The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 20, 1896, Page 8

AY—DRY GOOD THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 189 NEW A0 A DRy s RIVAL HARBOR SITES VISITED Commissioners Spend a Day at Santa Monica and San Pedro. Southern Pacific Agents Now Attempting to Hide the Real Issue. Declare Taat This Is but a Contest Between Their Corporation and Another. LOS ANGELES, Car., Dec. 19.—To-day was mainly employed by the opposing orces in the great harbor fight in mar- Shaling their adherents preparatory for the struggle that will begin in the Cham- ber of Commerce building next Monday. Huntington’s people affect great indiffe: ence as to the outcome of the fight, rely- ing, as they claim, on the “‘merits of their case.”” This feigned indifference is well understood by the friends of the free har- bor, who are’on the lookout for some un- expected coup by the monopoly. Only one feature of Huntington’s fight isin evidence: His men are attempting to make it appear that the contest is be- tween the Bouthern Pacific and a rival railroad company —the Terminal. This they well know to be false; but, owing to the Terminal people’s activis me show of justification for the allegation exigts. The truth is, that practically all the peo- Yle in this end of the State, in every walk | of life, are in favor of the San Pedro port; ¥irst, becanse they know it is a better place, made so,by nature; secondly, they are of the conviction that there never be a free and open harbor at Santa Monica, 10 matter how much Government money is squandered to enrich the Southern Pa- cific Railroad Company in the construc- tion of a breakwater to protect Hunting- | ton's long wharf. The influence of & single corporation against the best inter- | ests of the whole people is all there is to the Santa Monica end of this fight. No one knows this better than Huntington, The Harbor Commission went to San Pedro on a special train this morning under the guidance of Superintendent | Muir of the Southern Paciic Company, and proceeded by train out to the end of | the Southern Pacific track at Point Fir- | man, inspecting the harbor from the bluff | and also the Government military. reservation, through which the South- ern Pacific extension runs, Returning before noon, it dismissed the guide at the wharf and embarked on the coast survey steamer Gedney, spending the rest of the day coasting around San Pedro Bay aud out as far as Portuguese Bend. The commission then went on around the point ;to Santa Monica, from which place it retarned to Los Angeles this evening. The day was devoted to a study of the configuration of the land and water about both sites. e MRS, POWEES DIVORCED. Decree Grantrd the Lawyer’s Wifc on the | Ground of Desertion. LOS ANGELES, Car., Dec. 19.—Elmer E. Powers, a former resident of this city, | a lawyer of promise and a very clever poli- | tician, bas been heard from in the courts. | At noon to-day Mrs. Clara I. Powers w. granted a divorce from him. No upp tion was presented and Mrs. Powers was awarded the custody of their 7-year-cld son, $25 a month alimony and $10a month for the support of the,child. It developed that Atiorney Powers left his home ‘on Boyle Heights about two years ago, stating that he would not come back, but about two months azo he re- turned-and made an attempt at reconcilia- tion. He remained a few weeks and when he left declared again that he would never return. Mrs. Powers knew of no reason avhy her husband should have de- eerted ier, but some of the witnesses re- ferred to what they termed “incompati- bility of temperament.”” Powers, it is said, has located in Denver, Colo. —_—— Used the Mails to Blackmail. LOS ANGELES, Cat., Dec. 19.—J. Hey- pemann, a traveling ‘‘fake’’ doctor, was arrested in this city to-day. Hevis ac- cused under an indictment returned by the United States Grand Jury of having used the mails for the purpose of black- mailing F, B. Schuyler of Oceanside. Mr. Bchuyler had addressed a postal card to | the “‘doctor” at Escondido. This the lat- | ter assumed to contain objectionable mat- | ter, which it did not, and he sent a letter | from Perris intin:ating that a sum of money -alone would prevent him from | prosecuting his correspondent. MoiETe Will Move for a New ZTrial. LOS ANGELES, Car., Dec. 19.—Frank Davis, attorney for J. J. McCarthy, con- victed of burglary in having tunneled under the First National Bank, to-day asked that he be given until next Wednes- day to move for anew trial. It issaid there is some new evidence which may be obtained from two seamen now sailing between San Pedro and San Francisco. An attempt to get their affidavits will be made. The nature of the new evidence was not stated. ———— Postoffice Clerk Arrested. LOS ANGELES, CaALn., Dec. 19.