The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 14, 1897, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCIS CO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14 1897. irond man that calls twenty-eight iles an hour frst running ought to be | on exh bition aionz with that col- | lection of old lo ‘omotives displayed at the i Worli’s Fair to iliu-trate the first decade of raiiroad development in twe United Stztes. { | The fact may not be known at the yel- building, butit is true nevertheless, 1t the New York Central trasin that leaves New York at 5 P. M. arrives at Chi- cago the next day at 4 p. Allowing one hour for diff:ronce in time the flight be- tween the (wo cities is made 1n twen! four hours, and the distance covered is An average speed of forty 1s maintained, The limited vania Rairoad 10 A M. and arrives the day following. c 1 1 in Chicago 1 adding the hour for diffarence = is twenty-four hours and the disitance 912 Qrntherr [y e e miles. Tins modern rate of speéd is not S River. For example, tbe tram of the Cni- te Wait at Ogden for |cuxoand Noriuwesiern which leaves Ch in Councl Bouffs et is thirteen hours es and thedis ance average is slightly in an hour. ) speed on the | Southern Pac fic eight miles an hou-. la his judement it is not saf:dor | the trains from Ogden to San Franci<co to be moved at a s.ifter pace. A speed of twenty-four miles an hour or thirty-five arrive Qt= e time Su We Bound Passengers. y miles, excess of toirty- ix m I be AN DICRIN:0X Filmore's ides BOJGE *PEAK. Autocrat of the Yellow Build- 1.~:}1‘r:‘({‘?nl Ogden to this city 1s consid- S o | A weli-known railroad man said yester- ing Called Down by Su day: “When you are looking into pas- senger schedules of the Southern Pucific serior Officers perior Cflicers. from Ogden here, you ougnt to look also to the freight schedule. The slow time for freight will astonish you. Comuvare | the time that it takes to bring oods 2 SAN] ' IS YNOT PM ) | over the Central Pacific from Ogaen to You will see then that thers is a de:i n to give the buik of t ern route.’’ THE RIGHT .¢ business to the south- Earth's Rotundity a Fill- 10 DISMIS3 more Train Might Be Seen a e ‘U,, 13 s Sacramento’s Superiniendent of Streets Case Before the Supreme Court The Supreme Court has sflirmed the de- Day Before Arrival cision of the lower court of Sacramento aojonly County in the case of E. J. Croly against Manager the Board of Trustees o: the Cily of Sac ut the Souther rament A citizen o: that city presented to the Board o1 Trustees written charges against Croly as S intendent of Street. alieging that he was incomuetent, eced his official duties ant viol the waiting con- 1t Dodge ot the Rio 211 of the State laws r Dickinson of the 4: veing inlerested in any coniraci or d 1o take an ap work for which money is pald out of the of the autocratic Fi/l- | treasury, or bemng interested in franchises, is or privileges granied by the city. The trustees fixed a time for the hearing = SR WAno “*':“”““‘“" of "f“ Southern | o1 ype charges, but Croly petitioned the Lac ominous silence on the | Superior Court for a writ af prohibitiot, subjeet, railroad camps outside of | which was granted with an oraer for the the yellow buildin is common talk that | board to show cause why it should not be Fillmore Las been turned down by some | Perpetual. To this the bosrd demurred oher in authorty than the gen. | 04 the demurrer was sustained, and from | that judgment Croly appealed. This was | that the charges were properly presented and the trustees could iry and pass judgment npon the petitioner the accusa- tion preferred was not sufticent to confer In ager to wait for aelayed passencer depariment of the risaiciion. other words that the At the pissenger office of tre | charges were so defectively stated as not in this city it wassaid, *“The |10 give the board jurisdiction. Ag: hern ic to | !he State law holds that upon an otficer tuirty minuies in case | being found guilty and forfeiling his ayed position shall be orever disquaiified irom nolding any position in the ¢! Upon t Croly contends that if the offense be