The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 24, 1897, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 1897 LITILE PETE MURDERED B S ENEMIES these documents that Buckley came to be desig d white deviL.” “Lit tried, convi sentenc x vears in San Quentin. Previous to that “‘Little Pete’” had been known from his prominent connection with gamblers and highbinders. He was the most famous Chinese probably in the United States. kgl HIS TURF CAREER. Plunger, Corrupter of Jockeys and Finally Ruled Of for Fraud. | The career on the turfas a plunger of Fony Ching (or Little Pete) was as weird | as it was meteoric. Entering the portals of the Bay District racecoursea mild, meek-looking Celestial, with no more knowledge of the horseracing game than | a par: 1 on has of faro, it was not long be- e had under his control three and | possibly more of the best jockeys riding at track, and when in March, 1596, he, the t together with Jockeys Chorn, Che er ana Heinrichs, was ruled off the turf by the o s e Bay District track for fraud and jobbery, it created a great sensa- tion in the world o ent or the turf 1895 while the long by California Little Pete made bi the Jockey Club, so prolific of jobs and crooked races, was in vrogress. Meeting with only ordinary success picking rers on form, the wily Chineman soon 1 there were m tortuous ¢ oots to re one could hoy ed an apt student. He soon fou jockeys were no different from mortals and that glittering gold cou accomplish many ut the track that certain jockeys were frequent visitors to factory owned by Pete on W street, in Chinatown; & menti few smiles and rainers and a e shoe- hington of which knowing t long before there were some picious looking races, and in- tile Pete held tickets on the confidential friend ali things ar- was Jockey , blonde-baired . Heinricns was an the saddle, keen and shrewd, a demon finis , but with a v = reptation as to honesty. ed, bl 3 rat lieutenant. Selestial was in the habit of back- idden by Heinrichs heav- Iy he cashed his tickets. There was much talk about ‘‘dead ones” finishing behind the winner; but the iges saw not, and Little Pete was grow- h daily en came the end of the long summer uth Little r a short interval of re-t and t ous opening of the fall and winter season of 1805-96. Many new on the ene of rac- well as jockeys of E atter was Jerry the employ of Eastern horses wi d Little Pete, 1 observed looking | over the formbook of the un, which Then a trip to the a jocke sion w about the ring pl s coin. Tales of mon- ster wi made by the Celestial plunger were told, to which that indivi- dual would reply t e backed two or One a: mare Wheel oi Fortune, ridden by Chorn, very heav s she looked a certain Little Pate strung his col of Rosebud, carrying e I s & Water- house colors, d strangely enou judgment of the little man from Chin town proved superior to that of Caucasian race-goers of many experience. Chorn’s ride on this occasion was viewed with suspicion by many, but no action was taken in the matter by the officials in the j nd. As the meeting dragged through the long winter months and merged into spring, elated at his successes, Pete en- i book-m venture. At this he was only partially successful, as it was whispered about that one or two horses 1aid up wita his book, supposedly “‘dead | ones,” were resuscitated, and the book | lost heavily. On top of this came s | rumor of a rupture between Pete and | his trusted lieutenant, Jockey Heinrichs. | The cause of this was, it was said, jealousy | on the part of the jockey that other | jockeys who were getting better mounts | were usurping his place in the good graces of the plunger from the land of the | Flowery Kingdom. | In the iatter part of March, 1896, mat- | ters came (o0 a focus and the racing world | was trested to a startling surprise. At a | meeting he'd one evening by the Board of | Stewardsof the California Jockey Ciub four or five jockeys were summoned before | them and closely questioned regarding | some very suspicions looking riding that | had been viewed from the stand. Murder | will out, and it was claimed that Jockey | Heinric s, under promise of a lenient sen- tence, let the cat out of the bag, and the | Chinese confederacy was a thing of the | past. At any rate, much silence was ob- | served by the jockey club officials regard- ing how the information was gleaned. After a searching inquiry jockeys Chorn | and