—A. E. Peck. directory clerk at the postoffice, was arrested to-day for opening mail. Peck had been in‘office three years, and was re- garded as one of the most efficient clerks, put for two years letters have disappeared with alarming frequency, ana Peck has been under surveillance for eighteen months. He has practically admitted his uilt. A number of opened letters were lound on his person. Converted to the Jewish Failh. LOS ANGELES, CaL.,. Dec. 19.—The B’nai B'rith Synagogue in this city was last night filled to overflowing, both by Hebrews and Gentiles, to witness a cere- mony of a very unusual charater. The event siznalized the conversion of a voung Christian named Daniel Bates, about 25 vears of age, to the yJewish faith. The ceremonies were conducted by Rabbi M. G. Solomon and were very impressive, Foune Guilty of Forgery. LOS ANGELES, CaL.. Dec, 19.—Edward Holst vas to-day found guilty of forgery. He passed a worthless check on H. T. Her}dersolh This was Holst's second triel. T MARIN ELECTION CONTEST, Democratic Supervisorial Candidate Pre- fers Charges of Fraud. SAN RAFAEL, Caw., Dec. 19.—A. Silva filed to-day with the County Clerk a con- test of the election of George E. Ring in the Third Supervisorial District of Marin County. Ring was the Republican candi- date for the office and Sylva the Demo- cratic. Ring received 366 votes and Bylva The contest is based upon five auega-l tions. The first is that illegal votes were cast for Ring in Sausalito precincts one and two, and in Mill Valley and Tiburon. Second, that Ring committed certain offenses against the election franchise, violating the purity of election law, in providing money to compensate voters, buy drinks, etc. Third, misconduct on the part of election officers in Tiburon, Bolinas and Mill Valley, they returning & majority of votes for Ring when in fact, the contestant claims, Sylva had a ma- jority of the votes. Fourth, that the law was violated in Bolinas, Mill Valley and Tiburon, and that the votes cast in those precinets should be considered void; that the officers of-electicn were not appointed from the electors of said precincts, and other irregularities. And fifth, that the vote of Bolinas Precinct is void, for want of a reasonable observance of the pre- scribed conditions of the law for the hold- ing of an election, etc., and therefore should be thrown out. Sap gtk ASHORE NEAR CANBY LIGHT. The German Bark Potrimpos Strikes on the Washington Coast During a Fog. ASTORTA, Or., Dec. 19.—With all lower sails set before a light breeze the German bark Potrimpos went ashore at Long Beach, on the Washington coast, a few miles north of Canby light, shortly before daylight this morning. As it struck 1t rounded to and was washed broadside upon the hard sand beach, where it now rests high out of water at half tide. The vessel was not damaged, and all on board were landed by the North Beach life-saving crew with- out accident. The Potrimpos was from Mazatlan for Astoria, under charter to the Portland Flouring Mills. Reaching a point oppo- site the Columbia River late last night, Captain Heilwedge stayed on deck, as the fog was heavy, and attempted to keep the bark moving in a circle until daylight. There was no suspicion of ‘propinguity to the shore until the bark was in the breakers, carried by the current which is very strong along the coast there. The anchor let zo, but didn’t hold, and the Patrimpos drifted broadside upon the beach. At haif-tide the bark is clear out of the water and rests easily on the sands. Ex- perts predict the possibility of getting it off without damage. ELOPED FxO IASEAERE M SALT LAKE. Flight of a Young Man in Company With a VPariety Aclress. PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 19.—W. 8. Fer- ron of Salt Lake is here in quest of his son, Henry Ferron, about 26 years old, whom he expected to find here danger- ously sick; but so far Henry has not besen found in this city sick or well. The young man eloped from home with a variety actress six weeks ago, he at that time being supplied with plenty of funds, He and his putative wife came to Portland and lived in_clover until Fer- ron’'s money dwindled to a low figure. Tnen they suddenly disappeared from the circle of friends they had made here and no one knows what became of them. He presumably wired the inteiligence of his feigned sickness to his father with the ex- pectancy that the message would bring a needed remittance. HEALDSBUKG BOY SHOT. Fataily Wound+d While Hunting With a Playmate. HEALDSBURG, CaL., Dec. 19.