The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 3, 1897, Page 14

14 ' THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 1897. MORE OPINONS THE PARK AND Z00 FOR THE MISSION Taxpayers Commend “The ward Course Which | Regard to the Matter. | ! Joe McAuliffe the Only Pugilist Who SCHEME OF INTERESTED PERSON People From All Parts of the| City Raise Their Voices | Against It ! | INPROVE THE GARDEN OF THE CITV. } If Any More Money Is to Be Ex-| pended Let It Be Used on | Golden Gate Park. ! | fitter, The best citizens, the heavy taxpayers, as well as men whose taxes do not swell into | the hundreds, are coming for- ward and adding their voices to the condemnation ex-| pressed on all sides against the scheme of interested per- sons who are endeavoring to saddle upon the people of this City a large tax to pay for the purchase and maintenance of a park and a zoo in the Mis- sion, where the aforesaid in- terested parties have a piece of land to sell to the City at double its value. The course of THE CALL in denouncing this attempted outrage upon the pockets of the taxpayers has met with | the approval of all classes of people inall parts of the City, the Mission district included. The following are further expressions of sentiment from well-known citizens : D. L. Farnsworth, oune of the ent draymen of San co and an ex-Super- “1 nave no patience with that men who want to foist the sale of | « tract of outside, unprofitavle land upon the people at this time, when we are | economizing on our taxes and trying to improve our sireets, which, all wilt admit, | are in sore xeed of improvement. The idea of purchasing additional land for park purposes when we now have more yparks than we can take care of! The great Golden Gate Park, of which we are all so justly proud, is amply large enough to meet all the wants of our popuiation for the mnext thirty years. The collection of a lot of wild animals concen-‘ class o1 a la | adjutant-general on the staff ‘annual | to'tax the people for anything like that. i Call” for the Straightfor- It Has Taken With money in the nurchase of lands that we | do not need. The whole thing looks to me to be ill-advised and may have some other object behind it than what has been advanced by its promoters. At all events | I am not in favor of it."”” Colonel H. ¥*. Bush, assistant | of Major-General James, N. G. C., and head bookkeeperinthe United States Mint: A pari and a Z00 out in rhe gumiree tract at the ex- pense of the people would in my mind be nothing short of criminal. There is not one single Supervisor in the board at the present time who would put $1 of nis own | money in the investment if asked to-mor- row. And as a public officer simply en- trusted with the manacement of o her people’s money for a brief period it would | be decidedly wrong for him 10 invest their | funds in a scheme that he nimself would not go into. THE CaLL is undoubredly right in its opposition 1o the scheme.” W.E. Lane, plumber and gas- 505 Kearny street: *'Put ine zoo in the Golden Gate Park. | That is where it belongs. There is a nu- SOME FIGHTS NEVER FOUGHT Last Night's Events as De- lusive as the Poet’s Un- kissed Kisses. Several Hundred Pay to See the Whitewashed Interior of Woodward's, Wanted to Put Up His Fists. People who paid money to see a prize- fight last night bought a gold brick. Joe McAuliffe wanted to fizht, but since the days of Don Quixote asuccessful bout- at-arms has required the participation of more than one man. Among athletic organizations the Pacific Sporting Club holds the record. Italso holds such moneyas 1t managed to last night coax from several hundred deluded mortals, who went to see a fight and re- mained to hiss a fake. Tne sad affair occurred at Woodward’s Pavilion. This was no ordinary fake; it constitutes a class by itself. Never was one so raw. To demands that money be returned a man consisting mostlv of voice stated on behalf of the management that occupants of the gallery, on passing out, would re- THE ZOO JOB. EDITOR CALL: The taxpayers of the Mission, as well as of the whole City, are with THE CALL in its splendid fight against zoological boodle. asked for a menagerie. The and is being promoted by five within four miles of the Mission. The Mission has never whole scheme was projected or six men who never lived The piece of wild and woolly wilderness which they are trying to sell the City is no more of the Mission than the Mission are all right. the Farallon Islands. We of We got a big appropriation for a High School last year and we are building the most magnifi- cent school house on the Pacific Coast. We don’t ask for the earth, neither do we want to be taxed off ‘the earth. in the battle for economy in | The people of this part of the City will rally to your CALL public expenditures. = Yours, A. P. VAN DUZER. 