The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 17, 1897, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 17 1897. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. Fair Sunday.—Locai Forecaster McAdie. The soldiers at_the Presidio had a field day yesterday and did some good work. The Channing Auxiliary gave a concert yes- terdsy at the First Unitarian Church. An evening paper anuounces the engage- Miss Viotory Bateman to Harry Kyle. faria Kip Orphanage desires 1o have of the daughter of Mrs. Louise Worth- ngt T he brain of William M. Roe, the murderer d at Napa, is to be ‘preserved for the eye clence to study. lought a lively battie on Front street on lay afternoon. e proposition to hold a “night’’ Police Court is being sirongly opposed by attorneys who practice in the courte. Alvarado, Fly, Queen Blazes, Beart Pin, In- allation, Buckwa and Fi Fi were the winners Onklaud track yesterday. rs. W. W. Diriond departed for Honolulu yesterday on the steamer Copiic YOWINg venge- ance on Ler alleged traducers. sudden proclamation of yesterday aga 1 proved & grave inconvenience to ny business projects and houses. itishers of this City are preparing & big anniversary of Queen y years’ reign, June 21. the sealing schooner - Elsie dey for muiinous conduct es off this port. sa has been laid up for een went vesterday. e 1 in her pla of the Golden Gate Kindergar- ? er was elected by the death telaw has been doing a tow- he past week. She is very the schooner Allen A, un- er into port yesterday. is 1o hear argument on the to the cleim of Anselmo veaga 10 one-tourth of the | Vicente de Laveaga's estat aptain and owners of the French ship | Corneille Lave sued George W. M 50 for what is alleged to amount to contract on the charter of the ves- ute Jos he sppointment of two Inspectors of Polic ded for in the bill before the L ng cousid ¢ the vositions if the biil shouid awell has handed down a | g ice of the Peace Ker- nding from .a non-re t cor- d ior the payment ol costs of ng Juage n away at the corner of streets yesterday, doing ge and ~creating much no one was killed or even A steam roller n and Bake: has been nd Coos Bay, has ins & Co., and in Coos Bay to San netive of Philadelphia, worker, and James J. n utte County, Cal., farmer, a’s of age, Were sworn in as policemen | Franctseo Riding Club has decided 1 s series of paper chases in the open v near Ingleside, and in a few weeks will startle that quiet part hunter's b sco. T. Nash, an aged miner, died_suddenly a a lod ouse at 134 Fourth had lodged there since October 27. engaged in Napa County in the mines. Mason, alias Pope, & ‘‘trusty” in the , who made his escape in Decem- 5, has been discovered in the prison will be brought back to a Rosa are reported to have Valley Water from San Fran- ngerfield’s nse while he ihe great water sult of Mock y of Santa Rase. | s requesting that street- be 8o changed as to ia asphait has been ervisors. ualists of the City have taken up gainst Rev. Dr. Farrand for icism of mediums. They claim that pursuit_of the ideals of spiritualism con- itules & religion free of dogma. The Occidental snd Oriental Company’s ok away for Japan and China yester- ergest Cargo of cotton that has ever | port in & steamer. She aiso bad on vy consignments of flour. z of the ts Cit es to- Lady Mine t pigeon-fancier. ev. Jemes R. Knodell of Los Angeles will deliver an address before the young men at the Christian Association building, Mason and Ellis streets, this afternoon at 3 o’clock. | There wili be special music for the occasion. sbie, who lives on McAllister street, d & Chinese yesterday to | schoolhouse in Swanhilda will e first | officiates as schoolteacher. HOMING PIGEONS T0 NOVEL USE FOR HOMERS Speed of Birds Will Be Pitted Against the Craft of a Monster. WILL FLY FROM FARALLON. As Soon as the Swanhilda Is Sighted the N:ws Will B> Winged to This Cily. This morning there will start for sea on the pilot-boat Lady Mine, otherwise known as the bar boat, a cote of doves, or homing pigeons, their destination being the Farallone Islands. Their mission is unique—for they have & mission—one of importance, and of singular and timely interest. They are sent out to do some- thing unparalleled in history. Journeying toward San Francisco on the four-masted ship Sweanhilda, Frank Butler is, supposedly, approaching a crisis in his life. Reputed to be the most atro- and there is much anxiety to learn as early as possible of the first ap- pearance of the Swanhilda. Strangely enough, and beyond all probable chance of failure, the gentlest of sll animate things, a dove, will btring in the