The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 22, 1897, Page 1

Call ‘ VOLUME LXXXI11.—NU. 175. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY MORNIN NOVEMBER 23, 1897. PRICE FIVE CENTS. THE RUCKER BROTHERS AND THEIR PLACE OF BUSINESS, WHICH THE JIM REA CROWD FALSELY CLAIMS TO HAVE CLOSED. % S0\ ,\"‘{ = =P is Vo — 1111 OO e VI 000 O JIM REA DECLARES A BOYCOTT ON THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL SAN JOS as bv =1 is by terror as Y Rea ring maintain their power. Of late <0 thoroughly has their gentler modes of operations become an open book to the people of Santa Clara County that they nave had to depend more largely on their ability to terrify the community. have made it their business by every means possible, except by publication, to cpread the idea thatevery man who has dared to oppose them has been driven 1o ruin—forced out of business and compelled to leave town. That they have actually done this in many instances is generally acknowledgea by all residents. Growing bolder from their earlier successes they soon hit upon a pian for increasing the dread of their power by thoge who were disposed to act contrary to the programme laid out by the band of boodlers. Whenever a man was unfortunate in business, and be had in any way attempted to oppose the ring, more insidious methods of | the Mayoralty. { fellowship and chicanery that the | Theys| the gangsters claimed to bave hung an- other scalp in their belts. While bankers, merchants and profes- sional men have been free to admit the nower of the ring in private, the publics- tion of the recent boastof Johnnie Mc- Kenzie, the lieutenant of Boss Rea, to a representative of THE CALL that no one could oppose the “gang'*and live and suc- ceed in the community, has aroused all the latent spirit of the people who are striving for good government. It will not be many days before the boss and bis henchmen in and out of office will have ample opportunity to try conclusions with ne people whom they claim to hav- forfed to submission by terror. v one is more indignant over the utter- 1 f McKenzie than the friends of R Brothers, the firm which he claimed had been driven out of business because the Ruckers would not swallow the programme arranged by Rea for tne election of four years ago. They deny tnat the gang had anything to do with the firm’s retirement from the furniture business in this city. Upto about four years ago Sam N. Rucker and J seph H. Rucker, the brothers who are members of the firm of Rucker Bros.(incor- porated), were among the stanchest {riends and supporters of Jim Rea. At that time | | there was a three-cornerea fizht on for Paul P. Austin was the Republican candidate, and was backed by Rea. Tom Hogzan was the Democratic nominee, and Valentine Koch, the pres- ent Mayor, ran independently. F¥or rea- sons of their own the Ruckers declined to be whippea 1into line for Austin. Sam Rucker stood by Hogan and Joe Rucker took up Koch’s fight. From this time dated the parting of the ways for Rea and the Ruckers. Joe rucker laughed in scorn when he was asked if the boast of Johnnie McKen- zie had any foundation in fact. “There is absolutely nothing in that statement of McKenzie's,” he said. *He nor the gang of which be is a member had nothing to dv with the Ruckers go- ing out of business. It is true we have announced our intention to retire, but our reason for doing 80 is not based on any- thing the gang has done, though 1 know they have been working against us. They have taken some city and county business from u- waich they have thrown to the L. Lion & Sons Company, but that cats little figure in the business we were doing.” Sam Rucker was at Santa Cruz, but he was reached by telephone. That report is 100 absurd to be worth a serious denial. | Noone who knows that little scrub Mec- Kenzie would take any stock in what he say'. THE CALL is on the right track and will, I am sure, receive the assistance of every decent citizen in the work it is doiug.’” Those who claim to be friends of Judge Lorizan and Jim Rea are pleading for leniency. Their prayers are based on the ground that they are exceedingly good fellows, and that THE CALy has been too severe on them. The moral and legal phases of the situation are entirely ig- nored. No statement can be obtained from Judge Lorigan giving his side of the controversy in the Grand Jury in refer- ence to the Dwyer indictments, tbough he and his interceding friends have been told repeatediy that the columns of THE CaLy are wide open 10 any slatement or cx- planation that might be offered on the subject. In vi wof this reticence the pro- ceedings in Judge Lorigan’s court to-mor- row morning, at which time he will have the Grand Jury before him on a citation, IN€CORPOR 7L, T2y | will be watched with the most intense in- | terest. Just what course he proposes to | follow remains a secret, though the gen- eral public believe that he intends to be- come the inquisilor of that inquisitorial body. Jim Rea fired another shot at ‘““The Call” yesterday. The Commercial and Savings Bank ordered ‘“lhe Call’” stopped. Rea is a director of the bank, and L. Lion of the L. Lion & Sons Company, dealers in furniture, is president of the Institu- tion. Lions’ firm is credited with get- ting all the city’s and county’s busi- ness in its line. It is believed that Rea has ordered a