The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 17, 1897, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1897. FATR HEIRS RENIRT 10 INJUNCTION The Harbor Commission En- joined From Storming North Beach. JUDGE SLACK MAKES THE ORDER. The Threatened War Will Now Result in Big Lawyers’ | Battle. RIVAL FORCES LAY DOWY THEIR ARMS, The Harbor Board Will Convene To- Morrow Afternoon to Devise a | . | Plan of Action. The Fair estate is now the aggressor in | the fight that is pending between it and the Harbor Commissioners over the tide- 1and streets at North Beach. Instead of | awaiting the onslaught of Colonel Chad- bourne and his warr from the water front, the represen the bonanza interests slipped quietly into court last | evening, and beiore the Commissioners knew what had happened they were con fronted by an injunction preventing them from carrying out the threatened cam- | paign of physical force. The battle will it out by the lawyers, while ront sweepers and Warren & | pile-drivers may lay down their | arms and fraternize over the foamin steam. ‘While the Harbor C issioners were busy yesterday oon discussing all sorts of strategies to capture the foriress at Norti Beach the attorneys for the executors of the Fair est were busy drawing up a lengihy recital of protes against the threatened sion of subme lats at the foot of Deviss street. y alte Mc appeared cou a pet against the Harbor the office the ment Con ives of aft the h tion i ers and | Gas Imprc restraining them from | Tremoving the or material from the North Beach mudfiats | It was a plain, civil action in its nature, and by way of filling in a gap at ths end | the Fair people asked for $20.000 damages from the othe Judge Sisck at once of e- | of i id issued an inj on, and the bonanza lawyers saw to it that no time was lost in serving copies of it »n the enemy. Colonel Chadbourne was found atdinne in the grill-room, but the service of the | order seemed to in no way disturb his | or Harney was discovered and after that bed happy, th North Be went Maliey hauled to hus wasthe threatened war converted inio a court squabble. anc¢ piledrivers at The comy t hled by the Fair lawyers ecitel of their claims to title sin the inlet extending avia to Baker street. By way of beginning it is stated that 1n all the early maps of the cily, including the Van N Engineer’s and Humphrey’s maps, the i let appears ydividel into_streets in accordance w n act of the Legislature in 1855 authorizing the city to aedicaie these streets to the public. Although the lands within have been overflowe | L bay, the complaint aeclares that the waters are nol navigable for practical purposes, but constitute a submerged plat similar to that part of the city east and south of Webster without the line o1 original bi r mark and within the line of tue present seawall and water- front line. The depth of the water on the territory on dispute is given as ranging from one to seven feet. The waters are declared to have never been used for navigable purposes except | for barges of a very light draft. Accor ing to the complaint the inlet, as a sub- merged flat, is a detriment to commerce and dangerous to vessels, whereas, if it was filled in according to the plans de- vised by the bonanza king, there would be provided a water front of over one mile in jength which will be accessible to deep- water ves-els, Warren & Malley bezan the work of filling in 1895, and the Fair estate has al- ready expended $150,000, according to the complaint. Then 1ollows a recital of various resolu- tions adopied by the Supervisors grant- ing permission to the Fair people to grade different portions of the streets in the tract. In conclusion the complaint reads: Tha by reason of the threats of the defendants 1t has be necessary for these plaintiffs (0 maia- tain a force for the protection of tbis property, and that tey will be ¢ 1 t» continne (o mainiain a men capuble of resisting the threatened usurpation a.d exercise of power by the tant officials, aid:d and abetted by the indi- dual and corpurate defendants. The defendants are accused of having stories published in the newspapers that tend to cast a cloud npon the Fair title to property worth $1,500,0 The complaint also declares that e bonanza interests bave aiready been damaged to the extent of $20,000. Then fo!lows the petition for the re- straining crier, which is directed against the three Harbor Commissioners, Presi- dent Alber: Milier of Lue gas company and