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

A MAJORIT gb' fore the that wi to say. be time have no. opinion to give.” make a gation So many ing that Some sa that it n the matter ve 1 think ¢ have giv 03 den, and the mon spare m park, for other things need i S : g : : % | § = MAY BE FLYING The Proposed Cake Wal Leads to a Personal Encounter. A. Hughes, Leader of the Oppo:\‘iti;m, Assaulted by Andrew Williams, Wi'liams, Who Is an Ex-Convict, Is Arrested for Battery and Threats Against Life, The colored population of the city is divided in opinion about the holding of the proposed cake walk at the Mechanics’ Fair, and bad blood has been engendered in consequence between the opposing fac- tions. C. A. Hughes, 1226 Sacramento street, who is employed in the Custom-house, is the leader oi those who think that the proposition is an insult to their race, while Andrew Williams, an ex-convict, constitutes himself the leader of those fa- voring the cake walk, ana has been actively assisting the management of the fair in fixing up the prelimiraries for the walk. | The objectors to the scheme held a | meeting a few nights ago, and Hughes | was made the spokesman of a committee o wait upon the dircctors of the fair and protest against tbe holding of the walk. They did so, but were not successful. The better class of colored men belong to tne Assembly Club at139a O'Farreil street. When Williams Hughes had been before the fair directors to kill his pet scheme he was furious, and Sunday went hunting around to find him. He located him at the Assembly Club and asked him to step into the cafe. As scon as they got into the cafe Wil- | liams upbraided Hughes for interfering | and hot words passed between them. Finally Williams punched Hughes on the nose, knocking him down and threatened to kill him like a dog. A rush was made upon Williams by members of tne club and he was ejected from the premises. He stood outside waiting for Hughes, ““] do not care to express an op The matter will come be- | sideration this week for me: t . Just now I have nothing SUPERVISOR HASKINS, 24 Ward. | ““This matter is so tangled.up that I want to just what the people want. | - for the zo want to be sure, and can’t be until 1 thoroughly and see just what is wanted.” SUPERVISOR DELANY, 3d Ward. park and zoological gar- edly faw necessary. {ing bim. | order for his release on his own recogni- | rest learned that | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14. 1897. Y OF THE SUPERVISORS ARE OPPOSED TO THE PARK AND ZOO SUPERVISOR DEVANY, 1st Ward.|SUPERVISOR SHEEHAN, 4th Ward. inion at present. i I am against { and zoo. board for its con- | money to spare and 1l be time enough o go on record. Park, and if we mals that park is enough. Now 1{pose any Was not in the ci thorough investi-|to Sonora before 1 people are talk- it is hard to tell decide. get an expression ion from the do y the majority is 0, and some say against it. | people on . all that came board, as well as character, leads t | lief that he also w 1S examine it more ry little thought. we need another | priation of one taxpayers are alr heavily taxed as would undoubt- or it if we had ey to spare, but just now the money |priations down it is our should be used for other [duty to do so., We have P=< things that are much more |an excellent park now, and our streets the spare money | afford. We oney for can’t a new If we have any it should be put into Golden Gate in which to keep them. My opinion will | They can be kept there be given when the board | With very little additional takes action. That will expense, and 1 shall op- new | scheme until a more favorable time.”” SUPERVISOR DODGE, 5th Ward, on business, | While it was impossible to well-known position in the past in standing for the questions before 'SUPERVISOR LACKMANN, 6th Ward. “] am most decidedly opposed to the appro- any such purpose. we can keep the appro- 1 shall oppose any such appropriation.” T T EEEEEEEBBB88 the purchase of land for a park - : : 3 : : 2220092222222 u,u,uszj buy ani- the place park ty yesterday, having been called of opin- ctor, his the his high o the pe- vill be opposed to the scheme. cent for The eady too itis, it need all we can OPPOSE PARK AND