sufliciently grave to warrant his d:squali- fication from holding office hi: guilt must | be estabiished by a co first. He con- tended that the city's charter was uncon- stitutional, as it constituted the board as not in sight we ‘insight’’ issome im- veme prescribed in | 8 judicial tribunal. The Superior Court Fiuimore's ¢ did not take this view of the ca e and in wn there its decision the Bupreme Court agrees in may see an ob- ng words t cannot be questioned that the ap- 1 | pointment of & Superintendent of Sireets isa maiter purely municipal, and which may properly be leitto the municipaiity 10 be exercised in the manner proviaed iu its charier, and it would seem to loilow as a logical consequence that the power to remove an_oflicer 0 appoiated is eqally | a matter municipel concern.’” ————— Saturday and Sunday Ho.pital Fund. was decided yesterdsy by the Saturday ay Hospital Fund Society to make Ail Souis’ duy, which ovember, the day for a gen- 3 n | one away and leave the | the station that breat t { comes esarly 3 | erai coilection for tne benefit of the fund s “”“k the | ong ine churcnes. It was also decided to s make Up | gistribute boxes durisg the coming holidays th -five hours | for aic el | L Franciaco, is e an admission that the ola Central Pacific No Charge for Lettering. ot m more than a streak of rus: | Pocketbooks, _ billbooks and card cases acro-s the mountains and the Humboldt | eitered iu gold free of charge at Saaborn & desert. When pressed to make twenty- | Vail’s. Their Mexican leather goods, chat eight miles an hour Manager Filimore | iaine bags, belts and valises are the best and cries out that this fast running must stop. | cheapest in the c ¥ THOMAS MAGEE SR. VIr, Magee Will Lecture this Evening in Golden Gate Hall for the Fenefit of the Mercantie Library. Under the auspicies of the Mercantile Library, and wholly for its benefit, Thomas Magee Sr. is this evening to deliver a lecture at Golden Gate Hall on Sat- r street, on the subject of the Yukon mining region. Mr. Magee lately spent ,ur months there, rowing with his son near'y 600 miles by lakes and rivers io \Dawson in a very severe trip of eighteen days. He will relate what be saw in Dasws'n, and what impres<ion the rich placer creeks and gulcues near it made upon him; what prospect tbere is of further extensive discoveries; -.xmgtbose who i t what occupations there are opporiunities 1o make money outside of mining, etc., ete. Above all he wants to l.'!l»k‘ln thos» ‘who are oing there about the food question, and how to get a sufficient stock in. Mr. Magee believes that ail property-owpers and menchants are sufficiently interested to miss no opportunity to gather and study all of tLe facts they cen hear aboutit. Mr. Magee's forty-two days’ winter tripou. from Dawson to Chilkat will be touched upon. Two hundred mxlgs of that trip were made up the Yukon, and 350 nnles overland by the Dalton trail from Fort Selkirk. Both experi- ences were-hzd in continuous snow and ice. Ex-Governor Sheakley of Alaska is 1o occupy the chair and make a few intro- ductory remaiks, go in shou d take with thens; a in thet country | based upon the proposition thatassuming | REGENT 10 ELECT A STAR-GAZER atory to Succeed E. W, Holden. GEORGE W. DAVIDSON IN THE LEAD. Members of the Board Who Are Slated to Vote in His Favor, BURNHAM MAY NOT ENTER THE RS The Contest Will Probably Narrow Down After the First Ballot to Davidson and Schaeberle. The Recents of the University of Cali- fornia will meet to-day at Mark Hopkins Institute, according to a special order passed at the last session of the board to elect a direc'or of the Lick Observatory Mount Hamilton, to succeed Proiessor W. Holden, whose resignation has been accepted, to take effect January 1, 1898. The indications L night were favor- able fora full attendance of the board. Toere are three active candidates—Pro- fessor Georze W. Davidson, Prcfessor Schaeberle} and ! Professor Keller. It was the talk among Regents last evoaning that the conte t would narrow down to David- scn and Schaeberle after the first or sec- ond ballot. The chances seem to be slightly