several John Does and Richard Roes, The twenty-four hours’ notice which the Commissioners ordered served upon the various representatives of the Fair estate is stili tosome extent a dormantdocu- the inlet the waters of the ment. The work of serving it upon the various representatives of the bonauza interests wi 1irusted by the board to Chief Whartinger Root, and that official has found that the work of a Deputy Bieriff is something of a game of legging. Some of the parties who should receive acopy of the summons seemed to have scattered like a flock of frightened quail. W. 8. Goodfellow and R. E. Carothers, two of the executors of the Fair estate, were not discovered. Carothers has been in New York for two weeks and Goodfel- Jow had business out of town. Root was on the chase all day yesterday, but as far as actually accomplishing anything he might as well have remained on the water front. Of course the actual service of the order is a mere technicality. The Harbor Commuissioners will hold a epecial meeting to-morrow afternoon to consider the new turn affairs have taken and atthe same time d:gest the opinions of the Attorney-General and Tirey L. Ford, the legal advi er of the boari, which were filed with Seocreiary Keegan yesterday. In some respects these opinions diverge from that o Fred 8. Stratton, and the Commissioners are now somewuat at sea 25 to how they may proceed, | causre of Cubsn freedom. A MASS-MEETING THAT FAILED. The Yellow Journal Tried to Get an Indorsement, but Went to People Who Were Fully Aware of the Examiner’s Peculiarities. This is a true story which will explain why the Cuban League of this city is in- dignant, Yellow journalism will be obliged to change its tactics. Once more, in its frantic struggles to cover its sins and its color under the cloak of charity, it has ripped the frail robe from the collar to hem. The revelation is not pleasing, but it can hardly be ignored. If the Hearst and Hearstlings would be content to blow their own horns and sound to themselves the clattering cym- bals of praise, respectable people could get out of the way of the discurd, but yel- low journalism’s scheme is to furnisn evervbody borns and wind ana inveigle all into blowine. It has been trying this trick upon a reputable local society—the Cuban League—noping to induce it to do some advertising for vellow journalism; but it bas failed, and there ix nu way this time that it can pretend to have suc- ceeded, which makes the case much sadder, The Cuban League of this city was in the days of its youth indorsed and aided by THE CALL during the period when the yellow sheet gave no space to its affairs and reported nome of its meetings. Now that tail of the Journal and its understrappers in the lega! pro- f on having been benaing all their ener- gies trying to induce the officers of the society to call a meeting to grow enthusi- astic over its conduct in freeing Miss Cis- neros, as described by itsell. Various persons have been induced to address the president in earnest terms recommending his speedy action in the Men never be- fore heard of, and men heard of too often, bave been summoned by the yellow news- paver and urged to do allin their power to awaken to action a body of men who were active for the cause of Cuba before the writers of the letters really knew that Cuba was in trouble. The following is a sample missive of such as are received daily by the local friends of Cuba: SAN FRANcISCO, October 12, 1897. Mr. John H. Jones, Presudent. of the Cuban League of San Fiancisco—DEAR SIR: I have heard it suggested that a public meeting of citizens is to be called for the patriotic and laudable purpose of sending a word of hope and cheer to the Cuban patriots, who, follow- ing the sublime examvle of our foretathers, are suffering, struggling, fighting and dying for seli-government, for political freedom. I trust you will deem such a meeting proper and :tt*ti**fi*i***ti*i*t**fi: WHEREAS, In the past we have always found a stanch supporter and bold champion of the rights of the oppressed Cuban in the atterances of The San Francisco Call; therefore be it RESOLVED, Cuban League hercby tender said newspaper its warmest thanks for its many able efforts on the side rights and freedom; and be it further RESOLVED, That the Cuban League of California will ever kindest pory the many good words fir our op- pressed patriots. TR e e timely and be disposed, as president of the San Francisco branch of the Cuban League, to issue & call for the same. The universal applause which is being be- stowed on those who were instrumental in rescuing Evangelina Cisneros, one of the victims of Spain’s oppression and cruelty, attests tnat the cause of freedom is dear to the heart of the liberty-loving world, as I rev- erently believe it is blessed and sustained by the approval of heaven. in the hour of the Cuban patriots’ heroic struggle let San Fran- cisco’s voice speak loud and clear in behalf of those principles for which this re That we, the of California, ot bear in n A Ak ek ek ek ek ke MO NR NN NN stands. I have iruly yours, the honor to remain, very SAMUEL M. SHORTRIDGE. The Cuban League’s officers at once saw through the purpose of the yellow journal and its friends, and in spite of the almost tearful pleas of its reporters and other representatives, they declined to call a meetiug for the purpose of booming the Examiner. Aithough the sheet and its friends offered to pay all the expenses of the haill and the advertisements of the meeting the otficers of the league main- tained their dignity and declined to piay the part of fiddlers for vellow journalism. The accompanying resoiutions, adopted a few days ago, show that the Cuban League’s officers and members are fuily aware of the residence and occupation of their friends—not friends for revenue, but friends in the hour of need. Still, officers of the league continue to be approached from many directions’ in behalt of the propositions set forth in the letter of the yellow journalism’s new legal adjunct, but they have in a!l instances refused to lend the nameof the society to the purposes of a faker. In fact, there is a distressing tendency to laugh at the plight of the newspaper which srrove madly to get up a mass- meeting in this city simultaneously with a New York demonstration. The spectacle of & newspaper whose energies are now devoted almost solely to passing a hat | among the people for crumbs of comfort, begging for certificates of 1ts greatness, and eager for any evidence that the masses look upon it as a veritable fetish, is re- garded as too pitiful to be amusing. Its dime museum methods and circus bill claims of boundless virtue may occasion- ally catch the unsophisticated even yet, but the members of the Cuban League, Wwho are known all over the United States | and in Cuba as true friends of the cause of the little island, did not provose to rush to | the aid of a pretender, or relieve it of a | burden of woe it has deservedly acquired. RILEY POOL AND DRAW POKER ON THE GUNST PREMISES The Late Isaac Norton, Welburn's Cashier, Lost Big Money in the Tes-Doll ar Limit Game of the Baldwin Annex— A Dollar Limit Racket for Youngsters. The High-Ball Pool Under Com- missioner Gunst’s Cigar Store Is a Quick Per- centage Game. IS CHIEF LEES AFRAID OF HIS JOB? Nightly Exhibitions of Unspeakable Vice in a Cafe on Ellis Street | Commissioners Alvord and Tobin Should Investigate. The ten-dollar limit poker game in the | Baldwin annex, in which Police Commis- sioner Gunst is commonly supposed to be | interested along with Asher, is where | Isaac Norton, the late cashior in the Inter- nal Revenue office under Coilector Wel- | burn, lost his money., The hich iosses in the game caused him to commit saicide. If Police Commissioner Alvord were running a big poksr game in a building connected with the Bank of ifornia there would be a great public scandal, and citizens would demand his resignation | from the Board of Pulice Commissioners. | 1f Police Commissioner Tob.n were run- ning a bigh-ball percentage game of Riley pool under the Hibernia Bank, represent- ative men and women of the city woula petition him to resign at once from all sbare in the management of the police. These things are not expected of Com- missioners Tobin and Alvord. Apart from the moral question involved, of which they have ready appreciation, they have regard for what is commonly termed the eternal fitness of things. It does not seem to shock thelcommunity at all that Police Commissioner Gunst per- mits a percentage game of Riley pool to be conducted day and night in the base- ment under his cigar-store at the cornerof Powelland Ellis streets. No oneis stunnea to hear that a dollar-limit game of poker for youngsters 1s in full blast in the same basement. The big §10-limit game in the Baldwin annex is for high rollers. The law as interpreted by the courts permits the playing of poker, as it has been judiciaily classed as a game of