ZOO. P. M. Delany. John H. Sheehan. ‘Thomas Morton. James E. Bri Edward J. S Charles A. (! T. A. Rottanzi. John Lackmann. FAVOR PARK AND ZOO. T. W. Rivers. UNDECIDED. Lawrence Devany. ‘Thomas H. Haskins. % ouUT OF CITY. Washington Dodge. The proposition to foist upon the taxpayers of the city of San Francisco a large tract of land at an exorbitant price for the purpose of es- tablishing a park and zoo- logical garden will receive its deathblow when the matter comes before the Board of Supervisors for consideration next Saturday. Mayor Phelan went on record several days ago and gave it as his opinion that the time was not oppor- tune for such an expenditure, and now THE CALL presents interviews with the Super- visors, in which a majority- ot the members of the board say that they are opposed to the scheme. It will be seen that but one member comes out squarely and directly in favor of imposing the tax necessary to raise the money to purchase the land, while all the others are either di- rectly against the proposition or have not yet fully decided upon their course. it. : | : | I have to say about it now.” SUPERVISOR MORTON, 8th Ward.' ‘I cannot favor the purchase of the land men-| tioned, nor any other pro-|a conditional will say that1 am decid- | edly opposed to the pur- chase of the Gum Tree tract for a park and zoo We can ap- ply the money of thetax- payers to much better You can count Z on my opposition to the 4 purchase of land for a park and zoo SUPERVISOR RIVERS, 12th Ward. “We ought to have a large park and zoo, There ought to be some provision made to get it. 1 don’t care whether it is by a tax levy or by bonds, position ple’s i comes before the board.”’ SUPERVISOR BRITT, 9th Ward. “We cannot afford to make the purchase at| present I § g E ‘5 Co 2222222222222222922 SUPERVISOR ROTTANZI, 7th Ward. | “The whole matter of buying ground for a| park and zoological garden comes under the head of | excellent park as it is and bonding. my opinion. expenditure of the peo- money, streets and sewers are in} wji their present condition. 1 cannot be a party to rais- | ing the taxes for any such | purpose. | will be against | the proposition when it many other things that; are needed and too many | places to put our money esent and wait a more opportune time. | want a zoo. That expresses | additional I have noth- | any | taken calling for the while our | at this time. purpose. There are too| ” “I am against it from start to finish. We have an that are purchased for the ing further to say about| people of this city can be It comes entirely un- der the head of bonding. | after without putting the “Jf it is bought it should|taxpayers to any addi- be with bonds and not by | tional expense at a time a tax levy. This is all there and when the money is needed | for other and much greater necessities,” IS now, such as streets and |so we get it. If a tax sewers. If we could af-|levy and appropriation ford it it would be all|were made, it would be a right, but we cannot do|very small per cent. I it now. 1 shall oppose|am forit. If a tax levy the whole thing at| is necessary,l am for it pr lto get the park and zoological garden.”’ BT EEEEITY R SUPERVISOR SMITH, 10th Ward. We don’t animals looked SUPERVISOR CLINTON, 11th Ward. ““In the absence of giving the matter more than thought 1 2202028222002220200082. mumzuxmummfi 1 and threats against life. On the latter | charge his bonds were fixed in §2000. Just,as the complaints were liled in court Williams appeared and surrendered | nimself. He was accompanied by an at- torney, who asked the Judge to release him on his own recognizance. The judge | refuced, on the ground that Williams | might take it into his head to kil Huzhes and then he would be blamed for releas- | Apblication was then made to Captain Bohen, but he declined to interfere. Judge Low was then appealed 1o, and on the represen-ation of the fair people that they would see toit that Williams behaved himself. the Judge wrote out an zance AS ams about twelve vears ago was ar- for murdering Dempster Wigfall, | another colored man, by statbing him in i the back with a knife. He was convicted | and sentenced to imprironment for life, but aiter serving ten years he was