The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 12, 1898, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1898. ROMIE'S FIRST EDUCATOR Miss Johnson to Be the Pioneer of the Beet Colony. Every Prospect Points to the! Success of the New Venture. Sergeant Major Brown Returns to Oakland Bringing Good | Reports. and Office San Francisco Call, | 908 Broadway, Jan. 11. | Miss Mary Johnson, one of the most* erdent workers in the Salvation Army, | and formerly a schoolteacher, will be | the first school ma’am in the new colo- | ny at Romie, near Soledad. The young lad received her or- | ders to leave the Oakland corps and | take charge of the young colonists, the | number of which is rapidly growing as the territory becomes more settled. She will leave Oakland to-morrow to | enter upon her new duties. | Oal “y present,” she said, “but when all the colonists are on the ground there will be quite a large class, for nearly all the colonists are people of family, as it was mostly for such people that the colony was formed. *I am very much pleased that 1 have been selected for this work and can enter into it with all my heart and soul.” Sergeant-Major Brown of the Oak- land corps, who is in charge of the building operations at the colony, is in Oakland for a couple of days and says that it is almost impossible that the scheme should fajl. “There are al- ready over thirty cottages built,” he said, ““and more are going up as fast as possible. When the first contin- gent came down last wee it took a few days to get things into shape, es- pecially in the cooking department, but already they are at work and pros- pects are very bright. The soil is the finest that could be found in the whole State. Although there has been no rain for nearly a year it is comparatively easy to plow, and af- ter the plow has passed over the ground you cannot find a plece of earth larger than your fist. There is water in abundance, and last week we sunk a well thirteen feet and got seven feet of w , after whom the settle- Nt was named, is one of the most wholé-hearted men I ever met. Noth- seems too generous for him to un- dertake, and all he asks in return is t the su ss of the affair will be s great as we anticipate. The irri- gation plant which he is putting up for our use is almost in position, and al- ready the large tract of land has a very businesslike appearance. With the large Spreckels factory close by, guaranteeing a good market for all the beets that can be grown, we have reason to believe that this scheme will e success.” or Brown will return to with its new schooteacher to-morrow, TOURNAMENT FOR WIIST PLAYERS Fourth Annual Convention of | the Pacific Coast Asso- ciation. ~ colony The Chief Interest Wiil Be Centered in the Rideout Trophy Contest. A matter of considerable moment to whist devctees throughout the country will be the fourth annual convention of the Pacific Coast Whist Association, which will be held next Friday and Sat- urday the rooms of the San Fran- Club, 326 Post street. The was organized in this city the patronage of the ions under its guidance. The convention will be entirely in the interest of “duplicate” whist, the play- ing of which has rapidly spread among all lovers of that scient game, The con ion will be divided into two parts. The first will be the meet- ing of the ates to transact neces- sary business and the election of offi- cers to serve for the ensuing year. The committee on nominations will be ap- pointed by President P. J. Tormey at Friday’s meeting, and the balloting will take place on Saturday morning. A cordial invitation is extended to all whist players, attached or unattached, to be present at the above meetings. The second, and by no means the least important part of the programme, contemplates five general contests which will be decided in the rooms of the Trist Duplicate Whist Club, 711 Jones street, on Friday and Saturday. The contests are: First, the Rideout trophy contest between teams of four representing association clubs; second, the progressive match for pairs; third, progressive match for fours; fourth, a atch for club paifs; fifth, progressive raight whist. The Rideout trophy contest is the principal event and one which has always engendered a great | ic of victories won in hard- t whist battles. Tt is now held by San Francisco Club, which wrested | it from the Trist Club at last year's | tournament. Prizes wiil also b> award- ed to the winners in every match, | The competing clubs are: The Sacra- | mento Whist-Club. whose team s cap- | tained by George M. Mott; the Vallejo | Whist Club team, Captain F. J. Wal. | ters; the Santa Rosa Club team, Cap- taln A. T. Harris; the Petaluma Club team, Captain John L. Camm; the Lin- da Vista Club of Oakiand, R. B. Cal- ley captain; the Tamalpais Club of San Rafael, James Thompson captain: a | team from the Trist Club, captained by John G. Sutton; the San Francisco Club team, captained by George E. ! the Eschscholtzia Club team of s, _captained by Miss Sadie Jen- No doubt the fourth annual con- vention of the Pacific Ccast ‘Whist As- sociation will surpass all former ones in_magnitude. and dn much to popu- larize that most fascinating game. deal of friendly rivalry. This trophy, resented for competition by N. D. | Rideout of Marysville, is a solid sliver | cup, suitably Inscribed, and aside from | its in sic value, its possession is ing to be proud of, as it is em-J | Celumblen Banking Company. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Columbian Banking Company was held at its office In the Claus Spreckels bullding yesterday. The manager's re- port showed very satisfactory business | only | Placer papers, for the year, and after its reading the following directors were elected for the ensuing vear: John Coop, J. C. Currier, N. C, Hawks, W. S. Miller, C. O. Perry, 1 J. Truman and F. L. Turpin. After the adjournment of the stockholders’ meeting the board of directors met and elected the following officers for the ensuing year: 1. J. Truman, president; W. S. Miller, vice-president; C. O. Perry, manager and secretary. DINED AT A ROUND TABLE. Colin M. Boyd Entertains in Honor of Robert Dickson. Colin M. Boyd was the host at a| most delightful dinner given last even- ing at the Cosmos Club, complimentary | to Robert Dickson, who leaves on Mon- day to make his home in New York. The table, a round one, was artistic- | ally decorated with pink roses and vio- lets. The roses 1 the center-| piece, and the I mmed violets | were strewn in artistic confusion on the satiny dam An unusually elaborate and excellent sed. Seated at table son, Dr. Robert Mac- kenzie, J. Lloyd White, Frank Watt Dickson, Benjamin J. Smith, George M. Perine and Colonel Willlam Mac- donald. STATE BOARD OF TRADE ACTIVE menu was discu were Robert Dic! hool will not be very large at | Preparations for the Big Paris | of the police. and yet work great hard- International Expo- sition. The Director-General Should Be a Citizen of the Pacific Coast. At the regular meeting of the Cali- fornia State Board of Trade yesterday | a resolution was passed whicA will be placed in the form of a memorial to be forwarded to the Pacific Coast Rep- resentatives in Congress, urging them to do all in their power to have the director-general representing the Unit- ed States to the Paris Exposition ap- pointed from this State. making every effort to have one of the best exhibits that will be landed in Paris for the big international exposi- tion sent from California. At the Hamburg Exposition, with limited means, the exhibit was rated as the finest, and the benefits derived from being represented there are already manifest by an increased demand for the products of the State. It is the wish to entirely eclipse the Hamburg display at the Paris Fair, and in order to get a showing the local board de- sires to have the people's representa- tive chosen from this coast—or State, if possible. Several weeks ago the Department of State at Washington issued what was known as Bulletin No. 6, and the representative of one of the daily pa- pers declared that the document gave California a “black eyve” by stating that this State produced but little in the way of fruits, etc. The bulletin in question was examined yesterday with care, and found to be very fair, the statistics showing that the production of fruits, nuts, e of California is the greatest in the Union. A few unim- portant errors were found, and the secretary was instructed to communi- cate with the Secretary of Agriculture and explain the mistakes made by the papers in not digesting the report be- fore publishing the statements. E. W. Maslin delivered an interesting address on the subject of the rainfalls of the State. In his remarks he said: In forty-eight seasons there hawa fallon 960.81 inches of rain, an average for each season of 20.01 inches. The total precipi- tation before January 1 of the s s was 480, inch average of 7.82 his sea fall before the 1st y was below the average, being 4.07 ‘inches. This is no cause for alarm. A glance at the table shows that there have been thirteen seasons in which sufficient rain fell to mature crops, but in which less than 4.10 inches of rain fell before the 1st of January of the season. I once thought that I discovered the law of storms in the State. gan to pay about to engage in horticulture. In 1 the season’'s rainfall was 471 1 Counting therefrom, the sixth season— ! 1856-57—brought 10.56 inches. The seventh season thereafter—l1863-64—brought 7.87 inches. The next seventh season—I870-71 brought $.47 inches. The season—18T6-TT—brought _ £.95 the seventh n_ thereafter— before January 1, 1884, there only fell 2.92 inches.” About this time I received some data from General Bidwell which show: that the season of 1843-44 was an extreme. ly dry season. Counting from that period there were seven seasons to the next dry season—I850-51. 