— A sad accident here at noon to-day has shadowed the homes of two prominent families and cast the deepest sorrow over the entire communinty. Clifton, the 12-year-old son of Giles Bush, lies cold in death, shot by bis litile friend and playmate, Edgar Newlands. The boys were hunting for birds, and as Edgar raised his 22-caliber nfie to shoot, Clifton ran before hii, re- ceiving the charge in the head. The bullet entered above the temple and passed through the head, lodging against the opposite wall of the skull. The child was carried unconscious to the home of his parents. The best of surgical aid was summoned, but the little fellow lin ered until 5 o’clock this evening when he ex- pired. g S Snow- Bound Indinns Rescued. TACOMA. Wasu, Dec. 19. — Indian Agent Erwia of Forc Simcoe, on Wednes- day found nineteen Yakima Indians who had been snow-bound two months back of Bald Mountain at the headwaters of the Chehalis River. They were supposed to have been frozen to death, but their discoverer founa all alive and the number increaséd by one. pupoose. Last month they subsisted on eer flesh alone. Twenty of their horses were frozen to death in the snow. The Indians were here. to-day and went to the reservation, e~ Eloping Prodigals Return. F; REDWOOD CITY, CaAn, Dec. 19— John Tribolet and Jénnie Clifford, the young couple who created such a sensa- tion here about two weeks ago by eloping, bave returned. Miss Clifford is no longer a Miss, but now bears the name of her true love. This is but another exemplica- tion of the old adage the ‘‘love find a way,”’ even though fond papasand mamas withhold their consent. Now that the prodigals have returned the fatted calf has been killed and peace been declared. Mr. and Mrs. Tribolet will make Redwood their home for the present. o e Santa Cruz Election. SANTA CRUZ, Car, Dec. 19.-The Young Men’s Institute has elected the following officers for the year 1897: Presi- dent, J. T. Stanton; first vice-president, James Hamill; second vice-president, M. MacNeill; chaplain, H. McNamee: record- ing and corresponding secretary, W. D. Tait; financial secretary, W. E. Valencia; treasurer, G. 8. Tait; marshal, J. Ponsano; physician, J. F. Christal, M.D.; inside sentinel, P.. Morrisey J. executive com- mittee—T. Egan, T. W. Kelly, . §. Tait. o LUl Oakdale Farmer in Trouble. MODESTO, CaL., Dec. 19.—Fred Heck- man, a well-known farmer living near Oaxkdale, was arrested last evening upon a charge of poisoning livestock with phos- phorus, Six hundred dollars’ worth of hogs belonging to neighbors were de- stroyed. Heckman gave bail in the sum of $1000. He claims that the poison was put out upon his own land with the inten- tion of killing squirrels and rabbits and that the hogs got it accidentally. gEEDgE B Mrs. Hilliard Will Wait; FRESNO, Cawn., Dec. 19.— George L. Hood, attorney for tha plaintiff in the suit of Mrs. Ellen Hilliard of this city against Adem Bahwell of Three Rivers, Tulare County, for $25,000 for breach of promise, stated to-day that he would move to dismiss the case without preju- dice. " He intends to reopen the case ata future date. Bahwell is worth about $100,- 000, and a trial of the suit has been looked forward to with interest. Attorney Hood is in poor health and is not able at pres- ent to attend to the case. . —— Riley Loses His Swuit, FRESNO, CaL, Dec. 19.—The trial of the suit of Owen Riley against George L. Moore, & leading butcher, for $5000 damages for false impriconment was finished to-day. Upon the instraction of Judge Risley the jury brought in a ver- dict in favor of 8he deféndant. The court stated that from the testimony Moore had reasonable cause to swear out the warrant for Riley’s arrest on a charge of perjury. e e o RememBer that at Will E. Flehcr’: grand Christmas bicycle sale av 35 Main street on Tuesday you can buy a wheel at cost. | EREATEST NIGHT OF FRESNO'S FAIR Excursion Crowds Gaze at the Wealth of Cit- rus Fruits. San Franciscans Mingle With the People of the San Joaquin. President Craig of the Board of Trade Praises the Big Display. FRESNO, Car., Dec. 19.—The cannons roared with an unusual volume of thunder this evening at 7:30 o'ciock. The cannons are used in Fresno to announce to the people of the earth within hearing of their reverberating tones that the great San Joaquin Valley Citrus Fair is open for the evening and ready to receive visitors. The implements of war are thus used to an- nounce peace and unity between the coun- ties. This was the great day and night of the fair. It was Tulare day and San Fran- cisco day. The largest crowd of grown people that has yet attended promenaded slowly among the exhibits. There was not a hitching post in the city that did not have from one to three teams attached to it. The farmer and his family came from miles around. There were excursions from San Francisco, Stockton, Tulare, Hanford, Visalia and other towns in the valley, and visitors were here from as far south as Bakersfield and Los Angeles. The people from the latter city realized, on bekolding