boycott on ““The Call,” and friends and enemies are quietly laughing at this exhibition of his utter impotency. There is apparently serious trouble in store for 8. A. Beggs -and W. 8. Begus, two brothers of Justice Beggs. Tuey were charged last week in Judge Hyland’s court with seeking toimpose a fraudulent instrument upon the court, and a broad intimation wus made by ex-Judge Rey- nolds, counsel for the appellant in the case, that an exhbit placed in the cus- tody of Justice of the Peace Wallace on the original triul of the case had been ab- stracted from the court’s records. Farly in September the case of White- side vs. Mellot to recover about $40 on a note was tried before Wallace. The note was drawn in favor of Togni & Tognazzi, who were partners. In tue Justices' Court an assignment of the note to the plaintiff was produced, siened by C. Togni, one of the partners. This was ob- jected to by the defendant on the ground that the assignment was void, not having been signed with the firm name, but ju gment was wuevertheless given for vlaintiff. The case was appealed and was up for trial last week. At that time an assign- ment of the note signed with the ftirm name wasoffered in evisence, aated March 8, 1897, a considerable time before the original suit had been instituted. Togni, when placed on the witness-stand, could not remember anything about the new as- signment, whether it was made on the date indicated or ata date later than the Continued on Second Page MELBOURNE TSIED BY A B R Fanned by the Wind the Flames Burn Many Buildings. MERCANTILE BLOCKS DESTROYED. Some of the Largest Business Establishm n's Laid in Ruins. FIVE MILLION DOLLARS THE LOSS. Trade In Scf: Goods Racelves a Serious Setback and Hundreds Are Out cf Employment. Special Dispatch to THE CALL MELBOURNE, AUsTRALIA, Nov. 2L—A great fire broke out here at 2 o'clock this morning, and in a very short space of time did enormous damage. It started at the warehonse of Craig Williamson, in Elizabeth street, in the very heart of the city. A strong wind was blowing and the fiercely fannea flames rapidly ingulfed building after building. Despite the des- perate efforts of the firemen, the entire blocks bounded by Elizabeth, Flinders and Swanston streets and Flinders lane, with the exception of two buildings on the Swanston-street front, were destroyed within three hours. The burned section included many of the largest business houses in Melbourne. The buildings were completely gutted, as most of them contained soft goods, the flames progressing with a rapidity which defied all checking, and in the fierce wind ashes and burning debris were carried into the suburbs a distance of two miles. It s estimated hat .the Joss will reach £1,000,000 ($5.000,000), while the trade in soft goods has received a serious setback. Hundreds ot employes of all sorts have been thrown out of employment. e Sw-pt by a « yclone. MELBOURNE, Nov. 2l.—A dust cyclone swept over the northwest portion of the colony on Friday evening. It was especi- ally severe in the Wimmera district, -where several towns were wrecked, many churches and prominent buildings being ruined. One town alone suffered damage to the amount of §250 000. Several per- sons were seriously injured. The Fastest Mail irain. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 2L.—The new last mail train service on the Santa Fe was inaugurated this morning. The train will start from Kansas City daily at 2:30 in the morning and will lay local and Easiern mails down in Western Kansas towns nearly twelve hours earlier than heretofore and improve greatly on cop- nections for the far West. Tue train will make lorty-two miles an hour between here and Newton, Kan., and is said to be the fastest mail train in the country. FTEEBBEBSO0080000808 NEWS OF THE DAY. Weather forecast ior San Fran- cisco: Cloudy and unsettled weather Monday. Probably showers. FIRST PAGE. Rescuers of Whalers, Great Fire in Melbourne. Boodlers Desperate. SECOND PAGE. Grim Death in Cuba. Reciprocity With Canada. Secretary Alger’s Report. THIRD PAGE. Dixon’s Mysterious Poisoning. Berkeley Kickers Confident. Railroad Wreck in Mexico. Severe Northern Floods, FOURTH PAGE. Editorial. A Menace to American Labor. Rather Quiet, but Prosperous. Problems for Fruit-Growers. The Coast Press. News of Foreign Navies. T'wo Recent Inventions, Personals. FIFTH PAGE. Coursing at Ingleside. Au-tralian Smitn’s Double, News of the Water Front, Dr. M. C. O’Toole Dead. BIXTH PAGE. THE CALL Commended, Mission at Holy Cross. The New Westminster. Unrest at the Churches, SEVENTH PAGE. Shipping Intelligance. News From Over the Bay, EIGHTH PAGE. With the Target Shots, NINTH PAGE. Births, Murriages, Deaths, TENTH PAGE. Boots’ Reply to Williams. Rottanzi's Voice Is Hushed, - Baltimore Wins Again, : : = : : g a 5 : E % RACING WITH DEATH. BRAVE OFFICERS WHO GO NORTH TO RESCUE WHALERS SEATTLE, Nov. 2L.