822 Guerrero street. cleus there already, and little by little ad- | ditional collections can be made out of the park appropriations, which will not be felt by the taxpayers. There is no reason for the purchase of a large tract of ground at a price three times its mar- ket value. 1t has the flavor of a job about it that will not go down tue people’s neck with a relish. Better abandon the under- tsking now and get other improvements that are more essential with the money that would be thrown into this job.” Joh Iter, druggist, and Mission streets: Tue articles in THE CaLL mert my views. It would be a monstrous thing Taxation is high enough already anvthing more being added to 1t. There must certainly be a limit to taxation. I don’t see any benefit the people in the Mission can get from the proposed park and zoo, and we can very well do without it at present. There are lotsof things ureently needed before that. Professor Walter Watson, in= structor in the Olympic Club: I have not given the subject very much consideration. But what little thought I bave given it has convinced me that we without The San Francisco CALL is now engaged in a task which a newspaper always dislikes. a project for a suggested public improvement. time past the people residing been asking to have a public park established for their benefit, and with it has been combined a project to create a zoological garden. This has been talked up for a year or more, and but for the question of funds would have met But San Francisco is hard pushed to obtain an adequate revenue on a dollar tax rate, and THE CALL is now publishing articles to show that the Mission park idea is impracticable and must be given up for the It also says that the Golden Gate Park is adequate for the needs of San Francisco. financial aspect of the problem, THE CALL is correct in the course it has taken, but it is likely to suffer a little tempo- with little opposition. present. rarily in its list of subscribers ever, should not matter, so lon papers which aim to render efficient public service must be no more afraid of offending a an individual.—QOakland Enquirer. It is openly opposing For some | in the Mission district-have No doubt, considering the at the Mission. That, how- g as it is in theright. News- community than of offending trated in one location surely would not enhance the value of tha surrounding property, as their presence would be the reverse of inducing people to reside in close proximity to them. We all recollect the complaint that was set up by the people about Wood ward’s Gardeas | at the time the animals were collected there. And as it was then, so it would be in this case inside of two years after the place would be stocked with this proposed collection. I am more than pleased that the CALL has espoused the siae of the tax- pavers on this qaestion.’” C. L. Taylor, president of the Sun Insurance Company and amember of the last Board of Supervisors: “lamnotin avorofany such .thing as the purchase of a piece of outside land for a park. We have all the arks we can take care of at the present {ime, and if we have any money 1o spare let us put it into the improvement of Golden Gate Park, rather tuan squander it on the . purcuase of more unprofitable property. - As for the locating of a men- agerie I consider it unwise,’and I hardly think our people want anv such thing, T know I do not for one. We can add to the collection alreacy in the Golden Gate Park at such time as we may see proper, without going to the expense of buying more land.” John Shirley, a large prop- eriy-owner and ex-Supervisor: *Qh, no, under no circumstances wouid I favor the idea of buying property for a park. We haveall the parksthe pecple need for many years to come. Our City needs improvement, and we cannot go on with improvements and keep investing have all the public parks we can take care | of at the present time. If the people must have a zoological garden I don’t know of a better place for such a collec- tion than the Golden Gate Park. It is recognized as “The Park’ of the people, and it would seem to me to be the proper place for any aaditions that might be necessary to add to its attractions. If it were good to have another park surely THE CaLy would be the first 1o advocate its purchase. Hence I am convinced that there is no actual necessity for it.”” R. C. Atkins & Sons, 123 and 125 Monigomery street: ‘“While we believe in uaving pienty of parks and improvements of that character we are opposed to any such scheme as the pro- posed Mission park. We bhave Golden Gate Park, which is large enough and con- venient enough for the City, and the prob- abilities are that this new perk would re- sult in nothing but a job. If there is any money to be spent we would like to see some of it put 10 use in improving our ter- rible streets and miserable sewers. We hope TuE CALL will stick