the beautiful and bounteous exhibits of oranges, lemons and other citrus fruits, that there is now another Richmond in the field of orange produc- tion and in the trade. The unusually large crowds, the bicycle races at the Bel- mont track, the horse races at rhe fair grounds, the crowded streetcars and the big pavilion, gave Fresno that metropoli- tan air which she hopes will be hers every day in the week in the future. * The San Francisco visitors were waited upon at their hotels this morning by a local committee of members of the Cham- ber of Commerce and the Hundred Thou- sand Club. Inthe afternoon a drive was taken to points of interest in and around the city ana through surrounding vine- yopds. Hugh Craig, President of the San Francisco Board of Trade, after taking a view of the citrus fair this afternoon said: “I am surprised at thisexhibition. The San Joaquin Vailey, which has achieved areputation as the raisin center, by this fair lets the world know that it isa pro- ducer of citrus fruits as good as any that are grown in the State. I have been to citrus fairs before, but i have seen none more attractive and significant than this, I feel as Fresnoand the people of the val- ley do. Iam proud ofit.” Fresno geople turned out in numbers that did them credit to-night. ‘The band played some extra selections and the crowds Were good-humored and cordial. There was lplemy of applause for the speakers. he box-offices had an un- usually large stock of silver in the golden surroundings, and the management looked happier.. Arthur R. Briggs, pre-ident of the Fresno Chamber of Commerce, deliv- ered an address of welcome to the San Francisco, Tulare and other visitors. He said: 3 I was never more surprised in my life than when I read in the newspapers this morning that I was.to deliver a speech here to-night. 1 am very much like the young man who had to make a speech and did not know what to say. if_he ha - thing in particular to taik about, He said he had not. The old man toid him that in that case he had better talk abou: three minutes and sit down. I shali talk to you about three minutes. I think Tulare County hes had itsday al- ready. Nobody could escape reading that beautiful sign’ over there and secing tnat great display of finé fruit. Ithink that most of us will remember Tulare as long as we live. These citrus fairs do good. They bring, the people together. We take pride in welcoming the people of .the counties represented here, and we weicome none more heartily than those of Tulare. They have come with their fruits, wicth their purses and hearts open. As for San Francisee, I can say the Chamber of Commerce, \he Board of Trade and other commercial bodies of that city received the committee you sent up there-heartily, and co- operated with us tomake our mission a suc- 1 cess. They treated brothers. nizes that the San Joaquin Valley the heart of this great State of Cal fornia, and that whatever is of inter and imporiance to us is the same to them. M Craig not only gave us his sympathy and en- couragement, but he was the first tosay he would come. By these exhibits the people of this valley are brought into more intimate relations, Now, when strangers in the State ask where the citrus fruits come from they will be told that they come from the San Joaauin Valley. This valiey vies with the world to-day in tie products which you see around you. We hope 10 see our visitors from San Francisco and the thousands fromi Tulare at the next citrus fair. In resvonding, Hugh Oraig expressed thanks for the hearty welcome. Said he: We have beefi accustomed 1o think of San Bernardino, Orange and other counties when we have seen oranges, and I must say that this exnibition of citrus fruits here in the.San Joaquin Valley is a complete revelgtion to me. This is already known as the raisin cen- ter, but you show here that you can come to the front with oranges and othg citrus fruits that equal anything in the southern partof the State. On the success and grogreu of the products shown here depends San Francisco's prosper- ity. That has been burned into'us in the last threeyears. Without farmers and agriculture there can be no commerce. Your interest ls ours. We hope we may have mutual prosper- ity for years. We realize now how absolutely necessary it is that the man who tills the soil be the most prosperous in the State. It is nec- essary that wego hand in hand. No county has made California known more throughout the world thap Fresno. We believe that the re- turn tide of Jros perity has come to stay. In conclusion, Mr. Craig said he hoped there would be legislation this winter pro- viding against the’ mortgaging of home- steads, that the mother and the children would always have a home as long as one of them was in the land of the living, He expressed hearty thanks for the hearty welcome and entertainment in Fresno. The fair will close Monday night, The Pavilion will remain open to-morrow and the band will play sacred music. A nam- ber of Sunday excursion< ara coming from surrounding towns. The awards of premiums will be made Monday night. The weather is delightful. San Rafael Foreclosure Suit, SAN RAFAEL, Cav., Dec. 19.