The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 1, 1897, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, Some of the Picturesq 5 BERRY or KENTUCKY, BANKHEAD or ALABAMA. LAUDENSLAGER oF NEW JERSEY WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1897 CANNON"or ILLINO! S ue Congressmen in the Notable Party That Arrived Here Yesterday From Wheeling, W. Va. | the exhivits i tne Mechanics’ Fair, wkere | : | | specially composed march by Bandmaster ‘ M S [:HAVEN t [ENDER A LITY GIFT Distinguished Men Arrive From Wheeling, West Virginia. N AMOXG THEM. I i TEN CONGRESSH The Whole Party Will Honor the New Gunboat Wheeling To-Morrow, T0 PRESENT 1 HANDSOMS SERVICE 1 See the Sights Here and Visit ry Place of Interest in ve: the Stats. ished varty, prin- W. Va., arrived | 1oon in s;ecial cars rai overland train and tments at the Occidental Hot purpose of the visit is the formal tion to-morrow to ihe new g 1 s of siiver, of | to it by the citi- | ns of Whee are persons in the| en United States | teen ladies ate, | ils, and many prom of Wheeling. Itis| notable aelegations, con- e, that has visited this City | Conspicuous among the | of the party is Congressman Berxy of | | representative of his | f 1cky, a typ e State, over 6 . 1ches in heightand | possessed of & genial, inimitable way of | ng his head hospitably and remark- | ing. “‘Come on, boys; I always did be- | ve in patronizing home products.” | , who is 6 feet 2, and | asa younger son at Annapolis who is | Anotber character is Congressman amy, who is oiten mis- and does not like it Then there is neral Waiker, whose one | empty slesve suggests a little of the story | of his brilliant record as an intrepid gade leader under Lee. The delegation includes: man James A. Walker of Virginia, a | d Confederate general; Congress ries N, Brumm_of n nd Mrs. H. C. ongressm rginia, Con- ginia; Congressman Joseph G. Cannon of Iilinois, | c an of the Committee on Appropris- | tions; Congressman Roswell P._ Bishop | and R. F. Bishop of Michigan, Congress mun James A. Tawnpey of Minnesota, Congressman A. of Kentucky, accompanied from Sucramer ir. Berry Jr.; Colonel Joe Mosby of Vir- | Hon. a1d Mrs, Thomas E. Davis of Grat- Va.: Major and Mrs. Lee Haymond, ta Haymond and Mrs. C. C, Farrar of W. Va.; Major John E. Butts of W lin heriff H. C. Kichard of Wheeling; | tuty Commissiouers Joseph Speidel, Otto yson and R. P. Glass of Wheeling; T. C. Mof- | iat, clerk of the Board of County Com- and Mrs. Marshal of West Virginia; | 1 the West Virginia Legisia nof W. i , sergeani-at-arims of the Natioiul House of 2epresentatives and editor and publisher of ihe Crawford (xo.) Mirror, and Mrs. Ruzsell of Crawford, Mo.; J. T. Koen,a milliounire oil xiug of Mannington, W. Va.; F. F. Faris. u ect’of Wheeling; F. C. Wik aterhouse, Charles H. Copp, P. K. Calahan, Poter Boch® Eveling, John C. Rnildaffer, | all prominent busiuess ling; A. S Hare, Miss Murtia 5. B. Johnston of Wheeling; | Moffut_of Wheeling; | men of Whe iiare and Mr Mr. and Mrs. Jam . Porter of New Cumber- land, W. Va.; Mr. and Mrs. C. Srown o Ravenswood, W. Va.; Mrs.-C. P. Boughner and | Miss Laura Boughnerof Clarksburg, W. V. Wheeli un s, ana ot Zei- | £ W. C. Benus of the Smith of the Whaeeling Fred W. Colman of the W tung. Eveulag heeling e come for pleasure and to see | all the sights. Atthe same time there are | smong the visitors several members of the | National Congressional Committee on Rivers and Harbors, and their presence in 1his State cannot fail to be ol some future advantaze, particularly as the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations is with them. While nere the visitors are being enter- tained by the California Convention Com- mittee, of which Mayor Phelan is chair- Four members of that committee— President Dohrmann of ihe Merchants' iation, President Kerr of the Manu- and Producers’ A0 riation, nt Devicke and C. M. Plum of the Mechanics' Institute—met them yes- terday at ithe Oakland mole and escorted then to this s:de of the bay. Ar the same time Mr. Dohrmann presented all the lauies of the party with some cuoice cut | flowers. | To-day sight-seeing will begin accord- ng to programme and will continue for nearly a week, until the party leaves this vart of the State, This forenoon the party will visit Natban & Dobrmann's to see the 400 pieces of Dresdenware, the 300 pieces of | cui-glass and the large silver punch-bowl that comprise the service to be z1ven to the Wheeling. At 1:30 this alternoon a for- visit will be made to the City Hall, ere Mayor Phelan will receive. From Junii. 