to the stand 1t has taken in this matter.” M. P. Vanderveer, Head Meeper, Sherifis office: *I be- lieve 1if there is any money 1o be spent it couid be spent to better advantage in the way of improving our streets und sewers than in building a new park. We already have one beautiful park, and that is as free to the people from tue Mission as any one. The residents in Vienna 1 18,207 horses. B ey ale ] ceive a check; that by watching the papers in the morning they might ascer- tain at what place these checks would be cashed. Shrewd financiers, however, counseled those whose wounds had been salved by receipt of one of these checks to discount it if opportunity afforded, but withheld the opportunity. Some people who bad gseats upon the main floor, where no promise of getting any coin was held out, shinned up the pillars to the gallery so as to obtain oune of these remarkable checks—a beauti- ful exkibition of faith. There was to have been a preliminary fight between Ed Stelzer and Joe Maher, bat there wasn’t, What is the use of hav- ing a prelude—shadow of a coming event— if the event isn’t coming? The feature of the evening, according to programme, was to be between Joe McAuliffe and Jack Stelzer, but the absence of this was the real event. There wasn's money enough in the house to fatten the purse. Big Joe McAuliffe, looking more fit than for years, wanted to have a go for fun or marbles, but Stelzer wouldn’t. He said he was fighting for money or not fighting. When a hurried canvass of the situation brought forth enongh money to make a respectable purse Stelzer was still coy, He may be | bubbling over with courage, he may be a fighter from way back, adisguised cycione, but if he didn’t display every symptom of being a coward and scared out of his small wits by the presence of his opponent his case was not. properly diagnosed. At last from the dressing-rooms stalked the giadiators, McAuliffe and Stelzner, wearing their old clothes, McAuliffe was anxious te tell how readv he was to fight, ana Stelzner equally anxious to tell how strong was his predilection to tne con- trary. It was announced that the pair would fight for what was in the house, but Stelzner declined. it was then announced that to this indefinite sum would be added $100, contributed in $50 lumps. Bui tnis couldn’t tempt Stelzner. He went from the platform amid a storm that wasn't applause, leaving McAuliffe alone in all the ziory the occasion afforded. Then *Joe’’ shouted out a challenge to “Jack,” but there was no response, and the police had to order the disappointed heavy-weight from the ring; otherwise he would bhave been there yet marring the quietude of the neighborhood with a storm of ‘‘defis.” There was disappointment all around. McAuliffe was disappointed at not get- ting a chance to redeem himselr, as he expressed it; the spectators were disap- pointed because the occasion constitutod them the spectacle, and the club disap- pointed that suckers had been so few. But what a host compared to the catch it will make when next it baits its hook ! The order was good, owing to the pres- [ ence of many police and the discreet re- tirement of anybody who could be charged witn responsibility for the fiasco. It is | hoped that the club will bend its energies to some other line of indusiry. The shell game has not yet been played to a limit, but a “‘sure thing” like last night’s epi- sode won’t go twice in o) ommunity, PRESS B OFFICERS, Inauguration of a Administration in Local Journalistic Circles. The new officers of the San Francisco Press Club were inaugurated last night, the occasion being celebrated by an im- vromptu jinks and open house toall mem- bers of the profession, as well as to friends of the members. Mr. Drury outlined the policy of the incoming administration, which mainly looks to increasing the membership of the City and State, the desire being to prove to them thai the club may be made of substantial benefit to them as well as to the profession in general. BSpeeches were also made by L. E. Fitch, F. 8. Myrtle, Howard V. Suth b & F. Bonnet, W. S. Dreypolcher, Joseph S. Jordan and F. C. Roberts. 