1 concluded that every | sixth or seventh season there would be a drought. I prophesied. I wrote for the and warned my fellow- fruit-growers not to put out any trees and vines. Alas for my reputation! There fell that season 2: inches of rain, distributed as follows: Before January 1. 1884, 2.92 inches; Janua February, 4.46; March, 814 Api May, 0.6; Juné, 145 inches. Still not willing to surrender. 1 conceived that the law might be a dry spell every thirteen years or thereabout. According- 1y, when before January, 1888, which was of the eleventh season after 1876-77, there fell only 2.56 inches of rain T felt sure of my law. It is true that only 1156 inches fell, but the precipitation was distribut hus: January, 481 inches; February 0.57; March, 3.04; April, 0.10; May, 0.49 June, 0.8. Notwithstanding the small amount of rain, the fruit crop of 1888 was a very falr one. The point 1 desire to make is that we | have not discovered the law of defici- ency, and that because only 4.07 inches of rain have fallen before January 1 of this season there is necessarily no cause for alarm, seeing we have had thirteen sea- sons before in which less rain fell before January 1, and in each of these seasons there were good crops. “In fact, we had only four bad seasons—1850-51,,1863-64, 1870~ 71, 1876-TI—in forty-eight yvears, and, ex- cept 1850-51, something was raised in cach season. e MAY FIND A HOME. A Lady Moved to Pity by Josie Kelly's Misfortunes. Josie Kelly, whose misfortunes were referred to in yesterday’s Call, may find a home until she is able to get | over ber illness and obtain a means of | earning a livelihood. Yesterday morning Judge Conlan re- ceived a letter from Mrs. Emma Hol- comb, 232 O'Farrell street, offering to give Josie a home until she could find employment. The Judge was to have passed sen- tence upon Josie yesterday on the charge of vagrancy, but in view of Mrs. Holcomb’s letter he postponed sentence until to-day, and meantime Mrs. Holcomb will be communicated with by the Judge. ————— McClune Was @Acquitted, James H. McClune, who on the Ist of last July assaulted E. McDowell with a knife, was acquitted of a charge of as- sault to murder placed against him for the offense by a jury in Judge ook court yesterday. McClune pleaded self- defense to the charge, and the jury ac- cepted his version of the affair ‘and ac- quitted him. ————— To Cure a Cold In One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. A1l drugglsts refund the money if it fal| %c. The genuins has L. B. In 1880 I be- | ay attention to meteorology, as | A STUDENT - UNDER ARREST Said to Have Picked a Pocket on the Ferry. Plight of Young Nevus, Who Is the Son of a Wealthy Doctor. | A Belief That He Has Been Made the | Victim of a Very Grave | Mistake. | Oaklana Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Jan. 11. { Thomas Nevus, a ‘dental student of | good reputation, and the son of a| | wealthy San Jose doctor, has been in a | cell at the City Prison since last night on suspicion of being a pickpocket and | of having attempted to steal a watch | | from a passenger on the ferry. | There is no charge made against him | yet, and he is on the small book. Those | who have looked into the matter de- clare that one of those fearful blunders 1 have been made that are not the fault { ship on the victim. Nevus is a student at the San Fran- cisco Dental College, and during his studies he lives with his brother-in- law and sister, Assemblyman C. G Dodge and wife of East Oakland. He | is a very industrious, steady young man with a record, so it is said, as straight »s an arrow. 1 ast night he | came across the bay as usual and sat next to a passenger who had a gold | watch. When crossing the apron there was a great rush and jam and the passenger mis =d his watch. It had | fallen on the deck and was immediate- | ly picked up by a Portuguese, who re- | turned it to its owner. The man who found it also declared that he had seen Nevus snatch it from its owner. As all the parties were strangers to each | | other and the weight of evidence was | against Nevus. Deputy Sheriff Kellner, | who is employed by the railroad com- | pany, arrested the student and he was sent to the City Prison. The owner of the watch proceeded to | Port Costa, and the police officials say that he will be down to-morrow to swear out a charge against Nevus. Assemblyman Dodge said to-night that he had inquired into the c: and believes the charge to be perfectly groundless. He says young Nevus' father, who is well off, pays his son's expenses and supplies him with spend- ing money, and it is an absurdity to suppose that the young man had at- tempted to steal a watch. “When he was charged by the Portuguese with stealing,” said Mr. Dodge, “Nevus did not understand what it was all about and wanted to thrash the fellow for calling him a thief, but when he saw the officer he decided to let the matter take its