Chevalier were ruled off the turf for life ana Heinrichs and plunger Fong Ching were warned off the turf, | Many tales of wondrous winnings were | told about thelittle yellow man, but as he was of a secretive turn of mind they | were never verified and how much he added 1o his wealth during his open ca- reer on the turf will probably never be n oo the chances known. That he became a flend to the | game is certain, for even after being ruled off he sent money to the track to be played | on certain horses, Jockey Heinrichs is now riding on an outlaw track in the Kast, Chevalier, the colored boy, is an exile from his native land, piloting hor-es over the race courses of Guatemals. Jerry Chorn, itis said, is | a pennil bhanger on ubout the race | tracks of St. Louis and the prime mover | in the gigantic turf swindles occupies a | &lab in the City Morgue. e Four More Arrests. 10—Four Chinamen, Ah Wong, Ah Yup, Ah Kong and Ah Hing, were ar- A AR A AR NEW TO-DAYCLOTHING Say! I'll Give You a “Tip.” Men’s $1.50 Late Style Fedora Hats cut to.. No “Bungo” Here. Men’s Late Style $12.50 All-Wool Suits and DON'T MISS THE HUP GREAT UNLOADING SALE OF FINE GLOTHING NOW GOING ON AT THEIR STORES, COR. KEARNY AND SUTTER $TS. Overcoats will go this week Men’s Late Style $18.00 Dress Suits and Over- coats will go this week at. Men’s $3.00 All-Wool Pants now go at. aticercnnennen $6.95 “=O-O- & Boys’ $5.00 Stylish School Suits have been §ac ™ OO @ ——— ol Everything run on the ‘dead level.” 1 the letter, and your money back if you want it. We live up to cut to.....ne s’ $6.50 All-Wool Dress Suits have been }75c Night Robes (Embroidered Fronts) have been cut to...cceacaasicnn Late Style Pure Silk Pari has been cut to.......... our advertisements to $2.45 $3.95 350 350 sian Neckwear get the cream of these 'HUNDREDS OF BIG BARGAINS HERE THIS WEEK That beat anything ever before offered by any reliable Clothing firm in this city. Early callers Yail Orders For these goods will| be honestly and con- scientiously filled until f next Saturday Night. ¢ to 200-208 KEARNY STREET. CORNER SUTTER. ta Cash Only Buys. loss No exceptions made the trade, as our is too great to ke any more risks. rested at the corner of Jackson and Dupont streets later. nree dirks, two hatchets, a cleaver and a 45-caliber Colts revolver were found on them. hey were arrested on suspicion of be- ing concerned in Litile Pete's murder. Answers to Correspzndents. City. Thereis an organ- an Franeisco. ORANGEMEN—F. ised body of Orangemen in . B., City. The pened as Wade's 1876, THE GRAND OPERA-HOU Grand Opera-house wa Opera-nouse January 17 The correct ab- Cal.” Many peo- with the CALIFORNIA—Student, City. n of Caitfornia i pie use “Calit.”” to prevent confusio abbreviation of Coiorado, which is *‘Col.” Tre MixT—Oakland Lady, Oakland, The employes of the branch mint of San | o, excepting such as have 10 be confi by the Senate, are at present under civil ser- vice rules. ANTI-CHI City. The Trade Unions of San Francisco had a procession nown as en anti-Chinese nrocession and a n the Mechanics’' Pavilion on the ie 15th of November, 1876. eveni ARMED To THE TEETH—D. P., City. There do:s not appear to be any claimant for the \rase “armea to the teeth.” or, at least, there » record of the individual who first used the expression. It RECOGNIZED BY SPars—L.J. R., City. Confederate States of America were recog- ed to the extent of being accorded be lig- e principal maritime nationsof the world, NEGOTIATING M Trinity County, zs—M. G., Burnt ranch The department is un- able to give the information asked for, on the ground tiat it does notgive-the standing of &ny person or firm. There are commercial sgencies that do that. FIRE AND WATER—H. A., City. There are no published statistics thatgive “the number of sses by fire aud by water each year.” It is claimed by those who have given the subject some mttention that more property is de- strosed by fire than by water. A BooK OF Gotp—J. 8, City. A book of goid (slider’s leaf), containing twenty-five leaves, measuring each 31 inches, equal to an area of 264 square incics, generally weighs from 4105 grains. A “pack’ weighs twenty times that. The proportion of alloy is sbout 1 in 20. TuE MEET OF 1893—8. W., City. There were two or three meets of the Olywpic Club during the year 1893. To which one does the ques tion nsked refer? Norecords of events ars kept ai the office of the club; consequently tnis