~-In view of the] widespread interest which {is being man- ifested in the relief expedition that is soon to go North 10 aid the ic--imprisoned whalers there are many inquiries as to the personnel of the men who have velung teered to go on this perilous mission. When the revenue cutter Bear sails on Thursday next the full complement of officers will include men who havealready done meritorious service. They will put forth every energy to insure the success of the expedition which has been ordered by the Government as a result of THE CALL'S efforts to that end. They realize that many hardships and privations will have to be endured ere the unfortunate whalers are rendered aid and possibiy relieved from a state bordering on starvation. But they are brave and persistent men, who are determined to surmount all obstacles in order that the end desired may be at- ained. The head of the expedition is Captain Francis Tuttle, commander of the Bear. This cuiter was formerly in command of Captain Healy, who hasa wide and inti- mate knowledge of the natives, land and waters of that part of Alaskain the cinity of Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean. But he was suspended in the spring of 1895, and the Treasury Department promptly offered the command ot the Bear to Captain Tuttle, just promoted from the grade of first lientenant. Al- though he had never been on the Arctic cruise he bad served the greate: part of his time since entering the service on the Pacific coast. te knew as well as couli be known without aciual experience the conditions of the Northern service. So he prompt!y accepted the responsibility and went North in command of the Bear for the summer cruise of 1896. The year before the Bear had failed to reach Point Barrow at ail, while the Jeannie and the Excelsior, vessels not so well able to cope with the ice, had reached that point and had even zone beyond to the mouth of the Mackenzie River. But in 1896, un- der worse conditions than had obtained the year before, tbe Bear succeeded in making the trip to Point Barrow. And this 1 mmer she went beyond, reaching the farthest north and east that she has ever been. To Captain Tuttle belongs the credit for these two successful trips. He isa man about 53 years old, born in Newfield, Me., and was appointed to the revenue cutter service from that State. He served asu volunteer officer in the navy from 1863 until 1869, was honorably discharged, re- appointed in 1870 and joined the revenue marine, being commissioned a third lieu- tenant in 1871. He was promoted to the grade of second lieutenant during the same year, to first lieutenant in 1883 and 1o captain in 1895. He has done duty on the Eastern coast for ten years and ten months, on the Great Lakes one year and one mouth and on the Pacific Coast twelve years and ten months. He has been on special duty on shore for eight months, and on waiting orders for one year and four months. Two years of Cuptain Tut- tle’s Pacific Coast vaty has bsen spent in Alaska, principally on the Rush and Bear. Considering Cap:ain Tuttle’s splendid rec ord during the Iast two years be should be especially equipped for this special expe- dition. First Lieutenant James H. Brown, who will be executive officer of the Bear on this cruise, was born in Washington, D. C., January 6, 1865. He was educated in the public schools of Washington and in 1884 entered the revenue cutter service as a cadet. He was commissioned third lieutenant in 1886, second lieutenant in 1890 and first lieutenant in1896. He has made one cruise to Bering Sca as naviga. wor of the revenue steamer Perry and one as executive officer of the Grant. Tbe rest of his service has been on the Eastern coast. In October this year he was com- mended of gallantry in connection with the rescue for the crew of the wrecked schooner Hueneme on Unimak Island, Aluska. Lieutenant Brown comes from the Grant, whence he volunteered for this expedition. Second Lieutenant Claude 8. Cochrane was born at Germantown, Ohio, October 28, 1865. He entered the United States Naval Academy 1n 1833, was graduated in 1887 and honorably discharged from the navy in 1889 in accordance with the Act of Congress passed in 1882 reducing the number of officer«. He then took a medical course at Cin- cinnati and a supplementary course at the Post Graduate College of New York City. He had intended to fit bimself for the medical corps of the navy, but pre- ferred to enter the line of the revenne cut- Disease makes a man just as helpless as if he were tied with ropes. Weary lassitude makes his muscles useless—slug- Eish circulation of impure blood fills his ain with useless clogging matter. Ef- fort is distasteful and brings scant results. The trouble usually starts with the diges- tion. Too much brain work takes needed blood from stomach to head and retards the stomach’s work. The body is not fed. The nerves rebel. Sleep becomes a stranger. TLoss of appetite is followed by loss of flesh—and all for the want of the right medicine at the right time. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery is for the man who is losing flesh and vitality. It is for the man whose digestion needs help and whose nerves and brain are overworked. It is the greatest of all tonics. No matter what seems to be your trouble, the “Golden Medical Discovery"” will cure It cures by making the blood pure, rich and plenty, and by fur- nishing food for nerves and brain. Noth- ing has ever been found to equal it, but dishonest druggists sometimes try to make you believe that something more profitable to them is * just as good.” Do not be deceived. Get what you ask for. Constipation if neglected brings with it a train of maladies that unft the sufferer for either the duties or pleasures of life. Sick and bilious head- aches and a multitude of other ills are due to con-