earliest news of the coming of the most ferocious murderer. Itis for this purpose that the homing pigeons will to-day go out on the Lady Mine, which will make a trip to the Farallones for the sole purpose of carry- ing them. Mixed in with the generally grewsome flavor which sttends this exciting man mance in the combination of methods of communication for the purpose in hand when considered in the light of the pecu- liar circumstances attending. Foremost among the birds to be carried to the Farallones as message bearer is Daisy, which is supposed after many tests most rapid homing pigeon on the Pacific Coast. it has won laurels by flying from Fresno and all intermediate points and from Oroville and all intermediate points to the lofts of A. Carlisie in Berk Strong of wing and remarkably saga Daisy was selected to br sage ever sent from the Faraliones to San Francisco by wing power. Consequently Deisy knows the way and has proved its great reliability. Now when the Swanhilda comes boom- ing along the first place from which she the surface of the surrounding ocean rises the lighthouse, the base of which is be- tweer: 300 and 400 fect above the sea level. At the lighthouse there is a powerful tele- horizon line can be made out clearly. The Swanhilda Is of & peculiar rig. The nautical eye could easily distinguish her among other sailing ships. The descrip- tion of her has beeu sent forward to the Farallones, 5o thatshe cannot well be mis. may loom into view. From the lighthouse a telephone line leads down to the houses in which the lighthouse-keepers and their families live and the line is also connected with tne which Daisy Annette Doud, who recently went to the Farallones, observed at the lighthouse sees the Swan- earlier tban any other person near the Californis coast line, he wil! be able to Doud, who, already practiced in the flying of pigeons, will hold nerseif alert to dis- paich Daisy in a few seconds to this City. The dovecote recently established by A. Carlisle at the Farallones for the benefit a bogus lottery ticket he had | ar ago with 50 cents in- im out of the neignbor- | de Y. M. C. A. football | thirty-sixth game | ral Park and won | Lick-S8chool team aiter | on of football, the score | v in commemoration of {he ¢ bill was concluded with Metropolitan Tem- er presided and of the fight for the ders vlat Captain Kustel of y nearly had F: peopie were on the e shio Hawelian Isles Butler, murderer, ge from New- e was an hour and 50 had da. g in an appe to seek & Dosition on the § ge Belcher has decided gue against Dastague that a Judge of the Buperior Court mey sef aside a decree of di- vorce at suy time. If a divorced wom: should remarry and her decree should be nulled by the court it would piace ber in the position of baving two husbands. The Amateur Athletic Union of the United States has adopted & new scheme for identify- ing amateur athletes by registering and num- bering them, and hes appointed as registrar for this Btate, Nevada and Arizons, Willlam F. Humphrey of this City, president of the Pacific Association of the Amateur Athletic n Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, a former Pre- mier of the Australian colony of Victoria, was once made the,object of a peculiar mbarrassment. A man on & public oc- asion presented bimself to Sir Charles, who bud been appointed to some petty Government office after a campaign in which there had been questionable elec- toral practices. 1 suppose,’ said Sir Charles, “that you are one of my supporters?" ““Three of them,” answered the man, with a wink that was impossible to mis- understand NEW TO-DAY: Money back 1 you don’t like Schilling's Best. Tea and money at your grocer’s. of shipping and the weather bureau is | only a few steps from Farailones school- house. In this dovecote the fifty pigeons 10 be taken out on the Lady Mine to-day will be placed before to-night. The sec- nd that Miss Doud hears the message over the telephone from the lighthouse she will run to the dovecote, and in five cious of all modern murderers, public an- | | ticipation has by him been put on edge, hunt on the high sea is something of ro of speed to be with very litue doubt the | ng the first mes- | will be seen is the Farallones. High above | scope, with which opjects coming to the | teken for any other vessel whenever she | So when the | hilda, which in all probability will be | siznal the fact instantaneously to Miss | ASSIST The Coming of the Murderer to Bs Heralded by Doves. first sighted at 10 A. M. the time schedule would be something like thi: 10:00}4—Miss Doud notifled. 10:02—Message written. 