skill, Poker and pool are not good for the poor and therich cannot stand too much indul- gence of the pleasure, but these gambling games are mild forms of vice compared with some of the scenes nighily enacted in the side-entrance places on Ellis street, In one place there are phases of vice that would put to shame anybody but a police- man. The place ought to have been raided and closed ;months ago, but the truth is old man Lees is afraid of his job. He may talk, for the pleasures of con- versation, about his fearless discharge of public duty, but if he was not afraid of provoking the hostility of one Police | can in common use, Commissioner he would raid the game of Riley pool in Gunst’s basement and regu- late affairs in the cafe which can be reached from a side entrance on Eilis street. 1f Commissioners Alvord and Tobin do not believe that the town is being run wide open, let them investigate. Lot them inquire about the unspeakable ex- hibitions of human depravity ina place that makes some pretenses of respect- ability. The public impression is that these ultra-respectable and high-minded bank- ors on the Police Commission do not : roL‘CE ‘\“‘)lLD “‘kE A li‘“’ know what is going on in San Francisco. (It begins to be a question of doubt whether the Chief of Police kno Some people think that he has lost old-time cunning and sagacity, otbers fancy that he has lost hig and fears to incur the displeas superior officer. According to the judgment ¢ ing fraternity the town is beautifully. Any sort of # the nickel-in-the-slot to $If readily be obtained offered is only an index of ised when the racing seasof Lees and Gunst are jawsmi is opening wider and wide The police impart the st great flourish that there is § faro running in the city. | ment s true the only del drawn therefrom is that th cannot compete with the rob THEIR SILVER WED Martin and Theresa Bauer Cel Their Twenty-fifth Auniversary Toe upper apartments of the San Fral cisco Turn Verein Hall were fillea last evening, the occasion being the celebra- tion of the silver wedding of Martin and Theresa Bauer of 802 Hayes street. Twen- ty-five years ago this couple were married in Poughkeepsie, N. Y, and the fruits of the union are three sons—Otto 24 years, George 22 and “Wiiiiam 20. Mr. Bauer is the manacer of the Boesch Lamp Com- “THE LAST INTERVIEW,” the Valuable Picture Which Critics Said Was Worthless. | pany and he and his family have a large circle of friends. There were 150 of these | the recepiion last evening. The hail was beautifully decorated with | flowers, and the friendscame laden with | presents and the best of wishes for long ‘life and prosperity for the couple wio | bave lived all of the-e years in peace and harmony. Emil E. Leise, the speaker of | the German Free Thought Society, offi- | ciated us masierof c:remonies ana his ad- | dress was witty and pleasing. Vocal music was furnished by the singing sec- tion of the San Francisco Turn Verein. After the preliminaries were over the uests were seated at a hangquet iable, where everything thai wonld tempt the | paiate was spread. The feast was accom- panied by toasts, songs and addresses, and at the conclusion the company enjoved a social dance until a late hour in the morn- ing { ACCUSED OF TILL-TAPPING James Sadem rant Trias a Witness in the Dur- , Arrested on Two Charges. James Sademan, a was arrested yesie oy 18 years of age, ay on two charges of petty larceny. He is accused of tapping the till in a re t on Mission street, ago and thing d to evening _at Metropolitan ihosts in General” will be the sunject evening. The following 1o s will be rendere Vocal solo, ““Ave Maru Pentatonic), Roeckel, by Madame sen Roeckel; chorus, {alleinjah” (new), Roeckel; 'adies’ choral, under the dircction of \ Maaame Roeckel. who accepted the invitationsand attended | " | are IR, PHELAN | WOULD NOT PURCHASE How. the Mayor Lost the Opportunity of a Lifetime, ART TREASURES FOR A SONG. Critics Who Declared Paintings by Great Masters to Be Spurious, WORTH FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. | An Art Firm Bought the Pictures for Only Five Hundred Dollars. | In his anxiety to avoid buying a *‘zold brick” Mayor Phelan lost the opportunity | of a lifetime a few weeks ago of purchas- ing two magnificent pictures that wou'd have made him the envy of local patrons | of art. During J. W. Winans' lifetime he was a collector of rare books and choice paint- ings. In the year 1854, when Jerome Bonaparte was about