The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 24, 1897, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1897. NOVEMBER 23,1897 Y. ONESDAY 2 AMUSE TrEATER In0d Ke IHEATER.—Ita CHUTES AND CHUTES F « Vaudeville Company, ever AUCTION SALES 3y E. S. SPEAR & ( s Paper, at 10 A. ¥ 651 11 & ELDRIDGE School Directors Badly Qcared While on an | \ Excursion. Feared That the Fearless Be Swamped by the Shenandoah. he ve the war abo e Schoo! amc ahead the excit b on the e the Fearless ugh of the sea, tened excu -ionists that thi: two or three o nted to cutth It was a heavy tow, but the Fear 1 along as though she wer and away most enjoya- ody of the trip, t roughest, was vote: hartered to will take s, ihe largest cargo that Cap- cisco this season. t g0 out on h iy, her 0id comma ota here an ached she was | a cablegram nto Yokohama aged. T. C. Walker and the | Humboidt | vesterday. wiy escaped a co ker was coming orders were given t going h r side torn out. I I speed ahead, howeve was that both steamersescaped with ratches. @ Tne City of Pusbla arriv Sound ports yesterday, and s it was the most d sagreeable trip they ever experienced. It rained the way up the coast unt:l Victoria, : was reached, when it b It rained all the time the vessel wason the cound, end rain aud sleet followed them 1 Point Reyes was reache Not one 1e fleet of lumber schooners that got of Grays Harbor, nine days ago, was n, and as the wind outside isstill the southeast, 1 be several days before t Companv's NEW TO-DAY. Blood WIOTS Whether itching, burning, bleeding, scaly, crusted, pimply, or blotchy, Whether simple, scrofulous, or hereditary, from infancy toage, speedily cured by warm baths with COTICURA Boar, gentle anointings with CUTICURA (oint- ment), the great skin cure, and mild doses of CoTicURA RESOLVENT, greatest of blood purifiers and humor cures. (Uticura Tesold |hmu5hnut the world. Porraz Dxue Axp CEEX. Coxr., Sole Brops., Boston. - Every Blood Humor,” free. FACE HUMORS hiove s e Baby Blem- isbes cured by CUTICURS BoAR. Would: | | s| | - | ors a | started | way { to, after which hé was sent out to his o | | | | 1 steamer Do ster iayv. C. ry sick ma to recover. and very nearly quence. The Kl in Alaska and st bis heari nd:ke fever was ragin impossible to very sailor on | to 1d- e Dora | the steamer to will be latd up 1 will again go north to ¢ tween Sitka and Unala V. W. Butler of th and George Hoover of saw a body floating off Point Lobos yes: t once notified the life-: | on. A boat was launched, tut | reached the spot the body had ed. George Hotel | 812 Kearny street | s |HE ESCAPED DROWNING. Cap:ain Mahe of th= J2ane d’Arc Rescued by “Jim’ McCracken of the Mariposa.® it not been for the | #“Jim” McCracken, one of the sail on the steamer Mariposa, Cay tain Mahe of the French bark Jeane d’Arc would surely have succeeded in taking his own life last Monday after noon. As it is both he and his re-cuer are confined to their berths under care ot phy Captain Mahe is seriously | ill ana it will bé several days tefore Mc- Cracken 1s able to be about again. | The Jeane d’Arc arrived from Caraiff | last Saturday and on Monday Caytain Mahe went ashore to tiansact som ss. | pa pers Had pravery | Little -Fellows Sold in Bondage by Their Impecunious Parents, busi- the crew and On the his parcels At the agent's he secured ali the beat. d parcels for the shiy to the front he misl | and miesing his way brought up at g’.xnn(» street wharf. There he m:ditated for a time and then jumped overboard. i | McCracken jumped from the rail of the Mariposa after him and bad a great strug- gle to save the Frenchman. Cap | Mahe fought like a tiger to get away and and for from coming in contact with the captain’s | tand his arms are strained from the gzle. He ftinally got the captain to ship's side and