10:05— Dnisy”’ flies for home. 11:05—* Daisy’’ Reaches Borkeley. 11:05)—Telephone Rings for Sunset. 11:10 (at latesti—News Reaches Mr. ritsle. Total time, 1 hour 9}5 minutes. The message which will be brought by homer Daisy will be inclosed in & watertight aluminum cylinder, weighing | only eight grains, which will not impeda the speed of the mestenzer. Miss Doud has a supply of these cylinders convenfent for use, and also the paper prepared es- pecially for the reception of messagzes. arranged periectly, T. D. Yarrington, an expert with pigeons, will go out with the birds on the Lady Mine to-day. Mr. Yar- rington goes under the directions of Mr. Carlisle. He will give the birds to Miss Doud, pointing out Daisy to her, that the champion may be sélected to make the flight. Mr. Carlisle said last night that this opportunity to get into prompt communi cation with the Farallones on thisinterest. ing occasion has been afforded through the courtesy of the Pilot Commissioners, especialiy Captain Charles Mayo and Cap- tain Barker, the efficient secretary of the | commission. Through them the pilot- | boat was provided especially to carry out | the homers. Mr. Beemer, the principal lightkeeper at the Farallones, will un- | doubtedly co-operate. The birds, other than Daisy, will for the | most part be used for bringing in mes- | sages frem the Farallones concerning ships 0 make sure that every:thing shall be | f & dwelling. The damage to the building.and its contents amounted to about $300. A two- story dwelling-house occupied by J. Hennesy, {52 Stiver sirect. also cangnt fire, and was dam: aged to the extent of $200. The cause of the blaze is unknown. N THE CAPTURE OF BUTLER Acuo s somn He Arrived La:t Night and Will Ap- pear Here in Four Different Plays. Joseph Haworth, Mme. Mod jeska’s lead- ing man, by some likened to Booth be- cause of his talent, arrived here from New York last nigh:, and is at the Occidental. He will appear at the Baldwin Theater with Modjeska to-morrow night in “Magda.” Mr. Haworth appears to be little more than 30 yearsof age. He is about 5 feet 10 inches high, compactiy built and weigh- ing about 180 pounds. e is what would be called a handsome m; The talented actor said he had bad a pleasant trip across the country. Many San Francisco playgoers will doubtless remember Mr. Haworth as the hero in the tarilling melodrama ‘“Paul Kauvar,”” which caught the crowds for so !long a period. He is exceedingly versa- tile in all kinds of stage work. He has been playing the leading part in Bret Harte’s “*Sue” for some time past, and 1t is stated that he 18 to receive $500 a week and expenses for severing his con- | nection with that company. He has | played in **Magds’’ before, taking the part of the Major. Mme. Modjeska thinks his | Macbeth is the most periect she has ever seen. There will be five nights of “Magda.” | “Mary Stuart” will foliow, and then | “Macveth” and “Lecouvreur” will be put {on. The company will play on tue coast about four weeks. e — LANDSCAP_ES REPAIRED. The Wreck and Restoration of One of Keith’s Great Paintings. Keith pronoses that his canvases shall live. One of his best and biggest recent works has just been through a remark- able experience and is about to make a second trip to Washington and become an example of what a great artist can do asa tinker as well as a painter of pictures. It will be remembered that last year Kei'h painted “The Discovery of San | Daisy, the Fleetest Homing Pigeon on the Pacific Coast. Daisy Will Bring the First News of the Arrival of the Swanhilda. and weather for the use of the commer- cial community and Weather Bureau. | Several bieds may be use! to send in news | from the Swanhiida describing her proz- ress. This is probably the first time on earth that a dove has been empioyed in helping to bring to justice a fugitive mur- derer. | ~ Captain Merry, secretary of the Cham- ber of Commerce, who has largely helpea to establish the pigeon line at the Farai- | lones, is much interested in this exploit. ofIGHT" POLICE COURT | The Proposition Opposed by At- torneys Who Practice in { the Courts. | Whether It Will Be Carried Into Effect Wil L rge v Depend on Chiei Crowley. | The proposition to hold a night session | of one of the Police courts is meetin« with | strong opposition from attorneys who practice in the courts. They sneer at the idea and say that it is impracticable, asit would be unjust: to the defendant in a case from the fact that he would not have an opportunily to pro- cure his witnesses. | “Itisan absurd thing on the face of it,” Francisco by Portala, 1769,” for the com- petition in the