeing, if pos- sible, upon one set of freeholders to E, voted for to frame a charter. Resolved, Further, that a committee of three be appoinied by the chair to present these resolutions to the Election Commissioners and request them to call a special election as soon after July 1, 1897, racticeble for the elec- tion of freehblaers to llr,ume a charter. . Mr. Hassett also introduced the follow- ing, which was adopted : WHEREAS, The different political parties have Brea: reason to congratulate themselves and the public gencraily on the practically fair election lately heid in this City; ana whereas, it is generally conceded that the chief source of all the evils fastened on our politfcal lize is mainly due to the want of an election law where the will of the people can be expressed :::unb:h’ :ha ballor at primary elections; there- o Resol-ed, That the chairman of this commit- tee appoinut a committee of five to confer with g similar committee of other political organi- Zzations for the purpose of framing a primary election law to be presented to the next Legis- lature providing f 't i coun commlfi]l’en lor“l AR LR general election. Permits for masquerade | political parties at the ne;’l day it is claimed he made the pencil will. A tedious and mazy narrative with some incidents to freshen the memory of one man—J. J. Schneider, a cigar-dealer of San Rafael—is woven. Of course thereare others who claimed with much solemnity that they recollected having seen the late Senator Fairin San Rafael ‘‘some time in September, 1894.” And it is further averred that Mr. Fair's signature -appears on the register of the Parisian House of that town September 24, 1894. The con- clusion was that Senator Fair was in San | Rafael that day; and also as he drove to St. Vincent’s Asylum on the same day he | could not have been in S8an Francisco. September 24, 1894, is the day on which the late Senator Fair, according to the testimony of two witnesses in court, exe- cuted the pencil wiil in this City. The point of the story is that the Senator could not have been here then. From the office of Delmas & Shortridge a statement was issued vesterday in reply to the San Rafael yarn, as follows: “There is no feeling of surprise at this tale. The whole story was in our posses- sion for months. It isa yood deal like the narrative published in June, when the Elliotts statea they would testify that Miss Elliott bad heard on the afternoon of the 25th of Septem- ber, a certain conversation behind the curtains in Senator Fair's apartments in the Lick House, and that the date was identified by them next day by a letter sent to l.os Angeles and re= turned 10 them. Then the attorneys for Charles Fair said that this positive story would be corroborated by the same valet who is now said to vouch for the new story that Senator Fair was in San Rafael on thatday. Furthermore they then said that this valet would show that Senator Hair was ill in the Lick House on Septem- ber 24. “All we have to say is that at the proper time we will prove that the pencil will was written at the time and place already stated under oath by two witnesses, and that we are quite assured of onr position in ‘the matter, as Messrs. Reunben H. Lloyd, Rurvsell Wilson, Charles Wheeler, George A. Knight, Charles A. Heggerty and Charies I. Fair, Mrs. Oelrichs and her husband, Miss Virginia Fair ana Richard Dey, when they stated in many interviews in the newspapers, and solemnly in open court, and in various vpetitions addressed to the court, were acquainted with the writing, and the facts connected with the making of the will, when they vouched for the zenuineness of the pencil will. We consider the San Rafael story a mare’s nest. *It has already been testified by two witnesses under oath with regard to the making of the will, and while it is gen- erally believed that one of these is inter- ested in the will this is a general muscon- ception. Mrs. Craven is not even men- tioned in the will, so her testimony is not solore-;l’ by ary interest she may have un- er it. WAITED FOR THE MOON The Siberian King Koharie Parleyed With Traveler De Windt. H: Would Not Furnish Dog Trains. Impossible to Cross Till April Anyway. Harry de Windt, the London journalist and author, who was in San Francisco last March, and who set out to cross in- terior Alaska and Siberia on foot, arrived here yesterday and is at the Palace. Mr. ce Windd's first idea was to walk drom New York to Paris, crous’ng Bering Straits on the ice, but his' itinerary on further thouzht underwent some changes. He proceeded from the voast of Alaska aeross the straits to Siberia_in a whaler. Hebrought up at Indian Point, a lonely place in the Siberian wilds. There he and W. G. Harding, his valet, were setdown. They had expecteud to out- titat that point with dog trains and proced over the snowy wastes as far as possible, and finally, by hook or crook, to reach St. Petersburg. ‘When they reached Indian Point they met the Indian king Koharie, and at once began to negotiate with him for some of his men as well as th» dog trains._ They bad .taken many trinkets, such as Mr. de Windt supposad would allure the savages. These they began to display among the Indians, and not without effect as seem:-d for a time. Still Koharie put off the time for start- ing. He claimed the moon was not right for the expeaition. Mr. de Windt waited and waited, only to find that the bronzed ruler of the tribe wanted to put off the time. It wasa nard piace to siay. Mr. de Windt hn(}’ to live on whale biubber and seal meat, and_it was getting | monotonous. He was getting no satisfac- tion frem Koharie, and tinally ascertaining that it vas the wrong season, and that the best time for the trip was in