5 A special eiection will be held in the club on Wednesday, the 8th inst., to de- cide the tie for the office of second vice- ident between K. D, Dement and 1ge F. Hatton. _ .. In London only a twelfth of the post- office staff is employed on Sunday duty, and the average length of Sunday duty is less than six hours, DESPERATE CRININALS [V REVOLT Daring Break for Liberty at the Branch County Jail, JOSEPH THERON THE LEADER. The Man Who Liberated Brugge, the Santa Rosa Murderer, in Trouble. (OWED BY THE GUARDY RIFLES. Five Convicts and a Trusty in Soli- tary Confinement as a Result of the Episode. Five desperate convicts made a break for liberty at the Branch County Jail yes- terday noon and would have' succeeaed in escaping to the hills had 1t not been for the vigilance of the guards, whose sharp- speaking Winchesters halted the men be- fore they had reached the fance. The leader of the outbreak, which had every evidence of being carefully planned, was Joseph Theron, a desperate criminal, who assisted Brugge, the Santa Kosa mur- derer, 1o escape at the time he took French leave of the Sonoma County bastile. Theron recently completed a five years’ sentence for his share in that exciting episode. Theron was sentenced a short time since to nine months’ imprisonment in the branch jail for assault with a deadly weapon and had been a troublesome prisoner. On Monday Captain Clarkson learned that he had been seen manufac. turing a blackjack, and fearing that he premeditated an assault on the guards in order to escape, instructed the trusties | not to allow him outside the main bpitd- ing on any pretext. The plan nad evidently gone further than was anticinated, however, for at nvon yesterday Tueron, with Convicts McEiroy, Sullivan, Mahoney and *Irish’ Brody, made a daring rush for freedom, By some means Theron obtained the key that opened the cells of those who chose to make the break with him, and he soon had them in the open air. The tiusty who carried the keys asserts that Theron snatched them from his hands, but there is a shrewd suspicion that he was rewarded for giving them up and that he was in the :cheme to give Theron and his ¢ nfederates their liberty. The instant they were outside the build- ing the convicie seized a ladder tuat is used to repair and clean the electric lights and, running with the cumbersome support, made full speed for the nigh fence that surrounds the grounds of the ail. d They had hardly got clear of the build- ing when Guards Winthrop and Gavin spied them, and r.fles began to speak at once. The first shots did not stop the convicts, but as the guards gauged the distance and the bullets began to spatter about them their ardor was cooled and they began to slacken t: eir pace, By this time Cuptain Harrington of the guards was attracted io_the scene by the reports of the rifles and he quickly cov- ered the men and ordered them to throw up their hands. Tneron was at first inclined to resist, but he saw death in the muzzle of the r fle and reluctantly and sullenly threw up his bhands and walked back to the frowning jail building, where he is to spend the next year. Captain Clarkson, the superintendent, made a thorough investigation of the cir- cumstances surrounding the break, and ordered the five men who made the break with the trusty into solitary continement until he shall have reason to believe that theyv will behave. The men who made the break are among the most hardened men in the jail and their plans had evidently been carefuily matured, as they chose a time when many of the guards were at lunch and they would be least liable to be observed. Only the vigilance of those on watch prevented a jail delivery of greater magnitude than has occurred in many years. Capt: Clarkson stated last night that the j was quiet, and that he did not anticipate more trouble. PHARMACY COLLEGE ALUMNIL Annual Election of Officers and Ban- quet Held Last Night. The Alumni Association of the Califor- nia College of Pharmacy held its annnal meeting yesterday, received to member- ship nine of this year’s graduates, elected officers for the ensuing year, and in the evening, at the California Hotel, had a banquet attended by seventy-eight grad- uates. Following are the officers elected : President, J. 8. Warren; first vice-president, Miss Josephine Barbat; second vice-president, H. H. Cousins; secretary,J. J. B. Argenti; treasurer, E. P. Gates; registrar, H. M. Mc’ Queeun ; trustees—J. S. Warrev, E. P. Gates, Kobert T. Legge, Ed Bagot, R. W. Dowdell, J. J. B. Aigenti and J. Y. Crowlev; counciiors in the Associnted Alumni Association—G. E. Bacon and ¥. A. Beckett. The new memberselected were: Luther W. Bahney, Armond E. Briggs, Henry R. Cousins, Miss Elizabeth Du lei. Clarence E. Freitas, John A. Haderle, Melville E, Lubo:ch, Alvert L. McKay, Peter Rock, Phillip Weiss. e KIOKED DOWNSTAIRS, W. B. Bradbury, the Millionaire, Wanted on a Charge of Battery. W. B. Bradbury, the millionaire capi- tatist, who achieved notoriety by being the first person arrested for violating the ordinance sgainst expectorating in street- cars, is again in trouble. Yesterday morning Paul E. Durney, a piano-tuner livinz at 449 Buena Vista avenus, swore 1o a complaint in Judge Conlan’s court charging Bradbury with battery. He alleged that on Wednesday after- noon he went to Bradbury’s hotel on Cali- fornia and Polk streets to tune a piano. He met Bradbury who asked him his business. Durney replied that he cdesired to see the landlady, and Bradbury curtly told him he could not see her. Durney said he must see her, and