department will have to search for the event, aud for that reason would 1ike to know what particular meet to look for. Boys ForR THE NAvY—H. N. W., Watsonville, Cal. To enlist boys in tae navy of the United States, the applicunts, if residents of the Swate of Californis, should rpake application to the commander of the Unired States receiving- ship Independence ut Mare Isiand. In An- swers to Correspondents, December 25 of last »ar, there was published a lengthy snswer which gives in detail what is required of ap- | prenticés in the navy. TEN LARGEST Crrres—Student, City. Accord- in: to the census o 1890 the ten largest cities in the United Stat-s ranked as follows: New York, Chicago, Philadeiphis, Brooklyn, St. Louls, Boston, Baltimore, San Francisco, Cin- cinnatiand Cleveland. According to the esti- mutes of Mayors the cities and populations (estimated) ranked ns follows: New York, 1,957.284; Chicago, 1,750,000; Philadelphia, 1:300,000 Brook yn, 1,140,000; 8t. Louis, 5 ; Baltimore. 600,000; Boston, 520, nd, 370,000 Cincinnati, 365.- : San Francisco, 335,000. WHITE AND CoLoRED—Student, City. The latest ofiicial figures showing the white and colored population in the following-named States are those of the census of 1890: Ala- 38,395, 560,192; 897; Mississippi, Carlilin, 1,095,382 689,141 T ' | | however, of Enghish | The | make it passably fit for occupancy, a seri- rights by England, France and then all | | taxed to its capacity to atcommodate | | | | i i | the maternity war. for some bed clotuing. | pital has been temporarily pressed into O BEFUGE FOR | THE CITY'S SICK City and County Hospital Can House No More Patients. As a Result of Varied Filchings | the Maternity Ward Is Closed The Emergency Cases Are fur the Present Cared for at the Re- ceiving Hespital. Asaresult of the looting of the funds | provided by the City to repair it nnd( ous crisis County Hospital. now confronts the City and | The institution is | patients, and in a day or so the Board of Health will close its doors to further ap- plicants, The condition of affairs as far as the poor sick and disabled are concerned 1s very serious. Owing to the neglect of the former management of the hospital to re- pair certain sewers it bas been found necessary to closs the maternity ward. This has resulted in a transfer of this class of patients to the children’s nursery and a corresponding cramping and crowd- ing throughout the entire building. 1tis possible that this ward may be reopened in a few days, but this would be buta temporary relief. The capacity of the building hasalready been reached. There are pow 393 patients in the hospi- tal, the largest namber 1n its history. Three cases applied for admission yes- terday. The resident physician rejected two of them because he was unable to house the patients. The third was an emergency affeir and the sick man was accommodated by resurrecting some old beds from the basement and drawing on In two of the wards the operating-rooms ave been transtormed into sick chambers. The transfer of the maternity ward to the children’s nursery has left the little ones no place to romp but the big long corri- dors. There are now fully 100 cases in the Lospital that properly teiongto the Aims- houge. This number is made up of chronic sick and infirm, whose condition while not serious enough o warrant their detention in an emergency institution such asa hospital is designed to be is yet of such a nature as_to make it impossible to turn | them adrift. Now the Aimshouse is fuil | in the fullest sense of the word. .Inmates are sleeping on the floor, unable to get beds, and reliefin this direction Superin- tendent Reddy declares is out of the question, A woman aprlied for admission to the hospital the other day. She was given | refuge in an improvised room, but the resident phvsician has since refused three plications. The Recerving Hos- sarvice, but there is danger, tco, that its capacity will be all required 1na day or s0. Then this big town will huve no shel- ter for its unfortunate sigk. The Board of Health'is at its wits’ end in the dilemma. Every effort is being | made to relieve the congestion by having | the sewers tem porarily repair under the | maternity ward, but to do this it will be| necessary to draw on the general funds of the building, and the appropriation is al- most exbausted. While contractors have been grossly overcharging forinsignificant repairs, the sick and unfortunate have found the doors closed to them. Unless the maternity war. can be reopened by ebruary 1, the Board of Health will de- clare the City and County Hospital closed to further comers. 