a sailor named Con- sidine threw him a rove with which boti men were haul dabosrd. McCracken was | pat to bed and Captain Mahe was attended | ship. Yesterday a boat came ashore fora | doctor and nis report is that th: capta will not be ashore for some time to come. McCracken will be about to-day and says he would never have gone to bed had it not been for the bruisss on his legs. | SENTENCED FOR LIFE. A Badly Constructed Law, but Still I: Wil Hold. Josiah Lovren, convicted of the crime of attempting to wreck and ‘‘rob’’ a train on the Southern Railroad, made a fight on a technicality to save being sent to the State Prison for the term of his natural life. However, the Supreme Couri says that he must take the punishmen! given him by the court. wreck one o the frains near Goshen. in the attempt to carry out the plot McCall was kilied. Lovren was convicted under a legisla- tive act known hs the *“‘train wrecking act.” In his defense in the Supreme Court his attorney set up that the law was unconstitutional in this, that the law of tne State declared that the heading of every act shall embrace but one subject, but that in the body of tnis act = penalty is imposed for atiempting to ‘‘rob a train.” The Supreme Court holds that while itis impossible to “'rob a tra:n’ and while the act is very rudeiy drawn still the intent is manifest and the law is sufficiently strong te make the juagment of ihe lower court hold good. . Thanksgiving Entertainment. The St. Joseph Relief Society,wiil give an entertainment and social at Sacred Heart Hali, Fortieth and Grove sireets, North Tem- escal, to-morrow evening. It will bea pleasant evening of song, fun and dance. The proceeds are for the benefit of the poor. ———— A Sovereign RKemedy. Dr. Parker’s Cough Cure—one dose will stop a cougb; never fails. Price 20 cents. druggists. Thinking the Big Vessel Was Going to Tt the sailor’s lower limbs are black and biue | - Pacific | On May 6, 1596, Lovren, Britt, McCall, Haynes and Ardel, residents ot Tulare County, entered into a conspiracy to| Al | because S:rgeant Shea Lappened 10 stand e While Out With an Excursion Party Last Saturday th: Tug Fearless Picked Up the Fig American Ship Shenandoah and Towed Her Into Port. the Sea and the Ship cn the Crest of a Wave the Fxcursionists Got a Great Scare, When the Tug Was in the Trough of pple Cver on Them. - TRAIVING BUTS 10 D0 MURDER 'More Than a Hundred in the Hands of the Highbinders. ARE SLAVES TO THE SOCIETIES. MISSIGNARIES ASKED TO FREE THEM. The Matter Will Be Placed in the Hands of the Society for the | Protection of Children. The ladies of the Methodist Mission House at 9.6 Washington street were re- quested to rescue two siave boys yester- day. Owing to the fact that the slaves were boys the mission people could do g and the case will be referred to reka Society for the Protection of Children. in front of the door at the time of the in- quiry. It wasclaimed that Yuen Sam did not work there and that he was not known to the proprietors. According to the informant whence comes the renort there are st the present time in Chinatown not less than 100 boys, ranging from 3 to 10 vears of age, who are beld in houses of iil fame for the purpose of being eaucated iuto the mysteries of the various highbinder societies. In addition to these there are boy xiaves in many of | the families of tbe merchants, where they | are to be murried on Sunduy next in are detained until they serve out the in- debtedness of the parent or the debt is liquidated 1n some other way. According to the peculiar code of morals which govern Chinese in their business transactions with each otber thesc slaves will never dream of oblaining their liberty by calling in the aid of the laws of the land, for they look upon thelr servitnde as a debt of honor which is rigidly