par- doned and released New Divorce Suits. | Suits for divorce have been filed in the Superior Court as follows: nnifred Black against Orrin Black, for eged cruelty. Albert Mann against Agnes Mann, for deser- | tion. Tillie Gross against David Gross, for failure | to provide. Ollie ». Browne against James D, Browne, | for neglect and failure to provide. | Kathenne Lucy against George Lucy, {r in- temperance. "I FINEST" IN FRONT. al Police Benefit at the California | Theater Opens Most Aus- piciously. The Mayor and a Host of Prominent Men Hear the Bluecoats Sing for Charity. The benefit in aid of the relief fund for | the Widows' and Orphans’ Aid Associa- | tion of the San Francisco Police Depart- ment, judging by the attendance at the initial performance at the California last | evening, is going to prove an immense | | success. When the curtain went up on the first | com the penitentiary. ' A MEDAL WON | BY GONPANY K League of the Cross Com-| pete at the St. Charles Fair. The Patrons of the Fair Werei Liberal With Their Money. The Closing Evenings Will Be Marked With Several Very Attractive Features. The attraction last evening at the St. Charles Fair in Mission Turner Hall, on Eighteenth street, was the comnpetitive | drill of several companies of the League of the Cross Cadets. At 10 o'clock three companies, B, E and K, marched into the hallam:d a storm of cheers. The first was under the commana of Captain Dan- iel McCarthy, the second under Captain | Jamwes T. Curley and the third under Cap- | tain J. Reilly. The competition was for a beautiful medal, presented by a lady whose name was withheld at her request. The first to take the floor was the czdets of St. James Parish, Company E, which | was put through the usual movements in | | a most crediiable manner. | It was followed by the pride of St. | Charles parish, Company B, but it was the | last,Company K, thatdrew out the greatest | appiause for the able way in which it went | | through the drill. The judges were Ma- jor D. C. Deasy, Captain J. Mabony and Lieutenant Frank Gonzales, who gave the honors and the medal to Company K. actof **Men and Women” there was not one vacant seatin all the house and the boxes were filled with representative puo- | lic men, accompanied by their families or | friends. | cause will continue during all the week, including a Wednesday and Saturday matinee. Already more than $1100 has | been poured into the treasury and it is | probable that the entire week’s receipts | wiil pass the 15,000 limit. and to every member who came out he ex- | public more than a just return for the vressed his determination to kiil Hughes | on sight. Hughes made his escape from the ciub- rooms and hurried to poiice headguarters, where he demanded that Wiiliams be urrested as he was afraid of his life, Wil- liams having killed another colored man some years age. He was advised to pro- cure warrants for Williams' arrest, and vesterday z he appeared in Judge Joachimsen’s court ana swore to com- plaints ch g Williams with battery Most torturing and disfiguring of itching, burning, scaly skiu and scalp humors is in- stantly relieved by a warm bath with Cutl- cunA S0Ap, a single application of CUTICURA (ointment), the great skin cure, and a full dose | of Curicura RESOLVENT, greatest of blood vpurifiers and humor cures, when all else fails. (Uticura ighou xD . B o ton. < Fio to Care Salt Rhenm, fres. FALLING HAIR "ot Cured by CuTicURA SOAT: price of a ticket. rawley Com pa in Belasco and De Miile’s great success, en and Women,” kinetoscope views between the acis, not forgetting twenty- | five of ‘‘the finest,”’ the Police Choral Society, in vocal selections, ail go toward | the making up of a programme of unusual quantity, as well s quality. ‘That 1he Frawley players did justice to the play goes without saying. Then the “dandy copper’ possesses unusual vocal robbed the department of its remarkable vocalists and deprived the sympathizing public of all future hope oi hearing their vigorous choruses. More prominent public men were pres- ent last evening than one house has ever held vefore. Seated in box A were Mayor Phelan and narty, Box B countained | [Thoma-s H. Williams and partv. Police | Commissioner Tobin