4:30 the pariy will be viewing ma San | decide the fa'e of ! and the mempvers finding the burden President Denicke will do the honers. A the fair orchestra will be played in honor of the Cily’s guests. Later the Ac:demy of Sciences and the Pioneer building will be visited. Thia e Chinatow To-morrow in a tug furnished by ‘the Rodgers of Union Iron Works the party will be taken | to the batile-ship Oregon and from there 1o the Union Iron Works, thence to Mare Island, where at noin a reception and luncheon will be giver by the naval offi- cers. After luncheon the presentation cere- monies will take piace, Congressman Dovener of West Virginia, who is in charze of the party, will make the pre- ation speech, Commander Uriel 8. Sebree of the Wh-eling will respond. Late in tne afterncon the eturn here, and in the eve se ing the visit- has yet been ar- omewhat as iollows forenoon to Stanford Universit Palo Alto stock farm, thence to San Jose, 8 and the big trees, | Sunday would be sp=nt at Del Monte. Returning, erhaps Monday, the pariy would br off at San Jose and visit on on the way to Alameda, iere a tugboat is to be in waiting to e tidal canal Subsequently visits will be made to the Park, the Cliff and the Pre-idio, to Mount Tamalpais, to the Yosemite Valley, to F no and the raisin and truwt beits, to Riverside, Redlands, Santa Monica and S:n Pearo and to Sauta Catalina Island. Finally the party will start homeward by way of El Paso, where aday’s stop will be ing the whole party will do zboat will | but the inten- | transport the Congressmen to the region | Barbara, to Los Angeles, Pasadena, | WEDS TO-DAY |Henry Koehler, a Wealthy | Resident of St. Louis, { The Announcement Comes Un- | expectedly and Is a Sur- | prise to Friends. | Quiet Nuptials to Be Celebrated at | | the United Preshyterian Church. Miss Margaret Craven will be married to-day. The luckvy man to win this charming | and beautiful young lady is Henry Koeh- ler, a wealthy resident of St. Louis. The | ceremony will be ‘performed by Rev. Dr. | | I MISS MARGARET CRAVEN. made to permit » hasty trip over into old Mexico. On the wav here stops were made at Chicago, Oma Salt Lake and Ogden. THEY MAY BE DEPORTED. This Country Offers No Welcome to Pennifess Orphans. The fate of the five unfortunate orphans who arrived Monday from Honoiulu is as yet undecided, and pending the decision of the Secretary of the Treasury they are being cared for at the Saivation Army Home= on Bryant streef, where everything possible is being done to make them feel their sad position less keenly. A meeting of the Commissioners on Im- migration was held yes:erday morning to the little ones. - Major W. W. Wincuell was present and tola the story of how the children had been left orphans and destitute.. The Salvation Army at Honolulu did their best to pro- vide for them, but the army there is poor, too eavy had shipped them here (0 be placed in the home. He then agie:d to give a bond of $3500 for each child, guaranteeing that they would not become u public charge if allowed to remain in the coun- uy. The Commissioners, after carefully dis- cussing the case ana reading the corre- spondence bearing on i‘, came to the de- cision that the children were pauvers, and as such must be deported. Winchell, nowever, will forward an ap- peal, with copies of all correspondence bearing on the case, to the Secretary of the Treasury at Washington, end until he makes bis decision on the case the little ones will remain in the care of the army. ——— e e A Little Actross. Colonel Parnell of the Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Chiidren recently learned that a little seven-year-old girl is appearing in a song and dance nightly in the interior towns of the State, which is a violation o the law. The child is the dnughter of Mrs. L. Golden of Tweniy-second street, Oakiand. The little one is with C. G. Burr's “King’s All-§ ar Specialty Company.” Mrs. Prescolt of the society leit last evening lor Lodi, where the child was