1t is conceded that had the repairs ap- propriation been carefully expended this emergency would not kave arisen. The drainage of two of the wards could have been improved 0 as to render them habitable for any case. Should the re- ceiving hospital become overcrowded the ty will either have to . vide some tem- porary emergency shelter or become re- sponsible for criminal neglect in the mat- ter of its sick. The investigation of the books is pro- eressing. The neglect of Steward Robinson to close up his records for De- cember renders 1t very difficult to proceed along the lines of probing into the way in which supp.ies were purchased. Robin- son was yesterday requested again to ba ance his accounts, but gave evasive answer. It is rumored that Contractor Mulcreavy may attempt to justily his false measur ments for concrete work by arguing that the cement is of extra thickness. The other peopie who Lad contracts for repairs have remained silent. Tue Board of Health will probably hold a special meeting the cominy week to dis- cuss the advisability of appealing to the Graud Jury. Franklin Ciicle, C. of ¥. Franklin Circle, Companions of the Forest, | A. 0. F., were instalied in public in Foresters’ | Hall last Friday by Mrs. Louise Hardenburgh, | assisted by Mrs: L. J. Bacon and Mr. Haac The new officers are: Pastchief companion, Mrs. 8. M. Smith; chief companion, Mrs. C. Kohnke; sub chief companion, Mrs. | L. Ford; tceasurer, Miss H. L. Wooli; financial secretary, Mrs. M. C. Lyon; recordiug secre: tary, Mri. H. Borneman; right guide, Mrs. 0. Whittam; left guide, Mrs. M. Hohnen; in- side guard, Mrs, C. Biackmore; outside guard, Miss V. Archer. 5 Atter the iustallation M Delia Bur: gave a piano solo; Miss Tryphenis Pr.tchard, a,reci- taiion; Master Russell Lonary, vocal solo; Juliet Turpin, Highland fling. Then followed & dance and refreshments. —————— Goerman Ked Men. The eleven local lodges of the German or- ganization known as the Independent Order of Red Men gave an annual mesquerade ball at Suratoga Hail last night. Tnere was a lurge sttendance of masqueraders. atiired in every conceivable costume, who filled the pretuily decorated hail and made merry until tue small hours of morning. John Tiedeman was the chairman of the commitiec of ar- rangements; C. Muender, vice-president; R. Will, treasurer, aud J. Frieske, secreiary. R. Kaiser was the floor manager. - St. Patrick’s Alliance. State President Rooney has installed the fol- lowea-named as’ officers of Excelsior Alliance No.1l of St. Pairick’s Alliance of America: M. J. Caveney, P.; J. Suliivau, S. V. P.; Maurice J. Kavauaugh, J.'V. P.; James Deviie, F. S.; E. Wals .85 D. Collius, T.; J. Brosnan, S atA. Dr. A, A Maguire and M. Dolan were chosen as déiegates to the State convention. e g Ancient Order Foresters. The foliowing-named have been installed as ofticers of Court Occidental: W. E. Carroll, C. R.; A. N. McPherson, P. C. R; C. J. King, 87°C.'R; James Jackion, T.; J. Henderson, S W.'Waliace, R. 8.; R. D. Cunniogham, S. W1 J. T. Tinal, J. W.; J. P. Ross, 5. B. Joseph ‘Baxer, . €. Herrick, orgauist} Dr. Boushey, physician. - Kunocked Down by a Car. Burnett G, Haskell, attorney at 331 Mont- gomery street, jumped off & car at Twenty- first and Mission strects last uignt in front of a car going in the opposite direciion. He was knocked down and aragged slong some dis- tance. He was picked up and taken to the he had a laceraied wound of thie scalp and had sustained possible internal injuries. WILL HAVE TO WALK NO MORE Adequate Street Railway Service Prcmised Carl- Street Residents. An Enterprising Improvement Club Induces the Company to Make Concession. The Board of Supervisors Petitioned by Property-Owners to Grant the Franchise. The residents of the district south of the Panhandle, or at least that portion of the district whose interests are looked aiter by the Asnbury Heights and Stanyan-street Improvement Club, be- lieve that after much contention they are | on the eve of baving an adequate street elated. For many months past the service in this district has been distressingly meager ana irregular. At one time the Market- street Railway Company took the cars off Carl street entirely, and atter much protest consented