regarded. The poys who become highbinders are held as slaves until they reach an age when they are fully versed in all secrets of the work and are then freed and utlized by the societies 1n their own pecu- liar way. The matter will be reported to Secretary Holbrook to-day and will be sifted as thorouchly as questions pertaining to Chinese internal affairs u-ually are. GROEZINGER IS BRAVE, The Justice Will Marry a Couple in the L ons’ Den at the Chutes. Isaac Benjamin and Minnie Ford, who the | lions’ den at the Chutes, have at last | found some one who is willing to perform | the ceremonv. After trying several min- isters and Justices of the Peace they called on Judge Groezinger and asked him to officiate. A big, fat fee was held out as an inauce- ment acd, nothing daunted by the dan- gers of tine undertaking, the Justice con- | sented to make them one. An investigation of the case developed | the fact that there are’ fully one hundred | siave boys in Ciinatown, notwithstand- | ing the assertions of the Chinese that there are no male slaves in this country. It has been no secret that there are large numbers of female slaves nere, but here- tofore all Chinamen have strenuously de- nied the existence of males in bondage in the United State . The two boys in question are aged re- spectively 3 and 4 years, and it 1s claimed by the men who made the complaint that they were recently brought from China by |a woman who sold them to keepers of houses of ili-'‘ame, where they will be raised up amid vile surroundings and eventually become members of highbinder societies, One of the boys isata house on Bart. | lett alley, between Jackson and Pacific, ; and is «aid to bave been sold tor tne sum of $261. The otheris ina house on the | corner of Dupont and Pacific and brought | $391. They were brought over from China by & womsan, who took her own boys there and left them with relatives, and then brought these as s'aves in order to make ber expenses. The certificates of her children were used for the slave boys and {it is supposed that she will send the certi- ficates back by mail when she desires to have her children come over. Chin Woy and Leong Ah Sing, who are said to be the owners of the boys, were seen yesterday regarding the report, and both denied that the boys were slaves. Both said that the children were their boys and said that no male slaves were kept anywhere in this country. From other sotrees, however, it was learned that it is customary for tne highbinder so- cieties to buy little boys and place them | in houtes of evil repute where they are ! kept and trained. [t is claimed that Yuen Sam, a clerk in a store on Jackson street, drew up the bills of sale in the cases of the two boys, but an inquiry at the store resulted in nothing but a scare for the people there, | B — Mismated Married Couples. J. R. de Gallmdo commenced suit for divorce against Adalberto G. de Gallardo on the ground of failure to provide. Judge Hunt yesterday granted Henry Frustuck a aivorce from Mary Frustack the vround of infidelity. William Rissiand, yacht owner, was named as corespoudent. John Siiver has brought suil for divorce against Araminta Silver on the ground of de- Mildred Potthast commenced suit for divoree yesterday against Frank J. Potthast on the ground of deser.ion. e The Capital Stock Increased. The directors of the Pacific Mutual Life In- surance Company of Cal{fornia filed a certifi- catg in the County Clerk’s office yesterday, set- ting forth that tbe capital ::0¢k of the cor- | poration has been increased from $100,000 to 200,000. the | HAS HAD ONLY PROSPERITY Annual Report of the Val- ley Road Filed With the Commissioners. The Average Cost Per Mile of Building the Road Lowest on Record. Line Well Equipped Throughout—No Collisions, Derailments or Fatal Accidents. The