with that Bradbury rushed at bim, kicked him downstairs, and out of the hotel. Braabury surrendered himself at the North End police station lastevening and was released on depositin §50 cash bail, —_—— The Forth goods station, Newcastle-on- Tyne, is the largest in Great Britain. On an average 2500 trucks are loaded and un- loaded there dally, FIGHTEEN FOR CITY FATHERS Charter Committee Stands for a Small Legisla- tive Body. And Nine Supervisors, They Say, Shall Be Elected Every Year. The Number and Term of the Super- visors Given an Evening by the Charter Committee, Sec. 2. The Foard of Supervisors shall consist of eighteen members, who shall bo elected by general ticket from the City and County at large and shail hold office for two years, nina to be elected annually. The charter committee of one hundred last evening decided by a considerable majority in favor of a small Board of Supervisors, favored selecting and elect- ing them at large, and without much discussion on that point voted that there should be a continuous body, one-half of which should be elected annually. The sentiment of the committee seems largely in favor of holding independent municipal elections, so that the tendency is now toward yearly municipal elections, with two elections every second year. The commitiee last evening dealt wholly with section 2 of the report of the com- mittee on the legislative department of the City government, dealing with the numoer and the manner of election of the Board of Supervisors. The proceedings, however, are in committee of the whole, and the reportof the committee will not be formally dealt with until it is reported as a whole to the entire committee. This gives further opportunity for change be'ore this portion of the charter is adopted for recommendation to a board of freeholders. The seccnd section dealt with last night was not completed, as the manner of selecting the nine to be elected for only one year on the start was not de- cided, and a motion 10 reconsider the vote by which the section was adopted will come up at ths next meeting on Tuesday evening. About sixty members of the committee gathered in Shasta Hall, in the Native Sons’ building, last evening. F. W. Dobr- mann presided until Mayor Phelan ar- rived later in the session. Joseph Leg- gett’s motion to reconsider the vote of last Tuesday evening by which executive functions were denied to the Board of Su- pervisors was lost, and then the second section of che report of the committee on the legisiative department came before the body as a committee of the whole. T'he section as reported read as follows: “Sec. 2. The Board of Supervisors shall consist of fifteen members, who siall be elected by general ticket from the City and County at large and shall hold office for t yo years.” The debate which followed was mainly the conflict between the minority, which favors a large body of Supervisors en- dowed with jarge powefs, and the major- ity, which favors a small legislative body and a strong executive endowed with large powers. Two substitutes, each providing for a Board of Bupervisors of fifty-four mem- bers, were proposed, debated and voted down, along with sundry small amend- ments. Joseph Leggett made a strong appeal for the larger number, favoring three-year terms, cne-third to be elected each year. Stewart Menzies argued that it is easier to corrupt seven men thana whole lot more. P. J. Healey said that we might as well have five as fifteen, and added: “If Super- visors must be purchased let the corpora- tions pay more.” “The price would go down,” was shouted. ‘When Franklin K. Lane got to arguing for the small body he asked, ‘“‘Who are the people?” “*Sam Rainey,” said one member. “And that’s the very man we want o reach,” said Lane. “It is impossible to cope with the as<ociated and organized villainies of San Francisco unless we can get the attention of the people concen- trated in a few men. “How are we going to sow Supervisors and reap honest men? English muni- cipalities bave successfnl large municipal councils because they have no political bosses and have civil service. With a vast numboer of candidates before the people an election would be like a wheel of fortune.” | C. N. Clement hoped that all could sub- stantially agree on on® charter to .be pre- sented to the veople, and pretty soon. Gavin McNab said that five tickets, at fifty-four Supervisors per ticket,would give the people 270 candidates. They don’t endure very long-winded speeches in that committee, and when the young man announced that he was about to read some wisdom from the Forum he was choked off with “I object.” Joseph Leggett made another speech, the gist of which went into three sen- tence: A large element in this convention is in favor of absolutism. The real objec- tion to a larger body of Bupervisors is dis- trust of the