portrayal of the discovery | of the bay. It was a striking picture, in Keith’s inimitable stvle, and last fall it was bought by Mrs. Hearst, who admired 1t greatly. Two months aroit was shipped to her at Washington, magnificently framed and care'ully boxed. Of hows it happened there is no story, but when it got to Washingfon the box was a wreck and there were fourteen holes in the canvas. An arm could go throuzh most of them. Mountains were rent in twain, clouds were torn from the soft sky and Porta'a’s troopers were horribly butchered. Mr-. Hearst shipred it back, hopeless that even | the creator could restore it, but when | Keith got over the blues he tackled the awful wreck. A new canvas was glued to the back and each shred was carefully smoothed into its place. Then patiently and skillfully each rent was filled with paint, pressed in, and scraped smooth when dry. Then the original tints were laid on, and so enthusiastic did t e painter be- come that he brightened the sunset in | honor of the resurrection and further glorified the clonds. Now the picture is ready to go to Washington again, and so yperfectly is the wreck repaired that the | closest inspection of both back and front | does not give the fain:est suzgestion that | the magnificent painting ever knew a | rent. | "The work shows thata great oil paint- | ing can be mended and the tinker's arc concealed, so that for repair purposes a fine oil painting is ahead of most other things. Keith is soon to bé honored by having seven of his best California landscaves in- troduced to the attention of Washington The Improvised Dove-Cote on the Farallones, Whence the Homers Will Be Dispatched to This City. minutes from the time that the Swanhiida is sighted she wiil have aispatched the in- teresting news by Daisy. The distance from the Far: Berkeley is forty-five miles. . Dnisy knows every foot of the way and has flowa it. If the west wind blows Daisy will be in Berkeley in a very little more than an hour after the Swanhilda is first seen. This time is reasonably fixed from recent tests taken as examples. Daisy has flown over the course, with a northeast wind blowing at the rate of twenty miles per hour, in one hour and twenty-five min- utes. Therefore, under ordinary circum- stances, Daisy will be in her cote within the time mentioned. There will be no mistake about the arrival of Daisy in Berkeley and no delay in making known the arrival. On the cate to which Daisy will fly there is a bell which the pigeon must ring when it enters the cote. This is an electric bell, so that when it is rung a signal wil! be im- mediately rung in Mr. Carlisle’s house. Every one in that house will be on the alert. Upon the ringing in of this signal the message will be taken from the cham- pion messenger and the facts in it will be immediately teiephoned to Mr. Carlisle at his place of business on Montgomery street in this City. Mr. Carlisle will, therefore, be in the enviable position of know ng first of any one in S8an Francisco that the Swanhilda has actually been i *hted. A Schilling & Co San Francisco In fact the pigeon, Daisy, ought to be the means of recsiving the news here hours before it can come by any other means or lones to | said one of the attorneys last night, “‘and looks to me like a bluff to catch cheap | popularity. True, it works well in New York, but there they have what are termed general sessions and special ses- sions. eral sessions, and when a prisoner is arrested he is atonce taken before him. If the evidence is not sufficient to convict the magistrate sends the prisoner home, but if on the contrary he believes other-. wise he remands the prisoner into cus- tody to be tried before three magistrates, who sitduring the day in special sessions.” It was pointed out to him that there was very little difference between the sys- tem in New York and the proposed inno- vation here, but he failed to see it that Wi admitting, however, that it would be 8 good thing to have,a Judge in attend- ance from 8 P M. till 2 A. M. for the pir- pose of accepting bonds. % There has not yet been any meeting of the four Judges and the Chief of Police tg discass the proposal, but it will probably be held in the beginning of the week, If the Chief should see no obstacle in the way of holding the nicht court the proha- bility is that it will be carried into effect without dela: S ———— A Thousand-Dollar Fire An alarm was sounded from box 69 at 8:20 o’clock last evening for a fire in a two-story frame building, owned by James O'Connor, in the rear of 31 Perry street. The lower floor of route. Supposing that the Swanhilda is “A magistrate sits all the time 1n gen- | society people and art lovers at a recep- tion to given by Mrs. Hearst for the purpose in her Washington home. B Our Opinion In to-day’s Toyn Talk covers strongly ex- pressed criticisms upon the Police Court method of enforcing the law, the funding bill, the Maguire-Johnson controversy and the cur- rent issues, The Saunterer gives the latest town gossip, political, social and otherwise, while the musical and stuge departments are made exceptionally interesting with reviews of the lntest conceris. There is also a letter from the Legisiature snd some spicy gossip about the Capital City’s 400. In fact, every line of reading matter in the twenty-eight ages which form Town Talk’s regular weekly Titie 18 original and of the higheat standard. «i4 Tale of Matrimonial Mesalliances,” which tefis the family history of some of our 400, v will set évery tonecue wagging and everybody guessing. Town Tulk can be had of any ne dealer. 5 ——————— A Y. M. 1. Lecture. To-morrow evening a lecture will be de livered by Hom. M. M. Estee in Metropolitan Hall on “The Groundwork of Our Liberties,”, under the suspices of Washington Council, Y. M.L This isone of the lectures that have been arranged by the Central Lecture Bureau of tho order, Ths following is the programme of the evening: Organ prelude, Miss Marie Glorgiani; opening remarks, Johin J. Barrett, president of the eventug; vocil solo, Sizs. F. L. ratten; 'cello solo, Dr. A. T. Regensburger iecture, “The Groundwork of Our Liberties,’ Hou. M. M. Estee; organ postiude, Miss Marie Giorgiani. = e For business men or country merchants the building is occupied by Chris Martensen as s atable and the upper by John Gammels as the Russ House is tue best place in S. F.* BRIGHT LIGHT T0 A BLIND £1E Strange Revelation That Came to a Man by a Crookes Tube. Charles Eisasser Saw Light and Motion in an X-Ray Laboratory. His Right Eye, Which Cculd Not Per- eive the Sup, Saw the Weird F uoresccnt G ow. That the ways of the X ray with human and other things are yet a long way ahead of the finding out of them has one of its illustrations in the remarkable experience of a one-eyed man, whose sightless eye was flooded with the mysterious waves in Professor Van der Naillen’s X-ray labora- iory the other day. No doctors have known or theorized about this case yet, as they undoubtedly will do when tbe story is bruited among them. Many pathologists here and abroad have led blind people up to the s'range flasks of emptiness called Crookes tubes to study the po-sible effects of the new-found vibrations on useless organs of vision, and varied have been the results. Some of the blind bave perceived noihing. Some have been transported by knowing the sense of light again. The strangeness of the case of Charles Elsasser lies in the fact that though he cannot perceive with his injured eye the presence of an arc light in a room he is able to see as a weird glowing the light of the Crookes tube in operation, and further- more it appears brighter to his injured than to his normal eye. Mr. Elsasser is about 35 years of age, and for some time has been assistant en- gineer at the power-house of the Edison TLight and Power Company. Eght years g0, while working at a machine, a little piece of steel struck him in his right eye, Jeaving a sear across the cornea, and oth- erwise injuring the ball. During these eight years his right eye has been absolulely sightless, not convey- ing even the dimmest 1mpression of light when it was turned to the sun with his left eye closely covered. Two weeks ago curiosity about the X rays took nim to Professor Van der Nail- jen’s laboratory, and while he was there R. Leo Van der Naillen,who attends tothe X-ray experiments, thought to try the Tuys on Elsasser's biind eye. Elasser covered his good eye and iocked into the fluoroscope with the other eye; he could see nothing. He was asked to look directly at the tube when it was aglow, and e instantly said, *That's the first time in eight years that I have seen light with that eye.” Whien he was asked what it looked like he said it wasa bright greenish ball of fire. ‘When his back was turned to the Crookes tube ard he turned to it again with his left eye tightly covered his blind eye would move and fix it-elf on the light as any normal eye will. Further- more, when a hand was put over t e light it brought darkness to him, and when | fincers were opened and ciosed between the light and hiy eye he could see the movement as that of shadows. Young Mr. Van der Naillen was much interested and arranged for farther ex- periments, but two or three