first annual report of the San Fran- cisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway Company was filed in the office of the State Board of Railroad Commissioners yesteraay. Thedocument is veluminous and conforms in all particulars with the requirements of law, The report of oper- ations covers the period from July 1, 1896, to June 30, 1897. The rond was not completed from S ock- ton to Fresno until September 28, 1896. The line was opened to Hanford for pas- | senzers July 2, 1897, but was not opened | for freight until July 7. This will account | for the discrepancy in mileage, which is placed at 125 miles. Actually 210.12 miles have bcen completed, 2t an average cost per mile of $15,237 50, the lowest cost of any standard railroad constructed in this country. The expenses of operat- ing to earnings is based on the mileage | of 125, and this, therefore, accounts for | the percentage of 73 2L | The company was organized February | 26, 1895. The directors are: Claus Spreck- le, president; Robert Watt, first v.ce- | pre-ident; Captain A. H. Payson, secont | v ce-president; Charles Holbrook, J. D. Soracke s, J. B. Stetson, Leon Sloss, ‘ agee, Issac Ujpham, Alvinza i Thomas M Hayward and J. A. Hooper. The date of the last meeting of stock- holders for election of directors was July 21, 1896, and the total number of stock- | holders at dats of election was 625. On page 7 ot the report, in addition o the directors, the names of other officers ot | the company are given and among them | are these: Secretary, A. Mackie; treas | urer, Bank of California; atiorney or | gencrai counsel, E F. Preston; chief en- | rineer, W. B. Storey Jr.; aivision super- intendent, A. D. Schind tockton; | traffic manager, John Moss. ¥ Ou page 9 the number of miles of rail- | road from Stockton to Hanford is re- | vorted at 153.44. On page 17 it is shown that the number of shares of stock authorized is 60,000, the par value of shares $100 and the total par value authorized §6.€00,000. The total amount issued and outstanding is $2.454,- 000, from which cash amounting to $2,439, | 800 was realized. | The report (page 25) presentsa recapitu- | lation in this form: Capltal stork $2,454,- 000, current liabilities $747,717 35, total $3.201,717 85. Under the subdivision relating to the cost of road, equipmont and permanent | improvement interestinz information is presented in the itemized form required by the Boara of Railroad Commissioners. The exvenditures during the year—not in- cluded in operating expenses—charged to rnctior: and equipment amounted to $1,723,997 32. The total co-t to June 30, 1896, was $1,499,80265. The total costto June 30, 1897, was 3 799 97. Under the subdivision of income ac- count gross earnings from operation are reported at $209.133 21, less operating ex- penses $153,102 29, showing income from operation of $36.03) 92 Opsrating ex- penses embrace repairs of roadway, §44,- | 54952; repairs and renewal of bridges ani | culverts, §2172 09; repairs of locomotives, | passenger and freight cars, fuel, water, | superintendence, train service, train sup- plies, station service, salaries of clerks and attendants and many other items. The recapitulation is thus given: Maintenance of way and structures.. . $64. aintenance of equipment...... 8 Conducting (ransportation General expenses. ...... Grand total The comparative general balance-sheet, pages 49 and 50, contain these figures of liability and resource: ASSETS. Cost of road . Cost of equip Cash curreat assets. Othier asseid—materials and sup ...83,614.964 06 Grand total | LIABILITIES. pital stock.... rient Liabilities. Profit and loss. . 