The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 26, 1897, Page 8

FRANCISCO CALL,- SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER . “ G, PEARY TELLS OF Articles Found in Snow Where the Explorers Perished. The Lieutenant’s Men the First to Stand on the Spot Since June, 1883. Buttons, Fur. Pleces of Oar, MedI- cal Insiruments and Arms That Tell a Grewsome Story. NEW YORK, N. 2 When seen 1g-night te G Tnion Hote Lieutenant Peary spoke at some lengtn of h s expedition. The party, he said, had | experi usual and stormy cceeded in and base of most g of relics of the ong these were a which had evident- 'g vin, and frag- sbip's papers. We < snow- 11nto now f » our road almost It was in one of the hollows overed the relics. e of medical in- to of a absolu ed ground where G We were the first men to pot since June, 1883, when we stond t the Bear, the Thetis three famous ships \ | | | GREELY RELICS | | irvivors of the party were rescued by | papers. van’s capdidacy is just talk, and how strong are the facts? Is Mr. Sullivan as a candidate ? i ©Mr. Sullivan.” «aid Mr. Gay, “iudging from the woris of his own moun'h, is an honest candidate in this tight. He is very much in earnest in tii- matter.” He said he dia not tnink there would be any trouble in securing ihe 900 signatures, This laiter matter is somethine which the Democratic machine has begun to worry about. Already there have been indica- tions that the machine, throuzh some of 1ts many ramifications, has been offering voung oiive trees to the backers of Mr. ] = really in earnest in this ida of .~:uumugj‘]ERuME [S Suilivan. This in itself is an indi- cal of how serious they are regacding the whole thing and accounts for tue de- nials whieh have been published. On Mr, Sull.van’s return more sericu negotiations wi.l be opened with the idea of preventing the further circulat of If tney can shut the ot they think they will have a victory. Judsing from the tone of those who are interested in the fight, however, | this will not be an ecasy task by anv | means. The usual met ods of placating | acontestant are unavailingin this parii- | cular case. Those who are interested will nave look up some new and original off-r make the leader. They cannot offer to | make him a clerk in the street depart- ment, or to give him a piace out on the works. Neither can they hope to =1op him 1n bis course by offering to_put any of his friends to work or by giving them any polit refe John L. will have none of it. the warpati for keeps. - . FATAL s IME to 0 He is on CAVE. If the Shaft Was Not Timbered the Own- ere Hill Be Fined. EL PASO, Texas, Sept. 25.—News was received I to-day that the San Pedro mine, in the Carri.itos group, twelve milas rom this city, in Mexico, caved in to-da, kiliing seventeen men who were at work in the mine at the time. The uniortu- nates were buried aiive under fifty feet of rock and dirt. The San Pe in the group and property of the pany, the prineipal st reside in New Yor isone of the oldest mines with Iver, the litos Com- President lerry of the Rio Grande, Sierra Madre and Pacific Railroed and J. Higgins, both of New are stock- nolders, If the mine was not timbered the Mexican Government would impose a hLeavy tine on the camp on account of the wholesale killing. . MAINE GE A TEMBLOR. Five-Second Shakes Ratt'e th= Pine Tree State. Things in ELLSWORTH, M Sept. earthquake shock was felt here this afternoon, with rumbling from the Houses shook and windows The sky was clear and the ther- southward. rattled. { ce or aid. | Class With a Reduced lea up to the perturbation are these. When Colonel Jackson assumed bis duties as Collector of Customs he found that under the rules there were only two positions of importance in the Custom- house at his disposal. One was that of cashier, and this was fillea by the ap- pointment of another colonei, William B. Hamilton, who with Milt Green made a fight for the election of George C. Perkins to the United States Senate last winter. The only remaining appoictment