course.” i Detective Denny Holland said to- night that he believes the charge to be groundless. “T am of the opinion.” he said, “that the button of mebody’s coat caught the watch guard and vanked out the watch, breaking the guard at the same time. Such instances are very common in a crowd.” As soon as a charge is sworn to Mr. Nevus will be taken out on bond, which can easily be obtained for any amount. TERRORIZED BARKEEPERS | A Colored Man With a Rock Who Is Chasing After Coin. Three Attacks Have Been Made, One of Them Proving Nearly ; Fatal. | The salaries of night bar-tenders will without doubt soon be ratsed, as there is a dark terror strolling around which makes it rather disagreeable for the dispensers of liquid refreshments dur- ing the lonesome hours of the night. But a few days ago a colored man walked into the Palm saloon on Polk street, and after calling for a beer waited his chance to rob the estab- lishment. It was nearly closing-up time and the bar-tender had placed a small amount of coin on the bar after serving the called-for drink. As the colored man was drinking with the glass in his left hand the bar-tender stooped down and the man struck him a crushing blow on the head with a large stone which he had held in his right hand. He then took the coin and departed. The bar-tender nearly died from the effects of the blow. Last Wednesday night presumably the same man went into Clawson's sa- | loon on Geary and Taylor streets and called for a glass of beer. As the beer | was being drawn, he threw a stone, | which when weighed tipped the scales | at over a pound, with crushing force, | | just missing the head of his intended victim. The stone struck the marble | on the bar and after breaking off the | corner, jumped through a valuable | glass window. As soon as the murderous negro had seen that he had missed his mark, he ran out of the saloon closely followed by the bar-keeper. The case was r | ported to the police and a detective has been detailed on the case. Saturday ;nlxht the same man, from descriptions | given to the police, attempted to kill | the night man in a saloon on Third street. —————————— SUFFEREi,EgR FOOD. Joseph Humbar, Although Insane, Placed in a Ceil in the City Prison. Joseph Humbar was arrested Monday. evening and booked at the City Prison as drunk. Early in the morning he was conveyed to the Receiving Hos- pital as insane. Emaciated and helpless, he was placed in a padded cell awaiting the pleasure of the Insane Commissioners. Late in the afternoon he was given food, and the manner in which he de- voured it proved that the arresting of- ficer was no judge of insanity nor starvation. A more pitiful case was perhaps never placed before Commissioner or Judge. No ray of light penetrated his brain and in consequence he was left to the mercies of his nurses, police and surgeons, but still he suffered on. During the night of his arrest he was left in a cold, gloomy cell, to be awakened in the morning and trans- ferred to even less comfortable quar- ters. He appeared so emaciated that it | Appleby; | graphophone, | side and the brake w was thought that the hand of death rested upon him, yet no particular at- tention was paid him. ‘When he was at last given some light food he ate with a relish that cannot be described, but still he seemed to wish for more. But now, after unnec- essary suffering, he rests at peace in Agnews Asylum, where he was sent by | the Insane Commissioners yesterday afternoon. — ee———— COURIERS OF COMMERCE. fh: California Commercial Trav- elers’ Aesociation Entertains a Large Audience. The “drummers” have had an ar- tistic inning. It was a large and enthusiastic | crowd which assembled at Native Sons’ Hali on Monday to attend the en- tertainment given by the California | Commercial Travelers’ Assoclation. The main floor was crowded and the | gallery well filled, and it is safe to say that no one in the audience had any adverse criticism to pass upon the per- formance. It was generally conceded to be “a great show,” one entirely worthy of the reputation of the knights of the grip as a whole in the matter | of entertaining and amusing. After a highly felicitous address by | Mertin C. Allen, who paid a glowing tribute to the omnipresent “drummer,” the following programme was rendered admirably as to every feature: Vocal solo, T. J. Byrne; recitation, W. W. Bracket; banjo solo, Professor E. L. whistling _solo, Miss Cord | Wetjen; skirt dance, Miss Mattie Luce; Mr. Richardson; zither solo, Joseph Regensberger; impersona- tion of Lew Dockstadter, Martin Krel- ing; recitation, Miss E. F. Shade; col- ored quartet; stereopticon views of Klondike. The performers were all recelved with the heartiest enthusiasm, some of them being recalled three or four times. On the conclusion of the programme the main floor was cleared for terpsi- chorean revelry, which was indulged in until a late hour. NEW AIR BRAKE FOR TROLLEYS Railroad Men Believe