—S8uit for foreclosure has been commenced by Annie Harley against William Miller to recover $9000 due on mortgages covering the Mil- ler block on Fourth street and al:o the residence on Fiith avenue. Mr. Miller bolds the offices of Meayor and Post- Mmaster. R PR The Inauqural Ball, WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 19.—Na- tional Chairman Hanna has written Ex- ecutive Chairman Bell of the inaugural committee a letter, which amounts to an abandonment of the Congressional Li- brary and will lead to the selection of the Pension Office for the inaugural ball. In view of the opposition in Congress and among citizens Mr. Hanna leaves the choice of ball building entirely to the executive committee. e Zaunch of a Revenue Cutter. PHILADELPHIA, Pa,, Dec, 19.—The United States revenue Cutter Hugh Mo~ Culloch was successfully launched at Oramps’ shipyard this afternoon. The christening ceremonies were performed by Miss Madge Shoemaker, daughter of Captain C. F. Shoemaker, chief of the rev- enue cutter service. The Hugh McCulloch will be ready for service by March 1 and will be sent to the Pacific Coast by way of Cape Horn to re- lieve the revenue cutter Bear. ¥ Captain J. W. Congdon of the revenu marine service will be her commander. Her length is 219 feet, beam 34 feet draught 14 feet, and she has adisplace, ment of 1280 tons, She is expected to- have a a minimum speed of 16 knots. Her armament will consist of four 6- pounders and four 1-pounder rapid-firing uns and a torpedo tube in her stern. ghe is the largest cutter in the revenue service. The McCulloch will make long Alaskan and Aretic cruises and will have ten officers and a crew of seventy-five men. . ettt Senator Warren Operated Upon. CHICAGO, Inn, Dec. 19. — Senator Francis E. Warren of Wyoming under- went an operation for appendicitis at the Auditorium annex this afternoon; where he bas been lying ill for several days, and he is now said to be in a serious condition. His physician said to-night that he was doing fairly well and believes the opera- ticn will prove successful. At midnight the vatient’s condition was said to be im- proved. e e Bryan to Go to Atlanta. INCOLN, NeBR., Dec. 19.—W. J. Bryan expects to leave Lincoln so as to bein Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday night or Wednes- day morning. - His stay there will be short, and he intends to return almost immediately to Lincoln. Mr. Bryan had not fully determined this evening the route he would take on his Southern visit. He will probably leave some time Sunday. PR Simdesy “Fanity Fair’” in Chicago. CHICAGO, InL, Dec. 19. — “Vanity Fair,’” a three-act comedy, was given ius first American production at Palmer’s Great Northern Theater to-night. The play, which is a caricature_on English socicty, was produced in London{wo years ago,with Mrs,John Wood in the role, to-night assumed by Georgia Cayvan. The production was weil received. Queen of the Hevenue Fleet, PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 19.—The United States revenue cutter Hugh Me- Culloch, the queen of the revenue fleet, was successfully launched at Cramp's shipyard this afternoon. She will make along Alaska and Arctic cruise. e A Means Work for Many. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 19.—The Kansas City Smelting and Refining Works Company expects to resume operations in its copper depurtment in the works at Ar- | gentine July 1. From 500 to 600 men will §, put to work. e Troops for the Philippines. MADRID, Spary, Dec. 19.—Information has been received nere of the intention of General Provelajaria, the new Governor of the Philippines, to ask the Government to send ten additional battalions @ troops 10 the Philippines. % Suffering From a Cancer. CONSTANTINOPE, Turkey, Dec. 19.— The Shek-ul-Islam, Mahommed Dje- malsdd n Effendi, is suffering from a cancer and it is stated that his condition is hopeless, e S Ordered to Manila. BERLIN, Geryaxny, Dec. 19.—The Ger- man cruiser Irene, which is now at Homg- kong, has been ordered to proceed to Ma- nila, the capital of the Philippine Islands, THE SHERRY TRADE. An Inferior Quality of Wines Has Di- minished the.Demand for the Article. The British Consul at Cadiz, in his last report to the Foreign Office, discusses very fally the position of the trade in sherry wine, in which Oadiz is largely interested. For some years past the sherry trade has been under the clound which, either from fashion or taste, appears -periodically to affect one class of wines or unother.’ Pos- sibly the importation some years ago of cheap foreign spirit, with which unscrupu- lous dealers were enabled to fortify wines of inferior quality and export them for sale at low figures, may huve been the rea- son for this. But now that the importation of this foreien spirit is prohibited, and it cannot pay to use anything but pure grape spirit for strengthening the wires, which, un- less so treated, could not bear exportation, the standard of punty is undoubtedly raised. and especiaily as the Consul naively observes, ‘‘the cheapest liquid in Spain, hardly excepting pure water, is the juice of the grape, and the cheapest spirit'that made from it’’ When the juice has been pressed from the grapes, it is run off into butts and left for about six months to ferment and fall bright. During this period it develops a peculiarity unknown in other wines, in the formation of cream of tartar or flor de vino on the surface, which gradually sinks to the bottom. ‘Wines which breed muck of this sub- stance are classed as Finos or Amontilla- dos, while those which do not, or only breed very little, are known as Cloroso. From the same grapes from the same vine- Frd some of the butts will turn out to be ino and some Cloroso. To meet the English taste many of them have to be al- tered in character by the admixture of other wines of a sweeter nature and others have to pe fortified with spirit to enable them to bear transportation to other. cli- mates. Among the principal growers and shippers no adulteration is effected, but the wines are. usually mixed and blended to suit the public taste, except in the case of the very best vintages. The Consul says: “It is unfortunate that English sherry drinkers have not gen- erally acquired a taste for the soft, dry, delicate flivor of thesheriies as they liein the stores as nature made them, for then they are in their most perfect and delicious state. The taste for sherry has of late years greatly grown in the United States, and the exportation thither is largely on the incresse. In England, also, the de- mand appears to-be gradually increasing.” —London Times. Rudyard Kipling as a Poet. A sense of respo ty is no more to be detected in Mr. ing’s latest thun in bis earliest work. fi’xtnvagnnccl which would Eass in “Barrack-room Ballads’ or sea ‘‘chanteys’ reappear to mar serious noble verse, such as the dedication to Wolcott Balestier, ‘Tue linein that dedi- cation, And they rise {o their feet men uuafraid, which has given one reviewer much pain, will, perhaps, not equally afflict most readers. But most readers, I think, will lgnrea that the colossal figure of the dead who > Sitat wine with the Maidens Nine and tne Gods of elder cays— Becomes Gargantuan, and that the step irom the sublime to the ridiculous is clear- ly taken in the verse *Tis_thelrs to where Aztasrs outposts are, o T Or bnffet & pa:h through the Pit's red wrath when God goes out to war, F Or hang with the reckless Seraphim on the rein of a red-mane star. . There is no use in malftiplying in- stances. The reader has toowg that good taste is not in Mr, Kipling’s line, that he bas not the tact and measare and discre- tion for which Matthew Arnold exhorted his countrymen to resort to French liter- ature, and that he abounds in the ‘“regks and violences” which the critic deplored. ~—Monigomery Schuyler in the Forum, ashe passes by, gentle- BASEBALL MEN ARE INDIGNANT More of Long Green Law- rence’s Crooked Work. Attempted to Ring a Professional Pitcher in an Amateur Game. The' Tufts-Lyons Team Snubbed by The “Examiner” and Its Super- -+ mtendent of Blackmail. LOS ANGELES, Car., Dec. 19.—Little by ' little all the circumstances attending the bulldozing, contemptible methods em- ployed by Long Green Lawrence of the Examiner in connection with' the late baseball game in the “trophy contest” engineered by that “monarch of fakers” are coming to the surface. It is now known that the first reports of Long Green's rank and coarse work did not contaii one-quarter of the ‘‘funny business’ attempted by thisthrifty “jour- nalist’” in favor of his pet team—the Alerts of Alameda—and later the, Stars of Nevada and Monograms of Portland against the Tufts-Lyons of this city. For instance, nothing has heretofore been said about Long Green’s attempt to ring in a professional pitcher in the game of the Monograms against the Tufts- Lyons, who acknowledged that he was vastly over age. This pitcher is weli- known in bali circles of San Francisco, but seems to have too much decency to be made a tool of by Long Green after he understood the situation. Then a Mr. Fenimore was brought down from Port- land at Long Green’s expense