April, he gave it up. 3 H‘; still beiieves, however, that the trip could be successiully made. 2 Wtile absent on the ; rim Siberian coast the gentleman bad a hard time. Inad- dition to the rough fare he lived in a smoky hut, where every hour seemed to 1ncrease the discomfort.” The whaler Belvidere, which had been icecound for two vears, finally got in shape so she could return, and Mr. de Windt cast his fortunes with her and reached this country again. As origipally outlined the trip would have cost Mr. de Windt about $25,000. He has spent a large sum since leaving Paris as it iz, but does not regret it, as he has obtained a great deal of information in regard to the natives of Alaska and Siberia, PLEASED THE FAIR St “Ladies’ Night” at the Olympic Club Proved a Great Success. Over Three Thousani Spectators Were Present and Enjoyed the Varied Entertainment. The Olympic Club’s ladies’ night was the means of drawing the largest crowd in the history of the club. Over 3000 spectators were present to en- joy the splendid programme’ prepared for them. Under the direction of Howard O. Tay- lor the following programme was ren- dered: Overture, orchestra; leaps by company; Japanese pole, A. Cooper; slack wire, W. Dorn; tumbling. Messrs.' Rand, Millens, Harris, Duck, Cooper, Thompson and Bugess; triple horizonial Dbars, Pro- fessor H. Belau and W. Linsley: overturs (soprano solo, A. Sugden), company; ienor solo, “Love Serenade.” W. \V. Finnle; comic song, “My Gal is a High Born Lady,” Alex Rosborough; barytone _solo, “There’ll Never Be One Like You,” Ben L. Tarbox; comic song, I Want Them Presents back,” Jack Cathcart; tenor solo, “condola Dream,” Frank Cofiin; comic song, “Coon. Dun_Gone,” Jimmy Swiunerton; bass solo, ‘*Rocked in the Cradlé of the Deep,” S. E. Tucker; bare-of-tone solo, *“Oh, Promise Bob Mitchell; dance, “A Ligit Step,”” D. Italian speech, “Fhe Village Biack- arles Catheart; comie song. “And the entire A. Finn smith.,” Chi He Chased the Duck” Billy Hynes; songs by the Press Club Quartet—Frank Coffin first tenor, R. F. Tillon second tenor, D. M. Ward first bass, Sam Tucker sccond bass; juvenile fencers—i. D. Levy vs. A. Dinmond, €. Pauson vs. H. Bogan, L. Lopez vs. A. Heymann: bag-punching. George Green champion welter-weight of the Pacific Coas boxing (three rounds), George Green and Billy Armstrong. French auel, with vointed rapiers, Professor Tronchet vs. Emilio Lastretto, sec- onds for Tronchet, Captain A. Dilbam and F. A. Chapuis, for Lastretto, A. Knight and J. Harrigan. Surgeon, T. E= Mahoney, M OWNS OPAL MINES. John Pender on the Subsidence of the Great Boom Which Reigned in Australia, John Pender of Melbourne, Australia, who owns interests in the opal mines of Queensland, is at the Lick. He isa lead- ing manufacturer of Melbourne and a rela- tive of Sir John Pender. Mr. Pender has been on a visit tc New York and other cities. He carried with him quite a quantity of opals, and got for one piece from Tiffany $100. “The opals of Australia,” night, “are now admitted to be the finest in the worid. Our opal mines are in boti New South Wales and Queensland. The Tiffanys informed me tnat the piece of stone which I sold them was of exceptional value and beauty.” Talking of the boom that not long since existed in Australia, he said: “There was an awful collapse aiter the boom. Froperty went down to one-tenth of its previous value. It got finally that there was not a buyer for any, no matter how low it sold. “I think the reason everybody went speculating in the first place was because tuere was so much Eonglish money that came for investment. Ifa mnan had a con- tract even, for a piece of property, he could go to any bank and get all the money he wanted. “‘But we are afraid of booms now, and don’t want any more of them. We never want to see any, believing as we do that no good can ever come of any of them. Business is now stiffening up, and we are satisfied.”” Mr. Pender will leave to-day on the Monowai for home. ————— Used Canceled Stamps. de Blaumford of Sisson, Siskiyou , appeared before United States Dis- trict Judge Morrow yesterday and pleaded guilty to having used canceled United States postage stamps on letters he sent to friends and relatives in this City. He had been in- dicted on seven counts by the United States Grand Jury. Judge Morrow ordered the man 1o cFly a fine of $100, which he was very glad to do under the circumstances. For the sake ot saving about 30 cents he had run the risk of being imprisoned for six months and paying §500 on each charge. As it was, his postage. stamp bjll cost hio: dearly, De Blaumford slthough a middle-nged peh, is u student i1} the college o: pharmacy. —————— Tllegal Peddling. Illegal peddlef received quite a shake-up at the hands of the police lastevening and ere the night was over, nineteen men, some for peddling without a license and others for fajl. ing to attach thelr tags on their hats, were behind prison bars, ————— Rifle bullets are now photographed in their course by means of tae electric spark. The camera is taken into a dark ! room, which the buliet is caused to tra- verse. As it passes the camera it 1s made to interrupt an electric ecircuit and pro- duce a spark, which illum:nates it for an in:hnz and enables the impression to be taken. —————te—— Halfa dozen offers were made at the last of the England vs. Australia matches for the pall which ended the game. It was in Abel’s hands when the last, wicket fell, and the famous cricketer has been offered as much as 10 guineas for it. NEW TO-DAY. A : 2 reeee 0ail Borden$ ueae Eagle Brand Food gondensed Milk “Infant Health," is a little book of m:‘llue thatissent FREE on appli- N. Y. 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