and family occu- | pied box C, and opposite in box D were Police Commissioner Alvord and party. E. B. Lilhenthai had a party in box E and Harry J. Campe in box F. In box G Joseph J. Dwyer entertained a number of friends, as did Treasurer Wid- ber in box H. Frank F. Snea had a party in loge A, and Charles B. Stone had also s party inloge B. In the audience were: | Supervisor Morton, Judge Siack, Judge { Joacnimsen, Senator Perkins, Max Gold- berg, A. McNee, Witliam Henderson, Miss Bessie Hender<on, Miss Kittie Henderson, Sergeant and Mrs. Gleason and party of | ten, Joseph Dunn, Captain Moren, R. D. | Chandler, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Marston, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dunn, Mr. and Mrs, John Daly, Captain and Mrs. Pail Brown, Dr. Keeney and family, Sergeant Moffitt and family, Captain Gillen. R S W The Roman catacombs are 580 miles in The entertainment in aid of the worthy | The Police. Department 15 giving the | accomplishments, and the only wonder is | augh, R thiat some enterprising impresario has not | ) Captain Reilly was carried to tue plai- form cn_the shoulders of his men, and Father O’Mahony fastened the trophy to | | his breast amid the greatest applause. | The soldier boys were not the only at- | traction, for the hall was filled with a | great many very pretty girls and young} | ladies. The latter were hard workers in | tbe cause of the church, and to them will | be due many thanks for increasing the | enurch buiiding fund, for which the fair ] was given.. Useful and ornamental arti- | cles ot all kinds were exposed for saie and raffle, and money for these flowed in reely and rapidly. | To-morrow night there will be an in- | dividual drill for the members of Com- | | pany B, the prize being a beautiful medal. 5is evening the Ancient Order of Hiber- nians No. 14 will attend ina body. On| | Thurs¢avy evening, however, o e of the | principal features of the fair wiil be in a | minstrel show given by Borromean Coun- | cil No. 129, Y. M. . Those who are to participate are: Joseph M. Toner, Dr. J. P. McCarthy, Dr. W. H. Sieberst, Paul H. | Hay, Thomas J. Byrne, John T. Kavan- E. Carter, John Collins, Dr. R. Dowdull, George Hoey, Thomas 'f. | Gately, J. H. Wedman, L. T. Michel, N. | J. Hoey, E. J. Coffey, George F. Keane, | A. F. Bernard, F. Fora, Dr. J. I. Richards, E. F. Neuberger, C. J. Conway and George Matulech. Aninteresiing programme has been prepared. HE WAS IN THE WRECK. Dr. O. P. Roller Tells of the Newcastle Disaster, Dr. O. P. Roller and wife arrived in the | City last night on iheir way 10 Los Ange- les. They were 1n the disastrous railroad wreck at Newcastle and were the first per- sons out of the cars and by the dead and dying. Speaking of the wreck last night the | doctor said: ‘“None of the newspaper ac- counts portrayed the horrors as they were, for the pen of man cannot properly denict the agonizing sight. Being a phy- sician and surgeon I uid all in my power to sid the wounded, as did my wife. Al- though accustomed to such signts, they almost overcame me. Tnere was much beroic conduct by the passengers who es- caped unharmed.”’ e An inventor in Madrid has succeeded in extent and it is estimated that from 6,000~ 000 to 15,000,000 dead are there interred. muking a superior quality of soap oui of grasshoppers, Y 7] JOHN W. MACKAY, Who Arrived Here Last Night. Miltionaire John W. Mackay, the great mining operator, the president of the Commercial Cable Company a.id the president of the Postal Telegraph Company, is in town. He arrived on last night’s Eastern overland, went directiy to the Palace Hotel, sought the apartments he had already engaged and denied himself to repre- sentatives of the press. What Mr. Mackay no one but Mr. Mackay knows. business siguificance. has come to San Francisco for probably His visits, however, are always looked upon as of He was last here about a year and a half ago. 1t is understood that a large part of his time in California will be spenc at the Allison Ranch mine. near Grass Valley, and at Monterey. By a coincidence that would be considered sig- nificant were it not otherwise explained two other officials of the Commercial Cable Company are at the Palace