left at Colonel Jackson's disposal was that of Deputy Collector. A paragraph in the civil service rules, spproved by the President May 6, 1806, reads: Tnere is excepted one chief or principal deputy or assistant Collector in each customs district whose employes nuaber as many us 150. Thera are but six of these districts in the United States, and San Francisco is one of them. The Oivil Service Commls- sion, by order of Congress, published last vear a bluebook, entitled "*Executtve Civil Service of the United States, 1896.” On psge 204 of this book can be found the following classification by the commis- sion: District of San Franoisco, Cal. office: Principal deputy, salary $4000 ceptea: deputy Colloctora (two), salnry non-excepied. The man who occupled the first of these offices was E. B. Jerome. ilo has beon in the customs service some thirty years, and, aithough a Republican, was not dis- turbed by Collectors Hacer and Wise, Democratic ap; ointees of President Cleve- land curing his first and sccond adminis- trations. The Collector wanted a good place for one of his sons, and being loth to dispense with the services of Jerome ho had to re- sort to the alternative, which was to create a vacancy by removing one of the two deputies who were classitied in the blusbook as in the non-excepted class. In the San Francisco Cusiom-house on the accession of a Collector one of his first acts is the appointment of a special deputy who is to act as his representative, ad- viser and assistant and upon whom is con- ferrea plenary power to aischarge all the duties of Collector in the Iatter's absence. Jerome had thus been honored by a long lineof Colleciors. He exercised authority over the other deputies and his word was recognized as law. Collecior Jackson did not, however, follow the example of his | numerous predecessors in making this ap- | pointment promptly. He left the position vacant and for the first two months of his term Le himself signed all documents requiring the signa- ture of the Collector. In the interim he | wrote to the Treasury Depariment to the effect that the civil service rules gave him | the appointment of oune chief or principal deputy; that he had but two deputies, Tobin and Farley, and that it wouia be | for the good of the service that Tobin A SPECIAL ) LONGER | Treasury Department Re- | fused to Confirm His Appointment. ! [MAS LOST HIS GRIP AT LAST. He Is Clerk No. 1in the Sixth 3 Cotlector's ox- 3620, Salary. | Reasons Why the Collector Waited | Two Months Before He Named Jerome as His Special. in salaries in the Custom-house have not yet been smoothed down, and an air of uneasiness pervades the department from | Collector Jackson and ex-Special Deputy | Jerome down to the laborers in the Ap- | praiser’s store. It has just become generally known that a vigorous protest has been filed with the Treasury Department in Washington by | Colonei J. J. Tobin, who was superseded | a few weeks ago by Stanley Jackson, son | of the Collector. It a came to light a day or two ago that E. B. Jerome no longer signs papers | as Special Deputy Collector, and subse- | quent inquiry developed the fact that Collector Jackson’s appointment of Mr. | Jerome as such Special Deputy and power | | of attorney had not only been not con- firmed at Washington, but had been re- jected. Collector Jackson admitted to a CaLL i | i The ripples caused by recent reduction | | reporter yesterday that hisappointment | of Jerome had not yet been confirmed, | but he declinel to answer other questions Reverting to his own expedition, the lientenant said: “My party will consist of a surgecn, y anotber white man and myself. The rest will be Eskimcs. The latter know how to drive dogs; they can go hungry and know how to get food. Mrs. Peary will not accompany me.” The Navy Department yesterday gave Lieutenant Peary permission to use the Brooklyn Navy-vard for the landing of the massive meteorite from the Hove. Lieutenant Peary expressed considerable solicitude for the salety of that