in favor of Protessor Davidson. an executive session whencver an impor- tant eiection is on hand, and it is prob- able that there will be no departure from the rule to-day. The names of several weli-known adv cates of Professor David- son’sel-ction are known. The friends of Daviison claim the yotes of anywhere from four to eleven of the R= gents. The most outspoken of them ail 1 Judge H. 8. Foote, who says he is going to speak for Davidson at the meeting to- day and that he wiil nominate him if no one else is willine to do so. General Houghton is another who has expressed tils readiness to vote for Davidson, and to Davidsoa’s friends Judge Wallace, Gover- nor Budd, L. W. Heliman, E. A. Denicke put on the uoubtful list. Profassor Burnham, late of the Lick Ob- servatory but now one of the astronomers at the big Yerkes Ob-ervatory in Chicago, was at one time considered to be a candi- date, but hisatutude toward Professor Da- vidson has been such as to place that possi- biiiry about out of the question. He has written from his present location thst the L.ck Observatory is the best in the world, considered from a climatic standpoint, and he has erpressed in these wish that Professor Davidson would be piaced at i1s head. Inone of his letters he writes that be would beglad to come back to Mouut Hsmi in charge, Isaac Deutsch’s Appeal Argued Before Judge Carroll Cook. Defense Claims the Machine Is Not a Lottery as Contended by the Prosecution. Judge Carroll Cook’s courtroom was terday, who congregated to listen to the argument in the appeal of Isaac Deutsch from ihe judgmeat of the Police Court finding him gailty of conducting a lottery in that he made use of a nickel-in-the-slot machine in order 10 augment the receipts accruing from his business. As soon as convicted in the lower court Judue Con- lan fined Deutsch $10, but the fine has not been pa'd and will not bs uniess the de- cision is affirmed in the Superior Court. Afier argument had closed yesterday al- | ternoon the case was submitted and & de- cision will be handed down in a few days. The prosezution resis upon the conten- tion that the slot macnine is piainly a lot- tery, and under section 319 of the Penal Ci is unlawful. On the side of the de- fense, however, it is alieged that in con- ducting & slot machine one does not v.o- late the provisions of seciion 3i9 of the Penal Code, as it contends that the siot machine is a game of chance, or gambling oi a lottery. Owing to the hair-splitting difterence and contention of plaintff and detendant the argument of counsel par- took of much finesse and scholastic re- finement. Peter F. Bunne and Walter H. Levy represented the defendant and ai- gued at length in his behalf, District Attorney William 8. represented Barnes the case of the people. It and precedents applying io the case at bar were conflicting, but prosecution and de- fense alike were certain that the philos- ophy o' the decsions substantinting their contention was the true philosophy, and that decisions to the conirarvy wers er- roneous. It now rest: with Judge Cook to take the number of cases cited, draw his conclusion< and decide the case. —————— Cramp Not Coming Here Some time ugo the report was circulated that the big ship-building firm of William Cramp & Sons Company of Philadeiphia was coming 10 this coast to establish a ship-building piant, Ounestory was that Seatlie would be the favored spot, and another was to the effsct that the firm would locate on the buy of San Fran- cisco. Th d land to sell were much that the Enst- was flooded with lettersof inquiry. But Cramp & Sons will not come, lor that matier was setiled gesterday, when Hugh Craig of the Chawmber of Cominerce received the foilowing Jetier from W. J. Martin of this cit Lear Sir: 1received a letier to-day from the Willia Cramp & Sons Company, iu which they siale that Luey 40 NOL Propose Lo estab- lish & ship-building piant oa (he Pacific Coast, any that any stat>ment o that effect was with® out foundation or authority irom them.” O’Neil San James O'Neil, who was held in the Receiv- ing Hospital pending a decision as 1o his san- ity, has