booked to appear last night. If tue little actress makes her appearance Mrs. Prescott widl take her from the stage. Major | M. M Gibson cf the United Presbyterian Church, on the northeast corner of Golden Gate avenue and Polk street, at 10 o'cloek to-day. The wedding will be strictly private, as only the most intimate friends will be there. At the conclusion of the cere- mony the newly wedded couple will de- part on a short honeymoon. On their return ‘the young couple will remain in the City until the Fair case is concluded, ana willthen take up- their residence in St. Louis. Miss Craven is the: daugihter of Mrs. Nettie R. Craven, whose suit for a portion of the Fair estateis p:nding in the Superior Court. She is possessed of a_miost pleas- ing personaiity and has shown great cley- erness &s an: actress.. Daring the past year she hes appeared as the leading lady of the Frawley Company and Hax alio starred under the management of A. M. Paimer. Mr. Koehler is the president of the American Brewery Compuny of St. Louis, and is also interested in other great cor- | porations. =~ The presents given to the young couple are both beautiful and cosily. The gift that the groom will be- stow on his young bride will be in the nature of & surprise, as he persists in keep- ir g ii a secret until to-day. At the ad journment oi court yesterday | Mr. Delmas ied the blushing young lady to Judge Slack's chambers, where the | hews was whispered into the judicial ear, and in honor of the eveut a posiponement of the big contest will be tuken until 2 o’clock, | WANT OALIFORNIA FRUITS. Gorman Jobbers Desire to Carry the Products of This State. The importance of the California ex- hibit at the late Hamburg Internationai Exposition is not appreciated except by those in close touch with the workingsof the California State Board of Trade. The variety and magnificence of the disp'ay of the products of this State caused the peo- ple of the whole of Europe to marvel that the far Western shore of the American continent could be ro productive. As a result there has been a great demand (orl the products of the State, mostly in the fruit line, and_ Secretary J. A. Fucher of the State board is in daily receipt of let- ters of inquirv as to where and through what houses European dealers can secure California iruits, wines and such com- modities. One received yesterday is a sample of many that arrive on nearly every mail. It is from Carl Oldach of Hamburg, one ot the largest dealers in Europe, having houses all over the Conti- nent. In it he says: I request you to give my address to any first- class und reliable packer and shipper of Cali- fornia produce who might happen to ask you for the name of an active and hustling agent in our place. I um establisned here about tweive years as agent and broker in colonial produce and fruit and am doing & good busi- ness here on the spot as well as in all German and northern markets, in about fifty pirces in this country and Scandinavia. * * * Cali- fornia prunes, apricols, peaches, pears, etc., and even canned fruits are imporied now in & large scale in Germany and the business will increase to the greatest importance, promoted so powerfully through our fine exnibi ion in- ted and arranged so masterly by you sich s attracung such general notice. It does noi ma'ter how mauy Califor- nia houzes are doing business here, there is outlet 10r so much iruit in these markets that | be doubled and tripled. | business can stid * ¢ % [ heve made up my mind todo ihs California business, and 1f you cou'd bring me together with the right people you would do them and me the grextest seryice. e HARGED WITH SWINDLING. Sig. Morris Alleged to Be at the Head of a Gang of Advertising Swindiers. Sigmund Morris appeared before United States Commissioner Heacock yesterday morning with Charles Garter, his attor- ney, in the proceedings looking to the de- portation of the prisoner to Brooklyn, N. Y., for trial. Mr. Garter contended that the indictment was defective, but he failed to psychol the commi-sioner or Deputv United States Attorney Schles. inger and the bearing of the case was set for next Fridav. The Brooklyn indictment ciiarges Mor. ris jointly with Huge M. Morrns, bi: brother, Isador H. Meyers, Annie E. Cas. well and William J. Hartiord. Itisal- leged