to make a few trips at remote 1intervals during the day. The residents protested vigorously, and finally instituted . a shit to have the franchise of the old Metropolitan road annulled. This had its effect, for the railroad com- pany consented to listen to their de- manas, and after consultation with the improvement clubs and other property- owners, the company agreed to give a satisfactory service if u franchise could be secured for a road a few blocks more extensive than that which they now hold. A meeting of the Asbbury Heights and | Stunyan-street Improvement Ciub wa. held at 187 Carl street last evening to take | final stevs in the matzer. Fred J. Koster, president of the club, stated that the object of the meeting was to petition the Board of Supervisors to grant the Market-street Railway Company a franchise enabling it to operate a sireet railway on Masonic avenue, between Oak | and Page streets; also on Clayton street, | from Frederick to Carl, thence to Cole street. Heexplained that the matter was | expected to come before the board to- | MOFrow. K. Fritz said that he had seen the franchise, which provided for a fifteen- minute service. *I objected to that,’” he said, “and Mr, Lyncn assured me that there would be a ten-minute service. They will change the franchise in regard | to the limit ior completing the road from three years, as they first contemplated, to ninety days.’” A resolution calling upon the board to grant the franchise ac prepared was read by D. L. Westover and, after some discus- sion, was passed unahimously. A peti- tion to the same effect whica had been circulated among property-owners and numerously signed was also subscribed by the members of the c.ub. The disirict to be affected by the in- | Receiving Hospital, where it was found tnat | creased transportation facilitiesis one o | the most rapidly improving sections of ———————— For business men or country merchants the City, and the residents feel that the | assurance which they now have of a regu- | lar street railway service will bea great the Russ House is the best place in 8. F.* I benefit to the community. The Improve- railway service, and they are consequently | | “luis a very simple measure and its pas- ment Club, which has been very activein | agitating the matter, is officered by Fred J. Koster, president; W. B. Walkup, \‘icv-‘ president; A. J. Fritz, secreiary, and F. | M. Lange, treasurer. It has an enthusiastic mem bership. ALL KINDS OF POLITICS. The Municipal Campaign Develops Into A Go-As-You-Please Contest. OAKLAND OFFICE SaN FraNcIsco CALL) 908 Broadway, Jan. 23. { Every club or organization political is now bursting into new life for the March election. Independent candidates are running around with petitions, politicians of all creeds have announced that the exigencies of the moment demand that party lines cannot be vonsidered in municipal politics, and a lively campaign is assured. Although Mr. Towle, who was the opponent of Captain Thomas in the Re- publican convention for Mayor, nas stated that be will not run independently, there is a vague ideain tho air that the Municipal League will nomihate him for the office now held by Davie and that he wiil be forced, through the importunities of friends, to run as a candidate. This evening J. W, Dutton, president of the Navy and Army Bryen Free-silver League, ‘gathered together the members and held 8 meeting in Becker's Hall. A general discussion was held as to the position the leacue should take in local politics, but nothing definite was decided upon, and the league will meet again next week. It is, however, given out that the league will indorse the independent candidacy of John L. Dayie. & The Municipal League will certainly take a hand in the campaign, waich wiil probably consist of drawing up a platiorm and indorsing all those candidates who will pledge themselves to nccept it. They will meet next Tuesday night to perfect their arrangements. Among the county officials there is no more harmony than among municipal office-holders. County Clerk Jordan has induced Senator Stratton to introduce a bill in the Legislature referring to the vreparation of the military roll, County Assessor Dalton does not view the pro- posed measare with any approval, ‘but Jordan has statea that if Dalton aftacks the bill or tries to prevent its passage, he will take up th- fight in another airection and will take steps to diminish the