boat, in view of the hurricane which is directly in her path. The meteorite, Lieutenant Peary said, was found by him in 1894, on Cape York, North Greenland. It is twelve feel long, eight feet broad and six feet in thickness. Its composition, while metal- lic, can be determined only by chemical analysis. “I also brought back with me,"” con- tinued the lieutenant, “a family of six Esquimaux, three men, a woman, a boy and a girl. These have been put to work in the American Museum of Natural History in New York cleaning up boats, skins, tents, clothing and weapons whicn I have brought tack as relics from their iand.” DOss *“Lieutenant, whatdo you think of An-| dree’s chances of reaching the pole in his balicon ?” was asked. “The chances are a thousand to one against him,” was the reply. “If he was more than 200 or 300 miles north of Spitz- bergen when his balloon descended he will never be heard from. According to last advices the winds were carrying him away from his proposed course. In that case he may come down on pack ice, and if he had plenty of provisions with him he may float southward and eventually be rescued, but his chances are very slim. 1 do not believe in the reported finding of Andree pigeons.” SULLIVAN'S CANDIDACY GENUINE. | | John L. in Boston’s Mayaralty Fight | to Stay—Alarm of the Demo- cratic Kachine. BROSTON, Mass., Sept. 25.—The return of John L. Sullivan te-morrow will give | an added impetus to his candidacy for Mavor. Those who are inclined to :coff at the whole affair should talk with George Gnay, provprietor of Gay’s Hotel, who is closest to Mr. Sullivan, I'lie great championship belt which was presented to the champion years ago rests on the counter in his sample-room. Mr. Gay was asked a plain straightforward question, which he answered in a similar fashion. “How much of this talk abcut Mr, Sulli- mometer was 72 above zero. The shock was also noticed in other towns in the county and Steuben and Washington counties. BELFAST, ME., Sept. 25.—A severe | earthquake shock was felt in Belfast at 1:05 ». M. to-day. Two rumbles were felt, the first lasting five seconds. It was followed by another more severe rumble, iasting about ten seconds. Houses were shaken and stoves and dishes raitled. Neighborine towns also felt the quake, people rushing from their houses in many instance: BANGOR, Me. Sept. 25.—An earth- quake shock was piainly felt here a few minutes after 1 to-day. Reports from Oid Town,Searsport, Liberty, Burnham, Winterport, Rockland, Waldo and many other points announce chat the shock was indistinguishable in those places. No damage has been reported. Ths quake lasted from ten to fifteen seconds. e Of Intere«t to the Coasi. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 25.—John Endert was to-day apvointed postmaster at Gasquet, Del Norte County, Cal., vice J. ‘W. Shirley, resigned. Pensions: California, original—Timothy F. Qunian, Madrone, dead; Alphonse Ververg, San Jose. Additional—Charles B. Christen, 8an Francisco. Restoration and reissue—Peter Bourke, dead, San Francisco. Increase—Thomas S. Bray, Soldiers’ Home, Angeles. Original widows, etc.—Ellen O'Rourke, San Fran- cisco; Bridget Quinlan, Madrone; Mary M. Putnam, San Diex Oregon, original—William H. Burg- hardt, Oregon City; Henry Staly, Me- bama. Washington, original—Mads P. Hansen, Fairfield. ~ Additional—Jobn K. King, Snohomish, Increase—George Biackmer, Dayton, | ing about the matter. on the subject, saying that he knew noth- The facts which George Dixon and Solly Smith will box twenty rounds at Woodward's Pavilion on Monday evenin-, October 4, and as the pugilists are ranked as being champions of the feather-weight class this battle will | doubtless determine which of the two great fighters is entitled to the title of champion feather-weight. Of course in the event of the match be- ing deciared a draw, which is hardly pos- sible in the face of the strong opposition todraw fights, Dixon and Smith will have to meet again to settle the mooted ques- tion of