2,439.800 00 119,184 14 56,0 092 Grand total $5.614,964 06 The number of passengers carried one mile was 1,196 856, The number of pas- sengrrs carried one mile per mile of road was 9. The number of nassengers car- ried earning revenue was 16 768. Under subdivision of freizht traffic movement a statement in detail is given of the tons of merchandise handled and of the various articles of merchandise and produce. The total tonnage is given at111,120 tons. A descrintion of the equip- { mentisalso given, in which ths number of cars and locomotives is enumerated. The report shows that the road was free from accident involving loss of life or se- riousinjury. Nocollisions or aerailments took place. All the cars are equipped with Westinghouse airbrakes anu auto- matic couplers. Dispute Over a Property Title. Judge Belcher yesterday commenced the trial of the suit brought by Catherine J. NEW TO-DATY. A A e A A e e o e A e e e A e e e e A A s $20 00 The baking powder that does the most work to the cent. Schillings Best—at your grocers. L4 an Brown, a minor, against Detective Thomas Dillon and his wife, Bridget Diiion. to recover possession of a piece of property on First street, near Mission, valued at £10.000. Mathew F. Brown, the fatner of the plainuff, deeded the Eroperty_!o Dillon and nis wife a few hours etore his death on December 31, 1894. The claim is now made that at the time of exeeni- ingllhe deeg Brown was not of sound or dis- posing mind or he wozld have left ths erty to his child. Sglert temron e PROCLAMATION ISSUED. Election Commissioners Muking Pre- parations for the Chartor Election. The E ection Commissioners held a meeting yesterday for the purpose of authorizing the issuance of the regular election proclamation and Registrar Hin- ton was instructed to pabvlish the docu- ment in accordance witn law. The American Protective Association sentin a list of names as candidates for election officers and the communication was placed on fi'e. SO o e Food for the Orphans. Mrs. H. R Judsh of the Armitage Orphan- ageand Home on the corner of Second and Folsom streets has made an appesl to the charitable people of this city for sssistance in providing tb tle folks under her charge with theif T iviog dinners. She sad yesterday: “We ¢ hungry mouths 10 feed and very <10 do it with. In the orphanage the-s nre 280 orphans, and in the home are tv ix more. We do not Thanksgiv~g day pass and these e be deprived of the customary We hope that the peovle of this city wili help us out in providing our big housa- hold with the good things that go with the e XEW TO-DATY. ““DRESSED FOR THANKSGIVIIG.'” Something to be thankful for— something to be thankful on. Save Five Dollars on your Thanksgiving Suit and the day will be twice as joyful. Oregon City Cassimeres made in our own mills—sold at our manufacturing wholesale price of $10. Overcoats in Blue, Black and Brown Beavers, Kerseys, etc., made in our own factory, at the wholesale price of $10. Open to-night till 10—close Thanksgiving at noon. Buy of the maker. Come to the BLUE signs, 2d block from Market. BROWN BROS, & C0. Wholesale Manufacturers Selling at Retail, 121-123 SANSOME ST. Cures Consump! Colds. Brouc g Diseases, As fulous Humor the wasied tissues uvsing Health is the Natural Kesult EVERYBODY LIKES IT. | Physicians prescribe it. All good druggistssell |1t £.r “WILBOR'S” and take 100 her | | N.B.—Bew reof im titions. 1 his srticle | 18 the oldes: of its kind in the market. Ma -y | try (o make a remedy ‘fust as good,’” but | | none succeed. 28~ THE ¢&~ Ol +FPe G@overmmel TAE PERFECTION of WHISKY /MATVRED A BOTTLED iy BOND #V.S.GOVERNMENT- aranfics the age and purif) e guarantee the gualify unexcelled - ——f Vg FOR SALE BY PRINCIPAL DEALERS. William Wolff & Co. SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. DISTRIBUTORS. Or. . . Morsoani Br Theo. Rethers have removed from 200 Siockzon St. to SPRING VALLEY BUILDING. SE. corner of Geary and Stockton Streets. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. RACINGZ RACING! RACING! ~—CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB— Winter Meeting, 1897-9, beginning MONDAY, Auvemver vémber 27, inclusive. OAKLAND RACETRACK. Racing Monaay, Tuesday, Wednesday, Anraduy, Friday and Saturday. FIVE OR MORE RACES EACH DAY. —XRaces Start at 2:15 P. M. Sharp— Ferry- Boats leave San krancisco ac 12 . aad 12:80,1.00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30 aud 3 p. M. connects ing with traing stopping At the enirauce 1o iracs. Buy your ferry tickets 10 Sbhell Mound. Beturning—Trains leave the Track at 4:18 111 4:45 . . and immediately after the last race. THOMAS H. WILLIAMS JK, Fresidens R. B MiLROY, Secretary. SUTRQ BATHS. Same Graded Temperature al: the year. Open Daily from 7 . M. to 6 P. 3. Durin the Winter Season ADMISS10N 70c CHIL REN, 5¢ Bathing, wiih admis:101, 25c; ¢ hild ren 20¢, * | | NEW TO-DAY! DR. MEYERS, THE GREATEST SPECIALIST ON THE COASr FOR MEN ONILY, In Order to Provo His Merits Makes the Following Lib:ral Offer: NOT A OOLLAR NEED BE PAID UNLESS CURED. MAKE THE STAT L aud it is for im at e te h.m at once. He can cur on suong a d in ash retme Afie dytak with nim wil cost you no CONTAGL US B.OOD PUISON—A® 8y siaze. ' rary or inherite. . foreve and in a short space of na private book. All let- B ING. Mar cet Street. Tours—8 to fugs, 7 to 8 S Phone. Gree With £ng 1sh and ¢ 1nda NEW TO-DAY -AMUSEM BALDWIN THEATER. AL HAYMAN & C0. (Incorporated) L wessey NOW STOP YOUR FOOLING— AND GET 1IN LINE Only 12 Nights and 3 Matinees Remain, Kl d Erlan, i BURLESQL EXTRAVAGANZA, BIG IN GAY NEW YORK! EVERY EVENING including Sunday Special Holiday 3{31&17&: Thanksgiving Day COLUMBIA THEATER. A VERITABLE CYCLONE BREAKER. SPECIAL THANKSGIVING MATINEE. FEIDAY...... .The Great Jockeys' Night IN OLD KENTUCKY JAMES Monday Next In« Ineslay), Ha cony, ny part 18 BIOGRAPE DUNCAS, Ventr artitte. (OUK & Special Mat. Thanksg ing Day, Nov. 25 TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE NS ERNESTIN K K RELING, Proprietor & Manage: ——THIS EVENING AT 8 — LAST NIGHTS OF Com The Cherming Japanes v “THE GEISHA!” FRIDAY EVE — tpacial performance. The costumes o' the Imperial Opera-house, i oklo, will be wer: for the first dm in this Country. (imported Ly Gorg sh & Co.) Planquetcc’s Opera Com qre, NEILE and 50c X RIX POPULAR PE CALIFORNIA THEATER. FOURTH AND LAST WEEK. ITALIAN GRAND OPERA CO. To-night and Sat.—“MANON LESCAULT,” By Puccini. comp ser of +La Eohcme.” Thursday—‘OTELLO." Friday—(By reques:) taturday matinee— Prices Sunday N AN WX S P OCONDA’ and %1.50. ar Lyric and Orches- T8¢ FRED Brras. ALCAZAR Phodd AL THANKSGIVING_ MATINEE _T0-MORROW. Every Night ihis Wee ——THE BE>T FARCE YET. IINCOG. COME PREPARED SARTY LAUGH Our Prices.... 5¢, 350, 300 REGULAR MAa1 SATURDAY, MOROSCO'S GRAND 0PERA-I;OUSE. WALTEK MOKOSCO..ole Lessee nud Manags: Tre Eminent Eastern Actor, - . PasCcOo®R In the Great > atfonal Melodrama. “THE GREAT D OND RUBLERY."” Specia! Thanksgiving Day Matinee, New Scenery, vostunies and [eople! ROMANCE=-COMEDY —SPECIALLIIES ! Evenine Price: c. 25 and 50~ Matinee Every Saturday and Sunday. PRESS CLUB. PRESS CLUB. GRAND PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT AT THE BALDWIN THEATER 0N THURSDAY DE&’E;IBP? AFTERNOON, 2, 1897. Twenty-five per cent of the house receipts will be donated to the Actors’ Fund of America UNUSUALLY ATTRACTIVE PROGRAMMZ! Selected talent from the Baldwin, California, Columbia, Alcazar, Morosco’s, Tivoli and Or- pheum theaers. Under the Management ot MR. GEO. L:ASIK, TICKETS §1.00. The box-office will open Monday, November 2. Purchase Your Seats Early. OBERON. STARKS .+ VEVIA.. -, ORCHESTRA THE C THEATER Ev ening. t Week of ADGI A ER LIONS Lanaay - WEDDING IN the LIONS' DEN Aauiidvion to all 10¢, Children 3a.