been adjudged sane by a jury in Judge 2 LoOK’s court, Director of the Lick Observ-| It is the custom of ti.e Kegenis to hold | and Leeutenant-Governor Jeter a 1 said to have expressed tuems=ives in favo of the veteran scientist. Mrs, Hearst, | Albert M.ller, Judge Siack and John | Buad are al-0 counied among :he Davia- | son st ers, while Arthur Rodzers, George T. Marye and J. B. Reinstein are | letters the | ton were Davidson | SLOTIN THE BALANCE. crowded with cigar and saloen men yes- | game, and does not pariake of the essence | was admitted by both sides that decisions | WILL | The Great Organist Has at Last | | | Frank G. Rohner, the great American o | tions of bis friends to vivit this coast nex Professor Robner received his early i such an apt punil that at the early age of erected the largest organ in the United Rohner was selected to preside over it. poser and ab'e airector. From his youth music him to take a plac | | by the side of every harmony. At pres-nt the churches of this city | | st Congrezational, anc it is e lextend a warm invitation and the I authoritia< w hi:h-class music, All recitals and concerts will be given | table institutions. L NEGLEGTED SECTION. Sunset District Taxed, but Not Provided For by the City | Authorities, | | | No Water, No Lights and No Protec- tion Against Fire or Midnight Prowlers. Sunset, that portion of the municipality | | south of the Golden Gate Park and west of | the Aftiliated Colleges, is 2bout as much | 1solated from the comforts and protection of a parent government such as is afforded the residents of & big city as if it were lo- | cated one hundred miles from a country | village. Water is furnished the inhabitants out | of a barrel, drawn over the siopes on a sled with a mule hitched to the shafts, at | so much per week, according to the num- ber of gallons used. The streets are as void of illumination alfter sundown as is | one of the ravines in Chilcoot Pass, in | | Alaska. | As for protection acainst fire, it is an | unknown utility. This was made appa- renta week ago when what is known as “Suiro’s Village”” was burned down. In this insiancs the Fire Department re- | sponded with its usual promptness, but in | consequence of the distance the nearest | engine had to travel, it required twents- five minutes to reach the scene of con- flagration. Its arrival, however, wa: bar- ren of results, as there was no water in the hydrant at Fifth avenue and H street, three blocks distant from where the fire | was consuming tne building. To prevent | the spresd of thisdestructive agent to the adjoining property, the engineer in charge | ordered the demoiition of a building alongside of that which was on fire. In this valiey of neglect there are more PLAY FOR CHARITY. PROFESSOR FRANK G. ROHNER. Coast—He Will Conduct Many Recitals for Charity. Lovers of good music are promised a r: citals in San Franeisco and vicinity for the aid of the Lincoln-monument fund. pearance before a critical audience and preside at a grand organ. His fame rapidiy extended, and a few vears later, when the Church of the Holy Family in Chicago Besides being a great organist the professor is a brilliant pianist, clever com- and his precision and warmth of touch upon the graud organ have enabled principally of a classical character, have been greatly admired by lovers of most prominent being those of St. Iznatius, Grace Episcopal, St. Mary’s Cathedral instruments during bis v.sit here, thus enabling lovers of grand ef! | so cheerfnlly contribu'ed to the comfort crateful for a littie reciprocitv in return. | street, was attached yesterday bv Thomas E. Ryan on claims aggregating $1598 76, | Decided to Pay a Visit to This dre treat in the near future, as Professor rganist, has finally accepted the invita- ¢ month and giva a series of organ re- nstructions from his father, and proved 12 he was enabied to make a public ap- States at an expense ol §50,000, young he has kept pace with every advance in foreign artist, while his compositions, contain many grand instrum nts, the xpectsd that the organists and church to Professor Rohner to preside at their