supremacy. According to agreement the fighters will meet at 3 P. M. on the day of the fight and weizh in at 120 pounds or under. The pre | liminary to the event of the evening” should be placed in the excepted class and that Sianley Jackson should be appointed his successor. At this time Jjerome was not a deputv. He was and is clerk No. 1, class 6. The aftermath came s week or tw o ago. On the recommendation of Special Agent Moore Jerome's saiary was cut down from $4000 to $3500, which latter sum is $125 less than that received by the other two depu- ties—Jackson and Farley. Following that event, and within a day or two ago, the Treasury Department announced tnat the appointment of Jerome as Special Deputy Collector could not be confirmed, and that if any one is to be appointed it must be the Cnilector’s son, Stanley Jackson, be- cause it was on the undersianding ihat Stanley was to be the chief or principal deputy, or Assistant Collector, in accord- ance with civil-service rules, that Stanley hao been appoinied. Cruelty and Divorce. Christiena Patterson has been awarded a ai- vorce from Norman F. Patterson for extreme cruelty. THE COMING FIGHTS. Two Good Events to Be Pulled Off by the Knickerbocker Athletic Club. promises to be a most exciting affair, as the pugilists who have been booked to appear are fast fichters and game fellows, who wiil battle every inch of the ground from start to finish. The Knickerbocker Club is deserving of credit for having matched men of such zood standing, pugilistically speaking. It is only when champions meet that first- class fighting can be safely counted upon. The Smith and Dixon and the Walcott and Lavigne batties should certainly at- tract great gatherings, as they are of high order and wili doubtless please all sports who are banking for firsi-class amuse- ment in the way of fisticuffs. Reserved seats for the Dixon and Smith battle can now be procured. Pool-selling will com mence t0-morrow evening. ONWARD, LEAGTE OF THE CROSS The Grand Essay Contest Will Be Held Next Sunday. The Chief Feature Will Be the Awarding of a Diamond Medal. Music for the Ocoasion Will Be Fur- nished by the League of the Oross Band, League of the Cross Cadels are at pres- ent laboring under an unusual degree ol excitement and pleasant anticipation over the avent of oneo! their two great gatherings for the year—the grand junior rally, which will be held in Mechanics' Pavilion on Sunday, Octover 3. Twice in the yenr tney come together—once when all meet in the cathedral for a solemn re- newal of the manly pledges which tind them together in a brotherhood working as one for general good, and once at the junior railies, Those who had the pleasure of attend- ing last year's rally need no assurande of what this one will be, and even those who were unable to be presenton that occa- sion need but notice the great prepara- tions which have been under way for the past months, and they will look forward with eazer expectancy to the event. In the companies of the First Regiment tbe members have been working with such vigor at the polishing of accouter- ments, burnishing of brass buttons and general siicking up of uniforms generally that the only wonder is that they were not worn out long ago. But amid all this polishing and burnish- ing of brass and steel, brains shave also been kept busv, for the principal feature of the day will be the essay contest, at which Archbishop Riordan’s prize medal wiil be awarded, and the contest promises to b2 a close one. As to hold this medal menns to be the brightest boy in the band numbering 8000 there are naiurally many anxious for the distinction, arpd the com- petitors have been burning the midnight oil and some, it is said, have gohe to the top of Mount Tamalpais to practice ora- tory. The subject of the contest was chosen only after careful consideration, and is well calculated to set the minds at work not only in seeking to win the prize, but also will bring before the public a ques- tion which is interesting all