It an Imr=o>vement on the Hand Brake. No Trowsia Experienced in =ic.ping on the Steep Grade on Harrison Street. The Martin air brake was tested on Monday afternoon on a car of the San Francisco and San Mateo Electric Rall- way Company, in the presence of a number of rallroad officials from other lines. The brake acted satisfactorily, and if it will do as good work when the track is wet and slippery, the rallroad men feel that it will prove a great im- provement over the present style of hand brake. It has one advantage over the other brakes, and that is that it can be applied by a child, as the lever moves easily and without any waste of strength in setting it. One of the cars of the San Francisco and San Mateo line was fitted up with the brake last week and an invitation was extended to the officials of the sev- eral street car lines to be present Mon- day afternoon at the first public test. The car left the corner of Market and Steuart streets about 2:30 o'clock and the first test of the brake was made while going down the steep in- cline on Harrison street, from Second to Third street. The car started down the grade at the usual rate of speed and had gone about thirty feet when Martin called to the motorman to stop. The air brake was thrown on, the wheels locked and the car brought to a standstill within a few feet. Another start was made and when the car had gained a good rate of speed, the motor- | man threw on the brake, bringing up within a few feet. Three tests were made on the grade and the car was readily and easily stopped. A trip was made out to the power house at Sunny: ested on level ground as well as on grades. In every case the car came to a standstill with: out any jarring or shaking. | The air brake works independent of the hand brake and will also work in conjunction with a track brake. The reservoir is stored under the seats of the car and is filled by an automatic pump. The governor can be set so as to run up to 100 pounds, but twenty- five to thirty-five pounds is all that is necessary on any of the grades in this city. The governor was set at thirty- five pounds vesterday, and when that pressure was reached it opened a valve and reduced the pressure ten points. Then the valve closed and when the gauge again indicated thirty-five pounds it opened to reduce the pres- sure as before. In this way the pres- sure ranged from twenty five pounds during t Martin and Engineer Henderson test- ed the brake on Saturday, when the track was wet and slippery. Martin says that while running at a twelve- | mile rate of speed the car was brought to a standstill in_three seconds, while it took fifteen and one-half seconds to stop with the old hand brake. @N ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Frank Grich Taken to the City and Gounty Hospital Probably Fatally Wounded. The Seventeenth-street Police Sta- tion was notified last evening that Frank Grich, living with his parents at | 212 Collingwood street, had attempted | to take his own life last evening by shooting himself in the head. He en- tered the drugstore of George Swan early in the evening and after convers- ing for a few moments, drew out a re- | volver and fired a shot into his brain. It is yeported that Grich, who is a roof and cornice maker by trade, work- ing for J. Forder at Eighth and Market streets, is despondent over a young lady with whom he has gone for sey- eral months, and within the past few | days he has been left to himself, for a | reason known only to the yvoung lady, whose name he refuses to divulge, After the shot had been fired he was hurriedly taken to the City and County Hospital, where it was discovered by Dr. Hoffmann that he had sustained a severe bullet wound in the top of the head on the left side. The physicians are of the opinion | that the shot was fired because of jeal- ousy, but are positive that the vietim will recover. The parents are prostrated over the affair. —_———— Yosemite Commission. General John F. Sheehan, for several years secretary of the Yosemite Com- mission, turned over the position on Monday to his successor, J. J. Lerman of 310 Pine street. The new secretary is a_personal friend of W. W. Foote, one of the commissioners. The office has been moved from the tenth floor of the Mills building to 210 Pine street. It is not likely that there will be a meeting of the officers until the second Monday of | next month. 