for the same purpose. This man is a professional and greatly over age under the rules; but these things did not trouble Long Green's conscience. It was anything to beat the Tufts-Lyons, by fair means or foul. But the rankest gime of bluff in this whole nefarious business was the threat made to the Tufts-Lyons team that unless the second game against the Monograms were played without Pitcher Harveya heavy suit would at once be instituted against the Tufts-Lyons Arms Company of this city. This coarse and brutal threat was not made to M. M. Shields, the manager of the team, but to the _;;oungen and most inexperienced mem- ers. Long Green and his newspaper are al- ways prating about their liberality as en- tertainers and bill-footers, and yet it is well known that ‘on their latest. trip to San Francisco to play the finals by the Tufts-Lyons team no provision ‘had been made to convey them to their hotel nor to accord them a single courtesy in any way whatever. Friends from here taking pity on the young men in a strange city with- out a chaperon provided them with tickets to places of amusement. But She Smoked. She was a little old woman, dressed in black, and having a bundie wrapped up in a gray shawl. She had a seatin the middle of a Grand River-avenue car, and, as she ook out her clay pipe and began feeling’ for her tebacco, the conductor smlpped for- ward and said: - v: o “You mustn’t smoke heére, ma’am.” “Why not?"’ “Against the rales.” “Who made the rules?” “The company.’” ““Where’s the company ?” “Down at the office.”” ““Well, I never allow mobody a mile away to tell me when 1 shall or shall not smoke. I've got neural:y, and when 1 have'it I'allus smoke. You kin trot right back to the platform and be ready to jié)g.le the bill when anybody wants to get ol And she found a match, lighted it on the under edge of a seat and puffed away with a serene countenance until ready to get off at Twellth street.—Detroit Free Press. Eem el g e Henceforth the Ameer of Afghanistan is to be known to his subjects as the *Light of the World.” His Majesty nas had a gold coin struck to commemorate his new dignity. NEW TO-DAY. Own It SEE IF YOU SE* IV, Price. Looks like a At Factory | i TENONDAY MO AT THE MAZE, O to 12 M. TR Christmas will find us as b carry out parts of the city to leave for New York a week Sede e i ts for We would not have to offer extra inducemen your attendance to-morrow, for the last few;days before our plan formed to get people living in all come out to “The Maze” and do as much morning trading as possible and leave the after- noons for those who are una to fire up these morning sales to a glowing heat, and to make them more popular than ever. usy as bees, but we do it to ble to come. Our buyers hence solely to secure fuel DONT LEAVE YOUR TOY PURCHASES TO THE LAST MINUTE. COME IN THE FORENOON. AT LESS THAN ANY ONE'S. OUR TOY STOCK Afternoons 12}4c. she material in it for $3 95. the Cloak Department. One of the best inducements. A sleeve vest for 25¢ if you ask for i Dressed Dolls, 50c. as much, doing it. walking hat, that cannot be boug! under, if for $150. DRESS GOODS. All=wool Boucle Curls, astonishing bargains. choice merchandise and crowded MONDAY MORNING, 9 TO 12 M., Clan Plaid Flannelettes, 7:c. Irish Frieze Jackets, $3.95. This i t, and sells regularly at $7 50. You cannot purchase R e s It's l;{ezr!ect-fininz. new sleeve, new front, as stylish and nobby as any one will sell for $750 10 $9. It’s a boom for Changeable Silk Waists, $2.95. Fancy Corduroy Waists, $2.95. Th ry-day value of these Waists is $5. We offer you an inducement to go:: o us Monday morning if a Waist interests you in saving $2 05. Ladies’ Jersey=Ribbed Vests, 25c. It's an impossibility to do it in the regular way. We have more Toys than we could sell at regular prices, so we cut them and only have half They are worth $1 and more. Ladies’ Fur Felt Fedora Hats, 75c. Not a wool felt as the price would imply, but a French fur felt trimmed All=wool Fancies, 38=inch, 25c. All=wool French Boucles, 46=inch, 50c. In these three grades are hundreds of pieces of Diess Goods that are The result of this will prove a counter laden with == 50c silver gray high neck and long t Monday morning between 9 and 12. You'll think kindly of us for ht in any establishment in this city 38=inch, 37ic. to its utmost with eager patrons. POOOOSNOVL0-0-0-0-000-0-0000E=ZEI5L MARKET AND 5%?’{ méupgen oPEs & IHe Mevze s é TAYLOR STS. Old Grist I1ill Wheat Coffee is delicious and VERY HEALTH- FUL—REAL Coffee is delicious and VERY INJURIOUS—that’s just the difference. Better choose the one that’s good for YOU. In 1-1b. boxes at your grocers. POTTER & WRIGHTINGTON, Boston, Iass. %7 .ocker. Made at our fagtory—never out of our factory. You may have only one at $2.90. It's a beauty-—comforta.i)le and the proper thing for a Christmas Gift. CALIFORNTA RATTAN 0. 