to return to France after a period of exile, he sold his numer- ous pictures, the resunlt of years of collect- irg, at public auction in New York. Mr. Winans havpened to be present on the oc- casion and realizing their value purchased two of them, one by L. J. David entitled “The Last Interview Wiith the Con- demued,’” and *‘Marius at Carthage,’’ by Le Brun, aud brought them to his Cali- fornia home during the next year. Mrs, Winans, after her husband’s death, found it neces-ary to sell and mortgage many of the works of art her husband had been accumuliating for years. Knowing of Mayor Phelan’s love ot the beautiful she invited hi to see the pictures, with a view of seiling some of them to tim. Mr. Pnelan, doubting his ability as a connois- seur, asked several of his friends who are proficient in toat line to pass judgment upon them. They did so, but all were like Thomas, for they doubted their genuineness. The Mayor was cffered them for $500, | but he steadfastiy refused to consider the proposition vecause his artistic friends ned frightened him. rs. Gump hearing about the trans- action went 10 see them and recognized at once their vaiue. but to be sure they sent & cablegram to Paris and found that their | judgment was correct. They lost no time | in procuring them. Mrs. Winan in the meantime had found among some old ngings the papers which proved their authenticity. uropean critics sawthat they are $50,000. The picture by David is pr 100 years old, while that of Le Brun sainted about 250 years ago. p former represents & woman con- a man, it being her last visit to the ined. The features are perfect, the being particularly lifelike, and the icture true to nature. cond picture is founded on the tory of Marius. When the Lic- xtillius came to order him from , he being banished from Rome, oth man's master the followin “Tell Sextiilius thatyou have \s Marius sitting on the ruins of are nine figures in this painting, ihe Lictor and Marius being in the and. In the background of the » is a headless statue, whict has vorably compared to ““The Winged 4 in the Louvre. th of the pictures are cracked with , the back of “Marius at Carthage” ing mended with a damask table-cloth. | A New York Society Party Arrives Stuyvesant Fish, president of the Illinois Central Raiiroad, arrived in the city last night ou the belated overland. Accompanying him Mrs. Fish, Miss Pomeroy, Dr. Russel , J. D. W. Cutting of New York and ehr of Baltimore. The :arty left New- PorTt & week ago, stopping s night in Chicago and one in Salt Lake City. The trip is one for | pleasure only, snd the presence of the Santa Fe officials in' the city has nothing to do with the visit of Mr. Fish. After remaining three or four days :he party will return East by way of the Yosemite. NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS Napkins! Napkins! Extra Values! We announce the arrival this week of SEVEN CASES TABLE DAMASK NAPKINS from the best Irish and German manufacturers, thereby enabling us to offer the largest and most complete stock of Napkins of every description ever shown in this city. Extra Special! 350 dozen BLEACHED DAMASK DINNER NAPKINS (Irish manufacture), pure linen— $F1.50 Dozen. Extra Special! 400 dozen BLEACHED SATIN DAMASK DIN- NER NAPKINS (German manufacture)— $3.00 Dozen. Hotels, boarding-houses and housekeepers generally should inspect these bargains. They are the cheapest Napkins ever offered by us in large quantities. TELEPHONE GRANT 124, 11, 113, 119, 117, 119, 121 POST S1hkcd, OLLOTED BY FOUL ODORS Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever and Malaria Are Prevalent, Something Ought to Be Done Toward Abolishing the Nuisance, Residents of Precita Valley Bitterly Denounce the Disease-Laden Swamps. Tbe Precita Valley Improvement Club is not going to be content with holding indignation meetings and the indulgence in small talk by its members. They are going to give utterance to their grievances so they will be heard by those in whose power it is to abolish the nuisances com- plained of, and the residents of Precita Valley say they are not going to quit un- til the fever and disease breeding swamps in their midst have been filled in and the defective sewerage repaired. John T. Graham, doing business at the corner of Precita avenue and Alabama street, said last night: “Our sewerage out here is something terrible. Diph- theria and scarlet fever have been preva- lent in this locality all summer, and we are liable to have an