religious bodies at present, ‘‘The Neccessity of the Sunday Closing of Saloons.” The competitors are: Arthur Curtis, representing the First District; Charles L. Asmussen, representing the Second District; John J. Greeley, representing the Third District; Edward J. Deasy, repre- senting the Fourth Distriet; and Thomas Gregory, representing the Fifth Distriet, But though the boy orators will be the center of attraction, the programme has many other interesting features. The singing of the hymns by thousands ac- companied by the League of the Cross band will be a noteworthy event. The oration will be by Rev. P. C. Yorke and the medal will be preseuted by Very Rev. J. J. Prendéraast. The members of the league will occupy chairs on the floor of the Pavilion. Special _sections of the seats have been reserved for the Leagne of the Cross Aucxiliary, and the other sections will be for the general public. The medal is on exhibition at Nolan’s shoestore, 1022 Market street. STOCK EXCH 1 1NGE CASES, Suits Brought by Order of Atlorney- Grneral McKenna. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 25.—A special to the Herald from Washington says: The suit brought in the United States District Court in Omaha against the South Omaha Live Stock Exchange was commenced by order of Attorney-General McKenna. As- sistant Attorney Bovd said that all the papers in this case were prepared by the United States District Attorney for that district and forwarded to the department, and acting upon these the Attorney-Gene- ral directed suit to be brougnt. Mr. Boyd said the case was of the same general character as that decided by Judge Foster at Topeka a few days ngo againsi the Kansas City Live Stock Exchange. Tt is expecied that cne or both of these ca-es will be carried to the Supreme Court of the United States as soon as po:sible, so as to obtain a decision by the court of last resort as to the points at issue, Thus far these suits have been confined exclusively to live stock exchznges, and attorneys and business men here are anxious to know whether the courts will hold that all exchanges which deal in cattle, farm products und cotton, or other articles which are subjects of interstate commerce, are operating in violation of the anti-trust I PATENT ATTORNE DEBARRED. He Is John Wedderburn, Oncs Assa- ciated With W. k. Hearst. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 25.—The firm of *John Wedderburn & Co,”” patent attorneys, was to-day debarred from prac- ticin : before the Patent Office by the Com- missioner of Patents. This will resuitin disbarring him from the Interior Depart- ment. Mr, Wedderburn was formerly pri- vate secretary to Senator Hearst of Cali- fornia and was correspondent of the San Francisco Examiner for several years. He was afterward associated with W. Hearst iu conducting the agency known as the “Examiner Bureau of Clsims,” but the vartnership was soon dissolved upon the petition of Mr, Hearst, NEW 70-DAY —DRY GOOD<. gmfiimwnmmmmrmm-&mmmmmfirmmmmimg A WEEK NEARER 1 HE ENE. Soon you'll miss THE MAZE’S announcements, and it will seem sort of That’'s what each Sunday means. strange to you. You won’t realize that we have gone out of business until the doors are closed. Then you’ll regret the chances you’ve lost to pick up the bargains we are offering NOW. Don’t let it go too long. Take them while they’re here. With everything in the way of merchandise keeping pace with the new tariff’s ad- vanced prices, nobody can name such figures as we quote. 1oc Scotch Plaid and Checked Flannelettes..@%¢ 12ic Dark Fleeced Wrapper Flannels........6Z%¢c 12ic Yard Wide French Percales............7&C 12}c Swiss Embroidered Handkerchiefs......83&¢c k el Oc - 15¢c -.25¢ 20c Men’s Black or ‘['an 'Soc_ks. Arr 25¢c Women’s Fast Black Hose....... 5c Children’s Cloth Tam o’ Shanters. 