fects to enjoy for the benefitof publicand other chari- than 700 people with a large number of cuildren without schcol accommodation | or suflicient water to indulge in a bath | once a year. The nearest gas or electric lamp i: a mile away from the center of | the inhabited section. Sewers of any kind are an unknown adjunct to the necess:ties of tiie people. It is true the Sprinz Val- ley Water Company has Lake Honda with- in half a mile of the place with an eight- nch main running along Seventh ave- nue, which farnishes water io a large number of houses in the We-tern Add- tion. But not one drop for those whose aoors it passes. Houses containing from five to twelve rooms on the rise of the siope on Tenth avenue, between Land M | sireets, have no water, streets or pro- tection against fire or burzlars. An occasional police officer is seen in daytime about the park entrance, but th s guaraian never risks his life or limo in traversing the dismal slopes of the hili after nignt falls. The improvement club in this section | has time and again requested and virtu- ally begged of the Spring Valley Water Company and the Supervisors for relief, but the's prayers and pleadings have brough: no relief. The Assessor, Tax Coilector and license gaiberer, bowever, never fail to recoznize a property-owner or tusiness man from the Sunset District. There has been no exception to rule for theSpast forty years, And now those people who have of the other people of the city wou'd feel A short session of the Ci mission was held 1n this city yasterday after- noon. Colonel Charles R. Sutter and Major W. H. Heney were the only mcmbers present. Oniv matters of & private nature were dis cussed. ifornia Debris Com- — e Kcked by u Horse. Joseph Vanner, a hostler working in John | Kelso's camp at Fifteentn and H sireets, was kicked 1o the face vesterda and was ously irjured. n tothe City eud County Hospital for \reaiment. e Liquor D aler Atinched. Charles A. Bon, & tiquor dealer at 17 First OJO D0 YOU FEEL TIRED? Do You Lack Energy, Vim, Go-Ahead Disposition? é;__ S00C 0000000 “Electricity is Li‘e.” of wital enerzy is the ® wicity. Weak men @ need electricity. It gives back tue ol4 “snap’’ the fee % mugneii-m, of joyous spirits and goud beaith, OR. SAYDEN'S ELECTRIC BELT All over the world it has made men er-ors and restyes ihe nataral vigor of manly energy. Book about it and w SANDEN ELECTRIC CO., Cflice Hours—8 A. M. 108:30 P. M.; ®@®) NEW TO-DAY. 000000 0CCOD000000R000000CEOCC00CCO0000000) Try i 632 Market Street, Opposite Sunaays, 10 to 1. street; 253 Wasningioo stree:, Portiand, Or.; 935 Sixteenth street, Don SR 000 0O 00000000000 0000000 000000000 3 Fres Suspensory for All Weakness of Men. s'rong. It cures all the effects of past and you will realize a new feeling hat it does free. o Francisen West recond lo. Palace Hot: Los Angel NEW TO-TAY. [ You | : | Can’t [ & Afford 11 to take any chances with your§ constitution. Whiskey is a good | B and valuable thing for men and | B women, as the best physicians | and scientists of the world all | admit, but whiskey with any | impurity, or whiskey that is not |8 100 per cent proof, or whiskey |} that is bottled by any institution | @ that you do not know and can- | not rely upon is worse than use- | less—it is positively dangerous. | Unfortunately, there are a| vast number of impure whis- | kies in the market—whiskies § that have not been indorsed and are simply concoctions, but at last there is oaec which bears the indorsement of the United States Government, inasmuch | as it is bottled under the direc- tion of the Government, and bears the Government stamp Seasconable Selections —aAaT— Astonishing Bargains o o= —— Holiday Buyers Below you will find just a few items that represent the bargains we are offering in our Cloak and Suit Department. We are pre- pared for the holiday trade, and can present to our patrons am unparalleled stock of the fimest £00ds ever offered at prices not to be duplicated. COME EARLY AND AVOID THE RUSH. Bargains in Every Department. %‘ = i b)) SO L JACKETS in grav, guaranteeing that it is 100 per P 2.