epidemic atany time. On each side of Army street, from Mission to the San Bruno road, there are great swamps and low lands half covered with | water and filth from which come the foulest ot stenches. The Army-street sewer is large enougn to carry off all the drainage of the surrounding country, but the trouble is that the side sewers do not all connect with the main one. Take, for instance, the sewer from the City and County Hospital, which runs down Po- trero avenue. *It does not come within a block of the Army-street sewer, and all the filth from the sewer, a8 well as from the Magdalen Asylum, is dumped into one of these swamps, where it putrifies, and in sum. mer gives torth the vilest imaginable odor. All the drainage from the Columbia School also comes into the marsh, which 1s a menace to ‘he hea!th of every resi- dent of this part of San Francisco. ~Then, Bernal Park is one of the worst cesspools 1 ever saw. It1strom seventeen to tweniy feet below the street, and is fiiled most of the time with a slimy ooze, and is encugh to give a man the ague to ook at it. ‘“In the winter time this hole is filled with water, and it is only a matter of good fortune that several of our children have not already been drowned in it. We have petitioned the Supervisors at different times, and before the late trouble and appointment of the new board they seemed disposed to do sometning for ns. ‘Weare hopeful, now that it ha- been de- cided they are to remain in office. that something will be done for us, We all commend the action of THE Carr, and are very grateful for the assistance 1t has ren- dered us.” Jobhn E. O'Brien of 3219 Harrison street, secretary of the club, also commended the s'and THE CALL bad taken and char- acterized the condition of affairs at pres- ent existing in Precita Valley as out- i { rageous. Said he: “Wa pay taxes as well as the citizens of other portions of the city, and it doesn’t seem right that we should be obliged to have this nuisance at our door-yards.” J. Waters of 3278 Harrison street con- firmed the story toid in yesterday’s CAvL of the practice of Italian fruit and vege- table peddlers of gathering watercress from these disease-laden swamps, and said that he had often seen them gather- ing the stuff at an early hour. R. Stewart of Twenty-fifth and Florida, also a member of the club, and Mrs. Ann Desmond ot 1614 Alabama street, were ail bitter in their denunciation of the exist~ ing condition of affairs, as was also J. W. Powers, doing business at the corner of Precita avenue and Folsom street. J. B. Vizzard, vice-president of the club, said that many cattle had been pastured in the swamp on the north side of Army street, between Alabama and the San Bruno road. Said he: ‘‘Life is almost un- bearable here in the summer time. Theze swamps are full of putrid filth and water, The Bryant-street sewer, between Twanty- sixth and Army, which is a wooden affair, isin a terrible condition. “It is leaky and full of holes and the slime and filth escape and fall to the marsh below, while the Army-street sewer at the intersection of San Bruno avenus empties right on to the flat of Islais Creek, by the side of a bhighway traversed every day by thousands of people. We have pe- titioned for its removal and are hopeful our petition will be recognized. THE CALL is doing great work for us—better than any of the other papers—and we are duly thankful.” X A committee has been appointed to at- tend the next meeting of the Board n‘ Supervisors and urge action on the matter. gt o 7 hreatened With a Suit. At the meeting of the City Hall Commission= ers yesterday a communication from John L. Boone, an attorney, was read, threatening a suit against the commission unless a royalty 1s paid on the Free Library elevator. Boone claims that the elevator is an infringement on the Hinklie patent and that his clients, the owners of the invention, are entitled to $200 for the use of the pateni. The letter was re- ferred to the contractors and the Library truse tees. o e As fasters the sect of Jains, in India, are far ahead of all rivals. Fastsof from thirty to forty days are very common, and once a year they are said to abstain from food for seventy-five days. NEW TO-DAY! IT’S NOT ONLY WHAT YOU SEE HERE. WE CARRY EVERYTHING. FURNITURE. CARPETS. BEDDING. CASH OR EASY TERMS. 2 ACRES OF FLOOR SPACE PACKL!; J. NOONAN 1017-1019-1021-1023 Mission St. 516-518-520-522 Mi. S Above Sixth, i Telephone, South 14, COUNTERS. ¢ BARS. Open Evenings, ;