7 $1 Fancy Colored Feather Fans...... 1 | ..25¢ 1 Women’s Felt Walkin ..25c 75¢c Cream Table Dam;sk, 68 inches wide...49¢ $1 Women’s Wool Mixed Undervests...... .50c¢ $1 Natural Handle Rain Umbrellas. ...50¢c $1.50 Nottingham Lace Cfirtains, 3% yards lodei . veeeee3..98cC $4 Nottingham Lace Curtains, 4 yards long....ooouunens . ... $2.50 $5 Women's Mackintoshes, assorted kinds. $2.50 & b guHots s ossac e $17.50 Astrakhan Fur Capes, 30 inches GRS E AR G el e 6 T s L2 e 15 SPECIAL EMBROIDERY SALE! Pretty openwork designs, on heavy Jones Cambric. 73c a yard qualities to be closed out at.......33¢c 8ic a yard qualities to be closed out at........5¢ 15¢ a yard qualities to be closed out at.. 20c a yard qualities to be closed out at...... | Q¢ One Chance Like This in a Lifetime. -83c AR ALAMAMANAURLAVAMANAUAMAUAUAVAMAHANANAUAUANAMATSHAMAAIAHATALAVAUAMAN AU AT N A AAUAUAMAMAMAHALA VA HALALANATALAMANALAM AUCUACIURIAAJUARTAR R UM BUAGUR AU FULTUMCUOSARAL OO IUOADALAJULUEOALOAURDMIILSUD AU IIMSAEAAIDINAAAE AU AU SUAAUOdON A CUb AU SUDUUMIULAUS MRS LGSR SN ARG fi%%mfiuyer ‘ FRropzs & MARKET ¢ She Mewxe - TAYLOR AND GOLDEN GATE AVE. COR. THAT LIQUOR LICENSE. creased. The wholesale and retail liquor-dealers of this city, as well as the board of direct- ors of the California State Protective As- | hoon and badly crushied. ITo was taken fo t TR Have No | Receiving Hospital, where Dr. Fitzgibho Wholesale or Retai by et ok found it necessary to amputate all the toes of Desire to Have It In- ihe foot. sociation, emphatically deny the report | that the Board of Supervisors would be | petitioned to raise the ligquor license to $500 a year in order to make up a deficit | which seems inevitable. The general opinion among them is that such a move would be detrimental to their business, and that they should not be looked to for the deficit any more than any other men doing business in the city. The statement that smaller dealers would be ‘‘frozer out” by the raise is ridiculed, for, grant- ing they would, it is stated others would open in the same locality ana leave them in the same position as before. —— e Maimed for Life, | | treet, got his left sterday after- Const T foot cau, J. Jerihau Missing. J. Jerihau of 828 Howard street has been re- ported at the Morgue as missing. His wife d two chi‘dren are in needy circumstances. Sae says that his weakness is the Amecrican game of poker. — e, ry’s Rant Difficulties, velyn P. Ferry is again in trouble on account of unpaid rent. She was yesterday sued by A. Mceartney to recover nossession o the premises aL 712 Taylor street. = - - Mabel Keating Acquitted. Mabel Keatine, nccused oi grand larceny, has boen acquitted by n jury in Judge Carroil Cook’s depariment o1 the Superior Court. - —————— Ttelief for Flood Sufferers. BERLIN, Geny Sept. 25.—The Gov- ernment has made itstirst grant of $250,000 for the relief of the sufferers from the re- Abe Sundberg, a boy employed in the Pacific | cent floods. H vices 0f an expert crown and bridge worker from. Bosides our PAINLESS filling tion of electricity We can EXTRACT #“ULL SET OF TEETH. GOLD CROWNS, 22k.. BRIDGE WOKK, per tooth. AVING ENLARGED OUR PARLORS BY THE two op=rating ch irs: a 8) having completed our st Naw York City SPECIAL iXDUCEMENTS in theline of PAIXLES;S —EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIR.) —FILLED WITHOUT PAIN. —CROWNED WITHOUT PAIN. ~BRIDGE WORK WITHOUT PAIRS ADDITION OF ANoFHEE ROOM AND ofskilied specialists by securing the sor- We are DOW 10 A POsition ta Offer CROWN and BRIDGE WORK. have demonstrated to blic by U T r applica” ETH ABSUL(TJI}‘J!.l:m\ls'li’l!;‘l‘l;h'.l y\lhu et i 00 up | SILVER FILL 4,00 up | G¥LD 4.00 up | CLEANING TEEY By leaving your order for teeth in the morning you can get them the same day UL ING FILLING 25¢ up 75¢ up 50¢ up Nochurge for extracting teeth when piates ure ordered. Work done as well at night as by daylight by the modern electrical devices used here. VAN VROOM & CO. ELECTRD-DENTAL PARLORS, 997 MARKET STREKT, CORNER SIXTH, Ten Skilled Operators. Lady Attendants. o'clock. Sundays, 9 till 12, All Surgical Work TELEPUONE JESSIE 1695. German and Freneh spoken. Open Evenings tlll 10 done by G. W. Willlamson, M.D,