Hotel, where they arrived two days ago. They are George G. Wara cf New York, vice-president and general manager of tl.e Commercial Cable Company, and 8. G. Dickenson of Hazel Hill, Nova Scotia, manager at Cape Lan<o or the same company. They were accompanied to thiscity by R. V. Dey and by L. W. Storror, who is general manager here of the Pacific Telegraph Cable Company. Mr. Ward explained last night that his visit is purelv for pleasure, as he is accom- panied by Mrs, Ward, Miss Ward and his son, C. 8. Ward. By chance, Mr. Dicken- son, who has been trying to visit California for twenty-thres years, joined the party. John W. Mackay, says Mr. Ward, bas great confidence in the prospects oi the Alaskan eoldfields. BACER OB TONGHT | | Principals Ready for the Con- nelly-Zeigler and Case- Elmer Fights. Betting Close, With Zeigler and Elmer on the Short Ends—Wand to Referee. For to-night’s pugilistic contests in | Woodwara’s Pavilion both fighting pairs are in faultless condition, and each man when seen at his ramning quarters last night was expectant and engar. ‘The so-cailed preliminary contest will be between Billy Eimer, the actor, of this city, and Dick Case of Denver. It will be ten rounds, with a decision, And will be called at 8:30 o’clock. ~ -Both men have agreed to weigh in at noon to-day at 140 pounds, give or take two pounds. The betting on this event last night was 10 to 834, in favor of - Case. “The event of the evening” will be the twenty-round go between Owen Zzigler of Philadelphia ~ and Eddie Connelly of New Brunswick. The principalis have posted a forfeit of $250 each to weizh in at 133 pounds at 3 o'clock this afterncon. ‘Lhe betting on the match, which calls for a decision, was very close un to last night, Connolly being ‘on the bigeer end at 10 to 9. Zeigler will be t_secondefl by Tommy Mitchell, Hugh Kennedy and Charles Gleason. Connelly’s seconds will be Tom Sharkey, Lansing, Solly Smith and Tim McGrath. Phil Wand of the Olympic Club will ref- eree. The Knickerbocker Club, under the management oi which the fignts are to take place, guarantees seats to everybody admitted to the pavilion. QUARANTINE LAW. Judge Conlan Will Have the Chance of Deciding Upon the Vexed Question. As foreshadowed in THE CALL yesterday morning D. W. P. Chalmers, State Quar- antine Officer, swore to complaints in Judge Conlan’s court charging Captain William Finch of the steamer Gaelic and Pilot F. W. Jordan with violating sec- tion 3015 of the Political Code by preventing him trom examining and inspecting the steamer aud her passengers and cargo on September 11, prior to establishing com- munication between the vessel and the shore. This First action is in accordance with the decision of the Board of Health to have | the question of junsdiction of this port between them and ttie Fe leral authorities | settled in court. “Tois question has recalled a point,” said Dr. Williamson of the Board of Health, to whom the quarantine matter bas been referred, ‘‘wiere the board is forced to appeal to the courts to deter- mine whether or not the State law fs of any force. Iapprebend that the matter wiil ultimately have to be decided in the Supreme Court.” e p————————————— The fac-simile signature of Pt T is on every wrapper _of CASTORIA. | 2 { i MISSED HIN FIVE TINES Lively Fusillade in a Lodg- ing-House at 614 Mason Street. Charles Smith, a Waiter, Tries to Kill George F. Mueller, Also a Waiter, The Trouble Arose Over $70 That gmith Alleges Was Stolen From His Room. The fact that Charles Smith is a very bad marksman saved George F. Mueller from having his body perforated with bullets yesterday morning. Mueller and Smith are waiters in the grillroom of the Paiace Hotel and live at | 614 Mason street. a lodging-house kept by Victor Reuter, steward at the Palace. About a week ago Smith complained | that some one had stolen $70 from his | room, and his suspicions fell upon Mueller. i but He accused Mueller of the theft, Mueller indignantly denied knowing any- thing about it Friday Smith called at police head- quarters and reported the loss of the money. Dectective Wren was detailed on the case and went with Smith to the lodging-house. All the lodgers willingly ailowed the detective 