emolu- ments of ihe Adssesl;ur'a office. e proposed bill is of interest t Assessor and County Clerk in the State, sn-_:zkwamd be but just Clerks throughout the State,” said Mr. Jordan to-day. “‘As the old ' law stands now it provides that the County Assessor shall prepare the roll ana deliver it to the County Olerk, who, after its approyal by the Supervisors, must make two copies to send one each to the adjutant-general and the brigadier-general. The Assessor receives 5 cents a name, or about $1000 a vear for this roll-making, but the County Clerk is obliged to prepare two copies with no compensation whatever. “The bill as introduced instructs the Assessor to make triplicate copies when the first is prepared and deliver the orig- inal, with two corrected ones, to tie Clerk. After the Board of Supervisors maukes the necessary corrections, which amounts to little, the Clerk certifies to thie roli as required. ‘‘The matter is just this way: The As. sessors can use typewriters and make three copies at the same time, without any additional expense. It works no hardship on them, but it does to the County Clerks wio receive mothing for the extra labor performed by them, while the Assessors are more than liberally ¢ m pensated. *‘The County Clerks all over this State have made a protes: against what they claim is an unfair law. They are all iy favor of the amendment introduced by Senator Stratton.” f e e 0 German shorthand-writers rarel down at a speed ‘of more than loryryfgs: ‘words a minute. e to the County | SIGNS OF WINTER BOOM IN TRAVEL The Number of Arrivals Increasing and Hotels Doing Well. lBut the Tide From the East Is Late and Is Always so After a Campaign. The Rise in Wheat, Beef and Wins Has Greatly Stimulated the Coast Travel. Although the winter boom in travel does not usually set in before February 1, there has been something of an increase in the arrivals here for some little ttme. It is believed that from this on there will be a considerably greater increase in travel. Local or California and coast travel has been stimulated by the higher prices for wheat, beef and wine. The producers of beef have been especially in evidence here during the last two or three weeks. As they always have their pockets full of money and buy things with a good deal of freedom, they are welcomed with fully the usual amount of cordiality. > While the experiences of hotel pro- prietors are different, as are.the hoteis from each other, a better business is, on the average, noticeable. A: the Palace it is stated that while the arrivals have not during the winter been_heayy, neither have the departures. Those that came have siayed, and the hotel has been kept pretiy well fiiled right along. Colonel Young of the Russ House said yesterday in regard to the increase of travel: “'Itis picking up a good deal. It is not as good as it was a year ago, but it has begun to improve noticeably in the last few days. Tourists from the Hast and mining men, cattlemen and business men baye been on the increase. The outlook is better than it has been for some time.” George Hoopér of the Occidental said that business was pretty fair, but not quite 8s good as last year. *“The travel is later,” he continued, “'and it is the same way in Southern California. The chances are 1t will hold on longer. But business is good. We have had a full house for a month past. People are siaving well.” “Iravel is a shaue better now than it has been,” said Manager Souie of the Lick; ‘‘but the East has not started yet. Local travel is better. It will be better generally from this op for a while, and [ think it is conceded that it will improve, because we bave big crops everywhere and the mines are, generally speaking, doing well.”” The California and Baldwin are re- ported to be doing a pretty good business. 011 llhe Grand, Manager Thorn yesterday sald: ‘“Looking ahead at present 1897 looks well after March and the inauguration ceremonies. Travel ougnt to be consider- | ably increased by the proposed Golden Gate Carnival and several National gather ings here, prominent among whizh is the Christain _Endeavor convention, second week in July. Ail will tend to 'increase our number of visitors. We are now re ceiving some considerable benefit by trave! incidental to the present session of the Legislature, but our trade is not up to the -years of 1890-91-92, probably on account of thgeonstruction of so many family hotels.” ) e