that under the pretended firm names of the Adiustment and Reporting Company, the Adjustment and Reporting Company, Huey & Co. managess, they <windled the Ster:ing Coal Company of Philadelphia, the Graves Elevator Com- pany of Rocnaster, N. Youngman of Albany, N. Y. The indictment charges also that the delencants pretended to be about to vub- hsti “The International Commercial Di- r otory,” *‘The United States Wholesale Directory,” *“The Business Directory,”” “The Consolidated Business Register” and “The Standard Buyer,” none of which vretended publications was ev-r | printed or published, 1t is charged that they used the mails in their sch mes, and after they had se- cured the signatures of a firm to a con- | truct or order for the insertion of an ad- tisement in oneof those mvthical pub- ions they would, by erasures and other means, raise the amounts and sell the contracts so altered and forged. Sigmund Morris is still in custody, hav- | > and Leonard & | man the three twel i United States. GABRISON FOR LINE POINT Secretary of War Directs That Troops Shall Be Stationed There. No Ship Could Withstand the Plunging Fire of the Twelve- Inch Rifles. Eight Ten-Inch Guns to Be Planted Near the Water Line Under Lime Point. General Shafter, commanding the De- partment of California, United States army, has been directed by the Secretary of War to station troops at Lime Point to inch breech-loading in position on the Un- the rifles recently place Marin Heights, opposite Fort Point. til regular barracks are provided | troops to garrison the new fort will be de- | tailed from the commands at the Presidio, | Alcatraz and Angel Isiand. The battery at Lime Point is regarded s ohe of the most formidableiu the Au present only three guns are in place, but they represent the latest improvement and the highest power | in modern ordnance. The battery is planted - on the bluff, 490 feet above the | water, and commands an ocean range of ten miles. h gun throws a solid steel projectile we ghing 1000 pounds. Owing to the heightof the battery above the channel the gunsarein position to deliver a plungine fire with great effect. Modern ships, heavily armored with steel piates on the sides, can be rendered al- most invulnerable when the atiack comes from batteries near the water line, but nothing yet has been devised to resist tue plunging against the deck of a thoussnd- pound shot from a twelve-inch gun. A hostile ironclad could not pass throu h the Golden Gate withont enconutering such fire trom the guns a1 Lime Point. The 12-inch rifles on the hill near Fort | Point, together with the 10-inch disap- pearing guns lower down are in position to deliver an effective tire against a hostile S Ay : HENRY KOEHLER. ;nz failed to give bonds in the sum of THE WELFARE OF THS HEATHEN, Moeting of the Congregational Lad es’ Board of Missions. The annual meeting of the Congrega- tional Women's Board of Missions of the Pacific ana the Young Ladies’ Branch met in the rooms of the First Congrega- tiona! Church, on Mason and Post streets, vesterday afternoon. Reports were re- ceived froin the deiegates and these were followed by a discussion on ways of in- teresting the young people in the work. A social session was held in the even- ing, and this morning the regular open sessions will begin at Plymouth Church, —————— A Photograph Deal. Mrs. Dora Bories, 1207 Octavia street, swore to a complaint 1n Judge Low’s court yesterday charging C. Conk with oblaining money by faise pretenses. It is alleged in the complaint that Cook falsely represented himseii to be agent for a pholographer on Kearny street, and obtained from her 75 cents as a deposit for twelve cabinet phitographs ana o piate. It is said that a iarge number of people have a similar complaint to make. fleet. Under Lime Point on the Marin shores there will be placed eight 10-inch rifles near the water lite. An ironclad fleet on a hostile mission would be under the fire of12-inch guns for ten miles of the approach to the Golden Gate. Ouce in ! the ebannel the fleet would be exposed to short-range direct fire and a plungiag fire from the heaviest of guns on both sides of the channel. The probabilitiesare that not one admiral in twenty would attempt the passage ol the forts and not one attack in twen'y