1o search their rooms and pockets, but no trace of the $70 could be found. Mueller had a $20 gold piece ana about §5 in silver, and tmith declared it was part of the stolen money. Wren advised him to swear out a warrant for Musiler’s arrest, but ne de- clinea. Saturday Smith went to Mueller’s room and made another aemana for the money. Mueller replied that he did not know any- tbing about it and Smith said he would get the money or “fix”’ Mueller. Both men worked together in the grill- room yesterday morning till 10 o’clock. Mueller went home and about 11 o'clock wasreading a paper when Smith walked in. Rudolf Balda, another waiter, was with Mueller at the time. “I am going to kill you,”” said Smith, using an offensive expression, and he leveled the revolver at Muclier’s head. Mueller sprang from his chair and rus ed sideways at Smith, who pulled the trigger and the bullet buried itself in the wall. Muelier grappled with Smith and seized his right hand with hoth hands, forcing the muzzle of the revolver away from his body. %, As they struggled Smith kept palling the trigger till four more shots were fired, and with his disengaged left hand struck Mueller repeatedly on the face and head. | One of the bullets went through the door, two struck the wall and the other went through the floor. Balda, instead of go- ing to Mueller’s assistance. occupied his time in dodging the buliets. Mueller, thinking there was still an- NEW TO-DAY! Dangerous, Warning of heart direase are short- . Signais ness of breatn irom going upstairs, sweeping or sing- 1ng, sinking or smothering sye is (especially at night) flatiering or pelpiiation, pain or tenderness in the .elt breast, side, arm or shoulder, irregular or intermittent pulse, weak, hungry or fainting spells, dropsy, sweil- ing of the feet or ankles, etc. There is one sure, practicai remedy for heart troubles, ] g the prescription of Dr. Dr Mlles Franklin Miles, and is & gnaranteed (0 benefit Book on the Heart and g Heart Cure DR. MILES MEDICAL CO.. Eikhart, Ind. UPEE HAMS. ODGE, SWEENEY & (0. other bullet in the revolver, kept a grip of steel upon Smith’s right hand, butthe blows <howerad upon his face and head irom Smith’s left hand weakened him so much tuat he was compelled to release his hold, when Smith struck him several times over the head with the buit end of the revolver, which was a five-chambered j one, till he feli, bleeding and exhausted, {on the floor. After Mueller recovered he went to a drugsiore on Sutter and Kearny streets, { and from there was taken to the Receivinz Hospital in the ambulance, where his wounds were stitehed and dressed by Dr. Bunne!l. He was able to go home. Smith was arrested in the afternoon in the Palin saloon, 17 Elhis sfreet, by Police- man George Collins, and booked at the Citv Prison on a charge of assault to murder. - He is a little fellow, much smaller than Mueller, and said he took the revolver to Mueller's room just as a_*blaff,” to force him to return the $70. He did not intend to shoot, but when Mueller sprang at him he pulled the trigger to scare him off. . Miranda Lux’s Estate. Judge Coffey heard argument yesterday in regard to the fées of attorneys and executors in the estate of the late Miranda Lux, the property being estimated at $3,866,683 66. He decided to allow $40,000 (o the executors end took under advisement the allowance of extra compensation. The matier of attorneys’ fees was also taken under advisement. .- Tnsolvency of Collins Bros. Collins Bros. & John T. Collins, dealers in dry roods, have filed a joint petition in in- solvency. 'The debis aggregate $2273 50 and there are no available assets. NEW TO-DAY. & corrmnriana $15 Oregon City Cassi- mere chevoits fancy | plaids and stripes The new fall styles Silk stitched. Double-breasted vests, Narrow trousers. Cut right, made right, fit right. Worsted pants in fancy stripes, wearable colors, $3.50. Buy of the maker. BLUE signs. 2d block from Market.s BROWN BROS. & CO. Wholesale Manufacturers Selling at Retail. 121-123 SANSOME ST. In Our Repository You can find any kind of vehicle, suitable for park drives, country or mountain roads. PRICES the lowest QUALITY considered Studeaker Bros. Mfg. Co., San Francisco, Cal. ‘ 1“