11 MORE TROUBLE ~ FOR CHINESE Government Action Is to Be Taken Against the i Slave-Dealers. Those Who Have Had Immu- nity Will Feel the Law’s ‘Clutches. | Close Investigations 'to Be Made Into the Methods Used by Im- porters. The action of Collector Jackson in | sending back to China Chow Ah Yet, | Wong Toy Chin and Lee Kune How, | the three girls whom the Slave-dealers’ | Association attempted to land under | the guise of being Native Daughters, carried consternation to the headquar- ters of those who have been violating | the immigration laws. With the cessa- | tion of the crusade against the Chinese | slave-dealers, there came a feeling ot“ immunity, which caused the importers to send word to China that the coast was now clear, and the result was that extensive preparations were made to send over a: many girls as possible be- fore the next agitation. | The steamer Peru, which will arrive here next Saturday, is said to have a| | large number of girls aboard whom the | gdefllers expect to get through lhe; | Custom-house, but since the Collector | | is getting versed in the ways of the| Mongolians, it is probable that| | there will be more disappointment (ori the importers. The Collector is making | ling developments will be made within | a very short time. ALMOST ASPHYXIATED. | A. B. Dennison, Living on Leaven- ] worth Street, Nearly a Vic- tim of Escaping Gas. Arasmus B. Denrison, 60 years of | age, living at 216 Leavenworth street, nearly met his death Monday night. | He retired Monday evening at 10 o'clock and was found next morning in | an almost unconscious condition. Last | evening he was taken to the Receiving | Hospital, where it was ascertained that | he would recover. | 1t is supposed a loose gas stop caused the trouble, as his room was partially | fllledd with gas when he was discov- | ered. e el AMONG THE ARTISTS. ! 1 e | Fred Yates Bound for the Orient. | | | ‘Success in Selling Pictures. Fred Yates sailed for the Orienton the | steamship China a few days since. He entertains the hope of getting an op- | portunity to paint a portrait of the Mikado of Japan. He will tarry in| Japan and China for some time and | then continue his journey to London, | going around the world from east to | west. From a business and artistic point of view, Mr. Yates’ long sojourn | in San Francisco was very gratifying. ‘While here he painted portraits of | many leading citizens and obtained | good prices for his work. i Among the artists who have been | very successful in selling pictures this | season are Charles Rollo Peters, Chris Jorgensen and Charles Robinson. Jor- gensen leads the list with a sale of twelve paintings. Joseph D. Strong in the line of por- trait work is kept busy. He has exhib- ited many examples of his work recent- ly and has orders in advance to keep him busy for several months. The members of the San Francisco | Art Association manifested so little en- | thusiasm in the plan to give a Mardi | Gras ball this year that the scheme has | been abandoned. —_——— SWISS RELIEF ELECTION. | Auction Sales. GRAND AUCTION! THIS DAY (Wednesday) at11 A.M. MAGNIFICENT UPRIGHT DECKER PIANO, | Elegant Parlor, Chamber, Dining and Kitchen Furniture, First-class Carpets, etc., etc., con- talned in 60 rooms of THE LONGWORTH HOTEL, 510 Geary street, near Taylor. FRANK W. BUTTERFIELD, Auctioneer. Market street. mez, the rebel chief in Cuba, to Captain General Blanco. The letter says in part: “You have come to substitute Wey- ler. To a man of your conditions, T would ask, as I did in the case of Gen- eral Campos, what are your aims and purposes? To exterminate us? It is impossible to do that, and to pretend such a thing might be little honor to you. Is your purpose to subdue us? That is absurd, and might prove a ri- diculous attempt for you. Our deter- mination is well known and patent. Neither extermination nor submission would mean peace. In view of this fact, I now repeat to you what I sald to General Campos: ‘Let this bloodshed be stopped. Let the use of the torch cease, general. Spain should not allow Cuba to owe her independence, direct- 1y or indirectlv to outside help. Let the deep aby'ss between Cubans and Span- fards disappear by Spain’s recognition of the Cuban republic. Then there shall be eternal peace. Otherwise there shall be blood and fire. It would be to command our honor and dignity. We shall fight for liberty until victory, which always crowns those who fight for justice. settles our fate.”™ NO BINDING EVIDENCE AGAINST BARBER ZANOLI. After His Final Examjnation in the Police Court To-Day He Will Be Acquitted on the Charge of Murder. NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—Charles Za- noli will appear before Magistrate Flammer in the Police Court to-mor- closer investigation into the various| A Good Financial Showing for the | row for final extermination. Professor cases that are presented for his con- | | sideration, and it is rumored around | | the Chinese bureau that there are cer- | tain surprises in store for those who have been so openly violating the law, | as well as for several white men who | | have aided and abetted the slave-deal- | | ers in their evasions of the law. | There are still several Chinese women | . and girls detained on the steamers, and their cases will receive the closest at- | | tention from the bureau, and the Chin- | ese will find that there will not be | euch an easy time in the future as in the past. The agitation which was car- ! ried