-)0, tin end binek Chevio, | fronts, storm col:ar, re price $3.00 ON SALE TO-DAY AT §2.50. cent proof, thus guaranteeing its absolute standing. That § whiskey is “O. F. C.” and it f§ *l ;-0 LADIES ELACK BOUCLE has naturally become very pop- pYRULIA o Ll ular with the community by |8 reason of the qualities above | named. It can be procured of | § all leading liquor dealers, and | cannot be too highly recom- mended to those who desire the e : 3 FUR COLLAR- qualities which help the consti- e fonerd tution, add vigor to the life and | § thus make men and women healthier and happier. It’s Pure, Tha@’s Sur}e. MADE ME A RMAN Z2 AJAX TABLETS POSITIVELY CURE (7 ALL Nervous Discases—Failing M 3 ory, Impotency, Sleeplessness, etc., caused | £ by "Abuse or other Excesses and In crotions Tey quickly ard sureiy | § Testore Lost Vitality in old or young.and | fit 8 man {or study, business or marziage. LA prerent niiy’ end Consumption if | in time. shows immediate Jmprove- ment and efocts a CULE wbere all ther fail . Tn sist upon having the genuine Ajax Tablets. Thes | bave cured thousands and will cure you, Wo zive & poc. itive written guaraniee (0 effsct a cure in each case or refund the money. Price ' per package; or eix pkges (full treatment) for $2.5), 1 :naxLlnj-Min Wrapper. npon roceipt of price. (irew ree. AJAXREMEGY O, B hlcaro, For sale in San Francisco by Leipnitz & Co Sutter street. and No-Perce ular price £4 50, ON SALE 10-DAY AT §2.00. ) ™~ LADIE ana CLOTH s, lined PLATN W pat vet Loun d, regu ar price ON SALE T0-DAY AT $1.15. Store Open Eveninzs Until 9 6°Cloek at d GE PHARMAC MACK & CO.; LANGT EEIN. REDINGTON £ ¢ Jones Strets, IR WILCOX COMPOUND ANSYCFILLS ‘The only reliables femalo regulator Never Fails. Sold by druggists, $2.00 Send d4c.for Woman’s safeguard, ‘WILCOX KEDIOAL €0,228 S. 8th St, Phils,Pg, 6 THE REGINA MUSIC BOX A HOME ORCHESTRA PLAYING OVER 1.000 TURNES A New peparture in xu ction. ba raiiie” A GRAND HOLIDAY GIFT éam doror NEW ORCHESTRAL “tuning | Rox inade. A wone ment arraszed with jano. Han oly cased in all modern nds, and an ornament toany room. The @money drop attachment { els and public places. Send for handsome illuse me and never requ. 3 Freely Exhibited by SHERMAN, CLAY & CO., Corner Kearny and Sutter Streets, San Fr. #TWe use 8o many of the Tabules, please send them by return meil,” writes the \ matron of a large establishment in Pennsylvania where many servants are employed. This lady says that she has found that when housemaids complain of feeling *‘out of sorts,” “ d{4n't seem at all well although not sick,” but the work dragged along, then she too would hecome nervous and on such occasions would take a Tabule and was so much bonefited thereby that she decided to try what virtue there was in R.;ans Tabules for the servants as well as for herself, and £0 one time about a week before house-cleaning she administered three Tabules a day to each honsemaid. “I did not,” she says, * depend upon their taking them, but after each meal I handed them around and saw that they were taken.” Before the week was over every girl “ was ready to clean with a vim,” and now she always administers the Tabules when there is extra work to be done or when the weather isunsettled. “Oncwina while,” ehe eays,“a girl will say ‘T believe I am get- ting a headache,’ and ask for a Ripans Tabule. Ialways say: ‘Of course! Asmany as you feel you need. Dcn't hesitate to ask at any time for them.'” This lady further said s %1 wish T could tell all the housckeepers in the country to provide Ripans Tabuleswithout stint for thelr help. They will be more than repaid by the way the work Is doze. Servants often neglect seeing a doctor till too sick to drag along (on ccount of the bil), but in my experience Ripans Tabu!ss prove a cure-all for nearly every small illness that besets a Bousehold.™ & Hores PR PV GhT drug oree” ron yiv cox Caxpaxy. No. 10 Boruce Ty RIPANS T lass) 1 now for salo at some abajes) o b had by DALl by sonding F A cents o tho Rirais Cnxuioad 1% enn ¥ mendink forty-aight ents to aies Stroat. How Yark-oF & sABIN SAFIOG (LEN EADVERS) Wil b6 sest for e centay ine thout