days later El- sasser caght his arm in a belt and had it crushed so that it had to be amputated. He is now ih St. Mary's Hospital, on the way to reccvery, and there he yesterday confirmed the story of his experience, thougi he was not inclined to discuss it much under the circumsiances. “I had not seen light with that eye for eight years,” he said, “but I not only saw that light but it seemed brighter to that eye than 1o my good one.” As he gets along very well with one eye, he is naturaily not as deeply interested in the discovery as he would beif he were totally blind, but the scientific interest of the case is ju t as great. OLUB IN EUREKA VALLEY. Citizens Residing Near Twin Peaks \:ave Organized for Improvement. Tne residents and property-owners of Eureka Valley organized*themselves into an improvement club last night on Dan- vers street, at which the following officers were elected: President, 8. Wyatt; sec- 8. N. Norton; executive commit- . Wyatt, James C. Brown, James Quinn, M. Mibach, H. Schroeder, H. Schliemann hnd A. Petzold. , The principal topic brought before the club was the extending of Seventeenth street from Douglass to Clara avenue, where it joins the Corbett road. This question has long been agitated by the people of Eureka Valley and has been bafore courts for a number of years. Uatil a_decision is rendered by the Su- preme Court the vexed question will re- main in statu quo. A resolution was introduced asking the Board of Supervisors to add two electric lights on State street, between Castro and Duncan, and one orr Merritt street. The following delegates were elected to the Associated Improvement Clubs: 8. N. Norton, 8. Wyatt, H. 8. Drieschmann,; M. Mibach and E. McBride. 1 . OLYMPIO OLUB WRESTLERS. Gladiators Who Have Entered for the Tournament This Month. The following are the entries for the Olympic Club’s wrestling tournament, | which will take place on the 28th inst.: 125-pound elass—J. Meagles, Columbia Athletic Club; H. Gelder, Oakland_Athietic Club; F. Butler, Olympic Club. 135-pound class—J. J. Phillips, Olympic Club; L. Mam- bock, Columbia Athletic Club; F. G. Ely, Olympic Club. 145-pound class—G. Eckhardt, Olympic Club; R. Wixson, Oakland Athleti¢ Club; F. G. Ely, Olympic.Club. 158-pound class—R. B. Cornell and G. Hiidebrant, Olym- ic Club; C. Peterson, Columbia Athletie Club; . Mahoney, Olympic Club; F. Hoffmann, San Francisco Turn Verein. Heavy-weights—R. B. Corneil, D. Mahoney and G. Hildebrant, Olympi¢ Club; Charles Peterson. Columbia Athletic Club, ' Special match at 136 pounds— N. Brown, Multnomah Athletic Club, Portland, and C. T. Kreling of the Olympic Club, Members can invite their lady friends to see the gladiators on the mat, and Pro- jessor Meihling has given his word and honor that he will look as pretly as a peach when called upon to explain the difference between a choke hold and a croteh lock. e — AN ESOAPED “TRUSTY.” Frank Mason, Alias Pope, Discovered in the Lo Angeles Prison. Frank Mason, alius Pope, while a “grusty’’ in the City Prison made his escape in December, 1895. He was dust- ing Captain Wittman's room, and gave the policeman who was watching him the slip. He had been sentenced to a yeur’s imprisonment three months before for steaiing some tools from the warehouse of Scott, Sloss & Miller, The police learned yesterday that Mason had been sentenced in Los Angeles on December 16 last to five months’ impris- onment for petty larceny there, and when he has served his term he will be brought back bere. NEW TO-DAY. @ should you ? whose value you don’t k sarsaparilla. FBEDEDEREDEDEDEDED When you are going to buy a commodity established house to trade with, and trust their experience and reputation. Do so when buying Ayer’s Sarsaparilla bas been on the market fifty years. Your grandfather used Ayer’s. Itisa reputable medicine.. There are many sarsaparillas. Sarsaparilia Senss. ¢ Any sarsaparilla is sarsaparilla. True. So any tea istea. So any flour is flour. But grades differ. You want the best. It’s so with sarsaparilla. There are grades. You want the best. If you understood sarsaparilla as well as you do tea and flour it would be easy to determine. But you don’t. How a ] 3 3 3 3 3 2R & 9 9 now, you pick out an old GF 3] < But only one Ayer’s. IT CURES. @m@m@fimmfim@@g WHO WILL BE THE POLICE INSPECTORS Speculation Rife as te the Lucky Ap- pointees. They Will Be Selected From the Present Six Cap- tains. If the Bill Before the Legislature Should Pass There Will Be Pro- motiogs Along the Line. The volice bill now before the Legisla- ture has been a leading topic of conversa- tion among the members of