on several months ago had the ef- fect of stirring up the department in Washington to the necessity of doing gomething to put a stop to the illegal Immigration, and it is understood that evidence is being gathered by special agents which will result in the prosecu- tion of several s3vho have committed perjury in connection with the cases which have been tried during the past year. Some of these cases were =0 flagrant that wonder was expressed at the time that the matter was not presented to the Federal Grand Jury, but it is ex- plained that the delay was for the pur- pose of getting such testimony as would insure conviction, not only of the most notorious, but also several promi- nent Chinese merchants who have in- terested themselves in the matter and | have sworn falsely regarding the na- tivity of the girls who were proved to | have been born in China. | | The secret service of the Treasury | Department has been at work on the ! cases for several months, and has so far completed its investigations as to warrant it in making its report, which | will be forwarded to Washington with- in a week. What will then be done re- mains for the decision of the officials there, but it is openly surmised about | the Federal bullding that some start- | 3. Freuler, U. Ginge, H. Hauser, Year. | At an annual meeting of the directors | of the Swiss Relief Society on Monday | the following board was elected for the | ensuing year: A. Borel, G. A. Berton, A. A. Borlini, Ed | Monotti, H. Pichoir, G. E. Porta, ini, A. Vignier and Em Pohli. A financial statement shows that the | capital stock has increased in the year | from $8307 37 to nearly $1000 beyond that sum. —_——— Chamber of Commerce Election. The annual election of officers and | trustees of the Chamber of Commerce | was held yesterday, the balloting lasting from noon to 3 o’clock. There are about 400 members of the chamber and the vote was a representative one. One | ticket was in the field, and the newly elected officers are nearly all on the present board. They will not take charge of affairs until the 1Sth inst. The result of yesterday's election was thoe | following selection: Hugh Craig, presi- dent; Charles Nelson, first vice-president George A. Newhall, second vice-presi- dent; trustees, H. F. Allen, John Ber- mingham, Leon Blum, Edward Coleman, E. R. Dimond, A. B. Field, A. Gerberd- ing, Edwin Goodall, Willlam E. Mighell, | Louis Sloss Jr., A. G. Towne, Charles M. | Yates. | GENERAL GOMEZ WRITES 1 TO MARSHAL BLANCO. | In Ringing Words the Insurgent Leadsrl Declares That Spain Can Never | Subdue Cuba. | NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—.T. Estrada Palma to-day received a copy of the letter written by General Maximo Go- DANIEL T. fences. office. better man than Dan T. Cole. cal man of business. his devotion to them never ceases. COLE, NEW COINER OF THE MINT. In speaking of his appointment Tirey L. Ford, the well-known attor- ney who was associated with Mr. Cole while a Harbor Commissioner as the attorney of the Harbor Commissioners, had this to say: He is broad-minded and a thorough practi- During his term as a Harbor Commissioner he in- troduced into the management of the water front a thorough system of doing business, a thing heretofore almest unknown. acteristics of being true to his friends whether on top or at the bottom; “Senator Perkins is to be congratulated and President McKinley thanked for the appointment of Danie T. Cole as Coiner of the Mint.” Daniel T. Cole, ex-Harbor Commissioner, has been nominated by Presi- | dent McKinley for Coiner of the Mint at San Francisco. The appointment of Mr. Cole to the pos:.‘on of ‘oiner of the Mint is one (hat gives entire satisfaction to the Republican party of the State. The lony career of Mr. Cole as a Republican dates back to the first time he was eligible to vote, and during the found among the leaders of the party in this State, himself with the quiet and rctired life of a resident of Sierra County, where - he was honored with the position of a Supervisor for ten years. ernor Markham rewarded his devotion to kis party by appointing him Harbor Commissioner in this city, a position he filled with honor to the State and credit to himself and the party he represented. Daniel T. Cole was born in the State of Vermont, and when at the age of twenty years he came to California and settled in Sierra County, where he engaged in logging, and like the sainted Lincoln hewed rails and built In after years he engaged in equipping stages by which towns and settlements in that county could be reached with convenience and dispatch. This pursuit he followed for forty-five years, and in his modest and un- pretentious way became recugnized as a man of sterling character, hon- ored and respected by all who knew him. of the Mint he brings all of those noble qualities with him into his new intervening years he was to be although contenting In 1885 Gov- In his new