people. The present member of the Board of SBupervisors is a scurvy wretch and you are going to make three more of them, It came to a vote and 16 were in favor of fifiy-four Supervisors and 36 were opposed o the number. C. W. Moore’s amendment, offered about this time, illustrates how a biz chunk of | fale may come to a municipality through the accidents of temper in a charter-mak- ing body. It was getting late when Mr. Mcore moved that the number be eigh- teen, and that they be elected for four years from Assembly districts, those from | the odd and the even numbered districts to b: elected every two years alternately. They divided the motions into sectioys | and adopted ihe number 18 without de- bate on the number by a vote of 32 to 17. They rejectea all the rest, including the district idea which suggested the number adopted. i Various amendments and remarks were lost, and then Franklin K. Lane got in an amendment which was finally | adopted. It provided that half the Su visors should be elected annually, and it was carried by a vote of 29 10 20. Gavin McNab wanted to know if Mr. Lane knew what an annual election would | cost, ana Mr. Lane wanted 10 know if Mr. McNab knew what it cost not to have an annual election. The committee ad- journed until Tuesday evening. San Rafael Hunt Club. The San Rafael Hunt Club was reorganized at a meeting held in Hotel Rafael 1ast Wednes- day night with an eleciion of officersand ! declaration of principles. Many questions which have agitated the organization for some time were brought up and ireely discussed, | and amo other things it was decided to make all rides in the future astrictly invita- tion affairs. The club then elecied officers, with the following result: Pres.deat, Dr. H. 0. Howitt; vice-president and treasurer, D. B. Davidson; secretary, Dr. G. F.Shiels: direct- ors—J. J. Crooks, Baron von Schroeder, S. H. Boardman and Evan Evans. A chase wiil be given next Saturday, and as the services of Louis Hughes have been enlisted the time will be a very enjoyabie one, l AEISFOLL OF DENIALS Dr. Harry Westwood Cooper Posing as a Much- Injured Man. A Charge of Obtaining Money by False Pretenses Is Regis- tered Against Him, Chief Lees Receives Information That Last December Cooper Tried to Swindle a Philadelphia Bank. Dr. Harry Westwood Cooper is still lan- guishing in the City Prison, and his ex- pectations of being speedily released from custody are not1in a fair way of being fulfilled. ; His attorney, aiter a consultation with him yesterday morning, went to Chief Lees and notified the Chief that he in- tended applying at once for a writ of habeas corpus to get Cooper out of prison. To prevent this John P. Gallagher of the Hotel Langham swore to a complaint be- fore Judge Low, charging Cooper with ob- taining money by ialse pretenses. The amount alleged in the complaint is $30, although Cooper owes Gallugher $95 alto- gether for board and borrowed money. The false pretenses alleged are that Cooper obtained the money on the repre- sentation that he had $80,000 deposited in the Bank of New South Wales, and in proof thereof showed a fictitious draft for that amount on the bank. Cooper was booked on the charge by Detective Seymour. His bonds were fixed at $300 or §150 cash. He expected to be re- leased on bonds last night but was disap- pointea. Chiet Lees up to last night had received no further news from the East about Cooper, althouzh anxiously awaiting something deflnite on which to hoid Cooper. Yesterday the Chief received the follow- ing information about Cooper from the ! American Bankers' Association album: Early in December last & man giving the name of Dr. Henry W. Cooper called at a bank | (s member of the association) in Philadelphia. He stated that he had a large amount of money deposited in & London (England) bank, and inquired as to the best way (o have the | monéy transferred to the United States. The bank advised him to draw two drafis to their order on the London bank. This he did with two drafts for £10,000 each. The following day he called at the bank and made au effort | to check against the deposited drafts for small | amounts, but the bank, becoming suspicious, refused to honor the checks. It subsequently developed that he swind.ed merchants and others in a New Jersey town. He decamped from Philadeiphia and was last heard of in Detroit. Heis a pilausible talker and makes & good impression. The statement also gave a description of the man which talliesexactly with Cooper, and a copy of his signature was inclosed which also closely resembles his signatnre on the register at the Langham. It was also stated that he was known as Dr. Henry Cooper and Henry Cooper Mc- Donald, alias H. Young. Cooper is chuck tull of denials. He said vesterday afternoon that he never was in Philadeiphia in his life, and was not, therefore, the