would prove successful. Even il Fort Point and Lime Point were passed the ordeal of mortars and dynamite guns would have to be met before the barbor could be reached. A “Fake’ insurance Agent. W. E. Burger, 316 Cnpp street, had a look at David Ring in tke City Prison yesterday, and recognized him as a man who gota premium from him some time ago on the representation that he was agent for the Masonic Life Asso- clation of Buifalo, N. Y., but the policy never came to band. Burger said he would swear to a complaint against Ring this morning. Ring ‘was arrested last week on a complaint of C, C. Hilton for fa seiy procuring & premium from him by represeniing tnat he was age:t for an accident insurance company in Chicago. 9 NEW 70-DAY— &5 L—‘M = A that towers head and shoulders above any other on the Pacific Coast for size and completeness—that’s what you will find here: Qualities You are welcome to Notion Hints. Shields, See them. s styles and prices. Scissors, Skirt Bindi Pearl Buttons, Needles—bone, rubber and steel. you to look over. +F @ - Yarns. ness, but it really isn’t our stack of Yarns and Shetland Floss. Fairy Zephyr. Knitting and Crochet Cottons. Braids. ing to lace work. 4 5 Send for Illustrated Price List. Hemminway’s Oriental Silks. Sitks. Rope and Outline Silk. Purse Twist. everything in the shape of Silk. ©000000000000000000 New shapes in Imitation Shell Side Combs and Hairpins. Hose Supporters in an immense variety of Combs, Brushes, Whalebones, Whalebone Casing, Binding Ribbon, “Flashskin cloth for cleaning silverware, glassware, bicycles, etc. per Soles in all sizes for men, women and children ; Crochet and Knitting. ‘Lhese are but a few of the innumerable articles to be found in this immense department. And, by the way, we have just received a really complete line of Buttons and Buckles for Dress and Cloak Trimmings that it will pay 000000000000 We might spin you a long varn about this line of our busi- Our Woolen Yarns are the very best quality and full weight Dresden Knitting Yarn, as weli as German and Spanish. Imported Saxony, 2, 4 and 8 fold y : Castor Wool, Germantown, lce and Eiderdown Wool Just received—An elegant and Battenberg Braids. the most complete in the city. : We also have Crochet Rings, Lace Patterns and everything pertain- Japan, Spanish and Turkish Floss. Carison & Currier Co.’s Spool Silks and Twists. We might keep on enumerating, but what's the use? We have 000000000000 000000 125-127-129-131 KEARNY STREET. DRY GOOD< $%8eF 83 E$000 Notion Department right. Prices right. look or buy. \ Hair Brushes and Tooth ngs, New Garter Elastics, Dress *’—the wonder-working polishing Fleece-lined Siip- 2 necessary. Everybody knows that Silks is unapproachable. hyrs. line of Point Lace, Honiton This makes our stock of Braids Fast-color Dye Wash Embroidery . RESPONSTBLE They May Guard Against Damages by Special Agreement. Contracts in Which the Signa- ture of One Party Only Is Necessary. Opinion by United States District Judge de Haven in a Suit for Breakage. United States D.strict Judge J. J. de Haven rendered an important opinion yesterday morning dismissing the libel brought by W. W. Montague & Co. against the ship Henry B. Hyde to re- cover damages alleged 10 have been sus- tained by the breakage of certain artic'es of hardware shipped at the port of New York on board the Henry B. Hyde. ‘The evidence shows that the articles were shipped in good order and were broken betore delivery. The biils of lad- ing contained the follewing stipulations: “Weight, contents and value unknown. Not accountable for leakage, rust or breakage. Deliverable within reach of vessel's tackle,” etc. Neither of the bills of lading was signed by theshippers, but all of them were signed on benalf of the carrier, and were deliv- ered to ard sccepted by the shippersand introduced by the libelants as part of the evidence in ihe case, the libelants giving notice, however, that they contested the validity and binding force of the stipula- tions set out and stamped upon the face of the bills, and whether such stipula- | tions are pinding upon the libelants is the principal question involved in the de- cision of the cas The libelants st that as they did not sign the bills of lading they are no: bound by the special stipulations. Judge de