position as Coiner “I know of no He has the rare char- | & m., | Beattle with Great Northern Ry., | ealla 'and Guaymas (Mex)), 10 a. m., Jan. 2d of each month thereafter. | without previous notice | catton to Witthaus, the chemist who examined the internal organs of Zanoll's fourth wife after the body was disinterred, will go on the stand and tell what he found. Then it is more than likely the weeping barber will be set free. Professor Witthaus made a verbal re- port to District Attorney Gardiner to- day. The District Attorney sald after- | Piguet, Dr. T. A. Rottanzi, M. G. Ton- | ward: “No mineral poison has been found: that is, none other than that contained in embalming fluid. About three quarts | of that was in the body, I suppose. found sufficiently definite for Professor Witthaus to swear it was atropine. We will have Zanoll taken before the committing magistrate in the morning and put Pro- fessor Witthaus on the stand. The charge of murder will not be with- Nothing has been | drawn and the case will rest entirely in the hands of the magistrate for his de- cision. Unless he finds sufficient prob- able cause to induce him to believe that a crime has been committed he will probably discharge the prisoner.” ———————————————————————————— Dr.Gibbon’s Dispensary, 625 KEARNY ST. Established in 1854 for the trentment of Private Disenses, Lost Manhood. Debility or disease Wearing on bodyand mindand Skin Diseases. 'I'he doctor cureswhen othersfall. Try him. Charges low. Curesguaranteed. Callorwrite, BRO Rox 19 an Francisco. OCEAN TRAVEL. PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP CO. fteamers leave Broadway whart San Francisco, as follows For ports in Alaska, 9 a. m., Jan. 1, 6,11, 16, 21, 2, 31, and every Afth day thereafter, For Victorta, Vancouver (B. C.), Port Town. rend, Seattle, Tacoma, Everstt, Anacortes and New Whatcom _(Bellingham Bay, Wash.), 9 Jan, 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, 26, 81, and every fitth day thereafter. conmecting nt Vancouver with C. P. Ry., at Tacoma with N. P. Ry., at ny's steamer for Alaska. P or” Bureka (Humboldt Bay). steamer Po- mona, ¢ p. m., Jan. 1. 5 10, 14, 15, .22, 25, 31, Feb. 4, 8, 12, 16, 20. 2%, 29. For Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Simeon, Ca- yucos. Port Harford (San Luis Obispo). Gavi- ota, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Hueneme, San Pedro, East San_Pedro (Los ~Angeles) and Newport, 9 a.m., Jan. 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, %, 2, and every fourth day thereafter. For San Diego, stopping only at Port Har. ford (San Luis Obispo), Santa Barbara, Port Los Angeles and Redondo (Los Angeles), 11 a. m. Jan. 3, 7, 1L, 15, 19, 23, 27, 31, and every fourth_day thereafter. For Ensennda, Magdalena Bay, San Jose del Cabo, Mazatian, Altata. La Paz Santa Ro. an The Company reserves the right to change eamers, sailing dates and_honrs of safline. TICKET OFFICE—Palace Hotel, 4 New Montgomery st. GOODALL, PERKINS & CO.. Gen. Agts. 10 Market st. San Francisco. THE 0. R. & N. CO. DISPATCH FAST STEAMERS TO PORTLAND From Spear-street Wharf at 10 a. m. Including Berth d Meals. l.‘uE &5 First Class §2.50 2d Class ant SCHEDULE OF SAILINGS State of California Columbia. s Through ts gh baggage to all Eastern points. Rates and folders upon appli- F. F. CONNOR, General Agent, Market street. GOODALL, PERKINS & CO. Superintendents. 5.8. AUS tor FroNOLULY oy Tuesday, Jan. %, at 2 p. m. Special party Tates The 88 ALAMEDA 8@ sails via HONOLU- I and ATCKTLAND for" SYDNEY. day, Feb. 8, at2 p. m. Line tnsCOO!flARDfl IE, Australia, and CAPH TOWN, South ica. LS CKELS & BROS. CO., its. i sl 114 Montgomery Street. Frelght Office—327 Market st.. San Francisco. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique. French Line to Havre. Company’s Pler (new), 42 North River, foot of ! orton st. Travelers by this line avold both transit bys lish railway and the discomfort of crossing B annel 1n a small boat. New York ts 0G - | YA GAsc a m LA NORMANDIE! a m. LA CHAMPAGNE. a m, L ot rrtine GNpm}:' apply to i ther iculars TR A. FORGET, Agent, No. 3, Bowling Green,’ J. F. FUGAZI & CO., San Francisco. New York. Agents, 5 Montgomery STOCKTON STEAMERS Leave Pier No. 3, Washington St., at 8 p. m. y. FREIGHT RECEIVED UP TO 5:30 P. M. Accommodations reserved by telephons. The only line selling through tickets and gly- ing through freight rates to all points on ths Valley Railroad. LKER, JEES:Ple. . C. WAL 5 iz ;‘u&“ GARRATT, CITY OF STOCKTO) N. Telephone Muin 505 Cal. Nav. and Impt. Co. FOR U. S. NAVY-YARD AND VALLEJO. ‘Steamer ** Monticello.” Tues., e\:\'ded. “Thus Sundays. Landing 1 and Offices—Missis Telephone Green 3S1. For San Jose, Los Gatos & Santa Cruz Steamer -Alviso leaves Pier 1 daily, (Sundays Sechted) at ‘s°s" .- Freight And Bassenseie Sicepted) at § p. m. Freient an mmv&a Franci isco and Alviso, $0i to San Jose, T5c. Clay street, Pier 1L 41 North street, San Jose.