the depart- ment since its introduction. The fact that a bill providing for an increase in the salaries of the Chief to $5000, caprains to $2500 and detectives to $1800 would be submitted to the Legisla- ture was pubiisned in THE CALL several weeks ago, but it was not known that pro- vision had been made for the appointment of two inspectors at a salary of $3000 each until the bill® was introduced about a week ago. It is this new feature that has caused so much talk in the department. The origi- nal idea was to provide for the appoint- ment of a Deputy Chief at a salary of $3000, but this has apparently been aban- aoned and two inspectors substituted, which is more in accordance with the custom that prevails in the police depart- m nts in the large Euastern citics. The appointment of inspectors is looked upon as a step in the right direction, as they would assume a large amount of the responsibility and duties that is now vorne entirely by the Chief. The probability is that the City would be divided into two districts. Une inspector would have charge of the district noy controlled by Captain Wittman and Cap- tain Dunlevy, which includes the water front, and the other thedistrict controlied by Captian Spillane and Captan Gillen, inctuding the Potrero. The inspectors would have absolute power in their respective districts, but of courss they would be subject to the orders of the Chief, and each would have his headquarters in the district assigned to him. Already speculation is. rife as to who will be ‘the fortunate ones 1if the bill should pass and receive the Governor's signature. The bill provides that the in- spectors shall be selected from the six captains, viz.: Lees, Wittman, Spillane, Gillen, Danlevy and Robinson. It is be- lieved that Captain Lees would not care tg retire from the position he has so ad- mirably filled for nearly nalf a century to accept the position as inspector, as in the event of Chief Crowiey retiring soon he would in all probability succeed him, Captain Robinson 1s in charge of the City Prison, and the other four have each the control of a district. The two lucky ones would, therefore, be selected frem these five, and Wittman and_ Spillane are said to be at the head of the list. The promotion of two of the captains to be inspectors would necessitate the pro- motion of two lieutenants to fill the vacan- cies. There are five lieutenants, viz.: Birdsall, Burke, Bennett, Hanna and Esola. The names of the two first men- tioned are spoken of, and their promotion would in turn lead to the promotion of two sergeants to be lieutenants, and of THE OV DRI 00 (UT-RATE DRUGGISTS, FREE SAMPLE. 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The Chutes wiil be reopened to-day, and in the afternoon Brown, the one-legged | evetist, wiH coast down the long slide and Jand in the lake on kis wheel; Kosto will walk down the chutes on a globe, and there will be a potato-race. In the even- ing Brown and Kosto will repeat their performances, and the animatoscope will show a number of new scenes. Sunday afternoon and evening the principal ai- traction will be Bristol's thirty perform- ing horses, ponies and donkey —————— The Piute Baseball Team. If Mr. Pulsifer, the manager of the I bescball team, can carrv out all that he d | San Francisco will have a chauce to see o8t novel enteriuinment ever given on a ball field, as the Indians are great runners and throwers. He will gve prizes not only for those performances but others that will be more than interesting and funny, and the Alerts will have a chance to win some of them. The game will be called ai the regular hour, and from that time until dark every one will see something worth looking at. e s Arrested on Suspicion. Joseph Oliver, a young -man, was arrested yesterday morning by Policeman M. L. Mul- ender and when searched a piece o o Jimmy” and a knife tied up in n saek were found in his . He was locked up in the “tanks,” p an investigition. Ho tells a p.ausible story aud will probably be discharged. FNEW TO-DA’ Be 1 MARKET-STREET STORE. SPECIAL 'DRESS GOODS BARGAINS. Derby Check Suitings. SALE PRICE | Silk and Wool Mixtures, neat designs, 190, good colorings, 26 inches wide, regular value at 40c Per Yard Market-stree Aberdeen Cheviot Suitings. | SALE PRICE Light and Dark Colorings, strictly all wool, stripes and moitled effects, = width 36 to 40 inches, price-has been 50¢ Market-sireet store only Per Yard | e i Dress Silks. NOW | Biack Brocade Gros Grain Dress Silks, 50, | heavy quality. choice designs, that | aregood vaiue at 85c. .. 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