29 FIRST STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. SPECIAL NOTICE! BENGUIAT'S CHOICE TURKISH RUGS, All kinds, sizes and prices at genuine sacrifice prices at Golden Gate Hall, 625 Sutter street, until Christmas only, from 8 A. M. t0 10 p. M. daily: Prior to removing our entire stock to our sture, 214 Post street (which is too small for our present large stock), we have concluded to offer at genuine low prices our antique as well #s our modern Orien- tal rugs, carpets, embroideries, brassware, | meda and Berkeley. ete. " REMEMBER in this offering are in- cluded our collection of rugs which received the highest medal of the Werld's Fair, and were used also in this City in decorat- ing the Mark Hopkins Art Institute for this | year’s Mardi Gras ball. Our ‘World’s Fair diplomas will convince you as to the qual- ity of our rugs. And we are the most rushed because we have everything that everybody is rushing for. SILVER NOVELTIES, DRESDEN CLOCKS, LEATHER GOODS, UMBRELLAS, STATIONERY, BOOKS, BIBLES, ° GLOVES and FANS. Jewelry, Watches and Diamonds, Albums, Dressing-Cases, Purses, Card-Cases, Hand-Bags, . Inkstands and Gold Pens, Tables and Flower Pots, Baskets and Vases, Piano Lamps, Velocipedes and Tricycles, Fine Neckwear and Canes. Cutlery, Platedware, Bric-a-Brac, Statuary and Lamps, Paintings and Etchings, R Christmas Cards, ‘Wagons end Playthings, Toy Furniture. TOYS, DOLLS, CANDY. In fact, everything you can think of Suitable for Christmas. FOWLER AND BEN-HUR BICYCLES. NoTE—Goods dellvered free of hi 1ito, Bilthedale, Mill Valley: Tibtron, Kqtiseh Son Rafael, wards, Vallejo, Napa, Saa Lorenzo, Melrose, San Leandro, Oakland, Ala- AT AUCTION TUESDAY, TUESDAY.........DECEMBER 22, 1896, At 12 o’clock noon, AT OUR SALESROOM, 638 MARKET ST. Market-Street Improved Property. Northwest line Market st., 114:6 feet southwest of Franklin; large lot. extending through to Pags st.; Improvements on the Market-st. front; also on the Page-st. front. This plece of property Is improv.ng every day aud soon will b worth £3000 per front foot. It is in the first block beyond Van Ness avenue and in the march of elegant im- provements. A big chance for a speculator or capitalist. Examine this; lot 27:6x104:10, through to Page st., which it frouts 219 feet. Il . Downtown Property—Improved. South line (Nos. 60714 and 609) Pine st., 137:8 feet west of Grant ave.: front bullding, 4 storl 27 rooms and bath: rear building, 2 stories, rooms: well built, in fine condition: always rented; rent $120: cement walks; basalt 10ck o) ot 1ot 84:414x137:6 feet. 5 h et Residence Lot Near Market Street. South line of Clinton.Park, 155 east of Dolores st, and near Market st.; lot ready for building; pleasant surroundings; examine this; must be 80ld; Casiro-st. cable; lot 25x75 feet. Nob Hill Residence. North line (No. 1816) of Pine st.. 56 feet east of Octavia; 2-story bay-windowed residence of 9 rooms and bath; basement; cement sidewsalk and garden walks; bituminous street; everything in splendid shape; large lot, 28x137:6 feet. Golden Gate Park Residence. East line (No. 216) of Ashbury st, 100 feet north of Fell; handsome 2-siory bay-windowel Tesidence; 7 rooms and bath; high basement: in fiue - condition; cement-stone walk: Iron feace: brick foundatien: fine home; or e-half biock from ;;m:len Gate Purk; several cable roads; lot 25x108 el Magnificént Corner Lot. Southwest corner of Pacific and Jones sts.; all ready to improve; would pav well with stores be low ant flats abdve; good location for business: Pacific st. in basult Tock and cement-stone walk; Jackson and Hyde st. cables; large corner lot, 60x52:4 feet. Probate Sale. Northwest line (No. 538) of Howard st., 425 feet south of First; improvements, 2 dwellings of 10 and 4 rooms. ‘ihis is close to business prop- erty. and Howard st. must s0on become a business street; plenty of carlines: lot 35x85 teet. Oak-Street Business Property, Near Golden Gate Parik. South line of Oak st., 187:6 feet west of Devisa- dero; 2. hancsome business Iots, an ! but 1 block from Golden Gate Park; fmproved with siores below and flais above; rent quli- amine these; must be soid; 2 lots, 253157 h e: Mission Heights—Co'tage. weat line (o 1Gh) of Clara ave. 168 teet. north of kighieenth st., near Douglass; pretiy bay-window cottage of 5 rooms and bath: street sewered, graded and macadamized; cement walk and jron fencing: examine this; Kighteenth-st, elegtric-cars: lot 28x136 feet. For Catalogues, Terms, etc., lnquire of EASTON, ELDRIDGE & CO,, \Office and Salesrooms 638 Market St. ANTAL=MIDY These tiny Capsules are supe to Balsam of Copaiba, Cubebcorlniact‘lohsuui CURE IN 48 HOURS the eame diseases Inconvenience, Sold & |