Haven holds that the rule is that a common carrier may, by special contract with the shipper, stipulate for a more limited liability than that which he assumes under the ordinary coutract for carrisge of goods, and such special con- tract mnay be contained in a bill of lading signed by the carrier alone; and the ac- ceptance of such bill of lading by the snipper at the time of the delivery of the goods for shipment, in the absence of fraud on the part of the carrier, is suffi- cient to show the assent of the shipper to the terms set out in the biil of lading. It is the rule, rather than the exception, for common carriers to stipulate for a release from the stringent liability ot an insurer, and which, otherwise, the law would im- pose upon them, and, according 10 the customary course of business, such stipu- lations are contained 1n the bill of lading issned by the carrier. This custom is so general thac all per<ons receiving such bills of lading must be presumed to know of such custom and are therefore charged The Rosy Freshness [And a velvety softness of the skin is inva- riably obtained by those who use PozzoN1’s |Complexion Powder. offices of such instruments to stat:the terms and conditions upon which the goods therein described are to be carried, and for this reeson the acceptance of such a paper by the shipper without dissent at the time of the delivery of his goods for shipment when no fraud or imposition has been practiced uposn him is to be re garded as conclusive evidence that he agrees to be bound by all lawful stipula- tions contained in the bill of liding. Judge de Haven, after quoting numers ous decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States, adds that the <tipula- tions stamped upon the face of the bills of lading are to be trea'ed as parts of the bills of lading and' bindiug upon the libelants, unless the case at bar were governea by section 2176 of the Civil Code of this State, which declares in substance that with the exception of certain stipu- lations not involved in this case, the ac- ceptance by the shipjer of a bill of lading or other written contract for carriage of his goods, containing modifications of the general Lability of the carrier, is not binding upon the shipper unless signed by bim; but the contract in this case was made in New York, and, according to the rule laid down by the Supreme Court of the United States, contracts are to bs governed by the law of the place where they were made, unless the coutracting parties cleatly appear 10 have nad soma other law in view. The fact that the performance of the contract was 0 be completed here is not sufficient to show that the parties intended that the contract should be governed by the law of this State, and not by the law of the piace where it was made. The court founa thatthere was an entire absence of evidence as to the law of the State of New York on this point, and Judge de Haven decided that there was no presumption that the Legislature of the State of New York haa enacted a statute sim:lar to section 2176 of the Civil Code of Californiu; therefore the question as to the effect of the delivery and ac- ceptance of the bills of lading is to be de- termined by the general rules of law ai- fecting contracts. The evidence also failed to show that the breakage was caused by thbe negii- gence of the carrier or any of its agents or servants. The libel of W. W. Montarue & Co. vs. the ship Isaac Reed was also dismissed, The Judge decided, first, that the lib i- .ants had uot proved that the boilers which were alleged 10 have been damaged had not been properly stowed, and the fact that a portion ol the cargo roled about while the ship was laboring and straming under a heavy gale was not sui- ficient to show improyper stowage. The average rent of hous2s in Eng- land is £21 per annum. NEW TO-DAY. A VEGETABLE COMPOUND TAKEN IN. ternally. 2o bypodermic injec:tons. Opium, morpuine and cocaine hubitues cuced. All symp- toms co trolied fiom the firs'. Nervoussystem restored to is normal vizor. We guszaniee to effect a_per! pan - onsultation 162 Med cine shipped toany part of tue Uniced States. Patlevts can treat tnémselves .t home or at THE INDTA ~ANII ARIU, 201 Turk stree:, San Francisco Cal. _Correspondence invited. BRUCE D. KIMMi¥, Manager.