Dr. Coover who tried to work a bank there in December. Referring to Gallagher’s charge he said: “It cannot stand, as he has deeds of prop- erty owned by me in New Jersey as secur- ity for the amount. My attorney wired to New Jersey vesterday and received a re- ply, which will be produced in court, that the deeds were all right. “There are a large number of false state- ments beinz published concerning me, and my attorney has papers in his pos- session that will prove it, and they can be produced at the proper time if necessary. “Iam not wanted in Torouto for big- amy. Inever haa & wite there till I mar- ried my present wife nor even an intrigue. I1did treat Miss Atkinson, referred to in the dispatch, for a tumor, along with two other medical men, at the Toronto Gen- eral Hospital, and continued treating her atter she returned to -her home till she re- covered.” There are 8000 cabs and 12 in Paris. omnibuses SHOT AN ENEMY “JUST FOR FON" Yee Wee Dung Fatally Wounded Yee Lick Chung Last Evening. The Shooter Gave Himself Up at the California-Street Station, The Shot Which Was Fired Passed Completely Through the Viotim's Body. What is known as the ‘‘Palace Hotel” in the Chinese quarter at 732 Jackson street was the scene of ashooting affray last evening at 8:30 o’clock, which will result in the death of Yee Lick Chung, a laundryman, 70 years of age, and the ex- pense to the City of trying Yed Wee Dung for murder. Yee Wee Dung, who is also alaundry- man, was formerly the room-mate of his victim, but for the last year trouble bas existed between them, which has con-4g stantly increased in bitterness, and last night saw the end. For many years the two Chinese had roomed together in a hovel numbered 29 in the so-called hotel. but business dis- agreements arose and Yee Lick Chung de- nied his former friend his room. Yee Wee Dung left with bitter reproaches and threats of vengeance, and, according to a statemert made by Chung, he had caused considerable trouble during the last few weeks. Last evening the two Chinese met in the room which was formerly occupied by both, and ‘‘trouble” soon started. When excitement was at a high pitch, Yee Lick Chung, realizing that he was no march physically for Yee Wee Dung, started to leave the room, but as he opened the door to pass out, the shot was fired and his bleeding body fell to the floor. Then andemonium reigned. The startled Chinese throughout the buildin started in a rush for the entrance, as the report was soon started that the dreaded highbinder war was again on. When Sergeant Perrin and posse of the Chinatown squad arrived at the scene of the shooting the wounded man’s clothes were on fire—started by the powder—and his body lay in a pool of thickening blood. The shooter immediately left the scene, but in a short time gave himself up at the California-street police station, an unheard of thing for a Chinese would-be murderer to do. The weapon used was an old-fashioned murderous looking 45-caliber bulldog volver, and when the wounded man rived at the Receiving Hospital it was seen by Dr. Bunnell that the bullet had entered directly in the center of the back and passed completely through the body. It is stated by the physician that his re- covery is impossible. Yee Wee Dung was taken from the Cali- fornia-street station by Policeman Bonner to the Receiving Hospital and his dying victim recognized him as the man who bad shot him. When he was asked why he had done the shooting he replied, “Just for fun; he talks too much.”” Yee Lick Chong made the following ante-mortem statement, as interpreted by another Chinese: Hurts me awful bad. 1am going to die. We used 1o live in the same room together; room 29 on Jackson street. I always told him not to pack any revolver. “If you pack any more pistols, we_can't live togetber any more,” I t0ld him. You please leave the room. I toid him a few montas 8go. Tnen he moved away. After he moved I had no quarrel with him. He told me: *‘Look out for you life, old man, before I get done with you.” I tola my cousin, several of smy cousins, about it. I met him two days ago in the kitchen of the house. Then he looked awiful cross at me. I went in to see bis roommate to-night. I wasin there fifteeu minutes. Yee Wee Dung came in. Theu I walked out be- cause he Jooked socross at me. He shot me and we fell together. The medical department of the Queen's household. costs - £2700 yearly and com- prises twenty-four persons. NEW TO-DAY — CLOTHING. The time bargains. premises. thing. REMOVAL SALE OF CLOTHING! is short, short now—and great hue and cry after the In a very few days we move into our new quarters in the Golden Rule Bazaar All these goods must go before we move. Cost, and in some instances below cost, figures on every- S.N.W0O0D & CO. (Columhian Woolen Mills), 541 Market St. Directly Opposite Sansome. very there’s a